http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/f0c35f308c862db9d221dafc147a47ab.PDF 4422e6a25e4f980c7750e3bb107dc009 PDF Text Text ;-V '•• : Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VIII. NMU Challenges Votes Of Pro-SIU Isthmian Crews NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY MAY 3. 1346 POSTED NEW YORK, May 2—Getting frantic as the Isthmian election progresses and their defeat be­ comes more evident, the NMU has now resorted to challenging the votes of entire crews who are predominantly pro-SIU. In the past week, the entire SIU vote of the Stephen Girard and the Gabriel Franchere has been chal­ lenged by NMU observers. The Girard was voted at Pensacola, Florida, and of the total eligible votes it is estimated that the Seafarers secured 92 percent. This overwhelming SIU vote was immediately challenged by of­ ficial NMU observers. Voting at Mobile, Alabama, the Gabriel Franchere had an esti­ mated figure which gave the Sea­ farers 87 percent of the total bal­ lots. This vote, too, was immed­ iately challenged by the NMU. HERE'S RECORD Since the report appearing in last week's Seafarers Log, which recorded the voting aboard 46 WASHINGTON—The appoint­ miners used this holiday to go Isthmian ships, 10 more Isthmian ment of Edward F, McGrady, fishing. The banks of every fishvessels have docked with nine of former "ace trouble shooter" of able stream are lined with strik­ them voting, and one scheduled the United States Department of ing miners, and mine bosses give to vote today or tomorrow morn­ Labor, and now Vice-President their employees a friendly greet­ ing. This makes a grand total of of the Radio Coi poration of Amer­ ing. 55 ships voted with 41 more yet ica, brought the United Mine As one of the oldtimers put it, to come. The average estimated Workers-AFL and the operators "This is a quiet strike—^not like for these 55 vessels gives the Sea­ together in an attempt to iron the old days of blood shed and farers around 75 percent, with out the differences which have violence. We ain't picketing, and the prospect that this figure will kept the miners "on a holiday" we ain't working." probably be maintained, and for the past 31 days. might even be surpasseid. The present sessions, the first Since last week, three ships since negotiations broke down on have voted in New York, April 10, were called by Secre­ these, the John Constantino was tary of Labor Schwellenbach, and almost solid for the Seafarers are being presided over by Mr. with only one certain vote lost to McGrady and Paul Fuller, of the the NMU. Aboard the Kelso Vic­ The attempts of the Chief En­ U. S. Conciliation Service. tory (about which a story appear.^ Neither John L. Lewis, Presi­ gineer of the William B. Giles elsewhere in the Log) the esti­ mate gave the SIU 85 percent. dent of the UMW, nor Charles to "get even" with the men under O'Neill, acting for the operatoi-s, him, and the support he received Only one doubtful ballot on the would make a statement after the from the Skipper, cost the Missis­ William Whipple marred what first meeting, referring all re­ sippi SS Compan:' a smart piece would have otherwise been a 100 porters to Mr. Schwellenbach, of change in the payoff that took percent SIU vote. who said: place on April 23. 100 PERCENT SIU "Mr. Grady and Mr. Fuller Although he admitted that the Down Charleston, S. C. way, were encouraged by the attitude work of the Firemen and Oilers the Horace Wells voted on Tues­ shown by both sides. While no was satisfactory, Thomas Hackett, day with the Seafarers getting concrete progress has been made, Chief Engineer, insisted on post­ the entire crew's solid vote. Not they are of the opinion that both ing rules and regulations de­ one company or NMU ballot was sides want to make a real effort signed to increase the efficiency estimated aboard this vessel. to make progress in the nego­ of the Oilers and Firemen, but That's what you call a clean ship! tiations." which he privately admitted were At Frisco, the SIU lost one ship MINERS CONFIDENT instituted "to make it tough for —the Sovereign of the Seas— Lewis confidently predicted us (the ciew) because of legiti­ when the NMU collected an es­ that the miners can outwait the mate overtime we turned in." timated 60 percent of the total operators. "It may be a week, a FINKY ORDERS vote. The Memphis City voted month, or even six weeks," Lewis The orders were issued at sea, at New Orleans, and was placed told the opening session of the in the dioubtful column due to the Tri-District Anthracite Scale on April 10, and are as follows: fact that there were a few doubt­ Convention at Hazleton, Pa., "but 1. In the. future, no clothes ful votes aboard, and she could go operations in the bituminous in­ shall be washed in the Engine either way. dustry will continue to be stop­ Room or Fire Room during Voting at Norfolk, the James ped. Who can operate mines regular working hours or on Ives gave the SIU about 82 per­ without miners?" off hours. cent wjth the balance split be2. No clothes are to be himg Operations in the mine fields {Continncd on Page 14) were at a complete stand-still as up to dry in any part of the MINERS FIRM IN'HOLIDAY' No. 18 SIU And AFL Defeat Company Union Bid The attempt of S. P. Jason to rig a company union of seamen in the New Bedford area and affiliate it with the New Bedford Central Labor Union was scotched last week. William Green, president of the AFL, sent instructions to the New England Regional Director to order Jason to disassociate the "independenf't ly terminate on that date, unless union from . the central body. Green's action and the follow- the new company wanted to re­ up by Edward A. Raleigh, Act new it. ing New England Regional Di When the SIU learned of the rector for the AFL, followed sale. Union representatives con­ sharp protest of Ja.son's action tacted officials of the Massachu­ by SIU Vice-President John setts Steamship Company to talk Hawk and John Megan and Bos about continuance of the con­ ton Representative Joe Goggin tract or negotiation of a new one. The seamen in question had been The company officials were non­ members of the SIU, and were committal. Sure, they wanted to hauled into the company union go along with the SIU, they .said, by Jason's devious tactics in col but they wanted to learn how laboration with the shipowners. their new business operated first. The seamen were organized by They'd talk about the contract the SIU at its inception. The when they took over the company Seafarers gained a closed shop on the first of March, they said. contract with the New England From the first qf _January to Steamship Co. and was able to the first of March the Massachu­ negotiate raises in pay and work­ setts Steamship Lines worked ing conditions for them from time night and day to organize a com­ to time. pany union. COMPANY SOLD JASON SIGNED ON In January, 1946, the company They enlisted the aid of S. P. was sold to the Massachusetts Jason to do so. Steamship Lines, Inc., with the S. P. Jason is business agent stipulation that the former owner for the International Brother­ would operate the boats between hood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, New Bedford, Wood's Hole, Nan­ Warehousemen and Helpers of tucket and Martha's Vineyard un­ America. He is President of the til March 1. The contract with New Bedford Central Labor . the Seafarers was to automatical- Union and Vice President of the Massachusetts' State Federation of Labor. He was something of a power in New Bedford labor circles. But S. P. Jason worked hand in glove with the steamship com­ Fire Room or Engine Room or pany to organize the company union. in the Fiddlys. Shortly after the purchase of 3. The practice of sitting the freight and passenger line down on watch will henceforth from the New England Steam­ cease. ship Company, officials of the 4. Books and other litera­ Massachusetts Steamship Line ture shall be kept out of the were seen conferring with Jason Fire Room and Engine Room, in a bar and gi'ill owned by Ja­ and no reading will be permit­ son's wife. ted in these spaces. Only that BUM PROMISE material pertaining to the En­ Jason began organization of an gines or Boilers will be per­ mitted and then only with the 'independent" luiion immediatepermission of the Watch En­ y. He duped a few men em­ ployed on the boats into stirring gineer or the Chief Engineer. 5. Oilers and Firemen will up antagonism toward the SIU. relieve promptly at 10 min­ He made promises he knew nev­ utes of the hour and shall make er would be fulfilled. Company a complete round, and be sure men talked an independent _ everything is in order. The union. Gradually some of the'. watch being relieved will re­ rank and file was won over to the i main until the hour or Eight phony organization. Jason made capital of the war­ Bells. In no event will they leave before the hour, or until time wage restrictions to lowthe relieving man is satisfied rate the Seafarers. He bored from within through the few company with the watch. men to talk the seamen into it. 6. All tools are to be re­ placed on the tool ti.ard or in On February 28, the day be­ the Machine shop by the end fore the new company took over (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 4) Chief Makes Own Finky 'Rules' So Seafarers Collects For Crew �• .J.S Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 3, 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 X X X X HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- Presidetit 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N, Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 The Strikebreakers''Strike' Perhaps we shouldn't ever be surprised at the devious turns and twists of the NMU party line. Change of pace and change of front seem to be the watchwords of the little Red howlers at Curran Castle. But somehow the idea of strikebreakers turning striker strikes us. The NMU has crossed so many picketlines during the past two years, the scenery must have looked like a picket fence to some of its members. That was back when the "line" called for wholehearted collaboration with the shipowners. That was when the NMU officials were wining and dining people like Basil Harris, shipowner and official of the American Merchant ' Marine Institute, the NAM of the shipowners, ardent foe of labor and bellwether of maritime reaction. Now the line has changed. The NMU is out for a ; 30 percent wage increase for its m*nbers, for an eighthour .day in all departments, shipping of all ratings through ; the Union hall, adjusted manning scales, sanitary work ' overtime, and other items which the SIU gained for its membership long ago. This militancy looks like a step in the right direction. Certainly the NMU members should have the right to ship through the Union hall in rotation; certainly they should have the right to adjusted manning scales; surely they should have an eight-hour day. They should have had these long ago, and they would have had them ii the NMU hadn't been playing footsie with the shipowners to the extent that its officials were embarrassed to ask for anything, much less demand any­ thing, and support the demand with job action. That wasn't being done. The NMU even coined a phrase to de­ scribe militant action by the SIU. We were called the •^trike-happy Seafarers." Now the NMU is in a strange position. It has been collaborating so long that nobody—certainly not the ship­ owners—believes it when it says a strike is upcoming unless its demands are met. It is in a position where it has to get out and harangue its own members to make them believe they really will strike. Instead of putting strike action up h to its members as a "do-you-wanna" proposition, it is forced to take the issue before them by saying "Vote YES in favor of this strike resolution." But even with all this build-up, we sort of have our doubts whether a strike ever will actually come off. The '^ine has changed too often, not to change again. / IV The shipowners and the WSA certainly don't feel that it will come off, because every time the Seafarers has a beef the WSA reallocates ships to NMU-controlled companies. That was the stick they tried to hold over our heads on the recent rider beef even though the NMU strike threat had progressed pretty far. So we don't advise the NMU membership to get too hopped up; the line may change again. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Marine Hospitals These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ ing to them. GALVESTON HOSPITAL J. A. DYKES TROMBLEY R. V. JANES E. J. M. MAXFIELD PI. M. BOMAR R. W. BANTA M. J. WILLIAMS A. E. EDEFORS D. VAN AALST J. A. SNEDELLA McCLINTOCK DUGGAN R. HALLORAN XXX BRIGHTON HOSPITAL G. PHINNEY, JR. ED. JOHNSTON FRED HOHENBERGER H. GILLAN H. W. PORTER HANS I. HANSEN CHARLES DUNCAN P. CASALINUOVO E. P. BELKNER J. COXWELL S. F. PUZZO J. HANLEY T. ROBERTS XXX BALTIMORE HOSPITAL IYER IVERSEN E. J. DELLAMANO JAMES KELLY HARRY KESSLER WILLIAM ROSS WILLIAM RUMBOL JAMES GRAHAM NEWTON PAINE, Jr. MOSES MORRIS HARRY MYERS JOSEPH TOUSSAINT EARL JORDAN DONALD WOODSIDE XXX STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL V. SHAVROFF 0. HODGES C. MIDDLETON J. LITVAK L. A. CORNWALL L. A. FAULSTICK 1. LOWE R. HANSON H. TILLMAN R. G. MOSELLER F. MATEO C. W. GOODYN W. B. MUIR W. G. H. BAUSE C. KUPLICKI W. B. COPELAND P. E. SMITH J. j. SWYKERT L. R. BORJA L. L. MOODY W. W. McCLURE You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on Sill and 61h floors} Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m, (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on Ist and 2nd floors.) J. L. WEEKS J. BRODDUS J. GUFFITT N. ROMANO XXX NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL J. E. DALE H. D. STERTZBACK O. PATTERSON S. WILUSZ CLARENCE CARTER WILBUR MANNING EDWARD CUSTER B. C. BEASELY AMOS BAUM • W. H. OSBORNE JOHN ZEBROFF J. DENNIS J. H. BOWEN W. F. LEWIS R. M. NOLAN * •' DONALD DAHL J. RICHARD QUINN M. KUHN ERIC ZIEMONS H. A. CRUSE • ; .;i MARVIN HALL A. L. SCULLY Vvi C. HONOROWSKI E. M. EVANS •E. A. NOOVAN v¥ ;-S a: �- [ ,^7;^ "'^r .• Friday, May 3, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Isthmian Seamen Are Joining Seafarers in increasing Numbers As SiU Lead in Eiection Grows By BULL SHEPPARD By PAUL HALL NOTICE! SEAFARERS SAILING >1S ENGINEERS All members—relired and former members^—of the SIU, now sailing as licensed Engineers;, report to the New York SIU Hall as soon as possible. men to turn in their books and the members who started and The halfway mark in the Isth­ join the SIU. In fact these in­ carried on the drive, but has in mian ship voting has passed and cluded a number of paid ships addition brought into the Union organizers. many capable new members who the percentage in favor of the In the past two weeks a num­ will actively lead the future cam­ Seafarers is steadily mounting. Up to and including April 30th, ber of Isthmian men have come paigns. .53 ships had ben polled with a into the halls in different ports The real test of a union's suc­ total of 1296 men voting. Ship and stated that, although they had cess in any campaign is the con­ and shoreside organizers work­ voted for the NMU in the elec­ solidation of every gain. Win­ ing carefully have made a tions, they were now convinced ning the Isthmian elections would thorough survey, and report that they were wrong and wanted to mean very little if the Union the approximate result for the make amends by joining the SIU, failed to push the advantage. and working to win a good con­ first 53 ships vote is; By active struggle, the Sea­ tract with Isthmian. SIU — 877 These ihen were welcomed farers can negotiate a contract No union — 23 NMU — 328 just the same as any other Isth­ that can well be the model for The 68 votes unaccounted for mian eaman, and were told that all others. are liable to end up in any total, they had nothing to be ashamed KEEP ORGANIZING but are not sufficient to appre­ of or to make amends for. They The SIU is going to win the ciably change the tally. The Sea­ had voted the way they saw fit Isthmian election hands down, farers, with the voting well past without any pressure from the but the job of organizing doesn't the half way mark, has a 526 Seafarers, and they were just as stop when the voting is over. vote lead over the combined welcome in the Seafarers as Many of the men sailing these NMU and company total—a two though they had never voted. ships were unable to vote, others and one-half to one average. Needless to say this doesn't ap­ Figures, and especially approx­ ply to the high-pressure paid or­ voted NMU or didn't vote at all imated figures, can be wrong and ganizers who have been feeding because they didn't know the often are, but these estimates are genuine Isthmian seamen with score. There are even men who voted for "No Union" who can based on a conservative survey lies for months. be made into good Union men. and won't be far off. GOOD UNON MEN All of these men have the right SOUR GRAPES Isthmian seamen are joining the to enjoy the benefits of Seafarers The NMU organizers are grow­ Seafarers every day, and the ing panicky. They are very sel­ gratifying thing about it is that membership. They are Isthmian dom .seen except just prior to the big majority of these men are seamen and they will ultimately and during the actual voting, and either staying on the same ship be SIU men. The job of t^ie Union man they look as though they have or immediately shipping on an­ aboard ship is to teach these men ost their best friend. other Isthmian ship. what Seafarers membership real­ Last week in Mobile, Aabama, This proves that they are good ly means, so that they will be the Stephen Girard and the Ga­ Union men, a real asset to the able to do their part in the period briel Franchere voted. Union, out to finish the job they of negotiations. The results on the Girard were have started and done so well For that matter organization SIU, 26; NMU 2. The NMU ob­ thus far. never stops. There is always server promptly challenged all The Isthmian drive has been something to fight for and the 26 SIU votes, showing that he a proving ground which has suc­ knew in advance that only two ceeded not only in developing Seafarers membership are the men who can do the job. of the crew members supported This little box in the Log has caused a lot of comment and at the same time has served to clear up a much becoluded question. Since its first appearance in the Log several hundred Marine Engineers, all members of the MARINE ENGINEER^ BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION, CIO, have visited the Union Hall. The big ma­ jority of these were former members of the SIU, but a few were former NMU members and some had never belonged to any.union except the MEBA. The purpose of the notice was to determine whether, or not the indorsement of the Ciirran-Bridges "unity" convention by MEBA officials was representative of the rank and file Marine Engineers opinion. The Seafarers has no designs on the MEBA and has never en­ couraged its present and former members' sailing as Engineers, to act as a block within that organization. This is in sharp contrast with the NMU policy of using selected former membei-s as a cell through which they attempt to direct the policies and ultimately gain control of the Engineers organization. Samuel Hogan, President of the MEBA in going for this so called "unity" movement has been hoodwinked into taking a po­ sition distasteful to the big majority of the MEBA membership. In their discussions with the Engineers the SIU has made it clear that no effort would be made to change any Engineers opinion or to even explain the Seafai-ers policy unless requested to do so. The whole idea of the conversations was for one purpose—lo get an accurate concensus of the opinions of working Marine Engineers. Without a single exception the Engineers agreed fundamentally with the policy of the Seafarers as it has been expressed from time to time in Log articles and editorials. The majority of these men have sailed both on SIU and NMU ships and read both the Log and his outfit. On the Franchere the result the Pilot, and clearly understand the issues involved. was SIU, 21; no union, 1; doubt­ In line with the conversations in the Union Halls, the Patrol­ ful, 1; and NMU, 1. The ob­ men and Organizers have been contacting Engineers aboard both server on that ship evidently organized and unorganized ships. They report that nine out of every inew he had but a lone vote, ten Engineers look on the unity proposals of the Cur-ran-Bridges because he challenged all 24. group as a scheme to swallow or control the smaller unions and 118 votes have been challenged will have no part of it at any price. The Marine Engineers have a tough problem to solve. The on the first 53 ships to vote; but SIU offers its full aid to the MEBA membership and officials. if these together with the "No The fact that the MEBA is a CIO affiliate has no bearing on this Union" and "Doubtful" votes issue. The question is whether or not an important segment of were added to the NMU total the organized maritime workers are to be engulfed and dominated Seafarers would still lead by 340 against their will and against the best interests of both licensed votes, far more than the neces­ sary number to secure the elec­ and unlicensed seamen as a whole. The Seafarers has no intention of interfering with or par­ tion. Ship by ship the position ticipating in, the inner union affairs of the MEBA. There are of the SIU. grows stronger. NMU MEN DISGUSTED no strings to the aid that is offered. Former SIU members now Prior to the elections it was in the MEBA are in there not as a "group" but as individual mem­ not an unusual thing for NMU ber's acting for the best interests of that organization. Chief Makes Own Finky 'Rules' So Seafarers Collects For Crew (Conihtutd from Page 1) of each watch, and no later than five o'clock. 7. Firemen will wipe front of boilers where they have spilled oil on same, and clean drip pans under fuel oil serv­ ice pump, and under fuel oil burner manifold, and sweep floor plates in front of boilers every watch. 8. Oilers shall wipe off hand rails, gi-atings, floor plates, and main Journal Bearings (Stbd side) around main engine of DEMOCRACY AT, WORK any excess oil at end of each watch. 9. The Firemen shall clean all the burners in both boilers each watch, a total of eight burners.' They shall also clean fuel oil suction and discharge strainers every watch. 10. In the future. Oilers shall make 20 minute rounds on the Main Engine, and shall take temperatures near the end of each watch. THOMAS HACKETT, Chief Engineer. REAL REASON Following the posting of these unnecessary and dictatorial rules, the crew instructed the Engine Delegate, Martin Gross, to see the Chief Engineer and the Skip­ per. Brother Gross saw the Chief Engineer on April 11. In his own words, according to a sworn A rank ,and file committee of Seafarers meets with the SIU Agents at their recent conference signed statement, here is what happened: lo discuss Union problems. "On April 11, 1946 about 6 p. m. I approached the Chief Engineer and asked him whether the di­ rective he posted in the engine room would aid in the more ef­ ficient running of the engine room and fire room. He replied No! Thai the reason he posted the directive was to make it tough for us, because of legitimate overtime we turned in. "I told the Chief Engineer, that to the best of my knowledge, our work (Firemen and Oilers) was satisfactory and we could not see why he should post a list of rules of that type. The Chief En­ gineer admitted our work was satisfactory but that the direc­ tive would stand. 'T later stated the above in the presence of the Captain, Purser and Chief Engineer. The Chief Engineer did not deny the above statement." When the boat got into New York Harbor, the crew was fit to be tied. The payoff found the SIU crew well represented. For the extra time and work caused by rules Number 5 and 8, each of the Firemen and Oilers received two hours of overtime per day. Jimmie Hanners, the Patrol­ man who handled the payoff, said, "It will be a long time be­ fore that Engineer tries to throw his weight around with a Sea­ farers crew. We hit them right where it hurts them most—in the pockebook." �Lf •J''.-:.- - fi •• - 1^ •r 1. :ffc THE SEAFARERS LOG Puge Four HEROMfHli ITHIVK QUESTION: What was the biggest beef you ever saw settled by the SIU ? m. I; ?- EUGENE WEINGARTEN—OS The best settlement I aver heard of was the one on the Lou Gehrig. The men on board stood watches while the ship was in port in Rouen and Le Havre, but when the payofi came, the company claimed that the watch­ es were stood at sea, and were therefore not overtime. After a bit of negotiating, the money was finally collected. The crew split over $25.000—that ain't hay. We worked for that dough, and the Union collected it for us. That's really doing a job for members. CECIL E. WHIDDEN—AB When we were in Manila the Skipper refused to give us any liberty. He said that the Army would not grant liberty to sea­ men. We sent a man to the Army and they said that it wasn't true. So the delegates advised us to put in for overtime. Back in Norfolk we found that the Cap­ tain was not completely wrong, and the Patrolman worked out a compromise. In my own depart­ ment alone, I know that each man collected 100 hours over­ time. That was the biggest beef settlement that I was ever in on. WILLIAM JENKINS—Steward The money collected for un­ loading cargo during the Nor­ mandy invasion was the one I'd call the biggest. I got a little over a hundred dollars, but some of the men in the engine and deck departments got a lot more. Of course, they were helping to unload cargo, whereas I just got overtime for the extra food hand­ ling at night. It was pretty rug­ ged going for a while, but after Ihe first week, things kind of eased off. The SIU has collected plenty of money, but this was ihe biggest that I ever benefited from. JEROME ERBSTEIN—OS In my estimation the biggest beef the SIU ever settled was the one on the foreign transportation rider. The tremendous sums of money spent for transportation will no'j/ come out of the pockets of the companies, instead of from the seamen. This victory proved to the shipowners that they could not lick a group of militant sea­ men who were organized in a solid Union. This was a big settle­ ment, both in money and pres­ tige. Seamen everywhere will benefit. m- Friday, May 3. 1946 SIS! And AFL Defeat Company Union Bid For Now Bedford Seamen {Continued from Page 1) the line, and the SIU contract became void, Jason called a meet­ ing of the new "independent" union in the Central Labor Union building. The new ownei-s of the line were present at the meeting. Jason proposed a new contract to the membership then. But the seamen wouldn't go for a sell­ out contract. They had been Sea­ farers too long, so they knew a phony deal when they saw one. So Jason petitioned the State Labor Relations Commission to have Local 59 of the Chauffeurs and Helpers certified as collec­ tive bargaining agent for the em­ ployees. His petition was filed on March 18. JASON FLEECED The SIU went into action im­ mediately. By the time the first hearing was held on March 27, the Seafarers had forced the Teamsters Union to declare that Jasori was acting on his own, and for an independent union, rather than one affiliated with the Teamsters International. Jason was forced to amend the petition, from Local 59 Chauf­ feurs and Helpers, to read as fol­ lows: New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantuck­ et Employees' Association of the Massachusetts Steamship Lines, Inc., affiliated with the New Bed­ ford Central Labor Union, AEL. This was a frank admission that it was a company union. Ja­ son had been hoist by his own petard, foreed into an admission that he was heading a company union and undermining an AFL affiliate—the SIU. SIU IN ACTION But Jason still had an ace in the hole. He still had the com­ pany union ostensibly affiliated with the New Bedford Central Labor Union. SIU representatives contacted Raleigh, the New England AFL representative, along with Wil­ liam F. Brophy, former attorney for the National War Labor Board, Boston Region. In addi­ tion to representing the SIU, Brophy was acting for the Mas­ ters, Mates & Pilots, and the ILA, whose contract also is void­ ed through the formation of the company union. Raleigh wired President Green, reporting the situation, as pre­ sented by Hawk and Brophy, and Mr. Green wrote back, in part, as follows: "It seems to me that we should call upon the officers of the New Bedford Central Labor Union to disassociate it (the independent union) from the Central body. Therefore, I suggest that you con­ fer with the officers of the New Bedford Central Labor Union and that you point out that the In­ ternational Brotherhood of Team­ sters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America lacks authority to organize licensed and unlicensed seamen into either a Teamsters Union or an independent union and for that reason you call upon them to dis­ associate the independent union from affiliation with the New Bedford Central Labor Union. "Furthermore, I caU upon you to get in touch with the Team­ sters' Representative having juris­ diction in New Bedford to dis­ avow this union, to disassociate it from membership in the Team­ from the New Bedford Central sters Union or to give it support Labor Union, American Federa­ as an independent union." tion of Labor, and they be not harbored or represented by any­ The line had been drawn clear one using a title as a representa­ and hard. tive of the New Bedford Central Raleigh wrote to Jason as fol­ Labor Union, AFL. This request lows: must be complied with immed­ April 18, 1946 iately, or the charter of the New Bedford Central Labor Union will Mr. S. P. Jason, President be suspended, until such time as New Bedford Central Laboi it is complied with. Union 129 Union Street Realizing that the New Bed­ New Bedford, Mass. ford Ceiilral Labor Union com­ Dear Sir and Brother: prises over 35 unions of different This office is in receipt of a International Unions, affiliated communication from Mr. William with the American Federation of Green, President of the American Labor, we know that they, as af­ Federation of Labor, relative to filiates, do not want to force this the New Bedford, Woods Hole, kind of action. This is not a mat­ Martha's Vineyard & Natucket ter of one or two people to Employees' Association of the consider. It pertains to the entire Massachusetts Steamship Lines, labor movement of New Bedford. Incorporated, affiliated with the Therefore, let it not be the snap New Bedford Central Labor Un­ judgment of a few people in an attempt to commit the New Bed­ ion, AFL. ford Central Labor Union to a President Green, in his com­ drastic action which they will munication, advises that the New later regret. Bedford Central Labor Union has It is our understanding that no right to take into its member­ there is a hearing before the ship any delegates repx-esenting Massachusetts State Labor Re­ any Independent Union. For lations Commission on a petition your information, we quote to for certification of this Indepen­ you Article XI, Section 1 of the dent Union on Monday, April 22. Constitution of the American We want to inform you that a Fedei-ation of Labor, under which your New Bedford Central Labor copy of this communication is being forwarded to the Seafar­ Union is governed: ers International Union, for their "Article XI—Local Central information. Bodies—Section 1. No Central Hoping this request will be Labor Union, or any other complied with immediately and central body of delegates, shall this office so notified; and that admit to or retain in their coun­ no further action will be i-ecils delegates fi'om any local quired on our part, we are organization that owes its al­ Fraternally yours, legiance to any other body. Edward A. Raleigh, National or International, hos­ Acting New England tile to any affiliated organiza­ Regional Director tion, or that has been suspend­ ed or expelled by, or not conSo the company union is back ixected with a National or In­ where it started: as a company ternational organization of union unaffiliated with the Cen­ their trade herein affiliated; tral Labor Union, and with no nor are delegates to be seated connection with the Teamsters from locals of National or In­ Union. And S. P. Jason is in the ternational organizations which soup with the State and National are not affiliated to the Amer­ AFL. He has shown himself ir­ ican Federation of Labor, un­ responsible as a labor leader, der penalty of having their using his authority and the or­ charter revoked for violation ganizations he represents to fur­ of their charter by the Presi­ ther his own ends and those of dent or the Executive Council steamship officials. subject to appeal to the next SIU GRATEFUL convention." SIU officials expressed grati­ President Green further states, tude to the Teamsters Union, the in his letter, that the employees Central Labor Union of New Bed­ of this particular steamship line ford and the Massachusetts and in question have International National AFL for their frank Unions, affiliated with the Amer­ recognition of Jason's double ican Federation of Labor, namely, dealing, and their support of the the Seafarers' International Uxi- Seafarers in the matter. They ion; The Masters, Mates- & Pilots said Jason's actions were no re­ International Union; and the flection of any of the Unions with Radio Officers Union of the Com­ whom he is affiliated, but rep­ mercial Telegraphers Interna­ resented only the machinations tional Union, of which these peo-. of a greedy, unprincipled indi­ pie could become members. It vidual. is our understanding that they The Seafarers, meanwhile, is were members prior to the for­ preparing to bring the seamen of mation of this so-called "Inde­ the Massachusetts Steamship pendent Union." Lines back into the fold. Many We now order .you, and the of the seamen who went along other officers of the New Bed­ with the company union will ford Central Labor Union, to dis­ recognize the falsity of their po­ sociate this Independent Union sition, and will be ready to come back, for crews have been re­ duced drastically and working conditions have gotten worse, al­ though the company crawfished by giving slight wage increases. Others must have the facts of life explained to them before they can see which side their bread is buttered on. The SIU is ready to show them the way. LOG! �;-:/?r;!Zyi':-.v::»?^s-5^ .- •'. Friday, May 3, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG .^-V- , , •' .'- Page Five NMU Scuttles Beefs, Ex-Members Charge Phony Collections A Feature Of NMU Ten Men Who Joined The SIU Recently Tell Why They Left The Curran Ranks overall operation of the NMU was, and is, completely ineffi­ cient," stated McLin. "My ex­ periences so far as an SIU mem­ ber have confirmed the wisene.ss of my decision to join, and I am perfectly satisfied with the way my beefs are being handled now." 4 4 4 "I was a member of the Na­ tional Maritime Union," said Al­ IN the past few months, many former NMU members have come over berto Sanchez, "and really got ' to the SIU as members because they couldn't get representation or beefs a belly full of the policies and officials of that settled by that outfit. These men got the run-around on overtime beefs, outfit." Accord­ they were intimidated by bully officers, they were forced to wait several ing to Sanchez, weeks at a time for jobs. "They paid no JHAT'S why they quit the NMU, and joined the SIU! attention to any of my beefs, and "Having been a member of the never furnished NMU for almost two years," Gus­ IN numerous instances, these seamen were forced to wait for jobs while me with proper tavo Redman, NMU No. 64279, de• friends of the piecards were being shipped out the back door. Other cleared, "I really wanted to get Union represen­ men claimed they got no action on their legitimate beefs, and were forced tation. out of that out­ to fight alone, or lose plenty of cabbage through lack of representation. "Joining the fit in a hurry, Seafarers was "That organi­ Still others had stories to relate about how the union representatives the best move I were in open collusion with company stiffs. zation is nothing ever made," but a communist THESE are plain, unvarnished statements signed by former NMUers party front with Brother Sanchez continued, "Be­ who left that outfit and joined the SIU on account of unsettled beefs, cause it's a democratically op­ little or no beef erated Union with full represen­ s e 111 e ments," unstable working conditions, and other intolerable conditions. They were tation for the membership on all Redman con­ unsolicited, offered in good faith by men who joined the Seafarers to se­ legitimate beefs. SlU Patrolmen tinued. "My life cure the kind of a Union which represents all of the members, all of the are interested solely in settling at sea was time, on all legitimate beefs. Here they are; read 'em for yourself! beefs and getting your cabbage made miserable for you. They don't give a damn by their screwy bers received little or no rep­ about phony appeals for the Rus­ ideas, their or­ sian Society to Rescue Senile resentation on beefs." ders, and their politics. However, Graves continued, "I have been Rats, or other equally foolisli the ideas of the National Mari­ going to sea for quite a number time Union 'leaders' are certainly can-shaking outfits." of j'ears, have always been not those of the seamen as a In conclusion Sanchez said, "I'm a former member of the whole, nor do they represent the "I was a member of the Na­ Union man and intend to remain "Such a union of labor-fakers as the NMU should not be allowed tional Maritime Union working so, but not under the banner of NMU, but now I'm shipping with opinions of the majority of the to exist at all. They merely col­ on the rivers out of New Or­ the NMU! I am fed up with be­ the Seafarers International Un­ membership." Redman stated: "I made one " lect your dues and 'donations' leans," Wilton Le Blanc said, ing dominated by a few comrats ion," Brother Albert Mutschler trip on an army transport prior "and I received who do not know the meaning said. under false pretenses, and give very unsatisfac­ of unionism, and care less. "When I was to joinng the NMU, and then you no beef settlements in re­ "During the past three or four tory representa­ in the National joined because I've always been ' turn." tion from them. yeai*s," asserted Graves, "I have Maritime Union, a Union man. My father is also a> 4. 4. My beefs were come into contact with quite I got the royal a Union man, having belonged never satisfac­ few SIU crews. Talking with run - around on to the Bakery and Confectionery them, and comparing working torily settled. my overtime Workers Union. Before going to "I want to be­ agreements with them, I found beefs a couple of sea, I belonged to the Brewery come a member that the SIU has better contracts times," Mutsch­ Workers Union. "I joined the Seafarers Inter­ of the Seafarers and agreements than the NMU ler declared. "As a member of the NMU," has ever had, or expects to have, national Union because I learned as I believe it is "That was William Fincken asserted, "I no­ and sees that these contracts are that it is the one Maritime Union a Union which is enough for me. ticed plenty of things that weren't enforced." that represents the members, and thoroughly dem­ I joined a Union on the up and up. However, I According to Graves, "There are fights for wages, working and liv­ ocratic, respect­ which represents was willing to a lot of rank and file NMUers fed the members at all times, and ing conditions for the seamen." ing the wishes of the member­ overlook these up with that outfit who are com­ isn't afraid to demand that tough 4 4 4 ; ; matters as long ship at all times," declared Le ing into the Seafarers, and it is SkipperS wipe the logs off the Blanc. "I've found out that as my own per­ only a matter of time before the books wherever justified. Since sonal beefs got the SIU does not use the mem­ NMU will collapse as a result of joining the SIU, I've also had de­ the proper kind bers to advance any particular the termites boring from within." cent representation on my over­ of attention. political philosophy, but fully time beefs, collecting all of it in 4 4 4 That might represents the members on over­ "In 1938," Richard Kavanaugh time beefs, logs, and that's what two different instances. sound selfish, asserted, "I joined the National want. I had enough of that "Whenever I run into any Isth­ but it isn't Maritime Union, and sailed under , stuff in the NMU—^pushing the mian seamen, other unorganized meant that their contracts and conditions un­ commie line all the time." men, or NMU members," Mutsch­ way. til the present ler promised, "I'm going to give "I finally quit 4 4 time." "My book number in the NMU them the real lowdown on my that Union be­ K a V a naugh is 14111," Joseph Gordon report­ experiences, and urge that they cause of a beef with a new Chief continued, "I've ed, "and I have been a mem­ join the Seafarers." Engineer aboard the R. J. Reyn­ watched it de­ ber of that organization since Feb­ olds," continued Fincken. "I 4 4 4 generate from ruary 3, 1937 wanted to stay on as the Reynolds what once ap­ However, I've was a good ship, and I had it all "Since 1937, I've ben a mem­ peared to be a! had enough of shipshape after two trips. When ber of the National Maritime good rank and that phony the Chief got after my job, the file union to it's Union," Daniel F. Graves attest­ bunch, and have NMU representative at Houston present status of ed, "having picket cards from finally found a "The National Maritime Union told me he could do nothing about a propaganda in­ all strikes in the real militant it. So, I left the ship." never cooperated in any way strument for maritime indus­ maritime Union Fincken further claimed that whatsoever," Haiold M. McLin Soviet Russia try during that in the Seafarers this was the finish for him in the declared. "When I was a mem­ with little or no representation period. My book Intern ational NMU as well, because he didn't ber of that on members' beefs. They (the number is Union. want to remain in an outfit* which phony outfit, I NMU leaders) change their line "I know that 16131. couldn't properly represent it's paid my dues so often to conform to the Soviet, "When I join­ the NMU is members, and which couldn't pro­ regularly, but that you'd have to be a corkscrew phony," Gordon ed the NMU tect them from company stiff in­ never received to follow their devious paths. along with other went on, "because they ship men timidation such as he'd under­ the kind of Un­ "I no longer cared to be asso­ active and bona- out of the back door all the time. gone from the Reynold's Chief ion representa­ ciated with this colossal doublefide Union men," The rotary shipping system the Engineer. tion that a mem­ cross of the merchant seamen," said Brother way they use it is a rotary ship­ Concluded Fincken, "I looked ber should ex­ declared Kavanaugh, "so, I left -• Graves, "I was ping system for their friends. around for another maritime pect. Instead, that outfit, and joined the SIU. "In - my opinon," concluded of the opinion union which didn't have any of they always There, I found no foreign politi­ * the NMU's faults, and had plenty that it was created by and for all Brother Gordon, "it looks as gave me a big cal line being followed, and I of benefits instead. I'd heard Union men that joined it, and though the average NMU mem­ song and dance also discovered how much better about the Seafarers, how demo­ was to be run by the members. ber has nothing whatsoever to do story about what the SIU contracts were, and how cratically run the Union was, and Beginning in 1938 the comrats or say with the operation of that they were going to do, or what much better the SIU members . union. It's altogether different about their contracts. After join­ began to infiltrate the Union they had done in the past. were taken care of in the settle­ in the SIU. In the Seafarers, ing, I found out that there was with more and more power being ment of their beefs. Yes, the SIU "My reasons for finally quit­ everything i£| run by the rank as much difference between the given to the officials and less and is the Union for me, and I'm cer­ ting the NMU and joining the and file members, with the mem­ less for the rank and file to say NMU and the SIU as night and tainly glad I changed!" SIU were based on these items bers receiving good representa­ about the guidance and affairs of day. Give me the SIU brand of plus the additional fact that the {Conthined on Page 14) the union. In addition, mem­ tion on all good beefg." daylii^ht." NMU Leaders' Ideas Not Membership's He Finds Seafarers Really Democratic He Got Run-Around On Overtime Beefs NMU Wasn't Batting For This Seaman Party Line Cause Of Disaffection Back Door Shipping Replaces Rotary Rule NMU Will Collapse By Action Within All NMU Operations Called Inefficient �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Six Friday. May 3. 1948 Seafarers' Skating Star Winds UpSuccessfui Season Seafarer Jack Parker, Book No. 27693, climaxed his most success­ ful ice skating season by winning the large silver trophy awarded by the Brooklyn Ice Palace Speed Skating Club to the most im­ proved skater of the 1945-1946 season. This trophy, plus those already won by Jack this win­ ter, makes a total of four trophies and 18 medals for the season just completed. Born in Utica, N. Y. back in 1924, Brother Parker, who now makes Rome, N. Y-. his home town, started on his winning ice skating ways at the age of 13 when he won his first speed skat­ ing contest. h ON SUNKEN SHIP Jack gave up his skating dur­ ing the war to a great extent, when he joined the Seafarers some three-odd years ago. Dur• ing his seatime, he was on the • William J. Palmer of the South Atlantic SS Company when she sunk in the Adriatic Sea on Aug­ ust 4, 1945. The Palmer was hit by a sonic mine, and went down in less than 25 minutes with a complete loss of cargo but no loss of lives. Having donned his skates only a few odd times during shore leave while the war was on, Par­ ker found it necessary to do some real training when he decided to resume competition. Entering the City Championship races at Rome, Jack succeeded in copping the crown after winning the Half Mile and One Mile Senior Men's events and securing two first place medals and two trophies. CLEAN SWEEP Competing in the races at Syracuse, the SIU flash made a clean sweep of the events by com­ ing home in front in the 200 yard, 440 yard, 880 yard and One Mile speed trials, and winning the meet point trophy. * Entering the Rhode Island State Championship meet at Provi­ dence, Brother Parker succeeded in taking the 200 yard event, but only placed in the other speed races. Skating as a member of the Brooklyn Ice Palace team in various indoor meets around Brooklyn and New York, Jack succeeded in winning a total of 10 medals and the trophy already : mentioned for his indoor efforts. As proof of the fact that Sea/— ^ The SIU Spirit! l-w?-; Seafarers are Brothers in spirit as well as in name. The following contributions were made this week by va­ rious Seafarers to ailing SIU members in hospitals: From the crew of the SS Francisco Quinone. $11.00 to the Brothers in the Fort Stanton Hospital. From the crew of the SS Fort Donaldson, $16.30 to the Brothers in the Fort Stanton Hospital. From Brother N. Larson, $10.00 to the Brothers in the New Orleans Marine Hos­ pital. From the crews of the SS Venore, SS J. McDonough, and SS W. Bevins, a toted of $39.00 to be distributed to the Brothers in the Balti­ more Marine Hospited. That's the true Seafarers Spirit! THE WINNER The Marine Workers Indus­ Myers; Joe Curran; Daniel Boana trial Union published a month­ and many other who are today ly paper called the "Marine officials of the NMU. Lest we forget, two of the Workers Voice" and under the name of the Waterfront Unem­ ployed Council published a mime­ ographed scatter sheet called the © < "Dog House News." Masthead of the Marine Work­ "ties ers Voice proclaimed that they *C6*i were affiliated to the Trade Un­ ion Unity League, American see tion of the Red International of Labor Unions, which in turn was the Profintern"^—The International Trade Union secretariat in Mos­ cow with affiliate centers located in various pcffts throughout the world. Jack Parker, the Seafarers' skate flash, displays some of the trophies he won in ice compe­ tition. farer Parker comes from a family of competitive scrappers, Jack's young sister, Rosemary, won two second place medals in a row while competing in the speed trials at Rome. Rosemary has been under her brother's expert coaching since the age of nine, and is now 12 years old. All in all, during his lifetime of competitive ice skating. Jack Parker has managed to win a total of six trophies and 50 medals. And he still has a few years of competition left before hanging up his skates for good, so Jack can be expected to have plenty of souvenirs to show his grandchildren. COMMIE HALLS They maintained halls and "Stew Pots" in the major ports and their permanent membership, which at its height in 1934 amounted to only some 2,500, consisted in the large of per­ manently employed waterfront hangers-on. Their halls were minature com­ munist party headquarters and served as the waterfront center for all the Communist organiza­ tions such as the International Labor Defense, Workers Interna­ tional Relief, Friends of the So­ viet Union, Anti-Imperialist League, Unemployed Council and other language, national and ra­ cial organizations. The National Secretary- of the MWIU was Roy B. Hudson, now labor editor of the Daily Worker, official Communist paper. Other prominent members of the MWIU, who .seldom went to sea but were maintained ashore by the C. P. were: A1 Lannon (alias A1 Vetteri); Thomas Ray; Howard McKenzie; Blackie ONE TO MAKE READY most infamous were Ferdinand Smith of the NMU and Jack Lawrenson, Vice-President of the NMU who was organizer of the scab "good fellowship club." This is the outfit and there were the leaders that formed the NMU. Following their repudia­ tion in 1934 when the unions of the ISU won the labor represen­ tation elections by an over­ whelming majority, the MWIU was officially liquidated at a meeting, held in Communist Headquarters at 50 E. 13th Street, presided over by Roy Hudson and attended by Earl Browder. * The 1934 Strike the National Guard to supple­ ment the police whose clubs and tear gas had not driven a single picket off the waterfront. BLOODY THURSDAY On July 5, 1934, "Bloody Thurs­ day," was the "battle of Rincon Hill," the San Francisco Police moving in battle formation with tear gas squads, riot squads, night stick companies and all of them armed with pistols, moved on the unarmed pickets. Union martyrs, HOWARD SPERRY and NICK BORDOISE were murder­ ed under a hail of bullets and 109 militant strikers were wounded. July 5th is an official holiday of the AFL unions of San Fran­ cisco, an official holiday for all the affiliated unions of the Sea­ farers International on the Pa­ cific Coast and also for crews of Atlantic and Gulf contract ships which are on the Pacific Coast on that date. The shipowners "vigilantes" were at work, vigilantes more vicious than those of the gold rush days. Despite this terror, the picket line continued to move and the ships laid idle. All of the power of the shipowners, the state National guard, and the city police failed to swerve the strik­ ers a single inch. The shipowners in desperation called for more aid and it came in the form of the late General Hugh S. Johnson who in his first statement, labelled the strike of the starving, underpaid seamen and longshoremen as "Civil War." The culmination of the long years of hard work and perseverence since May 1, 1921 came on March 5, 1934. The Internation.;! Long.shoremen's Union, AFL, of the Pacific Coast demanded an STRIKE ENDS increase of fifteen cents an hour, The strike was officially called from 85 cents to $1.00. off on July 31, but much remain­ The date of the strike of the ed yet to be done. The rank and seamen is hard to determine but file seamen under the leadership under the leadership of the Sail­ of Harry Lundeberg, now Presi­ ors Union of the Pacific, the dent of the Seafarers Internation­ strike spread like wildfire up and al Union, handed down the ul­ "We will return to down the Pacific Coast from ship timatum. to ship and port to port until the work when all hiring is done entire maritime industry was through our Union hiring halls, when wages and conditions are paralyzed. contracts The official date of the calling guaranteed through with our Unions." of the strike is recorded as May A few die-hard union officials 9, 1934 and its official conclusion continued apathetic and concillias July 31 of the same year. tory to the shipowners. They had The term "official" is used be­ cause the strike was preceded by to be weeded out by Lundeberg a series of job actions and many more actions were necessary after the pickets were recalled before full union recognition and control of shipping through union hh-ing halls was estab­ lished. Never before in the history of trade unionism has a strike been marked with a greater militancy and sacrifice. At that time we had no strike funds, no treasuries, no large membership and only a few scattered halls. The Pacific Coast nights are never warm, yet shiv­ ering, underfed pickets maintain­ ed their picket lines twenty-four hours a day. Facing them was the greatest array of strike breaking appara­ tus ever seen before in any strike. The police were out en masse the first day, breaking heads on any excuse and in many cases outnumbering the pickets. THE ESTIMATED COST TO •ili THE SHIPOWNERS IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE STRIKE AND SMASH THE Brother Parker is poised ready for a quick start on the ice UNIONS WAS $1,000,000 A DAY. track. He has met America's best skaters in competition, and his Then on July 5, 1934 Governor trophies attest to his skilL Merriam of C^ifornia called out and the rank and file, and they were in short order. The strike was over but ships remained crewless as long as shipowners tried to ship through their offices or from the fink halls. The road to the conditions of today was opened. The blood, hunger and sacrifice of 1934 had not been in vain. It was in this strike of 1934 that NMU Secretary Ferdinand Smith was found guilty by a NMU trial committee of scabbing on a Luckenbach ship. Draw your own conclusions of the morals of the NMU leadership. / (Continued Next We^) �THE Friday. May 3, 1948 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Repatriated Crew Gets Good Beal •By ROBERT A. MATTHEWS Move For Company Union Beaten By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON —The Port has just I day withdrew his petition to rep­ seen a pretty slow week, what resent this union, and the case with a half dozen sliips dumping was dismissed by the NLRB. the crews on the beach while the However, enough disruption riders were being negotiated. took place among the seamen And even after the riders were while the case was on to require okayed, WSA continued to main­ a first class organizing job to get tain only skeleton crews aboard these ships under SIU contract the affected vessels. again. ISTHMIAN VOTE Upon checking this situation with the operators, we found that Another Isthmian, the Sea the "skeleton crew" business is Scorpion, arrived in Boston this WSA policy with regard to ships past week and was voted. This awaiting assignment, so that an­ ship left five months ago without other angle has now been added sufficient organizing work on tO' decrease employment oppor­ her; hence the 50-50 vote obtain­ tunity for American seamen. ed on her was a tribute to the or­ In Portland are three SIU ships ganizing activities of the SIU (Wm. Phipps, Wallace Tyler and men aboard her, especially since Charles Keefer) and two SUP one of the votes they swung to ships (Ovid Butler and Fort Don­ SIU was an NMU book man for aldson, tanker). All except the five years. tanker had rider trouble, with The next Isthmian to be voted the payoffs held over from day in Boston will be the Lynn Vic­ to day. tory, which will arrive within At this writing only the SS four or five days. Wallace Tyler has paid off; the There are about a dozen ships others are scheduled to pay off as around right now, between Port­ soon as rider beefs are straight­ land and Boston. If they start to ened out. Brothers Parr and crew up at once our manpower Sweeney are standing by in Port­ surplus will be no more. But land trying to get favorable rul­ there is a noticeable tendency to ings. marry the ships on the part of the Stewards and Cooks, a tendency TWO FOR ONE which shows that the Stewards In the case of the SS Ovid But­ Department gang is well aware ler (SUP) the Federal Court has of manpower situation caused by notified the Shipping Commis­ the laying up of so many troop­ sioner that the crew is entitled ers. Well, it remains to be seen whether the Hall will be big enough on next Wedne.sday to hold all the Brothers idle in Bos­ ton. Philly Blocks WSA Move By J. TRUESDALE PHILADELPHIA — The busi­ ness about the WSA Competency to two days' pay for every one Cards is not yet completely dead. that the payoff is held up by the We now have a Calmar ship in company. here on which they are trying Boy, what a relief it is going to to pull a fast one. be for everybody when the ships The company insists on a Stew­ start coming in with the rider ard who has .such a card. The just negotiated and won by the WSA Commissioner was aboard SIU! to sign on the crew, and we in­ To date, WSA has not driven a sisted that the Stewards Depart­ nail in either the Yarmouth or ment sign on first. the Evangeline. These are the They refused to agree to this, ships which were reported in and so no one signed on. As this these columns some months ago, is being written, the boat is still too optimistically, as being read­ tied up, and it will remain that ied up for possible Easter cruises. way until the WSA and the com­ If it is next Easter now, it will be pany get wise to the fact that a surprise! thej"^ can't pu.sh us around. FAKER BEATEN The business of the Port is In the matter of the Massachu­ looking up. We have had a few setts Steamship Lines, Inc., which ships payoff here in the past had us a bit excited up this way, week. One of them, the Alcoa SIU has won another victory. Cutter, gave us a hot time be­ The New Bedford labor faker cause of a rider that was a honey. who was forming a company Our new Hall and recreation union was told in no uncertain room are in fine shape. We hope terms to cease and desist from that this will cause members to aiding and abetting a company continue to take an interest in union. the Port from now on. The AFL, both State and Na­ tional, really went to work on this case, and the final result is that the Teamster's Agent yester- Make Isthmian SIU! / • /J.. NO NEWS?? Silence this week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: CHARLESTON NEW ORLEANS SAVANNAH TAMPA HOUSTON SAN FRANCISCO — Business on the West Coast has dropped somewhat. Shipping is very slow in all ports. We paid off one of those crews last week that every piecard dreams of. This was the crew of the Grace Abbot, Calmar. The ship was out over eleven months and was finally turned over to the Jap^ in Yokohama. The crew was repatriated on the Stephen Porter, Eastern, to San Francisco, where they were paid off. Every bit of disputed overtime was collected and in addition we collected the following repatri­ ation monies: Eleven days at $5.20 per day while awaiting a repatriation vessel; $75.00 for the voyage home; three hours over­ time daily for the crew doing The Patrolmen Say... Crew Cooperates We had a little bit of excite­ ment in paying off the SS Edwin Moore. The Waterman Steam­ ship Company red-pencilled the overtime, and then failed to have a representative present to help settle disputes. The Skipper had a habit of log­ ging the men for the most minor infractions, and this didn't help. On one occasion he logged three men because one of them bor­ rowed a table from the guncrew quarters. The Captain could not figure out who took the table, so he fined all the men who shared the same forecastle. He also logged two or three men for not knowing the exact location of fire stations after he had changed the stations at least three times during the voyage. We asked the Captain, the Port Purser, and one of the Port Cap­ tains to take the responsibility of trying to settle disputes with us so that the ship could be paid off, but they declined. The crew refused to payoff for a period of four hours, and then the Purser decided that he would take the responsibility, and so we were able to payoff. The cooperation received from the crew was 100 percent. We were able to have five minor logs lifted, and this was due most­ ly to help we got from the men involved, and from the delegates. R. E. Gonzales James Purcell 4- No Picnic Signing on the Frostburg Vic­ tory, Alcoa Steamship Company, was really a picnic. First we had a beef about the Stewards De­ partment trying to sign on with­ out first clearing through the Union Hall. Then we had some charges brought up against the Second Steward. The charges were dropped, and 16 men, in­ cluding the Chief Steward, were pulled off the ship and told to pick up their books at the Union Hall. That settled the problem, and the rest of the signing on took place without further trouble. Paul Gonsorchick R. E. Gonzales James Sheehan Claude Fisher J. J. 4, Beef—New Type Wonders never cease. I was sent to sign on the crew of the John P. Poe, Bull Line, and when I came on board I call­ ed all three delegates together to instruct them on the new rider and other details. Before I could get a word in, the Delegates told me that the crew would not sign on unless the Purser could stay aboard for another trip. This hit me right between the eyes. I had never heard such a beef before, and so I called the whole crew together to get the right score. Here is the story: The Purser was a very efficient pharmacist and a very helpful and coopera­ tive sort of guy. Besides that, he was a clean cut fellow who could riot be used as a stooge, and the crew wanted him to stay aboard. The company claimed that it was a company matter, and that the Skipper had asked for a replace­ ment. While the discussion was go­ ing on—and the procedings lasted for three hours—the new Purser came on board, complete with bag and baggage. The old Pur­ ser pleaded with the men to sign on, and as he left the ship, the crew did sign on. As I said before, wonders never cease. Claude Fisher X % a, Sig^n On Delayed I had to hold up the signing on of the Williams Victory, of the Smith and Johnson Line, until they would attach the proper rider to the articles. After we waited from 1 p. m. to 3:15 p. m., the company finally got smart and gave in. Howard Guinier sanitary work coming home; and first-class transportation,, wages, and subsistence back to New York. I would like at this time to commend the entire crew of this ship in general, and the engine delegate in particular, for the fine way in which they conducted their business throughout the whole voyage and payoff. They kept a complete record of every­ thing that happened, which made it very easy to settle all the dis­ putes. Also in for payoff were the Henry Sanford, Overtakes; the Marine Dragon, Waterman; and the Stephen Porter, Eastern SS Company. These three ships paid off in San Francisco with all beefs .settled. Joe Wread reports from Seattle that two Waterman ships, the Maiden Creek and City of Alma paid off up there with all dis­ putes settled and transportatifHi paid back to the Gulf. Saturday, I got word that the Aberdeen Victory, Waterman, was due in San Pedro for payoff, and as per request from the crew, I went down there. We settled all disputes and the ship is stiU waiting for payoff. This ship signed articles in Mobile in February and made a Far East trip. She signed on with nine months articles and final port of discharge in the Gulf. This is exactly the same articles that there was such a beef about in New York and which still hasn't been settled. I will report further what happens on this deal after she pays off. The longshoremen and the waterfront employers are still slinging mud at each other be­ fore the Fact-Finding Board which was appointed to hear their case. There is no indication at this time as to what the Board's recommendation will be in this case. New Contracts Signed On Lakes By ALEX McLEAN BUFFALO — Secretary-Treas­ urer Fred Farnen and I, along with Ship's Delegates William Hill and Daniel Thomas, met with George and Philip Hall, own­ ers of the Steamer Canadiana, for the purpose of negotiating the new 1946 contract. We received the following wage scale: per month Wheelsman $221.00 ABs 218.00 Ordinary 171.00 Firemen, Oilers 218.00 Watertcnders 218.00 Coal Passers 176.00 Steward 305.00 Second Cook 210.00 Mess Waiters 171.00 Dishwasher 171.00 Night Cook 188.00 Maid 100.00 All these wages are plus sub'sistence. At a meeting held aboard the Canadiana on April 25, the new wage scale was accepted by a vote of 28 to 2. April 25 wa.s sure busy because on that day we also met with Mr. Hammond, President of the Gravel Products Company, and • his lawyer, Mr. Coffey. Another good contract was signed for the personnel aboard the Niagara. Shipping here remains very slow. Bulk freighters that called for crews are now sending them home. Fred Farnen, the newly elected, Secretary-Treasurer, got a hearty welcome—of course, he is now back in familiar territory as ho was once Buffalo Agent. �THE Page Eight Seafarers' Solidarity Beats WSA in Competence Card Move SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 3. 1946 SIU IN A BIG WAY—THE HAWKINS FUDSKE Ey WM. (CURLY) RENTZ :'K- • BALTIMORE—After a silence of three weeks due to the Agents' Conference in New York, I find the port in fine shape. Rex Dickey, who acted as Agent while I was at the conference, had the port in good shape when It*-. I got back. I hope my efforts at the con­ ference are as beneficial for the I'?'-" Union as his help was here and . ? ;- that goes for all the Patrolmen [ii' we have here in the Port of Bal­ timore. They are a grand group of men, and remember, they are here to help you in your beefs, so don't be afraid to talk to them. I i'.'- They are seamen who have been through the same things that you have and can help you from their experience. We have been having quite a little time here in Baltimore f. these last few weeks in regards to the riders on the different ships and we have made good progress so far. The companies have come through! COMPETENCE CARDS The coal strike has quite a few of our ships tied up due to the lack of coal. We got a lot of stuff when we refused to let men sign on as long as competence cards Union to the men who are not SIU members. From the amount of rated men they are getting they must be good talkers. In fact, when they aren't busy on an Isthmian ship they arc down around ships that we haven't yet got to organizing, passing out literature. Well, fellows, this is enough for thi.q week. We'll be sending in more on Baltimore from now on as we are really on the ball down here, with shipping still very good. Let Us Have 'Em The Log wants at once the names and addresses of bars, clubs freqfuented by seamen, particularly in foreign ports, so that they can be put on' the Log mailing list. With the postal delivery to ships snafued, this remains the only practical way of getting the Union paper into the mem­ berships hands. So do it today—send us the names and correct addresses of your favorite places all over the world, with an esestimation of the number of Logs they can use. Recently voting while docked at Staten Island, Isthmian's Hawkins Fudske rang up a resounding 89 percent vote for the Seafarers. Yes, sir, she's another in the long line of Isthmian ships joining the victory parade of the SIU. Puerto Rico Has Jobs For Tropical Beachcombers By BUD RAY SAN JUAN — Shipping has picked up since the New York ships are running in again and all hands are happier as this gives them a chance to get a few pesos in their pockets. We have now got a closed shop agreement with the Bull Insular Lines to do chipping, scraping, scaling, painting, and general maintenance work while any of the Line's ships are in the Island, and in the past week 35 men have got this work. Usually each ship uses from 15 to 25 men so if you go on the WITH THE SIU m CANADA i. -*j J • M- were demanded from the mem­ bers of the Stewards Department. But when they found the rest of the crew standing pat and refus­ ing to sign on, they changed their minds fast. This is true of all men who ship out of Baltimore— they really stick together and get what they go after. The compa­ nies here know that by now. I, as Agent, am proud to repre­ sent a group of men such as we have here, and I can truthfully say that it is to men like these that the credit should go for making the Port of Baltimore what it is today—the best port on the East Coast! I finally convinced the Calmar Steamship Co., this week, that they must hire their Stewards from the Port of Baltimore out of the Hall if the ship is here in Bal­ timore and not call New York or some other port. It has been this practice which is responsible for the company's reputation for running poor-feeding ships. I hope they wise themselves up soon as the men are getting so they don't want to ship on them for this reason. Can't say I blame them, as I don't like to starve either. GOOD RIDER . In closing I would like to say a few words about the work the organizers are doing. Last week, in an unofficial manner they got one of the best riders on an Isth­ mian ship that could possibly be had. They don't know what de­ feat means. I have found them talking to Isthmiaa men all hours of the day and night—^helping them on their beefs and talking j The Seafarers International Union of North America has re­ peatedly laid before the Federal Government, proposals for the revision of the Canada Shipping Act which would bring it more in line with the Navigation Laws of the United States and eventu­ ally a Seamen's Bill of Rights. Recently further representa­ tions were made, and cover the questions of: (1) Abolition of "Advance Note" system, and the substitu­ tion of Slopchests on Canadian vessels. (2) Definite ruling on "Cash Draws" made by seamen on wages due, when in port similar to U. S. (3) Crew accommodations on shipboard, similar to U. S. (4) Abolition of "Shipping Fees" extorted from seamen for signing on, and off, ships articles of agreement. (5) Watches, Hours of Labor, Legal Holidays, (8 hr. day). Same as U. S. (6) Sick Mariners — complete revision of Section 308 of the Canada Shipping Act which cov­ ers sick mariners, and the cover­ age of all seamen regardless of whether their vessel sails foreign or coastwise. (7) Manning Scale—The decla­ ration of the Government on the question of manning scales for all vessels, and "requirements, qual­ ifications, and regulations as to crews," Certificate of Service as Able Seaman. Penalties for Undermanning. (8) Duplicate certificates of diecharge, to be issued free of charge when originals lost through shipwreck. These are only a few of the many vital questions affecting seamen in Canada which are kept before the Government by the SIU and will be persistently brought before them until re­ vised to our satisfaction. Seamen in Canada need the SIU more today than at anytime in the past. Shipowners have al­ ready started their campaign to break down their conditions to the level of slavery, they have never been much above this level and will have to organize into the SIU if they hope to stop the ship­ owner and win for themselves a decent and higher standard of living. There is Security In Unity! J. 4- S. Charles Marcotte, AB, left at St. Pauls Hospital, Vancouver, beach down here now there is plenty of opportunity to always have your rice and beans and a flop. Waterman talks favorably, so maybe we will have the same contract with them. There will be at least three ships in a week, which should give about 60 men work while their ships are in. PLENTY OF TRAFFIC In the past week, six ships were in: the Wa.shington, Cape Trinity, Cape Romain, B. A. Follansbee. Cape Mohican and the Cape Nome and all of them made some jobs. This week, we expect the Cape Corwin, Cape Texas and the Coastal Mariner, and the Cape Faro should be in from the Gulf. B. C., from the vessel Cranston Victory extends sincere thanks to the delegate, and deck crew, of the Maryville Victory for the cig­ arettes sent to him. The Patrolman took these to him and they were sure a God­ We are getting them from all send, as he was sick of smoking sides—trying to change books and Limey cigarettes. Many thanks to join the Union where the mem­ again. Brothers. bers get representation and not a lot of conversation. X X X Evidently the boys delivering the small so-called "China Coast­ ers" to Chiang Kai Shek from the United States are having a bad time. It is reported that the com­ pany handling these ships has been very lax in living up to its agreement. However, the matter has been referred to Headquar­ ters and no doubt will be recti­ fied without delay. Staff Officers Association Opens Now Office On East Coast TO ALL PURSERS: We are faking this means, of notifying you that the Staff Officers' Association has just opened an office on the East Coast. It is desired that you contact this office by mail, phone, or in person at your earliest opportunity. It is to the benefit of all that you do this as soon as possible. It would be of much help and greatly appreciated by the American Merchant Marine Stafi Officers' Association if the Deck Delegates would inform all Pursers on board their respec­ tive ships. The office is located at 21 Bridge Street, Room 508. Phone: Bowling Green 9-5245. Let us hear from you. TOM HILL Representative MORE TALK In the last week there have been two MFOW men in, three MCS and we have quit counting NMU members as they are to numerous to mention. Editors Note:—See page five for more of same. It's getting to be quite a parade.) The shaft alley gossip at the present time is that the Alcoa is to buy out the New York Puerto Line. How true this is I can not say; but give a seaman time on the beach and he will get more of this gossip going than a half dozen old Beetle's on a back fence can have under way about the newly married pigeon across the way. At the present time we have 44 men on the beach in all rat­ ings. In the past week there was shipped 15 men in all rat­ ings, so you can see that things aren't so tough down this way if you really want to go. And that is more than I can say for some of the Carioca Boys who have been with us for quite some time. So for the gang who likes to enjoy life at its best—we will be. looking for you in the neav' fu-• ture. ' �,.r; .">• ". ^ •: . ' •"* '•;", ;• THE Friday. May 3, 194G SEAFARERS FAST CROSSING On the return trip from Lon­ don, the Kelso would have broken the Atlantic crossing rec­ ord for cargo vessels of that type, if she hadn't run into a fog bank off Nantuckett Light. Until the time she hit the fog, the Kelso was maintaning a speed average of 18.5 knots, but was forced to cut down so that the trip aver­ age was 17.5 knots. The Skakway Victory, Alcoa, had an unofficial race with the Kelso, but came in a bad second. Spotting the Skakway a cool seven hours start from London, the Kelso still managed to beat her in by 10 hours. Some of the Kelso lads man­ aged to while away their spare time on the New York trip by warming up their assorted soup bones, and borrowed half a dozen baseballs from the Skipper. Hav­ ing lost several of these to Davey Jones, the crew intends to repay the Captain by sending him some replacements from New York in return for his generosity. f-:i LOG Page Nine SHE'S AN SIU VICTORY—THE KELSO Kelso Victory Scores 87 Per Cent For SlU Seafarers Bormann, Second Cook; Fuches, and Jones, Asst. Electrician, did a bang up job as ship's organizers aboard the Isth­ mian ship, Kelso Victory, by bringing her in aknost solid for the SIU. Estimated figures gave the Seafarers the overwhelming vote of 87 percent of the ship's total ballots. Kelso crew members commend­ ed Captain Burbanks as being a good Skipper-—one of the best they ever sailed with—a good Joe who was strictly informal, and knew each member of the crew by his first name. According to a number of the men who have sailed Isthmian before, this is a notable excep­ tion to the usual rule of Isth­ mian's tough, bucko Skippers. . nz-'y. aboard the Kelso is remaining on for another trip. In fact, several of the boys drew so heavily on their pay, that they don't have much coming. One man only has about $1.95 to come. Such is life. Well, men, you did a swell job on the Kelso. Keep her that way, and she'll be a pride and joy to the Seafarers. Bon voyage! The Two Stooges Get Theirs By BEN REES NORFOLK—Shipping has pick­ ed up some during the last few days, but as yet it is still slow for unrated men, especially for the Steward's Department. There are quite a few boneyard jobs com­ ing in and the boys make a few standby jobs which keeps them in beer money. We are expecting four ships next week, and to date there is no word that they are going up the river; so it looks like we will clear out the hall again. The SB PVank R. Stockton of the Calmar Steamship Company paid off here last week and we encountered another bucko Skip­ per and a sea-lawyer Purser, for which this Company is so fam­ ous. There were quite a few tripcards aboard the ship and the "two stooges," as they were named by the crew, thought they had the bull by the tail. They proceeded to fill up the log book and do everything they could to hardtime the crew. But the delegate, Raymond Ferreiro, an oldtimer, gave the men ex­ cellent advice and they just sat quiet until time of payoff. Then Ferreiro and the Patrol­ men went before the Commis­ sioner and all logs were can­ celled and the "two stooges" were promptly read off before the entire crew. These Isthmian crew members of the Kelso Victory are proudly displaying that SIU sign on Pier 17, Brooklyn. Even though she didn't vote 100 percent SIU. the Kelso did go 87 percent, and that ain't hay. Brother! Kneeling (left to right): Peters. Johnson, Gaedt. Parks, and Holmes. Middle: Harmes, Hill, Hazelwood. Schultz. Figini, and Ray. Rear: Bennett. Lamb. Fuches. Welch. Parkinson. Parrett. and Hubbard. Safer At Sea! This has nothing to do with the sea, except, perhaps, to show sea­ men the h.azards of shorecide life. No sooner had he been pro­ nounced married when bride­ groom Leroy Wandsneider, of Sussex, Wis., keeled over in a dead faint. Before the echoes could die out, he was joined on the floor by his brother and his attendant. They were revived by the bride and her attendants. Commy Red Tape Precedes Hiring R.R. Patrolmen Tie Up Gaiveston By D. L. PARKER GALVESTON — The Port of Galveston is tied up as tight as a drum. The National Associa­ tion of Railway Patrolmen, is out on strike for union recognition. They met with the company some few days ago and got them to agree to raise their wages and shorten their working hours and days. But they could not get the company to negotiate a contract in writing. So they put out a picket line on April 27. medical atention if they become ill. Sez 1, "Strange animals in this cold cruel world, eh?" Sympathy, he asks for. He will get it in the form of an iron-clad con­ tract, which his men will present to him when he sees the light. I've got a beef to make! In this port we are so hard up for Stewards that we have to ship anyone that we can get, and we are getting some rum-headed guys who are a disgrace. I don't mean the old-timers, for we have some very good. Unionminded Stewards sailing. I am referring to those birds who go aboard the ship drunk and stay that way for days. Then suddenly they decide that the rest of the Stewards De­ partment is no good, and any­ time after midnight they will awaken the crew and tell them they are all fired. These guys are TC men and you can imagine what happens to them. For the time being this port is getting busier every day and we try to kep the beefs as low as possible. So far we've made some progress. The SIU, the longshoremen and other crafts are giving the strik­ "DONALD DUCK" ers 100 percent support. E. H. Chief Electrician Duncan, who Thornton, general manager of the was the NMU ship's organizer company, is crying the blues, aboard the Kelso, received the {Continued from Page J) saying that the poor people in self-explanatory nickname of Brother Powell, who recently European countries are starving "Donald Duck" from the crew. joined the Seafarers, said, "I to death and that, with all the They got the biggest kick imag­ dropped from the NMU ranks be­ ships now tied up by the strike, inable from his antics, especially cause there was too much red food cannot be delivered to them. the high pressure outfit which he tape about getIt is damn funny that he has wore to London to impress the ting a job just thought of this matter at English gals, whom he considered through that this time. 1 don't suppose that fair game for his monkey suit. outfit. Not only he ever gave a thought to his Cartoonist Bob Niedermeyer, did it take you own men, who were working for AB, who is quite talented in the Alternately bullying and cajolseveral weeks to him at starvation wages seven art line, drew several very effec­ ling, the Isthmian Chief Engineer find a job, on ac­ days a week, 12 hours a day— tive cartoons which members of aboard the Baton Rouge Victory count of the with no vacations, or any form of the crew posted on the bulletin tried to persuade crew members o V er stuff ed board. One of them was really to join the NMU. This bucko membership a dilly, showing Duncan's pro­ Chief told Black Gang men that rolls, but they boscis in close proximity to the if they joined and voted for the very seldom had Chief's shoe—or words to that NMU, he'd see that they got proper repre­ effect. Did the boys get a laugh plenty of overtime. By JOE ALGINA sentation aboard out of that one! In addition to the Chief, the NEW YORK—The Government beef, and we are proud that the ships in or­ In his desperate efforts to gar­ 1st was also down on the proner a couple of NMU votes, Dun­ SlU men in the Engine gang. der to settle beefs. When they is laying up a number of ships beefs are being settled at the can promised a couple of the Wip­ While down in Panama, this indi­ did furnish the representation, in Tarrytown and that should payoff. help solve the housing problem ers that they'd receive Asst. Elec­ vidual had some crew members 1 think that now is the time trician ratings on the next Kelso on top of the boilers cleaning about half the time it was so in­ in that vicinity. Of course, in a for us to start thinking about, few months the companies will and preparing for, a strike in the trip. Incidentally, the Jr. En­ down, and also had them in the ferior that it was no good. "My idea of a good union is be buying the vessels back at industry. Like all other workers, gineer who carried an NMU book, bilges on their hands and knees didn't vote, and the boys all with hot water. He promised the one which takes care of it's mem­ one-third their present value, but the seamen will probably have wondered why. boys plenty of hot jobs—more bers beefs, and tries to get a this type of steal is not new to to hit the bricks before any gains One of the ABs, West, smashed evidence of attempted intimida­ square break for the seamen. big business—and it is not the can be made. first time that the Government his finger during fire drill, ac­ tion. Last week's report had some­ They don't do that at the NMU, has helped big business to thing in it about obtaining hos­ In spite of these bad conditions, cording to some of the members. He's a fairly light man, and was ship's organizers Colditz, White, that's why I left, and joined the "chisel" the taxpayer. pital records. Well, the fellow At last good weather has hit we had in mind, Mike Fyka, liii holding the nozzle when the Chief and Taylor did a splendid job on SIU." Powell went- on. "I'm satis­ turned the pressure on suddenly. the Baton Rouge, and brought fied with the kind of represen­ this port and quite a few of the ally collected his money, but .it As a result, he was thrown up her into port for the voting in tation that I'm getting now, and boys are atending the ball games. was a tough one all around. in the air, and fell to the 'deck, fairly good shape, teaching those 1 don't mind telling the whole Others go up to Central Park for We hope that men will remem­ a real sailor's holiday—rowing and his hand was smashed. SIU birds that SIU men don't scare world." ber to get hospital records when on the lake. representatives are pressing his easily, in the face of coercion, forced to go to the hospital in-a Business and shipping have re­ case in order to see that he gets intimidation, or what have you. mained good since the settlement foreign port. It's your money, Seafarers can take it, and they a proper settlement. of the foreign transportation rider protect it! Most of the present crew can dish it out, too! Isthmian Engineers Try To Intimidate Baton Rouge Crew Ships Lay Up For Bargain Sale Make Isthmian SIU! �»t;.- w rix THF SEA FAKERS Page Ten LOG Friday. May 3, 194G SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS BURNT ISLAND HEADS FOR BONEYARD Buntline's Old Beefs Still Ride Itr > Iv The Edwin Moore of the Calmar Line paid off this week after a six month trip. Except for sev­ eral petty loggings and a few dis­ puted overtime hours, the cre\'\^ was also concerned in reporting to the Union the disagreeable be­ havior of Captain Vandergriff, Chief Engineer Richards and the Steward. Several men, for example, had contracted a venereal disease. Sulpha pills were automatically issued to them. The ship's supply of penicillin was denied the crew. The Captain refused to use any of it because he was saving it for pneumonia cases. When the ship left for the States, the Chief Cook discovered he also had the disease. He told the Steward about it. The Stew­ ard ordered him to keep on working, regardless of what the crew would think or do about it, if they knew. In New York the Cook told the crew he was rereceiving penicillin treatments at the Marine hospital and how he had notified the Steward during the voyage of his condition, etc. ' Crew members of the MV - Buntline Hitch have blisteringly denounced the Waterman Line 5 for its laxness in shipboard con ditions and practices. The com pany neglected repairs after they had been pointed out on three oc­ casions. I Winding up a trip on March 3, < the crew revealed the existing 1 conditions in a statement to the Log. citing a pressing need for repairs, which, if listed, would run from stem to stern. Chief items in a state of disre; pair were faulty stoves, conkedK out boiler, leaking port holes, to P say nothing of the tile trouble. ^ Nor was there a fog bell or whistle to blow in freezing weather. Water was unneces­ sarily rationed, the crew added. DISREGARDED The company had ample time, to properly attend to these mat­ ters, the crew avers, for atten­ tion was called to them on each of three previous trips. Even the Captain's plea, added to the crew's clamor, failed to stir the company to action. The crew said the Cap­ tain did everything in his power to obtain the much-needed re­ pairs. Also exposed was a chiseling company attempt to slash over­ time on the last tr'p for the same work on which it approved over­ time pay on the three previous sailings. Symbolic of what is happen­ ing to her and other tugs and ships these days is this shot of the Moran Towing Company's sea-going tug, the Burnt Isl­ and, with Brother Bill Ken­ nedy coming down the gang­ plank at Hoboken. Lots of seamen are coming down gang­ planks for the last time these days, as ships, like the Burnt Island, head for the boneyard. •^w> im.. iw TeU. OF TH6 40VANT>*SCS OFSIUMfMB^RSHlP — / -gUIL-D Trtg SlU / NO COOPERATION One night a Fireman went ashore. He met the Second En­ gineer who was drunk. The En­ gineer started shouting at him. Then he hit the man several times and finally hit him in the head with a bottle. Returning to the ship, the Fireman woke the Captain for first aid. The Cap­ tain raged and stalled around and finally treated him. The next day saloon when he asked for mail for the crew. While the ship was on coast­ wise articles, everything was all right. Once the crew signed on foreign articles, and was out at The crew of the Belle of the sea, the picture changed. Sea has gone on record asking that the Union see that the po­ PICTURE CHANGED sition of Night Cook and Baker When the Deck Department was is reinstated on C-2 ships. That working at night, the 9 o'clock in itself is hardly noteworthy, lunch was not brought to them. for many crews have expressed The Deck Delegate v/as sent to themselves on this point. But the Skipper to find out what the the Belle crew has taken the trouble was. When he was told trouble to document its case com­ that it was not supposed to be pletely from the standpoint of furnished, he showed the Skip­ dollars and cents—an item which per that it v/as included in the agreement. At this point, the should appeal to the operators if Skipper said, "Don't throw the anything would. The minutes of the shipboard agreement up to me." meeting of March 23, as submit­ Crew members who sailed with ted by Chairman A1 Howells and this Captain in the past say that Secretary James Atkins, point out the last Deck Delegate was told that the Chief Cook's responsi­ the same thing. The First Mate has taken his bilities are too great to warrant cue from the Captain and is also his doing this job and obtaining making life miserable for the maximum efficiency, too. The Third Cook, the crew said, crew. He has taken authority has to devote full time to clean­ away from the Bosun, and has ing and washing; therefore he had the other Mates doing Car­ there was a notice posted stating that anyone disturbing the Cap­ tain again would be logged and placed in irons. Several days later, this same' Fireman complained of a head­ ache but still went below to work his hours. The Captain and the Chief Engineer suddenly came aboard drunk and raised holy hell. The Chief went below and noticed the Fireman sitting down resting his head on his arms. The Fireman was subsequently log­ ged for sleeping on the job and was also broken down to Wiper. GUNNERY LEVY! The latest notice by Captain Vandergriff was here in New York, stating his request to the crew to pay him $10.00 because some of the men were found in possession of guns. In order to settle the fine levied by the Cus­ toms against him, he wanted the crew to pay. However, it was a different story to several crew members in the Customs Court. The officials told them they were not being fined and they did not have to pay any money to the Captain. Speaking for the crew;, the fol­ lowing members: George Le Beau, Harry Grace, Bill Dunsworth and George Chauvin have expressed the hope that no SIU crews ever have the bad luck of sailing with this Captain, with his never ending phony notices and petty loggings or with this Chief Engineer who often enough tried to catch an earful of the crew's affairs. Crew Spells Out Reasons For Retaining Second Cook VOICE OF CREW One of the crew, P. H. Parsons, apparently voicing the sentiments ^,of his shipmates, had this—among other things—to say: . . Our seaman should not suffer, freeze or starve aboard the vessels now that peace is here. Nor should we have to bow to phony decrees preventing in­ stallation of peace' time equip­ ment by the WSA. "Neither should we bow to lastmoment slashing of OT by the Waterman offcials when they pass the same time on previous trips. "We should also have an extra man to make beds and clean toilets as we do on other ships. . ." Amen, Brother. Captain, Engineer Louse Up Good Trip Here's a tricky shot of some of the crew members of the Sea Flasher, made by a crew mem­ ber as she put in at Norfolk. SS Grhwold Is A Ship To Bypass, Boys The Captain and First Mate of the Roger Griswold are careful to stay within the law, but they are certainly doing everything in their power to make the trip as unpleasant as possible for the un­ licensed personnel. This infor­ mation is contained in a letter from the crew dated April 7. So far, they have ordered the lookout to stand on the weather side when the weather is cold and raining, threatened to log a man for not turning to on over­ time, ordered the men to chip and scrape the decks during rainy weather, and threatened to throw the Deck Delegate out of the penter's work to prevent the pay­ only in going to and from the ment of overtime to the crew. bridge, or giving each man only one carton of cigarettes per week, LUMP IT All of the above have led to are petty tryannies that are prac­ many protests, but the Captain tised by dictators. Tlie present crew of the Roger answered all beefs by saying that Griswold is unanimous in ad­ the day had come and gone when vising other Brothers to stay crews should be satisfied with away from this ship when a call their ship and officers. Some of the orders of the Cap­ for a new crew comes in. And as tain and Mate have obviously they put it, "A new crew will been given to show the crew who be needed for this scow if the is boss. Some, such as ordering Captain and Mrst Mate stay the men to use the after ladder aboard." has no time to learn cooking. This makes it hard to obtain the proper type of man for this po­ sition. BAKES AT NIGHT Due to the capacity of ovens on C-2 ships, baking during the day interferes with the normal work load; therefore, the Second Cook and Baker has to do this sort of work at night. ' This, naturally, militates against effi­ ciency during the day. Here's where the Belle of the Sea crew lays it on the line: .Reinstatement of the position of Night Cook and Baker would involve an additional cost of $157.50 a month. Overtime for baking and incidental work in a haphazard way will involve ap­ proximately $100 a month. The crew feels that the advantages will cover the outstanding expen­ ses of $57.50 per month, with a far more satisfactory crew re­ sulting. TO LIST PRICES The shipboard meeting also carried a motion to list prices paid for souvenir.?, and curios for the erew'.s benefit. Other action taken included: "a list of repairs to be made in trip­ licate for the Piatrolman, the head of the department involved, and the incoming delegates; to leave fo'csles clean and ^dy at end of voyage. �.;- :;j>'!• Friday. May 3, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings WILLIAM MACLAY. April 7—Chairman Jack Osse Jr., Secretary P. D. Staii'ton. Mo­ tion was carried to accept all reports concerning, the Union status of each man. Motion car­ ried to have every man leaving dirty dishes on messroom tables pay a 50c line, to be sent to Fort Stanton Hospital; to have copy of these minutes sent to Mobile Branch from Aruba, NWI. S. S. S. BLUE ISLAND VICTORY. Chairman (Bosun); Secretary George Lazorisak. Good and Welfare; Motions carried: The Union's attention be brought up concerning the quarters aft; new mattresses purchased for the crew; all departments co­ operating in keeping laundry clean; to repair or obtain a new iron; requesting the Cook for warmer food at mealtimes and to have potatoes at breakfast time; and proper locks, lockers, ventilation and heating facilit­ ies be secured. % X % FROSTBURG VICTORY, March 20~-C hair man John Meghrian; Secretary Chad Hagberg. New business; Dis­ cussion on why the Jr. Engin­ eers were moved from topside down below and why the two day men received a private fo'c'sle, also a beef about two Steward Dept. men using the hospital as a fo'rsle. Good and Welfare; Beef about having to eat Army stores instead of fresh food. A discussion on why the Steward Dept. Pan­ try and their ship's baggage locker is being used as a paint locker. Motions carried; The slop chest price list to be pre­ sented to the Commissioner and Union Patrolman for in­ spection; and the fumigation of the ship before the new crew arrives. S, 4 J, WILLIAM MOULTRIE, April 5—The Steward report­ ed his requisitions are open to the Delegates to estimate an adequate supply of stores. The crew refused to cross picket line formed by tugboat strikers and longshoremen and truck drivers in sympathy with them. Decision was made to move the library from the cleaning lock­ er to gunner's messroom which is now a recreation room. Sug­ gestion was made for the Dele­ gates to see the Purser about supplying adequate penicillin. Motion carried to have all fines go to the Log and Hospital funds. 4" FALLEN TIMBERS, April 3 Chairman J. Templeton; Secre­ tary J. Kenigan. Beef discuss­ ed on the galley-man being dis­ charged. S t ewa r d explains why, stating it was agreed with the Hall the man would get off in Charleston. Members decide two Galley-men should not have been hired, and if he is discharged, then transportation and full month's pay are due. Captain says this beef has to be settled by the Company Agent. Discharged Galley-man states he didn't come on as an extra man but as a replace­ ment for the other galley man. Motion carried to have the Captain clarify the restriction of the ship in New Orleans and the disputed overtime for this. Captain states he can't pay overtime for restriction of ship unless the company allows it. % t, X FALLEN TIMBER, April 15 —Motions carried; To hold up the payoff until all disputes are settled and the Union Patrol­ man arrives; to have proper ventilation for the summer months and the scuppers and drains fixed. The Engine Dept. decided that the purser's over­ time sheet be checked with the crew's before Purser leaves for the office. Deck Dept. discuss­ ed a beef on why the ship sail­ ed with men short in two de­ partments. 4. 4< 4. TOPA TOPA, April 13 — Chairman Guy Whitehurst; Secretary Newell Gilliam. Dele­ gates reported all overtime in order except for eight hours on carpenter work. Full coopera­ tion was asked of the Engine Dept. towards helping the Wip ers keeping the head and showers clean. Beef was dis­ cussed about passengers inter­ fering with men on watch in purchasing Slop Chest articles at the same time as the crew. Motion carried to have dele­ gates see the Captain about correcting insufficient Slop Chest stores, and for more buckets issued to men doing sanitary work. 4. 4. 4. GEORGE G. CRAWFORD, Jan. 22—Chairman S. Watson; Secretary W. Trolle. A pep talk on Unionism was heard and enjoyed. Motion was car­ ried for a ten cent fine for vio­ lations of cleanliness rules, proceeds to be donated for the Log. There was a food report by the Steward and a request that the crew take it easy on certain items. The crew agreed to conserve the night lunch for the watches. 4' 4' 4 BUTTON GUINNETT, Mar. 17—Chairman John Parie; Sec­ retary M. Polise. New Busi­ ness; Meetings to be held each Sunday while at sea; the Deck Engineer gave lecture to tripcarders on having them under­ stand Union rules and prin­ ciples. Good and Welfare; The rationing of eggs was discuss­ ed. Steward claims that most of the eggs were from last trip and a quarter part of them were found bad. Men who ate four eggs were advised to ob­ tain more eggs from those who did not eat eggs. Suggestion was made to turn extra linen in to the Steward. 4. 4 4 BUTTON GUINNETT, Mar. 23—Chairman Harry Woods; Secretary M. Polise. Motion was passed to send signed pe­ tition to the Union about the crew refusing to sail until ship was stored. Articles were sign­ ed on Feb. 2, 1346 and the stores were not put aboard un­ til March 2, in the third port. Union Agent and Patrolman were aboard in Galveston and Houston about these stores. Good and Welfare: Bill Thomp­ son hcinded out drinks in cele­ bration of his birthday. The ship's Baker made a delicious cake for him and all drank to his health, wishing him a hap­ py birthday. Delegates were; Edward J. Clark, Robert T. Burns and Charles A. Miller. NEW YORK SKYLINE FROM THE DECK OF THE JOHN MOSBY For some homesick Brothers, this shot, taken from the deck of the SS John Mosby as she lay at a Greenpoint dock, may stir nostalgia. For some of the boys who've been on the beach a while, it may not mean a thing. At any rate, here she is; the New York skyline. That's the Em­ pire State Building at the right. Page Eleven SEAFARER SAM SAYS: €UMt/<fATS Tf/ose RUM 8€€FS/ V : 4 . To «oA' Started to ^one L ,n po" "• .n excess 2. ly '1cx:>ctiy ' V ,o. CUT AND RUN By HANK Chief Cook George E. Char­ lotte and Steward Pete Pavich just paid off from a four month trip aboard the Frederick Dau, with their beefs settled. . . . James Manning and Earl "Snuf­ fy" Smith are probably waiting for more shellbacks to anchor a certain item in the galley . . . "Rum and Coke" Willie West beefing the other day about lots of things. Especially ahniit the Loopers who ride the loop like chickens with their heads cut off! . . . We didn't see Ray Diskson around for a few days. Did he grab a ship? . . . 4 4 4 Somebody wants to know where John Bananas is right now? . . . We're going to ask Buster Helvin, who had been doorman for a few weeks now and then, where his pal, Teddy Hess is right now? . . . Some­ times the Irish miss a day when the jobs pop up on the board. That's what happened to Jimmy O'Connor, while his pals were waiting for him. soon in this town—so they can get together and have a real old fashioned voyage! . . . Deck Engi­ neer Weaver Manning must have worried his hairs gray trying to find the tanker he's on, which is anchored somewhere in the har­ bor. Not only was this two days of a Lost Weekend for him but it seemed the steamship stiffs had lost their .ship, too! 4 4 4 Abe Sprung who just ship­ ped out, told us that he had met Harry Bernay, a few weeks ago. He also says there's a rumor that AB Tommy Holmes is working as a bar­ tender down in New Orleans. ... It seems that Paddy Logan had a beef about something but he probably had it settled by now. . . . Chicago's pride and joy of an oiler. Tommy Hannan, will be sailing soon on the Cape Borda down South America ' way. Say, Tommy, are you playing any more pi­ nochle, and beating "Mac" for all those games? 4 4 4 Jimmy De Vito, who is aboard the Giles, Mississippi, told us that he finally got the papers for the kid . . . We overheard a cer­ tain humorous and famous cook remembering when Kitty Hawk, the Engineei', was so hungry for 4 4 4 Our shipmate. Salvatore Frank, and his pal, Johnny Sullivan just paid off a short trip on the Wil­ liam Tillman. Frank's blowing his top about the guy who still hasn't sent him the three-num­ bered bill he had borrowed . . . Robert Mouseller, who is hospit­ alized with a broken back. Dex­ ter Warrel and Brother Abrams, did a swell organizing job with a cooperative crew on the Isthmian ship, Sea Scorpion . . . Jimmy Lil­ ly, from Mobile, who was Engine Delegate and Deck Maintenance Fred Pittman, are plenty happy from their smooth ten-month Calmar trip payoff. Fred said that if Duke Dushane had some­ how covered the payoff it would have been complete . . . 4 4. 4 Our thanks to Bosun William Murrell for the swell Isthmian organizing on the Nicaragua Victory! , . . Although we don't -know Jack Lawrence, there are others who do. Well, we just heard he's in town, that's all . . . Somebody told us aboui that little Steward. Joe Ryan, and all those white pants he bought some time ago. Joe must have seen our SUP Broth­ ers with their white caps and somehow thought he could sell them those white pants! •:• �>:•' • •TBB SEAFARERS Page Twelve LOG Friday. May 3. 1946 THE MEMBEBSmP SPEAKS BROTHER ASKS UNION MEN TO JUDGE HIM Dear Editor: I have been requested to note a recent experience, which caused much internal disruption amongst a few of our Brothers. First of all, I wish to impress upon you that personalities haven't any place in our Union, and if we have any sense of stability, it will never tui'n us from honest judgment of our problems. Please do not judge me for be­ ing vindictive for the following. I trust that I may be of some help to some of you in what I am about to relate. On my ship at the first of our voyage were troubled with pil­ fering. Therefore, two men in my department asked me to hold in safe keeping their personal be-, longings, consisting of $100.00, i two sets of seamen's papers, and last, but not least, two Probation­ ary Union Boobs. I accepted their belonging and secured them in a locked drawer under my settee. During the trip our Depart­ ment Delegate had asked these men for their books and for some reason of their own they i-efused to show them to the Delegate— (so the Delegate stated). The Delegate mentioned to me sev­ eral times that the men were re­ luctant to show him their books. ir ;r" HeARTtlERe'5 A 616 HAOL' Siif CARPS/ I told him that I had their books, and that they had been entrust­ ed to me for safe keeping. I also told him that I would be glad to show him their books, when they gave me permission to show them. They gave me their things to hold in safe keeping, and I was not going to break a trust. If they chose to refuse to let the Delegate see their books, lhat was a decision of their own, and they should be made to answer for their actions. I was in no way involved. My position in the matter was clear and simple. I also told the Delegate that I was sure the men had good standing Probationary Books. As I write this, I am under the impression that Delegate and the two men above-mentioned had personal differences. The Delegate, I understand, is trying to bring charges against me for non-Union activities for " holding the above-mentioned books. Yes, he saw my Book the very first time he requested it. He claims that I should have turned the men's books over to him without their permission, in ^pite of the fact that they had given me their things for reasons of safety. Now, I leave it to the Broth­ ers: Did I do right by keeping SEAGOING *BLACKIE* IS ACCOMPLISHED This is Blackie. the mascot of the SS Norwalk Victory, who recently whelped a. litter of four on the Assistant Electrician's bunk, at sea. Here she demonstrates her prime accomplishment: sitting up with folded paws, like a dog, to beg for food. Brother Windy Walsh, who sent in the photo, says "she sits that way until you feed her. too." their books, and waiting for the men's okay for release, or should I have broken a trust that was given to me as man to man. To have complied with the De­ legate's request would have been a violation of trust, and a failure .to discharge my responsibility honorably. It is not to be re­ garded as an issue between the Union and me. Book No. 25268 (Brother's name with­ held on request) Editor's Note: How about it. Brothers? Let's have some let­ ters from you regarding this. Let's hear about what you think of the angle. CH. STEWARD EARNS COMMENDATION OF GRACE ABBOTT MEN ber of the SIU, and it is a pleas­ ure to have him as a Brother in the STU. H. H. Neih. Steward Delegate: George W. Robey. Eng. Delegate; Wiley F. Todd, Deck Delegate. SIU CREW MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN SHIP CLEANLINESS Dear Editor: This letter was received at the Philadelphia Hall. It comes from the Chief Mate of the Matthew B. Brady. It seems to me the membership would be interested in knowing the difference a real SIU crew makes in a ship's cleanliness. Red Truesdale The letter follows: Dear Editor: This is to commend Brother To The Philadelphia Local: Signing on a Deck Crew is Mariano DiPierro, Chief Steward one thing. aboard the SS Grace Abbott. This Paying off a Crew is another ships sailed from New York on thing. a trip which lasted eleven On December 8. 1945, this months. vessel signed on a crew from He has been found to be the your Local. most capable and most efficient This Ship was in a very dis­ member of the crew. He has to graceful condition when they the best of his ability tried to signed on. I do not think that obtain the necessary fresh foods I have ever been in an Ameri­ and commodities for the good can Ship that was in a worse health and welfare of the crew. condition. In many instances he had to go On April 17, 1946, we are to much trouble to accomplish paying off this crew. this end. At this time this ship is a clean ship and all its deck gear Under his direction, the De­ is in shipshape order. partment has always been in a 1 want to go on record as ap­ sanitary condition, and he has had to work very hard to re­ preciating the cooperation of place a bad First Cook sent to us the entire Deck Crew, especial­ ly the Old Timers, good sailors by the RMO in Panama. and Union Men. This is to certify that Brother Neil C. Steyer, Chief Mate DiPierro is a 100 percent mem­ CREW OF PEARSON DISCLOSES BEEFS ON CH. ENGINEER Dear Editor: Why do we sail under an an­ tagonistic, oppressive Chief En­ gineer? It isn't that we are so foolhardly we develop an atti­ tude of unconcern; neither do we anticipate changing his longnouriGhcdj undesirable character­ istics. It is always because we were unable to forsee the inevi­ table until articles were signed and the voyages underway. How­ ever we would like to remove these blind patches from the eyes of the crews who follow us by a forewarning in our Log. Merely to enumerate a few of of our grievances we might men­ tion that when Engineers, the crew or both were doing main­ tenance work, the Chief was al­ ways on the spot to oversee and reprimand, invariably finishing up the job himself. Who read­ justed the feed chock valves, forced draft speed, or added ex­ tra feed when he came below? Who made it a point to make a round below on the minute just before coffee time and immediate­ ly thereafter to check on the day worker's time off? Who called the watch in port with the neverending threat, "log you 4 for 1?" Who was it that never missed a day throughout the voyage sounding the settlers as a double Log -A- Rhythms The Rooster's Revenge (Anonymous) Early on an Easter morning Little Miss Virginia Meggs Found a score of highly-colored, Somewhat gaudy Easter eggs. Now in a nest out in the barnyard Where the old hen stretched her legs Generous little Miss Virginia Placed these pretty Easter eggs. Some were pink and others yel­ low; Some were green and some were blue. Three were striped, the color purple; Some were dyed a crimson hue. Came the rooster, crowing loudly. Strutting as a rooster should. Joyful in anticipation. Proud of coming fatherhood. By his nest he drew up proudly, There his handiwork to view, For he knew his mate was setting. Knew the hatching day was due. Sad the day and sad the moment. Sad his terrible surprise; Joy fled from his heart in horror At the sight before his eyes. For in the home nest of his lady, Whom he would have sworn was true Were the eggs of green and yel­ low, Pink and brown and red and blue. Long the rooster stood in silence. Then decided bitterly Naught was left but to avenge His violated sanctity. check, after the Second Asst. had pumped them up? We ask who So with the courage of an eagle made it so evident that he con­ Next door did the rooster fly; sidered all the Engine Depart­ Battle-ruffled were his feathers. ment incompetent of their du­ Blood was in the rooster's eye. ties? It was Chief Engineer Al­ The rooster's mind was firm, de­ exander Korb. termined; There is no harmony and little The rooster's jaw was set and romance in the Black Gang when grim. they feel that they are being And the nextdoor neighbor's watched at each of their duties, peacock when a large percentage of their Got the hell whipped out of overtime must be entered on a him. disputed overtime sheet, and what is acceptable must be debated for. We became accustomed to see­ the 8-12 watch, but erased by the ing the Chief standing on the Chief with orders to make no boat deck to assure himself the such entry again. Oiler made his round to the steer­ The minor petty afflictions ing room. Neither was it unusual upon the crew is what causes so to find that he was standing in much dissension. For instance, the fireroom grating at any in­ changing light bulbs to a lower terval throughout the night, peer­ candle power throughout the ship ing down at the men on watch. and creating a disturbance about Few Second Assistant Engineers the crew using too much steam have made a two months voyage to boil out clothes. without adding any boiler com­ When a vessel continuously re­ pound whatsoever, or making a places each member of the En­ boiler water analysis. This one gine Department after a single did. Why—because the Chief voyage except the Chief Engineer did that on another watch. Few it should speak well enough for Chief Engineers do the majority itself. We would only like to of the maintenance work at sea add, "thanks for a short voy­ that would otherwise be over­ age" with our beloved Chief En­ time, or trace down grounds and gineer Alexander Korb and to renew fuses while the Third As­ wish the traditional "Godspeed" sistant is on watch. Maintenance for the return voyage to those work done by the Chief Engineer who follow us, with a sincerity was not recorded however. It from the bottom of our hearts. was entered in the official log on Crew of ihe R. M. P/arUn �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 3, 1946 UPGRADING SCHOOL ! it than the Maritime Service ever IN APPRECIATION did. I think we have already WOULD BENEFIT proved that by the type of men OF THE VERSES we have turned out of the SUP OF A. SHRIMPTON OPERATORS, TOO Dear Editor: May I suggest to these messroom strategists (the kind who arc always yelling "phony") that we meet aboard ships these days, that they read the minutes of the last Agents Conference held in the Port of New York. The pro­ posals and resolutions acted on at this conference are most cer­ tainly a credit to the officialdom and the membership they repre­ sent. I notice in the Secx-etaryTi-easurer's report he states that negotiations are soon to be open­ ed with the shipowners. Now is the time to submit your pro­ posals and quit the beefing. All the griping in the woidd will never get the job protection and conditions so important in main­ taining a smooth organization. There are numerous clauses in the various agreements that could be clarified, such as the hiring clause in the Calmar agree­ ment, the Oilei's' working rules in the Overtakes agreement, number of men in the Steward Department, etc. Your negotiating committee represents you and the condi­ tions you are to work under, and if you don't get behind them I don't know how you expect to come out of these negolialioixs with sound agreements and clari­ fications. Brother Paul Hall, New York Agent, has suggested a stx-ong educational program. I agree with him wholeheartedly. For the past several weeks I have been visiting ships with Brothers Simmons and Kelly here in San Francisco and the importance of an educational program becomes clearer to me with every ship I go aboard. , In too many cases we find Dele­ gates aboard ship who are not familiar with their duties, and days are put in straightening out minor beefs. I have also been aboard a few Isthmian ships and have found that we are going to have to train organizers, not only in the history of the SIU, but also of the NMU, if we axe going to compete with their Com­ mies. It doesn't take much think­ ing to see the importance of carx-ying out a strong educational program. As I have stated previously, ne­ gotiations are to be opened soon and I am of the opinion that an Upgrading School would give us no end of aid when our represen­ tatives sit down at the table with the shipowners. If we can convince them, we are training our members to be­ come competent and efficent sea­ men, that is half the battle. A good competent crew can really cut down the operatox-s' shipyard expenses, and it would be bene­ ficial to the organization if we can give them this type of per­ sonnel to man their ships. I know we have men in the organizatioi^jWho could take over ^nstructors''^^ • >bs in this school ,y4n.d mak^ a fuuch better job of Upgrading School here in San Francisco. Above all, I believe the pro­ posals adopted by this Confer­ ence proved that at all times the interest of the membei-ship was fox-emost in their minds. Tommy Murphy POWELLTON SEAM PUTS STEWARD ON THE FIRE Dear Editor: As the Powellton Seam nears the port of Baltimore, Maryland, we take the opportunity of digest­ ing the minutes of the past thx-ee meetings held aboard ship. The meetings were held on March 14th, April 1, and April 16. Attendance at the meetings have been 19, 20, and 21 members of the crew respectively. At the first meeting there were considerable small items discus­ sed. The largest percentage of these has been attended to, but there are still some of them that will have to wait until the ship goes into the shipyard for annual inspection. At the second meeting, the Steward and his department caught fire from all angles. It was brought out that he was not cooperating with the crew in the manner in which he should. Cleaniiig, food situation, and the failure to put out perishable goods while they were still in an eatable condition were fully dis­ cussed and the Steward promised his cooperation to the fulled. He will leave the keys to the store­ rooms with the Chief Cook. This he has failed to do in the past, thus causing many inconven­ iences to the membex-s ot his Department in securing the proper implements with which they could do their wox'k. At the third meeting, the Stew­ ard and his department wex-e again on the pan. He has failed to cooperate, not only with the crew, but with the members of his department. Many of the same conditions discussed at the two previous meetings were repeated, but the Steward seems to have the attitude 'that while the ship is in port, to hell with the cx'ew." In one instance, replacements caxne on board in the port of Baltimore—these men could not secure clean linen for their bunks because the Steward was the first one off the gangway with the keys in his pocket. This occux-red in the morning, and no one saw him until the ixext day. Before closing this letter, we want to take pleasure in passing this bit of news on to our Broth­ ers who are on the beach. Al­ though the ship is on a coastwise run, you will go a long way on the seven seas before you meet as cooperative officers as we have sailing on the Deck and in the Engine room. For one, the Cap­ tain has been the most coopera­ tive in respect to the crew's suggestions. Charles Cramp, FWT, Ship's Secretary; George Talley, Bosun, Ship's Chairman. Dear Editor: I greatly enjoy reading your paper which comes to my house each week for my step-son who is away at sea. I keep them in chronological order for him and my wife complains that she sees The Log at supper table while the boy is away and The Log at breakfast table when he is home (confidentially, I think she reads it at dinner when we are both out!) May I ask a question. Who is Jack (Aussie) Shrimpton? Every now and then I see a short hu­ morous article or a piece of well turned verse under his name and if he is one of your regular writ­ ers let us have more of him. I am something of a minor au­ thority on nautical verse (I teach English Literature at school) and I want to assure you that his verse is more than good. He Page Thirteen very hot, even going through the Canal. The Delegates for the three departments have been do­ ing a good job to see that all men are shipped through the Union hall and instructing new men about the Union and work in the various departments. Finally, a word about the skip­ per, Captain Robert Mason. He was in command of the SS Beth- ox-e for a great xnany years, is well liked and respected by everyone, and if we had more Skippers like him sailing our Union ships, life at sea would be much pleasanter. The Crew of the SS Venore STATEN ISLAND MARINE PATIENT AIRS SOME BEEFS Dear Editor: As a bed patient in the U.S. Marine Hospital at Staten Island since January 15, 1946, I would like to call your attention to the insufficient food served in this place. The food when served, is very often cold, garnished with stale bread, washed down with cold coffee. If you complain to the officials, I understand you receive a bad conduct mark on. your record: At least, so I am told. It seems to me there must be a way to improve at least the quantity of the meals and to be sure to serve them hot. As a rated member of the Steward Department I believe I understand the serving of food and in my opinion, food can be served hot, regardless of quan­ tity or quality. With so inuch WE COOL'i T>^e FOOD gy MACHINE . - HERE : CAPTAIN RAISES LEGITIMATE BEEF ON CREWING SHIP had obviously steeped himself in the classics and his style is yex-y much akin to that of John Masefield, the greatest of all English nautical poets. To be pex-fectly honest, from the point of view of poetry, much of the other verse you publish, while having admirable Union sentiments, leaves much to be desix-ed to the critical eye of a peda­ gogue, but then of course I real­ ize that you do not cater to many aforesaid pedagogues. Anyway, good luck to your paper, and mox-e power to your Union. R. C. Lovelace. Editor's Note: We. too, value Brother Shrimpton's contribu­ tions highly, whether prose or verse. We should like to assure Pedagogue Lovelace that we shall always use any of Aussie's stuff when, and if, it comes in. ORE STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S NEW SHIPS ARE FINE Dear Editor: During the past ten months, the Ore Steaxnship Co., has put two new ships in operation on the run to Cruz Graude, Chile. The SS Venore was the first new ore carrier to be completed and is now winding up her eighth round trip, whereas the SS Marox-e is at present on her maiden voyage. According to latest re­ ports four xnore of these vessels are to be constructed in the next two years. These ships carry about 25,000 tons of ore and make the trip to Chile and back to Bal­ timore in approximately 25 days. The fo'ecs'les are for three men and are roomy. Each has it's own shower and toilet. There is a lounge for letter writing, reading, and cai'd playing. The messrooms are large and well equipped. Thex-e is no "catwalk" on deck. Instead, below the well deck on each side, is a tunnel leading amidships and up to the fore­ castle head. The engine and fire rooms are cooled by natural and forced draft ventilation, so it is never Dear Editor; The following is a co'-y of a letter sent by the Skipper of the SS Rufus W. Peckham to the SIU Agent in New Orleans. The crew requested that it be re­ printed in the Log. New Orleans March 23, 1946 SIU Agent Port of New Orleans Dear Sir: I am skipper of the SIU ship Rufus W. Peckham, a Bull Line Liberty. Since I've been aboard last January 1945. we have had fine crews. Almost without ex­ ception they were a credit to the «hip and the SIU as well. But there is a development which I noticed in this port that I think you ought to try to check. Boys are being as­ signed to a ship, gohig down to the ship, then going off with­ out notifying either the ship's officers or the Hall that they don't want the ship. We had several cases like this, and this hurts us all. It delays the ship, and delays your sending re­ placements, because neither the ship nor the Hall realizes that replacements are needed. I'd like to suggest that you bring this up before the mem­ bership in order to prevent fel­ lows walking off without noti­ fication. Very truly yours, Capt. E. J. Ritchie ARMY BROTHER ENCOURAGED! BY UNION MILITANCY Dear Editor: I am now receiving the Log regularly and once more I am up on my Union. It makes me feel glpod to know that om* Union is wox-king to organize more companies and men, be­ cause I know that when I leave the Arxny I will x-etux-n to a big­ ger, better and more prosperous Union, thanks to ixxy "no-quit­ ting" Brothers. I would like you to find a place in the Log to tell my shipmates to write to me. Pvt. Harry Price, Jr., 15207252, Co. A., 102nd Btn., 81st Reg., Camp J. T. Robinson, Ax'kansas. Best wishes for a bet­ ter Union. Harry Price, Jr. S. • • vNt . • , :;-o publicity about the starving peo­ ple of Europe, why not donate some of the generous govern­ ment's grants to improve the lot of patients who are absolutely depending on the food served to them. I wonder if the patients are still to be fed at pre-war rates? That would explain a lot. I am spendixig a lot of moxiey here for food brought in to me in various ways. I am spending money which I can not afford to spend, being confined in a four-bed ward. I have no contact with other Sea­ farers. There are about 20 of them, but I am sure they feel the saxne way about it. Medical care and treatment from my limited observation, is excellent. But a hungry patient is not a cherful one. I don't know what can be done to improve the conditions for our present and future patients. But surely some­ thing should be done, or does a great nation like ours forget so quickly the glowing promises made to seamen, when we were the first line of offense during the war? We, as Union men, should put pressure at the right places, for we are still the outcasts when it comes to benefits, such as com­ pensation, unemployment bene­ fits, or don't we pay enough tax­ es? Well, dear editor, I sure am thankful for the Log and my weekly allotment. It Is about the only bright spot I can look for­ ward to, since I, like many other Seafax'ers, have no folks nearby to come and visit mc. I would like to see this letter in print, thereby inviting conXfr ments of previous and future pa­ tients. Yes, future patients, be­ cause it can happen to you, too. So let's start the ball rolling, thanking you for past favors. William Bause Make Isthmian SIU! I I �•• Page Fourieen gjc. . '•-•• •m THE SEAFARERS LQG Friday, May 3. 1946 Coast Guard Tried To Force Seamen To Fink in illlaniia Strike During the six years that I must fight. So I advocate fight­ who would be aboard at eight again, due to it being so phony have been a member of the Sea­ ing now when we are at the peak o'clock, they would have every­ and the fact that all the seamen farers International Union I have of our strength. If you see that We arrived in the Canal Zone thing ready to start working got together and were ready to seen it engage in some hard fights a man is going to hit you, the two days ago and received our cargo. fight it. and emerge victorious in almost smart thing to do is to hit him _ first news of what the Union is all instances. These however, firsti A few days later a Coast Guard doing about the Coast Guard, etc GESTAPO SWOOPS have been but minor skirmishes officer was flown out from the A "Sunday" has won many a since we left the States last De­ Our crew and seven men on the States. He gave the seven men compared with the savage battle fight, so let's not be above cop­ cember 6th. Well, we hac. ship alongside of us (the Miona trouble with their phony lashup Michael) flatly refused to turn involved their papers back and that it is now entering, for today ping one now when the bread in Manila last February and that to unless the safety of the ship told them it was all a big mistake. we are battling for our very or­ of our children is the stake iti We thought we were finished ganizational existence. the fight. is the reason for this letter. was involved. with the Gestapo for awhile but Make no mistake about it. Bright and early after this hap­ no, they had their sights trained JUST RIGHT In the first place, after we left Brother, the War Shipping AdFrisco, we arrived in Tacloban, pened, the Coast Guard in typical on me next. We have justice and honesty » mini.stration is rigging to do Lieyte, the day before Christmas. Gestapo fashion, swooped down of purpose on our side. All we A day or^two before the strike job on this Union. They have in Although the ship was safe at on the Miona Michael with a ask is the right to negotiate for started the phony Chief Engineer, their corner all the fabulous re­ anchor we were refused shore bunch of subpenas and .started living wages and conditions with serves of almost incalculable mil­ whom I mentioned before, called passing them out to the seven leave by the Captain. me a "son of a b " and I lions, an army of subservient the operators and for freedom men who refused to fink. A couple of days later we start­ publicists, and all the prestige from the wholly unnecessary The following day the hearing. trammeling of a power-hungry ed to discharge cargo and still no There wasn't anything done of a great arm of the United bureaucracy. Our record can was held and I attended to see shore leave. As a result of this, about this for about a week but States Government. stand the most minute examina­ everyone on the ship put in over­ We have seen that these people after the Coast Guard foimd out tion. time for the time they were re­ about my strike activities, one of are ruthless fighters . . . that they We have nothing to hide. All stricted. them came aboard and closeted will go to any lengths to keep of our dead have died in free­ When we finally got to Manila, himself in the Captain's room swilling at the public trough. dom's cause—either to free our the Coast Guard was called with the Captain, Chief Engineer We know that they will even country from foreign tyrants or aboard by the Chief Engineer. and the Clerk. connive at the subversive acti­ Our Union from domestic opThe first one on the list was the About an hour later he came vities of acknowledged enemies pre.s.sors. We have spent no­ 2nd Engineer. out and handed the Chief Mate a of the American way of life, as body's money but our own, and subpena to give to me. The Coast Guard boarding of­ long as these Communist-minded that sparingly, and we have ad­ ficer, Commander Thompson, enemies of the American people vocated no "ism" save American­ THEY TRIED HARD looked over the Engineer's over­ are content to confine their acti­ ism. T was charged with striking vities to gnawing away at some time and told him that all the The record of the WSA, on the a superior officer, the Chief En­ olher timber in the governmental overtime he put in for being re­ other hand, cannot stand any gineer, and for good measure, stricted in Tacloban was no good what kind of a deal it would be. they trumped up a charge that structure and will leave the WSA probing at all. Some of the things and he had better strike it out. bureaucrats free to gobble their that they have done stink to high During a break for a smoke I I had threatened the Clerk. pie in blissful economic security. heaven and it will take but little got talking to the officer who TOUGH BOY This last charge was false, and probing to bring it to the atten­ was prosecuting the case, and I had three witnesses who were ANY MEANS He also said that he (Comdr. tion of the most skeptical nose. told him that according to their | th0i-e when it was supposed to Tliuinpson) had sailed for 18 years We know that they are not So, Brothers, I am voting here and never got any overtime and agreement (NMU) they were not have happened. above swindling the American and now to go out on picket lines supposed to do that kind of work The threatening charge was people of the fruits of their labor he didn't see why anyone else and the order was illegal. finally not proven when they saw in orfler to perpetuate their bu­ with a lot of sticks and start should get it. When the Second stirring. Right away he told me the that they could not intimidate my tried to explain his union agree­ reaucratic existence, because we Coast Guard does not recognize witnesses. But don't think they ment, he was told to shut up and have but to glance at General union agreement. The only didn't try! not to answer back or he would Order 53 to find an instance of This is all we had had to do unadulterated boondoggling . . . lose his license so fast it wouldn't thing they go by is the law. Well, the hearing started again and we with the Gestapo so far. I a project whose sole excuse for even be funny! saw how one-sided it was, so we thought you would be interested being is that it provides jobs for The next one to go before this asked for a postponement until "joker" was an ordinary seaman, we could get further legJl ad­ because of the fight you are put­ the faithful and somebody for ting up now to get rid of this the bosses'to boss. Jim Rosgen, for refusing to take vice. (Continued from Page 1) menace. orders from the Chief Engineer. Now we find them showing CASE DROPPED I still say that the seamen help­ their hand . . . revealing the tween the NMU and doubtful. The way this came about was: The postponement was granted ed win the war in spite of the methods by which they propose Figures on the Franchere and the Rosgen was painting on the boat and we immediately went to the Coast Guard and their tactics. to break this Union, because they Girard have already been given. deck where the Bosun had put Philippine Lawyers Guild and Also the seamen don't intend to have answered our legitimate de­ So it's easy to see that of the nine him. The Chief Engineer, how­ asked for help. They put two of lose their hard-earned conditions mands by reallocating our ships .ships voted this week, the SIU ever, tried to knock him off and their be.st lawyers on the case on account of the Coast Guard. to the National Maritime Union, took seven, and the NMU took .start him painting a different and refused any payment forTheodore W. Paproski. Jr, anacknowledged Communist- one, with the remaining vessel place. their services. SUP 3196 doubtful. controlled organization. Rosgen refused to be ordered Well, the case was never heard SS Marquette Victory Of the 55 ships already voted We find ourselves today in the around by the Engineer, who from the Isthmian fleet so far, untenable position of a Union had no business ordering any­ only two have ben lost, six are struggling to free itself from bu­ body in the deck gang, in the considered doubtful, and the bal­ reaucratic interference in order first place. ance have gone to the SIU by that it may be free to bargain TAKE ORDERS! a safe margin. with the operator as it always has When Rosgen was brought be­ Simply on the basis that cer­ for wages and conditions comfore the boarding officer he tried patable with the American way tain ships were predominantly to explain that one of the rules of life, and being worried and for the SIU, their votes are being of his Union was that the deck yelped at by a mongrel form of challenged. What's behind tliis? gang should only work for the governmental bureau that is not It muse be a smokescreen Bosun. above calling in the jackals on thrown up by NMU misleaders to Commander Thompson then the fringe of labor to prolong soften the blow to their mem­ said: "The Coast Guard don't their miserable parasitic exis­ bers that the quarter million or -recognize any union. That union tence. so of gold that they spent on will get you into a lot of trouble." Isthmian was merely thrown SHIPS' DESTINATION INFO SAME GAME away. He also told Rosgen that in COMES FROM COMPANY OFFICE It is inconceivable that a gov­ How can the present NMU of­ the future, he would take orders ernment, that has just passed ficials expect their membership from the Chief Engineer or any Please see that a closer check is kept on the destination through the mortifying exper­ to continue swallowing the line other office aboard. markings on ships up on the board. Some of them are marked ience of having the scrap metal of guff that they've been fed for Well, there wasn't anything "unassigned," despite the fact that the Journal of Commerce that it sold to an Eastern Power so long? Even a worm turns done about either one of these carries their destination in its pages, or that the companies us­ dropped on its silly head from sometime, and certainly the longcases but it wasn't very long beually will give more information if they are colled from time to a placid December sky, would suffering rank-and-file members |^^;t,fore we had more trouble with time. We are convinced that the above beef is important and nc^v stand idly by and watch of the NMU as fellow seamen • the Manila Gestapo again. should be rectified as soon as possible. a bureau of that same govern­ can't be considered as worms. When the longshoremen's strike T. Horan ment strengthen the hand of peo­ The votes of Isthmian seamen was called in Manila last Feb­ John Fallis ple with pretty much the same for the Seafarers as the Union ruary, most of the ships crews John Lukaz idea in mind. of their choice will continue to had agreed not to do any fink­ Yet that is exactly what this roll over NMU opposition just as Answer: The dispatchers do what they can. The destina­ ing, regardless of what the Army government is doing when it per­ the juggernaut rolls over the tions are given as supplied by the operators. If the ship is or the Coast Guard said. mits the War Shipping Adminis­ suppliant Hindus in India. It's marked "unassigrted" it is because the companies themselves The first morning of the strike, tration to reallocate the ships of nothing more nor less than the give us that information. The companies are called from time "all ships were notified by the the militant Seafarers Interna­ inevitable reckoning of justice be­ to time for additional information which, if supplied, is marked Army that the deck gang would tional Union to the subversive ing deal out by seamen who on the board. In addition, the "maritime intelligence" page of have to turn to-at six a. m. to National Maritime Union. the Journal of Commerce is posted on the bulletin board daily. know the score, and won't be open hatches, trim gear, etc., so Okay? I am convinced that we have fooled by propaganda and .-^hony that when the Army stevedores, no alternative. Brothers, that we|actions. / To Ihe Editor: NMU Challenges Isthmian Votes - i T.-; �THE Friday, May 3, 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen 1 BIIUJEHN SS HART CRANE (Voyage No. 7) War Bonus for the entire per­ When in New York please Steamship Co., 17 Battery Place, sonnel for three days at $2.50 per bring your Union Book to Head­ Now York. day may be collected at company quarters. office. Bouyea, John 24587 SS THOMAS LYONS Manning, Cleveland 32317 The crew can collect the pay SS ALEXANDER V. ERASER Vincente, Villacian 3299 due them for the 13 hours they Kii-by, Jack 852 V. Kelpss, 19 hrs.; M. Foster, were restricted in Boston. Anderson, Christian 24167 12 hrs.; A. Thomas, 7 hrs.; C. lit 4387 Akers, 15 hrs.; B. Bales, 6 his.; Bennett, alvador 1135 SS BUTTON GWINNETT F. Lippscy, 7 hrs.; M. Self, 10 Cromwell, Edward 1839 A check from the South At- hi-s.; J. Pool, 9 hrs.; W. Smith, Hummel, William Luizza, Michele A 7190 lantic Steamship Line is at the 18 hrs.; R. Weinkauf, 4 hrs. Martello, Joe G-303 Norfolk Branch for Edwin T. Collect at Pope & Talbot Inc., Smith, J. C 1293 Dixon, Oiler. 19 Rector St. Morrison, James 2995 Estwick, Henry 1142 Acunto, Hem-y Anthony .... 47426 Acunto, Heni-y Anthony .... 45483 Brooks, Carl 45463 Brooks, Cai-1 45476 Elorin, Lazaro 243 Rogan, Joseph T. 24890 Roddick, R 2242 Laedei-, Kennth 42488 Stankeiwics, Vincent L 22363 Saunders, James 457 Murrell, W G-19 Bilinski, John ;.... 4105 Arrera, Leonard 1832 MONEY DUE SS ROCKLAND VICTORY The following men paid off in Houston on April 5, have money collectable at the Water­ man office, 19 Rector St., accord­ ing to Blackie Colucci: Jack Stewart, Jack Wcstfall and H. Thurman. i. i, t SS HART CRANE Men have three days WaxBonus coming. This can be collected at: Mr. Garland, Alcoa NOTICE! NOTICE! BOSTON H. Dennis, SS A. Clay. $2.00. Crew of SS .Alexander Clay, $9.00. Total—$11.00. S. Brown. $5.00; M. Rahn. $2.00; C. Doslm, $1.00; D. Ilodye, $1.00; R. Sasseville, $1.00; E. Brown, $5.00; C. Jen­ sen. jr.. $2.00; R. McCarthy. $1.00: D. Williams. $1.00; M. Kostrivas. $1.00; M. Basar. $2.00;, C. Zobal. $2.00; P. Huss. $2.00; j. Mitchell. $1.00. Total —$27.00. BALTIMORE SS PETER FINLEY DUNN U. Cabaree. - $1.00; R. Windham. $1.00; F. Allen. $1.00; E. Anderson. $1.00; R. Florider. $2.00; J. Urban. $1.00; F. Burpee. $1.00; T. McKince. $1.00; Robert Johnson. $2.00; J. Letvinchch. $1.00; G. Cutter. $2.00; J. Fisher. $2.00; A. Princeu. $2.00; V. Makwawiz. $2.00. Total—$20.00. PHILADELPHIA John J. Hollywood. $1.00; P. C. Langford. $1.00; Eugene McCIain. $1.00; F. Valicnti. $1.00; B. Meek, $1,00; J. Baker. $2.00; O. Russo. $2.00; P. Goldberg. $2.00; Hicks. $6.00; W. Telmachoff. $2.00; A. Keane. $2.00; Goldsmith. $9.00; A. Miles. $2.00; R. Gosa. $1.00; J. SJiefuIski. $1.00; A. Bettisi. $1.00; F. Ray. $3.00; H. J. Jackson. $3.00. J. Wilson. $2.00; W. Walker. $1.00; W. Blanton. $2.00; P. Langlianis. $2.00; H. Weatheathers. $2.00; H, Talbnrt. $2.00; B. Pearson. $2.00; S. Price. $2.00; M. McLaughlin. $5.00; Marshall. $2.00; R. Reynolds. $1.00; B. Crews. $2.00; D. Clifford. $1.00; W. Saylor. $1.00; C. Bebworth. $2.00; J. Smith. $3.00; L. Jackson. 3.00. Total—$76.00. INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS W. Plauche. $5.00; J. Orman. $2.00; J. A. Caruke. $2.00X L. J. Sangiolo. $1.00; J. P. Palmer. $2.00; E. Johnson. $2.00; W. Bohlman. $2.00; E. A. Dudu. $1.00; A. Kotsehis. $2.00; L. Bieit. $2.00; A. B. Ily, $2.00; G. N. Mar­ guerite. $2.00; W. Denny. $3.00; C. Nel­ son. $2.00; J. K. Viltainoza. $2.00; C. H. Monsees. $2.00; James Rowan. $2.00; P. Driscoll. $2.00; E. Olsen. $2.00; M. J. Zohler. $2.00; J. Garcia. $2.00. E. Torres. $2.00; F. Hayden. $2.00; T. E. Richardson. $2.00; E. Dziak. $2.00; J, R, Mars. $10.00; Z. Fnssadourinn. $10.00; J. P. Burchfild. $3.00; F. Besney. $2.00; J. Schols. $2.00; W. Mey­ ers. $2.00; F. Daggett. $1.00; E. Cattis. $3.00; P. Scott. $2.00; J. Branchi. $2.00; Celberg. $2.00; A. Pontoni. $1.1.00. Total—$101.00. NORFOLK A. Tj^ameur. $2.00; R. Aberneth. $2.00; n. K. Portwood. $2.00; D. D. Stockholm, $2.00; A. C. Gillan, $2.00; S. vN... Barker. $2.00; B. W. Standi, $2.00; F. Englebert. $2.00; E. C. Blankenship. $2.00; N. F. Lascara. $2.00; G. E. Wilkins. $2.00; R. S. Miller. $2.00; C. G. Moore. $2.00. Total—$26.00. NEW ORLEANS $4.00; E. Kcrselring. $4.00; Karl Kra­ mer. $4.00; Mariano Menor. $4.00; Jo­ seph CasseHa. $4.00; William Costello. $4.00. Total—$28.00. SS M. $8.00. SS M. MELGNEY Moloney—Crew. $8.00. Total Crew SS Wm. H. McLannon. $12.00 SS W. DAVIE Jan Schumm. $1.00; Crew SS Cape Ro W. J. Dwaranczyk. $2.00; J. F. Lanamain. $6.00; Crew SS Ben Williams $13.00; Chas. L. Crozier. $2.00; Crew han. $2.00; R. S. Conter, $2.00; W. $2.00; L. M. Dolan, $3.00; A. SS Cape Faro. $2.00; Crew of SS Men- Robey. M. Fusco. $1.00. Total—$12.00. non. $32.00. Total .$68.00. SS SENORE AT SEA Ed Harrison. $1.00; H. L. Houghton $1.00; J. R. Dougherty. $1.00; W. C Burdeaux. $1.00; A. R. BliksnaU. $1.00; D. A. Hubbard. $1.00; S. O. William­ son. $1.00; Antonio Gonzalez. $1.00; Paul A. May. $1.00; Grover B. Payne, Jr.. $1.00; Henry Dugger. $1.00. Misc. donation. $1.00. Total—$12.00. NEW YORK SS W. WOLFSK1LL P. E. Driver. $1.00; B. J. Swain. $2.00; T. H. Nelson. $2.00. Total—$5.00. SS JAMES GUNN T. C. Rigby. $1.00; R. N. Mahone. $1.00; J. Axelson. $1.00; G. R. Hill. $Z.OO; L. Wright. $1.00; R. Bowman. $1.00; C. W. Berg. $1.00; F. F. Judson. $2.00; J. Gendell. $1.00; R. G. Suren. $2.00; S. Skidel. $2.00; J. C. Knowles. $2.00; P. Webb. $15.00; T. H. Cobb. $15.00; H. A. Griffin. $1.00; R. H. Al­ lison. $2.00; D. C. Grave. $2.00; L. Shipley. $1.00; H. M. Manning. $15.00; W. H. Gascoyne. $2.00; SS James Gunn. $56.00. Total—$126. H. S. Sztore. $1.00; R. T. Shaw. $2.00; J. Hudak. $1.00; F. E. Umholtz. $2.00; J. Paulus. $2.00; G. A. Slocum. $2.00; F. D. Fabiano. $1.00; Robert Kinerk. $1.00; eorge Finn. $1,00; B, E. Gattis. $1.00; Clinton J. Haggerty. $1.00; Leo SS H. JOSELYN E. Swank. $1.00; S. A. Rembetski. $1.00; C. J. Lilly. $10.00; C. T. H. BroadJ. ChleboraH. $1.00; John Brobst. $1.00; L. W. Boyer. $1.00; S. D. Wright. $2.00; street. $5.00; K. Anderson. $5.00; J. Swoboda. $10.00; F. Pittman. $5.00; Total—$22.00. B. Kruyanan. $5.00; E. Ualkowski. $5.00; SS L. HALL H. P. Ledbetter. $1.00: L. DeWitt, N. A. Suarez. $5.00; R. E. Eakins. $5.00; $1.00; James Easterling. $1.00; L. C. Barra. $3.00; J. Looper. $5.00; G. Gaudry. $1.00; Julius Johnson. $5.00; Sackett. $5.00; M. Magyar. $5.00; 1. Jack Brady. $2.00; T. B. Sanders. $1.00; Story, $2.00; K. Squires. $2.00; Louis C. B. Harrison. $1.00; B. Burroughs. A. Visinitnincr. $5.00; John Castro. $1.00; E. A. Boatright. $1.00; D. L. $5.00; Paul Caviness, $5.00; T. Becker. Williamson. $1.00; Wm. B. Rich, $1.00; $5.00; George Turchin. $10.00; W. Seemuth. $5.00; R. E. Lewis. $5.00; W. C. McRow. $1.00. Total—$18.00. Helmkay. $5.00; J. Welsh. $5.00. Total SS BEN CHEW —$132.00. George H. Plont. $2.00; SS Ben Chew. SS BILLY SUNDAY $14.00. Total—$16.00. R. Toker. $2.00; William Sheppard. SS ROBERT INGERSOLL $1.00; F. Blizzard, $1.00; R. Bitner. C. F. Pye. $1.00; A. Christiansan. $1.00; T. Thompson. $2.00; A. Merlino, $1.00; R. S. Harmon. $1.00; W. L. $2.00. Total—$9.00. Trout. $2.00; P. J. Sullivan. $1.00; John SS M. DODGE Eaton. $3.00; S. Integra. $1.00; E. R. J. M. Monart. $2.00; R. E. BuffingSmith. $1.00; J. Kalmic. $1.00; T. Moore. $2.00; D. Palumbo. $2.00; M. Todd. ton, $2.00; J. McMurry. $2.00; A. Tamm. $1.00; D. N. Anderson. $2.00; J. 0'Ha,.e. $2.00; M. L. Mottey. $3.00; R. Klemm. $2.00; J. B. Manning. $1.00; W. H. $6.00; D. H. Ellison. $2.00; N. Pepper.' Bergmann. $1.00; F. Flischer. $2.00; $2.00; J. R. Matthews. $4.00; E. Whitwarn, $2,00; C. W. Hoffman, $3.00; J. W. W. Wetbrook. $2.00. Total—$27.00. H. Miller. $4.00; D. H. ilmore. $3.00; SS CLAVMONT VICTORY J. W. Ueach. $4.00; J. R. McCarthy. J. Pryor. $2.00; H. W. Heigl. $2.00; J. Toro. $1.00; R. D. Linstedt. $2.00; E. C. Dinger. $2.00; .M. O. Ochs. $2.00; M. J. Neth. $2.00; W. T. Ashmore. $2.00; J. Gottfried. $2.00; E. Pfrommer. $1.00; A. J. Lcary, $4.00; S. GartPHIL AGREE an, $2.00. Total—$24.00. PERSONALS SS C. PADDOCK Robert C. Love, $4.00; Stanley Cabcl. Pick up your papers in the Agent's office, New York Hall. SlU HALLS NEW YORK BOSTON BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK CHARLESTON NEW ORLEANS SAVANNAH MOBILE SAN JUAN, P. R GALVESTON 51 Beaver St. HAnover 2-2784 330 /. .lantic Ave. Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St. Calvert 4539 9 South 7th St. Phone Lombard 7651 127-129 Bank Street 4-1083 68 Society St. Phone 3-3680 339 Chartres St. Canal 3338 220 East Bay St. 3-1728 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 2-5996 30.6'/, 22nd St, 2-8448 TAMPA 1809-1811 Franklin St. M-1-323 JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Phone 5-5919 PORT ARTHUR HOUSTON 445 Austin Ave. Phone: 28532 7137 Navigation Blvd. Phone Wentworth 3-3809 RICHMOND, Calif SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE PORTLAND WILMINGTON HONOLULU BUFFALO CHICAGO 257 5tb St. 59 Clay St. Garfield 8225 86 Seneca St. Main 0290 Ill W. Bumside St. 440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 16 Merchant St. 10 Exchange St. Cleveland 7391 24 W. Superior Ave. Superior 5175 1014 E. St. Clair St. Main 0147 1038 Third St. Cadillac 6857 531 W. Michigan St. Melrose 4110 602 Boughton St. 144 W. Hastings St. The following brothers have CLEVELAND mail at the Norfolk branch. DETROIT Please call for your mail as soon DULUTH as you hit this port. VICTORIA, B. C HOWELL McCLENDON VANCOUVER JOHNNY J. HAGINS PAUL S. TRIBBLE WILLIAM ZAMPELL R. W. TINDELL JESS W. RINGO REX W. RINGO When in New Yoi'k please Telegram at Norfolk for Calvin come to headquarters with your F. Rice. Union book. Notice! Walizer, Darryl D Geddes, Charles Kenoff, Norman SS W. GILES R. Lucarello, $3.00; N. Daniels. $1.00; Popa, John D. Wilpie. $1.00; R. A. Ambers, $2.00; Werling, F C. J. Nouak. $1.00; T. Pitti. $1.00; J. Davidoski, Francis R Moiidez. $2.00; W. H. Koeppen. $3.00; F. Kozub. $3.00; G. Tucker. $2.00; R. W. Miller, J Murij'. $2.00; G. O. Pettus. $3.00; R. I Murphy, E Achenbach. $2.00: G. Witkowski. $1.00; BauiUS, J C. P. Wigger. $3.00; L. Frost. $3.00; ' Dusevitch, Edward M C. Torres. $2.00; J. H. Dickinson. $2.00; Siles, Anthony J. Riese. $2.00; G. G. McGill. $3.00; W. Woods, Ralph C. Craven. $3.00. Tetal—$45.00. Serrahn, Fred A SS M. LAMAR G. Maumann. Jr.. $5.00; W. R. De Loftus, Ralph $4.00; R. L. Huddock, $3.00. $48.00. Haas, Jr.. $3.00; M. Sanford. $2.00; R. Ramos. $2rOO; F. P. W. Drewes. $2.00; J. R. Landry. $2.00; E. Brezina. $3.00. Gross. $1.00; Paul Acabeo. $2.00; L. Costentino. $2.00; J. J. Kotcha. $2.00; J. B. Jones. $2.00; Total—$28.00. SS CONRAD KOHRS R. Bissett, $2.00; Sejio Ocasio. $2.00. Total—$4.00. SS WM. MOORE Thomas L. Moller. $1.00; eorge Chavin. .$1.00; L. L. Wilson. $1.00; H. Grace. $1.00; J. M. Skinner. $1.00; J. D. Goodgame. $1.00; James C. Pinkston, $1.00; J. E. Hall. $2.00; W. S. Gilbert. $1.00; Joe L. Phelps. $1.00; Thomas Mueller. $25.00. Total—$36.00. NOTICE! The following members are to pick up their Books and Retire­ ment Cards at the Norfolk branch: BOOKS Eddie Pitney Jr Alvin Shiferdek Herbert E. Orr Howard Price SS CAPE CORWIN William Jones J. C. Friedericks. $1.00; B. B. Spears. $1.00; G. Johnson. $1.00; W. B. Jodar. Thomas Tux-ner $4.00; C. Glndhill. $1.00; E. J. Glacer. Marvin J. Blanton $1.00; J. B. Ritter. $1.00; C. H. Crump. James W. McFarland .$1.00; W. Woldhauser. $2.00; James' Demas. $1.00; J. F. McHale. $4.00; J. E. Hem-y B. Crees Popejoy. $2.00; T. Whiter. $1.00; V. E. Alvin Carter Kane. $1.00; F. R. Miller. $2.00; R. Marvin E. Noegel Christensen. $1.00; K. C. Zickefoose. $1.00; Mck. E. Moles. $1.00; S. S. Colon. $1.00. Total—$28.00. SS CAPE TEXAS C. Nieves. $1.00; J. C. Evans. $1.00; J. A. Goglas. $1.00; Warren B. Jodar. $1.00. Total—$4.00. Gr^d Total—$960.00. 34504 " 33227 " 40251 " 47007 " 40705 " 42751 " 44985 " Total— 33048 22490 34270 31203 39996 44931 39970 23634 PB. 47493 PB. 36893 PB. 39759 RETIREMENT CARDS Alfx-ed Southward Richard Bruce Elbox't Duffy DuPont A. Clarence Charles W. Martin 36944 44508 26974 41928 36785 �"••••; v<^":v^^ja-'jm-•- Page Sixteen a WSftPapers Abolished THE SEAFARERS LOG y.T ...ill he enti^ F*iday, May 3. 1946 to send noen •jsJe-W ^orV.^'EtV VORK, a££"quoroh,„_' ^PnJ 11 of SlU Victorious On • The "lilifant Sfcr Rider (rut. .UO*^' c\c»'.tw .otv aC :iF sii:« Pli |il !s*sg;s»5s« Gets 3 [PJ'on] ^^oorjf. i^^lUa 00 •» IN WINNING CONOir/ONS: TN/irV WN/ .... ....v....::,. * g£2da^erf/ WITN /STNAfMN SeAMGN ;it' ty:;;- e-:- SeafoLters hiitrrutfioml Uniovi olP Notth America A.F.ofL � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource May 3, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 18 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: NMU CHALLENGES VOTES OF PRO-SIU ISTHMIAN CREWS SIU AND AFL DEFEAT COMPANY UNION BID MINERS FIRM IN 'HOLIDAY' CHIEF MAKES OWN FINKY 'RULES' THE STRIKEBREAKERS' 'STRIKE' ISTHMIAN SEAMEN ARE JOINING SEAFARERS IN INCREASING NUMBERS AS SIU LEAD IN ELECTION GROWS NMU SCUTTLES BEEFS, EX-MEMBERS CHARGE SEAFARERS S' SKATING STAR WINDS UP SUCCESSFUL SEASON MOVE FOR COMPANY UNION BEATEN REPATRIATED CREW GETS GOOD DEAL PHILLY BLOCKS WSA MOVE NEW CONTRACTS SIGNED ON LAKES SEAFARERS' SOLIDARITY BEATS WSA IN COMPETENCE CARD MOVE LET US HAVE 'EM PUERTO RICO HAS JOBS FOR TROPICAL BEACHCOMBERS STAFF OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OPENS NEW OFFICE ON EAST COAST KELSO VICTORY SCORES 87 PER CENT FOR SIU THE TWO STOOGES GET THEIRS SAFER AT SEA! R.R. PATROLMEN TIE UP GALVESTON ISTHMIAN ENGINEERS TRY TO INTIMIDATE BATON ROUGE CREW SHIPS LAY UP FOR BARGAIN SALE BUNTLINE'S OLD BEEFS STILL RIDE CAPTAIN, ENGINEER LOUSE UP GOOD TRIP CREW SPELLS OUT REASONS FOR RETAINING SECOND COOK COAST GUARD TRIED TO FORCE SEAMEN TO FINK IN MANILA STRIKE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/3/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log