http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/490b33b108addbc565b9c07b65d8e12e.PDF cc34b8db2ffd21d3fb938534ded3678f PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America No. 29 NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. JULY 19. 1946 Vol. VIII. WINNING OUR BEEF m' AFL Maritime Soiidarity Beats Bridges, CMU Raid On SiU Pacific Bistrict NEW YORK—Following a telegram from Harry Lundeberg, President of the Seafarers international Union, AFL, to Paul Hall, Chairman of the Greater New York ALFL Maritime Council, picketing of the CMU ships docked at the Staten Island and North River piers was called off on July 14 for two weeks, pending arbitration of the beef by a committee appointed by Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach. SIU Rejects Operators' Inadequate Preposals This is Ihe way we won our beef. The pickeflines formed tarly af Ihe North River piers, and business did not go on as •..sual. All cooperating affiliates of the Greater New York AFL Maritime Council participated in the picketing, but it was mainly an SIU-SUP show. And show the CMU we did. (Other pictures cf the action on pages 8 and 9.) Senate Gives Full Control OverSeamenToCoastGuard WASHINGTON — Amer lean seamen have been saddled per­ manently with the Coast Guard as a result of the Senate's passage last week of the President's Re­ organization Plan 3, Part 1. The vote was 37 for, 30 against the bill. With its eye obviously on the November elections, the Senate lined up with the Administration forces and followed Truman's recommendation to transfer the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation from the Department of Commerce to the Coast Guard. Previously, the House had re­ jected the transfer of the marine bureau by. an overwhelming ma­ jority. The law makers in the lower house accepted its" commit­ tee's recommendation. SHOCK The Senate action came as a shock to seamen, for the Judi­ ciary Committee, which conduct­ ed hearings on the plan, previ­ ously recommended against the President's bill by a vote of nine to six. It had been believed that the committee's recommendation was to be followed and the bill defeated on the Senate floor. Faced with defeat, the Admin­ istration marshalled its forces and promised support in the com­ ing elections to all Democratic Senators who voted for the plan. In spite of their personal opposi­ tion to the transfer of the marine NEW YORK, July 18 — The Seafarers negotiating committee has rejected flatly a proposal by the shipowners for an ad interim agreement on wages, hours and working conditions, which would apply on SIU contracted ships until a final agreement has been ratified by the member­ ship, Secretary-Treasurer John* ' automatically any agreement Hawk, chairman of the commitreached for operation of WSA tee, reported. ships. The proposal was much closer to the Seafarers' original de­ mands, however, and the SIU has submitted a counter proposal which now is being studied by the shipowners. The proposal of the shipowners indicates that they realize that they have to get down to brass tacks, and talk turkey. In the main, the proposed wage scale does not smell as bad as the shipowners original propositions. Principal points of departure are in the over-all terms of the agreement, in which the ship­ owners — as usual — have some double action clinchers which could be interpreted in more ways than appear on the surface. bureau to a military body, a suf­ ficient number of Senators capitu­ lated to the promise. John Hawk. Secretary-Treas­ urer, expressed vigorous deter­ mination to continue the fight to rid seamen of military control. "Meanwhile," he said, "we will remain just as vigilant as ever to see that the Coast Guard does not abuse its authority. "Even though they are now under the Coast Guard, merchant seamen still . remain civilian workers and should not be gov­ erned by the military code. Our continuing fight is now against the restrictive regulations that NO APPROVAL were brought into being strictly The proposed agreement stipu­ as wartime measures. The Sea­ lates, for instance, that it be sub: farers will continue its role as ject to the approval of the WSA the only defender of the unli­ and the Wage Stabilization Board censed seamen.V for the monthly -wage scales. The SIU takes the position that the Wage Stabilization Act, to all intents and purposes, expired on June 30, 1946, and that there is On Page 3 of this issue no necessity for approval by any Morris Weisberger reports on Government Board, insofar as the ILO Maritime Conference ships operated for private profit recently concluded in Seat­ are concerned. tle. Brother Weisberger acted As to WSA approval, the SIU as a personal representative put it on the record with WSA of Harry Lundeberg. who that negotiations with private op­ was unable to attend as deleerators need no approval from -gate. Next week. Weisberger WSA for private operated ships will conclude his report with —that if private operators saw fit a summary of the / actions taken. to come to an agreement with the SIU, the WSA should approve Report On ILO KICKER Here's one of those double-ac­ tion things the shipowners nego­ tiating committee threw in: The telegram said, in part, that the Teamsters and California State Federation of Labor, in conjunction with the SIU-SUP representatives, had been in al­ most continuous session with Government representatives sent in by the Department of Labor, and- they had acceded to th^ir requests and released ships pend­ ing findings by the Committee appointed by Schwellenbach. The committee must make its findings within fourteen days. This action followed almost a week of continuous picketing of the most busy CMU docks. The action started on Wednes­ day, July 10, when the SIU-SUP, in conjunction with the Greater New York AFL Maritime Coun­ cil, began picketing the docks at which ships contracted to the CMU were berthed. All of this action stemmed out of the refus­ al of Harry Bridges' ILWU men" to work cargo on the SS Mello Franco, an SUP contracted ship, in Coos Bay, Oregon. "The basic monthly wage for this rating (this applies to Bosun, Deck Engineer and other day work ratings) shall be in lieu of overtime for any work performed at sea on Sundays." ORIGIN OF BEEF Get it? Sure, they're pulling a The ship, belonging to the fast one. That little item means American Steamship Company, that the Bosuns and other men was a dry cargo vessel, convert­ so designated could—and prob- ed from a tanker. This, the ILWU {Contiuncd on Page 5) {Continued on Page S) SIU Pressure Improves Treatment In New Orleans Marine Hospital By D. D. Dambrino NEW ORLEANS—Pressure on i this pressure must be continued, the Marine Hospital here has re­ or conditions will revert to the sulted in great improvement in level of the old system. Hope is expressed that all Halls the treatment of patients. on the East Coast will follow the The men are treated with more same procedure, and apply every respect now than they have been possible pressure on all Marine in years. No longer are they forced to mop floors, scrub walls Hospitals so that seamen be given the same status as ex-GIs in Vet­ or similar tasks. There is vast eran's hospitals—so that a bonaimprovement in the food, with fide seaman (three years service) the men being asked if they want would receive medical attention second helpings. for the rest of his life. Seamen are not being dogged The accomplishment of this any more. Six nurses have been victory will be of tremendous fired for mistreatment of seafar­ help to both the SIU and seamen ing men. as a whole. It is something worth fighting Thus the obvious results that have been attained proves that for. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. July 19. 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Piihlishcd Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Aiiiiafcil uitb the American fcdc'vafion of LaU,> At 51 Beaver Street, New York, 4, N. Y. HAnovcr 2-2784 S. i t i- HARRY LUNDEBERG 10) Market Street, San Trancisco, Calit. JOHN HAWK " p. O. Box 2 5, S'-Jiinii P.. ?sew Yurk City Entered as second class matter June 1 5. 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 Real Unity Wins Events of the last week have proven very definitely that there is no substitute for unity and solidarity. All the hoop-la and propaganda in the world would not have halt­ ed Harry Bridges' raiding had we not been able to mass a great deal of strength against him. It took militancy and courage to stand off the most determined threat yet made by the Committee for Mari­ time Unity, the front through which the communist ele­ ments in the maritime industr)' operate. The refusal of the ILWU to work cargo on an SUP ship in Coos Bay was bir; an opening wedge in Bridges' campaign to dominate every union connected in any way with the waterfront. . That was the original idea behind the formation of the CMU. ^X'^hen that didn't serve to fool the SIU, Bridges started his all-out raiding. That the SIU and SUP were able to make him back water and accept arbitration, is a great feather in our caps, and an outstanding victory for the New York AFL Maritime Council. Hospital Patients We must remember, however, that the entire beef is not yet settled. The SIU-SUP has agreed to discontinue | the picketing of-CMU ships for two weeks, in which time the matter will be investigated by an arbitrator from the U. S. Conciliation Service. y- But Harry Bridges knows the .score. He realizes better than anyone else that his new venture into the field of union raiding has been met with a decisive rebuff. He knows that if he ever tries the same thing again, he will be ^met with the same militant, unified, Seafarers front. 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, We must maintain this solidarity and strength. Only as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers lind time hanging by so doing can we be assured that the shipowners and the heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ communist-minded waterfront groups will always be de­ ing to them. feated by us as they have been in the past. STATEN ISLAND HOSP. Still Pitching Against every effort of the SIU, and by what can only be termed backdoor politicking, the Coavl Guard has been, given peacetime control of the rherchant marine. After hearings on the President's Reorganization Bill, which gave this power to the CG, had already been closed, the CG was allowed at the last minute to introduce new testimony designed to put them in a more favorable light with the Senate. And with all this finagling, the deciding vote was very close. The supporters of the bill squeaked through with the narrow margin of 37 to 30. We of the SIU have taken the stand that the whole fight is not lost. Only one round in the struggle against CG control has been fought, and we lost that round. But we intend to keep fighting to change the regulations and we will continue to defend any of our men who happen to run afoul of the many petty rules and regulations set up by the Coast Guard bureaucracy. The merchant marine does not belong under the supc vision of a military part of the Government. The Seafajers International Union will not give up the fight until We are transferred back to a civilian agency, where we belong. G. A. SMITH V. HAMMARGREN E. H. ENYART J. E. TUCKER H= NEITJSEN A. NELSON L. KAY L. A. CORNWALL R. G. MOSSELLER W. B. MUIR J. M. DALY J. L. WEEKS L. R. BORJA L. L. MOODY, Jr. e. P. RAEBURN C. A. MILLER M. J. FORTES W. J. GEIGER W. G. ROBERT^ E. WEINGARTEN G. KUBIK C. KUPLICKI E. B. HOLMES R. SAVIOR G. JANAVARIS C. G. SMITH R. MORCIGLIO G. H. STEVENSON C. T. DYER A. M. HAM J. S. SEELEY, .Tr. L. L. OWENS M. C. BROOKS T. L. KEITH R. A. YOUNG M. FELICIANO T. J. DAWES S. T. PATTERSON t % % NORJ'OLK HOSPITAL R. F. HOLLAND WILLIAM OATIS JUDY PILE JACKEL SCHMIDT SHINAULT W. LEWIS W. G. WASHAM • % % % NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL HAROLD CLODIUS .ROY PINK ARTHUR MITCHELL E. A. NOONAN J. OAHAN JESSE LOW WILBUR MANNING J. W. DENNIS EOWARD CUSTER R. M. NOLAN W. F. LEWIS JOHN R. GOMEZ 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 5th and 8th floors) Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) GLEN CURL JAMES LEWIS t % ^ GALVESTON HOSPITAL R. V. JONES KELFORD SPINKS WEST WALDROP HAYES BROWN LARSON HULL BENAVIDO % X % i' n: 9 .BALTIMORE HOSPITAL IVER IVERSEN E. J. DELLAMANO STEVE KOLINA CLAUDE FOWLER VAN WARFIELD CHARLES DUNN HARRY BENNETT JAMES KELLY MOSES MORRIS ARTHUR VIPPERMAN ROY BURKITT THOMAS KING CLINTON HAMER FRIEDHOF FONDULA JOSEPH SMITH • 'Ji 'IJ �II THE SEAFARERS LQQ Friday, July IS, 1946 LATE REPORT Page Tlire* ^ Just Everybody Knows Seafarers is Winning The isthmian Election By EARL SHEPPARD Pete De Catte, *Jt, and Curly Rentz, right. SUP and SIU Baltimore Port Agents respectively, address recent stop-work meeting in Baltimore. All hands seemed interested in discussion. Weisberger, Delegate To ILO, Reports To Seafarers' Members When , it is borne in mind that whatever is adopted as a "Con­ vention" or "Recommendation at these conferences, such as the one just finished at Seattle and on -which your delegate is now reporting, has the chance of be­ coming a law governing .the workers of any particular coun­ try which ratifies such Conven­ tions the policy which your rep­ resentative took during the course of the recent Conference will be­ come clear. In view of the fact that some of the newer members of our or­ ganization are not familiar with the set-up of either the ILO or its Maritime Section, it might be well to dwell at some length on the actual set up and how it func­ tions. For many years, the Amer­ ican Seamen were represented at the ILO Maritime Conferences by the late Andrew Furuseth. ILO OFFICIAL The International Labor Or­ ganization is an official national institution created by the Peace Treaties of 1919. Its membership consists of States. Each country is represented in the Organization through its Government and its most representative organizations of employers and workers. The funds of the Organizatipn are provided, in varying propor­ tions, by the Governments of the States Members. The Organization meets at least once a year (except during the abnormal conditions of the war) and is composed of four delegates from each member State; two are Government delegates and two represent respectively employers and workers, chosen by the Gov­ ernments 'in agreement with the most representative employers and workers' organizations in their respective country. The decisions reached by the Conference, normally take the form of draft "Conventions" or "Recommendations". They cannot be adopted unless two-thirds of the delegates vote for them. A draft Convention is a draft inter­ national treaty. A Recommenda­ tion is of less formal nature. NOTHING BINDING The Conventions so adopted do not thereby become binding on the Member States, but there are two things which each State must do in respect of them. The first is absolute, the second con­ ditional. ^ The Absolute requirement is that each State must within a year from the closing of the Ses­ sion of the Confei-ence, or at latest within 18 months, bring the Convention before the au­ thority or authorities within whose competence the matter lies for the enactment of legislation or other action. That authority is generally the National Parliament, or as in the United States, the Congress and Senate. The second requirement de­ pends upon the result of the first. If it obtains the consent of the authority just mentioned (Con­ gress and Senate and/or Parlia­ ments, as the case may be) each State must communicate its for­ mal ratification of the Conven­ tion and take such action as may be necessary to make the provi­ sions of the Convention effective The first obligation applies even if the representatives of the State did not vote in favor of the Con­ vention when it was adopted at the Conference. ' At this point it might be well to state that precisely because such Conventions when passed must be taken up by our Senate and Congress, the American workers' delegate was always forced to finally vote "No" on the actual Convention, although in Committee was consistently fight­ ing and trying to get the other workers' delegates to adopt high­ er standards than they seemed to think they could get by with their own Parliaments. FUTURE GOOD The American delegation were forced to steer a rather precari­ ous course, but we feel confident Jiat in the long-pull, our course will be found to provide more maximum security for the sea­ faring men. In the case of a Recommenda­ tion, if the States accept the Rec­ ommendation, they must report the action taken. States which have ratified a Convention must render an an­ nual report upon the measures that it has taken to give effect to it. These reports are examined every year by a committee of the Conference, which calls upon the Government representatives of (Continued on Page 14) With two Isthmian ships voted in the past week and another one scheduled to vote this week, the Isthmian election is gaining mo­ mentum in its concluding days. Last week, the Red Rover was balloted at Boston and the Anniston City at New York. This week, the Sea Triton will be voted at New Orlean.s. All three of these ships shape up well for the SeaCarers, and should register better than a 75 percent average in fa­ vor of the SIU. The National Labor Relations Board notified the SIU that both the Sea Lynx and Kathleen Holmes are on a steady shuttle run between Honolulu and the Islands, and that these two ships will be voted 5t Honolulu in the very near future. Outside of these two vessels and the Fere Marquette, which has been out 8 months and might not return until November, all other Isthmian ships will have completed their voting within the next 6 weeks. CORROBORATION At the present writing, the SIU is maintaining its commanding lead over the NMU and company in the Isthmian election. Appear­ ing in the Journal of Commerce of July 11, a column written by Stanley Ferguson for this usually conservative paper corroborates this. Ferguson states, "An AFL vic­ tory in the Isthmian election, which now appears virtually as­ sured on the basis of unofficial tabulations, would add several thousand more men and a great deal of prestige to the AFL groups, and might succeed in car­ rying with it enough of the small­ er maritime groups to dip the balance in favor of the SIU and SUP groups." In his recent blast at his for man, must still answer to the Coast Guard for any alleged acts of misconduct aboard ship. It means that, for the present, or until y/e seg indications of what the Coast Guard's long-range pro­ gram is to be, you will individu­ ally have to keep your nose clean. The fight against President Truman's Reorganizational Plan 3, which assigned permanent jur­ isdiction over the Bureau of Ma­ rine Inspection and Navigation to the U. S. Coast Guard, was a good fight, but a vain one. John Hawk, Secretary-Treas­ When you ship, go aboard in a urer of the Seafarers Internation­ sober manner, do your work al Union, spearheaded the oppo­ properly and don't stick your sition to this plan when he ap­ chin out, for in all likelihood, peared before the House and Sen­ ate committees in Washington you will be tagged. The Seafarers must embark at find gave his testimony. He went before the committees once on a long-range program to as the representative of the SIU,' have the existing laws affecting the Masters, Mates and Pilots and ^ Merchant Seamen changed or the International Longshore- ^ amended. We still have laws on men's Association. Although the the statute books that were writ­ plan was defeated in the House, ten a hundred years ago. You are the Senate adopted the Presi­ still saddled with old articles dent's Reorganizational Plan 3 by that were in effect in the old sail­ ing ships. There is a crying need a majority of 37 to 30. for them to be modernized so as KEEP STEADY to give some protection to sea­ This means, in simple language, men. that all the functions of tba Bu­ ONE AT A TIME reau of Marine Inspection and For the immediate it is impera­ Navigation are under the- juris­ tive that, in planning any strate­ diction of the U. S. Coast Guard. gy, our actions be carefully It. means that you, as a sea­ Esi^s-' - BEEF AGAINST BRIDGES The recent beef with the West Coast Longshoremen and. CMU groups over the raiding attempts of Harry Bridges and his commie j cohorts on the West Coast SUPj contracted American Pacific Steamship Company ships clearly demonstrated that the large ma­ jority of Isthmian seamen sup­ ported the SIU-SUP. These men have readily adopted the Seafar­ ers traditions of militant action and resistance to outside forces v.-hich attempt to dictate their phony policies to the Seafarers, During the demonstrations (nu­ merous pictures appear in other sections of the Log) at Staten Isl­ and piers and at Piers 57 through 62 in Manhattan, many Seafarers members among Isthmian crews showed up for picket duty and other assignments. Other Isth­ mian seamen, who were not members of the SIU, supported the beef 100 percent. Some of these men later joined the SIU because they liked the way the Seafarers handled the entire beef and wanted to become a part of our militant Union. AFL SOLIDARITY Throughout the demonstrations —on picket lines, soup lines, spe­ cial details, or any place—it was plainly evident that members of the SIU and SUP presented a solid front against a common foe and in a common cause. It was a fine example of how closely both the SIU and SUP members can cooperate in settling a mutual beef and solving mutual prob­ lems. Now, in the event of any pos-" sible future trouble with the ship­ owners or with raiding commies, SIU members can be confident of strong support from our brothers in the Sailors Union of the Pa­ cific. weighed so that in fighting the Strong support also came from shipowner we don't have to bat­ other member Unions of the AFL tle the Coast Guard at the same Maritime Council of Greater New time. York. ILA members coperated I ain of the opinion that our fully by strictly observing SIUmembership should be made bet­ SUP picket lines, and also march­ ter acquainted with some of the ing with the other demonstrators. laws, which are already on the Truck drivers, who are members statute books, and which affect of the AFL Teamsters Union, seamen on an every day ba.sis. stopped their vehicles, inquired Some of the laws that have been about the trouble, read the bul­ used to prosecute seamen could letins, and then pulled their very easily be made to protect trucks away without loading or seamen. unloading them. Simply having knowledge of In addition, numerous individ­ the various laws will be good pro­ ual CIO members of CMU Unions tection. In line with this it has' and the Shipyard Workers pledg­ been decided to run a column in' ed their support to the Seafarers, the Seafarers Log each week, ex-' denouncing the Bridges' tactics. plaining the different laws and Yes, commie leaders of the how they apply. Committee for Maritime Unity It might be well if you have (CMU) talk of maritime unity, and any question on this matter to then practice union raiding. We address your inquiry to Robert in the Seafarers, along with our A. Matthews or Joe Algina, and AFL brothers, practice what we we will make an effort to have like to refer to as "solidarity" an. answer for you. because the very word "imity" In the meantime, I have been has such a strong odor in our in on the contract negotiations, nostrils. and can only report very slow THE CMU CLAIMS TO progress. I will report more on PREACH UNITY — THE SIUthis next week. SUP PRACTICE SOLIDARITY!! Seamen Are Saddled With Coast Guard Although Senate Vote In Favor Is Close By ROBERT A. MATTHEWS mer commie allies within the NMU, Joe Curran also concedes the Isthmian Lines to the SIU. Curran charged that NMU Isth­ mian organizers spent so much of their time organizing for the communists that they had little time to do a job for the NMU. �$eAPMrnksti^ t64 Psg® Fear Hm m ITHIIVK QUESTION: What do you think of Harry Bridges' action of tying up SIU-SUP ships on the West Coast, and the SIU method of dealing with his raiding tactics? JACKIE COOPER, Bosun; This oiily piuves what I have alw?,ys Ihoughl aboul Harry Bridges. Lois of people used lo say that he was providing real leadership for his union, but I always said that he would wind lip by using the ILWU for his own personal advancement. He wants to become the big shot in American labor so that he can dictate his communist policies to real trade unions. Nobody else has tried to stop him, but now he is in for it. If he hadn't started in on us, we would have left him atone, but he asked for war and he is going to get it. i r '• ' ' ' 1 PERCIVAL BARCLAY, Messman: The thing that gets me sore is that Bridges hollered for unity v/hen he was in trouble v/ith the Government and the shipowners. Then he waited for us to get in­ volved in negotiations with the shipowners and started raiding us. I guess this will prove to him that we can fight two battles at once if we have to. And the rea­ son for this is that we are united. We ere not bothered with fight­ ing amongst ourselves when we should be using everything we have against the common enemy. Our enemies right now are the shipowners and Harry Bridges. JAMES YEAGER, AB; Why else would I be out here •if I didn't think that what Bridges is attempting is wrong? "Would I be picketing if I wasn't lieart and soul convinced that the SIU is doing the right thing in putting pressure on Harry so that he will load and unload our "West Coast ships? This thing will ^et bigger and bigger, and if we don't get action pretty soon, we -will tie up every port on both coasts. We can do it too. We •proved thai in the work stoppage iQXf June 6. VERNON E. JACOBS. Chief Cook: What I think about Harry Bridges and his raiding couldn't be printed in the Seafarers Log. He is playing right into the hands of the shipowners when he starts this kind of trouble. We have a contract with the shipping com­ pany involved. We got the con­ tract through our own efforts, and now he wants to replace our crews with CMU men. That cein't be excused because it is nothing more than union raiding. What we are doing is. the only solution. Even the NMU men are on our side, and thoroughly fed up with Bridges and his commie practices. Ja!r IS. 134S Seafarers Great Lakes District Presses Organizing Of Midland DETROIT—With the date for the election in the Midland Steamship Company to be set soon by the National Labor Rela­ tions Board, the SIU expressed confidence in 'the outcome as it announced that appi-oximately 90 per cent of the company's Lakes fleet workers had already pledged to the Seafaiers. The election will decide which maritime union will represent seamen aboard Mid­ land's vessels. The SIU announcement of its pledges moved the National Mari­ time Union and the Lakes Sea­ men's Union to belated action. Both appealed to the NLRB for a place on the ballot. The gov­ ernment agency granted them an additional week to producd satis­ factory evidence of their eligibil­ ity tu appear on the ballot. The SIU organizational staff is being expanded in the Midland drive. Sheldon "Red" Boulanger is being sent up the Sault Ste. Marie to aid in the effort to gain 31U representation for the Mid­ land men. Brother Boulanger will :ontact all Midland ships passing through the "Soo" locks. GOOD CHANCES The prospect for Midland sea­ men under the SIU banner is Calls For Hams, The Acting Kind By ERIC UPCHURCH All the SIU men interested in helping to develop dramaturgy as a means of illustrative educa­ tion on unionism, write me in care of the Hall. This is an orig­ inal idea, and doesn't have the sanction of the officialdom and membership, as yet. Before ask­ ing for it, the thoroughness and value of the progi-am must be determined. 1 am positive this is the perfect way of educating the members who do not yet un­ derstand the mechanisms, origin, and aims of Labor. Our plan could be the writing of one-act plays or skits not ex­ ceeding 15 minutes in length, artd confined to one setting of not too lavish design. Once every three months we could' announce a top­ ic, and encourage the members to write a - play or skit around it. One or more judges could^then decide which play or skit to be presented, their judgment being based on inexpensiveness, color and all-around value. SHOWING HOW For instance, we take the topic, "Negotiating a New Contract." This could be in one setting, showing only a long table, with shipowneVs and Unionists going through the process indicated in the title. If the founders of this plan ever became noticeably advanc­ ed, the aid of professional actors and playwrights, who are in sen­ timent with Labor, would be en­ listed. And, in the event some dramatic genius was unveiled in the rank and file, we could work out a satisfactpry method of his or their promotion to higher places, although the highest 1 con­ sider any man capable of climb­ ing is to being an actor on the labor stage. But there is nothing to prevent the labor unions from exploiting and promoting indi­ vidual talents in members. bright. The SS J. P. Wells, for­ a total of six. A Steward's Utility merly the Hazen Butler, points was added to take care of the up the improved conditions which crew's fo'csle. SIU representation brings. All ratings were given an in­ The Wells was transfetred from crease of $5.00 over the Lake the Midland outfit and now is Carrier's Association scale. Paint­ operated by the Dejroit and ing, chipping, and soogeeing be­ Cleveland Navigation Company, fore 8 a.m. and after 5 p.m. ,was which is under contract to the stopped. These are but a few of SIU. The vessel was a virtual the improvements the SIU gained hell ship before coming into the for the Wells men. SIU fold. Not so, now. • Midland seamen will do well The SIU forced the D and C to to study the pre.sent SIU condi­ install additional heads and show­ tions aboard this ship. SIU offi- • ers at a cost of $f9,000. Fans were cials here point out that a vote placed in every room, and a dog­ for the Seafarers in the coming house put on the after end. election will bo a guarantee of The SIU had the coinpany add like conditions on all vessels of three additional Firemen, making the Midland fleet. Abe Goldsmit Abe Goldsmit doesn't look like a battler, or a man who would relish the thought of marching on a picketline. He is a small fel­ low, with a pleasant smile, and an air of friendliness that has made him one of the most popu­ lar men in the Seafarers. But don't let his pleasant smile or air of friendliness fool you into thinking that he is not a fighter for what he believes in. Abe has been battling all his life. Fighting for a living, strug­ gling against the economic slav­ ery imposed by the shipowners, and fighting fascism in World Wars 1 and II. That is a record to be proud of. Goldsmit's sea career is sort of a mistake. He really tried to get down to the Canal Zone in 1910 to help build the Panama Canal, but by the time he could make all the necessary arrangements, no more men were needed. So Abe was prevailed on to go into the merchant marine where his talents as a butcher and cook could be utilized. ^ REAL AMERICAN "1 always was patriotic," he says, "and I still am. This is my country, and I'm proud of it. When the First World War start­ ed, 1 enlisted and 1 was discharg­ ed after the Armistice in the grade of Sergeant." In this war, however, Abe got all the action he wanted by stick-?^ ing right to the merchant marine. From the day that war started in Europe, he was in the forefront of America's effort to supply the £f)od and armaments to the fight­ ers against fascism. Abe's presence on a ship finally became known as a good omen bccau.se not one of the ships he sailed on was torpedoed. As he states, T saw' plenty of boats sunk, and we picked up lots of survivors, but we were never touched. But we got plenty of other action," That they did, as did all other Seafarers who answered their country's call during the recent emergency. Goldsmit made the Atlantic and Mediterranean runs many times. He was bombed in Oran, Algiers, and the Bay of Naples. He was also present dur­ ing the invasion of Southern France. "That was a time that separat­ ed the men from the boys/' he recall;;. "They threw everything at us, and the sky was black with airplanes, not all of them ours." UNION RECORD Abe's record as a union man is as good as his record in both wars. In the 1919^ 1921, and 1923 strike action he was always to be found on the picketline. He didn't limit his activities to waiting for pieketlines to fonn, either. Abe always talks union, and has done a large part in organizing the un­ organized. The Bonus Strike in 1941 is another highpoint in Goldsmit's life. "We were the only ones to fight for seamen at that time," he remembers. "Everybody else was ready lo forget us, but we won that one, and all seamen benefit­ ted." Ask hiiii about Harry Bridges' raiding activities on the West Coast, and Abe turns a violent orange color. "That buzzard," as he calls Bridges, "is ruining the maritime labor unions." What the ILWU needs, according to Abe, is leadership that takes orders ftom the rank-and-file, instead of giving the orders. "That's where we in the SIU is lucky," he says. "We never have to worry about being sold out. We run the union, and the officers, not the other way around." It's militant men like Abe who make a strong union like the SIU possible. He has been a fightec for a long tkne, and he is contin­ uing in the fight. More power to him, and we hope he is a goi||i example to the newcomers. �Page Fir® TBE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July 19. 1946 Operators' Proposals Called Inadequate ll (CoiJtinned from Page 1) ably would have to—work all day Sunday without compensa­ tion. PASSENGER VESSELS Thc> formula set forth in the offer lor the other ratings in tlie Stewards Department will gov­ ern rates on passenger vessels 0 2. To increase the overtime rate for Unlicensed Personnel to $1.00 per hour. (The SIU demands that ratings •where the monthly pay is $200 or more, the overtime payment ^shall be $1.50 an hour.) 3. To pay overtime at sea for all hours worked in excess of 48 in each week to all Unlicensed personnel whose basic work week is 56 hours or more; for the pur­ pose of this paragraph, Sunday at sea .shall be considered the overtime day. 4. To reduce the work week in port from 44 to 40 hours and pay overtime for all hours worked in excess of 40; the purpose of this is to pay overtime for all hours worked on Saturday and Sunday in port. (The SIU demands that the wording of this item be changed to read: "To reduce the straight Jime work week in port from 44 to 40 hours and pay overtime for all work performed in excess of 40; the purpose of ^his is to pay overtime for all work performed on Saturday and Sunday in port." This substitution in the wording guarantees payment for fractions of hours worked, rather than full hours.) 5. Under no circumstance shall there be any duplication or pyra­ miding of overtime. 6. That the Union and the above named Operators appoint four committees for the purpose of working out a uniform agreement covering wages, general rules and working conditions. One of the said committees shall attempt to work out satisfactory working rules in the Deck Department, another committee shall attempt to work out satisfactory working rules for the Engine Department, another shall attempt to work out satisfactory working rules for the Stewards Department and the fourtli of such committees shall attempt to work out satisfactory general rules. When such rules have been approved by the par­ ties, the approval shall be deem­ ed acceptance by the parties of the above rates. (The SIU demands that the wording of this item be changed to read "That the Union and the above named Operators each ap­ point a commiitee for the pur­ pose of negotiations, clarification or amendments to the agree­ ments covering general rules and working conditions," The Seafar­ ers insists that the four-commit­ tee clause be knocked out, since the operators would be in a posi­ tion to negotiate some fast ones with individual committees, which would not be subject to ratification by the membership.) wages and all other monetary matters, except working condi­ tions, can be opened for negotia­ tion with any of the contracted companies •without termination of contract.) vessel operated by any of the Companies may hereafter be de­ layed in her movements or sail­ ing the retroactive feature shall be suspended to the date when such interference or delay ceases. (The SIU demanded that the wording of item 7 be changed to read; "Thq^ agreement is to i-un to September 30, 1947." The SIU further demanded that a clause be put into every agreement that The Seafarers' International of North America, hereby accepts this 11th day of July 1946, the above offers jointly made by the Operators and the Union hereby SHIPOWNERS PROPOSALS Here are the basic wage proposals as set forth by the op­ erators' negotiating committee. These proposals -Jiave been •-ompletely reiected by the Union. Deck Department Proposed « Bosun Bosun's Mate Carpenter Storekeeper AB Maintenance Quartermaster Able Seaman Watchman Ordinary Seaman $202.50 172.50 195.00 192.50 187.50 172.50 172.50 172.50 150.00 Engine Department C Type and Victory Type Vessels Proposed Chief Electrician $269.50 Assistant Electrician 200.00 Unlicensed Jr. Engineer 205.00 Machinist Plumber 232.00 Deck Engineer 200.00 Refrigerating Engineer 246.50 (when only one is carried) Engine Storekeeper 192.50 Engine Maintenance Man 187.50 Evaporator Maintenance Man 190.00 Oiler 172.50 Watertender 172.50 Combination Fireman-Watertender .... 172.50 Fireman 162.50 Wiper 150.00 When three Refrigerating Engineers are carried— Chief 269.50 1st Ass't 237.50 2nd Ass't 218.50 undertakes and agrees that any and all vessels which arc pres­ ently "tied-up" as a result of "job action" shall be immediate­ ly released and that pending con­ clusion of a uniform agreement or a complete break-down in negulialiuns luwards .such uiiifuini agreement there .shall be no "tieup" of any vessel operated by any of the Companies nor shall there be a refusal by members of the Union to sign on or sign off Shipping Articles nor will there be any other action of any sort AFL Solidarity Beats CMU Raid On SlU-SUP (Continued from Page i) claimed, should be manned by a CMU crew, and failure to agree to this outrageous demand caused the JLWU to refuse to load or unload any cargo for the SS Mello Franco. When the picketing first start­ ed there was a problem of imme­ diately throwing the entire strength of the Seafarers into the field on this very important beef. With the assistance of the Great­ er New York AFL Maritime Council, everything went .smooth­ ly. In spite of some initial con­ fusion, the picketline, set up where the CMU ships were most heavily concentrated, resulted in a 100 percent tie-up of the docks. As Paul Hall said, '•Picketlines were established at the Staten Island docks as a warning to Harry Bridges and the commies to stop raiding SlU-SUP ships. The spread of picketing to other docks in the New York area and to other ports is in line with the planned strategy of continuing the extension of picketing until it covers all ships manned by the CMU or until this beef breaks." 0 BEEF GROWS Stewards Department Freight Vessels Proposed Chief Steward thief Cook Night Cook and Baker 2nd Cook and Baker Assistant Cook Messman Utilityman ..1 $220.00 200.00 200.00 185.00 175.00 150.00 150.00 Ships Just Lay Up In Savannah By ARTHUR THOMPSON SAVANNAH—We shipped out 48 men this week and that isn't too bad considering the fact that we only had one SIU payoff. The SS James Swan came back after being out about six weeks and paid off without any beefs pend­ ing. We sent a new crew aboard, but when they heard that the new agreement had not been signed yet, and no raise was forthcoming, they decided !|;fiey 7. Pending the conclusion of a would not sign on. satisfactory uniform agreement We had the SS James Miller covering wages, general rules in and sent a few replacements and working conditions to run to aboard her. We still need a couple September 30, 1947, the wages of FWT's and if we can get them and working conditions presently she'll be squared away. in effect shall continue, but upon We spent a pretty rugged week­ the conclusion of the said uni­ end getting replacements for the form agreement the wages shall MV Oregon Fir, but just man­ be retroactive to April 1, 1946 aged to get her out with a full and the overtime rate shall be crew and no delay. retroactive to June 15, 1946, pro­ At the present writing we have vided, however, tliat Where any six SUP ships in and nobody knows where or when they are going. They've been in port for some time now and the boys are getting re.stless. The SS John Lawson is still hanging around and we don't know what her fate is. Ships have been laying here so long that it looks as though the boneyard was moved to Savannah. We have formed a Maritime Council here in Savannah com­ posed of the MM&P, the ILA, the Teamsters and ourselves. We are prepared for practically any eventuality. Our stenographer had a pro­ posal of marriage by telegram. It was signed by "Danny". This looks like something for Brother Hawk to check on. We know the telegram came from New York, but we are not sure who Danny is. for any reason whatsoever, either on the part of the Union or its members, which will in any way interfere with or delay the move­ ment or sailing of any vessel. (The SIU won't go for such a binding clause in the agi-eement as this, becau.se the Union i.s cur­ rently in disagreement with Al­ coa Steamship Co. in respect to riders in the ships' articles, and the SIU cannot sign away the rights of the individual members of the Union who are demanding proper riders for .ships' articles.) When Bridges did not take the warning, the picketing was ex­ tended. On Friday, July 12, Man­ hattan docks along the North River, handling NMU ships, were involved in the tie-up. This also resulted in a com­ plete cessation of all business on the piers picketed. When the lines formed around the docks numbered 57 to 62 inclusive, the longshoremen, members of the International Longshoremen's As­ sociation, AFL, walked off the docks, and refused to work until the sailors' beef was settled. The pattern in both cases was the same. As soon as the picketlines were established on Staten Island, and at the North River docks, the longshoremen immedi­ ately walked off, and the truck drivers, members of the AFL Teamsters Union, would not, un­ der any circumstances, cioss the lines set up by the SlU-SUP, in conjunction with the AFL Mari­ time Council. At the height of the beef, add­ ed support was received in the form of a telegram from William Green, President of the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor, to Harry Lundeberg, President of the SIU. AFL SUPPORTS The telegram pledged all aid of the National AFL in the pres­ ent dispute, and called "upon all central bodies and^ officers of Na­ tional Unions whose locals are established on the Pacific Coast and all our friend.s to rally to your support to assist and help you in every possible way." President Green closed with a request, "Please advise me of any special definite way in which .1 can help you quickly and imme­ diately." In the words of curnpetent ob­ servers, never before have so many maritime workers been united on a beef. It turned out to be a great \ictory for the Greater New York AFL Mari­ time Council, and when honors are distributed, all credit should go to the rank-and- file. As an aftermath of the West Coast beef, William Green has instructed representatives of all AFL Maritime Unions, or unions connected with the maritime in­ dustry, to convene in Chicago on August 12 to set up an AFL Maritime Council. STRONGER THAN CMU "This," .said Paul Hall, "will make the SIU part of a powerful alignment of maritime unions much stronger than the CMU. And in addition, it will help the SlU-SUP immeasurably when it comes to actual organizational work." On the whole, the idea of cui AFL Maritime Council has al­ ready proved its wortli. bi the past beef, this council •vt-as in­ strumental in lining up support-^ from the ILA, the Teamsters Union, the MM&P, the Radio Officers Union, and the Pursers Union of the SIU, all affiliated with the AFL. Baltimore Seafarers Give To Hospitalized By WM. (CURLY) RENT2 BALTIMORE — SIU members in this port continue to remember their Union brothers confined in the Marine Hospital. John Taurin, of the hospital committee, reports this week that the crews of five vessels donated $57.00 to be distributed among the hospi­ talized men. Donations totalling $22.00 were received from the SS Petersburg •Victory crew, while the SS Venore men contributed $14.00. The other thi-ee vessels responding were the SS Thomas Nelson, $11.00; SS Cubore, $4.00; and the SS Thomas Hyde, $6.00. For personal expenses while in the hospital, $3.50 was given to each of the following: Arthur Vippcrman, Roy Burkett, Clinton Hamer, Moses Morris, James IT. Kellj% E. J. Dellamano, Van Warfield, Charles Dunn, C. Fowler and 1. Iversen. �=SlrE=^.^ TffE SEAFARERS LOG Pas« Six ' Fviday, July Ifl, 1946 Waterman Officers Pull In Horns When Hard-Talk Showdown Comes By JAMES "Red" TRUESDALE Crew Sticks Together And Wins Transportation To West Coast NO NEWS?? By JOHN MOGAN Silence this week from the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: it as it was none of their busi­ ness. Thereupon they told the Patrolman that they would use a baseball bat on him, and that they had a couple of tough guys that could take care of him. Not being ,one to duck a fight when the odds are against him, the Pa­ trolman invited them all to meet him on the dock, immediately. The bucko boys did not feel secure with their baseball bat so they went topside to recruit some CHIP ON SHOULDER more officers for their goon squad. What happened was that a In front of their wives, who were^ Waterman scow put in here with visiting them, they were lliruwplenty of beefs regarding, over­ ing out their chests and bragging time. As the Patrolman was try­ ing to settle things with "Red Pencil" Perkins, the Waterman Gestapo, the Chief Mate and a couple of bucko Engineers began putting their two cents in. They were told to keep out of PHILADELPHIA — Last week we had a funny situation that was made to order for the comic books. Lots of times we hear of one officer on a ship who throws his weight around with a Patrol­ man, and then backs down at the last minute. This time it was the whole complement of brass that refused to fight after threatening that they would use a baseball bat on the Patrolman. BOSTON — Business still very defeating the President's Reorslow at this port, but shipping ! ganizational Plan No. 3 is appreNORFOLK has picked up some with a lot of I ciated by the membership. The PORT ARTHUR jobs on the board during the names of those legislators who HOUSTON week. The 88 Samuel Walker expressed themselves as being CHARLESTON (Bull) paid off in Portland, Me. alongside us in this fight were MOBILE all beefs were settled at the pay­ read off at the last meeting, and SAN JUAN the membership voted to extend off. GALVESTON The 88 Louis McHenry Howe to all of them a vote of thanks. TAMPA (Luckenbach-West Coast) paid It is hoped that the 8enate will JACKSONVILLE off also. This vessel was changing be equally judicious in disposing ownership, from Luckenbach to of the Plan. American President Lines, and a transportation beef developed. W8A refused to pay the $125 transportation back to Seattle, as the ship was going on a roundthe-world run from San Fran­ cisco. WSA contended that inasmuch with other maritime nations too, 1 imagine, who work on By HUGH MURPHY as the ship was returning to the would save a great deal of un­ coastal ships in British Columbia The continual efforts of the necessary suffering and needless feel that they are being discrim­ West Coast, the men, therefore, were not entitled to transporta­ 8111 in Canada for the enactment expense to the individuals con­ inated against. The department tion. The Union's contention was of seamen's legislation, revision cerned. is not necessarily to blame for that the Articles would be broken this, because it is carrying on the This is a matter of vital con­ of the "Canada 8hipping Act" sick mariners' fund according to and for a 8eamen's Bill of Rights, cern to the seamen of Canada's the present Canada Shipping Act to bring our maritime industry merchant marine, and with all which provides that only vessels COA16BAC«SCWIE the talk we hear from the pres­ crTHSRrWB-UJE'LL. up to a similar level of other ent government as to their inter­ which ply between international HAV5 ANOWER TALK, f ^ .modern maritime nations, has est in social welfare, why can­ ports or ports between two differ­ just been further advanced by not they maintain the order in ent provinces are included. But here is the sort of situation which Brother Harry Archibald, M.P. council which they passed during arises. A ship crosses from Prince the war? It is part and parcel of (8keena), "who has sailed on the Edward Island to New Brunsthe general set-up of other mari­ B.C. Coast and has first hand vrick, or from New Brunswick to time nations. It was regarded as knowledge of the conditions of Prince Edward Island, a distance vei'y necessary in time of war. seamen. of nine or ten miles, and because On June 28th, 1946, when De­ 8ome day we might want these of that, contributions are made to partment of Transport estimates seamen again, and they might the sick mariners' fund and the came before the House under not be willing to sail the boats crews are looked after in case of when the ship paid off the Inter- "National Health and Welfare" unless conditions are changed. 1 illness; or in British Columbia a am interested in this matter be­ coastal Articles and signed Coast­ Brother Archibald brought to the cause 1 have worked on coastal boat goes from Vancouver to 8ewise Articles with the new com­ attention of the Government the attle or from Victoria to Seattle unfair status of Coast 8eamen in pany. and the crews of those boats are regard to the terms of 8ection CAME THROUGH covered by the benefits of the 305, Part V, of the "Canada 8hipsick mariners' fund. But take a A meeting was held and the much longer sea journey, from members went on record not to ping Act" and also the unfair terms of Section 288 in regard to Prince Rupert to Vancouver, and payoff the old Articles or sail the ships, operated by thq same com­ ship from Boston until the trans­ the treatment of seamen who pany are not covered. 8o the em­ portation was paid. The company may have been unfortunate in ployees of these ships feel that was notified of the crew's action, contracting venereal disease. The they are being discriminated and within two hours called up following is an extract from the discussion which took place on against. The minister mentioned to state that they were ready to that they are covered by work­ payoff with transportation. This these matters and as published in Hansard, June 28th, 1946. men's compensation. That is quite was another example of the crew Mr. Archibald; Under that sec­ true, but the workmen's com­ sticking together on a beef, and pensation fund covers them only remaining perfectly sober until tion seamen engaged along the coast of British Columbia or in in case of accident, not in case of the end. We were disappointed in not the provinces of Ontario and boats and am a member. of the illness. Let me take two cases. An em­ being able to have our regular Quebec do not have the benefit 8EAFARER8 INTERNATIONAL meeting of July 3 at the new lo­ of hospital treatment which is UNION OF NORTH AMERICA. ployee on a Canadian Pacific cation. But we had a good meet­ provided for seamen on ships 1 should like to see these men boat plying between Vancouver ing, nevertheless, and all are paying between different prov­ given the service they deserve. and 8eattle becomes ill with ap­ looking forward to the next meet­ inces. In British Columbia we Brother Archibald's statement pendicitis; he is taken to a hos­ ing to be held in the new Hall. would like to see the act extend­ wascorroborated by the Honor­ pital and his hospital bills are Business and shipping both ap­ ed so that seamen engaged in the able Mr. Mclnnis, who rose to taken care p£ out of the sick mar­ pear to be on the pick-up. The coastal trade in that province speak after Mr. Archibald had iners' fund. A person on a sister Mechanicsville (Pacific tanker) could receive treatment. These finished his prepared statement. ship running between Victoria pays off tomorrow at Providence, exceptions should be done away Mr. Mclnnis has been in favor of and Vancouver, or between Prince R. 1., after a four-month voyage. with as they were during the progressive legislation for seamen Rupert and Vancouver — much The 88 Drury Victory has just war. for quite some time, and has longer distances—takes sick with been turned over to Waterman In this connection, dealing with many times spoken in behalf of appendicitis, goes to hospital, and has ,to pay his own hospital and and will crew up in the next the health of seamen 1 should such action. doctor bills, and if he is unable to couple of days. Another tanker or like to deal with section 288. This GOOD WORDS pay them while he is in the hos­ two is expected during the week section allows for treatment of also. However, it will take a half- venereal disease in any Canadian Mr. Mclnnis: 1 should like to pital he comes out with a debt dozen ships to make a dent in the port whether a man is ashore or say a few words in support of which he must discharge. What register. on shipboard, but if a man on a some of the points raised by the is required, 1 submit, is an amend­ We are still having our trou­ Canadian vessel contracts vener­ hon. member for Skeena. The ment to section 305, 1 think it is, bles with the Coast Guard, in eal disease in a port other than a minister may remember that I, of the Canada Shipping Act, , so that it is practically impossible Canadian one he is responsible discussed this matter with him that this provision will be ap­ to have a member get an indorse­ for his own treatment. In this last year. I first took it up with plicable to ships plying between ment in less than a week's time— connection, it is to be noted that the Minister of Transport, and ports - of different provinces. It and even then he might be told Canadian vessels are the only had prepared an amendment to seems to me that the remedy is vessels in^the world today where the Canada Shipping Act which very simple. I do not see that any to come back in another week. The cooperation of our (3oh- this is still the practice. A little I thought would meet the situa­ province would object to such an •gressmen from Massachusetts in action by the government in line tion. The men, and the women amendment. WITH THE SlU IN CANADA over what they were going to do to the poor Patrolman. When it tame time to go on the dock, however, they changed their minds. A team of wild horses couldn't have dragged them off that ship. The big goon squad figured that the Patrolman who had settled all the beefs for the crew could also settle their own hash. And they were right. NO PROTECTION 8hipping continues very good with plenty of ships being paid off and signed on each week. We are still having trouble with some of the Shipping Commissioners who have forgotten that their jobs were created for the protec­ tion of the seamen. The seamen get ' about as much protection from them as Hitler gave the Po­ lish people. Two ships are no\y being held up in this port because the men refuse to sign on until they are definite about the pay they are to collect. The ships are: the Cape May, Bull Line, and the Yaka, Waterman Lines. Until this mat­ ter is settled, the ships will re­ main deserted. That's what we call action in Philadelphia. The Otis Hall, American Lib­ erty Line, came in and paid off without any fuss or bother. All the crew had a good word for the 8kipper. All Hands Okay The important thought in the minds of the Patrolmen, this Pa­ trolman anyway, is the way the membership handled the picket­ ing this past week. It was a won­ derful job, and as the officials have already publicly said, all the credit goes to the militant, united rank-and-file; The oldtimers who knew what it was all about, having hit the bricks many times in the past, helped the new hands. They taught them all they could about the art of walking a picketline. And maybe those new men didn't learn quick. It was a great experience to hear them tell strangers why we were march­ ing, and asking them to respt^t. our picketlines. For the way the membership acted during this beef, they deserve a rousing "well done, all hands." Johnnie Johnston. :r} I �THE SEAFARERS Ttidaty. July IS. 1346 LO G LIFESAVER Coast Guard Control Of Seamen Is Not What Mariners Fought For ll the shipowners before they start­ ed to raid. But we fooled them by being able to take-on two enemies at the same time. We don't like to do it that way, but when the V. ''" j cliips are down, we fight to win and we win our fights. Shipping in the port of New York is still good, and would have been better if we hadn't had to establish picketlines from Staten Island up to the North River. A number of ships have come in recently from long voyages and they have the usual number of beefs aboard. Wc settle them all as they come up, and all at the point of production where you SOME HOPE can get quick action and no The second .solution would be in having the International pres­ double-talk. sure Congress into changing the laws governing civilian seamen. We shouldn't have to stand for such business as is going -on in Washington today. Those bureau­ crats have become the-worst kind Unnecessary Calls of anti-labor strike breakers. Now Every day the Patrolmen get that Truman has shown the way, from one hundred to two hun­ the rest seem to be trying to out­ dred telephone calls. Most of do each other in thinking up new them are unnecessary, and some ways to shackle labor. of them are downright foolish. The 6,000 men who are lying Take these for instance. A guy at the bottom of the ocean did calls up and says, "Let me. talk not die so that the CG could have to that tall, thin Patrolman—^>-ou soft, cushy jobs controlling a know who I mean." peace-time industry. Now that Or another call something like the flagwaving is over, we sea­ this: "This is Mike. I paid off in men have found out that every­ Mobile. Is my overtime settled thing that was said about us dur­ yet?" ing the war was just words. And last but not least is the • Our picketlines during the last call that sounds like this one. week must have given Hany "Soy, Patrolman, the Steward Bridges and his CMU a pain right left the ship with the keys and where they sit. We sewed up this we can't get any chow. What port and could have sewed up shall we do, claim subsistence?" every port on the Atlantic, Gulf, You can see for youi'self that and West Coasts. these calls do not accomplish a single thing. Before you call SNEAKY TRICK make sure you have a good beef. We showed the CMU, and any­ When you call, give the name of one else who might be interested, your ship, name of the operator, that we will not tolerate raiding. location of the ship, nature of the It tvas really funny the way they beef, and any other information. quickly drew in their horns when In this way, your Patrolman will they saw that we were ready and be able to do a better and faster willing to fight them to a finish. job for you. Like the rats they are, they Ray Gonzales waited until we got ourselves all Salvador Colls. tangled up in negotiations with tut Calmar Crew Advised To Stay Together Right Through Payoff By JOHNNIE HATGIMISIOS By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK—It looks like the Coast Guard has the Merchant Mai'ine through an act of Con­ gress. The temporary war time measure of allowing the Mer­ chant Seamen to be controlled by the CG is now made perma­ nent, but we have a little bit of comfort in the fact that the vote wa.^- very close, 37 to 30. It is funny that the men who howl the loudest about absentee­ ism are the ones who take ad­ vantage of the fact that they don't have to punch a time clock. Out oi i)6 Senators, only 67 found time to be present to vote on such an important piece of legislation. The others were probably busy covci'ihg up their tracks so that What happened to Representative May won't be repeated with them in the hot spot. I don't think we ought to get too much discouraged over the fact that we still must take or­ ders from the Coast Guard. First of all, it is still possible for some friendly Congressman to intro­ duce a law throwing the CG out on its ear. This is possible, but hai'dly probable. Page Se^^. THIE is Beaf&fef RiehaM Kipp. an AB on the Moran tug Mcntauk Point, who last week risked his life to save a man who fell off Pier 73. East River. Kipp was working on the Pig­ eon Point when he heard some­ one yell "man overboard/' The man lost his grip on a piling and sank just as Kipp came up. Kipp kicked off his shoes, dived, got a bearing on where the man went down, surface dived 20 feet and came up un­ der the drowning man. Then he held the man's head up, next to a piling until a rope was lowered. The man proved to be Richard Dunn. BALTIMORE—At the moment shipping is .slow in this port, with indications that the situation will improve, according to the way ships are paying off. All ships that paid off v/ere in clean and good condition, prov­ ing the point that an SIU ship is a clean ship. Thi.s reflects on the men who sail the.se ve.ssels. Their ship is their home, and they want a clean home. 1 ^ee vvhei-e the NMU is crying already. Their tear.? are over the wage raise we will get soon. It may take u.s a little longer, but we get what we go after, and without stdling out the membcr.ship. The NMU didn't even keep its word about striking. When they were offered a SI7.50 increase in pay, they thought that we would get the same. But, as our record points out, we always stick out for more. When it come.s to wages and conditions, the SIU has it over any other union. HIHER WAGES Our wage contracts always have been higher than the NMU's. As soon as they learn that we have gained more for our members than they have for theirs, out come the crying tow­ els. Like confused, mistreated little babies they cry when they e • • know they are beaten. In the bonus strike they cried "phony," For the benefit of the men aboard then went to Washington to get the vessel, the ship shall be name­ what we had gained for our men. less. This crew definitely had the The CMU also gives me a great wrong idea about the responsibili­ ties of good Union men. It takes more than a book to make a good Union man. On this boat .several lockers were smashed in. the mattresses Seafarers Sailing were \'ery dirty, cups were all As Engineers over the hatches, and the fo'csles All members—reliied mem­ were dirty and disorderly. I talk­ bers and former members— ed to the Delegates who were going around with me, and they of Ihe Seafarers Inlernalionblamed the whole situation on al Union who are now sailing lack of cooperation between the as licensed Engineers: Please Departments. report as soon as possible to This is all wrong. If Union Brothers can't cooperate, who the Seafarers Hall at 51 Bea­ can? Let's have the Union soli­ ver Street, New York City. darity on board ship, as v/ell as Your presence is necessary in in the Union Hall and on the a matter of great importance. picketline. The Patrolmen Say Attention Members! Claude Fisher. big laugh, with their cry of "Unity;" The $64 question iff, "Have they ever tried to keep unity?" Perhaps to them their disruptive tactics are unity, but iu the SIU it all is a phony build­ up for the commies to get their hands on everything they can. The Furniture Union expose last week points this out once again. CALMAR GETS TOUGH Once again the Calmar Line is trying to get a little tough. We fry to keep them in their place, or they get to be a good pain in. the neck. I advise all men who are on Calmar ships to stick to­ gether, particularly at the payoff. The wise thing is for all the de­ part rne.nls to work as one strong unit. Keep a few bucks on you in the event the payoff is delayed a bjt, so that no one has to break the ranks and run to the Com­ missioner to sign off. We have agreements now, and we should take advantage of them. They should be read since they vary with the different com­ panies. I had one ship here at a payoff that had most of the Stewards Department on over­ time. But all they did was put down the words "two hours" on the sheet, and no further explan­ ation. The ship had been on a four month trip and the neces­ sary facts were difficult to ferret out. I had to take about ten as­ pirins after settling that one. OVERTIME So remember, put your over­ time down with all the essential information. Time of starting, knocking off time, and what the overtime was for. Then there will be little trouble in collecting. The Isthmian drive continues to go along swell. What has been done has been handled well. But until the final vote is in, the job is not finished. Before you know it, we will have wages and con­ ditions for the Isthmian men just as we do for the other com­ panies under SIU contract. The Seafarers way is the right way. Wear your SIU pin. It is the mark of a better Union. It_ stands for all the conditions won as the result of long and bitter struggles. Steady as she goes! COLD, STONE DEAD IN THE HARBOR Solidarity Needed Even Blood SIU solidarity that may prove to be a life-saver was demonstrated in two in­ stances in New Orleans this week. At the Gulf port Marine Hospital a call went out for blood donors to aid two Union men seriously ill there. Eight Brothers responded with lightning speed. The worthy Seafarers, whose blood may turn the tide in the sick men's favor, were: Gene Delp, W. W. Soderman, Dillon Fontenet. John W. Duncan. Frank Berzott. Jimmie Watson. R. L. O'Dovd Herman Darbone. I would like to call to the at­ tention of the many Union Brothers the fact that the condi­ tions which .seamen now have were not handed to them on a silver platter. We had to take part in plenty ef job action before we won what wo have today. I can I'emember the SS Julia Luckenbach in 1935, in the port of San Pedro, when the crew had to walk off the ship twice within two days to secure cots to sleep on. Such happenings wei-e not un­ common. In those days the Stew­ ards Department had to work from 5 a.m. until all the work was finished, and that could mean anytime early the following morning. I brmg this, up in connection with a shin I paid off recently. This iff what a ship looks like when the crew walks off to enforce reasonable treatment from the company. The picture of this deserted ship was sent ixi from Philadelphia where a militant SIU c*e-W has tie4 up the SS Cape May. Bull Lines. �m / P^l» £lghl THE S B AFAR E RS LOG Friday, July 19. 1948 Militant SlU-SUP Shuts Down CMU Docks XXX ' , ^ |H One picketline formed about 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday. July 10, at the Staten Island docks, and within one half hour the .piers were locked up lighter than a drum. Not one long­ shoreman tried to go through the picketline; and trucks by the hundreds. manned by members of the Teamsters Union. AFL. turned away when they saw the lines thrown around the docks. It was a complete tie-up, evidence of the strerigth of the AFT- Mari­ time Council. This was the kind of unity and action that brings victory. XXX All of the men who hit the bricks wanted the privilege of carrying the picketsigns. By the time the victory was won on Sunday. July 14. every Seafarer had a chance to hold aloft a sign which told the world why we walked a picketline in the hot sun. Here's one sign being displayed by an SIU member. As soon as the lines formed, the longshoren-en. members of the International Longshoremen's Association. AFL. walked off the piers in symp: thy. They gathered across the street from where the lines were set up and waited to see whether any attempt would be made to violate the SIUSUP picketlines. No attempts were made, but it was good to know that these men, and men like them, were right with us in this beef. f^h''f' We told the world about the iinky tactics and union raid­ ing being indulged in by Harry Bridges, and the CMU. We also told the world about the unity of the AFL Maritime Council of Greater New York. Some of the signs that told the story are displayed above. Roving squq^ of Seafarers, armed with literature giving our side of the story, distributed thousands of leaflets. Most trucks and passenger cars which passed by stopped to receive one of the flyers. Truckers were especially sympathetic, and not one of them even expressed a desire to go through the lines. . It was a hot day on the pick­ etline at the Staten Island docks, and time ^as frequently taken for refreshments. Here are a few of the SIU-SUP of­ ficials having something cool­ ing. Pictured are Jack Dwyer, New York Port Agent of the SUP: Louis Glebe, SUP Patrol­ man; Paul Hall, SIU Director of Organization and New York Port Agent; Jack Parker, New York SIU official; and Steeley White, New Orleans Port Agent. Here are the longshoremen leaving the job in sympathy with the SIU-SUP. The men who were out to lunch when the lines formed refused to go back, and the men who were already at work walked out as soon as they were informed. v, . �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, July IS, lS4S Page N!is# AFLMaritimeCounoilGoesToTownOnBeef X ^ t, The picketing, which started on Staten Island on July 10, was extended to the North River piers 57 through 62 on Friday. July 12. N >body tried to go through the lines, not even CIO members. Most of the NMU men were sympathe­ tic to the SIU point of view, and expressed the idea that Harry Bridges had overreached himself in this latest maneuver. The same spirit that made the Staten Island picketing suc­ cessful was present at the North River docks. t- X This is another one of the three picketlines which were established at the Staten Island docks. Thousands of SIU-SUP members, plus representatives from other AFL Maritime Unions, formed solid lines in opposition to Harry Bridges' raiding. One of the many truck drivers who came up to the picketline, saw the signs, learned the score, and then turned away. The trucks were lined up all along the docks on the days the SIU-SUP picketed piers 57 through 62 along the North River. •'liiiiiiii ' A few more Seafarers officials pictured as they planned Eirategy at the picketing at the North River docks. Earl Sheppard, SIU Atlantic Coast Coordinator; John Hawk, SIU Sec­ retary-Treasurer; and Robert Matthews, SIU San Francisco Port Agent, talk the situation over. 'The longshoremen wouldn't even go through the lines to collect their pay on Friday after­ noon when the SIU-SUP picketed piers along the North River. Arrangements were finally made for one window to be left open and the men lined up to collect their cabbage. Monday. July 15, ^fras a day of celebration for the SIU-SUP. All the men who had fought the battle through wanted to do something big, so the Union Strike Committee arranged a blow­ out on the third deck of the New York Hall. Good hot food was served, and everyone had a dif­ ferent story to tell .about the experiences on the picketline. Of course, the oldtimers remembered sonie bloody times in the' past, but all agreed that the recent action was militant, and what is also important, v/m won our beef. Two members of the Teamsters Union, Local 8b7. refused to go through the picketlines when they drove up to the Staten Island docks and saw the SIU-SUP men and- the signs they carried. Left to right are Charles Pravata and Salvatore Cucurillo, who are reading the leaflet giving the AFL side of the story. �T HK Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG Frida/, July Ts, 194S SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Survey Of Minutes Of 15 SlU-Crewed Ships Show Fo'csle, Messroom Beefs Top The List The Captain Is A 'Lady' On Citadel From the crew of the SS Cita­ del Victory comes a precedentsetting set of minutes. The June 19 minutes were sent in under the title, "Queer Antics," which is a masterpiece of understate­ ment. Here is the recording, just as received: At approximately 6:30 p.m. the ship's whistle began blowing "abandon ship." With the alarm ringing, the ship made a 360 de­ gree right turn, then proceeded oirher regular coui-se. One of the passengers was dressed in the Captain's uniform, though no reason was given for Need for unpruvfincnt in the crews' fo'csles and the messroom are the most frequently aired beefs at shipboard member.ship meetings, a survey of ship's minutes reveals. The Log took the minutes of 15 vessels and recorded the beefs in the order of their frequency. Living conditions rated top attention. Almost half of the minutes studied showed crew dissatisfaction with their fo'csles and messroom facilities. Seven ships had fo'csle beefs, and an equal number found fault with the mess. Several of ' the tubs tade both lists. Faulty fo'csles were reported aboard llie Joseph I. Kemp, •he Alcoa Master, Brazil Victory, San Bias, Lawton B. Evans, Diamond Hitch, and one other vessel the name of which was omitted from the minutes. Messed up were the niessrooms on the following vessels: the Kemp, Edwin G. "Weed, the Alcoa Master, Williams Victory, Brazil Victory, San Bias, Diamond Hitch. It should be reported that conditions on several of the ships were subsequently cleared up as a result of crew action or Union intervention. Close second in the beef race was the slopchest. One third of the vessels were inadequately supplying their crews. The five ships falling down in this department were the Kemp, which seems to be on the wrong side in all counts; the Weed; Brazil Vic­ tory; Diamond Hitch; and anoiher anonymous scow, which calieil for "restocking of the slopchest with average size clothing." Five ships have food failings, ranging from rotten meat to shortages. Again the Kemp was cited here, along with the Weed, Williams Victory, and the San Bias. The fifth ship in this cate­ gory, another anonymity, sweetly but sadly said the "syrup was inferior." Laundi'ies were loused up, according to the minutes of three vessels. Exposed to insects and vermin, two of the vessels' crews demanded fumigation. Two crews also called for improvements in the Stewards Departments, one uiged better conditions for the men in the Deck crew. But all was not beef in the minutes. Two crews gave glow­ ing commendation to the Stewards Departments of their ships lor the excellent service and chow. And the men were not averse to self-criticism where necessary. Let there be less noise, said two crews. Sprinkled throughout the minutes were motions urging do­ nations to men in hospitals, and the Log; imposition of fines for carelessness and uncleanliness on the members' part. It should be pointed out, incidentally, that a survey of this type can be applied only to the vessels involved, and would not necessarily indicate an average for all ships A study of the min­ utes of Ifi other ships might reveal an entirely different picture. We just thought such a compilation might be interesting. Alfaro Crew Goes To Bat, Writes To Congress -T- ir, Tlie following letter was sent by the crew of the SS Elroy Al­ faro to the House Committee on Executive Department Expendi­ tures, which was considering the transfer of the Bureau of Mar­ ine Inspection and Navigation to the Coast Guard. Unhappily, the transfer went through in the Senate, after the House had defeated it. But there is a possibility that it would not if every crew of SIU ship had been as milit­ ant in presenting its opinion of the Coast Guard to the House and Senate committees as was that of the Alfaro. We present, then, the crew's letter as an example of real unionism. CREW LETTER House Committee on Executive Department Expenditures Capital Building Wasl^ington, D. C. Attention: Chairman Manasco in view of the present plan in the President's Reorganization Plan 3, Part 1, which executive order would transfer jurisdiction of the Bureau qf Marine Inspec­ tion and Navigation from the Commerce Department to the Coast Guard in perpetuity, we the following Merchant Seamen, ci-ew members of the SS Elroy Alfaro, would like to present the following views on the subject for your consideration, before this move. Two cases of rum had come aboard three days previ­ ously. On June 14, the Captain fired several rounds of ammunition from a revolver in the Port and Starboard cabin deck. The sud­ den shots, with no previous warn­ ing, caused one lady passenger to faint, alarmed the entire crew. It looked as though the Captain was trying to impress the "lady" passengers, as well as trying to bluff the crew. UNIONEER At one point, the Captain, while talking to the Bosun, said that the Union was no good, and that he, the Captain, was a better Union man than anyone sailing below. On arrival in New York, the Captain had money brought aboard for draws, but refused to give out the draw until the fol­ lowing day. This forced most of the crew to remain aboard for lack of money. (This happened once before, in Rio.) In New York, the Captain said he was going to bed and sleep. He threatened that if anyone awakened him, he would "shoot" him. The Captain was performing on the mainmast shrouds, going up the mainmast, then turning and coming down the shroud hand over hand. (Once more mak­ ing a big impression on "lady" Trinidad at 11:30, the Captain passengers.) went ashore with passengers, and did not return until 1:20. The ENTERTAINER Mates would not take the ship The Captain has had rum par­ out of the harbor. The Captain, ties almost every night, and has too intoxicated to take it out, had ice and fruit taken to his waited until daybreak. ' cabin by the Bedroom Steward The Captain dressed, not oddly and Chief Steward on personal but Queerly, in a lady's dress and orders. lipstick, then performed on the After giving orders to leave bridge. any action is taken by the com­ mittee to .sustain the President's plan that has been submitted. The Coast Guard has constant­ ly interfered with the seamen, by binding all our attempts to apply for positions needed in the marine industry with unneces­ sary red tape and humdrum. During the recent acute short­ ages of merchant seamen for rated positions aboard ships, the overstaffed Dept. of Coast Guard Marine Inspection, demanded ex­ perienced seamen applying for certificates for these ratings, go to U.S. Maritime .schools for weeks, even months, wasting their time listening to instruct­ ors who didn't know the work as well as they did; before they would issue the certificate allow­ ing the men to ship. And at the same time this very same De­ partment of the Coast Guard was issuing thousands of the same tickets to green men fresh out of Maritime rush courses, men who previously had no actual sea time, and who couldn't perform the first thing in the line of duty in their respective jobs aboaid ship. ' WHIM&ICAJ. Seamen are placed in the por sition where they have to con-; stantly answer to the beck and call of the Coast Guard to re­ •vr't. AF'.'.w ^ •• ceive, new kinds of tickets, extra endorsements, etc — due to the ever present inefficient Coast Guard working and filing sys­ tems which aie incessantly being changed, and the unheard-of ex­ penses of carrying out these whims, bears heavly on the tax­ payers' purse. Not even ihentioning the confusion it causes for the seamen, wondering what is going to be demanded of them next. Every seaman knows straight from the i-ecords, that the Coast Guard has proved itself, that it is no friend of the unlicensed sea­ man, and'has no wish for coop­ eration by the past case histories, which speak for themselves, of its unjustices of the "Coast Guard Hearing Unit" that has al­ ways favored the officers aboard ship, and. through their actions, this kangeroo court has deprived many an innocent seaman, old and young, of his future chances of continuing his livelihood at sea, and many, many times on tlie vaguest, and minorest of charges. THE PROOF Every effort and order issued by the Coast Guard to its en­ listed men, dui'ing the recent maritime crisis, proved that they were ready at the President's or­ der to step in and man the ships at a time when the merchant sailor, was fighting for an honest wage and better working condi­ tions, our constitutional rights, which at no time should have any threat of interferance l(y governmental bodies, such as the Coast Guard. 'We must always demand our rights to negotiate between the shipowner and our­ selves, and there the Coast Guard stood ready to stab us in the back. Haw .can an -organization like the Coast. Guard, who has made themselves so unbearable the PORTRAIT OF SEAFARER This is Edward (Grindstone) Johnson, a Seafarer aboard the SS Thomas J. Lyons. Sonieone took his picture and sent it in. BO here it is. past and which show such future intentions, pat the merchant sea­ men on the shoulder and expect our support and respect as our "Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation? We urge you to revise Plan 3, Part 1. of the Pi-esident's Reor­ ganization Plan to reinstate the "Commerce Department" to head the Mai-ine Inspection and Navi­ gation. They, to us are tried and true, and in the past worked moi'e in the interest of the sea­ man. We guarantee our fullhearted support in every effort you can came to end this Coast Guard domination on an organ­ ization that once enjoyed free en­ terprise. No seaman or shipown­ er, who takes the .trouble to think carefully over this question, will, ^fter mature conaideratron, favor any such law. �Friday, July 19,1946 Page Eleren THE SEAFARERS LOG Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings SEAFARER SAM SAYS: EDWARD G. JANEWAY. April 21—Chairman E. B. Tilley; Secretary W. D. Strahle. Previous minutes read and ac­ cepted. Motions carried: to fine $1.00 anyone found guilty of erasing a fine; that each man donate $1.00 to the Log; to give vote of thanks to Steward Dept. for Easter dinner. Brother Tilley to explain Union procedure to tripcards wanting informa­ tion. Ch. Cook to send in three names for Log mailing list. One minutl of silence observed in memory of departed Brothers. Good and Welfare: a motion was carried to have Delegate see Mate in regard to obtaining new library for vessel. X % t Fellows Don't Know What Lies—A Head action teiken on beefs and gripes. Ch, teward hasS a west coast permit on which "not one cent of dues or assessments has been paid." Motions carried: to check on C. teward's status: to hold meetings at sea every Fri­ day at 6:30 p.m. Books were checked and found to be in good order. Good and Welfare: Motions carried: to send a com­ mittee to Stev/ard about variety of foods (Ch. Cook asked for an explanation); to. turn gunner's mess into fo'csle; to have one man from each watch clean mess; to get new belt for wash­ ing machine; and to keep down noise at night. A head is a head, a laundry is a laundry, and never the twain shall meet. So ruled the crew of the SS George Westinghouse at a recent membership meeting. Some of the lads were confus­ ing the purposes of the two ac­ commodations. Said the ship's minutes: "All clothes should be wa.shed in the laundry, instead of in the heads." XXX Possible explanation for the laundering efforts in the heads Romance Flourishes was offered by another item in After Two Mishaps the minutes. Under Good and It took a lost rudder and a torn Welfare the crew launched an hull on the Nonpareil to bring "inquiry on the lack of buckets.'' rcmance to Seafarer Grover Ste­ The Steward said there weren't vens, Chief Steward aboard the enough to go around. ship on her recent run to Danzig. X % X SIU Bosun John Morgan sent RICHARD BASSETT. April the details to us in the form of a 8—Chairman Anthony J. Stanclipping from a Glasgow newspa­ Ion; Secretary Edward V. Stibper. ler. Motion carried: that each The Nonpareil, the paper says, member give delegate his book with a statement of amount he left Danzig, was en route to Co­ wants to pay up plus amount penhagen, when she lost her rud­ of any Log donation he may der, hitting a submerged object. wish to make. Under Good Emd She was repaired at Gothenburg. Welfare the following repairs She picked up passengers in Co­ were recommended: scrape and penhagen, headed for Glasgow varnish chairs in crew's mess; for fuel, hit dread Skerryvore soogie and paint crew's quar­ reef and tore a hole in her hull ters; install soap holders, new but made Glasgow under her own port glass in gunner's mess: power. While repairs were being made screens, new drinking water Steward Stevens, who hails from line in engine room; new steam in Deck and Steward showers; Long Beach, met Miss Chri,stina new flush valves in all toilets Bernadette Gordon of 15 Hill Dumbarton, Glasgow. and floor boards in unlicensed Street, personnel's showers. Repair They were married. mushroom ventilators in mess XXX and crew's quarters, replace DIAMOND HITCH, June 14 wooden toilet seats with por­ —Chairman Jim Sellers; Sec­ celain; check and repair elec­ retary William Carroll. Crew trical equipment and lockers in io hold up payoff until all dis­ Steward department quarters. puted overtime and beefs are Fireman should be given lar­ settled. Subsistence has been ger room. Provide three elec­ due crew from the first of the tric toasters, three percolators trip. Good and Welfare: Recom­ and new keys for all fo'clsles. mended that Purser and Patrol­ ' i. man check slopchest at begin­ ning of trip, several items miss­ BLUEFIELD VICTORY, ing. Motions carried: to fumi­ April 15—Chairman Joe As­ gate ship; install screen door in kew; Secretary Joe Schwab. booby hatch; that Purser give Election of officers. Reading of men receipts for each slopchest previous raeeting's minutes and purchase; to have icebox lock-' ed and to supply keys to Sa­ loon and crew messmen; to have Patrolman investigate ir­ regularity whereby officers are in possession of keys to various food boxes in galley; to have icebox installed in galley so Ch. Cook can save time. Report­ ed that Captain ordered bed­ room Steward to clean Purser's room without overtime. One minute of silence observed for departed Union brothers. ^ROTtCTTHESIU.'' 'pasrecr YouRsar/ XXX ALCOA PIONEER, May 14— Chairman Thorne; Secretary Snelling. Motions carried: that men keep beefs within their own departments; to appoint three men from each depart­ ment to check their individual sections of Agreement and General Rules" with Alcoa SS Co. and suggested amendments to Alcoa, Bull, and Baltimore Insular lines— to be voted and passed on at next meeting. Good and Welfare: Crew urged to coperate in keeping mess clean by returning cups and other gear to pantry after cof­ fee time. Motions carried: to penalize offenders for failing in above, and for carelessness on showers, toilets, mess, fo'csles; to check up on disappearance of crew's electric iron. I GOOD WORK I FELLERS There's A Wild One Aboard Some Ship There's a "joker" in the deck— or in the Engine or Steward crews, says the n\inutes of the SS (sorry, the ship's name was not revealed). Someone has been dealing from the bottom of the deck, pulling them from his sleeve, or making with the marked cards in the poker sessions aboard the vessel. But the crew doesn't know who the shark is.. So a six-man eommittee, three of them card players, has been appointed to investigate the mat­ ter. If they can uncover the cul­ prit charges will be filed against him ashore. Meanwhile, deuces — and the crew—are wild. XXX BRAZIL VICTORY, April 6 —Chairman Louie Cowhan; Secretary Perry. Minutes of previous meeting read and ac­ cepted. Reports of the dele­ gates accepted. All delegates resigned and new ones elected. A motion was carried urging that new men be taught Union­ ism. XXX CHISHOLM TRAIL, April 15 — Chairman Ted Weems; Secretary Don Cuttle. Minutes of previous meeting read and accepted. All beefs squared away in Deck and Steward De­ partments. Engine Delegate re­ ports he is having trouble with phony ovretime, and with men id up with minor injuries who don't report them. Crew would like subsistence money for time ship went dead in Ha­ vana. Ship's Delegate assured them this had been turned in. Motion carried commending Steward department for mak­ ing hot meals and coffee on deck when engine broke down, preventing use of electric gal­ ley. Good and Welfare: Agreed that if ship goes out again that request go to Merchant Marine library for more books aboard. Request all new refrigerated stores before sailing. Stewards department poorly heated, no port holes. you CAMfSOUOl.'* WEACIHCBADse/ CUT AND RUN By HANK Congratulations and lots of happiness to Jack Parker and his wife who were happily spliced about four days ago. We think that Jack did more than traditionally carry his wife across the Hiieshold —he put on skates and skated across, indeed. . . Brother Thor Gracier, Electrician, just came in off the Cape Romain. New York is sure charged up with electricity, er, Thor? Our white caps ai-e sure making the communists red in the face and sorry in the heart. . . Our former doorman, Walter "Slug" Siekman, just sailed in from a voyage to Brazil. He had a big smile and that familiar Hollywood mustache on hi.s face, too. Say, Slug, did the Latin pin-ups ask you for your union book, by any chance? . . We're informed that ace-dispatcher, Paul Gonsorchik, is having a beef with a bit of illness. We all hope it don't keep him anchored down in his home any longer. So, Paul, give that illness of yours some quick dispatching, will you? 3, Frank J. Lilly is on a ship as deck delegate right now. Is she going to the Pacific after she hits New Orleans, Frank? . . Edward Bleiha retired his book last week. He's become one of Uncle Sam's G.I.'s. . . Red Cannon is in town a few weeks now after a recent voyage. . . We haven't seen Thomas Harris, Gulf Book 5, for a few weeks. The last time we saw him he was sentimentally look­ ing at his red swollen finger and yarning to us about how it got involved with a hatch beam—thus keeping him unhappily on the beach. How's the beefy finger now. Pop! X X X X From Chaffee, Missouri (the state fam.ous for waltzes, hor.ses and mules) we received the following short letter from our shipmate, Joe James: I am in Missouri, drinking moonshine and shooting squirrels. 1 would like you to put a line about the boys in Mobile who are on the SS Mayo Brothers. When she left port they had a full new crew from the Captain to the Wipers. Drop me a post card so 1 can know how shipping is. . . Okay, Joe, thanks for writing us and don't let any squirrel get the best of you, either! X X X X Well, well, Reggie Gooden and George Hudson, Iwo of our shipmates from that last trip of the SS Pennmar in 1942. are in town right now—and it's good to see them. We saw Robert McQueen and Frank Smith, an SUP Brother, last week. Frank, who has a brother, George, sailing too, sure wishes to get either a long trip or those^increased wages, etc.—so he can support his wife and kid living here in New York. With the stupidly high cost of living nowadays a sailor and his family really have a tough time getting along decently. We aren't forgetting the bachelor sailors who have it none too easy either. 4. 3 5. i Andy Thevik, one of our best shipmates and one of. the best sailors on deck we've ever seen, told us, while putting away a sand­ wich, that he's not going to the Persian Gulf anymore. He sweated out three trips (we hotly agree and we did the same, too) over there already. Well, as you said, Andy, your heart's set on a trip to the Mediterranean. May the trip be full of pinochle games, mucho over­ time and the night watches have those whispering poetic stars and cool breezes, too. X X X X* Well, if fhey haven'f shipped oul, then we probably have ?he following oldtimers sfill in these ports: In Baltimore: Fred Barrett, Dennis Marcoly, Francis Zuccolillo, Robert Jones, Olsen Aif, S. C. Tuberville, Edward Johnson, Jack Johns, John Kafka,Earl Ludolph, Joe Perez, M. Farrulla and James Malecki. . . In Savannah: Arthur Arvanitis. Andrew Griffin, Harry Henze and {Continued on Page 13) .. .itJ •" ' �Psge Twilve 1 THE SEAFARERS LOG FMdbr, July ^9. 1946 MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS I u. Ifi" CMU DISTURBED BY SIU ACTION, ROPEYARN SAYS Dear Ed: III I know someone this past week that damned near had heart fail ure, and, Ed, it sure wasn't the SrU not by a long shot. Well, Ed I know that you already have an idea of whom I am speaking, so I am just going to blurt it right out. It was no other than Com rade Bridges, west coast Labor strategist, and CP Braintruster and, of course, Ed, he bears many other titles and nom deplumes of which it is beneath the dignity of a good honest seaman to speak Boca Grande, and doing a good job of it, thanks to the coopera­ tion of the shore patrolmen of this locality. Bob Hall has been able to cope with the situation, expertly tamping down all traces of mis­ behavior among the few unruly. The poor fellow has a lot of ter­ ritory to cover, and transporta­ tion is nothing to be desired. It is indeed a misfortune to let few tramps infilter into our ranks, so let us have a little more discretion in handing out books, hereafter. We have no beefs, but the mosquitos are worse than stukas. We are waiting for orders; our inks will not break, so let us close the ranks for a complete victory. Juan Puiz Rivera. I know, Ed, that you are an.xiOQS to know the score on this character and his phony CMU so I am going to get right down to business and give you the straight dope, especially you being a good old SIU Brother would naturally become a little upset if you thought some labor racketeer like OFFICERS GIVEN - 'J Harry Bridges was trying to raid SOME TIPS BY our Union. This Bridges, Ed, had just such FORMER SIU AB a thought in mind: to catch us Dear Editor: with our pants down and give us Whereas we have an increas­ you know what, Ed, while we ing number of Navy men going were trying to get an agreement into the merchant marine, I think with the ship owners. that as an ex AB of the SIU now Ed, Bridges got the idea in his sailing as an officer and knowing empty head that is only good for the feelings of the deck force, the following device may help ready made officers and sailors to ad­ just themselves to the merchant marine for the good of all hands. If you are planning a career in the merchant marine or even a few trips which in the light of recent developments seems more secure than a possible outmoded Navy, hero aro^ some points to remember for the deck: Forget everything you were taught except actual application seamanship or navigation. " a hat rack anyway, that he would Learn to make decisions for yourorder his longshoremen up in elf. You alone will at times be Coos Bay, Oregon, not to load our called on to do so without the good old AFL ships until the un­ help of five other guys. As an AB or OS your Navy licensed personnel had been re­ The George Washington—in happier days—lies at the dock habits will have little effect on placed by, phony CMU seamen, at Hamilton, Bermuda, in this shot made by an unidentified and get by with it. Well, Ed, merchant men, but should you crew member. Lower is a shot of the harbor from the deck of Bridges didn't get by with it, not become an officer or enter the merchant, marine as one (the lat­ the G.W. We thought you might like to see what it looks like, by a damned sight. These young ter my advice is mainly directed fellers In the SIU here on the just in case you ever ship down that way. East Coast throwed picket lines to) bear in mind that merchant around NMU docks and ships and seamen are trained to do their done a real good SIU job of stop­ work with a minimum of orders. first canoe took an overly long AIKEN VICTORY ping all ship movements for a It's not necessary to bellow out trip, so you may as well make orders over a megaphone or such. the best of it. If you are having CAPTAIN LAUDED period of two days. Just tell the bos'n what you want too many disappearing acts ap­ BY CREW MEMBERS It sure was good, Ed, to see done and it shall be. Most times peal to his reason rather than these young SIU members, led just as well as it would be with threaten him. You'll find it pays We, the crew members of the and instructed by these old-tim­ your direction. The deck gang in the long run. The merchant SS Aiken Victory wish to ex­ ers, take their place on the picket will resent detailed orders. It's a man is a civilian who calls for press our sincere th.anks to our line with their bright young reflection on their ability and on more tact in handling than a man skipper John F. Owens for prov­ faces, getting their first "battle your own ability for not knowing who is simply given an order and ing himself a square-shooter in bars." I know, Ed, it would have that they are capable. With one can. be restricted with the help regards to the welfare of the done your old heart good to man for each job that the Navy of the whole Navy for failing to crew. . watch this performance of work­ Being a seaman himself for usually has several, the merchant carry it out. You must rely on ing class solidarity and seeing man has been accustomed to your own persuasion. To go to the past 24 years—and a former how fast these youngsters took thinking for himself. As afore­ the Captain or the Coast Guard SIU"" member—it is easily under­ to the idea of whacking a phony mentioned—if you attempt de­ is admitting that you are stumped. stood why he shows as great a right where he least expected it concern for his crew as well as tailed orders you only expose —the biggest NMU docks in the yourself. One last thing. In my opinion, his ship. world: Grace Line, U. S. Line That the Captain ha^ a cool You'll find that the worst per­ handling men in'the proper man­ and Moore Mack. ner is 75 percent of a Mate's job. head was twice demonstrated former you may have still takes Well, Ed, let's hope Comrade pride in his position. He may beef Navigation and seamanship 25 on his last voyage. The ship was •'\^y Bridges and Co. don't have too loud for overtime and disappear percent. Don't feel that you are called upon to render emergency much of a laundry bill and that in port at times but consider that complete with navigation alone. aid to two very sick men which he has learned a couple of things the job is not quite a normal way A smart bobby soxer cqn be a required the launching of a boat •bout raiding union that he will of living so you therefore do not good navigator. Would she be a on both occasions. Under his profit from in the future. get normal reactions. That is a Mate? Somebody's wife maybe.^ cool directions both emergencies were .successfully carried out S. J. Flaherty. ROPEYARN. situation that existed since the •-r-r.-V Log - A - Rhyth rns The Sailor Anonymous He sure is a luniiy one Always looking out for fun; And any gal who calls him honey. He always gives her loads of money. He's in Italy, France and Argen­ tina With Suzy, Jane and Leaping Lena; Spends his lire and a franc or so And a month's pay in the oldpeso. He'll take a couple of dark cerveza And bet a sawbuck on the casa; He'll draw to a three-card inside straight And back it up until loo late. But altogether, as a rule. The sailor ain't nobody's fool; After the skid T&W he will slip Up to the hall for another ship. DEAR. BROTHERS: WHY DON'T YOU WRITE THE LOG Here's a chance to do a little loggin' of your own, only no­ body is going to get hurt by it. In fact, the 62,000 Seafarers and countless other readers who read these pages every week will probably eat it up. They want to know what you and your shipmates are doing, thinking and saying. Pictures, poems, stories, let­ ters make good Log material. Ideas for Union action, or trouble-saving tips for your Brothers—send 'em in. No matter how often it is said, Sdafarers and ships— w where they go. and what they do, the^ laughs and their beefs —are news. So, whaddya say? Lei's Log itl with a minimum of danger to the crew operating the boat, al­ though the transferring of doc­ tors took place in mid-Atlantic, The other men we would also like to thank for their excellent coopei-ation are the Chief Stew­ ard William (Bill) Alvaro and Second Steward William DeLuca who are both 100 percent union. The crew expressed their opin­ ions of these men and all had a good word for them. Their idea is a well fed crew makes a well contented crew. Committee representing the crew: Wilson, Stimae and Moran �^sssmm rSJ! SEAF ARKn& LOG friday. July 19, 1946 Tribulations Of A Belly Robber Outlined By Stew. Shrimpton (Who's Had 'Em All) X' I I ii Dear Editor: It has been my pleasure and privilege to write many articles for the Log in the past, and 1 never thought the time would come when I . (lad to voict a large sized beef. Unfortunately, I have to do so and I know that 1 can rely upon the democratic policy of the Log to give me full • opportunity to air it. 1 am more than willing to allow my brother members to judge who is right or wrong, and the facts of the matter are as follows: Homeward-bound, and in order to let every member of my department know the extra work to be done and the approximate amount of over­ time involved in doing it, I put up, in the Stow• ards Dept. messhall, a work list showing each man s job and preportioning out the overtime fairly among the entire department. It was ad­ dressed only to the Stewards Dept. and was of no concern to anyone else, but it has been re­ moved from the bulletin board by some damn agitator in the Deck or Engine Dept. with the undercover threat that it is to be "shown to the Patrolman for exceeding my authority." • • • • NO DISPUTE I wish to make it perfectly plain that no member of the Stewards Dept. has taken it down. We have more overtime than the other two departments, with an average of over 14U hours per man for a. three month trip, and not one hour disputed. We have not hud one un­ pleasant word throughout the voyage; the onlytwo full book members beside myself have both sailed with me before, and as far as I am concorned the entii'e department is tops. In passing, 1 would like to mention that I have a nautical wonder for a Chief Cook who would get an "hon­ orable mention" from Ripley any day as he neither drinks or smokes! Now, Brothers, as I sec it, this type of trouble making is neither good unionism or yet fair play. It is (he sort of crap that is going to make the shipping companies yell "coercion" and "abuse of privilege" when the blue chips are down in the fight to maintain unionism that must surely come in the near future. When a Steward is not to be allowed to run his own department in a right and proper manner, with­ out interference by another unlicensed member of the crew, then the time has come for me to stop going to sea, IN THE MIDDLE As the position now stands, the rating of Chief Steward is a passport to either unemploy­ ment or the Coast Guard hearing unit. He stands four-square in the middle of a three way bar­ rage: the crew, the company, and the Master who is in duty-bound to enforce the company's orders. He has every responsibility and absolute­ ly no authority. If he lets his department do as they like the inevitable result is bad feeding and he is very properly hung, drawn, and quar­ tered by the crew. If he insists fas I do) on the job being done the right way, then I'm damned if some trouble maker in an outside department hasn't got the power to try and intimidate him. This case in question is a perfect example. Throughout the trip there has not been one complaint regarding the food, with the single exception of one bad batch of bread that I or­ dered dumped immediately, and is a thing that could happen to any baker. I get on well per- /AS HAN ^ I M'/ACCeMt/// 1^ geALty.A/ou;, ^ '\ oM> eoV! STRIKE COMMITTEEMAN SUGGESTS INSTRUCTION DATA FOR PICKET CAPTS. I think it would be a very good idea to have some pamphlets made up explaining the duties of a Picket Captain, and kept in readiness should the need for them ari.se. We had quite a bit of eonfu.sion last week, with the Cap^ t.-'.ins picking up picketcards on the picketlincs and delaying in turning them in to the Strike Committee. I think that each Picket Captain should have some printed matter issued to him e.xplaining his duties. It would simplify everything for him and everyone else concerned. R. Smith, No. 26993 Strjke Committee SUGGESTION TO BE ACTED UPON sonally with 99 percent of the entire crew, and yet the set up is such that the odd 1 percent (who cannot find anything to growl about open­ ly) can go around causing endless trouble and muttering vague threats about un-union activi­ ties merely because they don't like my accent or the way I part my hair. HE STANDS PAT I stand pat behind my record as a member of this Union and over 25 years sea sei'vice and I'll be damned if 1 am going to let any punk with a loud mouth and war time book push me around. It seems to me that in order to be a suc­ cessful Steward these days it is necessary to have the heart of a lion; the skin of a rhinoceros; the patience of Job; the sense of humor of Rog­ ers and a big bunch of fives to back it up with. I am well aware that this little billet doux will cause many howls and growls in certain quar­ ters, but 1 also kno>v that it will receive com­ mendation from many Brothers, who like my­ self, ai-e only trying to do a difficult, job. Jack (Aussie) Shrimpton, — Ch. Steward, SS Chas. Brantley Aycock. Editor's note: Minutes of the Steward's Dept. meeting of June 25 record the following: "C. Portello. Bedroom Utilityman, proposed a vole of confidence in the Steward, saying, 'the trip has been a happy one without any beefs; I've sailed with this Steward before and TIJ be glad to do so again.' The motion was seconded by Chairman T. Suttler and carried unanimously." Even though this is not exactly a beef, we think this sug­ gestion merits attention. To Brother Smith we say it's a damn good idea. And it will be done. CUT and RUN (Conthmcd frnin Page II) H. E. Roundtree. . . In Norfolk: Harwood Gaskill, Claude Fowler, Thomas Murphy, Edward Youngblood, Joe Gonsalves. Stanley Gelak, John Hill, Clarence Parsons and Joe Buckley. In New. York we may still have William Gale, Leon Gray, A. Qu nones and Konrad Hoffncr. . . Patrick Ryan could be down in Galveston, Herbert Pai'ks in Boston and Alex Garcia down in Tam­ pa! . . Our shipmate, Joe Pendleton and his good shipmate^ Jack Connolly are wishing for a long trip sometime in the future. Not to the Pacific again, by any chance, fellas? MOTHER FINDS LOG BRINGS ;0N CLOSER Dear Editor: Just a line to let you know how much I enjoy the Log. I read it every week as soon as the mailman brings it. In the June 14 paper is a picture of the SS White Sands crew, the ship my son is now sailing on, and it was like seeing him. I think there should be more pictures of ship's crews. I am all for the Seaman's Bill of Rights, too. My son has been in the merchant marine since he was 16. He was 18 in June. He was wounded sailing during the war, and I think he and his bud­ dies deserve a bill of rights. --Mrs. Richard Harvey The Mates And Steward On The WayneMade The Trip Helluva Note For Crew Dear Editor: When we signed on the James M. Wayne, the Captain promised we would have the messhalls and • fo'c.«les painted after we left New York on March 6. After we left Pensacola on March 17, we were told that we would have to wait until we had di.scharged the coal. Since the crew would only get the messhalls and fo-csles dirty before we got home. We were also promised scrubbing brushes and buckets and the Mate sSid he'd surely get us some in Pensacola. In Pensacola the buckets and brushes failed to come on board. St. Thomas was the same thing. It wasn't until we got to Bue­ nos Aires that we got them. After we left Pensacola we asked the Steward for the new cots that came aboard in New York. He gave us the ones that were busted, tacked up and brok­ en and when we asked about the new ones he said he would "give us any that he damned well pleased." The officers and passengers got tfae new cot«. From St.* Thomas to Rio the Chief Mate was drunk almost ev­ ery day, getting up about 11 or 12 a.m. The Second and Third stood practically all the watches. A few days after we left B.A., the Chief Mate put a standby on the bridge at night, because, he said, the crew wasn't putting out a good day's work. The OS on the 12-4 wouldn't bring the Second Mate coffee un­ der these conditions. So the Sec­ ond put the 12-4 OS on as his lookout and would not let him steer. Coming into Antwerp the Bo­ sun and Deck Delegate were told by the Chief Mtate that if the men did not turn to at exactly 8 a.m., they could have the day off, as they would be logged. The following day we had Roll Call, a la Kings Point, or whichever cadet school Sir Mate graduated from. Several days after we arrived in Antwerp the Chief Mate came back to the ship drunk and began to teU the men that if they didn't put out what he considered a good day's work he would call the Coast Guard, and have the crew brigged until the ship was ready to leave port. The following day the Third Mate, another cadet, told the Bo­ sun to give five men the after­ Due to the Kings Point direc­ tive, several men were logged. They could have been aboard ship a few minutes late, but they would have been logged anyway, so they stayed off all day. noon off, as they did not appear on deck until 1:02 p.m. After a hot beef with the Captain the men returned to work. But one morning no one called the crew and they didn't turn to until 8:45, as a result. Nothing was heard about this, however. The Mates could do no wrong. Willard Gonzales, Deck Delegate. STEWARDS DEPT. HAS ITS WORDS This part is about the Steward aboard the Wayne. On March 6 we left New York, and the Stewai-d was drunk. I asked him about mop buckets and wringers when we got to Pensacola, but he was always drunk and didn't show up for about four days. When he did return he was still drunk and wasn't much use around. When we hit St. Thomas he bought more liquor and stayed drunk until we left Rio. When we aiTived at Argentina he wasn't so bad because the Captain told him to be on board at every meal and to be sober. When we left Argentina he started rationing everything: soap, bread, fresh fruit, canned fruit and juices. When anyone asked him to put the stuff out, he would always answer in a wise tone, "we must save the stuff." That was the only answer he would give anyone. He also tried to tell the dishwash­ er how much soap to use: half a bar a day, which anyone will tell you is impossible. The Chief Cook had an acci­ dent and was laid up for about two weeks. The crew tried to let the Steward turn to, but he said the Second Cook could handle the job. Only thing, everything he turned out was lousy. The three Delegates went to see the Steward to tell him to turn to, but all he would say was that his piles bleed for evei-yone who didn't like the food. They went to the Captain, to see if he would order the Steward to turn to, but he said to stick it out for a little longer. That's all we heard about it. Lately, we found out that the Captain has someone in the Stew­ ards Dept., telling him everything the crew d.oes and exactly what time it's done. Maybe by the time we reach the States we may know who the Captain has; I hope we do. Bill Gonzales, Deck Del. Patsy Nicodemo. Stew. Del. James Jacks^ Engine DeL �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen Friday. July 19. 1946 Weisberger Reports To Seafarers On ILO (Cotitiniu'd from Page 3) the State concerned if it desii'es further explanations or does not consider the measures fully satis­ factory. The Conference just concluded in Seattle was a Maritime Con­ ference, and non-Maritime States, for instance, do not generally find it necessary to ratify Con­ ventions concerning seamen. Questions which concern only particular industries or occupa­ tions cannot always be dealt with adequately by representatives of employers and workers concern­ ed witJi industry or employment as a whole, so they have oeen "handled in special conferences, which enable the particular in­ terests concerned to be directly represented. Conditions of work of seamen have from the outset been dealt with by special ses­ sions of the International Labor Conference. There is also a Joint Maritime Commission, consisting of ship­ owners' and seamens' represen­ tatives, to advise upon maritime .questions. DIFFICULT TASK Some of the difficulty of the task of the American Seamen's representative will be seen when we consider only the question of the wages and hour point which was on the Agenda of the Con­ ference, and the attempt to jack up the minimums of foreign sea­ men, particularly when we con­ sider that in some countries $16.00 per month is the Maximum for the majority of the countries com­ ing below the $64.00 minimum which was established at this Conference. Compare this with the Ameri­ can Minimum Scale of $167.50— based on an ABs wage scale. The question which the Ameri­ can repi*ssentative had to con­ stantly bear in mind was that the Minimum usually becomes the Maximum — and just how far could the "American seamen go towards helping the foreign sea­ men achieve a higher minimum," without jeopardizing the stand­ ards of the American seamen? The American representative ""presented the following state­ ment at the outset of the ConfSrence: Mr. Chairman, Delegates and fellow-seafarers; I appreciate the opportunity to speak and state our view on the , specific question before us, name­ ly a wage which would be ac­ ceptable to this Conference and which would be acceptable to seafarers. It must be realized that we from the United States approach this problem in a somewhat dif­ ferent fashion from those of my fellow-workers in Europe and other parts of the continent. This is partly the result of our inabil­ ity to keep in as intimate touch with the International Movement as we would have liked. been unable to spend much time here, altho he is keeping in touch with the deliberations of this body and expects to be here in the near future. I would like to call this Com­ mittee's attention to a part of that Resolution (which sttites): "WHEREAS, at the Copen­ hagen Preparatory Conference, dealing with Maritime problems, •(November. 1345) recommenda­ tions v/ere made to be presented at the final conference, which is now being held in Seattle, to adopt the minimum wage scale of 18 lbs. sterling, or approximately $72.50 per month. "RESOLVED, therefore, thai ihe' '44iii' Annual Convention ofihe California State Federation of Labor go on record demand­ ing that the Seattle International Maritime Conference now in ses­ sion. adopt as a minimum the going wages of American sea­ men." We must not lose sight of the fact, during the sessions of this Conference, that what we are concerned with primarily is the establishment of terms and con­ ditions of employment for .sea­ men—the large majority of sea­ men, and not a handful of sub­ standard seamen — although, of course, we should do all we can to assist them in their struggle. I have faith in the fighting spirit of the European seamen, but we must emphasize the fact that our policy is based on our NORFOLK R. Ferree, $1.50; R. E. Pritchard $1.00; G. Djian, $2.00; P. G. Avillo $1.00; G. L. Theis, $1.00; J. J. Taney $1.00; W. Pedler, $1.00; R. Alexander $2.00; J. Byrn, $1.00; R. E. Pritchard $1.00; V. Johnson. $2.00; R. E. Field $2.00; R. G. Noe, $2.00; J. W. Meeka, $2.00; O. Valley, $2.00; C. R. Riddick $2.00; R. G. Westbrook. $2.00; C. C Hughes. $2.00; H. L. Lane, $2.00; J Millfer. $2.00; J. F. Rhodes. $2.00; V. D Pelletier. $2.00; B. F. Martin. $2.00 D. R. Moore. $2.00; A. D. Hennessy $2.00; E. J. J. Housack. $2.00; J O'Donnell, $2.00; A. L. Ferguson, $2.00 D. L. Assaid, $2.00; A. R. Connor. $2.00; B. W. Drye, $2.00. L. P. Sullivan, $2.00; A. S. Sharp, 52.00; H. Knutson. $3.00; M. Atkinson. 51.00; R. Thonton, $2.00; A. E. Wat­ son, $2.00; A. P. Staples, Jr.. $2.00; L. Assard, $1.00; C. Aubert, $26.00; 3. Hoffstein, $4.00; C. Dean, $2.00; H. Emery, $5.00; G. S. Jordan. $6.00 V. E. Smith, $4.00; W. L. Vickers, 55.00; J. W. Overton, $5.00; W. R. Sul'ivan. $2.00; J. F.. .Sallee, $2 00; R, Wil mn. $2.00; G. B. Nelson, $2.00; B. H. Miller, $2.00; J. C. Verner, Jr., $2.00. dDelief that the results of our ne­ gotiations in collective bargaining depends primarily on our eco­ nomic strength. We have no illusions, and never had, that the shipowners will turn to the seamen and raise the standards adequately enough to provide for a decent home and other standards for seafaring men and their children. It has been our experience, that after the last war the employers reduced wages—an;i we will not go through that same experience ift.er this war. Tho viewpoint of the American seamen whom I represent is that \ve_ cannot afford to let.^things take the same course as they did after the last war. BEST CONDITIONS We maintain that American seamen have the best conditions of employment, and we believe that the United States Merchant Marine' will play an important role in international maritime af­ fairs, if it continues in the role it played all during the war when we carried the materiel to our Allies, and to our own Armed forces. There is no question but that our conditions are different, and —generally speaking—above the conditions of seamen of other countries. This is not said in any boastful fashion—quite the con­ trary! We only wish that condi­ tions in other countries were sub­ '. Harrison, $2.00; J. Hrasna, $3.00; Quinones, $2.00; W. Doyle, $1.00; W. Thompson, $1.00; Nettelblandt, $3.00; J. Garcia. $3.00; T. Morgan, $4.00; E. Grelack, $2.00; T. Williams, $1.00; J. Groutman, • $2.0O; M. S. Starffeur, $3.00; \ngel W. Castro, $1.00; Robt. Wingate, >1.00; Alexander Iwanuk. $l.00( E. De -aurentiis, $1.00; R. Bunce, $9.00; J. 3apuzzi, $1.00; F. Marcenaro, $5.00; 3. Cassata, $2.00; F. Potts, $2.00; Mor­ is, $11.50; B. Waturski, $1.00; Paul ^eyes, $2.00; J. Hurdle, $4.00. BOSTON Philip Marshall, $1.00. GALVESTON C. F. Smith; $1.00; G. W. Poole. $1.00; T. Limbaugh. $2.00; C. Ross. $1.00; R. A. Munsell, $5.00; V. F. O'Reilly 51.00; D. W. Hauter. $1.00; J. Osborne, 51.00; C. R. Glover, $1.00; C. A. Rosa, $1.00; M. L. Miller, Jr., $1.00; R. A. Goddard, $1.00; W. W. Raulerson, $1.00; W. H. Bradley. $1.00; H. Davidson 51.00; D. Hordley, $2.00; S. T. Roach, 51.00; C. T. Terry, $3.00; A. E. Stewart, $4.00; J. E. Trahan, $3.00; R.-L. Bab;ill. $5.00; F. M. Popoff, $5.00; J. H. Moore, $2.00; J. K. Phillips, $5.00; F. W. Rickers, $3.00; P. Van Voorkis, PHILADELPHIA $3.00; P. J. Casey, $3.00; L. E. Williams, J. Shea. $2.00; E. Luziett, $2.00; S. $3.00; H. H. Pierce, $3.00; M. L. Lee, '_ie.spo. $1.00; J. Mnnsueta, $2.00; R. $4.00; W. Beycisdorff, $4.00; S. Stu' eshane. $2.00: A. Djeridi, $3.00; "W. coski. $1.00; J. M. Fella, $4.00; . S. E. RESOLUTION Lii.akely, $1.00; R. Adams, $1.00; R. Lee, Smith, $1.00. During this week, at the 44th $1.00; G. Tardiev/, $4.00; Maurice Gulp, NEW YORK Annual Convention of the Cali­ 51.00; Francis Lacey, $1.00; Carmelo INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS fornia State Federation of Labor, \rcidiono, St.00: Robt. Harless, $1.00; J. Nemeth, $1.00; B. M. Zawaskl, a resolution was adopted, a copy "T. Burzak, $1.00; Rafat Kendnoorski, tfiOO; A. K. Paland, $1.00; J. Miller, of which I would like inserted in $1.00; Wm. Blackburn. $1.00; E. Abaul- $1.00; V. Jensen, $2.00; R. R. Thomp­ $5.00; H. Lewis, $2.00; F. Fenton, $1.00; T. M. Coffey, $2.00; 1. A. .the record. This resolution was 53 00; W. Miller. $3.00; D. Winborne, son, Tulford, $2.00; E. C. Martin, $2.00; H. presented to the California Con­ $300; J. Sharp. $3.00; C. Osborne, G. Spinello, $2.00; V. Patera, $2.00; F. vention by Mr. Harry Lundeberg $3.00; T. Prodat, $1.00; A. Green, $2.00; Nunez. $1.00; B. R. Callidrini, $1.00; of the AFL Sailors Union of the W. Bryant, $1.00; A. Rose, $2.00; G. P. P. Loput, $15.00; Charles Little, Hargis, $2.00; F. Behan. $2.00; B. McPacific, the official American Clay, $13.00. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS Seamen's delegate to this Con­ T. Dickinson, $4.00; A. Kennedy, J. Borok, $1.00; Francis Hoy, $1.00; ference, and who is represented G. Pagano, $1.00; F. Stang, $2.00: H. $1.00; Padro Pedro, $1.00; Clifford M. here by me. The press of duties' Corgat, $2.00; J. Connell, $2.00; M Rehkopf, $1.00; S. Weisn, $1.00; Robert Blumenfeld, $2.00; R. Casale, $2 00; L Rov J. Gardner, $1.00,! during this period has been so' Klanp. $2.00; C. Pohero. $2.00- L, Rardin $1.00; SS ALCOA TRADER I great that Brother Lundeberg has Gurimbalien, $1.00; G. Gerson, $12.00; C. E. Boyles, $10.00. stantially better - - or equal to them to share in the good things ours. of life. The question which we pose is ^At the beginning of this par­ Maritime Conference, this: Will this Convention, if ticular adopted by the Conference and great hopes were held that some­ submitted to ratification by vari­ thing of a constructive nature ous countries, assist us? We are could be done, because for the fearful lest a minimum estab­ first time in the history of these lished by this Convention will Conferences, some of the Gov­ jeopardize the progress which we ernment delegates, as well as have made and may also frustrate some of the delegates from the our efforts to improve working workers groups, were from La­ conditions for the American Mer­ bor Governments, such as Eng­ land. Norway, etc. chant Marine, This hope, however, vanished We are also fearful that the after the Conference had been in establishment of a minimum as low as has been suggested here, session but a short time. The would give the Aqierican ship­ American Workers delegation had owner a strong argument for the_ succeeded in "getting the Full reduction of our standards, and 'Caniniit'cee' trr-'crdupi tlie" eigiit- ' hour day. certainly would be used by them This was kicked around and a as an argument against increas­ combination of British shipown­ ing our standards and we plan to ers and some of the so-called continue our progress for increas­ "liberal" (Labor) Government ing the standards of the Ameri­ representatives put the skids un­ can seamen. der the eight-hour day, although Let me add, however, that we we had won this by more than a are prepared to support, and will two-thirds vote of the Full Com­ support the seamen of other mittee. countries to improve their condi­ Had the "Labor boys" from the tions and to bring their standards European countries stuck to their to an ever higher level, keeping guns, we could have pushed this pace with the constant and new through, even over the objection developments in Science and In­ of the European Bloc. We had dustry. them on tlie run, and if the sea­ We know that the merchant men's representatives had shown seamen of the world have made more fight, the Conference might a contribution towards the ad­ hjivo looked different. vancement of the human race The shipowners and the Euro­ luring the last war which has pean workers delegates talked as been surpassed by none. We want though the document which they were working on was an actual "collective bargaining agree­ ment", instead of a Convention to get decent standards on wages, hours and manning. As a result, they seemed to lose sight of the fact that they were fighting the battle for tlieir membership back home. POOR COMPROMISE On the other hand, the Ameri­ can delegation stood fast, and told them to hold out for better conditions for their men. After all, we argued, the seamen had just been through a war, and the SS JOHN DONALD Dave Barasch, $1.00; Roy C. Parker men in the deck, engine and stew­ $1.00; Jose Quiapo, $1.00; H. Pruszka, ards departments had taken the $1.00; Peter Atkinson, $1.00; Donald S. rap; had gone through hell and Dour, $1.00; Louis G. Bosso, $1.00; J. high water to get the cargo and P. Tuczkowski, $2.00; Julio C. Gonzales, $1.00; Anthony J. Stanton, $3.00; John men to all ports of the World to beat the Dictators. B. Leon, $1.00; E. F. Kurdyla, $1.00. We felt this was an excellent SS J. DONALD G. Gincovaz, $1.00; G. Perchiar, $1.00; time for the Governments, par­ H. W. Bruce, $1.00; E. Pelez, $1.00; ticularly the Labor Governments, S. Kiawazyk, $1.00; J. Borgham, $1.00; and the shipowners, to show they J. B. Matre, $1.00. appreciated what the seamen had SS HELEN C. Moats, $5.00; J. Malcolm, $2.00; done. A. J. Cremca, $1.00; W. C. Goudin, However, the American dele­ $2.00; F. Vito, $1.00; H. Allen, $2.00; gation had consistently to walk a J. T. Ragland, $5.00. tight-rope between our efforts to SS F. GIBBONS beat up the minimum for foreign D. Kahlle, $2.00; W. Wilkinson, $2.00; seamen—and yet not allow them W. Powers, $1.00; H. Gock, $1.00; H. to beat down the minimum for Swartges, $1.00; P. Lysk, $1.00. the American standard. SS INGERSOLL S. Jaegendorff, $1.00; A. Litchfield, It can be stated without apol­ $1.00; J. E. Bellard, $1.00; F. R. Castro, ogy (^r seeming to boast, that $2.00; D. W. Willaford, $2.00; C. De ar­ Loch, $2.00; V. E. Jacobs, $1.00; A. while the minimtims finally Kingsepp, $1.00; R. Fisher, $1.00; Ed rived at are pitifully low, and Kelly—Crew of SS INGERSOLL, $16.00; downright shameful when com­ D. LeWinter, $2.00; G. O. Hinrichs, pared to the Americans standard, R. J. Burns, $1.00; J. P. Thompson, they would have been even lower $2.00; John Barrow, $1.00. had not the Americans waged a SS B. FISHER on these is­ R. C. Walters, $2.00; Julius C. Hems- no-compromise fight sues. ley, $2.00; C. H. Jackson, $1.00. What they got in the Conven­ SS J. M. WAYNE V. E. Smith, $3.00; D. E. Miller, $4.00; tions adopted does not mean any­ J. H. Jackson, $2.00; G. B. Dunn, $3.00; thing so far as the American sea­ J. J. Dolia, $3.00; C. M. Grace, $3.00; J. Ricarvet, $3.00; R. F. Holtz, $2.00; men are concerned. We had to William Gonzales, $1.00; R. Espinosa, vote "No" consistently in order $3.00; A. Tosado, $2.00; L. Grossman, to maintain our position against $2.00; T. C. Towne, $2.00; L. H. Hurl the lowering of the American hurt, $3.00; C. D. Wehunt, $2.00; G. standards with our own Senate Williams, $5.00; P. Nicodemo, $3.00; Basil Undertilo, $2.00; Cecil Garner, BUd CoHgtCSS, but it is tO b© J5.00; J. B. Bourne, $5.00; A. Sanchez, hoped that they will help SOm© $15.00; D. B. Ramirez, $2.00. cpnmon in in foreign fm-ninn counI of of fhp the seamen SS CAPE NOME "trieS wherp thpv havA nn lirv-iifo S. Cohe^ $1.00; J. Morales, $1.00; 17 f 1 ICorter. $L00; Kane Lockwood. OH Uie hOUrS, low pay standards, $2.00. Total—-$5.00. , , and pay them no overtime at all. �t HE SEAFA HERS LOG Friday, July 19, 1946 Pag« FIfieea BuuSirapr^"^" •tTi fri P % H Ht-nclren, Henry H Hendricks, C. R Heil, Clarence C II('ndin, Max Hendorshot, James L Ilondrick, Frank J Hensten, Chas. J Hennessey, James J ' Henricks, John 1.91 3.17 8.26 5.92 3.56 4.73 5.94 4.46 ^98.75 —Unclaimed Wages— Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc. This list comprises unclaimed wages as of December 31, 1945, some of which may have already been paid. If you still have a claim, write to Mis­ sissippi-Shipping Company, 339 Chartves St, New Orleans, La., enclosing ~;TjendrickrR."".'l"''...;...;Zrr .27 Heniken, Edw. A 5.03 your z-number, social security number, date and place of birth and present Henkelman, Jacobus H 2.17 address. Henry, Charles 74 Homy, Haydon F 3.55 3.46 .Jaronstead, Hilmar H Hoehn, C. A 10.72 Hughes, Henry C. Jr. Henson, Fred L. 1.42 .49 Jawonski, E. J Hoehner, Charles F 4.47 Hughes, Wallace G. .... Hepburn. Marcus_ Jos 2.07 4.27 Jaycox, Edward N Hoff, Glen R 69 Huguley, James M. ... Hoj-bcrl, Leonard C 4,21 .. 13.22 Jedrcy, Ralph J Hoffman, Bertrand S 1.45 Hull, Arthur L Herce, Mario 74 .. 11.71 Jefferson, Norman A Hoffman, Eugene C 13.54 Hull, Geo C Herhausen, Otto T 7.52 .71 Jeffryes, Floyd L. .. Hofman, J 12.42 Hull, John N Herman, P. M 4.50 1.48 Jenkins, Roy W Hogan, Edward E 5.45 Humphrey, H Hermann, J. C 89 20.00 Jennings, Dave H. Hagan, Robert L 31.77 Humphrey, R. 0 Hernandez, E 2.37 14.22 Jennings, E. S Hoggins, Willits 2.23 Hume, Peter F Hernandez, Edward J 3.81 Hottela, Carl E 1.78 Hungate, R. K 1.88 Jenott, Bernard G. Henrnandez, Guam 1.78 3.23 Jensen, Ange Hokamon, C. 0 3.51 Hungling, Richard J Herrmann, Robert 89 Hoke, James T. Ji.45 Hunnicutt, E 1.20 Jensen, August He.ss,'Benedict T. V 3.13 9.00 Jensen, C Holder, Charles E 5.94 Hunt, Paul Lyal Hesse, Hebert C 7.91 Holcomb, R. E 1.65 Hunter, Cecil H 12.83 Jensen, Gordon Hestness, Eli V 5.69 Holdren, Robert F 19.26 Hunter, Elliott 1.24 Jensen, .Jens P. Heslenes, Gawle 2.84 Holhmd, Alonzo C 1.42 Hunter, Wilbur T 1.04 Jensen, Jens 0 Hevvin, Clarence L. Sr 2.75 Holland, F. P 4.13 Huot, Harry N 5.51 Jensen. Robert Peter Hewitt, Robert B 2.23 10.88 Jersaid, Ludwig, A. C Holland, J. P 52 Hupe, Fritz Hey, George 74 4.94 Jewer. Roland Holland, R. L 24.27 Huppert, George F Hesketh, William A 2.23 5.90 Joad, Manuel L Hollen, James C 1.54 Huron, Steve Heymn, J. J 11.59 61.87 Jobe, Harold E Hollingshorst, S 39 Hurlbut, E. V Hibbitts, Francis L • 7.42 Mollis, Walter W. 7.69 Huss, Philip L 2.23 Johansen, F Mickey, William R 2.71 Hollstedt, Sven 0 89 Husto, H 1.24 Johansen, Harold Mickey, William R 2.10 Holman, Alexander D. Jr. 11.23 Hutcherson, Howard H 3.56 Johns, Robert H Hickman, A 32 Holme, James R 56.40 Hutson, Dewitt T 1.04 Johnson, Albert W Hickman, Thomas E 2.23 Holovich, E 22 Hutter, Robert G 5.64 Johnson, Albin Hicks, Charles Thomas .... 2.16 Holsinger, Jack 4.98 Hyatt, Richard M 79 Johnson, Alexander L Hicks, Graham E 42 Hoste, Henry 10.68 Hylander, George W 1.98 Johnon, Alfred J Hicks. Homer L 1.16 Holstad, Sam J 74 Hyman, Jack 1.39 Johnson, Art Fred Hicks, Wm 1.42 Holt, Eugene B 2.25 Hyman, Lester McDonald 6.05 Johnson, C Hightower, Jimmy A 1.98 Hones, John Paul 79 Hynes, Michael J 5.13 Johnson, Chas Hilaszek, Stanley 114.59 Honning, J. L Johnson, Chas. R. , 21.50 Hildreth, G. H 33 Hood, Wm. H. Jr Johnson, David J 10.63 Higginbotham, Maurice .... 5.35 Hoover, W. E 1.88 Icay, C. A 4.22 Johnson, D Higgins, Joseph J. 08 Hopson, J. D. 8.58 levin, Peter J 58.01 Johnson, Dan Hill, Allan M 49.85 Hopson, Wm. T .45 Igoe, Edward L 2.23 Joiinson, Donald W Hill, Charles C 1.37 Horo.shin, J 2.97 Ilm, Carl August 51 Johnson, Earl G Hill, Charles E 45 Horton, Don C 40.00 Imboden, Scott A. Jr 5.46 Johnson, Ernest W. Hilldale, H 13.53 Horton, Guy E 89 Infante, Antonio 5.10 Johnson, Fred Hill, George 14.25 Horvath, Louis J 89 Inglehart, Harry N 2.23 Johnson, Fred Hill, Gerald C 11.71 Hoskins, Frank M. H 9.95 Ingram, Robert E 2.24 Johnson, Harold ... Hill, Henry 10.23 Hossler, Richard D 89 Johnson, Harry B. 4.14 Immediate, Carmine A Hill, John T 1.48 Hotchkiss, J. F 69 Johnson, Harry ... 11.75 Inscho, Floyd W Hill, John W i 79 Hitchkiss, John J .'. 9.97 Johnson, H 75 lovin, Peter J Hill, Raymond W 2.81 Hoth, Lester 2.25 Johnson. Horace ... 1.79 Irwin, Milton W Hill, Tom 2.25 Hoth, Lester F 147.01 Johnson, Joel C. ... 69 Isaacson, Arthur R Hillard, Donald C 69 Houk, Richard H Isnor, Gilbert C 6.12 Johnson, James A. 2.25 Hillary, William S 20.07 Howard, Dewey H 45 Johnson, James C. 7.13 Ivelloro, C. J Hillman, R 7.76 Howard, Joseph 30 ohnson, James K. . 73 Iverson, Richard A Hills, Forrest A. Jr., 7.12 Howard, M. A 46.33 Johnson, Jack M. 6.75 Ivins, Wm Hilton, Don L. 1.98 Howard, Wm Johnston, Lloyd 9.50 Hilton, J. S 5.05 Howe, Burdette L. Johnson, Lloyd S 2.82 Himelar, Joseph 69 I Howe, C 4.80 Johnson, M. R 3.29 Jachymonoski, R. S Hinds, Alfred M 11.88 Howlel, Robert R 4.21 Johnson, P. A 10.69 Jacko, Julius Hintze, Robert 10.80 Howerton, Jesse J 2.88 Johnson, Richard R 1.00 Jackson, C. Hipa, Lani, J. N ^ 4.33 Howes, John S 2.71 Johnson, Robert P 5.54 Jackson, Edward Hirdstrj', K 7.56 Hoyt, Carl C. Jr 2.77 Johnson, Roy E 2.75 •Jackson, E. W Hirschkowitz, M 2.47 Hoyt, Robert W. 5.69 Johnson, Rufus 1.07 Jackson, John A. Hitchcock, Willis W 98.75 Justin L 3.36 Johnson, Stanley B Hoyt, Samuel F. Jr 2.65 Jackson, Hoagland, Frank M 79 Hryszko, Wladyslaw Leslie M 3.23 Johnson, Sylvester 89 Jackson, Hock, John W 99 Huafer, R Johnson, Thomas J Jackson, Mark E 5.00 11.88 Hock, John W. Jr., 66 Hubbard, Harold E. 7.90 Johnson, Victor 8.26 Jackson, Robert Hock, J. W 46.01 Hubbard, Louis 9.70 Johnson, Wm. A 2.25 Jackson, Wm. E. 3.55 Hodgg, Clarence ... .89 Johnson, Walter Hubbart, Duane E 45 Jackus, Edw. 5.51 Hubble, L Hodge, Wm. Hv 2.25 Johnson, William 8.42 Jacob, Wm. .. 6.80 Hubbs, Robert Hodges, Gaines D. 1.50 Johnson, Wm 1.37 Jacobs, Arthur Hodges, Lem W. \.. 1.79 Hudson, Frank S 2.94 Johnston, Archibald F 22.47 Jacobsen, Andrew Olal Hodges, Robert L. 5.77 Hutson, G. D 10.97 Jacobson, M 5.46 Johnson, Robt. J Hudson, J. P 2.25 Jacobsen, Marcus P 5.64 Johnston, Wm. F Hudson, J 1.75 Jacomella, Eugene Isadore 7.52 Johnson, C James, Basil v. .89 Johnson, L Hudson, Joseph 1 8.92 .; James, .27 Joiner, Virgil E. D Hudson, Lester D. . .96 Charles P. Stangenbei^g Jollimore, Melvin G James, Harold W Huff, Newton A. Jr., 1.98 8.10 Z 690 885 Jones, Byron E J James, Huffman, Turley S. . .69 9.31 John N. Seven — Z 574 978 Huggett, X 3.16 Jones, C 4.55 James, Thomas S Raymond C. Weatherly 2.23 Jones, Charlie H Jameson, Stewart C Huggins, James 8.43 Z 585 522 Jones, Charles M James, Otis Hughes, E. 1 5.25 4.01 •Your Seaman's Fapei^s are in ll3 Jfohes, Edgar F .25 Jankowsky, Harfy the office of the Mobile BVaftch. Hughes, G. ... NOTICE! • SiU HALLS NEW YORK SI Beaver St. HAnover Z-2784 BOSTON 330 AUantlc Ave. Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Calvert 4539 FHiLADELPHiA » SduCB 7tB St. Phone XOmbard 3-7651 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street 4-1083 CHARLESTON NEW ORLEANS SAVANNAH 68 Society St. Phone 3-3680 339 Chartres St. Canal 3336 220 East Bay St. 3-1728 1.78 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. Z-1754 9.00 43 Ponce de Leoa 19.60 I SAN JUAN, P. R San Juan 2-5966 59 .GALVESTON 305'/, 22nd St. 2-8448 1.98 I TAMPA 1809-1811 Franklin St. 1.98 { M-1323 920 Main St. 3.32 JACKSONVILLE I Phone 5-5919 12.46 PORT ARTHUR 445 Austin Ave, Phone: 28532 5.70 I HOUSTON 7137 Navigation Blvd. 8.26 I Phone Wentworth 3-3809 9.36 RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. 59 Clay St. 7.03 SAN FRANCISCO Garfield 8225 3.17 SEATTLE ... .86 Seneca St. Main 0290 5.46 in W. Bumside St. 4.13 PORTLAND WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. 75 Terminal 4-3131 16 Merchant St. 45 HONOLULU 10 Exchange St. 8.26 BUFFALO Cleveland 7391 10.05 CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. Superior 5175 6.88 CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St. 8.26 Main 0147 1038 Third St. 1.04 DETROIT Cadillac 6657 4.47 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Melrose 4110 3.41 99 CORPUS CHRISTI 1824 N. Mesquite St. VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St. 14.81 . VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St. .79 6.28 2.13 23 6.44 44.06 SS FRANCIS G. NEWLANDS James Z. Perry, Bedroom Util­ 2.97 9.66 ity, you have 117 hours due for 5.08 making up Punsers room. Collect 3.98 at Waterman SS Company, Mo­ 20.38 bile, Alabama. 10.23 i % % 18.93 SS TOPA TOPA .35 George Leppert, Wiper, can 3.46 collect for transportation aiid 3.44 subsistance, $24.38; 2 hours' over­ 1.40 time, $1.80; at Pan Atlantic SS .01 Company, 307 Government St., 2.68 Mobile, Alabama. 5.46 » S. S. 2.06 SS FAIRLAND 19.28 W. J. McAtee, Jr., Steward: 20 .71 hours, handling slop chest and 5.94 medicine chest. Collect at Wat1,78 .99 ' erman SS Company, Mobile Ala16.50 bama. 2.83 3.96 69 ' 6.20 Anyone knowing the where­ 5.67 abouts of Mr. Edward D. Cutts, 40.43 a former member of the SS Col12.00 abee, please contact his sister, 2.13 Mrs. Fred Walker, 1108 South 14.25 Washington Avenue, Mobile, 3.00 Alabama; Phone No. 2-8112. 8.08 79 1.31 69 7.36 GEORGE J. JANETIS 83 Please contact John E. Kym17.00 4.80 ingham at 1227 Hamilton St., N.W., Washington, D.C., immedi­ 14.68 ately. Your mother seriously ill. 2.13 X %. 3;31 JAMES C. GEORGE 5.67 Get in touch with your Wife. 2.23 3.83 She has some important govern­ 2.97 ment mail for you. Money Due NOTICE! PERSONALS- �S-4 ii.v •1 THE SEAFARERS Sixteen / THEY VOTED SIU—70 PERCENT llM; I'-. • '•i' tt- LOG Anniston City And Red Rover Join Pre-Seafarers Bandwagon NEW YORK—Both the Annis­ ton City and the Red Rover, Isth­ mian ships which were voted at New York and Boston respective­ ly during the past week, showed their preference for the SlU in no uncertain terms. f-'u li I','.I- These Isthmian seamen, part of the crew from the Anniston City, voted for the Seafarers better than 2 to 1. They were snap­ ped not far from their ship, docked at the Erie Basin, Brooklyn. Belle Of The Seas Reported Solidly Behind Seafarers Ben Taflewitz, SlU ships or­ ganizer aboard the Isthmian ship, Belle of the Seas, reported from Manila about conditions aboard the Belle. In his letter dated June 27th, Ben also states that several Isthmian ships are now in Manila Harbor. Among these are the Ma­ rine Fox, Claremont Victory, At­ lanta City and Pere Marquette. The Belle held a shipboard meeting on June 9th, and J. W. Atkins and A. Loringer were elected chairman and secretary. Under discussion about the SlUSUP contract negotiations, Col­ lins, Taflewitz and Atkins spoke, with a motion to send a message of support to the SlU being car­ ried. Election of departmental dele­ gates then began with S. Porpora elected as Deck delegate; A. Lor­ inger as Engine delegate; and H. Lovejoy as the Steward repre­ sentative. Meeting was adjourned after a discussion regarding the ship's cleanliness and recreation facilities in Manila. According to Taflewitz, "We -Jiad quite a bit of difficulty in getting the news over our ship's radio, but now that we're in Ma­ nila it'll be easy to catch up on things. 1 pointed out to the boys on the Belle that bold SlU-SUP actions on June 7th and 8th real­ ly made it possible for the CMU to secure their demands. And af­ ter all that breast beating, the NMU didn't strike!" Ben continued, "The Belle - should return to Frisco about Au­ gust (early in the month), and in the meantime we've contented ourselves with making her a solid SIU ship. A couple of boys in the Stewards Department were on the fence for a while, but now they've signed SlU pledge cards." "Manila Harbor is really a crowded plfice," wrote Taflewitz, "and many of these ships have been waiting for months to un­ load. Some of the other fellows went with me when we Visited the Pere Marquette. She's just a tired old Liberty that's been gone from New York since last No­ vember, and may not get back there before October or Novem­ ber. It's a good ship for the Sea­ farers, and should hang up a good vote if they manage to get some­ place where they can vole." Ben concluded his remarks, "1 hope the SlU contracts continue to top the NMU. In fact, 1 know they will. However, to make my life complete, I'm waiting for that Isthmian contract to be negotiat­ ed, and make it retroactive." Friday. July 19. 1946 Crews from these two ships voted for the Seafarers by a bet­ ter than 2 to 1 percentage, ac­ cording to estimates from observ­ ers, and maintained the high av­ erage already established by Isth­ mian ships which have completed their balloting. The Anniston City was voted in New York on Thursday, July 11th. Credit for the top heavy vote received by the SlU can be given chiefly to AB Comstock. Aided by the valuable assistance rendered by a few other crewmembers, Comstock did a swell organizational job aboard the Anniston. The results show how swell—around 70 percent for the SlU! Voting on Friday, July 12th at Boston, the Red Rover crew reg­ istered around 75 percent pref­ erence for the Seafarers as the Union of their choice. More than half the 25 percent not counted as SlU votes were doubtful, and it's possible that the Seafarers margin of victory could be con­ siderably higher. RED ROVER REPORT Red Rover crewmen reported on conditions aboard their ship during the recently concluded four and a half months trip, and roundly condemned the Skipper —Bernhard—as a bell-to-bell of­ ficer who didn't know his job. Sailing as a Mate for over 15 years, the Red Rover was only Captain Bemhard's second com­ mand. Other officers on the Rover asserted that he put his first ship on a reef, and ripped out the bot­ tom. His navigation never agreed with that of the other officers. But, of course, he was always right! Crewmembers of the Rover were loud in their praise of the Purser — Lester Fosdick, betterknown as "Fearless Fosdick" for obvious reasons — claiming that he was good on draws, always considerate of the sick, and would open the slopchest at all hours. This was contrary to the Skip­ per's policy of being tight on the draws, and wanting to pay the men on their own time. quette, Robert C. Grier, Sea Hawk, Sea Lynx, Sea Triton and the Steel Inventor. The majority of these ships are predominantly pro-Seafarers, and will so vote. Joe Curran's recent tirade against the commie misleaders of the NMU, former buddies of his whom he admits control the NMU and its policies, is an open con­ cession of the NMU's defeat in the Isthmian election. This con­ firms repeated Log statements about the huge SlU vote as against the pour NMU showing. Curran declared that the NMU Isthmian organizers spent more time organizing for the commies than they did for the union. This is only partially correct as these organizers tried to gain recruits for the communist party and the union at the .same time. Isthmian seamen compared the definite, down-to-earth program of the SlU which was directly re­ lated to their needs, with the empty promises and phony pro­ gram of the NMU. As a result, they overwhelmingly chose the Seafarers. And Isthmian seamen are continuing to choose the SlU. CREW LOST WEIGHT According to volunteer ship's organizer Charlie Bush, the Ro­ ver was a hungry ship with the entire crew losing weight. In fact. Bush lost 26 pounds during the Far East voyage. . Crewmembers also asserted that unless the Skipper dropped several logs when the Rover pays off in Baltimore some time this week, that they would press cer­ tain charges against him to the limit. With the voting of the Red Ro­ ver and Anniston City completed, •^en Isthmian ships now remain to be voted. These are the Atlanta City, Cape Junction, Kathleen Holmes, Monroe City, Pere Mar- Here's The Score WHAT IT COSTS TO JOIN THE SIU IF YOU ARE AN ISTHMIAN SEAMAN Current Month's Dues..$ 2.00 Initiation 15.00 TOTAL $17.00 WHAT IT COSTS ALL SEAMEN TO MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIP IN THE SIU Yearly Dues @ $2.00 per month $24.00 Annual Strike Assessment. Yearly .. 3.00 Annual Hosp. Fund .... 2.00 Ah, But Chivalry Still Burns Deep Within, And Isthmian Canine Rescuers Attest To It Who says the days of chivalry went out with the windjammers? Proof that they're'still very much alive was demonstrated Satur­ day, July 13th, by several crew­ members of the Isthmian ship Winthrop L. Marvin, who at great personal risk jumped into the North River off Pier 132 to rescue a girl's drowning dog. The dog, a brown chow named "Brownie", was scampering along the edge of the dock with his mistress when he became fright­ ened, lost his footing, and slipped into the deep waters of the North River. Swimming frantically around for several minutes, with no chance of climbing the dock's steep sides. Brownie began to tire rapidly. Seeing hov/ desperately her p^t was sti uggliiig, Brownie's owner, a comely (meaning good-looking) blonde, later tagged "Whitey" by Marvin crewmen on account of her light golden tresses, screamed for help. Always alert for screams from lovely damsels in distress, a num­ ber of the boys from the Marvin came dashing up to the rescue. Taking in the situation at a glance, they immediately dove into the water to save the strug­ gling pooch. The hero of the day was Ar­ mando Frissora. Despite several deep scratches from Brownie, Frissora managed to subdue the now thoroughly frightened chow enough to bring him ashore. Later, after profusely thanking the gallant seamen who answered her pleas for assistance, "Whitey had her picture snapped with a number of Marvin crewmembers. However, Brownie was too ex­ hausted to get in the group shot. YEARLY TOTAL $29.00 WHAT IT COSTS TO JOIN SIU IF YOU ARE NOT AN ISTHMIAN SEAMAN Current Month's Dues..$ 2.00 Initiation 25.00 Seafarers Int'l Fund .... 2.00 Building Fund 10.00 Annual Strike Ass'mt... 12.00 (4 years @ $3.00 per year) Strike & Org'al Fund .. 5.00 Hospital Fund 2.00 Strike Fund 10.00 but he did express his thanks in no uncertain manner. The moral? If you think chiv­ alry is dead, don't go near an Isthmian ship — especially the Winthrop L. Marvin! TOTAL $68.00 All assessments in the SIU were passed by a secret vote requiring a two-thirds ma­ jority. • : 0 ARMANDO FRISSORA Crewmembers of the Isthmian Lines ship Winthrop L. Mar­ vin, several of whom jumped into the North River to rescue Brownie, a girl's drowning dog. Front (reading from left): Edgar Muldon, Clark Inman, "Whitey" (otherwise unidentified girl owner of the rescued chow), and Robt. Chaplin. Middle: Bosun .Tohannes Karlson and Joseph- Yonick. Hear: Robert Bowen< James Wright and Gus Fellman. He took a dunking to save • a dog's life. Hats off! - ^ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 19, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 29 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 AFL MARITIME SOLIDARITY BEATS BRIDGES, CMU RAID ON SIU PACIFIC DISTRICT SIU REJECTS OPERATORS' INADEQUATE PROPOSALS SENATE GIVES FULL CONTROL OVER SEAMEN TO COAST GUARD SIU PRESSURE IMPROVES TREATMENT IN NEW ORLEANS MARINE HOSPITAL JUST EVERYBODY KNOWS SEAFARERS IS WINNING THE ISTHMIAN ELECTION WEISBERGER, DELEGATE TO ILO REPORTS TO SEAFARERS' MEMBERS SEAMEN ARE SADDLED WITH COAST GUARD ALTHOUGH SENATE VOTE IN FAVOR IS CLOSE SEAFARERS GREAT LAKES DISTRICT PRESSES ORGANIZING OF MIDLAND SHIPS JUST LAY UP IN SAVANNAH BALTIMORE SEAFARERS GIVE TO HOSPITALIZED WATERMAN OFFICERS PULL IN HORNS WHEN HARD-TALK SHOWDOWN COMES COAST GUARD CONTROL OF SEAMEN IS NOT WHAT MARINERS FOUGHT FOR CALMAR CREW ADVISED TO STAY TOGETHER RIGHT THROUGH PAYOFF MILITANT SIU-SUP SHUTS DOWN CMU DOCKS AFL MARITIME COUNCIL GOES TO TOWN ON BEEF TRIBULATIONS OF A BELLY ROBBER OUTLINED BY STEW. SHRIMPTON THE MATES AND STEWARD ON THE WAYNE MADE THE TRIP HELLUVA NOTE FOR CREW ANNISTON CITY AND RED ROVER JOIN PRO-SEAFARERS BANDWAGON BELLE OF THE SEAS REPORTED SOLIDLY BEHIND SEAFARERS AH, BUT CHIVALRY STILL BURNS DEEP WITHIN, AND ISTHMIAN CANINE RESCUERS ATTEST TO IT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/19/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log