http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/43947c600138b983b19be50f0b287b89.PDF fc2224f244c58ba5f1582f50c257f8b2 PDF Text Text wr^ • Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. IX. NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. JANUARY 24. 1947 CIO SHIPBUILDERS ATTEND NEW YORK MEETING No. 4 New Officials For 1947 Announced; Hospital Payments increased NEW YORK—After two montlis of balloting, the elections for Atlantic and Gulf officials for 1947, wliich came to an end on Jan. 1, have been tallied. The elected officers will be certified at the next regular coastwise mem­ bership meetings on Jan. 29. However, the elections SIU Pledges Full Support To CIO Shipmen Allending a recenl New York membership meeting of the Seafarers, these representatives of the CIO Shipbuilders (lUMSWA-CIO) Union called on the SIU for assistance in their beef. Read­ ing from left: William McCaffrey. International representative; Fred Mesita. Chairman of Local 13 and Nicholas Lamb, Executive Secretary of Loral 13. P,S. They got the support! Seatrain Halts Island Run; Appeals To Cuban Gov't Seatrain Lines has announced that they will continue their sus­ pension of shipping to Havana as long as the Cuban Presidential Decree No. 5 remains in force. The company stated that the decree is so burdensome to com­ merce and destructive to effi­ cient transportation that the serv­ ices . to the Cuban Republic can­ not be continued. The decree, which precipitated the suspension, was published January 11, and required the un­ loading and reloading in the Ha­ vana terminal of a very large per­ centage of the freight the com­ pany handles. The company has shipped car­ go in railroad cars direct to Cu­ ban consignees for the last-18 years. The decree also prohibits the importation of freight-load­ ed trailers, motor trucks or other vehicles or containers. ADDITIONAL BURDEN Under the decree, the rates of pay and number of men to be employed by Seatrain Lines to unload and load its vessels is fixed, placing, the company says, additional burdens on their op­ erating expenses. They state that the additional costs would amount to over $100 per man per day, and calls for si.x e.xtra men for whom there is no useful work. Listing the unfavorable bur­ dens placed upon them the com­ pany has announced that it has filed a formal request with the Cuban Government to restore the customs practices that had been in effect on the island for many years. New Feature The recently concluded election for Atlantic and Gulf Officials has placed into of­ fice many faces that are new or unfamiliar to the member­ ship. In order to acquaint all hands with the new Agents and Patrolmen, the Seafar­ ers Log will run the picture and a brief biographical sketch of each 1947 A&G of­ ficial. Watch for this feature which will start soon. NEW YORK — Representatives of the CIO Shipbuilders Union, the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, attended the Seafarers membership meeting at Webster Hall in New York last Wednes­ day (January 15) to request as•sistance from the STU in pro­ secution of their strike against the viciously anti-union Ira Bushey & Sons shipyards. Shipbuilders Union officials — William McCaffrey, International Representative: Fred Mesita, Chairman of Loeal 13; and Nieholas Lamb, Executive Secretary of Loeal 13 — addressed the SIU meeting and explained the com­ plete circumstances surrounding, their beef with this shipyard. They were introduced to the SIU membership by New Yoi'k Agent Paul Hall, who explained to the meeting that the CIO Union had supported the SIUSUP General Maritime Strike against the Wage Stabilization {Contimied on Page 14) Eastern Signs Passenger Ship Contract With SIU Sailings Will Begin Latter Part Of February NEW YORK — The onrushing is also the best in the industry, drive of the Seafarers InternaEastern Steamship Company tional Union, to consummate con- has already started to prepare the tracts with freight lines also op- • Yarmouth for operation to begin erating passenger ships, rolled in the latter part of February, over another obstacle last week' and the Evangeline will follow with the signing of the Eastern soon after. Steamship Company. A third ship, the Arcadia, was Eastern signed an agreement used as a hospital ship all during very similar to the one signed by the war, but is expected to be P&O, and the only changes are turned back to the company in the Stewards Department within the near future. When manning scale. This is caused by that happens, the Arcadia will the fact that Eastern will have its become part of Eastern's pas­ ships operating on cruises dur­ senger fleet. ing the winter months, and on ^ CRUISE SHIPS overnight service from Boston to These ships'will sail from New Yarmouth during the summer York to the Islands during the months. As in the case of the other pas­ winter months, as cruise ships, senger ship agreements, this one and will make the overnight voy­ age from Boston to Yarmouth during the summer. All three of the ships have a capacity of 380 passengers each, and as a consequence, the Stew­ ards Department is the largest unlicensed section of each vessel. The working and general rules which are in force in the freight ship agreements are also to hold true for these ships. The entire text of the supplementary agree­ ment appears on pages 8 and 9. Representing the SIU in the negotiations were John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer; J. P. Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer; Assistant and Robert Matthews, Engine Department Special Represent­ ative. results have already been certified by the New York, member­ ship at its Jan. 15 meeting, as the report of the committee, al­ though ready, were not yet mimeographed for maifing to other ports. In addition to electing officers on this ballot, the membership also gave the green light to amending the Constitution t« al­ low an increase in payinent of hospital benefits. From now on, hospitalized Brothers will receive $3.00 per week from the Hospital, Burial and Shipwreck Fund. Short biographies and pictures of the winners in the election will be run in the Log in the near fu­ ture. New Agents for the coming year were elected in the ports of Philadelphia, Charleston, Savan­ nah, Jacksonville, Mobile, San Juan and San Francisco. In the {Continued on Page J) New Congress Is On The Ball — But It's Foul We take back everything we ever said about the new Congress going to be nothing more than a rubber stamp for the Natl. As­ sociation of Manufacturers. Not even the NAM could dream up some of the screwball proposals that deluged Congress duririg its first three days. Republicans were dropping bills in the hopper like a bunch of slap-happy acro­ bats with St. Vitus dance. One freshman Republican, after drop­ ping in 32 consecutive bills, had to be told that no matter how long he tried three cherries just wouldn't show up. We'll discount the anti-labor bills—they were expected. The only wonder is that there weren't a dozen or more Republicans killed in the rush to enter no less than 20 anti-portal-to-portal bills, something like 15 "big," "little," and "medium" Case bills, 11 an­ ti-closed shop bills, eight antihealth-and-welfare-fund bills, seven anti-political-activities-byunions bills, 21 anti-strike bills, (Continued on Page 14) m' �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. January 24, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG |;f; Published ^Weekly by the In' SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District 1'^ Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnovcr 2-2784 X X X HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. p. O. Box 25, Station P, New York City Entered as second class matter Jime 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 Labor's Pains Union solidarity is a valuable thing. It is a two-edged sword which can be used against the bosses and for the workers at all times. And it is the biggest single weapon that workers have. Just this past week the Seafarers International Union pledged support to the Industrial Union Marine and Ship­ building Workers of America, CIO, and this same support has been extended to other unions when they felt in need of moral or financial bolstering. Only recently, when the United Auto Workers were involved in a strike with General Motors Corporation, the SIU donated money to assist the strikers so that starvation would not be a deciding factor in their beef. And many CIO seamen's unions have had the helping hand of the SIU when they needed it. That is the wa)' a strong labor movement must be built. The common enemy of all workers is the power of the bosses. When labor is split, the bosses use this divi­ sion to further their own ends, and those ends are opposed to the reasonable demands of labor. The bosses are united against labor. No matter what thv-Ir competitive aims might be, capital still has enough sense to realize that their weakness is labor's strength. No matter how much one boss might hate another boss, they usually contrive to get together so that labor is always battling a solid front. That is a lesson that all labor might profitably learn. Jurisdictional squabbles serve the bosses, and they there­ These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, fore foster them and then sit quietly by while labor slugs as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ it out. ing to them. We have all had many lessons on union solidarity. NORFOLK HOSPITAL BALTIMORE HOSPITAL Seamen, especially, know -that 'the lack of a united front T. R. GOING against the operators can lead to disaster on the waterfront. JOHN SETTLE R. P. McBRIDE JOHN DUDKO Too many strikes have been broken by finks and scabs for J. E. HARRISON JOHN TILL VIS to have any illusions about union strength unless it is NELSN«COLLSTIUP CARSON McCOY backed up by union solidarity. W. MANNING Men Now In The Marine Hospitals The communist-dominated unions of the Committee for Maritime Unity have many times attempted to raid the 'AFL seamen's unions. On all occasions they have suffered terrific defeats, but their raids were not called for in the first place. CARL GRINDBERG FRANCIS O'BRIEN RAYMOND HODGES CHARLES HAHN SALVATORE PIZZILO PETER LOPEZ THOMAS WADSWORTH MANUEL ROMERO Who profits when the CIO and the APT meet in t, % % bloody fights? Only the bosses. When the workers realize STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL this, then it will be impossible for the bosses and the com­ J. L. EAKIN munists to start inter-union conflicts. The communists like such combat because it gives them a chance to capitalize on the division of forces, and the employers desire a situation in which they can watch both sections of Labor destroy each other. sr 1 i-.v The Seafarers International Union has never played the game of either the communists or the bosses. Our rec­ ord is clean, and we have always been among the first to help a brother union against the red howlers or the em­ ployers. It is easy to see which side a worker should be on— iand that side is solidarity with other honest toilers, and (against the commies and the exploiters. E. F. SPEAR P. J. WILKINSON R. G. MOSSELLER D. IIUTCIIINS M. J. QUINN W. B. MUIR J. S. WOOD W. G. H.-BAUSE MOSES MORRIS J. GRIFFIN L. A. CORNWALL P. STEWART "CHIPS" NEILSEN H. BELCHER L. L. MOODY JR. C. KOLSTE J. MCNEELLY T. BOIGOS R. FITTS H. S. HARRISON G. AHTIAINEN F. BONNER & ^ ^ NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL H. G. DARNELL LIONEL ROTHERHAM THOMAS J. BAIER JOHN SERCU CENTRAL MASON W. BROCE, Jr. ERNEST J. COOPER JACINTO NAVARRO JOHN P. BROOKS RALPH EWING • J. STEFANIDES ED WARD CUSTER KARL PETTERSSEN F. BERGLAND E. R. BUCKLEY E. J. RIVIERE J. W. DENNIS R. M. NOLAN JOHN RETOUR Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital 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 Gth 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.) GALVESTON HOSPITAL MILLER WOLF BENNETT • SEYLOR JONES, R. V. JOHNSON WILKI CRIGLET BARNEY, J. L. DAUGHERTY, W. FORD SWENSON STREIZ SEGLER 4- S. 4NEPONSIT HOSPITAL LINDER CLARK J. FIGUEROA L. L. LEWIS H. SELBY H. BURKE J. S. CAMPBELL J. T. EDWARDS B. LUFLIN G. F. McCOMB E. FERRER R. BLAKE J. R. HENCHEY ! i 1 "T I ; r-: �Friday, January 24, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Phony Pact Between Tidewater, Company Union Hoids Up Election spoken louder than our words, This drive against the closed and this Tidewater business is no shop can threaten the very ex­ Action on the Tidewater Tank­ exception. We're getting sick istence of the labor movement. er election petition of the Sea­ and tired over getting the runThink of what it will mean to farers has been held up by the around from both Tidewater and our Union hiring halls and the National Labor Relations Board the NLRB, Either we get action, rotary shipping .system if our pending their decision on this and that quickly, or we'll pro­ contracts containing these pro­ matter. vide all the action necessai-y. This visions are outlawed! By PAUL HALL Both the company and a phony is no idle threat, as the Seafar­ Closed shop bans have already company union—the Tidewater ers always backs up its words The Seafarers membership is daily exhibiting a growing aware­ been made into law as constitu­ Tankermen's Association—claim with action. tional amendments in five states ness of its strong position in the maritime field, and as an integral the existence of a supposed col­ During the past few weeks, —Nebraska, Arizona, South Da­ part of the labor movement as a whole. With the emergence of lective bargaining agreement be­ numerous Tidewater men have kota, Arkansas and Florida. Four the Seafarers as the dominant waterfront factor, the membership tween them, and this has helped come into the SIU Halls with other states are also drafting leg­ is becoming more and more conscious of its prestige. There are to confuse the overall picture in their complaints. These men need concrete indications that it intends to guard that prestige jealously islation against the closed shop the Tidewater Fleet. the protection and advantages of Georgia, Colorado, Penn.sylvania and vigilantly. In the final analysis, this vigilance on the part Sometime ^ago, the SIU peti­ an SIU contract, and the condi­ and Texas—and other states with of an intelligent membership will bear fruits for all hands. tioned for an election to deter­ tions which such a contract viciously anti-labor administra­ The reputation and prestige of the Seafarers as a sound, demo­ mine the union bargaining agent brings aboard the ships. tions are not far behind these cratically-functioning organization of seafaring men, who show for Tidewater tankermen, as we they understand the obligations and responsibilities of a major role And, Brother, that's our job— bell-wethers. had signed pledge cards from the to see that these unorganized In addition, "labor's friends" in maritime, will reach new heights, both in industry and labor. vast majority of the Tidewater tankermen get what they want, in Washington are very busy Want To Improve Position tankermen. However, due to the a contract with the SIU covering beating the drums for national Specifically, let me state one e.xample, among the many, that intervention of the phony com­ all Tidewater unlicensed person­ legislation outlawing the union proves the point that Seafarers are out to improve their position. pany union, the election date has nel. shop. Although these laws have Recently, a new crew dispatched from the New York Hall been held up by the NLRB. These fellows all laugh when not yet passed the Supreme boarded a ship and found that the old crew, a bunch of drunken This stooge company outfit Ihey mention the Tidewater Court test, plans are afoot to claims to have a signed contract Tankermen's Association. If a beat down all of the gains made performers, had left the vessel in very bad shape—entirely out of with Tidewater, originally signed wasn't for the fact that the com­ by organized labor in the past line with the ideas of good Unionism as laid down by the Sea­ by the company in 1940 and since pany is using this so-called un­ few years by means of these, and farers' membership. This new crew was plenty sore at this violation of our Unions' then renewed on a yearly basis. ion as a means of preventing their similar, laws either on the state ideas, and refused to let the incident pass. They felt the matter But, due to the fact that the SIU employees from being represent­ or national level. reflected on the membership, and on the SIU's hard-won prestige. has pledge cards from practically ed by a bona fide union, it would Look at the battles which the The new crew then appeared at the Union hall and preferred all of the unlicensed Tidewater be a huge joke. SIU had in the states of Florida charges against the offenders. personnel, we refuse to recognize and Texas during our General However, anything which pre­ A rank and file committee was elected to hear the case. The the validity of this so-called Maritime Strike last year. By decision of the trial committee was both interesting and enlight­ vents seamen from securing the agreement between a company means of legislation and court ening. It recommended that several of the book men among the union and their own parent, the wages and conditions to which injunctions, as well as anti-union offenders be fined as well as placed on probation. It also ruled they are rightfully entitled is no Tidewater Company. local administrations, the victory that several gas hound tripcarders and permit men who shared the laughing matter. The SIU refuses to recognize Organizers, both shoreside and of the SIU was made much more responsibility for the inconsiderate shipboard conduct be expelled this phony contract with a com­ shipside, all agree that Tidewater difficult in these particular as unworthy of SIU membership. pany stooge outfit, and has de­ tankermen are pretty well fed up states. And, today in Florida manded sole bargaining rights Performers In Minority from the NLRB and Tidewater. with conditions as they now exist. (Tampa), our affiliates in the Such deniunstiations of Union-consciousness are on the in­ The fact that no one except Teamsters Union are having the No claim of any agreement by crease. The average Seafarer does not go for the kind of horse-play the died-in-the-wool company either Tidewater or their illegal and irresponsible attitude displayed by the crew mentioned above. battle of their lives. offspring is accepted by the Sea­ stiffs (very few of these rotten It is high time the gashounds and the performers were set straight. Don't think that our "friends," farers. We have the men, and eggs in the Tidewater Fleet, too) These birds, fortunately, are but a tiny minority. Nevertheless, we maintain that we're entitled wants any part of the phony the shipowners, are not rubbing their actions are prejudicing and weakening the position of the Tidewater Tankermen's Associa­ their hands and laughing to them­ to a contract. rest of the membership. tion, proves beyond any doubt The vast majority of Seafarers are straight-thinking, guys selves as they pour money and PLENTY OF PROOF I hat they are really ripe for SIU who are responsible for the considerably improved status of the legal brains into the battle As proof of the Seafarers membership, and the many ben­ merchant seamen of today. There is no room among them for .those willingness to prove beyond any efits which go with that mem­ against organized labor. who seek to obstruct and hamper their progress on the road to a shadow of a doubt that the over­ bership and an SIU contract. However, we've taken these better life. whelming majority of Tidewater Seafarers have fought for years to improve shipboard condi­ guys and the Washington bureau­ ANTI-LABOR LAWS tankermen want the SIU for their tions. The battle at times seemed impossible of success, but alert­ Probably the greatest threat to crats on before, and we can do ness and intelligence, coupled with hard-hitting tactics, brought union, we've submitted signed pledge cards for the SIU and organized labor today, and to the it again. victory. We will do it again, and we'll we're willing to abide by the de­ conditions for which we fight, is After these long, drawn-out struggles, the membership will not the drive by big business and whip them in the same decisive allow a few bums, whose ideas of sea-going life must have been cision of an NLRB election. But, if the Tidewater outfit their servants in Congress, as fashion as before. That's our job gotten out of some phony motion pictures or sea story, or a few thinks that the SIU is fooling, well as the various State Legis­ —the one that's cut out for all "oldtime" gashounds, wreck the gains that have been fought for so hard. we're fully prepared to job ac­ latures, against the closed or un­ of us. tion every one of their ships until ion shop. By EARL SHEPPARD I : ' • such time as an election is held. Look at our record on the wa­ terfront. The militant SIU com­ pletely defeated the WSA com- j petency card and medical exam-, iination set-up. We job-actioned ships all up and down the At­ By FRED FARNEN lantic and Gulf Coasts until the DETROIT — Brother Edward Cleveland. Later he worked for operators and the WSA were Wares, better known to his many the Detroit and Cleveland Navi­ forced into agreeing to the best friends and all Lakes members gation Company as a Fireman, Foreign Rider articles ever placed as Stew Pot," died on January Oiler and Watertender, spending in the ships articles. 18, at the Detroit Marine Hos­ the majority of his sailing time Our own SIU whipped the pital. His passing away is re­ aboard the SS City of Cleveland Wage Stabilization Board into ceived by all who knew him with HI, operating between Detroit line with the most successful and Cleveland. deep regret and sorrow. maritime strike ever pulled in In 1942 he was elected as His many friends, members this country when these guys Agent for the SIU in Cleveland, and officials of the Seafarers, tried to interfere with free col­ and the following year he was will miss his jolly personality, lective bargaining between the appointed as Agent in Detroit, and wish to extend to his family SIU and the operators. their most heartfelt sympathy. the post he held until the fall of We 'e taken direct action in Brother Wares had been con­ 1945 when he resigned. the past on all of these beefs, He then went back to the City fined at the Detroit Marine Hos­ and we'll take direct action in of Cleveland as an Oiler, but pital for about a year. Before the Tidewater Fleet if that out­ left after a few months due to his illness he was an Agent in the fit doesn't agree to an NLRB his failing health. Port of Cleveland and later in election for all Tidewater tank­ Detroit. He is survived by his mother, ermen. As a boy, Ed Wares started out sister and brother, Stanley Wares, ACTION TALKS as a coalpasser on the old See- who is Agent in Cleveland. Bur­ andbee, owned by the Cleveland ial took place in Cleveland on The Seafarers stands on its record. Our actions have always and Buffalo Transit Company of Tuesday, January 21. Ed Wares, Former Lakes Agent, Dies At Detroit Marine Hospital Phony Militancy Some of these guys, in an attempt to defend their failings, pass it off as "militancy" when they wreck some of the crews gears. Obviously, that is sheer bunk. What is wrong with demanding that these guys assume some of the responsibilities of good union men? Isn't it their job to solidify the Union structure, as well as enjoy the fruit of its victories? We are protecting ourselves. Those who refuse to add to our protective armor actually are nothing more or less then shipowners' stooges. They are the few weak links in the chain of forwardlooking Seafarers. The Seafarers is practically the only maritime union that relys on economic action at the point of production in order to win and maintain conditions. We will continue to do so. But, at the same time, we cannot tolerate a few drunks and performers actions to jeopardize the Union position. Pride Is Mark Of Good Union Man A good Union man is proud, not only of Union's ability to take successful job action, by tying up the shipowners' scows, he is proud also of his seamanship. If he has a job to dp, he does it well— whether it be tying up a ship, or doing a day's work. All hands should be on the lookout for these performers. They are mighty few in number, and, therefore, should not be allowed to put the Union majority on the spot. This does not mean that the Union intends to legislate against drinking and fighting that's part of an individual's private life, and we have no intention of invading it. But pick your spots. If you want to get drunk, go to the neaurest gin mill—don't do it on the job. If you want to fight, go on the hatch, or ashore. In other words, use your head. Remember, if you can point to a job well done, your beefs will hold more water. �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Four Jobless Payment Is Clarified By N.Y. State Reps WHAT ^tWNK... QUESTION: Which of the SIU Ports do you ALFONSO LOGIUDIS. Deck Engineer; Miami should-be built up be­ cause it is a new HaU. and will need plenty of work to bring it into shape. With the SIU grow­ ing as it is, it becomes plain to see that we will need more Halls in places where we never dream­ ed of having them before. Miami is one instance, but there are others. Now that Isthmian is SIU, we should have a Hall some place in the Far East, say Shanghai, to service Isthmian and Waterman crews. In Trini­ dad we need a Hall for men on the bauxite run who are stuck down there for months at a time. MORIS MANDEL, AB: To my mind, I think that Mar­ cus Hook is the one that needs- a larger Hall and more facilities. "We're getting more tankers un­ der the SIU banner, and so more znen are going down to that port. If we get a larger Hall it will add lo our prestige down there, and it will give the SIU men more room to move around. From the lime the Marcus Hook Hall open­ ed up, it has been a success, and it can be counted on for even belter things if the SIU builds it up so that more work can be done from there. NEW YORK, January 21 — Representatives of the New York State Department of Labor — Mr. Memelsdorff, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Purcell and Mr. Keirnan — call­ ed on SIU Special Services Rep­ think needs added facilities? resentative Joseph H. Volpian today to discuss problems con­ JOHN WARD, Deck Engineer: fronting them in the handling of In every port that has a conseamen's claims for unemploy­ centrcition of tanker men coming ment compensation, and also dis­ in, the SIU should take steps to cover ways and means of expedbuild up the Halls there. Mainly, "nting those claims. right -now. that means Marcus In talking over the problems of Hook and Port Arthur. As memunemployment insurance with . bers and would-be-m embers Volpian, the men from the Divi­ come into those ports for recrea­ sion of Placement and Unem­ tion, the Seafarers should have ployment Insurance pointed out an outstanding Hall that would that no matter when a voyage make a man feel at home. We was completed and the payoff should have well staffed baggage made, the money so earned would rooms, a reading lounge, and be pro-rated over the period of other comforts. Those things all the entire trip rather than ap­ help to carry on organizing work plied to the specific quarter in and.it is in the tanker field that which the money was received. the SIU will be doing quite a bit of its organizing in the next few Another point which was stres­ years. sed was the fact that seamen who apply for unemployment insur­ ance under the terms of the act must be available for employ­ ment during the period in which MANUEL SANCHEZ, AB: they register for compensation. The men who are spearheading This means that if you expect our organizing drive in Marcus to collect unemployment insur­ Hook are doing a good job, and ance when you are out of a job, they need all the help they can that you must be registered on get. As far as I can see. the SIU the shipping list as well as at the is doing a bang-up job down Unemployment Insurance Office. there, and if that Hall is built up. Further, you must be available men will be flocking to the SIU for employment when a job is in droves. Room for recreation open. This does not mean that is needed so that-men will con­ you can register for insurance in gregate around the Hall instead of hanging out in the local bars. New York, go to your home in A little more cooperation from Wisconsin, and expect to draw the SIU men down there in crew- payments while you are there. ing up unorganized tankers You must be available in the port in which you register for would be welcome. I know. a job and for compensation. PHS Agent Will Visit Galveston Hospital To Investigate Feeding And Facilities The recent blast of the SIU against conditions and food at the Galveston Marine Hospital has bom some fruit in the form of a letter from Dr. Otis L. An­ derson, Medical Director and Chief of the Hospital Division of the U. S. Public Health Service, who asserts that conditions have improved considerably since the SIU complaint. Dr. Anderson's letter, in reply to a recent letter &om SIU Spe­ cial Services representative Jo­ seph H. Volpian, stated, "This office is in receipt of a report from Galveston to the effect that the food situation seems to be very well under control since no complaints relative to quantity or quality of food have been re­ ceived for some time.'In the Seafarers Log of No­ vember 29, complete details of the SIU complaints and the text of Volpian's letter to the U. S. Public Health Service were car­ ried. At that time, it was re­ ported that the original SIU ac­ tion resulted from the complaints of 63 seamen and veteran pa­ tients of the Galveston Marine Hospital. INSPECTION ORDERED In his letter. Dr. Anderson also asserted that the Chief Dietitian from Headquarters had been asked to visit the Galveston Hos­ pital in order to inspect the lay­ out and make any necessary recommendations or suggestions in line with the Public Health Service policy of "serving a suf­ ficient quantity of good food to all patients in our Marine Hos­ pitals." Dated December 30, the com­ plete text of Dr. Anderson's let­ ter reads as follows: Dear Mr. Volpian: Reference is made to our let­ ter of November 26 in reply to yours of November 20 concern­ ing complaints relative to food and medical treatment at the Galveston Marine Hospital. This office is in receipt of a report from Galveston to the ef­ fect that the food situation seems to be very well under control since no complaints relative to quantity or quality of food have been received for some time. WILL MAKE SUGGESTIONS We have asked the Chief Dieti­ tian from Headquarters to visit Galveston in the near future to inspect the facilities and make suggestion and/or recommenda­ tion to the management which seems advisable at the time. We are interested in serving a suf­ ficient quantity of good food to all patients in our Marine Hos­ pitals. Friday. January 24. 1S47 With reference to your state­ ment relative to "indiffrent treatment and lax medical stand­ ards," the Public Health Service is interested in the highest qual­ ity of medical service and every effort is being made to keep these objectives constantly be­ fore us. We wodld appreciate it if patients who fee! that they are not receiving proper medical care would call that fact to the attention of the Medical Officer in Charge at the time. Such a procedure would enable the Medical Officer to investigate the complaint immediately and take any indicated action at the time. We trust that this information will satisfactorily answer your letter of November 20, 1946. Sincerely yours, Otis L. Anderson. Medical Director Chief. Hospital Division Certainly, the Seafarers hope that the type of cooperation in­ dicated in Dr. Anderson's letter means that the SIU complaints will be fully investigated, and that in the future conditions will much nearly aproximate the ideal state of affairs which the SIU desires. Seamen patients in the Marine Hospitals will attest to the sincerity of the U. S. Pub­ lic Health Service in carrying out their promises. Send Those Minutes Send in the minutes of your ship's meeting to the New York HalL Only in that way can the membership act on your recommendations. £ind then the minutes can be printed in the LOG for the benefit of all other SIU crews. Hold those shipboard meet­ ings regularly, and send those minutes in as soon as possible. That's the SIU way I Seamen who worked during 1945 for employers who paid taxes on their wages to the State are eligible for benefits provided they earned sufficient wages to qualify under the law. This means that if a seamen earned $100 or more in the highest quarter in from $300 to $630 or more during 1945, and if he earned a total of the whole year, that he is eligible to receive benefits of $10 to $21 weekly. Any further information on the subject of eligibility or other questions may be secui-ed at your nearest Unemployment Insurance office or the SIU Special Services Department. Port Savannah Is Just Waiting For South Atlantic To Begin By ARTHUR SAVANNAH—We had another payoff this week. The Hattiesburg Victory came in with quite a few beefs which, at thfis writ­ ing,, are in the process of being squared away. This makes the fourth SUP ship since Christmas and that's all the shipping we've had in this port. Most of the oldtimers have left for Mobile and the Gulf Area in hopes of shipping out quicker. Savannah has been exception­ ally slow for the past two months and, with the cattle business coming to a close next month, the prospects are for the worse. When the South Atlantic starts running this way again, business THOMPSON should pick up, but for some , time now all .their ships have been paying off in other ports. HAPPY DAYS COMING The Coast Guard is still sen­ tencing seamen to enforced imemployment for minor infractions of rules. The American merchant flaot is still growing smaller. The Government is stiU "training" | seamen for the merchant marine. Numerous congressmen, with malice aforethought, are concoct­ ing laws to hamstring labor. No other business of impor­ tance is on hand except the ne­ gotiations with the Atlantic Tow- ing Co» which should start next week. �Page Five THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday« January 24. .1847 Results Of Atlantie And Gulf Elections (Continued from Pege I) other ports, Agents who served during 1946 were returned to of" fke. It should be noted that the to­ tal number of votes cast is for the A&G District only, and does not include any balloting from the Great Lakes or the Pacific District, SUP. These two sections of the SIU elect their own officers in sep­ arate elections. A much larger vote would have been recorded had it not been that shipping spurted after the 1946 General Strike, and many Brothers were away at sea during the entire course of the elections. The Tallying Committee, elect­ ed at the regular meeting on Jan. 2, 1947, consisted of William Higgs, Sam Luttrell, Robert Hillman, L. Salvatore, Robert Jones, Isaac Miller and Matthew Sams. The results of the elections, and the committee's report, fol­ low: mm HOUSTON Agent C. Haymond, 98 2636» Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 1413 "' ? : BOSTON Total This is the Ballot Tallying Committee, whose report on the balloting for 1947 Atlantic and Gulf District officials is announced in this issue of the Log. From left to right, the members are Sam Luttrell. Isaac MiUer, standing; Bill Higgs, Committee Chairman; Robert Jones, Louis Sal­ vatore, standing: and Robert Hillman. J. Tucker, 2209 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes PHILADELPHIA 2284* 1365 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 400 4049 Patrolman 4049 NEW YORK Agent Paul Hall, 190 3541* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 508 Total 4049 Deck Patrolmen J. Algina, 1320 E. Guszczynsky, 3100 J. Sheehan, 306 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes Total 2854* 622 2918* 1704 8098 Engine Patrolmen J. Purcell, 27124 2718* J. Volpian, 56 2988* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 2392 Total 8098 Steward Patrolmen R. Gonzales, 174 2490* H. Guinier, 478 2244* W. Hamilton, 3400 830 C. Stevens, 7036 r 886 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 1648 Total Joint Patrolmen R. Bunce, 7165 .J. Drawdy, 28523 L. Goffin, 4526 J. Udiljak, 7163 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes Total 8098 1240 2146* 2460* 637 1615 8098 8098 Agent J. Banners, 256 3319* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 730 4049 NEW ORLEANS Agent Steely White, 56 3114* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 935 Total Steward Patrolman Total 4049 PORT ARTHUR Agent L. Johnson, 108 2724* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 1325 Total 4049 . SAN JUAN Agent 4049 MOBILE 4049 4049 4049 Patrolman J. DeVito, 185 1434 L. MacDonnell, 343 446 R. Sweeney, 20 1606* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 563 D. Butts, 190 957 Agent S. Colls, 21085 1691* Engine Patrolman C. Simmons, 368 3158* J. Wagner, 153 860' L. Neira, 26393 791 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 541 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 891 C. J. Stephens, 76 2657^ Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 601 Total 4049 Total 4049 Joint Patrolmen Engine Patrolman J. Carroll, 14 E. DiPietro, 35 997 R. Jordan, 71 G. Masterson, 20297 2419* L. F. Lewis, 2029 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 633 Total 4C49 4049 SAN FRANCISCO Agent Declc Patrolman C. Gibbs, 2341 333 W. Simmons, 215 J. Johnston, 53 1721* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes C. Kimball, 52 519 Total F. Sullivan, 2 868 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 608 RESOLUTION 4049 4049 Yes No Steward Patrolman Voids, No Votes 977 727 660 R. Birmingham, 390 Total 2550* 1645* C. Turner, 15 Agent L. Collins, 5 845 J. Prescott, 114 449 Deck Patrolman C. Tanner, 44 2278* R. Dickey, 652 2773* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 477 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 1276 Total 4049 J. Morrison, 34213 1815* W. Thomas, 12 622 P. Warren, 114 562 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 1817 JACKSONVILLE TAMPA BALTIMORE Rocky Benson, 7297 960 Agent 3; Mogan, 216 2492* 1214 Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 597 W. McKay, 8 W. Rentz, 26445 2464* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 371 Total 4049 Total 634 550 4049 C. Bush, 127 2628* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 1421 Agent S. Carr, 22217 230 S. Greenridge, 1863 183 T. Griffiths, 115 353 E. A. Parr, 96 577 J. Sweeney, 1530 2181* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 535 4049 Agent D. Parker, 160 3I57» Write Ins, Voids, No Votes S92 Total Jt. Patrolman Patrolman W. Brightwell, 390 934 G. .Suit, 6951 2508* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 607 GALVESTON Total 4049 4049 Total J. P. Shuler, 101 3539* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 510 Total iHL. " ;L •J. Truesdale, 3517 Assistant Sec.-Treas. ' ' ' " Agent John Hawk, 2212 3512* Write Ins. Voids, No Votes 537 E. Higdon, 182 4049 772 4049 Secretary-Treasurer Total Write Ins, Voids, No Votes TAKING AN ACCURATE COUNT ' 2939* lUO 4049 2917* 251 881 4049 REPORT OF SIU TALLYING COMMITTEE We, the undersigned Tally J. Hatgimisios, 23434 2901* Committee, duly elected at the Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 1148 regular business meeting at Headquarters January 2, 1947, Total 4049 submit the following report and recommendations; NORFOLK All .used ballots were counted Agent and the corrected tally is sub­ P. Gavillo, 21001 334 mitted herein. An asterik is R. White, 57 3339* placed besides the names of the Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 376 candidates that were elected to office. The ballots used and un­ Total 4049 used in each port were checked and the correct check is submit­ Joint Patrolman ted herein. Nineteen (19) votes from the B. Rees, 95 2751* Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 1298 Port of Galveston were voided in their entirety due to the fact Total 4049 that one envelope containing eight (8) ballots did not have the CHARLESTON signatures of the Tally Commit­ tee in the Port of Galveston and Agent one envelope containing eleven E. Smith, 20057 2434* (11) ballots was unsealed. It is E. Tilley, 75 1077 to be noted that the voiding of Write Ins, Voids, No Votes 538 these ballots in no way affected the election of any candidate in­ Total 4049 asmuch as each man elected was elected by more than a majority SAVANNAH of nineteen (19) votes. Agent It is to be pointed out further that this Committee on checking W. Brantley, 111 769 various outport ballots and tally C. Starling, 6920 2126* sheets found that all reports submitted by all outports' commit­ tees were correct and in every case checked evenly with the New York Headquarters Com­ mittee's tallies. The Resolution calling for the raising of hospital benefits from $2.00 to $3.00 per week carried by over a two-thirds majority as required by the Constitution. This committee recommends that the total results of this elec­ tion, giving number of votes re­ ceived by each candidate, be car­ ried in as early an issue as pos­ sible of the Seafarers Log. This to be done for the benefit of our members who are now at sea. This committee found one bal­ lot missing from the returns of the Port of Philadelphia. This finding checked with the tally of the committee elected in the Port of Philadelphia to count the ballots in that port. This ballot was not included in the tabulation sheets. Thus, the actual vote returns show the fi­ gure of 378 votes cast in Phila­ delphia instead of 379. This committee points out in this case that this in no way af­ fects the outcome of the election for any candidate oleeled fur of­ fice. Due to the fact that it is im­ possible to determine the number bci- of the ballot missing, this report includes the missing bal­ lot listed as a used ballot. This committee recommends that these used ballots be held 03i hand in the Headquarters Offices as per constitution. It is to be noted that two com­ mittee members' signatures do not appear in the mimeograph­ ed sheets. This is due to the fact that R. Jones shipped beCoro this report was mimeographed in its entirety and L. Salvatcro wasn't present. Their signatures do appear however in reports now held ;..n Headquarters Office. i Fraternally submitted, _ , W. Higgs, 223 Sam Luttrell, 46568 L. Salvatore, 733G ^ R. Hillman, 3188 R. Jones, 22238 I. Miller, 8522 M. Sams, 21386: AWw �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Six m Midland Victory Ciears The Way For An Ail-Out Drive On Lakes CS Friday, January 24, 1947 iJ illiVI J VJm i ; I 13 J \J1 By HENRY W. CHAPPELL mm TOLEDO—Now that the lights group of employees start a union have changed from red to green' after first finding out how wages for seamens' unions, and it has and conditions are on union ships, been proven to the rank and file and then adjusting their wages of the NMU that their union and to a slightly higher scale, and in treasury has been used as a front some instances granting minor for the communist political party,' concessions to the crews, the real sailors union can goj The SIU doesn't expect much ahead and concentrate on our: opposition from this phony LSU, Silence fhis week from,the common enemies the shipowners but is prepared to expect more Branch Agents of thb follow­ and their government agencies, resistance from the men who ing ports: The NLRB has at last certified ^ cannot see through the ruses, and PHILADELPHIA the SIU as the bargaining agent believe the companies give these BOSTON for the Midland Line on the Great ^ conditions out of the goodness of CHARLESTON Lakes. Now Midland seamen can their hearts. HOUSTON enjoy the same working condi­ These men, who are known as NORFOLK tions as other SIU ships have had back riders, are always ready to JACKSONVILLE for years. accept union wages and condi­ MOBILE Contracts ai'e now in negotia­ tions after they have been fought BALTIMORE tion with his line and will be the for, but they are never ready to same as other SIU freight ships give a hand. The deadline for port re­ which are the best of any con­ ports, monies due. etc., is the The SIU Great Lakes district tracts on the Great Lakes. has at last cast off our mooring Monday preceeding publica­ These contracts will be amend­ lines, and while we are going tion. While every effort will ed each year to include any im­ ahead on a slow bell now, this be made to use in the current provements the membership de- spring, when the ships start to issue material received after sires, and any suggestions from gj^ organizers are that date, space commitments the crews will be acted on by the contacting them, we will put her generally do not permit us to negotiating committees. over to full speed ahead and do so. If a crew member has any sug­ steady as she goes. gestions for improvements it is his duty to notify union officials so it can be acted on. NMU EXPOSED Recent developments within the NMU should prove conclu­ sively to the members that they have been governed for years by Union won this election by a By FRED EARNEN a group of politicians who place wide majority, but the NMU re­ their political ambitions above DETROIT — Last September a fused to take this decision, and the memberships desires and in­ bargaining election was held on thereupon filed objections with terests. the seven ships comprising the the National Labor Relations Results of this discovery are entire fleet of the Midland Board. beginning to show already on Steamship Company. The fact that the NMU filed the Lakes as more men are com­ The Seafarers International objections after a fair and square ing into SIU halls each day, in­ election is bad enough, but the quiring about how our Union is vicious lies they used to back up run, and wondering why it took their charges is something that Joe Curran so long to find out will not soon be forgotten by what was happening to his union, Great Lakes seamen. when it was common knowledge Now, after months of delay, to all other interested parties. the NLRB has finally certified It's too early to predict what the SIU as the baigaining agent the company-sponsored Lakes for unlicensed Midland seamen. Seamens Union will attempt to No doubt, the NMU officials will tiy to excuse themselves to Mid­ By J. S. WILLIAMS land seamen for depriving them CORPUS CHRISTI — After a of Union representation by tell­ spurt of business last week, things ing them it was all a mistake and have slowed down pretty much that they are sorry it happened. in this port. That's what they did last Aug­ The only ship tied up here at ust when their attempt to picket present is the Cape Corwin, Bull ships under contract to the SIU line, and she will be leaving soon was broken up at the Bob-Lo for New Orleans where she will dock in Detroit. be delivered to another company. The crew isn't happy about SIU CONTRACTS BEST losing their home, but there isn't With this line under our ban­ much that can be done about it. ner, the Midland seamen will be When we went aboard her to able to see how democratically the pull on the Lakes this spring. settle a few beefs, we found that SIU is run. These freighters will The majority of Lakemen know they were all due to the stupidity enjoy the same privileges, decent that this outfit is no union, and that its leal purpose is to keep of the phony Chief Mate. any union out that wants to put This bird couldn't get it through its oars in when wages, working his head that we have a contract conditions, etc., are to be dis­ with the Bull Line which covers cussed. our men, and the interpretation of that agreement is not for every SEAMEN WISED-UP The company that sponsors bucko mate to decide. this phony set-up still regard TAUGHT CONTRACT sailors as a group of morons who We went l ound and round with, are incapable of thinking for him for awhile convincing him themselves, and will accept any that the rules aboard ship have wages and conditions that they already been laid down and agreed deem sufficient. But those days to by the company and the Un­ are gone forever, and the type of ion; and that no one, even if he man who goes to sea these days does wear a high pressure hat, is demands to be recognized as an going to make up his own rules wages, and Union conditions that important factor ih this great in­ aboard ship. have been enjoyed by SIU con­ dustry. He was finally convinced that This demand can be achieved there were a few things out of tract ships for years. not by individuals, but by the his jurisdiction and we left the Any unbelievers are urged to merging of all seamen in one ship in shipshape condition. look at our contracts and see for body. We expect business to be some­ themselves that we had the 40The shipowners knew this what better next week, and with hour week in 1942 for work years ago. That's why companies it more to report from this Texas during fit-out and lay-up. like Cleveland Cliffs have a port. The Negotiating Committee on NO NEWS?? NMU Develops Sudden Interest In Sun Oil, But Little Too Late By BLACKIE CARDULLO MARCUS HOOK — News has been kind of scarce in the port of Marcus Hook for the past week; however, we will make up for it in this issue. shipping our organizing drive has likewise increased its tempo. Evidently since the NMU lost the Isthmian election, they have changed their tactics of organiz­ ing, or i§ it possible that Joe Now that we have all of the Stack-it has been taught a new tankers in this area to payoff, line by the Communist Party. and due to the fact that there has LINE CHANGE been an increase in the number The NMU's practice used to be of tankers coming out of the to shun the Sun Oil seamen by boneyard, we have been kept calling them scabs, finks, com­ quite busy. pany stooges, and everything foul they could lay their tongue We don't feel sorry about this to. But since the SIU has come increase in business, and our or­ ganizers are busy contacting the into this port, and shown the Sun ships as soon as they come in. Oil seamen what* a real Seamen'.t With the increase in activity of union is like, the NMU has sud­ denly grown awfully concerned with the welfare of the Sun Oil men. Now they are leaning over backwards to be friendly to them, but they are doomed to the same failure in Sun Oil as they were in Isthmian. the Midland contracts is already They are also doomed in City well under way towards getting Service, Tidewater, and all other SIU benefits for Lakes sailors, companies that the SIU is or­ and in the spring those advan­ ganizing, because they have noth­ tages will be a major factor in or­ ing to sell a seamen but over­ ganizing other Lakes sailors and crowded union halls, and overships into the Seafarers. stacked membership, with 20 men for every job. HANDS FULL A few years back the NMU My guess is that Joe Curran tried to organize the Sun Oil and will have his hands full in getting their name stunk. Today it still the NMU out of the communist stinks, only with a much stronger fleabag, the CMU. He will even odor. have trouble in keeping his un­ It runs the same way in Rus­ ion together. sia. Everytime Russia fails in Lakes seamen are wise to the any undertaking off go a lot of phony .setup in the NMU, but heads and a new change takes keep in mind that the Lakes Sea­ place in their line. men's Union, the revised Lakes SOME CHANGES MADE Carriers Association, is still try­ We have been paying off quite ing to knife Lakes seamen. a few Pacific Tankers and have They will probably be contact­ run across a character who is a ing you by mail, but remember company agent for them, by the that this is a company union name of Captain Cole. which employs stooges to act for He is not a bad guy, and yet them in forming an organization, he is not a good guy either. We and that its only purpose is to are going to go to work on him keep a real Union from fighting soon, and he'll be a different man for the men. when we get through. He'll be tipping his hat to the Agent and Patrolman in this port. That is, if he continues to come down here for the payoffs. We wonder where Captain It is the proud boast of the Dyer, his running mate, spends Seafarers International Un­ his evenings when he is away ion that an SIU ship is a clean from home? Question, Captain ship Let's keep it that way. Dyer. Although most of the crews A bit of gossip: Is it romance leave a ship in excellent con­ or trouble betwen our dispatcher dition, it has come to the at­ Bob Pohle and a certain ex-Wac? tention of the membership that a few crews have vio­ NO SALUTE. PLEASE lated this rule. So they have Gur two Wilmington fla.shes gone on record to have all just passed through the port. quarters inspected by the Brothors Chandler and Gordon, Patrolman before the payoff, we mean, and they are still and if the conditions are un­ aboard the SS Carlsbad. Wc satisfactory. he has the right wonder whether Gordon has his to hold up the payoff until alimony paid up s^et? As for you everything is spic and span. Bosun Chandler, the ordinary j Remember that the Patrol­ seamen don't have to salute you man can only have repairs coming on and going off watch made if he knows what has . . . don't do it Mike. to be done. Cooperate by Will the joker whom I saved making up a repair list be­ from going on the rock pile for fore the ship docks. Give one 30 days be kind enough to send copy to the Skipper, and one me the money it cost me, so that to the Patrolman. Then you'll I can get the next guy out. see' some action. P. S. to Pat from New Orleans: Guess who is doing my typing? SIU Certified As Bargaining Agent In Midland; NLRB Throws Out Usual Vicious Protest Of NMU Mate Discovers He Must Follow SIU Contract Keep it Clean! �Friday, January 24, 1947 THE SEAFARERS L aC TALKING OVER SIU ORGANIZING PROBLEMS Page Seven Plenty Of Ships Hit New York But They Are All In Transit By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK—This port is like wise tankers for organizational the old maid in the song who was purposes. always a bridesmaid, but never a When we start getting calls bride. for men to crev/ ships, then we Every day we see plenty of will all be happy in this Branch; ships come into the port of New that is if Congress doesn't figure York, and after we service them out a new way to put a straighthere, the ships take off for Phil­ jacket on merchant seamen. adelphia or Baltimore for final discharge. The crew of the SS American Now don't get the idea that we mind that. That's not it at all; we would just like to have some pay­ offs and sign-ons in this port for a change. Seated around a conference table in the Organizers' Headquarters at the New York Hall are (left to right): Johnny Ward, Blackie Cardullo. Lindsey Williams. Bob Pohla and A1 Kerr. They all hold various positions on the Seafarers organizational staff, and are discussing mutual problems encountered in their day-to-day activities. MidiandContract Will Be The Best Organizing Aid By EINAR NORDAAS Bill Higgs Shipping has taken an awful slump since our last bragging column, and last week was the poorest week in many a month. We are keeping our spirits up, and hoping that better days and weeks are in store. STRICTLY ON BALL One thing about" ships in tran­ sit— they keep the Patrolmen hopping. New York Patrolmen have been hitting the ships that come in here just to visit, and they are also bu.sy contacting the coast- Press contributed $27.00 to the hospital fund. Most SIU crews are generous to their Brothers who are laid up in the various marine h'ospitals—some of them for long periods of time. But true unionism is more than wages and conditions—and that is the SIU way. Heavy Fog Halts All Shipping in Port Arthur PORT ARTHUR—Four days of DULUTH — Though things are Bill Higgs, Chief Steward very bad weather have brought at a standstill up here in the comes from a long family of sea­ the movement of vessels in this frozen north, the seamen around faring men, and he is carrying area almost to a standstill. At here still manage to come down on the traditions of his family least 17 ships last night were atto the Hall to inquire how things Bill started .sailing in 1935, and anchor off Sabine Bar, awaiting has been following the sea ever are shaping up on the Lakes. the lifting of one of the most Well, this week wc have good since. severe fogs in years before vcnnews to pass on to them, as we In the days when he first start­ turing into the ports in the Sa­ By R. W. SWEENEY were notified that the SIU has ed, conditions were pretty bad bine district. GALVESTON—Well, the holi­ •been recognized by the NLRB as Some of the men used to bring As a result, sailings of ships days are over and the boys have the bargaining agent for the Mid­ their own canned food aboard to from ports within the district are all started coming back to Gal­ land Company. supplement the meager feeding. being handicapped becairse of the veston to ship out. During the Now that we have these ships, "Those days were plenty bad," fog. The oldtimers around here holidays we were short of all we will soon have them in SIU- Bill recalls. "We couldn't do any­ say it is the worst fog since 19.38, ratings, but now shipping has shape, and they will be floating thing with the owners, and so it when a heavy fog kept all ship­ slowed down and this port is examples of real unionism to all became obvious that the union ping at a .standstill for five days. somewhat normal again. unorganized seamen on the Lakes. was the only solution to seamen's SOUP IS THICK The ,STU won this company problems." WATERMANS IN through the efforts of the men The fog is so bad that ships are We are having several Water­ That's why, when the SIU was who work the Midland ships, and afraid to move through the canal man ships hitting here while in organized. Bill Higgs was one of they will be our best salesmen i to docks, and ships tied up at for unionism to the other unor­ the first men to join. That's why Beef, he was on the beach in New transit from Mobile to load grain, [ municipal docks are not receivbut there are very few replace­ ganized seamen when we install Bill has been in the forefront of York, where he took part in the I ing cargo. When that happens, ments needed. We still have the SIU procedure aboard the practically all the action that the move that drove the communists ' some of the tankers in, but not you can guess how thick the soup SIU has participated in during ships. is here. off the New York docks. as many as before. These seamen recognized the if s experience. Right now we have riding at Later he was assigned to the I would like to remind any NMU for the bungling outfit it is ACTION STARTS anchor 17 ships and 6 more are Bisso Tug Beef in New Orleans, ' member who signs on a ship in and chose the only Union on the He wasn't in the Union very expected in the next few days. lakes with a solid trade union long before he was taking part, and tlie Fen-y Strike in Norfolk. j one port on foreign articles and When the Seafarers General I goes to another, that unless the I foundation. They will have no in the P&O Strike in Tampa, Strike came off. Brother Higgs ! man and the Master can come regrets. Florida. He was in charge of the A great deal of credit should stewpot, and also collected money was an Area Commander and to a mutual agreement to pay him off, there is very little any also be given to Joe Shima, who, from incoming ships to buy food. then stood special picket duty. Patrolman or Agent can do about for awhile, gave me a hand in LAKES NEXT After that he was in the Seait. this port last fall. He was tire­ Bill has sailed on many unor­ less in his efforts to convince train Strike in New Orleans, in An another thing—I think all Midland men that the SIU was 1938. This was a hot time for all ganized ships during the course members should be informed that the only union that is interested concerned, and Bill was right in of the many organizing drives ' when one man pays off under undertaken by the SIU. In the the thick of everything. in seamen's welfare. mustual consent, that does not Spring he expects to go up to the I hear that Joe went to the When there was no trouble Great Lakes to aid in the SIU break the articles for the bal­ coast after shipping ended here brewing. Bill sailed on ships to all ance of the crew. drive in that area. last fall. Wherever he is I'm corners of the earth. And during If there is any doubt in your "I've seen the whole water­ mind sure he will be in there plugging the war he sailed on ships that regarding this, please front change in the ten years that check with the Agent of your for the SIU. carried supplies to Europe. We're really going to have oui' Now that the NMU is falling j He was in the first convoy that I have been sailing," Bill says. port. hands full when they all scramble apart and trying to rid itself of Antwerp after the Bat- "In the past, the sea was the last for berths at once, and all start OLDTIMERS AROUND the communist-dominated CMU, ^he Bulge, and he still re- refuge for bums, and guys who Lately we have had several calling for Patrolmen. the rank and file of that outfit j^e^b^rs the buzz bombs that couldn't get jobs ashore. Now oldtimers in here. Brother H. J. Many of these ships are un­ can see for themselves that they hurtling out of the air with- that has all changed. Through Unions, .seamen now enjoy the Collins paid off the Council Crest organized and we're waiting have been played for suckers all warning dignity that other workers are in Texas City recently, and the eagerly for them to tie-up so we along by a few ranking officials, ' MOCT CTTMW ship left here in A-1 shape with can get aboard. This port is real­ who have proven that they are ALMObi bUKK. receiving." plenty of stores and everything ly booming and with this flood only interested in promoting. the i That, however, was not his What Brother Higgs says is properly stored. of ships we can keep our or­ CP line. By their tactic these experience with the enemy. absolutely true. And it is through ganizers busy contacting them officials have demonstrated that Sub attacks marked practically the Vork of men like him that Just a word about the slopthe seamen were secondary to every crossing, and when he was the SIU has been able to make chests: Brothers, remember to and squaring things away. their interests and efforts. aboai'd the Walter M. Christian- the strides forward that have check your slopchest before you In my last report to the Log When Union conditions are no- sen, American Range Liberty benefitted all seamen. sign on, because aftei- your name I mentioned that there were ru­ ticsd by the men who sail unor- Lines, the ship hit a mine, and is on those Articles it is a hell of mors that J. M. "Windy" Walsh ganized ships, they will want the almost went down. No lives were a lot harder to get what you want was about to get spliced. Having same. So, through the united lost, but three other ships in the than it would be had you not just received a letter from him, efforts of the SIU men on the convoy were sent to the bottom. signed on. I find that he has shipped to GerLakes we will give them the With the end of the war. Bill Whenever you are in a port manj'. He'll be back in nine or Union representation they want did not forget the militancy that where there is a Hall, drop ten weeks, so he might take up and make the Great Lakes solid had marked all his years in the around—you may see and hear where he left off and get spliced for the SIU. Union. During the Longshore something new. after all. Galveston Goes Back To Normal After Holiday I# �Friday, January 24, 1947 TBE SEAFARERS LOG Page Bghl AGREEMENT •Bettveen Seafarers International Union Of North America —And Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc. Supplement Agreement to Agreement dated October 23 1946, between Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., ana the Seafarers' International Union of North-America. GENERAL RULES Employment. The Company agrees that only mem­ bers of the Union shall be employed in all unlicensed personnel ratings on their Passenger vessels or Anierican Flag Passenger vessels taken over on bareboat charter, with the exception of the following: Cadets, Super-Cargo, Pursers, Doctors, Concessionaires, and female employees other than Stewardesses and Wait­ resses. Except as provided herein, all other provisions of the General Rules of the agreement shall apply. DECK DEPARTMENT Special Working Rules and Wages for certain ratings in the Deck Department of the SS YARMOUTH AND EVANGELINE type passenger vessels. Monthly Wages Boatswain (Yarmouth and Evangeline type passenger vessel) $225.00 Carpenter (Yarmouth and Evangeline type passenger vessel) 225.00 Boatswain's Mate (Yarmouth and Evangeline type passenger vessel) 205.00 Section 1. Boatswain's Mate and Night AB Main­ tenance Men: (a) Off-Shore Service: (1) While at sea, and in port when watches are not broken, their regular working hours shall be from 3 A.M. to 11 A.M., Monday through Friday with an unbroken hour for breakfast from 7 A.M. to 8 A.M. and from 3 A.M. to 7 A.M. on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays. Overtime to be paid for all hours worked at sea on Sundays and Holidays, and on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays in port. (2) Between 3 A.M. and 7 A.M., their work shall be confined to general cleaning, such as cleaning paint work, barberizing, sweeping and washing down decks, washing windows, polishing brass and wiping rails. They shall not be required to scrub or barberize boat covers, awnings or canvas weather screens, or do gen- eral sougeeing or painting between 3 A.M. and 7 A.M. without the payment of overtime. (3) In all ports where stay of vessel will exceed twen­ ty-four (24) hours, the above ratings shall work the same hours as provided for other unlicensed deck per­ sonnel on day work. (b) Overnight Service: (1) The hours of work for the above mentioned ratings shall be as set forth in Article 3, Section 6 of the Deck Department Working Rules. Section 2. Watchmen's Duties: (a) Watdimen shall stand watches of eight (8) hours on and sixteen (16) hours off and shall be required to make regular rounds of watchmen's key stations and puxich clocks; they may also be required to stand gang­ way watches in port and while on gangway watch they shall only be required to raise or lower gangway, tend gangway lights, and man ropes. (b) Watchmen shall be paid overtime for all watches stood on Sundays at sea. Watchmen shall receive over­ time for all watches stood on Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays in port. (c) Watchmen shall not be required to perform duties normally under the jurisdiction of a Master-At-Arms. Where no Master-at-Arms is carried, his duties shall not be delegated to other members of the Deck Department. (d) Any work performed by Watchmen other than their regular and accepted duties shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. Section 3. Quartermaster's Duties: (a) \^ile on watch the Quartermaster shall not be required to leave the wheelhouse or navigation bridge for any purpose unless relieved by another Quarter­ master or by an Able Seaman. The sending of the Quartei-master on watch for tools or supplies or for the purpose of carrying messages shall not be deemed an adequate reason for his leaving the bridge or wheelhouse without proper relief. (b) Quartermaster shall be relieved thirty (30) min­ utes during each watch for coffee by one of the AB's on his watch. However, the AB shall not receive any extra compensation for such relief. In port Quarter­ masters may be required to stand gangway watches without payment of overtime except on Saturdays, Sun­ day, and Holidays. (c) The Quartermaster shall be responsible for the rigging of the flags upon arrival or departure of the vessel from any port. Other members of the Deck De­ partment shall not be utilized for this purpose except when ship is being dressed. Section 4. Sanitary Work: In overnight seiwices the watch on deck shall perform sanitary work week days between 6 A.M. and 8 A.M. without overtime. Sanitary work shall mean sweeping down bridge deck, boat deck, and passenger decks only. However, the watch on deck between 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. shall be required to wipe off rails on passenger decks, and fold and lash chairs in event the vessel runs aground or encounters heavy weather or rain without the payment of overtime. This shall not include folding and lashing of chairs in order to clear decks before arrival in port. The customary cleaning and washing of the wheelhouse, chart room, and bridge deck shall be performed between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. Except as provided herein, all other provisions of the Deck Department, Working Rules of the Agreement shall apply." ENGINE DEPARTMENT Special working rules to cover certain ratings in the Engine Department on Twin Screw, Yarmouth, and Evangeline type passenger vessels. Except as provided herein, all other rules of the Engine Department Work­ ing Rules of the Agreement shall apply. Section 1. Donkey Watches. (Off-Shore Trade and Overnight Runs): (a) When the vessel is in port, as defined in port time clause. Article II, Section 20, and sea watches are broken, watertenders shall be put on Donkey Watches in the fireroom for the purpose of keeping steam for the auxiliaries. Three oilers shall be assigned to stand Donkey Watches in the Engine Room for the purpose of taking care of auxiliaries. The other three oilers shall be put on day work. These Donkey Watches shall be stood without the payment of overtime Monday through Friday. For such watches stood on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, both the watertender and the oiler shall be paid at the regular overtime rate of pay. (b) When sea watches are broken at any time and two or more boilers are cut in, a Fireman shall be as­ signed to the Donkey Watch with the watertender in the fireroom. Section 2. Duties of Firemen at Sea. (a) Firemen shall perform routine duties, clean burners, clean strain­ ers, clean didp pans, punch carbon, keep steam, watch fuel oil pressure and temperature. (b) On all watches he shall clean up excess oil oc­ casioned by cleaning burners and strainers without the payment of overtime, and shall leave the fireroom at the end of the watch in a safe condition. (c) Firemen on watch shall be required to keep their respective stations cleaned between the lowest grating and the floor plates. On vessels with irregular gratings, ten (10) feet from the floor plates shall be considered the fireman's station limit. Cleaning work for fire­ men on watch shall be confined to the hours between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. week days and between 8 A.M. and 12 Noon on Saturdays. Firemen on sea watch shall not be required to do any painting, wirebrushing, chipping, or scaling without the payment of overtime. Section 3. Firemen—In Port—Sea Watches. When a vessel is in port as defined in port time clause, Ar­ ticle 2, Section,20, and sea watches are maintained, the firemen shall work as follows: (a) When only one boiler is being used to maintain steam, both firemen on the watch may be required to do repair work on boiler auxiliaries and boiler mounts in the fireroom between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. Monday through Friday. (b) When either two or three boilers are cut in and being used, one fireman shall assist the Watertender in maintaining steam and one Fireman may be required to do repair work on boiler auxiliaries and boiler mounts in the Fireroom between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. Monday thi'ough Friday. (C) When all four boilers are cut in and are being used, both Firemen on the watch shall assist the Watertender in maintaining steam and they shall not be re­ quired to do repair work. (d) Any repair work other than that provided for under this Section, or outside the hours provided for under this section, shall be paid for at the overtime rate of pay. Section 4. Firemen—In Port—Day Work, (a) In Poi't, when seawatches are broken and Firemen have been put on day work, their working hours shall be the same as those for day workers. (b) In port. Firemen on day work may be required to do general cleaning, polishing, and painting work in the fireroom, sponging and blowing tubes, and assist the engineer in making repairs to boiler mounts and boiler auxiliaiies in the fireroom. (c) When firemen are required to enter boilers or fire boxes for the purpose of cleaning or making re­ pairs therein, they shall be paid for this work at the oj regular overtime rate. STEWARDS DEPARTMENT Working Rules Section 1. Routine Duties, (a) Routine duties for the members of the Stewards Department shall be to ; prepare and serve regular meals, cleaning and mainten­ ance of licensed officers, staff officers, chief stewards, and passengei's' quarters, dining rooms and messrooms, ij all enclosed passageways, smoking and lounge rooms,! dance hall, bath rooms, toilets, galleys, pantries, and all ; departmental equipment. (b) When dock porters are not employed to handle passengers' hand baggage, members of the Stewards Department shall carry such baggage from dock en­ trance to staterooms when embarking passengers. \ When disembarking passengers, they shall carry hand j baggage from rooms to Customs Inspection section on dock. i �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. Janixary 24, 1947 Section 2. Selection of Personnel, (a) Recognizing the fact that the following are essential to the welfare of the passengers the Union agrees that the Company may select men for the following ratings ele and• employ ' from those members of the Union who are available, provided such men are suitable to the Company. The Company shall be the sole judge of the man's compe­ tence. The Company agrees to make every reasonable effort to obtain suitable men from within the member­ ship of the Union, and if such men are not available from among the Union membership, the Union a^ees that the Company may secure men for those ratings from any source. Men so selected may remain in the employ of the Company provided that they are ac­ ceptable to and become members of the Union. The penalty provided in Article 1, Section 3 of the General Rules shall not be applicable to this section. Chief Steward Head Waiter Chief Baker Ass't Chief Steward Head Cafe Man Cashier 2nd Steward Storekeeper * Checker 3rd Steward Chief Cook (b) The Company agrees to select all other unli­ censed personnel in the Stewards Department through the offices of the Union. Section 3. Overtime Work, (a) All work performed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays in port, and Sun­ days and holidays at sea shall be paid at the overtime rate. (b) (Overnight Services.) On days when vessels ar­ rive and sail the same day, the hours of work shall be eight hours within a spread of sixteen hours. All work in excess of eight hours within a spread of six­ teen hours shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. All worjt outside of a spread of sixteen hours shall be paid for at the rate of overtime and one-half. (c) On days when ship does not arrive and sail the same day, the hours of work shall be eight hours with­ in a spread of twelve hours. Any work in excess of eight hours or in excess of the spread of twelve hours shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. (d) (Off-Shore Services.) The hours of work shall be eight hours in a spread of fourteen hours. Any work in excess of eight hours or outside the spread of four*teen hours shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. (e) At all times, members of the Stewards Depart­ ment assigned for the exclusive service of the crew shall perform their regular duties between the hours of b;dO A.M. and 6:30 P.M. Section 4. Saloon Service and Bell Service, (a) The Master, Licensed Officers, Staff Officers, Cruise Direc­ tor, Chief Steward, Beauticians, and Musicians shall be served in the dining saloon. One messman shall be assigned to serve the officers' table when .in the dining saloon but shall not be required to serve passengers. (b) Bell service shall be rendered to the Master, Chief Engineer, Doctor, Purser, Cruise Director, Chief Steward, Second Steward, and Purser's office. (c) No member of the Stewards Department shall be required to serve meals to officers or crew lexcept those entitled to dining saloon service as provided in Section 4 Paragraph (a) J outside their respective messrooms, without the payment of overtime. This section shall not be construed to apply to passengers -or unlicensed personnel served during regular working hours on .ac­ count of illness. Section 5. Late Meals, (a) When members of the Stewards Department are required to serve late meals due to officers failure to cat within the prescribed time, the members of the Stewards Department actually re­ quired to stand by to prepare and serve the late meal shall be paid at the regular overtime rate. (b) The above shall not be construed to apply when meal hours are shifted in accordance with Section 37, Paragraph (c), Ai'ticle 2, of this agreement. Section 6. Extra Meals, (a) When meals are served to other than officers or crew in the messrooms, fifty cents ((50c) per meal shall be paid. This is to be di­ vided among the members of the Stewards Department actually engaged in preparing and serving the meals. No extra meals shall be served without the authority of the Master of the Chief Steward of the vessel. (b) In off-shore service, all meals served in vessel's dining saloon other than to passengers, vessel personnel listed in Section 4 (a), Company executives, or Gov­ ernment officials, shall be paid for at the rate of fifty cents (50c) per meal served, to be paid to the waiter actually serving the meals. However, guests may be served'during the regular eight (8) hours without extra compensation when the combined total of passengers on board and guests does not exceed 380 persons on the "YARMOUTH" and "EVANGELINE" type vessels. and waiters and bedroom stewards on day work when full passenger complement is not carried, shall be paid overtime when required to sougee; however, spotting up shall be performed within the regular 8 hours with­ out the payment of overtime. Section 11. Shifting Ship. When a ship is making a shift as prescribed in this agreement. Article 11, Sec­ tion 21, it shall be considered in port and overtime shall be paid to members of the Stewards Department on duty on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Section 12. Required Complement, (a) When mem­ bers of the Stewards Department are required to do extra work because a vessel sailed without the full complement required by this agreement or because of illness or injury, the wages of the missing or disabled men shall be divided among the men who do their work, but no overtime shall be included in such wages. This shall not apply when extra work is not necessary due to the fact that the number of passengers carried does not require the services of the full Stewards De­ partment complement. (b) In port, members of the Stewards Department shall be paid overtime for work in excess of eight hours caused by the shortage in the department, but there shall be no division of wages because of such shortage. Section 13. Galley Gear and Uniforms, (a) The Com­ pany shall furnish all tools for the galley including knives for the cook. White caps, aprons, and coats worn by the Stewards Department shall be furnished and laundered by the Company. (b) The uniforms worn by the Stewardesses shall be furnished and laundered by the Company. Section 14. Fireroom, etc. Members of the Stewards Department shall not be required to enter the Engine Room or Fiieroom for any purpose. Section 15. Minimum Complement, (a) No member of the Stewards Department shall be laid off Sundays or holidays while at sea. (b) On ships arriving or sailing on Saturdays, over­ time shall be paid to members of the Stewards Depart­ ment for hours actually worked in port. (c) When the ship is in port and no passengers are aboard but officers and crew are eating aboar-d, the minimum Stewards Department required aboard on Saturaays, Sundays, and holidays for the purpose of preparing and serving meals shall be one cook, one crew, cook, one galley utility, five messmen, and one dining room man. The above members of the Stew­ ards Department shall be required to do all cooking and serving the officers and crew in port. Other members of the Stewards Department whose service is not required by the Company shall not be turned to on Satur­ days, bundays or holidays in any continental U. S. port. Section 16. Cleaning Toilets. No member of the Stewards Department who is required to handle food fur the unlicensed personnel siiall be required to clean toilets or baths. Sectibn 17. Day Work, (a) When the full comple­ ment of the Stewards Department is carried and the passenger complement aboard ship does not requue full Stewards Department service, members of the Stew­ ards Department not required for the service of the passengers may be placed on day work and shall be subject to the following working rules: (b) When members of the Stewards Department ai'e on day work, they may be required to work in store­ rooms, linen lockers, toilets, passenger and officer quar­ ters, messrooms, galleys, bake shops, and butcher shops, steward department passageways, and do general clean­ ing, including sougeeing, within their regular hours without the payment of overtime. (c) When members of the Stewards Department are on day work their hours shall be from 8 A.M. to 12 Noon and from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. Mondays through Fri­ days. (d) When members of the Stewards Department are on day woi'k they shall receive one full hour from 12 Noon to 1 P.M. for lunch. (e) When any members of the Stewards Department on day work are required to change their hours so as to serve visitors, parties other than passengers, in the dining saloon, they shall be knocked off their day work at least four hours prior to the time of beginning such service or shall be paid at the regular overtime rate for all work performed outside of their regular day work schedule. Section 18. Penally work. Any work performed by the Stewards Department that is not recognized as routine duties in this agreement shall be paid at the regular overtime rate. (c) When in overnight service dining room men shall serve a total of 12 extra meals to Company officials or employees, guests, or Government officials within their 8 hours without extra compensation. Meals in excess of 12 shall be compensated for to the man serving same by payment of fifty cents (50c) per "extra" meal served. Section 19. Authority of Chief Steward. Nothing in these working rules shall be deemed to detract from the authority of the Chief Steward who shall be final au­ thority aboard the vessel in all disputes in the Stewards Department, subject to the provisions of Article 11, Section 9 of this agreement. Section 7. Stores and Linen. Members of the Stew­ ards Department shall not be required to carry stores or linen to or from the dock, but when stores or linen are delivered aboard the ship, members of the Stew­ ards Department may place them in their respective store rooms within their regular prescribed eight hours without the payment of overtime. Section 20. The working rules for the Stewai-d De­ partment, as outlined herein, are applicable to Pas­ senger vessels of the SS YARMOUTH and EVANGE­ LINE type only. Section 8. Cleaning Chill Boxes. Members of the Stewards Department shall be assigned by the Steward to clean domestic refrigerated walk-in boxes and shall be paid at the regular overtime rate for the time that the work is perfoimcd. This shall not apply to re­ frigerators in pantries, messrooms, bake shops, etc. Section 9. Chipping and Painting. Members of the Stewards Department shall not be required to chip, scale, .or paint. Section 10. Sougeeing. At sea, members of the Stewards Department, other than Porters, Utility men. Page Nine Manning and Wage Scale Overnight Service Number 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating Chief Steward Ass't Chief Steward Second Steward Third Steward Cashier Checker Monthly Wage Rate $325.00 225.00 220.00 185.00 175.00 170.00 3 22 Telephone Operators Linen Keeper Head Cafe Man Service Bar Man Cafe Waiter Chief Cook Second Cook Third. Cook Fourth Cook Assistant Cook Crev/ Cook : Galley Utilitymen Butcher Baker .-. Head Pantryman Second Pantryman Pantry Utilitymen Messmen Gloryhole Steward Porters Stewardess Deck Steward (when carried) Office Man Bath Steward Night Bellman Bellmen Head Waiter Captain's Waiter Dining Room men Waiters—Bedroom Stewards 150.00 165.00 182.50 172.50 150.00 260.00 220.00 195.00 180.00 175.00 205.00 150.00 222.75 250.00 195.00 180.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 152.50 175.00 155.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 205.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 Manning and Wage Scale Off-Sbore Service Number Rating Monthly Wage Rate j 1 Chief Steward $325.00 1 Ass't Chief Steward 225.00 1 Second Steward 220.00 1 Third Steward 185.00 1 Storekeeper 195.00 1 • "Printer-Porter 152.50 1 Deck Steward 155.00 1 Ass't Deck Steward (when carried) .... 150.00 2 Bath Stewards 150.00 1 Stewardess 175.00 1 A.ss't Stewardess 150.00 1 Gloryhole Steward 150.00 2 Officers' Bedroom Stewards 150.00 3 Porters (Two to work nights) 152.50 1 Linen Keeper 165.00 3 Telephone Operators 150.00 1 Night Bellman .' 150.00 3 Bellmen 150.00 1 Head Cafe Man 182.50 1 Service Bar Man 172.50 2 Cafe Waiters 150.00 1 Chief Cook 260.00 1 Second Cook 220.00 1 Third Cook 195.00 1 Fourth Cook 180.00 3 Ass't Cooks (one to work nights) 175.00 1 Chief Butcher 222.75 1 Second Butcher 190.00 1 Chief Baker 250.001 Second Baker 211.25 1 Crew Cook 205.00 4 Galley Utilities 150.00 5 Messmen 150.00 1 Chief Pantryman 195.00 1 Second Pantryman 180.00 1 Third Pantryman 170.00 6 Pantry Utilities 150.00 1 Head Waiter 205.00 1 Captain's Waiter 150.00 18 Dining Room Waiters 150.00 17 Bedroom Stewards 150.00 'This rating is only to be carried on the cruise run. The number of bedroom stewards in this Manning Scale is based on the occupancy of 170-186 bedrooms.] Wlien the number of rooms in use is less than 170, the number of bedroom stewards may be reduced by the ratio of one (1) bedroom steward for each ten (10) rooms. If the number of bedrooms exceeds 186. one (1) bedroom steward shall be added for each ten (10)| rooms or fractional part thereof. This manning scale is based on a maximum, of SBC passengers. When less than 300 passengers are carriedJ the number of waiters may be reduced by the ratio one (1) waiter for each twenty (20) passengers. This supplement agreement is being signed subject] to the ratification of the membership of the Unioi.i and in case no notice is given the Company withiiJ thirty (30) days from January 17, 1947, it shall bJ deemed ratified by the Union and binding on botl,| parties hereto. This supplement agreement shall automatically gc| into effect on January 17. 1947. Dated:—January 17. 1947 EASTERN STEAIMSHIP LINES. INC. Signed by: T. W. NORTON L. A. PARKS SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Signed by: JOHN HAWK J. P. SHULER ROBT. A MATTHEWS PAUL HALL �Page Ten • THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Januivy 24; 1947 SBVS' MINUTES AND NEWS SIU Makes Short Shrift Of Chief Eng. A problem that might have proved a difficult affair aboard a non-Union ship was swept aside in clean SIU fashion by the En­ gine Delegate aboard the SS L. J. Duster. More accurately the problem was the Chief Engineer. The Delegate who set him straight was Seafarer Donald Short, Deck Engineer. The point at issue was overtime. Here's the story, as culled from a recent set of the ship's minutes: It sems the Chief had some pecular notion concerning over­ time. He made some shelves in the steering-engine room — did it all by himself, too. When the Wipers put in for overtime, the Chief, very firmly, said no. . The Wipers, who know the advantages of Union protection against such incursions, went to their department Delegate, Bro­ ther Short. The Black Gang Del­ egate, in turn, saw the Chief Engineer. A discussion followed. When it v/as over, the Chief understood that his tactic was ; wrong and didn't hold water. ) But the engineering officer wasn't one to give up after the first try. He next tried to get one of the Wipers, Brother King, to work on Saturday evening be­ cause he had missed three days work on account of a leg injury. Delegate Short set him straight on that one, too. The Union men held the line all along the way. Sounds like a good Short Story. Cooperation Sparks The Newhall Hills Photo at left shows crowd gathered at dock in Hamilton. Bermuda, awaiting debarka­ tion of the Alcoa vessel's pas­ sengers. At right is a view from the ship's bridge, as the vessel was tied up. Fort Townsend lies in the background. Due to continued heavy de­ mand for passenger accommo­ dations, Alcoa has extended the George Washington's weekly rim to Bermuda until April. The run, which began last July, was to have been suspended on Jan. I. Passenger capacity was reduced recently from 270 berths to provide more tworoom berths. The Washington leaves New York on Saturdays and returns on Thursdays. Posing on deck are three Seafarers: (lefl lo right) George Tazzini, Joe Hilton and Deck DelegaJe Stanley Brown. Cooperation is the keynote aboard' the Newhall Hills, Pa­ cific Tankers' according to the minutes submitted by Brother D. Burback, who recorded the pro­ ceedings at the shipboard meet­ ings. Brother Burback, in giving the dope as to what took place at two shipboard meetings, stressed the cooperation received from Captain Lenahan, who attended the Good and Welfare part of the meetings. At the meeting of Nov. 2, the crew invited the Master to sit • in on the last part of the session, at whioh time he agreed to the painting of the quarters as per Brother Brown models the latest in sea-going headgear. All photos were taken by Stanley Hunt. Four Seafarers Injured On Coastal Mariner Mississippi Four Seafarers were injured, three of them seriously, [in an accident aboard the MV Coastal Mariner, at sea, on Jan. 1. The three with serious injuries are in a Norfolk hospital, where they were rushed after being transferred £ from the Mariner to ^ Coast*' Guard cutter off the Virginia pital, and replacements for them taken on. 1 sbore. Meanwhile, the Mariner's Cap­ The accident occurred at night tain, radioed the Coast Guard to las the Deck Gang was stowing have a vessel ready in the stream [lines in the forward part of the to lend aid. I ship, according to R. L. McKenHeavy fog impeded the Mar­ [zie, a Coastal Mariner crewmem- iner's progress and she arrived fber. The •victims of the accident, [who were hospitalized, and the [injuries they sustained, are as 1follows: The violent storms that have FITTS, ROY, an AB of Tyn- plagued trans-Atlantic shipping jingville, Miss.; broken arm and for 10 days appeared to be sub­ [back injuries. BURGOS, JUAN, an OS, of siding last week end. Heavy fog iTajapo, P. R.; broken leg and that further hampered ship I back injuries. movements had lifted and opera­ McNEEI.Y, JAMES, Deck tions began to approach normal. )ept., address unavailable; both For the entire ten-day period, piegs broken. ships plying the North Atlantic Pedro Erazo, the Coastal Mar- lanes were buffeted about on the liner's Bosun, suffered minor in­ storm-swept seas. Crews of bat­ juries in the mishap but did not tered vessels arriving in East require hospitalization. coast ports from one to four days Irnmediately after the accident, late, reported that they encoun­ le vessel, which was on a south­ tered waves 50 to 60 feet high ern run, headed for Norfolk, the at the peak of the storm. Winds learest port, so that the injured of hurricane proportions added to en could be transferred to a hos- | the hazards. off Norfolk five hours late. The cutter likewise had difficulty making the rendezvous, due to the poor visibility, McKenzie re­ ports. The Mariner dropped an­ chor and waited for the cutter to arrive. Tv/o hours later, McKenzie said, the cutter came alongside the Mariner and removed the in­ jured Seafarers. She headed for port, while the Mariner resumed her course. Gets Subsidy For New Run The Mississippi Shipping Com­ pany has been granted a subsidy by the Maritime Commission for service between Gulf ports and ports on the West African coast from the southern border of French Morrocco to Cape Frio. Severe Storm Abates In North Atlantic In addition to the delays in ship arrivals, postponements in the sailing time of numerous ves­ sels were announced as a result of the heavy fog in New York harbor. TRAWLER MISSING Late reports said that the search continues for the Boston fishing trawler, Belle, unheard from since Jan. 9, when she radioed that her engines were disabled 100 rniles off Boston. Eight planes have joined the Coast Guard cutter combing the Cape Cod area for the missing ves­ sel, vyhich has a 17-man crew. Another storm, casualty, the [Hi British tanker Fousularca, has not been heard from since her report on Jan. 15 that she was un­ able to steer because of rudder damage. The Empire McCallUm, a British freighter, was believed to be in somewhere near the stricken tanker, approximately 300 miles east of St. John's, Nfld. A Canadian freighter, original­ ly reported to be breaking up in a storm off Argentia, Nfld., is now heading south for Bermuda. Aided by following seas, the freighter was proceeding at seven knots. Veterans of North Atlantic crossings said that the storm was the worst within memory. crew vote. For his cooperation the crew gave him a vote of thanks. At the next meeting, held Dec. 8, the Captain was again invited, and gave his okay to have a washing machine installed in the gun crew quarters head. This time it was the Captain who did the praising. He rose and gave the crew a vote of thanks for their cooperation. The amiable relations between Captain Lenahan and the SIU crew aboard has its assets for the ship's delegates at both meetings reported no beefs in their respec­ tive departments. The meetings were chaired by Brother Shea. According to the terms of the subsidy, a minimum of 12 sail­ ings a year must be made to the ports specified. The commission's approval of the Mississippi outfit's request for an operating differential sub­ sidy was granted under the Mer­ chant Marine Act of 1936. The Government financial aid is given to enable American ship­ ping companies to meet lower-' cost foreign competition. A subsidy was granted also to the American South African Line for a service out of Atlantic ports to the West Coast of Africa. An application from Seas Shipping, Inc. for a subsidy to operate over the same route was denied. The commission, in explaining the rejection of the Seas Ship­ ping application, said a survey of traffic potentialities indicated that movements from Atlantic ports are not yet in sufficient volume to warrant subsidies to two operators. �Friday, January 24, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings X' »rl ARGONAUT, Dec. 8—Chair­ man L. Mesuiey; Secretary J. Evga. Motion carried to dele­ gate one man to secure new books for library. Motion car­ ried to fine anyone abusing pantry toaster. Motion carried to fine anyone leaving dirty cups on messhall tables; wear­ ing dirty clothes into messhall; defacing messroom in any way. Fine agreed upon to be 50c min­ imum, with money to go to the hospital fund. Good and Wel­ fare: There was a question on the floor as to whether there is adequate linen aboard. Stew­ ard said there is enough linen and soap. » » » Morsels Make Meeting Mellow —'ir'i- A proposal made at the Jan. 8 shipboard meeting of the Cape Hatteras had the men on the night watch patting their stom­ achs and nodding their heads af­ firmatively. Brothcfr Rodriguez suggested that the meats and other choice morsels left over from day meals be added to the night lunches. All hands and all stomachs in­ dicated that Rodriguez' sugges­ tion was well put. Several other proposals were introduced to improve conditions on the Hatteras were made at the meeting. Among these were; That no one help themself to food as there is a Pantryman for that purpose. That cups be put in the sink after use. Brother Santiago was chair­ man of the meeting, and Obbregt served as Secretary. X. X i. NEWHALL HILLS, Nov. 2 —Chairman Burbach; Chair­ man Young. Delegates reported everything running smoothly. New Business: Captain's orders read regarding linen, cleanliness of heads and occupedion of pro­ per quarters. Motion carried that messhall decks be swabbed and cleaned daily. Agreed that Steward Department keep clean) passageway from Messmen's foc'sle to wipers* foc'sle. Good and Welfare: Captain invited to remainder of meeting. Hd agreed to paint rooms as per crew vote. Captain given vote of thanks. Saec i X X MALDAN VICTORY, Dec. 29 •—Chair. R. L. Arnall; Secre­ tary L. B. Clyde. New Business: to have port officials investi­ gate through company why seamen can't get U. S. money in foreign ports of call; to in­ vestigate slop chest on insuf~ ficient clothing for cold weather and items required by Federal law; all crew members and pro-book members be obligated at earliest convenient meet­ ing; that all crew members stay in contact with Union Hall un­ til all disputed overtime is set­ tled; that any crewmember be­ ing disorderly or drunk at pay­ off will be fined $5, money go­ ing to Seafarers Log; that all crewmembers turn in all dirty linen to Steward and leave quarters clean for new crew. Good and Welfare: to have all radiators repaired or replaced; repair locks on all doors that require such work; run steam line into crew's laundry; re­ pair all porthole gaskets that require such work; check and repair all toilet bowls; repair all bed springs; repair or renew all lockers in crew quarters; have ship fumigated. it WILLIAM H. CLAGETT, June 13—Chairman J. Flanigan; Secretary R. Littleton. Delegates reported everything okay. Motions carried: to draw up a list of fines owing to the condition of toilets, messroom and passageways; that money collected be donated to hos­ pital fund; that the ship's dele­ gate present the Captain with a copy of the rules pertaining to keeping the messroom in good condition. Good and Welfare: Brother Flanagan read a letter which he wrote to Brother Rentz, Baltimore Agent, in re­ gards to the Coast Cuard's at­ titude toward a sick man on this vessel. A suggestion was made for the men to give the names and addresses of some good gin mills down South America way to be sent to the Log. One minute of silence for departed brothers. XXX LEBORE, Dec. 22—Chairman (not given); Secretary John E. Harris. Due to having so many non-union men aboard, all books, strike clearance and dues were checked before meeting) was called to order. 18 mem­ bers were present which com­ prised the union crew on board the ship. We are hoping the next trip will have a 100 per cent union crew. Steward De­ partment delgate reported Bed­ room Steward to see Patrol­ man about Steward counting) dirty linen. Cooks to see Pa­ trolman about the cleaning of iceboxes if the three weekly hours for cleaning applies to this company. Good and Wel­ fare: Recommended that one non-union wiper, who ctdls himself "Chief Wiper" be removed from P. O. mess. Keep It Clean! It is the proud boast of the Seafarers International Un­ ion that an SIU ship Is a clean ship Let's keep it that way. Although most of the crews leave a ship in excellent con­ dition, it has come to the at­ tention of the membership that a few crews have vio­ lated this* rule. So they have gone on record to have all quarters inspected by the Patrolman before the payoff, and if the conditions are un­ satisfactory, he has the right to hold up the payoff until everything is spic and span. Remember that the Patrol­ man can only have repairs made if he knows what has to be done. Cooperate by making up a repair list be­ fore the ship docks. Give ohe copy to the Skipper, and one to the Patrolman. Then you'll see some action. EVELYN, Dec. 22—Chairman Matthew Brune; Secretary Everett W. Swanson. Motions carried: to serve Christmas dinner on Tuesday; to place perculators in officers lounge, crew's mess, and engine room accepted; that request be made to Captain that crew be paid off in full on December 31, and articles be broken so the crew's income tax would not be fouled up. Also that some sort of re­ ceipt be made out with a total of overtime due when a draw is made within the six month's articles. Good and Welfare: plea made by Tilley thai all ex­ cess linen be brought back to the Steward. This was mainly for face towels, due to the short­ age. Request to have First En­ gineer remove or fix plug in laundry room for the use of iron. Request to put braces) around the crew's mess hot plate. Request to install writing desks in all crew's foc'sles. Re­ quest to install sufficient lock­ er space in order to hang dress clothes. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. i 4. S. Wanna Electrocute A Cheese-Burger, Bud? Grillrd rheese sandwiches are to be grilled—not toasted. But some guys aboard the SS Wild Ranger have a theory that it works the other way around, according to a recent set of the ship's minutes. These cheesy experimenters have been bucking the elements by placing the cheese in the bread toasters, and the elements are beginning to show the ef­ fects. -Consequently, the toasters are breaking down. The perpetrators have been ad­ vised to lay off, the minutes say. For their own good, too. If they fail to heed this sound, earthy advice, they may find themselves eating their grilled cheese snacks riding skyward on an overdose of current. The toasters, it was brought out at the meeting, are of high voltage. That should be enough to make anyone think twice. XXX NEWHALL HILLS, Dec. 8— Chairman W. Shea; Secxelary Burbach. Departmental delegales reported everything okay. New Business: Motion carried to have committee elected to approach Captain regarding the use of the gun crew quarters head as a laundry. Good and Welfare: Suggested Chief Steward try to procure equip­ ment such as toasters, elec­ tric perculators, and juice squeezers. It was decided that each foc'sle for repairs such as locks, lockers, screens, fans, bunk lights, etc., and to turn list into the Ship's Delegate. Also decided to have slopchest checked by patrolman before ship sails regarding cigarettes, etc. Raingear for fellows work­ ing in tanks should be furnish­ ed by company and should be purchased before next trip. Cap­ tain called to meeting and gave his thanks to crew for their spirit of cooperation and gave his okay to install a washing machine in the gun crew quar­ ters head. Said he had already taken steps to have glass ports installed. Crew gave Captain vote of thanks. WRITING fOR INFORMATION ON WAGES, MONEY PUE, LUGGAGE, E"TC., PLBASe lAJCLUDg NAMS SHIP, COMPANY, DAT^S AND FIACES OF SIGN-ONI AND PAYO?=F. •• CUT and RUN By HANK Shipping sure picked up. January-registered cards are going out fast because the wet ships are finally coming in, wagging their fan-tails and shaking off that recent big Atlantic storm . . . Well, since his shipping mate, "Lil Abner" Barthes, the newly-welded electrician, shipped out—Brother J. Schupstik, nicknamed "Chop­ sticks," is anchoring down this town by himself, after his other shipmate, Deck Engineer Guy White-hurst, also shipped . . . Bruther "Red" Summers, who's waiting for an Oiler's job, smilingly said that he was accidentally involved with a South Street NMU stiff and a copy of the Pilot . . . Steward Joe Ryan is still aboard the tug, Pigeon Point, probably waiting for the company to give him a va­ cation or a pension. Little Joe really dishes out with real tasty humor, indeed . . . Fireman-Watertender W. W. "Boaty" Boatwright just grabbed a scow this week, we've noticed . . . Last week. Bosun "Lucky Lee" Luciano and his wife, celebrated the happy birth of his third mate's ticket. Congratulations, good luck and mucho clear sailing when you get your first ship, Lee. Brother John W. Prescotl, Electrician was in town about two weeks ago . . . Henry Robinson just blew in after an Isthmian trip . . . Oldlimer Steward Frank Inman is still in, town. Frank, we had no special Steward in mind when we recently wrote that cirticle about belly-robbers . . . We wonder if Bosun Robert Hillman and Sam Lutrell are sharpening their winter tools and mothballing their horse sense for some ship soon . . . Even oldtimer Isaac Miller is waiting for a ship—any ship going anywhere . . . Before Leslie Leslie Brilhart sailed, he celebrated Christmas by telling us of his son, Robert John, who was four and a half months at Christmastime. Sorry, Leslie, but your photo of your son was not printed since it was too small and faded. X X X X Relaxing from repairing electric bulbs and winding up those electric winches, Electrician Frank Bose sends us this short-circuited letter: "I see by the papers (Log) that you are getting to be quite an editoricil writer. Can't see how you analyze the Steward situation the way you do. Now take me (if you have a strong stomach), I figure it this way. When I go aboard a scow, I look up the Steward. If he's of the big fat type, a la Collins or Seeburger, then I figure he likes to eat well and so I take a chance and sign on. If he's the tall skinny type a la J. P., I decide to stay ashore a little longer. The big, rolly-poly type feed much better. Of course, this is only one man's opinion. Mine. Hope this don't start a controversy abou.-) Stewards, but I just thought I'd let you know how I pick them. I'm taking a short vacation and won't be ready to ship until some tim© in March. Just sitting around, spending all that retroactive and blood money I earned last trip. Good luck and I'll be seeing you.'" . . . Well, Frank, your shipmate of an electrician, Charlie Scofield, says that when you were with him on a ship you never did eat any­ thing, anyway. Just gin and Virginia Dare! X ^X X X Here's a list of oldtime Brothers in two departments, who either shipped, or are still in town: Stewards Dept.—M. Gordils: V. Bonet, F. Guinjaya, J. McGrath, H. Martin, C. Choice, G. Mirabueno. J. Hernandez, A. Gurskie, M. Serrano, A. Frizarry. A. Vance, P. O'Connor, E. Seeley, Colon Juan, R. Martinez, V, Silva, A. Morales, A. Sanchez, A. J. Lomas, V. Hammarcrea . • Deck Dept.—L. Figueroa, R. Garrett, P. Soto, A. Garofalo, J. Corsa, J J. Livingston, C. De French. S. Lesley, J. Landron, F. Fromm, E. Larson, N. Lundquist, F. Martens. J. Norgaard, P. Barbosa, L. Zwerling, W. Morse, M. Murphy. A. Gonzalez and J. Rockhill. �Pas* Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday# January 24. 1947r THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Labor Must Gird For Fight To Preserve Hard-Won Gains Dear Editor: The excellent editorial in this week's Log (Jan. 10) gives a true picture of hnw Congress operates as one of the arms of Big Busi­ ness. It ends up sa.ying that the only way that labor can lick this monster is to organize against this mis-representation of the American working people. Okay, Brothers, that's the straight goods. But what kind of organization is it that labor needs in order to beat these Wash­ ington servants of the monopo­ lists at their own game? If eco­ nomic organization alone could do the trick we would have had them on the run a long time ago. The 15 million members of Amer­ ican trade unions are not only the strongest labor movement in American history, but also the strongest labor movement the world has ever seen. And yet the Washington bureaucrats are able to threaten us with vicious anti-labor legislation which will deprive us of all we've earned, the hard way, over the years. MINER'S STRIKE Let's look at it this way. Re­ cently, our brother union, the United Mine Workers, were Ait-J'T f ROfA COAL X)OST,ICA^ TELLYO'JI I forced to hit the bricks for higher wages and better conditions. Economically their strike was a great success. It could hardly have been more successful. You could take all the scab coal that was mined and pile it into a fly's eye and it wouldn't make him blink. And the miners received support from all sections of the labor movement, our own Union included. Nevertheless they had to go back to work without their con­ tract. Why? Were they beaten economically? No! They were beaten by the political combina­ tion of the courts of Big Busi­ ness and its ally, the corpora­ tion-dominated Congress. POLITICAL SET-UP Well, Brothers, it looks like this; Economic action, by itself, is just not enough to bring home the pork chops nowadays. Whatever we wring out of the shipowners and industrialists by our hard fought strikes they steal from us by their control of the political EOt-up of this country. And the only way for us to beat their poli­ tics is for us to organize our­ selves politically. Only by an in­ dependent organization of all la­ bor can we put an end to the switch game that the two corpo­ ration-dominated parties have been running in the Capitol for years. It will only be when we have our own union representatives in the houses of Congress and we back them up all up and down the economic front that we will be able to call the shots on whether or not this country is to be run for the shipowners and their allies, or for the seamen and our allies. Joseph Dames Log -A' Rhythms Tale Of A Trip By Derniis Saunders She's a Laker, a Bull Line ship. And she sailed out on a soulhern trip. She had dead heads and gas-' hounds in her crew. And some who didn't lush, but? they were few. All full book men. says the information accompanying this pictur* of the SS John P. Mitchell. It adds that Jack Zievies is Bosun aboard the Robin line vessel. The Threat Of Idleness Sharpens Need For The Four-Watch System Dear Editor: privation of its recurrent wars and depressions. LABOR'S CHILD The general- strike is the child of the labor movement. It is La­ bor's natural reaction to a system of society based up on the pri­ vate ownership of the machinery of production. It is Labor's ulti­ mate attitude in the class strugfle. It is Labor's answer to the problem of economic disorgani­ zation. Logically enough, the general strike has become the rallyingcry of millions of persons the world over who favor it simply because they do not wish to see the highly industrialized modern world sink into chaos, and hu­ man society sink to the level of Today, and every day, we read of workers crying out in pro­ test against increased prices and idleness being forced upon the wage slave by his masters of the capitalist system. To meet such a problem, we as workers, es­ pecially in the Marine Industry, must advocate the four-watch system to stem the tide of un­ employment that will eventually roll upon us, as it has done after all of these so-called reconver­ sion war periods. There is something structur­ ally wrong, and vitally wrong, in any human society wherein men are held inferior to ma­ chines and money. The earliest, and the simplest^ of instruments are the plow and the ax. The primitive man who used them was also the owner of them. He was their master; they were his tools. j There came a time when the user of the tools found that some­ Dear Editor: body else owned them, and that Having heard so much about the person v/ho owned the tooLs the lovely conditions enjoyed by -a person whom he may have Standard Oil seamen and as how never seen—could deprive him of there was no sentiment for or­ their use, and expel him from the ganization I decided to make a land and send him into outer trip on one of thir scows. darkness without means to sup­ I signed on in Houston, Texas, port himself. as AB aboard the SS bound for New York and during my PATTERN DEVELOPS savage survival. The idea of the general strike is here to stay. It same into be­ ing with the perfection of the machine process and the centrali­ zation of control which made it possible. And it will remain as a constant challenge to capitalism as long as the machinery of pro­ duction is operated for profit in­ stead of for use. "The working class and the employing class have nothing, in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of the working people, and the few, who make up the employing class, have aU the good things in life." Joseph Buckley Baltimore, Md. Seafarer Sails On Standard Tanker, Finds Union Needed From this beginning the pat­ i.oov<SLi<eAeAS6 tern of capitalist society develop­ OPA^JEMIA...oe NlOW MiMBCRSHlP ed. But it became so thoroughly OR SOW6TMIK/:. entrenched in the course of cen­ turies that the social order itself degenerated into a function of capitalism. We have seen the spectacle of millions of people out of work and living on public charity, while in the silent mills and ships' graveyards, machinery stood in shining insolence, care­ fully housed and protected. Thousands of thoughtful and class-conscious workers in years trip up the East Coast I learned past have looked to the general a lot about open shop conditions. strike for deliverance from wage On my watch below I used slavery. Today their hopes are to listen to my watch partner, stronger than ever. Their num­ who was an old time S. O. tankber has been increased with ad­ erman, relate how the company ditional thousands who are confi­ used discrimination against old dent that the general strike, and timers who refused to honey the general strike alone, can save around the officers and not carry humanity from the torture and tales against their shipmates, by degradation of the continuation pulling them off the ships and of capitalism and the misery and i assigning them to shore relief jobs where S. O. could keep an eye on them. Also if the com­ pany suspected that they had union ideas, the S. O. would have their company, doctors disqualify them physically and on many other pretenses to get rid of them. SIU FRATERNITY On this ship a seaman who has been used to union conditions and enjoyed the fraternal commadeship that exists among SIU members could see that these un­ organized yokels had no use for one another and were afraid and suspicious of each other's inten­ tions. They seemed to always be looking for a chance to get something on each other so they could run to the Mate and snitch on one another. Regardless of the big money that S. O. pays their seamen, the desire to organize and enjoy un­ ion hiring and conditions is strong among the better element of old time tankermen working for S. O. and they will eventually organ­ ize in the SIU to achieve these conditions. My impression is that the bonafide Standard Oil seaman resent the compauy-miion plan of and it is only the ranting kind of "Johnnie-come-lately" that sticks up for it. Ropeyarn Characters from all parts of the U. S. A. Were on the Jean when she went out the bay. From Baltimore to Santos all went welL But in Santos they let out like wild men in hell. The Chief Cook stayed drunk for two weeks straight And cursed everyone from messboy to Mate, The old man-spent his time pay-ing bail For fun-loving characters who had got in jail. The purser was a phony, the Third Mate was too. Such were the men who comt prised the Jean's crew: Chips was a bull-thrower, and to him Thowing the bull was a natural whim. Frank, the messboy, was a ladies' man. Until, one night, he was lodged in the can: Sporty (chief character) was a natural viper. But the Worst Assistant-changed him to wiper. There was Red, with the great big feet^ Who never seemed to get enough to eat. Then Teddy, who stayed true to a loved one at home. And swore that nevermore would he roam. And don't forget Rispoldi, the Brooklyn Blimp, Who fell for Celia until he was a simp. Also C - - - from Virginia Hills, Who always boarded but never paid bills. And every day on a drinking bend Stayed Jimm B - - - on a Lost 'Weekend, So did Jimmy the Bosun, a Simon Legree, Who drank all he could when it was free. {Continued on Page 13) �Friday, January 24, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen Seamen's War Record Earned Maine Seafarer Proposes Them A Rill Of Rights*—Bause Branch For Portland Port Dear Editor: If you will permit me, I would like to reply to the unnamed SUP Brother regarding my "exagger­ ated statement" on food and con­ ditions in this institution. I would like to assure the Brother that as far as food in con­ cerned, it has improved consid­ erably since a year ago today. A year ago the food was not only insufficient, but also was served cold and of poor quality. There is still much room for improve­ ment. I merely took advantage of my rights as an American citizen, at the time, to criticize a deplorable situation. I saw no reason not to sign my name. I have enough confidence in the truth of my statement or I would not send them to be published. AGREES ON LAXITY Your statement that attention is lax has its point. Let me call Log - A - Rhythms {Continued From Page 12) Diego, Tony. Carlos and Cinlron were San Juan men Who swore never to sail deep sea again. Three dogs were also in the crew. Along with a cat and a monkey too. your attention to a few facts that you may not know. I am in Ward B-5, so we shall take it as an example. This ward is designed to house 14 beds. It has, today, 28 beds, including the solarium. Reason I mention this is that it may ex­ plain why you cannot get the nurse or orderly when you need them. I am reasonably sure that, while the patients have almost doubled, the staff has not been increased accordingly. I don't know where the pres­ sure should be put to remedy those conditions, but Washing­ ton, D. C. is a good place to start. I regret. Brother SUP, that you criticized my statement rather than state your own complaint, for if you stated where the wrongs exist, something could be done about it. I repeat, food and conditions have improved since I entered the hospital^ and I am just as quick to show my appreciation as I was to criticize. That fact that this institution is overcrowded shows that hardships must be worked on the patients. As a Union man I am aware that the condition also works hardship on those that take care of us. I have seen the same doc­ tor coming in here at 7 a. m., leaving between 6-7 p. m. (Uncle Sam does not pay overtime here. Although this place is known as a Marine Hospital, it is not for seamen only. Seamen are in the minority, in fact. I honestly believe that in the 12 months I have been here I have received the same attention the other pa­ tients. Facilities of all marine hospitals are overworked. The answer lies in more hospitals. in order that the Ameriican seamen can get adequate care. Even though the Ameri­ can merchant marine has ex­ panded to top position in world shipping, the government still works with the same facilities as when we were near the bottom of the list. I would like to call to the at­ tention of all Seafarers the fact that an effort is being made in Washington by Representative Fred Bradley of Michigan, the new chaii-man of the House Mer­ chant Marine Committee, to- pass a seamen's "Bill of Rights." This would give all seamen with war­ time service, similar rights as contained in the GI bill, such as hospitalization, education, etc. This bill was approved by the committee in the last session of Congress but was not acted upon in either House. This matter is of extreme importance and should be discussed at every meeting aboard ship and in the Union Halls. Send your sentiments to Rep. Fred Bradley, Chairman, House Merchant Marine Commit­ tee, Washington, D. C. Do it now! More than 6^000 seamen gave their lives during the war, thous­ ands more were disabled for the rest of their lives. Let's see to it this bill is not pigeon-holed. It may not seem so now, but it is a life-line that all of us will need sometime. All wartime seamen have earn­ ed the right to these benefits, as contained in the bill. We should not, and must not, be deprived of it. It is our right and we will win it. Let's go! William Bause Marine Hospital Slalen Island, N. Y. I am a Portland, Maine, man and I believe I have a beef that I would like to bring to the at­ tention of the membership. Boston handles the shipping for the Port of Portland, although part of the time Portland has MAINE TRAVELERS more shipping than Boston. But the Brother members who Everyday a tanker or two comes live in Maine and have 200 miles in here. We're trying to organize ' or more to travel are not ex­ tankers—right? Well, we have cused. Why? plenty of both Union and non­ A few days ago the steamship union tankers coming in; also a considerable number of freight­ agents told me they were going ers. This is also a port for Isth­ to call Boston for ABs the next mian intercoastals, and I believe, day. I called Boston and asked therefore, we should have a hall them to throw In my shipping card by telephone because I was here. broke and didn't have the money SHUTTLE RUN to go to Boston and then back to When a ship signs on or pays Portland again to catch the ship. off here, we have a Boston Pa­ After that I raised enough money trolman who has to make a shut- to go to the meeting and out of curiosity asked the dates of the RoorA men that got the jobs. One man SERVICE,, had registered two days before. PLEASE/ I therefore lost a job. If headquarters can do any­ thing to remedy this situation, the Maine brothers will be very much obliged. Bob Bums CHOW SETUP POOR AT NEPONSIT, The distance is SAYS PATIENT tie run up here. 103 miles each way. In the last month I have been on that shuttle run. I can't af­ ford to live in Boston. (It's too cold to live in Boston Commons even if the cops would let me). I have attended the last two meetings in Boston which I have to do in order to keep my ship- SEAFARER LIKES THINGS 'DEEP IN THE HEART OF' Dear Editor: Then there was Hugh who slept on the floor In his condition he couldn't get out the door. L - - - spent his first night ashore In company of a lady whcr proved an awful bore. Goldie, Jerry and Callis wouldn't drink But they were right guys, so I think. Lame-brain Sammy stayed off I have sailed as a member of the SIU. but since have found the beam^ myself in army uniform. Therefore, I have a question to which He once tried to catch a bucket I would appreciate an answer from you. of steam. My papers were stolen from me while I was in basic training, and I would like to know what procedure I can follow in order to Saiitos and Rio were two ports have them duplicated. they made, I was a tripcard man before I came into the army. I had enough B. A. and Rosario were the long­ time to get my probationary book, but I put it off until the next est we stayed. Montevideo for fuel and some let­ trip, as my payoff was very small. Before I could make another trip I was in the army. ters mailed. Is there any way I could continue sailing after I am discharged And on to the Canary Islands without continuing as a tripcard man? In short, could I possibly they sailed. get my probationary book while I'm in the army? If not, is there In the twenty days they spent anyway I can be sure of getting my tripcard back when I get out? at sea. Pvt. Billy E. Clantz Every one was as sober as could APO 547. c/o PM be. San Francisco, Calif. But ashore in Las Palmas they ANSWER:—Insofar as your papers are concerned, it is ad­ ran into some visable that you communicate with the U. S. Shipping CommisBrandy, wine. Cognac and rum. r'-iner now in the port where you originally got your papers. However, you can procure duplicates from a shipping commis­ At present the Jean is bound for sioner anywhere, we have been told. Sweden shore. As for your status in the Union, the procedure is for Sea­ Where the characters hope to in­ farers now in the armed forces to forward their cards or books dulge in more to headquarters, where they are inserted in a file, pending dis­ Of anything that contains a bit charge from the service. Dues must be pcud up to the time of of alcohol. entry in the forces. Upon release from service, you can re­ As long as it's not hair tonic or ceive your card or book by coming to Union headquarters with petrol. your discharge papers. So, the Chief Bellyrobber, your In your case, however, we were unable to find any records, usual scribe. so we have turned the matter over to the bookkeeping depart­ Bids you goodbye, from this ment. They will check back and wil communicate with you character tribe. directly. GISEAFARER WANTS INFO ' ON STATUS AFTER RELEASE ping card. At the meeting, 15 or 20 men get excused even though they live in Boston. Some are legitimate excuses, but most are probably not. I beefed against this but was over-ruled by the members, which is their right. Dear Editor: Dear Editor: Sometime ago tliere was an ar­ ticle in the Log stating that there has been a new $100,000 unit for cooking installed here and that we would get better meals. Well, all I can say is that some­ one gave out the wrong dope be­ cause things have not changed. In fact, they are worse. The ar­ ticles also said that we woxild get more hot rolls and biscuits. To tell you the truth I don't think they have anyone here that knows how to make them for we never see any. According to all medical books and doctors, TB patients are sup­ posed to have good, wholesome and nutritious food four, five and even six times a day. Well, the setup here is breakfast at 7:30 a. m., dinner at 11:30 a. m. and supper at 4:30 p. m. From 4:30 p. m. until 7:30 a. m. the next morning they give you a glass of milk at about 7 p. m. That is sup­ posed to do you until the next morning. Just to break the monotony of post-voyage articles in the paper, I'm writing a little pre-voyage note. This should be a good Voyage No. 1 aboard the good ship SS Charles Goodyear, of the Waterman company. This is one of several ships that Waterman has pulled out of the Mobile river in the last cou­ ple of weeks. Shipping was the btfst I have ever seen two weeks ago in New Orleans and Mobile. This is especially true now when it is considered that Night Cook and Baker's jobs wil be scarce HAVE GOOD APPETITES as hell. There were several avail­ Most of the patients here have able down there in the Gulf. good appetites and they are up YOUNG CREW and around. It is not enough As far as the crew goes aboard even for the sick bed patients. this ship, most of the men are in What I want to get at is why their early twenties, except for the Steward, Chief Cook and a they can't make two shifts in the kitchen, say from four to twelve couple of engineers. and from twelve to eight. Then We've been here in Galveston for 11 days now, and today is the someone would always be in the_| first warm, sunny day we've ex­ kitchen and we could have a de­ perienced. Texans really got a cent breakfast and a night Ixmch. nice 25 degree touch of our yanAs things are the kitchen is kee weather. Oh yes, we've had not open before 6 a. m. and you quite a little "California dew," know you can't prepare a good too. meal in one and a half hours for All in all, Texas is really a 300 patients and about 100 em­ friendly and carefree place to be.' ployees. If you can, you're noi These Texas gals are really nice a cook—you're a magician. to dance with. They don't think James S. Campbell evil like one is accustomed to find in most East coast ports. Here's wishing all the Broth­ ers well. I hope you've all re­ cuperated from New Year's Eve. As for myself, I sailed out of Mobile at 10:30 that glorious night. Robert A. Lowry Houston, Texas �Page Fourteen SlU Pledges Full Support To CIO Shipmen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 24, 1947 Isthmian Men Even More Pro-Sill Than Bargaining Election Showed Charles H. Cummings, who Isthmicui Fisherman sails Deck Engineer, has made a couple of trips on the Isthmian well-qualified to give out with (Continued from Page 1) scow, Monroe Victory, and is Board, last September. Brother little Isthmian chatter. It's Char­ Hall also explained that this same lie's studied opinion that Isth­ union had gone down the line By JOE VOLPIAN mian is practically all SIU today with the SIU on several other Accidents aboard ships caused during rough weather. When with very few NMUers left in beefs, and that they were entitled by heavy seas are frequent, and seamen are ordered out to per­ the fleet. to the full support and backing of pose many interesting 'questions form work on deck during in­ the Seafarers. This is not only due to the fact which the Courts are called upon clement weather, the Master of that Isthmian men voted SIU PASS RESOLUTIONS to decide. Invariably, the de­ the vessel should cause the ves­ and that the NMU is delaying an Following the discussion, sev­ fense set up by the shipowners sel to be heaved to in order to SIU contract, but also because of eral Seafarers hit the deck and is that the heavy swell which afford the men some shelter from the many advantages which Isth­ all agreed that SIU support for swept over the deck was an "Act the seas. mian seamen can see in Seafarers the Shipbuilding Workers should, of God" for which they are not lie should also reduce the speed membership, according to Cum­ and would, be forthcoming. In responsible, and which they could of the vessel. Failure of the mings. line with this, a resolution was not foi-esee and therefore could Master to take these precautions On the Monroe Victory, only a introduced to the meeting and not provide against. This de­ may determine the liability for couple of NMUers are left, and fense rarely holds water. was passed unanimously. any injuries or loss to the sea­ this includes their ships organiz­ The first point to be consider­ men. The resolution pledged all-out er in the Stewards Department. support from the SIU for the ed from the injured seamen's Still another point to be con­ Brother Cummings declared, t Isthmian volunteer organizer lUMSWA strikers, with the fur­ angle is: Why was he sent out sidered is: What precautions were "A number of Isthmian men who on open deck or other unpro­ ther stipulataion that all ship­ taken by the officers to prevent were cariying NMU books have Charles H. Cummings claims to tected place to perform work owners who had contracts with| the men from being washed over­ become disgusted with the in­ be the only Seafarer who ever the Seafarers would be notified which could have been done in board or injured? caught an AB with his fishing ternal dissension going on in that ability. that SIU crews would not handle calm weather or in a safe port? For example, were life lines outfit. In addition, the statements Many cases arise where a ship ships going into the struck ship­ provided on which the men could of Curran and others, which re­ his ship was moving slowly at sails from port after being load­ yard. hold to prevent being washed veal the commie control of the around ten knots. He was using ed with cargo, but before the Further, the resolution promis­ overboard? Could the storm have NMU, have made these men real­ gum wrappers (cellophane) for ed any necp.ssavy support to the crew has had a chance to com­ pletely batten down hatches, or been anticipated in advance by ize that they want no part of bait and had already caught two strikers. This will not probably king mackerel. radio communication, weather such a set-up. take the line of financial support, to properly secure cargo, or to reports and ordinary sea exper­ secure gear, etc; the Master of "Isthmian seamen today real­ .Suddenly, there was a terrific inasmuch as the Shipbuilding ience? ize," went on Cummings, "that pull on his hook; Charlie thought Workers had asserted that they the vessel, it is found, is trying to save the payment of overtime If the storm could have been only by joining the SIU can they it must be at least a young shark. needed no financial assistance. to the crew, or perhaps he is in anticipated, then the Master secure real, honest-to-goodness So, he pulled, and pulled. Finally This action on the part of the a hurry to set a speed record, and union representation. They also when he had reeled his line in, Seafarers carried through on the so he sets sail thinking of having should have seen to it that all are aware of the fact that the an arm with an attached body necessary deck work was taken SIU policy of cooperating with the crew do this work while on .Seafarers is the only maritime broke the water's surface. Yes, care of before the full fury of and supporting any legitimate the high seas. union which is not only demo­ sirree! He had hooked a man! the storm struck. If necessary, I strikes, whether the striking union On the high seas, rough weath­ he should alter his course to es­ cratically run by the members, Seems as though one of the be an AFL affiliate or a CIO er is encountered and all hands but is also completely free of any cape the brunt of the elements. AB's had been draining out one union. phony political entanglements are ordered out on deck to do The loss of life and serious in­ of the lifeboats, when the boat Certainly, a union like the the work which could have been jury suffered by the seamen is with the commies and their broke loose and carried him Shipyard Workers, which has done, and should have been done, deplorable enough, but when the stooge outfit, the CMU." overboard. The boat turned over fully cooperated with the SIU in a safe port. REAL FISHERMAN claim agents employed by the on the helpless seaman, and he on several occasions, deserves, Men are ordered out on deck shipowners then try to induce Among his many other accom­ was partially stunned. and will get all-out support from to do dangerous work under ex­ the victims or their next-of-kin plishments, Charlie claims to be Chances are that, if Charlie the Seafarers. tremely hazardous conditions un­ to accept small amounts in set­ the only SIU fisherman in exist­ hadn't accidentally hooked the der the guise of "safety of the tlement of their claims, because, ence who ever caught an AB on lucky AB, that he would have ship" for which they may not as they assert, there is no liability his hook. It happened in this been carried away by the ship's make claim for overtime. for an "Act of God" — that is manner: Charlie was trolling for wake and drowned. However, he whatever he could catch while downright dishonesty. STORMY WEATHER was lucky and only sustained a Send in the minutes of The merchant seaman is not so badly torn arm where the fish­ your ship's meeting to the much concerned with the paltry hook ripped into the flesh. New York Hall. Only in that overtime which he loses by this way can the membership act ISTHMIAN STATUS trick, but what he so rightly de­ on your recommendations, cries is the fact that it is he who Incidentally, while on the .sub­ and then the minutes can be has to go out on the open deck in ject of Isthmian, hei-e's the latest printed in the LOG for the a raging storm, with heavy seas on the status of that company. - benefit of all other SIU i (This article is not an inter­ means of protecting the health smashing , across the slippery Nothing new has developed since crews. decks, to do something which pretation of the agreement as of all hands. the Log article of last week. Hold those shipboard meet­ The Second Cook has the duty could have been safely done be­ it covers the Stewards Depart­ The National Labor Relations ment. It merely makes sug­ ings regularly, and send of preparing the grilled food fore and under more favorable Board is still considering the gestions to that Department in served aboard his vessel. In ad­ those minutes in as soon as working conditions. charges contained in an NMU answer to many questions dition, the dishing out of food in possible. That's the SIU way! Another point to be consider­ raised by members. Each week brief that there was collusion be­ the galley should be his respon­ ed concerns proper navigation the Log prints an article mak­ tween the SIU and the Isthmian sibility. Portions, of course, Steamship Company in the re­ ing suggestions to each of the should be uniform—all hands are cently-concluded election. ratings in the Stewards De­ entitled to an equal ration. partment. This week's, the Certification of the SIU as the The Second Cook should also third of the series, is for the feel that it is his duty to take sole collective bargaining agent benefit of the Second Cooks). care of the dairy box and vege­ for all Isthmian unlicensed per­ table box, or the "chill box," as it sonnel will be.held up until the It is es.sential for the .smooth (Continued from Page 1) Rep. Bui winkle (N. Car.): A it commonly called. The boxes NLRB hands down its final de­ functioning of the Stewards De­ and about 105 bills. calling var- bill to investigate thunderstorms. partment that the Second Cook should be kept clean at all times, cision in this matter. However, Rep. Dondero (Mich.): A bill to work in the closest possible co­ and items stored in it in a neat there is no doubt of the final out­ I iously for compulsorj' arbitration, mediation, conciliation, and liti­ incorporate the "Moms of Amer­ operation with the Chief Cook. manner. come as the Seafarers has clearly gation by boards, panels, courts, ica." won the election with a 58.7 per­ It is well, in matters that raise NEAT AND DRY I voodoo and tea-leaf reading. centage, and the NMU's phony Rep. Canfield (N. J.): A bill to doubts and questions, for the He should also take an interest charges are merely so much Those didn't show the real cali- create the office of "Senator At Second Cook to discuss them in the cleanliness of the dry whistling in the dark. I ber of the new Congress. For Large" for ex-presidents of the with the Chief Cook. storerooms. They should be kept that, you have to understand the U. S. More specifically, the Second nfeat, clean and dry. Dry stores The only'loser in the NMU's Rep. Bradley again: A bill to Cook is charged with the prepara­ subtle and complete political wis­ stalling devices is the Isthmian . should be stowed neatly, and in dom behind the following legis- prohibit the interstate transpor­ tion of all vegetables for cook­ seaman, and the NMU misleaders . a way that makes them as ac­ tation of "certain stolen dogs." ing and serving. I lative brainstorms: certainly don't give a damn about cessible as conditions will per­ him. They've proven that fact Rep. Sikes (Fla.): ,A bill re­ Rep. Bradley (Mich.) introCLEANLINESS mit. beyond doubt numerous times. I duced 3 consecutive bills num­ quiring railroads to install re­ Generally, the fresher stores It is also necessai-y that he help bered HR 211, 212 and 213. The flectors on railroad cars. Isthmian seamen know this, maintain the cleanliness of the should be placed' behind the first would make it a felony to That gives you an idea. About galley. It is the galley, which, items that have been on hand and are governing their actions bet on any sporting event in the only thing forgotten was a above everything else, should be longer, which, obviously should accordingly. " They are telling Washington, D. C.; the second bill requiring General Eisen­ one and all that they are holding kept .spotlessly clean and sani­ be used first. would prohibit "mixed boxing" hower to salute all Boy Scouts, tary. Not only the Second Cook's, (Next week the duties of the NMU solely responsible for in Washington, D. C.; and the and one to force James C. Pebut the health of every man Night Cook and Baker will be their being denied the SIU rep­ third would prohibit boxing al­ trillo to hire stand-bys for his aboard ship, must be guarded, discussed and suggestions resentation which they voted so together in Washington, D. C. 11 vice-presidents, ' strongly for. and a clean galley is a positive made.) Send Those Minutes What To Bo: Some Departmental Suggestions For Second Cooks New Congress Really On The Ball, Number Eight And Slightly Foul d:,. �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Januaf/ 24,1947 Page Fifteen BijLmiN -J- il Retroactive Pay Waiting American-Liberty SS Corp. /-- I SlU HALLS BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Calvert 4539 BOSTON 276 State St. Boudoin 4455 BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. Cleveland 7391 CHARLESTON 68 Society St. Phone 3-3680 CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. Superior 5175 CLEVELAND ...1014 E. St. Clair Ave. Main 0147 CORPUS CHRISTI ..1824 Mesquite St. Corpus Christi 3-1509 DETROIT 1038 Third St. Cadillac 6857 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Melrose 4110 GALVESTON 305 22nd St. 2-8448 HONOLULU 16 Merchant St, 58777 HOUSTON 1515 75th Street Phone Wentworth 3-3809 JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Phone 5-5919 MARCUS HOOK 114 W. 8th St. Chester 5-3110 MIAMI 1355 N. E. 1st Ave. MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. TAX REBATES Mississippi Shipping Company Seafarers who were employed on Mississippi Shipping Company vessels and have credit balances in their unclaim­ ed wage account covering overdeductions of Social Security taxes for the years 1943, 1944 and 1945, can now receive money due them by writing to the Mississippi Shipping Company, 1300 Hibernia Building, New Orleans, La. When writing the company mention the money is due for Federal Old Age Benefit overdeductions, and give your Social Security number. Those entitled to rebates and the amout due are listed Kirkland, H. F. Kirk, F. Flaig, A. Broadwin, L. Armantano, E. Buzalewski, T. Bette, J. DcBase, P. Curtis, W. Fisher, M. Getchell, H. Hanscom, H. Mace, H. Milliron, N. Pearson, R. Rozpedowski, W. Nunn. 4. 4. 4JOHN LA FARGE SS THOMAS W. GREGORY L. Baileau, A. Manhood, C. Antonio Colina, Clarence Cahp- Brown, E. Getty, T. Malone, A. below. • • Haukins, John 1.05 man, James Law, Sison Moises, Shaw, R. Williams, L. McCarthy, Gentry, Elmer L 50 Haylock, Caludc .02 R. Verderflor, L. Hamas, J. Hig-* J. Dulle, J. Manfredi, G. Shuler, Gillespie, John C .• 3.60 Hemund, Rudolph L 4.00 gins. C. Hunsicker, C. Duyer, F. Brew­ Girunis, M 1.44 Herhansen, Ctto T .97 ^ ^ er, C. Dudley. Gjedstad, Harry 1.11 3.52 SS STEPHEN W. GAMBRILL Glas.s, J. A 9.85 Hill, Charles E 4. 4. 4. .01 4.09 Hill, Edward C Deibert Steele, Howard Savini, SS JOSEPH I. KEMP 7.58 Gobroski, Lawrence V 12; Hill, Edwin W Samuel Harris, Joseph Fryoux, C. Gibbs, T. Diffee, J. Cotter, 5.09 Magnolia 6112-6113 Goddard, Robert P 11.41 Hopkins. Charles John Burgau, John Burgau, R. G. Bogdcn, A. Valdcz, R. Moe4.09 51 Beaver St. Godwin, Welroso G. .26 Howard, J. W Plunket, N. Williams, C. Jack­ sant, H. Collins, B. Coilings, A. NEW YORK .39 HAnover 2-2784 son, J. B. Norris. Bunn. NORFOLK 127-129 Dank Street Howard, Lloyd W 1.25 4-1083 L. Hartley, E. Strahan, H. Monir it iHuffman, Turley S. .21 PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. 1.49 Hull, Arthur L teiro, G. Adams, A. Abates, L. .87 Phone LOmbard 3-7651 SS WALTER KIDDIE 20.12 Hulme, Kenneth A V/orth Ave. Gonzalez, O. R 8.67 Jesse Milton, M. Higginbotham, Hilmuth, K. Romm, R. Frye, D. PORT ARTHUR ..909 Fort Phone: 2-8532 Gordon, William F 1.74 1.28 Ill W. Burnside St S. Frankiewitz, N. Serrano, F. Hamilton, E. Crocker, J. Taylor. PORTLAND 16.29 Beacon 4336 4- 4. 4. Rylance, R. Jones, J. Hanna, A. 2.73 RICHMOND, Calif 257 Sth St Goriup, Erminio SS ALBERT S. BURLESON 2599 Haag, R. Cissna, R. Padilla, H. 1.59 105 Market St J. Downic, C. Corbin, H. John­ SAN FRANCISCO Hopkins, C. D'Andrade. Douglas 5475-8363 Graham, Walter 68 son, F. Goldsborough, H. Man­ it it it SAN JUAN, P. R 252 Ponce de Leon Gray, Jackson D 14.26 The following named members San Juan 2-5996 tel, E. Mantel, R. Matthews, R. SS WEBB MILLER Green, Cass E 63 have papers, social security cards, SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St Matthews. 8-1728 Grenade, Louis 21 dues receipts, birth certificates, J. Doyle, P. Workingcr, • A. P. Pager, J. Reynolds, S. Panel- SEATTLE 86 Seneca St 2.81 and other miscellaneous papers, Tamm, W. Cole, E. Belpre, T. la, C. Thomlcy, E. Smith, E. Main 0290 Grepp, Paul .75 and what-not at the Baltimore TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St, Grcsham, Thomas F Winey, R. Boyette, K. Perry. Spooner, R. White, J. Yai'M-1323 .55 Hall. Come and get them. it it iCIS Summit St hornugh, G. Neilsen, J. Self, D. TOLEDO Griffin. James H 1.66 Edgar Wilson Travis, Aloysius WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd SS GEORGE G. CRAWFORD Greenberg. Terminal 4-3131 Grizzall, Frank J 9.21"' Kessen, George A. Victor, Wm. T. Wooden, D. Convertino, C. VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St 4* 4- 4* 12.00 Joseph Pickley, Robert Lee Lit­ Garden 8331 Galhandsen, Thorleif Convertino, M. Fahkry, S. Eayes, SS LLOYD S. CARLSON 74 tleton, Harry CIsen, Cscar W. VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St Guresbj', J S. Eaves, M. Eison, J. Davis, T. Pacific 7824 S. Haney, M. Kanter, E. Na­ Haggerty, W. F 7.00 Jones, Willis Eugene Bancroft, Conner, L. Cason, J. Blizzard, A. pier, R. Morris, Z. Foster, J. AckHaiffer, Paul 12 Richard D. Baker, Nicholas T. Boncel, R. Browdei-, W. Axgon. erson, D. Nicholson, G. Prevost, Halbe, Ed 68 Tala, Harold T. Doerfler, Crville C. Barrineau, T. Ashe, H. D. Allen, J. Wing, G. Blackstock, Hall, Claude W 1.44 Thompson, Gerald D. Martin, Weathers, R. Woods, J. Whitley, B. Lucas. Halle, John F 22.70 Donald Leroy Vangsness, WilR. MacColloch, C. Akers, L. Yar4. 4. 4. Hammer, Francis 2.80 mont Lee Draper, Daniel Galla­ JOSEPH CIMINI brough, W. Youmans, J. Williams, SS OTIS E. HALL 1.44 gher, and James A. Linberger. Please write to your mother as F. Rauser, R. Williams, H. Wes­ J. Lord, W. Taylor, A. Anag- soon as possible. Hanlon, Edmond F 9.83 it it it ton, H. Thompson, C. Story. nostoy, J. Pizeicki, E. O'Mara, W. Hansen. Berge 12.28 JOHN LAMBERT No. 842 St i R. Strickland, A. Tannachi, E. Gardner, W. Dworanczy, R. Di Hare, Frederick P 1.89 Vancouver Branch. SIU JOHN LAMAR FOLLIS Sims, M. Skinner, W. Smith, J. Pala, E. Dworanczyk. 8.24 AUGUST A. SMITH. No. 828 You are urgently requested to Roza, J. Pruitt, J. Martin, E. L. Gillis, A. Goven, J. Motro, communicate immediately with Harinen, Terry S 11 Vancouver Branch. SIU Mitchum, C. Mizel, W. Mochen- E; Johnson, J. Martin, H. DelHarpell, F. M 32.26 L. REID. No. 2135 fuss, O. Martin, F. Judah Jr., R. hunty, H. Corbctt, V. Mansalto, Mrs. John L. Follis, Box 394, Ilarrell, Frederick M 4.74 Vancouver Branch, SIU Hempstead, Texas. Kline. C. Conte, R. Padilla, J. Judge, Harrington, Ire W. Jr 02 Please have your books check­ J. i- it J. Lassiter, M.' Gordon, D. F. Connel. Harten, James N 1.64 ed at 6th Floor, 51 Beaver St., ANDREW FORD Greenhill, G. Finklea, T. FreeHarton, Don C 96 New York City. There are dis­ 4- 4- 4Your sister, Mrs. Jessie Naveland, T. Doyle, J. Farrow, R. Hatte, Louis M 12 crepancies in your dues records. SS W. CHRISTIANSEN jar, 1806 Edwards St., Houson, Phillips, C. Jaynor, J. Gavin. R. Harris, A. Morales, S. Hei- Texas, writes that she has not it it it ducki, W. Gorman, C. Figuroa, heard from you in some time. SS JAMES MANNING W. Clift, B. Christensan, C. Three of her letters to you have T. Sondstern, C, Suppa, E. Moseley. been returned. She asks that you Sweeney, R. McCoy. M. Walsh, L. Cannon, W. write her immediately. SS COASTAL COMPETITOR Tatham, A. Southers, M. McCulE.. E. Weaver, M. Hagerty, C. lagh, C. Shartzer, W. Smith, J. JAMES O. NLARTIN Cummins. Stuntebeck, L. Hummell, T. ELVIN MOORE Baier, J. Madden. 4" 4" 4" Retroactive pay due the fol- Erikson, Angelo Fort, Wilfred P. Mrs. J. L. Twitty, 809 >2 E. Os­ SS ROBERT S. LOVETT lowing named men, who sailed Garcia. borne Ave., Tampa, Fla., is anx­ Edward F. Gibbs, Murray Gor­ H. Duggan, M. Delvalle, E., Ruious to get in touch with you. aboard the SS Colabee, during don, William Hauck, Fred L. bio, J. Bernai'do, T. Moriarty, L. She says that it is very impor­ the period from April 1, 1946 to Hopfer, Edward F. Howell, DunTaylor, D.. Matin, J. Wood, J. tant that you write to her as June 14, 1946, can be collected by SS A. H. STEPHENS aid P. Huff, Robert E. Jessel, Al­ McMains. soon as possible. calling at the Paymaster's office, bert Junes, Alvin J. Lawton, Deck department men who ^ % ^ 4* American - Hawaiian Steamship Francis Le Jan, Christopher were aboard this vessel for Voy­ SS HALTON R. CAREY ROBERT GIDSGN VORNON Co., 2nd Floor, 90 Broad Street, Long, Martin V. McLoughlin, Ra­ John Popovich wishes to hear J. Lanctot, F. Lambert, W. age No. 10 may obtain unclaimed mon Morales, Theodore Murphy, wages (overtime) by writing to from you. Write him c/o United New York 4, N. Y. Joseph V. Crnowski. the, Mississippi Shipping Com­ Seamen's Service, Manila, P.I. SS COLABEE George C'Rourke, Nathan N. pany, New Orleans 9, La. Voyage No. 14 Pearcc, Charles N. Pendergraft, \ it it RALPH LARSON Men who paid off the SS Sii-ocJoe C. Rainwater, Atnhony V^ Pedro Almoceras, Albin H. An­ SS R. SEMMES Miss Mary Kathryn Green co on December 31, 1946, in San Rimkus, Merrill H. Robb, Jaipes derson, Knut L. Anderson, BurL. A. Cheesemar, John Shee- wishes to .hear from you. Write Fi-ancisco, can now collect their C. Rocco, Alfred A. Rogers, Her- '' mur C. Blair, Jr., Finer Blakstad, transportation pay which was han and H. L. Lewis can collect her at 728 South Erie Street, man Schwartz, Herbert Stillman, William S. Brackett, William R. okayed on January 3. Contact 125 hours of overtime due at the Toledo 4, Ohio, or call her at Eugene Sullivan, Thomas Eugene Dauber, the company office for your Waterman Offices, 19 Rector St., MA 9921, extention 233, or Cheuvront, Thomas. Henry M. De La Haba, Helge A. EM 3093. New York City. money. American - Liberty Steamship Corporation is holding retroac­ tive pay checks for the following men at their offices, 75 West Street, New York 6, N. Y., room 902. The money can be claimed in person or by writing the com­ pany. NOTICE! PERSONALS Retroactive Pay Waiting American-Hawaiian SS Company MONEY DUE NOTICE! �fl i fh' Page Sixteen TBE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Januajry 24, 1M7 SUN OIL tL .u. .1 ^OY tjcars fhe NMUcould •PiMd no-f-irMe-foFciou/fheu called qou ^cobs and'finid; Hrheq ne^modeaii(| OfH'enifst'ib help uou irianci (uatf. i^^oui-fhorfffie Secdbrers has ^rfepped in and IS receii^mb ({OUK Support,+he NMUenleis •Hie pidnre-foir no other KeasonHhanio coniHise the sitttorhon. The Isthmidn seamen necobnizedthe NMU-(br (uhartheqaKe. IdntermeriThao.Knou}u)ho •Hieir friends one. opYorm'HOffe^ea. vm •(\ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource January 24, 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IX, No. 4 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NEW OFFICIALS FOR 1947 ANNOUNCED; HOSPITAL PAYMENTS INCREASED SIU PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT TO CIO SHIPMEN SEATRAIN HALTS ISLAND RUN; APPEALS TO CUBAN GOV'T EASTERN SIGNS PASSENGER SHIP CONTRACT WITH SIU SAILINGS WILL BEGIN LATTER PART OF FEBRUARY NEW CONGRESS IS ON THE BALL--BUT IT'S FOUL LABOR PAINS PHONY PACKT BETWEEN TIDEWATER, COMPANY UNION HOLDS UP ED WARES, FORMER LAKES AGENT, DIES AT DETROIT MARINE HOSPITAL JOBLESS PAYMENT IS CLARIFIED BY N.Y. STATE REPS PHS AGENT WILL VISIT GALVESTON HOSPITAL TO INVESTIGATE FEEDING AND FACILITIES PORT SAVANNAH IS JUST WAITING FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC TO BEGIN REPORT OF SIU TALLYING COMMITTEE MIDLAND VICTORY CLEARS THE WAY FOR AN ALL-OUT DRIVE ON LAKES NMU DEVELOPS SUDDEN INTEREST IN SUN OIL, BUT LITTLE TOO LATE SIU CERTIFIED AS BARGAINING AGENT IN MIDLAND; NLRB THROWS OUT USUAL VICIOUS PROTEST OF NMU MATE DISCOVERS HE MUST FOLLOW SIU CONTRACT PLENTY OF SHIPS HIT NEW YORK BUT THEY ARE ALL IN TRANSIT MIDLAND CONTRACT WILL BE THE BEST ORGANIZING AID HEAVY FOG HALTS ALL SHIPPING IN PORT ARTHUR GALVESTON GOES BACK TO NORMAL AFTER HOLIDAY SIU MAKES SHORT SHRIFT OF CHIEF ENG. COOPERATION SPARKS THE NEWHALL HILLS FOUR SEAFARERS INJURED ON COASTAL MARINER MISSISSIPPI GETS SUBSIDY FOR NEW RUN SEVERE STORM ABATES IN NORTH ATLANTIC ISTHMIAN MEN EVEN MORE PRO-SIU THAN BARGAINING ELECTION SHOWED WHAT TO DO: SOME DEPARTMENTAL SUGGESTIONS FOR COOKS RETROACTIVE PAY WAITING Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/24/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log