http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/c0a7592dd368448b09a5db53d3da054e.PDF 3fa616aea805bac8d45438f1c745346d PDF Text Text ' !v Official Organ of the Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. IX. No. 45 NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1947 DOING THEIR DUTY Tidewater Eiectien Aimost A Certainty; Pledfj^esTe Be Checked NEW YORK, November 5—Today—more than a year after the Seafarers International Union first embarked on a campaign to organize the unlicensed Tidewater seamen, an informal hearing was held in the office of the Regional Examiner for the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board, John Penello, and the parties involved agreed to an election, subject to cross-checking the pledge cards of the SIU against the payroll records of the*" company. Those records were turned over to the NLRB as of this date. Voting in the New York Hall are these Brothers, who want to make sure that they cast their ballots before grabbing a ship for some foreign shore. Voting started November 1. and will end De­ cember 31. It is the duty of all good Union members to vote in this election. You can cast your vote in any Atlantic and Gulf District Branch Hall: make sure you do so before going off on a trip, or going home for a vacation. HAVE YOU VOTED YET? Fifth Cities Service Ship Vetes; Ohservers See Seafarers Victory Voting of the Cities Service Tankers fleet continued with one more ship,, the SB Logan's Fort, polled in East Braintree, Massa­ chusetts, on October 31, and an­ other, the SS Council Grove due to vote in New York on or about November 7. According to the unofficial count by observer Johnny Arabasz, the Logan's Fort crew cast 20 votes fur the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, with ten votes go- Organizing Report On pages 7 and 8 appears the report and analysis of new General Organizer Lindsey Williams. On the basis of this report the membership will have to plan further ac­ tivities in the organizational field. It is therefore impor­ tant that every SIU man read pages 7 and 8 so as to be familiar with the background of SIU organizational work and what lies ahead for the Union. ing into the doubtful , column. Added to the approximately 75 percent majority which it is esti­ mated the SIU has already rolled up on the four previous ships polled, the Union maintained the commanding lead it assumed when the Chiwawa, Paoli, Santigny, and Abiqua were voted. r \ It is rumored that the Cities Service Company will expand its tanker fleet to three times its present size within the next year and a half. An SIU contract covering the fleet as it stands now will be valid for any ships purchased by the company during the du­ ration of the agreement. Only two tankers besides the Council Grove remain unpolled, the Lone Jack and the French Creek, and they are on the shut­ tle run between the Persian Gulf and France. It is doubtful whether either of these ships will touch an American port before the balloting ends on November 20. Representing the SIU were A1 Kerr, organizer, and Benjamin Sterling, attorney. Others pres;nt besides Mr. Penello were Matthew McCue and Richard I. talland, for the Tidewater As­ sociated Oil Company and John Collins, who appeared on behalf jf the company-dominated Tide­ water Tankermen's Association. TWO FLEETS Tidewater operates two fleets; ine, composed of eight large ankers which run offshore, and he second composed of five smaller tankers which ai-e used for inland waters and short off­ shore trips. By agreement between all par­ ties concerned, the two fleets will be voted as separate units, and each fleet will have the right to pick the bargaining agent of its choice. So far the company un­ ion has not received a compliance number from the NLRB, and if this is not at hand when the formal hearing is held, the SIU will dernand that the Tidewater Tankermen's Association not be given a place on the ballot. The overwhelming vote being cast for the SIU by each Cities Service crew is an indication of the need for organization in the tanker field, s It took the Seafarers a /ull year to crack through the iro^ curtain maintained by the company to keep its unlicensed personnel from being organized, but the campaign has borne fruit, and soon the Seafarers will be certi­ A formal hearing will be held fied as the collective bargaining in the near future at which time agent for these men. other questions will be taken up. Seamen tn New York State Win Rights To Absentee Balloting Seafarers who are residents of New York State will be able to vote in state elections even though they are out at sea on election day as a result of the overwhelming passage of Amend­ ment 2 to the state's constitution, broadening absentee voting priv­ ileges. The amendment provides for absentee voting by any voter and his family who would be out of the state on legitimate business on election day. It was approved by the New York State electorate by a four-to-one majority at the polls on Nov. 4. The provisions of the amend­ ment will become operative be­ ginning with the 1948 state elec­ tions. Branches Begin Voting For A&G 1948 Officials Balloting on the first day to elect Atlantic and Gulf District officials for 1948 reached a rec­ ord high in New York and Nor­ folk, and word from other ports made it appear that the vote this year would be the heaviest in the history of the Union. There are 65 candidates for the 38 positions open, and this equals the number of jobs which were on the ballot last year. By membership action the post of San Francisco Port Agent was taken off the ballot, while the ports of Houston, Port Arthur, and Charleston were closed dur­ ing the past year. However, three Assistant Sec­ retary-Treasurers will be select­ ed this time, instead of the single one heretofore. TIME OF STRESS Voting started on November 1 and will continue through De­ cember 31. Union officials, real­ izing that the coming year will be a time of stress, called on all members to cast their votes so that the incoming administra­ tion will have been judged by as many electors as possible. A copy of the ballot appeared in the LOG of October 24, copies of which are available in every Union Hall. Before voting, it would be ad­ visable for members to study the sample ballot, and the election insert which appeared in the same issue, so that they can be­ come familiar with the records of all candidates for office. Ballots can be cast in any Branch Hall during the regular working day, and also at the reg­ ular membership meetings. Only full Bookmen are allowed to vote, and each member must show his book before obtaining his ballot from the Committee. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 7, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 J. P. SHULER - - - - Secretary-Treasurer Editorial Board J. P. SHULER PAUL HALL JOE ALGINA Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. George K. Novick, Editor On And On! Some two years ago, the SIU saw that a considerable section of the maritime industry was composed of unor­ ganized seamen. Vast numbers of men were sailing the .deep seas, the Great Lakes, coastal and inland waterways without the benefits of the strong unionism so vitally es­ sential to a decent livelihood for all seafaring men. So long as these men were forced to sail under con­ ditions far below the level established only after a long struggle by the Seafarers, the security of the Union con­ tract was always in danger. The Seafarers also recognized that in expansion lay the future of the entire Union structure. Coupling these two factors, the SIU stepped out with a bold, new pro­ gram for organizing the unorganized seamen on all sec­ tions of the waterfront. The result has been a series of significant successes continuing right through the entire period. Newly-appointed General Organizer Lindsey Wil­ liams, in his report appearing on pages 7-8 of this issue, relates the obstacles that were in the way of the organizing drive and how they were overcome. He also outlines recommendations to ensure the future success of the con­ tinuing organizing effort, and urges full all-out support for the SIU's organizing and expansion program as essen­ tial to a sound, steadily growing SIU. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post(fard, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Despite the successes of the past two years, the job is by no means over. The - organizing department of the Union is currently concentrating on the tanker field, where These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, conditions shov/ the serious need for SIU contracts. Note­ worthy achievements have already been chalked up with as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging a collective bargaining election now under way among heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by tankermen of the Cities Service Oil Company and one writing to them. shortly to be held in the Tidewater outfit. Several other NEPONSET HOSPITAL H. SCHWARZ E. HUDSON smaller tanker outfits have recently signed SIU contracts, J. S. CAMPBELL E. DELLAMANO E. FERRER calling for the highest wages in the industry. Men Now In The Marine Hospitals But as quickly as one company is signed up, the or­ ganizing machinery must be opened up on another unor­ ganized outfit. For this reason it is absolutely necessary for the membership to get behind the drive in every way pos­ sible to make victory certain in all quarters. There arc thousands of jobs still to be covered by Seafarers contracts. Help bring them under our coyer. Have You Voted Yet? If you haven't already cast your ballot in the elections of officials who will serve the Union during 1948, there's no better time to do it than now. By putting it off until the last minute you're running the risk of missing the deadline. Ships, like men, have been known to be out longer than scheduled. So take care of that important matter before you ship out. You happen to be among the very few who belong to an organization providing for annual selection of officials. You should take advantage of that* privilege by making sure you have your say. Vote itow! J. R. HANCHEY L. L. LEWIS. J. R. LEWIS R. A. BLAKE L. TORRES C. SCHULTZ H. BELCHER L. BALLESTERO Q. TULL J. SILLAK T. WADSWORTH M. GOMEZ F. G. ZESIGER t. % FORT STANTON HOSPITAL R. LUFLIN C. MIDDLETON M. D. PENRY A. McGUIGAN J. SUPINSKI J. P. WILLIAMSON ROBERT B. WRIGHT t BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP. R. LORD E. JOHNSTON J. MURPHY (SUP) G. MEANEY "J. BARRON J. O'BYRNE J. McKEEN (SUP) ft » STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL F. NEDING J. M. McNEELY J. V. MUSCOVAGE L. DURHAM T. J. KURKI E. T. BROWN J. F. KRIZ J. PILUTIS L. MORENO P. R. THOMPSON A. SWENSON J. O'MALLEY ft ft ft BALTIMORE HOSPITAL E. L. PIERCE W. T. ROSS S. WATSON . E. T. DANBA E. FIEDLER E. L. WATERS M. J. LUCAS E. FREMSTAD Z. FRANCE H. C. BENNETT - J. NOOHWA 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 Sth and 8th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) BALTIMORE HOSPITAL E. FREMSTAD M. J. LUCAS S. S. TALLEY W. L. FRANCE H. C. BENNETT SAM WATSON ' E. T. DANBACH E. FIEDLER J. P. TUCZKOWSKI E. PIERCE J. W. HERTHLING J. NOOHIWA R. L. RADIN it t> S> NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL JOSEPH DENNIS L. GROVER C. MACON BOB WRIGHT JOHN MAGUIRE CHARLES BURNEY J. J. O'NEAL E. L. WANDRIE E. M. LOOPER D. G. PARKER LEROY CLARKE J. ZANADIL D. P. KORALIA WILLIAM MOORE L. COOPER /' REUBEN VANCE _ ; �•^-.'' - Jr-' - Friday. November 7, 1947 THE HAVING HIS SAY SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Isthmian Negotiations Now Nearing Compietion By PAUL HALL SIU member John Hopkins sleps up to the ballot box on the first day of voting and has his say on who is to lead the Union during 1948. It's everybody's duty to vote if at all pos­ sible. Don't wait until too late, and then gripe if the man you favor isn't elected. HAVE YOU VOTED YET? V for just the Union as a whole, special candidates. Members can but for every man riding the designate their choice on the bal­ company's vessels. And it will lot purely on the basis of the rest with the membership to see individual's record. to it that the contract is lived up . Character assassins with no to and protected. respect for fact do not confuse For this reason it is especially the picture. recommended that score-wise The Seafarers membership has SIU oldtimers should ship into never had to put up, for instance, this fleet as soon as possible. with some of the disgraceful tac­ tics which dominate NMU elec­ Regardless of how good a con­ tions, wherein the commie and tract is, it doesn't mean too much anti-commie factions concentrate unless its provisions are properly on the destruction of one an­ carried out by a crew of men who know the score and can tell other, and the welfare of the the difference between a good membership is allowed to go floating down the stream. beef and a bum one. Our elections are taken seri­ MEN NEEDED ously. The best way to guaran­ Naturally, it will probably be tee this right to freely exercise a few months at least after the choice of Union officials without completion of the contract be­ fear of intimidation is to get out fore these ships will be operating and express ourselves at the in the same ship-shape fashion Union polling places. Every SIU man who is quali­ as other SlU-contracted vessels. fied should cast his ballot. This is attributable, first of all, Present negotiations with the Isthmian line for a full contract should be completed shortly. These sessions have been tough and, by the time they wind up, will represent one of the longest periods of negotiations the Union has ever gone through. This is a natural result of the fact that Isthmian is in their first negotiations with any un­ licensed union. However, there remain but a few points to be settled before the Union will be in a position to present a full contract cover­ ing the company's fleet to the membership for final action. When this contract has been completed it should be on a par with the basic working condi­ tions contained in other SIU con­ tracts. In fact, in some instances, it will represent an improvement because of its greater clarity. The completed Isthmian con­ to the fact that there is a scar­ tract will be a great gain, not city of SIU fulL-bookmen on this fleet as conpared with the num­ ber working on ships of other companies contracted to the Sea­ farers. Thus, the necessity for some of the fellows who know the score to take jobs on Isthmian vessels. This company fully contracted to us means more cabbage for our membership and a damned sight more jobs on our shipping cal had been thrown out of work by the new SIU contract. He boards, two items of considerable promised that the situation would interest to every working sea­ receive serious consideration by men. The jobs involved are not just the SIU. jobs. They are jobs with good Present at the meeting in San Union conditions. So it is im­ Juan were several ILA repre portant that good Union men sentativBS, including M. Mejias who are interested in doing a head of the Ponce local; Jose Ca good job, take these ships and bon, island delegate; E. G. Mo see that they are handled in a reno, executive president; A. Mar. commendable manner. tos, secretary of the district coun­ Once the pattern has been set cil, and Sr. Nicola, president o aboard these Isthmian ships, and the Mayaguez local. the correct Union procedure has been established, it will be a simple matter for future crews to keep things squared away in proper style. SIU Acts To Relieve Unemployment Facing ILA Men In Puerto Rico Taking recognition of the severe the excellent and close-working economic conditions existing in relationship between the SIU and Puerto Rico, the membership of ILA and that the move would the Seafarers International Un­ strengthen the existing ties. ion has moved to ease the prob­ SIU action to help relieve the lem of continued unemploj'ment strain on their ILA brothers in facing members of the island's Puerto Rico stemmed from a International Longshoremens As­ conference held two weeks ago sociation, AFL. between Port Agent Sal Colls and representatives of the AFL long­ In a resolution adopted at Wed­ nesday night's meeting in New shoremen. York, attention was directed to Colls was sympathetic when the serious plight in which the the ILA men told him that 40 Watchmens Local of the ILA has members of the Watchmens Lo­ been placed as a result of SIU contracts calling for gangway watches to be stood by members of ship's crews in Puerto Rican ports. SIU ELECTIONS The resolution, which is not final until the membership in all General elections for the 1948 other ports has acted upon it, officials of the Atlantic and Gulf recommended "that the Union go CLEVELAND, Oct. 31—Com­ drive begun on these three ves­ District are now under way. This on record as waiving the right to plying with the NLRB directive sels last March, which resulted election will run, as per consti­ demand that sailors stand all of Aug. 21 ordering an election in the SIU Great Lakes District tution, from Nov. 1 through Dec. gangway watches in Puerto Rican for all unlicensed personnel, ex­ petitioning -for an election on 31. ports." Every member qualified to cluding supervisory employees, May 19, 1947. vote should make it his business of the Shenango Furnace Com­ ILA DID JOB Later, on July 9, 1947, a formal pany, NLRB Field Examiner hearing was held in Cleveland, to do so. Voting is a privilege It pointed out that "this work, John Irving today set a time which all Seafarers should ex­ in the past, was customarily done and place for Shenango crew- and the case went to the NLRB ercise, since it provides them by one of our affiliated unions, members to vote on choosing the in Washington after the company with a direct means of partici­ the ILA," and that since the con­ SIU Great Lakes District as their refused to agree to a consent pating in the administration of election for their ships. tracts were signed, these ILA sole bargaining agent. the Union's business. A Direction of Election was members, particularly in San The SIU is one of the very The three Shenango ships—the issued by the NLRB on August Juan, have been unable to find few Unions that conducts elec­ employment of any kind. The SS Schoonmaker, SS Shenango 21, but due to the compliance tions annually and thus allows island's unemployment crisis and the SS Wm. P. Snyder Jr.— requirements of the Taft-Hartley its membership to choose its of­ makes it virtually impossible for will be posted on their first up- Act, and the red tape involved, ficials frequently. the displaced ILA men to find bound trip within the next four it was not possible to hold a • SIU elections point up the or five days, and will then be meeting for the purpose of set­ other means of livlihood. fact that our Union is not torn voted on their next arrival at a , Contracts with the Waterman Lake Erie port after having been ting an election date until Oct­ by the inteimal problems as are ober 31. other unions in this industry, as Steamship Corporation call for so notified, which will be about Now, within the next couple of is evidenced by their election gangway watches on their ships November 15. weeks, crewmembers of the three battles. to be handled by the ILA in all There is a total of 89 unlicen­ Shenango ships can vote for the Many of them have opposing ports where it has locals. In sed personnel involved in the Seafarers International Union of factions which print up special Puerto Rico, however, SIU men have been standing the watches, Shenango election, and those who North America, Great Lakes Dis­ "slates" which they push at all although the ILA operates were on the payroll as of July trict, as the Union of their costs, even to the extent of tear­ ing the union to pieces in the throughout the island. The reso­ 31, 1947, will be eligible to vote. choice. Shenango crewmembers, too, effoi-t. lution, which was submitted by NLRB supervised voting will be Opposition candidates are J. P. Shuler, Paul Hall, Robert cari'ied on in the Observation want the same gains as Midland, Matthews, Lindsey Williams, Joe Rooms, forward in the three Huron and Wyandotte seamen. smeared without regard for truth That's why Shenango seamen or decency. Algina and Joe Volpian, is in­ Shenango vessels. Setting of the Shenango elec­ will vote SIU in the coming elec­ In the SIU no such "slates" tended to correct this situation. appear. There are no sets of The resolution stressed further tion climaxed the organizational tion! NLRB Election Begins Soon For Shenango Crewmen NLRB Meeting To Set Date For Kinsman Voting CLEVELAND, October 31—On the basis of an NLRB Direction of Election issued October 28, 1947, a hearing to schedule an election for the crewmembers of the- Kinsman Transit Company (Steinbrenner) has been set for November 5, 1947 at Cleveland NLRB offices. Due to the fact that the Lake Sailors Union, unaffiliated, has not as yet complied with TaftHartley requirements, this out­ fit, which attempted to intervene at the last minute, will not ap­ pear on the ballot. Only the name of the Seafar­ ers International Union of North America, Great Lakes District (AFL) will appear on the Kins­ man election ballots. A & G CANDIDATE For Baltimore Agent WILLIAM McKAY Book No. 8. Joined the Great Lakes Firemen's Union in 1912 and has been a union member since. In 1937 was organizer and Baltimore Agent for AFL Seamen's Union. Was organ­ izer and SIU Baltimore Agent in 1938. Has participated in. and has clearances for. all ma­ jor maritime strikes. �THE Page Four Steamboat Learns Scabbing Will Pave Way Te Better Job SEAFARERS LOG HEADQUARTERS Ves,you GOOD — Q LiL FiNk! 7^ Recommendations REINSTATEMENT PROCEDURE: Our constitutional procedure provides that if a man in arrears is denied reinstatement by a Trial Committee, he may appeal that decision in the same manner as any man who has been charged and found guilty by a Trial Committee. We have numerous instances lately where men have not only appealed the decision of one com­ mittee, but have come back repeatedly and have made as high as five appeals and being turned down by all committees. This takes up consider­ able time of the Trial Committees because of these appeals and results in loss of valuable energy. It is therefore recommended to the member­ ship that once a man is seeking reinstatement and denied same and he then appeals the decision of this committee, and the second committee de­ nies reinstatement, that he then not be eligible for appearing before the membership or a com­ mittee again for a period of at least 12 months. MEN IN RETIREMENT: A motion was carried in the last New York meeting that no man be allowed to come out of retirement until he has passed a committee for clearance. It is pointed out that a man can have a retirement card and still be finking for a com­ pany in some form or other, and later come bac.k and get his book out of retirement. It is therefore recommended to the member­ ship that it be the accepted policy that no man can draw his book out of retirement until such time as he has passed a clearance committee in Headquarters Office. SEAFARERS LOG: The membership of this Union is spending a large sum of money in maintaining the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG. The membership has gone on record repeatedly that Port Agents submit regular re­ ports to the LOG for the membership's benefit in keeping in touch with all ports' affairs in the Union. In spite of this fact, however, some of our Port Agents are not contributing regularly to the paper and are thereby not living up to membership rules. It is therefore recommended to the mem­ bership that in the future, in the event of con­ tinued failure on the part of any Port Agent to send in these reports, the Port Agent guilty of same be brought before the membership for action for failure to live up to Union policy aHd neglect of duty. Jl/coff Corsair Crew Passes Word To Seafarers: A Shipboard Edurational Program That Works By ROCKY BENSON pretty soon you'll be a Fireman and go right to the head of the company. I explained this to one oldtimer, but he said that when there were no unions he was only getting forty bucks a month, and all he ever got to eat was food condemned for sale in the United States. I told him: You've got to start at the bottom and, anyway, the future was what counted. Like Mr. Young, all he had to do was work hard and he would get ahead. Well, this oldtimer told me he had worked twelve hours a day with a field day on Wednesdays, and two hours Sunday mornings. Soogie-woogie was safety of the ship after five o'clock, and in­ stead of getting ahead he had been fired, for making the head on company time. If that wasn't working hard, what the hell did I want, anyway? REPORT By J. P. SHULER, Secretary-Treasurer Negotiations Well, some of these oldtimers Did you know that the best ISTHMIAN: way to get ahead in the world sure are obstinate. The Negotiating Committee is still in the midst Now, of course, if everybody is to be a fink? This may sound of negotiations with Isthmian. We have com­ startling, and I admit I was sur­ quits the SIU we can't all be big pleted most of the contract with only a few issues prised to find it out myself. It steamship tycoons, but a few of left to be settled. We are now in the process of must be true though, 'cause a us will make it, and as for the going back over the entire contract and separating big Wall Street operator has just other 90,000 guys, well—just keep those disputed points, which number approxi­ said so, and naturally everybody trying and work hard. mately seven, for final disposition. It is regret­ If you should meet one of these knows how smart you have to table that we haven't this full contractual report union agitators, tell him what be on Wall Street. for this meeting as was planned, but such was Of course, I am just a dumb Mr. Young says aboirt unions be­ impossible. seaman and I wasn't able to un­ ing "bad for free enterprise and AT WACOAL: derstand how this could be at very anti-everything." That will We have had an agreement with this Company first, but this big operator ex­ shut him up. for .years, but during the war they operated no Mr. Young also says, "A will­ plained it very clearly. ships. Recently, we signed the standard freight In case you are thick-headed ingness to put the needs of one's sliip agreement with this Company and this past like me, listen to what Robert employer above personal consid- week we crewed the first of this Company's ships. Young, the railroad tycoon, had This outfit will operate in the sulphur and coast­ to say recently in a national wise trade. magazine: General Election for 1948 "No young man should join a The balloting on the General Election for Offi­ union as they are now consti­ cers for 1948 started in some Atlantic and Gulf tuted." he says, "and that's be­ Disttrict Ports Saturday and in others Monday. cause of one of the flaws in It is to be pointed out that it is the responsibility union organizations. and duty of every member of this Organization "For instance, when one of our to go in, and vote in this election. The number of track workers excels the others votes cast should be the greatest this year than enough to be transferred to the in any other election in the history of this Union. shop, we can't transfer him and Organizing give him a better job. The union CITIES SERVICE: won't let us. The Organizers, as reported at the last meeting, "This is bad for free enterprise and is very anti-everything. So, erations is the most important are now in the midst of voting the Cities Service any young man who wants to get qualification for a job or for ad­ fleet. From the reports submitted to Headquarters by the Organizing Staff, it appears that once the ahead had better not join one of vancement." Well, I had a heavy date for votes are completed and counted, another organi­ today's unions." tonight over in the French Quar­ zational victory will be had for the SIU. WRONG SLANT ters but I am not going to put General Organizer Lindsey Williams is now pre­ There, you see how simple it personal considerations above the paring a full report with complete recommenda­ is? If you join a union you just needs of my employer. tions and programs for future organizing work won't get ahead in the world. There is a rosebox in the en­ which should be ready and printed in this week's And all the time I've been think­ gine room that is all clogged up. issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. He has gone into ing the only way to get more I am going down in the bilge considerable study in drawing up this report and money was to join with my fel­ right now and that blonde is just every member should make it his business to low workers and make the cap­ read and study it. out of luck for tonight. italists give me a little of the I also want all of my old SIU TIDEWATER TANKERS: dough I was making for them. buddies to know that when I get A meeting was originally scheduled between Now that just shows how ig­ up there in the big time I will the Union and the NLRB on Tuesday, October 28, norant seamen are. not forget them and I will find but due to the illness of one of the NLRB offi­ Mr. Young explained how big jobs for all of them, and, oh cials, -this hearing has been postponed until track walkers could get into Wall yes, tell J. P. Shuler that my Wednesday, November 5, 1947. The results of this Street,-but it's easy to see how book will be in the mail shortly. hearing will be carried in this week's issue of the this applies to seamen, too. ."Sieamboat" O'Doyle LOG. If you are a Wiper, stay out of the Union and wipe harder than the other Wipers. Then I'AA CLIMBING FAST.IES? Friday, November 7, 1947 NEW ORLEANS —The crewmembers of the Alcoa Corsair have embarked on- a shipboard educational program in maritime unionism which they think should be brought to the atten­ tion of every SIU member. Only by such programs will Union members, new and old, come to have a real understand­ ing of the Union's position, pur­ pose and strength, and they hope that the crews of other ships wUl adopt similar courses. The Corsair crew runs its edu­ cational program through infor­ mal meetings and makes use of the Delegates' kits available in any SIU Hall. Such a kit, if you've never seen one, contains the SIU constitution, the ship­ ping Yules, an account of the Union's history and structure, the proper procedures for settling beefs, and an outline of the Union's organizing programs. In short, there is plenty there that every member ought to know. STRICTLY INFORMAL When I say our meetings are informal I mean we keep our hats on or take them off, just as we please. The men don't have to stay if they don't want to. However, they really like it. Lis­ ten to A. (Blackie) Bankston's opinion of it: "What do I think about the educational program that was started aboard this ship? I'll tell you. Right now, it is one of the most needed programs I know about. We have opened our books to new members who have a lot to learn and need a lot ex­ plained to them about the begin­ nings and struggles and growth of the Seafarers. The program should be carried out on every SIU ship, and every member should take j)art and see that it is a success." ASK TEACHER At our informal educational meetings on the Corsair, one man is selected to serve as the teach­ er. Another is named. reading clerk and recording secretary of the meeting. The reading clerk reads the entire constitution to those pres­ ent. Then in reply to member's questions, explains any sections that are not clear. If the teacher is uncertain of an answer—even teachers don't know everything—somebody else may know it. If he does, we are glad to have him volunteer the information. In other words, our meetings are as democratic as they are informal. One member who enjoys them is Jack B. Mauldin, who says: "In my opinion, these educa­ tional meetings aboard ship are the most successful way of in­ troducing the new members into the Union. The meetings we've had have been fine examples of the advantages of the SIU or­ ganization. I would like to see other ships succeed in this field." GOOD FOR OLDTIMERS However, this program is not run just for the benefit of the new members. It is set up so that it will be just about as en­ lightening to those of us who have been around a while and who sometimes do not realize how much we've forgotten, as it is to newcomers. Nevertheless perhaps it is new men who get the most of out of it. Joe Seaver and J. R. McLean know what I mean when they say: "We think the educational pro­ gram we have on the Alcoa Cor­ sair should be carried out in its entirety on all SIU ships. In the past few months we have seen too many Permitmen coming aboard with just one thought in mind—overtime. The Union did­ n't mean anything else. "There definitely must be an educational program to teach these men about the constitution and by-laws. All SIU ships should have plenty of Union lit­ erature covering the constitution, the shipping rules, the Organiz­ ers Handbook and everything else good Seafarers ought to know." The success we've had with the pi-ogram on the Corsair should be enough to warrant its adoption on every ship. So, Brothers, let's get it going. Let's see to it that every one of us knows just where the Union stands, which is just where "all of us stand. It's our Union, let's learn more about it. �Friday, November 7, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Shoregang Jobs And Shipping Foil In San Juan Page Five Port JHohUe Is Slow As Ships Await Cargoes By WOODY LOCKWOOD By' GAL TANNER 0 SAN JUAN — Shipping has MOBILE — Shipping here has been slow these last two weeks. slowed down for the past week We have shipped only ten men due to the fact that the Com­ in all three departments. If any­ panies are having a little trouble one is thinking of wintering getting their cargoes lined up. here, he'd better have a little cabbage to get by with, as the There are quite a few ships in shoregang jobs have slowed here now that are just waiting down a lot too. The crew of the Stones River, a ship and at the sign-on there is for their cargoes to arrive. They By JOE ALGINA Waterman is getting the habit another tanker sold to England, a great deal of confusion when will be ready to crew up as soon NEW YORK —While shipping had practically no bt-ffs at the the quota of aliens have signed of calling for men on the last day, which gives us a hard time. has been declining somewhat in payoff and were paid a bonus of on and the rest of them have to as the stuff gets here. We have to worry every time the ports around the country, it one month's wages which the pile off. With voting set to start, we about whether the men called has managed to pretty well hold Union had secured for the crew expect to have one of the largest There is no real method of to cover the jobs are going to its own here in New York. From at the sign-ori. votes, anywhere, cast in this port. stopping this, as it only occurs all indications it appears that it make the ships. Everyone is taking active interest Most of the payoffs handled through an error in the first Sometimes the men have to go will continue to remain that in the port of New York this place, but it is a good idea for in the campaign and the newly to Fajardo, and when they ar­ way during the coming weeks. week have been very clean. all aliens to be present at the elected Balloting Committee will This, of course, doesn't mean Among them was the John Gal­ sign-on so they can get together be kept busy. rive the ship is heaving up the anchor. Then it's a headache to shipping is such that men can lup, Smith and Johnson. She was when it is seen that so.mething A lot of oldtimers are on the get the transportation from the choose their jobs from a dozen shipshape and one of the week's is amiss. Beach in Mobile now, including or so ships; shipping isn't that finest. company. In these cases, the best way to some of the better known bellygood, but the jobs are there to handle it is to allow the man robbers like Charlie and Joe Bull has been acting the same LOG LOADED SHIP with the most time aboard the Stringfellow. way. A call came in at 4:30 from be,taken. Another payoff, the Loop Knot "The men holding -the more ship to sign on first and so on the SS Emilia for an Oiler and Joe is currently acting as Port (Alcoa), was a little more diffi­ a Fireman just as she was about specialized ratings can still pick cult matter for the Patrolmen. down. Steward for Alcoa and doing a Another problem facing aliens fine job of it. Other Stewards to sail from Mayaguez, which is their run and ship, but for the most part the selections aren't is the requirement that they pile sweating the beach out are Jack all the way across the Island. too great. off a ship coming in from a for­ Nail, J. Porter, L. Lott and J. PLENTY OF TIME We're not having any difficulty eign voyage and going into Ryan. We made the rounds without in crewing the ships in port, but coastwise operations. We have a surplus of non-rat­ finding anybody. It was just too a rated man can get out in a Even if the ship is only going ed men right now, especially Or­ matter of a few days if he isn't late. , to be sailing coastwise for a dinary Seamen and Messmen, Bull called back to say they too choosy. week or two and then resume and we are hoping things will Partly responsible for the gen­ had taken a Fireman from the foreign trade, all aliens find pick up in the near future so eral decline in shipping is the L'Ouverture, also in Mayaguez, themselves forced off their ships. we can get them out. and the next day we sent a Fire- ever increasing sales of tankers DEFINITE HARDSHIP COPS TOUGH man-Watertender to the L'Ouver­ to European countries,, rhost of This is a definite hardship and which are going to England. Al­ ture to replace him. one well known to the Union. Some of the oldtimers here The two men who got off the though they are not ships con­ The SIU feels that, like in the who like to do a little drinking Emilia claimed that they had got tracted to the SIU they do mean case I mentioned above, the on the beach are finding the po­ off in time for the Union to sup­ a loss of jobs to Engine and She came in with a shipload of aliens should be allowed to stay lice here strictly out to get sea­ ply new men. We are asking Stewards Department men. uncalled-for logs. For the most aboard, so as to resume their men—so watch your step when SHIP SALES ourselves: "Why didn't the Bull part they were for petty infrac­ foreign sailing. you hit the beach in Mobile. Line call earlier?" Out of these sales have come tions or matters beyond the con­ In this particular injustice the Next week we will have a list At present there are only five stories of poor treatment and trol of the men logged. Union is going to look into the of the men in the hospital here ships at the Island, four Bull and buck-passing by the company One which the Patrolman set­ matter and see if some relaxa­ so their friends can write to one Waterman, but we expect agents in England. The crew of tled proyided for a I'efund when tion of the ruling can't be made. them. Last week there were just that within a week there will be one of the ships sold, the Cap­ a crewmember missed the ship Maybe something allowing an a few of the boys enjoying the twice as many. ital Reef, had quite a tale to tell through no fault of his own. alien to remain on a coastwise hospitality of the U.S. Public There is a brand new bunch when they returned to New When the man attempted to col­ ship for two weeks would be the Health Service, but some of them of beachcombers, aptly named York. lect the money, the Skipper de­ answer. did not \yant their names pub­ the Rover Boys. Their headquar­ While awaiting repatriation in nied agreeing to the lifting of On the Newburg, Los Angeles lished. ters is the Texas Bar, but they England they suffci-cd much mal­ the log. Tanker, there were eleven men Patrolman Jeff' Morrison has can be seen roving almost every­ treatment by the shipowner. This arbitrary attitude of the who did not receive transporta­ finally gotten rid of his superwhere. They seem to have what They came in with a list of beefs Skipper held up the sign-on for tion back to their port of sign-on. de-luxe Chevrolet. He has been it takes to make them happy. that would take an hour to just a while, but eventually every­ They can receive the money trying to palm off that wagon However, the shipping list is read, but everything was straigh- thing was squared away and the due them by calling at the com­ for three months, and at last he growing each day. Right now ten~ed out to the crew's satisfac­ ship sailed. pany's New York office or by found a sucker. we have the following registered: tion at the payoff. On another matter, that of writing the California office at It was just as easy to run as 18 ABs and Bosuns, one Carpen­ The same was the case with alien members, we are running 265 West 7th Street, San Pedro, ter, 16 OSs, one Chief Cook, six the crew of the Fort Frederica. into difficulties in complying Calif. The names of the njen a Liberty in close water's, and, a ship's engine was a lot easier to Second Cooks, 14 Messmen, one Some of the crewmembers were with the restrictions imposed up­ are: man with all Engine ratings, four returned to the States under on these seamen by the govern­ Glenn W. Gallatin, Aage B. keep going than that Chevvie. FOWs, one Chief Electrician, third class transportation. Aagesen Odland, Stefen Czapla, ment. The Hall now has a handsome three Wipers and two Oilers. On ships heading foreign, Clayton A. Cooper, Calixto Sas- candy-dispensing machine to This beef, too, was ironed out with the men receiving the dif­ aliens are allowed to constitute arez, William J. Jennings, John stand with the cake machine HARD TIME MATE ference between third class 25 percent of the crew. Some­ D. Smith, Donald D. Monteleone, which was installed r-ecently. We Harold Zurn shipped on the transportation and that called for times, through a mistake, a great­ Henry J. Romero, Edgar Estep are just marking time until we Monarch of the Seas, Waterman, er percentage ofuliens is sent to and Antonio Romero. in the agreement. get the new cigarette machine. as Deck Maintenance, but was refused by the Chief Mate. We contacted the Company the next morning. They said they could­ n't do anything about it. We This attitude makes it tough bunch; they have, for the most MIAMI — Shipping is at a monthly for i-ent then you can figure this Mate is building up a standstill here following the de­ find plenty of places, but if you on the permanent workers in this part, verj^ old books and take an reputation. Our first week as Pie Card Pro parture of the Florida last Sun­ must hold your rent to around a state as the guy I spoke to is active interest in things concern­ ing the SIU. Tem was a busy one. The first day. Her schedule calls for her hundred a month or less you'd only one in thousands. This practice of working fol­ day, a well dressed gentleman return to Miami on November- better steer clear of this town. As soon as our telephone is low wages has forced a general installed—which will be in a LABOR PROBLEM walked in, wanted to know the IB, but we won't be idle until One thing which makes living cut in wages around here and few days—we will get in touch price of two Books for a couple that date as we have received word that the Evangeline is due a tough proposition down here naturally has caused a drop in with the other focal AFL unions. of friends of his. As in Tampa, we will take an After he found out the score ii here tomorrow with the Yar- is the influx of boomers or sea­ the standard of living. ATTENDED MEETING active part in Central Trade and about the Books, he told me that nrouth to follow in a few days. sonal workers. The crew of the SS Florida Labor meetings. I spoke to one of them recent­ The presence of these two he knew Mr. Such or Somebody has expressed itself as being ly and was told he had worked The Laundry Workers have of the Bull Line, and others. He ships in port will be enough to very anxious to get in on the been in to see us—purely a so­ all summer up north and, having keep us busy for awhile. didn't mention the Goverilor, Like the temperature down saved his dough, he had come to voting which started this week. cial call. Their business agent though. Thei'e were some other char­ here, prices are tei'rifie. Nothing Miami to escape the cold weath­ There are 155 book members on is an old friend of the Seafarers this wagon and that's a good stemming from the days the SIU acters in, too. A fellow with a sells for less than a buck, thus er. Since he feels he need only number of voters in any election. took an active part in a beef they tripcard wanted a ship to Norfolk when a fellow starts looking for At oui- meeting here last week, had in Tampa. i—Baltimore would do, he said. a place to live he is really up make enough to scrape along, he doesn't mind taking a job for all hands from the Florida at­ The good name of the SIU He 'was surprised when he was against it. If you have $1500 as a starter less than half the usual wages tended. There is not much beat­ seems to precede us wherever told he was supposed to register ing around the bush with this we go. and four or five hundred bucks paid around here. in order to ship out. Alien Seamen Getting Bad Deai Aii Around; SiU Campaigns To Liberaiize Reguiations High Prices And Cut-Rate Labor Make Miami Tough •'1 �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Great Lakes Organizing Drive Paying Off; Two More Bargaining Elections Due Soon |!^ Friday, November 7. 1947 SIU Volunteer I Discuss Rules On Promotions, Says Dispatcher DETROIT — Even though the ^ The SIU is closely watching its own policies and affairs, but finish of the 1947 sailing season these Kinsman tactics, and is all SIU resources are behind us. By PAUL GONSORCHIK Always remember that the SIU on the Great Lakes is just around fully prepared to deal with the NEW YORK —I wonder how tne corner, the SIU's organiza-1 individuals responsible. This is is a pai-t of the very powerful many members have read the tional drive on the Lakes is once fair warning to any and all Kins- (more than 250,000 members) letter pertaining to shipboard more gaining momentum, and man stooges that the SIU Great AFL Maritime Trades Depart­ promotions in the LOG of Oct­ we'll probably finish the season Lakes District will not tolerate ment. Members in the Longshore­ ober 24, and Paul Hall's article in typical SIU style with a string coercion or unfair labor practices. men, Teamsters, Radio Officers. on the same subject October 31. of election victories. Unorganized seamen who have Pursers, Grain-scoopers, Licensed Brother Lee seemed to me to Proof of the fact that we're signified their desire of having and Unlicensed Tugmen, Ma.sters, hit the heart of the matter when once more driving ahead at full the SIU as their Union will have Mates and Pilots (MM&P) unions, hf pointed out that shipboard speed lies in the scheduling of the full backing of the SIU in as well as me SIU, are all affili­ pi emotions led to a lot of jock­ ated with the Maritime Tiades an election for the three Shen- J gny all beefs, eying for position and playing ot Dept. ango Furnace Company ships SIU STRENGTH favorities. In addition, don't forget that within the next few days (around Maybe many members would Nov. 15). Also, a meeting is be- j Unorganized Lakes seamen almost eight million members in say it isn't so but, if you think Harry Mooney, Bosun aboard ing held in Cleveland to set the, who are in favor of the SIU the most powerful federation in that, remember some of your date for the Kinsman Transit. Great Lakes District as their the World, the American Fedei'a- the Cities Service tanker SB own past voyages. Recall the acts Union should realize that the tion of Labor, line up solidly be­ Chiwawa, says that SIU observ­ Company election. committed by your Brothers in In addition, latest word from Great Lakes District is one of hind the SIU and all of its affil­ ers are too conservative when violation of the shipping rules, Washington is that both the Han- five autonomous Districts in the iates. they esfimate that 75 percent .of your Union's constitution and The SIU has never lost a beef, na and Wilson cases should be SIU which go to make up the your contracts in their efforts to the crew voted for the Union. more than ninety thousand SIU and with the backing and sup­ processed shortly. get promotions. port of our many AFL affiliates, He says that it was closer to 87 However, whether or not we'll members. You know that the few mem­ The Great Lakes District runs we never shall. percent—the men told him so. be able to get these two elec­ bers doing these things were tions through in time to vote wong, yet you allowed them to the crews before lay-up is some­ go unchallenged. Why? thing still to be determined. Now the talk is about a change SHENANGO VICTORY in shipping rules to prohibit During the past few days, shipboard promotions for all Security program will shake or small—has hit Boston. By JOHN MOGAN we've had occasion to contact , , down so that seamen's applicaIt has come to my attention, hands, not just OS, Wipers and BOSTON-Shippmg and busithe three Shenango ships either though, that several are hitting Messmen personally or through our or­ also, that This talk has its good points, ly as those of all other eligible Providence regularly; point in the Port of Boston dur­ occupations. ganizational staff. there are other signs of increased Shipboard promotions sometimes On the basis of these discus- ing the past couple of week, shipping activity in Providence make members do things that CITIES SERVICE VOTING sions with Shenango seamen, we: There was so much depression and Fall River. Therefore, T am I'eal good Union men shouldn't The election in the Cities Serv­ are sure that they are going to around here I couldn't even think going to survey that area im­ 'stoop to. join the parade of other unor- ! of a happy paragraph or two for ice fleet goes very well with the mediately, as it is now complete­ Yet such promotions are okay members living in this area. ganized seamen who have voted the pages of the LOG. if made properly. Nevertheless, ly uncovered. If these ships vote SIU, as our SIU because they wanted SIU | At this writing, the Dispatcher Now for the forecast as we the whole promotion question is knowledge of the crews aboard job security and competent union tells me there are now three Wiknow it now: Within a couple of a point that needs discussion. It representation rather than sail per's jobs on the board for the them assure us that they will, the days the SS Fort Hoskins (Pa­ will, be brought up at the Agents under LCA conditions. [SS Rider Victory (Isthmian), Cities Service refinery in Braincific Tankers) is scheduled to Conference if there is a strong Just pause for one moment and which has been in for a couple tree will be a payoff terminal payoff a foreign voyage in Port­ enough demand from the mem­ and thus provide many jobs from look at the numerous shipping of days. bership. land. companies whose crews have | I hope nobody will get stomped the Boston Hall. WHAT'Y.A SAY? TvV& other tankers of the same Then, too, with an election im­ chosen the SIU as their Union on in front of that blackboard on company are coming in from forWrite in your views on shipthe top deck. But that gives a minent in the Tidewater Co., we in the past year or so. eign next week, and a Waterman board promotions. Are you in have good reason to believe that On the Coasts, we've had the rough idea of how bad things tentatively scheduled for Nov. 4.'favor of the rules on shipboard a contract with this company will huge Isthmian fleet of some have been lately—the beach has be a good boost for the SIU in These may be the forerunners' promotions as they stand? Or do ninety-odd ships vote overwhelm- been loaded with all ratings and this area. of the shipping spurt we have you want Such promotions abolingly' for the SIU. Incidentally,' not a single payoff in the area, Incidentally, since receipt of a every right to expect; but for, ished? the Isthmian SS Company is a A great many of the boys have Big Steel subsidiary, just like bade us a fond adieu in the past letter from the Organizers re­ the time being, and until further I For the information of the Pittsburgh on the Great Lakes, few days and headed for Balti- garding the coming election in notice, fast shipping can't be Brother who wants the regfetration list changed so that a mem­ In addition, crewmembers of more, where shipping is report- this fleet, not one tanker—large found in Beantown. ber registering always will know the Ponce, Tidewater, Tanker o^ly very good. just how many are ahead of UNEMPLOYMENT PAY Sag Harbor, St. Lawrence, Am­ him, let me say this: Of course, with iTie port in the erican Eastern, Petrol Tankers, The registration list is put up Kearney and Coral fleets have doldrums, many of the members as soon as it is typed by Brother chosen the SIU to represent' have applied for unemployment Hank. But Brother Hank, un­ them. They all know the SIU's compensation. Because handling fortunately, is a busy man. He reputation for having the best the cases of seamen is something By JIMMY BANNERS has not only the registration to contracts and conditions. JACKSONVILLE — For the SIU members. The men who ride type but plenty of other work On the Lakes, Midland (7 past few weeks shipping was as volunteer organizers are the to do. ships), Huron (2 ships) and Wy­ pretty good, but last week'Nit hit real heroes of our Union. Moreover, at times there are andotte (4 ships) have all voted the skids, and the prospectf for We have a crying towel always not enough registered names to for the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ the next couple of weeks ar4 not ready for the president of Sea­ put out a complete sheet to be trict as their Union. too good. We have one Pacjfic way Lines, Limited, an outfit posted on the list. Therefore, at And now comes the Shenango Tankers' scow in here now, and that has one ship, the SS New times there will be a three-day and Kinsman fleets whose sea­ only one South Atlantic ship in Northland. This company was delay in putting up the list. men have stated in no uncertain view during the next little while. organized by us last year, after In regard to the same Broth­ words that they, too, want SIU Our advice to rated and un­ the men came to us to complain er's proposal that a line be protection, security and repre­ rated men is to stay away from that they were being paid wages drawn through the name of each sentation. this port for the time being. ranging from $45.00 to $75.00 per man shipped, let me say that KINSMAN PRESSURE When shipping picks up we will month. this is what is done on the list Recently, we've h a d several let the membership know about Now the minimum wage is in the Dispatcher's office. reports that some of the officers new for the unemployment peo­ it through the pages of the LOG. $145.00, and the company is belly­ And let me make clear that aboard the Kinsman ships are ple, there have been a stack of During the past few week.s we aching that with income at $130,- nobody has ever been refused a attempting to intimidate the inquiries to this office from the had a few Tidewater Tankers in 000 per month. Seaway Lines, view of the up-to-date list if he crewmembers. This is an old administrators of the program. here but it was plenty hard to Ltd., will lose money. wanted to know how many were LCA story because member com­ I spent an afternoon in confer­ get men aboard them as the hir­ That's not true, and the com­ ahead of him. panies of the Lake Carriers As­ ence with the Local Board, and ing agent for those ships is a pany is using that as an excuse Of course, if you are a Permitsociation are deathly afraid of most of the difficulties were sur­ tough bird and seems to favor to try to cut wages. I f they at­ man with no dues and no assess­ the SIU. mounted. One important proced­ the NMU. He has allowed the tempt anything like that they ments paid up, there are nine These operators know that once ure for any member filing for un­ NMU to ship full crews aboard his are going to be in for a battle. chances in ten that your name they have the SIU representing employment compensation in this ships right off the board, where­ The officers of the New North­ is not on the list at alb the crews that it'll cost them area is to file immediately after as we have been lucky to place land are not organized, and they In this connection, a word to dough to provide the conditions he gets off his ship. four or five men off the docks. resent that a good proportion of all Stewards Department mem­ and pay the overtime that SIU If he should get a job the first Another bottleneck is the way j the crewmembers earn more a bers. If you Stewards, Cooks contracts demand, and they'll try week he is on the beach, well, some Brothers refuse to take-jobs month than they do, and get paid and Bakers intend to ship on any anything to stop the SIU ! that is just fine and no harm is on unorganized ships where they for overtime besides. Someday it job except Messman, register for There's one important fact for done by so filing. If, on the other won't get SIU wages and condi­ will penetrate their thick skuUs those jobs. Please cooperate with unorganized Lakes seamen to re­ hand, he should be on the beach tions. What those guys don't that belonging to a union is what the Dispatchers. member, and that is that other for weeks, he has assured him­ realize is that an unorganized job obtained decent wages and con­ But remember, no rated man companies have tried these same self of payment for the first today means a Union job in the ditions for the unlicensed per­ can beat a Messman to a job un­ tactics of intimidation and coer­ week. future. Let's take those jobs, and sonnel, and maybe they'll join a less he is a Bookman and the cion, which got them nowhere. In time, this phase of the Social keep them until .relieved by other union too. Messman only holds a Permit. Boston Beach Is Loaded With Rated Men Jacksonville Shipping Fails Qff; Next Weeks Expected To Be Slow �THE Friday, November 7, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Analysis Of Seafarers' Organizing Set-up By LINDSEY WILLIAMS While there is one man left unorganized on the American waterfront, he represents a threat to the standards of every American seaman who has struggled to obtain decent wages and conditions. This is well known to the membership of the Seafarers International Union. It has long been the credo of this Union to or­ ganize the unorganized, and in that way protect the gains made so far, and lay the groundwork for better things in the future. For this reason the report of General Or­ ganizer Lindsey Williams, which starts on this page, is doubly interesting. One, be­ cause it gives the background of SIU or­ ganizing, and two, because it outlines what can be done to make the SIU's position even stronger. O PROGRAM can be drawn up without first taking a look into the past. Before stepping out in a new direction, the record of earlier activities must be re­ called, studied and discussed. We must know where we made mistakes. We must be able to put our past suc­ cessful tactics to further advantage. All our exper­ iences are_ important in the development of new tac­ tics and strategy. It is for this reason that this report begins with the Agents Conference of 1945, which signalled the be­ ginning of the first major period of expansion of the Seafarers International Union. Up to that time union activity consisted mainly of manning ships and handling the many beefs coming from the bureau­ cratic actions of regular governmental and wartime agencies, This 1945 Agents Conference recognized the need for expansion if the Union was to survive the drop in chipping whic'h would follow the war years, and to play an important role in the organized labor move­ ment. More jobs had to be lined up for our shipping boards, and recognition of this problem started the conference on the ground work for organizational planning. All possible fields were surveyed for their organi­ zational possibilities. Immediate objectives were detided upon. Brother Paul Hall was designated Director of Organization. Earl Sheppard, Cal Tanner and myself were assigned to field work. N nothing" policy of some of our officials several other unfavorable conditions confronted us. As direct re­ sult of our restricted participation in the trade union movement, the SIU was not very well known. Many of our own affiliates were barely acquainted with our existence. Yet all the time, the Seafarers had a mili­ tant membership that was straining to get closer to the Found Internal Obstacles labor movement and contribute to its general welfare. What followed has been reported continually jn the With a do-nothing policy prevailing, there was little Union publications. But before we were able to go for­ for the memebrship to do in the way of union activity. ward we ran head on into a multitude of obstacles. Everything was cut and dried and nice and simple. The course that the Agents Conference had charted and That's all very good but it doesn't create jobs, which which the membership had endorsed was not an easy in turn doesn't increase the security of the membership. one to travel, for a number of reasons. And these happen to be among the chief objectives One of the biggest drags on the newly-devised or­ of your Union. If the Union membership is not active it means it is ganizational machinery was the attitude of certain of­ ficials and a few members. They couldn't see any not moving. And if it is not moving, it certainly can­ part of it. Some of them were strictly status quo. They not go ahead. A fully active membership points to figured, "what was good enough for grandpa is good Union progress. Prior to 1945, this fact apparently enough for us. Why so much worry about the future? hadn't been fully realized. Let the future take care of itself," they said, "we're get­ These then, were some of the problems which faced ting along okay." us at the outset. There were others, of course, but only This was the same line incidentally that was respon­ • the more significant have been outlined here. They sible for keeping the Union branches in the dark, musty serve as a sample. Despite all these difficulties, the holes-in-the-walls which were supposed to serve as job had to be done. The Agents Conference recom­ Union Halls. We were kept in a back-alley existence, mendations, which were adopted by the membership, had to get under way. physically as well as otherwise. And on this note, the organizational campaign was Lacked Allies launched. Isthmian Steamship lines was number one In short, these obstacles were based on a refusal to objective. use foresight, courage and intelligence in planning the Started From Scratch Union's future. Spending money for expansion in these guys' opinions was a needless expenditure for which N TACKLING the Isthmian company first, the Sea­ they couldn't see any return even though the prospect farers had taken on a job that could well mark of more jobs for all hands was carefully explained to the beginning or the end of its organizational plunges. them. This was one stumbling block in our path. Because of the reasons already mentioned, we had Another important obstacle in our way was the fact no established procedure, no physical equipment, no that the NMU tactics on the waterfront during the war past patterns that could be brought into play to serve had made them the fair-haired boys of the shipown­ as a starting point in the drive. We had to start from ers and bureaucrats. Our smaller, but more militant scratch. Hiough this had some drawbacks it was a Seafarers . were labeled bad risks who took action at good way to test the ability of our organization. It the point of production when a tough beef arose. The put us on our toes. Isthmian was no fly-by-night two-scow outfit. This NMUers were better guys to do business with—their membership's welfare wasn't the main thing when they target of our first real organizational broadside was one of the world's largest dry cargo operators. Be­ had a wartime beef to settle. Furthermore, we had no active allies. Up to the sides it had successfully resisted unionization of its time of the 1945 Agents Conference, nothing had been seamen through the years. All this had to be consider­ done to keep a close working relationship with other ed in setting up the machinery to do the job. Further­ AFL waterfront organizations, despite the fact that we more, the strategies and organizational techniques that all had a common purpose. We had been living in a were to be applied to the Isthmian project would have shell too long. And that shell had to be broken so that to become the groundwork for all future organizing the Seafarers could go out into the world of organized campaigns. labor and allow the militant force of its membership Organizing headquarters, then, became the central to be felt. operational point. Complete physical apparatus, in­ cluding up-to-the-minute files of all Isthmian ships, NMU Had "Friends" their home ports, destinations, etc., were set up. On the other hand, the NMU had its allies in the Plenty of Volunteers CIO, organizations, which like itself were interlock­ ing because of the communist cliques dominating those We then set out ,to make every Seafarer an organizer. waterfront groups. The memberships of Bridges' In­ This was comparatively easy since the membership ternational Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, was long anxious to get going and do a job in making the Marine Cooks and Stewards, the commie-led locals the SIU the top organization on the waterfront. They of the Marine Engineers, were all directed to support were already working under contracts giving them top the NMU whenever it had a beef, which were, by the wages and conditions and they were raring to build way, mostly, political beefs. the Union by-using these facts as selling points among The NMU's policy of playing ball with the War the unorganized. Members came to organizing head­ Shipping Administration, as it did with the Coast quarters in droves to offer their services in the drive. Guard and other government bureaus, had' won it Classes were held in various ports to acquaint the "friends." And these friends favored the NMU in the men with the organizing techniques. In addition to this expected way by giving" them a break at every pos­ type of instruction they were supplied with organiza­ sible turn and sandbagging the hated Seafarers at tional and educational literature of all sorts—booklets, each opportunity. pamphlets, copies of the SEAFARERS LOG, etc. The coordination and deployment of forces was a Besides the strength of our opposition and the "do- t tremendous task. Despite the magnitude of the job, however, a smoothly working tactical plan gradually took shape. Our strategy, which was originally planned to permit a maximum of flexibility, was adjusted con­ tinually to meet the new, unforseen situations as quickly as they popped up. The elaborate filing system that had been set up was thrown into play, with complete information per­ taining to every single, solitary detail involved in the massive project, large charts showed at a glance a graphic picture of the situation so that organizers could be transferred to spots most in need. LOG Played Part Crews of SIU ships passed the LOG and general or­ ganizational literature to Isthmian crews in every port of the world. Every Isthmian ship in port was leached and organizers contacted the men as they came off, told them of the SIU's program and began getting pledges and signing up members. Thus, the strategy of organizing on the job—at the point of pro­ duction—with the entire shoreside apparatus supple­ menting the work of the volunteer shipboard organ­ izers—was paying off. Meanv/hile, Organization Headquarters had taken steps to add power and impetus to the organizational program. Recognizing that no. organization can prop­ erly convey its message to the unorganized seamen and impress the rest of the organized labor movement with­ out an effective medium of communications, the size of the LOG was increased. This gave the drive full coverage and enabled the membership to keep abreast of the situation as developments occurred. Besides, it became a better medium of membership expression. There was more room for membership expression and exchange of ideas on all phases of the Union's acti­ vities. Many of the membership's suggestions, which were published in the LOG as "Letters to the Editor," were later adopted and incorporated into the organiz­ ing program as well as being made a part of union policy. In carryiing out the strategy of the organizing de­ partment, the whole Union structure became a more closely knit unit. Each branch was kept fully informed of the progress and pitfalls experienced by the others. Tactics successfully employed in one port were like­ wise applied whenever possible in the others. Similarly, when a port would find a plan to be ineffective, the other ports would be so informed so that the changes could be made and duplication of errors avoided. Membership's Ideas Helped To keep the membership up to date on the progress of the drive and fully informed on the techniques em­ ployed, Union organizers appeared as often as possible at port meetings. Every effort was made to give the membership as complete a picture of the situation as possible. Matters were discussed fully, questions were answered and advice given where needed. This regular exchange of ideas and information between the rank and file membership and the organizing staff had pay­ off value for all hands. Many points raised by the membership which were based on actual shipboard experiences with the unorganized were developed and later used with much success. As in every aspect of Union activity, the most im­ portant work was being accomplished at the point of production aboard the unorganized ships. It called for tact, understanding of the problems involved, deter­ mination and a sureness that the Seafarers was ably qualified to help the unorganized. The rank and file members who were performing the spadework at the point of production had all these qualities. They served unselfishly, giving much time and energy—all at great sacrifice. To provide an incentive for continuation of these efforts and to show some measure of the Union's appreciation for their all-important contribution, it was decided to make up, to a degree, the loss in wages these men sustained while sailing unorganized. Volunteers Recognized For each month of volunteer organizing activity aboard an Isthmian ship, a stamp for one month's dues was placed in the membership books of these men. This was the very least recognition we could give these men for the great contribution they were making. Internally, at least, the Union's first all-out organi­ zational campaign was meeting with success swiftly and surely. We were doing things and getting places. The job wasn't nearly finished, however. We still had to get the SIU out of that back-alley and into its rightful' place on the map of organized labor. Though by this time we were well-known on the waterfront, little was known of us in the general labor movement, for the reasons previously mentioned. * Contrary to the attitude of some Union officials of bygone years, a labor union cannot survive in a shell. (Continued, on Page t) �>•:-••''-yv- THE Page Eight SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 7, 1947 Recommendations Of General Organizer (Contitilled from Page 7) There are hundreds of trade unions „f which particular field they're tivities are constantly bringing them toother Our drive and the-plans we held for making the Seafarers a major factor in the maritime industry made oui re­ lations with the rest of the labor movement an especial­ ly important consideration. Much of the gams we ex­ pected to make depended on our prestige as a wellinformed and conscious part of the trade union body. So we set out immediately to square away this prob­ lem. ^ First, we became very active in all matters concern­ ing American Federation of Labor unions. We took an active part in beefs of those AFL unions directly af­ fecting us. We aided and supported innumerable beefs, the tugboatmen, the MMP, the teamsters, and the longshoremen to name but a few. As was expected, th( news of our militancy and sincere expression of laboi solidarity spread like wildfire. It proved, too, that our membership previously had not been given ample op­ portunity to show the rest of the movement they had something to contribute. But that was changed, now. White Capped Seafarers From that point on the name Seafarers began to take cn stature. Highly complimentary stories paying tribute to "white-capped Seafarers on the picket lines of fel­ low unionists," appeared frequently in the daily and labor press. Smaller trade unions who admitted that our membership's militancy and savvy on the picket lines would be an inspiration to their members, asked for aid in their beefs. We helped the United Financial Employes. We gave aid to the United Automobile Workers, a powerful CIO organization. There has been a never-ending stream of thanks from locals of the CIO shipyard workers through the nation, for our steady help in their bitterest beefs. Our men who actively supported these other unions, were organizing too. They were organizing good will for the Seafarers. Good-will that would pay dividends later, as for instance, in the 1946 General Strike and finally the Isthmian strike, when pledges of support from other unions poured into headquarters by the hundreds—and unsolicited, at that. New AFL Department To strengthen the prosecution of beefs involving AFL maritime and allied unions, the Seafarers pro­ posed the formation of waterfront groups embracing these unions. The idea was received favorably, and the AFL Maritime Trades Department, a national body of maritime unions was set up, with branches known as Port Councils established in all ports. The wisdom of this move has been established on many occasions, the solidarity of the member unions having been respon­ sible for the quick settling of rnany waterfront beefs, and a close-working relationship. Although practically every phase of union activity was stepped up and streamlined in the course of SIU's new organizational drive, none of them can be re­ garded as separate and apart from the others. They were all inter-related and essential to the main ob­ jective—more jobs on the board, and with it a Union capable of commanding respect on all fronts. LL OF OUR MANY new operations were success­ fully channeled into one bang-up conclusion. Isth­ mian seamen went SIU. On our first attempt, the big­ gest organizational drive in maritime history resulted in victory for the Seafarers. You are all familiar with the actual details of the victory in the election and the events that followed before we were certified. You know, too, of the strike we waged and how we outmaneuvered the company and came off with a firstrate contract. A Scope Broadened In short, 3,000 more jobs went up on Seafarers Hir­ ing Hall boards. The guys who had screamed it couldn't be done and that it was too expensive had to put their tails between their legs. The actual figures told the story. The National Maritime Union, according to a report issued at their recent convention, announced that their campaign had cost more than $300,000 and they lost. We spent less than half that amount—and won. The hamstringers and the hamheads both came out on the short end. Although somewhat obscured by the magnitude of the Isthmian project, there were several other impor­ tant organizational accomplishments recorded by the Seafarers during this period. Rather than put all our eggs in one basket, operations were going on simul­ taneously in other fields. The scope of our activity was broadened. The organizational apparatus divided its operational program into four main sections and while we were winning Isthmian, the same basic techniques were used in each of them with similar success. Organizing personnel were assigned to each of these categories. Steady activity was maintained in each of them. These four sections were: 1. Deep Sea. 2. Inland Waterways. 3. Harbors. 4. Fishermen. Roughly, the apparatus functioned in these fields in this way: High Level Coordination 7. NEW PRESTIGE AND VALUABLE GOOD-WILL throughout all sections of the labor movement, and ex­ tending even to the unorganized seamen. 8. NEW AND BETTER CONTRACTS gained be­ cause of the UNION'S growing strength directly trace­ able to the organizational drive. \ If nothing else, it is apparent that this survey, winch has been limited for purposes of this report, proves beyond a doubt that the future of the Seafarers rests primarily in expansion—in its ability to expand. Our membership has that necessary ability. We need only added determination and a concrete program of Union policy to assure our continued drive forward. Guides for Tomorrow Port Agents and officials were given direct respon­ sibility for their respective area's organizational work. Lessons of the past and present are lost unles.s they They in turn were charged with the responsibility of. serve as a guide for the future. They must be as­ working closely with, and under the direction of the sembled and whittled into shape as guideposts on the organizational staff. They wei-e to give complete as­ road ahead. We must know where we are going and sistance and the use of all port facilities to organizers how we are going to get there. handling points of concentration in their areas. Therefore, it is the opinion of the Organizing De­ This procedure enabled all sections of the apparatus partment that certain fundamental but flexible recom­ to operate on a high level of coordination and no ef­ mendations must be set forth to serve as a basis for forts were sacrificed and no energies were wasted. the Union's operation in the immediate future. From Here again, proof of the soundness of our program our experiences and our studies of past and present is best demonstrated by the final results. Significant mistakes and successes, we have come to definite con­ gains were chalked up in every field. Some of the clusions with regard to the future. These conclusions more outstanding additions to the SIU's constantly in­ have been translated into a much-needed,, workable creasing list of contracted companies as a direct result basic plan, which is herewith offered to the member­ ship for consideration. of this program are these: American Eastern SS Co. Atlantic Towing Co. Gulf Canal Lines. Kearney SS Co. Midland Steamship Co. Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co. Ponce Cement Corp. Sag Harbor Tanker Corp. Seaway Lines, Ltd. St. Lawrence Navigation SS Co. G. & T. Towing Co. Crosby Navigation Inc. Coral Steamship Corp. Meseck Towing Lines, Inc. Petrol Tanker Industries, Inc. Pratt Steamship Co. Huron Transportation Co. Coast Transportation Co. Whiteman Towing Co. Wyandotte Transportation Co. Isthmian SS Co. W ITH THE THOUGHT in mind of using" every part of the Union's structure in the SIU's continued successful drive, the following is therefore recom­ mended: 1. Official's Dulies and Responsibilities: ' • a) Port Agents and officials shall be responsible in their respective ports for all organizational activities in their areas and shall center the port's full facilities and strength on any or­ ganizational objective selected by the Union. b) Each Port Agent to make certain that the membership in his port is thoroughly acquaint­ ed with current Union policy and to stress at all times the need for full participation by all hands. 2. Member's Duties and Responsibilities: ' Plenty of Assets In terms of jobs our gains have even more punch. Since our program was launched a total of 7,102 jobs was added to our hiring hall boards. In shipping, however, the percentage of replacements needed for jobs must always be taken into consideration. For the new jobs, then, 2,130 men are required as replace­ ments. So the net gain in jobs is even greater and jumps the total to 9,232 new jobs, and more are com­ ing in every day. Furthermore, our organizing drive set up the SIU Marine Allied Workers, a union of maritime and allied workers, dredge-boatmen, shore gangs, etc., with a dues-paying membership of 1,000. In the Gulf area, independent fishermen's organizations totaling 8,000 members were affiliated with the SIU through efforts of our Organizing Staff. All of this means that in the past two and a half years 15,102 new jobs in the maritime field have been acquired by the Union. Jobs by the Thousands N So the SIU has marked up terrific gains in the past couple of years. Out of the program recommended by the Agents Conference in 1945, today we find our­ selves in possession of these assets: 1. A BASIC PATTERN, definitely proven success­ ful, which can now be used in all future organizational efforts. 2. A COMPLETE PHYSICAL SET-UP to handle the highly detailed job of research, record-keeping, volunteer organizers, ships, etc. 3. A WELL-TRAINED ORGANIZING STAFF with experience gained on the .spot in many fields. 4. EDUCATIONAL MACHINERY equipped to turn out the demands of any project. 5. A UNION-CONSCIOUS MEMBERSHIP capable and alert and taking a more active role in their Union affairs, and through their Union, in the labor movement generally. 6. MEMBERSHIP AND A VOICE in the powerful AFL Maritime Trades Department, an extremely ef­ fective group in all waterfront beefs. a) To read all SIU literature and to familiarize themselves with the Union's program and poli­ cies and implement same. b) To cooperate with shoreside officials in all Un­ ion matters affecting the general welfare, whether it be an SIU beef or aiding another trade union. c) That each SIU member consider himself a Un­ ion organizer, and support the Union's ex­ pansion drive in every possible way. 3. Education: a) Port Agents to see to it that the matter of educating the membership on Union policy and program occupies a proper place on the agenda of their respective port meetings. b) That the SEAFARERS LOG be maintained at its present status, and if at all possible, ex­ panded to 20 pages in the near future; the additional space to be devoted to a broader coverage of affairs in the maritime industry. c) Additional books and pamphlets to be issued on all SIU matters, with particular reference to Union history and background,. 4. Relafions With AFL Affiliates: a) Port Agents are to actively participate in the Port Councils of the Martime Trades Depart­ ment; they should also make certain the SIU is actively represented in all local AFL coun­ cils and should affiliate with State and City Federations and participate in their conduct wherever possible. Closer cooperation can be achieved by acquainting other unions with our problems and familiarizing ourselves with theirs. b) The SIU is to actively assist all Trade Unions in honest, legitimate beefs, whenever possible. These recommendations are simple and workable. They are based on the strong need for continued or­ ganization and expansion on which the Union's future depends. The only thing needed to make these recom­ mendations effective is the full cooperation of every Seafarer, from newest permit to the official. The ultimate objective of the Seafarers is one mari­ time union—the Seafarers International Uiiion. The carrying out of a correct organizational program is the cnly means towards this end. �^•e3<i', Friday. November 7. 1947 i- , THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS White Sands Crew Got Big Publicity Flay Misfortune Stalked During Extended Layover In English Port SS Chamberlain On Hectic 9-Month Trip A 38,000-inile trip around the world climaxed by the sale of their ship to an English oil com­ pany ended last week when the crew of the White Sands, a for­ mer Pacific Tanker vessel, re­ turned to the States from Eng­ land, where local newspapers had featured them on two occasions. The voyage of the White Sands crew, as told to the LOG by James "Red" Fisher, QM, began in April in Long Beach, Cali­ fornia, and after stops in New Zealand, the Persian Gulf, Shanghai, Gothemburg, Sweden, the vessel pulled into Falmouth England, in September, where the T-2 tanker was turned over to its new owner. After a month on the beach in England the men were repatriat­ ed to the United States by air Death, disease and disaster dogged the SS Joshua L. Chamberlain on its January to October voyage from San Pedro across the Pacific and round Good Hope to Norfolk, ' i'- CREWIvlTtN DIES The former Pacific tanker White Sands in drydock at Fal­ mouth, England, shortly before she was sold to a British oil com­ pany. Photo taken by Seafarer James "Red" Fisher, one of the crew. know that the men were seamen trying very hard to get back to the States where they could re­ sume their work, i^hat of sailing. The newspapers quoted the crew as saying, "We have been here eating your ratio^^s and doing nothing. People who see us con­ tinually walking around idle call us ''spivs," which we resent." The newspaper report went on to say that the crew had been under the impression that the ship was putting into Falmouth for minor repairs and the sale of the vessel was a shock to them. When they were told the ves­ sel was to be sold, the paper re­ His red hair clipped close. ported, they were promised im­ White Sands crewman "Red" mediate reparation so they sent Fisher tries to keep cool in their gear forward to the States. As a result, they have been forc­ Persian Gulf. ed to manage the best they can arrriving on October 13 with the during their 30-day stay with payoff taking place on October only the clothes on their backs. The second newspaper story, 15. While the crew sweated out its published in the London Newsmonth-long stay in England, two Chronicle, was a feature story of times their activities were writ­ the cat belong to Sunny Kachaten up in London newspapers. doorian, one of the White Sands crew. RESENTED REMARKS The first newspaper account Kitty, as Sunny calls his cat, reported the men as being tired was found on the Galveston wa­ of ther long delay in being re­ terfront and fed with an eye patriated and were becoming re­ sentful of being called "spivs," the English term for people who do not work and their source of income one of suspicion. The people, of course, did not On the way from New West­ minister to Saigon, Indo-China, an AB .seaman came down with tuberculosis. Hospitals in Saigon and, later, in Singapore were too crowded to take care of him. Just JACK ELLIOTT before the Joshua made Mel­ bourne, he died and was buried at sea. In Wellington, New Zealand, Elliott and another man who had been in the same foc'sle with the deceased were X-rayed for TB. It turned out that the other man had contracted it, and he was Sti-essing the fact that mem­ hospitalized, and at the same bership in the SIU is a privilege time the Ship's Carpenter was that must not be abused. Seafar­ sent back to the States with ul­ er James Davis pointed out to cers, before the Chamberland de­ the crew of the Aram J. Pothier parted for Norfolk Island. that that Union did not want In Brisbane, Australia, another performers or slackers in its crewmember got off for an op­ ranks. eration, catching up with the ship "The Union," he said, "does in Sydney from where an Oiler not want performers or slackers, with ulcers followed the Car­ but responsible men who will penter back to the States. After live up to the Union contracts as 'steaming from Australia to Lae, well as fight for the gaining of New Guinea, and Rabaul, New those contracts." Britain, then back to Milne Bay, Speaking to the crew at the New Guinea, the Joshua made Oct. 4 meeting at sea, Davis em­ Soerabaja, Java, where the Sec­ phasized to the Isthmian men the ond Mate and an OS got off with importance of reporting for duty appendicitis and the Radio Oper­ ready for work, in a sober condi­ ator had a nervous breakdown. tion. "Men who fail to do so," Da­ "SPARKS" DASHES vis explained, "are warned by The Radio Operator was un­ the Union. Failure to take steps able to stay in the hospital at against these men threatens the entire validity of the Union's Soerabaja, and remained with the contracts. The membership of the ship through visits to several SIU must be protected from the more island ports including Ma­ few who disregard the contract cassar and a second stop at Milne and imperil the Union's struc­ Bay. At Port Moresby, New Guinea, the Skipper finally drop­ ture." He also pointed out to the ped him. If Sparlcs wasn't crazy crew that where warnings fail, before, he sure was by the time steps are taken against chronic he got to Moresby, Elliott says. On the long voyage home, the pciTormers whereby they are Second Cook fell sick in Durban, barred from tire Union. The minutes of the meeting re­ South Africa, and very nearly port that Brother Davis' talk died. One of the Messmen had an strongly impressed the crewmen. attack of appendicitis at sea, just "All crewmembers seem very barely making it into Port Eliza­ anxious to learn all they can beth, South Africa. about the SIU and seem whole­ From Elizabeth the ship got all heartedly in favor of the SIU," the way to the Virginia Capes reported the minutes. without further disaster. Or per­ Following the talk by Brother haps Elliott just doesn't want to Davis it was moved that more remember anv more. information concerning the SIU be secured for the crew when the ship reaches its first U. S. port. Meeting at 6 p. m., the gather­ ing was chaired by Steve Bain-y and recorded by E. B. Linkenhoger. Union Discipline NO CAN DO Important, Says In England he was told the animal would have to be. drown­ Pothier Crewman dropper following abandonment by its mother. ed but Sunny countered by say­ ing they would have to put a rope around his neck before he would allow them to dispose of his pet. Finally an arrangement was worked out whereby the animal was given a permit stipulating that it would have to be kept in a cage and have no contact with other cats. In addition, it cost Sunny $100 for Kitty's care dui-ing the lay­ over. He told the newsmen, "I am not going back to the States unless she comes with me, and when we get to America, I am going to see that Kitty meets some other cats. "You see," he explained, "she has never seen one yet." After their month-long wait in Falmouth they were finally clear­ ed for air passage. They flew to Brussels, Belgium, where they boarded a trans-Atlantic airplane and on October 13 arrived at La Guardia Airport in New York. 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, and 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 wayl according to Jack Elliott, AB, who was driven to growing a beard on the way. While the ship was in New Westminister, Australia, the Bo­ sun was fired on a technicality, but it was common knowledge among the crew that he was heaved because he refused to take any guff from the Chief Mate. However, this was only the beginning of a trip that was to be.a series of misfortunes. From lefl fo right, "our good man 'Friday.' Red Jacobs and Joe King chipping decks of the White Sands' while at sea," is the caption forwarded for this one by Red Fisher. <r:i 1 �SI." . 'r'-m •• . Page Ten THE SEAFARERS . • • y .^ , LOG Friday, November 7, 1947 SlU Ships' Minutes In Brief JOLIET VICTORY. Aug. 18— GOVERNOR DIXON. Sepi. 21 Chairman D. Southwood; Secre­ (Chairman and Secretary not tary T. Little. Delegates report­ ^•en)—New Business: Fines set ed all srfiboth in their depart­ for different offenses. Crew drew ments. New Business: Motion A\J up recommendation that the that menu be changed to include Chief Cook is not capable of more lamb chops and French carrying out his duties. He is not toast. Motion carried that crew to be allowed to sail as Chief take better care of messhall. Mo­ Cook until membership finds him tion carried that scuttlebutts be capable of chiefs duties—to sail cleaned in rotation by aU depart­ as 3rd cook for one year. ments. Good and Welfare: Sug­ X. X X gestion that slopchest prices be CARLSBAD. Sept. 17—Chair­ investigated and a letter be sent man William Trigg; Secretary to New York from Capetown on Robert W. Armstrong. Delegates the matter. reported long lists of disputed AUGUSTINE VICTORY. Sept overtime. Good and Welfare: XXX 7—Chairman Richard Darville; MANDAN VICTORY. Sept. 14 Chairman asked what suggestiops Secretary Carl Bedame. New —Chairman Moyer; Secretary members of the crew have for Business: Meeting held for pur­ Gowder. Delegates reports ac­ the good and welfare of the ship. pose of recommending or reject- cepted. New Business: Delegates Suggestion that ship be fumi­ LECTIONS FOR 1948 i n g crewmembers applications to see Patrolman regarding di­ gated. Steward Department com­ ATLAMTIC AND SOLF for SIU membership. Recom­ vision of the cleaning of the pass­ mended by entire crew for its OFFICIALS CONTINUE mended: Donald F. Beckman. ageways. Glesen, FWT, wanted proficient manner in serving the 'Vernon Peters. Richard O'Reilly. to know why so many watches WlLTHE END OF THE ship's personnel. Carl J. Bedame. Norman Horo­ are missed in port and why he YEAR. YOUR VOTE WILL HELP KEEP THE witz. D. W. Kimbrell. Alfred Hel­ had to stand watches up to 24 SIU OM ITS PEMOCRATIC COURSE. IT'S per. Herman Adams. James Mc­ hours without relief. Good and YOUR UNION — HAVE VOUR SAY ABOUJ Carthy and Ernest Eugsl. Nine Welfare: Brother Aubrey to keep ITS FUTURE? men found unfit for membership laundry clean for the remainder in the SIU. Good and Welfare: X X % of the trip. One minute of sil­ HATHORN. Sept. 7—Chairman Recommendation that the LOG ence for Brothers lost at sea.. Korolia; Secretary John G. Brady. be contacted and a write-up pre­ Delegates reports accepted. New pared covering the disgusting Business; All hands failing to conditions in all departments of turn to or stand watch in Hono­ vessel. lulu were given a chance to have By HANK XXX their say. Some pleaded guilty R. NEY McNEELY. Aug. 6— XXX Brothers, don't fail to vote in this election of union officials. and were told to pay fines at pay­ Chairman D. C. Musgrove; Sec­ CYRUS W. FIELD, Oct. 4 — If you're coming off the ship from a trip and perchance plan to go off. Good and Welfare; Discus­ retary J. H. Chasserean. Dele­ Chairman J. Michelsin; Secretary sion from SEAFARERS LOG on gates reported no beefs. Good and J. Lauritzen. Delegates reported home for that sudden vacation or to enjoy Christmas home for a change, it won't take long to drop into the hall, cast your vote and the Taft-Hartley Act. Welfare: Agreement that every­ no beefs. New Business: Motion also take home a few copies of recent LOGs to keep yourself in­ one help keep recreation room carried that reports of the pre­ XXX formed of various union news and other information. It's always ALBERT K. SMILEY, Sept. 7 clean; standby clean tables for vious meeting and present meet­ worthwhile to know what's going on or what lies in the future. —Chairman Edward Burke; Sec­ watch coming on duty. One min­ ing be sent to SIU headquarter?. Likewise, before you grab a job off the board be sure you've voted retary Donald J. Smith. Dele­ ute of silence for Brothers lost at Motion carried that an education­ and that book records the fact. gates reported no beefs in their sea. al program be started to give the departments. New Business: Mo­ younger members points on how X X^ X tion carried that ship be fumi­ ship's meeting should be con­ Brothers, there's another thing. In your halls you now have gated. Motion carried that all ducted. Motion carried that any­ an official printed form for recording those shipboard meet­ dry stores be checked and all one settling beefs individually be ings. Take some with you before . you sail so that you don't damaged stores be removed. fined the sum of $50 and money have to write those meetings down on poslage-size pieces of Slopchest to be adequately sup­ to be donated to LOG. Good and ^ » paper—or use those menus ... To the brothers of the Alcoa ship plied. Motion carried that an SEATRAIN TEXAS. Aug. 31— Welfare: Greenhaw spoke on havJohn Ringling: Due to overloaded conditions with packages, etc.. adequate supply of porthole fans Chairman William E. Pepper; foc'sles enlarged and the installa­ in the Post Offices and the means of transportation, the LOGs be secured for ship. Good and Secretary Josia Magill. Delegates tion of a recreation room. One take quite some, time to reach their foreign destinations. The Welfare: All officers aboard con­ reported on number of books and minute of silence for Brothers Madrid Bar in Georgetown. British Guiana gets their LOGs sidered to be a good bunch with permits in their departments. ost at sea. about as quick as some of the places in the States do. You can't exception of 2nd Mate. New Business: Bosun moved to XXX fight the Post Office—they're trying their best, no doubt. have Steward provide a locker on car deck for soiled linen. Mo­ XXX tion carried to find out how many Bosun Bera Smyley said last week he was sailing for the Cuban cigarettes are allowed to be car­ sugar run . . . Brother Charlie Bush just come in from a trip to ried aboard a vessel of this type. Genoa and other ports . . . Brother Dusan dei Dusan, "Old Chile" Motion carried: that crewmem­ to shipmates, said with hardly a smile last week on his mustached bers of this ship to go on record face that Life was tough. He had a beef. Just a miserable cup of asking the Union to fill all jobs RICHARD RUSH. Aug. 14— coffee made him sweat like anything—and he couldn't understand XXX ALCOA PIONEER. Sept. 21— before the sixty day men are Chairman Sheldon; Secretary it and just didn't like it, either . . . Brother Red Braunstein sailed (Chairman not given). Secretary pulled off. This requested in view homas. Delegates reported a this week for a shorty of a trip—destination Norway. Red says he D. A. Gardner. Engine and Deck of the fact that ship sails short- few hours of disputed overtime can throw the Norwegian language around, too, after being on a Delegates reported all okay m handed on every trip. in their departments. New Busi­ Norwegian skol (for humor's sake we'll say that, instead of using their departments. Stewards ness: Motion by Sheldon that the word scow) for five months. Oh, that wintry North Atlantic— XXX Delegate Richard M. Clarke re­ MONARCH TOF THE SEAS each department hold a meeting you sure need some Norwegian steam after you cross over . . . Here's quested that racks in dry store­ Aug. 8—Chairman F. A. Wide- on matter of accepting tripcard- a few oldtimers who probably are still in rainy New York: Chief room be repaired. Good and Wel­ gren; Secretary M. Troxclair. ers. Motion that a vote of thanks Cook H. Morris, AB H. Ramos, Bosun E. Nunez, Bosun M. Riechelfare: James L. Bennett, Engine Delegates reports accepted. New be given SIU headquarters for son, AB G. Gellatin, AB J. Flores, FOW A. Dudde, Paddy Nash, E. Delegate, agreed to see about Business: Motion carried that the new wage increase. Collec­ Samia and P. "Williams. having an extension put on the delegates call to N.O. Agent's at­ tion made for cable to express steampipe so two men. can boil tention the shortage of men in crew's thanks on this matter. clothes at the same time. Three the Deck Department. Motion Good and Welfare: Woodruff Last week one brother asked us to pass along this advice to hatches, topping and cargo gear carried that cots and keys be se­ moved a vote of thanks for en­ SIU ships hitting the port of Pusan in Korea. The natives and in imsafe working conditions. Bo­ cured by Steward. Motion car­ tire Stewards Department for ex­ the American soldiers axe rough with seamen. One sailor, de­ sun had the Mate see Captain ried that ali lockers be checked. cellent food and service on trip. fending himself against several natives in a bar was charged about overhauling gear—Captain Those needing repairs be taken with wrecking the place to the extent of 30.000 yen (which is XXX refused. Message to be sent to care of. Education: Pro and con $300 American) by the American GI court and since he couldn't JOHN B. HAMILTON. Aug. 31 New York Branch notifying what discussion on improving ship­ Chairman Tony Zarrago; Secrepay it (or wouldn't) was thus sentenced to six months in a camp. had happened and ask for in­ board conditions. To sum it up. the brother says it doesn't pay to drink or walk lary C. Tylenda. Delegates re­ around ashore in Korea. structions. ported all smooth with all mem­ XXX LaSALLE. Oct. 5 — Chairman XXX bers in good standing. New Busi­ The next session of Congress convening in January is predicted ALCOA CLIPPER. Sept. 14. Joiner; Secretary H. Hankee. ness: List of repairs made up and to take'up the problem of improving dt eliminating the shipping Chairman Bolinger; Secretary Delegates reported no beefs. New approved. Motion carried to laws. On instructions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Shimelinger. Delegates reports Business: Motion carried to check check medicine chest. Motion car­ legal bureau of the Martime Commission is surveying the statutes accepted. Motion by Campbell if wringer and iron ordered have ried to donate cigarettes to sea­ and will report to the committee in the next two months on whether that a new ship's delegate be been put aboard and if not to re­ men in the marine hospital in to revise or eliminate certain laws. We wonder if the SIU will be qlected. Carr elected to the posi­ order in next port. A. D. Sandy whatever port hit. Cigarettes to asked to participate in this serious thing before final action tion. Motion by Munia that no elected ship's delegate. Good and be distributed to men regardless is passed into permanent form. We seem to think that the sailors crewmember pass through the Welfare: Discussion on milk and of union affiliation. Motion car­ have to be represented and defended so that the new laws will not galley during passenger meal food left over -from meals and ried to have keys made for all be cleverly arranged mostly for the shipowners and straitjacketing hours. Good and Welfare: Sug­ yet enough for both crew and doors. All foc'sles to be left ab­ the seamen in more ways than one, and making the punishments gestion by Munia that cocoa mats topside icebox. Decision that solutely clean before signing off more severe than necessary or justified. Seamen cannot and will be placed at the entrance of pass­ when this occurs the food is to ship, as is customary among SIU not be so easily placed into military bondage through the medium :be given to galley. ageway doors. crews. of cleverly worded or hastily passed laws. CUT and RUN $1 �•-.:< •: Friday, Noveniber 7, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Ras Tanura Hospital Lack Draws Wrath Of Seafarer To Ihe Edilor: John Mora, became very ill due to the terrific heat and was taken I've been loJd that this bucfi to a hospital ashore. has been aired before and little There, instead of being given or nothing can bo done about ir., treatment, he was left waiting in nonetheless, I feel tliat this par­ tlie admitting office for ten hours ticular problem should be given and then sent back to the ship, plenty of publicity and then pos­ without even an examination. sibly some thought will be given THE BRUSH OFF the subject toward working out His case was the most severe a solution. but men with sores, rashes, cuts Here in Ras Tanura, Arabia, and bruises, ailments difficult to where our. ship the Steel Inven­ treat aboard ship, were given the tor has spent several weeks, the same brush off. problem of medical treatment for Our skipper attempted to ne­ seamen is a serious one. gotiate a deal with the hospital Recently we had a demonstra­ whgreby Isthmian would pay for tion of how inadequate, or rather the medical services, but no soap. how completely lacking, is the This seems almost criminal to care given seamen. Our Fireman, me inasmuch as we were in port for 32 days in constant 135 degree His Pal The High Priest heat with no shore leave. What made the whole affair so disgusting was the fact that the hospital was not some little na­ tive outfit poorly equipped with medications at a premium; in­ stead it was a first class, air-con­ ditioned set-up owned by the American Arabian Oil Company with a complete staff of doctors and nurses, and plenty of beds available. OFF LIMITS They absolutely refused to treat seamen, at the hospital as it was reserved solely for com­ pany employees. What they would have done had a man col­ lapsed at their doorstep, I hate to imagine. In the m^ntirne, my advice to Seafarers taking ships to the Per­ Charles Jacks.on, 2nd Cook sian Gulf and India is to make aboard ihe Andrew Jackson, sure their medicine chest is well poses wiih the high priest of an stocked. By all means have your dele­ Indian temple whom he met while visiting the Malayan gates and Patrolman check the Straits town of Klang, four hospital supplies aboard your miles inland from Port Swet- ship before you pull stakes— ham. The stop in Port Swet- there are no drug stores in Ras ham was one of many made by Tanura. John A. Sullivan the Waterman ship during its SB Sfeel Inventor trip around the world. Check It - But Good Check the slop chest be­ fore your boat sails. Make sure that the slop chest con­ tains an adequate supply of all the things you ere liable to need. If it doesn't call the Union Hall immediately M They have .stated in no uncer­ tain terms that the.y intend to diminish and practically aboli.sn the Merchant Marine in favor of competing foreign powers. Seems like first one thing and then another! Do we have to sit back and take it, or isn't it about time we took an active interest in these things? SHADES OF '30 Tied up in the Bay at Vera Cruz, Mexico, the MV Ponce. Ponce Cement Company, unloads cargo onto a lighter. Sugar refining machinery for the processing of Mexico's sugar was the principal cargo put off in the Mexican port. Port Solidarity Stops Ponce Go's Scab Hiring Move To the Editor: Five crewmembers of the Ponce pose for their picture while the ship was tied up in Vera Cruz, left to right — De.niel Gonzales, Crewmess; Thomas Gonzales. AB; unidentifed crewmember; Victor Carbone. Bosun; and Luiz. Wiper. On our last stop in Philadel­ phia the crew of the MV Ponce showed the company that at­ tempting to break an agreement with the SlU and hire a non­ union crew just doesn't go with seamen of the SlU. While we were tied up in that port, the Union's contract with Ponce Cement Company e.xpired; immediately the Captain started looking around for men he could hire off the pier. Of course we immediately no­ tified the Philly Hall of the Skipper's doings and also told the longshoiemen loading the ship that attempts were being made to hire scabs. A Ballade Of The Wonderful Life (TO "ENGINE ROOM JIMMY") By J. W. HASKELL 'Though he searches all day and at night he does pray. Not a school dots the sea's broad expanse. When the bait is all gone, in the mud of the Bay Of Corinto his anchor he plants. At the Pheonix Bar he gets the urge for romance; Of the flesh-pots he partakes in b.Uss. One week later he's got that which shatters love's trance, t . It's a. wonderful life. It sure it. To the Editor: li scorns like at la.st the bureauciats have come out with that long awaited .stab in the back. THE PONCE DISCHARGING CARGO Log -A- Rhythms There is a saying they like down by Point Loma way; When a fisherman meets with mischance. He has found that the irony of it does pay. For it staves off his ulcers' advance. Yeah, it hands him a laugh, does this cute utterance; If. when everything's going amiss. He remarks, with a glance from a sly countenance. "It's a wonderful life. It sure is." Sees Thousands Unemployed If MC Ship Sales Continue We got quick action from both the Hall and the longshoremen. The longshoremen immediately quit work on the ship, the crew piled off and the Philly Patrol­ man had a little talk with the Skipper. When Ihe corner rack dope keeps him blinded with spray As he splashes in exuberance; Or he's smacked in the back with a skipjack, let's say. Due to muscle and gross ignorance; When he piles on the reef where San Lucas outslants And comes home, broke, to find that dear Liz Has blown town with his car and two wild Mexicans. It's a wonderful life. It sure is. NOTHING HAPPENED For three days the Ponce lay waiting for cargo and seamen, but nothing happened. Finally the skipper saw that the ship was not going to sail with a scab crew so he called the Patrolman aboard for another talk. It wasn't many hours later that the SlU had another contract with the Ponce Company. The crew stuck together, the long­ shoremen showed real soidiarity and the Ponce remains a SlU vessel. Hats off to Philly for do­ ing a good job on our beef. ENVOI Sir. when Fate deals you a good, swift kick in the pants. Don't feel bad 'cause you're getting the biz. Like the fisherman, proclaim, with insouciance. "It's a wonderful life. IT SURE IS. Julio Pacheco MV Ponce • h? Shades of the 1930s are hang­ ing over our heads, and little do we realize it. There are many issues looking us squarely in the face. First of all, by transferring the laid-up fleet to foreign owners, we will be forced to lay off thousands of shoreside workers and mainten­ ance -crews at present employed in various bone,yards along both the East and West Coasts. Sec­ ond, one of the greatest threats, aside from that, is that after turning over our inactive fleet we will start on the active fleet, la.ying off thousands of seamen, men who have taken to the sea as a regular vocation. By so doing the Government will clutter up the industry with more men than ships, thereby giving the shipowners a chance to sneak in scab labor. With such a set-up, scabs and finks will be abundant. \r • SUITS SHIPOWNER Such a move is made to suit the demands of American ship­ owners. They can ship thefr car­ goes in foreign bottoms at lower rates, and they will try to use fink crews on the few ships that remain. Don't forget that these ships were built by American labor and with American money. Whyshould we let others profit by our lulls! We are already being exploited by the shipowners and turning our ships over to foreign nations will give them a greater stranglehold on us. Wish men like "Frenchy" Mi-? chelet and "Steamboat" O'Doyle would take up where I leave off and show the membership that this is virtually a "Sword of Damocles" over our heads. Dennis G. Saunders Brooklyn. N. Y. Doiibleday Skipper Was Tops, Says Crew To ihe Edilor: We, the crewmembers of the SS Abner Doubleday of the Al­ coa Steamship Co., would like to express our appreciation for the consideration and cooperation given by the master, Capt. L. A. Bodden during the past voyages. His attitude as a whole has been one of understanding as to the well-being and comfort of. all departments. It is very rare that a "salt" has the good fortune to sail under a master such as ours. Believe us fellows, he is tops. Here's hoping that in the future we run into more like him. Crewmembers SS Abner Doubleday.' At Sea • -fi >• f �Pitge Twelve IV THE SEAFARERS Plan Proposed For Old Age, Disabled Seamen's Benefits LOG Friday. November 7, 1947 Leaning Tower Only Thing The Bmu Lacks Is Mechanical Floor Show - step out of line—let him make a donation, instead of logging him You have probably heard the for the offense. The donation To the Editor: expression, "a skeleton in the would equal his log total. The I would like to enter this bit of news for all to read. We left closet." Well, I would like to skipper was a regular fellow and Philadelphia on Sept. 27, with a load of coal for Antwerp, Belgium. bring a couple of them to light, went for the plan 100 percent. We got out 2,300 miles when the condenser went haywire on us. right now. The result was that over $69 was Our master minds, one in particular, tried their best to fix it. First, I would like to open the donated to the hospital fund in All went well, but still no go. We finally had to call for tugs to subject of old-age and merchant the port where we paid off. tow us in. They towed us to Falmouth, England. From hei-e we seamen's benefits, so that the Now, instead of the company are supposed to proceed to Antwerp, if we can. membership can discuss this at getting the dough, and the sea­ the various- halls of our Union. men facing a gestapo unit (Coast WHAT. NO FLOOR SHOW? This is a subject that has been Guard), why not turn this money On this ship, you turn your bunk light on to read, and the neglected. over to an old-age and disabled fan starts to run. You turn on your fan and the radio tunes in. You Next 5^ar the Union will be seamen's fund. This worked out open the cold water faucet and you get hot water. We are now ten years old and when the or­ perfectly on the Meeker and I All hands always look up to waiting to turn on the coffee urn spigot and get pepsi-cola, or a ganization came into being there do not see why the Union can­ •was a vanguard of old seamen not effect an agreement with all Seafarer James C. Barnelte. sign to come out and say "Empty." We have a "master mind" on the ship who is a "fix-em up art­ from the start. The Union has contracted companies to follow Here's the 6-f.oot, 8-inch Deck ist." We can thank him and his side-kick for all the delights we fought an uphill battle ever since this procedure. Engineer flanked by Roy Pierce. have on this ship. When I say delights, I mean just that. They are those days even participating in From a disciplinary stand- Oiler, and George Reed. Fire­ always fouling up de lights. What lies ahead for the mighty SS a global war. This brings to mind point, an offender loses the man when the three were ship­ Salvador Brau, is yet to be seen. a man in our midst, narpely, the dough, as in the past, and the We have the Third Mate as Second Mate and the Second Mate merchant seaman who was dis­ well-deserving Union men get mates aboard the Bull line scow SS Louis Kossuth. Barnette. as the Third Mate. The Third abled in the war. the benefits they should have re­ Mate, the poor guy, is a good Joe, /^J I'tL JAB HIM who submitted photo, says FOUND EVERYWHERE ceived years ago. Last of all, the .,-3 I To PIEOiSjl but a little punchy from not Pierce and Reed were "good Men like these can be found gestapo is left on third base, ducking enough. Everytime the Jerry Thaxton in every port of call. Something standed. guys to sail with." phone rings on the bridge, he should be done for these men goes into his shadow boxing. The and the sooner the Union launch­ Second Mate is a good egg, but es a program for their benefit, you have to decode what he the better off they will be. Once tells you because he isn't too they were heroes in dungarees good on the English language. but now they are forgotten men. If you open a can of beer any­ a. m. and another at 6 p. m. from Do you think this is fair com­ To the Editor: where on the ship, we have a guy the ship to the dock. pensation for the price some of Someone is always writing m who can smell it and tell you If a man missed the launch in them had to pay? about a bucko Mate or a tyran­ what part of the ship it is being Now for the other rattlebones nical Skipper and this letter is the morning he was really out of opened on. He is on the 12-4 watch and doesn't oil or fire, so that iuck and got the old two for one, in the closet. I have had some­ no exception. leave only one department he could be in. but when a Captain is so drunk thing on my mind for a long Aboard the Nampa Victory, time, and that is these so-called Waterman, the Chief Mate and tnat he is unable to handle the ALL HANDS ON THE DECK payoff of an entire crew, as this Skipper gained the distinctions The Deck gang are a swell bunch of fellows, with a few on from guy was, he is mt penalized and of being the hardtimers aboard the last voyage. They all claim they don't drink too much, just the crew is inconvenienced. ship. enough to fall down. The Black Gang is also a swell bunch. During the voyage a man was DOUBLE CROSS The Stewards gang is okay also, with two very good mess hurt dumping garbage, but in­ boys who know how to work together. One in the Stewards de­ This character has the idea that stead of reporting it as such the he's a god instead of a lowly man. partment in particular is fat John from Philly. He is one • of the Chief Mate listed it as occurring oldtimers. He lost his key one day, and if he asked one man, vhil-e handling hatches. This in At the beginning of the voyage he asked the whole crew if they saw it. Now we call him "key-key." spite of the fact that the hatches he promised the men plenty of Well, I can't say much more this time, but I will send more at v/ere all battened down at the overtime, but when we left New­ the end of the trip—if we make it. time, so you can see the phony port News he told the Mate not So we proceed to^Antwerp, without fuse pulling, wire jerking, type of reports this character to have any work done on over­ and master minds, who still think a fuse box is a bus stop—becau.se time until the return trip. dreamed up. they keep going on and off. However, during the return Then a word about the Cap­ Tony Zarraga, Eng. Delegate tain. At the payoff there was trip it was the same thing. Both SS Salvador Brau slopchests. This has been a thorn some overtime due the men on the Captain and the Mate thought in the Union's side ever since deck and the Captain said he that if overtime was paid the its earliest days. The slopchest would make out a payroll for the men Waterman wouJd go broke. beefs appearing in the LOG have overtime due. Taking him at his Naturally, Walermai' did not go outnumbered any other beef. Joe word, I went to the Waterman of- broke nor did he g-vo. them any Louis or Jack Dempsey never ice to collect only to find no reason to do so. We finally got bar k to the got the write-ups this demon payroll had been made up. of Newsweek, dated Sept. 22. beef gets. The present skipper aboard the States, but it is a good thing that To the Editor: Well, the first article I cast my For the slopchests in many in­ ship is just as bad. He refused we hit port when we did as there I haven't sounded off for a long stances do not carry everything to put aboard fresh water in Lis­ was less liian 24 hou s' supply of time so here comes my two cents eyes on was "Senator Taft's Belt." This seemed to be very in­ the law requires, and if they do, bon in spite of our laying there oil aboard worth. teresting, being about the man it is generally known to be of for two weeks, ample time to George Meaney Out here between Honolulu who created the Tuff-Heartless inferior grade or at a top price. make the change. U. S. Marine Hospital and Panama, news being very Act. So right off I figured Taft's According to the foc'sle card the LIQUID RUST Brighton. Mass. scarce, I picked up a past issue recent victory with his slave la­ steamship operators violate this We had water for ten days bor law must have backfired and, section most flagrantly—and so when we arrived in New York, instead of going to his head and far are getting away with it. if you could call it water; it was swelling, must have had a down­ START A FUND dark brown and unfit for a human ward movement and gone to his Several of my friends and I being. stomach, and busted his belt. have discussed this racket and Conditions such as this are But no such luck. we have concluded that the common aboard ships and some Taft's idea was to have us, the Union should take over these people have the gall to state that BROTHER LOST UNION BOOK, American people, tighten up our slopchests and let the Stewards seamen beef too much when they ASKS IF HE CAN GET DUPLICATE belts. run them for the Union. With really have a king's life. I won­ According to Newsweek, Taft Since my Union book and two months' dues were either lost the profits derived from sales, the der if they ever drank brown says the basic reason for high "or misplaced in the mails, I should like to know whether a dupli­ Union could take 10 percent and rusty water. food pi-ices is we the American cate book can be issued to me. Furthermore, I should like to know put it into an old-age and dis­ On one occasion the Captain people eat too much meat, and what to do in a situation like this, so that I may go about getting abled seamen's fund. One of the logged some of the deck gang eat too extravagantly. Newsweek my retirement card. fellows offered the suggestion "two for one" for being off says that according to Jack Darl­ I hope this will appear in the LOG, as I believe it is a matter that we donate one day's pay to drunk, he claimed, one day. The ing, manager of the Senate res­ get this thing started. For a actual reasons for their being ab­ of interest to our Brothers who might get into a situation like taurant, and Taft's own colleagues cause so deserving I think this is sent was the fact that they were this one. Taft has never stinted himself, a fine idea. . John G. Drauch broke and could not get trans­ his favorite order being roast Book No. 49313 Here's another angle that may portation back to the ship. The beef, apple pie and ice cream. get consideration. It worked fine launch schedule allowed for one ANSWER: A duplcaie book can be had by any member Well, Brothers, what could be on the initial venture on the last laimch from dock to ship at 6 making application for one at Union Headquarters and payment more expensive and more extra­ trip of the Ezra -Meeker, of the of a fee of $1.00. However, you do not have to appear in person vagant than the above-mentioned Wate;:man line, to Europe. The to receive the duplicate book. Applications for same can be order? Ship's Delegate, after discussing made through the mail. Address your request to Records De­ It all adds up to this: Taft it with the crew at a meeting partment, Headquarters, 6th floor. Seafarers InternaJional .Un­ hasn't started to eat a damned bit held at sea, went to the skipper ion, 51 Beaver St., New York 5, N. Y. Checks and money less or less extravagantly, so why and got him to agree to this: orders should be made payable to the Seafarers International in hejl should we! Should a member of the crew Union. R. L. (Red) McKenzie To Ihe Edilor: SS Nampa's Bucko Officers Give Seafarer Rusty Taste Taft's 'Eat Less' Mouthings Answered With A Mouthful THE BEEF BOX �THE Frrday, November 7, 1947 HE'S GOING PLACES ON GRIDIRON SEAFARERS Island 'Scenery' Suits Emilia Crew Hello to all the boys up north! We're having a swell time here gazing at the most beautiful girls in Puerto Rico. While on the Island here at Mayaguez, we are spending our off moments at Maria Bar where the entire crew is really making itself at home. Occasionally we manage to get down to the beach, but it's much more convenient to take it easy in the shade. Crew of SS Emilia Crew's Move Gets Action On Dangerous Gear Seafarer Jack Parker is having plenty of experience in high a bang-up season toting the pig­ I school in upstate New York, skin for the Ridgewood Maroons where he dropped the game to go -of the Queens, (N. Y.) Alliance to sea when World War II broke filling the bill as a ball-carrier, out. Local sports scribes, impressed forward passer and blocking with Parker's performances, have back. In his first season of semi-pi'o reported him as "spark-plugging" ball, Parker's prowess has netted his team's attack. Parker's ballhirn a niche in the Maroons' start­ playing occurs under the lights ing lineup. He is no novice in on Wednesday nights and on cleats, however, having gained Sunday afternoons. Brothers Object To Method Of Shipboard Promotions To Ihe Editor: We recently saw a vicious and disgusting incident aboard an SIU ship. Two men and the ste­ ward were in a brawl over who was to be promoted. The agent and Patrolman were present and finally decided in disgust to put the job on the board. This policy of promoting on ship is a system whereby a man with enough guts and seaman­ ship who stands up to an officer and defends the Union from at­ tack is punished by being kept in the same job, trip after trip. Promotion is given to the man who will take whatever is dished out to him, to the man who will not stand up to his rights. NOT MU WAY A system whereby a man is rewarded for brown-nosing is not a system for an SIU ship. If a man wants promotion, he cannot ar­ gue about overtime. If he does, he just won't be promoted. A fighting delegate, for instance, would soon find himself black­ listed when better jobs are hand­ ed out. We have all seen ships where one little clique dominated eve­ rything. These cliques are formed by guys who sail trip after trip sucking around for a better job. After a while, they hold all the key positions in the department. Then if any man comes aboard who does not see things thenway, they just make it tough for him. ^on he gets disgusted and gets off. After a man goes to sea for a few years and works up to high­ er ratings, he expects to sail in them. Soon, however, tough shiping will force a man to sail under his rating for several trips until he can get a promotion. This pre­ vents him from getting time on the beach, thus stopping another man from getting a job. We have noticed, especially on passenger ships, that some men will cut each other's throats just to get a promotion. We have even seen tripcarders promoted over Bookmen, where in our estimat­ ion, it was purely prejudice and had nothing to do with the man's ability. It has come to the point where department heads think it is their right to pick a man for promotion instead of it being the Uni­ on's right to send a man from the hall. Why don't we do away with promotions entirely and send all jobs off the board? We don't see any difference betwen getting a job off the dock and getting it out of the first as­ sistant's office. We would rather get a job off the board in the Hall than have to play footsie with somebody for it. That's why we're Union men. Jerry Jensen — Johnny Eplon Steamboat O'Doyle Isthmian Crew In Pacific Awaits Completion Of Pact For example: There has been an attempt to Due to the recent victory of inform the Mate of overtime that the SIU and SUP on the Isthmian we classed as legitimate, such as ships, we, the members of the his turning to on deck between Deck Department of the Steel the hours of 0800 and 1700, do­ Architect, Isthmian, have agreed ing seamen's work. In this case, to forward this letter offering the Mate told our Delegate not our whole-hearted support and to bring any such overtime to informing the Union of the effect him in the future. So far the and progress aboard this vessel. i amount is estimated at about 80 As we have been out of the hours. States since Sept. 5, we have noj We were not informed of the information or data whatsoever time sea watches were to be set. concerning the working agree- We left San Francisco at 0600 mentor the final settlement of the and sea watches were set at 120.0. Union and the Company. If pos­ Raising and lowering booms for sible, would the Union inform us sea is done by one watch of two at the eai-liest possible conven­ day men. ience of the entire outcome of the At sea, the sanitary work is strike, and give instructions how done between the hours of 0600 to go about joining, paying dues and 0800 by the 0400 to 0800 and registering our beefs. watch, and brass is shined by the same watch. LEFT 'FRISCO To the Editor: To ihe Editor: Jack Parker strikes pose familiar to football fans who have seen him plow past the cross stripes down the field. Page Thirteen LOG To ihe Editor: Upon leaving San Francisco, This is in regard to the unsafe we were approached by the SIU working conditions aboard the Patrolman and given a copy of SS Alcoa Pioneer. the contract beween the Union We as a group in the Deck De­ partment deem that the topping and the Company, also a copy of gear on Nos. 2, 3 and 4 hatches the Waterman working agree­ is very unsafe to work with, for ment, and were told that if and the topping lift cables have so when we got our agreement it many fish hooks in them that would be similar to the latter. they cannot even be handled I Further, we were advised to con­ with gloves. Also the topping tact Union authorities in New lift blocks and shives are frozen York as to how things were and so hard that even the weight of for general information in regard the booms will not make them to our payoff and, for those of us who are not Union members, turn. the procedure of joining. The Captain was informed of We have been holding informal all this through the Chief Mate. However, the Captain said that meetings as the other depart­ ments are not organized as yet. the gear was all right. As a result,we as a body in Although we do not have a full the Deck Department decided Bookman among us, we have that we should send a radiogram voted for our Delegate and for a explaining the facts to the Ne-v Secretary, and have worked out York Branch and should present a schedule of meetings. A check­ it to the Captain before sending up of trip cards and permits was it. This brought immediate ac­ •taken to see what men had at tion from the Captain, although one time belonged to SIU or the results are coming rather NMU. We have discussed our work­ slowly. If all the gear we in the Deck ing conditions past and present Department deem unfit for safe and find that by no means are working conditions is not over­ the conditions of the Union be­ hauled, we as a body will make ing carried out. It was agreed up­ up another radiogram to be sent on to refer to Article II Section 1 in order that New York may have of the contract made August 21 the correct data on the unsafe whereby all grievances and dis­ working conditions aboard and putes shall be settled as soon as will know what action can be possible on the vessel upon the completion of each voyage. It is taken. here we request Union support, D. A. Gardiner Joseph E. Hornuki for the working conditions are, in general, very much one sided. SS Alcoa Pioneer FIRE CHIEF The Master continually holds Fire and Boat Drill on Saturdays between the hours of 1200 and 1700. This is only an estimate of the present conditions and no doubt rJOW-lOHEiO THIS UTTUE HAND IS AT SEV6KJ IT IS SEVEN O'CIOCK... MMMM! WHAT WON'T THEY THINK OF NEKTf they will continue this way until we arrive in New York, our port of discharge. Erich Borgh, Ralph Sheffield, Alain C. Guillol, John J. Clamp, G. Kyriakides. J. H. Karanidas, F. Crisfando, Wm. R. Esquerr, W. W. Vaughan, Harold E. Hart, Pa­ trick Willis. SS Steel Architect Singapore Ed. note: The Union negotiat­ ing committee is sitting with Isthmian representatives and rapid progress is being made on work rules. When the rules are completed they will be pub­ lished in the LOG. and copies of the complete contract dis­ tributed to the membership. SEAFARER'S SKETCH OF, THE BAUXITE DOCKS AT PARANAM ill 'Sea' Of Dust Has Brother Down To the Editor: Just a line to let all you fel­ lows know I haven't forgotten you. I am still here in this "sea" of dust—no rain and I am slowly going crazy. Since the doctor thinks it will be about February or March be­ fore my boy's foot will be okay, I would sure appreciate you guys dropping me a line now and then. If this final cast they now have on his foot doesn't do any good, I may have to give up for awhile. But Til be! back for those poker games and gabfests, and while I am on the subject I want to thank all you men of the Benja­ min Lundy, voyage number one for the swell waj' you treated me. Someday I'll throw some more lemon pies a£ you. Thanks again, fellows. J. P. Berry Enid, Okla. i. liif iPifsip 'I II !S!5fS!5i ill lii! ill s,V>^ Sketching from the stern of the Jane O, Seafarer Norman Maffie captures the scene of loading bauxite at the Alcoa docks in Paranam, Dutch East Guiana. The scene depicted here, looking up the Surineun River, shows the SS John Isaacson taking on a load of aluminum ore. The above sketch is one of several done by Brother Maffie while aboard the Jane O Gulf Canal Lines ship. �--y' - --"-T-;.,,. .-f Page Fourteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 7. 1947 BULLETIN •'vkrcSi! Unclaimed Wages Casavantes, Paul ... 9.43 69 Buckman, L Cascio, Antonio F. 1.37 36.45 Bucknell, Chester C. Case, Richard S .. 2.28 ..... 6.15 Buckner, Marshall E. Casey, Robert F. ... .. 4.80 9.65 Buckner, Milton A. . Casey, Wade O 31.73 Buen, Vincent 111.08 Casey, William 2.23 Buenventura, John 12 Cash, Walter R 9.90 Buffett, James '...- 55.43 Casolla, Marco 7.44 Bugajewski, Leonard 3.79 Cason, J. D 1.80 Bugnitz, Martin R 8.26 501 HIBERNIA BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA. Cassidy, Francis J 28.00 Bugsby, Darcj' M 2.06 Cassidy, J. M 7.24 Buicke, Donald James 7.13 The following is a list of unclaimed wages and Federal Old Age Castanel, Patrick R 4.29 Bulaga, Raymond J 16.08 Benefit over-deductions now being paid by the Mississippi Steamship CoinCastellon, Jose A 17.29 Bulford, A. 1 79 Caster, Roy A 94 pany covering the period up to December 31, 1946. Bulick, Eustachy 42.95 Castillo, Dona 28 Bulifant, Robert B 3.34 Men due money should call or write the company office, 501 Hiber- Castillo, Jacnito 14.93 Bulin, James 45 nia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All clai ns should be addressed to Mr. Eller- Castro, Francisco R 46 Bullard, Allen J busch and include full name. Social Security number, Z number, rating, Cast Ucci, Guido 46 Bullek, Michael G 70 10.80 date and place of birth and the add ess to which the money is to be sent. Caswell, Robert E Bulriss, Joseph F 13.07 Catalano, Paul L 23.80 Bumgardner, M 4.20 ' 4.20 67.54' Carmines, Chas. Bunce, R 89 Byrd, Alfred J 20.61 Cangiano, A 2.96 Catalanotta, 32.00 Bunek, Joseph 1.86 Byrd, Douglas L 1.37 Carney, Eugene P. 18.60 Caniford, Jack F 32.00 Cater, Carl L 72 Buness, Kenneth H 2.79 Carolan, J. C. 9.54 ' Byi'd, Leonard H 23.07 Cannady, James D 34.08 Catero, Gaetano Cates, Howard Pi 32.14 12.53 Carp. Myer 2.31 Byrnes, Joseph S 5.16 Cannano, Leo Bunker, L .69 3.26 1.00 Bunn, Archie W Cannon, Troy E 26.94 Carpenter, Foster D 10.79 Catlein, Milton —C — Catlin, C. R 45 Bunnlie, Richard K 10.74^ Cabin, Angel ... .74 Cantella, John 2.21 Carpenter, Irvin E 10.55 Cauble, Lewis F 6.06 3.28 Canter, J Bunten, John '''I Cabaud, Phillip G. 4.27 Carpenter, R. J 14.00 4.15 Bunyan, Thomas E 21.46 Cabral, John ... 17.87 Carpenter, W .71 Canter, W 17.35 Caughlin, Clyde 4.81 Bura, Fajk 50.72 Caddell, Jessie G 102.36 Cantley, Alexander 4.00 Carpenter, W. A 2.54 Causa, Ignatius 5.94 • Burch, George A 27.45 Caddy, Wallace E 122.82 Canto, Anthony J 2.16 Carr, Elmer 16.27 Cavanah, Wiley B 4.50 Burch, Howard D 42.00 Cadman, Walter B 7.94 Cantor, Nathan " 47.34 Carr, Lawrence M 28.65 Cavanaugh, T 2.23 Buncliff, Thomas 18.39 Cararo, Francesco P 1.60 Cantrell, John D., Jr 60 Carr, Melvin 6.04 Caviness, Arvin 4.82 Burdette, Henry D 33.16 Cafferty, Mark 14.28 Cantrell, W 2.60 Carr, Orville James 5.14 Caviness, Laddie B 45 Burger, John 4.76 Cagle, George L 4.92 Canul, Jose 9.90 Carr, Watson E 13.63 Cawley, Walter G 15.68 Burhus, James D 01J Cagley, J. M 25.57 Capdeville, J 4.08 Carrasco, Marion C 69 Celmayster, S 22.18 Burke, Alva H 991 Cagorinovice, Oscar 2.97 Capner, Robert C 4.01 Carrasco, Robert 28.95 Centeno, Americo Centley, Alexander K 2.67 Burke, Donrld L 2.48, Caha, Ernest 100.00' Caporale, Alfred 14.77 Carregal, Sebastian C 20.78 Centrachio, J 5.64 Burke, Emmett P 49.11 jCahill, Clyde 28.92 Capote, Adolfo 39 Carrell, Herbert 5.15 ~2.70 Burke, Frederick R 1.48,Cahill, William E 2.84 Cappelin, J. M 45.83 Carrey, H. R 4.35 Cerda, Jessie J Ceron, Louis 10 Burke, John F 11.38 Cain, Charles M 38.46 Cappibianco, Clemie R. 21.00 Carrier, F. W 3.70 3.73 Cain, Edmond Jr Cervenka, William F 11.98 Burke, J. S. .46 Caracausa, Albert 2.565 Carrillo, Richard ..v 10.28 3.57 Cain, O. G. Jr 6.82 Burke, S. ... 1.23 Caraway, Marion A 2.04 Carrol, James L 6.22 Chaffee, Delmar R .74 Caines, Charles F 8.69 Burke, T 4.29 Carbonette Willie R 1.37 Carrol, Thomas A 1.86 Chaffin, John L 2.83 Caisey, Jean T 2.83 Burkitt, Roy W. 19.09 Carbons, G. A 25.75 Carroll, A. J 23.73 Chafin, Darrell G Burley, Cecil 12.87 Calarin, Diego 6.88 Carcello, Joseph J 6.40 Carroll, Cecil 25.55 Chagistamatoloa, Evangelos 3.10 3.68 Burnett, L. S 60.00 Caldas M 4.45 Carden, Stokes H 01 Carroll, George A 46 Chaires, Charles 1.40 Burnett, Robert B 1.37 Calder, Lester 14.61 Cardenas, J. B 1.37 Carroll, John R. F 3.47 Chalcrest, R. F 79 Burns, F. B 7.34 Caldwell, John 72 Cardinale, William 3.64 Carroll, M. M. 4.14 Chalmers, George 13.99 Burns, Frank T 1.61 Caldwell, Roger Glen 46.52 Cardona, V 2.38 Carroll, Paul S 47 Chalowitch, Frank 3.62 Burns, Francis J. ..._ 1.61 Call, C. B 28.00 Cardoza, William 1.87 Carollton, R 1.42 Chamberlain, George E Bruns, Robert J 3.83 Callaghan, Edward Chambers, Allen J 1.88 31.05 Cardson, K 1.90 Carruthers, R 01 Burnsee, Thomas W 1.88 Callahan, LesHe D 25.84 40.07 Carew, Warren 11.54 Carson, Everett W 42.79 Chambers, Gordon Burress, John A 12.24 Callahan, Loman R Chambers, Stanley 6.43 2.34 Carey, B 10.69 Carson, James C 45 Burrow, Horrace M 5.30 Callahan, Otto M Chambers, Thomas Owen 12.14 7.11 Carey, Joseph W 6.06 Carson, N 26.31 Burrows, Clarence 4.53 Callahan, Robert 12.60 04 Carey, Robert E 10.07 Carstens, C 8.23 Chambliss, Paul K Burson, Frank 11.95 Callan, Cyril Chanberlayne, Frank W. .. 12.00 40 Caritbers, James E 16.39 Carsters, C. A 42 Burton, Clarence L 10.74 Callan, Francis W Chance, Erward Z 33.74 16.26 Carl, Robert P 50.22 Carter, Elmer, Jr 1.44 Burton, Garlan E 2.64 Callender, Robert P 1.54 4.06 Carley, R .79 Carter, James 77.27 Chandler, Winston R Burton, James 93.29 Callis, James B 1.43 13.06 Carlsen, K .74 Carter, Marion B 51.86 Chandler, Lloyd M 26.54 Burton, John H 6.69 j Callis, James W 17.00 Carlsome, Carl H. 20.68 Carter, R. F 3.51 Chance, Frank 7.56 Burton, John R 1.04 Gaily, William J 6.87 Carlson, C 41.76 Carter, William H 3.17 Chandler, Worsham S 2.11 Burton, Sheldon A 4.121 Camblor, Joe 2.23 Carlson, Charles M 75 Chapman, Albert J 9.54 Carter, W. H 3.58 Bush, Edgar T 12.14 Cameron, John 24.22 Carlson, Chris 6.00 Cartwright, Eugene 95.92 Chapman, Byron Bush, John T T". 4.03 i Cameron, Ralph W 2.68 27.38 Carlson, Evertt L 21.48 Caruke, Alec J 69 Chapman, Clanton S Bush, Keith L 11.13 jCammer, Creighton Chapman, Lionel 4.20 9.46 Carlson, George W. Sr 11.73 Carver, Ernest E 21.99 Bush, Leroy 9.90 Campbell, Bruce G 1.37 Carlson, Paul E 16.97 Carvill, Joseph W 11.70 Chapman, Robert Lee .... 12.84 Bush, Peter 2.23 Campbell, Edward B 6.83 Carlson, Pritchard A. 4.20 8.87 Cary, David C 5.87 Chapman Bvenice B Busha, Julius P 60 Campbell, Garner 56.94 Carlson, Karls Charleton, Arnold V 5.99 17.70 Casas, Peter C 466.56 Bushaw, Richard J 1.87. Campbell, George R 35 Carman, Harry C 6.54 Cassassa, Eugene J 27.26 Charnoff, Stanley 19.00 Busse, Merrill 11.43 Campbell, James 2.34 Bussey, John Walter 1.05 Campbell, Jesse 3.93 Bussian, Edward F 5.60 Campbell, John C 21.48 Buterey, Nathan .45 Campbell, John 04 Butler, Asa S .94 Campbell, Joseph L 6.39 Butler, Clinton R 8.26 Campbell, Joseph L 7.47 Butler, Floyd R 98.75 Campbell, Lawrence J; .... 16.35 Butler, Harvey E 1.40 Campbell, Robert W 20.00 J. Rouse 5.00 R. C. Hilles 5.00 T. R. Edward 5.00 35.54 Don Mollahan Butler, Lloyd .71 Campbell, Roy C Curtis Stalsworth 5.00 LeRoy Eckhoff 5.00 F. Picolo 10.00 8.26 SS Robin Hood Butler, Robert 50.01 Campbell, W. M SS Bienville 10.00 5.00 G. Walker .. 22.71 Robert Stover Chester Steveson 5.00 Butler, Robert L 14.90 Campbell, W Thomas E. Boylan 10.00 R. V. Pulliam 5.00 W. Reeaten J. R. Henchey 3.00 2.53 3.00 Butler, William R .89 Campfield, James, Jr. 5.00 R. L. Lister 25.00 A. Chaplinsky 10.00 J. W. Barnhaft .50 J. Magdelena 5.00 Butterton, Walter E 2.70 Campillu, Alejo SS Hastings SS Nordhoff 5.00 8.64 James Gorman R. Fitzwater 5.00 Butterworth,. John S. . .59 Campion, H. J 30.00 A. A. Paul 3.00 Thomas Minor .33 Donald S. Smith' 10.00 E. Palensar 5.00 Butts, Harold .28 Campsen, F. C SS Elizabeth J. C. Steeber 5.00 5.00 . 26.85 F. Cabarubias SS Seatrain Texas Buydos, George P 15.84 Camarata, Roy N 5.00 M. V. Ryswyk 5.00 T. S. Taft 22.09 R. R. Thompson 15.00 E. Castro 10.00 Buzeiewski, Edward W. .. 2.80 Canada, H. H SS Alawai S. Jandora 2.00 10.00 .. 2.5§ A. B. Stevenson SS Trinity Victory Buzelewski, John A. 2.34 Canaday, A. J 5.00 R. J. Kipp 5.00 5.00 T. B. Moore .. 12.14 A. Backe Byars, John D L. T. White 5.00 6.36 Canavan, William F. 5.00 S.' Ruzyski 5.00 20.00 C. A. Aubert .. 4.52. F. J. Furnaro Byles, Dudley E R. Pelasoja 5.00 10.00 W. J. Smolinski 5.00 18.17 Candara, Fred. Jr. ... 10.00 W. H. Caver .. 5.14 W. T. Owen Bynch, P 5.00 V. Shavroff 5.00 3.56 H. E. Mossburg, Jr. 5.00 W. H. Howell 4.42 Candela, Salvator SS Mocykowski Bynum, G. R 39 J. L. Anderson 10.00 R. C. Ford 10.00 E. Stone 20.00 W. W. Lamb 6.00 Canfield, John A 10.00 Mississippi Steamship Company r.' Honor Roll Of Isthmian Strike �Page Fifteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday! November 7, 1947 Unclaimed Wages Smith & Johnson SS Corp. 60 BEAVER STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. PERSONALS ELMORE CANADA You are requested to get in touch with Lincoln Canada, 819 Valley Street, Hot Springs, Ar­ kansas. Gliddon, Joseph L 69 'WALTER JOS. BAKER. Jr. SS JAMES M. GILLIS Jansson, Geir •. 89 Ackiso, Elwood 3.98 Your sister asks you to con­ Jowers, J. C ; 11.20 Faria, John B 2.67 tact her immediately due to the Frank Gomes, $3.00; F. Quintayo, $3.00; 69 NEW YORK Hanover, E 85 Korecki, Paul llness of your mother. Her ad­ P. R. Smythe, $3.00; H. B. Vincent, LaMorte, Sabastian 3.26 Kershaw, Charles C 1.46 dress is 614 Dubuque Street, Web­ INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS $3.00; F. A. Tuck, $3.00; W. A. Hobbs, 89 Ronald Gates, $1.00; J. W. Williams, $3.00; H. Gilliken, $3.00; S. A. Pia, Nelson, Paul 180 Loftsson, Helgi ster City, Iowa. Phone—5401-J. 15.33 $1.00; Casildo Vega, $2.00; Don Frid- $3.00; E. H. Greer, $3.00; F. E. Hill, Walker, James E 3.43 McCurdy, H. C gen, $2.00; S. L. Bagao, $2.00; F. D. $3.00; Antonio Coniado, $3.00; T. F. 20.18 Wichartz, Julius W 3.43 Patterson, Frederick ROBERT E. HATCH Berthold, $1.00; J. D. Deigado, $3.00: Buerhaus, $1.00; E. B. Linkenhoger, Rankin, Whitney G 6.06 SS JAMES M. PORTER Get in touch with your mother H. M. Burkhardt, $3.00; R. R. Lee, $3.00; R. C. Crissman, $3.00; Charles 5.33 Barasch, Dave ; 1-42 Rank, Arkadi at once. The matter is very ur­ $3.00; S. C. Childs, $1.00; Carl Adams, Deible, $3.00; M. T. Diaz, $3.00; Jose 9.66 $1.00; A. L. Romero, $3.00; A. Bjorns- Moral, $3.00; F. T. Parazo, $3.00: R. Callahan, W 8.53 Van Bysterveld, H. D .89 gent. Her address is: Mrs. Edwin son, $3.00; A. R. Visconti, $3.00; C. A. H. Severson, $2.00; Frank Burnett, Golden, John J 1.07 Vid, Filipic L. Hatch, 338 North 10th Avenue, Howell, $3.00. 3.57 $2.00. Harvey, L. J 2.88 Wigg, Boro Mt. Vernon, N. Y. E. R. Rosado, $3.00; F. J. O'Brien, SS HOSKINS SS JOSEPH LEE Jeter, Harold 1.07 $3.00; E. R. Ray, $3,00; J. Morgan, C. F. McDowell, $1.00; H. Eversmann, 4, V 3^ easier. Jack W 1.44 90.60 Krowl, R. A. $3.00; W. Marcus. $2.00; C, Pacheco, $1.00; M. Pyatok, $1.00. WILL E. ROWEN .94 $2.00; P. J. Pasinosky, $3.00; V. Rom2.13 Davey, William Rani, Jan SS EDITH Contact I. H. Pepper, Book No. olo, $3.00; F. Trellia, $1.00. .94 R. Fillingim. $1.00; W. W. Hall and 4.11 Davis, Harley M Stanford, R. W. A. A. Kemal, $1.00; J. Walkerwicz, Crew. $22.00. .69 2161, Sailors Union of the Pa­ Stanley, Paul J. ' 2.82 Fair, David cific, Portland, Ore. Rowen last $3.00; R. J. Sturba, $5.00; C. Masek, SS MADAKET .46 Toone, Eddie J 2.58 Gresham, Arthur J. Rylick, $1.00; F. A. Vigent, $2.00; seen at the Marine Hospital in $1.00; I. G. Shelton, $4.00; K. Fletcher, Groenevald, William 1.40 SS JOHN B. LENNON $3.00; B. Amezquita, $3.00; J. M. H. Put, $1.00; Wm. Wilson, $1.00; J. Schorpen, $3.00; Fred W. Johns, $3.00; Sharp, $1.00; W. Wrubel, $1.00; F. R. .94 Seattle. Brown, Elmer L 1.37 Haecke, Oscar W. % X X C. Fletcher, $3.00; R. Pelasoja, $3.00; Clarke, $1.00; A. Meglio, $1.00; P. .94 DeVere, L. E 6.90 Hock, Raymond J. GIBSON ONTAL, Oiler F. C. Rocafort, $3.00; P. Nobrega, Lawrysh, $1.00; J.' J. Uszakiewicz, .94 Grassi, John 46 Hudson, Wilbur $3.00; M. Stachura, $3.00; B. Guthrie, $2.00; S. P. Gondzar, $1.06; J. SanAn inventory of your gear left .69 Heaton, Thomas'M 7.36 Hunter, Bertram $3.00; B. D. Matheny, $3.00; C, Jack­ lonzans. $2.00; A. D. Messana, $1.00; .46 aboard the SS Yaka, Waterman son, $3.00; J. J. Uskaziewicz, $3.00. Hill, John 24.48 Johansen, Henry J. P. Rowan, $2.00; L. Malczyk, $1.06; C. L. Morse. $1.00; A. Goldsmit, A. R. Prime, $1.00. .69 SS Corp., has been brought to Hulton, Clarke 8.26 , Kellogg, Charles SS FAIRPORT 11.16 the New York Hall by the ves­ $6.00; W. Shaw, $1.00; L. V. Villiers, 29.84 MacDonald, Ernest Kansas, J H. D. Braunstein, $1.00; J. Auger, sel's Skipper. You can get it at $1.00; H. D. Manner, $1.00; L. E. RumMelita, Joseph .69 7.57 Rhodabarger, Benj. T. rill, $1.00; A. Friend, $1.00; B. Gomila. $1.00; R. L. V/eisenburger. $4.00; J. 7.47 the baggage room, 4th floor. The $5.00; R. Arecco, $1.00; J. Swykert, Ramos, $1.00; H. H. Hood, $2.00; C. T, 9.30 Meszaros, John J. Seay, John B I Hunsicker, $2.00; W. Wrubel, $5.00; H, .69 gear is at the company's office, $2.00. 24.28 Mon, Daniel ... Tetterton, Charles B. Charles Colletti, $2.00; Richard Lips­ J. Fowler, $2.00; R. Moilanen, $1.00; K, .46 19 Rector St., N. Y. C. Thomas, Lloyd J 2.06 i Morris, Chester R comb, $5.00; Peter Simeon, $3.00; Alex A. Johansson. $5.00; A. F. Galdikas, 5. J. 1 6.44 Verna, Raymond 28.44 Nilsson, Svend A Jones, $1.00; H. E. Mossburg, Jr.. $2.00; C. W. DuBois, $4.00; A. Benzuk, THEODORE LINDBERG 4.20 Williams, Gene A 5.51 Nye, Dow M $3.00; C. B. Criswold, $1.00; E. R. Ri-! $1.00; E. F. Bussian. $1.00; G. J. Camp­ Get in touch with the L. A. vera. $3.00; A. B. Valentine. $1.00; A. SS JOHN GALLUP Pierce, John 7.47 bell, $1.00; U. Mcrjudio. $2.00; S. J. 1 Nutter, $2.00; J. H. Fort. $2.00. Akers, .James 11.38 ^-Pigg, Leonard 8.91 Walker Co., 465 California St., B. Clark, $2.00; Stan Muzur, $4.00. R. B. Campbell. $1.00; C. Jones, SS LOOP KNOT Ale.xander, Plyron 8.05 , Rushing, Elmer W 46 San Francisco 4, Calif. This is $3.00; R. L. Wilson, $1,00; L. Birnbaum. J. E. Allnrd, $10.00; C. Misak, Jr., about an insurance matter. Samsson, Donald 69 Blankenship, C. P 11.20 $1.00; E. W. Green, $1.00; Otto Preuss- $5.00; L. Fung. $3.00; Z. Jablonski, 7.47 X X % Bonet, Victor 0 92 Szydlowski, Leonard ler, $1.00; J. Quimera, $1.69; L. Hitch- $3.00; P. H. Nobrega. $10.00; R. S. JOHN J. McGRATH ner, $4.00; C. G. Mantzakos, $3.00; T. Fulbright, $5.00. 7.47 Catudal, C. E 11.20 Walters, Ernest L 4.17 SS NAMPA VICTORY Your old shipmate, John Cobb, D. Nicholson, $3.00; J. T. Dupere, Chanona, J". S 11.20 Wilson, Donald $3.00; A, Lipari, $2.00: R. Moilanen. G. Biliek, Jr., $1.00; D. C. Gay, $5.00; 206 Bay View Avenue, EdgeDarville, Richard E 17.74 SS JOSHUA SLOCUM $3.00; S. Sloneski, $1.00; Thomas L. G. T. Greene. $2.00; J. Ulas, $2.00; S. DeSmet, Frans 2.42 Bedell, Charles 1.87 wood 5, R. I., wants to hear from Martin, $1.00; J. Kempt, $3.00; P. Ver- Foscolos. $2.00: C. Gawrych, $2.00; H. .94 I Cruz, Juan kanman, $3.00; Joseph Macaraig, $3.00; F. Slater. $2.00; C. Mikulski, $5.00; S. Enyart, Elbert H.' 1.87 you. P. Huel, $1.00; A. L. Graham, $1.00; B. Ruttrell, $4.00; J. C. Zitoli. $2.00; 10.89 Edler, Ake 1.61 XXX Gaskins, R. J R. E. Rankin, $3.00. W. Burnett, $2.00; J. McNamara, $5.00; ERNEST BERGERON 2.34 |Egan, James R "..... 1.87 Gillen, Paul 2.25 1.87 38.02 1.87 12.56 BALTIMORE 6.68 1.87 BOSTON 2.25 BUFFALO 1.61 1.87 CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. I , , _ 2.75 Superior 5175 ' Schumacher, Otto F CLEVELAND . ...1014 E. St. Clair Ave. ^ Simonds, Theodore L 1.87 Main 0147 ^ Tamboory," Peter 2.01 DETROIT 1038 Third St. Tuum, Alexander V 12.14 I VanSplunter, Johannes M. 139.98 DULUTH 531 W. 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M 7.85 Contact the Philadelphia Coun­ ty Board of Assistance, Indiana Avenue and East Thompson St., Philadelphia 34, Pa. XXX ARTHUR E. HUFF Contact Barns and Cook, at­ torneys, 39 Cortlandt St., New York 7, N. Y. XXX EDWARD KOCANOVSKI. Your Isthmian strike card is being held for you in the mail room, 4th floor. New York Hall. NOTICE! SS D. WILLARD G. W. Flood, $1.00; P. L. Goodman, J. P. Toboada, $2.00; H. Sterling, $2.00. $5.00; II. A. Thomsen, $2.00; D. C. SS HELEN Bodden, $1,00; O. Noit. $1.00; P. C. Pataky. $3.00; G. Akk. $1.00. O'Neill, $1.00; M. D. Wallace, $5.00; SS ELIZABETH Lawsen & Muenster ,$4.00; DiFenderfer. A. Trevino, $2.00. $3.00; E. C. Going, $3.00; E, D, Mannzen, $3.00; E. J. Fisher, $3.00; J. Rob­ erts, $1.00; G. M. McVey, $4.00; W. Bakey, $2.00; A. L. Gurskie, $2.00; R. F. Carpnter, $2.00: A. Bigos, $2.00. SS NIANTIC VICTORY SS DAVIDSON VICTORY Lawrence Heffernan and John T. J. Stafford, $3.00; W. A. Harbi­ son, $2.00; J. G. Flynn, $2.00; A. B. Przelecki each has $25 coming; Smith, $2.00; F. Godalewicz, $2.00; E. Neylan is due $10. Collect at Wa­ H. Burns, $2.00; C. R. Robinson, $2.00; terman. C. T. Gilmore, $2.00; J. K. Mathies, XXX $2.00; E. W. Collier, $2.00; B. Nelson, ROBERT PALEHANES $1.00; G. E. Watson, $2.00; R. Wells, $2.00; B. A. Bently, $2.00. Overtime money due you is SS COLABEE being held at the Robin Lino of­ K. Kornliusen, $1.00. fices, 39 Cortland Street, NewSS A. POTHIER J. M. Felix, $3.00; E. M. Hess, $3.00; York, N. Y. MONEY DUE •11 I J ^1 Joseph Lind wants any of his shipmates on the SS Fitzhugh Lee when he received a head in­ jury on April 6, 1943, to get in touch "with him right away. His The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ address: U. S. Marine Hospital, farers International Union is available to all members who wish Ward 20, Ellis Island, N. Y. to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of XXX their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have M. SIMON Contact Patrolman Ray Gon­ the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every zales, Sth floor, New York Hall, SIU branch for this purpose. Notice To All SlU Members However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SICT hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, XXX CHARLES ROSS ROBERTSON which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 Your papers are being for­ Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. warded to your home address, PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION 8386 Salt Lake Ave., Bell, Cali­ To the Editor: fornia. in reference to receipt C-6975. Mobile Baggage The USS club in Mobile, Alabama, 'will close on De­ cember 1. Seamen having baggage at the George Self Hotel are asked to write or call at the hotel to direct dis­ posal of their baggage. The club's address is 104 St. Joseph Street, Mobile 11, Alabama. I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the address below: Name -."I • i I ''^1 Street Address City State Signed Book No. 1 �r-- !''Tf Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Seafarers Must Help Lascars, Other Lew-paid Seamen Organize To Maintain Higher US Standards Friday, November 7, 1947 BALLOTING COMMITTEE would fix the British. It ought would show some real progress within a year. to fix the Commies too. . Just about the biggest problem Next move would be into In­ But they'd hav-e to be good American seamen face these days donesia, where the Australian men. They'd have to be able to is the transfer of so many ships seamen might help us. That understand both Hindustan and to foreign flags all over the would force the Dutch into line, Pakistan and the Lascars them­ world. and the job would be done. selves. And they'd have to be It is no news to any Brother If the SIU adopted this pro­ able to live in Bombay, Karachi who keeps up with things that gram, it would have a lot of or Calcutta without expecting it because of the transfers, the Brit­ points on its side, although the to be like New York or San Fran­ ish, the Dutch and the lesser mar­ whole job would be about as cisco. Above all, they'd have to itime powers are going to be able tough as anything the Union ever be crackerjack organizers. Balloting Committee for the first day of voting in the New to undermine the American Mer­ went up against. York Hall consisted of. left to right, Leonard Leidig, Val James, Personally, I'd like to see the chant Marine by low freight Most of the Lascars are Mo­ and Bill Brown. A new committee will be elected by thp mem­ views of the Brothers on this charges based to a large extent on hammedans. Unlike the Hindus, bership every few days, either in regular metings, or in special subject, for to ray mind, the the low wages those countries they have no caste system. One meetings called for that purpose. The men on the committee Union is missing a big opportun­ pay their seamen. First thing you man is as good as another and have a job to do and so d.oes each member. HAVE YOU VOTED ity if it does not embark on a know, American seamen are go­ knows it. In other words they program very like this one. YET? ing to be forced into shore jobs, are basically democratic and or, more likely, simply thrown could understand the SIU view­ into the ranks of the unemployed. point. Old-timers like me remember Another point in the Union's how things were a few years ago, favor is the fact that Isthmian, and they know bad times can American President, Waterman At the same time that food hour week had to provide their roast at 55.8 cents, hamburger at come again. and other SIU or SUP ships make prices zoomed to 197 percent of families with food that was ris­ 46.8 cents, veal cutlets at 84.5 BRITISH VULNERABLE ^ the ports regularly. An organizer the 1935-39 level, the Bureau of ing steadily in price. The myth cents, pork chops at 78.8 cents, that labor was respon^ble for sliced bacon at 79.4 cents, ham at But the British and the Dutch could get plenty of help from have left themselves wide open. their crews when he needed it. Labor Statistics found that ap­ high prices was completely ex­ 72.1 cents, leg of lamb at 66.9 cents, fresh eggs at 73.3 cents. There's a way the SIU can beat Incidentally, Halls out there proximately 658,000 workers in ploded by the BLS survey. And if you don't think these Food prices were estimated to their game to the benefit of could serve American seamen by the nation's manufacturing in­ American seamen and seamen j hai^dllng beefs and serving as dustries earned less than 65 cents be six percent above the post- items and many others have an hour. Moreover, the BLS World War I peak set in July soared even higher since then, •every where else. The British j clubs. found, almost twice that number 1920. ask any housewife. She knows and Dutch hold down wages by j According to my way of thinkearned less than 75 cents. Back in August, workers were they have even if the Bureau of employing Lascar crews from the jng, if we sent out a good man faced with round steak at an Labor Statistics hasn't proved it East on many of their ships and'to start the ball rolling, then six{ According to these figures, average of 83.7 cents a pdund, conclusively. She has meatless paying them even less than they [months or so later sent out two nearly 1,300,000 industrial workrib roast at 66.7 cents, chuck weeks, not to mention Tuesdays, pay their own countrymen, more to work under the first, we'ers earning less than $30 in a 40Afraid of losing their jobs to the Lascars, the English and Dutch sailors take their wretched con­ ditions lying down. That's the picture, and I have a proposal: Organize India! Sounds crazy, you say. Well, it's not crazy and I'm going to show you why. If the SIU could set up a cou­ ple of Halls in Hindustan and in Pakistan, raise the Lascars' pay to parity with those of the Brit­ ish seamen, then the English QUESTION: Should Union officials in office be limited to a certain period, and then be re­ would have a real incen­ tive to get their own miserable quired to go back to sea before being eligible to run again? wages increased. The end prod­ uct would be a more honest dis­ ROY R. LEE. FOW; JOE SCHWEINEFUS: AB: tribution of maritime trade as After three straight terms an I don't think that's such a good well as a general betterment of official ought to have to go to sea idea. A man gets to be an offi­ seamen's conditions in other for a year before being allowed cial and learns all the ropes, and countries. to run again. I don't se.y that then he is required to ship out for . Don't forget that most of the because I think the officers get ^ a year and forgets lots of the ships in India are British-owned stale on the job. but because the . t t things he learned. In this busi­ even if they fly the flags of Hin­ Union has to develop new blood ness Port Agents and Patrolmen dustan and Pakistan. And while to carry on, and the best way to have to keep right on the ball, we're about it, don't forget that do that is by giving the young and if a man goes back to sea he plenty of American bottoms are fellows a chance. We have a lot may become a little rusty on set­ being turned over to the Britishofmen who came into the indus­ tling beefs- negotiating, and do­ controlled India Steamship Com­ try during the war, and they've pany, Scindia and other outfits. ing an organizing job. As far as learned a lot that can be useful, I'm concerned., when I think an COMMIES THERE NOW but if they run against oldtimers official is not doing a good job I've been in India a number all the time, they won't have a that is when he should go back of times. I've prowled around the chance to be elected. I think to sea, and the way to send him Malabar and Coromandel ports it's a good ideau on a trip is to vote against him. and have a pretty good idea of how things are. There are a few maritime unions out there, but HERBERT MUNKER. 2nd Cook: they don't amount to much. They've done nobody any real ERIC SOMMER, AB: Boy, that would be doing ex­ good. Moreover, it was pretty actly what the operators want us An official should take a. trip plain to me the last time I was to do. If we change officials there, which was last June, that every once in a while, but he every couple of years, they will these unions were Commie con­ should not be forced to refrain drag contract negotiations until trolled, and that the members from running for office. If a man green men take office, and then were getting nothing for their takes a couple of short trips duroutmaneuver them. The opera­ dues but Commie hot air. The j ing his term he can keep up with tors are smart, and they hire SIU could give them something all the problems, especially if he clever lawyers to negotiate for better. Although, the sub-con- [ listens to the men who come to them. We have to depend on our tinent has been split into Hindu-' him with beefs. Our officials all elected officials, and when they Stan and Pakistan since I left, I ^ have plenty of sea-going experhave experience, what's the sense can't believe that the basic con- ience, and by giving an ear to a of canning them and starting in ditions ondhe waterfront changed, guy with a. gripe, they know just with all new men. We get some Once the Union got something, what our problems are. When we new officiaJs each year, but they going in Bombay and Calcutta, i have good men in office let's, are elected to replace men who it could move into Rangoon in, keep them there, and replace the didn't do a good job. That's the Burma, and into Singapore and. lousy piecards with men who can, way to continue. the other Straits ports. That' and will, do a good job. By G. W. (BILL) CHAMPLIN Food Prices Soaring Beyond Workers'Reach V N. '4. WHAT itWIlK . . - • v. ... � 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 November 7, 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. 45 Description An account of the resource Headlines: TIDEWATER ELCTION ALSMOST A CERTAINTY PLEGES TO BE CHECKED BRANCHES BEGIN VOTING FOR A&G 1948 OFFICLAS FIFTH CITIES SERVICE SHIP VOTES OBESERVERS SEE SEAFARES VICTORY ISTHMIAN NEGOTIATIONS NOW NEARING COMPLETION SIU ACTS TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FACING ILA MEN IN PUERTO RICO NLRB ELECTION BEGINS SOOM FOR THE SHENANGO CREWMEN STEAMBOAT LEARN SCABBING WILL PAVE WAY TO BETTER JOB SHOREGANG JOBS AND SHIPPING FALL IN SAN JUAN ALEIN SEAMEN GETTING BAD DEAL ALL AROUND;SIU CAMPAIGNS TO LIBERALIZE REGULATIONS PORT MOBLE SLOW AS SHIPS AWAIY CARGOES GREAT LAKES ORGANOZING DRIVE PAYING OFF;TWO MORE BARGAINING ELECTIONS DUE SOON BOSTON BEACH OS LOADED WITH RATED MEN DISCUSS RULESON PROMOTIONS SAYS DISPATCHER JAQCKSONVILLIE SHIPPING FALLS OFF NEXT WEEKS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW ANALYSIS OF SEAFARERS'ORGANIZING SET-UP RECOMMENDATIOMNS OF GENERAL ORGANIZER WHITE SANDS CREW GOT BIG PUBLICITY PLAY DURING EXTENDED LAYOVER IN ENGLISJ PORT MISFORTUNE STALKED SS CHAMBERLAIN ON HETIC 9-MONTH TRIP Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/07/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log