http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/cdaa2ee90e70114191ddae1a3b8fc05d.PDF 39061fa2c25d65ca37574122b4fb1afd PDF Text Text Official Organ of 4he Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. X NEW YORK, N. Y„ FRIDAY. APRIL 30. 1948 New laaeases Gve Seafarers Highest Wi^es la Tanker FieU NEW YORK—Headquarters of the Seafar­ ers International Union, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict, announced this week that two tanker companies had agreed to wage increases which grant the unlicensed seamen in those outfits the highest wages in the industry. The companies are Tanker Sag Harbor Cor­ poration and Petrol Tanker Industries, Incorpo­ rated. The wage boosts range from $5.00 to $25.00 per month. Overtime rates are adso increased. Men earning up to $223.23 per month will re­ ceive $1.15 per hour OT, and men making $223.23 per month, or more, will be paid $1.45 per hour. The new wage scale appears on page 7. Membershiii Gives Okay To The Four Resolutions By Ton-To-Ono Majority NEW YORK—^By a whopping majority of over ten-to-one, all four proposals on the Referendum Ballot have been approved by the A&G membership. Voting com­ menced on March 10 and ended on April 10. The propositions were recommended by the Agents Conference in response to membership letters . to Headquarters and to Good and Welfare discussions, in shoreside and shipboard meetings. The resolutions are designed to strengthen the Union in preparation for anything that might conceivably happen in the future. The anti-labor Taft-Hartley law and the open threat of the shipowners to refuse to recognize the Hiring Hall makes it necessary for the SIU to — New UC Charter Rules Confusing This week the Maritime Com- the Commission's action hard to mission drastically changed its predict was the still uncertain chartering policy in such a w^ status of U. S. shipping under that nobody could tell whether the Marshall Plan. that august body was committed Although the legislation bring­ to destroying the U.S. merchant ing the Plan to life apparently . marine or was trying to force guaranteed that at least 50 per­ religion on the shipowners. Even cent of the cargoes must go in spokesmen for the Commission American bottoms, there seems to be at least one loophole. seemed uncertain. At any rate, the Commission How big this hole will be de­ announced bluntly that it would pends on how the law is inter­ no longer negotiate charter par­ preted, and what view a Ship­ ties with, nor allocate vessels ping Coordinator for the Plan under existing agreements to, takes when he is named. companies not owning diy car­ Here is the loophole: The new go or passenger ships above l,50Ci law says that American vessels tons, or companies connected shall get half the cargoes "to with the operation of foreign the extent such vessels are avail­ able at the market rates." flag vessels. On the surface, at least, it TRAMPS THREATEN looked as if the Commission Without going deeply into the were trying to force American complicated subject of ocean shipowners to stabilize the in­ freight rates, there exists a pos­ dustry by owning their own sibility that foreign-flag tramps ships, and by operating them ex­ will be able to grab an extra clusively under the American portion of the cargoes. flag. It is this type of ship, prom­ inent in the coal and grain BACKS BIG BOYS However, the Commission also trades, that operates at lower said that it was in the process rates. Regular liner services of of working out a ratio between different flags mostly operate at the number of ships a company rates set by international con­ could chai-ter in relation to the ference agreements. But if for­ eign tramp rates were consid­ number it owned. ered "market rates" American Certainly it appeared that the shipping might well suffer ra­ Commission was embarking on ther than gain. a program designed to bolster Meanwhile, Marshall Plan or the big companies, and force the no Marshall Plan, war-built gov­ small companies and the firms ernment-owned ships are still operating chartered government- drifting back to the boneyard. owned ships and nothing else out As of April 15, there were only of business. 815 Maritime Commission ships As of July 1, 1948, the Com­ under bareboat chai'ter compared mission declared that it would to 1,510 last June. Another 100 terminate the charter of govern­ may be in the boneyard by May ment-owned vessels to compan­ 1. ies which competed in liner or If the Plan is administered berth servica with privately own­ with the welfare of the Ameri­ ed American ships but owned no can merchant marine in mind, ships at all. liowever, a good many ships One thing, that naade effects of should be pulled back despite No. 18 the Maritime Commission's stric­ ter chartering rules. Moreover, many people expect the Plan itself to become much larger rather than smaller. UFE Strike Ends! News of the UFE victory over the New York Stock Exchange came too late for the front page, of the LOG. Full details of the settle­ ment are contained in a story on page 3. A HELPING HAND prepare for strike action. ~ ' ^ Already ^e union-busters are in action. Wall Street, with the active cooperation of the New York City police force, is mov­ ing heaven and earth to break the strike of the United Finan­ cial Employes. Many incidents of police violence have taken place, and intimidation of the pickets by mass police pressure is an every-day occurence. The nation-wide strike of the Packinghouse Workers has been marked by police brutality in many cities. In Kansas City the police broke into the union head­ quarters and clubbed the strik­ ers who had sought refuge there. (Continued from Page 3) Miners' Record Shows Value Of Militant Action During the General Strike in 1946. and during the Isth­ mian Strike in 1947, Local 202 of the Brotherhood of Team­ sters donated food to the Seafarers. With the United Financial Employes involved in a beeL Local 202 came through again. Above is a picture of the truckload of food and vegetables which the Teamsters sent to assist the UFE. Local 202 Presi­ dent, Joseph Papa, and his membership show the true union spirit which can make labor unbeatable. The bosses in the United States don't like John L. Lewis. They call him names in their newspapers, and they try their level best to drive a wedge be­ tween him and the general pub­ lic. But, with all the high-powered propaganda machinery at their disposal, they haven't succeeded. The general public is the work­ ing man, and the man who works for a living realizes what John L. has gained for the miners. Since ldl9 the United Mine Workers has participated in more than 5,000 strikes. But in that period of time the miners can point to. many achievenients. Among these, taking only what has been gained since 1940, are the following: CONSTANT GAINS 1. In" 1940 the wage rate was, 85.7 xents per hour. Now it is $1.63. 2. Tools and equipment are (Continued on Page 6) �Page Two THE S E AF ARE RS LO t Friday. April 30, 1948 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 PAUL HALL lit;- - - - - - - Secretary-Treasurer Editorial Board i J. p. SHULER LINDSEY WILLIAMS 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 We're Ready In approving the four resolutions on the referendum ballot by a towering 92 per cent majority, the member­ ship has added immeasurable strength to the Union struc­ ture. The results of the balloting indicate an intense •determination not only to preserve the Union and its hard won gains, but also to improve its facilities and render the entire apparatus more effective. That the SIU membership will not tolerate any at­ tempt to attack the Union Hiring Hall and the demo­ cratic process of Rotary Shipping is boldly evident in the overwhelming vote registered in favor of a $10 strike assessment. And by this vote, the Seafarers have also declared that they stand ready to seek improved contracts. The $10 building assessment will provide the means for improved Halls, with adequate meeting space and recreation facilities for all hands. Hospital Patients The two changes in the Shipping Rules mean .a wellknit membership ready, willing and able to do its utmost for the good of the Union and to fulfill its own con­ tractual obligations, both of which are definite signs of a responsible, conscientious and alert membership. ' When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital The ban on shipboard promotions eliminates what You can contact your Hos­ has long been a sore point among Seafarers. The regula­ pital delegate at the Staten tion calling for fines to be levied against OS and Wipers island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: who refuse to clean quarters is evidence of the member­ Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. ship's continuing mandate that every SIU ship must be (on 5th and 6th floors.) a clean ship. They mean to see that there is no shirking Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. These are Ihe Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, or faltering on this score. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find lime hanging Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by J'he membership's healthy attitude with respect to (on 1st zuid 2nd floors.) writing to them. their Union and their recognition of the fact that it is MOBILE HOSPITAL E. HEBERT a prime essential in their own security is most encouraging C. NANGLE J. KENNAIR E. J. SILLIN and hearteniiig. At this particular time, especially. R. J. STROM J. H. ASHURST M. C. ALPIN J. H. MURRAY J. E. MAYHART Now, when employers throughout the nation are E. B. HALL J. DOWNIE L. A. HOLMES preparing , for a Union-busting drive in all industries— C. J. BECK • M. ELSAYED ^ C. PETTERSON C. JORDAN and already there are ugly signs that the offensive has T. DAILEY R. G. PERKINS SAVANNAH MARINE HOSP. begun—our membership has shown that it is wide-awake A. OLSEN 4, 4, S.. R. E. GRAYAY to reality and will not be caught napping. M. D. JONES GALVESTON HOSPITAL S. LeBLANC A. C. PARKER The employers are encouraged in their union-smashing FRANK NIGRO M. PETERSON J. NEELY J. WALSH Jii M. FITZGERALD hopes by the one-sided Taft-Hartley law, which they will C. E. BOYD ADOI.PH GAILIS W. F. REYNEW atterhpt to use as a weapon in their drive to wipe out the E. S. LERMA 4> 4* J. L. PERCIVAL :rv]^ STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL security of organized American working men and women. WILLIAM H. BROWN M. McCLUE FRANCIS VIGEANO F. FONDULA T. THOMAS • Their pattern became clear when the New York E. BERWALD 4. 4. 4. . t. t, a. police clubbed Seafarers and United Financial Employes NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL L. ANDERSON BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP. P. FRANKMANIS in Wall Street, and when Kartsas City police charged F. GARRETSON R. LORD R. J. GARDNER recklessly and smashed headquarters of the Packinghouse A. LOOPER ^t'f i.'.' A. BONTI S. HEIDUCKI J.DENNIS Workers. J. PENSWICK E.. OfiSEN C. MASON W.CAREY J. McNEELY This is a situation that permits no dawdling on labor's A. LIPARI J. CONNOLLY G. BISCHOFF P. D. VAUGHN part, if it is to survive and to go ahead in the constant J. KORY M. CASTRO A. AMUNDSEN" battle for the decent standard of living to which 'we are N. A. GENOVESE R. KING J. SHEMET J. LEES all entitled. P. LOPEZ G. BRADY J. CHARRETTE F. NERING L. D. WEBB The membership of the SIU has demonstrated very R. BUNCH 4. 4 i T. J. SCHUTZ SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITAL emphatically that it knows the score. The results of the A. EDEFORS C. DESOUSA ERLIN(? MELLE ^M. ROSENBERG referendum balloting is proof of their preparation for any E. H. IVARRA J. HODO R. FLOYD attack and that they definitely intend that the SIU shall L. CLARKE H. WATSON J. PIETRZAK E. DRIGGERS -fly-. continue to push ahead to win a better life for seafaring' A. A. SMITH J. J. HANLEY J. GAINSLAND . , 'men.-.,. - -I B.DUFFY E: J. S. MINESES Men Now In TheMmwe Hospitak ii .V ij^ , » I �THE Friday, April 80. 1048 SEAFARERS Page Three LOG UFE Ends SE Strike Upon Mayor's Request; To Review Wage Issue THE WEST COAST CHIPS IN NEW YORK — In the history the membership at a meeting of the American Labor Move­ held in the SIU Hall, 51 Beavei ment there are few instances of Street, on April 29. successful white-collar strikes. Already negotiated at the time the Mayor made his request were But that pattern has been shat­ the issues of maintenance of tered by the United Financial union membership and other Employes, Local 205, OEIU, AFL. matters which the Stock Ex­ change had previously refused to New York's Mayor O'Dwyer, even consider. who had stated that he was The strike against the Curb "distressed" at .the strike, on Exchange, which commenced on Wednesday, April 28, requested March 29, when the Stock Ex­ that the UFE return to work, and change strike started, was settled that the wage question be left on April 14. For close to five weeks the up to an impartial investigator who would report to the Mayor, members of the UFE fought the personally. This was ratified by alliance of the Stock Exchange and the city police authorities to a stand-still. Intimidation didn't halt the steady picketing. Policebrutality could not break up the picketlines. li?;Here's the crew of the SS Columbia Victory, in San Francisco, after they donated generous­ ly to help the strike of the United Financial Employes. WC representative Steve CarduUo stands at the far left. Many crews have contributed to the fund, and as a result much of the expense of the strike has been carried by donations, rather than from the SIU treasury. Membership Okays Resolutions (Continued from Page 1) More than thirty people were injured, all of them union mem­ bers. CLUBS FLY Chicago, Omaha, and other cities have also been the scenes of police terrorism. The bosses know that the government is behind them, and so they refuse to deal honestly with unions. Their objective is to destroy the union movement in the United States. The passage of the four resolutions makes the Seafarers better able to fight the ship­ owners and the bureaucrats. The shipping Rules, as amend­ ed by this Referendum, appear on page 16. All four proposals are effective May 1. The text of the resolutions, and the official tallies, appear below: RESOLUTION No. 2 RESOLVED: That we go on record to assess ourselves with a $10.00 building assessment, to be known as the 1948 Building As­ sessment, to enable us to main­ tain the SIU Building Program by the purchase of our own Union Halls in Ports where needed'. FOR: 2695 AGAINST: 398 lose the job immediately and shall be fined no less than $25.00 for such offense." FOR: 2822 AGAINST: 278 RESOLUTION No. 4 RESOLVED: That Section in the present Shipping Rules deleted and that the following incorporated in the Rules Section 30: 30 be be as RESOLUTION No. 3 RESOLVED: That Section 29 in the present Shipping Rules be deleted and that the following April 23, 1948 be incorporated in the Rules as We, the undei-signed members Section 29: "No man may be promoted or of the Tallying Committee, hav­ allowed to transfer from one job ing been elected at a special to another on board ship ,except in case of extreme emergency. meeting on Monday, Aprfi 19, This is to apply where there isn't 1948, as per motion passed in the sufficient time to dispatch a man regular nieeting of April 7, 1948, from the Union Hall before a have tallied all ballots and at­ RESOLUTION No. 1 ship is scheduled to leave, or tached . hereto are our findings. RESOLVED: That we go on the hall cannot furnish replace­ All resolutions were carried by record to assess ourselves with a ments as required!. Any member more than the 2/3 majority as .... $10.00 strike assessment, to be guilty of breaking this rule shall required. known as the 1948 $10.00 Strike Assessment, to assure us of suc­ cess in any test of our Union's strength in view of the possible strike threat possed by the TaftRESOLUTION NUMBER Hartley Law, upon completion of our contracts this year. PHI BAU NOR SAV TAM MOB N.V. BOS FOR: 2826 91 292 AGAINST: 279 Yes 73 750 110 405 306 50 13 31 40 18 35 13 6 No 41 2 3 15 0 5 5 2 Void 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 0 No Vote 1 In all the negotiations which led up to the strike, and during the strike itself, the Stock Ex­ change was attempting only one thing. In common with other big business enterprises the N.Y.S.E. wanted to bust the union. The principle of any type of union security was rejected. The Stock Exchange offered certain wage increases, and then refused to go one penny higher. And laying off of staff was to be solely the prerogative of man­ agement. We have checked the ballots These points wei-e vetoed by the union, and the strike re­ sent to the various ports. All unused ballots were ac­ sulted. The Curb Exchange also/ adopted an "employes be counted for. We recommend that these go damned" attitude, and so the Curb was struck at the same into effect May 1, 1948. time. Fraternally submitted, Frederick Willis. 44193 From the very first day of the James Lee. 36733 strike, the men of the Seafarers James Murphy. 6998 International Union were on the George Kitchen. 43305 picketlines with the UFE. This Matt Fields. 26924 support had been voted by the Joe Wread. 27822 membership when the UFE was planning its strike, and was re­ iterated at each regular meeting after that. Report Of Tallying Committee Mentreal Ship Race Holds Port Interest MONTREAL — There's a fine gold-headed cane each year for the Master of the first ocean-go­ ing ship to reach Montreal in the spring, and generally interest runs high in shipping circles. Last week, two ships were racing for the honor. One was an Italian freighter, the SS Capo Oram, the other an Englishman, the SS Manchester Skipper, with the latter gradually pulling ahead at a steady 14 knots. Barring accident, the English freighter was expected to arrive well ahead of the Italian, thus assuring her Captain something to lean on in his old age, namely the gold-headed cane. What made the race this year especially exciting was the fact that the Manchester Skipper was making her third try for the coveted if not overly important honor of being first ship in. Sub-Total 115 812 128 447 324 58 106 329 I N-O. GAL S.F. PJl. TOTAL 372 17 4 0 110 2 1 0 217 3 4 0 50 60 0 6 2,826* 279 41 19 393 113 224 116 3,165 RESOLUTION NUMBER II Yes No Void No Vote - Sub-Total 49 64 0 2 727 51 21 13 104 24 0 0 382 307 61 12 2 5 2. 0 49 7 2 0 79 23 0 4 271 53 2 3 356 32 5 0 108 4 1 0 213 7 3 1 50 60 1 5 2,695* 398 42 30 115 812 128 447 58 106 329 393 113 224 116 3,165 106 6 1 0 214 7 • 3 0 73 38 0 5 2,822* 278 36 29 113 224 116 3,165 370 18 3 2 110 . 2 1 0 217 3 2 2 75 31 0 10 2,856' 206 33 70 329 - 393 113 224 116 3,165 324 RESOLUTION NUMBER III Yes : No Void No Vote 85 28 0 2 732 53 15 12 121 7 0 0 393 45 •4 5 309 10 5 0 48 7 2 1 84 19 0 3 292 1 365 24 4 0 Sub-Total ....115 812 128 447 324 58 106 329 393 RESOLUTION NUMBER IV \ Yes No ......J Void No Vote : 87 22 0 6 738 40 15 19 110 15 0 3 406 29 1 11 315 4 5 0 48 6 2 2 89 12 1 4 Sub-Total ..........115 812 128 447 324 58 106 : 291 24 3 11 4 .•••-!? I UNION-BUSTERS "Ordinary Seamen and Wipers shipped to contracted vessels who fail to put in two hours allotted time for cleaning the crew's quarters, as per contract, shall be brought up on charges by the ship's crew. For such of­ fense, the guilty member shall be fined not less than $10.00 for each such infraction." FOR: 2856 AGAINST: 206 Breakdown Of Voting On Referendum I •Ml MUCH SUPPORT Other unions voted support, and picketsigns representing AFL locals were to be found daily on the UFE picketlines. AFL President William Green commended the SIU for its active support of the strikers when he wired, "I commend you and those you represent upon the devoted way in which you have extended help and support to members of office workers imion employed in New York Stock Exchange who are on strike... I urge you continue your efforts to help them and to extend to them a full measure of support in heroic fight in which they are engaged." This was done to the utmost. The result is that the UFE, with the active support of the SIU, has cracked the front of the Weill Street financiers. The Stock Exchange employes returned to work with their heads held high. They know that they have met a hard test —one of the hardest tests—and have come through with their coloi-s proudly flying. They are confidently ready for whatever the future holds in store. 1 �After knocking a picket to the ground, a policeman kneels to get a better blow at the unprotected striker. Such has been the pattern in the Wall Street strike of the United Financial Employes. The excessive concentration of police around the Stock Exchange is part of the general picture throughout the United States. From the start of the United Financial Employes' strike, the area around the New York Stock Exchange looked like a convention of policemen. Shoulder.to shoulder they stand, ready to use their clubs against the peaceful pickets. In addition to the foot policemen, mounted cops and plain-clothesmen were poured into Wall Street to intimidate the strikers. The pickets were pushed around, but the brokers and the other scabs were escorted through the picketlines. There's a welcome sign out over the third deck in the SIU Hall. Hungry . pickets, can obtain sandwiches and coffee, while relaxing from pounding the pavements. It takes plenty of coffee to take care of the hundreds of Seafarers and UFE members manning the picketlines around the New York Stock Exchange, and that battery of coffee-makers, pictured above, is in constant use. Picture at upper left shows how the police hara^ the pickets in front of the Stock Exchange. It's so bad that the reporters for the newspapers call the section allotted to the pickets the "bird cage." The real truth about the Wall Street strike is being read by interested passers-by. left. In spite of the propaganda put out by the Stock Exchange authorities, most of the workers in New York's financial district know that the strikers* de­ mands^ are fair iuid just. .'i �Fridar-AprU 30..if48 THE SEA FA RE R S- L OG Page Five . -•.I-;# Good Shipping Has Savannah Holding Breath Philadelphia Faces Shortage Of Rated Men By CHAI^.ES STARLING By LLOYD GARDNER PHILADELPHIA — Spring has. SAVANNAH—For the coming finally come to this City of Bro­ week we see two payoffs ~ in therly Love. Spring and rain, sight, and that brings up the and lots of ships. problem of what to do about re­ Some of the ships are in tran­ placements. Right now in this sit, but others put in here to the SS Raphael Semmes, whose rived in good shape. She will payoff and sign-on. There were By JOE ALGINA port we have on the" beach: Deck Department was a mad- have new SlU-approved bunks three payoffs last week: the SS Messman, Deck Engineer, and NEW YORK — Business and house at the payoff. installed in all foc'sles before she Steel Ranger and the SS Steel Oiler, four ABs, and three Ordi­ shipping have been very good, a go^s out again. This is part of Admiral, both Isthmian, and the naries. The upshot is that the Chief little better than last week to tell Mate and Third Mate arc looking!the program to rehabilitate all SS Cape Mohican, Mar Ancha. • You can see from this why the truth. All payoffs were clean, and" for new jobs. Main trouble was j et the Seatrains in line with We have been unable to hold a But, when we say this, you whatever minor beefs existed" that they had allowed a lot of ^lU standards, regular meeting. We have been were squared away before the shipping men out as soon as ]must remember that we are talk­ the gear to rot, and working the It's been a busy week here, they hit town, and we are keep­ ing about rated men and rated ship became a perilous business. as you can see. The Patrolmen signed off. There is still a shortage of raing our fingers crossed, hoping men only. If you don't have a Notably, the manila centers of have been kept on the run. rating you may have to wait that good shipping continues. Nowadays they are handling,and the the topping lifts were in a par­ quite a while for a ship. their own office work and, in,situation is getting worse. From We had thi-ee payoffs this past ticularly dangerous condition. We've had a lot of good, clean addition, we have the UFE beefi^he looks of things right now, week, and all paid off in good next week's shipping will take; in New York. SIU style. The three were the payoffs and several that were what few men we have on the something else again. However, SS William R. Davis, SS Irvin beach. FOLDING STRONG just about the messiest situa6. Cobb, and SS Aberdeen Vic­ RELAX IN HALL tory. The last named was one ofj^ion was at a sign-on. The UFE is still holding Now that we have furniture" the cleanest crews we have everi This was on the SS Noonday, strong, putting up a magnificent in our Hall, the men are better' seen and a real credit to the a Waterman vessel which came fight to change the slave condi-! abie~to"enloy" wliaT'litVlelime in and paid off very cleanly with Union. tions in Wall Street. And the they have on the beach. The Special Notice to the crew only a hgndful of routine beefs. SIU is still all-out to back up television set is in fine order, of the SS Alexander S. Clay. Then she signed on and the those girls and guys, no matter L^d the members can relax while South Atlantic Steamship Com­ Second Cook from the previous what the police say or do. watching a hot baseball game. pany: When you paid off in trip went right back aboard. One little bit of advice we'd | Don't forget,, when you are in There didn't seem to be any­ Jacksonville, on April 9. the like to hand on is this; Learn Philly come down to enjoy all thing wrong with this, but the ' day's pay that you were short and know the number of your the comforts in the Hall, for the month of February, or Master proceeded to blow his book or permit. All the boys who have passed the day's pay that the entire skillet. What he had against the which gives you an idea "of how , , , through here in transit send their If you ever lose your book or , crew was short, can be collec­ man is far from clear, but what the whole Deck was. There was .. , , .u c.- *1 best wishes to the men who are ted by writing lo the company he said was this: "Either he gets no question but what the com­ permit and come up to the Sixth United Financial pany was just as glad as the Deck m New York to replace it, ^ off or I get off!" in Savannah, Georgia. ^ every single one you are going to get a lot swifter The Pati-olman was very polite. crew to see the two Mates go. We hope Brother Fred R! The SS Pioneer .Valley, Los service when you know the do his bit. Hicks, Jr., will read this column He announced that he would be » and find out that our sign is now,glad to assign two men to pack Angeles Tankers, came in from number. That's the real SIU spirit, and The company " flew a back up, and that next time he ^ the Master's gear without even Japan. Otherwise, a lot of time-con- the men who can't picket have will have no trouble locating our asking for overtime. crew from the West Coast to s u m i n g cross-checking and been hitting the kitty with doYokahama to pick her up. The clerical what-not is required re-mi so that the strike doesn't Hall. WALKED OFF only trouble with this deal was while you stand ai-ound waiting, drain our treasury. Speaking about the Hall, we hope soon to find a new one. To make a long story short, that the company flew the boys Make it easier for yourself by And don't think we don't need the Old Man packed his own across in a "cattle" plane, so knowing that number. one. That's high on our agenda'stuff and walked off spluttering, right now they are waiting to Another thing we have to transporta­ for things to do, and we are As we get it, he had developed collect the first-class harp on is the overtime rule. Get keeping right on the ball in our a grudge against the Second tion differential. this straight: To collect overtime search. The Skipper on the Pioneer you must put in for it within 72 Cook on the other side. HowSpring weather has hit this ever, if he had any basis for stopped a crewman's pay at hours of the time when you By KEITH ALSOP port, and so if any rated man his attitude he should have men- sea, high-handedly claiming the finish the work. Best time to is looking for a job, here is the' tioned it at the payoff where he latter had contracted a veneral put in for" it is right, away. GALVESTON — 'We wish we disease, a claim which proved to could report differently but the place for him. He can enjoy won-1 kept mum. Now that the referendum bal- truth is the truth. Shipping is derful weather for a day or so, I To get the seamy side of the be absolutely untrue. As • a re­ lots have been counted, and we and then ship out on a vessel of week over with, let's take the sult, the man now has all his know that all four resolutions pay. his choice. 'case of another Waterman ship. passed overwhelmingly, we have PLEASANT SIDE a further comment to make. That warning should be. Ratings Enjoy Good Shipping In New York Shipping Lull Hits Galveston Shipmates On Hurley Remember Bosun Whose Leg Was Smashed One of the resolutions bars enough to stop men from comOn the pleasant side wa.s the shipboard promotions—except in ing here to ship out. "When conpayoff of the SS Billings Victory, emergencies. We think that idea |ditions improve, we will be only still another Waterman vessel, which had nothing wrong with ought to be built up to prevent too happy to have- the news her out of the routine class. a man from registering for more broadcast in the LOG. There were no payoffs or signAlso pleasant were the payoffs of than one rating. ons last week, and so we had no the Alcoa Cavalier, which is Suppose a man registers "all getting to be a fine ship, and ratings" for the Black Gang—to beefs to square away or settle. We had no unorganized ships another Alcoa—the SS J. W. | touch Galveston lately, and con­ CuUen. sequently there's no report on My" IS Joe ZILCH.. My We won't be seeing much more A/A.ME IS Joe ZILCH .. MV that situation either. of the Cavalier in New York, It was a heart-warming stroke the . bones. In fact. Otto says of Union friendship when the that everybody thought that it crew of the SS Edward N. Hur­ was as good as severed com­ ley held a tarpaulin muster at pletely, but reports from the hos­ the payoff and collected $95 for pital now indicate that Jensby Arne Jensby, Bosun, who had his will keep the leg. leg all but cut off early in Feb­ The Captain and Chief Mate ruary. did the best they could, but it AfUMBEB IS 0O073 • • MV however. After two more cruises NAME IS JOEZlLCH.The Hurley, a South Atlantic was obvious they couldn't do from here she is going to run MyyVL.'MBEK iS Liberty, left Norfplk loaded with much beyond stopping the flow from Mobile on a 14-day instead \S00073 ••• of blood and heading for Ber­ coal for Italy. of a 17-day schedule. e-rc-.-c-rc.. muda. Hardly had she reached blue One of the nicest paycffs we've ere Within a matter of hours the water than she ran into heavy had in a long time was. on the cTCseas. As she wallowed, the gang­ Hurley was in a Bermuda port SS Steel Mariner, Isthmian. She way came loose. Out from a and 20 minutes later Jensby was fog'sle to the deck dashed Jensby ashore and being rushed to a came in under "the full agree­ From Bermuda the ment and there was nothing on accompanied by the Deck Main­ hospital. him to Staten her that couldnt be squared right tenance, according to the accoimt company flew then and there. Perhaps she was given by Deck Engineer Joseph Island. • a sign that Isthmian is beginning pick an example out of the air. Otto. The Hurley paid off in Norfolk to learn the score the SIU way. If he does he can block an Oiler March 27, and the $95 was TO BERMUDA However, a second Isthmian, or a FWT or anybody else out turned over to Otto who was The two men got the gangway the SS Cape Elizabeth v/asn't of a job. lashed. Otto says, and the Deck coming to New York. At Head­ •A t quite so good, so we'd better Let the man pick one job that iMaintenance was lucky enough quarters he turned the money l-rl;' reserve judgment for while. The he really wants and throw in for over to the Special Services to get back through the star­ Elizabeth had some disputed it when it comes up. In other board water-tight door. Jensby Representative who was sched­ up, and words, let's be fair to everybody uled to deliver a certified check hours we had to fix ir:; didn't make it. plenty of logs we h"ad to adjust. on the list. As a result he is lying in the to Jensby. Of course, some of the logs Incidentally, what do you !ii; ^ ^ Except for Jensby's gxdsly acci­ Staten Island hospital with one •f!v were legitimate, but some we fellows think of this suggestion? dent, the Hurley had a good trip leg in a cast. Write in to the LOG and tell The metal door caught the leg to Italy and back, Otto, who was could lift or at least reduce. li; - just below the knee and smashed , Ship's Delegate, reports. I The Sea train New York, ar- [ us your ideas on this subject. I FULL SUPPORT The Carmen and Maintenance; men of the Railroad Brother^ hoods were out on strike for six­ teen hours last week, and we volunteered our full support. The strike resulted in., the complete shutdown of the waterfront, af­ fecting some 3.000 workers. We have a Jew oldtimers on the beach: H. Arnold. M. Sovich, R. Hutchinson, J. Martin, J, Capps, and J. W. Reilly. The membership in this port is. vitally interested in the strike of , the United Financial Employes. If they could, they would ail be up on the Wall Street picketlines. Our men have been contribut- :: ing generously to the fund fork the strike, and we'll continue todo so. until it is over. This is ' our fight, and we know it damn well. fj -•"r It ;lii ;=3ll �' - ' "•• •••-•. Page Six THE SEAFAAERS LOG '-^2 c.-i ' • ' '" Friday. April 30, 1948 Ala. Seamen Get Jobless Pay Runaround By CAL TANNER tankers out of Jacksonville and Louisiana ports. Our tugboat drive is still going strong, and we are waiting for action on our last appeal to the Labor Rela­ tions Board. the Alabahia State Federation of Labor, and the boys really learned the true picture of the State labor set-up. Incidentally, they enjoyed themselves. Main topic of conversation in these parts is the United Finan­ cial Employes' strike. Our mem­ bership has gone on record many times to support these people, and we hope that, in the near future, they win the strike and gain the recognition they de­ serve. Those of us down here who can't get into the fight physically are donating money and support­ ing the UFE in spirit. MOBILE — The unemployment way down the line on crew beefs compensation picture for Ala­ No "Payoff Blues" has finally convinced the com­ bama seamen is not too good at NEW YORK—It used to be a pany that they were pursuing this time. Whenever a seaman real "Blue Monday" when the the wrong policy. The ship's offi­ applies for UC here, the com­ MORE JOBS pany appeals it and claims that • Alcoa Cavalier hit this port after cers, too, have come around to the seaman quite his job of his her 17 day run to the Islands a new position. The butterworthing jobs here­ own accord and is not entitled to abouts have just about played but that was long ago. When one The return of the Cavalier to, compensation. This necessitates out,' but they sure helped the of us Patrolmen was assigned port this week again proved that to pay her off, he resigned him­ the SIU has earned the com­ going to an Appeals Court and it membership on the beach while self to -day of bad tempers, pany's respect. They didn't pull takes two or three weeks before they lasted. The shore gangs haggling and hardtiming by the any of their time-worn capers. ' a decision is rendered. of the Marine Allied Workers of To pay her off has become a company and the ship's officers. The Union has been represent­ the SIU are looking for a lot pleasure. She is a nice new ship The past half-dozen trips have ing these men, and we will know more work in the near future* and should, because of the milk been entirely .different. an a few days whether or not the Our Union had a thirteen-man run, be an easy one to handle-^ men are eligible. delegation representing them at A firm policy of battling all the she is that now. Shipping in this port has con­ This trip she paid off' clean tinued fair and approximately and signed on in the same fash­ 100 bookmen and 85 permitmen ion. We settled a few minor shipped lagt week. There are beefs -for the crew and left them about Ave ships in port now, as contented as the cows who By WILLIAM (Curly) RENTZ some kind of a deal on the Mar­ Bernstein ships, not on every and they will all take crews shall Plan. But with ships still one "of them because some of give Carnation milk. next week, so we should be in BALTIMORE—We have had a heading for the boneyard there them come in clean. PLEASED BY VOTE good shape for the next little few payoffs, 10 to be pi-ecise, is no cause yet for any cheering. The trouble seems to be that yrhile. Eight ships paid of! last week, and a handful of sign-orts. But Nobody has anything against the Mates and Engineers don't The men showed a great deal of interest in the passage of the •with only minor beefs on all ex­ the fact remains that shipping the countries that got the ships. four resolutions and most of cept the SS Warrior, Waterman in this port is slow and the Those countries are pretty much them wanted to pay their as-, IT'S A PLEASURE Steamship Company. The Mate beach is full of men waiting for down and out. But that is no sesSments immediately to get the TO PICKET YDU, reason for throwing American on this vessel worked on deck, jobs. ball rolling. seamen out of their jobs. ' and the company had to pay the The fine delegates have a lot So take another tip from us If we were good enough to to do with the change aboard and stay away until we tell you sail ships against submarines, ship. They are all capable men that things are stirring. mines, bombing planes and shore AT8t;ilO/MG and know the agreement inside We don't know any more than batteries, in addition to the nor­ out. It is a very tangled beef 0?OOR. , anybody else what the final ef­ mal perils of the sea, we are that escapes their handling. Del-' fect of the Marshall Plan will good enough to carry the car­ egates such as these aboard all be, but right now ships are still goes of peace. ships would eliminate the ma­ going to the boneyard. For in­ jority of contract misunderstand­ FIRMNESS WINS stance, three Bernsteins paid off ings Patrolmen encounter. here and went right out of ser­ Perhaps the whole thing is Yes, things have changed on vice. part of the fight to throttle labor. understand the overtime clauses the Cavalier and for the better. The whole situation keeps us If so. labor- will beat its ene- in the agreement. However, wc Housewives may still have wondering whatever became of mies. The coal miners already always square everything at the washday blues" on Monday, butthat huge merchant fleet the have shown that if working men point of production. "payoff blues" on the Cavalier United States was going to keep will stand together they can We had one ship, the SS G. D. are no more. overtime to the crew because pic­ right on maintaining after the beat the injunctions, fines and Prentice belonging to Wateiman, Freddie Stewart tures were produced showing war was over? Or did all that other obstacles the lawmakers which came in from the West Jimmy Drawdy Mate hard at work. bright talk add up to so much and the union-hating judges can Coast still dirty. She had been dirty at the sign-on, the crew hot air? drum up. GOOD PAYOFF said, and they had done their That is the way it is in the The payoff on the St. Augus­ OLD STORY best to clean her up. UFE beef in Wall Street. And tine Victory, Isthmian, was espe­ Of course, it's the same old we want to say from here that WORD OF WARNING cially smooth. This was the story: a big American-built, Am­ the UFE and the SIU have done ship that had all the ballyhoo Fact is they had done a pretty about the crew being charged erican-operated merchant mar­ a great job fighting the gover­ good 7ob, leaving only the paint­ ine in wartime with American nors of the Stock Exchange and with mutiny on her last trrip. ing for the next crew to finish The Chief Engineer, W. F. seamen running full military the stock brokers. risks — without benefits — and Pon't forget that a couple up. The Skipper said that the Leavitt, was recommended by the {Continued from Page 1) then, when peace comes, a hundred men from this port vol­ previous crew had shown no in­ now supplied by the employer, whole crew as being a good terest at all in keeping things wholesale scuttling.' unteered to go to New York and "joe." instead of by the miner. That's the way they did it af­ walk the lines to the end. That's shipshape, and it's a wonder the 3. One hour per day for tra­ We also had six ships in transit boys who brought her into Bal­ this past week. All of them ter the first war, and that's the the SIU way. When the Union timore signed on at all, vel time, paid for by the com­ •were contacted, and some small way they're doing it this time. takes a stand everybody comes Remember this: When a man pany, and 81.5 cents a day for Or at least they're trying. around to help. Those who can't beefs were settled. takes a ship he is taking a home, lunch. On the organizing front there Of course, we stopped the •wish they could. and his duty to himself and to 4. Pay differentials between is not much to report. A few Maritime Commission from sell­ To get back to business in the his Union is' to keep that homejtl^e North and South have been of the men have succeeded in ing any more ships, at least for Port of Baltimore, we have had clean. Any man who is reported eliminated getting jobs on Cities Service the time being, and we won quite few beefs on some of the in Baltimore as having refused 5. Extra pay for the second to keep things-elean will face a shift, and a further increase for trial committee, you can be .cer­ the night shift. 6. State compensation for mine tain. accidents applicable in all States The result of the referendum now, but not compulsory in all By WALTER SIEKMANN Wall Street, and to the Packing their struggle to abolish slavery balloting in this port is good States in 1940. news. The boys vqted heavily in House Workers in Kansas City. in downtown New York. 7. A welfare fund of $50,000,BOSTON — We see by the There in Wall Street our men favor of both assessments and of papers that England is having a were beaten on three occasions Getting back to Port business, both changes in the shipping 000 a year. shipping boom. In fact, the by cops who were in there we paid off the J. B. Waterman. rules. With those two 10-dollar TRIPLE ADVANCE British unions are crying for swinging their clubs with ani­ She was a good clean ship. The assessments piling up we'll be The average take home pay in more seamen to keep up with mal-like frenzy, because of a sit­ only beefs we found were minor ready for anything that happens. 1940 was $30.00 in the North and the demands of the surging mari­ uation which the politicians could ones easily squared away to $28.00 in the South, per week. everybody's satisfaction. time industry. have made unnecessary in the The Mate of the Steel Mariner, Now it is $84.82! There sure Is some difference first place were they not mainly The employers, and the news­ between things in England and intent on breaking up the unions. which was in here, tried an' old papers, have blasted Lewis and trick. He fired the Ship's Dele­ To insuro paymenL all the miners unmercifully. The things in the U.S. Over here the CAN'T BREAK US gate on arrival, giving no reason. elaime for ovetlime must be beef is "jobs and pork chops. courts have supported the bosses^ We don't think they are going But it didn't take the Patrol­ turned in to the heads of de­ and have harried the union on Certainly the Boston outlook partments no later than 72 all sides. is a little gloomy because there to break any unions, however, man long to find out that the ^ hours following the comple­ is no prospect of many jobs and we know for certain that man was getting the heave for Even so, the union has ad­ they are not going to break the Union activity, and you can rest tion of the overtime work. showing up on the board. vanced the cause of the miners. Men on the Boston beach are SIU. . As soon as the penalty Economic actio.n at the point of assured that neither the Dele­ beginning to talk pretty loudly First hand accounts of the Wall gate, nor anybody else, was work is done, a record should production—a principle to which about the shortsightedness of Street affair have loomed large fired -from that ship. be given to the Department the Seafarers, also, firmly sub­ politicians, who are more bent in conversation around the Bos­ Because of . the prospects, plan head, and one copy held by scribes—has won benefit after on union-busting than on build­ ton Hall in recent week. Quite to spend some time if you are the man doing the job. benefit for the miners. ing up the maritime industry— a few members from here were coming to Boston. It's not so In addition the depart­ The proof of the pudding is in or any other industry , for ..that in New York doing strike duty. bad if you have a bit of cabbage. mental delegates should the eating, and the press and They did a good job, and they Thq nags are running at Suf­ check on all overtime sh'^^ts the government and the bosses matter. You can blame the politicians report that everybody else has folk Downs.' And you can catch 72 hours before the ship notwithstanding, the miners and for what the police did to mem­ been doing a bang-up job back- a good ball game most any day makes porL their families are eating batter' bers of the UFE and the SIU in uig up the Financial Employes in 20 minutes from the Hall. today, thank you. -t \ Port Baltimore Losing Jobs To Boneyard Miners' Record Shows Value Of Militant Action Boston Blasts Union-Busting Poiiticians On Overtime �T HE S E AF A RER S triday, April 30. 1948 LO G Page Seven Minutes Of A&G Branch Meetings in Brief NEW ORLEANS — Chairman Johnny Johnston, 53: Secretary Jimmy. DeVito, 185; Reading Clerk Buck Stephens. 76. A &G Shipping From Aprii 7 To Aprii 20 PORT Motion carried to concur in new business of all branch min­ utes except Philadelphia. Mo­ tion by Michelet, 21184, sec­ onded by Stephens that Union reaflfrm previous stand in sup­ porting the United Financial Em­ ployes 100" percent financially, morally and physically. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Carter, 100735, that due to dis­ cussion by various ports regard­ ing port of San Juan, the Secre­ tary-Treasurer be instinicted to investigate the port and bring back a recommendation. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Clarke, 23062, seconded by sev­ eral that all ports can-y out the policy of recording in the min­ utes a man's book number when he makes a motion. Under good and welfare discussion was had on crew boys cooking in galleys of Mississippi ships while in Africa. It was pointed out that the company had agreed to dis­ continue the practice. Boston New Ywk Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa MobUe New Orleans NOTE: REG. ENG. REG. STWDS. 33 162 102 226 160 49 34 96 183 25 193 62 171 92 27 31 83 117 24 241 47 115 91 23 24 72 138 82 596 211 512 343 99 89 251 438 - Galveston San Juan Grand Total REG. DECK ' ; TOTAL REG. SHIPPED DECK SHIPPED SHIPPED ENG. STWDS. TOTAL SHIPPED 26 163 58 158 87 45 47 115 209 15 186 42 129 " 55 23 41 118 115 21 126 28 93 55 24 21 78, 137 62 475 128 380 197 92 109 311 461 86 56 50 192 75 54 32 161 14 : 1,145 10 867 11 836 35 2,848 10 993 8 786 7 622 25 2,401 AScG men shipping on the West Coast are not included in this report. tions for port shipping as a re­ sult of the Marshall Plan. He felt that there still was a pos­ sibility of American ships losing out to lower foreign rates. 4. t 4. GALVESTON — Chairman Keith Alsop. 7311; Recording Secretary Val James. 7803; Read­ ing Clerk Mickey Wilburn. 4. 4. Galveston minutes and finan­ NORFOLK — Chairman M. cial report read and accepted. Burnsline. 2257; Secretary B. Secretary-Treasurer's report read New Business Rees. G-95; Reading Clerk J. and approved. sections of other branches read Linkous. 41544. and accepted except, for those from Puerto Rico and Tampa. Branch minutes of all ports Voted non-concurrence with read. Motions carried to non­ Puerto Rico minutes, and with concur with new business of San Juan and Tampa. Agent reported that part of the Tampa minutes on shipping situation. General pertaining to Deck Engineers feeling was that it would take a having three years of Engine couple of weeks for shipping to Room discharges. Accepted start after the coal strike. Agent's report, SUP Representa­ Trial comittee reports accepted. tive's report. Patrolman's report Patrolman reported on expecta- and Dispatcher's report. Tallying Two New Ships Join Ore Fleet, Will Run To Venezuelan Port Committee disclosed that branch had voted overwhelmingly in favor of the two 10-dollar assess­ ments and the two changes in the shipping rules. Tally ap­ proved. One man obligated. Voted that crews of Mathiasen Tankers pay off only with Union representative present. Minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. 4. 4- 4. SAN JUAN—Chairman J. Lin­ coln, 35046; Secretary George 28475; Reading Clerk H. H. Spurlock. 11101. Motion carried to non-concur in that part of the New York minutes concerning the closing and tallying of votes on the four point resolution. Motion car­ ried to non-concur with that part of the Philadelphia minutes re­ lating to the issuance of permits and tripcards on this port. Mo­ tions carried to accept the min­ utes of all other branches. Under good and welfare discussion re­ volved around situation aboard Pipe Springs. Ship had sailed short two men although they were sent to the ship. Men could not sign on because the Commissioner and the doctor did not appear. Membei'ship recom­ mended that the Agent contact the Shipping Commissioner and make arrangements so this will not recur. The SlU-contr acted Ore.trip between Sparrows Point, Steamship Corporation will aug­ Maryland and Chile, via the Pa­ ment its fleet of bulk ore car­ nama Canal, in twenty-four days. riers with two new vessels This includes a normal loading scheduled to begin operations by time of between one and a half 4. 4. 4. and two and a half hours, and an the end of summer. BALTIMORE — Chairman A1 The additions will bring to unloading time of about twentyStansbury, 4683; Recording Sec­ eight the number"^of ships which four hours. retary G. A. Masterson, 20297; At this aqcelerated rate, each will be engaged in bringing up vessel is bringing in approx­ Reading Clerk Ben Bishop. 38200. ore from the company's Vene­ imately 300,000 tons of ore a year zuela development next year. Eleven men obligated. Ac­ from Chile. In the shorter run to Six Ore ships are already in Venezuela they are expected to cepted Baltimore previous min­ service between Chile and the more than double this annual utes and Baltimore financial re­ United States. They are the port. Also accepted report of capacity. Ventore, Chilore, Marore, Feltore, Secretary-Treasurer. All other BIG CONTRAST Lebore and Santore. / branch minutes accepted except An illustration of the differ­ fhose from New Orleans, Tampa The first of the two, the, Cul)ore, launched on Feb. 18, is ence the new ships will make in and Puerto Rico. Voted nonscheduled to begin operations in operations is the present routine concurrence with New Business June, and the Baltore, which hit and capacity of the two pre-war at Tampa and Puerto Rico and These make the to await clarification of Neiy the ways on April 16, should be Ore ships. ready for service by the middle round trip to Chile in thirty- Business at New Orleans. Voted eight days, carrying about 10 to post and file Great Lakes and of the Slimmer. The new development in Vene­ percent less ore than the new West Coast minutes. Tallying Committee reported that branch zuela, jvhen it opens next year, ships. SIU deck men going aboard had carried all four resolutions will provide for'the loading of 2 these ships will find that loading on referendum ballot including million tons of iron ore annually. and unloading operations on the both assessments and both LARGEST BUILT new ships are handled entirely changes in shipping rules, and The two new ships, like the by shore equipment, and every report accepted. Patrolmen and other six postwar vessels, are means has been provided to ex­ Dispatcher rejported. Under New the largest ever built in the com­ pedite leading and discharging. Business, carried Vlodek's motion Holds and hatches are ar- to have fountain in Dispatcher's pany's Bethlehem .yards at Balti­ more. The ships have an over­ arranged so that hand shoveling office repaired. Minute of silence all length of 582 feet, and a is completely eliminated. How­ for Brothers lost at sea. ever, in spite of the new equip­ beam of 70 feet. 4< 4' & Each will be able to carry ap­ ment, and methods, the present PHILADELPHIA — Chairman proximately 24,000 tons of ore. normal loading time cannot be Thomas Freeman, 100681; Re­ The vessels have a 16-18 knot cut any further because it is cording Secretary F. D. Patter­ governed by the amount of bal­ son. 89; Reading Clerk William cruising speed under full load. Those of the new vessels now last in the vessel at the begin­ Luth, 896, in operation, according to a ning of the voyage, and the Minutes from all branches ex­ company official, are presently speed with which this ballast can cept Puerto Rico read and/accompleting the 8,700.,ptiUe,,ppnd carried .that men elected to Trial Committee stand at the door and take up a collection for the strik­ ing UFE workers. r'-m 4' 4> 4» BOSTON — Chairman J. Mogan. 216; Secretary J. Goggins. 27531; Reading Clerk L. White. 27165. Motion carried to accept min­ utes of all ports. Agent, in his report, commented on the SIU participation in the UFE strike and commended those brothers from Boston who entered into the strike on the lines. Motion "^4 i by George S. Bakas, 35398, that Headquarters send a weekly financial report to all outports on what was spent in supporting the UFE strike. Motion carried. Motion by G. Pearson, 48113, to nonconcur with that part of Tampa minutes calling for Deck Engineer to have same qualifica­ tions as Bosun. Motion carried. Motion carried that SIU see the UFE strike through to the finish, and in the future, all beefs that do not pertain to shipping be put before the coastwise membership as was done in this case. cepted. Carried motion by Pohle to non-concur with Puerto Rico New Business. All minutes of special meetings also accepted. Voted to post and file minutes' from Great Lakes and West Coast. Agent's report given and accepted, as were Patrolman's and Dispatcher's reports. Motion by Pohle that SIU continue fullfledged support of UFE beef in New York, seconded by several and carried unanimously. Ex­ 4. 4. i NEW YORK — Chairman Wm. tended discussion of problem of getting new Hall in shape. Ac­ McCuistion; Secretary E. Parr, cepted Trial Committee's recom­ 96; Reading Clerk. L. Williams, mendation to fine man $25 for missing Isthmian strike. Voted 21550. to prefer charges against two Director of Organization re­ other men. Minute of silence for ported that the organizing staff Brothers lost at sea. . has signed another tanker agi'eement and details will be carried 4. 4. 4. MOBILE — Chairman Harold later in the SEAFARERS LOG. J. Fischer. 59; Reading Clerk Union has been notified that aB Jeff Morrison. 34213; Recorder Cities Service objections have James Carroll. 14. been overruled and the SIU will [shortly be certified as the collecMotion carried to accept re- _ tive bargaining agent. Rules ports from the various branches.' for supporting the UFE strike Motion by Franks, 2634, seconded , were i-eported on. Due to action by several, that any man who by the SIU the strike remains signs on articles and jumps ar­ as vigorous as it was the first ticles be penalized. Motion car­ day. Reported that over 60 Sea­ ried with three members re­ farers have been arrested and 16 corded as being opposed. Motion hospitalized due to police brutal­ by J. Morrison, 34213, that a trial ity. Secretary-Treasurer reported committee be elected to try cases on contract signed with Calmar, at hand. Motion carried. Mo­ but as full details are not ready tion cai-ried that the Bosun of membership action was not the Wild Ranger be investigated asked. Sccretary-Treasui'er fur­ by the membership and that the ther reported progress in nego­ Patrolmen be instructed to go in tiations for establishing SIU the ship and investigate. Motion shore gangs in all A&G ports. '•'.•Ill New Tanker Wage Scales Following are the new wage rates as established in the recently signed contracts with Tanker Sag Harbor Corporation and Petrol Tanker Industries. Incorporated, compared with wages under the old agreements: Rating Bosun Carpenter AB QM AB Maint OS Electrician Chief Pumpman Engine Maint Oiler FWT Wiper ...^: Steward Chief Cook Second Cook and. Baker Galleyman Messman Utility Old Wage $245.00 245.00 205.00 205.00 220.00 175.00 328.00 285.00 245.00 205.00 205.00 195.00 265.00 245.00 215.00 175.00 170.00 170.00 New Wage $270.00 270.00 220.00 220.00 235.00 185.00 350.00 290.00 265.00 220.00 220.00 208.00 285.00 265.00 . 230.00 185.00 185.00 185.00 Increase $25.00 25.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 10.00 22.00 5.00 20.00 15.00 15.00 13.00 20.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 15.00 15.00 . OVERTIME RATES: Less than $223.23 a month; Increased from $1.10 to $1.15 per hour $223.23 or more a month: Increased from $1.40 to $1.45 per hour • .f '-5 ] �Pag* aJgU THE SEAFARERS lOG Frida7r AiMffl 30. 1948 SHW MDMimS AND NEWS I i"' .1-: I vi. !! :I !'•'1 J ^ ?! 7.' m i •• 'i'. .I •;5; ;;!l I li It J'VVf' Hard-Time Skipper, 'Vacation' In Beira Spoil Trip For Wesleyan Victory Crewmen WANT UNION SLOPS FOR UNION MEN >. - ,* > By RED FISHER he did get the officers ^nd crew on the way home after having „o , tri. » case of beer apiece at a low one boiler re-bricked and some The SS Wesleyan Victory . andj ,let* everybody u j have u price a other engine repairs in Durban. sailed out of New York for case whether he liked beer or This repair work meant that we South Africa on November 15, not. Those who didn't like it spent an extra week in Durban 1947, with a good bunch of ship­ passed theirs around. the second time we stopped mates aboard, and paid off on The next port of call was there. AprU 12, 1948 with aU beefs Lourenco Marques on the coast HELL SHIP settled. But the SIU Patrolman of Portuguese East Africa where had to put up.a good battle with we stopped for five days before All the way home the Wesley­ Danish-born Captain J. N. Ras- proceeding to Beira for a brief an was a hell ship for fair. But mussen to get everything prop­ visit of 76 steaming days. every dog has his day and the erly squared away. crew stuck together to wait for FISH STORY At the beginning of "the trip, that day to come. the Captain was a happy-goA few of the boys started to Most of the logs were lifted lucky Skipper, but later on fish one day. In the beginning eventually when the Patrolman things changed. Toward the end they didn't catch very many, but came aboard in New York. How­ , there was nothing he wanted so all of a sudden when the tide ever, we had to hold up the pay­ much as a new crew, preferably changed the fish got hungry and off a little to get some disputed one whose members were broke took to biting hook, line and overtime we had coming. Here Part of the crew of the Governor Graves, Waterman, and had three notches in their sinker. The boys caught 50 in is an example of the kind of which went on record to support the SS Southwind's resolu­ belts. tion calling for a Union certified slopchest. Front row, left 30 minutes. thing that happened. to right—Seelig, AB and Deck Delegate; Stowell, Deck Maint.; On the way down to Capetown Part of the cargo which we The .Captain had the Junior P. Ryan, Deck Eng. and Ship's Delegate: Dutch, AB; and and Durban the Captain even al­ picked up in Lourenco Marques Engineer put in jail in Beira but Junior, OS. Back row—Chief Cook; Mell, MM; Stokes, Oiler lowed the crew to have a Nep­ to take to Beira was big 30-ton brought no charges against him. and Engine Delegate; Brewer, Wiper; Russo, Messman; Marcel. tune party. Not only that, but diesel shovel consigned to the The crew called a meeting to Messman and Stewards Delegate; Dell, Wiper; and Chief he gave King Neptune and the Beira Boating Company. When take steps toward getting him Steward. whole group including the vic­ they set it up the first thing it tims a little spiked refreshment. did was throw a lot of natives out. Our only representative there was the British Consul who out of jobs. FLOCK OF ROBINS handles American business. We The port doctor in Beira sure got in touch with the Consul There were five Robin ships in was a good fellow—^by and large. who took fast action and had the Durban including ours, and one He was a little needle-happy, to man out as 10 o'clock the fol­ night most of the boys from all be sure, and insisted on shoot­ lowing morning. five of them were at the Club ing everybody full of penicillin, The Captain never had the Mayfair, the main spot in Dur­ but he liked the SIU crews and The slopchest situation seems that it be union made. It should time to talk to the properly ban for shoreside relaxation. did his best for them on every elected delegates. He refused to to be getting worse instead of also be remembered that we as This party kept going untjl occasion. listen to the Night Cook and better on a good many ships. Union Brothers should whenever about 11 o'clock and everybody Naturally the crew was as Baker and didn'.t want him for Latest crew to ask for intensi­ possible support and purchase was having a grand time. To happy a bunch as ever you a department delegate. • This fied Union policy and action on union made articles. make things complete all of us wanted to see when the Wesley­ made it somewhat tough since the problem is that of the SS "We firmly believe that before stood up for a minute of silence an finally piilled out of Beira, there were only three bookmen Governor Sparks, now on Water­ signing articles all ships' crews for Brothers lost at sea. homeward bound. should have aU delegates check in the Stewards Department. For man's Far Eastern run. In short, we had a nice few A lot of work got done by the sake of peace the boys In an emphatic resolution the articles in the slopchest to days in Durban. The SIU is the Deck Department, notably elected a new delegate, however. drawn up and passed at a ship­ see that they are of a good pretty well liked by the girls of a great deal of chipping and board meeting early in March, quality and that if possible they HARD OF HEARING Durban and other ports in South painting. We painted the outhave a union label and are not Africa. The girls seem to like to ^ide of the ship as well as the Sometimes he would listen to the Sparks crew demanded that made by scab labor. go places with the Seafarers. Isupei' structure and used an ex- the Ship's Delegate and some­ only articles made by union "If the articles are not up to labor be carried in slopchests and It was when we left Durban tra big amount of paint to give times to the Deck Delegate, but that all slopchests be certified for SIU standard they should be that the Captain had his change her a third coat making her look not always. In addition he tried sent ashore to be replaced by quality by the SIU. of heart. like a yacht. to give the SIU Patrolmen a The Sparks crew was inspired good union made articles. By Of course, to give him credit, i We could make only 13 knots hard time at the payoff. by a similar resolution passed this action we can prevent ship When we paid off we ran aboard the SS Southwind, South chandlers, port stewards and smack into the UFE beef. We Atlantic, which was published in their stooges from passing off merchandise of inferior quality were glad to come to the help the LOG of January 9. and products made by scab of those people and we chipped labor. WANT UNION LABEL in 350 dollars to help out. "BE IT FURTHER The complete text of the res­ olution, which was signed for the RESOLVED: FRANK RUTKOWSKI, entire crew by Pat Ryan, Ship's "That the crewmembers of the SIU SINCE 1938, Delegate, is as follows: SS Governor Sparks go on record DIES IN HAMBURG as being 100 percent in favor of "BE IT RESOLVED: any action that is taken by our Seafarer Frank Rutkowski died "We the crewmembers of this shoreside representatives or the in Hamburg, Germany, on March ship do hereby go on record to membership on this resolution." endorse the resolution of the 23 after a brief illness, according crewmembers of the SS Southto a letter received from Bro­ wind 100 percent in their recom­ STANTON PATIENTS ther Louis Hedin, Deck Delegate mendation for a Union certified of the SS Thomas F. Hunt on slopchest on all SlU-contracted THANK SEATON MEN ships. FOR DONATIONS which Rutowski was sailing. Rutkowski was a good ship­ 'There is hardly a ship afloat The donation sent to the mem­ mate well liked by the entire today on which a man can de­ bers in" the Fort Stantoil, N.M., crew, Hedin writes, adding that mand and receive any article of hospital by the crew of the SS the American Consul in Ham­ clothing or anything else from William W. Beaton was happily the slopchest that has a union burg handled aU arrangements label on it. received, according to a letter of with efficiency and sympathy. .. The 51-year-old Seafarer had "We believe that this matter, thanks that canle to the New been an SIU member since De­ which has come up so much Orleans Agent from Hospital cember 1938 and had shipped on lately, should be voted on up Delegate John P. Williamson. • the Thomas F. Hunt in San and down the Coast. The donation was divided Francisco on February 12 this "BE IT FURTHER equally among the following Displaying Iheir catch, which would make any fisherman year. RESOLVED: seven men: proud, are Irish O'Hanlon, AB; A. C. Smith, Chief Steward, Rutkowski is survived by his "That we the members of the and A. Whitmore, Wiper. Thirty minutes of angling in the widow who resides in New Or­ Seafarers International Union de­ Robert B. Wright, C. Middleton, port of Beira produced fifty fish. Our field and stream editor leans. According to Headquarters mand of the companies that they A. McGuigan, J. .Supinskii R. S, identifies 49 as Jackfish and the one at the bottom as a. small records he' was bom in 1897 and place on board their vessel merr- Lublin, F. y. Chamberl&yne, and sand' shark. .. . had a Bosun's-rating.' •• • chandise of a good ; quality, and John P. Williamson. Sparks Crew Asks SIU To Certify Slopchests ...f. vV., m r- • �Fridar. April 30, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nina Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings g4V6: matters discussed under good RICHARD MOCZKOWSKI. and welfare. Minute of silence Feb. 8 — Chairman Frank Rich­ for Brothers lost at sea. ardson; Secretary R. Rife. Dele­ gates reported everything okay. 4 4 4 STEEL SURVEYOa Mar. 28— New Business: Motion made to Chairman W. Schoenbom; Secre­ find out why wash water is shut tary Thurston J. Lewi& No de­ off so many times. Good and partment beefs, but crew short Welfare: Brother Hogan ob­ a dishwasher. Chips moved to jected to the hardness of the clean mess and wear shirts bread brought aboard in Philly. Voted to have delegates make up New set-up in galley tried out rules of shipboard conduct, and reported to be working out Passed motion by Lewis that much better. One minute of Ship's Delegate not needed since HE PROPOSED silence for Brothers lost at sea. department delegates could CHANGES IN THE t i 4. handle matters. Electrician sug­ SHIPPING RULES GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN, HAVE BEEN Jan. 8 — Chairman W. McLean; Juan. Voted to turn over re­ gested that question of draws be APOPTHD QfTHE Secretary A. Klein. M. Kelly pair list to heads of departments. settled. Also that stores be MEMBERSHIP ^ Deck Delegate, reported on num­ Minute of silence for Brothers searched for deck awnings and cots. Minute of silence for ber of book members. McClel- lost at sea. A 92% YES VOTE. 4 4 4 Brothers lost at sea. lan Stewards Delegate, reported READ AGAIN THE STEEL RECORDER, Mar. 24— 4 4 4 on book members and asked that NEW SECTIONS OF THE RULES - AMD THEN READ men replace cups and silver in Chairman John A. Sullivan; VIRGINIA CITY VICTORY. THE ENTIRE THING. REMENIBER, THESE ARE sink after night lunch. F. Fisher, Secretary Edward DeBourbon. Feb. — Chairman A. Campbell: THE SHIPPING RULES WE OURSELVES HAV£ Engine Delegate, reported two Repair list turned over to secre­ Secretary G. Maslaroy. Dele­ MADE AND THE RULES WE SHIP BYNew book members in his department. tary. Deck Delegate report 20 gates reports accepted. hours in dispute, other delegates Business: List of fines for minor Good and Welfare: D. Wares sug­ THEY ARE PRINTED IN FULL FOR YOUR CON­ gested that each delegate submit report none. Union literature infractions drawn up and ap­ VENIENCE ON PAGE 16 OF THIS ISSUE. passed out and various question proved. Motion carried that ^ a repair list. H. De Ruyter, discussed. Milk supply, repair letter be written to the LCXJ Steward, addressed the meeting in which he said there would be list, food supply discussed under praising, the cooperation of 1st no limit on food while it lasted. Good and Welfare. Some food Assistant Engineer Walter P. to be saved to show Patrolman. Carlson. Good and Welfare: Stewai'd and Cooks promised to Brother McCormack to be put on do better. Minute of silence for probation due to his inability to By HANK Brothers lost at sea. Ship's and cooperate with his shipmates. Engine Delegate SulUvan; Deck From Walter Winchell's column of April 14, it says: "Years Delegate E. Andersen; Stewards ago slaves, instead of stocks and bonds, were bought and sold Delegate Grunwald. on Wall Street"... Today, with the Stock Exchange big-shots cheaply prolonging the UFE strike, it looks like they class their 4 4 4 » 4. financial employees in the category of stocks, bonds and cigar DEL VIENTO, AprU 4—Chair­ MARINE RUNNER. Mar. 7— smoke. However, if it wasn't for our militant AFL trade unionman Bill Mitchell; Recording Chairman Kenneth Carlson; Secretary Bernard Kelly. Deck Secretary Fred Miller. Depart­ JOHN HATHORN. Feb. 22— sts, the United Financial Employes Union (with SIU-SUP sailors Delegate asked his department ments reported plenty of over­ Chairman Spider Korolia; Secre­ supporting), going out on strike against the big people of Wall to keep quarters clean, said CapStreet, these financial workers would, in these difficult times, time in dispute. Miller moved, tary John G.,Brady. Deck. Deletain had complained. Engine, „ . , „ be forced to remain the slaves .of the Wall Street gluttons of Olney seconded, carried, that Delegate reported a few dis-1 wealth. cooking facilities be installed for okay and was given vote of African shore workers. Miller puted houi-s. Voted to hold up thanks for job well done; Stew­ 4 4 4 moved, Domingue seconded, car­ payoff until matter of tax with­ ards Delegate Emmett Barrios Brother George Meaney who just came off the SS South­ ried, that four months food be holding settled, company rate be­ reported one hour of overtime in land wrote the following item about his shipmates: "Many of ing thought too high. Voted to parried on African run. Kelly dispute; Engine Delegate R. L. the oldtimers know Steward George Russell, who was well moved, Gonzales seconded, car­ bring anybody drunk at payoff Trumbull reported several hours liked and did a line job—and even received a clock as a ried, that status of African crews u^ on charges. Voted that if the of disputed overtime. New birthday present from the crew. Also aboard were Andy working Mississippi in West Captain and Steward wanted the Business: Motion by D. D. Story Mazurick. Vernon Haworth, Alvin Adams. Pat Huff. Ray Africa be clarified. Voted to bad meat qooked, the Cook that repair lists of all depart­ Pomykala. Dirk Vissey. Max Moore. Eddie Dudek, Vego check Engineers' disregard for should see that the two of them ments be merged aind a copy be Justo. Guess who else was on board? Good old Mike Sorensen, Electricians. Voted that Pursers and nobody else got it to eat. presented to head of each de-' the cook who was around during the MMP strike. He's the on African run leam more about Suggestion to adjust overtime partment. Motion by Sylvera same old Mike—still turning out the chow. Now here's some and time changes. Minute of sil­ treating tropical diseases. that a new meat block and gi-ill of the gang whoTl be around New York soon: Carlos Pete ence for Brothers lost at sea. be put aboard. Motion carried 4 » Negron. Bob Tate. Victor Bonet. Joseph Co'nlon Garcia. Victor MATTHEW B. BRADY, Mar. that ship's delegate see Captain Perez. John Flynn. Eddie Grzyd and W. Peterson. Most of the 28 — Chairman E. J. Shipps: regarding fares paid for launch guys have itchy feet and want to get back to Bremen and Secretary R. J. Wells. Ship's service while in Manila. Le Havre again since they seem to hear wedding bells ringing iDelegate warned men using star­ there." 4 4 4 board showers to keep them ALCOA PEGASU^^, Feb. 21— *44. Clean. Deck and Stewards DeleChairman William Hope; Secre­ Brother Buford Jones, from New Orleans, just came in off a *gates reported some disputed tary J. P. Morris. Good and Wel­ long trip aboard the SS Petrolite. Brother Jones related that the overtime. Deck Delegate said he fare: Suggestion to pick up all would turn in to Union names books and place then in rack in crew suffered many hardships from the skipper. In one port the of men who fouled up their the P. O. mess. Suggestion crew was shortchanged in their draws for foreign dough—imtil 4 4 4 gangway watch. Engine Dele­ for Stewards Department to they complained to the American consulate. Another incident ROBIN GOODFELLOW. April gate reported all okay. Voted to put in overtime for going • in involved a brother getting logged here in an American port for 4 — Chairman Nick Swokle; have repair list; ready. Jones. engine room spaces to bag and something he was supposed to have done some time ago in a Secretary Arthur Wert. No beefs Hill and Cook volunteered to count linen. Suggestion made foreign port.,, Brother Isidore Levy came in from a trip to Italy. at all reported by department sougee recreation room. Minute that ship's delegate check with Brother Roderick Smith stayed aboard for another trip as Bosun. of silence for Brothers lost at delegates. Pasinesky's motion to Patrolman as to possibility of The ship is heading for Greece this time. put in for new washing machine sea . changing ship's plan according to 4 4 4 passed. So was Swokle's mo­ original specifications. One min­ Brother George Pasinosky. oldtimer and New Jersey tion to see Mate about keys to ute of silence for Brothers lost citizen, is in town with another brother. Pete Pasinosky. Their rooms and Longfellow's motion at sea. third brother. Joe, also a Bosun, is aboard a Robin ship on to see*that store list be made and the South African run... To Brother A. R. Velasco. oldtimer. stores procured before crew down in Florida: Yoq're on the weekly mailing list for the leaves ship. Passed motion that 4 4 4 LOG and a few back issues, too... Brother Melvin Hibbs. LONGVIEW VICTORY. Mar. ship be fumigated to get rid of the oldtimer. came into town out of Tampa, and out of re­ 28 — Chairman John Driscoll; homesteading roaches and lice. tirement. so he could pitch in and "hit the bricks" of Wall 4 4 4 Secretary Robert Aiu. Charges Elected J. Dodge Ship's Delegate. Street. A vote of thanks to Brother Hibbs... Here are a few against Brother read by Vasquez. Deck Delegate Swokle; Engine MALDEN VICTORY. Jan. 1— oldtimers in town: Charlie "Carioca Red" Benway, "Red" Article in LOG read by Driscoll. Delegate Stuntebeck; Stewards Chairman Ame Larsen; Secre­ McKenzie, A. Vasquez. T. Humal. E. Samia. M. Awall. O. tary V/aller J. Walsh. New Motion by Rhone seconded and Delegate Buleca. Williams, and J. Quimara. Gulf oldtimer. Business: Motion carried to have carried that charges against 4 4 4 4 4 4 Brother are not serious enough STEEL VENDOR. Mar, 7— flushometer checked. Men wish­ ing to pay off on the West Coast Chairman T. Tuars; Secretary J. The weekly LOG will be traveling free of cost to the fol­ for trial committee. Voted to hold payoffs until settlement of K. Cann. S. Jandora elected to notify their respective dele­ lowing brothers, some permitmen and other bookmen, all over all beefs. Minute of silence for Ship's Delegate. Department gates so that replacements can the country: Fi-ank Edmonds of North Carolina, W,ilburt Wentling ''-A delegates said no beefs to report. be secured and possible mutual of Pennsylvania, Fred Lane of New York, Peter Piascik of Con­ Brothers lost at sea. Report on necticut, John Turner of Florida, Michael Slinski of New Jersey, Voted Stewards stores, hospital payoffs arranged. 4 4 4 SUZANNE, April 4 — Chair­ supplies and slopchest be checked slick radio salesman who boarded Leo Sigl of Wisconsin, Albert Carbonell of New York, Rollo Heaton man F. Cornier; Secretary Mexi- by delegates and Patrolman be­ ship and sold radios to several of Alabama, James McLinden of Pennsylvania, Wayne Routh of mo Murphy. Department dele­ fore departure. Ships minutes members of the crew for $75. North Carolina, Omar Elliott of Alabama, Jerrell Neel of Texas, gates reported all shipshape. Mo­ plus pictures to be mailed to Radios, could have ^ been pur­ Irvin Harrington of Florida, Howard Todd of California, Furman ^ tion by Rothmere, seconded by N. Y. at first port touched. Elec­ chased in Philly for $45. One Hipp of South Carolina, John Simon of Ohio, Francis Phelps of 1 Borofont, for non-concurrence in trician to fix all fans. Steward minute of silence for lost Bro­ Maryland, Henry King of Alabama, Theodore Aleck of Maryland, Robert Butler of New York, Thomas Logan of Pennsylvania. Galveston motion to close San to improve night lunch. Various thers. . • SOME CHA»«3ES, HAVE BEEN MAPE ! CVT and RUN �Page Ten THE SEAFARERS Friday. AprU 30. W4« LOG SPEAKS Member Sees No Reason For Painting Disputes Chief Cook Prayer For Seafaring Men To Ihe Editor: Now I am not the least bit jealous of a man getting along Being a sailor (I hope) and a in the world, and if we have Bosun of fairly long standing, I lots of overtime, I like to • ask would like to clarify and explain the Stewards Department for as­ .and attempt to stop the eternal sistance in painting. And try to haggling between departments on get the Wipers some but the our ships, both SIU and SUP. I sailors are supposed to be the have sailed several of both and painters and their work gives have had the same petty argu­ them skill in that line, which a ments come up on both. Messman's duties do not. So I The sailors are the bona fide think it is absolutely their, work and supposed to be—the capable, and as long as they do not in­ competent and experienced paint­ fringe upon some other man's ers on the ships, having paints, work, it should be no point of brushes, etc. The Bosun must contention between departments. mix and pass out the paints and I am very thankful for the supervise all paint jobs. wages and conditions obtained as a result of union activity and MESSMAN VS. OS brotherly cooperation, because I Now, one brother, in a recent have sailed—as have many more issue of the LOG, asked, "Why, brothers—when we had no over­ should an OS have more over- time whatever to haggle over. WUliam A. Floyd. SUP Log-A -Rhythms Dedicated to BUI Champlin, Bosun, MV Sea Trader By MICHAEL P. STATH, 3rd Mate Seafarer A1 Sage, recently a member of the galley gang aboard the SS Steel Chemist, had this photo taken by Earl Laws, a shipmate. More LOGs Now Going To Port Of Spain Brother Adds To Praise Of S.I. Hospital To ihe Editor: To the Editor: I For all who go to sea in ships, I keep a prayer upon my lips: God keep them safe and make them brave, And let them master wind and wave. For ships, however, great they be, Seem small upon an angry sea. II For sailormen whose courses lie Beyond the edge of sea and sky. Upon my lips a prayer I keep: '• > • "':Sl I have been receiving five j Just this morning I completed God strengthen them upon the deep. copies of the SEAFARERS LOG ,a two-week stay at the Marine For ships, however large they be. regularly and I thank you very Hospital on Staten Island. Com­ much for sending them. When­ ing over to the Hall here in Seem puny in a storm at sea. ever a Union member comes New Yoi-k I picked up a copy Ill here he is very happy to be of the LOG of March 26 and able to get a copy from me. 'read with interest , a letter from Wisdom and courage. Lord I pray: time than a Messman?" I ask, But I am still short as I am Frank Schutz complimenting the Bestow on sailors day by day. "Is there any reason a Messman well patronized by your Union Marine Hospital on the treat­ And grant to all seafaring men should have more overtime than members, and some have asked ment he had received there, The joy of getting home again. me to write this letter to you j For my money he is one hunan OS?" and have signed it too. i For ships however strong they be. 'dred percent right, and I hearti­ If I am a fireman at a lumber Thanking you in advance, I Seem frail upon a storm-tossed sea. mill and the foreman asks for ly agree with Brother Schutz men to work overtime stacking remain yours faithfully, when he says that nobody has Burze Ghelman any beef regarding service or lumber, should he ask me? Plaza Hotel As I understand it, a Mess­ treatment at that Marine Hos­ 54 Park Street pital. man makes 11 hours on Sunday Port of Spain and holidays at sea and eight I can say honestly that in the Trinidad hours .^n Saturday and Sundays two weeks I spent there I was in port. Should we put an OS (Ed. Note: Letter endorsed treated and respected as well as To the Editor: to go to the Painters Union. I in his place for that? On many by T. N. Kaivtch. C. M. Shuren. I ever could have expected to don't think anyone can deplore a ship I have sailed the Stew­ A. R. Glove. Benjamin F.' be treated in any private hospi­ There has been quite a lot of such a person as much as I do* ards Department made more Bond and James A. Broadus. tal. The doctors seemed very discussion lately of the painting RARE CASES overtime than the Deck Depart­ Friend Ghelman now receives efficient and the nUrses were done by the Stewards Depart­ In regard to anyone submit­ ment both in the LOG and ting 110 hours for painting a ment in their regular work and 25 copies of the LOG every most considerate at all times. aboard - ship. Speaking as a storeroom, such cases must be I never complained about them. week.) CLASSY DAMES member of the Stewards Depart­ very rare. I have never en­ ment," I want to voice my feel­ countered such a case. How­ SEAFARER SHIPMATES Incidentally, I've not seen a ings on the matter. ever, in saying this, I do not for classier collection of femininity I have never been. an ambi­ a minute doubt that, Brother in ages. Some of them were just pretty, but a greater part of tious painter, however, when it Stewart, or any other Patrol­ them were absolute knockouts. I comes to painting the messroom, man, has occasionally run into can't think of a better place to storerooms, galley, etc., the up­ such cases. keep of which is the duty of the As "seamen, we all know how be sick. Stewards Department, I feel it is much progi-ess has been made in It would be a good idea to just for members of the Stewards raising our base wages. This is remember. Brothers, that in a Department to expect preference. well appreciated. government hospital you don't All members in all depart­ rate any of that bedside manner Brother Freddie Stewart, I feel, a private croaker gives you. All was off base a bit when he stated ments, especially in the lower very pointedly in the March 26th ratings, have always found it you get is efficient service. That's been my experience. issue of the LOG: "Our first con­ necessary to augment their take The M^rine Hospital is for those tracts eliminated this excess home pay by making a little who need treatment for their work, which was so unjustly a extra in overtime. ills. I certainly wouldn't expect part of our regular working Jf messmen, who pay as much in dues as Bosuns, Electricians to go over there to recuperate functions." Well, since the Stewards De­ and other higher ratings put of from a two-week drunk. That partment was required to paint much lower wages, cannot be isn't what the place is there for. when no overtime was involved, benefitted by the terms of his Moreover, private hospitals that then isn't it the tight of that Union's agreement, then I im- .• handle that kind of stuff soak department to be given the pre­ agine they are expected to take you plenty. In closing, let me say again ference now that is being paid in laundry as of old. In all my time sailing ships that for, my money the .Marine for? It is quite true that those where the Stewards Department Hospital on Staten Island is characters who consider them­ was allowed to paint, I have plenty okay. My sincere thanks selves painters first and Messmen never been on a single ship cind appreciation for the treat­ or Cooks after, and bring their where the Deck Department was . ' Eraest Bonner (left) and John JPritz. both of whom are ment I received there. own painting gear in their suit­ not called in to share in a sub­ r 'giidbd SIU men and wonderful shipmates, as Raymond Barnette Max Lipkin cases, should be relieved of their stantial part of the painting. it. Brother Barnella took the photo ^hen all three were boolts. They should be: .adyisecl ; R. Brown the SS Hehrir Lbhdfellow a Watettaiaift ship! Galley Gang Rates Painting Rights, Seafarer Asserts r^ •• �Friday' April 30. 1948 Short Short Story — The Ill-Fated Mary Doe THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven Dutchy Will Trade An Airtight* System For One Suit Of Clothes To the Editor: Port Said is a place where Ali Baba and his 40 thieves would N 1920, when I was master of the foxir-masted schooner, Eliza­ be considered cream puffs. The beth Bandi, lying in F>hiladclphia, another schooner came and average American dip, pick­ tied up alongside my vessel. She was a fine four master, well- pocket to you, would be picked founded, and brand new. Let's say she was the Mary Doe. clean while blinking his eyes It seemed to me that her master. Captain Blank we'll call in this place. They're fast and him, was hell-bent on business. The freight being low and both elusive, but we outwitted them They don't put nothing over on vessels, therefore, lying idle waiting for cargo, we struck up an las. Oh no, we were wise and acquaintance. This soon developed into friendship, as is common ready. with men who follow the sea. As soon as a ship drops the hook these chiseling commandos RUM AND MUSIC descend like a swarm of locusts. Then, one evening. Captain Blank, who seemed to have some­ Bumboats surround the ship and thing on his mind, made the sign by lifting his elbow and invited grappling hooks go over the me to his cabin for a dram. We had a few drams of rum, skilled rails. They run up the lines like on another and talked about ships to the sounds of the phono­ monkeys. This is a view of famed and colorful Port Said, situated graph playing selections from gamle Norge. If there is an open porthole or in the northeastern part of Egypt at the Mediterranean end Captain Blank became moody, as if longing for home. But it an vmlocked room on the ship, of the Suez Canal. It is also approximately the site where passed away. He turned to busi­ they will clean it out faster than Dutchy Moore of the Steel Scientist was bamboozled out of ness and asked me in a hushed ".:S| a pack of hungry buzzards on a a suit of clothes. tone: bloated hog. In fact, it is amaz­ "Captain Peterson, how much ing. You cannot imagine how temptation. I flew to the door. Well, to make a long and sad money does your owner pay you cunningly they operate until you A young lad with an honest face story short, and to keep the rec­ a' month?" are actually over there once. and soft brown eyes was holding ord straight, they wouldn't send "Top wages," said I, "$300 At the first ship meeting out a bottle of Haig and Haig pinch- up the scotch until we came to V-11 per month." of New York aboard the Steel bottle. terms. I insisted on testing every Captain Blank smiled to himScientist, enroute to the Far Of course I'm cautions. They bottle to see if it was okay; the, gelf and gave me a significant East by way of Port Said, it was ain't going to put anything over kid wants to see the clothes. wink. Then, as if unable to hold found that two-thirds of the on Dutchy Moore. Never let I had a couple of old suits 1 back a secret, he produced from crew had never experienced the that be said. Haven't I wained had taken along for trading pur­ his desk a private agreement be­ charge of the bite brigade." the crew to be careful. poses, but he wants me to show tween himself and his owner. "Let's have a taste of that, them out the poi'thole as agreed.. '•i I SHREWD MOVE It made me blink as I read kid," I take a slug, it's the real I hand him a coat and he looks it alodd. It stipulated that the master's salary is to be $500 per .So, as ship's delegate, and hav­ thing. "How much? Let's do at it. I take the coat and he month and the contract is to continue for two years whether the ing been over there several some business." looks at the pants. Then, wham! master is in charge of the said vessel or not. times, I made a motion to keep DEAL BREWS lie grabs the coat from my hand "Captain Blank!" I exclaimed, "How in hell can your owner the Egyptians out of the pas­ and runs. The kid tells me he has a sageways and particularly out of pay you such a high salary when freight is so low?" case of the same stuff in the I tear around to the bumboat— "What the hell. Captain Peterson," Blank explained, "she's a the crew quarters. Any busi­ bumboat alongside the ship. He no bumboat. Is my face red. Am big vessel and she carries the highest insurance the owner could ness or changie for changie wants 120 American bucks for it, I mortified. Foiled again by the would have to be transacted out get—$100,000 more than she is worth." on deck or through the porthole. but will trade for some clothing slickest operators in the world! And he gave me another significant wink. Say, do you want to know After discussion the motion was and cigarettes. I throw a light Then, after a moment of silence, Captain Blank filled the carried. over the side and the boatman my system for stopping the bumglasses. "Skol!" he said, with a far-away look. "I want to go back When we dropped hook at Port holds up a case of scotch. Oh ! boat merchants in Singapore? to the old country. I haven't been home in 42 years..." ' Dutchy Moore Said we were immediately boy! boarded. Were they d i s a p • • • A year passed since we parted and we never met again. Then, pointed to find a crew that knew one day, when I was aboard my vessel lying in Mobile, Ala., I the score and would not al­ low them the run of the ship. chanced to see a news item in a. local paper. It read: "The four-masted schooner Mary Doe was abandoned after The crew took turns guarding the passageways on their own a fire at sea off Miami..." seamen will sign an affidavit time and regai-dlcss of tricks To the Editor: three feet long to say they have I read it over once again and, recalling the private agree­ tried the natives did not breach I would like to advance my no intentions of becoming Am­ ment, whistled low. our defenses. way of looking at the alien ques­ —R. J. Peterson, MM&P Oh we were shrewd boys. Out­ tion and to find out if I'm wrongs erican citizens. So let's consider our boys more guessed and outfianked we had and everybody else is right. closely when we have our ship's them on the run. We ex­ Lately I've been sailing from last meetings and take a small changed sly winks and congratu­ the West Coast to Japan and the amount of the overseas bpys lated ourselves on the slickness ports I've called at have a size­ but not take all of them. of our maneuver. able number of foreign seamen. I'm only a carpenter and can The rest is painful to relate. This ship's last trip had seven. "The best laid plans of mice and One of them had been in the handle a job ashore but some of men ... ", but that's small con­ Stales for 26 years and has not the boys find it tough getting a job ashore. Some of the boys solation. applied for first papers yet. Im­ may think I'm looking out of I was in the galley with both migration tied him up at Olymone of my eyes but I don't port holes closed, guarding the pia, Wa.sh. think so. roast. I didn't care for any of The others were all go-od fel­ those Port Said diarhonds, hasArvel Beardon lows but they said they never DEL MUNDO MEETING PRESENTS sacks, pocketbooks, tapestries, saw things done in countries Portland, Ore. bracelets or such. (Ed. Note: At present there abroad like we seamen do them PLAN FOR FIREMEN ON STANDBY A tapping on my porthole, a in the U.S. One of them com­ is a restriction on the number bottle of scotch waved at me— plained all trip and when he of aliens permitted to sail To the Editor: returned he wanted to make an­ American ships. Only 25 per In a discussion on board this ship as to conditions enjoyed cent of the crew of a ship 'Wild Bill' Thornton other trip on his permit. by all seamen of Seafarers International Union, our attention was sailing foreign may be' com­ We fought the Marshall Plan finally centered on our brother firemen. In RAF Sick Bay posed of alien seamen. In tak­ on letting Europe have 500 ships At present, these boys' nights are constantly being taken up After Shipboard Fall to turn over to foreign crews. ing in alien seamen, the SIU in all ports performing their customary dutie.s before a boiler. In I don't see much difference in takes this fact into considera­ order to improve this condition, we are asking for a plan by To the Editor: sending the ships to Europe and tion. In cases such as the one which. Firemen can be relieved of night dutj^ while the ship is Well I was heading home on crewing them there and having mentioned by Brother Beardon in its home port, this plan to be put before the negotiating com­ one of the Isthmian scows and Europe's seamen come over here. where a man has the neces­ mittee for action when negotiating new contracts. I slipped on the Engine Room When 500 foreign seamen sail sary time but has not filed for We are offering a suggestion, which could be used: On arrival ladder. from here they put that many first papers, the Union has been of a ship in its home port, two Firemen on standby status could Here I am in ah RAF Hospital American seamen on the beach. attempting to get him to do relieve two Firemen on night duty. The two men being relieved still in bed after 1(^ days. But so, in order to reduce the prob­ HELPED US could go on day jduty, thus creating two jobs for these boys and the sawbones said I would be lem and to make grabbing a also giving them a few nights ashore while at home. able to get up in a few days. Of course they are all good ship easier for the aliens who I was on the SS Harry L. boys. They helped us during the were with us through the last Signed by Crew. SS Del Mundo Glucksman and would like, to war. Remember, too, we helped war and who helped build the ANSWER:—The suggestion made by the brothers aboard say we had mostly book men these boys by giving them the Union but still do not have ' the Del Mundo is a good one and sets forth a plan which the and all in all a very nice bunch best pay and conditions. We enough time to file. Further­ Union very much desires to effect. It is one of tha things the of seamen as always is the case have plenty ox U.S. boys who more, it should be pointed out when they're SIU. pay taxes who are capable for that veterans of the U.S. Union has set in its goal for what it regards as a near-perfect WUliam (Wild Bill) Thornton our tubs. Evei'ybody knows Am­ armed forces are receiving pre­ contract and toward the attainment of which the Union will RAF Hospital No. 7 erican seamen have the best ference in obtaining Union continue to direct its efforts. Stoamaz^Poinl. Aden . conditionsA x some of the alien mendiership.) | I Brother States His Views On Alien Seamen Problem �liiriTinnriirrpmrn^^ .- • :..^;-'''?pw;;i;;v-": T mE ^E A^F ArR E R S L O G Page Twelve Fiidiq^ April^^,..ie4B JOLIET VICTORY MEN ON ANM OFF TBE JOB ^ ^ Need For UniGn Education To the Editor: more draws for-; the rest of the trip. I could fill the entire LOG This is not a crying letter and with these beefs, nearly all of we don't need any crying towels. which have been ironed out We are, fully capable of taking somewhat. But I can see where care of* our own troubles and they'll come up again with the are a 100 per cent SIU crew. The next crew and that introduces following lines are to show what our plea for book-men to come J, i t, a crew will run up against when and replace us. We are paying sailing an Isthmian ship, whose off in New York and there will After a hard day on the brains department is of the old be plenty of jobs all around; deck. A1 Aava. Jr. Engineer, company school, the one which Then we'll educate these phonies left, and Vic Mako. DB4. doff made union organization neces­ for good. • shoes and relax with a rugged sary, and the urgent need of us The younger members are round of cribbage. Shots were guys who know the score in re­ okay but in most cases they can't gard to standard SIU conditions: taken by Donald Southwood. conceive what we mean by con­ Our ship is a C-3, the Steel ditions since they never sailed in S'- •• Age, out four months and due in the past, and don't have a cori^ s- 4. Boston April 25. The skipper is structive enough knowledge of "Panicky" Jaenicke and he's sure any agreement to know when he's the whole cow. The mate, they are being taken advantage chief and first are sucklings to of. A determined effort by all same. Any of the above-men­ hands to ship on these rusttioned have absolutely no re­ buckets with the education of gard for conditions or a man's these brothers in mind should rights. be enacted, and, believe me, brother, I'll be around. NEED EDUCATION With this, and full co-operation We are sailing under the from headquarters, the Patrol­ To the Editor: newly-made agreement and that men, and port committee, we can The SS Bertram G. Goodhue, places us in the position of try­ bust them wide open in short South Atlantic, is one ship out j ing to show these finks what the order. of a thousand, and it is about as agreement applies to under our Our delegate, Armand Thiboclose to 100 percent okay as can working rules. They seem to be deau, deserves a big hand for be found. neurotics when we have a point his work against such opposition. to gain. The Mates and Engineers not He didn't make any bones about to mention the Skipper himself When the Chief Engineer was telling the.se guys off and laying are for the crew. There is told that work performed after down the facts and we are about as much overtime allowed five and before eight was over­ deeply indebted to him. As a as 'the men can work, and very^, time, he nearly popped a gut and consequence, we hear of some little has been disputed. The refused to believe it until the trumped up "inaptitude" charge chow, too cannot be disputed. skipper verified that fact. He that may be placed against him still made threats against our by the brains department, none The crew, in general, is also delegate, which were direct in­ of whom make a third rate shoe­ very good. Everybody wants to timidation. Shortly afterwards maker. do his share of the job and there ^ By "SALTY DICK" an Oiler asked for a few hours is no one lying down. This dissension between the So far as the beefs are con­ ABOARD SS DEL NORTE— there was a tree standing in the off to buy a pair of shoes, and crew and officers of the higher cerned there are very few, and ^^en Frank Vinero was asked grand lounge. Someone suggested this was flatly refused, then and brackets began in the first three what there are can be squared jj gjj.^ ^gg^h, he re- we should hang a certain party at all times unless we got rid weeks of the trip, during which of our delegate. away on board. 'plied: "Yes, she carries hers in on it—no, it wasn't done... time they showed evidence of All trip the eight-to»twelve trying to work our members The repairs have all been purse!"... Richard Haviland May Sullivan's bar in B. A. done, every one the crew asked cguie, back to the ship and told is distributing the LOG but watch has been standing the against each other and playing for. The Delegates have been ^j^g crew he got lost in Santos, I didn't find any in Monte­ four-to-twelve port watch under favorites, intimidating the dele'doing fine. They f^et all over- >j,gj^ gj^g j^g wasn't alone... video. Someone is slipping... direct orders. The watch Junior gates and refusing to recognize time fixed up as soon as the jjg^ Orleans, go over Don't fail to go to. Sao Paulo Engineers have been sounding sections of . the agreement. They work is done. to the Ship Ahoy Bar and meet from Santos, for two dollars tanks on deck. Oilers, work with­ considered themselves a holy , ter­ We have our meetings regu- fiends. I like the sign which round trip by bus. A very out regard to working spaces, ror and announced that they larly. That is were we get reads, "Union Bar." delightful trip...You can miss and Junior Engineers are ex­ were going to get tough. They things ironed out. pected to overhaul the entire gave notice that all OT except Harvey Hill vvas born and the girls for one day... plant while on watch and not week-end watches would be dis­ haised in New Orleans and beCREW ACTION A seaman should be a very ing a rebel he" refuses to cele- intelligent person. He's always under direction of the watch en­ puted and we would work from We do have one case to be brate Lincoln's birthday. But he travelling, coming into contact gineer, either. The Wipers are bell-to-bell. As a result, .they're brought to the Patrolman's at- ^111 accept the eight hours over- with people from all parts and turned to on a Saturday for the been the laughing stock of the tention when he comes aboard, time. seeing things that others only remaining two hours until noon ship. The man concerned will be One thing we need here on witness in the movies. He also, when the ship had departed that Charles Burns recommended for a trial com­ the Del Norte is a crying room. has plenty of time to read good morning. A Junior Engineer was Port Said, Egypt. ordered to swap watches for the mittee in New York. I'm sure it would be full at all books... We'll send you some pictures times. Yet, we're on a good ship Santos may be a coffee port, day with another junior. Four-Legged Seafarer of the gang with all their names and on a good run... We have but to us boys there's plenty of The ship arrived in Haifa on a for the LOG shortly. a very good Punser Department. sugar there ... One of the boys Saturday and anchored outside The crew that was on here last There's never any beef on them. is pretty well broken up because the breakwater, and didn't clear must have been some bunch. May they remain forever. The he promised to wed a senorita quarantine until the next A.M. They were too lazy to turn to on Captain is a good joe and he here in B. A. and he can't keep The Oilers' watches were broken the foc'sles with paint and , knows his business ... his promi.se. (It's rumored she's at FWE, with the ship not even brushes. As a result, we have to classified as in port. The skip­ a pistol-packin' mama.) How many of you got gypped paint all the time. However, it's in Rio? There's a factory there per refused an AB medical atten­ all overtime. tion for a swollen arm and boil. making perfume (all brands) This will be one of the cleanest and the local police -raided it. The three department dele^ ships to hit New York. In fact Don't buy the stuff along the gates went to see him about this we h5pe to come in without a waterfront'... Did you know and the Captain said that the Aboard practically every beef aboard. , man wasn't in need of medical the "cokes" are weaker in George Meany SIU ship there's a Seafarer attention. The delegates asked B. A. than in the U. S. A.? (Ed. Note: Brother Meany's About four years ago they with a camera. Th^y lake him' if he was a doctor and cheery letter, written from started by giving them away some pretty good pictures, enough of one to determine this. Germany, is endorsed by Tom in Montivideo. Today they are Of course he wasn't, but he said too. The photos—and stories - Osewick, Ship's Delegate.) that he was as good as any doc­ being sold everywhere... —ought to be sent to the tor ashore. The American consul For those who don't know, THEWEMBERSHIPSAVS; A SIO whenever you pay your bill at LOG for publication. How was called and the AB advised to to go to the agent since he a restaurant or a bar in B. A. about it, brothers. And send SHIP MUST BEA^ the tip is per cent added to along identification — names could do nothing about it. The Perched on a desk in the iagent sent him to a doctor, who LOG office, "Floss," four-footed the bill... Mrs. Edna Johansson, make news, you know. Well Chief Stewardess on the Del return pictures, if you wish. said that it was a good thing companion of Seafarer Bob that he had come for treatment. High, gives with a happy smile Norte, is a real oldtimer. She's The addess is SEAFARERS been sailing for years and was for the camera. The pooch, NICE GUY aboard a ship that was torpedoed LOG, 51 Beaver St., New says Brother High, enjoys An Oiler got a medical slip to reading the LOG but has been during the war... The laundry York 4. N. Y. situation here is bad. There have a tooth looked after. When disturbed over finding little Maybe you can do It right should be two men doing the the old man got the bill he told space devoted to seafaring can­ now, eh? work. Let's get going on this isthe Oiler that unless he. paid it ines. This "bone" should keep himself he would give him no the old gti h«ppy for awhilOi • .j sMo ,. , During Christmas , weok, Joliet Victory crewztten Jim Sullivan, AB. top, and Blaekie CroweUL OS. turning a trick on cargo gear prior to unload­ ing in an East African port. Goodhue Reported Good Vessel For Chow, Overtime 'The Voice Of The Sea' il;-^ fe 11 Lensmen Wanted! ClfAKSrtiP, �Fzida^< Aitrii 80,1S4$ •» f " r t H E SEA F ARERS tO G ^ --r:---ij—r - i . ^ - • ij.i..,- Page Thizteen x. ^ '^ " 5 The Waterman tugboats in the harbor of Mobile are organized into the Marine Allied Workers division of the Seafarers International Union. The drive in the Gulf area to organize towboatmen has met. with marked success, and is expected to make even greater strides this year. Pictured above is the Captain, one of the Waterman tugboat fleet. A new contract for Mobile tugboatmen was signed recently and gives those workers a very good deal. Aboard the SS Robert G. Ingersoll, Waterman Steamship Company, the crewmembers worked together m a solid, well-.functioning team. They held regular shipboard meetings, and remembered to send minutes imd pictures to the LOG office. What more could be asked? Above, ^e Engine Departrnent takes time out to pose for a picture. First row, left to right, William H. Brown, Oiler; Calvin K. Wagner, Oiler: John W. Polaski, Oiler; and Warren W, Cur'-ier FWT Md Engine Department Delegate. Hear row, standing from left to right, are Paul R. Albano,' FWT; and Jozef Kowalewski, Deck Engineer. Men of the Deck Department look at the birdie for the benefit of LOG readers. Left to right, kneeling, Paul Koval, DM; A. Clark. AB; Arveds E. Auers, AB, Deck Delegate; and Carlos Labiosa, Bosun. In the rear, from 1. to r., H. Palmer, OS; Chester Sawal, AB; H. Pieren, AB; R. Habluetzel, OS; and H. D. LaFitte, AB. When the Steel Navigator, Isthmian Steamship Company, put into Beirut, Lebanon, recently, the crew set to work with a will to get everything in ship-shape order. In the picture above, two Brother Seafarers take time off from working on the ship to wave for the cameraman. Left. Pete Bluhm, Deck Maintenance, and right, Jimmy Slaven, Deck Maintenance. Brother Bluhm sent in these pictures, and others which appeared in the LOG recently, a few weeks, ago. They report that Isthmian licensed officers ere still up to their chiselling tricks, but that SlU solidarity and militancy is rapidly squaring things away. However, the food on the Steel Navigator was good, and the men expressed a Crewmembers called the Ingersoll Stewards Department, "Best in the Business," Here they are, from left to right, in the front row: James Henderson, Third Cook; and Arthur Lloyd, Night Cook and Baker. Second row, in the qsual order, S. B. Thomas, Chief Steward; Warren Knight, Messman; Alex Alexander, Messman; C. J. Oliver. Chief Cook; Henry Alexander. Utility, and Stewards Department Delegate: an(^ Msdcomb Tucker, Messman, •Tt �Page Fourteen THE SEA FA RERS LOG Friday, April 30, 1948, SIU Contracted Companies; Bull Line To better acquaint the SIU membership with the ships they sail and the SIU contracted compsniss behind them, a series of short articles on these companies and their ships is being run in the LOG. Some of the companies have long and interesting records in American maritime history—some of that history was made with SIU crews aboard the ships. asked me the name of the ship, where she was headed and her cargo. He also wanted to know why the ship had sunk so quick^y"I didn't want to tell him we had an armed guard so I told him we had been hit in the en­ gine room. We were told we were 270 miles from shore and, after slowly proceeding through the wreckage looking for sur­ vivors, the submarine left. Dorothy, Mae, Beatrice and goods of all types to the their fourteen sisters are pretty islands. The principal cargoes on well known gals along the sugar return trips consist of finished run. Tobacco to them is no gloves, embroidered handiwork, stranger, and rum they hold with sugar, rum and tobacco. OFFICES MOVED ease. Possessed of the wander The trade prospered so that lust, the ladies can oft be found in 1909 the company embarked "Later we found another crew­ along the New York waterfront on a building program, increas­ man on a raft, but a search all . or the docks of Puerto Rico. night and the next day failed ing its fleet to fifteen vessels. to produce any others who had But lest anyone misunderstand EXPANDED SERVICES sui-vived the sinking. Six days ' it must be hastily added that the later we were rescued." girls are upstanding virtuous Following the first World War, girls, kept well under the criti­ the companj' expanded its opera­ The ship losses along the coast cal eye of Father Bull. The girls tions by initiating service be­ continued to be so great that . are, let it be known, the names tween East Coast U.S. ports and of the seventeen Bull Line ves­ harbors of the Eastern Mediter­ sels. ranean and the Black Sea. Later Their acquaintance with to­ the foreign run was switched to bacco and rum is purely occupa­ South and East Africa. tional and by no means a vice. In 1927, however, the company Lugging these goods from the discontinued operations to trans(Photo reprinted from The Compass) West Indies to Americans who Atlantic ports and concentrated A rare photograph of the first Dorothy, rebuilt from a crave them, the trade is profit­ on the West Indian run and the wreck in 1902. Note the high stack and the crew's laundry able, it keeps the customers hap­ Atlantic coastwise service. hanging on the bow. Crew slept below decks forward, the py, the company satisfied and Master alone slept above decks. The present Dorothy was the seamen who sail them con­ The company's fleet remained static until 1934 when the An­ tented. gelina and Manuela were built. built in I9I8. The story of the seventeen These two ships were the first company offices were moved to sisters is the story of Bull Line ocean-going dry cargo ships to. men aboard the ships, - • but the Only four crewmembers-—all SIU Pensacola, Florida, in hopes that —an interesting tale of a humble be built in United States ship-j^^^® three of the company men—survived. The following is the shorter run would cut the JP: l-ir crewmember's statement losses, but the submarine attacks beginning and quick rise to a yards following the first World vessels, long suppressed by se- the curity regulations, demands re­ made before the Coast Guard: station with the major American War. did not lessen. Finally, in des­ lating here. steamship companies. "While I was on lookout on peration, the offices were moved The design of the ships was On January 31, 1942 the Bull the foc'sle head there was a back to New York and the ships the forerunner of the Maritime MARITIME EXPANSION Line vessel Major Wheeler sailed terrific explosion aft. A fbrpedo switched to foreign runs. Commission C-1 type ships. The The history- of the company two new vessels entered the from Puerto Rico oh its return had struck the Ruth directly in MAJOR OPERATOR goes back to the turn of the West Indian trade and continued trip to Philadelphia. The sched­ the stern. Within two minutes century, and closely parallels to operate until 1942, when they ule called for its arrivsd in Phil­ after the torpedo struck, the At one time during the, war, the growth of steamship opera­ were lost to enemy action. adelphia on February 10, but she Ruth went down by the stern the Bull Line operated a fleet tions. Schooners were in their never reached her destination, with a port list. totalling 95 ships. With this fleet, last days. The coal burning ships In addition to the Angelina nor was the ship ever heard from supplies were carried to the bat"Immediately after we were and Manuela, the company's fleet'gggj^' tlefronts of the Atlantic, Pacific hit, we began sinking by the was further increased by the and MediteiTanean. purchase of vessels from the Not a trace of the vessel or stern and within a few seconds Govei-nment and the acquiring its 30-man SIU crew was ever the amidships was awash. I With the end of the war, the of the Puerto Rico American found. Somewhere in the South threw off the painter on the company once more resumed its trade between the West Indies Steamship Company and the old Atlantic she met her fate and was swallowed up by the sea. and the United States, using its Weems Line. own ships. The company owns When the SIU came into exist- Approximately two months la­ all of its 17 vessels and does not ance in 1938, Bull Line was one ter on April 8, the Margaret of charter any from the Maritime of the first companies to sign a Bull Line sailed from Puerto Commission. full agreement. Almost from the Rico, due to arrive in New York At present the company ves­ date of the charter issue SIU on April 16. crews • have been manning Bull Like the Major Wheeler she sels line up thus: Cornelia, Hel­ Line ships. en, and Hilton — coaster-reefers disappeared from the face of the built before the last war; the were rapidly pus"hing them from With the 'declaration of war earth without a trace. Not even Monroe, a merchant type ship; the sealanes. World trade and in 1941, Bull immediately in­ a raft or a bit of wreckage was the Jean, Dorothy and Emilia, the maritime industry was en­ creased its transportation of car­ ever picked up. The ship and built in 1918. tering a new era. Into this scene go to and from the West Indies. 29 men completely vanished to entered Archibald H. Bull. In 1942, when the sub menace join the thousands of mysterious More recent ships are three By purchasing foreign vessels was at its height along the East­ disappearances of the sea. collier-type Libertys, the Edith, that had been wrecked, and by ern Coast of the United States, The company files on the dis­ Evelyn and Mae; and five Lib­ ertys, the Angelina, Arlyn, Car­ reconditioning them in Ameri­ Bull Line vessel losses were ex­ appearances are still Open, and olyn, Marina and Rosario. can shipyards, Alexander H. Bull ceedingly high. the missing ships remain sub­ founded the present A. -H. Bull jects of conjecture with com­ HEAVY LOSSES GIRLS, GIRLS Steamship Company. pany officials, but the only hope The fleet is completed by five Under American law a for­ In ten months of 1942, seven­ of leai-ning what happened to the Bull Line ships can be rec­ C-2 vessels, the Beatrice, Frances, eign ship can be operated under teen of the company's twenty- ships would be the examining of the American flag with full do­ five wartime ship losses took thp log books of German sub­ ognized by a black stack, two Elizabeth, Kathryn and Suzanne. marines operating in that area. red stripe's and a. blue "B" on mestic trading privileges, pro­ Immediately noticeable in the This pdssibility is remote. viding at least two-thirds of its a white background. names of the vessels is the al­ value was expended in Ameri­ The ships must have sunk very most complete use of girls' can shipyards for repair work. quickly, making the learning of starboard forward raft and when Using this novel method. Bull the name from survivors almost the raft got free, I jumped into names. The practice was begun by Archibald H. Bull, who nam­ Line came into being in 1902 impossible. Too, the sub or subs the water. with four ships. Named the responsible for sending the ships "When I emerged on the sur­ ed the ships after girls in his Dorothy, Mae, Wilhelmina and to the bottom may have been face, I saw that only about ten family and in the families of his Carolyn they were representative destroyed later. feet of the Ruth's bow still associates. The four original Bull r of vessels in operation during the showed. Within a few seconds the ships are long gone, but three NARROW ESCAPE period of transition from sail to ship disappeared. I managed to steam power, when the entire A story of the sudden death get to the raft and found one of the present ships bear their poop still housed the master of lurking beneath the seas of the survivor. Together we tried to names. the ship. East Coast during this period is reach another man afloat about Most of the girls names have Immediately establishing itself place along the east coast of the told by a crewmember of the forty feet .away. outlived at least one' ship and a ' ill-fated Ruth, which was sunlc ~ in the trade between the United U.S. and the islands. SUB ASKS QUESTIONS few are on their third. Chances States and the West Indies, the There is not space to mention June 28, 1942, off Port-Of-Spain, "About this time the submar­ are that as long as there is a company transports machinery of all of the losses suffered by the Trinidad. all descriptions, lumber, fertiliz­ company nOr the. heroism and The Ruth was carrying a crew ine surfaced and slowly came Bull Line there will be a Doro* ; er, pre-fabricated materials, and courage displayed by the SIU of 34 m^n and 4 Navy gunners. alongside. One of the officers'thy, Mae and Carolyn. �Page Fifteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Frida7' April 30, 1948 PERSONALS Unclaimed Wages PHILIP MILAZZO NORMAN PETTERffiJN Get in touch with Frank A. Get in touch with Mr. MacArthur of Monroe & Ard, 76 Murray, 66-12 52nd Road, MasBeaver Street, New York, N. Y. peth. Long Island, N. Y. The phone is WH 4-7563. This is X i i in connection with the tugboat ERNESTO V. ERAZO , collision. Your wife asks you to contact her at 785 East 151 Street, if CLYDE KEATON Bron.,, N. Y. . Your wife wishes to hear from XXX you as soon as possible. E: A, R. NEBLETT You are asked to communicate if if if BORIS MILLER with your father immediately. Contact Arthur Ilorwitz, 50 XXX HENRY C. ROCH JR. West 68th Street, New York 23, N. Y. Your mother asks that you Thureson, Joseph F 9.03 Tusk, C. P 74 32.05 j Treitier, Carl T. send her: your address. She has Thurman, Aubrey H if if if 10.53 1.34!Tremai Hilary 9.08 Twigg, Charles some important papers to send Tibbett, Walter F JOSEPH BRIANT 46t 5.07 j Trembiay, Rene 8.28 Twigg, Marshall S you. -Contact Jeny Palmer, c/o LOG 8.26 ; Treon, Raymond F 6.46 Twite, Linus .36;^ Tiblis, Rudolph F Office, 51 Beaver Street,, New XXX 13.99. Tichelar, Fred E 5.34 Trickey, William 36.30 Tyler, Charles CHARLES E. CARNIEL York. This pertains to your 223 Tidwelk-L. G. Jr 3.00 |Trieste, John 3.89 Tyler, Gerald seaman's papers. Your former crewmates of the Tiearney, Richard R 1.32; 30.43 , Trinajstick, Daniel 4.51 Tyler, Grover SS Puente Hill—Manuel Caldus, Tighe, Thomas J 89 6.60. Trinrud, Kenneth J 12.12 Tyo, Leslie G if if if Joe Ramieri, James Winget, Tignor, Troy P KENNETH BULLOCK 8.91 30.89 Tripp, Walter C 99.18 Uhler, Richard H 47.57 5.73 Trohlakis, Harry 2.50 Unlandski, Francis Get in touch with Mrs. Amelia Chester Dankert, Frans Semple Till, Hugh W Anthony 94 Trolson, Charles 2.72 Ulas, John 69" Milanesi, 1046 — 56th Street, DeWitt Johnson and Edward Far16.50 Brooklyn 19, New York. She is rell—want to see you. Tims, Ralph 12.10 Troners, W 50 Umberger, Clarence W holding urgent correspondence 96 Tindell, Ralph 12.00 Tronio, Rudolf M 7.42 Underbill, Chester R XXX JOSEPH M. DUNN for you from China, England 13.76 Underbill, Robert Tingier, M. E 5.18 Trout, Ralph G. 43.07 and Boston. 100.40 Trowbridge, Jack J 2.67 Underwood, Irwin Your sister, who is worried Tipton, Arlen 24.09 about you, asks you to get in Tistan, Ervin 2.23 Trudel, Jean 35.12 Unschweif, Gerard if if if 23.24 PAUL N. FROOM JR. touch with her. Titus, Harold J 2.40 Truett, William 10 Upham, David L. 12.26 Tobacco, A 14.30 Truitt, George C 16.86 Urban, Chas Your attorney wishes you to 6.93 XXX Tobias, Howard W 24.33 Trujillo, Thomas 39.46 Urban, F return to Texas. 1.40. ROBERT MYERS 5.99 Truly, Roy E 10.28 Urbanek, William J. 13.76 if if Your mother wants you to Tobiason, Lyder T. MORRIS BERLOWITZ Toby, Wm. C 25.93 Truu, Aleksander 132.35 Urbikas, Anthony 69 write to her. She is ill. Tochterman, Fred P 5.80 Truxillo, W 06 Usher, Robert H ?. 5.94 You are requested ta get in XXX Todd, Harvey 0 2.57 Tryon, Joseph A 3.11 Ussery, William Warren touch with Gosta Skyllberg, at 35 WILBUR IRVIN Todd, Mark 7.79 Trzcinski, Manian 1 2.75 Uzonyi, Jos. H the end of May, c/o Baltimore 69 Contact Julius Di'oisen, 285 Todd, Maurice Edw 1.37 Tsironis, Pandelis M. 73 Vacino, Michael Hall, 14 North Gay Street. 2.67 Madison Avenue, New York 17, Todd, Richard A 2.75 Tuck, Alfred D 43.33 Vain, Chas. 1. .05 if if if N. Y. Todd, Wilhin Aven 5.81 Tuck J. M. 2 73 Vainikainen, Felix L DOUGLAS T. BLESSING 3.05 XXX Toker, Robert M :. 8.50 Tucker, Edward" P.''""."".i; 14.05 Valantejus, Joseph .69 Contact your wife, Mrs. M. "JOE". SS JOHN JAY Tolbert, Chandless 1.42 Tucker, Gerald A 13.14 Valande, J 4.43 Blessing, 9-25 122 Street, College Will Joe, who sailed with Tole, Phillip 21.ra Tucker, James R 2.93 Valchos, Peter 1.58 Point, Long Island, N. Y. Thomas Stinnette aboard the SS Toler, Wm. F. 1.79 Tucker, Richmond 1.12 Valderrama, 102.36 John Jay, Waterman, please send Tomsisello, Peter F. 7.47 Tucker, Thomas E 9.73; 10.59 Valdes, Paul A his address to Brother Stinnette Tomlch, John W. 2.89 pucker, Thomas J S.39 Valentin, Antonio T 19:16: at RFD 3, Box 179, Roanoke, Va Tom mson, Kennoth . 8.57 Valentine, Milford W. 91 Tomlmson, Woodrow W. .. 3.74 oa n T i. o Valin, J 6.51 XXX Tomloory, Peler 20.72 ® 20.53 W. A. GARDNER or Tumulty, John J 37.45 Valiquette, Erenst R BALTIMORE 14 North Cay St. Tommila, Erro .94 Vallan, John 7.35 G JV. GARDNER Tuple, Steve .12 WillUm Rcntz, Agent Calvert 4530 Tong, J 02 Valsvig, Roger M 1.37 BOSTON 276 State St. The Gardner who was third 33.57 : " • 30.26 Vanalstine, Ernest C 1.87 Walter Siekmann, Agent Bowdoin 4455 cook on the SS Benjamin Limdy Tonkins, John W .79 Tonna, Arthur 3 gg ^ Turberville, Sidney C GALVESTON 308'/i—23rd St. Van. Assche, Francis C 5.70 between Aug. 22, 1947 to Nov. 3.23 Keith AUop, Agent Phone 2-8448 Tons, Oskaar 12.39 ^^ith Vance, Elmo L 2.64 21, 1947 is requested to call Mr. MOBILE I South Lawrence St. 2.55 Tooker, Adin 3.59 Turlington, Aldridge Vance, Jesse R 72.00 Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Carl Harten, 291 Broadway, New 7.33 Toolan, Edward J 10.32 Turnbull; J. A. Vance, Robert 1.98 , NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartree St. York, N. Y. BArkley 7-8619. Topp, Leslie J .01 1.37 Turnbull, Richard W Ei Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112 6113 Vance, Ruben Gold 17.62 Torella, Ei-nest R 05 Turnbull, Robt 27.73 Vandepopulier, G. A NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. XXX 27.07 Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 Toribio, Luciano 81.21 Turner, Arthur 51 Van Der Ende LOUIS GAMBARO 4.20? NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. .59 Turner, Bennie A 19.63 Vandergrift, John J Contact Louise Liverani, 2427 Torp, Arlen K 32 . Ben Rees, Agent Phonei 4 1083 Torra, Joseph 'T 15.36 Turner, Donald W 12.80 Vanderhicder, M PHILADELPHIA 614-16 N. 13th St. E. 14th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 2.90 Lloyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 5-1217 Tone, David C 3.38 Turner, Geo. H. 1.91 Vanderrest, Hendrik J 25.17 XXX SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. Torres, Aurelio H 7.681 Turner, Harry B 8-14 Van Do Weghe, Francis .. 11.27 _ AUGUST HOTHAN Steve Cardullo, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Tones, Bias 1.841 Turner, Lisle M 3.12 Van Dick, George 1.65 SAN JUAN, PJt.....2S2 Ponce de Leon Get in touch with Seamen's Torres, Faustino ^ 30.06 Turner, M. B 11.20 Van Dusen, Frank SAI Colls, Agent San Juan 2-5996 49.79. SAVANNAH .220 East Bay St. Church Institute, 25 South Street, Torres, Frank 5.76 Turner, Roy J 2.13 Van Dyak, Jacobs 1.30 Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 New York City. Torres, J. 6.51 Turner, William H 1.74 Van Dyne, Wm. A 11.30 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Torres, Juan 1. 3.22'^ Claude Simmons, Agent Phone M-1323 Torres, Julian 45 Torres, Teofllo 1.37 72 The following men, who left Torres, William HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ Torres, Wilson 4.36 Phone 58777 gear on Pacific tanker vessels, farers International Union is available to all members who wish Tort, John R 4.65 PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. can get it at the storerooms of Beacon 4336 3.57 to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of Baker, Carver and Morrell, 37 Tortoland, Sid Frank RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have Tothm, Leon 9.16 Phone 2599 Pearl Street, New York, N. Y.; the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every Totten, Andrew J 27.59 SAN FRANCISCO 59 Cliy St. M. Tuesado, 1 Sea Bag; W. SIU branch for this purpose. Douglas 25475 7.38 Aperkowski, 1 Sea Bag; Fran­ Tottle, Kenneth B...., However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. Totty, John 9.18 Main 0290 cisco Ramos, 1 c/s; 1 pillow 'nail, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, .! 3.23 WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. case; Jack V. Blake, 1 Suit case; Tourmoka, P which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG 51 92.38 Terminal 4-3131 Aaron P. Wilhite, .1 Pillow case, Tournier, J. T. Beaver Street, New York 4 ,N. Y. 1.19 contents; George W. Ketley, 1 Towada, F Towell, C. F 2.23 PLEASE PJIINT INFORMATION Suit case; Richard L. Stratton, 1 Towers, Roy N. ..! 10.74 BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. c's; 2 sea bags; Francis Huoy, To the Editor: Cleveland 7391 1 Suit case; Harrison T. Lewis, 1 Towley, John Fr 6.85 CHICAGO. 24 W. Superior Ave. 27 c/s; 1 ctn.; E. L. Chumley, 1 Sea Towsend, James T. Jr I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the Superior 5175 Tracey, James R 22.98 Bag; 1 hand bag. CLEVELAND 2602 Carroll St. 5.94 address below: Main 0147 In the event this gear is not Tracey, Robert DETROIT 1038 Tlilsd St. called for within the next few Tracey, Wilford 5.53 Cadillac 6857 Name days it will be sent Express Col­ Traficano, Sam G 47 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. 5.94 Melrose 4110 lect to the last address on file for Trainer, Mike Street Address TOLEDO ,.615 Summit St. these men. Trampas, Spiros 6.30 Garfield 2112 Travaglin, Mario 2.75 XXX City State Anyone having baggage in the Travers, James P 12.99 Nqw Orleans Hall should write Travino, Royino 1.37 MONTREAL ...1440 Bleury St. in and claim it as soon as pos­ Trawick, Oliver W Signed ... 2.63 VICTORIA, B.C .602 Boughton St. sible. since none of the old Treadway, Douglas E. 2.23 Empire 4631 133.13 Book No. VANCOUVER .r..S65 Hamilton St. baggage will be carried over to Trebucq, Wesley ' ; / Pacific 7824 the new Hall. Treichel, Emil J., .......c. 3.68 Mississippi Steamship Company 501 HIBERNIA BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA. The following: is a list of unclaimed wag:es and Federal Old Age Benefit over-deductions now being paid by the Mississippi Steamship Com­ pany covering the period up to December 31, 1946. Men due money should call or write the company office, 501 Hibernia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All claims should be addressed to Mr. EUerbusch and include full name. Social Security number, Z number, rating, date and place of birth and the address to which the money is to be sent. SlU HALLS SIU, A&G District SUP Gt. Lakes District Canadian District NOTICE! - Notice To All SIU Members �Official Shipping Rules Of A&G District As Amended By Membership Referendum . 51.-... rc r-. -Ji. pi 1. The Union Hall shall be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Saturday, Sunday and Holidays, the hours shall be governed by the port. 2. When a member leaves his ^ip he shall report to the Un­ ion HaU and register his name and book number, and in re­ turn, he shall be given a ship­ ping card dated the day he reg- isters; a duplicate entry is to be kept by the Dispatcher. The following Shipping Rnlos nro offoctivo in all hramhos of the Atkmtk ffW &rif District of the Sonfarors Intomational Union of North America, as of May 1,1948. All AgaiU and momhors nmt observe and respect these Shggtmg Rnks, inhvctiims of which will not he tokrated. 34. Men coming ashore on va* cation shall register on bottom of list and ship out in their, regular turn. 35. (a) All Tripcard Men and Permit Men who have their dues paid for the current month shall register on a separate shipping list other than the regular ship­ ping list and shall ship from this list as Tripcard and Permit Men in a rotary manner. (b) All Tripcard Men and Per­ mit Men shall be shipped only after book members do not take 3. Any member may make a jobs. If no member on regular pier-head jump, providing he shipping list takes jobs af^er does so outside the^hours of the three hourly calls, then Permit Union Hall, and then, only after Men or Tripcard Men shall be all efforts to secure a man allowed the privilege of throw­ through the Union Hall have ing in cards for the job. laid up and orders a full crew, SHIPPED UNDER THE INFLU-i 19. AU men must be shipped failed. In such cases. Ships Dele­ through the offices of the Sea­ all respective ratings shall be ENCE OF LIQUOR. No man (c) Tripcard Men and Permit gate shall make a detailed ac­ farers International Union by the Men shall be allowed to make count and forward same to the shall report on a ship under the official Dispatcher. The dispatcher shipped from Union Halls. Agent of the port involved. The influence of liquor, after ship­ shall be required to issue two 28. Standby jobs shall be ship­ either one complete round trip or not less than 60 days continu­ ^ship's delegate shall be held ping from the hall. Offenders be brought before a Trial assignment cards to every man ped in rotation. No man shipping ous employment on same- vesseL •fe- " riesponsible if he fails to report .shall on job will be permitted to take shipped; one to be addressed to Committee on charges. as provided herein. the department delegate and the a regular job on the same vessel, HOSPITAL CASES 4. No member shall be given 11. Crews delegates shall see other to the department head. but must return to the Union Hall when standby jobs are com­ 1. When a member has beei* a shipping card for another that all vacancies are filled by pleted. Only one standby job discharged^ from any hospital he 20. Members shall attend any members of the SIU when avail­ member, nor have another mem­ allowed each member. All mem­ shall report to the Union Hall Department Meetings that are able. ber's shipping card stamped. The called. Joint meetings shall be bers have a chance. Members where he will be given a dated Dispatcher shall not ship any ,2. No man shall be dispatched other^W^esday taking standby jobs must report shipping card. member P«senting- another's ^ 24 hours be-|°S, p m Anr^mto- to our Union Hall within 15 days card, nor shall he honor the 1 D.,,, CUOU ofo,.+ l P ^ 1...™ __ hissing a meeting WILL BE or lose original shipping num­ 2. When a member who is on cai'd of any member not pre- fore turning to. Pay shall the shipping list goes to the' hos­ the day required to pass the TAKEN OFF THE SHIPPING ber. eenting his own card. pital he must, upon his dis­ doctor or report aboard ship. LIST, but will be issued a new 29. No man may be promoted charge, report, immediately to 5. No shipping card shall be shipping card when he applies 13. Each member shall have or allowed to transfer from one theUnion Hall where he • will issued to einy member prior to ifor it. When Wednesday falls on the preference ol shipping on ^ job to another on board ship, receive, upon presentation o£ his paying off any vessel. except in case of extreme emerg­ proper proof of his hospitaliza­ ."•.'fL""! tVl on Thursday at flOO p.m. 6. No member shall be given on the third ship he' shall lose ency. This is to apply where tion, his original shipping date an open shipping date for any his original shipping card. . 21. Only a member of the there isn't sufficient time to dis­ providing he has not been in -reason. Mlunion for six months or over patch a man from the Union the hospital over thirty days. If 14. Members who have shipi-t: Hall before a ship is scheduled the member has been . in the j U.'. 7. All shipping cards^ must be ped, and later quit or get fired, shall act as ship's delegate. Pa­ to leave, or the hall cannot fur­ hospital over thirty days, he trolmen shall see that crew I' .stamped after the regular meet­ and who do not report back to nish replacements as required. shall be given a new shipping ing. Any member wishing to the Dispatcher within 24 hours delegate is elected before ship Any member guilty of breaking card dated prior to his date of sails from port. Ordinary sea­ leave the meeting must ask the after shipping^ shall lose their men and wipers shall not be this rule shall lose the job im­ discharge from the hospital. permission of the membership to original date. mediately and shall be fined no allowed to act as delegates. do so through the Chair. If the leris than $25.00 for such offense. 3. Any member who has been membership extends this privi­ 15. No member shall be dead­ in the hospital thirty days or lege, the member may leave the headed from one port to another 22. Members upon shipping 30. Ordinary Seamen and Wi­ longer shall be given, upon pres­ shall show their qualificationsL. to meeting and have his shipping for the purpose of taking a job Dispatcher for the job SHIPPED pers shipped to contracted ves­ entation of proper proof of hos­ card stamped. Dispatcher or^on the vessel in. another port on. No man shall be shipped sels who fail to put in two hours pitalization, a shipping card da­ doorman shall check men in at unless the branch where the allotted time for cleaning the ted thirty days prior to his date who does not qualify. meetings until 7:30 p.m. and'jobs are, requests another branch crew's quarters, as per contract, of discharge from the hospitaL members coming after that time to send men to fill the jobs. In 23. Members 50 years old or shall be brought up on charges Any member who has been in shall not receive credit for at­ companies with whom the Un­ over shall have preference to by the ship's crew. For such the hospital less than thirty tending the meeting. ion has agreements which give watchmen's jobs. offense, the guilty member shall days shall be given a shipping the companies the right to hire 8i (a) Any member on the certain key men, the company 24. Members will not be- per­ be fined not less than $10.00 for date as of the* date he entered each such infraction. the hospital. regular shipping list who has a may deadhead those men to an- mitted to register on more than shipping card more than three other port; but they must first one list, but in an emergency, a 31. Members of the Union 4. Any member receiving out­ months old must re-register on report to the Union Hall in that nian may be shipped off his li.st serving as officials of . the Un­ patient treatment shall have hia the shipping list and take out ion and . leaving office, shall be shipping card stamped in the r fe;.; a new shipping card and date. port before reporting aboard for a job in other departments, entitled to have a 30 day ship­ regular manner at the regular ' provided he has tlie proper en­ ship in order that they may be ping cai*d issued them. business meeting. , dorsements on his certificates. (b) Members more than three given another assignment card mi--months in arrears in dues or from that branch. \ 25. Men shipped on regular 32. In the event an employed 5. Any member who is dis­ 1 assessments and less than six 16. No shipping card issued in jobs, whose ship lays up in less member wants time off, he, shall charged from any hospital shall ' : |>;." • months in arrears in dues or as­ IT'; one port shall be honoi'ed in than 15 days after original em­ have the ship's delegate call the have his hospital discharge hon-M sessments shall register and ship ployment date, shall have his Union HaU and secm-e a relief ored at any Union Hall provid­ from the same list as Tripcard another port. shipping card restored. When a and shall pay the relief himself ing he reports within a period and Permit Men do. 17. Each branch shall have the ship lays up and calls for a at the regular overtime rate as of forty-eight" hours from the • right to establish the shipping crew again within 10 days, the per the agreement and no reliefs time of his discharge from the (c) Former members more hours for calling out jobs. All same crew shall have preference will be furnished for less than hospital.. than six months in arrears in jobs shall be called out on for the jobs, providing they reg­ four hour periods. Three days dues or assessments, after ap­ either the half-hour or the full ister on the shipping list. The shall be the limit such reliefs 6. Any member forced to proval by membership action, leave his ship on account of hour. Jobs, under exceptional shall be conclu­ are furnished. This shall not ap­ illness or injury, who goes to > shall take the first job assigned circumstances, may be called out above figures ply when replacements are un­ sive. to him by the shipping dis­ the hospital immediately and is at any time after the job comes necessary. patcher. later discharged as fit for duty, in, but not before such -jobs 26. Shipwrecked members shall 33. in the event that anything shall, have the right to go back have been posted on the ship­ have preference of joining the ; 9. Members of the Seafarers happens not specifically covered on the ship upon her first return ping blackboard first. vessel taking the place of the - International shall have prefer­ by these rules, any member has to the port as which he left, ; ence over permit men at all 18. Mail or telephone check-in lost one, providing such vessel the right to present his case in providing there is a vacancy. times, regardless of shipping on shipping cards or for jobs goes into commission within 15 writing to the Union and. have However, the man shall register days. date. shall not be honored under any it settled by the membership at on shipping list as soon as h^ 27. When a vessel has been a regular meeting. leaves the hospital. IQ. NO MAN SHALL BE circumstances. these Are Ymtr Siippii^ Rnks - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource April 30, 1948 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. X, No. 18 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES MEMBERSHIP GIVES OKAY TO THE FOUR RESOULTIONS BY TEN-TO-ONE MAJORITY NEW MC CHARTER RULES CONFUSING UFE ENDS SE STRIKE UPON MAYOR'S REQUEST; TO REVIEW WAGE ISSUE MEMBERSHIP OKAYS RESOULTIONS PICTURE ROUND-UP OF UFE STRIKE FRONT GOOD SHIPPING HAS SAVANNAH HOLDING BREATH RATINGS ENJOY GIID SHIPPING IN NEW YORK PLIADELPHIA FACES SHORTAGE OF RATED MEN SHIPPING LULL HITS GAVELSTON SHIPMATES ON HURLEY REMEMBER BOSUN WHOSE LEG WAS SMASHED ALA.SEAMEN GET JOBLESS PAY RUNAROUND PORT BALTIMORE LOSING JIBS TO BONEYARD MINERS RECORD SHOWS VALUE OF MILITANT ACTION BOSTON BLASTS UNION-BUSTING POLITICIANS TWO NEW SHIPS JOIN ORE FLEET,WILL RUN TO VENEZUELAN PORT SPARKS CREW ASK SIU TO CERIFY SLOPCHESTS SIU CONTRACTED COMPANIES:BULLLINE OFFICIAL SHIPPING RULES OF A&G DISTRICT AS AMENDED BY MEMBERSHIP REFERNDUM Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/30/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log