http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/4ce8da658156d1a04afa61773f27ec40.PDF 06e1c904ba76a63985bdcf2e57be38f0 PDF Text Text Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf Distrut, Seafarers International Union of NA VOL. X NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1948 No. 38 The Membership Looks Ahead The Atlantic and Gulf District of the Sea­ farers International Union is hale and hearty as it approaches the tenth anniver­ sary of its founding. It is, in fact, in sounder shape than at any other time in its history. It enjoys the distinction of being perhaps the most formidable organization of mari­ time workers bound together by joint pur­ pose of any waterfront group in the nation. For emphatic proof of this formidableness the most pointed example is the victory in recent negotiations with the operators whei the SIU netted a $12.50 across the board wage increase for all hands and $25 for Bosuns. These increases were a win for all in maritime. They accrued shortly after to members of other maritime unions, which had been tied up in negotiations for several months and were ready to accept $7.50 and call it "victory." The question naturally arises as to how the Seafarers could do the job when the other outfits were banging their heads against the stone wall of operator's resist­ ance. Stripping everything down to its fun­ damentals, the answer becomes simple. The operators knew the "SIU was prepared to fight for its demands and that it had the wherewithal to do it—to the tune of some $806,000 in its Strike Fund. The operators have a profound respect for a buck and a more profound respect for 806,000 bucks, especially when it is a weapon in the hands of a militant group of seamen whom they had sorrowfully put to the test on several previous occasions. In operator's language, money talks. And undoubtedly in this case, the money in the SIU strike fund fairly screamed in their ears. The dough in the SIU strike fund told the ship owners all they wanted to know. Our Strike Fund stands at a new high for our organization. Our financial condition, in general, is sound. We are operating solely on our income, leaving our various Funds intact. These shape up as follows: General Fund $100,000 Hospital Fund 105,000 Strike Fund 806,000 Building Fund 210,000 In addition to these assets, we Seafarers Referendum Set On Expansion Of General Fund A forward-looking resolution urging a tendollar assessment to bolster the Union's General Fund, and to permit stepped-up organizing activity; in the two years ahead, was overwhelmingly adopt­ ed by Seafarers at regular membership meetings in all ports August 25. As recommended in the resolution, which was drawn up and presented by 37 A&G members in the Port of New Orleans, the have $305,000 in real estate and property and $50,000 in equipment. All in all, we are doing okay. We're enjoying just about the best financial health in the maritime question of the assessment willt^ industry. be placed on a referendum ballot the floor and strongly advised to be voted on by the entire the move in the interests of the Okay then, some may say, why the need membership's general welfare. membership. for the referendum on the $10 General Fund Assessment proposed by a group of New In compliance with that sec­ Sentiment of these speakers tion of the resolution stating, was that a strong and ample Orleans Seafarers last week? "That if this resolution is car­ operating fund is essential to the It is simply that the SIU must utilize the ried, the Secretary-Treasurer be continued routine operating effi­ coming two years to advantage. During instructed 1/) put in motion the ciency of the organization. It that period of security guaranteed by our necessary machinery to conduct was also stressed that, in view new contracts, we cannot afford to hiber­ a referendum ballot," Union of the "breathing period" af­ nate. We must, during these two years, Headquarters announced that forded by the new two-year con­ strengthen our organization and improve balloting would begin Sept. 8. tracts, reinforcement of the Gen­ eral Fund would enable the SIU our position. We must take steps to expand. Voting will be conducted for a to increase organizing activity 30 day period, ending Oct. 8. We must continually prepare for any emer­ and bring in more job oppor­ gency which may face us at the expiration HEADQUARTERS ADVISED tunities for all hands. of our current agreements. Could we look The voting dates were set after Several speakers pointed out ahead two years and see the situation in Headquarters received results of that the record wage increases maritime as it affects Seafarers, our prdb- the action taken on the resolu­ just gained by the membership lems would be simple indeed. There's no tion at Branch meetings up and as a result of the Negotiating down the coast. In all ports, crystal ball, however, for the seaman. His with the exception of Boston Committees' successes of the past only assurance for future security is in be­ and Norfolk, the resolution car­ few weeks made this a particu­ larly favorable time for an as­ ing prepared today. ried by large majorities. sessment, which could be met That probably was in the minds of the A considerable measm-e of easily out of the newly-added members who offered the resolution to put support for the assessment pro­ earnings. SIU SET PACE the assessment to a referendum vote. It is posal came from oldtimers pres­ ent at the meetings, who took interesting to note that this resolution was This latter viewpoint was also advanced by the 37 New Orleans introduced by 37 rank and file members in Brothers who began their reso­ the Port of New Orleans because that lution by declaring that "the Branch was the first to benefit from the Atlantic and Gulf District of the membership's decision to buy Halls in all The final report of the Seafarers International Union of Ports where needed. New Orleans now Committee on Uniform Reg­ North America has set the pace proudly boasts the finest union hall in the istration Rules has been comi- with a new contract and a raise South. We might bear in mind, too, that pleted and appears on page in wages making the seaman's it was the action of militant members in ~14 of this issue of the LOG. wage the highest ever obtained" New Orleans that knocked over the Missis­ In making its recommenda­ in the histoi*y of the industry. In the resolution, the rank and sippi Shipping Company and thus started tions, which will be pre­ to the membership file New Orleans Seafarers atthe landslide of companies to the new sented for action, the Committee (Continued on Page 14) contract. studied and sifted the recom­ The New Orleans resolution, which was mendations prepared by the introduced in all ports and adopted by an Port Committees which met overwhelming majority in all Branches at earlier in the summer. The the last regular membership meetings, with study of the registration the exception of Boston and Norfolk, rules was undertaken in re­ demonstrates that the membership realizes sponse to the membership's the General Fund is the operating fund of complaints that the variation ' A sweeping new plan for a in rules from port to port the Union. They under.stand that all major was not only confusing but broader organizing drive, an in­ expenditures of the union must come from unfair in many cases. tensified education progi-am and closer cooperation with other (Continued on Page 2) 4.U^ -• xl__ Registration Ruies •k Agents Map New Drives AFL unions was mapped out at Headquarters this week by an Emergency Agents Conference called by Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall. The organizing campaign will The A&G stand was taken by centers around the MV Rolando, two men to quit work. He told The Atlantic and Gulf District be conducted among the non­ is prepared to reenact its the conference of Port Agents, owned and operated by the Ir- the company he wanted nine union fleets and in other sec­ familiar role in a 1948 version now in emergency session in win-Lyons Company, Coos Bay, men to handle one end of the tion's of the maritime industry ship. of the Coos 'Bay beef of two New York, after being advised Ore., which recently signed a which still lack union pi-otection, The CIO longshore official's of the situation by the Sailors contract with the SUP. years ago, as once again the CIO "Lumber carried by the vessel claim "was ridiculous, the SUP the Conference reported. West Coast longshore workers Union. The education program will in­ are spearheading a jurisdictional The action of the Agents Con­ is loaded on the ship by cranes points out, "because the whole clude weekly education meetings raid on the Sailors Union of the ference, the telegram said, "is in and landed by sailors", said the operation takes four men aboard to be held eveiy Tuesday, the Pacific. keeping with the SIU policy, as SUP. "The cargo is taken out the ship at the most, and this is preparation of books and pam­ Against a background strongly rlemon.strnted in the Inst Cons by cranes and landed on the strictly Sailoi's Union of the phlets detailing the Union's his­ reminiscent of the 1946 Coos bay Bay beef and other beefs, just as dock. The whole loading opera­ Tacific work." tory and policies, and increased Shortly after a picketline ap­ affair, the SUP has been assured the Sailors Union, in turn, has tion is approximately 10 hours. support for the SEAFARERS of full A&G support in its cur­ supported the A&G District in The discharging is approximately peared at the dock representing LOG. the Marine Cooks and Stewards our beefs against our common eight hours." rent beef in the Oregon port. The entire program, which was TROUBLE ARRIVES (CIO), the Marine Firemen, Oil­ enemies—the shipowners and the Notice of the A&G's backing made possible by the "breathing When the vessel arrived at the ers and Watertenders (Ind.), and spell" resulting from the sign­ for its West Coast affiliate was commies." The SIU message of support Rolando Lumberyard in San the ILWU, claiming the ship be­ ing of two-year contracts, will dispatched in a telegram to SUP San Francisco, Aug. 24, discharg­ longed in their jurisdiction, de­ be fitted into an economy cam­ concluded with the statement Secretary-Treasurer Harry Lundcommenced immediately spite the fact that it was under paign to cut overall operating berg on Monday. The wire, that the Seafarers wanted each ing signed by Paul Hall, Secretary- SUP man to "know that the with two CIO longshore workers, SUP contract. expenses. That evening the ship was Treasurer of the A&G District, A&G District solidly supports aiding in the operation. The complete report of the Two hours after the job moved to the Shell Oil Company Emergency Agents Conference stated that the A&G District was them in their present beef, as on record "to support our SUP we have always done in the started, a business agent from docks for bunkers. The three appears on page three. It will members of the the International Longshoremen's Engineers, Brothers in whatever action may past." be presented to the membership Marine Engineers Beneficial AsAccording to information re­ and Warehousemen's Union, Lo­ be necessary for the favorable for action at the next Branch ceived from the SUP, the beef cal No. 10, CIO, instructed its settlement of this dispute." (Continued on Page 15) meetings. SIU Again Backs SUP in New Coos Bay Boof _ �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, September 3. 1948 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the J' = • la 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 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 The Membership Looks Ahead (Continued from Page 1) this fund and that if the plans for expansion and prepa­ ration arc to be implemented this fund must be corres­ pondingly strengthened. As pointed out above, the General Fund contains $100,000» This figure was reached as a result of the in­ sistent program of economy laid down by the Agents Conferences. The General Fund was built to its present height in a relatively short time. When former SecretaryTreasurer John Hawk resigned in 1947, the Fund had a deficit of $50,000. Strict economy was immediately enforced. All unnecessary expenses were lopped off. Other expenses were pared down to the minimum consistent with effective operation. Although the Fund consequently shot out of the red and up into the black at a gratifying speed, that rate of growth is too slow to enable us to build it to a point where the SIU could boast a feeling of absolute security against shipowner apd union-busting aggression;! and, at the same time, possess sufficient resources to ef-fectuate our program of Union expansion and increase the number of contracted jobs. At the moment we are operating on our income.— in fact we even are accumulating a small sum each week. But should we suddenly be confronted with an emerg­ ency, measures would have to be taken immediately to preserve our operating fund. It might be necessary to cut down on the size of the LOG or publish it less frequently, eliminate our educational work and other special services and trim union operation to a point where many conveniences and services could no longer be enjoyed. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Mimeographed postcards can be obtained free at the Social Service desk. Passage of the referendum would eliminate the threat of any such contingencies. All our services could Staten Island Hospital continue without any danger to the Union's financial You can contact y^ur Hos­ status. pital delegate at the Staten In light of the situations in other maritime unions, Island Hospital at the follow­ These are Ihe Union Brolhers currently in the marine hospitals, ing times: this referendum represents a bold move. But very likely the difference between our successes and theirs may be as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and' 6th floors.) traced to our boldness. The Seafarers is noted for its heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by wntiag ie them. bold moves. It was widely held that the General Strike Thursday ~ 1:30 to 3:30 p,m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) against the federal Wage Stabilization Board was a bold BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. D. JDeDUISEN move. Many said the drive to organize Isthmian which Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. T. ZEMRZUSKI MANUEL'PEREZ (on 1st and 2nd floors.) for years had withstood unionization attempts by other W. H. NUNN FRANCIS R. O'BRIEN maritime Unions was bold. It perhaps was bold to call CHARLES MURPHY J. BOUYEA W. HUNT for the purchase of Union Halls in all ports where needed, ' E. E. GROSS 0. Q. MOUMU R. L. JOHNSTON M. J. LUCAS at a time when other Unions were refusing to make moves F. JACOBSEN K. C. CROWE J. E. UTZ E. G. T. FISHER to increase the services and comforts for their mem­ C. OPPENHEIMER C. B. WILSON F. B. SHEDD berships. W. H. PERRY E. C. SHAFFER A. AUGUSTIN In every instance, these bold moves were overwhelm­ T. MANDICK G. LIGHTFOOT E. P. BADON C. NANGLE ingly supported by the membership, which saw each of B. N. HUNT . 4 4 4 C. W. HALLA F. L. BECKER the moves pay dividends. SIU membership, which is MOBILE MARINE HOSPITAL P. G. DAUGHERTY R. J. PURCELL bolder, more alert, more aggressive than any other sec­ J. B. BENDERROSS 4 4 4tion of waterfront workers has clearly shown its under­ C. SIMMONS MANUEL CARDANA M. C. ElMORES NEW OREANS MARINE HOSP. standing of the fact that a Union without broad vision' WM. T. ROSS D. FRAZIER, JR. J. DENNIS A. C. McAPLIN and guts — cannot and does not continually move R. KEHRLY EDWARD D. MILLER A. C. SIMPSON forward. Seafarers know from experience and observa­ CHRIST B. VIKEN E. LIPARI W. WOOKEY tion that organizations which do not constantly prepare OLES HOWELL 4 t S. J. H. ASHURST L. D. RICKETTS for all eventualities stand little chance of any success. SAN PEDRO HOSPITAL TIM BURKE WILLIAM A. MILLER We now have all the qualities that an expanding, L. TICKLE E. NICKERSON H. C. MURPHY JAMES WENTHERE progressing organization needs — the self-assurance, the T. C. KELLY V. P. SALLINGS E. D. JENKINS M. BYERS energy, the militancy, the program and spirit of coope­ C, GREENE C. E. GLOVER & 4. 4 ration. To put these all to continued good purpose we N. A. HUFF H. R. LOWMAN STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL RALPH ARMSTRONG need only the certainty of financial strength. 4 4 4 SAMUEL PRICE Vote "Yes" for organizational security! Vote "Yes" A. EWING SAN JUAN HOSPITAL A. PISANI A. VANELZUELA for Union expansion and more jobs! Vote "Yes" on your R. L. BARBER R. SEIJO ' I M. CASTRO own future! Vote "Yes" on the $10 General Fund L. KAY A. SILVESTRI J. McNEELY Assessment! K. V. PITERSON A. JENSBY 1. MONTANEZ Men Now In The Marine Hiapltak uh �Friday. September 3, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Emergency Agents Conference Proposals On this page appear the recommendations of the Emergency Agents Conference held this week at Headquarters. The recommendations, which will be presented to the membership at Branch meetings for approval, include a far-reaching organizing cam­ paign to reach into the unorganized corners of the maritime industry, an intensified education program and a plan for increased cooperation with other AFL unions, the whole to be fitted into an economy drive. Such a set of recommendations is possible be­ cause the new two-year contracts have given the Union a "breathing spell" during which it can move in new directions. In the course of the conference, those present analyzed the SIU's present position from every possible angle and found it the best ever. LABOR SOLIDARITY The Seafarers International Union has followed a broad policy of brotherhood toward the entire labor movement, and always has extended aid to unions needing help to win their economic beefs. In every case where the SIU has acted, its assistance has proved to be the decisive factor in a victoi-y for labor'. This policy must be continued. The cause of all labor is the SIU's cause. Whenever and wherever the SIU's strength can be used to advance the economic power of organized working men and women the SIU must go into action. However, in the past, this policy has been put into effect without any clear program upon which to base it. Although SIU strength always has beei. decisive, SIU strength has not always been applied in the most efficient manner possible. For this reason, the Union should embark upon a program for quidc, effective action at any time in any field in support of any union which needs help. SIU experience in a number of ports has revealed that such a program must be based on thorough knowledge and complete imderstanSing of the. labor movement at local, state and national levels. In ports where the SIU owns its buildings and rents space to other unions. Seafarers have gained such knowledge and vmderstanding. As a result, the SIU has been able to render more efficient help to felow unions by • knowing their economic and techni­ cal problems intimately. In those ports, there also has developed a stronger feeling of inter-union fraternalism between seamen and workers in other fields. This, in turn, has led to more powerful local labor movements from which the SIU benefits along with the other unions. To lay the groundwork for such a program of intor-union brotherhood, all Port Agents are hereby directed to take the following steps: 1) Affiliate with, and be active in, AFL Central Trades and Labor Councils or their equivalents in all ports. 2) Affiliate with, and be active in, state AFL organizations. 3) Affiliate with, and be active in, such other AFL bodies as are formed. 4) Activate in all ports a policy of ever greater inter-union cooperation at all levels in support of economic beefs, organizational expansion and edu­ cation in trade union principles. Only by following such a program can the SIU's traditional policy operate with the growing effective­ ness required if the labor movement is to advance in the face of the forces attempting to destroy it. Only by following such a program can the SIU maintain its position as a powerful, progressive part of the labor movement. Only a unified labor movement can march forward against labor's enemies. FACING THE FUTURE By winning a Iwo-year agreement with the ope­ rators, the SIU scored a major strategic victory. We accomplished far more than forcing the operators to grant the highest wages and the finest conditions in the history of the maritime industry. We placed the Union in a position where it can concentrate on stimulating its own growth and inner strength. We gained the time to survey the field and launch new drives in new directions. The maritime industry is undergoing a postwar upheaval with which the SIU must cope unaided. Politics-minded "know-nothings" in Washington have done their best to ruin the American merchant marine, and many of the opereitors look backward instead of forward. Other maritime unions have been severely weak­ ened by internal battles between factions interested in everything except trade union progress. The SIU. and the SIU alone, is ready to move ahead. This emergency conference was called to formulate the policy, plan the strategy and initiate the action whereby forward motion can become a fact. The specific directives below are the fruit of the conference. Taken together they add up to a solid program by which the SIU will become a greater organization than ever during the next two years. When the directives are accomplished, the SIU will be even more firmly established in the maritime industry than it is now. They set in motion an organizing campaign which will reach every section of the industry, an education program which will make SIU members the best informed seamen in the world, and a cooperative program which will link the SIU more closely with the rest of the labor move­ ment and bolster the SIU's prestige in every port. These directives have been written with the mem­ bership's interest and nothing else in mind. How­ ever, directives are only words on paper unless SIU members themselves carry out the plans their elected representatives have made. It is believed that every Seafarer will recognize the importance of his own role in the overall program and will do his utmost to make it a reality. A&G EXPANSION In four years the Atlantic & Gulf District of the Seafarers International Union has tripled the number of companies under contract. This growth is a vast achievement, but it cannot be allowed to stop at its present stage. When the SIU ceases to grow, it will begin to move in the opposite direction—which is backward. For this reason the organizing campaign is the heart of the SIU, which lives by expanding. In other words, the Union's health is to a large extent in the hands of the Director of Organization and his helpers who include aU Port Agents. There can be no job security for om- membership as long as there leniains one unorganized ship on the seas or one unorganized job in the maritime industry ashore or afioat. The organizing campaign must be pressed ^with increasing vigor in all sections of the industry not included within the jurisdiction of any other AFL union. To stimulate the SIU's growth and insure its future strength, the Director of Organization and the Port Agents are hereby directed to: 1) Broaden the basis of organization to include those fields in the maritime industry not claimed in the jurisdiction of any other AFL union, and to press vigorously in those fields. 2) Institute an intensive campaign in those sections of the mai'itime industry now within the jurisdiction ot the affiliates of the Atlantic & Gulf District 3) Continue and intensify the present campaign to bring every unorganized ship under the SIU banner. 4) Enlist every member to assist at all points.5) Include the record of all organizing activities in weekly reports to the SEAFARERS LOG, so that the membership may at all times be fully informed of every step. Such a far-reaching and forward-looking program will close the back doors of the maritime industry and insure the jobs, wages and conditions which the SIU has won in the last 10 years. The SIU in its short history has sprinted to the top of the industi-y. The membership has no intention of retreating. On the contrary, by accomplishing the above program, the SIU will reach new heights. UNION EDUCATION A union education program is not an end in itself. It is a step in the building of a stronger union whose members know the facts of their history, the techni­ calities of their contracts, the reasoning behind their policies and the more important developments in the labor movement everywhere. An informed membership is a membership ready for anything, and the SIU must have such a mem­ bership. An education program is the only means by which this end can be attained. An education program must be built around union literature and organized discussion of union prob­ lems. But union literature serves no purpose unless it reaches the membership. An education program must stress the distribution of union publications. Or­ ganized discussion serves no purpose unless it is keyed to union progress. An education pi'ogram must stress open debate along lines which 5ti'engthen the SIU's leadership in the maritime industi-y. To provide the raw material of an education 'pro­ gram the SIU is building a library covering its own history and policies. A book covering all strike ac­ tion, including the great General Strike of 1946 and the Isthmian Strike of 1947, is almost ready. A second book, analyzing the UFE Strike of 1948 and emphasizing the SIU's relation to the entire labor movement, is in preparation, as is a movie covering that beef. These books will constitute the SIU story. They will show the SIU's unbroken record of victories, but they also will reveal where mistakes were made. By studying their contents, officials and rank-andfilers will be immeasm-ably aided in their planning for the future. Meanwhile, the SEAFARERS LOG stands in the forefront of the labor press. It is respected not only in the maritime industry, but everywhere else as a reliable source of information on all aspects of maritime labor, and it gives the SIU vast prestige in the labor movement. For the benefit of the Union, the LOG serves a threefold purpose: It is an open forum for the mem­ bership. It is a medium for SIU and general labor news. And it is a powerful organizing weapon. Ob­ viously, it interlocks with all other SIU activities and must always be supported by the eritire mem­ bership. To inaugurate and maintain an intensive educa­ tion program designed to strengthen the Union, aU Port Agents are hereby directed to take the following steps immediately: 1) Set aside the hours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays for education meetings in all Branches. These meetings are to be held regularly and to be carefully planned, even if it is necessary to skip shipping calls, and records of the meetings are to be kept so that their effectiveness can be checked at any time. 2) Instruct a Patrolman to caU a meeting of the crew of each outgoing ship, at which he will discuss the Union literature aboard, bringing to the attention of everybody the nature of each Union publication aboai'd. The Negotiating Committee has forced the owners to install book racks for Union publications, and each ship will have all books, pamphlets and papers published by the Union. 3) Intensify the membership's all-out support for the LOG. �FMdkr, S«plambtr^3, 134ft TWE- SBA'PA-RER'S t O»Q Page" Four- QUESTION: At the last regulac meeting, the membershijp^ ov^whelmlngly adopted a. resr olution urging a referendum be held on a temdollar- assessment for- the General Ptindi What are your views on this proposal? v J • . _ ; - ' - J _ •_ ---i SVEN J. NILSEN, Oiler; ANDY HOURILLA, V^per: FRED HICKS. Steward: AL SACCO. Cook: I am very much in favor of it. I think it is a pretty good It's good stuff, the assessment Sure. I'm in favor of this as1 do think we should take it idea. The more money we get is. Maybe it seems like a lot -.sesament.. I'm behind any move next year and make it twenty in the General Fund, the better of jack to some of the boys. But that will, help the Union build itself. It means that we in turn dollars — for we have already ten bucks is cheap-price to pay will be helped. The increases in paid the Strike and Building it will be for the membership Funds this year. The Union has who depend upon the efficient to keep our Union strong. The wages we won were • not just to expand to secure more jobs operation of the Union machin­ Union has to do a lot of things given to us. We got them because and strength in the face of ery for their conditions and the to get those contracts, and keep we have a strong Union. The chaotic conditions in the unor- enforcement of their contracts. them, that a guy doesn't remem­ other two increases we got the early, part of this year were 'ganized fields. The main thing ber when he's out at sea en­ won. for the same reason, and A lot of fellows may think that •under the head of union operalion is the maintaining of the it is a lot of money, but I don't joying SIU conditions—and those so it is with every other Union present contracts, the represen­ think it is very much in com­ things have to be paid for just gain we've made. Is there any tation afforded the- membership parison to what each member like everything else. The mari­ guy foolish enough to think we at the<time of sign one and pay­ stands to get out of it in repre­ time unions and the whole in­ could get a dime from the ship­ owners unless they know we're offs. and the shoreside machinery sentation — it's sure a better dustry are going into a fairly able to stand up to them? Every to take care of beefs when they investment than ten dollars arise. It is to the interest- of worth of drink in a ginmill. I tough.period.. It's. up. to. us in the.- investment in our Union in­ every man to support the ef­ think the other members feel SIU to make sure that we can creases our chances for better get through anything that-comes. living. ficient operation of the Union. the same way as I do. 4!- „ -., ,> -i,.' . • WILLIAM' COLEMAN, FWT: The assessment to build our General Fund represents only a. small fraction of. the annual to­ tal of the wage increases our Union has just won for us. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt anybody, and I'm even, more sure that it will be of great benefit to uS: all. As. we go . on from day to. day,, winning wage increases and better working conditions, let us not take too much, for grantedi We- must also continue to build every section of. our Uniom which today finds its operating, costs going up, like everything else. We must remember to keep prepared' at; all .times.. mmiMSMSmrn ANTONIO TARQUINIO, Oiler:^ H. LICHTENSTEIN, Cook: t think it's the proper time to The assessment, would give us kick in and strengthen our or­ something to fall back on if we ganization so that we can enjoy have a rainy day. There may be smooth sailing in the period some tough times coming and ahead. A few guys may gripe we have to keep the Union run­ because they're short at the pres­ ning, whatever happens. We ent time, but I'm certain that didn't build ourselves up just to they, too, will realize that, by go to pieces. I know that most strengthening our General Fund, of the fellows are thinking the they'll be doing themselves good same way I am. They must be if in the long run. I'm all in fa­ they are in touch with things vor of any action by the mem­ on the waterfront. What, good bership that will give,.our Union are all the contracts in the a stronger foundation. Every world, if we can't keep the com­ lime we take such action, we panies in check every day? We strengthen the means by which need the assessment, and the our own living conditions are new raise takes care of it at the first payoff. improved. RAYMOND DAVIS, Oiler: CARL COWL, Electrician: RAYMOND PERRY, Ch. St;: This assessment is a pretty, In the' last two years or -so The organizational work of the good idea. When it piles up we the organization, by practicing Union has steadily been ex­ can keep our Strike Fund and operating economies and by de­ panded as we've moved forward all other funds intact, and still veloping more efficient machin­ during the past couple of years. have the day-to-day strength we ery, has been able to pull the We've added about 15 new com­ need to run the Union. I've been Genercd Fund out of the' red panies to our roster .of contract­ a Seafarer for two years, and and bring it up to about 90 ed outfits in the past year. We I've seen a lot' of- growth and- a thousand, dollars. The proposed' must continue to go ahead and Lot of progress all along the General Fund assessment will for that rea^son I favor the in­ line since the 1846- General raise it immediately by over creasing of the General Fund Strike — and I want things to. 100 thousand dollars. This will by an assessment, A sufficient keep , moving that way. But the double our operating and brgan- reserve must exist' to- meet any merchant marine is in for a bit; izaiional fund immediately. The contingencies that may arise of a. hard time, and. any wateiv economies and efficiencies which within the next year or two. I front: union will have to. keep have successfully, brought: us out think the. members should real­ up its, strength to get through a of the hole can be maintained, ize, that by adding, strength to tough year or two. Ten bucks a. while the Fimd itself is doubled our fund, we are- making an in­ man is a cheap-price, to pay tor for more • intensive organization­ vestment for. the betterment of al work. that strength. our jobs, wages and conditions. �T « E 'S E A T A R E R S L O G Triday, SeptenllMr 0, 1948 Page Five Frisco Shipping Almost As Good For Permits As Fer Bookholders By AL BERNSTEIN and FRENCHY MICHELET SAN FRANCISCO—If shipping trician's job on the Monroe' 'Vicwere any better in this port, toiy. Isthmian. What ever hap­ we'd'have to call a doctor. pened to the former Steward This is an SOS to all you there? We thought old Higgenrated men to come out to the botham was going to homestead gold coast and give us a hand her—instead he piled off. Com­ to move these scows! ing out this way, Higgy?—We In this port permits are al­ need some good Stewards here! most as good as books. For ex­ WRITE HOSPITALIZED A newly added feature ample, we had to use three In the local Marine Hospital to the pages of the SEA­ By CAL TANNER Messmen in shifting 'Waterman's we have Brother Hodo, who has FARERS LOG is the comic Typhoon the other day, because been in for about 20 months, and MOBILE — Shipping is still decision, we'll send the news to strip "Seafare." LOG car­ we were short of men on deck. the old Bosun, Don Galinas, who very slow here. If you want the the LOG. Meanwhile, we make toonist Eddy Smith is the We've been shipping crews by is lying in bed wondering where proof it lies in the figures: sure that somebody represents man responsible for most of the busload to Portland, Wil­ his old shipmates Earl Bishop During the past seven days, we our boys at all hearings. the humorous shipboard in­ mington and other points on the and Jimmy Milligan are. Don sent only 65 bookmen and 21 cidents depicted to date, with FOR ASSESSMENT compass here on the West Coast, would certainly like to hear from permits out to jobs. a few assists from Jim The excitement about-the twobecause there are no rated men some of his old shipmates. He There were six ships paying Lowney, but Brother Smith year contract has simmered available for the jobs in the spends his spare time making off, four signed on and two laid down a little. The big 'topic is willing to 'forsake his ports where they are needed— belts, and Hodo spends his spare up. And there is no let up in right now is the proposed Gen­ monopoly on what takes and this goes for all three De­ time taking pictures with a sight. place in the panels. eral Fund assessment. The camera he got on a changie for partments. In the coming week, we expect; majority of 'the members in Any Seafarers nursing While starting to type this re- changie deal. 14 ships to arrive, -but eight of Mobile are heartily in favor of it. ideas which might prove in­ .port, we had to stop and shang­ Harold Wheeler, Junior on the them will be on coastwise ar­ They know they have the best teresting and humorous to hai two ABs with green tickets Oberlin Victory, and Joe ticles and will take only a fewj wages and conditions in the in­ the membership can bring to run to London, • Bremen, and Schumsky, Oiler on the Monroe replacements. The two ships we dustry right now, and'they want them to life in the LOG by Antwexp. Pete Sarkus and —both Isthmian — were in to lost were both Alcoas, the Haw­ something to fall back on if we submitting their ideas to Clyde P. Parker are the two look the new Hall over. Both ser Eye and the -John Isaacson. run into a really'bad period. Eddy Smith. SEAFARERS full-books who made the sad bragged that their blackgang was The payoffs and sign ons were The way'they figure it, the as­ LOG, 51 Beaver Street, New mistake of investigating whether the best yet—-which is a healthy smooth. There, were minor beefs sessment only 'tdkes the first York, N. Y. the A&G Frisco Branch Office at situation. Impartial arbitrators and a few repairs to be com­ month's wage increase that we 85 Third Street was open late declared that the verbal battle pleted, but nothing gave us a bit' You don't have to be a won in the new agreement. was a draw and that both De­ Saturday afternoon. of trouble. cartoonist, or even a rea­ Here are some of the oldtimers partments on both ships were in FAST WORK sonable facsimile. Just jot FAR VOYAGES we have on the beach: Willie good SIU style. We not only had a housefull down the idea in sequence The ships we sent out were Reynolds, "Poochie" Emanuel,; of A&G men batting the breeze, and send it along. Then scheduled to cover a lot of blue George Saucier, 'Glenn Demouy, but we also shipped them out vrateh 'Ihe LOG for the re­ Fairhope "Bill" Johnson, Clinton water in the course of their two minutes after they walked sults. voyages. The 'Claiborne headed Mason, O. B. D. Thompson, in and registered. lor London, Rotterdam, Bremen We crewed up the SS Gillis in and Antwerp; the -Bienville for Portland, Oregon, from this Korea and Japan; the DeSoto for Branch, shipping a crew direct By ERNEST TILLEY Italy, Greece and Turkey; the from last week's meeting straight By LLOYD (Blackie) GARDNER BOSTON—^There's no point in Puritan for the -bauxite -ports, to Portland and the Far East. It talking about shipping in this and the Monarch of the -Seas for PHILADELPHIA — The boys mediate future, we would not was a Smith and Johnson Scow. port, for there isn't enough to Puerto Rico. The Winslow Almost at the same time, the here in Quakertown had some­ advise you to hurry to Phila­ talk about. However, there are Homer took the coastwise run. delphia as we still have quite a SS 'Irvin S. Cobb—South Atlan­ The unemployment compensa­ thing to cheer about, at last. few men around. tic—pillled into Tacoma. Re­ a couple df bright spots. For one thing, we could use tion situation in -Alabama is There was a payoff, the first one garding this ship, we want to TEN-BUCK TALK looking a trifle brighter. The in two weeks. take this opportunity of com­ some passenger--ship waiters from the Fourth Deck in New York. appeals judge here has been de­ The boys 'here have a new mending the Ship's Delegate, Yes, quite unexpectedly, the There are jobs on the SS Yar­ ciding in favor of seamen instead topic for conversation, and it is Brother L. C. Coles Jr., for hold­ SS Caleb : Strong, a Waterman mouth which is going to make lof the company, especially in the being kicked around quite free­ ing the crew together and refus­ cases of permitmen who con- scow, drifted in from Trieste. ly. This is the proposed ten- ing to payoff imtil he had con­ a -series of -short cruises until jstitute about 95 percent of those She was a good ship and the dollar assessment for 'the Gen­ tacted the Frisco A&G Head­ -the end of October, at least. For another thing, we hope applying for money. quarters and found out what the pajmff was clean. The boys re­ eral Fund, of course. there will be some potato car­ . The decisions-follow the line of ceived transportation, and all of score was, after certain outports From our personal observa­ goes, when they start harvesting the case in New York reported up north brushed hii-n off He's them headed for home. tion, based on the way the boys the crop down in Maine. They in the LOG recently. The per­ a good example of a Seafarer. are talking, we think the dough wiU be a big help, if and when Needless to say, a full crew mitmen are held to be living up •CALL HALL is as good as in'the'Union treas­ they come through. to the rules of their Union, which on the board looked mighty good At this 'time we'd like to ad­ ury right now. We paid off the Bull Line's is allowable. vise all Seafarers paying off on SS Mae, but it was just a tech­ to the lads on the beach. -However, if you apply for Our men know the score. They In addition, shipping picked realize the importance of a the West Coast not to do so un­ nical payoff so that the ship compensation here, it may take less they first contact this office. you time to get your money. up a little in general, quite healthy General Fund. As we Frequently ships "sneak" in, and could go under the new con­ The company is appealing to the aside from the Caleb Strong. heard one guy put it to another: neither this Branch nbr the local tract. Consequently nobody got off and there were no replace­ Alabama Supreme Court, and is This was due, we believe, to the "Listen, when I put this ten company office is aware of it. ments. new shipping procedure with trying to tie up almost every At ^ny rate, the above men­ bucks ill the General Fund, I'm The Mae is carrying coal these claim. You are apt to get sev­ regard to the -Districts. not donating it to some hack for tioned ship's payoff was held up days, and the boys were plenty The above sounds very good. eral checks at once a few weeks political purposes or merely to imtil an SIU Patrolman was able enthusiastic about the new con-: But, although we are optimistic later. build up the bank account. I'm to get there and square away aU tract even though they forfeited When the court hands down a here about shipping in the im­ investing it in the SIU—which. the beefs. The crew and tlie the coal penalty. They figured company were well satisfied. sure as hell, is my future." there would be more jobs. We just shifted the Typhoon to We also paid off an SUP tank­ The labor front is fairly quiet Alameda—^Todds Shipyai'd. Won­ er and shipped a few replace­ here, but there has been an der where we'll shift her next? ments aboard her. important strike at the Proctor By SAL COLLS We have the summer amuse­ 'Electric plant. This one is about It's rumored that' she might be the fii'St on the shift from Frisco ment boats all straightened out SAN JUAN — Shipping here calling for men to paint, and we to be settled, however. to the Gulf! now. Of course, the arrangement has been tops for the past two are more than glad to oblige. Scabs here in Philly generally The Twin Falls, Isthmian, reaUy applies for next year be­ The past couple df months weeks. The docks have been full of vessels and we have been able have been pretty rainy. Now it get the short end of the Stick. was crewed up with a bus-load cause those scows are tj'ing up is getting a little cooler and we In this strike, the scabs had Uie of 'boys from this port. She has after Labor Day. They're good to use any and all ratings. There have been no actual expect a lot of-the boys in for a pickets outnumbered, but they a ;good bunch of boys aboard. in the summer, though. The resolution from New Orpayoffs, although we do expect bit of vacation time. They know couldn't break the picketline. After the northern loop she is The lonely cops on duty can't going to hit this port before go­ le'ans proposing the asse.ssment the MV Ponce to arrive from that the sugar season is on, and be blamed for not being too en­ ing to the Persian Gulf. for the General Fund hit this Canada one of these days. that the chances are they can thusiastic -about helping ixie Edgar Smets, the Delegate off port very suddenly and as a re­ Natui-ally we will be there to catch a ship fast if they go scabs get through. the Hurricane, Waterman, was in sult did not pass. broke. pay her off. However, since then the boys Our famous sketch artist. On the sports -scene, once to pick up some literature. Of course, there are a good many men on the beach here. Brother Spurlock, grabbed 'the more a ^ray of light enters our Whitey, the Bosun, and Ted have been talking it over and The news of good shipping has SS Angelina, but we expect him lives. 'Our -Athletics seem deter­ Popa, the Day Man, were in to doing a little thinking. Chances spread around the Island, and back. He is a mall hound and mined to wind up near the 'top— say that it was the cleanest ship are that they will be for it when the boys from the ports on the the mail is beginning to pile up. or perhaps better. If Connie they ever took over. The old the referendum machinery is south coast are flocking to the Already he has several letters Mack^s boys make it, don't -Say Bosun was an A&G man from set up. We certainly hope they and something in a great big en­ we didn't warn you. In the Mobile, whose name we unfor- will, because that sawbuck "a Hall. man pays will certainly put the Better come back. other league the Phillies seem timately haven't got at present. 'One thing thai helps out here velope. whole Union in a wonderful po­ Brother Rife, who just passed headed in the direction of the Brother Spurlock. You are al­ .Is the shoregang work that keeps sition. his Thii-d's exam, took the Elec­ cellar, sad to relate. ways welcome. coming in. A lot of ships are General fund Assessment Faver Wftfi Seafarers In Gagsters Wanted Philly Shipping SUghtly SeUer Shipping Is Tops In San Juan Spots Brighten Boston Picture �Page Six T H E S E AF A R E R S New York Shipping Fair For Engine, Deck 'columnist likes to say they are I foreign-born and, therefore, unNEW YORK — Shipping here I American. In other words, he's is pretty fair for men with rat­ trying to stir up a vicious kind ings in the DecK and Engine of trouble. Departments. But Stewards still He always points the finger at find the jobs few and far be­ one union president in particu­ tween. lar, implying that the letter's Thej-e were a reasonable num­ ber of payoffs and sign-ons last week. Notable payoffs were aboard the following ships: the Pothier, Legion Victory and Cape San Diego, Isthmian; the Gadsden, American Eastern's heavy-lift ship; the Sea Trader of the Sea Trade Company; the Colabee, which brings down wood pulp from Canada for American-Hawaiian; the Hilton, the Bull vessel that runs to Europe; and the Raphael Semmes in from Waterman's Euro­ pean run. What beefs we found gave foreign birth makes him un­ little trouble, and were settled worthy of his position. aboard ship in proper style. Now tlje labor official in ques­ On the Pothier, the Old Man tion—I won't mention his name, had the Mate working on deck either — just happens to have for a good many hours, but the been responsible for some rather crew collected the overtime fine progress in his union. He which made it aU right. On the has promoted and developed Sea Trader, the Skipper proved housing projects, insurance plans, to be something of a screwball. vacation camps and medical cen­ But these beefs and all the rest ters for the benefit of the mem­ were squared away very easily. By JOE ALGINA «:• SHIPS AND JOBS Friday. September 3. 1948 LO G bership, which is several million times as much as the columnist in question ever did for any­ body but his well-fed self. We take the space to com­ ment on this because we want to warn Seafarers and anybody else listening against this kind of stuff. In my opinion, it's about the dirtiest way there is to at­ tack the trade union movement, or any other decent movement. FAST PORT Things seem to move these days in New Orleans. It was the Mississippi Company that crack­ ed first under SIU pressure in New, Orleans, and it was from that port that the written resolu­ tion calling for a referendum vote on a 10-dollar assessment was sent out. That assessment is a good idea. If you vote for it, you can pay it out of your first month's raise. Don't forget to register for the draft if you are under 26. Incidentally, r?ght after the Pi-esident announced that marl ied men would not be taken, we had an unusual number of requests to be excused from meeting. It seems that all the younger Brothers were away on their honeymoons. TONSORIAL SCENE IN ALEXANDRIA Sketch by Norman Maffie shows father and son barber team clipping locks of crewman Chris Huebner on Santa Clara Victory. WL^ BeoAund When you read the list of companies owning these ships you realize how much the mem­ By G. W. (Bill) CHAMPLIN bership owes to the Union's Organizing Department. The! Perhaps the most dangerous snapshot of .the Quartermaster ten dollars, for he was a greedy The two larger ones were whole American merchant mar­ pair of company stiffs I ever in a bosun's-chair, soogieing the Gus, working on deck all the quartered on. the starboard deck ine is undergoing a big shake-I^Vfed'with" were the Master of forward bulkheads of the house, time. just aft of the house; the other up as it tries to adju^ Jtself SS Red Rover, and while the Mate and the rest of three on the port side. Old tar­ REFUSES HOSPITALIZATION^ to the postwar world. There' his Mate. the watch were off the bridge paulins were rigged over them have been some pretty bad mis­ One night in Bombay, when as awnings, but afforded no pro­ While coasting to pick up car- rigging an auxiliary antenna, takes made by the big political a crewmember was stricken with tection at the sides or rear. and the Old Woman was below , , _ 11 .V- go for India, I discovered that wheels. In a situation like this, f. ,/r . . , the most terrible of all pains, in his cabin fussing about with 411. frel ^ho Mates spray-gun activities Things went fairly well for the Organizers create 4.iie jobs for renal colic, resulting from a kidhad so bespattered the starboard his private aerial. awhile, and the elephants be­ the membership by going after neystone, the miserable Master running light that it actually came great pets of .the crew. Bad as this sounds, it's only new companies. refused the Purser morphine, showed red instead of green! They seemed to form violent part of the story. The gyro was was too lazy to get out of bed We owe our Organizers a con­ He thought nothing of it, but I out of order, and at unexpected to look at the patient, and re­ likings for certain men, and tinuing vote of thanks. They get loved to eat bread. If an ele­ I promptly had both sidelights moments would set the ship on fused to authorize hospitaliza­ a big personal one from this phant's favorite friend would a new course. put into lawful condition. tion, saying the company doctor port's officials every day. pass her without an offering and We ran out of New York half Also we were in the mine could see the man in the morn­ Last week we recommended some attention, tears of grief an hour ahead of the general fields past 12 degrees west long­ ing. that nobody be allowed to pay­ would run down her cheeks. strike, into the teeth of half a itude, where a good lookout The Second Mate and. the What big babies! off a ship in Puerto Rico un­ gale, with both booms adrift and shoiiid have been kept. As it Purser took him to St. George's less he has a replacement from When they were cold, they number one hold un-battened. was, not even the lawful re­ Hospital anyway, some one else the Umon Hall in San Juan. _ ^ shivered and cried again, They _ , , lOn a C-2. which has no shelter- quirement of a licensed officer chipping in for the victoria This recommendation was ap-'. . ,11. j ii. • • ^ J 1- 1 Ji. 2. ing foes le head, this isn t funny, on the bridge was being lived j "gharry." These two humanitar­ seemed to appeal to their friends proved whole-heartedly at the ^ • i,.. xt, x for help. We tried to get more f . .. , . I Nor is it funny at night, without up to, and we had already ians caught hell for doing it. last meeting here in New York.',. ^ x x x u x canvas to give them more pro­ I lights, to try to stretch tarps. sighted one mine. Perhaps the meanest piece of tection, but the Mate refused. To explain again, this recom-|we had all we could do to keep penuriousness these two were NEAR DISASTER mendation was not voiced to f^om being blown over-board. It was late December, and guilty of concerned dumb ani­ getting very cold. The monkeys keep anybody from getting off, ^ , „ f _. J u • i The Mate never believed in One eveninjg, just about dark, mals. in Puerto Rico and having a , , CTTT • xx xand the leopard were able to . . , r.TTT • such a good old SIU institution the lookout, a first trip Ordinary, tropical vacation. The SIU is 1, u j f x • - u Besides the usual deck load keep warm, but the poor ele­ , xx=x XI- X 1 as all-hands for topping booms, came running amidships to warn the only outfit that has a clause ^ f• 1. T of 300 Macacus Rhesus (the sac­ phants were a pathetic sight. . X n • 11 have even seen him, when I me to have the men abandon in the comraet allowing payx • 1 xx red temple monkeys of India) in They developed really bad colds „ . _ X TT xu ox 1was on the sick list m Calcutta, ship. offs in Puerto Rico with 24 hours 12 cages, brought to America half way across the Atlantic on , , I compelling the acting rsosun to notice, and it s a good clause. , xi. i.t. jiWe were about two miles off for biological research — largely the way to Boston. I work alone with him handling Two days out of the Slates, But here's the point: Too the jumbo gear. They got the one of the African headlands on anterior poliomyelitis (the many times a guy forgets that j^h done, but with a terrific that jut out into the Mediter­ deadlj infantile paralysis) -r- we two of them died from quite ranean, and the gyro was head­ took on other animals in Cob obvious cases of pneumonia. his Union has a problem. He ombo, Ceylon. gets off a ship in Puerto Ricoj , • x ^ HT i L. ing us full-speed for it. ELEPHANT STEAKS ^ ^ , , I Two days out of Haifa, he and no Union replacement can x j xi. i. x j i - Somehow that boy knew that There was a cute and affec­ •u J: J mu A X J XU wanted the booms topped, alThe day they died it was so be found. The Agent down there , , . J TT • X though the ship was pitching and land on our starboard beam was tionate young leopard, and five rough we couldn't rig a boom has to send a non-Union man to n ° u ji rx okay, but not land dead-ahead. ,, .. . ,. , ., rolling badly, as one so often to heave the bodies, ovejboard, the ship at a time v/hen the , x xu x xe • x ^ . does at that time of year ]ust I don't know where he found but had to wait till next day Umon cannot use new men. xr/-ix xxx the Mates and the rest of the in the shelter of Massachusetts That's why nobody should get watch when I promptly sent him Bay. off in Porrto Rico until his re„,vait," l said, "by tomorrow lo the bridge. j That night the souvenir hunt­ placement can be found. Going down the Red Sea, the we'll be in the lee of Crete, and ers got busy with a fire-axe, and Changing the subject, we've ^an do the job in safety and Steward was taken very ill. The chopped out their small tusks. been reading a lot of vicious jess time." crew, backing a really swell One of them cut off a trunk nonsense in Ihe papers recently jt ^35 y^^d, sure Purser, demanded that the Old and skinned it. Some of us cut by a few of the labor-hating enough, the next day my wea- Woman have an SOS sent to a filets and broiled them. They columnists, one in particular ther forecast proved correct, nearby ship. He refused till a were delicious, more delicate in whom I don't need to name. i ^ith the sea like glass. Limey transport got by us, flavor than spring lamb chops, Lately^ this guy has been off headed north. but tough. on a new tack. He's found out QUARTERMASTER Eventually he weakened, so True, they died of pneumonia, that there are some American The "Old Woman"—we never an English tanker hove to for but by now all our ship's meat labor officials who were born referred to the Master as the us. Before we could get the was putrid, and. some was magin Europe, and who came to the "Old Man" after we got to know doctor aboard, the Steward was COW elephants aged from two gotl.y. United States when they were him — was in full connivance dead. I've often wondered what some to five years. Though the latter very young. I with the Mate when it came to I laid him out and buried had their mahout, or 'keeper- brave fisherman out of ProvinceAlthough these men are aU working the AB on wheel watch, him; but the Mate insisted on trainer, the sheltering of these town might have thought if he properly elected officials of their any place on the ship, sewing him up in the canvas beasts was the ship's responsi­ ever brought up a trunkless unions, and are U.S. citizens, this' I had one of the boys get a burial shroud—I guess he needed bility. elephant on his lin6! • PONT W TURNED ATFECTWNATe.' �Friday. September 3, lf« THE SEAFARERS LOG Page- Seeen Minutes Of A&G Branch Meetings in Brief TAMPA—Chairman, R. Seckinger, 307; Recording Secretary. R. L. Duke. 143; Reading Clerk. N. Ellis 16. The Dispatcher reported 35 registered, and 23 shipped. One minute of silence for departed Brothers. Under Good and Wel­ fare there was discussion on the difference in shipping .rules in various Ports. % % NORFOLK — Chairman. Ben Rees.' 95; Recording Secretary. William Aycock. 38444; Reading Clerk, Alphonse Desoura. 48512. A&C Shipping From Aug. 10 To Aug. 24 PORT REG. DECK REG. ENG. REG. STWDS. TOTAL REG. SHIPPED DECK SHIPPED SHIPPED ENG. STWDS. TOTAL SHIPPED carried under New Business to send a wire and wreath of sym­ pathy to Brother James Tucker's family. Meeting adjourned at 8:35 with 390 members present. XXX PHILADELPHIA — Chairman. L. A. Gardner. 3697; Reading Clerk. D. C. Hall. 43372; Record­ ing Secretary. G. H. Seeburger. 6932. Boston 23 79 27 17 9 10 36 181 New York 166 163 510 146 138 133 417 80 35 36 151 . Philadelphia 46 14 21 81 140 87 321 Baltimore 94 - 144 123 86 . 353 Norfolk , 68 35 158 55 41 19 13 73 38 38 21 97 Ali Branch Minutes were ac­ Savannah 18 13 n 48 11 14 Tampa 10 35 9 •6 a 23 cepted. The minutes of special 200 250 201 Mobile 651 65 68 61 194 meetings held in New" York, 132 132 136 400 New Orleans 192 106 150 448 Baltimore, Norfolk, San Fran­ 52 36 33 121 Galveston 56 40 29 125 cisco, and Puerto Rico were ac­ 30 22 20 72 Great Lakes Minutes 26 San Juan 14 15 55 cepted. The Norfolk minutes of August "San Frapcieco — 73 41 55 169 61 39 54 154 were posted. The Agent reported 11; and the Norfolk financial rethat shipping was very bad, but 914 831 1,019 2,764 821 591 595 2,007 looked a little brighter for the ports of August 14, and 21 were GRAND TOTAL read and accepted. The Secre­ coming week. All ships in traiii(*San Francisco figures only cover week of August 16 to August 21.) tary-Treasurer's financial reports sit were visited, with all beefs for weeks ending August 7 and squared away. The New Orleans 14 were accepted. New Business Resolution for a $10. General only of Branches holding meet­ tion from the port of New Orleans was read and accepfed. The jorned at 8:30 PM with 322 mem­ Fund Assessment was discussd ings were read. All were ac­ regarding a new Genei'al Fund Headquarters' report to the bers present. on the floor. A motion was made XXX cepted. The Resolution from assessment was read and dis­ membership of August 11 was by V. Sorensen, 42379, and sec­ New Orleans dated August 23rd cussed. The meaning of what accepted. The New Business of onded by F. Dowd, 43112, to con­ NEW ORLEANS — Chairman. was non-concurred with. The the General Fund stood for was all Branches holding meetings Earl (Bull) Sheppard. 203; Re­ cur in this resolution. Carried Trial Committee reported that explained, and the consensus of The Secretarycording Secretary. Herman Trox- unanimously. M. Gurganus, 29505, was put on opinion expressed was that there Treasurer's financial reports clair. 6743; Reading Clerk. Buck six months suspension and proba- was a definite need for this type dated August 7 and 14 were acStephens, 76. of assessment in order to build the Union's funds. The Resolu­ Motion carried to notify all tion was accepted unanimously. ports that charges are pending Under New Business there was was read and accepted. The against a Messman. New Orleans a motion by Sol Cohen, 44954, resolution from New Orleans for financial reports for August 14 that we re-affirm our previous a ten-dollar General Fund assess­ and 21 were read and. accetped. support of Norfolk's position re­ ment was read and carried by a The Secretary-Tieasurer's finan­ garding the opening of a New hand vote of 156 for, arid 0 cial report for August 7 and 14 Hall in Puerto Rico; and that against. The auditor's report for were accepted, New Business of The Secretary-Treas­ tion with the understanding that such action be definitely de­ period ending December 28, 1947 other Branches was read. All cepted. The (Agent, were accepted. urer's report to the membership if he came around the hall un­ ferred until such a time as we was accepted. The Agent, der the influence of liquor during first have Halls in all contin­ Brother Alsop, took the floor to Brother Sheppard, reported that dated August 14 was accepted this time he would go in the 99 ental US ports. Amendment by explain why the penalty on coal business and shipping in the with a vote of thanks to the year club. C. Sydney, 29713, John Zenco, 46437, that the open­ and coke was dropped, and port were fair. There were ten New Orleans Negotiating Com­ was put in the 99 year club. And ing of new Halls should be pointed out that it would help payoffs and seven signons since mittee and the New York Ne­ Korace Dodd, 38691, was put on gauged by the number of men the SIU in securing more Jobs, the last meeting. Four Alcoa gotiating Committee for a job the "do not ship" list until he shipped and the number of men since companies contracted to ship and one Isthmian laid up in well done. The Patrolman re­ cleared the Committee in Nor­ paid off, and that buildmgs other Unions, which did not have the past two weeks, and another ported that what few beefs had folk. , The Agent reported that should be bought in that order, a penalty clause, were able to Isthmian and four more Alcoa come up were squared away and shipping had been slow since the giving preference to the port out-bid our companies. The Dis­ were due before the next meet­ that everything is in good form. last meeting and that it looked with the heaviest traffic in ships patcher reported 121 registered, ing and were also headed for the T. Emery, J. Di Santo,- and E. One as though it would be slow for and men. Accepted. Motion by and 125 shipped. A commxmica- bonyard. Twelve schduled pay­ MeClain were Obligated. tion from the National Head­ minutes silence for departed the next two weeks also. The E. Ladriere, 38484, to find out offs are due in the next fort­ Dispatcher reported 158 men from the Secretary-Treasurer quarters of Selective Service was night. The Agent's report was Brothers. I'egistei'cd and 73 shipped. what a blackgang man must read regarding draft exemption accepted. Dispatcher reported XXX Brothers William Aycock, 38444; have to qualify for the job of for merchant seamen. Meeting 400 registered, and 448 shipped. SAVANNAH — Chairman. Burl C. Kilby, 50769; Thaddeus 2nd Electrician aboard A&G con­ adjourned at 8:00 PM with 156 A communication was accepted Charles Starling. 6920; Recording Jackson, 38057; and Cui'tis Ay­ tracted ships. Accepted. Under members present. Secretary, S. J. Colcork, 33407; cock, 50927, were obligated. One XXX Heading Clerk. C. Kreiss. 46672. minute of silence for departed BALTIMORE — Chairman. New Business only of all Brothers. Meeting adjourned at Lindsay Williams. 21550; Record­ Branche.s holding meejtings were 8:15 P.M. with 158 members ing Secretary. A1 Stansbury. read and accepted. Great Lakes present. 4683; Reading Clerk. P. M. Rob­ and West Coast Minutes were ertson, 30148. X a. frorn the crew of the SS Del posted. Agent Charles Starling Good and Welfare there was dis­ SAN FRANCISCO—Chairman. W. R. Sieburt, 50688; D. L. Norte, giving a vote of thanks to reported that shipping has A. Michelet. 21184; Reading cussion on items that should be Pittman, 50833; H. W. Willett, the Now Orleans membership picked up a little and that ship­ obtained for the new San Fran­ Clerk. A. S. Cardullo, 24599; Re­ 49537; M. Kalkis, 44111, A. and negotiating committee for a ping was expected to boom for cording Secretary. A1 Bernstein. cisco Hall, including reels of the Brindley, 38372; J. N. Berger, job well done in getting Missis­ the next two weeks in com­ UFE Strike when they are ready, 21065. sippi Shipping Co. to sign the parison with what it was the 50837; A. J. O'Neill, 50849, and a television set, and water foun­ Minutes of' Branches having tain. An Auditing Committee C. A. lannali, 100979 were obli­ contract. A resolution calling past two weeks. He reported for a, new $10.0(1 General Fund that the SS Cape Nome, South New Business were read and ac­ was elected. One minute of sil­ gated. Motion accepted to ac­ assessment signed by 37 full Atlantic, paid off in Charleston cept Trial Committee's report. cepted. The Agent reported ence was observed for departed bookmembers was read and car­ with no outstanding beefs. While Baltimore minutes for August 11, that a Patrolman would be Brothers. James G. Fouts, ried unanimously. The Negotia­ there he visited the SS Rosario, and Baltimore financial report aboard the Twin Falls in San 49892, was obligated. Meeting tion Committee's report was read and the SS Rosa Rio. The Ros­ Pedro in the morning to check adjourned at 8:59 PM with 121 for August 11 were read and ac­ and accepted unanimously. The ario was also visited when it cepted. The Secretary-Treasurer's the situation and find out exactly members present. weekly financial report for meeting concurred in Committee came to Savannah. The SS how many jobs were available. XXX report on five members: that August 11 was read and ac­ Cabins, Mathieson Tankers, paid He discussed the draft situation, SAN JUAN — There were, not Joseph Paul Ruiz, P3-13172, be cepted. New Business of off some men in Savannah and and stated that, according to the enough members to form a allowed to ship and pay up his Branches holding meetings was quorum. The following Brothers permit after a trip, n.s he was in volunteered to audit the books i-ead and accepted. West Coast the hospital in China; that Benny and Great Lakes minutes were and bills: J. Rivera, 20628; I. Coleman, P3-9927, be put into Gonzalez, 1642; I. Perez, 2768. filed. Motion to forward ships' the 99 year club; and that Leon­ minutes to .the LOG. The Resolu­ They were discharged with the ardo Munna, 25065, Ethen L. usual vote of thanks. 72 men tion from New Orleans for a tenCooke, 44601, B. Provenzano, took replacements from the Hall. dollar assesspnent for the Gen­ latest Washington reports, active were registered, and 55 men The Secretai-y-Treasurer's report eral Fund was read and carried 49026, be allowed to become re­ seamen would be deferred as es­ shipped. was accepted. The Secretaryunanimously. The Agent's and active. The following Brothers sential. Report accepted. - The Treasurer's financial report for XXX Patrolman's reports were ac­ were obligated: Robert A. Patrolman reported that all ships week ending August 11 was ac­ GALVESTON — Chairman. The Dispatcher, A1 Lowry, 47363, Robert Berryman, cepted. One minute of silence in the harbor were covered and Keiih Alsop, 7311; Recording cepted. all beefs were settled satisfac­ Secretary, R. Wilburn. 37739; Stansbury, reported 321 regis­ 34672; J. B. Stokes, 50262; Heino was observed for departed torily. The Secretary-Treasurer's Reading Clerk. Val James. 7803. tered, and 353 shipped. Under Ekkers, 50838; Clinton W. Smith, Brothers. The Dispatcher x-eNew Business, a motion cai-ried 47972; K. A. Kasgmets, 50839; ported 97 registered, and 48 ship­ written report and financial re­ to accept the Negotiating Com­ Joseph T. Ravine, 38336; John R. ped. Under Good and Welfare Galveston minutes and finan­ port were read and accepted. A mittee's report in its entirety. Clement, 48493; and Benito A. several men hit the deck to say letter was read from the Secre­ cial report dated August 14, and The meeting The meeting stood in silence for Cuenca, 102409. 21 wre i-ead and accepted. The tary-Treasurer regarding NLRB now pleased they were to stood in silence in memory of one minute in memory of de­ Secretary Treasurer's financial forms 1080/81 that had to be (Continued on Page 14) Meeting ad- our departed Brothers. Motion filled out. Accepted. The resolu- report dated August 14 and 21 parted Brothers. �Pag» Bght THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. S^lembe^ 3, 1948 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Cape San Diego Ends First Voyage Under Contract—^Not Like Old Days THE DONCASTER'S MEN IN WHITE (Ed. Note: The following account of the first voyage of Isthmian's Cape San Diego under SIU contract was submitted to the LOG by Henry Clemens, Deck Delegate: Lro Bresnen, Engine Delegeite. and Chuck Allen. Ship's Delegate.) A fine crew, a good bunch of officers, and evei-ything running SIU style, on the 88 Cape San Diego, Isthmian C-1 which has just completed her first trip un­ der Union contract. Chief Engineer Lanny Lyons held Book No. 15 in the SIU and Third Assistant Dombrom ski, is thinking of taking his SIU book out of • retirement to sail as Electrician. than customers, all detailed to watch the wild Yankees. Between a small port in Su­ matra and Batavia, the jumbo boom was laid down on deck and completely overhauled. When the ship got to Batavia the longshore boss told th^ Skipper it was the first American ship he had seen where the jumbo worked right. The Captain sent down to the crew quarters a note of thanks for the gang. After leaving the states, the Cape San Diego stopped off in Halifax and sailed for Jeddah the first port on the other side and thence to some 25 ports on the Malay Peninsula, the East Indies, and China, , including P e n a n g, Singapore, Batavia, BEST PORT Soerabaja, Bangnara ( S i a m), All agreed that the best port Hong Kong. She retmmed by way of Honolulu, Panama, anc on the entire run was Bangnara, Although there were no days the Gulf Ports to New York. Siam, which had just been off in port, the Chief Mate opened up for the export of tin. ACTION knocked the men off at three Previously all tin had been sent in the afternoon and the crew to Singapore for marketing and There was plenty of diversion did their part to show what an shipment. A communist revolu­ the first time the ship hit PenSIU ship should be. In the 25 tion was brewing in this area or more ports hit, no man failed ang. Most of the crew was in the and many government officials City Lights Cabaret when ^ an to make the sailing, and all did „ were in town. their job with the exception of ®"Shsh seaman, one of two A high ranking member of one permit man, who was takenifh also ^celebratmg the Ministry of the Interior, r.t u.r I ^ho ^ ploco, care of by the crew. _.' walkod up T to, a, Sanil-Chudarop—one of the rich­ , .„ , I Cape San Diego man and asked Chuck AUen was Ship's Dele-I^f yank, and then est men in Siam—got acquainted gate, H. W. Clemens was Deck with a number of the boys in Delegate (reported all full books free-for-all The the local cabaret where he on deck), and Leo Bresnen was ^ star^a a iree tor-all. tne bought drinks around. Cape San Diego boys, including Engine Delegate. The Gape San Diego crewed the Chief Mate, and the Chief up in Baltimore, and later took Engineer, cleared out the joint. SKIPPER COOPERATES five men from New York. . A mixup with the police on the In the opinion of the Dele­ The overtime though, didnt ^^reet outside followed when stack up so well. Deck Depart­ someone tried to arrest Bresnen, gates, the present contract with ment averaged 250 hours for the Engine Delegate. Six men Isthmian is damn good, con­ five months. The Captain insisted were finally taken to jail, end sidering that it is the first agree­ ment with the company. It is on seeing everything in black and white in the agreement. later released with the excep­ such an . improvement over the However, he did cooperate with tion of Rex Coote, an Australian preceding conditions that aU ac­ the Delegates and accepted the Brother who took a Sikh's club quainted with Isthmian are mighty pleased. fact that he now had a' Union away from him. ship and wa5 working under a Allen sailed Tsthmian ships Cuote was left in the Penang prior to 1931—this one being the contract. The Cape San Diego was not jail on a two months .sentence, first since then. What a differ­ the first Union ship for many and faced deportation to Aus­ ence now, he says. In those days they would have you chip­ of the officers. Chief Mate L. tralia after getting out. ping by .cluster light. You work­ Fish, and Second Mate Kline When the ship returned to ed all hours and got no over­ are both old SUP men who par­ ticipated in all the West Coast Penang later, Allen added, there time for it. Strikes of the thirtiesT The Third were more uniformed and plain­ All departments worked to­ Mate is a paid-up SIU man. clothes police in the City Lights gether, the food was good, and a clean SIU payoff followed. The Skipper put out the limit in draws and okayed plenty of cigarettes — though the Purser took it upon himself to cut down. He probably had his own reasons for this, as a number of cases mysteriously disap­ peared. This snappy group of Stewards Department men of the Robin Doncaster was too much for Chris Bobbe to pass up with his camera. According to Brother Bobbe, the Department^ wasn't just putting up a flashy front, the boys could really put out the feed. Left to right, front row—Johnny Villafane, Chief Steward; Pop Lauler, Utility; Juan Ruiz, Passenger Messman. Back row—Armando Vidal, Passenger Utility; Luis Pinilla, Night Cook-Baker; Jeff Bugham, Chief Cook; Arcadio Selmar, 2nd Cook; Chadburn Williams, Saloon Messman; Frank Solis, PO Messman, and Luis Zampefti, Crew Messman. Museum KOs Arizpa Men's Shark 'Find' Pop Lauler, the Doncaster's UtiMtyman, strikes a belliger­ ent pose. Pop says he'll de­ fend the quality of the grub served on the Doncaster with his dukes. Looks like he means it. Cornelia Rammed At Anchor m Talking over first trip of Cape San Diego under SIU contract brings up several amusing incidents for these crew­ men. From left to right: Henry Clemens, AB; Leo Bresnen, Oiler, and Chuck Allen, Deck Maintenance. The SS Cornelia was rammed by a Canadian freighter in broad daylight recently while lying at anchor in Puerto Plata, Domini­ can Republic,, according to crewmember Peter Davies. The bi­ zarre accident took place around noon when the SS Canadian Conqueror, which had been an­ chored in-shore from the Cor­ nelia taking on longshoremen and Pilot en-route down the coast to a small banana port, at­ tempted to maneuver against the wind and tide. According to Davies, the Cap­ tain and the Mate of the Cor­ nelia were ashore at the time, and the crews of both ships lined the rails watching the approach­ ing accident. With engines full speed ahead and the wheel hard over, the Canadian Conqueror gained speed but failed to re­ spond to the rudder in time to avoid a collision. The big Can­ adian ship reversed her engines at the last moment and eased the impact, but struck the Cornelia at a 45 degi-ee angle at the for­ ward well-deck, then drifted along side. Little damage was done, ac­ cording to Davies. The Cornelia suffering nothing more than badly dented deck stanchions and dented hull-plates. The Cor­ nelia is an old SIU ^andby and will continue her run to the West Indies and Virgin Islands. The trip was described as a good one with plenty of over­ time, liberal draws, and very friendly senoritas. It was re­ ported that the 2nd and 3rd Mates were ex-SIU men, the Steward and Bosun Volpi, oldtimers, and the Deck Depart­ ment had a full compliment of book members. There will be no shark named after SS Arizpa. The possibility of a sharkus marinus arizpus was held forth when the LOG printed a report (LOG, June 25) from Luis Ramirez, crewmember of the Arizpa, that the crew had caught a new species of shark off tire coast of Colon, Panama Canal Zone. They based their claim on the fact that Panaman­ ian fisherman said it was a new shark, rarely seen in those waters. This week the LOG received a report of the American Museum of Natural Histoi-y, to whom the plclme.s taken by the Arizpa men had been forwarded for study. The Museum reported that the shark is a Southern Ground Shark (Carcharhinus commersonii), and is not a rare .species nor alien to the waters around Colon. The Associate Curator of the Museum's Department of Fishes ahd aquatic biology filled in with some background on the Arizpa's catch. She stated that the shark is one of the largest in its species, but is not considered too dangerous, meaning that it is not strictly a man-eating shark. She further pointed out that one of its habits is to frequent waters around slaCfehter houses, where it eats the meat scraps thrown in the water. The slaughter house loiterers, she pointed out, being used to red meat, sometimes be­ come ferocious and take a bite • out of persons swimming in the water nearby. This is rare, how­ ever. The Curator concluded her re­ port by saying that the museum is always interested in stories such as that told by the Arizpa crew, and is always glad to heab of any claims made by crewmen. �Friday, September 3, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetingsl TPTNfTT^AT^ HP2kT^. mrJi-nKom: ^ members hr» be lriar\f kept out r\f of the TRINIDAD HEAD. Mav May 9.d_ 24 Chairman Laskowski; Recording pantry during regular meal Secretary James Hunsucker. Mo­ hours except the messmen and tion carried under New Business dishwasher. Motion by San­ tiago. seconded by Oquindo, to to contact the hall and straighten out some misunderstandings on fine each crew member 25 cents the duties and working rules for who leaves dirty cups, spoons, Electricians and Oilers. Under etc. on table during coffee-lime, Good and Welfare the Delegates or who throws cigarettes on the were asked to contact the Mer­ messhall deck. Carried. Several chant Marine Library in the motions earned regaidlng repair first port and have the ship's list, painting showers, cleaning library renewed. The Bosun was laundry, etc. One minute of asked to build new book-racks. silence for departed Brothers. 4. ft XXX SOUTHLAND. May 22—Chair­ CAHABA, June 27 — Chair­ time okay nor disputing it when PY AN OVHfSWHEAMINcS- MAJO/5)TY THE man C. A. Fletcher; Recording the Steward took it up to him. man Robert Kennedy; Recording COASTWISE YOTEpTC 5L;BMIT Secretary R. M. H a w k i nts. The Delegate was instructed to Secretary Lloyd Johnston. New tc? fZEFEfZBNPUM BALLOT A $10ASSBS5MEMT Brother Keamy was elected take the overtime to the Captain Business: Lloyd Johnston was FOR. THE (SEVERAL FUMP —lUE A^OSf /AlPO/?Ship's Delegate. The Delegates himself. Under Good and Wel­ elected Ship's Delegate. Motion TANT, THE I/VORKINO FPMP OF THE OMIOM . reported 28 full books. No fare it was decided that the carried to have Ship's Delegate IF PAS5EP/ IT IVlLL AAAKE TLI^ A^O VlST/^iCf beefs. Motion carried under New Wiper and Ordinary on sanitary turn in list of needed articles I'oiTHE MOST SECURE A^P THE BEST r/?EPAREP Business to have water cooler work would change the linen ex­ the slopchest to the Captain be­ OFAHT MARniMB UMON . WE CAN MAKE THB installed below for the crew's cept for the 12-4 watch, who fore end of voyage. Motion to use. There followed several mo­ would change their own when fine members misusing or de­ COMING'TWO YEARS OF CONTRACTUAL tions pertaining to painting quar­ they got up. The Steward was stroying ship's linen five dollars, F5ACE- THE GREATBSr F£R.\CV JN OUR / ters, cleaning recreating room, asked to put out more night and to turn the money into the HISTORY — VOTE YE^ , ANp LET'S GO/ and repairing locks. Under Good lunch. The Ship's Delegate General funds. Under Good and and Welfare the membership stated that he thought he would Welfare it was decided to rotate was asked to take care of the be able to exchange the library the cleaning of laundi-y among cots that were issued so that in Italy. One minute of silence the three Departments. they would be in good shape for Brothers lost at sea. when passed on to the next XXX crew. TELFAIR STOCKTON. May 2 By HANK —Secretary C. Oyler. Delegates XXX reported no beefs. There was a WeU, no matter how it's sliced—it's still a lot of smorgasbord^ motion under New Business to RAPHAEL SEMMES. Aug. 1— And smorgasbord just isn't smorgasbord if all of the many different rotate the cleaning of the recrea­ Chairman M. Norris; Recording dishes aren't on the table. Brother Arne Larsen, who sails as tion room between the three de­ Secretary Dutchy Moore. A mo­ Carpenter and was a bicycle racer in his youthful Danish days, says % X X partments. Motion carried to tion was made under New Busi­ there are 56 dishes in a genuine smorgasbord. In our possibly JOHN W. BURGESS. June 11 fine performers $25 who cause ness to go on record as opposed humorous opinion it is—for a hungry man—three big meals in trouble on the ship. Under Good to changing the shipping rules in .—Chairman John Buzelewski: one, without gravy and no waiters to tip. Incilentally, although and Welfare the Steward warned the port of New York to re­ Recording Secretary W. Dalton, we naturally believe it is strictly a course for landlubbers, we the crew that if the linen were quire a man to register in only Minutes of previous meeting have never seen or heard of at least a small-sized smorgasbord were read and accepted. Dis­ not taken care of, he would is­ one rating. Amendment: to write served aboard an SIU ship. Are there any Cooks or Stewards who sue it piece by piece pccording a letter to this effect, signed by puted overtime was reported by can say we're wrong? Anyway, we're sure of one thing. It the Deck Delegate, and the En­ to the contract. It was decided the entire crew, and air-mail gine Delegate put to the mem­ to ask Captain to dispose of con- from the next port to the Secre­ would take us about two months to "turn to" eating 56 dishes of smorgasbord—if we have a gallon of bicarbonate and a nurse bership the case of a man who denrned stores. Two seats were tary-Treasurer. Carried unani­ standing by. was being brought on charges. set aside in the messroBm for the mously. Under Education there watch so that they would be was discussion of the shipping A motion was made by Lloyd XXX The rules. Rotation of gangway Macdonnell and seconded by sure to get served first. Brother Thomas "Pops" Foster, the Steward, says he isn't Floyd Dominski to have the membership was warned that watch and equalization of over­ anyone violating the Union rules time was explained by Dan Algrowing anything on his Texas farm—just making pastureland charges brought up before the Patrolman upon arrival. Carried. and not living up to the agree­ vino. The Bosun, M. Norris i-eout of it. By the hoof, he's doing a good thing. Most Texas Under New Business, a motion ment would be brought up on ported that the Patrolmen do not farmers, however, are growing peaches and collecting five approve of men turning down was made by Warren and sec­ charges. dollars a bushel. This makes us wonder what the farmers in overtime, and that men who do onded by Adeline Fruge to have Georgia (the famous peach state) are getting for their peaches. so have no kick coming if-they the repairs made before signing are not turned to thereafter. Brother Foster seems to believe in doing things the right way. on the ship again. A repair list Under Good and Welfare it was Was read from each Department He carries a menu book with him—which may be a rare habit decided to make up a repair list XXX under Good and Welfare. There among average Stewards. For the last three months he's been for action at next meeting. The was discussion on taking care of TELFAIR STOCKTON. May 30 logging menus in that book. When he meets another bellyBrother Paul Brady's gear. It —Secretary C. Oyler. The En­ Steward stated that the watch robber. after they have chewed the seafaring fat—if the other was decided that his Union Book gine Delegate reported overtime would be allowed to use the stove to cook eggs if it did not Steward is big-hearted. Brother Foster will go into a "changeeand overtime shSet would be beefs that would be turned over interfere with the Baker. for-changee" of choice menus. In this manner, the best turned over to the Patrolman to Patrolman. The Deck Dele­ along with his gear which will gate i-eported disputed overtime Stewards are able to keep the appetites of SIU crews in har­ bo sent to his next of kin. One for working stowaway, and for mony, health and home-cooking. minute of silence for Brothers work done in Germany. Under lost at sea. XXX New Business a motion was • made to fine anyone drank at Brother Ed Eaton, the Steward, has sailed many years to payoff, $50 dollars. A vote of Hamburg, Germany—before the war, duiing the war and now in thanks was given the Steward peacetime. And he says you can't find a better and cleaner port XXX Department for good food and for seamen than Hamburg. Well, Brothers, what are your service. One minute of silence RAPHEL SEMMES, Aug. 22— experiences and opinions? What ports are tops in everything? XXX Chairman Cy Kean; Recording How are the hospitals, the bars, the danger zones, clip-artists, the for Brothers lost at sea. Secretary Dutchy Moore. The prices of souvenirs and expert tattooing, and the places where the TELFAIR STOCKTON. April XXX BEATRICE. July 11 — Chair­ letter to the Secretary-Treasurer LOG can be picked up easily enough? . . . Brother Woody Roland IS—Secretary C. Oyler. This rfieeting was called in the Nor­ man P. Zorres; Recording Secre­ was read and accepted unani­ was in town about four weeks ago. Looks like he never did open folk Hall at 12:50 P.M.-for the tary Brother Reid. The Dele­ mously. No beefs reported by that inland restaurant and start doing some landlubbing cooking. purpose of electing delegates: gates reported that several new Delegates. Motion to elect com­ Brother Joe Pendleton writes that he's on the beach again in Deck Department, Brother Bell; men had come aboard in San mittee to accept donations for Japan and having a few beers... He sends his regards to Baltimore Engine Department, J. Igebeck; Juan, and that aU Departments washing machine. E. Schultz. Brothers. Stewards Department, Andrew R. were in order. One of the new Dutchy Moore, and Raymond XXX Jonon; Ship's Delegate, Viclorio men had come through the Com­ Carlson elected. Thanks extended D. India. A brief talk on Union­ pany Agent, due to shortage of to Carlson. 3rd Assistant (who is Bosun Edwin Christian and his mustache are in town right ism was given by Ben Reese. ABs in the Hall. Motion .under paid-up SIU man), foi- volunteer­ now. Bosun Christian did a fine job of sailing Isthmian ships Members were warned that any­ New Business to request that ing use of car and splendid co­ and organizing this fleet in to the SIU . . . Brother Johnny Under one who failed to do hiis part, foc'sles and messhall be sougeed. operation with crew. Wauchek. another volunteer Isthmian organizer sailed last Education, Brother Norris spoke and brought discredit to the Motion to obtain foc'sle keys. on the importance of participa­ week . . . James ''Blackie" Saliba writes from Frisco. He's Union would be brought up on Motion -carried that the messtion in both ship, and shore room and foc'sles be painted be­ charges. deck maintenance on the Isthmian ship. Meredith Victory, fore sailing the ship from New meetings, and the necessity of XXX hitting plenty of good ports on the intercoastal run. Blackie JOHN W. BURGESS. June 6— York. One minute of silence for thorough dicussion of motions says the Cooks. Steward and especially the . Baker are tops in before voting on them. UnderChairman John A. Buzelewski; Brothers lost at sea. dishing out the cooking . . . Bosun Robert Hillman is doing the Good and Welfare it was decided 4^ 4 3^ Recording Secretary W. T. to turn over delayed sailing best he can with the tools he has (including the familiar KATHRYN. June 19 — GhairDalton. Engine Delegate re­ beef, and case of man who re­ man M. Santiago; Recording cigar) aboard the SS Calmar . . . It's good to see Brother Dusan ported that one Fireman had been demoted. Stewards Dele­ Secretary L. Evins. Brother fused to attend meeting to pat­ del Duisan. "Old Chile" to his shipmates, out of the hospital gate reported that the Captain Oquendo made a motion, sec­ rolman. One minute of silence with his mustache. was neither marking the over­ onded by Clairdio, that all crew for departed Brothers. CUT and RUN II -- �Piage Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, September 3> 1948 MEMBERSmP SPEAKS Steel Worker Scout's Good Deed Wins Shipmates Leave In Jedddh To the Editor: Log-A'Rhythms Memo For The Lawmakers CENTER OF ATTRACTION We have just completed a twoand-a-half month trip on the SS Steel Worker — Isthmian C-3— and here are some of the high­ lights of the voyage: r Our first stop was Port Said. The city is under maiiial law because of the war, so there was no shore leave for the crew. However, this didn't stop the Skipper from taking one of the female passengers ashore for a look-see at the town. This Skip­ per, incidentally, is the same Captain Sundberg who has been written up a few times before in the LOG for his high-handed ac­ tivities. We took on water here, and the Engineers fouled up the de­ tail. The salt-water content was 'so .high that it was almost im­ possible to drink; but after a few days of coaxing, the Chief En­ Flanked by two pert samples of Rotterdam's, pulchritude. gineer finally decided that he'd Seafarer W. O. Stiles finds it easy to smile for this photo better get the evaporaters work­ taken by a shipmate of the Raphael Semmes. Trip ended ing. After that, the water still with payoff in New York on July 16. , wasn't good, but at least it was drinkable. 11; II miserable trip that much more It Jeddah, Arabia, was our first so. •is port of discharge, and there was Much has been written about an incident here that was good Ras Tanura, but not quite en­ for a laugh. A couple of the boys ough! This was our next port. decided to go ashore, but when There is a nice portable air-con­ they got off the launch, the Ara­ ditioned building on the beach bian Customs started giving them that is supposed to be a Seamen's a hard time, trying to send them Club. This place is closed tighter To the Editor: back to the ship. than a shipowner's pocketbook, Here's a practice that needs "EAGLE PATROL. SIR" and any questions put forth as to more attention than you might just when it will be available are It just so happened, however, skillfully evaded by the Agents think: There are some guys who that the BR, who was with them, and ARAMCO officials. However, use this Hall just for a place to is very prominent in the Boy we got it from the best sources pass the time of day. Some of Scouts. His left breast was that the big-shots of the oil them are permits who have not weighed down with Boy Scout company use it once in a while to paid dues for over a year. medals and merit badges. When Only the other day a guy was entertain members of the fair sex talking to a buddy of mine and of the ARAMCO colony. we asked him when the intended We guess if they open it up to to ship out. He just replied, "I seamen, they'll lose that privil- don't know." When he sat edge. down, his permit fell out of his pocket, and I picked it up and PROTESTED TO CONSUL glanced at it before returning it. While here, the three Depart­ He was over a year in arrears. ment Delegates were finally And still he hangs around, al­ forced by the deplorable quality ways with money in his pocket. of the drinking water to go to If he can hang around like that, the American Consul. This was he can pay dues and make an the same water that was taken effort to ship out. aboard in Bahrein, and it was There really is no excuse for causing a great deal of sickness a member to be over a year in arrears unless he has been sick, the Chief of the Customs got a among the crew. look at those—not knowing what One of the Agent's stooges was or in real trouble. This Hall is for members use they were, of course—his eyes to drive the delegates, and for in connection with shipping, and almost popped out of his head. this little chore he put in a biU He did everything but give him for $45 an hour for nine hours, a place, to relax between trips. the keys to the city. When the which the crew was expected to It is no place for loitering. There BR told him that he woud be pay. If this was paid at aU, you are lots more like this guy, who responsible for the crewmembers can be sure it wasn't by the come in and hang around with no intention of shipping, and while they were ashore, they crew. who are many months in arrears, were permitted to proceed into To get back to the seaman's that just use their permit to the city. club—There is one here but it is Bahrein, in the Persian Gulf, certainly not open. There's no enter the Hall. Such characters who don't was our next port. No shore telling when it will be, if ever. want to ship, and don't pay their leave again. But more water was As far as shore leave is concern­ dues, have no place in the Union. taken on. This is probably the ed in Ras Tanura—Brother there Fred R. Hicks foulest water in the world. ain't none! Drinking it is an experience that W. Lowlher no' Seafarer should be forced to Deck Delegate . go tiirDUghi Even'the caelies who (Ed. Note: Bill Dorann of the were working the ships had to The slop chesf is your cor­ make a wry face when drinking Anniston City reports the club ner store while you are at it—-and I can't say I blame them. as being in full operation. His sea. You can't take your . In the intense heat of the Persian- letter was of August 9, so it is trade someplace else if the Gulf in the summertime, good possible the club has. opened slop chest doesn't have what water is an absolute necessity. If since - the departure of the you need. you can't have it, it just makes a Steel Worker.) Freeloaders Rate Boot, Brother Says AnENTION! By BILL GILSTRAP kkkkikkh, Now the long windy sessions are over and the nation's relaxed with a sigh, The laws that were passed a reminder of the vetoed- ones left to die. As Congress moves north for the summer, as the judges retire to the sea, They beg for the public's forgiveness, and count on the votes to agree. No doubt but that you are the chosen, no doubt but that you are the law. Now we call on the people to witness, to find in your planning the flaw. To the ships lying dead in the roadsteads, to the hulls rusting out in the yard. Must our navy be only for battle, will it have no commerce to guard? 'Twas known fulL well by the ancients, respect for their seamen and ships, 'Tis asked by us now low and humble, does it seem that these facts could be slips? The masters that find no hire for their knowledge, the mates that line up for the dole, The seAmen who loaf in the barrooms, till their credit is tattered and cold. «• While the owners are stifled with taxes, foreign trade moves in with its rate. With ships built in Seattle and Philly— tell me, Sirs, is it fate? Is it fate coastal rivers are crowded, with ships seaworthy and clean, While in our great harbor cities, miles of bare docks can be seen? Sure as hope is tied high to the masthead of life, so our faith must be tied. To you who must act as our envoys in a world meant for peace yet untried. And no doubt that you are the chosen, we know your thoughts are the law. And we know that you in your knowledge of worldly omens you saw— That long as our export is money and our greatest surplus is men. Which we make into armies and guardsmen til the world asks the question: what then? What then, when the nations flex itnuscles, and forget the text learned in Japan— Will the shipyards once more start producing and mariners find "^ood shipping" again? To you who can read the world symbols, it's not big—but to us it's immense, A way of life not a living, a thing learned and loved in the tense Sharp times of a world shaken by thunders of madness when reason has slipped. We have looked, we have heard, and we ask it for seamen—the sea and a ship."" �Friday, September 3. 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven Upping General Fund Seen As Investment In Tomorrow Redhead Fights Windmills, Women On Waterman Run To the Editor: After the first cheering was over, I stopped^ to think just To the Editor: what the signing of the new con­ tracts meant to me—two years For the past few years I've been riding these Waterman security, the Union Hii ing 'Hall, scows so mucli that fe(feel slightly tainted with company stiffness. and the raise. And as I thought Even now, each day at sundown I find myself bowing down to about it, it hit me right between 19 Rector Street. This lime I'm on the LaSalle. Necessity made the eyes that, not counting the me do it. At the time I took the job I was down to three changes cost of a month or two on the of underwear, which was: leave on, take off, and go without. beach walking the picket lines Our ports of call were Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen and (which the negotiating commit­ Hamburg. On the way over the' Chief Cook taught me how to tee avoided by its really master­ clean a chicken. In Antwerp a chicken cleaned me. She was so ful handling of the present situa­ skinny she wore suspenders on her girdle. If she ever jumps out tion), I must have gained right of a plane she'll go up. here, in dollars alone, under the RED GOES NATIVE terms of this new agreement, a good part' of the total money I While in Rotterdam L bought myself a pair of wooden shoes. have paid into the Union, in as­ Now I have athlete's foot—with splinters. Things in Germany sessments and dues since I joined are really looking yery prosperous. In any ash tray you can see cigarette butts with the naked To Seafarer William Zarkas, in 1939. eye. The girls are getting Deck. Maintenance, the bill of So I asked Eddie Bender on choosey too. They won't go out fare offered by Steward Wil­ the sixth floor to help me figure with anyone who has two heads. liam E. Pepper on the Seatrain it out. Here's what we found: The feature of the trip on the Texas was out of this world. Counting my initiation fee, 1 way over was Blackie Connors* Brother Zarkas recommends have put only 363 bucks into the cat-walk. One end of it was so the Texcis to brothers anxious Union up to the present time. high, and close to the bradled to add a few pounds around PAYS OFF the middle. booms, that only a fiat-footed midget could get through with­ Nearly ten years of sailing out out scalp abrasions. In crossing of a Union Hiring Hall, under after dark you would bear left SIU conditions, with representa­ for a short distance. If you tion at every pay-off (there alone suddenly felt a bit damp, you I must have gained $500 every year of the ten in disputed over­ would know that you were in the drink. To the Editor: time made good by the Patrol­ JOB QUALIFICATION I am writing in regards to cer­ man, to say nothing of broken Having made countless trips in the dark, with all the grace tain characters (call them offi­ logs) and the total cost to me and agility of a rheumatic St. Bernard, and with no more loss cers if you want) that act like has been $36 per year. than four pounds of shin flCsh, I believe myself qualified to hire gods, and do their best to shake I can't even estimate what this out as a seeing-eye man for blind dogs. The plans for this up the crew and make the trip money has won for me in dollars as miserable as they possibly great construction job are being sought after by Erector-Sets and cents alone, but I am sure if Inc., and Tinker Toys. Offers are also coming in fjx)m several can. These characters sailed in the a Wall Street Banker could see foreign agents who want to use it as a next war's booby-trap! "Blackie" is also a beard-raiser. This trip it grew so thick foc'sle at one time, and to think interest on his investment like that one of the Day Men had to move out of the foc'sle to make that they would turn against that he would think he was in room. At present,-Blackie is breathing via a Chinese opium pipe. their own fellow shipmates is a heaven. But I can tell you one The big shave will come, soon, and Greater New York barbers mystei-y to me. And then again thing: Th^ difference in sailing you wonder if they did .sail in an SIU ship today as against are sending in sealed bids daily. the foc'sle. I undei-stand an offi­ what it was before the SIU, and IN MOTHBALL FLEET cer has his responsibilities, but what it would be tomorrow if Waterman sure does go in for innovations these days. This why persist in finding fault? the SIU wasn't here, is damned time we brought back a small load of naphthaline. Imagine mothMy conception of a seaman is well worth the total $363 for ju.st balling a ship till it hits New York! this: When he signs on a ship, he one trip! I find things back here not so hot—im more five-cent beers, will do his utmost to cooperate Then when I went to the meet­ hot-dogs, or subways. The only thing that remains a nickel is with his shipmates, abide by the ing last Wednesday and saw a the pay toilet. agreement, and try to make the few—thank God, a very few— I'm undecided as to staying on for another trip. "Bing" trip as pleasant as possible. If men raise their Union books in Crosby offered me a job with the Pirates—but who wants to this is done, you can bet the their hands to vote against a ten sell peanuts in Forbes Field? trip will be one of the finest. dollar assessment for the Union's James J. McLinden "Red" Campbell General Fund, I felt pretty dis­ gusted, I can tell you. We have voted overwhelm­ ingly up and down the coasts to put the Strike Fund and the Building Fund into a sound con­ dition. Now, when a resolution goes on the floor to bring the general fund into line, it is beyond my comprehension how any man who has made one trip on an SIU ship could vote against it. .After all, out of this fund are paid all operating expenses. Through this the representation on ship and ashore is insured. Through this we were able to carry out the organizing which rwo-Top^ ASKS OFFICERS TO REMEMBER DAYS SPENT IN FOC'SLE WHERE THE MEALS ARE MADE ON THE WINSLOW HOMER has brought 16 tanker com­ panies and 10 freight companies, including Isthmian, into the SIU Hiring Hall in the past two years, I guess I'm as money-hungry as the next one when it comes to making a buck. I'm glad to make what I can. But I can tell you I like to think I use a little sense when I spend it—and I can't think of a better place I, as a member of the SIU, can put a saw-buck right now, than into the General Fund of the Seafai-ers International Union! James Roach Get A Receipt Every member making a donation to the Union for any purpose should receive an official receipt bearing the amount of the contribu­ tion and the purpose for which it was made. If a Union official to whom contribution is given does not make out a receipt for the money, the matter should immediately be referred to Paul Hall, Secretary-Trea­ surer, SIU, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. In advising the SecretaryTreasurer of such transac­ tions, members should state the name of the official and the port where the money was tendered. Likes Pittsburgh Hospital; Found Pal, Pretty Nurses To the Editor: Steve Laszlow, ever on the alert far a good picture, snapped this one of the Winslow Homer's Stewards Department men preparing the evening meal for the hungry crew. Steve didn't get their names, but, left to right, they are: Chief Steward, Chief Cook, Crew Messman and Night Cook-Baker. According to the crew, the Homer had plenty of good food, and being on a coastwise run, there was fresh milk and vegetables in good supply all the lime. Just a line to let the LOG know what is going on in the Pittsburgh Marine Hospital. I never dreamed when I entered that I would meet a Union Bro ther whom I hadn't seen for a long time. Well, that's what happened. Seeing this guy has made me think of the old saying about the penny turning up. I'm speaking of Barney McNally who has been in here about three weeks and isn't sure when he will get out. Neither am I, as a matter of fact. I saw B. J. the last time on a tanker in Southampton. Before that I met him in Bremen, Ger­ many in 1946. We are from the same town, and are going to sail together as soon as we get out of here. They are going to operate on Barney for an ear infection, and I'm-due to see the man with the knife for tonsils. Most of the other fellows are from the River and from the Coast Guard unit stationed here. There are some NMU fellows, too—but I won't write about them. You can guess at my .surprise when I saw Brother McNally sprawled out in a bed all nice and fresh, reading a book in a ward where the nurse is cue good looking eyeful. No more of the hospitals on the coast for me from now on! HAS IT MADE Free butts and candy once a week, with ground privileges up to nine at night, and free movies on the second floor in McNally's ward. He has it made, as his Doctor is on vacation,and won't be back until September. Ed Collins �T H E SE A F A R E RS L O G Page Twelre Girls And Gripes Highlight Steel Rover's Far Friday. Saptantbar 3, 1948 Kyska's Delegate It Just Ain't Smorgasbord, Brother Says on the deck for a nice long from ..jumping overboard after sleep. her. Love leaves sweet sorrows. You have asked for stories and Then we have a character The crew's ^pantryman from photos for the LOG, so I'm whom we call Flash Gordon— the Bronx prObably /rates the going to give you as much de­ you'll hear more about him when title of the .-ship's great -lover. tail as I can to go with this the ship hits New York. This He can't resist tthe temptdtion of "picture of our trip to India phony claims he has been going beautiful womim. He caught a aboard the Steel Rover. to sea for twenty years, but he nice cold. We left New York with a still doesn't know the bow from Well T guess 1 have 'covered swell bunch of SIU men. Nearly the stern. To top it off, he is most everything, but ;you .will the entire crew had full-books the Mate's boy and a great re­ hear from me with more mews with plenty of experience, so porter — if you know what 1 from Calcutta, "for T hear -dll the when we secured ship, every­ mean. He plays pirate on look­ girls are moving -'from Bombay thing went along smoothly — out and imagines he sees sub­ to Calcutta -to meet 'the ;boys of even got a compliment from the marines. He would swear on a the Steel ?Rover. I'm /.going to Chief Mate on a job well done. stack of bibles that the rock of rig a lantern at the gangway It sure looked like a good start Gibralter is in the Indian Ocean, later on. and he thinks there is a rabbit /Please .excuse the writing for for a trip. Ship's Delegate aboard 'the When we got to Port Said aboard ship. So stand by with I know there will be a lot of 'Kyska, which recently com­ there was martial law ashore, a straight jacket when we get corrections made, but I'm doing my best for I have not had much pleted a 'three months "trip to and everyone was required to back. -the Far East, Richard NiederTemain aboard. But as usual, The DM fell in love with a sleep. the bum-boats came along side sweet looking Anglo-Indian gal, Please forward the photos to meyer expressed the crew's who stood on the pier crying her my home after you are finished 'feelings-in-the August 20 LOG with their watered whiskey. eyes out as we pulled out. We with them. Our next stop was Karachi, tconeerning the absence of a • Bart Misuraca 'India, where those of us who had a tough time holding Don 'Patrolman 'when their ship •^were looking forward to going readied to leave for the Far ashore for a nice cool drink East. Brother Neidermeyer of­ were badly disappointed. We \found stentih and filth and rmfered a possible solution to the pleasaiit conditions all around. (probtem. I might add a warning to SIU men hitting'this port—stay away International Family •from the native Indian Town. We have one crew member in Needs Two LOGS 'bad "shape now "because he wan­ To the Editor: dered in there. For a long time I've wanted CHANGES CAME the LOG sent to -my home,'but We dropped anchor in Bom­ never got around to asking. bay next, and the Mate changed •When I pay off and go home, I his attitude.. Things were run , always take a copy or two, and bell to bell, s'O we changed the the'folks enjoy them very much. name of 'the -ship to the SS But here is the catch: 'Fve got Steel Slavery. "When we finally 'two homes—my mother's and my tied up after a week, all hell •wife's. "Would it be possible to broke loose. Our famous Cap­ have the LOG sent to each? My. tain, "Schooner guy" Barnhard, wife lives in Canada, and my started throwing logs at us till mother in Florida. it.got as hot as the Chicago fire. This voyage of the Sea But the crew kept up the SIU Trader is coming along okay. We spirit by seeing to it that the are in Palestine now. We're not ship. remained in good shape. getting much overtime, but there Bombay had its pleasant side are no serious beefs. "We have for us too—diet's talk about that. good Delegates, a fine SIU gang, There were wine, women, and and 90 percent full-book men song. And 1 mean good wine. aboard. Will send in a complete An -Italian ship tied up along­ set of ship's minutes upon our side, so I and a wiper, who un­ I'gturn. derstands the lingo, went-aboard 'Clifford 'P. "Thompson ' Three husky Rovers .pose on the (iledc 'Of their tisthmian and traded cigarettes for that (Ed. Note: Your wife and ' swell dago-red. All went smooth­ ship for the Ccuneraman. Left to right, the boys are—J. MitcheL AB; Bart 'Misuraca, Deck Delegate, and J. -Roden, -mother will both be receiving . ly imtil the utility man got OS. Misuraca penned the tale of the Rover's -trip -to the Par -the'LOG shortly. Glad to hear j gassed up till he felt like super­ Esist and gives a few pointers for SIU men headed to that area. they enjoy reading it.) man—someone then laid him out To the Editor: Bey, Gagwriters! Fnisirated gag writers ean now give vent to their puns, •witticisms «nd ^bright say­ ings through Seafare, the new comic Strip in the "SEA­ FARERS LOG. Seafare, which has been appeering in the LOG for 'the past several weeks, is an attempt to show ship­ board inddetits and events in a humorous light. It is put forth in the hope that •-the Brothers ceui;get a laugh out of the otherwise hum­ drum life aboard ship. All you Brothers who want -to get into >the eicl and /put into picture form the gags in your repertoire can do so by sending them to LOG Cartoonist Eddy .S<mit'h, SEAFARERS LOG, &1 Bea­ ver Street, New York 4, Jf. Y. You don't have to be a cartoonist. Just :give Eddie the idea and he'll lake it from there. Bosun No Og3*e, Urges CocperaUte -To 4he-Editor: Bend 'in dfae .'minutes of your /meeting to 4he New Yo<k /Hell.'Oiily 'initlMit wiy/ can^he menihership not on y-o/UT /eeeommendatlons, nnd 'then - the minutes iceat be -psinted in 4he BOG 'Jot 4he ibmie&t nf dll io^-b<»r ISWV "creWB. Hold>those shipboard meet-ings T ag-uia*rl.,y,-and-eend 4hose -minutes -in -as soon .as .possible.JThatis the-SlU^ayl '••ail In Hank's column in the last issue of the LOG, there was a question ^king if some Seafarer would contribute a humorous story on smorgasbord to the LOG. I will not attempt to supply the readers with a laugh. (I have to admit we do need a few laughs in these depressing times and conditions), but I can give you a clear picture why a smor­ gasbord is not really a smorgas­ bord. Take the word "smorgasbord" for an example. It actually is three words, smor, gas, and bord. Smor, ti-anslated -into English, means butter; igas, means goose; and bord, means table. Put them together and you have "buttergoosetable." You see it is not related to smorgasboi'd at all. It is but a word invented by the American restaurant owner. Just like chop suey and chow mein are not Chinese, but dishes created for the tourists visiting Chinatown here at home. In the Scandinavian countries, they do have the style of using cold dishes for all meals but din­ ner, and the multitude of selec­ tions in cold meats and saladg, pickled herring, spiced fish, and and so forth, might have been hei'b-cured hams and sheeplegs, the originator of the prcserit American smorgasbord. WASH IT DOWN So go ahead. Brothers. If you are hungry and do not mind -a big meal, try a smorgasbord. But remember that I warned you that your stomach will be satis­ fied long before your eyes, and you have simply- got to drink a liter of good Scandinavian com brew along with the meal to make it the real'thing. But don't worry, they have^ excellent stomach-pumps in mo:5t hospitals. So-long fellows. See you after you have recuperated. Good appetite! John Wunderlich, Jr. Dutch Sky Pilot SeeksLogDauding His Searoai's dub To the Editor: when we reach the States and vpayimeans a lot. I hope the day then things will have to be •will soon come when the fact straightened out. ; 'that we come from the same A ship's crew is all from the: 'HaU does /not mean that • a Bosun rank sand ;i61e of 'the same iUnion Should not do 'Ihe job lor 'which" Hall. In the Hall that Is onej be is being ipaid, without being thing. But on the Ship-we "have considered and CBllled a lot of different ratings aecording to our /things Ihat '.no did '-Union mani ! sea time and our /ability. But would' even 'Ihirik of. suppose one of the Brothers Is a fDUke 'Hinder little green -and does mot know BUE how to do his . job the •way the; Union wants him to'do it. Just a few lines about the woes, ti'ials and tribulations that make a Bosun grey headed be­ fore his time. •One of the reasons that we are strong today is the fact that beefs can and.should be brought into the open and ironed out completely either on board dur­ ing meetings or at the end of the trip by the Patrolman. It makes it bad when you come aboard a ship and find beefs that have CANT BE -'RBSip been carried over from the pre­ A lot Of 'times — -too marjy! vious trip. times, in fact—after you show, 1 like to see a ship sail with a him how he laughs in -your face.: clean record and an opportunity Even the -men ^'wiho/should knowi to show the white collai's that better will -at 'times >fiake 'Ol^ the boys from the Hall can do-a •where it cannot 'help tbiit be mo-j good job. Such -a job we have ticed. Then "the Bosun ;has :to; done on the Thomas Cresap. jump "them. Then 'the Bosun is When the ship first sailed we the one whois wrong—in Iheiri were called everything under-the opinion. sun, -but everything has -shaped up much better since. But I have put-in.a lotmf time^ Of course the big reason for and .fought .hard for <the UnioHy this is -because they know that and -Union -ways, -and with a. -the Union will -be coming aboard wife and three boys a -Bosun's To the Editori , , ; ; . ! , i ! I understand that in one of your editions of the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG an article appeared by a Mr. Charles Hartman, Chief Steward of the SS 'Gateway City. Although as a rule your pdpers arrive -regularly at the Seaman's Bome, this one appears to have /gone astray. I think the title of the ar­ ticle was, "Mr. Charles Hartman Praises The Dutch Club," and 1 :BhoUld be interested to read it. "Would you be kind enough to send ;me 'one or more -copies of the article in question? I heard the article mentioned 'on board one of the ships and im­ mediately went carefully through all 'the old ^copies Of the LOG, but was 'Unable to -find it. I think it 'must bave appeared in one of the - June issues. "Pater P. Koevoets •Rotterdam -(Ed. -Note: "A -copy of the June 18, -issue of the LOG is -being forwarded to -Mr. Koe•voets.) �FfMay. Sa|it«mb«ft 3, IMr. Pfcg» Thirtwn''- T H E S^B AFF AIR E m» L O^C: MUeir €x«w Recallis Gay Hambm^ Uays To the EdUor: reason. This port is truly a paradise. It really isn't safe for The writing of this letter finds an American to go near the us aboard the Governor Miller Heckel Bar, The Metropole, OP enroute to Japan, via Panama the Lilliput alone. You couldn't and Pedro, from Hamburg, Ger­ defend yourself at sudh odds. My many. What started out to be a first time ashore found me walk­ forty-five day grind from Gal­ ing away from two frauleins veston to Germany and back, has fighting to see whom I was going turned into quite a jaunt. We with. discharged our grain and re­ The honest truth is that I've loaded in Germany. never seen so many-women com­ Hamburg! The name itself pared to the small amount of tempts me to write this lettei-— man power. We spent nine days although that is not the real and nights there, and every one sailed with the ship, though other ships weren't so fortunate. All hands may have been aboard at sailing time, but' I'm afraid we left a few hearts in Hamburg. The gloomy side of the trip was in having to leave old Tom Cissna in the hospital there. You oldtimers should remember To the Editor: Tom. He was on the Robert B. Lee when she was sunk at the As Ship's Delegate of the SS Delta. The last we heard of Del Norte, I would like to let Tom, he was very sick but we you, know that the port officials all hope he is back on the shipof New Orleans deserve a big ing list again. vote of thanks for the fine ne­ HOT PLACE gotiating job they did with the Mississippi SS Co. It was tops! The Comrats — the Russians—• have created what could liter­ "Rie crew of this ship has sent ally be called a war-scare in a vote of thanks to them; but Hamburg. The population is not the entire membership should in an uproar, but is aware of the realize that the Gulf officials menace of the Reds. Tom's re­ have really, been, on the ball. placement says he was about to I also want to say that the build a raft and go down the crew of this ship did an excel­ Elbe on it, if he hadn't gotten lent job of cooperating with the away from Hamburg soon. officials—thanks to the unity of To the Editor: Rurnor has it that they stopped thing out of the ordinary hap­ evex-ytime anyone pulled the the SIU. 800 tons of our cargo up the pening,. but from then on you plug, the falls would ti-ip. When people say to you, "It didn't know what to expect The Ordinary climbed in and river, which would have given Please have this letter put in must be tiresome out there at next. pulled the plug. Sure enough, us another night in Hambing. the LOG so that all may know sea with the same grind day It rained for several days the falls tripped and the life­ We all wish the best of luck to how we feel. and nightj" they should see some when we got into the Pacific. boat, with the Ordinary in it, the downfall of Russia and her "Red" Hancock of the things that really hap­ After ^t stopped an Ordinary dropped into, the water. Neither satellites, and the best of luck Ship's Delegate pen. Seaman was sent into the life­ one was hurt, so we picked to the Max-shall Plan. SS Del Norte For instance, take the trip of boats to take the plugs out and them up. After a couple of Before relating the main re..(Ed^ Note: The Secretary.r the SS James A. Butts in 1945: let the watei' drain. Like all drinks the Ordinary was son for writing this, there is one Treasurer has sent a letter of other subject that I would like We left New Orleans after war-built ships, this one had its straightened out. thanks to the crew of the Del. loading ammunition, and headed faults. The main being the trip­ Then there was Chai'lie Cum- to discuss—the Taft-Hartley Bill. Norte for. its excellent coop­ for the Philippines. We got to ping gear fgr the falls of num­ mings, our Deck Engineer and It appears to me that if labor eration; all. along, the line.) the Panama Canal without any­ ber two lifeboat. It seemed that official fisherman, who is the vuiions would unite, this bill only man in the Atlantic and would be rendei-ed useless. Of course, this is only my in­ Gulf that has credit for catch­ ing two King^ Mackerel and a dividual opinion. Perhaps I'm man on the same hook. Yep, it wrong. At any rate Labor can To the Editor: very good deal, but the Stewards to loose at least $6 in overtime— i-eally happened, believe it or continue to let the bigwigs of Department has not done nearly so his gain is no more than Capital Town know our position not. >. I would like to bring to the so well. I have been sailing in $6.50. It happened, this way, a few and how we feel about Taft and attention of the Negotiating the Stewards Department for days after the first Ordinary Hartley's brain storm. So here's Committee, as well as the mem­ three years, and acted as Dele­ BOOSTS STEWARD went over the side: It was still down the drain with the open bership, my opinions concerning gate many times, so I have a Then in the case of the Stew­ hot as hell and raining most of shop and the i-est of this knifethe I'ecent contract signed with pretty good understanding of ard. He is entitled to the raise the time—one of those grey in-the-back to the working stiff! the Mississippi SS Co., in the conditions aboard ship. accorded the Bosun, for his re­ Pacific days you often hit on the Should I saj"-. Amen? hope that certain changes can be In the first place, when the sponsibilities are as great or long grind to the Philippines. WANTS LOGS made in that formula before Utility Man on passenger ships Charlie had just pulled in signing with the rest of the op­ is required to sougee passengei's' greater than the Bosun's. Where Now I'm closing and I want the Bosun takes his orders from some big ones, and after the erators. quarters he certainly should be the Mate, the Steward has to run usual rain it was again some­ to i-equest that you send us a stack of LOGS to Japan. I hope It seems to me that the Deck paid overtime. Although he has his department by himself. body's job to drain the life­ you will send them pronto, as I and Engine Depar..ments have a received a $12.50 raise, he stands I hope these suggestions will boats. Another Ordinary seamen consider this a very important be taken under consideration be­ was automatically elected for the matter. fore signing contracts with other job. So as a finale, let's say that companies.. You guessed it! He wOTt" over coming negotiations with Mr. the side with a splash—and the Shipowner are favorable, and Edmund Eriksen boat splashed too, ripping a big (Ed. Note: As was pointed hole in her side as she went. that should strike action be out at the last- meeting in the This guy was bruised plenty, aimed at him, it will be won 100 fhe LOG has received several letters recently, asking, for Negotiating Committee's Re­ but managed somehow to hang per cent. Keep'er steady! 3' clarification on Stewards Department men painting. The Thomas D. Walker. Jr. port to the membership in re­ on to the boat. answer is: NO! THEY DON'T! (Ed. Note: LOGs go out gard to sougeeing by the every week (75 of them) in. HAUL ABOARD The Stewards Department has plenty to do to take care Utility Man on passenger ships, care of the United Seaman's the company does not neces­ of their own work without taking on a job entirely alien to He wasn't too fortunate Service. Port Command. Build­ sarily have to carry this man though, for as he passed the their normal duties. This matter was clearly discussed on page ing, Yokohama — so you can at all. There was considerable fishhook Charlie had out, it pick up your copies there.) four of the LOG for March 26 by New York Patrolman, pressure to eliminate the job grabbed his arm. Luckily the Freddie Stewart: but just, for the record the LOG has again altogether. Therefore, this weight of the number two boat checked with the Headquarters office and here is the dope: concession was felt justified in hit the line and broke it. order to keep the job in the After quite some time in the The Unioijk has fought to free the Stewards Department manning scale of these ships. water, ho was finally picked up from the responsibility, of painting in addition, to their regu?.ar If you have a beef or a As for as the $12.50 raise ob­ with a fouled up arm, and hos­ duties. At the same time the Union has obtained many im­ problem when you're on the tained for the Bosun above the pitalized on board ship. I guess provements in the working conditions within the Stewards West Coast, contact the new Steward's scale, it is pointed Charlie has been telling that A&G Hall. 85 Third StreeL out that this was granted the stoi-y ever since. And I'll bet Department which allows for a fair proportion* of overtime. The telephone number, is Bosun in lieu of week-end the Skipper (Log Book Staley) So. to protect your working conditions and your"contract do DOuglas 2-5475. Drop in be­ overtime. i.he Steward is as­ is still having nightmares about your own work, and let the other departments do theirs—^which tween ships, and get ac­ sured week-end overtime both it! includes all of the painting! quainted. at sea and in port, which puts Ira C. Brown Del Norte Crew Thanks Officials For Pact Work Seafarer Shows Landlubbers Thing Or Two Seeks Clarification Of Stewards Agreement Stewards Oej^rtment And Paint On The Coast him. well ahead of the Bosun.) SS Elizabeth �Page Fourteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, SepfemBer 3, 1946 Report On Uniform A&G Registration Rules NEW YORK — Recommenda­ years as Ordinary out of SIU Chief Refrigeration Engi­ GROUP III GROUP I—RATED MEN neer tions for uniform registration Halls, register in this group. Wiper Each man must be qualified Bosun First, Second, and Third rules have been submitted by the for the job he throws in for and Bosun's Mate Refrigeration Engineer Recommendations for the Headquarters Committee on reg­ have the necessary endorsements. Chief Storekeeper Carpenter istration. Based upon a study Stewards Department At registration time his qualifi­ Evaporator Maintenance Deck Maintenance of the recommendations sent in The Registration Committee cations shall be checked. Man Watchman—Day Work by rank and file Registration Chief Steward—Passenger recommends the following regis­ Pumpman, 1 and 2 « Storekeeper Committees elected in the Atlan­ Second Steward — Pas­ tration procedure for the Stew­ Engine Maintenance tic and Gulf Ports, this report senger GROUP II—RATED WATCH ards Department": Members shall will be submitted to the mem­ Steward GROUP II STANDEES register in two groups. A man bership at the next regular meet­ Chef can throw in for any job in the Quartermaster ings, and if approved, will be put Deck Engineei' Chief Cook group in which he is registered, Able Seaman to a referendum vote in all Engine Utility Second Cook if he has the Union's required Car Deckman ports. Oiler—Diesel Night Cook and Baker Watchman — Standing The Union's requirements for qualifications. When men are not Oiler—Steam Thii'd Cook Watches men shipping in each rating will available in one group, qualified Watertender GROUP II—MESSMEN continue under the present port men registered in the next lower Fireman—Watertender GROUP III—ONLY Utility Messman rulings until standard require­ ORDINARIES ON WATCH group may throw in for the job. Fireman Messman. ments are worked out. The Committee's recommenda­ Recommendations for the tion follow; Engine Department Recommendations for the The Registration Committee Deck Department recommends the following regis­ NEW YORK—Seamen's unem­ the men left their employment made as much as $586 in one tration procedure for the Engine The Registration Committee ployment insurance claims are voluntarily at the end of voy­ quarter, and a total of $780 in recommends the following regis­ Department: Members shall going through in the State of ages. the base year on a New York register in three groups. A man tration procedure for the Deck This practice was stopped, New York with little • hitch, company ship, would draw the can throw in for any job in the Department: Shavelson pointed out, when his stated Mr. A. B. Shavelso.n, In­ maximum $26 per week for any Members shall register in three group in which he is registered if he has the Union's required surance Manager of the Bpard's office- proceeded to investigate 26 weeks of a benefit year. groups. A man can throw in Mr. Shavelson added that, as qualifications. When men are Office at Canal and Broadway, each case which the operators for any job in the group in not available in one group, quali­ which handles all seamen's ap­ had contested, .requiring affidav­ only about 40 out of the average which he is registered, if he has its from the Department heads 850 claims per week made in plications in New York City. the Union's required qualifica­ fied men registeied in the next involved on the ships and, if his office revert back to another lower group may throw in for In a recent interview with Joe tions. When men are not avail­ necessary, requiring them to ap­ state, it is not a serious prob­ the job. Volpian, Special Services Rep­ able in one group, qualified men pear along with the seamen in­ lem to seamen on the beach in resentative of the A&G .District, registered in the next lower GROUP I volved at a hearing before a this port. he pointed out that of 2,500 group may throw in for the job. referee. Each man must be qualified original claims and 900 i-epeat ELIGIBILITY PROBED GROUP I—DAY WORKERS COMPANIES WITHDREW for the job he thi'ows in for claims (for a total of 3,400 appli­ All claims are considered first Companies, thus forced to in­ Each man must be qualified for and have the necessary endorse­ cations) made by seamen at his on the basis of eligibility, ac­ office for the month of July, vestigate their own refusals, soon the job he throws in for and ments. At registration time his cording to the amount of earn­ 1948, only 300 were finally re­ found that seamen's claims for have necessai-y endorsments.. At qualifications shall be checked. ings in the base year proceeding jected. benefits were by-and-large jus­ Chief Electi'fcian registration time his qualifica­ the application; and, second, on tified, and in most cases with­ Second Electrician This is a marked improvement tions shall be checked. the basis of the validity of a drew their objections without over several months ago when a Unlicensed Jr. Engineer— Ordinary Seamen who cannot claim as bona-fide unemployment number of steamship companies, forcing them to a hearing. Day Work obtain AB tickets begause of Although the administrative that is not the fault of the ap­ Unlicensed Jr. Engineer— who pay into the New York physical defects—such as color­ Insurance fund, were contesting costs of unemployment insur­ plicant. Watch blindness, etc.—may, upon prov­ In the case of the New York many claims on the basis that ance are bom by the National Plumber-Machinist ing that they have sailed three office, considerable leeway is Government out of its share given seamen. For instance, men (three-tenths of one percent) of the three percent tax the com­ who have left a ship after a pany pays on wages to the Un­ long trip in order to rejoin employment Insurance Fund, the their families, or who have quit cepted. The Secretary-Treas­ silence was observed for departed boards in the various states op­ on account of oppressive or un­ (^Continued from Page 7) be moving into the New Hall by urer's Financial Report for week Brothers. Meeting adjourned at erate under entirely different satisfactory worldng conditions, laws and procedures from each are usually held to have quit next meeting. The Resolution ending August 7 and 14 was ac­ 8:30 P. M. with 1,123 present, cepted. The SIU auditing report with just cause, and are allowed other. from New Orleans for a $10.00 i 4 unemployment benefits. for period from September 29 to Companies stand to gain by MOBILE—Chairman, O. Stev­ assessment for the General Fund Seamen applying in Alabama December 28, 1947, was accepted. ens, 115; Recording Secretary, J. keeping the number of employ­ was accepted by a vote of 98 to or other states for unemployment The Headquarters' report to the ees applying for benefits to a 0. Meeting adjourned at 7:40 Morrison 34213; Reading Clerk. minimum, for those whose tax insurance, or men whose claims P. M with 98 members present. membership was accepted as H., J. Fischer 59. read. Motion to nonconcur with for one year is not used up in are forwarded to other states, New Business of Branch min­ % % BOSTON — Chairman. J. the Resolution from New Orleans utes was read. All were accepted. unemployment benefits are al­ are advised to press their claims Greenbaume, 281; Reading Clerk, was carried. One minute of sil- West Coast and Lakes minutes lowed a credit for the succeed­ as far as possible. In this way, P. Brownfield, 5497: Recording nce was observed for departed were posted. The Reolution from ing year, which often reduces by forcing the chiselling com­ Secretary, William Prince, 30612. Brothers. Meeting adjourned at New Orleans calling for a $10.00 their tax to half of the maxi­ panies to investigate each case carefully and produce affidavits Motion carried to read only 7:50 P.M. with 65 bookmen assessment for the General Fund mum three percent. present. In the case of Waterman, in behalf of their protests, they New Business of other Branch was read. A motion was made whose home office is in Mobile, may be forced into line as the & & S, Minutes. All were accepted, ex­ to concur. There was lengthy and which pays into the Ala­ New Yoi-k companies have been cept that part of Galveston Min­ NEW YORK — Chairman, Joe discussion by the membership, even in slates where the law utes relating to the use of coca Algina, 1320; Recording Secre­ after which the motion to con­ bama Stale fund, a seaman apcola money. The Agent reported tary, Freddie Stewart, 4935; cur with the resolution was car- ^ plying in New York for unem- is less liberal than in New Yoi'k. that shipping was slow with Reading Clerk, Robert Matthews, ried by a vote of 156 for, and 28 | ployment benefits based upon three payoffs in two weeks. The 154. against. Patrolmen Morris, Mor- wages earned on Waterman MAiMkAi«AlaSM that the Newi •"GB'DBfSllip 10 VOlB SS Mae, Bull Line, paid off and New Business of Branches rison, and Jordan made theii' re­ ships will find signed on but took no replace­ holding meetings was i-ead and ports and were accepted. Agent York insurance office only acts An fionOKol ITiinfl ments. The SS Liberty Bell paid accepted. Resolution from New Cal Tanner made his verbal re­ as an agent for the seaman, for- W Mullcral rilllO p off in Plymouth and a check has Orleans was read concerning a port. Accepted. The Dispatcher warding his claim to the Alabama officials. If they refuse to + .r,„V, ., ,T • i , to be made to see that deadheads ten-dollar General Fund assess­ reported 651 registered, and 194 pay up or get off. The SS ment. Motion made that we ac­ shipped. Under New Business a grant the claim, it is entirely wrest the industry's top wages Trinity, John M. Carras, Inc., cept and concur in the resolution motion carried for Headquarters out of the hands of the New from the shipowners to the com­ paid off and signed on with ten as submitted by our Brothers to appoint a census committee as York officials. bined resources of membership replacements. This ship was from New Orleans. There was soon as possible to ascertain the CHECKED BY STATE solidarity and sound finances, covered by Patrolman Johnson. general discussion with members personnel required to man the Fortunately, however, a peti­ two factors which they referred - The Agent spoke on the SIU talking pro and con. Discussion vesels we have under contract tion filed in New York is con­ to as "the life blood of any or­ A&G Negotiating Committee's was closed and a book vote now, and to estimate the number sidered as a New York claim ganization." Report on the new contract Won, taken. The resolution carried of jobs that'can be figured on in first; and the files are checked Asserting that the SIU mem­ and requested all hands to read by 398 to 86. The Dispatcher normal times, so that the mem­ in Albany for New York income, bership will definitely face a up on the changes in the new reported 510 registered, and 417 bership can be governed accord­ and in the Social Security files struggle in future negotiations, contract. Accepted. The Dis­ shipped. The Agent's and Secre- ingly. (Ed. Notd: Headquarters in Baltimore for War Shipping the drafters of the resolution patcher reported 79 registered, tary-Treasurer's reports were mow has an up-to-the-minute employmant (which, as Federal declared: and 36 shipped. There was a made and accepted. Under New record of the number of jobs and income, also applies as New York "...Now that we enjoy these communication read from the BusinosG a motion was made the standing of the membership. State income) to ascertain whe­ high wages we should do our Aleppo Temple Shrine Activities, that as soon as possible the The SIU is the only Union in the ther the applicant is entitled to utmost to build our funds so Inc., and a motion carried to Union should put the working industr.y with approximately as New York benefits, before the we will be better respected by leave it up to the Agent to pur­ rules of the Stewards Depart­ many jobs as members.) One claim is transfered to other the shipowners and in a better chase a book of tickets at $12.00 ment into a pamphlet form for minute of silence was observed states. position to fight them." and give it to some orphanage. distribution among Stewards De­ for departed Brother. Thus a seaman, whose princi­ Meeting (The full text of the resolu­ The SIU A&G Negotiating Com­ partment members to avoid con­ adjourned at 8:50 P. M. with 263 pal emplojnnent has been with tion and the signatures of the mittee's Report was read and ac­ fusion. Carried. One minute of members present. out-of-state companies, but who drafters appear on page 16.) Seamen Get Idle Pay In New York MinutesOf A&G Branch Meetings In Brief �- Jl&r? THE SEAFARERS Friday. September 3. 1848 Page Fifteen LOG Backs In New Coos Bay Raid (Continued from Page 1) so«iation, CIO, were ordered off the ship by Randolph MeriW. B. Zaumseil, $1.00; R. Davis, $1.00; NEW YORK weather, an MEBA Business A. Robertson, 50c. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS SS HELEN HANGING JUDGE, by Bruce ;stition, distrust and complete in­ Agent, on the grounds that the A. Florinda, $5.00; Max Olson. $5.00; T. J. O'Donahue, $21.00. S. F. Prusinski, $23.00; D. D. Molter. ship had been declared hot by Hamilton. Harpers. 250 Pages. difference to the government's SS C. GILMAN $1.00; J. E. Murphy, $1.00; A. Quinattempts to make them zealous the CIO because the company ones, $1.00; Walter Mueller. $4.00; J. R. McManus, $1.00; J. G. Lorimer, $2.50. signed an AFL agreement, the E. Duffy, $1.00; Frederick E. Walker, $5.00; E. M. Melone, $5.00. adherents to Fascism. A detective story with an \in- The people, living in a world SUP statement reveals. SS STEEL ARCHITECT $5.00; F. J. Connor, $25.00; A. Ortiz, • usual slant, well-written and apart, summed up their plight The Sailors' statement con­ $1.00; Harry W. Porter, $5.00; Jo­ J. Anton, $1.00; S. Bi. Czedowaki. hannes Roos, $5.00; Roque Marcaralg, $4.00; M. A. Tosado, $2,00; E. C. guaranteed to hold your interest by saying, "Christ stopped at tinues: $4.00; Herman C. Kemp, $5.00; Raul Mishanski, $3.00; E. R. Bloom, $2,00; to the end. • Justice Sir Francis Eboli, he didn't reach our land." "Meanwhile, ^^the MEBA re­ Alvarez, $1.00; Wm. Kozubski, $2.00; W. B. Badillo, $3.00; F. O'Brien, $3.00; . Brittain, the famous "hanging fused to furnish'^Enginceis. The T, L. arbrough, $5.00; Donald E. Mor^ W, O. Barton $1.00,; L. R, Wheaton, The author, much like another Judge", who has sentenced many Marine Engineers had no agiee- ris, $5.00; Vincent Dominguez, $5.00; $2.00; D. C. Rollins, $1.00; J. W. WilItalian, Ignazio Silone, has cap­ ment with the company and had J. J. Reilly, $2.00; Paul Gordon, $1.00; liams, $3.00; K. B. Samat, $2.00; F. men to be executed, is himself $2.00; B. erglund, $2,00; H, E. .accused of mui'der and finds cir­ tured the earthy qualities of the no dispute in regard to wages, M Courtney, $ 1 00; Robert T Wood­ Tyler, Myers, $2.00; J. W. Martin, $2.00; T. ford, $3.00; Warren Neilson, $5.00; cumstantial evidence piling up people. He writes of a people working conditions or hours. It Esko Makilo, $1,00; R. J. Sullivan, M. Ostaszeski, $1.00; J. K. Bowen, living without hope; but, almost against him. The ending is a bit was strictly jurisdictional recog­ $1.00; T. R. Tobiassen, $5.00; Ray $1.00; W. L. France, $1,00; H, SvonMandgoc, $1.00; Anthony F. Martinez, bcrg, $1.00; V. J. Tabarrini, $5.00; M. • obvious, but it won't detract admirable, a people spared the nition of a picketline." $5.00; Wm, L. York, $5.00; Billie Ray Peralta, $5.00; E. Bossert, $2.00; F. from your enjoyment of this maelstrom of war which has en­ The SUP says it then fur­ Hartzog, $5.00; Ruben C. Ruttkay, P. Megue, $2.00- F.. Cristancho, $2.00; gulfed their country. worthwhile story. nished Engineers for the vessel, $5.00: Joseph J. Occhinero, $5.00. H. Byrnes, $5.00; J. Phillips. $2.00; R, • A captivating story which is making it a 100 per cent AFL C. Laya, $2.00; A. G. Cruz, $2.00. SS WACOSTA 4 & ft SS ALGER sure to make the reader eagerly CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI await the next book by this most job, and she departed from San A. Mueller, SS$1.00. P. B. Livingston, $1.00; J. T. Brown. EVELYN Francisco for Coos Bay. By Carlo Levi: Bantam Books, $5.00; A. W. Lamm, $20.00. C. Mitchell, $1.00. gifted writer. COMMIE MANEUVER SS BLOOMPUIST SS STEEL NAVIGATOR 187 pages. 25 cents. ft ft ft P. E. Huggins, $2.00; J. Dehesa, "This is an out and out at­ C. A. Armstrong, $2.00; C. DeSouza, For his writings against the WRITINGS AND SPEECHES OF tempt by CIO communist stooges $2.00; 1. S. Moen, $1.00; E. Ramirez, $2.00. SS TOPA TOPA A. W. Hauffe, $1.00; A. G. Italian Fascist government. Carlo EUGENE V. DEBS. Iniroduc- on the waterfront to drive bona- $1.00; W. L. Linhard, $2.00; G. C. Urda, Donnelly, $2,00; A. Wasstrom, $1.00; Isevi was exiled to a small Calaiion by Arthur* M. Schlesinger, fide AFL crews off the ship. It J. J. Millin, $1.00; M. L. Gomino, $1.00; T. . Logan, $2.00; J. J. Mc­ brian village near Eboli in Laughlin, $2.00; H. D. McRorie ,$1.00; is strictly jurisdictional and has $2.00. Hermitage Press. 486 pages. $4. G. Wheeler, $2.00; P. J. Griffin, $1.00. southern Italy. There he wrote SS LA SALLE nothing to do with economic con­ J. C. Fernandez, $1.00; E. Torres, SS STEEL KING of the lives of the simple peas­ The first collection of the most ditions of the workers," the SUP $1.00; W, E. Hantusch, $1.00; R. A. K. Lindroth, $2.00; R. Drewing, ants; lives full of poverty super- important speeches and writings said. Herbst, $1,00; J, J. Connors $2.00; ,P. $3.00; E. DeLande $2,.00; J. M. Ren. The current Coos Bay beef re­ J. Erazo, $2.00; H. Wong, $2.00; J. tillo, $2.00; L. Golembiewski, $1,00; W, of Gene Debs, best-known and best-beloved of American labor calls the similar incident in 1946, Mendez, $3.00; M. Riuttola, $2.00; C. Parker, $1.00; J. Luciani, $2.00; D. McDaniel. $2.00; T. Lafferr, $2.00; Sinclair, $1.00; F. T. Calnan.V $2.00; spokesmen, including his famous when the commie-led union of M. F. D. Wray, $2.00; E. J. Gaylor, $2.00; G, R. Burnett, $2.00; W. J. Ziegen. .speech at Canton, Ohio—which the Committee for Maritime M. J. Hitchcock, $1.00; F. Pollard, hagel, $3.00; P. Saquilayan, $2.00; M. SIU, A&G District resulted in Debs' Lon.iction in Unity froze SUP ships in that $2.00; J, J. Cantwell, $3.00; B. Gar- J. Matonte, $2.00; B. N. Thomas, $5.00. SS GOV. KILBY •' BALTIMORE 14 North Cay St. 1918, under the Espionage Act port as part of a raiding attempt. reffa $5.,00; J. Ortiz, $2.00; A. Moralez, $2.00; P. C, Adrian, $2.00. T. Dyson, $1.00; N. M. DorpmanSt William Rentz, Agent Calvert 4539 for Immediately the SIU jumped opposing US entry into SS AFOUNDRIA $1.00; Casimiro, Bidot, $2.00. BOSTON 276 State St. World War I. Evei-y one inter­ to the aid of its West Coast affi­ Y. I, Mattsson, $2.00; Wm. D. Burke, SS CORAL SEA E. B. Tilley, Agent Bowdoin 4455 in the American labor liate, and the raiding tactics of $1,00; H. E. Loge, $1.00; P. WogenA. H. Anderson, $3.00; T. Cornick, GALVESTON 30823rd St. ested Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 movement should find it. reveal­ the commie group were quickly voort, $2.00; F. Guinpaya, $2.00; H. W. $1.00; K. V. Kristensen, $1.00; K. Ehmsen, $1.00; J. M. Bergeria, $1.00; Wiatkowskis, $2.00; J. J. Bowdon. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. ing and inspiring. smashed. SiU HRLLS Cal Tanner, Agent Phono 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA. . .614-16 No. 13th St. Lloyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 5-1217 SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. Steve Cardullo, Agent Douglas 2-5475 SAN JUAN, P.R 252 Ponce de Leon Sal Colls, Agent .San Juan 2-5996 SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. R. H. Hall, Agent Phone M-1323 HEADQUARTERS. .81 Beaver St., N.Y.C. HAnover 2-2784 SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION Lindsey Williams ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler Joseph Volpian SUP HONOLULU PORTLAND RICHMOND, Calif SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE WILMINGTON 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 Ill W. Burnside St. Beacon 4336 257 5th St. Phone 2599 59 Clay St. Douglas 2-5475 86 Seneca St. Main 0290 440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 Gt. Lakes District BUFFALO CHICAGO, III CLEVELAND DETROIT DULUTH TOLEDO 10 Exchange St. Cleveland 7301 3261 East 92nd St. Phone: Essex 2410 2602 Carroll St. Main 0147 1038 Third St. CadiUac 6857 831 W. Michigan St. Melrose 4110 618 Summit St. Garfield 2112 Canadian District MONTREAL BICTORIA, B.C. VANCOUVER 1227 Philips Square 602 Boughton St. Empire 4531 565 Hamilton St. Pacific 7824 PERSONALS PAUL H. MOFFIOLI Your sistei', Elsie Schilliry, 250 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul 2, Minn., has been ill, and wants very much to hear from you and get your present address. ft ft ft SAM MITCHELL Mrs. C. E. Culbreath, 511 E. Giddens, Tampa 3, Florida would like to hear from you or from anyone knowing of your where­ abouts. ft ft ft ESNEST H. BURRES Clifton "Gray" Eaton would NOTICE! VALENTIN NEYALA Get in touch with your lawyer in Newark. ft ft ft OBERT MORGAN Who failed to join the Seamar at Long Beach in April, please contact the San Francisco A&G Hall regarding your gear and salary. ft ft ft JAMES H. SEEDS Who missed the Portmar in June, may contact the San Fran­ cisco A&G Hall about salary due. ft ft ft CHARLIE G. SNODGRASS Permit P3-6604—Your Z-Paper (Z226770D2) is on file on the sixth deck in the New York Hall. ft ft ft The crew of the SS Tono, who are suing the Pacific Tankei-s SS Co., hav been advised to get in touch with their lawyer on or before October 15, 1948. like to hear from you or any of his old shipmates. He is plan­ ning to sail again if he gets in touch with you. Address Chattawy. West Vh-ginia. ft ft . ft EDWARD & FRANK BLOOM Your father, Michael Bloom, 48 Monument Walk, Apartment 3D, Brooklyn 1, New York, asks you to write him, and your sis­ ter Lee, and to call on your aunt Ella. J. Norgaard, $1.00; J. Shemet, $1.00; M. Rzenkowicz, $1.00; C. S. Cipriano, $1,00; S. Zavadcson, $1.00; P. L, Macklin, $2,00; C. F. Meo, $1.00; K. G. Sivertsen, $1.00; J. J. Palmer, $2.00; J. F. Kozar, $2.00. SS BESSEMER VICTORY V. Kale, $2.00; J. L. Williams, $2.00; W. W, Hold, $2.00; S. Mosakowski, $3.00; V, A. Erwin, $2.00; F. 1. Gib­ bons, $6.00; J. P. Gavin, $3.00; W. Y. Chao, $2.00; O. Sykes $1.00; M. P. Slifkoff, $3.50; P. Baker, $2.00; D. C. Heon, $1.50; A. Fuller, $2.00; N. E. Nunn, $2.00; H. N. Peterson, $3.00; J. A. Nickerson, $2.00; D. Kennedy, $2.00; E. Williams $2,00; R. E. Weaver. $1.00; E. Gustav, $2.00; R. Purington, $2.00, SS ALTGELD S. M. Hunter, $2.00; E. A. LaFarge, $2.00; H. Y. Davis, Jr., $1,00; G. W. Dority, $1.00; R. F. Wallace, $1.00. SS ALCOA CAVALIER M. Trocha, $1.00; J. L. Keelan, $1.00; $1.00; D. Pashkoff, $1.00; R. A. Singer, $1.00; O. Y. Smith Jr.,, $2.00; H. F. Frick, $1.00; J. Jellette, $3.00. SS J. TURNER Crew of SS J. Turner, $40.00. SS YANKEE DAWN D. B. Carpenter, $1.00; J. G. Herpin, $1.00; C, V, Cone, $1,00. SS BUNKER HILL R. E. Roberts, $2.00; J. D. Smith. $1.00. SS R. SEMMES .D. Walizen, $1.00; J. Kumor, $1.00; J. Escalante, $1.00; M. R. Norris, $2.00; F. S. Slmione, $2.00. SS J. BURGESS L. MacDonnell, $1.00; Peter Ley, $1.00; W. T. Dalton, $2.00; G. J, Hermes $1..00; L. A. Karttunen, $1.00; J. V. Russell, $2.00; W. G. Wilmot, $2.00. SS STEEL ARCHITECT A. R. Brunelle. $1.00. SS BEATRICE H. Morey, $1.00. GEORGE M. ^CHEMM >Please get in touch with your mother at once." -Mrs. Charles E. Schemm, R-1, Federalsberg, Maryland. The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ ft ft ft farers International Union is available to all members who wish GEORGE ABBOTT Your sister, Ella Colegrove, to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of West Portsmouth, Ohio, is seri­ their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have ously ill, and requests you the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every to return home. Get in touch SIU branch for this purpose. However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU with Mrs. Ollie Abbott Fain, hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, Route 2, Wheelersburg, Ohio. which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 81 Phone Porter 3014. Beaver Street, New York 4 ,N.Y. ft ft ft W. H. HOFFMAN PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION Get in touch with your mother. To the Editor: ft ft ft ALEX DeMEO I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed ta th<j A letter from your brother is address below: being held for you in the bag­ gage room of the New York Name Hall. ft ft ft Street Address BERNARD MACE Please call your wife, Eileen, State at BUckminster 7-8184 in New City York, on a matter of importance, Signed ft ft ft CLARENCE LOHNE Book No. Contact your home immedi­ ately. Important. Notice To All SiU Members �Page Sixleeit THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. September 3. 1948 BUIIDT«'A&6 GENERAL FUND ) •1 'cl i .t •I WHEREAS: The A&G District of the Seafarers Internanational Union of North America has set the pace with a new contract and raise in wages, making the seaman's wage the highest ever obtained or imagined, and WHEREAS: Through job action and solidarity of the SIU membership and officials, we were able to make the ship­ owners come in line and sign this contract, and WHEREAS: The life.blood of any organization is its solidar­ ity and finances, and this definitely helped us with our negotiations with the shipowners, and WHEREAS: All our funds are definitely established for certain purposes, such as Buildings, Strike, etc., and our General Fund is our working fund, and I WHEREAS: We will definitely have a struggle in futurfl negotiations, and now that we enjoy these high wages we should do our utmost to build our funds so we will be^ better respected by the shipowners, and in a better posi-« tion to fight them, so therefore be it RESOLVED: That we go on record assessing ourselves $10.00,r to be a General Fund assessment, and be it further RESOLVED: That copies of this Resolution be sent to all ports to be acted on at the next regular meeting August 25th; 1948, and they in turn wire the Secretary^ Treasurer of their action, and be it finally RESOLVED: That if this Resolution is carried that the; Secretary-Treasurer be instructed to put in motion the necessary machinery to conduct a referendum ballot. Signed I I I I I I I I I I the^oiiow» " in^ memLerd in iL Po,iofnu.o.Lu,, I I I I I I I I I I I Joseph Barron, 142 Otto Callahan, 5655 Thomas Pradat, 97 Jos. B. Compan, 50242 Michael Liuzza, 7190 J. W. Malcolm, 202 E. Joffrion, 44556 : Dennis G. Saunders, 2254 Jack Lewerency, 24349 M. Rodriguez, 44662 C. W. Crosland, 86 Tony Pisani, 48785 C. A. Bradley, 381 Louis L. Arena, 6908 Joseph Fussell, 47532 Dauil Cervet, 8081 S. J. Pierson, 39414 ~ A. J. Dugas, 113 G. C. Foley, 25391 J. E. Kennedy, 88 Edward E. Kinchick, 102318 . Homer Nichpls, 357 M. C. Gaddy, 37053 T. M. Griffiths, 115 A. C. Reed, 24091 O. S. Brooks, 50202 Jas. P. Shaughnessy, 38469 Joseph Anderton, 45404 Robert Reynolds, 38245 A. E. Swenson, 8 R. Marion, 42180 D. Flockhart, 40137 Harold A. Tauman, 37850 Harold E. Cumbie,' 49841 Demitrio G. Zerrudo, 25085 Chadbourne Galf, 47163 J. A. Snoddy, 21140 wfrfSTORWfihrm � 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 September 3, 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. 36 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES REFERENDUM SET ON EXPANSION OF GENERAL FUND THE MEMBERSHIP LOOKS AHEAD AGENTA MAPP NEW DRIVES SIU AGAIN BACKS SUP IN NEW COOS BAY BEEF FRISCO SHIPPING ALMOST AS GOOD FOR PERMITSD AS FOR BOOKHOLDERS GENERAL FUND ASSESSMENT FINDS FAVOR WITH SEAFARERS IN MOBILE SPOTS BRIGHTEN BOSTON PICTURE PHILLY SHIPPING SLIGHTLY BETTER SHIPPING IS TOP IN SAN JUAN NEW YORK SHIPPING FAIT FOR ENGINE,DECK CAPE SAN DIEGO ENDS FIRST VOVAGE UNDER CONTRACT- NOT LIKE OLD DAYS CORNELIA RAMMED AT ANCHORREPORT ON UNIFOM A&G REGISTRATION RULES SEAMEN GET IDLE PAY IN NEW YORK SIU BACKS SUP IN NEW COOS BAY RAID Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/03/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log