http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/9bc8f326e65a20144ce662e90c9e1741.PDF b356fe4fc210f033d526b9292bf600d8 PDF Text Text Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf Diatrkt, Seafarers International Union of NA NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1948 VOL. Z Mow 49 HOLIDAY GUESTS OF AFL MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT ILA Wins Beef; Ships Moving On East Coast Victorious in their two-and-a-half week strike against East Coast waterfront employers, 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen's As­ sociation began to work the ships again this week in ports from Maine to the Virginia Capes. Jobs for, seamen were on the board again.* Pressured by the strike action. preparation and distribution of the stevedoring companies sub­ the ILA's bulletin announcing stantially upped their earlier the employers' offer and other final" wage. offer, broadened bulletins was in line with the vacation eligibility rules, and traditional relations between the agreed to install a welfare sys­ two unions. They have assisted tem in the industry by Janu­ each other in many past beefs. Throughout the strike, the ary 1. (Continued on Page 15) The employers, working through Cyrus Ching, chief of the .Federal Conciliation Service, presented the new proposals to the ILA's Negotiating Committee on Thanksgiving morning. ILA officials then brought a copy nf the terms to - the SlU's A&G Headquarters irt New York ITF Sets Date For Panamanian Ship Boycott On the West Coast, the CIO longshoremen have signed a pact with the op­ erators. However, shipping is still tied up pending set­ tlement of final details be­ tween the Pacific seagoing unions and the operators. Some of the 1,200 memberi£ of waterfront imions, AFL, CIO and independent, who attended the Thanksgiving party put on by the New York Fort Council. For other pictures of the gala affair see pages five through eight. Sfheme For Navy To Run AH Ships In Wartime Laid To Hungry Brass shipping industry itself who overlook the fact that once* the There has been a lot of talk in Navy took over it would be in recent years about the Navy tak­ shipping to stay; red tape, bu­ ing over the merchant marine in reaucracy, gold braid and all. event of another war. This idea of the Navy taking This talk comes partly from over the merchant marine would bureaucrats who would like to be sort of laughable if it wasn't get their hands on anything that that there is a good possibility means more jobs and more of it being done if and when power. It comes partly from the nation is faced with another Navy men who have the unex- emergency. A lot of propaganda plainable assumption that the has been fired in that direction. Navy has some magic power of The chief argument advanced super-efficiency for the merchant by those who propose such a marine, having become so very, scheme is that Navy manage­ very perfect in its own domain. ment would mean more effici­ And, sadly, the argument is also ency. advanced by some men in the That's where the laughs come in, for Navy operation of the merchant marine would result in something which, by any stand­ ards of private ship management, Payoff time is the best, would be anything but efficient. time to meet Union obliga­ Here's just a sample why: tions, such as the $10 General Fund Assessment adopted by To run 4,000,freighters on the the membership in the recent scale^that private companies ran them from 1941 till 1945, the referendum. Navy would have to enlist 1,000,That assessment goes into 000, extra men for sea duty, be­ your Union's General Fund, sides the horde of Waves, yeo­ ^rom which routine operating men, ensigns and Lt comnianders expenses are met. The wis­ for the shore-side "brief case dom of the membership's brigade." decision is borne out by the This is no exaggeration. fact that despite a three Uncfer civilian management weeks halt of shipping due and with merchant crews, an av­ to the ILA strike. Union erage size freighter like a C-2 services a.nd functions con­ takes a complement of from 40 tinued uninterrupted. Some to 45 men. Under Navy manage­ facilities, such as entertain­ ment the same kind of vessel ment, were actually stepped would require as many as 300. up. We're in the best financial The big difference inmanning shape we have ever been in. can hardly be attributed to in­ Do your part to keep it that creased efficiency. way by paying up yoixr as­ The writer was recently aboard sessment now. a Navy transport of this class which had a crew of 250. Her By JOHN BUNKER officers excused the sorry look of the vessel by saying they were short of crew. Such a ship, they averred, should be given at least 300 or more. For why? To fall all over each other, no doubt. A good crew of merchant sea­ men on a C-2 can keep her ship­ shape and Bristol-fashion day in and day out in any kind of (Continued on Page 15) where a summary of the agree­ ment was printed by multilith for distribution up and down the coast. SIU couriers delivered copies of the summary to ILA centers in the outports. BACK ON JOBS On Saturday, ILA members in all ports voted their acceptance of the new proposals, only four locals out of 71 finding serious fault with them. On Sunday morning, about 2,500 longshore­ men in New York and hundreds in other ports began working perishable cargoes at the new overtime rate. On Monday morn­ ing there was a full shape-up, with most of the men getting jobs. The SIU's participation in the Maritime trade unionists iri the International Transportworkers Federation, representing thirtyfive nations, voted last week to boycott permanently ships trans­ ferred to Panamanian and Honduran registries by international shipowners. Adopted at a joint conference of the International Labor Or­ ganization and the ITF in Geneva, the long discussed plan to halt the transferral of ships from countries paying high wages and requiring strict safety regulations will go into effect May 1, 1949. Panamanian and Hohduran ships hitting countries which are members of the ITF, and this in­ cludes all the major maritime nations, will receive the full effect of the boycott. Effective action on the boycott will not begin until May 1 so as to allow seamen and officers to pile off the ships due to be hit. In the meantime, the ITF is compiling an up-to-date list of ships against which action will be taken. BREAKING THE GOOD NEWS i Pajr-Up Time ...• - When the waterfront employers capitulated to the AFL Infemafional Longshoremen's As­ sociation, representatives of the ILA met with members of the SIU's Emergency Strike Com­ mittee to discuss distribution of an announcement of the new terms and how best to defeat commie attempts to foul up the beef. Left to right, seated: Joseph Manginelli, ILA: Harry Hasselgren, ILA Secretary, and Dave Roche, ILA. Standing, Paul Hall, SIU A&G SecretaryTreasurer and Lloyd Gardner, SIU Philadelphia Port Agent. m •iSI �IWillPFP Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, December 3, 1948 i; SEAFARERS LOG V. Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At yi Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 i 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 Real Brotherhood It was a gratifying sight to see some 1,200 waterfront workers from all unions joining in the Thanksgiving Day festivities sponsored by the New York Port Council of the AFL Maritime Trades Department. Invitations to the affair were distributed up and down the waterfront to all hands, regardless of their union aflfiliation. And the men who accepted the MTD's hos­ pitality came as individuals not as "official" representatives. They came for a good time, nothing more. There were no speeches. There was just good waterfront fellow­ ship. The atmosphere was one of dignity and mutual goodwill. . Had it not been for the table placards indicating the various union members invited, an observer would have thought those present were all from one organization. Everyone agreed that the sponsoring AFL unions of the New York Port Council had a worthwhile idea. Guests interviewed by the SEAFARERS LOG were un­ animous in voicing their appreciation for a fine Thanks­ giving Day that otherwise might have been pretty gloomy for many. Almost all asked, "Why couldn't we get together like this more often?" To the man, they declared that the sponsors had provided a wonderful opportunity for the promotion of better understanding and good will among all maritime • workers. 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. The men from the several organizations fount through the act of ruBbing elbows at the dinner table and the movies that they had many problems in common, and that real brotherhood is possible among all maritime workers. A word of thanks is due to the following AFL unions who made this splendid holiday possible: Men Now h The Mtnme Hospitab Staten Island Hospital Teamsters Local 202; International Longshorerrien's Association; Radio Officers Union; American Merchant Marine Staff Officers Association; Marine Division, ILA; Masters, Mates and Pilots; Sailors Union of the Pacific, and the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic and Gulf District. These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, as reported by*the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writing to them. You can contact^your Hospital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Nice Going, ILA The men of the SIU, A&G District, are mighty happy to doff their white caps to the men of the Inter­ national Longshoremen's Association for a job well done. Winning their strike was no small task. The com­ mercial press, taking the cue from tlje labor-hating Hearst papers, tried to turn public opinion against them, by emphasizing the purely temporary loss of business in East Coast ports while ignoring the fact that a longshore­ man has as much trouble these days getting up the scratch to pay the landlord and the grocer as anybody else. In spite of all the propaganda in behalf of the employers, the dock workers held fast. They let the employers do the yielding. As a result, they obtained the best longshore contract ever drawn. The men of the SIU, A&G District, are glad to have had the chance to support their Brother unionists . of the powerful AFL Maritime Trades Department. In fact, the solidarity at the point of production displayed by our two organizations made it possible for the ILA to tie.up the coast completely without establish­ ing a single picketline. Nice going, ILA. BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL C, GASKINS P. PEREZ JOSEPH E. GALLANT G. MALONEY JULIUS HENSLEY A. THIBODAUX VIC MILAZZO J. HARRIS JOHN J. GEAGAN J. WATLER i, X X N. ROMANO MOBILE MARINE HOSP. J. B. MARTIN C. OLIVER A. BAUM A. SMITH S. LeBLANC C. HAFNER E. LOOPER J. W. CARTER L. MIXON S. P. MORRISS J. BRANDON XXX X P X NEW ORLEANS MARINE HOSP. STATEN ISLAND MARINE J. N. HULL F. CARDOZA S. C. FOREMAN A. CASTILLO A. N. LIPARI C. B. SHIPMAN R. MALDONADO J. N. RAYMOND J. ASHURST J. N. McNEELY * J. DENNIS LARS LARSEN P. L. SAHUQUE ' A. NORMAN C. VINCENT WILLIAM HUNT N. S. LARSSON THOMAS VELEZ G. R. ROTZ J. N. WOOD G. O'ROURKE M. J. LUCAS O. HOWELL E. C. EATON V. P. SALLINGS N. H. LUNDQUIST H. C. MURPHY t. X X A. WARD BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. J. L. GREENE R. FREY J. MAHONEY R. N. KELLY W. L. RICE Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 6th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on Ist and 2nd floors.) -Jt G. GASE J. FITZSIMMONS M. R. KENAN R. MOACK F. BECKER R. PURCELL C. SIMMONS J. CHIORRA J. D. CARROLL E. C. BLOSSER J. L. MILLER E. C. LAWSON R. WATERS XXX MEMPHIS HOSPITAL JOHN B. HEGARTY XXX GALVESTON HOSPITAL NICK NIKANDER J. GIVENS R. HUTCHINS L. McKRANE C. ATHERIVE S. ZEIRLER �Frid«7< Deeemb«r 3; 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Thzee WhyDo WeHelpOther Unions? By STEVE CARDULLG Over the past few years Seafarers have been on the receiving end of a first-rate education in trade imionism." To get it, they haven't had to reply overmuch on the Organizers' Handbook either, for they have been obtaining their learning on SIU, A&G, picketlines in strikes up and down the coast. Some of these beefs have been'our own. But many of. them, have been the beefs of other imions, . CIOunions as well as AFL unions, small unions as well as big ones. And thereby lies the point of this article for the beefs in which the SIU has been involved, especially those of other unions, have b?en the subject of forecastle discussion on SIU ships around the globe. In the shipboard bull sessions, some of our members, most notably the younger ones who have not spent much time in the trade union movement nor had much time to reflect upon its nature and significance, raise this question: "Why in hell are we always helping some other ryiion?" OLDTIMERS KNOW This is a question any oldtimer could answer easily enough. But for the benefit of the late-comers, who have had little experience in direct or supporting strike action, let's get the answer down right here in black and white. Let's look at the record and see just why in hell we are always helping other unions in their beefs. Actually the answer is simple enough: As members of the SIU we are part of the whole labor movement. We are part of the whole body of workers, and we are related to every other part. We cannot afford to be cut or to allow others to be cut off. The whole movement might bleefd to death. To bring the story back to the waterfront, let's get out the history book. American seamen have had unions for many years. But back in the old days, the real old days, seamen held themselves apart from the rest of labor, Perhaps, as seamen, they felt that-they were different from workers ashore. Not better or worse, but different. Whatever their reason, the fact that they had made a mistake in isolating themselves became tragically apparent during the great strike of 1921. The 1921 strike—actually it was a lockout—^was a -terrible defeat for seamen. The shipowners smashed their organization, cut their wages to a pittance and destroyed such conditions as they had gained during World War I. Loss of the beef ushered in the darkest period for American seamen in modern times. Yet, the strike might not have been lost had the seamen been following a policy of participating in the trade union movement ashore. Their own isolation cost them the support of shoreside organizations that might have turned the tables on the owners. Nobody ashore knew the seamen or their problems. As a result, no imions gave them any help. And a tre­ mendous amount of ground was lost which had to be regained many years later .in a series of bitter struggles. DIFFEREN'T STORY By 1934, the seamen had achieved somewhat closer relations with their felloyr unionists ashore, and the new status paid off. The great 1934 strike might also have been lost except for the fact that West Coast locals of the Brotherhood of Teamsters stepped into the picture to give striking seamen and longshoremen all out support. It was the truck drivers' help which • won the strike. And if you don't think that the 1934 strike was one of the most important beefs in maritime history just remember'this: It, was as a result of the 1934 strike that seamen eventually got the Hiring Hall, the hard, indispensable core of maritime . unionism. , However, the lesson of the need for cooperation with other unions was imperfectly learned by the seamen. ' In 1935, a year after the 1934 strike, they lost the West Coast tanker strike because they built a wall around themselves. They communicated with -nobody. Consequently, nobody knew much about ' their problem or their aim, and nobody gave them a hand. Steve Cardullo is serving, at pres­ ent, as Headquarters Representative of the SIU, A&G District. He has had wide experience iii various union ca­ pacities on all coasts. had won an NLRB election. But we were glad to have some help from the outside. Every Isthmian ship lying in or hitting an American port during the nine days the strike lasted was tied up tight. Finally the proud company gave up and cried "Uncle." Isthmian became SIU—to the amaze­ ment of the entire maritime industry including unions -and employers, American and foreign alike, for Isth­ mian's anti-union bias was known around the worldIt was a tough beef. Every Seafarer who was in it knows how tough it was. When it began, the ship­ yard workers pledged support. What was more, they backed up their words with deeds. Isthmian had several C-3s in drydocks at yards where the CIO men had contracts. Anxious to show their gratitude for what the SIU had done for them, the Workers in these yards refused to touch an Isthmian ship until the strike was ' over. It was stands like this one taken by the Shipyard Woi-kers which assured our victory. Let's skip 10 years and come up to 1945. By that time, the SIU, A&G District, which had been founded in 1938, knew thq score. Seafarers had learned that the way to assure the march of labor including the SIU was to promote inter-union cooperation whether be­ tween affiliates of the same union or among different unions. If one week they helped—^say—the Taxi Drivers Union, the next week the cabbies would help them. It was both a very practical matter, and an expression of the brotherhood of all who work for a living. In that year, 1945, the SIU, A&G instituted a conci-ete program of helping other unions when they GREAT PRESTIGE asked for assistance, of learning their policies and understanding the obstacles they faced. This program Since then, the SIU has helped many unions, among has paid off immeasureably. For one thing it has them the Farm Workers in California, the Hat Workers created a host of warm friends for the SIU among in Montreal, the Bakers in New Orleans, the Jewelry unions which never would have known of our exist­ Workers in New Yoi'k, the Shipyard Workers in New ence. Seafarers have walked" in their picketlines and Jersey, the Tx-ansit Workers in New York, the Res­ given them a hundred other services which spelled taurant Workers in Philadelphia, the Airline Pilots in the difference between victory and defeat on more Norfolk and other points, the United Financial Em­ occasions than one. Those friends have been good ployes in New York and the Longshoremen in their friends in our own times of need. Our friends helped us win the 1943 General Strike—not to mention the Isthmian Strike of 1947. Both would have been tough without them. Take the 1946 General Strike when we forced the Wage Stabilization Board to recognize the. pay increase the SIU had negotiated with the shipowners. It was in this strike that.the powerful AFL Maritime Trades Department, which the SIU had been instrumental in founding, swung into action. All AFL , mailtime workers, teamstex's, longshoremen, tugboatmen, ship's officers, stood shoulder to shoulder in all ports on all coasts in the battle against the bui-eaucrats. The Maritime Trades Department was scarcely a month old, but it was to demonstrate the value of interunion cooperation as clearly then as it did just last East Coast stx-ike which just ended, and in Puerto Rico and elsewhere on other occasions. This is by no means week in the ILA beef in North Atlantic ports. a complete list, but enough are mentioned to convey "the idea. FRIENDS RESPOND Most of the unions who have come to us for Other unions followed suit. In Boston, the Hoisting assistance have been brother affiliates of the AFL, Engineei's refused to work colliers. In Baltimore, the butthe SIU, A&G District, has never balked at help­ Taxi Didvers cooperated with pickets. In Philadelphia, ing a CIO or independent union, so long as the latter the AFL Central Labor Union provided a mobile can­ had a legitimate economic beef. However, we have teen. In other ports on all coasts the picture was the drawn the line at getting mixed up in political ac­ same. tions. For political actions read "commie tricks," and A charter aii-line run by ex-GIs placed a plane at remember that the SIU fought the commies for years the SIU's disposal to transport men wherever they wWle other people were playing ball with them. Were needed. The same company also donated a Out of this policy of helping other outfits, the SIU limousine for the same purpose. Forthcoming from not only has received telling aid in its own disputes unions, restaurants, ginmills and other friendly outfits but has gained enormous prestige throughout the labor were food, medical aid and other contributions of movement. A case in point is the Wall Street Strike goods and services. The United Mine Workers' Presi­ of last spring. As a result of our activity in behalf dent, John L. Lewis wired, "If you need money, advise of the viciously exploited white-collar financial work­ me." President William Green of the American Fed­ ers, the SIU became known from coast to coast, and eration of Labor pledged all out support. Foreign received messages of acclaim from unions all over the seamen and longshoremen offered their backing. Does country. In Wall Street itself, stock brokers still anyone still wonder why in hell we help other unions? shudder when they see a white cap. After the 1946 General Strike, the SIU stepped up its program of helping out in the econoiruc beefs of SOUND PRINCIPLE brother organizations. When the CIO Shipyard Work­ The type of support given by the SIU, A&G Dis­ ers struck the yards of the Bethlehem Steel Corpor­ trict, to other unions is in direct contrast to the kind ation on June 26, 1947, Seafar-ers went out to the of support commie outfits are forever handling out. picketlines. The strike lasted until November 16 of The commies take advantage of a situation to fur­ that year, and many an SIU member got sore feet ther whatever the commie line is at the moment. On walking the eixtrances tcT the struck plants, most of the other hand, the SIU steps into a situation to fox'which were near Baltimore and New York., The Ship­ ither the principles of trade unionism. This means yard Workers won their beef, and SIU assistance was that the SIU is anxious to improve the economic lot a major factor iii the victory. This the Shipyai'd rf)f any union it assists ina beef. We feel that in Workers were happy to recognize. "You may count addition to thex'e being a Brotherhood of the Sea there on us for support at any time and anyplace," wrote is a brotherhood of the land—and in these modem their director of organization when the strike was over. days a brotherhood of the air, if our helping hand to This year the shipbuilders presented the SIU, A&G the Airline Pilots is counted in. In short, we feel that District, with a handsome plaque commemorating the there is a bx-otherhood of all workers, and that an help the union seamen gave them. However, the injury to one is an injury to all. Shipyard Workers had already returned the favor in This belief is manifested in the powerful Maritime considerable measure while their own strike was still Trades Department of the AFL. So firmly established in progress. is this creed among maritime workex-s, on the East BOLD STROKE Coost at least, that the Intex-national Longshoremen's In August 1947, the SIU, A&G District, struck the Association, which belongs to the MTD, was able to Isthmian Steamship Company the last of the " big strike every port from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to open-shop outfits. This was one of the boldest Portland, Maine, for 18 days last month without send­ strokes, perhaps the boldest, in the history of maritime ing out a single picket. Yet, not a ship moved. It was labor. Isthmian had been struck before and had the fii«t time in maritime history that a strike has successfully rebuffed every union which had tackled been won without pickets—or without broken heads, it. No Isthmian ship ever had-been tied up for any for that matter. In the old days, sailors worked when longshoremen longer time than it took the company to fly in a struck and longshoremen worked when seamen hit the plane-load of finks to man it. The SIU knew what it bricks. In other days there was bloodshed. On more was doing, nevertheless. Our strike was the climax of an intense two-year organizing campaign, and we (Continued on Page 15) �PfiMag, OtteniiiMtr 3. 1S4S T ff £ ^£dFAR EM « LO C Page Four Return Of MV PiHiee Boost To San Juan Shipping By SAL COLLS SAN JUAN—As far as ship­ might be effectively exterminat­ ping is concerned in this Port, ed without the use of DDT, we can sum it up in two letters when, lo and behold, one such KG—no good! There are no more character fell right smack into Bull Line ships scheduled in our lap! from the Atlantic Coast this He happened to be the Sec­ week. As everyone knows, the ond Mate on the Bull Line scow, Longshoremen's strike has tied Hilton. The charges the mem­ them up tighter than Isthmian bers of the Deqk Department By JOE ALGINA most of the arriving ships in pect the company to do. If stiff drew up against him read like overtime. gdbd shape. 'Minor beefs were fines don't curb this practice; those on one of Hitler's hench­ NEW YORK—This port like all However, the SS Jean is ex­ found, to be sure, but all of crews shouldn't hesitate to bring men at the Nuremberg Trials. the rest along the East Coast, is pected in from the island of back in full swing now that the them were disposed of in short charges against such characters. SNOOPER Santo Domingo along toward the oi-der. On balloting: ' ond of the week. She left the Among other things, he was a ILA membership has won its CREW SETTLEMENT Occasionally men, returning strike. Seafarers here are re­ States before the strike hit. From snooper, a blow-hard, a user of from long voyages, have com­ turning to the ships they left A beef on the Locksley, the Mobile - New Orleans area foul language when addressing comes the Waterman Wild, Ran­ members of the crew, the tenth when the strike began, and men settled by stiff fines at shipboard plained that they believe it un­ ger. Things generally run pretty AB on deck, and he had even are. being dispatched to vessels meetings, deserves a few words fair that they were unable to smooth aboard her. We don't threatened to throw the Carpen­ loaded since the end of the of print. It seems that men on vote on an assessment. The strike. ' expect to send more than one ter overboard to boot! the Locksley, and other Robin answer to these brothers is that The week not only saw the or two replacements to her at ships, too, have been missing the it is impossible to keep the ballot Well, something had to be movement of many men back to ship while in Southeast African boxes bpen until all brothers done and to be done quick. And the most. the ships but also saw the arrival From letters received by mem­ to make a long story short, ports. These aren't accidental vote as that would mean waiting bers around the Hall, we gather something was done. With the of a good number of vessels in misses, the men have been hav­ as long as a year. However, in the MV Ponce will be in San cooperation of • the Bull Line for payoffs. If they take cargoes ing too good a time ashore and the usual voting period the great Juan some time this week. If Steamship Company and" the and call for crews, the upsurge just didn't bother to return to majority of the membership get so, she will save us from having U.S. Coast Gliard, this would- in shipping should continue into the ship, figuring they'd pick it a chance to vote and those not voting would not influence the to report a slow week. The be Bligh was put on the beach next week. up in the next coastal port. The ships paying off here this Ponce has been out on a good where he belongs. It's a bum practice and one results. trip and she should take a gang And that. Brothers, represents week are the Raphael Semmes that should be halted. The Lock­ FEW MISS VOTE of the beachcombers off of our justice 1948 style! A long way and Governor Groves, Water­ sley crew did the right thing Men from most ships hit port hands. Many of them have been from the justice in vogue a man; Steel Worker, Isthmian; when they hung stiff fines on during a voting period and have awaiting her return for a long, scant hundred years ago when Carolyn, Frances, Beatrice and the offenders. ' their say, it's only a small flogging was the usual reward Suzanne, Bull; and the Locksley long time. By cracking down on this minority that misses out. There for having your pigtail with one and Goodf allow, Robin. Two practice the crews show that is, however, compensation in the DUSTY CARDS knot too many, and when it was additional payoffs were the Sea- they are desirous of keeping fact that if one misses voting in Their shipping cards are dusty always a mad rush to see who trains New York and Texas. their ship in order. It shows, enoiigh now to make the jobs would get what chow there was Patrolmen back on the water­ too, that they intend to live up one referendum, he usually is when and if they happen. Frank­ —the crew or the cockroaches. front after the strike layoff found to the contract, just as they ex- around for the next one. Another matter—one that also ly we'll sort of hate to lose We have come a long way brings occasional beefs — this these Brothers. They're a spirit­ since those days. Let's keep time from the Patrolmen, is that ed bunch and keep the Hall what we have fought for and of men who want to skip paying alive and the center of heated earned! their dues and assessments at discussions on almost every sub­ the payoff as they prefer to pay ject under the sun — especially up in their home port. This is a about girls and ships, in the constant pain in the neck to order named! By EARL (Bull) SHEPPARD Patrolmen. The dues and assess­ All in all it has been more Several crews have re­ ment go to the same Union and Things are still in. the groove eight sign-ons. All in all, though, than usually quiet on the San ported that some men axe serve the same purpose regard­ down here in the Crescent City. shipping looks a helluva lot Juan waterfront, except for one sailing Bosun only because less where they are paid. Only such things as the weather brighter than the weather, and incident which most certainly of the wages, and show none Patrolmen paying off a ship are not as bright as the name,will, beyond a doubt, hold its bears repeating here. We had of the cooperation required own or improve for the next like -to bring the membership up no sooner finished reading Bro­ of men holding down that implies. ther Volpian's fine article in the rating. Several Sure thing. Brothers, old mo­ month or so, at the very least. to date in dues and assessments. instances Having to impress upon members November 19 issue of the LOG ther nature has once again hit have been reported .on ships VERY MILD the pointlessness of paying dues on bucko Mates and how they operating from Puerto Rican us with a deluge, and one's in their home ports takes up We've noticed several oldtimthoughts turn to foul-weather ports. ers from up yonder snowball valuable time, both for the An SlU Bosun is a man gear, canoes, ducks, geese, and way. All seem to have South Patrolmen and the crewmembers. who works with the crew. all the feathered fowl that have America on their minds — it The time to pay up is at the Your Union battled hard to arrived -fiere. 'As soon as the seems that the yarjis Salty Dick, payoff. The result is the same have the Bosun — not the beasts of the hair-covered type "Whitey" Tannehill and others no matter who handles the pay­ start an-iving, we are going to Mate — handle the job. If tell must be taking root. Any­ ments. start building our arks. I won­ you sUp as Bosun, you are By GAL TANNER to work as a conscientious der how Noah managed that way, some of the Brothers want While on the subject, the to go down there and see for Patrolmen also find that men Bosun should. If you can't, contraption. MOBILE — Shipping continued themselves. Moreover, it's all aren't aware of the various as­ Shipping picked up as pre­ slow during the last week with or won't, work with your true fellows. The senoritas (I sessments: AOA, Strike, Build­ a total of ninety-two bookmen shipmates, don't take the dicted here last week, though am told) all look like-they were ing," etc., and it .takes a lot of job. there is a luU this week with and seven permits shipped. There just stepping out of a Hollywood explaining to show these men only three payoffs and six or were three payoffs and two signstudio and are as friendly as Per­ the score. This is a matter in ons including one with continu­ sian kittens. As Arthur Godfrey which no Seafarer should be in ous articles. would say about Chesterfields, the dark. It's been explained . Ships paying off for the week' "they're mild too!" My wife over and over again in the cases were the Corsair, and Pilgrim reads this, Brothers, so I'll stop of old, established assessments. of- Alcoa, and the Beauregard By EDDIE BENDER right here! But if a man doesn't know about and Morning Light of Water­ Balloting continues briskly a recently adopted assessment he man. Sign-ons were the Warrior with all hands taking an active should check the LOG. and Beauregard, with the Morn­ The membership has ruled that new men, as wrfl as a refresher part in getting the vote , out. dues and assessments are to be to oldtimers who seem to forget DO THE JOB ing Light and Iberville on con­ The slogan adopted around here tinuous articles. Ships leaving paid at the port of payoff. This this now and vthen, the Patrol­ Now that shipping is back on a Mobile this week were headed should be done aboard ship at man can bd found in the crew's is: "Vote now or hold your peace normal plane, men shouldn't for Puerto Rico, Japan, Korea, the -time of payoff while the messroom during the pay off. A for anothdr year at least!" have tod much trouble shipping man need not go to the trouble STRIKE NOT FELT Greece, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Patrolman is aboard. in the rating they desire. How­ Belgium, the Netherlands and It is hard to see how a man of looking around Jhe ship, and The Longshoremen's strike on ever, when a slack period comes the bauxite run. All payoffs and can fail to ,do this at the proper then claim that the Patrolman the East Coast did not affect the,along it is not unsual for ABs time, unless he intends to de­ was not aboard. This is a very Port of New Orleans except for and black gang men to take jobs sign-ons were smooth. Minor beefs were settled on fault on his obligation to the poor excuse and cannot be ac­ the Beatrains. The Seatrain New as Mess men. Unfortunately, two transit ships — the Steel Union. For infraction of this rule cepted as reason for not paying Jersey has been tied up here for when these men go aboard the Vendor and the Steel Chemist a permitman vasS lose his per­ the fine exacted for this offense. two weeks. However, the com­ ships they tell the rest of the mit, and a bookman stands the If, however, you should ever pany did not lay the men off, galley gang that they're only do­ of Isthmian. likelihood of a $25 fine. Waterman has two C-2s ready pay off a ship without a .Patrol­ and may shift the New Jersey ing this for one trip and don't to go into the Coastwise run Some men take their money man aboard—and this very rare­ to the Havana rijn and tempor­ care for the work. when the ILA strike is settled, and pile off the ship without ly happens—stop in at the near­ arily lay up the Seatrain New It's tough that these men have and another two will go into squaring up their account with est Hall before going anywhere Orleans, since the New Jersey to shjp out of their ratings, but this service at Weekly intervals. the Patrolman, who is the Un­ else and get squar,ed away. This is the faster, better and newer at the same time, no matter what It looks as though the shipping ion's representative aboard ship. wiU save you from appearing as ship. We also understand dhat job they take, they are expected will continue slow for the fol­ Such men can have very little a free-loader. There is an .SIU Waterman stopped her coastwise to do the job to the best of their lowing week, with neither ma­ regard for or interest in their Hall in almost all ports where trade run for -the strike's dura­ ability. They signed on as MessSIU ships pay off. If not head tion; but they kept on full man and it's their job to do the jor companies having anything Union. For the information of the for the nearest Hall. crews. to speak • of scheduled. Messman's work. Shipping In NY Resumes With A Bang SlU Bosuns Weather Rugged, But Shipping Is Good, New Orleans Reports Mobile Shipping Continues Slow From The Sixth Deck ESI �rtidmr. Btomabn.9» MM- TBE SEAFARERS LOQ Page Five r^i 1200 ^om Maritime Unions ' Ei^y Gain Dinner In New York NEW YORK—You couldn't have done better at the Waldorf for 20 bucks a plate! " There was celery soup. There was turkey with trim­ i' ' ^ W''-'--'- r '- '• . ?r ' -, - I F <•. •? ^ ' ; "• . iSisllWPsif; PP^v Considerable credit for the first-class holiday dinner must go to Brothers Bennie Gonzalez (left) and Ray Gonzales—they're not related, They did a bang-up job preparing and roasting some 50 turkeys and supervising the menu. They were ably assisted by oldtimer David Heron, who looks on. mings. There were mashed potatoes with rich gravy, green vegetables, salad, celery and olives, There were apple, mince and pumpkin pies—and even lemon meringue pies for those who didn't go for traditional holiday fare. To wash everything down, there were steaming hot coffee and as much ice-cold beer as you wanted. Even the cigarettes were on the housA AFL PARTY This was the Thanksgiving Dinner put on by the AFL Maritime Trades Department at Headquarters of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District in New York, Invited werfe all maritime workers, regardless of union affiliation, idled by the longshore strike. And some 1,200 Seafarers. Longshoremen, Pursers, Radio Operators, NMUers, CIO Marine Cooks, SUP members, Tugboatmen, independent Marine Firemen, Masters, Mates, CIO Engineers and Teamsters accepted the invitatioik Their union credentials were , admission tickets. Even the Army Service were made Transport welcome. Representatives of the unions affiliated with the MTD's local Port council conceived the idea when they realized that Thanksgiving was going to be a gloomy holiday for hundreds of strikebound maritime workers. So ^ot to work. They planned a sumptuous holiday meal, with entertainment to round out the day. Invitations were distributed up and down the New York waterfront: Joining the waterfront unions in putting on the highly successful affair wa.s Local 202 of the Brotherhood of Team.sterSj whose members drive produce from the docks to market. SPONSORS Signing the invitation to the dinner were: Joseph H. Papa, President of Local 202 of the Teamsters; Joseph P. Ryan, President of the International Longshoremen's Association; Cap­ tain Bill Bradley, President of the ILA's Marine Division; Thomas Hill, New Yorlt Agent, American Merchant Marine Staff Officers Association: Fred Howe, New York Agent, Radio Officers Other Parties Maritime workers in New York were not the only ones to enjoy Thanksgiving din­ ner. Accounts of parties in other ports are coming into the LOG telling of holiday festivities along the water­ front. Since these reports were incomplete at press time.- they were not included in this issue. If full details are available next week, the LOG will carry the story— with pictures if possible. Pre-dinner activity revealed scenes like these. Brothers are cutting generous portions of delicious meringue and* pumpkin pies. Plenty of elb^w grease was applied in the galley to keep it up to SIU standards of cleanliness. No one did a halfway job. p:'?! Union; Morris Wcisberger, New York Agent, SUP; and Paul Hall, Secretary-Treasurer, SIU A&G District and Chairman of the New York Port Council of the Maritime Trades Department. The entire operation v/as man­ ned by members of the sponsor­ ing unions. New York Patrol­ men Ray Gonzales and Bennie Gonzalez headed a staff of crack SIU Stewards Department men who purchased, prepared and served the bang-up fare. MOVIES, TOO White-coated waiters moved efficiently as they set tables. Signs on tables indicate names of unions, whose members partook of feast. There was a good turnout from every maritime union; Before and after eating, guests relaxed on the third deck where they watched the telecast of the Penn-Cornell football game, and viewed two full-length movies plus short subjects. STATISTICS: 1,200 pounds of turkey (contributed by Teamsters Local 202); 100 pies; 12 gallons of green peas; 7 gallons of as­ paragus; 300 pounds of potatoes; 2 cases of cransberry sauce; 2 cases of celpry; 2 gallons of olives; 6 cases of oi*anges; 3 Paddy McCann was one of cases of apples; 50 pounds of asthe hands who worked fast Sorted nuts; 160 loaves of bread; carving helpings of turkey in 75 pounds of butter; 5 kegs of beer; 30,000 cigarettes, ' the galley. �Page Six TnE Ample seating accommodations were arrang^ for the 1.200 guests of the Maritime Trades Depcirtment. Above is a view of one of the three' dining rooms in which the gala dinner was served. SEAFARERS LOG Fiidar« Deoemb*r 3< 1848*- These men were among the first to be served. Soup and the main course were served at counters. Appetisers, desert, beer and coffee were brought to tables by waiters. llliilli This Brother kept the guests well-supplied with pie. icecold beer, olives, celery, bread, butter and the rest. No won­ der all hands expressed a wish for another such affeiir. H. H. Guenther (left) and 'Walter Gisczak announced their, enthusiasm over the whole af­ fair right from their table. They said they'd like to see it done more often. Signs on tables only indicated the .names of unions whose members had been invited. Men from all unions sat together at the same tables and the great majority thought it was a great way to become better acquainted. a:.. None of the helping hands tackled his job more sincerely than Chief Cook lAesper Grover. who hopped tables. Grover said he enjoyed his job almost as much as he did eating the dinner. . Only thing the guests were asked to do themselves, was to discard their empty plates on the way oub as the Brother on extreme right is doing. Without a single exception, all guests'complied with the request. �•Friday, Decatiiiber 3, 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Cordial Service J Craclrv SIU Stewards Department men like the ones pic­ tured here put in a hard day's work. These Seafarers served as Messmen, and didn't iind the time to eat until all the guests had finished. M • -'i ;',j3 -1 m :•» I •3 m. <e| One of the Stewards Depart­ ment men who did' a bang-up job serving his SIU Brothers and their guests. The sign says ROU, but SIU members and their guests sat where they wished. ^ Seafarer Mel Dorfman (right) decluedt "The food was great/. and- it was. served in first-rate style. i I'll. bet there isn't a man who wouldn't agree with me on this. I know that a great many of the men who are here certainly would have gone without a Thanksgiving Day dinner if it hadn't been for the New York Port Council of the AFL Maritime Trades Department." �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. December 3. 1948 Movies, Smokes Top Off Day's Festivities One time a man wants a smoke and wants it bad i£ after a good dinner. The Maritime Trades Department took care of this too. giving everybody a pack of cigarettes when he left the banquet halL Before the festivities began, men from all the maritime unions gathered in Beaver Street waiting for the door to open. Union books were their admission tickets. After dinner, the guests went to the third floor to relax. Thoy watched televised football games until the sound pictures got under way. Two fulllength features headed the bill. Crowd of men in rear of photo above are rwidting for elevator to take them to one of the Ihrof dining rooms. Brothers seated in foreground hvre Some 30,000 cigarettes were distributed to the guests, who could pick their favorite brands. This marked the end of the first phase of the festivities. There was plenty more to come. Tired but contenteia, these men have just served the last guests and are now getting - taste of the' holiday fare themselves. Service at tl^e Waldorf at 20 bucks a plate couldn't have been better. abready eaten and ate walthing a footbidl contest via television. It was^ a '.'M: • -'ureat'day'fdr-all'present.'" • K.;i i iji-- t i rI �Friday, X>minber 3, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine SHIPS' MINIITES AND NEWS Representation, Spic And Span Hall Make NO Hard To Beat — Member irS TEE HABANIERO! The New Orleans Branch settles beefs—and fast, stated Eddie Mooney, Pas­ senger Steward, who was recently on the Alcoa Corsair. In New York after a quick trip up from the Gulf, he's loud in his praise of all SI.U Branches, but feels the rep*• resentation the membership*"Why," he exclaimed, "they are Diamond Hitched is getting in New Orleans waxed and shined till you could just couldn't be bettered eat off of them! There is one thing for sure," he continued, anywhere. "the winos and performers had Hitched by the Deck Main­ tenance of the Diamond Hitch, whose name wasn't given, was the 210-pound catfish shown. Catch was made in the Paranana River, Dutch Guiana during a recent trip south by the Alcoa vessel. To bolster his claim, Brother better steer clear there. These Moohey gives an example. characters are dealt with sum­ Recently "a beef was phoned marily, and can kiss their books into the Hall at five o'clock in good-bye if they' start tearing the evening. The building super- down Union conditions in New intendant and Patrolman closed Orleans." the Hall and" rushed right down Mooriey's feeling- is that on to the ship. Everything was thOs ships you can't beat the co straightened out on the spot operation and efficiency of the with no hangovers to foul up crews shipping out of New Or­ the trip. With J. Jones behind the squeezebox and Chico waving leans today. Passengers have re­ Sailing in and out of. New peatedly told Mooney that they the maracas, the hot latin rhythm is too much for Brothers Orleans from July through Oc­ have never seen such well-man­ Click and Fernandez, who show the rest of the crew how tober on the passenger ships, ned ships, or such service on it's done. Scene is the Alcoa Patriot's No. 4 hatch during Mooney had plenty of opportun­ American carriers. The passen­ a recent trip. Pic was submitted to the LOG by Luigi ity to corroborate his favorable gers, about three-fourths North Perciballi, AB. initial impression of the ijew Americans and one fourth South Hall and its efficient operation. Americans, have turned in re­ He thought it tip-top shape in ports favorable to the crews, to the first place, but found it to the company offices, pointing up be improving each time he what Seafarers know: that SIU dropped in. The loudspeaker, the seamen are tops in the industry! movie projector, the showers— In conclusion, Mooney revealed all additions or improvements. that there is solid membership The laundry problem on their ship, solved through SLICK SHOP cooperation behind Agent ShepAs a crack SIU Steward, h^ pard and the whole Branch or­ the purchase of a washing machine, crewmembers of the especially noticed the floors. ganization. SS Steel Worker this week voiced the hope that the near Clean Togged Worker Crew Asks Washers On SIU Ships ^future will see all SlU-contracted* ships equipped with complete facilities for the dispatched from Kiel, Germany, atures 'the oil flowed very washing and ironing o f finally • broke the ship out slowly. through eighteen inches of ice. The return crossing set a rec­ crews' clothing. The temperature ranged to ord of eight days from Gotten­ ^ The crew's sentiments were thirtj^-eight degrees below zero. burg to Ambrose light. A 20- embodied in a motion carried at Heavy fog and ice extended well knot Victory, she only used 18 a shipboard meeting held just out into the Baltic. of her 33 nossels most of the prior to the ship's payoff in New time, for the prop was half out York this week, the end of a SLOW WORK of the water. All in all, con­ 111-day around-the-world trip. In the meeting, which was Eight days were spent in cluded- Correll, it was a swell chaired * by Lester Long, ship's Gottenburg, Sweden taking on trip. 3,500 barrels of oil which had to However, so few ships go there Carpenter, the Isthmian crew be brought in truck tankers that it looks like Brother Correll also voted to leave the crewfrom small storage depots inland. will have a tough time getting purchased washing machine and irons aboard the- ship for the Of course in the low temper­ back to Finland this winter. benefit of the oncoming gang. In making their move the re­ tiring Seafarers requested that WHITE CAPS ON THE C RE SAP the new crew take good care of the equipment and keep it re­ paired. Brother Long, who re­ ported on the crew's activities to the LOG, stated that the crew of the Worker during the trip found the machine a tremendous aid in keeping clothing clean, and morale high. CREW USE ONLY In using the machine the crew made no restrictions as to hours or frequency of its use; the only qualification being that it was solely for the use of the un­ licensed personnel. Commenting on the crew's de­ sire that all ships be equipped ' with washing machines and ironers. Long remarked, "if the men on the ships would kick in five bucks apiece, crews would have . no more laundry worries. The days of lugging ashore a seabag full of dirty linen would be While caps, haizy chests and shorts seem to be the uniform ended and the crews would be abodrd the Thomas Cresap, Isthmian. At least Brothers Ernest togged in crisp, clean linen at the payoff. After aU, our motto Buch, OS; Lefty, Oiler; and Les Keith, AB, would make it is An SIU Ship is a Clean Ship appear so. Pie was taken while the ship was in Calcutta —to me that means the crew's recently. gear, too." 1947 Trip To Finland Makes Seafarer Yearn For Encore With the winterwinds blowing around the country most seamen are eyeing south-bound vessels headed for the tropics; Seafarer Theodore Correll, however, re­ membering his voyage to Fin­ land last year at this time, would instead, choose a return visit to that frozen Scandaniyian coimtry. In spite of the difficult weather sure to be encountered in the crossing and in the Baltic, Cor­ rell figures the pleasure met in seeing the cities and people of Finland, which he "calls Paradise, would be well worth it. CONVINCING clothed and lovely, cigarettes brought 3,500 marks per carton, and the people were very friendly to the seamen. They even wore pins -bearing* the American flag. The ship discharged slowly, for the coal had to be shoveled by hand, with both men and women working oh the docks. Accord­ ing to the law, women must work unless they have a family at home, even school children must work after school. But with all this, they are happy people who are rapidly re­ pairing war-damage. Correll de­ scribes Helsinki as a beautiful modern town, with good restaui-ants and fine brownstone and concrete buildings. The populace there cannot forget, however, that the Russians took civilian hostages and hanged them during the war. His resume of the trip made last fall aboard the Knox Vic­ tory presents a strong defense ' - of his sentiment.: • ; Leaving a Baltimore coal pier the 5th of September, 1947, Cor­ rell recalls, the trip was an THROUGH ICE eventful one from the beginnihg. After a rough crossing, the^ ship After sixteen days in Helsinki, was lost for five days until get­ the ship moved through three ting a position from anpther ship inches of ice to Kotka,- thirtj' off the North Coast of Ireland, . miles away, where the rest of the After taking fuel in South­ cargo was discharged in seven hampton, she proceeded through days. In this little* town near thfe Kiel CanaL into the Baltic, the Russian border, the liquor where the Captain earned the was cheap and there were many name of "One Revolution" Swee­ night-clubs. ney, because of his habit of call­ Suddenly" the weather changed ing down to the engine room for from brisk fall weather to the one revolution up and one revo- frigid arctic cold, which her­ iufion • down. And no wonder— alds the winter festivities of the plagued with heiavy fog and'' a country. Then work stops and German pilot, whom he did not everyone enters into skiing and trust, the ;Gaptahi had his ship winter sports. •;: ^^roimd. thr*^,times before mak- Fifteen feet of snow fell in a ihg port. week. When the ship tried--to -. y-if Once in Finland it was another leave, two Finnish tugs could do -^..vmatter. vThe girls, were cleanly ribthihg with her. Icebreakers, m M �Page Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG Frldaf, December s, 1949 Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings JEAN. Oct. 27 —' Chairman kept clean. One minute of sil­ Ivan Vante; Recording Secretary ence for departed Brothers, Fritsbert Stephens. The stand­ ft ft ft ing of the membership was re­ AFOUNDRIA. Oct. 24—Chairs ported by the Delegates. Motion man Ernest Metts; Recording under New Business by Joseph Secretary O. Bodden. The Ship's Coolon and F. Vargas, that deck Delegate reported a beef about department toilets be painted, the Bosun. There were a few new locks put on doors of sail­ hours disputed overtime reported ors* quarters, drinking fountain in deck and engine departments, to be installed in engine room, i^otion carried under New Busi­ and new coffee urn to be inness to have coat hangers placed staUed in crew's messhall. One in passageway outside of the minute of silence for Brothers messhall. Under Good and Wel­ lost at sea. fare there was discussion on how to improve the food which was ft ft ft THE CABINS. Oct. 24—Chair­ covered proper dress in mess- terrible. The dissatisfaction with man Carney; Recording. Secre­ roont and cleanliness of ship. the Bosun was also discussed. tary Carrigan. Previous minutes One minute of-silence for Broth­ One minute's silence for Broth-_ read and accepted. Brothers ers lost at sed: ers lost' at sea. Boaller, Barnes. Carney and - ft ft ft i t. X Ploppert. Delegates, reported on ALCOA CLIPPER. Oct. 24— STEEL ADMIRAL. Oct. 3— the standing of the- membership. Chairman Duke Hall; Recording Chairman M. L. McCarthy; Re­ The meeting went into Good and Secretary. Frenchy Blanchard. cording Secretary Li L. Pickett. Welfare where it was pointed out Previous minutes read. Ship's Ship's Delegate reported beef on that the Stewards Department Delegate reported that Brother the chow. Some disputed over­ men are not required to paint, Engelhart still has beef about time reported by the Engine but that they may paint their the air-conditioning system with Delegate. Motions under New own quarters voluntarily for Chief Engineer, which would be Business- that tables and chairs overtime if the Deck Department turned over to the "Patrolman be built back aft for feeding is too busy to do it. Brother upon arrival. Department Dele­ local longshoremen. Good and Barnes spoke /on tife milk situa­ gates reported on standing of Welfare covered moving Messtion. The radio in crew's mess- membership. The. treasurer re­ men's foc'sle, improving foocT, room to be repaired. One min­ ported a balance on hand of getting salt tablets for engine All reports accepted. room, and a warning to watch ute of silence for Brothers lost $79.32. Motion carried under New Busi­ police in Has Tanura. One min­ at sea. ness to fine anyone leaving cups ute of silence for lost Brothers. BY HANK in messr.oom or throwing butts "On A Slow Boat To China" may be just a popular song on deck 50 cents. Collected fines right now but all the brothers on the beach in SIU halls to bci, turned, x)ver to hospitalized from Boston all around to Frisco are hoping they were on a brothers if. Seheles. elected slow boat to anywHere... One brother .grabbed a tanker for SHij>'s: Delegate. Uhder Good ^d Crurzuiao and Denmark and signed on twelve month articles ft ft ft ^ Welfare it was suggested that the with a possible shuttle run Out of the Persian Gulf. When FAIRXSLE4 Oct. 2'4~«hairmBn Ship's Delegate see the Steward ft ft ft we said we hoped the North Atlantic won't be tough he an­ G. W. Braxtan; Recording Secre­ about any changes' in the food STEEL ADMIRAL, Oct. 27-^ swered "duck soup"...Speaking of food, we're glad to hear tary C, Wrighft No beefs re­ that the crew wanted. The Sec­ Chairman A. Schroter; Recording : that SIU brothers (especially those on the beach a long time ported by the Delegates. C. ond Cook asked Brothers to stay Secretary C. McMullen. Reading trying to stretch out their last few bucks) and AFL mates, Wright was elected Ship's Dele­ out of galley during meal hours. of minutes of previous meeting. skippers, longshoremen, radio operators, pursers, and truck gate imder New Busines's. The Ofie minute of silence observed The Engine Delegate reported' drivers enjoyed the Themksgiving turkey dinner at our hall meeting went into Good and for departed Brothers. the trouble with the Second As­ last week. Welfare where suggestions were sistant straightened out. Motion made^ to install clock in the rec­ 4. t carried under New Business -to • Brother Warren Woodill had his Thanksgiving dinner up in reation room aft, !o check the change the Second Cook's hours. , Boston, but his brother Woodrow had his turkey, beer and cig­ ship's radio, to investigate the Motions to have Shii)'s Delegate arettes Beaver Street style... We hope Brother Patrick Daugherty condition, of the innerspring have steam turned on in pantry, in the Ellis Island Marine hospital has been receiving those weekly mattresses. The crew was asked and to warn the crew Messman bundle of LOGS to pass around. By the way, we read recently to make less noise in the pas­ to get on the ball or be replaced. • about a seaman complaining that merchant seamen were being sageways and to control drinking Discussion under Good and Wel­ discharged from the Ellis Island Marine Hospital to make room aboard ship in foreign ports. One fare on shortage of food and sup­ for displaced persons from Europe, We doubt this has happened. minute of silence was observed plies, and painting of PO messHowever, if it's true then it's mighty unfair to our seamen and for departed Union members. room. Delegates asked to see •ft ft ft should be investigated. GOVERNOR GRAVES, Oct. 19 Skipper about beefs. One min­ ft ft ft THOMAS CRESAP. Oct. 24— —Chairman Frank Albere; Re­ ute of silence for departed » 4^ & Chairman Wagner; Recording cording Secretary John Tilley. Brothers. The December issue of True magazine has a, fine Irue book length story called 'The Last Great Days of Sail" by Secretary Kuhn. No beefs were Previous minutes were read and ft ft ft reported by the Department accepted. The Delegates re­ ALGONQUIN VICTORY. Oct. Allan Villiers. Buy a copy before your ship sails. After reading it you'll appreciate your job during these modern Delegates and their reports were ported hll full books, and no 5—Chairman J. Garrison; Re- ' accepted as given. Motion car­ beefs pending. Luke Collins was cording Secretary John R. Mi- days of going to sea and your membership in the SIU. ried under New Business to try elected Ship's Delegate by ac­ chaelis. After the reading of pre­ any man performing while drunk clamation. Motion under NeW vious minutes and acceptance of The following oldtimers may still be anchored in town: G. before a five man committee. If Fleming, M. Newhoff, L. Aviles, L. A. Marsh, A. Jepson, A. found guilty he is to be fined not Business for 4he stewards .depart­ Delegates' reports, the meeting " ment to clean the .recreation went into New Business. Motion Quincnes, R: Zaragoza, J. A. Morris, R. Rowan, Andy Thevik, more than $25. Proceeds to be room, the engine department to carried to have the Chief Engi­ C, Bonafont and T. Wabolis.... Big Roderick Smith grabbed a donated to the LOG or such ship and 100 miles but of port she broke down and they came back charity as the majority of the clean the laundry, and the deck neer get the fresh water tanks into proper shape and to replace in again. Roddy wants to know if this counts, as a trip and calls crew may direct. A vote of department to straighten the gaskets in defective portholes. messhall on the night watches. for a discharge? The only thing it does do, Roddy, is give you thanks was given to New York Under Good and Welfare the 1 Carried. Motion caixied for each a chance to grab a few more boxes of cigars for the trip. Patrolmen Louis Goffin. Jimmie man to be responsible for re­ membership was asked to leave S ft J. Shashan. and Freddie Siewarl, placing cups and for leaving the the laimdry tubs empty arid Last week we read another ridiculous editorial in the for their good work in settling laundry in good shape after us­ clean after use. One minute, of New York Times, claiming that maritime workers were solely the ship's beefs. General discus­ ing. Cleanliness of ship was dis­ silence was observed for lost responsible for our merchant marine being so small today and sion imder Good and Welfare cussed under Good and Welfare. Brothers." the exit of thousands of seamen from the industry since the One minute of silence for lost war. The editorial reads—"As a matter of cold fact maritime Brothers. workers, either ashore or afloat, have contributed virtually ft ft ft nothing on their own part to ameliorate the rapid post-war STEEL VOYAGER, Oct. 1— decUne of the merchant marine...The conviction grows that Chairman Kelly; Recording Sec­ it is idle to hope for general comprehension among maritime retary R. P. Herald. The Diele.workers of the simple theory that they must share the indusgates' reports and the previous ^s responsibilities and do something to help maintain a minutes were accepted. Motion strong competitive merchant marine." carried under New Business to bring charges against men in we say the anti-labor newspapers in America never tell the Stewards Department who put people that the shipowners laid up thousands of ships, transferred out different food for saloon than hundreds of others to Panamanian and Honduran flags and alfor the crew mess. Motion, made . lowed the Maritime Commission to sell many ships to foreign for the Deck Delegate to request nations. The shipowners and the Maritime Commission are en­ that adequate soap be issued by tirely to blame. The seamen only wish to sail the ships under jJie Mate. • Carried. Under Good VKdreCTtHBSIU/ decent wages and conditions. How in the world can they be and Welfare it was suggested blamed for lack of cargoes, lack of dollars in the world and that each man take care of his chsmging subsidies? If the shipowners can operate ten ships then own cot^ that more juices be putfh^ can operate fifty ships now. out, and that the messrooms bh ^Juecfhon ms8+iVi >s are bemb held r^uiariu m all A®C5 poris . A well - rr^romexi Seofoher fe a ciredCh -te hmSe.l'^and-h Ms mhFs.M^ks, if-a pom'f-'b c:^r\dard poHicrjpkf/e t'on CUT and RUN « s, '?Btfrecr YOURSELF/ �Friday. December-3, 1948 T HE S E AFARERS LO G Says Social Security Law Harms Seamen To the Editor: •I believe it was in the LOG 'that I saw a short article, ex­ plaining the principal features of the Social Security Act. The article did not mention, however, the fact that while So­ cial Security time for seamen starts Jan. 1, 1937, they did not begin paying into the fund until Jan. 1, 1940. Therefore, a seaman who becomes 65 in 1950 and wishes to retire, his earnings for ten years would be averaged over only 13 years. This would give him a much lower average monthly wage on which his benefit payments would be based than he has actually earned. If he has worked steadily dur­ ing those ten years, he may have the necessary number of quar­ ters to his credit, but probably not much more. If at some time he signed on for a voyage in Sep­ tember and did not get back till after New Years, he would have lost that quarter and been put down as idle, though he worked all the time. Or again, during th^ war he may have been away for .six months or a year (as many were signed in March or June and stayed out till the following year). In this case he would have lost quarters three and two, respectively.'-Not only that, but his earnings for those long voyages would have been put down for the following year, thus crediting him with only what he earned before he left for that year. It is the same with the income tax. Suppose he earned $6,000 on one such voyage and earned at least $2,000 more later on that year for a total of $8,000 in all, with possibly $500, or $1,000 the yeaj before. Only $3,000 would have been credited to his Social Security account. Of course, he would be entitled to a refund of the tax he had paid on the other $5,000—but try and get it! Even an unlicensed man could easily have earned the $3,000 limit every year between 1940 and 1950 and feel that he had averaged $250 per month, and thus be entitled to the maximum monthly benefit payments. But actually he would get much less. He would probably do well to average half of that at most, or $150 per month. So, from the above' i t can readily be seen that the Social Security Act, like the Income Tax Law, while favoring the sea­ men slightly in the matter of subsistance in the main, worlcs against them. The Unions should get together now and call the attention of Congress to this deplorable state of affairs. A correction should be made when the law comes up for revision sometime next year. Ole Grindabl GOOD SEAFARERS GET TpGETHER AT GEORGIE'S, ^ Blasts NMUer's Bid To Free Aliens From Union Battles To the Editor: In the recent issue of the NMU Pilot of November 19, 1948 ap­ peared a letter by a member of that union, Valdis Zazis, in which he raised a loud protest against Panamanian ships and the ex­ ploitation of alien seamen by the shipowner. The subject of Panamanian ships is nothing new in the American shipping indusj^ry. In the year of 1940 the Standard Oil Company transferred twenty ships to the Panamanian registry, employing German seamen on these ships. When the United States entered the war. Standard Oil, in a patriotic, flag-waving gesture, transfeiTed these same ships back to the American flag and interned the German seamen in a prison camp on the Hudson. This self-same seaman argues that alien seamen, "If they take pai-t in any strikes against this exploitation by American ship­ owners to get shed of such dis­ crimination as practiced in the American industry today, they will be blackballed and de­ ported." Does the writer of such a .statement realize that Ameri­ can seamen took the same chances for years in organizing American ships, that today per­ mit this present alien to enjoy the fruits of his labor? BY DIRECT ACTION Iheir glasses in a toast to the cameraman are left to right—Seafarers Ray Cole. Vince Kuhl. Fred Reiddi and Frank Hall. Scene is the George Washington Bar, the SIU men in the port of Norfolk. 'The Voice Of The Sea' By SALTY DICK One of the boys saw the movie out bringing back some LOGS,, Someone said, if you can't "Goona Goona," with a cast of I mean. The LOGS ar-e sent boost, don't knock! I would like Balinese gals, and now he wants there regularly by our Union, so to add, if you can't take a joke, to ship for Bali, "Goona Goona," I ask Mr. Braga for a few copies don't dish one out! ... Tommy by the way, means love potion for your shipmates... If you're Griner told the crew about his ... "Bull" Sheppard is not the interested in butterfly trays, alli- experienced in the Middle East. i gator hand bags, or any other He claims all the pickpockets in owner of the Bull Line. What officer made this remark j article, buy there ... Keep posted Port Said are organized ... Would you cross their picketline? to passengers: "You needn't by reading the LOG. •worry about . tipping the boys. } I hear the Bernstein Steamship Jose Casiellon, Butcher, has They get good union wages." Did Company wants its ships equip­ saved enough money to go I say officer?... A short time ped with cafeterias, instead' of home to Cuba for a vacation. ago, I boarded an NMU ship, dining saloons. Pretty soon there While he's there he doesn't •the Argentina, and I was really won't be any staterooms — just want to see meat—just frijoles surprised. I found it very clean. dormitories ... What Second Ba­ and arroz ... Captain Clark It seemed, however, that there ker bought a Cadillac? When (B.A.) will return to New Or­ was some friction among the he's drivihg through the city, he leans. Captain Cooley will re­ crewmembers. That's why I'm turns on his radio loud .to' at­ place him ... And the Delta suggesting that all SIU mem­ tract attention. office is now located in Puerto In the current annual elec­ bers read the NMU's paper, and Nuevo, near Dock B. Whenever possible, board its tions, we have a chance to "Tiger Lil" in Rio has lost contracted ships. I just want you vote for officials of our Union. her heart to "Red" McConville. to see the difference between Be a good Union man and vote Sez she: "I've met many seamen for the right man for the job. them and SIU ships. but 'Red' has something no one Remember, it's your Union, so Again the boys are specu­ else has." Perhaps that's the rea­ lating in pesos. I bought ^quite. do your duty and vote ... By son he's afraid to go ashore reading this paper, you'll be a few in Rio for eight to one. there ... Eleanor Jaimoy is smil­ posted on what's doing in mar­ Now. here in B.A.. we're geting these days because .she~gets itime. ling ten and perhaps in a few The price of whiskey has more pesos for her dollars. days twelve, Presidente Peron Two of the crew had the of Argentina says he would gone up 20 cruzeiros. The price rather have his right arm cut lists now call for 90 cruzeiros, same idea. Both took a coke off than ask for a loam If he about $4.50 .., Mr. Utney of the to their girl friend and she keeps his word. I'm sure the Delta Line office in B.A. is a turned out to be the same boys will make a few ^dollars. good joe. He'll see to it that girl. It happened .in Santos and anyone taken ill is taken care were their faces red... Why I'm buying, too. So many of us will stop at the of... Dana Dennison missed the does Mrs. Johannson have Florida bar in Rio' and return ship a short time ago and during shampoos? We know, but do •to the ship empty-handed. With- the time ashore he was married. you? Page Eleven These conditions were not ob­ tained by bleating for more poli­ tical action, but by the use of direct-action on the part of workers aboard various ships and in such manner organizing as a group to create a solid front against John Shipowner. As an example, take Isthmian, recently organized by the SIU. Do any seamen of the opinion of the NMU member who makes such outlandish statements, be­ lieve this company welcomed a union on its ships? Isthmian, like Standard Oil, is interested in one line of business: profit at the least expense to itself. Does this NMU member real­ ize that every unorganized ship we have in the American indus- CONVALESCING TANKERMAN EYES LAKES SHIPPING To the Editor: I- was hospitalized in Japan and have been on the beach here .since being returned to the Marine Hospital at San Francisco on May 1. I have been a tankerman for many years, and at the time of my illness was on the USNT Mission Purisima as Elec­ trician. shuttling from the Per­ sian Gulf to Japan and Korea. Before the affiliation of the SIU-SUP. I held an SIU book, but now belong to the SUP. I would greatly appreciate it if you would send me the latest issues of the SEAFARERS LOG. I have been out of touch for several months. Also I would like to have the addresses of the SIU locals in Wisconsin and Chicago as I may sail the Lakes for a while. G. D. Jones Anligo, Wise. (Ed. Note: The LOG is be­ ing mailed to -your address. You will find the addresses of all SIU Halls, including tho^e in the Great Lakes area, printed in the directory on page IS.) try today must be organized by the American seamen who take the chances of being discrimi­ nated against and blackballed just as much he claims will happen to the seamen on Panamanian ships? Let us suppose the .10,000 alien seamen he refers to carry the opinion that they canpot strike or defend the prin­ ciples of the union in which they hold membership. Let us sup-, pose they fear deportation and blackballing, which he empha­ sizes so strongly in his letter. Let this NMU member realize also that regardless who the in­ dividuals may be there are al­ ways many men who try to avoid picket duty. What then is to stop his alien brothers from sailing these Pana­ manian ships during a strike? In every war we can always find the traitor to any cause, willing to sell out his country or union for money. ^ Why don't the alien seamen picket these Panamanian ships now that they are members in good standing here in United States and feel their union, the NMU, will back, them up on such a decision? Bleating for political action hasn't stopped the shipowner from transferring his ships to a foreign flag. DEPEND ON OWNERS This NMU member writes: "If legal entry and the right to strike cannot be gotten by alien seamen, they will have to live on big-hearted shipowners' money." This .statement is suffi­ cient enough to figure the char­ acter of this NMU man. He has told all seamen in the maritime industry that he carries #the backbone of a jelly fish. Were this NMU seaman inter­ ested in Amei-ican labor history, the writer could go on for days it telling him of the American and alien seamen who gave up their lives and liberty that other sea­ men in our maritime industry could enjoy the fruits of their saoifice. This NMU member protests that you get only 120 dollars and no overtime on these Panamanian ships, and the own­ ers feed you as they like, and if you kick you're fired as an agi­ tator. Isn't that terrible? Perhaps this NMU member can understand how the SIU suc­ ceeded in organizing Isthmian. The members of the SIU under­ stand the discrimination that would be practiced by the com­ pany, yet they sailed these ships —as organizers—many of them being aliens. The SIU first started organizing these ships back in 1938. By sticking to the fight they whipped John Ship­ owner by direct-action, not the political action you have been bleating for these many years. When an individual admits he lacks the courage to piole-st slave labor and will subject-himself to starvation on a merchant ship without even a protest, then theie must be something lacking in the character of the indmdual. M\ Book 312 AHENTION! The slop chest is your cor­ ner "store while you are at sea. You can't, take your trade someplace else if the slop chest doesn't have what you need. w.-ii •la •'3 •"i �T HE Page Twrtre SE AF AM EMS L0 G FtUkY^ December 3, THE HQMBEBSmP SraOKS Smacks Chops Oyer Thanksgiving, Blasts 'Institution' Holiday Meal To the Editor: The Seamen around Whitehall and South Street, have just fin­ ished celebrating a most happy Thanksgiving, due to the efforts of the N.Y. Port Council of the AFL Maritime Trades Dept. On Thanksgiving day at 51 Beaver Street, at the headquar­ ters of the Union, a wonderful dinner was served, consisting of roast torn turkey, chestnut dress­ ing, cranberry sauce, creamed mashed potatoes, green peas, celery, two kinds of salads, three kinds of pie, coffee, beer and many other "goody-goodies" that the writer is not able to remem­ ber, due to the fact that he is still so full of all of these yuriiyums that it has affected his memory. In line with MTD policy of ex­ tending the hand of friendship and fraternity, all labor organiza­ tions, regardless of craft or af­ filiations, were invited to partake of this bountiful - Thanksgiving spread. Members of practically every waterfront union attended this feast and in union brother­ hood ate Thanksgiving turkey and 'goody-goodies' until they were filled up to the brim. A wonderful time was enjoyed by all. ^ In marked contrast, a word about the institution on South Street that is supposed to be a •non-profit organization,' founded for the purpose of helping des­ titute seamen. NO FREE FEED This institution saw an oppor­ tunity to take advantage of the poverty stricken condition of the seamen, due to the long tie-up in shipping, and put pressure on them by charging $1 for what was supposed to be a Turkey Dinner. To be sure that all sea­ men understood that there would be no free turkey dinner, they advertised in that most conspicious place: the lobby, that the Sweatin' It Out i diimer was to cost them a buck. This doUar feast, fed to those who were able to scrape up a buck, consisted of a very small piece of turkey that was put on cold storage in the Year-of-Our Lord 1865, a few old gee'd-up vegetables that Noah heaved out of the Ark and a cup of last's year's coffee—all of this wonder­ ful spread only for a buck, a buck that no seaman on the beach had or could get. No doubt this policy was adopted by this institution as gesture to the ship owners; namely that they were ready too to get hardboiled and show these seamen and longshoremen that they had better settle this strike, or they stood ready to furnish finks as usual, the same as they have done in the past. ENRICHES OPERATORS Begging letters by the millions have been sent out over the years, telling well meaning peo­ ple how much good work this institution is doing for seamen. Through this constant barrage of WHERE GOOD FOOD MEANS GOOD LIVING propaganda, a golden harvest has poured in to support a high-class bunch of first-rate con men and women, who operate under the guise of religion and charity to enrich themselves at the expense of the seamen. Contributors, donators and endowers to this institution are led to believe that most services are free to seamen, and that such services that- are not free are to be had for a very anall cost. Any seaman knows that there is no service free 'in this institu­ tion, except malarky, and I understand now that they want to assess you a'small charge for that, claiming that you might go into the gardening business and use it for fertilizer." To mention the many rackets that this institution indulges in would be too lengthy. After all, seeing^ is believing. Those- who contribute or donate to this out­ fit should take a stroll around and become a guest for a few days— their eyes would be opened. "Spun Yarn" 'Tood worthy of a song" might be the caption to this picture, as M. Sierra, Cook, serenades on his* friring pan while A. JockeL Night Cook-Baker displays one of his hot mince pies. At the table Chief Cook J. Renosia gives Chief Steward T. Foster a "fuU House." Trollops Rate Over Seamen At Bremen Red Cross; Bose To ihe Editor: Here are a few things for sea­ men to remember when the great, "charitable" American Red Cross asks (or should I say begs) for donations: On our arrival in Bremen, we were informed that only U.S. military currency was to be used ashore and possession of foreign currency is prohibited and pun­ ishable by military law. So, af­ ter drawing a few script dollars I meandered uptown to visit the "At Ease Club," sponsored by the American Red Cross. I asked the young lady at the information desk where I could buy a few stamps with which to mail some letters. "I'm sorry, sir," said the pretty maid, "we can't sell stamps to civilians." Then I sat. down at the Snack Bar, a very lovely room' with cosy little tables, music and soft lights, which was filled with soldiers and their pretty Ger­ man frauleins, eating, drinking and chatting. After a fifteen minute wait, I called a waitress and asked for a sandwich and a cup of coffee. "I'm sorry, sir;" she said, "you may sit here, but I can't serve you—only military personnel." . ^"IT'S A SHAME" It was the same story at the soda fountain and candy coun­ ter. I did manage to buy a copy Check It—But Good Aboard Ihe Steel Maker,-and all ready to sail when the ILA strifce ended, Czewmemher Riefcy- Risheak, AB^ ia shown •»a»irwij things easy in hia ioe'sle. I'- Check the slop chest be­ fore your boat sails. Make sure that the slop chest con­ tains an adeqiuate supply of all the things you are liable to need. If it doesn't, call the Union Hall immediately. of "Stars and Stripes," though. I went back, to the information desk to give the young lady a little information on how I felt about the Red Cross. She said, "Yes, it is a shame that soldiers can bring prostitutes in here and buy them anything they wi^, while • American" seamen can't even buy a stamp; but' those are our orders, and we are not to blame." So I took my script, changed it on the black market, and spent my German niarke in an enemy" gin mill. That's it boys! When the Red Cross wants to pin liiat little tin flag on you for a generous donation tell them to get it from the Germans! Give them a knock whenever and wherever you can, because as far as the Red Cross is concerned an American sea­ man isn't as good as a German streetwalker. Frank Bose BUSY BROTHER CHECKS ON GEAR AND CREDITORS To the Editor: I'm SUP 456&, and I'd like to say hello to my shipmates. If any of you Brothers have any in­ formation regarding, my gear, which wax lost on November 15, on the Madaket, please contact me at 59 Clay Street, San Fran­ cisco. If there are any debts that I have not paid, please let me know also; for I have been too busy lately to attgnd to these matters. Here's to a bigger organiza­ tion! I Edward J. Bovickf" Assembled in the messroom the crew goes to work on the Stewards Department's gaslronomical delights. Seafarer in the center is A1 Wilk. Ship is the Gadsden. AmericanEastern's heavy lift vessel. Student Wants Facts, Asks For Log To the Editor: When I saw in the local papers that SIU men who were helping the ILGWU were arrested in New York, it made me realize how much I miss news of my former shipmates since I have taken time out from sailing to attend the University of Tusa, I know from the treatment the newspapers gave the UFE strike that I'll never get the v/hole pic­ ture from either the newspapers or the .national news magazines. Therefore, I am anxious to get the LOG in order to keep up with such events and with my former shipmates. For the boys whose interest run to such things—which I think covers the entire member­ ship—^let me say that these Oklahoma gals are strictly all right. Perhaps I just naturally prefer these Midwestern, cornfed women, but to niy way of thinking, anyone who prefers others should have his head ex­ amined! ' .• :.r- I'm looking forward to those LOGS. James A. Strickland (Ed. Note: You are now on the mailing list for the LOG.) HURRICANE MEN PROTEST BEING 'SHORT SHEETED' To the Editor: I am writing at the request of the crew of the SS Hurricane concerning the sheets that are placed on our ships by the con­ tracted companies. On nearly every ship that we sail .today, we have to put up with the stupidity of some ab­ sent-minded purchasing agent who orders sheets that are way below the size necessary for the standard "type bunk. We try to make out by the "nip and tuck" method; but in the end i|'s likd Yehudh—it just isn't there! Therefore we recommend that the purchasing agents of all our companies be notified of this nuisance" and be asked to do something about getting the proper sizes. • John D. Canlrell, Jr. �Ezidny* l>«cnnnb«T TH E SEAFARERS IMS LOG Page Thiitem Payoff Rule Pro: Feels Favoritism Halted By Ruling Job Security "Given Up In Rule Following are letters from the membership giving their views on the Union trans­ portation rule. The rule calls for men to take trans­ portation money iind.pile oft when a ship pays off at a port other than the one in which the crew signed on in cases where the vessel does not start for the sign-on port within ten days. All possible steps have been taken to give equal space in the LOG to both sides of the controversy. To the Editor: must wait four weeks more for called cliques aboard them and another job, he may not be able they remain aboard ships for It is the desire of the follow­ to maJ^ ends meet. I'm very much in favor of the long periods.' They shine up to ing Brothers to put on record the ruling in effect at the present the Mates and Engineers in Brothers will say that it is fair way we feel about the present time in regards to the shipping exchange for favors tl^at the offi­ rule requiring men to accept to one and aU, but that is not so. rule of men accepting transpor­ cers toss to them. They do over­ their transportation and pay off It will affect oiu: largest shipping tation and leaving the ship. time work without the payment ports more than any other, for the ship. I believe the ruling will help of overtime in exchange for time men from New York will be We, the undersigned members forced off ships in the Gulf and not only the men that are wait­ off in port. That in itself is of the SS Evistar, think that the West Coast although there will ing on the beach for a chance against all our Union stands for. present rule forcing men to ac­ not be enough steady-run ships to ship, but also the new men Our Union has run into quite cept transportation is unjust and from outports to absorb the extra coming aboard these ships. a bit of difficulty because of is not the job security that is men that return to New York, Many of these ships have so- some of these men. When our given to us in the by-laws of the for example. Negotiating Committee met with Union Constitution. If this prac­ some of the shipowners to renew tice is continued,, it will lead to NEW RUN the contracts, the companies a group of locals instead of a wanted to eliminate the trans­ National Union as we have now. Waterman is now planning a portation clause, because of a lot To the Editor: new loop from New York to of men remaining aboard ship Furthermore, it places a Europe and back to the Gulf. I believe the membership after accepting their transporta­ Union man in the position of los­ There they wUl load for the East should look at the following tion. ing his job at anytime if the and return to the West Coast, facts and weigh them carefully m ship happens to go to an outport. where they will load again for when considering the transpor­ I think the Union has fought hard to get us where we are To the Editor: This is an added hardship to aH Europe and back to New York. tation ruling: now. Let's all pull together on Brothers that have financial re­ It benefits the membership as this ruling and keep our Union I am definitely in favor of the On this run the New York sponsibilities that must be met a whole when men accept trans­ on the top of all the wages and transportation ruling now in ef Crew would get four or five portation money and get off the conditions in the maritime in­ feet, for the following reasons: on time each month. If a man weeks, the Gulf crew three is forced to leave after only four ship. dustry, where it belongs. It prevents crei^embers from or five weeks employment and months, the West Coast crew A change was made in our Don't forget that SIU also three months, and the New York becoming company stiffs, which shipping rules a while back that stands for Sailing In Unity. crew on the coastwise trip to means entering into deals of prevented shipboard promotions. the Gulf only five or six days. This assured ,us that in the fu­ Harry Banner neglecting to put in for over­ This could not be considered ture we would never have com­ time in return for favors. There To the Editor: fair to all hands. Also men with I pany stiffs or cliques on our is always danger of this when families could not move to other We, the undersigned, wish to ships. Now this transportation ports qs present conditions won't men stay on the ships too long express our opinions on the re­ rule operates the same way. allow this. and especially v/hen they start cent transportation rule. This There are men in the SIU, who To the Editor: Therefore, be it resolved that kicking back transportation question has been argued pro and came into the Union with newly I believe that when a ship the rule be changed so that a con and most of the fellows here money to the company. organized ships, who have stayed man may accept or reject the comes in and the crew has trans­ in the Gulf seem to think that with^the same ship and company The second reason, which is transporation as is provided in and have never shipped out of portation money coming to them just as important as the first, is it is one of the most outrageous the agreement. the Union Hall. By forcing occa­ they should take their money that it insures an increase in rulings ever inforced in the Union. sional job turnovers on these and get off. Signed by 21 crewmembers jobs. When a crew receives ships, the transportation ruling In the first place most of us SS Evistar transportation and piles off, the will assure that good Union men Reason 1. It would create a men in that port have to 'fur­ fellows were at sea when this better turnover of ships and give (Ed. Note: On this special sail the ships. nish a full crew for that ship rule was voted on. The Brothers Waterman run referred to, some fellows a chance to get who did vote in its favor seem This means the shipping list wiU Then this ruling offers help whether the ship engages a to have misunderstood just what out that would otherwise have decrease and more men will ship to Union men who have been on crew in New York or Mobile, faster than they have been able they were voting on. This rule .the beach for a long time wait­ to wait for a long time. she makes a trip to the Far as it stands now will allow a ing for jobs. And don't forget Reason 2. It gives some guys th do in the past. East and to the West Coast, that though you may be the a chance to see what the Union It will also be a great help man to work for only about loads there and makes a trip one getting off a ship today, tlie Hall looks like, when they have to our Brother members who seven months out of a year. ' to Europe, then back to a final In other words, fellow mem­ same rule will help you off. the been homesteading a ship. I have are aliens. bers, your job security is being port of discharge on the East beach on a later day. been on ships where a newcom­ I sincerely hope that the mem­ Coast. This was done by spe­ So, Brothers, when the time er had no say; for the majority bership will get together behind taken away from you. A man cial agreement in order to al­ comes to vote on this ruling, of the crew had been on for this issue for the best interest with a wife and a couple of kids low the company to enter the can't possibly hope to offer them think carefully of the many nine or ten months and thought of the Union. security as long as this ruling run. Without this agre«nent benefits it secures for the mem­ they owned her. 'the ships*would never have Joseph Carroll stands. bership, and vote for all crews Reason 3. It also breaks up gone into operation, and we ^ A lot of members will say to would not have the jobs on to accept their transportation the possibilities of some of the you that we fought a long time them today. If the final port when they are entitled to it and guys turning intg company men, to acquire this transportation of discharge at the end of the get off the ship! and it discourages the officers clause in our agreement. This is double run is other than the George Mihalopoules from getting too buddy-buddy To the Editor: true enough. But don't forget port of engagement then trans­ with the crew when you have a we fought for the right to hold portation will be paid—though At the last meeting held on greater turnover. board the SS Lafayette, we had a job without being intimidated, it will seldom happen. I am a firm believer in taking a discussion about the new for a long time before this ruling the transportation money and transportation ruling requiring was ever thought about. To the Editor: getting off. Even if you are mar­ a man who signs on the ships in That is one of the main things 1 can't see how anyone can be ried you can afford to stay on Mobile and makes a trip to any Unionism has fought so hard to opposed to the present Transpor­ the beach a couple of weeks foreign port and then, back to offer us. Now we are Ibtting it To the Editor: now and then. I say collect your New York (or vice versa) to ac­ slip through our .fingers. tation ruling if for no other I am a member of the SIU and reason than that it protects the transportation money and get cept transportation and pay off Signed by 6 book men on my return from a trip I read the ship. Transportation clause in our of!^ T. mite in the LOG about how an Al­ Agreement. Under the old ruling Some of these trips are only coa crew felt about the the new a man accepted transportation six weeks runs, and that's not transportation rule. and stayed aboard, giving the such a big payoff for a man who shipowner a bargaining point to may have been on the beach for This crew is very right. I also To the Editor: eliminate the clause. five or six months. have a large family and know To the Editor: One of the SIU slogans has We, the undersigned membei-s what it means to be forced off a If he refused transportation been jbb security. How can this of the SS Mae, do hereby ship and not be able to bring A lot of men want to stay on in order to stay aboard he was strongly oppose the new trans­ home enough money to fuUy technically guilty of buying the the ships despite the fact that be job pecurity? rights from Mr. Shipowner to the agreements provide that in Another thing, it would be im­ portation ruling requiring aU support my family. What good is it for me to get stay aboard, which certainly is order for a man to get his trans­ possible to collect unemployment members to accept transportation not the proper attitude of " a portation he must get off. insurance in a case like this. The money and get off the ship re­ this transportation money to gardless of the length of the trip. come back to New York not good Union man. If these men stay on the ship, agreement we have with the We further recommend that knowing when TU get another I say, accept Transportation, the men on the beach don't stand company- covers the transporta­ this ruling be brought before the ship? tion deal. Why not leave it that get off and give the guy on the a chance to get out. Men who entire membership by putting it way? I feel that a man is entitled to want to stay on the ships don't beach a chance. He'll have to do on a baUot for a voting period stay on his ship as long as he is want to see another man get a The crew voted to go on record the same for you! Here's for a a satisfactory worker and has his least thirty days. bigger, stronger and smarter break. Let's make it a square as being against this ruling and Signed by 25 crewmembers dues fully paid up. deal all around. to^have it repealed if possible. SIU. Peter Anchundia Georgo Meaney SS Mae Frank Gustav Signed by 33 crew members To the Editor: Favors Purpose Sees Job Boost Claim Error Urges Support Ask Repeal Sees Protection Questions Rule Asks Square Deal •». Ask Ballot 1 �-.f. ^ Page Fourteen THE SE AF ARERS LO G Friday, December 3, 1948 Seafarers Okay New Orleans Hospital l.-Slr' Convalescing Seafarers relax on lawn of the New Orleans Marine Hospital. Brothers in photo above are, standing (left to right): Timothy Less, H. H. Hamilton, J. N. Hull and B. W. Biggs; seated (left to right): Howard Jordan, C. J, Vincent and A. J. Ward. Less has been hospitalized more than 18 months as result of an automobile accident. At right, a staff dentist treats patient in hospitcd's modern dental department. *One Of Best In South' During the past month, representatives of the Atlan­ tic and Gulf District of the SIU have been visiting U. S. Marine Hospitals up and down the coast, interviewing sick and injured Seafarers, doctors, nurses and other members of the hospitals' staflfs. In addition, they have taken scores of photographs of hospital activities. Purpose of these visits is to give the membershipthrough the medium of the SEAFARERS LOG—a clear picture of what's being done medically for seamen. In photo above, a seaman is being examined in the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat clinic, which SIU men claim is tops. The hospital possesses the latest medical equipment for all types of treatment. In photo right, a patient is being treated in what the Brothers refer to a# the "hot box." Brothers V. P. Sailings (in ^heel chair) and H. C. Murphy find the company of two unidentified hospital staff members mighty pleasant. Murphy, who has been in the hospital for 18 months, says he hasn't a single beef with the treatment he's been getting. Neither does Sailings. In submitting the material for this page, the SIU in the Port of New Orleans reports that Seafarers "re­ gard the New Orleans Marine Hospital as one of the best hospitals in the entire South." Previous issues of the LOG contained roundups on Ellis Islapd, Mobile, and Baltimore Marine Hospitals. Next week's issue will carry a pictorial report on the Marine Hospital in Boston. That mass of machinery is all part of the treatment necessary to enable Brother E. J. Smith to walk well again. He's been in hospital 22 months wait­ ing for a smashed knee-cap, sustained in a motorcycle accident,- to mend. .He's coming along okay, too. �Friday. Dacambef 3. 1348 Pa0« nfleeB THE SEAFARERS LOO Sees Hand Of Hungry Brass In Scheme' To Give Navy Wartime Control Of Ships ILA Victory Releases Vessels On East Coast of authority and authority loves (Continued from Page 1) to be recognized. John Bunker, author of this weather. They can keep her vacation was cut to 1,350 hours (Continued from Page 1) That the merchant seaman arlidie. sailed during the war chipped, soogied, and painted of work a year. The hiring rules and looking like any good Amer­ as a member of the SIU. .He wants none of this bowing and SIU gave the ILA all out sup­ were changed so that pnce a ican ship should. Why then has retired his book and is now scraping, that he doesn't show^ port up and down the coast. man is hired he is guaranteed a should a similar ship in the Nayy waterfront reporter for the the least awe when standing in' In New York, where the com­ minimum of four hours' pay. De­ the presence of gold braid, irri­ mies tried to horn in on the need a crew of 300? Efficiency Christiait Science Monitor. tates some Navy men beyond situation, SIU pickets helped dis­ tails of the welfare fund are can hardly be the answer. hats and well-intentioned bpt words. They think it shows a courage stooges from entering a still to be worked out. Always a good laugh for. a uninformed civilians that the lack of discipline. NO COOL-OFF commie-ruled meeting. Early one merchant seaman is the way merchant marine lacked disci­ morning, another complement of It is well for both services to The ILA began negotiations on they take in a hawser on a man pline during the war, let's re­ Seafarers helped break up a July 5. When the union threat­ remember from time to time o' war. member the record our cargo that the American. Navy grew commie effort to picket the Army ened to strike; the employers For a light spring line which carriers made in delivering sup­ out of the' fighting merchant Pier in Brooklyn which the ILA obtained an injunction against any good freighter's crew can plies to the fighting fronts. Any­ service-^from the days when all did not strike. In all ports, ILA a walkout, just before the old haul in and coil with three or where the freights were needed, Yankee freighters moimted guns members were offered the full contract ran out on August 21. four men, the man-of-wars men the merchant service took them and a sailorman was as handy use of SIU facilities. The injunction was granted im­ will muster about 25 hands, to through. There was a minimum with a cutlass as he was with a der the Taft-Hartley Act and CHOW TIME the accompaniment of numerous of saluting, perhaps, and precious halyard. It was the undaunted The SIU also played a leading was supposed to provide a "cool­ commands from lieutenants and little heel-clicking and "sirring", spirit of the American merchant ing off" period. petty off.icers. They don't haul but the old rust buckets sailed sailor, tbe man who showed no part in planning, preparing and When the injunction expired -m the line with well co-ordinated the seas, nonetheless, loaded with awe for tradition and lords and serving the Thanksgiving dinner early last month, the employers muscle power, using the good old the ammo, guns, tanks, high test gold braid and rank, that put the which the New York Council of stiU refused to make a reason­ "heave-ho" and bending their gas and the food that kept the Navy on the seas and which Jjp the powerful AFL Maritime able wage oCr"5.v», '^d declined to backs to the job. They vail grab Allies fighting on. fifty different survived in it in strong measure Trades Department put on in discuss a welfare plan. The ILA New York. The dinner was held hold of the line and, when the fronts. More than 90 per cent of to the present day. at headquarters of the A&G Dis­ membership had no choice but officers give the word, start run­ the oil that was Used in World The surest way for the mer­ trict in New York at 51 Beaver to use strike action anyway, and ning down the deck with it. The War II came from American re­ the theory of the "cooling off" result is a 75 per cent waste in fineries and was carried across chant service to remain inde­ Street. All maritime wprkers period was completely invali­ manpower... hardly an example sub-infested seas by the mer­ pendent, for the merchant sea­ idled by the strike were invited dated. man to remain a well-paid regarclless of their union siffiliaof ship-board efficiency. During the- strike, about 250 chant fieet. worker in a private industry^ is tion. ships were strikebound, of which Any sailor knows the Navy is Could inefficiency or poor dis­ for the merchant marine to Under the new agreement, 50-odd were SlU-contracted. no magic machine divinely en cipline, we ask, accomplish a job police itself untiringly. It should longshoremen in ports from dowed with omnipotent powers like that? Hardly! try always to be well disciplined, Portland, Maine, to Hampton More than 20 of the latter were caught in New York. of super-efficient management To the charge of "inefficiency", well trained and efficient. Roads, received a boost of 13 Nothing moved from East But to keep the brass hats from the merchant seaman can, of Discipline, not heel-clicking or cents an hour for straight time Coast ports except tankers and kidding the public that they are course, always bring up the sub­ saluting, is always important. and 19V2 cents an hour for night coal ships from Hampton Roads so blessed, the merchant service ject of "Pearl Harbor." That and weekend work. The raises which are not worked by long­ If one lesson can be learned had better start telling its story, debacle, however, is best forgot­ from the terrible ship losses of P^ought the straight time rate shoremen. There was no walk­ ten. too. to $1.88 an hour, the overtime out on the South Atlantic or 1942, it might be the fact that FOUGHT WELL To the charge by some brass rate to $2.82 an hour. Previously Gulf coasts, but the ILA served Every sailor of the merchant stricter shipboard discipline the employers had offered in­ •otice that those coasts would service .who sailed the ships dur­ could have saved many lives creases of only 10 and 15 cents. be tied up if any ships were ing World War II is moi-e than from skippers down to coal pass In addition, the eligibility for diverted to them. The southern ens. Discipline (better coordina­ willing to extend due credit to one week's vacation was reduced ports were affected, however, tion between officers and crew) the Navy. He remembers those SIU, A&G District destroyers to 800 hours of work a year, because coastwise shipping was cauld have saved Hundreds of and DEs that rolled . BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. and the eligibility for two weeks' halted. men from death in the Carib­ their way along the convoy lanes Wiitiam Rentz, Agent Mulberry 4540 bean, jn the Gulf, and along the BOSTON 276 State St. in the North Atlantic, helping ' E. B. Tiliey, Agent Richmond 2-0140 fight off the subs and taking a North Atlantic coast. Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 terrific beating in turbulent seas. DO THE JOB GALVESTON 308V4—23rd St. "Those bluejackets," as any mer­ Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 Discipline at sea involves three firmly rooted in the principles (Continued from Page 3) MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. chant mariner will admit, "were things. than one occasion, notably in outlined above. Any deviation Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 good Joes. They had to be to It is, first of all, the willingness 1934, men died for the cause of from these principles would NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. bounce around on their little' E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 ships and go back for more." to do a job quickly imder orders unionism. The waterfront labor mean the end of our Union, and NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. The merchant seamen remem­ both for the safety of the ship movement has come far along would be a severe blow to the Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 and from a keen sense of job organizational lines since 1934, labor movement everywhere. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. bers, too, those fighting ships o Seamen, longshoremen and work­ But there will be no deviation, Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 the U. Su Navy that slugged it responsibility. PHILADELPHIA...614.16 No. 13th St. out with the Japs at Guadalcanal It is also the pride that a real ers in related fields have learned for Seafarers aren't built that Lloyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 5-1217 He knows the sailor takes in a good ship. This to depend on each other as well way. "We'll always come to the SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. and Okinawa. aid of our Brother workers in Navy boys in the Pacific spent is a sort of a subconscious dis­ as upon themselves. Steve Cardullo, Agent Douglas 2-5475 The reason the SIU, A&G Dis­ the struggle to improve wages SAN JUAN, PJL 252 Ponce de Leon many tedious months plowing cipline which instantly marks a Sal Colls, Agent San Juan 2-5096 from one atoll to another as the well nm ship from a scow whose trict has been able to help these and conditions. That's our SAVANNAH ... .^ 220 East Bay St. fighting ships bridged the long crew "don't care, don't want to, many unions and help them ef­ policy and wel'll live by it. Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 fectively is because of the unity TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. sea road from Australia to Japan. and just don't."" of purpose possessed by the That's why in hell we are al­ It is, just as importantly, a R. H. Hall, Agent Phone M-1323 Sure the Navy did a bang up membership. This unity is ways helping some other union. WILMINGTON, Calif., matter of every man being quali­ job.. No one says they didn't! 227 Vi Avalon Boulevard fied for the rating he's sailing But...and this is a BIG but. HEADQUARTERS. .51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. That doesn't mean, the Navy is under. This is a kind of profes­ HAnover 2-2784 any moi-e qualified than it ever sional discipline which the good SECRETARY-TREASURER was to run the merchant marine, merchant seaman takes as a mat­ Paul Hall The SEAFARERS LCXJ as the official publication of the Sea­ service and the Navy have their ter of course. It's the kind of DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION own chores to do and the nation discipline which spells the differ­ farers International Union is available to all members who wish, Llhdsey Williams will be best served in any future ence between the life and death to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler emergency if each of them con­ of men—^the survival or sinking their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have Joseph Volplan centrates on doing its own job of a ship in event of an emer­ the LOG sent to you, each week address cards are on hand at every SIU branch for this purpose. gency. best. SUP As long as the merchant ma­ One thing about the merchant However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Service which irks the profes­ rine can take care of itself along hall, the LO(j reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, Phone 5-8777 sional Na\o^ man is the lack of these lines and can get its story which you can M out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 PORTLAND Ill W. Bumside St, over to the public it has little to Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. Beacon 4336 saluting, and obeisance. The Navy makes a big thing fear from the bureaucrats. RICHMOND, Calif. 257 5th St. SIU HULLS Why Does SIU Aid Other Unions? Notice To All SIU Membors SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE WILMINGTON Phone 2509 59 Clay St. Douglas 2-8363 86 Seneca St Main 0290 440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 Canadian District MONTREAL 1227 Philips Square Plateau 670(V—Marquette 5909 rPORT ARTHUR, w. .63 Cumberland St. Phone North 1229 PORT COLBORNE.....103 Durham St. Phone: 5591 TORONTO ...lllA Jarvls Street Elgin 5710 VICTORIA, B.C. .....602 Boughton St. Empire 4531 ' VANCOUVER 565 HamUton St. Paciac 7824 PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION PERSONALS ONNI MANTYLA JOHNNY DE RICO W. R. Cogger would like you Get in touch with Solomon G. to write him at 6543 N. Inter­ Goldstein, Attomey-at-Law, 570 state Avenue, Portland, Oregon. Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. ^ % X ANTHONY DE ZENZIO, JR. ' ARNOLD NELSON Mrs. A. DeZenzio, 57 Moreno You are asked to write Joseph VIorelli, Box 1474, Seamen's Courts, Warrington, Fla., wants Church Institute, 25 South Street, you to get in touch with her. New York 4, N. Y. % X X W. W. MOORE % % Communicate with Mrs. D. B. ROBERT GRANT Your wife is anxious to hear Moore, Route 1, Tarboro, North Carolina. rom you. j To the Editor: I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the address below: Name Street Address City State Signed Book No.. �Page Sixteen tHE SEA PA R ER S L OG . FHdoy, DMMiilMr 3, 1948 «- s,, ^-7>V WHAT •" ' A', tTWMK • 'v' QUESTION: What do you think of this Thanksgiving Day Party? Place': Thanksgiving Day dinner given by AFL Maritime Trades Council in New York to which all workers in maritime and related industries, regardless of affiliation, were invited. ¥ I ili ."'•••rg'I - •,: :•>!•; "t; -• T' •••,., 4-'''•v;. CECIL C. RUSH. A&G District, SIU: JOHN YURICK. Sailors Union of the Pacific: JOSEPH ALEXANDER. A&G District. SIU: C. COATES. A&G District. SIU: The AFL Maritime Trades De­ partment has played an import­ ant part in the winning of many waterfront beefs. The MTD lias displayed its human qualities by organizing this Thanksgiving Day dinner for waterfront work­ ers of the various unions. As I helped serve the meal. I saw how these men appreciated and enjoyed the whole thing. It was a splendid job. Everything • was in good order. All those helping ID make the affair a success did their best to give the guests complete satisfaction in real SIU style. I enjoyed doing my bit. 1 look forward to doing it again. I'm sure having a good time. This was the finest dinner I've had in a long time bar none. Somebody in the Maritime Trades Department came up with a swell idea when he wanted to get members of all the unions together this way. Maybe we should do it again soon. The next time there's a holiday, say. Believe me. I'm not the only one who's having a good time here either. Everybody else is having a good dinner and en­ joying himself too. I haven't heard a beef out of anyone, and I don't know what anyone would find to beef about if he wanted to. I think this has been a great day for all of us here. The meal was wonderful ahd certainly it made Thanksgiving a real holi­ day for me. which otherwise would have been a dull day. as far as I'm concerned. If it hSdn't been for /his party by the AFL Maritime Trades Department. I wouldn't have had a holiday meal today. It sure was a nice way to bring together so many guys from different unions. Mighty nice to come in and get plenty to eat. delicious beer and smokes in a good union setting. Now. I'm going down to see the movies. Might as well make the day complete. Unfortunately. I wasn't able to be with my folks down in Watrace. Tennessee, but thanks to the New York Port Council of the Maritime Trades Department. I had a good meal and as nice a Thanksgiving Day as I could away from home. I think every union connected with the party deserves a big vote of thanks from all the men who got a chance to enjoy themselves here. The turkey was delicious and the mincemeat pie was probably the best I have ever eaten. Par­ ties like this give all hands a chance to understand each other better. After all. we're union men in this together. It was a darn good idea, this Thanksgiving dinner was. Whafg more, it was the best diimer I'd had in a long, long lime. I'm a Steward and know a good meal when I see one. If all tho unions got together like thla more often, and if all the,mem­ bers got acquainted with each other's ideas and problems Bf we should, you'd never heaif about any trouble on the water­ front. There wouldn't be any to hear about. Incidentally. I'vo been to sea myself, and I've been a member of both the MCS and the NMU and know the union problems. -SCOTTY" CAMPBELL. A&G District. SIU: JOHN NEWTON, SaUors Union of the Pacific: PIETRO RAMETTA. Radio Officers Ujnion: ROBERT YOUNG. A&G District, SIU: VLADIMIR UNRUG. National Maritime Union: I think this Thanksgiving shin­ dig was a, wonderful ~ idea. The maritime unions should get to­ gether this way more-often. They certainly shouldn't wait for a strike or a holiday to do it either. It's things like^this that promote good unionism for ev­ erybody on the waterfront. Per­ sonally, I had a swell dinner, about as good' a dinner as I can imagine anybody having. Everybody else tells me they've had good dinners too. I haven't heard a single kick from any­ body and I don't expect to hear any. As I said. I believe all the guys from the unions should do this again. It sure was a very fine and bountiful dinner, in my opinion. In fact, it was aboiit as fine a turkey dinner as I ever had the pleasure of eating. The holiday spirit displayed by the AFL Mar­ itime Trades Department in throwing this party is .splendid and impressive. I really believe that it would be a wonderful thing if the maritime labor un­ ions got together for things of this sort more often. It would mean better, understanding among all of them if it hap­ pened. Let's not wait for a strike up and down the coast to do it again. I say let's do it again anyway pretty soon. I like it. And I like the way everything has been handled. It seems almost like being home for a holiday dinner. Everybody around me. regardless of their union affiliation looked very happy about the whole thing. I'm quite sure they all enjoyed themselves from the very, start. Thp chow was tasty and the beer was smooth and cold. And there was plenty of both. The AFL Port Council certainly couldn't have chosen a better way to make the holiday pleas­ ant for all these men. I don't mind saying that things like this should be done more often. .This was a most wondetfiil idea. and I think it should be adopted by all unions as a reg­ ular thing. The food -was excel­ lent and it was served fine. One of the finest things about the whole idea was that a seaman could enjoy himself in a union atmosphere. It gave me an op­ portunity to spend the day pleasantly with some of my for­ mer shipmates, one of whom is now a member of the Meurine, Cooks and Stewards. He had a great time. too.- My friends ate before I did but they told ma that I wouldn't be disappointei^ And I certainly wasn't. ' FRED YOUNG. International Longshoremen's Association, Tugboat Division: If ' • This is one of the best din­ ners I ever had anywhere. I'm a cook and I know what I'm talking about when it comes to preparing and serving up food. All of us who are eating here today certainly appreciate get­ ting a meal like this one. Thank­ sgiving dinners are hard to find if you're strikebound the way we are today. They don't grow on trees. I'm glad to have our brothers from the other mari­ time unions aboard too. The AFL Maritime Trades Department rates a lot of praise for inviting all the strikebound seamen and Mngshoremen in New York to a dinner like this one. •••r - � 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 December 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. 49 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES ILA WINS BEEF;SHIPS MOVING ON EAST COAST ITF SETSDATE FOR PANAMANIAN SHIPP BOYCOTT SCHEME FOR NAVY TO RUN ALL SHIPS IN WARTIME LAID TO HUNGRY BRASS WHY DO WE HELP OTHER UNIONS? REURN OF MV PONCE MAY GIVE BOOST TO SA JUAN SHIPPING IN NY RESUMES WITH A BANG WEATHER RUGGED,BUT SHIPPING IS GOOD,NEW ORLEANS REPORTS MTD PORT COUNCIL IS THANKSGIVING HOST PLENTY OF TURKEY SND TRIMMINS'S FOR ALL HOLIDAY GUESTS ENJOY CORDIAL SEVICE MOVIES,SMOKES TOP OFF DAYS'S FESTIVITIES REPRESENTATION,SPIC AND SPAN HALL MAKE NO HARD TO BEAT-MEMBER CLEAN TOGGED WORKER CREW ASKS WASHERS ON SIU SHIPS 1947 TRIP TO FINLAND MAKES SEAFARER YEARN FOR ENCORE SEAFARERS OKAY NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL SEES HAND OF HUNGRY BRASS IN SCHEME TO GIVE NAVY WARTIME CONTROL OF SHIPS ILA VICTORY RELEASES VESSELS ON EAST COAST Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/03/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log