http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/da6da32487a77f166cb01b43498cc9da.PDF b5fe0707f299e82a888a076456c5500c PDF Text Text Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA VOL. XI NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14. 1949 No. 2 Bland Readying Bill To Close Loophole In EGA The SIU's campaign to block ECA Administra­ tor Paul G. Hoffman's attempt to move Marshall Plan bulk cargoes in foreign ships began to bear fruit this week. On Wednesday, it was reported that Representative Schuyler Otis Bland, Chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, was preparing a bill absolutely guaran­ teeing that at least 50 percent of all dry cargoes, and perhaps of all tanker cargoes, go under the American flag. Presumably the bill would not have the loophole that exists in the^ ing the low labor standards on present law. foreign vessels. Judge Bland already had in­ Members of Congress have dicated his support of the SIU's maintained that they meant that, position in the fight to save the if American ships were available American merchant marine and at American rates, at least 50 the jobs of American seamen in percent of all cargoes must go several letters to the Union and in American ships—and no non­ in a strong protest to Senator sense about it. Representative Styles Bridges, retiring chairman Bland's bill is expected to be of th^ Joint Committee on Econ­ worded beyond misunderstand­ ing. omic Cooperation. In his letter to Bridges, which Under the "Hoffman Plan" it released to the press last was estimated that somewhere month. Judge Bland showed between 120 and 150 Maritime that Hoffman's plan would not Commission ships, now chartered save the American taxpayer any to private companies, would be money and might in the end laid up. This would be "finished constitute an economic loss. He with engines" for the American used many of the same argu­ marchant marine. What is more, ments which the LOG employed Hoffman would not be saving the government the money he in the issue of January 7. claimed. FLOOD OF PROTESTS NO SAVING While Judge Bland was pre­ paring his bill, hundreds of let­ As the LOG pointed out on ters from Senators and Con­ January 7, the United States gressmen continued to pour into government would lose the char­ Headquarters and into SIU ter hire on these ships—some Branches up and down the coast, $7,500 or more per month per indicating wide Congi-essional in­ ship, and would also forego mil­ dignation at Hoffman's wilful lions of dollars in federal taxes and ruthless scheme. At the which ship operators would pay same time, thousands of letters on their income from the ships. and telegrams continued to pour In addition, the government into Washington condemning the would have to pay $10,000 per "Huffman Plan" which would (Continued on Page 15) throw 10,000 seamen out of work. Many of these protests came from the seamen themselves. But many more came from the hun­ dreds of international and local unions, CIO as well as AFL, in non-maritime fields whose mem­ The oil business is a pretty slick game. Under the circumstances you bers have rallied to the SIU's WASHINGTON—A bill to ex­ empt merchant seamen who sail­ certainly wouldn't expect an amateur performance from the people who head side. On pages eight and nine of ed through the war from the up one of the largest petroleum outfits in the world. this issue of the LOG are quo­ draft was inti'oduced into the But expectations to the contrary, officials of the Cities Service Oil tations from some of the letters House of Representatives last Company are still straining to make a success of a sorry little spectacle they which members of Congress have week by Congressman William addressed to the SIU, and from M. Colmer of Mississippi. call the Cities Service Tankermen's Association. And a rank performance some of the communications which the various unions sent Colmer's bill would exempt all they're making of it, if we ever saw one. to President Truman, Cabinet those who sailed between Sep­ By now everybody who wasn't born yesterday knows that CTMA is a members. Senators, Congressmen tember 16, 1940, and June 24, company-inspired and company-controlled puppet organization—and nothing and Paul G. Hoffman himself. 1948. The proposal has been re­ ferred to the House Committee more. Everyone knows that Cities Service masterminds blew breath into CUT-RATES on the Armed Services. Eight CTMA. other similar bills are being in­ The Marshall Plan beef began troduced into Congress and also on December 3 when ECA Ad­ Nevertheless, Cities Service officials persist in running CTMA across will be referred to committees ministrator Hoffman announced the stage in a futile attempt to convince their tankermen that they're seeing that after January 1 he would for preliminary consideration. the real thing. Perhaps these Cities Service oil men have a sense of humor not ship any more bulk Marshall Meanwhile, despite rumors to Plan cargoes in American ships the contrary, merchant seamen as out of date as the conditions aboard their ships. because American freight rates are still eligible for the draft. , If Cities Service officials want to continue this masquerade to delude were too high. There was an Their only recourse is to present the company's stockholders into thinking they're getting something for the immediate roar of protest from their case so well to local draft the SIU. boards that they are granted de­ dough they're sinking into CTMA, that's their business. Hoffman admitted that under ferment on a local basis. But for the record—and in behalf of Cities Service tankermen, who dare the law he was supposed to send However, there is a fair chance not open their mouths in CTMA—we want to remind the guys who are back­ 50 percent of the bulk cargoes that one of the bills now in Con­ and all other cargoes in Ameri­ gress may become law before ing this flop that it's performance that counts. can ships, but qualified this by many more seamen are. drafted. As an organization of, by and for seamen, the SIU is a genuine trade saying that if American ships This week, it was announced that union with a glowing record of accomplishment for maritime workers. This were not available at "competi­ the rate of enlistment in the tive rates," the law allowed him Army was so high that during is a fact Cities Service men already recognize—just as they recognize the to use cut-rate foreign tramps. February and March nobody Apparently Hoffman was endors­ would be drafted at all. figure of Cities Service even when it Is rigged out as CTMA. No One Is Fooled Bills To Exempt Seamen From Draft Introducod In House �Page Two THE SB 4 PA RERS LO G FHdUiy, January 14,, 1949 SE^AFARERS Published Weekly, by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affilialed wilh the American Federation of Lahor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 EJntered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 The Union Builders When the organizers of the SIU, A&G District, first became active in the Isthmian fleet in 1945, they touched off a campaign in which the Union has racked up a virtually unbroken string of victories. The Union's permanent organizing staff cannot be praised too highly for the list of achievements they can show. The expansion they have made possible has carried us to our present position at the top of the industry. They know, as all of us know, that as long as an unorganized ship sails the sea there is a chink in the armor of organized seamen. But praise for the organizers cannot be limited to the members of the permanent organizing staff. At least as much must go to the volunteer organizers from the r^nk-and-file. No amount of planning by the permanent staff can bring a single vessel into the SIU fold if the volunteer organizers do not go out and get the jobs, running what­ ever risks are necessary. Isthmian was organized by the rank and file, and so was every other company we have gained. When Cities; Service is finally brought under contract—the time is not far off now—we will owe another debt to the volun­ teer organizers who have been sailing those ships, endur­ ing the bad living conditions, eating the bum chow, taking the brutality of. the Mates and Engineers, and foregoing legitimate overtime. When enlering the hospital notify the delegates by i^t« card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Organizing at sea is a tough job. Let those members who never sailed Isthmian in the pre-contract days, or who have not sailed Cities Service or other ships we have organized since, consider what the volunteer organizer is up against. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Mnrm Hospitnk You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., (on 5th and 6th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 pan. (on 3rd and 4lh floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 pan. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) In a degree, a volunteer organizer is a soldier operat­ ing behind enemy lines. No matter how ready he finds These'are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, the majority of the crew to swing to the SIU, he must as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers Gnd time hanging always be on the alert against company stooges. heavily on their handK Do what, you can to cheer them up by He must size up his shipmates. For as soon as he is writing to them. spotted by the company stooges, licensed or unlicensed, MOBILE MARINE HOSP. MASTANTUNO C. B. VIKEN he is finished. He will be fired and blacklisted, and will be V. E. PETERS C. BOGUCKI D. MC KINNIE W. PETERS of no more use in the organizing campaign. G. MESHOVER % t. E. B. McGUFFY Nevertheless, his wariness of company stooges must W. R. ROSS GALVESTON HOSPITAL W. GARDNER A. BLAIS not make him over-cautious. A volunteer organizer who L. J. WECKS J. GIVENS E, DEAN W. WESTCOTT C. R. SIMMONS 'does no organizing might just as well be on the company D. POICA D. HUTCHINGS J. E. NORDSTROM blacklist. An organizer's job is to bring the ship to the J. YOUNG J. J. O'CONNOR M. HANKEE SIU. So caution must be mixed with daring, diplomacy H. 4. t S. R. PARIS E. SMITH and a keen sense of timing. An organizer must know E. JARRETT STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL M. POSTER MOSE MORRIS when to make his move as well as when to keep quiet. R. B. DEARMAN M. MAYNARD W. HUNT S> t Meanwhile, he must do his work aboard ship for a Sea­ t. % I, J. HERNANDEZ NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL farer is an expert seaman, a fact which all the companies BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL N. DORPMANS S. C. FOREMAN admit. FRANK ALASSAVICH A. C. SIMPSON A. N. LIPART VIC MILAZZO E. SOTO ^ ^ In paying tribute to the volunteer organizers for JOSEPH E. GALLANT HARRY J. CRONIN W. NORRIS J. DENNIS their past and present deeds, we must not lose sight of » » & F. STOKES P. L. SCHUQUE the task still remaining. BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. J. BLANCHARD '. E. SOTO H.'V. NEILSEN ^ L. THOMAS B. MALDONADO There are thousands of American seamen sailing J. STEPANCHUK • i G. ROTZ American ships today without the benefit of real trade J. SWOBODA J. GRANGAARD " ; M. DAVIS O. HOWELL union protection. Particularly is this true in the tanker O. J; HARDEN P. O. FONDULA ^ : • V. P. SALLINGS field. S. WILSON CHANG SENG :;4 H C. MURPHY M. J. LUCAS HA; A. WARD We must break down the wall which the companies J. B. PURVIS G. A. CARROLL A. BORRERA v^ e. IVEEHL have erected between those, men and us. This is a difficult, J. BROWN G; MALONEY » t but far from impossible goal. Accomplishing it will call W. C. HALL SAVANNAH MARINE HOSPi.A P. BIVINS A. C. McALPIN '• for the best this Union's volunteer organizers can give. B. FREY L. MILLER , L. MARSH L. CASE W. PERNHOUT The security of all American seamen depends on the •' r H. R. BELL •' D. RUSSO determination with.which they go about their assignments. L. EVANS E. VITEK . R. ANDERSON ; - -A ; B. W. BIGGS ,Thcy have already shown that they have the guts to do T. A. CARROLL R. FLAGLER " v H. SWANN jhe job. r/. M: PLYER E. C. LAWSON S; LB BLANC h �Friday. January 14, 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Histadrut Is Bulwark Against Communism By CHARLES G. RAYMOND Wherever in the world you find an honest, progressive, democratic anti-communist . trade union movement you find an organization which deserves the respect and support of its trade union brothers, in all countries. No false issues must be allowed to hamper us in the global struggle against communist expansion and the tyrannies in many lands which are virtual in­ vitations to communist agents. Histadrut, the cooperative labor movement to which 80 percent of all the workers in sorely beset Israel belong, is an organization which merits a friendly hand froin American labor unions. Histadrut's 300,000 members are the men and women who are toiling mightily to build a stable economy in the new state of Israel, and an economy which will support a high standard of living. Already Histadrut, the only labor organization of any consequence in the Middle East, has raised Israeli wages to a level several hundred percent above those paid in the neighboring Arab nations, and working conditions have been cor­ respondingly improved. EFFECTIVE BUFFER But until the British and the other big powers, including the United States, force an end to the present war with the Arabs by proposing a decent settlement for the Israelis, Histadrut will be handicapped. A sound economy cannot be built if Arabian oil and the strategic military position of the Suez Canal are held to be more important than the progressive development for the common good of Israeli and "other Middle Eastern resources. To make matters worse the communists might discover a way to take advan­ tage of the situation if the strife continues. , Histadrut members find themselves in a plight somewhat similar to that of the Indonesians iri the struggle against Dutch imperialism and that of the people of Indo-China who are trying to throw off the yoke imposed by the French. The possibility of a communist-dominated China makes the situation in Indo-China critical, a fact to which the French imperialists are just awakening. In the East Indies, where the Dutch are using troops in a ruthless "police action" to oust the Indonesian Republic, the situation is, if anything, worse. In French Indo-China. in Burma, in British Malaya and in the East Indies, communist agents roam far and wide and many who are not com­ munists listen to them. In their misery, they will listen to anybody who offers a cure, how­ ever false, to their economic ills. A powerful, progressive Histadrut in the Middle East can be an effective buffer against the commies, and American unions would be doing both themselves and the world a huge service by supporting the Israeli workers. MORE THAN UNION The backward-looking, labor-hating imperial­ ists who control Dutch, French and Britisl^ colonial policies are fond of excusing their fail­ ure to free the peoples of Malaya, Indo China and the East Indies by maintaining that those peoples are not yet ready for independence and self government. At best they offer phony forms of freedom. The British and the rest who are allowing the Charles G. Raymond, author of the article on this page, was the author of articles in the LOGs of November 12 and November 26. 1948, analyzing the national elections and their effect on the Taft-Hartley Act. Those articles attracted wide attention inside this Union and throughout' the trade union move­ ment. His account of Histadrut, the new state of Israel's powerful and progressive labor federation, will also be widely read. Ordinarily, this Union does not carry articles which can be interpreted as political in nature. However, the importance of labor's role in the November elections made Raymond's election analysis imperative for the information of the membership. At the present juncture, with the continent of Asia threatened by the communists because of the short-sightedness of European governments, an understanding of the labor movement in strategic, anti-communist Israel is equally imperative. Of course, Histadrut is a feder­ ation of trade unionists not a political or­ ganization. But it is so powerful a force in Israel and the whole Middle East that any discussion of it is necessarily concerned with politics on a world scale. for the aged. It runs agricultural and industrial cooperatives, housing projects, public markets, banks, vacation centers, schools, theaters, a sports organization, an aviation company and an infant merchant marine plying Mediterranean waters. In addition, it publishes newspapers and magazines including one paper in Arabic for the thousands of Arab members who work in perfect harmony with the Jewish members. Outside employers contribute to only the welfare pro­ gram. AMERICA HELPS Because of Histadrut's efforts, the contrast be­ tween conditions in Israel and those in the feudal Arab countries is tremendous. In Israel, a skilled Arab worker can make close to five dollars a day, a princely wage by Middle East standards, and even an unskilled worker can count on about two dollars. The same Arabs Israelis—and the Arabs, for that matter—to be working in the Arab states—in Egypt, Syria or destroyed in war can voice no such excuse. The Iraq—would be lucky to make 80 cents and 45 members of Histadrut are Europeans. They are cents respectively. Presumably the Arab leaders not by any stretch of the imagination a colonial have no love for Histadrut. Their own people people, although many of them have endured might get the idea. Much of Histadrut's recent progress has been more than 10 years of slat^ery and torture under the fruit of the current campaign to raise money the late Adolf Hitler. Actually Histadrut is something more than a^ in the United States, a campaign which has the labor union, or even a group of labor unions. full support of both the AFL and the CIO. This Technically it is the General Federation of help is necessary for the present because of the Jewish Workers in Israel, and is roughly the war, and because of the thousands upon thou­ Israeli equivalent of the American Federation sands of immigrants who arrive every day. The war damage must be repaired and many of of Labor. But it is a complete economic and the newcomers must be trained and fitted for social organization which controls vast enter­ new jobs so that they can find their places in the prises. Israeli economy.- For the present, these two ORGANIZED ECONOMY tasks are too much for Histadrut's resources. Histadrut grew along these lines because it had to. It was founded in the early 1920s when Israel, then known as Palestine, was under a British mandate. There was no Israeli govern­ ment, nor were there any social laws providing for hospitalization, workmen's compensation and the like. Histadrut provided an organized econ­ omy and became the greatest economic force in the area. The present Israeli government leans heavily on Histadrut as,a going concern of nearly 30 years standing. But Histadrut can be expected to be the main Many members of the present Israeli govern­ bastion of a free democratic labor movement in ment came from Histadrut, which is playing the Middle East. Staunchly anti-communist, it a leading role in the tragically unnecessary con­ should resist all attempts by the communists to flict with the Arab nations. In illustration of infiltrate its ranks. Its strength and the wellthis is the story of Abba Hushi, the Histadrut being of its members should be so great that leader who visited SIU Headquarters a year communist blandishments will have no effect. ago. Last fall Abba Hushi, a onetime dock GUARANTEE worker and a member of the Histadrut executive The sooner the British government, the same committee for the port of Haifa, was wounded government which u.sed troops to break the in the leg by an Arab sniper. He was inspect­ ing Israeli fortifications when the bullet struck London dock strike in 1947, realizes this fact the better. By the same token, the sooner the Dutch him. government realizes that the Indonesians basi­ Histadrut organized the workers, fought for the eight hour day, and won the right to bar­ cally want nothing but freedom and a chance to gain collectively for wages and conditions. What utilize their own resources, the less chance com­ if did not get from the outside it provided from munist agents will have to win the Indonesian within itself. Belonging to it are skilled and people to their side. unskilled workers, manual and white-collar A strong, free labor movement in progressive workers, scientists, engineers, doctors, teachers, Israel, and the kind of freedom in Indonesia that longshoremen, farmers, building workers, quarry- will allow a labor movement to grow in the men, factory workers, needle-workers, seamen eastern islands, can save the continent of Asia and others. "The list is as long as the list of from communism. By insisting that such occupations in Israel. movements be encouraged and allowed to Histadrut provides health insurance, medical flourish, American unions can do much to guar­ care including" hospitalization and a pension plan antee their own future. �Page Four THE SEAFARERS Shipping is Good in Baltimore And Prospects Are Even Better LOG Friday, January 14, 1949 SIU VOLUNTEERS IN BOFFJEAN PLAN FIGHT By WILLIAM (Curly) RENTZ ' BALTIMORE—Although ship Man to be ready to leave at an ping slowed. down a trifle here, hour's notice. The Old Man had we can get the men out pretty no choice but to restrict the men to the ship which was in the easily. And we expect shipping stream and ready to go, although to be very brisk in the near fu sea watches had not been set. However, it took The Army six ture. Recent payoffs included six days to get around to sending Ore Line ships, three Bull Line the ship on its way. That's the ships and three Waterman ships Army for you. The crew of that ship can The sign-ons in the same period were distributed in about the keep track of their beef in the same way—six Ores, four Bulls LOG. We'll let them know how three Watermans and one Isth­ the overtime turns out. mian. BEAT HOFFMAN It is easy to see that Ore ves­ The "Paul Hoffman Plan" is sels are the solid basis of ship­ ping in Baltimore. This is the something for us to fight hard only port in this country which to defeat. Certainly that guy they hit, so we always can Hoffman is out to hurt us as much as he can, just why we count on them. The others may come here or don't know. We hope that Hoffman doesn't they may payoff and sign-on The all-important battle waged by the A&G District to halt the EGA poUcy switch which somewhere else. We like to see believe we will take this scheme would ditch American ships in favor of foreign flag vessels required plenty of willing workers. of his to smash the merchant ma­ them all, though. Here are some of the Seafarers who enthusiastically volunteered their services as Headquarters Incidentally, Ore ships sure rine and the maritime unions lyalerted Congress and, organized labor of the dangers of the plan. Around the table from left to have changed since the old pre- ng down. If he does he has an­ SIU days. Ask an oldtimer if other think coming. right; Mike Cristaldi, AB; Liudley Ritch, AB; Charlie Sexton, Wiper; Charles Oppenheimer. After what we went through you don't believe it. Wiper; Ernest Koons, Oiler; Tony Randazzo. OS; John Ziereis, Bosun: Clarence Lohne, FWT; to win our wages and condi­ ^om Williams, Oiler; Gus Rener, AB, and Frank Chamberlayne, AB. J. R. Gonzalez, AB; Lucky SAME OLD ARMY tions we are not going to let Gillis, Steward, and John Flynn, AB, were out of camera's range when photo was taken. We had a sign-on beef on our jobs be tak«n away from us. Hoffman can be sui-e of that. Watennan's Governor Sparks and we still are working at Other than the Hoffman Beef squaring it. It's a good beef, everything is running well in but we couldn't blame either lis port. During the holidays the the company or the Master for men had a swell Christmas din­ the way it began. The only one ner at the Hi Ho Inn. By JOE ALGINA prowess on the Second Electri- much more difficult. we could blame was the United The boys in the hospital are ciam. He figui-ed wrong on that For one thing the company NEW YORK — Another fair States Army for whom the ship oing fine and hope to be out one as the Second Electrician would have called for a replace­ was carrying cargo when she so'on. They say there is nothing week for shipping in this port emerged the victor. Being a sore­ ment. A man would have been signed on. that can stop the SIU and we ended with the signing on and head who couldn't take his beat­ dispatched to the ship and then The Army ordered the Old agree with them. paying off of the usual lot of ing and forget it, he told the the beef would have come to ships, most of them in from for­ Second Electrician he was fired light. In the end the Seafarer and the Chief Electrician could would probably get his job back, eign runs. pack his gear, too. but the SIU man sent down as Next week may bring a slight The men ignored his phony or a replacement would have been dip in activity to this port, be­ der and went about their busi­ put to a great inconvenience. cause of the sale of one ship to ness. A short while later the En­ The quicker the beef is report­ another company and the return gineer brought up his reserve— ed the quicker it will be settled. the Skipper. The Skipper repeat • By CAL TANNER There is no word yet on Bern­ of another to the Maritime Com­ ed the "hit the road" order. The stein's application to operate two mission. MOBILE — Activity here dur Isthmian scow back from the Electricians, this time, called the Anyway, the line-up for this SIU Hall and a Patrolman hied passenger ships to Europe. Ru­ ing the past week was highlight­ Far East and headed for the mor has it that he has a 50-50 down to the ship. The windrup: chance of receiving Maritime ed by several clean payoffs ab­ East Coast for loading; and the week went like this: Del Mundo, Mississippi, in from In the payoff column we hand­ oard ships manned by capable around the coast. All of these led the Steel Ranger, Kenyon both men stayed aboard the ship. Commission approvaL There are A similar case came on the a lot of bigwigs against Bern­ * "^lU crews. There were six sign- ships were in good shape. Victory, Isthmian; the Bessemer Governor Graves. There the stein's move, and they're trying ons, including three vessels on There is a possibility that Wa­ Victory, John B. 'Waterman, Gov- Chief Engineer decided he didn't to block him. ccmtinuous articles, in addition terman may pull six Liberties vernor Graves, Waterman; the like the Fireman-Watertender out of the lay-up fleet in the Helen and Beatrice, Bull; the Al­ and ordered him off the ship. A NATIONAL DEFENSE to;'five payoffs. exander Woolcott, Alcoa; the near future. This wUl be a boon Patrolman was aboard the ship jrhe Alcoa Corsair paid off and If the Maritime Commission is Colabee, American - Hawaiian; went back on her usual 17-day to shipping and we have the The Cabins, Mathiasen. The last at the time and nipped the "get hep they'll approve his applica­ off" order in the bud. That set­ tion. Atithorities in the maritime passenger run to the Islands. men to fill the jobs. named is a new tanker added to tled the Engineer for the mo­ field have been moaning for Her heads-up crew paid a visit TUG RELIEF JOBS the Mathiasen string. ment, but he had ideas. Late in months about the lack of tankers to the local marine hospital and The ships to hit here this week the evening, when he was sure distributed gifts of three dollars A gratifying source of jobs for topped off voyages to just about no Patrolman was available he and passenger ships should a na­ our members this week were the to each of the Seafarers con­ tional emergency arise. Here's a fined. The money was donated tugboats. We shipped approxi­ every port in the world. The Col­ nailed the FWT again. This time guy who wants to put two big mately sixty men to tug boat abee came from Quebec, The he told him to get off the ship, passenger ships into operation, from the ship's fund. Cabins from coastwise, the Steel or he would have the watchman relief jobs. The Monarch of the Sea and but they say no dice. It doesn't the Morning Light, two of the On the list of patients in the Ranger from India and the Far toss him over the side. make sensed Waterman C-2s on the Puerto Mobile Marine Hospital at this East, the John B. Waterman fi-om Another item that doesn't make OUT OF THE DARK Rican fun, also paid off in good time are the following Seafar­ Europe, and the Helen from the sense is the radio report that Caribbean. clean fashion, and then signed ers; V. E. Peters, W. Peters, E. The Fireman got to a telephone corporation profits were 31 bil­ on crews for the voyages to B. McGuffy, W. R. Ross, L. J. and notified the Hall. In no time lion this year, an aU-time high, OFF THE LIST Weeks, C. R. Simmons, J. E. PR. two Patrolmen went down to the. but because the dollar isn't Nordstrom, H. M. Hankee, E. The Govemoi Graves and the ship. The Engineer almost passed worth much anymore, the value TWO MORE Smith, E. Jarrett and R. B. Woolcott are the ships scheduled out when he saw tlie Patrolmen of the profits is really 21 billion to leave the SIU fleet. The coming aboard the ship late in Also paying off very cleanly Dearman. bucks. If 10 billion of their dol­ were the Daniel Lownsdale and Around the beach are several Graves has been sold to another the evening. A quick consulta­ lars are worthless, I know what the Governor Kilby, both Water­ oldtimers. Among them are Tom company, the Woolcott is to be tion, a few words of advice to they can do with it. I'll take the man jobs. The Lownsdale came Bernsee, Elmo Bailey, T. R. returned to the Maritime Com­ the Engineer and the Fireman dough off their hands anytime. stayed aboard. off the coastwise run and signed Stanley, Clarence Nail, Jimmie mission. One bit of good news out of For sign-ons we^ handled the The point in giving these two "Washington this week is the an­ on for a trip to Europe under Moore, S. W. Ghale, Joe and Charlie Stringfellow, C. R. John B. Waterman, Beatrice, Col­ examples is not just to point out nouncement that the draft has an Army time charter. Steers, B, P. McNulty, Ernest abee, Steel Designer, Azalea City that the Patrolmen will protect been suspended for two months Ships in transit this week Hannon, E. R. Smith, Dusty Es- and Robin Grey. Over these we a crewmember against a hot­ due to heavy enlistments. were the Fairisle, Claiborne, Wa­ palla and Slim Sweetser. squared away several in-transit headed Mate or Engineer; it is It's not much consolation to the. terman ships in from New Or­ vessels and filled the gaps in also to remind men that when Brothers who are sweating out The Mobile Branch has re­ leans; the Marquette Victory, an beefs of this nature arise a quick the man with the khaki suit, but if ceived several very encouraging their crews. communications from Senators Almost all the ships that were- call to the Hall can save a lot of the eager beavers keep joining in and Congressmen promising then- visited by the Patrolmen were headaches all around. large enough numbers they may support in our fight against the squared away with little diffi­ If the men in these cases had leave the seamen alone for switch in Marshall Plan policy. culty—all except two, however. piled off and then waited five or awhile. Meanwhile, we are keeping the On the Kenyon Victory the six hours before informing the Maybe, in the meantime. Con­ campaign fo save seamen's jobs Chief Engineer felt his muscle Hall of their beef, the untangling gress will take action to exempt going strong and steady. and decided to demonstrate his of the mess would have been seamen from the draft. New York Winds Up Fair Week Of Shipping Mobile Hears Waterman May Pull Six Liberties Out Of Lay-Up is?:i; x �I^ay. January 14» 1449 Year's Shipping Reaches End For Port Coihourne TISEStA PA RBRS LOG FRISCO WATERFRONT FRIENDS !;<s 5 • • Page Five Shipping Hoids Steady In PR With Deckmen Still Favorites By SAL COLLS SAN JUAN—Shipping may not two or three more such vesselshave been exceptional here in the Other ships to touch Puerto past week, but it certainly was Rico in the last week weie the steady. It still favors the deck SS Jean, SS Kathryn, SS Monroe PORT COLBOURNE, Ontario department over the other two. and the SS Wild Ranger with —Shipping in this Lake Ontario There is always a job or two just a few minor beefs cropping port stopped for the winter, as on board for the book or permit- up. Nothing serious, really, and ,of December . 15. But the last man who is so short on brains all beefs were settled to the sat­ crew did not payoff until the that he wants to leave this sunny isfaction of all hands. One thing, however, that has and tropical nest for the wind first week in January. This was been happening and which re­ and rain and snow in the States. the after crew of the Midland quires severe disciplinary mea­ When the MV Ponce .steamed sures, is the px-actice of men pay­ Prince, Canada Steamship Lines, into Ponce a few days ago to ing off their ships over the week­ which did not complete its lay-up payoff, we had to scramble to end and, like as not, in some job until after New Years. send her necessary replacements: island poi't as far distant as 70 five men for the deck, four for or 80 miles from the city of San There are 19 ships laid up in the engine room and four for Juan. this port. This is comparatively the stewards department. few since in other years we have RULING S.2LYS NO. The only man who really had 25 to 30 wintering hei-e. In­ seemed joyous to ship was big For some time, now we have cidentally, most of them always "Red" Whidden, the oldtime had a ruling in this poi-t, which Father Matthew Conolly and Seafarers Ed McLaughlin and have storage cargoes of grain. shellback from Tampa. He prac­ states that a man cannot pay off David Bell stand outside Catholic Maritime Club, where many tically ate the Bosuns job right his ship on Satui-day afternoon seamen were fed and entertained during recent West Coast During the lay-up period, SIU off the blackboard, he was so or Sunday, unless ho can present strike. representatives were busy on the glad to get it. organizing front. We wore a qualified Union replacement They really can't be • satisfied and proof that the officials at the mighty pleased with the recep­ unless they have a rolling deck Hall have been informed of the tion we got, too. We are looking under their feet and, for lads change. forward to a new contract in the ike them, a bar deck won't do­ spring, and we are going to show This port i-uling. of late, has it's got to be a genuine steel been mistreated and action has the men a better one than they (The SIU does not endorse Brothers, feasted on a turkey plate with scuppers. ever have had before. been taken against offendei'S. political, religious or fraternal dinner with all the trimmings. Ships sailing with short crews At this point, Canadian seamen WELCOME SHIP organisations. It does recog­ The bulk of support for the are a violation of our Union con­ are enjoying finer conditions nize, however, that there are clubs comes from Catholic or­ The arrival of the MV Ponce tract and this practice must stop. than they had in the past. But groups within these categories ganizations, and some help is is always looked forward to and Let this serve as a warning to all we hope to improve them itill which perform services in the given by passenger and freight we could think of nothing bettor who come to Puerto Rico in the more. interests of seamen. It is for outfits. to start the New Year with than future. this reas<m that the following Founded in England in 1923, by CANADIAN BABY article, written and submitted a Catholic priest, this organiza­ The Port Colbourne office is by a mendier of the SIU, is tion is definitely for the seaman the baby of the Canadian Dis­ published.) and his enjoyment while on the trict, not having been opened beach. Everyone is welcome, re­ It is a rare daj"^ when the LOG By WILLIAM M. KIERULF tmtil last November 1. Al­ gardless of color, religion or na­ takes note of the i-epiesentatives though the season was almost The SIU membership in San tionality. The only question ask­ of shipowners; there is little, if over when we started here, we Francisco who were on the beach ed by the swell people .who op­ any, common ground between have accomplished a lot. for three months as a result of erate the club is, "Are you a maritime labor and the employ­ Normally shipping is good—as the West Coast shipping strike .seaman?" ers. The shipowner is well known The history of the San Francis­ in labor's lecord as being one long as the navigation season will not soon forget the hospital­ lasts. In fact, we sometimes suf­ ity of Father Matthew Conolly co branch of the Apostleship of the most vicious and oppres­ fer from a shortage of men. and the Catholic Maritime Club dates back to 1932. Temporary sive of all bosses. headquarters were established at However, Captain Hilmer Some of our members, who did at 320 Harrison street. 5 Pacific street and a year later "Andy" Anderson, until this This organization, one of ten not manage to save up enough a center was opened at 226 Em- week operating manager of Wat­ money to keep them through the all over the country and better barcadero, which was the scene erman's New Yoi-k office, is so winter months, have had the known as the Apostleship of the of much activity in the winter of unusual among shipowner offi­ good luck to finds jobs right here Sea, provided a real home at­ 1933. Food, shelter, clothing and until shipping starts again. Most mosphere to all strike-bound and medical care were given to the cials that his record desei-vcs comment. He's an honest guy. of them visit the office from locked-out seamen, serving them two meals a day and a special men who were victims of the A good many, if not all, ship­ time to time. terrible conditions on the water­ Members will be sorry to hear Sunday dinner. There, were also front. During the 134 strike, an owners in the business today that Brother Harry Melling had regular Friday night dances and average of 1,700 men were fed could take a lesson from him. "Andy" always kept his word. a fall on the icy deck of the SS Wednesday night card games, every day. with cigarettes as prizes. There That's something Seafarers know Stadcoma, injuring his knee so ON RINCON HILL were also recreational features well from bitter experience that CAPT. ANDERSON badly that an operation was . Since 1936, the flag of the few shipowners bother to do. to help us while away the long necessary. Apostleship has been flying from months ashore. This week, after 48 yeai's in found the Union fair to deal He is in the Montreal General atop famous Rincon Hill, in a maritime, Andy retii'ed from his with." He also voiced high The club also donated litera­ Hospital. Brother Melling has building at Fremont and Harripraise for the men of the SIU. been Port Agent in Toronto since ture to our SIU library here in .son streets that foi*merly housed post as operating manager for who lie felt are the "most com­ Waterman in New York, a posi­ the beginning of this Union in San Francisco. St. Brcndon's Church. petent crews sailing Ameiican tion he held for several years. BIG DAY Canada. Always a source of joy to both vessels." By retiring, he brings to a Incidentally, we have taken Thanksgiving Day was one of seamen and sponsors are the an­ By the same token, a ixxembef: considerable interest in the fight the really memorable <lays at the nual Christmas tree parties at close a career which included of the SIU Negotiating Commit-, our American Brothers are wag­ dub. If it hadn't been for the the club's recreation hall and the shipping aboard Swedish square tee spoke of Captain Ander.«on ing against the shipping of all club many SIU men and other Marine Hospital. Last Christmas, riggers, service as a seaman on as being a "hard man, but fair to Marshall Plan bulk cargoes in seamen would have had a dull more than 500 gift-packed stock­ all types of American ships, duty deal with, and most of all, a man foreign ships. We wish them holiday. Nearly 900 seamen, ings were distributed to shut-ins as a ship's officer during and fol­ whose wox'd is his bond. We lowing the first World War and hope Andy's position will be among whom wore many of our in the hosital. every success in their battle. fourteen years as Poi't Captain taken by a man having an equal for Lykes Brotheis. understanding of maritime prob­ When he came to Watei-man as lems." operating manager. Captain An­ The best wishes of the SIU are Now, as we sit typing out this By FRENCHY MICHELET 2. Three Far East scows due derson brought first-hand knowl­ extended to Captain Anderson in report, we get word that a full in the Seattle area within the edge of the life led by seafaring SAN FRANCISCO—Shipping crew must be found for the SS next 20 days and which also. men. In his years of serving as his retii-ement. continues to be a permitman's Young America, which has just must be crewed. intermediary' between the com­ dream on this coast. come in from the Far East. pany and the SIU, he demon­ 3. Continuous calls for replace­ The SS Fairhope, a Waterman strated undei-standing of the ments from the intercoastal C-2, came out of the Oakland JOBS APLENTY Membership rules require problems facing seamen. S;hips. , shipyard this past week and took every man entering the Throughout his work, he showed These tribulations, coming on So shipping is plenty good for a full crew aboard for the Puerto Union Halls to show hia a desire to work out all eompanj' Rican loop run. This took every top of the following prospects all hands on this coast. In view and union problems in a manner Union Book. Pro-Book, perman we could beg, borrow or have all combined to give the of this situation, we again urge fair and satisfactory to both mil or whitecard to the door­ placards on this coast a case of all permitmen, who find them­ steal. man. This is for the mem­ parties. Then out of a clear blue sky wartime jitters. This is what is selves stranded in other ports, bership's protection. Don't ahead of us: to get out here in the best way PRAISE TO CREWS Waterman grabbed the Monroe waste the Doorman's — or ' they know. 1. Crewing up four more Wat­ In commenting on- his years of Victory that had been laid up your own—time by arguing ' Permitmen coming out here dealing with the SIU, Captain this point. Observe the rules for awhile, and we had cme hel­ erman C-23, which are yet in the luva time racing around to put a shipyard, but are soon due to will be assured of jobs for a long; Anderson remarked: "We've had you make. take full crews. long time to come. plenty of differences, but I've crew together for her. By NORM CUNNINGHAM and JOE McNEIL frhto CathoBe Maritime Chb Has Proved To Be Seaman's Friend Gap't Anderson,Waterman,Retires Imeo Has Tbe Sh^, Smids (ht CaH Far Men Membership Rules �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, January 14, 1949 £SSO Tankers As Rugged As Cities Service It's all sweat, blood and teais standard maneuver to keep them definite part of company strategy, Union contracted ships is gener­ lacked only ten days when he for seamen sailing aboai'd Esso slaving away was the fact that since the rules of the phony Esso ally a period for friendly dis­ paid off. The Esso AUentown experience Tankers. These much-abused the Mate tried to pacify the men Tankermen's Association,, a com- cussion and good fellowship, the tankermen are victims of the by saying that things would be pany-controUed organization, "re- AUentown men were glum and convinced Hagan more than ever company's slick strategy of "di­ easier when they got to the ship­ quh-e" that a man receive a silent. If anyone spoke at all, that unorganized tankermen are yard in Jacksonville. That, too, warning before he is fired. With Hagan said, it was only to gripe. the most abused seamen in the vide and conquer." It was at one of these sessions maritime industry and that their that formality attended to, the With the men in a continual turned out to be a snare. While the AUentown was in Mate was then free to give the that Hagan told his shipmates on only salvation lies in organiza­ state of jitters because they fear loss of their jobs, Esso has been the yard, the men had to put in axe to anyone he found objec­ the Esso tanker that they were tion—under a contract that will falling into the company's trap give them decent conditions and able to keep its employes from five days a week. Hagan pointed tionable. by distrusting each other. He guaranteed security, HIGH TENSION presenting a solid front against out that the custom caUed for Threatened with the loss of warned them they would never "If any group of sailing men intolerable conditions, every one four daj'^s of work and one day of which is a sound reason in it­ off. That was the schedule fol­ their jobs, overworked and get anywhere under such a ever needed the benefits of an self for the protection of a Union lowed on three other tankers in abused, the AUentown crew was handicap. , Hagan advised them SIU contract, it is these tanker­ a setup for the company strategy, to walk off the ship in a group. men. And they're in the same the yard at the same time. contract. But they had no heart for such boat as the men aboard Cities Esso's rotten policy of holding This discrimination brought the Hagan pointed out. "The chow was terrible—even action, since they knew they'd Service tankers. They're abused, first rumblings of dissatisfaction the unlicensed personnel under a in the shipyard," Hagan said, be blackballed for good. among the crew. The Mate browbeaten and disgusted." whiplash wielded by cold, cal­ At this stage, Hagan decided Hagan has sailed Cities Service culating topside characters was answered by driving them even and as a result of all these con­ revealed to the LOG this week harder than before. Then he ditions, evei-yone was under great he had enough. Before he left ships, too, so he knows what he's by Edward J. Hagan, who got a started snooping and forced the emotional strain. Tension was the ship, he told the Mate that talking about. bellyfull aboard the SS Esso Bosun, who Hagan said was a high and as would be expected, he saw clearly what he was up "At least the Cities Service decent guy, into acting as his dissension broke out among the to. men are better off than the Esso AUentown. Hagan, who sails as an AB, tankermen," Hagan pointed out. crewmembers. "I've never seen a more dis­ personal lookout. "The company's scheme was piled off at a personal sacrifice. "They're going to have a chance As his next step in the cam­ contented crew than the one obviously to play the crewman He had been hoping to get to vote for SIU representation paign of intimidation, the Mate aboard the Esso AUentown in against one another — and it enough time aboard the AUen­ very soon. They won't have to started handing out warnings to all time I've been going to sea," town to make him eligible for live in constant fear of losing worked," Hagan said. the men he suspected of talking Hagan said. At coffee time", which aboard a gi-een ticket, for which he their jobs much longer." too much. This, too, was a He paid off the tanker in a Jacksonville shipyard after a coastwise voyage, which began in New York on Dec. 8. The Allentown was scheduled for a long trip and conditions were such WHAT itwim.. QUESTION: The membership of the SIU is currently debating the question of the trans­ portation rule now in effect. What are your views on this rule? EDWARD J. HAGAN CY MAGNAN, Oiler: The Iransportation rule should not be considered only on the way it affects personal finemces. The conditions and wages which we have won through the years were not achieved without con­ siderable hardship and sacrifice on the part of many members. As all good Union men know, the rules the membership pre­ sents and ratifies at meetings are in the interests of the general welfare. Brothers .on the beach today are sailing ships tomorrow. The transportation rule has ac­ celerated shipping for you and me and is a fine "builder-upper" for union solidarity. that the crew looked forward to nothing but misery. Hagan said he had enough and got off. ' Hagan paid tribute to the Allentown crew as he recounted the nerve-wi-acking experience from the time he boarded the ship until he signed off. "We left New York with a good crew, as hardworking a bunch anyone could ask for," he said. On the second day out all hands in the deck department turned to cleaning the tanks. The tanker had just returned from a four-month trip in the Persian Gulf and her tanks were in rugged shape, Hagan said. FOUL TANKS The deck men sweated out 16 and 17 hours a day on the job. Even the men on the wheel and lookout turned to. On the l ^t day of the cleaning job no one was on the wheel or lookout, Hagan said, which was a viola­ tion of the law which requires JOHN A. ZIEREIS, Bosun: that these watches be main­ Several years ago when the tained from sunrise to sunset. shipowners were in habit of Men on board the AUentown, dumping seamen in various ports wno had been sailing for years, in the USA it became necessary told Hagan they had never seen to. take job action on each indi­ tanks in such foul condition. vidual ship to get them to pay They said the cleaning job was transportation to return a man long overdue. to the port of sign-on. Seamen Despite the back-breaking job I who were dumped in strange because of the company's failure ports with little or no money to order the cleaning earlier and in their pockets, and who were without regard for the men who anxious to ship again, became were working long stretches, the easy prey for crimps. If the Mate charged all hands with present rule were relaxed in any way, the seamen could again be­ loafing. come prey to these scaveagc/.*s. But proof that this was only a JIMMY HIGHTOWER. Cook: I very definitely feel that if a man accepts transportation mon­ ey he must get off the ship. However. I do not feel that a man should be compelled to get off a ship, if he has only been aboard for a comparatively short time and he still wishes to work. Speaking of my own personal experience, I have accepted transportation and have gotten off the ship in accordance with the present rule, ,but I would have preferred to remain aboard. Personally, I would rather not have the rule, but as a Union . man I accept the will of the majority. IlilSiilgMlllieii - PERCY BOYER, Bosun: ERNEST BUCHSER, AB: The present rule was adopted I agree that if a man accepts by the membership after con-, transportation he shoiild get off sideration at meetings up and the ship. But I also think that down the coast. Since its adop­ he should be allowed a period of tion, there have been some men time aboard a ship before being saying they are against it be­ required to payoff. Naturally, a cause they have had to accept man who has spent anytime at transportation and get off the aU on the beach is bound to be ship. Yet when they got off some broke or in a hole by the time other man got a job. The rule he catches a ship. He ceVtainly will work in the same way for wouldn't be able to get even or their interest. The rule should get ahead of the game, if he finds not be discarded solely because himself on a ship that pays off a few men find it inconvenient. in four to six weeks. iliilH; ^4^ CHARLIE BUSH, Bosun: I think the transportation rule should be revised by putting in­ to effect a time limit during which a man may remain aboard' a vessel before paying off. If a man happens to be oii the beach for about three months, catches a ship and then finds he has to pay off after five weeks, he isn't exactly getting a break. There­ fore, a compromise should be worke4'out. If a man doesn't accept the transporation let him stay on the ship for, let's say, about six months. That will eli- > minate the difficulty. �i; ."*-iiT'j|rrt Friday, January 14. 1848 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Sjgn-Oil Proves Value Of SlU Contract There is a world of difference between the activities preceding the isign-on aboard jan SlU-contracted ship and one aboard an unorganized ship. The reason for the differ'Cnce is the Union enforced contract. Before any SIU crew signs articles, a Union Patrolman goes aboard to perform a multitude of functions, all in the interest of the crew's welfare, security and comfort. The Union Patrolman checks the ship's stores, the slopchest, the repair lists. He •inspects the linen supply, and sees that comfortable mattresses are provided in foc'sles that aren't overcrowded. Also, he. makes certain that the Union manning scale is ob­ served by the company, that the articles are proper and contain no phony riders. On an unorganized ship, the crew climbs aboard and simply signs the articles. No one is there to protect their interests. Any checking is done by a Port Engineer of Steward, who act solely in the company's behalf. The sign-on, like the one pictured on this page aboard the Robin Goodfellow, em­ phasizes one of the many advantages held by men sailing under SIU contract: • mm All hands were in good mood at. the sign-on ceremonies aboard the Robin Goodfellow. In photo abov^ the doctor (left). tells Bosun A. Thome he's a husky specimen fit for duly. ' >.f'r .. > ' . 'A.- . At left is a typical Union pre-sign-on conference. Crew-: members pay close attention as Engine Delegate V. Meehan (holding repair list) informs Patrolman Jim Sheehan (wearing glasses) of conditions on Robin Goodfellow. Steward Delegate , Jake Longfellow is at Sheehan's left. This kind of procedure is something unorganised seamen never see. v_ The Union way is the se­ cure way. In photo above, the Union Patrolman checks the ice boxes with members nf the Robin Goodfellow's .Steward Department — left to right, Bernard Mace, Messman; Pa­ trolman Sheehan; Steve Stoveland, Second Cook, and Bro­ ther Longfellow, Chief Cook. The beefs have been squared away, the stores have been checked, the necessary repairs have been made—in short, the crew is satisfied that every­ thing is now in order for Sf smooth voyage. The sign-on can now proceed. Crewmen get ready to put their names on the dotted line (photo above) in presence of Goodfellow's Captain T. Frith (left) and Shipping Commissioner F. W. McGrath. Engine Deleigate Meehan stands by. Because stores are checked before the voyage, SlU-coniracted ships do not come home on half-rations. The sign-on must wait, if necessary, while this Important matter is takencare of. Chow beefs on unor^gai^ed ships are* largely trace­ able to fact that crew has no « >Union representative to check Stores, ^ Christy Mantages, ^ight Cook and Baker, is the first to sign the Goodfellow's articles, while Anthony Pedicini, DM, waits his next. On unorganized ships, the actual signing of the articles is the total activity. That's why unorganized seamen are paid less than SIU members and sweat out voyages without any security. �Page Eight THE S E A P A R E R S LOG Friday, January 14. 194S Congressmen Reply To SiU Protest On EGA Rep. Otto E. Passman (D^ La.): Rep. Charles P. Nelson (Rf, Maine): "Let me assure you that the subject "Thank you for... giving me the The statements on this page are excerpts from Congress­ facts matter will have my earnest considera­ with regard to the shipping of tion and I will do everything in my men's and Senator's replies to the Seafarers in answer to the Marshall Plan cargoes by the ECA on power to protect American interests." foreign ships, 1 shall be glad to give Union's protest against ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman's this matter every attention." S" 4" S" Rep. Overton Brooks (D., La.): 4 4 4 plan to torpedo the American merchant marine. Rep. Fred Marshall (D., Minn.): "I am asking the Econopiic Coopera­ "Feel assured that this matter will tion Administration for a complete writ­ .receive our serious consideration. After ten report on this subject. I assure you further study we will be able to give Sen. Owen Brewster (RM Maine): of my continued interest in this vitally Sen. William Langer (R., NJ>.): "You can count on my support." "You may be sure 1 shall have 3mur you a more definite reply." important, matter." views in mind when this matter comes 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4up on the floor of the Senate for con­ Rep. John McSweeney (D„ Ohio): Sen. Herbert R. O'Connor (D» Md.): , Rep. James J. Heffeman (DM N.Y.): "1 am very grateful to you and your "You can rest assured that 1 will not sideration." "In an effort to be of assistance I union for acquainting me with the support any legislation designed to put have taken this matter up with the 4 4 4 conditions as expressed in your letter. American seamen out of work." Sen. John C. Stennis (D., Miss.): Economic Cooperation Administration 1 can assm-e you that when the matter "1 am confident that this matter wiU and just as soon as I am in receipt of 4 4 4 is being discussed 1 shall give it my receive the early attention of the Con­ a report I will notify you." Rep. Ernest K. Brambleli (R., Calif.): mo.'t serious consideration." gress and you may be assured of my "1 agree with your stand in this 41 4> 4> 4 4 4 Rep. Hale Boggs (D., La.): matter, and expect to do all 1 can very real interest in the matter. I have been benefited by your view­ Rep. Hal Holmes (R.. Wash.); "It is my feeling that Mr. Hoffman is toward stopping the same." "This is to acknowledge receipt of point and shall be delighted to hear acting illegally, and is flouting the will 4 4 4 your letter...1 appreciate very much from you in the future." of Congi-ess. I am quite certain that this Rep. Leonard W. Hall (R., N.Y.); having this information from you..." matter will be one of the first -things "Many thanks for your message en­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 on the agenda for the approaching Con­ closing a copy of the SEAFARERS Sen. William F. Knowland (R.. Calif.): Daisy Goad, Adminislrative Assistant gress, and I am equally certain that LOG. 1 am particularly -interested in "It may be of interest to you to to Senator Thomas (D., Okla.): Congress will insist upon the 50 per­ your editorial "The facts, Mr. Hoffman." know that the amendment which is "1 am sure the Senator will appre­ cent provision regardless of the type of 1 am certainly hoping that there will now in the ECA Act of 1948 requiring ciate having the benefit of your sug­ cargoes." be a thorough-going investigation by that at least one half of all cargoes gestions and advice." 4> 4' 4> the appropriate committee of the House, from the United States move in Ameri­ 4 4 4 Rep. W. Kingsland Macy (R., N.Y.): so that this whole question may be can ships was introduced by me. 1 shall Sen. Leveretl Sallonstall (R., Mass.): "Of course, I am in agreement with definitely clarified. 1 have felt right oppose any attempt to repeal the con­ "1 have been looking into this situ­ you as to the desirability of using our along that the act meant exactly what gressional policy set forth at that time." ation and am glad that you also have own ships to the maximum." it said. Mr. Hoffman's position was 4 4 4 brought it to my attention." 4" 4" 4" certainly puzzling to me." Rep. Charles A. Wolverton (R., N.J.): 4 4 4 Rep. James J. Murphy (D.. N.Y.): "1 am fully in accord with the news Sen. Irving Ives 4 4 4 (R.. N.Y.): "I am fully in accord with your pro­ Rep. Emanuel Celler (D., N.Y.): you have expressed. I will be glad to "Your thoughtfulness in furnishing test against Paid Hoffman's decision "You may be sure 1 am giving serious so vote if and when the matter comes me with the views of your organization., and will do aU in my power after study to this proposal and will take before Congress for action." with respect to this problem is appre­ • Jan. 3 to see that the Marshall Plan's earnestly into consideration your point ciated, and 1 know it will be of as­ 4 4 4 original program of shipping 50 per­ of view." Sen. WiBrren G. Magnusoii (D., Wash.): sistance to me when this matter is cent of bulk and general cargoes is "1 am glad to have your expression before Congress." 4 4 4 carried out." in this regard. My personal interest Sen. Lister Hill (D., Ala.): 4 4 4 4. 4 i dates well ahead of the time the leg­ Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D., N.Y.): "Am doing all in my power to pre­ Rep. John J. Rooney (D., N.Y.): "Be assured that the matter will con­ "Heartily agree with your stand pro­ vent diversion of bulk cargo from islation was presented on the floor, at which time a few of us succeeded in American bottoms and will certainly tinue to have my very careful study." testing proposal Economic Cooperation having the stipulation written into the continue my efforts." Administration that all bulk cargoes basic legislation. This outcome was not Sen. Styles Bridges^ (R.f N.H.): sent under Marshall Plan move in for­ 4 4 4 anticipated and I now have an oppor-' "Appreciate your correspondence with Sen. John J. Spaxkman (D., Ala.): eign ships. Shall do everything pos­ tunity to go into the matter." reference to the Hoffman announce"1 have been taking matter of Hoff­ sible (to) block adoption of such a man directive up with appropriate offi­ 4 4 4 dangerous move, and have wired Paul 4 4 4 G. Hoffman, Administrator, strongly cials .., Shall continue doing my best." Rep. William T. Byrne (D., N.Y.): Gilbert J. Fortier, Administrative As­ "1 have been receiving a number of ^ ^ urging the rejection of such a pro­ sistant to Senator Allen Ellender telegrams and letters from my district Sen. Spessaxd L. Holland (DM Fla.): posal." (DM La.): concerning this, proposal, and you may "Thank you for your letter...My 4. 4 4 "Senator Ellender has received num­ be assured that I am giving this matter people in Florida have already been ' Rep. Prince H. Preston (D., Geu): erous letters of protest... Accordingly, my very serious attention at this time." in touch with me. 1 shall help." ' "Unless sentiment has changed con­ he contacted the Administrator of ECA." siderably it is unlikely that the ECA 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Rep. John A. Blatnik (DM Minn.): Rep. Harris Ellsworlh (R., Ore.): law will be amended to eliminate the "As you point out in your letter, the "1 appreciate the interest of the mer­ Rep. James G. Polk (D., Ohio): fifty percent cargo provision. I will "1 am very glad to have this informa­ certainly oppose any effort to amend ECA Act clearly stipidated that at least chant seamen in this problem and am half of all cargoes shipped would move glad to have your comments. Your let­ tion and appreciate your courtesy in it along this line." in American ships. 1 gave this provision ter will be kept in mind in connection sending it." 4 4 4 4 4-4 of the bill my full support, and shall with any action which may come be­ Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D., Va.): "Will bear in mind the strong ob­ certainly support the efforts whiph are fore the Congress on this matter...I Sen. Ralph G. Flanders (R„ Vt.): jection of your union to the proposed being made by your imion in coopera­ am sure that any abridgement of the . "My point of view is not that the policy of the ECA...I recognize the tion with other labor groups to keep , Act of Congress will receive the early freight should be diverted but that the importance of maintaining an Ameri­ this policy in force. Unemployment attention qf the proper committees and extra cost of shipping the 50 percent on^ can merchant marine for defense and among our skilled seamen must be recommendations will be made for re­ American vessels should not be taken out of Marshall Plan funds but should medial action;" other needs and 1 shall devote my best avoided at all costs." be directly appropriated." dfforts toward that end." 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Rep. Jacob K. Javits (R., N.Y.): Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D., La.): 4 4 4 "1 have carefully noted the points "I have already contacted Adminis­ Rep. W. G. Sligler (D., Okla.): Rep. Henry D. Larcade (D., La.): "You may be sure that when this "You may be assured that I shall made, and you may be sure that I will trator Hoffman protesting this action, important matter comes up before, the do everything in my power to have have them very much in mind in the and assure you of my full cooperation Congress it will receive my conscicincourse of the consideration of this ques­ American ships utilized to the fullest in an effort to have this proposal with­ tious attention." , U extent by the Economic Cooperation tion in Committee and by, the House." drawn." • 4 4 4 Administration." 4 4 4 4 '4 4 Rep. Clark W. Thompsqn (D., Texas): Rep. Eugene J. Keogh (D., N.Y.)i Rep. M. G. Burnside (D., W. Va.): 4 4 4 "Being a member of the House Com­ "1 appreciate very much having your teeman Anderson, Administraiiv© As­ "You may rest assured that your let­ mittee on Merchant Marine and Fish- . sistant to Sen. Richard B. Russell experienced expression of opinion and ter and article will receive my prompt eries, this is a matter in which I am want you to know that I propose to and sympathetic consideration." (D., Ga.): fiarticularly interested, and you may "Your telegram received in absence give to this... my earnest consideration. 4 4 4 be sure that I wiU continue to do We are hopeful that we may be able of Senator Russell. Have been glad to Rep. William T. Granahan (D., Pa.): everything within my power to pro­ communicate with ECA officials in Sen­ to come forth with satisfactory solu­ "You may be assured that I will ator's name urging use of American tions." keep in close touch with the proper tect the interests of our Merchant. Ma­ Ships in sending Marshall Plan cargoes authorities in the matter, as I think rine and those manning our vessels. 4 4 4 Sen. Walter F. George (DM Ga.): the protest is justified, and that it It is my sincere hope that we can abroad." "1 am glad to have the Information would be a great blow to 'the merchant prevail upon the ECA to entirely with­ 4 4 4 you furnish relative to the ECA Ad­ marine if the order were carried out. I draw the order so that Marshall Plan Rep. Sol Bloom (D« N.Y.): "Let me assure you that the matter ministrator's proposal regarding ECA bitead to try in every way to have the shipments will continue to be carried in which you are interested is receiv­ bulk cargo. 1 have taken this matter order rescinded, so that American ship­ on the '50-50 basis now in effect." ing my most careful attention and con­ up with Mr. Hoffman." ping and American seamen may not 4 4,4 Lamar Cox, Secretary to Rep. E. E. suffer." 4 4 4 sideration." Cox (DM Ga.): Sen. Milton R. Young (R., N.D.): 4 4 4 4 4 4 "Congressman Cox is out of the city "Several others have written to me- Sen. Eugene D. Millikin (R., Colo.): Rep. Schuyler Bland (R., Va.): "I have been doing and shall con­ on this matter and I have taken this "Please be assured that this subject ...but your message will receive his tinue to do what I can in this connec­ problem up with Mr. Hoffman, Director will receive my most careful attention personal attention." of ECA." whenever it. comes before the Congress." tion." (Conthmed on Page 15) . �Friday, January 14, 1949 THE S.E A F A R E R S LOG Page Nine US LaborBacksSeafarersOn EGA Cargoes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: "I urge you to use your good office to assure the American workers that in spite of the increased cost of bulk car­ goes, such as coal, wheat, that they will not be penalized for attempting to raise their standards of living and at the same time aid the Marshall Plan." B. F. McLaurin Field Organizer 4. i. J. International Brotherhood of Black­ smiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers: "Your order will cause removal from service of American ships and take away employment from American citi­ zens, both of which tend in the direc­ tion of reducing living standards by having this work done by citizens of other countries. We, as a responsible labor organization, protest your deci­ sion in the matter and urge you to reconsider your action." John Pelkofer President 4. 4. Baltimore Federation of Labor: "This federation of labor and its 160 affiliated AFL unions join with our maritime imion affiliates in urging your intervention in a situation deemed to be gi-ossly unfair... If we are to par­ ticipate and cooperate with our Gov­ ernment in successfully carrying out the ec'onoinic recovery program, we urge that the program be extended to the recovery of earning opportunities for American workmen." Harry Cohen President 4 ifc Local 20499, American Federation of Rubber Workers: "We feel that you should exert every effort of authority bestowed upon you to do justice to seamen... We are an-. xious to see the Marshall Plan accom­ plish its pm-pose but still think that charity should begin at home." George Schmidt Business Representative 4 4 4 Local 45, Sign, Scene and Pictorial Painters of America: "Protest proposal of Paul Hoffman ... We believe the Marshall Plan should succeed but not at the expense of American Workers." Stanley Beyers Secretary 4 4 4 Lodge 678, International Association of Machinists: "We believe that it is a clear viola­ tion of the law... and request that it be discarded." William C. Duncan Secretary 4 4 4 International Photo Engravers Union: "Object to any change in Marshall Plan shipments which will transfer cargoes from American to foreign ves­ sels." Edward J. Volz President 4 44 Region 9, United Automobile. Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Work­ ers: "Urge assignment of EGA shipments to foreign vessels be reconsidered. This action...is particularly discriminatory against hard won gains of Amex'ican merchant marine unions." Martin Gerber Director 4 4 4 International Brotherhood of Boiler­ makers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers: "Here we are on one hand rebuild­ ing Europe and ostensibly the stand­ ards of living of its people; however, in order to accomplish this avowed pimpose we are now being called upon to make further sacrifices and tear down, the standards of living of our own people. Does thiia make sense?" Charles J. MacGowan Inlemational President 1 Oil this page are excerpts from some of the scores of com­ munications protesting the Hoffman plan sent by organized labor to President Truman, cabinet members, Congressmen, Senators and EGA Administrator Hoffman. Local 177, Building Service Employees Local 62, Brotherhood of Painters, Dec­ orators & Paperhangers: Inlemational Union: "We are spending millions of dollars "Such a plan is without a doubt the most outrageous and un-American act in keeping up our defense forces. We of consideration for our fellow Am­ feel that the paying of higher rates to our American shipping firms is also ericans." justified in keeping our merchant ma­ Maurice Zuckerman rine sti'ong in case we should meet Secretary another emergency." * 4 4 4 Frank W. Cernik Local 924. American Federation of Recording Secretary State, County and Municipal Em­ ployees: . 4 4 4 "Members of this local voted unani­ South Atlantic & Gulf Coast District. International Longshoremen's As­ mously to urge you to do all in your sociation: power to prevent this unjust action to "Yom- decision in this matter is most the American seamen." disappointing to the maritime trades in John J. O'Brien this country and we ask that you Secretary-Treasurer rescind your action and that the fifty 4 4 4 Local 301. Brotherhood of Carpenters percent rule be kept in effect so that we can keep our merchant seman and Joiners: "Such a proposal, if adopted, would working." Frank Yeager not only give our merchant marine a District President serious set-back bu^ would also deprive many American seamen of their jobs." 4 4 4 Local 702. International Alliance of WiUiam T. McClintock Theatrical and Stage Employees: President "Protest the threat of Paul Hoffman. 4 4 4 Loczd 627. Brotherhood of Carpenters We urge you to use your influence to block any such threat that would de­ and Joiners: "Protest the use of foreign bottoms prive American seamen of their jobs." George Waugh to ship Marshall Plan cargo. This will Secretary-Treasurer cai&e unemployment of American sea­ men and tie-up over 50 percent of our 4 4 4 Miimesota Stale Federation of Labor: ships." ' "When this matter comes before Con­ John Maxim gress we trust you will agree with us Financial Secretary that there should be no change in the 4 4 4 original stipulation in the Marshall Local 1292, Brotherhood of Carpenters Plan as to the amount of cargoes to and Joiners: "Protest Hoffman proposal as this be moved by American ships." George W. Lawson constitutes serious threat to American Secretary merchant marine and shipping." Arnold Cocker 4 4 4 New York State Association, United Recording Secretary Association of Journeymen & Ap­ 4 4 4 prentices of the Plumbing and Pipe International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sul­ Fitting Industry: phite and Paper MiU Workers: "Paul Hoffman's proposal will throw "We carmot afford to decommission thousands of highly skilled American hundreds of American ships and their seamen out of work (showing very more than ten thousand skilled men." little appreciation for services rendered Joseph Tonelli in the past World War II), also reduce Vice President the American merchant marine to a 4 4 4 skeleton, imperil our national defense International Ladies Garment Workers and sweep a large percentage of the Union: seamen from the high seas, to say "Consider Hoffman Proposal injurious, nothing of the harm done to our econ­ unfair to American seamen and mer­ omy." chant marine. Respectfully urge you use John L. Costello your influence to bring about rejection Secretary-Treasurer of his proposed plan." 4 4 4 David Dubinsky North Dakota State Federation of President Labor: 4 4 4 "We feel that this plan would break Local 892. Brotherhood of Painters, down our national defense, that it Decorators and Paperhangers: would increase the unemployment rolls "If this threat is carried out it will of our nation, and we also believe that be a detriment to the seamen and to it would only be employing foreign our merchant marine.'' labor, as we understand that the United Gus Miller States, under the Marshall Plan, would Recording Secretary be compelled to finance this venture." 4 4 4 W. W. Murray Local 1244, Brotherhood of Painters, President Decorators and Paperhangers: 4 4 4 "Our organization wishes to protest Local 947. American Federation of State. the action of Paul Hoffman. At pres­ Coimty and Municipal Employees: ent, 50 percent of this cargo is shipped "We do not want Mr. Hoffman's pro­ in American flag ships, and, after all, we, the taxpayers, are paying the posal carried out if it means throwing freight and should be given first con­ American seamen out of work." Harry J. Hobkirk, Jr. sideration.'* Freincis Tardy 4 4 4 Radio Officers' Union: Business Manager "Mr. Hoffman's proposal not only 4 4 4 takes away our livelihood but also imMichigan Federation of Labor: "Protest the action of Paul Hoffman. dermines our country's defenses in case We r^uest your support in rescinding of an emergency that from all indica­ tions exists at this time." such ofder." Lester F. Pamell 1, Robert P. Scott Representative ' y'*Secretary-Treasurer International Chemical Workers Union: "It seems to be just common sense to say that inasmuch as American wage earners are in a very large measure . financing the Marshall Plan, they have every right to expect that goods pur­ chased under the plan shall be trans­ mitted under American workingmen's conditions and rates of pay." H. A. Bradley President 4 4 4 South Dakota State Federation of Labor: "This federation believes in patroniz­ ing home industries, goods and serv- ; ives; this should also apply to the business of the U. S. Government. We protest the use of foreign ships in trans­ porting Marshall Plan supplies to Eu­ rope." Albert J. Maag President 4 4 4 Local 79. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouse­ men and Helpers: "This expresses our disapproval, of plan to use all European ships in Mar­ shall Plan shipping. Urge you use all influence to stop this action that would result in thousands of American sea­ men losing their jobs." R. I. Vam Business Agent 4 4 4 Troy (N. Y.) Federation of Labor: "Paul Hoffman's threat constitutes a deadly peril to American seamen and the American merchant marine." Joseph R. Quinan Secretary-Treasurer 4 4 4 "Tampa Central Trades & Labor As­ sembly: « "Request you use all possible influ­ ence to stop Hoffman action on ship­ ment of Marshall Plan goods. This program is detrimental to livelihood of thousands of American seamen." R. 1. Vam President 4 4 4 Local 8. United Hatters. Cap and Mil­ linery Workers International Unions "Urge proposal to send aU Marshall Plan bulk cargoes in foreign ships be dropped. If carried through this means that 10,000 American seamen would join the rank.? of the unem­ ployed." Hyman Goldstein President 4 4 4 United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipeiitling Industry: 'Wish to protest this action and to request that you do everything pos­ sible to have such shipments made with American ships and seamen." Martin P. Durkin . General President 4 4 4 Union of CARE Employees: "This union, interested in overseas re­ lief, protests your statement concern­ ing the shipping of EGA supplies in foreign bottoms. We urge you to re­ consider your position and make avail­ able to the Amex'ican merchant marine at least 50 percent of EGA shipments." Nat Klein Chairman 4 4 4 West Virginia State Federation of Labor: 'There is some growth of unemploy­ ment in this counti-y and by adding more to the ranks it certainly will not help this country in can-ying out the Marshall Plan, because what is gained in one way- is more than lost by un­ employed workei-s. We trust that when this new Congress convenes you will be on the lookout to protect labor­ ing seafaring people." Volney Andrews Secretary-Treasurer (Continued on "Page 11) • �Page Ten i'day^ Jwuary 14, 1^49 THE SEAFARERS LOC Philly Seafarer Captures Crew's Year-Old Excursion To Paris City Golden Gloves Title Still Bright In Brother's Memory By dint of his victory in the make the 118 pound bantam­ contest sponsored by the Phila­ weight class. By ROBERT BEALE delphia Daily News, the newlyIn the meantime, he'll continue crowned Golden Gloves feather­ to sail aboard SlU ships in the With a tug fore and aft the American freighter Lyman Stewart slid weight king of Philly is Seafarer Stewards Department. Despite his ability with his dukes, alongside her berth in St. Nazaire, France, bumped once or twice against the Jackie Smith. The 18-year old Seafarer, Brother Smith is known to his dock, and settled down comfortably beneath the giant over-hanging cranes. weighing in at 112 pounds, fought union brothers as a quiet fellow On the journey up through the? and a good shipmate. When the his way to victory over all com­ river and succeeding locks we several bottles of the indispen- No. 5; one park almost com­ ers to^ain undisputed title to Pennsylvania State title holder is pletely devoid of trees; another had passed the famous U-boat sable red wine. the Golden Gloves crown in the determined, there will be a solid pens, built of solid concrete and All too soon Paris was reach­ bar; a public convenience; se'v- Quaker City. block of Seafarers on hand to eral sidewalk cafes, where we still intact after years of bomb­ ed, whereon we took it upon lend moral and vocal support. ogled the New Look, the New Possessing a record of 48 wins ourselves to continue the jour­ ing. His shipmates are sui*e they're The town was a rubble-strewn ney to Montparnasse. This dis­ Length and several other addi­ in 58 fights, 18 by knockouts. backing a winner. tions to the oldest shape in the Brother Smith in gaining the trict compares favorably with the shambles. But, in spite of an title, climaxed two years of acute shortage of life-giving ne­ Bowery, New York; China Town, world. leather tossing, all squeezed in Rotterdam; and lower Govern­ All good things can't last for­ cessities, there was no acute between trips _on SlU vessels. ment Street, Mobile. ever. So, completely exhausted shortage of bars, bearing such and reduced to penury, we re­ LODGING, PLEASE Jackie's next step, toward the nostalgic names as American turned to St. Nazaire, two days national Golden Gloves wind-up, Bar, Texas Bar, Joe's Place and After an interminable period older and two years wiser. which will take place in New sundry others. This fact is a trapped in a maze of subway, material tribute to the concerted we split forces and decided to Today, as I write, marks the- York in February, is the Penn­ efforts of the French towards call it a night. Joe and Blackie first anniversary of my week­ sylvania state finals. A victory economic recovery, disappeared into the depths of end in Paris; but neither time, here would put him well ,on his In the midst of this havoc Pigalle, known to GI's as Pig deliriiun tremens, nor congenital way toward realization of a pro­ Seafarer Frank Becker, who and ruin, gaunt skeletons of Alley. Doug and I wandered insanity, can ever dim the mem­ fessional ring career. His un- died on his 45th birthday in the timate aim is to turn pro when Baltimore Marine Hospital, was what must have been imposing from flop-house to flop-house, ory. he picks up enough weight to buried December 21 in Evergreen structures reared themselves like With the unfortunate combina- Paris! I luv ya! lone sentinels against a bleak tion of a late hour and a busy Cemetery, New York City. week-end our difficulties proved sky. Stricken while aboard ship last Came Friday, four of us de­ manifold, but finally we suc­ April, Brother Becker was re­ cided' to visit Paris for the week­ ceeded in obtaining the almost moved to a hospital in Honolulu end. By - dint of selling shoes, impossible room! when.the vessel docked there. He pants and sundries, we man­ And the way we got it was to was transferred to the Baltimore aged someliow to scrape to­ whisper sibilantly into the pro­ institution in June. gether five or six thousand prietor's unwashed ear the open ' Brother Becker was born in francs apiece, two bottles of I sesame, 'Cigarettes!' His face New York City on December 17, Vermouth, and, of course, our changed from a negative blank 1903. Originally a member of Parisian - pipe-dreams. to a benevolent grin wearing the SlU's Great Lakes District, UPPED CLASS more wrinkles than a prune ever where he held Book No. 4012, The train journey itself was dreamed of. He caUed, "Garcon! Becker transferred to the Atlan­ a classic in train journeys, lei!'' In one second there was tic and Gulf District in the Port starting at 4 p.m. on Friday assembled before him innumer­ of Baltimore on April 19, 1947, evening at St. Nazaire, and end­ able assistant managers, bell­ when he was issued Book No. ing in Bienvenue, Paris, at mid­ hops, porters and chambermaids. 34654. He sailed in the Deck night. Half-way there a mer­ The manager's arm swung in departmeht. cenary ticket collector entered dramatic dispersal as he shouted DAUGHTER SURVIVES our first class compartment and a munber, and the gathering A wrdowet, Becker is survived denianded the difference between vanished in a flurry of bodies. by a daughter, Mrs. Lois Vetter Two seconds later a semithe first class fare and our third of New York. Also surviving are naked Frenchman wearing a hair class tickets. his mother, Mrs. Louise Becker; ' Rather than concede to his net was escorted to the door four sisters, Mrs. Louise Mc­ greedy, grasping exhortations, gesticulating wildly and panting Donald, Mrs. Ann Hughes, Mrs. myself and Joe Slaughter (now volubly in rapid Franch. Every­ Catherine McGregor, and Mrs. pushing a hack in that Marin­ body politely ignored him, be­ Betty Stauder; and three broth­ er's Mecca, Mobile) repaired to cause the French believe impli­ ers, Eugene, Joseph, and Harry the rear of the train and suc- citly in courteous service. The Becker, all of New York City. ciunbed to an uncomfortable manager then placed a weUBrother Becker was in good Photographed in his dressing room inunedi£dely after his standing at the time of his death steerage. Doug Murrell and timed kick in the appropriate Golden Gloves victory, Jackie Smith. Philly Seafarer, is winded and burial benefits were paid by Blackie Stevens, wilting under quarter, forcibly but dignified the cold official eye, parted with and said, "Pour one day you and tired but bears no marks of his opponent's gloves. the Union. the required simoleons and re­ 'ave pay no rent. Git!" tained their dignity. Joe and 1 The idiomatic expressions in French are much the same as later rejoined them. in American, only different! AH. GUI SAW THE TOWN . My companion on the left was By SALTY DICK a boy of some seven summers. The next morning the four of In conversation with him 1 was us got together and invaded the iTuly. amazed at the remarkable subway. Some two hoxurs later extent of my knowledge of (our fault, not the subway's) we The other night after work all is still worse. You received last time I.saw him was when :^ench which 1 had hitherto de­ broke surface in a remote corner the waiters in'vited the cooks your information from Coro­ he blew his top because the plored. Except that the young­ of the Champ Elysees. We tramp­ and a few others to a champaigne net. I got mine from Reader's portholes were open and the ster did not know a word of ed that cosmopolitan boulevard cocktail party. A good time was Digest and from talking to air conditioner was going on the bum. Louis Peed is on more than one syllable or three until we came to the Arc de had by all... Angelo Gonzales dentists. the coffee run. I think he in­ Claude E. Parker comes from letters and could speak only his Triomphe and the Tomb of the says he's going on a vacation to tends to stay there awhilei the red hiUs of Mississippi. He own language, we understood Unknown Soldier. There, com­ He's Chief Electrician on the still feels lost in the big city of Cuba. His job is open for a each other perfectly. Our friend­ plying with prescribed tourist Del Norte... Emory Harfield New Orleans... This takes the beachcomber . . . Felix Amoura, ship was sealed by the time- behavior, we purchased the us­ is firing on a Delta ship and cake—One of, the boys is buying Waiter, uses the vacuum cleaner honored custom of changie-for- ual penny picture postcards likes it. a trailer to torn: the coimtry. for something besides cleaning which we subsequently forgot to changie. 1 gave him a slug of the rugs... Whatever became of The. bad feature about aU this Frank Vivero is back sailing Vermouth for two cookies and post. The rest of the day and most the Portuguese AB from Glou- is that "^he has no automobile... again after taking a long vaca­ a hard-boiled egg. The rate of exchange would have been high­ of Sunday we spent in the fol­ chester? He was known as the There's a man around who says tion in Puerto Rico. He's waiter er, but those were all he had. lowing order at the following "Star Gazer," and knew more he's like Robin Hood. His aim is on the Alcoa Clipper. Ralph to make people happy. He can Dominici is also oh the Clipper. Nobody in France travels with­ places: The Eiffel Tower; a bar; about stars than most mates. start on me. / To Irene Lukacs: Thaiiks for out a basket of hard-boiled eggs, two motor exhibitions; "The He's slinging hash... When a Anthony Djnarski, known as crew is ready to elect a delegate and some of the fairer sex travel Picture of Dorian Grey" at the your interest in my column, with hard-boiled characters, in local Bijou; two bars; perfume but I still insist cola drinks "Ski." has Idft us and no one they rfiould pick the most cap­ addition of course to cookies and establishments pricing Chanel are bad for one's teeth. 7-Up knows his whereabouts. The able man and then back him up. Frank Becker Dies, Burial In New York 'The Voice Of The Sea^ �Friday, January 14, 1S49 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven US Labor Backs Seafarers On EGA Cargoes United Hebrew Trades of the State of Local 32-J, Building Service Employees International Union: New York: "If the policy Mr. Hoffman recom­ "We cannot affor-d to decommision hundreds of American seamen of jobs." mends becomes a reality, it might very well be a precedent for the U. S. Gov­ William Wolpert ernment employing foreign help to the Executive Secretary exclusion of American help, for the 4. 4. purpo.se of economy.- .Such a course of International Jewelry Workers' Union: action could destroy American stand­ "Opposed to proposal that all aid to ards of living by setting an example Europe be carried on foreign ships. We of all American industry." I demand that the law calling for 50 Albert E. Perry percent shipment on American ve.s.se].s President be carried out." Joseph Morris 4, 4, Central Union Label Council of Greater President New York: 4» 4, i>' t % % "Mr. Hoffman's proposal will mean Region 9-A, United Automobile, Air­ Joint Board. Dress and Waislmakers that the wages of Amei'ican seamen will craft, Agricultural Implement Work­ Union, ILGWU: be lowered in order to meet the com­ ers: "Tlie American seamen have earp.e/l petitive bids of foreigti'shipowners. Do the respect and admiration of the en­ "Protest the proposal that Manshall not think that was the purpose of the tire American public for their heroic" Plan bulk cargoes go in low standard Marshall Plan." efforts during the war years and it foreign ships. Proposal is contrary to Moe Rosen would be.highly un-American and un­ law." Vice-President patriotic for the EC.\ to lender some Charles H. Kerrigan 6,000 of these heroes unemployed." Director t 4. t Julius Hochman Association of Catholic Trade Unionists: General Manager "Common sense dictates the need for Local 15. Hotel and Restaurant Em­ a strong merchant fleet to ensure ful­ ployees and Bartenders Interna­ 4. 4. 4. fillment of important commitments of Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and tional Union: our citizens and their families, who in Enginemen: "We strongly protest your proposal turn spend and help pay the taxes es­ "For many years the American sea­ If we decommission these hundreds sential to all foreign relief plans." men have been striving to better their of American ships as you suggest we Roger K. Larkin conditions to bring them on a par with will deprive thousands of skilled sea­ Executive Secretary the living conditions of American men of jobs." people. Before the advent of the LaJack Townsend * % ^ Follette Act, conditions on board Am­ Local 60, Hotel and Restaurant Em­ President erican ships were scandalous. Natural­ ployees International Union: i & i ly, it follows in turn that to impro\-c "While we desire to help our Euro­ New York State Journeymen Barbers' living conditions on board .ships flying pean friends, we must insist that our Association: the American flag, it required an in­ primary obligation is to our own Amer­ "We fully sympathize with the needs creased expenditure of money which, ican seamen and workers." of assistance to the Marshall Plan in turn, was reflected on freight rate Joe Decker countries but we think that this help charges." Secretary-Treasurer should not be given at the sacrifice of Frank S. Columbus American workers." » 4> $ Chairman, Legislative Board Local 202, International Brotherhood of Fred Scatidi Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouse­ Secretary 4, 4- 4. Local 471, New York Newsboys Union: men and Helpers: i % % "We protest the proposal to ship "While we are in sympathy with the Local 10, Bakery and Confectionery Marshall Plan bulk cargoes in low purpose of the plan to aid in the recov­ Workers: standard foreign Ships. The pniposal is ery of Europe, we do not feel that "If Mr. Hoffman's proposal is carried contrary to law which calls for half of American ' labor should suffer in the out it will mean that thousands of all cargoes to go in American ships and process. Directly and indirectly a skilled American seamen will be it will throw 10,000 American seamen severe blow will bo dealt many labor thrown out of work, the American mer­ out of work. We urge the proposal be unions." chant marine will be .swept from the diopped." Joseph C. Papa high seas and the national defense im­ Irving Kanior President periled." Secretary-Treasurer Arthur Borrman 4> 4> 4> Empire Typographical Conference: Secretary-Treasurer 4* 4* 4* Newspaper Guild_of New York: "We believe the plan would be dis­ i "While the Ncw'sp.-ipcr Guild of New astrous to the seamen in the United Local 17^ Bakery and Confectionery York, representing 7,500 newsmen, Slates and create a condition of critical Workerii: wholelieartedly supports the Marshall unemployment among the members of "We urge you to support the 50-50 Plan as the means for economic recov­ maritime unions." provision and see to it that the Amer­ ery for war-torn nations, it opposes and Basil J. Hillman ican merchant fleet has a guarantee condemns the plan to ship bulk cargoes Secretary-Treasurer that it will get its share of Marshall by foreign shipping. Hundreds of Am­ Plan shipping. 4^ 4« 4* erican seamen already are on the beach Fritz Helling Local 94, Uniformed Firemen's Associa­ and diversion of caigoes to foreign bot­ tion of Greater New York Secretary toms will further imperil their liveli­ "We strongly urge that no change be 4. t hood and a major bulwark of American made in the Marshall Plan. At least Local 1658, Brotherhood of Carpenters economy." 50 percent of cargoes should be on and Joiners: Thomas J. Murphy American ships to prevent thousands of "We wish to raise our voice in pro­ Executive Vice President American .seamen from being forced test to a proposal of this kind. It into unemployment." would be unjust to the American 4> 4> 4< Metal Polishers. Buffers, Platers & John P. Crane worker and would be an un-Amer'cau • Helpers: President act by sweeping the American mer."This unwarranted abandonment of cliant marine from llie high sea." 4" 4< 4» the policy of shipping one-half of such Local 200, United Association of Jour­ L. P. Burdick supplies in American ships in favor of > Recording Secretary neymen and Apprentices of the using foreign ships entirely is an af­ Plumbing and Pipe Fitting In­ 4. 4. S. dustry: front to American workmen, and places Local 302, Hotel and Restaurant Em­ in serious jeopardj'- the jobs of those "Protest the recent decision on the ployees International Union: w-ho are employed directly in the carrying of Mai'shall relief car-goes in "We strongly urge the return to the shipping industry." foreign bottoms, as this would lead to original bill requiring 50 percent Amer­ R. Muehlhoffer ican ships. Plans will, cause unem- , the unemployment of a great number of Ameripan seamen who regard very President ployment to ten thousand American Irighly and have always considered one seamen. Is it your plan to aid Europe 4. 4* 4* of the branches of the fighting men who Local 153, Office Employees Interna­ by starving Americans?" Joseph Fox preserved the Amer-ican way of life tional Union: which we enjoy today." ^ Secretary-Treasurer "Paul Hoffman's propo.sal is a viola­ J, ^4# Criss, Jr. tion of the intention of Congress and, 4. 4. 4. Business Manager Local 143, International Chemical if followed through, could have disas­ trous effects. It might destroy an im­ Workers: t New York Organizing Committee, Na­ "Primarily the success of the Mar­ portant industry. The American mer­ tional Federation of Insurance shall Plan in restoring foreign econ­ chant marine is respected throughout, Agents: omies and bringing faith in democracy the world. Its exploits are history. To "Cannot see sense in reviving Euro­ . to foreign peoples is most important. do what Mr. Hoffman proposes would, pean economy by wrecking an impor­ But it must not be successful to the in effect, be a blow at the American tant par-t of our own." people." detriment of American workers." Edna Rose S. J..ZebrBuskas I Howard Coughlin F • President Organizer Business Manager (Continued from Page 9) Local 16, Holel and Restaurant Em­ ployees International Union: "The Hoffman proposal will cripple an industi-y that this country has had to build up at such great expense during the war because it had been crippled previously by neglect. To use foreign ships because they are cheaper can be carried to the ultimate absurdity; ap­ point a European administrator to head ECA because he would probably work for less salary than Mr. Hoffman." David Siegal President Local 38, Melal Polishers, Buffers. Platers and Helpers: "In these troubled times nothing should be done to reduce the effective­ ness of our merchant marine." Albro Fessenden Recording Secretary 4, 4, 4< Local 802, American Federation of Mu­ sicians: "Should Mr. Hoffman's proposal be adopted, thou.sands of American sea­ men will be thrown out of jobs and one of our best American trade unions will be severely injured." Charles R. lucci Secretary i 4. i Local 141, Office Employees InternalioHcd Union: "While the Marshall Plan is complete­ ly and wholly favored by this local, we do not feel that the American working man should be prejudiced against in its operation." A1 Bookman President i 4, i District Council 9, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators 8c Paperhangers: . "We urge that at least fifty percent of these cargoes be moved under the American flag as provided by law." Martin Rarback Secretary-Treasurer 4. 44. Local 58. International Printing Press­ men's and Assistants' Union: "Members of this union have raised their voices in protest to the Hoffman proposal. Inasmuch as the Marshall Plan involves American labor and money, it should also include Ameri­ can ships and be manned by American seamen." Sylvester S. Hoffman Secretary-Treasurer 4. 4 4. Local 4, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers; "Hoffman's outrageous scheme will put thousands of skilled, worthy Ameri­ can seamen out of work ... It will im­ peril our national defense, and the sea­ going unions of the AFL will be greatly reduced." A. King Zeigler Secretary 4, 4- 4. Retail Clerks International Association: "Vigorously prot^ your pi-oposa). This is contrary to law and will disemploy many thou.-^ands of American sea­ men." Samuel J. Meyers Vice President 44. 4. Local 380, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees: "Urge that ECA shipping not be transferred to foreign ships. This would be a body blow to tlie American mer­ chant marine and American seamen." Bernard G. Brophy President 4. 4. 4. Local 1478, Sugar Refinery Workers Union, ILA; "The members of this local went on record against the Hoffman piioposal to drop American ships from carrying of Marshall Plan Bulk cargoes. We are in favor of at least 80 to 90 per cent of the Marshall Plan cargoes being carried in American ships." Mae Sanderson Secretary-Treasurer .1. .V4 New York State Council, Sheet Metal Workers: "The proposal by Paul G. Hoffman to lower rates by American steamship owners who carry goods to European countries will seriously curtail employ­ ment of seamen in this country and lower wage .standards. Our council is opposed to such proposal." M. Rosen Secretary-Treasurer �Pag« Twalv* T a E SEAFARERS Advocates Club For Seamen In ChUe As 'Safety Valve' IOC A COOL ONE IN THE FAR EAST To fhe Editor: Januarr 14, 1949' • wm pare it with other trips, but most guys quit a ship after a long I am running down to Chile voyage. on one of the Ore Line express The point I'm driving at is wagons, twenty-six days round this: trip. It's not as bad a run as it is often painted. Anyone that Couldn't the operators of the By WANDERING SEAFARER has ever made the trip tx> Chile Ore Line build some sort of He's just a young seaman club within the confines of the knows that it is a money mak­ With girls on the brain— ing deal because you come back Ore plant, such as the one in There's Margie in England. with your whole pay intact. Ras Tanura in the Persian Gulf? Dolores in Spain; Money isn't everything, how­ They would be operating on a His brain is agog sound money basis. They could ever. And his heart is in pain, feature such items as coke, beer This is the fourth time that I in limited quantities, a juke bh, what girl will pity have been down here, but some­ Our poor s^or lad. thing is still lacking. The twen­ box, magazines, writing mater­ So full of romance. ty-six days on the type vessel ials. There could be concessions When there's maids to be had; I'm aboard, the Marore, or the where seamen could pick up Yet as soon as he finds 'em thirty-six days it takes on the handicraft items. There's parting so sad. old ships of the Steelore type A set-up like this would be seem awfully long when there a great help towards keeping up He hardly gels settled is no shore leave. The only time the morale of the men on this When his ship whistle blows. the crew gets ashore is when run. I've seen such a place op­ It's back to the billows the ship returns to its United erated on a profitable basis is And the life sailor knows. States port, usually Baltimore. Caripito, Venezuela, and but for Where his girls are but dreams Even there it's rough. In Bal­ it, we would have blown our When the foc'sle tale flows. timore crewmembers get about tops in that steaming Venezuelan So here's to our hero. twenty to twenty-two hours jungle. May his soul find its rest. ashore, hardly enough time to I would like to get some com­ May his heart find its peace go uptown and back. I can only ments from other fellows on the In the dreams of the blessed. Bearded Seafarer Donald Short attempts to combat the add up the liabilities as there Ore run and see what they think May his sweethearts of fancy Far Eastern heat by quaffing a idt of Iced tea. When the San are no assets. about such a plan. Grace his far tossing nest. Angelo Victery returned to the States recently he dotmed a True, a guy can quit if he For lo* in this world Dennis G. Saundera shirt and doffed the beard. doesn't like the run, but there All we own is a dream, are those aboard with the neverOiir lives are but motes say-die spirit who stick to the In the light of a beam. nm. Their's are the sentiments And a human ntust ponder and opinions I'm voicing. And the stars be the theme. To the Editor: speak for one section of the in-1 ^charge cargo, navigate and On the Chilean end we only dustiy, the short-haul tankers steer the So dreams of a Margie ship in and out of stop for four hours—no shore I am employed on a tanker in leave. It seems that with a little the New York, New Jersey and and the oil barges. Yet speak rivers and harbors by night as Or Dolores in Spain. cooperation from the company Long Island Sound areas. We they do, although towboat crews well as by day, in cold and fog Chiquita from Rio With the sailor remain— ' they would get men to make this are facing a strike situation to are not trained to man the oil as well as in good weather, Think of this re^onsibility for The ports of the world rtm if the crew could get ashore better our conditions to a level ships—and vice versa in most cases. a ship worth half a millinn dol­ Are in memory's chain. in South America. in line with those of other sec­ Inland water oil tankers re­ lars and a cargo of 7,500 barrels, STRETCH GAMS tions of the maritime industry. quire men with special knowl­ not to mention the rest of the O Mistress Mine Anyone who has been to sea Our union (Local 333 of the edge and training. Special cer­ men aboard. The closing or knows that during the period a International Longshoremen's As­ tificates are issued after exams opening of a wrong valve can 'AXrSSlE' SHRIMPTON man spends at sea emotional sociation, AFL) has made very by the Coast Guard for men cause thousands of dollars of stress builds up and nothing can proper demands. But we are manning the tankers and oil damage to pump or oil lines. Is Now years ago when I was relieve that stress better than to confronted by a united group of barges that run in coastal waters. $1.06 an hour adequate pay for young, stretch his legs pn good old tug operators. These special certificates are not I Jiankered for the sea, lads; To hear the operators talk you required for towboat operations. a job that requires years of ex­ terra firma. perience? To climb the ladder rung It's true that twenty-six days would think that the men who Let us see what truth lies be­ Sailing these vessels in fey rung, is not very long when you com­ man the towboats, short-haul hind these cries we hear that tankers and oil barges were harbormen's wages are too high, crowded harbors or inland waters jAnd wear the dungaree, lads. studded with rocks, reefs, and brigands robbing the helpless e^cially those of the vital oil bars and beset by currents, tides I sailed far on every sea. shipowners. men. and rips is no child's play. A And many a. mile logg'd, ASKS FOR LOG The diehard, profit crazed in­ These men have had no sub­ man needs a full knowledge of lads; terests are maddened by the stantial raises in years; Today To the Editor: charts, and he must be painspower of the AFL Maritime • I am a fcxmer member of the they are for, wages far below takin^y watchful, as well as I loved the gals and spat to SIU, but have quit going to Trades Department. Recently those paid on union-contracted technically expert. lee. sea. At present I am working for they witnessed a paralyzing deep-sea tankers. And learnt to hold my grog,_ . KtGH TIME ibe Missouri Pacific RR, where strike conducted on a huge scale. An AB and rated tankerman is lads. I am a member of the Railway The towboat operators now real­ paid an hour—while he It is time the wages aind condi­ and Steamship Clerks Union. ize that their wages and condi­ works. A chief mate and navi­ tions of the harbor boatmen on I cared for no man — no, Would it be possible to have tions are far out of line with gator for coastal waters draws the tankers, the oil barges and not I, my nan» placed on the mailing the rest of the industry. Never­ $1.48 an hour. A captain gets the tugs were brought into line And no one cared for me, list of the SEAFARERS LOG? theless, they do not want to meet $1.98. A lay-up means that the with the rest of the industry. lads; Enclosed you will find a do- labor even half way in this sec­ crew goe.s off, and lay-ups are And it is time that the Mayor of xtotioa to- the LOG. In my opin­ tion of the industry. New York, and the rest of the I thought that I was the frequent. toughest guy. THE FACTS ion it ^ the best publication put The writer is now on a tanker people who are butting into, the out by any Union today. Having Incidentally, this section of the in coastal waters operating from tugboat picture investigated the That sailed the salty sea, lads. sailed with the SIU for two industry has long been ignored. New York. The two-watch sys­ archaic "Battery to Battery" sys­ yesas, I have no doubt but that The public has become familiar tem, six on and six off, is- in tem by which the .towbOat com­ But came the time when oft I'd pine. it is a far better Union than with the longshoremen and the effect. The crew, working two panies make their biggest profits. deep sea seamen, but few people any I have se«i yet This system, by which the New For wife and kids and home, men to a watch must load and I would appreciate any infor­ know much about the harbor York towboat companies charge lads; mation that you may have on boatmen. everybody on a Battery-to-Bat^ tery basis even if the tug moves For kindred kind that were fhe -status of former merchant A man named Frank Taylor, as Tbanks Brothers not mine. seamen under the new draft act. head of the American Merchant For Ho^. Visits onty.from one dock to another, Walter W. Love Marine Institute, speaks of bet­ To ihf Edifo»! is a real economic cancer in the And .1 had never known, lads. (Ed.. Noler As carried in a ter labor relations in his annuah -Kindly give this some i^ace in maritime industry. Jzenl page-article of the Ho- report. Better and smoother re­ the LOG: The towboat operators would But then I found it could .v«ad»r 19 LOG, the latest lations at this point could only I wish to . thank the Union of­ drop their opposition to the hon­ not be. emwd is-that no consideration mean acceptance of the starva^ ficials and members who visited est demands of the , men like a -wiiatever is being given for­ tion wages now being offered by me during the time I was a hot potato and concede 100 per­ No matter how I'd strain, lads; mer seamen for wartime serv­ the companies. patient in the U. S. Marine Hos- cent to the Union rather than ice on merchant ships. The What are the facts? The facta Ditjal. have, their system and their pro­ My mistress was the open LOG is being sent to your are that the towboat operators fits investigated.. Claude Fisher sea, have no moral or legal right to address.) New York City Wandering'Seaiaibr |byk I'd go again, lads. Rhyme Off Watch Says Tugboat Heads Ignore Men's Needs FORMER MEMBER • �Friday, January 14, 1949 THE SEAFARERS Near-Fatal Diving Accident Keeps Seafarer Shorebound To Ihe Editor: Any of my shipmates and friends who may have wondered what happened to me will find the reason for my disappearance here. I'm lucky to be alive after the accident that befell me while I was home after paying off the SS Charles Lanham in Septem­ ber at Baltimore. Before jumping into the story I'd like to ask the brothers of the Lanham to whom I loaned money to get in touch with me and repay the favor I did them. Write mo at Route 1, Box 214-A, Orange, Texas. After I paid off the Lanham I caught a plane out of Balti­ more and got home on a Sun­ day. I had a wonderful time at home for seven days and then it happened. The Sunday fol­ lowing my arrival home we went swimming. We went to a place that is considered dangerous be­ cause of the sandy, shifting bot­ tom. There are four or five per­ sons killed there yearly. This particular spot that we went to had always been my favorite. As soon as we got there, I got up on a stump that stands ten feet from the water and dived in—that ended the swimming party. I would have to wear the brace until around the first of next April. Even if I had to wear it a year or a lifetime, I consider myself lucky to even be alive. The doctor told me that this was the worst broken neck case he had ever seen where the pa­ tient lived through ft and wasn't left paralyzed for life. He told me that in a year or so I would­ n't even feel that my neck had been broken. That about winds up the tale. Recuperating hasn't been too bad, but I want to ship out so bad I can taste it. I hope to be sailing before too long. In the meantime a letter from any of you guys wUl be more than welcome. Here's hoping ^ for smooth sailing for all of you. G. B. (Tex) Gillispie LOG Getting Tlie News It isn't so strange, but the only people who are against our pol­ icy of helping other trade unions are the vicious labor-haters. Anyway, our excellent record in helping out other unions is paying dividends now. In our present all-out fight to maintain the 50 percent clause for Mar­ shall Plan shipments, hundreds of trade unions are backing us. They have protested strongly and effectively to proper officials in Washington and have made our fight a much stronger one by their support. GOOD POLICY If nothing else, this demon­ stration of trade union solidarity PARALYZED LIMBS Instead of plunging deep into the water I stuck up to my shoulders in sand. The water wasn't even knee deep. When I came to, I tried to get up, but both my ai-ms and legs wore paralyzed and I was speechless. The others in the party half carried and half dragged me to the car and took me to a hos­ pital twenty miles from the swimming hole in Beaumont. When we got to the hospital I was able to move my legs a little and had recovered my WARRIOR CREW speech. We told the hospital ENJOYED TRIP. people what had happened. They x-rayed my neck and found it TAKE ENCORE was broken in three places. To the Editor: It doesn't seem possible that a person could live after break­ Here we go for another Far ing his neck in three places, but Egst trip on the good ship War­ I guess it just wasn't my time rior, Waterman's pride and joy. to go. After the X-ray they Nearly 95 per cent of the rolled me into the operating original crew have signed on room and shaved my head. again—a real bunch of Seafarers. I couldn't imagine at the time On this ship, it's unity and un­ what they were shaving my head derstanding above everything for, but I soon foimd cut. After else. shaving my head they put two We are looking forward to a screws through my head. The pleasant, but long long trip. We screws were three inches long would like you to send to the and had eyes, some way they enclosed address the Seafarers were rigged to the top of my LOG for Nov. 26 and Dec. 30. head. Thank you for attending to After that they removed me this matter and best wishes to to a room and placed me in a you aU. bed. They tied a line in the eye F. A. Delapenia and ran it through a block that (Ed. Note: Tho LOGs will hung behind my bed. They then meet you: they're already on tied twenty-two pounds of the way.) weights to the block. The weights puRcd my head back with great tension. RETIRED MEMBER All this was designed to pull KEEPS IN TOUCH my neck back into place and hold it there until the bones re- To the Editor: knitted. I laid like that for a Although it has been over a month and four days. They then year since I paid off my last ship removed this rig and put me in and it appears that I'm becoming a cast which reached from my a permanent shoreside seaman, waist line all the way up and I certainly appreciate receiving over my head. It weighed about the LOG and keeping up with twenty five pounds. I had to the doings of my Brotheis. learn to walk again. I wore the cast for six weeks, after which I would appreciate your chang­ they removed it and put me in ing my mailing address to the one attached. 'a brace, which I now wear. Congratulations to the Sea­ EXTREME CASE farers on the progress made dur­ My arms were paralyzed for ing the past year. BiU Robinson seven days and then slowly their use returned. The doctor told Glondole, Calif. SIU Membership Continues Boosts And Bumps Of Rules Below are letters from the membership giving their views on the Union transportation rule. In line with the SIU policy of full discussion on all matters of policy, the LOG for the past several weeks has devoted space to the opinions of the member­ ship, both pro and con. All letters on the matter of transportation will be printed in the LOG during the coming weeks to give the membership ample time to form opinions on the rule. All possible steps are being talcen to devote equal space to both sides of the controversy. In brief, the rule calls for men to lake transportation money and pile off their ship when it pays off at a port other than the one in which the crew signed on. This applies in cases where the vessel does not start for the sign-on port within ten days. The LOG gels around. An unidenlified young lady in Santos, Brazil, absorbed in a story which interests her, is caught in a candid photo. The name of the photographer also was not given. Says Labor's EX!A Beef Aid Shows Value Of SIU Policy To the Editor: Page Thirtean for the SIU's cause should prove the value of our policy of help­ ing other unions in every way we can. Labor-haters are not in­ terested in the reason for this policy, which is to obtain and maintain improved working and living conditions for working niCn and women throughout the country. Every fight of this kind in behalf of one group of work­ ers is a fight for the interests of all. It should prove to aU Seafarers that by sticking together in sup­ porting other groups of union people, we are helping ourselves, too. Because of our reputation for being willing to give a lift to other guys in a beef, the or­ ganized labor movement was quick to j,ump to our support at a time when every bit of help is important. Our policy there­ fore, has made us much stronger. And it is just as important that all unions stick together. Be­ cause of their solidarity, it looks like the Taft-Hartley law is on the way out. Gus Breilweg POLARIS CREW REPORTS GOOD TRIP, STEWARD To ihe Editor: Just a few lines from Port of Spain to let the boys in the Union know that the crew of the Alcoa Polaris is still thinking of them. We are having a fine trip down here. The Chief Steward, Robinson, is tops—^we could ask for no better. Here is one of our fine menus (inclosed) to show you how well we eat. Hope your mouth doesn't water I Best of everything for the Union. Leo Bruce (Ed. Note: We're drooling.) Send Those Minutes Send in the miniites of your ship's meeting to the New York HaU. Only in that way can the membership act on your recommendations, and then the minutes can be printed in the LOG for the benefit of aU other SIU crews. Hold those shipboard meet­ ings regularly, and send those minutes in as soon as posdble. That's the SIU wayl PRO: Asks Ceasefire CON: Reject Rule To the Editor: To the Editor: I will explain my viewpoint in We, the_ undersigned crewregards to the transpoi'tation rule members of" the SS Andrew Jack­ that is now in effect and has son, strongly oppose the new been passed by the membership amendment to the transportation up and down the coast. This rule agreement whereby crewmem­ has proven itself to be the best bers must accept transportation that we have ever had since the money and pile off the ship. beginning of the SIU. We feel that this is in direct Since the rule went into effect contrast to good Unionism, for the membership can take note of job security is one of the basic the great turnover in jobs by principles of Unionism and of merely looking in the LOG from our Union. The SIU is the ac­ week to week. I recommend knowledged leader in working that we cease all this criticism for these conditions, and such of the rule and accept it as it policy is contrary to the SIU now stands, for when shipping tradition. gets tough we will appreciate a We all realize that shipping is quick turnover in jobs. bad, but it is equally bad for us; Now that the year of 1948 has so let us weather it out in the passed, I would like to give a usual manner. hearty vote of thanks to the offi­ cials for the way they have The new ruling boils down to this: A brother may be on the handled the Union's affaire, par­ ticularly the winning of the two- beach for two or three months before shipping. When he finally year contract with the top wages makes a ship (in New York for in the industry. Thanks for a example) for a short European job well done. nui that pays off in MobRe, he D. D. Story must pile off and look forward Alcoa Pioneer to another lengthy stay on the beach. This we feel again is directly in contrast to job security. We To the Editor: sincerely urge that his ruling be abolished. At a genex'al meeting held 28 Crew members aboard the SS Del Mar at sea it SS Andrew Jackson was moved, seconded and carried without a dissenting vote among the 95 members present that we write to you in reference to keep­ ing the transportation rule as it To the Editor: is now for the following reasons: A meeting was held aboard the 1. It creates a larger turnover SS William R. Davie, dt^jdng in shipping. 2. It helps outports where which the matter of the new transportation rule was disi^issshipping is sometimes slow. ed. 3. It gives each member great­ A motion was passed unanim­ er union security. 4. It gives some of our newer ously to send you a letter ex­ members a chance to visit our pressing disapproval of said rule union halls and see rotary ship­ in its present form. None Were* opposed. The reason put forthi ping in action. 5. It gives our negotiating for our disapproval are in Une, committee a better discussion with the various opinions sent point in future negotiations, as to the LOG by the many Broth-that will be less for the ship­ ere who are opposed to this un- . popular ruling. owners to want to cut out. Crewmembers 28 crewmembers SS Del Mar SS William R. Davie Push New Rule Uphold Cons •; South Of Border Hospital Gets OK To the Editor: I am writing this from Tampico, Mexico. I met with an ac­ cident while employed aboard the SS W. E. Downing, a Mathiasen Tanker. My thanks go to the members who packed my gear when I went to the hospital—I would like to sail with them again in the future if things per­ mit. IncidentaUy, I have read pre­ vious LCXIS where SIU mem­ bers have reported being treated like dogs in hospitals in various countries, so I would like to com­ ment on this hospital: The staff seems to think that they are never doing enough for the patients, and do a little more. Here one is treated with the re­ spect due a gentleman. Things ere so pleasant here I actuaRy hate to leave. As for the nurses —tliey're beautiful! If ever have to be hospitalized again, this is the one for me. Frank Pinkowski �THE SEAFARERS Page Fourteen LOG Friday, January 14, 1949 . t- Brother Suspects Job 'Leak' In Crewing Canal Vessels SEAFARERS ON THE STONY CREEK Shoreside Job, Brown-Eyed IdaMember Quits Sea report once a day, while I was trying to catch a ship. All fr, I recently relumed from Pana hands are kept in this quarantine To the Editor: ?;,ma after a few weeks in the hos station. Just a few lines to. let my for­ pital there and I'd like to call the But the beef is this; mer -shipmates know that I'm • Brothers' attention to some retiring my book. I've been on DAY'S NOTICE strange doings in Balboa. the beach here in Canton, Ohio, OS, At Balboa I was removed fi'om Ships coming into port radio a since July and got myself a job o the Kyska on November 23 and day before if they need any men as a plant engineer. Besides, •' isent to the hospital. After being Then the company agents would there's a sweet little thing nam­ discharged I was placed in the call the quarantine station for ed Ida who has big brown eyes quarantine station where I had to what men were needed and tell —well, you know how it is. I wish all the shipmate friends them to stand by. But two I've sailed with in the past eight hours later, the agents would call years would write me a letteragain and say the job—or jobs or drop me a card from wherever had been taken. they are. I'd really like to hear In the three weeks I was in from the guys, because tliey're the quarantine station, I saw this a swell bunch of- fellas, and I'm happen many times—a call for proud to call them friends. If .i y. men, then another call cancelling they're ever around this neck To the Editor: the standby order. I also heard of the woods, I wish they'd drop from other men who had been Crewmembers aboard the T-2, which recently came into in and see me. If it is proper. I would like there longer that they had ob­ to say a few words on the role Besides wishing all of you a the SIU as a result of the organizing drive being conducted served the same thing. '^ seamen played in the war. My in the tanker field. Under the Union banner, they now are lot of smooth sailing I would No one seems to know the rea­ ' son became a merchant seaman among the industry's highest paid tankermen and enjoy top like to wish you all a belated fin July, 1941. and, of course, son for the sudden cancellations, very Merry Christmas and a working conditions. "was sailing when Pearl Harbor but it is suspected that there is Happy New Year. This photo was submitted to the LOG by John Wunderlich, was attacked. All thro'ugh 1942 Donald R. Short when the subs were sinking a leak in Cristobal. Some one Bosun, who recently paid off the Stony Creek after what he 722 18th Street N.E. described as a "first-rsite trip." ships by the hundreds, our fam- apparently gets wind of the jobs Canton, Ohio ' ily was kept in suspense as to and succeeds in placing their own I'Whaf was happening to our boy, men. "^Uusy sailing the troop ships, the '•amniunition ships, tlie tankers. It's a leak that ought to be In our minds v/e could sec the ;topped up. •tankers exploding, the boys I was fortunate in finally get­ swimming in fire while the subs ting out via the Daniel Hugcr, To Ihe Editor: , my hand I expect to go Fax- , regular season starts there's to machine-gunned them. East this time. In case I'm not be a Pennsylvania State Champwhich paid off last month in New Year's Eve was pretty hei-e for the baseball openers, ' ionship. There will be a three I made a trip to Washington Mobile. tough on some of the Seafarers. I wish my Pirates the best of game play-off between the Philato see my Congressman about Izzy" Levy drank .so much luck. They're improving annu­ jdelphia Phils and the Philadel­ Joe Ruszel the matter and wrote him sev­ Southern Comfort he's got cot­ ally. Remember '46 and '47. They phia Athletics—the winner will eral letters, all aimed at getting recognition from the govern- BEREAVED MEMBER ton-covered tonsils. He's now were so far down under they play Ralph Kiner. acting as chief organizer for a played the last 10 games in As my job is due on the board 'menU for their war .service;_the group of boll-weevils. However, Austrialia ... I'll swear they had any minute, fellas, I'll say soTHANKS HAVANA benefits of the G.I. Bill of last week most of the brothers a kangaroo playing center field. long. So, to all who sail, bring Rights. Nothing happened. CREW FOR HELP returned to the hall to ship out. iThe team was in the cellar so us back safe, sound, and single. They carried their heads high— long the management put a fur­ NO CREDIT To the Editor: Red Campbell some carried two or three. While ships were being sunk My family and I wish to ex­ For me, 1949 started with a nace in the dugout. Just a case of too many bags under the eyes and crews machine-gunned, the press our sincere thanks to all rousing greeting from Water­ and not enough under the feet. editor of the local newspaper the members of the crew and man: "Happy New Year, Red— I'm not saying the players were wouldn't even publish my boy's officers of the Seatrain Havana If you don't find linen address along with the names for their kindness and aid giv­ we hope it's your last." Water­ old but Pittsburgh was* the only man's overtime cry for 1949: when you go aboard your team that received Serutan in­ of the other boys in the armed en us during my wife's illness "Keep it as close as two coats ship, notify the Kail at once. stead of Wheaties for home-runs. services. Lots of the servicemen and death of our baby. of paint." A telegram from Le Havre or But Crosby's changed things. were home every week-end and As soon as the CTew heard of Singapore won't do you any He'll keep the boys moving. No At the last board meeting the many were never sent out of the my. sorrow they had a large good. It's your bed and you more Serutan, no more Wheaties, stockholders were up in the country. The editor even pub­ donation of money collected. "We have to lie in it. —Ex-Lax, he'll keep the boys air. Probably swallowed their lished an insulting article to shall always be grateful to all the effect that merchant seamen of those who were so kind and bubble-gum. - This year they in­ mo-ving. This year before the tend to open new ports of entry were not patriotic. helpful to us when we needed —^should be easy the way some DEL NORTE SIDELIGHTS BY E, REYES I believe the merchant seamen it mdst. of their skippers navigate. One of that period should be honored. Gustav S. Carlson of their geniuses has been, ag­ They should receive the same Mrs. J. B. Barlow round so much he may have his rewards as the service men. license revoked for lack of sea Mrs. J. A. Manis time. Yesterdav's New York Mir­ Frank Anderson Mr. J. H. Manis ror said: "Russians Claim First Stewardson, 111. Anna Ruth Carlson Air Flight." They can't claim To the Editor: J Member's Father Blasts US Stand On Seamen Eights Red Tosses Out A Few Warm-Up Pitches AHENTION! Skipper's Mush Sours Mosoil Crew To the Editor: We left Baltimore November 19 after spending six weeks on the beach. We were sure we had the real thing. November 20 the next day we were back in Baltimore having broke down. The Captain told us boys, "it was just one of those things." She's an old ship, but a good s'lip. On November 21 we took off again but not for long, she broke down again on November 24th. This time tiie wliole plant went dead—no lights, no nothing. We went shark fishing. Even the sharks wanted no part of the Mosoil. She's an old ship, but a good ship. To get the steam up again the Chief Engineer had Blackie (Scherzer by name, he requested the identification), the Bosun, col­ lecting our benches, chairs and whht not. After fourteen days we finally reached our destina­ tion, Tampico, Mexico. The Pilot came aboard, and after a while asked the Captain how fast we were going. The Captain replied, "We may not be going fast but we are moving." We run out of fuel oil with the first heaving line. She's an old ship, but a good ship. We are now headed for Texas but we still break down about every 24 hours. As the Captain says, she's an old ship, but she is a good ship. The Steward Department headed by Chief Steward Daniel Lippy, Chief Cook Jacob Cook, 2nd Cook Doi sey Faugh and the rest of the boys gave us unheard of cooperation. Without this co­ operation it would have been a pretty miserable trip. Thanks, boy^ P. S.: We ran aground at Housto. She's an old ship, but a good .ship. George Weldon Earl E. Kelley the first steamship—^Waterman's got it. I was on it. I'm not say­ ing which way we were going but that's the first ship I was ever on where the wake was on the bow. The Waterman crews make the best sailors. No matter what happens we've seen worse. With an old shipping card in ff)IN HBUD OP CfeEW ASKS NEW SAN JUAN HALL To the Editor: We, the undersigned members of the Seatrain New Orleans, be­ lieve that some arrangement should be made to secui-e a larger and better Hall for the port of San Juan. If we are to keep a hall in this port, it certainly should be large enough to accommodate the membership. We also believe that some form of recreation room and library should be pro­ vided for the members on the beach. Signed by 22 Crewmembers Seatrain New Orleans SfJTfiYMW ; ^or^ef? FlYNN 'AO6HT A 'THROUbH P0fiT»Ot-f>' • 1 I!".;,:; r J >.v-'l �fHOkr. Jknuarr W XSXS T B E S E AP A RE R S L O G Pag* Flftaan Congressmen Reply To SlU Protest On EGA Carl L. Weicht, Administrative Assist­ (Continued from Page 8) ant to Senator Thye (R» Minn.): Rep. Leonard Irving (D., Mo.):. "Fm sure that Senator Thye will be "While I am a new member of Con­ gress, you n^ay be sure that I shall interested in the views you expressed support all proposals against the use concerning the new ruling promulgated of foreign ships and likewise will do by the EGA in connection with the what I can to see that as much of this shipment of supplies overseas." cargo (as possible) is placed in Am­ 4- - t Sen. Bumet Maybank (D., S.C.): erican bottoms." "I appreciate your writing express­ i 4. ing your, views on Mr. Hoffman's pro­ Rep. Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D., Neb.): "If the facts are as you portray posal regarding EGA bulk cargo." them I think Mr. Hoffman should be 4 4 4. sharply criticized and his plans tossed Sem Russell B. Long (D., La.): "I have taken this matter up not into the wastepaper basket. I assure you that if a vote is taken I'll be only with Mr. Hoffman but with Presi­ on the side of justice. I feel I owe dent Truman. I share your feelings and am very hopeful that something can my election to union labor." be done to rectify the great damage 4. 4. 4. already done and which would continue Rep. Charles E. Bennett (D., Fla.): "I do not want our ships to be put if Mr. Hoffman's proposal is allowed off the seas by such a procedure even to stand. You may rest assured that I if the result is a reasonably increased will always be vitally interested in tax burden to the American taxpayers." whatever affects our merchant marine, including the fine body of American seamen which mans our ships." Rep. Charles R. Howell (D.. N.J.): "I am impressed with the arguments 4 4 4 here set forth and will study them Sen. Robert C. Hendrickson (R., N.J.): "The information contained in your carefully. Let me know of anything letter and the paper will be of great that I can do to be helpful." help to me when the matter of ship­ 4, 4, it ping imder the EGA comes before the Rep. William Lemke (R., N.D.): Senate for consideration in the 81st "I shall do all I can to block Mr. Hoffman's proposal, and shall take the Congress. Please be assured I shall matter up further with the Department keep the contents very much in mind of State and Department of Commerce." that time." SlU HALLS William C. Simms, Administrative As­ sistant to Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D., bBnn.): "Senator Humphrey has asked me to reply and to assure you that he intends to do everything possible to prevent the action mentioned in your telegram. You may be sure that he will do everything possible to protect the job rigiits of* American seamen." 4 4 4 M. McMahon, Secretary to Senator Scott Lucas (D., IlL): "The matter will be brought to the attention of Senator Lucas at the first available opportunity." 4 4 4 Sen; J. Melville Broughton (D., N.C.): "I have noted the expression of your views in connection with EGA and at such time as any legislation on this subject comes to my attention I will, bear in mind your position." 4 4 4 Sen. Claude Pepper (D„ Fla.): "I have been in contact with the EGA Administrator concerning this mat- • ter, and you may be sure I will con­ tinue to do all I can to be helpful." 44 4 Rep. Harold C. Hagen (R., Minn.): "When the matter of movement of EGA cargo in American ships comes up before the House, I will support retention of the original stipulations." PERSOHALS Sen. Millard Tydings (D.. Md.): "I am bringing your views to the at­ tention of the Administrator, and upon receipt of advices will let you hear further from me." r 4 4 4 Rep. Porter Hardy, Jr. (D., Va.): "You may be sure that I shall do everything I can to prevent action which will further weaken our mer­ chant marine." 4 4 4 Rep. Henderson Lanham (D., Ga.): "I am taking this matter up with Mr. Hoffman in the hope that he will see fit to use American ships in the future." 4 4 4 Rep. Jimmy Morrison (D.. La.): "The matter is receiving my utmost attention." 4 4 4 Rep. Abraham J. Mulier (D., N.Y.): "Congressional intent is directly to the contrary of the proposed regulation and I am sure that as soon as Congre^ convenes we will make that evident to Mr. Hoffman." 4 4 4 Sen. Edward Martin (R., Pa.): "Have been in touch with Mr. Hoff­ man regarding proposal to ship foreign aid cargo in foreign ships. Am glad to forward your telegram to him for consideration." Bill Will Plug Loophole In EGA with Margie or Johnny Dreisch, MAX E. MOORE JACKSON WOOTEN Your mother is anxious to hear 1175 Evergreen Ave., Bronx, Please get in touch with Andy New York City. from you. BALTIMORE 14 North Cay St. Lorier at once. Important. (Continued from Page 1) William Rentz, Agent Mulberry 4S40 ts, 8, 4 4 4 4 4 4 ship every year to maintain the BOSTON 276 Stats St. MICHAEL R. BAAL STANLEY GRIFFITHS HOY A. GRUNDNER E. B. TiUey, Agent Richmond 2-0140 laid-up vessels. Thus any savingGet in touch with your wife, in Hoffman's books might be baL Contact the local Draft Board Your mother is anxious to hear Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 as an accident has occurred. GALVESTON 908%—23rd St. from you. Her address. Box 483, in Scranton, Pa. anced by losses in the books of Keith Alsop, Agent Phono 2-8448 ejus, Fla. ts, 4 4 4 other government agencies. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence SL EUGENE PHILIP KELLY LOUIS W. PEPPER 4 4 4 Moreover, foreign ship opera­ Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 FREDERICK JOHNSON Your children are ill, write Contact your wife at 4204 tors have been raising their NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville SL Your wife is anxious to hear your wife at Route 3, Box 332 Barnes Ave., Bronx 66, N. Y. rates in anticipation of a monop­ B. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 from you. Tampa, Fla. 4 t oly. As some observers have NEW YORK 51 Beaver SL 4 4 4 ALEXANDER MENDICINI 4 4 4 Joe Aigina, Agent HAnovor 2-2784 pointed out, the bill for carrying KARL O. H. STROM LUIGI GALLO Your mother, 132 J/i 16th St., the Marshall Plan cargoes in NORFOLK 127-120 Bank SL Mrs. D. G. Strom, 3597-A Mis­ Contact your aunt, Mrs. Rose Brooklyn, is worried about you. foreign ships might in the; end Ben Reel- Agent Phone 4-1083 sion St., San FTancisco, Calif, Pisaniello, 36 Joralemon Street, PHILADELPHIA. ..614.16 No. 13th St. t i be bigger than if American ships Brooklyn. Lioyd Gardner, Agent Poplar 5-1217 asks that you write her. CHESTER SKAKUN carried them exclusively. SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Important you contact your The fight is not yet over. The Steve Carduiio, Agent Dougias 2-5476 EDWARD DIAZ. JR. RUSSELL E. BASKERVILLE Local Draft Board in Paterson, new bill is stiU in an embryo SAN JUAN, P.R 252 Ponce da Leon Imperative you contact your Your wife has moved to the N. J. stage. The SIU will press for its Sal Coils, Agent San Juan 2-5996 local Dx'aft Board at 501 Vz Frank­ following address: St. Stephens % 8, % passage when the membership SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. lin St., Tampa, Fla. Road, Black Rock, St. Michael, IRVIN J. GORGAS is satisfied that its pa-ovisions Phone 3-1728 Barbados, BWI. 4 4 4 See your local Draft Board im­ offer full protection to the jobs TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. RICHARD J. CLAUSSEN mediately. 4 4 4 •; H. Hall, Agent Phone M-1323 of American seamen. Your mother asks that you GUNNAR GUSTAF WILMINGTON, Calif., ADOLF LINDVALL 227% Avalon Boulevard write her. Write the Seamen's Church In­ HEADQUARTERS.. 51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. 4 4 4 HAnover 2-2784 ALVIN L. HARRELL stitute, 25 South St., New York. SECRETARY-TREASURER Get in touch with Mrs. Ros­ .4 4 4 The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ Paul Hail aline Harrell, 3004 Central Ave., GEORGE RAYMOND BROWN DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION farers International Union is available to all members who wish ' Tampa, Fla., regarding illness in Formerly aboard the SS Gov­ Lindsey Williams the family. ernor Dixon. Please get in touch to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoymeilt of ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have Robert Matthews J. P. Shuier Joseph Voipian the LOG sent to you each week addi-ess cards are on hand at every SIU branch for this purpose. ' SIU, A&G District Notice To All SIU Membors SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant SL Phono 5-8777 PORTLAND Ill W. 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Williams, 31628. Book No. Lewis Jackson, 47176. John William York, 45742; Wil­ Albert G. Kimberly, 48973; lie A. Young 9-G. . �Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG j f JErtto^ Jta««*T 14, 1949 ; •i • • • • 5-7 &tie9 S^vice Seaifien / • QMtitCMAefimi>an.A'Cou»feau§ uduAu ^ ^ • Jms altua:y$ paidL ilie lotuest tuaiges 3113. overtune in, iJie industry ? and, lilacKballs anyozLe zultohas tbe couzrs^^-bo speafc upe^nsl'intoleralple cojxoaiions ? pz^tices discrxminatiort dttdenoour^ a^s a|>pZe-polislwu^ ? anUyottdepeudoH.: JobSecarihtf BeneSfls SHiPP)l4c 1= JU.rr ifputrpam S VDTESIU :»,• . •" - . I fee'7. "• • R: • We-: p.- -• • •"M-- - eelti:.,; 'li/r: • ••ee:;.7h:S.v-' «7'- " '• ••• pipe • • |;ep,:.,e ',. • 7'e • 5^7r.f rv., A.,: ;;/7.--.. •'"''•v. iSfeSxViisX. .7r7fe.''7.75??!i^b7s: w; . .>.:'v'.'"'.-'.'1'I'' -;e';7.v.,-/. •,'. . ;.•• • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource January 14, 1949 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES BLAND READYING BILL TO CLOSE LOOPHOLE IN ECA BILLS TO EXEMPT SEAMEN FROM DRAFT INTRODUCED IN HOUSE HISTADRUT IS BULWARK AGAINST COMMUNISM SHIPPING IS GOOD IN BALTIMORE AND PROSPECTS ARE EVEN BETTER NEW YORK WINDS UP FAIR WEEK OF SHIPPING MOBILE HEARS WATERMAN MAY PULL SIX LIBERTIES OUT OF LAY-UP YEAR'S SHIPPING REACHES END FOR PORT COLBORNE FRISCO CATHOLIC MARITIME CLUB HAS PROVED TO BE SEAMEN'S FRIEND CAP'T ANDERSON,WATERMAN'RETIRES ESSO TANKERS AS RUGGED AS CITIES SERVICE SIGN-ON PROVES VALUE OF SIU CONTRACT CONGRESSMEN REPLY TO SIU PROTEST ON ECA US LABOR BACKS SEAFARERE ON ECA CARGOES CREW'S YEAR-OLD EXCURSION TO PARIS STILL BRIGHT IN BROTHET'S MEMORY PHILLY SEAFARERE CAPTURES CITY GOLDEN GLOVES TITLE FRANK BECKER DIES,BURIAL IN NEW YORK US LAOR BACKS SEAFARERS ON ECA CARGOES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/14/1949 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XI, No.2 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1949 Periodicals Seafarers Log