http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/630b6d783fe4e179078639cd3f0bc88c.PDF 7d8380fbac33579d9c5b8e206b72cd0c PDF Text Text • .ir.3 Vi-rr/r Official Organ, Atlantic & Golf District, Seafarers International Union of NA VOL. XI NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1949 No. 32 Comments Invited On Vacations And Credit Unions The A&G District has gone on record to throw open the pages of the SEAFARERS LOG for full discussion on the two topics which are currently being debated by the membership. They are; 1. Whether men who have spent a year aboard one ship, and are entitled to vacations, should be forced to get off the ship and take their vsicfl-tions 2. The advisability of setting up a credit union or unions within the Atlantic and Gulf District. After both matters have been thoroughly discussed pro and con, they will go to a vute of the membership, if it so desires. Letters on the vacation proposal have been appearing regularly in the LOG for the past few months. It is hoped that the motion for fur­ ther discussion will bring comments from others not yet heard from. On page 12 of this issue, there is a brief article on credit unions, stating what they are and how they are fun. Comments are invited from the membership. Meanwhile, any motions at the present time calling for immediate action on these two matters are out of order, until the motion for full discussion has been complied with. Let us hear from you! SlU To Demand Shipowner-Paid Weifare Fund NEW YORK, Dec. 2—The SIU Atlantic and Gulf District's plans for the establishment of a welfare fund for its membership, financed solely by the shipowners, moved ahead today when the Head­ quarters Negotiating Committee called for reopen­ ing of the contract on the subject of wages. Notification of the Union's desire was sent by telegram to all contracted operators. The Negotiat­ ing Committee requested the discussions in accord­ ance with a contract provision which permits the Union to reopen the contract on wage issues at any time. The SIU is the only*: to the operators is the outgrowth maritime union whose agree­ of a comprehensive study of ments contain this unique pro­ pension and welfare funds made vision. by the SIU this year and which The text of the wire sent to­ appeared serially in the SEA­ day by the committee follows: FARERS LOG. "As per the preamble of our The exact form of the welfare agreement, this is to notify you fund the Union is seeking will that we wish to open negotia­ follow the lines of the plan tions immediately for an increase worked out jointly by Headquar­ iti wages for all ratings in the ters officials of the Atlantic and unlicensed personnel. An early Gulf District and the Sailors Un­ reply is requested." ion of the Pacific at a meeting The employer-financed Union held recently under the auspices welfare plan which the Nego­ of the International. tiating Committee will present This plan for establishment of , welfare benefits for the SIU's seagoing affiliates has as its fore­ runner a policy adopted at this year's SIU convention, which went on record in favor of an When you go to wot-k for all-out effort to secure greater You have probably heard how An unsolicited letter received Back issues of the DOG will the company has put electric Cities Service, you might just economic protection for the mem­ this week from a Cities Service supply evidence of that. bership. tankerman who is not a mem­ When I first came on the dishwashers on all its ships, as well put the word "overtime" As agreed at the joint SIUber of the SIU reveals the tech­ CS tai\ker, the company un­ therefore doing away with the out of your vocabulary. They SUP welfare discussions, the nique employed in building up ion, the CTMA came into be­ Pantrynian^nd causing the Mess- simply laugh at you if you ask SUP was to spearhead the move, the. so-called membership of ing. At first the comf^ny didn't men to work ten and eleven about it. inasmuch as its contracts ex­ We, the crew on the SS C.TMA, the company-dominated push the issue and most of us hours a day without being paid pired on September 30 of tbi> overtime. %. , wish to thank the SIU year. The strategy adopted by thought it as a big joke. "union." for the splendid fight they are the SIU-SUP representatives met What you probably don't know But during the past few weeks ^ "Sign*up or else!" is the ul­ putting up in order to bring with success this week, when' is that these dishwashers are far there has been a kind of reign timatum delivered to CS tankerus into the "Brotherhood of the the SUP successfully concluded from being the best, and they of terror on Cijies Service ships: men by the company agents Sea." simply don't get the dishes clean. either pay six dollars and join • aboard the vessels. Thus the its negotiations for a new membership rolls of CTMA prove up or "your services are no About half of the dishes have .We realize that this is inevit­ agreement, which contains pro­ nothing more than the fact that longer- needed." This is certainly to be washed by hand after com­ able and we. will soon be able visions for the welfare plan. to act like free men. so many men have signed the both un-democratic and un-Am­ ing out of the washer. Under terms of the contract, company's pledge cards under erican. the employers will begin con­ The childish way the company duress. tributing orr January 1, 1950 the tries to tear down the SlU is sum of 25 cents for each man In a secret ballot, the company for each day worked to a wel­ would have virtually no support­ really quite amusing to the crew. This is proved by the fact that fare and security fund, "to be ers at all anywhere in the fleet, Oswald C. Stone, a Seafarer everyone on the ship except two collected, administered and ap­ as was proven in two NLRB since the inception of the Union plied in accordance with a Sup­ elections won overwhelmingly of the crew is strong for the in 1938 who served for many SIU and have signed pledge years as a Dispatcher in the plementary Agreement which by the SIU. the parties shall negotiate The text of the letter, which cards. Port of New York, died of a promptly after execution of this , CTMA FOUL-UP is on file in the SIU organizing heart ailment in Kings County agreement." department, foUows below^ The A few trips ago we had a Hospital, Brooklyn, on Nov. 24. names of the correspondent and CTMA organizer on board. Boy! He would have been 65 years SUP STRIKE VOTE the tanker and the port of .call What a fine example he was! old on Christmas Day. The SUP agreement with the have been deleted to safeguard He went ashore in Trinidad, operators was reached after ne­ Floral tributes were sent to the jobs of the entire crew. gotiations had been stalemated missed three watches and came Brother Stone's funeral from all and the union conducted a strike back to the ship gassed to the SIU ports in the Atlantic and vote, in which 97 percent of You have probably heard my gills. But was he fired? Oh, no, Gulf District. His body reposed those voting favored a walkout story quite a few times. I sign­ although , quite a few of my at the A.- Q. Martin Funeral to win their demands. ed on the Cities Service tanker, friends have been fired just, for Home in Brooklyn and was-bur­ Other provisions of the new SS , six months ago. having pro SIU ideas. ied on November 29 at Evergreen SUP agreement include liberal­ The company union has prom­ Cemetery. Since then I have learned quite ized conditions on certain penala lot about pities S^vice policy. ised us vacations, a raise in pay A seafaring man for most of ty-type cargoes, and also spells and last—but not least—^job se­ The first example of Cities his years, Brother Stone sailed out jobs .within the SUP's juris­ curity. Job security — what a as Steward aboard vessels that Service treatment came in diction to prevent any attempts while loading. During laugh! They have kept «one of once pliejj regularly up and down at raiding by Harry Bridges' the day we were loading at a their promises. the Atlantic coast but which dis­ CIO longshoremen. When you come to the sub­ appeared with the decline of indock and those of us who were OSWALD STONE At A&G Headquarters today, not on watch, could go ashore. ject of food, the grub on here tercoastal trade. Among these Union officials pointed up the But late in the afternoon we is almost as bad .as some of the were ships of the Eastern, Sa­ moved out in the stream and windjammers of , two centQries vannah, Old Dominion and Clyde New York Branch in March fact that "from here on in, 1944, a position he held untTl more and more attention wUl be tied up to a mooring buoy to ago., We have some bacon on Mallory lines. paid to the future security of the early part of this year. here that is over a. year old. load from a submarine hose. Born in the British West In­ Quiet and unassuming. Stone seamen. As long as I've been on here, Although we were there for dies, on Dec. 25, 1885, Stone'ob­ was weU-liked by the member­ The SIU has consistenl^y led twelve hours, bumboats came out I have never seen anyone eat tained United States citizenship ship and had a wide friendship the way in establishing top it. It is just cooked and thrown to take Us ashore. Fof some in his youth. wages and working conditions in throughout the Union. strange reason the Captain would over the side. He joined the SIU Atlantic A widower. Brother Stone, re­ the maritime industry. It will The last fresh meat we have not grant shore leave. Since then this has happened several times. had on board came on six months and Gulf District in the Port sided at the home of his daugh­ now push ahead to achieve the I need not go into the sub­ ago, and the Steward told me of New York on Nov. 19, 1938, ter, Mrs. Olive Bennett at 491 same success in setting up and Madison Street, Brooklyn. Two broadening welfare and other ject of what happens if you talk himself that it is the company's receiving Book No. 484. Brother Stone was el«ted to sons, Randolph B., and Knea- security benefits for the Ameri­ to the wrong persons about un­ policy to take on meat only can seamen." serve as a Dispatcher in the land C., also survive. ions or against the conditions. every six months. Cities Service Forcing Men Into Company Union Seafarers Mourns Oswald Stone �Page Two THE SEAFARERS Published Every Other Week by the SEAFARERS LOG i Friday, December 2, 1949 '^AHHands TumTo Hlf SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Reentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Post Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 Midway Mark The democratic processes followed in the operation of our Union are clearly set forth in the SIU Constitu­ tion. One of the provisions of this important document gives every member the right to choose directly, by secret vote, the men whom he wishes to administer the affair of the Union during the coming year. Seafarers have the opportunity to exercise this pre­ cious right every 12 months, and every member who is interested in effectively participating in the administra tion of his Union should get out and vote—and vote for the candidates he thinks are the best qualified to protect our gains and to pursue a course that will provide even greater protection for the entire membership. How a member arrives at this decision and who his favored candidates for the Union posts are are his business. It's not how he votes that we are concerned with, rather we are interested in seeing that he accepts his responsi­ bilities as a member of a democratic organization. And, of course, one of-the first of these responsibilities is that .he take an active part in all Union activities, including the elections. That more and more Seafarers are becoming duly conscious of their obligations as members of a Union of seafaring men is indicated by the large numbers of men who have already cast ballots in the current elections. It is not unlikely, on the basis of the total registered so far, that a record vote will be cast. But the total vote should be large enough to show that every man who was physically able to get to the polling places did so and thus had his say. Right now we've just turned the half-way mark in the balloting for next year's officials of the A&G District. The last voting day is Dec. 31, which concludes the 60day period required by the Constitution. Those who haven't yet had their say owe it to themselves and their Brother members to vote before the deadline date. The ballot lists all the candidates who have offered to serve the Union and who have met the constitutional requirements. Polling places are open daily from 9 AM to 5 PM in every Atlantic, and Gulf District port. Make it a point—you men who still have not attended to this matter—to head for the nearest Branch ^polling place—and vote! Now is the time! After Dec. 31, it will be too late. What Do You Think? m Elsewhere in this issue are invitations to the member­ ship to participate in the discussions on two topics cur­ rently of Union-wide interest. Because we're anxious for all hands to pitch into the debate centering around the compulsory vacation question, we're again soliciting opin­ ions, both pro and con, for publication in the LOG. Differences of opinion have also been expressed on the advisability of setting up a credit union, the structure and operation of which is explained on page 12. Members should air their views on this subject, top. A thorough discussion on both these topics before any definite action is taken is the best means of obtaining a thorough understanding of what's involved. Let's hear tvhat you think about them? Seafarers Members New In The Marine Hospitals BALTIMORE HOSPITAL W. H. POWELL W. L. AKINS R. B. PEARSON L. G. LARONDE L. E. HEALY C. TINGLE _ , N. TALA A. L; MASTERS E. LYNCH E. WATERMAN F. CHRISTY P. M. McCORKINGDALE H. LANIER E. IDELL J. M. BERGERIA J. HARRIS G. D. REGAN D. WILSON E. JOHNSTON J. YUKNAS E. L. GAME C. W. HENNIS F. KORVATIN E. F. PAUL C. GOODWYN P. E. DARROUGH R. A. GRAF W. J. KENNELLY i> iif tr NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL J. DENNIS F. LANDRY H. LAGAN L. WILLIS L. LANG J. SMYTHE H. H. SCHULT-Z P."ROBERTS A. MAUFFRAY » F. CAILLOU|:T . v O. HOWELL, H. REMME -: J.APPLE J. GRANGER J. TASSIN C. BROWN - , ^ ' E. CHATTERTON H. PENTON , R. REED -SHAFFER J. H. MCELROY B. EANS W^M. ROBERTS A: LOPEZ T. DAILEY C. BERNARD T. CIESLAK tr iMOBILE HOSPITAL W. T. PRESLEY J. L. WEBB J. C. STEWART P. HENDERSON J. B. DIXON L. HOWARD R. FOSTER E. COLLINS F. SPRUILL TIM BURKE t. SAN FRANCISCO HOSP. JAMES HODO JAMES R. LEWIS WILLIE WATSON T. ISAKSEN J.> KEENAN RAFEL SALDANA X X SAVANNAH HOSPITAL R. W: CARROLLTON F. BRUGGNER XXX STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL H, E. LOGE HARRY R. JOHNSON JOHN tJLAS HENRY WATSON M. J. LliCAS ' J. F. GAMBLICH LARRY MOORE CHARLES H. HAWVER E. A. GREAUX - . NICKOLAS CORATTI JOHANN KALLASTE FRANK NEARING JOSEPH AREAS JOHN F. MARKEL T. F. ROZUM V. M, ESCOBAR M. C. GADDY G. P. KOSMAS JOSEPH P. JULIANO DUKE O'CONNOR GERALD DE MEO ROBERT L. CASTEUN JACK TURNER ANDREW AHLSTROM M. N. PETERSON PAUL COONE. MOSES MORRIS XXX BOSTON HOSPITAL W. J. BLAKELY H. NONGEZER R. BOLDUC E. COTREAU -^ J. VIERA F. ALASAVign VIC MILAZZO XXX NEPONSIT HOSPITAL WILLIAM PADGETT MATTHEW BRUNO JOSE DE JESUS J. M. LANCASTER R. E. LUFLIN ESTEBAN P. LOPEZ CHARLES L. MOATS PEDRO G. ORTIZ R. REDDEST R. A, RATCLIFF THOMAS WADSWORTH R. A. BLAKE L. BALLESTERO . JOHN T. EDWARDS iv f; E, FERRER I. H. FRENCH JOSEPH SPATJLDING JOSEPH SILLAK •vi LUIS TORRES •t\ L. TULL •rlJ FRED ZESIGER i M �fH^day, Decembar 2, 1949 TBE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Commies, Trotskyites Put Boots To NMU It's pretty near assure -thirig that, if you let the commies and Tfotskyites , alone, they will - eventually convict themselves - as enemies of labor who are out for their -own political advan­ tage. The danger is, of course, that they will wreck the union in the process. , In the November 4th issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, we pre­ sented the story of the SUP Seattle Beef, where a handful of Trotskyites (the Socialist Work­ ers Partjr) spearheaded the at­ tempts of local malcontents, per­ formers and expelled members to put the SUP out of business. For a while, the membership did nothing—under a mistaken interpretation of "union democ­ racy"—while the Trotskyites and their cohorts stepped Up their disruption and anti-union activ­ ities. But when the membership did move in, it moved fast, and before long the Trotskyite "revolution'- was put down, AIDED BY CP We mentioned then that the Trotskyites were being aided on the outside by their sworn en­ emies, the Stalinist commies (there are^ no commies" in the SUP) in the form of money and propaganda. The article proved that the Stalinist commies and" the Trot­ skyite commies are two of a kind—no matter what they say about each other—the only dif­ ference being that the Stalinists run Russia and the communist international and the Trotskyites wish to hell that they did. We proved that these charact­ ers will always work"' together against their common enemies in the trade union movement—and these "enemies" are any noncommie union officials. The art­ icle cited the present working agreement between these two "bolshevik" parties in the fight against the leadei'ship of the National Maritim^ Union. Since then, things have been happening in the NMU, which The above carloon from the "West Coast Sailors" is the SUP's nose-thumbing answer to once again prove the dangers the most recent of the commie-like attempts at character assassination. At the present trial of of having anti-union power Harry Bridges for perjury, Vincent Hallinan (Bridges*, attorney) asked a prospective juror the groups within a union. following question: Curran and his gang, having "If it can be shown that witnesses who will testify here do so at the guidance and direction eliminated from most of the top of Harry Lundeberg and Dave Beck (of the West Coast Teamsters), and if we show that Harry offices of the NMU his once up­ Lundeberg has so sought the destruction of Harry Bridges that he has literally hired murderers on a time buddies, undertook to to kill him, would that influence your opiiuon?" complete the job and suspended the New York Agent and 13 Federal Judge George B. Harris quickly put an end to that type of vicious questioning. Lun­ Patrolmen and brought charges deberg immediately branded the personal attack upon himself as "psychopathic lies." and chal­ against them. 'Seeing the hand­ lenged Hallinan to call him as a witness, "so 1 can answer these charges." writing on the wall, the commies Sly insinuations of att^pted murder are, of course, among the mildest of commie attacks. and Trotskyites went into action. When the going gets tougher for them—and it is, every day—their personal attacks will get nastier and more vicious. It is a good thing that the American workingman has more sense MOB TAKES OVER than the commies give him credit for, because he has never faUen for their manufactured lies On Wednesday, November 16, and slander. But some day will be Judgment Day for the commies, and when it .comes...! the commies and Trotskyites led a mob of about 400 and in good old commie style took over the instituted a reign of terror. They rank and, file member, who was mies and Trotskyites—or those NMU Hall. threatened to beaf up the 12 not part of either side, was get­ miserable hate groups that build up racist and nationalist pre­ (Incidentally, not all these men girls in the accounting office, ting it in the neck as usual. judices for their own personal are commies or Trotskyites by and to throw the chief book­ SEE-SAW BATTLE gain—to remain in an organiza­ keeper out of the window. They a long shot. Many of them are At the present writing, the tion and disrupt. refused to allow the elected of­ honest men who, because of pro-administration gang is once It is important that the mem­ ficials to leave the building in the low ratio of jobs to mem­ more in control of the building, bership of a union maintains the the normal pursuit of union bership in the NMU, are taking out their resentment on the only business. They dumped Adi'ian but_^ the dumpings still go on. greatest vigilance against these ones they know whom to blame: Duffy, a vice-president and Jos­ The commies and Trotskyites threats to the security of their the officials. Others have been eph Moutal, a patrolman, send­ rushed into the "capitalist" courts union, and at the first sign of taken into the anti-administra­ ing them to the hospital, and and have applied for- injuctidns anti-union activity bring these tion camp by racist and national­ several other rank and file sea­ which would tie up the union characters before the' judgment funds and bring the machinery of the membership. istic propaganda of the two men. political groups. ^The commies, The other side, of course, re­ of the union to a complete stand­ Fortunately, the SIU is little both Stalinist and Trotskyites, taliated," and soon the red blood still. There is no doubt that Cur­ bothered by these forces. There have never hesitated to set one of the. commies and Trotskyites ran and his, men will win eventu­ are some malcontents, as in any race against another, or national mingled in the street with the ally, but it's a sure thing that organization, but the member­ ship has little respect for them. group against national group. not-so-red goi-e of the Curran the membership will lose. The NMU situation is a per­ The secret of this is not hard to "Divide and rule" is their slogan gi-oup. Meanwhile, of course, the NMU fect example of what will in­ find. These malcontents thrive on as much as it was Hitler's.) But to return to the "revolu­ was at a standstill. It could not evitably happen to an organiza­ hard times, on lack of jobs and tion": the commie-Trotskyite perform even the most routine tion which permits conspirator­ poor conditions. The A&G Dis­ mob took over the building and of union business. The ordinary ial political groups like the com­ trict several years ago limited the books of the Union to the number of jobs available to the membership and today a book­ man in the A&G District does not have to wait long for a job. His contracts are the best in the industry, giving him the best conditions and the highest wages on the waterfront. He is assured of representation at sign-ons and payoffs, to take care of his beefs and to see that the shipowners live up to all provisions of the contract. NO FRONT FUNDS His Union's money is not squandered on the many hun­ dreds of commie organizations and fronts. He knows that the Union will go down the line for him, and that is why he goes down the line for the Union. In an atmosphere like that it is understandable why there are no political groupings in the SIU. And why when they dare raise their head from the outside and try to inject themselves into SIU affairs, the membership ^ gives them a fast brush off. The SIU is now in a position which insures it relative easy sailing through the stormy seas now raging about the maritime industry. The solid backing and endorse­ ment of Union policy by the SIU membership guarantees the Un­ ion a future dedicated to ad­ vancing the - cause of the men aboard the ships. SIU DEMOCRACY Dissension within an organiza­ tion serves to advance no one except the enemies of labor. The SIU method of thrashing out problems at membership meet­ ings or through the ballot box is democracy in action. And no one can question the democracy of the SIU. However, once the will of the organization is shown, the Un­ ion's course is set. Bickering, haranging, power groups and splinter factions are not part of the SIU's make-up. Democracy is wonderful, but giving away to mob rule is death. It's suicide to put a gun in Vour enemy's hand. This the National Maritime "Un­ ion has done. Hiring Hail Inquiry Begins A fact-finding survey covering union hiring halls for unlicensed seagoing personnel is being con­ ducted by a staff of a Senate sub-committee on Labor-Manage­ ment Relations in preparation for the reconvening of Congress early next year, it became known recently. Bills specifically exempting the maritime industry from the Taft-Hartley ban on hiring halls were introduced in both houses at the last session by Represen­ tative John Lesinski of Michi­ gan and Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington, Demo­ crats, and are still in committee. Others in the subcommittee— Senators Claude Pepper of Flor­ ida, Matthew M. Neely of West Virginia and Hubert H. Humph­ rey of Minnesota, Democrats, and Robert A. Taft of Ohio, H. Alex­ ander Smith of New Jersey and Irving M. Ives of "New York, Republicans — have indicated a willingness to take up the prob­ lem when they return to Wash­ ington. ] �Page Four PR, Coastwise Runs Help Keep Mobile Going ^ THE SEAFARERS LOG REP. DOLLINGER LEARNS AgOVT ROTARY SHIPPING Friday. December 2, 1949 Port Wiimington Is Happy Ovor Good Shipping By E. B. TILLEY . By CAL TANNER WILMINGTON—We're mighty MOBILE—Since our last re­ happy over the pick-up. For the port, shipping has been prac­ last two weeks shipping has been tically at a standstill here, with good out here and we're hoping almost all the jobs confined to it will reihain so, at least until vessels on the Puerto Rican and Christmas. coastwise runs. During the tvvo-week period Ships paying off were the Anjust ended, we paid off the SS tinous, Maiden Victory, "Wild William Tilghman, Isthmian; the Ranger, Monarch of the Sea, SS Citrus Packer, Waterman; James W. Cullen, Wiiliam Gillis, and the SS Thomas Cresap, Isth­ all of Waterman, and the Polaris mian. and Cavalier of Alcoa. Of the All three of these ships reships paying off, three headed crewed and signed on for return for the lay-up fleet. These were voyages to the Far East and the the Maiden Victory, William Persian Gulf. However, the mem­ Gillis and the James W. Cullen. bership should know that the SIGN-ONS five Liberty ships that the Isth­ The sign-ons took place aboard mian Steamship Company had the Antinous, Wild Ranger, Mon­ on the pipe-line run are being arch of the Sea, all of which are tied up and put in the honeyard on continuous articles; the Alcoa on the East Coast. Polaris, which headed down to New York Congressman I^idor Dollinger accepts SIU's invitation to learn the facts abput TRANSIENT PORT the bauxite run, and the Mobilrotary shipping. At left is Dispatcher Paul Gonsorchik who answered Congressman's questions. ian, bound for Japan and Korea. With the tying up of these ships and the schedules on inTwo Alcoa ships, the Pilgrim tercoastals being changed around, and the Roamer, called in-trans­ this port will become a stopover it to wind up shipping activity for transients, unless we are for the two week period. lucky enough to get some new Seafarers making •' pay­ LAST TOUCHES runs. ments to Union' Patrolmen The major alterations on our We think it appropriate at By JOE ALGINA building here have been com­ and other authorized SIU this time to give thanks to the pleted and all that remains is representatives should make Tap Inn here in the Port of NEW YORK—Conditions in' cate or affidavits from five perthe cleaning up and minor certain the receipts they re­ Wilmington for the fine dinner the maritime industry being sons who know them and can touches here and there, such as that it served to all of our mem­ what they are, this port *has testify to the place where they ceive specify the account to tiling the deck and getting the bers on the beach on Thanksgiv­ been doing fairly well in ship­ were born and the approximate which the money is to be recreation gear up to the second ing Day —» and served free of date. ping activity. We're not getting deck. Then the Hall will be in credited. * charge. calls for jobs in the numbers When they have obtained this first-class shape. For example, receipts we'd like, but our organization data, they should take it to the And while on the holiday sub­ The membership in the Port appears to offer considerably Coast Guard and have new pa­ made for LOG donations ject, here are our very best of Mobile is urged to register so greater opportunities for em­ pers issued, properly showing should have SEAFARERS wishes to all the SIU members they will be eligible to vote in ployment to bookmen than any them to be US citizens. This is and officials for a Merry Christ­ LOG written clearly along­ the local elections next year. other outfit in the field. impo^nt and there is no excuse side the amount. The same mas and a Happy New 'Year. The deadline date for registra­ Getting down to payoffs, here for men born in this country 1 would also like to remind tion is Feb. 1. applies to receipts for dues, are the ships in that category carrying seamen's papers that the membership of our Union If any of the men want infor­ for the past two weeks: do not credit them with the fact. assessments, and other pay-" that we are in the midst of our mation on" this score they can ments. yearly elections, and this is the Beatrice, Puerto Rico, Suzanne, We're now in the middle of contact anyone in the Hall, where our annual elections, and all Careful attention to this time for those who haven't yet Angelina, Elizabeth, Evelyn, all the procedure for registration hands are reminded that the detail will enable Headquar­ voted to do so. The polls are of Bull Lines; Bessemer Victory, for eligibility in the city, county best time to cast their ballots, if open in all Halls from 8 AM to ters to keep its records acLa Salle, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and state elections will be ex­ Raphael Semmes, Waterman; they haven't already done so, is. "curate in crediting income 5 PM, so that fvery member plained gladly. now. Go -to the polling place in can get a cKance to cast his to the various accounts. The time has come when the Winthrop Marvin, Steel Maker, the nearest Branch and register, ballot. Steel Designer, Steel Scientist, vote of labor will play an im­ get your ballot and vote. portant part in the coming elec­ Steel Chemist and Queens Vic­ Voting is a privilege and a tions and it is very important tory, Isthmian. right, and you should take an to yourself and the Union that Also the Crysstar, Triton; The active part in designating the Cabins, Mathiasen, and the Seayou register and vote. officials who will serve your train Havana. By JIM DRAWDY Sign-ons took place aboard all Union in the coming year. SAVANNAH — Slow shipping R. C. Grimes, D. L. Martin, J. the Bull Line ships, in addition is the way we sum up the re­ E. Floyi^, R. Flagler, L. C. Cole, to the Steel Maker, Steel Direc­ port of business in this port for C. A. Gardner, W. J. Groover tor and Queens Victory, Isth­ and R. Hall. the bast two weeks. mian; Stony Creek, Mar Trade, Fortunately, a South Atlantic By BEN LAWSON and the Robin Tuxford. LOOK FOR THE LABEL! vessel arrived here for a payoff All payoffs and sign-ons were While we're talking about Un­ BOSTON — We haven't been fairly smooth, with only a few to keep things moving a bit. She ion members, here's a reminder able to crack the ice up here. minor beefs, which were settled was the SS Cape Race, and she to all hands: Ride union-operat­ By JAMES SHEEHAN Several vessels came into port satisfactorily. signed on again. Things were ed cabs, use union-operated laun­ during the past two weeks, but PHILADELPHIA — Shipping pretty smooth aboard this ship. dries, and don't forget to vote in There is a matter that should almost all were in-transit. be called to - the attention of has dropped below what it was In-transit ships came and the coming elections. The lone payoff was the Ann those members who got their a couple of weeks ago, with went, too. Among them were, the Proof that the SIU member-' Marie, Bull. There were some seaman's papers 10 or more years only a few payoffs and sign-ons SS Topa Topa, Waterman; SS ship doesn't go for performere overtime beefs in the Deck De­ ago and who did not present taking place during the twoJean, Bull; Greeley Victory, seems to be quite evident around partment and a few instances of birth certificates or similar doc­ week shipping period just ended. Watei-man, and the SS Alawai, this Hall, at least. Rarely do any shipping rule violations. The uments to the Coast Guard at There were only a few men also Waterman. gashounds show up anymore. If overtime beefs were settled okay, the time. on the beach here that were any drinking is being done, it's SMOKED UP and the violations resulted in Men who had their papers is­ broke when Thanksgiving Day sure taking place a good dis-" some charges being placed sued to them, without having rolled around, so the A&G Dis­ The Jean had a beef over the tance from here. against the offenders. shown documentary evidence of trict and jthe SUP in this port need for an exhaust fan in the Only two Seafarers are in the, That was approximately the birth, had their papers marked got together and tried to make galley. Stewards Department Savannah Marine Hospital this extent of shipping activity in with a question mark opposite the holiday pleasant for them. men say the smoke and soot is week. R. W. Carrollton and F. terrible because soft coal is used. the Beantown, and there's little the line on citizenship. This FEED ON Bruggner are the two hospital­ else to report. But despite this smoky situa­ means that these men are re­ Between' Ray Gates', William ized Brothers. Oh, yes, John (iFish) Rubery garded as aliens until they es­ Glick, SUP Agent Jerry Licht- tion, the Jean crew is very just got back from Japan, and tablish that they were born in 'man and myself we fed 25 men happy. They've got a new Skip­ The AFL Labor's League for he's rarin' to go again. this country. in a local restaurant. Then they per who is very obliging when Political Education in Savannah, Seven Seafarers are. currently It is therefore suggested that all came up to the A&G Hall it comes to getting'draws. And, is going all-ou< to get people to in the Boston Marine Hospital. men who were born in this where refreshments were served. of course, there's is still plenty register for the coming elections. These men are W, J. Blakely, country, but who did not have We had quite a few favorable of Tum and coke down in the The LLPE is doing the same in H. Nongezeri R. Bolduc, E. Cot- their seamen's papers marked comments on the behavior of Islands at the other end of the Jacksonville, where Senator Claude Pepper has been assured, reau, J. Viera, Frank Alasavich "US citizen," should act to our boys around here. The folks run. of the labor vote. He will be in, The Savannah beach has it§ and Vic Milazzo. straighten this out. in this area think our men are On the weather up here, all They can ^o so by either ob­ a swell bunch of fellows, a bit complements of Seafarers at the that town on Dec. 12, the. date we can say is "Wait a minute!" taining a copy of their birth cer­ of news I'm sure everyone of j present time and they're waiting on which, officers of the LLPE. for jobs—what else? There are will be elected. Anything is likely to happen. tificate, or a baptismal certifi- us is glad to hear. New York Can't Make A Squawk: Shipping Is Pretty Fair There Far The Records Shipping Shws h Pwt SnvanmA Shipping, Weather Are Besten Headaches PbHadelpiiia Throws Thanksgiving Feed For Men On Beach I �Friday, December 2, 1949 THE SEAFARERS Page Five LOG SS Puerto Rioo Crew Puts Out Own Paper An example for all SIU ships which have the facilities is the shipboard paper put out by the crew of the SS Puerto Rico, the Bull Lines cruise ship. Called the "Advocate." this newsy little sheet (not so little at that: the latest issue had 6 mimeographed pages) gives the crew the latest maritime news (through the cooperation of Sparks), shipboard gossip eind news, poetry a,nd educational articles. The "Advocate" is staffed by the following crewmembers: Kenneth Eckholm, editor; Hilda Revesz. associate editor; Jim Colder, managing editor; Stanley Hawkins, executive editor;. James DuBose, art and poetry editor; Eddie Gladzer, director of publications; Eddie K. Mooney. Tiny Mease, and Nick Wuchina are the editorial staff members. We take the extreme pleasure of reproducing some of the items that appeared in the latest issue of the "Advocate." Coast Guard Fight To Continue By EDDIE X. MOONEY Ship's Delegate This trip has been instrumental in showing us how interested our Union is in na­ tional and local politics, and how interested politicians are in our Union as an organiza­ tion. Some of us wonder why the Union has taken definite stands in politics, as not so very long ago it was the policy of the Union to have nothing to do with it. The reasons for this are obvious, when one realizes the tangibility of government sanctions, pro and con, over our way of life. When a bill-was introduced in The House of Representatives for postwar rights for the men of the merchant marine who sailed during the war, it met with a great deal of opposition. Instrumental in this opposition were powerful political organizations such as the American Legion. Consequently the bill was placed in committee, after being read on the House floor On introduction, and without ever being debated on the floor of the House, died a natural death when that session of Congress ended. At that time our organization* ^ ; was playing a hands-off policy with national politics, arid we did little to protect that issue. Other issues came up: the Taft-Hartley Act which was an instrument to break all - unions; the Hoffman Bill which would have given all the Marshall Plan cargo to foreign flag vessels and laid our merchant fleet in the boneyards; the action to revoke the right of the merchant sea­ men to file suit for injuries as outlined in the Jones Act of 1920; and the attempts of the Coast Guard and other govern­ ment bureaus to damage us. FIGHTING REPLY If the SIU had sat back and allowed these men and brganiza. tions to fulfill their promises, and see through ideas without fighting the issues tooth and nail, it is easy to see that we would have no Union, no rights, no jobs and would have been placed in a position of virtual job enslavement, such as seamen bave not experienced since Brit­ ish impressment. . ' So you see, when the Union asks you to contact our Senators and Representatives, as individ­ uals, on important maritime is­ sues it is your duty and respon­ sibility to do just that, Let's not forget the lesson of the Seamen's BiU of Rights. Ever since the early days of the# war, when the Coast Guard Hearing Units were given au­ thority over the lives and actions of the seamen by reason of the "War Emergency" excuse, the SIU has fought hard against that control. But, while we were battling against these Hearing Units and the. dictatorial control being ex­ ercised, the NMU was playing "post office" and "spin the bottle" with the Hooligan Navy, and encouraging them to hogtie the seamen so that they could hardly call their lives their own. Don't misunderstand us, we believe in giving credit where credit is due. We give all due credit to the Coast Guard for their war . record and their peace­ time work of patrolling the sea lanes. Our beef was—and is—against the Hearing Units specifically and those Brass Hats who wanted to see the seamen as another branch of the Armed Forces. To prove the NMU's friendli­ ness for the Coast Guard, we quote from the minutes of their 1945 convention: "In the en­ forcement of wartime discipline, the Coast Guard has established an advanced and liberal record, as against the injustices imposed CONGRESSMEN VIEW SIU FILMS by the Department of Commerce during peace. "We pledge to continue the friendly cooperation between our union and the Coast Guard for... a safe and efficient post­ war merchant marine." Contrast the finky NMU stand on the Coast Guard with the militant position of the SIU in our battle against Coast Guard regimentation of seamen. We left no doubt as to our position with such articles in the SEAFARERS LOG. We will fight against the Coast Guard until all forms of that control are finally removed from the lives of American seamen. American seamen must be free from dictatorship of all kinds. Corsair, Dei Mar Hail Advocate' Editor SS Puerto Rico "Advocate" Dear Sir and Brother: Received the copy of the SS Puerto Rico ship's newspaper and posted same on the crew bulle­ tin board of this vessel. Nearly every one on here has read the paper and the com­ ments are all in praise of your paper. On behalf of the crew of this vessel let me convey their thanks for your sending us this paper, and wish you all of the best in your future handling of the paper. Many thanks for the paper. By direction of the crew of the SS Alcoa Corsair. Fraternally yours, Leroy Clarke Ship's Delegate % On the agenda of a recent Union meeting aboard the SS Puerto Rico attended by members of the Hguse Education and Labor Committee was the showing of the SIU films, "This Is The SIU." and "Battle of Wall Street." Committee members shown watching the Union movies aloi^ with Seafarers in photo above are Congressmen John Lesiniski of Michigan, committee chairman; Carroll D. Kearns of Penn­ sylvania; Charles HoweU of New Jersey; Augustine B. Kelley of Pennsylvania. Harold Velde of Illinois. John Forsythe. committee counseL and Walter Masoiv AFL legislative representative. The committee was aboard the Bull Lines ship en route tp Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for a study of labor conditions there. " -Photo by Jim Colder % Sf Editor SS Puerto Rico "Advocate" Dear Sir and Brother: This is to acknowledge that the SS Del Mar has received your first, two editions. On be­ half of the crew and myself, I would like to take this oppor­ tunity to say that the "Advocate" is a wonderful idea, a newspaper comparable only to the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG. It is unique among SIU fleets. It shows our whole Union membership the spirit of union­ ism aboard the SS Puerto Rico. 1 hope the "Advocate" will grow and its idea and principles spread to other SIU ships. If it meets with the response that it had aboard this ship its future is assured. Yours for a bigger and better "Advocate." Harold Tennant Ship's Delegate i �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. December 2. 1949 SHIPS' MINUTES Grain Barge Is Beached After Collision With SS Coral Sea In Mississippi River NEWS THEIR SHIP CRASHES WITH BARGE A grain laden barge had to be beached after colliding with the Seafarer-manned SS Coral Sea in the Mississippi River off Napoleon, Avenue in New Orleans on Armis­ tice Day, Al De Forest, Steward on the SIU ship, informed the LOG this week. There • 4 SEAFARING ARTIST "'were no casuakies on either vessel. The mishap was blam­ ed on poor visibility caused by drifting patches of fog. MOVING SLOWLY Both the Coral Sea and the barge, which was being towed along with two oil barges, were moving slowly when the collis­ ion occured. Only slight damage was sustained by the Coral Sea, but the grain barge didn't fare so well. It began to sink imme­ diately after the crash and a tug towed the crippled craft toward the west side of the river. Stewards Department men who were aboard the Coral The barge was beached neiir Sea when it collided'with a barge in the Mississippi River on Gretna, which lies opposite New Armistice Day. Front row, left to right: Scotty McMenerny. Orleans. Baker; Red Fitzsimmons, Utility; Walter Dashinsky, MM. Rear: Following the collision, the Gene Gatmaitan, BR; Bob Wallace, 3rd Cook, and Al De Coral Sea continued to the cot­ Forest, Steward. ton warehouse at the foot of Napoleon Avenue, where it was to be loaded with a cargo of cotton. EARLY MORN CRASH According to witnesses, who placed the time of the crash at Gerald William Beardsley, who would have celebrated 7:45 AM, the Coral Sea, inbound his fourth year as a Seafarer on Dec. 13, was fatally in­ from Baltimore, was moving up jured in a fall aboard the SS-t the Mississippi and the tow was Seatrain Havana in Texas City A native of Finlay, Ohio, Bro­ heading downstream. on Nov. 16. ther Beardsley was born on Feb. The rest of the tow, operated Beardsley, a member of the 5, 1901. He joined the SIU's At­ by the Butcher and Alford Tow­ Seatrain Havana's Stewards De­ lantic and Gulf District in the ing Company of Houston, pro­ partment, fell from the vessel's Port of New York on December ceeded to the" Harvey Canal. top deck to the bottom of a hold, 13, 1945, where he received Book The Coral Sea is owned and it was reported to the LOG. No. 48182. operated by the Coral Steamship The late Seafarer signed on Records in the SIU Headquar­ Company of New York. the Seatrain ship on Nov. 2. ters listed him as a Second Cook. G.W. Beardsley Dies In Fall Aboard, SS Seatrain Havana Tex Boillin and one of his recent paintings. Tex Boillin may have the sea watch partner on the Allegheny in his blood, but it's easy to see Victory. that painting is closest to his A Gunner's Mate, Second heart. The youthful AB, who Class, in the Navy during the hails from Houston, says he's go­ recent war, Tex has been sailing ing to keep on plugging away on merchant ships off and on with brushes and canvas until since his discharge. He spends a he can break into art work, pre­ good deal of his time off aboard ferably illustrations. ship recording his impressions Tex broke out a couple of his of seafaring life. vivid watercolors of life at sea Boillin attended Pratt Institute in the LOG office the other day, in New York and plans to re­ but not until he had practically sume his art studies next fall. been dragged up by John Par­ Meanwhile, he will keep on sons, OS, who was Boillin's sailing. Voice Of OLe Sea by "SALTY DICK" Frenchy Michelet and Uncle Otto are both on the beach and trying to ship out together.... Bob Williams has switched to the Black Gang and he wants to head south. He's troubled by a rash that keeps him scratching overtime J. P. Shuler is on the high seas aboard the Del Oro. He's the Steward The "Count of Bourbon Street" is none other than Boujeoues, the Waiter. George Noles is back in New Orleans after having been drydocked in Venezuela, where he sustained a head injury.... Two beautiful butterfly trays have been given to the New Orleans Hall by the crew of the Del Norte.... Fred Schr.oeder is in the electrical business in New Orleans and is making out pretty well. Joe Seaver and his assistant, Frank Ploppert, were the official photographers at the opening of Jack Parker's "Sea Hawk." Chief Steward Powers sent flowers and his best wishes for success.... Eddie Westphal took a job on the Corsair but I know his heart is in New Orleans. The beautiful green convertible Buick you -see near Poydras Street belongs to Frank Fernandez, probably better known as Mr. Johnson. Jesse Cerda is heading for Genoa and glad of it Heard that Don Strong is up in a Canadian hospital and may have to remain there for one year Speaking of patients. Red Honeycutt is in the New Orleans Marine Hospital for a spinal operation. He'll probably remain there until Dec. 15.... The rumor about Bill Champlin trying to get the peanut concession at the New Orleans Mardi Gras is not true. That rumor fbrced him to leave town. Operation At Sea Saves Noonday Man's Eye An emergency operation performed aboard an Army transport ^t sea was credi­ ted with having saved the eyesight of Seafarer Pete Melish, Deck Maintenance, on the SS Noonday. Two pieces of steel were removed from Melish's left eye, after he had been transferred in a lifeboat tog^.. the transport. tion was necessary, the Captain A communication from the radioed for aid. Noonday received this week said Fortunately, the transport R. that the Captain and the Mate M. Blatchford was only a few tried desperately to remove the miles away and she answered steel fragments from Melish's the call immediately. A lifeboat eye. As soon as it became ob­ was lowered from the Noonday vious that skilled surgical atten- and Melish was taken to the Lifeboat zelurns to Noonday from army transport, where Pete Melish (arrow) had two steel fragments removed from his left Blatchford, where the operation was performed in the ship's hospital. It took the ship's doctor 45 minutes to extract the steel par­ ticles from Melish's eye. The Noonday communication, signed "Burhead," praised *he doctor for his skill. While the Noonday's lifeboat lay alongside the transport, the Army men served the Seafarers crew with coffee. Burhead said the Noonday crew deeply appreciated the ef­ forts of Captain Samuels and Chief Mate Hansen, of the Noon­ day, and of the "boys, officers and doc-of the transport for look­ ing out for our men." HEADS FOR BREMEN As soon as the lifeboat return­ ed, the Noonday resumed her voyage to Bremen. Leaving Bremen, she headed for Bremerhaven, where she tied up along­ side the SS Maiden Creek, a vic­ tim of a recent encounter with a floating mine. The Maiden , Creek's cargo was transferred to the Noonday. The report said the Maiden Creek was expected to remain in Bremerhaven for two months while the mine-inflicted damage was repaired. �I,'. THE |?riday« December 2, 1949 SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings beefs settled before payoff. CAPE ^ MOHICAN. Oct. 2 —J. —-Everything reported running Sellers, Chairman; Mel Brown. smoothly in the three depart­ Secretary. Ship's Delegate re­ ments. Sir Charles Oppenheimer ported that Deck Department of.-Tv^e isooelected Engine Department Del­ foc'sles have been painted and egate by acclamation. Joseph D. ihat Black Gang's will be taken McPhee. Deck Delegate, and care of soon. Steward announced August Fahrner, Ship's Dele­ that more rice and black-eyed 1 • 1, gate. Brothers Johnes and Sir peas will be served in the fu­ Charles will conduct one educa­ ture to. comply with wisljes bf tion meeting a week when Deck several Brothers. Bosun inform­ Department is not working over­ ed Brothers that writing tables time. Several matters of ship­ requested for foc'sles will be •in­ board interest' were discussed stalled when ship returns to OP JOft • under Good and Welfare,, with Puerto Rico. Wipers who recent­ meeting adjourning at 7 PM. ly repaired washing machine re­ DEL SUD. Oct. 30 — Keith ported that trouble resulted from Winsley. Chairman; John D. McA A * TRINITY, Oct. 23—J. B. Baroverloading and warned Brothers Lemore. Secretary. Ship's Dele­ nett. Chairman; Peter Piascik, to avoid this in future. gate reported on loggings. Mo­ Secretary. No beefs in depart­ 4 tion carried to accept agenda ments. Ship's Delegate sent let­ ROBIN LOCKSLEY. Cel. S— presented and to use it- at all ter to men who missed ship, no­ ..L. Keyes, Chairmart; J. J. De future shipboard meetings inas­ tifying them when we would ar­ Vito, Secretary. Delegates made much as it suits needs and is rive in Providence so they .could their reports. Motion carried to drawn from Robert's Rules of have draw list made up by each Order. Deck Delegate reported pick up their gear: He also spoke department delegate. Motion car­ that one man had been fined with Captain about repairs and ried to let the elected delegates and that there were 25 hours was assured that those not taken and the Patrolman settle the disputed overtime in his depart­ care of at this date would be beefs without interference from ment. Engine Delegate said that attended to as soon as possible. the members. Meeting with Pa­ all donations had been turned Vote of thanks given to Stew­ trolman to be held to get Chief over to ship's treasurer, and that ards Department for efforts in Mate straightened out on work­ 46 % hours were being disputed satisfactorily feeding and serv­ ing the crew. A special vote of ing rules and agreement. in Black Gang. Steward's. Dele­ thanks was given to Second gates also reported. All reports Cook and Baker for his untiring were approved. Financial and efforts in helping to make this Auditing committees' reports voyage a pleasant one. were approved. Motion carried to 4> 4> $ elect Emil Hereck chairman of DEL NORTE. Oct. 30—Branrecreation committee. Motion de­ nan. Chairman; Bradley, Secre­ feated which would have return­ tary. Minutes of previous meet­ 4, 4. ed room now used by Electri­ There are about 23 shopping and shipping days til good old JULESBERG, Oct. 22 — Joe cians to reefer engineer. Motions ing read and approved, and mo­ Merry Christmas. No doubt most Brothers are expecting shipping Penner, Chairman; V. Meyer. also carried to turn $50 over to tion carried to .print sufficient before Christmas out of New York to be darn good Any day Secretary. No disputes existing chairman of recreation commit­ copies to post in all lounges. can be Father's Day and so it is to a few Brothers. Down there In any of the departments. Ship's tee for purchase of equipment, Ship's Delegate reported that bal­ in good old New Orleans congratulations are in order to Brother ance of repairs would be taken Delegate to see Captqin about and to incorporate washing ma­ getting new screens for ports. chine fund with that of ship's care of on next trip. He re­ James "Sloppy" Creel who became a proud "poppa" of a baby quested full cooperation of all boy. The best of everything to Brother Creel, the wife and baby. Motion carried to have man im­ fund. department delegates in settling ... And now up here in New York (where a container of coffee mediately discharged in next port minor shipboard squawks and costs twenty cents) Brother Henry Bonk is smiling like he never if he does not stand watch ex­ beefs • before vessel arrived in smiled before. We don't blame him. He's a proud daddy of a cept for medical reasons. GenNew Orleans. He explained to baby boy—weighing 9 lbs. % ounces. Well, the best of everything er^ discussion on keeping mess-, to all, Henry That well-known ambassador of good will and new crewmembers that depart­ hall clean. Each watch is to see good unionism, Charles Oppenheimer, dropped in for a visit. ments rotate in assisting Electri­ that hall is left clean before be­ cian in setting up and stowing Charlie, who is Engine Delegate aboard the Canton Victory and ing relieved. One minute of sil­ movie gear at shipboard show­ constantly doing as much as he can for the educational program ence in memory of , departed ings. Ship's Treasurer reported in shipboard hieetings, has already finished writing hundreds of Brothers. % % % that $104.49 was in ship's fund Christmas cards to shipmates and hospitalized brothers wishing ALCOA CORSAIR, Oct. 23— 4, i S; SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY. R. E. Slough. Chairman; L. and that $45.60 had been ex­ them a cheerful holiday, swift recovery and smooth sailing. The Oct. 25—A. Sistrunk, Chairman; Clarke. Secretary. Delegates and pended for athletic equipment, same to you, Charlie, indeed. AAA H. V. Newberry, Secretary. Treasurer of ship's fund made leaving balance of $58.89. Report From a letter we are informed that Brother Gordon Peck Ship's Delegate reported that their reports, which were ap­ accepted. Brother De Dominicis of Washington is on the Japanese shuttle-run with the SS every man, except the four to proved. Motion carried to ac­ reported on condition of athletic gear and asked all ball players Afoundria.. •. Now that Gerald O'Rourke grabbed a ship his eight "watch, is to receive two cept Treasurer's resignation and to meet with him during com­ shipmate Frank Brown will no doubt be grabbing the first hours overtime for late sailing to hold new election. Motion car­ ing week so team could be or­ one he can.... About a month ago three oldtimers dropped in from Texas. Every man is to ried to elect Clarke by acclama­ ganized to play in Buenos Aires. off their ship. There was Foster Grant, after some recent hospi­ see the Patrolman at the payoff. tion. Motion defeated 22 to 8 talization, and E. L. Bates and D. D. Storey. Smooth sailing No beefs ^were reported by the to have duties of Treasurer's post to you Brothers.... Now that we know there were some swell department delegates. Motion by performed by the Ship's Dele­ musical sessions aboard the SS Colabee with six brothers John Jellette that a man desir­ gate. Under Good and Welfare, playing harmonicas and four guitars banging away we are ing to take a trip off for vaca­ it was suggested that stores be anxious to know the names of these sea-going musicians. tion, or other reason, be permit­ checked before sailing and that AAA ted to do so and that upon his drinking fountain and messrooms AAA Congratulations to Brother Wilbur Dickey—who happens to be return, he be reinstated in his be kept clean, with everyone co­ DEL VALLE, Oct. 23—Barllett, job, with relief to get credit on operating. Chairman; Ryan, Secretary. No a stamp collector with an amazingly descriptive knowledge of the his shipping date. Motion rec­ beefs in Deck or Engine Depart­ history of any stamp. Right now Brother Dickey is anxiously t i, i, ommended that this be referred DEL ORG. Oct. 16—Dick Hunt. ment. Stewards Department beef waiting to sail to Bremen, Germany, to marry the girl in whose to a Shipping Rules Committee Chairman; Tex Gillespie. Secre­ about garbage was referred to home he found, while visiting her parents, the latest copy of— and if approved to be voted upon tary. Few minor beefs have been Good and Welfare. J. A. Wilkie yes, indeed, you guessed it—our SEAFARER'S LOG. The reason by the membership. squared away and repair list elected Ship's Delegate. Bartlett the LOG was there is because her brother is a seaman and re­ is to be typed up, Ship's Dele­ reported washing machine cost, quested to be placed on the mailing list for our newspaper. This Has anybody aboard ship played gate reported. Deck Department $76.05, including transportation seafaring world is small indeed reported few hours of disputed and that $21.95 was now on hand that new card game called Canasta? Is there any Brother who has overtime, other departments in ship's fimd. Communication been fortimate enough to have sailed into New York and have okay. Motion (by Gillespie) car­ from Fort Stanton tabled for seen some successful play called "South Pacific."... Thanks to ried calling for thorough check further clarification. Letter sent Brother T. Andy Anderson and Tex his pal for the poem they BIENVILLE. Oct^ 14 —Noble. of lifeboat equipment as most of to Headquarters and New Or­ wrote praising our column. They also mentioned Louis Azrel of Chairman; Brady, Secretary. it is in need of repair or re­ leans in regard to crewmember Baltimore. Is he a Walter Winchell, too? 4. 4* 4* Brother Slilley elected Ship's placement. Clyde Lewelyn sug­ who left ship owing large sums The SEAFARERS LOG will be sailing free of cost to the Delegate. Delegates' reports read gested that Ship's Delegate check of money to his shipmates, and homes of the following Brothers: Frank Guitson of New York. and approved. Motion by Dro- with Patrolman about clarifica­ who also took minutes of pre­ James Moore of Georgia, D. S. Hair of South Carolina, Thomas lak. seconded by John Prescolt. tion of draws for men who have vious meetings and all communi­ Keyser .of Alabama, Philip Archilles of Massachusetts, Leonard carried recommending that all allotment. Suggested that loud­ cations with him. Under Good Spivey of Maryland, Raymond Frye of California, Jack Gridley repairs be completed before ship speaker for radio be returned and Welfare, the garbage situa­ of California, Thomas Gower of Virginia, Otis Canada of tion was discussed and • a settle­ leaves port. Discussion on the to the crew messroom.Virginia, S. W. Lind of Massachusetts, John Newman of Cali­ ment of the dispute made. Letter purchase of a washing machine, A A t fornia, Joseph Wendt of Florida, Frank Wesley of Florida, CANTON VICTORY, Oct. 24— to be sent to Headquarters ap­ with several speakers suggesting George Richley of New York, L. Kristiajisen of Georgia. methods for collecting the neces­ H. E. Martin, Chturman; Sir proving appointment of commit­ William Meagher of New York, Carl Jackson of New York, sary funds. Suggested that Dele­ Charles Oppenheimer, Secretary. tee to investigate establishment Martin Nilsson of California, Frank Schumacher of Connecticut. gates go to the Union Hall to Previous minutes read and ap­ of sailors' home. Next meeting to Patrick Delaney of Maryland, Charles Frey of Louisiana, Odis get a supply of agreements and proved. Repair list. Ship's Dele­ be held on the last Sunday of Dedeaux of Alabama, Edward Pritchard of California. gate advised all hands to have the month at 1 PM. Union literature. -i:: <5^ r; W h msil �THE SEAFARERS Page Eight Friday, DecenU>«r 2, 1949 LOG THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS He's Soft On The Old 'Hog' Cause She Done Him Right To the Editor: Reminiscing about death isn't very pleasant, but in a manner of speaking, "she" is still alive in my eyes. In many cases, first impres­ sions are lasting and I assure you that this impression is an excellent example. "She" was my first berth the "mother" of all my voyages. •There were times when "she" was gentle and kind, and at times, severe and punishing. But as all mothers do, "she" brings you home safely with protection and that feeling of security. We sailed on—of all days— Friday, the 13th of Januarydestination unknown. The first four days we were blessed with perfect weather, but on the fifth day a storm hit us, breaking the convoy into all directions. HALTED Just as the storm blew itself out our tubs started to leak, causing us to stop engines. It • took us about six hours to re­ pair and put under way again. By this time we had missed rendezvous and started to re­ ceive messages of sub attacks on the remainder of our convoy. The famous City of Flint was one of the ships sunk. On the third day of being alone, we were going half speed, quarter speed and stop. We spotted another lone vessel, the SS Pinkerton. It was decided that the two ships would make the rest of the voy­ age together. Two days later our tubs be­ gan leaking again. The Pinkerton went on alone. The next day we heard a distress call from the Pinkerton. She was sunk that night. Our Skipper changed our course, and the rest of the trip was uneventful. We reached Safi ahead of what was left of the convoy. From Safi we proceeded to Glasgow and picked up a cargo of Scotch and brought it to Pier K, Weehawken, N.J., with the usual experiences. SEES HER AGAIN If my memory for dates doesn't fail me, it was in October' 1946 that my wife and I were at­ tending the local movie theatre when the newsreel flashed on the screen. One of the items startled me, for there, before my very eyes, was my ship the Alcoa Banner bein^ towed out to sea loaded with enemy poison gases. Then right in front of my eyes I saw her sunk with shells from one of our country's war­ ships. I assure you that it took quite a few hits to put her to rest in a glory comparable to any of the deaths of the more publicized warships. Without shame, but with a swelling of pride I am proud to state that tears forced their way to my eyes and a lump in my throat—about the size of Gibral­ tar—emerged. In my heart, in my mind, my "she" isn't dead, but is just tak­ ing .a well-deserved rest in the quiet depths of the seas that she once so freely sailed. In the memories of her many crews, she wUl return again' and again to relive her past. By way of closing these lines, I wish to say "Good-night to you, SS Alcoa Banner. Rest well, my Hog." BUI Hanold Plush Shipbuilder's Tears Wasted On This Union Man To the Editor: "Decline in Shipping," says the lubberly Herald Tribune and goes on to blame the seamen for their 40 hour week. The exshipbuilder, who wrote the let­ ter printed im the paper, would want us to return to the "good old days," to the 98-hour week, to the 14-hour day, to the dog watches at sea. Meantime what will he do? He'll build ships. Yes. He'll ap­ pear at his office at 10 AM; he'll sit at his desk till noon, then go out for his lunch till two, drinking cocktails; and, return­ ing to his office for a couple of hours, will disappear, at 4 PM. Thus, from Monday till Fri­ day, he'll work (like hell) build• ing ships and putting in 20 hours a week at a salary of $20,000 a year. Then, at the launching of the ship, his wife or private secretary, the sponsors, will re­ ceive a gift, a wrist watch stud­ ded with diamonds and worth at least $3,000. Not so long ago—^in 1917—I as Chief Mate of US bark Callao, ABOARD THE SS TWIN FALLS VICTORY at $125.00 a month, had to work the ship and do navigation. The captain (Mont Eton) being.hard of hearing, I had to run the bark at sea working on deck from 16 to 18 hours a day un­ der the dog-watch system. The men, the crew, toiled by day and, standing watch at night, fought against falling asleep on their feet. Where was the exshipbuilder then? In the last war, when I was Master of the Liberty ship, Al­ exander R. Shepherd, I, together with crew, saved the vessel and her cargo valued at $3,000,000, without even a "thank you" from the Maritime Commissioffr Where was the ex-shipbuilder then? Featherbedding himself, perhaps. Today, we need a merchant marine, do or die. But we don't need to turn the clock back because of the need. It won't be long now when our men in dungarees will have to stand watch at sea, attentive and ser­ ious. H. J. Peterson On deck as the Isthmian ship passed through the Panama Canal are Stewards Department members, (left to right) A1 'Heurris, 3rd Cook: Edward Baeron, MM; Mike Delaney? - UtiL; and W. J. Walsh, Steward. . This photo and' rest in group were taken by Twin Falls Chief Electrician Merwyn E. Wat­ son. He says two men shown above—M. E. Watson and Ernest Mett4, both Electricians— were paying passengers on ship. Beyer Runs Afoul Of 'Moon Again To the Editor: The biggest blowup of the Moon I have ever seen happen­ ed once upon a time, when Moopi Kouns was the proud owner of an overcoat (first and last). The-coat was long and green^ It looked something like a' doz­ en flour sacks that had been sewed together. And it seemed that like the doggone thing grew a little each year. Here's the Deck Gang. From left to right, seated, are Jack So one day Moon told me to MitcheU, DM; Jacfc Mauer, OS; M. Hansen, AB; BUI MUlison, stop at the tailors on my v^ay Bosun; Karl Hellman, AB; Harry Mauren, OS. Standing: Gerald home and get two inches off Dwyer, AB; A. Swenson, DM; Russell Slagle, OS; Stanton the coat. The next day I stopped Sowa, Wiper; James McLinden, AB; VirgU Caudell. DM. and by the tailor shop, picked up Jean Conrad, AB. the garment and brought it home to Moon. He unwrapped it immediately and tried it on. Then all hell broke loose. Boy, oh boy, did he rave. It seemed that somebody made a mistake. No spoon, no knife, no fork, and To the Editor: Instead of taking off two inches, they took off 22 inches. Read and take heed, as this no coffee. Percy Beyer Wake up Brothers, ^do your article pertains to you, your (Ed. Note: Are you sure home, your job, your family, and bit. Vote right, do right, don't you told the tailor to take off your security. In order to pro­ get drunk, and be right. two inches, Percy?) William J. McKay tect all of these, it is advisable to do some deep and serious thinking. For instance, when voting, a vote for the honest experienced candidate, regard­ less of whether it be a xmion or government election, is the building of a bigger and better By BOOK NO. 34568 foundation. A strong foundation can carry more weight in that it Are you an active member, prevents selfish political big-shots who pass laws that permit our The kind that's liked so well, ships to sail the seas under for­ Or are you just contented eign flags. Such cases not only With the emblem on your lapel? take our jobs, they take away Do you attend the meetings our dollars as well. Voting- is a valuable privilege. And mingle with the flock. Millions of people in other coun­ Or do you stay on board* tries are begging, wishing, and And criticize and knock? hoping for these wonderful pri­ Do you take an active part vileges we aU have here in the good old U.S.A. To help the work along. Or are you satisfied to be On the ether hand, by doing justice in all our xmdertakings • y.\. Like those that "just belong?" we not only help- build good Do you ever make suggestions minds, but likewise build a big­ To the officers you pick. ger and better Union. Or do you leave the work to a few y In writing this I can't help but And then talk about "that clique?" ) think back 42 years. A deck hand's working hours were four Come to the meetings always j hours on, four hours off, day And help with hand and heart, in day out, Sundays included for Don't be just a member$25 a month. No grub to speak Take an active part! of, only a dish pan of rot-gut. Take Balloting Seriously, Is Advice Of SIU Oldtimer Log-A-Rhythms WHEN IT'S MEETING NIGHT IN PORT V. v., �Piiday/ December 2, 1949 Crew Of OS Ship Is 90% B'or SIUl Graven Declares TBE SE A FARE RS LOG Page Nine Should VuiatiMS Be. Comf^ory? Father Of Five Advocates Compulsory Vacation Rule Judging by the letters coining to the LOG and the motions being offered at Union meetings asea and ashore, there is a growing interest in the question of whether or hot men who have sailed continuously aboard one vessel should be required to accept their vacation pay, to which they are entitled under Union contract, and get off the ship. Although no tab has been kept, opinions expressed have been almost/ evenly divided. However^ issues involving changes in the shipping rules can only be resolved through the medium of a union-wide referendum ballot, as per Constitution. Because of the far-reaching effect of any decision which may be made, the Union heu: recommended that ample time and opportunity be allowed all hands for thorough discussion and understanding of the entire question. The LOG. therefore, welcomes letters of opinion from the membership on both sides of the question for publication on these pages. in good standing my little blue book will take care of my wife Just a few lines in regard to and kids, as long as I'm able to 'To ihe Editor: the letter from the Seafarers breathe that fresh salt air. wife who wrote to the LOG in In regard to the Cities Serv­ Any man who treasures a book opposition to compulsory vaca­ in the SIU need never stay on ice matter you are printing, tions. here's something I would like to the beach longer than two First . let me state that her weeks, unless he is waiting for contribute, if I may. reasons are sound, but I would some particular ship or job. And I just got off the SS Paoli like to clarify her suggestions. when a man stays on a single here in Charleston on Saturday. I am a married man with a wife ship one year and hasn't been She is on" her way to San Pe­ and five children, ranging in able to save up enough money dro, Calif. The reason is the same' ages from six to 17 years. I have to provide for his wife and fam­ as you have heard so many been a member of the SIU since ily (especially when he gets two times: "incompetency." May 1942. The Chief Engineer on the weeks vacation pay to start him I have shipped in all depart­ off), while he is on the beach— Paoli was the bull. He didn't let ments and as of now am per­ well. Brothers, there must be a anyone say anything. If you manently entrenched in the leak somewhere. would try to suggest • anything, Stewards Department. I have he would raise hell, threaten to It's either that he gambles, supported my family comfort­ drinks or supports someone on fire you, and'then tell you: "I'm ably since I have sailed the sev­ the other side of the pond. When the Chief Engineer on^his ship!" en seas—thanks to the condi­ you are a married man with ob­ You had to do what he said To the Editor: more than 200 members at the tions that the SIU has won for ligations, you must sacrifice some you should do. most, who stay aboard a vessel all of us seamen. I got on here in Charlestown After reading several articles, of the pleasures that your single about five weeks ago. We went both pro and con, on the home- longer than 12 months and pos­ Brothers partake of. • HIS CHECK BOOK , to Aransas JPass, Tex. One of steading beef and also the min­ sibly less than half of these stay Regardless of the rating you Now I haven't any cash cach­ the Wipers got off, so we sailed utes' of several branches on this more than 18 months—about a ed away in the banks. But my ship in, have you ever taken into back to Boston with just two matter, it seems as though the hundred, then. Next, let's take' a look at the check book is the little blue consideration the amount of jobs Wipers. When ^e got to Boston, time is drawing near when def­ expenditure of time and energy book that the SIU issued to me that would rotate from year to we signed on foreign articles to inite action wiU be taken. it would require to make a rule in 1942, and as long" as I remain year. Jobs would rotate more go to Aruba. He still hadn't or­ But before this action is taken, that would force these men to frequently. Cliques couldn't be dered a Wiper, so we sailed short I would like everyone who is formed. Some Brothers stay accept vacation pay and get off again. interested to make a careful an­ the ships. aboard a ship so long they don't alysis of the situation because know what the inside of a Union ROUGH DEAL First, it must be offered in this is a matter that will have Hall looks like. the form of a resolution, then In the meantime, he had taken "definite bearing on our organi­ UNIONISM? voted on up and down the coast, us off sanitary work in the zation in the future. I personally know of a Chief a procedure which would take morning and we weren't even It seems that there are cer­ Steward aboard an Alcoa pas­ time at each meeting. Second, the supposed to make coffee. During tain members clamoring to have senger ship who hasn't been to question must then be placed To the Editor: those trips, the Aead upon the those men aboard a ship for 12 the New Orleans or Mobile Hall on a referendum ballot, copies Oiler's deck got dirty and no months to accept their vacation since 1947, and I can prove this Here are my views on the of which have to be mailed to one would clean it. One of the pay and. get off. This group wants statement. Do you call this un­ question of whether vacations each port. Third, a balloting Oilers said something to the First this • issue to be placed before ionism? should be made compulsory af­ committee must be paid meal Assistant and he told the Chief the membership on a referendum money for the 30-day period. ter one year aboard ship. I am I was storekeeper aboard the about it. ballot so that the compulsory Alcoa Clipper for 11 months and against such" a rule for two rea­ Fourth, a tallying committee - The Chief asked the Oiler to vacation rule can be adopted. 17 days. I saved enough to get sons: must be paid meal money. Thus, clean it when he was off watch I believe that this would be off and five weeks later shipped 1. Having to get off a ship the whole procedure would prob­ •—without overtime. He refused. a vast waste of union funds, and on the Cavalier on the same after putting in a year's time, as ably cost the Union some* five He also got fired when we got energy, which are now needed job. I stayed one trip, got off I see it, is going against what to seven thousand dollars. to Texas again. Before the Oiler in the organizing field. and grabbed the Del Sud for our Union stands for—Job se­ left the ship the Chief Engineer I wish to ask the members of three trips to South America, curity. FEW MEN STAY told him to tell all his SIU this organization, in all sincerity, 2. A man having a family to then got off her. I've been on friends in Baltimore about it. I First, let us look at the situa­ do you really believe that in a support has to keep working if the beach since Sept. 6—not be­ don't even think he belonged to tion, as it stands. The A&G Dis­ time like this when our organi­ he ever wants to get ahead. If cause I couldn't ship, but because the SIU. He almost fired me in trict has in the neighborhood of zation is in an all-out drive to he has to get off a ship after one I am attending to a personal Texas but I finally pulled between 350 and 40Q. dry cargo economize it would be worth the year, he must wait seven to eight legal matter. through to come home on the and tanker vessels and, for an expense required to make this Brothers, this letter might weeks before getting another average, I would venture to say a rule? ships. pinch some of the homesteaders, job. Meanwhile, his savings must I know that if a vote were that no more than half of these OFFERS ALTERNATIVE but I am taking the liberty of go to keep his family alive. By taken right now, 90 percent of ships have men who have been expressing my views openly. I the time he gets another job his Woyld it not be much simpler the boys on the Paoli would aboard them for a period of 12 want all of my Brothers to knowsavings are gone and he must to educate the men on the de­ months or longer. vote for the SIU. that I am 100 percent in favor start all over again. sirability of taking vacation pay In other words, there are no Jack W. Craven of compulsory vacations. I hope more Brothers see the and getting off the ships after Let's put it to a vote and let one year aboard? This could be issue as I do. Think of the man done through discussions on with the family. Vote against the, majority speak. And don't forget to vote. ships. Should the so few men it. Vic Miorana F. A. Savoie involved be allowed to create confusion "Qmong so many. I say no. BROTHER 10 MONTHS IN ARREARS FRISCO HALL GETS ART GIFT I am of the opinion that we WANTS INFO ON REINSTATEMENT who are sailing the ships should \ get our heads together and To the Editor: handle this matter ourselves, in­ I would like to know what steps I have to take in order to stead of crying to the officials get my book back up to date. I am 10 months in arrears in dues every time some minor difference and assessments. arises aboard ship. I got married and wanted to settle down ashore but as I Our officials need all the time have no vocation other than seafaring I was unable to find a job and energy they can muster to that would support my family. cope with _the companies, the I would have paid my dues before how, but I have been in problems posed by the Taftthe hospital here in my hometown for an operation on my back Hartley act and th^ big job of and have been in tough financial straits as a result. Could you please advise me as to what course I should take, trying to organize the unor­ ganized outfits to secure addi­ as I would like very much to return to the sea. This is the only vocation that I know. I would appreciate advice on this in the tional job opportunities for us» Tex Sail next issue of the LOG, if possible, please. "A Brother in Distress'' Attention: C. A. Gimenez ANSWER: The SIU Constitution states that when a man is six months in arrears he is automatically regarded as having To Carlos A. Gimenez: dropped out of the Union. However, reinstatemeni is possible. The letter of inquiry, which . Therefore, it is recommended that, you write to the Headquar­ you recently" mailed to the SEA­ ters Reinstatement Committee, SIU. 51 Beaver Street, New FARERS LOG has been turned York 4, N. Y.. giving all the details of the situation you have over to the Records Department outlined above. You should do this at the earliest possible at Union Headquarters. • moment. ' • Ross O. Brewer (right) presents a paunting to SIU San The Department is checking Problems like this can be avoided if members deciding into the matter and you shotild Francisco Port Agent Jeff Morrison as a gift to the member­ . to stay ashore for any length of time would follow the Union's ship. The painting has been hung in, the Hall and Morrison : advice and retire their books. Reactivating their membership receive an answer in the mails in the very near future. has stated that talented Seafarers should be encouraged to . then becomes a simple matter for these men. , display their efforts in the Union Halls in all ports. The Editor To the Editor: Suit Regards Homesteading As No Cause For Excitement Vacation Rule Seen As Tough, bn Family Men THE BEEF BOX �'l' Jl,-E S E d F A B. E R S · .. L 0 C fore ters' unable to report · ship. to the Headqi'(at­ h members ip read and approved. Robert Q. Smith, Julius E. Parks and / Minutes 'bf previous meetings Agent discussed PORT in other Branches read and acBo ston cepted. Port REG. maritime· industry present time. at the Secretary,. Treasur;.. e r s financial report approved as ' DECK SHIPPED SHIP.P:.£D ENG 5 • . STWP�· TO"FAL SHIPPED 12 5 2 New· YOl'k. .......................... 9 11 l1 125 31 86 100 27 308 :Baltimore.............................. 22 97 87 24 23 170\ 82 352 127 106 74 3u7 24 5 4 3 J2 ................................... shippipg, which he said was not Phila delphi a ..........·.·-······:.... . tQO bqd considering···the. state of the ENG. DECK 51!1PPED TOTAL REC. REG. STWDS. REG. Norfolk..................... ; ... 38 .. ....... Savannah.............................. Ta pa m . .. .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. read. Charges read and referred Mobile... .. . , .. .. . ... . . . to a trial rommittee. SecretaryNew Orleans...................... Treasurer, in report to the memGalvesro n . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . bership, discussed the present West Coast .. .. .. ... ... . . .. ..• - . ........ . .... . . . . . . . ... . . .. GRAND . stake .. ... . .. ... .. so 10 11 10 ·52 38 7 50 98 99 U8 37 17 5J9 before Febru- forthcoming in the in 315 42 32 19 88 234 171 52 78 45 175 448 439 407 1,289 and of '12 104 Meehan me,n?rY 37 16 64 1,562 minute 69 66 461 One 22 21 552 J. 302 106 4S Caµ.sey, elec- 140, � as labor has an important C?.hoon. 14 >';;' 28 198 102 NO FIGURES RECEI VED 4 52 54 .. TOTAL............... be sure to ·do ary, ... 10 92 Dennis were of 15 12 read silence elected and trial referred committee. to in the NMU, Frey took Obligation. the Union. Motion· by Bankston carried, recommending that Brother Sheppard eni­ be po-wered to set up committee to J investigate quarters of new Mi ­ sissippi ship to be built. discussions under Good and meeting adjour ned at After fare Wel­ 8:30 PM, \vith 380 members P.�esent� ';\. t � . an Motion regarding Christmas tions here. Motion carried to Brot}J.ers. �eting adjourned at Business send message of condol�nce and 8:23 PM, with 143 members pre­ dinner, and refer motion on com­ Headquarters building has been tloral wre ath to the funeral of .sent pulsory vacations to Headquarseized by communist and trot­ Port Agent Tanner's father. The t�rs wi th - recommendation that ;t. ;i. � skyite groups. The entire func­ P'.aix..iQ:> ELJ>IU,A . CJiairr:nan. question be -put on ballot w1th following reports were read and tioning of the NMU has thus accepted: Patrolman'.g,. Dispatch- J� $Juaeb� 006: :Beco�ng voting for 30 days. Port Agent been throttled and police, called William V. GUclc, reported that affairs of port were er's, Secretary-Tr�asurer's �ta.te- S�r�tary, conflict of 48 Union carried to accept Savannah New departed Charles Oath into whose · / -- in by the officirus, are maintain­ ing a 24-hour guard' in and out­ side the building. The Secretary­ Treasurer tus and of also the discussed the sta­ Cities Service issue made several recommenda­ tions on . the future handling of this matter. The report was con­ � � in good shape, but that shipping bickerson and bram Davis too had fallen off quite a bit since the Union Qath of Obligation. Reading of minutes of previous last meeting. The coming two Charges a permitman against meetings in other Branches. All weeks look slow, but activity and trial committee's . find��,_ .:; concurred in, except part of Sashould pi�!<: up a bit as the holi- re�d and concurred in. : Port!s "1 day season approaches. Since the and SecretarY'-Treasurer's, 'nan­ . last meeting 21 ships were in cial reports !ead and ap1.n: ved. ment of finances, Balloting Com- 48741; Reading Clerk, Ha.x.i e mittee.'.s. Motion carried that trial committee meet Friday morning at 10 AM inasmuch as tomorrow is a Meeting holiday (Thanksgiving). adjourned at 7:35 with 255 members present. PM, A • . k port as callers, along with nine Reading other of minutes of paying off and six signing on. Branches. Motion carried to non­ tees were referred to the Dis­ Sweeney, 1530; R.ecording Secre­ The Agent said that the Sea- concur with ·that part .pf Phil­ patc._her. Meeting adjourned at tary, W. P-rince, 39427: Reading vannah New Business on which train New Orleans had gone in- adelphia and Galveston minutes 8:;W PM. Clerk, R. Murphy, 306J2. membership requested clarifiea- to drydock . for alterations that that non-concurred with Ba.lti­ the improve comforts more motion, calling :for PM¥· will Hon. Agent r,ewrted on curred in. Excuse from absen­ BOSTON � � ;.\; - Chairman, J. � :::_ · in' th Seer tary - Treasurer•s if{epott, ;He:ad:qUarters' st\ipping ·to' c p aboa�: .A.ll:. :Jr:;tn ds w er,� '. .urg�<f eJ.iMibl to vot financial to re ister fo itF Eoui iana' when report '/ to and Headquarters' report to the journed . other Branches, which tary-Treasurer's membership were p��­ and and accepted. Motions carried to accept reports of special -meetings, Port Agent's report, Coast West and Great Lakes minutes. Patrolman's Dispatcher's departed reports read and arid approved. One minute of silence in memory of depa rted Brothers. ·Meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM. Bro�hers. at ·M:eeting with PM, 7:�0 mem,bers in attendance. � � of. n .televisi.on wh� the coal and steel MOBILE - � i Chairrn11.ll, D. L. strikes. trolmen's reports read and �cQ� Dispatcher's. cepted, ·also Jim 296 members present. Recording Sections. Minutes of meet _ ings -. t ex o arried n a c t i i Mo�io cher. t p � rei••y Serency: Readm . · g Cl ei-k other Branches read and apSAN FRANCISCO-No tend shippin g cards of two Bro-· _ J 7'.- 15• 50453 .J.Ja.V Proved, except for moti. on ito thers taking out-patient treat- ing wa�... held because of non-concur with Sav.annah moReading ?f Savannah Branch ment at local -hospital and there- of a quorum. tion requiring men aboard .ship minutes previous meeting, of $,AYANNAH-ChairJniln, in Drawdy, � ' • Meet- '. wititj . 29523; • .. 0¢f' minute of silence in memory ·9f departed Union Brothers. 1ng adjourned at 8:10 PM, � , : ��'\i_.;·� aiter presenti ng ··. • · ·, ·· one yea:i; to. accept vacation pay Secretwy-Treasurer's financial on re por t, . and . Headq:uarters' re ­ the status of shipping in this port ro the all of Parker, 180; Recording Secretary, port. Patrolman's and Dispatch- which wer-e in. ,Agent . By JE:FF MORRISON .J. Carroll, 50409: Reading"" Clerk. er's r.,eports read and approved. reported that Cape Race had paia H. J. Fischer, 59. SAN FRANG:ISCO - Thou gh for thi.s we�k, G. Kerr, J. Hubbard, R. Walker , off in Ja,cksonville� Also t])ere Mjnutes of previous Br,anch R. Bridge and A- Kuciar�ki e�.� we.re the Greel�y Victory .anp not as good as it -could be, ship­ · meetings :read and approved. Due cused from the' meeting. Head- ss J.ean. The Cape Race wm ping for the past two 'weeks ' to absence of Port Agent Tan- qu�rters' rep.ort to the me mber- be in here tQmp�ow mornil'):,g was ·better' than had been .ex­ ner, who was out of town at-· ship read and J\ecepted. :Motion and the Alawoiii is .Gom�l)g fr.om .pected-thanks to calls fO'r re­ with the plaeeinents from the Jefferson tending funeral of his father, carri d to conc;u:r Jn Secret�y- . .New Yorl,c . to loa d ;to st=t'.' cu�s�d Baltimore shf ing has picked up since the end ad- 250 a cuses, which were refer'red ·�. the Pisp$icher. Po.rt. perro�t c�n.:. report finaneial read . "'·t;,��i;'(• e tne eleCtiOns" attendance curred in by voice ·vote.' Secre­ of ,,'minutes of .vious meetings· in Galv�stori. ·: h _ · the .members.bip•and. Patrolman- begin, so that labor's enemies be defeated.- CommunicaDisp.atc��r�.s i:.�pqrt. Motions car- can t'A\o men to tions -from v ari'ous members askried, to meetchange their de!J{ir.txnents. One -ing to be excused from the the Disminute of silel).ce -in- memory of ing were ref�rred to Reading · ''Port."· M6tions' · and get off. Agent 'reported memben;hip, c.oncurred · although · 1 e Brother FiS(?�e.r, Dispatcher, gave Tteasurer's.�financiaL re.J\lort. '.Mothe A,gent'.s report. He reported tion carried t.o increase hospital on ·the prospec:ts t-or shiJ!lping in bene:fi.t.s to $5 a week ·'to .offset the coming two weeks and sta ted high cost of living. One rpinute . tb�t the following ships were due to hit port: Monarch of the Se�. '"��obilian, DeSoto, Bessemer of silence in m�mory of departed Union Brothers. At 7:50 PM mo- tion carried to adjourn with 134 members in attendance. ;to 1- ;t. NORFOLK-Chairman. William Harrell, 100468; Recording Sec­ retary, J. A. Bµlloek, 4747: ·Read­ Victory, . Kyska, Morning Light, S. Jackson, ing C l erk, J. Lupton, 7736. Other Branch meetings' min­ Iberville, Mad­ aket... Pilgrim and Alcoa Corsair. utes read and eoncurred in. Fi!leher alSQ reported that the Headquarters' report read and / air-conditioning unit and heati�g approved. Port Agent reported fa�Hities for the Hall w.ere being that shipping was dead slow. in installed and should be com­ this port and that the prospects, pleted by next meeting. He re­ for the next tWQ weeks are poor. ported on the possibility of sev­ Dispatcher gave his report. Mo­ eral dead tows within the next tion carried to refer .excuses of iwo weeks .. He concluded the re­ fallowing ''llr others for absence port by asking all members who from meeting to Dispatcher: H. have not registered to vote to 0. Cooper, Mike Brinson, R. c sched- Davis and·· the Twin Falls Vi ­ tory.., ooth Waterman. e He S;3.id that a fw,:i.{i �s b�i11g· colIn additi.en to these �wo v s­ Iecied for a Chri�tmas dinnei·. sels, in-transit. callers included Minutes of other Branch meet- the Hastings, Waterman; Willh�.m the an, ings read and approved Motion Tilghman, ' Isthmi and an. carried asking all hands to stay Kenyon City, Isthmi The Gateway City also came out of Agent's office unless they af ter a 24-hour delay in ar.in o U . Go d ss there nder have busine l. The Tilghman hadn't been a . riv and Welfare there was much dis­ for a call at this . port, scheduled cussion pro and con about peI'­ was found for her and cargo but mitmen belng issued full books. Meeting adjourned at 7 :30 PM, she picked it up. The coming two wee ks won't with 105 members present. see any boom in shipping, but if s�uthport -and ,��ih�iml ule.d in here in ea,rly December. � · � � t � accumulate any more· Lewis, Willie Watson, T: Isaksen,. the beach, things shouldJ. Keenan and Rafael Saldana. Jack Parker. 27963:· Recording n't go too badly. Here's the Brothers th�se sUl'e am Troxclair, schedule of in-transit vessels due Secre:tary, _ Her man visits from a.ny . te apprecia wou!d 6743; Readiug Clerk. Buck Ste­ in: shipmates. Oi· if.' , Hurricine, Gateway City , Twin of their former p:Qens, 76. drop them· them, visit can't you WaterTopa, Falls Vktory, Topa Kenyon a card and let them know- ,you Motion carried to accept min- man;· Steel Traveller, , thinking about· them and'' utes of previous Branch meet- Victory, Isthmian, and a Calmar are us with be that you hope they'll ings, Port and Headquarters' fin- ,ship. do. all we as soon, ain g a news. Not 1 he·· least important ancial rep9rts as read. Charges NEW we ORLEANS - Chairman, men 1 don't on · �THE SEAFARERS Friday' Decomber 2, 1349 LOG Del Sud Plays Traffic Cop, Santa For Lost Schooner A hardy band of 110 men, wo­ around this far off the coast, men and children, seeking a bet­ so, the Second Mate called the ter life in the New World have Captain to the bridge for a looksee. probably landed by now some­ "All the time the schooner where in South America, car­ was trying to signal us but rying with them memories of showing nothing unusual. The a' timely and helpful meeting Mate finally saw a man go up with the SS Del Sud in South the mast and wave frantically, Atlantic waters. so the Captain stopped our ship Her human cargo" packed to investigate. Thi§ is what hap­ tightly on deck, the two-masted pened: k:hooner Saturnine, out of Da­ "The name of the ship was the kar, was groping almost blindly Saturnine, bound from Dakar, in the direction of French Gui­ Africa heading in the direction ana in the early morning of No­ of French Guiana, without any vember 18. charts or instruments of any Her water supply was almost kind to navigate with. Here is depleted. Food was about gone. the first message sent from the Of charts and instruments for schooner to the Del Sud's Cap­ tain E. F. Jones: navigation she had none. • But good fortune, in the sleek " 'Will you please tell us the form of the SlU-manned SS Del next port on the coast of Brazil, Sud, a Mississippi Shipping Com­ latitude and longitude. With de­ pany p^issenger-cruise ship out sire to arrive at the same, we of New Orleans, was riding near­ have no charts or instruments necessary for navigation.' by. Let Seafarer Jack R. Hartley, "Then we sent a supply of Ship's Delegate on the Del Sud, water and provisions in our boats pick up the story from this to the schooner. The following message was received, after the point: first load of water and provis­ "On the morning of Novem­ ber 18, 1949, at 6:45 AM, the ions were taken aboard the Sat­ 4-8 watch sighted a two-masted urnine: schooner under full sails. It " 'In the name of 110 men, seemed kind of strange for a women and children we are in­ boat that size to be sailing finitely grateful for the services Directory Of SIU Halls SUP SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. William Rentz, Agent Mulberry 4540 BOSTON ;.276 State St. Ben Lawaon, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 GALVESTON SOSJ/j—23rd St. Keith AIsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW" ORLEANS. : 823 Bienville St. E. ShepTard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. J. Sheehan, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO .85 Third St. Jeff Morrison, Agent Douglas 2-5475 SAVANNAH 2 Ahercorn St. Jim Drawdy, Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE. .. . 2700 1st Ave. Wm. McKay, Agent Seneca 4570 fAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Ray White, Agent Phone M-1323 WILMINGTON, Calif., 227 Vi Avalon Blvd. E. B. Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS. . 51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall • DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION LindseV Williams ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews " J. P. Shuler -Joseph Volpian Ir rJ HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, Calif. .... 257 Sth St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE ......86 Seneca St. Main 0290 WILMINGTON... ...440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 Canadian District MONTREAL 404 Le Moyne St. UNiversity 2427 FORT WILLIAM.-rl 18'/, Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone 3-3221 HALIFAX 128 •/, Hollis St. Phone 3-8911 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Phone: 5591 TORONTO Ill A Jarvis St. Elgin 5719 VICTORIA, B.C. ....602 Boughton St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER 565 Hamilton St. Pacific 7824 HEADQUARTERS. Montreal .512 McGill St. Plateau 670 you have rendered. Pace Fierro, Captain.' "After the food, water and cigarettes were loaded aboard the schooner raised full sails again and went in the direction of South America. "As the Del Sud's engines went full ahead, the crew felt a glow of satisfaction, because they felt that they played a small part in saving the lives of 110 men, women and child­ ren." Last year; incidentally, the then SlU-contracted Isaac Singer encountered a schooner carrying refugees from Spain to Vene­ zuela under almost identical cir­ cumstances in the South Atlantic. Page Eleven Pay Cash For Xmas Gifts And Save Yourself Money Wage-earners don't like to had the boy's signature on a con­ haggle over Christmas. That's tract. They finally did, but only just why many traditionally get after the father threatened to clipped for a lot of extra money call the Better Business Bureau, when they go to buy gifts. They the newspapers and "the mayor. haven't got the cash so they One of the most shameful buy on credit. When they do, gouges some credit stores per­ they let themselves in for a petrate upon working people is double squeeze play: to hoodwink them into unwit­ 1—Not only are prices of gift- tingly signing contracts. type goods higher at Christmas In one case of which this wri­ than any other time of the ter knows, the store each Christ­ year. But the installment stores mas would send its salesmen out that every Christmas plug the to nearby factories and docks, idea of buying presents on cred­ carrying watches and jewelry it charge highest prices of all with him. The salesmen persuadfor many gift items. ,ed wage-earners to take watches 2—Besides the excessively high home on approval and asked price tags on gifts bought on them just to sign a paper which installments, the charge for the they said was a "receipt." credit itself mounts up faster BILLS OF SALE than you think. But later when the men tried SLIGHT OVERCHARGE to return the watches, they One union printer learned last found that those receipts were Christmas how stores that sell actually bills of sale complete chiefiy on credit overcharge for with wage garnishee clauses. gifts. This man's son went out Either they had to pay for those to buy his girl a diamond ring watches, or the jewelry firm for Christmas. He found one would go to the boss and col­ with a nice big stone at a cer­ lect the debt out of their wages. tain New York credit jewelry Best way to avoid fixes like store. The price was $240. But that this Christmas is to save the salesman assured the boy up the cash beforehand for the he could pay it off $2.50 a week gifts you want to buy, and shop around in cash stores for the —^for two years. The boy decided he could lowest prices. handle $2.50 a_ week all right. Cash saves you a lot more But when he got home, his dad, money in the long run, both in a seasoned trade unionist, was' the price of the article and the cagy enough to have the ring credit fees, even though it may appraised by a neighborhood be painful to part with a lump jeweler. The ring turned out to of jt at one time. Christmas may come only once be worth just $180. They had the devil's own time a- year. But that doesn't mean making the credit store take it you have to play Santa to the back, since the store already installment merchants. JAMES McCAFFERY man is requested to contact his thank Duke Livingston and crew Two suitcases belonging to you mother, Mrs. Minnie Carney, 111 on SS Steel Flyer for taking were sent to the New' York bag­ Wright Street, Wilmington, N. C. care of his gear after his acci­ dent. 4. 4. 4. gage room from the SS Evistar. Pick them up as soon as possible. 4 4 4 GOMAIR BLOEMAN iir Your seamen's papers and un­ HERBERT G. WHITE ion book are being held on the JOSEPH O'NEIL Dorothy and your folks are 6th Deck, SIU Hall, 51 Beaver worried and ask you to write. A suitcase belonging to you was sent to the New York bag­ Street, N.Y. 4 4 4 4» 4* 4* gage room from the SS ChrysJOHN T. SHAW anthystar. Pick it up as soon JOHN TURNER Communicate with B. Mcas possible. Your family is worried about Bryde, McBryde's Opticians, PO 4* 4* 4* you and asks that you write. Box 792, Fayetteville, N.C. HENRY A. MANCHESTER XXX 4 4 4 Your package left at Pier 6, REGINALD R. PASCHAL JAMES M. MULLIGAN Bush Terminal, has been turned Contact your father as soon Contact Edna T. French, Clerk, over 'to the SIU. Call for it at as possible. Your stepmother is the New York baggage room. Selective Service, Local Board critically ill. No. 20, 1910 Arthur Avenue, 4-^4. 4 4. 4. Bronx 57, N.Y. " RICHARD P. JONES JOHN D. LIVINGSTON 4 4 4 Your mother is anxious that You are asked to contact B. B. rMozee, U. S. Marshal, Nome,* you contact her at 612 Hay CHARLES WHITE Alaska. This pertains to the dis­ Street, Fayetteville, N. C. Get in, touch with John B. XXX position of the estate of your Schiappacusse, Estuary Service late sister, Luella. McKENZIE WANTZLOEBER Co., Corner of Lafayette & 13th You are asked to contact Rich­ Streets, Tampa, Fla. X X ard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers JOSEPH HERMAN FUSSELL 4 4 4 Mozell asks that you return Street, New York. BERNARD MACE to Slocumb immediately. Your 4 4 4 Mrs. Anna Marsinnoco, 1054 mother has died. ROBERT D. FLOOD " Lowell Street, Bronx, asks that Your brother, Tayland, asks X 4* 4you pick up your gear. you to write. Important matters EDWARD CHARLES DACEY 4 4 4 You are requested "to get in await your action. SS RANSOM A. MOORE touch with Mrs. Frances E. Col4 4 4 gan. Supervisor, American Leg­ ROBERTO PRINCIPE Men who served aboard this ion Hospital, Newark, New Jer­ Juan S. Rueda, who is sick, ship between June and Septem­ sey. asks that you contact him at 67 ber, 1947, are asked to correspond East 106 Street, New York, N. Y. with Pfc. H. O. Crook, 1st Tank XXX Bn., Hqs. Co., 1st Marine Divi­ LEE O. CARNEY 4 4 4 Anyone knowing the where­ sion, Camp Del Mar, Oceanside, SS STEEL FLYER abouts of the above named sea­ Nicholas Cocatti wishes to Calif. �Page Twelve THE SEAFAREHS LOG Friday. December 2, 1949 The What, Why And How Of Credit Unions PURPOSE The maximum size of a secured loan is 10 The following article gives the background of percent of capital and surplus. Security for a A federal credit union is a cocJperative asso­ what constitute credit unions and how they are loan inay include the assignment of shares of ciation organized to. promote thrift among its run, information necessary for intelligent discus­ endorsement of a note by another. members and to create a source of credit for sion by the SIU membership. Comments — pro useful purposes. and con—are asked from the membership on DIVIDENDS It- is chartered and supervised by the Federal this, the latest of proposals for a better, stronger Dividends on shares, up to a limit of 6 per­ Government through the Federal Deposit In­ union. Until the matter has been fully discussed cent may be paid each year from the balance of surance Corporation. by the membership in the LOG and at member­ ship meetings, any motions for immediate action earnings remaining after expenses have been ORGANIZATION paid and 20 percent of net earnings for the fiscal are out^f order. Sound off, .BrothersI year have b^n set aside as a reserve for possible Federal credit unions may be organized to bad loans. serve groups of people having a close, common the credit union who are the president, the viceDividends are recommended to the members bond of occupation, association, or residence, president, the treasurer, and the clerk. by the board of directors and authorized by a such as employees of a company, members of a The credit committee of three or more mem­ majority of the members voting at the annual church, teachers of a school system, residents of bers considers and passes or rejects loan appli­ meeting. a small community, and the like. cations. The object of the credit union is not profit, The group must have a membership of at It inquires carefully into the character and but service to its members. least 100 persons and have been in existence financial condition of each applicant for a loan Dividends are paid on each ^share -outstanding sufficiently long to insure its permanency. to ascertain his ability to repay fully as well as at the end of the year in proportion to the num­ Members of the group must be prepared to to determine whether the loan is for a provided ber of preceding, consecutive, whole months for work together with a genuine desire to be of or a productive purpose and will be of benefit which it has been paid in full. ^ assistance to their fellow members. Officials of to the borrower. Dividends may be paid direct or credited to the credit union must be willing to give suffi­ The supervisory committee of three members the members* accounts at the discretion of the cient time to their duties to handle the affairs must audit the books of the credit union at least board of directors. of the credit union efficiently. quarterly. The first step in organizing a Federal credit It also reports to the members annually as to SAFETY union is to fill in and return to the Credit Union the condition of their credit union and the man­ There are a number of provisions in the Fed­ Section of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor­ ner in which their interests have been safe­ eral Credit Union Act and the standard by­ poration, Washington, D.C., a preliminary ap­ guarded. plication form. The educational committee is the public rela­ laws that protect the funds invested in a Fed­ If, after this preliminary application is review­ tions unit of the credit union and is the most eral credit union. Some of these are: ed, the group's qualifications appear to warrant effective medium through which active mem- . 1. Funds of a Federal credit union must be deposited promptly in a bank designated further steps toward organization, .a field repre­ bership participation may^ be obtained. The by the board of- directors, the deposits of sentative of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor­ method of selecting this committee, its size, and which must be insured by the Federal De­ poration is assigned to make an additional in­ its program are left entirely to the discretion of posit Insurance Corporation. Exceptions are vestigation and, if the group wishes, to help in each Federal credit union. allowed only with the specific written per­ making a formal application for a Federal chart­ mission of the Federal Deposit Insurance er. LOANS Corporation. When the charter is approved, operations may Loans, except those made to other credit 2. The treasurer must be bonded for the faith­ begin. An organization meeting is held, officials unions for investment purposes, are made to ful performance of his duties, and all perelected, and preliminary business affairs are members only. " sons handling or having custody of credit transacted. The interest rate, including all costs incident union funds must be bonded. The field representative then instructs the to making the loan, must not exceed 1 percent 3. The act and the bylaws provide for the . members of the managing staff in their duties. per month on unpaid balances. Small fines may setting aside of a reserve for bad loans. A.fter the officials become familiar with their be assessed if payments are not made when due. 4. Adequate security is required on all loans duties, they manage the association alone; how­ Loans may be made for provident or produc­ in excess of $100. ever, . the field representative periodically visits tive purposes only. 5. Officers ,and directors of Federal credit the credit union to supervise its activities and is A provident purpose generally is regarded as unions are not permitted to borrow from available between visits if the group needs ad­ one which would be of immediate service to the their associations in excess of their share­ ditional instructions or assistance in operating member borrower or his family in meeting un­ holdings. their organization. expected emergencies. 6. The surplus funds of the credit union may A productive purpose is regarded as one which be invested only in obligations of the Fed­ MEMBERSHIP would aid the member borrower to save through eral Government or in securities fully To become a member of a Federal credit union the wise use of credit. guaranteed as to principal and interest by one must belong to the group which it serves Under the Federal Credit Union Act, the term the Federal Government; in loans to other and must be elected to membership by the board of a .loan may not exceed 2 years. The custom­ credit unions up to 25 percent of the un­ of directors of the credit union. ary practice is to require repayment at regular impaired capital and surplus; and in shares A membership fee of 25 cents is charged each intervals, usually each pay day. or accounts of Federal savings and loan" new member. No other fees are charged. Each . The maximum limits on secured arid unsecured associations. member agrees to save at least 25 cents per loans are fixed by the board of directors, but 7. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation month toward the purchase of a $5 share. according to law, an unsecured 'loan may not makes a periodical examination of the In most instances savings may be withdrawn exceed $400. books and records of the credit union. at any time, but 60-days' notice may be required fi:om the members by the board of directors if it is considered necessary. While in debt to a credit union, a member may not withdraw^ an amount greater than that Seafarers aboard vessels of the Isthmian If this procedure is followed, the Union said, by which this savings exceed his loan, except Steamship Company who require medical at­ the company's liability for providing proper with the written consent of the credit committee. tention should make certain they clear through medical care is therefore properly established. Each member is part owner of his credit union. the ships' Masters, a memorandum issued at The Union also advised Isthmian crews that Its success depends on the manner in which its Union Headquarters this week Stated. "any^ time a Skipper of any vessel refuses re­ members fulfill their agreements. The company has called attention to the fact quests for medical treatment, or refuses to issue that some crewmembers have been neglecting to the proper. certificate_ for such treatment, the MANAGEMENT follow this procedure, and instead have gone to nearest SIU Hall should be notified immediately" The business affairs of a Federal credit union their personal doctors and then submitted the for corrective action by the Union. are handled by a board of directors, a credit bills to the company for payment. If this procedure for securing medical service committee, and a supervisory committee, se­ The Union pointed out that in order to obtain is followed, disputes which arise on this issue lected by and from the members in annual reimbursement of money spent for medical can be settled without further argument. elections. In addition to reducing contract beefs to a treatment, it is "absolutely necessary for all The boarcil of directors of at least five members crewmembers riding Isthmian_ ships to first re­ minimum, the procedure is also highly import­ directs the operations of the credit union. It quest such treatment through the medium of ant from the standpoint of protecting the health elects from its own membership the officers of the Skipper on board their particular vessels." of the crews, the Union explained. Clear With Skipper When Needing Medltal Care � 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 December 2, 1949 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XI, No. 32 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU TO DEMAND SHIPOWNER-PAID WELFARE FUND COMMENTS INVITED ON VACATIONS AND CREDI UNIONS CITIES SERVICE FORCING MEN INTO COMPANY UNION SEAFARERS MOURNS OSWALD STONE MIDWAY MARK WHAT DO YOU THINK? COMMIES, TROTSKYITES PUT BOOTS TO NMU PR, COASTWISE RUNS HELP KEEP MOBILE GOING NEW YORK CAN'T MAKE A SQUAWK: SHIPPING IS PRETTY FAIR THERE PORT WILMINGTON IS HAPPY OVER GOOD SHIPPING SHIPPING SLOWS IN PORT SAVANNAH SHIPPING, WEATHER ARE BOSTON HEADACHES PHILADELPHIA THROWS THANSKGIVING FEED FOR MEN ON BEACH SHIPPING SLOWS IN PORT SAVANNAH SS PUERTO RICO CREW PUTS OUT OWN PAPER GRAIN BARGE IS BEACHED AFTER COLLISION WITH SS CORAL SEA IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER G.W. BEARDSLEY DIES IN FALL ABOARD SS SEATRAIN HAVANA OPERATION AT SEA SAVES NOONDAY MAN'S EYE PAY CASH FOR XMAS GIFTS AND SAVE YOURSELF MONEY THE WHAT, WHY, AND HOW OF CREDIT UNIONS CLEAR WITH SKIPPER WHEN NEEDING MEDICAL CARE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/2/1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1949 Periodicals Seafarers Log