~o ~U il1tmfilHJ5 of the United States Merchant Marine, their grateful and appreciative fellow countrymen extend thanks for tasks nobly performed, and the hope that this gratitude may take the practical form of desired legislation that will be of active benefit long after Christmas 1945 has becolTIe a memory.
~(l tfJo~e wf)o, on Christmas Day, are on the wide sea, far from the war.:nth of home fires and the sound of church bells, our hearts go out in love and longing for their speedy and safe return from the unselfish task of expediting the homecoming of absent serv~ce men and vo;TOlnen.
~ij tbO;5£ muo have made port in foreign lands, we send the hope that at the hearths of those whom we used to think of as "strangers," they may find the welcome and cheer that will prove that there are indeed no "strangers," but that all of us mortals here on earth for a brief span are of one family.
~lI)! tbiDl5£ W!JOSf ships are anchored in home ports, we ex tend the wish that this first Christmastide after Victory may find them either in surroundings made familiar by long association, or in the family circle with those they love, gladdened by the knowledge that those haunting lines have at last come true:
"Home is the sailor, home from sea, "And the hunter home from the hi77." :TheMaster~ Mate and Pilot '£ Official Journal of the National Org VOL. VIII DECEMBER, 1945 No. 12 i Labor-Industry Now Face Vital Issues Washington Conference, Hitherto Marked By Evasions and Unwillingness to Get Down to Brass Tacks, at Last Seems to be Waking to the Urgency of the Problems Con fronting Them; Leaders Plan to Speed Discussions of Major Issues THE Labor-Management Conference which is now That the conference has so far made no progress , in session in Washington as the December, 1945 is disappointing to those optimists who tended to 1 edition of MASTER, MATE AND PILOT goes to press has regard it as a sort of millenium, or a point at which : not, as yet, come to any conclusive understanding all parties would obtain their hearts' desires and 'j upon a single one of the postwar problems with after which all would be sweetness and harmony. -} which they are now confronted. In fact, Dr. George W. Taylor, secretary to the con ';' Spokesmen for management have announced that ference, admitted that any report as to progress made by any committee toward any point of pro i g industry's IS-man delegation is arranging a COID <4 plete statement of its position upon all major ques vision for machinery to settle disputes after col ':i;4 tions that will be presented to the conference in the lective bargaining failed was completely lacking, near future with the objective, as stated by Presi and that no proposals had been made for arbitra dent Ira Mosher of the National Association of tion or for "any machinery at all" in the event of a ~1, Manufacturers, of "shoving things along a little." breakdown of negotiations. '~ This forthcoming statement was described by Presi There are, however, indications, that certain ;1 dent Eric Johnson of the U. S. Chamber of Com- groups are sufficiently aware of the importance of merce as "the first coordinating declaration by a the responsibility with which they have been en '1 major segment of American industry on employer trusted to initiate a drive that .would impel the ap .,~ employe relations," or in other words, a uclarifica propriate working committees to consider the basic ,J tion" of the controversial resolution offered by CIO and most difficult problem by making concrete pro '1 President Phillip Murray shortly after the Confer posals on voluntary arbitration of fact-finding sys 'J ence opened. This resolution, that to date has not tems which would have the last word in deciding '.4 been acted upon, calls for immediate collective bar- labor disputes. . gaining between business and unions within the It is time the conference members got down to framework of President Truman's wage-price mes brass tacks. sage calling for wage increases generally to offset At this point it is interesting to recall certain re the workers' loss of high wartime earnings. marks that were made by AFL President Green on So far, however, the conference has failed to come the opening day of the conference when, in a power to grips with its basic problems, and that the execu ful appeal for constructive action, he proposed a 4 tive council is fully aware of this is evident from four-point program including more scientific collec their recent proposal to "integrate" the' work of tive bargaining, development of union-management , other committees and to stop backing away from the cooperation, improvement in the U. S. Conciliation " real issues. Service, and the extension of voluntary arbitration. 1 The issue of greatest importance, and the real ob- The key to union-management harmony, he de ~;1 jective of the conference, is the provision of a system clared, must be collective bargaining, which does not 'I.. or an instrumentality to settle disputes when direct mean Ugiving mere lip service to that abstract prin . negotiations and conciliation have failed. This issue, ciple. I mean ... willingness on both sides ... de. , while never clearly and concisely stated so that itS termination, to approach the bargaining table with j meaning is apparent to all, is nevertheless upper an open mind, an appreciation of what is on the s ,1 most in the public mind. It was the administration's other side of that table, and with a firm resolve to . plea to leave the consideration of disputes legisla reach an agreement fairly." 'j tion to the Labor-Management Conference for dis- Lacking this, Mr. Green called for a willingness :,.;',.! cussion that induced Congress to postpone consid on both sides to use impartial machinery to reach .. , eration of the matter. decisions based ov facts. In insisting that the conference confine its delih erations to the seven points in the agenda seeking President Green, Exeeutive methods by wbich industrial strifes can be reduced Council Members, Pledge AFL to a minimum, warning that any attempt to inject current wage disputes or controversial legislation Aid to World War's Vie-tims into the proceedings, would make the failure of the conference a foregone conclusion. Mr. Green dis The four grim horsemen of the Apacolypse, war, played his characteristic foresightedness and an famine, pestilence and death, are riding again over astuteness that has been sharpened by experience. ravaged Europe. Their helpless victims writhe moaning beneath their merciless hooves. It is to be hoped that sober consideration will be accorded Mr. Green's remarks, and every precau IJ:eeding the call of the American Federation of tion taken to guard against reaching the kind of Labor and other progressive groups, President Tru stalemate that made an inglorious end to the recent man has appealed to the nation to come to the relief of our less fortunate neighbors across the Atlantic. London conference. The shadows of death are deepening over Europe. Soon the continent will be winter-bound. Millions of families, millions of children, face a crisis. Hunger is already stalking through Europe. The "30-Hour-Week Eventually, Why people who fought side by side with us in the war, the people whom we helped to liberate, are desperate. Not Now?" Asks Sen. MeCarran In these countries, ruined by war and fascist pil lage, the survival of thousands of men, women and children depends on our decision. The American "The time to repair the barn roof is when the sun people must realize that help from us will not only is shining. It's too late after the rain begins to pour." save lives but also shape the future of democracy That is why Senator Pat McCarran (Dem., Nev.) in the world and the future of America itself in the has introduced a 30-hour-week bill for Federal em years to come. ployes. Local 3, I. B. E. W., has had the 3D-hour President Truman said "We must help to the week since August 20, 1937. limits of our strength-and we will." That was a "Unless we prepare the ground for a 3D-hour work promise. It is up to us to keep it. It is up to us to week before big unemployment hits us," McCarran discharge our moral obligation toward those who declared, "we may have to fight a long and bitter have no one else to look to for assistance. battle in the midst of an emergency, and it may be This winter is the real test. Crops cannot be another story of 'too little and too late.' grown in the winter. In most of the European con "Early in the last depression, I had the privilege tinent, transportation facilities have been wrecked of helping Hugo Black, then Senator from Alabama or have broken down. Fuel is practically unobtain and now a Supreme Court Justice, put through the able and medicine is scarce. Senate a bill providing a 3D-hour week for all work What we must do is to provide enough food and ers. supplies to prevent starvation and hold the epi "That bill was held up in the House while the NRA demics from decimating the people of Europe again. bill was rushed through to combat the depression. The American Federation of Labor and the Labor As a result we never got the 3D-hour week, nor was League for Human Rights, which is labor's own the depression cured until the war came along. relief agency, join in the call to help, saying: "We will get the 3D-hour week sooner or later, just "We of the A. F. of L. lmow that to help the fallen is a privilege. To aid our neighbors, whoever they as sure as fate," Senator McCan"an continued, "but it makes a big difference when and how we go about may be, wherever they may live, adds dignity to it. men. We shall give in peace as we gave in war, with the knowledge that although the sho.oting has "By holding hearings soon on my bill for Federal stopped, the struggle has not yet ended for mil employes, as the Senate Civil Service Committee has lions throughout the world." promised me, we will compile an impressive record on the evidence for a 3D-hour week. We will get through most of the battle and the bitterness before the emergency is on us and there is dire need to New Sulfa Tablet Ruling spread employment. "It is logical to begin with the Federal employes, At a recent meeting of the Merchant Marine who are Uncle Sam's most direct responsibility, but Council, the directions for use of sulfadiazine tab in fighting for this bill we are fighting for all work lets were changed to read as follows: "For severe ers. injury or burn, 4 tablets should be given as a single "You have to take a long run to get up speed for dose. No more sulfadiazine tablets should be given." a big jump. That is what I am doing in introducing The directions in all new first-aid kits, those in the this bill now. By going ahead with this bill now, we hands of ship chandlers, those in lifeboats and life will be getting up speed for the big 3D-hour week rafts on board vessels, and those in shipyards, are to jump which is bound to come." be changed in accordance with this new ruling. [2] THE MASTER. MATE AND PilOT .' Latest WLB Directive On Recent Dispute Over Wage Boost For NOMMP Members N October 26, President Martin appeared before (2) The parties shall negotiate on the issues of O the National War Labor Board with respect to wages and an adjustment for night relief officers the dispute before it on the wage issue for licensed beginning December 10, 1945. If no agreement has personnel aboard ship and the request of the organi been reached by January 4, 1946, the issues in dis zation for an increase in wages over the $45.00 per pute, including the effective date of any adjustments month granted by the directive of September 27, under this paragraph, shall be submitted for final 1945, issued by the National War Labor Board: and binding decision to a five-man Board of Arbi On October 26 the War Labor Board recommended tration, consisting of two persons selected by the that both the organization and the general agents General Agents, two persons selected by the Unions of the War Shipping Administration get together and one person representing the public, to be selected in conference on November 5 to see whether or not by agreement of the other four. Failing agreement, an agreement could be reached. The conference any party may request the agency to be designated was held on November 5 between the organization for that purpose by the National War Labor Board and general agents, but said conference resulted in to appoint such public person. disagreement. Thereafter a further hearing was (3) The negotiations contemplated by paragraph beld on Wednesday, November 7 before the National (2) above shall also include amendment of the con War Labor Board in Washington which resulted in tract clauses dealing with the following subjects: the following directive being issued: vacation, arrival in port, overtime, and linen. In NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD the event or" disagreement the issues in dispute shall November 7, 1945 be submitted to arbitration pursuant to paragraph Case No. 111-17761-D (2) above. In the Matter of: (4) Any agreement reached or any arbitration EAST COAST AND GULF GENERAL AGENTS award issued shall be subject to approval by the War and Shipping Administration, and the appropriate gov NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MASTERS, ernment stabilization agencies. MATES AND PILOTS, AFL (5) The parties shall immediately incorporate in and an addendum the provisions of the Board's Directive NATIONAL MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFI Order of September 27 and of the Directive Order of CIAL ASSOCIATION, CIO this date. and REPRESENTING THE PUBLIC: PACIFIC AMERICAN SHIPOWNERS ASSN. LLOYD K. GARRISON, and N. P. FEINSINGER, NATIONAL ORGANIZATION MASTERS, EDWIN E. WITTO, MATES AND PILOTS OF AMERICA, WILLIAM WIRTZ. LOCAL No. 90, AFL REPRESENTING LABOR: and (Dissenting on (2) and not voting NATIONAL MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFI on (2), (3), (4), (5), CIAL ASSOCIATION, cro CARL SHIPLEY, PAUL CHIPMEN, SUPPLEMENTAL DRECTIVE ORDER DAVID R. STEWART, By virtue of and pursuant to the powers vested in WALTER MASON. it by Executive Orders 9017 and 9599 of January 12, REPRESENTING INDUSTRY: 1942, and August 18, 1945, respectively, the Execu RANDALL IRWIN, tive Orders, Directives and Regulations issued under ROBERT E. SULLIVAN, the Act of October 2, 1942, and the War Labor Dis GEORGE BAHRS, putes Act of June 25, 1943, the National War Labor VINCENT P. AHEARN. Board having considered the petition for reconsid "'ation of the Unions, herewith adds to its Directive Order of September 27, 1945, in the above cited More Glory For Merchant Marine Service cases, the following Supplemental Order: An American merchant vessel was the first Amer (l) The expiration date of the contracts shall, un ican ship to fire a shot at the Japs on December 7, less otherwise agreed by the parties, be the earlier 1941, when they attacked Pearl Harbor: This shot of the following dates: (a) September 30,1946 (b), came from the merchant ship Tangier, serving at six months after the official declaration of the ending the time as a seaplane tender for the Navy. of hostilities by proclamation of the President or by This adds one more distinction to the many of action of Congress. which uur merchant fleet is so justly proud. DECEMBER, 1945 [3] Examination Cards for Use Bland Bill Would Dispose In Merchant Marine Licensing Of Vast, War-Built Fleet A standardization in examinations for all grades The Bland bill, sponsored by Representative of ocean and coastwise masters' and mates' licenses Schuyler Otis Bland (Dem., Va.) and his House Com and for all grades and classes of steam and motor mittee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, was engineers' licenses is now being achieved by the recently presented for the consideration of Congress. Coast Guard through the adoption of new.examina This bill, recognizing the fact that no operator tion card files. can afford to pay the inflated cost of ships built dur Examinations for merchant marine deck and en ing the war while in competition with lower-priced gineer licenses were, until recently, prepared in the ships from foreign ship yards, permits dry cargo local marine inspection offices. Although adminis ships (Liberties, Victories and transports) to be sold tered capably, examinations varied greatly in length at half their original price, the rest to be written and degree of difficulty in various ports, and, due off as part of the cost of war. Tankers wilJ be held to a lack of sufficient personnel or pressure of other for tbeir fun cost. The terms of sale stipulate for duties, examination problems and questions were not at least 25 per cent cash, and anow not more than always kept up to date and in line with current prac. 20 years to pay the remainder, at 2% per cent tices in the merchant marine industry. interest. In order to bring about more uniformity, and to The bilJ also attempts to persuade United States standardize examinations, headquarters undertook operators to modernize their fleets by making sub to assemble and supply each marine inspection office stantial trade-in aIJowances for obsolete tonnage. with a complete file of question and answer cards. An oil company, by trading in two or three pre-war Work on the system was begun in 1943, and over a tankers can buy one of the new 16,000-ton tankers year was required to print, assemble, and distribute that cost the taxpayers $3,000,000 for less than sets to all offices. Although marine-inspection of $1,000,000. fices received the card files early in 1945, they were Another clause gives United States ship oper not required to use the material (although most of ators first chance at any of the vessels after the fices did use it to supplement or replace former ex Army and Navy have submitted their estimates of aminations) until recently. This matel~al was the number of ships to be held in a reserve pool for placed in use simultaneously in all ports throughout emergency use. Such ships left over wilJ be offered the United States as of 1 September, 1945. All to foreign buyers. desirable features of the original plan will not be Many and apparently irreconcilable interests win come effective until such time as requested com conflict in the final disposition of the United States ments and suggestions have been received "from the merchant fleet tbat now comprises half of the mer district offices in tbe field. chant tonnage of the world, and no ship owners on The following advantages are expected to be earth will agree unanimously as to the use to be realized after the full revision of the examination made of our 50,000,000 tons of bottoms. There wilJ system is made effective: be little if anv commercial use under any fiag for Uniform examinations, which will provide 100 more than half the 5,000 ships available, and it is per cent equality for all applicants throughout the unlikely that many foreign operators wilJ want the United States. high-priced American ships in view of the fact that The centralization of effort required to produce their own ship yards wilJ be eager for orders. Hun and maintain the material required for examina dreds of ships are already laid up and hundreds tions. more wilJ join them as they rust quietly away at their piers in remote harbors along our coasts. It Continual modernization by additions of supple mentary material relative to improvement in the seems unavoidable that this must be the inglorious end of manv of the ships that were so recently design, operation, and maintenance of ftlerchant ves launched with fanfare, and that played so vital a sels, their machinery, and equipment. part in the transportation of troops and supplies. Greater assurance that the issuance of an licenses wilJ be based upon a definite standard, which should tend to further protect life and property at sea. Enropa to Carry Passengers-Not G_I.'s The use of the new examination card files involves no change in the method of conducting examinations. Instead of converting the big German liner The scope of examinations for the various grades is EUTopa to a troop transport it wilJ probably be kept demonstrated by Specimen Examinations for Mer for early use as the Number One American trans chant Marine Deck Officers and Specimen Exami Atlantic passenger liner. The Navy has dropped nations for Merchant Marine Engineer Officers, plans to transform the ship to carry 1,000 troops. which have been published as a guide to the type of American shipping men say radical alteration of questions given for the various grades of licenses. the liner for troop purposes would be a serious loss These pamphlets are available upon reauest to head for the merchant marine. If the Europa is used in quarters or any marine inspection office. redeployment it wilJ be with sman alterations. [4] THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT Wartime Role Of Great Lakes Freighters HERE are the gallant Great Lakes freighters electrically operated equipment, and three alternat W called by Uncle Sam into service when war ing current Buda generators to drive the machines. found us with insufficient salt water vessels to carry As operators the Transportation Corps assigned on a two-ocean supply job? And how have they helped to win the war? each ship a company of soldiers, known officially as The five former grain and ore vessels - Du!uth, Army Marine Ship Repair Companies. The 801st Mauch Chunlc, Boston, North Lalce (of the Great AMSR Company went to the Fitch, the 802nd to the Lakes Transit Fleet), and the D & CLine's WiUiam Du!uth. the 803rd to the Gorman, the 801th to the F. Fitch-are in Pacific waters under the Army Conners, the 805th to the Davis. Transport Corps banner. These men, calling themselves "Sailjers," and the The vessels at first sailed down the Mississippi to undergo a few changes in New Orleans-installation Ships "Rust Buckets," don't t1GI the floor," but of condensers and evaporators, fresh water tanks, "Swab the Deck," though still as G. 1. as any etc., while ten five-ton booms were placed over the other soldiers. They carne from factories, shipyards, hatches, and one three-iuch fifty calihre and two electric power companies, and electrical and welding 20 MM anti-aircraft guns were mounted aft. shops all over the country, after receiving basic . Painted gray and rechristened-the Boston be coming the J. M. Davis, the Nm·th Lalce, the E. J. training prescribed by the Field Manual. Gormn, and the Mauch Chunk the W. J. Conners the ships, six months later, after sailing through the Carrier in War Paint Panama Canal and up the coast to Seattle, were as signed to the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, to supply men and material for the Pacific War. Superstructure alterations on the coast included two more 20 MM guns forward, replacement of ten ton booms for the five-ton installed at New Orleans, and the addition of a fifty-ton boom amidships to handle light craft such as tugs and launches, with a loading platform to accommodate such boats. Drastic changes were made inside the hulls for Girded for war work by the San Francisco Port of Embarka merlya series of deep hatches for grain and are. tion, D & C's "William F. Fitch" bears little resemblance to Adaptable to the support of broad 'tween decks, the grain and ore carrier that sailed the Great Lakes for because of their 52-foot beams, the ships were con over 30 years. verted to floating ship repair shops. The Army recognizes their technical skills by al Floating Machine Shop lowing each company tbe following table of organi zation: Three master sergeants, one first sergeant, three technical sergeants, eight staff sergeants, eight tech nicians third grade (rank of staff sergeant), three sergeants; 27 technicians fourth grade (rank of sergeant), one corporal, 40 technicians fifth grade (rank of corporal), eight privates first class and 12 privates. These men and ships often worked under fire in the Pacific. The Connors, first repair ship into Manila, tied up to one of several hundred sunken J ap ships in the harbor and went to work while the attack was still on. At the Leyte invasion, the Duluth's defense guns accounted for two Jap planes. Where are the ships now? Some are helping to maintain the vessels bringing American men home from the war. Others help to rebuild parts of the Army Marine Ship Repairman operating 14~ton machine lathe aboard a Transportation Corps vest el operated by the world left without even the mechanical implements San Francisco Poct of Embarkation. for reconstruction. The Du!uth is reported to be in Philippine waters, the Conners and the Davis re Second decks, running the length of the ship, were ceived order to proceed to Japanese waters, about built to house repair machinery, with carpenter, pipe fifty miles south of Kobe, the Fitch is still in Hollan and electric shops. Shipfitter and blacksmith shops dia, and the Gorman'8 repair shops are helping to were set up with machinery and tools, including rebuild Manila. DECEMBER, 1945 [5] THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT No Priority On Santa Claus Vol. VIII DECEMBER, 1945 No. 12 Do we Americans still believe in Santa Claus? One might think so. Published lnOntbly. lo(ain~ • W.:t.~hincton 18, DiBtrict of Mter World War I-normalcy came, so did 'f.ained by and in the inteI'CGt ColumbiA, with Genl!l"ll.l and of the N.:t.tional Organi:tation ''',.' EJteentive Offices 1\t lntema· inflation, and-crash! The depression. All of HllIJtton, MateB and Pilotll . tiOD"'.} Commerce Building, that should have taught us something-but of Americ.... at 810 Rhodl!l 16 Moore Stteet. New York hland Avenue, Nortbeallt. ., 4. N. Y. did it? Hear the childish yowls now ... Let's for Published on the 16th of each month. get the rest of the world - Bring the boys Sworn detailed errCtlIntion statement on reQ.uest. ~ Entered M .IIe<:ond..dallll matter at the POllt office at Wnllhington. D. C., home ... demobilize the Army and Navy . under the Act of AUlrWIt 24, 1912. abolish conscription ... lift the controls . SUBSCRIPTION: $J.lt{! PER YEAR FOREIGN S%.OO end rationing ... cash in the war bonds, and buy all we want. The hell with responsibility! NATIONAL TRUSTEES Sounds silly, doesn't it? It's worse than GEORGE W. McVAY, ProYidenee. R. L B. T. HURST. Nodolk, Va. silly. It's downright suicidal. Have we forgot L. L. DERRICKSON. Philadclpbi.. Pa. ten that the atom blast ended the war and all R. MARTIN. New York City. Bunineu Man"e:er the old ways of waging war? And that until w:M. :f. VAN BUREN. New York City. Editor. peace is really organized the United States needs the backing of a strong force to gain NATIONAL OFFICERS respectful attention? H. MARTIN, PreJlidtmt, New York City. R. C. KAUFMAN, Vice Presidcnt, S1m Fmnci$Co, C"lif. (in ehuge of (iIJ Of course we want the boys home, and to fnlnnd Craft on Pacific COl1llt). keep them at home, in school or in the jobs DENIS McCARTHY, Vice P=ident, BOJIton. they prefer. But have we forgotten that C. F. MAY, Vice Pre.id=t. &n Fr:mei"co (in ehllI'E"C of Oew.n·20ill£ and Coastwue Craft on Pacific Coant). there're millions of conquered people who need STANLEY BARR. '" ice Pre;ident. Detroit. policing and assistance to prevent them from E. W. HIGGINBOTH.AM, Vice President, Mobile.. starting another war or relapsing into an C. B. DIBBLE. Viee Pnmidcnt. Philadelphia. archy and demoralization from hunger and E. C. DANIELS, Vice President, Savannah, Ga. GEORGE HAVfL.Al\lD. Apprentice Vice.PrCllldent. Hew York City. misery? How can we do that ifwe disband our W. J. VAN BUREN, Secretary-Treasurer, New York City. armed forces and refuse to let others be con scripted to take their places? In this changed world how can we havepros COMMUNICATIONS .AND REMITTANCES may be D.ddr~soo. and eheckll mAde pllY1\ble to the National OnraniUltion or Maatern, Mater! and Pilots perity here when the rest of the world is starv or AmericA, 810-16 Rhode 1lI1and Avenue, N. E., Washington, D. C.• ing? Have we forgotten the importance of or Intornlltional Commerce Building, 16 Moore Street, New York ~. N. Y. READING AND ADVERTISING MATTER MUST reach the office not foreign trade? How can starving people buy Inter than the 16th or the month preceding publication. our products? How can our own workers CHANGE OF ADDRESS .should be received prior to the fiI1lt of the month buy if their wages are cut below a decent to alr~t the forthcoming issue, .:lnd the old aD well as the DeW lI.dd.rcJIl mlUlt be eiven. standard of living? We should get into our heads the hard fact that this postwar period is no time for splurg GENERAL CHAIRMEN REPRESENTING RAILROAD EMPLOYES OF OUR ORGANIZATION IN THE DIFFERENT PORTS ing and spending while thinking "We're PORT OF NEW YORK-Cnpt. Wtn. J. Van Buren, Supervi:lin~ Gen'l Americans, and Providence or Santa Claus or ChDirmnn: Capt. C. DeMooy: Capt. M. F. Gorry; Cnpt. John :1. Bill: Somebody will take care of us; and the devil Capt. Jon. L. MeRen; JM, Shields; Capt. Roll;. WilliDII.1Son; Hnrry BDeon: Will. J. O'Connell: Capt. Hownrd Bnrton; Capt. A. :f. Fultz; take the hindmost." Remember that as the Capt. Wm. Cole. hindmost goes down he grabs the ankles of the PORT OF PHILADELPIIIA-Capt. Clnyton B. Dibble. next fellow and drags him down too. PORT OF SEATTLE-CDpt. John M. Fox. PORT OF NORFOLK-eapt. L. L. Sawyer. Capt. J. A. Turner, CAPt. J. We want to stop thinking childishly about ltD Hodgea, Capt. E. A. Phelpll. Jame!l P. Edward!!. the things we WANT, and start thinking as PORT OF NEW ORLEAN5-Capt. C. H. H:lnnen. adults in world terms about a changed world. PORT OF DETROIT-Capt. Stanley Enrr. We must accept the fact that no beneficent PORT OF SAN FItANCISCO-eDpt. Hor~ F. Strother. Providence or Santa Clause watches over Americans above the rest of the world. We're National Arivertilling ReprCllent:ltive-JOHN ARTHUR MeAVOY. 15 Whitehall StI"Cllt, New York 4, N. Y. Tel. BOwling Green 9_0919. not Chosen People, but just people, though we are today the most powerful nation on earth. Being the most powerful means we have grown up, and being grown up brings respon sibilities. We must learn to act our age, and quit thinking we have any priority on Santa ======~Claus. [6] THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT Railroad Retirement Legislation Facts! Statement by Railway Labor Executives' Associar brackets should be provided with at least a mini tion regarding S. 293 and H. R. 1362-A'nend mum existence, ewm in retirement, the amendments ments to the Railroad Retirement Act, the Unem propose a slight increase in the minimum for these ployment Insurance Act, and the Carriers' Tax lower paid employes. The new minimum will range ing Act. from $30 up to $50 per month according to years At first glance these bills may appear to contain of service. a number of technical amendments, difficult to Retirement Age: No change is contemplated in clearly understand without a great deal of study. the retirement age for men (65). Retirement age The facts are the amendments are quite simple. for women has been reduced from 65 to 60 after There are only a few major amendments. The 30 years of service. greater portion of the amendments are for pur Extension of Unemployment Insurance Benefits poses of clarification and in the interest of efjiciency and Provision fa" Sick Benefits: It is proposed to in administering the Acts. The most outstanding amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act amendments in which railway employes have a so as to increase the number of days of unemploy very deep interest are briefly as follows: ment for which insurance benefits are payable from 100 to 130; also to provide similar payment of bene Major Amendments fits for unemployment due to sickness. Coverage: Ever since the introduction of these A slight increase in the unemployment insurance bills in Congress opponents of this legislation have benefits is prOVided for employes in the higher wage studiously sought to create the impression that brackets. railway employes are seeking to expand the. pro Testimony introduced at the hearings on this visions of existing law so as to include certain other legislation shows that the present financing of the industries and employes thereof outside the rail Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act is adequate road industry. We want to make it clear that rail to cover these proposed changes in unemployment road employes have no such desire, nor are the cov benefits as well as sick benefits without any addi erage provisions intended to accompiish any such tional tax. purpose. We are anxious only to protect our in Taxes-Raib'oad Retirement Act: Testimony in dustry and the employes thereof and to preclude troduced at the hearings shows that the Retirement resort to devices for contracting out segments of Fund is slightly deficient and that an increase in railroad work by the carrier so as to escape cov the tax of 11/2 per cent is necessary to meet this erage, thereby depriving certain groups of legiti deficiency, to be divided equally between the car mate railroad employes of the benefits of the Rail riers and the employes. To meet the actual cost road Retirement and Unemployment Insurance of the proposed amendments to the Railroad Re Acts. tirement Act an increase of 31/2 per cent in taxes Total and Permanent Disability: The present dis is necessary, to be divided equally between the car ability provisions are too restricted. In order to riers and the employes. receive benefits under the present law an employe Stated in another way-the employes will be re must be permanently disabled for any and all quired to pay an increase in taxes of y,l of 1 per work and must either have 30 years of service or cent to meet the present fund deficiency and an be 60 years of age. Under the amendments, em increase of 1y,l per cent to cover the cost of the im ployes who have had 20 or more years of service provement in benefits contemplated by the amend or have reached 60 years of age will receive benefits ments, or a to.tal of 2% per cent, and the carriers if they are permanently disabled and thus disquali will be required to pay a like amount. fied for their regular jobs. Employes who have Expert testimony introduced at the hearings by been in service from 10 to 20 years who may be accredited aetuaries substantiate these cost figures. come permanently disabled for any and all work will, regardless of age, be entitled to receive benefits. The benefits now provided by the Railroad Re We do not feel this is an extravagant request to tirement Act and those contemplated by the pro make upon Congress considering it is without cost posed amendments are lower than benefits pro to the public, as are all the other amendments pro vided for employes of the federal government, for posed. many employes of state and local governments, and Survivors Benefits: Provision is made for the foremployes of many private employers who main payment of annuities to widows when they reach tain systems supplementing the benefits of Title age 65, to continue until death or remarriage. II of the Social Seeurity Act. The amendments contemplate payment of sur The benefits now provided by the Railroad Un vivor benefits to widows with children. If the employment Insurance Act are lower on the av widow remarries her benefits cease. Benefits pay erage than those provided by state unemployment able to the children cease when they reach age 18 compensation laws, and the relatively unfavorable or marry. position of the railroad system has been rapidly Minimum Retirement Annuities: Considering the becoming worse. fact that employes whose· wages are in the lower Benefits proposed in S. 293 and H. R. 1362 are DECEMBER, 1945 [7] modest and are clearly not above what every worker is entitled to in relation to his pay and the Victory Ships Allocated for length of his gainful employment. There are no Coastal, Intercoastal Operation types of benefits included in this legislation which have not been recommended for workers generally by the Social Security Board. There is no benefit An adoption notice has been filed by the War Ship in this legislation the provision of which would con ping Administration with the Interstate Commerce flict with any sound national social security policy. Commission adopting the rates, charges, and prac~ The Bureau of the Budget and the Treasury De tices currently on file by the Intercoastal Steamship partment have advised Congress that legislation of Companies. As an adoption notice was filed with the character proposed in S. 293 and, H. R. 1362 the ICC, it was stated that it was expected the new would be in accord with the program of the Presi cargo service between 'Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific dent. Coast ports would start about November 1. Eight years' experience under the present Rail While the temporary authority granted the WSA road Retirement and Unemployment Laws suggest by the ICC extends to coastwise and intercoastal the advisability of adopting the proposed amend ship operations both as common and contract car ments if we are to keep abreast with progress in riel', only intercoastal common carrier service now social security legislation. is scheduled to start. RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES' ASSN. Fifty-five Victory type ships are being allocated Washington, D. C., October 5, 1945. by the War Shipping Administration among 12 of its agents for intercoastal steamship operations un der this temporary authority. New York Times Editor Pays Shippers desiring to utilize the new intercoastal service should contact their usual carriers among the Well Deserved Tribute to operators to whom vessels are being allocated. Manhattan's Harbor Pilots These are: American Hawaiian Steamship Company. It may not seem big news that a mere hundred American President Lines, Ltd. men of the armed services are returning to civil Sudden & Christenson, Inc., Christenson Steam life: Yet when this particular hundred doff their ship Co., Waterman Steamship Corporation (Arrow Coast Guard uniforms this month the act will mark Line) . the completion of one of the most vital and delicate Calmar Steamship Corporation. jobs of the war. They are the pilots who thread the Isthmian Steamship Company. shuttle that is New York Harbor. Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc. This port was the big bottleneck of, our wartime Pope & Talbot, Inc. (McCormick Steamship Com commitment in Europe. Out of it passed most of pany Division) . our lend-lease cargoes in long, dingy convoys; troop Pacific Coast Direct Line, Inc. (Weyerhaeuser ships crowded with fighting men for Africa and Line) . Italy; refitted warships returning to their stations, and the constant flow of soldiers and supplies mak States Steamship Company (Quaker Line), com ing ready for the greatest overseas invasion of his prising States Steamship Company, California East tory. The congestion here was at times terrific. Yet ern Line, Inc., Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co. somehow this little group of pilots kept the bottle United States Lines Company (Panama Pacific neck open. They kept it open, often working double Line) . shift and seven days a week through clear and dirty Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. weather. One day they might bring the gray bulk Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Company, Inc. of the Queen Mary in through the submarine net at These companies comprise all those eligible for the Narrows, with heavy fog hiding other vessels appointment as agents under the ICC order of Sep barely a ship's length away. Another day they might tember 17, last, limiting the appointment of agents be guiding a Russian motor torpedo craft with a to those "persons defined in section 302 (a) of the three-foot draft. One day they moved 242 ships. In Interstate Commerce Act who are authorized to five days of another week they brought 386 ships to operate as common or contract carriers by water port and took out 281 others. in transportation subject to said act by self-propelled Only a hundred members of the New York and vessels by way of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, New Jersey branches of the Sandy Hook Pilots' As or Gulf of Mexico which are not exercising (1) the sociation (affiliated with NOMMP) were available authority granted by a certificate or permit issued because it takes seven years to train a pilot. The war by this Commission; or (2) the authority provided didn't last that long, but it lasted long enough for by section 309 (a) or (f) of said Act by reason of an these tired men. Now they are back at the same undetermined application for such authority having work they used to do, the same pay, and often enough been seasonably filed by such person or persons are the same hours. They're discarding ,only the uni not now engaged in operation because of conditions form.-The New York Times. beyond their control." [8] THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT "Turret" Radio Direction Finder Mrs. Howard, Friend of Merchant on Again Available to Navigators Mariners, Passes in Newport, R. I. ,hip Officers and crews of the Merchant Marine will erce learn with deep regret of the death of their good 'rac friend Mrs. Henry Howard of Newport, R. 1. Mrs. ship Howard was for 14 years the president of an or iVith ganization which concerned itself with collecting new and forwarding books to our Merchant Marine ships. cific Keenly aware of the fact that the brave men on these ships had no access to libraries, and could procure books only by purchasing them, Mrs. How TSA ard strove valiantly to supply acceptable ,·eading ,stal car matter for our merchant mariners, and that her ef forts were successful and throughly appreciated was now shown by the numbers of letters she received from merchant mariners in all parts of the world express ,ted ing their gratitude for the enjoyment she had af ~ of forded them. It is to be hoped that with Mrs. How un- ard's passing this excellent work will not be allowed to lapse, but will be carried on by those who ap stal preciate the vital part that the members of the the Merchant Marine have played in winning the war. ted. Premium Charges on Merchant Seamen's ,m War Risk Life Insurance Policies Reduced ·ow Reduction of premium charges on merchant sea men's Individual War Risk Life Insurance from Fishing boat owners, yachtsmen, and navigators fifty to twenty-five cents per $1,000 each month was of almost any vessel, will be interested to learn that announced November 2, 1945, by the War Shipping the very compact and trustworthy UTurret" Radio Administration. The new rate applies regardless Direction Finder is again available ·to other than of the voyage involved. government users. Effective November· 15, the rate is applicable to all gel' The Paulsen-Webber Cordage Corporation, 170 new Jines written as well as to renewals and will con John St., New York 7, New York, manufacturers tinue in force until further notice. Such policies may this instrument in its Marine Electronics Division. be writtten for a minimum period of one month or The space occupied is small enough to give it a place any multiple thereof not exceeding the maximum in the smallest chart room or wheel house. It is com period of six months. This insurance in supple ific pletely self-contained, and avoids aU battery troubles mentary to the free insurance provided by the Mari by operating directly from any standard marine time War Emergency Board which pays $5,000 for lighting circuit. loss of life and a maximum of $7,000 benefit for in Its efficiency ranks with that of direction finders juries as a result of war risks. :01' selling for as much as four times the price, yet its Notice of the premium rate change is given in ~p mechanism and electrical circuits are so worked out Wartime Insurance Instructions No.4, Supplement Its as to eliminate the complexity of knobs which often No.5. This is the first change in rates for the supple he slow down the taking of bearings with other sets. mentary insurance since March 1. 1945. to This simplicity, plus a rugged construction, reduces ;e1' service needs to a point where years frequently elapse before any technical attention is needed. ed Merchant Ships in Gay, Peacetime Colors m, A characteristic of the "Turret" Direction Finder he is the dial on the front of the instrument, from which ed bearings are taken in the compass points or degree American merchant ships, with the exception of ed around the outline of the ship-where no part of the some tankers and troopships. now can shed their m card is obscured and where both light and line of war-time gray paint and return to color schemes 19 vision contribute to accurate navigation. which distinguish various lines. re A new illustrative folder is now in preparation The War Shipping Administration announced this ns and will be mailed to anyone expressipg an interest recently after receiving permission from the Navy in an instrument of this type. Department to change over. DT DECEMBER, 1945 [9J QUESTIONS &ANSWERS DEVIATION OF COMPASS (For Masters) Cap I. 2. me CarlhlJ Lieut.Comm Deviation of Compass (for Masters) (CominlJ, 32 Deceased Members, Boston Local No. 11, Honored In brief, but impressive exercises, ~n honor roll more Road, Malden; Paul Buck, of Merrimacport; containing the names of 32 seafarers, members of Frank K. Hopkins, Norfolk, Va., formerly of Brooks the Masters, Mates & Pilots' Assn., Local No. 11 of Street, East Boston; Mate Harry Atkins, Falcon Boston, who died or were lost through enemy action Street, East Boston; Second Mates B. E. Connors, at sea while in the nation's service during the late Pickman Street, Salem; Robert F. M. Daniels, Ches war, was dedicated recently at the organization's ter, N. H.; Edmund J. Irvin, Brainerd Street, Alls rooms, 5 Rowes Wharf. President Robert H. Roberts ton; Elvin F. Knowles, Ellerton Road, Oak Island, presided and unveiled the memorial tablet. The Revere; Clarence M. Rice, Georgetown, Mass.; John committee which arranged for the memorial com J. J asbowich, Farragut Road, Ispwich; Joseph H. prised Capt. Denis McCarthy, secretary-treasurer of Wagg, Jr., Fulton Street, Medford. the Local; Capt. Willard Stewart and Capt. R. D. Also, Third Mates Donald G. Allen, Safford Street, Lurvey. Wollaston; Carl D. H. Fubel, White Street, East Bos Enrolled on the tablet are the names of Captains ton; W. P. Collins, Pearl Street, Dorchester; Frank Frank K. Crosby, of Pembrook, Mass.; Fred B. Wil E. Gaffney, Highland Avenue, Somerville; Edward liams, of Boston; George W. Torrey, Deer Isle, Me.; A. Gorman, Winter Street, Saugus; Edward T. Mer William P. Hayward, of Michigan Avenue, Somer ritt, South Portland, Me.; Emile V. Pelletier, Harris ville; Edwin H. McKay, Vincent Avenue, Belmont; Street, Belmont; Lawrence T. Sullivan, St. Andrew's W. M. Brodersen, of Rochester, Mass.; Arthur L. Road, East Boston ; James E. Woodward, Bradbury Cooper, Gulliver Street, Milton; Charles Thistle, Avenue, Medford; James J. Winn, Glenmont Road, Frankfort Street, East Boston; Menhard Scherf, Brighton; Norman T. Henderson, Rochester, N. H.; Ridgfield, Conn.; Chief Mates Robert L. Rowe, Ken- and Sumner I. Kimball. [10] THE MASTER. MATE AND PILOT :~f~.. IfWar Develops Sea Service I For Delivering Oil on Run · Ilm~:t~fr~~:~a~o:~:onths,tankers pumped 15,000,- fir,ooo barrels of fuel oil and gasoline into the fighting r.~m. .••.••.••••' ,.,•.r,.,.,.,."... ships of the United States Navy in the Pacific. This . pi was done without stoppage and without the fighting j~ ships even so much as losing speed. i!~ A tanker comes alongside a battle wagon, lines and X, hoses are passed and the oil transferred as both ships f·, sail along together. This operation, of course, calls '.~ for a high degree of seamanship on the part of the PREPARATORY COURSES iii captains of both vessels, but it is accomplished many 'illl times every day. Oil for the fleet and gasoline for the for all licenses tl' planes is never lacking. U. S. STEAMBOAT INSPECTION il SERVICE is'!!} i'. :1 Captain Heitmann, U. S. Merchant Marine, • /4 ;illl Presents Book to British Ambassador /:-;f! NAVIGATION ",fl The amity and cooperation existing between ,';f,lmembers of the American Merchant Marine and PILOT AGE ';Xifthe British Merchant Navy was signalized by the for every port ill presentation to the Earl of Halifax, British Am iJI bassador, of the first American edition of a book ')1 titled "British Merchantmen at War," at 5 p. m. • 'gl Thursday, October 18, at the British Embassy, Marine steam and diesel 'fll Washington, D. C., by Douglas P. Falconer, execu ...•·.•.•.'.•.l...I·.~tive director of the United Seamen's Serv:ce, a mem <,Ii ber agency of the National War Fund announced. ENGINEERING irt Captain Otto Heitmann, recently awarded the • ..',.."..•',•..x,.,·I.. •...:•.•. · ~:~~;r~Ui~~~d d~~~~:~~ :ed:~ty~Ol~e;:e~::e~n~~~ c!*~ American Merchant Marine and the U. S. S. in mak ii ing the presentation. ATLANTIC !cI.~. The book, which sold 600,000 copies in England, ~ MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY ..•.Ccc•••·.ic·.•..• has been published in the United States by the Ziff iii Davis Publishing Company. Licensed by the State of New York fY Among the notables attending were the British 4-4 Whitehall Street • 3 State Street c I Ambassador, Lord Halifax; Capt. Abel Smith, First Naval Attache; Capt. Rebbeck, Asst. Naval Attache; New York, N. Y. Maj. Lockart, Secretary to the Ambassador; Capt. it Telep'hone: BOwling Green 9-7086 e Heitmann, Mr. Leslie Chance, William B. Ziff and xIothers. JDECEMBER, 1945 [ II] 1~lr <0f Shipping Groups Bid Congressmen Ponder Bill Millions for U. S. Share in To Benefit Merchant Marine American'President Lines Should merchant seamen who enlisted and served in the Merchant Marine (many thousands still in The Maritime Commission has received a high service and not eligible for discharge as draft bid of $8,611,276 for its stock control in the Ameri exempt veterans), be given veteran benefits like those under the G1 Bill of Rights? House Merchant can President Lines. Marine Committee held a hearing in Washington, This bid, one of four received by the Commission, D. C., October 18 on a Merchant Marine "Bill of was submitted by a group headed by Charles W, Rights," H. R. 2346, introduced by Rep. J. Hardin Bay, New York; Charles E. Moore, San Francisco, Peterson (D., Fla.)_ and Thomas Simmons, Los Angeles. Merchant Marine Veterans' Association, 501 Boylston St., Boston, produced pay roll figures to The other bids for the stock included the Ameri show that high bonuses paid enlisted merchant sea can-Brazilian Steamship Co., New York City, $8, men while their ships were in Udangerous waters/, 051,410; Henry F. Grady, president of the Ameri gave them annual pay no higher than Army and can President Lines, representing himself and others, Navy men of comparable rank-when income tax $7,198,281; the Chicago Corp., Chicago, and the was deducted. The figures: Seas Shipping Co., New York, $5,000,000. Navy seaman 2/c with wife and two children, The Commission owns 113,206 shares of the com $1,886 per year, ordinary Merchant Marine seamen, pany's class A stock-about 79.3 per cent-and all $1,897; Navy petty officer 2/c, $2,308.68, able sea, the class B stock, making its voting power approx man, Merchant Marine, $2,132.28 i Navy lieutenant, imately 93 per cent. senior grade, on duty in Washington, $3,990, second The Commission did not indicate how soon it officer, Merchant Marine, on trip to Hawaii, $2,640; would act on the proposals. Army AAF captain, overseas service, $5,400, second officer, Merchant Marine, $5,280; AAA sergeant, The Commission has controlled the American overseas, $2,976; Merchant Marine boatswain (trips President Lines since the company's organization to Hawaii and South America), $2,700. several years ago to take over the operation of the The bill is still before the House Merchant Marine old Dollar Lines. Committee. Several companies joined Grady in his proposal. These include the Consolidated Steel Corp., Di Gior gio Fruit Corp., El Dorado Oil Works, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Matson Navigation Co., Transamer ican Corp., Union Oil Co. of California, and Provi dent Securities Co. JATON Among those participating in the Bay proposal, in addition to Bay, Moore & Simmons, were the Atlas CANVAS Corp., Walter D. Heller, San Francisco; Leland M. Kaiser, San Francisco; Lansing Foundation, New York, and John D. Baker, Jr., New York DECKS The Commission's invitation called for five dis No Painting tinct transpacific and round-the-wodd services, ap erating from both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, TARPAULINS with a minimum of 25 modern ships. No Re-waterproofing BOAT COVERS No Holes MERCHANT MARINE SCHOOL AWNINGS of tho SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTiTUTE of N. Y. No Burning 25 South Street, New York 4, N. Y. Tel. BOwling Green 9·2710 GUARANTEED-REPAIRS FREE Original and Refresher courses for DeCK and Engine Department Officers. Instructions to unlicensed personnel for ondorsoments Marine (anvas Supply (orporation to their certificates. 700-6 Court SIreeI, BROOKLYN Branchc.r: NEW ORLEANS, BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO SEMI-I'RIVATE TUTORING-DAY & EVENING T. ~ O'NEILL, Pre.ide"' [12] THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT 13 Merchant Mariners Now Freed From Filthy Jap Prison Camp Thirteen merchant mariners are in Washington tasting freedom again after three years, eight months ten days in a Japanese prison camp in Hongkong Harbor. The last of the crew of the Y. S. Williams, a U. S. merchantman which fell to the Japs at Hongkong on Christmas, 1941, they are en route by air to their families in California, but are temporarily grounded in Washington by bad weather. Half of the crew was repatriated early in the war. Four died in Shamshipo camp. But these 13 men were retained by the J aps to "chop down a Chinese sacred mountainJ1 for the Kai Tak airport the same airport from which their literation plane took off last week. They worked for two years on the field at 10 cents a day, and it often took 80 days of back-breaking work to make enough to buy a pack of cigarettes, they told Tke Waskington Post in a group interview. Over "Bamboo Wireless" News of the outside trickled in on the underground Hbamboo wireless." They "reversedl1 Axis victories reported in smuggled Hongkong papers. They hid radios by dismantling them and carrying the parts in PREPARATORY COURSES their clothing. They buried diaries after entries ( were made. Sometimes they risked Japanese fire for all licenses to take a "front row seat." They saw 21 ships sunk in Hongkong Harbor on January 15 and 16. U. S. STEAMBOAT INSPECTION "It boosted our morale in 1943 when bombers SERVICE knocked out the major oil refineries," they recalled. "We did not see a single British plane fly over this British colony the entire time....H • The liberated mariners, stopping off at the Wash ington Hotel, are: Fred 1. Nystrom, ship's captain; NAVIGATION Martin Randeberg, chief officer; Ivor Sandstrom, PILOTAGE second officer; J. A. T. Olsen, third mate; H. O. Pedersen, first engineer; Lycurgus Hughes, second for every port assistant engineer; Irving Michaelson, chief steward; Parkman S. Huston, deck engineer; Loren A. Disper, radio operator; John R. Maulonis, bosun; • William Lindgren, ship's carpenter; Severine Thor Marine seam and diesel son, able seaman; August L. Blaich, wiper. ENGINEERING MERCHANT SEAMEN'S LAW 2nd Edition • Revised to date. Just off the press. By Silas Axtell, most respected authority; practicing attorney and proctor in admiralty. 156 pages replete with information every man ATLANTIC associated with the sea, owners, officers and seamen can understand and should have. $1 per copy. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY Editor, "The Master, Mate and Pilot": I wish to state that those of our members who have read same are high licensed by the State of New York £71. its praise; thcll are of the opinion that it would be a valuable book f01" anyone who has any interest in the men going to sea and thell would do well to secure a copy of the 44· Whitehall Street • 3 State Street boole for the valuable information therein. New York, N. Y. Address orders 10 MERCHANT SEAMEN'S LAW Telephone: BOwling Green 9-7086 7 West 44th Street New Yorlt 18. N. Y. NOVEMBER, 1945 [ 13 J Here's Real News! This Crew Praises Skipper, Officers! We have received many letters for publication during this war wherein the skipper, ')r some official in charge, have praised our merchant crews for their splendid efforts and conduct during the war, but wh~n a crew turns 'around and praises a skipper, and wants it published, that's news-and good news, too~ KELVIN & WILFRID O. WHITE CO, MjV (Moran Towing & Trans. Company). 90 STATE ST.• BOSTON 38 WATER ST.• NEW YORK 9, N. Y. Point Sur LAFayette 4615 WHitehall 4-9191 To Captsin Fruehan, from George '1. Walters, Ed Headquarters jor win A. Kelles, Hjalmer G. Nordby, Emil M. Eckert, NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT J. E. Gardner, Robert J. Mayer, Wyman C. McClure, Russell A. Sullivan, and Robert A. Krieger. "We the members of the unlicensed personnel of the engine department of the MjV Point Su,', wish to take this opportunity to thank you for the many MERCHANT MARINE SCHOOL courtesies (too numerous to mention) shown us on of th~ SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE of N, Y. this voyage and to the respect shown our Seafarers' International Union agreement." 25 South Street. New York 4, N. Y. Also to Edward E, Cheatham, chief engineer: Tel. BOwling Greon 9-2710 "We, the members of the unlicensed personnel of the engine department of the MjV Point Sur, wish Original and Refresher courses for Deck and EngiM Dcpo'Irtment to take this opportunity to thank you for your very Officers, In~truetlons to unliconsed personnel for endorsements cooperative attitude in regards to our Seafarers' to their cortificates. International Union agreement, and also to our per sonal well-being on this voyage." SEMI.PRIVATE TUTORING-DAY & EVENING Nice work, boys. Many Changes in Post-War Ferry Boats ( All-welded steel craft looking like baby flat-tops will ply the inland waterways of America in the post war years if a present trend in ferry construction is continued, says the Wall St.'eet Journal. JATON Although hard hit by the sharp drop in tourist trade, ferry operators eye the future optimistically CANVAS a,nd are planning carriers of utilitarian design to give faster, more efficient and more comfortable ::;ervice. DECKS Many operators have turned their boats over to No Painting the Navy, and ferry services have suffered in the past few years. But now they are preparing to re TARPAULINS build their fleets to care for an anticipated splurge No Re-waterproofing of post-war travel. BOAT COVERS No Holes TEL WHITEHALL ...... 3079 CLOSED ON SUNDAY AWNINGS No Burning DR. WI LLiAM BELL GUARANTEED-REPAffiS FREE SURGEON DENTIST Marine Canvas Supply Corporation Downtown Profcuionlll Bldg. 700-6 Court St.eet, BROOKLYN 57 Whitehall St. at South Ferry, Now York City BrancheJ: NEW ORLEANS, BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO Office Hours-9 AM. to 8.30 P.M. T. A. O'NEIIJ.., Pre&ide:n' [ 14.J THE MASTER, MATE AND PIlOT Merchant Marine Personnel / Document Simplification Due Reliable Books UNITED STATES COAST GUARD CARGO DEADWEIGHT DISTRIBUTION By MARTIN HEUVELMANS, formcrly AtIfffltic Coast Cl1Tgo Supt., National Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots, Louis Dreyftls & Co. 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THE MACMIllAN COMPANY, 60 Fifth Ave., New York II, N. Y. COrtland 7·4511·2 NOVEMBER, 1945 [ 15 J Names for New U. S. Fleet Is Headache for Commission The naming of America's 5,000 merchant ships built or acquired during the war emergency has been a brain-teaser of no mean proportion. Everything from Kentucky Derby winners to sailors' knots, has been employed in the task, an American Merchant Marine Institute survey discloses. There are over KELVIN & WILFRID O. WHITE CO. 90 STATE ST., BOSTON 38 WATER ST.• NEW YORK 9, N. Y. 30 name classifications for Maritime. Commission LAF(lyette 4615 WHitehall 4-9191 vessels. Headquarters for Sixty-three foreign vessels, taken over before the NAVIGATIONAL EQIDPMENT war, were assigned names of winners of the Ken tucky Derby and other turf stakes. The true work horses of the war, almost 2,700 Liberty ships, have HUSON been named largely after deceased famous American SEXTANT men and women who have contributed toward the American way of life. MATE Units of the 700-ship tanker fleet bear names of $150 With case (lmmediarc American battlefields, oil fields, parks, monuments, Delivery) forts, trails, Indian tribes and famous California Pan American missions. Navigation Servile Victory ships have been named 'Lfter the various 12021 Ventura United Nations, 160 typical towns and cities of the Blvd. N. Hollywood, United States, and colleges. The nation, town or Calif. college name is combined with the word "Victory.n (Free Catalog) SHIP SERVICE SUPPLY CO. Ice Cream Dept. Ship Store Dept. EXTRACTS FURLOUGH BAGS FLAVORS IDENT. BRACELETS NORION-L1LLVMANAGEMENT TOPPINGS INSIGNIA SYRUPS JEWELRY ICE CREAM MIX NOVELTIES PAPER STOCK SUNDRIES CORP. Demonstrations and Estimates Given Without Cost or Obligation Bob Smith Naval Supplies 277 Broadway Comer Chnm.hers St. StealUship COrtland 7-4511·2 Ope,oators Telephones DIGBY 4~8170.8171 KEEPING OUR FIGHTING MEN w. H. McMILLAN'S SONS SUPPLIED TACKLE BLOCKS MARINE & STRUcrURAL SPECIALTIES Head Office: WIRE ROPE 49 SOUTH STREET, NEW YORK 26 BEAVER ST. NEW YORK 4, N. Y. FaClOry 32-40 Penn St., Brookl)"n, N. Y. Tel. Evergreen 7-5123 [ 16] THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT ! i?1 ! >'-' I ! I iT I Partial List of Agreements Held by Masters, Mates and Pilots of America \ I East Coast Stevenson, T. J. &: Co. Inc. Henry J. Kaiser Companlell ! Stoekard Steamship Corporation (l'ermnnente Metals Corp.) AcwjJines, Ine. Smitll & Johnson (Kaiser Company. Inc.) Alcoa Steamship Co. Sound Transport C"rporation (I{:liser Corzo, Inc.) AlIIeriean Foreign Steamship Co. Sword Steamship Co. Key System American Petroleum TranSPort Corp. Tankers Occ:,"ic Corporation Kingdom of Thailand (Siam) American Republies Lines M. &: J. Tracy Kitsap County '1'ransportatioll Co. American Liberty Lines. Inc. Tugboai Owners & Operators 01 Port of Louis Knutson American-South African Line Philadelphia Libby. ltlcNeill & Lihhy American Sugar Co. Union Sulphur Co. Los Angeles Sh".mship Co. Argonaut Line, Inc. United States Lines Lud.enhll.ch Gulf Stcamship Co., Inc. Atlantic Const Line Railroad Co. U. S. Navigation Co. Luel{enbuch Stealnship Co., Inc. Baltimore & Ohio RlIilroad Co. Wellhart Stellmship Co. Murtin Siversten StclImship Co. Chas:. T. Banks Towing Line Wessel Duvnl & Co., Inc. MarLinez-llenicin Ferry & Trans. Co. Black Diamond Steam~hip Co. West India S.S. Co. Matson Navigatiun Co. BHdbert' Rothchild Co., Inc. Wilmore S.S. Co. Matson Stcamshill Co. Boland and Cornelircs Wood 'fowing Co. l\lcCormncll Steam!lilip Co. Boston Tow Boat Co. Worth Steamship Cumpany (~::r.sl Goast-South American Service) Brooklyn Eastern District Warner COmllllny (Pacific Const-Puerto Rico~W~t Indies Ser'l'lee) A. L. Burbank Co. (Intercoastal Service) Bush Terminal Co. Grerd Lukes Murnn Towing nnd Tr:msport.....tion Co., Inc. Buxton Line Nurthland 'l'ransportulion Co. Calmar Steamship Corp. Ann Arbor Rllilroml C", Northwest 'J'uwhoat Assn. Central ltailroad Go. of N. J. S"h-Lo Excursion Co. Northwestern l>acific Railroad Co. Central Vermont 'rranspo~tation Co. Chic:"lgo-Duluth, Georgi:m Il:ty Trausit Co Oc<:nn nnd J)orninion Steamship Corp. Chesapenke Ferry Co. Chicae'o &: MilwllUkee Steamship Co. Oceanic & Oriental Navigation Co. CheslIpeake & Ohio R::r.ilwny Co. Chieago Roosevelt Steamlll.ip Co. (Australia-New Zenl:llld Service) Constwise '1'r:lnll. Co. (;leve!:lIId &: Buffalo Transit Co. Oceanic Steamshill Co. Colonial NlIvigation Co. Crystal (lendl Transit Corp. Oliver J. Ohmn & Co. Delaware. Lnckawanna. & Western R. n. Detroit & Clevelnnd Navigation Co. Oly,llpic Steamshhl Co.• Ine. Diamond Ste:lmshil' Co. Fiu: :Simons & Connell Dredge & Dock Co. Pncific_Atlanlic Steamship Co. Dichmnnn, Wrigl1t & Pugh Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. Paci/ie-Allantic Steamshil' Co. P. Dougherty (;rcat I.nkes Dreflge & Doel, Co. «llinl,er Lim') Easkrn Gali & 1·'I1l:! Co. Great J.nkes Transit CorP. Padlic Lir.-htera::e Corl'. Eastern Steamshill Line" Great Lakes Transport Cn. Pncific Mail S.S. Co. Eastern Transportation Co. Illinois Ship & Dredg'e Co. l'acific ltc.'uhlic Line Eric Railroad La.I.e Sand Corl" (Moorc~McCormack Linel!, Inc.) Erie & St. Lawrenee Corporation Macl.inac 1'r:mspnrtation Co. Pacific Stenmship Lines Farr Spinning and Operating Co., Inc. !'lIarine Sand C