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Merger Propos"a} En Unclaiuled Wages* Listed '. Captain Strother* Dead VOL. XVI SEPTEMBER, 1953 NO.9 , . Furuseth Fought for Rights The name of Andrew Furuseth, founder of the In 1894, Andy shipped around Cape Horn to Sailors' Union of the Pacific, which later grew Washington, D. C., and made himself a one-man into the Seafarers International Union of North lobby for American seamen. He talked to Con_ America, "should rank high among America's gressmen and federal officials, wrote articles and select company of freedom lovers," an article in letters, and delivered speeches. the September issue of Co,·onet magazine declared. "After 32 years of bitter frustration," the ar. "Furuseth," quotes Coronet, "was a man who dedicated his life to striking off the shackles of ticle reported, "Furuseth won his greatest victory American seamen, and who made ocean-going on March 4, 1915." travel the safest in the world. His is an inspiring That was when President Wilson signed the story of what one dedicated S·eaman's Act, POpular! man can accomplish against known as the La Follette Se overwhelming odds." man's Act after the Wisconsi The author, Andrew Hamil Senator who introduced it. ton, traced Furuseth's early The act abolished arrest life from his birth in Norway and imprisonment for deser in 1854 to the day a brutal tion by American seamen i ship's mate had forced him to any port in the world, and for work until he fainted. It was eign seamen in any America then that young Andy Furu port; provided increased spa seth vowed to help seamen in ships' forecastles; improv band together to do something food; specified an adequa about repeated floggings, number of lifeboats, time cramped quarters, wormy in port, and other bene food and near-starvation both to sailors and passenge wages. It was largely throu ••* Furuseth's and his union's After entering the U. S. at forts that today's internati the age of 29, he began rem al laws for safety at sea W edying the prison-like concH adopted by the League tions that existed aboard Nations. American, as well as foreign, When the "Abraham ships. coIn of the Sea" died in 1 "The odds against him were terrific," the maga poor in worldly goods but wealthy in accomp zine said. "He was poor, uneducated, a foreigner. ments and friendship, Secretary of Labor Fra The men in whose cause he had enlisted had no Perkins ordered that his body lie in state in political power because they were seldom in port rotunda of the Labor Department. long enough to vote. He was opposed by rich and Later his ashes were scattered on the calm, powerful interests." sea which he had made into a decent home In March, 1885, he met with a group of seamen sailormen. on the San Francisco wharf and formed the SUP, which later expanded into the SIU. Becoming an authority on maritime law, the young labor leader went to court time after time to try to get the fugitive seamen's law of 1791 nullified. He argued that the law's provisions forcing a sailor to complete the round trip from the port where he had signed on-sometimes as much as three years later - violated the 13th Amendment prohibiting slavery. But judges and THROUGH YOUR juries always ruled against him, saying in effect COMMUNITY CHEST that the amendment applied to Negroes but not to sailors. ;[ I,II ,I Master~ I, The Mate & Pilot :1 !,I official Journal of tho National Organixation of Masters. Mates and Pilots of America. Published by the Organization on the 15th of each , month at 810.16 Rhode Island Ave., N. E., Washington 18, D. C. i Vol. XVI SEPTEMBER, 1953 No.9 I I Merger Proposal Endorsed HE membership of both the Masters, Mates in favor with 1,181 votes cast against furthering T, and Pilots and the Marine Engineers' Benefi the merger plan. cial Association have given an overwhelming M. M. & P. votes indicated 3,137 in favor and endorsement to the proposal drafted by the Na 627 opposed. tional Executive Committees of the two organiza MEBA votes indicated 3,215 in favor and 554 tions and submitted to the memberships on a joint opposed. referendum ballot which was completed on Au gust 19, 1953. Unity Program The total vote refiected a better than five to one The Resolution submitted to the membership marJ>:in in favor of the program. for vote contained a specific eight-point mutual The combined vote of the two groups was 6,532 (Cantin'lIeel on next page) ~ff~;"·''-'~\--~r~,E:~~'::-~;'N if," ~,~~--~c~:,_, EBA Ballot Committee meets to count joint reie-;endu~--';~-t~~~ Left to right, standing: James O'Kane, - ~Plts. Leon Cohen and Floyd Gaskins, lVIl\'l&P; William Holmes. Secretary-Treasurer MEBA; Capt. H. M. ,~' &P j L. H. Dodson, MEBA; James T. Smith, MEBA. Seated: Benjamin Goodman, C. P. A. First Vice ,C. F. May of l\'1M&P also served on this committee but was out of camera rang'e when picture was tall:en. THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT Merger Proposal Endorsed (Continued from page 1) Vol. XVI SEPTEMBER, 1953 No.9 cooperation program to be immediately put into Published monthly. Main_ Northeast, WllSbinr,rton 18, effect: tained by and in the inter District of Columbia, with 1. Joint Executive Committee meetings to be est of the National Organi General Bnd Executive zation of Masters. Mates held at least semi-annually. and Pilots of America, at Offices at H20 New York 2. Common Expiration dates of agreements. 810 Rhode Island Avenue. Ave., Washington 5. D. C. 3. Cooperation in formulating contract de. r mands. s Published on the 15th of each month. 17 ~ 4. Mutual support in enforcing contracts and Sworn detailed circulation statement on request. in economic actions. f Entered as second.c1ass matter at the post office at Washington, D. C" n onder the Act of AU&,llst 24., 1912. 5. Cooperation in all organizing ventures. 6. Explore possibility of joint administratio c SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 PER YEAR FOREIGN. $2.00 of Welfare Plans. [ C. T. ATKINS. New York, N. Y.• Business Mana&er. 7. Cooperation on legislative matters. a JOHN M. BISHOP, Washington, D. C., Editor. 8. Cooperation in mutual interests on the po 1 M. H. HICKS, Washington, D. C., Co-Editor. levels. [ n Recognizing that the ultimate goal in mutu b NATIONAL OFFICERS support and cooperation can only be achiev to C. T. ATKI~S. President. New York, N. Y. when the two marine officer groups are united u CI C. T. MAY, First Vice President. San Francisco. Calif. del' one national banner, the Resolution so e q R. D. LURVEY. National Vice President. Boston. Mass. phatically approved by the membership of the t L. COHEN. National ViCe President, Philadelphia. Pa. groups instructs the national officers to seek de h and unencumbered charter rights from either t H. M. STEGALL, National Vice President. New Orleans. La. P A. F. of L. or the C. 1. O. to cover all deck a ROLLA JOHNSON. District Deputy. Great Lakes Recion. n engine merchant marine officers employed .1 J. A. GANNON. National Vice President. San Francisco. Calit. North American flag vessels. Cl G. HAVILAND. Apprentice Vice President, New York, N. Y. National Secretary-Treasurer John M. Bish tl J. M. BISHOP. National Secretary-Treasurer, Washington, D. C. was successful in his petition to the Executi II H. T. LONGMORE, Diatrict Deputy of the Panama Canal, Balboa. C. Z. Council of the American Federation of La h when on last May 25 the Council extended \1 jurisdiction of the Masters, Mates and Pilots CI COMMUNICATIONS AND REMITTANCES may be addressed and a1 cheeks made paYlI.ble to the National Organization MlI.lIters. ),Inteo America to include licensed marine enginer and Pilota ot America. 810-16 Rbode bland Avenue. N. E.• Wawh_ personnel. b ington. D. C., or 1420 New York Ave., Washin"ton 5. D. C. 11 READING AND ADVERTISING MATTER MUST reach the office not Joint Executive Committee Meeting ScheduI Il later than the 10th of the month preceding publication. b CHANGE OF ADDRESS ohould be received prior to the first ot the The members of the ballot committee repres i month to D fleet the forthcoming issue. The old as well as the new ing both organizations issued a joint recomme II address mUl,lt be eiven and the Local number shown. tion calling for an executive committee mee of the two groups to be held in St. Louis, Mo., prior to the convening of the convention of GENERAL CHAIRMEN REPRESENTING RATLROAD EMPLOYES OF OUR ORGANIZATION IN THE DlFFEHEl";T PORTS A. F. of L. This recommendation has been PORT OF NEW YORK-Capt. C. DeMooy; Capt. M. F. Garry; Capt. ported by national officers of the Masters, Martin A. l'rylta i CapL Lawrence J. Saeo: Thomas Mullally; Capt. and Pilots and a meeting has been set for Sep. P. J. MI"Murrow; Capt. Edwin G. Jaeobllt>n: R. Malpy: Wm. J. O'Connell; Capt. H. Hasbrouck; Capt. A. Striftolino; Capt. C. A. bel' 17 in St. Louis, Mo. '. Steevels. National officers of the M. E. B. A. have. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA-Capt. Clayton B. Dibble. invited to participate in the drafting of pla~. PORT OF SEATTLE-Capt. 14. Fox. affiliation under one parent body. . PORT OF NORFOLK-Capt. Harry Marsdm, Capt. J. Ira Hodges, Capt. ~. W. Sadler, Capt. W. K bildwan, Lapt. Eugene Trenkle. PORT OF DETROIT-Capt. Rolla Johnson. PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO-Capt. J. A. Gannon. Printed Contract The new Master Atlantic and Gulf C . Dry Cargo and Passenger Agreem.ent elf National Advertising Representatives-McAVOY REPRESENTATION, b~ 16 Whitehall St., New York 4, N. Y. Tel BOwling Green 9-0919. tive July 28, 1953, is being printed In CAPT. THgODOR J. VANDER PLUIJM, General Advertillinlr Repre form and will be available through sentative in the Netherlands, Rochussenstrnut, 271, Rotterdam. offices by October 9. [2 ] to H'ospitals Get the Ax be Only Three Public Health Facilities to Remain Under New Proposal HE LATEST splash of Unc!e TSam's economy wave IS scheduled to wash out all Public Health Service Medical aid for merchant seamen. ~ In a directive to Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of the Department of Health, Welfare and Education, dated July 24, 1953, Budget Director Joseph M. ,Dodge instructed the Depart ment to eliminate funds for all but three USPHS Hospitals and •to request no funds fo,' medical ~ 'care of seamen in the Budget re quest for 1955. :'iIf the funds are not provided . the' Budget request of the resident to Congress, it will ean the end of medical care for . k and inj ured seamen. This re has been diminished during 'epast two years from the orig 26 Public Health Service U. S. P. H. S. Hospital-Seattle, Wash. 'pltals to the present 16. at was explained as a normal . Ilment, based on the out- Ing record of disease con and rapid treatment by s of "wonder drugs11 now B up in its true light as the "n1ng of the end. e are advised that the Pub ~ ealth Service will oppose atest chop in the appropria ,Inasmuch as Mrs. Hobby e fight in the last session of I' ess for reduction in the u. S. P. H. S. Hospital-Staten Island, N. Y. Ii ,of PHS Hospitals which I' in the closing of the I Is at Cleveland and Fort i' ,n (See MASTER, MATE & I July, 1953) she is not ex ,i: .to put up much of a fight the others. i i- BUdget Director's pro "i: re carried through Con I' will leave only three I ealth hospitals in op i " the Carville leprosa- mental hospital at Fort •ex., and the narcotics I ~ Lexington, Ky. All III pay their own med- U. S. P. H. S. Hospital_Baltimore, Md. !il' Ii, [3] II.1, skills are used to serve the enti; community. • Even more spectacular thai the saving of lives is the achiev~ ment in the reductions in disabi ity from crippling and costly di~ eases. To cite one phase of t ., program - the control of ven real diseases. During the last decade, t number of admissions to men hospitals for cases of neurosy philis has been reduced by %a reliable estimates indicate th u. s. P. H. S. Hospital_New Orleans, La. this tiny fraction of the progra which allows for an average I ical fees at whatever facilities Congress and the Cabinet are years of care for each case' are available. also numbered among those for equivalent to a saving of $49 000,000 each year. These thin' for Marine Hospitals tunate citizens who are eligible The need have not happened by chance b founded 155 years ago to care and take advantage of the free medical service provided by the are the result of a well plann for men whose work is hazard and well conducted program. ous and of an itinerant nature Federal Government. The abili was not based on financial stress. ty to pay can hardly be con At no time during the histo' It was then recognized that be sidered a factor in these cases. of the Public Health Service a question been raised about cause of the nature of his work, Serves as Safeguard for Public the seaman required medical at quality of their work. It ;ention in places remote from his When the first hospitals were been excellent in all of its ph home where he has not had an established in 1798, under the The present administrati opportunity to establish himself Administration of President with more and more obv;" or learn his way around. When John Adams, it was for the dual leanings toward aid for sp he is sick or injured on the high purpose of providing adequate interests instead of the pop seas, the medical attention avail- care for seamen and protecting tion as a whole has alre the public by controlling the slashed the Public Health S spread of contagious diseases ice appropriations for the which could be brought into the rent year. This has cur United States from foreign every department of the se countries by infected seamen. with the exception of the I. It was then and is now generally search and training progra recognized that the specialized the National Institute of H treatment necessary for these Aside from the immed' diseases is not usually available in locally maintained hospitals. Provides Train:ng and Research The USPHS has also served the nation as the General Staff in our war against disease. The able to him is limited to the first phenominal reduction in our na aid supplies and medical skill of tional death rate during the past the ship's officers. When he 20 years has resulted in a saving makes port, time is of the es of over 166,000 lives each year sence. It can hardly be called and much credit goes to the fine "creeping socialism" for tax sup research program carried on un ported facilities to be quickly der the auspices of the Federal available for our men who go Government in these U. S. Public down to the sea in ships. Health Service Hospitals. Med If medical care for our mer ical specialists of all kinds are chant seamen is "furthering the also trained in these hospitals. trend toward socialism" it is not After they have served in the the only segment of our popula USPHS program they go into tion benefitting from this "dan private hospitals and private gerous practice." Members of practice where their specialized [4] THE MASTER, MATE A"~ .:mtir disastrous effect on the merchant seamen, it is impossible 10 fore tell what effect the closing of the USPHS hospitals will mean for the health and welfare of the American people. Further budget cuts mean the curtailment of many other well established and essential public e, t health services. The Civil De nen fense authorities have relied uros heavily on the facilities and %a services of these hospitals in e th their planning for the care of ogr large numbers of casualties in age case of an attack. The leprosarium at Carville, La., is not affected by the proposed budget cut. :ase Our founding fathers, who es [ $4 tablished the service, were con thin servative men. But they were lce b also far-sighted enough to recog .Jan liize that some jobs must be done .m. y the Federal Government. his tates and localities are not able provide the necessary spe- iJ.lized service'to protect the 'blic health. This service has en maintained and expanded 'rough the administrations of ~h political parties. he sabotage of the U. S. Pub .Health Service program by drastic cut in funds proposed The narcotics hospital at Lexington, Ky., also is unaffected. he Republican Administra would amount to a nearly er cent slash in the General the increased death and disabil This organization will Jom of our war against disease ity rate will cost the American with others in the fight to keep the middle of a brilliantly Public many times over the our Public Health Service hos essful campaign. Should amount of the immediate sav pitals open and available to all . eduction take place, cost of ings involved. merchant seamen. mbers Listed Who Have Unclaimed Wages owing are the names of members who have Bader, I~avant E. Bouschor, Edmlmrl F. Barr, Benjam;n N. Boyard, 'Willard R. ed wage due them as of August 15, 1953, Barrilleaux. Roland Bratrud, Otto M. he various listed steamship companies. Bartwell, Carl P. Breheny, Raymond P. Bns1>ett, Bertrand I-I. Brewer, Jack M. ts can be obtained by furnishing full name Batchall, Alexander Brown, John G. Bauld, Chudes F. Browne. Frank C. pears on the list, rating, social security Beatty, Le1>ter D. Bunn, Frederick O. and name of the company or companies Bechtel, Rex S. BURch, Kenneth Beldyk, John J. Rlltnrla, Frank the list on which their name appears. Bellay, John J. Butzing, Edward K. should be addressed to: Pacific-Atlantic Bencler, Dean D. Cadenhead, Charles N. Berglund, J. E. Cairen, Hugo I. hip Co., 1010 Washington st., Vancouver, Bergman. Ernst H. Calix. Charles F. ,-ATTENTION: N. W. Trenholme, Pay- Ber~strom, C. O. Campbell, Wayne E. Bevilaqua, Otto Cardwell, Howard D. Bishop, Hf;>TIl'Y T. CarLc;en, Clarence B. Anderson, Harry A. BiRhop. Silas B. Carpenter, Irvin E. Anderson, James D. Blair, Roy P. Carroll, William Anderson, Joseph Bland, Thurston J. Chance, Phillip P. Anderson, Karl G. Blie1>arth, Max Chm'lot, George F. Anderson, Nils R. Bloodsworth, Robert E. Chatelain, Dallns Anderson, Uno E. Boehmer, William D. Chomko, John Archbald, Joseph A. Bohm, Bertel E. Christensen, Harry K. ArmRtrong, Albert W. Bookhont, Russell F. Christensen, Johalines H. Bilchnach, John W. Bora, Alexander Christiansen, Hans,H. [ 5 J Oivitillo, PasqualA. Goldman, Howard R. Kane, Daniel H. Nicholson, Douglas E. Clark, John C. Gonzalez, Jose l!\ Kazem-Heck, Alexander"N. Nicholson, Walter J. Clary, William G., Jl'. Gonzalez, Pedro B. ICeane, Harold J. Nielsen, Harry P. Clearwatel', Leland V. Grady, Joseph V. Keenan, Patrick F. Nieme, William O. Clute, Peter V. Gl'USS, Charles W. Keenan, Peter Nixon, 'William Cobbs, Leonard Gl'ay, Harrs B-. Kelly, John J. Nizza, Eugene D. Cody, John W., Jr. Gl'een, Harold F. Kenopke, William C. Nordberg, Martin D. Coffey, Earl O. Greenmg, Gilbert l\f. Kessler, Edward Norgren, William Colamal'ino, James Gl'egors. Neon D. Kight, Dempsey Norwn, John L. Cole, Martin H. Gr~ce, R,chard L. IOmes, William K ost, Eud C. CondOll, Earl A. Griffin, Dan A. Kinsella, James L. Nowlan, Charles E. Conlin, N .chohU'; J. Guptill, Clarence 'V. Kainer, Daniel F. o Bden, James A. Connaughton, Frank J. Haclwtt, Rl.l;ymond E. Kleinsmith. Ben O'DeweU, James Connell, Norman H. Hagan, Andrew P. Knapp, John L. Olson, Anders 'V Cook, Melvin R. Hagglund, Justin Knaubel', Henry A. Oras, Karl Cook, M.le~ G. Haglund, Robert C. Knox, Kenneth Orsen, Albert 'V. Oook, ""Villiam B. Hahn, George A. Knox, 'Villimn OslJorlle, Thomas E. Corl, Philip H. Haines, Alfred B. Krantz. Eror N. Ostergard, Emil G. Corsi, Michael Hull.lerg, Geotge H. Kr;stofferson, Gustav E. Owen, Martin Costello, George L. Hall, Itl'ederlC.l( Kl'uhmin, Herman J. Palen, George E. Crandall, John M. Hall, Rulph B. Lackey, CharIes Parkhurst, Jacob O. Crawford, Jame~ M. Halle, Thomas E. Larsson, Alhert Parks, George B-. Crawley, Albert 'V. .1::!.alvor~en, lngvuld Lnukshteill, 'Valdemar Parr, Eugene T. 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Ellis. Harold B. Hunt. Arthur C. i\I('('hunick. Harl·...• Heed, Huhert h Emery. J ame!'! Hutto, :i\1arvill E. Meeglln, Jolm J. Iteill)', l'hollllll'o' 11. Eridu:on. Lloyd E. I-lyman, l\IOl'r.s Meelwr, Lionel C. He\'ell, l!'rauk S. El'1and!'lon. Olaf S. Hystad, Ole E. Mero, John A. ILchards, EllIH~I', ,Jr. Etherid~e. Leoti T. lmes, Basl,ell Michelson, John Richter, JuLus Evan~, l!'l'Nl E. IngemullSOl1, Vernon S. M.kkeh;ol1, Dean Hiclwr, lJorl'oll'. EvanR. Rolwl't 'V. Jtlck:;Oll, Thomas R. Miller, Alfred J. Richman, O~l'llr H. :b'nbri. Charles H. Jacobsen, Andt'e\v V. Millel', byron W. Houch, HiII:ll'l! '1'. Fagan, .J 011'1 R. Jacobsen, Rasmus J. Miller, Robert Hobertson, 'l'lIhun:;:-c Fairhank. 'Walter 1\1. Jennings, Erwin L. l\llllii, 'I'homas L. Robinson, Allwl'l g. lfnl'g:o. Rillney .Iensen, GU~tflv Moen. Alfred B. Hoeehrette. Stl'wart F. Farrell. Rohert J. Jensen, .IenR K. Moldrem, J o::;el'h A. Roien, HCl'm:lll K. F;sher. .Tohn 'V. Jenssen, Paul E. Moller. E,mlr C. Ho a::;, M gild H. Fleck, ·Williflm R. J eri;;an, Angns D. Moon, I3elljmnin R., Jr. RORS, Charll':-;, ,}I'. Flore!';. Frnnk A. Johullnson, Jan!,e Moore, JohnI:'. Roth, Bill;',' V. Flynn, Atl~l1~tn~ B. Johnson. Albert Moore, Lesl!e H. UO:'>', Fl'anci~ n. Ji'orE'~tpl. .T:>nws M. Jollllson, Francis G. Moore, Luther Saar, John A. FOl'e~t(\l. 'Villi'1m M. J ohm:oll, Frank ]Uore~', lI1ulll'lce J. Salem, Lewi~ !lL FOl'!'t. E"nf''''t R. JOhmiOn, McDonnell L. Morgull, herr,Cli: E. Ral~hUl'r, John It I.'reirlriC'h. Otto Johnson, Norbert M01'1'il1, tJ oIm E., Jr. Sandel', l\Iarlin U• Gnhollry • Donald L. •Johnson, Perr...' M. Morl'ls, I:'hillip Bander:::, HollI'rt J. Galin.A. D. J oh11son, Ray H. 1I1orrisou, J allles 'V. Rand~tt'om, 1\'111' Gallant. Al'mnlH] J ollIl~on, Hheldol1 'V. MO"chan, Anthouy J. Rnnue::::::, H:IlI:< Gamhlf". Hm'old J ohnl"on, Thomas A. Mowbray, Hobert 'V. Sarin. Louis . GarC':a. Rn'\'adOl' .Iohnsted, Charles Mueller, John B. Sarye...', Grm1t :\; Gardner. ,YE'ndell M. Johnston, David B. Mundell, Robert R. Suwclon• .Tohn ". Gurrpt~on. William H. .Jones, David A. l\lus::;er, Thomus O. R'chutt. WillH'llll Gurri!'lon. Harold V. Jones, Harold E. NaIl, Harold A. Schutz, 'Vi]li:llll GeiRtert. 'VilliaUl R. .Iones, Henr.... O. Kelson, Andrew F. SchWUll..Tohn G. Geller. CharIeR Johnes, Roger W. Nelson, Walter J. Seinel',lIIlllhi:l :< Gert8en•.101m D. Jorgensen, Earl D. l'\ewbel'n, Emer;y Seller:::, At'l hill' M. Selness,1.lo;\,(1.1. :tL Gesf-;ell. Anthony F. Jorgenson, Cm'l D. :'-l"ewcolllue, John F. lllon Ghiz, N.chola~l C. Judson, Albert H. NichOls, John ::;h.:lckloek. Ha Gibson, Lloyd H. Kaehler, Ronald F. ~icholas, Frank M. :::ihal'pc, Edward A. [ 6] THE MASTER, MATE A SheelyIJames H. Anderson, Karl G. Sprights, James R. lj'ielder. James R. Shenton, Edgar E, Aderson, Warren M. Steen, 1!'red Fischer, Alfred G. Shodeu, Jonas A. Beck, Thomas I::>torkersen, Nikolai K. lNscher, JUlius M. ShoIas, Albert W. Bentsen, Alfred Thomas, James: L. Fisher, John W. Shout:;, J C!:ise A. Bergman, Emest H. 'l'onnesen, Johannes N. Flitherty, Damel Silverberg, Harold Bevl1aqua, Otto Tweeddale, Dualle 1$. Fleck, \Vllliam Sippo, AHt~ony 'V. Bledsoe, Anthony Warren, Edward E. lPord, S. V. Skinner, ClIfford H. Brown, I\Itl1'vin R. 'Vasch, Henry A. Feed, Donald R. Small. Jay .A;., Jr. Butzing', Edward K. West, Carl R. :B'ullmer, l,;ay H. Smalo, GUlll'lei J. Caley, Charles West, 'Villiam M. Garrison, harold V. Smith, Arthur p,. Carlson, Carl E. White, Frank W. Gary, RolJert M. Smith, GJbert::). Child, Richard P. "Vie, Anton Gibson, Ralph.l!J. Smith, ~ [7] Meeker, Lionel C. Raediker, Adolf H. 'I'hoUlpson, Lloyd C. Nelson, Walter J. Midgett, Louis H. Ragan, :::;tephen E. 'l'ietfen, John H. Poole, Thomas Minelli, Godfl'e.r W. Rallcich, Christ A. 'I'it·, Leonard Rich. James C. l\litchell, Richard B. Rasmussen, Dud J. 'l'ompldns, Lawl'ence ~'. Seffert, Alhf'rt E. l\loldl'em, Jo::;evh A. Richnrus, Lawrence· 'I'm'plnnd, JaIm E. Vendshus, 'Valdemar Moore, J. P. Richter, Julius Tritton, John Moore, "\Villiam J. Ritter, George E. 'l'weedclale, Duane S. Mullikin, 'I'homus S. Robarts, Vincent O. Van Patten, John K. Calif. Eastern l\lurchison, Donald Vend~hu~, \Valdemal" Robert:,::, Virgil J. Buss, Peter Kelson, D. N. Ro~as, Miguel B. Vinsell~, Gustave l\elso11, Kuuigh H. Rose, HaroM Vogel. '1'. H. Knafiich, Louis John, Jr. rl:e}:>;, Louis Hasen, OSCllr n. Wall,1{pynold A. l\t'wman, George F. RORen, Rigwalu WareI, Ben amill lS'. !\ichuhmn, 'Vaiter J. Rouse, John D. 'Yarel, Bllge-ne O. NicI,e-I}:en, Colin Rowland, Lyndon \Yurel, Rusl'::plll\I. :Nordherg, .Jan K. Sawdon, John W. \Yehe-l', BE'l'llllrd O·Brien. Jam(>s A, Shadull. Bernard E. WP~t. William M. O'Callaghllll, C. J. Shortridge. Fredericl, lJ. White, Afll'ian C. O·Connt'll. M. W. Simoneau, J('an A. Whiton. Charle-s B. Orsen, Alhert 'V. Sloan, John L. \Yiclceluhl. Alhert O:-;terhoudt, Arthur R. Smedstad, Rig"ard Wiebe, Hubert P. Purl', Ben "amin D"'. Smith, Daniel W. Wiik, Alf A. PllUpper, Rtanle-y Smith, Hurry D. Wilken, W. G. Peal,e, RolJPrt S. Smith, James P. WinMr, AliVil F Pearson, Arvid Smith, JORevh C. 'Vol'l'ell, Kenneth y Pearf'.on, Axel W. Soostad, A. "\Vright, H.obert W. Pearson, John D. Soriano, Max D. Wra:;', George B. PE'rsJ::on, N. G. Spar. Nils Yarbrough, Walter Pett;>rson, Noah Stewart, Joe K. Zimmerman, John Pe-tel'son, Richard F. Stoe-vel', Curtis H. Petterson, Eelwfil'd 8tol'l,f'l'spn, Nikolia Ie Pbilipnsen, John C. Storvik, r~ars Pac.~At1. Sea Trans. Piel, Rf'inholt Strom, 'Walter Z06. Pitts. Rav Sullivan, .lohn P. Co]amnrino, JamE's Pollack. Thomas Surratt, Har\'E'Y J. Connt>ll, l'\orman H. "Your father just got his re Pool(>, Thomm:; Taylor. John M:. Gushlff, LeRli{' R. pay raise. so now we're going to POf'::e-r. Elmer W. Taylor, Thomas E. MC'Cnhf', .JoRt>llh J. few retroaelive meaJ81" this Agreement, along with clarifications on Tells Why Local 9 Rejected seniority clause of the present Agreement. Atlantic Dry Cargo Contract Three Junior Third Mates on all Marine t ships. By E. W. SIMMONS, Patrolman These are the major issues we submitted The membership of Local No.9 recently rejected negotiations and we feel had negotiations the A.M.M.L's offer of a new Atlantic and Gulf carried out at the proper time, we could have Dry Cargo Agreement, as we feel it does not reflect tained an Agreement that the membership wan the desires of the membership as a whole. Our first concern should be to represent In June of 1953 we began consulting M. M. & P. membership afloat, who are in no position to re members aboard the vessels arriving in this port sent themselves, so therefore, we consider 10 d as to their views of the present contract and sug to ratify an Agreement is by no means suffie gestions for changes necessary to make it more time to allow the entire membership to exp beneficial to the membership. their desires, and is contrary to the intent of The date of the preliminary meeting and the National Constitution. negotiations did not give the Locals sufficient time So Brothers, let the future be guided by the to align their policies which is necessary in a mat We have again been duped by the steamship ter of such importance, so therefore we were op panies, so next year let's go all-out for the A posed to negotiations being held at this time. ment the membership needs and wants. We instructed our delegate, Floyd T. Gaskins, of the desires of the membership contacted and we unanimously approved his not signing the Con Sink or Swim tract offered by the steamship companies. We feel "Sink or swim," as the saying goes, this so-called new Contract amounts to no more Is good enough for most of those than a wage increase for which we in turn are obligated to be governed by for another year. Who never learn and seldom tr)' Our main concern in Local No. 9 is primarily To make their eye a sailor's eye; the same as all other Locals, that of providing Who scorn the forces of the sea employment for members of the M. M. & P. which And laugh at those within the lee, we believe would be greatly alleviated if we had Yet, knowing naught of sailor p01ver, obtained four mates on all ships, and would be Hang simple hope on a lucley hour; beneficial also to the steamship companies if they Happy the sailor who knows his part had taken time to look into this matter. We also wanted 30 days vacation a year to be administered And gives free passage to his ar!. . by theM. M. &P. Wise the seaman whose happy triP The present clarifications to become a part of Is sure because of seamanship. [ 8 J F. J. Kazmarli, barge captain for 33 Captains Karlis Vesde and Carl John~ '1 rimmers use powered shovel-boards, years, spreads wheat in hold for son uncover 40,825 bushels of wheat and clam buckets raise wheat from , balanced load. in barge. barge hold. RAILROADS, as well as ships; recently served the Department of Agriculture Boatmen Aid in in an unusual transportation of stored ma tured wheat from overflowing granaries for storage in vessels of the laid up fleet in the Hudson River off New York City and in the waters off Baltimore and Norfolk. 'Mothballing' The Pennsylvania Railroad is one of four lines which moved to New York 18 million bushels of grain from elevators that had to be emptied quickly to make room for a new bumper crop. All of it was acquired by the Wheat Commodity Credit Corporation at the ex piration of farmers' price-support loans on April 30, last. The Pennsylvania Railroad carried 25 per cent of it from Buffalo and the Midwest. Most of the shipments were hauled to the railroad's grain transfer house at Greenville, N. J., unloaded, weighed, ele vated into grain barges and towed by tugs to the Company's deep water Pier H, Jersey City, where floating elevators of the Inter national Elevator Company transferred it to the reserve vessels which had been cleaned and fumigated and outfitted with grain ven tilating units to prevent spoilage "from dampness and heat. Then the ships, whose engines had been sealed, were towed to their anchorage at Jones Point. The entire storage program required 125 Liberty ships each with a capacity of 215, 000 bushels of grain, distributed in five holds. Seventy-five ships came from the Hudson ain . ~"" . River fleet and 50 from the James River f barge ~led up at floating elevator for trans cr of grU,n to reserve Liberty ship. laid-up fleet. [9 ] LABOR'S PROGRESS REVIEWED L By GEORGE MEANY, President, AIIlerican Federation of Labor C On this Labor Day, Attempts by selfish i i 1953, the more than eight terests to destroy socials At million members of the curity, under the guise' Co American Federation of extending its benefit' Ac Labor may well pause and scuttling of the housi Ad consider how far we have program, originally set Ae come, what responsibili to see that working m All ties we have assumed, and and women could rent AI< what we may do to help buy proper homes All mOV3 forward to a more prices within their rang An peaceful and happier to the giveaway of our n An morrow. tural resources; suici An When the American decreases in our natio An Federation of Labor was defense program - ' An founded three-quarters of these and other isst! Ar a century ago, its leaders have forced us into PO Ar and members concentrated tics. As upon a few simple ob If working men a: At jectives. The growing women are not to be, At strength of industrialists helpless victims of sel Ba and the public prejudices interests they must Bh against unions in those an active part in poli ',Bli days made difficult the at today, on the local, 1< tainment of even these state, and the natio o fundamental aims. level. They have no aI, o We had to battle for the very right to organize. native, We had to establish OUr right to strike. Some per Naturally we have many affirmative inter sons even today would deny these rights, but they too, We of the American Federation of L' are few in number compared with those in the are proud that we pioneered in the movement first hard days of organizing. free, public, compulsory education for chi! Came a Long Way but we realize today that we need to see that , educational advantages are available to chi! We have come a long way since then. It is now no matter in what state they live, and that more definitely established that working men and ers are paid a more just wage. We want women have not only a right but a duty to organize that an end comes to discrimination which d, and use economic weapons to obtain more ade some persons equal opportunities, quate and just wages and more safe working conditions. Task Is Staggering Of course, in saying that this is an acknowl We want social security extended to those edged 'right, we cannot lose sight of the Taft have been so far denied it, and we want to Hartley Act, which grew out of modern anti-labor realistically adjusted to the increased cOot prejudices, and which increases antagonisms rath ing, We want health insurance so that no er than decreases them. As we have all said re need fear to call a doctor when he or some m, peatedly, this is an unjust law, and until it is re of the family falls ill, We want to carry placed or amended substantially to allow trade housing programs to which Congress one, unions to function effectively, we cannot feel that mitted itself. We want to protect our. labor's just rights have been recognized in this resources from those who want to explOl,. country. for their own private gain, We want to s At the same time, changes in national and world levied according to ability to pay, We economic, social and political conditions have vast strong and efficient defense system, ly enlarged the scope of our interests and respon Our interests today go far across the" sibilities. Legislation like the Taft-Hartley Act in too. Today we are united with workers! Washington and the union-busting so-called "right nations all over the globe, seeking to P to work" bills in the states have obliged working rights that workers have gained in some c~ men and women to go into politics. (Continued on page Ii) [ 10 1 THE MASTER, MATE A " \ ! Gulf Range Steamship Corp. List Companies Under Gulf & South American Steamship Co., Inc.* I Insular Steamship Corp." II Intercontinental Steamship Corp. Ii Dry Cargo Agreement International Navigation Co., Inc. I Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. i; Following is a list of companies covered by the n- ' Isthmian Steamship Company I' Atlantic and Gulf Coast Dry Cargo and Passenger Jupiter Steamship Corp." companies agreement: Kea Steamship Corp. Aetium Shipping Corporation" Liberty Navigation, Inc. Advance Steamship Corp. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc." Aeolian Steamship Corp. Maine Steamship Corp. , Albatross Steamship Co., Inc. Marine Interests Corporation* Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc." Marine Navigation Company'" Alliance Steamship Corp. Marine Transport Lines, Inc.' American Foreign Steamship Corp.* Martis Shipping Corporation I', ' American Merchant Marine Steamship Corp. Mar-Trade Corporation American Union Transport, Inc.' MercadoI' Trading, Inc. Amherst Steamship Corp. Merchants Steamship Corp"" Anchor Steamship Corp. Metro Steamship Corporation Arc Steamship Corporation' Mississippi Shipping Co., Inc.'" Arrow Steamship Company, Inc.' Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc." Astra Steamship Corporation Mystic Steamship Division* '" Atlantic Cargo Carriers Corp.* Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates ( Atlantic Carriers, Inc. National Shipping & Trading Corp. ; Baltimore Insular Line, Inc. National Waterways Company BIackchester Lines, Inc. New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co." ':Blidberg Rothchild Co., Inc.'" North American Shipping & Trading Co.* 'Bloomfield Steamship Company North Atlantic Carriers Corporation 'Boise-Griffin Agencies Corp." North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co., Inc." 'Bournemouth Steamship Corp.' Northeastern Steamship Corp." . H. Bull & Company, Inc. North Seas Navigation Corp.'" . L. Burbank & Company Ltd." Ocean Carriers, Inc. almar Steamship Corporation Ocean Shipping, Inc. II: arras (U.S.A.) Ltd. Ocean Transportation Co., Inc. Iii entral Gulf Steamship Corp." Oceanic Waterways Corp." lifton Steamship Corporation Omega Shipping Corp." II! ompass Steamship Corporation Orion Shipping & Trading Co., Inc." Iii1 ' oral Steamship Corporation'" Oro Navigation Company I" 'chmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc." Overseas Navigation Corp. Iii olphin Steamship Corporation (Triton) Pacific Cargo Carriers Corp.* .lphin Steamship Corporation Pacific Waterways Corp.'" II Nat'l Shipping & Trading Corp.) Pan Cargo Shipping Corporation I:1 .prac Shipping Corporation Pan-Oceanic Navigation Corp. '! Ii (pric Shipping & Trading Corp. Pan Oceanic Steamship Corp." q ilver Steamship Company, Inc. Pantransit Steamship Corp.'" I"I rans Corporation Paroh Steamship Corporation !,I Ie Ocean Transport Corp. te~n Pegor Steamship Corporation Steamship Lines, Inc.' Peninsular Navigation Corp. '" . ,Harbor Trading Corporation" on Steamship Corporation Phoenix Steamship Corporation" Shipping Corporation Polarus Steamship Co., Inc.' Isior Steamship Corporation' Prudential Steamship Corp.* outh Steamship Corp.* Puerto Rico Marine Corporation ,II Lines, Inc." Saxon Steamship Company' .' Steamship Corporation Seafarer Steamship Corp.* .1 Navigation Co., Inc. Seas Shipping Company, Inc.' I Tramp, Inc. (Robin Line) III Navigation Corp." Seatraders, Inc. Line, Inc." Seatrain Lines, Inc. '" .wave Steamship Corp." argo Carriers Corp. * Negotiated by A.M.M.I. [ II 1 Sea Transport Company' Tak Shipping Corporation* Western Navigation Corp. Seven Seas Steamship Corp. * Terrace Navigation Corp. Whitehall Steamship Corp.' Shepard Steamship Company' Three Oceans Steamship Corp. Shipenter Lines, Inc. Tini Steamship Company, Ltd. Southatlantic Navigation Corp.* Traders Steamship Corporation South Atlantic Steamship Line, Inc.*Tramar Shipping Co., Inc.* Southern Cargo Carriers Corp.' Tramp Cargo Carriers Corp. Southern S.S. Company Transfuel Corporation Sprague Steamship Company' Trident Transport Corp. Standard Fruit & Steamship Co. * Triton Shipping, Inc. States Cargo Carriers Corp. * Trojan Steamship Co., Inc. States Marine Corporation* Troy Shipping Company, Inc. States Marine Corp. of Delaware* United States Lines Company' Steelcraft Steamship Corp.* United States Navigation Co., Inc.' T. J. Stevenson & Co., Inc.* Universal Cargo Carriers Corp.- Stockard Steamship Corp.* Universal Oil Carriers' Stone Steamship Corp.* Veritas Steamship Company, Inc. Stratford Steamship Corp.* Victory Carriers, Inc.* "Is that a promise, Senator; or will Strathmore Shipping Co., Inc. * Waterman Steamship Corp.* you really do something about it?" Sword Line, Inc. Wessel, Duval & Co., Inc.* George Meany's Message Makes Atlantic Survey (Continued from page 10) and to gain such rights for workers who have been denied them. We have aided the workers of France, Italy and other nations in their battle against Communism, and we have been a champion of those in Tunisia, Morocco and elsewhere who have been battling colonialism. We have extended our hand to those brave workers behind the Iron Curtain who have faced the steel armor with their bare hands. We plan to do whatever is within our capacity to aid the workers in the satellite countries and in the backward and under-developed areas of the world. The task before us today is stag-gering. It is still one of organizing the unorganized, of seeing that working men and women receive just wages and work reasonable hours. But it is one also that requires you who are members of the American With her sails squared, the three~masted schooner "Ve sails from Hoboken. N. Y., for a two-month voyage to Federation of Labor to take a more active part in Gulf of Mexico to survey the Atlantic depths. Dr.,' your community life, to be more informed and Maurice Ewing, director of Columbia University's Lam busier about political affairs on every level. Your Geological ObservatoryJ headed the expedition and is union should still be the center of your economic sisted by Dr. J. Lamar Worzel, Associate ProfessO~~ Geology. They were accompanied by ten graduate life, but in these days each of us must step to dents. One subject of investigation was to det~r farther and farther horizons. whether the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is tYPI Trade unions are the fundamental bastion today other ocean beds. The 553-ton steel-hulled schooner> of free democracy. previously served as a training ship for the Kings P, Training Academy. " All of us in the American Federation of Labor are called upon to man important posts in that bastion. On this Labor Day, each of us may well pause and ask himself: "Am I doing all I can and Marcus, Victor Samuel should do as my part? Am I assuming my fair Born February 24, 1896-NYC share of the increased responsibilities of the work The Seamen's Church Institute of Nee,. ing man today?" f~ Every member must make his or her full con York is holding an important message tribution to the basic objectives of our organiza you. tion. [ 12 J Past President H. F. Strother Dead at 79 - f ~'~~,' The "Yerba Buena,"· skippered by Capt. Strother. Mates and Pilots of America 600,000 miles and nearly 4,000, during 1929 and 1930 during 000 passengers without a single which time he served the organ accident-and had loved every I ization with untiring energy. He minute of it. was secretary-manager of Local "It makes me mad-mad clear No. 40 for several years and his through," he was quoted as say 1I efforts are credited with the dues ing, "to have somebody say I've of that local being established on traveled 600,000 miles and never Brother Horace F. Strother, a percentage basis, which the got any place - Why, you see ',past president of the National members still feel is a fair and more in one day on a ferry boat Organization of Masters, Mates equitable basis. than you do in a month on the nd Pilots of America, veteran Capt. Strother skippered the ocean." ('rryboat skipper and devoted ferry "Yerba Buena" for the In 1939, the Key Systsm aban 'ember of Local No. 40, San Key System for 37 years. He doned its ferry service and the rancisco, died last month in a knew every eddy between Oak Captain retired to his Piedmont alnut Creek rest home at the land and San Francisco, every home. His illness, the result of e of 79. quirk of the Bay's fickle weath a stroke, was of long duration ,:Capt. Strother served as na err every creak and groan of his and his passing leaves all who "nal president of the Masters, big boat. He had logged some knew him saddened. San Diego Local Signs Sign for Last of 'Mariners' ecretary-Business Manager F. J. White of Lo In a public ceremony on September 1, officials No. 12, San Diego, Calif., reports substantial of the Pacific Far East Line, Inc. signed contracts liS for the members in the newly consummated to purchase the last three of the thirty-five "Mar eement between the Masters, Mates and Pilots iner" class vessels which are now under con the San Diego & Coronado Ferry Company. struction by the Government. ffective last May 1, a 6 per cent wage increase The three ships will be completed in accordance me effective making the new wage scale: Cap with specifications submitted by the steamship s, $2.61 per hour; Mates, $2.08 per hour; Li company. They are expected to go into service Bed Q. M., $1.77 per hour. next year in Trade Route 29, between the West he Agreement includes an improved arbitra Coast of the United States and the Orient. ,clause and adds a' j ob protection clause in the The Federal Maritime Board is in negotiations tof a sale to either a municipality or a private pany. with several shipping lines for the sale of Mariner , er improvements include the extension of ships, and plans are also being made to charter eave to an accumulated 30 days and vacation the ships to United States shipping companies for ts of two and three weeks. commercial use. , Agreement includes a welfare plan partial At the present time all Mariners are allocated d for by the employes and a pension plan to shipping companies under general agency paid by the company. Improvements are agreements for the transportation of military ed in these plans in future negotiations. cargoes. [ 13 ] Coast Guard Lists Precautions for Tankers OLLUTION of the navigable changing the rate of cargo flow. P waters of the United States C. Senior deck officer on duty is a violation of the United make inspection to assure him States Statutes (43 Stat. 605; self that the following conditions 33 U. S. C. 433, 435), which is exist (Tanker Regulations, sec. highly detrimental to our har 35.35-20) : bors and shores. To abate the (a) Warnings are displayed practice a warning and educa as required. tional r:oster has been prepared (b) No repair work in way by the United States Coast of cargo spaces is being carried Guard upon the recommendation out without his permission. of the American Petroleum and American Merchant Marine In (c) Cargo hose is properly stitutes. It is hoped that this connected and valves set. poster will be kept posted on (d) All cargo connections for every tanker in the pump-room the loading of grade A, B, and C cargoes have been made to ves as a constant reminder against ings in the top of the tanks, ex practices which lead to oil pollu sel's pipe lines and not through open end hose in a hatch. cept the branch vent lines and tion. (This is not to say, how covers to ullage hole sounding ever, that mariners in general (e) In loading grade A, B, pipes, are tightly closed. need not be concerned with oil and C cargoes, there are no fires. pollution ... and its prevention.) or open flames present on the (I) On tank ships the con Those tank vessels not having a deck, or in a compartment which struction or conversion of which is started on or after July 1, copy of this poster, CG 3372, is located on, facing, open and may obtain a copy upon request adjacent to that part of the deck, 1951, which are to load or di... from the nearest Coast Guard on which the cargo hose is con charge grade A cargo, the meth District Commander. od for determining the Iiqui nected. level in the tank without openin (f) The shore terminal or Before Starting to Load or ullage holes, cargo hatches, or Discharge Cargo other tank vessel concerned has Butterworth plates is in prope reported itself in readiness to order. A. Senior deck officer on duty start loading or discharging. consult with terminal cargo su (g) All sea valves connected When Handling Ballast perintendent to plan details of to the cargo piping system are operations. A. Become familiar with t closed. wording of the Oil Pollution A B. Terminal and ship each ar (h) In loading grades A, B, 1924 (33 U. S. C. 433-5). range to give the other where and C cargoes, that an inspection B. Subject to the provisio possible, 10 minutes "standby" has been made to determine of the above: before starting, stopping, or whether boiler fires can be main tained with reasonable safety. (a) Discharge as much b last water as possible at 5 (i) In loading grades A, B, preferably 50 miles or more and C cargoes, that an inspection shore which distance may has been made to determine modified under favorable can whether galley fires can be main tions of current and tide with tained with reasonable safety. danger of polluting coastal (j) In loading grades A, B, tel's. and C cargoes, that an inspection (b) If ballast brought i has been made to determine whether smoking may be per port must be discharged IN THE HARBOR wash down mitted with reasonable safety. tank~ If smoking is permitted, that SEA the and pipeli spaces have been designated for used for this ballast when that purpose. possible and NOTE THIS FJ\ IN LOG. ~ (k) On tank ships the con struction or conversion of which (c) When ballast is d. is started on or after July 1, charged into harbors it 8houl4 1951, which are to load or dis discharged "OVER THE 'l'q charge grade A cargo, all open- where it may be constantly~ p.~ [ 14] THE MASTER, MATE AND ing operation, namely REGULA other man to read the draft. TION OF THE FLOW OF OIL. Postpone if possible other less J. During the loading of important duties. grade A cargo on tank ships, H. After tank valves have construction or conversion of been closed check frequently the which is started on or after July liquid level in the tank to be sure 1, 1951, keep all openings in tank it is not rising due to a leaking .tops except branch vent lines valve, etc. and covers to ullage hole sound I. When shutting down the ing pipes tightly closed except loading of the ship, try to give for such brief periods of time as the dock man a 10-minute may be ~ecessary for sampling, "standby." taking temperatures of tank con tents, checking the accuracy of When DIscharging Cargo gaging devices, or sighting level A. Be certain that pump room spected, and not through pump of liquid surface. Such tank sea valves AND ESPECIALLY room sea connections. ships must be fitted with a vent STERN DISCHARGE VALVES . (d) WHEN TAKING ON header system of sufficient 'ca (if fitted and not ·in use) are BALLAST IN HARBORS pacity as to be able to carry off securely closed and lashed. In START CARGO PUMPS BE all displaced air and vapors dur spect stern discharge valves (if FORE OPENING PUMP ROOM ing the loading of cargo tanks any) when discharging starts ,SEA VALVES. without opening ullage plates, and after full working pressure cargo hatches, etc. (Tanker has been reached. When Loading Cargo Regulations, Sec. 32.55-20 (b) B. Start cargo pumps slowly. ,A. See that all scuppers on (4.) ) C. Observe cargo hose fre "'"the main deck are plugged. When "Topping Off" Cargo quently to be certain it is proper " B. SECURELY CLOSE AND A. Reduce the loading rate if ly supported and that it does not ASH ALL PUMP ROOM SEA get between ship and doele . ALVES AND STERN DIS necessary. HARGE VALVES (if any). B. Remetnber that the closing D. Increase pump speed (or ',C. Agree in advance with the off of one tank increases the rate discharge rate) to build up erminal Cargo Superintendent of flow into other open tanks. working pressure slowly. hat the MAXIMUM LOAD C. Remember that as the 'ship E. During the discharging op G RATE is to be. "goes by the stern" the rate of eration observe, from time to 'D. Start loading at reduced flow increases into after tanks time, the cargo system operating ding rate. which are open. pressure and the cargo hose and E. Inspect cargo hose, setting D. Remember that when ship its connections for possible leak ,valves (especially STERN is "by the stern" or, when ship age. ~CHARGE VALVES if any) , has considerable "sheer," for F. Observe conditions in the . of oil into proper tanks and ward loaded tanks put a head on pump-room at frequent inter . bar silrface near pump room after partly loaded tanks. vals. valves, BEFORE INCREAS E. When closing valves, seat G. Be prepared to STOP DIS GLOADING RATE. the valve hard, then open it a CHARGING on short notice " Increase loading rate grad turn or two to wash away any from the dock. to agreed maximum. scale which may be under the H. Keep drip pans under hose •• Make same inspection to gate, then close the valve hard connections and when discharg i-e satisfactory condition at again. ing is completed and hose is dis 'mum loading rate. F. Remember that the rate of connected take the necessary ;> Make frequent inspection flow into any tank which is near precautions to see that hose (if nrbor surface near pump ly full can be quickly reduced by sea valves and in way of opening forward and after tanks ,tanks, between ship and held until last for trimming, or, ~nd under stern. opening a midship tank which RILE LOADING: may be held until last for this purpose. .•Do not permit other jobs G. Remember that the most ~ons to unnecessarily di experienced man should be reg ttention away from the ulating the loading rate and that Operation. he should not go on the dock to e certain that the most read the draft or permit his at ced man supervises the tention to be diverted from load portant part of the load- ing for other reasons. Send an- 1953 [ 15] part of ship's equipment) does gaging devices, or sighting level fore. Each ship has its peculiar not drain into harbor. of liquid surface. Such tank ities, each crew its own proc I. During the discharging of ships are fitted with a vent head dure and methods. grade A cargo from tank ships, er system of sufficient capacity B.. Keep ship's lines hove tau the construction or conversion of as to be able to admit a sufficient Pay special attention to spri which is started on or after July supply of air to replace the cargo lines in narrow channels. 1, 1951, keep all openings in tank being pumped out. C. At terminals on narro tops except branch vent lines channels be prepared to "blo and covers to ullage hole sound General Precautions down" by whistle signal, vess ing pipes tightly closed, except A. When joining the ship in passing with excessive spee for such brief periods of time as quire of other officers with re Where surging may take plac may be necessary for sampling, gard to loading and discharging be prepared to reduce or sto taking temperatures of tank con procedure, even though you may loading or discharging on sho tents, checking the accuracy of have served on similar ships be- notice. North and South Claim Schooner's Origin The schooner was born in Colonial times and still goes its handy, weatherly way as hand //. some yacht or able workboat. To fit the definition "schoon er," a vessel can be any size SO long as it has two or more masts .~., and carries a "fore-and-aft" rig. In such a rig, the sails are at tached by their leading edges to the masts and therefore set parallel to the axis of the hull. On a square-rigger, sails bend to spars which cross the masts at right angles and hence lie na turally athwartships. Men of Gloucester, Mass., claim they "invented" and named the schooner rig. The South disputes the claim. Wher Marblehead schooner of the late 17th century. ever they originated, early American schooners had to be Schooners survived the steam them before the fast. Foreign powers jealously competition which finished the signed. dominated the seas, leaving square-rigged successors to the In this hemisphere, mainly such illicit trades as clippers, but succumbed to the schooner survives mainly smuggling, slave-running and internal combustion engine. Be yacht, performing with cr downright piracy open to Yan tween World Wars, the Glouces races against more model' kee sailormen. ter and Nova Scotia sail fleets ing rigs. A few old, tire disappeared one by one-sold in mercial schooners hang Survived Steam to the Caribbean, lost at sea and Chesapeake Bay, tha So successful was the schooner not replaced, or converted· to Maryland law which says rig that from the Revolution on, power. may be dredged only und Commercial schooners it always far outnumbered the The big Maine-built, three American square-riggers. The an important figure in t Grand Banks fisheries were con and four-masted coastwise Indies. Dozens of them, ducted in schooners. Schooners schooners, thrifty carriers of ing a few of the old Glo' chased pirates for the United lumber and coal, would have fishing vessels, carry States Navy, hunted seals on the vanished also except for World through the warm sea West Coast, and carried the bulk War II. Those that still re dent they still have a fe of American coastwise cargoes. mained afloat were called back years before they too They traded in every ocean, into service on the West Indies placed by the unroman frei~hters without the publicity given the runs. Shipwreck, enemy action o that doomed clippers. and overwork killed the last of their sisters. [ 16] THE MASTER, MATE A .~ ! When Is a Ship a Boat? r :\ Even old sailors are confounded with this I' question. I In windjammer days a ship was a three-masted, i. full-rigged vessel. Other vessels were barks, IN CASE OF schooners, brigs, etc., according to their rig.. Landlubbers at sea make themselves conspicu COURT OR ous by calling a vessel a boat. Sailors say that ouly the small fry of harbor HEARING? craft are called boats. Yet, a 600-foot ship on the Great Lakes is called an ore boat. And there are fire boats, excursion boats and river boats all of which are sizable, powerful vessels. 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CANVAS special policies are underwritten group formed by four of America's DECKS ~ ~nd most prominent iosurance No Painting DIes: iEtna Insurance Co., Auto Ie, Insurance Co., Hartford Fire TARPAULINS nee Co., and Home Insurance Co. ,,:wide protection against such cas- '\:<==;.;;' No Re-waterproofing "that can happen to all who follow the sea. BOAT COVERS No Holes AWNINGS No Bltrning Telephones: San Francisco-YUkon 2-4040 Al:amcd3-LAKehurst 2-1076 GUARANTEED-REPAIHS FREE Please send me details of policy. •....•...... Age . Marine Canvas Supply Corporation , Capacity Pay . p Co . 700-6 Court Street, -BROOKLYN o•...... Grade Port of Issue . Branches: ~ew Orleans, Boston and San Francisco " Home Address . T. A. O'NEILL, President LIST OF EXECUTIVES With Their Addresses-Connected ,,,-ith the National Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots of America CAPT. C. T. ATKINS CAPT. ROLLA R. JOHNSON National President, National Vice President, 105-107 Washington St., New York G, N. Y. 13210 Cedar Rd., Clevl;'lund Heights 18, Ohio CAPT. C. F. MAY CAPT. J. A. GANNON First Vice President, National Vice President, 209 California St., San Francisco 11, Calif. Room 14, Feny Bldg., San Francisco 11. Calif. CAPT. R. D. LURVEY GEOR~E HAVILAND National Vice President, Appl"entice Vice President, 330 Atlantic Ave., Boston 10, Mass. 521 West 51st St., New York 19, N. Y. CAPT. LEON COHEN CAPT. JOHN M. BISHOP National Vice President. National Secretary-Treasurer, 240 South Third St., Philadelphia 6, Pa. I.l20 New York Ave., N. W., Washington 5, D. C. CAPT. H. M. STEGALL CAPT. HAROLD T. LONGMORE National Vice President, District Deputy of the Panama Canal, 41!l~23 Gt"uvier St., New Orleans 12, La. P. O. Box 493, Balboa, Canal Zone PAST PRESIDENTS National Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots of America CAPT. FRANK H. WARD (1887), New York CAPT. FRED C. BOYER (1930 to 1936), Philadelphia, CAPT. GEORGE S. TUTHILL (1888), Brooklyn, N. Y. Pa. CAPT. WM. S. VAN KUREN (1889-99), Albany, N. Y. CAPT. JAMES J. DELANEY (1936 to 1944), Jersey City, CAPT. WM. S. DURKEE (1899 to 1901), Boston, Mass. N. J. CAPT. JOHN C. SILVA (1901 to 1908), Boston, Mass. CAPT. H. MARTIN (1944 to 1946), New York, N. Y. CAPT. JOHN H. PRUETT (1908to1929), Brooklyn, N.Y. CAPT. E. W. HIGGINBOTHAM (1946 to 1948), Mobile, CAPT. HORACE F. STROTHER (1929 to 1930), Pied- Ala. mont, Calif. CAPT. C. F. MAY (1948-1952), San Francisco, Calif. SECRETARIES OF LOCALS National Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots of America 1. CAPT. GEO. EISENHAUER 23. CAPT. CURTIS B. MOSLEY 10';_7 Wa~hington St., New York 6, N. Y. Columbia River Bar Pilots, Foot of lIth St.• (Phone: Bowling Green 9·4766) Astoria, Oreg. 2. WILLIAM l\1ISUNAS 24. CAPT. CHAS. A. CLEVELAND 240 S. 'Third St., Philadelphia 6, Pa. Room 5, 204 East Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla. 3. CAPT. C. DEMOOY 25. W. H. GRIFFITH 829 Pavonia Ave.• Jersey City 6, N. J. Standard Life Bldg., Room 1000, 4th Ave. & Smithfield St., (Phone: Henderson 5.6679) Pittsburgh 22, Pa. 4. CAPT. P. L. MITCHELL 27. CAPT. J. W. WATSON 105 North Jackson St., Mobile, Ala. P. O. Box 2233, Cristobal, Canal Zone 2~1294) (Phone: 28. E. A. ADAMS 5. CAPT. EDWARD E. DAVIES Room 725, Cotton Belt Bldg., 408 Pine St., St. Louis 2, 86 Weyhosset St., Providence, R. 1. Mo. (Phone: CEntral 1836) (Phone: UNion 1~4519) 30. CAPT. W. C. HEARON 6. CAPT. JOHN M. FOx P. O. Box 493, Balboa, Canal Zone 11 7 Canadian National Dock, Seattle 4, Wash. 36. CAPT. W. L. WALLS (Phone: Elliott 4927) 40 East Bay St., Savannah, Ga. 8. MR. WM. BAILEY 40. CAPT. J. A. GANNON 814 Insurance Bldg., Seattle 4, Wash. Room 14, Ferl'y Bldg., San Francisco 11, Calif. (Puget Sound Pilots' Association) 47. CAPT. ROLLA R. JOHNSON 9. CAPT. FLOYD T. GASKINS 13210 Cedar Rd., Cleveland Heights 18, Ohio Rm. 600, Portlock Bldg., 109 W. Tazewell St., Norfolk 10, Va. (Phone: Norfolk 2-(806) 74. CAPT. WM. SANTOS 11. CAPT. R. D. LURVEY c/o Pilots' Office, 2 North Adgers Wharf, Charleston, S. C. 330 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass. 88. CAPT. A. E. OLIVER (Phone: HAncock 5561) l05~107 Washington St., New York 6, N. Y. 12. CAPT. F. J. WHITE (Phone: Whitehall 3~0740) 3764~36th St., San Diego 4, Calif. 85. CAPT. L. E. HAWKINS c/o Pilots' Office, Bulkhead Pier No.7, San Francisco. 14. CAPT. A. M. GOODRICH Calif. 1029 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore 2, Md. (Phone: PEabody 1~6854) 90. CAPT. J. A. CROSS 209 California St., San Francisco 11, Calif. 15. CAPT. C. H. HANSEN (Phone: Garfield 1_8177) 419_23 Gravier St., New Orleans 12, La. (Phone: Raymond 9266) 16. CAPT. F. W. SMITH Apprentice Local, No.1 221 East Burnside St. RAYMOND MALEY Portland 14, Oreg. 105~7 Washington St., New York 6, N. Y. 17. CAPT. ALBERT J. CARLTON Apprentice Local, No. 2 403 Labor Temple, S. W. 4th and Jefferson Sts., Port~ land, Oreg. (Phone: ATwater 0107; Ext. 303) CAPT. FLOYD T. GASKINS Rm. 600, Portlock Bldg., 109 W. Tazewell St.. 18. CAPT. F. C. MEYER Norfolk la, Va. 26!l La Verne Ave., Lon" Beach 3, Calif. Apprentice Local, No.3 19. CAPT. HAROLD WILSON Box 103, Gardiner, Oreg. E. A. ADAMS 725 Cotton Belt Bldg., 408 Pine St., St. Louis 2, Mo. 20. CAPT. CHAS. R. KERTELL 407:1.6 21st St., Galveston, Tex. Apprentice Local, No.5 22. CAPT. H. C. WOOD CAPT. ROLLA R. JOHNSON c/o Sandy Hook Pilots, 24 State St., New York, N. Y. 13210 Cedar Rd., Cleveland Heights 18, Ohio