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I,. This Issue * Report on Pending Marine Legislation * Last of the Woman Lighthonse Keepers * Round-up of Shipping News from Europe * Last of the Windjammers "Crosses the Bar"
Vol. XI APRIL, 1948 No.4 CONVENTION CALL TO SECRETARIES OF ALL LOCALS AND warded to this office. While it is provided that dupli~ MEMBERS OF NATIONAL EXECUTIVE cate credentials be forwarded to Headquarters at COMMITTEE least two weeks prior to the Convention, we ask that you send the credential forms for your delegate and Dear Sirs and Brothers: alternate just as quickly as possible so we may know The Forty-eighth Convention of the Nati0I!al well in advance who shall represent your Local and Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots of Amenca be able to assure him of proper reservations, etc. is scheduled to be held in the city of Detroit, Mich., We also call your attention to Sections 1, 2, 3 and beginning the week of May 10. 1948, in accor~ance 4 of Article IV, pages 10 and 11, and ask that due with action taken at our Fortywseventh National and serious consideration be given same. Convention in San Francisco. Also, note amendment to Constitution found on Arrangements have already been made with the page 17, Section 4 of Article VII, which reads as management of the Fort Shelby Hotel to care for follows: our required needs and reservations for the delegates. The Convention, therefore. will convene on Monday, "All candidates for any elective office a~ must be regularly elected delegates to the May 10, 1948. at 10 o'cloclc m., at the Fort Shelpy Convention and must be melll,bers of a Local Hotel in Detroit. where sessions will be held daIly connected with the National Organization until the business of the Convention is concluded. 111asters, Mates aud Pilots of America." DELEGATES AND VOTING POWER RESOLUTIONS The National Constitution was amended at our Resolutions shall deal with o:nly one subject and 1946 Convention in respect to the number of dele~ must be signed by the President and Secretary of the gates each Local may send to the Convention if they Local with seal attached. One copy should be re~ so desire, and also in respect to the way the voting tained by the delegate and the remaining two copies power of your delegate or delegates will be. det.er~ sent to National Headquarters. In this we ask your mined. 'We quote below that part of the ConstItutIOll fullest cooperation by sending the resolutions to this and ask your thorough study of same. (This lan office as promptly as possible so that the President guage is found on page ll-Article IV, Section 5 may number and aUot same to the appropriate com~ Representation.) mittees prior to the opening of the Convention. "Each regularly affiliated Local shall be Additional credential and resolution forms will be entitled to representation (based on the sent immediately upon your request. average per capita tax paid into the National We also call your attention to Article V, second Organization during the preceding year, i.e., paragraph of Section 1, reading: the total amount paid in for the fiscal year "It is further provided tchen a National divided by forty~eight. as follows: Officer is an accredited delegate to a Na~ "(a) A Local shall be entitled to one del~ tional Convention from a local of which he egate for the first hundred members or less, is a member, the Local shall pay all of his and one delegate for each succeeding hun~ expenses with tI~e exception of mileage." dred members or major fraction thereof, For the information of your delegates we quote provided that no Local shall be entitled to below I'ates for accommodations at the Fort Shelby more than five (5) delegates. and ask that we be advised of what type accommo~ <;(b) Each delegate shall vote an equal dations is required by your delegate or delegates: percentage of the membership of the Local Single rooms: $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00, $5.50. he represents on all questions tohere roll Double rooms: $5.00, $5.50, $6.00, ,$6.50, $7.00, S7.50. call vote is taken provided all fractional Twin bedroom: $5.50, $6.00, $6.50, $7.00, $7.50. S8.00. votes be eliminated." Visiting brothers wiII be most cordially welcomed (NOTE: This means that the voting power of your and it is hoped that the delegates will bring along delegate or delegates will be based on the amount of their "Mrs." or Some member of their family so as National dues received from your Local during the to have a happy congenial gathering. It is con· year 1947-i.e., beginning January 1 and ending templated that some time will be set aside for sight~ December 31, 1947-as the Organization has always seeing and amusement for the enjoyment of all. considered its fiscal year as beginning on January 1 The Locals have never before been afforded the and ending on December 31 and the National Treas~ opportunity of having so many delegates from their urer's books are audited for this period.) respective Locals, and we hope that those Locals The COllstitution also provides in Article IV, whose treasury can afford this privilege will take Section 5 (c) that: advantage of same so that this Convention will be our largest, most constructive and one long to re~ "If Locals are unable to send a delegate member. to the Convention, they are privileged to Please advise of the necessary reservations desired elect as their delegate any member in good for your delegates and those who might accornpan) standing from any other Local of the Organ~ him as soon as possible so we may inform the hothe ization, but .'tuch delegates shall be limited management and assure everyone attending. t.c ~o vote only on matters introduced by such Convention the best of accommodations. If l~ lS Local." possible at this early date, we would appreCiate Apprentice Locals are entitled to one vote for the knowing the date of their a·rrival. . first two hundred members or fraction thereof and \Ve thank you at this time for the splendid co~ one vote for additional two hundred or major part operation given this office in the past, both by the thereof. This is the same method u",ed in previous Local Secretaries and National Officers, and trust years as no change was made in this respect. we will continue to receive your wholehearted !1s~ sistance on the many important matters confrontmg CREDENTIALS our Organization at this time. he Credential forms have been furnished the Locals With every good wish for the corning year oJ'! t 5 in duplicate to cover the delegate~elect and alternate continued sucCt=ss of your Local and the best wlshe delegate, both of which should be filled out in accord to you and yours in 1948, I am, ance with Subsection (d), Article IV, of the National Fraternally yours, Constitution; one to be retained by the delegate, one WM. J. VAN BUREN. by the alternate, and duplicate of each to be for- SecretarY' l'he Ma§ter~ Mate and Pilot Offidal Journal of the National Organization 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. Vol. XI. APRIL, 1948 No. 4 'Report on Pending Marine Legislation
Senate bill 1077 is a bill to amend the Adminis Guard in their naval courts and boards. It is sug trative Procedure Act to allow the Coast Guard to gested by him that if the hellrings were conducted hold hearings and to administer penalties, etc., in a manner similar to the old "A. B. & C." boards, which procedure is presently denied them. The'Mas justice would be done because the members of these ters, Mates and Pilots was the first organization to boards were seafaring men who knew the industry oppose House bill 2966, which sought to achieve the and that civilian council who knew the law could same purpose as this Senate bill. Because of the guide them in a much better manner than has been effective opposition of this bill, primarily introduced done up to the present time. by us, the bill was tabled and the Coast Guard has It is our sincere hope that the House bill intro not been able to use their hearing units to administer duced by Cqngressman Walter, of Pennsylvania, any penalties since June 11, 1947. When this' de which would transfer all the Merchant Marine func cision was handed down they immediately had a tions of the Coast Guard to the Department of Com bill, worded somewhat differently but achieving the merce, will get a hearing and be favorably consid same purpose, introduced in the Senate which is this ered. The United States Coast Guard has mustered resent bill 1077. a great deal of strength in their efforts to put this Although Vice President Ash had requested the bill across and if we are successful in stopping it or enate committee to place him on the agenda for in having it tabled, it will be only as a result of the earing on this bill, and appeared several times re justice of our position and the favorable considera uesting it, no hearings were ever held and the bill tion of the same group in the House Judiciary Com 'as railroaded right through without it being com mittee that tabled the bill before. on knowledge. House bill 4163 was placed on the agenda and no At the request of Congressman Latham from New one appeared in opposition. This bill was introduced ork, an ex-naval officer who served in the Southern by Congressman Weichel, chairman of the House cific with a distinguished record, this bill was Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and, hec1uled for hearings by the House Judiciary Com therefore, should most certainly receive favorable ittee without any notification to the opponents of consideration of Congress. This bill will give hos e bill. Purely by accident did we discover that pitalization to men who have served in the Merchant arings were being held and an appearance was Marine and have not been employed in any other de on Wednesday, March 10, at which time the industry, but have been on the beach more than 60 jections of the Masters, Mates and Pilots were days and are unable to produce discharges showing iceel. Vice President Ash stated that our Organ recent service. The fairness of this bill and its tion was not opposed to any regulatory authority merits need not be discussed as it is familiar to all viewing any delinquent or shortcomings of mari of us and,we have every hope that it will soon be re e officers, with this exception. It should be done ported out favorably and that the Congress will pass ,civilians and not by a military organization. He it. ted further that under the present set-up, when House bill 4834 was introduced by Congressman rings are conducted by the Coast Guard a man Willis Bradley, who is a retired Navy captain, and placed in double jeopardy; he may have already who is doing a great job in support of the men in loss of job, loss of wages, etc., but the Coast the Merchant Marine. This bill would give Federal ard would seek to further penalize him. Even financial aid to the families and dependents of mer re important than that fact, was that he had no chant seamen who were lost during the war and t of appeal beyond the Commandant of the would also give financial aid to those seamen who teel States Coast Guard and that rarely has the were disabled as a result of their war activities, or , mandant seen fit to overrule the Coast Guard because of having spent time in prison or war camps, er as a result of an' appeal by a merchant seaman. etc. We salute Congressman Bradley in his efforts e further elaborated on the fact that merchant to assist these men and their families because he has ,en are civilians and should not be subjected to recognized that after hearing mal1Y versions of a "GI tary procedure such as are used by the Coast (Continued on page 9) THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT iVIESSAGE TO THE iVIEiVIB'ERSHIP By NATIONAL PRESIDENT HIGGINBOTHAM: Vol. XI APRIL, 1948 No.4 Brethren, I have spoken several times of "knowin yeur job" doin~, your ,iob an~ giving a day's wor~ Published monthl,.. Knin Wasbington 18, District of for a day s pay, and If you dId not, you were going tained by and in the interest Columbia, with General and to be left out in the cold. It all hinged on Whether of the National Ore-anization .. Executive Offices at Interna of Mastera, Mates and Pilots :' tional Commerce BuildinK, you held your job or not. The time has come, even of America, at 810 Rhode 15 Moore Street, New York sooner than was expected, due to various present. , !lllaJ:ld Avenue, Northeast, $ - 4, N. Y. day conditions when this is proving to be the case It just means "screening," and the Organization i~ Published on the 15th of each month. 1'f~ placed in the position where to be able to hold its Sworn detailed circulation statement on request. own it has the responsibility of doing some of the Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Washington, D. C., uJlder the Act of August 24, 1912. "screening." When it proves to management that it is doing its part as to "screening" of its member_ 8UBSCRIPTION: $1.00 PER YEAR FOREIGN 12.01 ship then there will be unlimited things it can ac complish for .its members. Up to now 'this may mean a lot of Greek to vou E. W. HIGGINBOTHAM. Mobile, Ala., Business Manager This is. the score. I've spoken to several steam;hi~ W. J. VAN BUREN, New York City, Editor. owners and operators or their representatives in the last two months, and without exception and with out fanfare, out of a blue sky has come the follOWing NATIONAL OFFICERS words: "I will either get the right personnel or tie E. W. HIGGINBOTHAM, President. Mobile, Ala. up my ships." "The boss has given orders to get the right personnel or tie the ships up." "Get the right C. F. ],(AY. Vice President, San Francisco (in charK'e of Ocean-K'oinK' and Coastwise Craft on Paeific Coast). personnel; if you cannot I'll get some one in your STANLEY BARR. Vice President. Detroit. job that can." The right personnel is one that knows C. H. HANSEN. Vice President. New Orleans, La. his job, does his job and if he knows his job an,j does his job, he will be giving a day's work for a B. T. HURST. Vice President, Norfolk, Va. day's pay. This not only applies to one section of the CLYDE R. SMITH. Vice President. Seattle, Wash. industry; it applies to all of it, offshore, harbor and W. C. ASH. Vice President. New York City. inland. GEORGE HAVILAND. Apprentice Vice-President, New York Cib'. Brethren, Santa Claus is no more, he is not com: W. J. VAN BUREN. Secretary-Treasurer. New York City. ing back to town soon. We have been able to sav some 1,000 to 1,200 jobs by blocking the transfer 0 200 ships to foreign countries. We are still workin COMMUNICATIONS AND REMITTANCES rna,. be addresued and check. on the blocking of some 300 ships being transferr made payable to the National Organization Masters. Mates and Pilota to foreign countries. If we are successful, it wil of America. 810-16 Rhode Island Avenue, N. E., WllshinK'ton, D. C., or International Commerce Building. 15 Moore Street, New York 4, N. Y. mean the saving of another 1,200 to 1,500 jobs f deck officers. This proves that there are those w READING AND ADVERTISING MATTER MUST reach tbe office Dot later than the lOth of the month precedin&, publication. are making every effort to take these jobs from and it resolves itself that even if we do not lose th CHANGE OF ADDRESS should be received prior to the first ot the month to affect the forthcoming issue, and the old all well _. the Dew addrcss jobs now, it will mean that we will lose them Is muat b. K'iven. unless we prove ourselves. We are not alone, I means all other maritime personnel must do same. You are a key man and the responsibill rests on your shoulders. You can set an ex~mpJ GENERAL CHAIRMEN HEPnESENTING RAILROAD EMPLOYES OF OUR ORGANIZATION IN THE DIFFERENT PORTS and have it work, and by so doing you will gam t PORT OF NEW YORK-Capt. C. DeMooy. Supervising General Chair_ respect, admiration and as some woman recent man; Capt. M. F. Gorry; Capt. John J. Bill; Capt. JOB. L. McRea: said to her husband, "glory not ani)' for yourse Jos. Shields; Capt. Robt. Williamson; Capt. J. G. Kaufman; R. Maley: but others," in more ways than one. Wm. J. O'Connell; Capt. Howard Barton; Capt. A. Striffolino; Capt. ~o Wm. Cole. Let your thoughts go back to the da)'s ",hen PORT OF PHILADELPHIA-Capt. Clayton B. Dibble. first saw a Naval, Coast Guard or Merchant Marl PORT OF SEATTLE-Capt. John M. Fox. officer with his gold stripes. You thought to Y: PORT OF NORFOLK-Capt. J. P. Edwards, Capt. J. Ira Hodges, Capt. Jas. self he is a man to be respected, admired; and at H. K. Hudl:ins, Capt. E. A. PhelPs, Capt. Eucene Treakle. ' II ]'ke 0 everything else you thought, I sure wou (Ih' IV PORT OF NEW ORLEANS-Capt. C. H. Hansen. able to wear such a uniform some da)'. T ISrdi PORT OF DETROI'T-Capt. StanleY Barr. CO PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO-Capt. J. A. Gannon. the height of your ambition then. No"'. ac th to the license you hold you are entitled to ",ear , . b t ,aU gold stripes; you have proven yourself: u . gl~r~ National Advertisinc Representative-JOHN ARTHUR McAVOY. not receive the respect, admiration and 15 Whitehall St., New York 4, N. Y. Tel. BOwlini:' Green 9.0919. deserve only by wearing the uniform 01' uSI~k title you are privileged to use-you must also
(Continued 0'/1 page 9) [2] THE MASTER, MATE AND P, I. [P Last of Woman Light I(eepers Retires )wing work Mrs. Fannie M. Salter, keeper of the Turkey Point New Orleans) emptied into Lake Pontchartrain. going Lighthouse in upper Chesapeake Bay since 1925, and Mrs. Norvell retired in 1932 after nearly 41 years LetheI' last woman keeper of a lighthouse in this country, of service as a keeper. She entered the Lighthouse even has retired from active service and brought to a Service in April 1891, as assistant keeper of Head of ,sent, close a period of nearly 150 years during which Passes Lighthouse, La., after the death of her hus case. women have been among those employed as keepers band. ion is <>f United States lighthouses. Under existing In the early days of lighthouse work it was not ld its legislation, there can be no more women keepers contemplated that positions as keepers would be ,f the of lighthouses, for such work is now delegated to open to women but requests for such appointments ; tha enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard. arose as male keepers died in service leaving widows nber Mrs. Salter, now 65, and the widow of a light with no other immediate means of earning a liveli .n ac" house keeper who had 23 years of service to his hood. While there were probably earlier cases, it is credit, had completed 22 years of service herself. known that there were women keepers as far back She was given a presidential appointment as a as 1830, and in 1851, Stephen Pleasonton, fifth keeper of lighthouses by President Coolidge, upon auditor of the Treasury Department, who was in the death of her husband, who at that time had been charge of lighthouse work, stated that some 30 keeper at Turkey Point. This had been necessary, widows of keepers had been appointed. In 1861 as it had become the Government's custom no longer there were 15 women lighthouse keepers on the to appoint women to these posts, because of the in rolls, but this was about the peak, so far as numbers creasing complicatedness of the equipment installed are concerned, for shortly after the Civil War, more .. t such stations. An exception was made in Mrs. intricate lighting apparatus, and heavy fog signal alter's case, as the Turkey Point Lighthouse had .equipment began to be introdUCed. o heavy or particularly intricate equipment, being In these days gone by, the duties and lives of light of secondary importance. In fact, the station these women keepers were often arduous in the ad been operated by another woman, a Mrs. Brum extreme, but principally because of the great isola .eld, from 1873 to 1919. tion of the sites on which many lighthouses were built, and the lack of modern conveniences. These women often performed acts of heroism, not un expected where they lived surrounded by 'the sea. It was the development of steam fog signals and their coal-fired boilers, and the later introduction of heavy duty internal combustion engines, which first placed the duties of keeper of lighthouses beyond the capacity of most women. Their gradual retire ment from this field of employment was further hastened when intricate electrical equipment was placed at many stations, and when the duties of lighthouse keepers gradually came to require special training and when many of the newer stations were built offshore on submarine foundations. As these changes took place, those women who remained in the Lighthouse Service were transferred to or were retained to stations where the equipment was of a more simple type. Soon still other developments and inventions were to invade the field of the woman keeper, for in those quiet backwaters, where com paratively primitive equipment was still found ade-' quate, it was found that automatic apparatus could be effectively substituted, and many smaller light houses were converted into automatically operated stations or made parts of groups of lights tended by -D. S. Coast Guard pho~o • keepers who maintained a patrol by means of smaller . last of he·?' kind, .ll'ln. Fannie M. Saltc1' poses polish boats. These changes practically closed the light the lens of her TU1°key Point light on the oc,easion of her 'J-etirement. house field to women. Perhaps the most famous of American women e most recent of the women keepers, excepting lighthouse keepers was Ida Lewis, who for years .Salter was Mrs. Maggie R. Norvell, who tended was the keeper of the Lime Rock Lighthouse in the ghthouse known as New Canal Light Station, harbor of Newport, R. 1. This lighthouse, when Ocated at the point where the New Canal (from (Continued on page 12) , 1948 f 31 livery by barge to PhiladelphiaI and Wilmingto Organization Praised for Del. Part Played in the Fight to Several years ago, Dravo Corporation bUilt floating drydock for Warner Company on anoth, Defeat St. Lawrence Plan inland lake in much the same manner as the: The advantages of and results from coordinated barges were constructed. action are clearly indicated by the Senate's action in rejection of the St. Lawrence Seaway project. Veteran Unionist Murphy Appointe W. J. Van Buren, Secretary of the N. O. M. M. & J. J. P., has received a letter from T. J. Miley, secretary National Director of Organization by AFj of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Appointment of John Joseph Murphy as nation, York, pointing out the prominent roles played by director of organization for the American Federl chambers of commerce, labor, trade and civic tion of Labor was announced by AFL Presider groups throughout the country to defeat the propo William Green. He succeeds Frank P. Fenton rl sition. cently elevated to the post of international r~prl The Citizens Committee in Opposition to the St. sentative of the AFL. Lawrence Seaway was formed immediately after Mr. Murphy, while only 45, brings a long bac~ the mass meeting held on January 29 at which Mayor ground of experience to his new job. He served wit] William O'Dwyer spoke. The N. O. M. M. & P. was distinction as New England regional director d a participant in that organization and worked with organization since 1938 and carried on several sp~ 56 organizations in New York City, 31 organizations cial organization campaigns for the Federation.il in 28 cities in New York State, 86 organizations in At the age of 14, Mr. Murphy took his first j~".' 73 cities outside the state, 28 other labor unions and and became a member of the Amalgamated Associ 5 port authorities. . tion of Street and Electric Railway Employesi'. There was, in this organization, a working force America in Worcester, Mass. He worked suet of 207 organizations in 102 cities and 26 states; all sively as a water boy, errand boy, register cheeV banded together to defeat the St. Lawrence Seaway and spare dispatcher. Then, displaced by the in ' project. duction of one-man operated street cars, he be~a "You can take justifiable pride in the part you an apprentice bricklayer in 1924 with Wor~eN played'in the success of this work so vital to the Local No. 6 of the Bricklayers, Masons and"" public interest," said Miley to Van Buren in behalf terers' Union..,After serving his apprentieesh of the organization. worked at the trade, then was elected to union becoming president of the Local Union in 193 1937 he was appointed an organizer on th "Temporary Shipyard" Is Constructed staff and next year was named New Engla On Land-Locked Lake to Build Bar~es gional director. To build two 100-foot welded steel hopper barges In 1946, Mr. Murphy was assigned to Jap and a 60-foot derrick boat hull for operation on a three months during whith he served as man-made, land-locked lake near Tulleytown, Pa., labor adviser to Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh recently con Married and the father of three childre structed a "temporary shipyard" on the lake shore. Murphy plans to move his family to Washin The vessels are used by the Warner Company of soon as he can find a home here. Philadelphia, largest producer of sand and gravel in Pennsylvania, in dredging and transporting ag Radar In.talled Oill 5.5. MOl'lnacisl gregates on Van Sciver Lake. Steel for the barges was fabricated at Dravo's Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., has rece Pittsburgh shipyard and transported by rail to the stalled 3.2 CM marine radar on the S.S. MiJ!' lake. There crews constructed launching ways and The vessel sailed for South American eas assembled the craft by welding the prefabricated ports on her first voyage with radar early t sections together. The radar equipment, supplied by Westi The barges, 24 feet wide and 10Y2 feet deep, have consists of the indicator-console, transmi rounded and heavily reinforced corners to minimize amplifier unit and a weather-protected damage in handling around docks and other craft. antenna: The antenna is mounted on a 32-f The cargo compartments are designed for easy un of 10-inch seamless tubing located at the loading, either by a bucket type conveyor or by of the wheelhouse. A working platform an cranes. on the mast permits ready access to the an Barges are loaded by Warner's dredge, Valiant, A wave guide has a straight drop down with aggregates from the lake which now covers an through the deck and into the top of the tra area of more than 475 acres and represents 25 years -preamplifier unit which is located in the of dredging.. The sand and gravel then is transported corner of the wheelhouse. from the dredge to unloading docks and, after classi Th~ indicator-console is mounted on fication, is again transported by a Warner-owned side of the wheelhouse in line with the com and operated railroad to the Delaware River for de- radio direction finder.
T4 1 Tut UHTCD MATE A. ngton, Nanti~al lilt .. Notes ••
:British Ships to Join freight forwarders have registered Buffalo Port Is Freed V. S. Force with the Maritime Commission for the handling of cargoes shipped to The Coast Guard icebreaker Two of Britain's newest destroy foreign destinations under the pro Mackinaw was dispatched to Buf .ers, the Crossbow and, Battleaxe, visions of the European Recovery falo on March 17 to begin the task both 2,000 tons, will carry out joint Program and other aid programs of freeing the port, one of the exercises with the U. S. Navy dur which may be adopted. Lakes' most important, thereby re ing a visit to the United States and leasing more than 11 ships tied up the West Indies this summer, ac Actual selections of the forward since the beginning of winter. .cording to an announcement of the ers will be made by the State, War, After clearing the Buffalo port British Admiralty. Treasury and Agriculture Depart the icebreaker will proceed north The ships, belonging to the ments and not by the Maritime to clear the straits of Mackinac. . Weapon Class, are fitted with the Commission. latest British equipment, according Plaue Saves Radioman's Life -to the announcement. Belgium Seeks Trade Here The Air Forces were called into Belgium was the first foreign Canadians Go After Tuna play to save the life of the radio country to obtain sales and display operator of the ship Afriectn Rain Canadian fishermen will venture space at the forthcoming Interna bow when it dropped penicillin 'by farther into the Pacific this year tional Trade Mart to be held in parachute to the ship 1,700 miles -than ever before in quest of tuna New Orleans beginning July 1. southeast of Bermuda. .and albacore, according to a recent About 1,400 square feet of space ,'announcement. was contracted for by the consul The illness of the operator had One Vancouver tuna boat, barely general from Belgium in New exhausted the ship's supply of the :'70 feet long, will cruise for tuna Orleans. The lowlands country drug and, in answer to a radio dis ;50 to 100 miles offshore. The fleet seeks to rebuild its' commercial tress message, the plane was dis will be accompanied by a Canadian operations in this country. patched from Kindley Field in Ber Government patrol vessel of 115 muda with 2,000,000 units in a feet length equipped with direction watertight container attached to a ifinder and apparatus for detecting Monarch of Bermuda Sails parachute. According to plan, the shoals of fish and. fitted with radio The 22,000-ton former luxury plane intercepted the ship at dawn elephone and other apparatus for liner Monarch of Bermuda recently and, after circling, dropped the ommunication. made an engine test from Rosyth, container near the ship. The sea Tuna and albacore sell for more Scotland; the first time the ship was so high that any attempt to an $500 a ton. British Columhia operated under its own power since launch a small boat would have shermen, with only a handful of it was seriously damaged by fire been impractica):>le so the drug was oats, accounted for a revenue of about a year ago. The test run fished from the sea with a grap are than $215,000 last year. showed the ship in good condition pling hook. The operator's life and, by arrangement with the Aus was saved. onflict Cracks the NFAS tralian Government, she will be fitted as an emigrant carrier. A constant conflict between sub N. Y. Mail Volume Sets Record dized and unsubsidized steamship A record volume of all types of terests has been ascribed as the Low Rail Rates Condemned foreign mail moved through the son for the withdrawal from New York post office last year with e National Federation of Ameri "Unreasonably depressed com petitive freight rates" were as 7,829,649 sacks of all kinds of mail n Shipping of the Association of handled for overseas dispatch. erican Shipowners. cribed as the cause of an annual loss of nearly seven million tons of The greatest increase was in The action of the Association of domestic shipping in a statement parcels, about 90 per cent of which ..eriean Shipowners will bring by A. W. Gatov, president of the were relief packages, according to wn the representation of the Pacific American Steamship Asso Albert Goldman, postmaster. Larg AS to about 64 per cent of dry ciation. He .said coastwise ship est recipient of parcel post was gO shipping under the American ping has declined 91 per cent since Germany, followed in order by . Some observers feel the in 1939 and said the action of coast Italy, England, France and Poland. .try will return to a basis of in wise rails in actually losing money Iceland received the smallest nnm Idual and regional groupings on hauls while their inland rates bel' of packages from America. leh prevailed before the NFAS remained high was in violation of The record for shipment on a established in 1944. the Interstate Commerce Act which single vessel was set bv the United requires that common carriers States Line ship Am~?iectn Flye?', uld Handle ERP Shipments must rece'ive a reasonable compen which sailed with 110,200 sacks of pproximately 140 foreign sation for their services. mail averaging 50 pounds apiece. It, 1948 [5J Round-up of Shipping News from Europe
The following are paragraphs on matters of inter Death of Bassanesi est to seafarers, gathered from all over Europe by News of G. Bassanesi's death came from Milan the International Transport Workers; Federation, January 4. In June, 1930, Bassanesi flew over that Bedford, England: . city, on behalf of the ITF, dropping leaflets to en courage the Italian workers to resist Mussolini. On Finnish Fleet Inereases the return flight he crashed in Switzerland but re The Finnish merchant fleet has increased very· covered from his injuries~ On his release he wrote i rapidly since 1947; it was expected to exceed 500,000 to the ITF: "By the magnaminous and effective help' i gross tons by the end of the year. This increase has it has extended to the Italian people struggling to! made it possible for about 1,500 seafarers to find free itself from the yoke of Fascism, the ITF hasi employment in their own trade. earned the highest honor, the proudest title, that! can fall to an international organization." ! Freneh Fleet at Prewar Level The ITF will always be proud to have counted I Bassanesi among its thousands of loyal and heroic I At the· beginning of 1948, the French merchant fighters during the years of dark oppression through' I fleet consisted of 367 ships with a tonnage of 1,243, which mankind has passed, and which it has only I 000 compared with 452 ships with a tonnage of survived thanks to the many courageous individual 1,244,000 in September, 1939. At the time of the deeds of persons like Bassanesi. liberation the fleet had been reduced to 147 ships. I This remarkable recovery has been achieved by the U. N. Transport Group to Convene purchase abroad of many ships and also by devoting The second session of the Transport and nearly all the building capacity of the French naval I, munications Commission of the United Nations arsenals to the construction of merchant ships. be held at Geneva, April 5. The heavy provisi agenda contains items silch as the coordinatio Seattle Maritime Decisions inland transport, transport statistics, competi A White Paper (CMD 7273) explaining the action between western European ports and in genera tivities and conferences in the field of trans proposed by the British Government with regard to such as the U. N. Maritime Conference, Confer the maritime decisions of the 28th Session of the on .Safety of Life at Sea and the second sessio International Labor Conference held in Seattle in the Inland Transport Committee of the Inte 1946, has been presented to Parliament by the Min tional Labor Organization. ister of Labor and Na1;ional Service. The Government proposes to ratify the following Road Transport Agreement conventions concerning food and catering for crews, Early in December, Czechoslovakia, Den certification of ships' cooks, social security, certifi France, Italy, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland an cation of able seamen. For various reasons, how western zones of Germany, signed in Genev ever, they are not prepared to ratify the convention agreement for free transit transport commen concerning: seafarers' pensions, holidays with pay, January lover a period of six months. The a medical examination and wages, hours of work on ment is an important step forward in the direetio board ship and manning. As regard the remaining International Cooperation in the Transport of convention, concerning crew accommodation on by road. board ship, the Government and the industry are not in agreement with one provision in its present form, the Government is accordingly unable to ratify the convention, but they intend to adopt regulations covering all the other matters dealt within it. The four recommendations adopted by the con ference concerning (1) agreements relating to the social security of seafarers, (2) medical care for seafarers dependents, (3) the organizations of train ing for sea service, and (4) the provision to crews by shipowners of bedding, mess utensils and other articles. The Government state that they are pre pared to comply with the first of these recommenda tions, that the arrangements proposed in the second and third are already substantially in operation in the United Kingdom, and that the implementation of the fourth must be postponed until the supply of materials improves.
[ 6] pe Last of Windjammers "Crosses the
By ALAN VILLIERS *
With his unemployed four-masted barque Pom big ship left her bones beneath the doused lighthouse mern in sight from his windows, Capt. Gustaf Erik she was seeking. . son died at Mariehamn, in the Aaland Islands of'the In 1916 Captain Erikson acquired the ship Grace Baltic, between Sweden and Finland. Harwar and the four-master, Lawhill, but the La~o His once great fleet of 40 sailing ships had hill soon afterward was arrested in France and dwindled to three, and eve'n in a world alleged to be prevented from earning anything until after the short of shipping it was difficult to keep these em war. Under Ruben de Cloux, most famous of the ployed. Captain Erikson, at 75, was the last great Erikson masters, she was recommissioned in time owner of wind-ships in the world. His death marks to earn a few of the post-war boom freights-$50 the end of unsubsidized cargo-carrying Cape Horn a ton cattle feed from the Plate to Denmark, $45 a sail. ton wheat from Australia to France. Less than a handful of such vessels still struggle The war had brought Captain Erikson scant to remain afloat. Square-rigged school-ships there riches, but it did not spoil his crews. The supply are in plenty; but the days of the tramping wind- of excellent young seamen from the Baltic traders jammer are done. ' of the Aaland Islands was apparently inexhaustible Gustaf Erikson was born on the island of Lem and the Aalanders trained their officers in the best land, Aaland, in 1872. His father was a typical way-in their own Cape Horners. Lemlander, farmer, sailor, and shipowner in a small way. He ran three galleasses and small schooners Expanded in Sailing Craft in the Baltic trade, and in the flrewood business be When other shipowners were discarding deep-sea tween Aaland and Stockholm. sailing ships Erikson bought all he could afford to At 10, the boy Gustaf shipped as deck-boy in the buy. The beautiful, big ex-Nord-deutscher-Lloyd . deepwater barque Neptun, of Mariehamn. At 11 school ship, Herzogin Cedlie-bought from repara he was cook; at 14, able seaman. At 15 he fell from tions account for $17,000-the barques Woodburn .aloft and was nearly killed. At 16 he was mate of a and Loch Linnhe, the former "Flying P" ships Pom Baltic barquentine. At 19 he had his flrst command. mern and Penang, the ex-lime-juicers Oli'vebank, , By the turn of the century he was in command Hougomont, Archibald Russell, Melbourne and of the former Bluenose barque, Southern Belle; for Killo?"CLn, followed each other quickly under his flag. the following dozen years he sailed softwood Cape , He manned them with boys. He set up his own Homers about the world, finishing in the Nystad shipyard at Mariehamn and had them sailed home 'ron barque Lochee. for overhaul annually. He was his own marine Meantime, his family retained its interest in superintendent, his own broker, his own surveyor. arious sailing ships. The Aalanders were the last He bought his own tugs. Above all, he never lost lievers in sail, the last owners. But they bought faith. Even in the blackest years he still bought ips on a buyers' market and they sailed them hard. sailing ships, though he could not'always make them nless a ship, big or small, gave its shareholders pay. heir money back within three years, it was a poor One after another the few surviving trades left roject for them. to the Cape Horn ship shrank away-Chilean ni With more than 30 years of sailing-ship experience trates and guano from Peruvian islands; the West , hind him, Captain Erikson set himself up in busi Indies logwood trade; Gulf and Pacific Slope lum ess as a sailing-ship owner in Mariehamn in 1913. ber; softwood planks from the Baltic to Australia .e bought the wooden barque Tjerema-&-a former all these were reduced to nothing. Only Australian pllander, which cost him some $6,500-and the 'grain remained. Almost all the ships in that trade el four-master Renee Rickmers, a big, able ship belonged to Gustaf Erikson, and the annual wind t cost him nearly $30,000. He was so proud of jammers' race from South Australia to the Channel Rickmers that he renamed her Aaland. When for orders was a procession of his tall ships, with e was lost on her first voyage for his flag, he never an odd Swede and sometimes a German. amed a ship again. Gustav Erikson kept his ships at sea. And he kept The Aaland was lost on the coast of New Caledonia right on buying more. As late as 1935, he was still ,the South Pacific. She was on ballast passage for buying Cape Homers. In that year he bought the llao toward Noumea for nickel ore in 1914 when big Mosholu from Nelson's of San Francisco. She rId War I broke out. All lights on the French cost him $12,000, and she had earned that back twice ific were put out. when the war came in 1939. he master of the Aaland knew nothing about the All told, from 1913 to 1935, he had owned forty r and when he came to make his landfall at the sailing ships, including a sprinkling of North Sea of a 59-day passage he made it so well that the barks and Baltic barkentines. ,Alan Villiers is the London correspondent for the New When World War II started, he still owned 11 big k Times. Reprinted by pel'mission. (Continued on page 13)
r 71 Future Looks Bright; Efforts foreign since January 1, 1948, makes ~ total of 1159 sold for service under foreign flag since the sta;t of To Protect Industry Pay Off the sales program in 1946. The last group of vessels sold from January 1 t Pursuant to the brief submitted by Captain Ash 0 March 1 consisted of a group of small coastwis before the House Foreign Affairs Committee which ships, in wh.ich American operato:-s have never was inserted in the Congressional Record, we are ex: pressed an mterest, 15 coal-burmng Liberty ships pleased to publish herewith a letter received from returned after lend-lease operation by the British Congressman George Smathers, which is self-ex and .others for which there were no application~ planatory: pendmg eIther for sale or charter to American citi. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES zens. A number were extensively damaged, and ali March 11, 1948. were sold on an "as is" basis from layup status in CAPT. 'WILLIAM C. ASH, National Vice President, the Reserve Fleet. They are to be repaired in United National Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots of America, States shipyards. 90 West Street, The following is the list of the vessels sold to non_ New York 6, N. Y. citizens from January 1, 1948, through March I DEAR CAPTAIN ASH: 1948: ' In view of your letter of March I, I know you will be inw terested in learning that the Senate yesterday eliminated Country No. from the European Recovery bill the provision authorizing Type Purchaser the chartering of 300 surplus American ships to Europe. Argentina .2 N-3 Argentine Govt. Oilfields The House version of this bill has not yet been reported 1 T-I Argentine Govt. Oilfields out of committee, and so it is impossible to know whether or 1 T-I Manuel Rodriguez Trading not this provision will be included in the proposal which will Corp. be'sent to the House floor. However, because of the Senate Chile 2 CI-M-AVI Compania Chileana de Nav. action, it is probable that the House wiII also remove this Oceanica particular provision from the MarshaII Plan. China 4 CI-S-AYI National Govel'nment Assuring you that I wiII keep you further advised, I am, 8 CI-M-AVI National Government Sincerely yours, 3 VC2·S-AP2 National Government GEORGE SMATHERS, M.e. Finland I N-3 A. K. T. Helsingfol's France 1 EC2 Republic of France We are very happy to state that our request for Greece I EC2 Commercial & an amendment to the Marshall Plan to prevent the Co., Ltd. transfer of American ships to foreign operation has Iceland I CI-M-AVI Government of Iceland India 1 Ft. Type Lib. A. H. Bhiwandiwalla Co. been successful and it was only achieved through the 2 Ft. Type Lib. Bharat Line Lt. cooperation of everyone in the maritime industry, I Ft. Type Lib. Scindia Steam. Nav. Co. both labor and management. Now if we can be just Iran 3 Ft. Type Lib. Government of Iran as successful in maintaining the ratio of cargoes in Italy 9 N3-S-A2 Government of Italy American ships and perhaps get Congress to embark 4 Ft. Type Lib. Soc. Italiana di Armamen 1 Ft. Type Lib. Soc. L'ItaIica de Nav. on adopting the report of the President's Advisory Mexico 4 EC2 United Mexican States Committee on Shipping, the future of the American Netherlands 3 TI-M-BT2 N. V. Gebr. Van Uden Merchant Marine will look a little brighter. 1 C2 (Motor) Kingdom of Netherlands New Zealand 1 CI-B (Motor) Union S. S. Co. of N. Z. Nicaragua 2 N3 A. Garcia y Comp., Ltd. Norway 1 CI-B (Motor) Leif Hoegh & Co. Many Applications of Foreigners 1 EC2 T. S. Bendixen Pakistan 1 Ft. Type Lib. Muhammadi SS Co., Ltd. For Vessels Refused at Deadline Philippines 4 CI-M-AVI Everett SS Corp. Sweden 1 CI-M-AVI Rederi Sigyn Out of 550 pending foreign applications for pur South Africa 1 EC2 Southern Steamship Prop chase of United States warbuilt merchant vessels, ture Ltd. 480 were turned down by the U. S. Maritime Com Uruguay I CI-M-EAB6 Uruguayan Gove1'11l1lent mission by the deadline date of March 1, according 1 CI-M-AVI Uruguayan Government to the Maritime Commission. Since January 1, only 2 Ft. Type Lib. Compo Uruglla~,a Com. 70 miscellaneous ships, unwanted by American oper Maritima ators, and all from layup status, were sold by the Commission. The deadline for foreign ship sales was fixed by New Army Ruling Congress at March 1, after which time the Commis It has been reported that the U. S. Army sion's authority to sell ships to noncitizen applicants adopted stringent measures in cases where merch terminated. The Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, seamen have missed ship. According to the. under which the program has been carried out, has Army rule, any "failed-to-join" seaman, If pI been extended to allow sales and charters of war up by the MPs, is thrown into the Army stOC built merchant vessels to Americans until February for 30 days or at least until his agent finds ano 28, 1949. berth for him. Since, according to Army r.e The last quarterly report on ship sales issued by tions, a seaman's crew pass becomes inl:ahd the Commission showed that up to December 31, identification purposes the moment his ShIp I 1947, there had been 1,089 vessels sold for foreign port, it is urgently necessary that a man IV.hose flag operation. These, together with the 70 sold has sailecl without him report at once to hIS ag
18] THE MASTER, MATE AND I : 1,159 :art of Report of Pending Marine Message to the Membership Legislation by Capt. Ash (Continued from page 2) 'y 1 to your job and do your job." Let's buck up and put stwise (Continued from page 1) our heart and soul into the job and make it a pleas 'er ex: Merchant Marine Bill of Rights" something should ure to such an extent that we can stand up against ships surely be done, and this first of all. We hope the any system of "screening" by anyone. In other ritish, hearings on this bill are scheduled very soon or per words, stand the test without fear. The day you can ations haps we could be optimistic enough to hope that it qualify as such a person you need not fear of being n citi; could be "railroaded through" without any hearings. screened out of the picture. .nd all Another bill is bill 4619, on the Recodification of tus in the Navigation Laws of the United States. This was Jnited the second presentation of the bill to the congres Figurehead Revival sional committee and has received just as much oppo The use of figureheads on the prow of ships has sition in itspresent form as it did on the first pres been revived. Discarded with the decline of sailing entation. It seems that the Coast Guard who is in vessels, this old maritime custom is enjoying a new charge of the recodification has allowed changes to lease on life. creep into the laws that were nonexistent and, there . Modern figureheads, instead of 'being carved of fore, the congressional committee took them to task wood, are of steel construction and are an integral for attempting to rewrite laws or reword them in part of the ship's bow. Their use has been stim such a way that the intent and meaning was changed. ulated by the return to favor of the clipper or curved It was pointed out to them that the making and bow, which replaces the vertical stem. Figureheads changing of laws was the duty of Congress and not were originally images of animals or great warriors. any other organization. We would be greatly sur The new trend has been toward the "Grecian God t prised to learn that this recodification in its present dess" type. t form should ever pass the House of Representatives. t In another article you will read of our efforts in amending the Senate bill which is known as the Hungary Changes Seaports Marshall Plan and which was presented to the Con The Yugoslavian port of Fiume will in future ress by Senator Vandenberg. handle the transit traffic to and from Hungary. Although it would appear that Vice President Ash Genoa in particular will suffer from this decision. as been most active on the Legislative Committee, t should be remembered that Brother Higgin otham, our National President, and Brother May, Cable Address "MAROSOC" N. Y. Tel. WOrth 2-9263 'ur National Vice President from the West Coast,. re also on this committee and their interchange of MARITIME OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, Inc. .eas and opinions predicated the actions taken by 130 Greenwich St1'eet rother Ash, who is closest to Washington, New Yo1'k 6, New Yo1'k Respectfully submitted, INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTIONS W. C. ASH, National Vice President, MINIMUM TIME AND EXPENSE Legislative Committee. FOR DECK AND ENGINE OFFICERS ALL GRADES Deck Engine Coast Guard Installs New Type Buoys SELLERS & VAN WART O'NEILL & MANCINI Retired Members of M. M. & P. Members of M. E. B. A. he U. S. Coast Guard has announced that a Local No. 88 Local No. 33 'cial type reflector has been instaUed on several .usand buoys along the New England coast and he Mississippi River area. This type of material make buoys more easily seen at night because 'ts ability to reflect searchlight beams. JOHN A. MeAVOY he reflecting material consists of a sheet-metal Federal and State Tax Consultant ar which fits around the buoys 10 to 12 inches !U the top and is red or black, depending on the Specializing in Maritime Tax Problems y's color. Many small crystals are embedded waterproof adhesive and properly bonded to the OPEN DAILY ALL YEAR .I band. Claims prepared for refunds of overpaid e installation has several advantages: (a)' It Social Securi.ty Taxes ht in weight and does not make the buoy top Mail acceptable if you cannot file in person. . (b) It is relatively cheap. (c) It is visible II angles, because the many minute crystals 15 Whitehall Street New York 4, N. Y. t light beams striking the buoy from any direc- Bowling Green 9-0919
, 1948 r 01 Printer Pensioners Aid in Fight Knight's Daily News also are takihg it on the chit The strikers' morale rises as the newspapers' cit Against Unfair Chicago Dailies culation falls. "In asking for an injunction agains theITU and Local No. 16, the publishers have giVel The 1,600 members of Typographical Union No. the dead give-away," says President Pilch, "as t 16, 130 N. Wells, Chicago 6, on strike against Chi just how effective the strike has been. Their d; cago and Hammond (Ind.) newspapers have been mand for a court order completely contradicts theil receiving support from unions in every industry, propaganda stories that the strike has had 'little 01 from veterans organizations, from civic groups, no effect' on the business of their papers." from churches, and from just plain "people" in all walks of life. All this support has been helpful and welcome, says President John Pilch, making special Frank Fenton Says Government Should ACI mention of the aid given by the pensioned members of the union. On Pending Bill for Labor Extension Work The International Typographical Union, AFL, Frank P. Fenton, international representative fOI pays $14 weekly to all retired members who are 60 the AFL, urged enactment of the proposed labol years of age and who have carried cards for 25 years. extension service bill as a means of supplying laboi This is augmented by Loc.al No. 16 with its own with the "instrumentalities of conference and neJ weekly pension of $11. gotiation" to further its cooperation with manage! ment..') Pensioners have volunteered on the union's picket lines in front of the Chicago Tribune and other Testifying before a Senate committee, Mr. Fento' struck newspapers. They have made house-to reiterated the AFL's stand in favor of the labO' house canvasses of their communities, asking their educational measure and stressed the part the Fede' neighbors to cancel their subscriptions for the dura ation has always played in support of education. tion of the strike. Many have organized listening The bill proposed that a labor extension serv parties in their homes, to tune in Radio Station be created within the Department of Labor to 0 WCFL's six-nights-a-week "Union Printers" broad educational services and materials to Wor cast, which serves to counteract the "slanted" strike through state educational institutions. In pr stories appearing in the daily press. it would operate along the lines of the agricul About half of Local No. 16's retired members live extension service which has been supplying si . in California or in the Gulf states. Unable to take services to farmers for many years. a turn on the picket line or otherwise perform physi Maintaining that education is the sharpest to cally in behalf of the strikers, these refugees from democracy, Fenton called upon Congress to a' Chicago's severe winters have insisted on contribut workers the same privilege it has granted far ing to the strike fund of the Local Union. Every .He said: mail brings a number of such donations to Local No. "Workers feel that the Government has not 16's headquarters, accompanied by words of encour vided the same avenues for education of work agement. Here is a typical message received by it has for farmers Or businessmen. The note Secretary-Treasurer George N. Bante: "In 1905-06 tension service of the Department of Agricult I paid a 10 per cent assessment to help win the eight.. a case in point. The AFL is gratified that fa, hour day. In '21 to '23 I again paid 10 per cent to have this fine service. We want that service tQ stop the open-shoppers and establish the 44-hour tinue, but we also want the workers to have the week. During the depression I again paid a tenth advantage. Senate bill S. 1390 will rectify of my pay so that our unemployed could keep body equality between the workers on the farms a and soul together until a better day dawned for them. workers in our mills and shops. And now that the ITU's younger members all over "It is obvious that such a provision for w America are assessing themselves to beat the pub wi!! greatly advance the growing movement 0 lishers' Taft-Hartley offensive, I regard it as an education. Nearly everyone is now awar honor and privilege to pay something out of my pen formal education is only the beginning of edu sion as an 'assessment,' even though my union has Education must be a continuous and con been swell enough to exempt me. I'm selfish, of process, from the cradle to the grave, if we course; I know that if the strike were lost my pen have an intelligent and responsive citizenship' sion would be lost, too. God bless the strikers. We'll very fact that we have a society of swift, tech win. We've done it before and we'll do it again." cal changes makes a widespread system of ad Persistent effort by the strikers, by their fellow cation imperative. This bill, S. 1390, will fil! unionists in Chicago's job printing offices, by the in the adult education process." union's pensioners and by tens of thousands in other organizations has had devastating effect on the cir culations of the struck dailies. Even the Tribune, New Appointment for Captain Fid which had been considered least vulnerable, now con Mystic Steamship Division, Boston, Mass., fesses a loss of about 65,000; Marshall Field's Sun that, effective January 1, 1948, Capt. Wi. Times, now a single paper as the result of a merger Fiddy, master of the S.S. Boston, has been ape effected in the third month of the strike, continues to commodore of the Mystic Fleet. Our con suffer heavy losses; Hearst's Herald-American and tions, Commodore Fiddy!
[ 10] TU~ U HT r I I 1 Last of Woman Lighthduse Attention Captains Keepers Quits the Service You cau depend upon our prompt shipboard (Continued /l·om. page 3) delivery of all your electrical requirements. no longer needed as an aid to navigation, was sold We carry the largest and most complete stock to a yachting organization and became known as of marine electrical supplies and fittings. the Ida Lewis Yacht Club. In it is preserved some of the equipment located there when Ida LeWis Was OWESEN & CO., INC. keeper. The boat used by Ida Lewis is in the head_ New York, N. Y. New Orleans, La. quarters of the Newport Historical Society. 125 Broad St. 238 Chartres St. Phone Bowling Green Following is a list of women keepers, possibly in 9-4097 Phone Magnolia 3925 complete called by the U. S. Coast Guard which San Francisco, Calif. San Pedro, Calif. compiled it: 116 W. 7th St. 105 Front St. Phone Ter. 2-0378 Phone YU. 6-0518 Elizabeth Smith at Old Field Point, N. Y., from 1830 to at least 1849. Barbara Mabrity at Key West, Fla., from 1832 to . at least 1861. Elizabeth Riley at North Point, Md. (2 lights), from 1834 to at least 1849. ' American Abby Waite at Warwick Neck, R. 1., in 1837. Ann Davis at Point Lookout, Md., in 1837. Foreign Steamship Corp. Eliza A. Daboll at Morgan Point, Conn., from 1838 to at least 1849. Mrs. M. Ingraham at Pensacola, Fla., from 1840 at least 1849. Christina Witbeck at Stuyvesant, N. Y., from 80 rBJl.O.a.cL $1-. to at least 1849. Mrs. Patty Potter at Stonington, Conn., from ?1Jlw ?Jrn1L 41 n. 'It. to at least 1849. Catherine F. Whittlesey at Lynde ·Point, Conn., a parently widow from 1842 to at least 1849. Elizabeth Lusby at Turkey Point, Md., apparen widow of Robert C. from 1844 to at least 1861 BRAMBLE NAVIGATION & MARINE Miss C. A. Hiern at Pass Christian from 1844 at least 1849. ENGINEERING SCHOOL Harriet ·C. Towner at Michigan City, Ind., fr • •• 1844 to at least 1849. "TILe School That Teaches" Susan Harney at Mahon's Ditch, Del., from 1 to at least 1849. PREPARATORY COURSES for all GRADES Mrs. Demaris Weeden at Newport, R. 1., from 1 OF LICENSE to at least October 8, 1851. Approved Under G. 1. Bill of Righls Amy Buddington at Stratford Point, Conn., fr 1848 to at least 1849. • Cathrine Shook at Pointe aux Barques in 1849. CAPT. HUGH T. ELLISON, Director Member, Masters, Mates & pilots Maria Youngans at Biloxi, Miss., from 1867 to 19 3 Commerce St. Telephone: succeeded her husband. BALTIMORE 2. MD. I.Ex. 3529 Miranda Youngans at Biloxi, Miss., succeeded mother, Maria. • Mrs. Maggie R. Norvell at New Canal, La., f April, 1891 to April 30, 1932, succeeded hus NORTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STEAMSHIP served at Head of Passes, Port Pontchartrain, New Canal. COMPANY Mrs. Rachel or Rachael Wolcott, at Marble Incorporated (Sandusky), Ohio, widow of Benajah Wol the first keeper from about 1832. Later rna Principal Carriers of Jeremiah Benschooter who became the kee Raw and Refined Sugars Flood of Food by Mail from Cuba The flood of parcel post food packages abro increased the volume of overseas mail by 7d 120 Wall Street New York 5, N. Y. cent over 1938 levels. Largest single shipmen year was 42,000 sacks, which went on an Am freighter. [ 12] THE MAHER, MATE AND I Era of Windjamming Tramps Ends With Death of Owner WILLIAM J. ROUNTREE CO., Inc. (Continued {1·om page 7) Specialists in The Far East Trade square-rigged ships. But this war was ruinous to him. Steamship Operators, Agents and Ship Brokers The Aaland Islands, part of Finland, lost ships Freight Contractors to and from All Parts of to both sides. The war was not on a week before the World Captain Erikson's big Olivebank was mined in the North Sea. A little later, the barks Killoran and 24 STATE STREET, NEW YORK 4 Penang were sunk by the Germans. Later still, Telephone: BOwling Green 9-3040 when Finland was Germany's ally, the Lawhill, Cable Address: WILLTREE, N. Y. Pamir and Archibald Russell were seized as Allied GENERAL AGENTS FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA prizes. The Lawhill still flies the flag of the Union WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION of South Africa, and the Pami,' is flying the flag of New Zealand on a run homeward with tallow and hides now. The Germans took the Moshulu and rigged her down to a useless hulk. BALTIMORE NAVIGATION Only the PCLSsat, Pommer-n and Viking, all four and masted barks, survived intact in the Erikson fleet. MARINE ENGINEERING SCHOOL Courses for All Licenses-All Grades CONDUCTED BY Birthday Anniversary of Furuseth J. "KNUTE" AUMAN The ninety-fourth birthday anniversary of "Uncle MASTER MARINER Princip"l Andy" (Andrew Furuseth) was celebrated on March MEMBER MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS 12, 1948, through various activities over the coun Approved by Maryland State Board of Education try. The board of trustees of the "Friends of Students Accepted Under G.I. Bill of Rights Andrew Furuseth Legislative Association" held a Baltimore School: small dinner on the occasion of the meeting of the Armistead Hotel .Fayette & Holiday Sts. trustees in commemoration of Andy, the "Abraham Baltimore, Md. Saratoga 2890 Lincoln of the Sea," to honor him for his great work in behalf of seamen all over the world. The association is advocating and suggesting that ; a library or room of some sort be dedicated to Andrew Furuseth in all Seamen's Union buildings , 'and they ask all seamen to be on the lookout for the ook on the life and work of Mr. Furuseth being JATO N , ublished by the association, which will be ready for , istribution shortly at $2.50 per copy. Every sea CANVAS aring man will want a copy of this book. i DECKS No Painting , TARPAULINS , '., " No Re-waterpl'Oofing , 'Ballots Defend .' . ". i': BOAT COVERS Your. 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Of the 21 new tankers presently on order, 16 are 27,500 ton vessels which will boast speeds of 16'1:, knots, four are 18,000 ton ships with speeds of 14¥'; knots, and the 18th is a 30,000 ton giant, With a NORFOLK NAVIGATION 161j2 knot speed. The pre-war American tanker averaged 11,600 tons as compared to the average AND of 25,500 for these 21 new vessels. Average speed of the 1939 oil tanker was 10 knots. The ships ENGINEERING SCHOOL built today average 16 knots in speed. Talbot Building Main and Granby Streets The American tanker fleet is the world's largest, Next lo Customs House being twice the size of its nearest rival, the British. Ranking behind the United States in size are the NORFOLK, VA. fleets of Great Britain, Norway, Panama, Holland, Res. Phone 85589 Office 21134 Sweden, France, Italy, Argentina and Russia, to name the top ten. CAPT. W. R. GRESHAM Broken down by per cent, the American tonnagE Principal represents 45.62 per cent of the world's fleet. Brit. ain's tanker tonnage includes 21.59 per cent of world tankers, while Norway, with 10.11 per cent, is the only other nation above 10 per cent. WHitehall 4·4880 Trucks Loaded on Ships to Ease Traffic on Congested Highways America's crowded highways may one day he free of giant trailer trucks on routes between the vari· Standard Fruit ous coast cities. Several ambitious plans are in the making to transport by sea these road-blocking but vital vehicles. & One such service is already in operation on the Gulf coast, and another between New York and AI· bany. Still others are projected for the sealanes Steamship Co. between Providence and Norfolk and from Los Angeles to San Francisco. . The vessels envisioned for such service-"traller· ships"-would be large ships according to .anY standard. Most ships now operating on traJ1e~ carrying runs are war-built landing craft type,s, M' • are comparatively small. President Truman s I visory Committee on the Merchant Marine recent Y recommended the construction of tiye 18,000·ton "trailerships" for such operation. p-' 11 Broadway Vessels of this size have previously on!)' been '~er erated on transoceanic ·lines. Theil' use as tra! New York 4 carriers would go far toward easing high",a)' CO gestion. g Accommodations for several hundred passen hi in luxury-liner style are included in these neW s designs. [ 14] THE MASTER, MATE AND PIL Modern Centralized Controls Are Developed for Better Efficiency Telephone WHitehall 4-1111 One of the recent trends on the part of ship de signers has been toward the centralization of electric motor controls. The reason for grouping motor con trollers within a single housing is relatively simple. It permits one-operator control; saves space; reduces BLIDBERG ROTHCHILD CO., INC. maintenance and installation time and may decrease 80 Broad Street initial equipment cost. NEW YORK In the past, centralized motor controls have been confined almost exclusively to controlling below-deck machinery and have proved highly successful on vessels for both cargo' and passenger service. With the growing demand by shipowners for more com Cable Address "BLIDBERG" plete, more modern air conditioning and for added refrigeration, the application of group control boards naturally expanded to include both systems. To meet these ever increasing demands, the Ward Leonard Electric Co., Mount Vernon, N. Y., manu MERCHANT MARINE SCHOOL facturers of electric control devices for over 50 . years, has currently improved and modernized its .01 tho SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE 01 N. Y• :, complete line of centralized motor controls for ma- 25 South Street, New York 4, N. Y. o. rine service. As a result of this program, the present Tel. BOwling Green 9·2710 group control boards offered by. the company afford Founded 1916 greater accessibility, flexibility and compactness Liccmed by the Stale of New York. than obtainable with previous designs. At the same time, these modern centralized control units are Original end Refresher coursos for Deck and Engine Department Officers. Instructions to unlicensed personnel f~r endorsements easier to install, operate and maintain. Similarly, to their certificates. a complete revision in production methods makes possible lower costs and faster delivery dates. SEMI·PRIVATE TUTORING-DAY & EVENING Telephone BOwling Green 9·6274 The centralized control board shown in the illus "ations is a typical example of one of these newly proved units. They were built by the Ward PRUDENTIAL onard Electric Co. for the Carrier Corp. for in I llation on eight Matson Navigation Co. C-3 STEAMSHIP eight vessels. Conforming to AlEE Marine Specifications and CORP. e American Bureau of Shipping Rules, the group irol board provides centralized control of 29 d.c. tors ranging in size from 2 to 60 horsepower. e various motors drive pumps, compressors and . s On the ship's refrigeration and air-conditioning terns. he complete control unit, which is divided into sections for ease of handling, measures approxi- tely 196 inches long, 81 inches high, 29 inches 17 State Street . Angle iron framework, sheet-steel doors and NEW YORK ovable covers form a sturdy dripproof enclosure provide adequate protection to the control com ents. Each section is equipped with four remov lifting rings to facilitate handling during in- 11fi1· If your license was suddenly stallation. Wooden hand rails mouAted on the door comply with marine safety regulations. S To simplify installation, terminal boards are con_ SUSPENDED.. veniently located in the rear for necessary motor and pilot circuit connections while front-connected terminals are provided for local control push-button stations, selector switches, indicating lamps and field rheostats. A common supply bus feeds all the vari_ ous controllers thereby centralizing the power in-put to the entire unit. Each controller is clearly identi_ fied by nameplates on the doors, panels and rear ter_ minal boards. The bottom of the dripproof enclosure is open for the entrance of connection cabling. All control components are readily accessible and designed for long-life heavy-duty service. Any con_ trol panel within the enclosure can be easily removed as a unit without disturbing adjacent panels. Simi larly, individual controllers can be disconnected elec_ trically without disturbing the operation of the other controls. For this purpose, line disconnect I switches are used on the lower horsepower COll_ i trollers and air circuit breakers are supplied on the higher horsepower units. t To protect both the motor and its controller from the damaging effects of overcurrents, overload prJ$: tection is provided by means of thermal or m~~~ .. . would you be netic inverse time delay relays. Short circuit p'" tection is also afforded through the use of line f "on the spot" financially? on the lower horsepower controls and air cir breakers on the larger horsepower controllers. • Whenever there is a casualty, regardless of who the pilot control circuits are protected by fuses. is at fault, you officers must take the blame. Full field starting during motor acceleratio And this frequently results in your license being normal speed is provided on all adjustable s suspended, if not revoked. controllers. This is accomplished by a full field A tested type of insurance ... issued only to tact on the final accelerating contactor or by American merchant officers ... offers these benefits brating relay with a special start coil. The vibra in event of such a shipping casualty: relay furnished for motors having wide range also assures smooth acceleration from normal s 1. Legal assistance at the investigation or trial. to maximum speed. 2. Protection against loss of wages, should To accelerate the motor to full speed, fast-a your license be REVOKED or SUSPENDED. dependable series relays are used. Ribflex or 3. Protection against loss of the difference in ohm high-current resistors provide the nece wages should your license be reduced to a starting resistance to limit motor inrush curi lower grade. during the initial acceleration period. The 2 4. Protection again loss of personal effects and ampere d.c. ammeter, mounted on a dead fron instruments from shipwreck. cessed panel and connected to the main bus curately indicates the current drawn by the e These special policies are underwritten by a group centralized control system. formed by four of America's oldest and most prom inent insurance companies: Aetna Insurance Co., Automobile Insurance Co., Hartford Fire Insurance Co., and Home Insurance Co. World-wide protec Mr. Advertiser: tion against such casualties that can happen to all The lVIaster, Male and Pilot offers a d who follow the sea. dreulation over Capt. ROY E. NEILL, Agt. Telephones: 290% GREATER 111 Sutter St., Suite 1030 San Francisco-DO,?g~s2:'1834 Sun Francisco 4, Calif. Alameda-IJAltehur':it ...-1076 than that claimed by all other papers Please send me details of policy. in the marine field at Name _ _ Age ". S.S...... Capacity Pay . Steamship Co. . . 1/10 Their Combined Rat License No Grade Port of Issue . 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