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y! N - i\ L4*' . 410-124 The SIU Great Lakes District has won representation rights for crewmembers of three non-union steamship companies in National Labor Relations Board elections. Results of the voting released by; the Board on Friday, May 27, and Tuesday, May 31, show the SIIX victorious by an over-all margin of better than three to one. Com- panieslnvolved were Pioneer Steamship Company, with 16 ships; Buckeye Steamship Company, six ships, and Steinbrenner Steam­ ship with another six ships. Since 1957, the SIU has won elections on a total of 55 vessels on the Lakes, involving close to 1,400 seamen. Stories On Page 3 Incres Men Win

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ILi, r • Ships of the SlU-contoacted Calmar Line havQ Lookuig ovcr award for 1,541 accident-free "joined the ranks of other companies: which ^OtCfy MWOrO» days alraard Alcoa Roamer are (L-R): David ' ijii ibave agree purchase higher-quality steak meats; Above (1 to r) K. Nunh, steward, Milt Robinson, bosun, CG Capt. John F. Kettlers, Capt. George Taylor, skipper, Paul ifsdebaugh, AB and,V. D. Becker, strip ;:lolng pi§r. - j^eward dept. Safely Council presented citation. FMW TWO SEAFARERS LOG JaiMllllM Three Cases At Issue: Sunny Hay Spot F^r Seafarers ^ NLRB Heats SlU ~ 'V Bid For Runaways WASHINGTON—The National Labor Relations Board has held a key hearing on the rights of US maritime unions to organize the crews of rimaway-flag ships. A session held before the Board in Washington on May 31 dealt with SIU organizing activity among the crews of three runaway-flag • -.-JI shipping companies — P&O, ment and other agencies to block the foreign eonuuerce of the runaway organizing. United States and upon American West India Fruit and Steam­ The three cases involved deal workmen . . ; the present comple­ ship and Eastern Shipping. with the crews of the Liberian- ment of the Florida ... is in direct The hearings were called on flSg cruise ship SS Florida, the competition witti American seamen long-pending SIU election peti­ Panamanian-flag SS Yarmouth for employment opportunities . . . tions and unfair labor charges, and the Sea Level, the former the organization of the vessels' some of which have been hanging SlU-manned Seatrain New Orleans, crews ... is, therefore a matter of fire over a year. It is believed in now under Liberian registry. concern, to American seamen . . . maritime circles that the action The Florida, operated by P&O, As a result, the NLRB ordered setting the hearing dates at the was the target of an SIU organiz­ an election on the Florida which time of the International Maritime ing campaign back in 1958. At that the SIU won by 87 to 21 in July Workers Union beef against Incres time, the NLRB issued a precedent- 1958. However, the company since Line reflects Washington pressure setting decision recognizing the has refused to bargain with the for a blanket policy on runaway right of US unions to organize SIU and is under unfair labor 'Outdoor patio area of new hall for Seafarers in Phiiadelphio organizing. The American Com­ runaway shipping. The NLRB so. charges for this refusal as well as should be popular spot in pleasanl weather. Hall Is in last stage* mittee for the Flags of Necessity, ruled because, as it stated. .. the the firing of pro-union crewmem- of completion. (See other photo, page 1.) a runaway operators' front, has employer's operations have a di­ bers. Several of the charges have - been pressuring the State Depart­ rect and substantial effect upon been upheld by an NLRB trial ex­ aminer. The other two vessels involved, the Yarmouth and Sea Level, are- both the subjects of NLRB elec­ Senate Bill Would Bar Seven More Seafarers tion petitions. The Panamanian- flag Yarmouth fired its 136-man West Indian crew in September, 1958, when they sought union rep­ RR Selective Rate Cuts Get Disability Pensions resentation and hired a new crew. WASHINGTON—A favorite weapon of the railroads in The Yarmouth, like the Florida, Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan have approved their war against domestic shipping, the selective rate cut, operates in the West Indian cruise would be outlawed under terms of a bill which would subject seven more Seafarer applicants for the SIU disability pen­ trade out of Miami with, as the sion. The action by the trustees assures the Seafarers the NLRB notes, "most of its passen­ such practices to the anti-^- ^ $35 weekly disability-pension gers picked up and returned to a trust laws. terstate Commerce Act of 1958 benefit because they are no Cook and steward. He had to stop US port." The agency which oper­ The bill, introduced by Sen. which bars the holding up of rates Ralph Yarborough (Dem., Texas) longer able fo sail. sailing because he is suffering from ates the Yarmouth, Eastern Ship­ on one mode of transportation to arthritis. ping, is a Florida corporation a member of the Senate Interstate protect the traffic of another com­ Thfe latest additions to the spe­ and Foreign Commerce Commit­ petitive mode. cial disability list include Aloyslus The SIU disability benefit is owned by the wife of the ship­ owner. She is an American citizen, tee, would prevent railroads from With the passing of this act, A. Kessen, Carl G. Pederson, Man­ payable to Seafarers of any age cutting their rates in only one geo­ railroads started engaging in all uel R. Perez, Wong Yau, John who are no longer able to sail although he is a British citizen. "Eastern is the exclusive agent graphical area to kill off shipping kinds of price war and manipula­ Ossmow, Antonio Ferreira and because of physical infirmities. competition. It would force them tions, putting intense pressure on Clarence Lott. for McCormick (the shipping com­ Twelve years' seatime with SlU- pany) in the US," the Board notes, to apply these rate reductions to trucking and water carrier com­ Kessen is 57 years old and was contracted companies is the basic "and has no other bus^ess." the whole system. petitions. disabled by hypertension and ar­ requirement for an applicant. The Sea Level runs between It would thus serve as an anti­ Additional Support teriosclerotic heart disease. He In addition to the SIU benefit, Louisiana and Havana, Cuba, with trust regulator, adopting^ the con­ sailed in the steward department. which comes to $150 a month, thg The Inland Waterways Common a crew of Cuban nationals. The cept that prices may not be re­ Carrier Association; a'non-rail car­ Pederson is 66 years old and Social Security system provides owners are a Virginia corporation duced selectively, lower than nec­ benefits for disabled workers over rier group, has supported the Yar­ sailed in the deck department. He with US citizens as officers, direc­ essary to meet competition. borough bill, contending that it joined the SIU in 1938 and sailed 50, plus the benefits paid to retired tors and stockholders. In Decem­ Blast Rate Cuta workers over 65. Such benefits are will correct an "unjust" situation. until recently when he was dis­ ber, 1958, the Union obtained Maritime transportation inter­ abled by heart trouble. in addition to the payments made pledge cards for a majority of the Railroad interests-have not com­ by the SIU Welfare Plan. ests have blasted $he ICC for al­ mented on the bill yet, hut strongly Perez sailed in the deck depart­ crew and petitioned for an elec­ lowing the /ailroads to reduce tion. As a result, 26 crewmembers oppose any step to limit their rate ment until his recent retirement. rates between specific points on reduction freedom and are ex­ He also was disabled by heart were fired. The SIU then picketed certain commodities upon which the ship and filed charges of dis­ pected to fight the bill vehemently. trouble. water carriers depend for revenue. Up till now, maritime, truck and Yau, who joined the Union in crimination with the New Orleans The railroads would not be so regional office of the Board. Evi­ organized labor groups have tes­ 1950, sailed in the steward depart­ prone to cut rates if they had to tified, uniformly blasting the ICC ment until heart disease sidelined dence was submitted that crew- do so across the board. members were told they were be­ and railroads for discriminatory bin>. . The railroads have argued that practices, actions in restraint of Ossmow is 58 years old and is ing fired for having asked the SIU they are of primary importance in to represent them. They were told- trade, and similar activities Dur­ unfit for iluty because of a nerve National defense and that the Gov­ ing the remainder of the time set ailment. they could get their Jobs back if ernment is Indirectly subsidizing they would revofte their SIU aside by the Senate for-hearings Ferreira sailed in the deck de­ the railroad's competitors. The fhe railroads will attempt to an­ partment until he was disabled by pledge cards and testify against railroads have b^en juggling their Kessen Ferreira the SIU before the NLRB. When swer the criticisms heaped agaihst -heart disease. He is 67 years old. rates since the passage of the In­ them. Lott, who is 69, sailed as chief the ship arrived in New Orleans in January, crewmembers were trans­ ported from the vessel to the Notify Welfare NLRB office by armed Pirtkerton States Marine Gets Rigtut Of Changes detectives. The SIU Welfare Services De­ partment reports that it has had SEAFARERS LOG 1 fr: difficulty locating seamen's families because the seamen's Jun. 3, IM Vol. XXII, No. 12 WASHINGTON — Runaway-flag ship operations got an­ m enrollment or beneficiary cards other boost from the Government this week. The Federal have not been kept up to date. Maritime Board granted States Marine Lines* bid for permis­ Some death benefit payments Pederson Wong sion to continue to operate a>— have been delayed for some PAWL HAU., president fleet of 21 runaway and for­ companies and by maritimo un. time until the Seafarer's bene­ Bumaat BRAND, Editor. BKRNARD SEA­ eign-flag bulk carriers while ions. It is feared that as a result ficiaries could be located. To MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARIBUR, the company's Ameri9an-flag ships of the latest decision, moire Ann ri- avoid delays in payments of wel­ At. MASXIN, ARTUUR BBRGER, CHARLES BEAUMET, DEL ROBINSON, Staff Writers. receive subsidies. can steamship companies will fare benefits Seafarers are ad­ BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative, . The action involved granting seek to operate runaway shipping, vised to notify the Union im­ States Marine a waiver of the 1936 with consequent growth of such mediately of any changes In ad­ Publlihsd biwaskly at tha haadquartari Merchant' Marine Act which re­ shipping at the expense of \meri- dress, changes in the names of of tha Saafarari Jntarnationat Union, At­ lantic Gulf, Lakas and Inland Watara quires that subsidized shipping can-flag operations. beneficiaries or additional de­ District, AFL-CIO, t7S Fourtn Avanoa, pendents by filling out ndw en^ Brooklyn 31, NY. Tal. HYaclnth »>«iSO. companies cannot have any con­ The 21 bulk ore and oil carriers Sacond clat* postaga paid at tha PAat nection with foreign operations. rollment and beneficiary cards. Offica In Brooklyn, NY, undar tha Act operated by States T'.-irine trans­ These cards can be obtained in of Aug. 24,'1912. ^ States Marine's bid for a waiver port iron ore, bauxite and other any SIU port. , m had been strenuously opposed by materials on account for leading Perez Ossmow several other subsidized shipping American industrial giants. ; 'J ^ u fc *•

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> V > SlU Wins 28 Lakes Ships New Meeting Procedure Crews Of Three Fleets Give One of the major changes in the SIU constitution is the new schedule of membership meetings. They will now be held monthly in the deep sea ports of New York, Philadel­ Union Big Election Margins phia, Baltimore, Houston, New Orleans and Mobile. The DETROIT—Crews of three non-union Lakes steamship companies have voted port of Detroit has been added to the monthly schedule. overwhelmingly for SIU Great Lakes District representation, giving the Union its All. meetings will be held at 2:30 PM, local time, for each of the biggeibt victory in the three-year old organizing campaign. As a result of the NLRB seven ports concerned. polling, the Union now rep­ The meeting schedule"" calls for New York meetings on the first resents crewmembers of an Sailors Union, which has been a seniority has great appeal among f ' '> Monday of each month, following the first Sunday; Philadelphia, the long-term obstacle to organizing Lakes seamen who are laid off first Tuesday; Baltimore, the first Wednesday, and Detroit, the first additional 28. Lakes ships efforts by recognized marine un­ with each winter's freeze-up. Prior operated by the P i o n e e r ions. to the establishment of this pro­ Friday. A major item in the success of gram the seamen had no contract Houston, New Orleans and Mobile will meet In the week follow­ Steamship Company, Buck­ the SIU's campaign is the job guarantee that they would be re­ ing the above meetings, Houston on Monday, New Orleans on eye Steamship Company security program put into effect hired at the following spring fit- Tuesday and Mobile on Wednesday. and Steinbrenner (Kinsman by the SIU Great Lakes District out. , among its contracted companies. SIU Great Lakes officials expect 1 Since the first Sunday In June is June 9, the port of New York Transit Inc.). The provision for orderly job se­ to open negotiations immediately ' will meet June 6; Philadelphia, June 7; Baltimore, June 8; Detroit, The smashing victory won curity, no bumping by officers and on union contracts with the three June 10. Houston will meet Monday, June 13; New Orleans, June by the Union is reflected by the supervisprs, and industry - wide companies Involved. • ^ H 14 and Mobile, June 15. top-heavy vote majorities. They were 213 to 94 in Pioneer, 77 to Special meetings at a port may be called at the direction of the 18 in Buckeye and 120 to 12 in port agent or area vice-president, between the hours of 9 AM and Steinbrenner, the opposition votes 5 PM. A two-hour posted notice of such special meetings is required. there being split, seven for no Lakes Drive Tally: union and five for the Lakes Sail­ ors Union an "independent" out­ fit. Pioneer operates 16 ships, and 55 Ships Organized Buckeye and Steinbrenner six Safety Meetings Pay Offi each in the Lakes bulk trade. The total vote then, was 410 for the Although the Great Lakes were once considered to be a SIU, 124 against, a margin of bet­ graveyard for maritime union organizing, the SIU Great ter than three to one. Lakes District has demonstrated—during the past three years Company's Report Shows Reject Anti-Union Pitch —that an intensive organizing ^ The sweeping triumph in an or­ campaign, plus a program of In February of this year Reiss The productive results that are obtained by shipboard ganizing area in which various genuine benefits for unli­ was signed to the SIU Job Secur­ safety meetings are highlighted in the latest issue of the Isth­ unions have been frustrated time censed seamen, can produce im­ ity Program and Great Lakes Wel­ mian Lines "Safety Bulletin." An item in the bulletin reports and time again is taken as proof portant union organizing victories, fare Plan. on a considerable number of positive that Lakes seamen are re­ even in this stronghold of the The latest SIU victories ar» changes made on the com­ at shipboard safety meetings and jecting the anti-union tactics of Lakes Carriers Association and a those In the 16-ship Pioneer pany's ships deriving from forwarded to company headquar­ the operators in favor of union flock of so-called, "independent Steamship fleet, the six-ship Buck­ safety suggestions offered by the ters. Additional suggestions of this representation. unions." eye Steamship fleet, and the six- crews.. nature are under study, the com­ A1 Tanner, director of organiza­ Attempts to organize the unor­ ship Steinbrenner fleet. The company reports it has in­ pany reports. tion for the SIU, summed it up ganized unlicensed seamen on the stalled such items on its ships as Shipboard safety committee declaring, "The election results Lakes had been going on of safety treads, new types of boiler meetings on Isthmian ships as well confirm our strong feeling that course, since the Great Lakes Dis­ scaffolding, alarm systems for chill as on ships of other SlU-contracted Great Lakes seamen are determ­ trict was established and had met boxes, heavy-duty stepladders, companies, are an essential part ined to have bopafide marine un­ with some success. But it was not Old Libertys face masks for firemen, safety belts of the industry-wide safety pro­ ion representation within the AFL- until 1957 that the SIU—in prepa­ with, leg straps and other personal gram on SIU ships. While many CIO." ration for the opening of the St. protective gear. companies have long had the prac­ In previous years, Lakes ship­ Lawrence Seaway in the spring of Additional items include more tice of safety meetings, the un­ owners have been successful in us­ 1959 — really mapped out an in­ Sale-Tagged handrails where needed, safety licensed crewmembers had, in ing a variety of "scare" devices to tensive and comprehensive organ­ guards for master switches, use of many instances, not participated block unions, as well as "inde­ izing campaign.

f safety painting, nylon safety nets in such meetings in the past be­ pendent" associations of the kind Since that time, the SIU's ef­ / for gangways, plastio bags for fore the industry-wide program utilized in Esso and other deep- forts have resulted in a string of At $65,000 garbage disposal and hard hats was set up. Now, safety meetings sea tanker fleets. organizing victories which have r>'^ for deck and engine room men. on SIU ships Include representa­ A particularly-satisfying aspect brought some 55 ships and 1,400 WASHINGTON —The Maritima All of these items, and others, tives of all three unlicensed de­ of the victory was the drubbing unlicensed jobs under the SIU Administration has dropped the partments. given to the "independent" Lakes minimjim price it will accept on have resulted from proposals made banner. bids for purchase by US citizens Shortly after mapping its or­ on low-priority Liberty ships from Labor Secretary Guest Of SI UNA ganizing plans in 1957, the SIU a previous price of $70,000 to a launched its first major campaign new low of $65,000 per vessel. I f > in the nine-ship Tomlinson Fleet Corporation. In October of ttiat The news came in an announce­ year, an NLRB election got under ment by the Maritime Administra­ way, and on February 7, 1958, the tion inviting bids of 24 Liberty labor board In Cleveland an­ ships for scrapping. The bids will nounced that the SIU had defeated be opened at 2:30 PM (EDT) on Local 5,000 of the Steelworkers by June 15, 1960. a margin of nearly 3-1. The com­ Apparently, the decline in th« pany later balked at contract ne­ askings price for the ships reflects gotiations; but, after a five-week a decline in the scrap market be­ strike during which the SIU ef­ cause of -slower activity in tha fectively kept ships bottled up in nation's steel mills. Buffalo and Duluth, Tomlinson The ships offered for sale are was signed to an agreement de­ the Alexander Lillington, Alfred scribed by the Great Lakes Dis­ Moore, Arthur Riggs, Benjamin trict as "the best contract ever Goodhue, Charles D. Walcott, negotiated on the Great Lakes." Charles Piez, Frederick Von Steu­ In November and December of ben, George Durant, James Hoban, 1958, the SIU followed up its John J. Abel, Philander C. Knox, Tomlinson triumph \vith an NLRB Raymond B. Stevens, Thomas election victory in the six-ship Kearns, W. C. Latta and the Zach- Gartland Steamship Company ary Taylor located in the Wilming­ fleet. ton, North Carolina Reserve Fleet; Early in the '59 season the SIU the Fort St. Francois, Fort Drew kicked off an organizing campaign and the Samtucky located in the in the 12-ship Reiss Steamship Mobile, Alabama, Reserve Fleet; Company fleet. The steel strike the Fort Souris and the Samhorn which immobilized a large segment in the Beaumont, Texas, Reserve of Lakes shipping during most of Fleet; the Joseph Holt, James D. the '59 season, slowed SIU organ­ Doty and the John Drake Sloat in izing efforts in this as well as in the Suisun Bay, California, Re­ other Lakes fleets. Nevertheless, serve Fleet and' the' Theodore Secretary of Labor James Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell are served by-unidentified Seafarer at SlUNA the SIU capped the season by Sedgwick and the William E. Borah exhibit at Union Label show recently held in Washington, DC, national armory.-Various SlUNA sea­ gaihlng 166. votes, to 109 for "no in the Astoria, Oregon, Reserve - men, fishermen And f»hhery affiliates had efdiibits the show. union." ; Fleet. F«ar SEAFARERS LOG Jane 1.19§$ SEAFARERS ROTARY SRIPPINO ROARD May 11 Through May 24 ShipActmfy A slight rise In shipping was recorded this period with the totals This period one port didn't have a payoff (Miami) and four ports over the thousand mark again. The District shipped 1.041 men this didn't have any sign ons (Boston, Norfolk, Miami and Seattle). -Pay Slga la .period compared to 998 last period, for a rise of 43 jobs. This brings The breakdown by department shows that 839 men shipped In the Offs Oat Tram. TOTAi: shipping back to where it was a month ago. The figures quoted covered deck department, 352 in the black gang and 300 in the steward de­ Bottoa 2 — 3 I all classes. partment. Last period 43^ men shipped in deck, 354 in engine and New York ....JtO 2 20 .42 342 in steward. Philadalplila ... 2 I 0 11 In .spite of the rise in shipping, ship activity fell a bit as 212 payoffs, Boltimora .... 12 t 9 29 sign ons and in-transits were tallied this period for a drop of 14 from The registration'breakdown for this period is as follows: Deck-456, Norfolk 3 — 4 7 last period's figures, x engine-367. and steward-350. These figures cover "A" and "B." Jaektonvilla ... I I 10 12 Miami — _ 4 4 There were 65 payoffs, 23 sign ons and 124 intransit calls for the New Orleans led all the ports with 202 men shipped for a gain of total of 212 ships serviced. Last period there were 51 payoffs, 34 sign- Mobile 3 -2 10 IS 25 over its previous figures. Mobile boomed with 102 men shipped, a New Orleont ..7 3 18 28 ons and 133 in-transits, a total of 226. rise of 65 over its last total and New York, was not far .behind, its Houiton 6 4 18 28 The number of registered "A" and. "B" men on the beach at the jobs rising 57 to^a total of 196 men shipped. Last period' it shipped Wiiminqtoa ... 2 1 7 10 end of the period was 3,002, a jump of 151 over last period's figures. 139 men. ^ Son Froncitce.. 2 '1 9 12 Ports with 100 or less "A" and "B" men registered on the beach at Philadelphia was hit hard, slumping from 84 to this period's dismal Seottie 5 •— 4 9 the end of the period were: Boston, Jacksonville, Miami, and Wil­ 13 jobs. Seattle dropped from 122 to 96 atid Baltimore fell from 111 Total 85 23 124 212 mington. The same ports had 50 or less "A" men registered. to 96. .

DECK DEPARTMENT Registered Registered Shipped -Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beech • CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP Port 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 8 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL Boston 3 6 — 9 — — 2 2 2 — — 2 — — 2 2 — 2 2 4 7 12 3 22 1 2 3 New York 24 34 9 62 — 6 9 15 30 12 59 — 4 4 8 1 4 5 59 8 5 72 92 145 44 281 4 31 36 71 Philadelphia 4 7 6 17 — 1 4 5 1 " — — — — 1 1 2 — 2 . _ 2 11 15 10 36 1 4. 5 Baltimore 8 24 2 34 1 6 12 19 5 12 3 20 2 3 8 13 _ 20 73 33 31 64 10 105 1 13 27 41 A 1 99 Norfolk 4 10 2 16 5 2 7 3 1 4' 1A * A 0 - 19 0 o4 9 1 1iU A 191A A r 4 2 6 2 1 J 2At 2 4 J. 4 1X 0 1IX 1 1A 1 9RJSO 4A ^ ' A9 15V BS Miami 2 ~— 2 — 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 Mobile '... 12 12 2 26 1 6 7 12 13 6 31 .— — ' 4 4 0 31 ^ 4 - 35 39 43 "a 90 1 2 12 15 New Orleans 14 23 8 45 2 5 5 12 19 24 11 54 — 5 12 17 5 5 10 54 17 10 81 61 77 21 159 4 11 15 30 Houston 15 36 13 64 2 7 8 17 14 26 8 48 3 10 10 23 1 — 1 48 23 1 72 30 44 6 80 2 9 7 18 Wilmington 7 9 1 17 — 3 — 3 4 6 — 10 3 1 3 7 1 1 = 2 10 7 2 19 8 10 e 18 3 1 1 San Francisco 10 10 1 21 4 3 7 7 13 20 2 3 4 9 __ — - 20 9 29 19 14 3 36 1 2 3 6 Seattle ... 14 17 3 34 4 6 10 9 — 5 14 — — 2 2 2 6 . 7 15 14 2 15 31 16 14 30 1 6 2 9 TOTALS 119 192 47 358 5 44> ~58 107 91 129 46 266 10 27 50 87 3 14 19 36 266 87 '36 389 339 467 112 918 18 90 129 237 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach % CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A • CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP Port 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL Boston . 1 3, 1 5 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 I 1 2 1 3 . . 6 5 11 2 3 3 8 New York 9 34 7 50 2 8 12 22 4 26 6 36 1 10 8 19 — 4 4 8 36 19 8 63 51 137 30 218 5 32 37 74 • — — — Philadelphia 1 7 2 10 — — 4 4 — 4 — 4 1 1 2 — — 4 2 _ 6 1 16 3 20 4 4 Baltimore. 5 19 4' 28 1 12 6 19 1 21 1 23 — 1 1 2 1 3 4 23 7 4 34 8 52 14 74 1 - 21 15 37 i < >Iorfolk — 10 3 13 — 6 2 8 — — — — — 1 1 1 — — 1 ' 1 1 2 2 . 31 2 35 10 5 15 Jacksonville..... J.... 1 2 — 3 — 2 1 3 1 4 — 5 1 — — 1 — .ii— — >.— 5 1 __ 6 2 8 1 11 1 5 5 11 1 >— — Miami...... — — — — — 1 1 — — — — — — — — _ ...... 3 MM 3 1 1 — — — _ Mobile 4 • 14 2 20 0 6 2 8 3 20 3 26 1 7 8 26 8 34 12 45 5 62 MM 10 8 18 New Orleans 9 22 5 36 0 7 2 9 7 24 7 38 1 5 7 13 — 6 4' 10 38 13 10 61 25 58 8 91 1 13 13' 27 Houston 11 26 5 42 2 8 8 18 8 22 3 33 1 5 11 17 1 7 6 14 33 17 14 64 18 29 4 51 • 1 7 9 4» 17 Wilmington. 3 — 7 1 6 2 9 3 5 1 9 1 4 2 7 2 2 4 9 7 4 20 3 3 6 1 4 3 8 San Francisco.... 5 11 — 16 — 1 1 2 5 8 — 13 — 1 3 4 — . __ 1 1 13 4 1 18 3 25 28 1 1 Seattle 2 19 1 22 — 5 3 8 3 19 1 23 1 2 6 9 1 5 3 9 23 9 9 41 2 21 1 24 1 8 4 13 TOTAIS •"52 170 30 252 7 62 46 lis 36" 163 23 212 6 32 51 89 3 25 "23" 51 212 89 51 352 127" 434 •73 634 13 113 108 234 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP Port GROUP GROUP GROUP GROTTP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 8 ALL Boston 3 2 1" 6 1 1 — 2 — 1 .— 1 MM — 1 1 MM — 1 1 MMi 2 5 1 7 13 1 New York 1 2At 15 3 19 37 — 4 20 24 18 6 24 48 — — 12 12 ^ 1 .— 1 2 48 12 1 61 94 40 104 238 3 4. 78 35 Philadelphia...... MM 7 2 9 18 — — — — 1 3 4 . — 1 1 . —' . _ 4 1 MM 5 19 7 12 38 7 7 'Baltimore 9 5 18 32 3 2 12 17 9 4 6 19 1 — 2 3 1 I 5 7 19 « 7 29 38 16 37 91 4 4 17 25 Norfolk MM 9 1 10 2 2 82 6 — •— 1 1 — — — - MM — — 1 — — 1 18 5 6 Jacksonville 29 3 5 4 12 2 — 7 3 1 — 1 2 1 2 5 _ —" — — — — 5 — 5 5 2 3 10 2 1 1 MM MM . 4 bliami...... — —' MM MM MM — — 4 - — • — — — — —• • ——• • r-T — ' — _ 1 — 2 3 • MM Mobile. .1 2 3 8 la — — 2 2 8 3 12 23 — • — 9 9 MM — 1 1 23 9 , 1 33 27 10 34 71 New Orleans... 20 20M V 15 5 33 53 1 3 15 19 7 3 33 43 1 1 10 12 MM — ' 5 5 43 12 5 60 Houston 49 17 85 151 1 2 41 44 25 2 9 36 1 4 13 18 13 3 15 31 — — - 13 13 MM. 1 6 7 31 13 7 Wilmington 51 29 9 13 51 2 1 10 13 2 4 2 8 — — 2 2 1 2 5 8 2 1 2 5 MM — 1 1 8 5 1 14 4 3 •— San Francisco 7 3 2w. 4 MM MM — _ 8 12 — — 3 3 5 1 4 10 5 5 . — __ 10 5 15 8 5 18 31 MMt 2 2 . Seattle 12 6 6 AT 24 — 1 3 4 5 4 3 12 1 3 ,-•>4 1 1 6 8 12 4 8 24 11 5 6 22 1 2 4 7 TOTALS 105 33 114 252 9 17 —• *72 98 68 29 108 205 4 3 "58 65 3 3 '25 31 205 65 30 300 308 120 327 75'5 17 20 187 224 '•"I .V SUMMARY Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped T01AL Registened On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP -CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 *3 ALL 12. 3 ALL A B CALL, 12 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL DECK 119 192 47 t 358 5 44 58 1 107 91_129 _46 I 266 10 27 50 n67 3 14 19 36 266 "87 36 I 389^339 467 112 | 918 18 90 129 I 237 iN&NE 52 170 30"! 252 Y 62 46 I 115 "36 153 23 I 212 6 '32 51 I 89 '3. 25 23 '51212 89 51 j'352 i27 434 . 73 | 634 -13 113 108 I 234 STIWARD 105 33 111^1 252 9 '17 72 I" 98 68__ 29 108 I 205 4 3 56 j 65 "3 _ 3 25 I 3120-5 65 30 j 300 CCS 120 327 | '755 17 20 187 1 224 GRAND TOTALS 276 m 191 1 862 21 123 m 1*3^0 L96 3^,177 I 683 20" 62 159 2U "9 42 67. Hl8i68» , 241 *17 1104lj774 1021 512 12897 48 223 424 I 695. , ^ , . w- ItnM I, IM* SBAPAREkS LOG Pkg« Vtv* IMWU Appealing Picket Ban; Nassau Crew Viins Pay Cains QUESTION: Have you ever considered going after a license? The International Maritime Workers Union is preparing to appeal to the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court against an injunction issued on behalf of Aurustin Andreu, OS: Yes, I've Leo Loney, messman: Frankly I thought about it from time to time, haven't given it too much thought. the runaway-flag Incres Line. The injunction was issued by State Supreme Court Justice but after observ- I've been sailing Greenberg on the petition of^" a number of pnder the SIU the company. It ordered the being tied-up for 11 days. Pas­ ence between the Incres Line mates in action banner for about IMWU not to picket the ships sengers boarded the ship at an­ operation and any other business aboard ship, I five years and or organize the crews. chorage from the sight-seeing boat that might be conducted shoreside don't see where feel that I can't Nevertheless, crewmembers of Manhattan II. The firm which in the States by aliens. It would they have more take time out to the SS Nassau at first refused Xo operates the Manhattan II, the be equally-subject to American resp 0 nsibility get the extra take their ship out on Friday, May Panorama Sightseeing Yacht labor law. t h a li, say, a schooling I would 27. They' set up their own picket Cruise, Inc., was notified subse­ The Incres Line ships are regis­ watch - stander. need to qualify lines following the issuance of the quently by the New York Park tered under the Liberian flag and They're "on call" for a license. An­ injunction, and demanded improve­ Department that a contract allow- have a crew hired overseas in Italy more than unli­ other thing is the ments on their wages and ship­ it to use a gangway at the Battery for ten month sign-ons. censed personnel and usually they cost, too. 1 have a family to sup­ board conditions and a union con­ was cancelled for violation of its Crewmembers were protesting put in more hours a day, too. The port and will probably remain un­ tract. agreement to operate on sight­ $60 a month wage scales, long biggest duty they have, in my licensed because It affords me a As a rpsult of the crewmembers' seeing runs exclusively. hours and inferior working con­ mind, is looking after the cargoes. fair income with which I take care determined stand the crew notified IMWU's attorneys emphasized ditions. The operators had held of my obligations. IMWU that the Incres Line was that, as a labor dispute, the case pegotiation meetings with tho 5* 4" 4> compelled to agree to the follow­ properly belongs under the juris­ Raul Iglesias, 2d cook: I took the 4" 4' t IMWU before the tie-up began but Earl Cain, eook-baker: In 17 ing improvements to get the ship diction of the National Labor Re­ had refused to recognize the union Coast Guard exam for FWT, with out: lations Board.' They pointed out the hopes that years of sailing in this union, I or grant interim wage and over­ can say I've con­ • A 20 percent increase for all that the company, Incres Line, time improvements as demanded. sooner or later I hands retroactive to January 1, operated out of New.York City could get an en­ sidered a licensed As a result, the IMWU then spot. I came to 1960. with offices, passenger reserva­ struck the Nassau, and the Vic­ gineer's license. • Overtime pay Increases, up to tions, storing and other aspects of 1 - tbe conclusion toria was tied up when she came Passed every­ triple for the steward department, the operation conducted in New in, leading to the court action. thing okay — ex­ many times, how­ from 25 to 75 cents an hour, plus ever, that it's York. Further, they added, the The IMWU was set up by the cept for the eye OT .increases for deck and engine vessels' home port Is New York SIU and the National Maritime test because of best for me to men. remain where I and they operate regularly in Union for the purpose of organiz­ color-blindness. I • Eight hour day in deck and American foreign commerce. ing crewmembers on the many saiied five years am. The tilings I engine departments. don't like about As such then, the IMWU posi­ runaway-flag ships v/hich service In the engine de­ • Extra pay for baggage han­ tion i.s that there is little differ­ US ports. partment then transferred to the a license are the dling. steward department where 1 am contract rules you fall under, the • $10 per month bonus for deck presently empioyed. So it looks types of responsibility involved and engine men to compensate for like I will be staying in the unli­ and of the troubles you encounter. lack of tips. censed category for as long as I As an unlicensed man, I have less • Reduction of breakage charges us Lowers Price Tag iT-ilf sail. headaches. from $1.10 to 50 cents per pas­ '4> 4> 4; 4" 4" i senger. (This had been paid for by Fred Parker, oiler; Third as­ the steward department). Joseph DeChalus, messman: Al­ sistant is the next step for me. I • Refund of 25 percent of de­ though tlie idea has passed through hope to take the In Move To Sell LeIlanI ductions for Italian government my mind from Coast Guard tests insurance system (similar to US WASHINGTON—The 88 Leilani is again up for bids by time to time, 1 for the exam in Social Security). prospective US buyers. This time, she's advertised for much don't believe I about two more Crewmembers subsequently sent lower than the previously advertised "special" tag placed would consider a years. Why? Be­ a wire to the IMWU, signed by the licensed job. For cause of money. ten shipboard delegates expressing on her by the Maritime Ad--* :— one thing, I am Because of lon­ thgir "heartfelt lhanks and grati­ ministration for specific use can President~ Lines.^ APL will completely satis­ gevity on the tude" to the IMWU and all those in the domestic trade. probably use the Leilani in the fied with my same job. I have who had assisted them in their The MA, in calling for purchase Hawaii trade. duties in the a wife and two beef. bids on the 18,000-ton vessel, an­ The Leilani was built as a troop steward depart­ children to think Initially, in negotiating with the nounced that it will accept a rock- ship in 1944 and converted to a ment. The same about. The more I make the better operator, the IMWU had sought a bottom price of $3,577,254 if the passenger liner in 1949 by the goes forv^the income derived from it is for them. Though ~my wife 20 percent Increase, OT increases Leilani is to be used for domestic Government.' She was chartered It. Maybe the mates and other has made no specific comments and an eight hour day as part of voyages. This is $822,746 less than at that time to American Export officers make more money, but about it, I am sure she won't com­ an interim contract package. the previous asking price of Lines for its European runs. Three V, then they pay more taxes, too. I'll plain about more money in the Another vessel owned by the $4,400,000. As for the tab on the years later, however, she wound stick where I am. "household kitty." company, the Victoria, sailed after vessel if it's to be used for off­ up in the reserve fleet. Then in shore operation, that's pegged at 1956, the Government sold her to $3,200,000—^unchanged from the Hawaiian-Textron which converted former asking price. her to a passenger liner for Hawaii New Oil Barge Made Of Nylon Only those US citizens who oper­ service. Hawaiian - Textron de­ ate US-flag ships are eligible to faulted on her Government mort­ A novel British innovation for transporting oil in nylon "balloons" has been demon­ bid on the passenger-cargo vessel. gages and the Maritime Adminis­ strated in New York harbor. The nylon barge, called a Dracone, can be filled up with any Bids will be opened in Washington tration then took the vessel back. liquid and hauled through the water via tug. on June 30, the Government agency reported. In the demonstration, a Dra-"^ Chances are good that the vessel cone_ was loaded with 11,000 few problems to surmount before fat, brightly colored sausage-like may be purchased by the I^IU- gallons of heating oil in Bay- they become commonplace, but objects floating in harbor an the Pacifle District-contracted Ameri­ onne and towed 11 miles to Brook­ someday. Seafarers might see big, end of a towline. lyn. It was then unloaded, inflated with carbon dioxide and hauled away "light." British concerns have been using Dracones for 18 months carrying petroleum products to the Isle of Wight in the English Channel. The orange-and-black" striped VflAWi^ Dracone was put through a num­ ber of tests, involving rugged turns, but it handled easily. The Dracones, which are rather ex­ ^miCLBS pensive, (a 35-ton Dracone cost as much as $15,000) were not developed to compete with oil ^l?p£rsy, barges, but to be utilized in special !aet / i y >• problem cases, such as areas where petroleum has just been coming- Into use and had been carried in aye WelcoTiijedhy by drums. They are also well suited for moving small quantities of fuel your ^ in shallow and difficult waters, and have potential in connection with offshore oil drillings rigs. Coast Guard officials who re­ viewed the demonstration noted that in a busy harbor the Dracone, when loaded, might be difficult to see and that there was also a risk of water pollution in Dracone Towboal hauls nylon "balloon" barge in demonstralion of ablliiy of device to handle quantities of cargoes. < petroleum products on short hauls. Device is in use in Great Britain but has yet to be approved by Jt 'seems that Dracones have a US Coast Guard for American operations.

• i. • '• A5'- • •. ijl Par* Six SEAFARERS LOG June I, im Mobile Gets Cement-Hauling Tanker SIU BLOOD BANK HONOR ROLL

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TJie SIU blood bcnfc supplies Seafarers or members of their families with blood anywhere in the United States. Seafarers can donate to the bank at the SIU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few of the Seafarers and others who have donated to the blood bank. Bull, Hartley Nelson, Edgar Wendell, Richard J. Stanton, Joseph r'

Praytor, James Arthurs, Peter ^ -.i Linden, Clarence C. Ramirez, Luis A. Johnson, Walter A. Faulkner, Keith S. Castaldo, Vincento J. Langstrand, Eugene L. Connors,' Robert J. Morgan, Robert J. Wilson, Stanley R= Steighner, Willis V. Dressed up for ceremonies, converted T-3 tanker Keva Ideol is shown in Mobile shipyard. Vessel will Lescovlch, Walter Stodolski, Joseph now operate as cement carrier for Ideal Cement, which has a number of plants in the Gulf area Libby, Herbert Schoenfeld, Philip and on the West Coast. Tselentis, Argyrangelos N. Gonzalez, Gregorio Benitez, Perfecto . Jones, Morgan L. MOBILE—Seafarers in this port have crewed-up a novel special-purpose ship here, the Effner, John E. Nieves, Juan Keva Ideal, a T-3 tanker which has.been converted inlp a self-unloading cement carrier. Sanders, Stanley J. Fitzpatrick, Mark J. The one other specialized ship of this nature under SIU deep-sea contract is the Florida Pickur, Andrew Foy, Paul R. Claudio, OUUo J. Feinstein, David -•State, owned by Ponce Ce--» — DeFilippo, Frank Stovall, Walter H. ment. The Florida State is also officers and crew as Standard Hansen, Fred M., Jr. ' Peters, Nicholas R. a converted ship, formerly one equipment. While a number of Whitley, Ralph T. Bonefont, Felix Hub Improves of the standard Libertys. ships on coastwise and nearby BOSTON—Shipping, over the Formerly operated in oil trades, foreign runs have such sets, all the Keva Ideal was purchased by of them have been purchased by past period swung over to the crewmembers themselves. brighter side. One more ship and the Ideal Cement Company and Runaways Scuttling converted into a self-unloader cap­ Many Gulf Plants eight more men were serviced and able of hauling more than 80,000 shipped respectively over the pre­ barrels of bulk cement. It is also The Keva Ideal was converted at the Alabama Dry Dock in Mo­ US Law Standards vious period. equipped td carry and discharge A publication recently issued by the Duke University -- '•J Four men shipped in the deck 13,000 tons of limestone or .gypsum bile. Ideal has a cement :ilant in department as did three in the en­ in lieu of ccmcnt. Both materials that city, as well as plints in School of Law contains some pungent observations on the gine department and two in the are used in the cement manufactur­ Baton Rouge, Houston and 14 other runaway ship issue jn a study of transportation in the United steward department. ing process. locations. It is expected that the States. ship will run mostly in Gulf serv­ Discussing the runaway Two ships, Royal Oak (Cities Four Cement Pumps ice, with occasional voyages to the shipping is by joint action ofl Service) and Bents Fort (Cities For loading and unloading pur­ problem, Eli Oliver, head-of longshoremen, ship-repair workers, West Coast. Ideal also operates of the Washington office of the Service) paid off at-the New Eng­ poses the ship-was equipped with a number of barges and tugs in its seamen, and petroleum workers. land port. Cantigny (Cities Serv­ four cement pumps, as well as Labor Bureau of the Middle West "Unions of these workers, coor­ cement-carrying operations. declared: "It is difficult to under­ dinated through the ITF, can, ice), Jefferson City (Victory) and two 48-inch apron feeders for While there are relatively few Steel Rover (Isthmian) were serv­ discharging limestone and gypsum stand how United States Govern­ without doubt, put enough pres­ cement carriers in deep sea opera­ ment officials can condone, as sure upon the ship operators to iced in-transit. onto a sequence of conveyer belts. tion, they are common on the Other equipment is designed to some of them seem to do, the force them to reestablish union Boston, which depends heavily Lakes and the SIU Great Lakes evasion and undermining of our conditions, even though under on the oil tanker trade, has been keep holds and scraper tunnels District has a number of such ves­ free of dust. legal standards by 'runaway' Amer­ 'convenience' flags. The water­ affected by the slump in oil ship­ sels under contract carrying ce­ ican shipowners . ." fronts of the world may see some ments, as well as the usual spring A novel feature of the vessel is ment, limestone, crushed rock and He Indicated that the only solu­ vigorous action before the situa­ lull in the tanker business. the inclusion of television sets for other building materials. tion to the problem of rimaway tion is stabilized." WatchOut for

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One of the hazards the galley force al­ ways has to contend with is chipped or broken glassware, the cause of many a sliced finger. It's hard to eliminate this kind of on accident completely, glassware being what it is. But one thing that can be done is to examine all glassware periodic­ Ml' ally for chips and cracks. Damaged ware

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m iv';- •i: :::X. m fwe I, IMt SEAFARERS LOG Pace Sewtm House Gets Ship Trade-in Bill; Would Aid Unsubsidized Lines By SIDNEY MAHGOLIUS , A bill permitting non-subsidized steamship companies, including Alcoa and Bull Line, to improve their fleets by permitting them to trade-in present ships for more modern vessels Th» Cost Of Retirement has cleared its first hurdle and has now been thrown into the hopper of the US House of Conferences on retirement proiblems recently held In various states Representatives by the Com-f have brought out significant financial facts that even workers who mittee on Merchant Marine merce and Defense have given for more up-to-date C-2s, C-3s and have some years to go ought to know about. As US Sen. Eugene and Fisheries. their approval to the bill, with other vessels and Bull Line would McCarthy of Minnesota remarked at a Cleveland conference, despite It would authorize the exchange certain suggested modifications, like to swap some of its ships for the increase in life expectancy the death rate Is still 100 percent. So's and the General Accounting Office C-4S. the retirement rate. of certain war-built vessels for more modern and efficient ones, has also supported the proposal. Supporters of the bill say that This department has estimated a minimum budget for a retired The bill also has the support of it would offer many positive con­ couple based on data from the Community Council of Greater New with the aim of upgrading the American-flag non-subsidized fleet. the American Merchant Marine tributions to the American econ­ York, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other agencies. Institute, representing Atlantic & omy. In addition to boosting the Here is approximately what this budget would run in a typical US Hardest Hit The unsubsidized operators rep­ Gulf Coast shipowners, but has lot of the unsubsidized operators, city at today's prices: been opposed by the Pacific Ameri­ it would bring some sizable cash Monthly resent the hardest-hit segment of the American-flag merchant ma­ can Steamship Association. payments into the Treasury and Food :...... $62.00 If the bill is passed, the SlU- be serving the national interest Housing, utilities 77.00 rine. They have argued they must have efficient vessels if they are contracted Alcoa Steamship Com­ by strengthening our defense ca­ Medical care 18.00 pany plans to trade in its C-.1 fleet pabilities. Clothing 13.00 to continue operations. Since con­ Other goods, services 40.00 struction costs" are so high, these operators hope to be allowed to Ship Replicas His Hobby Total $210.00 make use of existing vessels which This budget is really the minimum. It allows only a dollar a day would be suitable to their needs. per person for food, and just, a two or three-room rented apartment. Both the Departments of Com- It would provide a retirement of shabby respectability. You could pay r r < your basic bills. But you couldn't own a car on it, nor have much recreation, nor any margin to cope with an expensive medical disaster. f • Actually, most of the already-retired workers this reporter met at the conferences estimated that you really need about $250 a month Can't Quit for modestly-comfortable retirement. Florida state aijthorities, who have had a lot of experience with retirement expenses, also warn retirees they should have about $250 a month for modest security. Subsidy Run Looking at this estimate of modest living costs for a retired couple In a large city, you can see your potential problems are: 1—Insufficient income to cover even a very modest budget. Even maximum Social Security currently payable to a retired couple, of On Seaway $180 a month, falls noticearbiy short of the minimum budget. 2—Housing takes an unusual slice of the retired couple's budget— WASHINGTON — The Federal 87 percent compared to the more usual 33 percent. Housing is the Maritime Board staff has recom­ |r - largest expense. The housing allotment in this budget includes fur­ mended denial of Grace Lines' re­ nishings, cleaning supplies and utilities. quest to abandon its subsidized 3—Medical care also looms notoriously large In a retired worker's Great Lakes-Caribbean service on budget. It's given 9 percent of the income compared to the 5Vi percent the grounds that it would tend to younger families typically spend. "lower the dignity of a subsidy contract" to a "profit seeking de­ 4—Present Social Security rules are hard on widows especially. A vice" to be abandoned when the Seafarer Frank Mayo, who went on special disability pension bock widow gets only three-fourths the amount payable to her husband, or profits temporarily vanish. to put it another way, half what they got together. But her living costs in November, 1958, uses, most of his spore moments re-creating .are more than 50 percent. Typical living costs of a single person are The Board had previously agreed modeb of ships he once soiled. about 70 percent of those of a couple. Thus, the most a widow can get to let Grace Line suspend the serv­ from Social Security at this time is $90 a month. But the costs of this ice pending the outcome of its ap­ minimum budget for a single person would be close to $150 today. plication for permanent discontin­ uation of the Lakes-Caribbean Medical Insurance Most Obvious Need service. You don't have to be an economics expert to look at these estimated Great Lakes Port Hosts living costs and see what's most urgently needed to assure retirees at Grace originally asked the Board least shabby respectability. to let it stop the service perma­ 1—Most obvious need is to provide hospital and surgical insurance nently because it lost $1,657,000 through the Social Security system. At the various retirement con­ during last year's operations. A 'Big One'-Ocean Evelyn ferences the big plea was for the Forand bill. In fact, at the Lake- Among the reasons given by Grace Line for discontinuing oper­ TOLEDO, Ohio—^The SS Ocean Evelyn, usually a deep- wood, NJ, retirement conference, ations were costly delays in the sea wanderer, caused a mild sensation when it showed up at the delegates ignored the hotel's Seaway as well as frequent dam­ this Great Lakes port on May 10. The Evelyn, which is a C-4, evening entertainment until the age to its vessels. Trade between is the largest ocean-going ship master of ceremonies hit on the the - US and Cuba has also been ever to dock in Toledo, which a hazard in navigating the Seaway. idea of introducing the entertain­ affected by the political picture in Measuring 522 feet in length and ers as supporting the Forand bill. is still getting used to the idea that country, cutting back on cargo of being a "deep-sea" outlet in 73 feet in the beam, the Ocean 2—Another critical need is mod­ opportunities. Evelyn exceeded the previous erate-cost housing. If a couple can the second year of the St. Law­ > ^ rence Seaway's operation. The deep-sea ship size by 46 feet. That arrange mortgage payments during was a British-flag vessel, the Wave- • their working years so their house Notify Union SlU-contracted Maritime Overseas crest, which was in Toledo last is paid up on retirement, they will Corp. is the owner of the Evelyn, which was chartered to States Ma­ year. have taken a big step toward On LOG Mail Some of the specialized bulk- solving this costliest problem. As Seafarers know, copies of rine for this voyage. The Evelyn's arrival in Toledo carriers on the Lakes run longer But many working families can't each issue of the SEAFARERS than that, but they are designed manage this. Other potential solu­ LOG are mailed every two symbolized some of the problems which deepwater ships have on specifically for Lakes travel, with tions are" cooperative housing or weeks to all SIU ships as well as low profiles, relatively - shallow Government - sponsored develop­ to numerous clubs, bars and the Seaway and the Lakes because other overseas spots where Sea­ of the restricted draft of the chan­ draft and box-like shape, enabling ments that will provide three-room them to navigate the locks and apartments for $60-$75 a month farers congregate ashore. The nel and the various harbors. Nor­ procedure for mailing the LOG mally capable of handling 11,000 shallow-depth harbors with full including utilities. ' loads. Many already retired or about involves calling all SIU steam­ tons of cargo, the Ocean Evelyn to, are reluctant to join housing ship companies for the itiner­ came into Toledo Overseas Ter­ co-ops when they have a chance. aries of their ships. On the minal to pick up 2,000 tons of Often they say they don't ^want to basis of the information sup­ Army trucks and other assorted VVHEAJ CHA^SING wait "two or three years." This is 9 mistake. In two or three years plied by the ship operator, three military equipment for ti-ansit to AVDRESS OK LOQ copies of the LOG, the head­ many still will be living in the same small costly flats. La Pallice, France, and Rotterdam. mUKGUSTPlE^ A faster solptioh is now available. A new law permits renovation of quarters" report and minutes At that, this cargo total was the Existing small apartment buildings with FHA mortgage assistances, forms are then airmailed to the largest general cargo shipment to First organization to use the new law is Chicago Universitys reports company agent in the next port leave a Great Lakes port on a \9:^AL70K£1 Cooperative News Service. The university bought a 40-year-old six of call. deep-sea ship. apartment'building for rehabilitation, and has turned it into a co-op. Similarly, the seamen's clubs For that reason, American ship 3—Another urgent need is for financial, medical and nutritional get various quantities of LOGs operators have had tough going on counseling of older people. They are the targets of a number of health at every mailing. The LOG is the Seaway run, since the smaller sent to any club when a Sea­ diesel-powered foreign-flag ships rackets, real-estate promoters, nutritional fads and insurance promo­ farer so requests it by notifying tions. the LOG office that Seafargrs have less of a draft and can run Widows especially seem to get snared, reports the Cleveland Better congregate there. profitably with smaller cargo loads. Business Bureau. Recently a number of widows there were hit by high- As always the Union would Like many another deep-sea ship pressure home-repair promoters. They charged one widow $800 for like to hear promptly from SIU on the Lakes, the Evelyn had some fixing the gutters of her house. Another signed, a contract to pay $1,300 ships whenever the LOG and difficult moments getting through for a repair that the bureau estimates was worth $10. Another paid ship^s mail is not deiiverad so the locks, particularly in the Wet­ $1,700 for a shoddy remodeling job. in all, the BBB reports, the pro­ that the Union can maintain a land Canal. A stiff 25-mile-an- moters took a total of $71,000 from widows in that city in one campaign. day-to-day check on the accu­ hour wind made handling touchy. . Significantly, these women didn't wait to get advice. The BBB hai racy of its mailing lists. Deep-sea ships, with their rela­ ;^ejrecbrds of these promoters and could have warned them. tively-high profiles, find the wind Ww Bdil SEAFARERS LOG Jimei 19M MTD Fights RaH's Bid For Barge tine Control •kd-J ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Submitting a statement on behalf of the Maritime Trades Department and its member maritime un­ ions, including the SIU, Captain John Bishop, secretary- treasurer of the Masters,' Mates & Pilots denounced a roads have been warring both on proposal to permit two rail­ deep-sea and Inland water trans­ roads to purchase a Mississippi port companies in the domestic River barge line. trades. Bishop's testimony was present­ In his testimony. Bishop pointed ed at Interstate Commerce Com­ out that unless water transporta­ mission hearings in this city called tion can continue to exist in com­ on the proposal of the Illmois petition with railroads, a monopoly Central and Southern Pacific Rail­ would be established in which the J..'-.,, roads to purchase the John I. Hay public would suffer through pay­ Company. ment of higher prices. The hearings are considered an Cargo rates would Inevitably in­ Important test in the railroad's crease and price rises would fol­ •'I'J drive to destroy competing water low. "Competition by the water­ transportation either through be­ ways," he said, "enhances not only low-cost selective rate cuts or by cheaper rates but also better serv­ buying up the opposition. The rail- ice and thuS^ it benefits the public interest." 80,000 Jobs At Stake Should the Hay purchase go Motor launch operated by SIU Great Lakes District pulls away front ship as SIU repi'esentative clam­ through, Bishpp warned, it would bers up ladder. Launch is used to service union-contracted ships and as an assist in organizing. signal the end of the barge indus- ^ on the inland waterways and ^ -J the Jobs of 80,000 maritime em­ ployees in that industry. Lakes SIU Boasts Ship Taxi > The object of purchasing the barge line, Bishop said, is to use DETROIT—A new and speedy service for Great Lakes District Seafarers is being it as a weapon to destroy competi­ operated by the Union for ships passing through Algonac. A 26-foot laimch is being SUP Canadian District officials tive barge companies by establish­ operated by the District to transport SIU representatives to the ships. Algonac is midway hope to place around 40 men ing joint rail-barge rates at levels between Port Huron, at the^" aboard the newly launched 42,000- below the ability of the competi­ entrance to Lake Huron, and with a loudspeaker system which ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore ton tanker Emerillon whose home tion to survive. Detroit. is handy during organizing drives radio. port will be Mdntreal. The vessel's Previous Sales Hit and other beefs. With the launch available, the owners have announced the ship Bishop cited the railroad's aban­ Before the launch was obtained, Great Lakes representatives were The launch is a Chris Craft Great Lakes District plans on hit­ will be leased to Shell Oil of Can­ donment of a series of deep-sea equipped with two 100-hp engines, ting every contracted ship at least ada on a 20-year charter. The and inland waterways operations obliged to wait as long as six hours for freighters to transit the enabling It to keep pace with the once a month during the shipping Emerillon was built under the which they had owned in past fastest Lakes freighters. It-has season. Canada Vessel Construction Act years as forecasting the fate of St. Clair River in points between which specifies that, among other other barge lines which might Po.rt Huron, Mich, and Detroit. things, newly built ships must come under railroad control. He The Second Season register in that country or in Great also reviewed the experience of The service was undertaken last Britain. The ship boasts modern, the coa.stwi.se and Intercoastal summer and was welcomed by SIU Tanker Recession Grows; well-ventilated and heated quar­ steamship industry which has suf­ crews. It permits Union represen­ ters for both crew and officers. fered severe losses as a result of tatives to board the vessels at t> $• ti cutthroat railroad tactics. Algonac and ride the ships for One of the newest members of Testimony against the purchase three hours during which there is 402 Vessels Now idle the Sailors Union of The Pacific to has also been recorded by the In­ ample time to settle shipboard be added to the Pensioner's list is land Waterways Common Carriers beefs. In addition, the launch en­ Even the Liberian-flag specialists—Aristotle Onassis and Frank P. Morgan, a member of the Association, the American Water­ ables the Lakes District to service Essp—are stiffering from the impact of the world-wide tanker SUP since 1947. Brother Morgan ways Operators and other water­ more ships. slump, a ship consultant service reports. The Charles R. Weber entered the merchant service after ways groups. The SIU "taxi" is also equipped Company noted that Onassis-*'^ — serving for a number of years in has. ten vessels in lay-up while cently launched In West German the Navy. He was aboard the Lykes Esso has 21 ships idle out of shipyards, 36,000-ton job for Esso freighter Nemasha which was in a total of 402 tankers laid up all and two smaller ones, the first all-daylight convoy to Scholarship Student over the world. The 402 tankers Many of the new tankers partic­ Murmansk. His ship was one of add up to more than six million ularly American-flag ships, have 87 which got through. deadweight tons. been forced to carry grain and ^ Three dredge boats in St. John, Picks Engineering This Indicates an increase of other substitute cargoes in order New Brunswick, have been some 600,000 deadweight tons and to avoid going into lay-up. brought under contract by the 39 vessels since the last report, is­ It is generally agreed that even sued as of January 15. At that time, if the oil cargo' picture were to SIU Canadian District. One of the (Ed. note: This is the first of a series of articles on the dredges had previously been under there were 363 tankers in lay-up change radically, there are enough the Dutch flag. The boats are winners of the five $6,000 college scholarships awarded each totaling 5,800,000 deadweight tons. supertankers available to carry all owned by a new company which year by the Seafarers Welfare Plan.) US-flag tankers represent about the oil that might be needed, leav­ will be working on the deepening W^irming an SIU scholarship 10 percent of the total laid-up fleet, ing the T-2s on the expendable, list. ajnd widening of channels in St. has made an education in en­ students In both scholastic and 40 tankers and a total of 650,000 John harbor. gineering possible for Stan­ extra-curricular" activities." While tons. t> t> t> ford Smith. The elder Smith, a in high school he was a member British Petro At Top Skipper's Letters The Marine Cooks Stewards long-time member of the SIU, of the Industrial Arts Club, the Leading the list of companies Do Not Count "•11 Union, San Francisco, ^s received joined up just one month after the Beta Club, .the Newman Club and with tankers Idle Is British Petro­ a merit award from the United Bay SIU was founded, In December of Junior Achievement. leum, with 28 vessels tied up, fol­ It has been called to the at­ Area Crusade for its "outstanding 1938, and carries a "Gulf" book. lowed by Esso with 21 ships, most tention of headquarters that support" last year of Community some skippers have been claim­ Stanford Junior, an "A" student of them runaway-flag vessels. Brit­ . Health and Welfare Services. The at East Jefferson High, Metairie, ish Petroleum, incidentally, Joasts ing that they have "clarifica­ award was forwarded to MCS La. is the second Norfolk Has a far larger tanker fleet than any tions" on various sections of the Secretary-Treasurer Ed Turner oldest in a family American carrier. The champion standard agreement in the form through Edwin B. Love, liaison of five children. In this respect Is Royal Dutch- of a letter from the Union or representative of the San Fran­ His sister Patri­ 3 Payoffs Shell which has over 500 tankers. some other communication. cisco Labor Council; The only official clarifications cia Is also grad­ Onassis' ten ships in lay-up rep­ it i> t> uating from high NORFOLK — Norfolk shipping are those which" have been ap­ Preparations are underway at school and . plans was on the slow bell over the last, resent under 20 percent of his per­ proved by the joint Uriion^em-" .A Marine Cooks and Stewards head­ to attend colJege, period according to port agent Paul sonal shipping fleet. With some 40 pioyer clarifications committee quarters and branches for a special studying home Gonsorchik. During the period the ships still running, he's not yet a and have been priqted up as reterendum vote on the one-year economics. port had three payoffs, no sign ons candidate for the poorhouse. such as clarifications to the con­ and foiur vessels touching here in- The tan.ker problem is compli­ tract. All other so-called "clari­ shipping rule. The balloting, which Smith He hopes to be­ was okayed unanimously by the come an engi­ transit. cated by the large numbers of fications" have no contract sta­ membership, will take place during neer, though he hasn't decided ex­ Andrew Jackson (Waterman), CS aging vessels still available for ac­ tus whatsoever. the , months of June and July. actly what branch of engineering Miami (Cities Service) anC Thetis tive service, ^'orty of the laid up As previously reported, the Counting will be completed by the to specialize in when he. stalls (Rye. Marine) were the ships that ships are at least 25 years old, and clarifications committee is cur­ following month and the results school next fall at Louisiana State paid off. Mankato Victory (Victory), a great many qf them are World rently in the process of rewrit­ ing and condensing the existing discussions scheduled for Septem- University. Wacosta (Waterman), Alcoa Pen­ War II T-2s. • ;i. will be incorporated in the ship­ nant '(Alcoa) and Orion Clipper clarifications, but until official 'Outstanding Student' Constmctloii Continues notice is received from the Un­ ping rules at the next wage review Stanford was highly, recommend­ (Orion) reach?;d port in-transit. At tl^e same time that tanker There were no beefs reported. ion all ships are to proceed on her 30. The one-year rule is. ex­ ed by the principal of his high lay-ups are reaching new -highs, the basis of the existing docu­ pected to be passed by a great school, Mr. S. J. Barbre, who said Shipping for the future Is rated new tankers, keep coming out of ments. • . ,.'i •. • V'-.l majority. that he was "one of the outstanding as not so good. the yards. Three sufiere -f

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Early last week, the SIU health center in New York gave its lOjOOOth physical examination, marking another milestone in the pro­ gram of the Medical Department of. the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Like all the examinations that proceeded it, this exam consisted of a com­ plete physical check-up, including blood test, chest x-ray, electrocar­ diograph and other medical procedures. In less than an hour, Seafarer Carl Johnson had been checked out as physically-fit and could go back chronic conditions or illnesses in the to work with the assurance that he early stages, before they become serious was in tip-top condition. enough to disable a Seafarer and pre­ Operating under the direction of Dr. vent him from working. Joseph Logue, medical director of the Since examinations are given at least Plan, the health center in New York, once a year, and more often if the Sea­ plus similar facilities- in the ports of farer's condition warrants, the centers Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans and are able to detect such ailments as tuberculosis, diabetes, high blood pres­ Houston, regularly check on the health sure, various heart and circulatory ail­ of Seafarers as well as members' of their ments, deteriorating eyesight or hearing families. The New York clinic, the first and similar conditions before they to open, has been operating for three reach the disabling stage. In a great years now. many instances, early detection of ail­ The SIU centers have a specialized ments of this type, when followed up function, to detect and prevent illness. by proper treatment, enable the Sea­ No treatment is given at the center, farer to lead a normal life and keep which refers Seafarers to Public Health on working. Particular success in this Service hospitals and members of their area has been achieved with tubercu­ families to family physicians when ti-eat- losis, once an especially-serious problem ment is indicated. Instead, the center for seafaring men. concentrates on examination procedures, and in the process, turns up numerous Where a Seafarer is found to have a . - f.. chronic condition which could, if left Dr. Joseph Logue congratulates Seafarer Johnson for passing unchecked, impair his ability to con­ health exam with flying colors, as Mrs. Johnson looks on. Exam­ tinue working; he is referred for treat­ ination consists of head-to-toe physical, plus X-ray, blood tests ment to the Public Health hospital sys­ ' 4 tem, and a check is kept on his progress and urinalysis. by examining him at three or six-month intervals. Not the least of the advantages offered by the centers is the speed of service. By scheduling all phases of the exam­ ination at one time, the center is able to complete the exam and have the re­ 4 sults available within an hour or so. Normally such procedures would take a day or more if a patient went to his own physician or a hospital for such an -' examination. The specialized services for members of Seafarers' families include those of a gynecologist and a pediatrician, both of whom are available during the once- • •• \ a-week period set aside for family exam­ J i| inations. These benefits -are free of charge to SIU families. A separate service provided by the New York center is in. collecting con­ Checking an X-ray taken at center Three Seafarers in Baltimore are Seafarers' dependents have after­ tributions tb the .SIU's Blood Bank in New York is Dr. Logue (at shown entering SIU clinic there. noon a week set aside for their which assures seamen and their families right) and staff jnembers of the Facilities are maintained in ' five check-ups. PHS or private doctors everywhere of blood transfusions when ports. ' give treatment. needed. TfTm SEAFARERS LOG j«B« t. im No OT For This Job .rfi For 50-50' On Oil Cargo WASHINGTON—The Office of Civil Defense Mobilization has received the final argu­ ments from two tanker groups seeking a Government-imposed 50 percent ruling on all oil imports. Under the 50-50 proposal, half of this country's oil; imports would be brought in by US-flag ships. The adoption of this plan is being fought by agemeht) Committee for Ameri­ "level of ttie requirements of the the major oil companies and can-flag Tankers, and the Com­ coastwise tankers trade . . ." But J consequently it is faced with tough mittee of American Flag Tanker this Is mi^eading since the going. Owners, Inc., which is made up of domestic trade for tankers is di­ The two groups seeking the tbe operators of fourteen large minishing because of construction ruling are the Joint (Labor-Man- tankers built after the Suez crisis. of new pipelines and the growth The Joint Committees, of which of inland waterway transportation. the SIU and NMU are members, Between the pipelines and the run­ asked for a public hearing or a away competition, the American- Many Urge fact-finding committee, but this flag tanker Industry has been request . was turned down by sorely hit. Several new supertank­ OCDM director Leo Hoegh. The ers have not been able to find any group made reference to the recent cargoes after leaving the yards, Dumping Paris summit conference break-up and others have been forced to and its adding to tension and sug­ accept substitute cargoes such as gested it would be foolhardy "not grain. Both the National Defender to do everything necessary at this and Trapseastern, for example, are Restrictions vital element of our war potential." carrying grain, as are many other Seofarer Red Campbell on the Beatrice (Bull Line) takes oii a They also pointed out that every WASHINGTON —State Depart­ older American tankers. formidable task as he tries.to ,decipher James Joyce's "Ulysses." major country, including Great At the same time that American- Mdybe it should be classified cis penalty cargo. ment officials and members of pri­ Britain, France, Japan, Norway vate organizations have urged the flag tanker groups are fighting for Senate Foreign Relations Commit­ and Italy in one form or another a fair share of the oil imports, tee to prohibit US-flag ships from require a large percentage of their pressure is mounting to cut down dumping oil wastes in certain areas oil imports to be carried on tank­ on oil imports. and giake it mandatory for them ers of that nation. Domestic oil producers have Congress Uiges Aid Cuts to carry oil record books. The spokesman for the Joint complained that their output has Committee noted thdt the critical been forced down drastically and Oil wastes dumped too close in­ issue is whether or not all US oil unless something is done the oil shore pollute beaches and harbors imports are to be carried on industry will be seriously crippled and destroy considerable wildlife, foreign flag tankers and questioned Various fuel, raiU and labor or­ including fish, shellfish and birds, whether the concept of "effective ganizations have met with Dept. of WASHINGTON—The House Banking and Currency Com­ which normally inhabit shallow wa­ control" of such ships is consistent the Interior Secretary Fred A. Sea- ters off the coastlines. mittee has reiterated Congressional opposition to discrimina­ with national security require­ ton to discuss the condition of the tion against shipping in the Middle East. In a vote on the The group suggested that Con­ ments. American oil industry, and other gress introduce legislation aimed Major oil companies are op­ oil groups have met with Ad­ newly-formed International i at curbing the oil waste dumping posing the 50-50 plan because.they by implementing US adherence to ministration officials. Development Association, the wish to carry their oil on tax-free, A cut in the oil import quotas committee called for granting the 1954 International Convention low-wage runaway tankers at the Senate Body For The Prevention of Pollution would be of some relief to the expense of the American-flag American-flag tanker industry the • President authority to with­ of the Sea by Oil. hold aid from any nation which A State Department official told tanker fleet and American seamen. since it would mean that domestic Votes Boost the legislators that such a measure These companies, led by Esso, oil, which would replace imported discriminates against shipping of would not change in any way the are reported to want activities of oil, would have to be carried in another nation. US-flag tankers frozen at the American-flag bottoms. in Subsidy present laws dealing with the pol­ .Aimed at Arab Boycott WASHINGTON—A bill to in­ lution of territorial waters. It's The clause is simiiar to one al­ crease the construction subsidy aim should, however, prohibit differential to 55 percent from a American-registered vessels from ready inserted by the House and discharging oil or oil wastes in any Senate in the foreign aid bill. In present 50 percent has been favor­ of the zones specified in the con­ Your Gear... placing it in the foreign ^ald legis­ ably reported to the Senate by committee action. vention and its annexes. lation, the Senators supporting the move made it clear that it was The bill, if passed by the Sen­ for ship • • • for shore aimed primarily at the Arab ate and signed into law by the League boycott of Israeli shipping White House would assist Ameri­ Mates Vote Whatever you need, in work or dresi in the Suez Canal. However, they can shipbuilders by enabling .them gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top noted, it could apply equally to to compete with foreign shipyards quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ the Arab League practice of black-, on a more equal basis. The Depart­ On Full-Time listing American-flag shipping be­ ment of Commerce, however, has ing at your Union°owned and Union- cause such shipping had previously gone on record as being against Presidency operated Sea Chest store. traded with Israel. such a measure on the ground that The SIU had picketed the Egyp­ prices of materials and labor in GALVESTON — Constitutional Sport Coats safeguards and changes required tian-flag Cleopatra in New York in American yards are expected to by the 1959 Landrum-Griffin Act Slacks protest against these same blacklist drop over the coming years. It is were the major orders of business Dress Shoes practices. natural to assume that this Is the at the Master Mates & Pilots bien­ Work Shoes Administration Opposed view of the administration, too. nial convention here as 44 MMP Socks The bill would amend the Mer­ I ^•••' As in the foreign aid bill, the chant Marine Act of 1938 and ap­ delegates voted to expand the voice Dungarees clause is running into stiff opposi­ of local unions in the international Frisko Jeens ply to shipbuilding contracts operation. tion from the Eisenhower Admin­ signed during the two year period CPO Shirts istration, which Is not expected to Representing 11,000 MMP mem- Dress Shirts following the date the law is en- bets in 47- locals throughout the make use of the authority granted acted. It would also cover keels United States, Canada, Panama Sport Shirts by Congress. laid after June 30, 1959. Belts -<• and Puerto Rico, the delegates The International Development At present, Japan and Germany voted to make the office of presi­ Khakis Association has been set up by the can build large cargo vessels for dent full-time, with full pay. They Ties United States "and other Western about 46 percent of what its costs also nominated candidates for top Sweat Shirts nations to raise $1 billion for the their US counterparts, A similar officers. T-Shirts purpose of assisting under-devel­ vessel costing the US $13,000,000 The delegates abolished the posts Shorts oped nations of the world. could be built by either Japan or of district vice-presidents, previ­ Briefs Rep. Abe Multer (Dem.-NY) led Germany for $6,000,000. The dif­ ously filled by convention action, the fight for the anti-discrimination ference is mainly due to the cheap- and created in.stead a board of Swim Trunks Sweaters clause in the House Banking Com­ of labor costs and it's here that directors. Under the new arrange­ mittee where it was adopted by a foreign shipbuilders derive their ment, the executive office of each Sou'westers top-heavy majority. greatest profits. local will automatically become a Raingear member of the board. Caps In addition to the voting of ex­ Writing Materials panded voice and the abolition of Toiietries Stay Put For Joblesis Pay certain posts, the delegates nomi­ Eiectric Shavetg ' Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while nated p. F. O'Callahan of Balti­ Radios on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid more, Arthur L. Holdeman of. New changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­ York, Price L. Mitchell of Mobile, Television' Roy D.XurVey of Boston and Floyd Jewelry ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already D. Gaskins of Norfolk, all as presi­ Cameras experienced interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting dential nominees. Luggage their next check after they notified the state .^.tinemployment Nominated - for sSecretary-treas- offices that they had moyed and changed their mailing address. urer, the only other full-tlmO post, were the incumbent Capt. John An average delay of a month is reported in moCt pases, causing M. Bishop, and Car^ B. Mortensen fhe SEA considerable hardship to the men involved. ; ef New York.

r-. -•••rii'tl loM S. 1M« SEAFARERS LOG Par« KICTM r.-' •' lA Penny Saved.. 20,000 Jam Labor Rally In Drive For Forand Bill An overflow crowd of more than 20,000 elderly persons gathered at New York's Madison Square Garden to hear AFL- CIO president George Meany speak on the labor-supported Forand Bill now before*- Congress. The gigantic rally ters of older citizens cannot afford was he^ld on the 25th anni­ to pay for the care they would versary of the present Social need if they were seriously ill. Security Act, urging the broaden­ The survey also testifies to the fact ing of that Act to make additional that medical costs have sky­ provisions for retired workers' rocketed 45 percent in the past health care. ten years while the over-all cost of Health Insurance Drive living has Jumped about 20 per­ The rally culminated a drive on cent. the part of Americans over 65 to gain health insurance. The Issue itself - has brought tremendous pressure from voters throughout Docs Erred; the United States and from the nation's trade unions, causing the Administration to do an about- face. The Administration now $265,000 plans to pressure for some kind of Federally - supported measure for voluntary health insurance. Presi­ t > dent Eisenhower earlier this year To Seaman had stalemated such^ proposal. A seaman was awarded $265,000 Eisenhower has still indicated by a Federal Court jury after a an indexible stand toward the idea ruled verdict was issued that he of using the Social Security Sys­ became partially-paralyzed as a re­ tem as being "compulsory affairs" sult of errors made during an and that he is against "compulsory operation at a Government hos­ affairs." pital. The Administration bill is an The seaman, William Suther­ effort to counter the rising tide of land, 58 years old, of Denver, Col­ sentiment for the Forand Bill, orado, was awarded $15,000 from backed by the AFL-CIO, which the Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., would finance health care for the and $125,000 each from a neuro­ aged through the Social Security surgeon, in private practice and a System. The response to this bill, second surgeon employed at the introduced by Rep. Aime J. Forand USPHS Hospital in Stapleton, S.I. (Dem.-RI) has been overwhelming Gov't Liable as Senators and Representativea Judge Gus Solomon ruled that have been fiooded with mail in the Government was liable for Dr. favor of some kind of measure Urban's burden of the judgment. along these V lines. Sutherland had suffered severe in­ US maritime unions, and the traveling public generally, Most In Favor juries June 26, while aboard Many publications have come out Moore-Mac vessel en route to Trin­ can be expected to look with jaundiced eye on the delibera­ in favor of the principle of th^ idad from Rio de Janeiro. British Sea tions of the current international conference of the Safety Forand Bill, stating that private, It was charged that an artery of Life At Sea, if the opening decisions of the meeting are voluntary plans "can never meet leading to the seaman's brain was the whole need' (Life magazine) erroniously tied off during th« Union Seeks any index. The refusal of the conference to endorse a comr and "the voluntary approach sim­ operation resulting in injury to the pulsory system of ocean tracking for trarisatlahtic passenger ply will not do the job" (Business brain and paralysis. More Money vessels shows that the shipowners of most of the leading Week magazine). Sutherland, now a patient in British seamen want more European maritime nations are determined not to spend a A Department of Health, Educa­ Beekman-Downtown hospital, has money. At a recent general meet­ nickel more on behalf of the safety of crews and passengers. tion and Welfare survey has been confined to a wheel-chair clearly indicated that three-quar­ since the operation. ing of the ISritish National Union The irony of it all is that this conference was called largely of Seamen, Thomas Yates, the gen­ eral secretary of the organization, because of the collision between the Andrea Doria and the backed a resolution calling for an Stockholm. A major contributing factor was that the Stock­ Increase in wages at the earliest holm was a dozen miles or more oif the recommended track. KNOWING YOUR possible time. International Regulations Weak Previously the English seamen The fact remains that even when these international con­ SIU CONTRACT had drafted a proposal calling for ferences agree on a proposal, ship operators of many nations a "reduction in the hours of la­ bor." Actualljf, a reduction in simply ignore them, because the countries involved don't put (This column is intended to acquaint Seafarers with important hours would be the same as a rise any enforcement teeth into the regulations. There is many provisions of the Sill contract and will deal with disposition of in wages, if the wages were main­ a passenger ship afloat under foreign-flag today which still various contract disputes and interpretations of the agreement. If tained at their present standard, doesn't conform to the 1921 convention rules—^rules which Seafarers have any questions about any section of the agreement which since the hourly rate of compensa­ have long since become outdated. they would like to have clarified, send them in to the editor of the tion would be upped. A substantial Nor does the weakness of international regulation stop SEAFARERS LOG.) reduction in hours would be the there. Ships under the runaway flags are free to ignore in­ equivalent to a 7 percent raise, Article 11, Section 12. Carpenter's Duties, (a) Routine duties of Yates said. ternational safety conventions since Panama and Liberia the carpenter shall include the following: He pointed out, in support of the have no means of enforcing such regulations, should they 1. Fainting, chipping and cleaning the windiass. hours reduction, that the number have the desire to do so. 2. Sounding bilges, fresh water and ballast tanks daily. of ratings in the English mari­ It should be noted too, that the conference refused to per­ 3. Shoring-up cargo. time industry had decreased by 4. Standing by the windlass when necessary. t !•-> mit a representative of the International Transport-workers some 10,000 men since the Korean Federation to participate in its deliberations. European ship 5. Maintenance work such as repairing locks, installing porthole " > conflict and that since 1952 the operators obviously haven't accepted the idea that maritime gaskets, fiung and fastening steel lockers, etc. engine room ratings had decreased labor has a stake in shipboard safety and has a right to a 6. Such other work as is customary for carpenter to perform. ' > . from about 21,000 to 16,000. (g) When the carpenter is required to remove old paint or var­ The average British sailor in voice in any discussions of safety procedure. It wasn't too nish preparatory to repainting,-and repaint the same, Jie shall be I the merchant marine thakes around long ago that American .operators took the same position, but paid overtime for such work performed. •- r. $90 per month'. under the impetus of the joint SlU-industry safety program * + » they are fast changing their view. • > J ' t > Recently a ship's carpenter put in for overtime for a number of Don't Send Your Eiuropean Attitude Bad tasks performed on a ship, including making a desk for the radio ll The attitude of the safety at sea conference, with the Unit­ operator's shack, a chart desk for the wheelhouse, and for supervise Daggage COD ed States still vainly trying to get Europeans to live up to ing the deck gang while they were replacing hatchboards' and sweat- ''safarers are again warned American standards of ship compartmentation and ship con­ battens. not to send their baggage COD This overtime was disputed on the ground that these were routine to any Union hall. The Union struction, is unhappy contrast with the outlook of the airline industry, its chief competitor for passenger trade. That in­ duties for the carpenter. It was pointed out that under the terms of cannot accept delivery of any Article II, Section 12, the carpenter is expected to perform a variety baggage where express charges dustry makes a selling point of safety. of duties under the direction of the chief mate, and that while he is have not been prepaid. In the meanwhile, American citizens who travel by sea attached to the deck department, he is regarded as a general handy­ Men who send baggage COD would be well-advised to consider the following facts. A) man on a wide variety of repair and construction. to Uqion halls face the prospect Foreign-flag ship standards of construction and operation are, of having to go to a lot of trou­ It was agreed then, that in this instance, the overtime was not pay­ ble and red tape-with the Rail­ safety-wise, below those of American-flag ships, B) Foreign- able. However, under section (g) above, the carpenter is entitled to way Express Co. flag maritime nations are in no hurry to bring their standards overtime should he be called upon to remove old paint and do any up to scratch. painting. 9w Twrfv® SEAFARERS LOG Jade t, 19ft

pay for ray vacation. But I Beef Reporting Seafarer Sells can't take the vacation as the" SEIFARERS IN DRYROCK pay goes for the house and bills, Is Delegate's Job ji;:- Furniture Now To the Editor: so all I do Is sit at home and To'the Editor: This is to inform you that rest for those three weeks and I have heard that people who I've become a landlubber now by the time I get back to work, Among the Seafarers currently hospitalized in the Staten Island US I'm so tired of resting I can't do write to the LOG are either ft (5'" Public Health Service Hospital are D. J. Kekia, J. S. LakM; John and have been in business now for the past, two months. Buck a day's work for at least a crackpots or any one of a dozen Muehleck, F. F. Neves, P. J. Ryan and L. J. Sheehan. month, until I get back into the other things but to m.e this goes Kekis, who last sailed as a messman on the Sandcaptain developed Stevens in New Orleans sug­ gested that I get in touch with swing of things. In one ear and oUt the other. nerve trouble in his right arm and is undergoing treatment to re­ If anyone , wants to sail only activate the muscles and nerves afflicted. you se that I can let all my ship­ This letter Is one of apprecia­ - Muehleck suffered back strain when handling a sack of flour on the mates know about it. two months on a ship, .let him tion to two patrolmen, Eddie Eiizabeth. He sails as night cook and baker. The name of my place of do it, but to jump bn a fellow Mooney and E. B. McAuiey. I Neves suffered a fractured skull in an accident aboard the Catherine business is "Sauls Westslde who is only trying to^make a had the pleasure of haviqg them Furniture & Appliances" and I pay off the Seafair in New am located at 5018 Fourth York on Friday, May 13,^ and Street, Marrero, La.—Tel: FX 1- they did a fine job. * 5352, Glad to see any of my buddies When this ship paid off I Letters To called all of the men who had to talk about the good old days and give' them a bargain on beefs but only two of the men furniture. showed up! E. Sauls The Editor The bosun told the patrolman t t All letters to the editor for that he didn't like me because publication in the SEAFAR­ I said something. Well where- Seafarer Sells ERS LOG musty be signed eyer you are, remember this, I Muehleck Neves Mutual Funds by the writer;. Names will told the patrolman about beefs be withheld upon request. because I had a job to do, noit while he was working as an AB. He is making fair progress. To the Editor: because of a personal beef. Ryan last sailed as chief electrician on the Alcoa Painter. He started This is to advise you and my hemorrhaging intecnaliy but this has been checked and he expects to Union friends that recently I good living for his family and In closing let me thank the be release^ soon. became a registered representa­ some day get off the ship and New York hall again for its* SheehanT who sails in the steward department, is being treated for tive of the Investors Planning have a good long vacation for backing. varicose veins and an ulcer condition. He is reportedly making fair Corp. of America. It took two himself and his family, leave Dave Barry progress. His last ship was the Seatrain Savannah. weeks of schooling and a fairly him alone. He has his. rights— Ship's delegate Seafarers on the beach or off their ships on shore leave should take stiff examination before I got that's what a union means. the time to visit the brothers laid up in the hospitals. A visit from my license but it was worth it^ If any seaman wants some­ J, 4" shipmates, now that the good weather is here, is aiways appreciated. Last December I shipped on thing to gripe about he should the Steel Architect and while , Welfarellelp SAILOR SNUG HARBOR HOSPITAL E. T. Congleton Vance A. Reld get a jbb ashore and have every­ STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Wm. E. Joyner Fonnie Rogers aboard several crewmembers one, even your friends, try to Aids Family Thomas Isaksen A. B. Gutierrez Frank J. OTUalley -Henri J. Robin Jr. started Mutual Fund Im^esting put the screws to you. I always STOCKTON STATE HOSPITAL Steven E. Puritoy To the Editor: STOCKTON 3, CALIFORNIA USPH-P HOSPITAL through me. say my best days of working Dan M. Chi-istolos . GALVESTON. TEXAS *I sincerely believe that this Is were those at sett and if I ever I wish to thank you as well USPHS HOSPITAL Mack J. Acosta R. Henrickson the finest way to put your dol­ get the opportunity to do so as the members of the Seafar­ NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Ben Buck Eaden King Albert L. Willis Thomas Chapman L. V. Springer lars to work. In case anyone is again, I will. ers Welfare Plan for their con­ Graciano Fraustlo Adam Slowick interested and would like more tinued support, extended to my US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL John Gibson Cornelius-"jConn" Sprano WASHINGTON 25. DC information about IPC Mutual growing family. < ^1 Wm. H. Thomson USPHS HOSPITAL ^ TRIBORO HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND funds, their cost, risks, and ad­ My husband was out of a job PARSONS BLVD. & 82ND DRIVE Ramon Agueda George Litchfield vantages, I'm at the office Mon­ when rny sop was born and had JAMAICA 32. LONG ISLAND Theodore Aleck I. McCormack Likes SIU LOG James Russell Stokes Ayres Frank Nappl day and Friday, 60 East 42nd it not been for the Welfare Plan MERCY HOSPITAL Joseph E. Brooks Frederick M. Leeds Street, New York 17. New York. MIAMI. FLORIDA Kenneth Brown Wm. P. Osterholtz And Seafarers it would be very hard for us. Edward J. Roig Thomas G. Collins Cecil T. Terry Jr. Tel: Murray Hill 2-8000. To the Editor: - Thanks -again and I hope VA HOSPITAL Juan Diaz John W. Tingle Fred Manard BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Sylvester Furtado W. E. Tomlinson I operate a dock crane at the some day my son will be of . John J. Hazel Harry O. Fentress Walter A, Yahl 4* 4i Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. service to the SIU. VA HOSPITAL Floyd J. GrilTls John Yuknas » fertilizer plant located at Pasa­ KERRVILLE. TEXAS Danis Higgins Has Views Mrs. F. I. Ayson WiUiard T. CahUl , VA HOSPITAL dena, Texas, and often am busy VA HOSPITAL ' BALTIMORE. MARYLAND On Homesteaders MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA Sidney T. Dickens unloading phosphate rock from Jacob L. Burkclcw USPHS HOSPITAL To the Editor: ships that your union has or­ USPIIS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. I would like, at this time, to SEAl-TLE, WASHINGTON Thomas Andrews Thomas Hanson - ganized. Gulf water Crew Edward E. Edihger James C. Mitchell WilUam Asher Leo C. Hannon answer a letter written by I belong to the Oil Chemical George B. Little John F. Williams Edmoiid Aubaly Furman Haynes George Harding on the one-year Thanks Buddies Alfonse Loguidis Sama^ Bailey Benjamin Huggins and Atomic Workers Interna­ USPHS HOSPITAL B, Blanchard Sidney Irby ruling. tional Union, Local 4-367, Olin To the Editor: FORI- WORTH. TEXAS Accurso Bonti Edward O. Johnson Sorry to say I haven't been to F. E. Anderson Max Olson Delos O. Boyle Wm. H. Johnson Mathieson" Fertilizer Group. I On behalf of the crew of the B. F. Diebler Francisco T. Rotolo Grady K. Brown Barney KeUy sea recently, but before than I have been on our union work­ SS Gulfivater will- you please George Doherty Bozo G. Zelencic Carter Chambers Norman Kirk sailed for ten years and in that USPHS HOSPITAL Virgil L. Coash Edward Knapp man's committee twice and also publish this letter of apprecia­ STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Donald Dambrino Leo Lang time 1 shipped with a lot of have been chairman and vice- tion to the. crew of the SS Penn Oscar J. Adams I. N. Loukas Angelo D'Amlco Rene A. LeBlanc homesteaders, finding them president twice. The local is Trader. Agnar M. Andersen John Lukas Wm. Daugherty Clyde R. Leggett mostly on Seatrain, Waterman Daniel M. Alvino Patrick Ti KeUy Guillermo De Jesus Joseph MarteUo located in Pasadena, Texas. When we arrived in Calcutta, A. T. Arnold Odd E. Olsen James B. Dixon James T. Moofa and Isthmian ships. There are several ships that William R. Bates Jaime Pantoja Charles Ellzey Louis W. Peed I myself was never a home­ India, we were unable to get a. G. Carabaiia F. K. Robertson Edw. Fairfield Chas. R^Robinson come into our docks to be un­ draw until the company agent Louis J. Cevett >jtrlck J. Ryan Henry Falgout Calvin A. Rome steader as I didn't need a steady Francisco Cruz Robert C. Thomas George C. Faley Herman L. Smith loaded and I, of course, get (Metro Petroleum Shipping, K'-. William F. Doran Albert K. Tom Benjamin Foster Louis Splndler job or never enjoyed the run so acquainted with many of the New York) could get an okay Thomas B Cuncan WiUlam F. Turk John W. Graves Luther E. Wing much that I wanted to stay on D. T. Kekis C. A Virgin USPHS HOSPITAL seamen and have made many from the main office in New Thomas Lauer A. W. Wilfert BOSTON, MASS. more than two trips. friends among them. I always York. T. Lehay P. J. WiHcinson Chas. A. McCarthy John F. Santos Getting back to the home­ USPHS HOSPITAL MT. WILSON STATE HOSPITAL read the 'SEAFARERS LOG Our captain gave a small MANHATTAN BEACH MT.-WILSON-BALTIMORE CO. steaders, I think they are a good every time a ship pulls, in but BROOKLYN, NEW YORK BALTIMORE. MARYLAND bunch of Union men and carry draw out of his own personal John J. DriscoU Santiago Laurent* George Davis with the coming and going of checking accpunt until the de­ Bart E. Guranick Henry E. Smith VA HOSPITAL the same book and privileges as ships I miss * many issues. I William D. Kenny CENTER HOT SPRINGS the rest of us, with the preroga­ sired information could be ob­ USPHS HOSPITAL \ SO. DAKOTA would like to be put on the tained. The next day every­ SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Clifford C. Womack tive to stay on a ship as long as mailing list so I won't be miss­ Gualberto Bolaoro Charles NaU VA HOSPITAL they like. thing was straightened out and Matthew Bruno Thomas -J. Sullivan HOUSTON. TEXAS ing any of the issues. we got our draws. - Alfredo Caudra David L. Williams R. J. Arsenault They also were often useful, I enjoy the LOG a great deal • hr ' Charles Haymoiid Howard J. Watts VA HOSPITAL since they knew the good and especially the way it prints the But the sideline was that the John F. Malsko OTEEN, NORTH CAROLINA crew of the SS Penn Trader USPHS HOSPITAL Joseph J. Bass bad parts of a ship and Its run, bare facts, regardless of where, NORFOLK. VIRGINIA VA HOSPITAL ; and I never found one who was was going to aid us in any way Andrew N. Boney Dennis Cahoon NEW YORK CIT^ who, what and why. I 'par­ they could. They were going to Herbert Broughon Rufino Camantlqu* Chas. O. Bergagna conceited or thought he owned ticularly enjoyed several articles the ship. I do admit they usually in the April 22 issue this year. make a draw and turn it over to knew more about the ships than our ship's delegate to be divided Also, I'd like to tell you what between us, so tTiat we could at we newcomers did, and often a great bunch of guys there are were very useful. least have a few cold ones in shipping on the Mae and Debar- this hot place. I can honestly say as a Union deleben Marine I. man that I never, in all my Fred B. Yohe. This action turned out to be unnecessary, but it was a good years of sailing the SIU saw •$ $ $ any man get certain privileges feeling to have—knowing that or time off on any ship that Lauds SIU On your brother members were would be a violation of the con­ standing by to aid in the event tract. y Freedom Of Seas of any hardship's that may come Anyone who has been going To the Editor: up. With this kind of unity to sea for thirty years, and As a former veteran and also and understanding, it i^ easy to whose longest trip was two a member of the SIU let me figure out why the SIU is be­ months, it seems either can't applaud your stand against the coming larger and. stronger. get along with the crew or Arab boycott system. Those Among the crew of the Penn doesn't like to ship out. finks in the State Department Trader were: bosun, Ray Queen; As for his suggestion on have lost all sense of decency ship's delegate Del Barnhill and vacations—well that's somewhat and self respect in order to deck delegate Steve Emerson, of a joke as 1 will explain. Cur­ avoid taking gny stand. . all of whom are well, known rently I'm in the trucking Keep it up. throughout SIU ports. , racket and get three weeks with ^Sol Baskln Steve Fulford

-f 9mm 1.19,M SEAFARERS LOG Paie TUrteca Life's Great On Transeasfern Crew Relishes Port Time Surveyor's Don't Wait Electricians To Biow Top On Dry-Cargo Supertanker From the Marore comes a note, recorded by meeting sec­ retary Charles Bedell, on the ever-present subject of disputed (The following article was OT. Seafarers on this ship got submitted to the LOG by B. some advice which applies Eager, deck delegate on the equally to any SlU-contracted SS Transeastem.) vessel, namely, take beefs to the department delegates when, Just a few words from the they come up, rather than wait boys on the Transeastem. for the shipboard meeting to We've been laying h'fere in blow their tops on a dispute. Montevideo, Urugua'y. for 20 days now, discharging grain. 4" 4» Everyone aboard is having "a ball." Remove Those The National Defender, an­ Seafarers (L to R) Edwin Za- Nuts and Boits other SIU ship, arrived a week • The Northwestern Victory after we did and they expect lewski and Clyde Culpepper to be here for a coupl^ of ore contented electricians on has a different problem, meet­ I- < ing secretary R. V. Haylock months—lots of "competition" the SS Steel Surveyor. Photo reports. The ship's washing now. taken in Kobe, Japan. machine has been fed an In- Not much overtime on this digestable diet of screws, nuts ship, but we've sure had some Send Word To and bolts, these items being left tremendous draws. If there's Headquarters in the pockets of the men's only a little overtime on the Ship's delegate John Kearney 'dungarees.' As a result, neither return trip there won't be on the Oremar (Marven) earns the bolts or the dungarees are much of a payoff, and every­ * ? e mention for promptly notify­ coming out clean—or in one one is thinking of making ing headquarters via radiogram piece for that matter. another trip now, because of ' t when one of the wipers was all this. hospitalized in Venezuela. Such The Transeastem is expec­ 5^> notiRcations make it possible LOG-A-RHYTHM: ting to have another good for the Union to take prompt trip after loading in Houston !• •» action on such matters as re­ and New Orleans. Everyone patriation and allotments. FORGET is satisfied'with this port here —Montevideo—which is one Order cWwmen By G. ANDERSON of the best in South America. Forget the slander you have heard I imagine there will be a num­ Via Radio Forget that hasty, unkind word ber of us returning. Regards From the Coeur D'Alene Forget the beefs and their cause to all the brothers from the Victory comes an unusual item, Forget the whole affair, because Transeastem. noted by J. Indorf, meeting Forgetting is the only way. secretary, about ordering re­ placements for men paying off. Forget the trials that you have had Departments have been in­ Forget the fog if it is had formed to notify the skipper Forget the knocker, he's a freak promptly so that replacements Forget him seven days a week. Top, deck maintenance men can be ordered by radio. Forget the gray lines in your hair O'Connor, O'Brien and Red It wasn't clear whether the Forget you're not a millionaire Hunt, hook up Butterworth company expects the replace­ Forget the coffee if it's cold hoses used for refueling a Lib- ments to be waiting at the dock Forget to icnock, forget to scold erian-flag vessel that ran short when the ship pulls in, but at any rate, under this system the of fuel. ship should never sail short- handed. 4" 4i 4 Members of the galley staff of SHIPBOARD SKETCHES by Ben Graham the Transeosrern, responsible for those great meals, pose in > 9 the modern galley. They are (I to r) 3rd cook L. A. Ziembra; night cook and baker S. Trzcinski; chief cook, F. Fer­ nandez; and chief steward Beale.

4 4 4 m Top, (left) crew of the Trans- eastern takes part in one of the regularly scheduled SIU shipboard meetings. Chair­ ' > man (with papers) is Bill O'Connor. ^ * 4 4 4 Relaxing in Transeastem swim­ 1^ • ming pool are Johnson, AB; Al, wiper; and Vince, an oiler ... all the comforts of a cruise ship. 4 4 4

Bottom, working on grain, 'v sucker maskings before dis­ charging some grain ere (I to r) pumpman Thriman; 1st asst.- engineer Choi, and pumpmen Dickerson and Smith.

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IL'4 •• Vaff* Fonrieea SEAFARERS LOG Jane S, 196t • ?; / - 4< . 1^.. • ' i:; •• Bonnltt Lassie THITI6 (Ryo Marine), . A'prli 1— new food plan. Suggestion made to been asked not to brtng" •horesldo Chairman, R. LaBomiMrdj tacratary, move steam table from pantry to people aboard, while In foreign ports. R. T, DICarta, Ship aaUed abort two galley to improve service. Suggestion There have been several cases of pil­ men from NY. -W, Gregory waa made that cooks wear hats as sanitary ferage in past trips on the African • J^^. elected ahip'a traaaurer. Department 'measure. Washing machine wringer coast. Crew also asked not to leave delegatea to ask the men in their ' to be repaired when ship returns to coffee cups on deck. M/S/C to keep departmenta to donate to the ahip'a US. ship clean, • fund. Vota of thanka to the ateward department. All men leaving ahip DEL NORTE (MitsittippI), May S— COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vic­ ^easa turn keya to department heads. Chairman, E. Slough; Secretary, J. tory Carriers), May 15—Chairman, J. r "-"'I TOO ahip'a delegate haa the iron. Whited. No beefs jeported. No al­ H. Parnall; Sacretary, J. indorf. Ship's See him if you need it. cohol or cigarettes to come aboard at delegate reports one man missed ship St. Thomas. Captain says sanitary in New York. New. larger lockers to ORiCN COMiT— (Orion), March 4 work on whole ship to be done bet­ be ordered. Report replacements so •—Chaiiman, J. McOill; Secretary, R. ter." Balance in ship's fund $49.40. new men can be ordered by radio. Balance in movie fund $35. Brother Vote of thanks to steward dept. Byrd. Skipper says some repiace- • W. Hudeman elected new ship's dele­ 4 menta ordered in Guam. Wage state­ ments were given out. Letter re­ gate. Jean Latapie elected movie ORION CLIPPER (Orion), May 14— ceived from the ship's delegate on director with vote of thanks for Chairman, M. Hitchcock; Sacretary, Orion liter. Two men missed ahip in accepting flhns last trip in absence of J. Gareilo. Everything running Naha. Discussion on safety meeting movie dlreotoi;. Discussion of cap­ smoothly. Repair lists to be turned to be held. Headquarters waa asked in as ship is due for shipyard. No (e- '*'1 for afe? conditioning on Persian Gulf beefs reported. Have hq. check on runs, .nformed that cost of system status of FWT who shipped on here would be about $5(X). We are trying March 1, left ship without paying to CM ship of roaches. Union dues. Discussion on keeping messhall and pantry clean. Minutes ALCOA PARTNER (Aices), Aprii II of all previous meetings are to be —Chairman, J. Baxter; Secretary, A. kept so new crew can be Informed of Thompson. Carrying out suggestions all happenings on ship. at last meeting of last trip about golzlg to hq for copies of new agree­ DEL SUD (MitsittippI), May I, 194$ ment ... . none available now. Re­ —Chairman, Woodrow Perkins; Secre­ u ceived no.maU from hq.since Casa­ tary, George McFaii. Good trip. No blanca, .about six weeks ago. One beefs reported. Ship's fund, $281; man injured, saw doctor. Motion te movie fund. $274. Some disputed OT have aU members off watch and not In engine dept. M/S/C to- contact attending meeting have name and company to try and payoff and sign book number recorded in minutes and on the same day. Two men hurt. referred to patrolman. Rescued crippled yacht at sea. Ship's doctor will have talk on first aid; COASTAL CRUSADER (Suwannee), crew asked to attend. Chairman, Luther Roberts; Secretary, Adrian Saint. Steward asked to clean tain's order for no more R.O.B. ciga­ JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ upcth'e iceboxes and clean passage­ rettes in New Orleans. tory Carriers), May 14—Chairman, A. way. This was taken care of. Emmlll Roatko; Secretary, J. C. Oliver. Few O'ConneU Jr. elected ship's delegate. DE BARDELEBEN MARINE NO. 1 minor beefs reported. $13.08 in ship's 12-4 watch'requests that something be (De Bardeieben Marine), May 5—Dele­ fund. Sanitary supplies for the black done about two broken lockers in gate reports ship will pay off tomor­ gang. Check with chief engineer. their room. row night on arrival in Houston. Cap­ Steward has ordered linen threo tain to wire in for replacements. Deck times and has not received any sat­ ATLAS (Cargo A Tankship), April delegate reports a great deal of dis­ isfaction. Also a shortage of fruits. 14—Chairman, A. E. Courgot; Secre­ puted overtime; few other minor Check on washing machine. Call a tary, S. M. SImos. $17 in ship's fund. beefs. M/S that no one pays off until special meeting at payoff. Have a TV set. One man got off in patrolman comes down to ship and Panama, another in ship's hospital. okays payoff; also that a cable be BENTS FORT (Citiat Service), May Bonnie Lou BuHer, 21/2 years old, smiles on her first visit to SiU Vote of thanks to crew before for sent to the Houston hall giving the 14—Chairman, J. Sweeney; Sacretary, contributing in the purchase of the time of arrival. New water fountain Joe N. Atchison. Delayed sailing dis­ headquarters. Her father, John Butler, sails in steward dep't. TV set, also to the captain and atew­ received in Tampa .not large enough puted. To be taken up with patrol­ to cool amounts of water needed by 1 ' ard for taking care of coke machine. crew. Ship's delegate to see patrol­ man at payoff. Chief cook gave vote of thanks for man about trying to get the old cool­ sending of flowers by crew and offi­ ing system put back in order. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vie, cers upon the funeral of cook's sister. tory Carriers), Aprii 2—Chairman, John Risback; Sacretary, R. V. Hay- ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), April S SEAMAR (Calmar), May $—Chair­ lock. No beefs reported. 'Take gar­ —Chairman, L. J. Pate; Secretary, man, J. Marshall; Secretary, G. Hayes. bage aft. Crew requested to take Thomas Sanchai. Patrolman came No beefs reported by ship's delegate. screws out of pockets before washing aboard in San Juan. No beefs re­ AU repairs taken care of in shipyard. Everything running smoothly. clothes. Have messmah be more Con­ NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUIe St. ported. $19.69 in ship's fund. Men scientious and try to remember or­ SIU Atlantic, Gulf BAmond 7-428 quitting ship to give department head ders. . NEW YORK 673 4th Ave., Brooklyn 24 hours notice. C. E. Roney elected ORBMAR (Ore Navigation), May 7— Lakes & Inland Waters HYacinth 9-6600 new ship's delegate. Chairman, Harry D. Fitzgerald; Sec­ PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. retary, L. Warner. Delegate reports STEEL ARCHITECT (isthmian). May District CApitol 7-3222 VENORE (Marven), May 1—Chair­ two men missed ship in Baltimore last S—Chairman, Bernard Landos; Sec- SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St. man, H. Carle; Secretary, H. Starry. trip. Ship saUed without chief cook ratary, Luis A. Ramirez. No beefs PRESIDENT reported. Ship's delegate suggests Paul HaU EXbrook 7-5600 New washing machine next trip. More and one OS. No major beefs. Some SEATTLE 2505 — 1st Ave. ice cream to be put aboard. Sailing disputed OT. Discussion on why shore- locks be kept on three doors—keep EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT door to gangway open only. Keep Cal Tanner MAln 3-0088 board to be posted in Guayacan. No side bread is held back. More bread WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. beefs or disputed overtime reported. to be put out for night lunch. To coolies out. Fresh potatoes asked for VICE PRESIDENTS TErminal 4-8538 breakfast by bosun. Hot rolls re­ Claude Simmons Lindsey 'WiUlams confer with patrolman on improper ALCOA RANGER (Aices),-May 1— storing of ship and insufficient stores. quested. Bread is a lot better. Chairs Earl Sheppard AI Tanner haven't been repaired in messhall. HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Great Lakes District Chairman, J. S. Rueda; Secretary, Vote of thanks to chief engineer. L. J. Pays. Ship's delegate reports Washing machine dirty most of the BUI HaU Ed Mooney ALPENA m River St. time. HEADQUARTERS....673 4th Ave., Bklyn. ELciwOod 4-3618 everything running smoothly. Some RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), May HYacinth 9-6600 BUFFALO, NY 890 Main St. OT disputed; also longshore holiday 10—Chairman, J. Dawson; Secretary, BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimore St. GRant 2728 watch. M/S to have two-hour mini­ B. Varn. No beefs .reported. One MASSMAR (Calmer), April 11— Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25 St. mum for any call out at night. See wiper missed ship in Port Newark. Chairman, A. R. Haskins; Secretary, BOSTON 276 State St. MAln 1-0147 port steward for automatic coffee pot. Repair list turned in. $27.20 in ship's C, Glbbs. No beefs reported. Cook John Arabascz, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DULUTH 621 W. Superior St. fund. Discussion re use of washing & baker elected to serve as ship's HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Phone: Randolph 2-4110 STEEL EXECUTIVE (isthmian), machine. Suggest watch standers use- delegate. New fans were put in B. Matthews. Agent CApital 3-4089: 3-408C FRANKFORT. Mich. PO Box 287 April 10—Chairman, Robert N. Air; machine during day tind give day crew's messroom and recreation room. MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. ELgin 7-2441 Secretary, Alexander D. Brodle. Ship's workers a chance after five o'clock. Everything running smoothly. Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 RTVER ROUGE.. 10225 W. Jefferson. Ave. delegate reported on cost of movie Return cups and glasses to pantry MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Mich. Vinewood 3-4741 projector and rentiftg films. Worka­ when finished using instead of leaving THE CABINS (Texas City Refining), Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 SOUTH CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. way on board. Some disputed OT. SAginaw 1-0733 them scattered around on deck. May 13—Chairman, H. G. Sanford; NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUIe St. Repair list turned in. Discussion re Secretary, Robert Cooper. Delegate Buck Stephens, Agent Tulane 8626 TOLEDO 120 Summit St. getting movie films and speaker. Need NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn CHerry 8-2431 MONTEGO SEA (Standard Marine), reports everything going along on a HYacinth 9-6600 spare keys for showers, toilets and May 1—Chairman, G. D. McNeal; Sec­ smooth keel. Expect the patrolman 1' NORFOLK 416 CoUey Ave. laundry so they can be kept locked retary, J. F. Austin. Delegate reports in Texas City this trip so anyone Paul Gonsorchik, Agent Canadian District while in port. New drainboard in everything fine. Discussion re who is owing dues can pay up. $33.47 in MAdlson 7-1083 FORT WILLIAM 408 Simpson St. laundry required. in charge of fire and. boat drills. One ship's fund. Suggested that steward ^7- PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 man left ship in Bombay due to iU- take up with port steward matter of S. CarduUu, Agent Market 7-1639 HALIFAX N.S 128'A HoUls St. FELTORB (Marven), May S—Chair­ nesa. Captain has promised that each getting rid of roaches. Also sugges­ SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Phone 3-8911 man, E. A. Boyd; Secretary, E. Swat- man can get $100 draw on arrivSI in tion that more night lunch be put Walter Sibley, Agent Douglas 2-4401 MONTREAL 634 St, James St. West ski. Engine delegate reports this is US untU payoff. Some overtime to be out. Crew reminded to turn off wash­ SANTURCE, PR.. 1313 Fernandez Juncos, , Victor 2-8161 third trip without machinist aboard. clarified. Discussion re who is in ing machine when not in use. Matter Stop 20 QUEBEC 44 SauIt-au-Matelot None available. charge of medicine chest. Captain of dirty water for washing to be Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996 Quebec LAfontaine 3-1569 has promised to get soft drink ma­ taken up with chief engineer and if JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St., Room 200 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. David St. EAGLE TRAVELER (United Mari­ chine which wiU bo paid for out of WiUiam Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987 C.Anal 7-5212 nothing Is donr to take it up with SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. time), May 7—Chairman, H. West- the profits; then profits are to be put patrolman. Ted Bahkow.ski, Agent Main 3-4334 phall; phall; Secretary, B. J. Ander­ in ship's fund. - Vote of thanks to EMpire 4-5719 son. No beefs reported. All brothers WILMINGTON, CaUf 505 Marine Ave. ST. JOHN, NB ....177 Prince WiUiam St. steward dept. for good food. STEEL ROVER (isthmian). May 15— w - Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2528 OX 2-5431 \ asked to try to get along with each Chairman, J. F. Goude; Sacretary, VANCOUVER, BO "..298 Main St. other as It is going to be a long trip. LON6VIEW VICTORY, (Victory N. W. DuBois. Most of the needed SUP Air-conditioner not to be used until Carriers), May 14—Chairman, John T. repairs taken care of. $63.40 in ship's •It; HONOLULU... 51 South Nimltz Highway weather gets hot. Take care of new Hicks; Secaetary, John Brennan. One funtl. Crew would like wider mess- -S- '-.1 PHone 502-777 MFOW cots and keep ship clean. Steward man left ship in Honolulu with room tables. American money pre­ NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienidlie St. BALTIMORE 1216 East Baltimore St. says call him anytime if night lunch broken leg sustained when he fell. In ferred instead of traveler's checks. Jackson 5-7428 EAstern 7-3383 or coffee needed. John Dunne elected Tripler Hospital. No beefs reported. New rollers and timer needed for NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HONOLULU... .56 North Nimitz Highway new ship's delegate. washing machine; also new water HYacinth 9-6605 PHone 5-6077 ROBIN HOOD (Robin), May 8, 1940— cooler for messroom. Vote of thanks PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St, STEEL SURVEYOR (isthmian). May Chairman, Ray SadowskI; Secretary, to steward dept. CApitol 3-4336 MAgnolia 0404 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. l-r-Chairman, C. Howell; Secretary, L. Crowder Story. Delegate reports in­ NEW YORK 130 Greenwich St Elford. Delegate reports good trip. Douglas 2-8303 COrtiand 7-7094 sufficient stores on last trip. New ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), May 3— SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. PORTLAND ..622 NW Everett St. Minor dispute over hospital money steward vouchers for stores this trip Chairman, T. Wright; Secretary, A. , Main 2-0290 CApitol 3-7297-8 while in Europe. Treasurer reports as being sufficient for 85 days—if Ferrara. BUI Padgett elected ship's WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. SAN FRANCISCO 240 Second St. $42.79 on hand. Few hours disputed requisition is cut during this voyage delegate. New mattresses. ordered by Terminal 5-6617 „ _ Douglas 2-4592 OT. M/S to look into possibility of will wire New 'York hall immediately. steward. Don't take clothes that don't SAN PEDRO 296 West 7th St. having draws in foreign countries Deck delegate reports beef re deck belong to you from the fidley. Keep MC&S or,.™,,.,.™ TErminal 3-4485 changed from travelers' checks to dept. having to wash wheelhouse win­ pantry clean. Repair list given to HONOLULU....51 South Nimitz Highway SEATTLE 2333 Western Ave. American currency. Discussion re dows seven days a week. Crew has delegate. PHone 5-1714 MAin 2-6326

I ' .' ft'' SEAFARERS LOG Pare Fifteea . S Digging In At Hsadquarters Cafeteria i il FINAL i DISPATCH Georre B. Dunn, 54: Brother Charles J. White Jr., 52: Brother Dunn died of natural causes while a White died of a digestive ailment patient at the March 11, 1960. Kings County White had tailed Hospital, Brook­ in tlie SIU stew- lyn, New York. '^ard department An SIU. steward since May, 1949. department mem­ He is survived by ber since April, his father, Mr. » • 1945, Brother Cornelius L. Dunn sucdumbed White of Atlanta, on March 8, 1960, Ga. Burial wias He is survived in Atlanta. ' by his mother, Mrs. Katherine B. 4" t Dunn, of West Roxbury, Mass. Antonio Fernandez, 46: Burial was in the Mount' Calvary Brother Fernandez succumbed of Seafarer M. H. Trulocic, who sails in the black gang, brought the family down to the Union hall for a Cemetery, Boston, Mass. natural causes on February 13 at snook and a photograph. Children ore Debbie, 3, (at right) and Roberta, 2, with wife, Evelyn, at left.

'T 1. the Unity Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. 4. i t He is 'survived by his wife, Grego- - -i ria Fernandez of Brooklyn. Fer­ Joseph Ortrera, 62; Brother Or- nandez had sailed with the SIU Bait. Vf trera, an SIU engine department since August, 1944, in the engine SIU BABY ABRIVALS member since department. Burial was at the July 1948, suc­ Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. Better Days cumbed February 4" 4" l" BALTIMORE—The Port of Bal- 1 from a cardiac Marcelino Soto, 53: Brother Soto, All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity timore'has been in a doldrum for ailment at his an SIU engine department member benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's nafhe: the past two weeks as far as ship­ home in New Or­ since August, 1955, succumbed of leans. He leaves a lung and brain infection in Ha­ John C. Luther Coker, bom Clarence Fontenot, Lake Charles, ping is concerned. A total of 96 no known rela­ vana, Cuba on October 24, 1959. March 30, 1960, to Seafarer and La. men shipped in all classes, with tives. Burial The only known survivor of Broth­ Mrs. Dargan O. Coker, Seattle, 4 4 4 • 201 men registered. However, the was in the Mason­ er Soto on the death certificate is Wash. Alan A. De Marco, born April next two weeks should bring better 4> ' 4 4 29, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. ic Cemetery, New Aida Daran of Philadelphia, Pa. results with eight ships due for Orleans, La. Burial was in Havana. Maik Alexander Nunn, born Adolph De Marco, New York City. March 17, 1960, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 a payoff, and a possibility of two Mrs. David K. Nunn, Mobile, Ala. Ronald Joe Coats, born May 5, additional payoffs. 4 4 4 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lavern Twelve ships paid off here over Daniel J. Pierce, born April 22, Coats, Jackson, Miss. the period. Mae, Edith, Jean and EVERY I 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John J. Emilia (twice) (Bull); Venore, Pierce, Drexel Hill, Pa. Bethtex and Bethcoaster (Ore SUNDAY I DIRECT VOICE 4 4 4 Navigation), Mankato Victory Marcus Gayle Sikes, born April (Victory), Marore (Marven), Los- I DROADCAST 12, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hor­ Personals mar (Calmar) and Penn Shipper ace S. Sikes, Wilmer, Ala. (Penn Trans.). 4 4 4 Eight ships signed on. They I Kevin Drew Taium, born March And Notices were Venore, Bethtex and Beth- 8, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ coaster (Ore Navigation); West- I liam A. Tatum, Maplewood, La. port (Maritime Overseas), Marore K*"' A / Butch McVey (Marven), Losmar (Calmar), John Carl William Welch,.born Janu­ Contact Minio or Perry Klauher 1^; C.'(Atlantic Carriers) and Seafair ary 26, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. at 4th ave and 17th street. •(Colonial). In-transit were ^Icoa TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN Elvert M. Welch, Covington, La. * 4 4 4 Puritan, Alcoa Pennant and Alcoa v>. AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS 4 4 4 Joseph W. Smith Patriot (Alcoa); Yorkmar and Joseph .Aubrey Wescott, born Contact Maria Selma Dos Santos, Losmar (Calmar), Bethcoaster k April 19, 1960, to Seafarer and Rua Ambrosio Machado .113, (Ore Navigation), Oremar (Mar­ Mrs. Joseph A. Wescott, Lynn, Campo Grande, Recife, Pernam- ven), Steel Rover (Isthmian) and Mass. buco, Brazil. CS Norfolk (Cities Service). "THE VOICE OF THE MTD" Pamela Micheie Lambert, born 4 4 4 EVERX SUNDAY. 1620 GMT (11:20 EST SvndoyJ May 3, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis C. Dbwd Robert K. Lambert, Prichard, Ala. Ignatius J. Torre A ji WFK-39, 19850 KCs. Ships in Caribbean, East Coast • 4 4 4 Contact Miller & Seeger at 400 of South America, South Atlan­ Kathleen Rose Lupo, born May Madison Avenue, New York 17, NY. - > tic and East Coast of- United States. 4, I960, to Seafarer and Mrs. James 4 4.4 Lupo, Jr., St. George, SI. James E. George ^ i ' WFL-65, 15850 KCs Ships in Gulf of Mexico, Carib­ 4 4 4 Contact your son at Evens Mills, bean, West Coast of South Ruth Darlene Robinson, born NY, Box 153 or call MAyfair America, West Coast of Mexico April 18, 1960, to Seafarer and 9-4618. and US East Coast. Mrs, William K. Robinson, Mo­ 4 4 4 WFK-95, 15700 KCs Ships in Mediterranean area, bile, Ala. • Members of Steel King North Atlantic, European and 4 4 4 Please notify Neil V. Pardo hs US East Coast Dianne Mandlck, born May 3, the whereabouts of gear of Ed A^CTYOWPaOSHl^ 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur Cronin . . . Send notification to MATBSAtfusemkcm J. Mandick, Brooklyn, NY. 2420 First Ave., Seattle 1, Wash­ 4 4* 4 • ington. ' > Meanwhile, MTD 'Round-The-WoHd Narcissus Chen, born May 9, 4 4 4 Wireless Broadcasts Continue . . . 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kao Sung Ming Hsn > A Ming Chen, New York, NY. Contact Red McCorkle, 13222 Every Sunday, 1915 GMT 4 4 4 Faraday, Houston 47, Texas. P (2:15 PM EST Sunday) Gibson H. Coker, born May 9, WCO-1S020 KCs 4 4 4 • Europe and North America 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gibson R. L. 'Seward I ^ P Coker, Mobile, Ala. Contact E. C. Alger, Box 44, Ai&l^iULli. SWAP WCO-16908.8 KCs 4 4 4 Morrisville, Pa. East Coast South America Danita Carol Forbes, born April 4 '4 4 THeFkSHT50f4lV. , WCO-22407 KCs 14, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. James E. Gregory ' * I '"West Coast South America John Forbes, Mobile, Ala. Hubert R. May //HW tow PRICES 4 4 4 Fortunate Valaya Every Monday, 0315 GMT Michael Gates, born December Marion Lubiejewski (10:15 PM EST Sunday) 30, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Michale Brady tmLCOMBHSZEAT WMM 25-15607 KCs L. Gates,.New Orleans, La. Advise lawyers where you would yW/ZOWNPLACB. Australia 4 4 4 like checks from Pacific Tide and Michael James Davis, born April Pacific Explorer sent. OimQANDXJPeRAtFO WMM 81-11037.5 27, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Northwest Pacific James B. Davis, Jacksonville, Fla. John Francis 4 4 4'' .Get in touch With Pat O'Malley, WT1UNI0M-AE6-AP MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT Christine Fontenot, born April 1232 Baronne Street, New Orleans, M 20, »1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. about your gear. L'-Jf'-- jn.-arisil •it'-'r • Vol. XXII Juno 3 No. 12 SEAFARERS MOG I960 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS- INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Safety Meet Rejects NEWS HEADLINES IN REVIEW US Proposals, Bars IIP Representation LONDON—Largely ignoring the implications of the 1956 collision between the Stockholm and the Andrea Doria, the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea has turned down a resolution call-"^ AM$klCA ORBITS TiYO- 4 ing for transatlantic vessels ommended courses for eastbound MIPAS. and westbound ships which, in SA71ELLITE. WHE-V to travel on assign^ sea theory, would keep such vessels at PERFECTEP CAN W4RA/ OP lanes. The track propdsal had considerable distances from each* RDCkTET LAUA/CHIN6S, .been backed by the United States other. However, no ship is present­ NEXT STEP IS PHOTO- delegation and was supported by ly obligated to follow the desig­ (5RAPHY ROCKET- *' US maritime unions. Subsequently, nated tracks. The Andrea Doria - Stockholm a greatly-weakened, watered-down collision occurred when the east- tracking plan won support, calling bound Stockholm rammed . the for tracking only in limited areas westbound Doria off Nantucket near the coasts. lightship. The Doria went to the In addition, the convention re­ bottom with the loss of 42 lives. Tidal wove which wrecked waterfront of Hiio, Hawoii, crumpled tr ti fused to admit a sea union repre­ In addition to the tracking prob­ buildings and tossed automobiles about. Harbor had to be closed sentative from the International lem raised by the Doria collision, Transport Workers Federation, bar­ the convention is scheduled to take to shipping in order to clear up wreckage. Hilo is regular port of call on the sugar run. BAVS U.S. MUST PEAl WiTH ring labor from the conference. up such matters as slup construc­ RussMNs DESpnE SUMMIT 12 Miles Off Track tion and compartmentation, life- Scandinavian and British oppo­ saving equipment and the like. The couAPse, 6/0\Rns4W fKcee sition blocked passage of a sea- US delegation would like to get OF SUMMIT FAIZJURE PMAA^£P. tracking resolution. It was the all the maritime nations to agree Tidal Wave Wrecks Swedish-flag Stockholm's collision to the standards of ship construc­ with the Italian lined Andrea tion observed in this country. It's Doria in 1956 which was largely- been claimed that If the Andrea Hawaii^ Japan Ports responsible for the convening of Doria was compartmented as com­ Tidal waves generated by a series of earthquakes in Chile this year's conference. At the time pletely as an American vessel, .she ripped Long Beach, Cal.; Hilo,, Hawaii and even reached as of the Stockholm - Andrea Doria would not have gone to the bottom. far east as Japan as death and calamity were spread across a collision, the Swedish ship was However, at last report it ap­ number of Pacific ports, in the some 12 miles off track. pears there is almost no chance worst disaster of this nature leaving 27 missing, at last report. The transatlantic tracks are rec- for adoption of such standards. As a result, the port has been Had Previously Met in a decade. The last impor­ tant tidal wave took place in tcmpprarily closed to shipping. ftem/VSg SEEN /NFLUENONS The US delegation to the con­ Hifo is a large sugar port fre­ P-U&SIAN POLICY. fZey/BRSlHS vention had previously met with a Hawaii in 1946 when 100-foot waves killed 159 peor'i in a grim April- quented... by many SIU and SUP preparatory committee upon which vessels, hone of which were re­ STALIN1ST LINE AND CRITIC; Ask Passage Morris Weisberger, first vice-presi­ Fool's day debacle. ported damaged in the disaster. IZWS^REVfSlCWISTPISIDRnQNS* dent of tire SIUNA had served as 31 Dead.. Matson, Isthmian and Waterman OF LENIN'S. T^CHINOS. thq^labor representative. Weisberg­ A series of five shock waves, regularly call at Hilo. er had urged that the US go be­ ranging from three to eight feet Gov. William Quinn declared the Of Runaway in height, ravaged the port of Hilo, yond attempting to bring foreign entire State of Hawaii a disaster ships up to US standards, ^nd at­ killing 31 people, injuring 57 and aiea following a survey of the tempt to improve upon present damage. American safety procedures ai\d TAw Wage Floor Hilo was first struck at 12:10 practices. am, Monday, May "23, when a WASHINGTON—The Maritime The difficulty of getting ships of three-foot wave came smashing in Trades Department has urged a all nations to live up to an Inter­ Red Tankers on the Bay. The heaviest blow House Labor g^'oup to amend the national safety code is pointed up came at 1 am, with an eight foot Fair Labor Sta. frds Act to pro­ by the fact that 22 foreign-fiag wave which crashed inland, more vide a $1.25 an nour for seamen passenger vessels now in service than three blocks, smashing .stores working aboard any American- do not meet safety standards set Snatch Cuba and homes and sweeping automo­ owned vessel, including the crews up in 1922. Another 41 ships are biles and debris down the streets, of runaway ships. shy of the safety standards estab­ leaving the area virtually de­ WON'T » ENOOUZMSEMT... . Hoyt Haddock, speaking for the lished in 1948. stroyed. MEANVVM/LE NiyoN UMOFFIC' ^ Seafarers Section, MTD, of" the Oil Cargoes . Blocks of buildings were swept lALLV WRAPS UP REPUBLICAN AFL-CIO, made this recommenda­ Russian tankers are taking busi­ from their foundations in the AlbMlhtATlON WITHMCRETHAM tion while testifying before the Waiakea district as the area was WL ness away, from runaway operators eee VOTES PLEDISEP. h Fair Labor Standards Subcommit­ SCHEDULE OF in the Cuban oil trade under a re­ turned into a vast heap of rubble. tee of the House Committee on cent $100,000,000 Castro-Khrush­ "They Were Warned" Education and Labor. SIO MEETIHGS chev trade pact signed earlier this Perhaps the most tragic part fr/r1 Haddock told the group that if year. Up until now, Cuba's oil has of the disaster Is that none of the the Act were amended to bring SlU membership meet­ been supplied exclusively by run­ deaths need have occurred, ''No­ the $1.25 an hour wage scale into" ings are held regularly away tankers, most of which are body rdally had to die in this one" effect, it would "help 'remove the American-owned. said a correspondent on the scene, disgraceful conditions" that exist once a month on days in­ "they were warned in plenty of "on board non-union craft in the dicated by the SlU Con­ Already' three Red tankships have put into Havana with oil and time. -They just didn't respond to f; harbors, bays, coastwise trade and stitution, at 2:30 P.M. in the alert." tSMeUS CAPTURE NAZI • inland-waterways." He pointed out gasoline cargoes hauled from the the listed SlU ports below. Black Sea area. And three foreign- Most of the'deaths were caused PESPDNSIBLE FOR. PBATH ^ ^ that most of the seamen working by collapsing buildings, with oiily OP SIX MILLION JEWSAFIER . aboard such vessels earn as little All Seafarers are ex­ controlled oil'refineries in Cuba— Standard Oil of New Jersey, Tex­ a few dying from drowning, the 14-YBAR SEARCH ... WILL. ' ' ^ as 50 cents an hour. He noted that pected to attend; those major cause for the' high toll in BE TRIEP IN ISRAEL• non-union shipowners work their aco and the Cuban unit of Royal who wish to be excused Dutch Shell—^have been notified the 1946 disaster. crews long hours in prder to save Damage along the California money on hiring additional man­ should request permission by Cuba's national bank that each coast was general, but was limited H •• power. •will be expected to process some by telegram (be sure to in­ 2,200,000 barrels of Russian crude to small boats, fishing vessels'and The maritime spokesman specif­ clude registration num­ small recreation piers. , I' ically pointed to figures taken oil a year. Some 181 dead are reported in from a 1958 working agreement ber). The next SlU meet­ Though it's not now known when Japan, where 17,000 homes were covering the crew of a runaway ings will be:. tbe next tankers will be arriving wrecked or fiooded and 385 per­ vessel. It showed that 50 percent in Cuba with more crude cargoes, sons are known dead in Chile, as of a seaman's pay was earmarked New York June 6 it's been ^imated that it would figures continue to pour in from for a special purpose—a "Deporta­ Philadelphia June 7 take at least 15 w 20 of the ves­ places hit by the waves. Two mil­ tion Fund"—to pay his expenses Baltimore June 8 sels shuttling steadily between the lions Chileans are homeless as a back home should he be found Detroit June ID Black. Sea and Cuba in order- to result of a series of earthquakes, Pf7^S,WlNS ANchHER BOOT, guilty of any .kjtod of "misbehav­ supply the Casdo government with volcanic eruptions, tidal waves and STARlprRAlNINO FOR US LB:' ior." Haddock also pointed out Houston June 13 ample oil to meet that country's avalanches. ;. WEIGHT LIMtr FDR. PEFENSS that the average AB aboard these New' Orleans Jiine 14 needs. The recfint disaster brings to OF HIS LisHT-HE'iyyweisMr ships earns from $70 to $90 a Mobile June IS Previously.. ESSQ was the major 16,000 the number of people killed rrtUE IN JULY. > s . 1' month for a 56-hour week. supplier in the . Cuban mdrket in quakes since January 1, 1960, ^ •• •