In This Issue * How Solons Voted on Taft-Hartley Bill * {tail Passenger Car Ferry Retired * Now Is the Time to Aid Your Union * AFL Observes Hire Handicapped Week
Vol. X OCTOBER, 1947 No. 10
,.' LIST OF EXECUTIVES 'Vith their Addresses-Connected with the Nalional Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots of Ameri'a CAPT. E. W. HIGGINBOTHAM CAPT. B. T. HURST National President, N~tional Vice President. P. O. Box 540, Mobile 4, Ala. 601 Portlock Bldg., 109 W. ·Tazewell St., Norfolk 10, Va. CAPT. CLYDE R. SMITH CAPT. C. F. MAY National Vice President. National Vice President. 3833 East 120th St., Seattle 55, Wash. 209 California St., San Francisco 11, Calif. CAPT. W. C. ASH National Vice President, STANLEY BARR 90 West St., New York 6, N. Y. Nntional Vice President, 1038 'fhird St., Detroit 26, Mich. GEORGE HAVILAND Apprentice Vice President, 521 West 51st St., New York City CAPT. C. H. HANSEN Nlltionnl Vic" President, CAPT. WM. J. VAN BUREN G05"lh Godchaux DId!;"., New Orleans 16, La. National Secl"etary-Treasurer, 15 Moore St., New Ynrlc 4, N. Y. CAPT. EASTER C. DANIELS CAPT. H. P. FORREST National Vice President, District Deputy of the Panama Canal. 728 E. 51st St.• Savanah. Ga. P. O. Box 223, Gamboa, Canal Zone. PAST PRESIDENTS National Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots of America CAPT. FRANK H. WARD (1887), New York. CAPT. HORACE F. STROTHEn (1929 to 1930), Pied CAPT. GEOnGE S. TUTHILL (1888), Brooklyn, N. Y. mont, Calif. CAP·I'. WM. S. VAN KunEN (1889-99), Albany, N. Y. CAPT. FRED C. BOYER (1930 to 1936), Philadelphia, CAPT. "YVM. S. DURKEE (1899 to 1901), Boston, Mass. Pa. CAPT. JOHN C. SILVA (1901 to 1908), Boston, Mass. CAPT. JAMES J. "DELANEY (1936 to 1944), Jersey CAPT. JOHN H. PRUETT (1508 to 1929), Brooklyn, City, N. J. N. Y. CAPT. H. MAnTIN (1944 to 1946), New York, N. Y. SECRETARIES OF LOCALS National Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots of America 1. CAPT. J OS. L. McREA 24. CAPT. H. VIGE 15 Moore St., New York 4, N. Y. 144 W. 41st St. (Phonc: Bowling Green 9-4766) Jacksonville 2. Fla. 2. CAPT. L. L. DERRICKSON 25. W. H. GRIFFITH 240 S. Third St., Philadelphia 6, Po.. 6019 Webash Building, Pittsburgh 22, Pa. 3. CAPT. C. DEMOOY Z7. CAPT. C. G. RICKARDS 829 Pavonia Ave., Jersey City 6, N. J. P. O. Box 25. Gamboa, Canal Zone. 4. CAPT. E. W. HIGGINBOTHAM 28. CAPT. RALPH F. CLARK P. O. Box 540, Mobile 4, Ala. Hoom 725, Cotton Belt Building, (phone 2_129'J) 408 Pine Street, St. Louis 2, Mo. 5. CAPT. H. M. ANGELL (Phone: CEntral 6903) 24 Ninth St., East Providence. R. I. 30. CAPT. C. S. TOWNSHEND (Phone: E. Providence 1695-W) P. O. Box 1424, Cristobal, Cunal Zone 6. CAPT. JOHN M. Fox 36. EDWARD F. CETTI, JR. 117 Canadian National Dock, Seattle 4. Wash. 106 East. Bay Street, (Phone: Elliott 4927) Savannah, Ga. 8. CAPT. WM. BRADLEY 40. CAPT. J. A. GANNON, Secy.-Mg1·., P"O Tem. 2304 Smith Tower, Seattle 1. Wash. Room 21, Ferry Building, San Franci~co 11, Calif. (Puget Sound Pilots' Association) 47. MR. LAWRENCE W. HUSTON U. CAPT, E. T. HURST 9257 Bishop Road, Detroit 24, Mich. Rm. G01, Portlocl, Bldg., 10£1 W. Tazewell St., (Phone: TUxedo 1-3875) Norfolk 10, Va. 74. CAPT. H. W. ERIKSEN • 11. CAPT. R. H. ROBERTS c/o Pilots' Office, 2 No. Adgers Wharf, Charleston, S. C. 330 Atlnntic Ave., Boston. Mass. (l~honc HANcock 5561) 88. CAPT. W. C. ASH 90 West St., Room 213, New York 6, N. Y. 12. CAPT. GRIFFITH ROBERTS, JR. (Cortland 7-2473) 1017 Fifth St., Coronado, Calif. 89. CAPT. JAS. P. RASMUSSEN 14. CAPT. A. J. HAYES c/o Pilots' Office. Bulkhead Pier No.7, l02D E. Baltimore St., Baltimore 2, Md. San Fr~ncisco, Calif. (Phone: WoHe 6854) 90. CAPT. C. F. MAY, President 16. CAPT. C. H. HANSEN 209 California St., San Francisco 11, Culif. 605% ·Godchuux Bldg., New Orleans 16, La. (Phone Garfieid 8177) I (Phone: Raymond (266) Apprentice Local, No.1 16. Mn. F. W. SMITH CAPT. WM. J. VAN BUREN 221 East Burnside Sf.. 15 Moore St., New York 4, N. Y. Portland 14, Oreg. Apprentice Local, No.2 17. MR. WM. O. FISCHER CAPT. B. T. HURST 225 Governor Bldg., 2nd & Stark Sts., Portland 4, Oreg. Rm. 601. Portlock Bldg., 109 W. 'fazeweIl St., (Phone: BEacon 6572) Norfolk 10, Va. 18. CAPT. R. E. COOK Apprentice Local, No. 3 1111 West 14th St., San Pedro, Calif. CAPT. GEORGE M. ANTRAINER 19. CAPT. NORMAN SMITH 911 Cotton Belt Bldg.. 408 Pine St., Coos River, Marshfield, Oreg. Apprentice Local, No.5 20. CAPT. JOHN YORDT MR. LAWRENCE W. HUSTON 407 1!.l 21st St., Galveston, Tex. 9257 Bishop Rd. Detroit 24, Mich. 21. LOUIS !CAU Moanalua Gardens, Honolulu, Hawaii. Apprentice Local, No.6 22. CAPT. D. L. BElNERT CAPT. L. L. DERRICKSON c/o Sandy Hook Pilots, 24 State St., New York, N. Y. 240 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 23. CAPT. H. J. SCHROEDER Apprentice Local, No.7 Colu~bia River Bar Pilots, Foot of 11th St. SAMUEL DOWNEY Astoria, Oreg. Honolulu, Hawaii 1'he Master~ Mate and Pilot Official Journal of the National Organization of Masters. Mate~ and Pilots of America. Published by the Organization on the 15th of each month at 810·16 Rhode Island Ave., N. E., Washington 18, D. C.
Vol. X OCTOBER, 1947 No. 10 Taft-Hartley Vote Record-Check. the Way Your Legislators Voted! TO ALL A. F. OF L. DEPARTMENTS, The price, up to one hundred copies, is ten cents , NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL UNIONS, each. For one hundred or more; there is 25 per STATE FEDERATIONS OF LABOR, AND cent discount. , CENTRAL LABOR UNIONS. Sincerely, , DEAR SIRS AND BROTHERS: /s/ W. C. HUSHING, Chainnan, On June 20, the U. S. House of Representatives National Legislative Committee, overrode the President's veto of the Taft-Hartley American Federation of Labor. ,linti-labor bill (H. R. 3020) 331 to 83, and it became law at 3 :17 p. m., when the Senate also overrode Senate Vote on Taft-Hartley Bill President Truman's veto 68 to 25. Your efforts in ~ndeavoring to defeat this most objectionable legis Vote on Passage of TaftMHartley Bill, May 13. 1947 ' tion have failed. Favorable The officers and representatives of thirty-two Barkley Kilgore Morse iState Federations of Labor and forty-three Central Chavez Langer Murray . 'abor Unions came to Washington, at their own Downey McCarran Myers 'pense or that of their organizations, and personal- Green McFarland O'Mahoney Hayden McGrath Peppel' ',interviewed members of Congress in an endeavor Hill "j McMahon Taylor ~defeat the bill. Many officers and representatives Jabnson, Colo. Magnuson Thomas, Okla. f,national and international unions, as well as those J ohnstan, S. C; Malone Wagner . ,all the Railroad Brotherhoods, were here and perated fully and directly with us. Reporting Unfavorahle lmcl working under the direction of the Legislative Aiken Flanders O'Daniel mrnittee, they rendered wonderful service. Baldwin Fulbright Reed ~othiug Ball George Revercomb was left undone, on our part, in this Brewster Gurney Robertson, Va. !ltest. Bricker Hatch Robertson, Wyo. he, efforts of all who aided us are truly ap Bridges Hawkes Russell Brooks Hiclcenlooper Saltonstall iated, and we sincerely thank you. Buck Hoey Smith omplete advice regarding the new law' will be Bushfield Holland Sparl{man coming as soon as our attorneys prepare it, but, Butlel" ryeS Stewart Byrd Jenner Taft g other things, the new law prohibits the use Cain Kern Thye y funds of a union for political purposes. Send Capehart Knowland Tydings ut the voting records of members of Congress Capper Lodge Umstead Connally Lucas Vandenberg lild, therefore, be prohibited if sent for political Cooper McClellan Watkins 08es. However, I think you are entitled to know Cordon McCarthy Wherry .,Congressmen and Senators voted on this Bill, Donnell McKellar White' Dworshak Martin Wiley 'am sending you the votes on all roll call actions Eastland Maybank Williams {,as infonnMion, regardless of how others may Ecton Millikin Wilson rUe my achon or what they may do about it. Ellender Moore Young Ferguson O'Conor ,Iso enclose a copy of the law. If additional of the Taft-Hartley Law (Public 101, 80th Not Voting ,~ss) are desired, you may obtain them from Overton absent Thomas, Utah, absent announced unfavorable ;Superintendent of Documents, announced favorable Tobey absent cU. ,S. Government Printing Office announced unfavorable ashington, D. C. ' (Continued on page 7) ,I
I L THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT Service-Not Charity , Vol. X OCTOBER, 1947 No. 10 It becomes more evident as time goes on that ail new concept guides the work of Community Chest'" Published monthly. Kain. Washington 18, District ot Red Feather services. No longer do these com. i tained by nnd in the interest :$' . Columbia, with; General and of the National Or&,animtion ,~. , :. Executive Offices at Interna munity service organizations, sup.! of Masters, Mates and Pilots " ' tional Commerce Building, ported mainly through the volun.: of America, at 810 Rhode ' 15 Moore Street. New York tary contributions of citizens in' uland Avenue, Northeast. '. 4, N. Y. their own cities, look upon them.' selves as dispensers of charity. , Published on the 15th of each month. , Sworn detailed circulation statement on request, Although good works have been Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Washington, D. a., viewed through the centuries as oader the Ad of August 24, 1912. To Your C.lnmunlfy* ** man's highest attribute there has Choat paralleled that feeling the idea tbat 8UBSCRIPTION: $1.00 PER YEAR FOREIGN 12.00 to accept charity was degrading, . The Red Feather services that give young People E. W. HIGGINBOTHAM, Mobile. Ala., Business Manager W. J. VAN ~UREN, New York City, Editor. from all stations in life the opportunity to learn and play in wholesome surroundings and under adequate leadership cannot be called charity. Neither c~n NATIONAL OFFICERS those nursing services which provide nurses for Eo W. HIGGINBOTHAM, President, Mobile, Ala. home calls be considered as purely good works, fdr C. F. KAY, Vice President. San Francisco (in cbari'e ot Ocean-&,oin&' and they are available and used by all-those who cAh CoaSitwise Craft on Pacific Coast). a~~ STANLEY BARR, Vice President, Detroit. pay the full cost, those who can pay only part £. C. DANIELS, Vice Pre.Bident. Savannah, Ga. those who cannot afford to pay for the service at ali C. H. HANSEN. Vice President, New Orleans, La. This new concept of Red Feather services remo{~ B. T. HURST, Vice President, Norfolk, Va. the odium from'the use of those services by ev '0! CLYDE R. SMITH, Vice President, Seattle, Wash. body. National studies show that in anyone W. C. ASH, Vice President. New York City. GEORGE HAVILAND, Apprentice Vice-President, New York City. 4 out of 10 families benefit directly from Red Fea W. J. VAN BUREN, Secretary~Treasurer. New York City. services. This new philosophy also points out with clar the responsibility of every citizen to support s COMMUNICATIONS AND REMITTANCES may be addrCll8ed and cbeck. Red Feather services financially. Thus, if everyb made payable to the National Organiz:ation' Masters, Mates and Pilots is paying for Red Feather services, as they pay of America, 810-16 Rhode Island Avenue, N. E., Wasbington, D. C., or International Commerce Building, 15 Moore Street, New York 4, N. Y. police and fire protection for instance, then nob, BEADING AND ADVERTISING MATrER MUST reach the office not need be ashamed to use them. The househol later than the 10th of the month precedin~ publication. whose home never catches fire is nevertheless a b CHANGE OF ADDRESS should be received prior to the fint of the month ficiary from the fire department's service w to affect the forthcoming issue, and the old as well as the new addrCllI muat be given. keeps the house next door from igniting his 0 In the same way everybody benefits, either dir or indirectly, from Red Feather services. GENERAL CHAIRMEN REPRESENTING RAILROAD EMPLOYES OF Since everybody does benefit, then everyb OUR ORGANIZATION IN THE DIFFERENT PORTS ought to give. It's as simple as that. You oug PORT OF NEW YORK-Capt. C. DeMooy, Supervising' General Chair_ pledge to your Community Chest if for no 0 man: Capt. M. F. Gorry; Capt. John J. Bill; Capt. Jos. L. MeRea; Jos. Shields; Capt. Roht. Williamson; Capt. J. G. Kaufman; R. Maley; reason than to assure yourself the chance to be Wm. J. O'Connell; Capt. Howard Barton; Capt. A. Striffolino; Capt. from its Red Feather services. Wm. Cole. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA-Capt. Clayton B. Dibble. PORT OF SEATTLE-Capt. John M. Fox. PORT OF NORFOLK-Capt. J. P. Edwards, Capt. J. Ira Hodges, Capt. Jas. N.O.M.M. & P. FEATURED H. K. Hudgins, Capt. E. A. Phelps, Capt. Eugene Treakle. IN FEDERATIONIST ST PORT OF NEW ORLEANS-Capt. C. H. Hansen. PORT OF DETROIT-Capt. Stanley Barr. Recognition of the work and place of the Na PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO-Capt. Patrick Kearney. Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots is gi~, the October issue of The American Federat official publication of the American Federati National Advertising' Representative-JOHN ARTHUR McAVOY. 11i WhItehall St.. New York 4, N. Y. Tel. BOwlin2' Green 9-0919. Labor. The Federationist carries a special article by E. W. Higginbotham, president of our natio ganization. The article, entitled "The Men Bridge," is given a two-page spread and is illu ; with photographs of a skipper taking a sextant ing and of Capt. Higginbotham.
(2] THE MASTER, MATE AND Rail Passenger Car Ferry Is Retived
An era in American railroading came to an end ashore at Anchorage to resume, under its own power, .at Baton Rouge, La., on September 2, when the rail its westward journey. In between there was the road car transfer steamer Geo,'ge H, Walker made westbound Orleanean near mid-day and its east I, its last trip across the Mississippi River bearing the bound counterpart in mid-afternoon, together with I cars of Missouri Pacific Train No.3, The Orleanean, numerous trips transporting freight cars. The craft enroute from New Orleans, La., to Houston, Tex. had a capacity on its three tracks of 11 passenger The transfer boat was the last passenger transfer cars or 20 freight cars. boat in the United States, according to Army engi The Walker's overall length is 346 feet, its overall neers. beam is 91 feet and, loaded, it draws slightly more Trains of the Missouri Pacific now use the rai/ than 10 feet of water. Watertight compartments highway bridge spanning the river at Baton Rouge, add to the safety of the craft and special longitu effecting a considerable saving in time inasmuch as dional members in the frame transmit the jar of the river transit by boat required an hour or more as compared with the relatively few minutes con loading to transverse members without damaging sumed in the bridge transit. the hull structure. Two 600-horsepower engines drive the two side paddle wheels which are 30 feet, .While the change from boat to bridge will mean the passing of railroad passenger car ferries from six inches in diameter by 10 feet in width. Each the transportation scene, there are other freight car wheel is operated independently but the boilers and transfer boats remaining in service on the Mississip engines are cross-connected so they may be operated . pi and other inland rivers, on the Great Lakes and as a unit in emergencies. The four boilers, two on " at various coastal harbors. The Walke,' will be each side, develop a total of 1702 horsepower and offered for sale, the railroad says. the boat's fuel oil tanks have a storage capacity of 42,000 gallons. The boat was named for George H. Walker, bOlLrd chairman of the New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Rail way (now a part of the Missouri Pacific Lines) during the early 1920's.
Negotiations Concluded for Offshore Agreement The MM&P negotiating committee, i.e., National President Higginbotham and Vice President Ash, c veteran ferry George H. Wallwr is pictured making its met with the negotiating committee Of the Atlantic ~1trip across the Mississippi River for the Missouri Pacific. and Gulf Coasts dry cargo vessel operators and ,Launched in 1923 at the Dravo Corp. yard in Pitts owners on September 8, 1947, to start negotiations .rgh, Pa., the Walke?' was, at the time, the largest for modification and clarification of the present .eel hull on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The agreement which expired September 30, 1947. Ob pat logged close to 500,000 miles in almost a quarter servers from some MM&P locals were also in ntury of service but like the merry-go-round horse, attendance. ,never got anywhere. Except for the maiden Both the Organization and Management submitted rage from the launching ways to Baton Rouge and proposals and counterproposals to the existing agree round trip to New Orleans, all of its mileage has ment and after daily sessions on September 30, a !1 amassed in approximately 20 round trips daily, memorandum of agreement was signed by the r in and year out, over the mile-and-a-quarter parties agreeing to renew the present agreement rse between North Baton Rouge and Anchorage, with certain changes made therein, providing, how -,on the west bank of the river. ever, that it not be effective unless and until ratified ince it started in the trade, the Walker transfer by the membership in case of the NOMM&P and not foui- Missouri Pacific Lines passenger trains unless and until ratified and executed by individual .. s the river each day, seven days a week, in addi- companies or agents concerned. The Organization to innumerable freight trains. The first regular is at present conducting a secret ballot through its ~nger movement began at 4 o'clock in the morn locals of the membership concerned, results to be ree hen the New Orleans-bound Houstonian moved ported to National Headquarters on October 10. The .' the west to the east side of the river; the last next issue will carry the results of this vote and when nger trip of the day was'completed at 12 :30 agreement is finally signed it shall be published in when the Houston-bound. Houstonian pulled toto. .' . .. £3] II ,I Now Is the Time for All Good Men t( Come to the Aid of Their Union
In these days when collective bargaining is a topic quickly learned that in unity there is strength. Indi of much discussion, it becomes more and more neces vidually, they were the prey of the unscrupulou: sary for the workers to place a value upon this privi employer. . lege. The right to bargain collectively was not ob Our Organization has kept step with this grea' tained overnight. Only through years of bitter multitude. The road over which we travelled wa: fighting and human sacrifice was this privilege often dark and perilous. Unseen obstacles wel'( secured. Much blood was spilled and many hard hurled into our pathway and false prophets tried te ships survived by the pioneers in the labor move mislead us at the crossroads. As we marched onwari ment. It was necessary for labor to strike on many we gathered the fruits of our labor that all mighl occasions since this was their only weapon of de eat. Unselfishly we divided our offerings among the fense. In the great struggle for existence, labor felt young and the old, the worthy and the unworthy, for the pangs of hungei'-not through strike alone, but they were all our people. because capital refused to pay a living wage. The As we stand on the threshold of tomorrow, a deep failure to recognize that labor was not a chattel and foreboding fills the sky as dark clouds of aggression to provide a wage commensurate with the service, gather upon the distant horizon. Attack is certain left no avenue for the workers. Labor, in order to but we must move onward. Fortified by a strongI survive, was compelled to organize. The advance of militant organization we can feel confident that th I the trade-union movement is a sordid story. Each treasures we have are well secured. As we await th painful step is recorded in the archives of this great advance of the treacherous hordes who come tod' institution. Many epochs are written in blood but strov us, we must place our house in order. Wee' they bear silent testimony against the barons of in no l~nger travel safely with the imposter, the traito' dustry who placed the value of property above that or the non-believer within our ranks. Those who of humanity. a!' not with us are against us.~i In spite of all the impediments labor marched slowly and painfully onward, hoping that the day The attack is imminent and the time is short. would arrive when the employer would say, "Well must organize-o:r:ganize-organize. Key men, cat done, thou good and faithful servant." the message. Pass it on to the minute men by WQf Through sheer determination and a firm belief of mouth. Spread the alarm at every post, in eve, that right makes might, the trade-union movement home, to every Ulan, woman and child. This is} was born. As time marched on, collective bargain time to tarry. Preach the doctrine of union-con~' . ing became the watchword of the day and labor the non-believer. NOW IS THE TIME !-RepriJi prospered. Men and women in all occupations from the Jou,-nal of Maintenance of Way Empl~
New Stamp Features Frigate Constitution The 150th anniversary of the launching of the Elaborate first day sale ceremonies are plann· U. S. frigate Constitution, better known as "Old Iron Boston and will be held on the deck of the Cons sides," will be commemorated by a special stamp tion, now at anchor in Charlestown Navy Y which will go on sale in Boston on October 21. First day covers will be cancelled on board the s The color of the stamp has not yet been d upon. The event is of particular interest to S collectors who will have first-day-of-sale can tions by the Boston Post Office. The Constitll 44-gun ship, was saved from dismantling in by the famous poem of Oliver Wendell Holmes. crossed the Atlantic for the last time in 187 1927-30 she was reconditioned as a U. S. museum afloat.
Captain Kearney of Local 40 Resi' Captain Patrick Kearney, Secretary of Loc 40, has resigned from that position, accordin official announcement. Captain J. A. Gannon has been elected to t An enla1'ged reproduction of the fmothcoming "Constitution" stannp commerrwrating the 150th (l:nniversa1'Y of the launching of Secretary-Manager until such time as the of the ship election of officers is held on October 28. [4] THE MASTER, MATE AN • • Nauti~al Notes • •
purposes of'the following ships: Short-Form Progress of the shipping destined for Ger many now passing through the In the Hudson River reserve fleet, Thirty-three shipping lines have crowded ports of Bremen and Ham the American Pilot and Andalien; approved and had the short fo.rm burg. Belgians are seeking traffic in the Mobile River Fleet, the J efi of bill of lading printed, accordmg for the ports of Antwerp and Ghent Davis; in Suisun Bay the Albert "to a report by the New York in order to bolster their economy. Hill, Baldhill, Bi?'kenhead, Cath Toreign Freight Forwarders and Occupation authorities in Germany wood, Deroche, Gargoyle, Mojave, Brokers Association. A not her have not as yet issued orders rout R. J. Hanna and the Tejon. :eight have approved it but not yet ing port traffic through the four distributed it. In six other cases, ports. Will Congress Act? the short form has been approved Reports are that the next session 'bY the traffic departments but is 40-Hour Lake Week of Congress convening in January now being considered by the legal Six Great Lakes shipping com will take up the problem presented departments. panies have agreed to the 40-hour by obsolete shipping laws. Acting on instructions from the Senate Rapid Rapids Ride week on lakes steamers with over time beginning after the eighth Judiciary Committee, the legal 'The steamship Rapids Prince hour daily. bureau of the Maritime Commis lived up to the name by going stern sion is surveying the statutes and nrst through six miles of dangerous Bridge Protection Tested will report to the Senate commit rapids on the St. Lawrence River. The Navy has been experiment tee sometime within the next two The ship's rudder stock broke and ing and has had some results with months with intention of revising the captain stood at the stern and a transparent plastic greenhouse or eliminating the outmoded reg yelled orders to the chief engineer designed to provide protection from ulations. ;eT.so the ship could be steered after a weather (and gun blasts) on the ';(fashion by using the twin propel open bridges of ships. The first Luckenbach Buys Sixteen :]ers. At times the ship went so model was constructed of panel The Luckenbach Steamship Co. ',Close ashore that limbs were broken sections of plastic mounted over the is buying 11 C-3s and five C-2s from rom trees. forward section of the open bridge the Maritime Commission with in loucesterman Burns in a metal framework. tentions of operating one of the largest coastwise shipping lines in A, crew of 10 escaped by 'taking Australian Ilnmigration the country. Before the war, the boats when the 105-foot Government officials of Australia Luckenbach had 21 ships but with loucester fishing vessel Jofire have predicted an immigration to the increased speed and carrying aught fire 16 miles at sea. The that country of 14,000 next year capacities of the types to be ac oast Guard sank the flaming fuel with a rise to 25,000 by 1950. quired, the company plans to utilize anks with gunfire after they broke Suez Traffic Totals the smaller number to handle the ree and continued to float and burn trade of the prewar fleet. fter the vessel sank. A cargo of British traffic through the Suez 40,000 pounds of fish was lost. Canal dropped off 25 per cent in French Buy Cranes the first six months of 1947 com ,reeks Take Titan pared to the same period last year The first six of 70 specially '~The tug Titc!n, seagoing 852-ton while U. S. figures rose sharply designed gantry cranes have been rmer Navy ship, has been sold from 2,506,000 tons to 3,573,000 shipped for use in French ports •-the Greek government. A 26 tons. Britain was first with a under a $6,500,000 order placed in an crew took her to Greece via gross tonnage of 8,177,000, Ameri this country by a French purchas pta del Gada and were to be ca second, Norway third with 1, ing commission. They were built . n back to this country. 076,000 tons and the Netherlands in Duluth, Minn.' They embody fourth with 1,017,000. new developments and features. erhaul Army Transports eneral overhauls have been Back from the Arctic Trailerships Dispute Over red for 10 Army ships at a The schooner Bowdoin recently A jurisdictional dispute between of nearly $35 million. The returned to Boothbay Harbor, Me., the International Brotherhood of ,k, to be done at Atlantic ship after an Arctic expedition cover Teamsters and the International ~s, will provide greater pas ing 8,000 miles during the course Longshoremen's Association con er comfort, complete fireproof of which a lustrous black mineral cerning jurisdiction on Trailer ~d extra cargo-handling gear. thought to be a source of uranium ships, Inc., has been settled. The was discovered in Greenland. former Navy Landing Ships are It, Belgians Want Cargoes designed with ramps leading to two trerlands authorities are still Ships to Be Scrapped decks. They carry loaded truck .pting to secure for the ports The Maritime Commission has trailers between New York and ~terdam and Rotterdam some authorized the sale for scrapping Albany on the Hudson River.
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Former National Officer Dies Secretary of Local No. 12, Coronado, Calif., Dies Captain G. B. Downing, a veteran member of Captain Elmer Virgil Haviland, born on December Local No.9, recently died at his home 1201 Portlock 5, 1898, at Cleo, Oklahoma, where he spent his boy. Road, Norfolk, Virginia. At the time of his death, hood before moving to California as a young man he was an Honorary of 25, died on August 8 Member of LocaL No.9, 1947, from heart failur; having retired from the after a long period of ill Norfolk Navy Yard on health. January 1, 1944, after 35 years as a Navy Yard Captain Haviland en. Pilot. tered the service of The Captain Downing was San Diego and Coronado one of the best known Ferry Company, which pilots in the Norfolk operates passenger and Area where he had spent automobile ferries on the his entire career. Bay of San Diego, in He was born at Lee's 1923. He served in the Mills, North Carolina, vari 0 u s capacities of January 9, 1871. Like deckhand, quartermaster, , many others of that sec purser, mate and master Captain Downing tion of North Carolina, Ca,ptain Haviland and pilot. He obtained at an early age he left his Mate's license on home and took up his chosen profession of following April 25, 1927, and his Master's and First class the water. When he secured his first license, he Pilot's license on June 6, 1934, in which capacity affiliated with Local No.9 and took an active part in he served until his death. this organization until his retirement. During the lean years, he gave freely of his time When Captain Haviland joined the Ferry Com. for the advancement of the organization. He was pany's service, they had in operation the SS Romona always among the first to make an extra contribu and the SS M arena both of which were of the side tion of his hard-earned money to help defray the paddle wheel type vessel with a capacity of fourteen Local's expenses when the treasury was down to a and thirty-four automobiles respectively, which is a minimum. In the passing of Captain Downing, the far cry from the present four boat service of modern steamboat profession has lost a staunch friend. diesel-electric screw type vessels with a carrying During his active career he served in all the chairs capacity of seventy automobiles. of Local No.9 and was a member of the National Captain Haviland was a charter member of Local Executive Committee for a long period of years. 12 which received its charter in April, 1934. He was In addition to his other activities he was an active elected to the office of Secretary-Treasurer in July, member in the Rosement Christian Church. He was 1937 and faithfully served in a most capable and also a leader in Boy Scout work in his community. efficient manner until the time of his death. He is survived by three sons: George W. Downing While he was known to be in ill health for some of the Chesapeake Ferry Company; James Bernice time by his brother members of Local 12, his sud Downing, Captain of an Army Transport, and Perry den death came as a great shock and he will be sorely W. Downing, U. S. Navy; three daughters, Mrs. A. M. Brickhouse, Mrs. Clyde W. Webster and Mrs. Ray missed both as a shipmate and brother union mem Kincannon. ber. He is survived by his wife, Flora A. Haviland, and his daughter Mary Elizabeth. Local No. 15 lVlember Dies Treasnrer of Local No. 40 Passes On Local No. 15 sadly reports the passing of Captain Otto Drager, a beloved member of that Local since Captain Hans J. Jensen, Treasurer and me~ 1932. Captain Drager died at the home of a friend of long standing in Local No. 40, MM&P, dIe in New Orleans, La., on August 19 and was buried August 10, 1947. Captain Jensen had succeed August 21. Internment was in Masonic Cemetery Captain Love as Treasurer of the Local and with Masonic Rites. The members of Local No. 15 serving in that capacity at the time of his dea and other friends of Captain Drager shall greatly He leaves hosts of friends both in San FranciscO miss him. the Organization who shall mourn his passing.
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(Continued from page) Hatch Maybank Taft Hawkes Millikin Thye Vote on Conference Report; June 6, 1947 Hickenlooper Moore Tobey Hoey O'Conor Tydings Favorable Holland O'Daniel Umstead Barkley Langer Murray Ives Overton VandenbeI:g Green McFarland Myers Jenner Reed Watkins Bayden McGrath Pepper Kern Revercomb Wherry Johnson, Colo. McMahon Taylor Knowland Robertson, Va. White Johnston, S. C. Magnuson Thomas, Okla. Lodge Robertson, Wyo. Wiley Kilgore Morse McCarthy Russell Williams McClellan Saltonstall Wilson Unfavorable McKellar Smith Young Aiken .Gurney Revercomb Martin Stewart Hawkes Robertson, Va.. ,Baldwin Not Voting Ball Hickenlooper Robertson, Wyo. Brickel' Raey Russell Thomas, Utah, absent Wagner absent Buck Holland Saltonstall announced favorable announced favorable Byrd ryeS Smith Cain Jenner Spm."kman House of Representatives Vote on Taft-Hartley Bill , Capehart Knowland Stewart Capper Lodge Taft Vote on Passage of Hartley Bill, April 17, 1947 Connally McCarthy Umstead Cooper McClellan Vandenberg Favorable Cordon McKellar Watkins Albert Harless, Ariz. Morgan Dworshak Maybank Wherry Angell Hart Morris White Eastland Millikin Batesl Ky. Havenner Murdock ,Ecton Moore Wiley Bishop Hays Norton ; ,Ellender O'Conor Williams Blatnik Hedrick O'Brien Ferguson O'Daniel Wilson Bloom Heffernan O'Toole George Reed Young Boggs, La. Holifield Patterson Brophy Huber Pfeifer Not Voting Buchanan Jackson, Wa.sh. Philbin 'Brewster absent Kern absent Buckley Javits Phillips, Tenn. announced unfavorable announced unfavorable Butler Jenkins, Fa. Pickett ridges absent Lucas Byrne, N. Y. Johnson) Okla. Powrll /nnnounced unfavorable McCarran absent Canfield Jones, Ala. Price, Ill. rooks absent announced favorable Cannon Jones, Wash. Rabin '"announced unfavorable Malone Carroll Karsten, Mo. Rains shfield absent- Martin absent CelIeI' Kee Rayburn announced unfavorable announced unfavorable Combs Kefauver Rayfiel tIer absent O'Mahoney absent Cooley Kelley Rooney nnounced unfavorable announced favorable Crosser Kennedy Russell havez absent Overton absent D'Alesandro Keogh Sabath ,-\t1:nnounced favorable announced unfavorable Dawson, Ill. King Badowski ~~nell absent Thomas, Utah, absent Delaney Kirwan ScobEck t~nnounced unfavorable announced favorable Dingell Klein . Sheppard ()wney absent Thye absent Donohue Lane Smathers nnounced favorable announced unfavorable Douglas Lanham Smith, Ohio nders absent Tobey absent Eberharter Lemke Snyder nnounced unfavorable announced unfavorable Elsaesser Lesinski Somers .1bright absent- Tydings absent Engel, Mich. Lynch Spence announced unfavorable announced unfavorable Fenton McCormack Stigler leh. absent- VVagner absent Flannagan Madden Thomas, Tex. 'announced unfavorable announced favorable Fogarty Manasco Thomason 11 absent-- if' Folger Mansfield, Mont. Tollefson ,n~ounced favorable Forand Marcantonio Twyman Gordon Meade, Ky. Walter Vote on Overriding the Veto, June 23, 1947 Gorski Miller, Calif. Welch Granger l\1onroney Favorable Paired Favorable Langer Murray Clements Feighan Hull Poulson Lucas Myers McCarran O'Mahoney Unfavorable McFarland Pepper Abernethy Barrett Brehm McGrath Sparkman Allen, Calif. Bates, Mass. Brooks McMahon Taylor Allen, 111. Battle Brown. Ga. Magnuson Thomas, Okla. Allen, _La. Beall Brown; Ohio Malone Almond Beckworth Bryson Morse Andersen, H. Carl Bell Buck Anderson, Calif. Bender Buffett Unfavorable Andresen, August Bennett, Mich. Bulwinkle Butler Dworshak B. Bennett, Mo. Burke Byrd Eastland Andrews, Ala. Blac1mey Burleson Cain Ecton Andrews, N. Y. Boggs, Del. Busbey CapeI,art Ellender Arends Bolton Byrnes, Wis. Capper Ferguson Arnold Bonner Camp Connally Flanders Auchinc10ss Boykin Carson Cooper Fnlbright Bakewell Bradley, Calif. Case, N. J. Cordon George Banta Bradley, Mich. Case, S. Dalt. Donnell Gurney Barden Bramblett Chadwick [7J Chapman Herter Patman Paired Unfavorable Chelf Heselton Peden Chenoweth Hess Peterson Cox Gifford Rean Pace Chiperfield Hinshaw Phillips, Calif. Chur~h Hohbs Ploeser Not Voting Clark Hoeven Plumley Bland Hill Smith, Va. Clason Hoffman Poage Fuller Mansfield, Tex. Wood Clevenger Holmes Potts Gerlach Morrison Worley Clippinger Hope Preston Coffin Horan Price, Fla. Vote on Conference Report, June 4, 1947 Cole, Kans. Howell Priest Favorable Cole, Mo. Jackson, Calif. Ramey Angell Gorski Mansfield, Mont Cole, Np Y. Jarman Rankin Bates, Ky. Harless, Ariz. Marcantonio . Colmer Jenison Redden Bishop Hart Miller, Calif. Cooper Jenkins, Ohio Reed, Ill. Blatnik Havenner Morgan Corbett Jennings Reed, N. Y. Bloom Hedrick Morris Cotton Jensen Rees Brehm Heffernan Murdock Coudert Johnson, Calif. Reeves Brophy Holifield Norton Courtney Johnson, Ill. Rich Buchanan Huber O'Brien Cravens J ohnson1 Ind. Richards Buckley Hull O'Toole Crawford Johnson, Tex. Riehlman Butler J acks6n, Wash. Philbin Crow Jones, N. C. Riley , Byrne, N. Y. Javits Phillips, Te'nn. Cunningham Jones, Ohio Rivers Cannon Johnson, Okla.· Price, Ill. Curtis Jonkman Rizley Carroli Jones, Wash. Rabin Dague Judd Robertson Celler Karsten, Mo. Rayburn Davis, Ga. Kearney Robsion Clements Kee Rayfiel Davis, Tenn. Kearns Rockwell Combs Kefauver Rooney Dawson1 Utah Keating Rogers, Fla. Crosser Kennedy Sabath Deane Keefe Rogers, Mass. Dawson, Ill. Keogh Sadowski Devitt Kerr Rohrbough Delaney King Sheppard D'Ewart Kersten Ross Dingell Kirwan Somers Dirksen Kilburn Sadlak Donohue Klein Spence Dolliver Kilday St. George Douglas Lane Thomas, Tex. Domengeaux Knutson Sanborn Eberharter Lanham Tollefson Dondero Kunkel Sarbacher Feighan Lemke Walter Dorn Landis Sasscer Fogarty Lesinski Welch Daughton Larcade Schwabe, Mo. Forand Lynch· Drewry Latham Schwahe, Okla. Gordon Madden Durham Lea Scott, Hardie Eaton LeCompte Scott, Hugh D., Jr. Paired Favorable Elliott LeFevre Scrivner Ellis Lewis Seely-Brown Flannagan Kelley Pfeifer Ellsworth Lodge Shafer Granger McCormack Powell Elston Love Short Engle1 Calif. Lucas Sikes Unfavorable Evins Lusk Simpson, Ill. Abernethy Burke Deane Fallon Lyle Simpson, Pa. Albert Burleson Devitt Fellows McConnell Smith, Kans. Allen, Calif. Busbey D'Ewart Fernandez McCowen Smith, Maine Allen, m. Byrnes, Wis. Dirksen Fisher McDonough ,Smith, Wis. Allen, La. Camp Dolliver Fletcher McDowell Springer Almond Canfield Domengea Foote McGarvey Stanley Andersen, H. Carl Carson Dondero Fulton McGregor Stefan Anderson, Calif. Case, N. J. DOl'n Gallagher McMahon Stevenson Andresen, August Case, S. Dak. Daughton Gamble McMillan, S. C. Stockman H. Chadwick Drewry Gary McMillen, Ill. Stratton Andrews, Ala. Chapman Durham Gathings MacKinnon Sundstrom Andrews, N. Y. Chelf Eaton Gavin Macy Taber Arends Chenoweth Ellis Gearhart Mahon Talle Arnold Chiperfield Ellsworth Gillette Maloney Taylor Auchincloss Church Elsaesser Gillie Martin, Iowa Teague Bakewell Clark Engel, Mic Goff Mason Thomas, N. J. Banta Clason Engle, Cal" Goodwin Mathews Tibbott Barden Clevenger Evins Gore Meade, Md. Towe Barrett Clippinger Fallon Gossett Merrow Trimble Bates, Mass. Coffin Fellows Graham Meyer Vail Battle Cole, Kans. Fenton Grant1 Ala. Michener Van Zandt Beall Cole, Mo. Fernandez Grant, Ind. Miller, Conn. Vinson Beckworth Cole, N. Y. Fisher Gregory Miller, Md. Vorys Bender Colmer Fletcher Griffiths Miller, Nebr. Vursell Bennett, Mich. Cooley Folger Gross Mills Wadsworth Bennett, Mo. Cooper Foote
Gwinn 1 N. Y. Mitchell Weichel Blackney Corbett Fulton Gwynne, Iowa Morton West Boggs, Del. Cotton Gamble Hagen Muhlenberg Wheeler Boggs, La. Coudert Gary Hale Mundt Whitten Bolton Courtney Gathings Hall, Edwin Arthur Murray, Tenn. Whittington Bonner Cox Gavin Hall. Leonard W. Murray, Wis. Wigglesworth Boykin Cravens Gearhart Halleck Nixon Williams Bradley Crawford Gillette Hand Nodal' . Wilson, Ind. Bramblett Crow Gillie Hardy Norblad Wilson, Tex. Brooks Cunningham Goff Harness, Ind. Norman Winstead Brown, Ga. Curtis Goodwin Harris Norrell Wolcott Brown, Ohio Dague Gore Harrison O'Hara Wolverton Bryson Davis, Ga. Gossett Hartley O'Konski Woodruff Buck Davis, Tenn. Graham Hebert Owens Youngblood Buffett Davis, Wis. Grant, I Hendricks Passman Zimmerman Bulwinkle Dawson, Utah Gregory
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Griffiths McDowell Robsion Byrne, N. Y. Holifield Morris Gross McGarvey l1.ockwell Cannon Huber Morrison Gwinn, N. Y. McGregor .twgers, Fla. Carroll Hull Murdock ·Gwynne, Iowa McMahon Rogers, Mass. Celler Jackson, Wash. Norton Hagen McMillan, S. C. Konrbough Clements Javits O'Brien llale McMillen, Ill. Koss , Crosser Johnson, Okla. O'Toole llall, Edwin Arthur MacKinnon Russell Dawson, Ill. Jones, Wash. Pfeifer Hall, Leonard W. Macy Sadlak Delaney Karsten, Mo. Philbin llalleck Mahon St. George Dingell Kee Phillips, Tenn. Hand Maloney Sanborn Donohue Kennedy Pric~, I~l. llardy Manasco Sarbacher Douglas Keogh Rabin Harris Martin, Iowa Sasscer Eberharter King Rayburn Harrison Mason Schwabe, Mo. Feighan Kirwan Rayfiel Hartley Mathews Schwabe; Okla. Flannagan Klein Rooney Hays Meade, Ky. Scoblick Fogarty Lane Sahath Hebel't Meade, Md. Scott, Hardie Folger Lanham Sadowski BerteI' Merrow Scott, Hugh D., Jr. Forand Lemke Sheppard Heselton Meyel' Scrivner Gordon Lesinski Somers llill Michener Seely-Brown Gorski Lynch Spence Hinshaw Miller, Conn. Shafer Granger McCormack Thomas, Tex. llobbs Miller, Md. Short Harless, Ariz. Madden Thomason Boeven Miller, Nebr. Simpson, Ill. Hart Mansfield, Mont. Tollefson Hoffman Mills Simpson, Pa. Havenner Marcantonio Walter Hope Mitchell Smathers Hedrick Miller, Calif. Welch Horan Mom'oney Smith, Maine Heffernan Morgan' Howell Morton Smith, Va. Jackson, Calif. Muhlenberg Smith, Wis. Paired Favorable Jarman Mundt Snyder Kefauver Kelley Jenison Murray,. Tenn. Springer Jenkins, Pa. Murray, Wis. Stanley Unfavorable Jennings Nixon Stefan Ahernethy Chiperfield Gamble Jensen Nodal' Stevenson Albert Church Gary Johnson, Calif. Norblad Stigler Allen, Calif. Clark Gathings Johnson, Ill. Norrell Stockman Allen, Ill. Clason Gavin Johnson, Ind. O'Hara Stratton Allen, La. Clevenger Gearhart Johnson, Tex. O'Konski Sundstrom Almond Clippinger Gillette Jones, Ala. Owens Taber Andersen, H. Carl Coffin Gillie 'Jones, N. C. Pace Talle Anderson, Calif. Cole, Kans. Goff Jones, Ohio Passman Taylor Andresen, August Cole, Mo. Goodwin ';Jonkman Patman Teague H. Cole, N. Y. Gore :Judd Patterson Thomas, N. J. Andrews, Ala. .Colmer Gossett Kenn Peden Thomason Andrews, N. Y. Cooley Graham Kearney Phillips, Calif. Tibhott Arends Cooper Grant, Ala. ,Kearns Pickett Towe Arnold Corbett Grant, Ind. Keating Ploeser Trimble Auchincloss Cotton Gr~gory :Keefe Plumley Twyman Bakewell Coudert GrIffiths err· Poage Vail Banta Courtney Gross crsten, '"Vis. Potts Vinson Barden Cox Gwinn, N. Y. ilburn Poulson Vorys· Barrett Cravens Gwynne, Iowa ildny Pl'eston Vursell Bates, Mass. Crawfol'd Hagen unkel Price, Fla. Weichel BattIe Crow Hale andis Priest West Beall Cunning·ham Hall, Edwin Al'thur arcade Rains Wheeler Beckworth Curtis Hall, Leonard W. nthmn Ramey Whitten Bell Dague Halleck n Rankin Whittington Bender Davis, Ga. Hand Compte Redder Williams Bennett, Mo. Davis, Tenn. Hardy Fevre Reed, Ill. Wilson, Ind. Blackney Davis, Wis. Harne'ss, Ind. wis Reed, N. Y. Wilson, Tex. Dawson~ Harris dge Bland Utah Rees Winstead Bogg's, Del. Deane Harrison v. Reeves Wolcott Boggs, La. Devitt Hartley ucas Rich Wolverton Hays usk Bolton D'Ewart Richards Woodruff Bonner Dirksen Hebert ylo Riehlman Worley Connell Boykin Domengeaux Hendricks Rivers Youngblood Bradley Dondero Herter Cowen Rizley Zimmerman ponough Bramblett Dorn Heselton Robertson Brehm Doughton Hess Brooks Drewry Hill Paired Unfa:yorable Brown, Ga. Durham Hinshaw Riley Van Zandt Brown, Ohio Eaton Hobbs Sikes Wood Bryson EIIiott Hoeven Buck EIIis Hoffman Holmes Not Voting Buffett Ellsworth Bulwinkle Elsaesser Hope Grant, Ala. Morrison Burke Elston Horan Harness, Ind. Peterson Burleson Engel, Mich. Howell Hendricks Smith, Kans. Busbey Engle, Calif. Jackson, Calif. Hess Smith, Ohio Byrnes, Wis. Evins Jarman Knutson Wadsworth Camp Fallon Jenison Mansfield, Tex. Wigglesworth Canfield Fellows Jenkins, Ohio Carson Fenton Jenkins, Pa. on Overriding the Veto, June 20, 1947 Case, N. J. Fernandez Jennings Case, S. Dale Fisher Jensen Favorable Chadwick Fletcher Johnson, Calif. Blatnik Buchanan ~ Chapman Foote Johnson, Ill. Bloom Buckley Chelf Fulton Johnson, Ind. Brophy Butler ChenO"\veth Gallagher Johnson, Tex. r q 1 1 Jones, Ala. Muhlenberg Scoblick Jones, N. C. Mundt Scott, Hardie Jones, Ohio Murray, Tenn. Sco~t, Hugh D., Jr Jonkman Murray, Wis. SCrIvner . Judd Nixon Seely-Brown Kean Nodal' Shafer Kearney Norblad Short Kearns Norrell Sikes Keating O'Hara Simpson, Ill. Keefe O'Konski Simpson, Pa. Kerr Owens Smathers Kersten, Wis. Pace Smith, Kans. Kilburn Passman Smith, Maine Kilday Patterson Smith, Va. Knutson Peden Smith, Wis. Kunkel Peterson Snyder Landis Phillips, Calif. Springer Larcade Pickett Stanley Latham Ploeser Stefan Lea Plumley Stevenson LeCompte Poage Stigler LeFevre Potts Stockman Lewis Poulson Stratton Lodge Preston Sundstrom Love Price, Fla. Taber Lucas Priest Talle Lyle Rains Taylor McConnell Ramey Teague McCowen Rankin Thomas, N. J. McDonough Redden Tibbott McDowell Reed, Ill. Towe McGarvey Reed, N. Y. Trimble McGregor Rees Twyman McMahon Reeves Vail McMillen, Ill. Rich Vinson MacKinnon Richards Vorys Macy Riehlman Vursell Mahon Riley Wadsworth Maloney Rivers Weichel Manasco Rizley West Martin, Iowa Robertson Wheeler Mason Robsion Whitten AERIAL PRODUCTS, INC., MERRICK. I. I.. NEW YORK Mathews Rockwell Whittington Meade, Ky. Rogers, Fla. Wig-glesworth Meade, Md. Rogers, Mass. ·Williams Merrow Rohrbough' Wilson, Ind. Meyer Ross Wilson, Tex. Michener Russell Wolcott Miller, Conn. Sadlak Wolverton MHler, Md. St. George Wood Miller, Nebr. Sanborn Woodruff JATON Mills Sarbacher Worley Mitchell Sasscer Youngblood Monroney Schwabe, Mo. Zimmerman CANVAS Morton Schwabe, Okla. Paired Unfavorable DECKS Dolliver Gifford. McMillan, S. C. No Painting Not Voting Bennett, Mich. Lusk Powell TARPAULINS Combs Mansfield, Tex. Smith, Ohio No Re-waterproofing Fuller Patman Winstead BOAT COVERS No Holes Local No. 14, Baltimore, Elects A. M. Goodrich President for. AWNINGS The official ballot for election of officer No Burning MM&P Local No. 14 of Baltimore, which clos September 19 was counted at National Headqua GUARANTEED-REPAIRS FREE Saturday, September 20, 1947, under the super of National President Higginbotham and N Secretary-Treasurer Van Buren. The bal1~ Marine Canvas Supply Corporation mittee appointed by members of Local N? . 700·6 Court Street, BROOKLYN sisted of Morris Himelfarb; E. V. FerrandIllI. R. Burnell. The officers elected and the pOSI Branch." NEW ORI.E.\NS, BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO which they will serve until December, 194~'h T. A. O'NEILL, Pruident President-Business Agent, A. M. GoodrlC Vice President-Patrolman, H. F. Kirk; SecO
r • 1'\ 1 I president, J. C. McKenzie; Secretary-Treasurer, Agreement Signed With Pere Marqnette A. J. Hayes; Trustees (three elected), L. D. Railway Whitaker, G. R. Ellis, H. M. Wessel. Delegates to 1948 National C<;mvention (five Secretary Van· Buren successfully concluded nego ,elected), A. M. Goodrich, J. N. Auman, H. F. Kirk, tiations with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad A. J. Hayes, J. C. McKenzie. Company (Pere Marquette Division) covering their Three amendments to Local No. 14's By-Laws were car ferl'ies operated on the Detroit River and Lake also voted on and all carried by a large majority. Michigan. The amended agreement gives many Al1wndment No.1-Are you in favor of the officers added benefits to MM&P members, among which is of Local No. 14 using the funds of the Local to pur an increase in wages of 151J2 cents per hour with chase a suitable building as a permanent home for compensation for 22 extra days a year; the latter Local No. 14 with the approval of the membership retroactive to July 1, 1947. It was also agreed'to at a regular meeting. Not to exceed $30,000.00 for establish a Ship's Clerk on the vessels in order to building and fixtures? Amendment No.2-Article relieve the First Mate from clel'ical work which he .4-Add a paragraph numbered 5-a to read: The First had been called upon to perfOrm in 'past years. Other ; Vice President shall be the patrolman. His duties numerous considerations which remain to be worked shall be to assist the President-Business Agent in out were offered by the Company. boarding ships, collecting dues, settling disputes, securing employment for members and such other duties that may be delegated to him by the Presi Quotes on Merchant Marine .dent-Business Agent. His salary shall be deter Theodore Roosevelt :.mined in the same manner as that set forth in these "We should not longer submit to conditions under By"Laws for the President-Business Agent and the which only a trifling portion of our great commerce, ecretary-Treasurer. In the event the office of is carried in our own ships ... Ships work for their resident-Business Agent is left vacant through any own countries just as railroads work for their ter ause, the First Vice President shall act as President minal points ... From every standpoint it is unwise' ilsiness Agent for the balance of the unexpired for the United States to continue to rely upon the rm and the Second Vice President shall replace ships of competing nations for the distl'ibution of e First Vice President for the balance of the un our goods ... The American Merchant Marine pired term. A1nendment No.3-Article 5, para should be restored to the oceans." ' aph 12-Delete the words a majority vote shall (September 5, 1901) ~cl and insert in their place the words The candi ce 1·eceiving. the largest number of votes shall be ,la1'ecl elected.
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r .... $313,000 in Sick Benefits Go CONSOL To Rail Workers in One MOI1th Removes Rust and Scale The Railroad Retirement. Board. h.as announced that $313,000 was paId to sIck or lllJured railroad Prevents Further Corrosion workers in July, the first month of the new sickness benefit program under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. More than 26,000 persons notified CONSOL the Board of their illnesses by filing statements of IN PLAIN AND COLORS sickness, and 15,500 claims for specific 2,week at all Major Ports periods were sent to Board offices throughout the country. By the end of the month, 9,900 claims had INTER·COASTAL PAINT CORP. been paid. East Sf. Louis, Ill. Baltimore, Md. San Leandro, Calif. Under the same program, 930 women employes filed statements of maternity sickness, and 340 claims for maternity benefits were received. By July 31, $9,100 had been paid on 160 of these claims. For several reasons, activity under the sickness OCEAN NAVIGATION SCHOOL program in July cannot be considered representative (Across Eighth Street from Custom House) of what is to follow. First, no valid claim could be Individual Instruction for all Grades of Licenses received before the middle of the month, since the By a Licensed and Experienced first claim periods covered the days from July 1 Master Mariner through July 14. Also, many railroad employes are Pilotage for any Port not yet aware that they may draw cash payment.! WE HAVE NO FAILURES!! while off the job because of illness. Furthermore, since July was the first month of sickness benefit CAPT. D. BOWEN operations, there was somewhat more delay in mak. Principal ing payments than there will be later. Member, M.M.& P. 130 WEST EIGHTH ST. Local 90 Terminal 2~1268 Unemployed workers filed 94,600 benefit claims SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA and 55,000 applications for certificate of benefit rights during the month. Unemployment benefit.! amounted to $1,818,000. At least half of the claims. received were for unemployment in the latter part of June. Since July was the first month in the ne benefit year, all employes who wished to claim ben fits for unemployment in that month were requi to submit applications for certificate of benefit rig NORTON-LILLY MANAGEMENT to establish their rights to unemployment benefi on the basis of 1946 earnings.' Probably more th half of the applications received were from e CORP. ployes who had been unemployed in June. The Board also announced that for July and the first week in August, 121,000 unemployment, 23,0 sickness, and 630 maternity claims were received.
Steanf,ship Maritime Coast Pilots Named As Agent for Baltic Sea Fi Operators J11a1'itirne Coc,st Pilots with offices in New Yor and Boston has been appointed Norih AmeriCll agent of a new Baltic Sea pilot firm. Shipmasters using the English Channel a~d North Sea can arrange in advance for Baltic pilotage service by contacting Capt. A. Begel executive head of Maritime Coast Pilots. either his New York office, 17 Battery Place. or at Head Office: Boston office, 88 Broad Street. The Baltic pilots organization, which uses qU 26 BEAVER ST. NEW YORK 4, N. Y. fied, government approved men, was set uP. veteran Dutch sea captain with the cooperaVO. the shipping agency of Dirkzwager & lVIaas~ u Rotterdam. Pilots are stationed at the Do\\ n , land, and at various North Sea ports. r I? 1 THE MASTER, MATE AND Green Calls All to Observe WUl. BAiTlMORE NAVIGATION ! 'Nat'l Employ Handicapped Week nnd MARINE ENGINEERING SCHOOL Washington 1, D. C., Courses for All Licenses-All Grades September 4, 1947. CONDUCTED BY J. "KNUTE" AUMAN TO THE OFFICERS OF CITY CENTRAL MASTER MARINER Principal , BODIES, MEMBER MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS STATE FEDERATIONS OF LABOR, Approved by Maryland State Board of Education NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL UNIONS Students Accepted Under G.I. Bill of Rights Norfolk Branch: Baltimore School: DRAR SIRS AND BROTHERS: Brokers Exchange Bldg. Armistead Hotel President Truman has designated the week of 264. Tazewell St. Fayette -& Holiday Sts. Norfolk 21134 Baltimore, Md. October 5-11, 1947, as National Employ the Phys Saratoga 2390 'jeally Handicapped Week. Tl:e officers and me'!' (bet'S of the American F~deratlOn of Lab~r are III , full accord with the President's ProclamatIOn. We wish to cooperate and serve in every possible way in the promotion of the employment of the physical JOHN A. McAVOY ly handicapped in positions, where their services Federal and State Tax Consultant can be utilized in a practical and satisfactory way. Specializing in Maritime Tax Problems Because of this fact I deem it my duty to sup plement the appeal made by the President of the United States in his Proclamation issued On August OPEN DAILY ALL YEAR 27th to designate the week of October 5-11 as alional Employ the Physically Handicapped Week Mail acceptable if you cannot file in person. calling upon the membership of the American ederation of Labor to cooperate wholeheartedly, 15 Whitehall Street New York 4, N. Y. lly and completely in bringing about a wide Bowling Green 9-0919 read successful observance of the holiday week el'ein referred to. You can do this by taking action ourself and in addition by cooperating with city, b~nty and state organizations in the formation and , 'motion of a constructive plan designed to make eholiday week successful in every way. Through ',ch adion the working people of the country can 'ake, a contribution toward the promotion of human Ifare and the rehabilitation of unfortunates who BLACI( 'physically handicapped but who are as willing anxious to serve as those who are physically fit aphysically strong. DIAMOND Fraternally yours, /s/ WM. GREEN, LINES P,'esiclent, American Federation of Labor.
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1941 [ 13] Merchant Marine Conference Will MERCHANT SEAMAN'S LAW Convene Oct. 15-17 in New York [(now your rights The American Merchant Marine Conference Know yonr duties under the law. Price $1.00 sponsored by The Propeller Club of the United State; in conjunction with its Twenty-first Annual Conven. By SILAS BLAKE AXTELL tion, will be held in New York October 15, 16 and An experienced maritime attorney who serves the inter 17, 1947 at the Waldorf-Astoria. ests of seamen and officers and their The conference theme will be. The Ame"ican organizations faithfully Merchant Ma1'ine for Trade, Travel and Defe~e. Problems of vital importance to the American MERCHANT SEAMEN'S PUBLISHING CO. marine industry growing out of the period of world Endorsed by Masters, Mates & Pilots reconstruction and the rehabilitation of OUr domestic. Room 1604-15 Moore St. New York 4, N. Y. and foreign trade will be presented and diScussed by recognized authorities. The conference will con. centrate the experience and wisdom of outstanding leadership upon subjects of utmost importance af. BRAMBLE NAVIGATION & MARmE fecting the future of the American marine industry Complete details and advance program may be ob: ENGINEERING SCHOOL tained from The Propeller Club of the United States ••• National Headquarters, 17 Battery Place, New York "The School That Teaches" 4, New York. PREPARATORY COURSES for all GRADES OF LICENSE Members of Non-Operating Railway Approved Under G. I. Bill of Rights Unions Receive 20-Cent Pay Raise • Hearings before the Board of Arbitration selected CAPT. HUGH T. ELLISON, Director to hear the request of the Seventeen Non-operating 3 Commerce St. Telephone: Railway Labor Organizations for a wage increase o! BALTIMORE 2, MD. LEx. 3529 twenty cents per hour for railroad employes which began at Chicago, Illinois, on August 4, 1947, we~ concluded on August 28, 1947. Evidence was pre: sented which supported the request in its entire On September 2, 1947, the Board handed down I award providing for an increase of fifteen and on half cents per hour effective September 1, 1947. T T. J. STEVENSON & CO., INC. award also provides that the increase for train patchers and yardmasters, which organizatlo joined in the national movement, will be based u • 240 hours per month. This portion of tbe aw maintains the practice which has been in effect f STEAMSHIP OPERATORS, BROKERS AND AGENTS a number of years for the employes represented 80 Broad Street the two oranizations. The method heretofore u in applying the increase to the employes represen· New York 4, N. Y. by the other fifteen organizations will also be c tinued. • Although the award is not all that had been ho for, it does give an increase slightly in excesS the so-called national patte1'n. It might also STEVENSON LINE, INC., Agents pointed out that the settlements in the other dustries were generally on a basis of 11% to l~ • cents per hour increase in the basic rates plUS SO fringe items to make up the balance while this aw MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE granted an increase of 15lf2 cents per hour in rates. The award does not analyze the case is not known the weight given to the various fa • in making the determination, but it is known NEW YORK some of the inequities, at least, still continue to The chief executives of the seventeen coopera. Genoa - Piraeus - Istanbul - Alexandria railway labor organizations met with the three riel'S' conference committees on September ~, and entered into an agreement implementing' award and providing for its application. {14 ] THE MASTER, MATE ANP ':\
...... n", ....".. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERsmp.lIfANAGEMENT. CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 2~, 1912, AS AMENDED' ·BY THE ACTS OF lIIARCH 3, H33. AND JULY 2. I!MG ALL I O!-~~:.~~.!.~ ~~~~~<;;ili"'-:''''~)-_.-.' ~-(i~~~Ofj;mr-- .. ..-.''.._.--.'- publl,b -_._.. ~ ~ _-_..__ _.__ .. _._.- _._._._ ~_ _ ~---- 4.Th.t tho two p ;,.,ph. "..I.b.v trivln~ tho n.", SOUTHERN NAVIGATION AND MARINE ENGINEERING SCHOOL Individual tnstrnctiou to Prepare For All Grades of Deck and Engine Licenses MISSISSIPPI RIVER PILOTAGE One of the Best Equipped Nautical Schools AIR CONDITIONED-SOUND MOVIES PrincipaI i,. Captain H. R. Baldwin i Nautical Instructol' Engineering Instructors R.L. Page W. A. Whitmore Signalling P. L. Schmidt J. C. Evers W. E. Duquette Nautical Advisor Capt. F. B. Ryan --G. 1. Approved-- 5TH FLOOR BOARD OF TRADE BLDG. 320 Magazine Street New Orleans 12, La. Canal 0295 947 [ 15 1 Pena~ty? Why Overtime , Attention Captains A union man we know was discussing his take. You can depend upon our prompt shipboard home pay and the cost of living. What seemed to delivery of all your electrical requirements. make him hottest of all was that his employer had We carry the largest and most complete stock ceased calling him back for overtime. No mO!'e of marine electrical supplies and fittings. time-and-one-half appears in the weekly pay check. While we sympathize with him, and we unde!'. OWESEN & CO., INC. stand his trouble, for our paycheck is on the sho!'t New York, N. Y. New Orleans, La. side, too, we think he' is missing the meaning of 125 Broad St. 238 Chartres St. overtime penalty rates. There would be no such Phone Bowling Green Phone Magnolia 3925 9·4097 rates if working people, through their unions, had not determined that a limited working day, and a San Pedro, Calif. San Francisco, Calif. 116 W. 7th St. 105 Front St. five-day week were desirable and necessary. Phone Ter. 2·0378 Phone YU. 6·0518 The reason overtime comes higher than straight time is that we want to discourage overtime. We penalize the employer. We do not want him to call us back. When we have finished a day's work, We want to quit and go home. If the boss has emergency MERCHANT MARINE SCHOOL work left, which he wants to turn out, then we'll of tho SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE of N. Y. work-but only at a penalty rate of pay. 25 South Street, New York 4. N. Y. The limitation on working hours and working T01. BOwling Green 9-2710 weeks was never intended as a means of increasing the weekly wage. Its sole purpose is to prevent, or Founded 1916 Licensea by the State of Ne1V York at least to discourage overtime. The worker, him. self, must eventually recognize this fact. His stand. OriginGl end Refresher courses for Deck and Engine Department ard daily wage should be fail' and reasonable. If Officers. Instructions to unlicensed personnel for endor.omen"l it isn't, then it is rightfully the subject for negotia, to their certificates. tion with the employer at the proper time, but extra SEMI·PRIVATE TUTORING-DAY & EVENING overtime hours at penalty rates of pay were never intended to boost the take-home wage. Their pur. pose is to protect the limits on hours and days of work." (Reprinted from "As The Editor Views It" in the Mobile, Alabc,ma, Labor' Journal.) USEFUL BOOKS 300 Ships Now in South America Io't~p~ Trade; Carry l/3 U. S. Imports Practical Marine Electricity With the two continents linked together by six important sea lanes, nearly one-third of United By LeCoullt & Duse1zbery. 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THE MACMillAN COMPANY· 60 Fifth Ave., New York II, N. Y. Pacific ports imported 29,000 tons of products the east coast and 35,000 tons from the west c [ 16 ] THE MASTER, MATE AND pll Partial List af Agreelllents Held by Masters, Mates and Pilots of Alllerica East Coast Smith & Johnson Interoccan Steamship Corporation ,Agwilines, Inc. Sound Transport Corporation Henry J. I{aiser Companies ..tlcan Steamship Co. Sword Steamship Co. (Permanente Metals Corp.) American Foreign Steamship Co. Tankers Oceanic Corporation (Kaiser Company, Inl:,) American Petroleum Transport Corp. M. & J. Tracy . (I{aiser Cargo, Inc.) ,American R.epublics _Lines Tugboat Owners & Operators of Port of Key System American Liberty Lines, Inc. philadelphia Kingdom of Thailand (Siam) American-South African Line Union Suiphur Co. Kitsap County Transportation Co. ,\.mcrican Sugar Co. United States Lines Louis Knutson ,,\r"'on:lut Line, Inc. ·U. S. Navi~ation Co. Libby. McNeill &. Libby atiunde Coast Line Railroad Co. Virr:inia Ferry Corp. Los Angeles Steamship Co. Baltimore & Ohio Uailroad Co. WeUhart Steamship Co. Luckenbal:h Gulf Stenmship Co., Inc. chns. 1'. Banks Towing Line 'Vessel Duval & Co., Inc. Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. Dlael;: Diamond ~teamship Co. West India S.S. Ce. Martin Siverstcn Steamship Co. Blldberg Rothc1uld Co., Inc. Wilmore S.S. Co. Martinez·Benicia Ferry & Trans. Co. Boland and Cornelius Wilkinson Steamship Co. Matson Navigation Co. Boston TiJw Boat Co. 'Vood Towing Co. Matson Steamship Co. Broo1dyn Eastern District 'Vorth Steamship Company l\IcCormal:k Steamship Co. A. L. Burb!tnI. Co. 'Varner Company (East Coast-South American Service) Dush TermInal Co. Great Lakes (Pacific Coast·Puerto Rico-West Indies Service) Buxton Line Ann Arbor Railroad Co. (Intercoastal Service) Calmar Steamship Corp. Bob-Lo Excursion Co. l\!oran Towing and Transportation Co., Inc. Central Railroad Co. of N. J. Chicago-Duluth, Georc-ian Bay Transit Co. Northland Transportntion Co. Central Vermont Transportation Co. Chicago & Milwaukee Steamship Co. Nort.hwest Towboat Assn. Chc'sllilealte Ferry Co. Chicago Roosevelt Steamship Co. Norih\vestern Pacific Raiiroad Co. Chcsapcnlle & Ohio Railway Co. Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. Ocean and Dom'inion Steamship Corp. Coastwise Trans. Co. Crystal Beach Transit Corp. Oceanic & Oriental Navigation Co. Colonial Navigation Co. (Australian-New Zealand Service) Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. Oceanic Steamship Co. Delaware. Lackawanna & \Vestern R, R. Fitz Simons & Connell Dredge & Dock Co, Diamond Steamship Co, Oliver J. Olson & Co. Grand Trun!t Western Railroad Co. Olympic Steamship Co., Inl:, Dlchmann, Wri~ht & Pugh Great Lakes Dredge & Dode Co. 1'. Dougherty Great Lakes Transit Corp. Pacific_Atlantic Stcamship Co. Eastern Gas & Fuel Co. Pacific_Atlantic Steamship Co. Great Lakes Transport Co. (Quakcr Line) En~tern Steamship Lines Illinois Ship & Dredge Co. El'Istern Transportation' Co. Pacific Lighterage Corp. Island Transp. Co. of Mackinaw City Pacifil: Mail S.S. Co. Eric RI/.ilroad Lalce Sand Corp. Pacific Republic Line Eric & St. Lawrence Corporation· Macldnac Transportation Co. Farr Spinninrr and Operating Co., Inc, Marine Sand Company (1\Ioere-McCormacjt Lincs, !nc.) , Jo'lut National Oil Corp, Minncsota Atlantic Transit Co. Padfic Steamship Lines Jo'ltlschman 'l'ransporlntion Co. Pacific Tankers, Inc. National Transport Co. Pacific Towboat & Salvage Co. ,.,G1oucester-Yorktown Ferries Nichol~on-Universal Steamship Corp. :Unll Tug & Barge Corporation Perl.' Marquette Railway Co. Paramount Pictures, Inl:. ;Jfnrtwelson Steamship Co, Petaluma amI Santa nosa Railroad Co. Standard Oil Co. (lndinna) Petroleum Navigation Co. i ',Utdger Steamship Corp. Wabash Railway Co, P. L. TransportlLtion Co. illinois Atlantic Corporation \Visl:onsin-1\Iichirran Steamship Co. (Pormerly Colahee S.S. Co.) Pope & Talbot, Inc. Intl!rnotional Freight Co" J:nc. Gulf (McCormack' S.S. Co. Div., nil scrvices except Inh'rnationnl Shipping Co. . Bloomfield Shipping Co. Steam Schooner Trade) Interstate Oil Transport Co. Port Orford Cedar Co. Central Gulf (S.S. Co.) Puget Sound Navigation Co. ',IlItllmian Steamship Lines Commercial Molasses (Olp. I.brnndtsen Co., Inc, Gulf Shiphuilding Corp. (Towboat Div.) Red Salmon Cnnning Co. ,JAmfstown and Newport Ferry Co. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Reedsport Towboat Co. ,'The Jay Stl"eet COY'flecting Rnilroad Mississippi Shipping Co. Richmond-San Rafael Ferry & Trans. Co. 'K.lloJ:nr Steanlshi'; ::,orp. Mobile Towing and Wrecldng Co., Inc. River Lines . high Valley R'ailruad \Vaterman Steamship Corporation Sacramento Northern Railway San Diego &. Coronado Ferry Co. 0, Mallory Corp, Standard Fruit & Steamship Co. de Mallory Lines San Francisco Towing Co. r', Martin, Inr.. West Coast San Pedro Towboat Co. rtln Marine l'ransportation Compnny Admiral Oriental Line Santa Ana Steamship Co. rlne Transport Line Alaska Padters Association Santa Catalina Island Company rc·UcCormadt Lines Alaska Railroad Santa Cruz Oil Corp. . rchant &. Miners Transportation Co.-Appren~ Alaslm Salmon Co. Santa Cruz Portland Cement Co. memhership on tUg boats) Alaslm Steamship Co. P. F. Sato Company ulco Shippinrr &. Trading Co.• Inc. Alasl.a Transportation Co. Seelwnlc Corp. oran Towing &. Trnnsportation Co. American Mail Line Ship Owners Assn. of thl' Pacific Coast y.tlc Steamsllip Co. Anlerican President Lincs, Ltd. Shio Owners & Merchants Tug Co. allon,al Bullt Carriers, Inc. American Trading and Shipping Company Southern Pacific Co. (Pacific Lincs) w I:ngland &. Southern Steamship Co. D. J. Arques Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries, Ltd. 11' 'ork Central Railroad Co. Arrow Line States Line " York &. Cuba Mail Steamship Co. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. States Steuffiship Company 11' York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Atkinson & PoUodt Co. Suriden &. Christensen "York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. Guy F. Atldnson CO'l (Intercoastal Scrvice) York Doclt Railway George Pollock Co. Tacoma Oriental Line "A, Nicol &. Co.• Inc. BayI and River Navigation Co. Union Sulphur Co., Inc. ~rfolk.Sonthern Railroad Co. Ba~v Transport Co. Washington Navigation Co. o,rfholk & Washington Steamboat Co. Boat Operators of Columbia District 'Vestern Pacific Rnilroad Co. .t.l'h' American l\-Iotorship Corp Boat Operators of Columbia River Distrkt-Tow~ WC~'erhaeuser Steamship Co. I o,r Atlantic and Gulf S.S. Co'. boat Division Wilmington Trans. Co. (Steamships) I, orton.LllIy Management Corp. Built Carriers Corp. Wilmington Truns. Co. (Towhoats) "'ood. Inc. Burns Steamship Company Wilmington Trnnsportation Co. ,J hI-, Steamship Corporation California Steamship Co. (San Francisco Bay Ferry Service) ,tr,nku Frcir.-ht Corp. Carriso, Inl:. E. K. Wood Lumber Co. ,:lI.tnll Unllroad Steamship Co. Chnmberlin, W. R. & Co. R. C. Zuclcerm:m Company American Petrolcum &. Transport C Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Weyl-Zuckerm;ln &. Co. 1rf Nnvi,tl"ation Co.. Inc. o. Coastwise (Padfic Far East Line) Western and Southern Rivers I n~la Railroad Co. Coastwise Steamship Co. lua &. RcadinA" Railroad Columbia Basin River Operators (Towboat Divi_ American Barge Line Co. tnll Steamship Co. sion) Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. Steamship Co., Inc. Constructjr.n Aggregutes Corp. Central Barge Lines IInl Steamship Corp. Coos Bay Dredging Co. J. K. Davidson & Bro. IIW noat CO. Coos' Bay Logging Co. Dravo Corp. (KeYstone Sand Division) CI', 'rm. J. Co.• Inc. De Ln Rama Steamship Co. Federal Barge Lines "~I Au· Line Railway Far East Steamship Co.. Inc. Halliday Sand Co. (I(Ilng Co. J. C. Freese Company J 01ln I. Hay Co. n l.Incs, Inc. General Steamship Corporation Iron City Sand and Gravel Co. rd .St~amship Co. Grace Line Lake Tankers Corp. , Nn.Vl~ation Co. (Panama Mail Steamship Co.) McCrady Rodgers Compnny AlInnbc St('amshill C (Pacific Coast Panama Line Service) Mist'ouri-Illinois R. R. Co. '"' Pacific Co o. (Dired Pacific Coast-South American Service) Natchez & Louisiana Railway Transfer Co. C~mpanv tn Rnilway W. R. Grace & Co.. as Agents for Grace Line, Inc.. New Orleans. Texas and Mexico Rwy. 'lllrnsportl1tion Co. Pacific Coast. West Coast Mexican Central. Ohio River Company o~~. &. Sons American Panama Service of Grace Line. Inc., Pittsburgh ConI Company S:S. and Parific Coast South American Servicc of Steamer Service Co. al Co. Grace Line. Inc. Strecltfus Steamers. Inc. rlne Corp James Griffiths & Sons. Inc. Union Barge Line Corp. • '1'. J. &. Co.. Tnc. Hammond Shipping Co.. Ltd. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. ,Steamship Corporation Hart Wood Lumber Co. Wheeling Steel. Corporation HIGH IN PROTECTION • • . 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