'. In This Issue * Shipping Labor, Management, Work As One * "Cycloid Propulsion": Something New * Planned Sale of Ships Menaees Industry * Days of 'Lakes Carferries Are Reealled Vol. XI FEBRUARY, 1948 No.2 l Partial List of Agreements Held by Masters, Mates and Pilots of America ---- East Coast Stockard Steamship Corporation Hnrt Wood Lumber Co. Agwilines, Inc. Smith & Johnson In~erocean ::)tcamllhip Corporation .<\:Icoll Steamship Co. Sound Transport Corporation Henry J. Kaiser Companies Aml.'l"ican Foreign Steamship Co. Sword Steamship Co. (Permanente :&Ietals Corp.) Americ:m Petroleum Trnnsport (orp. Tankers Oceanic Corporation (Kaiser Company, Inc.) American Republics Lines l'rI. & J. Tracy (Kaiser Cargo, Inc.) American Liberty Lines, Inc. Tugboat Owners & Operators of Port of Key System American~South African Line Philadelphia Kingdom of Thailand (Siam) American SUJ:"ar Co. Union Sulphur Co. Kitsap County Transportation Co, 4· Argonaut Line, Inc. United States Lines Louis Knutson Athmtic Coast Line Railroad Co. U. S. Navigation Co. Libby, McNeill & Libby Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. Virginia Ferry Corp. Los Angeles Steamship Co. Chas. T. Banks Towing Line Wellhart Steamship Co. Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Co., Inc Black Diamond Steamship Co. Wessel Duval & Co., Inc. Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. • Blidberg Rothchild Co., Inc. West India S.S. Co. Martin Siversten Steamship Co. Boland and Cornelius Wilmore S.S. Co. Martinez-Benicia Ferry & Trans. C Boston Tow BOBt Co. Wilkinson Steamship Co. Matson Navigation Co. o. Brooklyn Eastern District Wood Towing Co. ?tIatson Steamship Co. A. L. llurbank Co. 'Vorth Steamship Company McCormack Steamship Co. Bush Terminal Co. Warner Company lEast Coast-South American SerVice) Buxton Line Great Lakes (Pacific Coast-Puerto Rico-West Indies SI Calmar Steamship Corp. Ann Arbor Railroad Co. (Intercoastal Service) ttT Ct) Carras, 'J. M., Inc. Bob-Lo Excursion Co. Moran Towing and Transportntion Co I Central Railroad Co. of N. J. Chicago-Duluth, Georgian Bay Transit Co. Northland Transportation Co. ., nco Central Vermont Transportation Co. Chicngo & Milwaukee Steamship Co. Northwest Towboat Assn. Chesapeake Ferry Co. Chicago Roosevelt Steamship Co. Norlhwestern Paci6c Railroad Co. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co. Ocean and Dominion Steamship Corp Coastwise Trans. Co. Oceanic & Oriental Navigation Co . Crystal Beach Transit Corp. Servic~) Colonial Navigation Co. Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. (Australian-New Zealand Delaware, Lackawanna & \Vestern R. R. lo'itz Simons & Connell Dredge & Dock Co. Oceanic Steamship Co. Diamond Steamship Co. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. Oliver J. Olson & Co. Dichmann, Wright & Pugh Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. Olympic Steamship Co., Inc. P. Dougherty Great Lakes Transit Corp. Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co. Eastern Gas & Fuel Co. Great Lakes Transport Co. Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co. Eastern Steamship Lines Illinois Ship & Dredge Co. (Quaker Line) Eastern Transporlation Co. Island Transp. Co. of Mackinaw City Pacific Lighterage Corp. Erie R.,.i1road Lake Sand Corp. ,Pacific Mail S.S. Co. Erie & St. Lawrence Corporation Mackinac Transportation Co. Pacific Republic Line Farr Spinning and Operating Co., Inc. Marine Sand Company (Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.) First National Oil Corp. Minnesota Atlantic Transit Co. Pacific Steamship Lines Fldschman Transportation Co. National Transport Co. Pacific Tankers. Inc. Gloucester-Yorktown Ferries Nicholson-Universal Steamship Corp. Pacific Towboat & Salvage Co. Hall Tug & Barge Corporation Perc Marquette Railway Co. Paramount Pictures, Inc. Hartwelson Steamship Co. Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad Co. Hl.'dger Steamship Corp. Wabash Railway Co. Petroleum Navigation Co. Illinois Atlantic Corporation Wisconsin_l'tfichigan Steamship Co. P. L. Transportation Co. (Formerly Colahee S.S. Co.) Pope & Talbot, Inc. International Freight Co., :tnc. Gull (McCormack ·S.S. Co. Div., aU servicn 0:.... International Shipping Co. Bloomfield Shipping Co. Steam Schooner Trade) Interstate Oil Transport Co. Central Gulf (S.S. Co.) Port Orford Cedar Co. Isthmian Steamship Lines Commercial Molasses Corp. Puget Sound Navigation Co. Isbrandtsen Co., Inc. Gulf ::ihiphuiJding Corp. (Towboat Div.) Red Salmon Canning Co. Jamestown and Newport Ferry Co. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Reedsport Towboat Co. Jenney Mfg. Co. Mississippi Shipping Co. Richmond-San Rafael Ferry & Trans. Ce. The Jay Street Cor.necting Railroad Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co.. Inc. River Lines Kellogg Steamship Corp. Waterman Stcamship Corporation Sacramento Northern Railway Lehigh Valley Railroad Standard Fruit & Steamship Co. San Diego & Coronado Ferry Co. C. D. Mallory Corp. San Francisco Towing Co. Clyde Mallory Lines San Pedro Towboat Co. P. F. Martin. Inc. West Coast Santa Ana Steamship Co. Mnrtin Marine Transportation Company Admiral Oriental Line Santa Catalina Island Compan~· Marine Trnnsport Line Alaska Packers Association Santa Cru7. Oil Corp. Moore-McCormack Lines Alaska Railroad Santa Cruz Porthind Cement Co. (Merchllnt & Miners Transportation Co.-Appren- Alaska Salmon Co. P. F. Sato Company tire membership on tug boats) Alaska Steamship Co. Seekonk Corp. Mexico Shipping & Trading Co., Inc. Alaska Transportation Co. Ship Owners Assn. of tht Pacific Co.st Moran Towing & Transportation Co. American Mail Line Ship Owners & Merchants Tug Co. Mystic Steamship Co. American Prc!sident Lines, Ltd. Southern Pncific Co. (Pacific Lines) National Bulk Carriers, Inc. American Trading and Shipping Company Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferrin, Lt•• New England & Southern Steamship Co. D. J. Arques States Line New York Central Railroad Co. Arrow Line Stntes Steamship Company New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co. Atehison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. Sudden & Christensen New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Atkinson & Pollock Co. (Intercoastal Service) New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. Guy F. Atkinson Co.} Tacoma Oriental Line New York Dock Railway I George Pollock Co. Union Sulphur Co., Inc. R. A. Nicol & Co.. Inc. Bay and River Navigation Co. Washington Nnvigation Co. Norfolk-Southern Railroad Co. Bay Transport Co. Western Pacific Railrond Co. Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co. Boat Operators of Columbia District Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. North American Motorship Corp. Boat Operators of Columbia River District-Tow_ Wilmington Trans. Co. (StenRlshlps) North Atlantic and Gulf S.S. Co. boat Division Wilmington Trans. Co. (TowIJOats) Norton-Lilly Mnnagement Corp. Bulk Carriers Corp. Wilmington Transportation Co. Oldwood, Inc. Burns Steamship Company (San Francisco Bay Ferr)· Scr\'icel Orbis Steamship Corporation California Steamship Co. E. K. Wood Lumher Co. Overlakes Freight Corp. Carriso, Inc. R. C. Zuckerman Compnn~· Panama Railroad Steamship Co. Chamberlin. W. R. & Co. Weyl-Zuckermnn & Co. Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Western and SOllllteT1/ Rire" Parry Navigation Co., Inc. Coastwise (Pacific Far East Line) PennSYlvania Railroad Co. Coastwise Steamship Co. Americnn Barge Line Co. Philai!elphia & Reading Railroad Columhia Basin River Opcrators (Towboat Divi- Carnegie·Illinois Steel Corp. Pocahontas Steamship Co. sion) Central Barge Lines Polaris Steamship Co., Inc. Constructir,n Aggregates Corp. J. I{. Davidson & Bro. .• Prudential Steamship Corp. Coos Bay Dredging Co. Dravo Corp. (I{eystone Sand DIVISIOn) Ross Tow Boat Co. Coos Bay Logging Co. Federal Barge Lines Rountree, Wm. J. Co., Inc. De La Rama Steamship Co. Halliday Sani! Co. Seabonrd Air Line Railway Far East Steamship Co., Inc. John I. Hay Co. Seas Shipping Co. J. C. Freese Company Iron Cit~· Sand and Gra\'el ((I. Seatrain Lines, Inc. General Steamship Corporation Lake Tankers Corp. Shephard Steamship Co. Grace Line McCrady Rodgers Comp:my ~inc1air Navigation Co. (Panama Mail Steamship Co.) !\'lissouri-Illlnois R. R. Co. hr Cto South Atlnntic Steamship Co. (Pacific Const Panama Line Service) Natchez & Louisiana Ranwn~' Trnns ~outhern Pacific Co. (Direct Pacific Coast·South American Service) New Orleans. Tel:as and Mexh:o R1I7' Sonthl'rn Railway Company W. R. Grace & Co.. as Agents for Grace Line, Inc., Ohio Rinr Company Southern Transportation Co. Pacific Coast, West Coast Mexican Central, Pittsburgh Coal Compan~" !1penccr Kellogg & Sons American Panama Service of Grace Line, Inc., Steamer Service Co. Sprague S.S. Co. and Pacific Coast South American Service of Streckfus Steamers, Inc. Staples Coal Co. Grace Line, Inc. Union Barge Line Corp. States Marine Corp. James Griffiths & Sons. Inc. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. Stevenson, T. J. & Co., Inc. Hammond Shipping Co.• Ltd. Wheeling Steel Corporation The Master, Mate and Pilot Official Journal of the Nationil'll Organization of M<!ISters, MatoJ. 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. FEBRUARY, 1948 No.2 Shipping Labor, Management Work As One In Voicing Opposition to Proposed Scuttling of the Entire Maritime Industry Through Giving Away and Sale of Ships to Foreign Nations. State Department's Policy Termed "TIl-Advised" by those in Best Posilion to Know Labor and management, long at. odds on many only the sale of these 200 war-built vessels, but also points connected with American shipping,' are the temporary transfer of up to 300 additional bulk­ shoulder-to-shoulder in pushing their opposition to cargo carriers to the participating countries on bare­