* THE MOOREMACK NEWS * * * * * * * * HE YEAR having ended, the new one come in, Jimmy Ray, good Joe Beatty, and all the northbound TThe old beefs remaining, the new ones begin. May the freight be a ton where it once was a pound While ships at their berths call for cargo and more To Geddes, Molloy, Joe Kelly and Beyts And problems harass us at sea and ashore And to Wallace that pastmaster genius of rates We cant let them get us, we just wont sit by To Wilcox, to Kennedy, to Erickson, Roselle Or take down our tresses and have a good cry And all the solicitors a swell year, boys, swell. No, lets gather round for a drink and a song Lets bellow our greetings, lets bellow them strong. To smiling Bob Aitken and purser boss Cerf The boys of the Mail Room (the best to you, Murph) You two out in front there, who got this thing going And speaking of Murphys a hand for the Joes Whose backs had the strength in the first rugged rowing The same for I. Ewers who all the law knows. You two who have led us and lead us on still To Bachmann, to Hollis, Tamasik and Clausen May your new year be happy we know that it will Your flow of good luck may there never be a pause in, May you thrive and grow stronger and keener and then ' May you grow even stronger and stronger as men To Czapski, Silfverberg, O Donnell and Dickson May you drink at the well thats reserved for the best We hope all your troubles are set for a fixin May you help us, the weak ones, come through in the test. To the cruise personnel and to Eleanor Britton A new year thats joyful in every way fittin To the Commodore, too, let us all join in saying May your luck be the best, be you shipping or haying, And speaking of Goode things let us not forget Mary Nor neglecting the Burke boys Timothy and Terry To Henry Molloy, treat him kindly, 0 Fate, To Dunker, Visceglia, Kreppein and Farrell The world has too few of his spiritual weight. To Bill of the Moores may the Scantic stay bright The best of good luck, may it come by the barrell To George of the Holts, all the cargo in sight To that fellow who helps us whenever they stick us To Francis the Chrystal and Donovan Gerry The best to you, friend, of course we mean Svikis. As good a new year as your Christmas was merry. To Kuykendall, Dunn, and that nice Swenson fellow The Kane boys, Den Crowley and John Saviello Lots of luck to another lad, fellow named Lalley. May the best come to you, Jimmy (Giants) McNally. To Hartmann, the Davises, Ed Smith and Stu Brown To that grandest of grand, our dear pal Captain Auten Atterby, ONeil, may your luck go to town Good things in the new year that cannot be boughten. To Mattmann, to Keenan, Capone, Friel and Morris To a swell guy named Furey, another named Fay We keep your good welfare forever before us Who rule the pier kingdom by night and by day To Hodder, Cap. McCormick and Barrister Swanton To Sadler and Simmons and Spaulding as well May there never be anything youll he wantin May your passenger listings continue to swell. To Hubbard, to Hannan, Cuneo, Stein To Morry the Pretz and to Johnny the Sand To Duval, Barchielli, a year bright and fine To Mueller the Bus, boys, heres the glad hand. To Glennon and Clifford, ORourke and Wickel May fortune be constant, never fickle Cap Barrett, Cap Harris, Cap Mayo, Cap Joe Who get the ships out be it rain, sleet or snow Al Auten and Corbett, McNamara, Craig To a fellow named Richardson Harry, of course We know your good fortune is in the bag. To Donahue, Jackovics, all the pier force Mitchel, Gravesen, Larson, McLennan Barbera, whose autograph all of us cherish May the good luck youve had be just the begennan May your talent as check signer never perish. To Cawsey, Dan Downes, Murie, Arvidsson, Marsh Let the year he kindly, never harsh To Crocker and Clarendon, Mohan and Leth To Molinari, Krebs, Reis and Keating Well sing your high praise till were all out of breath And good Tim Cashman, our kindliest greeting. To Larsson and Lyons, De Barr and Bill Binder To Demosthenes Klein, may your words never fail you May the fates treat you kinder and kinder and kinder To Cosulich, Cy, though youve gone still we hail you To Eby, Ed Gillen, and to Doctor Guilayn May your skies be the bluest and never come rain For the masters, the mates and the engineers To the good Captain Ben and to Mrs. Bendetti We shout a loud, prideful, and happy "Three Cheers" May your riches pile out from the big horn of pletty To the gals who produce note and memo and letter The kind of a year that couldnt be better To Archer, Capelli, to Marty and Phil To the telephone girls and their boss Miss Gordon May the passenger fares pour into the till A special good wish were hereby awardin. To Kacey and Grady and all the Coast crowd To Sweeney and Downing of whom were right proud To the crews who make all Mooremack ships always the best To Worley and Sheely and Fenger and Fitch The oilers, the stewards, the pursers, the rest May the months in the offing be happy and rich. The names they are legion, the gals and the guys We love them and greet them and wish them bright skies To the Personnel glamour girls, Miller and Shea To travelers, stockholders, shippers and friends Jo Neelen, Betty Sampson, Budd, Casper and Kreye As the new year begins and the other one ends To trade-puller Joe of the Medernach clan We say from the heart and believe us, we sign, More waxes, more cocoa, more beans, more liWnan The Staff of the New happy, happy 49. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . * * * JANUARY, 1949 3 SHIPPING PROSPECTS for 1949 by ALBERT V. MOORE President MOORE-McCORMACK LINES T HE YEAR JUST ENDED was disturbed ment competition and not infrequently starting with the first postwar sailing of and in several ways disturbing, but his- that of our own Government. the Argentina in January, the Uruguay tory tells us that practically every year For example, everyone in the industry in February and finally the Brazil in was described in the same way at the has had great hopes for the stimulating June. As this is written all three are in time. In our own industry 1948 brought effects of the U. S. flag share of ocean operation with the Brazil and Argentina important changes which reflected in transportation under the ECA. As it has scheduled to make special cruises to the largest part the world situation. A phase been working out we not only have been Rio Carnival in January and February. of postwar trade came to an end as na- unable to get our share but are now ac- While all three ships have not yet had a tions found that they had filled the criti- tually confronted with an interpretation full twelve months of postwar operation, cal needs developed during the war years on the part of Mr. Hoffmanthe Ad- it is clear that the travel world welcomes or that they had run out of dollars with ministrator of ECA --which would give them back into service, not only with which to pay for still-needed goods. The American ships none of this transpor- words but with patronage. The passen- trade and cargo developers who had had tation. We as an industry have suffered ger carryings have been quite satisfac- small opportunity in 1947 when there from this line of reasoning but it is ex- tory; the dip in cruise travel that gener- was little or no cargo space available pected that Congress now in session will ally marks the Spring and Fall months went back to an intensive search for take necessary steps wherein American (as compared with the heavy traffic dur- new types of freight, new markets, and shipping will be directed to transport its ing Winter and Summer) was not nearly new supplies. rightful share of this important business. as striking as we expected. It would ap- For Moore-McCormack the transition Unfortunately, too few people in the pear that travel-minded people have from war and immediate postwar condi- U. S. understand the Merchant Marine come to realize that South America is an tions is under way. The need for char- problem. Even in high places and among all-year vacation land, that the South tered ships has been sharply reduced and the otherwise well informed, there is Atlantic is one of the worlds most at- once again our owned tonnage has be- frequently crass ignorance on this ques- tractive cruise areas at any time of the come the major factor in the services we tion. Fortunately for the nation, there is year, and that high quality cruises on operate. While this has meant a sub- a large section of the population who, beautiful ships like the three sisters of stantial reduction in the tonnage oper- as G.I.s, saw with their own eyes the the Good Neighbor Fleet are to be ated, it represents a return of conditions imperative need for merchant ships. sought whatever the season. that are more nearly normal and in- These G.I.s will remain politically very One of the major attractions of ship- volves organization adjustments to those powerful for the next generation and ping a factor which holds our interest conditions.