The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-19
RULINGS ON LAW
ANGER FURUSETH
Finds Malice Behind That Requir-
es Seamen To Qualify As
-" Lifeboat Men =.

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Criticisms by officials of the sailors
union Of the attitude of Secretary OF
Commerce Redfeld and bis subordi
mates toward the Seamen's Law ha,
become more violent Andrew Furu
seth, president Of the international
seamen's Union real author of the bill
returned TO San francisco from Wash
ingtoa November 8, two days after the
law became effective, according to des
patches from the Coast
He went almost Immediately to the
United States shipping inspector 3
office, where he demanded that he be
allowed to see all the rulings which
had arrived within the last few DAYS
relative to the bill.
Calls Rulings Idiotic
Looking them over, he denounced
some of these rulings as "'idiotic" and
malicious.''
Furnseth objected vigorously to the
ruling of the inspector general which
requires all able-bodied seamen to take
two examinations, one as able bodied
seamen and the other lifeboat men, as
sorting the bill never contemplated any
such thing.
Malice is behind this" said Furu
seth, " and ! II keep the wires hot until
the tangles are Strengthened.
1t would not be surprising to hear of
bad break between union officials and
government officials.
Seventy.six Inter Island seamen had
certificates as able seamen yesterday
afternoon. The Claudine had fifteen,
the Kinau ten, the Mana Kea twelve,
the Mauna Loa thirteen, the w. G.
Hall nine, the Mikaha1a eight and
Others scattering. An of these, besides
the Helene, have the required forty pei
cent. The number of the Mauna
Kea was being increased yesterday.
Each OF the seventy7siN is a lifeboat
man. The ships named are we'll in ex-
cess of forty per cent, for the five
large steamers require only six eertif-
Gated seamen, and the others four.
The steamers have not the required
number of Iifeboat men, however.
Men From Thomas Up
Issuing certificates is keeping pace
with examinations by the public health
service physicians. The first block of
100 was passed Monday, and the Office
of the inspectors of hulls and boilers
was busy yesterday. Some of the men
were of the schooner Robert LEVERS
and other schoOneTs now in port, and
Saturday and Monday saw men from
the transport Thomas seeking certif
Gates. The Thomas was unable to
finish in San Francisco because of the
big number to take exami nations there.
San Francisco dispatches say that
shipping men were pleased greatly by
the order of the secretary of commerce
ships to clear without forty
per cent so long as they had made a
effort to comply with the
law, but every ship that sailed Novem-
Der 4, including the Matson liner Mat,
sonia, was within the law. Twenty.
five hundred seamen in San Francisco
are to be examined. Up to November !
5. 1928 able seameu had applied at San
Francisco; 700 had qualified profes-
sionally; 1872 had been passed by the
doctors and eleven had been rejected 1
by them. There, as here, most of the
men have had three years experience
and need not take professional exami-
nations.
From Other Cities
OF ninety nine seamen examined Mt 4
Portland fourteen had been rejected, |
nccording to dispatches of November |
5, and most of them were for defective |
eyesight. Four of the sixty-two men |
examined at San Pedro up to NOvem.
Der z were found not competent, two |
on account Of defective eyesight.
According to the Interpretation |
placed on the new Seamen y Law by |
inspectors at Seattle the fact that yes |
sells are being allowed to sail without
will not prevent fines from benz
assessed against the owners of the
vessels for the violations, according to 1
Tacoma papers. II is said that the |
operating in the southern
and northern coast services from Ia |
coma and Seattle will be subject to
fines aggregating many thousands of
lOllaTs before they can possibly com |
ply with the regulations of the law.
May Appeal Fines
The owners, however, will have the |
privilege of appealing to the Washing
ton authorities for remittance of the |
fines. This, it is Understood, will be |
the method of procedure. The inspec
tors will impose the fines and the own.
ers will appeal to have them set aside
Supervising Inspector General UhIer
Of the United States steamboat in,
spectiOn service has ruled that Ii |
censed officer or an able seaman is not
required to qualify as a eertifcated
lifebOat man to take charge of boat
but that IL they desire to act in the
dual capacity of licensed officer in
charge or able seaman in charge AMI
also as lifeboat man, the licensed Off |
Ger must qualify as a lifeboat man and
the able seaman must qualify as a life
boat man. This was in reply TO a |
query from San Francisco
Block and Tackle Insufficient
One of the multifarious provisions
of the Seamen's Act is that steamers
should be provided with gear of suf |
hcient power TO turn out davits |
against the maximum list under which |
it is possible to lower lifebOats, says
Shipping Illustrated. 1t is understood |
hat the steamboat inspection service