carpenter and a number of seamen. A dozen other workers are required 

 to see that everyone is well fed — cooks and messboys, stewards and bakers. 

 There is also always a purser on board who looks after the bookkeeping 

 and cargo records. 



No great ship can start on its ocean voyage without the help of many 

 people who never set foot upon her deck. The shore personnel of an 

 organization such as Pope & Talbot, Inc., employs hundreds of men and 

 women who perform a great variety of services. There are men who must 

 see to it that the ship has oil for fuel; that there is food for the crew; that 

 all safety appliances are in good working order; that the machinery is in 

 perfect condition — for, once at sea, the ship cannot turn back to pick up 

 forgotten supplies, or stop to make major repairs. It requires dozens of 

 clerks to prepare great piles of documents and papers, for careful records 

 must be kept of every item of cargo. There are men at the terminals who 

 receive great truckloads of goods for transfer to the ship's hold, and 

 longshoremen to do the actual moving and stowing of these mountain- 

 high piles of boxes, bales and barrels. And back of all these workers are 

 company executives who direct the business and apply life-long experi- 

 ence in steamship operation to make everything work smoothly. 



Ships of the American Merchant Marine are the best equipped in the 

 world, and the men who sail them are the best paid. Great cargo ships 

 like the S.S. P&T Seafarer are less impressive in looks than are the vessels 

 devoted principally to carrying passengers, but they are vitally important 

 to the nation. In peacetime they help keep American workers busy at 

 home making goods or growing crops which other countries need. In 

 time of war, they carry the arms, ammunition and machinery and foods 

 for fighting men who have crossed to foreign shores to preserve our lib- 

 erty and safety at home. 



As it sails imder the great Golden Gate Bridge which spans San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, the S.S. P&T Seafarer is carrying on the tradition of American 

 venture in the same way that the original Pope & Talbot brig Oriental 

 did a hundred years ago. 



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