ing permits to vessels which they knew should not be permitted to sail the lakes, let alone carry pas sengers. And if they didn't know these things they are not fit men to hold their position. "One year ago we submitted to the department of commerce reports of Human Ballast: The sketch above shows how the weight of 2.500 pas sengers on top instead of sufficient ballast below toppled over the East land and caused, the loss of more than 1.000 lives. It is said by seamen that the Eastland's stability line, the im aginary line indicated in the picture above, was only 4 incehs deep, 16 inches short of the government re quirement Below is a picture, the only one ever taken, of Andrew Furu i seth, father of the seamen's act, who puts blame for Eastland disaster on '. United States inspection service, .