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Ocean Mining Bill Surges Thru Senate
Measure Contains Crucial Build American, Man American Requirements
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Law of the Sea conferees have
shipyards over the next several
• make U.S.-registered ore
VICTORY for the job
' tried unsuccessfully for years to
years.
rights of Ameriean sea carriers used for ocean mining
reach agreement on an interna
The House bill would not
men and shoreside workers came eligible for both construction and
tional accord governing the
require the vessels to be built in
last month when ah Ocean operating-differential subsidies^
mining,
processing a\id distribu
U.k yards at a cost of thousands
Mining bill containing key SIUtion of deep seabed minerals. The
of Jobs^ for U.S. shipyard
House Must Vote
backed "man American, build
U.^ has held off passing national
workers.
American" amendments breezed
X similar bill is now pending
Assuming the House acts legislation pending action by the
through the Senate.
before the House Foreign Affairs
favorably on the ocean mining Conference.
In an overwhelming voice vote committee, chaired by Rep.
bill, the two versions would have
on Dec. 14, the Senate voted to Clement Zablocki (D-Wisc.).
Supporters of U.S. ocean
give U.S. mining companies a
to
go
before
a
Joint
House/
mining legislation, including the
Support for the legislation, which
green light to begin retrieving the was passed overwhelmingly by Senate conference committee SIU, feel the United States has
trillions of dollars worth of
waited long enough for an
the House in 1978, is again where the differences between
mineral-packed nodules that
them
would
be
resolved.
international accord to bfe
reported to be very strong. But
blanket the ocean's floor.
reached.
there are several hurdles to
The bill is similar to heavily
Law
of
Sea
Involved
overcome before an ocean
American industry is heavily
supported legislation that never
mining bill could make its way to
Another snag to speedy House dependent on nickel, copper,
made it to the Senate floor for a
the President's desk.
action on the legislation came in cobalt and manganese, the four
vote last year.
While the House and Senate the form of a request from Elliot
basic components of the deep
The bill%ontains three "build
bills are closely akin, there are
Richardson, the U.S. Ambassa seabed's mineral nodules. If
American, man American"
some differences between them. dor to the U.N. Law of the Sea w Congress okays ocean mining
amendments which are of crucial
Primarily, the amend mem~-on Conference.
legislation the U.S. could be
concern, to labor.
mining and processing vessels in
Richardson asked House entirely self-sufficient in those
The three amendments would: the Senate bill says those vessels Foreign Affairs Committee four elements by the year 2000.
• require all mining and must be U.S.-built as well as Chairman Clement Zablocki to
In addition, through the "hire
processing vessels used for ocean U.S.-registered and manned. The hold up on the bill until after the American" clauses in the
mining to be U.S.-built, U.S.- House bill does not stipulate that next Law of the Sea Conference legislation, jobs for U.S. workers
the mining and processing vessels in February.
registered and U.S.-manned;
in the infant ocean mining
must be built in American
He's afraid that adoption of
industry would be created and
• require at least one ore shipyards.
U.S. laws on deep seabed mining
protected.
Nqarrier used to transport the
That difference is an important might jeopardize chances for the
mineral-rich nodules to process one for U.S. wqrkers. Under the Law of the Sea Conference's
The SIU will continue to work
ing facilities from each mining SlU-backed Senate bill, as many member nations to agree on an
for prompt Congressional action
site to be U.S.-built, U.S.-owned as 20 mining vessels and 60 ore international ocean mining on the deep seabed mining
and U.S.-crewed;
carriers could be built in U.S. treaty.
legislation.
SIU Supports Extension of War Risk Insurance for 5 Years
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After urging by a cross section of
U.S. maritime organizations led. by
the SIU, the House Merchant
Marine & Fisheries Committee has
recommended an extension of the
provisions of Title Xll of the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936,
relating to war risk insurance until
September 30, 1984.
The House committee was pre
viously considering a permanent
extension of the bill. It is our
contention that extending the bill
for only the five year period will lead
to necessary "Congressional over
sight" of the bill.
The war risk insurance provisions
of Title XII gives the Secretary of
Commerce, with the approval of the
President, the authority to provide
insurance and reinsurance against
loss or damage by war risks to
American vessels and their crews
and cargoes when commercial
coverage is not available on reason
able terms.
Commercial insurance policies
usually have "acts of war" clauses
which ^rminate the policy just when
it is most needed.
In letters to Sen. Daniel Inouye
(D-HA), chairman of the Senate
Subcommitte on Merchant Marine,
and to Rep. John M. Murphy (DNY), Chairman of the House
Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, the SIU stated its
support for the war risk insurance
program. It is our position that war
risk insurance is "consistent with the
policies of most other major mari
time nations and absolutely neces
sary to maintain the steady flow of
United States' waterborne com
merce, including the maintenance of
essential transportation services for
the Department of Defense during a
national emergency."
The statement further noted past
SIU support of efforts "to limit war
risk insurance to American-flag
vessels."
It is the opinion of the SIU that
foreign-flag vessels would be of no
use to the United States in event of
war. However the SIU would
support the continuation of "regula
tions promulgated by the Maritime
Administration, which provide for a
case-by-case review of requests for
coverage by American-owned
foreign-flag ships," noting that
"these regulations should be ex
tended and vigorously enforced."
To insure that such a case-by-case
review of foreign-flag applications
continues the SIU feels that the Title
Xll provision should only be
extended for a five year period,
thereby guaranteeing periodic over
sight by the committees. House
Chairman Murphy, in proposing the
amended bill, echoes this feeling,
saying that "rather than granting an
indefinite extension (to H.R. 5784),
we can look at it again in five years."
Delta Re-Naming Ships
SlU-contracted Delta Steamships
has informed the Union that the
company has decided to change the
nahies of a significant number of
vessels now comprising the Delta
fleet.
Listed below are the current and
new names of those vessels affected
by this new policy:
Ships on the U.S. East Coast to
West Coast of South America:
Delta Colombia to Santa Clara:
Delta Bolivia to S^a Barbara:
Delta Ecuadory6^n7iJ<:c.uz:
Delta Panama to Santa Elena:
Delta Peru to Santa Isabel:
Delta Venezuela\o Santa Lucia.
-The names on the above vessels
will be changed in sequence of their
arrival in New York commpn.in
Change of address cards on Forhi 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union Atiantf/- rsaTiT
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The amendment was passed by a
unanimous vote of the House
committee. The Comm^ittee's second
ranking minority member. Rep;
Gene Snyder (R-Ky.) moved that
the bill, as amended, be reported.
The vote to approve the bill was
unanimous. It will now be up to the
full Houiie to approve the amend
ment.
with the S.S. DELTA COLOMBIA
on or about Ijb^January 1980.
U.S. Easf^Coast to Csnbbcan,
Venezuela, North Coast Colombia
Trade Route:
Delta Argentina to Del Mundo;
Delta Paraguay to Del Campo:
Delta Mexico to Dil Viento.
The name changes of the above
vessels will be implemented in the
near future pending fir^dlization of
required documentatim
U.S. West Coast to (West Coast of
South America Trade:
Delta Africa to Santa Aidela:
mericd to Santa )lumia.
U.S. 6ti]f Coast to West Coast of
Africa Trat
Delta Rmv/Ato DePMotttt^
Delta Urugueiy to
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Paul Hall Hospitalized: Membership Authorizes
Frank Drozak to Carry Out Duties of President
The membership of the
Seafarers International Union,
Atlantic, Gkilf, Lakes and Inland
Waters District, has instructed
Executive Vice President Frank
Drozak to carry out the
responsibilities of the Presidency,
until Paul Hall is able to return to
his duties.
The action was taken at the
January regular membership
meetings in all ports as a result of
the illness of President Hall, who
jias been hospitalized since
November.
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Paul suffered a fall on
November 8. Examinations in
the hospital revealed complica
tions requiring intensive care and
treatment, which the Union
President has been undergoing
since that time.
The Union's Executive Board
met on December 27 to consider
the circumstances of President
Hall's illness, along with the
constitutional provisions and
Hall's own wishes, for dealing
with such a situation. In view of
all of these factors, the Board
voted unanimously to recom
mend membership authorization
of the temporary assumption of
Hall's duties by Executive Vice
President Drozak.
Therefore, in addition to his
duti^ as Executive Vice Presi
dent, Drozak will also carry out
the duties of President.
The Board members who
unanimously voted to make the
recommendation were: Joe
DiGiorgio, secretary treasurer;
Angus "Red" CampBell, vice
president in charge of contracts
and contract enforcement; Leon
Hain vice president in charge of
the Atlantic Coast; Joe Sacco,
vice president in charge of the
Gulf Coast; Mike Sacco, vice
president in charge of the Great
Lakes and Inland Waters, and
Frank Drozak, executive vice
president and chairman.
The^embership meetings also
unanimously approved motions
giving Drozak a vote of support
and confidence in his ability to
discharge the duties of the office
of President until Hall's return.
garter Orders Halt Of Grain Shipments to Soviet
A MOVE of strong protest
against the Soviet Union's
military incursion into Afghanistain; President Carter suspended
the sale of 14.5 million tons of
American grain to the U.S.S.R.
early this month.
The cutoff involves the
shipment of all grain products .
over and above those which the
U.S. is committed to move to the
U.S.S.R. under the WashingtonMoscow grain pact, begun four
years ago.
The President said the U.S.
would honor its commitment
under the basic grain pact and
deliver the remainder of eight
million tons of grain contracted
for but not yet received by the
Soviet Union. The cutoff will
apply to the 14.5 million tons of
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wheat, corn and other feed grains
t;he U.S.S.R. has sought to
purchase above the base figure in
the aroord.
Freezing grain sales to the
Soviet Union will have an impact
on the U.S. merchant fleet.
About one-third of the Soviet
grain trade is reserved for U.S.flag vessels under a bilateral trade
agreement with the Russians.
A total of 28 SlU-contraeted
tankers were ruled eligible by the
Maritime Administration to
receive subsidies for carrying
Russian bound grain early this
month. An additional 14
American-flag vessels also
received MarAd's okay to
operate under the subsidy
program.
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In addition to the grain
embargo, which the Administra
tion is terming a "suspension,"
Carter froze high technology
Legislative News
Ocean Mining Passes
S,enate
Page 2
SiU in Washington . Pages 9-10
NMC Wants S11B
for Maritime.:
Page 15
Union News
George Meany Dies —Page 5
Headquarters Notes —Page 7
Letters to Editor
Page 18
Brotherhood in Action .Page 35
At Sea-Ashore
Page 17
SPAD Checkoff .... Back Page
79 Was a Good Year.. Page 13
Great Lakes Picture ...Page 25
Inland Lines
Page 27
General News
Ship's Digest
Page 36
Dispatcher^ Reports;
Great Lakes
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Inland Waters ...... Page 26
Deep Sea
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Training-Upgrading
A" Seniority Upgrading Page29
Upgrading Schedule... Page 38
^ Membership News ,
New Pensioners ......Page 31
Final Departures ..... - Page 34
Tax Info
Pages 22-24
Special Features
Voyage of a
Bill in Congress. Pages 20-21
equipment sales to Russia and
curtailed Soviet fishing privileges
in American waters.
The President's action against
the U.S.S.R. stopped short of
closing U.S. ports entirely to the
Soviet merchant fleet.
But the International Long
shoremen's Assn. launched a
boycott of aU ship-loading to the
Soviet Union as well as all cargohandling on Soviet ships in U^S.
east coast ports.
Jhe action by the ILA will
effectively close East and Gulf
Coast American ports to the
Russian fleet for the first time
since Oct., 1972.
In action related to the grain
cutoff, the government an
nounced it would buy, at the
going market rate, the 14.5
million tons of grain frozen by
the cutoff.
Agriculture Secretary Bob
Bergland told a press conference
the government had decided to
purchase the grain to prevent it
"from having to be dumped on
the market at disastrous prices."
Reaction to the economic
sanctions against the Soviet
Union was mixed. The European
Common" Market pledged to
back up the U.Srby refusing to
sell the Russians grain to make
up for embargoed American
shipments. Australia and Canada
indicated similar support.
But opposition to the use of
trade to accomplish political ends
has surfaced in Congress.
Senator Adlai Stevenson (D-Ml)
called the grain freeze "counter
productive." He plans to hold
hearings on the matter under theauspices of his Subcommittee on
International Finance as soon as
Congress reconvenes at the end
of January.
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Safefy Record of Foreign Crewed
Convenience Flaggers Pitiful
HE safety record of flag-of-convenience vessels manned by
substandard foreign crews would be
the laughing stock of the world
maritime community—if it was
funny.
The problem is it's not funny. In
fact, the miserable safety record of
these ships is a deadly serious issue
that becomes messier every day.
Last month was no exception. No
less than four major accidents
involvirig foreign crewed "flag-of„
convenience ships occurred around
the world in December.
Two of the incidents involved the
741-ft. ore carrier Lee Wang Zin.
which capsized the day after Christ
mas ill the freezing waters off''the
coast of British Columbia, Canada.
A Canadian Coast Guar^ cutter
reached the vessel within five hours
of receiving a distress signal. But
there w^ no sign of the 30-man
crew.
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The Lee Wang Zin is Japanese
owned, registered in Panama and
manned by Taiwanese seamen. The
ship was enroute from Prince
Rupert to Japan with a load of iron
pellets. Canadian divers were doing
their best to locate crewmembers
that may have been trapped alive in
the capsized vessel.
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/The second incident occurred off
the coast of Oman in the Persian
Gulf. Here, the Liberian flag super
tanker Energy Deierminaiion ex
ploded and broke in two. The aft
section of the ship, which housed the
crew quartersV sunk while the
forward section of the 321,000 ton
tanker
towed to Dubai. The
vessel had a hull insurance of S58
million. The vessel wa.s not loaded
when it exploded or the loss would
have been much higher.
The worst of the two incidents
that occured in American Waters
took place Dec. 19 when the 35.000
ton Liberian flag tanker Pina
rammed a tug with a tow of two
barges. The tanker was enroute to an
011 terminal at Good Hope, La.
when the crash occurred 25 miles
upriver from New Orleans.
There were no major injuries, but
five people sustained minor injuries
in the resulting spectacular fire on
the Pina. Also, 30,000 gallons of
crude oil spilled into the River. The
River was closed to traffic for nearly
12 hours.
The fourth incident occurred
Christmas Day when a' Pana
manian flag freighter limped into
Galveston after taking on water in
the Gulf of Mexico.
As the saying goes, "let the
record speak for itself." Let's hope
t'ongress takes note of the record
too and finally begins taking action
to keep these unsafe, poorly manned
vessels out of American waters.
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�Congress Sets $227B Windfall Tax on Big Oil, But..!
joint House/Senate confer
ence committee has reach
ed agreement on a $227.3 billion
windfall profits tax on big oil.
The bill is designed to recoup
some of the exorbitant profits
raked in by the nation's oil
companies since the price of U.S.
domestic oil was decontrolled.
The conference committee
compromise came only days
before the first session of the 96th
Congress adjourned last month.
The agreement was an even split
between the windfall profits tax
voted by the House and the
Senate;
The House version, passed last
June, would have returned about
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$277 billion to the U.S. Treasury
over the life of the bill.
After weeks of wrangling, the
Senate finally passed their
version of the bill in late
December. It would recoup only
$178 billion, or 38 percent of the
$1,000 billion the oil companies
are expected to realize in excess
profits over the next 10 years.
While the conference commit
tee was able to resolve the dollar
differences between the House
and Senate versions of the tax,
they .have yet to determine the
thornier issue of how to raise
that revenue.
When they reconvene at the
end of the month, the conference
SiU's Saltiest Dispatcher,
Barbara Bugghri, Retires
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year in Staten Island to be with their
Barbara Ruggieri retired Dec. 31, " daughter Pat and grandchildren
1979, closing out 22 years of service
Lisa and John. The other six months
to the Union and its membership.
(needless to say the winter ones) will
In a recent conversation, Mrs.
be spent in Margate, Florida with
Ruggieri recounted the story of how daughter Barbara and grandchil
she was "only supposed to work here dren Jimmy (presently serving in the
for two weeks," as a fill-in for Armed Forces in Korea)L Donna,
someone on vacation. Obviously, she Robert (a.k.a. "Rocky") a^Joey.
made a favorable impression on her
The Ruggieri's expect to lead an
employers who asked her to make active retired life and anyone who
her stay permanent, a decision knows them also knows they have a
neither she nor the SIU have ever bit of the gamble in them. They
regretted.
should have a fine time at the dog
Barbara made many friends dur- _races and jai alai frontons in
ing her years at the counter includ Florida, as well as the racetracks
ing contacts from SIU contracted both there and in New York. Mr.
shipping companies as well as many Ruggieri, by the way, recently
Seaforers. The membership was retired from the I.L.A. after nearly
especially fond of Barbara, many 40 years with the longshoremen.
having brought artifacts from all
BarlWra's sense of humor will
over the world in appreciation for certaufly be missed around the
the many favors she did for them. sec^d deck at 675 Fourth Ave. She
Barbara lamented that she "would had a great knack for telling a joke—
miss them very much," but quickly even if it was a little on the salty side.
added that she "hoped to hear from But, perhaps New York Port Agent
Jack Caffey summed up what
them from time to time."
Barbara and her husband Barbara Ruggieri has meant to the
Andrew, who have been married for SIU when he said: "Barbara was our
47 years, plan to divide their time Bosun...and she ran a tight ship."
equally between New York and
Smooth sailing Barbara, we'll all
Florida spending six months of the miss you.
Coast Guard Sets New
Regulatiions on Lifeboats
The Coast Guard, in respons^ to a
near tragedy at sea, has reviewed
and updated Federal regulations
governing the stowage of Uf^ats
and ilferafts onboard all vessels
engaged In ocean or coastwise
service. It has made those regi^
tlons much more stringent In the
||op(»nf Increasing what It calls"the
prdb^illty of survival In cases
where a ship has to be abandoned."
The Coast Guard's action was
prompted by the sinking of tbeM/V
Chester A. Poling. The vessel
contained a lifeboat and a liferaft at
t^e stern. When the vessel broke In
balf and sank, those crewmembers
on the bridge were stranded without
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any llfesaving equipment other than
their llfejackets.
While the crewmembers were
saved, It was clear to most people
that the safety standards governing
the carriage of lifeboats and Ilferafts
were InacMquate.
The new standards require that
ach vessel, or tankship, engaged
ocean or coastwise trade carry
iWflatable Ilferafts of a sufficient
n^ber to accommodate at least 50
percent of the persons onboard.
Those vessels and tankshlps that
have widely separated accommoda
tions or work areas must have at
least one liferaft In each such
location.
committee will have to find a
common ground between key
differences in the House and
Seriate bills, including:
• Taxing newly discovered oil.
The House voted to tax such oil
at a rat? of 50 percent. The Senate
amendment on new oil called for
only a 10 percent tax. (The
original Senate bill, reported out
of the Finance Committee, had
exempted new oil from the tax
entirely).
• Independent oil producers.
The Senate bill granted indepen
dent oil producers who don't
refine or market their oil an
exemption from the tax. The
House gives no such special
treatment to independents.
• Life of the bill. Under the
House version of the bill the
windfall profits tax on new oil
wdls would be discontinued in
1990. But the House bill would
have kept the tax on oil discoV-
ered before 1979 until those wells
run dry.
The Senate's method of deter
mining the life of the windfa:ll
profits tax is entirely different.
Under the Senate bill, once $214
billion in excess profits has been
recovered, the tax ceases.
That total is supposed to be
reached around 1990 if, as the
Senate assumed, the price of a
barrel of oil goes no higher than
$30 at the end of 1980.
If the price of oil runs above
the Senate estimate, the oil
companies would be able to
pocket even more money. But the
Government would never be able
to take more than $214 billion of
it.
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Among the other differences to
be ironed out by the conference
committee are creation of trust
funds for mass transit grants, fuel
assistance and an assortment of
corporate tax credits.
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�Meany, Labor's Great Man, Is Dead at 85
G
Out
EORGE MEANY, who ded
icated his life to bettering
the lives of American workers,
died on January 10th at George
Washington Hospital in Wash
ington, D.C. He was 85.
It was just two months ago that
Meany retired as president of the
13.6 million member AFL-CIO,
a post he held since the birth of
the Federation in 1955.
When he retired, he had just
recovered from one of the many
bouts of ill health that had
plagued him during the past year.
He was confined to a wheelchair
during the Convention.
But if his health apd strength
were flagging, his spirit, his wit
and his ability to captivate his
audience remained strong.
"Today," Meany said in his
final speech to an AFL-CIO
gathering, "the American tradeunion movement is vital,
dynamic and growing. It is strong
and unified.
"Labor's agenda and labor's
platform are the issue of human
concern," he continued. "Labor's
goals are economic and social
justice and, because human
beings are fallible, achieving
those goals requires ever new
horizons and commands all of
our energy."
For more than half a century,
the American labor movement
was blessed with all of the energy
at the command of the street-wise
plumber from the Bronj^.
Meany began his climb in the
labor movement in 1919 when he
was elected business representa
tive of the Bronx Plumber's
Union local out of which he
came.
In 1923 he became secretary of
the Building & Construction
Trades Council. Eleven years
later he was voted president of
the N.Y. State Federation of
Labor.
As the Federation's chief
lobbyist Meany pushed more
than 60 labor-backed bills
through the N.Y. state legis
lature.
Meany became secretarytreasurer of the AF of L and
succeeded to AF of L jPresiderit
on William Green's death in
1952.
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For the next three years Meany
headed up merger t^ks between
the AF of L and the CIO, the two
powerful labor organizations
which had been warring for 17
years.
On Dec. 5, 1952, Meany and
CIO President Walter Reuther
cemented the merger. Newspaper
George Meany labor's great man Is dead at
headlines announced the creation sit by as long as those rights are
of "the most powerful labor force denied to any portion of the
in the United States history...." population of this great country."
Through the Federation's
But back in 1955, when his
long-cherished goal of an AFL- Committee on Political Educa
CIO merger was realized, Meany tion and through his own
considerable influence, George
was just getting started.
Meany kept up the fight for
Elected the first and, until his economic and social equality for
retirement serving as the only all, throughout his life.
AFL-CIO President in the
He bucked heads with no fewer
Federation's history, Meany than seven U.S. Presidents. He
went on to fight the battles that was once asked what he thought
needed to be fought.
of President Ford. "I have a very
He was the champion of all fine relationship with President
American workers, struggling for Ford," he quipped. "The trouble
legislation that would allow any is, he won't do anything I ask him
American, regardless of race, sex, to do."
He didn't always get what he
or religion to work at any job; to
earn a decent living wage; to join wanted from Presidents and
a labor union. But once those politicians but nobody under
rights were guaranteed through estimated the importance of
law, Meany directed the muscle organized labor. Or of George
of the mighty AFL-CIO towards Meany.
"The life wor^ of this valiant
making them living reality.
In his keynote speech to the man," said his successor as
first AFL-CIO convention, Federation President Lane
Meany said that the job of Kirkland, "would do honor to a
breathing life into the nation's dozen men, if divided among
was the traditiop^ of their histories. He is living proof
of how much difference one
America.
"We speak of our freedom," he person, armed with his qualities,
said. "We speak of the Constitu^ can really make in the course of
tion and the Bill of Rights. I think human events."
When George Meany opened
we have some right to be proud of
those things, to be proud of our the 13th Biennial AFL-CIO
Convention in November^ l;be
tradition and our heritage."
. "But I think we have no right," hundreds of people packed into
he continued, "to complacently the Convention hall were fully
aware of the difference he had
made to their lives.
Convention delegates, states
men, Federation staffers and
long-time friends of Meany rose
to pay tribute to the man who had
dedicated his life to them.
But the most eloquent tribute
of all came from George Meany
himself.
"And to my God go my
prayers," he said, "prayers of
thanks for granting me more than
one man's share of happiness and
rewards, and prayers for His
continued blessing on this nation
and on this movement and on
each of you."
George Meany was married for
59 years to the former Eugenia
McMahon who died last March.
Surviving their parents are three
daughters.
Close friends say that Meany's
own physical decline paralleled
his wife's death.
A wake was held for Labor's
Great Man George Meany on
Jan. 13 and 14 at AFL-CIO
headquarters in Washington and
a requiem Mass celebrated at St.
Matthews Cathedral in Washing
ton on Jan. 15.
Mr. Meany's family requested
no flowers. Contributions may be
made to the Leukemia Society of
America, 1625 I Street, N.W.,
Rm. 928, Washington, D.C.
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39d,000 Ton UST Pacific Crewed
390,000 dwt Ultra Gulf for her |irst load of
Large Crude Carrier crude oil.
' The SIU has provided the
(ULCC) tfSTPacific,
crewed up last month, is now unlicensed crew for both the
on her way to the Persian UST Pacific and her older
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for her first load of crude oil.
(by nine months) sistership,
the UST Atlantic.
The mammoth ULGCs
were built at the Newport
News Shipyard in Virginia
and are the largest ships ever
built in the Western Hemis
phere.
The ships are owned by
United States Trust and are
operated by Interocean
Management Corp. Shell
Oil holds a long-term lease
on both of the ULCC's.
Delivery of the UST
Pacific last month set a new
record for large tanker
construction, reported New
port News Shipbuilding.
The time from keel laying to
delivery was just 11 months
—three and a half months
better than the previous
record.
The UST Pacific, as her
sistership, is one of the most
sophisticated ships ever
built. Measuring 1,187 feet
in length, and having a beam
of 228 feet, they each have a
capacity for carrying nearly
3 million gallons of crude
oil.
The crewmembers of the
UST Atlantic have already
won high praise from com
pany officials for the highly
professional and ^ficient
manner in which^lj^ship has
been operated.
Seafarers have long had a
reputation for being highly
skilled professionals, a fact
attributable to the emphasis
the SIU has put on educa
tion, training, and training
facilities throughout the
years.
We are confident the UST
Pacific will soon establish its
own reputation as a well run
ship. Because it's an SIUmanned ship.
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Murphy Wants Bill to Extend
USPHS Use to Retired Seamen
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USPHS facilities have histori
cally been the places for seamen
to receive medical care. The
hospitals and clinics were
established over 200 years ago to
serve specialized groups—most
importantly, maritime personnel.
What is illogical about the
USPHS system is that medical
care is cut off when a seaman
retires because of age or
disability.
Now a bill has been introduced
into the U,S, House of Repre
sentatives that would reverse that
policy.
The legislation, which is
supported by the SIU, would
allo#^tired seamen to use the
Public Health Service hospitals if
^hey wish to,
^Numbered H,R, 6176, the bill
was offered last month by Rep,
John M, Murphy (D-N,Y,), Also
sponsoring the bill were: Barbara
Mikulski (D-Md,); Joel Pritchard (R-Wash,), and Michael
Lowry (D-Wash,),
In his argument for the bill.
Murphy stated, "The PHS
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hospital system was established
to provide health care to a
segment of the population which
serves our country as its fourth
arm of defense,"
As Rep. Murphy put it, "It is a
peculiar quirk in the law that
these institutions ,,, cannot
continue to care for merchant
seamen once they retire,"
He pointed out that these
hospitals "are unique repositories
of that expertise necessary to
treat seamen's injuries and
diseases,"
Murphy further noted that
some of the disabilities causing a
seaman to retire are directly
related to the sea. To then cut off
care for those people at hospitals
that are capable "of serving a
unique population group," seems
odd. Murphy pointed out.
The legislation provides that
anyone who is part of a medical
insurance plan must reimburse
PHS for treatment. Murphy said
that in this way, added costs will
not be imposed on the operation
of "these vital hospitals;"
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You can be top man, too,
Take the Pumproom Maintenance and Operations Course at
HLS.
It's your ticket to the top.
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Vocational Education Department '
Piney Point, Maryland 20674 v
Phone: (301) 994-0010
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The SlU-contracted Mj V Buffalo
(American Steamship) was on her
way to Sturgeon Bay on Dec. 3 when
she received a call from a tug that a
Deep Sea COLA
Clarification
The December issue of the Log
cfurried a complete rundown on the
new wage rates for deep sea mem
bers as a result of a 4 percent cost of
living adjustment, wUch went into
effect Dec. 16, 1979 under terms of
the Standard Freightship-and
Tanker Agreements.
However, several inquiries have
been directed to Headquarters to
clarify exactly what is effected by the
4 percent COLA.
The 4 percent COLA increase in
the deep sea contract is applied to:
• the Base Monthly Wag^^ate;
• the Overtime Rate, excess of 8
hours Monday through Friday;
• the Premium Rate, Sat., Sun.
id Holidays;
• the Penalty Rate, off watch
Monday through Friday;
• the Vacation Rate.
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fishing boat in the area was m
trouble. The^ 40-foot fish-tug Seabird II encountered rough weather
north of Green Bay. "The big seas
broke a bunch of ribs in the Seabird," said Jeff Weborg who coowns the boat with his brother. "She
had an eight-foot hole in her side."
The Seabird was nearly swamped
when the Buffalo got the call. Even
though the 638-foot self-unloader
had already passed the Seabird on
her way to Sturgeon Bay, the laker
returned to help the fish-tug.
The Buffalo swung alongside the
boat shielding the small vessel from
the high seas and escorted the fishtug to the calmer waW^ of the
mainland bluffs.
A grateful Jeff Weborg said "it
wouldn't have taken much more
before the entire side would have
gone and she'd have been swamped "
Weborg added that anytime the
BMJ5QJ/O'S captain (a MEBA-District
2 member) and her SIU crew was in
his vicinity he'd "have a mess of
whitefish waiting," to say thanks.
Look to
Future
If you can handle navigation and fyierate radar, you
can look to a better future. You can move up in the
deck department. You can work aboard the most
advanced ships in the U.S. fleet, yfu can be a
Quartermaster.
Sign up today to tal^ the
Quartermaster Coursi at HLS
Fill out the application in this issuVof tl^og or
contact,
Lundeberg SMOOI
Vocational Education Department
Pifiey Point, Maryland 20674
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by SlU Executive Vice President
Frank Drozak
E have come through a decade in which the entire face of the
American maritime industry was drastically altered.
The decade of the 70s was marked by an incredible high
powered shift to automation and innovation in our industry.
The ships were built larger and larger to carry ever increasing
volumes of cargo.
Dynamic new ideas in shipping also became a reality as the
LNGs, LASH vessels, RO/ ROs and other new concepts made their
marks on the industry.
As the decade was coming to a close, we just began to experience
the ever growing shift from steam to diesel powered engines.
It would almost be an understatement to say that the changes of
the 70's had a tremendous impact on our Union and the jobs of SIU
members.
In fact, the decade of the 70s presented us with one of the
toughest and most important challenges in our history.
It is with a great deal of pride, thati can say that the SIU and this
membership met that challenge head on. And we did it through
education. That is, training and upgrading.
The Union did its utmost to provide the necessary educational
programs with the help of the Lundeberg School.
We developed programs of upgrading for LNG, automation,
diesel, refrigeration, pumproom maintenance, and a wide range of
other programs dealing in all aspects of new technology in all
departments.
However, these programs would have been worthless if (he SIU
membership had not taken advantage of them and participated in
them fully.
Thanks to these programs and the membership's particlpatibh m
them, we have been successful in building the best trained, most
reliable pool of seagoing manpower in the world.
SIU crews are recognized throughout our industry as highly
competent professional teams, as well as being the best suited crews
for the new high technolo^ vessels of today's merchant marine.
Believe me, brothers, this solid reputation has paid off for us.
Top quality reliable manpower is the SIU's best selling point when
dealing with prospective new shipowners.
The record in this regard speaks for itself. The SIU has succeeded
in bringing under contract virtually eveiy new major ocean
shipping concern to come down the ways since 1970.
Probably our most important breakthrough was with the LNGs,
the highest technology ships afloat. SIU members have manned 14
LNGs in less than three years. Three of these LNGs were formerly
manned by Norwegian crews. However, the company. El Paso,
removed the Norwegians for SIU crews simply because our crews
have proved themselves the best in the world on LNGs, or any other
ship. W
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My point simply is this. The momentum we achieved in regard to
training in the 70s must carry over into the '80s. I
the trends toward automation that took root in the
continue to grow and grow in the 80s.
The SIU succeeded in building a sound, secure job base oyer the
past decade because SIU members were willing to invest their time
and effort to upgrade their skills. As a result, we have a product that
is in big demand—skilled manpower.
We simply cannot afford to let up in our efforts in the area of
training and upgrading.
Education must continue to be a major thrust ofthis Union. And
each and every one of you must continue to participate fully and
actively in these programs, both for the good ofShe Union and for
your own job security.
A half hearted effort will not do, because half speed just doesn t
cut it in today's maritime industry.
So make a resolution to take an upgrading course this year or as
soon as you can. You'll be doing yourself a big favor.
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Sonatrach
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onboard
T HAS BEEN a hectic, yet rewarding, two months for the
SIU crew of the El Paso LNG
carrier Sonatrach.
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\9n November 28, 1979, the
Sonatrach became the first of
three El Paso LNG ships—
formerly crewed by
Norwegians
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owners of the vessel made the
switch from Norwegian crews to
SIU crews for one reason, and
one reason alone. They wanted to
protiect their multi-million dollar
investment by employing the
most efficient sailors they could
find.
Events have borne out that
assessment. The SIU crew has
had little difficulty in adjusting to
life onboard the former Norwe
gian vessel. If anything, the
Sonatrach is running more
smoothly than ever before,
thanks to the special LNG
training that is available to
members of the SIU at the Harry
Lundeberg School of Seaman
ship,
As if playing an active role in
the history of the maritime
industry wasp't enough, the new
American crew of the Sonatrach
was treated to a particularly
impressive Christmas dinner by
members of their Steward
Department. It was, by all
accounts, a veritable feast.
If a crewmember didn't feel
like eating roast young Christmas
turkey, he could choose from the
following entrees: roast sirloin of
beef, baked Virginia smoked
ham, broiled halibut steak. If that
crewmember didn't like
"whipped snow flake potatoes'
he could order "baked jacket
Louisiana yams." For dessert,
there was a mine-field of
scrumptious goodies; mince
meat pie with rum sauce, special
Christmas fruit cake, pumpkin
pie with whipped cream, apple
pie with chejddar cheese.
And there was more, nmch
more, like smoked kippers,
shrimp cocktails, and table wine,
to mention just a few of the items
that appeared on the Christmasday menu.
The crewmembers onboard the
Sonatrach are very much aware
of the role they are being asked to
assume. If they remain as
productive as they have been,
other owners of foreign flag
vessels may decide to ship
the Sonatrach seem willing to
meet this challenge. Shortly after
their Christmas dinner, they sent
the following note to the Log:
"... With hard work and enough
experienced men we took a
strange foreigri built ship to sea
six hours after boarding. All
hands were where they were
needed and all pitched in to get
the quarters ready, meals served,
and vessel secured. It was real
harmony. The bos'n, Chief Cook,
QMED's and Quartermasters
handled their departments well.
Compliments to Master Captaiq
H.B. Sumrriey. French and
Norwegian have not been spoken
since we left Savannah, but the
ship understood she was in good
hands and performed accord
ingly."
3 SIU fugs Free LibeHan Ship Hard Aground m BalHmore
Three SlU-contracted harbor
tugs, the Cape^ Henry, Cape
Romaine and the Henelopen,
(Curtis Bay Towing) worked
around the clock last naonth to
free a Liberian-flag freighter
which had run aground off
Chesapeake Bay.
The normally routine rescue
was complicated by high winds
which ripped across the eastern
seaboard on Dec. 17, disrupting
activity in several ports.
Trouble for the Liberian-flag
Serajin Topic began at 5:00 A.M.
when her master first radioed the
Coast Guard that she was"bumping bottom."
A short time later high winds,
gusting at a 34-knot clip, had
forced the vessel hard aground.
The three SIU captains, Capt.
Bryant of the Cape Henry, Capt.
Fred Deiss of the Henelopen and
Capt. Thompson of the Cape
Romaine, told the Coast Guard
they would "work through the
night to free the freighter which
had been forced up onto a
sandbar.
The three SlU-manned tugs,
among the largest iil Curtis Bay's
10-boat harbor fleet, accom
plished their mission the morning
of Dec. 18.
There were no injuries to the
Serafin Topic's crew and the
frei^ter herself was undamaged.
The day after the grounding she
was able to load a cargo of com at
the Canton Marine Terminal
grain pier arid continue on her
way.
Captain B.i. Beck, manager of
Curtis Bay's Baltimore opera
tion, said the company's fleet of
harbor tugs is used to rescues of
this sort.
"We do hundreds of these jobs
everyday," said Capt. Beck. But
he added that the unusualy high
winds "made the job very difficult. The winds kept forcing the
ship onto a sandbar off Kent
Island."
The stiff winds forced the
suspension of other activities at
east coast ports. The Maryland
Port Administration suspended
crane operations for part of the
day and several vessels were
unable to dock at the Sparrows
Ft., Md., ore piers.
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Waterman Looking to Up LASH Fleet to 8
SIU contracted Waterman
Steamship Corporation has taken
steps to expand its fleet of LASH
vessels, from the three it presently
has in operation to eight hy the end
of 1982.
Two LASH vessels are already
under construction in the Avondale
Shipyards in New Orleans. They
should be completed and delivered
to Waterman by the end of next
year.
In addition. Waterman has
reached a tentative agreement to
charter three LASH vessels from
Gulf Lines, the company which a
decade ago had the first LASH
vessel built. Waterman has asked the
Maritime Administration to
approve the agreement, as well as to
rule that the proposed charter would
fulfill certain vessel replacement
obligations that Waterman incurred
as a result of receiving operating
differential subsidies on Trade
Route 18 (U.S. Atlantic/Persian
Gulf/Red Sea).
The Maritime Administration has
not yet ruled on Waterman's
request.
Netke toMwAersikJat OHIPnuedive
When throwing in for work dur
ing a job call at any SIU Hiring
Hail, members must produce the
following:
• membership certificate
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• registration card
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• clinic card
• seaman's papers
INLAND
wetf iMy m mer
At MLS, we'll help you get the job seci^^pnd the higher pay
you need to keep your head above watelr^pbw? We'll help yo"
get the skills you need for your FOWT endorsement. Better skills
mean a better job and more security. Enroll in the FOWT,Course
now! Courses start on March 13 and April 10.
To enndl, contact HLS or fhl out the application in this issue of
the Log.
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On the Agenda in
Congress...
Congress is presently in adjournment.
Both the House and the Senate are
scheduled to reconvene on Jan. 21 to open
the second session of the 96th Congress.
' A number of maritime matters will be
awaiting Congress when it reconvenes.
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The Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Re
sources Act of 1979, also known as the
Ocean Mining Bill, has been winding its way
through Congress for more than two yearsi^
Jt has been strongly supported by the
American labor movement, and by U.S.
industry. During the past year and one-half,
the bill has been studied in depth by no less
than 10 Congressional committees in both
the House and Senate.
Before Congress adjourned, the Senate
passed the bill by voice vote.
But, opposition from the State Depart
ment has prevented the full Congress from
voting on this bill. The bill will come before
the House Foreign Affairs Committee when
Congress comes back into session later this
month.
The purpose of the bill is to provide
certain legal protections for the American
companies which will be investing many
millions of dollars into the mining opera
tions, and to insure jobs for American
workers.
Among other things, the bill will also
require the use of U.S.-flag ships in the
recovery and transportation of ores mined
from the deep seabeds.
WAR RISK INSURANCE
The House Merchant Marine and Fish
eries Committee completed markup Dec. 19
on legislation to extend the war risk
insurance program of the 1936 Merchant
Marine Act. The bill was reported out with
an amendment submitted by Committee
Chairman John Murphy (D-NY) which
would extend the program for only five
years.
. We will continue our efforts to exempt
U.S.-owned foreign-flag ships from being
eligible for the insurance guarantees, except
in a case by case basis.
SPAD is the SlU's political fund and our pdHicai arm m
Washiaiefon. D.C. The SIU asks for and accepts voluafary
roatribotioss onh. The Uaion uses the momty doaated Co
SPAD to support the elecfioa caaipa^ of kfislafors who
have shown a pro«marfHme or pro-labor record.
SPAD enables the SIU to work effectively oa the vital
maritime issues in the Coiqeress. These are hsues timf have
a direct Imjwct on the iobs and job security of all SIU mem
bers. deep-sea.inland, and l^akes.
The SlU^wfcs its members to conlinne their fine record
of support for .SPAD. A member can contiibnte Co the
SPAD fund as he or she .sees fit. or make no contribution at
all without fear of reprisaL
A copy of the SPAD report is filed with the Federal Flec
tion Commission. It b available for purchase from the FFC
in Washincton. D.C.
January 1979
Legislative. Aclministrative anJ Regnlatorv Happenings
INLAND WATERWAYS
Legislation which would extend the
deadline for preparing a master plan for
improvement of the Upper Miss. River
system was introduced last month by
Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisconsin).
Existing law requires publication of a
preliminary plan by Jan. 1, 1981 and
submission of a final plan to Congress by
Jan. 1, 1982.
The program for development of a
comprehensive plan for the Upper Missis
sippi River system Was originally inserted in
legislation authorizing rebuilding of Lock
and Dam #26 at Alton, 111. That legislation
was not signed into law until October 1978—
two years after it was proposed. This new
legislation would extend the deadline for
filing a master plan by 19 months to make up
for the earlier time lag.
SIU Seniority Upgraders Visit Washington
For Briefing on Seafarers Political Program
As a part of the SlU's cont|nuing education
program for upgrading the professional skills of
Seafarers as well as broadening! their inteiiectual
horizons, tl>e Union brought 10 m ire "A" Seniority
Upgraders to Washington last mon h for a first-hand
look at the Seafarers Union's legisk tive and political
action programs.
While they were ip Washington, the Upg'rading
Seafarers visited the Transportation institute, the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, and they had
an opportunity to meet with Congressman William
Clay, a Democrat from Missouri and a long-time
friend of the SIU.
During their visits to T.I. and the MTD, the group
was briefed on the status of maritime-related
legislation pending in the House and Senate, and
they heard a detailed explanation of how their Union
works in Washington to promote^and^rotect their
jobs and job security.
During their visit to Congress, the Seafarers posed
on the.steps of the Capitol for this photo. Participating
in the Washington visit were James Flynn, David
Campbell, Larry Ivanauskai, Roger Elder, Scott R.
Phillips, David Papas, Richie Wilson, Randall Story,
Scott Wenneson and Ismael Wala. With the Seafarers
on their tour of the Congress were SIU Washington
Legislative Representative- Betty Rocker, and
Lundeberg School Director of Industrial Relations
Joe Wall.
Victory Carriers Joins New NMC Bulk Council
SlU-contracted Victory-Carriers of New
York has become the sixth shipping
company to join the National Maritime
Council's new Bulk Carriers Council.
David D.C. McKenzie, vice president of
Victory Carriers, has been named to the
NMC board of governors. He is also a
trustee of the Transportation Institute.
C. William Neuhauser, executive secre
tary of the NMC, noted that bulk carriers
are the last remaining segijient of the
American maritime industry to join the
Council, which also includes American-flag
liner companies, shipyards, and waterfront
and maritime labor unions.
In addition to Victory Carriers, NMCs
Bulk Carriers Council includes Apex
Marine Corp., Lake Success, N.Y.; Moore
McCormack Bulk Transport, Stamford,
Conn.; Ogden Marine Inc., New York; OSG
Bulk Ships Inc., New York, and Seatrain
Lines, New York.
At the present time, American-flag ships
carry less than 2 percent of this country's dry
bulk trade. Only 15 dry bulk ships are still
registered under the American flag, most of
them being more than 30 years old.
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Industry
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U,S. Tankers Now Carry Only 2.8% of Our Imported Oil
Two yiears have passed since the defeat of
SlU-backed legislation calling for 9.5
percent of U.S. imported oil to be carried by
American-flag vessels.
At that time, U.S.-flag tankers carried
approximately 3.5 percent of this nation's
imported oil. Approximately 57 percent was
carried by so-called "flag-of-convenience"
vessels, which are American-owned but
registered in tax-haven nations such as
Liberia, Panama and Hondur^.
The opponents of the proposed legislation
were the big oil companies. These are the
same companies who own and operate the
foreign-built, foreign-manned and foreignregistered vessels. Spokesmen for the oil
industry claimed at the time that enactment
of this legislation wOuld not only impose
unnecessary and significant cost burdens on
the American consumer, but would also
have a serious and adverse inflationary
impact on the U.S. economy.
Who ultimately benefited from the defeat
of the oil cargo preference?Certainly not the
consumer and certainly not the U.S.-flag
merchant fleet.
The consumer is burdened with trying to
keep up with ever-rising fuel prices. The
price of leaded regular^gas has risen from
$0.56 per gallon in March 1977 tq $1.01 per
gallon in November 1979. The U.S.-flag
merchant fleet is carrying" even less—
approximately 2.8 percent—of our im
ported oil requirements, down from 3.5
percent two years, ago.
Yet, at the same time, oil companies
continue to prosper and reap recordbreaking profits.
Third quarter profit reports for the major
oil companies raised many eyebrows. Six of
the top 13 oil companies reported profit
Pack New Seatrain Head
Howard M. Pack has been elected board
chairman of Seatrain Lines, succeeding
Joseph Kahn who died last December.
Pack has been vice chairman of the line
and chairman of the executive committee.
He will continue as executive committee
chairman.
Mr. Pack has been with Seatrain since
1965 when Transeastem Associates Inc., a
company owned principally by he and Mr.
Kahn, acquired 93 percent of Seatrain's
stock. He started his career in the shipping
industry in 1950 with Transeastem, a
company engaged chiefly in non-subsidized,
American-flag ocean trjmsportation.
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The Energy Department has prepared
$1.1 billion in fines for alleged petroleum
pricing violations against two of the major
oil companies. This raises the total amount
of such fines against the 15 major oil
companies to $8.9 billion.
While the oil companies have continued
to prosper, the past two years clearly
illustrates that neither the consumer
American-flag vessels have benefited from
the defeat of the cargo preference legislation.
The U.S.-flag tanker fleet now carries only 2.8 percent of the nation's imported oil. That's down from
3.5 percent in 1977.
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U.S. Maritime Serving
Key Role in Iran Boycott
Ogden Marine Buying
2 More Tankers
Since the seizure of the American
Embassy in Teheran by Iranian, militants,
U.S.-Iranian trade has been reduced to
nothing. Shortly after the embassy takeover.
President Carter announced:
• The U.S. would no longer purchase oil
from Iran.
• Iranian assets in the United States
would be frozen.
• The U.S. would halt the export of
military parts and machinery to Iran.
U.S. longshoremen's unions on all U.S.
coasts have imposed their own boycott of
Iran by refusing to service vessels with cargo
from or destined for Iran. Currently,
thousands of tons of agricultural products
intended for Iran are piled up in U.S. Gulf
and Eastern ports.
Ogden Marine Inc. is purchasing two new
medium-sized oil tankers from Sumitomo
Heavy Industries Ltd.
The vessels will range from 60,000 to
80,000 deadweight tons and total cost of the
ships will be from $45 million to $55 million.
Delivery is scheduled for the third quarter
ofI981.
The new vessels will be fitted with low-fuel
consumption diesels and are to be of a
shallow draft, wide-beam design.
The announcement points out that with
the delivery of the ships, along with the two
U.S.-flag product tankers now under
construction at Avondale Shipyards, the
Ogden fleet will consist of 33 vessels having
an aggregate dead-weight of 1,887,000 tons.
NMC Hosting Forum To Discuss Maritime Reform
A one-day review program in which
industry leaders will discuss the status of
maritime reform bills being readied in
Congress will be sponsored Feb. 4 in New
York by the National Maritime Council.
Scheduled to participate in the session are
Reps. John M. Murphy and Paul N.
McCloskey Jr., chairman and ranking
minority leader, respectively, of the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee.
Also invited to take part are Sen. Daniel
K. Inouye, chairman of the Senate Subcom
mittee on Merchant Marine, and Sen. John
Warner, ranking minority leader.
Thomas W. Gleason, president of thb
ILA will be luncheon speaker.
US Fleet Declines; But Overall Capacity Hits Record Tonnage
The privately-owned deep-sea fleet of the
U.S. merchant marine climbed to a new
record of 22.9 million deadweight tons
(DWT), according to the latest statistics
released by the U.S. Maritime Adminis
tration.
Compared to a year ago, the total number
of ships in the U.S.-flag fleet decreased by 11
vessels, but the overall capacity increased by
1.2 million tons. Once again, the large
increase in capacity despite the loss of 11
ships reflects the larger sizes of the new ships
added during the last 12 months, and the
comparatively small sizes of the older vessels
scrapped or sold during that period.
A number of U.S.-flag vessels are in layup or in yards for repair work, according to
the MARAD report, so that the active
ocean-going fleet stands at 689 ships with a
combined capacity of 21.6 million DWT.
The MARAD report also revealed tl^
another 56 merchant ships—tota^g
nearly 2.6 million DWT—are presently
under construction or on order in privatelyowned American shipyards. These new
additions to the U.S.-flag fleet include ten
tankers, six liquefied natural gas (LNG)
carriers, 12 intermodal vessels, II dry-bulk
carriers, three cargo break-bulk ships, and
eleven special-type vessels.
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HE SIU is now manning 1 4
LNG carriers w�th highly
trained and qualified crews.
The newest is Energy Trans
portation Corp.'s LNG. Virgo.
She was named for the zodiac
sign of the virgin; but the Virgo,
Energy Transportation's $ 1 00
million baby, is ready for action.
The 936-foot Virgo is the
eighth a,nd final addition to
Ener:gy Transportation's LNG
fleet. Like her seven sisters, she
has the most s o p histicated ,
technological equipment built
into every part of her, from her
engine room console to her cargo
control room.
By the end of 1 980, Seafarers
could be aboard 1 7 LNG's
pending shipyard completion of
three more gas carriers fo r El
Paso.
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The firgo has a dual fuel
system, making itpossible for her
to run on the boiloff from ' her
cargo of LNG when loaded, or on
bunkers.
Along with the rest of Energy
Transportation's astrologically
dubbed .J;.N G fleet, the Virgo will
be making a regular Indonesia
tcrJ apan run. SheJll haul 1 25,000
cubic meters of liquid natural gas
at minus 265 de�rees Farenheit in
her five mammoth storage tanks.
She'll be able to on- or off-load in
only 12 hours. And she'll be
l o�ded with safety features.
Those safety features include a
double bottom. hull; a collision
avoidance system and extensive
on-deck firefighting capability,
all standard equipment for an
L N G vessel. Because when
you're moving a cargo 4s volatile
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farers who ship in any . depart
ment on an LNG vessel have a
solid worl9ng knowledge of both
the cargo and the equipment
aboard shfp. That know-how
comes fro� the special training
courses every member of an SIU
LNG crew is required to take at
HLS.
That . . spebial training is the
ticket an individual · Seafarer
�eeds to sail as part of an LNG
crew. And it's the. ticket that will
enable the Union to keep doing .
what we said we'd do: , provide
skilled, capable crews for the
most modem equipment :the U.S.
maritime industry can come up
with.
as LNG, you take maximum
safety precautions to minimize
the possibility of an accident.
Clean Safety Record
Maximum safety is the reason
Energy Transportation crews
their eight LNG, vessels with SIU
crews.
The SH.J's safety record aboard
LNG carriers has been top-notch.
In the two and one half years
since Seafarets boarded the first
LNG vessel ever built in the
Western hemisphere, there hasn't
been a single mishap of note due
to human error.
There's one reason the SIU's
, safety record is so good. Sea-
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Deep Se� Pact Sets 9 Holidays
The deep sea membership should ·
be awa re tbat a t<ltal of nine days in
1980 are d esignated as holidays, as
per the Standard Freightship and
Tanker Agreements. Following is a
run down of the designated holidays:
January 1
New Year's Day
February 1 2
Lincoln's Birthday
Febru ary 1 8
W ashingt on 's Birthday
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Lifeboatman · endorsement by the
United States Coast Guard. The
S eafarers Appeals Board may
waive the preceding sentenc e
when, in the �ole judgment .of the
Board, undue hardship will result
or extenuating circumstances .war
rant. such waiver."
Also, all entry rated members
must show their last six months
discharges.
Eurther, the Seafarers Appeals
Board has ruled that "C classifica
tion seamen may only register and '
sail as ·entry . ratings in only one
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membership certificate
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In addition, when assigning .a
job the dispatcher will comply
with the following Section 5, Sub
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ing a job call at any SIU Hiririg
Hall, members must produce the
following:
May 26
Memorial Day
July 4
Independence Day
September 1
Labor Day
N ovember 1 1
A rmisti ce Day
November 27
Thanksgiving D ay
December 2 5
. C hristmas Day
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SlU Plans Paid Out Record $39 Million in 1979
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In 1979, the Seafarers'Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans paid out over $39 million in
benefits to SlU members—ileep sea. Great Lakes and inland waters—and their dependents. The
total figure is $39,055,121.27. These figures printed below demonstrate once again that lob
security is only one aspect of the overall security provided the SlU membership.
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Cash Benefits Paid
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of
Benefits
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Death
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In Hospital Daily @ ^.00
Hospital & Hospital Extras
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Sickness & Accident @ $8.00
Special Equipment
Optical......
Supplemental Medicare Premiums
DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBLES
Hospital & Hospital Extras
Doctors'Visits in Hospital
Surgical
Maternity.....
Blood Transfusions
Optical
Special -Equipment
Amount
Paid
137
1,970
2,566
265
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61,771
22
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Death....
Hospital & Hospital Extras
Doctors'Visits & Other Medical Expenses
Surgical
Optical
Blood Transfusions
Special Equipment
Dental
Supplemental Medicare Premiums
5,936
2,310
2,339
441
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SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.....
BLOOD BANK PROGRAM
SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
TOTAL SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN
2,365,593.18
150,204.01
449,252.03
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3,069
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866,981.61
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7,698.00
65,204.65
,17,958.05
494,168.00
6,020.75
55,401.90
28,903.07
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621,693.68
260,039.20
59,057.19
32,513.29
1,216.20
11,317.15
13,796.41
260,980.70
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974,715.96
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9,000,389.81
SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN
Pension
TOTAL SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN
35,682
35,682
9,597,585.52
9,597,585.52
SEAF^ERS VACATION PLAN
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Great Lakes District
Inland Boatmen's Division
TOTAL SEAFARERS VACATION PLAN
9,246
1,517
3 663
14,426
TOTAL WELFARE, PENSION & VACATKM .
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1,684,883.48
2.436.083.93
20,45^145.94
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The year 1979 was a
d^ficult one for many peopie, both in the U.S. and
around the world. The eco
nomic and political turmoil
of the last few years con
tinued, and the prospects for
1980 aren't much brighter.
But for SIU Seafarers and
Boatmen, it was a good year.
New ships and boats
brought more jobs and
better Union, ben^ts
brought more securityS
Following are some of the
significant events that
benefitted SIU members
over the past year.
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tSPHS Made Optional
jobsg increased benefits
for SlU members
Great Lakes Association of.
Marine Operators and Kinsman
Lines received four Cost of
Living Adjustments. This raised
their hourly rate for 1979 by 82
cents.
And in the inland field many
SIU members received Cost of
Living Adjustments under their
contracts.. For instance, SIU
Boatmen employed by Sabine
Towing and Transportation
received a COLA of 5.7 percent
in July. It was retroactive to May
1.
Currently, about one third of
the SIU's inland contracts" have
COLA clauses.
Pension Increases
Board of Trustees of the
Vacation Plan reduced the
employment eligibility for
Boatmen from 125 days to 75
days. The Trustees felt that the
125-day rule was restrictive on
Boatmen because of their work
schedule.
Welfare Plan Eligibility, Benefits
Initial eligibility requirements
for both Seafarer^ and Boatmen
were also reduced last year by the
Board of Trustees of the
Seafarers Welfare Plan.
In order to better meet the
needs of the members, especially
new Boatmen and Seafarers, the
Board reduced initial eligibility
for
the Welfare Plan from 125
Another item that reflects the
Union's constant attempt to days to 75 days.
Last year, also, more and more
improve contracts, occurred
early last year. The first of two beneficiaries began to feel the
deep sea pension increases went results of the graduated death
into effect on Jan. 1,1979 raising benefit negotiated in 1978 as part
the pension from $350 to $400. of the Seafarers Welfare Plan.
By the end of 1979, 28
As negotiated in June 1978, the
normal deep sea pension will be beneficiaries of SIU members
raised, in two stages, from $350 had been awarded the maximum
death benefit of $20,000.
to $450.
Another occurrence that
Also in 1979, the first Early
reflected
the Union's concern for
Normal Pension checks were
issued to inland members. members' dependents took place
Boatmen had not been eligible in February of last year. That's
for the Early Normal Pension in when the decision was made to
the past. But in 1978 the Union expand Family Day at the
negotiated such a provision into Headquarters' Medical Clinic
from one day a week to two days.
11 inland contracts.
Probably the most impor
tant and historic benefit for Sea
farers and Boatmen occurred
near the end of the year. In
November the Board of Trustees
of the Seafarers Welfare Plan
voted to allow SIU seamen dnd
boatmen the choice of using
a USPHS hospital or a private
facility.
Historically, American seamen
and boatmen have used the
USPHS facilities. And that has
been the rule eyy since the
inception of fh^HSeafarers Wel
fare Plan in 1951. But the SIU,
ever mindful of its members wellInland Vacation Benefits
being, realized that the USPHS
Another benefit for inland
alone isn't adequate today to
members
took the form of a rule
meet the needs of all of the
change concerning vacation
menlbers.
eligibility.
Effective May 1, 1979 the
Deep Sea Wages Up ll*/2%
Bettering USPHS Services
In ah effort to improve health
care for maritime workers at
USPHS facilities, the Union
began its participation l^t year
in a newly formed group called
the Seamen's Health Initiative
Plan (SHIP).
Started by the USPHS itself,
the program involves a number
of studies that are very important
to seamen, such as, "Safety
Aboard Ship."
One of the results of SHIP has
already come about.- In October,
a new USPHS Hospital dental
clinic for seamen was opened inSan Francisco at the SIU
Medical Center. Seamen on
today's fast turnaround Ships will
now be able to get quicker dental
treatment.
New Ships & Boats
More job opportunities
opened up for Seafarers and
Boatmen as new ships and boats
came under SIU contract.
One of the biggest develop
ments was the crewing by the SIU
of seven more LNG ships. This
included three ships that El Paso
Company switched over from
Norwegian crews^ to American
crews.
Seafarers also crewed the
largest ships ever built in the
Western hemisphere. They're the
39,000 dwt tankers, USTAtlantic
and UST Pacific.
A number of inland companies
added new boats to their fleets.
Among others, they include
Higman Towing Company's boat
the Joe M. Powell; three of
G&H's 11 new tugs; Interna
tional Oil Transport's boat.
Diplomat, and Curtis Bay's
shipdocking tug, Ccpe Romain.
On the Great Lakes, the 1,000foot SlU-contracted ore carrier
Indiana Harbor was christened.
Over the past year the wages of
deep sea members have gone up
IV/2 percent. On June 16, Sea
farers received a
percent
wage increase as per the Standard
Freightship and Tanker Agree
ments negotiated the year before.
Six months later^y on Dec. 16,
deep sea members received an
other increase as per the con
tracts. This time it was a 4 percent
Cost of Living ^Adjustment
(COLA). Besides base wages,
both increases also applied to the
overtime, preidNhaJ and penalty
rates off watosK^^Mbn. thru Fri.
The increases applied to the deep
sea vacation benefits as well.
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Also on the Great Lakes,
Seafarers under contract with the
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The LNG Libra, was just one of many new ships and new tugs hnd tow boats crewed by SIU menibers in 1979.
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SlU Representative John Dwyer (right) visits with three'SlU pensioners at Staten
Island's USPHS Hospital; they are (I. to r.): Ralph Spiteri. Harry McDonald and
Jack "Saki Jack" Dolan,
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James R. McPhaul (i.)Jprmer Chief Steward on the ST Worth, exchanges
Season's Greetings with rep Dwyer.
Some Good Cheer for the New Year for Drydocked Seafarers;
In keeping with the SIU's Christ
Passing out Christmas Cards, hospitalized during the yuLetide.
ffs Tradition
John regularly makes visits to the
mas tradition, SIU representative cartons of cigarettes or cigars and
John Dwyer visited with members
who were conflned to sickbeds over
the Christmas and New Year's
Holidays at the USPHS hospital in
Staten Island, New York.
the customary extra $25.00 which
SIU members are entitled to only
during the holiday season, Dwyer
helped to spread a little Christmas
cheer among the brothers who were
USPHS facility to issue the daily
benefits eligible members are en
titled to under the normal sickness
and accident provision of the
Welfare Plan.
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the necessary information for in-hospital benefits.
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Leo Gallagher (left) holds up his $25.00 Christmas Bonus check; while Steve
.Homka displays a Christmas card he received from the SIU. Both Leo and Steve
are recertified bosuns.
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�NMC Proposes $1UTB for Maritime in '80s
L
ABOR unions, shipping com/ panics, and shipbuilders
have all contributed to an
innovative package of Ideas to
strengthen and modernize the
U.S. merchant marine.
The views of these groups.
Including the SIU, were pre
sented last month to Congress
as part of a 50-page report by
the National Maritime Council
(NMC). Founded in the early
1970's, the NMC Is a non-profit
organization composed of
maritime labor and management.
Its purpose Is the encouragement
and development of a strong and
healthy U.S. merchant fleet.
The package of suggestions by
the NMC comes as a response to
the proposed legislation entitled
the "Omnibus Maritime Regula
tory Reform, Revltallzatlon, and
Reorganization Act of 1979".
Numbered H.R. 4769, the
legislation was Introduced Into
the U.S. House of Representa
tives by Congressmen John
Murphy (D-N.Y.) and Paul
McCloskey (R-Callf.).
Since Its Intfpductlon several
months ago, there have been
many hearings on the measure
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before the House Subcommittee Inc., these 300 ships would be
on. Merchant Marine. Interested divided between 135 liner vessels
parties, such as the NMC, have and 165 bulk carriers.
been making their opinions
Of the $11.7 billion, $7.9
known on this extensive and billion, or an average of about
important piece of maritime $720 million per year, would go
legislation.
to the CDS program. An average
To expand this country's of about $203 million per year, or
commercial fleet, the NMC $2.2 billion over the decade,
proposed that $11.7 billion be would go toward the ODS pro
made available by the U.S. gram.
government. Most of this money
The rest of the money would go
would go for the Construction to other NMC proposals de
Differential Subsidy (CDS) signed to keep the U.S. merchant
program for new ship construc marine competitive with cheaper
tion and the Operating Differen foreign fleets.
tial Subsidy (CDS) program.
One would be a five percent tax
These subsidy programs help credit for the use of U.S.-flag dry
keep the American fleet competi bulk vessels.
Another would be the fuel
tive with cheaper foreign fleets.
The money proposed by the conservation program. Under
NMC would cover the period of this plan, ships would be repow1980 to 1990.
ered to use more efficient fuel.
Coupled with other NMC
Amoss said that the prime
proposals, the Council feels that candidates for repowering are
this subsidy money will help ships under 15 years old with
build 300 new ships over the engines over 20,000 shaft horse
decade^
power. He cited a study that
As^xplained to the Subcom identified about 70 ships for
mittee by W. James Amoss, repowering.
chairman of the NMC's Board of
Amoss noted that"... repower
Governors and president of ing is crafts intensive low volume
Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., work. Under these conditions,
U.S. yards can be much more
competitive^ith foreign yards.
The other advantage of this
program is that contracts for
repowering can be placed fairly
quickly and provide near term
work for the yards until the new
building program can provide
long term stability."
Other NMC proposals in
Take the Diesel Engines Course
cluded:
at HLS
• Elimination of the 50 per
cent
ceiling on CDS.
It's Four Weeks Long
• Permission for a ship to be
It Starts March 31
built foreign and still be eligible
for ODS. However, the ship
could only be built foreign if
To enroll, contact HLS or fill out the application in this
there are no CDS funds available.
issue of the,Iog.
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Provision of a per diem (daily)
subsidy for any new bulk vessel.
Ships Are Powered
Differently Today
Cash In On The Changes
except a tanker over 60,000 dwt.
• Allowance of bilateral bulk
shipping agreements with statecontrolled economies. Also, the
acceptance of such agreements in
trades where the U.S. trading
partner initiates or reserves bulk
cargoes for its bulk fleet.
• An easing of restriction on
the entry of subsidized carriers
into domestic trades.
• Permission for CDS-built
vessels to be sold foreign after ten
years. Proceeds from the sale
would be put into a fund for the
construction of an equivalent
vessel in the U.S. within two
years.
• Strengthening of the Secre
tary of Commerce's authority to
administer cargo preference
laws.
• Preclusion of the Military
Sealift Command from provid
ing service where a privately
owned U.S.-flag operator is
giving point-to-point ocean
transportation service.
• Elimination of the 50 per
cent duty on overseas repairs for
foreign-to-foreign bulk vesseUj--emergency repairs abroad, or in
cases where repairs in the U.S.
would involve extreme economic
loss.
• Provision of a five-year tax
depreciation schedule for a U.S.flag ship built in America, and a
ten year tax depreciation sche
dule for a U.S.-flag vessel built
foreign.
Meanwhile, in the Senate
Commerce Committee, Senator
Daniel Inouye (D-Hawali) has
introduced and held hearings on
various maritime bills.
It's expected that there's a long
way to go before the full House
and the Senate agree on a
maritime bill for the 1980's. But
the SIU will monitor all develop
ments to make sure the interests
of its members are protected.
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payoff recently at Pier 12, Brooklyn, N.Y. They are (I. to r.) Deck Delegate George
Oberle, Bosun E. Odom, ship's chairman; Engine Delegate Barry Kiger and
Steward Delegate Roy Miller.
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�The practical instruction is given on desk top pieces of
equipment, osciiioscopes and osciiiators. Seafarers pan
make a circuit and test it during their training.
The Electronics course attracts seafarers who work as elec
tricians. The students iearn the basic operations of circuits
and transistors.
Marine Electronics
Jack Funk, one of the graduates of the Electronics
course, directs a signal into the circuit of modules he
Just made. With the oscillator, he can see what is happeiiing to the signal as it goes through the circuit.
Seafarers
the Challenge
The vessels of today are much
more advanced than those of thirty
years ago. New pieces of equip
ment are showing up. The job of
every seafarer is to be able to work
on this equipment. Some of the
equipment, however, is controlled
by electronic circuits which are
very new and unknown to most of
us.
We can tackle this problem just
like we learned automation. The
Lundeberg School is now offering
an Electronics course for seafarers
who have worked as electricians.
The course is six weeks long
and prepares seafarers to work on
equipment controlled by elec
tronics. The instructor for the
course is Terry Connor. He has had
many years of experience working
with teletype machines and air
borne communications platforms.
He said, "Electronics is not an area
to fear. Anyone who has been
working with electricity has been
exposed to electronics without
knowing it. Electronics is just
refined electricity."
The firstX Electronics course
began on November 5. During the
course, the students reviewed the
theory of electricity and learned
how to apply the knowledge they
have to electronics.
The practical instruction is
done with'oscilloscopes. They are
desk top pieces of equipment that
can be used to make and analyze a
circuit. The students also use the
Sine Square Oscillator to direct a
signal into the circuit. Through the
use of the oscilloscope, the
students can actually see what is
happening to the signal as it
passes through the circuit.
John Chivars, one of the
graduates of this new course, has
worked about four years as an elec
trician. He said, "The Electronics
course is a real eye-opener. I have
really learned a lot. It is amazing
what one of those transistors can
do. All you do is turn a button and
the little modules do all the work. I
have enjoyed the challenge of the
course."
Jack Funk, also a graduate of
the course, feels that all seafarers
who are experienced electriciani;
should come to the Electronicji
course. He commented tha "
through the class field trips, the
students learned that there is a
lack of qualified help to work on
electronics systerns. 'The only
way to be qualified to do the job is
to come to the Lundeberg School."
Instructor Terry Connor and the
Lundeberg School want you to take
advantage of the Electronics
course. The next course begins
February 11. To enroll, fill out the
application in this issue of the Log
or contact the Vocational Educa
tion Department of HLS.
The Electronics course helps seafarers like John
Chivars to add to their knowledge of electrical and
electronic equipment aboard a vessel. With this new
knowledge, they are becoming skilled in a new and
important area of shipboard operations.
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SS Santa Paula
The SS Santa Paula (Delta Line) this month carried 34,000 of cargo for
the U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) to ports in California,
Oregon, Washington, Hawaii and Alaska.
VLCC Massachusetts
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The VLCC Massachusetts (lOM) got the green light last month from
MARAD to enter the Alaska-Panama oil trade for six months; Exxon
was to get the first charter. The 264,073 dwt supertanker was built in 1975.
Nev/port News Shipyard
MARAD also last month okayed the financing worth almost $25.5
million for the Ariadne Co. (Berger Group) to build here a 39,700 dwt
tanker by June 1981.
The 16 knot, 644-foot vessel will use the stern of the 1956-built ST
Cities Service Norfolk.
SS United States
Set to make a comeback early next year in the nation's passenger trades
is the SS United States (U.S. Cruises) laid up for the last 10 years.
The liner is now in a berth at the Newport News (Va.) Shipyard.
She will sail on Feb. 15-18 to the Norfolk (Va.) Shipyard
drydock for modernizing (four swimming pools and tennis court) and
refitting costing $35 million.
When she resumes service she'll have a crew of 450 and 1,300
passengers in 650 luxury staterooms and six restaurants. The United
States will cruise six months between Los Angeles and her home base,
Honolulu, Hawaii. Cruises to other isles are also anticipated. U.S.
Cruises is based in the port of Seattle.
On Nov. 15-6, President Carter signed a law allowing operation of the
United States, SS Santa Rosa, SS Independence, SS Monterey and the
SS Mariposa in the domestic trades.
It's Your Move
Port Everglades, Fla.
Sea-Land began last month to operate this port's first permanent,
speedy, shoreside crane—a $2.6 million, 30-ton gantry.
Before, a rented mobile crane moved the containers here off the weekly
calling SL-18 containerships.
The North Europe-bound S-L Consumer was the first ship loaded by
the new crane last month.
Washington, D.C.
More than 200 U.S. shipping company bigwigs and safety directors
have until Feb. 22 and Apr. 18 to send in thein 1979 hero rescue and safety
entrants picks to the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS)
Jones F. Devlin and Ship Safety Achievement Awards Contests.
Also sponsored by the National Safety Council, the ship safety awards
go to those vessels (and crews) who during last year did outstanding feats
of rescue and seamanship. Entries close Feb. 22. The Devlin Awards go
to the ships which for two and four consecutive years are accident-free. A
crewmember must not have lost a full turn at watch because of an
occupational injury. Entries close Apr. 18.
Seattle
The Boeing Airplane Co., maker of the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-29
Superfortress and 747 Jumbo Jet, is going into the shipping business.
In a joint venture, Boeing plans at a cost of $I billion to build four new
U.S. 350,000 dwt tankers burning three fuels to carry coal to the Far East
from a new terminal and new 650-mile slurry pipeline.
The 10-milliori tons of coal a year of Emery, Utah coal would go to
Japan, Taiwan and Korea for 25 years from the Oxn^^, Calif. Terminal,
50 miles north of Los Angeles.
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The tankers, if built in U.S. yards, would cost $600 million—half paid
by MARAD. They would burn, in port, natural gas to avoid air
pollution, low sulphur fuel five hours after leaving port and coal
afterwards. The double-hulled tankers could also carry oil.
Boeing hopes the project could get off the ground by 1987.
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The American Steamship Co. is having b^vo diesel bulk carriers built.
One is a 32,100 dwt ship worth $28.8 million set for delivery in March
from the Bay Shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wise. The other due in October is
a 23,825 dwt vessel worth $31.5 million, also from Bay Shipyard.
New York
MARAD has let Farrell Lines, under NMU contract, trade in to the
Gq^empent eight of its 17-20-year-old breakbulk C-3s and CT4S for a
$20.3 million credit toward the cost of a newly-delivered 27,340 dwt
containers hip, the SS Austral Pioneer worth $73.3 million.
Turned in to the U.S. Reserve Fleet (now 21 ships) at James River, Va.,
were the SS African Comet, Mercury, Meteor, Neptune and Sun and SS
Export Adventurer, Agent and Ambassador. Farrell turned in four
vessels to the fleet in mid-1979 and may turn in eight more ships in mid1980.
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MAKE IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION—
Make your move toward good pay, excellent working con
ditions, a secure future. Enroll now in the LNG Course at
HLS. Next class starts March 31. Contact the Harry
Lundeberg School, Vocational Education Department,
IPiney Point, Maryland 20674, or fill out the application
in this issue of the
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Making out a dues receipt for Chief Cook Wheeler Washington (seated Left) last
month is SlU Rep Teddy Babkowski (seated right) at a payoff aboard the LASH
Stonewall Jackson (Waterman). The remainder of the Ship's Committee^and a
crewmember are (standing I. to r.) Recertified BoSun Carl Lineberry, ship's
chairman: Engine Delegate Tony Cruz. AB Stanly La Grange, Deck Delegate;
OS Gerard Lyons, Steward Delegate Felix Caban and Chief Electrician David
Alleyne, educational director. The LASH paid off at Pier 7, Brooklyn, N.Y.
January 1980 / LOG / 17
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TO THE EDITOR
He Did Right By Schotarship
As we all know a college education is a necessity in today's world.
Whether it be in business, medicine or engineering there is a great
demand for educated men and women. Unfortunately in this time
of financial stress, the expense of such an education is immense.
Most Americans do not have the financial capacity to send their
children to college without a great deal of sacrifice.
I am forever in the SIU's debt for giving me the opportunity to be
one of those educated people. The Union allowed me to get a well
rounded education in the process of becoming a mechanical
engineer thanks to my $10,000 Scholarship.
This engineering field encompasses an unlimited range of work.
Its scope ranges from nuclear and conventional powWplants tdlhe
design and construction of submarine support systems. As you can
see the opportunities for learning and for advancement facing me
are countless.
The scholarship program has assisted me and others to achieve
goals which otherwise would have been beyond our grasp. I
sincerely hope the SIU can continue and enlarge this program to
aid its members and their families. As a recipient of this scholarship
I consider it a great honor and will strive to reflect this honor in my
future work.
Again I wish to thank the Trustees of the "Charlie Logan
Scholarship Program" for the opportunity to gain the education
needed to achieve my personal goals. Without the assistance of the
Seafarers Union my future would not look as bright as it does right
now.
Very truly yours,
Edward V. Gilabert
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Loved Delta Bolivia Crew
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I have just read the completed passenger questionnaires from the
most recent voyage of the SS Delta Bolivia whereby the passengers
unanimously praised our service.
Over the years the SS Delta Bolivia has developed a reputation
for outstanding passenger service and it is a pleasure to see these
high standards being maintained.
It is also significant to note that half the passengers are sensitive
to the fact that we are a U.S. flag operator and this point is an
important factor for them. The good will generated by the actions
of the ship's crew contributes immeasurably to Delta Line and the
U.S. flag merchant fleet.
The passengers have identified three of the ship's force for
individual recognition, the Master, Capt. E. J. Howie; the Purser,
Mr. b. Coleman; and the passenger B.R., Mr. P. Siems. The efforts
of the crew were well received by the passengers and by those of us
in New York.
We commend the officers and crew for maintaining the best
traditions of the U.S. merchant marine.
Very truly yours,
Thomas V. Mac Ewen
CfoMnd Manager of t^ieratioiis
Delta Line
New York, N.Y.
Here's a pix of Memory Lane Troubadours Joe and Genevieve McAndrews.
Joe is an SIU Pensioner.
Memory Lane TroubtidfHtrs
Hi there from Texas!
So far my wife and I are really enjoying retirement. For our
hobby we are dancings We enjoy going to dances anyway and we
are with the Senior Citizens Recreation Group; We call ourselves
the Memory Lane Troubadours (about 30 of us).
We dress sort of Gay '90s. My wife dances in a chorus line that
does a dance to "Carolina in the Morning," and I'm in with the
Dancing Grandfathers. We dance to "When My Baby Smiles at
Me."
We put on our dancing programs at nursing and retirement
homes five or six times a month. Our show is about I '/^hours. Then
we ask the audience to dance. If they are in wheelchairs, we wheel
them to the music. They do enjoy it a lot. And we come away with a
great feeling that we've brought some sunshine into some
unfortunate peoples' lives.
Fraternally,
Joseph & Genevieve McAndrews
Houston, Texas
Top Notch Services
I sincerely wish to thank everyone associated with the Union and
the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the help given to my husband and I
during his illness. I will long admire the ability of the Union to
handle the medical claims of my husband, quickly and efficiently
during his illness in June 1978 and again in October 1979.
^ I am proud to say that my husband has been a member of the SIU
since 1942. My husband still wishes he could be sailing.
My husband and I would just like to let the.SIU know that it has
been a privilege and pleasure to have sailed with this great union.
We wish all our Union brothers and sisters smooth sailing with the
best union around. ,
With Sincere Thanks
Mrs. Victor Menor
VIsaUa, Calif.
Early Pension Checks Helped
I believe I speak for quite a lot of SIU pensioners in thanking the
Seafarers Pension Plan for its thoughtfulness and compassion in
getting us our pension checks early for Christmas and the holidays.
It certainly came in handy.
It makes me feel veiy good to know that my. son and two
grandsons are also members of this great union.
Fiatcmaily,
John R. Shaw, Sr.
Dehona, Fla.
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Mid-East Crises Focus Need for Beefed up U.S. Fleet
T
HE New Year is barely off
the ground but it already
looks like 1980 won't go down in
the history books as a time of
international harmony.
The crisis in Iran is already into
its third month and the Admini
stration doesn't expect any reso
lution in the near f^uture.
President Carter is seeking a
United Nations-backed blockade
of all exports to Iran except food
and medical supplies. If the U.N.
doesn't sanction such a trade
cutoff, the U.S. is expected to act
unilaterally.
International relations have
been further strained by the
Soviet Union's recent military
intervention in Afghanistan.
Calling Russia's action "the
greatest threat to peace since the
Second World War," the Presi
dent ordered a freeze on grain
anjd high technology equipmentsales to the U.S.S.R.
It's important to note that the
common denominator linking
the recent grim events in the
Moslem world is maritime. In
commerce as well as in times of
national emergency, a strong,
capable merchant fleet is indispensible.
The SIU has repeated over and
over again the vital importance of
building up our domestic mer
chant fleet so it is capable of
serving the needs of the nation in
peacetime as well as in time of
crisis.
to carry only one quarter of
A build-up of the U.S. flag fleet
U.S. military and domestic
would, of course, mean more jobs
requirements.
and improved job security for the
If the United States had to rely
members of this Union. But our
exclusively on our national fleet
efforts on behalf of a revitalized
for the bulk of our foreign trade
U.S. merchant marine go way
we'd be in big trouble. The U.S.
beyond our own interests. Recent
flag fleet today is able to carry a
world events make it crystal clear
scant five percent of our overall
that a strong American-owned,
imports and exports.
American-manned, AmericanThe United States has al
flag merchant marine is in the
best—and most pressing—inter lowed our national merchant
fleet to deteriorate to a level
ests of this nation.
Right now, the fortunes of the where that fleet can no longer
U.S. merchant fleet are at their answer our own trade needs. In
lowest ebb in history. Our diy time of peace such neglect is a
bulk fleet carries only two per disgrace. In time of war or
cent of U.S. dry bulk trade today, national emergency it would be a
even though 40 percent of all U.S. disaster.
The House Merchant Marine
oceanbome foreign trade is dry
& Fisheries Committee recently
bulk.
Last year, Americaiv5lag tank held hearings to determine
ers carried only 2.8 percent of our whether the U.S. fleet would be
liquid petroleum imports. And able to operate a military sealift
those are peacetime oil require when 95 percent of U.S.
ammunition, fuel, equipment
ments.
and
supplies would have to move
If the United States were
involved in a military conflict by sea. The answer, from witness
today the nation's petroleum after witness, was a resounding
needs would increase. The U.S. "no/
Military and maritime indus
flag tanker fleet, currently the
strongest segment of the U.S. try experts told the Committee
merchant marine, would be able that the nation's ability to
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on two variables: commitments
for assistance from our allies and
the participation of the merchant
vessels which are U.S.-owned but
sail under flags of convenience.
Our NATO allies have already
indicated an unwillingness to
make firm naval commitments.
And several witnesses before the
House Committee questioned the
wisdom of relying on vessels
which, though U.S.-owned, are
registered under foreign flags and
crewed by foreign seamen.
What witnesses, armed with
facts and figures, <old the Com
mittee comes down to the simple
rule of survival: the only one to
count on when It counts Is
yourself.
Right now, the U.S. can't
count on herself for seapower.
And we won't be able to count on
ourselves unless Congress and
the Administration give the
highest priority to increasing the
size, performance capability and
military relevance of the U.S. flag
merchant marine.
The stakes are too high to do j":
less.
Offfidol PubUcoHon of tho Sooforori Intornotionol Union of
North Amorico. AHonlk, Gulf, Lokot ond Inlond Walmt Dhtrid,
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Vol. 42, No. 1
Executiv* Board
Paul HaU
President
Frank Drozak
Executive Vice President
Joe DiGiorgic
Cal Tanner
Secretary-Treasurer
Vice President
James Gannon
Editor
Ray Bourdius
Edra Ziesk
. Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Don Rotan
Marietta
letta Homa
Homayonpour
Mai^Siegel Hall
West Coast Associate Editor
Assistant Editor
Assishmt Editor
Frank Cianciotti
Dennis Lundy
Writer / Photographer
Photography
.oseitub
ive Assfsitant
Administrative
George Vana
Production!Art Director
Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters
District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage
paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. (ISSN mi60-2047)
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iVl in our history, we seamen
are affected by forces outside our
immediate control. The most
important of these forces can be
summed up in one word:
Congress.
During the past half century.
Congress has greatly expanded
its influence over the day to day
activities of private citizens. It
has, for example, become in
volved in almost every aspect of
the maritime industry. That
involvement has important rami
fications for individual sailors.
To give just one example: many
seafaring Jobs are funded in part
by Congressional subsidies.
Without these subsidies, the
number of jobs available to
members of this Union could be
drastically reduced.
Since Congress plays such a
prominent role in the lives of
seamen, the question arises: how
does Congress operate? How
does a bill become law?
To understand how a bill
becomes law, one must be aware
of the nature of Congress.
Congress responds, it seldom
leads. People who want some
thing from Congress must speak
up, loudly.
More often than not, ideas for
legislation come from groups
outside of Congress. Most
Congressmen are generalists who
are forced to rely on the knowhow of others. Their staffs are not
large enough to keep abreast of
every development affecting this
nation.
In presenting an idea to a
Congressman for consideration,
an organization or individual
should be as specific as possible.
The one thing that Congressmen
and their staffs lack is time. They
can't be bothered with vaguely
worded proposals.
Relating this to the maritime
industry, the key issue confront
ing our Union is job security. It is
not enough, however, for repre
sentatives of the SIU to go to a
Congressman and say, "Give my
people job security!" They would
get nowhere.
Rather, to be effective, which
they are, representatives of this
Union approach Congressmen
with caref^ully worded proposals
dealing-with particular issue^ (e.g.
the revitalization of the passenger
ship industry).
Approaching a Congressman
with an idea for a bill is not easy,
for the nature of his job makes
him highly inaccessible. It is one
of the greatest ironies of our
political system that legislators
who are dubbed representatives
of the people have little or no
time for the people that they
represent.
To remain politically visible to
the voters, a Congressman must
make frequent trips to his
Congressional district, at least
until he becomes an established
figure on the scale, say of Mount
Rushmore. His weekdays are
filled with Congressional debates '
and Committee hearings. Nights
are spent studying issues or
attending political functions.
Job of a Lobbyist
The inaccessibility of Con
gressmen is one of the major
reasons why organizations retain
lobbyists to represent their
interests on Capitol Hill.
Lobbyists: some people con
sider them slightly less respect
able than child molesters. In
standing Committees, such as the
actuality, however, they serve a
Senate Finance Committee or the
valuable political function.
House Committee on Merchant
In order to be effective, a
Marine and Fisheries. The
lobbyist must spend his time
standing committees are in turn
building contacts which will help
broken up into smaller subcom
him gain the ears, if not the
mittees (i.e. House Subcommit
hearts, of those Congressmen
tee on Merchant Marine).
who will get his bill passed. There
Subcommittees are roughlyl
are all sorts of variables involved
comparable to an unlicensed l
in this process, such as the
crew onboard a ship. They do the
reputation of the organization
back-work which keeps Congress
that the lobbyist represents, But
running smoothly.
two variables stand out: a
Subcommittees are respon
lobbyist must maintain a steady
sible for rewordinjg bills so that
presence on Capitol Hill and he
their language conforms to
must be well-briefed.
political realities and legislative
By maintaining a steady
niceties. They gather informapresence on Capitol Hill, a -tion, pro and con, on matters
lobbyist can establish a working
pending before the committee as
relationship with members of
a whole. They hold hearings and
Congressional staffs. This is an
listen to witnesses testify on the
important part of a lobbyist's
merits of proposed legislation.
duties, for staff members often
Once a Subcommittee has
have a great deal of influence on
finished all of its fact-finding
how a Congressman ultimately
duties, it presents its findings to
decides to vote on an issue.
. the committee as a whole. The
Being for the most part
committee then decides whether
overworked and underpaid,
or not to recommend passage.
Congressional staff members
If a committee recommends
appreciate lobbyists who present
passage, the bill is reported outo
them with thorough and wellcommittee. If a bill is not
reasoned briefs, for that frees
reported out of committee, it has
them to dp other work.
virtually no chance of being
A dependable lobbyist backed
enacted into law.
by a hard-working and profes
Once a bill is reported out o
sional research department is
committee, it must be placed on
worth his weight in gold.
the agenda for floor action. If a
bill is not controversial, it is
The Journey Begins
placed on the consent calendar
If a lobbyist can persuade a
and hastily passed. If not, then it
Representative or Senator to
must be placed on the regular
sponsor a bill, that Representa
calendar.
tive or Senator will sign his name
Where a bill is placed on the
to it. Once that happens, the bill
regular calendar is extremely
is introduced and referred to an
important. Congress has only a
appropriate standing committee.
limited amount of time to
consider the merits of an over
The Senate and the House of
Representatives are both broken
whelming number of bills. Oncea
up into a differing number of
Congressional session ends, if a
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dead.
Many Called, Few Chosen
Only a small number of bills
that are introduced each session
are referred to committee,
reported out of committee,
placed on the calendar, and
passed. An even smaller number
are enacted into law.
If a bill has been passed by the
Senate, it must also be passed by
the House. Remember: there are
two houses of Congress. In order
to be enacted into law, a bill must
be passed by both of them.
The House and the Senate are
different legislative bodies with
different procedures. The House
has 435 members, while the
Senate has only 100. The
Committee structures of the two
houses are not exactly the same.
Senators serve six year terms.
Representatives only two years.
These differences and others
add up to one fact: that in many
instances, the House and the
Senate will pass different ver
sions of the same bill.
When that happens, the Senate
and the House each select three
or more members to sit in on a
conference committee aimed at
coming up with a compromise
bill. The members are chosen
from committees in which the bill
was introduced.
Sometimes, the Senate and the
House conferees cannot agree on
a common bill. When that
happens, the bill dies.
If common language is found,
then the bill is reported back to
both the House and the Senate. If
both bodies pass the final version
of the bill, the bill is sent to the
President who either signs it into
law, or vetoes it.
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\ it's that time of the year again brothers. Tax time! Deadline day for filing is
April 15, 1980. X/nless you have a good excuse for not filing within the specified time
period, the Internal Revenue Service will slap you with penalties.
The earl^r you file your tax return, the better. Because if you are entitled to a
return (hope^lly most of us are), the earlier you file the quicker you get your return.
As is the custom this time of year, the Log prints some general information
regarding your tax returns. Following is that report.
Change, Highlights in the Tax Law for 1979
Tax Rates Have Been Decreased
and Personal Exemptions Have
Been Increased
For most taxpayers, the tax rates
have been decreased. The deduction
for personal exemptions has been
increased from $750 to $1,000, This
increase also applies to the extra
exemptions for age and blindness.
These changes have already been
figured into the Tax Tables.
Zero Bracket Amount and Incodie
Levels for Filing Have Been In
creased
The Zero Bracket Amounts have
been increased for all taxpayers. For
those who file as Single or Head of
household, the amount has been
increased from $2,200 to $2,300. For
Married taxpayers filing jointly and
Qualifying widow(er)s with a'deppendent child, it has been increased
from $3,200 to $3,400. For Married
taxpayers who file separately, it has
been increased from $1,600 to
$1,700. The levels of income for
which you must file a return are also
higher.
bility will increase or decrease
accordingly.
General Tax Credit Has Expired
The general^x credit expired on
December 3U 1978. You cannot
claim it this year.
Unemployment Compensation May
Be Taxable
If you received unemployment
compensation payments after De
cember 31, 1978, they may be
taxable.
Political Contributions
The limit for the credit allowed for
political contributions has been
doubled. For 1979, you can claim
one-half of what you gave, but not
more than $50 ($100 if you are
married filing a joint return).
However, you may no longer claim
an itemized deduction for these
contributions.
No Deductions for State and Local
Gasoline Taxes
You may no longer claim State or
local gasoline taxes as an itemized
deduction.
Earned Income Credit Has Been
Increased
Both the maximum amount you
can earn and the maximum credit
you can get have been increased. The
income ceiling for eligibility has
been increased from $8,000 to
$10,000. The credit can now go as
high as $500.
New Advance Earned Income
Credit Payments
If you received advance payments
of the earned income credit from
your employer, you must file a tax
return even if your income was
below the minimum level for your
filing status. If your allowable credit
is different from the advance pay
ments you received, your tax lia-
No Alternative Tax Computation
The alternative tax computation
for capital gains expired on Decem
ber 31, 1978. You can no longer use
this method to figure your tax.
Minimum Tax Has Been Revised
The minimum tax was revised by
the Revenue Act of J 978. There is
also a new alternative minimum tax
for which you may be liable.
Standard Mileage Rates Increased
The standard mileage rate for
business use of a car or truck has
been increased to 18'/i cents per mile
for the first 15,000 miles. For each
mile over 15,000, the rate will
continue to be 10 cents. The stan
dard mileage rate for charitable,
medical, or moving purposes has
been increased to 8 cents per mile.
Child and Dependent Care Credit
The credit for child care payments
is available for payments made to a
relative regardless of whether the
qualifying relative's services consti
tute employment for social security
purposes.
Some General Information in Filing Tax Returns
Who Must Ffle
Your income and your filing status
generally determine whether or not you
must file a tax return.
You must file a return
for 1979, even if you
owe no ta»:
' And your
income was
at least:
If you were single (this also means
legally separated, divorced, or married
with a dependent child and living apart
from your spouse for all of 1979) and:
Under 65
$3,300
65 or over
4,300
If you were married filing a joint return
and living with your spouse at the end of
1979 (or on the date your spouse died),
and:
Both were under 65
One was 65 or over
Both were 65 or over
5,400
6,400
7,400
taxable dividends, interest, or other
unearned income of $1,000 or more
1,000
If you were married filing a separate
return or married but not living with
your spouse at the end of 1979 1,000
If you could be claimed as a depen
dent on your parents' return, and had
If you were a qualifying widow(er)
with a dependent child and:
Under 65..
... 4,400
65 or over
5,400
Long-Trip Tax Problems
A major tax beef by seamen is that
normally taxes are not withheld on
earnings in the year they earned the
money, but in the year the payoff
took place.
For example, a seaman who
signed on for a five month trip in
September, 1978, paying off in
January, 1979, would have all the
five months' earnings appear on his
1979 W-2 even though his actual
1979 earnings might be less than
those in 1978.
There are ways to minimize the
impacts of this situation. For
example, while on the ship in 1978,
the Seafarer undoubtedly took
draws and may have sent allotments
home. These can be reported as.l978
income.
Unfortunately, this raises another
complication. The seaman who
reports these earnings in 1978 will
not have a W-2 (witholding state
ment) covering them. He will have to
list all allotments, draws and slops
on the tax return and explain why he
doesn't have a W-2 for them.
Furthermore, since no tax will have
been withheld on these earnings in
1978, he will have to pay the full tax
on them with his return, at 14
percent or upwards, depending on
his tax bracket.
The earnings will show up on his
1979 W-2. The seaman then, on his
1979 return would have to explain
that he had reported some of his
earnings in 1978 and paid taxes on
them. He would get a tax refund
accordingly.
^
In essence, the seaman would pay
taxes twice on the same income and
get a refund a year later. While this
will save the seaman some tax
money in the long run, it means he is
out-of-pocket on some of his earn
ings for a full year until he gets the
refund.
This procedure would also un
doubtedly cause Internal Revenue
to examine his return^, since the
income reported would pot coincide
with the totals on his W-2 forms..
That raises the question, is this
procedure justified? It is justified
only if a seaman had very little
income in one year and very consid
erable income the next. Otherwise
the tax saving is minor and probably
not wortb the headache.
If you could exclude income from
sources within U.S. possessions 1,000
If you were self-employed and your
net earnings from this work were at least
$400
If you received any advance earned
income credit payments from your
employer(s) during 1979
Even if your income was less than the
amounts shown above, you must file a
return if you owe any taxes, such as:
• FICA (Social Security) on tips you
did not report to your employer.
• Minimum Tax.
• Tax on an IRA (Individual Retire- ,
ment Arrangement).
• Tax from recomputing a prior year
investment credit.
These rules apply to all U.S. citizens
and resident aliens, including those
under 21 years of age. They also apply
to those nonresident aliens and resident
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•if:
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alien^jwho are married to citizens or
residents of the United States at the end
of 1979 and who file a joint return.
Who Should File
Even if you do not have to file, you
should file to get a refund if income tax
was withheld from your pay. Also file if
you can take the earned income credit. If
you file for either of these reasons only,
you may be able to use Form 1040A.
Form 2555, Deduction from, or
Exclusion of, Income Earned Abroad.
Form 4563, Exclusion of Income
from Sources in United States Posses
sions.
• You owe any of the taxes on Form
1040, line 36 or lines 48 through 52.
• You claim any of the credits on Form
1040, lines 39 through 45.
• You claim any of the payments on
Form 1040, lines 58, 60, or 61.
• You are required to fill in Part III of
Schedule B for Foreign Accounts and
Foreign Trusts.
separated on December 31, consider
yourself single for the whole year. State
law governs whether you are married,
divorced, or legally separated.
If you were married on December 31,
consider yourself married for the whole
year. Ifjyou meet the tests for Married
Persons Who Live Apart (and Aban
doned Spouses), you may consider
yourself single for the whole year.
If your spouse died during 1979,
consider yourself married to that spouse
for the whole year, unless you remarried
before the end of 1979.
*.(
you for Head of household, no entry
When to File
is
needed.
You should file as soon as you can
Where to File
2. Your married child, grandchild,
Married Persons
after January 1, but not later than April.
Please
use
the
addressed
envelope
foster
child, or stepchild. (You must
Joint
or
Separate
Returns?
15,1980. If you file late, you may have to
that
came
with
your
return,
or
use
the
be
entitled
to claim this person as
Joint Return. In most cases, married
pay penalties and interest.
address
for
your
State.
If
you
do
not
your dependent without Multiple
couples will pay less tax if they file a
If you know that you cannot meet the
have
an
addressed
envelope,
or
if
you
Support
Agreement.)
joint
return.
You
must
report
all
April 15 deadline, you should ask for an
moved
during
the
year,
mail
your
return
3.
Any
other
person listed below
income,
exemptions,
deductions,
and
extension on Form 4868, Application
to
the
Internal
Revenue
Center
for
the
tyhom you can claim as a dependent.
credits for you and your spouse. Both of
for Automatic Extension of Time to File
place where you live.
However, this person does not
you must sign the return, evpn if only
U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.
one
of
you
had
income.
qualify
you if he or she is your 4
Rounding Off to Whole Dollars
Which Form to File
dependent
under the rules for De
You and your spouse can file a joint
You may round off cents, to the
You MAY Be Able to Use Form
pendent Supported by Two or More
nearest whole dollar on your return and return even if you did not live together
1040A if:
Taxpayers.
for
the
whole
year.
Both
of
you
are
• You had only wages, salaries, tips, schedules. But, if you do round off, do responsible for any tax due on a joint
Brother
Grandparent
so for all amounts. You can drop
unemployment compensation, and not
Sister
Sister-in-law
•
amounts under 50 cents. Increase return, so if one of you does not pay, the
more than $400 in interest or $400 in
other may have to.
Stepbrother
Son-in-law
dividends. (You may file Form 1040A amounts from 50 to 99 cents to the next
Stepsister
Daughter-in-law,
Ifyour
spouse
died
in
1979,
or
in
1980
even if your interest or dividend income dollar. For example: $1.39 becomes $1 before filing a return for 1979, write in
Stepmother
or
if related by
and $2.69 becomes $3.
was more than $400 if you are filing only
Stepfather
;
blood:
Uncle^ - -^
the signature area "Filing as surviving
to get a refund of the earned income Amended Return
Mother-in-law
Aunt
spouse." Show the date of death in the
credit),
Use Form 1040X to change an income name and address space.
Father-in-law
Nephew
AND
tax return you have already filed (Form
Brother-in-law
Niece
Separate Returns. You can file
1040 or Form 1040A).
• Your total income is $20,000 or less
separate returns if both you and your
($40,000 or less if you are married and
spouse
had income, or if only one of you Were You a Qualifying Widow or
E^esidential Election Campaign Fund
filing a joint return). "
had
income.
If you both file, you and Widower With a Dependent Child?
You may have $1 go to this fund by
Since Form 1040A is easier to
If so, you may be able to use joint
your
spouse
must figure your tax the
checking the Yes box^ On a joint return,
complete than Form 1040, you should
return
rates for 1979 and use Tax Table
both of you may choose to have $1 go to same way. This means if one itemizes
use it if you can unless Form 1040A lets
this fund, or, both may choose not to. deductions, the other must itemize. You B or Tax Rate Schedule Y.
you pay less tax. However, even if you
If your spouse died during 1978 or
each report only your own income,
meet the above tests, yoii may still have One may choose to have $1 go to this exemptions, deductions, and credits, 1977 and you did not remarry before the
fund and the other may choose not to.
to file Form 1040.
If you check Yes, it will not change the and you are responsible only for the tax end of 1979, file a return for 1979
showing only your own income, exemp
due on your own return.
You MUST Use Form 1040 if:
tax or refund shown on yoiir return.
tions, deductions, and credits. However,
If
you
file
a
separate
return,
write
• You itemize deductions.
Do not claim this amount as a credif
you
can figure your tax at joint return
• You claim more exemptions than are for contributions to candidates for your spouse's full name in the spaqe
rates
if you meet all 3 of the following
after Box 3 and your spouse's social
shown in the tax table for your' filing public office on Form 1040, line 38.
security number in the block provided tests:
status.
, Other Information
a. You could have filed a joint return
for
that number.
• Your spouse files a separate return
Death of Taxpayer
If your spouse does not file, check the with your spouse for the year your
and itemizes deductions. Exception:
Did the taxpayer die before filing a boxes on line 6b that apply if you can
spouse died. (It does not matter whether
You can still use Form 1040A if you return for 1979?—If so, the taxpayer's .
you actually filed a joint return.)
have a dependent child and can meet the spouse or personal representative must claim the exemptions for your spouse.
b. Your dependent child, stepchild, or
tests on page 6 under Married Persons file a return for the person wh(fdied. A Were You a Head of Household?
foster Child lived with you (except for
Who Live Apart (and Abandoned personal representative can be an
There are special tax rates for a temporary absences for vacation or
Spouses).
person
who can meet the tests for Head school).
executor, administrator, or anyone who
• You can be claimed asa dependent on is in charge of the taxpayer's property. of household. These rates are lower than c.'You paid over half the cost of keeping
your parents' return AND had interest,
up the home for this child for the whole
If the taxpayer did not have to file a the rates for Single or Married filing a
dividends, or other unearned income of return but had tax withheld, a return separate return.
year.
You may use this filing status ONLY
$1,000 or more, AND had earned must be filed to get a refund.
• Check Box 5, Qualifying widow(er)
income of less than $2,300 if single (less
If your spouse died in 1979 and you IF on December 31, 1979, you were with dependent child, and sKow the year
than $1,700 if married filing a separate did not remarry in J979, you can file a unmarried (including certain married
your spouse died in the space provided.
return).
persons
who
live
apart
(and
abandoned
Do not claim an exemption for your
joint return, you can also file a joint
• You are a qualifying widow(er) with a return if your spouse died in 1980 before spouses)) or legally separated and meet
spouse. (You can claim the exemption
dependent child.
test a. or b. below:
only for the. year your spouse died.)
filing a return.
a. You paid more than half the cost of
• You were a nonresident alien during
If your spouse died in 1979 and you
A joint return should show your
any part of 1979 and do not file a joint spouse's 1979 income before death and keeping up a home which was the did not remarry, consider yourself
return (or Form 1040NR).
married for the whole year. If your
your income for all of 1979. Please write principal residence of your father or
mother whom you can claim as a spouse died before 1977 and you did not
• You were married to a nonresident "Filing as surviving spouse" in the area
alien at the end of 1979 who had U.S. where you sign the return. If someone dependent. (You did not have to live
remarry, you may check Box 4 if you
source income and you do fiot file a joint else is the personal representative, he or with that parent.) OR
met the tests under Were You a Head of
b. You paid more than half the cost of
return. Exception: You can still use she must also sign. Show the date of
Household?
Form 1040A if you meet the tests on death in the name and address space of keeping up the home in which you lived
Otherwise you must file as Single.
and. in which one of the following also
page 6 under Married Persons Who Form 1040.
Exemptions
lived all year (except for temporary
Live Apart (and Abandoned Spouses).
If you want more details, please get
For
Yourself
absences
for
vacation
or
school):
• You take any of the Adjustments to PubUcation 559, Tax Information for
You
can always take one exemption
Income shown on Form 1040, lines 23 Survivors, Executors, and Administra
I.
Your
unmarried
child,
grandchild,
for
yourself.
Take two exemptions if
through 29.
tors.
foster child, or stepchild. (This
you were blind, or65 or over. Take three
• You file any of these forms:
person
did
not
have
to
be
your
exemptions
if you were blind and 65 or
U.S. Citizens Living Abroad
dependent.)
Form 1040—ES, Declaration of
over.
Be
sure
to check all the boxes on
Generally, ^foreign source income
Estimated Tax for Individuals, for 1979 must be reported on your return. Please
Note: If you are filing as ~Head of
line 6a for the exemptions you can take
(or if you want to apply any part of your get Publication 54, Tax Guide for U.S.
household because of an unmarried
for yourself.
1979 overpayment to estimated tax for Citizens Abroad, for more information.
child, grandchild, foster child, or
You can take the extra exemptions
1980).
stepchild, who is noi your dependent,
for age 65 or over and blindness only for
enter that person's name in the space
Schedule G, Income Averaging.
Filing Status
yourself and your spouse. You cannot
provided on line 4. Enter only one
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Form 2210, Underpayment of Esti Were You Single or Mattiid?
If you were single, divorced, or legally
name. If any other person qualifies
mated Tax by Individuals.
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�Do not include in support items such
as income arid social security taxes,
premiums for life insurance, or funeral
expenses.
Capital items—You must include
capital items such as a car or furniture in
figuring support, but only if they are
actually given tor, or bought by, the
dependent for his or her use or benefit.
Do not include the cost of a capital item
such as furniture for the household or
for use by persons other than the
dependent.
In figuring total support, you must
include money the dependent used for
his or her own support, even if this
money was not taxable (for example,
social security benefits, gifts, savings,
welfare benefits, etc.). If your child was
a student, do not include amounts he or
she received as scholarships.
Continued from Page 23
take them for dependents.
Age and blindness are determined as
of December 31. However, if your 65th
birthday was on January 1, 1980, you
can take the extra exemption for age for
1979.
•d •• .•
For Your Spouse
You can take exemptions for your
spouse if you file a joint return. If you
file a separate return you can take your
spouse's exemptions only if your spouse
is not filing a return, had no income, and
was not the dependent of someone else.
Your spouse's exemptions are like
your own. Take one exemption if your
spouse was neither blind nor 65 or over.
Take two exemptions if he or she was
blind or 65 or over. Take three
exemptions if blind and 65 or over. Be
sure to check all the boxes on line 6b for
the exemptions you can take for your
spouse.
If at the end of 1979, you were
"divorced or legally separated, you
cannot take an exemption for your
former spouse. If you were separated by
a divorce that is not final (interlocutory
decree), you may take an exemption for
your spouse if you file a joint return.
If your spouse died during 1979 and
"you did not remarry before the end of
1979, check the boxes for the exemp
tions you could have, taken for your
spouse on the date of death.
f ••
is
• 'i:
;<• "
•:{ ••
i."
c. Married Dependent
The dependent did not file a joint
return with his or her spouse.
d. Citizenship or Residence
The dependent was a citizen or
resident of the United States or Canada
or Mexico, or an alien child adopted by
and living with a U.S. citizen in a foreign
country.
e. Relationship
The dependent met test l.or 2; below.
1. Was related to you (or your spouse
if you are filing a joint return) in one
of the following ways:
Child
Stepbrother
Stepchild Stepsister
Mother
Stepmother
Father
Stepfather
Grandparent Mother-in-law
Brother
Father-in-law
Sister
Brother-in-law
Grandchild Sister-in-law
Children and Other Dependents
Please enter on line 6c the first names
of your dependent children who lived
with you. Fill in the total number in
the box to the right of the arrow.
Please enter on line 6d the full names
and other information for your other
dependents. Fill in the total number in
the box to the right of the arrow.
Each person you claim as a dependent
has to meet ALL 5 of these tests;
a. income;
h. support;
c. married dependent;
d. citizenship or residence; and
e. relationship.
These tests are explained below.
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b. Support
The dependent received over half of
his or her support from you, or is treated
as receiving over.half of his or her
support from you, under the rules for
Children of Divorced or Separated
Parents, or Dependents Supported by
Two or More Taxpayers.- If you file a
joint return, the support can be from you or your spouse.
Support includes items such as food,
a place to live, clothes, medical and
dental care, and education. In figuring
support, use the actual cost of these
"items. However, the cost of a place to
live is figured at its fair rental value.
<(
Son-in-law
Daughter-in-law
or, if related by
blood:
Uncle
Aunt
Nephew
Niece
2. Was any other person who lived in
your home as a member of your
household for the whole year.
The term child includes:
• Your son, daughter, stepson, or
stepdaughter.
• A child who lived in your home as a
member of your family if placed with
you by an authorized placement agency
for legal adoption.
• A foster child who lived in your
home as a member of your family for the
whole year.
Student Dependent. Even if your
child had income of $1,000 or more, you
can claim the child as a dependent if he
or she can meet tests b., c., and d.above:
AND
• was enrolled as a full-time student
at a school during any 5 months of 1979,
or
• took a full-time, on-farm training
course, during any 5 months of 1979.
(The course had to be given by a school
or a State, county, or local government
agency.)
Children of Divorced or Separated
Parents. If a child's parents together
paid more than half of the child's
support, the parent who has custody for
most of the year can generally take the
exemption for that child. However, the
parent who does NOT have custody (or
who has the child for the shorter time),
may take the exemption if a or b below,
applies.
That parent gave at least $600
toward the child's support in 1979, and
the decree of divorce or separate
maintenance (or a written agreement
between the parents) states he or she can
take the exemption, OR
b. That parent gave $1,200 or more for
each child's support in 1979, and the
parent who had custody cannot prove
a. Income
The dependent received less than
$1,000 gross income. (This test does not
have to be met for your child who was
under 19 or a full-time student at least 5
months of the year.)
that he or she gave more than the other
parent.
NOTE: To figure the amount of
support, a parent who has remarried
and has custody may count the support
provided by the new spouse.
Dependent Supported by Two or
More Taxpayers. Sometimes two or
more taxpayers together pay more than
half of another person's support, but no
one alone pays over half of the support.
One of the taxpayers' may claim the
person as a deperident only if the tests
for income, married dependent, citizen
ship or residence, and relationship
discussed earlier (tests a, c, d, and e) are
met.
In addition, the taxpayer who claims
the dependent must:
a. have paid more than 10% of th;
dependent's support; and
b. attach to his or her tax return a
signed Form 2120, .Multiple Support
Declaration, from every other person
who paid more than 10% of the support.
This form states that the person who
signs it will not claim an exemption in
1979 for the person he or she helped to
support.
Birth or Death of Dependent. You
can take an exemption for a dependent
who was born or who died during 1979 if
he or she met the tests for a dependent
while alive. This means that a baby who
lived only a few minutes can be claimed
as a dependent.
Income
Examples of Income You Do Not
Report
Federal social security benefits.
Welfare benefits.
Disability retirement payments and
other benefits paid by the Veterans
Administration.
Workmen's compensation benefits,
insurance damages, etc. for injury or
sickness.
Child support.
Gifts, or money or otli^er property you
inherited or that was willed to you.
Dividends on veterans' life insurance.
Life insurance proceeds received be
cause of a person's death.
Interest on certain State and municipal
bonds.
Amounts you received from an insur
ance company because you lost the
. use of your home due to fire or other
I casualty to the extent the amounts
were more than the cost of your
normal expenses while living in your
home. (You must report reimburse
ments for normal living expenses as
income.)
Amounts an employer contributed on
your behalf and benefits provided as
an employee or the spouse or depen
dent of an employee, under a quali
fied group legal services plan.
Interest (Schedule B) on:
tax refunds;
bank deposits, bonds, notes;
U.S. Savings Bonds;
certain arbitrage bonds issued by
State and local governments; and
fcoimts with savings and loan assotiatibns, mutual savings banks,
redit unions, etc.
n^mploymen^ compensation.
Amounts] receiwd from accidejiTand
ieallh-plans in place^^aggs, if your
mployer paid for the policy.
Fair market value of goods or services
yop received in return ifor your
services.
/
Business expense reimbursements you
deceived that are more than you spent
^or these expenses.
Aljmony, separate maintenance or
^upport payments received from and
deductible by your spouse or former
kpouse.
Refunds of State and local taxes if you
deducted the taxes in an earlier year
and got a tax benefit.
Life insurance proceeds from a policy
you cashed in if the proceeds are more
than the premiums you paid.
Profits from businesses and professions
(Scfiedule C).
Your share of profits from partnerships
and small business corporations
(Schedule E).
Profits from farming (Schedule F).
Pension^, annuities, endowments
(Schejdule E), including lump-sum
distributions (Form 4972 or Form
5544).;
Gains frdm the sale or exchange of real
estate, securities, or other property
(Schedille D or Form 4797).
Gains froin the sale of your personal
residency (Schedule D and Form
2119). i
Rents and royalties (Schedule E).
Your share of estate or trust income,
(Schedule E) including accumulation
distributions from trusts (Form
4970).
Supplemental annuities under the Rail
road Retireirient Act (but not regular X
Railroad Retirement Act benefits).
Prizes and awards (contests, raffles,
lottery and gambling winnings).
Earned income from sources outside the
United Statesl(Fprm 2555).
Directors fees, i
Fees received for jury duty and precinct
election board duty.
Fees received as an executor or adminis
trator of an estate.
Embezzled or other illega,l income.
,
Examples of Income You Must Report
The following kinds of income should
be reported on Form 1040, or related
forms and schedules. You may^need
some of the forms and schedules listed
below.
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Wages, including salaries, bonuses,
commissions, fees, and tips.
Dividends (Schedule B).
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�office. The post was created by Chicago's Mayor Jane Byrne in July to
boost the port's sagging business. During his tenure as port director
McLaughlin kicked off several programs to promote the port and
negotiated leasing and licensing agreements with the Iroquois Landing
terminal operators. The port's general manager, Frank Martin, Jr., will
assume the executive director's duties until a permanent successor is
found.
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American Steamship has sold the ore carrier Consumers Power to
another SIU-contracted company, Erie Sand Steamship Co. Erie will run
the Consumers Power in place of the 1907-built J. F. Schoelkopf which is
destined for the scrapper.
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By mid-month just about all of the SllJ-contracted Great Lakes fleet
will have arrived at their winter berths in Green Bay, Toledo, Duluth,
Chicago, Cleveland and Buffalo.
Some Great Lakes vessels were still running as late as the first week in
January, including the SlU-contracted H. Lee
(American
Steamship) and the S. T. Crapo (Huron Cement). But with the Jan. 8
closing of the Soo Locks, Great Lakes shipping is expected to settle into a
very quiet winter.
CHICAGO
The recently-appointed executive director of the Chicago Regional
Port District, Martin McLaughlin, resigned after only three months in
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A Greek freighter that ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway on
Dec. 16 will have to winter in the Seaway. Seaway officials said the vessel
exceeded the waterway's 26-foot draft and she would run aground again if
she tried to exit. The freighter, which grounded because of a mechanical
failure, is expected to berth at Port Weller for the winter.
A total of eight vessels failed to reach the designated call-in points in
the Seaway by the deadline of midnight, Dec. 18. That deadline was
extended from the original closing date of Dec. 15.
Seven Canadian lakers and one Liberian-flag oceangoing vessel had to
pay an $80,000 operational surcharge for missing the'cutoff date.
Vessels on their way out of the Seaway came to a dead halt at the end of
November for a little over 24-hours after a Canadian and a Yugoslav
freighter collided in the American Narrow's section.
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American Steamship Co.'s ore carrier Nicolet sustained $4 million
worth of damage over the Christmas weekend when a fire tore through
the vessel dockside in Toledo. The company plans to repair the ore carrier
but the restoration will take some time.
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The Women's Calumet traffic Assn. is exactly what its title says.
Membership is open to any woman employed in the traffic field and their
numbers have been growing. Chicago's Daily Calumet recently devoted a
full-page to a feature story plus photos on the Women's Calumet Traffic
Assn. Most of the members work in the trucking industry. A few
represent rail transport. But one long-time Assn. member is Gerry
Borozan, a friendly and helpful part of the Chicago Union hall for the last
18 years.
ALGOHTAC
A violent storm on Dec. 24 claimed the veteran of the SlU-contracted
Huron Cement Co. fleet, the 80-year-old KM. Ford
The Fort/was torn from her moorings and battered against the dock at
Milv^ukee^xWisc. A hole was torn in her bow and the 428-foot vessel sank
^yUv^^her carglOv^TOO tons of dry cement.
The five SIU crewmen aboard the Ford ait the time of the storm were
rescued unharmed bulxthe vessel was not salvageable.
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Total cargo figures for the Seaway through Nov. 30, 1979 were down
4.4 percent for the same period of 1978. The ke^ reason for the decline was
the 3.5 million ton drop in grain carriage due to the 82-day grain handlers
strike in Duluth.
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The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., the U.S. agency which
administers the waterway, dewatered the U.S. Eisenhower and Snell
Locks in mid-December. The Locks were being readied for the most
extensive maintenance project in the Seaway's 20-year histoiy. The
project will cost about $1.8 million.
The tools of your trade
Leam to moke them work
for you
• Special curriculum offered only at the Harry
Lundeberg School
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• Room, Board and Books Free
• Tuition free
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Asa £. Moore
Please contact Gayle, P.O. Box 213,
Monticello, Ga. 31064. Tel. (404)
468-8992.
Harris Mills
Please contact, Loretta Reed, 54
Wayne Avenue, East Orange, N.J. Tel.
(201) 674-8721.
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lor the Transportation
Institute Towiioat
Operator Sdiolarsliip
• Weekly stipend of $125
Personals
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• Time spent in on-the-job training is Coast Guard ap
proved as the equivalent of required wh^elhouse timq
• Day-for-day work time credit for HLS Entry Graduates
To apply, see your SIU Representative.
Jonathan R. Fink
From J. Sean Nicholson, got your
call, be home for the summer.
Stephen Loston
Please contact Andrew Elash, Suite
1621, Two Penn Center Plaza, 15th and
John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadel
phia, Penna. 19102 or Tel. (215)
568-4500.
Charles V. Tucker
Please write to Duke Duet at 12019
Hazy Hill Dr., Houston, Texas, 77044.
^Tel- 458-0632.
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Please contact your wife at Diana
Court, Mill Street, Capetown, Tel.
451707. .
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/n the event that any SlU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10001
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele; #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvdi
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning
and Wash
100 Bush Street, Suite 1403
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
3rd of 11 New G&H Towing Tugs Goes Into Service
Another new boat has been
added to the SlU-contracted
fleet. She's the 3,000 horsepower
tug, Denia.
Owned by G&H Towing of
Galveston, Tex., the Denia is the
third of eleven new tugs being
built by the company. The first
and second, the SlU-contracted
Titan and the Laura Haden, are
already working in the Galves
ton-Texas City area.
The Denia will join them in
doing shipdocking and other
harbor work.
Like her sister boats, the Denia
is 88 feet long, has a beam of 32
feet, and a draft of 16 feet.
The Titan, Laura Haden and
the Denia were all built, at the
Diamond Shipyard in Savannah,
Ga. as will the fourth boat, the
Barbara H. Neuhaus.
Here's the Denia, 3rd of 11 new tugs to be crewed by SlU Boatmen for G&H
Towing.
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
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DEC. 1-31,1979
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•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
ClassA Class B ClassC
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
ClassA Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Port
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders •
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
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DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
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BOSTON, MASS.
Joseph M. Orlando
95 Commercial Wharf
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Tele. #(617) 523-1000
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
V
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263-6330
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia ...
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Moble
New Orleans ...
Jacksonville ...
San Francisco..
Wilmington ....
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
...
PineyPoint ....
Paducah
Totals
0
0
0
1
0
5
1
1
2
0
2
0
.T...
0
...
3
6
0
5
6
40
0
2
0
5
0
1
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
9
4
0
4
0
3
33
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
3
0
0
5
8
0
8
0
54
83
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
6
5
6
26
0
0
0
...........
;.
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Q
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ...
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans ...
Jacksonville ...
San Francisco..
Wilmington ....
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
Totals AllDepartments
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
2
0
1
2
3
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
7
0
2
0
0
14
0
0
0
8
0
7
5
11
2
0
5
0
0
4
13
0
.18
0
25
98
0
2
0
14
0
4
1
10
1
0
10
0
0
11
5
0
7
1
17
83
35
0
136
243
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
13
17
111
89
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
14
3
0
18
0
2
9
20
0
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ...
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco..
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
ClassA Class B Class C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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STEWARD DEPARTMENT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
44
41
92
;
!,
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
28
16
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 .
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•'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
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Baltimore
The SlU-contracted Baker-Whiteley Towing Co. has been acquired by
another SIU company, McAllister Brothers. None of Baker-Whiteley's
55 employees will be affected by the acquisition. It is hoped that the added
resources of McAllister Brothers will be of great help to the Boatmen.
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Featured on the front cover photo and lead article in last month's Coast
Guard "Marine Safety Council Magazine" are the tug Drum Poinr
(Curtis Bay) and her master, Capt. Henry W. Gamp, author of
"Icebreaking on the Upper Chesapeake Bay."
Capt. Gamp recounted on how ice fields jam both &hips and barge tows
and how they are freed by his icebreaker tug.
Norfolk
Contract negotiations with the Allied Towing Co. here were in the
middle of this month "going as well as can be expected," according to port
officials.
Negotiations with the C.G; Willis Towing Co. started on Jan. 17.
Jacksonville
The triple de,ck RO/ RO Barge Arab Hawk (Crowley Maritime) was
pulled off the Mideast run to begin tramp service to the Carib. Late last
year she carried from here to the Dominican Republic, 166 pieces of
carnival gear for the Toronto, Canada Conklin Carnival.
Crowley's new 4th 580-foot triple deck RO/RO Barge El Rey (Trailer
Marine Transport) launched last month will carry 376 40-foot trailers
from here to San Juan, P.R. The steel barge displaces 16,700 tons.
Coordinated Caribbean Transport got the new 150-foot cat tug JJ.
Oberdorf recently. Her 6i/4 foot hydraulic coupling was attached to a
huge barge built by the Seatrain Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Boatmen on the laid up dredge Hydro Atlantic (Hydro Mar) are
expected to be called back to work early next month.
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Tampa
Cook Duncan "Pat" V. Patterson, usually on the Tampa-New Orleans
run, was spotted in the galley of the tug Alice Moran out of Houston in
Texas City, Tex.
Pat had just returned from spending Christmas and New Year's with
his mother in St. Petersburg down from Boston, Mass.
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Old Man Winter's icy fingers slacked off shipping here laying up the
river boats, one the Pat Sholtin (Orgulf). But it has got more Boatmen
comin' in to get a looksee at the renovated Hall.
Port Agent Pat Pillsworth says he and his cohorts serviced the new
towboat NationaiEnergy (National Marine) noting that the crew of 11
were happy.
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Mobile
The tug GA TCO (Gulf Atlantic) is now on the run to Puerto Rico from
here.
Tenn-Tom Waterway
On Dec. 5, a U.S. Court of Appeals was asked to halt construction of
the $1.8 billion Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Meanwhile, the
project s backers said the three-judge panel should uphojd a lower court
ruling supporting the waterway.
Asking for the construction halt were the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad and environmental groups who said the U.S. Corps of
Engineers moved without Congressional approval in widening the
waterway to 300 feet.
Locks & Dam 26
Eighteen Midwest railroads and environmentalists have asked the U.S.
Court of Appeals, Washington, D C., for an injunction blocking the
building start of the new Locks & Dam 26 at Alton, 111.
They are asking the court to reverse last October's U.S. District Court
ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers filed adequate environmental
statements and complied with certain economic regulations and could go
ahead with construction of the facility.
Shreveport, La.
The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $146.8 million contract of
the first lock at Marksville, La. on the$1.2 billion Red River Waterway, a
236-mile 9-foot deep barge canal linking Shreveport, La. and the
Mississippi River, 20 miles below Baton .Rouge.
Completion is expected in 1988.
N.Y. State Erie Barge Canal
New York, New Jersey, a big New York State bank, a New York
industrial consultant and a British engineer are studying a plan which
would increase President De Witt Clinton's ditch (1825) the (350-mile)
Erie, Barge Canal's depth to 27 feet enabling the waterway to carry coal
down to electric power-generating stations on a man-made island 12
miles south of New York City.
The Wyoming coal would be moved cheaply by rail, barge and ship
over the Great Lakes to Buffalo and Oswego, N.Y.
Backers say the project would save New York City within five years $10
million daily in electric bills, cut U.S. reliance on Mideast oil and end
dumping of garbage off the coast.
Unemployment Up O.f % to 5.9
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Unem
ployment figures remained rela
tively stable during the last month of
1979.
Figures released by the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
early this month show an unemploy
ment rise for December of 0.1
percent. The figure for November
1979 was 5.8 percent and for
December it was 5.9 percent.
The statistics baffled many econo
mists who expected to see a sharper
unemployment rise in December.
The Bureau also reported that the
number of jobholders rose last
month by 304,000. This brings to
97,912,000 the number of American
I jobholders.
For 1979 as a whole, employment
I expanded by two million workers.
Compared with the previous three
I years, this represented a slowdown
in the growth of new jobs. However,
according to the U.S. Department of
Labor, it was "still high by historical
standards."
Those people last month who
actively sought work but were
without jobs numbered 6,087,000,
the BLS reported.
During December the unemploy
ment rate for adult men dipped from
4.3 percent to 4.2 percent. The rate
for women went up from 5.6 to 5.7
percent.
Unemployment for blacks and
other minorities went up to 11.3
percent from 10.9 percent. But the
rate for all white workers was
unchanged at 5.1 percent.
At 13.9 percent, the rate for teen
agers stayed the same. But the rate
for black teenagers went to 34.3
percent from 32.8 percent.
A $2 billion increase in jobs
programs for disadvantaged teenage
workers was announced early this
month by President Carter.
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John Penn Committee
Famous for his German potato salad, Cook Kvetoslav Svobod (left) steward
delegate of the SS John Penn (Waterman) on Dec. 4 waits for his dues receipt
from SIU Rep. Teddy Babkowski (seated left). Also at the payoff a't Pier B,
Hoboken, N.J. were the Ship's Committee of (seated I. to r.) Engine Delegate John
P. Stanford and 2nd Electrician R. Davis, educational director. Standing is Bosun
Fred Sellman, ship's chairman.
January 1980 / LOG / 27
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United Industrial Workers
of North America
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Paul Hall
SECRETARY-TREASURER '
Joe DiGiorgio
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Frank Drozak
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•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B ClassC
TOTALSHIPPED
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
Port
Boston
NewYork
9
106
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' - i^
- ^: i:
.I,; •.,
£m
i
6
44
Norfolk.........
Tampa
Mobile
NewOrleans
Jacksonville.....
San Francisco.
Wilmington
Seattle
FuertoRico
Houston
PineyPoint
Yokohama
Totals
19
14
16
5
27
4
85
21
26
10
45
6
22
11
38
8
24
2
82
16
2
10
10
532
167
12
18
Port
Qvd h
2
8
3
12
.4
'4
10
5
2
8
4
6
13
13
2
12
1
0
99
10
84
-
13
, 17
22
107
23
36
19
36
15
63
2
1
496
14
19
14
38
27
13
17
50
11
35
24
0
377
.
6
13
7
14
4
6
10
9
2
8
6
4
626
1
21
2
0
124
4
147
22
32
23
10
36
124
47
93
28
65
30
125
0
3
789
3
36
5
9
14
2
5
24
15
9
15
14
2
22
0
0
175
1
10
1
2
9
6
1
12
3
2
17
15
1
10
0
0
90
1
143
19
23
13
8
33
104
33
56
24
37
11
87
0
0
592
3
77
4
14
6
7
15
27
18
20
10
10
3
23
0
1
288
2
13
1
2
3
0
0
6
3
3
3
12
1
10
0
0
59
0
67
5
11
10
3
31
56
15
29
13
21
10
67
0
1
339
0
23
2
5
4
0
3
3
6
4
3
2
5
7
0
1
68
0
9
0
0
3
1
0
4
1
3
8
13
2
2
0
0
46
2
199
31
32
34
16
15
78
38
35
31
38
23
79
1
1
653
6
177
4
16
26
10
3
37
25
26
117
47
14
70
0
0
578
1,184
773
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Boston
NewYork
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
;
Mobile
NewOrleans.......
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
PuertoRico .........i
Houston....
PineyPoint
Yokohama
Totals
3
80
14
14
11
8
33
57
15
47
14
27.
13
71
2
0.
409
—.
4
52
4
6
10
9
11
18
H
16
11
10
7
20
2
1
192
2
13
1
1.
3
3
0
5
1
2
2
8
0
8
1
0
50
.
5
6
97
64
13
21
7
13
10
14
10
28
11
49
32
16
24
30
11
6
10
30
17
10
10
36 •
27
2
16
0
0
358
258
1
10
2
1
2
4
0
6
5
1
4
3
2
5
1
0
47
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Boston
NewYork
3
47
2
21
Baltimore
11
4
Tampa
Mobile
NewOrleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
PuertoRico.
Houston
PineyPoint
5
24
36
9
15
6
10
13
43
1
Philadelphia
4
Norfolk
7
.'
......'.
—
-
Yokohama
0
Totals
234
Port
Boston
J
10
105
5
22
•
Port
S'.l-
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
DECK DEPARTMENT
Philadelphia
Baltimore
T—7^
NewYork........
Philadelphia...
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa...
/..
Mobile
.......:
;.....
NewOrleans
'.
Houston
Totals All Departniants^^.
0
5
9
59
2
84
2
14
13
0
1
4
4
4
1
2
1
6
4
2
1
2
3
7
3
8
1
2
0
9
28
36
16
18
8
16
7
30
1
2
8
43
20
3
2
10
5
28
36
4
4
19
2
3
16
11
0
10
1
58
38
260
266
92
1
0
3
2
0
0
2
7
0
2
8
2
0
7
8
5
0
0
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
2
7
•>
137
16
20
23
14
16
62
1
10
12
11
3
22
26
17
33
20
• 10
10
53
20
8
0
1
187
61
1
546
1
0
272
0
0
0
1
45
8
24
4
5
12
49
13
27
5
13
20
33
0
1
260
1»362
963
459
l,ll4
901
263
1,980
33
.7
12
0
6
13
9
17
3
10'
14
30
PineyPoint
Yokohama
Totals
,
0 -
32
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
;
Seattle
PuertoRico....
76
62
•
26
38
•"Total Registered" means the number of men wto actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
..
• *• -;•
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i-/,-
-
Shipping in the month of December was good to excellent in all A&G deep sea ports, as it has been for the last
several years. A4otal of 2,278 jobs wereshipped last month to SI U-contracted deep sea vessels. Of these, only 1,114,
or slightly more than hatf, were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C** seniority
people. Shipping is expected to remain good tD excellent for the foreseeable futuri^.
28 / LOG / January 1980
I I^TfiZr •:
West Coast Stewards Halls
HONOLULU, Hawaii
707 Alakea St. 96813
^
(808) 537-5714
PORTLAND, Or.42l i$:W. 5th Ave. 97204
(503) 227-7993
WILMINGTON, Ca.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 543-5855
'B
3
�Randall P. Story
Scott PhiUips
'>
Seafarer RanSeafarer Scott
^ ^
dallP.Story,27,
Phillips, 26, first
graduated from
sailed., .out of
the HLS Entry
the port of New
Trainee Pro
York in 1978.
gram in \91¥:
He later took the
Brother Story
three-month
upgraded to
Trainee ProFOWT there in
I gram at Piney
March of 1979. Point in November 1978. Brother
He»has his CPR, pumpman, Phillips upgraded at HLS to AB in
firefightingand lifeboat tickets. He's November '79. He now sails as AB
from Oak Harbor, Wash. Story out of his homeport, Seattle. He's
ships out as an oiler from the ports originally from Sand Point, Idaho.
of Seattle and Houston.
uiaai
Lawrence S. Ivanauskas
Seafarer Law
rence S. Ivan
auskas, 23, grad
uated from Piney
Point in 1973.
He sails as
FOWT. And he
has his CPR,
lifeboat and firefighting endorsements. Lawrence
lives in Bel Air, Md. and ships from
the port of N.Y.
Roger Elder
David Campbell
Seafarer
Roger Elder, 24,
graduated from
the HLS Entry
Program pn Oct.
31, 1975. He
sailed inland un
til Apr. 4, 1977.
In July of 1978,
he upgraded to
FOWT. Brother Elder is proud to
say he has his flreflghting and life
boat tickets and his CPR certificate.
Elder was born and raised in St.
Louis, Mo. And he ships out of the
port of New York.
Seafarer Da
vid Campbell,
24, started sail
ing with the SIU
in 1974 upon
graduation from
the HLS. Bro
ther Campbell
upgraded at
Piney Point
in 1978 earning his AB endorsement.
He ships out of the port of
Jacksonville. He has the CPR card
and lifeboat and flreflghting tickets.
Campbell lives anywhere it's warm
and tropical whenever possible.
New Wage Rotes for Steward Dept. on
Pacific Maritime Association Vessels
Following is a rundown of the new wage rates for steward department personnel (former Marine
Cooks & Stewards Union members) on dry cargo vessels operated by the Pacific Maritime Association.
The new rates reflect the Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA), which went into effect on Pacific Maritime
Association vessels as of Dec. 16, 1979:
EFFECTIVE 12/16/79
POSITION
VESSEL TYPE
BASE WAGE RATE
MONTHLY
DAILY
Chief Steward
Chief Steward
Chief Steward/Baker
Chief Steward/Chief Cook
Chief Cook, Night Cook, and Baker
2nd Cook and Baker, 2nd Cook
Assistant Cook/Messman
Assistant Cook/Combination
3rd Pantryman
Messman
Passenger BR, Passenger Waiter
Utilityman
Freighter
Modified Mariner
SS Maine
Hawaiian Princess
Freighter
Freighter
Freighter
Hawaiian Princess
Freighter
Freighter
Modified Mariner
Hawaiian Princess
$1,521.44
1,604.87
1,688.31
1,485.69
1,434.59
1,345.18
1,201.31
1,238.79
1,078.73
1,034.45
1,034.45
1,034.45
$50.71
53.50
56.28
49.52
47.82
44.84
40.04
41.29
35.96
34.48
34.48
34.48
HOURLY
OVERTIME
$5.53
5.53
5.53
5.53
5.53
5.53
5.53
5.53
4.19
4.19
4.19
4.19
The following will apply except when a Night Cook and Baker is employed: On Freighters, when carrying more than two
passengers, there shall be added to the hourly wage the following sum:
DaUy
Monthly
Rating
$ .50
$15.00
Chief Steward
.33
10.00
Chief Cook
.33
10.00
2nd Cook & Baker
.25
7.50
Pantry Messman
Standby Work and Rate of Pay
Rates
Straight Time
Overtime
$6.01
8.94
• • t
''nr--1/,:
Cargo Working Rate: ,
^
,
rr
When members of the Stewards Department work cargo, they shall receive the same cargo rate of pay and thesame coffee
time and hot lunch consideration as is received by the Unlicensed Deck Department.
The hourly cargo rate shall be:
Straight Time Hours
Overtime
$ 6.80
11.23
Richie Wilson
Seafarer Rich
ie Wilson, 24, is a
Lundeberg
School grad of
Dec. 23, 1977.
He upgraded to
FOWT there as
well. He has
CPR, flreflghting, tankerman and
lifeboat tickets. He lives on L.I.,
N.Y. and ships from the port of N.Y.
Ismael Wala
Seafarer Is
mael Wala,21,
started sailing in
'74 when he
graduated from
the HLS. Bro
ther Wala sails
as an FOWT. He
also has his life- boat and firefighting tickets and CPR training.
Wala was born and raised in the port
of New York and sails out of the
port.
James Flynn
Seafarer James
Flynn, 24, grad
uated from HLS
in 1977 from the
trainee program.
And upgraded
there to FOWT
in 1978. Brother
Flynn has CPR,
lifeboat and flre^fighting endorsements. He at
tended Bbston State College before
shipping and played college hockey.
He was born in Boston, Mass. and
ships from Boston and New York.
David A. Pappas
Seafarer
David A. Pap
pas, 21, started
sailing in 1977
after going to
HLS. He has his
3rd cook's, 2nd
cook's, chief
I cook's, LNG,
If irefighting,
CPR, and lifeboat endorsements.
Brother Pappas was born in
Lanham, Md. He sails out of the
port of New York.
•-H
Scott Wenneson
Seafarer
Scott Wenne
son, 26, was a
Piney Point
trainee graduate
in February '76.
He sails AB.
He upgraded in
the AB class in
February '78.
He has firefighting and CPR
endorsements. He upgraded in the
AB class in February '78. Brother
Wenneson lives in Virginia.
January 1980 / LOG / 29
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Secnnefi's Movement Hos Had Mtmy Heroes
But Not All of Them Have Been Setmten
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E seamen have always had
two things to sustain us, even
in the worst of times: our history and
our friends.
Our history has been more than a
mere recording of events. It has been
an inspiration. And as for our
friends: what can one say but that
they've always been by our side
when times were tough.
Forty years ago was one of those
times when we had our frijends and
our history and very little else. We
didn't even have milk onboard the
vessels that we manned. The owners
considered it too much of an
extravagance. It seemed that we
were fighting everyone, everywhere:
in the streets, on the docks, in the
bars.
Some things never change. Today
we still are fighting. We are locked in
deadly combat with those people in
Washington who would deprive us
of all the gains we have made during
the past 40 years. We are fighting the
oil companies; the faceless bureau
crats; the unthinking members of
Congress who are indifferent to the
problems of our industry.
We in the SIU started getting
involved in Washington D.C. on a
serious basis in the early '60s. This
was about the same time that the late
Pete McGavin took over as Execu
tive Secretary Treasurer of the
Maritime Trades Department.
Pete McGavin. There was some
thing special about him from the
very be^iining. Nothing you could
put your finger on exactly. A kind
word here, a thoughtful gesture
there. But it all added up to a
recognizable style, a way of doing
things that was as effective as it was
pleasant to be around.
Though Pete McGavin never
sailed aboard a ship, he spent his life
working to help seamen. It just goes
to show you: there have been many
heroes of the sea, but not all of them
have been sailors.
McGavin joined the old AFL in
1939 and worked his way up the
ladder of organized labor. All his life
he remained a devoted trade union
ist. It was like a religion to him. He
believed in the working man, the
under-dog, the same way that some
people believe in God.
The MTD experienced a tremen
dous growth during the time that
McGavin was Secretary Treasurer.
At his death in 1975 at the age of 66,
the Department had grown to
encompass 43 international unions
representing nearly 8.5 million
members. Many of the unions that
affiliated during this time had no
great interest in the merchant
marine. McGavin was so well
respected in the AFL-CIO that
several unions joined the Depart
ment just because he was associated
with it.
30 / LOG / January 1980
The growth of the MTD may not
sound like a .subject fit for a sailor,
but it is. It is one thing for a Senator
or Congressman to ignore 80,000
Seafarers. It is quite another matter
for that same Senator or Congress
man to ignore an organization
which represents 8.5 million people.
Size may not be everything. But one
thing is certain: it doesn't hurt.
In a sense, the MTD has had to act
as both football coach and cheer
leader to the maritime industry.
Since the end of World War II the
U.S. government has abdicated
much of its responsibility towards
the American merchant marine. The
MTD has had to fill that vacuum.
The MTD has two Separate
functions. It develops legislative and
regulatory programs for the mari
time and allied industries. Then it
tries to drum up as much support for
those programs as is humanly
possible.
Many of the legislative programs
that we now take for granted, such
as the Merchant Marine Act of 1970,
were first proposed at one of the
biennial MTD Conventions.
There are many ways that the
MTD tries to drum up support for
its legislative and regulatory pro
posals. The most visible method is to
have professional lobbyists person
ally contact members of Congress.
However, the Department has tried
to augment the activities of its
lobbyists with other approaches,
such as grass-roots political activity.
Pete McGavin was instrumental
in developing for the MTD an
administrative structure which
made extensive use of grass-roots
political activity. He did this by
setting up a network of Maritime
Port Councils. The Councils operate
strictly on a local level and have
proven to be quite effective. A
Congressman is much more likely to
listen to an organization if that
organization maintains a visible
physical presence in that Congress
man's district.
Jean Ingrao, the present Secretary
Treasurer of the MTD and the
highest ranking woman in the labor
movement, worked closely with Pete
McGavin to set up the Port Coun
cils.
They are, she feels, the backbone
of the MTD. Mrs. Ingrao, a big
hearty Irishwoman with a hearty
laugh and easy manner, started out
as Pete McGavin's secretary. Norm
ally she is hyperactive working like
crazy all day. When she talks about
McGavin, however, her whole
manner changes. She becomes
serious, quiet.
"Peter McGavin," she says em
phatically, echoing thesentiments of
a great many people, "was the most
deceqt human being I ever met."
Peter McGavin was fortunate. He
The late Peter McGavin, not a seaman
but certainly a hero of the seamen's
movement.
spent his life doing what he wanted
to do, and he worked with people he
liked and respected. There was Jean
Ingrao, Paul Hall, Frank Drozak,
Johnny Yarmola. And of course,
there was the odd couple of Capitol
Hill, Bill Moody and Phil Carlip.
Bill Moody and Phil Carlip were
the most unlikely co-workers since
Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier ran
across the country chained together
in "The Defiant Ones." They were
the lobbyists for the MTD, and they
were considered to be the best in the
business.
The two men had vastly different
styles. Bill Moody was an exnewspaperman from Tampa who
mastered every minute detail of an
issue before discussing it with a
Congressman. Carlip, on the other
hand, could barely tell the difference
between an LNG and a tractor.
Senators respected Moody's ex
pertise. And members of the House
just plain liked Phil. He looked like
somebody's Jewish grandfather and
he played the part up to the hilt.
Nothing was quite as funny, or
touching, as seeing Carlip play
earth-father to some middle-aged
Congressman. He was, if you'll ,
pardon the expression, the cigar
stomping curmudgeon to end all
cigar stomping curmudgeons.
It was quite a crew that worked at
the MTD, one worthy of manning
any old-time Liberty ship as far as
color and excitement goes. At the
heart of the Department, though,
was Pete McGavin.
There was nothing flashy about
Pete McGavin, nothing that would
lead one to suspect at first glance
fhat he would become one of the
driving forces behind this century's
last ditch effort to preserve the
American merchant marine. He had
two abiding passions in this world:
his son Stephen and his charity work
for the D.C. Friends of Ireland. He
liked to play cards. He commuted to
work every day from his honne in the
suburbs.
But there was an inner strength to
Peter McGavin, an inner strength
that is best shown in his struggle
against cancer.
Right after Peter McGavin took
over as head of the MTD, he
developed a serious illness. His
doctors gave him six months to live.
He lasted fourteen years.
During those fourteen years Pete
McGavin went on to make the MTD
the strong and united organization
that it is today.
He never gave up. And he never
felt sorry for himself. He used to tell
his co-workers that every day was a
pleasure to behold: that a person just
had to thank the lord for letting him
live.
In a sense his struggle to survive
parallels the struggle of the merely
ant marine. He refused to stop
fighting and he accomplished mir-'
acles. We seamen could takea lesson
from him.
Monthly Membership
Meetings
Port
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Algonac
Houston
New Orleans
Mobile
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
PineyPoint
San Juan
Columbus
Chicago ..Port Arthur
Buffalo
St. Louis
Cleveland
Date
DeepSc*
Lakes, Inland Watos
Feb. 4
2:30 p.m.
Feb. 5
2:30p.m.
2:30p.m.
Feb. 6
Feb. 7 a............. 9.30a.m. ..........
2:00p.m
Feb. 7
2:30p.m
Feb. 8
2:30p.m.
Feb. 11
2:36 p.m
^...
Feb. 12
Feb. 13
2:30p.m. .........
Feb. 14
2:30p.m
-.. Feb. 18
2:30p.m.
Feb. 14
2:30p.m. ..,.......
Feb. 9
10:30a.m.
Feb. 7
Feb. 16
—
Feb. 12
—
-.
Feb. 12
2:30p.m
Feb. 13
—
Feb. 15
2:30p.m. .........
FeJ^ 14
—
UIW
7:00 p.m.
7:00p.m.
7:00p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00p.m.
1:00p.m.
�u'\\:
Recertified Bosun William Dacre
Bushong, 65, joined the SIU in the
port of Mobile in 1958. Brother
Bushong sailed 28 years and during
the Vietnam War. He also sailed as a
ship's delegate. Seafarer Bushong
graduated from the Union's Recerti
fied Bosuns Program in July 1974.
He was born in Indianapolis, Ind.
and is a resident of Seattle.
Manuel DeBarros, 56, Joined the
SIU in 1942 in the port of Provi
dence, R.l. sailing as a bosun.
Brother DeBarros recently helped in
the drive to organize oil rigs off the
coast of, Rhode Island. He was born
in Massachussetts and is a resident of
New Bedford, Mass.
Richard Frank "Dick" Feddern,
47,.joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1962 sailing as a bosun and in
the engine department on the Bull
Line. He was a scow captain for lOT.
Brother Feddern also sailed as a
steward and cook for the Wilson Line
in the port of New York. He sailed
during the Vietnam War and hit the
bricks in the 1962 Robin Line beef.
Seafarer Feddern was oii the SeaLand Shoregang in Long Beach,
Calif, from 1971 to 1973. He grad
uated from the Andrew Furuseth
Training School (AFTS), Brooklyn,
N.Y. in 1961. And he attended
upgrading classes at the Harry
Lundeberg School (HLS) Piney
Point, Md. He was also a teamster
and bartender. Feddern is a veteran
of the U.S. Army in the Korean
War. He was born in East Liberty,
Ohio and is a resident of Azusa,
Calif.
Joseph Decinque, 55, joined the
SIU in 1945 in the port of Baltimore
sailing as a fireman-watertender.
Brother Decinque sailed 38 years and
as a ship's delegate. He was born in
Millville, N.J. and is a resident there.
Kennith Elsworth i.ee, 55, joined
the SIU in 1949 in the port of New
York sailing as an AB. Brother Lee
sailed 34 years and as a ship's
delegate aboard the C/S Lon)i Lines
(AT&T). He was born in Henry
County, la. and is a resident of San
Francisco.
Harvis Clifford Dyas, 64, joined
the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1957
sailing as an AB. Brother Dyas sailed
30 years. Seafarer Dyas is a veteran
of the U.S. Army in World War 11
and,was wounded by shrapnel in the
invasion of Sicily, Italy. Born in Bay
Minette, Ala., he is a resident of
Mobile.
John Hartman, Jr., 57, joined the
SIU in 1946 in the port of New York
sailing as a fireman-watertender and
3rd assistant engineer. Brother
Hartman graduated from the SlU^
MEBA District 2 School of Marine
Engineering, Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1967.
He walked the picketline in the 1961
Greater N.Y. Harbor strike. Seafarer
Hartman is also a punch press
operator. Born in Scranton, Pa:, he is
a resident of Mountain Home. Ark.
Guillermo Garcia, 57, joined the
SIU in 1946 in the port of Phila
delphia sailing as a fireman-water
tender. Brother Garcia was born in
Puerto Rico and is a resident of New
Bedford, Mass.
Chang Ping "Charles" King, 65,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1956 sailing as a chief cook.
Brother King sailed 33 years. He also
worked-on the Mobile Waterman
Shoregang from 1966 to 1971 and
San Francisco Sea-Land Shoregang
in 1975. Seafarer King is a veteran of
the U.S. Army in World War 11. A
native of China, he is a resident of
San Francisco.
Tommy Eugene Lanphear, 50,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1959 sailing as a bosun.
Brother Lanphear was on the SeaLand (San Francisco) Shoregang in
1968. He is a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War 11. Seafarer
Lanphear was born in Wheatland,
Okla. and is a resident of San
Leandro, Calif.
Robert Lee Maryes, 49, joined
the SIU ill the port of Jacksonville in
1960 sailing as a FOWT, junior
engineer and QMED. Brother
Maryes .sailed 21 years. He upgraded
to QMED at Piney Point in 1976.
Seafarer Maryes is a veteran of the
U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He was born in Okeechobee City,
Fla. and is a resident of Seville, Fla.
Emil Helge Nordstrom, 62, joined
the SIU in 1941 in the port of New
York sailing deck engineer and deck
maintenance. Brother Nordstrom
sailed 41 years. He was on the picketline in the 1961 N. Y. Harbor and
1962 Robin Line beefs. Seafarer
Nordstrom was born in Finland and
is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He
r^ides in Ocean Spring, Miss.
Rafael E.stehan Cuevas, 56, joined
the SIU in 1945 in the port of New
York sailing as a .3rd cook, baker and
.saloon messman. Brother Cuevas is a
veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces in
World War 11. He was born in San
Juan, P.R. and is a resident of
Miami, Fla.
William Henry Little, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of Norfolk in 1961
sailing as a 2nd cook. Brother Little
sailed 32 years. He also sailed for the
Moran Towing Co. Seafarer Little is
a veteran of the pre-World War II
U.S. Army. A native of Wilmington,
N.C.. he is a resident there.
Joseph John McAndrew, 65,
joined the SIU in the port of New
Orleans in I960 sailing as a bosun
and in the steward department.
Brother McAndrew sailed 40 years.
He was also a shipyard chipper and
caulker. Seafarer McAndrew is a
veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard in
World War 11. Born in Scranton. Pa.,
he is a resident of Houston.
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Ralph Merrick McDaries, 65.
joined the SIU in the port of Norfolk
in 1958 .sailing as a chief steward.
Brother McDaries sailed 28 years. He
is a veteran of the U.S. Army in
World War II. Seafarer McDaries
was born in Beeche. N.C. and is a
resident of Yulee. Fla.
Felipe Vazquez Martinez, 65,
joined the^jSIU in the port of New
York in 1^59 sailing as a 2nd cook
and baker. Brother Martinez hit the
bricks in the Robin Line beef in 1962.
He was born in Puerto Rico and is
a resident of Baltimore.
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Radich, 53, joined the SI U in the port
of New Orleans in 1954, sailing in the
deck department. Brother Radich
graduated from the Recertified
Bosuns Program in 1974. He was a
delegate to the Piney Point Educa
tional Conference in 1971. Seafarer
Radich is a veteran of the U.S. Navy
and U.S. Army in World War 11. A
native of Biloxi, Miss., he is a
resident there.
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Arnold Reibus, 65, joined the SIU
in 1944 in the port of Boston sailing
as an AB. Brother Reibus sailed 42
years. He was born in Estonia, USSR
and is a resident of the Bronx, N.Y.
Recertified Bosun Sven Aage
Stockmarr, 57, joined the SIU in
1943 in the port of New York.
Brother Stockmarr sailed 38 years.
He graduated from the Recertified
Bosuns Program in 1973. Seafarer
Stockmarr also was a bartender and
rigger. He walked the picketline in
the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. Born in
Denmark, he is a naturalized U.S.
citizen and a resident of Brooklyn,
N.Y
- Juan Antonio Martinez Vazquez,
62, joined the SIU in 1945 in the port
of New York sailing as a chief cook.
Brother Vazquez sailed 44 years. He
was born in Puerto Rico and is a
resident of Baltimore.
Recertified Bosun Alexander
Owen, 69, joined the SIU in 1948 in
the port of New York. Brother Owen
sailed 34 years. He also sailed during
the Vietnam War for the Alaska Tug
and Barge Co. Seafarer Owen
graduated from the Union's Recerti
fied Bosuns Program in August 1975.
Born in the l.sla de Gunaja, Spanish
Honduras, he is a U.S. naturalized
citizen and is a resident of the port of
Houston.
Howard Conley Ros.s, 54, joined
the SIU in the port of Houston in
1960 sailing as an AB. Brother Ross
sailed 33 years. He is a veteran of the
U.S. Navy during World War II.
Seafarer Ross was born in Arkansas
and is a resident of Houston.
Raymond Proulx, 65, joined the
SIU in the port of .Seattle in 1956
sailing as a chief cook on the .V.V
Eiuador Counsel. Brother Pioulx
was also a member of the West Coast
• Marine Cooks and Stewards Union,
now merged into the SIU. Seafarer
Proulx was on the picketline in the
1962 Robin Line bed. He is a
wounded vctcVan ol the U.S. Army in
World War II. And he was born in
Fall River, Mass. and is a resident of
Portland, Ore.
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Tourist-wise, Karachi is OK.
There are many sights to see: horse
races at the local track (with many of the Queen's own horses running),
camel races at the beach every
weekend, and they are very exciting.
I let one of the crew, talk me into
going for a camel ride (the first time I
was seasick in my life). The camel is
very ugly, and nasty, and has. a
By 'Saki Jack' Dolan
personality to match.
Gurus, equipped with mongoose
Karachi, Pakistan: Even the name
Karachi conjurs up the "Arabian and cobra, are. ready to put on a
Nights," "Ali Baba and the Forty show for you at the flip of a coin (any
Thieves," "Gunga Din," giant geniis kind of coin). The local museum is
in a bottle, turbans, fezs, "Omar • excellent. Belly dancers all over the
Kahyam," flying carpets, "A Thou place (all shapes and sizes). Camels
sand and One Nights," baggy pants, and water buffalo are used as dray
elephants, cobras and mongooses, animals all over town. It is a
common sight to see camel trains
veiled faces and oriental rugs.
It is only mysterious and won leaving and entering the city at all
drous if you have not spent time hours. All in all, Karachi is not a bad
there, and witnessed the poverty and tourist trap. The sex scene is a little
starvation that prevails everywhere. slow, but then, there are a few other
Then, the mystery fades, and pity things in life.
Our ship was given carte blanche
and guilt slowly starts to settle in. It'
makes you wonder if God is really in every port we stopped. This
Here's 'Saki Jack' with his longtime sidekick. Fluffy, or as fie. calls film, Saki
kin to all peoples on this little globe means we had free access in and out
of ours. And why are some more of the port area without being Jack. Jr.
Outside the hotel on the front lawn
the famous Ali Khan, the religious
stopped or searched by police or
fortunate than others?
ruler of all the Moslems arrived, and as it were, there was always a slew of
Our congenial Chief Engineer customs' The other seamen in port
magicians, and gurus putting on
(Nasty) Mr. Grasty out of Chester, would not believe us, as Karachi has ,he too checked into the Beach their cobra-mongoose show for the
Luxury Hotel. It was ^e time of
Pa , decided we should spend six a bad name for confiscating everyyear he was to receive his weight in tourists. It seems every house over|
weeks in the shipyard in Karachi, , thing and anything they could get
here has its own holy man, who lives
Pakistan, instead of Sydney, Aus their dirty little hands on. This made precious stones. This was to occur in front of the house in a hole in the
tralia. This sure endeared him it convenient for all hands going to shortly in the back patio of the hotel, ground, and also has a few cobras,
deeply in the bosoms of all the crew. town. Cigarettes, or - any - tobacco and the people presently staying at with him for pets.
the hotel were all invited to watch
Shortly after this monumental were like money, and ^brought a
The Beach Luxury was a good
(this included all the crew). You can
decision, he conveniently became good price on the black market
hotel (one of The best). Everyone
bet all hands were present and
sick, and had to go home. Everyone (which was all over town). In fact, I
enjoyed
their stay (there are always a
agrees the payoff must have been did most of my dealing with the local accounted for, and Saki Jack was in couple die-hard-complainers). But,
constabulary, who are not against the front row. You don't see a world- all in all it was a damn good sojurn^
enormous.
famous king get weighed in precious
The Karachi Shipyard is a combi hustling a dishonest dollar now and
as far as I was concerned.
stones every day.
nation of "Dante's Inferno" and then.
They sat him on a large scale. On
Our Purpose in the Indian Ocean
"Fantasy Island." Thank Allah, we
Metropole Hotel
the
other
side
was
a
bucket-like
It seems someone in Washington
were not required to remain aboard,
attachment.
It
was
filled
by
shovel
The
Metropole
Hotel
is
located
in
decided that the Indian Ocean was
but were sequestered in a very
with
all
kinds
of
precious
stonesthe
heart
of
Karachi,
and
it
is
a
good
overdue to be surveyed. After
excellent hotel called the Beach
diamonds,
rubie^
emeralds,
sap
hotel.
Jackie
Kennedy
arrived
while
numerous international scientific
Luxury Hotel, just a few blocks
phires,
opals,
eta>uq^
the
scales
we
were
here,
and
she
stayed
at
the
top-secret-meetings
(that everyone
from the Seaman's Club. The food,
came
up
even—picking
the
king
knew about), it was voted by many
quarters, and service were excellent Metropole. She was presented with
right
off
the
floor.
This
is
really
a
a
pure,
white
stallion,
which
she
countries
to survey. So off we went,
here at the hotel, and everyone was
sight
to
behold.
I
will
never
forget
it.
sponsored by the National Science
as happy as could be expected promptly rode all the way from the
They
shoveled
all
this
wealth
like-it
airport
to
the
lobby
of
the
MetroFoundation of Washington, D.C.,
10,000 miles from home. Our
was so much junk, and I can tell you
one of the richest organizations this
scientists were all flown back to the pole. I was there at the time, and
barely got a small glimpse of her. it made me a little dizzy.
nation has.
States.
After the weigh-in, there was a big
The RjV Anton Bruun was
Our very congenial Radio Officer- She was hustled right into the
celebration
in
the
patio,
and
all
the
elevator
and
whisked
away
from
all
formerly the SS Williamsburg (the
Purser-Doctor-Jack-of-All-Trades
local
big-wigs
participated
including
the
peasants.
Presidential yacht). The last Presi
Mr. Jimmy Connors (out of Bos
Khan
and
his
blonde
girlfriend.
Ali
There
was
an
excellent
restaurant
dent to use it as a yacht was Mr.
ton), saw to it our daily subsistence
In
fact,
she
never
left
his
side
for
the
and
nightclub
here,
and
all
of
the
Harry Truman. It was laid up in
with our pay was doled out each
whole
week
he
was
with
us.
We
saw
crew
came
to
see
the
floor
show.
One
Philadelphia for many years. Presi
Friday in the hotel lobby and on
him
every
night
in
the
night
club.
show
was
from
Australia,
and
dent
Ike gave it to the National
time. This had all hands in a happy
Several
crewmembers
tried
to
get
his
featured a squad of Australian pony
Science Foundation which
mood.
autograph,
but
were
stopped
by
his
girls,
all
beautifuL
and
very
friendly,
promptly spent over $800,000 to
The crew reported daily to the
convert it to a scientific vessel. It was
shipyard, and helped with the and homesick for Australia. They army of bodyguards. He and his
repairs as best we could. What was consented to let us pay for their entourage occupied one corner of
renamed the R/V Anton Bruun
accomplished here in six weeks dinners, also "their cocktails, which the »night club each and every night
after some Nordic marine scientist.
until he left.
could have been handled in two we did. They freely danced with us,
Our job was to survey the Indian
The floorshow was French, and
, weeks with ease anywhere else. Most which made all hands happy as we
Ocean from the Persian Gulf, all the
of us rested on weekends, although did not know what to do with our fairly good. We had all the enter
way down to the Antarctic Circle.
tainers and orchestra aboard for
there were crewmembers aboard pay anyway. The Metropole had
They figured it would take approxi
every day to check and make sure wonderful curry, and I being a curry cocktails. The band was Spanish,
mately two to three years. We did it
our ship was still there. There is very lover was in my glory. It was on the and very friendly with all the crew.
in 28 months. We were the only ship
little excitement or even action to menu daily, and several kinds. This There were a half dozen jockeys (all
that stayed out there to finish the
Aussies) staying at the hotel. And we
report about in a Karachi shipyard. was a well-run hotel with a very
job. That part of the world (espehad all them aboard the ship, too
The days drag along, and you are continental flair.
Continued on Page 33
(trying to get a hot tip, no luck).
About one week after we arrived.
glad to head away in the evening.
Following is Chapter III in the saga of
the R/ y Anton Bruun, one of the more
unusual vessels ever crewed by SlU
members. She was a research vessel,
which participated in a 28-month
research cruise in the Indian Ocean in
the early '60s. It was quite a trip.
Chapter I appeared in the August 1979
issue of the Log and Chapter II
appeared in the Sept. issue.
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cruise. But I am not a National
Geographic member so I did not get
one. ^
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Cocktails from Moscow
We operated out of Port Louis,
Mauritius for six months or so.
During one of our visits we tied up
next to the Russian scientific ship
out'here (she stayed about a year—
no more).
Our captain decided to invite the
Russians over for cocktails,- hors
d'oeuvres and dancing. There were
several , lady scientists among the
Russians, and one cute, little blonde
spoke English, as did the captain. A
grand time was had by all until the
Russki captain called curfew at 10.
Then all the Russkis, like the little
cially India and Pakistan) reaped
many millions of dollars of benefits
due to our efforts. All we got was a
hunk of paper run off a mimeo
graph.
-I, for one, think the National
Science Foundation (with all their
hundreds of millions of dollars)
stinks, in capital letters, for not
giving us a decent cash bonus.
Maybe I'm wrong, but anyhow
that's how I feel. We did a job no
other country even cared to try and
do. The "National Geographic
Magazine" sent a photographer
aboard and he took thousands of
pictures. It was in an issue after the
off to bed.
We were all invited to a similar
party aboard their ship the follow
ing evening. Like all foreign ships
the chief steward is considered an
officer. So naturally, I was invited to
the party for all officers and
scientists. Our radio officer was
persuaded to tote along his accord
ion, which he entertained the
Russians with a few lively numbers.
Somehow or other I got very
friendly with the Russian captain
(maybe it was the' 160-proof vodka
they served). Anyhow, we were
having a fine time, when all, of a
sudden I lost complete control, and
threw up vodka (and whatever else I
had in me) all over the Russian
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All Groups
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TOTALSHIPPED
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OassA ClassB ClassC
"REGISTEREDON BEACH
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ClassA ClassB OlassC
DECK DEPARTMENT
Algonac(Hdqs.)
29
9
5
34
8
1
44
62
1
30
35
0
16
22
1
0
0
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
AlgonacCHdqs.)..
Algonac(Hdqs.)...
Algonac(Hdqs.)
19
12
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6
2
4
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18
54
27
20
7
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6
1
0
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
21
47
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captain's chest. He and all the
Russkis burst out laughing and he
didn't even get mad (thank God).
They thought it was the best thing at
the party (to see a Yank get sick).
Well, we all had a grand time and
the service was great, what with
several cute, little Russian gals
running around trying to be nice,
even though only one could speak
any English.. The party went on right
up until Russian curfew at 10 pm,
when ,we were politely escorted
down the gangway.
This was a party I would never
forget, and neither would the'
officers and scientists. The Russians
really are human, and dci know how
to have fun, when permitted.
The Russian ship did not stay in
' port too long, and sailed for home, I
imagine, as we never did see them
again in the Indian Ocean. We ran
into many other foreign ships out
here, and one three-masted schoon
er from Stanford University. They
were in fair shape and welcomed us
all aboard to inspect their vessel.. We
all did, never having been aboard a
three-masted schooner (in fact, I
had never been aboard any kind of
schooner before). We all had a
grand time, and it reminded me of
an Errbl Flynn movie
COMING:
In my next chapter. III tell about
our cruise to the Antarctic Circle,
Amsterdam Island (a French
weather station near the Antarctic «
Circle). This was our longest cruise
(four months), king penguins, etc.
Fraternally,
"Saki Jack" Dolan
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Pensioner
James Joseph
Ament, 89, passed
away on Nov. 16.
Brother Ament
joined the Union
in the port of
Baltimore in 1960
sailing as a bridgeman and tugboat fireman for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1924
to 1961. He was a former member of the
Masters, Mates and Pilots Union and
A.M.W. Local 1. Boatman Ament was
born in Baltimore and was a resident
there. Surviving are a son, James Jr. of
Baltimore and a daughter, Mrs.
Gertrude B. Kromm, also of Baltimore.
Pensioner
if Henry l^dwards
Williamson, 56,
died of a heart at
tack in the Univer;sity of Southern
Alabama Medical
Center, Mobile on
Sept. 26. Brother,
Williamson joined the SIU in the port of
Houston in 1967 sailing as a firemanwatertender. He sailed 24 years
including from 1970-3 on the SS
Cqntigny (lOT) and the SS JHobert T.
Waterman from 1975-7. Seafarer
Williamson was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy in World War II. Bora in Mobile,
he was a resident there. Interment was in
the Miller Cemetery, Mobile County.
Surviving are his widow, Helen; his
mother, Nellie of Mobile and a stepson,
James Rice.
Pensioner
"P.G." Wingfield
Jr., 58, died of a
heart attack at
home in Jackson
ville on Nov. 3.
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Brother Wingfield
"Charlie" Boyd,
i joined the SIU in
55, died of heart
the port of Hous
failure in Balti
more on Oct. 12. ton in 1963 sailing as a recertified bosun
for lOT from 1974-7. Seafarer
Brother Boyd
joined the Union
Wingfield graduated from the Union's
in the port of
Recertified Bosuns Program in
Baltimore in 1956 September 1974. He was also a
'sailing as a deck department and ship's delegate. And he
hand on the tug Interstate (lOT) from was a wounded veteran of the U.S. Navy
1967 to 1979. He was a former member in World War 11, From 1956 to 1960, he
was a 1st class shipfitter at the Bethle
of the Iron Workers Union District 50.
Boatman Boyd was a veteran of the
hem Shipyard, Marcus Hook, Pa. Wing
Army in World War II. He was born in field was a native of Roanoke, Va. Burial
was in Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke.
Riehlands-Ravens, Va. and was a
resident of Saltville, Va. Burial was in Surviving are his widow, Eloise; a^on,
the Elizabeth Cemetery, Saltville. "P.G." Ill of Roanoke; his father,
Surviving are his widow, Helen; two. "P.G." Sr., of Jacksonville and a
sons, Gerald and Samuel; a daughter, granddaughter, Wendy Page Wingfield
of Marion, Va.
Hilda; a grandson. Nelson and a
granddaughter, Sonia.
Pensioner
George
P. Anitip
Robert Leje
Zopfi, 80, was
Buxton, 52,
dead of cancer on
succumbed to
arrival at the West
cancer in the
Jefferson General
Nassau Bay, Tex.
Hospital, MarUSPHS Hospital
rero.
La. on Sept,
on Aug. 6. Brother
23.
Brother
Zopfi
5 Buxton joined the
joined the Union in the port of New
Union in the port
Orleans in 1956 sailing as a 2nd engineer
of Port Arthur, Tex. in 1964 sailing as a
for
Dixie Carriers from 1943 to 1964.
captain, pilot, tankerman, engineer and
Boatman
Zopfi was a former member of
cook for the Slade Towing Co. from
the MAW Local 59. He was born in New
1956 to 1979. Boatman Buxton was a
veteran of the U.S. Army during the Orleans and was a resident of Marrero.
Korean War. Bom in Starks, La., he Burial was in the Valence Street
Cemetery, New Orleans. Surviving is a
was a resident of Orange, Tex.
niece, Mrs. Louise Dannelley of Gretna,
Interment was in the Doyle Cemetery,
La.
Starks. Surviving are his widow, Orlean
Pensioner
and his mother, Nancy of Orange.
Thomas
Shirley
Raymond ^eroy Kirkpatrick Jr., 25,
Lambeth,
52,
died
was dead of injuries on arrival at the
of heart failure in
John Gaston Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.
the New Orleans
after being hit by a car on Interstate 240
USPHS Hospital
on Nov. 25. Brother Kirkpatrick joined
on
Oct. 19.
the Union in 1974 following his
Brother Lambeth
graduation from the HLS. He sailed as a
^ joined the SIU in
tankerman and deckhand for ACBL
from 1974 to 1977 and from the port of 1944 in the port of New Orleans sailing
St. Louis in 1975 on the tug La Salle as a firemap-watertender and engineer
(ACBL). Boatman Kirkpatrick also for MEBA's District 2. He graduated
sailed for Inland Tugs and for National from the SIU-ME3A School of Marine
Marine. In 1977, he sailed deep sea. A Engineering, Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1966.
native of Linton, Ind., he was a resident Seafarer Lambeth was born in Mobile
of Jacksonville, Ind. Burial was in and was a resident of Leakesville, Miss.
Peavy Cemetery, Jacksonville. Burial was in the Mt. Pasigch Cemetery,
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Greene County, Miss. Surviving are his
Raymond and Patricia Kirkpatrick of widow, Agnes; two sons, Thomas and
Gerald and a daughter, Shirley.
Jacksonville.
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Pensi oner
Michael A. Reges,
65, died of natural
causes in the
Queens (N.Y.)
Hospital Center
on Nov. 23. He
was born..in
Pennsylvania and
was a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Interment was in the Cypress Hills
Cemetery, Brooklyn. Surviving is his
sister, Mrs. Cecilia Di Fulvio of Queens
Village.
Pensioner Prescott Younger
Spinney, 84, suc
cumbed to arter
iosclerosis in
Gloucester, Mass.
on Oct. 17.
Brother Spinney
joined the SIU in
1939 in the port of Norfolk sailing as a
deck and junior engineer. He sailed 42
years and was also a machinist. Seafarer
Spinney was a veteran of the U.S. Navy
in World War I. Born in Gloucester, he
was a resident there and in Norfolk.
Cremation took place in the Linwood
Crematory, Haverhill, Mass. Surviving
are a son, William of Gloucester and a
sister, Mrs. Lillian Mitchell of Norfolk.
Pensioner John
William Tingle,
75, passed away
on Aug. 5. Brother
Tingle-joined the
SIU in 1939 in the
port of Philadel
phia sailing as a
chief steward. He
sailed 34 years. Seafarer Tingle was
born in Cromlyn, Pa. and was a resident
of West Cape May, N.J. Interment was
in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Cape
May. Surviving is a granddaughter,
Mrs. Nancy M. Vinson of Philadelphia.
Michael "Mike"
Noel Walsh, 31,
died in New York
City on Oct. 4.
Brother Walsh
joined the SIU in
•the port of New
York in 1967. He
sailed AB and also
achieved his GED. Seafarer Walsh
sailed with Puerto Rico Marine and was
an ex-construction worker. He was
awarded the Republic of Vietnam
Campaign, Vietnam Service .and
National Defense Campaign Medals as
a veteran of the Vietnam War. Walsh
was a Pfc. in the 4th Army, Co. A, 16th
Combat Engineers Bn., 1st Armored
-Div. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and
was a resident there. Burial was in Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn. Surviving
are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
and Hazel Walsh of Brooklyn.
Pensioner Leo
Gillis, 84, died of a
heart attack in
I San Diego, Calif,
on Octv, 29.
Brother Gillis
I joined the SIU in
1938 in the port of
Philadelphia sail
ing as a bosun. He sailed 35 yearsTfom
1927. Seafarer Gillis was bora / in
Massachusetts and was a resident of
Queens Haven, San Diego. Burial was
in Mt. Hope Cemetery, San Diego.
John "Johnie"
Hoggie, 60, was
dead of heart
disease op arrival
at the Burdette
Tomlin Hospital,
Wildwood, N.J.
on Oct. 13.
Brother Hoggie
joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of
New York sailing as a chief steward
aboard the Af/F Tamara Guilden
(Transport Commercial) from 1975 to
1979. He sailed for 44 years and as a
ship's delegate. Seafarer Hoggie "... was
well liked by all SIU men and he thought
a lot of the SIU when he was a
patrolman in the port of Baltimore for
many years." Seafarer Hoggie was born
in Norwich, Conn, and was a resident of
Somerdale, N.J. and Lighthouse Pt.,
Fla. Cremation took place in the North
Cape May (N.J.) Crematory. Surviving
are his widow, Betty Jane of
Philadelphia and the Hatgimisios
family, all SIU members, who wrote:
"Memories are treasures no one can
steal. But losing you was a heartache no
one can heal." Brother Hoggie will be
missed by his nephew and brothers,
Kosta, George of Lighthouse Pt. and
Chief Steward Nicholas Hatgimisios of
Philadelphia.
Pensioner Her
bert Eric Adams,
58, died on Oct. 2.
Brother Adams
I joined the SIU in
I the port of Tampa
I in 1958 sailing as a
fireman - waterI tender and ma
chinist. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War II. Seafarer Adams
was born if Faison, N.C. and was a
resident of Hendersonville and
Burlington, N.C. Surviving are his
widow, Lucille of Burlington and two
daughters, Mrs. Donna Johnson also of
Burlington and Ms. Erick A. Johnson of
Hendersonville.
Pensioner Alex
ander Donald
j "Alex" Brodie, 66,
succumbed to
1.cancer at home in
Singapore on Oct.
6. Brother Brodie
I joined the SIU in
1 the port of New
York in 1951 sailing as a chief steward.
He sailed 38 years. Seafarer Brodie was
a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World
War 11. Born in Belfast, Northern
Ireland, he was a British subject.
Surviving are his widow, Eileen and two
daughters. Kim and Sandra.
Jesse Thomas
Green, 64, died of
heart failure in
Charity Hospital,
New Orleans on
Oct. 4. Brother
Green joined the
SIU in the port of
New Orleans in
1954 sailing as an OS. He also sailed on
the Delta One. And he was a machinist.
Seafarer Green was a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War 11. A native of
Piheville, La., he was a resident of New
Orleans. Interment was in the
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans.
Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Forest H. M.
\Howard of Kenner, La.
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Alcoholics don't have friends. Because a friend
wouldn't let another man blindly travel a course that has
to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his
family. And that's where an alcoholic is headed.
Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem
is just as easy—and just as important—as steering a blind
man across a street. All you have to do is take that
Seafarer by the arm and guide him to the Union's
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive
the care and counseling he needs. And he'll get the
support of brother SIU members who are fighting the
same tough battle he is back to a healthy, productive
alcohol-free life.
The road back to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic.
But because of ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn t
have to travel the distance alone. And by guiding a
brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center,
you'll be showing him that the first step back to recovery I,
is only an arm's length away.
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
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Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling
records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept
anywhere except at The Center.
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SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land
Service), November 4—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun A. McGinnis; Secre
tary Roy R. Thomas; Educational
Director W. J. Mitchell; Engine Dele
gate Earl Shaw Rodgers. No disputed
' OT. Chairman reported that everything
is running smoothly with no major beefs
reported by department delegates.
Reminded everyone of the various
classes now in session for upgrading at
Piney Point. Advised all members to
stand by for customs immigration
upon arrival to speed up clearance. Also
discussed the importance of donating to
SPAD. Observed one minute of silence
in memory of our departed brothers.
Next port New Orleans.
SANTA MERCEDES (Delta Steam
ship), November 4—Chairman, Re
certified Bosun J. Stout; Secretary T.
Tinitali; Educational Director P.
Bradshaw; Steward Delegate Jim
Hatfield. $312.10 in ship's fund. No
disputed OT. Chairman reported that
there is a new dental clinic in San
Francisco for SIU brothers and sisters.
Report to Log: "The Santa Mercedes
followed lead of sister ship Santa Maria
with a cookout for the entire crew which
proved to be very successful. The entire
crew and staff pitched in to help. Chief
Steward Tini made sure all were fed well
doing some of the cooking himself. A
very good variety of foods." Next port
Bahia.
BALTIMORE (Sea-Land Service),
November 3—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun Robert C. Gorbea; Secretary
George W. Gibbons; Educational
Director W. J. Dunningan; Engine
Delegate Alton Green; Steward Dele
gate Stonewall Jackson. $15.25 in the
ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman
noted that the repair list was posted and
a safety meeting was held. Discussed the
importance of donating to SPAD. The
crew would like to know if a bus could
be on the dock to take the men to the
main gate in Boston. A vote of thanks to
the bosun for doing a good job on the
garbage detail. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.
Next port Philadelphia.
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CAGUAS (Puerto Rico Marine
Mgt.), November 18—Chairman, Re
certified Bosun C. Gonzalez; Secretary
C. Rice; Educational Director H.
Calloe. Chairman discussed the
importance of donating to SPAD and
also for all crewmembers to read the
Log to keep up with what is going on in
the Union. Secretary just returned on
board afterthe Stewards Recertification
Program and reported about the new
fields that the Union is working in such
as Ocean Mining, Deep Sea Fishing and
the crewing of three more LNG tankers
from foreign crews. $70 in ship's fund. A
vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done.
WESTWARD VENTURE (Interocean Mgt.), November 23—Chairman,
Jack W. Edward; Secretary Alva W. McCullum; Educational Director Joseph
Quintello. No disputed OT. Chairman
noted the supplement in the October
Log on the Export Administration Act
of 1979, the importance of the Alaskan
Oil and jobs for West Coast sailors. A
discussion was held and questions were
answered. Also discussed was the
' importance of donating to SPAD. A
vote of thanks to the steward depart
OVERSEAS VIVIAN (Maritime ment for a fine Thanksgiving dinner.
Overseas), November 4—Chairman
J. L. Bass; Secretary H. W. Roberts;
GREAT LAND (Interocean Mgt.),
Educational Director C. 1. Coello; Deck November 25—Chairman, Recertified
Delegate Cal Smith; Engine Delegate Bosun J. A. Lewis; Secretary G. Pretare;
Dean Dobbins; Steward Delegate Educational Director M. Stover; Engine
Walter Cutter. No disputed OT. Chair Delegate John" A. Sullivan. Chairman
man reported that the ship was due to explained the official SIU Ship's
arrive at the Panama Canal Zone on minutes to the crew. The ship has just
Friday and then proceed to Corpus sailed through a very rough storm and
Christi, Texas to unload. Educational the entire crew is to be commended for
Director urged all those who qualify to good seamanship. Educational Director
go to Piney Point to upgrade and to has informed crew that he has all the
better yourself because it is in your best applications for upgrading and urged all
interest as well as the Unions. A letter members who qualify to sign up. No
was received from headquarters and was disputed OT. Next port Anchorage.
posted on the bulletin board for aU to
read. A vote of thanks to the steward
JACKSONVILLE (Sea-Land Ser
department for a job well done. Next vice), November 25—Chairman, Re
port Corpus Christi.
certified Bosun Antoine Kerageorgiou;
OVERSEAS NATALIE (Maritime Secretary S. Pistak; Educational Direc
Overseas), November 4—Chairman, tor J. Burkette; Deck Delegate Antonio
Recertified Bosun F. H. Johnson; Romero. Some disputed OT in deck and
Secretary C. A. Guerra; Educational steward departments. Chairman held a
Director L. T. Moss; Engine Delegate discussion on the importance of donat
E. Kent; Steward Delegate P. Baker. ing to SPAD. Educational Director
$232 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. discussed the need for safety at sea.
Chairman held a discussion on upgrad Asked everyone to report if they have
ing and the importance of donating to any special health problems so that the
SPAD. Crewmembers were also re proper medications can be kept on
minded that there is no smoking on deck board in case of emergency. A vote of
while the ship is loading or unloading. A thanks to the steward department for
vote of thanks was sent from the good feeding and balanced menus. Next
Captain and officers for the good and port Elizabeth.
tasty food and work being done by the
PUERTO RICO (Puerto Rico Ma
steward department. Observed one
rine
Mgt.), November 24—Chairman,
minute of silence in memory of our
Recertified
Bosun J. Corder; Secretary
departed brothers and sisters. Next port
H. Ridgeway; Educational Director C.
Panama.
Mainers. No disputed OT. Chairman
SEA-LAND TRADE (Sea-Land discussed the importance of donating to
Service), November 25—Chairman, SPAD and suggested that all members
Recertified Bosun L. Suchocki; Secre should take advantage of Piney Point. A
tary C. Gray; Educational Director J. request was made for the pantry, lounge
Greenfield; Engine Delegate Michael and messhall to be kept clean at night. A
Mifferd; Steward Delegate Lawrence R. vote of thanks to the steward depart
Haney. No disputed OT. Secretary ment for a job well done and a vote of
reported that everyone had enjoyed a thanks for a wonderful Thanksgiving
nice Thanksgiving day. Compliments day dinner.
were extended from the officers and
DELTA BOLIVIA (Delta Steam
crew for the fine Thanksgiving dinner
ship), November 25—Chairman, Re
that was served. Next port Seattle.
certified Bosun S. Jandora; Secretary
EL PASO SOUTHERN pi Paso M. Sospina. No disputed OT. Chairman
Marine), November 25—Chairman C. noted that a repair list has been made up
Leahy; Secretary T. Navorre; Educa and if any additional repairs are
tional Director R. Dizon; Deck Dele necessary to let him know. Also if there
gate Paul Butterworth. Secretary held a are any unsafe conditions existing
discussion on how important it is to aboard ship please bring them to the
keep the jobs in the steward department. attention of the department heads.
Some disputed OT in deck department. Secretary gave a vote of thanks to all
A vote of thanks to the steward crewmembers for their cooperation
during the voyage. The Chief Cook was
department for a job well done.
thanked for the best Thanksgiving
JEFF DAVIS (Waterman Steam
dinner menu ever put out.
ship), November 11 —Chairman, Recer
tified Bosun George E. Annis; Secretary
HOUSTON (Sea-Land Service),"^
R. Collier. $680 in ship's fund. No November 7—Chairman, Recertified
disputed OT. Captain and port officials
Bosun Julio Delgado; Secretary H.
were very pleased with port payoff and
Ortiz. No disputed OT. Chairman urged
voyage sign on. It was noted that the everyone to upgrade so we can live with
catwalk has to be repaired,it is unsafe for the new technology of new ships. Piney
walking. A vote of thanks to the Point has the classes available so take
chairman for trying to rent new movies advantage now. Secretary discussed the
for the crew. Also a vote of thanks to the importance of donating to SPAD. A
steward department for a job well done. vote of thanks to the steward depart
Next port Suez.
ment for a job well done.
LNG TAURUS (Energy Transport),
November 3—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun T. Brooks; Secretary F. Costango; Educational Director G. B^nous; Deck Delegate Clarence Burgo;
Engine Delegate Mark Freeman; Stew
ard Delegate Pat Geary. No disputed
OT. Chairman reported that everything
is running smooth and that the recrea
tional tournaments are all underway
and the SIU members are making a
good showing. Although we have lost
two games to the Bontang All StarsSoftball—the crewmembers have enr
joyed the fun and after game refresh
ments. A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done. Next
port Nagoya.
Official ship's minutes were also
received from the following vessels:
DELTA MEXICO
DELTA AFRICA
LONG BEACH
ST. LOUIS
POET
DELTA COLUMBIA
OGDEN WILLAMETTE
BROOKS RANGE
SEA-LAND PRODUCER
WALTER RICE
EL PASO ARZEW
POINT JUDY
SEA-LAND TRADE
STUYVESANT
TRANSCOLUMBIA
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OGDEN LEADER
SEA-LAND COMMERCE ia
SEA-LAND EXCHANGE 7
JOHNPENN
DELTA MAR
ULTRASEA
OVERSEAS VALDEZ
PENNY
ODQEN CHAMPION
OVERSEAS JOYCE
OVERSEAS OHIO
MOBILE
AGUADILLA
MT. VERNON VICTORY
OGDEN MERRIMAC
POINT SUSAN
DELTA SUD
PHILADELPHIA
SEA-LAND FINANCE
NEWARK
OGDEN CHALLENGER
TAMPA
SEA-LAND CONSUMER
SUGAR ISLANDER
DELTA PARAGUAY
BAYAMON
OGDEN COLUMBIA
SEA-LAND GALLOWAY
COVE RANGER
ARECIBO
CAPRICORN
THOMAS NELSON
SAMUEL CHASE
ROBERT E. LEE
PANAMA
OVERSEAS ANCHORAGE
OGDEN LEADER
MONTICELLO VICTORY
MARYLAND
GOLDEN MONARCH
DELTA PERU
OVERSEAS HARRIETTE
ALLEGIANCE
ROBERT TOOMBS
COVE ENGINEER
CAROLINA
SEA-LAND PRODUCER
ANCHORAGE
WORTH
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A Beautiful Cruise on SiU's 4 W.C. Passenger Ships
r|nHE port of San Francisco
just one of many of the
great ports called on by the 55"
Santa Marianna (Delta Steam
ship Co.).
The beautifully appointed
passenger vessel, along with her
sister ships Santa Maria, Santa
Magdalena and Santa Mercedes,
came under contract to the SIU
when Delta bought them from
Prudential-Grace Lines.
The Log visited the Santa
Marianna Sind her passengers
and crew as the ship prepared to
depart for Los Angeles and then
on to Carribean and South
American ports of call. Passen
gers can expect to have a wonder
ful time on the journey with all
their needs being handled by the
many experienced hands in the
steward department. Also, the
SIU deck and engine gangs can
be counted on to keep things
running in an orderly fashion all
during the cruise.
All in all, a good time is had by
all on one of these cruises for
passengers and crew.
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Delta Line's Santa Marianna is docked at the pier in San Francisco awaiting cargo and passengers before sailing to Los
Angeles and South American ports.
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Crewmemb^rs gather in the ship's mess hall to discuss the latest issues of interest with their Union representatives.
Clockwise from the left are: Jack Sutton, wiper; Jay Siegal, plumber; Jon Anderson, wiper; G. E. Miller (hidden behind
Anderson) and Bob Lee, FOWTs; George McCartney and Gentry Moore, SIU Representatives, and Herwood Walters, bos'n.
Carmen Edgley (I.) and William Solomon took time out from lunch to pose for this
photo, Carmen is a waitress; while William, a.k.a. "King Solomon (shown here in
his fighting stance), is the ship's third baker and a potential heavyweight champ.
Enjoying a chat between cruises are (I.
to r.) Larry Bunnell, crew messman; C.
Tufaro, carpenter, and George Har
rison, oiler.
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Passengers and crew alike enjoy fine meals while on board theSanta Marianna, a
large part of the credit for this goes to Chef Henry Planel (left) and Chief Cook
Alfonso Campanella.
January 1980 / LOG / 37
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�Here is the tentative schedule of upgrad
ing courses to be held at the Lundeberg
School in 1980. As you can see, the School
is offering a wide range of programs for all
ratings, both for deep sea and inland
members.
SlU members are reminded that thfs
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Marine Electronics
Refrigeration Systems maintenance
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March 31
August 4_
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November 10
Pumproom Maintenance & Operation
January 7
March 31
May 12
July 7
September 15
October 27
Diesel Engineer (Regular)
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January 7
February 4
March 10
April 7
May 5
June 9
July 7
August 11
September 8
Octobers
November 10
December 8
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January 21
Towboat Operator Scholarship Program
January 7
April 7
July 7
September 2¥'' .
Celestial Navigation
March 17
August 4
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January 17
January 31
February 14
February 28
March 13
March 27
April 10
April 24
May 8
May 22
June 5
June 19
July 3
July 17
July 31
August 14
August 28
September 11
September 25
October 9
October 23
November 6
November 20
[^cember 4
December
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July 7
October 27
Diesel Engineer (License)
A St Class Pilot
January 7
Maroh 10
May 12
July 14
September 8
October 13
February 18
June 23
September 29
February 18
June 23
September 29
January 3
January 31
March 27
April 24
May 22
June 19
July 17
August 14
September 11
November 6
Steward Recertification Program
January 7
May 12
August 18
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March 13
April 10
May 8
July 3
July 31
September 25
October 23
November 20
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September 25
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February 4
March 31
April 28
May 26
June 23
July 21
August 18
September 15
November 10
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courses may be changed or cancelled de
pending on response from the member
ship. So think about upgrading this year.
And get your applications in early to
assure yourself a seat in the class of your
choice.
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October 13
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Headlines:
OCEAN MINING BILL SURGES THRU SENATE
SIU SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF WAR RISK INSURANCE FO 5 YEARS
PAUL HALL HOSPITALIZED: MEMBERSHIP AUTHORIZES FRANK DROZAK TO CARRY OUT DUTIES OF PRESIDENT
CARTER ORDERS HALT OF GRAIN SHIPMENTS TO SOVIET
SAFETY RECORD OF FOREIGN CREWED CONVENIENCE FLAGGERS PITIFUL
CONGRESS SETS $227B WINDFALL TAX ON BIG OIL, BUT...!
SIU'S SALTIEST DISPATCHER, BARBARA RUGGIERI, RETIRES
COAST GUARD SETS NEW REGULATIONS ON LIFEBOATS
MEANY, LABOR'S GREAT MAN, IS DEAD AT 85
390,000 TON UST PACIFIC CREWED
MURPHY WANTS BILL TO EXTEND USPHS USE TO RETIRED SEAMEN
SIU CREW SAVES FISHERMEN FROM STURGEON BAY STORM
SMOOTH SAILING ON NEWLY CRWED LNG SONATRACH
3 SIU TUGS FREE LIBERIAN SHIP HARD AGROUND IN BALTIMORE
THE SIU IN WASHINGTON
U.S. TANKERS NOW CARRY ONLY 2.8% OF OUR IMPORTED OIL
U.S. FLEET DECLINES; BUT OVERALL CAPACITY HITS RECORD TONNAGE
SIU'S 14TH LNG, VIRGO, IS READY FOR ACTION
1979 - MORE JOBS, INCREASED BENEFITS FOR SIU MEMBERS
SOME GOOD CHEER FOR THE NEW YEAR FOR DRYDOCKED SEAFARERS:
NMC PROPOSES $11.7B FOR MARITIME IN '80S
MARINE ELECTRONICS SEAFARERS ARE ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE
MID-EAST CRISES FOCUS NEED FOR BEEFED UP U.S. FLEET
WASHINGTON, D.C.: THE LONG & OFTEN TURBULENT VOYAGE OF A BILL THRU CONGRESS
TAX TIME AGAIN, UGH!
LONG-TRIP TAX PROBLEMS
3RD OF 11 NEW G&H TOWING TUGS GOES INTO SERVICE
SEAMEN'S MOVEMENT HAS HAD MANY HEROES... BUT NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN SEAMEN
SAGA OF THE R/V ANTON BRUUN, PART III
A BEAUTIFUL CRUISE ON SIU'S 4 W.C. PASSENGER SHIPS
1980 RESOLUTION
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When the 35 man Executive Council of the AFL-CiO met for their annual mid-winter meeting this
month, there was one of their number not in attendance, SiU President Paul Hail. President Hail, who
is senior Vice President of the AFL-CiO, has been hospitalized since last November. Hail's peers on
the Executive Council sent him the following letter, which vividly shows the amount of respect and
admiration Paul Mali commands throughout the labor movement. Following is the text of that letter:-
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Your friends and colleagues on the Executive Council want you to know
how much we miss you at this session.
The clarity of your thoughts, the precision of your language and the
strength of your trade union principles have served this Council and the
entire labor movement well.
The difficulties besetting our nation and the challenges facing our movement
summon from each of us the same qualities of leadership and vision that have
been the hallmark of your career. The guidance you have long provided this
Council will enable us to continue to chart the best course fjor this movements
But, most of all, the fact that you and Rose cannot be with us deprives us of
your fellowship and gracious friendship.
Our prayers and best wishes are with you.
Sincerely and fraternally,
Signed by:
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THOMAS R. DONAHUE, Secretary-Treasurer
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Edward T. Hanley
William H. McClennan
David J. Fitzmaurice
Alvin E. Heaps
Fred J. Kroll
Wayne E. Glenn
Robert F. Goss
Peter Bommarito
Jerry Wurf
A1 H. Chesser
Murray H. Finley
Sol C. Chaikin
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Frederick O'Neal
George Hardy
William Sidell
Glenn E. Watts
Angelo Fosco
J.C. Turner
Kenneth T. Blaylock
Wm. W. Winpisinger
John J. ODonnell
Daniel V. Maroney
Charles H. Pillard
Lloyd McBride
Emmet Andrews
William H. Wynn
John DeConcini
District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
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�Frank Drozak Elected President
Maritime
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N a move that AFL-CIO captain of our good ship done over the years in
President Lane Kirkland MTD than Frank Drozak." building the strength and
hailed as "the best choice,"
The MTD Executive political clout of the MTD.
the Executive Board of the Board then gave Drozak a
Drozak said he is "deter
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades tremendous vote of confi mined to carry out Paul
Department unanimously dence by electing him Hall's dream of a U.S.
elected the SlU's Frank unanimously as new MTD maritime industry second to
Drozak as its new president. president.
none throughout the world.w
Drozak will now serve as
After his acceptance
The MTD Executive
Board took this action at president of the Maritime speech, Drozak was pre
their annual mid-winter Trades Department for the sented with the gavel—a
meeting on Feb. 14 after remainder of this term of tradition—by MTD Vice
being appraised of the health office. MTD officers are President Steve Leslie.
Immediately thereafter,
status of SIU and MTD elected every two years. The
next election will be held at new AFL-CIO President
President Paul Hall.
the MTD Convention in Lane Kirkland entered the
Hall has been hospitalized 1981.
MTD meeting to pledge the
and very seriously ill since
(As reported by the Log Federation's support for
last November.
last month, the SIU Drozak and the MTD.
To insure that the MTD's membership authorized
Kirkland, who calls the
functions continue to be Frank Drozak to discharge MTD his "old home town,"
carried out effectively, the the duties of SIU President said that the MTD Execu
MTD Board made the pending Paul Hall's return tive Board showed "good
difficult decision to declare to office. Therefore, in judgement" in electing
the president's post vacant. addition to serving as acting Fr^nk Drozak President of
After the post was SIU President, Drozak is the MTD.
declared open, MTD Vice now President of the
Kirkland said that both he
President Steve Leslie Maritime Trades Depart and Drozak have "big shoes
placed the name of Frank ment.)
to fill." He affirmed that the
Drozak in nomination.
In accepting the steward best possible tribute that can
Leslie, who is also an ship of the MTD, Drozak be paid to Paul Hall is that
international vice president vowed to lead the Depart the MTD "continue to build
of the Operating Engineers, ment in the same direction upon his achievements."
said that there could be "no and with the same strength
Paul Hall has been
better replacement as and fervor as did Paul Hall president of the AFL-CIO
for the past 25 years.
Maritime Trades Depart
Drozak paid tribute to the ment for nearly 25 years.
INDEX
unsurpassed job Hall has Hall built the MTD from a
Legislative News
Frank Drozak Elected
MTD President
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SIU in Washington Pages 9-10
Carter Budget
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AFL-UIU"^ President Lane Kirkland
called the election of Frank Drozak as
President of the MTD "the best
choice possible."
small, fledgling organization
to the largest and politically
most potent organizational
department of the AFLCIO. As Steve Leslie said,
"when Paul Hall took over
the MTD it was a leaking
ship. But Paul gave it a new
hull, overhauled the engines
and put together a good
crew."
Frank Drozak now has
the reins of the MTD, an
organization representing 43
International Unions with a
combined membership of 8
million American workers.
As Lane Kirkland said, "I
vouch for Frank Drozak's
ability to do the job.'
Union News
Gal Tanner Retires
Page 4
Headquarters Notes.. .Page 5
Letters to Editor
Page 18
Brotherhood in Action Page 33
At Sea-Ashore
Page 17
SPAD Checkoff ... Back Page
Tug Triumphs in Fire..Page 8
Great Lakes Picture ..Page 24
Inland Lines
Page 34
General News
Ship's Digest
Dispatcher's Reports;
Great Lakes
Inland Waters
Deep Sea
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Page 28
Page 35
Page 32
Training-Upgrading
"A" Seniority UpgradingPage25
Upgrading Schedule ..Page38
Membership News
New Pensioners
Page 30
Final Departures. Pages 36-37
.HLS Grads
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MTD Vice President Steve Leslie, left, presents new MTD President Frank Drozak with the gavel formally marking the beginning
of the stewardship of Drozak as President of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department.
Special Features
MTD Executive Board
Meeting
Pages 11-14
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SlU VP. Tanner Retires; A Charter Member
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wanted to leave the depression
behind for awhile by seeing the
world. So he took an OS job on a
ship out of Tampa, Fla.
Well he's back in Tampa now,
but Cal Tanner has come a long
way from his job as an ordinary
seaman. Late last year he retired
as vice president of the SIU.
From ordinary seaman to
organizer to port agent to vice
president, Cal Tanner has helped
build and strengthen the SIU,
making it a powerful and secure
labor union for seamen and
boatmen.
Bom Dec. 27, 1916 in Tampa,
his full name is William Calton
Tanner. During his first few years
of shipping out. Tanner was a
member of the old International
Seamen's Union. But as soon as
the SIU was formed in 1938, he
became a charter member.
During World War II he sailed
in all the war zones as AB and
bosun. In 1943 he wason the same
ship with Claude "Sonny"
Simmons when a torpedo blew •
the ship out from under them.
Sonny Simmons, like Tanner,
later became a high ranking SIU
official.
Their ship, the 23-year-old
Norwalk, was off Cuba when
she was struck at about three in
the morning. Tanner helped
lower the lifeboat and then
made it to a raft.
When daylight broke the crew
was picked up by a Norwegian
ore carrier and then transferred
to a Cuban gunboat that took
them to Cuba. From there they
were repatriated to the States.
Just before the end of the War
in the Pacific, Tanner was asked
to come ashore by Paul Hall, who
was then SIU New York port
agent. Hall wanted Tanner to
take part in an organizing drive.
What followed in the next two
years was the biggest deep sea
organizing drive in the history of
the maritime labor movement.
Spearheaded by Hall, Tanner,
Simmons, Lindsey Williams and
Bull Shepherd, more than 120
Isthmian ships came under the
SIU banner.
Tanner was also involved in
the Cities Service organizing
drive which started during the
Isthmian campaign. He took part
in numerous other smaller
organizing drives over the years.
In 1946 Tanner was elected to
the office of SIU Atlantic and
Gulf District port agent in
Mobile, Ala. He assumed that
post in 1947 and held it until
1960. In 1947 he was also elected
vice president of the Interna
tional and remained in that post
until 1972. While in Mobile,
Tanner also became a member of
the State Dock Board.
In 1960 he was elected as the
first executive vice president of
the SIU A&G District. Stationed
at Union Headquarters until
1970, Tanner returned to Tampa
when he developed heart trouble.
In the mid 1970's Tanner was
elected to the post of vice
president in charge of contracts
and contract enforcement, the
position he held until his
retirement.
Tanner has also played an
active role in the Maritime
Trades Department (MID) of
the AFL-CIO.
In 1946 he was a member of the
original group that went before
William Green, then president of
the AFL, to receive the charter
for the MTD. While in Alabama
and Florida, Tanner served on
the MTD's Port Councils. He
also helped organize Port Coun
cils on the Great Lakes.
Tanner and his wife, Mary,
have two children, Robert
(Robbie), and Mrs. Sandra
Hurley. Robbie is an AB who is
studying for his third mate's
license and Sandra's husband is a
green ticket AB.
From that first ship in 1935
until his retirement in late
1979, Cal Tanner's career spans
44 years as a seaman and top
Union official. And coincidentally, when he joined the SIU back
in 1938, the book number he
received was C-44.
Sea-Land Christens 3rd of 12 Diesel Containerships
All 12 of the energy-efficient containers. Their carrying Japan, where she was built.
containerships are expected to be capacity is 839 containers and Wielding thp traditional bottle of
engaged in Sea-Land's trans space has also been allocated for champagne was Mrs. Charles F.
atlantic and transpacific service refrigerated and bulk liquid Myers, Jr., wife of a member of
cargoes.
by the end of 1980.
the board of directors of R. J.
Like her 11 sisterships, the SeaThe Developer, like the rest of Reynolds, Inc., Sea-Land's
Land Developer will be powered Sea-Land's diesel fleet, has a parent company.
by a 27,135 BHP diesel en^e. draft of 31 feet, enabling her to
A total of 10 of the D-9s will be
She'll operate at the relatively call at just about all of the 121 built in Japan with the remaining
slow speed of 22 knots. But she ports around the world serviced two under construction in Korea.
was built for fuel-efficiency, not by Sea-Land.
No crewing date has yet been
for breaking transoceanic
Christening and launching set for the Developer but she will
records.
ceremonies for the Developer be manned, like all 12 of the
All 12 of the 745-foot D-9s can were held at the Mitsubishi brand-new diesel containerships,
carry either 35-foot or 40-foot Heavy Industries shipyard in by SIU members.
^TH the christening of the
W SlU-contracted Sea-Land
Developer this month, SeaLand's brand-new D-9 class
diesel-powered fleet rose to one
quarter of its planned strength.
The Developer is the third of
12 D-9 containerships which will
make up Sea-Land's $580million
diesel construction pro^am.
Seafarers crewed the first, the
Sea-Land Pioneer, this month.
The Sea-Land Defender, christ
ened last November, will be
aewing soon.
217 Boat People Owe Lives to Sharp Eyes of Ch, Steward
HE SIU is full of unsung heroes.
Whole crews or individual sea
men's actions have uncountable
times made the difference between
life and death to those they helped.
The Seafarers themselves, though,
often shrug it off with, "I was just
doing my job."
One S<^arer who acted in the
best tradition of the sea is Brother
Hemell E. Edwards, a chief steward
from the West Coast.
Brother Edwards was awarded an
Admiral of the Ocean Seas
(AOTOS) Mariners Rosette award,
presented to individual seamen "in
recognition of outstanding courage
and devotion to duty," for his role m
a rescue of Vietnamese boat people.
On Oct. 22, 1978, Edwards was
serving as chief steward aboard the
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President Roosevelt (APL). The
ship was about one and a half days
steaming time from Singapore
carrying a full load of containers.
**1 was standing on deck," Brother
Edwards recounted, '*and happened
to see a small boat in the water. I was
able to detect a blur, which looked
like someone waving a flag."
Closer inspection through a pair
of binoculars confirmed Edwards'
guess.
"We found 217 Vietnam^ refu
gees packed into a fishing boat
which was lying low in the water,
Edwards said. "They had been adrift
for 14 days. They were out of water
and their food was very low."
While part of the crew set up
quarters aboard the President
Roosevelt for the refugees, Edwards
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and the rest of the steward department prepared a hot meal.
The crew set fire to the Vietna
mese fishing boat where it wasn't a
hazard to navigation and sunk it.
Though none of ibt Roosevelt's
crew spoke Vietnamese, some of the
refugees spoke English and were
able to talk about their ordeal.
"They had shipped out under
darkness," Edwards related. "Their
engines had broken down several
times and were pretty well shot.
When they ran out of food and
water, the Indochinese tried to wave
at three different ships," Edwards
continued. "A German container
ship gave them water but wouldn't
give them any food."
Brother Edwards said the
whole crew pitched in to help the
boatpeople, who were detained
aboard the Roosevelt for one day by
local authorities in Singapore, given
shots and then let ashore.
Hcrnell Edwards
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This is—and has always been—the basis of our political strategy.
We help our friends and punish our enemies.
The only problem is that labor's political friends have been
declining in number, while our enemies grow stronger.
•"J^HATS why the 1980 elections are so important to us. We
have a chance to inflict real damage on our enemies this year,
while at the same time, key some important victories for our
friends.
You should be glad to know that the SIU is already deeply
involved in the 1980 elections.
We are constantly meeting with other unions to develop an
effective, coordinated campaign policy. Our people have been, and
will continue to be active in state caucuses and primaries. We will be
in there all the way.
Our chances of ^ing a big winner in 1980 are reasonably good.
But dont kid yourself. Building a successful political campaign
takes time. And time is not on our side. It takes manpower to hit the
streets with the proper literature, to organize rallies and to man the
phone banks.
But most importantly, it takes money. You cant do a thing in
politics today without money. It takes money—and lots of it^for
T.V. and radio time, and all the other things necessary to a
successful campaign.
For us, that's where SPAD comes in. For those who have signed
the SPAD checkoff, be proud of it. For those who havent signed
up, give it some serious thought.
ET'S face it. The American maritime industry lives and dies by
politics. We have no lock on our future. We have to work hard
and fight hard every day to make a little headway.
We have accomplished a lot as an organization through political
action. It is our number one responsibility to protect it and make it
better. And thB most effective way of doing just that is through
continued political action.
You see, brothers, people make politics and politicians make
laws. If the wrong people are making the laws, our whole way of
life—the seafaring life—can be jeopardized.
Again, 1980 is an important year for us. We can win some big
fights if everyone participates through SPAD and by volunteering
some time when you are on the beach.
The SIU is in there pitching right now. Well be in to the end.
Plan on doing your part.
Headqiiart4%r»«
by SIU Executive Vice President
Frank Drozak
HINGS happen fast in politics. A few months ago, Jimmy
Carter's re-election campaign was barely treading water, while
Ted Kennedy was coming on like gangbusters.
Now, Jimmy Carter is riding the crest of the wave of the Iranand
Afghanistan crises, and Ted Kennedy is wondering what hit him.
Who knows! In another few months, the tide may very well turn
back to Kennedy. Either way, you can be sure of one thing. The
1980 presidential race is going down to the wire.
Politics is a hard, tough, heartless business. Voters forget what
happened last year or last month. In politics, the voter asks one
question of a candidate. What have you done for me lately?
This year, the voters are going to be asking a lot of politicians
that question. Because this year, the presidential election, as crucial
as it may be, is just one of hundreds of important offices up for
grabs.
HE entire House of Representatives—all 435 seats—will be
contested. So will nearly one third of the Senate, as well as
numerous important gubernatorial races.
The SIU and the labor movement in general have a lot of friends
in that number. Most of them will be in political dogfights to keep
their jobs.
It is our unshakeable responsibility to see that our friends do
keep their jobs.
At the same time, there's a whole flock of politicians in office who
we would love to get rid of. These are people who have fought
against our own political initiatives in regard to the maritime
industry, as well as doing their damndest to block the goals of the
labor movement.
To us, these politicians are dangerous adversaries. You can be
absolutely sure that well be doing our best to get these politicians
un-elected.
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POKESMEN from mari
time labor and industry
told a House Subcommittee last
month that the Coast Guard and
the Maritime Administration are
playing "Russian Roulette" with
the health of U.S. merchant
seamen.
The Subcommittee on Coast
Guard and Navigation of the
House Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee, chaired by
Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) held
the first of two planned hearings
on Jan. 24 to determine the risks
of asbestos exposure to maritime
warken.
SIU Executive Vice-President
Frank Drozak submitted a
statement oulining the SIU's
vieviv for the hearings.
Testimony from. witnesses
before the Subcommittee also
included National Marine
Engineers Beneficial Assn.
President Jesse Calhoon and
medical expert who sounded the
same note; merchant seamen
especially engine department
personnel, are exposed to the
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known cancer-causing effects of
asbestos daily and little action
has been taken to offset that
exposure.
"The Government addressed
the asbestos problem for ship
building and other occupations
in 1972," MEBA President
Calhoon told the Subcommittee,
"when OSHA promulgated
regulations limiting asbestos
exposure." (OSHA, the Occupa
tional Safety and Health Admin
istration, is one of the federal
agencies charged with overseeing
on-the-job health and safety).
"However, OSHA does not
have jurisdiction over vessel
personnel," Calhoon added,"and
we have j^ef to see any reflations
come out of the agency that does
exercise ^thority in tl^ area: the
U.S. Coast Guard."
In spite of their laxity in
guarding engine room
amen from exposure to
asbestos, which is found in
insulation on boilers, steam pipes
and other engine room equip
ment, the Coast Guard is aware
of the problem.
In 1978, the Coast Guard
received the results of x-ray
testing conducted by Dr. Robert
W. Jones of Tulane University's
Pulmonary Diseases Section.
The testing revealed asbestosrelated lung abnormalities in 12
percent of 6,671 seamen ex
amined.
That 12 percent takes on even
graver implications when com
pared with asbestos-related
illness rates of 4.8 percent for
factory workers and 3 percent for
shipyard employees.
The Coast Guard's response to
the Tulane University study was
that they were engaged in the
"active development of marine
occupational safety and health
regulations which will address
chronic exposure problems
directly." Two years later, the
Coast Guard has still not come
up with protective regulations for
merchant seamen.
Letters introduced by wit
nesses before the Subcommittee
also indicated that the Maritime
Administration is dragging their
feet on asbestos regulation.
MarAd is conducting a surv^r
to determine the extent to which
engine room seafarers are
exposed to asbestbs contamina
tion. But the study will not be
concluded for two years.
The only other step taken, or
planned, by MarAd in asbestos
exposure regulation was a 1975
ruling. Since that time, asbestos
materials have been banned for
use in new commercial ships built
under Mar Ad-administered
government aid programs.
MarAd has said that asbestos
regulations are the province of
OSHA, the Environmental
Protection Agency and the Coast
Guard, not of the Maritime
Administration.
All the witnesses before the
Subcommittee warned that while
the Coast Guard and MarAd
continued to argue over whose
jurisdiction asbestos regulations
falls under, maritime workers are
continuing to work around the
carcinogenic material
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The
$616 billion budget proposed late
last month by President Carter
for Fiscal Year 1981 contains
. many important maritime items.
Of special concern to seamen are"
the merchant marine subsidy re
quests made by the Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
For 1981, MARAD has asked
for $135 million in Construction
Differential Subsidy (CDS)
funds and $348.5 million in
Operating Differential Subsidy
(ODS) funds.
CDS and ODS monies help
American shipbuilders and ship
operators function in the face of
cut-rate foreign competition.
In the budget it is noted,
however, that despite Federal
subsidies the U.S. merchant
marine "faces an increasingly
uncertain future." In order to
"reverse the existing unfavorable
trend and to promote the
industry more effectively," the
Administration referred to its
proposed legislation "to reorient
the subsidy programs toward the
growing market in the transpor
tation of bulk commodities."
That's why the CDS of $135
million is basically slated to be
used for the construction of five
new dry bulk cargo ships in the
35,000-45,000 d wt range. This is a
planning figure, though. There
are no specific applicants as yet.
Concerning the $348 million
for ODS, the budget noted that
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"emphasis will continue to be
placed on assuring that U.S.-flag
bulk ship operators will be able to
provide essential bulk services."
Some of the other items in
MARAD's budget request in
clude $18.7 million for Research
and Development and $65.6
million for Operations and
Training.
Under Research and Develop
ment are projects, such as, a
study on Great Lakes Inland
Feeder services, and the comple
tion of research in the areas of
ship operations, design and ship
maneuvering.
Operations and Training in
clude such items as development
of waterborne transportation
systems, and the operation of the
U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy.
Also, as part of Carter's overall budget, an estimated $1.5
billion in ship construction loan
commitments will be guaranteed
by the government for 1981.
Further, outlays for water
resources programs will be $4.1
billion, and monies for water
transportation programs amount
to $2.3 billion.
The Federal Maritime Com
mission has requested $12.2
million for its expenses.
According to the budget, the
FMC's "major program objectives for 1981 will continue to
deal with the issue of illegal
rebating and other forms of
malpractice by carriers operating
in the ocean trades of the United
States; and achieving compliance
with the statutes through an
effective regulatory program."
Other budgetary items relating
to maritime include the monies
for the Coast Guard and the U.S.
Navy.
For the Coast Guard, the fiscal
Year 1981 budget includes $1.8
billion in budget authority, an
increase of $123 million over last
year.
Among some of the highlights
of the Coast Guard budget are:
$17 million for a new icebreaking
tug and one new river buoy
tender; $104 million for
continuation of a replacement
program for overage and
obsolete cutters, and $22 million
for continuation of modemization programs for buoy tenders
and patrol boats.
Also in 1981, the Coast Guard
will take over from the Navy full
responsibility for the operation
of OMEGA, a world-wide navi
gation system.
The Navy budget is part of the
national defense budget which is
estimated at $146.2 billion.
For 1981, the Navy request for
shipbuilding and conversion
amounts to $6.1 billion. This
would include such vessels as a
fleet ballistic missile ship, mine
warfare and patrol ships, and
auxiliary craft.
The President's budget also
calls for a resumption of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Program (SPR). The Adminis
tration believes that the protec
tion afforded by a billion barrel
reserve is still needed.
The budget notes that "no oil
purchases for the strategic
petroleum reserve have been
made since March 1979, but
purchases could be resumed in
1980 depending on international
market conditions."
According to the budget, the
Program had $4 billion available
for oil acquisitions, "$2.3 billion
of which is proposed for reappropriation in 1981."
The budget assumes that
delivery may be resumed in June,
1980, at a level of 100,000 barrels
per day. U.S. ships are guaran
teed half of these cargoes.
It's planned that by the late
1980s, 750 million barrels of SPR
oil will be in government storage.
Also, the Administration
proposed a 1981 P.L. 480 food
and aid program budget author
ity of $1.1 billion. This would
"permit shipments of 6 million
metric tons of food, the same
volume as in 1980." U.S. ships get
half of these cargoes, as well.
The Administration has also
proposed a "food security re
serve" of up to 4 milliqn metric
tons for use in the food aid
program.
Maritime Authorization: Another Battie Brewing?
A
LTHOUGH the maritime
. industry is complex and
often filled with uncertainties,
one thing is readily understand
able: no single development
affects seamen more directly than
passage each year of the
Maritime Authorization Bill.
Congress is required to pass
a Maritime Authorizations Bill
annually. The legislation is
exactly what the title suggests: a
budget.Federal money is allotted
to those programs considered to
be in the public's best interest.
Last year, over $400 million
was authorized for the following
items: operational and construc
tion differential subsidy pro
grams, maritime research and
development, and maritime
education and training.
The operational subsidy
(ODS) and construction subsidy
(CDS) programs alone ac
counted for over $350 million
of the monies approved by
Congress for development and
maintenance of the maritime
industry. These subsidy pro-
grams were established under the
terms of the Merchant Marine
Acts of 1936 and 1970.
The Merchant Marine Act was
enacted because Congress recog;nized the need for this country to
maintain a merchant marine
manned and huilt hy American
citizens.
Congress has had an unfortu
nate tendency to disregard the
spirit of the Merchant Marine
Act. They have in fact, allowed
the merchant marine to deteri
orate badly.
Were it, not for careful
monitoring by the SIU and other
maritime interests. Congress
might conceivably cut back on
the Federal funding of opera
tional and construction differen
tial subsidies, even though these
subsidies are among the few
constructive actions taken by
Congress to keep the American
fleet aloat.
Last year. Congressional
opponents of the subsidies waged
an all out war to have the
subsidies reduced, or changed in
such a way as to totally negate
their effectiveness.
Briefly, the ODS and CDS
programs help close the gap
between the cost of buildingships
in the U.S. and crewing them
with Americans as opposed to
foreign vessels.
Soon, no doubt, you'll be
reading stories in the Log
detailing the progress of the
Maritime Authorizations Bill for
fiscal year 1981, even though the
Maritime Authorizations Bill for
1980 was just signed into law.
Don't skip over these stories,
even though you may be sick of
reading about facts and figures
and maritime authorizations.
For behind these stories will lie
an important consideration:
Your job.
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SfU Boatmen Crew New Flagship of National Marine
In the wheelhouse of the National Energy on the day of christening in New
Orleans, La. are, from the left: Gerry Brown, SlU port agent in New Orleans; Capt.
Red Benoit; Joe Sacco,- SlU vice president, and Relief Capt. Lindley McDonald.
Shown underway is the National Energy, the impressive new flagship of SIUcontracted National Marine Service.
To emphasize the energy efificiency of the inland waterway
industry, a new SlU-contracted
boat was christened last month in
New Orleans, La. as theTVdtiono/
Energy.
Owned by St. Louis, Mo.based National IVbrine Service,
Gulf Intracoastal waterway and
the lower Mississippi River
system.
Measuring 140 feet in length,
she has a beam of 42 feet and is
powered by two turbo charged
diesel engines.
She was built by Dravo Corpo
the 5,600 horsepower hoat has
become the flagship of the
company.
Her name also symbolizes her
role in the carriage of America's
energy resources. She will be
moving bulk petroleum and
chemical products, mainly on the
ration's Engineering Works Divi
sion and launched from its
Neville Island shipyard near
Pittsburgh, Pa.
National Marine, where SIU
Boatmen recently won an historic
contract, operates 22 other tOwboats and 163 barges.
Buffa/o Union Hall Closed: Cleveland Facility To Be Reopened
As of Feb. 1,1980, the SIU hall in
Buffalo, N.Y. was officially closed.
The Union hall in the port of
Cleveland, Ohio, which has been
closed for the past two shipping
seasons, will be reopened after
renovation work is completed.
The SIU made the decision to
close the Buffalo hall and reopen
Cleveland based on two factors: the
needs of the Great Lakes Union
membership and a shift in Lakes
shipping traffic.
Though Buffalo was once one of
the busiest of Great Lakes ports for
SIU members, tbat is no longer true
today. In spite of the fact that the
611,000 tons of ore, coal, grain and
general cargo which moved through
Buffalo during 1979 was the second
highest total reported in the port's
history, most of those cargoes were
foreign-bound and moved on for
eign ships.
In addition, Buffalo's former
status as the biggest winter lay-up
port on the Lakes has declined
sharply in recent years. In the past.
Buffalo had wintered as many as 20
to 30 ships loaded with storage
grain. This year, there are only two
or three such ships laid up in that
port.
But shipping activity at the port of
Cleveland is booming. Located
two steps away from the Cuyahoga
River (which locals call the
Cleveland Creek) many SIUcontracted Great Lakes vessels pass
by the hall. And several Great Lakes
ship operators are headquartered in
the city.
The winding, Cuyahoga River is
an important artery for Great Lakes
shipping. In fact, American
Steamship Co. is building a vessel,
to be delivered in the fall of 1980,
especially for transit on the
Cuyahoga. Hull #724 will be making
a regular run from Lorain, Ohio
with ore for steel mills on the upper
river. The specially designed ship
will be crewed by Great Lakes
Seafarers as are all American
Steamship Co. vessels.
Another factor involved in the
decision to re-open the Cleveland
Union hall is the presence of an SIU
clinic in the area. Buffalo has no
clinic and those Seafarers shipping
out of Buffalo had to travel to
Cleveland for their physicals and
then make the return trip back up to
Buffalo.
Finally, when the Cleveland hall is
Ogden Leader Committee
Vietnam Seaiift Vets
Any merchant seamen who might
have visited Vietnam between 1946
and 1975, and would like to contri
bute either stories or photographs
for a book project now nearing
completion, is urged to contact the
author, Michael Gillen, at the
following address: Seafarers Intei>
national Union, LOG Office, 675
4th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Or
call: (212)499-6600 ext. 243. All
letters will be answered promptly,
and all photos will be returned upon
request.
Shipmates shaking hands are (I. to r.) Steward Delegate Earl N. Gray and En^ne
Delegate Ernest Ramirez, members of the Ship s Committee of fhe ST" Ogden
Leader (Ogden"Marine). Also on the committee are (I. to r.) Recertified Bosun
Macon Welch, ship's chairman and Deck Delegate Mike Cramer. The tanker paid
off late last month at the Exxon Bayway (N.J.) Dock.
active again, SIU reps will grease the
wheels to get the Cleveland
Maritime Port Council, inactive for
the past several years, going again.
The painting and other repair
work on the Cleveland hall will be.
completed in time for the start of the
1980 shipping season. A port agent
will be assigned to the hall but has
not yet been named.
The Cleveland SIU hall is located
at 1290 Old River Rd., Cleveland,
Ohio, 44113. The phone number is
(216) MA-1-5450.
Lakes Seafarers
Get COLA Increase
Under the terms of the SIU's
contract with the Great Lakes
Association of Marine Operators
(GLAMO) and JKinsman Linl^,
Great Lakes Seafarers received the
first cost of living adjustment for
1980.
Effective Feb. 1, Great Lakes SIU
members received a 21 cents per
hour COLA, added on to their
regular hourly wage rates.
During 1979, Great Lakes
Seafarers received cost of living
adjustments totalling 82 cents which
were rolled in and included in wage
rates effective at the New Year.
COLA'S are based on increases in
the Consumer Price Index which is
published quarterly. For every .3
point rise in the CPI, Great Lakes
Seafarers receive a one-cent-anhour add-on.
The Index for December rose to
230, a 6.3 point increase over
September's Index. The next
adjustment date for 1980 will he
May 1.
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Spearhead Week'Long Effort to Squelch Tanker Fire
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Larry "Sea Dog" Evans, a
young Deckhand on the SIUcontracted harbor tug The Judge
(G & H Towing Co.), probably
wasn't the only one scared,
amongst those who fought the
fire on the stricken Liberian
tanker Burmah Agate last
November.
The 772-foot tanker was
loaded with 16.3 million gallons
of light crude oil when she
collided with the Liberianregistered freighter Mimosa, 4.5
miles off Galveston Bay, during
the early morning hours of
Nov. 1.
Both ships immediately burst
The Judge, up close, pours it on in the week-long firefighting ordeal,
into flames, and all but four of aided significantly in putting out ski (who manned the Monitor),
the Burmah Agate's 36 crew- the fire on the SS Mimosa, then "was when the Coast Guard told
members were lost.
turned their attention to the SS us it was 'perfectly alright to go
The entire 26-man crew of the Burmah Agate. On the evening of back in.' So we went back in
Mimosa was saved, but not until November 1 they were joined by close, put a line on the ship, and
after they had left their ship, with the tug Laura Haden.
started to pour it on again. But
engines still running and the
The Log caught up with The the line broke and we drifted
wheel hard over, to run amok Judge in Galveston recently, and back about 50 feet. Then the ship
through a section of the Gulf spoke with the second watch to blew again. It's good thing the
that's dotted with gas and oil man the boat after the collision line broke."
wells. Fortunately, the ship was took place. (Those on the first
The explosion ripped the
brought under control before any watch, who we did not have a pumphouse off the deck of the
further damage could be done.
chance to speak with were: Capt. ship, and "that's when the
The flames, smoke, intense J. B. Niday, Engineer Harold
heat and periodic explosions of a McDaniel, and Deckhands Ray kingposts started crisscrossing,"
burning oil tanker is enough to McGuire and Otto Bruggeman. said Jankowski. The heat was so
scare anybody—especially if you Both McGuire and Bruggeman intense that the ship's bell melted
are up close. The men who work are graduates of the SIU's Harry before the firelighters' eyes.
While Sarvis, Evans, and
The Judge were up close.
Lundeberg School.)
Jankowski worked feverishly
In a recent letter to the Log,
Bobby Sarvis, Mate on The
Capt. R. D. Fasano of G & H Judge, comes from a family of topside. Engineer J. C. Tilsdale
Towing explained the initial Texas boatmen, and we were told kept the pumping equipment
sequence of events that followed that he can "drive a boat better'n going down below, lending an
the collision of the two ships. anybody." At 27 Sarvis already able hand elsewhere when he
"Immediately after the accident," has 10 year's experience -with could.
Those who manned the hoses
wrote Fasano, "it became G & H Towing. When asked to
apparent that proper firefighting give us his impressions of the could clearly see the Burmah
equipment was not available. As Burmah Agate disaster, Sarvis Agate's tank tops "huffing and
a result, three of our tugs were said: "The first watch was out puffing, and fixin' to blow."
eventually dispatched to aid the there for about a day, and then Green smoke (the sign of boiling
U.S. Coast Guard in their we were brought out to take over oil) seeped out from under the
efforts."
for them. During the crew change
First on the scene was the tug the ship blew up again and we all
C. R. Haden, followed shortly by had to leave. After a while we
The Judge. These two boats went back alongside and did
what was possible. Our orders
were kind of vague: 'Do what you
can do'."
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The idea was to contain the fire
as much as possible to the aftersection of the stricken tanker, to
keep the forward tanks from
blowing. Using two standard
firehoses, plus a swivel "monitor"
with a six-inch hose, the crew of
The Judge poured seawater onto
the flames and tank tops of the
Agate.
"What freaked us out the
most," said Henry C. J. Jankow-
warped covers. "It was very, very
hazardous," said Jankowski, a
veteran of several trios to
Vietnam in ammo-laden ships.
"And there wasn't a piece of paint
left on that ship anywhere," he
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The three G & H Tugs stayed
on the scene of the burning
tanker for about a week,
providing the primary firefight
ing effort during that period. It
was finally decided that the fire
could not be put out altogether,
so it was allowed to smolder and
burn until early January when,
on Jan. 8, it was declared
officially out (after 69 days).
Though it is expected that as
many as 6.3 million of the
original cargo of 16.3 million
gallons may still be salvaged from
the Burmah Agate's forward
tanks, the vessel itself will
eventually either be towed to sea
and sunk, or scrapped.
As for the crew of The Judge,
and the other boats that
participated in the effort to
contain the flames on the
Burmah Agate, not enough can
be said about them. The Coast
Guard had high praise for the
performance of the G & H crews.
Mate Bobby Sarvis summed
things up by saying that it was "a
well run operation, and there
were no injuries amongst the G&
H crews."
But perhaps the most fitting
comment came from Capt.
Fasano in his letter to the Log.
when he concluded by saying: "1
would like to take this opportun
ity to congratulate all these men
for their fine efforts which gave
evidence of the skill, seamanship,
dedication and courage of your
membership and the American
seaman.
They fought the fire on the Burmah Agate: I. to r.. Mate Bobby Sarvis. Engineer J. C.
I iisdale, Deckhand Larry Evans, and Deckhand Henry C. Jankowski.
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February 1980
Legislative. Administrative and Regulatory Happenings
Fra/z^ Pecquex Assigned to Washington:
Adds New Dimension to SIU Team
In the vital area of legislation, the SIU has
taken another step to insure that its
members' interests are protected.
Frank Pecquex, who worked at Union
Headquarters as assistant to Executive Vice
President Frank Drozak, has been assigned
by Drozak to the SIU's legislative staff in
Washington, D.C.
Because of his many years with the SIU in
New York, Pecquex brings an in-depth
knowledge of Headquarters' operations and
the needs of the membership to his new
assignment.
Pecquex began working for the SIU in
October of 1967. He received a B.A. from St.
John's University in New York and his first
job with the SIU was in its Research
Department.
During his years with the SIU, Pecquex
continued to study at night at St. John's and
earned his Masters degree in history.
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Seminar in Washington
In 1974, Pecquex began working closely
with Dro^k as his assistant. In that year and
in 1975, he spent a.lot of working time on the
Union's Sabine Organizing Drive.
More recently, Pecquex worked in
manpower operations at Headquarters,
both in the deep sea and inland fields.
Because of this wide ranging knowledge of
Headquarters and of the membership's
needs,. Pecquex will add a new dimension to
the important work that must be done in
Washington, D.C.
Talking about his new assignment,
Pecquex said that the "job \^ill require
constant contact with Congressmen in an
effort to explain how proposed legislation
will affect the livelihood of all SIU
members—deep sea. Lakes, and inland."
He pointed out that the SIU has "long
recognized the direct impact that legislation
has on maritime affairs." He added that in
light of recent increased "opposition to the
On the Agenda in
Congress...
CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
Two hearings—one in the House and one
in the Senate—are scheduled later this
month to address some important maritime
matters.
MARITIME AUTHORIZATION
The Merchant Marine Subcommittee of
the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee will begin hearings on Feb. 22 on
the budget authorization for the Maritime
Administration for fiscal year 1981. In
cluded in the MARAD budget requests are
substantial appropriations for the various
ship construction and ship operating
subsidy programs. Committee Chairman
John Murphy (D-NY) will chair the
hearings. A second hearing is planned for
Feb. 25.
SHIP CONSTRUCTION
Another group of inlarid waterways boatmen—
participants in the Transportation Institute's
Scholarship Upgrading Program—went to Washing
ton earlier this month to attend a legislative and
political action seminar. During their visit to the
nation's capital, the SIU boatmen attended meetings
at the Transportation Institute'and the AFL-CIO.
Maritime Trades Department. Later, they visited a
Congressional office and toured the Capitol.
The boatmen were accompanied on their tour by
SIU Legislative Representative Betty Rocker, and
Lundeberg School Instructor Capt. Irwin Gros, and
SIU Representative Nick Marrone. They all got
together on the Capitol steps for this photo. Seen
here with Ms. Rocker, Capt. Gros and Mr. Marrone
are: James Parese, Edward Waldon, Clifford Goss,
John West, Dana Ard, Michael Harat, David Lucas.
Stepften Plach, Richard Stropich, Alan Watts, David
Jones, Jeff Gainey; Max Sowell and Kenneth Killian.
The Merchant Marine and Tourism
Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce,
Science and Transportation Committee will
hold a hearing on' an application filed by
Sea-Land to trade in eight SL-7 class
containerships. (See story in this section of
the LOG). The hearing will take place Feb.
22. Subcommittee Chairman Senator
Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) will preside.
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
Congress this month took floor action on
three items of particular concern to the
maritime industry.
maintenance of a viable American maritime
industry, the Union realized that it must step
up its activities on the legislative front."
Frank Pecquex and his wife, Linda, have
two children, Genevieve and Andrew.
WAR RISK INSURANCE (S. 1452)
On Jan. 25, the Senate passed legislation
to extend the provisions of Title XII, War
Risk Insurance program. As amended, S.
1452 extends the program for a period of five
years until Sept. 30, 1984 instead of
permanently, as originally provided for in
the legislation.
In the House, the bill was passed under a
special procedure on Feb. 11.
NEGOTIATED PROCUREMENT
(H.R. 5913)
^ On Feb. 12, by a vote of 324-36, the
House, under a suspension of the rules,
passed legislation granting the Secretary of
Commerce permanent authority to accept
negotiated bids for ships to be constructed
with the aid of construction differential
subsidy. '
TERMINATION OF U.S./RUSSIAN
MARITIME AGREEMENT (Res. 269)
On Jan. 30, Congressman John Murphy
(D-NY) and Congressman Paul McCloskey
(R-CA) introduced a resolution calling for
the termination of maritime agreements
betvyeen the United States and the Soviet
Union.
In a statement released on Jan. 29,
Congressman Murphy stated that the
termination of the Agreement on Maritime
Matters which the U.S. entered into with the
Soviet Union on Jan. 1, 1976, would
"effectively deny Soviet merchant vessels
access to at least 60 U.S. ports."
Congressman McCloskey further stated
"the resolution will make it clear to
President Carter that it is the will of the
Congress and of the American people that
the Soviet Union be punished... until it
withdraws all of its troops from Af
ghanistan."
This measure has been referred to the
House Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries and Foreign Affairs.
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Sen. Warner Tells NMC He's 100% for Strong
U.S. Maritime
Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) told the NMC
gathering that he Is 100 percent for a strong U.S.
maritime industry.
EN. John Warner (R-Va.) told a gather
ing of 300 shippers, shipowners and
representatives of maritime labor that the
U.S. maritime industry can count on him for
support in the Senate.
Warner made his remarks at a forum
sponsored by the National Maritime
Council, a labor-management promotional
group for U.S. maritime.
The former Secretary, of the Navy said
that the U.S. must recognize the importance
of seapower to the national security of
America and our allies.
He said that Russia's program to build up
her merchant and naval fleets is a serious
threat to U.S. security, especially in light-of
America's declining maritime position in
relation to other world fleets.
Sen Warner also stated that the American
shipbuilding industry is in deep trouble. He
said that a total of 66,000 shipyard workers
face unonployment lines in the next decade
unless proper steps are taken to insure work
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for U.S. yards. Warner's home state of
Virginia employs 25,000 shipyard workers.
Warner made it very clear that the
industry should not expect Congress to do a
thing unless pressured by the industry. He
suggested the formation of a maritime
caucus in both houses of Congress. He said
that the caucus system has worked well for
the coal industry, in particular,
Warner said that the industry must make
an all out effort in Washington to educate
Congress on the importance of seapower to
national security. He also said that the
industry must make serious efforts to
stimulate the Administration into action to
support maritime.
Blackwell, Gibson Attend
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WO former Secretaries of Commerce
for Maritime Affairs were in attendance
at the NMC gathering. Andrew Gibson, now
president of Delta Lines, and Robert
Blackwell, now a private consultant for
maritime, gave their views on the situation.
The two agreed that maritime's big
problem is that neither Congress nor
successive Administrations believed that a
strong U.S. merchant marine is necessary to
national security.
Gibson said that he felt there was little or
no comprehension in Congress of the
important international tool seapower can
be to a nation.
Blackwell stated that the only time
America looks to her merchant marine is in
time of national emergency. He said, "we
need a long range program with long term
goals so that 10 or 20 years down the line,
America will be ready for any eventuality, at
least in regard to seapower."
ILA President Teddy Gleason wants a firm
decision by the Supreme Court concerning
contested work rules in the ILA contract.
ILA's Gleason Gives Address .
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PECIAL guest speaker at the NMC
forum was ILA President Teddy
Gleason. He told the shippers and ship
owners in no uncertain terms how upset the
ILA is over court rulings which attempt to
destroy certain job preservation work rules
in the ILA contract.
Gleason noted that the ILA contract
expires in September 1980. He said that the
ILA desperately needs a "firm decision by
the Supreme Court on the validity of'Rules
on Containers' under its historic work
preservation doctrine. We need this in order
to know whether we are properly charting
our collective bargaining courses."
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Gleason said that the ILA wanted a new
contract without a strike. But he said, "we
demand decent wages and job security for
our membership."
Capt. Stone Is Named US Maritime Attache; Was11 Representative
Captain Richard W. Stone was appointed
this month to be the U.S. Maritime
Administration's foreign representative in
Athens, Greece. The announcement was
made by Samuel B. Nemirow, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Maritime
'Affairs.
Prior to his appointment. Captain Stone
was Director of Maritime Affairs of the
Transportation Institute, an organization
which represents 130 maritime companies
engaged in the nation's foreign and domestic
commerce. In this position, he acted as
liaison with Federal agencies whose policies
and programs affect the maritime industry.
In his new position. Stone will be
responsible for maintaining contact with
foreign governments in his area of
responsibility, and shipping industry
executives. He will monitor foreign
shipping laws, regulations, and policies
which could affect the competitive operation
and construction of U.S.-flag merchant
ships. Although stationed in Athens, Stone
U.S. Announces It Will Rejoin ILO
President Carter has announced that the
President Carter said his decision to again
United States will again be a participating participate in the organization is based on
member of the United Nation's Interna his belief that the ILO "has successfully
tional Labor Organization. The U.S. returned to its original purposes."
severed its ties with the international labor
The ILO was founded in 1919 under the
body two years ago when it became clear Treaty of Versailles which ended World War
that the organization was injecting politics 1. It is the only international organization
into its deliberations and "began straying with labor, industry and government
too far from its fundamental principles."
representatives from each member country,
The U.S. is scheduled to officially rejoin and it is the only international organization
the ILO as of Feb. 18 when Secretary of surviving from the Treaty of Versailles.
State Cyrus Vance presents a letter from the
The mission of the ILO is to improve
President to the labor organizations director world-wide labor standards and working
in Geneva.
conditions, and to promote human rights.
will also be the Agency's liaison with the
maritime interests and governments of Italy,
Turkey, Israel, Yugoslavia, Egypt,and other
countries of the Middle East and Africa.
During his career with the Transportation
Institute, Stone was instrumental in
formulating private industry positions in
support of negotiations which led to the
landmark U.S.-U.S.S.R. Maritime
Agreement. He also participated in the
development of concepts and provisions of
the Merchant Marine Act of 1970.
Capt. Richard Stone
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ranging from energy to
wage standards laws to the
ments strengthened and extended
the restrictions against the export
or exchange of Alaska North
dredging industry were handled Slope crude oil.
by the Maritime Trades Depart
• Defeat of bills to repeal the
ment's Executive Board at its 1931 Davis-Bacon Act which
annual midwinter meeting in Bal requires that contractors on
Harbour, Fla.
Federally-funded projects of
Representatives from the 43 $2,000 or more pay locally
national and international "prevailing wages."
• Enactment of legislation
unions, including the SIUNA,
also voted unanimously to make providing for the operation of
acting SIU President Frank five U.S.-flag passenger vessels in
Drozak president of the MTD. the domestic passenger trade.
This action was taken because of
• Defeat of efforts to tax the
President Paul HalTs serious fringe benefits of American
illness. (For a full story, see page workers.
3 of this Log.)
Following are some of the
A number of important repre issues still before the U.S. Con
New MTD President Frank Drozak, left, chaired the MTD Executive Board meeting this
sentatives from labor and the gress:
Congress spoke to the Board at
Ocean Mining: The MTD is month with the able assistance of MTD Vice President Steve Leslie, right.
the two-day meeting. They were, working hard to insure that new Farms in Laurel, Miss. Members FOREIGN VESSEL TRADE-IN
from the AFL-CIO: President jobs and other benefits created by of one of MTD's affiliates, the
Sea-Land Service, Inc. wants
Lane Kirklahd; Secretary- ocean mining legislation will flow International Chemical Workers
to trade-in to the governntent
Treasurer Tom Donohue; Legis back to the U.S. and to American Union, have been on strike
against their repressive employer eight SL-7 containerships. The
lative Director Ray Denison, and workers.
MTD urged that the government
Omnibus Maritime Legisla since Feb. 27, 1979.
Research Director Rudy Oswald.
take no action on this trade-in
There is a national boycott of
Speakers from the Congress tion: The purpose of the Omni
until
all the facts are made
were: Representative John Mur- bus Regulatory Reform, Revital- the company's product, labeled available and until there is some
phy(D-N.Y.), who is chairman of ization and Reorganization Act as Miss Goldy's.
contractual agreement to build
the House Merchant Marine and of 1979 is to significantly increase
new vessels in the U.S.
Fisheries Committee, and Repre- the amount of cargo carried on
COAST GUARD
sentative Leo Zeferetti (D-N.Y.), U.S. vessels. The MTD, which is
MARITIME POLICY
Because of the Coast Guard's
who is on the important Rules fully in support of this idea, is
STATEMENT
Committee. Stories on some of watching this bill carefully poor performance, the MTD
The MTD contends that a
the speeches appear on page 14 of however because of provisions Executive Board voted to return comprehensive and aggressive
which might badly affect certain to the Department of Commerce
this Log.
national maritime program must
the Guard's functions and re be enacted if the U.S. maritime
Following is a brief rundown segments of the industry.
of some of the resolutions and re
Alaska Lands: The MTD is sponsibilities relating to the industry is to be rejuvenated.
ports handled by the board:
working for enactment of legisla civilian merchant marine.
Among the things it recom
The
Coast
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the
Federal
tion which strikes the proper
mends are:
balance between conservation agency with jurisdiction over the
ENERGY
• promotion of bilateral ship
and commercial development in inspection and operation of U.S. ping agreements with America's
The U.S. must develop a
Alaska.
merchant vessels and the licens- trading partners.
national energy plan that will
Refinery Incentive Plan: The ing and certification of shipboard
• utilization of the U.S.
lead to greater energy self-suffi
development of a refinery incen- personnel.
merchant marine as a military
ciency for the country.
Yet, since the Coast Guard auxiliary fleet.
tive program in the U.S. has long
Among the MTD's recommen
been a goal of the Department. obtained this jurisdiction from
• implementation of a na
dations are:
That's why it's closely watching the Department of Commerce, its tional energy and minerals policy
• utilizing domestic resources
the Domestic Refinery Develop efforts in both these areas have which recognizes the essential
at home rather than exporting
ment and Improvement Act of been lacking. So has its efforts to role of the U.S.-flag fleet.
them.
implement the goals of the
1979 which is in Congress.
• elimination of the Virgin
• establishing goals for alter
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Small Vessel Manning: The
Islands' loophole in the Jones
nate forms of energy to replace
MTD opposes legislation, H.R. Act of 1970 and the Outer Act.
specific amounts of imported oil.
5164, which would erode existing Continental Shelf Lands Act of
• initiation of incentives to re
• building up the strategic
safety regulations as well as 1954 as amended.
build the U.S.-flag dry bulk fleet.
petroleum reserve.
manning and working conditions
• diversifying our energy
on small vessels.
imports.
SHIPBUILDING
Maritime A uthorizations:
• constructing the Northern
MTD remains committed to the
The U.S. shipbuilding indusTier Pipeline System.
proper and adequate funding of try, the MTD feels, must work
U.S. maritime programs.
harder than ever to support
LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Corporate Democracy Act of activities and legislation that
The MTD has participated in 1980: The Executive Board promote and expand the ship
numerous efforts and worked supports this Act which would building market.
vigorously for the enactment of reform the internal governing
Also, the MTD supports
legislation which would improve structure orTJbrporations.
certain legislative moves in
the job and economic well-being
Congress that would benefit U.S.
STRIKE AT
of American workers. Among
shipyards. These include a
SANDERSON
FARMS
them were:
proposal to expand the U.S.
• Enactment of the Export
The MTD pledged to play a fishing industry as well as the
Administration Act Amend strong and continuing role in the Deep Seabed Hard Minerals
ments of 1979. These Amend- struggle of workers at Sanderson Resources Act.
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Frank Martino, president of the Chemical
Workers, hits the deck on the Sanderson
Farms strike.
Roman Gralewicz, president of the SID of
Canada, is Eastern Area Executive Board
member of MTD.
Bill Lucy, secretary-treasurer of AFSCME,
gave fylTD Board report on threat to public
employee jobs due to proposition 13 tax
cuts.
Leon Schacter, vice president, United Food
and Commercial Workers.
Executive Board Meeting, Feb* 14-15, 1980,
Jesse Calhoon, president of National
MEBA, delivered report on legislation to
MTD Board.
Ed Panerello, officer of the MTD Port
Council for Greater New York and Vicinity.
Here are, from the left Whitey Disley, president. Marine Firemen's Union; George
McCartney, of the SlU, and Roy "Buck" Mercer, head of the Military Sea Transport Union.
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Julius Isaacson, president of the Novelty
Workers, asked MTD for help to pressure
professional sports franchises to buy
American.
Frank Raftery, president of the Painters
Union.
Mrs. Jean Ingrao. Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the MTD.
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Lane Kirkland is far from being
old fashioned. But Kirkland is a firm
believer in the oldest and most basic
concept of trade unionism—unity.
Kirkland is also a believer in
telling it like it is. And he told the
mid-winter meeting of the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department ex
actly how he feels about unity.
Kirkland bluntly said that he
wants the labor movement reunited
under one banner—the AFL-CIO
banner. He affirmed that it was time
that the Teamsters, the United Auto
Workers and the United Mine
Workers come back into the AFLCIO after years of separation.
Kirkland told the MTD that he
had already "begun discussions"
with the three prodigal unions on
rejoining the Federation. He said
simply, "I see no great obstacle
standing in the way. There is no
good trade union reason today why
there should be this separation.
In another area concerning unity,
Kirkland told the MTD Board that
he supported President Carter s
move to rejoin the International
Labor Organization. The U.S.
pulled out of the ILO two years ago.
Concerning the 1980 elections,
Kirkland stated that individual
Unions could support whomever
they pleased for president. But he
warned, "don't do it for free. Make
sure you have a commitment of
mutual support from the candidate
you support."
On the economy, Kirkland said
that Carter's Fiscal 1981 Budget
"was not a real good one. But it
could have been worse."
He said that the AFL-CIO was
able to punch up Carter's Budget in
at least four important areas dealing
with job creation programs.
Kirkland also reaffirmed the
AFL-CIO's position that the burden
of wage and price controls must not
be thrown totally on the worker.
Industry must share eqiially in
keeping down inflation.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland
Murphy: 'Omnibus BiU Will Secure 50% Share for U.S. Ships'
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EP. John Murphy (D-N.Y.)
would like to see American
ships carrying 50 percent of all
American foreign commerce as
opposed to the paltry 5 percent our
fleet carries now.
Murphy, who is chairman of the
House Merchant Marine Commit
tee, told the MTD Executive Board
that this 50 percent goal can be
achieved if his "Omnibus Maritime
Bill" is passed into law.
The Omnibus bill is very compli
cated. And as Murphy found out in
25 days of hearings, the original
draft of the bill did not have the
complete support of all segments of
U.S. maritime.
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idea and suggestions of labor and
industry.
Now Murphy feels that "this
could be the year of the U.S. flag if
we can hold the divirgent interests
of maritime together."
More hearings, however, must be
held on the new "Omnibus" bill
before any action can be taken on it.
Rep. Murphy also outlined other
legislative issues he's been involved
in lately.
He told the MTD Board that he
supports the ILA boycott of Russian
ships. Murphy has introduced a
resolution to terminate the U.S.USSR shipping agreement which
allows Russian vessels to enter 42
American ports.
Murphy has also introduced a bill
to extend the use of USPHS
hospitals to retired and disabled seamen. USPHS service has always
been denied to retired and disabled
seamen in the past.
Oswald: 'US. Taking a Beating on Trade'
One of the toughest jobs in the
AFL-CIO is director of research.
Rudy Oswald has this unenviable
position. But he knows his business
and is doing an outstanding job in
providing the Federation with all the
facts and figures on a wide variety of
important issues, legislative and
otherwise.
Oswald told the MTD Executive
Board his office is deeply involved at
this time in disecting the proposed
Federal budget for 1981.
He also talked about the Multilateral Trade Negotiations and how
once again the U.S. was allowing
itself to get the dirty end of the stick
in international trade.
He said in the long run. it is the
American worker who gets hurt
when the U.S. allows nations like
Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong to
flood the U.S. market with imported
goods.
Rep. Leo Z^erettv U.S. Needs National Maritime Policy
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T'S important to know who your
friends are and who your ene
mies are in Congress.
Rep. Leo Zeferetti (D-N.Y.) is a
friend. He's a friend of maritime and
a friend of labor. He has distin
guished himself in only his second
term of office as an intelligent and
able Congressman.
His first assignment after being
elected in 1976 was to the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
DenisotK' Must Fight to Keep What We Have'
The new Legislative Director of
the AFL-CIO is Ray Denison.
That's good for maritime, because
he is a former editor of the Log,
which he says has given him"a good
understanding of the problems of
maritime."
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But in his new job, Ray will have a
lot more to worry about than
maritime.
He told the MTD Executive
Board that "we have our work cut
out just to hold onto what we have."
However, Denison said that"even in
this atmosphere we can move
forward."
Denison also pointed out the
"potential horrors" facing labor
should "we fail to be effective in the
1980 elections."
In closing, Denison said that his
immediate concern is "Senate con
firmation of William Lubbers as
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head of the NLRB." He said
Lubbers is being opposed by busi
ness interests.
Committee.
However, since his re-election in
1978, he has been serving on the
Rules Committee, one of the most
important and influential Commit
tees in the House. Virtually, every
major legislative initiative must
travel through the Rules Comnittee.
Any maritime bills that go
through Rules will have the support
of Leo Zeferetti.
in fact, as Zeferetti told the MTD
Executive Board this month, he
believes "the U.S. needs a real
national maritime policy." He told
the MTD that part of a maritime
policy "must include bilateral
shipping agreements."
The Brooklyn Congressman also
stated that the U.S. "simply doesn't
have the merchant fleet or Navy to
get the job done" in the event of a
national emergency.
Donahue: 'Well Help Affiliates Organize'
Tom Donahue has been Secre
Donahue said other major con
tary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO for cerns of the AFL-CIO at this time
only a few months. But already he is includes: wage and price controls;
completely emersed in his job and the Federal Budget; attacks on
has a lot of ideas on how the Occupational Safety and Health,
Federation can help affiliated and the Iran and Afghanistan crises.
unions.
Donahue said (hat one of the
prime concerns of unions should be
"to organize new workers." He said
that the Federation will be supplying
increasing aid to affiliates to help
them organize. In the past, organiz
ing has largely been left as the
responsibility of individual Interna
tional Unions.
He said the Federation would also
be conducting programs on Pension
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Unions Submitting
Appiieation On Behaif of
Wartime Seamen
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N the day President Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt signed
the first GI Bill into law, in 1944,
he recommended that merchant
seamni should abo be awarded
veteran's benefits.
"I trust," said Roosevelt, "that
Congress will abo soon provide
similar opportunities...to mem
bers of the merchant marine who
have risked their lives time and
again during this war for the
welfare of their countiy."
Merchant seamen rbked their
lives to the extent that 3.8 percent
of their number perbhed, as a
result of enemy action, in the first
year of the war, compared to a 1.0
percent loss rate for members of
the armed forces in the same time
period. The overall loss rate of
the merchant marine during the
war was 2.8 percent, second only
to the Marine Corps' 2.9 percent.
In spite of their losses, and the
tremendously vital role merchant
seamen played in winning the
war. President Roosevelt's rec
ommendation was brushed aside
as soon as the war was over.
Many seamen who had high
hopes of receiving "GI" benefits
after the war—^who had been lead
to believe so, by draft boards and
other government.agencies—
were sadly disappointed when it
was all over. They became, as
one writer called them at the
time, "Heroes Without Priv
ileges."
Sure, they had their service
ribbons and medals but, as the
saying goes, "that and 50 cents '11
buy you a ride on the bus." All the
prombes of future Ibenefits, and
all the pats on the back for a job
well done, didn't amount to a hill
of beans.
After 35 years, this long
standing injustice might soon be
rectified, thanks to Title IV of the
GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977.
Title IV paved the way for
civilian groups, with wartime
service, to receive veterans'
benefits, and establbhed specific
criteria by which their applica
tions for benefits would be
evaluated.
Review Board to Decide
But whether or not any group
will eventually receive these
benefits depends on the verdict of
the three-member Civilian/Mili
tary Review Board, the Depart
ment of Defense body charged
with evaluating all such ap
plications.
The SIU, along with other
maritime unions, will soon pre
sent its own application to the
Review Board, on behalf of the
thousands of merchant marine
vets of World Warn.
The basis for the joint mari
time union application to the
Civilian/Military Review Board
is a 700-page study recently
completed by Proskauer, Rose,
Goetz, and Mendelsohn, a pri
vate research firm. The applica
tion formally proposes what
Presideiit Roosevelt suggested 36
years ago: that merchant seamen
be given the benefits they earned,
the hard way, during World War
II.
The criteria specified in Title
IV, by which determinations for
benefits to civilian groups will be
made, was also the basis for the
conclusions made in the applica
tion. This criteria specified
consideration of the extent
to which:
(A) such group received mili
tary training and acquired a
military capability or the service
performed by such group was
critical to the success of a military
mission,
(B) the members of such group
were subject to military justice,
discipline, and control,
(Q the members of such group
were permitted to resign,
(D) the members of such group
were susceptible to assignment
for duty in a combat zone, and
(E) the members of such group
had reasonable expectations that
their service would be considered
to be active military service.
Using various published arti
cles, sworn affidavits, wartime
training manuals and memoran
dums, and a multitude of other
documents, the application con
cludes that "Although Title IV
does not require that all statutory
criteria be met, this application
demonstrates tl^at the members
of the American Merchant, Ma
rine who were in active ocean
going service during World War
IIsatisfy all statutory tests."
As it to emphasize its point, the
application f^urther states that,
"A review of the history of World
War II reveals no other group
that satisfies the statutory criteria
to the same extent" and, because
of it, merchant seamen who
served during the war "should be
treated as veterans for purposes
of all laws administered by the
Veterans Administration."
The application will be sub
mitted to the Civilian/Military
Review Board by the maritime
unions this month. It's anybody's
guess as to how long it will take
the Board to reach a conclusion.
But it's sure to come later on this
year.
For those who've already
waited 35 years, for something
they feel is that many years late in
coming, an extra few months
won't make too much difference.
But for many merchant sea
men—those who could've used
the benefits years ago and have
now passed on, feeling betrayed
by the country they served—the
benefits (if, indeed, they are to
come) will arrive too late.
Convenience Flags:3 Mishaps in 5 Days, Including Sinking a Bridge
HE Liberian flag of-convenience fleet crewed by foreign
seamen has started off the new
year, and the new decade, true to
form with disastrous and tragic
accidents recorded all over the
globe.
In what may well be the most
costly ship disaster in history, the
Liberian-flag tanker Salem ex
ploded and burned off the West
African Coast, on Jan. 17, and
subsequently sank. All crewmembers were rescued, but ship
and cargo loss could result in an
insurance payment of $84 million
—making it the costliest marine
disaster ever.
The day after the loss of the
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Aflmtfion Seamen WritarsI
The Seamen's Cboreh Institate is
putting together an anthology of
stories, poems, etc. written by
seamen. PnbiiBlied or nopnbiisiied
seamen writers interested in contri
buting to the anthology should
contact: R. Wrfk or B. Goii^ly at
the Smen's Chnrcfa Institote, 15
State Street, New York,N.Y. 1M04.
Pbonr. (212) 269-2710, ext. 216.
Salem, the Liberian-registered
bulk carrier Star Clipper rammed
into the 500-yard-long Alno
Bridge in Guttenburg, Sweden,
causing most of the span to
topple into the drink. Though
there were no reports of injuries
to any of the ship's crew, at least
six cars and one truck plunged
into ice-strewn waters as a result
of the accident. Eight people only a few miles from where the
remain missing.
, earlier collision took place.
Then, almost ,in a repeat per
Fortunately, the out-bound,
formance of last November's 701-ft. tanker Cephalonia had
collision of two Liberian-regis already discharged its cargo of
tered vessels off Galveston Bay crude oil when it rammed into the
(resulting in the loss of 32 377-ft. Lord Frontenac. The
crewmen), another Liberian latter vessel, a Panamanian
tanker collided with a Pana banana boat, almost sank before
manian freighter on Jan. 22— it was finally towed into Gal
veston. There were no deaths
reported in this latest mishap
involving "convenience" flaggers.
We can't help but wonder: how
many more marine disasters will
occur throughout 1980, and the
rest of the decade, as a result of
the bumblings of Liberian and
other flag-of-convenience car
riers, manned by improperly
trained foreign seamen?
Notice on Weifare Pian
Draped in a section of the Swedish bridge it brought down is the Liberian-fiag bulk
carrier Star Clipper.
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In answer to several recent
requests for information, the Sea
farers Welfare Plan wishes to notify
the membership that no Welfare
benefits are payable to pensioners,
members and/or dependents resid
ing in the Philippine Islands.
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'TWE U.S. Navy's Sealift ComX mand (MSC) is trying to com
pound its error.
In the Spring of 1979 it awarded
the contract for the operation of
nine tankers to a company the SIU
feels is operating with a substandard
labor agreement.
Now the MSC has applied to
Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall
for an exemption for these tankers
from the Service Contract Act.
The SiU, the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Dept. and the Building and
Construction Trades Dept. have
, sent letters to the Labor Secretary
strongly urging him to refuse any
such request.
The Service Contract Act is a part
of a group of protective labor laws.
They were passed to make sure that
government contracting does not
adversely affect prevailing labor
standards.
In the letter from the SIU,
E::|ecutive Vice President Frank
Drozak said, "Non-compliance by
the Military Sealift Command
would seriously compromise the
integrity of these protective
provisions." He added, "We also
believe that such an exemption
would establish a dangerous
precedent for those attempting to
avoid compliance with the Service
Contract Act."
Writing to Marshall on behalf of
the MTD, Executive SecretaryTreasurer Jean Ingrao noted,"... we
believe the language of the Service
Contract Act itself clearly precludes
the granting of exemptions unless
the exemption would enhance the
remedial labor standards provisions
of the Act." She added, "... such is
not the case with respect to pending
requests for exemptions made by the
Military Sealift Command."
The MSC seems to be trying to
justify the move it made in the
Spring of 1979. At that time it
awarded the contract for nine
tankers on the basis of what the SIU
feels is a substandard agreement.
The Union presently has a case
pending in the U.S. District Court
in Washington, D.C. concerning the
issue. A judgment is expected soon.
In addition to the SllTs argument
that a substandard contract was
used, the Union maintains that the
winning bid for operating the
equivalent of 14 days pay for every
30 worked, representing the vaca
tion benefit.
However, Trinidad's bid reflected
a vacation benefit of only five days
for 30 worked.
In addition, Trinidad's bid
included a $7 per man, per day
reduction in standard contributions
to the NMU Pension and Welfare
Plans.
When the SIU first took itscase to
court, a stay on the turnover of the
crews was obtained. However, the
court eventually ordered that the
transfers be made. This was done in
early summer. The SIU then took its
case back to U.S. District Court
where a judgment is awaited.
In Drozak's letter to Marshall, he
also suggested that interested parties
have voice in exemption requests
made by the MSC. "Parties affected
by any exemption determination
should be able to comment on the
request to determine whether it will
in fact serve to protect existing labor
standards and not, as in the case of ,
the Military Sealift Command's
requests, allow a government agency
to ignore the mandates of the law."
23 Coast Guardsmen Dead in Collision With Tanker Capricorn
A Coast Guard buoy tender and
the tanker Capricorn{A^tx Marine)
collided in the channel at the mouth
of Tampa Bay last month, leaving23
of the cutter's 50-man crew dead.
No injuries were reported to the
Capricorn's crew. The 605-foot
tanker ran aground following the
accident. But the 150,000 barrels of
bunker fuel she was delivering to a
Florida power plant fi-om the Virgin
Islands was in no danger of spilling.
The Jan. 28 collision sent the 180
foot Blackthorn to the bottom
within minutes. The Coast Guard
vessel's crew had no time to get to
their life rafts because the Black
thorn's collision alarm sounded only
five seconds before impact.
Almost immediately after the
collision, which occurred at 8:30 on
a calm, moonlit night, fishing
trawlers and other Coast Guard
vessels began picking up the Black
thorn's 27 survivors. But the search
for missing crewmen was aban
doned two days after the collision.
The Coast Guard convened a
Marine Board of Inquiry made up of
five Coast Guard officers and one
National Transportation Safety
Board representative to'determine
the collision's cause.
Lawyers representihg the owners,
operator and crewmen aboard the
Capricorn immediately petitioned
the Board to disqualify itself and be
replaced by a civilian panel.
Watemum Christens New LASH
Ben/. Harrison in New Orleans
The Avondale shipyard in New
Orleans was the site of a christeiung
earlier this month. Waterman
Steamship Corporation, an SIU
contracted company, gave birth to a
brand new LASH container ship,
the Ba^amin Harrison.
Samud B. Nemirow, the head of
the Maritime Administration, told
an assembled audience that the
Benjamin Harrison was the twentyfirst LASH container ship to be buih
at Avondale. As such it is represen
tative of two trends: the excellent
quality of the LASH design and the
highly competitive position of the
Avondale sUpyard.
The Benjandn Harrison, which
will be able to carry up to 80 lighters
and 119 containers, is one of two
LASH ships being built for
Waterman at Avondale.
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tankers does not meet the require
ments of the Service Contract Act.
Until the Spring of last year, the
nine tankers—five T-5's and four
Columbia-class ships—had been
operated by two SlU-contracted
companies. They were Hudson
Waterways and Cove Tankers.
As per government policy, every
few years the contracts are opened
up for new bidding. Three SlUcontracted companies submitted
bids—the two mentioned above plus
Zapata Corp. Also among the
bidders was NMU-contracted
Trinidad Oil.
According to the request for bids,
"The contractor shall pay the
officers and crews serving aboard
these tankers equal to the applicable
standard union agreements for the
industry...."
Hudson, Cove and Zapata used
the SllTs Standard Tanker Agree
ment in figuring their bids.
But Trinidad, with the permission
of the NMU, submitted a contract
with lower benefits than the
standard NMU contract.
According to the NMU agree
ment, their seamen receive the
The other LASH container ship,
the EdwardRutkdge, is expected to
be launched sometime in April. The
two ships, whose combined cost will
total just under S140 million, are
part of an overall effort by
Waterman to expand its fleet of
LASH ships.
Waterman has also asked the
Maritime Administration for
permission to charter three LASH
container ships from Central Gulf
Lines for a period of 12 years. If its
request is approved, it will have 8
LASH vessete in operation by the
end of 1982, including the three it
presmtly operates, and the two that
are being built in the Avondale
yards.
The Benjamin Harrison is
scheAded for delivery and crewing
in June.
"We object," said Arthur Abarbanel, the attorney for the SIU and
MEBA crewmen, "to the Coast
Guard investigating facts and cir
cumstances in an accident in which a
Coast Guard vessel was involved."
The Coast Guard denied the
protest motion and began hearing
testimony on Jan. 31. A harbor pilot
aboard the Capricorn at the time of
the accident testified that the
Blackthorn appeared to have missed
a critical turn in the channel and
wound up in the tanker's path.
Backing up the pilot's opinion
were two fishermen who had as
sisted in the rescue effort following
the crash. The fishermen told the
Board that one of the Blackthorn
crewmen they'd picked up said "the
order to turn the Coast Guard vessel
npver came."
A final determination from the
Board is not expected in the near
future, if past history is any guide.
The results of a Marine Board of
Inquiry investigation into what had
been called the worst peacetime
disaster in Coast Guard history until
the Blackthorn claimed that grisly
title, took ten months to release their
findings.
That tragedy occurred in 1978
when the Coast Guard cutter Cuya
hoga collided with an Argentine
freighter in Cheasapeake Bay.
Eleven of the 29 crewmen on the
cutter died.
Mount Washington Committee
Recertified Bosun Sven Jansson (2nd left) ship's chairman of the ST Mount
Washington (Victory Carriers) leads the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.) 3rd Cook
Abdul Aziz, steward delegate: AS Frank Reynolds, deck delegate; Chief Pumpman
W.C. Weekley, educational director and Chief Steward Judd Lamb, secretaryreporter. The tanker paid off at Stapleton Anchorage, Staten is.. N.Y. in Gravesend
Bay late last month.
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Delta Line
Delta Line moved its six-cargo ship operations late last month from
Brooklyn's (N. Y.) 39th St. Dock to Port Newark, N.J.
The company laid the pullout to the increased use of containers and the
better road and rail facilities.
Delta had a ship a week coming in to the 39th St. Dock from the west
coast of South America.
ST Potomac, Merrimac
By Feb. 24 from a Gulf port, the ST Potomac and the ST Merrimac
Marine) will sail to port Said, Egypt carrying 22,800 metric
tons and 24,900 metric tons, respectively, of wheat.
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The 34,904 dwt ST Cove Sailor (Cove Shipping) will be able to haul
gram to the Soviet Union—when and if the program resumes. Thirty-one
U.S. companies had 42 vessels engaged in the trade.
Portsmouth, Vq.
ST Aries
Twenty-two of the crew of the 14,156 dwt ST Aries (Westchester
Marine) had to take to the liferafts and boats early this month when an
afternoon blaze raced through the engine room. Nine of the crew stayed
aboard the 600-foot tanker to douse the fire 80 miles west of Drv Tortucas
Is., Key West, Fla.
As the Seafarers left the stricken vessel heading for the port of
Houston, winds blew at 10 to 15 knots with 70 degree seas running 2 to 4
feet. The fire began with a series of explosions that spread to the
pilothouse threatening to ignite her cargo of 6 million gallons of bunker
^ crude.
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Steaming to the rescue were the 95-foot Coast Guard cutter Cape York,
the Ml V Guadelope and ST Texaco North Dakota, three other cutters, a
Coast Guard plane and six helicopters—two U.S. Navy choppers with
flight surgeons aboard. Later five crewmembers waited for a tow by the
tug Explorer to the ports of Jacksonville or Norfolk. The cutter Diligence
took the rest of the crew to Key West.
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Construction of a new crude oil refinery here backed by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers got the green Ught from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency late last month as the project was granted airpollution permits. The refinery had been seen as an environmental threat
to Chesapeake Bay.
The granted permits were the last Federal administrative hurdles to be
clewed. Previously, the U.S. Interior Department had opposed the
project. However, environmentalists' court challenges may take years to
settle.
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But the permits will allow the start of construction of the $650 million
refinery on the polluted Elizabeth River at Chesapeake Bay. It will be the
first refinery built on the East Coast in 22 years where only a quarter of
the petroleum products it consumes are produced.
Freeport, Tex.
A planned Texas deepwater crude oil superport terminal—despite
insurmountable roadblocks—is still alive today.
The Texas Deepwater Port Authority last month filed a new request
with the U.S. Department of Transportation to slim down the plans for
the $1.1 billion Gulf facility 27 miles off here to spark new interest among
seven oil companies involved.
The new scaled-down plans see a stage-by-stage construction of a
monobuoy system built bit-by-bit meaning lower costs to potential users.
Financial backing of the oil companies would cover 50 percent of the
required 1.4 million barrels of crude daily required to make the
monobuoy facility capable of meeting its bonded debts.
A second deepwater supertanker terminal, the Louisiana Offshore Oil
Port (LOOP) is now under construction 18 miles off the state's Gulf coast.
Civil War's Monitor
Ogden Marine has asked MARAD for a loan of $118 million to build
two chemical tankers. They wiU be built at Avondale Shipyard, New
Orleans with deliveries set for March and June 1981.
^gypt
Egypt bought 210,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat and wheat flour worth
$44 million under U.S. Public Law 480. Under the law, American ships
must carry half of the cargo.
The sunken Civil War "cheese box on a raft" ironclad Monitor will be
left in 210 feet of the Atlantic 16 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
A Government underwater probe of the 172-foot shipwreck last year
revealed that 117 years of salt water had weakened her thick oak timbers
supporting the armor. Only the round gun turret and her steam engines
could be salvaged.
Much of the upside-down hull had collapsed inward, probably from
the force of depth charges mistakenly dropped by U.S. Navy
antisubmarine ships during World War II.
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Another Seafarer Gets High School Equivalency Diploma at HLS
The high school equivalency
program offered at the Lundeberg
School has helped many SIU
member get their high school
diplomas. Another name has been
added to the growing list of
Seafarers and Boatmen who have
gotten their diplomas at HLS.
Seafarer Mike Harrell of Balti
more, has been in the SIU since
1978. In December, he successfully
finished the GED program and got
his diploma. Even though this was
Brother Harrell's first trip to HLS,
he feels that the school has helped
him out a lot. He said, "the program
can help any person who doesn't
have their high school diploma."
The high school program at Hf^S
is not like other programs. "In
public school systems, the classes are
so large. It is much different at HLS.
The teachers can devote time to each
person since the classes are small,"
commented Seafarer Harrell. He
dropped out of school in the ninth
grade. But because of the special
kind of program at HLS, he was able
to pick lip where he left off. He
learned a lot and passed the GED
exam.
Seafarer Harrell works in the deep
sea industry and he hopes to
upgrade in the engine department
soon.
The high school equivalency
program is open to all seafarers and
boatmen. If you would like to get
your high school diploma, contact
the Academic Education Department, Harry Lundeberg School,
Piney Point, Maryland 20674,
Phone: (301) 994-0010.
Do it today so your name can be
added to the list of Seafarer
graduates of the High School
Equivalency Program.
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I graduated from the Towboat Operator Scholarship Class of
June, 1979 and would like to express my thanks and appreciation to
the Lundeberg School and its fine staff. It has to be the finest in the
land. Also, I would like to thank the Transportation Institute for
sponsoring such a fine upgrading program.
I highly recommend this program to my SIU brothers who are
considering moving up the ladder of success and into the pilot
house. "Take advantage."
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Brother Don Thayer, T5388
Chicago, 111.
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I would like to take this time to commend the total Steward
Department of the SS President Adams for the exceptional job
they did during the two days of 30 to 40 degree rolling. The meals
were on time and very good.
The service, in all areas, was excellent under the circumstances.
Any group of people that can still give their best under those
conditions, deserves all the credit they can get, and my personal
thanks for a job well done.
Respectfully,
Wayne E. Lien, Master
SS President Adams, Voy. 48
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Oldtimer Says Thanks
As a pensioner and long time member of the SIU, I would just
like to pass along a word of sincere thanks to the Union for all it has
done for me over the years.
Fraternally,
William Bickford
Marana, Arizona
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I first want to thank you for sending me the LOG each month so
that I can keep up with my old shipmates and to follow the
tremendous headway the SIU has made since I first joined the
Union in 1942. It really makes me proud and happy to show
different rank-and-file members of other unions the advantages
that the SIU membership enjoys. We have the best in wages,
sickness and hospital benefits and a vacation plan that is
unequalled anywhere in the world. Plus death bejiefits that would
cost a fortune if the oldtimers had to pay the premiums.
I am really proud of our Union hall here in New Orleans. It is
the showplace of all union halls. Even the tour buses here in New
Orleans show it off to visitors when they pass Jackson Ave. Our
members know that their dues are being spent for a good cause.
All I regret is that I did not have the foresight to enjoy it like
these youngsters coming in today.
Our leaders, like Paul Hall, Lindsey Williams, Buck Stephens
and the late "Bull" Shepard formed the backbone of the SIU. I
worked under these men and it was a tribute and an honor to be
associated with men like them. I had my share of the picket lines
during the General Strike in 1946, the tugboat strikes and the
Chicago Cab Beef.
We not only helped ourselves but we were called out to help
others because other trade unions knew that the SIU could be
counted on td deliver the manpower.
I am 75 years of age and still active. I go to the Fairgrounds often
because, at my age, I can't chase the women so I chase the horses
home. I wish all my Brothers and shipmates the best, and smooth
sailing as always.
-fraternally,
Vic J. Miorana, M-32, retired
New Orleans, La.
Dear Brother Bickford:
The Union would like to pass along a word of thanks to you for
all you have done to make the SIU a better organization.
Fraternally,
The Editor
Offkiof PubBcotion cH tha Saofarara intarfwtional Union of
North AmaricD, Atlomk, Gulf, loka* ond Inlond Wbtan DtHrict,.
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Fabruory, 1980
Vol. 42, No 2
Executive Board
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In November, the LOG announced that George Telegadas had
retired from the SIU. Your article enumerated many of the
activities in George's background including his work as the
Cleveland Port Agent. However, for those of us who shipped from
Cleveland while he was the Port Agent, more needs to be said.
George was a notably conscientious advocate for the SIU
members he served. His approach to the routines of settling
overtime disputes, interpreting contract rules, etc. was patient and
realistic. He provided a personal kind of assistance to members
(and to their families) that included encourapment, advice, even
reassurance at times. Locally, we viewed him as the man who
calmly got things done.
Fraternally,
Eric Sager
Reston, Va.
Don't Forget...
. - That new LNG ships are under
construction now and that you can be
aboard one soon —IFyou've got the
skills and know-how.
DON'T FORGET the LNG Course begins
at HLS on April 28.
DONT FORGET to enroll...
To enroll contact HLS or fill out the application
in this issue oi the Log
Paul Hall
President
Frank Drozak
Leon Hall
Joe DiGiorgio
Executive Vice President
Secretary- Treasurer
Angus "Red" Campbell
Mike Sacco
Vice President
Ray Bourdius
Assistant Editor
Don Rotan
fVest Coast Associate Editor
Vice President
Joe Sacco
Vice President
Vice President
James Gannon
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Editor
Edra Ziesk
Assistant Editor
Marietta Honuyonpour
Assistant Editor
Mike Gillcn
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianciotti
Writer! Photographer
Dennis Lundy
Photography
Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
George Vana
Production!Art Director
Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland (Jstage
District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class i
paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. (ISSN #0160-2047)
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�HR 5164 a Dangerous Bill: SlU Will Fight It
A
SIX foot man, checking into
a roadside hotel, found the
bed in his room was only four feet
long.
The man went to the Registra
tion Desk and complained to the
hotel manager.
"Oh, I'm sorry sir," the
manager answered. "Wait right
here." And he disappeared into a
back room where, the guest
assumed, he was making
arrangements to change the bed.
A few minutes later, the hotel
manager reappeared, a hack-saw
in his hands. "Here you are, sir "
he said, holding out the saw. "I
think just below the knees should
doit."
There's a bill in Congress right
now that seeks to solve a
maritime manning problem in
exactly the same manner: by
chopping off a section of the law
to make it fit the immediate needs
of one, localized industry, instead
of forcing the industry to comply
with the law.
The mineral and oil industry
operating offshore in the Gulf of
Mexico claims it's faced with a
shortage of qualified licensed
officers and able bodied seamen
to operate the increasing number
of crewboats needed for offshore
oil drilling and mineral ex
ploration.
Spokesmen for the industry
cite a host of improbable reasons
for their manpower problems.
They say unemployment in the
First, and most important, HR
Gulf area is very low generally.
They claim that young people 5164 would allow vessels of 300
entering the workforce today just gross tons or less carrying freight
aren't attracted to the seagoing or passengers for hire to operate
without a licensed pilot or
life.
It seems odd that the offshore engineer.
The bill would also skip
oil industry on the East Coast has
no comparable manpower around the current training and
shortage. It seems odd, that is, seatime requirements for ABs
until you take a look at the and allow untrained and
inexperienced deckhands to
difference in wages.
Pay scales in the Gulf offshore become ABs overnight.
Every shoreside and maritime
industry are not competitive with
the salaries on the East Coast and union in the U.S. is dead set
they don't reflect the high risk against HR 5164 because it's a
level of the work involved. If the dangerous piece of legislation. It
industry paid wages commen would lower existing manning
surate with the hazardous work and safety standards and put
performed, it wouldn't have a crews, passengers, cargo and the
marine environment in serious
manning problem.
But rather than changing jeopardy.
Yet the bill is being supported
inadequate wages and limited
training programs to accommo by the Coast Guard, the very
date the needs of offshore work agency charged with policing
ers in the Gulf, the induWy ^^lealth and safety in the maritime
industry.
wants to change the law.
The Coast Guard wants this
As introduced by its sponsor.
Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.), HR bill passed because it would
5164 includes several provisions relieve them from enforcing
which rock the very foundation manning requirements they dont
of safety on which the U.S. comply with anyway.
Current law mandates that a
maritime industry was built.
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licensed pilot and engineer must
be carried on all vessels over 15
gross tons carrying freight for
hire and above 15 gross tons and
in excess of 65 feet long carrying
passengers for hire. But for the
past 20 years, the Coast Guard
has applied personnel require
ments only to vessels over 100
gross tons.
HR 5164 would just make it
legal.
The Coast Guard's support of
HR 5164 is blatantly self-serving
because that support followed on
the heels of a report by the
General Accounting Office that
commercial vessel accidents have
risen 100 percent in the last four
years. And it followed a report by
the National Transportation
Safety Board which urged the
Coast Guard to upgrade
navigation requirements for
equipment and licensing of
crewboats.
In spite of the clear indications
from the GAG and the NTSB
that more vigorous enforcement
of U.S. manning and vessel safety
laws was required, the Coast
Guard and Navigation Subcom
mittee bowed to pressure arid
passed HR 5164 hands down.
The bill is slated to be
considered by the full House
Merchant Marine & Fisheries
Committee in the near future.
U.S. maritime labor, through the
AFL-CIO Ad Hoc Maritime
Committee, will pool our united
resources to keep this damaging
and misguided measure from
going any further.
The answer to a manning
shortage lies in training programs
to develop a competent, qualified
workforce. It lies in wages which
must be brought up to reflect the
difficulty 'and the danger
involved in offshore work.
We are willing to work with the
offshore mineral and oil industry
to solve their manpower in a fair
and practical way.
But we arent willing to allow
sweeping changes in laws which
were designed to protect the
health and well-being of seamen
and the marine environment.
Changes which serve only to line
the pockets of the industry. And
we're going to fight like hell to
keep them fron^appening.
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HE American merchant marine headed into a new era this month when the SIU crewed the
X first of 12 new diesel-powered Sea-Land containerships.
The Sea-Land Patriot, a 745-foot, D-9 class containership, and her 11
sisterships belong to a new generation of shipping; a generation governed by rapidly rising
fuel costs.
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The 12 D-9s will all enter service in Sea-Land's worldwide network of 121 ports
in 45 countries in the coming year. They all have a carrying capacity of 839 40-foot
containers and can also handle the 35-footers most other Sea-Land cOntainerships haul.
They'll all be crewed by SIU members.
Powered by MHI/Sulzer diesel engines, the dozen D-9s will operate at cruising
speeds of 22 knots. Slower cruising speeds, coupled with the D-9 engine's lower power
range, make for an energy-efficient sWp. And the D-9s were designed to^make the most of
every drop of precious fuel.
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Equipped with automatic waste-heat boilers, the D-9s will use just about all the
heat expelled by their engines to create steam. That steam is then converted into
enough electricity to power the whole ship when she's running at or above 80 percent power.
In addition, the waste-heat boiler system will provide heat for crew quarters
and convert sea water to drinking water.
Construction of the 12 D-9s, which are scheduled to come out of Japanese and
Korean shipyards at a rate of about one per month during 1980, were part of an ambitious
upgrading project by Sea-Land.
The vessel construction, along with the company's port facility improvement
program, came with a price tag of $580 million. But Sea-Land believes the D-9s will pay
for themselves many times over.
Following christening ceremonies for the Sea-Land Patriot in Kobe, Japan, last
July, Sea-Land Service Chairman Henry Gilbertson commented: "...the D-9s give us the
flexibility to follow the freight and take advantage of changing conditions in world
trade. They can burn a wide variety of fuels, including most of the least expensive ones
in the world today. They can carry 40-ft. and 35-ft. containers. At 31 feet, their
draft would permit...them (to) call at nearly any port in the world."
The efficiency of diesel-propulsion over steam power has long been a factor in
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new vessel construction internationally. Of some 23,000 vessels which make up the world's
merchant fleeft, about 70 percent are diesel-powered. But less than five percent of the
merchant vessels which sail under the U.S. flag are cuirently diesel-propelled.
Sea-Land, traditionally a pace-setting U.S. carrier, first took a look-see at
diesel back in 1978 when they introduced four D-6 containerships. The company found the
D-6s burned 17 percent less fuel than their steam-powered counterparts, for a daily savings
of $1800 per ship.
The D-9s do even better. Even though diesel fuel is more costly than the
Bunker C type fuel used for steam-driven vessels, the diesels are better tban 35
percent more efficient.
As the construction of 12 new diesel ships for Sea-Land indicates, diesel
conversion and construction is the future of the U.S. maritime industry.
SIU members will be playing a key role in that future. Seafarers will crew
the 12 new Sea-Land D-9s. And as the 1980s progress, more and more SlU-contracted
companies will be making the change to diesel.
That means Seafarers, especially members of tbe engbie department, will have
to be prepared for the new demands of the diesel era. The Harry Lundeberg School
offers several diesel courses, which enable Seafarers to
leam the demands of a diesel engine room.
With the cost of fuel topping aU other costs for ship operators for the first
time ever, the more economical diesel-powered vessel is clearly here to stay. It's up
to Union members to meet the diesel challenge head-on.
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LENGTH OVERALL .....221 METERS (APPROX. 7449")
BREADTH, MOLDED 30.60 4ETERS (APPROX. 10043^")
DEPTH MOLDED ...16.50 HETERS (APPROX. 45'-!%")
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G. Fain and S. Roznowski. Bringing up the rear are (I. to r.) M. Murphy. A. Thaxton, H. J. Kling, M. S. Kraljevic, A. R. Bryant,
D. Brien, J. Michael, R. Utterback and S. Bigelow.
The Harry Lundeberg
Tankermen
R. Elmobdy (left) and R. Brown are HLS
Tankerman Course grads.
School of Seamanship
"For a better job today^ and job security tomorrow. 99
Weiders Ready to Weid
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In the front row (I. to r.) are first class tugboat pilots K. Rickley, A. Borawick and
J. Kruger. Standing (I. to r.) are M. Adams, T. Guggenheimar, G. Lukowski,
J. Brown, L. Mach and A. Schmitt.
22 / LOG / February 1980
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�SAGA of the R/V ANTON BRUUN, Part IV
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This may sound funny to some,
ever craved by SIU
but I'll bet it was never funny to the
manbers. She was a research vessel, Sv rrMhefaf u
hucks-in
advance.
Well,
I
was
ones
(and there were plenty of them)
which participated in a 28-month
O.W
">
haggle
about
this
that
were
eaten by lions.
research cruise in the Indian Ocean in
o r lUdio
Officer sent pages
and delicate commodity. Dui
But 1I did
not
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noi
Mombasa is still in the last
the early '60s. It was quite a trip.
I Chapter I appeared in the August 1979 pages of reports each night to the have this much with me. And her Century except for night-clubs and
National Science Foundation (at motto was; "In God We Trust—and
issue of theLog, Chapter II tqtpeared in
entertainment, of which there were
night was the only time he could only if he has CASH." So she gives plenty (modern Night-Clubs too).
the Sept. issue and Chapter III was in
I the January 1980 eddion.
contact the USA). At sixty-cents a ole Saki Jack the heave-ho right out My favorite was the Florida Club,
word, this must have cost plenty, in the dark.
By *Saki Jack' Dolan
and I was there every night we spent
But what the hell, the tax-payers
Well, here am I, miles from no in port. My girlfriend was the star of
DMIRAL Richard E. Byrd were footing the bill as usual.
where and out in the dark at three in the show, and I had to wait each
made five long voyages to the
On our day of departure, all the the morning. So naturally, I start
Antarctic. We made one to the soldiers were lined up on the beach yelling for help. The guy upstairs night until the last show was over to
Arctic Circle, and that was plenty to wave farewell. We weighed . opens his window, and wants to take her home. This was at 2:00 a.m.
Mombasa is a hangout for the last of
for yours truly.
anchor for Durban, South Africa.
know what the hell all the noise is
the big-game hunters that take
On the perimeter of the Arctic
The Arctic Circle is beautiful. But about. I tell him, I want a taxi to get Safaris out into the jungle on
Circle is Amsterdam Island, a it's full of icebergs, snow, below back to Durban, as my Frauline has
hunting parties. And their prices are
French weather station inhabited by freezing weather, and cold Arctic just given me the old heave-ho.
not cheap. Our Second Mate went
a company of French regular winds—things we humans can do
He says fine, "I'll call you a taxi.
^ and it cost him ten
for ten days
soldiers. They get two-years credit without nicely. It may be Paradise to
Well, the rat calls the local Fuzz, and thousand dollars, I guess its worth it
for one year service here. I think they some folks, but I'll take Miami.
in a few minutes the Black Mari if you like hunting. I never could kill
should get at least five for one. The
pulls up. Two very large British animals.
whole island is nothing but solid
DURBAN) THE MIAMI
Policemenstepout, and Saki Jack is
There was a bar-hangout, and I
rock, no vegetation of any kind.
OF AFRICA
off to the hoosegow. In the process spent many nights there killing time
The day we arrived, the Com
Durban is a very modem city on of throwing me in the wagon, they ""til 2:00 a.m. I even got my
mander declared a Holiday. He
slam the wagon-door on my thumb, drinking license there (no easy
invited all hands ashore for food and the southern coast of Africa. It has a My thumb starts to inflate like a gas- matter). You must down a full liter
drink. Everything is kept in caves real international flavor. There is a baloon.
• not as
of beer in one-i—^
breath, and it is
mixture of many nations here, a real
carved into solid rock.
The desk-sergeant at the local easy as one might think. Enough
The soldiers were glad tb see us 'Cornerstone of the World.'
lockup
was a very friendly person. Mombasa!
But, there are few, if any, coun
arrive, especially with four lady
We shoved off for Madagascar,
He asked me if I wanted to make any
scientists aboard. They only have a tries that discriminate as much as calls. Naturally says I, I want to call and all hands hated to leave, as
South Africa. Here in Durban there
supply ship that comes every six
are separate places for whites, non- the American Counsel. At 4:00 Mombasa was an excellent port. We
months with mail and supplies and
A.M. says he? I do insist, and he anchored offshore, as there were no
replacements. So you can see we whites, natives, non-natives, Euro hands me the phone.
docks at the small f^ishing villages we
peans, non-Europeans, Indians and
were very welcome indeed.
stopped
at off Madagascar.
I awake the American Counsel
We were to stay but two days, but Africans. You cannot believe it out of bed, and he is very cross (I
The Captain flipped his lid here,
until you see it.
the Frenchmen talked the Chief
and
had to be sent home. Our very
Seamen consider Durban, South wonder why). He says, "if I tell them
Scientist into staying a week. The
Africa an excellent port. There are to take you back to your ship, will well-liked Chief Mate took over the
soldiers were in our hair everyday,
h®re until we returned to
plenty of women and mucho booze you go?" Most assuredly, says Saki
and came out to the ship in force just
Durban.
Jack,
and
they
did,
escorting
me
on
of all descriptions, at a very reason
to oogle our lady scientists, espe
Captain John Rothrock, out of
board to my foc'sl.
able fee. Personally, I prefer other
cially the young one. Did she ever
My luck, the following Saturday, Eastern Shore, was sent out as a
ports, though I do like Durban.
love it.
We berthed right in front of one of the chief scientist has a cocktail replacement. He was an old IsthWe anchored about 500 yards
the few whaling stations left in the party on board, and invites everyone main Skipper and most of us had
offshore. And do you know, those
World. It was really a sight to see the from the American Embassy. I was sailed with him in previous days on
crazy Frenchmen swam in and out
ships. He was well known.
the bartender
this Isthmian
voxxvwxxvtwi at
CAir the
|>UW party,
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to our ship everyday, in frigid
beautiful blonde comes meandering
well liked by SIU members
It was only a few hundred yards to
waters.
He was perfect for this Cruise.
the whaling factory. We used to over, and asks me if I was the Chief
The French Commander was very
walk down and watch the operation. Steward. Naturally, I admit to same. And aU hands agreed. Our new
kind giving us permission to wander
There were thousands of sharks in She then says "you must have been Captain liked the Scientists, and
the Island. The Sdentists loved this,
the water, attracted by all the blood, the one that awoke my husband they in turn thought he was just
as there were all sizes of penguins,
and if one was foolish enough to fall from a sound sleep the other night at great. This made for a much happier
birds and fish to be had. They
overboard, 'Good Night Sweet four A.M." I asked her what took crew all around. The Captain that
brought many species aboard for
hina so long to answer the telephone? went home had a great hatred for all
Prince.'
return to the National Science
There was also an excellent Zoo, This Went over like an Arab at a the Scientists, for no other reasor.
Foundation and the Smithsonian in Durban, opened on weekends. I Synagog. Her husband came over than they were in charge of the ship's
Institute.
visited it several times with my and introduced himself, and he location,
There were caves carved into the girlfriend, Frankie.
turned out to be a prince. We got
Captain Rothrock fit right in at all
rock for everything including living
along swell (especially after a few the cocktail parties, and was ever so
Frankie lived in a new apartment
quarters, storerooms, ammo-lock house overlooking the Bay. She cocktails).
grand at telling good sea-stories, and
ers, and animal quarters. They had a worked as a laundrygirl in a local
The scientists had mucho scienti- excellent horse-race-stories (he,
few Nanny-goats for milk.
fic
meetings here, and considered being a race-horse owner). This
hospital. She had just taken the
One cave was full of casks of wine apartment and only had a bed and
Durban one of our best stops on our made him popular with all the crew
(my favorite cave).
Cruise.
From here we sailed further as well. Plus he was always good for
several orange-crates to sit on. But it
There was a whole herd of walrus, was a lovely place on the 22 floor
up the African Coast to Mombasa, a 'Draw', even ashore.
very vicious. Only the lone soldier overlooking the whole Bay and
and Madagascar.
We made several cruises between
that fed them the garbage every day harbor.
Durban and Madagascar, and sailed
Mombasa & Madagascar
could go anywhere near them. They
from Durban for home.
There were many all-nite-clubs in
Were monstrous sea-cows.
Durban, and believe me, the crew
Remember Lon Chaney in 'East
The Frenchmen were in our hair was familiar with all of them.
of Eden*? Well if you do you are too
on board everyday, trying to score
One of them was the favorite (I old like me, and you can tell what
Next is Chapter #5, our final
With our young lady scientist, to no forget the name, as usual). I was Mombasa is like. It is really on the
®vail. She played them just like there one night, and along in the edge of the jungle, and it is not Chapter: I'll try to teU what I can
Arthur Fiedler playing the 'Boston
wee-hours I latch onto this lovely uncommon for lions to visit the remanber about Port Suez, Suez
Pops.'
blonde. We grab a cab for her pad, place, especially at night and eat a Canal, Port Said, Las Palmas, etc...
The scientists were a hard work which is way out in the 'boondocks.' few natives, or anyone else that may
ing lot. They spent all day collecting We had a slug or two at her pad, and
be available.
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hands on.
""ything went alonggreat until she
quotes her little fee-one hundred
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The
Lakes
Picture
The Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., closed to inter-lake
ship traffic at midnight, Jan. 15, bringing the 1979 shipping season to an
official end. This was the first time the locks had been shut down, except
for forced closing due to ice conditions, since 1970 when the experimental
winter navigation program began. The program was discontinued this
year because Congress didn't refund it. Its future is still in question.
Meanwhile, the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors has
extended the deadline for comments on the Army Corps of Engineers'
feasibility study on winter navigation to March 15 from Jan. 31. The
Corps recommended a 12 month shipping season on the upper four Great
Lakes and a 10 month season for the Welland Canal, Lake Ontario and
the St. Lawrence River.
GrainTrade
ALGONAC
Winter lay-up for the SIU Great Lakes fleet was completed at the end
of January when the last Union-contracted laker, the S. T Crapo (Huron
Cement) headed for her winter berth.
Another cement vessel, Huron Cement's ^lAf. Fort/, which sank at
Milwaukee, Wise, on Christmas Eve was raised last month and it looks
like she's salvagable after all. The Ford had a hole torn in her bow after
being ripped from her moorings by heavy winds. Though repairs on thg^
80-year-old cement carrier are expected to run several million dollars,
renovation work is still a lot cheaper than replacing the vessel for about
$30 million.
SIU reps held a meeting with the Great Lakes Association of Marine
Operators (GLAMO) last month, the employers group which operates
many of the Great Lakes vessels under SIU contract. GLAMO indicated
they planned to run "everything that floats," at the start of the 1980
season, according to a Union rep. The announcement was good news for
Great Lakes Seafarers because it followed on the heels of predictions that
Great Lakes shipping would be tight in 1980 owing to production slow
downs by auto manufacturers in the region.
Hull #723, under construction for SlU-contracted American Steamship
Co. at Bay Shipbuilding yard is reportedly going to be christened the
American Mariner in honor of American^ merchant seamen. The vessel
was originally slated for christening as the Chicago.
In the wake of President Carter's decision to cut off U.S. grain sales to
the Soviet Union, Great Lakes port officials raised questions about the
effects of such an embargo on Great Lakes shipping.
"Assuming that 1980 would otherwise be a good year, it could have a
very negative effect on the port unless other markets are found," said
Duluth's port director Davis Helberg. He added that about one million
tons of the 6.5 million total of grain loaded in Duluth in 1979 was bound
for Russia.
Other Great Lakes port officials indicated that it was too early to judge
the effects of the grainr cutoff on the region.
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More on grain: Last month the U.S. Dept. of Transportation reported
that the three-day extension of the St. Lawrence Seaway's closing allowed
more than 15 million additional bushels of grain exports to move through
the waterway.
Clean Waters
A study by the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources said underground
water supplies in the Great Lakes ar^ are threatened by 50,000 sources of
potential pollution. The report pinpointed 268 sites where underground
water is already contaminated and 381 places where underground
pollution is suspected.-The sites run from the Detroit metropolitan area
across the state to the shores of Lake Michigan.
Hazardous wastes, like poisonous chemicals and metals, make up
almost half of the pollution. Oil and natural gas accounts for another 34
percent.
Howard Tanner, director of the Dept. said, "there are some areas we
may not be able to clean at reasonable cost."
American Steamship's Detroit Edison is being overhauled during
winter lay-up in Buffalo. For a price tag of $500,000, the coal carrier will
have her turbine engines inspected and have a sewage treatment system
and a Loran-C installed. She'll be ready by the opening of the 1980
shipping season.
Prankfort
Work is progressing on the carferry Arthur K. Atkinson (Michigan
Interstate Railway Co.). Several SIU FOWTs are now aboard the AKA
working in the engine room.
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The National Transportation Safety Board issued a recommendation
last month urging the U.S. and Canada "to establish common structural
fire protection and fire detection standards for Great Lakes vessels" to
replace the separate regulations which now apply. The NTSB's opinion
came after an investigation of a fire last June aboard the Canadian bulk
carrier Cartiercliffe Hall in which seven of the 25 crewmen died. Crewmen
were members of the SIU of Canada.
The U.S. Coast Guard and NTSB held hearings following the tragic
blaze because the Cartiercliffe Hall burned in U.S. waters and, though
operated by a Canadian company, the vessel is owned by an American.
Because that investigation was inconclusive, SIU Great Lakes attorney
Victor Hanson filed a $37.5 million law suit on behalf of the families of
the deceased seamen, in Wayne County Circuit Court, Detroit. The suit
was filed against the former owners of the ship, U.S. Steel Corp., and ttfe
present owners. Hall Corp. Shipping Ltd. of Montreal.
The suit charges that the vessel was constructed with flammable
materials such as wood-panelled crew quarters that contributed to the
rapid spread of the fire. In addition to wood construction, none of the
living areas on the vessel were insulated with fire resistant material nor
were they equipped with smoke or fire detectors or sprinkler systems.
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Upgrade in the Steward
Department at HLS
Chief Stewcird—throughout April
Chief Cook—throughout April
Cook and Baker—throughout April
Anistant Cook—throughout April
To onroll, oontact the Lundeberg School or fill out tho opplico
lion in this issuo of the log.
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David Bonefont
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Seafarer
David Bonefont,
28, started sail
ing with the SlU
in 1969. Brother
Bonefont is a
graduate of the
HLS, He now
sails as an AB.
Bonefont has his
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR
endorsements. He lives in and ships
out of the port of New York.
Patrick J. Geary
Seafarer Pat
rick J. Geary,
25, first sailed
in January 1978
following his
graduation from
the HLS. He
then sailed on
the LNG Aquar
ius (Energy
Transport) and later on the maiden
voyages of the LNG Leo and LNG
Taurus (both Energy Transport).
Brother Geary now sails as a chief
cook after upgrading to 3rd cook,
cook and baker and chief cook in
1978 at Piney Point. He earned his
LNG, CPR, lifeboat, safety and
firefighting tickets. Geary was bom
in New York, lives in Brooklyn, N.Y
and ships out of the port of New
York.
Gary R. Hetherington
Peter Glennon
Lawrence A. Cline
Seafarer Gary
R. Hetherington,
25, graduated
from the Harry
Lundeberg
School (HLS)
Piney Point, Md.
in August 1975.
[Brother HetherI ington upgraded
to AB there in January 1979. He
sailed almost a year in the steward
department first on the STCantigny
(lOM) and three years as an OS and
AB. Hetherington completed the
Firefighting, Lifeboat and Cardio
pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Courses. He was born in Ovid, Colo,
resides in Williamstown, Kans. and
ships out of all ports.
Seafarer Peter
Glennon, 23, is
an Entry. graduate of the
Lu n deb erg
School. He sails
as an AB. He is
I from the Bronx,
N.Y. Brother
I Glennon ships
out from the West Coast. Glennon
has his lifeboat, firefighting and
cardio pulmonary resuscitation
training.
Edward Marks
Seafarer Law
rence A. Cline,
26, graduated
from the HLS in
1975. He now
sails with the
firemanIwate rterider
l(FOWT) rating
and upgraded to
QMED in Piney Point. Brother
Cline has the lifeboat, CPR and
firefighting tickets. Born in Detroit,
Mich., he sails out of all ports.
Kevin Hetherington
Seafarer
Kevin Hether
ington, 22, is a
December 1977
HLS
Entry
Trainee Pro
gram graduate.
He upgraded to
AB there in
December 1979.
Brother Hetherington has his life
boat, firefighting and CPR tickets.
He's now from Topeka, Kans. and
ships out of assorted ports.
Steven Kayser
Seafarer
Steven Kayser,
25, graduated
from the HLS
Trainee Pro
gram in 1978.
Brother Kayser
^upgraded to AB
there in July
1979. He holds
the LNG, first aid, firefighting,
lifeboat and CPR endorsements.
Kayser is originally from Colorado
and ships out of the ports of
Houston and New York.
Ogden Connecticut Committee
Seafarer Ed
ward Marks, 24,
began sailing in'
1977. He was a
Piney Point
trainee graduate
in September
1978. Brother
Marks upgraded
to FOWT there
in November 1978. He has lifeboat,
firefighting and CPR tickets. He was
bom in Seattle, lives there and ships
out of that port.
Jeffrey K. Minner
Edward T. Sullivan Jr.
Seafarer Jef
frey K. Minner,
21, is a March
1978 graduate of
the HLS Entry
Program. Bro
ther Minner
upgraded to
FOWT in Sepitember 1978. He
has his CPR, firefighting and life
boat training. Minner lives in
Sikeston, Mo. and ships out of the
port of New Orleans.
Bradford L. Wheeler
Seafarer Ed
ward T. Sullivan
Jr., 24, is an Ap
ril 1977 graduate
of the HLS. He
upgraded to AB
there in April
1978. Brother
ISiillivan first
I sailed on the
maiden voyage of the LNG
Aquarius (Energy Transport). He
has the LNG, firefighting, lifeboat
and CPR tickets. A native of
Boston, Mass. he ships out of that
port and the port of New York.
Seafarer
Bradford L.
Wheeler, 24,
graduated from
the HLS Entry
Trainee Pro
gram in 1977.
Brother Wheeler
upgraded to. AB
I there in March
1979 and completed the LNG
Course in Piney Point in May of last
year. He has the CPR, first aid,
firefighting and lifeboat endorse
ments. Wheeler is from McLean,
Va. and ships out from all ports.
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Upprade ta 48 at HIS,
Deck Maintenance Roy Meffert (seated) deck delegate of the ST Ogaen
Connecticut (Ogden Marine) waits for the payoff early last month at the Lxxon
Dock, Bayview, N.J. With him are a couple of crewmembers and the Ship s
Committee. They are (I. to r.) Messman Jerome Williams. Chief Steward Sam W.
McDonald, secretary-reporter; Chief Cook Willy S. Harris, steward delegate.
°osun Joe Broadus ship's chairman; Wiper Bob Land, engine delegate and
Engine Utility Ray Joslin.
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To enroll, contact HIS or fill oat the application
in the 106.
February 1980 / LOG / 25
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�OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden
Marine), December 23—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun F. C. Cooper;
Secretary R. De Boissiere; Educational
Director J. Singletary; Steward Dele
gate W. Smith. No disputed OT.
Chairman reported for everyone to
make sure thay had their shot cards for
the trip to Panama. Wished all of the
crew a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year. A special vote of
thanks to Chief Steward, R. De
Boissiere for a very special Christmas
dinner with wine, egg nog, turkey and all
the goodies. Also to Willie Smith, chief
cook and R. B. Woodward, baker
whose talents are the very best in the
SIU. Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.
AMERICAN HERITAGE (Apex
Marine), December 23—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun Leo Paradise; Secre
tary M. Deloatch; Educational Director
C. Merrit. $30 in ship's fund. No
disputed OT. All communications
received were read and posted. Chair
man held a discussion on the import
ance of young men upgrading them
selves at Piney Point. Everyone who is
eligible should take advantage of it.
Also that more members should apply
for the LNG course as it offers a better
opportunity for more jobs and better
pay in the merchMt marine. The crew
agreed that this is the best feeding ship in
the fleet and the best prepared menus.
They are always good. Next port St.
Croix.
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PISCES (Apex Marine), December
2—Chairman F. Goethe; Secretary J.
Reed; Deck Delegate M. C. Cooper. No
disputed OT. Chairman reported that
he could not get a repair man in the last
port to fix the dryer. Would try again in
port in New Jersey. Report to Log;
"There is a serious shortage of men in
the steward departments Stewards,
cooks, bakers and GSU menare needed.
The President's report was read to the
membership about this shortage and
what the Union was doing about this
matter."
SEA-LAND MARKET (Sea-Land
Service), December 21—Chairman
Recertified Bosun W. R. Kleimola;
Secretary H. H. Alexander, Educa
tional Director Donald Keller. No
disputed OT. All communications
received were read and posted. Chair
man reported that a safety meeting was
held. How to protect the seaman during
bad weather was discussed and also the
precautions to be taken by men who
have special medical needs. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers.
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LNG TAURUS (Energy Transport
Corp.), December 16—Chairman Joe
Morrison; Secretary V. Pizzitale; Deck
Delegate E. A. Gousson. No disputed
OT. Chairman reported how necessary
it is that all men who qualify should go
for upgrading. New ships are being built
and some of them will be coming out
soon to be crewed. He also talked of the
new medical plan explaining that the
SIU now has a choice to go to a private
doctor or stay in the Marine hospital.
Noted the importance of donating to
SPAD. Observed one minute of silence
in memory of oiir departed brothers.
COUNCIL GROVE (Interocean
Mgt.), December 23—Chairman R.
Burton; Secretary G. Richardson;
Educational Director J. Green; Steward
Delegate R. G. Connolly. $70.50 in
ship's fund. No disputed OT. A vote of
thanks for the the cassette movies that
were received on board. Report to Log:
"We are very grateful to the negotiating
committee and Brother Paul Hall for
the cost of living adjustment increase.
To you and yours a prosperous New
Year." Next port in the Azores.
VIRGO (Apex Marine), December
30—Chairman, Recertified Bosun L. R.
Smith; Secretary Fred R. Smith;
STONEWALL JACKSON (Water
Secretary Fred R. Hicks, Jr. No
man Steamship), December 2—Chair
disputed OT. Educational Director gave
man, Recertified Bosun C. Linebeiry;
a lengthy discussion on the subject of
Secretary W. Braggs. Some disputed
new members taking advantage of
OT in engine department. Chairman
upgrading at Piney Point. This could
reported that the trip was a very good
mean monetary gains for all members
one and thanked everyone for their
who participate. Also discussed the
cooperation. A vote of thanks from the
importance of donating to SPAD.
chairman to the steward department for
Chairman thanked steward department
a fine Holiday dinner and also to the
for a very nice Christmas dinner.
radio officer for putting out the news
Observed'one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.:
bulletin./
Report to Log: "Crew spent an enjoy
able time ashore in Ft. Lauderdale,
MOUNT WASHINGTON (Victory
Florida and St. Croix, V.L Many of the
Carriers), December 15—Chairman,
crewmembers marvelled at the ancient
Recertified Bosun S. E. Jansson;
buildings and other sights in St. Croix.
Secretary J. Lamb. $25 in ship's fund.
One of our crew, David Bouthillier, who
Some disputed OT in deck department.
was crew messman on this ship recently
AH communications received were read
attended Piney Point and came back
and posted. Chairman held a discussion
aboard as A.B. He has really noted the
.on upgrading at Piney Point and the
difference in the money he is earning
importance of SPAD. A vote of thanks
now, thanks to the SIU." Next port
to the steward department for a job well
Bayonne.
done.
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SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land
Service), December 4—Chairman M. P.
Zimbro; Secretary Roy R. Thomas;
Educational Director L. A. Acosta. No
disputed OT. Chairman noted that the
crew must check with the patrolman
before leaving the ship. Everything is
running smoothly with no major beefs
reported by department delegates. Also
discussed the importance of donating to
SPAD. Thanked the crew for a good
trip. Advised all members of the various
classes now in session for upgrading at
Piney Point. Asked all members to
stand by for customs and immigration
upon arrival to speed up clearance. A
vote of thanks to the steward depart
ment for a job well done. Observed one
minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers. Next port New
Orleans.
BALTIMORE (Sea-Land Service),
December 16—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun Robert C. Gorbea; Secretary
George W. Gibbons; Educational
Director W. J. Dunnigan; Deck Dele
gate Vincent Ratcliff; Engine Delegate
Alton Green; Steward Delegate Stone
wall Jackson. No disputed OT. $15.25 in
ship's fund. The chairman read the
communications about the raise. Noted
that all repairs have been taken care of.
If there should be anymore needed
please let the delegate know. Everyone
should report to ship one hour before
sailing. Discussed the importance of
SPAD. Secretary thanked the bosun
and the day man for the repairs in the
steward department. Also a vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers. Next port Boston.
TEX (Alton Steamship), December
23—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
Robert K. Lambert; Secretary E.
Hagger; Educational Director R.
Carter. Some disputed OT in engine
department. Gave a double vote of
thanks to E. M. Hagger and the steward
department for the good food on the
voyage and the special Thanksgiving
dinner. The officers also extended a vote
of thanks.
SEA-LAND MC LEAN (Sea-Land
Service), December 2—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun E. D. Christensen;
Secretary B. L. Scarborough; Educa
tional Director R. J. Blyth; Deck
Delegate Robert Hyer; Engine Dele
gate Erik Persson; Steward Delegate
E. H. Jackson. Some disputed OT in
deck department. Chairman held a
discussion on the importance of donat
ing to SPAD. Report to Log: "The
Captain, Chief Engineer, officers and
crew gave compliments on a fine
Thanksgiving dinner. It was served
between Yokohama, Kobe and Koahsiung." Next port Seattle.
ALEX STEPHENS (WatermOT
Steamship), December 2—Chairmai
Henry Jones; Secretary C. CorrenU
Educational Director Anthofiy Pr^
inop; Deck Delegate D. Meado\
in ship's fund. Some disputed OT
deck department. Chairman thanked'
the crew and said they were the best he
had sailed with in many years. The Log
was received and read and eirjoyed by
everyone. Report to Log: "Colombo,
Sri Lanka was enjoyed by many of the
crew. Houses that rest on stilts were
rented on the beach." Next port Tampa.
MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory
Carriers), December 9—Chairman,
Frank Smith; Secretary Duke Hall;
Educational Director O. A. Hess;
Steward Rayfield Crawford. No dis
puted OT. Secretary reported that
everything is running smooth and all
members are urged to apply for
upgrading at Piney Point. This can be
to your advantage for a better job and
better pay. Also watch for the new
classes in the steward department. To
find out what is going on in the Union,
read the Log. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers. Next port Baton Rouge.
Official ship's minutes were also re
ceived from the following vessels:
BORINQUEN
OGDEN WABASH
SEA-LAND RESOURCE
SEA-LAND EXCHANGE
OVERSEAS ANCHORAGE
EL PASO SOUTHERN
SEA-LAND PITTSBURGH
DELTA PERU
PANAMA
DELTA PARAGUAY
OGDEN CHALLENGER
JACKSONVILLE
COVE LEADER
ARECIBO
SEATTLE
HOWARD BOYD
POET
BANNER
OVERSEAS ALASKA
INGER
COVE NAVIGATOR
COVE RANGER
OVERSEAS VALDEZ
LNG GEMINI
TAMPA
EL PASO ARZEW
ALLEGIANCE
DELTA NORTE
DELTA PANAMA
OVERSEAS WASHINGTON
DELTA ARGENTINA
OVERSEAS NATALIE
BEAVER STATE
WESTWARD VENTURE
ANCHORAGE
DELTA VENEZUELA
OVERSEAS HARRIETTE
TAMARA GUILDEN
HOUSTON
SAN JUAN
PUERTO RICO
CANTIGNY
SEA-LAND ADVENTURER
CAPRICORN
DELTA ECUADOR
MERRIMAC
OGDEN CHAMPION
PENNY
OVERSEAS VIVIAN
POINT SUSAN
JOHN TYLER
MONTICELLO VICT^V
GOLDEN ENDEAVOR
OGDEN LEADER
MANHATTAN
SEA-LAND PRODUCER *
GREAT LAND
COVE COMMUNICATOR
OVERSEAS NATALIE
LNG LEO
DEL SOL
LNG VIRGO
SEA-LAND LEADER .
COVE SPIRIT
SEA-LAND FINANCE
COVE ENGINEER
SUGAR ISLANDER
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Dr. Ricky Abrams Still Loves the Sea, the SlU Brotherhood
T
HE sea has cast her spell over
many an unsuspecting sailor.
Very few, however, have been
smitten by her charms as much as
Ricky Abrams.
Ricky Abrams, or rather Dn
Abrams, as his patients prefer to call
him, no longer sails with the SIU. He
has been a practicing dentist for over
eight years now. But he refuses to
sever his connection to the sea.
Every year around this time, he
sends a $100 donation to SPAD,
along with a short, yet warm, letter.
The $100 donation is, he says, just
his way of saying thank you to the
SIU.
"I could never repay the union for
what it's done for me. One hundred
dollars is really nothing when you
consider how much shipping has
changed my life. You know, I always
enjoyed it out there. Sometimes I
think about going back."
At 33, Ricky Abrams is the
epitome of what a dentist should
look like: distinguished, only
slightly overweight now that he has
stopped jogging, soft-spoken. The
image fits his position in the
community.
At the present time he is the head
of the Department of Community
Dentistry at Marquette University
in Milwaukee. Behind him lies a
lifetime of upgrading.
He joined the SIU and the
merchant marine in 1963. Though
his first job was as a crew pantryman
on the Steel Chemist, he soon
switched over to the engine
department. When he wasn't
shipping, he was either upgrading or
collecting college credits.
By 1972, Ricky Abrams had
graduated from Temple University
School of Dentistry. He had also
accumulated the following endorse
ments: wiper, oiler, fireman, second
electrician, deck engineer, junior
engineer.
Like many other people, he had
been leary of upgrading, wondering
if he was capable of handling the
reponsibility. That all changed one
summer when he was onboard a run
down vessel headed for Northern
Europe.
The whole crew was talking about
the Chief Electrician. It seems that
the fans were always breaking down.
The Chief fixed every one, even
those that seemed beyond repair.
And the fans were always as good as
new. No one knew how he did it,
least of all Ricky Abrams who felt
highly intimidated by the Chiefs
mechanical prowess.
As it turned out, the Chief
Electrician had a sure-fire method:
he would throw all the broken fans
overboard and steal new ones from
the supply locker.
Ricky Abrams learned something
from that experience: it doesn't pay
to count yourself short. Chances are,
the guy who is filling the job that you
don't consider yourself qualified for,
isn't any more talented than you are.
That lesson wasn't the only thing
that Ricky Abrams remembers
from shipping out. He remembers a
lot of other things:
yi'consider myself extremely
fdrtunate. You know, by the time I
was 20 I had done more travelling
than most people do in a lifetime. At
work I listen to other dentists talk
about their 'Big European Trip.' I
have to smile to myself, because I've
made at least twenty trips there, not
to mention Africa, Asia, South
America. I've been exposed to so
much."
"One of the things I've carried
from my maritime days is the urge
not to stay in one place. I've had so
many jobs since I graduated from
dental school. I was in the Navy for
a few years, then I worked for Johns
Hopkins in Maryland. I guess I'll
always be reaching out for some new
experience."
"Perhaps the one thing I miss
about shipping out is going to the
union hall. There was such a warm
atmosphere there. It was like one big
family. Guys were always helping
each other out. If someone was short
$10 bucks, he'd always be able to go
to the union hall and someone
would give it to him. There was such
a feeling of camaraderie there. I
guess I'll never experience that
again."
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Plucks 3It allCubans
From Drifting^ Boat
Off Key
Larao,
Fla.
Another SIU crew showed their
began about 9:30 p.m. on
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professional touch one night last
month when they plucked three
Cubans from their drifting boat off
Key Largo, Fla.
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Carter Okays
Northern Tier
Oil Pipeline
President Jimmy Carter okayed a
private company's bid last month to
build a $I.23-billion, 1,500-mile
Northern Tier Oil Pipeline to carry
Alaskan crude from Port Angeles,
Puget Sound, Wash, to the oil-short
Upper Midwest at Clearbrook,
Minn.
The pipeline, which could carry
933,000 barrels daily, will get quick
service from Federal regulatory
agencies if the firm can come up with
the project financing within a year
and meet Washington State envir
onmental regulations.
If not, the Transmountain Oil
Pipeline Co. Canada plan is waiting
in the wings.
Northern Tier Pipeline Co. (U.S.
Steel, Burlington Northern, West'nghouse, MAPCO, etc.) says the
pipeline could be built in three years,
"would create 5,500 new jobs.
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would f
go 30 miles"""T
under
P"get Sound through Idaho, Mentana and North Dakota feeding
refineries enroute.
Today 400,000 of the daily 1.2
million barrels of crude coming out
of Alaska's North Slope can't be
refined on the West Coast because of
a lack of refining capacity.
Jan. l9!LstheSTOgden Willamette
(Ogden Marine) passed by Key
Largo, Fla.'s Alligator Reef. The
lookout spotted a distress signal
from a small craft drifting in the
water.
In a flash, the tanker's master,
Capt. Ferguson was on the bridge
ordering the ship to slow down to
intercept the boat. Later Recertified
Bosun Arthur C. Campbell and his
deckgang made the small craft water. The mates gave them medical
secure to the Ogden Willamette.
attention. The rest of the SIU crew
Upon inspection, they found three saw to their needs in the way of
persons in the Suzy. One, Edward blankets, etc. as the Coast Guard
Verde of Miami, Fla. revealed they arrived.
had left Cuba five days before, ran
Rescued Verde thanked God for
out of fuel, had one engine out and the food and help given them and
no food or water.
exclaimed he would never forget this
Immediately, Chief Steward Tony for all his life. He also expressed a
De, Boissiere provisioned them with tremendous appreciation to the
a week's supply of rations. The captain, chief steward, bosun and
cooks fed them and gave them the whole crew and officers.
Paul Dempster Reelected SUP President
Paul Dempster, president-secretary-treasurer of the SUP, was
reelected to those posts for the 198081 term by the union's rank-and-file
In the biennial election on Feb. 19.
Dempster beat SUP San Fran~~
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Hall Moved to
350 Fremont
disco Business Agent Charlie Russo
by 564 votes and former SUP Vice
President Jack Dwyer by 1,182
votes.
SUP Vice President Jack Ryan,
who ran unopposed for reelection,
got 2,046 votes from members at the
San Francisco headquarters and the
outlying ports.
A total of 2,170 voting ballots
were cast in the election. This
Includes 313 absentee ballots and
151 contested ballots cast by permitmen.
In the port of New York, incum
bent Bill Armstrong ran unopposed
and was reelected as business agent.
Elected as five trustees of the S UP
Effective March 1, the San
Francisco Union hall located on
9th and Mission Streets will be
closed. All Union business In the
port of San Francisco will now be
conducted out of the hall at 350
Fremont St., formerly the
headquarters of the Marine
Cooks
„ & Stew»ds
... .. Union,
...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Janu^ By consol.dal.ng op^hons .n ary's U.S. unemployment rate
San Frttncsco under the roof of climbed to 6.2 percent of the
Union hall, SIU reps will be country's work force from Decem
better able to serve the needs of ber's 5.9 percent, the Labor Depart
the West Coast membership ment reported.
which expanded with the merger
This is the highest joblessness
of the MC&S Into the SIU A&G level since July 1978. And it is the
District last year.
first time in 17 months that the
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Paul Dempster was reelected Presi
dent of the SUP this month.
Building Corp. were Dempster,
Ryan, Russo, Seattle Agent John
Battles and Business Agent No. 1
Bill Berger.
Unemployment Rises to 6.2%
unemployment rate has broken out
of the narrow range of between 5.7
percent and 5.9 percent.
The jobless rise was largely due to
layoffs and plant closings in the
nation's automobile manufacturing
industry. Hit hard were married
men, fulltime workers and blue
collar workers,
February 1980 / LOG / 27
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�Drugs: Pay Now, Pay Lata*!
ESSING around with taking is safe. And that lack of
drugs could cost you your knowledge applies to every drug
career. Or your health. Or your right across the board.
There are no exceptions. A
life.
That might sound like over '^cientist can test the properties
stating the case. Plenty of people and the physical and psycholog—especially young people—say ical effects of a drug for years. He
drugs make them feel good, so can report on what its effects
what's wrong with them? They should be. Or what happens to
say "I have a handle on it. I never most people when they take it.
But he can never make an
take too much."
But the fact is, not enough is absolute judgement on its safety,
known about the effects of Because the properties of a drug
drugs—particularly the long- have so many variables.
Even marquana! Its short-term
term effects—for anyone to be
sure their "moderate" drug- effects depend on how much you
M
smoke. And on where it came
from.
Ifits grown in the U.S. chances
are it's pretty mild. Most domestic marijuana has a chemical
concentration of less than 0.5
percent.
The marijuana that comes out
of Colombia and Mexico is a lot
more potent, with a chemical
content as high as 4 percent. And
the dope coming out of Spain has
a dangerously high 6 percent,
What happens to you when
you smoke a joint depends oh
where the stuff came from. As
iaihlKR hMlfv trot likB
JAN. 1-31, 1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
AIIGnMipc
CtattA CteMB ClanC
TOTAL SHIPPED
AIIGiotifM
CISMA ClaSiB ClawC
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
AIIGroups
ClaMA ClaaaB CtafaC
DECKDEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.)
—
17
5
1
7
8
0
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.)—
18
10
2
5
4
0
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.)..
,
1
2
1
1
7
0
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.)
17
29
6
0
0
0
TotabAllDapartmante.
53
46
10
13
19
0
•'Total Registered" m^ns the numt>er of menwho actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the pixt at the end of last month.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
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3
2
23
12
2
4
2
4
28
85
56
73
16
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275 - 20lh Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to arc available to
you at all times, cither by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SlU contracts are avail,-ablc in all SlU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such ;is filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SlU
28 / LOG / February 1980
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SlU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY—THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful, to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
by membership action at the &ptember, 1960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one. individual to
earry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone m any official capacity in the SlU unless an
official Union receiptiis given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given'such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an official, receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should imrnediately be reported to Union headquarters.
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lod
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA*
TIONS. Copies of the SlU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SlU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and repyorts fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SlU Atlantic,
Gull. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
well as what it's cut with. And if
you buy a couple of joints off a
guy on the street, you don't know
a single thing about it.
Which means you don't know
what it's going to do to you. Even
in its pure state, the effects of
cannabis, the plailt both mari
juana and hashish are derived
from, vary widely. In high doses,
the Drug Enforcement AgenQr
says, it may cause "image distortion, a loss of potential
identity, fantasies and hallucina
tions or a toxic psychosis."
The "side effects" of drugs
aren't limited to physical and
emotional issues. There are legal
issues as well. And those issues
are gravely important to Sea
farers.
If you get caught with drugs in
a foreign country they'll slap you
in jail so fast you won't know
what hit you. And they'll keep
you there. For a very long time.
In addition, for a seaman, a
drug-related conviction meaps
the Coast Guard will take away
your seamen's papers. That
means you'll never work in the
merchant marine again.
Messing around with drugs is
dangerous. It's stupid. And it'll
get you in trouble. And that's the
only sure thing about it.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SlU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SlU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as. a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any tinie a member feels that any of the ahove
rights have been violated, or tbat he has been denied .his
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor
mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul
Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested, the address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn,
N.Y.11232.
:ers
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Eight more SlU Chief
Stewards are now attending
titlcation Program stresses
work scheduiino reoui^fton
Progfarifthe'St^^^^
'"«• -ven1o;"®c"nrr'Td
Program at the Harry Lun- menu pianning. Advanced
deberg School. The program
culinary skills firet add^plf
iefon ar
struction at HLS and two
weeks at Unron Headquarters.
Because the Chief Steward
is the Department Manager
aboard his ship, the Recer___
...
The CPR ana First
Aid in"w. Tw
Struction was the roughest part of the program
but it was one of the
*!"?.'yP-9andcom:
munication' techniques" are
among the many practical
skills that are taught The
Stewards also receive special training for their job as
secretary-reporter of the
ship's committee.
The Kiv^ioiii
program is
designed to
to
IS uesigneo
*esch SlU Stewards the skills
and want on the
decertification ProI
M f •
.. .
. ' gram is s Kin
best. Ihave not been fn
® ''i® success beschoo/ /or 40 years.
Vnd®1h°i
Janet Cook really taught maritime industry.
,
For the seafarers attending
Bob Liegel
the program now—and for all Since the Chief Steward is the head of the Steward Depart
SlU Steward Department ment, the program stresses work scheduling, requisitionino
and invenioiy
ana
inventory control.
Recertification Program Gives
Stewards The Skills They Need
Jose Colls
Jee Dong
Charies Scott
Carl Jones
Frank Adkins
Francis Smith
Members—the Steward Recertification Program is a
golden educational oppor
tunity. Recertified SlU
Stewards are the best-trainpd
in the whole maritime in
dustry. And graauates of the
program can count on topnotch job security.
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Robert Llegel
Carl Tebell
Reuben
Blackburn
Willie Smith
Chester Moss
Jack Utz
The Chief Stewards learn ad
vanced culinary skills In the
HLS Cooking labs.
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Ail of the teachers
should get a vote of
thanks. They go out of
their way to help each of
us. There has been a
teacher available to help
me whenever I needed It.
Frank Adkins
Every Steward Department
Member who is eligible is en
couraged to apply for the
Recertification Program. It's
easy to apply. Just contact
the SlU Representative in
your port for an application.
The Recertification Program
is a great opportunity for all
SlU members In the Steward
Department. Take advantage
of it today!
Mike Mannlon has been
a very good Instructor.
The knowledge I have
gained about nutrition
and bacteria will be
helpful to me when I go
back to work.
Francis Smitfi
Jr "
Fimt Aid classes are among the practical skills that
® ""©certified Stewards learn.
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February 1980 / LOG / 29
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Summary Annual Report for Seafarers
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This is a summary of the annual
report of Seafarers Pension Plan
(I.D. #13-6100329) for January I,
1978 to December 31, 1978. The
annual report has been filed with the
Internal Revenue Service, as re
quired under the Employee Retire
ment Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA).
Basic Financial Statement
The value of plan assets, after
subtracting liabilities of the plan,
was $141,660,432 as of January I,
1978, compared to $151,436,402 as
of December 31, 1978.
During the plan year, the plan
experienced an increase in its net
assets of $9,775,970. This included
unrealized appreciation and depreci
ation in the value of plan assets; that
is, the difference between the value
of the plan's assets at the end of the
year and the value of the assets at the
beginning of the year or the cost of
assets acquired during the year.
During the plan year, the plan had
total income of $26,725,613 includ
ing employer contributions of
$15,460,278 and $11,265,335 from
earnings from investments and net
realized gain (loss) from sale or
exchange of assets.
Plan expenses were $10,156,683.
These expenses included $1,242,079
in administrative expenses and
$8,914,604 paid in benefits.
Your Rights to Additional
Information
You have the right to receive a
copy of the full annual report, or any
part thereof, on request. The items
listed below are included in that
report:
1. An accountant's report.
2. Assets held for investment.
To obtain a copy of the full annual
report, or any part thereof, write or
call the office of Mr. A. Jensen, 675
Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New
York 11232. The charge to cover
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Vega Is Alive and
Well and LMng in Tampa
F
OR a guy who specialized in
keeping his ships cool, the
sunny hot clime of Tampa, Fla.
might seem an unlikely place to drop
anchor.
Pensioner Alvaro Vega doesn't
think so. But just to make sure
things don't get too hot, the 64-year
old retired Seafarer now specializes
in keeping cars cool. That is, he
repairs air-conditioners and just
about anything electrical under the
hood.
He learned the trade of an
electrician from years of working on
Pensioner Alvaro Vega
the ships.
Brother Vega points out one more
When he retired about six years
thing.
He says everytime he sees an
ago at the age of 58, he was already
old
shipmate
he hasn't seen for
one of the real "oldtimers" in the
years,
the
shipmate
usually says,
Union.
Vega joined the SIU in 1939just a "hey, where the hell you been. I
thought you were dead." Pretty
few months after the Union received typical!
its charter. He proudly points out
Well, this retired Seafarer has
that his Book Number is V-4.
some news for everyone. Alvaro
His first job on a ship was as a
Vega is alive and well and living
messman. But when WWII broke happily with his wife in Tampa, Fla.
out he switched to the engine room
because "they needed people down
below."
John W. Wiciunan
As it turned out, the move to the
It
Is
Important
that you contact Mr.
engine room was a good one for
James
Orlando.
Tel.
(219) 228-6260.
Vega. He applied himself and
learned the trade. When he finally
Kashnlr Puchabkl
retired after 35 yeare of shipping, he
Please contact, your son, Caslmir at
was sailing as a chief electrician and
4207 221 SW Mountlake—Terrace,
reefer engineer.
Wa. 98043. Tel. (206) 778-6144.
Important!
His specialty on the ships was—
what else—air conditioning systems
Michael Robert LaGasse
and refrigeration maintenance and
Please contact, Sonia Prleto. Tel.
repair. His last job before retiring
(212) 639-3887. Emergency!
was on the Sea-Land containership
Newark.
Mark JablonskI
After he called it a day on the
Please contact, your brother,
ships. Brother Vega had no definite James—Urgent.
plans of getting into a new business.
Jim Downey
He used to fix a/c systems in friends'
Please
contact,
Ben Henderson—
cars. But the word got around that
2016
SE
122-Apt.
57-P0rtl8nd, Or.
he was an A-1 mechanic, and the rest
97233.
is history.
A devoted father (he has two
John Robert Splcer
daughters and a son), Vega is
Please
contact,
Benny Splcer, as soon
helping his son to start his own airas
possible.
Tel.
(615)
289-3527.
conditioning repair business.
He says, "I finally have the time to
Ron PolIIno
help. I have a little saved. So I want
Please contact, your mother, at 34420
to put it to good use. After all, you SW 188th Avenue—Homestead, Fla.
can't take it with you."
33034.
Persimals
30 / LOG / February 1980
WiWIBiil!
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Helge Hobnstrom, 60, joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1963
sailing as a chief electrician. Brother
Holmstrom upgraded in 1964. He
I also worked at the Bethlehem and
Todd Shipyards, Hoboken, N.J.
Seafarer Holmstrom was a former
member of the Swedish Seaman's
and Labor Unions. He is a veteran of
the Swedish Army during World
War II. A native of Shellettea,
Sweden, he is a resident of New York
City.
WiHlam Denny Johns, 62, joined
the SIU in 1948 in the port of Mobile
sailing as a deck and junior engineer.
Brother Johns was born in Ever
green, Ala. and is a resident of
Clanton, Ala.
Hugh Lloyd Meacham, 65, joined
the SIU in 1941 in the port of Norfolk
sailing as a bosun and ship's delegate.
Brother Meacham sailed 47 years. He
was bom in North Carolina and is a
resident of Chesapeake, Md.
Robert Calvin Meloy, 58, joined
the SIU in 1946 in the port of
Jacksonville sailing as a recertified
bosun. Brother Meloy sailed 34
years. He graduated from the
Union's Recertified Bosun's Pro
gram in February 1976. Seafarer
Meloy was on the picketline in the
1946 General Maritime beef in
Jacksonville, organized in the 1947
Isthmian drive and in 1948 hit the
bricks in both the Baltimore and New
York's Wall St. strikes. In 1960, he
was in contention for the N.Y. joint
patrolman post. Meloy is a veteran of
the U.S. Army in both World War II
and the Korean War as a sergeant in
the Transportation Corps. He also
attended the Infantry Officers Train
ing School and the Army's Plans,
Training and International School.
Born in Cleveland, he is a resident'of
Seattle.
Anthony Mravec, 66, joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1967
sailing as a wiper. Brother Mravec
sailed 19 years and during the
Vietnam War. He was born in
Cleveland and is a resident of Seattle.
Sebastino Alleluia Pires, 70, joined
the SIU in 1947 in the port of New
York sailing as a chief cook. Brother
Pires sailed 43 years and walked the
Picketline in the 1962 Robin Line
beef. He is a veteran of the U.S.
Army's Hdqs. 241st Service Co.
Engineers in World War II. Seafarer
Pires holds the Asia-Pacific Service,
Philippines Liberation Service and
World War II Victory Medals. A
native of Portugal, he is a resident of
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Daniel Covington Gatewood, 65,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1965 sailing as an AB.
Brother Gatewood sailed 28 years.
He is a veteran of the U.S. Coast
Guard in World War II sailing
aboard the 55 Cactus. Seafarer
Gatewood also attended the U.s>.
Merchant Marine Service School,
Sheepshead, Bay, Brooklyn, N.Y.
during World War IL Born m
Carthage, N;C., he is a resident there.
Charles Wflson Bartlett, 58, joined
the SlU in the port of Baltimore in
1955 sailing as an AB. Brother
Bartlett sailed 29 years and during
the Vietnam War. He hit the bricks in
the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef.
Seafarer Bartlett is a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. Born in
Hingham, Mass., he is a resident of
Dorchester, Mass.
James Robert Bergbower, 52,
joined the SIU in the port of
Wilmington, Calif, in 1956 sailing as
a bosun. Brother Bergbower sailed 27
years. He is a veteran of the postKorean War U.S. Army. Seafarer
Bergbower was bom in Newton, 111.
and is a resident of Preston, Md.
Eiadio Grajales, 65, joined the SIU
in 1944 in the port of Boston sailing
as a chief steward. Brother Grajales---^
also sailed during the Vietnam War
and as a ship's delegate. He walked
the picketline in the 1961 N.Y.
Harbor beef and the 1962 Robin Line
strike. Seafarer Grajales was bom in
Ponce, P.R. and is a resident of
Gretna, La.
George William Duncan, 63,
joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of
New York sailing as a bosun and 3rd
mate. Brother Duncan sailed 48
years, first on British vessels. He also
worked on the Delta and Waterman
Shoregangs in New Orleans from
1973 to 1979. Seafarer Duncan was
born in Russia where his father was
on assignment as a journalist. He is a
naturalized U.S. citizen and is a
resident of Slidell, La.
Angel Garcia, 65,joined the SIU in
1949 in the port of Tampa sailing in
the steward department. Brother
Garcia is a veteran of-the U.S. Army.
He was born in Tampa and is a
resident there.
Kenneth J. Nelson, 60, joined the
Union in the port of Corpus Christi,
Tex. in 1957 sailing as an engineer for
G & H Towing from 1951 to 1979.
Brother Nelson sailed 28 years. He
was a member of the Marine Allied
Workers in 1951. Boatman Nelson
was bom in Humboldt, Tenn. and is
a resident of George West, Tex.
Burvil Wilbert Owens, 62, joined
the Union in the port of Philadelphia
in 1960 sailing as a captain, pilot and
mate for McAllister Brothers from
1972 to 1977, Taylor and Anderson
from 1958 to 1972 and the Warner
Sand and Gravel Co. from 1941 to
1958. Brother Owens is a veteran of
the U.S. Army in World War II. He is
a former member of the NMU,
MM&P and District 50. Boatman
Owens was born in Columbia, N.C.
and is a resident of Philadelphia.
Leroy Gibkenis Sawyer, 63,joined
i the Union in the port of Norfolk in
1961 sailing as an AB for Norfolk
Towing and for C. G. Willis from
1969 to 1971. Brother Sawyer also
sailed for McAllister Brothers from
1953 to 1961. He was a former
member of the UMW. Boatman
Sawyer was born in North Carolina
and is a resident of Chesapeake, Md.
Verner Rudolf Ylitalo, 62, joined
the Union in the port of Saulte Ste. :
Marie, Mich, sailing as an AB and
tankerman for the Atlantic Richfield
Co. from 1964 to 1976, the Great
Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. from
1955 to 1959 and for the Price
Brothers-McClung Co. Brother
Ylitalo sailed deep sea for the SIU
from 1947 to 1956. He is a veteran of
the U.S. Coast Guard during World
War 11. Boatman Ylitalo was born in
Marengo, Wise, and is a resident of
Ironwood, Mich.
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Lamar Matthews Lett Sr., 66,
joined the Union in the port of
Mobile in 1957 sailing as a cook for
the Mobile Towing Co. from 1949 to
1979. Brother Lott was born in
Mobile and is a resident there.
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Recertified Bosun Raymond War
ren Hodges, 59, joined the SIU in
1944 in the port of Baltimore.
Brother Hodges graduated from the
Recertified Bosuns Program in 1974
and attended a Piney Point Crews
Educational Conference in 1970. He
is also a graduate of the GED
Program where he was close to being
a "perfect student." Seafarer Hodges
also attended the U.S. Government's
maritime training classes at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1943.
And he received a Union 1960
Personal Safety Award for sailing
aboard an accident-free ship, the 55
Alcoa Patriot. He was bom in North
Carolina and is a resident of Balti
more.
Orlan Auoid Midkiff, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of Houston in
1970 sailing as an oiler. Brother
Midkiff sailed 22 years. He is a
veteran of the U.S. Army's Medical
Corps in World War 11. Seafarer
Midkiff was born in Remlin, Tex.
and is a resident of Himphill, Tex.
Frank Paul Russo, 67, joined the
SIU in 1944 in the port of Norfolk
sailing as an AB. Brother Russo
sailed 39 years. He also attended a
Piney Point Educational Confer
ence. Seafarer Russo was bom m
Norfolk and is a resident of Harvey,
La.
Edward James Ponis, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of Baltimore in
1952 sailing as a recertified bosun.
Brother Ponis sailed 42 years. He was
born in Boston and is a resident of
Baltimore.
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Michel Joseph Dunn, 60, joined
the SIU in 1947 in the port of New
Orleans sailing as a chief steward.
Brother Dunn sailed 32 years. He
attended a HLS, Piney Point, Md.
Crews Conference in 1975. Seafarer
Dunn is a veteran of the U.S. Navy's
Seabees in World War II. He was a
former member of the Bakers and
Confectionery Workers Union,
Local 35 in New Orleans. A native of
Louisiana, he is a resident of New
Orleans.
•
February 1980 / LOG / 31
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�SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters
United Industrial Workers
of North America
PRESIDENT
Paul Hall
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Joe DiGiorgio
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Frank Drozak
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JAN. 1-31,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Port
.1'^ ••-•-;;;f—
.;. '• #":•
Boston
New York
Philadelphia .Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
'.,,
6
91
6
23
22
13
20
79
46
28
18
25
13
68
1
0
459
6
39
7
9
10
2
3
16
8
5
9
5
2
17
0
0
138
1
16
4
4
7
5
2
7
2
4
8
12
2
5
0
0
79
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans ..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point ....
Yokohama
I'A
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Totals
Totals
4
98
,9
12
11
7
10
40
20
24
7
24
2
49
0
0
317
1
43
1
12
9
2
5
16
5
6
4
6
3
13
1
0
127
1
8
1
0
2
3
0
0
5
2
7
5
0
3
0
0
37
Totals
Totals All Departments
r\
0
17
1
1
6
7 .
0
11
0
3
7
13
0
4
0
1
71
7
130
8
39
26
9
36
154
54
50
26
66
25
118
0
2
750
4 ! 2
48 - ' 12
8 - 3
5
12
14
5
5
2
7
2
13
22
13
4
8
6
17
15
11
19
3
3
22
11
0
0
0
0
191
105
1
68
7
10
7
7
12
37
17
16
4
16
9
33
0
0
244
1
4
136
20
21
15
6
30
95
33
35
24
49
4
102
0
0
574
4
85
3
14
9
6
9
32
13
11
10
13
4
17
0
1
231
2
16
2
2
4
1
0
2
4
2
7
13
0
5
0
0
60
1
10
0
0
4
1
0
4
3
1
5
6
0
1
0
0
36
1
52
6
14
15
4
35
67
15
20
15
29
10
62
0
0
345
2
30
6
5
3
0
4
6
2
3
2
2
5
8
0
0
78
0
10
1
1
1
3
0
6
2
2
13
14
3
4
0
0
60
2
33
7
20
7
3
11
49
9
15
2
17
17
27
0
1
220
7
205
34
36
24
15
23
93
39
21
31
36
27
88
7
3
689
6
147
8
13
26
6
3
39
19
17
99
41
15
67
0
0
506
1,889
1,189
731
5
48
2
6
13
3
10
14
9
10
5
8
9
14
8
0
164
2
2
1
2
3
0
1
0
2
0
2
3
1
0
0
20
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
1
32
3
11
15
4
14
35
17
10
9
17
6
27
0
0
201
4
27
5
5
3
1
1
7
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
0
66
0
5
1
1
1
2
0
3
2
1
7
6
1
3
0
0
33
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point ...
Yokohama
5
48
14
4
16
6
3
28
13
7
6
16
12
24
19
0
221
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston .......
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point ...
Yokohama
- 5
87
17
9
17
14
14
46
32
28
14
22
25
65
1
0
396
0
5
51
53
1
4
8 .
4
8
11
3
1
6
2
25
27
18
10
13
5
1
3
6
6
4
4
26
13
0
41
0
0
170
189
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
3
22
1
11
6
2
2
21
11
8
1
6
10
17
0
0
121
14
130
21
19
21
12
18
56
24
10
11
13
17
43
68
2
479
4
51
10
6
12
4
1
19
4
17
27
16
4
29
0
0
204
1,098
1.098
810
353
810
574
127
•'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at theport last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
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Shipping m the month of December was good to excellent in all A&G deep sea ports, as it has been for the last
several years. A total of 1,511 jobs were shipped last month to SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. Of these onlv 810
or slightly more than half, were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C" senioritv
people. Shipping is expected to remain good to excellent for the foreseeable future
HEADQUARTERS
675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232
ALGONAC, Mich.
^212) HY 9-6600
520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001
(313) 794^9375
ALPENA, Mjch
800 N. 2 Ave. 49707
(517) EL 4-3616
BALTIMORE, Md.
1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
(301) EA 7-4900
BOSTON, Mass. .... 215 Essex St. 02111
(617) 482-4716
BUFFALO, N.Y.. .290 Franklin St. 14202
(716) TL 3-9259
CHICAGO, ILL.9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617
(312) SA 1-0733
CLEVELAND, Ohio
1290 Old River Rd. 44113
(216) MA 1-5450
COLUMBUS, Ohio
4937 West Broad St. 43228
(614) 870-6161
DULUTH, Minn.
705 Medical Arts Building 55802
(218) RA 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich
P.O. Box D
415 Main St. 49635
(616) 352-4441
GLOUCESTER, Mass.
120 Main St. 01903
(617) 283-2645
HOUSTON, Tex..., 1221 Pierce St. 77002
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
659-5152
3315 Liberty St. 32206
(904) 353-0987
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
(201) HE 5-9424
MOBILE, Ala. ..IS. Lawrence St. 36602
(205) HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va.
; 115 3 St. 23510
(804) 622-1892
PADUCAH, Ky
225 S. 7 St. 42001
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 ^t. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's County 20674
(301) 994-0010
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .534 9 Ave. 77640
(713)983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
1311 Mission St. 94103
(415) 626-6793
SANTURCE, P.R.
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6960
SEATTLE, Wash
2505 I Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS, Mo. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TAMPA, Fla. 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609
(813)870-1601
TOLEDO, Ohio... 635 Summit St. 43604
(419) 248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
YOKOHAMA, Japan
P.O. Box 429
Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6NihonOhdori
Naka-Ku 231-91
201-7935
West Coast Stewards Halls
HONOLULU, Hawaii
707 Alakea St. 96813
(808) 537-5714
PORTLAND, Or.421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204
(503) 227-7993
WILMINGTON, Ca.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 543-5855
32 / LOG / February 1980
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�IRS Adopts New Procedur-es in Regard to Allotme.�ts
The Internal Revenue Service
seaman's gross income in the taxable
seamen, as well as modifying the
recently set forth new procedures special "end of voyage" reporting
relating to the reporting of wages,
payment of taxes and collection of
income t_axes, with respec:.t
to
year the allotments are paid.
procedures.
A seaman does not have to report
Now, the allotments paid to a
seaman must
he:
in gross income other wages, such as
induded in the
advances or slops, until the taxable
year in which the voyage ends. As a
Norwe1y offers pension to
result of this Revenue Procedure,
the seaman will be receiving an IRS
WW II seamen
W-2· form (sta tement of wages
received in a calendar year) for the
Seamen who were Norwegian citizens and served on Norwegian ships
allotments paid during a calendar
during World War II may be eligible for pension benefits from Norway.
year,
. To be eligible generally the seaman must be 60 years old and must have
had a minimum of 150 months of sailing on Norwegian ships. Merchant
Federal income taxes. He will then
Service on Norwegian or Allied ships as a Norwegian Citizen;
$2.88
Seamen who served in the Norwegian Army, Navy or Air Force as a
year, and the amount of FICA and
income taxes withheld.
In the instance when a voyage
'-·begins in one year and terminates in
a subsequent year, it will be a tax
advantage to the seaman, who has
authorized allotments, by avoiding
all of the taxable income being
bunched into the year the voyage
terminates.
For Waterway Proiects
There are over 55 separate naviga
tion projects listed in the legislation,
Seamen who served ashore either in an administrative capacity or in
the Army Corps of Engineers. The
the most prominent of which are
legislation allocates $2.8 billion to
Locks and Dam 26 at Alton, Ill. and
Considered seamen are also those who served actively in the
the Corps so that it can carry out a
the Terine�ee-TombigbeeWaterway
variety of duties· essential to the
in Alabama and Mississippi. .
Norwegian or Allied Navy withoUt any service in the merchant marine.
In addition, a special bonus pension is allowed for wartime service.A
··
seaman who was a Norwegian citizen when he sailed and has since
become a citizen of another country remains qualified. A widow or
'
reflecting the balance of his wages,
after allotments paid in the prior
Jaw the 1980 Appropriations Act for
Seamen who served in the Allied forces, Army, Navy, Air Force as a
defense-related work as a Norwegian citizen;
•
When the voyage ends, the sea
m a n will r e c e i v e a W-2 f o r m·
President Carter has signed into
Norwegian citizen;
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ducted as well as withholding for
Norwegian citizen;
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voyage ends in a
FICA (social security) taxes de
to Dec. 31, 194) (outside occupied Norway) would be"-eligib/e.
Following are kinds of service which may be considered for a pension:
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the
The form will also reflect the
seamen who served at least 18 months during the period of Sept. 1, 1939
•
if
subseqpent year.
use this information for inclusion on
his personal tax return.
children of a deceased Norwegian seaman may also claim the bonus.
Those who qualify may write to the following address for further
information: Norwegian Seaman's War Veterans Club, c/ o Birger
Lunde, 84 Hillcrest St., Staten Island, N.Y. 10308.
economic well-being of this nation.
The legislation highlights one
·Included in the legislation are
important fact: commerce on the
provisions which call for the con
inland waterways is heavily depen
struction of nearly $490 million
dent upon the Federal government
dollars worth of navigation projects
for its survival. The good Lord may
on the inland waterways and in the
have given us the Mississippi River,
coar;tal harbors.
but it was the U.S. government who
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constructed the· locks and dams
which make inland shipping economicall y feasibl e.
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S
ee�ng a blind man walk down a street makes the rest of us thankful
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for our. sight. Perfect strangers, as well as friends, don't hesitate to offer a g uiding
arm to the blind because we all think it must be a terrible thing to be unable to see
where you're going.
An alcoholic can't see where he's going either, only alcoholics
d.9n't have friends. Because a friend wouldn't let another man blindly travel a
c��rse that has to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his family.
And that's where an alcoholic is headed.
Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem is just
as easy-and just as important-as steering a blind man across a street. All
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you have to do is take that Seafarer by the arm and· guide him to the Union's
Alcoholi� Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
Once h�'s there. a n alcoholic SiU member will receive the care arid counseling
he needs. And he 11 get the support of brother SIU members who are fighting
the same tough battle he i� bac� to a healthy, productive alcohol-free life.
The road back to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. But because of
ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't have to travel the dista�ce alone.
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And by guiding a brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center,
youll be showing him that the first step back to recovery is only an
arm's length away.
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Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic
·Rehabilitation Center.I understand that all my medical and counseling
records will be kept strictly co nfidential, and that they will not be kept
anywhere except at The Center.
Name ............................. Book No, ............
Address
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(Street or RFD)
Mail to:
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(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Telephone No................
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THE CENTER
Star Route
Box 153-A
Valley Lee, Md. 20692
or call, 24 hours-a-da)', (301) 994-0010
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Mobile
More than 100 miles of the 232-mile Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
were open to river navigation last month from its southern end at
Demopolis, Ala. north to Columbus, Miss, pending the raising of the
water level at the Aliceville Lock and Dam.
Almost $1 billion of the estimated $1.67 billion Federal cost of the
entire project is now under contract.
PMlade^hia
lOT has placed into Gulf service the new 480-foot barge Ocean 192
to carry 180,000 barrels of crude or petrochemical products in 12
coated compartments.
The twin-screw 5,600 hp new tug Freedom (lOT) will push the barge
which has a redesigned streamlined hull. She was built by the Galves
ton Shipbuilding Co., Houston.
GreatLakes
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Barge G.L. 33—a new 4,000 cubic yard Manitowoc hydrodump
barge—was launched last month by the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.,
Chicago at the Maxon Marine Industries Shipyard, Tell City, Ind.
The steel, deep sea barge measures 234 by 53 by 23 feet. She has a
longitudinal divided hull hinged at each end above deck. Hydraulic
cylinders open the hull hopper to dump and close.
MARAD has okayed the $11.2 million bid of the Great Lakes Dredge
& Dock Co.'s Tidewater Dredging of Oakbrook, 111. in building a 4,300
hp trailing suction hopper dredge.
WasMnglon,D.C.
V;lv
President Jimmy Carter in his 1981 budget request to Congress has
asked for $30 million for construction and rehabilitation of 34 inland
waterways, locks and dams projects.
M
Port Arthur, Tex.
Sabine Towing has on order a 103 foot, 3,200 hp twin screw harbor tug
from Delta Shipyard, Houma, La.
You Can't Afford Not To
St Louis
Contract negotiations with Orgulf and Ozark Marine have been
completed and a ratification vote by the membership was under way early
this month.
The U.S. Corps of Engineers here has issued a "notice to proceed" to
contractors for the first stage of construction at Locks and Dam 26 near
Alton, 111. The first stage is the building of a cofferdam on the
Missouri shore extending 1,000 feet into the Mississippi.
The resulting 25-acre area enclosed by the cofferdam will be dewatered for the construction of the first six gates of the new dam. Comple
tion in 1981 of the $41.7 million contract will restrict the river to a
700-foot width along the Illinois shore.
National Marine Service has asked MARAD for $30.7 million in
subsidy to build 46 double-skinned oil-chemical tank barges and five
diesel-powered towboats with delivery before 1982.
The barges will be built by Hillman Barge, Brovmsville, Pa., Nashville
(Tenn.) Bridge and Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, Ind. Dravo of Pittsburgh
and Ortis Boat, Krotz Springs, La. will build the towboats.
On her maiden voyage downriver from Dravo, the towboat National
Energy (National Marine) had as her crew: Capt. J.A. Benoit, Pilot
Norman East, Trip Pilot V. Ward, Port Engineer C. Webb, Engineer F.
Stanley, Mate S. Lamb, Tankermen J. Bowman and T. Stewart,
Deckhands G. Coleman and E. Renshaw and Cook P.W. Chambers.
New Orleans
Opening contract negotiations began early this month with both Dixie
Carriers and Gulf Canal.
h
Radcliff Materials has three 1,650 hp towboats on order for future
delivery from the Dravo Shipyard, Neville Is., Pa.
'h
Cook Duncan V. "Pat" Patterson reported late last month that he's
"back on the river again."
That is on the Mississippi aboard the towboat Dixie Power (Dixie
Carriers).
Pat says the run from here to Meyers, Miss., a few miles north of
Vicksburg, takes 48 hours going upstream and 24 down, past Baton
Rouge, La.
Previously, Pat had got off the deep sea tug Alice Moron (Moran
Towing) in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Seems before he got off the tug was
having problems coming across the Gulf towing a 510-foot barge.
Assisted by two other tugs, the Alice Moran was "comin' through
the notch" of Port Everglades, Fla. Harbor when she lost the towliqe.
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The Transportation Institute Towboat Operator Scholarship
Program pays you while you go to school at HLS. It gives
you hee room, board and books. It helps you earn wheelhouse time while you leam boathandling skills. And HLS
graduates get day-for-day worktime credit.
You can't afford not to apply for a
Towboat Operator Scholarship
The next class begins April 7.
• •,
Contact your SIU Port Agent or your Company to apply.
34 / LOG / February 1980
SIU Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (seated center) fills out dues receipt for (seated
left) Steward Delegate C. Harmanson of the ST Cove Navigator (Cove Shipping)
Ship's Committee recently. The rest of the committee (I. to r.) are Chief Steward
Ray Casanova, secretary-reporter; Deck Delegate Patrick i_escot, Bosun Tom
Ratcliffe, ship's chairman and Chief Pumpman Jim Emidy, educational director.
The tanker paid off at the Con Edison Plant. Brooklyn, N.Y.
�Legal Aid
In the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10001
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
Sll Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879^9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning
and Wash
100 Bush Street, Suite 1403
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112,
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Ratz & Friedman
1 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
^Tele. #(312) 263-6330
Arbitrator Rules for Company in Dixie COLA Beef
An arbitration involving the
application of cost of living add-ons
in determining the daily wage due to
SIU Boatmen employed by Dixie
Carriers Co. in New Orleans was
settled last month.
In a decision dated Jan. 7, 1980,
the impartial arbitrator ruled that
the cost of living adjustment which
Dixie had rolled in to the wages of
Union Boatmen as of Apr. 6, 1979
was correctly computed by the
company.
The arbitrator's ruling on the
Dixie COLA arose from a grievance
filed by the SIU against the
company, based on differing
interpretations of the cost of living
clause in Dixie's collective bargain
ing agreement.
Because of the differing interpre
tations of the contract, the Union
and the company arrived at a
different 1979 COLA amount and,
therefore, a different wage rate. The
Union's 1979 COLA figure was
slightly higher than the COLA
worked out by Dixie.
As an example, under the SIU's
computations the new daily wage
rate with 1979 COLA figured in due
to a Canal Captain as of Apr. 6,1979
should have been $102.74. By the
company's figuring, the new wage
rate for Canal Captains came to
$101.20, a difference of $1.54.
COLA'S apply to all ratings. The
amount differs with the pay scale but
the method of computation is the
same across the board.
An impartial arbitrator was
named to settle the matter. Both the
Union and the company agreed to
abide by the arbitrator's decision.
In his seven page ruling the
arbitrator said that "the contract
calls for a 5 percent increase in the
daily wage each year. It does not," he
continued, "provide for a 5 percent
increase in 1979 plus the 1978 cost of
living adjustment.
"The cost of living adjustment for
1979," the arbitrator concluded,, "is
based, in Dixie's contract, not upon
'wages being paid' but upon the Base
Daily Rate and the adjustment of
CPI thereon over the 5 percent wage
increase."
Based on the arbitrator's interpre
tation of the Union's collective
bargaining agreement with Dixie,
the cost of living add-ons Dixie
Boatmen have been receiving, rolled
into their wages since Apr. 6, 1979
are correct.
This is the final COLA Union
members at Dixie will receive under
the terms of the current contract
which expires this year.
When Siy reps sit down at the
bargaining table later in 1980 to
negotiate a new, three-year
agreement with Dixie, one of their
priorities will be to clarify the
contract language so that there can
he no question about cost of living
adjustments due to Union Boat
men at Dixie in the future.
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
JAN. 1-31,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
CiassA CiassB CiassC
TOTAL SHIPPED
AHGrauns
ClatsA aassB ClassC
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore.......
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico ,....
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah.
Totals
DECK DEPARTMENT
'
0
0
6
0
3
2
3
0
0
6
5
10
12
0
0
0
8
0
3
1
2
0
0
4
0
0
4
5
0
2
2
3
34
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
0
4
0
1
8
12
0
7
0
46
84
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
,
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
Totals AllDepartments
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
0
2
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
-0
0
2
0
a
0
0
0
12
0
7
3
10
3
0
7
0
0
6
14
0
9
0
32
103
0
2
0
16
0
5
2
11
0
0
12
0
0
9
5
0
5
1
9
77
0
0
0
5
0
5
0
12
. 3
0
13
0
1
7
19
0
34
0
131
230
'
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
^ 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
. 0
'0
0
2
0
4
9
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0'
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
6
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
22
120
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans ..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point ...
Paducah
Totals
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
11
0
2
10
1
30
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Port Arthur—
Algonac
St. Louis
PineyPoint ...
Paducah
Totals
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B ClassC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
6
76
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
- 0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
36
100
34
11
15
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Pensioner
Nicholas Mallette,
67, died of heartlung failure in
Mobile on Sept.
24. Brother Mallette joined the
SlUin 1946 in the
port of Mobile
sailing as a AB. He sailed for 32 years.
Seafarer Mallette was bom in Broussard. La. and was a resident of Bayou La
Betre, La. Interment was in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Mobile. Surviving
are his widow, Mae; three sons, Donald,
Ronald and Bernard and a daughter,
Wanda.
Pensioner
David Alfred
I Lewis Sr., 72, was
dead on arrival of
I a probable heart
attack at the Lake
I County Memorial
Hospital, East
Painesville, Ohio
after being taken ill at home in Madison,
Ohio on Oct. 23. Brother Lewis joined
the Union in the port of Ashtabula,
Ohio in 1961 sailing as an oiler and
dredgeman from 1947 to 1966. He sailed
for the Dredge Engineers and
Cranesmen Union from 1935 to 1949
and from 1957 to 1959. Laker Lewis also
sailed for the American Dredge Co.
from 1960, 1961 and the Great Lakes
Dredge Co. A native of Concord, Ohio,
he was a resident of Cleveland. Burial
was in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville.
Surviving are his widow, Diantha Eloise
and four daughters, Mrs. Donald
(Beverley) G. H. Gordon of Cleveland,
Donna Lee, Juanita Louise and Bonnie
Lou.
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Robert Wayne
Guthrie, 56,
succumbed to
lung failure in the
John Sealy HospitaL Galveston on
Sept. 30. Brother
Guthrie joined the
SIU in 1943 in the
port of Boston sailing as a chief
pumpman with the Union for 19 years.
He also sailed as a 3rd assistant engineer
with MEBA for 14 years. Born in Des
Moines, la., he was a resident of
Coldspring, Tex. Burial was in
Woodlawn Cemetery, Crowley, La.
Surviving are his widow, Maudrey
Margaret; his mother, Zola of Houston
and sister, Mrs. Thelma Cornwell of
Des Moines.
Lawrence Cur
ry "Larry" Boyd
Jr., 33, died
in Gainesville,
Fla. on Nov. 10.
Brother Boyd
joined the SIU in
the port of
Jacksonville in
1971 sailing as a fireman-watertender
and en^neer. He sailed on the 7T
Manhattan (Hudson Waterways) in
1977. Seafarer Boyd was a veteran of the
U.S. Coast Guard during the Vietnam
War. Bom in Philadelphia, he was a
resident of St. Petersburg, Fla. Burial
was in the Maypop Cemetery, Branford,
Fla. Surviving are his mother, Muriel of
Branford and his father, Lawrence of St.
Petersburg.
Thomas Edwin
"Tom" Shoe
maker, 32, died on
June 7. Brother
Shoemaker joined
the SIU following
his graduation
from the HLSS in
1967 sailing as an
AB. He also sailed during the Vietnam
War. Seafarer Shoemaker also attended
a Piney Point Educational Conference
in 1971. And he was an aviation
machinist. Born in Linneus, Mo., he was
a resident of Tujunga, Calif. Surviving
are his widow, Yvonne; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Shoemaker of
Brookfleld, Mo. and a sister, Mrs. L. J.
Bachtel.
Arthur Robert
Peter Ralo, 62,
died on Aug. 23.
Brother Raio
joined the SIU in
the port of Phila
delphia in 1969
sailing as a chief
cook. He sailed 20
years and attended a Piney Point Crews
Conference in 1975. Seafarer Raio was a
veteran of the U.S. Air Forces in World
War 11. A native of Philadelphia, he was
a resident there. Interment was in the
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Berlin, N.J.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfonso and Virginia Raio and two
brothers, Thomas of Williamstown,
N.J. and Alfonso Jr. of Philadelphia.
Bernard Mac
Kinnon, 49, died
on July 29. Broth
er MacKinnon
joined the Union
in the port of
Detroit in 1961
sailing as a deck
hand for Dunbar
and Sullivan from 1954 to 1968 and
Western Contracting from 1961 to 1968.
He also sailed as a mate for the Great
Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. in 1978.
Laker MacKinnon was bom in Nova
Scotia, Canada and was a resident of
Detroit. Surviving are a daughter,
Janine of Detroit and a brother, John.
wnue Sims, 58,
died of lung fail
ure in the Port
land (Ore.) U. S.
Veterans AdminI'istration Hospital
I on Oct. 3. Brother
Sims joined the
Union in the port
of San Francisco in 1967. He sailed in
the steward department on the SSSanta
J/ar/fl (Delta Line) from 1977 to 1978.
He sailed 23 years. And he was a veteran
of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Sims
was bom in Smithville, Tex. and was a
resident of Portland. Burial was in
Smithville. Surviving are his widow,
Mary; a daughter, Mrs. Adrilla Fondal
of Smithville; a sister, Mrs. Sewilla A.
Watkins of Los Angeles; seven nephews,
12 nieces and 31 cousins.
Allan A. De Hart
Ames, 24, died in
the Seamen's
Church Institute,
New York City on
Nov. 27. Brother
Ames joined the
jSIU in 1972
Ifollowing his
graduation from the HLS,sailing out of
the port of New York in 1975. He also
eamed his GED in Piney Point.
Seafarer Ames was born in Washington,
D.C. and was a resident of New York
City and Upper Marlboro, Md.
Cremation took place in the Evergreen
Crematory, Hillside, N.J. Surviving are
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allan and
Mildred Ames of Upper Marlboro.
Pensioner
Joseph Ferenc, 86,
passed away from
natural causes in
the Lenox Hill
Hospital, New
I York City on Aug.
7. Brother Ferenc
[joined the SIU in
1942 m the port of New York sailing as
an AB. He hit the bricks in the 1965
maritime beef. Seafarer Ferenc was
born in Hungary and was a resident of
New York City. Cremation took place
in the Garden State Crematory, North
Bergen, N.J. Surviving are his widow,
Josie and a son, Steven.
Pensioner Bennie Johnson, 78, died
of cancer in the port of Cleveland on
Oct. 15. Brother Johnson joined the
MC&S in 1947 sailing as a waiter and
officers'BR for the State Lines. He was
born in Mississippi and was a resident of
Cleveland and Mississippi. Burial was in
the Highland Park Cemetery, Cleve
land. Surviving are his widow, Bassie; a
son, Walter of Praire Pt., Miss, and a
stepsister, Mrs. Lavenia Brown of
Detroit, Mich.
Pensioner Joseph Elrln Gardner, 62,
died of a liver ailment at home in
Sebastopol, Calif, on Sept. 12. Brother
Gardner joined the Union On the West
Coast sailing as a chief cook. He sailed
for 26 years. In 1959, he sailed on the 55
Flavia (Grace Line) and on the 55
President Cleveland (APL). Seafarer
Gardner was born in Texas. Surviving is
his widow, Edith. Cremation took place
in the Pleasant Hill Cremetery,
Sabastopol.
Sorella Kaiser, 72, passed away on
Oct. 16. Sister Kaiser was a member of
the Union for seven years sailing as a
chief steward and chief cook for the
Kelly Island Sand Co. She was also a
member of the International Cleaning
and Dye House Workers Union for the
Mullaire Dry Cleaning Go. She was a
resident of Cleveland, Ohio. Burial was
in Edgewood Cemetery. Surviving are
her widowef. Pensioner Chester Kaiser
and a sister, Mrs. Inez Lahti of
Ashtabula, Ohio.
Pensioner Remlglo Mangayam, 84,
died of heart failure in the Broadway
Hospital, Vallejo, Calif, on Oct. 25.
Brother Mangayam joined the MC&S
in 1943 sailing as a cook for APL and
Pacific Transport. He was bom in the
Philippine Islands and was a resident of
Vallejo. Seafarer Mangayam was a
naturalized U.S. citizen. Interment was
in the Sunrise Memorial Cemetery,
Vallejo. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Rosita Callenta and a sister, Mrs. Jean
Antolin of Vallejo.
36 / LOG / February 1980
Robert William
Mateo, 48, died of
a heart attack on
arrival at the
Chesapeake (Va.)
'General Hospital
on May 19. Broth
er Mateo joined
! the SIU in the port
of Norfolk in 1968 sailing as a 3rd cook.
He sailed 20 years. Seafarer Mateo was a
wounded veteran of the U.S. Army
during the Korean War. Born in
Portsmouth, Va., he was a resident
there. Burial was in the Olive Branch"
Cemetery, Portsmouth. Surviving are
his widow, Marie; two stepsons, Arthur
and William Edwards; his mother, Mrs.
Elsie Barber and an aunt, Mrs. C.L.
Pickett of Portsmouth.
Pensioner
Manuel Rosende
Perez, 84, passed
away from natural
causes in Muros,
La Coruna, Spain
on Sept. 9. Bro
ther Perez joined
ithe SIU in 1939 in
the port of Baltimore sailing as an AB.
He sailed 50 years. Seafarer Perez was
bom in Muros and was a resident there.
Interment was in La Coruna. Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Dolores Vasquez,
of Union, N.J.; a grandson, Manuel
Vasquez of East Stroudsburg, Pa.;
another grandson, John Vasquez and a
granddaughter, Marie Vasquez, both of
Union.
Pensioner Paul
Andrew Switch,
65, died of heart
failure in the
Harrisburg (Pa.)
Hospital on Nov.
, 9. Brother Switch
I joined the SIU in
the port of New
York in 1958 sailing as a firemanwatertender. He sailed 35 years and
during the Vietnam War. And was on
the picketlines in the 1955 and 1963
maritime beefs and the 1965 District
Council 37 strike. In 1960, he was
awarded a Union Personal Safety
Award for sailing aboard an accidentfree ship, the SS Steel Architect. A
native of Martin, Pa., he was a resident
of Harrisburg. Cremation took place
and his ashes were scattered on the seas.
Surviving are his widow, Barbara and a
brother, Joseph of Martin.
Pensio ner
I William Mathews
Turpln, 69, died of
heart-liing failure
in the Houston
USPHS Hospital
on Oct. 12. Broi ther Turpin joined
the SIU in the port
of Houston in 1964 sailing as a firemanwatertender. He sailed 32 years.
Seafarer Turpin was also a machinist
and a former member of the Iron and
Steel Workers Union. Born in HordenWharton, England, he was a resident of
Dime Box, Tex. He was also a
naturalized U.S. citizen. His remains
were donated according to his wishes to
medical research at the Baylor (Tex.)
College of Medicine, Houston.
Surviving are his widow, Nathalee; two
sons, John and Thomas; a daughter,
Christy Ann and a brother, John of
Chicago, 111.
�Pensioner A l
P e n s i o n e r
Th o m a s
berto Atilio Aran
natural causes in
cumbed to cancer
failure in the Bin
Calvary Hospital,
m
Dec.
·
Greater N.Y. Harbor beef and the
1962
Robin Line strike. Seafarer Arancibia
. was born in Valparaiso, Chile and was a
the Bronx. He w as a
naturalized U.S. citizen. Cremation
t o o k p l a c e in t h e
G ar d en S t ate
C r e m a t o r y , N o r t h B e r g e n , N .J .
are t w o daughters, Mrs.
Rizal, P.1. on Oct.
4. Brother Este
in
man-watertender. He was a veteran of
sailing as a chief cook. He sailed 21 years
the U.S. Army's Field Artillery in World
and walked the picketline in the
War IL Seafarer Gower was born in
N.Y. Harbor beef. Seafarer Esteban
North Carolina and was a resident of
also sailed during the Vietnam War. He
Chesapeake, Md. Interment
was in
was born in Paete, Laguna, P.1. and was
Rosewood Memorial Park Cemetery,
a resident of San Francisco. And he was
Virginia Beach, Va. Surviving are two
a naturalized U.S. citizen. Interment
sisters,
Joy ce
and
Mrs.
Shirley
attack at home in
Brooklyn,
77, died of
on Dec.
heart failure in the
SIU in
Hospital,
Seafarer Curry was born in Ohio and
w as a resident of Mobile. Interment was
in the Elam Cemetery, Mobile County.
Surviving are two sons, Horace Jr. of
Mobile and Maurice; a daughter, Mrs.
1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. A native
of Finland, he was a naturalized U.S.
citizen. Cremation took place in the
Greenwood
Crematory,
Brooklyn.
Surviving are his widow, Martha of
Huntington,
L.1., N.Y. and a sister,
Ruth of Borga, Finland.
f a i l u re
62, died of cancer
.·i�r-li.a&,t,, . StH)µ-4�-.
burg, Pa. on Dec.
York sailing as a bosun. He sailed
36
years and was on the picketline in the
1961
N.Y.
Harbor
beef.
Seafarer
McDaniel ugraded at Piney Point in
1974. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy
in World War II. A native of Uvalda,
Ga., he was a resident of Stroudsburg,
Pa.
S u rviving
Bernadette;
a
ar e
son,
his
Michael
w i dow,
and
a
ther
joined the SIU in
Ehlers of Bellview, Wash.
:
58, died of
heart-lung failure in the Nassau Bay
11.
Brother Matthews joined the Union in
the port of Houston in 1977 sailing as a
deckhand on the towboat Robert B.
(Western Towing) from 1975 to 1977.
during World War II. Boatman Mat
thews was born in Livingston, Tex. and
was a resident of Liberty, Tex. Burial
was in the Menard Chapel Cemetery,
Polk County, Tex. Surviving are his
widow, Louise; a brother and sister-in
Iaw, Mr. and Mrs. Earnest
L and
Josephine C. Matthews Sr. of Houston
and a sister, Mrs.
Esther Scott of
Liberty.
Pensioner Clarence Harold Mc
Hei nri c h
Lohse,
80, passed
away from natural
(Tex.) USPHS Hospital on Dec.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army
P eter
in
Booth
, Memorial
causes
Medi
cal Center, Flush
ing, Queens, N. Y.
on Dec.
ther Lohse joined the SIU in
14. Bro
1946 in the
port of New York sailing as a bosun. He
sailed
in
45 years. Seafarer Lohse was born
Bremen,
naturalized
Germany
U.S.
and
citizen. He
was
a
was
a
resident of Flushing. Interment was in
Flushing Cemetery. Surviving are his
widow, Irma; two sons, Peter Jr. and
Reinhard and a daughter, logo.
Pensioner Charles Clarke,
75, passed
Cemetery, Portland. Surviving are his
widow, Betty; a stepson, Richard M.
Stuck of Portland; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Issac
a sister, Mrs. Lona Smith of Portland.
0. Boggs of Clay, W. Va. and
14. Bro
Samuel Mixon
, Jr.,
22, died in
City Hospital, St.
Louis,
Mo.
on
30. Brother
Mixon joined the
Union in the port
of San Francisco
in
1976 sailing as
a chef utility. He sailed for the Delta
Line from
1978 to 1979. Seafarer Mixon
Mary of Dorado, P.R. and a daughter
Julie of Brooklyn.
Training School, Santa Rosa, Calif. in
1976. A native of St. Louis, he was a
Pensioner
Eg
bert
Williatmson
"QI'
War llorse"
Goulding,
76, suc
resident
there.
Interment
w'as
in
Greenwood Cemetery, Hillsdale, Mo.
Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Annette
Mixon of St. Louis.
cumbed to emphy
semia at home in
the
Bronx,
Pensioner Leon
N.Y.
Mars Sr.,
on Oct. 3. Brother
the
1939 in the port of New York
sailing as a chief steward. He sailed for
tal,
a naturalized
U.S. citiz.en.
P i c ay u n e ,
Miss. on Nov.
Brother
No. 9. He was born in Jamaica, B.W.I.
was
L.O. Crosby
Memorial Hospi
41 years. Seafarer Goulding attended
the 1970 Piney Point Crew Conference
and
74, died
of lung failure in
Goulding joined
the SIU in
Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery,
P e n s i o n er
Portland.
was a graduate of the MC&S Steward
machinist. Seafarer Kusmierski was a
Lillian and a daughter, Mrs. Sandra
of
Brooklyn, N . Y .
Brooklyn. Surviving a r e his widow,
former member of the NMU and a
Pearland, Tex, Surviving are his widow,
resident
attack at home in
Hills Cemetery,
New York sailing as a bosun. He was a
place in the South Park Crematory,
a
Gatmaiton was born i n Manila, P.I. and
Kusmierski
a resident of Houston. Cremation took
was
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Cypress
t he
Seafarer Boggs' burial was in Rose City
1961 N.Y. Harbor strike and the
1962 R o b i n Line b e e f . S e a f a r e r
in
in
1953 sailing as a
steward for the Matson Line from 1946
to 1978. He was born in West Virginia
the
7. Bro
II. Born in Grand Rapids, Mich., he was
U n i on
, Oct.
wa s
28. Brother
port of Portland in
years. And he was on the picketlines in
the
veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War
Nov.
Boggs joined the
1946 in the port of New York sailing in
the steward department. He sailed 42
1945 in the port of
daughter, Elizabeth.
Jarnes Edman Matthews,
in
on Sept.
21. Brother
a heart
H o s pit al ,
Portland, Ore. on
joined the SIU in
. N�!iaU aay(Tex.)
: USPHS . Hospital
.
i n the port of New
65,
died of heart-lung
B�ddy McDaniel,
·
W a l ter
K u smierski,
Pensioner Paul
7 6,
was a naturalized U.S. citiz.en. Burial
P e n s i o n er
Bess
t h e r G a t m a i ton
Seafarer Grahne was on the picketline
in the
of
on Dec.
46 years.
J oseph
1947
died
port of New York
•
R e ye s
Ga tmai t o n ,
1942 in the
sailing as a bosun. He sailed
a mother-in-law, Mattie.
the SIU in
E ugenio
8. Brother
Elizabeth Wiggins of Satsuma, Ala. and
McDaniel joined
.•
N . Y.
57, died of
pneu:nonia in the
and
P e n s i o ner
Grahne joined the
Springhill Mem
1945 in the port of Mobile sailing as a
chief steward. He sailed 46 years.
of Binangonan.
75, died of a heart
ace Stanley Curry
o n Nov.
Grahne,
also of San Francisco; Bayani and Diva
Anderson
B oggs,
was in the Municipal Cemetery, Paete.
San Francisco and three sons, Nathan
P e n s i oner
P e n s i oner
James
1961
Surviving are his widow, Simplicia of
Ambrose, both of Chesapeake.
Gu nnar
11. Brother Curry
'
joined the SIU in
the
SIU in the port of San Francisco in 1955
Pensioner Hor
Mobile
b a n joined
1947 in
the port of New York sailing as a fire
Angelina Cortez and Mrs. Maria Smith,
orial
General
Hospital, Morong,
2. Brother
both of the Bronx.
Sr.,
angonan
Norfolk
; Gower joined the
' SIU
1942 in
the port of New York sailing as a saloon
the
on Dec.
Arancibia joined
pantryman. He hit the bricks in the 1961
62,
USPHS Hospital
N. Y. on
9. Brother
the SIU in
Surviving
Esteban,
72, died of heart
71, died of
Bronx,
of
Crespo
suc
cibia,
resident
Gower,
Pensioner Pedro
Met r a
9.
Mars
joined the Union
m the port of New Orleans in
1954
sailing as a chief engineer for Coyle
the Bronx. Surviving are a son, Rodney
Lines. He was a former member of the
and a daughter, Mrs. Lorraine R. Rivers
MAW
of the Bronx.
Pensioner Bergljoth Irene Skram
stad,
Union
Local
58, died of arteriosclerosis in the
San Francisco USPHS Hospital on
Nov.
29. Sister Skramstad joined the
Mc&S in 1962 sailing until 1976. She
was also a beautician for 15 years. A
was a resident of Picayune. Burial was in
New
Palestine
Cemetery,
Picyum:.
Surviving are his widow; Mineola; a
son,
Lawrence
and
two
daughters,
Lynita and Betty Ann.
P e n s i o n er
native of Norway, Seafarer Skramstad
J a me
was a resident of San Francisco.
He yward
Maxey,
Cremation took place in the Olivet
sclerosis at home
Calif. Her ashes were sent to Norway.
in Parkers Ferry,
S urviving is her brother, Arne of
Charleston,
Gyesasen-Flisa, Norway.
on Oct.
Penioner Juan Fuentes Ramos, 68,
died of Hodgkin's Disease in the San
5.
53, suc-:
cumbed to arterio
Memorial Park Ce metery, Colma,
Francisco USPHS Hospital on Nov.
1356. Boatman
Mars was born in Gainsville, Miss. and
S.C.
8. Brother
. Maxey joined the
SIU in the port of New York in
sailing as an AB. He sailed
1953
26 years and
away from natural causes in the Port
Brother Ramos joined the Mc&S in
was a ship's delegate. Seafarer Maxey
Antonio (JaP.lai ca) Public General
1946 sailing as an officers BR for States
was born in Smoaks, S.C. Burial was in
San Francisco USPHS Hospital on
Hospital on Apr.
30. Brother Clarke
Lines. He was born in Gregario Ramos,
Live Oak Cemetery, Walterboro, S.C.
Nov.
26. Brother McKnight joined the
Union in 1934 on the West Coast. He
sailed 33 years. Seafarer McKnight was
joined the Union (the merged MC&S) in
P.I. and was a resident of San Fran
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Lillian
Knight,
75, died of lung failure in the
1942 in World War II on the West Coast
cisco. Interment was in the Woodlawn
Adicks of James
sailing as a chief steward later on the SS
Memorial Park Ce metery, Colma,
brother,
Paul
T.
ls.,
Charleston;
Capo,
also
a
of
born in Colorado and was a resident of
Angelo Petri (United Vintners). He was
Calif. Surviving are his widow, Fely and
Charleston and two sisters, Mrs. Gwen
Sonoma, Calif. Burial was in Evergreen
a resident of Port Antonio. Surviving
a daughter, Joan of Macaladat, Ca
Herron Wren and Pamela Adicks, both
Cemetery, Oakland Calif.
are his widow, Ruby and a son, Ian.
bauan, Isabela, P.1.
of James Is.
February 1980 I LOG I 37
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1980 Upgrading Course Schedule
Here is the tentative schedule of upgrad
ing courses to be held at the Lundeberg
School in 1980. As you can see, the School
is offering a wide range of programs for all
ratings, both for deep sea and inland
members.
SlU members are reminded that this
Starting Dates
Course Name
LNG
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Marine Electrical Maintenance
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February 4
March 31
April 28
May 26
June 23
July 21
August 18
September 15
November 10
Able Seaman
May 22
September 25
Steward Recertification Program
March 10
May 12
July 14
September 8
October 13
Bosun Recertification Program
February 11
April?
August 11
A Seniority Upgrading Program
February 4
.March 10
April 7
May 5
June 9
July 7
August 11
September 8
October 6
November 10
December 8
May 12
August 18
Refrigeration Systems maintenance
& Operations
February 18
June 23
September 29
Pumproom Maintenance & Operation
March 31
August 4
November 10
Diesel Engineer (Regular)
March 31
May 12
July 7
September 15
October 27
Diesel Engineer (License)
March 3
July 7
October 27
Welding
April 14
June 9
October 27
Conveyor
March 27
April 24
May 22
June 19
July 17
August 14
September 11
November 6
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February 18
June 23
September 29
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starting Dates
Course Name
March 13
April 10
May 8
July 3
July 31
September 25
October 23
November 20
Marine Electronics
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schedule is tentative. In other words,
courses may be changed or cancelled de
pending on response from the member
ship. So think about upgrading this year.
And get your applications in early to
assure yourself a seat in the class of your
choice.
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Lifeboat
February 14
February 28
March 13
March 27
April 10
April 24
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Tankerman
May 8
May 22
June 5
June 19
July 3
July 17
July 31
August 14
August 28
September 11
September 25
October 9
October 23 November 6
November 20
December 4
December 18
Assistant Cook
These courses
will be
scheduled as
needed to
accomodate
applicants.
February 11
Engine Room Automation
May 12
September 15
Tovyboat Operator
January 21
Towboat Operator Scholarship Program
April 7
July 7
September 29
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Celestial Navigation
March 17
August 4
1st Class Pilot
October 6
Quartermaster
March 3
May 26
October 13
Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Chief Steward
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HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL UPGRADING APPLICATION
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AFL-CIO SENDS PRAYERS, BESH WISHES TO PAUL HALL
SIU'S FRANK DROZAK ELECTED PRESIDENT OF AFL-CIO MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT
SIU V.P TANNER RETIRES; A CHARTER MEMBER
SEA-LAND CHRISTENS 3RD OF 12 DIESEL CONTAINERSHIPS
217 BOAT PEOPLE OWE LIVES TO SHARP EYES OF CH. STEWARD
U.S.C.G STALL ON ASBESTOS BLASTED BY UNIONS
CARTER BUDGET ASKS $567m FOR MARITIME
MARITIME AUTHORIZATION: ANOTHER BATTLE BREWING?
SIU BOATMEN CREW NEW FLASHIP OF NATIONAL MARINE
BUFFALO UNION HALL CLOSED: CLEVELAND FACILITY TO BE REOPENED
TUG CREW TRIUMPHS IN FIREFIGHTING ORDEAL
FRANK PECQUEX ASSIGNED TO WASHINGTON: ADDS NEW DIMENSION TO SIU TEAM
SEN. WARNER TELLS NMC HE'S 100% FOR STRONG U.S. MARITIME
CAPT. STONE IS NAMED US MARITIME ATTACHE; WAS TI REPRESENTATIVE
U.S. ANNOUNCES IT WILL REJOIN ILO
AFL-CIO MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, FEB. 14-15, 1980, MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO
SPEAKERS AT MTD EXEC. BOARD...
REVIEW BOARD TO DECIDE V.A. BENEFITS FOR SEAMEN ISSUE
CONVENIENCE FLAGS: 3 MISHAPS IN 5 DAYS, INCLUDING SINKING A BRIDGE
MSC TRYING TO UNDERMINE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT
23 COAST GUARDSMEN DEAD IN COLLISION WITH TANKER CAPRICORN
WATERMAN CHRISTEN NEW LASH BEN. HARRISON IN NEW ORLEANS
ANOTHER SEAFARER GETS HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA AT HLS
HR 5164 A DANGEROUS BILL: SIU WILL FIGHT IT
SEAFARERS CREW 1ST OF 12 NEW DIESEL CONTAINERSHIPS FOR SEA-LAND
SAGA OF THE R/V ANTON BRUUN, PART IV
DR. RICKY ABRAMS STILL LOVES THE SEA, THE SIU BROTHERHOOD
SIU CREW PLUCKS 3 CUBANS FROM DRIFTING BOAT OFF KEY LARGO, FLA
PAUL DEMPSTER REELECTED SUP PRESIDENT
CARTER OKAYS NORTHER TIER OIL PIPELINE
SAN FRANCISCO HALL MOVED TO 350 FREMONT
UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TO 6.2%
DRUGS: PAY NOW, PAY LATER!
RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM GIVES STEWARDS THE SKILLS THEY NEED
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN
ALVARO VEGA IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN TAMPA
IRS ADOPTS NEW PROCEDURES IN REGARD TO ALLOTMENTS
NORWAY OFFERS PENSION TO WWII SEAMEN
$2.8B FOR WATERWAY PROJECTS
ARBITRATOR RULES FOR COMPANY IN DIXIE COLA BEEF
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1980
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Tough Trip Begins; SlU Pushes '81 Budget
T
^HE crucial Maritime Admin
istration Appropriations
Authorization Bill for Fiscal
Year 1981 has begun to wind its
way through Congress.
Tagged H.R. 6554, the bill was
the subject of two days of
hearings before the House
Merchant Marine Subcommit
tee, chaired by Rep. John
Murphy (D-N.Y.)
Carrying the SIU's strong
enctorsement of the MarAd
funding measure to the Subcom
mittee was the SIU's Legislative
Representative Frank Pecquex.
"The authorizations included
in this legislation," Pecquex told
the Subcommittee on Feb. 28,
"are required to maintain the
programs designed to implement
our national maritime policy as
set forth in the Merchant Marine
Act of 1936 and reaffirmed in the
1970 Act.
"It is essential," Pecquex
continued, "that the goals of the
1970 Act, which provide for the
maintenance and expansion of a
merchant fleet capable of serving
the economic, military and
political requirements of the U,S.
be continued by these funding
requests."
$567 M Requested
The Maritime Administration
has requested more than, half a
billion dollars for fiscal year 1981
to fund the on-going maritime
support programs which rare the
life blood of the U.S.-flag
merchant fleet. That $500 mil
lion-plus total breaks down into
specific requests of:
• $135 million for the con
struction differential subsidy
(CDS) program which provides
funds for the cost difference in
constructing a new vessel in a
U.S. shipyard and building it
foreign;
• $347.69 million for operat
ing differential subsidies (ODS)
which allow the American
merchant fleet to compete in the
U.S. foreign trades with other
major world fleets, most of which
are largely subsidized by their
governments;
• $18.75 million for research
and development;
• $26.76 million for maritime
education and training and;
• $38.86 million for MarAd's
annual operating expenses.
CDS Crucial
The CDS program is key to the
survival of bpth the U.S. ship
building industry and the U.S.flag dry bulk fleet.
"The authorization requests in
this legislation," said the SIU's
Pecquex, "present the U.S. with
an . excellent opportunity to
stimulate the cjevelopment of the
U.S.-flag dry bulk fleet as a secure
method of transportation for
vital materials."
Pecquex noted that the $135
million CDS funding request is
earmarked for the construction
offive new dry bulk vessels in the
35,000 to 45,000 dwt range, a
badly-needed addition to the
nation's aging, inadequate dry
bulk fleet.
"Of the 5,000 dry bulk vessels
worldwide," Pecquex reminded
the Subcommittee, "only 19 with
average age of 25 years comprise
the U.S. dry bulk fleet." He
added that while "dry bulk
cargoes comprise nearly 40
percent of the U.S. foreign trade
...only two percent of it is moved
'on American-flag vessels."
SlU Supporting OCAW Strike
The SIU A&G District is provid Workers union announced a tenta
ing important support on the West tive agreement with Gulf Oil.
Coast to the long, tough Oil, Meanwhile, the union was consider
Chemical and Atomic Workers ing offers similar to the Gulf
strike against the major oil com proposals frpm 11 other firms,
panies.
including Shell, British Petroleum,
The support of the SIU and other Union Oil of California, Texaco,
unions is crucial to the success of Mobil, Atlantic-Richfield, Ashland,
OCAW's strike, which has dragged Phillips and Sohio.
on for more than 11 weeks.
Approximately 55,000 workers
The SIU has provided all out are involved in the strike at major oil
support to OCAW strikes many refineries.
times over the years.
The union called the strike on Jan.
As the Log goes to press, the Oil 8, 1980.
Agents Confab: New Programs to Speed Services to Membership
IU Port Agents and other top
officials from New York to
Seattle met at Union Head
quarters this month to discuss
new plans and programs to
deliver the Union's services and
benefits to the membership foster
and more efficientfy.
The two-day session, held
March 22-23, was chaired by SIU
Executive Vice President Frank
Drozak.
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Tops on the agenda of the Pension benefits.
Agents Conference was a discus
This program is aimed at
sion on the day-to-day responsi training and placing persons
bilities of port offices and how thoroughly schooled in all the
these responsibilities can best be Union's Benefit Plans in key
carried out to the benefit of the ports.
membership.
This person would be charged
Out of these discussions, the
Union's officials devised a new with the important responsibility
providing help and informa
program centering on helping the of
membership in filing for and tion to members and dependents
receiving Welfare, Vacation and in getting the utmost of what they
are entitled to—and getting it
fast.
^^eaks at MEBA
This program would also make
a person avmlable to travel to
members' homes or to hospitals
to insure the membership is
properly taken care of.
In addition to this program,
the Agents' Conference devised
new programs for becoming
more involved than ever in local
politics, and local labor organiza
tions, such as State Feds, Local
Central bodies and Maritime
Port Councils.
SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak (right) gets ready to speak after being
introduced at the 96th convention of the National Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association. Clapping at left is Jesse Calhoon, president of National MEBA: The
convention, which takes place every two years, was held in Fort Lauderdale Fla
from Mar. 17 to 19.
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Other issues discussed were
how to better keep the costs of
operating a union hall down, as
well as how to get the most out of
the services the Union is paying
for such as heat, electricity and
telephone.
The Agents Conference also
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came up with new ideas and
schedules for the regular monthly
servicing of the Union's con
tracted shops and equipment.
Overall, the Agents Confer
ence was tremendously success
ful. In a widespread organization
like the SIU, it is crucially
important for the Union's offi
cials to be thoroughly knowl
edgeable about the Union's
activities in every port, not only
in their own.
Such knowledge makes for
a better port office and smoother
operations. And in the long run,
it is the huembership who bene
fits.
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Coast Guard Fears
Ship's 22 Lost
Though Coast Guard cutters and
planes found two drifting, orange
lifeboats, a raft, debris and life
jackets of the Panama-registered
cargo ship SSMount Horizon and a
"bubbling oil slick" 70 miles south
east of Cape Lookoqt, N.C. early
this month, it fears that 22 of her
crew were Ipst when she sunk.
The 340-foot overdue vessel left
Cristobal, Panama on Feb. 25
carrying 4,600 tons of sugar bound
for the port of Philadelphia.
The ship ran into a storm on Mar.
4 with SOm.p.h. winds and high seas.
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WO weeks to the day
before the crucial New
York presidential primary,
President Carter met with
SIU Executive Vice
President Frank Drozak
and a group of top-level
labor, community and
public interest leaders from
the Empire State in an allday meeting at the White
House.
The invitation to the
March 11 briefing session
telegrammed to Drozak at
SIU headquarters in
Brooklyn, asked him to
attend a meeting "with the
President and some of his
senior advisors, covering
both foreign and domestic
areas."
Carter's address to the
group from the Big Apple
touched on a broad range of
issues including the con
tinuing crises in Iran and
Afghanistan; U.S. commit
ment to the on-goiiig peace
talks between Israel and
Egypt; Federal budget
requests for F.Y. 1981 and
other key topics in the areas
of domestic and foreign
affairs.
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INDEX
Legiitattve News
SIU In Wahlngton Pages 9-10
Maritime
Authorizations
Page 2
Union News
Drozak at White
House
Page 3
Headquarters Notes ..Page 5
Letters to Editor —Page 18
Brotherhood in Action Page 22
At Sea-Ashore
Page 17
SPAD Checkoff... Back Page
Service Contract
Act
Page 19
Great Lakes Picture .Page 32
Inland Lines
.Page 27
General News
Ship's Digest
..Page27
Dispatcher's Reports:
Great Lakes ......Page 33.
Inland Waters —Page 26
I Sea
Page 23
Training-Upgrading
"A" Seniority Upgrading Page 39
Upgrading Sch^ule .Page 37
Membership News
New Pensioners
Page 30
Final Departures Pages 34-35
HLSGrads
Page 24
Special Features
Rrefighting for
Safety
Pages 14-15
The President's remarks
echoed the theme of his
State of the Union message
to Congress in January.
Though the U.S. wants to
be "a nation at peace in a
stable world," he said that
recent world events called
for a "strong defense budget
for 1981."
The $142.7 billion
requested for the defense
budget is necessary. Carter
said, to maintain a strong
military capability and to
keep up .our defense
commitments to our allies.
Both actual and potential
conflicts in the Middle East,
Africa, the Caribbean and
South East Asia have
"placed unprecedented
demands on our defense
capabilities," Carter said,
"in particular the need to be
able to respond to several
crises at once." The military
budget requests for the
coming fiscal year and the
Administration's overall
"five year defense program
are aimed at meeting those
demands," Carter said.
Israel Commitment
Carter took pains to
reaffirm U.S. commitments
to the security of Israel.
Ambassador Sol Linowitz. Carter's personal
representative to the Middle
East peace negotiations,
had filled the group in
earlier on the current status
of the peace settlement
between Egypt and Israel
which was cited as "a
notable achievement which
represents a strategic asset
for America and which also
enhances prospects for
regional and world peace."
Moving to other foreign
concerns. Carter acknowl
edged that the continuing
crises in Iran and Afghanis
tan weigh heavily in his
concerns and in the
concerns of all the Ameri
can people. The twin crises,
he said, "have dramatized a
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very important lesson," for
the United States. "Our
excessive dependence on
foreign oil is a clear and
present danger to our
nation's security."
"There is not only a
danger of further turmoil in
the Middle East and a
major interruption in the
supply of oil from the
region, but it is conceivable
that control of the oil itself
might become an issue in
the future," Carter warned.
Carter reminded meeting
participants that fuel
conservation is just a part of
the Administration's overall
belt-tightening program,
aimed at achieving a
balanced federal budget.
Though he stuck to his
often-repeated statement
that mandatory wage and
price controls are "out of
the question," the President
said he plans to continue "to
work with business to hold
down prices.
Helped New York
Looking to score last
minute points with the labor
and community leaders
from New York before
that state's March 25
primary, the President
detailed the Administra
tion's "key achievements for
the people of New York,"
including:
• economic assistance for
business and public works
programs;
• jobs programs;
• funding to assist lowincome families hard hit by
energy price increases and;
• $6.5 billion in federal
monies for low income and
public housing construction
over the past two years.
Prior to Carter's general
remarks, the New York
leaders were briefed in
detail by senior presidential
advisers and members of the
Cabinet, including: Zbigniew Brezezinski, Carter's
assistant for national
security affairs; Ambassa
dor Sol Linowitz; Treasury
Secretary G. William Miller
and Transportation Secre
tary Neil Goldschmidt.
Sarah Weddington, an
assistant to the President,
acted as host of the days'
events.
A White House reception
followed the briefing
session.
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AFLXIO Blasts Coast Guard Record on Safety
T
HE AFL-CIO Executive
Council has blasted the U.S.
Coast Guard's inept handling of
safety issues concerning the U.S.
merchant marine.
The Council passed a resolu
tion at its mid-winter meeting
which stated that; "The Coast
Guard, as a military organization
is inherently ineffable of carrying out the tasks of administering
programs vital to the commercial
merchant marine."
This resolution came a week
after a similar one had been
passed by the AFL-CIO Mari
time Trades Department (MTD)
Executive Board at its midwinter
meeting. The SIUNA is an
affiliate of the MTD and has, for
many years, been criticizing the
Coast Guard's performance con
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In its statement, the AFL-CIO
Executive Council noted that the
Coast Guard's efforts have been
"ineffectual" since it obtained
jurisdiction from the Department
of Commerce over the inspection
and operation of U.S. merchant
vessels and the licensing and
certification of shipboard per
sonnel.
the Council also cited the
Coast Guard's "equally unac
ceptable" record concerning its
responsibilities under the Occu
pational Safety and Health Act
(OSHA) and the Outer Conti
nental Shelf Lands Act.
Pointing to a General Ac
counting Office (GAO) report,
the Council said the GAO found
that commercial vessel accidents
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have risen about
100 percent• in
four years. According to the fically declared that equipment
Council, the GAO blamed this on the Shelf be manned and
dramatic rise in maritime acci crewed by American labor. The
dents on the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard was supposed to
complete absence of standards make regulations to put this
and procedures for qualifying policy into effect. Sixteen months
iater, though, the Coast Guard
Coast Guard inspections.
Concerning the Coast Guard's has failed to issue any regulations
responsibilities under OSHA, the to comply with the law.
Because of the Coast Guard's
Council noted that the Coast
negligence,
the Council state
Guard has the authority to set
down and enforce safety and ment noted that "the AFL-CIO
health standards. However, be strongly urges that steps be taken
cause it has failed in this, "mer which would lead to the transfer
chant seamen are one of the of these Coast Guard functions
largest classes of workers still to other agencies of government
inadequately protected by safety better equipped to perform these
duties, and that no similar
and health regulations."
functions
be transferred to the
With respect to the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act Coast Guard in the future."
The SIU fully agrees.
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(Sohio) for use in the Alaskan oil
trade. Because the intended Valdezto-East Coast run is entirely do
mestic, all vessels operating in it are
required, under the Jones Act, to be
U.S. built without subsidy.
The charter Agreement between
Seatrain and Sbhio was tentative. It
depended upon an okay by the
Secretary of Commerce of Seatrain's plan to repay the $27 million
in CDS money they'd received for
the Stuyvesant. With the CDS
repayment Seatrain sought a per
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binds all vessels built with CDS
A Supreme Court ruling concerning the repayment of CDS funds has enabled the
funds.
In Sept., 1977, the Commerce SlU-manned TTStuyvesant Jo participate permanently in the Alaska oil run.
To guard against subsidized
Secretary approved the transaction, oil trade filed a protest in federal
vessels
moving from one trade to
basing his decision on several points District Court.
including the fact that "there were
Shell Oil Co., Alaska Bulk Car another and doing what the Court
no other opportunities for employ riers Inc., and Trinidad Corp.'s suit called "skimming the cream" from
ment of the Stuyvesant.'"
was based on their contention that each, safeguards were written into
But the day before the Stuyvesant the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, the 1936 Act.
was to pass to Sohio, several other which created the CDS program,
Paraphrasing those strictures the
companies operating in the Alaskan did not give the Commerce Secre high Court said the Act "mandates
tary the authority to waive the that vessels enjoying the benefits of a
foreign trade requirement in ex subsidy may move in and out of
domestic commerce only under
change for repayment of subsidy.
The case was argued before narrowly circumscribed condi
federal District Court and the Court tions," allowing only temporary
of Appeals before making its way to releases from the foreign trade-only
requirements.
the nation's highest tribunal.
But the Court judged "a perma
In their unanimous opinion,
written by Justice William J. nent release upon full repayment
Brennan, the Supreme Court found of CDS monies "is quite different. It
that the 1936 Merchant Marine Act irrevocably locates the vessel in the
"empowers the Secretary (of Com unsubsidized fleet and thus poses no
merce) to approve full-repayment danger of a supercompetitor skim
permanent-release transactions of ming the cream from each market.
the type at issue here."
Notice on Welfare Plan
The Court noted that the 1936 Act
In answer to several recent
placed "substantial limits upon the
entry of subsidized vessels into the requests for information, the Sea
domestic trade. Any other result," farers Welfare Plan wishes to notify
Courses start May 26 and June 23.
they emphasized, "would have been the membership that no Welfare
To enroll, fill out the application in this issue of the Log,
disastrous for the unsubsidized benefits are payable to pensioned,
or contact the Harry Lundeberg School.
Jones Act fleet for.which that trade members and/ or dependents rest •
ing in the Philippine Islands.
was reserved."
unanimous decision handed
down by the U.S. Supreme
Court last month has cleared the
way for the SlU-contracted super
tanker Stuyvesant to operate in the
domestic Alaskan oil trade perma
nently.
Reversing an Appeals Court opin
ion, the nigh court siated that a
vessel built under the construction
differential subsidy (CDS) program
and bound, by law, to operate in the
foreign trade could-make a per
manent switch to the domestic trade
if the subsidies are repaid.
The Stuyvesant was built by
Seatrain in the mid-1970's with CDS
and other federal subsidy money.
The mammoth oil carrier was
intended for use in the foreign trade.
But by 1977, when the 225,000
dwt Stuyvesant was completed,
world events had drastically altered
the international oil scene and there
was no longer an opportunity to use
the Stuyvesant on a regular foreign
run.
Seatrain then chartered the Stuy
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N this business, you no sqoner put one
fire out than another one starts.
Right now, we have fires burning all
over Washington, D.C. And to control
these political flames, the SIU puts forth
an all out effort, day in and day out in the
Nation's Capital.
The SIU is deeply involved in many
crucially important issues on the leg
islative scene.
We are presently embroiled in our
annual battle over the Maritime Author
izations bill, which provides the subsidy
budget for maritime. It's going to be a tougher fight than ever this
year, especially in light of the Administration's newly proposed
fiscal austerity program.
We are fighting for legislation to get a viable U.S. ocean mining
industry'off the ground that will contain the all important "build
and man-American" clauses in it. So far, we have been successful in
getting it through^ the Senate. The battleground on this one is now
in the House.
The SIU is also deeply involved in legislative thrusts to bolster
the virtually non-existent U.S. flag dry bulk fleet and to secure a
program for negotiation of bilateral trade agreements with
America's major trading partners.
We are also continuing our fight for a national commitment to
develop a merchant fleet capable of serving as a viable military
auxiliary to the Navy.
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LL of these things are very heavy issues, especially when you
consider who is fighting against us. Our opponents are the real
big boys—the multinational oil companies; the mineral and
offshore supply industry and the Departments of State, Justice and
Defense to name a few. There are mai^more.
' We are not intimidated by our opponents. The SIU has a good,
solid, hardworking team in Washington. Our record of success in
Washington over the years proves this.
But in this day and age of high pressure lobbying by the "big
boys," no one Union can go it alone.
That's where the SIU's close ties with the national labor
movement comes in, especially our position and participation in
the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department.
If we had to work by ourselves in Washington, we would be at
best mildly successful.
But with the strength and political clout of virtually the entire
labor movement in our corner, we can be a powerhouse.
At the present time, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department
is comprised of 43 international unions representing more than 8
million workers. That's 8 million voters and their families. That is
political clout.
S the president of the Maritime Trades Department, you can
be sure that the best interests of the SIU and the maritime
industry are a top priority.
That's not to say that maritime issues are the only things the
MTD fights for. The MTD is deeply involved in political issues
concerning the best interests of a vtide cross-section of the labor
movement.
That's the way it should be. Because in labor, we are all oneunited in a single purpose. We have to be, because if we're not, we
might as well close up shop.
It all comes down to the principle that "no man is an island."
In the labor movement, we work together, we stand together and
we fight together.
This is the heritage of our union movement. It also must be the
future of our movement. Because without unity, there is ho future
for us.
Again, the SIU is tremendously active in Washington!. We have a
great deal of support frpm our brother unions. At the same time, we
support these unions in their special fights.
The job is not e^y in Washington. It's getting tougher all the
time. But as we look to the future, I can assure you that the
legislative interests of the SIU are in good hands.
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sels of comparable size and speed.
All 12 of these D-9 class containerships are 745 feet long and
have a service speed of 22 knots.
And all 12 will he manned by the
SIU.
Incorporating an advanced cellu
lar design, the ships can carry 35 and
40 foot containers. Of the 839
container slots aboard ship, 165 are
allocated for refrigerated cargoes
and 84 for hulk liquid tanks.
The first of this class of ship, the
Sea-Land Patriot, has already
gotten her SIU crew. (See story in
February 1980 Log.)
The next two christened after the
Patriot were the Sea-Land Defender
and the Sea-Land Developer.
AH of the ships should he in
operation by the end of the year. Ten
will he used in Sea-Land's transPacific service.
The Liberator was built by
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Inc. in
Nagasaki, Japan as was the Patriot.
Sea-Land has also contracted
with Mitsui Engineering and Ship
building Co., Ltd., Japan, for
construction of three D-9's, and
Hyundai Industries Company for
two D-9 class vessels to he built in
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Her name is the SeorLandLibera
tor and It's an appropriate one. She
will help free her SlU-contracted
company, Sea-Land Service, from
the full force of the energy crunch.
Christened this month in Naga
saki, Japan, the Sea-LandLiberator
will he powered by diesel fuel. Like
the three sister-ships that preceded
her and the eight that are to follow,
the Liberator represents a 35 percent
improvement in fuel efficiency
compared with steam-turhine ves
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the Union from SIU rep John Dwyer for the generous $300 contribution he made
to SPAD recently. Seafarer Costa has made a large contribution to SPAD every
year since his 1978 retirement. And every year he's upped the ante—$100 in
1978, $200 in 1979 and $300 in 1980. The SIU is proud to cafi Pensioner Costa
"Brother" and we wish him a long and healthy retirement.
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�Bill HalL One of the Best, Dies at 67
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ILL Hall, who for many
years enriched the lives of
seamen with his craggy charm
and his unquestioned sense of
loyalty, passed away on March
1st at his home in Largo, Florida.
He was 67 years old.
From the moment he first set
foot onboard a ship in the early
'40s, to his retirement in 1978, Bill
Hall remained one of the bestliked figures in the Seafarers
International Union. No official
ever served his membership more
faithfully, or with a greater
. degree of undisguised warmth,
than did Bill Hall.
He held a variety of positions
in the Union throughout his SByear career; N.Y. patrolman,
acting port agent, headquarters
representative. To each position
he brought the special qualities
which were his trademark:
patience, consistency, a wellingrained respect for the rights of
other individuals.
In his later years at the union,
he became something of a
landmark. His striking head of
white hair and erect posture
made him readily recognizable.
He looked like a professor of
sorts, which was somehow
fitting, for he ha^spent his whole
life educating the membership, in
one capacity or another.
People who worked with Bill
claimed that he was the best
patrolman this union ever had.
At each pay-off he would sit and
explain the details, of newly
devised programs with great
patience and considerable charm.
He did this beoalise he
recognized that a patrolman was
the link between the officials of
the union and the membership. It
was not enough to make a ship.
Bill HaU felt that he had a duty to
make sure that the members
understood what was happening
in their union and in the maritime
industry.
He also felt that he "had to
know how the members re
sponded to a program, so he
could represent their views in the
policy-making process.
One of Bill Hall's major
accomplishments came as
Director of Union Curriculum at
the Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship. His efforts in that
position contributed greatly to
the success of the school, which
has since become the major
center of maritime education in
the country. He set up the system
of union education that exists to
this day, and even taught several
courses himself.
The trainees viewed him with
a great deal of affection, not
unlike a stern, yet congenial,
father-figure. His co-workers
Bill Hall, one of the best, Is dead at 67.
appreciated hiis style.
The early days of Piney Point
were rough-ones, especially for
the people who were sent there to
establish th.e school. The local
population was extremely hostile
to outsiders, especially seamen.
At times it seemed like the Old
Frontier, with all the attending
dangers. But Bill Hall took it all
in stride, as he did everything. His
easy manner and sharp humor
eased tensions considerably.
Throughout his life. Bill Hall
demonstrated a highly developed
sense of community. One could
see it in the way that he viewed his
family, his union, his church. He
had an innate sense about who he
was, and where he belonged.
There was no finer family man
than Bill Hall. He loved his wife
and children.
In his later years he doted on
his grandchildren, especially the
oldest one, Meredith, who
thrilled him with her athletic
prowess. He would talk about his
"Little Tomboy" to anyone who
would listen, just like he would
talk about the SIU and how it
had helped to give so many
seamen a second chance in life.
Bill Hall came from a labor and
seafaring family. His father was
involved in union politics down
South at a time when it was
extremely-unpopular to do so.
His brothers were all involved in
the labor movement. He lived his
life with the knowledge that
helping the working man was
part of his family's heritage. He
revelled in that heritage.
Perhaps the greatest tribute
that one can give to Bill Hall is to
note that he was loved by
everyone who knew him. Long
after he had retired, old-timers
would still come to headquarters
and ask for him. They remem
bered how he used to help them
out; they remembered the good
times they had with him, they
remembered his biting humor. At
his funeral they were on hand to
pay homage.
Bill Hall is survived by his
beloved wife Eva; three children,
three brothers and five grand
children.
AFL-CIO Opposes Adminisfratkm's Budget Cuts on Social Programs
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland has criticized the budget curbs
announced by President Carter this
month.
He said that the proposed new
"balanced budget does little, if
anything, to curb inflation." Rather,
said Kirkland, it would severly hurt
vital programs designed to:
• curb recession and rising un
employment
• protect the weak and the poor
• provide opportunities for those
who seek work
New Deep Sea Ibg
Freedom Cretved
Another new boat has been crewed
by the SIU. She's the deep SM tug
Freedom, owned by Interstate Oil
Transport.
Operating, out of the Gulf of
Mexico, she'll run between Texas
and Florida for now. Eventually
shell run between Puerto Rico and
Texas.
The Freedom, which pushes oil
barges, has 5,600 horsepower. She's
approximately 135 feet long and 36
feet wide. Her draft is about 20 feet.
The Freedom carries a crew of ten.
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maintain the services essential
to urban life
• support the underpinnings of
our society
Kirkland said, "instead of provid
ing for equality of sacrifice and a
sharing of necessary austerity, it
places most of the burden on those
suffering the worst under present
economic conditions.'
He feels that the President's
program does not attack the direct
causes of inflation. These, he says,
are the escalating costs of energy,
housing, food and medical care and
the incredibly high interest rates that
have a critical impact on all sectors
of the economy.
the AFL-CIO has offered specific
proposals to roll back and contain
costs in these areas. Also, if the
Federal deficit is to be reduced, the
AFL-CIO suggested that such a
reduction come from the raising of
additional revenues through the
reform of present tax loopholes. The
reduction should not come from
slashes in needed domestic pro
grams.
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�Seaforers, Boatmen, Lakers All tike"
Option of Using USPH5 or Private Hospital
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coverage ever offered to
maritime workers anywhere.
And they have been taking
advantage of it.
As of that date all Seafarers
and Boatmen have been able to
seek medical treatment wherever
they want it—either at a
USPHS hospital or at a private
JacUity.
If the Seafarer or Boatman
chooses to .use a private facility,
he receives exactly the same
coverage his dependents are
entitled to under the Seafarers
We^are Plan.
For a lot of SIU members,
the option of using either
USPHS or a private hospital
makes a big difference.
Many seamen and boatmen
live in remote areas where a visit
to a USPHS facility would
create a hardship.
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accessible.
The best possible health care
for seamen and boatmen has
always been a top priority of the
SIU. To make sure all eligible
employees have readily available, top-shelf medical care, the
Board of Trustees of the
Seafarers Welfare Plan took the
revolutionary step of making
USPHS bptional late last year.
That breakthrough in SIU
Welfare benefits marked one of
the most important steps ever
taken by the Union on behalf of
the health and well-being of the
entire membership.
Many Union members have
continued to use USPHS hos
pitals. But so far, numerous
SIU brothers have opted for
medical care at a private
hospital or clinic. Again, when
using a private facDity, you are
entitled to the same coverage
your dependents receive from
the Seafarers Welfare Plan.
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It must be remembered, how
ever, that if you choose to use a
private facility instead of
USPHS, there may be some
instances when the individual
will have to pay a small percent
of the bill. So, if you are
planning to use a private
hospital instead of USPHS it is
advisable
to
check out
exactly what your coverage is.
To find out, look at the
Seafarers Welfare Plan booklet
under Dependent's coverage,
Also, you may want to ask your
local SIU representative for help
or advice.
Here are some of the names
of those Seafarers and Boatmen
who have chosen to use private
hospitals instead of USPHS.
Boatman Ronald G. Carl, a
welder at Radcliffe M^aterials of
Mobile, had a $3,127.20
hospital tab paid in full by the
Welfare Plan. Seafarer Keith M.
Davis, who's been shipping
aboard LNG vessels was
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covered for the $796.50 bill for
room, board and extras during
a three-day hospital stay.
Other Seafarers and Boatmen
who've opted for private
hospital care over USPHS are:
Boatman John R. Turner; AB
William Hunter; inland water
ways Captain Robert Lee;
Boatman John J. Baucom;
Relief Captain Daniel R.
Hansen; Boatman Elbert Clay;
Boatman John Maxey; Great
Lakes Boatman Walter L.
Mero; Seaman Walter S.
Richmond; QMED Herman T.
Wilkerson and Bosun Donald
Hicks.
How's the new, extended
welfare coverage working out?
One Seafarer summed it all up
when he said "I think it's great!
We always had good medical
coverage in the SIU. But having
the choice of going to USPHS
or a private hospital is really
tremendous."
House Extends War Risk Insurance for 5 Years
' I HE House of Representatives
-I. has finally remedied an uncom
fortable situation by passing H.R.
5784. The legislation, which was
passed by voice vote, extends the
war risk insurance provisions of the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936 for
another five years, up through
September of 1984.
The provisions had been allowed
to elapse last September, leaving
owners of American flag vessels in
something of a precarious situation,
especially in light of recent interna
tional developments.
Under the terms of the Act, the
government is empowered to grant
special insurance coverage to ships
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which operate in high-risk areas.
Often conventional insurance poli
cies contain "acts of war" clauses
which terminate coverage when it is
most needed.
According to John Murphy (DNY), chairman of the House Merch
ant Marine and Fisheries Commit
tee, the recently enacted measure
"will protect the flow of U.S. waterborne commerce and essential trans
portation services of the Depart
ment of Defense by providing
insurance through a mutual pool,
administered by the government,
when commercial insurance is term
inated or rates sharply increased
because underwriters consider the
situation too hazardous to the safety
of vessels."
There had been some talk about
permanently extending the bill's
provisions, but the idea remained
just that: talk. In the final analysis, it
was felt that consecutive five-yepr
renewals would give Congress more
informal control over the actual
administration of the bill's terms.
While the legislation pertains
mainly to American flag vessels, it
does afford limited protection to
certain categories of U.S.-owned
foreign flag vessels. Most maritime
unions believe that the best way to
restrict the protection given to
foreign flag vessels is to preserve
Congressional oversight over the
process.
The Senate has already passed a
five year extension of the war risk
insurance provision of the Merchant
Marine Act of 1936.
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LEGISLATIVE amendment
that would have made the dif
ference between safe and unsafe
working conditions aboard small
vessels has been defeated in the
House Merchant Marine and Fish
eries Committee.
Supported by the SIU and other
labor unions, the amendment was
offered to H.R. 5164 by Rep. John
Murphy (D-N.Y.).
H.R. 5164, which the SIU and
other maritime labor unions strong
ly oppose, would jeopardize the lives
of seamen aboard small vessels.
Basically, the' bill would allow
vessels of 300 gross tons or less
carrying freight or passengers for
hire to operate without a licensed
pilot ,or engineer.
Further, the bill would get around
the current training and seatime
requirements for ABs and allow
untrained and inexperienced deck
hands to become ABs overnight
Murphy's amendment would
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would also have initiated a one year
study on the loosening of restric-tions.
But big business interests seem to
have won out and the amendment
was defeated 27 to 9.
The mineral and offshore oil and
supply industries operating offshore
in the Gulf of Mexico have been
pushing for this piece of legislation.
They claim they're faced with a
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protect.
H.R. 5164 has been voted out of
the full House Merchant Marine
and Fisheries Committee. It now
goes to the Rules Committee. If it
passes there, the bill' will go to the
full House.
The SIU wfll fight this bill in the
Rules Committee. H it gets as far as
the House, the Union will be there to
help defeat this dangerous piece of
legislation.
Stew€urd Slearhs Saves Life of Mate with First Aid
"...your first aid training has
helped me to save a life about 30
minutes ago,'^ wrote Chief Steward
Bobbie W. Steams Jr. of the ST
Overseas Washington (Maritime
Overseas) to HLS Emergency Medi
cal Training teacher Mrs. Jannet
Cook on Mar. 10.
The Wilmington, Calif, steward
explained: It was about 9 a.m. when
"our chief mate was using an
'automatic ladder' down to the
Gov. Brown Nomos Disley to SfafoBoanf
California Gov. Edmund G.
Brown Jr. early this month named
SIU^A Vice President Henry
"Whitey" Disley, president of the
West Coast Firemen's Union
(MFOW) to the state's Board of
Governors of the Maritime
Academy at Vallejo for a four-year
term.
This is the second time Brown has
named Disley as a maritime
representative. He is now a member
of the Board of Pilot Commissioners
for San Francisco, San Pablo and
Suisun Bays.
Disley, on the San Francisco
Labor Council Executive Board,
was elected MFOW president in
1974 from his vice president post. In
1963, he was first elected the union's
business representative.
The four-year academy is the only
maritime college on the West Coast.
New York, Maine, Massachusetts
and Texas also have maritime
schools. Great Lakes Maritime
Academy is a three-year institution
and the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, Kings Point, L.L, N.Y. is
cers and able bodied seamen to
operate their crewboats. These boats
are used in offshore oil drilhng and
mineral exploration.
Industry's problem is simple—
relatively low wages. If the industry
paid wages commensurate with the
hazardous work performed, it
wouldn't have a manning problem.
Another interesting note to this
issue is that the Coast Guard is
supporting this bill. In line with their
past record, the Guard has come out
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run by the Federal Government.
The California academy is co-ed
(19 women) and produces 3rd mates
or 3rd assistant engineers. Grad
uates get B.S. degrees in Marine
Engineering and Nautical Industrial
Technologies. Upon graduation, the
485 grads enter the U.S. Naval
Reserve.
safety launch 60 feet below. It gave
way. The mate fell to the steel deck
of the launch landing on the back of
his head.
"The word was passed up to the
main deck. I ran out and went down
the regular Jacob's Ladder. The man
was out in shock. I made a qtiick
exam of him finding no apparent
broken bones. However, there was
an open head wound about 3-indies
long, gaping clear to the bone.
"There was no first aid kit on the
launch. I yelled up to the main deck
for compresses, triangular bandages
and blmikets. No one else knew
except the captain what to do, so I
did it, time being important. I used
what was on hand. A terry cloth
towel as a pressure compress and cut
the other into strips as a bandage,
not sterile, but enough to stop the
bleeding. Then I used the launch's
Bobbie Stearns
radio telephone to call the Coast
Steward Steams told the teacher,
Guard ambulance and paramedics. "It was a good thing that I was
"Someone helped me to make a trained there (HLS). If it had not
lift for the injuretf^man into a Stokes been for your efficient training and
Basket for transportation ashore. my attention to your instruction, I
He may have a possible head feel that the man could have went
fracture and concussion and internal into deep shock and expired. Thank
injuries."
you for a job well done."
Seo-Lancf Slartsist CMna-US.Conttaner Run
Sea-Land last month started the
first twice-a-month containerships
run between Shanghai, Hong Kong,
and the ports of Oakland and Long
Beach, Calif, and Seattle.
The single hill-of-lading run
began under an agreement signed
with the Peoples Republic of China
Ministries of Trade and Communi
cations.
1 The first cargo of 47 40-foot
containers aboard the 55 ShunJtung (China Navigation) made a
port of call in Hong Kong on Mar.
10. There the cargo was transferred
to a Sea-Land containership sailing
to the West Coast.
Carter's Chip Visits Jax SIU Hall on Campaign Trail
Hitting the campaign trail on behalf of his dad. Chip Carter made a whistle-stoD at the SIU hall in larkcnnwiii.:. cio . . ' ^
In the Photo (above, left) Chip(center) has a confab with local press. Photo at center shows SIU Jacksonville
And at right, it looks like Chip's a natural at politics as he cuddles a little girl while Jax Patrolman Jim Davis stands by
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March 1980
Legislative. Administrative and Regiilatorv Happenings
On the Agenda in Congress
AS we are going to press this month, a
second committee re-draft and will be
number of important maritime legis
circulated shortly for further comments.
lative matters were being scheduled for
• Outer Continental Shelf. The Senate
hearings in Congress. Included among the
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
hearings are final action in committee on
will hold hearings March 18 and 19 to review
proposed authorizations for Maritime developments since Congress passed the
Administration programs to promote the Outer Continental Shelf Act. This legisla
U.S. merchant marine. Because it is an
tion was enacted^ to encourage the develop
election year. Congress has been moving
ment of oil and gas drilling off the U.S.
quickly to clear its calendar so that members coastline. This legislation has already
can get back to their home districts for the
produced many hundreds of Jobs for
April recess.
American workers, including seagoing jobs
Here's what is happening on Capitol Hill. aboard vessels carrying supplies and
• Maritime Authorization (In the
personnel to the offshore drilling platforms.
House). The House Merchant Marine and
Two new legislative matters were intro
Fisheries Committee is expected to complete duced in Congress earlier this month which
mark-up of legislation which would author are of special significance to both the deepize appropriations to finance a number of
sea and inland waters segments of the
maritime programs which are monitored by
maritime industry.
the Maritime Administration.
• Collective Bargaining Agreements.
Among these programs are construction
Under existing regulations, the Federal
and operating subsidies which make it
Maritime Commission has power to require
possible for American shipyards and
that collective bargaining agreements in the
American shipping companies to compete maritime industry be filed with the FMC,
with heavily subsidized foreign fleets and
and be approved by them. Earlier this
shipyards. It is expected that the proposed
month, the FMC announced that it is
authorizations will ije reported out of the proposing to exempt certain of the collective
Merchant Marine Committee with little bargaining agreements from its regulatory
or no changes.
rules.
These authorization hearings must be put
Also this month. Congressman John
into perspective to understand why the Murphy, chairman of the House Merchant
House bill is expected to get smooth sailing Marine and Fisheries Committee, intro
for the first time in four years of very stormy duced legislation which would prohibit the
weather.
FMC from regulating agreements between
In the fu-st place, the House Committee— shipping companies and maritime unions.
under the joint sponsorship of Committee Explaining the need for this legislation.
Chairman John Murphy (D-NY) and Rep. Congressman Murphy said, "It is impossible
Paul McCloskey (R-CA)—is pushing a so- for any employer bargaining association in
called Omnibus Maritime Bill. This bill puts the maritime industry to finalize its
forth all manner of structures on construc collective bargaining agreements except
tion and operating assistance, as well as after lengthy hearings before the FMC, and
placing serious constraints on such needed
protracted litigation in the courts." He
industry programs as recruiting and termed the FMC's intrusion into the
training, upgrading, and political activities. collective bargaining process as "disruptive
At the same time, the Carter Administra and unnecessary."
tion is including the nation's maritime
• Towing Safety Advisory Committee.
programs among those which will be Legislation to establish a Towing Safety
curtailed within the President's planned Advisory Committee in the Department of
budget cuts.
Transportation was introduced earlier this
So, the winds off Capitol Hill, and down month by Congressman Mario Biaggi
the road at the White House, are building (D-NY), chairman of the Coast Guard
up—and our maritime industry is almost Subcommittee of House Merchant Marine
certainly heading into some heavy seas.
and Fisheries Conunittee.
• Maritime Authorization (in the Sen
There would be a safety committee
ate). Meanwhile, the Senate Subcommittee comprised of 15 members. Seven members
on Merchant Marine and Tourism is also would come from towing industry manage
holding hearings on its version of the ment, and two members each representing
MARAD Authorization Bill. Senator the following—maritime labor, inland port
Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hl)is chairing these districts, authorities or terminals, shippers,
hearings.
and the general public.
• Omnibus Maritime Bill. This contro
The safety advisory group would review
versial piece of legislation is intended by its safety, navigational and other issues relating
sponsors to overhaul, update and pull to the towing industry. They would work in
together various laws and regulations conjunction with the Coast Guard.
• Coal Slurry Pipeline. This biU, which
dealing with the U.S. maritime industry.
has
been kicking around in various House
Both of the bill's sponsors—Congressman
committees for several years, is now
John Murphy (D-NY) and Congressman
tentatively scheduled for final approval in
Paul McCloskey (R-CA)—want this bill
the House Public Works and Transporta
passed. As of this writing, the bill is in its
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place March 19, according to Committee
Chairman Harold Johnson (D-CA). This
bill would authorize the building of a
pipeline to transport pulverized coal from
Western coal fields to Texas, Missouri and
Other points in the South and Midwest.
• Small Vessel Manning. The House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
is scheduled to take final action on H.R.
5164 on March 19. This bill sets certain
qualification standards for crewmen who
man small uninspected vessels. We are
watching this one very closely because of its
serious implications regarding safety at sea,
and because of this bills possible application
to larger towboats and deep-sea vessels.
• Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The
Interior Subcommittee of the Senate
Appropriations Committee will conduct
hearings, beginning March 25, on the
production and distribution systems of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserves program.
Bosuns Take a Close hook
At Their Union's Political
And Legislative Programs
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Ten veteran SlU members—Bosuns in their
union's Recertification and Upgrading Programwent to Washington late last month to take a first
hand look at the Seafarers political and legislative
programs. And they liked what they saw. It was an allday affair, with meetings at the Transportation
Institute and the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart
ment. There was also lunch at the National
Democratic Club with Congressman Daniel K. Akaka
(D-HI) who is a member of the House Merchant
Marine Committee. There were also meetings with
SlU Legislative Representatives Frank Pecquex,
Fred Somers and Betty Rocker. And there was a tour
of the U.S. Capitol. During all of the day there were
many questions asked and all of them answered.
And—finally—the Washington visit gave the Bosuns
a better understanding of the many problems we
face, and a deeper appreciation of the importance for
political action.
At the end of the afternoon, the Bosuns posed on
the steps of the Capitol for a photo. With them were
SlU Washington Representative Betty Rocker and
Piney Point Port Agent Nick Marrone. The Bosuns
are Thomas Reading. Howard Webber. Robert
Hagood, Thomas Spangler, William Aycock, Franz
Schwarz, Clyde Smith, Clarence Burgo, Teddy
McDuffie, and Frank Cottongin.
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Group Supports Ocean Tberrnal
The Transportation Institute—a major
Use of U S. Ships
maritime industry group based in Washing
ton—came out strongly in support of a bill
which would encourage the building of
plants and ships for development of Ocean
Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
facilities.
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Mafihe and Fisheries Committee late last
month, TI spokesman Peter Luciano
stressed the importance of moving ahead
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Container Service
From China to US
An agreement between the Peoples
Republic of China and Sea-Land Services
has launched the first regularly-scheduled
containership service between Shanghai and
the United States.
Harry Gilbertson, vice chairman of SeaLand, said that at the outset the new service
would operate twice monthly. The initial
ports of call here will be Oakland and Long
Beach, CA, and Seattle, WA.
G. M. Gople, Sea-Land vice president and
general manager in Asia, predicted that the
direct cargo route between Shanghai and
North America "will increase significantly,"
and will help to open up this important
seabridge between the People's Republic of
China and the U.S."
A Year-End Report:
US'Flag Merchant Fleet
Loses 18 More Ships,
But Hits Record Tonnage
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show^ a year-end loss of 18 ships on Jan. 1,
1980 according to the latest figures compiled
and released by the U.S. Department of
Commerce. But that gloomy announcement
was offset somewliat by a further report that
54 merchant ships are presently under
construction or on order in American
shipyards.
Here is what the "U.S. Merchant Marme
Data Sheet"—a publication of the Maritime
Administration—reveals about the present
state of the industry.
As of Jan. 1, 1980, the privately-owned
deep-sea fleet totaled 727 vessels—compris
ing a record 23.5 million deadweight tons.
During the period from Jan. 1,1979 to Dec.
31, the nation's merchant fleet lost 18 ships
although the overall fleet capacity increased
by 1.8 million tons. (The gain in capacity
reflects the larger sizes of new ships added to
the fleet compared to the smaller sizes of
those ships that were sold or scrapped.)
Also as of Jan. 1, 1980, 54 merchant ships
totaling nearly 2.2 million deadweight tons
were under construction or on order in U.S.
yards. These include 13 tankers, five
liquefM^ natural gas (LNG) carriers, 11
intermldal vessels, 11 dry-bulk carriers, two
breakihulk ships, and 12 special-type
vessels.
with the OTEC program. He said:
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
facilities and plantships can become a
major source of electrical energy for the
United States coastal and inland areas.
The bill provides that all OTEC plantships, and ships used in transportation of
materials to and from the OTEC facilities be
MARAD OK's Bay Ridge
For Alaska Oil Trade
The U.S. Maritime Administration
(MARAD) this month approved a petition
from Richmond Tankers Inc. to put the TT
Bay Ridge into the Alaska oil trade for six
months. Approval for the subsidy-built,
224,000 deadweight-ton tanker came despite
objwtions from Chevron USA and from
Trinidad Corp. which expects to place a
123,999 ton vessel in the trade later this year.
The Bay Ridge is the last of a series of
supertankers built at the Seatrain shipyard
in Brooklyn. There are already five subsidybuilt tankers in the Alaska to Panama trade.
MARAD said that the Bay Ridge was
needed to move the increase in oil bound for
U.S. refmeries, and said that it did not
expect "any significant increase in availabil
ity" of non-subsidized tankships in the
months ahead.
SIU Stewards in
Recertification Program
Attend Washington
Political Briefings
documented in the U.S. and that they Hy the
U.S. flag. Jn supporting "American flag"
provisions, Mr. Luciano said:
Vessels documented under the laws of the
U.S.—subject to U.S. safety and environ' mental laws—are essential to guarantee
the uninterrupted flow of critical energy
products, and would enhance our na
tional security by minimizing America's
dependence on the "good-will" of foreignflag vessel operators.
Memo to Carter:
As You Slash Your Budget,
Remember These Words...
During his testimony before the Hotwe
Merchant Marine Comnuttee recently, SIU
Washington Representative Frank Pe<^uex
reminded the Congress that President
Carter had some forceful words to say about
the need for a strong U.S.-flag fleet, and the
dangers of scuttling that fleet through a lack
of Congressional (and executive) support.
Pecquex had special reference to this almost
total lack of a U.S.-flag bulk fleet.
This is how President CartCT viewed me
problem in a letter to the Merchant Marine
and Fisheries Committee last July 20:
"Our heavy dependence on the foreign
carriage of U.S. bulk cargoes deprives the
U.S. economy of seafaring and shipbuilding
jobs, adds to the balance of payments deficit,
deprives the Government of substantial tax
revenues, and leaves the United States
dependent on foreign-flag shipping for a
^ continued supply of raw materials to
support the economy."
It would be helpful for th6 President to
recall these sentiments as he prepares to
make major cuts in his 1981 budget.
On the Agenda in
Congress
Another group of 12 Stewards participating in the
SlU's Recertification Program went to Washington
this month for briefings on their union's legislative
and political action programs. During their visit to the
nation's capital, these veteran Seafarers met and
talked with officials of the Transportation Institute,
and the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, as
well as their SIU Washington representatives. They
also met and talked with Congressman John Burton
(D-CA) after lunching at the National Democratic
Club. During their tour, the Stewards were accom
panied by SIU Legislative Representative Betty
Rocker, and Lundeberg School Instructor Terry
Bader. The entire group posed on the steps of the
Capitol for this photo. Attending the Washington visit
were; Jose Colls, Robert Liegel, Ruben Blackburn,
Carl Tebell, Chester Moss, Jack Utz, Carl Jones Jr.,
Charles Scott, Willie L Smith, Jee On Dong and F.E.
Smith.
• FX. 480 ProfnuM. The Agriculture
Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations
Committee will begin a series of hearings
March 25 on various P.L. 480 programs^
These are the so-called "Food for Peace"
programs which send foodstuffs—^mostly
grains—^to needy countries. Under existing laws, at least 50 percent of all P.L. 480
cargoes are required to be shipped on U.S.flag vessels.
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WO years ago doctors sug
gested he quit working. But
SIU Boatman Stan Manowski
liked his job. So even after an
operation thatput three bypasses
in his heart, he continued to be a
tugboat deckhand in the port of
Baltimore.
Now that he's decided to retire,
he's become the first Boatman to
receive an Increment under the
Early Normal Pension Plan. The
Plan was first negotiated for SIU
Boatmen in eight companies in
October of 1978.
Today, 21 SlU-contracted
inland companies have the Early
Normal Pension.
Under the Early Normal
Pension program, a Boatman is
eligible for retirement at age 55 if
he has worked 7,300 days. As of
now that pension amounts to
$390 for Boatmen. According to
the contracts signed in October
1978, it will be raised to $440 in
June of this year. Boatmen who
work 125 days past June 16,
1980 will be eligible for that
pension.
Brother Manowski, who is 62
years old, was eligible for the
$390 pension after he worked 125
days past Oct. 1, 1978. But
sinM he decided to keep working.
Brother Manowski earned a $25
increment. That means his
monthly pension will be $415.
A Boatman who is eligible for
an Early Normal Pension but
who elects to continue working
can earn $25 for each additional
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365 days worked, up to a
maximum of seven increments.
By continuing to work, then, a
Boatman can put an additional
$175 onto his monthly pension.
The Early Normal Pension and
the increrhent benefit that goes
with it, were not available to
Boatmen in the past.
But in order to constantly
improve Boatmen's benefits, the
Union negotiated this pension as
part of the contracts in eight
inland companies on the East
Coast in late 1978. Since then, 13
more inland contracts have
included the benefit.
Talking about the increment.
Boatman Manowski said he was
particularly glad to have it
because of the rising cost of
living.
Sailed Deep Sea in War
Since he was a young man.
Brother Manowski's work has
been connected with the water.
In the early days of World War
II, Manowski worked in a Balti
more shipyard. Then, since some
of his friends were going to sea,
he thought he'd give it a try. So
for a couple of years he was a
member of the National Mari
time Union and sailed as an OS in
the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and
Indian Oceans during the War.
When the War was over,
Manowski decided to stay closer
to home. He went down to
the Baltimore Piers where he
landed temporary work oh the
boats. Soon that became perma-
In the Baltimore Union Hall, Port Agent George Costango, right, hands pension
check to SIU Brother Stanley Manowski, the first Boatman to receive an
increment under the Early Normal Pension Plan. On the left is Boatman Bill Bobac
who was part of the Union team that helped negotiate some of the 1978 inland
contracts that included .the Early Normal Pension benefit for the first time.
nent work with Atlantic Transport, a subsidiary of U.S. Lines.
He was with that company in
1956 when it came under the
banner of the former Inland
Boatmen's Union, an affiliate of
the SIU. A number of companies
on the East Coast were organized
by the IBU at that time. Brother
Manowski said that he and his
fellow workers at Atlantic were
the first to sign pledge cards. In
fact, Manowski's book numbw:
was M-3 before the series was
changed when the SIU and IBU
merged in 1976.
When Atlantic Transport
folded, Manowski went to work
for Arundel Dredging Company
for a few years.
Then, in 1963, he got a job with
Baker-^^teley in Baltimore and
stayed with that company until
his retirement. He enjoyed work
ing with Baker-Whiteley, called
it a "good company," and ex
plained some of its history.
Manowski said the company was
100 years old, "the oldest in the
harbor," and that it was once a
coal company.
Bom and raised in Baltimore,
Manowski still lives there with
his wife, Constance.
But he is planning to go to
Ocean City, along Maryland's
Atlantic Coast. There he will
supervise the real estate owned by
his son. (Brother Manowski and
his wife have three children and
four grandchildren.)
So even though he's ending his
career on the water. Brother
Manowski won't be far from it.
Seafarers have Unelauned Wages Due
A total of 71 Seafarers have un
claimed wages due than from Mari
time Overseas Corp. If your name
appears below, to get yonr money
you should apply by mail to:
Paymaster, Maritime Overseas
Corp., 511 Fifth Ave., New York,
N.Y. 10017. You should supply the
company with die foDowing infor
mation: the Maritime Overseas
vessel or vessels you have worked
aboard recently; the rating you
sailed and the dates you worked.
Following are the names and
Social Security numbers of the 71
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ITS^MARP
221-10-1574
W. T- SHANKS
230-74-4622
P. C.ADKINS
224-20-1513
L. C. BUCHANAN .... 217-24-4315
R. L. BEALE
231-16-0399
L. J. MARTIN
377-22-9002
E. R. LIMON ......... 466-72-6289
O. PURDY ........... 225-14-0129
M, CANN
. 068-14-7853
M. KOUSTOUROS .... 172-44-4071
F. E. PERKINS
265-40-8579
G. L. WILLIAMS ...... 224-44-6587
J. SUMLIN
421-70-4228
J. HEARN, JR. ....... 416-18-0199
W. McCALLUM
132-10-1617
A. T.SMITH
223-76-5159
J. P. DESTACAMENTO 097-18-8325
438-56-0973
R. H. MANN
225-42-0465
C. C. WILLEY
420-20-8197
E.E. GIBBS
M. BAFFI ............ 073-54-9225
230-78-8991
E. JOHNSON
419-20^104
R.JL. DIXON ..
255-64-3422
D. B. FARMER
405-56-0354
R. M. LEE
142-12-5358
C MILLER ....
E. RITCHIE ... ••••••• 423-18-5661
155-01-0430
G. RUF
434-84-2303
L. THOMAS ...
456-08-7602
B. W. WARREN
263-44-1039
J. P. REAMS ..
262-19-9519
T. A. BIRCHER
059-20-9614
H, L. BRASS ..
A. CRUZADO
581-20-0892
J. HOCKMAN ........ 227-50-7773
L. D. NELSON
557-78-9958
G. C. NICKUM, JR
532-44-5202
W. A. ROCH
091-12-9679
J. SMITH
436-64-1849
W.E.HART
091-12-2568
N. OMURA
560-15-7291
O. R. VASQUEZ
054-24-3154
J. P. WIMMER
420-62-4827
A. W. GORE
083-40-9532
V. O. DAVIS •••••••••• 424-76-1283
029-46-3549
W. M. FLAHERTY
461-12-5049
R. F. FLOURNOY
218-28-1034
F. O. HARRIS ...
059-44-4102
B. C.OTOOLE ..
220-42-9372
R.N. PERRON ..
Shipping Procedures (Deep Sea)
587-10-2683
J. A. TIMS
055-40-7204
Wiwn throwing in for work mon who posooss LlfohoatW. D. WATSON
467-94-2115
durlng a Job call at any SIU man ondorsomont by tho
G. PATINO ....
466-07-0037 Hiring Hall, ooamon must pro- United States Coast Guar^
F. W. POPE
The Seafarers Appeals Board
R. L. CREWSHAW .... 540-12-5286 dues tho following:
036-34-2132
e
momborshlp
certificate
may
waive tho preceding sonF. L. HENRY
tonco
when, in the soio Judg
J. A. HOENEWLED.... 157-52-5909 (where possessed)
ment of the Board, undue
183-20-8245
R. VAUGHN
• reglstaatlon card
hardship wiil resuit or extenu
566-80-0146
S. G. CONNER
• clinic card
ating circumstances warrant
251-24-4498
G. W. DOBBS
• seaman's papers
086-12-5633
U. ENRIQUEZ
• valid, up-to-date passport such waiver."
Also, all entry rated mem
451-92-2215
E. L. JOHNSON
In addltton, when assigning
bers
must show their last six
427-84-3644
C R. LYONS
I |«>b the dispatcher will com422-54-6251 ply with the following Section months discharges.
T. R. McDUFFIE
Further, the Seafarers A^
F. C. McNARY ........ 571-01-8261 5. Subsection 7 of the SIU
256-42-0369
Shipping
Rules:
peals
Board has ruled that 0
H. A. PAYNE
072-14-6481
"Within each class of senior- classification seamen may
J. D. PSATHAS
419-28-7222 ity rating in every Depart- only register and sail as entry
H. W. ROBERTS
236-80-5147 mont, priority for entry rating ratings in oniy one departT. L. STANLEY
322-16-4358 Jobs slMll be given to all sea- ment."
R. C BUSHER .
388-16-5090
W. DAVEY.....
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and repair.
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developed a program just to help
QMED's meet the current needs In
the shipping Industry. The course
teaches seafarers about diesel
engines so that they can work on
diesel-powered ships.
Diesel power Is the current trend
In the maritime Industry, Sea-Land
Corporation alone has plans to put
twelve new diesel-powered contalnershlps Into service In 1980.
Sea-Land's D-9's will be able to
carry 839 containers >ahd will
operate at a cruising speed of 22
knots. The first of these ships, the
Sea-Land Patriot, has already been
launched. The ships will be
powered by MHI/Sulzer 9 cylinder
diesel engines. These engines are
more fuel efficient than steampowered vessels and require a
specially-trained crew to work on
them.
The diesel course at MLS prepares
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Above. Each member of the diesel class receives
practical training to prepare him to work on a dieseipowered vessel. Below. Instructor Bill Eglinton
(right) helps a student make an adjustment to the
engine during shop training. Right. The seafarer in
the diesei course ieams preventive maintenance of
diesei engines.
seafarers to work on these
engines. The program begins on
May 12 and is four weeks long.
Among the areas seafarers will
Study are the construction and
operation of diesel engines and
their supporting systems. Each
student will apply his classroom
knowledge In thq Vocational
Machine Shop on actual engines.
By tearing down, checking and
repairing these engines, the stu
dent can become familiar with the
engine and learn troubleshooting
and maintenance.
Durfng the last week of the pro
gram, Mark Johnson, Vice Presi
dent of Sea-Land's Field Engineer
ing Division will visit the class. He
hopes to bring with him represen
tatives from companies that have
manufactured the equipment on
the new vessels. The represen
tatives will talk with the students
In the class about specific equip
ment on the vessels. They will pro
vide the seafarers with practical
knowledge about the machinery
they will work with. Other topics
which will also be covered Include
vessel construction, equipment,
and the engineer's maintenance
manual.
By talking with these represen
tatives, the students will have a
first-hand Idea of the equipment
they will find on the new vessels.
If you are Interested In the fastgrowing field of diesels In the
maritime Industry, then take advan
tage of the diesel course at HLS.
Improve your skills or learn new
skills so that you can work on
these vessels.
The diesel course starts on May
12. Fill out the application In this
Issue of the Log or contact the
Harry Lundeberg School, Voca
tional Education Department,
PIney Point, Maryland 20674 to
enroll.
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�AFL-CIOtoRuleon SIU-Lbcal333 Tug Beef
'^HE jurisdictional beef beA tween the SIU and the New
York tug union, Local 333 of the
International Longshoremen's
Assn., has moved into "round
two."
A three-man Subcommittee of
the AFL-CIO Executive Council
heard the SIU's charges that a
clause in Local 333's contract,
negotiated last summer, violates
the SIU's jurisdictional rights
under Article XX of the AFLCIO Constitution.
The SIU won "round one" of
the battle fest June when an
impartial umpire appointed by
the AFL-CIO handed down a
ruling backing the job rights and
job security of SIU Boatmen.
The umpire upheld the
Union's claim that Local 333, in
attempting to broaden the scope
of their representation, was
cutting into the SIU's jurisdic
tion over Maine-to-Virginia
coastwise towing. This practice
is known as "raiding" and it is
forbidden under Article XX of
the AFL-CIO Constitution.
Local 333 appealed the
impartial umpire's decision and
~th^three-man AFL-CIO Execu
tive Council Subcommittee was
convened to issue a final ruling.
The Subcommittee reviewed
the case last month during the
AFL-CIO Executive Council's
mid-winter meeting in Florida.
Representatives from the SIU
and MEBA District 2 presented
arguments on Feb. 25. The
Subcommittee is expected to
announce a final and binding
decision on the raiding charge at
the next Executive Council
meeting in May.
Raiding charges against Local
333 originally arose last June,
when the 2,800 Local 333
boatmen who wOrk tugs and
lighters in and around the port
of New York ratified a new
contract.
Key to the contract settlement
reached by Local 333 and the
Marine Towing & Transporta
tion Employers Assn. was job
jurisdiction. The issue was also
the crux of an 88-day work
stoppage by the tugmen . during
April, May and June of last year.
Under their previous contract
which expired April 1, 1979,
Local 333's jurisdiction included
"only all licensed and unlicensed
employees...on tugboats and
self-propelled lighters... in th^
Port of New York and vicinity."
The new agreement, which the
SIU maintains is illegal,
extended Local 333's jurisdiction
to include "any regular coastwise
run having as one of its terminal
points a point in or north oL
Norfolk and not customarily and
traditionally done by other
unions."
But three of the principal
companies signatory to Local
333's agreement have subsidi
aries or affiliates outside New
York which do extensive
coastwise work from Norfolk
and points north. The unlicensed
jobs on the boats belonging to
the outport subsidiaries of
McAllister Bros., Ira S. Bushey
& Sons and Moran Towing &
Transportation have tradition
ally been filled by SIU Boatmen.
Members of MEBA-District 2
fill many of the licensed jobs on
these boats.
Even before Local 333 and the
employer's association had
wrapped up their contract, the
SIU and MEBA protested that
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tional clause was illegal under J
Article XX of the AFL-CIO '
Constitution.
The impartial umpire ap
pointed by the Federation
agreed that Local 333 was guilty ,
of attempting to represent
employees already working
itnder a contract with the SIU,
which is clearly prohibited by
Article XX.
Article XX requires every
AFL-CIO affiliated union "to
respect any work of the kind
which the members of an
organization have customarily
performed at a particular plant
or work site."
Local 333 immediately ap
pealed the impartial umpire's
ruling and the three-member
Subcommittee from the AFLCIO Executive Council was
convened to hear the appeal.
If the Subcommittee upholds
the impartial umpire's decision,
as'they are expected to do, the
clause in Local 333's contract
mandating jurisdictional changes
must be stricken from the
agreement.
No One's Gonna Rain on'Bubba' Showers
N THE books he's William
Edward Showers III,
though his friends just call him
"Bubba". But pretty soon they'll
be calling him "Mister Mate"!
Showers, an SIU bosun for
some eight years, is presently en
rolled at the MEBA (Dist. 2)
Upgrading Center in Brooklyn,
N.Y., where he's preparing to sit
for his Original Second Mate's
license.
Born (38 years ago) and raised
in the port city of Mobile,
Alabama, Bubba Showers saw
his first ship at an early age.
"I was born about six blocks
from the waterfront," he told the
Log recently, "so hanging
around down there, and
watching the ships, was part of
coming up in my neighborhood."
Perhaps watching those ships
come and go subconsciously
preordained that Bubba Show
ers would eventually go to sea
himself. In any case, it wasn't
until after finishing up a threeyear hitch in the U.S. Army that
Showers made the decision to go
to sea.
He went to New Orleans and
enrolled in the SIU's old Andrew
Furuseth School. He finished up
there in early 1964 and soon
after had his first ship, the Sea-
O
train Georgia- He worked as a
BR on that ship, but switched
over to the deck department
when he joined his second ship,
the Margaret Brown. He's been
working his way up in the deck
department ever since.
Showers upgraded to AB in
1966, just in time for the
Vietnam Sealift. He worked
steadily on that run, mostly on
reactivated Victory ships such as
the Hattiesburg, Albion, and
Kenyon Victory.
But, while he was on the C-3
Sagamore Hill in Qui Nhon,
the war got a little too close for
comfort. The harbor came under
rocket attack one day, and
shrapnel landed on the deck of
the ship. And he was in Da Nang
on the Ocean Dinny when an
underwater explosive charge
blew a blade off the propeller.
Showers got his first bosun
job in 1971, working as such on
the Champlain Container. He
went through the Bosun Recertification program in 1975. His
last bosun job was on the
modern tanker Zapata Patriot.
which he left in late 1979 to
begin studying for his original
second mate's license.
One of the reasons why Bubba
Showers is cont^n^ with the
"Bubba" Showers
profession he's chosen, is the
opportunity for advancement in
it. "I had no idea, back in 1964,"
he said, "that one day I'd be
going for a license. There's real
chance for advancement in this
business, if ytfu go for it."
But that's not the only reason
why Showers likes being a
seaman. "I like the travelling,
and seeing new faces and sights.
I never would have seen all the
things I've seen, if I hadn't gone
to sea."
Would he ever consider
working ashor?? "No," he said
emphatically, "but if I did, it
would have to be in the shipping
industry."
So strong is his belief in the
seafaring life, that Showers has
helped a number of young men
get their starts in the business.
But he takes special pride in
talking about one young man.
who he has helped guide in that
direction: his younger brother,
Darrell.
Darrell Showers is a graduate
of the Harry Lundeberg School,
and plans to upgrade to AB in
the near future..
We wish both Bubba and
Darrell Showers the best of luck,
and much success, in their
merchant marine careers.
Notice On Job
Call Procedure
(inland)
When throwing In for work
during a job caii at any SIU
Hiring Hail, boatmen must
produce the ffoiiowing:
• membership certificate
(where possessed)
• registration card
• clinic card
• seaman's papers
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shipboard firefighting at the conditions that mirror those one
school each year (4,000 in might encounter on a vessel at
sea.
1979).
The main difference is that, at
And every one of them gets a
chance to "lead the charge" into the school, the conditions are
the engineroom mock-up, the controlled, and monitored by a
staff of serious, eagle-eyed men.
SCENE from a movie, de scene of that dramatic episode
The MSC/MARAD firefight
picting a great moment in described above.
ing school was established in
"The whole idea of the fire Earle, N.J. in 1975, replacing an
the annals of maritime history?
No! It is, in fact, just a daily fighting school," said one older facility in Bayonne.
occurance at the Military Sealift instructor recently, 'is to learn Besides the engineroom mockCommand / Maritime Adminis se^-confidence, not just tech up, the new firefighting school
tration firefighting school in nique." And what better way is has a variety of fire-making
Earle, N.J. Thousands of there to acquire that self- setups, ranging from huge
American seamen, and seamen confidence than by practicing steel tanks, to galley stoves.
trainees, leam the rudiments of with the real thing, under In short, what is needed to create
different types of fires in
different situations.
The school also has a small
building, called the "Smoke
locker", where students acquire
first-hand experience in the use
of different types of selfcontained and forced-air
breathing apparatus.
Part of a reconstructed
Coast Guard cutter will be added
to the -facility in the future,
further adding to the realism of
firefighting practice there.
Under the watchful eyes of
MSG, MARAD, and Coast
Guard instructors, students are
^tudenH teamliovriomn toam'tor fighting Una at sea.
Flames leaped from the
ship's portholes, as a dark
cloud of smoke billowed into
the cold winter sky. The ship
was on fire!
A line of young merchant
seamen, clad in black, hooded
ralngear, advanced towards
the inferno. Slowly, but stead
ily, they approached the
flames, casting a bright stream
of water before them from
their firehose.
Undaunted, the nozzleman
spread the entrance to the
englneroom, then entered.
Flames licked at the grating
ahead of him. They worked
methodically and efficiently.
and in seconds (It seemed
longer) the fire was extin
guished.
The fire was out! The ship
was saved! And the seamen/
firefighters had all come
through unscathed.
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of water, foam, and 1 dry seamen, aU trainees at the SIU's
chemicals for fighting shipboard Harry Lundeberg School in
fires. The instructors can be as Piney Point, MD. receive 16
subtle as Marine Corps drill hours of classroom instruction in
instructors, at times, but they are fire prevention, fighting, and
all experts in the field of marine safety. They must also complete
firefighting. The experience, the day-long course in ^rle,
skill, and effort each one N.J. beforfe they can graduate
contributes to the course makes from the Union's trainee
it a truly worthwhile learning
experience.
Though firefighting endorse
best trained seamen in the world.
Such training faciUties as the
MSC/MARAD firefighting
school is one reason why.
After completing the firefight
ing course recently one young
trainee Seafarer was heard to,
remark, "I never fought a fire
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have...I feel a lot more confi
dent about it."
Hopefully, he'll never have to
use the training he received at
the firefighting school. But, if he
does, it just might save his life
and those of his shipmates.
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Unions Must Seek international Solutions
To Shrinking Job Opportunities At Home
There is no longer any
such thing as a nation
completely detached from
the rest of the world.
All countries depend for
their survival on Imports from
and exports to other coun
tries. And crucial Issues like
energy, unemployment, Infla
tion and labor standards are
all global concerns.
One of the reasons the
world today Is more Inter
dependent than ever before
Is trade. Established Indus
trial countries and those
nations which are newly
developing must seek Inter
national markets for their
goods.
American workers have
been hard hit by the negative
aspects of International
trade. The flood of Imported
goods and the displacement
of thousands of American
jobs overseas have caused
massive layoffs and unem
ployment in industry after
industry here at home.
The maritime Industry is
no exception. U.S. maritime
workers have to contend with
fleets of vessels owned by
American companies but
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sailed under foreign flags
with foreign crews. And the
U.S. merchant fleet operates
at a disadvantage when
forced to compete with
foreign fleets which are
owned or heavily subsidized
by their governments.
Just as many problems
'confronting U.S. industry
across-the-board have Inter
national roots, the solutions
must also be International.
That was the message of a
speech delivered by Jack
Otero, International vice
president of the Brotherhood
of Railway and Airline Clerks
and a memt>er of the execu
tive board of the International
Transport Workers' Federa
tion (ITF). ITF Is an Interna
tional labor organization
representing transport work
ers, with 15 affiliated Ameri
can unions, Including the
SlU.
Speaking before the Exec
utive Council of the Maritime
Trades Dept., which met In
Florida last month, Otero addressed the topic "U.S. Labor
Interests In Development
Abroad." Excerpts from that
speech are reprinted, below,
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needed today and mean Job security tomorrow.
It's a good idea to learn marine electrical
maintenance.
So take the course. The Marine Electrical
Maintenance class starts May 1Z Enroll now.
Contact HLS or fill out the application in this issue
of the Log.
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Jack Otero, vice president of the Brother
hood of Railway and Airline Clerks.
"A threat to peace and
prosperity anywhere in the
world is a threat to peace and
prosperity everywhere in the
world.
"This is the basic philosophy
guiding the- American labor
movement in foreign affairs,
"What affects working people
in Iran, Nigeria, Mexico, Hong
Kong, Italy or Afghanistan,
inevitably affects workers in this
country.
"While our main concern
must remain domestic issues, we
cannot afford to ignore the
international connotations of
the energy problem, of inflation
—unemployment, trade, labor
standards. We must also
recognize that the gap between
the rich and the poor continues
to grow.
"Selfishly speaking, American
labor seeks to preserve the jobs
of our thousands of members
by maintaining and improving
labor and economic standards,
while fighting and opposing
unfair competition.
"In doing so, we also
strengthen our own unions and
achieve greater bargaining
power when facing domestic
and international employers.
"I am happy to say that these
views are shared by a large
number of American unions,
particularly by those represent
ing workers in the transport
industiy. A total of 15 U.S.
transport unions are affiliated
with the ITF.
Over the years American
unions have worked hand in
hand with the ITF in fighting
flag-of-convenience practices;
pooling arrangements by international airlines; crew-ofconvenience practices and in
other areas where vital interests
of American transport workers
have been at stake....! am
proud to report the ITF will
hold its 33rd World Congress
this summer (July 17-25) in
Hollywood, Florida.
"It is obvious then that there
is a definite and growing inter
dependence among transporta
tion unions. As the problems of
this industry become more
complex, the interest of the
various transport unions
converge, and what affects
workers in a single segment of
this total industry will affect all
segments both at home and
abroad.
"Moreover, this interdependency is highlighted by corpo
rate mergers. I am referring to
mergers which have taken place
in recent years among numerous
railroads and airlines,, as well as
in the shipping, oil, banking and
communications industries.
"It is estimated that in the
past 25 years U.S. firms
established about 15,000 foreign
subsidiaries, mostly in manufac
turing.
"This development has
displaced U.S. production. It
has meant the export of
American jobs. It has resulted in
the loss of exports to thirdcountry markets. It has meant a
growing tide of imports from
foreign subsidiaries into the
U.S. American workers have
been the losers.
"But where have these jobs
gone? A great number of them
have been moved to the
Mexican border area where
cheep labor is abundant and
unions do not exist. The jobs
have gone to Taiwan-vto
Haiti—to Singepore—to Korea.
Let's look at some examples.
"Chrysler produces the Colt
in Japan...the Valiant in
Australia. But Chrysler laid off
over 2,000 workers in 1971 in
Los Angeles and in recent
months it laid off another 2,500.
"Lockheed has a plant in
Hong Kong employing 1,000
work*ers at *$3 per day. Lockheed also has a Mexican border
plant for 300 workers. 1,200 to
2,000 workers in California have
lost their jobs.
"Who benefits from all this?
Draw your own conclusions.
But get involved!!"
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At Sea 1? Ashore
ST Columbia
From Apr. 7 to Apr. 17, the ST Columbia (Ogden Marine) from a Gulf
port will carry 22,500 metric tons of wheat to either Alexandria or Port
Said, Egypt.
Sea-Land
Sea-Land christened on Mar. 11 the fourth of 12 new Sulzer diesel D-9
containerships to be built. In ceremonies at the Nagasaki Shipyard,
Japan, the vessel was named the Sea-Land Liberdtor.
The first 745-foot D-9 to be built, the Sear Land Patriot completed sea
trials and joined the company's trans-Pacific fleet last month. Ten of the
12 new ships will be assigned to the Far East trades by the end of next
summer.
Five of the D-9's will sail from the port of Seattle and five will sail from
the port of Long Beach, Calif.
Recertified Bosun John Little (2nd right) ship's chairman of the ST Ogden
Champion (Ogden Marine) leads the Ship's Committee (I. to r.) of Chief Pumpman
Gene Berger, educational director; AB George B. McCurley, deck delegate and
Cook and Baker H. McBride, steward delegate. The tanker paid off at Stapleton
Anchorage, S.I., N.Y. late last month.
HEY!
Assisted by the Tug Patrick R. McAllister (McAllister Brothers) the
24,773-ton containership SS Sea-Land Venture was out of danger on
Mar. 5 after losing her rudder and taking on water.
SS President Adams
The combo container-break bulk carrier, the '^SS President Adams
(American President Lines) last month won the line's Fleet Safety Award
for 1979.
Last year, the liner sailed 77,000 miles calling lat 43 ports working
385,000 man-hours with no-lost time accidents. 1
SS John Penn
The SS John Penn (Waterman) was scrapped in Hong Kong on
Feb. 19.
Galveston
On Apr. 5, voters here will vote on a referendum which could give
Texas a second active deepwater oil superport plan on Pelican Is. The
facility would provide 500 permanent jobs.
The first superport proposed by the Texas Deepwater Port Authority is
located at Freeport, Tex.
Bayonne, N.J.
Demolition of the deteriorated Bayonne-Elizabeth N.J. railroad bridge
crossing Staten Is.'s Kill Van Kull Channel is expected to start soon. It
had been considered since 1972 a hazard to navigation—especially to
Sea-Land vessels entering Port Elizabeth, N.J. and other ships going to
Port Newark, N.J.
Last month the U.S. Coast Guard let a $3,377,260 demolition contract
to the EXPLO C^rp. of Gretna, La. to tear down the 700-foot center span
of the Newark Bay Bridge formerly run in 1978 by the defunct Central
Railroad of New Jersey. It would take about five months to do the job.
El Paso Arzew
Last month it was reported that the Coast Guard had won one over the
U.S. Navy.
It turns out that the Coast Guard's method of making a Williamson
Turn is more precise than the Navy's way.
According to tests conducted by Capt. James Stilwell of the LNG El
Paso Arzew last July on a voyage from the port of Savannah to Arzew,
Algeria, the Navy Method doesn't result in a vessel returning down the
original track line.
Using an empty 55-gallon oil drum both times as a substitute for a man
overboard, it was thrown over the starboard bow side. As it passed the
bridge wing, an order for hard right rudder to 35 degrees was given. It was
held until the ship was exactly 60 degrees off the original course. Then, in
the Navy test, when the rudder was turned hard left, the vessel swung to
the right 88 degrees off the original course. Hard right rudder to 25
degrees off the original course put the LNG on her original course passing
the drum 100 feet to starboard—285 feet to the right off course.
In the Coast Guard test, the drum passed about 200 feet down the port
side of the ship, only 100 feet to the left of the original track line.
Are you going to stay down there on your
hands and knees all your life?
Get up out of the grease spills. Come to HLS. Toke the FOWT
course. Earn your rating. Make more money.
Course starts May 8.
To enroll, fill out the application in this issue of the Log.
Membership Meetings
Date
Port
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Algonac
Houston
New Orleans
Mobile
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
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Apr. 10
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Best Wishes to Paul Hall
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My husband is a member of the SIU and I'm proud to say it has
been beneficial to both of us.
Paul Hall is a credit to his Union, his men and his country. All
should be very grateful to him and all his efforts.
Hoping that he will be well, and be able to continue as head of his
men and his Union. My prayers are with him.
Sincerely,
Genildlne Madonado
Fort Lauderdale, Fla,
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Pensioners Not Forgotten
My wife and I would just like to let the SIU know that it has
been a privilege and pleasure to have sailed with this great Union,
and that we are not forgotten when we have to retire from shipping.
I sailed with the SIU from 1946 to 1974.
Fraternally,
Harvey & Betty Falrbum
Grand Saline, Texas
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My husband and I want to thank the SIU and the Seafarers
Welfare Plan for all the hospital and doctor bills that were paid
when we needed help to pay. We wish to thank you again for
everything the Union has done for us.
Sincerely,
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Goresh
Newark, N.J.
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came aboard our boat, and did inspect her for unsafe conditions.
Thanks to his efforts repairs have been made to the capstan, hull,
etc. Other repairs are also scheduled.
We the crews at Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina Line give a
hearty thanks to the SIU for getting the job done.
Fraternally,
Fred Tenkle,
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When Needed, SIU Was There
My husband, Sammy S. Dulaca died Sept. 22,1^79. At this time
I would like to express my thanks for having such a great Union
behind me during my husband's long illness.
Mrs. Agnes Kiefer from the Philadelphia Union hall was such a
wonderful help to me during my long trying times.
My Sammy died from cancer. The SIU was wonderful in taking
care of all bills including hospital, medicine, doctors apd also home
care.
I will never forget the SIU. When I really needed help, the SIU
was there to give me that help.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Cadierine Dulaca
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Every journey begins with a single step—and this is no lie. When
my father fled the fascist regime of Franco's Spain, he began a new
life in a New World.
His dream was that one day his children would be educated
Americans. Unfortunately, his untimely death caused some
financial difficulties in our family and, at 16,1 left my home and my
education behind and Joined the SIU.
The money was good, the travel fantastic, the work was hard,
and the people were always different.
Eight years later I found myself at H.L.S.S. With much personal
help and loads of encouragement I was tutored for the G.E.D. high
school equivalency. After a couple of weeks of intensive study and
review, I took the exam and, lo and behold, I passed with flying
colors. I was elated!
With this achievement under my belt, I enrolled in the lifeboat
and A,JL- upgrading programs. During the short time I was learning
to be a competent seafarer, the staff at H.L.S.S. encouraged me to
take the college entrance exams and apply for an SIU college
scholarship.
For me, such talk at first seemed as unbelievable as pyramiding
overtime. As most of my former shipmates will recall, I was far
from your ideal student type. And yet, what did I have to lose? So,
with the help of the entire staff of the school—as well as my
classmates at H.L.S.S., I did it. I did well on the exams and was
awarded a four-year $10,000 SIU scholarship to attend the school
of my choice!
Today I am finishing the fourth year at Reed College, Portland,
Oregon. I expect to graduate with a B.A. from the Department of ^
History and Social Science with a major in Political Science. As
part of my requirements for graduation, I am writing a thesis on
Industrial Democracy. That is, worker participation in the
decision-making process at work. I am interested in the effects of
workshop level participation on the participation in the political
arena. For example, do people participate more in politics if they
help shape decisions at work?
As I look to the future, at what I might do with my education, 1
often look to the past first. I am always conscious of the fact that if
it had not been for some very progressive sailors joining together,
forming a union, and seeking to better the lives of themselves, their
families, and the next occupant of the focsle, there would be no
realization of dreams such as mine.
It is possible for me to attend school on a sound financial
foundation solely because of the collective efforts of all SIU
members—some of whom paid for my tuition with their blood on
the picket line. Although, come graduation day. T will be very
proud of my own personal accomplishment, it is to those of you
who have built this union, and to those who are now seeking to
enhance the accomplishments of our Union, to those of you who
paid assessment after assessment, dues, S.P.A.D., and especially
those who have stood on the picket lines that the true
accomplishment and pride in what you have accomplished is due.
My gratitude will not be short lived. I can only hope that
someday, somehow, I may find a proper way to thank-you, for
words cannot express my feelings.
Fraternally,
William A. Lopez ID
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SIU Takes Care of Its Retirees
As a retired member of the SIU since 1964 due to disability, I
again wish to express my appreciation for all the Union has done
for me in the past, the present and in the future.
Were it not for my pension to supplement my Social Security,
plus the SIU Welfare Plan for all my medications, my wife and 1
would be force^to live with one of our three married children.
We are both m our late 70's and independent of our family due
only to one of the best Unions in the country.
Thankfully and fraternally,
Alexander McCuUough
Wenonah, N.J.
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penned by America's Found
ing Fathers 200 years ago are.the
granite on whkh this nation rests.
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Those principles, and the laws
which Congress has passed in the
years since to back them up, are
universal. They were meant to
apply to all of the people, all of
the time.
As the U.S. government and
national industry got bigger and
more powerful, new laws and
regulations had to be enacted to
protect the less powerful. The
Service Contract Act is such a
law.
Enacted in the early l 970's the
Service Contract Act was passed
to keep workers laboring under
gov e r n m en t c on t r a c ts fr om
being short-changed by making
sure government
d oes
contracting
n o t negatively a f fect
prevailing labor standards.
But the U.S. Navy's Military
Sealift Command doesn't think
they should have to comply with
the Service Contract Act. The
MSC has applied Jo Secretary of
Labor Ray Marshall for a Service
Contract Act exemption for the
operation of nine tankers.
Until last summer, those nine
tankers-five T-5s and four
Columbia-cl ass vessels-were
operated for the MSC by SIU
contracted Hudson Waterways
Co. and Cove Tankers.
"W h.e n the c.ontract with
a rid Co�e
fri
Nov., 1978, the MSC issued a
request for proposals on a new
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The language of that request is
that entered bids on the opera
clear. "The contractor," it states,
"shall pay the officers and crews
tion of the nine tankers used the
SIU Standard Tanker Agree
serving aboard these tankers
equal to the applicable standard
a g ree m e n t s
industry."
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The t h r e e SIU-c o n t r a c t e d
c ompc:inies , (i ncluding both
Cove and Hudson Waterways),
contract from U.S. flag commer
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ment as guidelines. But Trinidad,
with the concurrence o f the
NMU, sent in a bid which did not
for the
come up to par with the NMU's
In April, 1979, the MSC
awarded the new contract for
standard contract.
the bidder whose contract
the MSC, seamen receive for
t h e i r v a ca t i o n b e n e f i t t h e
Under Trinidad's contract with
operation of the nine tankers to
proposal way undercut all others.
equivalent of only five days' pay
That bidder was NMU-con
for every 30 worked, as opposed
tracted Trinidad Oil.
Official PvbHcation of the Seafarers lnternaTionol Union of
North America, Atton1ic, GuH, lakes and Inland Wo19" Dittrkt,
AFl-CIO
March, 1980
Vol. 42, No. 3
President
Joe DiGiorgio
Executive Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Angus "Red" Campbell
Mike Sacco
Vice President
Leon Hall
Vice President
Joe Sacco
Vice President
Vice President
Editor
Ray Bourdius
Edra Ziesk
Mike Gillen
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Assi.rtant Editor
West Coast Associate Editor
�onpour
Marietta Hom
Assistant E itor
Frank Cianciotti
·writer/ Photographer
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Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
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to the 14 vacation days specified
in standard NMU contracts. In
addition, the NMU agreed to cuts
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Dennis Lundy
Photography
George J. Vana
Production/ Art Director
Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters
District, AFL·CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage
paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. (ISSN #0160-2047)
But those 167 jobs are not the
only issue at stake. In accepting a
substandard contract bid, the
in pension and welfare contribu
tions totalling $7 per man per
MSC acted in flagrant violation
From where we sit, that's a
substandard contract and a clear
violation of the Service Contract
asked the Secretary of Labor to
s a nc t i o n t h a t v i o l at i o n and
exempt them from compliance
day.
Act.
We took the matter to court
of the Service Contract Act. And,
adding insult to injury, they've
with the Act in this case.
The exemption request un
last summer seeking first, a bar to
leashed a storm of.protest from
and second, a ruling which will
A FL-CIO's Maritime Trades and
Building & Construction Trades
crew turnovers on the nine vessels
authorize a new, fair bidding
process where the guidelines are
clearly spelled out; where nothing
p l o y ees r ec e iv e d u n d e r the
previous a g r e e m e n t will be
individual unions as well as the
Departments.
M o s t r e c e n tly, AFL-CIO
President Lane Kirkland sent a
l e t t e r t o L a b o r Se c r e t a r y
Marshall urging him to vigor
o u s l y e n f o r c e th e S erv i c e
We lost round one when the
Contract Act.
Secretary Marshall has not yet
turnovers and the tankers have
But we are confident he will
accepted.
court refused to halt the crew
James Gannon
Don Rotan
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less than wages a n d fr inge
benefits equal t o what em
Executive Boord
Paul Hall
Frank Drozak
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issued his decision on the MSC.
been operating with NMU crews
uphold the intent of the law as
however, is now in appeal with a
final ruling expected in July,
workers to maintain a decent
standard of living.
our legal forces because 167
say that some U.S. laws apply
si n ce l as t J u l y. T h e c ase,
1980. And we've marshalled all
unlicensed jobs a board those
nine tankers weigh in the balance.
well as the rights of American
To do otherwise would be to
only to some of the people, some
of the time.
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crew is well fed before weighing anchor for the maiden voyage.
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sister-ships. would not fit under the spans of New York Harbor's bridges with the smokestack in place.
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Brooklyn and made way to
Alaska for a load of North
Slope crude. Although the
supership passed sea-trials
over a year ago she was left
stranded at the yard unable
to find an oil cargo to fill her
capacious hull.
The Bay Ridge, like her
three sister-ships, Brooklyn,
Williamsburgh and Stuyvesant was built at the former
site of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard with a construction
subsidy granted under the
Merchant Marine Act of
1970.
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supertanker on February
19th and the mammoth was
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Mike Michaelson. 3rd Mate; William Thom and P. J. Burke. AB's; Steve Homka
equipment. They are (I. to r.);
kneeling in the foreground K. Karamidas. wiper.
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Brooklyn community whose
name she bears.
From there, she ducked
under the Verrazano Bridge
and sailed out of New York
Harbor. She probably will
never return to the area
because of her deep draft
(over 70 feet when fully
loaded).
Cruising at a speed of up
to 14 knots the Bay Ridge
and her crew are expected to
reach Long Beach, Cali
fornia in about 48 days.
They won't be able to pass
through the Panama Canal
and must instead take the
long way around Cape Horn
and up the west coast of
South America before
reaching the California port
to take on bunkers.
Then it's north to Alaska
l^or a belly full of that
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HO uses drugs? If you
ask several people that
question, they'd probably
answer; poor people use them
as an escape. And teenagers
experiment with them.
You want to know who uses
drugs? The answer is every
body does.
Drug abuse in this country
is not isolated to any one
regional or ethnic group.
There are drug abusers in
every area of this nation, from
Main Street to Broadway, from
the smallest village to the
biggest city.
Drug abuse crosses racial,
cultural, social and economic
lines. The Federal Govern
ment said recently "drug
abuse In the United States has
evolved from an acute to a
chronic problem...Involving
millions of people using
hundreds of substences."
What does that mean,
exactly? What are the conse
quences of drug use?
Just about everything you
read on drug abuse and any
expert you talk to will tell you
the same thing: the conse
quences of drug abuse differ.
But everybody you talk to,
without exception, says there
are consequences. And they
range from death, to injury;
from crime to broken families
:o deteriorating neighbor
hoods.
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We are only beginning to
understand the consequen
ces," of drug abuse, the
government says. "We will
undoubtedly learn more in the
next few years."
If you're a drug user, are you
willing to wait? What do you
do if doctors and scientists
find out five years from now
that the one joint a day you're
smoking or the cocaine you're
using once a week causes
permanent mental or physical
impairment?
And what do you do about a
kid brother or a teenage
daughter who's "just messing
around" with drugs? Do you
look the other way? Even if
you're told by the Council on
Drug Abuse that "psychologi
cal or social development may
be impaired or delayed by
chronic intoxication"?
The consequences of drug
abuse vary. It depends on how
many different drugs you use
and for how long you use
them. The consequences of
drug abuse may also take a
while to show up.
According to the Council on
Drug Abuse "the time-lag
between drug use and any
evidence of damage can vary
from minutes to decades."
Taking drugs Is like playing
Russian Roulette. It's Just a
matter of time until your num
ber comes up.
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Help Your Brother Down the Road
eeing a blind man walk down a street makes the rest of us thankful
for our sight. Perfect strangers, as well as friends, don't hesitate to offer a guiding
arm to the blind because we all think it must he a terrible thing to he unable to see
where you Ye going.
An alcoholic cant see where he's going either, only alcoholics
don't have friends. Because a friend wouldn't let another man blindly travel a
course that has to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his family.
And that's where an alcoholic is headed.
Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem is just
as easy—and just as important—as steering a blind man across a street. All
you have to do is take that Seafarer by the arm and guide him to the Union's
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
.
Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive the care and counseling
he needs. And hell get the support of brother SIU members who are fighting
the same tough battle he is back to a healthy, productive alcohol-free life.
The road back to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. But because of
ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't have to travel the distance alone.
And by guiding a brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center,
youll be showing him that the first step back to recovery is only an
arm's length away.
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Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling
records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept
anywhere except at The Center.
Name
Address
Book No.
(Street or RFD)
(City)
(State)
Telephone No.
MaUto: THE CENTER
Star Route Box 153-A
Valley Lee, Md. 20692
or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010
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United industrial Workers
of North America
PRESIDENT
Paul Hall
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Joe DiGiorgio
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Frank Drozak
FEB. 1-29,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
AH Groups
ClassA CiaisB ClassC
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
DECK DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltinrtore
Norfolk
Tampa •••%••••••••••••«••••••••••••••••«•
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco.
WilmlnHton ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
PIneyPoint ...
Yokohama —
Totals
9
82
6
14
21
6
14
32
21
28
16
11
4
60
1
0
325
1
25
3
6
5
5
7
13
9
8
6
2
0
15
2
0
107
1
6
0
4
4
0
0
1
4
1
4
4
1
8
0
0
38
7
74
4
9
14
8
8
73
21
22
24
17
13
72
1
1
368
0
3
1
2
4
0
0
0
1
5
5
4
1
8
0
0
34
3
41
3
5
11
28
8
14
13
11
3
38
11
3
198
9
138
9
33
37
8
37
107
53
74
23
63
19
116
0
0
726
4
46
8
18
15
5
10
22
,13
"15
15
6
3
19
0
0
199
3
16
2
E
7
4
2
7
7
7
10
27
3
9
0
0
110
4
142
19
26
24
6
27
77
32
75
21
51
7
78
0
1
590
2
88
5
17
11
6
11
22
17
24
8
12
5
21
0
0
249
3
19
2
5
5
2
0
2
4
6
13
9
0
8
0
0
78
1
46
2
14
21
3
28
58
18
25
14
31
8
65
0
0
334
1
36
3
5
6
0
0
5
4
4
2
2
4
10
0
1
83
0
9
1
1
1
3
0
6
3
7
12
15
2
4
0
0
64
4
34
8
22
7
3
12
32
9
26
1
19
16
19
0
1
213
10
220
36
47
38
17
28
72
52
34
32
35
29
83
8
1
742
7
119
8
12
26
8
4
45
15
34
106
36
14
65
0
0
499
1.863
1.273
751
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
1
60
5
19
16
6
9
27
14
32
9
8
6
30
1
1
244
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
PineyPoint ...
Yokohama....
Totals
1
5
1
4
2
2
0
0
0
2
7
0
0
6
0
1
31
2
36
6
8
7
2
4
5
11
15
3
2
1
14
1
0
117
I
49
4
8
9
3
9
41
18
25
II
8
12
45
1
0
244
0
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
0
1
22
4
28
3
5
7
4
2
21
2
11
5
8
4
20
8
2
134
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
—
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
;
0
30
1
4
11
1
6
16
17
10
7
4
0
24
0
0
131
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
0
2
2
0
13
2
13
0
3
4
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
1
3
6
1
39
1
39
5
12
5
3
5
31
12
5
8
4
17
17
1
0
156
4
35
3
4
4
1
5
23
6
5
6
4
21
.21
44
0
168
0
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
7
0
1
1
2
0
17
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point ...
Yokohama
Totals
Totals All Departments
2
24
, 1
6
5
1
3
9
5
11
2
3
3
7
0
0
82
4
77
14
24
27
8
9
20
26
22
16
5
11
42
55
1
361
624
3
36
2
2
13
3
1
16
4
10
40
7
3
13
0
0
153
235
768
500
73.
•"Total Registered" roeaiK the odmlier of men who actually registered
••"Registered on the Beach" means thetotilnum^^^^
SlUppta. in .he „»n.b of Febn^ ™
people. SUppint b expectetl to remain go^ *o excellent for the foreseeetie tuture.
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The Key
Below. The GED program at HLS gives
seafarers the chance to get a high school
. diploma. This program Is designed just for
seafarers and Is very different from an ordinary
high school. Top Right. Every student In the
high school program gets lots of Individual
help. Bottom Right. A pre-test helps the
Academic staff make up a program for each
student that will teach him Just what he needs
to know.
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ing the amount of learning the
teachers can help you with in
so short a time."
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think people realize the good
opportunities at HLS. The
Lundeberg School is the best
thing that could have happen
ed to me."
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I want to be a high school graduate. Send a GED applica
tion kit to this address:
Address
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"SfafT
City
l\p Code
Book Number.
Social Security Number.
Do you have one year of seatime with the SiU? • Yes • No
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schooi graduate,
too! Write to HLS
and ask for your ap
plication kit today!
Name (Please print)
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BILL ECKLES. "The program
is terrific, i received a lot of
personalized help whenever I
needed it."
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The Harry Lundeberg School Is
helping seafarers and boatmen
become skilled In vocational and
academic areas.
So far, 75 SlU members have
achieved their high school
diplomas through the GED program at MLS.
The Instruction In the high school
equivalency program Is unique. An
Individual course
of study Is set up
for each seafarer.
Pre-tests help the
Academic staff determlne the sklite
the seafarer needs to pass the high
school equivalency exam.
Each seafarer In the high school
program studies grammar, social
studies, science, math and reading
skills. The teachers work with each
person so he can learn about all of
these areas.
And most seafarers continue their
education after getting a diploma.
Boatman Alexander Borawick of
Baltimore got his diploma through
HLS. Because of the skills he gain
ed, he decided to get his towboat
operator's and pilot's license and
Is now successfully working In
Baltimore harbor. Seafarer Bill
Lopez achieved his high school
diploma In 1975. He was awarded a
Seafarers Welfare Plan Scholar
ship and has been attending col
lege to get an undergraduate
degree. He also plans to attend
law school. There are many, many
more examples of seafarers and
boatmen who took advantage of
the GED program as their first step
up In Improving their education.
You can be one of the success
stories, too. The high school
equivalency program Is open to all
seafarers and boatmen- in good
standing. No matter when you left
school or how old you are, the
Academic staff at HLS can help
you become a high school
graduate. You can attend the pro
gram for about four to six weeks
and leave HLS with a high school
diploma.
Take the first step In getting a
diploma. Fill but the coupon oh
this page and send It to the
Academic Education Department
at HLS.
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Join the Gallery
of Graduates!
24 / LOG / March 1980
Mail this coupon to:
Harry Lundeberg School
Academic Education Department
Pihey Point, Maryland 20674
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�After 2 Adventurous Years, Home Is the Sailor
Saga of the
R/V Anton Brum
Following is Chapter V, the final
chapter, in the saga of the R/V Anton
Bruun, one of the more unusual vessels
ever crewed by SlU members. She was a
research vessel, which partic^ated in a
28-moHth research cruise in the Indian
Ocean in the early '60s. It was quite a
trip. Chtpter I appeared in the A ugust
1979 issue of the Log, Chapter II
appeared in the Sept. issue, Chiqjterlll
was in the January 1980 edition,
Chtpto" IV in the Feb. 1980 Log.
by 'Saki Jack*" Dolan
were bombed most of th; time. You
can bet that many a transaction of
all sorts was made daily in good old
Port Suez.
We were supposed to stay just
long enough for bunkers and sup
plies. Well, it did not pan out this
way. Most of the crew and scientists
went uptown and disappeared. The
police, immigration, and customs
guards could not locate them in time
to sail with the tide, so we had to
remain overnight.
The next day the Captain went
uptown, and was gone all day long.
The Chief Mate had the crew
prepare to sail, and stood by waiting
for the Captain to return.
Everyone enjoyed Las Palmas,
what with all the beautiful girls to be
had. It's a wonder any of the crew
came back at all, after two years in
the Indian Ocean. Finally the
Captain returned, and gave orders
to sail with the tide, regardless of
who was ashore. We did, and four
crew members were left behind: the
3rd Engineer Smitty, Pete the oiler,
one wiper, and the 3rd cook Ray
mond.
Smitty was a big winner in the
shipboard dice game (several thous
and dollars), and was due to be
drafted upon his return. So he
decided to have one more. fling
before reporting to Uncle Sam
(everyone agreed this was a grand
idea). I heard later, they were holedup in one of the nicer places out in
the country, and a great time was
had by all.
^ heard nothing but accolades
about Las Palmas all the way home,
from scientists and crew-members
alike. I had been there many years
before when I was just starting to.
sea, and remembered Las Palmas as
a good port for Seamen.
We had a great crossing of the
Atlantic for a change, as you get
damn few of them (even in the
summertime).
SUEZ CANAL
Just a few miles into our journey
through the Suez Canal, we were hit
by a severe Sand-Storm. These
storms come up all of a sudden with
no warning, and can cripple a ship
trying^to make it through the Canal.
The usual procedure is to anchor
close to the bank, and ride them out,
as you cannot see a thing until they
blow over.
Fortunately, we had only this one,
and it did not last very long. Guns
were mounted on both sides of the
Canal, and we were entertained with
a shell or two every once in a while.
Orders were to stay inside and off
the deck at all times. All hands
ignored this, and we were quite
lucky no one was shot at. I was
aboard two ships in Vietnam where
seamen were shot at, and hit. •
There is little to say about the
Suez Canal. It is cut right through
the desert. And believe me, that is all
you can see on either side. No
tropical growth like the Panama
Canal—just sand, sand, sand.
our final visit to Durban,
South Africa, we received
orders to sail for home via Port
Suez, the Suez Canal, Port Said, (all
in Egypt), and Las Palmas in the
Canary Islands off the. coast of
Africa.
The weather stayed in our favor
for a change, and we hugged the
coast all the way to Port Suez.
Upon arrival, word came down
from the Bridge that we would be
here in Port Suez for several days,
and you could go ashore "At your
own risk."
It seems the Arabs, the Israelis,
and the British Army were having
PORT SAID
their own little war. Hand-grenades
I was glad to get to Port Said, as I
were frequently thrown into bars,
had
been there many times with
night-clubs, and restaurants, or any
other place they felt like tossing cotton, grain, etc., and had stayed
there for 30 or more days at a time,
them. It was sort of a "Greeting of
the day," hence the "Go ashore at and I knew many local people.
I love the market place in Port
your own risk" sign.
Said.
I spent rhany hours there
This grizzly warning did not seem
wandering around window shop
to keep anyone aboard that I could
ping.
see, except the "Watch," and they
Our scientists went to several
were all anxious to get relieved, so
scientific meetings, and one day
they could venture ashore.
invited
450 school children aboard
Port Suez, being a Ca.nal City was
very busy, with ships of all Nations for a toiir of the ship. I was requested
coming through at all hours, and to prepare food and drink (cake or
crews coming ashore for just a few cookies, Koolaid, and fresh-fruit),
hours entertainment, of which there which we did, and served same.
All hands were requested to
w|s plenty.
remain on board and act as shipThere was all types of entertain guides. The children all showed up
ment to be had here, if you didn't on time, and a grand time was had
mind a few hand-grenades for
by all.
dessert. Apparently this did not
I always received a liberal educa
bother anyone from the mobs of tion ashore at "foreign-food-mar
sailors ashore having a good time.
kets" wherever we happened to be in
I went ashore and had dinner in a the World. By checking the local
nice restaurant on the second-floor. prices, I could always see how much
1 figured this would be much safer we were robbed of when the local
being upstairs. Well, just a few ship's chandler sent the bill on
moments after we finished a very board. It was really something (even
excellent dinner and had walked less in the USA). And there is nothing
than a half block away, some restless you can doabout itbut pay(through
native threw a few hand-grenades the nose). The cheapest place to take
into the place. Mucho damage, but on stores is New York City (or it was
no injuries thank God.
back when I was still going to sea).
Well this wonderful greeting to All hands had a ball in Port Said,
Port Suez did not set well with me, much more so than Suez.
and I decided to return to the ship
LAS PALMAS,
and stay, which I did.
CANARY ISLANDS
Oscar Wilde's thoughts that "sin is
The
Canary Islands belong to
the note of vivid color that persists in
the modern world," would sure be in Spain; and is sort of the Bahamas
to Europe. It is tropical, off the coast
style here in Port Suez.
of
Africa, and many "cruise-passenNarcotics were easily come by (as
in all cities in this part of the world), ger-ships" run there from all over
and a good percentage of the locals Europe.
we never had any beefs (we took care
of all beefs before any pay-off).
oEveryone headed for home, and
after a few days I headed for the
West Coast. All in all, it was a
wonderful Cruise, and everyone had
a good trip. The R/ V Anton Bruun
was a credit to the SIU at all times.
I still wish I had the Crew-List that
I lost. I cannot remember names
(and never could), so I cannot
mention any of my shipmates by
their given names.
We had many good times during
this cruise, and I cannot say enough
about the SIU members that sailed
on the /?/ V Anton Bruun on her
"Indian Cruise."
Little Ray Evans (our 3rd cook)
was one of the best I ever sailed with,
and he has sailed as Chief Cook and
Chief Steward ever since (his father
has been sailing as Bosun in the SIU
for many years).
Pete Fault (our 12 x 4 oiler),
upgraded to Engineer shortly after
his return home. Chico Toro (our
excellent Chief Cook) was drafted
upon his return, arid served in the
infantry in Korea. Hank the Bosun
and I spent a few happy days at the
"Big A" Racetrack before I departed
for the West Coast.
The R/ V Anton Bruun was
overhauled, and readied for andther
two-year-cruise to South America. I
did not care to make this Cruise as I
did not want to spend two years in
South America.
Goodbye for now, and Smooth
Sailing Ahead to All-Hands ^..
HOME IS THE SAILOR . . .
About seven days out of Las
Palmas, we steamed into New York
harbor and tied up at Staten Island
in Brewer's Shipyard. All hands
were worried about the gifts they
had purchased and what the U.S.
Customs would charge.
Customs is known among seamen
for their passion to collect all the
"Duty" they can collect, especially
after a long voyage like the 28month-trip we had just finished.
Well, lo and behold! Word came
down from the bridge that Customs
would not be coming on board, and
we would be given "Carte Blanche,"
just like it was all over the ^orld.
You can be sure this made all
hands jump with joy. There were
quite a few family members of the
crew waiting for us, and they all
came aboard as soon as we were
cleared by Immigration.
My good buddies Joe DiGiorgio
and Luigi lovino were still common
ordinary SIU Patrolmen back then
and they came aboard to pay us off.
The pay-off was smooth as usual, as
'Saki Jack*^
March 1980 / LOG / 25
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Legal Aid
/n the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purpo.ses:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10001
Tele. #(212) 279r^9200
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BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning
and Wash
100 Bush Street, Suite 1403
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
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Overseas Arctic Crew Saves 4 in Soiilsoat
In the highest tradition of the sea.
Seafarers and officers of the ST
Overseas Arctic (Maritime Over
seas) responded to a nighttime SOS
to pluck a U.S. colonel and his
family off their stranded sailboat on
a Panama island on Feb. 20 in 47
minutes!
Enroute at 3:25 a.m. from Puerto
Armuelles, Panama to Balboa,
Panama, the tanker picked up the
Mayday call from the sailboat
aground off of Bona Is.
Immediately, the master, Capt.
John Hunt diverted his ship to get
her in as close as possible to the
stricken craft and her occupants
signaling with flashlights. Recerti
fied Bosun Floron Foster and his
deck gang manned a lifeboat to
rescue Col. Paul D. Anderson, his
wife, Murill; a son, Ross and a
daughter, Karry from the sailboat.
Aboard ship,- Chief Steward
Ernest R. Hoitt supplied them with
hot coffee, breakfast, towels and
blankets.
Long Lines Seamen Due Unclaimed Wages
The following seamen should con
tact Mrs. P. Stutzman at Trans
oceanic Cable Ship Company
relative to discharges and/or un
claimed wages at this address: Mrs.
P. Stutzman, Transoceanic Cable
Ship Co., 201 Littleton Road,
Morris Plains, N.J. 07950.
NAME
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NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner &. Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
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220-86-0828
080-05-9220
025-14-5158
098-28-4844
217-74-2857
220-66-9906
544-34-1040
577-68-4864
Colin T. Cagle
William H. Carney
Ronald R. Carraway
Martin Fay
Edward J. Gerena
155-52-9249
219-68-8783
371-26-2421
117-30-5351
097-46-4131
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
FEB. 1-29,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
TOTAL SHIPPED
ANGroups
ClassA ClaMB ClassC
;
Mobile
NewOrleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
0
1
0
0
00
000
5
3
1
0
0 ,0
103
21
1
4
4
4
0
0
Wilmington
Seattle
PuertoRico
Houston..
PortArthur
Algonac
SLLouis...
PineyPoint
14
0
0
0
0
5
000
0
0
1
4
6
1
7
7
8
0
0
0
303
12
0
0
Paducah
Totals
3
45
5
29
30
56
Port
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, AHA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
Seattle
PuertoRico
Houston
PortArthur
Algonac
St. Louis
PineyPoint
AIIGroups
ClasaA ClassB ClassC
0
0
0
0
00
000
0
0
0
0
0
1
000
0
1
0
0
20
000
11
15
4
0
0
0
837
0
0
0
0
0
0
000
6
5
5
3
0
3
000
000
1
0
1
000
O
O
'l
232
13
1
2
0
0
0
002
12
0
0
1
29
1
5
3
12
.
4
2
1
10
12
10
19
84
7
71
128
196
000
0
0
1
8
95
9
10
19
0
0
0
6
5
13
0
0
0
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
;...
Wilmington
Paducah
Totals
**REGISTERED ON BEACH
AIIGroups
ClassA ClanB ClassC
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boston
NewYork
Philadelphia..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Boston
NewYork..
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
' Orlando & White
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263-6330
Kevin Grzech
John H. Hoffman
Manuel S. Netto
Telesforo Soto
Jerome Waters
Roger Williamson
Richard Yakel
John A. Yoklavich
SS#
Port
Philip Weltin, Esq..
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777^500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
Col. Anderson added they had
been but two miles off Lancna
Marlin Is. off Balboa as the wind
waned and the current sent them
aground.
Later the Andersons were put
ashore in Balboa as the Overseas
Arctic transited the Panama Canal
bound for Yabucoa, P.R.
In talking to the colonel, the
steward said that he told him "they
had set sail five days before for a
three-day voyage. But was unable to
reach their destination because of
no winds and loss of auxiliary
engine." Just after he sent out his last
SOS, his battery-operated radio
konked out.
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0 .
0
0
0
1
0
0
000
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
000
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
'.
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
001
4
1
1
Port
0
0
0
000
000
0
02
0
0
0
NewOrleans
Jacteonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
PuertoRico...............
Houston
• ort Arwiiir••••••••••••••••••«••••••«••••»,
Almnac
SL Louis
PineyPoint
100
0
0
0
000
000
9
0
0
000
0
0
0
0
0
.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
000
9
1,2
002
000
^
Totals An Dapartmants
0
0
000
1
0
0
1
1
1
103
7
1
8
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Boston
NewYork
Philadelphia
Baltirnore
Norfolk
Jampa
Mobile
0
1
14
n
"TI
0
0
0
000
000
000
000
0
0
0
000
00
0
003
000
001002
000
000
000
2
12
0
0
0
1
0
1
000
000
000
1
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
000
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
o
0
o
'rt
i
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
n
1
n
000
0
00
J
0
14
3
18 =
1
ii
1
2
1
u
8
5
27
77
231
•Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping atthe port last month
••"Registered on the Beach" meansthe total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
28 / LOG / March 1980
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Great Lakes
In the middle of the month, the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co.
called for a fitout of crews for a dredging job on the Cuyahoga River in
the port of Cleveland, Ohio,
For an Apr, 1 fitout, the Dunbar and Sullivan Dredge Co, was awarded
a U.S. Government dredge job contract in the northwest part of Lake Erie
near the ports of Toledo, Ohio and Detroit,
Two of the company's hydraulic dredges, the Dredge Niagara and the
Dredge FOB plus tugs and service plants will be used on the job.
Mobile
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The SIU has been certified as the union bargaining representative for
employes of the Tenn-Tex Towing Co, in this port. More info next
month.
Port Arthur, Tex.
Union officials and Sabine Towing Co. leaders sat down to begin new
contract negotiations at the Driftwood Motel here in the middle of the
month,
expansion of the Missouri River traffic and its use as a major water
transportation route,
^
The governor said 'The Missouri (now) can carry 6-mulion tons of
commodities during its nine-month season. At present, we are only
carrying 1-million tons per year of Nebraska commodities. We must wake
up to the Missouri's potential in these days of tremendous increases in
transportation costs,"
Bargeline executives said a rocky 7'/4-foot deep shelf projecting into the
stream's channel near Jefferson City, Mo. would have to be removed so
barges now carrying 1,100 to 1,200 tons of cargo can carry 1,400 tons,
Jacksonville
A new.Gontract for the 34 SIU members of the Marine Contracting and
Towing Co, here was ratified this month. It awaits signing by the Union
and the company.
The Dredge Hydro Atlantic (Hydro Marine Corp.) has come out of the
shipyard following repairs.
Proposals on the new contract negotiations for Crowley Marine here
have been collected from members.
MARAD has okayed up to $5-million to complete work on a barge for
Coordinated Caribbean Transport (CCT) now at the Seatrain Shipyard,
Brooklyn, N,Y,
When ready, the barge will be towed to the Norfolk Shipyard for
finishing touches,
Norfolk
St. Louis
Membership ratification vote ballots on the new Orgulf and Ozark
Marine contracts were^counted here on St, Patrick's Day, Mar, 17, Vote
results will be forthcoming.
On Apr. 25, official groundbreaking ceremonies for a new Locks and
Dam 26 near Alton, 111, will be held.
At a Omaha Governors Conference this month on "The Increased Use
of the Missouri River," Gov, Nebraska Charles Thone called for the
The new contract for Allied Towing Boatmen has been signed, sealed
and deUvered by both the company and the Union,
Ballots were on Mar, 14 on the contract ratification vote at C,G, Willis,
See next month's LOG for the outcome.
New Orleans
Contract vote ballots were set to be sent out to Boatmen of Dixie
Carriers this month.
Contract negotiations with Gulf Canal were continuing.
Steward Department JIfembers!
Earn While Yau Ijearn
Apply Now for the Steward Recertification Program
This program gives you the up-to-the-minute
skills you need aboard today's vessels:
Personals
Percy Williams
Please contact, Walter Pritchard, 321
Oak Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36617, as
soon as possible.
Frank Sandy
Please contact, your wife, at 1670
Trainer Way, Reno, Nevada 89512.
Carl James Spurck
Learn how to:
• Manage the entire Steward Department
• Control inventory
• Prepare forl'ubiic Health inspections
• Type
• Polish your culinary skills
• Plan menues and use food efficiently
Please contact, your daughter, Betsy
at Tel. (301) 255-6968or (30!) 255-5340.
Bleeky
Please contact, your friend Brown, in
California. Tel. (415) 332-7417.
Donald Gore
Please Contact, Bob Appenzeller
immediately at Tel. (303) 341-9425,
It's your ticket to job securityIt'll put you on top in your profession.
AND—you get 110 dollars a week—you can't afford not to attend!
Charles Baker
Contact your Seafarers Appeals Board to enroll.
Sign up now! Program begins May 12.
* 'rr''
Richard D. Tapman
Please contact your wife at 2000
Ramblewood Road, Baltimore, Md.
21239.
Please contact Ms. Barbara J. Riley,
3403 Campbell it7, Kansas City, Mo.,
64109. Tel. (816) 753-0300.
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1st Bosun Class of '80 Underway
A
N SIU bosun is a lot more
than the highest rated
unlicensed man in the deck
department.
He's also the chairman of
his ship's committee and the
key link between his Union
brothers at sea and the SIU
back home.
Keeping on top of the
latest developments in both
the maritime industry and the
Union is part of an SIU
bospn's responsibility. And
it's what the Union's Bosuns
Recertification Program is all
abQut.
Since it was reinstituted in Washington, D.C. where
1979, the Bosuns Recertifica participants get a briefing on
tion Program has proven to how the Union is tackling the
be a big plus for the SIU.
tough legislative and eco
This year's first class of Re nomic issues/ of today.
certified Bosuns will be
During the second month,
graduating next month. bosuns get an up-close look
There are two more classes at Union headquarters,
scheduled for 1980, begin learning about the SIU con
ning Apr. 7 and Aug. 11. tract and constitution as well
Each class is limited to 12 as how the various welfare
bosuns.
programs operate.
Part one of the ^o-month
Currently touring through
program is spent at the Harry the different departments at
Lundeberg School in Piney Union headquarters in Brook
Point. Included is a trip to lyn, NY are the 11 Union
members who'll be the first
recertified bosuns of 1980.
They hail from ports as
different as Mobile, SanJRrancisco, Houston, Seattle, B^lmore and New York. Betw&n
them, their collective seatime
totals 268 years.
Many of the 11 bosuns now
in the Recertification Pro
gram have been to Piney
Point before for upgrading
classes. And they all view the
Recertification Program as
two months' tirne well spent.
Soon to be Recertified
Bosuns are:
-,•
Howard Webber, who
joined the SIU in 1946.
Brother Webber now lives in
Ohio and ships out of New
York aboard "all types of
ships the Union has under
contract."
Robert E. Hagood, at 32,
the youngest participant in
the current Bosuns class,
Hagood's an Alabama boy
who lives and ships from
Mobile. He joined the SIU in
1966.
William A. Aycock joined
the SIU in 1946, after a stint
in the U.S. Navy. "I've been
active in the Union ever
since," says Brother Aycock
whose home port is Seattle
Wash.
T. R. McDuffle. "I've been
going to sea for 16 years,"
Brother McDuffie said, "and I
enjoy it and the HLS too."
Right now. Brother McDuffie
ships out of Houston.
Thomas J. Ratcllffe, a
Union member since 1962,
Brother Ratcliffe's sailed all
ratings in the deck depart
ment. A native New Yorker he
ships out of that port.
Frank R. Cottongin ships
from the port of Houston.
Brother Gottongin's been
sailing in the deck depart
ment for 28 years.
Clarence Surge, an SIU
member since 1960, Burgo
has recently been shipping
from New York aboard LNG
carriers.
C. 0. Smith, first started
sailing in 1943, shipping AB,
Dayman and Bosun "out of
most every port." He joined
the Union in 1951.
Franz R. Schwarz joined
the SIU in the port of New
York back in 1956. Today he
lives and ships out of
Houston.
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Thomas "The Animal"
Spangler last shipped as a
Quartermaster on El Paso
Go's LNG ships. Brother
Spangler said his "special
interests are women and
sex." But he didn't say if he
pursued those interests in his
home town of Baltimore, Md.
Thomas R. "Ox" Reading,
the veterarr of the group,
Reading's been shipping onand-off since 1940. An SIU
member since 1966, Brother
Reading upgraded at Piney
Point several times. "I've
shipped out of Frisco, Seat
tle, Wilmington, Houston and
N.Y. and I've sailed most all
kinds of ships," he said.
�OVERSEAS ANCHORAGE (Mari
time Overseas), January 13—Chairman
W. J. Burkeen; Secretary Ken Hayes;
Educational Director L. Cole. No
disputed OT. Captain requests that all
members of the crew not smoke forward
on the after house and at no time
smoking on deck. The ship had just been
rekeyed and all focsles have new locks.
If these locks don't work see the Chief
Mate. Several points were read from the
U)g and members were asked to read
and consider thq actions by the repre
sentatives of the SIU. Communications
received were read and posted. One was
regarding the four percent raise the
other regarding mail from head
quarters. Received two sets of Logs in
January. Educational Director reported
that his door is always open to anyone
who wishes to discuss the Union or any
action taken. thereof. Thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
Next port Yabucoa, P.R.
UST PACIFIC (Interocean Mgt.),
January 12—Chairman John F. Higgins; Secretary, Kolasa; Educational
Director H. Butler. No disputed OT.
Chairman noted that everything is
running very well and he would like to
thank the crew for their cooperation in
taking excellent care of the movies, TV,
library books, swimming pool and gym
equipment. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a good job.
SEA-LAND SEATTLE (Sea-Land
Service), January 27—Chairman Phil
lip M. Clarke; Secretary R. Clarke;
Educational Director V. Keene; Deck
Delegate P. J. Mistretta; Engine
Delegate U. Rivera; Steward Delegate
F. Ridrigs. No disputed OT. Chairman
"noted that we lost a great labor leader,
Mr. George Meany. He will be missed
by the labor movement. In the last issue
of the Log the SIU has taken over three
more LNG ships. Brothers, it looks like
the LNGs are also our future out here
and we should take advantage of the
LNG course in Piney Point. Secretary
reported that everything is running very
smoothly on this ship. The crew is
cooperative. Also that there has been a
new building opened up in Piney Point
in memory of the late Paul Drozak. If
any of you Brothers have not been to
Piney Point you should go at the earliest
possible time. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers. Next
port Baltimore.
SEA-LAND PACER (Sea-Land
Service), January —Chairman, Recer
tified Bosun A1 Whitmer; Secretary E.
Hernandez; Educational Director Har
ry Messiak. $21 in ship's fund. No
disputed OT. Chairman reported that
there were no major beefs. Crew was
complimented on their ability to work
as a unit and a talk was given on being a
good shipmate and doing your job. All
members were urged to support the
Union and what it stands for and its
programs. "Strength in Unity" is the
name of the game that is being played
here to the benefit of each and every
man. Chairman further stated that this
crew was one of the finest he ever had
the pleasure to sail with. The young
lions and the old tigers have a lot in
common. We are good SIU shipmates.
A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done. Next
port Elizabeth.
LNG LIBRA (Energy Transport | EL PASO SONATRACH (El Paso
Corp.), January 20—Chairman, Recer- ' Marine), January I—Chairman, Re
tified Bosun Charles Boyle; Secretary ' certified Bosun B. Browning. No
W. Datzko; Educational Director R. disputed OT. Chainnan reported that
Warren; Engine Delegate Michael C. he was proud of the crew's performance
McNally; Steward Delegate James E. this trip, with the obstacles we had to
Harris. Some disputed OT in deck overcome. A vote of thanks to the
department. Secretary reported that we steward department for an exception
have a fine steward department on ally good Christmas dinner. Wishing the
board. The Chief Cook is M. McDek- steward a prosperous New Year and a
mott and General Steward Utilities R. good vacation. Educational Director
Smyth, M. Kalmus and J. E. Harris. advised members who qualify to take
They are all Harry Lundeberg School advantage of the upgrading program.
grads and they are doing a fine job. The steward department wished all a
Brother J. E. Harris, general steward happy and prosperous New Year and
utility is hoping that he can go to take up thanked everyone for bearing with them
baking at the Harry Lundeberg School. through their break in period. Next port
Savannah.
DELTA SUD (Delta Steamship),
January 27—Chairman, Recertified
LNG TAURUS (Energy Transport),
Bosun Robert Broadus; Secretary E. January 13—Chairman Joseph Mor
Vieira; Educational Director J. C. rison; Secretary C. Shirah; Deck
Dial. No disputed OT. $71 in ship's Delegate Eugene Bousson; Steward
fund. Chairman reports that this has Delegate Ike Boyken. Some disputed
been a real good trip with no lost time OT in steward department. Chairman
accidents, no logs or serious gripes reported that everything was running
brought to his attention. Reminded all . smoothly. Secretary reported that all
members that we have started a new members read the Log. Discussed the
year since we left the states and many of importance of donating to SPAD. A
you will probably have union dues to vote of thanks to the steward depart
pay up so it would be a good idea to give ment for a job well done. Report to Log:
yourself plenty of time to get squared "There will be a pool party held on this
away before the payoff. Anyone who ship, weather permitting, on each trip."
knows of or has a safety problem this is a
COVE ENGINEER (Cove Shipping),
good time and place to bring it up so it
can be gone over and perhaps elimi January 10—Chairman Jack C. Ken
nedy; Secretary Peter Gebbia, Jr.;
nated. A vote of thanks to the steward
Engine Delegate David Millard. No
department for a job well done.
disputed OT. Secretaiy reported that
OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN (Maritime there were no beefs and everything was
Overseas), January 15—Chairman
running smoothly. Report to Log:"The
Edward D. Adams; Secretary D. crew was very sorry to hear of Mr.
Bronstein; Educational Director John
Meany's <leath. We would like to wish
Quinter. Some disputed Of in deck
Mr. Lane Kirkland, who was very
department. Chairman noted that there carefully chosen, good luck and the
was a four percent increase in wages very best wishes in his new position. As
across the board for deep sea members. we know, he is a man very well chosen
A thank you was extended to President
and qualified." From the crew of the
Paul Hall for the Public Health Service Cove Engineer.
ruling that you can choose the hospital
of your choice. A discussion was held on
SEA-LAND PIONEER (Sea-Land
the importance of donating to SPAD. A Service), January 13—Chainnan, Re
vote of thanks to the steward depart certified Bosun M. B. Woods; Secretary
ment and also the deck department. All Juan Gonzales. Some disputed OT in
members wished to express their steward department. Chairman noted
sympathy at the passing of Mr. George that all repairs were taken care of.
Meany. Observed one minute of silence Reminded all members to read the Log.
in memory of our departed brothers.
Discussed the importance of donating
to SPAD. Suggested that all members
SEA-LAND HOUSTON (Sea-Land who qualify should take advantage of
Service), January 6—Chairman, Re upgrading. The crew was reminded to
certified Bosun Julio Delgado; Secre leave rooms clean for new members.
tary H. Ortiz. No disputed OT. Chair Report to Log: "This meeting and one
man explained to the membership the minute of silence dedicated in" the
new wage scale and the members memory of the late George Meany."
thanked the Union for taking action and
achieving this goal for the membership.
COVE SAILOR (Cove Shipping),
Secretary noted that helping a fellow
January 27—Chairman, Recertified
seafarer who has a drinking problem
Bosun E. K. Bryan; Secretary Raymond
by taking him to the Rehabilitation
P. Taylor; Educational Director O. T.
Center in Valley Lee, Md. is the best
Gaskins. No disputed OT. All com
help we can give to one of our brothers
munications as received were read and
who has this problem. A vote of thanks
posted. Chainnan and all members wish
to the steward department for the
a very speedy recovery for Paul Hall.
Christmas and New Year's dinner that Sent a get well card to Paul Hall.
we shared. It was a job well done.
SEA-LAND FINANCE (Sea-Land
Service), January 20—Chairman, Re^'
certified Bosun J. Spuron; Secretary A.
Reasko; Educational Director H.
Hacker. No disputed OT. Chairman
discussed the importance of donating to
SPAD. He also talked to all members
about the new electronics course and all
of the upgrading courses that are
available. The secretary will post the
openings for all ratings and the school
schedules on the bulletin board. Take
advantage and go to Piney Point to
upgrade. All members are to make sure
the chairs are chained down after the
movies due to the rough seas at this time
of year. Observed one minute of silence
in memory of our departed brothers.
Official ship's minutes were also re
ceived from the following vessels;
ZAPATA PATRIOT
OGDEN WABASH
COVE EXPLORER
SEA-LAND EXCHANGE
DELTA MAR
SANTA MARIANA
SEA-LAND McLEAN
TAMARA GUILDEN
ULTRAMAR
OVERSEAS NATALIE
TRANSCOLUMBIA
DELTA VENEZUELA
LNG GEMINI
MONTICELLO VICTORY
PENNY
AMERICAN HERITAGE
COVE NAVIGATOR
OGDEN TRAVELER
MONTPELIER VICTORY
DELTA NORTE
SEA-LAND VENTURE
COLUMBIA
CAGUAS
SEA-LAND MARKET
DELTA PANAMA
OVERSEAS ALICE
ROSE CITY
EL PASO SOUTHERN
ATLANTIC
HOUSTON
DEL VALLE
DELTA ARGENTINA
SEA-LAND COMMERCE
SAMUEL CHASE
NEWARK
NEW YORK
OGDEN CHARGER
COUNCIL GROVE
JACKSONVILLE
BALTIMORE
CANTIGNY
GALVESTON
TAMPA
LNG CONSOLIDATED
EL PASO HOWARD BOYD
OVERSEAS ULLA
OVERSEAS OHIO
OVERSEAS CHICAGO
EL PASO ARZEW
SAM HOUSTON
SUGAR ISLANDER
SEA-LAND RESOURCE
SEA-LAND CONSUMER
OVERSEAS HARRIETTE
GOLDEN ENDEAVOR
JOHN TYLER
DELTA COLUMBIA
OVERSEAS WASHINGTON
DELTA AFRICA
WALTER RICE
ALEX STEPHENS
POTOMAC
WORTH
March 1980 / LOG / 29
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These Chicken Muckers Ain't No Suckers
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Workers Carry ^
on
Strike Agoing Union
,«istan,
assistant director of the AFL-CIO^
AFL-CIO s •' v
Department of Organizing and
Field Services. "It's said that for a
package of $100,000 they'll guaran
Hating Southern
tee you won't have a union for three
ChkkenFarm
TN this day and age it's hard to years."
1imagine that there are still
Rally May 10
To fight Sanderson more effec
employers who treat their workers
tively the ICWU is seeking broad
participation by the labor move
^^'^Bufttot's exactly how Joe Frank
ment in a rally to take place m
"Little Joe" Sanderson, Jr. viewed
the employees at his chicken proc Laurel on May 10.
The SlU will be taking part in that
essing plant in Laurel, Miss.
Their pay was barely above rally Any member who is interested
minimum wage ($2.95 to $3.15 an in participating should contact New
hour) and their working conditio^ Orleans SlU Port Agent Oerry
were degrading. For instance, they
Brown.
Also, the ICWU is setting up a
were only allowed to use the
committee which will, among other
things, help to develop a muqh
greater public awareness of the
situation in Laurel.
Almost all of the workers at
hundred employees walked off the
iob and onto a picket line. They arc Sanderson Farms are black women.
members of Local 882 of tteAhOT, As the MTD resolution pointed out
Ohio-based International Chcmual "the labor movement has a tremen
Workers Union (JCWU). The dous opportunity to show poor
UnionisanaffaiateoftheAFL-CIO black and other minority workers m
Maritime Trades D'P"'""' the South that unions are genuinely
(MTD). SlU Executive Vice Prcsi
concerned about them.
A young supporter
Though the strikers want better
dent Frank Droxak is president of
ea
—
wages, money is not the mam reason
n aTiiiicDc va.
•
determination
of these workers to
''"ourTng the recent midwinter for their walkout. Rather its he
The
strikers,
understandably,
tad
achieve some small measure
meeting of the MTD Ex«ut^ degrading conditions under which Juted 15 minute rcstbreakswicea
personal dignity."
they had to work that made them
Board, a resolution was passed
day,
as
well
as
toilet
breaks
Laurel was the home of Sara
pledging full support to «>« stnkerx strike when their contract ran out.
Bowers, the leader of the 9M
For instance, in an article written
As the resolution noted, the MT
"According
to
the
ICWU,
one
killing of three youtig civil rights
"pledges to play a strong and aboit the strike by David Mo^^'
pr^rant
worker
testified
in
a
re«nt
workers who were slam in Phila
In These Times, he noted that
continuing role in this important
tearing
that
her
immediate
superdelphia.
Miss. According to the
smt^Sle and «e »rge the Executive employees who are only six mimtffi M^ir/enied her the right .0^-15=
union. Bowers "stiU retains the quiet
Council of the AFL-CIO to rffera late for work had heen counted M bathroom, forcing her
respect
of many of the esublished
strong show of support until this ahsent. And three absences within minutes until her break. She mis
leaders of the community.
60 days were grounds for firing.
Strike is won."
Most of the foremen and super
Further, employees who would
There is already a nationwide
"te"
company
has
also
violat^
visors
at the plant are white men
not work overtime were counted as
AFL-CIO-supported boycott in
The company's plant ttanager was
the Occupational Safety an e
effect against the company s prod absent for the whole day.
Act and the Equal Employment
one of the men accused-but later
uct, labeled Miss Goldy's.
Tough, Dirty Work
and'Child Ubor Laws, according to acquitted—in the
J'
°
But a lot more pressure is needed
The work on the line, where ^teui sexualharassmentisalso
black businessman in Hattiesburg,
if the strikers are to be sureess- chickens are killed and cut up, is
Miss The black man, who was a
chicKcns
.wAvvKtsro describes
ful. Sanderson has managed to g
"rLtiona.
Labor
Relations
Ser of the NAACP, had been
the iNaiiu""' —
f
enough scabs to keep the p a
Board
has
cited
the
company
for
helping voters to register.
WO
minute;cut
going. And he has hired a notori 'L
chickens
on thelineeachminute;cu.
As the ICWU has said. There
refusing to bargain in good faith,
ously anti-union law firm as his con a^ajor incision in 60 chickens a
are, of course, many way® J®'"
perhaps the way
petuating the degradation of South
sultant.
.
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minute; cut and pull
f
The,New Orleans law
o
20 to 24 chickens a minute, a
ern workers. When the msible
Kullmann, Lang, Inman & Bee
fompletely cut up five whole chick- Jordan. In an article about
symbols are legislated out of exist
experts at stringing
ence the fallback tactic is to deprive
ens a minute.
.„ .He Vew
according to Charles McDonald,
workers of their economic ri^ts
quoted as saymg,
.
and to remind them continually by
Inv dignity when we worked for
Little Joe. Now we are not making
the way they are treated on the job
'::^%Ues,tutTsay.e
Have our
that they are somehow less than
dignity"
"'•nie union feels that the deter
Klan Involved
mined workers at Sanderson present
The strikers at Sanderson are a
the entire labor movement with a
special opportunity. "For unions
Z:l a'golden chance to join
forces and loudly proclaim to
Southern workers especially, and «o
the nation at large that unmns are
indeed about morality first and that
violent Ku Rlux Rlan organizations
wherever and whenever workers are
mistreated, the movement will rire
in the country.
As the union notes. The
as one to win justice for those
threat sets a background against workers."
wJSi to measure the grit and
ntrofrroreT:j..ot
Union pose for a photo. These
their repressive employer. Sanderson r
March 1980 / LOG / 31
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Fate, nature and the U.S. Congress all work in mysterious ways.
Congress never got around to re-funding the winter navigation
experiment on the Great Lakes this year so there was little winter shipping
activity in the region.
Ironically, this would have been an ideal winter to keep vessels running
because the winter of 1979-80 was the mildest on the Great Lakes in most
peoples' memories. There was little or no ice on Lakes Huron and Erie
and snowfall in southeast Michigan has totalled only 10 inches so far.
that's in contrast to a usual 18 inches of snow during December alone!
But if there hasn't been much shipping on the Lakes this winter, studies
and the controversy on the feasibility of winter navigation continued as
stong as ever.
The U.S: Corps of Engineers recommended year-round navigation on
the upper Lakes and a 10-month season on the Welland Canal, Lake
Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
The Corps figured average annual benefits resulting from a season
extension of $205 million. But the Corps said the cooperation of Canada
is essential to the success of winter navigation and Canada is reportedly
not too thrilled with the prospect.
Canada thinks a one-month extension of the current SY2 month season
would be an economically sound move but sees little value in extending
the season any further.
Meanwhile, Drs. iBemard Michel and John F. Kennedy (that's his
name!) have reviewed past tests on the environmental Impact of a longer
Lakes shipping season and concluded that year-round navigation
wouldn't do any harm.
The two experts studied the N.Y. State Dept. of Ehvironmental
Conservation's report which warned of "major negative impacts" if the
ice cover on the Lakes were disturbed to allow ship transit. They also
evaluated the Corps' environmental study which drew opposite
conclusions.
Said Drs. Michel and Kennedy, "no measurable effects on the flow of
water in the river or on water levels in Lake Ontario" would arisefrom an
extended season.
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cement carrier on Feb. 29. The Crapo was expected to make her first run
of the season around March 7.
Though most of the SlU-contracted Great Lakes fleet is expected to be
running this year. Union reps predict at least the first half of the 1980
shipping season will be slower than usual.
American Steamship's fleet will be three short this year. The company
laid up the McKee Sons for the entire 1980 season and the Consumers
Power was leased to another SIU company, Erie Sand Steamship, on a
long-term charter. Another American Steamship vessel, the Nicolet,
which was fire damaged in late 1979, is undergoing repairs and won't fit
out until the fall of 1980. .
Another missing vessel on the Great Lakes will be Huron Cement's
E.M. Ford which is currently undergoing top-to-bottom repairs
following her sinking at a dock several months ago.
Kinsman Lines' fleet will also be light by one vessel this year. The
company's George D. Goble was sold to Canada recently.
Observers cite the slow economy in general—and tough times in the
auto industry in particular—as the primary reason for the projected slack
in Great Lakes shipping.
Though the first half of the '80 shipping season will be slow for
Seafarers, shipping should pick up during the second part of the season.
The Ford and the Nicolet will be returning to service and a new I,0(X)
footer will be delivered to American Steamship.
Later in the 1980's, shipping is expected to be very good overall. As the
oil crunch continues, coal is likely to play a greater and greater role in
answering the nation's energy needs. And many SlU-contracted Great
Lakes ships are coal carriers.
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With gold prices skyrocketing, some Great Lakes seamen may be
interested to know that hundreds of ships reportedly carrying valuable
cargoes have sunk in the Great Lakes area over the years. The region also
lays claim to it's own Treasure Island.
According to one expert, a lot of fighting between American and
British troops took place in the early days of U.S. history.
In one case, British soldiers were guarding a payroll of gold and silver
on Hermit Island, one of the small islands near the western tip of Lake
Superior.
Apparently, the British were under siege at the time and buried the
payroll for safekeeping. Only two soldiers survived the battle and, try as
they did, they couldn't come up with the loot. Who knows? Maybeit's still
there.
Algosae
The beginning of the 1980 shipping season is in sight and the SIUcontracted Richard J. Reiss (American Steamship) is proof. The Reiss
made her first run on March 3, eight days after the engine dept. was called
aboard and three days after the deck dept. reported. The Reiss will be
making a regular run between Detroit, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio.
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Picking up hia first pension check from SIU Afgonac port agent Jack
Bluitt (left) Is Brother Charles Gallagher, a die-hard Union man.
Brother Gallagher first started sailing as chie f pumpman back In 1943
and Joined the SIU In 1962. The years In between were actlwe ones for
Gallagher who worked hard for many years trying to organhe the
Standard Oil Co.
Standard Oil was a notorious antl-unlon company and Gallagher
remembers the campaign vividly. He recalls that after the company won
the union representation election they fired all union organizers and
supporters and put most of dieir fleet under foreign flag.
But, Gallagher said, many of ttie guys who were fired then got Jobs with
Union-contracted companies and quickly saw the difference being
represented by a Union made.
Pensioner Gallagher last worked QMED on the M/V St. Clair (American
Steamship). He now lives on a small farm in Saline, Mich, with his wife
Lucille. The SIU wishes Brother Gallagher good health and smooth
sailing In the years ahead.
Scrappipg of the 73-year-oId Henry Steinbrenner (Kinsman) was
completed in Ashtabula last month.
�Summary Report :forj Great
Lakes Tug & Dredge
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This
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a summarv
summary of
the annual
report of the Great Lakes Tug &
Dredge Pension Plan, (13-1953878).
for January 1, 1978 to December 31,
1978. The annual report has been
filed with the Internal Revenue
Service, as required under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
experienced an increase in its net
assets of $397,755. This included
unrealized appreciation and depreelation in the value of plan assets.
That is, the difference between the
value of the plan's assets at the end
of the year and the value of the assets
at the beginning of the year or the
cost of assets acquired during the
Basic Financial Statement
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During the plan year, the plan had
The value of plan assets, after total income of $812,462. including
subtracting liabilities of the plan, employer contributions of $549 was $3,582,243 as of January 1, 231. and $263,231 from earning
1978, compared to $3,979,998 as of from investments and net realized
December 31, 1978.
gain (loss) on sale or exchange of
. During the plan year the plan assets.
Plan expenses were $226,271.
These expenses included $84,539 in
administrative expenses and
$141,732 paid in benefits.
Your Rights to Additional
Information
You have the right to receive a
copy of the full annual report, or any
part thereof, on request. The items
listed below are included in that
report:
• An accountant's report
• Assets held for investment
To obtain a copy of thefull annual
report, or any part thereof, write or
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275. 20lh Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. I12I5
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at al! times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACIS. Copies of all SlU contracts are avail
able in all SlU halls. These contracts .specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SlU
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SlU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY^ THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, I960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any official capacity in the SlU unless an
official Union receipt is given lor same. Under no circum
stances should anv member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts toTequire any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an oflicial. receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SlU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SlU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SlU Atlantic,
Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds arc made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
cad the office of Mr. A1 Jensen, 675
Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New
York 11232. The charge to cover
copying costs will be $1.00 for the
full annual report, or $.10 per page
for any part thereof.
You also have the right to receive
from the plan administrator, on
request and at no charge, a state
ment of the assets and liabilities of
the plan and accompanying notes,
or a statement of income and
expenses of the plan and accom
panying notes, or both. If you
request a copy of the full annual
report from the plan administrator,
these two statements and accom
panying notes will be included as
part of that report. The charge to
cover copying costs given above
does not include a charge for the
copying of these portions of the
report because these portions are
furnished without charge.
You also have the right to
examine the annual report at the
main office of the plan, 675 Fourth
Avenue, Brooklyn, New Yorkl 1232,
and at the U.S. Department of
Labor in Washington, D.C., or to
obtain a copy from the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor upon payment of
copying costs. Requests to the .
Department should be addressed to
Public Disclosure Room, N4677,.
Pension and Welfare Benefit Pro
grams, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20216.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SlU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SlU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be disci^minated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels thit he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection. with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of tbe above improper
conduct, notif y the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
.mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect, and further your economic, poli^
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a member feeLs that any of the above
rights have been violated, or that he has been denied hte
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor
mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul
HalK at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. Tbe address B 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn,
N.Y. 11232.
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For the benefit of our S/U brothers and sisters of the former Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, the Log is publishing a list of
those retired MC&S members who have passed away in the last year. Brother Don Rotan out of the SIU office in San Francisco
has supplied the Log with this informatiorL
MARCH, 1979
HERBERT A. DOUGHTY died in
Sussex, England on March 9, 1979. He
had retired in May, 1963, and was 86
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CHARLES S. MARLEY died in San
Francisco on April 29, 1979. He retired
in January, 1963 and was 72 years old.
CHARLES CLARKE died in
Jamaica, West Indies on April 30, 1979.
He retired in August, 1966, and was 75
years old.
MAY, 1979
ANTONIO GARCIA died in Sacra
mento, California on May 20, 1979. He
retired in February, 1970, and was 70
years old.
JOHN G. JARDIN died in San
Francisco on May 19, 1979. He retired
in February, 1969, and was 73 years old.
JOHN PANAS died in Jersey City,
New Jersey on May 25, 1979. He retired
in May, 1962, and was 82 years old.
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JUNE, 1979
ANTONIO GARCIA died in Staten
Island, New York on June 6, 1979. He
retired in April, 1975, and was 67 years
old.
MARTIN M. ROLLINS died in
Long Beach, California on June 8,1979.
He retired in August, 1969, and was 69
years old.
ERNESTO ALONSO died in Puerto
Rico on June 18, 1979. He retired in
Februaiy, 1968, and was 65 years old.
JOHN M. PAPS died in Kingman,
Arizona on June 22, 1979. He retired in
March, 1968, and was 65 years old.
BENJAMIN VIRAY died in San
Bruno, California on June 24, 1979. He
retired in July, 1969, and was 71 years
old.
HOBERT BROOKS died in San
Francisco on June 24,1979. He retired in
August, 1973 and was 73 years old.
JOSEPH MOLICA died in San
Francisco on June 24,1979. Heretiredin
December, 1968, and was 72 years old.
AH SANG LING died in San
Francisco on June 25, 1979. He retired
in July, 1979, and was 75 years old.
SAM TUNG FAT died in San
Francisco on June 28, 1979. He retired
in August, 1976, and was 55 years old.
JOSEPH K. MEYERS died in San
Francisco on June 30, 1979. He retired
in January, 1968, and was 66 years old.
JULY, 1979
LUDOVICO VALIENTE died in
Wilmington, California on July 3, 1979.
He retired in January, 1969, and was 76
years old.
CARLOS CASTILLO died in Wil
mington, California on.^ly 18, 1979.
He retired in October, 1965 and was 82
years old.
PETE LEON died in Zuilpue, Chile on
July 20, 1979. He retired in August,
1970, and was 78 years old.
GILBERT CASTRO died in San
Francisco onJuly20,1979. Heretiredin
June, 1975, and was 70 years old.
PHILIP F. MILLER died in San
Francisco on July 27,1979. He retired in
May, 1962, and was 79 years old.
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AUGUST, 1979
JAMES LEWIS died in the San
Francisco Marine Hospital cn August
2, 1979. He retired in March, 1971, and
was 72 years old.
EDWARD MAULE, JR. died in
Pacifica, California on August 3, 1979.
He retired in September, 1975, and was
67 years old.
VERNON R. LEE died in San
Rafael, California on August 12, 1979.
He retired in September, 1968, and was
76 years old.
NOVEMBER, 1979
PEDRO B. RAMIREZ died in New
York City on November 2, 1979. He
retired in December, 1969, and was 61
years old.
JAMES F. JACKSON died in
Taylor, Texas on November 4,1979. He
retired in April, 1973, and was 69 years
old.
JUAN F. RAMOS died in San
Francisco on November 5, 1979. He
retired in June, 1976, and was 62 years
old.
GEORGE V. WHITE died in Seattle
on November 10, 1979. He retired in
November, 1970, and was. 76 years old.
SALVADOR H. ISBERTO died in
Seattle on November 25, 1979. He
retired in July, 1969, and was 72 years
old.
ANTONIO FLORES died in Palms,
California (Los Angeles County) on
November 26, 1979. He retired in
February, 1972, and was 61 years old.
CLARENCE McKNIGHT died in
San Francisco on November 26, 1979.
He retired in November, 1967, and was
75 years old.
JAMES A. BOGGS died in Portland
on November 28, 1979. He retired in
November, 1978, and was 56 years old.
SEPTEMBER, 1979
HERMAN C. HELM died in theSan
Francisco Marine Hospital on Septem
ber 4, 1979. He retired in February,
1969, and was 72 years old.
ARTHUR M. AHUNA died in
Laramie, Wyoming on September 5,
1979. He retired in October, 1973, and
was 68 years old.
EMIL SIVRIDIS died in San Fran
cisco on September 10,1979. He was an
active member and 43 years old when he
suffered a heart attack.
JOSEPH E. GARDNER died in
Sebastopol, California on September
12, 1979. He retired in June, 1971, and
was 62 years old.
DAVID D. DAVIS died in Portland
DECEMBER, 1979
on September 14, 1979. He retired in
SAMUEL H. JONES died in San
August, 1972, and was 68 years old.
Francisco on December 2, 1979. He
JOHN A. SEMLER died in Seal retired in December, 1972, and was 61
Beach, California on September 14, years old.
1979. He retired in March, 1965, and was
BENJAMIN MITCHELL died in
83 years old.
Wilmington, California on December
WALLACE DEYAMPERT died in
12, 1979. He retired in January, 1971,
Portland on September 15, 1979, of and was 75 years old.
injuries from a mugging attack. He
BILL JACKSON died in San Mateo,
retired in July, 1977, and was 64 years
California on December 16, 1979. He
old.
retired in July, 1974, and was 57 years
CHARLES C. JEONG died in
old.
Berkeley, California on September 27,
LEON H. NUNEZ died in Seattle on
1979. He retired in May, 1971 and was
December 16, 1979. He retired in
64 years old.
February, 1969, and was 73 years old.
ARTHUR H. HUBBARD died in
New Orleans on December 23, 1979. He
OCTOBER, 1979
retired in July, 1975, and was 51 years
JAMES BODE died in Honolulu on
old.
October 14, 1979. He retired in March,
MANUEL ALEXANDER
1972, and was 53 years old.
MARQUES died in Canoga Park,
BENNIE JOHNSON died in Cleve
California on December 25, 1979. He
land, Ohio on October 15, 1979. He
retired in August, 1969, and was 90
retired in June, 1968, -and was 78 years
years old.
old.
JOHN A. DEVINE died in San
IGNACIO GUZMAN died in San
Francisco on December 30, 1979. He
Francisco on October 18, 1979. He retired in March, 1959, and was 81 years
retired in October, 1963, and was 77 old.
years old.
HARRY RUBIN died in Oceano,
JANUARY, 1980
California on October 26, 1979. He
ROBERT CLEMO died in San
retired in February, 1964, and was 85 Francisco on January 1, 1980. He
years old.
retired in October, 1979, and was 61
REMIGIO MANGAYAN died in
years old.
Vallejo, California on October 26,1979.
MARTIN LITTLE died in San
He retired in March, 1965, and was 84
Francisco on January 3, 1980. He
years old.
retired in January, 1968, and was 74
SAMUEL MIXON, JR. died in St. years old.
Louis, Missouri on October 29, 1979,
EARL E. ARTHUR died in San
from stab wounds suffered in an assault
Francisco on January 4, 1980. He
upon him. An active member, he was 21
retired in July, 1973, and was 70 years
years old.
old.
RICHARD E. DARLING died in
JACK E. SLAGER died in San
Daly City, California on October 30,
Francisco on January 7, 1980. He
1979. He retired in May, 1973 and was retired in October, 1969, and was 71
64 years old.
years old.
JOSEPH PFAHNL died in San
Francisco on January 12, 1980. He
retired in September, 1962, and was 91
years old.
RAMON J. CASILLA died in the
Bronx, New York on January 13, 1980.
He retired in December, 1969, and was
67 years old.
CATALINO PATRON died in
Seattle on January 15, 1980. He retired
in December, 1973, and was 72 years
old.
VALOIS H. HUGHES died in
Hillsboro, Oregon on January 17, 1980.
He retired in April, 1969, and was 77
years old.
JAY SHANNON died in Long
Beach, California on January 18, 1980.
He retired in July, 1961, and was 86
years old.
JOHN COSTA died in San Fran
cisco on January 20, 1980. He retired in
April, 1962, and was 92 years old.
FEBRUARY, 1980
SIMON G. LOTT died in San
Francisco on February 1, 1980. He
retired in September, 1963, and was 82
years old.
RICHARD H. DEDITIUS died in
Montlake Terrace, Washington on
February 10, 1980. He retired in April,
1958, and was 85 years old.
INOCENCIO BALDONADO died
in San Francisco in February, 1980. He
retired in August, 1961, and was 84
years old.
HING GAY LEW died in Pacifica,
California on February 14, 1980. He
retired in November, 1969, and was 68
years old.
JONE F. CHUN died in San Fran
cisco on February 15,1980. He retired in
February, 1973, and was 63 years old.
TOMAS DESAMITO died in Daly
City, California on Februaiy 18, 1980.
He retired in June, 1975, and was 69
years old.
Pensioner
Theodore Henry
Nolker, 78, died of
arteriosclerosis in
the Baltimore
County General
Hospital on Jan.
13. Brother Nol
ker joined the
Union in the port of Baltimore in 1957
sailing as a captain. He was born in
Baltimore and was a resident there.
Interment was in Lorraine Park Ceme
tery, Woodlawn, Md. Surviving is his
widow, Eva.
Pensioner
Damasco Cruz,
74, died of heart
failure in Trujillo
Alto, P.R. on Dec.
30. Brother Cruz
joined the, SIU in
1941 in the port of
New Yo^k sailing
as a 2nd cook. He wias born in Loiza
Aldea, P.R. and was a resident of
Trujillo Alto. Surviving are his widow.
Ana and a son, Damasco Jr.
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Pensioner
George W. Parkin
Sr., 64, died of
kidney failure in
the Pennsylvania
Hospital, Phila
delphia on Dec.
15. Brother Par
kin joined the
Union in the port of Philadelphia in
1961 sailing as a tug captain, mate and
pilot on the tug James McAllister
(McAllister Brothers) from 1962 to
1973, on the S/T Dover (Taylor and
Anderson) from 1951 to 1962 and lOT
from 1950 to 1951. He was a former
member of the MM&P Union and the
ILA. Boatman Parkin was born in
Beaufort, N.C. and was a resident of
Gloucester City, N.J. Burial was in New
St. Mary's Cemetery, Bellmar, N.J.
Surviving are his widow, Catherine; two
sons, George Jr. and Jeffrey; a daughter,
Colette Marie and a brother, John.
Pensioner
William Robert
Walker, 77, passed
away from pneu
monia in the Jack
son Parish Hospi
tal, Jonesboro,
La. on Dec. 18.
Brother Walker
joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of
Galveston sailing as a chief steward. He
sailed 41 years. Seafarer Walker also
sailed as a ship's delegate. And he was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy during World
War I. A native of Newton County,
Tex., he was a resident of Orange, Tex.
Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Beaumont, Tex. Surviving area daugh
ter, Mrs. Julia McGuire of Woodsworth, La. and a grand-daughter,
Phyllis Emerson of Jonesboro..
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Cline Shannon
^ Galbraith, 61,
died of lung dis
ease in the New
Orleans USPHS
Hospital on Nov.
16. Brother Gal
braith joined the
SIU in 1943 in the
port of New York sailing as a chief
pumpman. He was bom in Kentucky
and was a resident of Gretna, La.
Cremation took place in St. John's
Crematory, New Orleans. Surviving are
his widow, Betty of New Orleans; a
stepson, Daniel Pike and a brother,
Paul of Azusa, Calif.
Pensioner
Benjamin Frank
lin Gordy,'64, suc
cumbed to lung
failure in the Baltimore County
USPHS Hospital
Dec. 22. Brother
Gordy joined the
SIU in 1940 in the port of Norfolk
sailing as a bosun. He was born in North
Carolina and was a resident of Balti
more. Burial was in Westview Cemetery,
Baltimore. Surviving are his widow,
Wanda; a brother, Harry of Mocksville,
N.C. and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Dolores
Gunn of St. Louis.
Pensioner
Arthur Raymond
Gillman, 53, died
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of cancer in the
I Smith, 51, died of
Seattle USPHS
I heart failure in St.
Hospital on Jan.
I Vincent's Hospi
6,
1979. Brother
tal, Toledo, Ohio
|,Gillman joined the
on Oct. 30. Bro
U nion (the merged
ther Smith joined
MC&S) in 1952 in the port of Seattle
the Unipn in the sailing as a waiter aboard the SS Indian
port of Detroit Mail in 1971 and for the States
sailing as a wheelsman, AB and gateman
Steamship Co. He sailed since 1943 and
for Kinsman Marine and the American
Pensioner
deep sea on the SS Thomas Jefferson
Steamship Co. He was a veteran of the
Anthony
H. Lalli,
(Waterman) during World War 11. Born
U.S. Army in World War 11. Laker
73,
died
of
a heart
in Seattle, he was a resident of North
Smith was born in Benham, Ky. and was
attack
on
Dec.
Bend, Wash. Cremation took place in
a resident of Toledo. Burial was in the the Bleitz Crematory, Seattle. His ashes
12. Brother Lalli
Edend Cemetery, Keokie, Va.Surviving were strewn on the Pacific. Surviving
joined the SIU in
are two sons, Alfred Jr. and James; are his mother, Inez of North Bend and
the port of Phila
delphia
in 1951
three daughters, Sarah, Alyce and Lisa
his brother. Earl of Mountainlake
sailing as a chief
and a sister, Mrs. Agnes S. Duff of Terrace, Wash.
cook. He hit the bricks in the 1950
Cumberland, Ky.
Isthmian beef. And he sailed 25 years.
Pensioner
Seafarer Lalli was a veteran of the U.S.
Pensioner Marine Corps before World War II. He
F r e d E rn est
Alhertis William was bom in Philadelphia and was a
Wuolu Sr., 60,
Perkins,
71, suc resident of San Francisco. Interment
was dead on arri
cumbed to pneu was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma,
val at the Superior
monia in Marshall Calif. Surviving are his widow. Liberty
(Minn.) Memorial
Hospital, Place- and a sister, Ida Rua of San Francisco.
Hospital on Dec.
ville, Calif, on
25. Brother Wuolu
Jan.
10. Brother
joined the Union
Re certified
SMS
Perkins
joined the
in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing as
Bosun Reidus
a mate and QMED for the American SIU in 1949 in the port of New York
Lambert, 54, died
Steamship Co. He was also a stationary sailing as a chief steward. He sailed for
of cancer in the
engineer for the State of Minnesota 44 years. And was a former member of
East Jefferson
from 1943 to 1947. Laker Wuolu was the SUP. Seafarer Perkins was a veteran
Hospital, Metaiborn in Hecla, S.D. and was a resident of the U.S. Navy before World War 11.
rie, La. on Nov.
of Silver Bay and Duluth, Minn. Born in Hickory, N.C., he was a resident
30. Brother Lam
Interment was in the Forest Hill of Somerset, Calif. Cremation took
bert joined the
SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1955.
Cemetery, Duluth. Surviving are his place in the East Lawn Memorial Park
He sailed 34 years. And he graduated
widow, Roxanne of Toledo, and two Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. His" ashes
were
scattered
at
sea.
Surviving
are
his
from the Union's Recertified Bosuns
sons, Fred Jr. of Silver Bay and Charles
widow. Hazel and a stepson, Michael T.
Program in May 1974. Bom in Natchez,
of Superior.
Miss., he was a resident of Kenner, La.
Bean.
Burial
was in Arola-Roseland (La.)
Pensioner
Cemetery.
Surviving are his widow,
John Lloyd Wil
Pensioner
Jean; a daughter, Pamela; his mother,
liams, 61, died of
Calixto Montoya,
Mrs. Bertha Forester of New Orleans
cancer in Com
80, passed away
and
his father, Wilton.
munity Hospital,
from heart failure
Roanoke, Va. on
in New Orleans
K e n n e th
Nov. 28. Brother
USPHS Hospital
Dwayne Marshall,
Williams joined
on Dec. 5. Brother
25, died in Mobile
^ the SIU in 1938
Montoya joined
on Dec. 26. Bro
in the port of New York sailing as a
the SIU in 1947
ther Marshall
bosun. He sailed 35 years and during the in the port ofNew York sailing as a chief
joined the SIU in
Vietnam War. Seafarer Williams was steward. He sailed 47 years. And he
1978 after hiS;
born in Chicago, 111. and was a resident attended the 1970 HLS Crews Confer
graduation from
of Roanoke. Interment was in Mt. View ence No. 4. Seafarer Montoya was a
v
Piney Point. He
Cemetery, Vinton, Va. Surviving are his veteran of both the U.S. Navy and the sailed in the steward department.
U.S. Coast Guard in World Wars I and Seafarer Marshall was a veteran of the
widow, Estelle, a son, Thomas; a
U.S. Army in the Vietnam War. A
II. He was bom in Camite, P.I. and was
daughter, Mrs. Eunice Cadman of
native of Mobile, he was a resident of
Shrewsbury, England; a brother,, the a resident of Chalmette, La. Interment
Saraland, Ala. Surviving are his
Rev. W.L. of San Jose, Calif, and two was in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John and Rosia
sisters, Mrs. Betty Hitchler of Chicago Cfemetery, Chalmette. Surviving are his
Marshall of Saraland.
widow, Iris and a daughter, Loma.and Mrs. Ruth Wise.
Pensioner
Pedro Blanco
"Pete" Ramirez,
61, died of natural
causes in Metro
politan Hospital,
New York City on
Nov. 2. Brother
Ramirez joined
the Union (MC&S) in 1949 sailing as a
steward saloon utility for APL. He was
bom in Puerto Rico and was a resident
of New York City. Burial was in St.
Raymond's Cemetery, the Bronx, N.Y.
Surviving are his widow, Clara and two
daughters, Mrs. Oquenia Testa of
Hempstead, L.L, N.Y. and Meyda of
New York City.
Randy Ray
McDonald, 26,
died in the Co
lombo (Ceylon)
General Hospital
on Jan. 11 while
I serving aboard the
SS Robert E. Lee
I (Waterman). Bro
ther McDonald joined the SIU in 1971
following his graduation from the HLS
sailing as a QMED. He upgraded at
Piney Point in 1974, 1977 and 1978.
Seafarer McDonald was born in San
Diego and was a resident of Richmond,
Va. Burial was in Atoka, Okla. Surviv
ing are his widow, Kimberly; a son,
William and his grandmother, Mrs.
Letha Washbum of Atoka.
Christopher
Pepe, 26, was dead
on arrival at the
Methodist Hospi
tal, Brooklyn, N.Y.
of head injuries
sustained on Dec.
19. Brother Pepe
I joined the SIU fol
lowing his graduation from the HLS,
Piney Point, Md. in 1974. In 1976, he
upgraded at the Point. He sailed as an
AB and 3rd cook for Sea-Land.
Seafarer Pepe was born in Brooklyn and
was a resident of Copiuage, L.L, N.Y.
Burial was in St. Charles Cemetery,
Farmingdale, L.L, N.Y. Surviving are
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mead and
Joan Pepe of Copiague.
Pensioner
George Lee Baugh
Sr., 82, died of a
heart attack in
Memorial Hospi
tal, Center, Tex.
on Nov. 26. Bro
ther Baugh joined
the SIU in the port
of Houston in 1956 sailing as a chief
electrician. He sailed for 24 years and
was an electrician 38 years. He also
served as a ship's delegate. Seafarer
Baugh was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in
both World War I and World War 11.
Born in Blue Mound, 111., he was a
resident of Center, Tex. Burial was in
Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery,
Houston. Surviving are two sons,
George Jr. and Edgar.
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Ready to man their oars are graduates of the Piney Point Lifeboat'Course (1. to r.)
Seafarers J. Niotis, G. Fyrberg, R. Vance, J. Thomas and T. Booth.
_ Taking time for a photo are HLS Diesel Course grads (I. to r.) P. Wadkins, J. W.
Badgett, K. Marinoff and O. Myers. Another grad, not in photo, was L. K. Harada.
School of Seamanship
The Harry Liindeberg
Able-Bodied Seamen All
Now you can improve your math skills in fractions
and decimals in your spare timeJ
HOW? ^
Here's a group of HLS Able-Bodied Seamen Course graduates of (front I. to r.) R.
Vance, S. Phillips, J. Niotis, J. C. Dillon, E. J. Iffland, R. R. Race, B. Cauthorn and J.
Benson. In the rear (I. to r.) are M. Clark, L. Randazza, R. Dowzicky, D. Bouthillier,
K. Mangram, J. Thomas, T. Luteman, G. Fyrberg, t. Booth, R. O'Connell and
G. Walker.
firemen-Wdferfencfers
HLS has courses for you in fractions and decimals.
They are self-study courses. HLS will send them to
you. You can study them while you're aboard your
ship or boat!
Here's how you can use the skills
you'll get in these courses:
•in your everyday, life (for measuring, counting, etc.)
•in your job
• to improve your math skills for upgrading
• to get started on your high school equivalency
program (REMEMBER: GEO is offered at HLS.)
• to review old math skills or learn new ones
Send for the course you want today I Just fill in and
mail the coupon below.
Another Firemen-Watertenders Course class rolled off the Piney Point assembly
line. They are (I. to r.) J. Corr, B. Niemiller, W. Padilla, C. Mosley, B, Hyams, D.
Cavallo, L. Kotrps, R. Lukacs, R. Vorel, W. Decelles, F. Moscbach, R. Sayto,
G. Ortego, A. Omdahl, P. Tolbert, S! Wright, J. Wozunk and M. Harland.
Another Swarm of ABs
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(Why not take both of them?)
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Able Seamen grads are (front I. to r.) W. Henderson, M. Duran, D. Jones, S. Milan, K.
McGregor, R. Sweeting, M. Snyder and A. Mates. Course Instructor A. Easter (left)
leads off the the middle row with (I. to r.) A. Watts, G. Orsefski, E. Griffith, L. Monealez,
d. Bryan, V. Baez, A. Voss, M. Ryan, C. Campbell, G. Spaulding, R. Flowers and S. T.
Hill. In the back row (I. to r.) are D. Sawyer, J. Terranova, J. Ferency, W. Dodson, K.
Hetherington, G. M. Smith, P. M. Glennon and M. Muhammad.
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Here is the tentative schedule of upgrad
ing courses to be held at the Lundeberg
School in 1980. As you can see, the School
is offering a wide range of programs for all
ratings, both for deep sea and inland
members.
SlU members are reminded that this
Course Name
LNG
Starting Dates
March 31
April 28
May 26
June 23
July 21
August 18
September 15
November 10
QMED
May 22
September 25
FOWT
March 13
April 10
May 8
July 3
July 31
September 25
October 23
November 20
Marine Electrical Maintenance
May 12
August 18
Marine Electronics
June 23
September 29
Refrigeration Systems maintenance
& Operations
June 23
September 29
Pumproom Maintenance & Operation
March 31
August 4
November 10
Diesel Engineer (Regular)
March 31
May 12
July 7
September 15
October 27
schedule is tentative. In other words,
courses may be changed or cancelled de
pending on response from the member
ship. So think about upgrading this year.
And get your applications in early to
assure yourself a seat in the class of your
choice.
Course Name
Able Seaman
March 27
April 24
May 22
June 19
July 17
August 14
September 11
November 6
Steward Recertification Program
March 10
May 12
July 14
September 8
October 13
Bosun Recertification Program
April 7
August 11
A Seniority Upgrading Program
March 10
April 7
May 5
June 9
July 7
August 11
September 8
October 6
November 10
December 8
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Lifeboat
Diesel Engineer (License)
March 3
July 7
October 27
Welding
April 14
June 9
October 27
Engine Room Automation
May 12
September 15
Towboat Operator Scholarship Program
April 7
July 7
September 29
Celestial Navigation
March 17
August 4
1st Class Pilot
October 6
Quartermaster
March 3.
May 26
October 13
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Starting Dates
February 28
March 13
March 27
April 10
April 24
Tankerman
May 8
May 22
June 5
June 19
July 3
July 17
July 31
August 14
August 28
September 11
September 25
October 9
October 23
November 6
November 20
December 4
December 18
Assistant Cook
These courses
will be
scheduled as
needed to
accomodate
applicants.
Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Chief Steward
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Address
(Street)
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(State)
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Book Number
Telephone.
(Zip Code)
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(Area Code)
Lakes Member Q
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Port Presently
Registered In.
Port Issued
Endorsement s) or
License Now Held.
Social Security #.
Piney Point Graduate: Q Yes
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No Q (if yes, fill in below)
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AB Tugs & Tows
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Quartermaster
Towboat Operator
Western Rivers
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Towboat Operator Not
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Towboat Operator (Over
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Master
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• Others.
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Refrigeration Systems
G Diesel Engines
G Assistant Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
G Chief Bigineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
Assistant Cook
Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Steward
Towboat Inland Cook
ALL DEPARTMENTS
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LNG Safety
Welding
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RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME —(Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating noted above or attach letter of service,
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Christopher Sutton
Seafarer
Christopho- Sut
ton, 25, is a
1976
Piney
Point trainee
graduate. In
1978, he up
graded to AB
there. Brother
Sutton com
pleted. the firefighting, lifeboat
and CPR courses. He lives in
Bethesda, Md. and ships out from
the port of New York.
Vincent L. Kirksey
Seafarer Vin
cent L. Kirksey,
24, graduated
from the HLS
Entry Program
in 1976. He
upgraded to
FOWT there in
Brother
^
Kirksey has the
lifeboat, CPR and firefighting en
dorsements. He resides in and ships
out of the port of Mobile.
Shawn T. Evans
Seafarer
is h a w n T .
[Evans, 27, gradiuated from the
HLS in March
1978. Brother
Evans upgraded
Ito AB there in
jAprU 1978. He
I sailed on the
maiden voyages of the LNG Cap
ricorn and the LNG Gemini (both
Energy Transport). Evans has the
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR
training. He ships out of the port
of Wilmington, Calif.
Louis G. Vasquez
Seafarer
Louis G. Vas
quez, 26, is a
November 1976
HLS grad. He
upgraded there
to i^B in Janu
ary 1980.^ Broth
er Vasquez en
dorsements are
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR. He
lives in Tucson, Ariz, and sails out
of West Coast ports.
George N. Sibley
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Seafarer
George N. Sibley,
22,
in
March 1978
graduated from
the HLS Entry
Trainee Pro
gram. He now
sails as an AB.
'Brother Sibley
earned the firefighting, lifeboat and
CPR endorsements. He ships out
of all ports.
Alvin Robinson
Seafarer Alvin Robinson,
25, graduated
from
Piney
Point in 1976 as
a 3rd cook.
Brother Robin
son started sail
ing as a 3rd
cook in 1977.
He holds the CPR, lifeboat and
firefighting tickets. Robinson lives
in Brooklyn, N.Y. and ships out of
the port of New York.
Edwin Tirado
g Seafarer EdI win Tirado, 22,
I is a 1977 HLS
* entry graduate.
' He sails as an
AB which he
got at the Piney
Point School in
1978. Brother
Tirado earned
the CPR, firefighting and lifeboat
training. He lives in Florida and
ships out of the port of New York.
Wilfredo B. Reyes
Seafarer WilI firedo B. Reyes,
30, began sail^ s ing as an electri
cian with the
SIU in 1973. He
holds all of the
unlicensed rat
ings including
QMED in the
engine department. Brother
Reyes in May 1975 was sailing as
crane maintenance electrician
aboard the SS Mayaguez (SeaLand) when she was captured by
the Cambodians. His dad, retired
Chief Cook Guillermo Reyes was
also "captured" aboard the Maya
guez. Three other brothers sail with
the SIU. Wilfredo earned the CPR,
lifeboat and firefighting tickets. He
lives and ships out of the port of
San Francisco.
Tbomas P. Arthur
Se a f a rer
Tbomas P. Ar
thur, 26, is a
May 1978 grad
uate of the
HLS. He up
graded to
FOWT there in
[June
1978.
Brother Arthur
has his lifeboat, firefighting and
CPR tickets. Born in New Jersey,
he resides there and ships out of
the port of New York.
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Gary C. McLain
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Seafarer Gary
C. McLain, 26,
started sailing
with the SIU in
1972 when he
graduated from
the HLS. Broth
er McLain now
sails as an AB
which he ac
quired at Piney Point in 1977. He
holds the lifeboat, CPR and fire
fighting tickets. McLain resides in
Panama City, Fla. and ships out of
the ports of New Orleans or Jack
sonville.
David G. Frazier
Seafarer
David G. Fra
zier, 27, joined
the SIU in 1975
following his
graduation from
the
Harry
L u n de berg
School (HLS)
Entry Trainee
Program, Piney Point, Md.
Brother Frazier's rating now is
QMED. He is currently an engi
neer instructor at the School teach
ing entry level Engine, Tankerman,
FOWT and LNG courses. Frazier
has his firefighting, lifeboat and
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) endorsements. Born in
Orange Park, Fla., he is a resident
there and ships out of all ports.
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Manuel Rodriguez
Seafarer
Manuel . Rodri
guez, 26, gradu
ated from the
HLS in 1978.
The next year
he upgraded to
FOWT there.
: Brother Rodrii guez has the
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR en
dorsements. He resides in and
ships out of the port of New York.
Kenneth Bluitt
Seafarer Ken
neth Bluitt, 26,
started sailing
with the SlU in
1971 from the
port of -New
York. He sails
as
an
AB.
Brother Bluitt
upgraded at
Piney Point last year. He has his
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR cer
tificates. Bluitt was born in Man
hattan, N.Y.C., lives in Montauk,
L.L, N.Y. and ships out of the port
of New York.
To Help You Get Ahead
If you can do rapid plotting, operate radar
and handle navigation, you can move up I
in the deck department. You can vrork i
aboard the most advanced ships in the j
American Merchant Marine. You can be a j
Quartermaster.
Sign up today to take the
Quartermaster Course at HLS |
Classes begin on May 26
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
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March 1980
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An account of the resource
Headlines:
TOUGH TRIP BEGINS; SIU PUSHES '81 BUDGET
SIU SUPPORTING OCAW STRIKE
AGENTS CONFAB: NEW PROGRAMS TO SPEED SERVICES TO MEMBERSHIP
PRESIDENT CARTER MEETS WITH DROZAK, BIG APPLE REPS IN WHITE HOUSE SESSION
AFL-CIO BLASTS COAST GUARD RECORD ON SAFETY
HIGH COURT RULES STUYVESANT CAN PLY ALASKA TRADE
ANOTHER SEA-LAND DIESEL (4TH OF 12) IS CHRISTENED
BILL HALL, ONE OF THE BEST, DIES AT 67
AFL-CIO OPPOSES ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET CUTS ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SEAFARERS, BOATMEN LAKERS ALL LIKE OPTION OF USING USPHS OR PRIVATE HOSPITALS
HOUSE EXTENDS WAR RISK INSURANCE FOR 5 YEARS
HOUSE UNIT PASSES ANTI-MARINE SAFETY BILL
STEWARD STEARNS SAVES LIFE OF MATE WITH FIRST AID
GOV. BROWN NAMES DISLEY TO STATE BOARD
ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS
BALTIMORE'S MANOWSKI 1ST BOATMAN TO GET INCREMENT
71 SEAFARERS HAVE UNCLAIMED WAGES DUE FROM MARITIME OVERSEAS
DIESELS COURSE OFFERED AT HLS
AFL-CIO TO RULE ON SIU-LOCAL 333 TUG BEEF
NO ONE'S GONNA RAIN ON 'BUBBA' SHOWERS
FIREFIGHTING FOR SAFETY
UNIONS MUST SEEK INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS TO SHRIKING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT HOME
FIGHT OVER MSC TANKER JOBS STILL SIZZLING
SIU'S NEW TT BAY RIDGE OFF TO ALASKA'S BLACK GOLD RUSH
DRUGS: A MINUTE OR A DECADE, THEY'LL GET YOU
HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM: THE KEY TO SUCCESS
AFTER 2 ADVENTUROUS YEARS, HOME IS THE SAILOR
OVERSEAS ARCTIC CREW SAVES 4 IN SAILBOAT
1ST BOSUN CLASS OF '80 UNDERWAY
THESE CHICKEN PLUCKERS AIN'T NO SUCKERS
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1980
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�$580M Maritime Budget Breezes Thru House
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In
sharp contrast to last year, this
year's Maritime budget was
swiftly approved in the U.S.
House of Representatives.
The Maritime Appropriations
Authorization Bill for Fiscal year
1981 was passed overwhelmingly
by a vote of 320 to 50 on Apr. 15.
Last year, the Appropriations
Bill for Fiscal year 1980 was not
passed in the House until July. It
was November before a Con
ference Committee worked out
the differences between the
House and Senate versions an(i
the Pres. signed the Bill into law.
This year's Bill, which is
numbered H.R. 6554, must of
course still be approved by the
Senate. But it is hoped that the
swift House approval is an
indication that Congress is more
aware this year of the vital
importance of the U.S. merchant
marine.
As it has dll along, the SIU will
be there to make sure that the
$580 million budget stays intact.
The SIU's Legislative Represen
tative Frank Pecquex testified on
behalf of the Bill before the
House Merchant Marine Sub
committee in late February. And
later in '^the Budget Committee
the SIU helped beat back an
-attempt to slash $100 million
from the Bill's subsidy monies.
The Bill, as passed by the
House, authorizes the following:
• $135 million for the construction differential subsidy
program
• $347.7 million for the operating differential subsidy program
• $18.7 million for research
and development
• $31.9 million for maritime
education and training
• $48.9 million for the Maritime Administration's operating
expenses
The budget includes $10 million for a sealift readiness exercise program. Rep. John Murphy
(D-N.Y.) who is chairman of the
House Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee, explained
on the House floor the need for
this money. Murphy noted that
"hearings which were held before
the House Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee...emphasized the questionable readiness
of our merchant fleet and indi
cated the need to ascertain the
ability of the fleet to respond to
an emergency."
The appropriations in the Bill
for the construction and operation subsidy programs of the
Maritime Administration are
vital to the U.S. merchant marine. These subsidies help American-flag ships compete with
cheaper foreign-flag vessels. But
a Missouri Congressman on the
Budget Committee of the House
had tried to cut these subsidies by
$100 million.
An amendment for such a fcut
had been introduced in the
Budget Committee by Rep.
Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) last
month. It was defeated by a vote
of 17 to 6. The sentiment that a
strong merchant marine is neces
sary for national defense was the
prevailing argument offered by
those who were against the
cutback.
The SIU has for years con
tended that U.S. defense needs
must include a strong, viable
merchant marine.
Congresslofiaf Comments on Maritime Budget Bill,,,
Besides Rep. John Murphy (DN.Y.), who initiated the discussion
of the Maritime Appropriations Bill
on the House floor, a number of
other Congressmen spoke out for
the Bill. Sme of their comments
follow:
Rep. Paul Trible (D-Va.) urged
his collegues to support the legisla
tion and pointed out that "our
merchant marine must be able to
support military operations...in the
event of war or national emergency."
He noted that "our inability to
mount the necessary sealift to...
supply our armed services dimin
ishes our ability to...protect our
vital interests."
Similarly, Rep. Glenn Anderson
(D-Calif.) noted, "it is tragic that the
plight of our ocean transport system
is forced to our attention by the
crises we face in the world, especially
in the Middle East."
With respect to the decline of the
U.S. dry bulk fleet. Rep. Daniel K.
Akaka (D-Hawaii) stated that
America is "dependent on the
goodwiU of foreign owners of raw
materials and on foreign owned
transportation systems for the
delivery of raw materials critical to
our economy and security."
According to Rep. Olympia
Snowe (R-Maine), "continued fund
ing for construction and operating
differential subsidies, research and
development, and maritime educa
tion and training will sustain
efficient and competitive facilities
for shipbuilding and ship repair...."
SIU Seeks Moriffme Plank in Dem Platform
T
HE SIU has launched an
effort to secure adoption of a
strong maritime plank in the 1980
Platform of the National Demo
cratic Party.
SIU Washington Representa
tive Frank Pecquex submitted
the Union's proposal for a
maritime plank at hearings con
ducted by the National Demo
cratic Party Platform Committee
this month in Baltimore.
Pecquex told the Committee
that in the best interests of the
U.S., the Democratic Party must
adopt a maritime plank commit
ted to "a strong and competitive
merchant fleet, built in the
United States and manned by
American seamen as an instru
ment of international relations
and national security."
Pecquex reaffirmed the
Union's position that "recent
international events have pointed
out that without sufficient ship
ping capability under the U.S.flag and without participation to
a significant extent in our foreign
commerce, we remain extremely
vulnerable to international politi
cal pressures."
He pointed out the pitiful
position of America in the world
maritime community. He out
lined the sharp contrast of
America's fleet of 550 merchant
ships compared to Russia's 1,700.
He also pointed out the dis
graceful fact that American ships
carry less than five percent of this
nation's foreign commerce.
Pecquex said that to allow the
U.S. fleet to remain in this sorry
state "opens this country to
political and economic blackmail
via the sealanes."
The Union's position is-clear
said Pecquex. The SIU wants the
Democratic Party to express
support for maritime by pledging
in the Party Platform, to:
• Assure continuing presiden
tial attention to the objective of
having our nation achieve and
maintain the desired U.S. flag
merchant marine.
• Dedicate ourselves to a
program which would result in a
U.S.-flag merchant marine with
ships that are competitive with
foreign flag ships on original
cost, operating cost and pro
ductivity.
• Enact and develop a na
tional cargo policy which would
assure our U.S. flag merchant
marine a fair share of all types of
cargo.
• Continue to enforce our
American cabotage laws, such as
the Jones Act, which .requires
that U.S. flag ships trade between
our U.S. domestic ports.
The Platform Committee will
now review the SIU's proposals.
The official Democratic Plat
form will be hammered out at the
National Democratic Conven
tion in New York City in August.
Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave.. Brooklyn N.Y.
11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Vol. 42, No. 4, April 1980. (I^N #0160-2047)
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SlU, Cove Sign Pact
to Operate Oceanic
Independence
of jobs for seamen, had become
virtually extinct. Something
needed to be done to revitalize it.
'^HE SIU has signed an his- The SIU did it.
The SIU worked patiently for
X tone agreement with its'
long contracted employer Cove many months in Washington to
Ship Management to operate the secure passage of special passen
passenger liner Oceanic Inde ger ship legislation.
Position papers were drawn up
pendence, formerly the Inde
and submitted to the House
pendence.
The ship will operate without Merchant Marine Committee.
any Federal subsidy.
Our Washington representatives
The signing of this contract spoke eloquently on the need to
marks the rebirth of the enact legislation which would
AmeriCan-flag passenger liner revitalize the passenger ship
industry. Which has been trade.
dormant for more than a decade.
Thanks in part to the efforts of
Seafarers will operate the this Union, and to such dedicated
Oceanic Independence on weekly organizations as the Maritime
cruises from Honolulu around Trades Department and the
the Hawaiian Islands. The vessel Transportation Institute, the bill
will begin operation on or about was enacted several months ago.
June 15.
Finally, last week, the SIU and
This is the first contract signed Cove Management Ship Inc.
for new operation of a U.S. flag, signed a contract. Under the
U.S. crewed passenger liner in terms of that contract, members
nearly a decade. But it didn't of this union will man the
come easy. It took a lot of work Oceanic Independence, one of
on the legislative front in the five passenger vessels that
Washington and then at the were redocumented under the
bargaining table to get the job laws of the United States as a
done.
result of the SlU-backed
The U.S. flag passenger ship Passenger Vessel Bill.
trade, once an important source
With the crewing of this vessel,
At the contract signing early this month paving the way for crewing tjy the SIU of
the Oceanic Independence are (l-r): Cove Shipping President Sam Kahn; SIU
Executive Vice President Frank Drozak; Cove Shipping's Warren Pack; Cove Vice
President Andrew Garbis and SIU V P. Red Campbell.
the Oceanic Independence will be
the only "true" passenger ship
operating under the U.S. flag. At
full capacity, it will be able to
carry 750 passengers.
A few U.S. flag ships, like
Delta's four combo liners, carry
some passengers. But their main
business is cargo. The Oceanic
Independence carries only
passengers.
SIU Executive Vice President
Frank Drozak signed the
contract for the SIU.
Drozak predicted that the
signing of the contract would be
"just the first step, in what we
hope will be a true revival of
American passenger ships
manned by American seamen."
The membership at the
Headquarters April meeting was
given a report on this rebirth of
the American passenger ships
and heartily endorsed it.
Those who will constitute the
new passenger liner's crew will go
through a special course at the
Lundeberg School at Piney
Point.
With the signing of the
contract between SIU and Cove,
efforts to revitalize the passenger
ship industry came full circle.
Seafarers Man 2 More Sea-Land Diesels
Since the first one took on her
SIU crew earlier this year, SeaLand's new diesel ships have been
rapidly following one another.
Just a month after the SeaLand Patriot crewed up on Jan.
29, the Sea-Land Liberator got
her SIU crew in early March. She
was soon followed by the SeaLegisiative News
SIU in Washington .. Pagesi9-10
Maritime
Authorizations
Page 2
Union News
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SIU to Operate
Oceanic Independence .Page 3
Headquarters Notes — .Page 5
Letters to Editor
Page 16
Brotherhood in Action . .Page 33
At Sea-Ashore
Page 25
SPAD Checkoff
Back Page
Service Contract
Act
Pages
Great Lakes Picture ....Page 31
Inland Lines
Page 29
General News
Ship's Digest
Dispatcher's Reports:
Great Lakes
Inland Waters
Deep Sea
Page 26
Page 14
Page 28
Page 24
Training-Upgrading
"A" Seniority Upgrading Page 38
Upgrading Schedule ....Page 37
Membership News
Nevr Pensioners ........Page 30
Final Departures ..'. Pages 34-35
HLSGrads
Page 24
Special Feature
Great Lakes
Fitout
....Pages 19-23
Land Defender which was
crewed at the end of March. And
this month . the Sea-Land
Explorer is due to crew vp.
In this series of D9 vessels, 12
ships are scheduled to be ready
by the end of this year. The SIU
will be crewing all of them.
Because of these ships and other
diesel vessels coming in the
future, the Union has been
stressing the importance of the
diesel course offered at the
Lundeberg School. (An applica
tion for the School can be found
in this issue of the Log.)
Diesel fuel is efficient fuel.
Because of that, more and more
companies will be turning to it for
their enegy needs. The better
informed SIU members are
about diesel ships, the more likely
the Union is to get these vessels
under contract.
The tentative crewing dates for
the rest of Sea-Land's D9's is as
follows;
Sea-Land Developer—May 30
Sea-Land Express—June 30
Sea-Land
Independence—July 15
Sea-Land
Endurance—Aug. 20
Sea-Land Innovator—Sept. 20
Sea-Land Voyager—Sept. 29
Sea-Land Freedom—Oct. 15
Sea-Land Mariner—Nov. 15
Ten of the ships will be used in
the trans Pacific trade and two in
the trans Atlantic trade.
Built in either Japan or Korea,
the ships are 745 feet long and
have a service speed of 22 knots.
They can carry either 40-ft. or 35ft. containers.
StU Asks Carter Action on Bureaucratic Snafu
The SIU has called on President
Carter to straighten out a bureau^
cratic scheme to avoid use of U.S.
flag ships for the carriage of
government generated cargoes.
The government agency at the
bottom of the scheme is the Agency
for International Development
(AID).
For a number of years, AID has
been overseeing operation of U.S.
help program known as the Com
modity Import Program. Under this
program, the U.S. provides money
(in the millions) to certain U.S.
allies, such as Israel, Egypt and
more. These nations are bound
under the program to use the money
to buy U.S. goods. But they show
proof of purchase of American
gpods before the money is for
warded.
Under this program, U.S. ships
are guaranteed carriage of at least 50
percent of the cargoes under the
terms of the Cargo Preference Act.
However, Israel was having
problems with the bookeeping of the
Commodity Program. So in 1978,
Congress passed a law which
changed the program around.
The new program is called the
Cash Transfer Program. Under this
program the U.S. provides Israel
with the money up front. And then
Israel can use the money to purchase
goods, without any red tape.
But here's the twist. AID says that
under the Cash Transfer Program,
the U.S. Cargo Preference Law no
longer applies, because technically
Israel can use the funds to purchase
goods anywhere in the world.
The SIU doesn't see it that way.
Neither does the Maritime Admini
stration, which says that Cargo
Preference should still apply.
SIU Executive Vice President
Frank Drozak wrote Carter about
this controversy on April 14, 1980.
Drozak said that AID's scheme
"is a dangerous precedent especially
because AID is considering conver
sion of other Commodity Import
Programs to Cash Transfer."
Drozak called on Carter to live up
to his Administration's policy of
fostering the growth of the U.S.
merchant marine, and the policy of
allowing the Maritime Administra
tion to be the ultimate authority in
resolving matters involving the U.S.
merchant marine.
April 1980 / LOG / 3
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�America Extends Friendship to New Nation
SlU's Frank Drozak Part of
U.S. Delegation To inde
pendence Ceremonies
For Zimbabwe
A
FTER many years of strug
gle, a new nation emerged
this month on the African
continent.
Formerly known as Rhodesia,
the new black-majority ruled
country is now called Zimbabwe.
And she's an important country
to America, not only politically
but also in terms of potential
trade.
That makes the inclusion of
SIU Executive Vice President
Frank Drozak as part of the U.S.
delegation Ho the independence
ceremonies particularly signifi
cant. Drozak was the only labor
representative in the U.S.
delegation and he went on the
special request of President
Carter.
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The delegation was headed by
W. Averill Harriman, a
diplomatic trouble-shooter for
many Administrations and
V former Governor of New York.
Andrew Young, former chief
United States representative to
the United Nations was also part
of the group.
Other delegation members
included Representatives Ste
phen Solarz (D-N.Y.) and
William H. Gray 3rd (D-Pa.);
Mayor Maynard Jackson of
Atlanta, Ga.; Richard M. Moose,
Jr., assistant secretary of State
for American Affairs, and A1
Price, state representative of
Beaumont, Tex.
As part of the delegation,
Drozak was representing both
the SIU and the U.S. labor
movement. Besides his position
with the SIU, Drozak is also
President of the eight-million
member AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department.
After he participated in the
country's independence day
ceremonies on April 18 and 19,
Drozak went to the official
opening of the U.S. embassy in
Salisbury, the capital of the
country. The U.S. was the first to
open an embassy in this southern
African country of nearly seven
million people.
Of that number, 6.8 million are
of native African stock and
250,000 are of European descent.
Since the country was founded in
1890, whites ruled over their
black countrymen in this
landlocked British colony.
For decades there has been
civil strife and guerrilla warfare
coupled, in 1965, with rebellion
against Britain by the white ruled
government of Ian Smith.
In the years of struggle for
black majority rule, 25,000
blacks and whites died. Finally,
last year a compromise was
worked out in London whereby
free and open elections would be
held.
In those elections, which took
place earlier this year, Robert
Mugabe was elected Prime
Minister. A former guerrilla
leader of the Patriotic Front, Mr.
Mugabe in his independence day
speech said, "If ever we look to
the past, let us do so for the lesson
the past has taught us, namely
that oppression and racism are
inequities that must never again
find scope in our political and
social system. It could never be a
correct justification that because
the whites oppressed us yesterday
when they had power that blacks
must oppress them today because
they have power."
Zimbabwe has good agricul
tural land. Its main crops are
tobacco, com, sorghum, wheat,
sugar, cotton, and cattle.
Also, the country has a wide
range of workable mineral
deposits such as gold, chrome
coal, asbestos, copper, nickel
and iron ore.
According to the New York
Times, Mugabe "has left no
doubt that he prefers Western aid
to entangling arrangements with
Communist countries...."
Drozak was very impressed
with the trip. He encountered no
hostility and, in fact, felt that the
American delegation was greeted
with particular friendliness.
Representatives of 104
nations, including at least a
dozen prime ministers and heads
of state, were present at the
ceremonies.
Gov. Brown Names SlU's Joe Goren to Commission
The SIU now has a voice on the
California State Coastal Commis
sion, the agency with the final word
on all state port improvement,
modification and development
projects.
Last month California Governor
Jerry Brown okayed the appoint
ment of SIU Wilmington Port
Agent Joe Goren to serve on the.
Commission.
Goren was selected as an alter
nate for Anthony L. Ramos, Com
missioner of the State Coastal
Commission.
In a letter to Gov. Brown Ramos
explained that, "Mr. Goren is
particularly versed in problems
involving port facilities and his input
will be of value. I am convinced he
has a well balanced approach and
will do an excellent job in serving on
Joe Goren
the Comrnission."
Outlining the important functions
of the State Coastal Commission
Port Agent Goren said "we approve
development projects and master
plans for harbors. The master plans
for both Long Beach and Los
Angeles harbors are now pending
before the Commission."
"Right now," Goren added, "a big
priority is getting L.A. harbor
dredged. All maritime unions,
including the SIU, are in support of
this project and it's up to the
Commission to approve it."
The Commission, which meets
two or three times monthly, travels
to ports and harbors on the Cali
fornia coast. The last time the
agency was in Santa Barbara, they
toured offshore oil drilling facilities
which are another area of the
Commission's jurisdiction.
Joe Goren has been a port agent in
Wilmington—first with the Marine
Cooks & Stewards union and, after
the merger, with the SIU—for 25
years. He started shipping out in
1937.
Notice on DisaHiiiation Of Staff Officers Association
We note that the Staff Officers'
Association (SOA), in a recent issue
of tbeir publication
J?eporter,
failed to disclose significant infor
mation conerning their union's
purported disaffiliation from the
SIUNA.
SOA says last year it held a secret
ballot referendum in which its
members voted to disaffiliate from
the International. A letter concerning their action was then sent to
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Contaci the Harry Lundeberg School or use the application in this issue of the Log.
SOA by SIUNA.
In an article in the February 1980
issue of the 5/ajy/?^or/er, the SOA
quoted part of this letter but for
reasons best known to them, left out
some highly important items.
In response to that article,
SIUNA Vice President Frank
Drozak wrote to SOA suggesting
that they inform their members of
these most significant points.
For instance, Hall had noted "that
ndtwithstanding an affiliate's right
to terminate its SIUNA affiliation,
our International nevertheless con
tinues to possess all Constitutional
and other rights as an AFL-CIO
affiliate, including the rights pro
vided for by AFL-CIO Article XX,
Internal Disputes Plan."
Article XX covws the jurisdic
tional rights of member unions. As
part of its provisions, a union that
disaffiliates from one AFL-CIO
member union, canriot then affiliate •
with another AFL-CIO union, nor
may any such AFL-CIO union seek
to affiliate them.
4 / LOG / April 1980
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Report From Headquarters
By Frank Drozak
Executive. Vice President
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million years!
These are the words people in mari
time would have used a few years ago
to describe the things the SlU has ac
complished in the past few months.
I'm referring to two major break
throughs in our industry for American
seamen. They are possibly the most
important chain of events to occur in
maritime in 20 years.
The first event occurred early last
December. El Paso Gas, a company
that at that time operated three U.S.-flag LNG ships with SlU
crews, and three LNGs with Norwegian crews, asked the SlU to
supply crews for their three foreign LNGs.
El Paso told us that the company no longer wanted to run
these three ships with Norwegian crews because they simply
couldn't handle the job.
On the other hand. El Paso said that the SlU crews onTheir
three American flag LNGs were doing an outstanding job in
running and maintaining their ships. The bottom line is that El
Paso wanted SlU crews on all their LNGs. We were happy to
accommodate them.
This happening was crucially important to us for many
reasons. First, it meant new jobs for Seafarers on three nearly
brand new ships with a long sailing life ahead of them.
It was a tremendous plus for the reputation of our Union as
an organization that not only delivers, but delivers the best.
But most importantly, it showed the rest of the industry and
the rest of the world maritime community that on the rriost
sophisticated^ complicated merchant vessels in the world, SlU
members do a better job than anyone else. This is not to put
down the Norwegians. Prior to this, Norwegian seamen were
generally thought of as the best seamen in the world. I
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guarantee you, brothers, people are thinking a lot differently
lately.
The second big breakthrough for us occurred just this month.
The SlU signed a contract with Cove Ship Management Inc. to
operate an American-flag passenger liner, the Oceanic
Independence.
The important thing here is that this vessel is strictly a
passenger ship. When she begins operation in Hawaii
sometime in june, she will be the only true American-flag
passenger ship, manned by American seamen, operating in the
world;
just as important, she will operate without one cent of
Federal subsidy.
Our oldtimefs will remember that at one time, the American
flag passenger ship industry was the envy of the world.
The passenger ships provided thousands of jobs to American
seamen. But one by one, the passenger liners went out of
business for economic reasons.
The U.S. passenger ship industry was so dead a few years ago,
that it didn't appear that there would ever again be an
American passenger liner, crewed by American seamen pro
viding affordable cruises to American people.
So much for what people think! We worked for many
months with Cove to get the Oceanic Independence project
going. The culmination of these efforts came this month with
the signing of the agreement.
Whether or not the Oceanic Independence project is
successful in the long run remains to be seen. I am confident
that it will succeed. And I am truly hopeful that the success of
this venture signals the rebirth and revival of the American flag
passenger liner industry.
No one can predict what will happen. But believe me, the
Oceanic Independence project is a tremendous first step in the
right direction. And once again, brothers, the SlU is Standing
front and center in the efforts to make it all work out right.
It has always been the philosophy of this Union that nothing
is impossible if you work hard enough at it. That no foe is too
big to knock-on his rear end if you keep in there slugging away
day after day.
Don't get me wrong. We've taken our lumps as well as given.
But the point is, where the hell would we be if we didn'ttry—if
we didn't work—If we didn't dream?
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hf a dedsion that casts new
light over the fate of nine MSG
tankers, the Department of
Labor refused to exempt the
Military Sealift Command from
compliance with the Service
Contract Act.
It is a little known fact, but the
Federal government is one of the
largest private contractors in the
country. By virtue of its size, it
has the power to completely
distort the wage scale of an entire
industry. Congress acknowl
edged this situation by passing
the Service Contract Act in the
early 1970's.
The Service Contract Act
recognizes that the Federal
government has a moral obliga
tion not to use its awesome
economic power to adversely
affect the living standards of
workers.^
It stipulates that wheii the
Federal government contracts
for private services, it must pay
workers wages equal to the
applicable standard union agree
ments that prevail in an industry.
SlU a Step Closer To Gelling Back 9 Tankers
In April of 1979, several
months after its agreement with
Hudson Waterways and Cove
Tankers ran out, the Military
Sealift Command signed an
agreement with Trinidad Oil to
man and move nine tankers
supposedly after competitive
bids.
Trinidad Oil is an NMU
company. Hudson Waterways
and Cove Tankers employ SIU
members.
The bid submitted by Trinidad
Oil and okayed by MSG did not
meet the standards demanded by
the Service Contract Act.
The NMU accepted cuts in its
pension and welfare benefits
totalling $7 per man per day. It
also allowed the MSG to drasti
cally reduce contributions to
the union's vacation plan.
In effect, the MSG used the
power of the Federal government
to help depress the wage base for
the entire maritime industry. It
also did something else: if ig
nored an important social policy.
The agreement between the
MSG and Trinidad Oil wais
upheld in a Federal district court.
The ruling is under appeal. To
bolster its position, the MSG
asked the Labor Department to
exempt it from the Service
Contract Act.
The refusal by the Labor
Department to exempt the MSG
from the Service Contract Act
reflects favorably on the SIU's
position. It is the Department of
Labor that monitors "applicable
standard union agreements." By
denying the MSC's request for
exemption, and by including
benefits as well as salary In Its
definition of wages, it has set an
important precedent, one which
can not help but have an effect on
the outcome of the appeal.
The controversy over the nine
MSG tankers is an important
one. For one thing, there are 167
unlicensed jobs onboard those
tankers. But there are other
considerations as well.
It is galling to think that a
government agency entrusted
with the public care considers
itself above the law. To some
officials, the law may seem like an
unnecessary encumbrance.
But the law is the only thing
that workers have to protect their
economic freedom. The cut in
wages in the MSG tanker case is
hidden but real. The unique
structure of the maritime in
dustry makes it hard to differenti
ate between vacation benefits and
salaries.
If the agreement between
Trinidad Oil and the MSC is
allowed to stand, there will be
terrible repercussions for work
ers in all fields.
It is no secret that most bf
organized labor has gone on
record as opposing the agree
ment. Lane Kirkland, the Execu
tive Board of the Maritime
Trades Department, and others
have all expressed their dismay
over the turn of events.
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�Taking the podium, Theodore Maritas,
president, New York City-District
Council of Carpenters and the even
ing's master of ceremonies said it was
a privilege to "honor a great American,
Paul Hall."
New York State AFL-CIO President
Raymond Corbett said that a great debt
was owed to Paul Hall for his commit
ment to the port of New York, the state
of New York and the U.S. labor
movement.
Charles lyiarciante, president of the
New Jersey state AFL-CIO, speaking
at the Mr. Port of New York dinner
saluting SlU President Paul Hall at the
N.Y. passenger ship, terminal on April
11.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall
has worked closely with SlU President
Paul Hall on President Carter's labor/
management/government Export
Council. Paul was named co-chairman
of the advisory group by the President
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HE docks were quiet. The
teeming daytime activity of
the majestic harbor subdued.
But the lights of New York's
skyline twinkled bright, re
flected in the Hudson River, as
leaders of labor, industry and
government gathered to pay
tribute to SlU President Paul
Hall, "Mr. Port of New York."
More than 1,000 people who
have worked side by side with
Paul Hall in pursuit of a better
life for American workers; who
have met him at bargaining
tables, on picketlines, at ship
launchings and in the halls of
Congress came to New York's
passenger ship terminal on the
night of April 11 to honor him.
Sponsored by the Harbor
Festival Foundation and the
Harbor Festival Labor Commit
tee, the "Tribute to Mr. Port of
New York 1980—Paul Ha//" was
planned before Paul had to be
hospitalized last November.
Hall's absence, and the ab
sence of his wife Rose, was
deeply felt by all who attended
the dinner.
"I have only one regret
tonight," said SlU Executive
Vice President Frank Drozak in
accepting the "Mr.Port of New
York" award on Paul's behalf.
"My regret is that Paul is unable
to be here to accept this
himself.
"But we are not only paying
tribute to Paul as 'Mr. Port of
New York' tonight," Drozak
continued. "We are paying
tribute to a man who has done
so much for so many.
"Paul has worked tirelessly,"
Drozak said, "to help build and
where needed, re-build the
ports which are vital not only to
our ships—but to the welfare
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good
of£ the
communities
surrounding these ports."
The long list of Paul Hall's
achievements, Drozak said,
includes pushing many mari
time and labor bills through
Congress"to make the American merchant marine a better,
more prosperous enterprise
and a more rewarding industry
to earn a living in."
Among Paul's many achieve
ments Drozak stressed that his
proudest was establishment
of the Harry Lundeberg School
in 1967. He established the
School to open a new avenue
of advancement for seamen^
to provide seamen with new
and expanded horizons."
Through the entry, upgrading and educational prograrns
of HLS, Drozak pointed out
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of tyoung
people
have gotten the opportunity to
start a rewarding career in
maritime."
Drozak picked up the Har
bor Foundation's "Mr. Port of
New York" trophy, a silver
sailing ship, for Paul. The
trophy was presented by Harbor Festival Executive Director
Frank Braynard who saluted
the "energy and the farsighted
approach to cooperation with
others in the maritime industry" which have marked
Paul Hall "as larger than life
...over so many years."
Other presentations and
tributes were offered by: AFLCIO President Lane Kirkland;
Sen. Jacob K.Javits(R-NY); U.S.
Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall; N.Y. State AFL-CIO Presi^ ^^
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Authority of N.Y./N.j. Chair
man Alan Sagner and jay
Mazur, Manager-Secretary of
the ILGWU, Local 23-25, among
others.
joining the presenters on the
dais were Congressmen joseph
Addabbo, Mario Biaggi, John
Murphy, Frank Guarini and Leo
Zeferretti; National COPE
Director Al Barkan; N.j. AFLCIO President Charles Marciante and many other dignitaries from metropolitan area
politics, labor and industry.
Kirkland Address
Lane Kirkland gave an eloquent tribute to Paul Hall,
speaking of "how much we
prize his friendship and his
leadership
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Paul, SlU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak said
"there is no one in this great city more deserving of
this honor than Paul Hall."
"I know of no other man of our time in labor, in
management or in government who has worked as
hard or given as much to the maritime industry as
Paul Hall," said AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland.
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Veteran Senator Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.) was among
the speakers at the Harbor Festival Foundation's
tribute to "Mr. Port of New York, Paul Hall."
Paul Hall as 'Mr. Port of New York^
international unions/' Kirkland Seamen's Church Institute, of Paul Hall with the torch of and the nations of the world,
said. "But despite its modest said:
liberty held high and with a May the Lord's hand rest upon
size the SI U exerts influence far
"May we move together
Vision of this city and port—a him this night and upon all of
out of proportion to its steadily forward dw the course
light and beacon to this nation us."
numbers; the product of the
rare and splendid generalship
of Paul Hall."
"There is no other man in
labor/' Kirkland said, "who has
worked as hard, who has given
as much to his industry as has
Paul Hall. The HLS has pro
duced some of the best seamen
in the world; the Merchant
Marine Act of 1970 came about
largely because of Paul Hall's
patient lobbying.
"Few men can communicate
so clearly," Kirkland added. He
is "just as fluent among
professors and economists as
he is at the bargaining table.
Paul Hall," Kirkland concluded
"has summoned from each of
us the vision that has been the A hand sewn banner depicting the port of New York was presented by Jay Mazur, manager-secretary of the ILGWU, Local 2325. The banner was made by an ILG member.
hallmark of his career."
"Words commending Paul's
visionary leadership ran as a
theme through tribute after
tribute. "The men and women
who go down to the sea in ships
have broad horizons and
endless vistas," read a written
message from the Amalga
mated Clothing & Textile
Workers Union.
"Paul Hall has helped bring
this vision to all of us who have
been fortunate enough to
work with him."
The evening began with
prayers of thanks for Paul Hall's
work on behalf of "the
seafarers of this land, young
people, the great union
movement and this port city of
N.Y. which he so dearly loves,'"
In his simple and moving invo
cation the Rev. jarries R. More than a score of distinguished labor and government figures occupied the long dais under the banner announcing the
Whittemore, director of the "Tribute to Paul Hall, Mr. Port of New York."
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Omnibus Bill Facing Rougli Seas in House
merce to "monitor the operation to strike the damaging language
of the contractor and...notify from the bill.
Mikulski's amendment was de
Congress of any uneconomical or
inefficient practices (which in feated by a narrow 18-16 vote
cludes management, organiza in Committee.
Rep. Mikulski has pledged her
tion or practices and elements of
collective bargaining agreements efforts to continue the fight
which result in unreasonable high against the anti-labor section of
costs)... make recommendations the bill on the House floor when
to Congress and to the contractor it comes up for debate later this
for ways to correct such practices month.
But, while the provision
and take such action as may be
appropriate...to encourage the empowering the Secretary of
Commerce to police collective
elimination of such practices."
bargaining agreements, is the
thrust of organized labor's wrath,
Violates NLRB
the bill is also expected to
Allowing the government to encounter heavy opposition from
police private contracts is "an seagoing and on-shore maritime
unwarranted intrusion into the unions over several other points,
cPllective bargaining process," including:
• changing current law to
Drozak told the labor chiefs. He
allow
Federal subsidies for for
added, it "clearly violates long
standing labor policy as set out in eign built ships. Maritime Ad
the National Labor Relations ministration head Samuel
In a letter sent to all AFL- Act which states; 'it is...the Nemirow said such a change
CIO international presidents as policy of the United States (to would "cause the diversion to
well as presidents of the MTD's encourage) the practice and foreign yards of some orders that
42 affiliated unions, Drozak procedure of collective bargain would otherwise be placed with
blasted the provision as "anti ing.
U.S. shipbuilders."
union and anti-worker." This
• a bar on subsidies if man
Maritime labor has strong
provision, Drozak stated, "must allies in Congress fighting against ning levels on a vessel exceed the
not be allowed to become the law this section of H.R. 6899. During levels determined adequate for
of the land."
House Merchant Marine & safe and efficient operation by
At issue is a section of the'' Fisheries Committee mark-up on the Coast Guard.
Maritime Omnibus bill which the bill. Rep. Barbara Mikulski
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directs the Secretary of Com- (D-Md) offered an amendment ceiling on construction differen
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ABOR is massing for an alif out battle in the House of
Representatives next month over
a provision in the Maritime
Omnibus bill which seeks to blast
fr^ee_ collective bargaining right
out of the water.
The provision of the Omnibus
Maritime Bill (H.R. 6899) repre
sents a scant 10 lines of the
sweeping 115 page package of
maritime legislation. But con
tained within those 10 lines is
language which would set a
dangerous precedent by giving
the Federal government veto
power over private maritime
industry contracts.
Spearheading the drive
against the dangerous section of
H.R. 6899 is SIU Executive Vice
President Frank Drozak, whp is
also president of the Maritime
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groups wanted the CDS payment
ceiling raised to enable American
ships to compete on a parity with
foreign vessels.
The SltJ joins with the rest of
maritime labor in opposing those
sections of the Omnibus bill
which will change existing law
and result in encouraging foreign
over American construction and
operation of vessels.
However the Union is pre
pared to support the Omnibus
Maritime Bill once the bill's
damaging sections are elimi
nated. While far from perfect,
H.R. 6899 is still the most
significant attempt to upgrade
the U.S. merchant fleet since
passage of the Merchant Marine
Act of 1936. The measure's stated
aim is to "revitalize maritime
policy, reorganize certain govern
ment agencies and reform regula
tion of maritime affairs in the
United States."
Since the fundamental goals of
the bill reflect the Union's goals,
SIU Executive VP Drozak ex
tended to the 34 House Merchant
Marine & FisHeries Committee
members the SIU's "continued
cooperation to achieve our
mutual goal of having a strong
U.S. maritime industry."
Union Goes All Out to Prevent Ships Sailing Short
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pretty soon companies will try to
have the manning levels reduced. If
properly maintained. And so they the manning level of every vessel was
should. But that can only happen if reduced by just two men, then the
the vessels are fully manned and the union would lose a large percentage
crews well-trained.
of its existing jobs. It would be hard
The SIU is well aware of our to compensate for that loss, given
responsibility in this regard. And the hard times that have befallen the
' this was the main reason for creation American flag merchant marine.
two years ago of the SIU Manpower
Manpower involves more than
Department in Headquarters.
just bodies. It also involves educa
Manpower has several functions. tion and skills. Most shortages
Above all else, it must help the union occur in skilled ratings—ratings that
man and move ships.
can only be filled with men who
If a job is left hanging on the possess the required training.
board, the Manpower department
"Manpower," says Bob Selzer,
will try to fill that job.
who heads up the Department at
There are many consequences to Headquarters, "is more than just
vessels sailing under-manned, aside one department. It is a Department
from the inconvenience it causes of the whole union."
, those crew members who do sail on
Manpower works closely with
that vessel. For one thing, a com union representatives in Wash
pany is not required to pay any ington and staff members at the
money into welfare and pension Harry Lundeberg School of Sea
funds for slots that have not been manship. All three have a common
filled.
goal, which is to maximize the job
It is estimated that the union' opportunities for members of this
welfare and pension funds lose union.
between $1 and $2 million annually
It is up to Manpower to analyze
as a result of ships sailing short- trends in the manning levels. It is up
handed.
to the Harry Lundeberg School to
Manning levels play a crucial, train men in areas where shortages
though invisible, part in determing arise. And it is up to our Washington
the number of jobs available to representatives to devise legislative
nwmhrrr of this union. If vessels and administrative programs which
will help alleviate these shortages.
not something that will go unused.
The success of the Manpower Rather, it will broaden a member's
Department can be seen in the recent employment opportunities. More
decision by El Paso to use SIU crews education means more options. For
on three of its foreign flag vessels. example, a degree from the HLSSin
The company recognized that the diesel training means that you can
superior skills of SIU members, and get a job onboard a diesel ship. Who
our own ability to avoid costly knows, with today's energy crisis,
repairs with skilled maintenance was maybe all ships will be converted to
more economic than employing diesel fuel. Moreover, without
properly trained men, a union won't
foreign crews.
be able to move ships. I don't need to
Selzer emphasizes that there is a add that there are other. people,
great deal that individual Seafarers other unions, who would be de
can do to help the union in the area lighted to take over our jobs. It is the
of Manpower. He said, "I would urge duty of this union, and the duty of
each member to get as much the membership, to keep that from
•duca^n as he can. Education is haggening^
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Come to HLS.
Upgrade to AB.
Courses start on
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April 1980
Legi.s1ativc. Admini-strativc and Regulatory. Happenings
On the Agenda in Congress...
A number of maritime-centered legisla
tive matters are on the Congressional
agenda in Washington as we go to press this
month—and every one of them affects the
jobs and job security of SIU members.
Here's a rundown on what is on the
Congressional calendar...
• US-CANADA FISHERY AGREE
MENTS. The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee is scheduling hearings this
month to review the Maritime Boundary
Settlements Treaty with Canada, and the
East Coast Fisheries Resources Agreement.
• OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.
The House Select Committee on Outer
Continental Shelf is contipuing hearings on
the progress and implementation of the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Develop
ment Act. This act, which passed several
years ago with strong support from the SIU,
is providing many hundreds of jobs for
maritime and maritime-related workers in
the U.S.
• OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CON
VERSION. The Oceanography Subcom
mittee, and the Subcommittee on Merchant
Marine will hold a joint hearing this month
to make final amendments to H.R. 6154—
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
Act.
• OIL IMPORT FEE. The Environment
and Energy Subcommittee of the House
Government Operations Committee has
scheduled hearings on President Carter's
proposed petroleum import fee.
• WATER PROJECTS AUTHORIZA
TION. The Water Resources Subcommittee
of the Senate Environment and Public
Works Committee will continue hearings
this month on waterways policy and various
waterways projects.
• RULES OF THE ROAD UNIFICA
TION. The Subcommittee on Coast Guard
and Navigation of the House Merchant
Marine and Fisheries Committee has
scheduled hearings this month on legislation
which would attempt to unify rules of the
road for deep sea and inland waterways
mariners.
• STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RE
SERVE. The Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee is going to hold
hearings to review the present status and
proposed refilling of the strategic petroleum
reserves which are located in the U.S. As it
stands. President Carter's proposed budget
cuts have completely eliminated any funding
for this program. Under the SPR program,
at least 50 percent of the oil brought in for
storage in the U.S. has to be carried aboard
American-flag tankers.
• COAL SLURRY PIPELINE. The
House Public Works Committee is tenta
tively scheduled to take final action on
legislation which would authorize construc
tion of a coal slurry pipeline. This legislation
has been kicked around on Capitol Hill for a
number of years with strong opposition
from environmentalists and waterways
barge operators.
• SHIPPING COMMISSIONER. The
Coast Guard Subcommittee of the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
is continuing hearings on a proposal to
eliminate the jobs of Shipping' Commis
sioners, and to provide alternate safeguards
to protect the rights of seamen with regard to
signing on and discharging.
• SMALL VESSEL MANNING. After a
number of delays, hearings are scheduled to
resume this month on legislation to regulate
the operation of "small vessels." This bill is
H.R. 5164. The proposed legislation sets
certain qualification standards for crewmembers of small uninspected vessels—and
it's particularly aimed at the crew and supply
boats operating offshore around oil and gas
rigs. We're watching this bill carefully
because of its serious implications regarding
safety at sea.
Carter Calls on Nation
To Observe Maritime Day
President Carter has issued the annual
National Maritime Day proclamation, and
called on all Americans to honor the U.S.
merchant marine on May 22. In the
proclamation, the President cited the "vital
contributions" of American shipping to the
growth and economic vitality of the U.S.
In the proclamation. President Carter
said: "Our merchant marine has shown valor
and dedication in providing logistic support
to the United States military forces in time of
national emergency."
SIU Stewards Meet An Old Friend During Washington Visit
Another group of SIU Stewards partlci•^^pating in their union's upgrading program
came to Washington last month for briefings
on the legislative programs of the SIU, AFLCIO the Maritime Trades Department and
the maritime industry. During the visit, the
Seafarers had an opportunity to meet and
talk with an old friend of the SIU and the
industry—Congressman Leo Zeferetti (DNY). The Congressman, who is a memberof
the powerful House Rules Committee, has
been a member of the Merchant Marine &
Fisheries Committee for many years. He has
always been a staunch supporter of the U.S.
Merchant Marine and a loyal ally of maritime
labor.
In the photo at left. Congressman Zeferetti
(center) meets with the SIU group which
included Washington Representatives
Frank Pecquex and Betty Rocker.
In the photo at right, the SIU Stewards
posed for a group picture on the steps of the
Capitol. Participating in the visit were
Herman Green, William Datzko, Thomas
Kirby, Samuel Nazario, John Darrow,
Edward Haber, John Gibbons, Clyde Kreiss,
Joseph Kundrat, Luis Iturrino, Humberto
Ortiz and Thomas Liles. Also in the picture
are SIU representatives Nick Marrone, Frank
Pecquex and Betty Rocker.
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Congress Approves 1981 Maritime Subsidy Programs
The House of Representatives this month
passed the fiscal 1981 Maritime Authoriza
tion Bill, providing another year of life to the
subsidy programs which have given tenuous
existence to the U.S. maritime industry
during the past ten years.
The bill passed the House April 15 by a
vote of 320-50. Not surprisingly, there were
no sabotaging amendments zinging in from
Congressman Peter McCloskey camp.
Those will come later when the so-called
"Omnibus Maritime Bill" comes up for
consideration.
As passed, the appropriations bill
provides a total of $582,174 million for
various maritime programs during fiscal
year 1981. The breakdown goes like this:
• $135 million for construction differen
tial subsidies to encourage and assist in the
building of new ships;
• $347,697 million for operating differen
tial subsidies to permit U.S.-flag operators
to compete fairly with the heavily-subsidised
foreign flag fleets;
• $18,750 million for research and
development programs sponsored by the
U.S. Maritime Administration;
• $31,863 million for maritime education
Safety At Sea Group
Plans Open Meeting
The working group on ship design and
equipment of the Subcommittee on Safety
of Life at Sea will hold an open hearing in
Washington-May 6 to gather information
and opinion to present to the IMCO meeting
scheduled in July in London. IMCO is the
United Nations-sponsored Intergovern
mental Maritime Consultive Organization.
The agenda for the Washington meeting
includes safety aboard nuclear vessels; noise
levels on board ships; safety standards for
offshore supply boats and other special
purpose vessels; and maneuverability
standards for ships.
and training. This is primarily for the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point,
and the various state maritime schools.
During debate on the bill, a number of our
friends—as well as some newer members of
Congress—hit the deck to urge support for
the U.S. merchant marine
Congressman Paul Trible (R-VA) urged
support for the legislation and pointed out
that "our merchant marine must be able to
support military operations in the event of
war or national emergency." He said "our
inability to mount the necessary sealift to
supply our armed services diminishes our
ability to protect our vital interests."
Similarily, Congressman Glenn Anderson
(D-CA) supported the legislation and noted
"it is tragic that the plight of our ocean
transportation system is forced to our
attention by the crises we face in the world,
especially in the Middle East."
With respect to the decline of the U.S. dry
bulk fleet. Congressman Daniel K. Akaka
(D-HI) stated that the United States is
"dependent on the goodwill of foreign
owners of raw materials and on foreignowned transportation systems for the
delivery of raw materials critical to our
economy and security.'*
Congresswoman Olympia Snowe (RME), said that "continued funding for
construction and operating differential
subsidies, research and development, and
maritime education and training will sustain
efficient and competitive facilities for
shipbuilding and ship repair."
Ships in US Fleet Continue Decline As Tonnage Rises
The number of ships in the U.S.-flag
merchant fleet continued to decline as
overall tonnage went up to a record high,
according to the latest report from the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
As of March 1, the privately-owned deepdraft fleet totaled 724 vessels with a
combined capacity of 23.5 million dead
weight tons. This total includes 568
oceangoing vessels and 156 Great Lakes
carriers.
Compared with March 1, 1979, the
number of ships in the U.S. merchant fleet
dropped by 25 vessels, but overall fleet
capacity increased 1.4 million tons in that
same period. The large gain in capacity
reflects the larger sizes of the new ships
added to the fleet in the last 12 months, and
the comparatively smaller sizes of the older
ships which were scrapped, sold or retired
from active service.
On the brighter side, the monthly
Maritime Administration report showed
that 53 merchant ships were under construc
tion or on order in U.S. shipyards as of
March 1. The shipbuilding orderbook
breaks down like this: 13 new tankers; five
liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers; ten
intermodal vessels; 11 dry-bulk carriers; two
cargo break-bulk ships, and 12 specialized
vessels.
SPAD n IIM SIU'9 polMical land aad <w polUinil ann ia
Waihlanton. D.C. TV Sit asb for and accrpir voiaafaiy
coRlribalkm only. TV taioa user IV monry doaaicd lo
SPAD to sappon IV cIcclioB canpaipBi of fefiilalon wtM
Vve ilMwa a pro-mariliiiM or pro-iallor record.
SPAD ciiabiM IV Sit lo w<irk cffeclirely oa IV rifal
mariliBK macs hi IV Coanrcss. These are issues Ihaf hare
a direct iaipacl on IV JoV and job secnrilv of all Sit awasbers. deep-sea. iaiaad, and Lakes.
TV Sit antes Ms mefflbers lo conlinae Ibeir line leconl
of sopporf for SPAD. A aieaiber caa coalrlbafe fo IV
SPAD load as V or sV sees Hi, or make no conlrSmfioB al
all wilhoat fear of reprisal
A copy of IV SPAD report is Hied irilhIV Federal ElecHon Commission. II u arailaMe for parchase from IV FEC
iBWashia(loa,D.C.
10 / LOG / April 1980
meetings with Congressmen Don Bonker (DWash.) and Jack Edwards (R-Ala.L Both
Congressmen are fully aware of the many
problems besetting the nation's merchant
marine, and talked hopefully of taking actions to
revitalize the maritime industry
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Hilary Thein (2nd
^ft) shakes hands with his Congressman
Representative Don Bonker from Seattle, Wash
Looking on are SIU Washington Legislative
Representative Betty Rocker and SIU Mobile
Representative James Battle.
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The SlU's continuing educational programs for
its membership brought yet another group of "A"
Seniority Upgraders to Washington earlier this
month for a first-hand look at the SlU's political
action program.
Eight upgrading Seafarers took part in the day
long visit which included meetings with repre
sentatives of the Transportation Institute, and the
SlU's Washington legislative team. Also on the
day's agenda were visits to the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department and a tour of the Capitol.
A highlight of the tour was face-to-face
:#.-i
In the photo at right, the entire group of
Seniority Upgraders meets with Congressman
Jack Edwards. The Alabama Congressman is a
former long-time member of the House Merchant
Marine Committee, and has been a good friend of
the SIU for many years.
The group of SIU Seniority Upgraders who
took part in the Washington educational visit
included: Jose Quinones, John R. Silvetti, John
W. Boughman, Michael P. Marth, Wendell G.
Burton Jr.. Raphael S. Vargas, Hilary A. Thein,
and Mike Martin.
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dredge fleet will have the capabil
HE SIU has for a long time
ity of doing all of the work
bontended- that private in
previously performed by the
dustry should handle more and
Corps'
13 active hopper dredges.
more of the dredging work done
Therefore, the SIU as well as
by the Federal government.
industry is alarmed over the
In the last few years the private
Corps' recommendation to have
sector has been given a chance to
eight hopper dredges in its
prove itself in this field. The SIU
"minimum fleet."
feels this has workejd out so well
If this minimum fleet is ap
that the government should
proved there would be a dis
drastically reduce its fleet of
astrous effect on the private
hopper dredges.
dredging industry which would
[Hopper dredges are the big
not have enough work. (U.S.
gest type of dredge. They are
Public Law 93-269 allows the
primarily used on the channel
Corps to set aside enough work
bottom of coastal harbors or on
to keep its minimum fleet "fully
the ocean floor. Self-propelled,
operational.")
they have molded hulls and the
The SIU feels that the'Federal
general lines of an ocean going
government should be the con
vessel.}
tracting and management agency
The Army Corps of Engineers,
for dredging and that private
which handles the government's
dredging, has submitted its The Sugar Island is one of three SlU-manned hopper dredges. The SIU feels that industry should do the actual
recommendations for the mini . private industry should handle the bulk of government contracted dredge work. dredging work.
For one thing, private industry
mum size of its dredging fleet to too high. Right now the private private hopper dredges. These
the Office of Management and sector has four operational are the Long Island, Manhattan . can build hopper dredges for
Budget (OMB). However, OMB hopper dredges. (Three of these Island, and Sugar Island. The about one-half of what it costs
company also has a medium class the government.
has rejected the Corps' estimates are under contract to the SIU.)
Also, a recent Industry Capa
Five hopper dredges are under dredge scheduled for completion
and told it to submit new recom
bility Program showed that
"^construction by the private in the fall of this year.
mendations.
When the private hopper private industry, in most cases,,
The Corps currently has 13 sector. In addition, at least two
active hopper dredges. In its more hopper dredges are in the dredges that are under construc can do the work formerly done by
tion are finished there will be nine the Corps more economically
original recommendations to planning stages.
One of the leaders in the modern and efficient hopper than the government.
OMB, the Corps had determined
That is why the Union believes
that to meet national defense and hopper dredging field is SIU- dredges available with an annual
emergency needs it would still contracted North American capability greater than the Corps' that the sooner private industry
Trailing Company which owns current hopper dredge workload. takes over all hopper dredging,
require eight hopper dredges.
The SIU believes this is way three of the four currently active In other words, industry's hopper the better it will be.
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Inouye Ship Bill Off the Senate Back Burner
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Sen. Daniel Inouye's Ocean
Shipping Act was reported out of
the Senate Commerce Committee
this month.
It's a good bill and the SIU
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If passed, the legislation would do
a great deal to restore order to a
greatly confused maritime industry.
For starters, it would untangle the
Membership
Meetings
Deep Sea
Lakes, Inland Waters
2:30p.m
New York ...May 5
2:30p.m
Philadelphia ........ May 6
7
2:30p.m
Baltimore
May
9:30a.m
Norfolk
May 8
2:00p.m
Jacksonville
May 8
9
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2:30p.m.
Algonac
May
Houston
May 12
2:30p.m. .
New Orleans
May 13
- v- 2:30p.m.
Mobile
May 14
2:30p.m.
San Francisco
May 15 .....a..
2:30p.m. ............
Wilmington ......... May 19
2:30p.m
Seattle .........v... May23
.... 2:30p.m
Piney Point ......... May 10 . i
I0:30a.m.
San Juan, ........... May 8
2:30p.m.
Columbus
....May 7
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Chicago
May 13
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Port Arthur
May 13
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2:30p.m
Buffalo
Mayl4-i
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St. Louis
May 16
2:30p.m.
Cleveland
May 15
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7:00p.m.
7:00p.m.
7:00p.m.
7:00p.m.
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7:00p.m.
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conflicting array of bureaucratic and
judicial mandates that presently
govern the regulation of ocean
transportation in the foreign com
merce of the United States. It would
replace those mandates with a
single, easily comprehended legisla
tive standard.
The Ocean Shipping Act, which
was introduced by Sen. Daniel
Inouye (D-Hawaii), seeks to develop
a coherent national policy on
merchant shipping. The bill, enjoys
widespread support among mem
bers of the maritime industry.
For many years, the American
maritime industry has been plagued
with vaguely defined regulatory
codes.
One of the more confused sectors
of the maritime industry has in
volved antitrust activity. Prior to
1966, agreements for economic co
operation among carriers were
allowed.
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Such agreements were felt to be
governed by the Shipping Act of
1916 rather than the body of
antitrust laws. However, a 1966
ruling held that the Shipping Act
was subordinate to the body of
antitrust law.
The 1966 ruling has had serious
consequences for the maritime
flao rnmnan
industry. American flag
companies
found themselves unable to compete
with foreign competitors.
The Ocean Shipping Act would in
effect overrule the 1966 decision.
Co-operation among carriers would
once again be allowed.
The position of the Federal
Maritime Commission would be
reinforced by this legislation. The
Commission, which has over the
years gained the trust of industry
members, would have primary
responsibility for formulating a
national policy on ocean transporta
tion in the foreign commerce of the
United States.
Important goals would finally be
given official recognition under the
terms of this act. Bilateral trade
agreements would be encouraged, as
would open conferences, or rather,
less closed conferences.
The need for American flag
vessels to "substantially participate"
in the foreign commerce of the
United States would be acknow
ledged.
Some details still need to be
worked out. However, the legisla
tion .marks a giant step for the
maritime industry. Even if the bill i&
not passed, important goals have
been pinpointed, and a responsible
course of action has been chartered.
April 1980 / LOG / 11
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Buzzing with success after completing the AB course at HLS are: Kneeling, front,
A. Walker. First row (l-r) W. Ludlow, S. Boettcher, D. Severinson, J. Romeo,
E. Young, M. Latta, P. Ryan, E. Henry, R. Lynn. Back row (l-r) R. Urban, M. Mar
quette, K. Tremblay, R. Tremblay, M. Birt, J. Vandenheede, M. Schmitt, L. Kuhn.
14 + 3 Learn ABC's of LNG
Ready for Sea As QMfD
All smiles when they finished the QMED course at the Harry Lundeberg School
are: Front (l-r) A. Mercado, A. Nelson, J. Barry. Second row (l-r) D. Shaw, K.
Patterson, V. Carrao, G. Cooper, E. Abidin, R. White, N. Celona, J. Oberson, A.
Santiago. Back row (l-r) M. Castagna, S. Dinnes, F. Wagner, G. Watson, R. R.
Rosario, J. Ponti.
The Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship
Ready to man LNG vessels under SlU contract are the following 17 Seafarers?
recent graduates of the HLS LNG course: Front row (l-r) T. Burke, T. R. Goodman,
M. Pedersen, J. Curlew, R. Suy. Back row (l-r) S. Ehrnlunn, J. Robinson,
J. Thrasher, H. Jones, Jr., J. Cavagnaro, B. Stearns, A. Clark, F. Paylor, M. Haukland, R. Greggs, D. Hicks, E. M. Welch.
Two Cross Wire
Why is this FOWT smiling?
Graduates of the latest Marine Electronics course at HLS are (l-r) E. Sorensen and
G. Blanco, snapped in the classroom with instructor T. Connor.
Two Quartermaster Quartets
The best bet for wipers who want to improve their job security is
getting an FOWT ticket at HLS. Job opportunities for FOWT's
have never been better. Enroll now in the FOWT course at
HLS. Courses start on July 3 and July 31. To sign up, contact
Harry Lundeberg School, Vocational Education Department,
Piney Point, Maryland 20674, (301) 994-0010. Or fill out the ap
plication in this issue of the Log.
brothers tell it all. The newest SlU
SS frwf
W. Paulsen, R. Munroe. J. Borucki, A. Easter
irp
('-•') W. Burke, R. Brock, R. Brown, A. Holland. Not in the pic
are two other graduates of the Quartermaster course, C. Pineda and M. Pereira.
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N early 1944,16 year old Benny
Mignano said good-bye to
family and friends and went off to
joib the merchant marine. If he
was looking for something more
exciting than the streets of
Brooklyn, his old stomping
grounds, he would certainly find
it later between the Murmansk
Run and the Saigon River.
Today, at 52, Ben Mignano is
one of the most respected bosuns
in the SIU. He has seen a lot, and
accomplished a lot since 1944.
But one of his greatest accom
plishments is yet to come.
Mignano has gone from hitting
the deck and swinging the booms,
to hitting the books and wielding
a pen at the M.E.B.A, (Dist. 2)
Maritime Upgrading Center in
Brooklyn, N.Y., where he's
preparing to make his final move
through the hawespipe. If all goes
well, and in spite of the goodnatured razzing h^s been getting
from faculty and fellow students
at the Center, he'll have an
Origina] Second Mate's license in
a few months.
Mignano actually started out
in the steward department, sail-
ily and got his first bosun job, on
the Bull Line's Arlyn in-1957.
He's been "Hey, Bos'!" ever since.
The late 1960's and early 1970's
saw Mignano, like so many
others, in the Vietnam War Zone.
He spent four and a half years on
the Rafael Semmes, including
one voyage when the ship came
under rocket attack in the Saigon
River. But luck was. with the
Semmes—and Mignano—dur
ing that trip. The rockets, includ
ing one that hit just below his
porthole, were duds.
Mignano made his first visit to
Recertified bosun Ben Mignano is now a model student at the M.E.B.A. (Dist. 2)
Maritime Upgrading Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
the Harry Lundeberg School in
ing as messman on his first ship, arrival in Scotland," recalled 1976, when he participated in the
the Benjamin Brown, and on his Mignano. "It was May 13, 1945. Bosun Recertification Program.
second, the Grace Abbot. It was We receiyed word that President He was impressed by what he
while coming back from Mur Roosevelt had died the day saw. "It's a wonderful school to
go through," he confided, "and it
mansk in the Abbott, in May of before."
Mignano shipped with the has given a lot of people oppor
'45, that he got a close look at a
deck
department pn his third ship, tunity."
German U-Boat. Fortunately, it
Back at school—^this time in
came after the Nazi surrender in the Frank C. Emmerson. He
upgraded to AB (blueticket), and Brooklyn—Ben Mignano's hop
Europe.
Spmebody yelled, "There's a got his Green ticket AB in 1947. ing his luck will not desert him in
The draft caught up with him the coming months. But he's got a
sub!" And sure enough, there was
a surfaced German sub flying the in 1951, and he spent the next two lot more going for him than luck,
white flag. It followed i\\Q Abbott years wifh the army in Panama. including a bunch of people who
into Scotland, surrendering to Then it was "back to the SIU in are pulling for him to succeed.
1953 and I started sailing again," Because Ben Mignano won't be a
British authorities there.
said
Mignano. He worked stead- bucko mate—he'll be a good one.
"I'll never forget the date of our
Carter OKs $227Billion Oil Windfall ProBfs Tax Act
President Carter early this month before 1978, it exempts from 1981-2 producers, are expected when
okayed his controversial Crude Oil individuals taxes with as much as decontrol is lifted to make $1 trillion
Windfall Profits Tax Act at the ^200 yearly on interest and over the next decade.
Oil Biggies would pay $205 billion
White House after a of year of bitter dividends. It also gives a tax break to
homeowners and businesses that of the tax; independent $22 billion.
Congressional horse trading.
Later, when the budget is
A "windfall" is "an unexpected save or produce energy and to those
balanced and the national debt
who sell inherited assets.
or sudden gain or advantage."
U.S. domestic Oil Biggies—^who reduced. Congress can use 60
Carter declared "the keystone of
our national energy policy, in now in made record-breaking billion dollar percent of the $227.3 billion for a
place." And exclaimed it "a victory "unearned profits"—from OPEC's general tax cut, 25 percent to pay the
high prices for crude and long, fuel bdl of the low-income poor and
for every American citizen."
He envisioned that the $227.3 expensive gas station lines last year, 15 percent for energy development
billion tax—^the largest tax on a U.S. with independent American oil and mass transportation.
industry ever—with the decontrol of
the domestic crude price in late 1981,
would give "both the incentive and
the means to produce more oil here,
conserve more oil here and replace
more oil with alternative sources of
energy."
Beside excluding from the new
law which took effect on Mar. 1
some North Slope Alaskan oil found
Ogden Challenger Committee
Notice On Job
Coil Procedure
(Inland)
Wh«n throwing in for work
during o Job caii at any SIU
Hiring Haii, boatman muat
produco tho foiiowing:
• momborahtp cortificato
(whoro posaooaod)
« • rogiatration oard
• ciinic card
•man'a iiapara
Hdqs. Rep Teddy BabkowskI (seated left) writes a dues receipt for Recertified
Bosun John O. Frazier (seated right) ship's chairman of the ST Ogden Challenger
(Ogden Marine). With them is the Ship's Committee of (I. tor.) Deck Delegate Jack
Klohn, Oiler Rudy Lopez,Steward Delegate George Malone and Engine Delegate
D. Saxon. The tanker paid off at Bayonne, N.J.
Notice to
Participants in
PMA Pension Plan
The new Summary Plan Descrip
tion of the SIU Pacific DistrictPMA Pension Plan has been com
pleted and was mailed to all mem
bers beginning Wednesday, March
19, 1980.
(This new booklet applies to
former MC&S members employed
on Pacific Maritime Association
vessels.)
This booklet highlights the main
provisions of the Pension Plan. The
Summary Plan Description explains
both the benefits the Plan provides
and the requirements which must be
fulfilled in order to qualify for
pension benefits, including the
changes made to comply with the
new pension laws (frequently re
ferred to as ERISA). We urge you to
study this booklet carefully.
You should be aware of the
possibility that you may not receive
the amount of pension benefits
referred to in this booklet. This may
occur if you have a break in service
or if you fail to qualify for other
reasons that are discussed in the
booklet.
In the event you do not receive a
copy of the Summary Plan Descrip
tion or have any questions regarding
its' contents, booklets will be
available at the Plan Office located
at 522 Harrison Street, San Fran
cisco, California 94105, Telephone
(415) 362-8363, and all Union
Offices.
April 1980 / LOG / 13
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HE long-awaited decision on
G.I. benefits for merchant
marine veterans of World War II
is expected to be handed down
soon, possibly as early as next
month.
A lengthy application, filed on
behalf of 250,000 merchant
seamen, the largest non-combat
group to serve during the Second
World War, was submitted to a
joint Civilian/Military Review
Board at the end of January. The
three member panel, named by
the Dept. of Defense has already
held at least one review on the
merchant marine application.
So far, the Board has consid
ered applications for veterans
status of about nine groups who
rnade a non-military contribu
tion to the war effort.
Most recently, about 5,000
members of the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps were declared
full-fledged military vets eligible
for G.I. benefits such as home
loan guarantees, hospital cov
erage and, in some cases, pen
sions.
In issuing their ruling on the
WAACS, the Civilian/Militaiy
Review Board recognized their
" noncombatant service with the
Army of the United States for the
purpose of making available the
knowledge, skills and special
training of the women of this
nation."
A spokesman for the Joint
Maritime Congress, which pre
pared the application on behalf
of all maritime union veterans,
including SIU members, said "we
expect to be next on the Board's
list."
The SIU is optimistic that,
based on the scope of the applica
tion, the Board will award World
War II merchant mariners the
veterans status and accompany
ing benefits they so justly deserve.
That application, representing
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months of in-depth research, was
tailored to answer each of the five
criteria used as the basis of
eligibility for awarding veterans
status.
Those five criteria, spelled out
in Title IV of the G.I. Bill
Improvement Act of 1977, in
clude determing whether:
the group applying received
military training and acquired a
military capability or the services
performed by such groups was.
critical to the success of a military
mission;
• the members of the group
were subject to military justice,
discipline and control;
• the members of the group
were permitted to resign;
• the members of the group
were susceptible to assignment
for duty in a combat zone, and;
• the members of the group
Carter Declares May 22 As
National Maritime Day
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Throughout the history of the United States, trade and
shipping have made a vital contribution to the Nation's
growth and economicvitality. Today, the American Merchant
Marine continues to aid the development of American
enterprise and to foster the well-being of all American
citizens by linking U.S. industries, farms and markets with
our overseas trading partners.
In addition, our Merchant Marine has shown valor and
dedication in prowling logistic support to United States
military forces in times of national emergency.
In recognition of the importance of the American Merchant
Marine, and in commemoration of the departure from
Savannah, Georgia, on May 22,1819, of the S.S. Savannah on
the first transatlantic voyage by any steamship, the Congress
of the United States, by joint resolution of May 20,1933 (48
Stat. 73, 36 U.S.C. 145), designated May 22 of each year as
National Maritime Day and requested the President to issue
annually a proclamation calling for appropriate observances.
NOW, THEREFORE, i, JIMMY CARTER, Presid^ent of the
United States of America, do urge the people of the United
States to honor our American Merchant Marine on May 22,
1980, by displaying the flag of the United States at their
homes and other suitable places, and I call upon all ships
under the American flag to dress ship on that day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto se^t my hand this
thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and eighty, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and fourth.
Jimmy Carter
HsiMihK laMIv GKM likB
MARCH 1-31,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
ClassA aassB Class C
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
DECK DEPARTMENT
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Algonac (Hdqs.).
77
19
76
46
2
51
19
0
49
27
12
1
11;
0
0
0
Totals All DapartiTUHits
223
153
53
170
89
•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of menregistered at the port at the end of last month
161
150
71
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.) —
57
20
61
29
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.)
If
33
14
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.),
70
110
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had reasonable expectations that
their service would be considered
active military service.
The joint maritime union
application took up three vol
umes of material. The first
contained arguments in favor of
awarding merchant seamen vet
erans benefits. It noted that,
while "Title IV does not require
that all statutory tests be met, this
application demonstrates that
the members of the American
merchant marine who were in
active ocean-going service during
World War II satisfy all statutory
tests."
Volume II included published
articles, sworn statements, war
time training manuals and other
materials which formed the solid
background of the application.
And Volume III contained page
after page of the names of the 2.8
percent of all merchant seamen
who lost their lives in the service
of their country; a loss rate that
was second only to the Marine
Corps'2.9 percent.
We believe this application
contains solid proof that mer
chant seamen played a crucial
role in this nation's World War II
effort and deserve more than
medals and certificates as re
wards for that service. We are
confident that the Civilian/
Military Review Board will agree
with that judgement.
New Series of Tax
Free U.S. Savings
Bonds Introduced
As of Jan. 2, 1980, the U.S.
Treasury Department began offer
ing U.S. Energy Savings Bonds,
Series EE, for sale to the public.
The Series EE Savings Bond, like
the Series E Bond it replaces, is an
accrual-type Bond. It pays (tVi per
cent interest which is compounded
semi-annually when the Bonds are
held for five years or longer;
If the Bonds are held through
their 11-year maturity date, the
interest rate goes up to seven
percent.
Savings Bonds are a safe invest
ment. TTiey are fully guaranteed
until maturity and if they are lost,
stolen or destroyed, the government
will replace them.
The big plus in purchasing
Savings Bonds is that the interest the
Bonds earn is tax deferred. Federal
tax on the interest in not charged
until the Bond either matures or is
redeemed. And Savings Bond
interest is totally exempt from state
and local income taxes.
U.S. Energy Savings Bonds,
Series EE, can be purchased at any
commercial bank. The Bonds can be
redeemed at those banks or at
Federal Reserve banks.
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Retiring on SlUPension iUieans Security
T
HE SIU has always be
lieved that retirement
should be a time of joy and
security. That philosophy
shows in many of the Union's
actions. It especially comes
through in the Seafarers
Pension Plan.
Ever since the Plan was
started, SIU seamen and
boatmen have been able to
retire with the secure knowl
edge that they would find
their pension check jn the mail
each month.
Sound financial funding
was always a fundamental
principle of the Plan. Even
before a U.S. law was passed
in 1974 to guarantee promised
pension benefits, the trustees
of the Seafarers Pension Plan
made sure that no one would
ever be cut off from the
monthly pension he was ex
pecting.
Unlike many other pension
plans, the SIU plan has never
had to take back or decrease
any benefit it has given.
Even though, at times, it
would have been easier and
politically more expedient to
put certain popular demands
into the Plan, the Union took
the more difficult path. If the
SIU realized that particular
provisions would have proved
harmful in the long run, it
didn't hesitate to point them
out to the membership.
Medical Coverage
But besides the security of
the monthly pension check,
the Seafarers Pension Plan
provides something else that
greatjy adds to the security of
its pensioners. That is medical
Coverage.
Sll^ pensioners and their
dependents continue to be
fully covered by the Seafarers
Welfare Plan. Further, the
Welfare Plan will pay for
Medicare premiums for both
the pensioner and the pen
sioner's spouse. In many other
pension plans, medical cover
age is cut off or severly cut
back when the worker retires
—and that's just when such
coverage is most needed.
Spme of the medical bene
fits to which SIU pensioners
are entitled include:
• medical and hospital ex
penses, including reasonable
costs of all medical, surgical,
and hospital care, plus physi
cian's fees charged for office
and house calls.
• a dental benefit which
covers the cost of the labor in
the acquisition and mainte
nance of dentures. However,
no payment is made for the
cost of the materials used in
dentures.
• payment for prescription
drugs. The Plan pays the cost
of drugs prescribed by a
physician except when the
pensioner is receiving treat
ment in a hospital as an in
patient.
Pensioners who are eligible
for Medicare are required to
maintain such coverage and
the Seafarers Welfare Plan will
reimburse the full cost of the
Supplemental Medicare Pro
gram. Forthoseenrolledinthe
Medicare Program, the Sea
farers Welfare Plan will pay
any charges not covered by
Medicare up to the maximum
allowed under Dependent
Benefits and the Surgical
Schedule. The Plan will also
pay the "hospital deductible'-'
not covered by Medicare as
well as all excess charges not
allowed by Medicare.
Further, the dependents of
SIU pensioners can still apply
for the College Scholarship
Program offered by the
Seafarers Welfare Plan every
year.
Besides these benefits for
SIU pensioners, the Union is
also a strong supporter of a
sound Social Security pro
gram. The SIU fully backs any
increases in Social Security
and fights against cutbacks.
Finally, retirement can
mean difficult adjustments. A
man or woman who has be
come accustomed to a life on
the water can sometimes find
life on land a little strange. But
because the SIU pensioner
has full access to the Union
Hall, he can go there to play
cards or talk over old times
with other Seafarers and
Boatmen. He still feels he is a
part of the SIU community.
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you free room, board and books. It helps you earn wheelhouse time while you leam bocrthandling skills. And HLS
graduates get day-for-day worktime credit.
You can't afford not to apply for a
Towboat Operator Scholarship
The next class beginx on luly 7.
Contact your SIU Port Agent or your Compemy to apply.
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TO THE EDITOR
Good People Make 5IU the Best
I and four brothers have been in the SlU for a long time.
One of my brothers, who is deceased, was a charter member.
I would like to say a word of praise for someone that has
been a true blue friend in time of need, and that man is Tom
Cranford, supervisor of the Seafarers Welfare Plan.
Most of us being at sea have to leave our business to our
wives. Tom not only does a number one job with the claims
but he reassures people and raises their spirits.
It makes me proud to know that there are still people like
him around to take care of things while we are at sea.
My hat is off to Tom and all the other people at the
Seafarers Welfare Plan. People like them make me know that
I am still in the best Union afloat.
Fraternally,
Morris J Danzey, Jr.
Satsuma, Ala.
Honeymoon Home Scrapped
The only gloomy note cast on our 50th wedding anni
versary, Feb. 1st, was the sad news that our honeymoon
home was headed for the ship-breakers yard.
I was Quartermaster on theS.S. Hugh Kennedy, American
Steamship Co., in 1929. I was chosen to keep ship over the
winter, frozen in the ice.
Sometime during that winter as Louise and I spent our
honeymoon in residence aboard her, I was ordered to change
her name to the S.S. Jacob F. Schoelkopf, Jr.
The January issue of the Log reports the Schoelkopf, late
the property of the Erie Sand and Gravel Co. is headed for the
scrap yard.
Louise's favorite joke, (at hen parties) goes something like
this: "Louise where did you spend your honeymoon?"
Louise, "I spent it aboard ship for SVa months." "Oh did you go
around the world on a cruise?" Louise, "no, we never left the
dock, we were froze in the ice the whole time."
Fraternally,
Bud Knuckey
Brooksville, Fla.
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In all the years we have sailed—and they have been many—
we have never come across a steward department such as we
have on this ship, the LNG Capricorn. They are the best.
Both the steward, Larry Dockwiller, and chief cook, Pat
Geary, must certainly have taken a course in creative and
imaginative cookery at the Lundeberg School. The food, the
service, the attention is excellent.
All the officers, and the crew as well, give them our hearty
thanks.
Fraternally,
The Officers, Voyage #37
LNG Capricorn
Pensioner's Problem Handled
I want to say thank you very much for the recent checks the
Seafarers Welfare Plan paid for my operation here in
Kenosha, Wise. Memorial Hospital. Believe me the checks
came in mighty handy. I want all Union brothers to know what
a wonderful Union we have. Thanks again for everything.
Fraternally,
Verner M. Frederiksen, Retired
Kinosha, Wise.
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Great Organization'
I want to express my appreciation and thanks at this'time
on receiving the death benefit check for my late husband,
Steven J. Knapp.
. I also wish to thank the Union for all the medical care given
to him since he was retired. The SlU is a great organization,
and the Union has done a wonderful job in training young
boys for good jobs for the future.
The Union also provides wonderful cafe to seamen and
their dependants.
Thanks again for the promptness in.this time of sadness.
May the strength of this great organization be everlasting.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Evelyn Knapp
New Port Richey, Fla.
Takes Care of Retirees
As a pensioner and a long time member, I would like to
thank the SlU for all they have done for me. especially in the
last 11 years regarding medical coverage. I hope to see the
Union progress in every field in the future.
Fraternally,
Ira Turner,
Mognaba, N.J.
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Enough Is Enough! Pass Ocean Mining Now
A
BURIED treasure so vast that
its worth is estimated in the
trillions of dollars lies in a thick
blanket on the oceans' floor.
By mining that treasure—the
nickel, copper, cobalt and manga
nese packed into potato-sized
nodules—U.S. industry could be
freed from its current heavy
dependence on imports of those four
key minerals in just two decades.
Our ocean mining companies are
ready and able to start retrievingand
processing the minerals.
But for the past seven years there's
been a hands-off cordon around the
deep seabed.
The "no trespassing" sign was
posted by the United Nations Law of
the Sea Conference. The 140 nations
participating in the Conference have
been trying to h^k out a treaty
which, among other things, will
decide who gets how much of the
deep seabed's mineral wealth.
When the most recent conference
session adjourned in early April, the
newspapers trumpeted their convic
tion that the conferees were very
close to settling the thorny ocean
mining issue." "With a little sailors
luck," said a New York Times
editorial, "and some agile naviga
tion, this could at long last be the
year of the sea."
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participants didn't have much
trouble reaching accords governing
access to sea lanes or ecology of the
oceans, several points concerning
deep seabed mining which have
stood in the way of a treaty in the
past still stand.
The conflict between the third
world countries, which make up a
voting majority of Law of the Sea
participants and are claiming a lion's
share of the booty, and the
developed industrial nations which
possess the technology and the
money to do the actual mining,
remains a standoff.
Despite the optimism of the
national press, nothing much is new
with the Law of the Sea treaty.
The real story, as far as we're
concerned, is the promise and
progress of ocean mining legislation
through Congress.
The Senate has already passed
their version of a deep seabed
mining bill which would give U.S.
mining companies the go-ahead to
begin harvesting deep seabed
minerals. And the last of three
House Committees is scheduled to
report out their version of the
measure late this month with full
House debate to follow in early
M^.
While we respect the work of the
Law of the Sea Conference in many
areas, we don't see a treaty on ocean
mining coming out of the interna
tional body anytime soon. But
Congressional passage of ocean
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mining legislation is very close. And,
as we have in the past,,we're putting
our money on that legislation for big
reasons.
IRST, passage of a U.S. ocean
mining law this year would
allow American mining companies
to begin retrieving the deep seabed
minerals by 1982. On that schedule,
the U.S. could be entirely selfsufficient in the nodules' component
copper, nickel, cobalt and manga
nese by the turn of the century.
But even using the most optimistic
time frame, mining under a Law of
the Sea treaty could not even begin
before 1988.
Another, and more important
reason we're backing the U.S. ocean
mining legislation is jobs. Both the
House and Senate versions of the
ocean mining bills contain "build
American, man American" amend
ments which are of crucial concern
to organized labor.
In the Senate bill those amend
ments would require:
• that all mining and processing
vessels used for ocean mining be
U.S. built, U.S. registereddind U.S.
manned;
• at least one ore carrier used to
transport nodules from each mining
site be U.S. built, U.S. owned and
U.S. crewed;
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U.S. registered ore carriers used
for ocean mining be eligible for both
construction and operatingdifferen
tial subsidies.
Finally, by getting an ocean
mining industry off the ground, the
mineral-hungry U.S. will have some
leverage against yet another cartel of
producing nations.
Rich in so many things, the
United States is mineral poor.
Major producers like the third world
countries Chile, Peru, Zambia and
Zaire want to keep it that way.
With passage of ocean mining
legislation the U.S. has an opportu
nity to ensure our industries supplies
of crucial minerals with no
economic or political strings
attached. And we have an opportu
nity to put thousands of Americans
in our foundering shipbuilding
industry back to work.
Swift passage of ocean mining
legislation is, simply, in the best
interests of this nation's workers, her
industry and her securitj^. From
where we sit, those are compelling
reasons indeed for Congress to vote
"yes" on ocean mining.
Offkiol Publication of the Seafarers International Union of
North America, Ationtk, Gulf, Lokes and fdond Wafers District,
AFL-CIO
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Executive Board
Paul Hall
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President
Frank Drozak
Leon Hall
Joe DiGiorgio
Executiue Vice President
Secretary- Treasurer
Angus "Red" Campbell
Mike Sacco
Vice President
Vice President
Joe Sacco
Vice President
Vice President
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James Gannon
Ray Bourdius
Assistant Editor
Don Rotan
fVest Coast Associate Editor
Editor
Edra Ziesk
Assistant Editor
Marietta Homa
Assistant Editor
Mike Gillen
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianciotti
Director of Photography
Dennis Lundy
Photography
Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
George J. Vana
'Production!Art Director
Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters
District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, fJ.Y. 11232^ TeL_ 499-6600. Second class postage
paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. (ISSN ff0160-2047)
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Liberia's Toibert Killed in Military Coup
Upheaval Threatens World's Biggest Convenience Flag Fleet
The stability of Liberia's ship of
state is now as big a question mark
as the safety of her merchant fleet at
sea. On April 12, the Liberian army
toppled the regime of the nation's
President William R. Toibert Jr.,
and replaced him as chief of state
with a 28-year-old army sergeant.
Toibert was shot to death in the
process.
Though 4500 miles and the
Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
separate the U.S. and this west coast
African nation, the tremors from the
Liberian coup may well rock the
U.S.
-America is heavily dependent on
flag of convenience ships of many
nations for carriage of our goods,
especially crude oil. But we depend
on none so heavily as the fleet that
flies the Liberian flag.
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More than 43 percent of our crude
oil imports are brought into the
United States on Liberian-registered
bottoms every year.
Overall, annual U.S. import and
export totals have climbed steadily
during the past 15 years. Beginning
in 1964, U.S. exports increased by
over 100 million tons a year while
American import totals rose a
whopping 600 million tons annually.
It's no secret that the American
flag merchant fleet has been on a
decline for years. Our slightly more
than 500 merchant ships today carry
less than 'five percent of all our
imports and exports combined, and
a scant 2.9 percent of our imported
oil.
But the number of merchant
vessels owned by American oil
companies and registered under the
Liberian flag has been growing by
leaps and bounds. Today that fleet
numbers over 2600 vessels, by far the
largest merchant fleet in the world.
The SIU and some high ranking
military experts have tried repeat
edly over the years to convince
Congress and the Administration
that our near total reliance on
foreign flag cairiage of oil and other
raw materials was both economi
cally unsound and reckless from a
national security point of view.
But the size and capability of the
U.S. merchant fleet has continued to
slip. And the government has con
tinued to believe, despite indications
to the contrary, that in the event of a
crisis, American-owned flag of
convenience vessels would give their
all for the good ole' U.S. of A.
However, history has proven that
the U.S. government's trust in the
loyalty of flag of convenience vessels
is misplaced. When Liberia was
governed by Toibert, who was
considered a stable leader and
strongly influenced by the U.S.,
American-owned Liberian-regis
tered vessels were not permitted to
abide by U.S. policy during the
Arab/Israel conflict of 1973.
At that time Toibert issued an
Executive Order forbidding any
Liberian-registered ship to partici
pate in the niilitary re-supply of
Israel. The penalty for violating the
Executive Order was a $50,000 fine
and cancellation of the certificate of
registry.
Seven years later, the U.S. is even
more dependent on Liberian-flag
ships, especially for carriage of oil,
than in 1973. Should he choose to
use it, the new military leader of
Liberia holds a powerful economic
weapon against the United States.
But there's another point against
assuming that U.S.-owned flag-ofconvenience vessels would be of any
use to America in time of emergency.
Even if Liberia and the other
governments of registry of those
vessels could be persuaded—or
forced—to assign thoseships to U.S.
use, there would be no guarantee
that those ships would be manned.
Foreign crews owe no loyalty to
either the U.S. or to the country of
registry of their ship.
The overdependence of the
United States on unstable foreign
nations for both our crucial raw
materials and the carriage of those
imports puts us in triple jeopardy.
First, we are heavily dependent on
unstable Middle Eastern countries
for our supplies of crude oil. Second,
as the coup in Liberia points out, we
are at the mercy of unstable third
world nations to transport those
commodities. And finally, we are
reliant on the nationals of at least
one and sometimes several other na
tions to crew those vessels.
While there is little the U.S. can
do, at the moment, to get out from
under the sway of oil supplying
nations, there is no reason why we
have to continue depending on
outside sources for our shipping
needs.
Unless we act soon to increase the
size and carriage capability of our
own fleet, the U.S. may well find
herself boxed into a corner with no
way out.
Waterman Steadily Modernizing Its Fleet With LASH Ships
SIU's contracted Waterman
Steamship continues to modernize
its fleet.
The Maritime Subsidy Board
(MSB) has approved Waterman's
application to bareboat charter
three LASH carriers from Central
Gulf Lines. These ships will be
replacement vessels on Trade Route
18.
This route covers trade from the
Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico
to India, the Persian Gulf and Red
Sea, Pakistan, and Burma.
The LASH vessels, which will he
chartered for 12 years, replace three
C4 ships. They are: the George
Walton, the Jeff Davis, and the
Thomas Nelson.
In approving Waterman's appli
cation, the MSB said that the longterm charter of the relatively new
Central Gulf LASH vessek will add
three modern ships to Trade Route
18 service. The Board added that
this charter "will significantly
modernize Waterman's fleet and
provide more efficient service."
Besides the ships. Waterman is
also chartering 450. lighters from
Central Gulf.
The former names of the Central
Gulf ships were; Green Harbour,
if Hurt on a Vessel, USPHS Must Still Be Utilized
The word from Seafarers and
Boatmen is that the recent ruling by
the Board of Trustees of the
Seafarers Welfare Plan making
USPHS optional is the best thing to
come along since bottled beer!
That new benefit—giving SIU
members the choice of the complete
health care offered at USPHS or the
identical coverage tiieir dependents
are eligible for at a private
hospital—has generated a lot of
enthusiasm.
There have also been some
questions raised about what to do in
special circumstances.
All seamen and boatmen who are
eligible for coverage under the
Seafarers Welfare Plan are entitled
to use either a USPHS hospital or a
private facility. If you opt for care at
a private facility, the section on
dependents coverage in your Wel
fare Plan booklet will explain
exactly which costs are covered and
which aK not.
Themii <}iie sftuation in which all
Seafarers and Boatmen must use
USPHS whenever possible.
In the case of sickness or accident
which requires emergency hospitali
zation occurring while you are
aboard a vessel, all SIU members
must still use the nearest USPHS
facility. If there is no USPHS
hospital in the port, you can be
taken to a private hospital for
emergency treatment.
If you receive emergency treat
ment in a private hospital in such an
instance you must notify the nearest
USPHS hospital within 48 hours.
The best way to notify USPHS
that you are receiving emergency
treatment in a private hospital is to
phone USPHS and follow-up your
phone call with a telegram within 48
hours.
A telegram provides concrete
proof that you notified USPHS
within the 48 hour period. With that
proof you eliminate the chance of
USPHS losing the record of your
phone call. Sometimes in the past.
USPHS has refused to pick up the
tab for a Seafarer or Boatman
receiving emergency care in a private
hospital because they have no record
of notification.
Green Islands, and Green Valley.
Their new names are: George
Wythe, Button Gwynett, and Wil
liam Hooper. The George Wythe
should be In operation by mid May
and the Button Gwynett and Wil
liam Hooper by the beginning and
end of June, respectively.
Also In June, Waterman will he
further modernizing Its fleet with a
new Roll-On/Roll-Off ship called
the Benjamin Harrison. She is
scheduled to be followed In Septem
ber by another new Ro/Ro, the
Edward Ruthledge. Waterman Is
also building three more new
Ro/Rp's, all of which should be
ready In 1981.
Delta Uruguay Committee
N Y. Patrolman Teddy BabkowskI (seated 2nd I.) is at a payoff last montfi aboard
the SS Delta Uruguay (Delta Line) at Port Newark, N.J. He's with the Ship's
Committee of (seated I. to r.) Recertified Bosun William "Bill" Fell, ship's chairman:
Chief Steward John Hunt, secretary-reporter 3rd Cook Fred Biegel, steward
delegate and an unidentified crewmember. In the background are BR "Sambo
botomayor and Deck Maintenance Ovidio R. Rodriguez, deck delegate.
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When the whistle blows, everyone goes—to the'
spring fitout on the Great Lakes that is.
HE inevitable has occured,
just as it does every year—
Spring! With, the possible
exception of a few players in
the National Hockey League,
no one is thinking about ice.
There might still be a little
floating around in the Up^er
Lakes Regions. But for the mbst
part, the cold of winter past isjust a memory—a memory to
be replaced as always by the
dutiful call of the steam whistle
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Roland Lindemuth wheelsman on the Lewis G.
Harriman (Huron Cement) does sorhe repairs on the
deck of the old cement carrier built in 1923.
as another shipping season on
the Great Lakes commences.
Seafarers will be coming
from points far and near to
return to the jobs they left at
season's end last year. Some
will come from homes in
Florida or California or other
sunny climes where they fled to
escape the chill winter winds,
Most, however, will be.travelling only a short distance from
their homes, in any of the many
cities and towns that dot the
On board the St. Clair (American Steamship) in
Sturgeon Bay, Wise. QMED Robert Brunk pumps out
some lubricating grease for the engine room."
coasts of the Great Lakes, to the
steamers they and probably
many of their own people
have called home for years.
In a matter of a few weeks the
men will have their ships ready
to sail. Cooks will busy
themselves in the galley
preparing the meals that will
provide nourishment to the
deck and engine personnel
who keep the vessels running
smoothly,
Soon, the ships will be ready
to take on cargo and carry it to
familiar ports-of-call. They'll
carry coal from the banks of
Lake Erie and taconite from the
western shores of Lake Mich
igan to supply the auto industry
in Detroit. Also, sand, stone
and gravel to supply materials
for the building trades. All
easily unloaded with the aid of
the massive cranes of selfunloading vessels.
Gordon Aikens, night porter on the
Lewis G. Harriman does a little daytime
water glass washing In the ship's
galley.
A man who should be no stranger to
Great Lake's Seafarers Is John "Mac"
McCllnton, formerly the SlU's port
agent In Alpena, Mich. Mac's gone
back to wheeling for Huron Cement
and Is seen here aboard the Harriman
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Ralph WIthrow, AB on the Paul Thayer
(Pringle Transit), has no quarrels with
the ore, coal and stone carriers' cook.
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who deftly applies a little chocolate syrup to a scoop of walnut
ice cream. The Log's photographer reportedly gained five
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The galley gang of theLewis G. are altogether and smiling. They are (I. to r.) Porter James P. Simpson- 2nd Cook
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season after wintering in Toledo, Ohio. On her portside is what is known on the
Lakes as a "bumboat", which supplies crewmembers with gum candy and
cigarettes, as well as other amenities.
Second cook David Grann (I.) slices some freshly baked bread while porter
Mohammed Ahmed waits to serve it to the crew of the Sf. C/a//-.
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& Inland Waters
United Industrial Workers
of North America
PRESIDENT
Paul Hall
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Joe DiGiorgio
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Frank Drozak
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
•*REGISTEREDON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
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10
9
23
52
25
36
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14
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
0
4
425
2
36
5
6
10
5
6
9
4
8
3
6
2
13
0
0
115
2
14
1
5
11
2
1
3
2
4
8
13
2
5
0
0
73
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
2
101
11
25
;.
4
16
17
11
23
8
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1
346
1
48
4
14
6
2 •
12
12
1,
7
4
10
3
13
1
1
139
0
5
0
2
2 .
2
0
0.
2
3
6
4
0
2
1
1
30
Port
0
40
3
12
9
4
18
24
9
19
6
12
14
19
0
0
189
Mobile
New Orleans ..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
PineyPoint ...
Yokohama
Totals
3
23
3
1
4
2
1
2
5
1
1
3
1
2
0
0
52
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
2
5
7
0
2
0
0
24
Port
Boston ...
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mob le
New Orleans ..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point ...
Yokohama ....
Totals
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1
19
1
1
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
9
3
1
0
0
46
5
148
13
34
51
9
37
106
57
65
33
55
15
103
0
4
735
5
47
10
10
20
4
13
22
11
11
8
7
1
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0
0
193
4
14
2
9
16
4
3
7
5
6
12
30
3
12
0
0
127
2
69
6
27
9
4
10
46
19
18
5
23
9
36
3
0
286
2
41
5
17
6
7
3
20
11
10
5
16
7
16
3
0
169
0
4
0 2
2
3
0
1
1
3
6
2
4
0
1
0
29
3
158
17
34
29
5
27
76
31
53
21
42
7
78
0
2
583
0
100
4
18
12
0
15
21
11
15
7
15
3
21
0
0
242
2
14
1
4
4
2
0
0
4
5
13
8
0
8
0
1
66
1
55
3
12
23
3
28
57
18
23
12
27
8
52
0
0
322
3
40
4
4
8
2
1
5
8
2
2
4
2
7
0
1
93
0
6
1
1
2
0
0
6
2
3
12
14
1
6
0
0
54
4
43
2
16
11
1
12
41
11
26
1
16
17
18
0
1
220
8
227
41
40
41
16
21
71
44
30
28
45
26
85
0
5
728
7
140
10
17
28
4
7
37
- 9
21
89
55
7
52
0
0
483
1,860
1,256
730
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
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14
61
6
21
6
7
2
19
12
10
11
10
12
17
3
1
212
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point ....
Yokohama
Totals
11
84
7
35
10
6
18
57
32
22
11
45
35
47
0
0
420
0
40
2
22
7
6
12
25
15
12
5
13
11
24
0
0
194
2
72
4
14
5
0
4
25
21
6
1
9
4
14
11
0
192
0
6
0
0
3
2
0
0
1
1
7
4
1
1
0
0
26
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
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1
30
4
11
5
1
12
30
7
18
2
12
13
24
0
1
171
6
125
21
18
14
10
5
33
19
21
7
34
16
49
16
4
398
3
65
2
8
10
2
5
9
3
7
26
36
3
15
0
0
194
1,131
704
321
900
573
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•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
Shipping in the month of March was good to excellent in all A&G deep sea ports, as it has been for the last
several years. A total of 1,574 jobs were shipped last month to SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. Of these, only 900
or slightly more than half, were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C seniority
people. Shipping is expected to remain good to tixcellent for the foreseeable future.
24 / LOG / April1980
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Ashore
Underwater pipelines have been laid, the offshore buoy unloading/
control platform will be floated into place this summer and work began
in February by three special drilling rigs to punch holes into a series
of onshore, underground storage salt caverns.
ST Zapata Ranger
Tampa
Retired Laker Quartermaster Bud Knuckey, 71, of Knuckey Rd.,
Brooksville, Fla. proves "it is productive to write your (U.S.)
representative (and/or) the President."
In Bud's own inimitable words he tells it like it is: "Several years back
when California was making noises like they didp't want (Alaska's) North
Slope oil landed on their shores, I wrote Jimmy Carter suggesting an
alternate method to bring the oil East.
"I then proposed a pipeline with its origin on Puget Sound (Wash.) its
terminus (end) at Great Falls, Mont, at (or near) the headwaters (source)
of the Missouri (River). The oil then to be barged all over the rivers'
system.
"Jimmy turned my information over to the (U.S.) Department of
Transportation which acknowledged my suggestion. When it seemed to
stagnate therp I then wrote to Sens. Frank Church (D-Ida.) and (then
solon) Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) through whose states the line must
cross.
"Now lo and behold, the pipeline is slated for Minnesota (Clearbrook)
and the mighty Mississippi (River)... with refineries established along the
route to take care of local gasoline consumption.
"How about that, coming from a dumb seaman?" Incidentally, Bud
and his missus celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Feb. 1.
SS Sea-Land Express
Sea-Land's fifth of 12 new D-9 class diesel containerships, the S-L
Express, was launched last month at Tamano, Japan.
New Orleans
Early this month, MARAD began building a $820,000 marine
firefighting school here to train seafarers. It will be completed by August
on three acres rented from Delgado Junior College near NASA's
Michoud Assembly Plant in the eastern part of the Crescent City.
The school will have a three-deck Ship's Training Simulator with 12
training compartments as well as facilities for training in fighting blazes in
the bilges, fuel trunks, pressure flanges and oil-drum stowage.
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In the middle of this month, a $125-million tax-exempt revenue bond
issue for the construction of the $600-miUion Louisiana Offshore Oil
Superport (LOOP) was quickly snapped up by investors.
The 8-9.298 percent serial bonds would pay off in 1983 and 2009. The
superport 19 miles out is not 3/5ths done. It started in late 1978 after the
first sale of $450-million of bonds at 6.3668 percent interest.
It will be the first U.S. deepwater (110 feet) unloading oil terminal 20
miles south of Grand Isle, La. and is set to open in February 1981. It will
be able to handle L4-million barrels daily of North Sea and West African
crude from tankers 175,000-750,000 dwt. drawing up to 95 feet.
Zapata Tanker's ST Zapata Ranger got the MARAD .green light to
make one unsubsidized trip early this month for the MSG carrying only
petroleum products from the Med to the Azores, United Kingdom or the
Continent. Zapata was the sole U.S. flagger to make a bid. The cargo
could have been carried by a foreign-flag ship.
Galveston
Galveston's 8,000 voters early this month okayed by 700 votes a,
referendum to build a $350-million deepwater crude oil port terminal on
Pelican Is.
Construction could start next spring after the project gets a 50-foot
dredging permit and Coast Guard clearance from claims that the terminal
posed a fire and explosion threat to the Gulf Coast city. It could go into
service in early 1983 receiving tankers up to and more than 250,000 dwt.
A bond issue would finance the project.
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Bay Tankers is seeking a MARAD OK to put the subsidized-built
225,000 dwt. supertanker TT Williamsburgh into the Alaska to the Lower
48 six-month run.
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Waterman Steamship Co. early last month had the keel laid for the new
R/0 R/O 692 foot John B. Waterman at Sun Shipyard, Chester, Pa. the
first of three combo containerships (the SS Thomas Heywood and the
SS Charles Carroll) to be built there.The others will be ready in July,
October, 1981. The first will be a 22 knot ship, able to carry 762 40 foot
containers, will be delivered in April 1981. Waterman will also have built
four 43,000 LASH vessels at Sun and Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans.
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Harbour, the Green Islands and the Green Valley irova. Central Gulf. Also
Waterman bought 36 LASH barges and chartered 450 lighters from
Central Gulf.
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Waterman last month also set up Southhampton, England as
its European headquarters with other offices in Rotterdanj, the
Netherlands and Bremerhaven, West Germany.
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Overseas Aleutian Committee
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... Accept the challenge!
The new American LNG tankers . . . they're the
best. That's why they're manned by the SIU.
We're the best — the best trained seafarers in the
world Accept the challenge of being the best.
Train now to serve aboard the finest, safest ships
built. LNG Courses are beginning at the Lundeberg School on June 23 and July 21.
Sign up today! Write or call:
Slu Patrolman Teddy BabkowskI (seated left) is at a payoff aboard the ST
Overseas Aleutian (Maritime Overseas) late last month at .Stapleton Anchorage
S.I., N.Y. Seated (right) is 3rd Gook Raul Garon, steward delegate. Standing (I. to r.)
is the rest of the Ship's Committee of Chief Steward Cleo Jones, secretaryreporter; Engine Delegate Joe Burns. Chief Pumpman Joh"
director; Bosun Ed "Rocky" Adams, ship's chairman and AB Harry Fisher, deck
delegate.
Horry Lundeberg School
Vocational Education Department
Piney Point, Maryland 20674
Phone: (301) 994-0010
You're one of the best... Accept the challenge!
April 1980 / LOG / 25
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AMERICAN HERITAGE (Apex
Marine), February 3—Chairman, Re
certified Bosun Leo Paradise; Secretary
M. Deloatch; Educational Director C.
Merritt. $30 in ship's fund. No disputed
OT. The steward congratulated General
Steward Utility, Miss Elizabeth Papciak
for the fine job she is doing aboard. She
is the best worker and the cleanest
worker that I have sailed with from
Piney Point. She will go a long way in
this profession. She works rings around
men. A vote of thanks to the steward
department for the best feeding ship.
Next port Stapleton.
OVERSEAS VALDEZ (Maritime
Overseas), February 3—Chairman A.
B. Caldeira; Secretary J. Craft; Educa
tional Director G. Angler; Deck Dele
gate D. Dinnes; Engine Delegate J.
Alvarado; Steward Delegate J. Gon
zalez. $38 in ship's fund. Some disputed
OT in deck department. Secretary
reported that the movie fund donations
were good and the movies being
obtained from other Maritime Overseas
ships were helping to build up a movie
library. It was requested that the
chairman contact the Union in regards
to the unsafe working conditions on
board, due to improper equipment.
There are also oil leaks and heavy oil
deposits in the pump room. A special
vote of thanks to the steward depart
ment and the baker.
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GOVE EXPLORER (Cove Ship
ping), February 17—Chairman J.
Bermudez; Secretary C. Kreiss; Educa
tional Director C. Crowder; Engine
Delegate* B. Burns. No disputed OT.
Chairman emphasized the importance
of upgrading and the need to support
SPAD. Advised members of President
Paul Hall's hospitalization and of
Executive Vice President Frank Drozak
carrying out the duties of President.
Brother Drozak will have the full
support of the crew of the Cove
Explorer. A note of congratulations to
Brother Kreiss on his acceptance to the
Steward R^ecertification at Piney Point.
He will truly be missed. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done.
OVERSEAS ANCHORAGE (Mari
time Overseas), February 17—Chair
man J. Burkeen; Secretary Ken Hayes;
Educational Director L. Cole. No
disputed OT. All communications
received were read and posted. Chair
man reports that the crew was sad to
•hear that our President Paul Hall is in
the hospital. Brother Frank Drozak was
given a 100% endorsement for filling in
as President and directing the Union
through these rough times. A hearty get
well to Paul Hall. The LNG school list
has been posted and the crew was asked
to upgrade if they qualify. A thank you
to Mrs. Kosciusko of the Log office for
her attention in getting the Log to the
ship.
26 / LOG / April 1980
EL PASO ARZEW (Arzew Tanker
Co.), February 3—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun S. Krawczynski; Secretary
J. Higgins. No disputed OT. Chairman
thanked the crew for a good trip. Report
to Log:"A very nice letter was written to
El Paso Vice President complimenting
the steward department on the meals
that have been served. The menu,
variation and service of same. A copy of
such was posted by the crew. Also cited
was the development of the Harry
Lundeberg School of Seamanship for
the work they have done from entry
rating thru recertification ratings that
have shown the work, training and job
preparation and pride in work of the
men and wopien involved."
VIRGO (Apex Marine), February
10—Chairman Dolph Holm; Secretary
Fred R. Hicks, Jr.; Educational Direc
tor William Turner; Deck Delegate G.
Durham; Engine Delegate Q. Zambrano; Steward Delegate Benjamin
Corpus. No disputed OT. Chairman
requested that all members cooperate
and do their respective jobs in true SIU
fashion. Always do it in a ship shape
manner. Educational director noted
that movies were being shown on board
for crew by licensed officers and that
there was a need for the crew to have its
own cassette and film library. Also that
many new brothers were being taught
fundamentals of Union membership.
Report to Log: "One of our brothers,
who is from England originally, has
been really keeping the brothers smiling
by telling them stories of his many
experiences aiid exploits ashore. He has
brought back many polaroid pictures
for the crew to enjoy." Next port
Yorktown.
OVERSEAS VIVIAN (Maritime
Overseas), February 25—Chairman J.
L. Bass; Secretary H. Roberts; Educa
tional Director D. Compeau; Deck
Delegate F. Rivera; Engine Delegate
Bryan Dunlap; Steward Delegate
Norman Evans. $21.40 in ship's fund.
OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden
No disputed OT. Not too many com
Marine), February 10— Chairman,
munications
received from Headquar
Recertified Bosun A. C. Campbell;
ters. Report to Log: "The crew as a
SeCTetary R. De Boissiere; Educational
whole said a prayer for our President
Director R. D. Holmes; Deck Delegate
Paul Hall and hope for a speedy
W. C. McKinnon; Engine Delegate R.
recovery.'
Next port Pamama Canal
B. Holmes; Steward Delegate Willie
Zone.
Smith. No disputed OT. Chairman
SEA-LAND HOUSTON (Sea-Land
thanked crew for their help and
Service),
' February 26—Chairman,
discussed the importance of donating to
Recertified Bosun* Julio Delgado;
SPAD. Educational Director reminded
Secretary H. Ortiz. No disputed OT.
everyone that safety is your job and
Chairman congratulated the officials at
mine. Everything that is not safe should
Piney Point for offering such important
be reported. The life you save may be
your own. A special vote of thanks to all . courses for this new technology on the
coming new Merchant Marine. Secre
departments. Report to Log: "Special
tary
noted that in the last Logyow could
praise to Captain Fergeruson, Chief
read about the new LNG ships we have
Steward Tony De Boissiere, Bosun A.
obtained. This means new, jobs, for
C. Campbell; R. W. Rodgers and R. D.
those who qualify. A vote of thanks to
Holmes for all their help in the sea^
the steward department for a job well
rescue of the boat Suzy off Key Largo.
done.
Three survivors were fed, clothed and
given medical attention on Jan. 19,2300
EL PASO HOWARD BOYD (El
hours." Next port Baltimore.
Paso Marine), February 17—Chair
ALLEGIANCE (Interocean Mgt.),
man, Recertified Bosun F. Walker;
February 6—Chairman K. MaVston;
Secretary D. Collins; Educational
Secretary G. Rosholt; Educational
Director L. Tanner; Engine Delegate
Director James H. Babson; Deck
Harry Gearhart. No disputed OT.
Delegate Arthur Vogel; Engine Dele
Chairman noted that President Hall was
gate E. Smith; Steward Delegate J.
very sick and all crewmembers wished
Buggs. $45.30 in ship's fund. No
him a speedy recovery. Steward dis
disputed OT. Educational Director
cussed the updated welfare plan and
noted that rough seas are with us and
told the crew that his copy was at the
everyone should be especially aware of
crews use but must be returned. A
his and his shipmates safety. Do-not
suggestion was made that tapes be
take unnecessary chances. A letter was
played all day. A vote of thanks to the^
received frbm headquarters in answer to
steward department for fine food. Next
question of why the minimum working
port Cove Point.
days were changed from 90 to 125 days
which came up in the last meeting.
SEA-LAND CONSUMER (SeaEverything was clearly explained in the
Land Service), February 10—Chair
letter. Next port Norfolk.
man, Recertified Bosun A. Lasnansky;
Secretary L. Webb; Educational Direc
GOLDEN MONARCH (Apex
tor S. Oterle; Engine Delegate K. Cook;
Marine), February 22—Chairman,
Deck Delegate Harvey Hood. No
Recertified Bosun J. L. Bourgeois;
disputed OT. Chairman gave a very
Secretary A. Romero; Deck Delegate
good talk on the advantages of upgrad
Charles Romano; Engine Delegate
ing and the chance to go to the LNG
Donald V. Cox. No disputed OT.
school. All hands were reminded to keep
Educational Director requested all
water tight doors closed in bad weather.
members to take advantage of upgrad
Secretary gave a vote of thanks to all for
ing at Piney Point. Report to Log: "All
their cooperation in making this a good
our best wishes to our President Paul
trip. A vote of thanks to the steward
Hall for a speedy recovery and a lasting
department for a job well done. Next
one.
port Houston.
SEA-LAND PATRIOT (Sea-Land
Service), February 12—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun Arthur Beck; Secre
tary C. E. Bell; Educational Director S.
Green; Deck Delegate R. A. Lawrence;
Engine Delegate Julian Lopez; Steward
Delegate Eli Kralich. The ship's chair
man urged all crewmembers to take care
of the new vessel and its equipment. No
disputed OT. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
Report to Log: "This is the first voyage
of the D-9 type vessel. It is equipped
with a suana bath, gym, library, a
spacious well equipped galley, 42 inch
beds for all the crew and 12.2 meters of
space for each mans room. The vessels
average speed is 22 knots." Next port
Yokohama.
COVE SAILOR (Cove Shipping),
February 24—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun E. K. Bryan; Secretary Raymond
P. Taylor; Educational Director O. T.
Gaskins. Some disputed OT in deck
department. All communications as
received were read and posted. Chair
man held a discussion on Union benefitSi
Bosun Recertification program and
upgrading classes. Advised all members
to read the Log as it will answer many
questions concerning your Union. A
vote of thanks to the steward depart
ment for a job well done.
Official ship's minutes were also
received from the following vessels:
POTOMAC
OGDEN CHALLENGER
COLUMBIA
SEA-LAND COMMERCE
PANAMA
OVRSEAS JUNEAU
GREAT LAND
SANTA MERCEDES
OVERSEAS ARCTIC
DEL SOL
SEA-LAND MC LEAN
JACKSONVILLE
ALEUTIAN DEVELOPER
OVERSEAS HARRIETTE
MONTICELLO VICTORY
SEA-LAND GALLOWAY
BORINQUEN
EL PASO CONSOLIDATED
DELTA PERU
AGUADILLA
PISCES
ANCHORAGE
OGDEN CHAMPION
MAYAGUEZ
ARECIBO
COVE SPIRIT
PHILADELPHIA
MERRIMAC
TAMARA GUILDEN
SEA-LAND VENTURE
OVERSEAS ALASKA
CAROLINA
CONNECTICUT
BEAVER STATE
DELTA AMERICA
CANTIGNY
THOMAS NELSON
COUNCIL GROVE
INGER
DELTA NORTE
DELTA PARAGUAY
^
TRANSCOLUMBIA
1
OVERSEAS WASHINGTON, I
ULTRAMAR
%
PUERTO RICO
LNG ARIES
OGDEN YUKON
MOBILE
WESTWARD VENTURE
SEA-LAND FINANCE
SEA-LAND ECONOMY
�U.S. Ships Visit· Red China: Still No Bilateral Pact
RADE
between
the U.S.
A C-5,
Tand China could eventually
combination break/
bulk/passenger ship, the Presi
provide a good deal of cargo for
dent
merchant ships. The question is,
the northern Chinese port of
whose ships will benefit?
Wilson spent six days in
and early October. In fact, even
bilateral agreements between the
though she was beat into China
U.S. and her trading partners.
by the ship of another U.S.-flag
Such agreements would guaran
line, the Wilson was the first to
tee that a certain amount of
Located
120
miles
Peking, Hsing Kiang is not a
and one third on Soviet vessels.
The Union believes that many
more of this type of agreement
U.S.
merchant
fle e t
is
to
why
such
China
an agreement
could
with
not ''come soon.
Trade between the two countries
something
that
has
·
not been
done for 30 years.
One of the first American
since U.S.-China trade reopened
was the SS President
. {American President Line). The
SIU
A&G
District
who
represents
and
early
The ships have been bringing
Rosander
Sea farer
with
gene�al
cargo,
including
pressed with what he saw. The
an ''excellent seamen's club" in
running on a regular schedule
people
the city, Rosander said, and a
yet since the trade is in the early
friendly. At a party that was
good
phase of development.
given on the ship one night, he
Mandarin food and fine service.
he
met
were
quite
restaurant
with
honey, said APL officials.
great
However, Sea-Land Service,
He had high praise for the beer
another SIU-contracted com
called Tsing-Tao.
pany, this month began the first
and other members of the crew
There· is also a Fijendship
store in port that gives seamen a
ship service between Shanghai
thought of their country. They
14 percent discount.
and North America.
were
Brother Rosander, a 19-year
Union veteran, had been hoping
will operate twice monthly.
of whom spoke English)
also
glad
that
relations
·•
the President Wilson would go
back to China before returning
party were port and immigra-
to
tion
But there's a good chance he'll
and
1978.
December of 1979.
November
APL ships to China are not
officials
served.
Union and the A&G District in
who could get time off also took
late
get around Hsing Kiang. There's
and
others
hand that oriental food not be
the Marine Cooks. and Stewards
in
very favorably im-
was
It had been requested befo re
ships ever since the merger of
Jackson visited northern China
did not get up to Peking, he did
connected with shipping.
the steward department on APL
all of whom spent four days in
Peking. Members of the crew
is 48 years
Most of the 45 guests at the
Wilson
China in-mid January while the
tallow and have· been returning
were better between the U.S.
and China.
ships to enter a Chinese port
12 passengers,
, ··pointed out. Though he himself
were very interested in what he
making calls on Chinese ports,
Taylor. The Taylor visited the
port of Shanghai in southern
over such cargoes as cotton and
cent
year American-flag ships began
President
travel"
found that the guests (99 per-
is already going on and just last
and ·the
she's the third largest seaport in
old,
And the SIU sees no reason
officials, they were the President
Jackson
large city, Rosander noted, but
Rosander,
survive.
vessels. According to company
'The ship was carrying her full
complement of
y e a r s . Bu t s h e w a s s o o n
fo llowed by two other APL
trips to China's capital.
There were "no restrictions on
China.
must be put into effect if the
APL ship to go to China in 30
Peeked at Peking
from
grain trade on American ships
movie called
Rosander said the "party
said, was Takubar.
agreed to send one third of their
is ten years old, was the first
went over great."
Peking. The port's old name, he
Russia
John Wayn�
The President Wilson,. which
also served
"War Wagon" was shown.
Hsing Kiang is the seaport for
This is what happened in 1972
and
and a
Chief Steward Carl Rosander,
trading.
U.S.
Cocktails were
As explained by the Wilson's
of the two nations doing the
the
not too distant future.
enter this particJ
i lar port.
cargo be reserved for the fleets
when
get back to China again in the
chicken. He said that everyone
took some of each.
Hsing Kiang jn late September
The SIU has been fighting for
cued beef sandwiches, and_ fried
his
So
Brother
Rosander
department
hamburgers,
prepared
hot dogs,
barbe-
Seattle,
Wash.
regularly
scheduled
container
Right now, _!he new service
Initial ports of call in North
America will be Oakland and
Long Beach, Calif. and Seattle,
She didn't.
Wash.
Report Progress in U.S.-China
Bilateral Shipping Agreement
Though finalization is not around
tage of the cargo that goes between
the corp.er, the U.S. and the People's
the U.S.
Republic of China are coming closer
reserved for the flag ships of each
to a shipping agreement.
nation.
and
Chin a would b e
Earlier this month a meeting was
Personals
held in Washingt on, D.C. between
Chinese maritime officials and a
Nick "Smokey" Yrdoljak
U.S. delegation led by Samuel B.
Nemirow, assistant
Please contact the Log at 499-6600
secretary of
Ext. 242.
commerce for maritime affairs.
This was the second meeting
If you know reefer maintenance,
between the two countries concern
you can make good money.
Please contact, Maria Pratts, 272
ing a shipping pact. Mr. Nemirow
Wyckoff Stree t, Apt. 6-H, Brooklyn,
said that a "developing.. working
So be a refrigerated container
mechanic.
Jose Pratts
N. Y., 1 1217.
relationship" has evolved between
Take the course.
the m a ritime officials of both
Get the skills.
0
Please contact your daughter, Kath·
ab le to "resolve a number of details,"
Nemirow stated.
Enroll now!
John H. Boyle Jr.
countries. The two sides have been
leen Kroen, 34 Van Ness Road, Bel·
·
mont, Mass. 02178. Tel. (617) 484-3530.
However, the countries have not
To sign up, contact:
Harry Lundeberg School
Piney Point, Maryland 2067 4
Phone: (301)994-0010
Refrlgeration Systems
Maintenance and
Operations Course
starts June
Money Due For
Potomac Trip
come to any conclusive agreement.
This
may happen at their next
meeting but no date has been set for
The foll owing Seafarers sh ould
that. Nemirow stressed that because
of the relationship between
contact Red Campbell at SIU Head
the
qu arters (212)-499-6600, regarding
parties, the scheduling of another
money due them from a voyage on the
meeting is easier than in the past.
SS Potomac.
Among the main issues in any
Leonard Quindley-S.S.# 030-24-2848
kind of maritim� agreement are
Carlos Miranda-S.S.# 580-36-1'194
cargo sharing and port access.
Robert Shaw-S.S# 156-46-5669
The SIU strongly believes that a
Gerald Orsefski-S.S.# 163-34-5171
bilateral shipping pact should exist
Vincent Grima-S.S.# 140-27-6474
between the two countries. This
James Dodd-S.S.# 224-40-4159
would mean that a certain percen-
David Stritmatter-S.S.# 214-72-7540
April 1980 I LOG I 21
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Legal Aid
QMED'S
In the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schuiman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10001
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
You Are Looking
At The Future
Get Ready ioi It!
Take the Diesel Engines
Course at HLS
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
It starts
July 7
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
f SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning
^ and Wash
100 Bush Street, Suite 1403
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
Contact HLS to enroll.
Dispatchers Report-for Inland Waters
MARCH 1-31,1980
*10741REGISTERED
TOTAL SHIPPED
AIGroupt
aamA ClassB ClassC
Port
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
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Mobile
NewOrleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco...
Wilmington
Seattle
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;
Houston
Port Arthur......... .*......................
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
Algonac
StLouis
PineyPoint
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Lbs ANGELES, CAUF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
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DECK DEPARTMENT
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ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
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DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
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Tettle
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263^6330
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•te
On Mar. 26, in a 147-page brief, the lawyers called for a hearing before
all judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. instead of
the three-judge panel which normally listens to appeals.
Norfolk
J
The new contract for SIU Boatmen at C. G. Willis Co. was wrapped up
late this month and was waiting for the company's signature then.
The contract for Marine Contracting and Towing Co. of Charleston,
S.C. was signed by the Union and the company in April. Johnny Waters is
the delegate there.
Mobile,
Contract negotiations at a new SIU company here, the Tan-Tex
Towing Co. has ended up in the courts. The company has refused to
bargain with the Union as of now. More later.
Tenn-Tombigbee Waterway
Backers of the half-completed $2-billion 232-mile Tenn-Tom
Waterway, who were arguing their case in Washington, D.C. on Mar. 24,
won another victory as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans
ruled that the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and environmentalists had
waited too long to file suit stating that the U.S. Corps of Engineers,
contrary to law, had widened the canal from 170 to 300 feet.
The decision confirmed an earlier favorable ruling.
Eight of thejvaterway's 10locks have been or are being built now. A 26mile stretch of the canal is being dug 175 feet down into hilly northeast
Mississippi countryside. The project will require more excavation than
was needed for the Panama Canal.
Coca-Cola early this month told the SEC that it will in May put the
riverboats Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen (Delta Steamship) on
independent status. COKE bought the firm in 1976. Bookings for trips on
the paddlewheelers are reported up.
Jacksonville
The new tug Admirals (Admiral Towing) captain and chief engineer
have taken her out for sea trials. Delivery is expected by the end of the
month.
lOTs new tug Independence, sistertug of the tug Freedom, was down
here from the port of Philadelphia so her Capt. W. Hudgins could take
command.
The dredge Sugar Island (North American Trailing) entered the
Tampa Shipyard for repairs last month.
Port Agent Leo Bonser, vice-president of Florida's AFL-CIO and a
state Carter convention delegate, went up to the capital, Tallahassee last
month with Crowley Engineer Richard McAvoy for an AFL-CIO
meeting.
New Orleans
Louisiana motorists' green, white and orange license plates will have a
brand new look next January featuring a Mississippi River steamboat, oil
drilling rig and leaping fish with the nickname, "Sportsman's Paradise."
Tampa
Port Arthur
.
Voting by members was going on here almost a week before LOG
presstime on the Sabine Towing Co. contract. Sabine is also building two
new tugs. Construction though is not yet in the advanced stages. They will
be SIU top to bottom.
Western Towing contract negotiations will start at the end of the year.
St. Louis
Contract talks at Orgulf and Ozark Marine are over with the pact
ratified by the membership, signed and sealed and delivered.
Lock and Dam 26
Legal beagles for railroads and environmentalists have appealed the
October 1979 decision by U.S. Federal Judge Charles E. Richey granting
the Army Corps of Engineers the right to begin work on a new Lock and
Dam 26 on the Mississippi River at Alton, 111.
Late last month our Gulf Relief Cook Duncan V. "Pat" Patterson
advised us .that he was working again on the tug Alice Moran from Ft.
Lauderdale to Texas City, Tex. via Goodhope, La. and Beaumont, Tex.
and back in two weeks. He says his captain paints seascapes and hears he's
"pretty good." Most of them go for "several hundred dollars apiece!",
hears Pat.
Old Morris Canal, NJ.
A unique civil engineering feat, that let boats in northern New Jersey's
century old Morris Canal (1831-66) surmount 900-foot high
mountainous terrain along the waterway's route, has been named a
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society
of Civil Engineers.
The canal after the Civil War handled more than 889,000 tons of cargo.
It used 23 hydraulic powered inclined planes in combo with the locks to
"climb" the boats 914 feet from Newark Bay to the top at the tip of Lake
Hopatcong. There they were lowered gradually 760 feet to the Delaware
River at Phillipsburg, Pa. The total rise and fall was just over 1,672 feet in
a little more than 90 miles—a milestone in those days.
f
Mount Vernon Victory Committee Notice On shipping Procedures (Deep Sea)
When throwing in for work
during a Job caii at any SiU
Hiring Haii, soamon must pro
duce the foiiowing:
• membership certificate
(where possessed)
• registration card
• ciinic card
• seaman's papers
• vaiid, up-to-date passport
in addition, when assigning
a job the dispatcher wiii compiy with the foiiowing Section
5, Subsection 7 of the SiU
Shipping Rules:
"Within each class of senior
ity rating in every Depart
ment, priority for entry rating
jobs shall be given to ail sea
Early this month the Ship's Committee and these four other crewmembers of the
ST Mount Vernon Victory (Victory Carriers) were at the payoff at the Exxon Dock,
Bayway, N.J. They were (rear I, to r.) AB Frank Zapata, deck delegate, Chief
Pumpman Bernard Burge, educational director; Bosun Gene Paschall, ship s
chairman and OS John Williams. In front (I. to r.) were AB John Landry, OS Jim
Lewis, BR Anthony L. Hammond, steward delegate and AB Juan Castillo.
men who possess Lifeboatman endorsement by the
United States Coast Guard.
The Seafarers Appeals Board
may waive the preceding sen
tence when, in the sole judg
ment of the Board, undue
hardship will result or extenu
ating circumstances warrant
such waiver."
Also, ail entry rated mem
bers must show their last six
months discharges.
Further, the Seafarers Ap
peals Board has ruled that "0
classification seamen may
only register and ssTii as entry
ratings in only one depart
ment."
DEEP SEA
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�Clarence F. Burrowes, 63, joined
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: the SIU. in 1943 in the port of New
' York sailing as a chief cook. Brother
Personal Safety Award in 1960 for
Seth Thomas Bennett, 72, joined
Ala.
sailing aboard an accident-free ship,
the Union in the port of Norfolk in
the SS Seatrain Georgia. Seafarer
1967 sailing as a cook on the Tug
Sung Yuen Chen, 65, joined the
Southern Carriers. He is a veteran of
Oscar Ozer, 51, joined the SIU in
the U.S. Coast Guard during World
is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He is a
the port of New York in 1966 sailing
War II and the U.S. Navy before the
resident of San Francisco.
as a fireman-watertender and cook.
war. Boatman Bennett was born in
born in Philadelphia and is a resident
Raleigh, N.C.
in 1945 in the port of New Orleans
sailing as a chief cook. Brother
of Flourtown, Pa.
Bernard Joseph Iwanowski, 62,
Coleman upgraded at the Harry
joined the Union in the port of
Lundeberg School, Piney Point, Md.
Philadelphia in 1960 sailing as a cook
in 1970. He was born in New Orleans
Luis Santiago Medina, 69, joined
for Taylor and Anders
. on from 1958
and is a resident there.
to 1979, the Warner Co. and the
' the SIU. in 1948 in the_ port of New
Iwanowski is a veteran of the U.S.
Medina was on the picketline in the
Narvi Co. from 1947 to 1958. Brother
Felix Elizga Dayrit, 65, joined the
SIU in 1948 in the port of New York
sailing as a fireman-watertender.
York sailing.as a QMED. Brother
Army's 5th Armored Division in
1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. A native of
Phjladelphia and is a resident there.
Miami, Fla.
World War II. He was born in
Brother Dayrit is a veteran of the
U.S. Army during World War IL He
was born in the Philippine Islands
Hato Rey, P.R., he is a resident of
Henry Suire, 59, joined the Union
an�f is a resident of San Francisco.
in Port Arthur, Tex. in 1962 sailing as
Dayrit has patents on severl1_1 things
Angel Seda, 57, joined the SIU in
a dec khand and t a nkerman for
·
1939 in the port of Baltimore sailing
Sabine Towing from 1952 to 1980.
as a chief steward. Brother Seda was
the NMU. He is a veteran of the U.S.
of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Brother Suire is a former member of
Esposito, 6 3 ,
joined the SIU i n the port o f New
born in Puerto Rico and is a resident
Navy in World War IL Boatman
York in 1960 sailing as a chief cook
Suire was born in Menteau, La. and
and chief steward. Brother Esposito
is a resident of Port Arthur.
sailed for the American Banner Lines
Co. and worked on the Sea-Land
Randolph Auburn Ruckus, 72,
(N.J.) Shoregang from 1974 to 1979.
He attended the Andrew Furuseth
joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of
Boston sailing as an AB. Brother
: Norfolk i n 1963 sailing a s a mate,
Faulkner is a veteran of the U.S.
captain and pilot for the Curtis Bay
1959. Seafarer Esposito is a veteran
Army and a former
Towing Co. and formerly for the
Army in World War 11. He was born
1960. Brother Buckus is a veteran of
Roxbury, Mass.
in B oston and is a resident of
Bruan Shipping Corp. from 1953 to
·
Born in New York City, he is a
resident of Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
Charles Frank, 62, joined the SIU
the U.S. Army in World War II. He
was born in Norfolk and is a resident
Pennsylvania and is a
resident of Wilmington, Calif.
Rufus Holladay, 59 ,
joined the SIU in the port of Mobile
sailing as a chief cook.
Brother Holladay sailed 34 years. He
is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard
in World W a r II. A native of
Greenville, Ala., he is a resident of
Mobile.
·
of Virginia Beach, Va.
in 194 7 in the port of New York
sailing as an AB. Brother Frank was
in 1958 sailing as a chief cook.
Brother Garland sailed 25 years. He
Charles Edgar Morris, 65, joined
is a veteran of the U.S. Army in
the Union in the port of Philadelphia
in 1961 sailing as a mate, captain and
World War II. Seafarer Garland was
from 1945 to 1979. Brother Morris
was a chief petty officer in the U.S.
resident of Johnson City, Tenn.
born in Millville, N .J.
SIU in the port of New York in 1950
born in Bakersville, N.C. and is a
pilot for the Curtis Bay Towing Co.
.Anthony Scaturro, 62, joined the
Navy during World War II. He was
resident of Oaklyn, N .J.
and is a
sailing as a chief steward. Brother
·
Ernest J. Ross, 59, joined the
bricks in the 1965 District Council 37
' beef. Seafarer Scaturro is a veteran of
gateman for the Boland Steamship
native of Brooklyn, N. Y., he is a
in 1960 sailing as a deckhand and
the U.S. Navy in World War II. A
Co. Brother Ross was born i n
' resident of For� Lauderdale, Fla.
Alpena.
William Leslie Sumner, 65, joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in
New York sailing in the steward
sailed as a steward departm' e nt
.,
delegate. He hit the b!-icks in the 1961
Greater N .Y. Harbor beef. Seafarer
Kumiega is a veteran of the U.S. ,
Army in World War II. Born in
Scaturro sailed 36 years. He hit the
Union in the port of Alpena, Mich.
joined the SIU i n 1949 in the port of
department. Brother Kumiega also
Paul Eugene Garland, 58, joined
the SIU in the port of San Francisco
Detroit, Mich. and i s a resident o f
Frank C h a rl e s Ku m i e g a, 5 8 ,
Thomas Francis Faulkner, 57,
.
joined the Union in the port o f
Training School, Brooklyn, N.Y. in
of the Teamsters Union.
Brother Ozer sailed 28 years. He was
Dunn1 N .C. and is a resident of
Adie Coleman, 65, joined the SIU
1959
La.
Brother Bennett helped to organize
Brother Chen was born in China and
in
U.S. citizen. He is a resident of Arabi,
for North Euroboat Towing in 1977.
steward department for 22 ·years.
Johnnie
Central America and is a naturalized
Allied Towing from 1962 to 1972 and
1966 sailing as an AB and in the
born in
Van Severen was born in Honduras,
Sharon B. (Norfolk Towing) in 1973,
SIU in the port of San Francisco in
of the U.S.
Severen, 69,
sailed 38 years. He received a. Union
' citizen and is a resident of Prichard,
member
Van
watertender. Brother Van Severen
West Indies, is a naturalized U.S.
Thomas James
A.
Orleans in 1956 sailing as a fireman
Burrowe·s was born· in the British.
he has invented.
Augustin
joined the SIU in the port of New
1960 sailing as a cook for Curtis Bay
Ernest Harold Wiley, 71, joined
Towing Co. from 1956 to 1959,
the SIU in the port of San Francisco
in
1963
sailing
in
in
Kansas and is
the
GATCO from 1959 to 1980 and for
steward
the IBC Co., Philadelphia. Brother
department. Brother Wiley was born
Newark, Calif.
a
resident
Sumner was a fprmer member of the
of
NMU and UMW from 1956 to 1960.
He.was born in Hertford, N.C. and is ,
a resident there.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., he is a resident of
Baltimore.
Anastasios Athanasios Avzangelis,
Lorenzo Rinaldi, 62 , joined the
SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1955
sailing as a chief steward and chief
cook. Brother Rinaldi sailed on the
B ul l Line.
He sailed 33 years.
Conrad Olaf Schmidt, 66, joined
in 1960 sailing as a fireman-water
tender for the Reiss Steamship Co.
Brother Schmidt sailed 39 years. He
Seafarer Rinaldi was born in La
was born in Washington Is., Wisc.
citizen. He is a resident of Baltimore.
Wisc.
Spezia, Italy and is a naturalized U.S.
30 I LOG I April 1980
and is a resident of Sturgeon Bay,
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65, joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1965 sailing as a QMED.
Brother Avzangelis graduated as an
electrician from the Union-MEBA
District 2 School of Marine Engi
neering, Brooklyn, N. Y. in 1970.
He was born in Paloukia, Salamis,
Greece and is a resident of Brooklyn.
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Lakes
Picture
Dnlnth
Fit out on the Lakes is running full speed ahead and most SIUcontracted Great Lakes vessels are expected to be operating by April 15.
The Belle River (American Steamship) which laid up for the winter in
Duluth, will be making a delayed start this year. While she was laid up the
thousand footer had a hole punctured in her rudder which filled up with
water, causing the rudder to crack. The rudder will either have to be
replaced or repaired before the Belle River can start running.
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Also fitting out in Duluth are two Kinsman grain ships, the William A.
McGonnagle and the C. L. Austin. Both vessels are loaded and will be
leaving Duluth by the first week in April.
Figures for the 1979 shipping season show total waterborne commerce
for the port of Duluth-Superior was u^by 2.3 million short tons or five
percent in 1979. The biggest increases came in domestic coal shipments
which rose 24. percent over 1978 tonnage totals and in iron ore and
concentrates which outstripped the 1978 figures by 32,429,797 tons.
Cleveland
The SIU hall in Cleveland re-opened on March 1 and Tom Bluitt has
been named the port agent there. Bluitt joined the SIU in 1970 and has
shipped deep sea; and on tugs and freighters on the Lakes. He started
working on-shore for the Union in 1974.
Bluitt says "things are moving" in Cleveland. The J. A. W. Iglehart
(Huron Cement) was the first SlU-contracted vessel to crew up and sail
from Cleveland.
Chicago
Fitting out from this port were the John A. Kling, the John J. Boland,
the Sharon, the St. Clair and the Indiana Harbor (all American
Steamship). In addition, the SIU crew working the fueler Joseph E.
Bigane was recalled at the end of March.
Also fitting out were: the Charles E. Wilson and the H. Lee White
(American Steamship) in Muskegon; Presque Isle (Litton Great Lakes
Corp.) in Milwaukee; and the L. G. Harriman and Paul H. Townsend
(Huron Cement) in Green Bay.
Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. held a brief ceremony in Massena,
N.Y., near the Eisenhower and Snell Locks. Participating were
Development Corp. Administrator David W. Oberlin and Marc
Bienvenue, acting president of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority,
which administers the waterway for Canada.
Winter Shipping
It may be spring to everybody else but opponents and supporters of
winter shipping on the Great Lakes are still fighting it out. On the heels of
a report by the Army Corps of Engineers urging an extended shipping
season, comments from the public ran strongly against the proposal,
according to the Corps.
Most of the comments came from residents of N.Y.'s St. Lawrence
River Valley including several environmental groups which argued that
the Corps' report underestimated the negative impact of a season
extension. (The Corps has recommended a 12-mpnth navigation season
on the upper four Great Lakes and a 10-month season on the Welland
Canal, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River).
Opponents of the plan argued that a season extension would damage
the ecology through vessel groundings, the affect of broken ice on shore
structures and winter shipping might harm fish, wildlife and disrupt
winter recreation.
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On the other side of the coin, winter shipping gained strong
advocates last month. The Great Lakes Task Force, a coalition of
maritime labor and industry groups from the Great Lakes states, cited a
permanent extension of the St. Lawrence Seaway shipping season as apriority goal. •
In a recent report the Task Force described the current 8 month season
as a "crippling, artificial apd unnecessary curtailment of one of the
nation's most energy efficient and low-cost water transportation
systems."
The Task Force argued that 11 million gallons of fuel would be saved
by moving 15 million gross tons of iron ore via the Great Lakes during the
winter instead of by railroad. That savings increases to 100 million
gallons of fuel when water shipping is compared to highway transport.
The Task Force pinpointed several other legislative goals which they
will be devoting their energies to, including: reduction of Seaway tolls; a
new lock at Sault Ste. Marie to ease the load of traffic passing through the
Poe, the only lock large enough to handle 1,000 footers and; subsidies to
give U.S. carriers a larger percent of U.S./Canada trade than the paltry
five percent they now handle.
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Make
Fitting out for the first time ever is American Steamship's brand-new
American Mariner. Details of her christening, which will be held on
April 15, will be carried in the Log.
The first SlU-contracted vessel to call at the port of Chicago was the
cement carrier Medusa Challenger (Cement Transit Co.).
Frankfort
Four SIU FO.WTs and six ABs weVe called aboard the carferry Arthur
K. Atkinson the last week in March. But the AKA isn t going anywhere
just yet other than to the shipyard—she's still minus her engine.
Meanwhile, the City of Milwaukee was tied up "indefinitely" due to lack
of freight. That leaves the Viking ihe only SlU-contracted car ferry
running out of the port of Frankfort for the time being.
St. Lawrence Seaway
The St. Lawrence Seaway opened for the 1980 shipping season on
March 24, the earliest start date ever in the Seaway's 21-year history. For
the first 10 days to two weeks of the season, the Seaway was open only
during daylight hours because of ice conditions. Two ice-breaking tugs
one American and one Canadian—have been busy for the past few weeks
clearing the systefh for navigation.
To mark the official onening of the 1980 season on the waterway the St.
upgrade in the Steward
Department at HLS
Chief Stewoffd - throughout June
Chief Cook - throughout June
Cook and Baker - throughout June
Assistant Cook - throughout June
To enroll, contact the Lundeberg School or fill out the applicaj
tion in this issue of the Log.
April 1980 / LOG I 31
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Without Adequate Merchant Fleet
lECENT events in the Middle
East have raised serious ques
tions about this country's state of
military preparedness. It has finally
begun to dawn on many Americans
that we may be jeopardizing our
national interests by allowing our
defense capability to languish.
Any discussion of America's
defense capability must begin with
the sea. America is first and fore
most a seapower.
The United States has historically
relied upon its naval and maritime
prowess to, protect and advance its
position in the world. Americans are
isolated from many of the world's
troubled spots by virtue of our
geographical location. So we have
been forced to use the sea as both a
shield and a highway.
is oil. But that is only a small part of
the total picture. America must
import substantial amounts of
cobalt, titanium, manganese, chro
mium, berrylium, tin, nickel, indus
trial diamonds, rubber, bauxite,
antimony, and asbestos, all of which
are vital to a war-time economy.
To give just one example: chro
mium is used in stainless steel and in
ball bearings. We import virtually
every ounce of chromium that is
used in this country. Were the flow
of chromium interrrupted, our warmachiile would be seriously dam
aged.
The U.S. government has allowed
our merchant marine to deteriorate
to the point where 95% of our oceanhorne foreign commerce must be
to carry any cargo of arms, arma
ment, or Implements of war to
countries in the Middle East in
volved in the conflict."
Translated that means: America,
you're on your own. So much for
EUSC, or effective U.S. Control.
One more question remains to be
asked: will Liberia be the Iran of
Africa?
Unrest in Liberia
Like Iran before the overthrow of
the Shah, Liberia has been por
trayed as a model of stability.
Unfortunately, there are serious
•undercurrents in that country. There
exists a great deal of social unrest.
In the past few months students
have taken to staging protests, much
To anyone outside the maritime
industry, it may come as a shock to
realize that the merchant marine,
plays an important part in this of
any nation's overall ability to defend
itself. The merchant marine helps
augment a country's "Sealift"
capability, and it carries the com
mercial goods needed to maintMn a
war-time economy.
The term Sealift refers to the
whole range of logistic issues that
are involved in the overseas trans
port of troops and supplies. While
the issues are crucial to our national
security, they lack "sex appeal", as
Admiral Isaac Kidd, former naval
commander of the Atlantic forces,
has stated in committee hearings on
Capitol Hill.
No Coordbiation of U.S. Policy
Air Transport Not Enough
The necessity of maintaining a
strong merchant marine has often
been overlooked. Many people
believe that air transportation can
assume many of the duties of the
merchant marine. This is a popular
misconception. It has been esti
mated that air transportation could
move, at most, ten percent of the
troops and supplies needed in any
major overseas conflict.
Moreover, air transportation
accounts for an insignificant percent
of this country's foreign commerce,
The overwhelming majority of
foreign commerce is carried by
merchant vessels, most 'of which,
unfortunately, are foreigp flag.
One of the most startling develop
ments of the past 20 years has been
the growing American dependence
on imported strategic materials.
Military industry would come to a
standstill unless merchant vessels
were available to bring these ma
terials to the United States in
protected convoys.
Iran a Lesson
Given recent developments in
Iran, the most obvious strategic
material that America must import
32 / LOG / April 1980
Much of the growth has been as a
result of responsible Soviet policies.
Government officials have pin
pointed areas of strategic concern,
and have followed policies which
would shore up Soviet strength.
In the last decade, Soviet planners
were able to drastically increase the
overall tonnage of the Soviet fleet, to
the point where the Soviet Merchant
Marine has become one of the
largest in the world. T?ie Soviet fleet
has 2.500 vessels, as compared to the
Jive hundred or so that are under
U.S. registry.
Experts believe that the Soviets
will consolidate their position in the
upcoming decade by modernizing
their entire fleet.
Special attention is expected to be
paid to pipeline development, which
plays an important part in the tanker
sector, and to new container ships,
roll-ons, lighters and ferryboat
technology.
All of these commercial advances
have been carefully co-ordinated
with the Russian military to
maximize the Soviet's combined
military and commercial strength.
carried by foreign flag vessels. Many
of these vessels are of Liberian,
Panamanian and Honduran regis
try. These foreign "flag-of-convenience" vessels have been labeled
EUSC by the Pentagon. This means
they are under "Effective U.S.
Control."
EUSC: the acronym has a certain
ring to it. Unfortunately, there is
very little truth behind the concept,
only a great deal of wishful thinking.
Effective Control a Joke
As events in Iran have proven, no
American ally is under U.S. "con
trol". Take Liberia, for example. It
has, on the surface, been a staunch
U.S. ally. But in 1973, during the
height of the Yom Kippur War,
William Tolbert, the President of
Liberia, issued an executive order
which stipulated that among other
things that, "No vessel with a
Liberian Registry shall be permitted
like the protests that appeared in
Iran at the onset of the Iranian
Revolution. Coupled with that
development is an underlying dis
satisfaction on the part of an over
whelming majority of Liberian
people.
There is a highly structured social
system in Liberia. If a person doesn't
belong to the five percent of people
who are descended from American
slaves, then that person is excluded
from power and social prestige. It is
a highly volatile situation.
Soviet Fleet Dominant
In addition to the decline of the
•American Merchant Marine and this
nation's dependence on unreliable
foreign flag vessels, one more factor
exists: the growth of the Soviet fleet.
Western experts have been at a loss
to explain the spectacular growth
that has occurred in the past two
decades.
Soviet planning contrasts sharply
to American policies. Budget cuts
are threatening the health of the
entire merchant marine. More
importantly, there has been little or
no attempt to co-ordinate maritime
and naval policies.
The Navy is pushing for passage
of the Marine Prepositioning Ship
concept, an idea which has evolved
from a program rejected by Con
gress in the mid '60s. The program is
geared towards increasing American
Sealift capability.
The program would be fine if it
were not for one thing: it entirely
ignores the private merchant ma
rine, which should be the focus of
any attempt to increase American
Sealift power.
When pressed on the subject.
Pentagon experts talk lamely of
"EUSC" foreign flag ships.
It is depressing to think that the
only major attempt in recent years to '
fashion a coherent American policy
on Merchant Shipping has been the
Omnibus Bill, an imperfect piece of
legislation which seems destined
never to see the light of day.
While recent events in the Middle
East have painted a dreary picture,
especially in relation to the Ameri
can Merchant Marine, one thing can
not be overlooked. Dreary pictures
don't have to remain bleak. Fore
sight and timely action can accom
plish miracles. If the Iranian crisis
forces Americans to face up to the
policies that they've followed in the
maritime sector, then at least some
good will have come from a terrible
situation.
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lECENT events in the Middle
East have raised serious ques
tions about this country's state of
military preparedness. It has finally
begun to dawn on many Americans
that we may be jeopardizing our
national interests by allowing our
defense capability to languish.
Any discussion of America's
defense capability must begin with
the sea. America is first and fore
most a seapower.
The United States has historically
relied upon its naval and maritime
prowess to. protect and advance its
position in the world. Americans are
isolated from many of the world's
troubled spots by virtue of our
geographical location. So we have
been forced to use the sea as both a
shield and a highway.
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The necessity of maintaining a
strong merchant marine has often
been overlooked. Many people
believe that air transportation can
assume many of the duties of the
merchant marine. This is a popular
misconception. It has been esti
mated that air transportation could
move, at most, ten percent of the
troops and supplies needed in any
major overseas conflict.
Moreover, air transportation
accounts for an insignificant percent
of this country's foreign commerce,
The overwhelming majority of
foreign commerce is carried by
merchant vessels, most 'of which,
unfortunately, are foreign flag.
One of the most startling developihents of the past 20 years has been
the growing American dependence
on imported strategic materials.
Military industry would come to a
standstill unless merchant vessels
were available to bring these ma
terials to the United States in
protected convoys.
Iran a Lesson
Given recent developments in
Iran, the most obvious strategic
material that America must import
Much of the growth has been as a
result of responsible Soviet policiesr
Government officials have pin
pointed areas of strategic concern,
and have followed policies which
would shore up Soviet strength.
In the last decade, Soviet planners
were able to drastically increase the
overall tonnage of the Soviet fleet, to
the point where the Soviet Merchant
Marine has become one of the
largest in the world. The Soviet fleet
has 2,500 vessels, as compared to the
five hundred or so that are under,
U.S. registry.
Experts believe that the Soviets
will consolidate their position in the
upcoming decade by modernizing
their entire fleet.
Special attention is expected to be
paid to pipeline development, which
plays an important part in the tanker
sector, and to new container ships,
roll-ons, lighters and ferryboat
technology.
All of these commercial advances
have been carefully co-ordinated
with the Russian military to
maximize the Soviet's combined
military and commercial strength.
No Coordination of U.S. Policy
Air Transport Not Enough
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To anyone outside the inaritime
industry, it may come as a shock to
realize that the merchant marine,
plays an important part in this of
any nation's overall ability to defend
itself. The merchant marine helps
augment a country's "Sealift"
capability, and it carries the com
mercial goods needed to maintain a
war-time economy.
The term Sealift refers to the
whole range of logistic issues that
are involved in the overseas trans
port of troops and supplies. While
the issues are crucial to our national
security, they lack "sex appeal", as
Admiral Isaac Kidd, former naval
commander of the Atlantic forces,
has stated in committee hearings on
Capitol Hill.
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is oil. But that is only a small part of to carry any cargo of arms, armathe total picture. America must ment, or implements of war to
import substantial amounts of countries in the Middle East in
cobalt, titanium, manganese, chro volved in the conflict."
mium, berrylium, tin, nickel, indus
Translated that means: America,
trial diamonds, rubber, bauxite. you're on your own. So much for
antimony, and asbestos, a:il of which EUSC, or effective U.S. Control.
are vital to a war-time economy.
One more question remains to be
To give just one example: chro asked: will Liberia be the Iran of
mium is used in stainless steel and in
Africa?
ball bearings. We import virtually
Unrest in Liberia
every ounce of chromium that is
used in this country. Were the flow
Like Iran before the overthrow of
of chromium interrrupted, our war- the Shah, Liberia has been por
machihe would be seriously dam- trayed as a model of stability.
aged.
Unfortunately, there are serious
The U.S. government has allowed •undercurrents in that country. There
our merchant marine to deteriorate exists a great deal of social unrest.
to the point where 95% of our oceanIn the past few months students
borne foreign commerce must be have taken to staging protests, much
carried by foreign flag vessels. Many
of these vessels are of Liberian,
Panamanian and Honduran regis
try. These foreign "flag-of-convenience" vessels have been labeled
EUSC by the Pentagon. This means
they are under "Effective U.S.
Control."
EUSC: the acronym has a certain
ring to it. Unfortunately, there is
very little truth behind the concept.
only a great deal of wishful thinking
Effective Control a Joke
As events in Iran have proven, no
American ally is under U.S. "con
trol". Take Liberia, for example. It
has, on the surface, been a staunch
U.S. ally. But in 1973, during the
height of the Yom Kippur War,
William Tolbert, the President of
Liberia, issued an executive order
which stipulated that among other
things that, "No vessel with a
Liberian Registry sball be permitted
like the protests that appeared in
Iran at the onset of the Iranian
Revolution. Coupled with that
development is an underlying dis
satisfaction on the part of an over
whelming majority of Liberian
people.
There is a highly structured social
system in Liberia. If a person doesn't
belong to the five percent of people
who are descended from American
slaves, then that person is excluded
from power and social prestige. It is
a highly volatile situation.
Soviet Fleet Dominant
In addition to the decline of the
•American Merchant Marine and this
nation's dependence on unreliable
foreign flag vessels, one more factor
exists: the growth of the Soviet fleet.
Western experts have been at a loss
to explain the spectacular growth
that has occurred in the past two
decades.
Soviet planning contrasts sharply
to American policies. Budget cuts
are threatening tbie health of the
entire merchant marine. More
Importantly, there has been little or
no attempt to co-ordinate maritime
and naval policies.
The Navy is pushing for passage
of the Marine Prepositioning Ship
concept, an idea which has evolved
from a program rejected by Con
gress in the mid '60s. The program is
geared towards increasing American
Sealift capability.
The program would be fine if it
were not for one thing: it entirely
Ignores the private merchant ma
rine, which should be the focus of
any attempt to increase American
Sealift power.
When pressed on the subject.
Pentagon experts talk lamely of
"EUSC" foreign flag ships.
It is depressing to think that the
only major attempt in recent years to
fashion a coherent American policy
on Merchant Shipping has been the
Omnibus Bill, an imperfect piece of
legislation which seems destined
never to see the light of day.
While recent events in the Middle
East have painted a dreary picture,
especially in relation to the Ameri
can Merchant Marine, one thing can
not be overlooked. Dreary pictures
don't have to remain bleak. Fore
sight and timely action can accom
plish miracles. If the Iranian crisis
forces Americans to face up to the
policies that they've followed in the
maritime sector, then at least some
good will have come from a terrible
situation.
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No^ce to Members of Former Marine Cooks & Stewards Union
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Rules Governing Suspensions of BeneSts for Pensioners Who Return to Active Duty
The SIU Pacific District-Pacific
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ment is secured or commences
in the same geographic area
covered by the Plan.
Maritime Association Pension Plan
Agreement provides that pension
benefits will be suspended if a
pensioner obtains certain types of
employment subsequent to his re
tirement. The following are the types
of prohibited employment:
• All retirees must not work in
any employment covered by
the Plan aboard any vessel
operated by a Contributing
Employer, for the Union, or
under any collective bargaining
agreement to which the Union
is a party. .
• Those persons who retire on or
after January 1, 1976, in
addition to the foregoing basic
requirements, must not work in
shoreside employment for a
Contributing Employer which
results in pension credits under
a pension plan maintained by
any seagoing union or in any
seagoing employment in the
maritime industry in any
capacity in the Deck, Engine,
Steward or Staff Officer
Department, which employ
• Those persons retiring on or
^er January 1, 1979, in addi
tion to all of the above basic
requirements, must not work in
any capacity in the maritime
industry which includes
American and Foreign Flag
vessels and includes employ
ment on board commercial,
exploratory, service or other
vessels moving on the high
seas, inland waterways. Great
Lakes, coastal zones, harbors
and noncontiguous areas, on
or offshore ports, platforms or
similar sites; but does not
include the longshore industry
or the ship construction or re
pair industry.
The Plan Agreement provides
that the Trustees may determine the
length of pension suspension for
pensioners engaging in prohibited
employment. The Trustees unani
mously adopted the following rules
for determining how long benefits
will be suspended in case a pensioner
engages in prohibited employment
after retirement:
RULE NO. 1:
• "When a pensioner notifies the
plan office in writing before
engaging in prohibited employ
ment, his pension shall be
suspended H any calendar
month during which -he is
employed in prohibited em
ployment at least one day."
RULE NO. 2:
• "When a pensioner engages in
prohibited employment,
without previously notifying
the plan office in writing of his
intention to engage in pro
hibited employment, his
pension benefits will be
suspended two months for
every one calendar month
during which he worked at
least one day in prohibit^ em
ployment."
Sea-Land Galloway Committee
Chief Steward Jimmy Lomax (left) secretary-reporter of the SS Sea-Land
Galloway sits last month with the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.) Pantryman Gary
Collier, steward delegate; Engine Delegate Bobby "Red" Harris and Deck
Delegate Bob Tuttle. The S-L 7 paid oft at Port Elizabeth, N.J.
Help Your Brother Down the Road to Sobriety
S
eeing a blind man walk down a street makes the rest of us thankful
for our sight. Perfect strangers, as well as friends, don't hesitate to offer a guiding
arm to the blind because we all think it must he a terrible thing to he unable to see
where you're going.
An alcoholic can't see where he's going either, only alcoholics
don't have friends. Because a friend wouldn't let another man blindly travel a
course that has to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his family.
And that's where an alcoholic is headed.
• Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem is just
as easy—and just as important—as steering a blind man across a street. All
you have to do is take that Seafarer by the arm and guide him to the Union's
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive the care and counseling^
he needs. And hell get the support of brother SIU members who are fighting
the same tough battle he is hack to a healthy, productive alcohol-free life.
The road hack to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. But because of
ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't have to travel the distance alone.
And by guiding a brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center,
youll he showing him that the first step hack to recovery is only an
arm's length away.
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Pensioner
James . Bryant
O'Keefe, 67, died
of kidney disease
in the San Fran
cisco USPHS
Hospital on Oct.
7. Brother O'Keefe
joined the SlU in
1941 in the port of Philadelphia sailing
as a QMEP. He sailed 44 years and hit
the bricks in the 1962 Robin Line beef.
Seafarer O'Keefe was born in Missis
sippi and was a resident of San
Francisco. Interment was in Pleasant
Hill Cemetery, Sebastopol, Calif.
Surviving are his widow, Theresa and a
nieice, Theresa Morelli of Brooklyn,
N.Y.
Clarence Olson,
58, died of heart
failure in tlie
Southern Chester
County Medical
Center, West
Grove, Pa. on
Nov. 27. Brother
Olson joined the
Union in the port of Philadelphia in
1965 sailing as a mate, pilot and captain
for the Independent Towing Co. from
1965 to 1978, Meyle Towing Co. from
1978 to 1979 and on the tug fVor/ey
Forall and Barge No. 46 (Curtis Bay).
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in
World War II. Boatman Olson was born
in Philadelphia and was a resident of
Berlin and Camden, N.J. Surviving are
his widow, Sophie; a son, Frederick;
three daughters, Mrs. Betty Dilks, Mrs.
Judith A. Billman and Mrs. Christina
Sylvas and a stepson, John R. David.
Clarence Ward Hollowell Sr., 50,
died of a hemmorrhage in the Pungo
District Hospital, Belhaven, N.C. on
Nov. 16. Brother Hollowell joined the
Union in the port of Norfolk in 1976
sailing as a mate for C. G. Willis from
1975 to 1977, Allied Towing from 1975
to 1979 and for Ocean Towing from
1978 to 1979. He was a retired veteran of
the U.S. Coast Guard. Boatman Hollo
well was born in Aurora, N.C. and was a
resident of Belhaven. Interment was in
Community Cemetery, Belhaven. Sur
viving are his widow, Mildred; two sons,
Leslie and Bryan and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. David Hollowell.
Robert Harley Knight, 50, died of
heart failure in St. Luke's Hospital,
Davenport, la. on Oct. 20 after becom
ing ill on a Mississippi towboat at Le
Claire, la. Brother Knight joined the
Union in the port of St. Louis in 1975
sailing as a chief engineer on the
tugboats Del Butcher and Jeffboat
(ACBL) and for National Marine and
Inland Tugs from 1973 to 1979. He was
a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the
Vietnam War. Boatman Knight was
born in Decatur County, Ind. and was a
resident of Pensacola, Fla. Interment
was in Barrances National Cemetery,
Pensacola. Surviving is his widow,
Peggie Marie.
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Mitchell Tunstall "Mike "Reed,
54, died of lung
disease in the New
Orleans USPHS
Hospital on Dec.
26. Brother Reed
joined the SIU in
1942 in the port of
Mobile sailing as a boSun. He was born
in Mobile and was a resident of
Chalmette, La. Burial was in Pine Crest
Cemetery, Mobile. Surviving are his
widow, Francine; a son, Mitchell Jr. and
a daughter, Patti.
Pensioner
Cornelio Acosta
Rodriguez, 72,
passed away from
lung disease at
home in Ponce,
P R. on Jan. 4.
Brother Rodri
guez joined the
SIU in 1939 in the port of New York
sailing as an AB for 35 years. He also
sailed during World War 11. Seaf^er
Rodriguez was born in Guayanilla,
P.R. Burial was in Guayanilla Ceme
tery. Surviving is a son, Pedro of Ponce.
. Pensioner Samuel Henry Jones, Jr.,
60, died of heart-lung failure in the San
Francisco USPHS hospital on Dec. 2.
Brother Jones joined the Union in the
port of San Francisco in 1958 sailing as
a BR steward. He sailed 29 years.
Seafarer Jones was born in New York
City and was a resident of San Fran
cisco. Interment was in the Bahia
Cemetery, Novato, Calif. Surviving are
his mother, Mrs. Oresta W. Riddick of
Larchmont, N.Y. and a stepsister,
Susan of San Francisco.
Pensioner George Vernon White, 79,
died of lung failure in the Seattle
USPHS Hospital on Nov. 10. Brother
White joined the Union in 1943 on the
West Coast sailing as a steward. He
sailed 27 years and during the Vietnam
War. Seafarer White was born in
Oklahoma and was a resident of
Eyerett, Wash. Cremation took place in
the Seattle Crematory. Surviving is his
widow, Aileen.
Michael Henry Culpepper, 22, died of
injuries sustained in an auto accident
while a passenger in Virginia Beach, Va.
on Oct. 20. Brother Culpepper joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1975
following his graduation from the HLS,
Piney Point, Md. sailing as an AB and
tankerman for lOT from 1978 to 1979.
He also sailed for the Arthur Levy Boat
Service in 1974. Boatman Culpepper
upgraded and earned his GED at the
HLS. Born in Norfolk, he was a resident
of Virginia Beach and Merritt Island,
Fla. Burial w^s in Rosewood Memorial
Park Cemetery, Virginia Beach. Surviv
ing is his father, William of Merfitt
Island.
Pensioner Arthur Mahualqha Ahuna,
59, succumbed to pneumonia in the
Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie,
Wyo. on Sept. 15. Brother Ahunajoined
the Union (the former MCS) in 1937 on
the West Coast sailing as a BR steward.
He sailed 40 years. Seafarer Ahuna was
born in Hawaii and was a resident of
Laramie. Cremation took place in the
Ah Hoo Na Cemetery, "Albany
County, Wyo. Surviving are his widow,
Lois; a brother, George of Kamula,
Hawaii and a niece, Mrs. Elva Forster of
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Cheyenne
Christopher Mor
ris, 22, died
aboard the SS
Pittsburgh (SeaLand) in Naples,
Italy on Nov. 20.
Brother Morris
joined the SIU fol
lowing his graduation from Piney Point
in 1973 sailing as an AB. He also
upgraded at the HLS. Seafarer Morris
was born in Norfolk and was a resident
there. Surviving are his father, Capt.
Charles Morris; his mother, Mrs. Shelby
J. Mills of Norfolk; a brother and two
sisters.
Pensioner
Robert Ellsworth
Clemo,61,died on
Jan. 1. Brother
Clemo joined the
Union (MC&S) in
the port of San
sailing in the stew
ard department for the Matson Line. He
was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World
War II. A native of Oakland, Calif., he
was a resident of San Francisco.
Surviving is his widow, Catherine.
Pensioner Philip Frederick Miller,
78, died of pneumonia in the San
Francisco USPHS Hospital on July 27.
Brother Miller joined the Union in 1936
on the West Coast sailing as a room
steward for the Matson Line from 1958
to 1961. He sailed 47 years. Seafarer
Miller also sailed in World War 11. Born
in Oregon, he was a resident of San
Francisco. Cremation took place in the
Baha Crematory, Novato, Calif. Sur
viving are his widow, Masie of Gresham-Portland, Ore.; a daughter, Mrs.
Terry Arnold of Portland; a brother,
Robert and a sister, Mrs. Frederick
(Agnes) Andrus, both of Roseburg, Ore.
Pensioner David D. Davis, 68, died of
a probable heart attack in the Portland
(Ore.) Porthaven Retirement Villa on
Sept. 14. Brother Davis joined the
MG&S in 1945 sailing as a chief cook.
He was a resident of Portland. Inter
ment was in the Sunset Hills Memorial
Park Cemetery, Portland. Survivingare
three brothers, Richard and Walter of
Portland and James of Haches, Wash,
and a sister, Mrs. Martha L. Thomas,
also of Portland.
Pensioner Herbert Alfred Doughty,
86, passed away from lung failure in the
Royal Sussex County Hospital, Hove,
England on Mar. 8, 1979. Brother
Doughty joined the MC«feS in 1932 in
the port of San Francisco sailing as a
room waiter and steward. He began
sailing in 1916. Seafarer Doughty also
sailed during World War II. Born in
England, he was a resident of Hove.
Burial was in Hove Cemetery. Surviv
ing are two sons, Francis of Randwick,
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
and Herbert of Clovis, Calif.; a sister,
Eva of Brighton, England and a niece,
Sylvia Doughty of Kingston-Up-onThames, England.
Pensioner John Panas, 82 succumbed
to hepatitus on May 25, 1979. Brother
Panas joined the MC«feS in 1940 sailing
as a chief Cook for APL and the Matson
Line until his retirement in 1962. He
began sailing in 1932. Seafarer Panas
was born in Poland and was a resident
of Jersey City, N.J. Burial was in Holy
Cross Cemetery, Lyndhurst^ N.J.
Michael Fran. cis "Mike" Curry,
64, died in Sari
Francisco on Dec.
5. Brother Curry
joined the SIU in
the port of New
York in 1957
sailing as a bosun
and ship's delegate. He sailed 38 years;
Seafarer Curry was torpedoed during
World War II aboard the SS William
Llery (NMU) off Durban, South Africa
in 1943. He was also a veteran of the
U.S. Army in that war. A native of
Pottsville, Pa., he was a resident of
Middlesex, N.J. Surviving are his
widow, Mary of Philadelphia; a
, brother, John of Pottsville and three
sisters, Clarris of Providence, Ky.; Mrs.
Marie Wallaa of Middlesex and Mrs.
Lea Weinert.
Ephraim Rollson Muse, 57, died
of heart disease
aboard the SeaLand Philadelphia
in Anchorage,
Alaska on Jan. 20.
Brother Muse
joined the SIU in
the port of New York in 1958 sailing as a
fireman-watertender. He was a veteran
of the U.S. Navy in World War II.
Seafarer Muse was born in BayboroCash Corner, N.C. and was a resident of
Grantsboro, N.C. Burial was in Sand
Hill Cemetery, North Carolina. Survi
ving is his mother, Olive.
Pensioner Ignacio Guzman, 77, died
of heart-lung failure in the San Fran
cisco General Hospital on Oct. 17.
Brother Guzman joined the MC&S in
1938 in the port of San Francisco. He
started sailing in 1923 and sailed during
World War 11. Seafarer Guzman was
born in Mexico and was a resident of
San Francisco and Bayamon, P.R.
Interment was in the Holy Cross
Cemetery, Colma, Calif. Survivingarea
nephew, David Gaytan and a. cousin,
Jose Gaytan of San Francisco.
Pensioner Henry Ernest Murray, 71,
passed away from pneumonia in the
Merritt Is. (Fla.) Nursing Home on Oct.
25. Brother Murray joined the Union in
the port of Philadelphia in 1961 sailing
as a mate for the Independent Pier Co.
from 1934 to 1972. He was born in
Philadelphia and was a resident of
Merritt Is. Interment was in the St.
G^rge Cemetery, Clarksville, Del.
SuWiving are his widow, Dorothy and a
son, Rexel.
Pensioner John
Alfred Denais, 67,
died of a heart
attack at home in
Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. on Oct. 13.
Brother Denais
joined the SIU in
the port of New
Orleans in i956 sailing as a chief
steward. He sailed 30 years and during
the Vietnam War. Seafarer Denais was a
veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry
veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry in
World War II earning the AsiaticPacific Campaign Medal. He was
born in St. Pierre on Miquelon Is., off
the coast of Canada. Burial was in the
Queen of Heaven Cemetery, North
Lauderdale, Fla. Surviving are a son,
John of Fort Lauderdale and a brother,
Paul of Los Alamitos, Calif.
�Pensioner
Peter Anthony
Serano, 70, died of
heart failure in
San Jacinto
Methodist Hospi
tal, Baytown, Tex.
on Dec. 6. Brother
; Serano joined the
SIU in 1948 in the port of New York
sailing as a bosun. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Navy in World War II. Seafarer
Serano was born in San Juan, P.R. and
was a resident of Channelview, Tex.
Interment was in Sah Jacinto Memorial
Park Cemetery, Harris County, Tex.
Surviving are his widow, Jennie and a
daughter, Eileen. •
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James Robert Jordan, 20, died of
injuries in Monroe County (Ala.)
Hospital sustained in an auto accident
in Reton, Ala, on Aiig. 28. Brother
Jordan joined the Union in the port of
Mobile in 1979 sailing as a deckhand on
the dredge Albatros (Radcliff Mate
rials). He was bom in Pensacola, Fla.
and was a resident of Evw-green, Ala.
Burial was in Oakdale Cemetery,
Conecuh County, Ala. Surviving are his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James D. mid
Aletha Jordan of Evergreen.
Edward Eugene Cooper, 56, suc
cumbed to lung failure in the Veterans
Administration Medical Center, Hunt
ington, W. Va. on Jan. 29. Brother
Cooper joined the Union in the port of
St. Louis in 1967 sailing as lead
deckhand and mate for Inland Tugs in
1966 and for the American Barge Line
for 13 years. He was a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. Boatman
Cooper was bom in Kentucky and was
a resident of Portsmouth, OUo. Inter
ment was in Mt. Zion Cemetery, South
Shore, Ky. Surviving are his widow,
Frances and his mother, Madelee of
South Port, Ky.
Pensioner Nickolas Grego,78, died of
natural causes in the Staten Island
(N.Y.) USPHS Hospital on Dec. 28.
Brother Grego joined the Union in the
port of New York in 1963 sailing as a
deckhand for the Erie-Lackawanna
Railroad from 1925 to 1967. He was
born in Yugoslavia and was a resident of
Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y. Interment
was in St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, L.I., N.Y. Surviving are his widow,
Mary and two sons, Nickolas Jr. and
Tomasa.
Pensioner
Wilfred Joseph
Moore, 51, died of
cancer in West
Palm Beach, Fla.
on Jan. 6. Brother
Moore joined the
SIU in 1945 in the
port of New York
sailing as a chief steward. He upgraded
at Piney Point in 1973. Seafarer Moore
was bom in Rochester, N.H. and was a
resident of West Palm Beach. Burial
was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Somersworth, N.H. Surviving are his parents^
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene and Merilda
Moore of Somersworth.
Pensioner Leonard Joseph DeRosia,
71, died of heart failure in the U.S.
Veterans Administration Medical Cen
ter, Saginaw, Mich, oh Jan. 13. Brother
DeRosia joined the Union in the port of
Alpena, Mich, in 1952 sailing as a
deckhand and in the steward depart
ment for .Huron Cement. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Army in World War
11. Bom in Alpena, he was a resident
there. Burial was in Evergreen Ceme
tery, Alwna. Surviving are his widow,
Meta arid a son, Leonard Jr.
Pensioner Jurel Powell, 68, died of
heart-lung failure in the Ouachita
Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. on Nov. 11.
Brother Powell joined the Union in 1947
in the port of Detroit sailing as an AB
and wheelsman on the SS Ste. Claire
from 1971 to 1975 and the SS G. A.
Tomlinson in 1970. He also sailed for the
Bob-Lo Steamship Co. from 1967 to
1970 and the Wyandotte Chemical
Steamship Co. from 1952 to 1963. Laker
Powell was born in Meyers, Ark. and
was a resident of Miami, Fla. and
Pearcy, Ark. Burial was in the Peak
Cemetery, Royal, Ark. Surviving are a
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin W. Powell of Hot Springs and
Royal and a niece, Judy Kilby of Royal.
Robert Wayne Guthrie, 56, died of
respiratory failure in the John Sealy
Hospital, Galveston, Tex. on Sept. 30.
Brother Guthrie joined the SIU in 1943
in the port of Boston sailing as a chief
pumpman for 19 years. He sailed as a
3rd assistant engineer for MEBA
District 2 for 11 years. Seafarer Guthrie
retired in 1976 in the port of Houston.
Born in Des Moines, la., he was a
resident of Coldspring, Tex. Burial was
in Woodlawn Cemetery, Crowley, La.
Surviving are his widow, Maudrey
Margaret; his mother, Zola of Houston
and a sister, Mrs. Thelma Comwell of
Des Moines.
Pensioner Richard Edward Darling,
64, succumbed to hepatitus in the San
Francisco St. Mary's Hospital on Oct.
28. Brother Darling joined the merged
MC&S in 1936 in the port of San
Francisco sailing as a chief storekeeper
for APL. He was born in Nebraska and
was a resident of Daly City, Calif. Burial
was in Woodlawn Memorial Park
Cemetery, Colma, Calif. Surviving are
his widow, Evelyn—also a MC&S
retiree—a brother, Robert of Alta
Loma, Calif, and a sister, Mrs. Frede
rick Widoe of Omaha, Neb.
Pensioner Russell Dewitt Koons,
55, died of a heart attack in the
Urbandale Hospital, Alexander County,
111. on Dec. 19. Brother Koons joined
the Union in the port of St. Louis in
1974 sailing as a mate and engineer on
the towboat John Matthews (ACBL)
from 1974 to 1979 and for the Southland
Towing and Inland Tug. He was a
former member of the NMU and
Steelworkers Union. Boatman Koons
was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World
War 11. Bom in Rising Sun, Ind., he was
a resident of Georgetown, Ind. Burial
"was in the Patriot Cemetery in Indiana.
Surviving is his widow, Violet.
Pensioner Thomas Arthur Render,
61, died of pneumonia in the Merle W.
Medical Center, Klamath Falls, Ore. on
Dec. 1 Brother Render joined the
MC&S in 1936 sailing as a chief
steward. He was a resident of Dorris,
Calif. Burial was in the Picard Ceme
tery, Dorris. Surviving is his widow,
Virginia.
Pensioner Earl E. Arthur, 70, died of
a hemorrhage on Jan. 4. Brother Arthur
joined the Union (MC&S) in 1943
sailing for the American President Line.
He was born in Tennessee and was a
resident of Richmond, Calif. Burial was
in Woodlawn Memorial Park Ceme
tery, Colma, Calif.
Glen George
Miller, 53, suc
cumbed to lung
failure in the Baltimore USPHS
Hospital on Nov.
5. Brother Miller
joined the Union
in the port of
Frankfort, Mich, in 1971 sailing as an
AB. He sailed aboard the Mj V Viking
(Ann Arbor, Mich. RRCar Ferries)and
the Str. City of Milwaukee from 1978 to
1979. And he was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy in World War 11. Laker Miller was
born in Bemidji, Minn, and was a
resident of Frankfort. Interment was in
the' Benzonia Township (Mich.)
Cemetery. Surviving are his widow,
Viola; two sons, Robert and Edward
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Miller.
Pensioner Antonio Ortiz Flores, 62,
died of cancer in the San Francisco
USPHS Hospital on Nov. 26. Brother
Flores, a chief steward, first sailed oh
the West Coast in 1935. He also sailed
during World War 11. Born in San
Lorenzo, P.R., he was a resident of
Palmas, Calif. Interment was in Live
Oak Memorial Park Cemetery, Mon
rovia, Calif. Surviving are a brother,
Carmelo of Inglewood, Calif.; two
sisters, Rosa of Los Angeles and Mrs.
Mary de Ferrer of Culver City, Calif.; a
nephew, Nibeth Ferrer and three nieces,
Nigia Ferrer of Culver City, Nadia
Ferrer and Nora Ferrer.
Pensioner Jay Shannon, 85, suc
cumbed to heart-lung failure in the Los
Angeles Veterans Administration Hos
pital on Jan. 18. Brother Shannon
joined the Union (MC&S) in 1934
sailing as a chief steward. He first
sailed on the West Coast in 1915. And he
also sailed in World War 11. Bom in
Kansas, he was a resident of Long,
Beach, Calif. Cremation took place in
the Angeles Abby Crematory, Compton, Calif. Surviving are a sister, Mrs.
Julia Stewart of Patterson, Calif.; four
nephews and two nieces.
Pensioner James Patrick Dalton, 68,
died of natural causes in the Staten
Island (N.Y.) USPHS Hospital on Dec.
28. Brother Dahon joined the Union in
the port of New York in 1960 sailing as
deckhand and assistant tug dispatcher
for Penn Central Railroad from 1939 to
1976. He worked on the Greenville Piers
and was a member of the M M&P U nion
from 1947 to 1960. Boatman Dalton was
born in Jersey City, N.J. and was a
resident of Bay Head, N.J. Burial was in
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City.
Surviving are his widow, Margaret;
two sons, James Jr. and John; nine daughters, Jacqueline, Bernadette,
Mary Ellen, Margaret Mary, Eileen,
Kathy, Judith, Anne and Therese and a
sister, Mary of Jersey City.
Walter Donald Harris, 42, died of
natural causes in the F.G. Riley
Memorial Hospital, Meridian, Miss, on
Dec. 24. Brother Harris joined the
Union in the port of Mobile in 1974
sailing as a chief engineer for ACBL
from 1972 to 1979. Boatman Harris was
a former member of MEBA and the
Steelworkers Union. He was a veteran
of the U.S. Navy. Born in Cuba, Ala., he
was a resident of Meridian. Interment
was in Clay Memorial Cemetery, Cuba.
Surviving are his widow, Mary and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Harris.
Pensioner
Charles Alton
Lodrlguss, 68,
died of heart
failure in the New
Orleans USPHS
Hospital on Aug.
22. Brother Lodriguss joined the
Union in the port of New Orleans in
1956 sailing as a chief engineer and 1st
assistant engineer for Dixie Carriers
from (956 to 1977. He sailed 39 years.
Boatman Lodriguss was bom in La
Rose-Prerre Port, La. and was a
resident of Harvey, La. Interment was in
the McDonono^ Cemetery, Gretna,
La. Surviving are his widow, ^ila; a
son, Sidney and a dau^ittir, Anna
Maria.
William Earl Cheshire, 47, died of
natural causes at home in the port of
Paducah, Ky. on Nov. 29,1979. Brother
Cheshire joiiied the Union in 1976. He
sailed for Inland Tug Co. from 1975 to
1979, ACBL and Northern Towing.
Boatman Cheshire was a veteran of the
U.S. Army in Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
Burial was in Dry Bayou Cemetery,
Hayti, Mo. Surviving are his widow,
Mary; three sons, Charles, James and
George and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George and Mary Cheshire.
Pensioner Benjamin F. Viray, 71,
died of a heart attack in the Kaiser Hos
pital, San Mateo, Calif.
. on;
June 24. Brother Viray joined the
MC&S in 1923. He was born in the
Philippines and was a resident of San
Mateo. Burial was in the Woodlawn
Memorial Park Cemetery, Colma,
Calif. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Gloria Paez of South San Franci^o; a
grandson, Steven Di Choso and a
granddaughter, Joann DiChoso, both
of San Bruno, Calif.
Pensioner Ernesto Gonzalez Alonso,
67, died of lung failure in Arecibo, P.R.
on June 18. Brother Alonso joined the
Union on the West Coast sailing as a
waiter and room steward for 17 years.
He sailed on the SS China Bear (Pacific
Far East) SS President Hayes (Amer
ican President Line) and the SS
California (Matson). In 1959, he was on
the Matson Shoregang. Seafarer Alon
so was bom in Hatillo, P.R. and was a
resident of Arecibo. Surviving are a son,
Ernesto Jr.; two daughters. Carmen
Ana and Mrs. Peter Revon of New
Brunswick, N.J. and Libia, P.R.; a
sister, Ines of Arecibo and a brother-inlaw, Ernesto A. Rojas of Guaynabo,
P.R.
Pensioner Harry Herman Rubin, 86,
passed away from heart failure at home
in Oceano, Calif, on Oct. 26. Brother
Rubin joined the MC&S in 1933 in the
port of San Francisco sailing as a room
steward on passenger ships for 40 years.
He also sailed during World War 11.
Seafarer Rubin was born in Russia and
.was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Inter
ment was in the Arroyo (Calif.) Grande
Cemetery. Surviving are his widow,
Betty Lou; a stepson, Arthur and a
stepdaughter, Mrs. Darlene Kidd of
Atascadero, Calif.
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Fred Minor and Chester Patten dis
assemble a troughing idler to make
repairs.
Above. Another repair that may be
made Is fixing a tear In the conveyor
belt. Art Elmodhjl tightens a fastener
that was used to secure a tear. Left. In
structor Bin Foley, Mark MIsso and
Saif Shajira examine the various tools
that can be used for fasteners. Below.
Scott Corlstelne and George Harrison
roll out a conveyor t)elt during their
shop Instruction.
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The first group of Great Lakes
Seafarers to complete the Con
veyor Department course grad
uated from HLS in March. This
course was developed by HLS
Staff in cooperation with industry
Representatives to prepare SlU
members to work as conveyormen
and gatemen aboard selfunloading ships on the Lakes.
During the four-week course, the
classroom instruction followed a
seminar format. The students and
instructor shared their knowledge
of the equipment and operations
aboard self-unloaders.
While enrolled in the Conveyor
Department course, students
learned about conveyor belts, their
construction, maintenance and
storage, motors, drives, ball bear
ings, hydraulic systems, and
troubleshooting. The class also
spent one week in the HLS welding
shop and received instruction in
basic welding techniques for mak
ing repairs and adjustments to
equipment.
The class was visited by company
and manufacturer representatives.
Lou Ervin and Floyd Brown, Vice
Presidents of the American Steamship Company, showed the
students some of the equipment
that Is used on their company's
vessels.
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Field Engineer Bill Bilges of Flex
Company demonstrated his com
pany's fasteners that are used on
the conveyor belts. During Mr.
Bilges' presentation, each student
in the class was able to practice
with the fasteners.
The Conveyor Department course
is designed to help Great Lakes
Seafarers improve their job skills,
advance their careers and build
their earning-power. The course
will be offered again in June. To
enroll, fill out the upgrading ap
plication in this issue of the Log,
and mail it to HLS. Do it soon —
it's a great opportunity for Great
Lakes Seafarers.
Advance at HLS
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ing courses to be held at the Lundeberg
School in 1980. As you can see, the School
is offering a wide range of programs for all
ratings, both for deep sea and inland
members.
SlU members are reminded that this
Course Name
schedule is tentative. In other words,
courses may be changed or cancelled de
pending on response from the member
ship. So think about upgrading this year.
And get your applications in early to
assure yourself a seat in the class of your
choice.
Starting Dates
LNG
Course Name
April 28
May 26
June 23
July 21
August 18
September 15
November 10
Starting Dates
Able Seaman
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May 22
June 19
July 17
August 14
September 11
November 6
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September 25
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May 8
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Staff in cooperation with industry
Representatives to prepare SID
members to work as conveyormen
and gatemen aboard selfunloading ships on the Lakes.
During the four-week course, the
classroom instruction followed a
seminar format. The students and
instructor shared their knowledge
of the equipment and operations
aboard self-unloaders.
While enrolled in the Conveyor
Department course, students
36 / LOG / April 1980
learned about conveyor belts, their
construction, maintenance and
storage, motors, drives, ball bear
ings, hydraulic systems, and
troubleshooting. The class also
spent one week in the HLS welding
shop and received instruction in
laasic welding techniques for mak
ing repairs and adjustments to
equipment.
The class was visited by company
and manufacturer representatives.
Lou Ervin and Floyd Brown, Vice
Presidents of the American Steamship Company, showed the
students some of the equipment
that Is used on their cornparty's
vessels.
Field Engineer Bill Bilges of Flex
Company demonstrated his cort)pany's fasteners that are used on
the conveyor belts. During Mr.
Bilges' presentation, each student
In the class was able to practice
with the fasteners.
The Conveyor Department course
is designed to help Great Lakes
Seafarers improve their job skills,
advance their careers and build
their earning-power. The course
will be offered again in June. To
enroll, fill out the upgrading ap
plication in this issue of the Log,
and mail it to HLS. Dp it soon —
it's a great opportunity for Great
Lakes Seafarers.
Advance at HLS
April 7
May 5
June 9
July 7
August 11
September 8
October 6
November 10
December 8
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June 5
June 19
July 3
July 17
July 31
August 14
August 28
September 11
September 25
October 9
October 23
November 6
November 20
December 4
December 18
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John WilUam Boughman
Michael Peter Marth
Seafarer
Hilary Anthony
Thein, 25, grad
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HLS in 1976.
Brother Thein
got his AB ticket
I there in 1978.
He has the fire1 fighting, lifeboat
and CPR endorsements. Thein was
bom in Princeton, N.J., lives in
Federal Way, Wash, and ships out
of the port of Seattle.
Seafarer John
William Boughman Jr., 23,
whose grand
father was port
Capt. Edwin
Boughman, is a
1974 Piney Point
graduate. Bro
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upgraded to QMED there last
September. He has his LNG,
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR
tickets. Born in Ridgewood, N.J., he
is a resident of Mawah, N.J.
Boughman has worked on a
newspaper arid sailed on the lakes
during summers away from Long
Island University, Southhampton,
L.L, where he studied creative
writing for two years. He sails out of
the port of New York.
Seafarer
Michael Peter
Marth, 23, grad
uated from Pin
ey Point in 1975.
Brother Marth
upgraded to
FOWT there in
1976. He has the
firefighting, life
boat and CPR tickets. A native of
Palmerton, Pa., he lives in
Northampton, Pa. and ships out of
the port of Philadelphia.
Wendell G* Burton
Seafarer Wen
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ton Jr., 23,
Jose Antonio Quinones
graduated from
Seafarer JOse
the HLS Entry
Antonio Quino
Trainee Pro
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gram in 1977.
the SIU in the
He upgraded to
port i of New
AB there in
York in 1973.
1979. Brother
He upgraded to Burton has the,firefighting, lifeboat
FOWT at the and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
HLS in 1975. In (CPR) endorsements. Though not a
1978, he com-, ^'Rhodes scholar", he was a
pleted the Basic Welding Course freshman at the Western Carolina
there. Brother Quinones earned his College, was a treecutter and likes
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR camping and photography. He was
tickets. He was bora in Ponce, P.R., bora in Winston-Salem, N.C. where
resides in Brooklyn, N.Y. and ships he resides and ships out of the port
out of the port of New York.
of Norfolk.
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Martin Joseph
Martin, 24, iri
1973 graduated
from the HLS.
He earned his
AB endorse
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.1977. Brother
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his fu-efighting, lifeboat and CPR
tickets. He was bora in Philadelphia
and lives and ships out of that port.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
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FINANCIAL R]E|PORTS. The constitution of the SlU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguiirding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
jnonths, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
Seafarer
Raphael Sem
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is a 1977 gradu
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Point. He up
graded to AB
there in 1979.
Brother Vargas,
whose steelworker father, Ted, was a merchant
mariner in 1958, holds the firefight
ing, lifeboat and CPR tickets. He is a
veteran of the U.S. Navy during the
Vietnaim War serving as an
instrumentman aboard the USS
Paget Sound. He collects stamps
and coins. Vargas was born in
Princeton, W. Va., lives in
Baltimore and ships out of that port
city.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Frank Drozak, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
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Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU
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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution iare available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as. to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member So affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
-EDITORIAL POLICY^THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, I960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union.^The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an
official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an official, receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
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EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts:
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a memiwr feels that any of the above
rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or Infor
mation, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul
Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The address b 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn,
N.Y. 11232.
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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$580 M mARITIME BUDGET BREEZES THRU HOUSE
CONGRESSIONAL COMMENTS ON MARITIME BUDGET BILL
SIU SEEKS MARITIME PLANT IN DEMO PLATFORM
A REBIRTH OF THE U.S.-FLAG PASSENGER LINES
SEAFARERS MAN 2 MORE SEA-LAND IDESELS
SIU ASKS CARTER ACTION ON BUREAUCRATIC SNAFU
AMERICA EXTENDS FRIENDSHIP TO NEW NATION
GOV. BROWN NAMES SIU'S JOE GOREN TO COMMISSION
LABOR DEPT. TO MSC: SERVICE CONTRACT ACT STAYS
FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, ADMIRERS HONOR PAUL HALL AS 'MR. PORT OF NEW YORK'
OMNIBUS BILL FACING ROUGH SEAS IN HOUSE
UNION GOES ALL OUT TO PREVENT SHIPS SAILING SHORT
CONGRESS APPROVES 1981 MARITIME SUBSIDY PROGRAMS
SHIPS IN US FLEET CONTINUE DECLINE AS TONNAGE RISES
PRIVATE HOPPER DREDGE FLEET PROVES A-OK
INOUYE SHIP BILL OFF THE SENATE BACK BURNER
ALL PULLING FOR BEN MIGNANO TO GET MATE'S LICENSE
CARTER OKS $227 BILLION OIL WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ACT
NOTICE TO PARTICPANTS IN PMA PENSION PLAN
WAACS GET V.A. BENEFITS: SEAMEN NEXT ON LIST
RETIRING ON SIU PENSION MEANS SECURITY
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! PASS OCEAN MINING NOW
LIBERIA'S TOLBERT KILLED IN MILITARY COUP
WATERMAN STEADILY MODERNIZING ITS FLEET WITH LASH SHIPS
IF HURT ON A VESSEL, USPHS MUST STILL BE UTILIZED
GREAT LAKES FITOUT '80
U.S. SHIPS VISIT RED CHINA: STILL NO BILATERAL PACT
REPORT PROGRESS IN U.S. CHINA BILATERAL SHIPPING AGREEMENT
AMERICA'S NATIONAL DEFENSE IS DEFUNCT WITHOUT ADEQUATE MERCHANT FLEET
GREAT LAKES SEAFARERS ADVANCE AT HLS
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Vol. 42, No. 4
1980
Periodicals
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Officiil Puhlic;11ion of the Seafarer) lnternation~I Union • Atlanlit, Gulf, L•ke<> •nd Inland Wa1e1~ Oi)lriCI • i\FL·CIO
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MAY 1980
Oceanic Independence Crew Train in Piney Poim
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SIU ·Supports
Jimmy~ carler
for President
lC1ker "Amet ica1'1.JMariner
Navy Should Look to Marchant Matine for Help
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Ocean Mining Bill Making Headway in
N Ocean Mining bill which
would clear the way for the
stan of deep seabed mining by
U.S. companies and protect the
job rights of American workers
moved another step closer 10
reality this month.
In a May 8 voice vote, the
House Foreign Afftiirs Commit·
tee, chaired by Rep. Clement
Zablocki (D-Wisc.), cleared H.R.
2759 for consideration by the full
House. The SJ U and other
~going and sboreside maritime
unions have been pressing for
passage of the legislation because
it includes key "build American,
man Amencan" amendments.
A date for House floor debate
of ~he measure has 11ot yet been
set. Though support for the bill in
the House is reponedly very
strong, a floor fight is expected
from Rep. Paul McCloskcy (RCA) and Rep. Jonathan Bingham (D·NY). Both Congressmen
opposed the legislation when il
was last voted by Congress ill
1978.
But m spite of some Bflticipated "nay-saying," H.R. 2759
stands on excellent chance of
A
he best way to understand 1he
issues that affect the mari1ime
industry Is by reading the log.
There are always stories about
Important bills or Issues affecting
your job security.
If you feel strongly enough
about the issue, write a letter to
your Congressman or Senators.
T
Whether or not there will be
enough jobs for the members of·
this union in the upcoming yea~
will depend upon what those
high-fallutin', self-glorified sal~
men do. And one thing ls certain:
they will do whatever it i~ they
think will get them re-elected.
' Congressmen from Iowa introduce bill> about wheat because
they know that wheat Is the
primary source oJ income for
Iowa. Congressmen from Mass<1chusetts oppose de-regul;i.tion of
oil because If they didn't, their
constituents would freeze during
the winter months, and would
vote them out of office.
.
eamen are in many ways
unique. They are scattered
<'!round the country, unlike farm·
, ers who live In the Midwest or
auto workers who are concen·
trated around Detroit. Seamen
form a minority in every city and
state where they reside.
II is therefore up lo us, to make
our presence known. One reason
why Congresmen have ignored •
the maritime Industry for so long
is that they don '1 know we seamen
exist not just in the abstracr, but as
voters irl Congressional Districts.
We have to mue our presence
known. And the t>asiest and most
effective way 10 do that is by writing a letter.
S
N the body of your letter, make
sure that you mentiqn your
connection to your Congressman's District. If you are a voting
member of your Congressman's
District, make that fact known. If
you have friends and family who
are interested in a particular issue,
and they live in that Congress·
man's District, make sure you
rrien1ion that facr in your lette~.
If you do not know the name of
your Congressman (a surprising.
number of Americans do nol) you
can call your borough hall. Ask
the clerk who answers the phone
for the name of your Congress·
man. The clerk may need 10 know
your address bec au se certarn
larger dtil!'>, such as New Yolk,
have more than one Congres·
sional representative. II, for some
reason, you experience any dlffi·
culty, you can go to your neigh·
borhood library and ask for
aSSistance.
If you do decide to write your
Congressman, you can reach him
at the followlng address:
I
lhellot_...
(Conpelllinan•s name)
House ol lepMHnlatives
W~ D.C. 20515
If you also decide 10 write your
Senator. you should address the
envelope like mis:
the Honorable
(Senator's .,ame)
U.S. Senate
WaahllllJtO", D.C. 20510
Chan1111 of addle\ -dS on Form 3579 Should be Mn!. IO Seafarer• l n - r Union, Alla•~oc Gulf Lake "'1d I•••-' W 1805 ...._ .
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House passage this year.
Congress appears to be ready to
buck both in-House opposition
and pressure from the U.N. law
of the Sea· Conference wh ieh
wanted the U.S. to hold off on a
national Ocean Mining law until
an international accord was.
reached.
The 140 law of the Sea
conferees have been haggling
over deep seabed minin$ rights
for the past seven years and arc
no closer to agreement today
than they were in 1973. P~ssure
has t>een steadily mounting- for
Congress to go ahead with the
legislation. Congressional watchdogs are predicting that the
President will have an Ocean
Mining bill on his desk by labor
Day.
An Ocean Mining bill has
alread'Y been okayed by the
Senate in an overwhelming voice
vote last December. The Senate
version of the measure is
essentially the same as the House
bill.
Both would allow U.S. mining
cQnsortia LO begin retrieving the
nickel, copper, cobalt and
manganese. contained in potatosized nodules, which blanket the
deep seabed. The abundance of
the seabed's mineral wealth
woula enable U.S. industry LO be
entirely self-sufficient in those
four crucial elements ~y the year
200Q.
But the key reason the SIU and
other unions have thrown strong
support behind the legislation is
that it contain s the three "man
American" amendments which
mean jobs for U.S. seamen and
shorcside workers.
Jn the House bill the three
amendments would:
• require at least one ore
carrier used to transport the
nodules 10 processing facilities
from each mining site to be U.S.built, U.S.-owned and U.S.crewed;
• make U.S.-regist.ered ore
carriers used for ocean mining
eligible for both construction and
ope.r ating differential ~ubsidics
and;
• require all mining and processing vessels used for OC(:Bn
mining to be U .S.-registere<I and
U.S.-manncd.
House·
In the Senate bill. the amendment on mining aod processing
vessels would require all such
vessels to. be U.S.-buih, in addition to U.S.-regisJen:d and
U.S. -manned.
That difference, the primary
one between the House and
Senate version$ of the legislation,
is important for U.S. workers.
Under the Senate bill, as many
as 20 rnining vessels and 60 ore
carriers could be built in U.S.
·Shipyards over the next several
years. The tfouse bill docs not
require those vessels 10 be U.S.·
built and that difference could
cost U.S. shipyard workers
thousands of jobs.
Because of the differences
between the !louse and Senate
Ocean Mining bills, the rwo
versions will have to go before a
joint I-louse/ Senate conference
commiuee where a compromise
will be forged.
The SIU will continue to work,
as we have over the past several
years. for pa~sage of Ocean
Mining legislation which ensures
the broadest possible job base
for American workers.
Senate Unit OK's $567M for 1981 Maritime Studies
• $38.6 million for the Maritime. Iran and the coup d'etat
HE Maritime Authoriutions ments which would appropriate
addirionaJ $8 million for educa- Adminisi.ation's operating ex- have
this nation's law makers
for Fiscal Year 1981, which
T
tional training expenses in state peim:s
would establiSh a federal spending
to l'C@nsidcr their maritime policies.
an
in
Liberia,
caused
Bill
level of $56.7 million for the
maritime industry; has been reported out of the Senate Committee
on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
The Jegisla!ion, S. 2322, was
approved along with thm: amend-
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MalllOrlZl_UOnl •••••••• Plge 3
tltiean Mining • • . . . ..... Plge 3
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Al Sea-Asllora . •• ' •••. Plat 18
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1Msp11cn1ra A1po11s:
Gleal lattes ........ Page 33
lnlllld Wa!Srs •••..••Page 29
• Deep Sea ·- . . . • " •• Page 23
Tniln~
"'A'" Setliority Opgradlno PaG• 37
Upgrading Sc:hldule .•.• Page 36
M1mU11Np Newe
New l'lnsiOners-. .••••• Page 32
ANll Dlplrtures . • •
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marjtimc schools, fuel expenses. and
buildiog repairs.
The amendments were introduced
by Senator Daniel Inouye (DHawaii), a. Jong ti~ advocate of a
strong American flag Merchant
Marine.
The bill. u reported out of
committee, would authorize the
foUowing.monies:
•S~?mill~nfortheoperating
ditferential subsidy program
• $135 million for the cons1ruo1ion differential subsidy program
• $30.1 million for maritime
education and training
• $18.8 million for man11mc
research and development"
~ House of Represcnrativu has
already approved its version of the
Maritime Authorizations Bill in a
lop-sided vote of 32~50.
The Maritill)C Aul horizations Bill
comes at a time when attention has
focused on the deteriorating condition Qf the American Merchant
Marine. Recent international c:vcnu,
such as the w11tinuing situation in
Indicative of this feeling arc two
amendments which were offered by
Senator Jnouye and adopted by the
Senate Committee on Commerce.
The 1wo amendments would
require that all vesseli recei\dng
ODS and CDS credits miut enroll in
the Sealifl Readiness Program.
A concensus seems to be growing
in Congress that tbe construction
and openttinJ subsidy programs of
tbe Maritime Adminis~ration arc
vital 10 the health of the American
flag Merchant Marine.
Fllibusler Broken: Lubbers Gets Top NLRB Post
Labor helped break a Senate fill.
This time, however, Hatch l:ould
buster in late April. allowing the
not attra(\t and hold sufficient
confunwion of the appointment of suppon beyond five days. An end to
William A: Lubben to a four-year the udebate" WU WOn the second
term IS aeneral counsel of the time it was sought, by a vote of 62tQ
National Labor Relations Board.
34. Thr~riflhs or the Senate. or 60
Lubbers had the backing of votes, were required.
organized labor for the immensely
Lubbers then was conimned, 57
important post. The SIU earliersent 10 39.
letters 10 each Senate member
Confinnation was welcomed by
ealliq for Lubbers confirmation.
labor Secretary Ray Marshall. who
The N LR B's general count.el desaid he was "pleased" with the
termine$ which unfair labor practice
appointment and declanld: "It is
cases should be heard by the Board.
clear that • majority or th.e Senate
The fih"buster was Jed by Utah recognized (Lubben") integrity and
Republican Orrin G. Hatch, who ability."
also had led the su~sful 1978
month-long 11lka1hon whi.:b deLubben had been serving in th<;
post
tince December 24, when
feated tbe Labor Law Reform Act
by preventing ii from coming to a President Caner p\'C him a fCC)CSS The SIU supporled the conlumahon of
Wiiham Lubbefs a~ head or Nl..AB
appointment.
vote.
May 1980 I LOG I 3
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PRESIDENT'S PRE-BALLOTING REPOR~
BALTIMORE
I Age
2 J oiil\ Pa rolmen
The. following report was
presented by SIU Executive JIice
President Fronk Drozalc al the
Headquarters General Membership Meeting on ~1oy 5, 1980.
The report was also presented at
all SIU Constitutional Port
Memben·hipMeetings ill May, a.~
well as at an SW Halls holding
Informational membership meetings in May.
MOBILE
I Agent
2 J oin1 Pa Irolmen
NEW ORl.EA:NS
I Agent
3 Joint Pntrolmen
HOUSTON
I Agent
3 Joint Patrolmen
May S, 1980
Pursuant to El'ecutive Board
action authorizing me to discharge the duties of our President
Paul Hall during the period of his
incapacity, I am submitting the
Pre-Balloting Report in accordance with Article X, Section I of
our Constitution, which provides
for the submission
such
Report by the President at the
regular May membership meeting of_this elcc.tion year.
BaJloting for our General
Election of Officers for the term
1981-1984 will commence on
November I , and continue
through December JI, 1980. The
election will be conducted under
the provisions of our Constitution, as amended and effective
September, 1976, and such other
voting procedures as our Secretary-Treasurer may direct.
I have, in consultation with our
Executive Board and Port
representatives, made a careful
appraisal of the needs of our
Constitutional Ports: Headquarters-Port of New York.
Pluladelphia, Baltimore, Detroit,
Houston, New Orleans. Mobile,
San Francisco and St. Louis. We
have carefully considered the
changes that have taken place in
the deep-sea and mland field.
with a view toward meeting the
opportunities for expan!>ion
through_means of organizing.
or
Since our last General Election
of Officers, the memberships of
the
Seafarers
International
Union of North-America. Gulf,
L.akes and Inland Waters District
and the Inland Boatmen's Union
of the SIUNA-AGLIWD. voted
affirmatively to approve the
merger of our former affiliate
IBU Into the AGLIWD, together
with Constitutional amendments. One such amendment
provided that'St. Louis would be
a Constitutional Port of the
SAN FRANCISCO
I Agent
2 J oint Patrolmen
SIU Exeoulive Vice President Frank Oroza~ presems "President's Pre
Ballollng Report" al Headquarters membersbip mooting on May 6, l980.
Union. Accordingly, in this
HEADQUARTERS
General Election, provision
• 1 Pre~ident
would be made on the ballot for
• 1 Executive Vice President
the election of officers and
• I Secretary-Treasurer
• 1 Vice President in Charge
jobho.lders for the Port of St.
Louis. Also participating in our of Contracts and Contract Enupcoming election of officers will forcement
be those members formerly with
• 1 Vice President in Charge
our International West Coast of the Atlantic Coast
affiliate Marine Cooks & Stew• 1 Vice President in Charge
ards, as well as the members of of the Gulf Coast
our International affiliate Atlan• I Vice President in Charge
tic Fishermen's Union. both of of the Lakes and Inland Waters
Whom ha.ve merged into and
• 4 l{eaclquarters Representabecorne an integral part of our lives
AGLIW District since our last
General Election of Officers.
II is my recommendation. in
accordance with our Constitution. that the followins offices be
placed on the ballot in the 1980
General Ele0ti on of Officers for
the term 1981 through 1984.
.
NE\V YORK
I Agent
8 Joint Patrolmen
PHll.ADEl,l'HIA
I Agent
2 Joint Patrolmen
I
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DETROIT
I Agent
I Joint Patrolman
ST. LOUIS
I Agent
I Joint Patrolman
Pursuant to the provisions o(
Article X, Section l(e) of our
Constitution, I recommend 1ht
designation of Mr. John J.
Scotto, Vice President, Sterling
National Bank & Trust Company
of New York. 1410 Broad\\!!).
J':iew York. New York 10018, a1
Depository for ba llots ..lL will be
the function of the Depository lo
receive the mailed ballots and
otper election material 11s provided by the Constitution. to
safeguard them properly in tilt
bank and to surrender them only
.
to the duly authorized Union
".# Tallying Committee in accord·
ance with Article X111. Section~
(c). Proof of authorization shall
be a certifi<;ation by 1l11rSccremy·
Treasurer. The Depositor) ;hall
be requested to certify that all of
the envelope• rcceiv~d hY the
Depository have been properly
safeguarded. have been sum:n·
dercd only to the >aid Tallyuig
Committee. and that no one
other than appropriate bank
personnel has had access 10 thtm.
As provided for 1n A~idc
X III , Seclion I. nomina11ons
open on July IS, 1980 and clll!C
August IS. 1980.
The foregoing consLitut~ your
. RcPrc~ident's Pre-Balleung .
port, and J recommend its
adoption.
.
Fraternally submiucd.
Frank Drozal'
1
Execuuve Vice Prestdtn
PRESIDENT'S PRE-BALLOTING REPORT
Drozak: 'Free Tracie' Is U.S. Fleet's Albatross
N a hard-hitting statement delivered to representatives of
maritime industry, labor and
government, SIU Executive Vice
President Frank Droiak warned
that jf the U.S . .continu.es a "free
trade" approach to international
commerce, the future cont>e·
quences for the country w.o uld be
grave.
The concept of free trade "has
disappeared from world markets," Drozak told the Jlst Annual
Tulane University Institute on
Foreign Transportation & Port
Operations on Apr. 25. Yet, he
l cont•inued "various Federal
agencies behave as if free trade
existed throughout the world ."
Dr-0zak blasted those agencies
for their willingness "to sacrifice
any industry, to export almost
any technology and to compromise key elements of the security
of this nation, all in the aame of
free trade."
While tbe U.S. continues to act
on tlte principles of "free trade,"
Drozak pointed out, the Ameri-
I
can flag fleet's share of foreign
trade has dwindled to fess than
.five percent.
But England, . France, Germany, Norway, Japan and the
Soviet Uni0;0 all carry between 20
and 50 percent of their foreign
trade in their own vessel:i.,
Orozak said. Clearly, these
nations "have refused to allQw
the free trade supporters to
distract them from their national
needs and their national defense."
Coupled with the U.S. misguided approach to international
trade is
lack of government
support for our merchant marine..
"While we concentrate on
nuclear-tipped missiles and
even more advanced military
aircraft for our defenses ,"
Drozak said, "we have aUowed
our naval and merchant fleet to
decline almost to the point of no
return."
The consequences of such
neglect have been pointed out to
Congress l>y one Navy official
after another, Drozak noted.
"We have ru:ither the naval nor
the merchant ships that would be
.a
needed to support any kind of
serious military action on the
part of this country anywhere in
tbe world."
Dro:zak urged Congress and
the Administration to institute
immediate policy changes based
on the realities of world trade and
U.S. security.
" I suggest that the first step in
·solving the.st problems is to
establishajointeffortcombining
labor, management and Federal
policymal/,ers to treatthe broader
nature of this problem in a
coordinated and practical way,"
Droza.k said.
Drouk made his remarks at a
morning panel discussion on
"Our Maritime Status-Today
and Tomorrow." Chairing the
group was Capt. J . W. Clark,
retired president of Delta Steamship and a member of the New
·r
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SlU Executive Vice President Frank Omzak, lhird from right. is shown at the
lunche<>n given at the Stu Hatt in New Orleans, La. late last month dunng the 31 sl
annual Institute on Foreign Transportation and Port Operations offered by Tulane
Uniyerstw. With him from left are: Gerry !3rown, SIU por1 agent In New Orleans;
Lindsey Williams, retired StU vice president. Fred Heebe. Judge ol the District
court. and Capl John Leach and Buddy Jordan of G&H Towing. an SIUcootracted company.
Orleans Dock Board. Also on the
Helping to foster the negative
panel were Gerald Seifert, chief
image of maritime is Rep. Paul
economist of the House MerMcCloskey (R-CA), who adchant Marine & Fisheries Comdressed a different session at the
mittee and M. Lee Rice president
weelc-lqng Tulane Institute. "We
of Ogden Transportation Corp.,
have to face head-on !be question
and vice president of the National
of what we can afford," said
Maritime Council.
McCloskC¥, one of maritime's
During the panel discussion,
biggest detractors.
Drozak's views were echoed by
"Clearly if we subsidi:r.e U.S.
Ogden Transportation Corp.
shipyard& to the extent the
President Rice.
shipyards would want, we could
bankrupt this country."
The U.S. merchant marine
Arguing from the illogical
doe$ not receive adequate supposition that .any future conflict
port, Rice stated. He said thatthe
is "likely to escalate quickly into a
maritime industry had "been
nuclear
war,"
McCloskey
tarnished by an image created in
reached the equally illogical
the media that we are an inefficonclusion that the U.S. docs not
cicnt industry living on the dole."
require a large shipbuilding base.
Carter Re-Dedicates Labor·Bldg. In Honor of Frances Perlcins
WASHINGTON - The Labor
Department's headquarters in
Washrngton, D.C., officiallv be-
came the "Francis Perkins Department of Labor Building" on April
10-tbe Jootb anniversary of the
Al ceremonies renammQ the U.S. Lal>or Deparinient headquarters In Washington.
D.C. the Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building in honor ol lhe nallon's
loortti Secretary ot Labor and hrst woman cabinet olhcer. Prc.s1dent Carter
unveils replica and dedication plaque Wllh. lrom lell SuS<lnna Coggeshall
Perkins daughter Senator (;art Levin (0-Mich ) co-author ol bin to rename the
buil<11n9. anc1 5eetelary ul Labor Ray MarShall
birth of the fourth sea"etary of labor passage of the Social Security Act
and the Fair Labor Standards Act:
and first woman. Cabinet member.
President Carter, in a dedicatory creation of lhe federal-state unemaddress, said: "'We can be proud to ployment insurance system. lhe
name the Depanment of Labor Works Progress Administration
building after one of America's most (W PA). Civilian Conservation
remarkable public servants who was Corps (CCC), and "the first federal
also a strong advocate of social and requirements for workplace safety
and an end to job discrimination ... ·
economic justice."
Perkins, President Carter pointed
The President told an estimated
out,
was -the chief architect and the
.S,000 department employees and
01bers- including leaders of labor, chief advocate" of Social Security.
govemmcnl and iudustry--at an -Few peoplet he said, "who have
outdoor ccrc111on)' that Perkins was . served in rills nation have tquchcd
one of those rare individuals who our lives more dircaly."
Many of Perkins' ideas. the
"literally transformed for the better
President saffl. "have become part of
the lives of all Americans."
Referring to President Franklin our basic S'ocial fabric. They have
D. Roosevelt's Depression-era New become now our ideas}'
President Carter called this "a rieh
Deal in which Perkins served a~
Labor Secretary from 1933 to 1945, legacy of accomplishment. and art
President Cart~r S81d Perkins obligation to con1inue tile work that
··helped to carry out a remarkable was begun live decades ago.
··t am pToud to be amt>ng the
revolution a revolu1ion that did
not abolish our insututiom or our Prc5idents who have taken I bis
way of government" but which obligation seriously," he added,
signifielltltly changed "our habits t)f "and I rcconflr m my own commitment to the social and economic
thought and \lur habits of acting."
The Pre~ideot cited Perkins' ju~ticc and the idealism to which
leading role in bringing about Frances Perkins devoted her life."
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SIU Tug Dixie
the accideni narrowly escaped
death when he slammed on his
Progress On Scene
brakes and his car screamed to a
stop 10 feet from the sheared olT
for Rescue Aid
T least 32 people plunged section of the bridge.
Richard Hornbuckle of St.
140 feet to their deaths Into
Petersburg. who had three
Tampa Bay in the early moming
passengers in the car with him
hours of May 8 when a 606-foot
said "l was driving on the bridge
Liberia a-registered freighter
at about 20-25 mile$ per hour.
rammed the Sunshine Skyway
bridge, shearing off a 1200 foot when a bus passed me. also going
along pretty slow...
section of the span.
He said the Greyhound bus
A Greyhound bus bound fnr
reached the top just as the
Miami with 23 people aboard, a
freighter hit. "There was an
pick-up truck and al least three
impact.," Hornbuckle said. "then
cars disappeared into the squally
the girders vibrated and the
Bay amid a hail of concrete and
bridge collapsed. I saw the bus
steel beams torn from the
and several cars fall into the
southbound section of the JSwater," the shaken man added.
mile-Jong bridge.
Answered May Day
The Liberian freighter Suminit
Immediately after the accident.
Venture was headed into Tampa
to pick up a load of phosphate, dozens of small boats rushed to
m.mpercd by a driving rainstorm the scene to search for survivors.
and high wi.nds, · when she The sru~ontracted tug Dixie
rammed into the bridg~. The Progress (Dixie Carriers) reve~sel's captain was a native of sponded to a May Day call sent
Ho.ng Kong, her 35 crewmen by John Lcrro, the harbor pilot
who was guiding the Summit
were all Chinese nationals.
One man who was driving Ven1ure through the 600 fool
across the bridge at the time of ship channel.
By Ftank Drozak
fJtecutive Vice President
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SllJ HeadquarterS"1s shown here consuliing w11h Assoslant Secretary-Treasurer
John Fay, fifth from left The Committee members. elockwtso from far left. are
floberi C8mpbetl, steward department. Oscar Smhh, steward department Tom
Maley. cook and t>aker; Chairman W111'am ·•Flattop" Koflowitch. engine
departmem. Don PresJey. t>osun. Nick O'Amante. deck department. and Kenneth
Bpwman, engine department.
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as advCf"Saries, rather than separate
entities with a common goal, namely
to maxlmi:ie the effectiveness of the
marine transportation industry.
The legislation would establish a
Towing Safely Committee. It would
be composed of a CfOS5 section of
industry, environmental and labor
representatives. The Committee
would meet on a regular basis, and
would make non-binding recommendations to the Coast Guard on
mauers whlch woulcl affect the
towing indU$try.
A similar committee., the Towing
lndusuy Advisory Committee. had
been abolished in 1977 in an effon
HEN it comes to political races,
the SIU has a simple philosophy.
Put up or shut up!
This Union doesn't believe in
playing waiting games. Jumping on -a
bandwagon a month before ap
election doesn't cut lt.
We supporteC: Jimmy Carter for
Presiden1 in 1976. We continue to
support him today.
Eight rnantlis ago, when Carter was
so far down in the polls you coul'.CI
hardly see him, the SIU announced
support for his re-election.
We were one or the first Unions to do so. In fact, t-he SIU was
the main ingredient in fo~ming the initial Labor for Carter
Committee.
Since then , Ted Kennedy has jumped Into the rnce and has
mounted a formidable challenge.
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On the Republican side, Ronald Reagan chewed up and spit
out his rivals in the GOP. And one of his victims, John
Anderson, decided to go it alone as an independentcandidate.
The SIU has stuck with Carter throughout . We have never
changed horses in mid-stream. And we don't intend 10 now.
In '76, Carter told us he believed in a strong U.S. merchant
marine.
A n\imber of very important maritime bills have been
enacted into law by President Carter,
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He signed the Alaska Oil Export bill last year, which bars the
expo'rt of Alaskan crude. The bill also insures that American
tankers will continue to carry the oil.
Carter also supported and siRned the Passenger Ship bill
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A motoost stopped his car within ten feel of disaster.
After anchoring rhcir barge,
the Progress· Capt. Walter H.
Williams and the rest of the 1ug's
10-man SIU crew, rushed to the
Summit Venrure assistance.
also been involved in at least one
other accident during the past
five months. Investigations into
both incidents are pending.
While the May 8 accident was
the worst to date, the Sunshine
The Boatmen spent two and a Skyway Bridge has been rammed
half hours tow.ing the steel and at least eight times since the
concrete-draped freighter four Southbound causeway and
miles away from the bridge.
bridge OP.Coed in 1971. Over the
The Dixie Progress was last three IJlOnths, three accidents
moving a barge loaded with_~ have occurred, all of them involvand jct fuel from the Shell N;lrco ing flag-of-conveniencc'Vessels.
Terminal on the Mississippi
The port of Tampa is the
River to Shell's Dock in Tampa biggest in Aorida and the seventh
when she received the May Day
busiest in the nation. Following
signal.
the Summil Ventµre accident the
Following the accident, the
bridge wreckage, which extended
Coast Guard- iii St. Petersburg across the s.hip channel· into
named a three-member Board of Tampa and nearby Port
inquiry to investigate the causeof Manatee, brought seagoing
the crash.
traffic to a standstill. ·
In a parallel move, Florida's
Though a narrow 23-foot ship
Gov. Bob Graham ordered the
channel had been cleared by May
secretary of the State Dept. of
13 to allow passage of smal.I
Professional Regulation to vessels, 30 deep draft ships were
broaden an on-going investiga- unable to use it and remained
tion of Tampa Bay pilots.
stranded in port.
A Tampa Port Authority
Harbor Pilot Lerro, who was
piloting the Summit Venture, spokesman said that those ships,
was also at the helm when which included the SI U-<:c>n·
another Liberian-registered tracted LASH vessel Delta Sud,
vessel, the Joarrna Dan. crashed would not be able to leave the
into the bridge May 8. He has port until May I 8, at the earliest.
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SIU Supports Creation of Towing Safety Committee
The Subcommittee on Coast
Guard. after weeks of public bearings, hQ decided·10 recommend that
the: House Committee on Merchant
Marine report favorably on Rep.
Mario Biaggi's bill to establi$h .a
Towing Safety Advisory Commiltee. The Commit-iee would meet
w~h representatives of the Coast
Guard to discuss matters of policy
and legislation.
Biagga's bill, H. R. 6242, seeks to
ea.tablish an important channel of
communication be,tween the gov~
ment and the towing indllltty. It
recopiza that for too Jona the
towinJ indusuy and the fcdcnl
government bave viewed each other
Report From Headquarters
SIU Supports Jimmy Carter
by the Federal government to hold
down expenses. rn addition. it was
felt that the old committee was co
unwieldy. The pcoposcd committee
would be composed of IS members,
half the number of the old commit·
tc:e. The fifteen advisors would be
chosen ffom all segments of the
towing industry.
ln general, representatives from
the maritime induatry spoke in favor
of Biaggi's bill during the course of
the public hearings.
Rick Saul, director of Inland
Waters and Great lakes Activities
for tbc Transpoct&tion Institute,
exprcsled support for H. R. 6242
when •pealtin1 before the Subc;om-
mittec. The following su&11t:!>lioru.
that he made form the basis of
amendments which have been
attached to the legislation:
• An advi$or from the Maritime
Administration will be present al the
advisory meetings.
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• No l:J:avel expenses or per diem
allowances 'will be given 10 members
who serve on the committee.
• The scope of the advisory
committee will be expanded to
Include coastal u well as inland
towing.
• A reprcsmwivc of the offs~otc
oil indusuy will be chosen to ~11 on
the advilory committee.
earlier this year. This bill has paved the way fof brmgfng b•~¥ ,'t ,
the American-flag passenger liner industry. The first such ship
to come back is the Oceanic lndepenoence, which will run in
Hawaii. The ~IU will crew this ship next month.
President Carter is also supporting Ocean Minirrg legislation
which contains the crucial "man-America n, register-American" amendments the SIU is fighting for.
While we have done reasonably well in the past four years,
we expect
more from the Carter administration in the next
four years.
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We want Carter's support for meaningful bilateral trade
agreements. We want his s upport for a program giving an
increased roll to the private merchant fleet in carrying military
cargo. And we want his support for a strong, long-term ship
building program for this country. I believe we will get this
support.
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On general labor-backed legislation, Carter's record has
been good.
He signed a new minimum wage law a couple of years ago.
He supports Labor law Reform. He favors the continuation of
an effective Occupational Safety and Health act. And, he said
he would sign a bill repealing "riglit-to-work" laws if it got to
his desk.
On the other hand, bath Reagan and Anderson are opposed
to just about everything the labor movement is fighting for
these days.
In (act, Reagan favors bringing unions under anti-trust laws.
In all fairness to Anderson, he is less vindictive toward Jabor
than Reagan. But it should be remembered that John Anderson
was one of-the most vocal opponents of the 9.S Percent Oil
Cargo Preference bill back in 1977.
The SIU has worked hard for the Carter campaign in all the
crucial primaries and caucuses. We will continue to work hard.
Of couTse, when you walk into the voting booth in
November, who you vote for is entirely up to you. The experts
say your ch~ices will be Carter Reagap or Anderson.
But, it is the SIU's position that Jimmy Carter deserves our
support because he has ea~ned It.
lnouye's Ship Act Breezes in Senate
By Voice Vote
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WASHINGTON, D.C.-The
SIU-supported Ocean Shipping Ad
of 1980 was passed by the U.S.
-Senate late last month by a voice
vote.
Numbered S. 2585, this significani bill was introduced by Senator;
Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii). The legislation, if it finally becomes law,
will help clcar·up a lot of copfusion
in the maritime industry.
According to a report issued by
the Senate Commerce. Scieiice an!J
Transportation Committee, '"the
Ocean Shipping Act of 1980 is
intended to create effective, current
and consistent policies and laws to
regulate ou.r international ocean
liner trades. Included in t)le legislation und«
Title UI of the Act is a provision
which clarifies antitrutt laws
concerning ocean transportation of
for;eign commerce.
ln addition, the very ·important
Title IX of the Act "directs the
Unit-cd Slates government to
negotiate intergovernmental maritime Mfeementa betweea the U.S.
and ils trading pannen.•
Accordina to the Committee
report, "maritllne asreements botween "the United States and foreign
governments mull include provi·
sions for free and open access to
u.s.-nag ships. Cargo sharing
provisions must prqvide for an·equal
diviaion between the fleets· of the
United Stf.tes and reciprocal qading
nations.•
This type of bilatcnl agreement is
something theSIU has been fightir.g
to obtain for )'l:BJ'S.
Some of th.c other provisions of
the Ocean Shipping Act are:
• Permission for the establishment and operation of shippers'
councill within the United swes.
• Establishment of clear procoduteS for Peden.I Maritime Commission appro1llll of agreemmu and
the placement of time limits on
Commission aclions.
• Authorizati•;>n of the approval
and implementation of interrnodal
agreements.
• Clarilication and ~mnation
of 1be independence of the Federal
Maritime Commission from 1be
Office of Mana,gement and Budget.
Before the Ocean Shipping Act
could be<:ome law, a comparable bill
would have to be passed in the U.S,
House of Representatives. Then a
compcomise bill would have 10 be
passed by the House and Senate
before the Ptesident could aign it
into la"w.
Northern Tier Oil Pipeline Gets OK on Right-of-Way
deepwater terminal at Port in two or three years. ApproxiH£ U.S- government has proceed.
Wash. Thefacilitycould mately 5,500 new jobs would be
T granted Federal right-of-way The company wishing to build Angeles,
handle two
tankers at a created.
for construction of the 1,491-mile
Nonhern Tier Pipeline.
In January President Carter
approved construction of
1he S l.23·billlon project. But it
was necessary to pin Federal
right-of-way for the pipeline
which will run from Port
Angeles. Wash. to Clearbrook,
Minn.
However. the project must still
obtaifl private-financing and state
1tuthoru.a1ions before i t cau
the pipeline, Northern Tier
Pipeline Co.. is composed of
eight firms. Among them are
U.S. Steel. Burlington Northern.
Westinghouse, and MAPCO.
The SIU fully suppons this
pipeline project and has vigorously fought for it over
competrng ones that would bring
Alaskan oil through Canada.
Under the Northern Tier Pipeline project, Alaskan oil would be
llrought dl•Wn by lilnktr to the
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time. The oil would then travel
across Washington, Jdaho,
Montana·, North Dakota, and
western Minnesota to a distribution center at Oearbroolt.
The pipeline will be capable of
carrying 033,000 barreb of oil a
day. At the sta1"4 however. rhc
pipeline will only carry 709.000
barrels a day.
The company sa~ that !he4042-inch lim: could be complcled
The grant for right-of-way was.
given by Interior Secretary C.ecil
D. Andrus. He used a speeded up
process in awarding the grant in
orderto fulfill a pr9mise ofaction
within 90 days instead of the
usual six months or more.
That promise was made when •
President Caner selected the
Northern Tier proposal over tbt
compeung projects.
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SIU Carried Six-Year
Fight to Get Crucial
Proiect Underway
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FTER six years of delay, the
driving of a btccl pile
marked the start of construction
of one of the most important
waterway projects in American
history.
Long supponed by the S I U,
the project is a new Lock and
Dam 26 to be built near Alton,
111. A crowd of 1,500 persons
gathered foe the groundbreaking
ceremony which too~ place on
Apr. 2S.
Many lJnited States Congressmen and local government
i;>fficials spoke at the historic
event. Senator Thomas Eagleton
(D-Mo.) dcsc.ribed the new Lock
and Dam as ,.the most critical
navigation facility in the United
States.
A consistent fighter to replace
the existing Lock and Dam 26,
the SIU bas worked throughout
the years to secore Coniressional
authorization for the new facility.
The Union has been working
tt
for reconstruction of this important facility since before a 1974
lawsuit successfully delayed the
start of this project. That suit was
filed by 21 western railroads and
two environmental groups.
In conjurn:tion with Transportation Institute, a maritime
research and educational organiJ:~tion in Washington. D.C .. the
S IU joined the National
Committee on Lock and Dam 26.
•The Committee fought the
attempts of the railroads and cnvironmentaJists to block this
crucial navigation facility.
Hard Work Pays Off
After six long years, through
the SI U's efforts and those of
other st~o~g supporters of the
Lock and Dam 26 project. the
Court ruled in favor of the
reconstruction program and· the
Congress authorized the building
of the new facility.
As many SIU Boatmen know,
the area aroUDd Alton, Ill. is one
of the most hea\lily traveled parts
of the Mississippi River. It is
located right at the juncture of
the Upper Mississippi, the
JUinois River, and the Lower
Mississippi. Huge bottlenecks
have occurred at the outdated
Lock and Dam and many
Boatmen know what it is to wait
for hours and even days to lock
through.
However, though the futUre
looks bright, there will be no
immediate relief. The SS40million facility has three phases.
The Lock: will not open until the
second phase is completed in
September of 1987. The third
phase is expected to be finished
sometime in 1989.
A strong ray of hope for the
start of the project came in
October of 1979 when U.S.
District Court Judge Charles
Richey refused to bar construction of the replacement for Lock
and Dam 26. The lawsuit by the
railroads and environmentalists
had been going on for five years.
During that time, opponents to
the project claimed that an
environm.ental impact study
done by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers was insufficient. (fhe
Corps will be handling construction.)
SIU Walles the Line for Striking TV Workers
Member-s of the SIU joined
picket lines in San Francisco recently, to show solidarity with
unions striking local TV station
KRON.
Local unions belonging to the
American Federation of Television
and Radio Artists (AFTRA)and the
International Brolhc:rhood of Electrical Worlcers (IBBW) have been on
strike for nearly three months,
- seeking improYed wages and working conditions.
The management of the TV
station bad publicly claimed that the
striking unions did not have the
suppon of organized labor in San
suppon by joining the picket line.
More than two dozen officials and
rank and fdemembersjoined the call
for the demonstration. Among the
officials at the pie~ line were SJU
Port Agent Ed Morris, Patrolman
Roger Boscbetti and repretentative
Don Rotan.
Marin, Puerto Rico's
First Gova 11W, Dies
Luis Manoz Marin, a former
Governor or Puerto Rico and a good
f~ of the SIU and all organlud
iabor, plmed a-y Apr. 30.
Mr. Munoz Maril) was 82 when
h11 dlt!d In a Siln Jmn hospital after
illlfrerlnc sneral heart attacks.
The fint covemor of Puerto Rico,
Mr. MllDOI Mann served out four
Cenat lo that poll, from 1948 to
Francisco.
The SIU'5 response was to publidy demonstrate lbat the IBEW and
A I-IRA certainly did have labor's
1964.
SIU members walk the fine tn SOppotl of IBEWan<I AFTRAstrike tn San Francisco
SIU's Brown NwH•d To La. AR<IO Exec. 8ocnd
SIU Port Agmt ~rry lro- bu
been appointed to the Eucvtlve
Board ol tM Loalslana Stllte AFI.·
ClO.
The appointment IC) th11 lmpor: tant body came aftrr the deleptn at
the State Federation's In& convention authC)riud thflr prealdenl to
•ppj>lnt to dte Etrecutl\'c Board a
person representln& the maritime
unions of Lotdslam,
Accordlnc to a letter "Written by
the State Federation's Prettdent
Vidor "uMle, Brochet Brown "wtU
flaye full wotfn1ri&htsalld participation jlld IH U)'otbtr rnemba oftllc
Board d~ ...
Here·s pnc of Gerry Brown. left w~h Sec. of Labor Ray Marshall at La State Fed.
Convention
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However, Judge Richey ruted
that the Corps "gave sufficient
weight" to environmental values.
Following "that ruling, the
railroads a'nd environmentalists
filed briefs appealing that
decision. But- just this month a
ju~ge ruled against them. In his
ruling the judge said, "Finally it is
settled that the public interest
favors the continuing construction of Lock and Dam 26."
Opponents to reconstruction
still plan to pursue their case in
the courts but their chance for
success seems slim.
The history of a new Lock and
Dam 26 includes some important
legis ative actio_n. In October of
l 978 President Carter signed
H.R. &33 which beeame Public
Law
502. J'his law guthoritcd
mone for the construction of a
new Lock and Dam. It also
imposed a user charge on the inland waterways for the first time
in the nation's history.
The SIU ovet the years had
steadfastly opposed the imposition of user charges on the inland
waterways. But in the ~nd the
Union reluctantly went along
with a small tax when it became
obvious that a much.larger tax
miaht be imposed and that reconstruction of Lock and Dam 26
might never get underway.
The 1-0idsiana AFL-CIO Is quite
laflueatial la the state. lrowa'I
appofntmeat to Ille loant wlll lllftll
that Ille aeedt
w111 pJa a
1reatet voke b1 WuWWna.
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Under bis leadenhlp Puerto RJco
became a commoawealth of the U.S.
In 1952. Also, MllllOz Marin started
"Opendon Bootstrap... • proiram
to Uft Paerto ~o from extrentf
poverty.
ln 1!136, Munoz Marin had
founded the P'(lplllar Demcxratlc
Partj. Tbelr .ioaan h.u been "Pan,
Tlern y l •es bill."
In 1962, Mimo11 Marin was the rt·
dplent al tbe AFL-CJO's Murray·
Green award In ruosnilion or his
dfons 10 menptiea Cite ri1hl' and
lmproYe die welfaft of lbe people
Puerto llleo.
Mr. MllllDll Marin Is mrvivcd b
Ms wife., b1ea; a SOD, Luis, 1nd Ill'
daqhten 1 Victoria and Viviana. H
burled ill Ille cenmJ Puert
IUcal! •-lala town of aamnq
tu, tbe place ol llfs birth.
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hearings on various proposals to transport
the Alaska gas to the United States. We'll
keep you up to date oo this situation after
the hearings begin.
• Towln1 Saftty Achisory Committee.
The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation of the House Merchant Marine
and Fisheries Committee will be drafting its
final version of a bill to establisban inland
waterways ToWing Safety Advisory Commiuee. (For a fuU story on this illlportant
legislation, with an analysis of its impact on
the towing industry, see page 6 of this issue
of the Log.)
• Outtr Continental Shelf. The House
Select Outer Continental Shelf Committee
will be holding a series of hearings this
month to take a look at the status and
pro~ of exploration and development
under the Outer Continental Lands Act. ·
• Fisheries Promotion. The Fisheries
Subcommittee of the Rou~e Merchant
Marine and Fisheries Committee will bold
hearings on H.R. 7039- tbe American
Fisheries Promoiion Act. This legislation is
designed to provide incentives to encourage
the growth
the U.S. fisheries industry
which bas been declining as European and
Asian nations have stepped up their own
industries. Congressman John BJ'.Cll1,111 (0LA) will be chairing the bearings.
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Two weeks earlier, on April 15, the Honse
passed its version of the Maritime Appropriations measure, which is substantially the
same as the Senate version.
Meanwhile, a number of hearin~ are
going on or arc scheduled in Congress this
month. These hearings directly affect the
maritime industry, and the job security of
American seafarc111.
• R.all Dnqullltlon. The House Commerce Commhtee iJ mar~lng up it~ final
draft of legislation which will take off many
of the Federal regulations which have
controlled the economy of the railroad
industry. This legislation will have amadced
dfect on the inland towing industry.
• Rdlnery loC'ft'ldvt. The Senate Energy
Committee is meeting to put its final
approval on the Domestic Refinery Development and Improvement Act. Senator
Herny (Scoop) Jackson is chainn~ of the
Senate Energy Committee and is chairing
the mark-up of this bill.
• A·lask1 Gas. The Merchant Marine
Subcommittee in tbe lloU3e ·of Re1>resenratjves will be holding "oversight~ hearings- on
th$ proposal to tninspon Alaska natural gas
via the Trans-Canada pipeline. This pipeline
was given Congressional approval twa
years ago, but is now running into cost
probfems wbfoh we warned about during the
MARITIME A UTHORIZA TJONS
On April 29. the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation
gave its final approval to 1he Maritime
Administration's appropriutions budget for
fiscal 198 ~-giving another year of life to the
vital subsidies programs wllich are helping
America's mercha'nt fleet to com1>0te with
the heavily subsidized fleets of the world's
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maritime natioos.
As amended, S. 23:22 authori7.es: SJ3S
million for the construction differential
· subsidy program; $347.69? million for the
operating differential subsidy program;
SIS. 750 million foe research and development; SJ0.863 million for maritime eduction and training expenses; and $38.864
million for maritime administration operating expenses.
During the markup, the Committee
allceptcd 1iJJ aniendmcnt offered by Senlltor
Robert l'ackwood (R-OR) which provided·
for an addition of $4. I million in maritime
education and training expe-.
Specifically, this amendment provides:
• Sl. l million for fuel oil for the•rainina
vessell of the atatc marine schools; and
• S2 milliou for maintenance and repair
of the five trainilla vaseb of state marine
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A major Maritime Legislation breakthrough came this month when the Ro~
Committee on Foreign Relations finally
reponed out the Deep Seabc4 Mining B.ill.
An equally sij'.llificant happenfog was the
introduction of an Administration bill on
Ocean Mining which includes the U.S.-flag
provitiol!S we have been fighting for all these
years. This is a major victory. The Ocean Mining bill .h ad been stalled in
the House Foreip Afi'airs Committee for
months, after getting enthusiastic endo~
ment from other Rouse Committees.
Because we-and our supporters would not
give up or back down-the bard-liners in the
State Department finally gave in. The
Administration, which had been taking their
cues from the State Department and Special
Ambassador Elliot Richardson, came up
with their version of the bill with all of our
u.s.-nag provisions intact.
What these provisions of the Ocean
Mining bill do is to guarantee that all mining
and proc~jng ships, and at least one o.re
carrier at every mining site, be American
flag vessels with American crews on board.
This bill means jobs and job security for
Seafarers.
The. bin oow goes to the House Rul~
Committee. and then· to the floor of the
House for final approval.
schools.
Also ado~ by the Committees was an
amendment offered by Senator Daniel
Inouye (D-Hl) which prohibil8 a vessel from
receivina co1111ructio11. and operating
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Upg1apmg Program were on Washuig1on last mentll
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an on·lllll·Sl)OI IOOk al their U®n's pc>htlCal
ei11on end legisl!lllvo progrllm8 Oum111 then YJSll.
U>ey met with on1cia1a 01Trans~hon1ns~tute. and
81$0 Wllh SIU leglsl!lltve 1eprOSMl8llY8$ al lhe AFlClO MantlJTle Trades o.tpartment
Ougng 1he" toot ol the Cor19rcss. they IOOIC ume
001 lor IM; pl\Olo on the steps 01 tne Cap<101.
Part1C1Pal•>Q 1n 1~11 program were. Dennoi Oenpate.
N•Ck Ct.-tona. Ali Has,an, Tt>Omas Bric!dey. AltKlrt
Ja$1er, Johf'I Mackey. Tom Ouattrochi. Kelly Cook,
Kevin McC1tlney. Fred Gome: and MiClleel BaQley.
Wrth lhe gioop wore SIU Represel)lallves Jake
Du11ick and Marattall Novack. 111"0 Washingron
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When American Seafarers 'vent a board
the foreign-flag LNG tankers of El Paso,
there was a serious problem affecting their
Social Security rights. Under existing laws,
only allotments could be deducted from the
wages of U.S. seamen serving aboard
foreign-flag ships. This meant that Social
Security deductions co11ld not be made. and
U.S. Seafarers stood to lo~ a very valuable
right
But, we wcol to work in Washington, and
this month Congre.~sman William Cotter
(D·Conn.) Introduced a bill which would
nllow for the Social Security· deductions.
· Whon lie introduced his bill. Congrcssm on explained ~hat "Tl\e logislauon
introduced today will allow eligible foreign
subsidiaries (of U.S. domestic Corporations) to deduct and withhold from the
wages of U.S. seamen the amounts equivalent to the taxes onde·r Social Security."
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Ano1per class or inland wa1erv1avs boalmon.who
are parnclpattng 111 all upgredlhg sehotership'
program sponsored pyTr.anSporla1ion tns111u1ecame
lo Washington Apnl SO. The purpose ollhe tr1~was 10
take a cto~r took al their l,lnion·s pot111oa1 acllvilios
piog1am During ttieir day-Jang visit the Soalaror$
union members anended briefm!JS a1 TronsPQrta11on
1ns111uto. and at the AFL· CIO Mar•hme Trades
Oepartment. Aner ttinch, 1he SlU t>oairnon loU1odthe
C.ap11Q1 wh~re this ptioto was ta~on and lnon v1511od ,
w,1h .Cong.res.sman N1cl)ot~s Mavroutes (C>·MBSS,)
The group in·ctudod R1ohard Herlach. Pe/Jro
Afl1v~r9, f'edro Borrego. John Na1tohs. Doutes Car11e1.
Donald Smart. Paul Geist and lany Evans With lh9m
we<a Stu washmg100 Represon1a11ve Bony Rook11r.
lun<reber9 School rnsrrocto<s Capt lrw.n Gros and
Ben CUs.c• .aJ\d Piney Po.nt Port Agcrn Marshall
• Liner operato!J arc opposed to the
concept of elim11u1tingeuential traderoutcl;
• Shipbuilders arc opposed to the
ab~encc of 1ax breaks on deprcciallon
which would encouraae tbe buildi.qg of new
vessels;
• .Maritime labor is opposed to the
provision which would give the Secretary of
Commerce a mandate IO involve himself in
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pennit the American merchant marine to
_compete efficiently with the nations which
show far more interest in acluevmg marillme
gains. l do.n't know anyone who believes we
have.a national mari1ime policy."
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National Maritime Cnuncil Opposes Maritime Bill; Cites Many Deficiencies
the collective bargaining process.
Summing up the National Maritime
Council's feelings about the overall st.ate of
the industry. Mr. Neuhauser said: ~we arc
trying to get national maritime poliey to
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National Maritime Council this month
expressed that Qrganization's opposition to
the Omnibus Maritime Bill which ts being
promoted by Congressman John Murphy
(D-NY) and Paul McClosfcey (.R·CA).
Explaining the Council's frustration and
disappointment, NMC Director William
Neuhauser said the bill "has too many
negative factors to accept as unelligent
maritime legislauon whiclt would indeed
rev1talile the American Merchant Marine "
Neuhauser conceded that the bill does
have many worthwhile sections. be slated
flail~ that: '"the National Maritime Council'~
official position i& that wt cannot ftupport
this biU as it is currcntJy drafted."
The head of the 3~mcmber organintion
-comprised of maritime labor and industry
-made his oomments in a ialk at the
Nation11I Preas Club in Wa5hington. Asked
to name spec:ific provision& that the NMC
.find& objectionable, Mr. l'leuhJuser ticked
them off:
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Twlsve more Ol lho SIU s rank1nq Seaum:rs came'
ID WR:Jh1ng1on 1asl moncn rorsom,; 1n•dupth bncl1ngi
on 1110 SIU s pQlrtw.atacl•ooand 1.,11,,.ra1ron p1ograms
Th«V woro anoitier group ol ao~1ins whP aw
par11c1pOl••O "' a special 1elta1111119 and upl)raarrio
1>1<>gram Our1011 therr· d!ly-lor'll v1ijl! 111 lhe nflf!on·s
cu111lal. Tho Bo~uns migt wilh three CQngreS$mun
Rep M1Ck{•y L&larll;I (D·TlllCaS}' ROp Oan1elK Aknka
10·t1awa11\. and Rep AOben Bauman (A·Maryf~ndl
ThC'/ also m111811<1 talkt!d w.1n oll1e1al!>"t TransPQ<ta•
'""' rnst1hrta Later thev 1il)enl 11mti ar !~u AF~ ·CIO
M.11.t.me lraoes ll;lpanmenc Uisr.uScl•ng !f!9<Slllboo
w.lh mffllitN•ts ol inc SIU s thisllongror Pol•t;cnt
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011 lhC r.tep; O! 1he Cap.to! Will\ tncm"' lh.s ph()io IS
CorQressrt>.in Roben 8alllll3n :tnd SIU lilg<,lal•VC
Aept,;sen1at••c B<:lly Rock"'
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fiOlrn anl.l Frede ,Jer!S<'s.
HE day of the coal burning
fireman is long gone at sea.
The clang of the shovel against
the firedoor and the hiss of water
on live coals are sounds that
won't be heard agpin by the men
who go to sea.
But coal m~y become very
much a part of the seaman's life
once again ... in a different form,
of course, than it was handled in
the days when coal burning ships
comprised a major part of the
world's merchant marines.
The maritime industry is once
again seriously considering coal
as a fuel for deep sea ships as well
as those on the Great Lakes. the
harbors and inland waters.
Several recent conferences on the
subject of coal fuel ha:ve been
held for naval architects, marine
engineers, and ship opetators and
have attracted large audiences. ·
Economists and engineers
speaking at lh.esc conferences
have stressed these unpleasant
possibilities:
• The price of oil is going up
continually ud may reach the
point where the shipping
companies can no longer afford
to use it.
• The time ~y come within a
f•w ~FS whcA ships may be
tmable to obtain oil at all if the
oil-produci.ng nations put on the__.
sc1ueeze or if increasing world
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demand for oil exceeds supply.
• Even al tht~ time diesel ships
have been having difficulty in
some areas in obtaining good fuel
and some ships have ruined their
engines with oil containing
contaminants.
Coal i$ being boosted as the
alternative to higher oil prices
and possible oil scarcity. Coal is
in am pie sup ply, is st i II
reasonably priced, and is useable
with existing.equipment. No new
technology must be developed to
make it practical for shipboard
use under present day conditions.
It was pointed out tbat a large
part of the Great Lakes fleet was
coal fired, using mechanical
stokers. until recent years.
These copferences bave
di.~cusscd various ways of using
coal for fuel in the merchant
marine. Obviously, no one has
suggested going back to band
fired ships, when the fireman and
the coal passers did what was
probably the world's hardest and
dirtiest work in hot. dusty
bunkers and firerooms. Such
laborious work would be
prohibitively costly today even if
men werJ! available to do it.
fulverized Coal
0Re mettuul ef CQRl Mri119
which is under consideration Is
the use of pulverized coal, a technique tried out by the old U.S.
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hailed then as very useful With
this method, coal is fed from the
bunkers or storage bins into big
crushing macl;lioes called
pulverizers, which reduce the
co11I \o a powdered form, after
Which it is blown Into the boilers
through burners with noz1les
similar to those used on oil fired
ships. One advantage in this is
that noulcs can be quickly
changed to bum oil when desired.
A major disadvantage with
pulverized coaJ, say some
experts. is the possibility of
explosion and fire from coal dust
but others insist that this danger
can be overcome if proper care is
taken of the coal in storage. /
Another (lisadv1111tage is that
the pulverizers weigh 20 tons or
more, create considerable
vibration, and emit a lot of noise.
Automatic stokers are being
recommended as the most
practical means of coal firing on
conversions or in new construction because they have been usid
extensively on the Great· Lakes
and on some deep sea ships and
do not require any lengthy or
extensive d~elopment in technology. Ao oil burning ship, in
has been pointed out, will rcqu ire
a world-wide system for coal
supply or bllllkering. Tb.is would
probably be solved by having
very large l:>arges or fleets of
barges tied up in various strategic
ports around the world, being
replenished by colliers operating
from the major sources of coal
supply in the United States,
South Africa and Australia.
Engineers from various firms
report that they arc now working
on plans for coal fired ships for
companies desiring to build them
or conven vessels now using oilsteam or diesel.
A num1>er of new methods of
using coal have been discussed at
these conferences, including what
is called the "fluidized bed." This
system has been developed to
reduce envjconmental pollution
by reducing emissions of sulphur
dioxide from the furnaces. rn this
system the fuel is bu.med on a bed
of sand or limestone aod a large
supply of these materials must be
carried aboard ship along -with
the coal.
"Coal is here and has a bdght
future at sea." said one of the
conference speak.e rs. "Witbin a
few years· we should see a large
et.tier-words, can·be CGR'ICFlCd Ce
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coal with CQ!Jlpment available
today.
Use of coal burning ships, it
the seas. It's the only answer we
have to the prohibitive cost of
fuel oil."
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Fishermen's Union of
Over lite pasl three yelln.
the
200-Mile
Zone
Violations
p4ssagc with SIU baoking nr the
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Olouc~ter.
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U.S. Fishery ConserVation and
Mapagement Act which established
a 21lG'mile offshore zone, the Coast
Guard with the National Marine
Fisheries. Service has sei1ed 28
foreign shiP.S and tined 2.SO S2.S
million f(>r illePl fishing violations
within the tone. Eight hundred
foreign llJld domestic vessels were
warned for ovcroatchin8'
After the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan io January, Pre$ident
Caner ordered the Coast Guard 10
"severely curtail~ the Reds' fishing
in the zone. Two cutters were added
10 the patrol to see that the Soviets
caughl only the 15.000 tons they
patd a fee for and got permits for.
They had oiitpeaed to c:atch 43.S,000
!On$.
Half of lhc-6,300 boanlirlp were
on foreign ships. One third were
aboard Japanese, Ru$sian and
Spanish ships which make up the
bulk of the Gulf of Alaska fishing
flecL Moscow had one ship seized,
paid 75 lines arul had 840 warnings.
Ten Tokyo ships were bagged, 42
fined and 134 Wl!med. Madrid had
two grabbed. 52 fined and 363
warned. Meitico. Canada. Taiwan,
Italy and South Kotca also had
ships seized for illegal fi-hing.
Foreign fishing in U.S. waters
declined sharply in I9n and 1978.
But leveled off in 1979. U.S.
fi&hennen. including the recently
merged SIU-affiliated Atlantic
Ma.~s
catches as fo;cign (ishiog quotas
are reduced further.
However, foreign fleets will confo1uc 10 fish i>ff Alaska where stocks
arc abu11dan1. The U.S. hasahout 10
percent of the world's f1Sh.
Under the: new law, all fishermen
must specify the amount and type of
f15h they will catch. Fines can be up
to $25,000 for violations. Coast
Guard planes report the fishing
fleets movements to the cutters.
SIU High Standards Make Smooth Sailin' for Cove Leader Capt. ·
C.pt. R. A. McClean, who has
been Mattr of tbe SS Cow~
for lta pat dlbt Yoyqcs. lwt HAiied
wldl a lot of atws oa a lot of lblpe.
But acconlio& IO Cmpt. McClnn,
none bare been better tllan die a-
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P11rt1c.pu1 1ng lfl Wasn111gton v1&•1 wet(' Jamu
£lW~Q. Richard Btadlor.d .lac:k A OJ&en Rarnon
Qu,tci. rrr,0 ~lmf"1. Garv 'Sh(lnt"yte11 W•ll1am
Moow Alnan Wambaen B!'l'lla<d Sllh«• "'· t.uon
Ships May Soon Be Running on Coal Again
bt bM Wied witb on lht
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Ht flnt •ttributa tbia to lht SI V
tndltlon of npplyln& , • • .ml!
b-. made tlsNr co- dlt follow1D1 requat: "Condeue with the
ixcellellt llllllldards."
COl,llpttmt mcl effidenl manpower.
But chcmws ~tfadorontllt
Cov• Lnukr bu bem cooperation•
Capt. MeClcu aald la a letter IO
Ille Lo1: "Salllal lanbn II nol IJM •
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•bell loedlas.
~and die mdln1
tali of buttenrordda& and dt• da&
tanb. lul lo ft&lit Yoyac-, (two lo
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c4lart pea nor w ...,_ •1 •ed Standing walC/1 Qt'I 11\c bndge rs Able
OYertfme."
Seaman Mike BeylOne
From one Cape.in whole Ufe bu
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Hares par! or me aeck gang that ha11 made Cep1 McCleen's Ille eas1e< on 1hc
Cove Loader Tliey are, from the left Rip Jane. chtef mate Jim McNamara. abll·
seaman.· H. E. Jooes. bosun. and J Manos. orcJ1npry ~eman
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Showing off their HLS Cook and Baker Course diplomas last monlh lire (L tor) T
Lemlly. W. Knorr J1 and J Hancock.
A Slew of Able-Bodied Seamen
Piney Pom1 01ese1 Cou1se 1nsiructor 0 . Greig (center) 1s Hanked by graduales
(lelll W Burrows and (nghll E. Memtt Bo1h are leaning on diesel engines
Here·s t8 graduates ot the Luncleberg School's AB Course. They a1e (I tor tion1)
J Grentell, J. Montz.A. Steams. J Artis and G Khan In lhe middle row(Uor.)are
M Cramei. B Morron. N Bull T Bechler.G MsnolaandR Wyatl.Bringingupthe
rear rcrw (I to r ) are L Vasquez. D Giibert. r Davis. K R: .Hulton. K. Schulz.
H. Buller and A Barry
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last month these hearty llremen·watertenders graduated from tl)e.course at 1he
School tn the tront row (I to r.) are O Ornan. W Mo!ter, F KarlSson. R carpen1er
A Hussain.A Mann,J Page.A Wilson.P Wadk•nsandS.Sanmen lnlhebad<are
ti 10 r) S Hamnqton. T Smith, T. GulldersfQelie. T CatanlB. F. Pasik S Feguett
O. Bland. T Barry G Frazier and A Bradley
SIU Wants
Solution to Ship Commissioner Beef ·~
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Representatives from various
maritime oraanizations have ap·
pmred before the Subcommittee on
Coast Ouard and Navigation 10
express opposition to key provisions
of H. R. 5808. a bill which would
assign most of the duties that have
been performed by the Shipping
Commissioner to individual cap·
tains on American flslg vessels.
The post of Shipping Comnlissioncr had been created in the late
nineteenth century in response 10
wifupread a buses that were plagu·
Ing the merchont marine. The
m11ritime industry was almos1 totally unregula1ed, and because it
was. officers were frne to mis1reat
the men that worked under them. It
was felt that u neutral observer
shotlld be present when a foreign
bound ship cnrered port. to ensure
that the unlicensed seamen had not
been shanghaied or physically
abused.
The role or 1hc Shipping Commissioner changed over the years. Oiven
the rise of sf rong and unified
maritime unions. the Shipping •
Commissioner did not have to worry
about beatings or shangha1a11emp1s. He became some1hing of
an unofficial umpire between the
captain and the crew. as well as an
advisor to the captain on mauers
concerninii allotments. seamen's
wages and sca~n·s clothing.
SIU COUllHI Abarbanel Is a Maralbon Man
When the tCArtinii gun tounds at
the beainoing of a grueling 26-mile
marathon run, the field of entrants is
.loaded with people from all walks of
life.
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apot ~e SIU'• best ltnowp- longdbtanc:e runner-who fl! none other
tbao the lepl whiz Arthur Abar-
baneL
At the.end of April, Abarbancl,
half of the Unlon'a lcpJ counsel
team of Scbulma'I ol Abarbanel,
pitted hil fleet feet qainst thou·
aandt of other runncn to pound out
the 26-milc coune of the Lona
bland Marathon.
A veteran of several o ther
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Leo English, Delta Line Official, Dies
Leo En•llsb. J r., a Della Line
offici•I wbo w11~ liked and rHpccted
by SI U members 11nd officHs,
pao;sed •w•.t on Mu. Ji In Hole!
Oieu f{Dspltal, New Orlnns, La.
Mr. English, wbo was 53 when he
died :after • brier Illness, began
worlLlng for Delta In 1951 ••a purse!'
aboard the rormff' Bd A lrn and De/
Sud. In 1954 he came 11Sb0l'e and
was •nisned to the Operations
Drp1111men1 a •istanr port purser.
Since 1968 he ~d beaded the port
wife, Dorothy, •nd fi ve sons:
purser's omce In New Orleans.
Kenneth; Gary; Don•ld; Wayne,
Leo En1lbh Is survived b1 bk · 11nd DUY •.
Bill Jenkins, 70, Dies·
\Pensioner William M. MBill"
Jenkins, 70, former Headquarters
cafeteria manager ·and chn, passed
away on Mar. 28. He had retired in
1976.
Brother Jenkins was Headquarten cafeteria chef for 14 years
under loqtlmc P1Anager, Cliff W.
Wilson. also m:entJy retired.
Seafarer Jenlcinsjoined the SIU in
1939 in the port of New Yor. when
the pay was $4S a rnontb sailiq as a
chief cook a nd chief' steward during
World War II. He bepn sailing in
1927 with the JSU. Previously, be
had worked as a rallroad waiter.
After the war. he wu chief' sieward
for the Eatcem Une uiling from
S.vanaah, Oa. 10 Bolton. M~.
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IMnt. prl11 Hr tor e11trr Ntl"9
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sioners.
American llag operators feel 1ha1
these added duli~ will in1erfen:wi1h
1he captain's productivity.
All segments of lhc mantime
indu~try arc united in their desire to
find an equi1able solution lo lhil.
problem. A1 best. they would like to
see I he fond~ for the Shipping
Commissioner re-ins1ated. Barring
fhe unliqe!l$(:d muri1imc unions tha1. they would rircfer 10 see some_
are n91 the only ones to oppose this 01bcr compr"m;se worked out. such
proposed s~t-up. Licensed unions as assigning represemalive:1 or 1hc
thar represcm 1hc<mptains oppose it. C::oast Guard to act as Shipping
as do the owners or American 011g Commissioner.
vc.~scls.
Hearings on H . R. 5808 will
The licensed union~ arc par.lieu· continue Untii such. time LhaJ lhe
larly upsel at provisions in l·l.R. Subcommiitee on «_oasL Guard and
5808 that would impo~e stringent Navigation repons its lindtngs to the
civil llabili1ic~ if the c11p1uin failed to House Commjttcc on Merchant
perform hi;, new duties fairly. Marine.
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especially since the eap1am~ of
American flag vessels will not be
able to rely upon the counsel and
advice of I he Shipping Comrnb·
Pecquex pointed oui 10 the
member.. of the Subcommi11ce that
if H. R. 5808 i> enacted without uny
changes, then 1he captain would be
placed in un extremely difficult
position. He would be required to
represent the unlicensed membcn; of
the crew against Hit Own Ac·1/011s•
••nl of tile har.i, undue
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he said. ")hould be commended for
its cffortS to update 1hc stat ute.
(However) !he SIU is not pleased
with the eliminallon of the Shipping
Commissioner."
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Upgrade to AB.
Course• start on
June 19 and July 11.
marathons, Abar~! crossed the
wire in Long .Island io under four
hours, shaving minute$ off bis own
previous marathon iuord.
AbarbaneL 56, says he's a relative
newcomer to the man\thon circuit.
But a rigorous lrllinfugscheduJe-"I
~up at 4A.M. every day torun"keeps him in peak condition and
enabla him to keep adding to his
1trin1 of marathon fiDis.hes.
When uked what he Jilced bat
about marathooina. Abarbancl
revealed that lbere isn't nally anything be likes about ahe •port.
"SOll!Himca in the middle of the
winier I say to myself. 'what are you
doing out here freezing. Go home 10
bed!'"
Notice O.n Shipping Procedures (Deep Sea)
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The position of the Shipping
Commissioner was effectively eliminated last Octo'ber when Congres~
failed to include it in the 1980 Fiscal
Budget. The action was typical of
the attitude Coogrcss holds 1owards
the Merchant Marine. No efTon was
made to ensure 1ha1 the duties
performed by the Shipping Commis.sioner would be as~gned els~
where.
. Congressional sources defended
their action on the basis that the
maritime industry was free of
shanghai-attempts and beating$.
Overlooked were; the imporuint
duties tha1 the Shipping Commissioner had come to assume.
H. R. 5808 is a makeshift attempt
to deal with the confusion caused by
lhc 1980 F~cal Budget. The: bill's
sponsor, Ma do Biaggi, Chairman of
the Subcommitt!!e. sl1ares the mari·
time industry's concern over 1he
elimination of the Shippjng Com·
missioner. The bill. !Jiaggi says. is
his way of seeking posirive alternatives 10-a no-win s·itua1ion.
Criticism oft lie legisla1io11 centers
around the role that Lhe capt~ns of
American flag vessels would play.
Frank P~quex, SIU Washington
representative. su.mmed up the
prevailing mood in the marilime
industry when he testified before the
Suboonmilitce on Coast Guard and
Navigation. "The Subcommince."
ttr nitl11• 111 evarr 0.••li·
IUll .Jenld•
Cliff Wilson says BiU worked for
him-and the Union
16 years. He.
was a "gentle man who always gave
more lhlin he go1," Wilson said.
MDedicaled, patient. with integriiy
and understanding,.. )le added.
From 19~9 to 1962. he worked
with ·Wilson and Peosioner Pete
Loleas in the Union's Focd Plan,
in1pect.lng SIU ships' galleys and
messhalls for cleanline.u and
.s.liowing the stewards and cooks
how to better prepare the food. Pele
commented that Bill was ..an
excellcnt cookand baker"iDhisown
right.
Pemioner Wliltcr Gro\.-ener, exhead waiter on the SS Atlami<'
(American Banner l.ine) from 1958
on, reca.llcd those inspections of che
messhalls. Ot~r steward departmem shipmate$ of Jenlcin.s were the
late Slim WallOD, Pensioner and
Chief Steward Alfred Cicero Dout?18$, g1. and Chief Cook John Clark.
Jenkins lool: part in all the
marithnc. beefs. In 1967, he was a
delegate 101he Union's 131h Biennial
Conference in Washington, p.c.
Born in Murfreesboro. N.C. he
was a resident of Gr~-point.
Brook.lyn, N. Y.
Surviving is.nis widow. Pearl.
for
May 1000 I LOG J 13
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Looks as !hough Missed Ah, porter on
the American Mariner has drawn a 1i111e
KP- l'lul, he doesn·r seem 10 mind ar
all.
IW
Second COok Waype Conley prepares
some chicken 101 Ille oven,
Out on the stem deck Bos·n Charles
Ne1gebauer shouts oul a few olders to
fhe crew.
Wheelsman Ross Gowansgetsrhefeel
ol rhe ship's sreerfng mecf1anlsm,
SIU Crew Takes New Lakes·Bulker,
HEREVER she goes on the
Great Lakes, American
Steamshil>'s brand-new bulk
carrier will serve as a floating
ambassador, paying tribute to all
hardw,orking U.S. seamen.
Because the name painted on her
7~foot bull is "M/V American
Mariner."
·
Steamship bas in the future of
Great Lakes shipping," Nemirow
said.
Pinpointing the Maritime
Administration's Title XI and
oiher fonding p~ograms as
"major ca taJysM to fl eetupgrading projects on the Great
Lakes," Ncmirow said that
"during the past decade, Great
Lakes yards delivered 25 major
commercial vessels aggregating
850,000 tons lo U .S.-flag
operators."
The American Mariner and
her unlieensed SIU crew will not
be assigned to a regular .run.
t nstead, the diesel- powered
vessel will be carrying ore and
other cargoes to destinations on
Lakes Superior, Michigan,
Huron and Erie. She'll be able to
travel at IS mph and unloa(I
6,000 long tons of ore per hour.
Her midsummer draft is 30'10".
In addition to Mr. and Mrs.,
Nemirow, participants in the
christening ceremonies included
many representatives of Great
Lakes maritime labor and
industry.
SIU Executive Vice President
Frank Drozak was to have
At christening ceremonies,
held April 15 at Bay Shipbuilding's Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., Yiitd,
the SI U-contractcd vessel was
dedicated "to the generation of
seamen-pa.~t and present-who
have kept the Lakes as the
primary transportation li.nk in
North America's heartland."
Ably wielding the inaugural
bo11le of champagne over
American Steamship's tenth new
vessel in- seven years was Valerie
Nemirow! wife of Maritime
Adminis1raiion head Samuel B.
Nemiraw, who gave the keynote
speech of the day.
"American Steamship Company," the MarAd chief said, "in
~lecting the name of this vessel
chose to pay tribute to ... the
officer&.and crews who, day and
night. in weather fair and foul,
maintafu the now of commodities which are vital to American
industry and our economy."
Nemirow pointed out that
American Steamship's ambitious
shipbuilding program, begun in
1973, will total 5250 million in
new self-unloaders by the end of
1980 when another bulker wlll be.
delivered to the company from
Bay Shipbuildtbg. All American
Steamship's vessels are SlUcrewed.
That shipbuilding project., by
far the largest such project
undertaken by any Great Lakes
ship o~rator "atteats to the Wiper Tim Jay (I.) and QMEO Richard waem pur some Don Borders (f ) looks on aa Mike Mc(;Q(mick applies soni
pteuure lo lhe drill bit. Both Don and Mike afe QMEOs on lh
confidence that American
14 I LOG I May 1980
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threads on a piece ot 11•" pipe
Amet1c11n Ma1iner.
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Gatemen George Harrison opens the gate at No. 1 hold. As tar as we .know,
George doesn't play U1e guitar,
The American Martner cena1nty rias a riappy deck gang. These smiling guys are
from felt to right: Terry Panacz, deckhand: Gllborto Garcia, AB/whee1$m~n; Dan
Tauscher. deckhand: Jim Flsher. AB /wheetsman and Charles Nelgebauer,
Bos'n.
American Mariner1oc on Maiden Voyage
attended the American Mariner
christening was asked by
President Carter to serve as the
labor representative on the U.S.
delegation to independence
ceremonies in Zimbabwe:
Sigler, SIU port agent jn
Crucago, attended on benaif of
the Union.
Speaking of the Union's long
and successful relationship with
American Steaoisrup Dr-0zak
said that the association has been
"a long and fruitful one for both
the Union and the company.
I
Drozalc added that "the good
situation that exists between our
two organizations is a key factor
in the success of American
Steamship's aggressive expansion and new building programs progr4m that has enabled
American to develop the J~t
self-unloading dry bulk fleet on
the Great Lakes."
The American Mariner made
her maiden run on Saturday,
April 26 at 12:01 a.m., keeping
to the seagoing tradition tliat it's
bad luck to begin a voyage on a
Friday!
Standing wetcn In the elongated tunnel of the mammoth ore cam er 1s Conveyorman Chester Patton Chester l'las the longest
walk to work of any of.ship's hands.
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SIU Rt·pr(;Jsentali\ia Joe s1are1 ca1a11dlng, t ) (lives lht· c"'w some Jllllt rrnnute dota•ts beroro w1s111np a11 a Bon Y<Jyage!'
1
Deckhand Mike Bensman ll(l1es up the
on the 211d deck.
pe$S~noway
M1;1y t980 I LOG/ 15
�f99
LBTTEBS
TO 'IRE EDITOR
A Vote of Support For
Frank Drozak
I have been a union member for 24 years. and I am nearing my
20th year with the SIU and have no i:cgrets.
I have watched our progress - progress that cannot be measured
with a yard stick, because we have not finished.
•
Our Executive Vice President, Frank.Drozak, has recently been
elected President of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department.
And he is presentl;y standing at the helm of the Sl U. The highest
regard was shown when the President of the AFL-CIO, Lane
Kirkland said that, " I vouch for Frank Drozak, he will do the job. "
. Therefore, we should all give Frank Drozak our full support.
because be deserves it.
Fraternally.
Tom Brook.s,.B-11%
Ship's Chainnan
LNG Gemini
Started Sailing in 1911
I want to thank the Union for sending me the L<>$ regularly. I
enjoy it very much as I retired in 1960..
My first ship was the Prometheus. I joined it ,in Vallejo on its
maiden voyage. That was in 1911, the year in which l started my
sailing career. I have sailed on many of the old sailing vessels. the
four-mast bark Po•t Stanley: the English full rigger ,Milverton:the
Dutch bark, Nest: the American bark, Snowden; the Norwegian
bark, F.ar/seourr, and the four-mast schooner, Rachael Stevens.
I was on the picket line during the disastrous 1921 LSU strike, and
other beefs. I was on the Coar Beef on the Martha &rry Crom April
to July in 1957. Tough going then also.
Some of my old shipmates names appear in the Log now and
then. So please keep sending the log, and my best wishes to all.
Colonel Extends Thanks to
Overseas Arctic Heroes
I am writing this letter in a spirit of profound respect and
appreciation for the seamanship and professional manners of a
Master and Crew of the U.S. Ship "'O\iersea~ Arctic, " a vessel
belonging t9 the Maritime Corporation of New York City.
In the early morning hours of February 20, 1960, my small vessel
"Seas Skate." from Balboa in what was formally the Canal Zone.
was caught in a tremendous rip tide near the island of Bona in
Panama Bay.
Despite strong winds. the vessel was relentlessly dragged to the
rocks and thrown against the vertical cliff of this island. We were
totally unable to control the vessel. Shew~ partially protected bya
small anchor. We prepared to abandon ship in these rocks with
tremendous current and strong winds, and were in .:Xceedingly
dangerous waters indeed.
After the initial preparations were completed, a May Day
message was sent out over a radio which had previously been in
weakened condition. The Overseas Arctir tra veiling nearby heard
ou r call for help and responded instiintly answering o·u r call. Within
a minute or two after answering the call, a wave rendered the radio
tQtally inoperative.
Captain John Hunt brought his vessel to the island of Bona
showing great seamanship and skill in bringing thlsgreat oil tanker
to lie nearby offsnore. Answering our emergency flashing light, he
launched a lifeboat under the command of Boatswain Foster who
brought that vesseland its eight men to us througb the white water.
the rocks, the night. the strong winds and current, to pull my family
and myself off of the vessel and back through the rocks to the safety
of the ship.
When we left we did not know whether the ship would be
destroyed or not, bu~ this crew's profeS$ionaJ seamanship rescued
us from having to abandon ship in those.rocks and rough waters in
a rubber life raft. l have no doubt that the skill ~f this Boatswain
and his crew prevented possible tragedy with injury and possible
loss of life. Following the rescue, the pr..:>fessional work of the crew
in retrievi"B the life boat and us from those conditions, and 1hc
kindness of everyone in providing us with hot showers and food will
always be appreciated hy my family and myself.
These actions reOectthe highest skills of seamanship in the finest
tradition of the sea, and it is reassuring to know that in a time of
great change in the world, that America still produces the finest
sea men in the world.
Sincerely,
PAUL D. ANDERSON, M.D.
Colonel. M.C., U.S. Army
Fraternally,
Nicho!Q Sargent
Loot Beach, Calif.
Proud of His Union
I wish to express our sincere thanks to the SJCJ for all the
thoughtfullness in sending the Death Benefit of Adol,Ph DeMarco
so promptly.
'Adolph was a proud member of the Union for over 20 years. We
will always remember the many interesting stories he told.about his
travels, the ships he sailed on and all the many friends he made in
the Union.
Because of his health, he was looking forward to retiring soon.
But God called him away, leaving his son, Alan, and me broken
beaned, and worried how we would manage without him. The
benefits provided by the Union helped us to see the way 10 get
started.
God bless the SIU, and many lhanks,
Slncettly,
Mn. Adolph DeMarco, and son, Alan
Kew Gardtm, N.Y.
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Scholarship Vfinner Gets 8.A.
I have received the final installment of the SI0.000 SlU college
scholarship.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation for 11JJ the assistance which the S I U and its staff, has
provided me over the past four years. It has been a great help to me
in achieving the first phase of my educa1ionaJ goal. I now hold a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and will begin graduate
studies at Texas A&M University next fall, with a Doctorate in
Psychology my ultimate goal.
I would also like to emphatically encourage those individuals
who are considering entering the competition for the Schol11rsh1p
10 do so- especially those who have previously thought that a
college degree is financially unobtainable.
Hoping that the SIU Scholarship Program will continue for a
very long time to come in its commendable effons to eome to the.
aid of those needy and deserving individuaJs whoaspiretoobiains
college degree. I remain,
VHy sincerely yours,
Sheila R. Sltinntr
Collea~ Station. Teu1
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Navy Keeps Snubbing U.S. MerchanirTeetT
T H6
pointing finger of a red,
white and blue clad Uncle Sam
bearing down from a recruiting
poster may have caused a flood of
able-bodied men to enlist during
wartime. But it's no longer wartime.
And 1he Armed Forces. the Navy in
particular, are having a tough lime
recrui1 ing.
In facl, the Navy's pcrsonrtel
shortages have become critical
enough to force the recenl docking
of one ship. a ntet oUer, with the
probability of more to come.
Manpower "Shonages are beginning lo cause big problems for the
Navy. The problems are d ramatically underscored by the fact that
over the last four months, tlirec
times as many Atlantic fleet
warships have been rated unsafe foJ
extended sea use than ever before.
The rell!lon: critical shorta&ell of
trained men.
"We are approaching 1he point,"
Adm. Thomas Hayward. chief of
naval operations told Con11ress
recently. - "wh·cre we may have no
realistic alternative b.ut 10 consider
s1anding down some ships'..:•
The way we sec it. the Navy can
either stand down vessel after vessel.
forcing lhe nation to pay the price of
a r,cdu~d defense capability, Or
they cah,..~raw from the pool of
~killed • .Professional seamen of the
U.S. nte'rchant marine who are
ready and able to take over many
mllltary support tasks.
The obvious ahcrnative of u.~ing
merchant ships and merchant
mariners in an active auxiliary role
seems to have occurred to everyone
but the Navy.
In 1912, a study undertaken by the
Maritime Administration proved
that lhe use of modified merchant
ships in Atlantic fleet support
capacitics WCM.lld reclllee to the
eovemment.
But the issue of cost savinss didn't
sway the Navy much. In fact, the
Navy has continued to include
fundin1 requests for such noncombat vessels as fleet o8as, ClllJ
and rqi.ir ...... in their annual
budgets.
For Fiscal Year 1981, they asked
for S27J million to build noncombat ships in spite of the fact that
the merchant fleet already has
vessels which could easily perform
the functions 'Of supplying and
fueling. as well as at-ca repain and
rescues.
In 1974, the Maritimt Administration reported that:
• the merchant fleet included at
least 12 commercial tanli:cn that
could perform the tasb of Navy
oilen;
• 17 C4 cargo shipll which were
suitable for use as stores ships or
destroyer tenders and repair vessels:
• 12 commercial salvage ships
which could easily service the Navy
and;
• 2S commercial oa:an1oins 111ss
which could ht> u9ed in lieu 01· the
nect
Navy's IUI fleet.
But the presence of those 67
merchant ships available for mili·
iary $11pport work-ships which
would be manned by trainl!Cf, professional seamen-didn't convinoe
the Navy to alter their c:oune,
Neither did the . urging of the
Federal General Accounting Office
which, in 1978 said 1h11 "the Navy
did not
sutric:ien1 consideration
10 the substantial U.S. merchant
marine," when mapping out their
support needs.
The Navy jun continued building
more and more ·lup, oilen and
repair vessels, spreading their
dwindlina number of rrainccl sailors
thinner and thinner.
Today, the Navy's in an uproar
over how 10 get out from under their
manpower crisis. We 1 t 11111 dlat
they uve only one upllon.
The Navy"s option is to stick to
their warships and let the vessels and
1he men of tlie U.S. merchant Oeet
do what thefre eq•ippcd to doperform military support functions.
What would be 1hc outcome of
such a.move? First. the Navy would
be relieved of the massive financial
burden involl!W in their support
vessel building prosram. More Federal money would thus be a"ailablc
r
for combat shipbuilding.
Second, if the merchant marine
trained and operated the crews for
military support vessels, II woUJd
ease the Nav1'• 0Terwflelmh11
manpower n:qulremeotl.
Finally. civilian manning will
reduce the prc$surc on 1he Navy to
recruit and retain personnel and will
fulfill the intent of the Merchant
Marine Ad of 1936 which calls for a
strong merchant marine, capable of
serving as a military auxiliary in
ime and in time of na&ional
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emcrgenoy.
In World War II mcfchant
tankers fueled Navy destroyers and
corvettes at sea. We towed barges,
carried and i5sucd provisions to
naval personnel aboard warships
and carried men. ammunition and
supplies 10 !he battle zone. We
performed the same tasks during the
Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Tbe merdwd ..rtac helped.ke1p
the N191 afloat durln1
duw.
We're prepared to do tbt same
"*
today.
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Leon Hall
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Joe Sacco
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James <lannon
N.J/Jtlll Edbt>r
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Edra Ziak
Mike Gillen
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Don Rot0
Mvoctra HOGU1yonpour
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R•y Bounliua
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�TT Wi/liamsb.ur9h
R11ssio and Indonesia
Start.Ing OCt, L, the Jimmy Cirrler Ad ministrati-011 1~ill let the Soviets
buy 8 million me1rk ·ons of U.S. gr.lin il'rhey stillwanli1. Underthc fouryear-old trade treat 1H1ssia has to buy 6 million tons of grain a year. A
metric ton is 2,204.<> p6unds.
Under Public Luw 480, Tirlc 2 rood for Peaee Program, a lhiid of the
cargo must bt cartied on American ships.
New to the. USSR-U S grain trade will be •the 37.800 dw1 ST Ogden
l.z1Tder (Ogden Marine) for a year.' She will join 44 or her vessels in-the
trade.
In July 1981, under PL-48Q, 100,000 metric tons of rice worth $40
miUion and 60,(IOO metfic tons of whe;lt WOrlh $10 lflillion will besold•tO
Iltdonesia.
SS Presidents Clevelqnd and Wilson
Ir:
During tli,e fii;st three weeks in June, fbe SS President Cleveland and
SS President Wilion (American President Lines)
f-rom the West
'1 Coast haul 9,000 mettic tons of bagged wheal flour IO one of the
Indonesian port.s of Jakarta. Surabaya, Medan 01 Palembang.
will
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APL.has begun a new; regular c:Ontainer run !Jetween·Oa*land, Calif.
cand Bangkok, Thailancj and the company's portS of call of Singl!pore in
the Indian Ocean, Arabian Gulf and Nnrth Asia.
MARA!) early this month gave rhe gre~ liaht to lhe 225,000 dwt
superlal1ker TT Williarnsburfh (Bay Tanker~) charte~ by American
Pe1rofina ro.sa.il twq v9yages m th~ Alaskan oll lradcfor six months.,The
tanker r-ias scheduled to sel sail this. month and in. either Augusr or
September from Valdez to the Gulf v,1a S9uth An)er1ca's Cape Horn.
<;>wnel'$ of her sistership, the 'IT .Bay Ridge (Richmond Tankers) also
now on the Nortn Slope 1tade run. want to repay the Governmimi
eonstruction subsidy of f24 ..6 million so she can sail in the domestic
trades. Another si.stership, the· Tr Stuyvesanl-like her lookalike the 1T
Brook{vn-is ;;ailing to Alaska. ·Sbe ha.d to win her case in the U.S.
Supreme1 Court 10 sail I.here.
Northern Tier Gil Pipeline
1'hc U.S. Departalent of Interior speedily granted Govemmch1 rigbl·
of-way t() the Northern Tier Pip~ne Co. to build a Sl.23 billion, 1.491
mile Alaska oil line from Port Angeles, Wash. to Clearbrook, Minn.
ST Poet
Nso in Jui'u:, the S1' Poet (Hawaiian Eugenia Corp.) will sailfrom the'
GWf to Santo Domingo or Rio Haina, Dominican Republic with a cargo
of L2.000 metric tons of bid~ corn.
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.W aterm"n Ste,a mship
Chtistened was Waterman's new LASH, the $70 atillion SS Edward
Rut/elf$e ai Avondal~. Shipyards, New· OrlcaJis.
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She carries· so LASH ligbters and 119 ~11tainers. His namesake was a
South Oirolina (governor) signer of the Qeclaration of Independence.
SJ Anchorage
From July lO 10 Aug. S, the ST Anchorage (Sea·Land) will from the.
Gulf voyage to .Kingston, JamaiC!l wifh S,366 metric ·tons· of bagged,
blended corn meal.
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Bergen, Norway
The Norwegians here say they have a better lifeboat. They've
developed a ncw,freo-fallrigid life-boat launching system dciiigned" \hey
claim, to safely and quickly aia erews·abandoning ship. Brin~og·lhem
through ·any burning oil on the sµ.
Designed for bigships, 1helifcboat can be launched from a heightof6S
feet. Tests show.cdthat the lifeboat could·n ot be thrown agaiiist the side of
the ship during and after launching.
North Atlantic
The U.,S, Coasi G(Jard completed .testiqg the Nati\lnal Oceanic and
Atmospheric.Polar Orbiting Satellite Tracking System late last month so
it .can enfo.rec and monitor by surveillance forei8fl fishing operations
within the 200.mile ·offshore Fisheries Conservation Zone.
Tf the tes1S 'are successful, low cost transmitter& could be re,quiri:d
aboard evezyforeign f11hing ship with penni.$$~on to.fish in the U.S. zone.
The Coast Guard installed eight special transmitters on foreign vessels
fishing in the lllortb At11intic. The signal to the satellite and a land base
pinpoints
the'ship's loClltion. rt also carries f!Sh
catch data and the sos ..
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Membership Meetings
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Date
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'Now York .......... June 2 ......... .. ... 2~ilOp.m• • , ........ ..
Crew tralnin9 and advanced technology are the reaS:011$ U.S.·fla9
LNG shiin are so safe. These new vessels Ol'e so automaled they're
prac:tically push·but!Ofl C'Ontrolled. But you'Ye 9ot fo un~er1tand
LNG and automation before you con wotlc aboard one. The LNG
course at HLS qualifies you to work aboard these vesseb-so you
qualify for the top f'QY LNG crews earn, too.
t••~•U
Td•llMl#t...,.
f t l du#• dl.t ti NM llllitn-,_1
Couraea begin on JuJy 21 •nd August 18.
To enroll, flll out the appllcatlon In this lseue of t,..e Log,
or contact:
Hany Lundeberg School
Vocattonal Educ:JtlOft Department
Piney Point, Maryland 20874
Phont; (301) 194 0010
11 I LOG I May f980
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Baltimore ........... June 4 , • • • • , :iy., •t, ,- ...
Norfolk •• , ......... )Wit !i ..... .. ... , •... ,
Ja~ksonYille ............. June S ~- •• ~., ..... ..
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Algonac ~· ... , ..... June 6 , ......... , .. . 2:~e.m. ........... .
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7:fl,l p.m.
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HOUil.on .. ... ... •..• Jun_c 9 , , ....... ..... ?:30p.11L •. , •• , , ••• , ~
7100p.m.
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the Harry Lundeberg School
of Seamanship at Piney
Point. .All crewmembers are
taking courses designed for
the special jobs they will
perform on the passenger
ship.
Upon arrival at HLSS the
new ship's crew was greeted
by SIU Executive VicePresident F rank Drozak
who welcomed them aboard.
Diozak reminded them of
the significant role they will
play in the future of the 1
U.S.-flag passenger ship
trade.
The Oceanic Independence is the first "t rue"
passenger ship to fly the U.S.
Flag in nearly a decade.
However, if all goes according to plan she will not be the
last.
Jn addition to the Independence, four other passenger ships were redocumented under the U.S. Flag.
Mostly due to the efforts of
the SIU, along with the
Maritime Trades Dept. and
the Transportation Institute;
which pushed for the
enactment of the Passenger
Vessel Bill.
- This bill was managed in
the House by Rep. Daniel
Akaka (D-Hawaii). Rep.
Akaka was on hand at ·
HLSS on May 12 to
personally congratulate th~
crew of the newest member
of the SIU/U.S. Flag fleet.
The biU was sponsored by
Sen. Daniel Inouye (DHawaii) who worked it . in
the Senate.
· Also visiting the crew
mem bees during tht:ir
·training period were repn>
sentatives of the Transportation Institute and the
Maritime Trades Department. T.I. President Herb
Brand explained the role his
or~~-nization plays in
mar1tune.
$1 ll legislative representatives Frank Pecquex and
Fred Sommers explained to
the Independence crew the
importance of keeping up
with all legislarion introduced in Congress wni":.
may have an effect on
maritime poli c,y. They
particularly reviewed theimportance of the Jones Act
which comes under seemingly constant attack and
yet, stands as the single most
important piece of legislation governing U.S. Coastwise shipp ing. In fact,
without the Jones Act there
would be no need for a
passenger ship like the S.S.
Oceanic Independence. The
Hawaiian Islands route
would already belong to
some foreign operator.
But, thanks to the Jones
Act and the continuous
efforts of the SIU, MTD and
T.l no foreign interest will
be able to infringe on the
inter-island route followed
by the Oceanic Independ-
ence.
The vessel and her crew
will begin full-scale operations on or about June 15.
The ship will be run under
the guidance of long
contracted SIU employer
Cove Ship Management.
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Congressman Daniel Akaka (D-Hawah),
who sponsored the Passenger Vessel
BUI in the House, addresses lhecrewol
lhe S.S. Oceanic Independence et a
spectal eflemoon assemblage.
SIU Executive Vic.e President Frank Drozak (r) and senior West Coast
Representellv&Ed Tumer were on hand at the HLSS to welcome the crf!W ot the
lirSI U.S Flag passenger vessel lo operate 1n almost e. decade.
Some of the Slewatd Dept personnel from the Independence helped out at the HLSS's lramees 91aduetionrllnne1. walll11g on
tabtes as 'yllell preparing and serving the evening's faro.
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A ream! phOlgrapfl OI Ille refurbtshed S.S. Oceanic lndendence The shop will
carry 750 passengers belween seven or Hawen's Islands dul1ng regularly
selleduled one-~ voyages. P011s-of.cell ere Hilo, Kona. Kahult and Naw1l1w1h,
home pOl1 JS Honolulu
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Banendr.r Fvereu Moss rs hard a1 work et HLSS preparing concf1mems for an
aFtay ol exotic-d1mks
Executive Chef Henri Planel doesn't mind chopping onions .. 1ust a basic
ingredient IOI' a fine wme sauce he i~ prepari119.
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wa11ress Janice Matsushima does some early morning sludymg for J1cr kletioal lest
me Independence crews' duties included 1ta1ning '" the HLSS' motel lobby
nere manning lhc bellstand are bellman Robert Allburc10 (r) and Lerry Cue.
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SS Oceanic Independence Crew
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The coektall crew of lhe S.S Oceanic lfldependence had a momen1 to Posa for a group photograph prior
lo rnann1ng Ille Anchor Room Bar ror the even1ng~Crewmembers look over ·aa bartenders and
waitresses as preparation tor their seagoing jobs
at JJLSS for the Big Day
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Tne flfst ship's committee ol rhe S.S. OceanlC 1ndepende11cef!ls
ngtif lhey a1e: SIU Vice President Mike sacco. we~e!'s ae>egl!~
Ernest Kam~Stewaro Dept delegate Ruben Aguillar. cnginedde(I!'!
Baker SIU West C<:>asl Representallve ·sm1lin'Georgc McC!llftier.
Duo lo the large Steward Oepl s;rew thO /ndependmJCe car11es 11
r with a tew of !he SIU's !'(lore pho1ogen1c oNioats, from left to
Clark . B R's delegate Doyle Cornelius. galley .delegate
M•ller,banendets' delega1e Everen Moss, Deck delegate Stave
11mlJn ~nd Bos'n Tom Pricl! and SIU Vice President Leon Hall
Jell ~II would have belier representat10fl 11 eaoh group had lls
own delegate
Tne crew of the Independence was especially~pJ>recratrveof the $UfPQrl they reCl61)8d from long Ume
HLSS instructor Frank Mongelli Frank's shown hece wllh the ships boll they pres!!nlAd him and rs
flanked by two cl the ship's belles
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ttlfl nahon's cep1te1 lo explain the 1ml)(lr1ance ol poltl1cs in lhe
ma111tme industry
Steward Oep1 member Dwayne Wong makes thin"" "'•Sien '" , ..~
hotel IObby
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Cocktail wa11ress t.vmStalld'
gartush a few pina coradaS
Yim ot P'"eapptes ready 10
rr11nspor1a11011 Institute President Herb Brand makes hts po1111 on
1ne 1mportanca of pol!11cs 10 seamen w.tn the tndeperrdence crew
t11lt Kruse (I.) ass't meat cutter on the passel'!ger vei;sol gels some
p01ntets from Chief COOk upgrader Alel<tlnrler Reyer as 11iey
Sharpen UJl tnerr skins '" the HLSS's butcher shop
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directions to lhe boat crews.
In a special eo<emony Iha! look pt ace ou1s1de 1ne AnchOr O.n1ng Room oo May 9. 74 members ol tne lndepence who passed
tneir fifeboaf tests were presented wrth their cen1f1cates. The vessel is expecled 10 have all of 11s crowmembers pass the
lifeboat tesl
Independence Crew Gets Ready_at HLSS
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NObOCIV said rt would oe eesy
up the OCJod work meties.
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SIU Celebrates 28th Ye~ of Giving Scholarships
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OUR active seamen and four
dependents of members are
the reciprents of the 28th
annual Seafarers Scholarship
awards.
Named the Charlie Logan
Scholarship Program, the
awards are given by the Seafarers Welfare Plan. This year's
awards, which were announced
by the six-member Scholarship
Selection Committee on May 2,
amounted to $65,000.
The four dependents each
received a $10,000 (our-year
grant. The breakdown among
seamen was: a $10,000.award
went to Mich;iel Bacha; a
$5,000 two-year award went to
Jerome Jones, and a $10,000
four-year award was divided
equally between Cary Hetherington and Richard Conley.
The four dependen1s who
won were: ELline C. Czachor,
daughter of Great lakes Seafarer Louis Czachor; Linda A.
Fay, daughter of Seafarer
Martin V. Fay; Sonny Perilla,
son of Seafarer Ruperto Peralta,
and Henry B. Reynolds, Jr., son
of SIU Boatman Henry B.
Reynolds.
The alternate chosen in case
one of these dependents does
not accept the Scholarship, was
Linda 0. Cocek, daughter of
SIU Boatman A. B. Cocek.
This year's awards bring to 43
the number of active seamen
and boatmen who have been
given Scholarships since the
Program b~an. The pumber of
dependents who have received
such awards is now 104.
The Scholarship Program is
named for Charlie Logan, a
man who was a good friend of
the SIU for many years and who
had been a consultant to the
Union Plans' Board of Trustees.
He passed away in 1975.
Applicants for the Scholarships are judged on the basis
of scholastic ability and character. High school grades,
F
Seafarer Michael Bacha
Seafantr Richard Conley
Scholastic Aptitude Tests or
American College Test scores,
letters of recommendation,
and paqicipation in extracurricular activities are all
evaluated by the Selection
Committee.
The Committee is made up
of an impartial panel of scholars who are well qualified to
judge the academic merit of
the applicants.
This year's Scholarship Committee consisted of: Dr. Bernard Ireland, a retired official
of the College Boards; Dr.
Elwood Kastner, retired dean of
registration at New York University, New York; Dr. Richard
M. Keefe of lewis and Clark
Community College, Godfarey, Ill.; Dr. Charles Lyons,
chancellor, Fayetteville State
University, Fayetteville, N.C.;
Dr. Gayle A. Olson, professor at
the University of New Orleans,
New Orleans, la., and' Dr.
Charles D. O'Connell, vice
president and dean of students
at the University of Chicago,
Chiqigo, Ill.
in 1966 from Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He then went to
work as a high school English
teacher and as a copy editor in
Ohio for the Wall Street Journal.
Bacha could have gone to
law school 10 years ago but, in
his own words, "in 1970, I
resigned my teaching post,
cleaned out my desk at the Wall
Street Journal and packed my
sea bag ... This decision began
an odyssey that has spanned
ten years:'
During his time with the SIU,
Brother Bacha has,gone through
the QMED course at the Harry
lundeberg School in Piney
Point, Md. and has graduated
from the Union's "A" Seniority
Upgrading Program.
QMB> Wants lo be Lawyer
Brother Michael Pacha, a ~
year-old QMED, has already
completed college. His$10,000
award will be used for law
school. Bacha, who resides in
Youngstown, Ohio; graduated
F.ther of Def 'wl Wiiiner
tt.nry B. Reynolds
24 I LOG I May
1980
Seafarer Gary Hetherlng1on
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Seafarer Jerome Jone1
In a letter of recommendation, the charlrnan of the
Department of Modern Languages at Northern Arizona
University writes that "Mr.
Conley Is an extremely dedicated student who hjls· shown
Jones
an unusual talent for lanA two-year $5,000 award guages."
went to 26-year-old Seafarer
Seafarer Conley is a 1975
Jerome "Jer-ry" Jones who graduate of the HLS entry
resides in Mobile, Ala.
program and he completed the
Brother Jones graduated AB upgrading course there in
from the HLS entry program In 1978.
The other recipient of the
1974. He also atterrded the
AB course at the School and split $10,000 award Is 26-yeargraduated from the Union's old Seafarer Cary A. Hetl1er"A" Seniority Upgrading Pro- ington of Williamstown, Kan.
gram. Seafarer Jones wrote in
Brother Hetheringt<>n, who
his ScHolarship application, is interested in pursulns a
"my career Interests lie In career in political science and
architecture and business and business economics, has at·
the merging of the two into tended colleges in Kansai and
engineering.,."
Maryland. He would llke to
continue his college career In
2 Al's Also Winnen
Kansas.
The $10,000 four year ScholA 1915 entry graduate of the
arship was divided equally HLS, Brother Hetherington
between two seamen who have took his AB course at th~
already completed half of their School In 1979. He graduated
college careers.
frorn the Union's" A" Seniority
Richard Earl Conley, who Upgrading Program In 1980.
resides in NewYork,sallsasAB.
Oulltandlns Achlewen
Brother Conley, 27 years old,
has attended Universities in
Followlng are short blo·
Arizona and Spain. He would graphies of the four depenlike to complete his college dents who won $10,000 four
studies in foreign languages at year awards:
college.. in either Arizona or
• Elalne-C. c:zact.or, 17, lives
California.
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By Awarding $65,000 in Grants for
graduation from Bishop Hoban
High School in Wilkes-Barre
this June, Ms. Czachor hopes to
pursue pre-medical studies at
Wilkes College.
In the brief autobiography
that accompanies the Scholarship application, Ms. Czachor
writes, "It has long been my
ambition to become a physician ... I would want to set up
my practice here in the Wyoming Valley where I grew up."
Ms. Czachor's father, Seafarer Louis J. Czachor, sails on
the Great Lakes in the Steward
Department. He joined the SIU
in 1960 in the poft of Detroit.
Brother Czachor is an Army
veteran of World War II.
• Unda A. fay, 18, lives in
Claremont, N.H. Upon graduation In June from Stevens High
School in Claremont she hopes
to get an education in aerospace engineering, preferably
at Brown University in Providence, R.I.
Last summer Ms. Fay attended St. Paul's School Advanced Studies Program. She
writes that "St. Paul's If a
private school in Concord,
N.H. which provides summer
courses for 'talented' .public
school students. Attending this
program is one of the h\ghest
honors a New Hampshire
student can receive."
Ms. Fay's father, Martin V.
Fay, sails deep sea as an AB.
Brother Fay joined the SIU in
the port of New York in 1957.
He is.a native of Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Sunny Peralla, 17, lives in
San Diego, Calif. After graduating in June from Samuel F.B.
Morse High School in San
Diego, Peralta hopes to attend
the University of California at
Berkeley. He hopes to major in
either psychology or political
science.
In a letter of recommendation for Peralta, his high
school English Department
chairman wrote, " \Vhat set him
apart from other high-achieving students in the class was his
ability to see and think through
the less obvious aspects of a
question, or, at the very least,
ask perceptive questions about
It. Other students were oft~n
Colleg~ r1 ,.
Se•l•rer Louie Cuc:hor
Father of Dependent WIDll«
M•rtln F.y
F•t!Mr of Depenct.nt Winner
In his autobiography, Reysatisfied with the more obnolds writes thar he hopes to
vious."
.Peralta's father, Seafarer eventually go to A&M Medical
Ruperto L. Peralta, joined the School after compieting his
SIU In 1975 in the port of c;ollege studies. He adds, "after
Yokohama. He sails as a chief receiving my degree I intend to
cook. Brother Peralta is retired set up a local practice and
from the U.S. Navy In which he thereby serve my community
and set an example for others."
served from 1945 to 1967.
Reynolds' father is SIU Boat• Henry B. Reynoldst Jr,. 17,
lives in Port Arthur, Tex. After man Henry B. Reynolds who
graduation in June from Port joined the Union in 1963 in Port
Neches-Groves High School in Arthur. He works for Sabine
Port Neches, Tex,, he hopes to Towing. Brother R~ynolds,
pursue pre-medical studies at who was born in Niceville, Fla.;
Lamar University in Beaumont, served in the U.S. Air Force
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Shown at their May 2nd meeting 1n New YO<k are the members of the 1980
Scholarship Selection Commrttee. W()(k1ng with the Comm•!lee 1s Margaret
Nalen. third from rlgtlt. who ls 01rectbl ot Academic Educalloo at the. Harry
Luncleberg Scnoot Ttia Commitfeemembers. clockl'(lse from left. are. Dr~ Richard
M. Keele ot Lewis and Clark Cornmunlly College, Godl&re)'., Ill ._Dr Cha~les 0
O'Connell, vice president an<:f dean ol students al the Urwe<srty ot <::111ca90,
Chicago. 111.: Or. Etwood Kastner. retired dean ot 1eg1stralion -at New York
University. New VOii<. N.Y.: Dr Charles. Lyons, chancellor Fayetteville State
Un1vers1ty. Fayetteville. NC.: ()r Gayle A Olson. professor at tile University ol
New Orleans. New Orleans. La • and Dr Bernard Ireland. a reured omctal ol the
Collego Boards
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COVE EXPLORER (Cove Shipping), March 9 Chairman J .
Bcrmudei; Educational Director C.
Crowder. No dtsputcd OT. Chairman
extended congratulations 10 Brother
Frank Oro1.ak on being elected Presi·
dent or the MTD. Al~o cmpha.•i1.ed the
importance or donating 10 SPAO and
upgrading al Piney Point. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
JOb well done. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers. Next port Jacksonville.
GREAT LANO ( lotoroccan Mg!.),
March 3- Chairmnn, Recertified
Bosun Jesse Lewis; Secretary John
Darrow; Edu~tional Oirccror Stephen
Sentcncy. No disputed OT. Chairman
held a discussion which was centered
around what to wear for safety. AU
should wear safety $hoes, gloves.
helmets in the deck department when
working under and between vans while
sccorlug them. The galley noorssllould
be made safe by puuing non skid p11ds
on them. Educational Director urged aU .
seamen 10 improve themselves by
upgrading as soon as possible. 'The
ship's fund will be spent on a new
library. A vote of thanks to thesreward
depanment for the good effon put in
their work under the direction of John
Darrow. steward. Ne~t port TM:Oma.
S£A-LANO EXCHANGE (Seal.and Service). March 2-Chairman,
Recertified Bosun Verner Poufsen;
Secretary J. Thrasher; Deck Delegate
John McLaughlin; Engine Delegate
George Ev0$evich; Steward Dclegute
Joseph Smith. $260 in ship'h fund.No
disput•-d OT. Chnirmnn noted 1hu1 the
applications for• A"Senority upsrading
a11d vaca1ian pay will be pjlsted in lhc
crew menhall. Secretary ,r eponed that
rhe stewnrd dcporrmont hod two
graduates from the Harry L.undcberg
School who were doing an <lutstanding
job because of the rruining they had
received, Complime111s to Ms. Deborah
A Mahler and Howard Daniel. /\ vote
of thanks to the steward department for
a Job well done. Ncxl port Seattle.
OVERSEAS Al.ASkA (Maritime
Ovcneas), March 16- Chairman. Rca:rtifted Bosun W. 0. Jcffcnon: Seatetary
C. A Gue1Ta; Educational Director E.
D. Colby, Deck lklegate Edward E.
Lindbergh. No d1\puted OT Chairman
held a discussion adv.-1na all crewrncmbers to go to upgrading ""hool and
to LNG school at Piney Point. Advistd
everyone to ~ad the LnJC to know what
is going on in IM Union All communications received have been passed
arolllld to all departments. A vole of
thanks to all delegates for fine coopera·
lion and keeping ull urew areas and
quaners cJeao 11 all times. An SIU ship
is a clean ship. A vote of lhankJ to the
steward dcpanmcn1 for 11 job well done.
Observed one mi1101c of ~ilcnce in
memQry of our departed br111hcrs Ne ..t
port in Panama.
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SEA·LAND CONSUMER (SeaLand Service), Marcil 2.-0iairman J.
l!lwell; Scctetal)' L Webb; Educational
Director S. Oberle; Engine Delegate
Carl McKinley; Steward Delegate
Frank Conforto; OecJc Delegate H.
Hood. Some dispated OT in engine
department. Chairman gave a \'ery good
talk about the Uni()n and the benefits
and srcat advancemenlS offered to all
seamen. Thanked the CTCW for making
this a good trip. It was noted that the
projector has to be repaired. Next
pon Pon Everglades, fllt.
EL PASO HOW.UD 80)"0 (El
Paso Marine), March J6-Chairman,
Recertified Bosun F. Walker.; Secretary
Don Collins; Educational Di.rector H.
Bennett; Engine Dele_gate Harry L.
Gearhart.; Steward Delegate Ja.mcs
Morgan. No disputed OT. Chairman
gave a list oftbc exC!ciseequipmcnt that
was needed on board to the Captain. lt
was also suFted that everyone useall
the.knowledge of safety they possess at
all times. Avoteoftlianntolhesteward
department for 11 job well done.
Observed one minute of s.i lence in
memory of our dcpatcd brothers. Next
port Cove P<liot, Md.
BANNER (Intcrocean Mgl.). Ma!Ch
23--Chairman Joha E. Floyd; Scaetary F. Nigro; EdUQtional Director W.
J. Beatty Jr.; Ded< [)clepte Sylvester
Surtado; StewarclDelegate Joseph
Simpson. No disputed OT. $71 in ship's
fuod. Chairman .reported that aU is
going along fine and the Captain said
this is tho best crew he bas had in 20
years. A repair list is out for each
department to be filled in with the
needed repairs and tbe}' will be taken
care of as soon as possible. A111o
dillcu$.~ the importapceof donating to
SPAD. Next port Norfolk, Va.
AMERICAN tiERITAGE (Apex
Marine), March 2-Chairman, Recertified Bmun Leo ParadiJe; Secretar/
M Deloatch; Educational Di~or C.
Merrill: Declc Delegate E. Sims. No
dispuced OT S30 in ship'• fund.
Chairman held a discussion on the
young pe<)plc upgrading themselves at
Piney Pomt and thu e\'et')'OOC who is
eligible 10 upgrade s>iould do so. It is an
advantage 10 malting a better living
The steward complimented Miss Efiiabcth Papciak who u a •'Cl)' good and a
very clc1tn worker. He said that she was
the ba1 Ile e•cr .ailed wilh. fcom Pinc~
Point. A vou: of lhanh aJso 10 the
steward. MatYin Deloatch. and the
{..111cf Cook Hai.el Johnson for the big
•prcads thC) pu1 .our. Next port
Stapleton.
ZAPATA RANGER (Zapata Steamship), March 1-0lainnan J . "'4'onn.
Secretary A Bodin. Some dispU!cd 0 r
on deck department. SSI iii ship's tund.
538.95 wa~ taken ttUt lo "nd no-t-c~ 10
the £.n@lnc U1illty1r.an wh"'IC wife had
pa.std away. A \>6!c ()( thank• to 1hc
steward department fo1 a job well done.
PASO ARZEW (l!I PllSO
Marine) , March 23 - Chairman
Clifford l.eahy: Secretary R. Boyd;
Deck Delegate Paul BuHerworth;
E!lgine Delegate Everette A. Oclandc;
Steward Dclcgaic Kim Dom1ody. No
disputed OT Chairman thanked the
crew for keeping the ship clean.
01scus.\td the imponance of donating
10 SPAO. A vole or thank> to the
steward dcpanment fora job well done.
Repon to Log: •A good time wa; had by
au at the ship·s pool side cookout. There
wa• Bar-8-Q steak. Bar·B-Q chicken.
broiled chili dog on bun, pouito !Milad,
baked b<ans. a•puagu• and assoncd
dessens. The Third Mn1c Della gave the
cookout a special treat with her ice
cream bar...The GSU were also helpful
with the service and preparation. Chier
Steward Robert M. Boyd.•
USt PACIFIC (lntcrocean Mgl.),
March 23-Chainnan John Higgins;
Secretary S. Kolasa; Educational
DireC1or Haywood S. Buller. $11 in
ship's fund, PaiiJ S2.5 for a 1clegran1 to
1he Unioli hall to scnd o gel well wi.'lb lo
Brother Paul Hall. No disputed OT.
Chairman advised anyone who wished
to upgrade to apply 10 Piney Point and
thanked the whole crew for the goo~ job
they were doing. All crcwmembcrs
.stood and wished President Paul Hall a
speedy recovery. A vote of thanks to the
steward depanment for a job weU done.
Next pon Capetown.
GOLDEN DOLPHIN (Apex Marine), March 16-Chairman, Recertlried Bosun Orla lplCll; Sec:rctary w.
Wroten; Educational Director E.
Nacom;Deck Delegate Wilbert L.
Adams; Enaine Delegate Jay W.
Bartlelt; Steward Del-pie Juan
Ramos. No disputed OT. Chairman
noted that everyone gcctin& off will
receive transponation and that any
problems should be brouaht to his
attention before pay off. Educational
Director streued the importance of
SPAD. A vote of thanks to thestcward
depanment for a job well done. Next
pon Quebec.
DEL TA SUD (Delta Stcoiruhip),
16-Chairman. Recertified
Bosun Robcri Broadus; Scc1-etory E.
Vieira; Educational Director J . C. Dial;
Steward Oelcga1c S. PrclsinoJce.$71 in
ship's fund. Chairman reponed that it
ha$ been a very good trip with every·
thing going along
and lhat there
were no lost lime accidents. Requested
1hoac 1ha1 play the: TV Cassette at night
lo be sure lo•IAY with it as long., it is on
and be sure 10 pul 11 away m the cabinc:t
and lhe tapes 10 be brought lo the ship's
of'f'ice. A vote or thanks to !he steward
department for a job well done.
M~rch
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SEA-LAND CHARLESTON (SeaJand Service), March 3-Cluurmao,
Recertified Bosun Hans S. Lee. Sec·
rc:tary E. Tinsley. No disputed OT.
Chairman suucstcd that new members
coming into the Ul\ion should take the
time.and 80 to Piney Point. Educational
DUector tallccd about the info tha1
Seattle Agent Steve Troy gave the new
young mcmber1hip about Union bcncfits and upgrading. Hans Lee, the boiiuo
made a contnbution which was to stan
a collection for a new telct1copic lens for
the movie- projector. The: erew would
also like to try and ae1 4 new library lor
their lounge. A vote nf thanks to the
cn1 ire s1ewu:rd department for a job well
done, Next pnn Now Jcocy.
LNG AQUARIUS (Energy Trans·
pon), March 30-Chairman WiUiam
Babbitt; Secretary F. Paylor, Jr. No
disputed 01'. Chairman discussed the
points of going 10 school in Pim:y Point
10 upgrade and 10 build a future instead
or just domg a job.Secretary noted thal
funher education of all members would
help future members of the Union to
carry on the tradition oftheSIU. A vote
of thanks to the steward department for
a job wcU done.
SEA·LAND LEADER (Sea-Land
Service). March 2-Chairman Frank
White: Secretary Donald GaNung;
Deck Delegate Emmett Thompson. $SS
in ship's fund. $225 in movie fund No
disputed OT. Chairman gave a volt or
1ha11ks to the steward department who
sailed shon-ltanded and performed so
"'-ell. Also to the rest of the crew. for
being so cooperative. Observed one.
minute of sifmce in memory of our
depaned br<lthers._
Official ship'$ ininutes were also
received frQm the 'fQllowing VC$,!Cls:
LNG TAURUS
PANAMA
OVER.SEAS VALDEZ
SEATI'LE
SANTA MAGDALENA
LNG GEMINI
HOUSTON
NEWARK
OVERSEAS NArALIE
MONTICELLO VICTORY
ALEX STEPHENS
CAROLINA
COVE l.£ADER
COVE RANGER
MANHATTAN
BROOKLYN
OVERSEAS ARCTIC
OVERSEAS ULLA
WESTWARD VENTURE
SEA-LAND TRADE
SEA·LAND PATRJOT
SEA·LANO FINANCC
THOMPSON PASS
SAl!I PEDRO
OGDEN WABASH
GOLDEN ENDEAVOR
ALLEGIANCE
J\CHILLES
OGDEN LEADER
AGUADILLA
OVERSEAS HAUIE1"J'E
SEA•LAND MC LEAN
MAYAGUEZ
SANTA CRUZ
DELCAMPO
PHILADELPHIA
ZAPATA ROVER
CAGUAS
SEA·LAND VENTllJl£
DELMUNDO
JACKSONVILLE
COVE ENGINEER
SEA·LAND GAllOWAY
EL PASO SOUTHERN
MOUNT WASHINGTON
OGDEN CHALLl:NG.E:R
MARYLAND
SANTA LUOA
OGDEN 1.EADlll
OVERSEAS WASHINGTON
DEL ORO
PISCES
ANCHORAGE
SEA·LAND MARKET
SANJUAN
0.El.TA BRASIL
SEA-LANO COMMERCE
ARECIBO
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OVERS.l::AS Al.1-:UTIAN
SEA-I.AND ECONOMY
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�Cove Navigator 8 John Gardner Spots Man in Lifeboat 23 Days
Wllile on watch on the ST Cow
Novlgolor (Cove Tantera) late last
mouth. AB John Gardner Spotted
an ope11 lifeboa1-like object 6 miles
10 starboatd elf Louisiana wbic:h
later turned out to contaip a man
pving the distress signal with a
mirror.
of seamanship was to
sa'IC his life.
Tbc rescued survivor, K.Clllldb
Enoe of the sunken inter-island
scbooaer SS MOTVma of Grand
Cayman Is. registry, "coherently"
claimed to have been adrift at sea
for 23 days!
It all erupted in early afternoon on
Mar. 24 as 1S tanker plyed the
Gulf of Mexico from Yabuooa,
Puerto Rico to Baytown, Tex.
After tbe inllial apouiog. 2nd
Male Chriltopba Mantooth notified C&pt. P«er Vieira who maneuvered his ship in 4 to 6 foot into
a calm Ice for 1S racuiDJ"lifeboat.
He cast lioea to Eooc wboc:augbl
t hem mating tbcm fast so the tanker
boat couJd be pulled A)onpide to
starboard. Tbc mas&er said the
rescuei"s "clilplayed expert ttamansbip" in brinpng the beJeaauered
man safely aboard.
nuiact
Olid Stewud Ray Cuanova
with his crew Mpod tbe _,,but
happy Enoe aft where be 1ot
doctorin& food, drink, new clothes
and a hot shower he relished.
Fifty min111eii after the dramatic
rescue, lhe ship's entire deck depanment, with AB Alfred Lewa·
kowski and Ciicf Mate Harlambos
Dralcojp.lllnis in the lead, secured
tbe tanker's lifeboat via sheckla llld
wire co hoist it aboard.
Twenty minutes later the STCove
Navigator was back on course
followin1 lransmittal to the New
Orleans Coast Guard. Auhe pon of
Galvesion the plucky Enoe was
copteRd to the USPHS Hospital.
Capt.. Vieira wrote 1bat w •...
rescue operation was a joint effon
oa tbe 1181t of alf . . . . aboard 1S
Covl!' NtNlflllor. Apin ... as in tbe
past, the American merchant seaman has d itplayed 1he hipest
degree of (seamanship) professionalism. Wit h pleasure, my personal congratulatiOD$ for a job well
done ..."
L9n1 live the brolberbood of the
Sea.
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Help Your Brother Down the Road to Sobriety
eefq a blind man - • down a street makes tbe ml of as duinkful
for our ll&ht. Perfect strancers, as well u friends. don't beatate to olfer a guiding
arm to the blind became we an think it mmt be a terrible tbina 10 be unable 10 see
where yoa''ft 1oi111.
An alcollollc canl - whett be\ aoilll eilhet. only alcoholics
don't haYe friends. Because a friend wouldn't let another man blindly travel •
coarse amt has to lead to t11e destruction -or his lin11t11, ltil job and hil fannly.
And duit's where aa alcoholic is bea+d.
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Helpina • fellow Seafarer who has • drinkina problem Is just
as easy-and jmt • impoctant-as steertns a bind -n Kl'OIS a street. AR
yoa llatt lo do Is lllb dlal Seafarer by die arm and pide him 10 the Union's
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Alcoltolle Rellabi1ffatioa Center In Valley Lee. ML
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Ollce hell tllere. M 81collolic SIU •mber will nuhe.dle care and CO' ringtl
he. needs. And lle'I eet die sapporl of brother SIU • n11t1'1 wlto •~ n1· 1i11r;
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Ille • • M .......lie. Ille 11 llsk lo • blaltllJ, _prodwliwe alcoflol.he Ille.
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NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York., N. Y. 10001
Tele. 11(212) 279-9200
8AL'IJMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman. 6reenberg,
Engelman &: Belgrttd
Sun Life Building
Charles &: Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Te!•· 11(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Arcihcr &. Peterwn
Americana Building
811 Dalla~ St rcct
Houston, Texos 77002
Tele. #(713) 6S9-44SS
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton &: Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. 11(813) 871).9482
Proud of Her Sons on Mother's Day
o much u happening in the mar-
itime industry, and $0 quickly,
that often the officials of this union.
begin to wonder. what does it all
mean? Are our cf{orts to preserve
the American Merchant Marine
having a.n effect on the pel'$0nAI liv"
of seamen?
Occasionally we receive au aiuwer
to that question.
Shortly before Mother'$ Day, the
Log received a Jetter from Nancy
Griffin, the mother of Jess Radle
and Michael Phillips, two SlU
members. Her leuer helped 10 put
two rc:a:nt SIU accomplishments,
the revitalization of t.h e passenger
ship industry, and the crewing of
three former Norwegian-crewed
LNG's, into perspective.
The El Paso Sonatrach, to which
Mrs. Griffin refers in the body of her
letter, is one of the former Norwegian crewed vessels that have
been manned by SIU members.
The Ocear1ic Independence, an·
John Paul Jenninp, Henning
and Wash
100 BuJlh Street. Suite 1403
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
Philip Wcltin. Esq.
WcUm &. V•n Dam
No. I Ecker Bid.
San Franci$eo, Calif. 94IOS .
Tclc.#(41S) 777-4500
ST. LOUJS. MO.
Gruenberg &: Sounders
721 Olive Sitt.el
St. Louis, MiQquri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231·7440
NEW ORLE'ANS, LA.
Barker, Boudt..ux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravicr Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(S04) S~939S
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel. Julber, Rtinlwdl &
Rotbsdtlld
S9(lO Wilshire Boulev•rd
l1>s Angelca, Callfomia 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-62.SO
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
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Houston
Philadelphia
McAllister Brothers and the Independent Towing Co. here merged
early this month. But the merger will have no ill cffecu on the jobs of
sru Boatmen 1n this pon.
"My bu11ons art really pop-
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A new tbree-ycarcontract retroactive to Apr. l, 1980 for Dix.le Carriers
here was "all wrapped up" late last month as SIU Boatmen voted 136 to
26 in favor of ratification, more than a S 10 I margin.
The package hikes wages yearly end includes a Cost of Living
Adjustment (COLA) in the second and third years ot::thc agreement.
Also v-c1cation pay goes up in the third year of the pact. Dixie Carriers~
Boatmen got a new bendit. Major Medical coverage. Plus I) higher death
benefit. And increased pension benefits, optical benefit, childrens'
benefits. travel expenses and subsistence.
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A Boatman was reported missing and two other crewmcmbers
drown~d in !he carlydawnla.st month when the 109-footsengoing tug Sea
&g/11 (Allied Towing) !Utnk suddenly in the Missi&sippi River off U:tton
Rouge, la.
Boatmen Robinson and Powell drowned. Four crewmembers were
saved.
An Exxon Oil Co. eyewitness said the tug "started taking on water,
listed und sank in a ptellY good hurry.
The tug ~nk about 2 a .m . alongside a barge next to one of the oil
company's docks.
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The two new rugs being built for Sabine will be for shipdocking and
canal work. They're getting ready for fitout.
In the port, job hiring was up«nd employment opportunitie~ncreased
greatly recently. A good number of Boatmen were shipped in the past
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llreakchroughs in the new pact include no lid on'thc COLAand ~ick
leave pay. Major Medical, pension benefits and vacation pay were
improved.
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Locks and Dam 26
With Illinois Gov. James "R. Thompson. two senators and five area
congressmen looking on late l;ist month. a pUc~river pounded into place
the first pile of Locks and Dam 26 into the Mississippi River 10 start
ieconstruction of the facility at Alton. Ill .
Miami Beach
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. submitted last month the low bid
for SI0.9 million worth of offshore dredging to put 2.2 million yards ot
$3ml onto Miami Be;ich for erosi1>n ~ontrol and hurrri;ane protection.
The overall project will need l4 million yards of sand.
Tampa
Beside being elected recently lo the port MTDcouncil.SI U /\gent Ray
McDonald , a formerinla11d boatrnan,joumeycd to his old homestead in
Revere Beach. Ma.s. on May 22 10 join his distinguished classmate, rhe
stat~·s ussistant ilttorney general rrcd Riley at clllss reunion. Riley is in
charge of corruption investigation.
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New Orleans
DEC« DEPARTMENT
GLOUCF.STER, MASS.
Vanc:c, Davies. Roberts.
Reid & Andcrwt1
100 WOSI Harrison Plau
Seallll:, W9Shington 98119
Tele. #(~ 28S-3610
CHJCAGO, 1LL
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Stree1
Chicqo. Jllipois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263-6330
Hen: is Mrs. Griffin's letter,:
"Just a no1e of tluinks 10 the
Harry Lundeberg School and the
Sf() ••. my explana1ion will be brief.
Here ii is so close 10 Mother's Day
and natllrally I am missing my two
sons, both graduates of the HLS.
Then 1 picked up the latest Issue of
the Log and read Frank Drozak's
Report From lltadquarters .•. I
realized that not only do both men
have exciting careers, but they are
actually helping with this major
breakthrough!
"My young1!3J son. Jess Radle,
wa.t a crewmem/Jer aboard 1he El
Paso Sona1rareh in Decem~r (now
011 the LNG Arl1!3) and his older
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brother. Michael. Phllllps wlll be a
member of the crew 011 the Oceanic
Jndependence In June. What a thrill
to read about these SIU accompllshme111.r 01td ll(httt a perfect .~other's
Day gff/.
ping with prldt ..• thanks again."
•TOTAL REGISTEREO
DE1ROIT, MICH.
Vicaor G. H-n
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. 11(313) S32-l220
Orlando & White
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Mauachul1Ctt5 01930
Tele. 11(617) 283-8100
other ship tbat Mrs. Griffin
mentions, will be tho first American
Oag passenger vessel in ten yean 10
resume opei:ations. Its n:birth is a
direct result of legislation that the
SIU helped pass during the latter
pan of 1979.
Ac1iv1ty has picked up in this port due 10 Crowley Maritime coming m
with her 13 boats and terminal for her triple deck barges. Sabine has done
more sh1pdocking ncrc and Mornn bas chipped in, too.
Dispatchers lePort for Inland Waters -
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
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Our intrepid, seagomg Cook Duncan V ''Pat" Patterson of St. Pete
was on the disaster sc.:ne in T11mpa Bay on May 9 aboard the tug Dixie
P~cgress (Dixie Carriers) w)l~n nn empty, mbound Chinese-<:rcwcd 606foot Liberian phosphate freighter rammed into a supporting pillar of the
Sunshine Skywuy Bridge toppling 1.000 feel oftheccnterspan with a bus,
three cars and .i pickup truck's 35 occupants 14 stories lo their deaths into
50 feet of water below.
With dozens of boats and another ocean tug. the crew of the Di..(ie
Progress searched for survivors in the: swift,currcnts of the 600-foot
cliarmel and kept the SS Sllm!llil Venture from being swept onto the
bridge agitin while 40 feet of the bridge wreckage dangled above. Later
under her own power, the !.hip sailed to anchorfour miles away from the
IS.mile long twin span which c;1rries 17,000 _cars daily.
The Oag-of-<:onveniencc freighter slammed Into the span at 7:30a.m in
blinding 40 mph rain squaU winds. Tampa Harbor. sheltering 13 ~hips.
was. blocked by 1hc bridge debris for llve days.
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High BIO~~ P~~!o~~~'!e~~~nd ~!:~op!~1!n!~}~!'!~~Jt ~!y'!nen-
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lfo.1p1tal hat a £1ogan people 1ho11fcl
110.1 01111111/on 10. The slogan Is,
"Dol<'n With Hitch BIO<ld /'re.fsure."
USPHS has reminded thl' l.og '""'
Ma1•l.t l(l•perten,tlon Munfh. Here ~
wme lnfu about hypertensio11,
/Jetter fwown as l11gh hlmxlpressurt',
t•ourtu,t• of the Sa11 Francisco PHS
lfospiia/.
T
HE disease is called the
'\ilent killer" because it has
no symptoms and i~ painless
You may have hypencnsion and
Ice! line. fhe only way to know if
your blood pressUTe i~ high i~ 10
have it measured. The only w11y
It> trea1 high blood pressure is to
follow treatment ever) day.
M1111y peyple think hyll,ertcn·
s1on the medical term for high
blood pr<!ssurc --is rel ated lo
nervous tension. Staying calm
and rela~cd i& no iiuarantee
against having high blood pre~-
medicauon every day. whether
they feel nervous or relaxed .
Patients who take their medication and follow their doctor's
advice bring their blood pressure
back to the: normal range.They
may thi1_1k they have been cured.
The trut'1 i~ tbat the medication
acts as 3 blood pressure control.
The medication controls your
blood pres~ure only as long as
you continue taking it. If you
stop taking your pills. your blood
pressure wilt go up again. As long
as 11 patient remains faithfld to
the treatment. high blood pre&surc: can be c.:asily controlled.
If your ctoctor has prescribed.
medicine 1or you. he or she may
advi~t: other things such as losing
weight a1td /1>r reducing the
amount of ~a!t 111 you1 diet to hclfl
the medication work hctter.
Sometime) this may reduce the
amount ol mcdicauon you need
stop taking medicine. The plan
your doctor recommend$ i~
d~signed especially for you.
Make sure you understand the
1>lan and follow your d-0etor's
advice.
On.e of the reasons for the large
med1ca I d J'O p-~11 t pr~ b ler_n
among hypertensive patients 1s
the fear of the bad side effects of
1he medication. Many hypertel)-
sive medication will produce a
lack of energy and impotence.
This is no longer the case.
Medication can be changed 1f you
experience such $id-e effects.
Jnform your doctor and he/she
will change your medica1ton.
If you have not had your blood
pressure taken in the past year,
you should make it a point to do
so.
lakes Seanaen Get COIA lnerease
Effective May l, 1980, Grnt
J..U. Seafaren wortdna on Great
J,alces Ami. of Muiae Opcnton
(OLA.MO) and KinlllWI vet1ela will
be r«dvln' a 33 cenb per hour Cott
of Jlvlas add-on.
Coupled with rhe 21 ceatJ per
hour COLA of Feb.,, 19118. Great
l..akei Seafarers st,.q,bt I lme bourlJ
waae ratai lncreUed b)' 54 cent1 10
far tllls ynr.
Under the Uaion'b collective
barpinfu& •creement with <.L AMO
md Kinsmm, Great Lakes Seafarers receive a one cent hourly C05t or
Uvlni :tdd-on for each .3 point 1 ise in
the quarterly Con1umer P rice
Index. The March Index rose 9.9
pol.DU, makinl tht COLA adjustment 33 caill per hour.
The next con of llvln& adj11111menf
due wW be Aus. I. 1918.
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Exp4N1are Sulflf
The
Lakes
Picture
A Igo.a.me
The layoffs and production slowdowns in the automobile indus1ry arc
having a negative impact on many related industries. The suppliers of ra~
materials and pans have had to cut back because the demand for their
products from the auto industry is way down. And, of course, if demand
for supplic:S is dowh, so is !.lie demand for ships to move those cargoes.
Several SiU-eontractcd Great Lakes vessels have been forced into
layup due to lack of cargoes. American Steamship bas laid up the Sharon
indefmitely for that reason and Kinsman's Merle M. Mccurdy has been
sent to Duluth for an indefinite period.
Eric Sand Steamship's N/agara. which bas always been crcwed up and
running l>y ihe first week in April didn't even start ci:ewing. until May 8
this year. General Motors just doesn't need much sand th11 year-and
that's what the Niagara carries.
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The Richard J. Reiss (American Steamship) will be out ofcommiuioo
for at least four to eight weeks. maybe lon~r. Her unloading boom
9napped in half a.n d .she's been sent to the shipyard for repairs.
Claleqo
The Medusa Challenger (Ceme111 Transit) will be having a harder time
than ever shaking her reputation as a Mjinx ship." While she made it imo
Chicago 1¥itbout mishap last month and was the ficst SIU-contracted
vessel to call tho.re, . er e111t was a not er stoty.
rec out o six n ges on
the Chicago River malfunctioned and a special work crew bad to be called
in to make repairs. Lt took the t.fodusa Challenger six hours fora run Iha!
no~mally takes no more than an hour and a )!alf. Better luck next time?
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More problems in Chicagostopped1raf]jclast month. Gale force winds ·
tore un empty barge trom i1s moorings and sent ii crashing into Chicago's
92nd St. bridge. The bridge had to be closed to all river traffic on Tues.,
April 15 and di!ln't re-open un1il IQ AM the following.day. after rcjlairs
were made. The SI U-contractcd Delroit Ediso11 and Juhn A. Kling
(both American Steamship) were held back from departing Chicago on
schedule because of the closing.
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Watch Out Trouble! Here Comes the :Judge
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Thanks in large part, to pressure from the SlU end other maritime
unions. the Coast G"ard has added exposure suits to the specifications
for Oreat Lako:s vessel lifesaving equipment,
The regulation issued by the Coast Guard last month, also includes
requirements on the carriage, use and inspection of exposure suits on the
various types of vc$sels that operate on ihC( Lakes.
"Use of the eKpostJrc suit," the Coast Guard said, Mwould provide
protection to the wearer while in cold water for an extended period and
would serve as a protective garment if worn in a lifeboat ..."
It bas been estim~ted that of the 100 or more deaths resulting from
Great Lakes vessel accidents over the past 25 years, between 50 and 30
percent of them were due directly to cold water exposure or to the
secondary effects of c/lposurc. H11d exposure suits. been r,equired
lifesaving gear aboard these vessels, many of these lives could have been
saved.
Issuance of the regulation, while important, will have little direct
impact on Great Lakes Seafarers because m91t collective bargaining
agreements with SIU-contracted Great Lakes companies already include
a provision that the vessel be equippeil with exposure suits.
SIU
Tug, Judge,
Squelches Second Big
Tanker Fire In Last Six
Months in Galveston._
hel For The haare
The word from all over the Great Lakes is the same as the word across
the U.S. -the economy is taKing i1s toll on every industry.
A major source of inflation is, of course, slcyrocketing oil prices. The
costlier fuel becomes, 1he more everybody looks forvia~l.ealternativc fuel
sourc:es.
One abundant alternative is western coal. Several U.S. power plants
are in the process of converting facilities to run on coal-and if lbe trend
continues, the payoff for Oreat Lakes shipping could be big.
There arc vasl coal fields in Montana and Wyoming which eastern
utilities arc beginning to eye seriously. But moving coal solely by rail from
Montana to, say Oettoil Edison's power plant in St. Oair, Mich. is too
costly and time-consuming to be wonbwbile. It ta.kes 10 days and costs
S22 a ton for the 1700 mile t:rip.
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llowever, moving the coal via rail to Superior, Wisc., and then via
the Great Lakes 10 St. Clair would take five days at a cost of SI 8,50 per
ton.
SIU-contracted American Steamship Co. alread has a long-term
contract with Detroit 1son and will besupp ymg the llll tty with about
3.S million tons of coal in 1980. American Steamship and other Great
Lakes shipping companies may soon be moving 11 lot more wcstetn coal.
Ao upstaleNew York utility is planning to build an offshore unloading
plalfom near its Lake Eric plant and l.o put in two coal burning unit.s
nearby by the late I 980's.
lo addition, there's an cffon underway in Butfalo to line up financil)g ·
for a new coal port in the ciry.
It's still too early to tell. but if the move 10 western coal moterialius 3
shipping renaissance on the Great Lakes could mu(crialize as ·well.
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"The firefighting cour~'t was a real
asset in pulling out the blaze."saida
29-year-old SIU Boatman, Capt.
John Niday.
He was talking about a recent lin:
thul he and his crew aboard The
Judge (G& H Towing) hcljled to
extinguish. And the firefighting
course he was ralking about is the
one offered jointly by the Union-'s
Harry Lundeberg School in Piney
Point. Md . and the Firefighting
School in E!arle, N.J. The latter
school is run l)y the Military Sealift
Command and the U. S. Maritime
Ad ministration.
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Cept: Niday went through the
firelighting course in 1975 when he
took the Master's course at HLS.
Two other members of 11rc .fudge's
eiew who fought the fite also
complelcd the course. They arc SIU
Boatmen Harold L. McDaniel,
engineer, and Ray ~Mugsy" McGuirc,deckband. Bro1her McDaniel
received his engineering license
lhrough the H LS in 1977 and
McGuire was a 1977 entry graduate
or the School.
Also fighting the fire were Mate L
R. Sarvis and Deckhands Ltroy
Smi1h and Henry C. Jankowski.
On the day the fire occurred, Apr.
2. The Judge sailed the Liberian-flag
tanker Amoco Crrmonafrom Texas
City, Tex. at 3ppro11imately 4 a.m.
One hour und 45 mmutes later,
771e Judge go1 word that the ship
was on fitc.
The 789-foot tanker and an Amer-
ican-ilag breakbulk carrier. Mason
Lykes (Lykes On.is. Steumship Co.).
had collided just past the Galveston.
Tex.. sea buoy. The tanker baa un·
loa!led crude oil and was headed ou1
while the Mason l-yl<eswas inllound
to Galveston wi1h cargo.
The collisioa resulted in extensive
damage 10 both vessels bu1 no one
was killed or badly injured. 8esides
being on lire. the ; fmo1•0 Cremona
had a 40·foot hole between lheNo. I
and No, 2 1anks on the port side.
according to Brother Niday.
At about 8 a . 111. 1'l1i' Judge
reached the abandoned uinker-the
lirst boat 10 get to her, said Capt.
Niday: The Coasl G'uard arrived
around 8:25 a.m. and gave The
Judgf'~ crew the order to put out the
fire.
Shortly aftctward three e1her
G&H lugs arrived the Ti1an.
Srurg<'cm. and /~m"' Haden. The
Sturgeon had Coast Guard personnel aboard her and was no1 actually
involved·in the firelighting. &cause
of lh~ir firefighting equi11meo1. the
7iran and Laura Haden could oqly
help in cooling down the fire.
Bui taler in the day. another G&H
boat, the C. R. Haden, eame and
"got in there with us" to help fiiht
tile bla7.c. Boal1lllln Niday said.
The: crew of:. the C. R. Haden included: Capt: G.M. Bartholmey:
Chief Engineer Johnny jlecd: Oiler
Roy McElroy al\<I Deckhands Steve
Wilder and Bill Hood . McElroy.
Wilder and Hood arc Piney Point
gnids.
During the whole opera1ioo there·
was heavy' (og and the ~water was a
little rough." according to l':liday,
Because of tile conditions. the boat
G&H Gets Another New Boat,
had to conMantly be maneuvered.
The ship drifted about five miles
before the fire was finally put out at
shortly after 2 p.m,
Firefighting apparatu~ on.the ship
also helped con1ain the bla1.c. Niday
said thal before the crew abandoned
the Amoco Cremona they 1urnecl on
her tire mo11i1ors. lhe ship was
"Cqu1pped with an incn gas sy)tcm
which enabled tbe crew lo flood the
tank~
with a non-combustible
vapor.
The fine work of G&H crews in
puttingo_ut the A,;W('CJ Cremu11afire
comes five months nfler crews on
these tugs helped to fight a bigger
and more dangerous blar.e. TI1at
incident occurred on Nov. I, 1979
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when two Liberian-flag ships collided 4.S miles off Galveston Bay.
Set ablaze in that collision was the
772-foot ta-nker Burmah Agatt'
loaded with 1 6.~ million gallons of
light crude oil. or her 36-mun·crcw.
only four survived The 01hcr ~hip,
the freighter Mimc>.<a. also caughl
fire b11t none of her crew was killed .
Along With the c. R. Hutf('ll, fill'
Jucl,1(1! helped p111 out the fire 0111 he
/'.'limo.la. Then. with the help of the
/Aura lfndett. thc.se three boots
,tayed· with ~ the burning 1ank~r for
one week. They pnwlded the ptimary firefighting effort during tha1
time. 11-·or lull detail' 1in this
1naident, sec page 8 of the mruary
1980 f..ai:),
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A happy group of tirefighler.s from 1he G&H Tl.lQ Judge gather fora phOIO w•lh SIU
rep Dean Corgey. lefl Tile firefighters from U'le tell are. Leroy Sm11h, deckhand
Johnny Niday. eapta1n Ray "Mugsy· McGuire, deckhand, and Harold McDaniel.
eng1nee_r, '
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the Barbara Neuhaus
Wro~g?
Tlje Belle River. Amcricai;i S1c11msbiP's thousand-foot coal carrier, fit
oul in Ouluth on Apr. 29.
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Oevetaa•
American Sttamsbip"s brand-new self-unloader, the MI V A1114!tiCJJD
.~farinl'r, made her maiden run at the end of April. The 130 foot bulker
loaded iron ore in Escanaba, Mich. Then, with the 18 SIU members who
make up her unlicensed crew, the American Mariner beaded for
Ash1abula. Ohio.
Shown underway 15 !he newest adchhOO 101"'!1SIU·contracted fleel of O&H Tow·
1ng ol GalveS1on. Te11 She·s the 3.000 11ofsepower boa1 Barbara H Neuhaus.
Fraaldort
Repwrs and rcnovalions arc still underway on the carfcrry Anhur K.
Atkinson (Miuh1pn lntentalc Railway Co.) The City ef Milwauke,. has
been 1ied up indcfini1cly. lcavin& the Viking the only SIU-contracted
carferry still operabnJ hen:. At one time Ille: Viking and the Cit)' of
Milwaukee were both on a 5-and-2 schedule, But frcigbl volume is now
way down and 1he Viking's SIU crew is currently on a 2Q.and-8schedule.
If you can find out and fix it, you've got
great job security and good pay.
f'orpsofElllClaeen
So take the Marine El~l Maintenance Coune
The N, Y. district Corps of Engineers conducted public information
workshops in N, Y.C. and Buffalo last month to inform the public on lhe
status of a stpdy 1hcy are !loing. That ~111dy concerns the feasibility of
building a bar&e or ship canal linking the Great Lakeswilh the Atlautic
Ocean.
at HLS. It etarta August 18.
Fill out the application bl this iuue of the Log or contact the Harry Lnndeberv School to emoll.
With her red coat of paint she"s
a bright new addition to the SIUcontracted fleet of boats.
Her name· is the Barbara H.
Neuhaus and she's the fourth in a
~rics of 11 new tugs being built
by 0&.H Towing' of Galveston.
Tex.
Like the three boats that preced'ed her and the one to follow,
the Barbara H. Niuhaw waiconstrucled at the Diamond Ship-
yatd in Savannah, Ga.
She's 88 feet long, bas a beam
of32 fect.adrafl of 16 fec1,anda
horsepower of 3_.000. .
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Sheil be doing sh1pd~king
and other harbor. work in the
Galve11ton-Texas C11y area as are
her sister boats Titan. Loura
Haden, and f>enia.
There is no _due daie .yet on
the fifth boat an the sc:nes. the
Mark K.
f You~ skil/eJ in Olestial Navi.gation.
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enroll in tile Celestial Naviga11on course ac HLS. IC'll help f
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f more monpy/
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f this issue of the Log. The course starts August 4.
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you learn what you need ro know to e;un the Ocean Operator Over 200 Miles license. And that means fl betler 1ob and •
f The teachers al HLS give every student all the iml1v1dual he!p :
f /IP needs 10 succeed. So HLS 1s the place 10 learn celesual
f naVi&dtion. The sljlff is tllere to help you gel .iflead;
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~,amlS ROl>M Douclas. 61. joined
the SIU in the pon of Mobile in 1955
sailing as a 2nd cook. Brother
Dougla. lMltlcd 28 yean.. He IS ii
wounded veteran of the U.S Army in
World Wtir II. Seiofarcr IJouglJb wa<
born in Alabamo and "a re<ident of
Andlllusia. Ala.
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Prlmltl•o Mu.•c, 65.joincd the S(U
In th~ pon of New York in 1958
sailing m the s1eward depanment.
Bro1her Muse.was on the pickctlin~R
inlhc 1961 N.Y. Harbo<bcefandlbe
1963 Rotobroil strike. He is a: veteran
of the U.S. Army in World War !I.
Seafarer Muse was born in Marlcho.
P.R. and is o ttS~dm1 of New York
City.
Sigmund Rothschild, 65. joined
. Lhe SIU in 1944 in the pQn of New
York sailing as a chief steward.
Brnthcr RoLl1!JCh1ld s111lcd 36 years
He was born in New Yori. City and is
a resident of Hou.n on.
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I.Boy Maurice "Nlrk" Nkbollu.
62.joinc:d the SIU in 1939 in the pon
of Mobile sailing as a chief ~toward.
Brolhcr Nicholas sailc:d 43 yean. He
is a wounded vc1eran of the U.S.
Marine Corps in World War II.
Scafutcr Nocholas was born in
Mobile •and is n resident Qf New
Orleans.
Recerlificd Bosun R..augn Johnson, 59.joincd the SIU in 1946 in the
port of Mobile. Brother Johnson
graduated from tbc Union's Re·
certified Bosuns Program in April
1974, He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy
in World War II. Seafarer Johnson
was born in McKcn7.ic. Ala. and is a
resident of Houston.
Leon.rd O'Hara Kennedy. 63,
joined lhe Union in the port of
'Houston in 1960 sailing as a deck·
hand for the Gulf Canal Lille in 1%()
and for the Mobile Towing Co. from
• 1965 to 1975, Brother Kennedy nlso
sailed for the Brooklcy Field Co. in
Mobile from 1949 to 1958. He sailed
deep sea as an AB from 1936 to 1949
from the pon or Mobile. He was a
member .or the old IS U. Boatman
Kennedy was 111Jo a rigger and
aircralt engine~ inspector. He al·
tended a Piney Point educational
conference. And he is a veteran or
!11'; U.S. Anny in World War II. !Jorn
in Beatrice. Ala.. he is a rcsiden1
of.Stapleton, Ala.
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kobert Edward Ernest Thoma.. , 15. joiQC<I the
Union in tile port,,of N!>rfolk ih 1965 saili119 a.-1 chief
<he•.,I engineer for Cunis Bay' Towing fro~ 1965 to
1972 and for McAllister Brothers. Brother Thomas
wa;aformermembcrol MEBAfrom 1959to 1965. He
os a veteran of the U.S. Nary m World War II.
Boatman Thomas was born in Glouces1er Coun1y. Va.
and IS a TCSldent of Chesapeake. Va.
Hubert £u&'tll• MM!lcs; 60. JOincd
the SlU in the port of New York in
19S4 sailing ns a 2nd cook. Brother
Mathes uilcd 34 yc.ars. fie was born
in Konapolis. N.C. and is a resident
of New Orleans.
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Lewlll Cllflon GlanvDle. S9. joined
the SIU in 1940 fn tbe· pQrt of
Baltimore sailing as a wiper. Brother
Glanville was born in Virginia and is
a resident or Baltimore.
Kllrt CU5m Haestrom, 6S, joined
the SIU in 1943 in 1hc pon of New
York sailin9 as an AB. lltothcr
Ha&strom walk~d • lhe pi.ckellines in
th"c 1961 Grenier N. Y. Harbor stri.ke
~nd th< 1962 Robin bine beef. He
was born iri Swede~. is a_nau>ralizcd
U.S. cit~en and i.' u resident of San
Francisco.
J ohnnie u cHodceo, 60,joined the
SIU in 1948 in the port of New York
saolin& as n chief steward. BroLher
Hodecs sailed 39 years. He .is a
veteran of the U.S. Army in World
War II . Seafarer Hodges was &o1nfo
Greenville, N.C. 8Jld .is a rcsidtnl uf
Vir@inia Beach, Va.
Juan Hopkin!I, 6S. join,;o the SIU
in 1942 in the port o( New York
sailiug a~ a fireman-w8tertt!11ilcr.
Br1.11hcr ll opkin5 sailed 3!> Y,Clt~. He
wt,)rkcd un the San l'riinctsco SC3=
~ lllnd Shoregnng 10 1975. Seafarer
Hopluns wils on the pickcdine in the
196$ Oi:uriel Council 37 beef. Dom
in Pucno Rico. hessan:sidentoTSan
.FrancisCo. ·
Ham Edaar fflll'tHn, 66.joincd the
SIU in 1940 in the port of Miami
sailing as a bosun and ship's dclcga1e.
Brother Hansen sailed 39 year< and
for Ctowley Marine He wu born in
Dania. Fla. and is u rtsodcnt of
Andersonville. Ga.
Augustus Rog!!r Hick11Y, 68, jomccJ
lhc SI lJ iii tl\e poi t ,o f ~w York in
1951) $3iHng as nn Ali. lirother
HicLey sailed 37 years. lie is 11
veteran ol the U.S. Navy 111 World
War 11. Seafarer Hickey was born in
MassachUSCll.$ and IS n resodcm or
Wilmington. M:us.
Patrick Gerald Fo~. 70,joincd 1he
SIU in 1943 in 1he port of Baltimore
sailing as a fireman-watertcnder.
Brother Foxsailed40ycars. Hewasa
former member of tbc ISU. Seafarer
Fox received a Union Per>onal
Safety Award in 1960 for sailins
ahoard an accident-free ship, 1he SS
°Clt)•oflitlma. Hcalsoatlondcd Piney
Point Workshop No. 2. Fol!. is n
veteran oft he pre-World Warll U.S.
Navy. Born in New York City, he iu
resident of Long Beach, Calif.
WllUam Harold Chadburn, S7,
joined LIM! SrtJ in 1943 in the pun of
Norfolk sailing M a steward uti.lity.
Brother Chadbum was born in
Canada and 3 a resident of Long
Beach, Calif.
UMW Grateful for SIU Support in St. Louis Stri~'-
T " Eit
S I U has always been ou1 ended in complete success for the
In fact, the UMWappreciated
President Mike Sacco with a
front al the head of 1he pack UMW and the worker> nt the the SI U's help so much. that at
plaque. In brief, the plaque said:
when
comes to helping a terminal.
their Constitutional Convention "Thanks SIU. you did a great
brother union in a tough beef.
One more thing. Let II never be in Springfield, Ill. on May 6, •JO
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The United Mine Workers said that the Mine Worlcers do
UMW International P resident
In accepting the plaque, Vice
Union found this ou1 re<;ently in not appreciate help.
Sam Church, presented S I U Vice
President Sacco reminded the
St. Lo ui s where they were
lJ MW Convention lhot the trade
involved in a tough strike a.l
union rnovcmcnl lives by unity.
American Commercial Terminal.
He said that in these changing
a coal transfer facility.
times. where unions are facing
The strike las1ed for three
new challenges 'every day. umty
weeks. But it might have gone on
must remain the labor movelonger had not the S IU stood
ment's number one priority.
shoulder Lo shoulder with the
Sacco's s tirring remarks
Mine \Vorkers.
earned ·him several standing ovaSlU members and officials
tions ~rom the gathering Mine
stood picket duty with the
Workers .
Mineworkers at the plant's
But mosl importantly, the
shorcside e nt rances. The S IU
SIU's actiot)S in supporting the
also helped man a picket boat on
U·MW has earned the S IU ·a
the Mississippi Rive~ to halt or
pledge of support from the Mi ne
disrupt barge traffic goi ng into
Workers in any beef we migh1
the plant.
SIU Vice President Mike Sacco, lef1. receives award of !hanks from l~MW
have.
The SIU and the M ineworkers Pres1denl Sam Chutch al UMW Convenlion in Illinois on May 6. At nghl Is UMW
T hat's the way unity works in
Distroct I 2 Rresidenl Kennerh Dawes The awardwas In appreciation for lh!l SIU's
made a good team. The strike support of the Mine Workers' slfoke al AmeflcaqComme1c1al Terminal in S1 Louis.
labor. Brother helping brother.
Oldti111er Donates $10,000 to HLSS To Help Young People
A retired member of lhe former
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
has donated SI0,000 to the Harry
D•rreU Leslie Coleman, b9. joined
the SIU in 1he porr of M ol:liJc in 1951
sailing a.s a 2nd cook , Brother
Coleman also $ailed os n 'ship'•
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delega1e. He was born in Mississippi
and is a rA<Sideni of Pascagoul-. Miss.
M1ke Diltian. 60, JOlncd lit<: SIU on
1943 in 1he pon of Norfolk 'ailing as
an oder. Brolbu Oikun wa\ horn on
Piusburgh, Pa. and is a rcsidcnl of
Los Gatos, Calif.
Robert Donnelly, 58. joined 1hc
SIU in th,cl)Q.rt <;if New York in 1950
sailing as a cliicf 'Slewurd. Brother '
Donnelly sailed 35 years He hit the
bricks in thc 196S District Counctl 37
beef. And he is a vcteraA of 1hc U.S.
Army in World War JI. Seafarer
Donnelly was bom ill Newark, N.J.
. and is a resident or ln-in111on. S.J.
S. J. "Barney" Maaters (let!) is snown
wilh hos good friend George Foote.also
a retired seaman.
U.S. Jobless Rate Jumps to 7%
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T1ie U>WilrJ'• joblca rate lul mllllon. Auto worllen j<i.bk
l1lOlldi J-ped lluirply lo 1percent bit 21.S percent. Conslruction
of tbe wortfon:e from March's
worbn rate biked to IS. I percent.
percent, lite aharpetl
•lllce Factory worbn had tbelrrate biked
January ms. 111e untlllployme.at -to 7.9 percent. Wholesale and retail
rate bad. rem•hiecl ltable at about 6 ttade worten ban been bit, too.
peremt lor dte i.t two yean.
Hardllt hH "ere adult men whOJe
Aprtra 7 percent Joblea rate ill the jobless rate cllmbed to 5.9 percenl
highest nte recorded since June from 4.9 percent, the bl11e11 Jump
1977, (7.2 l*-1). Last month since 1'49.
7,.256,808 worken were 1utemT1ie adult womens' 1'8te rOle to 6.3
ployed, wfdi 97,ISf,HOwortiJncout percent from S.7 prrcent in Mardi.
of a workforce of IM.4 ndWon.
The tttnaac rate swelled to 16.l
RoqhlJ 115,... U.S. worten percent from LS.9 percent.
got piDt .up. ID Aprtt prlndpally In
Blacta' jo. . . . . . lncreued to
the uto, . . _ cOMtrucdoe, die,
12.6 percml WI mondl from II.I
.CHI aad .._,,_ lndllllbleii.
per-.t.
Auorc11a1 to lilt Labor 1>eparcht a baPl!J note W• ltrUdt Wiim
the rate for mWoritJ teenapn weal
nie111•1
101111' of Stadltlct,
to 29.1 percmt from 33
dowa
Dr. Jaa,et Nor"ood,
die put
four IDOJ1l•1, Ille number of perceat. In Febnairy, their rate wat
unemploJed r0tt bJ some 1.2 37.9 percat.
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Lundcberg School. in appreciation
for the good work the school docs
fo.r young people entering the
industry.
S. J . "Barney" Masters, 79,
re<:enlly told a Lug rep~ntative
~hat he wanted to do something
good for the younger men and
women entering the indUlltry and
decided tha1 the best inst rument for
his pufPO$e was the Harry Lundeberg School.
..Even though 1 retired before the
MCS-STU merger." Masters said, " I
have been reading the log regularly,
and lhave been impressed wi~h what
the SIU hll8 been doing at Piney
Point."
Masters, a widower since 1970, is
termil)ally ill with cancer. Hcsnid he
wanted to make his donation to
H LS wbilc he was still alive. because
he wanted lhe school to get 1he full
amount and nol bave the money
c-m·
'·2
eaten up by legal costs which might cook: in various loggmg camps in
happen if he waited and made ii a Oregon for a number of years.
bequest in bis will.
Portland was his home port for
most
of his &cagQing years. H c has
He fi~t went to sea irl 1940 as a
CO_ok and Balcer on the SS Corne- lived, since his rcti~ement, in
lius Gil/imn. He rel ired in 1964. _Jun-cfron Clty. Oregon, south of
lkfore going to sea, he had been a · Portland.
That Cargo Has Gotta M?ve!
...And ;ou're the one who tnakes it happen
~nalbWty.
Bespeot. And more money. too.
These are t h e things you can earn
when you are so~ at what you do
that you're really the best.
THEY' RE THE THINGS YOU
EAR~
WHEN YOU'RE
THE CHIEF PUMPMAN.
Why settle tor l ess? You're an SIU
Seafar e r-the rnost profesetonaJ
maritime worker in the world. You're
the best-rnake Jt. pay.
Sign up for th e Pumproom Maintenance
aod'Opcralion Cours<' l\t ll LS.
To emoll. contact HLS or ft11
out the application ln thla
issue of the Log.
en-•
May 1980 I LOG I 33
II I LOG I May 1980
J
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Roy
Junior
Llchtilti'. S4, djed
of heart-lung fail·
urr in 1hc Nassau
Bay (Tex.)
USPHS Hospital
on
Oct. •9, 19'19.
........
:Brother Lightner
joined the SIU in
the pon of Wilmington. Calif. in 1956
sailing as an OS. And he was aboard the
sunken S,S Yel/Q>\'.f/Ofll! (Ogden Marine)
on June 13. 1978. He wu a veteran of
the U.S. Marine Corpsin World Warll.
Scafarrr ligh1ner was born in York. Pa.
and wa.. a ~ident of Pasadena, Tex.
His repta.ins wcregil'l:n 10·1hc University
of Texas Medical Bureau Medical
School Galveston. Surviving a:n: his
widow. Georgia nnd hi~ fa1her. Roy
Lightnct Sr. of York.
......
..-,
Pcmioner Clin·
ton Jack Mmra)'
Jr., 71, died of
heart lailure at
home 1n ~ule on
Dec. 2. Brother
Murruy Joined the
SIU in the por1 of
Seatlle in 1956
..ailing as a bo~un. He sailed 34 )UIS.
Seafarer Mui ray was bom in San
Froncisco. Crcmaiion u>t>k pince in
Scaule.
-
Pensioner l:s·
sen Alron<o John·
son, 78. died in
New Orlenns M
Dec. 12. BrolJler
Johnson joined
the SIU in 1938 in
1he port QI Phila- delphin sailing as
a bosun. He 1alled 46 yc:ars . Seafarer
JohMon was bom in Skam. Sweden
and w.t.< a naturalized U.S, ci1iicn. He
ws.\ a rc.1idcn1 of New OrJean§.
Crcma1i9n 1<1nk place in St. John';
Crcmacoi)>. Ne\\' Orl1tns. Survl.ving is a
brolher. C. Johnson of Cambria
Heights. L.1 .. N. Y.
Pensioner
Jolin Thomas
"Jack" Morton,
78. succumbed to
a heart anack on
Dec, 22. 8rocher
Morion joined tlic
SIU in 1945 in the
port of Norfolk
sailing as an AB. He was a veteran of the
U.S. Navy in World War I. Seafarer
Morton was bom in North Carolina and
wns a resideni of Roi1boro. N .C.
Interment was in Shiloh Primary
Baptist Church Cemetery, Roxboro.
Surviving is a.sister. Lorene of Roxboro.
'
Pensioner John
Russell Michaelis
Jr., 72, died of
lung failure 10
Union Hospital.
New Bed ford,
Mass, on Feb. 10.
Brother Miobaelis
join•d che SIU in
1938 in lhc pon of New York oa1lingas a
fireman-walcncnder. lie hh the bricks
in bo1h the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harb(!r
t>ccf and 1he 1962 Robin Line Strike:
Scara:n:r Michaelis was born in New
York and wa> a resident of New
Bedford. Crema1ion took pince in the
Swan Pt. Crcmatoryi Providence, R.'I.
Surviving is his widow, Anne.
Pcn ~ioncr
William Henry
Millison,
76.
passed away from
' a bean nnack on
Feb. 27. Brothet
Millison joined
the SIU in 1947in
the port of Phila·
delphia ~iling as a bosun. He sailed 29
years. Seafarer Millison attended lhc
1970 Piney Poinl Crews Confcn:nceNo.
4. Born in Philadelphia, he was a
r1:1idcnt of Gloucester, N.J. Cremation
took place in the Harleigh Crematory.
Camden, N.J. Sµrviving arc his widow,
Gladys; t'Wo daughters, Mrs. Madeline
C. Choate of Cape May Court Hou5e,
N.J. and Mrs. Barbara Hasson of
Camden and a sister. Mrs. Mildred
Bradway of Camey Pt .• N.J.
Pcngioner Ste.,
en JOMPh ICnapp,
76. passed away
from a hellrt
Pem.ioncr Julian Davis Brot!Mn Jr.,
attack m Commu63, succumbed 10 hearc failure at home
nity lll>spical.
in Wanc:hesc. N.C. on Mar. I. Brolher
New Pon Ricllcy.
Bro1hers joined the Union in the port of
Fla. on <Xi 3.
Norfolk in 1961 sailing as captain for
Bro1her Knapp
GATCO frorn 1950 10 1972. He was a
jo111ed the SIU in 194-0 111 1he port of
former member nfthe UMW from 1951
New York ~•ilins &fa 2nd cook. He was
to 1961. Boalman Brothers wu born in
a vc1cran of lhc U.& Army in World
Wanchcse. Bori41 wu in 'fillell Ceme·
War U. Seafarer Knapp was born in
1cry. Wanche~e Survivin& are his
Czechoslovakia and Wll$ a resident of
wido'W. Shawnct and three daughters,
New Port Richey. Interment 'WU in
Gail. Linda and Mo~.
1he Meadowlawn Memorial Uardt:ns
Pensioner t.ra Malvin Gower Sr.,
Cemetery, 61fen, Fla. Survivln1 arc his
112.
passed away from a hcan at lack in
widow. Evelyn: a brother. Andrew of
Maryvicw
Ho1pital. Portsmouth. Va.
Pa5saic. N.J. and an uncle. John Knapp
, on Apr. 2. Bro1hcr Gower joined the
or East Rutherford. NJ.
Union in the pon of Norfolk in 19!'>(1
L~or Davill 111, 3$: dic,d ofhean rail· sailing as a cook forGl1TCOfmm 1946
urc on Mar. 28. Brother Davis joined to 1963. He wa' a former memberilflbc
the SIU in Ille pon of Jackson"illc m UMW from 1953 tu 1960. Boatman
1970 'llilinJ! a.\ an OS and as"\tant 3rd C1ov.u was born in Florence. ~.C. and
cook He ..ailed In tl>c Vietnam War. "u' a rcsidcnc of Portsmouth. lrucrheafarc.r l)a\'1~ WI!> born m Jachonville mcnt was 1n Orcenlawu Memorial
11nd wa'>>H re~iden1 1hun:. Surviving are Gutden~ C'emc1ory. Chesapeake. ""'·
hi• w1do\\>. Caroltn. twu .on•. l.<roy Jr Survivin!!
hi. widow. Rulh untl 11
IV and Ronald ftnd '"'0 tln11gh1tn. daullhler Mrs t:mui G M a1u11 ul
Pamela and Ma•hauna.
Pon~mou1h
""°
34 t LOG I May 19110
Jul111
ReMI
Monn, 62, died of
hcart-lun1 failun:
in
the
New
Orleans USPFIS
l:lospital on Jan 8.
B.rotber Mones
joined the sru in
;--... the pon of New
Orleans in 1955 sailing in the slewaid
department. He sailed 38 years. Scafar~r
Mon~ was born in New Orleans and
was a resident there. Burilll W8$ in
Cypre$S Grove Cemetery. Ne'W Orleans.
Surviving arc a sis1er. Mr6. Juanita
Howard of New Orleans and a niece.
Dolor~ Dec Bates of Chalmctte, La.
Arthur ..Artie"
Moore Jr., SJ,
died in the USAF
Wilford
Hall
~edicol Cc.nter,
Lackland (Tex.)
AFB of heart-lung
!Ai.
failure on Feb. 12.
"'
Brother Moore
joined _the SJU in 1hc port ofNcw.York
in 1966. He sailed last.as ohicf electrician
and QMCD. He was a retired scaff
sergeant of the U.S. Air Forces (USAF)
in World Wur II. Seafarer Moore was
born in Booneville. Ark. and was. a
resident of Universal Cicy, Tex. Interment was in Beaton Cemetery, Hot
Springs County. Ark. Surviving arr two
sons. Patrick and Michael and his
mo1her, Mrs. George (Eula) Ji. Follensbcc or Hot Springs.
Pensioner
James
Lionel
Morrison., 8~.
passed away from
Hodgkins dlseate
in the New Or·
leans U.S. Vet·
erans AdminisLl')i·
lion
Medical
Center on Feb. 26. Brotlicr Morrison
joined the SIU in 1938 In the port of
Boston sailing as chief steward. Re
sailed 45 years and for Seatrain,
Seafarer Morrison was also a 111cmber
of the ISU. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Anny in World Wn I. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, B. w.r., he was a resident
of Westwego, La. He was a naturalized
U.S. citizen. Burial was in Provide11ce
Memorial Park Cemetery, Kenner, La.
Surviving ill'C a son, James Jr. o( New
OrleAlll; th('CC daughters, Mrs. Lucy M.
Bagnerise. also of New Orleans, Joyce
and Debra and a grandaon, Carl Davis
or New York City.
PerlS!oner J - F. Ab Cbaa Chan,
63. dicd'ofheart disease at home inSan
Frani:isco on F'eb. l.S. Brorher Chun
joined the murj!Cd MC&S Union ho
1947 in the pon of$an FranciJc()sailina
for American President Line (A PL). He
fitsl began sa1hng on the West Coast in
1938. Arul he was born in California.
lntermenl wa& In Grecnlawn Mernorial
Park Cemetery. Colma. C.lif. Survi11m1
i• a brother. Sill Chan of San Francisco.
Pensioner CM.ilno M. Patron, 72,
pas'ed away from peritonitis in' the
Scaule General Hospital <!D Jan. IS.
Broiher Patron !tarted sailin1 on the"
Matson Line in 1956. He 'Was abo a
eanncry work tr. Patron was a veteran of
the U.S, Armed Forces. Born in the
Philippine Islands. he waa a taidenl of
Scaule, Burial was in Washelh Cemctu}. Scuttle '\urviving are bis wtdow.
Ella and a daughter, Catalina of Scenic.
ltex
Jorie
O'Connor, 56.
died of natural
causes in tbc
Kings Coun1y
Kospital Center,
Brooklyn, N. Y. on
Feb. 11. 8(other
O'Connor joined
the SIU in 1941 in lhcport of New York
sailing .as a chief stC\l!ard. He sailed 39
years and auended the Piney Point
Crews Conference in 1970. Seafarer
O'Connor was born in Spanish Hon·
duras and was a resident of Hoboken.
N.J. He was a naturalized U.S. ci1izen.
lntennent was in lhe·.Silvcr l',foun1ain
Cemetery. Stntcn Island, N. Y. Sur·
vlving are his widow, Edith; a son,
Dorian; a daushter, Usha of Hoboken;
hi• mother. Adeline of the Bronx. N.Y.
and a sister, Gunda of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Robert John
Pmry Jr., 29. died
in Bangkok. Thai·
land on Jan. 31.
Brother Peqry
joined the SIU In
the pon of New
, Ynrk ln 1975 sail. ing as a firrmanwater1endor and in the $1CWard dep;lit·
mcn1. He was born in Jrvjngton. N.J.
and was a resident of Berwyn. Pa.
Cremation took place in Bangkok.
Surviving arc his parentS, Mr. nnd Mrs.
John and Olgn Penry of Berwyn,
J•mes Clcrn~nl Wilkins, 67. died of
heart failure m 1he Childreo·s Hospital.
St. Petersbura, Fla. on Aus. 12. 1979.
Brolher Wilkins joined the Union int~
port of Norfolll in 1961 saillng ~ a
deckhand. mate. pilot and captain. on
the ThgGA.TCOfrom 1943to 194s·anc1
GAtco 10 1972. Allied Towing from
1961 10 1972. on the 1ug Venturrr
(IQT) ftom 1972 t'o 1979. Mariner
Towing.from 1945 to 1961 and for UIC.
HewasaformcrmemberofthclLAand
UMW District SO. Boalman Wilkins
was born in Belhaven; N.C. and was a
reslden1 of Chesapeake, Va. Burillll was
In Riverside Memorial Parle Ceme1cry.
Norfolk. Surviving are hi~ widow.
Martha; two sons, Frederick and
Do11akl Finley 11nd three daugbter.s,
Manha. Cynthia •ana Mrs. Margaret
Finley.
Pensioner S-1'11D& Fiil, ~ died of
a heart ~taelt in St. Francis Hospital,
San Francisco on June l8. 1979.
Brother Fal joined the Union in the
port or San Francisco in 19SSHilin1 •
1 cook and bUer. He wu born in
Toisban, lwangtung Province, China
and wu.a.re1ident ofSan Ftancisco. Fat
wu president of tho K.ay Wah Baken'.
San Francisco. 81¢81 waa in !ht Nini
Yu111 Cemetery, Colma, Calif. SurvivinB arc bis widow, Lee Yun Laj; a son,
Mao Sat Sam of San f.rancjsco and
three daUabtcn, Sam Puna Ym1, Sam
Uan1 and Sam Obi Ying.
PC1111ioner Valoll Uo!ftll Hobart
Hta...... 17, peucd away in Tuality
Ho,pilal, Hillsboro. Ore, on Jan. 11.
Bro1ber liuahcs started sailing on the
Wesi Coast in 19'3 as a steward utility.
He was born in Saa Die£!), Calif. and
wu a resident of Killsboro. ln1enmnt
waa in Pioneer CcmctC1)1, Hillsboro.
Surviving.are n bro1lrer, Adrian of Hillsboro; as.iater, Mrs. Shitlcy Schendel of
Forest Grove. Ore. and twn nlcCC$. Mn.
Vima Jticbards nf Hillsboro and Vcrt111
Modrell of Cornelius. Ore.
S~'!'mary
Annual Report for Seafarers Vacatio11 Pl-qn
Tius is a summary of the annual
report of Seafarers Vacation Plan,
13-5602047, for January I, 1978 to
December 31, I 978. The .a nnual
report bas been filed with tlie InterneJ Revenue Service, as required
under the Employee Retirement fo.
come Security Act of 1974{ERISA).
BISlc Flnan.clal Statement
Tile value oC plan assetS, after
subtracting liabilities of the plan,
was $5.I I 0, 173 as of December 31,
1978, compared to $3,118,190 as of
December 31, 1977. During the plan
'* ·-·-··· I
Gec>11e Frcderidl Llanos
Pl-e contad, Mn: William A.
1Ja11os. 8-le ID Tulsa, Oklahoma.
year the plan experienced an in·
crease in itsncwassetsofSl,991.983.
This included u.nrealiied appreciation fo the value of plan assets; that
is, the difference between the value
of the plan's assets at the end of the
year and the value'oftheassets al the
beginning of the year or the cosl of
assets acquired ~during the year.
Duriog 1he plan year, the plan had
total income of $21,656,691 includ·
ing employer contributions of
$21..137,809, earnings from investments of SS 17.219. and other income
of Sl,603.
Plan expenses were $19,690,313.
These expen.ses included $16,91S,·
037 ·in benefit payments to panici·
pants and their beneficiar'ies,
SJ.580,070 in administrative ei1penses and Sl,19S,204 for payroll
taXes on vacation benefits.
full annual report. or $.10 per page
for any pan thereof.
You also have the right to receive
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of the assels and liabilities of the
plan and accompanying notes, or a
statement ofincomea11d cxpel)Ses of
the plan and acbompanying notes,
or both. If you request a copy of the
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charge to cover copying costs given
above does not include a charge
for the copying of these portions of
the report because these ponioosare
furnished without charge.
,You also have the right 10
examine the annual report ·at the
main office of the plan, 675 Fourth
Avenue, Brooklyn, New Y.ork
IJ232. and at the U.S. Department
of Laborin Wasliinglon, D.C., orto
obtain a copy from the U.S. Depatlment of Labor upon payment of
copying costs. Requests to the
Ot;parlmenr should be addressed to
Public Disclosure Room, N4677,
Pe.Uion and Welfare Benefit Pro·
grams, U.S. Department of Labor,
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Washington, D.C. 2021·6.
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FINANCIAL REPORTS. '111e.consiilu1ion of iiie SIU
Atlanric, Gulf, U.k...- and lnlund Waters District makes
specific provision for ••fttiuardiog the membership's
money and Union finances. The- cOMtitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every !1'1'ct
mqnlbs, which arc to be sul!mitled to the membership by
lhe Se.c;rc1nry-Treuurer. A quartcr(y llnancc con1mh1.ec
or ronk and Hie members, elected by the membership.
makes cuminotion e:icb quarter .of the flnon«s of the
Unioo and reports full y their findrngs and tteom~a·
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Gulf. Uikcs and Inland W11crs Oiwict uc adminis:tcrcd
in acconfance with the provi<iions of vario<n 1rus1 !uod
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in charge or these funds Jh•ll equally consist or Union
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only l/fX>ll approval by a mo1ority of the 1r1111ccs. All trust
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the various ltU$l runds.
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•hie in wll SIU ll•ll•. ThCt<! copir~clJ' $~ify 1he wag..
•nd conditio1u under which yuu work ontl II\/\.\ utiuord
Your ship or boat. Koow yuur conm1c1 n&flis. a. wcU "'
Your ohllp11on,. \lfeh ,.. lihn# roe OT on 1hc proper
" - ....i in the pnipcr m•nn<r lf;Al an)' dmc, •n)' SIU
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Wfllamelle (Ogden Marine) leads 1ne $111p·s Commilloo ol (I lo r.) 2nd Pumpman
fl. 0 , Holmes. engine delegate: Chiel Coak Willie Smith. st~ward delegate and
Gluer Sleward Teny De Bo1ss1ere. secre1ary-reporter al a payoff tas1 month a11ha •
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Ing 10 deprive you or un~ conHilu1ional rlghl or obligation
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.. well 01 oll Olhcr detoil>. then the member so alrcc:tcd
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right$ in cmployn~t and a• rncmben or lhe SIU. Tht.'<C
rlgh1or urc elcurly set fonh in the SIU constitution and in
ttic contr•<b which the Union has negod:llcd with IM
cn1plO)'<'N. Con>equenlly. no mcmbcr may be discrimi·
nat"'1 .:ig111nS1 bttause or rucc. <oreed. color, - and ruiuonal or gcogniphrc ong1n. Ir any niember reels 1hi1 be is
dcoicd the cq1111I riJhb 10 which he is cntnled. be &hould
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noan::.t SIU porl agenl.
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mcml>crslup. I"" es1uhUshcd policy has hccn rcaffirmi:d
by 111cml>cr•hlp octi<>n u1 the Seplembllr. 1960. 11\cttinS"
in ull L'OnS1ilu1ionJI p.>rl>. 1 he "'pon,lbllity for Loi:
policy i. •L'<tcd in an i:J11<1<iol ho:ird ,.hkh eomisi. ol
the E>.ecu1i•c Boa.rd ur Ille Union. The F.•eculi\'e Board
ma)' dekg.ilc. trom .n>001 1t• r:i.nks. one individual 10
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un<mpi. to '"'l"'rc 1111y MH;h puymcm1 be rnolk: wichout
•upplyin~ • r<'CCipt. ()< i( u member i. rtcjuln:tl 10 nloke u
puyrne<JI •"" Is given an oRieiol rccdp1. bul (eel> that he
should Ml h.-c hcen rcqmr<J 10 ~kcoucb pa)n~. thi>
'Ohould immcJi.lld} t... 1"P"f'IN IO Umcn hn<lquancft.
-SPAD. SPAO is i <eparotc SC1Kptcd fund. Its pro"""'1< ore u;ed to further ii> objects ond purpoiiCS 1nclud·
in&. but no1 hm11cd to, funhcrin$ 1bc poll1ical. !!OCio.I and
ce:onon1ic in1cres:l$ Qf n1nritfo1c work.en. the preiw:rvaHon
und f'unhcrlnK o( 1h< Amcrlcun Merchant Marin~ With
lniprowJ cmploymenl opportunities for ~men and
hoo1men >nd 1hc ~~vanccnocnl of .trade union conccp1s.
In connecltOn with such obj«:1s. Sl'AD wppons aod
con1ribul•• 10 political c•nd1J111es for clce1ive office. All
con1rlbudqnt urc volunrnry. No contribuhon may lie
wlicilc<I or received bc<!ausc ol ford>, joft.dloerlnillialion.
llo•nc••I r~pru.il. or thrc;u or such cooduct, or as a con·
dilion or mcmberohip In the Union or of employment. H
• conlrihulion is made by n:•>on of the lll>ovc improper
conduct. notify the Scorarcrs Union or SPAO by <Wlificd
moil within .10 day, of the concnbution for 1nves1igation
•nil uppropri1110 uction un<l tcrund. if lnvolu111aiy.•Support SPAD to prob:ct and (urthcr YOW' econon1R:. poli·
1ical lllld 'IOCl.il in1u~. and American trade uruon
concepts.
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coudlocloul ~ of ..,.,... "' U•lool recotelf ..- lafor·
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1980 Upgrading Course Schedule
Here is the tentative schedule of upgrading courses to be held at the Lundeberg
School in 1980. As you can see, the School
is offering a wide range of programs for all
ratings, both for deep sea and inland
members.
SIU members are reminded that this
Course Name
LNG
QMED
Slartlng Datea
schedule is tentative. In other words,
courses may be changed or cancelled depending on response from the membership. So th ink about upgrad ing this year.
And get your applications in early to
assure yourself a seat in the class of your
choice.
May26
-June 23
July 21
A1101111t 18
September 15
November 10
Able Seaman
September 25
Steward Recertification Program
May22
June 19
July 17
Augu:it 1-4
September 11
Novem ber 6
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May8
J uly G
July 31
September 25
October 23
November'20
FOWT
Bosu11 Recertification Program
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Marine .Electrical Maintenance
May12
August 18
Marine Electronics
June 23
September 29
Refrigeration Systems maintenance
& Operations
June 23
September 29
Pumproom Maintenance & Operation
August 4
Novemb8r 10
Diesel Engineer (Regular)
May 12
July7
September 15
October 27
Diesel Engineer (License)
July 7
October 27
Welding
June 9
Octot>er27
Engine Room Automation
Towboat Operator Scholarship Program
May t2
September 15
July 7
September 29
Celestial Navigation
August 4
1st Class Pltot
_October 6
Quartermaster
May26
October 13
May 12
July 14
September 8
0ctober 13
August 11
Mays
June9
JUiy 7
August 11
Septembers
October&
November 10
December 8-
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Tankerman
Assistant Cook
Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Cruet Steward
Upgraders
Starting D1tes
Course Name
May8
May 22
J une 5
June 19
July 3
July 17
July 31
August14
August 28
September 11
September 25
Oetober 9
October23
November&
November20
December 4
December 18
These courses
will be
scheduled as
needed to
accomodale
applicants.
Seafarer
Thomas An ·
thony Quattrochi, 28, got out
of the HLS In
I 97ii. Brother
Quaurochi got
his AB ticket in
l 976. He earned
hi$ FOWT fn
I 9n and has tile firefighting, llrebom
and CPR tickets. He likes "progres·
sive jav. and motorcycles," Quattro.
chi Wits born in Baltimo:re. re,~ides
there and ships out of all porls.
Thomas J ohn Brickley
Freddie Lugo Gomu
Seafarer Freddk Lugo Gomez. 26, joined
the· S IU in 1972
in the port of
P iney Point,
Md. following
his graduation
from t he Harry
Lundeberg
School of Seamanship's (HI.SS) Entry Trainee Program. He upgraded
there In £979 to fircman-wa tcricndcr
(FOWT). And be earned the lifeboat. fireflJhting and card io-pulmon11ry resusciuuion tickets (CPR).
Brother Gomez was raised in the
West Bronx. New York City where
be resides. He was born in San Tuan.
P.R. H e is a U.S. Army paratroop
veteran. He ships ciul of the port of
New York.
Nicholas "Nick" Celona Jr.
ScafarerNich·
olas "Nick" Celona Jr., 2 1,
grad uated from
t he HLSS in
1977. Brother
C-clona got bis
QMl!D endorsement there early
th is yea r. He
holds ~ firefighting. lifeboat and
C P R tickett. Born in Brooklyn,
N. Y., he resides in the Bath Beach
section of t hat borouah and ships
out of the port of New York.
Sea
r 11 r c' r
Thomas John
81 i.:;kh:y,
24.
graduated from
the llLSS
Trainee P ro·
gram in 1973.
He went back
there to upgrade
to 3rd cook in
1978. Since then he has been sailing
as cook and baker. Presently he is
attending a culinary arts school in
Seattle and now sails as chief cook.
He ~loves to cook and make the crew
happy and fat.~ Brother Brickley bas
the CPR, lifeboat llod firefighting
t ickets. Borni n MinneapoUs, Minn.,
he -lives and ships out of the port of
Sea tile .
Michael Bagley
Seafa r er
M ichael Bagley,
21. graduated
from the HLSS
in 1978. Brother
Bagley upgraded
to FOWT in
1978 in the port
of New York. Re
took the Diesel
and Q M ED Courses at P i.ney Point
t his month. And he (Jas the lifeboat,
CPR and firefighting tickets. Bagley
was a Pensacola (Fla.) Junior College freshman. When not sailing he
plaYJ t he guitar profe;ssionally. He
lives in Pe[J.$aeola and ship~ out of
Lbe pons of Houston and New
Orleans.
Sao
KeUy G. Cook
S~afarcr
Kelly
G. Cook, 24, is a
1977 graduate or
the HLS Entry
Progr11m. In
1978. he up·
grudcd to
FOWT there
Brother Cook
has the CPR.
firefighting and lifeboat tnd<>Thements. He has sailed both deep sea
and WesLern Rivers. A nat ive of Des
MoinC$. In. , he's a-n ex-pr inter and
likes motorcycles. He lives in Florissant. Mo. and ships out ofthe ports
of New Orleans. Houston and New
York.
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Denni~
A Uen Oton11•tr
Seafarer DenAllen Dcngate, 2J, is a
'1977 Piney Point
grad. He up·
graded 10
FOWT at Head·
quarters in 1978.
Brother Dengate
holds firefight·
ing, lifeboat and C P R tickets. Born
in Pasadena. Calif., he lives there
and usually ships from the pons of
New Orleans and New York.
ni~
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(where 11a111•1d)
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tn llddltlon, wllon ••lgnlng
a Jolt tllo dlllllllc..... Wiii com•
Plr with Ille r.u.wt11t1 llectioft
I, Sulta1ot1- 7 of tho SIU
Sltlpplng RulMI
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Seafarer Sean
W. Mackey, 27.
graduated from
the HLS in 1977.
He -upgrade<! to
FOWT there in
-- 1977. Brother
Maclcey has the
firefighting, liferr
boat and CPR
endorsements. He bas been 10 Viet·
nam twice and was in Lhe U.S. Navy
from 1971 to 1974. Mackey lives oo
Staten ls .. N. Y. and ships (>ut of the
pon of New York.
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Kevin Patrick McCartney
Seafarer f<cvin Patrick McCanney, 22. in
1977 graduated
from the HLS.
Brother McCanney got his
AB ticket early
in 1979. Mel .I
Canney has Lhe
firefighung. lifeboat and CPR endorsements. He was born in Long
Island, N. Y., resides in East WiUis1on, LI., N. Y. and ships out of thepor1 of New York.
Alben A. JISter
Ali ·Bin R assan
Seafarer Ali
Bin Hassan, 26,
joined the S IU
in 1971 after he
completed the
H LS Entry Prog ram. Brother
H .assan upg rad c d to
FOWT there in
1979. He is a former member,of the
United Steelworkeis Union at the
lkthlchem S teel Co. plant. Hassan
was born in Baltimore, lives there
and ships out of that por1.
Seafa rer Al·
berl A. Jaster,
3 1, graduated
from H LS in
1969 in New Orleans. Bro I her
Jaster sails as a
\
g reen ucket AB.
He earned his
H~ firefighting. life>
boat and C PR endorsements. His
maiden voyage was 10 the Vietnam
War. He was born and lives in San
Marcos, Tex. Off ship, be farms and
fashions stoneware pottery. J{e
ships out of the po rt of Houston.
Time
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Notice On Shipping Procedures (Deep Sea)
When lllrowlng In for worll
during • Job call •t enr SIU
Hiring 111111, m...t produce the followl11tp
w. Ma$_ey•• - -
men wlto pOSMN Llfobollt·
men ondoraomont ltW th•
United StetH Coen Guard.
TM . . .,_.,. Appeal• Board
_,waive tile pr1oadl111
tence whoa, In tho aole Judgment of th• Board, undue
hardeltlp wUI roault oroxtenu-
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atintt cln:um:atencH werrant
such -•var."
Alao, ell entry ~ mem•
...,. muat ahow their .... 81•
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FurtMr, the S11te,.,. Ap.
pula llollrd hlle ruled that "C
claaalflcetlon aaom•n mar
onlr re1later and ..U . . -llT
ret111t1• In onlr o - dopert•
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Thomas T. Kirby
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Samuel Nazerio
communication technrques.
Plus crucial first aid, CPR and
firefighting .training.
Since a Chief Steward is a
key man on his Ship's Committee, the Recertification Program alsO' includes an in-depth
look at the day-to-day operation of the Ur-iion. This part of
the course includes a tour and
briefing ef th.e Union's work in
Wa$hington, D.C., as well as
visits to· each of the SIU's
benefit plan offices at Head·
quarters, and more.
Chief Stewards who go
through the Recertification
Program can count on solid job
security, And they can count
on brushing up skills and
learning- about their Union to
make their jobs in the galley
and at Ship's Committee m~t
lngs easjer.
The SIU encourages all
eligible Steward Department
personnel to apply for the
RecertificatiOn Program. Just
ask for an application in any
SIU port office.
0
Inland Waters Member
Ui<ea Member
0
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Port Presently
Wee Issued _____________________ Port 19tued - - - - - - - - - - - - - - fle!ll1tared ' " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
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12 More ·S tewards Join Recertification
Rolls This .Year
An even dozen of S/U Chief
Stewards make up Class Number 2 this year of the Steward
Recertification Program.
The Stewards completed six
weeks of classes at the Harry
Lundeberg School in Piney
Point. Then 1ti'ey came to
Headquarters for the last two
weeks of the program.
The emphasis of the Steward
Recertification Program is twofold because the job of a Chief
Steward Is two-fold.
First, a Chief Steward Is t~e
head of his shipboard department. Second, the Chief Steward serves as the secretaryreporter of the Union Ship's
Committee.
Those are two big tesponsibilities. So the Steward Recertification Program takes each
into account with classes
which stress menu planning,
work scheduUng, Inventory
control and requisitioning.
Also covered are advanced
culinary skills, typing and
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Socia\ SecuritY #
Piney Point Graduate:
License Now Held---------------------------
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Entty P~ern: From-----~- to--,.-,,,---------ldai.a attendedl
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Firefjghtlng:
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A8 Unlimited
AS Toga & Tows
A8 Greet Lakes
Qu1nenn11ter
Towj>oal Operator
We1tem Riv.,• •
Towboet ()penitor '1111end
Towboat Operator Not
More d)an 200 Mil..
T~t 0per81M !Ov«
200 Mlleal
M11ter
O Mste
Pilot
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Oiler
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Othtlrll--------------Merine Electrical Maintenance
Pumprooni Maintenance and
Operation
Alltomation
Mllnt9"111ceof Slllpboanl
flefrigeratioii Svatema
Dleael Engine•
A11l1tant Engin_. (Unlnspeeted
Motor Vetsel)
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Jo••Ph J. Kunclrat
Rm.M CGIPLETB> APl'IJCATION TO:
UJNll a ER1 Uf'GllADING C'fNJa
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Headlines:
EVER FEEL LIKE WRITING YOUR CONGRESSMAN? HERE'S HOW TO DO IT!
OCEAN MINING BILL MAKING HEADWAY IN HOUSE
SENATE UNIT OK'S $567M FOR 1981 MARITIME STUDIES
FILIBUSTER BROKEN: LUBBERS GETS TOP NLRB POST
DROZAK: 'FREE TRADE' IS U.S. FLEET'S ALBATROSS
CARTER RE-DEDICATES LABOR BLDG. IN HONOR OF FRANCES PERKINS
32 DIE AS LIBERIAN FLAGGER RAMS TAMPA SPAN
SIU SUPPORTS CREATION OF TOWING SAFETY COMMITTEE
INOUYE'S SHIP ACT BREEZES IN SENATE BY VOICE VOTE
NORTHERN TIER OIL PIPELINE GETS OK ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
GROUND BROKEN ON NEW LOCK & DAM 26
SIU WALKS THE LINE FOR STRIKING TV WORKERS
SIU'S BROWN NAMED TO LA. AFL-CIO EXEC. BOARD
MARIN, PUERTO RICO'S FIRST GOVERNOR, DIES
ON THE AGENDA IN CONGRESS
SHIPS MAY SOON BE RUNNING ON COAL AGAIN
U.S. COAST GUARD HAS SEIZED 28 FOREIGN SHIPS, FINED 250 IN 200-MILE ZONE VIOLATIONS
SIU HIGH STANDARDS MAKE SMOOTH SAILIN FOR COVE LEADER CAPT.
SIU WANTS SOLUTION TO SHIP COMMISSIONER BEEF
SIU COUNSEL ARBANEL IS A MARATHON MAN
BILL JENKINS, 70, DIES
SIU CREW TAKES NEW LAKES BULKER, AMERICAN MARINER, ON MAIDEN VOYAGE
NAVY KEEPS SNUBBING U.S. MERCHANT FLEET
SS OCEANIC INDEPENDENCE CREW READY AT HLSS
SIU CELEBRATES 28TH YEAR OF GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS BY AWARDING $65,000 IN GRANTS FOR COLLEGE
PROUD OF HER SONS ON MOTHER'S DAY
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: IT'S THE SILENT KILLER
WATCH OUT TROUBLE! HERE COMES THE JUDGE
UMW GRATEFUL FOR SIU SUPPORT IN ST. LOUIS STRIKE
OLDTIMER DONATES $10,000 TO HLSS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE
U.S. JOBLESS RATE JUMPS TO 7%
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR SEAFARERS VACATION PLAN
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1980
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Drozak Fights for
Maritime Plank In
. . , Democratic Platform
VOL oil!
NO 6
JUNE 1980
Maritime Day 1980
Pages 19-21
Another New Tug, Independence, for
SIU Boatmen
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SIU Crews Anotl1er D-9. a II
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WAS HINGT 0 N., D.C.A two-pronged program
to revitalize the U.S. merchant marine was outlined
by StU Executive Vice
President Frank Drozak
before the Democratic
National Platform Committee.
During three days of
hearings held here this
month , the Democratic
Platform Committee heard
from members of Congess,
labor, business leaders, OnSa1ure1ay. June1 4, SIUExec. VicePresiden1FrankDfozakpresenledlheS1u ·s
and representatives of proposalrorinc1us100or a pro-marltomeplank rnthedemocra11cp1a11onnbelorethe
Democra tic National Plallorm Comm11teo. In background rs Joans!e Setzer. eova r i o us interest groups c11arrmanolthe P1arro1mcomm11tee
from around the nation.
national cargo policy which prepared ahead of time for
Besides Drozak, other will assure the U.S . fleet this function.
labor leaders who spoke access to a fair share of aU
"For this to be accomincluded Thomas Dona- types of cargoes.
plished," Drozak said, "the
hue, secretary-treasurer of
Drozak, who is also merchant marine and the
the AFL-CIO. and Doug president of the AFL-CIO Navy must work tol{ethera~
Fraser, president of the Maritime Trades Depart- closely and as often as
U n I t e d A u to mo b i I e ment, quoted a section from possible. Without an onWo.rikers.
the 1936 Merchant Marine going coordinated effort it
Jn his statement, Drozak Ao1 that states. "It is will be virrtually impossible
said, "rt is essential that Che necessary for the national to properly re~pond to our
Democratic Party reaffirm defense ... th:1u the United nation's needs.1'
President Carter's goaJ t-0 States shall have a merchant
The Navy could cont:enrevitalize our merchant marine .. . capable of serving trate more Jully on its
rnarine."
as a naval and military military mission if it allowed
His two point program auxiliary in time of war or the merchant marine to take
over most of the non.calls for
national emergency.... "
(I) a greater utiliution of
As Drozak pointed out to combat commercial functhc private merchant marine the Committee, the only way ti o ns . Also, as Drozak
by the Navy for its support that the merchant marine noted , this arrangement
functions; and
can be ready to respond as a would "result in the most
(2) the enactment of a naval auxiliary is if it's economically sound use of
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Und•y Williai1a Is Na11ted N.O. Mariti111e Man of tlte Year
ETJRED SIU OuJI Vice
Pres idenf LjndJey WiLliaDl!l was named New Orleans
Maritime Man or the Year by its
Maritime Pon Council for his
40 years of Union LeMefShip on
May 16 at a luncheon in the
Union Hall.
An estimated soo mend• and
will wishers were there to hoaor
Lind$CY Williams from Pe,05ioner
Jake Cuccia Lo retired New
Orleans Port Agent Buck
Stephens SIU Vice Presiaents
Mike Sacco and J0e Saceo, U.S.
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Orozalc:
Reps. Lindy Boggs and Bo b
Ljvinaston and New Orleans
Mayor "Dutch" Moria!.
In a telegJam to Williams. SIU
Exec. Vice President frank
Droz.ale declared: ..In 40 years or
servi«" to the working men and
women oLthis country, 111ate of
Louisiana and the city of New
Orleans, in my mind you ha\le
been Maa of the Vear on many
occasions. Conaratulatlo1t1,
~indsey on this day in your
honor."
Tbe president or the CounciJ,
the S IU's Gerry Brown added
-Lindsey made this an o'.ccasion
we wiJJ ne\ler forget. The unique
ability lo assist. cnc:ourage and
develop young people in the
labor movement, busillC5$ and
private sectors throughout bis
career bu probably done more
for this city and state than any
other person."
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Conarcdc.s boud & «•P' d al
The luncheon, cooked a nd
sen'ed by SW inembers, wasdone
In &be ffadition Lindie)' Williams
helped CRate: red beans, rice,
ltaliaoauuge1nd rod Wine.
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Deep-Sea Members Get 12.83 ~o Increase
T
HE SIU is pleased to an- Freightshlp / Passenger
nounce an inflation- Agreements.
beating wage increase fer the
A compl~te breakdown of
deep-sea membe.rshi,p! ,
these new rates, by rating
Effective June 16, 1980 and departments, is given on
SIU members sailing deeJ>- pa'4!1 13-14 in this issl.le of
sea will realize a f2.83 per- the Log.
cent increase in base wages,
This significant wage inpremium, overtime (for crease results from a colbworlc in excess of eight bined 7J,.S percent contrachours, Monday-F1iday) and tual increase and a S.33
penalty off-:wa1ch rates percent Cost Of Living
Monday-Friday) for the Adjustment (C.O.L.A.).
Standard Tanker and
Jn addition to the items
House-Senate
Conference Must
Still Act on Measure
The House of Representatives
bas passed by a voice vote the
Ocean Mining Bill. a piece of
h::gislation that would Rtomote
' the: national security of the
United States and protect the job
rights of American woi:lters.
Oce•n Mining holdl a tnmenctou. potmtial tor the Cl'Hlion of
new JObs for :i\mdlcu mailtlme
worken.
The legislation, H.R. 2579, sets
up an interim ~· framework
that would allow American
companies to begin mining the
important mineral ~ourccs that
lay at the floor of the QC'Mn
Passa~ of the Ocean Minirtg
Bill rellects American frustration
at the failure of the UN-sponsored Law or the Sea Conference
to devise an international lepJ
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framework ror the orderly min• requ.irc all mining and proe>
ing of the oceans.
essing vessels used for ocean
That failure has endangered mining to be U.S. registered and
American security interests and
U.S . manned.
worsened an already bad domesThe Senate passed its version
tic economy.
of the Ocean Mining Bill earlier
The United Stutes must spend this year. There 1tre several
billions of dollars to import differences between the two bills.
One of the _moi;e important
strategic materials like copper,
manganese, nickel end cobal,, all differences concerns thl: amcndof which lay on the ocean seabed. ment on mining and -prOcc:ssing
This country's chronic balance of vessels.
payments defecit could be dra.s- - The Senate would require alt
tically reduced were American such VCS$Cls 10 be U.S. built. in
companies permitled 10 obtain addition ~o U.S. registered and
these minerals directly from the U.S. manned .. The House, as
ocean.
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stated e;trlicr, would ooly require
The Law oft.he Sea Conference that one carric:r be U.S. built.
has been in existence since 1973,
The SIU has gone on record as
and it is no closer today 10 supwning any .amendment that
producina an international wouJd mean additsoaal jobs for
agreement than it wu seven ~ears U.S . seamen and shorcsidc
ago.
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workers.
Locluded in the Ocean Mining
The different:eS between the
Bill are amendments that would House and Senate bills must be
protect the jobs of thousands of worked out at a joint committee
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American workers. The amend, conference. Once•a compromue
menu would:
version or the Ocean Mining Bill
• require at least one ore is agreed upon. that version must
oarrier used to transport the be pmssed by bot& tbe Senate and
mineral nodules 10 prOUS$ing House or .Representatives and
facilities from eacb miniq lite to signed by the President.
be U.S.-owned, U.S. built and
In the past. the House and
U.S. Clewed;
Senate bad passed Ocean Mining
• male U. S. rcailtered ore l~Jationonly1obavethosebills
c:arricn uaed for ocean. minh>& die because time had run out on
u,ib~for bolh construction and
the lejPslative process:. That must
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Tbe SIU is pleaaed to an,nounce the new wage increases that have been won
on behalf of the membership. It's a reflection of our
Union's strength and viability, at a time of rising costs
and weakening economy.
Come what may, our Sec;urity In Unity will keep us
moving ahead instead of
falling behind.
that a compromise version of ihc
Ocean Mining Bill be paslied
before this session of Congress
ends.
Drozalc: on 300
Radio Stations
SJ U [11ecuth•e Vice Pre.ldrnl
Frank Drozat will be beard on o•er
JN radio statlom utloawfde. The
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Drozak wtJI be lward OD ls •a...bor
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vacation benefit will also in·
crease by 12,83 per-cen.t effective>.iune 16, thus providing Seafarers with another
important hedge against inflation,
M~ mould not~ thlll
COLA ilrcretl#S' tttt not appllt:ablt to on-wlltclr, Monday tlu1Ju11t Friday, or onwatclt Sllbudtl.y, Sunday
and /tolitMy penally TtlleS
fllld ~ l'tltes such as
House Passes Ocean Mining Bill
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••Named ro U."'9d Woy Bom'd
SIU £stative Vici PresJdmt
Fruit DrozalL eady tills -.di WM
n..,.S to die loerd al Dllectwa al
lllr United W•.r al Tri-Starr dllaritMle
scarce defense fuods."
Talking about the need
for a nati~nal car!lo policy,
Drozak satd that U.S. sliips
areforcedtocompete o11 an
.. unequal footing" with
foreign fleets in world trade.
He pointed out that foreign
nations use a number of
methods of favorable treatments to put cargo on their
own ships.
Drozalc therefore said
that this country needs "a
national cargo policy to
assure our fleet access to a
fair share of cargoes."
He pointed out the nccessity of bilateral shipping
agreements as a "key
component of any maritime
trade p()licy.''
Also, Drozak ,said that
government agencies should
be directed to use the private
merchant fleet to tlte fullest
extent possible. Current
laws should be strictly
enforced so that no less than
50 percent of U.S. government generated cargoes go
on American-flag ships.
Furthermore, Droza k
said that American boatage
Jaws should be fully enforced . For instance, the
Jones Act reserves coast wise
trade to American-owned
and crewed YCSsels.
frupff..,, Volcano Closes Port of Portland
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Two SIU-c:J)llir_.:led
were
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when mud
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l'rr!Urlrm J11rltM111 'M!re delayed al
1hcar bctlh• in Portland while U.S.
Army E114PACer1 and 1....
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Guard worked fewrisJll)' IO unblock
&he channel d o wnuream from
Portland.
Mud flowing down 1hc mouniain
drained fnro the Cowlitz River and
lhcn inro 1be Columbia Ri\1:r al
Longview. downriver from the
Punland art"a. Normally. the c ha nMl is 40-f«t dKp and 600..f\-'CI wide
al L,.ngvicw. Ho~ •lie mud.
rock and sand reduced 11H: dcplh 10
,._ .._
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, ... she width lo 100 Ctts_
Inc Engineers. aftcf a •ul. werr
abll' l d drrdgc 1hc:channrl roadeplh
o f 27 fees and 01 lc w da}'5- baltr In .lJ
f
feet , allowing one wa y traffi c.
•lt•• rn·• i-• ly up~•'"'.. down river. fl ii
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that it will take until
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1rartlc wall be an e ffect u01 i t then.
An esiim11t'd 22 malliun icubac
\·aids or mud was dumped inU> lhc
river al l.uagv~w alone. and 11111111
llltr at lea~• S44 mil hon to snturc
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the l"hanncl 10 lhr c41ndi11on ii 11111~
fltlUr to the cruplaon.
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SIU Toast of Union Industries Showcase
ORE than 200,000 people
came to see the SJ UNA
SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UMION
F NORTH AMERICA
eKhibit at tl)e 35th AFL-C)O
Union-Industries show held in
Cincinnati, Ohio from May 2:'l
through May 29.
Because of Cincin nati's
scra tcgic location on tile Ohio
River. half of the SIU NA exhibit
was devoted to pubfoii.zing rlie
SIU5 Harry Lundcberg School
and its recruiting drive on Lh.e.
rivers.
Tiie other half of lhe eKhiblt
The SIU's eich1b1t at lhe Af'L ·CIO Umon Industries show focused on the 1rain1ng
was devoted to SIU NA affiliates • available lo yovngmen and women al HLS On-hand lotaunchthe s1>owfh1smonln
such us the fishing and cannery wete (t-r) AFL·CIO Secreiary-Treaburer Tom Donahue: OSHA Director Eul~
Bingham, SIUNA Vice President John Yarmole. Rose O'Ouisto of rhe SIUNA·
worker unions.
atliliated
United cannery Wo11<ers; Phyl~s Orlando. wile of Mike OrlandO of the
Five Limes a day prizes were.
SIUNA-arfthaled Atlantic Fishermen's Umon and Earl McOavid, secretary.
raffled off consisting of products treasurer ot the AFL·CIO Union Label & Service Dept
made by the affiliates. These tnternational vice president, and treasurer ol the Al-L·<.:10
included cans of tuna fish. pct national field coordinator for the Maritime Trades Department.
food. hot sauces. and Mexican AFL-CJO Marit ime Trades Mrs. lngrao was in Cincinnati to
specialties.
Depanment; Michael Orlando of attend tlw National AFL-CIO
At the SIUNA booth, thou- the Atlantic fishermen's unit of Secretary-Treasurers Confer·
sands of pieces of literature wen: the SIU A&G District and his ence.
given out, $uch as, the Li>g. the wife. Phyllis; Rose Laquista.
Labor's Showcase
Moritimt' Nt'wslt'/ft'r, and other director of welfare services. and
A FL-CIO Secn:tary-Treasurer
publications.
Helen Fernandez.. bl.1$inel;s agent Thomas R. Donahue was t.he
Applications for the School. of 1he United Can nery and
keynote speaker at the opening
which is Located in Piney Point. Industrial Workers oft he Pacific.
day cere111onies. He ~aid the
Md., were very. popular. Many Mrs. Laquista's two grandexhibition is "labor's showcase,
union families were inte(ested in children also assisted at the boot Ii
an appropriate seniog to
sending their children to the during tire show.
highliglll t~e bc~t in the Amel'i·
tlLS.
Joining Ilic booth. 10 help out can cconumic system. a ~'Y,stem
Manning the booth for th.e for a CC1uple of days was Jean
which is only a~ 11ood as It ls
SIUNA were: John Yarmota. an Jngr.ao, executive secretarybecause it boasts a healthy. free.
growing labor movement."
Bringing grcetin$~ fro.m
President Ca ricr 10 the show w11s
a rrative of Cincinnati. l!uii1
Binghani, aSJ;i~t11n~ secrc:tory ur
labor for occupational snrc1y al1cl
hcallh. She also qisc::ussed the
effect that current attempts th
weaken important OSHI\ rcgul(ltions rould have on labm.
The Union-Industries Show,
the first of which was held in
Cincinnati in 1938. exhibits the
skills, services. and prOducts of
America's union member.. and
the companies that elllploy them.
This years show included 300
exhibits.
For instance, Mwlcians' loc-.il
I entenained visitol'$ while the
Bricklayel'$ and Carpenters gave
th'em the chance to be "apprentices." Visitors to the Postal
Workers' and Letrer Carriers'
displays could go through a
"training program ..,
More than $100,000 in gift>
artd prizes were given away ul
several exhibits. The Lad ies'
Garment Workers stitched up
sea rves as prizes, and wheels of
fortune 1111lped the Cement, 1.ime
and Gypsum Worker$ and the
Oil, Chemical and Atomic
Workers distribute vutuabh:
union-made product~.
SIU's Ed Turner Is Propeller Club's 'Man of the Year'
SIU senior west A ward, .. the honor was first given
Ballard cited a long list of
EDcoTurner.
"Always ready to protect the
a.st representative, was in 1948.
Turner's contributions to
welfare of bis llnion members,"
the
honored last month by the
Over the ensuing years, men maritime industry and in comPropeller Club when be receivc;d
the organization's prestigious who have been giants in the munity services over the past JO
award as maritime "Man of the maririme industry have beerr years. He noted to the assembled
given the honor. A list of past audience that Turner bas spent
Year."'
The award was made at 1be recipients read~ikc a who's who all his adult life working for the
club'l> annual maritime day in maritime. Turner joins such beuerment of union members,
famous nalJIC!; as George Killion, while at the same time, doing
luncheon in San Francisco.
1lJe honor is given each year to Thomas E. Cuffe. R. Stanley whlltever be could Lo advance Uie
the penon in the madtime Dollar, J. Paul St. Sure, Leo cause of and strengthen the
industry members of the Pr~ Ro~ and Roben Pfeiffer on rbe maritime industry in general.
peller Club f~I has contributc;d roster.
the most in belpiJJg maritime.
The trophy and a plaque were
Sianific:antly, Ed Turner is the presented to Turner b)' Raymond
lint labor union official ever to Ballard, Vil:ll' President of Farrell
m;eive the award. Known alf~ Lines, and Jast y-=ar'' winne,r.
tio.nately as th~ "Brass Hat
ln malling the pll'Jentation,
the citation said in part, "Ed
Turner has been in the forefront
of those who believed that labor
and management working together produces a stroRJCr mer·
chant marine. He has proved this
over and over apin by his
willingness to meet anywhere,
anytime. in order to improve the
maritime industry,"
Mea11Wiol For George IAeany
Georp M•n)', Uw ~ pnsidtnt
or the 4FL-CIO and- oflhe IJ'eal
4mmc:an rolk llthMI or lhe llldl
teoluey, conllnun to caphut llw
bnaainalion ol his rellc>" tollftlt}'·
men, aar1, a 'ear um his dnda..
Tiit H - Repramtathes hu
oYerwhdmlnstY apprond the OmnilND Parb 11111. a piece or ledlla·
lloa lllthldund Ir) RepnwnwiYC
Pliil llartoa (D<atif,). l1le (1111 pwa
Ille Na&lual Pata Se"ie:" tlte
Mlllority 10 de•elop a apprapriaff
or
4 I LOG I June 1980
memorial to comJ11emor1t" lbe
conlrlbutfons of Georp Meany lo
tbr worklftc mm and womea oftbia
naUOll.
At lbe NIDC time, the CeorJt
Mean, Cmtet rcw l.abor StulHn Jn
Silver Sprlap, Md., Is prOCMdin&
witb ill plan lo «Wvelop an Ardain!
wbldl wollld bo4M dw historic.I
ctoc1•~11 ad ~ lllf!llOnbfUa lllat ue rela1td to Ceor1e
MIMfa fame M Pre>ddlllf o1 lbr
AFL-CfO.
Sen. Inouye, True friend of
Maritime, Gets Award
S
.ENATQR Daniel K. lnouye
([)•Hawaii), chairman of the
Senate SubcC1mmiuee on Merchant Marine and 'Pourism, has
been named this year's recipient
of the: prestigious. A<lmiral of the
Ocean Seas (AOTOS) award. He
is being honored for his lifelong
dedication to the maritime
industry, and for his persistent
efforts to bring about its revival.
Throughout his long and distinguished career, Inouye bas
consistently sought to stern the
decline of the American J)ag
merchant marine. He has iotroduced numerous bills aimed at
achievjng that g~ the latest and
perhaps the most importanr
being the ~Ocean Shipping Act of
1980," an ambitious piece of
legislation which seeks to develop
a coherent national policy on
01erchant $hippin'g. .
The AOTOSaward is the latest
jn a fong series of honors tha!
have been bestowed upon Ino uye
for outstanding national and
community service.
War Jfero
During Wo.rld War 11, Inouye
left his medicaJ studies at the
University of Hawaii to enlist in
the defense of bis country. He
served with distinction in the
442nd Special Regimental Combat Tcami which was comp~
entirely of Americans of Japanese descenL lie was awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross,
rhe Bronze Star, the P11rple Heart
with Cluster. live Batt.le Stars
and four Distinguished Utiit
Citation$.
In the closing days of the war,
the Senator received his second
wound and suffered the loss of his
right arm. His disability prevented him from pursuing a
career as a surgeon, so he turned
to law instead.
After his graduation from the
George Washington University
School of law. Inouye became
involved in Hawaiian politics. In
1954 he was elected to the House
of Representatives of what then
was the Territory of Hawaii. In
1958 he was elected to the
Hawa iian Senate.
When Hawaii became a state.
he was elected its first Congre!i-~
man.
As Senator. Inouye has served
with distinction on the Commerce Committee. He is looked
upon by his colfeagocs as an
eicpert of maritime atfairs.
The AOTOS awards are given
annually by the United Seaman's
Service: a non-profit agency
established during World War IJ
to provide a worldwide network
of community centers for the men
and women of the Merchant
Marine and their families. Past
winners include a distinguished
roster of men and women who
have helped nurture the American maritime industry.
Steward Department Upgraders
Job 0pPortunitits in the Steward Department haw never
been better! Make these opportunities vour own.
Uptlnde in·the Steward Dep•tlme,,I al HlSS
Assistant Cook-throughoul August
Cook and Baker-throushout August
Chief Cook-throughout August
Chief Steward-throughout Auf(ust
Senior SIU Ww Coast Rep Ed Turner(ngl1t)acceptsthe U.S PrC)pellfw Club Bias<
Hsi Award lato laSt month lorserv1ce/Olhi!-Ameticanl11Gf'Cha/)t manne Present1011
thee ward 1n the pon ol San Franosco we~ (centet) us. As....nt Secretary ol
~lfllltce for Maritime Allatrs Samuel B Nern.row and (lell ,Cai:ll RllV Ballerd 01
Farren
L•OOS-thc 1979 w1noer of rn11.award Turrllirwas tna rwst ra1>o1feade<1ow1n
lhl'
tropny
Report From Headquarters
All oul the appllcalion in this issue ol the Log.
or contact
Vocational Education OPpartm~t,
Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship,
Piney Point, Maryland 20674.
By frank Drouk
Executive Vice Pre$idenl
T
HE MOST imporrant thing
that this Union Is involved in
today is the flghr for new jobs,
and the fight to preserve the
jobs we presently have.
The arena where we slug it out
day after day in this crucial fight is
Washington, D.C.
There was a time in this business
when you could get by with a
token presence In Washington.
But no morel Today, the success
and survival of our organization
depends in large part on an active, aggressive, effective team in
Washington.
It is by no means tin overstatement to say that virtually every
American seagoing job-deep sea, Lakes and inland-is tied to
Federal legislation.
The simple fact is that we have to be there every day. We have
to be there'to moni!or legislation, to parlicipate in hearings, and
to meet face to face with Congressmen, Senators, White House
people and others who form maritime policy.
If we do not maintain this constant presence to protect our
Interests and to fight for new programs and concepts for U.S.
maritime, it woukf'be safe to say that in a very few years, there
would be no American-flag m.erchant marine left to fight for.
VENTS In Washington thi5 month provide a good example
of what I'm talking about. During June, there were (wo
extremely lmponant hearings which I participated in.
First, I testified at hearings before the House Subcommittee
on Merchant Marine. The purpose of the hearing was ro decide
on the issue of additfonal operating subsidies for mal'itime for
Fiscal Year 1980. The hearings, however, turned intoanattackon
manning levels on U.S. ships. Had we not been there to present
our poslrion on manning, and 10 outline how. ~e have
cooperated with management to develop compermve crew
sizes, these hearings could have led to further unnecessary cuts
in crew levels. That won't happen now.
The second hearing was before the Democratic Party Platform
Committee. At th~meeting, I presented to the Committee the
Union's proposal for inclusion of a pro-maritime plank in the
Party Platform. As a rewlt of this effort, and our participation In
hearinp in other cities, I am confidentthe Democrats will adopt
a pro-maritime plank .at their Convention in August in New
York.
,.
In addition to these hearings, we continued our efforts
concerning the Omnibus Maritime Bill. There are a lot of good
rhlnS$ for maritime in the bill. But there are numerous points In
the bllf that have to be changed before It g~ to the floor for a
vote in ttie House. We~re working on making those changes.
N another ;irea, the House of Representatives passe<f the
O<rean Mining Bill by a voice vote. The bill Included an
amendment mandatfng tlJat the ships Involved in the U.S.Qcean
minins effort must be registered American and m1mned by
American seamen. The ultimatesuccessof this bill holds a great
poteJ1tial for job~ for American maritime workers. Of i;ourse,
the fightfor this bill ls far from over. Butthe House action puts us
one step cl~ to victory.
The thingthatmuTI be remembered is that if the SIU did not
maintain an active and highly visible presence In Washington,
none of these thlnS$ could have taken place.
Again Brothel'$, our Washington operation is crucial to us. In
Washington, we are fighting for our jobs and job security. We
are fighting for our lfvellhoods. We are fighting for our future.
Nothing less than·an absolute commitment and tot.al effort
will do. We are putting fonh this kind of effort right now thanks
to this membership's support of SPAO. We must all work
together to keep it this way.
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June 1980 I LOG I 5
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Members Vote 'Yea' on Constitutional Amendment
Followlng is the completeuxc of•
Conttlcullonal Amend.Olene submitted on behatr oft~ EKtc11dYe
Board of ·~ S•tJ-ACLIWD for
!Mmbet'IJtlp a,dton at all rtllll-1
Con1lltu~onal pon membership
mettl1111 In June. At Ute non·
coldtOutlonal porn, die amend-•
~· pre-ted at spedal nteetlDp on
Jime 13, 191t at 19:tt a.m. Tlte
Ullendment wu ado!Med f1\'e,•
whelmin&ly.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
RESOtlJTION FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL
Cllltgt or tht Gull C0.11. ""' llbPrwdrlfl itt Cl••rrr of tllr
<;011St, •nd Ont Vlot-Prtriclcn1 in
Charge or the Lakes and Inland
the Prc.Mdcnt. the Executiw Vi~·
Prc-sidenf. t ht Vlce1..PrcsidenL in
Chars• or Co~IR<il •nd Con1rsct
lln(orcc:mcn1. the $ecretary-Tr••••
Waters."
urer. th~ Vi~·Plcsident in Chara• of
the Atlantic Coast A:rel. 11¥ Vlc»-
w,.,,
2. Article VIU. Section I shall be
amended Lo !tad as follows:
"Section I Tb• officers of the Union
.iutll be elected t.1 oth<rwltt pro~dcd
in tliis Constitution The1< omccrs
•hall be the Prcsidtnt, an E•tt.itlvo
Vioe-~.aideni. """ Vice-Presldenl ln
Clw'Sc of Conlraots and ContraOI
• En(orecQICnr. 1 Secmary-Trasurer.
o~ Vicc,Prcsldo1 in Char&•
Atlantic Coat\. one Vl«·Prttldcnt io
Charse of Ille Gulf Coast. llbPrnillad hr C6~ of tlN Wm
Caal, and one vi .... Pretident In
Char&c or the lak« and Inland
Watcrl....
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AMENDMENT
MAY 28, 1918
3. Aniclc X, Sections 7 through
The EKecutive Board has for
13, shaU be ttnumbe~d ~riatim so
several years monitored aod exam- a.s to constitute new Sections 8
ined the shifting patterns of mem- tltrougb 14.
bership employment opportuniries.
... Article >(. new Section 7 1liall
In the past and as a rewJt of such be added ti> read as follows:
studits, it was recommended in 1971
"S«llon 7. \/ice-Prnldcn1 tn Chi<F
cf t he Wnt Coa.u.
that our constitution be amended so
~ Vic<-f'«Sldtnl in
of 1hc
as to make San Francisco a ConstiWnt Coast shall be a m<mbcr of1he
tutiona I port. The recommended
Executive Boud and f'"tled 10 cut
one vo«: in that body,
cons tilutional amendment was
thereafter adopted and approved by
tte 1ball 1upcrvi1C and be tnponoib~
1hc membership.
for 1he activities .,r all the Pons and
the penonncl thcrccf on the West
Even11 of th~ past seven1I
Coast inolud in1 their 11r11ni11ng
ihdi·ca te tllal by reason oC. our
a"Ctivi1ies. The Wcj1 Cout am is
.i'1crcased membership upon the
deemed lo ritqin lhc State• of Call·
fornla, O"'gor\, WUhinaton, Alaf~
West Coast sui>srantially as a rifsuh
and Hawaii.
of jhe Marine Cooks BJld Stewards
In order that ht ma.y properly <ICA!CUtc
mcrgl!r with us a couple of years ago
hl'
responsibiliti.,, l)e is cmpo""'rcd
and with prospects good for further
and au1horir.cd to retain •~y 1cch11ical
increase in this area. it .appears
or professional usis11ncc he d«m•
oe<:ns4r)I, subject to lhe approval or
appropriate in the inrerests of broad
I.he Ex<ttulhre Board."
representation thaJ our constitution
be amended to provide for a Vice
5, Article X. Section 11 renumPrelldenl In Charge ol tbc West
bered Section 12 as above, is
Coast. At the present ti me our
amended to read as follows:
constitution provides for Vice
The lil'$1 panigrsph is amended 10
Presidents in Charge of each the
rad:
Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and for the
'"The E1<0C111ive 8ollrd shall coosist of
Lakes and Inland Waters. This
proposed amendment will fill the
West Coatt vacuum and make equal
offic:cr ttpresentation appliQble to
all areas.
This resolution also provides if ii
is appromi by the membership for a
referendum vote, 1hat it ~ Jllc:ictl
upon tlit ~•e ballot as lhal used for
conducting of the eleciion of ofli-·
cials later this year.
Finally, if the mcmbcnhip by
referendum approves this conStitutional amendment, then pending the
next regular election of off'!C4tls. tM
President as col!Stitutionilll.}' provided by Anlclc X, SectiO!l l(J), Shall
1111 such office: until such next
regular elcctfon of officials.
a.a"*"
rears
It jg thcreforc RESOLVED!
I. Anidc VII, Section l shall be
amended 10 read u follows:
-s..i1>11 l. lllc Haulq110111:1'1 or 111t
Union 111111 ht '-Id op New York or
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a~rdnolflaon
Prnidtlll. aa Eatt.otivc
V.U...
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Co-·
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VScr..Pftsldeftl in
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C'1lall& "'
enr.....,......•. 1 Secmarr-Tnao-..
OM Vtc."-ideftt la Ctlarl" a/ the
Atlantic C - . OllC Viat-l'R:silknt in
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Piciidcnt
In Cha~ ortheOulfCoa11
A~, tit• "~""~ •rn1 IAC'-rr.o/
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tl1< Wf'll Co1nl AHo, tlie Vice•
Pi'e:Jidont in Chorge ol th< Lai.cs and
lntlor!d Waters, and the N1tio111t
Oirector(orchicf exe<tutivcotrlt'ft) ol
each subof<linll< body or division
crcal<>d or ohuttrcd by tbc Union
Whcnc•tr wch subordinate body or
division IW ottaiocd • mcmb<rsblp
al 3,200 mcmbct'i atld ha111111J11aincd
1h11 mr:mbcDhip ror not las thon
three (J) mooth1. Slleh National
Dl1tt1or (or chid' CKocurive aff""'r)
111111 bc a member or I"" rnpectiY<
subordmate body or divisoon 'And
mlHt bc q1111ificd to hold ofTlcc undtt
or
1he terms of 1bc Con1citution
rll<ll d1vi1ioM or wbordinat< body.•
II. Article X, Section 12 renumbered IJ. as proposed above. th.e
first paragraph thereof "(a)". is
amended to read as follows;
-(al The lcnn -dcl<ptco• slWI ltlea.o
those mcmbcn or I.he Uoion and iu
'Ubord1nate bodic.1 or divi5ions who
ore cl<ekd 1n accordtnc:c With the
provisions or thm Corutirution. ID
at lend the eonvtnlion ofth< Safan:rs
l,nttrnatlona.I Union
Nonh America The lollowlng olT'icers and job
hqlders, upon their ckction ID ofTlct
or job shalJ, during the. ••rm or 1bcir
office or job. be dclcgat.. lo. all
.ienlor in
ship. A
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n is furtllcr RESOLVED that lhii
resolution be placed on the same
ballot as tbat used for the cond~t
fng of the .election 9f ofrjci11ls and
voted on over that same two mon• h
period later on i.n the year andth111 if
approyed by the mcmbenhip, the
President u co111titutionally provided in Article X. Section l(j), fill
such office until the next regular
election of ollkials.
Sublllkted by and Oii behalf
of tlW EncuUYt Bo.rd
FRANK i>ROZAK
D·ll
Exeamye Boud Measbtr
ANGUS ~R£D• CAMPBELL
C·2l7
Executhe Board Member
or
Convention• of •he Seararcu tntcmatlo1111! Unl1>n or Nonh A111c:ri"' 10 thl:·
folloWlrlg onfer of priority:, Prt>idtnl\
Eucutfvt Vic;c·P.n:sidont; Vi.,..,Preti•
dent in Chara• or Co~lt••1$ an_d
Cbnuact Enfotcem<n1: S<<>felarY·
1'reasurer: Vle<·Prcsldcni in ChllJge
of (he Atlantic Coa11, Vi~·Prcsicl<nl
in Cha!F or 1hc Gulf Cout: l'kf'.
Prnldf'lfl /fl Cltet1• of lllr Wtst
Ct»rt; vi..,-Prcsldcn1 in.Charge of rllcLll kcs ond Inland Watcn; Headquarters Rcprrscnralives. with prionty lo thooe mosl$0nior in run book
Union ~mbcnhlp: PonAgcni.. witb
priority to those most Steior in full
book Union mcmbc11hip;and l'lltr0lm~n. with priori1y lo tboK most
PRESIDENT'S PRE-BALLOTING REPORT
bOOlc Union mtntbcr-
JOSEPH DI GIORGIO
Executive Board Member
0 ·2
tEON HALL
H-125
Exewtlre Board Membrr
MIKE SACCO
S-1288
Executlve Board Member
JOE SACCO
S-1217
E:uaadye loud Me...,._T
The Jo/lowing report was
have carefully considered thci
changes that have taken place in
the deep-sea and inbind fteld,
With a view toward meeting the
opportunities for expansion
• at
The report wa.f also praenUd
through means i>f organizing.
all SIU CDtulillltional Port
Since our last General Election
Mnnbership Meetings inMtl}I, as of Office!'$, the memberships of
well a at all SIU HaDs holding the
Seafan:rs
International
ilifomrotlonal membership mHI· Union of North-America. Gulf,
fn8s in M II)'.
Lakes and Inland Waters District
May 5, 1980
and the Inland Boatmen's Union
Pursuant lo Executive Board of the SIUNA-AGLIWD, voted
action authorizing me to. <lis· affirmatively to approve the
charge the duties of ou.r President merger of our former affiliate
Paul Hall during the period ofhis IBU into the AGLIWD, together
incapacity, J am submitting the with Constitutional amendPre-Balloting Report in. accord- ments. One such amendment
ance with Article X, Section I of provided that S r. Lou1~ would be
our Constitution, which. provides a Constitutional Port of the
for the s ubmission of ruch Union. Accordingly. in this
Report by the President at the General Election, provision
regular May membership meet- would be made on rhe ballot for
ing of this election year.
the elecrion of officers and
Balloting for our General jobholders for the Po11 of St.
Election of Officefs for tlle term Louis. Also participatil\g in our
1981-1984 will commence on upcoming election of officers will
November I, and continue be those members formerly with
th.rough December 31. 1980. The our International West Coast
election will be eonducred under affiliate Marine Cooks & Stewthe provi$ions 'Of our Constitu- ards, as well as the members
tion, as amended and effective our International affiliure At.tanSeptember, 1976. and such other tic Fishcrmen!s Union, both of
voting procedures as our Secre- whom hav~ . merged into and
tary-Treasurer may direct.
become an integral pan of our
I have, inconsultatibn with our · AGLJW District since our lase
Executive Board and Port General Election of Officers.
representative$. made a careful
appraisal of the needs of our
It is my recommendation, in
Constitutional Ports: Head- accordance with o ur Constituquarters- Port of New York., tion. thar the following offices be
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Detroit. placed on lhe ballot in the 1980
Houston, New Orleans, Mobile. General Election of Officers for
San Francisco and St. Louis. We the term 193 I through .1984.
P:fesented b.Y. Sil!.Erecutive rice
Pnsi<lent FrQiJk. Drozal< at the
Headqua'lter.s General MethhterSlrlp Meeting on, M.qy S, 1980.
or
KEADQlJARTERS
ST. 1,0UIS
• I P,resident
• I .£xCc.uJf~e Vice President
• I Secretary-Treasurer
• I Viet: President in Cha rge
of Contracl$ and Contract F.nforcement
• I Vice Presidenr in Charge
of the A_tlantic Coasr
... , Vice Pr.esident In Charge
of lhe Gulf Coast
• I Vice President in Charge
of the lake's and lnlano Waters
Represcnta- • 4 Headquarters
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I Agent
I JnJ111 P~trolman
NEW YORIC
I Agent
8 Joint Patrolmen
PJIJLADELPHIA1 Agent
2 Joinr Patrolmen
BALTIMORE
I Agent
2 Joint Patrolmen
MOBILE
I Agent
2 Joint Pa1toltnen
NEW ORLE'ANS
I Agent
3 Joint Patrolmen
HOUSTON
I Agent
J Joint Patrolmen
SAN FRANCISCO
r Agent
2 Joint Patrolmen
DETROIT
I Agent
I Joint Patrolman
Pursuant to the provisions of
Article X, Section l(e) of our
C'onslitut1on, I recomme nd the
designation of' Mr. John J .
Scono, Vice Presiden•. S1erling.
Narional Bank&: Trust Company
of New York. 1410 Broadway.
New Yorlc, New York 10018. as
Depo$itory for ballou. It will be
the function of the Depository to
receive the mailed ballots and
other election material as provided by the Consritution. to
safeguard 1he01 properly in the
bank. and 10 surrender them only
to rhe duly authori7ed Union
Tallying Committee in accordance with Aniclc XIII, Section 4
(c). P roof of authori7.ation shall
be a certification by the SecrctaryTreasurer. The Depository shall
be requested 10 cenify that 11U of
the envelopes received by 1he
IJ>cpository have been properly
safeguarded. have been surrendered only 10 the said 'Tallying
Committee, and Iha• no one
other rhan apptop,riale bank
personnel has had access to them.
As provided for in Art iclc
XIII, Section I, nominations
opcn ·on July I S, 1980 and close
Augusr IS. 1980.
The foregoing constitutes your
Pre~ident 's Pre-Balloting Report, and I recommend its
adoption.
Fraremally submitted,
Frank Drozak
Executive Vice Pinidcnt
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Senate OK's $567M for Maritime Subsidy
The Senat~ ~as passed by v~ia: tioa difrc:rent!-J aublidies •
vote Uie Manume Anthonzation
• $38.6 million for mantime
Bill for Fiscal Year 1981. The education and trainina
House of Reprcae.uatives had
• $30.1 milliOJJ for Maritime
pwcd
version of the bill Administration operating exearlier this year by a .Yete of 320- pcJJJel
SO.
• SIB.8 million for maritime
The two measures are cuen- -R'Jseareh and dtvclopmeot
tially lhe same, thoup l!eVeral
A new '4aritlmc Aulhoriza·
minor differon~ do exist. Tbe tion BUI must be approved for
discrepancies must be reconciled each nlll!lll ~t. The Jeplation is
~on: . the lqjslation can be ~hapa the . . . . ..,..
11ped mto i.w.
lanl way tllllt Coaar-afremdw
Fundins lc:velJ for the House maritime ludt11tr1. Were- tbe
and Senate bills are neuly construction •od operatina
identical. Both would 1:11tablisb •ublidy proarama cut, thouaanda
Pocloral 1pelldina Jevels of about of maritiJno.n:lated jobs would
$567 million
the mariti~ be JOit.
ind•uy. Tbe Federal moniet
Tiit Senate version contains an
Would be dishibutcd u follows: ~ offered by Williem
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Pride is prcsc:ntly owned by
Maine, and is operated as pan
of that state's fisheries train-
ing program.
The House version docs not
mmition the Fundy Pride.
Stumping In City by the Bay
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Cohen (R--) to allow dae
• Sl35 mil&Qa fen-~
FuadxPridetabet.focum • 'Cdu
a U.S. 0q \II el The Fundy
• "47 mm;oa. far
dlaen:mial •Wwichtt
•
VIC& Presldenl Wauer Mondafe stumpe<I ror lhe SIU·becfleel Carter/Mondale
tlcicel before CelllORQ s June 3 primary Here he makes • po1nt during a
breatdasr recepttOn, 9IJOi1SOred bY Ille Oemocta1ic een1rs1 Commrnee. ar the sc
fl8f!Cl9 ~Bl "' Sift Fra11cill:o. Orgaruzeci labor. •ricludrng Ille SIU. W&I well·
represented In Ille crowd lhlrl tumed OUI IO greet Ille us Veep
June 1980 I LOG I 7
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AFL-CIO Ruling Confuses ·tug Job Jurisdiction
A
recent ruling by the AFLCIO Executive Council
has thrown itlto confusion I.he
jurisdictional rights of the SIU
and Ldcal 33'.! 0£ the lnter;na.
11onal Longshoreme11's Ass.n.
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OVertuminganearlierdccision
by an AFL-CJO Jmpartial
Umpire, the Executive Council
ruled that a clawoe in Local 333's
1979 contract "docs not, on its
face violate Article XX" of the
AFL-CIO Constitution as the
SIU had charged. Article XX,
The AFL-CIO Constitution's
"no raiding" clause, strictly
prohibits one AFI.,.'cro affiliated union from attempting to
represent or interfere with
employees alre.ady working
under a contract with another
AFL-CIO affiliate.
The SIU initiated Article XX
proceedings against Local 333
last summer after they ratified
their new contract. Key to Local
333 's contract settlement with the
Marine Towing & Transporcation Employers Assn. was a
oJausc aimetl at broadening the
i;cope. qf their representation.
Local 333's old con&ract slli(t
their jurisdiction included "only
all licensed and -unlicensed
employees ... on tugboats arid
self-propelled li&hters ... in the
Pon of New Yock and vicinity."
The new contract eittends Local
333's jurisdiction to cover "any
regular coutwise run having as
one of its teniiinal poin~a point
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twtomarlly and tradltionally licensed jobs on McAthster, the Executive Council reversed
dotte by other union.$."
Bus'1ey and Moran's outport the Impartial U.rnpire's decision.
fte
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tugs. theSJU lmiltacaseproving In a short determioatjon, the
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SIU determined that 11 was a
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clause woullf 1ntet ere with e new co ective
t reat to our Juns 1cuon in
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scope of the S1U s n;prcsenta- men
coastw1se
towing.
violate Article XX• Section 2 or
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1•ion.
The s1.u filed Article XX
The lmpar1ial Umpire upheld 1," of the AFL.-CJO Constitu;
cbatges wi~h the A~L-CJO and the S IU's charges and found
tlon.
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an. lmpart1aJ Ump11e was ap- Local 333 "in violatiol\ of Articfe
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hear the case.
XX (Sections 2 and 3) of fhe
Frank Dtozak called the CounDuring along hearing, the SIU Constitution of A FL-CJO." cil's action " rcgretablc."
pre!i(:nted testimony showiJlg LocaJ 333 then filed an appeal of
''Tl forebodes adverse and
that SIU Boatmen fill jobs on the Umpire's ruling which en- disturbing consequences for
boats belonging to the out port titled them 10 a second hearing
affiliates in the maritime indussu'bsidiarics of some companies before a three-member subcomny;• Drozak told AFL-CIO
signatory to Local 333's collec- mittee of the AFL-CIO Execu- President Lane Kirk.land in a
rive bargaining agreement. Sul>- tive Council.
letter.
s1diaries of New York-based
After reviewing th.c case in
Predicting that the Councirs
McAilister Bros., Ira S. Bushey &
February. 1980. the .subcommitruling would have far-reaching
Sons and Moran Towing & tee decided that a wider hearing
consequences, Drozak warned
Transportation do extensive was called for and passed the
that "a substantial unsettling o f
coastwise work from Norfolk issue to the full Executive an· already fragile relationship
and points north.
Council
amoqg maritime affiliates;•
Togelher
with
National
On May 12. following a
would occur.
in or north of Norfolk and not
Tbe eonOlrt lnvol¥es Loc:.i 333'111
lnterftrence 1'!tll u SIU·-naed
Mi:Allilter subtldiarJ ta1 whlc:ll wu
transportJns a derrk:t l'rolll Todd
thlpyard lo Plllladtfplda 1o • New
YolitaMpJ•d.
AdlDa UDder 1Jielr illta ptd•llon
of die EncutiYe Co.....Wa rulloc,
Load 33.l . . . 1k SIU-aewed tac
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company haVt: crews aboard
but they·re sittina iD pon with no
cargo. ~ two ships. the £1 Paso
SouJlwm and the EJ />0$0 Anew,
will also lose their crews if tlle
Algerian problem iS not resolved
Meanwbile; ho~er, the Alae,;.an government decided to prcu fot
an CWll srcaier prite increase than
wba1 bid been nqotiated. Instead
of SL94, the 80Vtr111Km wantal 10
up Che price to SS or S6 per tholllalld
cubic feet.
This occurred in Marc:h and there
llave been no tanker loadinas of
SchulllUln "'..,.. dull "Ule E11tcuivt Co1111dl dJd llOt say .fhat If one
unloa 1akes ui tlldiOll "hid! lntufem with anodw' un1on•1 t0Uecllve
Slatln& that Lo_cal '333'had ove..-. hlll'l!llnln1 alJ'eem111t, then that's
flkay, ~
lttpped the intent of tile [x,cutiveSrhulman pointed out lh11 If
Cou~lrs "-'Un1. tlJeSIU UlldafeCI a
new Artlde XX proceedlnr•plinst Local 333la allowect ~~erfere with
die work of a Pll
Illa-based
lhe tuc union. ·
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rf&hls,
"Local 333 ~ argutnc lhat, be- " ' couJd lllOp ltw. Ill die Ame
cause of the Executive Councll's
ny,., 1'llm ttiey come lo Plliladdaction, the1 did oot Yiobitedl&SIU's plda. lfaactl a dt1ladon II 811owed to
jurlsdlc:tla.i," &aid tlle Union's lepl mad, Sella•• uld. ........... "'"
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These high ti:chnology LNG ships
were built at considerable expense.
To have them laid up is a tc:rrib~
waste.
l\ho, at this time wben the U.S. is
trying lo become more energy
independent Crom oil. "it 11eC1D1 a pity
to cut off a different source of
mef8)1.
soon.
The 1to11ble ii that Algeria wanes
10 radicaJly bike tbe ~ of its
natural .... lbe Alferian aovcmrlleal would lite 111 ~ to be
comparabla witll ~ \Iii prill"I
EVER~ SIU ahlp has eleotn>nlc gar 1Mt QMED'1
Med to krlPW how ta handle ..
...___ Now ~ ~ 1•1111 how!
Talut the new Marine ElectronJca .,_,.. 11
HLSS.
El Paao•s contract witb tbc
Algerianl to cany natural IM was
""" ...... al lut year. It ... qrecd
Iba& lbe price of AJterian.natvnl. .
WOUid bo Sl.9' per 1lloelanct cuWo
fa:t.
This iltcRase was app10..t bytbe
U.S. Depanmcat or Eneray (00£)
Wflidl. under law. lllllll rule Oil me
price_'!f uy illlporCed ...
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lo this 6-week course you'll get the eklfla vou n6lld
to worl< on;
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elecfronlc ayst~s In the Engine ~
winch contt011
anchor wlodlaas controls
cargo control boards
Sign Up Nawl
Course starts September 29.
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Congress ...
an civersiah1 hearing July I U> study ocean
vessel reaistration procedureg.
• Maritime Regulaflollll Two !louse
comnrittccs are planning nnal hearinas and
markup on various aspects of the so-ailed
Omnibus Maritime Bill. The Judiciary
Committee Will take linal action on the
antitrust aspcct.s of lhc bill a1 a markup
SC5Sion June 17. The House Forcig11 Affairs
Committee will hold hearings on a markup
on the bill later this month.
• Coal Slurry Pipeline. The HoU$C Pu bile
Works Committee will be holding hcannss
this month on riahu of way for coal slurry
pipelines. The system is planned to carry
pulverized coal throush water-sluiced
pipelines from remote coal fieldsto terminate
along I he inland wau:rways sys.rem.
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• $347.697 for the operation differential
sub5idy program. Vessels receiving ODS
funds must be offered for enrollment in .a
sealift readiness program.
•SI 8. 7S0millio11for~rchan·ddev~1op
ment activities.
• $30.863 million for maritime education
and training tl(pcnses.
• $38.864 million for maritime admini~
a1rttion operating ri11Pefites.
;rbe Senate bill also provides a supplemental authorii.ation of S44.307 million for the
operating differential subsidy jjrogram
which was authorized in the 1980 Maritime
Appropriation bill.
In the House. meanwhile. a supplemental
appropJ"iations bill has run Into stiff.
op~sltion. (See story in this issue of THfi:
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1, ~·g_u,h1r1\~. t\lln111'''cr.,cl~'1..t 1ll1i l
• Dd'mH Seatttt. The House Merchant
Marinec Subcommittee will bold a hearlns
June 24 on U.S. defcn.sc sealift capability.
This is Ule azea in which the SlU ha:.
persistently uraed that the privately-owned
and Opcnitet;I mc~m Oeet be siven a larger
role. in lhe sealift program.
• FJacs of Convenience. The House
Merchant Marine Commillee will also hold
The Senate earlier !his month passed the
Maritime Appropriations Authorization
Act for 191H. The BiU -H. ~. 6SS4- passcd
bya.Yo.ice vote.
As.approved by the Senate, the Merchant
Marine appropriation bill provides rhc
following:
• S1"3S million for the construction
differential subsidy program.
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pull over In New York. The SJ\Jma1med boat was forced to wait idly
wblle • Local 333 tug delivered tbt
derricll to the Brl>oklyn shipyard.
Algerian natural gas sinoe Mar. JO.
llJ Paso and the Algerians bad
been negotiating over the pri~
increase but when lhe lalb broke
down. DOE took over. Their negotiations have thus far been unsu~
cessful.
The SIU is working with El Puo
to help resolve thi$ i.uue quicllly.
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Ba:ause of a coafih:t over .the
pricing of Algerian natural ps. four
SIU<0nlrlci.ed El Paso LNG ships
are laid up.
A numberofJiearfngst111dorhera111lonsbv
Howe and Selia1e Ccmmlutes are sch;.
dufed this month which have a direct impoc1
on the marillme ind1Lftry. As we go 10 press
thfr monih. here is the Congressional
maritime agenda:
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New Artlcle XX Charges Flied After SIU Boal is Stopped In N.Y.
Tiit ftrst ten of bow far the
E~cvtlve Coundl'1 nalln1 allows
Local 333 10 eo Is 110" bdn1 arsutd
liefore anolbtr AFL·CJO lmputlJI
Umpfre.
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Fl&henes CQi1•1idt88. r&at'fil'lllllld Iii& COIDRJitmelll to a Slrong u.s --.g merchanl fleet
The Seat1tera are al
Slewaras wrio
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pan~tng tn
the SIU Slewar~
An MlficatlOt'I PtogtiWll. Allenclilig tne me li,IQ
wllh Cclngl'Nlfl'lan lowfy were ~fateJS
F,.ncla Ofcatlo. Henry Mceowan. JoBIDtl
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Thomas Navarre. Robetl RuthefO<d Lourice
Martin Jesse Natividad. and Franetsco Vega
WiUI 1ne S.alarers - e SIU Washmgton
~ Be0v Rocller. and Piney POI/II
Pat AQent Mar$hll Novack.
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News"------""-House Passes Ocean Mining BiU
After nearly nine years o.f .debate.,stallfog
1md reaistanoe from lhe State Department,
1hc House lhis month lmally passed I.he
Ocean Mining Bill.
Formally known u the Deep Seabed lfard
Mjneral Resources Act, tbebill went through
on a v<>ioe vote June 9.
As passed, the Ocean Mining Bill requires
1ha1 all mining vessels and all ore processing
vessels mus1 be documented in the United
Stales, must fly the U.S. flag and must be
crewed by American seamen. The bill further
111quires that a1 least one ore carrier at each
minrngsj1e be a U.S.-fllgship.
CongRssman John M. Murphy (D-NY)
who manaaed the legislation during tbefloor
debale said that, "after nine ycan of
Congressional consideration, H. R. 2759
represents a sound piece of ~gislation,
critical in assisting our nation in developing
1cchnology for obtaining man~ nodules from 1he deep SC.tlbed.~
He aiBo warned, "If deep seabed mining
Jcgi•ladon is not passed tills year, I.litre will
nol be a deep seabed mining industry left to
prolcct.r
Congressman Barber Conable (R-NY)
who also urged passage of the bill said
"Unless we taJcc some step of lhis sort, i1 i.~
going to bc difficult to entice American
concerns, who are lhe only ones in the world
with sufficienl technology to exploit this
valuable mineral resource and make the
investments 1hat arc necessary when their
investments may not adequatclyl>eprote<:tcd
by American law.n
Both Congressman Clement Zablocki (DWI), chairman oft he House Foreign Affairs
Committee and Congressm•n Morris Udall
(0-AZ), chairman of the House Interior and
Insular AffaiA Comm.ittee endorsed H.R.
2759. Each Chairman. how.:ver, slated I.hat
both Committcca along with lbe House
Men;bant Marine and Fisheries Commiuees
ucex peetc:d to continue 10 exercise oversigh1
jurisdiction on the bill u It is implemented.
Similar legislation con1aining identical
language calling for 1he use of U. S.-flag
vessels passed in lhc Senate last December.
The House and Scna1e bills will now go to
a joint conference 10 resolve differen~
bciween 1he 1wo versions or tJ11> Ocean
Minit'lg legislation.
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Maridme Administra1ion (MARAD) has
named Bruce McAllister to be dep11ty
assis1a111 secretary for maritime affairs-1.he
post that Nemirow held bcfo~ h,is elcv11ion
10 the slo1 in MARAD nearly a year ago.
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Nemirow alsn announced the 11ppoin1mcnt of Ronald L Stonetolhenewlyae111cd
post of deputy assistant adminis1rator for
maritime aids.
McAllister was formerly president of
McAllister 8rothet5. In his new pQllition, he
will also serve on the lhree-membcr Maritime Subsidy Board.
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agency's principle advis9r on commercial
trade. traffic all related maritime aid
programs. Prior to this appointment, Stone
served four years as shipping and program
oontrol officer- in tbe office o~ the Deput.y
Stcrl:tary (or Maritime AffaiTs.
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offices 1n Washington, O C The trip to
Washtng1on and lllSlt With 8onlOt -.as an a PB"
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Subcommittee bearing
calltd ti) consider increasing lht
fiscal year 1980 appropriations
for certain maritime 'Programs
quickly shifted gears as SIU
Exec. Vice President Frank
Droz.alt and Rep, Paul M·cCloskey squared off on the issue of
s!Upboard mam»ng.
Opening the June 11 h~ring
Subcommittee Cbainnan John
Murphy (D-N. Y .) said the
Subcommittee would be consid·
~ring a bill "to increase the FY
1980 appropriation of funds for
the operating differential subsidy SIU Exec. VICe Pres1deo1 Fran~ Orozal<
teshfies before lhe House Mercham
program by $44.3 million." The Marine Sut>comm111ee In Weshinglon
$44.3 million for unforseen on June 11
operat~ng subsidy l!'-Xpenses
competition. We believe lhat our
would be added to .the $256 membership prosper:. to the
million Congress, has alr-eady extent that our companies
approved in maritime appropria- prosper and to the extent that the
tions for 1980.
U.S. merchant marine remains
"This bearing also provid~." compCii1ive."
Rep. ~urphy cpntinued. ''an - "But the sacrifices made by our
opportunity to give further membership," Dro:zak informed
consideration to the question of the Subcommittee, "in the longmanning on vessels receiving term interest ofa competitive U.S .
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neet have not been shared by
Armed witn faets a,nd figures
other sectors of the cre.w. In some
Drozalc told the Sul>comlTlltt~ cases," he oontlnued.'"ships have
that "the SIU took the lead in the been automated to the extent that
1960s in worlcrng witfl manage- our membership has betn
ment to adjust' crew sizes to new vir tually eliminated in some
technology."'
departments while othe~ seotors
"But there is a point,., Droiak ~board the same ships have been
warned. "below which manning left virt1111lly unlouched."
levels must not fall if we are to
Pointing out that shipboard
preserve the safety of the crew, of manning levlcs are decided based
the vessel, of other U.S. citizens on input from the Coast Guard,
and of the environment."
the Maritime Administration,
The SIU has worked long and labor and managemtnt, Drozak
bard, Drozak said, to keep "our called for creation of a committee
cootrac,ted companies competi- "composed of all of 1hose
tive wiih both U.S. and foreign participants to work t-0 resolve
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manning issues."
involved in collective bargaining
"We believe, ~said Drozak, that
rights ...
the sru 's "good faith in red11cing
McCloskc:y continued to
manning for the h~ng-term
charge that manning cost~ are
betterment of the industry is well
lar$ely to blame for the big~e~
pJ.o;ven. But we also b~1Jeve/' he
operating costs of U.S. vessels
added, '' that a progressive
compared to foreign fleets.
attitude o.n the part of one:
For every example McCJoskey
participant can be u11dennined
cited to show where personnel
unless all parties share the
could be cut to save money,
burden equally."
Drouk showed the SubcommitCongressman M~Closkey took
tee that the California Congress·
a new tack inhison-goingeffortto man was wrapped up in false
reduce manning levels by telling
economies.
Drozak and Subco!Ilmittee
Pulling out his notes, M<:Closmembers that uwe cannot sell"the
key said "the Norwegians have
need for additional funding for
reduced costs with an 18 man
the Merchant Marine to Congress
crew...
"unless there is some control on
Dro:rak informed the Repremanning levels."
sentative that the Norwcgians"do
"Inasmuch as the government
not tell you I hat they arc carrying
is paying the wages" of U.S.
additional maintenance people
merchant mariners through aboard that ship."
Ma rad ·s operating differentiaJ
"While you arc making all this
subsidy program, McClosJcey noise about excess manpower and
queried. "don't they have an
costs aboard ship," Drozak
obligation to make sure the continued, "why don't you take a
manning Jeyel isn't excessive or look at the shoreside maintena nee
wages aren't excessive?"
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"The 1970. Mc:-chapt: Mal'ine see whether or not it would pay to
Act," Drozak shotj>ack, gives,the
put more people ,b aok on the
government the rigllt l Cjl n.ile "on ship."
manning, not on wage rates
In a clear, concise sl.lltement
ncgofiated in a eollectivc Droi.ak told the $ubQommittee
bargaining agreemen1. Other that the U.S. has a choice. "Either
industries get subsidies," Droz.ak we work to have a merchant
noted "and they negotiate their marine to becom,letitiveorwearc
own collective bargilining going to concede it to the Russians
agreements freely. Is there any and the Chinese and whoeverelsc
difference jn the maritime is coming along."
industry having the right to freely
"I do not think tha1 is what we
negotiate the terms of our want (or this country, .. Drozak
contracts?"
said. "Wha1yousbould trytodo,"
''It is simply not fair to the heappealed to the Subcommittee.
people of this country," Drozalt "is help us. protect us. work with
stated, "for the government to get us."
Mm Asks GOP Brass to Support U.S. Merchant Fleet
AKJNG advantage of the op-
portunity to bavi: the voice
o( maritime workers hea1'd, the
AFL-00 Maritime Trades,Otpanmenl (MIO) prrsent~ its views
this month al the Republican Party
Platform Hearina in New Vork City.
The need for a strona U.s.
men:hant marine was stressed by
Jean lngnw, executive ~crelllr'y
tl'easurer of the MTD. She was
accompanied b!o' Frank Pecqllex,
Jcplative repmcntailve.of the SIU
and tho MTI>.
The MTD is com~ of 42
national and international uniont
representing workers in the maritime
and alficd fields, including tire
SIUNA. Fran1' Droult, SIU
elletutivc vice president, it also
pruideot of tbe MTD.
Many speaken, rcpresentilla a
variety of interests. spoke before the
Republican pa•el whfc:h was
dlaircd by Se11ator John Tower (RTell.}. During the uylang heM..m,,
the morning wu devoced to fortip
policy and defeni.e and the afternoon
10 fi!cal and mon,,1ary roticy.
Views expressed a1 1he Hearing
will be~ by the Republican Party
wl)en i1s plalform ls formulated for
the 1980 e~ti011$.
Mrs. lngrao told the panel tha1 ".a
strong American merchant marinci~
an essential component Qf delorrencie
against foreign na1 ion~ •nd is
essential to our national set:urity."
Though the U.S. loday",cneratca
the largest abareoflhc world's ocain
ttatfe." alu! pointed out that "the~
are lea than S50 U .s.•naa ws1el1 in
service which carry ~ than f111C
pen:mt of our fOfti&n commerce."
Mrs. lnarao therefore ur&M 1be
adoption of a maritime plank within
the Republican Party platform
which:
American-nag fleet access to the fair
share of all types of cargo In the
American trada. and
• rccogni1e~ the imporlant
natio!Ull defense role-of the private
merchant marine and urJ.:s greaicr
u1ili:a11ion of the private fleet by
1he Navy for itS support functions.
Following Mn. lnsrao's pn:senta1ion, Sen. Tower said, ~we all share
your concern for 1he American
mctehant marine.~
• expresses continued commiiment tothe&oalsandpr~msoftbe
Merch.int Marine Act of 1970;
• calb for the enac1men1 of a
national cargo policy to 111ure the
Al lhe 1980 GOP Ptatlonn l'learmgs ill New YOO( reeemly &1e 11 10 rJ MTD
Secretary-Treasurer Jean lnwao lllld SIU t.eg1slal111e Rep Frank Pecquex,
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SIU Wins Jurisdiction Beef on 5-L Crane Jobs
double-barreled victory for
the job rig,hts of STU
membe!'S who do maintemmce
work on Sea-Land's huge Pace<io
cranes was handed down last
monrh.
In two separate ·rulings, the
National Labor Relations Board
and an lmpartiaJ Umpire of the
AFL-Cld said that crane maintenance work at Sea-Land's Pott
Everglades facility is the job of a
maintenance crew made up of
SIU and MEBA·Dlstrlct I
Shorepns memben, Both ruJ..
ings struck down claims by the
fntemational Longshoremen's
Assn., that the crane maintenance work was within their
jurisdiction.
Though the outcome of bo~
the NLRB and the Impartial
Umpire's rulings are the same,
the two hearings were held {or
dlfferent reasons.
On Oct 2, 1979, Sea-Ulnd
installed a Paceco crane at their
Port EvergJadcs facility. These,
cranes arc used to ioad and
unload containerized cargoes.
The actual operation ~ar the
Port Everglades crane, and of
Sea-Land's Pactco cranes ill ;New
Jersey, Puerto Rico, New Or·
-----~.r. tMlu~ W!'it Coast and
Portsmouth, Va., is handled by
an I LA membe( since it is" part of
the loading operation and clearly within the ILA's jµrisdiction.
The maintenance of the cranes,
however, is the job of a cr:ew
made up of SIU and MESA
memberi. Under tbe collective
bargaining agreement with SeaLand, one MESA- District I
engineer supervising two SIU
shorep:ng members arc responsible for repair woTlc, routine
checking of electrical equipment
and other talks involved iii upkeep of the cranes.
But when Sea-Land installed
the new Paceco crane at Pon
Everglades, the: ILA protested
the assignment of SIU and
MEBA members 10 tbe maintenance crew. lbe Longsboreme11 began picketing the P~rt
Everglades facility, stopping only
wbeil Sea-Land went ro U.S.
District Court for a ratrainh)g
order.
On Nov. I, the ILA toot I.heir
beef over lbe crane maintenance
work to the Labor Relations
Commiuee, their contractual
grievance commi~. The Labor
Relatiom Committee. made up
of representatives of the ILA and
the Southeait Florida Pons
Employees Assn.. determined
that die ILA llad jurisdjnjOll
over crane maintenance work.
Sea-Land objected and filed
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that tbe ILA had violated Section
9 (b) (4) (D) of the National
labor Relations Act "'by engag·
ing 1n certain proscribed activity
with an object of forcing or
requiring the employer to assign
certain work to its members
rather than to employees repr~
seated by MEBA anti SIU."
A three-man committee of the
NLRB was convened to hear Sea·
Land's chirges against the ILA.
On May 20 the Board ruled that
"the employ~ represented by
MEBA and the SIU arc entitled
to perform the work in dispute.
"The record reveals," the
Board said in their 10 page
determination. "that the Employer's standard practice has
been to assign the disputed work
to at least one MEBA employee
and two SIU employees. The
Employer has followed the assignment of wotk at all its
facilitic.~ across the country since
the late 1960's •• . " and "ls
satisfied" with the job the SIU
a nd MEDA have been doing.
While the NLRB ~a.~ decidin&
on Sea-Land's charges against
the ILA, the SI U and MEBA
brought separate charges against
the Longshoremen before an
lmpanial Umpire of the i\FLCJ O. The SIU and MEBA
charged the ILA with violating
the "no raiding" clause spelled
out in Article XX of the AFLCIO Constitution.
At the end of May, the
Impartial Umpire upheld the
raiding charges against the ILA
and awarded the crane maintenance work: at Port Everglades to
the SIU and MEDA. An Impartial Umpire has issued similar
rulings over the issue of. crane
maintenance work at several
other Sea-Land facilities.
Most recently. an Impartial
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violated t.he "no raiding" section
of the AFL·CIO Constitution
by claiming crane maintenance
"'work and disi:upting Sea-Land's
collective bargaining rel11lionship
with the SIU and MEBA at Sea.
Land's Portsmouth Va .• facility.
In spite of the fact that the
ILA's jorisdictioo claims over
ctane maintenance work at SeaLand facilities have been struck
down time after time, the Longshoremen have continued to
protest maintenance work assignments everytime Sea-Land
installed a new crane.
But because the implications of
the NLRB's ruling upholding
the Sltrs and MEBA's jurisdiction over the crane maintenance
work are relatively broad, obSCTvers feel chances arc slim that
the ILA will protest the assignment of SJU and MEBA main·
tenance crews in the future.
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SllJ-Paciflc Marltill'e Association 'Vessels. ·
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Cl:tief Steward
Chief Steward
Cbief Steward/ Baker
Chief Steward / Chief Cook
Chief Cook. Night Cook.
•od Baker
2nd Coolt and Baker, 2nd C"ook
Assis1an1 Coot( Messman
As$1SW11 Cook/ C'ombinauo11
3rd Pamryman
Freighter
Modified Mariner
SS Maine
Hawaiian Princess
MC9S11111D
Paacnset BR. PanellJCr Waiter
Utilityman
$1,591.S I
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1.172.73
1.559.97
Freighter
Frcishter
Freigllter
Hawaiian Princ£Sli
Freiglltcr
Frc;pter
Modified Mariner
Hawaiian Priacns
SS3.25
.56.17
S9.D9
52.00
l ,S06.J2
l,412M
S0.21
1.26138
t,J00.73
l, 132.67
1,086.17
!;<186.17
42.0S
43.36
37.76
36.21
36.21
1.086.L7
36.21
47.08
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Pantry M""trutn
7.~
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S.81
5.81
S.81
4AO
4AO
4.AO
4.40
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S6..ll
9.39
C...., Wonm1 RMt!
W~cn members or the S~nJ ~e-nmen1 wort cargo, they shall receive the.a.me carso tatc" or pay and the same
coffee hnv and hot IUllCh consideration a. 11 received by lhe Unbcensed Deck Dcpartmcnc.
sen...., Time Haen
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Chier Steward
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A.B. M1in1cnance
Quartermaster
Al!le Scaman
Fire Patrolman
O .S. Maintenance
Ordinary Sellman
Prmtl- R.te
OnrtllM R11~
Sl,622.92
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$13.~7
$3.00
8.00
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t.320.64
12.S()
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1.092.84
1,092.84
913,21
854.24
10.63
10.04
9.SS
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7.46
7.46
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t4.66
14.66
14.66
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8.00
11.00
8.00
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6.13
6. 13
4.86
4.86
Chier Elec1riclan
(Sl?'s. Sll8'i. !..ash. 'Morincr and Passcnscr
Chief EteclriciWJ (Ocha)
Cl!ief 61ectricia11
Cl8nc Mtce./ E~c1dcian
Electrician Reefer Mice.
Second Electrkian
Engine Ucility Reeler Mtcc.
Rcfrigtration Engineer
(when one is carried)
t ,688.6S
1,68$.()S
1,688.65
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Refrigeration Ensinetr
(when lh1'1'C are carried)
Chid
Fint Assistant
Second As.siJtant
Q. M.E.D.
Plwnbef" Machinist
Urrlamed Junior Engineer (Day)
Ualicalsed Junior Enai.-r (Wa lch)
Deck Engtaecr
EnJine Utility/ FOWT IOctta)
£naiac IJ111i1y
Evaporator/ Mtce.
t,619. 18
1:.38.83
1.342.23
1,622.92
1.447.45
1.381. 13
t .243.59
t ,339.34
IJ52.o9
l2.6t
12.04
11.68
IJ,97
12.61
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8.00
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8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.0()
I .26l.4S
11.01
~.00
10. ll
8.00
Oiler ( Dtc:scl)
Watcrtcnder
l , tS7.0l
l.092.114
t, 176.04
1.092,84
fimnan/ Watenendcr
Fireman
6.13
6.t3
6.13
6.13
1,092.84
Wiper
9.SS
10.27
9:SS
9.SS
9..5S
1.or-'. 14
8.81!
Oiler
Shjp.. Welde; Mtcc.
otlcr/ Mainte11Btxe Ulillty
General Utility/ Deck Enaine
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Momtdy a.~
1.220.4~
S1'1:WARD Di.PARTMtl'IT
Chief Steward (SL7t, SL 1..t. Luh. MariDlr)
Seewald Cook
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OVERTIME
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Following are the revised base monthly wage scales:pr,mfum ri•tes;overtime rates for work
f)trformed Jn excess ot eight (8) hours, Monday through Friday1 ancJ penalty off watch ,ates
Monday through FrJd•y for the Standard Tanker and Freightsbip/Passenger Agreements.
The contractual lnc,rea.'le of 7~% plus a 5.33% C.0.L.A. on the items specified above
provJdes a 12.83% on ·su11h specified items.
T.he J2JJ3% Increase also appHes to the Deep Sea Vacation benefit.
Note: Tire C,O.L.A. is not applkable lo on waklr Monday througlr Friday or on
watch Saturday, Sunday and HolidayJ penalty raLes and special rates such as longshore
work and tonic cltttning.
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Pacific Maritime Assoc. Vessels
8ASE'WAG£RATE
MONTHl, Y DAJLY
New Deep Sea Wage Rates: Effective June 16 1980
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WAGE RATES FOR ORV CARGO VESSELS
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1-092.84
6,13
4.86
IJS5.72
11.68
s.oo
t.26L4S
10.27
S.88
6.1 3
l.OIS. 14
Sl ,62,2.92
1.622.92
t,622.92
1,435.41
SIJ.97
13.9?
13.97
4,~6
S8.00
8.00
8.00
Chief Steward
Chief Cook
Coolt A Bater
Secoad Cook
12SO
8.()()
l.27S.8<l
l,24J.58
1,092.84
11. 14
Third Cook
1 ,0711:~
8.00
8.00
6. 13
A••"tut Coot
~A ·men
9.44
1,078.08
847.SS
847_sg
9.44
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10.BS
9.44
7.44
7.44
6.13
6. 13
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New Deep Sea Wage Rates: Effective June.16, 1980
Freigbtship/Passenger Agreement Wages, Premium and
Overtime Rates as of June 16, 1980
Passenger Vessels
Chief St~ward
1 ,27~.~4
Chitf C:Oolt
Head W.ai1er / Wine Steward
Chief BM:tc
1,275.84
l,21S.84
1,274.48
1,273.34
J,271 .98
l.26S.20
1,25S.S6
l,2SS.S6
1,243.SS
1,243.58
1,240.87
l,23S.2J
1,078.08
J,078.08
847.S8
847.58
847.S8
847.S8
847.58
847.S8
847.SS
847.SS
84?.S8
847.SS
847.S8
847.58
847.SS
847.SS
84'7.58
1147.58
847.S8
1,210.59
2nd Steward/ Hca.d Waiter
3rd Steward / Storekeeper
Chief Pantryman
Bu Idler
2nd Cook
2nd Cook/ larder
Cook and Baker
Asst. Head Waiter
2nd Baker
3rd N'igbt Cook
BartendCl'
Bartender/ Club Steward
Messman Utility
Utilityman
OaUey Utility
Pantrymao
Passenger Waiter
Officer Bedroom Steward
l>assenger Bed room Steward
Njpt Steward
Stewardess
Deck Stcw1ml
Dec!Q/ Smoking Room Steward
Janitor I Utilityman
Day Porter/Utilityman
Chef Ulilliy.
Crew Messman
Cr~W
fYantryman
Crew Bedroom Steward
lle,\utician·Barber
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W•tdt. Monday
oa
ihroach
Friday
Group I
58.91
8.00
16.41
12.50
It. 14
I L 14
11. l 4
11.03
11.03
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10.94
10.87
10.87
JO.SS
10.SS
l0.74
10.70
9.44
9.44
7.44
7.44
7.44
7.44
7.44
7.44
7.44
7.44
7.44
7.44
1,894.14
1,4JS.41
Chef
8.00
8.00
8.00
~.00
Boal.Swaitl (on vessels consuueted since 1970)
Boatswain (25,SOO OWT or over)
Boatswain (under 25,SOO OWT)
A.8. Oect Maintenance
Able Seaman
O:S. Dect Maiilunancc
Ordinary Seaman
Chief Pumpman
6.ll
4.86
4.86
4.86
4.86
4.86
4.86
4.86
· 4.86
4.86
4.86
4.86
4.86
What's a diesel englneroom look like? Hete's an upc lose lliew of the br.an!l new diesel Sea-Land
EiipJorer, snapped Jasr month al Qal<land, Calli,
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6.36
Premblm Rate
Overtime Rate
Sl,688.65
1,530.73
$14.66
14.09
12.8S
10.96
9.66
SS.00
8.00
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Second Pumpman/ Engfue Mtce.
Ship's Welder Mice.
Engine Utility
Oiler Mice. Utility
Oller
Fireman/ Watertco!kr
8.88
7.67
l .~7-4.30
General Utilily,/Dect· Engim:
Wlper
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Chief Steward (on vessels cons1ruaed since 1970)
Steward/Cook
S\CWatd/Baker
Chief Stewaid (25,500 OWT or over)
Chief Steward (under 2S.SOO OWT)
Chief Cook
Cook and Baker
11urd Cook
Ass1Stant Cook
.Messman
Utihtyman
PENALTY lt4TES
Oii WMda. MGMay ...
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14.66
13.4S
13.4S
11.78
11.06
11.07
9.66
9.66
ct Friday Group I SB.91
I, IOS.68
I, IOS.68
1,01$.20
1,015.20
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
6.13
6.13
6. ~3
8.88
-4.86
4.86
8:88
1,688.65
1,6118.65
1.688.65
l.S36.83
l,479.4S
1,)27.99
1,296.66
1,1.$().14
l,JSO. 14
8-47.S7
8-47.57
Group U
14.66
14.66
1-4.66
13.39
£2.811
I I.SS
10.96
11.44
9.44
7.44
7.44
1. 1s
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6.13
6.13
4.86
4.86
8.00
~.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
&.00
6.1)
6. ll
-4.86
4.116
Oroup n1
Ooekslde et Oakland.Calif.the·7aS·loot Q•9vessetsea=La7r<IExpforer, shown unloading nercergoolaon!alne,5,
SIU Crews A~other New Diesel, S-L Explorer
4.86
4.86
.4.86
4,86•
Pttontbly Rate
1.688.65
1,544. 74
1,544.74
l,,l67.S4
1,243.77
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is the year of the
diesel, as.delivery
of Sea-Land's 12 new diesel
containerships continues fast
a nd furious. All 12 of the SIUcontracted 0-9 class ves.sels in
Sea- Land's ambitious $586
million ship conStruction program are expected to be
earning their keep by the end
of the year.
So far, eight of the 12 have
been christened, six have been
~livered from their Far East
shipyards and four have taken
on their SIU crews and are now
plying theAsla/ U.S. West Coast
trade.
Number four, the Sea-Land
Explorer, took
her SIU crew
recently. Like the three SeaLand D-9's that crewed before
her and one 10 follow; the SeaLand Explorer will be ~rvicing
port$ on a Pacific Sotit~west
loop, calling at Yokohama and
f(obe1 Japan, KaohSiung, Taiwan and Hong Kong and at
Long Beach and Oakland, Ca.
The next five D-9.s will be used
on a Pacific Northwest loop.
which adds Seattle, Wash., to
the ports of call
The three D-9's which entered service with their SIU
crews before the Sea-land
Explorer were the Sea-Land
Palriot, which crewed Jan. 29,
on
the Sea-Land liberator, crewed
lh early March and the Seal.and Defender following In
late March. The Sea-Land
Developer was. christened and
delivered at the' end of May.
She's expected to crew by the
end of June.
The Sea-Land Explorer, like
ht>: 11 sisters, measures 745 feet
and can accommodate both .JS..
and ~foot containers. The
vessels have an overall 839
container capacity with 165
over steam turbine vessels of
comparable size. And they
can make a West Coast-to-Asia
round ttip without refueling.
ONSTRUCTION of rhe 12
As fuel prices continue to
energy-efficient D-9's soar, more and more vessels
underscores a growing trend will be built or converted to
in today's maritime industry- diesel. That means Seafarers
the move to diesel powered with the skills and training
vessels.
necessary 10 operate diesel
Operating at service speeds vessels will be more and more
of 22 knots, the 12 D-9's are in demand.
To accommOdate the induse.x pected to yie~ a 35 percent
improvement in fuel-efficiency try's need for seamen with
- : . knowledge of diesel vessels the
-Union has been offering a
diesel course at HLS. And the
- greater the participation of SIU
- members in the rraining
course, the greater the chance
of bringing diesel-powered
equipment under SIU contract
in the fu_tu(e.
Sea-Land Is expecting to
have three more of the D-9's
crewed and operating by the
end of the summer. The
D eveloper wlll crew by the end
of this month. The Sea-Land
E1<press, christened in March,
should be ready for her maiden
run in early July. At the end of
July, SIU crewmen will go
The Sea·Land E11plorer paid oN In Oakland on May 19 On·llaiid - e part ol the
sh1p·s comm'"ee. etewrnen and SIU olficials. lnctudmg (standing t-r}: G. P. Pollard
aboard rhe Sea-Land IndepenLOWsley. OMED and engine delegate. Dbn Bartlett, &horegeny bosun: JOlln dence. Sea-Land will round out
CtSlec:l<l. bosun and ship's channan. Theodor<? GOOdman. slewa<d. secretary;
their fleet of D-9's to a n even
Harry Sdversretn. ui11hty,st11W111ddelegate seated (l·r) ate· Ed Turner. senior West
Coas1 rep1eseora1rve. Richald Schaeffer. AB. Robbie ROberlSon, Sen Fr811Cisco dozen by the end of Noparro1ma11 ane1 carros L Sy. ct11e1 cqo1c
venlber.
slots allocated for refrigerated
cargo and 84 for bulk liquid
tanks.
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7.44
7.44
1.44
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l,IOS.68
1,015.20
876.77
u
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7.44
l,47).33
1,256.38
Explorers enr;ilne con1ro1 room 1s seararer
8.00
Standard Tanker Agreement Wages, Premium and
. Overthne Rates as of June 16, 1980
0£CI( DEPARTMENT
Sea·Lan_d
-8.00
7.44
7.44
7.IS
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1.44.
Group II
All Systems gol Checking 011e1 ~he
Pollard lowsley. a OMED.
8.00
6.13
6.13
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�Crew Saddened by loss of
Shipmate
LETTEBI
On the morning of April 14, 1980at 6:25a.m.. ourchiefstcward,
Oliver Celestine, was proriounced dead by Capt. Benjamin R.
Moon. All of our crew, both licensed and unliccn~. were sorry
artd ~ddcned by the loss of a man, not only good in his profession,
but a cred it to his Union.as weJi as a nu!flfler one;hipmate. At this
time. we would like to extend our condolcn~s to his family and
friends. Yes, he's gone ollt surely not forgouen by his shipmates.
TO TBE BDITOB
Sincerely,
The Entire Crew• .SS Ancborap
L. It Joseph, Sblp'I CfiainMn
Top Training At HLSS
I would like to express my s incere thanks and gratitude to the
faculty aod administratocs of the Harry Luodeberg School at Piney
Po int, Maryland. This is the School, backed and built by the SIU,
our Union.
The Harry Luruleberg Scboolis indeed one of the finest schools
of seamanship in the world. The curriculum and studies are hard,
but the rewards are worth it. Libeny is spent in a supe rb se1ting,
nestled in the woodlands of Southern Maryland and I would like to
take this opponunity to let the membership know that every
member of the SIU should view and take a course at this superb
training complex a_t least one time in their seagoing career.
Fnternally.
Oennh Patridc Prescott
Paul Hall Paved the Way
Io our bull sessions aboard ship, conversations invariably turn to
the benefits available to Seafarers today. How it is and bow it was.
We would like to thanlc the penon most instrumental in bringing
about that change, Paul Hall, our union's president.
We n ote his present illness with deep regret and convey to him
our hopes and wishes for a speedy recovery.
From the entire crew, our best wishes.
Fraternally,
Cad 111om.,..,.., Ship'• Chainnaa
S.T. Ovenea Cldc:qo
Hotel Manager
SS Ouanic Independence
Regrets Passing of ~ill Hall
Fnterna.Uy,
Leonard Kennedy
Stapleton. AJa.
'11tousands Wishing
Paul Hall the Be~t'
There an: thousands of us scamen out here wishing the best ro
President Paul Hall We lrnow of no onewho baa worked u hard or
who bas done as much as Paul Rall for the good of the SIU
Brotherhood. We all read in the Log'-s April iss1.1e that Paul Ball
bad received the"Mr. PortofN'ewYork."'award. The way we feel is,
why just New York.? How about Baltimore, Kouston, Tampa, San
Francisco, St. Louis, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Mobile, Detroit,
Chicago and ports in all the other states. Why not let it be, "Mr.
Paul Hall of these United States... We are all very proud of
President PauJ Hall
Fnmmally,
.Innes H. Gleatoa
SS Cme Trader
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EdiHJr
Ray Boanlha
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Mariona HmmyonPOfll'
A.uu..t &//lo,
Fiut C'llllCiolli
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IMWIO#
Mme K'Wit-t.,
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I980
MlkeOilln
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Max Sirp Hal
4+._ £4llM
Daudt Landy
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Rep. Murphy Lauds SIU, Drozak
In reading SW Exec. Vice Prmdent Frank Drozak't " Ripon
• from Htadquarrt!rt" in the April r980 edition or the Log, I was
plealed 10 read of El Paso Gas Company's sbift from Norwcpn to
American cn:ws on three LN'Gvessels. TheadditiomJ news that the
SIU will man the pusenpr liner Oceanic lml.trpendmce was even
more ttf.resbing.
I aut well appreciau! the many hollfl it 1111* have lakon to
persuade manaaement to make these cbanget. and I congratulate
~SIU and Frank ~on this majoraccompliibment. Thia ill
Jlllt tbe type of ~IP that the 1'metican Meiclwrt Marine so
Paul Hall
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Y June, the word from the Great.
B
Lakes is
"everyihing's
running." The fit-out is over and
u~ally
waterborne traffic OD the Lakts i$
buatling.
But not this yea... from thousand
footei:s to car ferry8J drcdgC$ and
tup, it's the same story: •1aying up
lnddloltcly dueo to Jack of cargo."
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What's ailing every fleet duu plys
the nation's founh Beacoast today is
a combination of politics and porkchops. Lack of govcmment.su11pon
for the Great lakes merchant marine; bit problcmtin tbeau10 industry and related ~upply industries
~ the U.S. mbafiO on sale of
A111ericao wheat .to Russia have all
contributed to hard times on the
Gteat Lakes.
Popular wilaom has il that •as
Detroit goes, so goes the nation,"
meaning- that production and fates
levels in the auto industry's capital
act u a bellwether £or the n:st of the
COVJ!lry;
L,ut year. sales of American can
dropped by 11 ~Ill and auto
industry forecasters · are predicting
1hat 1980 will be even wone. The
OnilCd Automobile Worbn union
estimateJ
300,000 auto workers-or OJ!C _third~(t,!Je ..Bia.Three"
c:ar companlcs' worltfon:e.is idle.
'ome.
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I retired O<;t. 4. 1979 off ihe Interstate tug, Hono~r. which {
sailed out of the port of Mobile and Houston.
· I was very sorry to read about Brother Bill Hall passing a way. He
was a very line man.
I've been a member of the Sil) since the earliest days of the
Union. Now I'm enjoying life at home wi1h my wife. Mary Ellen. I
miss the sea very muc h. J will always love the old SIU and the
old IBU and hope everyone the very best.
I really thank the Union for the benefits I have received since my
retirement.
Need More Gov't. Support for Lakes Fleet
'· deapefudy needt.
w~ pc;uonal repid1,
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ART of tho reason for tile auto
P
induttry'• woes is
CJ.S. carmanutaaunndidn'tgaup
self·im~.
either soaring fuel pri~ or tile
economic recession llAlCUnltcly and
didn't tool up in time to meet the
increaaed American demand for
N11all
ears.
But auto importen wcren•t as
sbon"8igbted. SmaD, fuel..efficieot
imported can, especially from
Japan. are accounting for an evcrinettuing 1hare of the U.S. market.
And ttw lreod is sure to continue.
BecalllC while lbc Japatlt'# restrict
the Ale of American cars with a
variety of uadc barrias. Japr -se
auto expofUn cumDtly bave un1;•••itoJ . .
10 a.s. markets.
U.S. 8111b indUlll)' suppliers are ·
. , bcins bruiKd by imporU. Tbe
cbainnan of one· company chat
matca automotive easinp said
receat1y that if his company goc
some of tbe paits' ordct. Decroil ii
laftdina oveneas, -Wt wouldA't be
postina loua and1omeoftbe 1,000
worken wc.'llid oft miPt be 011 the
job."
Tbc lt'CIUbje ill Uleautomobileand
n:la~
l
111pply ind111tria ha come
down hard 011 aD Great Laltm
v-.1 Opsf.IOn. SJ U-conttacted
Gntal l.alcei operaum. \lllhicla cany
• baa\11 pw ""'"... al Oft, c:okc,
laDCI lllld oUaer ea,.,. for automobile Wibp'11im,
i.a
IO pus deft lbeir f1ella for the finl
•ve
ron.a
qaanerofdle t910wppiq ''S"'IL
.... Velldi, like I.be SlUCOlllAlc:tcd lltr#ma R.-INn fil out
... ,es Diiiy ta . . . . . . . lOJay• s. , 1 MWI' fil 0111 at an.
AMID lilaot ClllllllDH. I eo
lllinAy probl u die Graa
Lalcea is cbe ~· embarso on the
sale of U.S. grain 10 the Sorice
Union. The ships wlucb would have
moved lbe miUiom oC ION of grain
to RL•uia now have oo reuon to call
at Great Lakn pon1. Aod tbal
means less wort for SIU manben
who c:n:w Chat Labl harbor tup.
for hard IUues on the Lakes as well
as on their shores, .sltipping in the
region bas been troubled fot yean
dB to lack of adequate government
Jllppon.
Put Congressional policy of
overlooking the u_s. G!Qt Lakes
fleet to a geat cxteD1 bas allowed
Ca 0 adian vasclsioplayalareeraod
SIU-contracted inT•tea,HE
land operator on
Oreal
Great ukes Towing Co., ha
luaefl
larger role in U.S. Great Lair.es
commerce. A m:en1 study by the
Mari1ime Administration showed
that in 1978, C.nadian vessels
carried 98 pcrcenl of all cargoes
belwena thc U.S. and c.n.da.
There are several ways the aovctnmmt could llCI to equa1ize the
cargo imbalaOM for the U.S. Great
Lakes neet. lncreaud FtfdeTill
1ub1idica (or lhc flioet would help as
would~ impoKd RStrigtions on imports.
But one oftbe bestways lo renew
the fonpnes
America's sweet
water neet ii negotiation or a
bilateral 1tdpping agrcemeiat bcwem the U.S. aacl Cuada.
A bilateral a..-~t would
the
1
made dram•tlc cuts in the numberof
boatt IJld CICJll iU' 111ai. In
Chiatp>, Oral lAtea Towina II
wmntly mplqyinsfour SJ Ucrews.
A year -.a the company UMd nine
in llW ~n. And tbe ICOI) is
the
for inland crews In other
•mo
Oma Lata pQJts.
The llfe4 picture for Oreal LaMI
boatmen could brigh1eo soon if
nnnon that lbo11He• uw1 ii ready
to ollan~I lllOlll)' to lbe ukel for
acwdmtlh!I projecm. pan out. But,
~ P*'"'Pinl money Into Ip ni:'x
Oms
proJMu will prcMcle a
"li9dtJNU ded boolll for employrDetn
in lbs ftllioa.111tll/llfrdln6pm111dn
only shon-urm ulief.
We believe a ,. 01 kk1 ttl U.S.
11alc, 1owania Ille Gra& l.Uel la
l
aal ii ICMls "'1Wduc. 'Doulf'
today'I ec•-J ii larl'IY IO hie
6n•nced by both nalions, would fra:
Canadian dollan for needed sui>pon of their deep sea flecl.
There's no single 1olution 10
revcning the steady decline of the
O.S. Great Lake• fleet. Just as
there"s no one answer to c:urina
America's economic woes,
Bue the fortunes of hqth maritime
and 1hore,idc industries in the Great
Lakes reaion could pick up with the
infution of •ovemmcnt suppon
and funding. The SIU bas always
believed thal poli1ics and porkcbops
is a winning combination.
or
um
CllSURalfljPCffot~bafbods
die U.S. and Camdw and, at the
aalDe ti.me, ICltal pe 11.bltthird fJaa
h •lrom pimiaJ nay Great
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LaMa au:e "'"
la IMlditioa, a 1rifateraJ pact.
June 1980 / LOG I t7
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U.S. Dredges Should Get Diego Garcia Proiect
Representa1ivcs from the llcS_ · This request met a great deal of
Saul told the Subcommittee compa~ics would have several
maritime and dredging industries oppos1uon from Congressional that at present t~ere are at l~l beneficial consequences.
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want bids on the lucrative Diego leaden;, representatives from the five U.S. dredging companies
• The ~umber of o.verseasJobs
Garcia project restricted to dredging and maritime ind us- tha.t have indicated th~t they have ~or Aiher1can workers woul~ be
American oompanic:s. so th.,at tries, and labor officials.
the intereSt, the equipment and increa~d. At the pre~nt time
jobs for American workers·could
Rich Saul, director of lnlan~ the oapab~lity to ~re~g~ tile American tax re~ulauon$ are
be protected and this nation's Waters and Great Lakes Aotlv1- lagoonatD1egoGarc1aw1t·hmthe ~uoh that compa~1cs ate ix;oalbalance of payments deficit ties for the Transportation $2S miUion budget set forth by 1zed for employing :"merican
Improved.
rnstitute, a private research and the Navy. He sees noreaso.n not work~rs; and Am~ncans are
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education organizalion which to' restrict the bidding to these penalized for acceptmg employS cvcra I Siu companies arc
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b'd
inceresicd in !he work.
promotes a s1rong American flag ~ompan1es. The.re are cnou~
me~td~v~drsea s. ~trio mgld 1bs
merchant marine, 1old members interested American companies on m 1v1 ua proJeC s wou
e
Navy officials have asked of the House Subcommittee on 10 ensure competitive bidding. . one way of minimizing the bad
Congress to authorize $25 Military Cons1ruc1ion that he ·Not to restrict the bidding would ~ffects of the present lax
million over a fWoycar periOd so disagrees wi1h the Navy's further compound an already structure until it can be changed.
tha1 the lagoon at Diego Garcia position on open bidding.
intolerable situation. -'
• Moreover. this nation's
can be dred~ed. Once the lagoo~
He 001ed that the dredging
serious balance of paymen ts
is dredged, tbc Navy will be able industry is an important ancillary
According to Saul, lhe United deficit would be improved if bids
to contstruct badly needed 10 the United State5 Merchant States Government sta.nds alone were restricted to American
Support Facilities.
Marine, and as such, is an in the manner it treats its firms. It is estimated that 80
Diego Garcia, whicb is situated integral part ofthc"fourthar'!I of dredging industry. Other coun- percent or the monies spent on
in the Indian Ocean, is one ol.the defense." The dredging industry. tries substantially subsidize their the Diego Garcia project would
like the M ercha nt Marine, dredging industries. or else be channelled back into the
Western World's most imponant
should be promoted whenever restrict bidding to companies American economy were lhc
naval bases.
The Navy bad originally1 p9ssible, especially when there is that are incorpufilted under their work done by an American
oompany employing American
requested that the dredging be no additional cost to the own laws.
Restricting bids to American workers.
open to international biddjng. American taxpayer.
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Sma.11 Vessel Manning Bill Flirts With Safety
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WASHJ.llfGTON1 o.c. ~ The .s1ons which could adversely effect
Sl IJ ls working to improlic two 6illi"' maritime safety. One is the draatJc;
in the CongTcss on small vessel redu~ion of qualificatio111 for AB
manning.
"Special" in the. oft'llltol'J mlnenl
Numbered. S. 2S2311'1 the Senate, uRJ oll lnclaill1y.
the biU would amend certain inapecThe bill would allow a penon to
lion 8lld mannin& laws appll(:a.ble to -become an AB in six months. The
small vessels. In the House of baS:ic reason behind this is the
Represeniativn JI very simi!arbilUs shorblge of qualified AB's in the
numbered H.1~. SJ64,
mineral and oil indu.stry in the OuJf
Speattna bcfOR tbtSenate Com- of Mexico.
mittec on Commm:e, Science and
But as Pecquu pointed out "we
Transponation Ian month. STU do noc bcliew: tllat the enacuncnt of
Lcplativc Repre1Clltative frank a law which wiU tramformbundreds
PccqUCl! nocccl "the SIU is pleatlid of decl:lland1 into able-bodied
with many .ectiom of S. 2S23." -men o~abt ii the answer."
Howewr. there arc certain petlS Of
He noted !Ut tbcre' are • numbtt
tbc bill t&at '"nm contrary to the of reasons for thit sbonage in the
1ntellt of recent Congresses in Gulf: poor working conditions, low
enactina 1a- wbicb ~ to pay. and until JeCC!lOy, a lack of
strengtheo the protections apiMI interest in the establi1hamnt oC
maritime 1ccideou a.nd pollulion." trainina progra1111.
Pecquex pointed out to the
Reeopizina the 12-bour work
Conun.iaee two ol die biD'1 prCJVi. days that al'e common in thi1
Point Julie Committee
industry," said Pccquex. "and I.heproposed cducati.eo-Io-lleu-of service pro'(iaio111, S. 2S23 would be. in
effect, cc:nifying a '100 daf AB,"
The SIU belicvea tbat tilt .ernce
requin:mcnt for AB "Speci1tl"
should be inorea~ U, lhe bill to 1
minimum of 12 ,montlis..
The Union also objects to provisions in s_ 2S2J that would reduee
the number of AB's to SO·pamit ill
lhc tJew cootplcmcot on OU.bore
supply VCS9Cls. Cu1TCOt law provides
that 6S pen:entofthccrew, exclusiw
of licensed deck officcn, mUSI be
AB's.
All Pccquex told the Comniittec,
MWe believe that all - l s should
have to m~ existiq law which
requires tbe 11.iabeT pen:entaF
Able Seamea."
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The provisions in tbe bill wbicbtbe Union aupportt include the
foDowing:
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• Termination of opponunities
Tor companies to opmitc vessels
through bare boat cbarten. Companics have been able to avoid
compliaoce wllb certain in1pecti<!n
and manning requirements lhrougli
these charters.
• Lowering of the minimum age
reqwn:mcnt for qualification as an
AB from J9 lo 18 ycian.
• M•ibt•inina of the - service
r1:qulrcmcnt for "AB Unlimited" 11
lhc current linel of three yan.
• Requirement that icemen encforted u w AB Unlioilied" should
make. up no less than SO pcrcc11t of
lhc m•ndllory AB compkment on
any deep sa - i.
ID the HOUK, lhe Rllla Commit·
tee beard arpmenta oa their venion
oflhe bill and plUllCd a rule to put it
on the BOUie Ooor. Tbl lqlslation
sbouJd be oa tba floor of tbe House
mabout a mott\h.
Pacer Committee
Maritime Day-American As Apple Pie
HE annual observance ~
-~ as the Founh o f Ju ty.
aritime Day
is
a
H Id
M
e on ay 22, the annivertradition that's mi Amer!--·~
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_,, sary of the urst-ever
transatla ntic
TM
steamslUp crossing made by the
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SS Savannah jn 1819, Maritime
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Day ~s merlred across tbecountry
o.
with commemol'ative ceremonies. with speeches and btass
bands.
Maritime Day is a time of
tribute to those merchant.seamen
who gave their fives in their
country's service. It's a day to
honor the merchant mariners of
today whose contributions to
America's economy and security
are too often overlooked. And it's
an occasion to remind the-nation
.that a strong t.i.s. flag.merchant · M1dsh1pman Oanlsl Morson ot 1he U S
Mercil3m Marine Academy pr0111des
marine is essential to America.
the musical respanse.
Maritime Day 1980 was observed at sea and ashore in citi~
as far flung as San Francisco.
Washington, D_c. ana New
York. The SIU participated in
ATIONAL Maritime Day,
wteath-laying £eremon.ies and
May 22, afternoon mcm~
other activities in all three cities.
rial ceremonies in the port of New
~rior lo the wreath.~remony. Vice Adm. Robert t Prlca of the U.S. Coes1 Guard
And the Log was there to record York were celebrated thill year
addresses the Maritime Day.gafhe!irig on May 22 nearing tl]e Verrazano Bridge.
the·events.
aboard Circle Line's sightseeing
boat with a buffet lunch and a run
downriver {Hudson ) to the
formidable Verruano Bridge at
the entrance to the hatbor's
Upper Bay vi.a the Narrows.
There traditional funerp.l
wreathsftom
labor, management
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j,.., ...
a.nu aovemment were co!'e'ln¢
to the.deep by the Coast O'uard to
ho11or those merchant mari1Jcrs
who gave their liVCI il'l the COU1$e
of their calling. Representing the
Sill.at the ceremonies wu Vice
President Leon Hall Jerome E.
J01Cph represented District 2
MEDA , A MO. Lawrence G.
Molloy was there for the ILA.
Amona those at the celebration representina management
was Stanley Unger of Ogden
SIU Lake$ Agenl Jack Allen (far right) of loo port of Duluth, Mrnn is with a few
Marine. And Jamet P. McAllistmembers ol the Union's Recorhlled Bosons Program awan1ng the clrcJe Lme
er
of McAllister Brothers and
boat's departure trom the doCk
Victor Lonacbamp or Delta Line.
Representing the government
be&ide the Coast Guard, wu the
The Slalue of Li'befty ro N. Y Harbor
salutes Maritime 011y celet>ranissailing
lJ.S. Navy, Merchant Marine
by
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Academy, Department of Commerce and the Public Health
Se.rvico.
Giving thel'Cllgiou1 invocation
before die memorial ceremonies
WM N. Y. Port Cbllplain Msgr.
Thomas McGovern. Blcaingand
dcdicatina the wreaths with
New York
N
inllpirina P'-Yeri WM ·the Rev.
Jame. R. Whittemon:. bead of
tho Seamen's Church lmtitwe
bcre, u tlie boat'1 beU tolJod
away a minute of aolemb sileaco
ha boaor of the tcaf'ariq do-,.nod.
Receilifled 8oll#I Ame "/ltrid' Howllt loentsfl stvp·s Chairman of the ST Pom/
Jillie (lkch Slltppng) early this mDIWh was.n the payoff with a cr8Wlllell'C>ef and
the 5'MP's ~ 01 (l.IQ r.) AS S11pt11t1 Hay&~p. CllMI Pumpman Spet'o
MOilhii. 111IQll18 d&l 1ga1e; AS Biii Kiiiian. dectc del 11g1te atld Chit! &,watd Simc>n
GutlllRez. 88ClelalY.,llPQl1er The fa'*8r paid Olf al Port Mobil. Stalan 11.. NY
SIU RepNicitMarone(3rdlelt)handledlhepayal~monlftdtheSSPscer
(8ea-Ltnd) at Port ~. N.J. Pos1::; 11fn
1fie ~·· Coft11m111ee sod
cr11wmembers photo an1 (l to r.) AB
Ma10iie, deCll ddi1(1118; GSU .Ed
'w,.el~ ~1p
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11'119118; Ill ~ Drinan, P1cadise1 en ., Wlfd "Sbm··
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a._..,, ..• s dlaitman llnd AB Gerie '"Slllcn" BrCMn
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SIU ViCf P1 u ' lllnt L8Dn HalfSWldl bV
IAbOr"S~
Spamor of the day WU lbe
PropdJor Club ofNn York. At
a~nym1 Piq.thedub
umimted SIU N.Y• Port Aerm
JllCk Cd9 ta lbair Boud o(
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�Maritime Day-San Francisco
ARITIME Day in San
Francisco was a two-day
affair this year. The first part of
the celebration was held on
Wednesday, May 21, with the
dedication of the llber\y ship
Jeremiah O'Brien as the National
Liberty Ship Memorial on San
Francisco Bay. TbW$day, ~ay
22 saw ttie annual lifeboat race,
followed by the Propeller Club
luncheon, honoring mariµme•s
Man of the Year.
The Jeremiah O'Brien js- the
last known, unaltered Liberty
ship afloat, out of the 2, 7SO such
vessels built during World War
If. Last October, a volunteer
crew sailed her under her own
power from the Suisun Bay
reserve Deet anchorage to Bethlehem shipyard in San Fnutcisco.
60 miles away. ft was Lhe first
M
.
fime in 33 years that the ship had
gotten up steam. Since October.
scores of volunteers, including
many members of the SIU, tiave
btj:n working on the ship, getting
her ready for her dedication
voyage last month.
With ()Ver 600 well-wishers
aboard, the ship left the yard,
into the Bay, where dedication
ceremonies were held. Sam
Nemirow, assistant secretary of
Commerce for Maritime Affa irs,
formally dedicated tqe s hip as a
National Memorial, on behalf of
President Jimmy Carter.
Following the dedication
ceremonies, the O'Brien circled
the Bay and sailed out the Golden
Gate. Once out the Gate, .il
turned around and headed back:. _
Then, services honoring the men
and women who have given their
..
lives to the .sea were held. More
than four dozen flaral wreaths
from various organjzations were
cast upon the outgoing tide as
part of th~ memorial.
The ship then proceeded to
Pier 3 at Ft. Mason, a former
Army base which is now part of
the Golden Gate National Recre•
ation Area and operated by the
National Pad -Service. The
O'Brien will be permanently
berthed at Ft. Mason, to become
a floating museum. Plans arc for
the ship to make a similar
voyage on her owa steam each
year on Maritime Day.
A luncheon for the sh\pboard
goes~ was held on the pier Mter
the ship docked.
The next day, San Francisco's
traditional lifeboat race was held
on the Bay in the morning. For
the 11th time in the past 12 years,
the crews from Matson won.
Noontime $aw the annual
luncheon. sponsored by the
Propeller Club of the United
States, and well attended by the
maritime unions. Local winners
of the Propeller Club's essay
contest for high school students
were introduced.
Highlight of the Maritime
Day luncheon each year is
announcement of the "Brass Hat
Awarcf', given to the Maritilll(
Man of the Year as selected from
members of the maritime com.
munity. This year it went IQ Ed
Twoer, Sltrs Senior Representative on the West Coast.
Turner ~ the first labor union
representative to get the coveted
award since its inception in 1946.
SIU Plans Administrator CarolyTI Gentile (rlgtrt) regards memorial wreath with the Rev
Heaney on theJ.Jberty ship
John P
-o·aoen 911ngway ccemen is SIU Historical Director John
Going op the Jeremiah
Bunker
Mariti~e Day-Washington,
D. C.
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N.Y Port Agen1 J~ Galley (tat rJght) poses with membefsol!l\e Uri1on'sS1eward Aecetlrlication Program <Ind (cent Cf) Piney Point Tra1neeGre1c11en ZurtfiebonMarlfimeOay In
Washington. El C
N the west step.s of the
Capitol in Wa.shington,
D.C., afittingtnO\ltewisheldon
National Maritime Ollf for the
American seamen who bavc lost
their Ii~ during wartime.
In conjunction witb Maritime
Day, an annual Merchant Marinc MrmoriaJ Scrvite: is held by
the U.S. Department of C.C>1nmcn:e. This is the clevtnth year
that tbe service has talcen place.
In crisp, bright uniforms the
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ACoas101J81d r~le squad files a 11011ey allheSeamensMemonalService
Decorative btnnmg aboard r~
O'Brien blowl N1 the llfeeze
Je1em•
U.S. Marine Coipa Band and the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Glee Club provided spectators
with music and sonas as well as a
presentation of the colors.
Wreaths were brought fonh by
various maritime groups including a trainee from the Sil.J's
H_arry ~undcber& S~ool in
Piney Point, Md. Aconunaentof
trainees from the School was
also there and stood formation.
Represe.itative1 from wari-
time unions spoke including SIU
New York: Port Agent Jack
Caffey. Hisforcefulspeechmade
if cleat that the bestwaylo honor
the seamen who lost their lives in
past wars was to have a strong,
viable lncrclJant fleet today.
Tributes to Americ:a~s mercban1 •amen were also siven by
two members of Congress.
Senator ~I K. lnou,e (DHawa.ii) and Representative
John M. Murphy (D-N.Y.)
Among the other speakers,
most of whom stressed the nee<:
for a much stronger merchant
marine, were: Edward Kelly, of
MEBA District 2; Al May,
executive vice praidcnt of the
Council of American-Flag Ship
Opcraton; Leon Shapiro, sec:Rtary-tmasunsr of MEDA District
I, and~ McAlliater. deputy
assistant ucrewy for Maritime
Afl'ain of the Department of
Commen:ic.
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SI U At._k, Calf, I.al<•
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AU'EJllA. Midi. .••• 80o N. %AVe. 49707
Dl1patchers Beport for Deep Sea
MAY 1·31,1980
vesse t usually runs from the
Hawaiian Island• to the main~d's West Coast. Actually, the
haiese.1-powen:d Su,aar Islander
sn't loaded too much sugar in
recent years. But for this run, s.h e
was back to her old sweet self.
Upon arrival in Baltimore the
crew learned that they would
remain in the city's once again
flourishing inner harbor for
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Juan Moi1ca (I.) chief st~ard, afld
Travis MalnerSi the Sugar /Slan<Jer's
cook &f'1d baker pause faJ a momenf In
the snlp"s galley before preparing
dinner. Travlstlasbeenonlhevesselfor
the pasf two·and·e·half)'ears.
These lhree gents make up part al the sh{p·s able·bOdled deck-gang; lrom lett to
riglJI they are: Mike Dupuis, Henry Scott and Tnomas LUl<elicb.
Mike Dupuis (dockSlde). along with
some ol his shipmates. 11elps IQ set ll'>e
gangway upon arrival In Bolumore
Chief Steward, 24, Has Recipe for Success
I
rs e classic example .of what
a man can do, if he sets bis
after bis graduation from the
Harry LundebergSchool in May,
mind to it and plays his cards 19TI(Dockwiller accumulated 18
months sea?imc).
right.
• combine a aeaerous amount
In laa than-~ )UIS (to be
e.,IZCf,, 32 .months} Tmn Lany of tkt~miltatlolf ud the wi/1"'8Dockwiller, 24, bas worked bis nns 10 kam and unrtlM u often
way up from a. Gencnzl Slet¥atd as po11ible (Dockwiller uppadcd
al the Lundebefa School every
Udllly (GSU} to e Steward /
Bater. He's prcsendy working et '"hance he had, and kept his eyes
the be..s of bis department on the end ea.'I open in the pUey while
LNG ·Caprlcartf somewhere at IC&).
• pnsparc au inp'edients in ?he
becwe@ Indonesia and Japan.
It's qui?e an accomplishment patented SIU "kitehcn", wherejn
only the best equipment and
for tho yoim1 man who once told
111: "I never cooked a. meal i11 my (e.d11.Cational) opportunity i1
Hie, till I joined ihe siu end pt available to those eUowed to
on a daip. MY mom always bid a enter•
In addition to the exoellcnt
meal OD tbe table."
Though Doc:ltwilJer's accom- educational and upsradina
plithmcnt is oert8inlyexemplary, .epponunities the SIU has pl'On
if1 by no mnns a o~.in a miUiaa vided for thote seeking edYB.DCen
atrola: of lllck.. B's the son of ment in ?he stcWard departmont..
tbiD& that's well witliin Uie reach only the SIU has the spccializcd
of mOI& ~ providing they course required for employment
on the new liquified mfuraJ gas
Ille the followiq "recipe" for
(LNG) tankers. ~illcr toolt
• pdJer a sufficient quantify that counc the year be paduated
of . time (in &be lint 22 monthl from the Lvndebcq School. and
...,,....
bas been riding gas ships ever
aince.
He was a crewmembcr on the
first Americaftsftag LNG ship;
the LNG Aquarius, 'riiimg that
ship out of the yani in 19n. He
left the Aquarius after two trips.
upgraded to cook/ flaker, ud
then look a job on the. brand new
LNG GeminL After leaving the
Gemini in early 1971) he upgraded
once apin before becoming the
rnt chief coolc on iM LNG
Libra. He's been on the LNG
Capricorn since January or this
year, re-nting 10 steward / baker
in February.
lboup Docltwiller's rise in
the steward department has been
.meteoric. ?here are othen climbing the ladder et a sirnilar pace.
Alona with him on the C(lf'ricom
is chief cook Patrick Geary wbo
started out as a QSU on the
LNG Aquarius in 1978. Cleary.
himself a a~•duatc of the
i.undp\>erg School, has abo
lllorked on the LNG Leo and ?he
LNG TOU11U.
So, as Dockwiller and Oeary
j
New Chef Steward Lany Oockwlller 19
only 24 years Old.
have shown, the recipe is then: for
all to we. And it's not all that
diffic:ult. All it takes is the propClr
combination of scatirnc, deter·
mination and the willingncsa to
learn..
The SfU's got the rest ol the
inpedien&s you'll need lO cook up
a batch of 1accas.
June
1980 / LOG I II
�How Sweet It Isl Sugar Islander Visits·Bait.
sru At-k. Gulf, Ut<t
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PRESIDENT
Paul ..all
S£CRBTARY•TREASURl!R
~oe DKliorgio
EXEOUTl¥E VICB PllESIDBNT
Frank Oroiok
SIU-conJracted bulk carner Sugar lilander made a
rare stop on the East Coast
recently when she paid off in the
port of Baltimore on June 3. The
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630 Jilebon Ave, 70130
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(804) 62~1892
PADUCAH. lty.•• . •. •m S. 7 St, 42001
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22 / LOO I June 1980
-
AB Fred Bayne slopped-olf In !ha galley
dunng lhe afternoon coffee break.
lhe assistance or the SIU-conlracted
tug Cape Henlopen (Curtis Bay).
(614) 87().6161
DULUTII, Minn.
10s Medical Ans Building S'802
(211) RA 2-4110
fRAN~ORT. Mich . ••.... P.O. Boa D
4U Main St. 49635
(616) 352-4441
Gl:.OlJCBS'ffi.R.. Mau,
120 Main St, 01903
(617) 2SY.l64S
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towards the Baltimore sugar dock With
4937 Weat Jlroad St. 41228
(314) 752-6500
TAMP", Fla. 2410 W ~tllnccly 8JYd, Jla
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where the bulker will load grain
bound for Haifa, Israel. Afterwards she'll pro~bly head for
Honolulu to begin her odyssey
anew.
BALTIMORE. Mel:
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a_pproitimately three W'eelts, The
Jong ata)' was due to the faa that
the mill was a1moo filled U?
capacity' and it would be awhile
before the suga...biden ship could
discharge he.r entirecarJo. At·last
check not a one was Jogging a
>.LPENA, Miah .•.•• 800 N, 2 Ave. 49707
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vessel usually runs from the
Ha~aiian Islands to the main~nd s Wett Coast. Actually, the
diesel-powered Sugar Islander
hasp'! loaded too much sugar in
recent years. But for this run, she
was back to her old sweet self.
Upon arri~al in <lmore the
crew learned that they would
remain in the city's once again
flourishiiig inner harbor for
:
Juan Mojica (1,) clllel ste\Yard. and
Travis Mainers, Iha Sugar /stan<ter's
cook and baker pause. for a moment In
the sl\ip's galley before preparing
dinner. Trevis llasbeenonthevesset (o;
Iha past lwo-and-a·half years
~hi~f
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ln lest than three yean (to be
cuca. 32 months) Texan Lany
DockwilJer, ~ baa worked bis
way up from a Oer•al Stcwanl
Utility (GSU) to a Steward/
Baker. He's pt c1mtly wortins at
the beM or bli depaJtmcnt on the
LNG Capricorn somewhere
between Indonesia md Japan.
~plilbnlcnt
for the youq man who once told
~= "I never cooked 4 meal in my
life, tilf J joined the SIU and 1ot
on • ehip. My mom alwaYJ bad a
1M9J OD the table..,.
'I1lov&b Ooc:kWiller's accom-
pl!thmen~
These three gents make up p.ort Of the ship's abfe· l>Odle<l csec1<,.ga119i from left to
right they are: Mike Dupuis, Heniy Scott and Thomas Luketlch.
Mike Dupuis (dockside), along with
some of his shipmates. helps ta set the
gangway upon arrival In B1thimore.
Steward, 24, Has Recipe for Success
T'S a classic example of what
a man can do, if be sets his
mind to it and plays his cards
It's quite an
J
rs cerWnly exemplary.
It'• by no means a ooein a million
strob of I~ Jt'a the sort of
trm.t duu'a well within the readi
of mDllt tlealaJers providillJ they
Ille the followins "m:ipe" for
RICClll'
• pdler a 1ufficriem guautify
or..,,,_ (m *first 22 moatJil
enter.
<kmlril in early 1979 be upgraded
once ap.in before becoming the
first chief cook Qn the LNG
Libra. He's been on the LNG
Capricorn since January of this
year.....rat1n1 to steward/ baiter
in February.
Though Doclcwiller's rise in
the steward department bas been
meteoric. there are others climbing the ladder at a similar pace.
Along with him on the Capricorn
is chief cook Patrick Geary who
started out as a GSU <ftl the
LNG Aquarius in 1978. ~ry.
himsclr a graduate
the
i.undeberg School. has -also
worked on the LNG Uo and the
In addition to the excellent
educational
and uppading
.epportunities the sru bu provided for those .eeting advancement in the steward departmeat.
only the SIU has the 1pecialiud
coune required for employment
on the new liquif&ed aatural pa
(LNG) tankers. Doc:b'ilJcr toot
that coune the year be Jfadualcd
froai the L~ School. and
have shown, the m:ipe is lhei;e for
all to use. And it's not all 1ha1
diff~ All it takes is the proper
combination of stratlme, determinatiOD and the williogn~ to
learn.
The SIU's got tht rat of the
irqpedieata you'll need to coot up
a batch Of l1IC ti I
has been riding gas ships ever
Rairy LundebergSchool io May, since.
He was a crewmember on the
19n(I>oclcwiUer accumulated 18
first
America:n-flas LNG ship,.
months seatime).
• combine a generous amo11n1 the LNG Aquarius, ·riding that
o( r.kt~rmiifatlori ud the willirig- ship ou't of the yard in 1977. Be
M» to kam and upgrtull11 often left the Aquarius aftCt' two trips.
u po11i.ble (Dockwllleruparaded uppadcd to eoe>Jc/bater~ and
at the Lundcbera Sohool ever,y then took a job on the brand new
chance be bad, and kept his eyes LNG Gemini. After leaviq the
and oa•i open in the pUey while
at tea).
• prepare all ingredients in the
patented SIU "kitchen", wberoin
only the best equipment and
(edljeational) opportunity is
available to thoae aUowcd to
after his graduation from the
or
LNG Taurus.
So, 11 DoclcWiller and Geary
'
NIW Chief Steward lany Ooct\wlller 11
only 24 years- old.
June 1980 I LOG I 23
�Stanlng with this- Wilt the Sro·
histOT)I of tltt
Staforrrs- lntern•tlonal Union.
/rutoilmelrts wi/J OJ!Pftlf 1110ntf1ly
ond will coi>er tlw - Y 11tri/ca,
or1a11i1otloMl drfvts Md Ollter
lauts ill wltldt tM Ut1I011 A• bttrt
invoh'C!d for tht bMeflt of
and tltt ltnwric.,, "'qduml-lne,
os wdl u for
ill ~nerlfl. Tiils
first lnstJlllmmt tilltf a ·b rk/"'61ory
fartr~ Lo1 wlJl "'If a
SS Lvrfine
At Sea
SS Presidents Wi/son,_Adams
From July 5-IS, the SS Pre3idem Wil.ro1t (Am.erican Presidpnt Line)
will carry beside pusenger8(J3) 250 'metric tons of bulk wheat from a
West Coast pon to Inchon-Pusan, Korea.
From July 10-20, t~ SS Pr4itknJ dda'11$ (APL) will haul !S,000
metric tons of bulk wheat 1upercargo on the same route.
MA RAD hlU okayed more than $36 million to MatJOo Naviption
Co. can cooven iU R/ O R/ O trailer'lhip, the 25,3$0dwt SS Lur/inr in10 a
container ship doubling her cargo capacity to l,046containeni from 434
containel'll.
The 1973-bµll! 700.foot 3hip is oo the West CQut to Hawaii run.
Her builders, Sun Shfpyard of Chester, Pa., will do the 126.5 fe><>t
"Stretell~ conversion with deliveQ' sct for Septe111ber 1981.
She will be able to carry 4l>'moreca,, to a 179 CBI'$ total and 104 more
refriscrated units. Forward SPllC!IS will be fitted with container cells.
Decks will be st rengthened "1111d autodecks with access r.amps will lie
added to one hold.
Washington, D.C.
·-
SS Tomaro Gui/den
About July IJ, the 23,800 dwt SS Tamara Gui/den (Transpon Com·
mercial) from the pon of Philadelphia will carry a cargo ofcoal out bound
and other carso inbound to the port of Norfolk on a five-month chaner
for the MSC.
New York
Sen. Daniel X. Inouye (0-Hawaii) was awarded the 1980 Admiral or
the Ocean Sea Award (AOTAS) at Maritime Day ceremonies here. He
will accept the award here oo Sept. 26.
The award .is for distinpished !!¢Moe to the American merchant
IDllrine annually by the United Seamen's Service.
Sen. Inouye is dWnnan of the Senate Subcommittee on Merchant
Marine and Tourism and is authorof Senate•s 1980 Ocean Sbippins A'-'t.
TT Bay Ridge
Richmond Tanken, owners of the 225, 00() dwt 77' Bay Ridge, want to
repay the Oo~rnment constrtlction subSidy to clear the supertanker for
use in the domestic trades.
T~ vessel was built for SS7.3 cnillion of' which S24.6 million was
sub•idlzed with the piovision ,t hat she could only be 48C<I in the foreign
.
trade1.
But her sunerahip, the IT Stuyves(lnt repaid fbe subsidy and entered
the i:lomettjc; 1r14~ permapentJy_
She, like her other sister-ships, the TT Brookf}'n and TT
Williamsburgh, are now on the Alaskan North Slope oil run.
Galveston
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA} late last month
gave the uan-af<onstructio.n peo light to Texas' first deepwater oil
terminal port oo Pelican ls.
licensing okay is ex.pectcd from the Army Corps of Engineers.
The pon is to be built by Gableston Wharves, Chicago Bridge and
~lican It. Terminal Corp. It c:ould handle 250,000 dwt supert.ankm.
Santa Barbara Committee
1.•
Four high school students- have won voyages on SIU•ffiliated ships
and one cash intbe Propeller Club of the U.S. annualessayconte1t on the
American men:bant marine.
Winners in the Rarold Harding Memorial National Euay C<!ntest
were;
_.,
For a roundtrip Walerman trip from New Orleans to Europe-Alice
Amber Amacker of Bogalusa. La.
For a Delta roundtrip from New Orleans to South AmericaWilliam Russell Curry Jr. of ~y West, Fla.
For two APL roundtripc from Oaldand. Calif. to the Orient.
Carmen &talano of San Diego, CaliL and Hauber Heintz of San Ptxlro.
Calif.
For a Maritime Overseas SSOO cash award-Tue Din-aoh of
Galveston.
ST Zapato />oJriot
MARAD h&$ given the 3S,IOO dwt tanker ST 'ZapQ1a Patriot
(Zapata Tankers) permission to cllaner to tbe MSC for three yean with
\WO yearJy option&.
Mariilo
Bay
Local piretes- laat month 'killed the lll&Jtcr of the IQ, 000 dwt BriU1h
containership, the SS Orien1al AmbaS111Jdor and hurt 1 crewmember
whell they boarded the·veuel demanding cash.
The captain was -11iot 11iJ!e" ~ alter 'refu.'li11j. t!IW demand5. The
piretca left the ship emptyhanded.
Enroute to Ta.iwan, ~ ship anchored off tama·o Town near the
mouth of the bay, seeking shelter from Tfllhoon Dom.
Her cllief mate brought the ship into Mapila Harbor to continue the
run to Taiwan.
Philadelphia
The SS Wu1ward Venture (JOM) and t~ FoTt Holabird and
Tronspor1er (JOTI woo Jones F. Devlin Awards early lhia month for
sailing safely for two accident-free conseaitive years.
The awards were given by the National Safely CQunciJ's Marine
Division and the Ameriean lasrirute of Merchant Sbippiq.
ar Islander Committee
scindc:d after pal!lgc: of the "M1gna
Carta of the American Seamen"
thr Seamen's Ad or 1915. \his
legislation wa& initiated by Andrew
Furunlh, famous champion of
l!Camen 's rights 11nd hud of the old
International Seamen's Union.
1
Th~ sailor was alw11ys at a great
~J tM llNP'lft' S /Jlbor 1110-tnt,
in organizing into o
ltltlut.lhiz ,,_ """""' ~ disadvantage
union
because
of tf\e nature pf hi~
whkll 111 •• wl«I /tJnftllliiRI eJ tltt
profcs~ion. He was at se,1 most of the
Sill.
time. And when ashore his meager
wages were soon spent, leaving him
at the mercy of crimps, shipping
masters, owners and the many other
harpies or the waterfront.
.6.se&man with a reputation for pro1'. testing his lot would soon find
it hard to get a ship. But the ~eallllln
by lohn Bunker
bas always been an independent
OR hundreds of years seamen fellow and it is not surprising that
.JUtaed to better tlieir lot. From the first labor strike in the United
tbt •hll>"'luhed o-en of Roman
States was by tlir sailors of Nrw
and Spudlh galleys to tbe watdt- York in 1803. when they refused to
and w1tdl erews or modem wllld- sail the ships until they received an
j1~ seamen were usually un·
increase in pay from $10 a month.
derf'ed, undttp1id and overworked Then: is little information available
and ronsidl!l'fld workmen beyond about this strike but there is a
tbt usual rttOl.ll'leS or the. law.
reference to them getting SI 7 a
Aloo& with the harsh tlDd vi1or- momh later. so the action must have
ous nahlte O(tbeir daily labors Wtte been effective. But the sailors errons
the constant haunts of -ru1nc. 'were only spasmodic and their
Untold thousands of ulloft have set achievements did not la•! long.
out from port never to r.eturn, There was a strike in Boston in 1837,
becoming victims of storms, colU- when pay was little more than it was
slons and that most dreaded roe of in 1803.
tbe ocean vo)'lcer-f"Jre;at sea. And
It must be remembered. of course.
In the pa(ts Of old ihiP.Jling]oyrh~ that many sbore·side workers were
diu1 w~~ abr,ays thl• ree11rrent 001 much better off than the seaman.
no(fce beside the name of a lhip: I( ihe sailor was unhappy with his
~mlssin& •nd prawned Jolt with all
pay, he did not tui.ve much chance of
bands."
iD'lproYlng himself asho~e. Once
Much as they wanted 10 bette( accustomed to the sea, moreover.
their condition. seamen had little the sailor did not talce kindly to I.he
chance to e11press their dissatisfao- boredom and drudsery of jobs
tion In any effc:ciive way. much less ashore.
to organiz.e for concerted action.
The first organization of seamen
Maritime laws of all nations gave in the United States occurred in
absolute authority to the captaio al January of 1866 when the following
sea. Quite appropriately was the
notice appeared in a San Francisco
captain called ~master . He was that paper:
in fact. Many protests by seamen
"Summa Friendly
during a voyage against poor food.
Ualwa Sodecy"
overwork. brutality or qnsafe con"A II sramtn arr invltrd to
ditions wercbranded"mutinies"and
at1tnJ at IM Tum Vr"ln Ila/I
~ suppressed by fists, guns or
belaying pins. Only rarely wu the
1Jn Bush St""' bt'tll'tm St(l('k·
ton and Pc> ...ell STTl'l't$ on
seamcn·s voice heatd u far u the
Thursda)' £vening, Jonuar)' 11
coons •!Id then the masterS, mateS
or owners almost al~ won the
at 11;, o "dQC'k lo .form a Sta·
c..e.
,,.rns Sorit>fl' for 1ht Pacific•
.6. LL maritime nations bad striet
Cua.ft."
laws agains1 8 seaman leaving
This meeting resulted ID organi~tion of the Stamens Friendly
hi• ship before the end of the-voyage.
Union and Protective Society.
In I SS2, for in.stance. tbC Spani~h
Alfrrd Enquist was elected Presigovcmmcit\I decn:ed that any sailor
who deserted hi.~ ship before the end dent and G~orao McAlpinc. Secre.
!Ary. It WIS the firs( orgam1.ation or
of a voyage: to America. could be
seamen in 1his eountry, perhaps the
puoi1hed by I 00 lash!!$, a aenterlce
first in the world.
vinuaUy equal to death. Ai late as
In 187S. the United Seamen's
the 19th century in l>Olh Englilnd.
Association was formed in the pon
the United States and other mari·
of New York .. ncl it sent a delegation
time nations a seaman who left his
to Congrc$S to petition for laws to
ship bcfotc the cod of a trip•could ~
protect seamen. The delcg~tioo.
forcduUy•ppn:hended.apd brooght
according lo a news repon ID the
back on board. ,, be w~'l returned
New York Times of January 21 , was
he automatically forfeited 11is pay
-graciously received by the Preti·
Ind aay belonginp left on the ship.
dent."
In the •U.S. 1hi$ Ltw was only re•
.-flll
""'°'
The Struggle
Begins Fora
Class of Workers
F
n
New York Pllltofman Tedely 8abkowsl<1 (seated !ell) llNs oul a dues receipt IOI
Recerllf!Gd Bosun Stanley Jandols t seated nght) ship's cllarrman. ltlst month at a
payo#l lllX>etd the SS San/a Balbat11 (Della Wne) at Pon Newark. N.J.The res1 or
the Ship's Commitlae - ft to r.) .SlaMlfd Delege.ta Robert Arana, Engine
0 !I LMlll Ae~ Tarns. [)e(;j< Oelegale Frank Pallsia and Chiet Slewatd A.
Rudhdti, iletelaly-19POl1el'.
II I LOG I Jlltle I 980
A History of the SIU
No more washeatd oftbiso1ganization.
The Seamen's Friendly IJnion.aod
Protective Society in San Francisco
didn't last long and the nellt
organization to come along wa~ the
Seamens Protective Union fonntid
in San Francisco in 1878 with 800
members. It. too, 'had a lhOA life.
HEN wages on the covt\ng
vessels fell to $2S a month in
l&BS, seamen met one night on a
lumber wharf along the San Francisco waterlmnt toprotcsL This was
followed 1 week .later by a gcond
meeting, which resulted in formation of the Coast Seamen's Union,
with Billy Thompson being elected
President. By July the union had a
permanent headquarters and some.
2,000 members. OnlY. sailors were
allowed to join. Dues were so.cents
a month.
lo the following year the firemen
and oilers formed Che S~p
Sailor's Protective Association. lo
1891 these organizations joined to
form the Sailors Union oC the
Pacific.
In June of 1886thc SUPca'llcd its
first strike, forcing wages uptoS30a
month.
With these organizations, the
seemens labor movement was off10
a firm start, at least on the West
Coast
Seamen organized on the' Gi:tat
Wes at ab.out the same time. The
Seamen's Benevolent Union of
Chicago was formed in 1863 but
soon explted, mai~Ly because its
main objective was to take card of
siclc or indigent members rather
than to taise wages -and improve
conditions.
Jn 1878, this ·organization was
W
revived with the name lakes Sea·
mens Ben.evolcnt Association, under
the leadership or Dan Keefe.
This was a ml! trade union. with
its IDllincommitmont being financial
beucrment and improved living
conditiom aboard ship. Branches
spr1ng up in the major Lakes poru.
Within '• few years the ship owners.
had bfokerr the ~nio11 by setting up
their own hiring hollt and refusins to
ship any men with known uoion
proclivitles. The Union, however,
was revived in the l 8901 •nd
nrvived lo become pan of the
lnfemetiooal Seamens Union.
Longshoremen of the Lake1
orpnizcd in Chicago in 1877 and
then fonn.cd the National LonBshoremen'1 Association of the
United States in Detroit in 1892.
This became the International
Longshoremen's Association lo
1895.
It was al5o on the Great Lakes
that the first union of marine
engineers waa formed in 1854. II
quiclcly faded away but was revived
in 1863 and again in 1875 when it
became the National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association.
Captains and Mates have a
history of union activity ' On the
lakes dating beck to 1886.
In 1892 a convention or .seamen
was held in Chicago, with delegates
from the various ·unions now organized on the West Coast, tho
Great'1.alccttnd the Gulf of Mexico.
There were no delegate8 from the
"
Atlantic.
- At this meeting was born ~
National Union of Scame11 of
America, later to be lcnown llS the
International Sea1ilen's Union. 11
lasted uni.ii the 19.)()s and out of its
eventual wn:c:Jcaae came the Seafarers ln1ernational Union and the
National Maritime Union.
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Shi_ps Are Powered
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Course at HLSS
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350 Fifth Av~ue.
New York, N.Y. 10001
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE. MD.
Kaplan. Heyman, GrernbeJg.
En~lman &.
Belgrad
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Baltimott, ~aryland 21201
Tele. /1(301) S3!J..6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Pcter'5on
Americana lluilding
1111 Dallas Street
Houston, Teicas 7'7002
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TAMPA, FLA..
Hamilloo & Duu~. P.A.
26'20 W. Kennedy lijvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. 11(813) 879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.
John Paul Jennings. Hcnnini
and Wash
100 Busb Strtelr Suitc 1403
San Francisco. California 94104
Tele. //(415) 981-4400
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San ftanci$co, Calif. 94105
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837 Omvier St~
New Orleans. 1.ouifi11n.1 70112
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Droulc also told the audience
that our counuy's failu~ Co deal
with the deterioration of its
merchant ~rine is causing grave
national security problems,
especially since the Rus$llltt fle4)t
has experienced 11n unprecedented era of growth.
The ....,.
r'!alional Maritime
Council is an organization
dedicated to maritime research
and education. 1t is composed of
a broad spectrum of the maritime
industry, including more than
170 companies whose ships sail
under the.U.S.t'lag. The SIU was
one of the. earliest and moce
enthusiastic members of the
NMC, for it reco$fiized thal the
Council preseirtcd thi: maritime
ind.ustry with the unique
opportunity of ·addressing the
larger issues that affect the
industry as a whole.
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Noting that the health of the
nation, as well as the health of the
maritime industry, depepds upon
this nation's ability to eJtpOrt
products, Drozalc- attacked
inadequate economic policies
that have blln'Ctly followed
outdated concepts of free-trade.
"It is probably not news to
anyone present that the trading
nations of the world are rapidly
moving into a protectionist
mood," DrozaJc said. "The
United States simply cannot
afford the luxury of a free trade
ideology."
What is neJ:ded. Drozak
s( re ssed. is a long ·range
successful promotion of exports.
While ~eceot initiatives, suoh as
the President's Eiport Council
and passage, of the. Export
Administration Act. are steps in
the righ1 direction, th.ey are not
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executive vice president. suessed the need for co-operation
between all segments of the
maritime industty in an address
before repi;ese111atives of the
Midwest Region of the. National
Maritime Council
Drozak's addrei;s was part of a
Shipper Advisor Labor Symposium held in Chicago last month.
The Symposium was designed asa
forum where different segments of
the maritime illdustry could come
1ogetber and exchange views, as
well as plot a common strategy for
the future.
Drozak told 1he assembled
delegates that the American flag
merchant marine has been a
vic~m of unfavorable. historical
trends and poorly-<:onccived goveromental policies. The maritime industry is, he said, an
ioduSlry that must close ranks if
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R~' means l/ie numberof men wto actuotty res111ered fCf lhipPif18 at the POl'l 18"
the 14191 11Umboror_,, ""iA11111fat tneportatthe ...cs of r.t !!\GOllh.
'"119&tslered on the Belltl>" -
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PiGtured w~h SIU Rep. Al Raymond (third from le~) are some ol Bl,l~.er-Wtiltety
Mc;:Alllster's maintenance crew. From the left, tney are: Bo~ Schwetka. Pasgualjj
G.lorgllll and Steven Phlllfp$,
The MIV Graoe McAllister dockside at her new Baltfmore home;
New 1ug Run for SIU linking, Norfolk, Bait., Philly
S llJ-contncted McAUlller Broth·
ers, of Baltl-e, ha.1 announced
plant ror a new conlalnrr 1>a11e
feeder service bqlnnln& this month.
The service will llnk the mid·
Atlanrfc portl of Plrfladelphla,
- Baltimore and Norfolk.
The mo¥e by McAllister was
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made possible when the company
mtrced In Januuy -,Jltb the SIU·
contracted Baltimore company
Bakft'·Wbl~ly Towing. The new
company will, for the lime being, be
or
kno'll'n aJ Baller-Whltely-McAJl.lstl'r Tow1t11.
The nnt cllanp to be madeby1he
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new outfit wa1 the addldon of tbe
J,598 honepower ru1 Grt1« McAlllsin to tbe ortpnal six boat Reet.
Tbt Gl'O« McA lltltrr arrived at tht
Dundalll Marine Ter·m lnal In
BaHlmore on May 11. Until actual
ffflkr serVice operations bqin, the
boat will be mp&ed In lhipdoddn&
and other harbor senices in the
Balllmore area.
Allhou&h new to the Baltimore
vicinity. MeAllllter Towln1 ha long
bem an SJU-contncted company in
other ports inefudln& Philadelphia
wherr the GrMJr Metfllistl!I iweviomly saw serviu.
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Deckhand James Kabakilvtch hes th1ogs all hed up.
capt. Frank LUkowSld (I ) and Mate Jerome l.ukoWSld
handle the wheelhouse chores on the Grace
McAllister Yes. they are brothers
Chl1:1I Engineer At111n Hirsch checks the pressure
gauges in tho Grace's engine room
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�Effort Underway to Resume SPR Program
'T'fi~ Strategic Petroleum Re-
J. serve (SPR) Progam, which
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i$ considered by most defcn~p
expens to be instrumental to lb~~
country's national security, bas
fallen oil" bard times. Bureauen.tic mismanagement, bud8¢"
tary pressures and Saudi Arabian
protests have threatened its
existence.
The SPR program la impor·
llUlt to the merehanUnarlne linte
U.S. sbips· an parantttd curlap of at l~f SO percent of the
oll earcoes.
The Program was drawn up in
1974. Fifteen industrial nations,
including the United States, met
after the Arab Oil Embargo and
agreed in theory that~ch nation
had to take positive steps to
lessen its vulnerability to shortterm cut-offs of oil supplies.
Since that time most of the
fifteen nations have done what
tbey promised, which is to build
up their reserves of· oil. The
United States, however, has
stood aione in doing nothing to
protect itself.
6 Day Resene
Ot;partment of Energy officials
have llnders~red this failure. If
an oil cmburgo were implerne11ted tod.ay, these officials
main~in that the United States
would be lhe Western nation
m95t severely affected,
Japan, West Oem1any and
Franc:c all have oil resetves of 40
days or more. The United States.
however. bas only 91 million
barrels of oil in reserve. Al the
present rate of eonsumption this
is enough ,to meet our nation's
energy Qeeds for six days.
Domestic critics of SPR. and
there .are many, contend that
bveaucratic mismanagemeql has
crippled the Program.
Delicate international consideration have also played a role in
hindering the program's success.
Saudi officials have made it
known that they do not favor a
build-up of American oil reserves. Officials from the State
Department have been reluctant
lo give the SPR Program the
attention that it needs because of
this country's special relationship
with the Saudi rulers.
What has hurt the program the
most, however, bas been the_
worsening economic situation of
the United States.
As of late there has been a great
deal of pressurtt to balance the
Federal budget. SPR has be!Cn
one of the programs designated
to be cut t>ack so ,that the Federal
budget can be balanced.
Con~s is presently consideri.ng propQsals to resc1,1e the
Program. Key leaders rcmemtier
the difficulties this country
encountered
when foreign
sources ofenergy were cur-off. as
SIU Helps In Seafffe Shindig
they were in 1973 after the Yorn
Kippur War and in 1979 during
the Iranian Revol11tion.
The most recent proposal to
n:scue the SPR Program is the
one that was incorporated into
the Synthetic Fuels Legislation.
S. 923, during a meeting of
Senate and House conferees.
Senators Bill Bradley D-NJ)
and Bob Dole (R-Kans) have
per:suaded their fellow conferees
to include language in the
Synthetic Fuels Lcgj$lation I.bat
would require thal the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve be augmented by 100,000 barrels of oil a
day. Unfortunately, they were
unable to obtain all the funds
necessary to bring that result
about.
Most lesislative experts agree
that the actions of Dole and
Bradley will have little practical
effect in the immediate future.
The Syntheti.; Fuels Bill must
first be T"Cturned to the House and
Senate and passed by both
bodies. And tpen the compromise version mu&t be signed by
the President.
Even if the legislation is signed
into law, the required Federal
monie~ would not have been
authorized to .bring about the
desired resuJt, which is to build
up this nation's oil reserve.
However, tpe Synthetic Fuels
Legislation, if it is enacted with
the Dole and Bradley language
inUlcl, will serve an ii:nportant
purpose. Congress will have
made a symbolic commitment to
building up our oil reserves.
That, at Jcast, is a step.in the right
direction,
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On Sunday, Aprll 20 1ne Anoual Fund Awstng Spring Otnf'le( was held at the
CathO!ic Seamen':; Club ro Seattle. foWOWEd by Iha dtaw.no 01 the winning tickets
rn tile annual raffle A lull course d1nnllf ol roast srliOtfl ol beef was prepared and
seived by Scef11rer JHttrl"I)' Nieto. a~y asr;isted by Cl'larle~ Nolan of the M.F O,W
retrred All proceeds l1om Uiese evPnls lialp •n part 10 mee1 rrie operallng
expell598 of the Club P1c1u18CI above (I to') are Ji/Timy Nreto'S.1 U. c11<el coot<
Chtek Erhanl of the Bartenclefs Un111n, Fr C P Dillon. O.MJ. Pon Cl!ar.ilaln &
Dlrecror ol the Clot>. and ChlJ¢k Nolan. M FO.W 11111red asslstaru COOR TneC1ub
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�The
Lakes
Picture
All(etlae
More and more Great Lakes vcs.~ls are bemg tail! up as econo!Jlic
problems deepen. SIU-contracted American Steamship C<>. plans to
tcmporarUy la~-up the John J. Boland d\Je to lack of cargo.
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cement Transit Co. has ~ccided l)Ot to fit out the cement carrier1hey
recently purch.ued from 11nothcr SIU-contracted company, "Eric Sand.
Tbejr deei9iOll not to run Ille vessel is due: to l11ck of cargo,
The vessers na ma was changed from I he Loe 8aJ' to the .Badger Sto,le.
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In a surprise tum-around move, lite state of Michigan granted
S700,000 in subsidies to keep the Ludirlgton-t1>-Milw11ukeeC&OcaTferry
route open through this summer. The announcement to subsidize the car
ferries wo.s met with loud protei.ts from lbe SIU and many Misliigan
public interest groups because I be stare has ~tripped Michigan education
~nd public achoo! programs of funds, in an effort to curb ~ding.
Michigan residents arc up-in-arms over che state's decision to trade off
the C&O carferry service wh1c:h has been in serious financial straits.for
years- against education. Observers were expecting the state of
Michigan to tum down the subsidy rcqu~t which wouJd mean tbeendof
the C&O. SIU-rontraeted car ferries were expected to be used to move the
freight lhut hnd been handled by the C&O. Meanwhile, r11tes-0n cheC&O
carferries were upped 14 percent as of June t .
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The Richard J. Rel.ts (American Sttamship) is s1iU in the shipyard
awaiting (cpairs on her unloading boom.
4Jllleago
The SI l) Clinieai I306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, bas closed its d<>or.S.
The Union bas arranged for Chicago·a1ta Seafarers to get their medical
exnm5 from Or. S. Huftsain, 9206 South Commercial. Chicago. Ill.,
60617. This clinic is only e short r1deaw~ from theCh1cago Unlol) hallso
the f!CW arrangement Is expected to work uut well
On May ~4. the Med11so Challe11gu. a cem1mi c;1rrier, as half loaded,
CJl route from Milwaukee 10 Manitowoc. When she was off Sheboygan,
fhc Medusa Clrufkng(•r lost her sbJlh ~rid propeller and hllJ l<l be 1owtd
to Manitowoc where •he ofT-luadcd the rest of her cargo. She was then
towed to a shipyard in South Chica{lo for repair~ which were expected to
talce at least 10 day~
O.trolt
Amcric.m Steamship'~ Sharan and her SIU crew were on"thcir WB}"tQ
1he Mclou1h Steel dock in Trenton, load~ with 20.000 tons of coal,
when 1hc v~el grounded on mud in the Trenton Channel of the Detroit
River lost month. The effort.• of ~1x 1up- 1ncludmg 1hc SIU-conttact~
Maine and Manland (Great Lake;, Towing) weren't enough to pull her
free. She wa~ able to move only after a portion of her cargo was~ighte~d.
The Shortm was making her last •rir> before heading for lay-up.
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A Soviet vessel which had loaded magnesite in Ludington was a
hostage for live: days in Af1ril when 11n American harbor pilot refused to
guide her out of rhat port. The harbor pilot was protcstfngreccnt actions
by 1he Soviet govemmenc In the Middle East. It took the Upper L;llles
Pito1 Assn. five days to locdte I! harbor pilot who was willing,10 get rhe
Soviet ship out of l. udington- and he was a Canadian.
Slg.11 From Spaae
The National Aeronautics and Space Adtnini~tration (NAS~). the
same folks thnt gave us mnn's first wRlk Oil the moon-are conducting
experiments which could be a boon to Great Lakes winter shipping_
NASA conducted experiments on th¢ Lakes using microwaves to i.d. ice
coverage and lhickneu, pressure ridges and clear water passages. This
doll! will be used. along with ground surfaces mapping, to program
sarelliresensors in the future. NASA Project Director James Lindemann
said '"if the techniques we are developing arc: implemcnteG, a ship
navigator in future year~ facing an icy passage will be able to receive
precise inform:uion ... from a satellite circling overhead.''
f'leaa Waters
Acting under orders from a Federal judge, tile Reserve Mining Co oi
Silver Bay, Minn .. ended their 25-ycar-long practice of dumping 67;600
tons or ore WO.SICS into Lake Superior every day. The waste;s discharged
by the compnny were known to contain cancer-causing asbestos.
Ag~tos fibers were found in drinking water in Duluth and st:veral
other MiJ\nesota cities that draw wuter directly from lake Superior.
The baule to get Reserve to stop dumping asbestos-laden wastes into
the Lakes has been raging for IOycors. Whileenvlronmeniallsts, Federal
agencfos and officiol~ or thn:c states bailed the dumping balJ. it was
viewed by most es only huff a victory.
MThc discharge into the Lake has ended. but the asbestos fibers arc
sdll tllerc," said one Minn~sota resident. speaking for many. uy wonder
how many people hav1: been 11xf)Olled to the fibers and Lhal's the sobering
~ide of the whole i.~9ue. ~
USPHS Sets up· 24-Hour, Toll-Free Hotline
W
HAT does a Seafarer or
Boiitman do when he gets
off a vessel, hundreds of miles
trom home, and he needs a
doctor? Where docs he go jf he
needs medical care but ifs the
middle of 1be nlght and he's in an
unfamiliar city?
The answers to those questions
are now available, 24hoan a day,
seven days a week, by phoning a
new toll-free phone number set
up by the Seafarers' Health
lm~rovement Pro1ram {SHIP).
The SHIP program is spomored
by USPHS.
Trained per$oMcl are man·
oing tbcnewnationwide hotlines.
A seaman or boatman can dial
S00.231·74'7 anywhere in the
U.S.
In Tex•thctoll-freenumbefis
800-392-7"47. Both numbcn1 arc
easy to remombcr this way:
natronwide, dial 800-231-SHIP.
ln Texas, dial 800-J92-SHIP.
American mariners.
By calling these numbers,
Specifioally. the nationwide
Seafarers and Boatmen can get 800 telephone number wa6
immediate help in locating the "established to improve seane11rest PHS hospital, outpatient farers' aC4eSS to care fhrough the
clinic or contract physician.
Public Health ~rvioe," said Dr.
ln cao.: of a medical emergency Leonard Bachman, Asst. Suroccurring whl:rt iliere i§ no Pl-lS gcon General and Director of the
facilit)' in the port, the trained PHS Dfvi!!ion of Hospitals and
staff members manning the Clinics.
hotline can dlrfft seoitn and
One of the plU¥SCS of the toUboalllleD to the nearest coaunu- frtc number is that confusion will
atty bolphl. They'll give you the be cleared up on what proh<>spitars address, phone number ccdures seamen and boatmen
and approKimate distance from must follow when a medical
the place you are calling.
emerg\'ncy occurs aboard ship.
The toll-free phone number
In cae or lldulta or acddtnt
was set op under the au&pices of occurrln1 aboard a ve&Ml, SIU
the Division of HQllpital~ and seamen and boldmen mll$1 us.ea
Clinics of the SHJP program. USPHS hospital whenever pos·
SH IP is a collaborative> effort sible.
between llte U.S. Public Health
By calling the 800 number a
Service. other federa.I agendes Seafarer will be difected lo the
and the mar1tlrue iadus1ry to clOSC11t PHS hospital or to 1bc
improve the he11lth 8.lld safety of 11earcst private hospital if there i~
no PH,S facility in the pon.
lo addilion. hotline staffers
will remind ~afarcrs to notify
USPHS within 48 hours if they
are being. treated for an emergency in a private hospital or
clinjc, This notification procedure is necessary to ensure that
USP HS will cover the c-0sts of
emergency treatment in a private
facility.
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The best way to m1tify USPHS
that you are receiving cmer.gency
care in a private hospital is to
phone USPHS and follow-up
your phone call with a telegram
within 41l hours.
The toll-free 800 n.u.mbers were
created so that S&all'leu and
boatmen could find meilical c~
as Cast as possible. wltereve:r hey
are in lhe United State$. The
Union urge~ all Sill members 10
ta.Ice advantage of this serv.ii:e.
Ju110 1980 I L0G ./ 29
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Sisto O. 'flhada, 72. j1>i ned the
SIU in the pon or Sentt!e In 1962
&1ullng as a cook for 38 yeais. Brother
Tilwla w1u also an Ala.d:iln Fisherman. He was born in 1he PhiU1pincs
and Is a resident or Seaule.
Mlcud Anrd Viera, 62..joined the
SIU in the port 1>r Balti111~re in J9S I
sailing as a 3rd coolL Brother Viera
• also Jailed during the Vinnam War.
He sailed 3S years. Seafarer Viera
allcndcd Piney Point Cre11S Conference No, S. Bom m Pucno ~.be is
a re$iden1 of Baltimore.
Brqlher Mlcbael F. Vl10. 64.
joined Ille SIU in 1949 1n the Pon of
New Ynrkl sailill8 a.s a cblcf steward,
Brother Vigo sailed 32 years. He is a
veteran or the U.S. Navy in World
War II. Seafarer Vigt• w•s boi:n in
Flor:idR and is n resident or T:uqpa.
Fnmk Beeehcr Brazdl, 57, joined
the S IU In 1944 in the part of N"ew
York sailing as a flremail·watertender. 8ro1het"' Brazell i'aveteran of
the U.S. Army on World War II. He
was born in Georgie and l!l 11 resident
or Savannah, Ga.
Gut Skencltlu, 6S. joined tbe S I U
In the port of Baltimore in 1956
sailing as a chief steward. Brother
Skcndolas sailttl 30 years. Re w~
born in Cuberland, Md. and is a
resident or Seattle.
Robnt Edward Emat n.onuis,
7S. joined -,he Union in
po.n of
Norfolk in 196S sailing u a ohicf
engineer for the Cunis 11£y Towing
Co. Brother Thoma> was • former
member of MEDA. He ls a veteran of
the U.S. Navy on World War JI.
lloa1 mlln Thomas was born in
Gloucuter County, Va, and is a
resident or Hawlhnrnc, FIL
1m.
Howard Adolph ,Et~•l Sr., 69,
joined the Un.i on in the port of
Hou•ton in 1957 sailing as an oiler
fonhc G & H Towing Co. from 19Sl
Lo 1980. Brother E11.cl was a fom1cr
01erobcr of the Painten. Union Local
SBSu acootractorfrom 1931to19Sl
in Galveston. He is a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. Boal·
man Encl was born in Smithvillo.
T""· and is a resident of Hitchcock,
TeJL
Anihony l'ainlno, 64, joined the
SlU in the port of New Orleans in
1952 $ailing as a wiper and cook.
Btotber Pennino is a wounded
veteran of the U.S. Army in World
War u. H" w11s born in New Orleans
and is a resident thero.
Domin co V uqutz L•rlno, 64,
joined the SIU in the port or New
Vorlc. in 1961 sailing ns a rircmanW"Jtenendcr. Brother l.arlno sailed
39 yca11. He was on 1be piclcctlin" in
the 1961 N. Y. l::tarbor beef. Seafarer
L.arino W8$ born in Corunu, Spain
and is a resident of l lawthomc. Calif.
Fnrnc:isco ~adal, S1, joined the
Sltl in 1943 ln the port of New York
sailing as an AB. Brolbcr Nadal was
born in Puerto Rico and iJ a reaidenl
of Mayagucz. P. R.
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James t;vertll Davuiport. 70,
joined the Union ln Lht port of
Ouhimorc In 1971 ~alllng \\S a chief
engineer for the Curlis Bay T nwlng
Co. from 1968 to 1980. BrQthcr
OavcopoH uJsn woreod for !Yor)"
lund D,Ydock (CJO) nnd for U~Y.low
Fi~hcrlcs (rom 1947 to 1968. He was
born in Fnroham, Va, and is .a
re1id1:n1 of 0..hunurc.
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Mldlatl Drewnl&. 6S. JOined Ille
union In the port 1>f Detroit in 1953
.aolina a> an AD and wbedsman for
the Enc Sand Co. Brother DrewnLoJk
wa. born in Ohio ed is a ~cn1 of
Nokomis. Fla
Midlael DWlda. 64. joined tilt
Union on the pon ofToledo, Ohio m
1960 ..oling a. an oiler and :on•cyor11111n for the Rei.. Straruhop Co.
lh1lth<'r Dunda sailrd Cot 43 )'CalSHc Wll\ born in Yukon. P•. dnd is a
re1idcnt of Toledo.
Slanhy Sfepbtft M•notnlll. 62,
joined the Union in the porJ of
b11J1imorc in 19.56 sailing u a
deckhand and bargeman for the
Baker Whilcly Towlna Co. C..0111
1963 Lo 1980. Brother Mal!OWJlli w..
1 former membcir of th• II.A local
1337. lfc w~ born in lllldmore and
11 11 rc~idtnt tllc:rc.
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FNllk Frum Pualllk. 64,joln~
lhc Union in 1949 m-1he port of
Philadelpha Ailing as a deckhand
and bo.mn for McAllister Brothe!I in
and 111r Wilson Linc deep $C8
beio~ 196S. BrotherP8SBID1: isalsoa
millwright a.tu! dicsctter. He is e
•-etemn or 1bc U.S. AflllY durina
World Wat JI. Boatman Pasaluk wns
born in Curtis Bay, Md. ;iod is a
raidcnt of Philadelphia.
ll«yJ &tt:rWO, 64,joincd theSlU
in the port of Mobile in I 958 sailina
as a fircman-wuertencfer. Brolher
Pererson graduated llS a 3rd assistant
engineer from the Uniop-MEBA
School of Engineering, Brooklyn,
N. Y. in 1966. He i1 a veien111 of the
U.S. Navy jlJl!I before World War ll.
Seafarer Peterson was born In
Trinton, Fla. anil is • rctidcnt of
Ke:rrVille, TCJ!.
Sah<ador Rodripn, 62.Jomcd I.he
SIU Ill tbe port New York in 19S~
sailing as a wiper, OS od In 1he
•tcward dcpanmenL Brolhctr Rodriguez sailed 29 years. And he hit the
bricks in t~ 1961 Greater N. Y.
Harbor beef. He is a veteran of the
U.S. Anny•• World Wet ti. Seafarer
Rodriguez was born in Tamp&and is
a ~sident of Caguas, P.R.
or
~ £, V• Sat.
SS. Joined the
SIU in 1943 in the pon of New York
aailing as a .-tifitd.bosun. Brother
Van Sanl wu bom in PenMylvanla
and 11 a m ideru or Bel Air. Md.
Jtecertificd Botun '1¥. .• C-av·
S4.joined tJicSIU in 19o43ln the.
port 1>f New York uillna in World
War II. Brother GU11-vt0n hit tJie
bricU in bolh tllc 1961 c;,....,.. N. Y.
Harbor beef and lhe 1962 Robin Ll11c
11dke. He gr1du11ed from the
Union's R<'llMdied llojiuns PT01tam
in June t97S.. Seafan:r Ot111avaon
dso earned bla LNO llldoraonlenl
111d 01!0 at Piney J'oillt In 1978.
Born in StalCD l•lu!I. N. Y. he ...
taide11t of Slliel) bland.
Recertirled Bosun. Wodl• Hmh,
62,joined the SIU in J~ in tbcpon
of New York Sliifutg during World
War II. Brothet Nash, a bosun since
1961, was SL-7 bosun on the &DUuid Mark~ la f978. He graduated
from the Union's Bosun Reccrtificatic!n Progtlllll in September 1973.
Seafa~ Nash was bosun on the Seat.and Shorc8!Ulg, Port Elizabeth.
N.J. from 197S!o 197'7. At thcHany
Londcberg School, Piney Point,
Md,, in 1971be upgradeCl lo Quartcrl:llast.,r alld took LNG in J 979. A
nallvc of Ba'yonnc,, N.J., l)c is !loW a
resident of ffa:elcetisack. N.J.
Samuel "Sam" G,.ham lteland.
•65. joined the Union in the pon of
Norfolk in 1963 saiihig11S a deckhand
for tht Curll! Bay Towing Co.
Brother lrcland also worked as ·a
rigger at the C1Jttis !Jay Shipyard
Crom 1961 to 1%2. He was also a
commercial fisherman. Boatman
Ireland was bom in Lowland. N.C.
and ts a resident of Norfolk.
Ollv.tr •RM" Mertit Bishop. 6S.
joined 1he Union in the port of ~cw
Orleans JO 1960 sailing as a capraln
on the towboaJ National FrUdom
<National Marine Seniice) and with
lhe c1>mpany Crom f9S7 10 1980.
Brother Bishop worl:.cd as a long·
shoreman from 1958 to 1960. He was
bOrn in Bruce, Fla. and is a re.ident
or Freeport. Fla,
Joint G~- EY1119; 38. joined
the Union ih the port of Noifollt i n
1961 sailing 19 years as an AB for
· GATCO. Allied Towing, Steua rt
Towing, Graham Towing and for M,
L. Hudgins &..Sim from 19S9lo 1961.
Prom 1972 io 1'977, he was with
' 10r~ M.Unet Division. Brotller
Fvans was aJro an electrician at the
Newport News lVa.) Shipyard. He
upgraded •l the HLS Ui 1969.
Boatman Evan' wa~ .11 U .s_ Army
lru~lcmaster ~efil:llt11 in the Vietnam
War from 1966-R receiving the
Viemam Service and Commendation
Medals. A native or Mathews, Va.,
he os il rQident there.
Hmner Gordoa l'llrvls. 71. joined
1h" Union In the port of Molnlc in
1956 ..ailing a) llJ) oiler and dliel
engineer for Mariner Towing from
1956to 1980andasue~for
M<>bile Towing from 1965 to 1972.
&other Purvis :is .a ve1cnuo af tbc
U.S. Army aftci; Worid Wat I. He
was bom in Oak Gro..e. All. aod is o
.rc:scidem of Spanish Fort Ala.
l.~~·I, -~.
Stanley Walter ZI
joined tho U11ion 1n
Baltimore .in 1957 working at 1
mechanic. machinist and fomnan
for the Cunis Bay Towms Co, Shop
from 19r4 Ill 1980. Brot11'r Z"oellAak.i
4'I a v111min oftlic U.S. COllll (luard
from 1919 10 1934: He wu born. In
l»oia!ld IHl!l is a ietiMm of Baltimc1i'c.
~of
�Diesel . . ~">'!Jt.$£<>~
t e ower o Today ~,;~~
and Tomorrow
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Owtng clleM1 on·tfle.Job training, .....,.,. !Nm the
~ •kill• to wofll on ttlta fonn of prcpulllon.
Recently, the Hany Lundeberg
School of Seamanship presented a
Olesel Semi nar for SIU members.
Representatives from d i es el
engine design and manufacturing
companies told seafarers about
the new equi pment being added to
mOdem ahlpa.
Tiie seminar was held to
famlllarlze aeafarera wl~h dlnel
englnea. The diesel e'lglne haa
proven to bf! ~ energy effli:lent.
Ships equipped with modern
dleael engines halle shown a 30
percent aevtnoa In fuel coete compar9d with thOse using a etNm
pllfrt. Mora and more nssela are
being bUllt with dleMl power for
propulllon.
Beoauee of the Increasing uee of
dlnel•, there la a need for
eeafararl wflo are •killed with
dl8HI englnea. 911 fpera are Wk·
Ing~ of the diesel engine
In the OleHl• counie, Ula atudents ectu8lly a., clown end make rt9alra to dleael
engine a.
courses at HLSS. They are pt'Bpar·
Ing to man these new slJlps wi th
the necessary skills to won< on t he
equipment.
SeaLand Corporation, one of our
contracted companl1!!9, Is ha\llng
12 new diesel-powered vessels
built thi s year. One of these, tliil
SHLa(ld Patriot, Is already In st1rvlce. Our engine department
members who lfe worKlnu, on the
Patriot went through the diesel
engl nee counie at H LSS to pr11pare
them tor their Jobs.
The Diesel Seminar was .offered
eapeclelly for "8f8Rlf'B who want
to wOlt! on lheM Y98Hls but also
atl'9Cted graduates aod atudents
from ail engine depWtment programs. The apeclflc engines and
aupport ayatems which are on
Sealand 'e new veanla were
detcrlbed bY Sen• and corpora·
tlOn, Sular BrotherJ, and thft Alfa
1.ava1 eompnny.
c.pt.in Don Hall, Man8Qt?f, Fleet
PerlOnnel Training tor 1ieil1And,
ClllCUnld Ille V•IHl ltnlf. The llC~I0111J, he said, Wlll'e IM!llt
with lhl IHll\8ll In mind. The
un•tr• who are wOfl(lng an the
~
now enjoy comfoltllbl•
'°! •.••"*-
~
Wll held It HUS
llii •••,.,. . . . . . . .
n - 1 tlllr wll bl aotU:• With
A •1111
In
-fimn.
madlrn aunoundlng11. Em9l Young
and Hnna Roffler of Sutzer
•utf*t 1xplnlnld the anglnl IAd
all Of Ill related sys..,... . The
were lmpni111d Ill' the
I~ aOdl P'"8ntallon QIYetl
mA••
by th••• repreaentallves that
showed the hlltory of tlle diesel
engine and hoW It hN progreaaed
over the year1.
Tiie purlflo8tlon ayatem oJ tile
dl8811 engine uud In th4t veaaela
wna dtacrlbed by Alfa Lavnl
represent1llV9 Hick Chall-. His
talk gave eeafill8r& a thorough
knowledge of the purifier.
HLSS Engine Department Head
Bill Eglinton Hid, "We r~lved a
good reeponae from the seafarer:a
at the aemln.. The general opinion
wu that mor9 aeml1\81'8 of this
kind etloUfd t.. ~. Therefore. we
plan to offer MOther seminar to
benefit ...,.,.. In the fall of 191j()
on engln1'f9..tld operations. '•
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SUO (Delta S1camsh1p).
'\pril 6 -Chairman. Reccnificd Bosun
Andrey, Lasn:1n~l<y;Sccre111ry E. Vicim ;
Educauonai Oirc•·IOr J. C. Dini No
dispu1ed OT Choirman reported 1ha1
1hc ship ii. goin11 hack. 10 Ntw -Orleans
oflttr Maracaibo. pay off. Wlload ull
curgo. 1hen go to 1h~ shipyard'for nlloul
live dayr< probably ih Tampa. However.
llus could change. Evcry1hlng Is going
~long very well und there arc no reports
of uny .unspfo cQndi1iorb or of a1~5'
irtdividunl pr1>blcms .,; disiin1lsfna1lons,
Th..- LIJXs will be pu..~~cd uround for ull lo
read and all communication• niceivt:d
\viii be pa•scd around
SEA-LANO NEWARK (Sta-Land
Service). April 27-Chairman. Rl'cenilic:d Bolilln D. Mnnning: Secrewy C.
Modcllas; Educa1ional Director H .
M1kkclborge. No dl$J>uted OT. 1\11
.:omrnumc1(lion• rtclilved were posted
on 1he bullc1in board. Chairman
discussed 1he)mpoi'iancc of dona1ing to
SPA 0. Se1Jrc1ary r~p11ncd' 1ha1 lhC
loudspeaker for rhe mnvjes -~· bo.ught
by H,arr)' Lively. l{eq uested th:11
cve1·yom: uontrib.u1c 11> uompc11&au:
Herry ror the IOtal wm S4S.Q9. Next
p\lrt S•'lllle.
or
OVERSEAS ANClfORAOE (Mari·
lime
Oversea.,·). April 8- Chairmun W.
WF.STWARO V£NTUJU! (Jn1crJ
.
Burkeen:
.Seue1ar:y Ken Hay••:
oce11n Mgt. ). April 27- Chall'mAn J.
Edwards-. SepreUry A. McCutlum1 EduC111tonal Director H. Mercdilh Jr.
Educational Oiremor J. Mlcdingcr. N11 No di~pu1cd OT. Secretary advised 1he
di<pu1ecl OT. Chntrman reported 1ha1 members of i;everal bills lhat ore now in
Congress 1hat w111 benerir sumen.
he has all SIU 11pplica11on~ on hand
Asked
e~tryooe 10 s1udy 1tic.e bill> and
Dii.rll1kd lhc 1mpor1ancc ot donaling
10 SPAD. One minu1c of silence will be lel vour Senator or Congressman know
obM:rvtd in mcmnt} or C1Uf dep:irted abou1 them and how you feel. A YOte of
thanks lo lhc <lcward del!"nmcm for a
bro1heD. c:!lf!<'Cinlly Bm1hcr Rill Hall,
job
wclf done. Report to lox- •Good
$SO wu collCC1ed in I he arrival poof bu1
fishing
on lbc Bilboa side this lrip.
$4{) more b needed 10 pay olT video
Seems we hil i1 ri)!h1 ono."
corder and lap<:> bill. The chairman will
be leaVlng llus •c«scf 01 the end or (he
ncx1 1rip and 1hanks 1he crew for 1heir
MONTICELLO VICTORY (V'IClOfy
cooperalion in mallng lhi!i a JlOod ship. Carriers}. April -6-Cbairman Frank
Smllb: Secttlary Dulle Hall; Engine
S£A·LANO PANl\MI\ (Sea•Lnl)(I D<:Jega1c Robert Sariven$; 81eward
Sen ice). April 20 Clu1trman. RcreniD\!lcgute Ray Crawford. Chairman
lied Bosun M. Kerngood: Sccrcu1ry E. rcponed that the ship wlll go·Up river a1
L John•on. No di•pu1cd OT Chairman I 2 mile, anchor at Podras, UL. There the
reporicd 1hat everyone fcl1 deep rcgrel ship will go 1h.rough USCG in.spec1ion
over 1hc dca1h 01 1:1111 Hall. All hniicd before going on io Ba1on "Rouge 10
lh111 Prcslllcn1 Poul Hnll would rot(l\lcr disoho.rgc. Socrel8ty rcporied rho.1
from ~i> illness soon. Abo .advi!led all everything was runrifngsmoo1Hly inuue
member!. ahlHH lhc odvon1agr of SIU tashion. Di~cuS&ed thci"impoc(IUlce
011cndh1g upgmding cln,,<:allt the l larry
or donulh:•s 10 SPAD. $~ In -ship'~
t:.undcl)cra SahQol. No1cd Ilic irnror·
fund, No dispulcd OT. Several arH.,lei;
tnn•c or dona1i11g 111 SRA I}. A vote ol
in 1he lug wefe discu~~ird 11nd po!llcd.
thnnks IC1 1he ~(~word dcpartmcni fo1· a
Obscrv~ one minlltt of sUcnae tn
Job well dnne. Nexl port Rtlllcrdam,
nu:mnry of our departed brolhers.
OGOEN WILl.AMf.TTt. (O&dtn
Mllrin.,). Apnl 20 ('haorman. Rc,-crti- SANTA MAGDALeNA (Peha Sleamlictl lk•~un A C l'llmpbcll; ')ecrclul')' sbip). April 6-Chainnan, Recertified
Bosun Anlhon)I Palino~ Secretary
R~ De Boi~slqrc: Educa1ional Olrcc1or
Alben
J . Counney; Deck Delegate
R. O. Holn11:•i IJccl Del•l!l'•t Wilham
S1ephcn D. Castle; SICWMd Dcltptc
F McK innnn, Si.•wnrd !klcl(ll1c Willic
Larry Vickett. S.299 in ~hip's fund Nn
Smnh No di~pu1ed OT Ch~irm&n
lhanlcd 1hc l!rc11 lnr •II their help. dispulcd OT. A motion was ma4e (or
Donn1ed SW 10 lhc Mcrchun1 Murinc 1he company 10 purchase a piliJ pong
1ab~ and eqllipmenl. Rcpon 10 l.Dg·
library ror wpply o( boob 10 lhc ,hip.
Educ.i1ional ·01rcc1or rcpuncd 1ha1 "Cook-ouls were instipted and well
ssk1y ·~ ••rv imponan1 and if •n)'1hing received by all cmo<membus. All Afety
prccauliollS "~obseNeCl.-Ne~t pan.
.. un..olc ii •hould lie rcp..lr\ed <11 once.
l.o.•
A ngclcs
The pcr•on you""'" tl\;l~ fl.- Y<'Ur<l'lf A
·~Mil vo1c of 1h.tnb 10 11lc C'hicl
S.\N·rl\ MtllC£0ES(l>tltaS1eamMt,.•rd R. Ile Bni ... icre for exccllcn1
Jttd•nJ!!. and .cr>icc. A~'" 10 Willie ,h1p). April IJ - Chairman. Rc<cniftcd
Smith who ~ 11. 1rcmcnd11ui. t,Vu~. A lklwn John Slou1; Secrctarv S:smucl'N
1l!ank ~ 011 1n RClhctrl Cook for hb Sm•lf: Educa1>onal D'irccior William
ttrrifir 11ond1t'>. Rcpon IU l.u!f; ..,. \IOIC Slu..cr. S2ll2.IS In )hip'~ fund. Some
of 1ltank• 10 01c Cap1•in and officer. h>r
dbru1cd OT '" d""k dcp:anmcnl. Th~
;sll Uicb llclp. A •fl"<lial vdlc ollhank.< Id amoun1 01 $702 Wllll 'CcOllcl!ted and -i<ni
1he Chier £n111ncer whose help we could tu S1h Ille cook "'hll had to ae1 olf Qnd
no1 do wi1hou1 Al•o to Ilic l"ir,1 go name due 10 .eri11ui illm.'.'" in lhc
Engineer and hi~ wife for making 1hb ratlllly. We so1 a ncwwaJtres ...in Rio arid
~~e 1 bo!M 1v.,.y from " -·"
• rcplaszm~I ror the cook in ValOb~d •HIC manul(l nl ~i~ntt in
flDl"fi~. A vole 11r th11nks ro the ~IOWllni
,neMO~ 11f e>vr dopa11ed broJllbto. Nritl
dcp1"mca11 fot • job well dond. Nexl
pun, Lo~ Anph:..
Billon RnuF.
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S'EA·LAND CONSUMER (Sea·
La-nd Service), April r. Ch1irmnn,
Rtcertilled Bosun F. Rivera; Secretary
L. Webb; Educq1ionll.I Director w.
Su1100: Deck Oelc111e H. Hood;
Engine Ocltga1c Ccul McKinley; S1cward Oclcga1c Ch~1cr Yow. No dispo1cd OT. Chairman reminded crew 10
wear hard haL~ on deck when cargo is
being worked and nor to pu1 wcdp
behind fin: doors. Crew rcqueslS U11ion
10 ebcck wi1h New Jersey por1 $1Cward
abouLbuymg milk in Holland 11\.!ICad or
using froun s1u1~idc mill(. New bulbs
werc..orden:d for 1he movie projector.
Chairman n:port6 that lh!S is a smooth
running ship. Nex1 port Port Everglades,
SEl\·LAND LEADER (Sea-Land
Service). April 6-Chairman ,Frank
White; St:ereW'y o . G11Nuna; Educa.
dona I Director Ernl'SI Moneymuker:
.1$nginc Dclcga1e Robert TorrcL. Cliairman noied 1hAI tlfn lny-up would be
approximn1~ly two wee!(¥ Pl Kobe. In
ord~r 10 clalm t))c job limply rcgls1er at
your local !lail. Inform t~c port ugcnt nl
1hn1 hnll thtu you arc ofthiuhlp, There
wlll be a bus to take ybu 10 the aitporl.
Airpor1 departure tax should be 1alc.en
care of by 1he agem 01herwlse.save your
reccipl. SJS in ship·~ rund. Some
disputed OT in dtck dcportmen1.
Observed one minu1e of silence in
memory or our departed brothers.
COASTAL CAlJFORNIA (Coastal
Stalll), April 20-0\airman Joe AlJc...
foia: Secreiary Jimmie &r1lct1, Educational Dt.reetor Joaquin R Miiier, Peck
Delep1c Craig Skerson: l!ngjnc Delegate Carl~ Landa; SICWard DcJcgalC
CttiJ H. Martin. S3.25inship'.afund. }l(o
disputed OT. Chairman n:ported that
evcrthing was running well Soctt1ary
advised all mclnbl!SI to always rc•d •be~
Lug. T1m Is lheonJy Illa)' 10 keep Upw1dl
our SIU nrwi. 01 Heo&juaners 11nd In
W11Shing1on. DiJcussed 1hc imporianct
of d<>nalillJI to SPAD. A vote of Ihonks
10 rho steward dcpar1111en1 (or n job well
done. Observed one minute of silence in
mcfi\ory of our dcporrcd brothers. N~~
por1 San l"rancis~-o.
SAM
HOUSTON (Wa1crmnn
~teamship). Apral 1\1....-Chatrmli.n. Ro-
e<1rdficd Bosun If. Workman; Secre1acy
R. A. Cobb: Edul:aliOnil Oireetor J . N.
Atchison. Chairman rgponcd 1ha1 t.hc
C.aptain wisllt!d 10 e~pr'CSR llla.nks to all
departments for a job well done on the
vo~. The Chier Offioeullo wished 10
e.11tend 1hanb 10 the d.ok department
for a very good job. S()me dispmcd OT
in engine department. A Vole of 1llank&
co the s1cward department (or a job well
done. Ot.erved one minute or ailcnce 1n
memory of our departed bro1hcrs Next
porl, New York
SEA-LANO Rl:SOlJRC£ (ScaLan!l Scrvkc). April 6 Chairman.
R&ccrl ilicd lk .. un Pdci W Orni.e,:
Scl'ret11t y I R. Goodman. CduC111011.1I
D•~<>r Pa1lllsio1i. k4na,•o,. Ch111r1D4n no1cd 1ha1 1he mernhc:.-h•p rcqun1
the f!dlrolman 10 1n•c.\llp1c the dAngor
ol chemit411' and lu1n~ lr4k1n~ from 1'11:
comamcr t:llrsn behind 1be afl·hou.e
11ti~ ·~ p111Jull<I$ lhc ship >enillallo~
·~"~"'The C'hk( !'i1e"11rd '1 b.tnkcd 1be
rn<'m~r•hip And h" depanmen1 for line
•011per,1hnn in kttpin11 1he •hip clciin.
I""'" w:,. a diiK'u....iun on ~evcrul
tjUC>liOfl•. !;Pi\D. W0tk1n11due.,,18.l(C..
vac•tlon. S1t11-Lu11d l•P<>• and >hrp
boa!dv1h11i11ime. All repl1e11 \l'CfC r1ne
lltJd cwrybcl<ly bad a aCIOd llmr. " vote
olf lllln~& 10 d111s1tw•rd depir1men1 lor
n finr JOb. Nn;1 potr U1cmerllllven.
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OVl:RSEAS. ALJC£ ( Matllimc
OvC!>S"as). April 27-Cbairmllll, Jtccrrtifted Bosun W E. Reeves; Secretary A
Salem: Educational Dtr«IOr E. Cipullo~ Otd. Delepi.e R. T. YBTbrough;
Edu,a1ional Delegale Raymond D
Clark; Sleward Dclega1e Jo$f!J>h C.
Bu,h. No dispulCd OT. Tbcrt is S27.7S
on hand an.d $200 io the captain's safe.
Chairman reponcd lhal cbesltip will be
leid up in Jaclctonvilleand 1hc=w will
be terminaled or 1heir c:mploymenl due
10 11\e ship going In lhe shipyard for
repair. lbc U!gwasrecejvedand pn~d
aruund for all 10 ~d. The irnporuim...,
o( donating 10 SPA[) wu discussed. A
vo1e of 1banJ.:s 10 tfie ~atd aeportn1cn1 for a job well done. Rcpon co Lug;
''The Oi•et.<,u.• Ali<'<' picked up two
Cubans drif1in~ in 1heir boa1. The
Capmin called rhe Cbbt Guard and
they 1001t ch~m am\y ...
Ofndal jbl111a minure& were als_o
rccei\lcd rroni 1hc following vessels~
ffUMACAO
EL PASO CONSOLIDATED
SEA•LANO EX~HANGE
SEAITLJ:
SEA· LAND FINANCE
SEA·LAJllD LIBERA TOR
SANTA LUCIA
COVE EXPLORER
SANTA ELENA
LNG TAURlJS
OV£RSEAS OHIO
EL PASO HOWARD •oYD
WORTH
PUERTO RJCO
SEA~LAND VENTURE
TAMARA GUJLDEN
GOLDEN MONARCH
WALTER RIO:
SEA-LAND ECONOMY
HOUSTON
OODt:N Of~l,.ENG~.
DELTA NORTE
OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN
OVERSEAS HARRIETT£
JN GER
OVERst;A~ JUNEAU
DELTA AFRICA
OGDEN CHA.Ml'ION
,
UL1'k4MAR
COVESAjLOK
POR1'LAND
ARECJBO
S~A-LAND
MAKKl!T
BAVAMO.N
()VERS£AS ll(At ALIE
Mlf. VEii.NON \IJCTORV
TkANSCOLlfMllJA
POINT .1u1.1e
OVERSEAS ARCTIC
JAC:KSONVILLE
Sl:A·LAND GALLOWAY
BAY RIDGE
SANTA 8AUARA
CONNECncur
SEA·LAND l>EFJ:NDER
IORINQUEN
c;OVE COMMUNICATOR
SANTA JUANA
POINT JUDY
SIA-LAND IJ>VENTVllt:ll
ARZEW
CACVAS
SEA.•LAND PRODlJCD
DEL SOL
OVUSEAS ULLA
~NTIGl'IY
THOMAS JlffERSON
MAYAGUEl
.8ANJ'llER
covlstuu:r
DELRIO
OAU.AND
SEA·LANP ~C LIAN
UllC LW
U I LOG I Juno 1980
•
�From HLS Grad to CPR Expert and 3rd Eng.
'18ARLES
~
Haller
'-' ll'aduatecl ftom tba Bany
Lundebera School JO Y"11 ago
next month. Aad to celebrate the
oecasion be has liven hiinsclf the
kind or gift evecybody likes to
receive: somet.hina you can put to
good use.
In Baller's cue, the gift ii a
brand aew .t'lrtl Mllltaat en·
1•ne J'1 Uc n, which he wll
!lWardcCI last month after completing a coune of study at the
M.E.B.A. (Di$t. 2) Upgrading
Center in Brooklyn, N. Y. and
passiq bis Coast Guard exam.
Soon he'll be shipping out again,
but th~ time as a tlarougb-theshaft-alley engiACCr.
Bur Chuck Haller wasn't just a
student during bis recent academic sojum in New Yort. He
was also a teaeher--0£ mrdiopuhnoaal:J reQCffatlon (CPR),
a lifo.lavill1 technique used on
persons wbo have suffered respiratory or circulatory failure.
While Chuck Haller is the
proud owaer-o( a new license, 32
others have picked up CPR cards
in the last few months, tbanb to
his expertise and dedication to
bur • tifo.IU.e manequin URd for
in-clue CPR praceice) u ift •A..
Seniority Upgraderatthel.uncleberg School in 1976. Then, last
November, be took a Red CrOll
CPR insttuclton clua in New
York. After completin.1 the
C0111'8C, be wasted ao time llClltina
up bit first CPR das at tbe
MERA UpJr8din1 Center.
Most or Haller'11tudenta have
been either dock or engine upgraders at the Center. But,
interestingly enough. be bas al$o
taught the technique to a \10\lple
of MD's!
the SIU, and who are both
aractuares of the Lu.ndeberg
SchooL His brother John is a tug
captain with Crowley Marine
(HLS graduate '74). And his
brother Bobby sail& 11 QMED
(HLS..paduatc '76).
Whco uked why be decidod to
teach CPR. Haller said lbat be
wu conOei oaf about the IOlll rate
of those wllo auft'er beatt <acb
at sea. AIMI be added that it liva
him a "sense ot inner peace to
knoW t~ I can save SQ111CODc'1
life..•. I wanted to sharetbat with
others."
We coqratulatc Chuck Hltllcr
on winaiea bis aew ~ and
we applaud him ror bis Cffortaall voh1ntary- 10 spread the
word about 11re-111avin1 •itb
CPR.
Don't Claew Gum
Tbouah he says be enjo)'ll
teaching ot.bers about CPR,
Haller admits it someti~ bas its
moments. Such as tbe lime he
discovered a wad ot bubble·gum
blocking the air "5'•F ot the
CPR mannequin! Comequcotly,
be does notencouraAe lhc chewing of gum during moutb-tomoulh practice sessions oa lbe
dummy.
1be New Jency-born Haller
(who now livee in Texas) began
bis seafariJ16career llH wipeton
saviq Uva.
the T-2 7'Jetu in 1970. He bas
Hall~ aot his ftrst look at a
been sailins 1tcadily since then in
all
areas or the globe, including
CPR "'clmnmy" (DOC a tlvclent.
r-~~--~--------~--~
llOW Yl»OI llGHTS
tbe Viitnim war ionc. He also
has two brothers who ta.ii with
cnuok H91Mlr IM'tri!I one Of his recent CPR cte11as
l<NOW YOUR RIGHTS
llOW YOUI llGHTS
June 1980 I LOB J a
�TlaiocllJ Jam..
O'Britn, 21. BiCd
Gedl Lloyd
Plolt'mo;. S3. died
of a- heart ullnck
on Mar. 2. flrot her Flowers jomlOd
1hc Union ln tlie
,port of Phfladcl-
phia, in !9SS· soil-
ing as.a c.a{I ta i rt on
the tifg Ro1eta {C. 0 . Willis) last ¥ear,
He wo• ~ veteran of die, U,S1 Atrfiy in
W-or!d War If,
8~a1lm1n
Flowers was
born ri n Swan Qullrtcr, N, C and l!VDSa
residcn~of Pinerown:
N.(l Burial was'in
Soule- Cemetery, Hyde County, N:C!:.
SurvivlngarehiiWidow, Nclma of~liz
a'bc:t~ <;:ity, N.C,; a son, G~i>tgaofPtne>town on<! ~ s1epd•ugh1cr. Peggy Smith.
Richard Hllron
Gray Jr., 62.•
df.1>wne4 ""n Rfo
Picdn!s, ' J>:R, on
NoV.
16,
1279.
Brotbe~Grayjoin·
cd llie Onion' in
Wli pon ol' Norfolk in 1960sailing
3$ 1~ chi~ enjineer•on,lhi: \llgS,eu F.agle
.(All\l'<f Towing) from 1972 ti> 1976,
Ocean Towing fr<>m 19~6 ti) ig79 and
GA!'fCO from 1951 to 1971,, Boaflnan
Gray wasa, formeo memberof the U MW
Dfatrfo:t 50. fiotn 19~1lo1%0. Hewnsa
'Veteran of tbc U.S. J;lavy lo World War
11. Born in Wanchc:$1 N .€'., he WllS'a
residem Jherv. Interment was in St.
. Miitcus Cemetety, Manteo. ·N:C. Surviving are his l\'idow. Matildn; thcee
sons. Wayne. Willlam and R-obi11 al)d
four daugh1cr~, €1rphia, carol, R.ebt!=~
and Calf\y.
Wlllatd Rich:
ar-dson "BllP'
M•ll, -SS, died of
a snoke on June
II, 1979, Bro1her
Mask jp.ined I he
SIU in the port of
Wilruing!ott, Call(
111 1'961 sailing as
_an AB, Ht wa a ve1c111n of i.11!: U.S.,
Nll~y ln World Wilr U.Scafafer Mask:
Wat born in ~I Camp<1, Te11. end was a
~ent of lngl?Ood. Qalif, Sllrvivfug.
are his Widow, t,/lildicd and ~
dlauaii1c;n1, Mn. Caroly11 ~ntll~.
Mn;. Peggy A!lD gobU!,son and Pair~
Ann.
of injuries sustrunod when the
moto~clc he wns
ridini! cr1111bed iii
Ft Lauderd11ltl;
flla. on Mar. 17.
Brother O'Brien
· Jo e
e n on m the port of Alpena;
Mlch. jn 1976.ailingfor Reiss-and Gartland SLeatmhip Cos. from 1976"8',and
tho Ameman Stllani,lilp Co, 1Wlt year.
Ile wu a fotmtr lllembier of Loail 4QO.
Laker O'BricJt was born•in !Grtlond AP
Bue •Hosp!.tal.,Albttgu~'.!.c; l'f.M. and
was 11 res1denl of Laudcidalc- Lalres;
.fra. lllcerment was in the Gate. of
~C8Vcb Cemetery,, Silver Springs; Md.
Survivi.nJ~hiS puenti, Mr.1and Mrs.
Joseph ,F; ati,d Marie 'O'Btlen' of Gii.ithmb.urs, . Md•l a !frqther, Josc~b .Fi
O'Brion JJPand 11n llncle 1l0d .aun\, Mr.
l\nd Mn. Gemlil and ~ie O'BriCJI.
llr••
.Joel Tllo
2'1, die4
of injur1e$ in Eiarbonr.iel" M_eillcal
Ccnu:.f, Seatlle
sustained m a car
crash ihere on
Jan l. Brolber
Jausora ji>in~ the
SJ U in l 9?9 follo\lllng- his ar_aduotiot\
from the Kar.ry Lundeberg ~boo!,
~ihe)'. Polnt. Md. He sailed for S~
land 11nd o.o the Wa,hington St~lc Fe...
riea from 1975 to 1977. s.cara~rJausora
wni 1iom in Se'11tJ~c·1nd wtili a rc,iilenJ
th~. Interment \1(115 In lhe Washinlitoo
Memoiihl Putlt Cemetefy,"Se~lllc. ·S11tviving ~ biS •paients, Mt and Mn.
Anthony Jaw.ors oJ.Seattle; 11 bro1he.r.
timothy.
(our sistett, Laure, llli.•e,
Pal ly" and Gfqa.
JJIU!IOb.
Ci\Y liotJ>ihll
tin
Brother Ronrun~
joined \hi) Union
in 1938:in the po:rt
o! Dcttoit soiOns
,the ,SJU in lhe(l'1rl
MCOilllal!! joined
o.f Boston ia 1959. He sailcii1is-a ablt'
fi~I lis
layout A,B amt borun aboard tlii CS Lorrg
imd filfill man fodhe D~oit & Cle~ i.Jr1(s (Tl'BJllo~ Cable) in 19?3'and
land NaviptionCo, -ftom 1939-48, asan from_ 1971 to !978: He Jalteil during
Worla Wat ll, .., WCill Sea!flter' MoAB and whceJsman f1;1r the .Browning
Donald
was a v'eten\D of the \l:S. Army
Lines. jn J.960, Oeof!!ian Bay Llnc. irr
f960-J IUld on. ~he: SS L,ake'fll(>Q_d (Erie in World War Ii. Burial was in SL
Sitnd). ..:e w# ;i vel!if'llll .o{ the u.s_ Michael's Gemctery, BOlton. SurVlving:
Anny jn World War If, Laker Jblnning are his widow1 Mlltiba; JL dausJ!ttr,
wasbom in $.o~ay and w~a""°i~11t Carol; a stepson~ James Breen of Pemof l"ell'i:an Rapids, Minn. SutviVing is brqltc, M11$1.. aful two a1cpdaugl1tcrs.
Mrs. Patricia MoElaney of Boston '8.Dd
Ins w'illow, Ca1heri11e.
!l{n.
Thom8!1 McElaney of D<>rehetter,
-;:.
i o o er
Gieot~
71, died
Donald Martin
Wa~
Bmholo-" Gin-
town, N. V. on
F<ib. 8. Brother
.GCcQr&e Jc;>illed tbe
SIU in 19l81nth:e
Jey, 64. died of 'll
hcnn attack In the
[i)ruid City Huspi-
lkct.
engineer and engine d•l•1!iltio tor ''la
p<>n of New Orleans aailins as 11
yeatL Be WIB a veteran of" b1e U.S.
Coul Guard in Brooklyn, N. Y. and lhe
u.s. Anny in 'World War I and l{m-,
Seafarer OCottc was born in Calif.ntlia
anil was r~dcnl of E9an Mills, N. Y.
a
Bpnal was in Evin Mills ~lllCICey. sur-
vjyini1l~•·l<illJam~Jr. Ol'Ev~ !\fills':
two dq11$11_tert, J'iin. Joann '8rt and
Mrs. -GltJria Netto of
Watctlown: a
MR. JOjlnnt J!. Mlg,
liaccio of" New Qrlcans sn~ ;i st,epson.
Eugene Doyl~.
panddaug:h1~,
Mai$.
of cancer-in ~c'fl:y
Hospitlll
Sllrvi'v"18 are-his: Willow, L.orctta1lJld,a
o[ Wtatmin-
~on, Asay tt. ~cKii\Stry
ster, Calif,
l!ensloMr kmJ0.11 lr111yd tl)(tn~
Parks, 713, -SUoc:umbed to hcarr
di&eaae- in the
Joaquin (Calff.)
sen
McDonald, 63,
died ,of heart dis~ in the ltoston
Ca I,
TuscalD~$S..
AIL on Nov. 30.
1919. iirotberGinley joined the
Unton 111.the part of Cle~land in 19111
sailing aso a ·lil!cft!an, eil<1r 11nd Jirem~n
for \he Gtea1 Lil.cs 'l'owln.s Co. from
1952 10 1.97\l. l:fe WI!$ a former member
qf the Fircm11n 11nd Ollcra: Uni.011. Lo.:al
3 from 1952 to 1961. 1.iikcrGJnlcy wasil
veretun .Qf 11\e IJ,S. /\Jr- Force in W~rld
W'a~ II. A nallyc or blev~lan!4 he wa!(a
resident thlrre_ lltrrf!ll w~s in HoJy Cross
Cemet~ry, Ocvcland. Surviving 4ll'1' lli5
widow. Gra~ 8cnrndeue: lbrel! $.bns,
Do.rl'11ld Jr. . Jqhn and Patrick, and live
SeJi(arcr McK(Qtlry was •bOm in
Soulhlirl!lge, C~lion too,k place in
1he Rural trcmatctfy. Worcester. MlW.
Pcmioocr R.mll!ill Adplpbu
Fe&. 24. Brother
Pe 11 r
strlk~
and
P.ensigner l•B
Adolf Ronalna,
1S, dii:d of a heart
attack on Mar. 10.
lamff Ull'lrd
Ptnsioqer AJ.
J>eft •;...,.vd Meo
l«nel17, 15, pau·
ed away from
pneumon ia jn
Southbridge,
Masri. on Mar. 2.
Brother McKi.nstry joined tllc
$1U ih' 1944 in t~ port or N~ York
saJlihJUall AB forJ4yuts. ltcwalkcd
the picUtlioc in the 1961 Ni'Y. Harbor
General
HO~pilal
con Aug. 30.
1'979.
Bl'ol h~~r Par k t
joined the SlU ·i" 1\)47.iii th~ pon QJ
New Orleans sailing in the s1eward d_e.
partment.. He ub.o..wll!CI
fo~
Waterman
and &cit& [,file,, ScalarcL Park~ ;was
'born in Wadena, ~inn. and' wits !I CC!ident, of S!ocklon, Calif. Bu1;iarwas iii
Fitr:mington (Calif:) Me1119dal G:emc1cry, SurviVilrg are !)is w-id!'Wi Mi:r<la!lo af Santa:Lu~-lhe Arsenlinc; two
aauslnm. Rc;ncc o( St~~on•uul Mrs.
Kl\Jhcrinc Wallace: of Lath~p. Calif:,
·a11cl a filter, Mn. ·Marg1m:t Shi,igan.
....
Pc:nsioner N~
-~
pkr, -.S6. died ()n
Mar. :JI. Brothet
PeppJetjoiDed thi:
SIU ln 1947 in the
port of Norfollcsailing 11$ ;In AB,
He- was- born ih
Pennsylvania and ·was a rcsideol or
Wlioh~1>rcague. Va. Surviving a~ his
widow, Oeotgje; t\\>o son~, Berrinrd arid
John;. hiS motbei-, -Floi:eJtCC or Wa\:hapjj!llgue 11nd "h\IO •tepdauahti:rs. Lind.Ir
and Shirley Sturges-,
Pens1'oner Manuel Me>wlda Mal'qua. 90, p!l$tCdllWjl)!fr<imcanccrl11.1he.
fo pangn Terrace ConvalcscCnt RosiiiCsnq~ Piltlc. C'RJi(, Qn Chr~f1111$
Day, Oct. ~. 1979, Brolh.er M11_rques
stllned $1llln11 on the Weoit cya,,t In
194'7. He #ilea on the -Sf /...urlln~ In
196'1. Ma,rqucs -\'vu a, native of Agustil
de Jesus; llawaii l\lld was a 11!Sidcnt of
Chgrsworth, Cali( Burial Wit$ 1"' lhr
Hollywo11i Hills (Qlif1) Pordt i.awn
Memorl~j J>arlt cimcicry. Survl11ing
lltt 11 a1ugh1er. Mn. &vt:tly Wrigln or
C:baL~worlh and a sister, Mrs. Macy
K1:ncbr nJ; Honolulu. Hawait
ral.
Pensiolll!r llqir" da:ughtcri;. Grace. l!Crril!dene. Mary
ll•h1lle "Ma~_k" E!lim.. Dor91hy Ann •nil Conslllll<!I!.
Pmsionyl',1....
McK,enzle, 711,
ud ~ Mayqr.
died or hCMI dis1'-oo~ Jolin Alo>'* D9'Jae, ~
,,_ a1 botne .in - 111111ro away from pn~umoniA in San
72 pli$jed IWl\Y
from c:aneer on
Fran11iseo on Oci:. 30. J979. Brotbet
Brooklyn.N.Y. 011
Pcru;io'.ne• Martin UHJir, 74. died of
F~b.. 29_ Brother
Devinulal1cd sailing.on Iht Wi:stC-1 hea.rt <rtS~ Jn San Frn114'U<:o Gcneml
l.Ut. 19. Brother
Jil1a)'Pt jp1.ned lhe
Mc1Ccniie joined
in 1m. R10<Salltd·nyl!;ln qn ~Grace ff<>1:pit.al on Jan. 2. He J<1incCI th~
STlt In UM! port ot
Ihe SfU in 194S in
!.inc llS a wailer11nd purtll'.r, In 19'.i7. he MC&S Unlqn in 1964 anti Starting
Ba~lmc>tt tn I9S3 the p'on of Baltimore suiting as Q chief !"'iled on (be SS PreJitktJt llarrfson. On sailing on the Wt~t Coast !n J%8,
51'lling as a chii:( Sl(W&ri!. H~ hit 1hc bricb in 111C 196J
Ow. 8. 1941. Dovi11e.and herotcwwerc Brolhcr LiuJc iall<liJ M ll satno11
cook and dtiH "ICWllld. Uo iallcd 46 Oteater N.'Y. lfarborclied'lmd attended
intetned by lhcJapane11e as PO W's until messman. Llnlt wa$ bOm in North
~an. S~arer M1&yor wu al one time
rh~ 1970 Pi11ay Pomr Pensioners Conl\lov, 161J94.S; B<!rn in lrCJand, ht was a Carolina an!f WIU a l'l!'ide11t of Slan
chef 11i the H~lng~J l\qtiiur"11i ill tercmce No. 6. Seafarer McK.cm:iitt was
naiuratlz~ o.s. Citi21m 4lnd a TCSidc!it Fr;noisco. Crirnarion 1001; plat>t in -,lie
Ba!rimorc. Bom in Cebu, P.1 .. bcwu a bo"!I in Sr. Vina:opvB. W.l. Jn1crmen1
ofSan F-r~. Crcmatioo 10ok place Midden Villlcy Mt:moriul Park Cem6re:stlfmu of Bahim01e, Crema1ton 1oot wu in Cypress Hills Cemerery, llroo~ m lhttOli.wt Memorial Park €emetctl', fcty C'rcma1ori11m. P'ach~i:<>. c;'a llf.
place ill l.;oodoo hrk.QmcteJY, Bait;. lyit. Surviving~n!'.rhree sons, Ma,nllfof
Colma, ealif. ~urviviq lttUiu, Mn. Survivlna •~ c;ooains• .irtll~ Slade uf
mon;.. Surviving•~ JI SOii. Mltibul and B'tooldyn. Alrfc and Richy and 1.wo
A. Marley of the S.ered Heart Con- TIHr Hronx. ,.. Y. and Mary. Wil'1al'li.
two daujhten. Veronica -11 Mis. dauatuors. Jlene and Bever1y or
\lelll, St. Margaretit, Hitebcn..Jtcn.- J.e11J1y,. JCJ111~uc 11nd C!illil: l,iUle. all of
Laura tauntes Bowers of Bahimo~
Brooklyn.
ford, EA~
•
North Carolina.
M
I
LOG I June' 1980
•
�Pe nsioncr
Geor1e Robert
Olher, 79, paasell
away from a heart
111.11ck tt home in
East Providence,
R. I. on Apr. 9,
Brother Oliver
jllined the SIU in
19.lS in the porr or New York sailin& u
an l\B •nd quattennastor. He was on
pickclline in the 1962 Robin Line beef,
Seafarer Ollwt sailed 31 ye&tt, duriJia
World W&r II ~ on the SIHmbtKIJ
Delta~,_,. lest}'l!ar. tfe ~ra 'l'Ctellln
oF thet, U.S. Navy hcfore World War f.
He was born in Cambridge, Mass.
Burial was in St. F111ncis Ccme1ery.
Pautuc:kct, R.l Survivina i1 a niece,
Mn. Catherine T. Reynolds of'Rum-
rord, R.I.
Pensioner , _
Feniudn Otero,
8,1, died of can~r
in tuao, Spain on
Jan. 14. Brother
Otero jointd the
SJU in 1939 in the
, pon of Miami,
Aa. Ailing u an
AB for 53 )Qn. He recei\'Cd o 1960
Union Personal Safeiy Award for sailing aboard an accidrnt-frccship, the SS
Ralph Stm-s. Seafarer Otero was on
1he piokctline- in tbl: 1962 Robin Line
I beef. A native of Spain, he was 1t ~i
dcnt or l..uso. Alid he was a. naturalit.cd
U.S. citizen. Surviving it; ltis widow,
Carmen.
.Pemionu Uoaard 8eed11m
Laycoa, Tl. died
of lung failure in
the Baltimore
USPHS Hqapital
on Apt. ,IS. Bn>lber Layton joined
lhco SIU in 1938 in
the port of New York:uiling u a botWL
in 1931 carnina S45. a month dlen with
an OS gcttiii&S30. amonth. Re rode one
of the 13 Uberty Jbipt in a convoy, tbc
SS. Richard Hl'N'y !Le (Calmu Linc)
durina World War n OD the 4.2-thip
Murmarudc convoy run to Russia. His
aun ~rew Jho1 down ,an attaclcinJ
German plane. Seventeen ships were
Ion, IS on the retum voyaac near
l~la.nd. Ju he cntmd a MurmaMk
bocel, the Soviet guatd pushed him to
safely u a German bomb fOll tilling the
g111rd. Scttver La)ton wu bonl in
<on, Md. and wts a resident or
~ron, Md. lntormcru wu in Hillcmt
~clci'y, Fcclera!aburg, Md. Surviving
is his widow. Nevi&.
AafoaloR-.
to
.SS, •uecumbcd
cana:r in the U.S.
Vetttans Admin·
ilUIUion Mcdica.I
Cen1cr, Philadel·
phia on Apr. 6.
Brother Ruuo
Join"4 the SIU in
tho pon of Philadelphia in 196 j saili113
Peniion~ Fl'ID-
dl -~· l.ec
c.-m, 61, died
or. hea11 .altlu:I; in
tha Garland' Ml>moriAI HospitaJ,
DftlfQ. Tex. on
Apr. 6. Bro°'"
Oriaso!D joined
lbcSIUint~ponofGalvcston.in
1952
as a fimnm.watertcnder, cookAm! ship
delepte. He wu also a telephone cable
splK:er. Seafarer Grissom wat a yeter8n
of 1he U.S. Anny Pa1111roop Corps In
Wodd War IL Ho wu born in-Waco,
TcJt. and wQ • resident of Emory, Tex.
lntcnncnt 'll'U in Laun:! Land Memorial Part Cemetery, OaJ1u. Son:ivina
ate bis son, Donald or Marietta, Ga.; a
brother. Bea of Dallu and two listen,
Mn. Elsie Callo,...y and Mrs. Nora
H.B. Barris, both of Ollla.
Recmffied Bo-
•un St~ M.
Hoaab Sr., Sl,
died of n1w111l
ca u1"t io the
Sta 1e11 hland
(N. V.) USP HS
Hospit.a.t on Mar.
8. 8totller Bomlca
joined the SIU in 1944 in Ibo port of
New York. He 1ailed 34 year,s and
during the• Vic1nam War. Seafarer
Homb sailed 011 the TT Bay ~
(Westchester Marine) and the LNG
.4riu(BncrgyT111111pon). He graduated
fro'fn...tbc Union's Recertified Bosuna
Program in 197), And be upgrailed at
the , SJ UCM EBA School of Marine
Ellgfneering. Brooklyn, N.Y. and the
BLS In 1967-68 and 1977. Ile was a
veteian. of r~ U.S •.Anny i11 the Ko.rean
Wardiomm Nol11Ymllton, P.a.,hewu
a re1iden1 of Oxford, N:J. Buria!W.. in
St. Rose ot Lima Cemetery, Oxford.
Survivin& are two IOtll, Stephen Jr. and
TltllOlllj 8ftll his mo~. Mn_ Maiy
Hodly of Saxton falls, N.J.
M!t:hee! 111*'
G~ Sr., 28,
drowned 1n i..icas•i•ie llayou. Hayes,
La . when his
motorboat hit a
submerpl object
on Mly 4. Brother
Granger joined
the SIU in the port o( Houston in 1971
uillna Jll 811 AB for IOT and as •
tankennan. He graduated Crom theUlS
in 1972. A native of Ld:c Char~ La..
he WB5 .a mident ofSulphur.1.a.&rial
waa in Rottlawo Cemetery; Sulpliur.
Survivins aJC hlli widow. Mary; Lwo
SOllJ, Mic:bael Ricky Jr. and ltod!IC)I
Shan« bis mother, Mra. Joseph B.
(Ge:ralcline) Fruge of take Cbadcs; !Iii
fatbef. Jlillu1 ud his 1r&ndmotber,
Mrs. Forat Beoolt of Sulphur.
0
Pensioner
aun OS for 28years. He was also a l1lll-
Fran!< Stanley
l.Jro, 70, died of
heart failurclntlte
chinc operator &nd Sheet mtta.I work.er.
Stafarcr Russo was a ""1Cnln of the U.S
Army 1n World War IL 8om in Philadelphia, be w.as a _ . 0 1 lhcfo. Burial
was 1n Holy Crow ~tery, Yean:ton.
Pa , Survivina ~ his 11i'idow, .s..lra.
two •uns, Antonio Jr. llad Vinccnl Hass
Jr.. a daualuer Aonctto Joy« ol Wert
Sbuon. Pa., his mother, Lena of Pllilad~lph1a 11nd two sis4el'f, Joscp!li,.e •lid
Rc•z, b0th t>f Philadelphia.
Baltimore U'SPHS
Hospital on May
t . BrOlbcr Uro
JOlncd the SIU m
the pon of New
Y<>rt in 196J saihJll as a bosun. He
.Ultd 26 )UIS. And wu a vetetan o(1hc
U.S. Army ia World Was II. Seafaru
Uro wu born In Poland and WBl a l"C5iden1 of Ril'CI ltoup. Mich. lntermen•
was 1n Oakla"'' Oemctecy, Baltimore.
Pcntl o rier
Jam.. Wllllam
.DvOUlt, 61. died
~eart-lung
tau.
in the Nau&\I
ay (1'0.11 . )
USl'HS Hospital
M.ay t. $ro-
00
t bc r DarouJe
jolnocl the SIU in I~ in the port o1
New Orte.m sallin& as a chief steward.
Howui>or11in1fa.mmond, ta. aildwu
1 resident of Baytown, Te•. Interment
WH In Grecnlawn Cemec.ery. ff1111mond. Surviving Is bia widow, Mary.
Pensioner WDblft J. H..... ,r~
61, died of kidney
failure in the un;.
vmity of Maiyland Hospital.
Baltil'l)ure on Jan.
27 , Br other
H11ghell Joined the
SIU in the p9rt of Baltimore in 1955
sailins as a 3rd cook. He sailed Cot 32
years and for the Calmar Li~. Se&Caret
Hughes wu a veteran of the U.S Army
in World War II . Born in North
Carolina. be was a resident of Baltimore. lntormcot was in Family Cemo1ery, l!Umbetb City, Jll.C.·Survivi113an:
his widow, Et141 five sons, Charles,
Howard, WilbeM Jr,. Le.ender and
l>aVid ; four daughters, Valencia,
Lawonne, Judy and Joyoe and a sister,
Mn. Irene G.alop of Baltimore.
Pensioner Cedrk Udo Fl'Udl,
84, succumbed to
p:neumonia In the
Na$8811 Ba)' (Tex.)
USPRS Hospital
on Oct. 8, 1979.
Brother ftlDcis
joined the SIU in
1945 in t~portofGalvestonsailillJasa
cbief steward. He sa.iled 24 years.
Durin• World Warn. be had two ablp1
1otpce{ocd and sunlt under him. Seafarer Francis also sailed during the
Korean and V~tnam Wars. Jlom in
Uvakle, Tc11-.. he was a resident Ofct11tt.
Tex. lntciment was in Re11twqod
Memorial Puk Cemetery. Clute. Surviving are his widow, Cora, a daughter,
Mn. DoUy F. Nesmith of Surfside,
Tex.; a brollier. FcrdieofHumble, Tex..,
two listen, M'rs.. Orlita U$lic of Port.er,
Tex. and Mn. £d1tb Fallon ofH01111on:
two pnddlildren and four 11Utgrandghildnn.
~ioner VIDaal The
G111-
ttf, 67, died Of
a '-rt attack In
lhc Sou1h N Micl-Cm1er Community Hosp1141,
Occaa1ide, L., I .
N, Y. oa /\pr. IS.
8ro1~r Ganey joined rhe SIU U1 rile
pon or New Vork i1119S4wllng.as ao
oaler and AB. He 511ilal 34 yean. And
worked lut u a doorQlaJI aC Unloo
Headquarten. Seafarer Garvey wa.s a
veterao oftbe lt.s. Army in Wada War
II. BOm in BroOklyn.; Jll.Y.• be w,s a
nsideutofl,.)lllbcoot. l'.:t, N. Y.C-1inn took place in Liie Walhinatoa
Meme>rial Park Crema.tory. Coram,
LI., N.T. Survivin.g an bi• widow,
Mary: hi& moihcr. Martha of Brooklyn
&lid a brodtcr. Elmc:r Qf Lynbrook
Allol_plt Plllllp
DeMarco, 58.
d ied olartcriosclbrO.U at home in
Kew G'arden1,
Quceu1.NewYorlc
City on Mar.,14.
Brother De:Mareo
joined ibe SIU in
the po11 of New YOrtc in 19Sltniling8'a
2nd cook and steward delegate. He
sailed 29 years. And bit the briclcs iiube
1961 Greater N. Y. Harbor beef. Burial
was in Plnclawn Memorial Parl: Come.
tery, J,..1., N, Y. Surivi~ng -are hii
widow, Mlllict a ton. Alan; two
brothers: Dan of lbe SIU and Pa.,quale
and a siltor, Mn. Rote Lanipn of New
York City.
Pensioner
Georp Aus..am
Kerr, 82, s uecumbed to kidney
failure In the Goddard Memo rial
Hospital. Stouglh
ton, Mas.s. on
Mar. 17, 19711.
&other Kerr joined lbe SIU io 1938 in
till> port o( Boston sailiogin the stc:waril
departmeot for S2 yeara. He was also a
pauern malu:t'. Seafarer Kerr ~a.Jked
the pickctline in tl\e 1962 Robin l.ine
beef and
I.he
1965
Dist~
Counc:il,37
~trike. A native of Jan1aica, B. W,.L. he
was<a resident of Sharon, Ma•s. llurill
wa• in lbe Porell Hill Cemetery,
Boston. Surviving arc two 1oos. E>enniJ
and Clifford and • daughter. Mn.
Josephine Chandler of Sharon.
Pen sio ner
Oniel
T~
MeGovtrn, 63,
died in Ilic New
Orleans USPHS
lto~pita I 9n Apr,
2. Brother MoGo..,m joined tilt
SIU in the pon of
New Otlea11.1 in 1957 sailittg~ an Oller
for 28 )'C81S, He wu bom JO New
Orleam and WIS I resident there. Seafarer McGovern's burial was in U.kclawn Park Mausoleum C-rmetcry, New
' Orlca,m. Surviving arc t~o sons, Gregory and Rus:;ell; 11tree daugh1ers, Carol,
Linda-and J~n. and a 1ls1er, Mr1, Clara
Cusimano of Jllcw Orie.ans.
Pensioner Vie-
tor
~Ion~
- · 72. •llCCUDlbed toca-rintbc
Kawah Delta
Dittrkt lfospitaJ,
Viulia, Oli!. on
Apr. 7.
0,o~~r
Menor joined the
Sl U In 1943 In the (>Oft of Boston sailing
as a diicf electrician. He s1111ccl for 3:S
)Can, Seafarer Menor wu oa 1he picke11inc m the 1961 N. Y. ffafbor beef. He
lo'5 .l-1' in 111t Ph11ipprJIQ and a
rcsidenl ol Visalia. Interment. was ill
Visalia District Cemorery. Survwing
•re his widow, A1unclo11: two so11s,
Eiko and Richard and Ii dauah1er 1
Deborah.
June 1980
I LOG I 35
�Joe Algina, First-Rate All the
T'S significant that Joe Algina
holds S IU book number A-1.
Many o f his Union brother!
would agree that as an SIU
member a nd recently retired
official. Joe Algina is first-rate.
Since he came ashore as a
Union organi1er in 1944, Algina
served his brother Seafarcl'li in
many capacitiei;. In all of them IJe
was a devoted and hard working
official. His retirement marks the
loss to the SIU of one of its most
respected officials.
His jobs with 'the SIU ranged
from New York 1>ort agent to
Headquarters representative to
assistaqt secretary-treasurer. ,He
alsQ served as SIU safety director
and as a special representative
from the International 10 its
fishing affiliates.
Joseph J . Algina was born in
Worcester, Mass. on May I.
1916.
At the age of 16 he started
working ashore at odd jobs. But
since he knew "some feUows who
were shipping out," and because
he "always wanted to go to sea,"
Algina was on his first ship by the
age of 21. He made his first trip in
the steward department but then
switched to the deck department
where he remained during. hls
active seafaring career.
Algina was a member of the
fonner International Seamen's
Union but as soon as the SIU was
fonncd in late I 931!'l1e was lhere
•
to join it in the port of Boslon.
During World War II he sailed
as AB and Bosun to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf. At
I
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New 101 Tug,
·Independence,
Joins SIU fleet
A wand new bolit joined die
f1Hi olSIU-contracted lnlmitate
and 0 - Transport Compeny
(IOT) lase month.
Named tbe lndq,mllin«, the
boat ill ill die S.600 honepows
clm..~. This means she11 be amon1
tbe Dint lariat tap ID JOTa
Reet.
The /~ndor~
wti&lla
llO
IOM, ha a lenpb of 110'8", a
beam of 30'1", and a ~11:imum
dnft of 14'3".
Accordlns lo the oompany,
she's fttted wltb the latest In
Ore ftcbctng, n11vigational, and
communications equipmmt. lncludlne a colllslon avoidance
l'8dar !lyste1n.
Tiie lnd1pendence will be
pulllin& tlle bUp Ocean 261 and
win wotlt in the Gulf QI Muiro.
31 I LOG I June 1980
times he also sailed as third and
second mate during the War.
In the spring of 1944, Algina
came ashore ~o work for lhc
Umon as lll1 organizer. Jn the mid
J94(Ys he 5erved as New 'York
deck patralman and acting port
agent before being elected New
York pon a~nt in 1948, 1949,
and 1950.
He was elected Headquarters
Representative for 195 I .and
1952 In 1953 he was elected
assistant s.ecretary-treasurer, a
post to which he was re-elected
several times.
Brother Algina tQok an active
role in many of the Union's
fights. Re particiP.ated in the
Coos Bay b1:ef and various
longs bore beefs, 1be 1946 General
Strike, and the Wall Street and
Isthmian strikes. He was also
very involved in the American
Coal Shippillg beef of lhe mid
and late J950's.
For many years Algina also
served on the Union negotiating
Committee thal bargained with
employers for Seafarers' contracts.
ln 1959, Algina was appointed
SIU safety director. Jn this
position he helped establish
criteria for safety aboard ships.
Together with the Coast Guard
he set up Collective Regulations
on Safety. Among other things,
these reguJatioDs dealt with
safety equipment aboard ship
and safe loading and unloading
· procedures.
One of Brother Algina's !TIOSl
iniportanttasks uan SIU official
was th'it job nil was assjgned by
SIUNA President Paul Hall to
be a s~ciaJ representative to the
lntemational's fishing and cannery worker affiliates.
Wotking with ilffiliates on
both the East and We$l Coast.
~gina was inyolvedm a program
lo rebuild the fishing union5'. He
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was always on the scene when
there were problems or disputes
and he helped negotiate contracts
for the fishing affiliates.
Brother Algina's years with the
SIU have been rewarding ones.
So too were, and ~'till are, bis
years with his family. Though his
wife died a number of years ago.
Brother Algma has five children,
four grandchildren. and one
more expected in August. His
children are: Kathleen; James;
Patly; Dorrie. and John.
Algina lives in East Freetown,
Mass. with one of his children.
His son James, who sailed for
awhile with the SIU. now holds a
Ph.D . and teaches at a university
in Florida. His otberson, John, is
shipping out as an SIU member
in the ·engine department. Perhaps he'll one day carry on in his
father's traditio11 of service to the
SIU.
But neither he, nor anyone,
will evi:r bold the book number
A-I ilgain.
In lhts photo 1aken in I 970. SIU Safely Direel or Joe Algina is Shown going aboard
lhe Galveston (Sea-Land) 1n Newark. N.J lo begin his safety mspection ol the
vessel
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�1980 Upgrading Course Schedule
Here is the tentative schedule of upgrading courses to be held at the Lundeberg
School in 1980. As you can see, the School
is offering a wide range of programs for all
ratings, both for deep sea and inland
members.
SIU members are reminded that ttiis
Cocuu Name
LNG
St.rtlng Dates
'
QMEO
FOWT .
..
schedule is tent
e In other words,
courses may be chang
r cancelled depending on response fr;
the membership. So think about upgrading this year.
And get your applications in eatly to
assure yourself a seat ih the class of your
choice.
Starting Dates
Cour•e Name
June 23
July 21
August 18
September 15
November 10
Able Seaman
June 19
July 17
August 14
September 11
November6
September 25
Steward Recertificallon Program
July 14
Septembers
October f3
July 3
July 31
September 25
Ootober23
November20
Bosun Rec.ertiflcauon Program
August 11
A Seniority Upgrading Program
June9
July 7
August 11
September 8
October 8
November ro
December II
.
Marine Electrlc111 Maintenance
August 18
Marina EleetrQnlcs
Jµne 2S'
September 29
Refrlgeratfon Systems maintenance
& 0 perations
June 23
September 29
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Jolln W. l'onti
Seafarer Frl'd
Goodin, 21, i~ a
1978 3r.ad uate of
cbc Piney Poin1
Emry Training
Program. Last
year he upgraded 1 to AB
there. "Brother
Goodin earned
the lifeboat. CPR and firefighting
cl'ldo~ents. He lives in Seattle
and ~hi(!S from au pons.
Seafarer John
\V . PonIi. 26,
graduatl'd from
the H LS in 1977.
The next year he
upgrQJrd to
FOWT there
and in 1980 he
earned his
QMED there
He bofdj rhe lifeboat. firefighting
and CPR ticke1s Brother Pon1j was
born In Ulwrence. Mass.. live& in
Andover. Mess. and ships out oftlic
ports of Boston and N~w York.
'
Upgraders
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C1staga1, 25.
~
I
..
.
the HLS in 1978,
In 1979. he
upgraded to AB
there. He has the
firefighting, lifeboat nnd CPR
tiakots. Brother
Miller was born in Camden. N.J .•
lives and ships out of the port of San
Francisco.
. Jdfr~y Michael Past
Seafarer Jeff
Page. 25. is 11
19711
Pin~y Point
graduate, Brother Page got his
GED diploma
there Iii well as
upgrading to
FOWT. Re has
the CPR, fire-'.
fighting and lifeboat endoncment.s.
Born in Washington. D.C.. he
resides in Roclwlllc. Md. and ships
out of the port of Baltimore.
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El Paso
Silvano Giacalont
23. is a 1976
graduate of lhe
R LS Trainee
Prugam Heupgraded 10 AB
there in 1978.
Brother Straver.>
has the CPR.
lifeboat and flreligbting endorsements. A na1ive of Glthdalc. Calif..
he lives in Monterey. - Calif. and
ships out of the ports of San
Francisco and HouSton.
Here are some very
good reasons for
QMED's to take the
Automation
Course at
HLSS
Seafarer Si1v11110 Giacalone,
24. graduated
from
Pine y
Point in 1973
when he earned
his GED dip-
loma. Broe her
Giacalone got
his FOWT last
year. He holds the firellgh1ing.
lifeboat and CPR tickets. And he
"plays the Oure and likes to paint
once in a while.• Born in Tunis,
Tunisia, lie ships our of the port of
New York.
Joseph Michael
Sc11farer
~oseph Michael •
2.S. grad u111cd
Crom the H LS In
1973, upgrading
to 1-ow·1 in
I 97l. He cook
the Refrigeration and QM ED
Course.• at the
Point in 19711. Brother Michael
holds the lifeboat. CPR and
firefighting tickets. He livb and
•hips oul of the port ol Ball imore
<'.arr R.
~
Seafarer Gal')
R. Dow, 211.
graduated from
the HLS in 1978.
In 1979, ht up-
KemHth Mark l.dby
Seafarer Kenneth Mark Leiby
27. ~iaru:d sailln3 in 1972. Ile
got hil. AB endorsement at Ihe
HLS in 1977,
Bn•I her Leiby
hes the lifeboat.
flr~fighting and
CPR lll:keL!o. Jte'.s ftom the port of
Balllnton:i. live• there with his wil'e
Michelle 11nd llhips 0111 of 1111 pur1$.
~
(Energy rransport). And he bas the
C PR , firefighting and lifeboat
endorsements. Helives in Arlington.
Va. and ships from all ports.
Seafarer Dan-
graduated from
graduated from
the H LS in 1977.
Brother Casiagna got his
QM.ED the' first
·L . of the year. He
Ila~ sailed on the
11 ~ .
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Daniel Miller
ny Miller, 25,
Carl Cast11na
Scafa rer Les-
ley R. Stravers,,
Seafarer Carl
Keltb J. Sabot
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Seafarer Kritb
J. Sabot, 28,
graduated from
Pine)' Point in
1971. He earqcd
his OED dip·
loma there. too.
Ho upgrndcd to
fircman-watc rte n d c r
(FOWT) in 1978 in the po" of New
York. Brother Sabot holds the
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
(CPR), firefighting end lifeboat
endorsements. Born in Scranton,
Pa.. he resides and shipt< out of the'
port of New York.
Lesley R. Strann
Fred GooClin
graded
10
FOWT Brmher
,, Dow hos
,,.~worked in dilfefeot areas of
lhc murittmc induStry since 1972."
He hi\~ bis fin;Ogntint!. Hreboat and
CPR tickets. Born ip 8r!dgpport.
Conn .. hc-r~id~ in Capt- Eli7.11beth.
M~. and ''!;lilt~ out o( any 11nd all
starts~
It
September 15
Enroll today so you can earn more on
your job.
Co,Ptact the ffany Lundeberq School of Seamanship
or fill out the application in this issue of the Log.
Monthly Membership Meetlap
Purl
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DROZAK URGES MARITIME PLANK IN DEM PLATFORM
DEEP-SEA MEMBERS GET 12.83% INCREASE
HOUSE PASSES OCEAN MINING BILL
LINDSEY WILLIAMS IS NAMED N.O. MARITIME MAN OF THE YEAR
HOUSE PASSES OCEAN MINING BILL
SIU TOAST OF UNION INDUSTRIES SHOWCASE
SIU'S ED TURNER IS PROLLER CLUB'S 'MAN OF THE YEAR'
SEN. INOUYE, TRUE FRIEND OF MARITIME GETS AWARD
MEMBERS VOTE 'YEA' ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SENATE OK'S $567M FOR MARITIME SECURITY
AFL-CIO RULING CONFUSES TUG JOB JURISDICTION
ALGERIAN LNG PRICE SQUEEZE TURNS OFF GASS
NEW ARTICLE XX CHARGES FILED AFTER SIU BOAT IS STOPPED IN N.Y.
DROZAK, MCCLOSKEY SQUARE OFF OVER MANNING
MTD ASKS GOP BRASS TO SUPPORT U.S. MERCHANT FLEET
SIU WINS JURISDICTION BEEF ON S-L CRANE JOBS
SIU CREWS ANOTHER NEW DIESEL, S-L EXPLORER
NEED MORE GOV'T. SUPPORT FOR LAKES FLEET
U.S. DREDGES SHOULD GET DIEGO GARCIA PROJECT
MARITIME DAY - AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE
SMALL VESSEL MANNING BILL FLIRTS WITH SAFETY
HOW SWEET IT IS! SUGAR ISLANDER VISITS BALT.
A HISTORY OF THE SIU
U.S. CAN'T AFFORD ' FREE TRADE IDEOLOGY'
NEW TUG RUN FOR SIU LINKING, NORFOLK, BALT., PHILLY
EFFORT UNDERWAY TO RESUME SPR PROGRAM
USPHS SETS UP 24-HOUR, TOLL-FREE HOTLINE
DIESEL... THE POWER OF TODAY AND TOMORROW
FROM HLS GRAD TO CPR EXPERT AND 3RD ENG.
JOE ALGINA, FIRST-RATE ALL THE WAY, RETIRES
NEW IOT TUG, INDEPENDENCE, JOINS SIU FLEET
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1980
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OR virtually his entire life, Paul Hall worked in total dedication to build
this Union—our Union—an organization of, by and for seamen. ^
He was a man of action and tremendous ability. The words *quit' or 'rest'
never found their way into his vocabulary.
He was a leader in every sense of the word. And he led our Union with
strength, courage, compassion and integrity.
Paul Hall backed down from no one. No matter how big, tough or powerful
the opposition appeared to be, if there was a fight that had to be fought, Paul Hall
fought it.
I stood by his side in many of our Union's toughest battles. He led us in these
fights with skill, tenacity and tireless enthusiasm. He never did anything half way.
As a result, the SIU usually came out on top holding the banner of victory.
But win, lose or draw,one thing is for sure.Paul Hall never lost his motivation to
surge headlong into a battle. He hated the idea of complacency, because he
understood that the survival of our Union depended on the ethics of hard work and
constant vigilance. He lived out these ethics every day of his life.
He had a deep realization that he was a product of his times. He, along with
thousands of other seamen, suffered the indignities of the early days. He sailed
during a time when a seaman was considered and treated as a third class citizen.
He tasted the bitterness of indecent wages and conditions. He saw the despair
of oldtimers who had no where to go and nothing to show for a lifetime at sea.
Paul Hall's life was a constant struggle to right these wrongs—to continually
improve the lives of American seamen—to insure that seamen could always live,
work and eventually retire in dignity.
Paul Hall believed in people. He believed in youth. He understood a young
person's needs, desires and aspirations.
He never passed up an opportunity to give a young person a b^eak. He gave
me my first break when I was 16 years old.
He has done the same for thousands more throughout the nation. The Harry
Lundeberg School of Seamanship is a living monument of his belief in the youth of
this nation.
Above all else, though, Paul Hall realized that no man is indestructable. He
always worked and planned for the future. He fought to accomplish things and
achieve things that would endure beyond his lifetime.
He did the things he did because he felt they were right for seamen and right
for the SIU.
During his lifetime, Paul Hall afchiwd more for American seamen as a class
of workers than anyone in the history of the seamen's movement.
For his efforts, he gained the respect and admiration of the entire labor
movement and the entire American maritime industry.
He has left us a Union strong of character, deep in tradition and united in
purpose. He has left us a legacy of achievement, fortitude and trust.
The best tribute that we can pay to Paul Hall is to continue his work. We must
continue to build upon the cornerstones of his achievements. We must continue to
move forward. And we must do these things in the best tradition of Paul Hall and
the SIU—with aggressiveness, brotherhood and dignity.
As his successor, I pledge myself toward achieving these goals.
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Hall Dies of
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AUL Hall, the man who
built our Union with brawn
and brains from a struggling
organization of 500 seamen into
the number one maritime union
in the world, died on June 2^,
1980 at the age of 65.
Brother Paul Hall, H-1, whose
legendary battles emblazen the
SIU's history with a deep tradi
tion of victory, succumbed after
ah eight-month fight against
cancer. It's one of the few battles
Paul Hall ever lost.
Announcement of his death
sent shock waves throughout the
American labor movement and
the world maritime industry.
Union Headquarters was floodedwith letters and telegrams from
the ships at sea and from around
the nation. They expressed deep
sorrow and regret for the passing
of one of the giants of American
labor. They also vividly showed
the tremendous amount of
respect and admiration Paul Hall
earned in his life-long struggle to
constantly improve the lives of
American seamen.
Hundreds of moumers, includ
ing SIU members and labor, v
industi^ and government leaders,
paid their respects at Paul Hall's
wake on June 23-24. Then, 500
people jammed SIU headquart
ers for his funeral on June 25.
Among the 500 were Vice
President Walter Mondale, AFLr
CIO President Lane Kirkland
and New York Governor Hugh
Carey.
The Story Begins
Paul Hall's amazing story
begins in the tiny town of
Inglenook, Alabama. His early
years were marked by poverty.
The son of a railroad engineer,
Paul managed to get through
eight years of scl^ooling.
But his lack of education in no
way deterred him from becoming
one of the truly remarkable
public speakers of our time.
He was a self made man in the
best traditions of America. He
left home at an early age for
work. In his own words, "I did a
little bit of everything, from
riding the rails to boxing."
He started shipping as a
teenager in the very early '^Os. He
shipped mostly in the black gang
as wiper and FOWT. He earned
an^ Original 2nd Engineers li
cense, but never sailed under it
choosing to stay with his un
licensed brothers.
He shipped throughout the
'30s and into World War II. He
was a member of the old
International Seamen's Union. death last month.
When the SIU was founded in
Paul Hall led the SIU in the
1938, Paul Hall was there with a General Strike of 1947 when
small group of other seamen seamen won unprecedented gains
determined to block the East in wages and conditions. He also
Coast seamen's movement from keyed organizing breakthroughs
the very real threat of a takeover for the SIU in bringing Isthmian
by card carrying communist lines (125 ships) and Cities
party members.
Service Tankers under the SIU
He was very proud of his banner.
charter member book in the SIU,
The Isthmian victory was the
H-1.
single largest organizing victory
Paul Hall made his presence in the histroy of the deep sea
feltihimediately. Hewasatou^, sailor's movement. And Cities
hard nosed union activist who Service was the most notoriously
backed down from no one. The anti-union company on the
early waterfront battles left him waterfront.
with ugly knife scars on his arms
Paul Hall, through collective
and legs.
bargaining, also established for
His first official post in the the SIU membership the Sea
Union was as patrolman in the farers Welfare, Pension and
port of Baltimore in 1944. He Vacation Plans, which today
rapidly moved up to become port provide SIU people with the best,
agent in New York and then most secure benefits in the
Director of Organizing for the industry.
SIU Atlantic and Gulf District.
Paul Hall was always the
Then in 1947, he became chief champion of the underdog. By
executive officer of our Union,
1954, the SIU had aided with, as
the SIU-AGLIWD, at the age of Paul used to say, "money,
32. He held this post until his marbles and chalk" a total of 75
at 65
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brother unions in strikes and
organizing campaigns. .These
constant battles to help other
unions earned Paul Hall the
lifelong reputation of one who
got things done and who could
always be counted on for help no
matter what the problem.
Succeeds Lundeberg
In 1957, Paul Hall became
President of the SIUNA succeed
ing the late Harry Lundeberg^ a
post he held uptil his death. In the.
same year, he became President
of the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department. When Hall
took over the MTD it was a
struggling organization made up
of only^ix small unions. He built
it ipto the most active and
Continued on Page 38
Donations Can be
Sent to Cancer Fund
The family of Paul Hall requeste
that anyone wishing to make
donations, please make them in the
name of Paul Hall to the American
Cancer Society Fund.
Frank Drozak Takes Over The Helm of the SKI
Frank Drozak now holds the
reins of leadership for the SIU.
Drozak succeeds the late Paul
Hall as PresidepJ of the S|U for
the remainder of Pr^ident Hall's
term of office.
Drozak takes over as president
as a result of an earlier decision
by the SIU-AGLIWD Ext^utive
Board.
Under provisions of the SIU
Constitution, the Executive
Board imanimously adopted two
motions at a meeting on Dec. 27,
1979 at Union Headqiwrtfits.
First, the Executive Board
moved that by rei^op of Paul
Hall's illness and incapacity.
Exec. Vice President Frank
Drozak was to assume the
President's duties and discharge
the authority, powers and obliga
tion of the office pending Paul
Hall's return. Since then, Frank
Drozak has ably discharged the
o^ce of president.
The Executive Board also
ruled that in the event of
President Hall's death prior to
the expiration of the term of his
office, that Exec. Vice President
Drozak be automatically ap
pointed as President for the
balance of the unexpired term.
The Exec. Board members
who unanimously voted to make
This month, at the July
the recommendations on Dec. 27, membership meeting at Head
1979 were; Joe DiGiorgio, secre quarters, Frank Drozak was
tary treasurer; Angus "Red" given a rousing vote of confi
Campbell, vice president in dence in his ability to dischargil^
charge of contracts and contract the office of President.
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enforcement; Leon Hall, vice
During 'Good and Welfare' at
president in charge of the Gulf
Coast; Mike Sacco, vice presi the July meeting, Drozak
pledged himself *to carry out the
dent in charge of the Great Lakes
duties of President under the
and Inland Waters, and Frank
Constitution of the SIU to the
Drozak, executive vice president
best of my abilities."
and chairman.
The Executive Board's action
He also affirmed that "nothing
was adopted by the membership will interfere with this ship. I
at all regular membership meet intend to keep our Union on a
ings in the month of January steady course, 24 hours a day, 7
1980.
days a week."
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HERE is a very large mural
in the church of St. Paul the
Apostle in New York City which
shows St. Paul before he was put
to death by the Romans. At the
bottom of the mural is a quotation from one of St. Paul's
epistles to Timothy which reads:
"/ }uxve finished my course. I
have fought a good fight. I have
kept the faith.** These were St.
PauTs last words.
Paul Hall was an admirer of St.
Paul and familiar with this
particular quotation. In fact, one
of Paul Hall's favorite expressions of farewell was "keep the
faith."
Paul Hall has now, too,
finished his course which was at
times a very difficult one. But he
somehow always managed to
steer a true course, one which
kept our Union on an even keel in
spite of the often stormy seas that
we have sailed through.
As far as having fought a good
fight, I don't believe there ever
was, or ever will be a fighter the
equal of Paul Hall,
He was a battler who loved the
challenge of a rough, tough fight
of which, during his life, there
were many.
He thrived on a good fight.
One need only ask his opponents
or check his record, as Paul
would say, to confirm this.
When it came to keeping the
faith; Paul Hall did exactly that
and then some. He kept the faith
with all of us. Now it is our turn
to keep the faith with him. I feel,
very strongly that this is the least
we can do. It is what Paul Hall
would want and expect from us.
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How do we do this? We do it by
following the course laid out for
us by Paul Hall. We have a new
man at the helm, Frank Drozak,
steering that course. But Frank is
"new," only in the sense that he
has just taken over the wheel. He
is not a first tripper. He is a
qualified quartermaster and has
the discharges to prove it.
He is a disciple of Paul Hall,
the same as I am. Under Frank's
leadership we must pull together.
We must work together as a team
united in our efforts to reach
those goals that Paul Hall has set
for us and if we follow his
guidance we will succeed in our
effort,
We have some very rough seas
ahead of us. The fight is far from
over. There are many battles yet
to be won, but then life itself is a
battle. That is the way it always
has been and probably always
will be.
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Paul Hall has headed us in the
right direction. It is our responsi
bility now to keep headed in that
direction. We must not change
course. We must not break the
faith."
I first met Paul Hall when I was
18 years old and just starting out
in our Union. It was my good
fortune to have had the oppor
tunity to work for him and with
him down through the years. The
experience of having known him
was one of the greatest and most
rewarding that anyone could
have asked for.
He was a tough skipper, but
there never was a better or fairer
one.
So long, Paul, "smooth sailing."
'He did what he did because he felt it was right'
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HE first time Ed Mooney
met Paul Hall was in a bar
on the West Side of Manhattan.
Mooney was the bartender and
Paul Hall was port agent in New
York. The year was 1944.
It was a seamen's bar, and a
good place for Paul to jaw with
the membership while having a
few cold ones.
Being a big friendly Irishman,
who could play the roles of detec
tive or priest better than the
real thing, Ed Mooney became
friends with many a seaman and
then with Paul Hall.
Before long, Ed Mooney was
on a ship in the steward depart
ment praying to God he wouldn't
be blasted out of the water by a
German torpedo and cursing
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Paul Hall for having put him
there.
After the war, Mooney came
ashore and worked for the Union
as an organizer, patrolman and
agent. When he retired a few
years back, he held the office of
Headquarters Representative.
He had never lost that big Irish
ability to make friends.
But on June 25, 1980, the day
he helped bury Paul Hall, there
was no tantilizing smile on Ed
Mooney's^ face. Tears welled in
his eyes as he performed the
solemn duty as honorary pall
bearer.
When it was all over, Ed
Mooney found it hard to talk, to
recall the old days. But after
awhile, the words spilled out
from the man who is never at a
loss for something to say.
Mooney started out with
endearment: "When we were
young, Paul was a rough son of a
bitch. You know, everyone
thinks that Paul Hall only
shipped in the black gang. But
that's not true. He shipped awhile
in the steward department. One
trip, Paul was sailing cook and
baker. He made some corn bread
this particular day, and some of
the crew refused to eat it and
started complaining about it. The
next thing you know, Paul comes
flying out of the galley looking to
kick the pants off anyone who
wouldn't eat it."
The words continued to flow.
"There wouldn't be an SlU today
if it wasn't for Paul Hall. Nobody
could crack Isthmian Lines or
Cities Service. They were the
biggest finks on the waterfront.
But Paul Hall cracked them, and
we got nearly 150 ships."
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Mooney continued: "The main
thing about Paul is that if you
came to him with a problem, he
made it his problem. You never
got lip service from Paul Hall. If
you needed money, or someone
was sick in the family, Paul
would take it out of his own
pocket and give it to you and then
ask if it was enough. The money
wasn't a loan either. He gave it to
you and wouldn't take a re
payment.
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In happier days, attending the 13th Biennial SlUNA Convention in 1967. Flashing that big
Irish smile is Ed Mooney (left) with close friends (l-r) Rose Hall, Paul Hall and Marguerite
Bodin, switchboard operator at Union Headquarters for many years. I
4 / LOG / July 1980
"Paul did so many things for
the community. He helped all the
local churches and charities with
money, manpower and time, and
As an organizer, patrolman, port agent and
Headquarters representative Ed Mooney
was in tfie tfiick of many a figtit for tlie SlU.
But thie tougfiest job of all came June 25,
1980, ttie day Mooney fielped to bury tiis
friend and Union brotfier of 35 years, Paul
Hall.
never asked for a thing in return.
He felt very strongly about
community activities. He felt it
was our responsibility to be
active and helpful in community
affairs."
Mooney continued: "Paul was
no armchair general. He never
asked you to do anything he
wouldn't do himself. If you
worked 12 hours a day, he
worked 20. If you stood on a
picket line for 8 hours, he stood
12."
The words came slower now as
Ed Mooney fought back a few
more tears. "Paul didn't like
fanfare. He didn't like publicity.
He did what he did because he
thought it was right."
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iv-.;
Paul Hall, the Man: A Look inside
by Max Hall
forced to leave home and seek
AUL Hall's death leaves employment. He boxed men
those who knew him with a twice his age for a quarter a fight.
void that can only be filled by He hoboed. He lugged groceries
remembering who he was and from sun-up to sun-down. He
what he believed in. He was one sent every extra penny he earned
of the towering figures of the home so that his mother and
modern seaman's movement. It is younger brother could eat.
fitting that this edition of the Log
His first big break came when
contain rememberances of him he decided to ship out. He often
by many of his friends and told friends that he owed every
associaties, for no one person thing to the maritime industry for
could ever do him justice: he was giving him the chance to make
a complex man who had many something of himself. As bad as
interests and a seemingly infinite conditions were in the merchant
capacity for growth.
marine fifty years ago, they were
Paul Hall's life read like a infinitely better than the ones
beautifully crafted picture book: Paul Hall had to cope with as a
one compelling image followed fatherless transient roaming a
another. His childhood was filled South plagued by economic
with illness and crushing poverty. collapse. .
His later years were years of
Seamen Were Family
personal triumph. He lived to see
the union he helped establish
He had a Southerner's sense of
become the bedrock of the the extended family. When he
American maritime industry.
joined the merchant marine,
While many segments of the seamen became part of his blood
maritime industry have found line. Even after he became one of
ered, the Seafarers International the most powerful and respected
Union has held its own. Because labor leaders in the country,
of Paul Hall's pereerverence and when he met with Presidents and
leadership, the union is working conversed routinely with cabinet
successfully in Washington to members, every old-timer was his
reverse the decline of the Ameri brother and every trainee his son.
can flag Merchant Marine. It is
That he included seamen in his
branching out to the rivers so that definition of family is a tribute to
it can protect the rights of seamen them, for there was a special
there, and it has helped its bond between the children of
members improve the quality of
Robert and Minnie Belle Hall.
their lives by providing them with Even though they were often
safer working conditions and separated, they possessed a
increased wages, expanded closeness that never weakened.
career opportunities, and topPaul Hall, his sister and four
notch educational facilities.
brothers were always conscious
of being heir to a proud family
The Early Years
tradition. Their father had been
Paul Hall's early years were an engineer for the LouisevilleNashville Line at the time when
rugged ones. His father died
when he was 11 years old. The railroads were exotic and power
pension that was supposed to ful. But Robert Hall was more
have supported the Hall family than just a railroad engineer. He
never materialized. A friend of was a union member. To be a
the family stole it and left Mrs. member of the union in the
Hall and her six children im South at the turn of the century
poverished.
was to take a stand against social
injustice,
often at the threat of
At the age of 14, Paul Hall was
physical violence.
The sailing life suited the
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young Paul Hall. He was able to
provide his mother with a decent
Gives $10,000
Local 810 of the International income. And while a $1.60 a day
Brotherhood of Teamsters has wasn't much, the money was
donated $10,000 in the name of Paul steady and the work honest.
His favorite ports were New
Hall to the New York University
School of Medicine Cancer Center. Orleans and Baltimore. He loved
Dennis Silverman, president of the them because they were cosmo
New York based Teamsters Local, politan. To a young Alabama
called Paul Hall "a staunch friend boy, they were down-right con
and fearless fighter for economic tagious, with their strange sights,
justice." Silverman said his union pulsating streets, and colorful
was calling for contributions from honkey-tonk sections.
others as well.
^ On a cool night, on leave from
P
a ship, with money in his pocket,
it was heaven.
Loyalty His Principle
The seaman's life helped form
Paul Hall. It provided him with a
set of iron-clad principles.
To be more precise: seamen
value one quality above all
others, and that is loyalty. Either
one is loyal to one'is friends, or
one isn't. To be able to quote
Cicero in Latin is a wonderful
thing, but if a person turns his
back on you when you're in
trouble, then to hell with him and
to hell with Cicero.
When Paul Hall joined the
Merchant Marine, it was in a
state of turmoil. Effective control
of the seaman's movement had
passed out of the hands of
Andrew Furuseth, the selfappointed patron saint of the
seaman's movement and one of
the truly great labor leaders of the
twentieth century.
Less competent men were in
charge, and they could not, or
would not, live up to Furuseth's
legacy. Conditions worsened.
The fire that had burned brightly
with the passage of the Seaman's
Act of 1916 dwindled, and
expired.
Out of the ashes of a failed
seaman's movement arose two
unlicensed unions, the SIU and
the NMU, Paul Hall was one of
the 500 men who followed Harry
Lundeberg's lead and became
charter members of the SIU.
Lundeberg an Inspiration
Lundeberg was an inspiration
to the men who followed him. He
would fire seamen up with
speeches; move them with rhet
oric. Paul Hall would often study
Harry Lundeberg's public per
sona. Like any newcomer, he
imitated what he admired in
others. Soon, however, he de
veloped his own forceful style,
one unique to him. Others began
to imitate Paul Hall. The clear
speaking voice, the polished
delivery, the controlled yet
unm'stakeable Southern accent.
He often told people that it was
Lundeberg who first made him
aware of the importance of
communication. "You could be
the most brilliant man in the
world," he'd say, "and it wouldn't
mean a thing if you couldn't
communicate your ideas to other
people. Lundeberg taught me
that. He could read the telephone
book and still capture people's
attention."
During World War H Paul
Hall sailed as an oiler, even
though he had received a second
engineer's rating. Years later,
when he would take time to talk
to a trainee or upgrader, he
would discuss the war years and
his second engineer's rating: "I
sat for my second engineer's,
license because I wanted to prove
to myself that I was as good as
any s.o.b. onboard ship. I never
had any intention of sailing as a
licensed engineer. I liked being
down in the focs'l too much to
leave it. For me, a poor Alabama
boy with only eight grades of
education, getting that endorse
ment was just something I had to
do. It was a test of my will."
After the war, he was elected to
various union positions, includ
ing Patrolman and Port Agent.
In 1948 he became Sec.-Treas. of
the SIU and Chief Officer of the
Atlantic and Gulf District.
Within five years of his election
as Chief Officer, magazines as
different in style as Fortune and
Reader's Digest were running
Continued on Page 7
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July 1980 / LOG / 5
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Political Fights: No One Fought 'em Better
T
HE late President Lyndon
Johnson was philosophizing
about politics this particular day
as he entertained a group of labor
leaders at an informal White
House luncheon.
Johnson had the reputation as
a tough, hardnosed politician
earned during his tenure as a
Congressman and later as a
Senator. But he knew well the
realities of American politics.
Johnson sat back and told the
labor leaders, "nobody gqts
everything he wants in politics.
Not even the President of the
United States." Then he leaned
forward and pointed toward Paul
Hall and said, "just ask Paul
Hall. He knows what I'm talking
about."
Johnson was talking about a bill
he had introduced realigning
certain government agencies.
Part of Johnson's bill was to take
the Maritime Administration out
of the Department of Commerce
and stick it into the Department
of Transportation,
Paul Hall didn't like that idea
since he felt maritime would be
swept into the background in the
Transportation Department,
which handled the . airlines,
trucking and railroads.
President Johnson's bill went
through Congress almost exactly
as he wanted it, with one slight
change. The Maritime Admini
stration was not touched. , It
stayed in the Department of
Commerce.
At the time, one observer said,
"Paul Hall won that one singlehandedly."
The fact that Paul Hall could
almost singlehandedly "beat" the
President of the United States on
a particular issue is no doubt the
highest compliment that can be
Paul Hall supported Jimmy Carter in his 1976 Presidential bid and was the founder of a Labor Committee for Carter's 1980 re-election. Here
Paul Hall meets with President Carter and former Energy Secretary James Schlesinger at the White House.
porters ' started deserting the
sinking ship in droves.
The AFL-CIO Executive
Council took a vote in support of
impeaching Nixon. Only one
man on the Executive Council
voted no. Paul Hall. There was
tremendous pressure on Hall to
make the vote unanimous. But
Hall stood by Nixon because he
had made a commitment to him.
Another case! In the last race
for the mayor of New York, the
SIU supported Mario Cuomo in
the Democratic primaries against
Ed Koch and a host of other
contenders. The first primary was
undecisive. There was a runoff,
The SIU stepped up its support of
Cuomo against Koch. Koch won.
However, Cuomo got the
Liberal Party endorsement and
stayed in the race. Almost all of
Cuomo's supporters jumped to
Koch after the primaries because
the polls showed him way ahead
paid to his ability in the political
arena.
But why did Paul Hall, the
president of a relatively small
international Union, wield such a
big stick in Washington?
The answer is not a simple one.
But probably the best way to put
it is that no one was able to par
lay the resources of the labor
movement better than Paul Hall.
From his early days in labor,
Paul Hall and the SIU were
always the first to lend a hand,
walk a picket line, send assistance
to a brother union. People do not
forget this kind of support. And
in later years, when the SIU
needed support on an issue, the
support was.N^here.
But there's more to it than that.
In the sometimes cutthroat world
of politics, Paul Hall was known
as a man of his word, as a man
who/stood by his commitments
no matter what.
For instance, Paul Hall and the
SIU supported Richard Nixon in
his reelection bid in 1972. After
the Watergate mess hit the fan,
Nixon's bandwagon of sup-
of Cuomo. Paul Hall and the SIU
stuck with Cuomo. He almost
upset Koch. Today, Mario
Cuomo is Lieutenant Governor
of the State of New York.
Politicians, through experi
ence, knew that Paul Hall's word
was his bond. They khew they
could depend on him for his
support. So in return, the
politicians more often than not
gave the SIU theirs.
There was another ingredient
Hall's success, though.
He had a Special charisma, and
innate ability to move people,
whether those people were
standing beside him on a picket
or rubbing elbows with him
in the White House.
Paul Hall did not win all his
political battles. He'd be the first
one to admit it. But you can be
sure he won a lot more than he
lost.
Paul Hall never backed down from a political fight. When it came to the jobs and well-being
or Anierican maritime workers, he was in there for the duration, as many a politician from
residents on down, found out. President Lyndon Johnson,shown speaking with Paul Hall
politi^anenacHy
Advisory committee meeting, was well acquainted with Hall's
The support and advice of Paul Hall was sought after by Democratic and Republican
Administrations alike. In the photo above, Paul Hall lends an ear to John Dunlop, secretary
of labor under President Gerald Ford. '
6 / LOG / July 1980
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�He Cracked Tough Nuts, Isthmian, Cities Service
Paul Hall "was never too
pressed to forget organizing."
So eulogized AFL-CIO chief
Lane Kirkland who remembered
that "in his early years, it was his
genius for organizing that
brought Hall to the forefront of
his union "
Retired Gulf Vice President
Lindsey J. Williams recalled that
"he never lost the desire for
organizing."
'Hard work, long hours and
the ability to weld together an
organization for organizing
drives and getting people to work
together in harmony," was Hall's
"genius," Lindsey pointed out."
Shortly after President Hall
was first elected to Union office
as Baltimore patrolman, he was
named SIU Director of Organiz
ing of the Atlantic and Gulf
District.
Under his leadership, the SIU
was victorious in 1947 in a major
organizing breakthrough—the
Unionization of the Isthmian
Steamship Co. Line—the last of
the big freighter companies to be
organized!
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Isthmian—a U.S. Steel Corp.
subsidiary—with 125 ships and
3,500 jobs, was strictly anti-union
and an open-shop proposition.
Low pay, long hours and sub
standard working and living
conditions peryailed.
While N.Y. port agent in 1945,
Hall set up an Organizing and
Strike Committee with the late
Atlantic SIU Vice President Earl
"Bull" Shepard^ (then New
Orleans agent) as field director,
Lindsey Williams as Gulf di
rector and Mobile Port Agent
Cal Thinner and now New York
Patrolman Ted Babkowski. Aid
ing them were a host of rank-andfile voluntary organizers who
rode the Isthmian ships.
Two years later after a nation
wide organizing drive, the first
and biggest im maritime history,
an Isthmain fleet ship-by-ship
NLRB vote had the SIU the
winner by 1,256 votes over the
NMU's813.
An SIU contract was "signed
then by the then largest shipping
company in the world the day
before the Taft-Hartley Act went
into effect. The contract had
hiring hall and rotary shipping
board provisions included.
The next year Hall was elected
SIU-AGIWD secretary-treasurer
and Lindsey Williams was named
director of organizing. In 1950
another major SIU organizing
breakthrough came about when a
Cities Service Oil Co. contract
was won with 85 percent of the
vote after a four-year fight. The
pact won reinstatement for pror
union seamen in their fleet who
had been fired.
In hearings in 1950, before a
U;S. Senate labor subcommittee
probing labor-management rela
tions in the East Coast oil tanker
industry, especially the anti
union Cities Service Oil Co. of
Pennsylvania, the committee
found that, "It is almost un
believable that any union could
continue in existence in the face
of this combination of legal
stalling and violent anti-union
activity. Certainly a smaller,
poorer and less persistent union
would have been destroyed."
"The probe revealed Cities
Service's stalling tactics and
massive, anti-union operations,
including a sophisticated and
elaborate labor spy system used
to ferret out pro-union seamen in
their fleet. On one of their ships in
1949, 28 of the 32-man crew were
fired forunion activity.
With the company, Paul Hall
testified extensively before the
committee on Cities Service's use
of "crimp h^ses and joints" in
Bayonne, N.J., Jacksonville and
Boston, Mass. and how the
company fostered a companydominated Cities Service Tankermen's Assn. union.
Paul Hail, the Man: A Look Inside
Continued from Page 5
articles on him, describing him as
being "a ,six foot blondish Viking
who stands out physically,
morally and intellectually."
Fought Racketeers
Most of the early publicity
centered around his efforts to
curtail the influence of organized
crime on the waterfront, efforts
which made him a favorite target
of would-be-assassins. Despite
the threats against his life, he
pressed on, for he felt that the
corruption on the waterfront
robbed seamen of their dignity. It
angered him that seamen were
lumped together with crooks and
gangsters in the press, and in the
public mind.
His whole career was aimed
towards imbuing seamen with a
sense of their own worth. He
loved seamen, and wanted them
to love themselves as much as he
loved them.
The '5(^ were a productive
time in the career of Paul Hall
and in the history of the SIU. It
was the era of causes; good and
Independence Crew
Donates $200
The crew of the passenger liner
Oceanic Independence, which just
recently finished her maiden run
with her SIU crew in Hawaii, has
donated $200 to the American
Cancer Society in the name of our
late president, Paul Hall.
bad would never again be so
In 1957 Harry Lundeberg died
clearly or comfortably defined. and Paul Hall succeeded him as
The union fought Communist International President. His
influence in labor. It fought mob career entered a new phase.
control of the waterfront. It
The issues that had dominated
brought integration to the mari the fifties gave way to new ones.
time industry, because in the New issues brought new styles
words of Paul Hall, "segregation and new techniques.
was as demeaning to whites as it
Paul Hall looked around
was to blacks." It helped lay the him and realized that gang wars
foundation for financially sound and labor strikes were only part
welfare and pension benefits.
of the answer. Power was shifting
The beefs were larger than life, from organized crime to some
and so were the participants. thing more unmanageable. Con
Take the great Cities Service gress. There was little use in
Campaign. The union fought fighting other seamen on the
corporate espionage, abusive docks of New York, if some
hiring practices, wiretapping and obscure Congressman could
crimping. It fought to legitimize decimate the American flag
the concept of union hiring halls. Merchant Marine with one flick
It fought to preserve the dignity ' of a pen;
It was the realization that led
of seamen. It fought to prevent
men from having to go to Paul Hall to actively pursue a
waterfront bars and company policy of reconciliation with
flophouses to seek employment.' other unlicensed maritime
If fought, it fought, it fought, it unions. One of his proudest
moments came when the MC&S
fought.
decided
to merge with the
They were all involved in that
beef: Paul Hall, Bull Shepard, Atlantic and Gulf Districts in
Lindsey Williams, Cal Tanner, 1978.
By 1960 he was making a
A1 Bernstein. So was Rose Hall,
only she wasn't Rose Hall then, concerted effort to establish a
she was Rose Siegel. Thfey all presence in Washington. He
worked together, like, a team. became active at the national
They were young and full of level of the labor movement. In
idealism. The issues that they 1962 he was named to the
were fighting for were the kind of Executive Council of the AFLissues that capture the imagina CIO. It was unprecedented for
tion of good thinking people the Council to appoint someone
everywhere. There was a shared from such a small union, but Paul
Hall had special qualities. He was
dream.
able to accentuate his strengths,
even if at times they were severely
limited in number and in scope.
The Seafarers were numerically
insignificant. They didn't have
the funds available to larger
unions. But they had members
who were loyal, who would go
out and help other unions if they
were asked. The Seafarers de
veloped a reputation for standing
by their friends, and that reputa
tion was what helped them get
established on the national level.
MID President
Paul Hall became the Presi
dent of the Maritime Trades
Department at the same time he
became President of the SIUNA.
From a small paper organization
in the early fifties, the MTD has
grown to encompass some 43
unions representing nearly 8.^
million workers. It gaVe Paul
Hall the power base he needed to
become politically active. "It is
one thing," he would tell a class of
recertified bosuns when they
visited headquarters, "for Con
gress to overlook a handful of us
broken down old sailors. It is
quite
another thing for
Congress to ignore 8.5 million
potential workers."
Thanks in large part to the
Maritime Trades Department,
Paul Hall was able to get the
Merchant Marine Act of 1970
passed. It was the single most
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�HE men who stood out
side SIU Headquarters
in Brooklyn on a hot June
morning were Paul Hall's
Union Brothers and his
friends. They had stood side
by side in many a battle for
seamen's rights over the last
40 years. And today they
stood shoulder-to-shoulder
again, white caps on, in a
final tribute to the 'Old
Man.'
On Wednesday, June 25,
1980, three days after his
death at age 65, SIU
President Paul Hall was
brought to Union headquar
ters for the last time. His
casket was laid out on a
white draped dais on the
Union hall's second deck
where Paul had presided at countless monthly member
ship meetings.
Hundreds of people came
to pay their last respects to
Paul Hall on that Wednes
day morning. Hundreds
more had come on the two
preceeding days to his wake
held at Riverside Chapel in
Brooklyn.
,
There were politicians and
union presidents. Shipping
company executives and
port officials. But mostly,
there were Seafarers, the
men Paul Hall loved best.
Quietly they filed past the
casket. The oldtimers who
well remembered the days
when they'd hit the bricks
T
Paul Hall's delivered a
a close advisor and friend.
Following the Vice Presi moving eulogy.
"We are here to celebrate
dent's address. Governor
Hugh Carey of the State of a life, not just to mourn a
New York, a long-time passing," said Carey, who
Continued on Page 10
friend and political ally ^
with Paul, picket signs held
high; when more than one
battle had to be fought for
decent wages and working
conditions for seamen. And
the young men, fresh out of
Piney Point, the heirs of
those early struggles.
For two hours they filed
past, stopping to speak with
Paul Hall's family; his
beloved wife. Rose; son.
Max; daughter, Margo; and
his two surviving brothers,
Robert "Sailor" Hall and
Peter.
At 11:00 A.M., before 500
invited guests who crowded
into the Union hall for the
funeral services, the Vice
President of the United
States, Walter Mondale,
walked to the podium at the
front of the room.
**Paul Hall loved his
country and his country
loved him back," the Vice
President began, delivering
an eloquent eulogy which
spoke of Paul's leadership,
loyalty and dedication id
every^ decent cause .in
America.
Mondale read a message
from President Carter in
which the President said
"America has lost one of its
Union finest leaders, and I have lost
An qiij Old-timer waits outside
flSaSad^s t^ay farewell to PauKHan.
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• Paul Hairs casket was
among his closest friends and IJnion brothers_ i ne
cal Tanner. Frank Drozak. Jo^
in a final tribute to Pa'J'jtScaffey. Ed Turner. Roman Gralewicz. Ralph
Steve Leslie and Anthony Scotto.
July 1980 / LOG / 9
�This mourner was among the hundreds who came to Union
Headquarters on June 25 to pay their last respects.
Attending the funeral service and also serving as
pallbearers were two of Paul Hall's longtime friends,
retired SlU Vice President Lindsey Williams (left) and
Senior SlU West Coast Representative Ed Turner.
Continued from Page 9
Joe DiGiorgio, Ray McKay, Wednesday, June 25, Paul commitment to his Union
Spoke of Paul's passionate Frank MongeMi, Jack Hall was laid to rest in and to all working people,
commitment "to the men Caffey, Ed Turner, Roman Greenwood Cemetery, close which had been the driving
and women of this Union." Gralewicz, Ralph Quin- to the Brooklyn waterfront force of his life.
He talked of Paul's "fierce nonez, John Yarmola, Leon he loved. Herbert Brand,
When he finished speak
loyalty," of his greatnes,s, Hall, Anthony Scotto and president of the Transporta ing, Brand spoke quietly
and of the "tremendous Steve Leslie. The men in the tion Institute, gave a special with Paul's family. He was
difference" Paul's life had white caps stood at attention eulogy before the interment.
followed by politicians and
made to the lives of working with tears in their eyes as
Several hundred people union presidents, shippers,
people in America,
Paul Hall's coffin passed crowded close to hear Brand, shipbuilders. and seamen.
Lane Kirkland, the presi between them.
his words illuminating Paul And the men in the white
dent of the AFL-CIO, gave
On the afternoon of Hall's deep and abiding caps.
the final eulogy. He called
Paul, who had been the
senior vice president of the
AFL-CIO, the Federation's
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that Paul had enriched all
parts of the American labor
movement "with his vitality,
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not a tragedy." But, visibly
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others.
A short funeral service,
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and Chaplain of the Sea
men's Church Institute of
Philadelphia, followed
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At the end of the quiet and
dignified services, Paul
Hall's casket was once again
borne between a double row
of white-capped seamen, the
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the unkind fate that brought it to pass. None of us
has been ready to accept the fact that Paul Hall's generosity
and strength would no longer be here for us to lean on and
draw upon. It is hard for any of us to offer consolation to
others where we can find so little for ourselves. More time
will be needed for that.
You well know that a life so fully and remarkably spent,
though far too short, is a triumph, not a tragedy. The fruits
of Paul Hall's life and works extend far above and beyond
the normal call of duty for any man of any span of years.
They ought to be celebrated here rather than mourned.
As much as any man ever did, Paul Hall combined the
historic mission of the trade union movement: to agitate,
educate and organize.
As a sailor, he was one of_the small band of founding
members who formed the Seafarers International Union in
1938. As a great organizer, he built the SIU into a vital force
in the maritime industry and in the labor movement at large.
As President of the SIU since 1957, complacency never
caught up with him, nor did other burdens ever distract him
from the challenge of organizing the unorganized.
He was always a sailor's sailor, but he was determined
that the waterfront not become an isolated segment of trade
union and national life. He fought to keep the seafarers
squarely in the mainstream of the labor movement and in so
doing enriched all its parts with his vitality, imagination and
leadership.
s the senior Vice President of the AFL-CIO and as President of the Maritime Trades Department, he was the champion of
every beleaguered branch of the whole family of labor—from the struggling farm worker in the field to the white-collar
worker behind the desk or counter.
He was the strong right arm of the AFL-CIO in all of its activities—organizing, political and legislative action;
ecpnomiQ, energy and trade policy; international affairs; wherever we needed his expc^riencCj brains and vigor.
No man ever had more demands made of his time, yet he never shirked or sidestepped a plea for help from his trade
union brothers.' A friend in a jam always knew that he could count on Paul Hall to go the route, all the way and no ques
tions asked.
Paul Hall was a great educator, who lifted horizons and opened the doors of opportunity for untold thousands of his
fellow men and women.
There are many of us who can testify to what we have learned from Paul Hall, both by day and through the long
watches of the night. But his proudest achievement was the creation, in 1967, of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
in Piney Point.
HOSE of us who were privileged to watch this school grow from a dream in Paul's fertile imagination to its present
state know the scope and range of that achievement. To Paul, it was far more than a matter of improving the level of
preparation for the seafaring trade, important as that was to the union and to the industry.
He saw it also as a way to give some of the most underprivileged young people from the city ghettoes and the hills and
backwoods of Appalachia their first real break in life—a chance to free themselves from the trap of poverty and the shackles
of ignorance.
As part of the mission of the school, Paul established a High School Equivalency Program, through which more than
1,200 school dropouts have received high school degrees, as well as training and employment as seamen.
He was ever generous of his time and counsel with young people, whether of high or low degree or station in life. Paul
Hali lives still in the lives of all of us whose paths he touched and raised.
Paul Hall was a tireless agitator for the cause of workers, for more vigorous approaches to their needs, and for the
interests of SIU members and their trade and industry. His constant agitation was often all that kept alive measures neces
sary to keep American-flag shipping afloat in the face of its enemies.
Somehow I know that Paul would not appreciate our letting an assembly of this size pass without a good word for
maritime. He knew, as too few people in power seem to know, that this nation qannot hope to survive, strong and free, with
the disappearance of the brotherhood of the sea and the extinction of the opportunity for Americans to choose to go down
to the sea in ships.
That big red Alabama heart of Paul Hall is now still, but the strong beat of it carries on in the love of his family, in the
memories of his friends, in the union he built, in the solid works that he did, and in the brighter and richer lives of
thousands of young people who got a better chance in life because of him.
Take it on a slow bell, Paul. We'll not soon see your like again.
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AUL HALL loved his country, and his country loved
him back.
He understood the American story—knew the dignity
of work; saw the goodness in our soul; felt the sting of our
injustice; pushed our values into action.
There wasn't a decent cause in America that Paul Hall
didn't advance. Human rights, civil rights, civil liberties,
education, rehabilitation: every fight for social justice had
Paul Hall as an ally.
He put his muscle into the merchant marine—and
made our nation more secure. He put his heart into the
free labor movement—and made our nation more just.
He was a friend not only to maritime labor, but to every
one of his working brothers and sisters—reaching out in
solidarity to the needle trades, to AFSCME, to the
farmworkers, to the taxi drivers, to workers everywhere.
He wrote the textbook on leadership. If he talked
bluntly, and he did—it was because he wanted you to
know how he felt. If he worked around the clock, and he
did—it was because he didn't know what "half way"
meant. If he stuck by his friends when they were down,
and he did—it was because he believed that loyalty runs
deeper than fashion. If he stood by his committhents, and
he did—it was because his integrity and honor meant
everything to him.
And if he stood by you, he did it the way Paul Hall
always did—"Money, marbles, and chalk."
One man Paul Hall stood by is the President of the
United States. I spoke with him yesterday when he was in
Yugoslavia, and he asked me to read this message:
"America has lost one of its finest leaders; the labor
nipvement has lost one of its most respected champions;
and I have lost a close personal advisor and friend.
"Paul Hall embodied the best in the American
character—fundamental decency, unquestionable
integrity, a deep love of his country, a strong commitment
to public service, and a lifelong dedication to the highest
ideals of the labor movement. A poet once said, 'Every
one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it
is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes
and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and
beautifies.'
"Paul used his gift of life, always, for others: for his
family, whom he loved; for the Seafarers, whom he led so
ably; and for his country, which he served with all his
heart and ability. The trade union movement is a more
vital institution; New York is a more humane, progressive
state; and America is a freer, more just, stronger nation
because of Paul HalFs life and work. My heart and
prayers go out to Rose, to Max and Margo; to Frank
Drozak and the Seafarers Union; and to all those who
will remember Paul, as I will, with love and respect
and warm memories." Signed, Jimmy Carter.
Paul loved to read. He loved history, and poetry, and
anything that had to do with the sea. And I recall this
morning some words he knew by heart:
"I must down to the seas again, to the lonely «ea and
the sky.
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by...
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellowrover.
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long
trick's over.
Paul's quiet sleep and sweet dream have come. We are
blessed to have had him among us.
"There wasn't a decent cause in America
Paul Hall didn't advance. Human rights, civil
rights, civil liberties^ education, rehabilitation.
Every fight for social justice had Paul Hall as
an ally."
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ilterMondale. N.y.Governor Hugh Carey, and, AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland.
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Seafarers and politicians, shippers and union
Presidents filed through SlU Headquarters on the
morning of June 25 to pay their last respects to Paul
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NCE or possibly twice in each of our lifetimes we
meet someone who sums up for iis all the things we
had imagined a great man to be.
Paul Hall was such a m^n.
A self-educated workingman incapable of pomposity
or pretense, he was as much at home with deckhands as
presidents.
Although he lived and struggled 4n the rough and
tumble world of the labor movement, he was a gentle
man, devoted to his wife Rose and their two children.
An idealist and a reformer, he never forgot the makeit-or-break-it arithmetic of a paycheck, nor was there any
group of workers so lowly or unimpottant that he didn't
care about their rights, their wages and their future.
Above all else, Paul was a battler.
Some of the battles he chose himself.
Others were forced on him by those who imagined they
could turn the labor movement to their own ends.
Yet union busters couldn't break him.
Extremists couldn't break him.
He was a man who couldn't be bought off, or
compromised, or dismissed or silenced.
And at the end, in the face of what he knew was a
terminal illness, where there might have been despair,
there was still that same indomitable spirit.
Paul simply didn't know how to give up.
Sooner or later, anyone who worked with him or
fought against him learned that he was willing to die as
well as live for what he believed in.
And because Paul lived by this faith, because \ he
believed the Bill of Rights meant what it said, because he
was fiercely loyal to working people, his life made a
difference—a tremendous difference.
I say that first of all because he was my friend.
In the hours I spent with him in this hall he shared with
me the dreams and visions he had for the labor
movement.
I saw and heard for myself the depth, the passion of his
commitment to the men and women of this union.
But his outpouring of energy and spirit sought nothing
in return.
His friendship came without I.O.U.'s.
That friendship is the common bond herfe this morning,
drawing together people of different regions and races
and reljgions.
It reaches out beyond these walls to the millions of
working people who didn't know Paul personally but who
are better clothed and fed and educated because he cared
about them and made their struggle his struggle.
To Paul it was all summed up in what he called "The
Movement."
The Movement was everything, that worked to create
human happiness and dignity and freedom.
It embraced seamen, taxi drivers, farni workers,
whether black, or white, male or female. Northerner or
Southerners.
The Movement was like the ocean Paul had grown up
on—boundless, inexhaustible, relentless.
And for many of us, Paul himself came to embody that
Movement, its strength and breadth and soul.
Now it is his legacy to us, a legacy enriched by his
example and his mempry.
Perhaps then^ in spite of the real and terrible sense of
loss we feel today, we should remember that death is too
weak a thing to obliterate the goodness and greatness of
this man's work.
That we are here to celebrate a life and not just to
mourn its ^passing.
I think Paul would have wanted it that way, choosing
for himself the words with which his namesake, St. Paul,
took leave of his friends:
You and I were together in the same fight.
You saw me fighting before you and,
as you have heard, I am fighting still.
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Death is too weak a thing to obliterate the
goodness and greatness of this man's work.
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flags at all government buildings flew at half
mast on June 24 and 25 by order of N.Y.
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for Paul Hall on June 25.
Plumber's Union President Martin J. Ward, who served
with Paul Hall on the AFL-CIO Executive Council was one
of many union presidents who attended the funeral.
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But it is a separation that is only physical. Our ties to
Paul and memories of him will be everlasting because he is
bound in us and we are bound to him.
We have heard stirring and accurate things said about
Paul in the earlier eulogies, but there are other sides of our
dear friend that we must recall. Paul's great love was
people. He loved to be among them and he was fascinated
with being involved with people as they were fascinated
by him. His relationship with people really was his
religion.
Paul enjoyed his life, which was full, although too
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into his 65 years.
We knew Paul to be kind and we knew him to be tender,
and we knew him to be loving, and we knew him to be
tough. And in a world that could be cruel, Paul could be
cruel when the situation demanded it. He was careful not
to openly show affection, but we know that beneath that
veneer there was a humaneness and a compulsion to help
others. And, particularly, he was attracted to the cause of
the underdog.
Paul's passion about people cut across all lines. Who
among us has not felt the warmth of his charm and
affability? Who among us has not been a beneficiary of his
generosity and charity? Who among us has not been
.inspired by his words of encouragement and support in
moments of stress and darkness? Who among us has not
been strengthened by his unswerving loyalty and
commitment?
Yes, to us Paul was a man of love with a tremendous
compassion for people. All of us have been lifted by his
inspiration in times of defeat and despair. Of course, Paul
would deny that he was a man of love. He would deny it
for fear it would be taken as a sign of weakness in a world
where it was necessary to be tough and sometimes even
cruel to survive.
Paul was a most magnanimous man. He cared greatly
for his family, his friends and trade union brothers. And
the measure of his caring were his deeds. His style, his
thinking, his values have had a profound influence on the
lives of all of us.
And so. Rose, Margo, Max, Robert and Peter, it is for
these reasons that now begins what will be our everlasting
memories of this great man who was a dear friend to us
all.
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1947. It was held in Chicago. Paul Hall is third from right in middle row. Also in photo are,
from left, bottom; Earl Sr lith, John Morgan, Harry Lundeberg, R.D. Thompson, and Charles
Brenner. Middle row, rrom left: John Massey, W.H. Simmons, Bob Dombroff, Sonny
Simmons, Paul Hall, Morris Weisberger and Ed Coester. Back row from left: Red Gibbs,
Einar Nordaas, Fred Farnen, Cal Tanner, Tom Hill, Herbert Jansen and William McLaughlin.
The SlU was alway out front to aid brother Unions. Here Paul Hall, left, presents an official of
the insurance_ workers a check to help in a strike effort in Brooklyn.
Paul Hall lead a band of white hatted Seafarers up Broadway in a Labor Day Parade in New York in 1959.
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then NMU president Joe Curran protesting against the
influx of run-away flag ships into the U.S. trade.
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ji^g ^elp the SlU gave them in a strike beef. Along with him in
the photo is now retired SlU Vice President Lindsey
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Paul Hall joins SlU members on the picket line in support of
the Building Trades Unions in a beef in 1962 in New York.
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At the 1967 AFL-CIO-Convention. Paul Hall shares a story with A. Philip Randolph who
bucked the nation's biggest railroads to found the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Randolph, the Porter's first president, was a life-long activist for civil rights, organizing the
1963 March on Washington, the largest demonstration of its kind in U.S. history.
paul Hall greeting one of labor's most dedicated supporters, Vice President Hubert
Humphrey, in 1,967.
Senator Robert F. Kerwiedy and Paul Ha* irt the early 1960's.
When the SlU received a Certificate of Life Membership to theNAACP in June, 1964, the
Rev; Martin Luther King, Jr.. was on hand to congratulate S(U President Paul Hall.
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a luncheon meeting with then-President John F.Kennedy and AFL-CIO President George
Jyleany (to Kennedy's right) in 1963, alongwith members of the AFL-CIO executive council.
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were AFL-CIO President George Meany (to Johnson's right) and UAW President Walter Reuther (at Johnson's feft).
Paul Hall held a"'shirt sleeve" press conference in Jan. 1961, following
a meeting with I^.Y. Governor Nelson Rockefeller and N.Y. Mayor
Robert F. Wagner.
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AFL seamen and dockworkers against an effort by
communist dominated CIO unions to muscle in on the New
York waterfront.
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. At a recent Port Agents conference, SlU President Paul Hali
makes a point as Frank Drozak, then SlU Executive Vice
President listens on.
Paul Hall paid frequent visits to the Hqfry Lundeberg School
in Piney Point, Md. This one was in the spring of 1979.
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^P''® ('"0 American Institute of Merchant Shipping Pres. James Reynolds: Shipbuilders
Council Pres. Edwin Hood, Asst. Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, Andrew Gibson and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Chaplin Rev. Cmdr. Donald F. Kingsley look on.
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MID President Paul Hall welcomes Puerto Rico's Governor CarlosRomero Barcelo (left)
Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall at MTD Convention In 1977.
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�Paul Hall was no stranger in the Oval Office. Here he meets with President Gerald Ford in March. 1975, following an earlier meeting with Ford. Hall and other maritime leaders.
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Following a meetingSpf President Carter's Export Council the President speaks with SlU
President Paul Hall, vice chairman of the Council and other Council memtjers.
PaulHallwithPresidentNixoninOcL.1972.followingannouncementthatHallwasheading
up an industrial-maritime commission for the President's re-election.
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Following a 1976 General board meeting of the AFL-GIO, Paul Hall and President Jimmy
Carter exchange a few words.
At 1977 AFL-^CIO Convention SlU President Paul Hall greets AFL-CIO President George
Meany and I.W. Abel (center) president emeritus of the United Steelworkers of America.
Both long-time advocates of international human liberty Paul Hall (left) and AFL-CIO
President George Meany (right) flank exiled Soviet Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at 1975 AFLCIO Convention.
SlU President Paul Hall addressed a monthly membership meeting at Union Headquarters for the last time on Nov. 5.1979, where he told Union members about the Union's progress on the
organizing, collective bargaining and polit
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It is with deep regret that we receive the news of the passing of Paul
Hall.
While he will no longer be with us personally, he leaves behind a living
memorial through the American ships at sea today, and every seaman
aboard them.
•Because of his lifelong work, on behalf of his shipmates, each of us can
walk proudly, better persons, with better conditions under which toJive
and work.
No man can strive to do more. He will be sorely missed.
Officers and Crew,
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Edgar Anderson, Ship's Chairman
Brothers:
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The crew of the Overseas New York would like to express their sadness
at the passing away of brother Paul Hall, a man pivotal in making the
Seafarers International Union the institution it has become in the last two
decades. As one we mourn the death of an exceptional leader and a man
which history may very well call great. Please accept this short note as an
expression of our regret and an offer of condolences to his family.
Respectfully,
Curly Welch, Bosun
and crew of the
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Mrs. Rose Hall:
The news of your sorrow has just reached us. I think I can realize your
loss because I know how empty my world seemed when we heard of the
passing of our Union President Paul. It will be very hard for all of us who
knew him well to carry on "without him. But we can be glad it was our
privilege to have come in contact as long as we did with such a very lovely
person. We shall always remember his kindness and strength.
Very sincerely.
Ship's Chairman and
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Crew of the 55* Sea-Land Exchange sends their deepest sympathy for
the passing of our fine President Paul Hall.
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Vemer Poulsen, Ship's Chairman
SS Sea-Land Exchange
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In reply.Torthe message received that our Union President passed away,
we express sadness and condolences to Paul Hall's family.
Crew of SS John Tyler
Sympathy and love to the family and loved ones of Paul Hall from the
crew and officers of the Cove Communicator. We share your grief and
great loss to seamen and the marine industry.
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T. R. McDuffie, Ship's Chairman
and Capt. Hiram Glotfelter
SS Cove Communicator
Officers and crew of 5/ T Ogden Yukon Join in expressing heartfelt
regret and sympathy over the untimely loss of our great leader, Mr. Paul
Hall, who certainly will not be forgotten.
Officers and Crew
S/T Ogden Yukon
Mrs. Paul Hall and Family:
May we extend our sympathy and share the grief and sorrow over the
loss of your husband and father our President and good friend, Mr. Paul
Hall.
The Officers and Crew aboard ,
The SS Point Susan
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Brother Seafarers aboard S-L Leader sadly acknowledged news of the
death of President Paul Hall expressing profound regret at this great loss
to the family of Paul Hall and the Seafarers International Union. ^
Joseph Puglisi, P-474,
Ship's Chairman, S-L Leader
The crew of the LNG Gemini mourns with thousands of others the
passing of Paul Hall. He will be sorely missed. Accept and forward our
condolences to his family and all our brothers.
Fraternally,
Crew of the LNG Gemini
The crewmembers of the Point Margo would like to express their
warmest sympathy for the survivors of our late President Paul Hall and
regret the loss of a leader considered irreplaceable by many.
Crew Point Margo
On the passing of our President Paul Hall, we feel a great loss.
Condolences and our deepest sympathy to his family.
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The crew of the Mj V Sea-Land Adventurer extends their deepest
sympathy on the death of Paul Hall, one of the greatest maritime leaders
of the world.
Crew Sea-Land Adventurer
The Crew and Officers of the SS Walter Rice send their regrets on the
passing of a giant of industry and mankind, our brother, Mr. Paul Hall.
He will be missed and never forgotten.
Ship's Committee,
SS Walter Rice
Our deepest regrets on the passing of our President Paul Hall.
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Sea-Land Panama
Mrs. Paul Hall:
With sincere sympathy on your loss from the officersand crew of the 55
Massachusetts.
Our deepest sympathy on the loss of Paul Hall, a great Union leader
and Union brother. We will all miss Paul Hall. He has helped many a
young man.
Crew of Cove Navigator
Our sincere sympathy to wife and family ort the passing of jpur
President, Paul Hall,
The Crew of the 55 Roj/on
Deepest sympathy for Mr. Paul Hall's passing away.
Crew SS Bayamon
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to membership and industry. Please convey sympathies to family.
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1970 concerning passage of the
and police cargo preference laws, Act Hall correctly observed:
by a voice Vote without a dissent
• elimination of the mterert on
"After we have enjoyed the
ORE thanany other per
the construction debt owed
view, we can shake ourse ve
son, Paul Hall was ^ '^TThe''bill was the most^ i^ the St. Lawrence Seaway D
back to the reality of the fight
sponsible for the passage of the portant lepslative »<=»'on
velopment Corporation, as weU that is yet to be won.
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vital Merchant Marine Act of at revitalizing the merchmt fl^
as theTuture interest on thpdeM^
"That fight involves cargo.
since the Merchant Manne Art
. a system to phase out the
"A thousand new ships anthe Vietnam war wound of 1936. That Art had mitiated "runaway- fleets of the unsubchored at every Amencan port
down, HaU
LnS fede^dl subsidies for the mer
won't provide a single new job
stimulus was needed if the U.S. chant marine's liner tr^rt. . '''•itipXr-.hat all com- unless we do our shme m the
merchant marine was to survive
At the time of
ponents of all Amencan^ag
to put
passage. Hall said that the biU ships be made and assembled m .effort
in the 197ffs.
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With that goal m mind, tiau "offers the mechanism ^ f"™®
the United States.
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must be done, D-^ngThe next
became the architect and father new life of vigorous
Chief spokesihan for the bill on decade,' he fought f« |®®f ®
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of the modern merchant
industry that has 1^ neariy the Senate floor was Senator , preference laws, f®' "j'®"
He was to initiate and fi^t for knocked to its knees. ^
RusseU Long(D-La.). H®
trade agreements, and for
many measures to revitto the
Among the P""" *^0 terized the measure as ® Pr^ !mpl®m®^t®»ion of the to ttat
U S. merchant fleet. The 19
Merchant Manne Act of 1970 gram to revitalize our Merely provides American ships with no
Merchant Marine Act was he were the following:
, ^ , Marine AW so that it wiU
iess than 50 percent of govern
ereatest achievement in this area.
I authorization for federal viable and workable in wartime
The feat of getting thB Act funds to help construct 2W new
"CKuccessingettingthe
passed by Congress in the
of cargo vessels over a 10-year ^"senatorwarren G. Magnuson
Merchant Marine Art of 1970
1970 was suitably described atthe
m-Wash), one of the sponsors oassed by Congress and signed by
time by AFL-CIO Secretary- '^"°tmt deferment privUeges for
UtfAct, told his fellow President Nixon jvill prohahly go
Treasurer Lane Kirkland, who is all American-flag
senators that, 'The bUl lays the down as his most outstanding
now president of the ^hor Previously, under the Merchant legislative groundwork for a long
Federation. He called the bill the Marine Act of 1936, these overdue rehabilitation of our legislative victory.
As HaU himself wrote, the Art
•miracle of the 91st Congress.
privileges had only bera available
The reason for that descripuon to 14 liner companies operating ^i^jieedsotoUrl^Pf'"^ "closes out an era ttot heg^_
years ago, and introduces a new
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year when Congress and the
. extension of both construo
However, the Merchant Ma U.S.-flag fleet to compete in the
^ministration had ooj-tailed tionand operating ^taidies^w rine Art of 1970 was on y a
patterns of toda^
bulk carriers. These subsidies h^ beginning. With his usual^ trade
One of the best tributes hat
been available only to the ness, Raul Hall realized that no could be paid to Paul Hall will be
handful of liner operators since matter how good the Act was, it the continuance and full use of
""Jn T?oU-caU vote, the House
was still only a first step. In a
anproved the Act by 343 to 4. The
• authorization for the Seere- column he wrote in the Log m this Act.
Se, with nearly 70 senators tary of Commerce to administer
on the floor, adopted the measure
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learning of Paul Hall's death. These statements were made^a
permanent part of the Congressional Record
Congressional Record—June 25,1980
Senator Jacob Javits
(R-N.Y.)
Sailor's Union of the Pacific
which was headed by Harry
Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, Lundeberg, the founder and the
this past Sunday, Paul Hall, the president of the SIU. Upon
president of the Seafarers Inter Lundeberg's death in 1957, Hall
national Union died of cancer in became president of the SIU and
New York. The entire American also became president of the
labor movement mourns the AFL-CIO's Maritime Trades
passing of Mr. Hall, who served Department.
not only as president of the SIU
Last April 10, I had the
but also as a vice president of the privilege of addressing the thou
AFL-CIO.
sands of labor union officials and
Hall devoted his entire work members who gathered to honor
ing life to seafarers and to the Hall at the annual dinner of the
welfare of seafarers. He began his New York Harbor Festival
working life on the sea as an Foundation. The great outpour
engine room wiper earning $1.60 ing of affection for Paul Hall
per day in the 1930s. In 1938 Hall expressed on that occasion amply
participated in the founding of demonstrated his contributions
the Seafarers International to seafaring generally^ to the Port
Union, in an effort to develop a of New York, and, of course, to
labor organization for seamen the members of the SIU.
Paul Hall was truly one of
that was free of Communist
domination then prevalent on America's great modern labor\
leaders who came to leadership
our Nation's waterfronts.
After service in the merchant during the turbulent decades of
marine in World War H, Hall the 1940's and 1950's. He admir
returned to New York where he ably served not only the seafarers
became a port patrolman, and he represented, but all American
was elected the SIU's Port agent workers in his vision of economic
for New York. In 1948, Hall progress and social justice for all.
became chief officer of the SIU's I join with the members of the
Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes and SIU and with the entire labor
Inland Waters District—one of movement in mourning the pass
two component organizations of ing of this distinguished labor
the SIU, the other being the leader.
United States Senate
Congressional Record — June 25, 1980
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Senator Bill Bradley
(D-N.J.)
Mr. BRADLEY. Mr. Presi
dent, I would like to pay tribute
today to Paul Hall, leader of the
Seafarers International Union,
vice president of the AFL-CIO,
and a truly great resident of New
Jersey.
Paul Hall was a most unique
convergence of intellectual ca
pacity and the common touch,
strength and sympathy, and
idealism and practicality not
often found even in outstanding
leaders.
He fought the good fightsfirst against the Communists who
sought to subvert the purposes of
the Seafarers International
Union during its beginning and,
later, against racketeers attempt
ing to infiltrate union halls and
ships manned by his members.
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and enlightened leadership in the
American labor movement and
in the affairs of our Nation. We
have lost a special citiz^p of qur
country.
Congressional Record—June 24, 1980
Senator Ted Stevens
(R-Alaska)
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. Presi
dent, it is with deep regret that we
note the passing of Paul Hall,
president of the Seafaters Inter
national Union of North Amer
ica for nearly a quarter of a
century. Mr. Hall has been one of
the driving forces in the devel
opment of U.S. maritime policy
and leaves behind him a legacy to
be carried on by his 80,000member union.
Mr. Hall has had a long and
distinguished career of public
service. He has served as Presi
dential-appointee to committees
or commissions under four Presi
dents—Johnson, Ford, Nixon,
and Carter. During his distin
guished career in the American
labor movement, he rose to the
position of senior vice president
of the AFL-CIO.
Mr. Hall has received numer
ous awards for his work both in
and outside of the American
labor movement. In 1973, he
received the labor rights award
from the Jewish Labor Commit
tee. In 1968, he received an award
from the State of West Virginia
for his help in providing jobs for
disadvantaged Appalachian
youth. In 1962, his work in the
urban areas of this country was
noted when he received the Civic
Center of New York humanitar
ian award for his work in rehabil
itating youth offenders.
The list of Paul Hall's awards
and achievements are seemingly
endless. Perhaps, his impact on
the maritime community is best
felt through the graduates of the
Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship in Piney Point, Md.,
which was established by Mr.
Hall. The school's graduates
presently sail on more than 2()0 ) ,
American-flag deep sea ships
world-wide and nearly 500 tugs
and towboats throughout the
United States.
This country has, indeed, lost
not only a great driving force in
the maritime community but also
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Following are the remarks of severalUnited States Congressmen
on thefloor of theHouse of Representatives after they had learned
of the death of SIU President Paul Hall. These statements were
then printed in the official Congressional Record.
Congressional Record—June 24, 1980
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Mr. Speaker, the death of Paul
Hall, one of America's most
exceptional and distinguished
public figures, removes from th^
scene one of the American labor
movement's finest statesrnen. I
numbered him among my closest
friends, and I am therefore
doubly saddened by his passing.
Paul exemplified the best in
public-spirited, highly moti
vated, and patriotic service to his
brother seafarers, the maritime
industry, and his country. He was
a giant of a man whose remark
able successes in life never altered
his modest, self-effacing way.
Paul Hall was a tireless propo
nent of an improved merchant
marine and an aggressive advo
cate for improved working condi
tions for American seamen. No
stranger to the legislative process,
he always insisted upon taking
the high road in developing laws
to enhance the standing of the
seagoing work force.
Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker,
a good friend of the Seafarers and
a dominant force in America's
maritime labor movement for
four decades, Mr: Paul Hall,
passed away Sunday afternoon,
June 22, at Columbia Pfesbyterian Hospital.
Mr. Hall was president of the
Seafarers for nearly a quarter of a
century. He joined the union as a
charter member In 1938, in 1944
he was elected the New York port
agent of SIU's Atlantic and Gulf
district, and was elected the chief
executive officer of SIU's Atlan
tic and Gulf district in 1947.
Mr. Hall was also a senior vice
president of the AFL-CIO and,
since 1957, president of its 8million-member
Maritime
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department of the AFL-CIO.
For his contributions to the
maritime labor movement and
for his decision toward the
advancement of the disadvan
taged youth of this Nation, Mr.
Hall has received numerous
awards.
Mr. Hall's proudest achieve
ment, was the establishment of
the Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship in Piney Point, Md.,
in 1967 for the training of young
people for careers in the
merchant marine. Graduates of
this school can be found aboard
more than 200 American-flag
deep sed ships and 500 tug and
tow boats throughout the United
States.
We will remember Mr. Hall's
achievements, his friendship, and
his devotion to the labor move
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Congressional Record—June 25, 1980
Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, I
wish to note with extreme regret
and deepest sympathy for his
family, the passing of one of
America's truly great leaders,
Paul Hall, president of the
Seafarers International Union of
l^orth America.
I have known Paul Hall for
many years and have been the
grateful recipient of his personal
support and the support of his
organization.
In his nearly four decades as a
labor leader, he has been one of
the most articulate, forceful, and
effective spokesmen for the
working people of this Nation.
His contributions to our society,
and in particular to the society of
the maritime industry, are impor
tant, progressive accomplish
ments which I predict will stand
the test of time.
As an active member of the
Merchant Marine Committee, I
understand the importance of
having Paul Hall on your side.
His help and support in pass
ing the Merchant Marine Act of
1970 was indispensable. Without
him, I do not think it an over
Representative John Dingell tion to the largest and most active
and
politically influential
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Congressional Record—June 25,1980
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statement to say, there would
have been no Merchant Marine
Act.
I truly feel that Paul Hall
deserves the thanks and recogni
tion of Congress and the nation
for his contributions to the
betterment of our way of life.
And for his unsurpassed
achievement in giving the U.S.
maritime industry a present and a
future, 1 would like to offer a title
for Paul Hall fitting his accom
plishments. With great pride for a
true friend, I suggest the simple
phrase 'Tather of the Modern
American Merchant Marine."
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Paul Hall was a gentleman of
great distinction, high accom
plishment, and vast wisdom. Hi^
loss, while severe, is made easier
by the realization that he leaves
behind one of America's finest
labor unions, the Seafarers
International, under strong new
leadership, fashioned in his
image.
Congressional Record—June 25, 1980
HON. FRANK THOMPSON, JR.
OF NEW JERSEY
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, June 24t 1980
Mr. THOMPSON. Mr
Speaker, the Nation and the
labor movement are diminished
today by the death of Paul Hall,
who guided the Seafarers Inter
national Union for the past 23
years as its president. Paul Hall's
impact on the labor movement
went far beyond his role as leader
of the SIU. He was an effective
and vocal spokesman for the
rights of all working men and
women and for the Nation they
served. Paul was one of a rela
tively small group of seamen who
joined together in 1938 to orga
nize the SIU. He knew at first
hand the problems of the men
who man our ships for he sailed
himself as a wiper and as an oiler.
He knew the men who were his
shipmates and he devoted his life
to improving their wages and
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know, he was an articulate and
outspoken proponent of a strong
American merchant fleet.
Generations of young men and
women who will go to sea in the
years to pome will be indebted to
Paul Hall and his leadership in
establishing the Harry Lunde
berg School of Seamanship
which opened in 1967 in Piney
Point, Md., to -train our young
people for maritime careers. It is
my hope that the graduates of
that school will honor Paul Hall's
faith in them, and dedicate their
careers in the American merchant
fleet to his memory.
Mr. Speaker, I join with my
colleagues to extend our sym-r
pathy to .Mrs. Hall and their
children in this hour of their grief.
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Representative Joseph time Trades Department, and
senior vice president of the AFLAddabbo (D-N.Y.)
PAUL HALL: "THE FATHER
OF THE MODERN AMERI
CAN MERCHANT MARINE"
1914-80
Congressional Record—June 24, 1980
Hon. Leo C. Zeferetti
the Merchant Marine Act of
of New York
1970, perhaps the most impor
In the House of Representatives tant piece of maritime legislation
Tuesday, June 24,1980
ever enacted by Congress. The
TRIBUTE TO PAUL HALL, act enabled a faltering American
OUSTANDING AMERICAN merchant marine fleet to rebuild
MARITIME LEADER.
and become more competitive
Mr. ZEFERETTI. Mr. Speak with foreign shipping fleets.
er, it is with deep sadness and
As a result of Brooklyn's
regret that I pay tribute to the proximity to the sea and the
memory of the late Paul Hall, many docks add shipping piers
president of the Seafarers Inter within my congressional district,
national Union of North Amer Paul and I earned a mutual^
ica (SIU), who died June 22 at the admiration and respect, both oii^
age of 65.
a personal and a professional
As a close personal friend of level. We worked together on a
Paul, I can attest to his unique number of projects designed to
leadership qualities as well as his revitalize the New York City
warmth as a human being. .
Harbor, and the increasing vol
Paul Hall represented the ume of maritime trade and
epitome of the American work commerce passing through the
ethic, having begun his career in city's harbors stands as a testa
the 1930's as a fireman sailing out ment to Paul's leadership within
of his home port of Mobile, Ala. the industry.
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He joined the SIU as a charter
Above and beyond his profes
member in 1938 and worked his sional achievements, Paul Hall
way up through the ranks to never lost the warmth and charm
become president of the union in that made him so popular with
1957, where he worked tirelessly his many friends and acquain
in shaping the organization into a tances. We became fast and
thriving and vibrant union with a lasting friends, and I will sorely
membership of more than 80,000. miss his expertise and advice in
In addition to his role in the SIU, the years ahead, a time so crucial
Mr. Hall served as president of to our merchant marine fleet.
the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Mr. Speaker, I want to express
Department, which he „built into my deepest sympathies to Paul's
the largest department within the wife. Rose, and to his family. I
AFL-CIO, comprising 43 na also want to assure Frank
tional and international unions Drozak, acting president of the
with 8 million American workers. union, of my ongoing support in
During his brilliant career, attaining the goals for which my.
Paul served as an adviser to good friend, Paul Hall, worked ^
residents since the days of so lohg to achieve. He has
arry Truman, and he was a certainly left us with a good
central figure in the passage of foundation upon which to build.
Mr. ADDABBO. Mr. Speaker,
on Sunday, June 22, Paul Hall,
one of the greatest labor leaders
and humanitarians in this Na
tion's history, passed away. In
honor of his remarkable life, I
would like to take this opportun
ity to pay tribute to a man many
consider "the father of the
modern American merchant
marine." I am sure my distiurguished colleagues present today
will agree: when I say that
America has lost a fighter, and
friend to the millions of Ameri
cans who earn their living from
the sea.
I had the honor of meeting
Paul very early in my Washing
ton career. I knew at the very
outset of our friendship that Paul
was a very special man, full of
dignity, foresight, and compas
sion. For four decades he gave all
the energy his body could muster
to the American maritime worker
and for the American maritime
industry. Paul was President of
the Seafarers International
(Jnion of North America since
1957. He was chief executive
officer of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters
District since 1947, as well as
serving as president of the 8
million member AFL-CIO Mari
ClO. He was lio stranger to
working with Presidents, serving
on various commissions and
Committees dealing with mari
time needs since the Johnson
administration.
He was the chief architect of
the Merchant Marine Act of
1970, legislation many consider
the most important piece of
maritime legislation to be passed
in 50 years. This act enabled the
American merchant fleet to vaylt
into the age of automation and
high technology of this and
future generations.
Perhaps his proudest achieve
ment was the establishment in
1967 of the Harry Lundeberg.
School of Seamanship in Piney
Point, Md., for the training and
upgrading of young people for
careers iil the merchant marine.
He believed in the. youth of
America, considering them a
precious resource that must be
utilized to full potential. For his
work on behalf of youth, Paul
was awarded numerous awards
for his work in providing jobs for
young Americans, especially for
disadvantaged youths.
Paul Hall's passing has left a
void in the maritime industry that
will be hard to fill. His tremen
dous contributions will long be
remembered by those who have
benefited from his work. My
pt;a^rs go with him and are with
hisBevoted wife Rose and his
jMren in this difficult time.
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Newspaper Syndicate. Mr. Riesel, a long time friend of Paul
Hall, Iws specialiaed in labor reporting for many years.
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NEW YORK—"They" tried to frame Paul Hall, the Seafarer.
They, the mob, failed. They tried to execute him. They
couldn't. They assigned a red-headed hood to walk into a
Chicago Chinese restaurant and shove a loaded gun in his face.
The thug was crunched.
I met Paul Hall long ago when I ran all the way to the
Seafarers International Union headquarters when it was in
lower Manhattan on a tip that a man was hanging out awindow
dripping blood.
This wasn't a man. This was a goon with a gun who had
shoved a hot pistol in Hall's gut demanding a card to ship out.
Instead, after Hall slugged him, the gunman was bounced off
the ceiling and the walls and was hung out to dry.
Paul Hall, SIU chief since 1957, won most of his bouts—like
beating the Chicago underworld in the fight over taxi
jurisdiction orstandinginfrontof the Teamsters'jimmy Hoffa's
sleeping quarters once, hollering, corne on out and fight you
gutless—and bring your troops. Hoffa didn t stir.
Last Sunday, battling as he had lived. Hail lost his final fight.
He died of cancer. For almost a year he had defied it. Then they
came to mourn. Some from the White House. Some from
waterfront joints. Most of the nation's labor chiefs. And some
of the country's major corporations' chief executives.
For it wasn't all blood and guts. Hall, at 65, was the AFL-CIO's
senior vice president. He could "belly up" to the bar in any
stinking dockside slop joint, And he could scatologically
outrace the language of any sailor without a year of shore leave.
Yet when he sat in the AFL-CIO Executive Council or with
Presidents of the U.S. and their most powerful aides or with
such corporate chairmen as General Electric's Reginald jones,
he was an erudite ocean transport scientist, a self-made scholar
in governmental operations, taxation, health services costs and
cooperative labor-management planning for the national
good.
Paul Hall, once a 6-foot blondish Viking type, also ran the
most polished, heavily-financed political machine in the land.
Once I heard a world famous analyst observe, "Hall is
Talleyrand, Machiavelli, Disraeli, Golda Meir and john L. Lewis
all in one."
For years. Hall dealt in presidents and with presidents. He
knew jerry Ford when most labor leaders didn't know the
Michigan congressman from a Pinto. In 1976, Hall could have
re-elected Ford becadse "Paul" always played arithmetic
t politics. He had the votes to throw to his old friend Ford. But
the ex-president, after having invited Paul to Vail, Colo., for
conference, refused to back a cargo preference bill which
would have put considerable oil and grain tonnage in
American vessels.
Jerry Ford vetoed that on principle. Hall vetoed Ford, as he
had vetoed other Presidents. Years ago, some union chiefs
lunched with the late President Lyndon Johnson. Irked by
Hall's beating him on a congressional bill, Johnson pointed to
"Paul" and said, "There's the one man in Washington I can't
Cbeat."
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When Jerry Ford killed the cargo preference bill and vetoed
Ihe extended construction trades common situs picketing bill^
Hall geared up his political machine. He worked with tf^^
construction trades unions to support Carter, as he had for
Dick Nixon because the latter had been a "good maritime
president."
Mall maHfk rp>rtain that lerrv Ford would lose New York state.
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But first. Hall got candidate Jimmy Carter to sign a long letter in
the Park Sheraton Hotel here promising to deliver a cargo
preference bill.
Paul Hall watchers knew h'e could swing the "swing-state of
New York.
In 1974, he rolled out the barrels of campaign funds, the
bandwagons, the loudspeakers, the strategy sessions, the
precinct campaigners and pushed a relatively unknown
Congressman, Hugh Carey, through the primaries. And then
helped make him governor. Hall wasn't a one-man band. There
were the other waterfront unions, the longshoremen and
marine engineers, et al. But Hall was the organizer.
He always played for the big political money. It was to Paul
Hall, in the early '70s, that the late Nelson Rockefeller sent
Spiro Agnew to ask for help. In the late '70s Jimmy Carter
dispatched his men to woo "Paul." He didn't need urging. He
knew the value of an incumbent president. So, he gabbed oneon-one with Hamilton Jordan—vyho listened and won. And
Hall sat one-on-one with Charley Kirbo—who listened, too.
And in 1979, Paul Hall created the Carter labor committee. But
Hall didn't go to the White House. When he got such
invitations, he'd defer to his chief, the late AFL-CIO President
Meany.
Hall was "George's" centurion, when the Old Man was
healthy or ill. And for years. Hall built incumbent AFL-CIO
President Lane Kirkland's power base. It always was "Paul"
who kicked off the discussions at the Council meetings which
made final AFL-CIO policy. The newer Council members, and
Lane, looked to Hall.
This is a requiem for Seafarer Paul Hall and not the
"movement." But there will be changes. Who knows what?
In the early 1950's Paul Hall, then head of the SIU A&G District, meets with columnist
Victbr Riesel at Union Headquarters.
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Paul Half: America's No, 1
By GUS TYLER
Paul Hall is dead. After many decades of brawling and
battling, daring and doing, dreaming and scheming on a global
scale, the angel of death came to him on a mission of mercy.
To those who never knew or even know of Paul (and they are
millions) I should say that he carried the prosaic title of
President, of the Seafarers' International Union. Paul would
refer to himself as America's Number One Sailor.
That title Number One Sailor—was much more than a
statement of where he stood in the hierarchy. To Paul, the
phrase summoned up the spirit and the tradition of the men
who go down to the sea in ships and especially of those who
fought the long bloody battles to free the tars from thetyranny
of the despotic captains and their mates.
If you met Paul and judged by his bulk, you would conclude
that this rnan never got beyond talking in four letter words. If
you saw him on a picket line, targeted by some gangsters, you
would conclude that he was "The Hulk" in action.
That was one side of Paul and a side he displayed proudly.
The seas were not made for sissies, especially in earlier days.
The elements were mean. The bosses were brutal. The
colleagues were not concocted out of sugar and spice. The
enemies were bestial and brutal. To survive, you needed guts,
gumption, and an appetite for more.
But then there was the other Paul, the pne with whom my
wife and I spent a long afternoon and evening at his training
school in Piney Point, Maryland—the Paul who spoke with"
flawless grammar and rolling rhetoric, with many passing
courtesies to the fair sex, and with regular references to the
men who wrote the Great Books of Western Civilization.
Paul could read and he did read widely. He was a quick study
picking up by intelligence and by intuition. And, here too, he
was a sailor, because among the wanderers over the waters,
there is a long and honored tradition of intellectuality.
America's greatest playwright, Eugene O'Neill, was a sailor.
3o was Richard Henry Dana, product of Harvard, who wfote
Two Years Before the Mast." So was John Masefield, Britain's
Poet Laureate, who wrote, "I must go down to the seas again."
So was Joseph Conrad. So was my good friend, Noah
Greenberg who founded and led the New York Pro Musica.^
The lure of the sea was hypnotic to many of these creative
minds. The ship was the gateway to exotic worlds. The oceans
were an escape from the insularity of the landlubber. The idle
hours were moments for reading and contemplation. Sailing
was as enriching for the mind as it was toughening to the body.
In the councils of American labor, Paul commanded the
highest respect. Many unions owe their life—their existence
and their success—to Paul's muscle and mentality. He gave of
both generously. In the top body of the AFL-CIO, he was
known as George Meany's strong right arm among the
international presidents.
When Paul came to seafaring he was just a kid out of
Alabama. He had distinguished himself as a bit of a prizef ighter
Then one day, he discovered a great big world out there and he
bullied and brained his way into it—to taste it, to enjoy it, and
then to play his role in remaking it nearer to the heart's desire.
Copyright, 1980, Cus Tyler Columns.
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that Paul Hall founded in 1979 meet with Evan Dobelle (far left), national chairman of the Carter/I^ondale Campaiqn Committee Shown
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president. Communications Workers of America: Paul Hall; William H. Wynn. president, UnitedFood and Commercial Workers InternSonal Un?^r?
BrotherhSdS Rfll^iJrlTA
Union; Murray Finley, president. Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, and Jack Otero vice Sre^d^n^
nood of Railway and Airline Clerks. Not pictured but part of the Committee is Jacob Sheinkman. secretary-treasurer. Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
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�Letters, Telegrams From Across the Nation
Union Headquarters was flooded with letters and telegrams from every
part of the country when Paul Hall's death was announced on June 22.
Here are some of those letters.
Paul Hall was the best company in the world.
I met Paul Hall at the AFL-CIO merger convention in 1955. He was
already something of a figure, lately in the lead in the fights on the New
York waterfront. We started talking about the Seafarers and then about
everything else, about ports of call and grand strategies and the qualities
of men, and never stopped until recent years, talking sometimes into first
light in Brooklyn and Piney Point and the Coachella Valley and other
places. I always hated the talking to end.
There was a heroic air about him, a sense of special fitness forthe job,
the taste of almost unlimited courage of any variety, the utter
commitment you read about in Andrew Furuseth and knew in Harry
Lundeberg, the quality of the rock you saw in George Meany, the look in
the eyes and the bearing of the captain that reminded you so much of
John L. Lewis. We all knew that nobody in the labor movement of his or
any other time had given or gambled more of himself for his brethren and
his country, that he was a special kind of man.
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He was a marvelous friend.
John Hutchinson
Professor of Industrial Relations
University of California at
Los Angeles
Graduate'School of Management .
Maritime labor has lost a giant of a man with the passing of Paul Hall.
He leaves behind a heritage of accomplishments that will enshrine him in
the memory of every seaman. The officers and members of the National
Maritime Union mourn his loss and offer our deepest condolences to his
widow and members of his family.
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Shannon J. Wall,
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President,
National Maritime Union
Please accept my deepest sympathy on the passing of your
international president and my longtime associate, AFL/CIO executive
council member, Paul Hall. For me to praise him would be senseless since
his tremendous record of achievement for his members and for all other
workers will always speak for itself.
My heart goes out to you and the members of the family in this great
loss.
Matthew Guinan
International President Emeritus
Transport Union of America,
AFL/CIO
Mrs. Rose Hall and family
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With sadddned hearts we've learned of Paul's death over the weekend,
and I hasten, on behalf of the officers and members of the Marine
Firemen's Union to extend our sincere and heartfelt sympathy on your
great loss—a great loss not only to you, his family, but to the great Union
he so competently guided as president until he was stricken, and his many
many friends in the maritime industry and the labor movement as a
whole.
It is not necessary that Paul Hall have a monument—hismonument is
every American flag ship that exists today because of his efforts on behalf
of the merchant marine—and every government employe, federal, state
and city, and their families have had a much better life because of his
unselfish assistance to create one of the largest unions in the American
Federation of Labor dedicated to their welfare.
We'll miss his enthusiasm, his foresight, and his ability to keep his
ideals in the main stream of his activities, but sincerely believe his legacy
will live on and continue to be an inspiration to all of us.
sincerely,
Henry Disley,
president,
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Mrs. Rose Hall and family
My deepest sympathy is with you at this time at the loss of your
husband from a friend who had the honor of serving under him. A
member of the brotherhood of SIU.
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Dear Frank Drozak:
I was saddened to learn of Paul Hall's death and wanted to extend my
sympathies to you and the Seafarers at this time.
Paul contributed a great deal to the labor movement and his work shall
not be soon forgotten.
Sincerely,
Birch Bayh
United States Senator
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important piece of maritime
legislation to be enacted in more
than thirty years. Because of the
role he played in securing its
passage, he whs dubbed the
Father of the Modem Merchant
Marine.
Paul Hall's ability , to spot
trends before they actually
occurred was almost uncanny. A
case in point is the Harry
Lundeberg School of Semanship.
When he first devised the idea of
opening a training and upgrading
center for merchant seamen,
people thought that he had lost
all contact with reality. It is only
now, 13 years after its inception,
that responsible industry figure^
realize what Paul Hall knew all
along: the Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship is the only
thing that stands between this
union and extinction. There has
been a technological revolution
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in the maritime industry, aiid
only those seamen with the
proper skills will be able to count
on being employed in the future.
Basically Shy'
Despite his ipany honors and
accomplishments, Paul Hall was
basically a shy man: He disliked
large affairs. His favorife form of
entertainment was to go out To
dinner with his wife Rose. He
preferred quiet conversation to
loud parties: elegant dining to
conspicuous possessions: history
books on the Civil War to
anything else.^
The last year of his life was the
happiest. He nurtured his be
loved wife Rose to health after a
serious illness. Her recovery
brought him great joy. Their lives
had been intertwined for more
than thirty years, When he came
to New York in the forties, she
became his secretary. They came
from two completely different
cultures: he was a Southern
Baptist from Alabama, she a nice
Jewish girl from Brooklyn. Each
gave something special to the
other. He shared Ijis dreams wjth
her. ^he made him aware of
standards and values outside of
his immediate world.
When he fell ill, she rarely left
his side. Every day for ^ght
months, twelve hours a day, sometipies more, she was at the
hospital, guarding him. rfis
family was there, as was his long
time business associate John
Yarmola, who chose to stay with
his old friend. Long after Paul
Hall lost consciousness, members
of the hospital staff came to visit
him, for he had mesmerized them
with his presence. When he died,
there was a sense of loss at the
hospital. Even people who had
barely known him could feel
their lives .diminished in some
unexplained way.
Some people's lives are linear,
others are static. Paul Hall's was
full. Every step he took he took
with deliberation. At every
juncture of his life, he strove to
expand his skills and capabilities.
He was. never without friends or
admirers.
Any person who met Paul Hall
could expect a cordial receptibn.
More often than not, he was able
to bring out something special in
the people he met, and this is
.perhaps the measure of his
greatness. He reacted to every
person as if that person had
something valuable to offer him.
It is the rhre man who can do
that, the exceptional human
being who is able to grasp that no
one man or woman understands
it all,^ that even the humblest
creature can teach you the most
profound lesson.
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�When Underdogs Called, Paul HaM Was There
?tuL Hall was known as a
P
fighter.
He didn't go out looking for
fights, but when his friends
needed help—or when someone
in the labor movement called on
Paul and his "white hats" for
assistance, he was always in the
front line beside his sailors. Paul
especially liked to help the
underdog—^the little outfit fight
ing against big odds and needing
a friend.
One of the most dramatic
examples of his readiness to lead
his men in battle for an underdog
was in the Chicago cab beefs of
1961 and 1962.
Senator Paul Douglas of
Illinois had become interested in
the attempt of Chicago cab
drivers to get rid of the alleged
racket-dominated Teamsters
Local 777, which represented the
Chicago drivers. fight.
A rival organization had been
set up by Dominick Abata, called
the Democratic Union Organizing Committee. In his courageoiis effort to take on the Team
sters, Abata needed all the help
he could get.
Douglas. Abata and Irving
Friedman, an attorney for the
insurgent cabbies, contacted
several big unions and asked for
help. But they didn't get it. For
one reason or another, perhaps
because they hated to tackle
Jimmy Hoffa's Teamsters, these
outfits showed no interest.
Then someone suggested Paul
Hall and the Seafarers, which
had acquired a reputation for
being willing to do battle for an
underdog.
When they asked Paul Hall for tioned the National Labor Re
help the answer was an imme lations Board for an election
diate "yes." Paul felt no qualms based on the allegation that
about pitting his small union of Glimco's local was engaging in
seamen against the mighty unfair labor practices by resort
Teamsters, with 100 times as ing to "threats, intimidation and
many members. He had done it violence." The NLRB agreed.
before in Puerto Rico and he Elections were held, and the
hadn't found Hoffa all that DUOC had won the right to
tough.
represent Chicago drivers as their
During the previous AFL- official bargaining agent. Now
CIO convention Paul had, as the Glimco was out to upset this
Chicago Daily News put it, ruling and take over again.
"denounced Hoffa in words so
With the help of Paul Hall's
strong that the official minutes of sailors, Abata fought off this
the convention had to be phony take-over. It was a tough
amended to printable language.'
fight, with the mob using violence
The Teamsters had been expelled and intimidation to regain
from the AFL-CIO several years control. DUOC came out on top.
before.
In January of 1962, Paul went
A hard-hitting team of SIU to Chicago to present a charter to
men from New York and other the new cab union.
ports went to Chicago to set up
"We sought a charter from
machinery for the cab driver's Hall's union," said Abata,
"because it is a clean union, the
Joey Glimco, who had headed finest union in the world and is
the Teamsters local, had been run by an honest man, Paul
described as "Jimmy Hoffa's Hall."
racketeering henchman." AtJust before the charter presen
torney General Robert Kennedy tation, Paul found himself in the
had ie'scribed him as "one of middle of a fight when Glimco's
Jimmy Hoffa's hoodlum lieu men started a free-for-all at the
tenants."
Hamilton Hotel, where the
The Teamsters were sure that ceremony was to take place.
they had enough money and Paul, Abata and their friends
muscle to overwhelm the sailors drove the attackers out into the
and send them back to the coast sfieet, with Paul decking several
in the process. When it was over,
in defeat.
But it didn't work out that way. he went back in for the ceremony
Paul Hall and Abata and their and the picture taking.
It later became known that this
aides planned a careful strategy
to combat the opposition's habit wasn't the first time that Glimco's
of making the cabbies do what tough guys tried to rough up the
they wanted through threats of head of the Seafarers—or worse.
bodily injury,
When Paul had gone to,
DUOC had previously peti- Chicago late in 1960 to confer
A committed champion of the underdog. Paul Hall never refused a request to help out in a just cause, no matter what the odds. He took his
Seafarers to Chicago ip 1961 and waged a successful fight to purge racketeers from the Chicago cab drivers union. In 1962 he presented
the cab union with an SIU charter.
with dock workers and other
labor leaders, an attempt was
made to shoot him.
They were dining in the Drake
Hotel when the president of a
Teamsters dock workers local
walked up, revealed a gun
beneath the hat he held in his
hand and said "how do you want
it... here or outside?"
Someone diverted the man's
attention. Steve Leslie, head of
the Operating Engineers Union
Local 25, sitting beside Paul,
grabbed the gun and a battle
broke out with a gang of Team
ster sluggers.
"We finally got out of the
joint," Paul recounted later, "but
we had to fight our way out."
From the Drake, Paul, Leslie
and several others went to
another hotel where Teamster big
shots were holding a confab. Paul
^^'ent up to them, handed over a
paper bag and said, "Here's your
gun. I don't want to keep any
Teamster property."
Because the cab drivers had
not received a wage increase for
12 years and because they lagged
behind in various benefits, the
union declared a strike in March
of 1962. Paul and his men went to
Chicago again to help them in
this battle.
When Glimco threatened to
walk in again and take over by
breaking the strike with Teamster
help, Paul drove up in front of
Teamster headquarters and said,
"I dare Glimco or anyone else to
send men through our picket
lines. Glimco is a fink. This is a
battle of the ordinary little guys
against the hoodlums. And I say
we'll fight like hell."
Glimco and the Teamsters did
not accept the challenge.
The strike ended after 20
hours, with the drivers winning a
pay boost, a union shop, a bonus
plan and other benefits.
Thie Chicago cab beef can be
summed up in these words from a
"victory" booklet put out at the
time.
"Despite bverwhelming odds,
a complete lack of finances, the
combined weight of the Chicago
crime syndicate and, the Team
sters, the Chicago cab drivers
have won their struggle."
What the booklet didn't say
was this. The struggle was won
because Paul Hall was a fighter
who never held back from
leading his men when he thought
he was fighting in a good cause.
He instilled that spirit into his
sailors, the 'Svhite hats" of whom
he was always so proud.
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Paul Hail are from the
time I spent at Piney Point during
the often-hectic period of turning
this former naval station into a
training school.
Paul commuted regularly from
New York and , Washington to
Piney Point and there wasn't a
detail he ever missed about the
progress of construction. Every
day he was there. Summer heat or
winter cold, he would mount one
of' the electric golf carts for a
building-by-building, foot-byfoot survey of the operation.
Several times I was shanghaied
on one of thesie inspections,
which meant a four or five hour
ride. My job was taking notes.
Some of the things that
happened during those construc
tion days didn't seem funny to
staffers at the time, but they
brought a lot of laughs later.
Paul, in restrospect, liked to
laugh about them, too.
There was the time, for
instance, when he called the staff
together in the dining room after
dinner for the regular progress
reports... reports as to how work
was coming along at the motel ...
if the grey paint had arrived for
the docks...if the New York
carpenters were doing their
job... if the phones were installed
on schedule...a hundred and one
things that all won his attention.
After these reports were given
it was about 9 p.m. It would be
bed time at most places, but Paul
leaned back in his chair and
li,t one of those thin cheroots.
He turned to me and said,
"Johnny, go up to your storeJohn Bunker is director of the
Seafarers Historical Research De
partment, and a long time friend and
associate of the late Paul Hall.
room with a couple of the boys
and bring down all that nautical
stuff you've got stored up there."
1 had been collecting ship's
wheels, lanterns, pictures and
other things for eventual decora
tion at the "Point."
When we had assembled 40 or
50 such items, Paul positioned his
chair for a commanding view of
all walls and said, "O.K. boys,
let's decorate. Start with that
big ship's wheel."
There was Eric Klingwald, the
steward; Frank Mongelli, Ken
Conklin, Bob Matthews, myself
and several others.
Paul directed our efforts like a
field commander.
"That wheel's too low...up a
foot or so...there, there...that's
better. Move that picture a little
to the left... that harpoon looks
better over there...that figure
head should be in the corner...
a little to the left."
Around about midnight, when
the gear was all hung to Paul's
satisfaction he turned to me again
and said, "Johnny, we need
something big and salty to put in
the entrance to the dining room.
What have you got?"
Paul never liked answers such
as "maybe," "can't," or "1 don't
know."
The only thing 1 could think of
quickly was one of the ponderous
anchors from the old fishing
schooner which had just come
down from Nova Scotia. She is
now known as the James Cook.
"A big anchor!" Paul agreed.
"Yeah, that's just what we need
there."
Turning to Frank Mongelli he
said, "Take some of the boys and
bring that anchor up here."
Frank hesitated...and with
good reason.
The big iron anchor had been
dumped over the side into the
St
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dedication ceremony for the Zimmerman. Paul Half made sure that every last detail was
handled properly during the building of Piney Point.
harbor mud for use as a mooring.
Frank explained the problem.
- :As fa r as Paul was^ concerned,
that was no reason why it still
wouldn't make a good decora
tion.
"O.K., Frankie,"hesaid inthat
soft tone which ho one who knew
him ever mistook for anything
but what it was...irrevocable
firmness. "Take some of the boys
and bring it up."
Armed with flash lights,
grappling hooks, ropes and other
gear, Frankie's squad headed for
the docks.
Along about three o'clock in
the morning the anchor was
laying outside the dining hall. It
had taken ten men to carry it.
In another hour or so it was
flushed clean of harbor muck,
scrubbed and painted.
It was then man-handled
somehow into the entranceway
and set up with a salty spray of
chain and hawser coiled around it
in fine nautical style. By then th„e
first hints of dawn were breaking
over St. Mary's Bay.
Later, some telephone poles
were sawed off and an artistic
setting of pilings was created
around the anchor to simulate
the end of a wharf. But there was
no rush about that, Paul said. It
could be done after breakfast.
To some folks, fishing an
anchor out of an inky black bay
at midnight might seem to be a
most unusual procedure.
But when Mongelli's "anchor
gang" finally cleaned up, warmed
up with jamoke, fired up with
ham and grits and turned to for
another day's work, it wasn't all
that unusual.
They knew Paul Hall and they
knew that when Paul wanted
something done it was "do it
now... not tomorrow."
No Admission Tests! ^Paul' Wanted it That Way
OST schools require tests ' help—the youngsters who needed
of some kind or other for a "boost up" to find a place in life.
He was proud of Piney Point
admission.
and the men it produced. "
But not Piney Point.
Paul was proud of many
And that's because Paul Hall
things.
wanted it that way.
He was proud of how the SlU
He envisioned Piney Point as a under his leadership had become
place where young men who had an influential and respected
member of the world family of
desire and native "smarts" could
find a place in life. He knew that labor unions...influential far
references and social position beyond the size of its mem
and academic qualifications and bership.
He was also proud of what he
all the other rigamorole neces
sary for admission to most had done to strengthen the
schools would eliminate the American merchant marine.
But when Paul talked to
young men he most wanted to
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graduates of the upgrading
program at Piney Point he
almost invariably mentioned one
of the things about his life of
which he was most proud and
which, he hoped, would en
courage these Piney Point boys
to keep on striving,
"When 1 was going to sea in the
black gang," he said, "I figured 1
was as smart as anybody else on
the ship. Only 1 had to prove it.
Saying you're smart doesn't
make it that way.
"So 1 got some books and
studied for an engineer's license.
There usually wasn't anyone else
in the fo'c'sle who could help me
with the problems—like figuring
out boiler pressure and all those
other things they ask you. It takes
a certain amount of mathematics.
1 had to figure it out for myself.
"But after several trips of
battling with the books I decided
1 would sit for my license. And
you know what? I made it. Got a
good score, too. Got an original
second engineer's license. Never
sailed on it because I came ashore
with the union. But 1 proved
something to myself. Like any
one else can do... if they try." .
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by Charlie Svenson
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AUL Hall once told me that
there wasn't a bad kid in the
world who couldn't be turned
around with a little tough love.
From the very beginning the
youngsters who came to Piney
Point were the rough, un
schooled and often rejected kids
f^jom the poverty pockets of
America.
At first they came from
Appalachia, from the hills and
closed-down mining towns of
West Virgiiiia. Later they were to
come from the inner cities and the
farms. They were rough-edged
and unschooled, most of them.
They h^ juvenile arrest records,
many of them. But they were also
proud and restless and eager to
prove themselves. They were like
Paul Hall, himself.
Paul had a special feeling for
these youn^ters. I was v^ith him
many times when he would be
showing someone or another
around the school. One could
sense his pride of accomplish
ment when he pointed put the
boats and classrooms and the
other remarkable accoutre
ments of this really unique
training cenW. But there was
another feeling when he watched
the younger trainees as they
marched and worked and played.
And one could sense that feeling
too. It was that of a loving parent,
Paul didn't show his emotions.
He kept that compassionate part
of his humanness hidden behind
a mask of grufness. Still, those
warm human feelings shone
through.
I remember the times I was
with him during graduation
ceremonies at the school,^and I
can still hear him talk excitedly
about the opportunities that then
lay ahead for those young men.
And I remember that Paul was
there when the first young man at
the school received his diploma
after completing the high school
equivalency program there. His
excitement then was not so much
that the G.E.D, program was
launched, but rather that oneyoung man had succeeded.
It was Paul Hall's living
philosophy that the students at
the Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship be encouraged to
succeed. He believed from his
own living experience that faith
in one's self counted for every
thing. When he talked with the
students that is what he talked
about. He told them that they
were important. He told them
that if they tried they would be all
right. He told them that it was
okay to succeed.
Paul Hall's encouragement to
the young men at the Seafarers
Union training school was more
than his words alone. Hef put his
own unique stamp on tbe educar
tional programs there which
encouraged individual effort to
succeed. There were no entrance
examinations and there were no
final grades. Every educational
program at the school was
designed to help the individual
student. Every teacher and
instructor looked to develop the
individual strengths of the
students.
Many of the young men who
went through the Harry Lunde
berg School of Seamanship never
had an opportunity to talk with
Paul Hall. That's sad. Still, they
all felt in one way or another his
encouragement and his belief in
them. But if they had talked with
Paul they would not have seen
harshness nor sentiment. Rather,
like those who have been with
him, they would have been lifted
by his optimism, tempered by his
sternness, and encouraged by his
geinuine interest in them.
To Paul Hall, Education Was the Key
"Education is for the total
man. As he learns he grows
bigger if not in stature, at least in
spirit. And learning is one of the
most remarkable exercises in all
human endeavor."
Those were Paul Hall's words.
More than that, those words
formed his comrnitmenf to a
program to broaden the horizons
of all seafarers.
Paul believed that knowledge
was the key to growth. He used to
say that if we can understand our
problems we can then begin to
resolve them. To that end he
launched a number of innovative Conferences where the ship's
. educational programs within the crews came to the Harry Lunde
Seafarers Union. They were berg School of Seamanship to
programs to encourage the discuss and debate crucial issues
growth of an informed member involving o\ir union and our
ship which could collectively industry.
initiate intelligent courses of
There are the recertification
action. They were also programs programs for bosuns and stew
to improve the quality of life for ards. And there are the many
the seafarers.
upgrading programs to improve
Many of us will remember the the skilly of working seafarers,
"You Be The Judge" forums in and to provide them with a ladder
the Seafarers Log. It was Paul's to greater satisfaction in jobs.
way to lay out all of the pro's and
Paul was justifiably proud of
con's of an issue so that the the educational achievements of
membership could form a rea the Seafarers Union. He was even
more proud of the many indi
soned opinion.
There were the Educational vidual achievements of those
Seafarers who enriched their lives
through the educational pro
grams of the union.
But Paul was quick to point
out that the SIU's educational
programs were not perfect. We
had not done enough, he would
say. He knew that our educa
tional programs should be con
stantly reviewed, and must be
readily adapted to meet changing
conditions and new challenges.
I remember he -said one time,
"We must never lose sight of what
our education programs are all
about. They are for the
improvement of the whole man."
Seafarers Rehab Center—A Living Reminder of a
Man Who Loved His Broth^s
Alcoholism Is a disease* it
affects the mdividual physically,
emotionally and spiritually. It
touches all of those around him
in the famify, on the job and in
the community. It is treatable;
with help, the alcoholic can
become happily and usefully
whole.
It is not easy for one who is not
a recovering alcoholic, or one
who is not trained in the
treatment of recovery, to under
stand and accept this truth.
Yet Paul came to this under
standing in his own unique way.
It was in his nature to want to
help his brothers. He had seen the
problem in the broken lives of
many of Ms brothers within our
Union. And like many, he felt
helpless to.affect some kind of
change in those who were
suffering, some of whom were
very clos^to him.
.And so he began to learn all he
could about alcoholism. He
turned to those who were experi
enced in the medical and counsel
ling fields. And he talked with
recovering alcoholics. He wanted
to find out how he could help.
He held a seminar on alcohoL
ism at the Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship, and he
called in many of the leading
medical and counselling authori
ties. Present, too, were several
recovering alcoholics. He was
eager to learn all he could, and he
held many long night sessions
picking the brains and assessing
the experiences of those who
were closest to the problems of
alcoholism.
Paul used to say that our
biggest enemy is ignorance. He
would say many times that
understanding is the key to
solving our problems. And here,
too, he came to understand that
there was a way to help the
alcoholic seafarer to recover and
become a useful and whole
person.
With the help of those who
shared their experiences with
him, he set up the Seafarers
Rehabilitation Center in Valley
Lee, Maryland several years ago.
Somebody said once that you
may do all kinds of good works
and you may win all manner of
public acclaim, but if you do not
love it is all worth nothing. This
program to help the suffering
"alcoholic begin his road to
recovery is a living reminder of a
man who truly loved his brothers.
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that he would rather sit around a
table "talking to a few^ of the
effective political force in the
boys" than sit in ^he Oval Office
family' of the trade union move^
of the White House with the
ment. At his death, the MTD
President of the United States.
comprised 43 national and
To the end, he supported th^^,
international Unions represent
underdog. A few years ago, h^
ing nearly 8 million American
could be found tramping through
workers.
the fields pf California in support
In 1962, Paul Hall was elected
of the United Farm Workers.
by his peers to the AFL-CIO
Paul Hall never forgot where
Executive Council. When he
he came from. The SIU was his
died, he was Senior Vice Presi
A Legend in His Time
life.
Seamen were his brothers.
dent of the AFL-CIO and one of
Paul Hall was triily a legend in His long-term dream for the
its most influential members.
his time. From the famous Wall maritime labor movement was to
Paul Hall's dream for Ameri
Street Beef of 1947 where white havfc one union for unlicensed
can seamen was all inclusive. He
hatted Seafarers keyed a strike seamen and one union f<Jr
wanted the best of everything for
victory for financial workers, to licensed seamen. He was a
An Adv|sot to Presidents
SIU members. But he realized
the tremendous battles between tremendous proponent of merger
better than anyone, that no one
Paul Hall has been named to
was going to hand it to us on a committees and' commissions by Hall and Jimmy Hoffa's Team and consolidation for strength.
silver platter. He fought continu President Johnson, Ford, Nixon sters Union, Paul Hall stood He believed deeply in the SIU
ally at the bargaining table. In the and Carter. His most recent head and shoulders above his motto, "Strength in Unity."
It was a year of tragedy for the
words of SIU Vice President Red appointment was as Co-Chair opposition. He beat Hoffa in
Campbell, "Paul Hall would go man to President Carter's im Puerto Rico in 1960 when he Hall family. He lost a sister and
succeeded in winning an election his brother Bill Hall, also a long
into a room of shipowners. portant Export Council.
of 2,000 shoreside workers. He time official of the SIU, earlier
They'd throw apples and oranges
Other Presidential appoint-^
on the table and he'd come out me'nts included seats on the beat Hoffa again in the famous this year.
He was heartbroken when his
Chicago cab drivers' beef of the
with the fruit salad."
Labor Policy Advisory Commit
old friend "Bull" Shepard, passed
But Paul Hall wanted more tee; the Labor-Management early '60s.
He survived two assassination away last year.
than top pay and benefits for the Advisory Committee on Eco
For Paul Hall, the long
SIU. He wanted SIU members to nomic Affairs; the Maritime attempts by organized crime for
have an opportunity to advance. Advisory Committee; the Na his work in trying to rid the struggle is over. But his victory is
truly just beginning. Because
And he wanted young people to tional Commission on Produc waterfront of racketeers.
He reached out to help seamen Paul Hall's spirit of toughness,
have the opportunity to take a tivity; the National Committee
of other nations. He was a key strength and compassion lives on
crack at a career at sea.
for Industrial Peace, and the
This-is why he established the Advisory Committee to the Cost- figure in developing trade uiiion in the SIU and in every SIU
democracy for Canadian seamen. member who has gotten a better
Harry Lundeberg School of of-Living Council.
Toward the end of his career, shake in life thanks to him.
..V Seamanship in Piney Point, Md.
Hall has also served with
Paul Hall is survived by his
in 1967. Since then the School distinction as chairman of nu Paul Hall was one of the most
loving wife. Rose; his son. Max;
has developed into the finest merous important committees powerful men in the country. He
daughter, Margo, and brothers
maritime training school in the for the AFL-CIO, including his hated fanfare and publicity. He
country. And thousands of SIU most recent assignment as chair preferred to work behind th^ Peter and Robert.
Paul Hall was laid to rest in
scenes and let others take the
members have advanced
man of the Economic Policy
Greenwood Cemetery on a grassy
credit.
skills, and thousands of young Comnllttee.
hill
overlooking a pond. It's only
But no matter how important
people from deprived hackPaul Hail has received nu
a few blocks away from SIU
grounds have found employment merous awards for his contribu he became, Paul Hall always
Headquarters in Brooklyn, just
and a chance in^tfe because of the tions in and outside the labor preferred the company of sea
men. He said time and time again the way Paul Hall wanted it,
School.
movement.
The School is a living, thriving
He received the Labor Rights
monument to Paul Hall's belief in Award in 1973 from the Jewish
education and his desire to see Labor Committee. In 1968, he
- SIU members get a better shake was awarded the B'nai B'rith
in life.
Anti-Defamation League's "Man
of the Year" award. Also in 1968,
Politics is Porkchdps
he received an award from the
The one thing Paul Hall State of West Virginia for his
understood better than anyone is help in providing jobs for
that the future of the American disadvantaged Appalachian
merchant marine depends on the youth.
In 1964, the National Com
success of this organization in the
mittee for Rural Schools pre
political arena.
Under his leadership, the SIU sented him an award for his
became deeply involved in poli "vigorous advocacy of education
tics at a very early date. Paul Hall and economic opportunities for
helped lobby through Congress youth of all origins." And in
the 50-50 Cargo Preference Act 1962, he received the Civic Center
in 1954, which reserved for of New .York Humanitarian
American ships at least 50. Award for his work in rehabili
percent of all government gene tating youthful offenders.
In 1968, Paul Hall was elected
rated cargoes.
to
the Executive Board of the Boy
There were many political
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victories for Paul.Hull, some big,
some small. But his biggest
victory came with passage of the
Merchant Marine Act of 1970,
which gave the American mari
time industry new life and a
future when it appeared that U.S.
merchant marine might not
survive the decade.
He spearheaded the bill
through Congress. And for his
efforts, several U.S. Congress
men, in eulogies to him, entitled
Paul Hall, "The Father of
Modern American Merchant
Marine."
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Scouts of America, the first labor
leader to ever serve in that
capacity.
In addition, on April 11, 1980
the New York Harbor Festival
Foundation sponsored a testi
monial dinner to Paul Hall at
which they named him the 1980
winner of the "Mr. Port of New
York Award."
�Following is a reprint of the last Paul Hall column that
appeared in the Log just prior to the holidays last year. We feel
this particular column embodies as well as anything Paul Hall's
sense of compassion, vision and undying belief in the
Brotherhood of the Sea,
A Union of Believers
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T
HE holidays have traditionally been a tough time for seamen. It's not much fun spending
this time of year in the middle of the ocean or in some port thousands of miles away from
home and family.
N o matter what anyone says, you never get used to separation. It's one of the drawbacks
of this business.
But brothers, no matter where you are this holiday season—whether it be on a ship or a
tug or if you are lucky enough to be home—SIU members have something to celebrate.
I say this because as we enter the new decade of the 'SOs, we as an organization and as a
class of workers have a solid, secure future to look forward to.
The same thing could not have been said when this decade began ten years ago. At that
time, shipping was tough and getting tougher all the time. Our domestic shipbuilding base
was at one of its all time lows.
There were a lot of people in maritime back then who really believed there was no future
for the American merchant marine. And you know something, for those people, there really
was no future. Because in this business, when you stop believing—when you stop fighting the
good fight—and when you start savoring the 'good old days'instead of planning for the
future, it's time to close up shop.
I am extremely proud to say that the SIU is an organization of believers, an organization
of fighters.
When times were tough, we never hid our faces hoping our problems would all go away.
Instead, we took the offensive. We launched new programs. And we did our damndest to
create something good and turn things around.
We were faced with an extremely tough situation in 1970. But in the ten years that have
passed since then, we have truly turned things around.
We started out the decade by devoting a total effort in Washington. Less than 11 months
later, the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 was signed into law.
The 1970 Act gave the industry hope. But it did more than that. It provided our industry
with the tools to make a fresh start.
At the same time, we put our training and upgrading programs in Piney Point into high
gear. This enabled us to keep on top of the technological changes that were and continue to
sweep our industry. As importantly, our educational programs gave us the inside track on
nailing down contracts with new companies with dynamic new ideas—like the LNGs.
' In addition, we made two extremely important organizational moves involving mergers.
In 1976, we in the SIU-AGLIWD and the former Inland Boatmen's Union completed a
merger. Just about two years later, we and the former Marine Cooks and Steward Union
merged. Both mergers have been extremely successful and benefical for everyone concerned.
But our Union is an organization of individuals—people with needs and goals. And as
the decade of the 70s progressed, it is important to remember that we as seamen made
tremendous improvements in our standard of living.
Through hard work and careful planning, we have made monumental gains in our wages
and vacation benefits as well as in our Welfare and Pension Plans.
It's not enough to simply have employment. The jobs we fill must also provide all the
things necessary to make our lives secure. I sincerely believe we have achieved this level of
security in our Union.
So as we close out what in many ways has been a trying decade in our history, we can all
feel a great deal of satisfaction. Because the gains we have made and the truly important
things we have accomplished were achieved through a collective effort.
Our Union was built on the qualities of brotherhood, unity and cooperation. We have
progressed through hard work and determination. We will survive by cohtinuing to do the
things that have"made us wl^dlwe are today—the best damn seamen's union in the world.
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Paul Hall:
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He was different and he was unique.
He was acutely intelligent. He poss^ed barrels of
physical and spiritual courage, and he could define and
articulate an issue in a way that would awe them all from
the mightiest to the lowliest.
He was, as they say of practical people, pragmatic. But
he never swerved from his simple rule of personal loyalty
to his brother union seamen and his friends.
He was an easy touch, knd he was uncompromisingly
tough.
He was absolutely unorthodox in his style and he was
challenged by seemingly impossible causes and
objectives. He was the consummate gambler in a life that
he understood was shaped and ihfluenced in so many
ways by the elements of chance.
Yes, Paul Hall was unique and different. Ask anyone
who ever was an under-dog and went to Paul Hall when
. every other means of help had evaporated.
Ask anyone who ever had a good idea that fell on deaf
ears everywhere else.
Ask the many with unpopular but good causes who
could get plenty of pledges elsewhere but not much
backing.
Ask the young kids who had made mistakes ahd were
counted out by their communities and society—that is
except for Paid Hall.
Paul Hall was different and unique, all right—and he
was so much more.
It is universally agreed by everyone who knew Paul
Hall or came into his presence that he enjoyed few things
more than a chance to talk to people—strangers or
friends, union brothers and corporate heads, college
kids and politicians.
Almost to a man they left in awe of his ability to see the
world and things around us in the simplest terms. They
were truly amazed by his facility for zeroing in on the crux
of a problem, and in almost all ca^s, they were charmed
by this seemingly huge matt, with his self-described "eight
big grades"of schooling—who probably would have been
stunted by higher education, although he regretted not
having the opportunity.
It was an odd phenomenon—but perhaps not—that
first-time visitors to Paul Hall came away With an
impression that he was a physical giant, considerably
taller and broader in stature than he actually was. He
stood at just about six feet, but many would swear he was
at least six inches over that, such was the power and
strength of his personal magnetism.
Paul Hall conveyed a sense of absolute fearlessness in
face of any difficulty or problem, spiritual or physical.
But he would be the first to confess to mortal fears: what
made him different from his peers in situations of this
kind was his overwhelming instinct and desire for
survival, and his fascination for challenge.
Stories and recollections of Paul's activities and
exploits far and wide as a rank-and-file union seaman and
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July 1980
as a trade unionist in his crowded and busy years are
already legend. He was exhilarated by them all. Though
he was but 65, with much more potential for greater
contibutions in behalf of his union, and his union
brothers, and the maritime industy, Paul, in terms of
experience, packed 100 years of living into his lifetime. He
had decided some time ago to live his life "each day at a
time." He was a fatalist but wouldn't be denied the
opportunity to influence the events and the life in which
he was involved.
There were times, too, that Paul made mistakes. He
was the one most able and quick to acknowledge errors in
judgement in making tough decisionis. But as he said so
often, the biggest mistake of all "is not to call a shot at all. w
When the issue was a big one, when the shot was a
tough one to call, Paul was not lacking in decisiveness Or
courage. He didn't believe in playing it safe. "You win
some and you lose some,"he said. Most important,he felt,
was being in the game.
Of all the responsibilities of his job as head of the
Seafarers and his activities for the national labor
movement, the moments he enjoyed most wefe those
spent with his own union membership. He looked
forward to his regular talks with each group of seamen as
they completed training or upgrading studies at the
union's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, which
Paul founded. He loved to point to achievements by
seafarers who advanced themselves by taking advantage
of union-inspired programs and facilities.
Paul Hall was different and unique. And he lived a full,
but too short a life.
His talent and his intelligence and his rare style were
universally acknowledged by his union brothers and by
his colleagues in the maritime industry where the likes of
his influence will be a long time in reappearing, if ever.
He was a trade union representative who enjoyed his
life and his work.
But leadership was his profession.
Hwv^s an oM photo of« young Htrb Brand, IhMcdMor of tlw Log, wffh Paul Hall
ridhig tho raHa to an 8IUNA convontlon In 1993.
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A LEGACY OF TRUST
PAUL HALL DIES FO CANCER AT 65
FRANK DROZAK TAKES OVER THE HELM OF THE SIU
PAUL HALL ALWAYS KEPT THE FAITH; IT'S OUR TURN
'HE DID WHAT HE DID BECAUSE HE FELT IT WAS RIGHT'
PAUL HALL, THE MAN: A LOOK INSIDE
POLITICAL FIGHTS: NO ONE FOUGHT 'EM BETTER
HE CRACKED TOUGH NUTS, ISTHMIAN, CITIES SERVICE
PAUL HALL LAID TO REST
LANE KIRKLAND
V.P. WALTER MONDALE
HERBERT BRAND
PAUL HALL - A HISTORY IN PICTURES
U.S. MARITIME CAN THANK PAUL HALL FOR '70 ACT
TRIBUTES FROM CONGRESS
REQUIEM FOR THE SEAFARERS' PAUL HALL
WHEN UNDERDOGS CALLED, PAUL HALL WAS THERE
BUILDING PINEY POINT - IT DIDN'T COME EASY
NO ADMISSION TESTS! 'PAUL' WANTED IT THAT WAY
HE NEVER MET A KID HE DIDN'T LIKE
TO PAUL HALL, EDUCATION WAS THE KEY
SEAFARERS REHAB CENTER - A LIVING REMINDER OF A MAN WHO LOVED HIS BROTHERS
A UNION OF BELIEVERS
PAUL HALL: DIFFERENT, UNIQUE
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PRESICIENT'S REPORT
A New Era
ORE than at any time in the history of our Union, we are in a position to
nail down a future so strong and so secure that nothing will shake it loose.
We are on the threshold of a new era in American maritime—an era which we,
more than anyone else, are helping^ to usher in.
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It is an era that presents unlimited opportunities for us. But it also is an era
that will create tremendous demands and responsibilities on each and every
member of this Union.
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I say this because of the two landmark victories we have achieved m recent
weeks
The first is the crewing by the SIU of the 5S Oceanic Independence s. Hawaii.
She's the first American-flag passenger liner to be crewed for new operation in a
decade.
Second is the passage into law of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources
Act, better known as the Ocean Mining bill.
The crewing of the Oceanic Independence signals the rebirth of an old
industry. The Ocean Mining bill signals the birth of a brand new American
industry.
Together, they signal opportunity and continued progress for the SIU.
What must be remembered here is that neither of these things were simply
handed to us on a silver platter.
It required major efforts on our part to change hope into reality, to change
speculation into concrete gains.
We are crewing the Oceanic Independence not because we re nice guys, but
because we worked at it. We fought to enact the Passenger Ship bill earlier this
year, which enabled the Oceanic Independence to come back under the U.S. flag.
We then cooperated thoroughly with management to help put together a winning
coalition that will make the Oceanic Independence venture a complete and long
lasting success.
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It's proper to say that the success of the Oceanic Independence will hasten a
total revival 6f the American flag passenger liner industry.
In regard to Ocean Mining, the doors are wide open to us. We fought in
Congress for 10 years to get this crucial legislation passed with all important "manAmerican" provisions intact.
It was not an easy fight. In fact, it was one of our toughest legislative battles
ever. But it was worth it. Because by the end of this century, which is not all that far
away, there will be at least 20 U.S. flag deep sea mining vessels, and anywhere from
20 to'bO U.S. flag ore carriers involved in the industry.
I am confident that the majority of these vessels will be crewed by the SIU. We
have made valuable contacts during our fight for the bill. And we have the facilities
in Piney Point for the proper training programs.
This, along with the respect we have gained throughout the industry because
of the calibre of professionalism of SIU members, spells a winner to me.
In other words, it's there for the taking. And believe me, brothers, we intend to
take.
Don't get me wrong. The crewing of the Oceanic Independence, coupled with
passage of the Ocean Mining bill alone does not mean the fight is Over. It doesn't
mean we can now sit back and enjoy.
But it does mean we are moving ahead. It does mean that we continue to be
effective in Washington while a lot of other people in maritime are crying the blues
about what a lousy Congress and Administration this is. The fact is, that without
the support of this Congress and Administration, there would be no Oceanic
Independence or OcQdiTi MimnghiXX.
Our programs are working. What we need now to bed it down is more of the
same. We have to pour it on—with no let up.
That means continued support of SPAD. It means continuing to keep on top
of your profession by constant upgrading of your skills.
Thes^are the things that have brought us this far. And these are the things thdt
will keep us moving ahead, and eventually to our desired goal of ultimate security.
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Frank Drozak
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�Nov/; Private Sector Will Operate SL-7s
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HERE are strong indications
from the U.S. Navy that the
eight SL-7 vessels it is planning to
buy from Sea-Land will be
privately operated.
SIU President Frank Drozak
was given these indications from
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
John Doyle at a meeting held the
end of July in Washington, D.C.
Myles Lynk, who represents
President Carter, was also at the
meeting.
For many months SIUcontracted Sea-Land has wanted
to sell these eight vessels because
their high fuel consumption
makes them uneconomical for
the company.
The SL-7's are the fastest,
highest capacity containerships
afloat. They can reach a service
speed of 33 knots. But for some
time now the ships have been
forced to operate at slower speeds
for better fuel efficiency.
The government, which is very alloted for the purchase of the
concerned right now with defense eight SL-7's.
readiness and the ability to
There are approximately 25
deploy U.S. forces rapidly, feels conferees who must work out the
the ships would be an asset to the differences in the House and
Navy.
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Senate versions of this legisla
In letters to the President, to tion. (Then the compromise bill
the Maritime Administration, must go back to the Senate and
and to various members of*\ House for another vote.)
Congress, Drozak has explained
On the Senate side, the
that the SI U is not opposed to the chairman is John Stennis (Dsale in principle. However, the Miss.) and the ranking Republi
Union believes that the ships can is John Tower of Texas. On
should be privately operated. In the House side the conferee
this way, American merchant chairman is Melvin Price (D-Ill.)
seamen will not lose their jobs.
and the ranking Republican is
In order to purchase the Bob Wilson of California.
vessels, monies must be author
In letters to the conferees,
ized by the Congress. Conferees Drozak noted that the sale
from the House of Representa should "not serve as a vehicle to
tives and the Senate are now increase United States govern
studying H.R. 6974, fiscal year ment competition with the
f981 Department of Defense commerical merchant marine or
authorizations legislation.
otherwise result in unemploy
As part of that $52 billion ment for American^seamen who
authorization, $285 million is have manned these ships."
He goes on to outline three
points which he feels should be
met by the Department of
Defense:
1) If the vessels are not
operated by the Department of
the Navy with Navy crews, they
should be operated pursuant to
existing collective bargaining
agreements covering these
vessels.
2) The vessels should not be
used for the routine transport of
cargoes that would otherwise be
carried by commercial, ships.
3) The proceeds from the sale
should be used to construct
vessels in the United States.
In the meeting Drozak had
with Doyle and Lynk, it seems
that the Navy is thinking along
the same lines as the Union.
The SIU will continue to
closely follow this issue to make
sure that the jobs of American
merchant seamen are protected.
SIU Pays $45,000 Bili for Boatman's Twins
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DU never know when you'll
need a good medical plan.
Just ask SIU Boatman William
"Pete" Petersen • and his wife
Joan.
Shortly after the birth of her
twin sons, Mrs. Petersen wrote
the SIU to thank it for all that it
has done to help the Petersen
family and families like them.
Mrs. Petersen's twin sons.
^W^ At Sea' Author
Looking for Copies
Capt. Nick Manolis wrote a well
accepted book about merchant
seamen in World .War II called 'We
At Sea'. Now, nearly 35 years later,
even he doesn't have a copy.
Manolis feels that some SIU
oldtimers might have a copy of his
book and be willing to sell it back to
him.
So if you have this book and are
willing to part with it, get in touch
with Capt. Manolis at 17 Battery
Place, Suite 1745, New'York, N.Y.
10004.
David and Richie, were born
premature. Complications arose,
which required special medical
assistance. The boys were
confined for 28 days at the
Children's Hospital.
The cost of their stay was
$45,000, not a big deal to a David
Rockefeller, maybe, but quite a
shock to the Petersens.
The Petersen's were lucky.
They receive full medical
coverage, including Major
Medical, from the Seafarers
Welfare Plan. Petersen works for
Interstate.
When we think about the
Petersen family, we feel good. We
think that all seamen should get
the best possible deal. The SIU
intends to keep it that way.
Mrs. Petersen's letter read as
follows:
"My husband William
"Pete" Petersen is an Inland
member and works down
South. We were recently
blessed with our first children,
a set of beautiful twin boys. As
twins usually are, they were
premature and, complications
set in. They were rushed from
the hospital where they were
born to Children's Hospital,
where it was touch and go for
quite some time. They were
confined for 28 days at this
Hospital.
The overall bills for their
delivery and follow-up con
finement and care amounted to
a?bund $45,000. What would
we h^ve done without the SIU
Welfare Plan.
The "twins" are doing great,
the bills are all paid and we can
only gratefully say a big
"THANK YOU."
Again, my husband and I
want to express our gratitude
and appreciation for what you
have done."
ST Washington Is
Beactivated for
NATO '80 Exercise
MARAD reactivated the ST
Washington (Hudson Waterways)
the ex-Seatrain Washington, late
last month from the National
The million dollar babies, twins, Defense Reserve Fleet for military
David and Richie Peterson.
support of the annual NATO
Reforger *80 exercise for U.S.
Armed Forces in Northern Europe.
MARAD says "This is an
our knives. And one or two men opportunity to demonstrate that the
threw their pistols into the East U.S. maritime industry can carry
out assignments pertinent to
River."
The ex-fighter declared that national security and defense."
The tanker is being readied at the
when the news came that our
President Paul Hall had made his Bender Ship Repair Yard, Mobile.
She will take on cargo on Aug. 19 in
last call he said,..."I bowed my Beaumont, Tex. for offloading in
head with sorrow!...A great either a Belgian or Netherlands port.
man."
After that she will take part in a
Jones concluded with.. ."those NATO convoy exercise. Then carry
of us who knew 'his honor' best Reforger cargo back to Beaumont
will love and worship him until where she will be deactivated and
returned to the reserve fleet.
the day we die."
O/dfimer Remembers ^His Honor' Paul Hall
P
AUL Hall commanded "No Frank Conway out of the port of
fighting, men. No violence. Norfolk, went on: "We SIU men
wanted to fight our competitors.
I will take care of it all."
But President Paul Hall was on
And no violence occurred.
Recalling the above incident the waterfront with us. 'His
was oldtimer George C. Jones honor' stepped in among us, as all
now of San Francisco who said great leaders do," and gave the
he "walked the picketline and above command.
Jones, who also saved a
shook hands with 'His Honor' in
a longshore strike in 1954 in shipmate from a bad fall when he
rode the T-2 SS William Burden,
Brooklyn, N.Y."
Brother Jones, who boxed in continued: "It was then that we
the early '30s under the name of SIU men threw away our clubs.
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House OK's 50% Blue Tickets for Deck Dept.
designation on deep sea ships is
that current law says that 65
percent of the AB complement
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The must be green ticket AB's.
Under the new provision in
U.S. House of Representatives
recently passed a bill—actively H.R. 5164, 50 percent of the deck
supported by the SIU—which crew could be green ticket AB's.
The SIU fought for this
will provide more job opportuni
provision
to broaden the job
ties for blue ticket AB's.
opportunities for the growing
The Union fought for a number of blue ticket AB's who
provision in the bill which are available for shipping.
changes the make-up of the AB
Concerning another part of the
complement on deep sea vessels. bill, the SIU succeeded in
Called the Small Vessel changing a provision that would
Inspection and Manning bill, the have drastically reduced the
legislation is numbered H.R. qualifications for AB 'Special' in
5164. A similar bill, numbered S. the offshore mineral and oil
2523, is pending in the U.S. industry. Under it, a person could
Senate.
have become an AB in six
Currently, most deep sea ships
months.
carry five green ticket AB's and
The basic reason behind the six
one blue ticket AB.
month AB provision was the
A green ticket AB must have 36 shortage of qualified AB's in the
months watchstanding tfme on mineral and oil industry in the
deck. A blue ticket AB must have Gulf of Mexico. But because 1212 months watchstanding time as hour work days are common in
this industry, and considering the
an ordinary seaman.
The reason for the five and one proposed education-in-lieu-of
BUI Still Pending
in Senate
service provisions, the bill would
have really been certifying a '100
day' AB.
The SIU contended that the
service requirement for AB
'Special' should be increased in
the bill to a minimum of 12
months if safe working condi
tions were to be maintained.
The Union won its point and
the House of Representatives
passed the bill with a 12-month
requirement for AB 'Special'.
The Union is also fighting for
the 12-month requirement in the
Senate bill.
Another of the bill's provisions
which the Union opposes but
which passed on the House floor,
concerns reduction of the
number of AB's. On offshore
supply vessels, according to the
House bill, the number of AB's
could be reduced to 50 percent of
the crew's complement. Current
law provides that 65 percent of
the crew, exclusive of licensed
deck officers, must be AB's.
The SIU will continue to fight
to have this provision changed.
However, besides the blue
ticket-green ticket provision
mentioned earlier, other provi
sions in the bill which the SIU
supports include the following:
• Termination of opportuni
ties for companies to operate
vessels through bare boat
charters. Companies have been
able to avoid compliance with
certain inspection and manning
requirements through these
charters.
• Lowering of the minimum
age requirement for qualifica
tions as an AB from 19 to 18
years.
• Maintenance of the sea
service requirement for 'AB
Unlimited' at the current level of
three years.
The bill must still come before
the full Senate. Then a compro
mise version of the House and
Senate bills would have to be
worked out before the legislation
went to the President.
GOP Adopts Maritime Plank: Dems Will Too
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Ronald Reagan's choice for
his running mate captured the
headlines at the Republican
National Convention last month
in Detroit, the GOP also made
news by voting to support the
U.S. merchant marine.
The Democrats are also
expected to adopt a maritime
plank at their convention in
August.
A short maritime plank
adopted by the Republican
Convention delegates as part of
their party's 1980 platform called
for "a strong, competitive and
efficient Merchant Marine to
meet the needs of our inter
national commerce and our
national security. We must arrest
the significant decline," the
maritime statement continued,
"in the ability of American-flag
shipping to compete effectively
for the carriage of world
commerce."
Adoption of the pro-maritime
statement by the Republicans
was largely due to a campaign for
the plank led by the SIU and the
Maritime Trades Dept. of the
AFL-CIO.
Testifying before the Repub
lican Platform Committee in
June were MTD Executive
Secretary-Treasurer Jean Ingrao
and SIU Washington rep Frank
Pecquex. The SIU and MTD also
successfully enlisted the support
of key congressmen and senators
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on behalf of maritime.
The maritime plank adopted at
the GOP Convention was not as
fa-reaching or as specific as the
proposals submitted by the
Union to the Platform Commit
tee. But the Republicans did
include promises that "a
Republican Administration
will.. .encourage the mainte
nance and development of an
American-flag ocean transporta
tion system staffed with trained
American personnel and capable
of carrying a substantial portion
of our international trade..."
The Republicans also pledged
to "promote the development
and support of a domestic
shipbuilding and ship repair
mobilization base adequate to
both the commercial and
national security requirement of
the United States."
Several Republican Congress
men sent letters to their Party's
Platform Committee backing
adoption of the maritime plank.
Rep. Robert W. Davis of
Michigan called for a "Republi
can Commitment to revitalization of the American merchant
marine."
Rep. Don Young, a member of
the House Merchant Marine &
Fisheries Committee stated: "it is
imperative that we construct and
maintain a viable merchant fleet.
In terms of security our merchant
fleet acts as an arm of our defense
forces by supplying personnel
and equipment in support of
military operations. Our Pa,rty
would be doing a disservice," said
the Alaska Congressman, "if it
did not support a strong domestic
merchant fleet."
Interviewed on the floor of the
Convention, Sen. John Warner
of Virginia, senior Republican
member of the Merchant Marine
Subcommittee pointed out that
"at the present time we ship more
cargo in Soviet ships than we do
in U.S. ships.
"We've got to start afresh, new
program," said Warner and make
"a fundamental decision that the
United States of America is going
to build a merchant marine that's
competitive with the rest of the
world."
The Democratic National
Convention will be voting on
adoption of a maritime plank
similar to the one adopted by the
Republicans when the Demo
cratic Convention convenes in
New York City on Aug. 11.
Frank Drozak, president of the
SIU and the MTD spelled out the
Union's position to the Demo
crats at Platform Committee
hearings in June. That position
has the support of many
Democratic Congressmen and
Senators and is expected to be
passed by the full Convention.
Golden Monarch Committee
SIU Patrolman Carj Peth (seated center) chats with Recertified Bosun David
Gilmore, ship s chairman of the ST Golden Monarch (Westchester Marine) at a
payoff on July 14 at Stapleton Anchorage. S.I., N.Y. The rest of the Ship's
Committee are (standing I. to r.) AB R. Matos, deck delegate and Engine Delegate
Bradley R. Bourcier. Seated (left) is Chief Steward H. H. Fields, secretary-reporter.
�REBORN!
SWJ Crtv/^ Oceanic Independence, Marking a New
Era for American Flag Passenger Liner Industry
6 P.M. on June 21st, the
xm first passengers began
to arrive at Honolulu's
Aloha Tower Pier to board
the S.S. Oceanic Indepen
dence and officially launch
the only full-service passen
ger liner to fly the U.S. flag
in nearly ten years.
Passengers were greeted
with the traditional flower
lei and then escorted to their
cabins by the ship's SIU
room stewards.
As they boarded, the
passengers all seemed
pleased with the luxurious
appointments the ship
afforded them. Besides
spacious cabins, the liner
boasts two swimming pools
and three bars. One is a
casual poolside area known
as the 'Barefoot Bar';
another is a modern disco;
and finally there is the
nightclub^^here live enter
tainment^is presented along
with exotic tropical libations.
The ship also has a well
stocked and beautifully
furnished library and
reading room equipped with
a piano for those who prefer
a quieter evening relaxing than three entrees prepared
with a good book or sipping and served as they would be
fine cognac while listening to in the finest continental
old standards, as opposed to restaurants.
the flashing lights and
Indeed the main passen
pulsating rhythms of the ger dining area has the look
disco.
and charm of an elegant
eatery. Its rich, warm gold
Fine Food—SIU Style
tones are set off by the
Perhaps the most magni shimmering silver service
ficent thing the ship has to and glistening crystal wine
offer is its cuisine. Meals are goblets.
prepared seemingly around
Of course, the best part of
the clock by an expert SIU- the ship is something the
manned galley crew. The passengers probably take for
sumptuous dinner menu granted—she is crewed by
usually consists of no fevver
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Cuttinq out the cookies is Master-Baker Randy
Roberts (right). Chief Cook Bob Richars (left) jovially
approves.
Wrench and hammer in hand are (I. ^ojO 2nd Reefer
Engineer Greg Blasquez and Machinist Michael
Phillips.
Aboard the cruise liner in Honolulu Ha^bor_recently
are (left) Rep George McCartney and SlU President
Frank Drozak.,
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Three Honoluluians welcottre with an "Aloha" the SS Oceanfc Independence and the SlU crew at her Boat uay
Looking out a forward portliole one sees (ngntiuanu
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the finest sailors in the
world, the American men
and women of the SHJ,
without whom thisiovehoat'
could not have been made
possible.
Generally, only the hotel
personnel are visible to the
passengers—serving drinks.
STt^bTerr/making up
cabins But, the deck and
To wifh comfort than
passengers will ever realize,
Deck, Engine Gangs A-1
There was a lot of
overtime put in by these
gangs to make sure the
Oceanic Independence
would be ready for her
maifien U S-flag voyagc.
Just keeping the plumbing in
working order on a ship that
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crew of 300 is no small
undertaking.
There are also the problems (which are not allowed
to become bigger problems)
of maintaining air-conditioning systems and stereo
channels in all the cabins; as
well as making sure enough
"'"es are on hand for
drinks. These chores are
plumbers, reefer eng.nee s
and other enpne dep
ment personnel.
Obviously, it is also i
task to keep the ship s two
engine rooms running
smoothly.
Another factor in passen
ger comfort is adhering to
'^^edule-and that ts "O
problem on the S.S. Ciea
�SIU President Frank Drozak (rear 4th right) and SlU Representative George McCart ney (rear 3rd left) pose with the cocktail waitresses of the vessel's three bars'. They
are (front I. to r.) Janet Brodie, Sandy Gold, Cindy Burns and Barbara Stevenson, In the back row (I. to r.)are Patricia Barry, Anna Aiello, Joanne Tinsley, Janice Matsushima, Lynn Brandt, Alberta Lum, Andrea Conklin and Kelly Gloristar.
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Porter Hanalei Hoale vacuum cleans
some of the ship's carpeting.
Grilling hamburgers is Assistant Cook
BillYee.
Fireman-Watertender Ron Gilmette is
up to his elbows in engine lube.
Standing by at Table 38 in the dining
room is Waiter Neville Monteith.
Independence because of the
skill and experience of |he
SIU deck department.
They ensure rapid and
timely arrivals and depar
tures at the liner's ports-ofcall which include Hilo and
Kona on the big island of
Hawaii; Kawiliwili and
Kauai and the homeport of
Honolulu on Oahu.
Meanwhile, back in the
department passengers don't
take for granted Ihey were
treated to a first-come, firstserved welcome aboard
dinner to which bdn voyage
guests were also invited. The
lavish meal set the tone for
the evening and the voyage
and was only the first of
many gastronomic delights
they would savor. Subse
quent dinners were fo be
served in two separate
seatings by appointment.
By the Midnight sailing
time the moon was^shining
brightly over Honolulu
Harbor and everyone was
truly in a festive Aloha
spirit. Streamers connecting
passengers to well-wishers
on the dock were snapped as
the Oceanic Independence
was nudged seaward by
tugboats.
Soft tropical tradewinds
and gentle seas only helped
to enhance what would
obviously become a wonder
fully enjoyable, as well as
historic cruise among the
Hawaiian Islands.
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Ship's Plumber Jim White, amid the washers,, works on a water faucet fixture
Lifejacketed (I. to r.) Cocktail Waitresses Andrea Conklin and Barbara Stevenson
at lifeboat drill.
Fueling the ship's No. 3 furnace is Fireman-Watertender ^ugh S. Woods.
Master-Baker Randy Roberts (right) fills cake pan while Apprentice-Baker Chris
Pacheco (left) smooths out cake filling.
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YNN Brandt certainly is a
J lovely young lady—but
don't get any ideas fellahs!
Instead, take note of that flower
above her left ear. it, like the
gestures in a Hawaiian hula dance,
has a very definite meaning, in
this case it means the lass in
question is spoken for, that is to
say unavailable to the general
male public! So forget it!
However, should you be in
Hawaii and happen upon a
waihine with a flower over her
right ear, you can take heart—or
try to take her heart. A flower
over the right ear means she is
looking for a beau and is
definitely in the market, or on the
rriarket as the case may be.
There are other meanings for the
flower depending upon where it is
placed on the female's cranium. If
it is worn at the top of the head
the flower signifies that the lady
has found a gentleman but is
undecided as to his merits.
One other popular interpreta
tion of the flower is that if it is
worn at the back of the head the
lady, who may be shady, wants
Cocktail Waitress Lynn Brandt sfiows off tier
you to follow her.
flower.
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Oceanic Independence's 750 passengers and 300 Seafarers.
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Streamers say bon voyage to the passengers aboard
the reborn SS OceanicIndependence about to sail on
"maiden" trip.
Her anchor almost up, the SS Oceanic Independence cruises toward a brighter, most promising new career.
Aloha!
SlU Rep George McCartney gives pep talk to the crew of the Oceanic Independence. *
Among the huts and bolts is Plumber Jim Anderson.
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HERE won't be any gam
bling on the S.S. Oceanic
Independence but, don't tell that
to Frank Drozak. The SlU's
president, speaking before an
assemblage of the luxury liner's
crew before the ship's maiden
voyage, said: "A year ago. Las
Vegas would have given odds
against us being here but we
rolled the dice and came up with a
winner.
The roll of the dice Drozak was
talking about was the SlU's role
in getting the Passenger Ship Bill
passed by Congress and signed by
President Carter earlier this year.
"Our people in Washington
did a fine job to get this bill,"
Drozak told the crewmembers,
"now it's up to you to make it
work."
The SlU president was on
hand to tour the ship and relate to
the crewjust how important their
jobs were not only to the future of
At the mike is SlU President Frank Drozak.
the Oceanic Independence but to
the future of the entire U.S. flag
passenger fleet.
"This ship is on your back, you
can make it or break it," Drozak
said. "If you're successful here, it
will mean new life for the U.S.
flag passenger ship industry.
There are four more ships waiting
to be crewed and there's no
reason why they shouldn't be
crewed by the SlU."
President Drozak then ex
pressed his confidence in the
Independence crew and turned
them to. "1 know you're all
professional sailors and will do
the best job you know how. Now
go out and make this 'loveboat'
work."
The SlU and the U.S. flag...
it's no gamble, it's a natural.
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Independence and with the
Hawaiian Islands* where the of special passenger ship
luxury liner calls.
legislation. Position papers were
However, it is not so easy to get drawn up and presented to the
a passenger ship like the Oceanic House Merchant Marine ComIndependence under the U.S. mittee.. Representatives of the
flag. In fact, there were months of SIU on Capitol Hill spoke
struggling involved before the diligently and forcefully on the
first passenger ship to sign U.S. need for legislation to put new life
articles in ten years actually came into the non-existent U.S.
passenger ship trade.
into existence.
Finally, through the Union's
The SIU had to work diligently
in Washington to secure passage efforts and through the efforts of
the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department and the Transporta
tion Institute the Passenger Ship
Bill was enacted several months
ago and the S.S. Oceanic
Independence became a reality.
With passage of this bill the
U.S. passenger ship industry can
once again become an important
source of jobs for American
seamen. Indeed, if the Oceanic
Independence is successful in the
passenger ships waiting in the
wings to begin a new life under
the flag of the United States.
As SIU President Frank
Drozak said to the crew of the
Oceanic Independence just prior
to their maiden voyage, "we've
laid the groundwork for you,
now it's up to you to carry the
ball. The future of the U.S.
passenger ship industry will
depend upon how well you do."
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Here's a bird's eye view of the Ship's Committee of theOcean/c Independence and SIU officials included. Lining up (I. to r.) are
Honolulu Agent Emil Lee Jr., Chief Steward Milton Myers, secretary-reporter; Rep George McCartney, Chief Electrician
Herman Ulrich, educational director; President Frank Drozak, Recertified Bosun Tony Palino, ship's chairman; 2nd Reefer
Engineer Greg Blasquez, engine delegate;.AB Steve Baker, deck delegate;Honolulu Rep Jake Guzik and Cook Charlie Harris,
steward delegate.
2nd Reefer Engineer Greg Blasquez
checks a reefer box.
SIU President Frank Drozak (left) is with (I. to r.) the ship's Hotel Mgr. Dennis
Prescott and SIU Rep George McCartney.
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August 1980
Legislative. Administrative and Kegulatory Happenings
Omnibus Maritime Bill Is High and Dry on Congressional Shoals
The so-called "Omnibus Maritime Bill",
conceived by former Merchant Marine
Committee Chairman John Murphy IDNY) and befouled by Minority Leader Paul
US-Flag Fleet
Declines As Overall
Tonnage Rises to
New
Record
The privately-owned deep-draft fleet of
the U.S. merchant marine lost 22 ships
during the past year through scrapping and
sales to foreign operators, while during the
same period overall tonnage of the U.S.-flag
fleet climbed to a record 23.6 million
deadweight tons.
According to the U.S. Maritime Admini
stration, the number of ships in the U.S.
deep-draft ocean and Great Lakes fleets
totaled 723 on June I, 1980. The decline in
the number of ships in the U.S. fleet and the
rise of nearly'one million deadweight tons in
overall capacity reflects the larger size of
new ships added to fleet during the past 12
months and the comparatively small sizes of
the older vessels that were retired from active service.
While the MARAD report shows a total
of 723 vessels in the American fleet, the
actual number of ships in active service was
689 of which 533 were ocean-going ships of
19.7 million tons.
The MARAD report also showed that as
of June 1, 1980 56 merchant ships totaling
nearly 2.3 million deadweight tons were
under construction or on order in U.S.
shipyards.
The shipbuilding orders incude 16
tankers, five liquefied natural gas (LNG)
vessels, ten intermodal carriers., 11 dry-bulk
vessels, two cargo break-bulk ships, and 12
special-type cargo vessels. In addition, three
ships are undergoing conversions in U.S.
shipyards.
McCloskey (R-Cal.), is going nowhere.
On July 1, just before the two-week recess,
the House Ways and Means Committee
agreed to strike all of the tax incentive
provisions from the bill, thus killing any
support the bill might have received from the
American shipbuilding industry.
Earlier, the bill came under heavy attack
from both maritime labor and the shipping
community.
SIU President Frank Drozak went before
the Merchant Marine Committee to strongly
protest wording in the proposed bill which
would give an agency of the Federal
government effective veto control over
collective bargaining agreements between
maritime unions and shipping operators.
Meanwhile, staff changes in the bill which
have been prompted by Rep. McCloskey, do
nothing niore than water down the incen
tives created under the Merchant Marine
Act of 1970.
It's been a little more than a year since the
Omnibus Bill was introduced in the House,
and it has had a stormy passage all the way.
The final blow may well have been the action
taken to delete tax incentives.
In any case, the House Rules Committee
has not taken any action and time is running
out for this 96th Congress. Further compli
cating the matter is the fact that the Senate
has not even considered any of the
promotional provisions of the House bill.
The Senate version—the Ocean Shipping
• Act of 1980—deals exclusively with regula
tory reform.
The best opinion of those in Washington
who know the Congress is that this bill is
high and dry and is not likely to be refloated
this year.
NOAA Begins First Stage To Implement
the New Deep Seabed Mining Act
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) late last month
outlined the beginning steps it will take to
put into action the Deep Seabed Hard
Mineral Resources Act. President Carter
signed the Ocean Mining Act on June 28. ,
The SIU, together with the Transporta
tion Institute and the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department, had fought long and
hard to win passage of this bill.
Among the provisions of this act are
guarantees that U.S.-flag ships and mining
vessels will be at the mine sites with
American crews on board. When deepsea-
bed mining actually begins many hundreds
of seagoing and shoreside jobs will open up
for American workers.
Specifically, the new Ocean Mining Bill
provides that all mining vessels, and at least
one ore carrier at each mine site, must be
U.S.-flag ships with American seafarers on
board.
(FOR A FULL STORY ON THE
OCEAN MINING BILL— ITS HISTORY
AND ITS IMPACT ON U.S. ECONOMY
—SEE THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS
THIS ISSUE OF
LOG.)
Veteran Seafarers Come to Washington
Rep. Ashley Is Chairman
Of Merchant Marine
Committee in House
Congressman Thomas L. Ashley last
month became chairman of the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee.
The Ohio Democrat replaces Rep. John
Murphy (D-NY) who temporarily stepped
down as chairman under the rules of the
House Democratic Caucus until he is
cleared of charges contained in an indict
ment handed down last month by the
Federal grand jury in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The indictment is the result of an
investigation arisng from the so-called
"Abscam" conspiracy in which it is alleged
that Congressman Murphy and others
accepted bribes from Federal agents posing
as foreign investors. Congressman Murphy
has denied any wrongdoing.
He is running a vigorous campaign for
reelection with the full support of the
Seafarers International Union.
Twelve more veteran Seafarers went to
Washington recently for a first-hand look at the
SlU's political action and legislative programs. It
was all part of the SlU's continuing education
program for its membership. While they were in
Washington, the group who are participating in
the Steward Recertification Program visited the
Transportation Institute, the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department, and the U.S. Capitol.
After lunch at the National Democratic Club,
they met and talked with Congressman Michael
E. Lowry, (D-Washington) whoisamemberofthe
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Commit
tee, and a staunch supporter of the U.S. merchant
marine. With the stewards on the tour were T.l.
Legislative Representative Betty Rocker and SIU
Representative Marshall Novack.
During their tour, the group posed for this
photo on the steps of the Capitol. Participating in
the educational program were Francis Di Carlo,
Henry McGowan, Joseph Delise, Edward
Caudill, Vincent Chavez, Thomas Navarre,
Robert Rutherford, Martin Lourice, Jesse
Natividad, Francisco Vega and Carl Woodward.
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Refugees Kiss Deck
After Plucked From
ScHtfh China Sea
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OR more than two weeks in
June, 185 Indochinese
boatpeople lived a nightmare.
Adrift in the South China Sea,
the mostly Vietnamese men,
women and babies, representing
four different boatloads of
refugees, had tried to flag down
120 passing ships. None would
stop to aid them.
But the nightmare ended for
the refugees when the SIUcrewed LNG Virgo (Energy
Transportation), working in
tandem with the Navy tanker
USNS Sealift Antarctic, pulled
the boatpeople to safety.
Relieved and grateful for the
help of the Virgo and the
Antarctic, many of the refugees
knelt and kissed the deck as they
were brought aboard. But the
boatpeople were unaware that
the Virgo's SIU crew and the
crew of the Antarctic had
something to celebrate too. The
two vessels had acted in the finest
tradition of their country, and
they had done it the day before
the Fourth of July.
The rescue operation actually
started three days earlier. The
captain of the Antarctic received
a radio call from the Virgo,
outbound from Nagoya to Arun.
She had 62 refugees aboard and
had sighted a boat with 15 more.
The LNG's master requested
that the Navy ship pick up the
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boatpeople. The Virgo was
running out of room and a vessel
carrying highly volatile liquified
natural gas is not the best harbor
for refugees, he said.
Under a blazing equatorial
sun, the transfer of the refugees as
well as the torching of their boat
was accomplished and both
vessels resumed coufse. Both the
62 people who had been aboard
the Virgo and the 15 plucked out
of the sea told the same grisly tale
of drifting for weeks without
food or water and of ship after
ship refusing to help them. By 5:00 p.m. the same night,
the Antarctic received another
Call from the Virgo. The LNG
vessel had spotted a boat with 15
Indonesian refugees aboard. This
time, the rescue operation was
more difficult, with heavy rains
and winds of over 30 m.p.h.
hampering the effort.^
Some two hours l^er, as the
Antarctic was again making way
for Singapore, another call came
from the Virgo. They had spotted
yet another refugee boat, this one
with 99 people aboard. Of the
total, 27 were children under the
age of 12.
The last load of refugees
brought the number aboard the
Antarctic to 185, outnumbering
the 26 crewmen by seven to one.
The LNG Virgo had played a
key role in the rescue of every one
of those boatpeople. In addition,
on the inbound trip to Nagoya
the Virgo had picked up another
boatload of Indochinese. In their
report to the Log, dated July 5,
Overseas Ulla Committee
The Ship's Committee of the ST Overseas Ulla (Maritime Overseas) paid off On
July 14 at Stapleton Anchorage, S.I., N.Y. They are (standing I. torJChielSteward
W. H. Deskins, secretary-reporter; Chief Cook G. Triguero, steward delegate and
Chief Pumpman F. D. Prisock, educational director. Seated are (I. to r.) AB J. L.
Nixon, deck delegate and Oiler J. Robertson, engine delegate.
the Virgo ship's committee
summed up this way: "On our
outbound voyage from Nagoya
to Arun, this vessel picked up 62
Vietnamese refugees which now
brings our total to 99 as on the
inbound voyage to Nagoya we
had picked up 37. Also we sighted
and assisted two more boats with
a total of 28 people."
The Virgo SIU ship's commit-*
tee included Bosun Don Hicks,
chairman, and Steward L.
Jarman, secretary-reporter.
On Independence Day 1980,
the crew of the SlU-contracted
LNG Virgo did their country—
and their Union—proud.
Personals
Bill Tomalka
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Please contact, Mrs. Earl Tomalka,
19041 Brody, Allen Park, Mich. 48101.
Roy A. Steimer
Please contact, Mrs. Anna (Steimer)
Versland, P.O. Box 214, Melville, Mt.
59055. Urgent!
Roger Ellers
Please contact, Douglas Sherman,
Route #1, Box 120, Ogdenshurg, New
York, 13669.
John Henry Rapps
Please contact, Sharon Harper
. Donham, 7003 Cannon League, Austin,^
Tekas, 78745.
Thomas Lindsey
Please contact, Ms. Myrtle L. Joyce
at P.O. Box 917, Wildwood, Florida,
32785.
Andrew Teixeira
Please contact, your neice, Ms.
Shirley Folston, 401 Lagunita Drive,
Soguel, California, 95073.
Glen Reeves
Please contact, Mrs. Reeves, 565-25,
Beaumont, Texas; 77706.
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come home again till
I was a pilot and
could come home
in gloryl"
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�Progress Made in Algeria, El Paso LNG Talks
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Sub
stantial progress has been made
to break the impasse between
Algeria and El Paso Co, over the
pricing of Algerian natural gas.
The controversy, which came
to a head the end of March, has
affected six SlU-contracted LNG
ships.
Of the six vessels, all owned by
El Paso, four are laid up and two
have been sitting in port with
crews but no cargo.
But the gap between the two
sides seemed to be closing in a
meeting held here recently. As the
Log goes to press more meetings
are scheduled.
The discussions are being held
between the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) and Algeria. DOE
took over in the spring when
negotiations between Algeria and
El Paso broke down.
The 900-foot long high
technology LNG tankers are the
most expensive commercial ships
ever built. To have them laid up is
a terrible waste.
El Paso is the nation's largest
LNG importer. Before a gas
cutoff in March by Algeria, the
company had been bringing in
about 700 million to 800 million
cubic feet of LNG daily to its
facilities at Cove Point, Md. and
Elba Island, Ga.
Cove Point is the country's
first terminal to import liquid
natural gas for year-round
transmission to customers. The
offshore unloading pier cost $80
million to build. It is connected to
the mainland facility by two
eight-foot wide tubes containing
insulated pipes separated by a
six-foot access corridor.
It is estimated that El Paso is
losing $7 million a month from
the stoppage of Algerian natural
gas.
The trouble between the north
African country and El Paso
began when Algeria decided to
radically hike the price of its
natural gas.
El Paso's contract with the
Algerians to carry natural gas
was renegotiated last year, it was
agreed that the price of Algerian
natural gas would be $1.94 per
thousand cubic feet.
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This increase was approved by
the DOE which, under law, must
rule on the price of any imported
gas.
Meanwhile, however, the
Algerian government decided to
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the El Paso Southern is one of six SlU-manned LNG ships affected by the
Algerian problem.
press for an even greater price
increase than what had been
negotiated. Algeria would like
gas prices to be comparable with
crude oil prices of the Organiza
tion of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC). That meant
that instead of $1.94, the
government wanted to up the
price to $6 per thousand cubic
feet. Algeria just lowered that
demand to $3.80.
The dispute goes as far back as
last October when Sonatrach,
Algerians state-owned oil and gas
company, told El Paso it was not
satisfied with the contract
renegotiations that raised the
price to $1.94,
In early March, El Paso
received a deadline of Mar. 31 to
meet Algerian terms. But the
company would not pay the
higher price.
The outlook is optimistic now
that Algeria and DOE may soon
reach an agreement.
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Norman Tober, former night
doorman at the Union hail in
Brooklyn, was not an old man by
any means when he died here last
month.
But Tober, only 49, in many
respects was a landman's idea of
what an "old salt" should look like.
He was a big man with hefty arms
emblazoned with an assortment of
colorful tattoos, sailor style.
Norman had been on many ships,
including some coal passers, and
had sailed to ports all over the
world—from Hamburg to Yokoh
ama. He had a pocket full of
discharges to prove it but thev
showed he never spent a lot of time
on any one ship. In that respect he
was like a lot of sailors, too.
"I was always a restless kind of
guy," he once said. "1 always wanted
to be going somewhere else..see
something different. I never got to
be a homesteader...you know, one
of those characters who stays on a
ship trip after trip."
Maybe Norman was restless
because, like many other seamen
before him, he had no home ties.
"I have a brother." he told his
friends, "but I neverhear from him. I
don't have any wife or kids...no
family really." Johnny Giordano,
the day doorman, and Francis
"Buffalo" Stallings and a few others
around the Union hall were
Norman's family. When Norman
died, "Buffalo" took care of the
arrangements and received visitors
to the funeral parlor with all the care
and dignity that anyone would
expect from a close member of the
family. You might call it "the
brotherhood of the sea."
Probably because he had no
family, Norman was a voracious
reader, sea stories being his
favorites, along with westerns and
war yarns.
He also made ship models from
kits. A model of the Titanic for the
office of our late President Paul
Hall. A model of HMS Bounty for
SIU President Frank Drozak and a
model of a wartime destroyer for the
Log office. He put in many hours
making a diorama type model of a
river steamboat wharf at the
entrance to the Union hall.
Norman figured he had made 100
or so models afloat and ashore.
Did he sell some of them and
make a few bucks to cover the cost?
"I Just made 'em for friends," he
explained.
To Norman Tober, as to many
thousands of men without families
who have made seafaring a way of
life, there was nothing more
important than a friend.
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JUNE 1-30,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
ClassA Class B ClassC
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
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Algonac (Hdqs.)
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56
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All Groups
ClassA Class B Class C
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21
17
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45
23
12
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6
4
5
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45
84
60
132
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Algonac (Hdqs.)
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19
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42
35
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
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Algonac (Hdqs.)
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ENTRY DEPARTMENT
45
81
16
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121
119
0
21
133
114
Totals All Departments
•"Total Registered" means the numtier of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
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Drozak to NJ. Fed: ^Must Unite to Survive'
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IU President Frank Drozak
fired off a strong appeal for
unity within the trade union
movement in an address to the
New Jersey AFL-CIO Conven
tion on July 2.
Drozak made it clear he
intended to follow in the paths of
Paul Hall and George Meany
who "lit the torch of labor and
proudly held it high. We can do
no less," Drozak stated, "and
hope to survive."
"There-have been many dif
ferences within the brotherhood
of trade unions over the years,"
Drozak told the New Jersey
delegates. "But no matter what
these differences were, they were
never too big to overcome.
Because the all-important thing
that bound us together in the
beginning," he said, "always
brought us back together in the
end—unity."
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Drozak urged the house of
labor to stand united in the next
crucial months leading up to the
national elections.
"We've got to present a united
front to both political parties,"he
said, "and we've got to stick
Together behind our national
AFL-CIO policy of calling for
'AIT America that Works for
Everyone!."
The Federation's policy,
Drozak said, was forged to reflect
the growing concern about the "to be a service-based economy
state of the nation's economy dependent upon other countries
expressed by working people for finished goods and raw
through their unions. As materials. Too much of our
presented to both the Republican technology is exported abroad,"
and Democratic Platform he charged. "Too many plants are
Committees, that policy includes obsolete."
seeking a commitment from both
Coupled with a re-building of
parties to the goal of full the U.S. industrial base, Drozak
employment.
stressed, must come a change in
"Full employment," Drozak U.S. trade policies.
stated, "is the only economic
"International trade tactics,
policy that will effectively fight such as dumping, state-con
inflation through the increased trolled export mechanisms and
production of goods and unfair barriers to U.S. products
services.
stifle America's economic
Full employment is also the growth, " he said.
key to achieving equal rights and
Drozak pointed to the U.S.
equal opportunity for minorities flag merchant marine as one
and women, he said, adding that victim of the misguided trade
without a massive U.S. jobs policies of our government.
program, "equal employment "These trade policies have
opportunity" meant nothing resulted," he said, "in our
more than "an equal chance to American merchant fleet going
stand in the unemployment line." from 4,000 vessels in 1948 to 578
The AFL-CIO policy plank in 1980."
also stresses an attack on
inflation by reducing interest
rates, eliminating dependence on
imported petroleum, containing
hospital costs and increasing the
nation's housing supply. Drozak
spoke about the fight against
inflation as well as the need to
work for a comprehensive
program to reindustrialize
America.
The United States can no
longer afford, Drozak cautioned.
But the same trade policies that
have crippled the American
merchant marine, threaten union
workers in every trade through
out the country. "Every union in
the AFL-CIO is threatened by
foreign imports and unrealistic
trade policies," Drozak charged.
"Now we must all join together,"
to counter fhose policies.
The way to triumph in these
struggles, the new SIU president
told the N.J. convention, is to
fight them with our strongest
weapon—unity.
"We owe it to the memberships
we represent to stand strong and
united," Drozak said. And "we
owe it to men like Paul Hall and
George Meany. They dedicated
their lives to these causeslabor's causes. Because of what
they did," he concluded, "we are
able to convene here today as free
people fighting for better things
for free workers."
It's your Industry
And it needs you
Ashes of Boatman Jos, Straley
Scattered Over Chesapeake Bay
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Rev. Dale Cropper conducts services for Boatman Joseph Straley on the Little
Curtis as his friends and mates look on.
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A memorial burial service was
held July 9,1980, for Joseph Daniel
Straley, 60, on hoard the tugboat
Little Curtis, three milesfrom Smith
Point in the Chesapeake Bay.
Boatman Straley of Baltimore,
Md. fought im uphill battle with
cancer for a year and a half. Brother
Straley was last employed by the
Steuart Transportation Companyof
Piney Point, Maryland.
In his last will and testament.
Brother Straley requested that his
ashes he placed in the Chesapeake
Bay from the vessel he worked on.
• room, board and books free
the Little Curtis. He sailed as
Assistant Engineer on this tug.
The service was conducted by
Reverend Dale Cropper of the St.
George's Episcopal Church. He
offered prayers at the service for
Brother Straley. Other persons
who participated in the service were
George Goodwin, Personnel Mana
ger of Steuart.'s, Marshall Novak,
Port Agent for Piney Point and the
captain and crew of the Little Curtis.
Mrs. Straley is grateful to Steuart
Transportation for fulfilling her
husband's wishes.
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ITF Wants Bilateralism, Curb on Runaways
Hollywood, Fla.—Attacks on
flag-of-convenience shipping
practices and support for cargosharing agreements between
maritime trading partners
highlighted the agenda of the
33rd Triennial Congress of the
International Transport Workers
Federation held here July 17-25.
Representatives of hundreds of
trade unions from more than 60
nations throughout the world
convened to further the ITF's
stated goals "to protect and
advance the interests of affiliated
members employed in transpor
tation."
SIU President Frank Drozak,
who was elected to the Federa
tion's General Council, headed
up the SIU's delegation to the
ITF congress. The SIU, one of 12
U.S. transportation unions
participating in the congress, was
also represented by John Fay,
SIU of Canada President Roman
Gralewicz, Leo Bonser, Ed
Turner and Ed Pulver.
The actions on flag-ofconvenience fleets and cargo
sharing agreements were brought
before the full Federation by the
members of the ITF's Special
Seafarers' Section, with input
from the SIU and other U.S.
maritime unions.
That Section was formed "to
counter the threat to Seafarer's
safety and social conditions
posed by the registration of
vessels under flags of conven
ience."
Victory on the key cargosharing agreement was hardwon.
Endorsement by the ITF of a
resolution Which recognizes that
"the keystone of any merchant
marine policy is the availjiability
of cargo..." was chalked up as a
success by the U.S. and Canadian
maritime unions which spon^
sored it.
"The resolution is a step
forward in achieving fair and
equitable cargo agreements,"
SIU President Drozak said. But
U.S. maritime unions were
disappointed when attempts to
broaden the resolution to include
support of "bilateral maritime
arrangements at the national
level" were shot down in the
closed Seafarers' Section
meeting.
ITF delegates strongly con
demned flag-of-convenience
practices as they have in the past,
scoring shipowners.Who use flags
of convenience as a means of
avoiding "their own countries'
higher taxes, safety standards.
wages and operating costs.'
Flag-of-convenience opera-tors, the. Federation charged,
deprive their own nationals of
"jobs, foreign exchange balances
and other economic and national
security advantages afforded by a
strong merchant marine."
In its most substantive move
on the flag-of-convenience issue,
the ITF voted on rules to
administer the rapidly growing
fund which is made up of fines
imposed on flag-of-convenience
operators for violations of
international shipping standards.
The fund, which now has a
cache of $23.5 million, was set up
as a corporate entity with its own
trustees. It will be used for
"occupational, educational,
social and welfare assistance to
seafarers."
SIU Strikes ACBLt Company Using Utifon Busting Tactks
T
HE SIU launched a major
strike last month against
American Commercial Barge
Lines and its integrated affiliated
inland waterways companies.
The strike began July 14.
Picketlines are up at eight key
locations, including: Louisiana
DockJn Harahan, La.; Louisiana
Dock in Westwego, La.; Lou
isiana Dock in Cairo, 111.
Louisiana Dock in Hennepin,
111.; American Commercial
Terminal in Louisville, Ky,;
American Commercial Terminal
in St. Louis, Mo.; and Louisiana
Dock in Wood River, 111.
These facilities are wholly
affiliated subsidiaries of Ameri
can Commercial Lines, Inc.,
Inland Waterways Division,
which also includes Inland Tugs
Co., MAC Towing, Inc., and"
Jeffboat, Inc.
The Union's picketlines at
these locations have hit the
company hard. Brother trade
unions employed at ACBL's
facilities have refused to cross the
SIU's picketlines and are
showing strong support of the
strike.
Thanks especially to the
Mineworkers and Boilermakers
Local 482 who have honored the
picketlines in the true spirit of
labor unity, the strike is having a
major impact.
ACBL has been trying to
replace striking Boatmen with
scabs aboard their vessels.
The SIU's strike against ACBL
capped nearly six months of good
faith efforts by the Union to
reach a new contract with the
company.
Throughout the six month
period, ACBL refused to bargain
in good faith with SIU represen
tatives. By all their actions ACBL
made it clear that they wanted to
bust the fairly elected Union of its
employees.
ACBL's union-busting activi
ties caused the National Labor
Relations Board to issue a
complaint against the company
charging:
• ACBL attempted to and
interfered with SIU members'
federally protected rights under
the National Labor Relations
Act;
• ACBL unlawfully sponsored
and assisted efforts to aid a„.
phoney union to replace the SIU;
• ACBL discharged and
discriminated against approxi
mately 80 Union Boatmen and
Bargemen because of their
activities and allegiance to their
Union;
• ACBL has consistently
refused to bargain in good faith
with the SIU.
Carter: ^U.S. Flag Will Get 50% of Cargoes'
T
HE Carter Administration
has assured representatives
of the maritime industry that a
recent decision by the Agency for
International Development
(AID) to exclude certain aid to
Israel from the provisions of the
Cargo Preference Act of 1954
does not signify a change in the
Administration's commitment to
develop and maintain a strong
American flag Merchant Marine.
The cargo in question had
originally been regulated by the
Cargo Import Program, a piece
of legislation that gives emer
gency relief to U.S. allies without
jeopardizing American jobs and
industries.
Under the terms of the Cargo
Import Program, certain" valued
American allies, such as Israel
and Egypt, are given money to
purchase badly needed supplies.
The supplies that they buy,
however, must be American.
Congress felt that it would be
improper to let American funds
be used to fortify foreign
industries. It is one thing to help
one's hard-pressed Egyptian and
Israeli allies. It is quite another
thing to make rich Japanese
corporations richer.
To ensure that countries
receiving aid under jthe Cargo
Import Program purchase U.S.
goods. Congress required that
they show proof of purchase.
The trade generated by the
Cargo Import Program is
considered to be governmentgenerated. It is therefore
governed by the Cargo Prefer
ence Act of 1954, which requires
that 50 percent of all govern
ment-generated cargo be carried
on American flag vessels.
The Israelis have had trouble
with the bookkeeping require
ments of the Commodity
Program. To accomodate a
beleaguered and valued ally.
Congress passed a new law, the
Cash Transfer Program, which
allows Israel to purchase
American goods with a minimum
of red tape.
nation's Merchant Marine.
According to the SIU and the
Maritime Administration,
Congress had no intention of
changing the Cargo Preference
provisions of the old law. It
merely wished to simplify some
of the overly complicated
bureaucratic procedures.
In a letter to the SIU, Stuart
Because the Cash Transfer Eizenstat, assistant to the
Program does not require proof President for Domestic Affairs
of purchase, AID has ruled that and Policy, took note of the
the U.S. Cargo Preference Laws industry's concern.
no longer apply.
Eizenstat also reiterated his
AID'S decision has been widely support for the U.S. flag
attacked by responsible segments merchant marine. He empha
of the maritime industry, sized that the Administration will
including the Seafarers Inter vigilantly review the effects of the
national Union, and the Mari Cash Transfer Program to see
time Administration, the section that American flag shipping
of the Federal government interests are not harmed in any
responsible for promoting this way.
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into law the Supplemental
Appropriations and Rescissions
Bill for Fiscal Year 1980, setting
an important precedent for the
dredging industry. It is the first
piece of legislation to state that a
preference should be given to
American companies in the
dredging of a government
generated project. The bill had
the active support of the SIU.
Under the terms of the bill.
Congress and the President have
appropriated $25 million over a
SIU Supported Precedent Setting Bill
two year period so that badly
needed support facilities can be
constructed at Diego Garcia,
which is one of this country^s
more important naval bases:
Situated in the Indian Ocean,
Diego Garcia gives the United,
States strategic access to Indian,
Middle Eastern and African
ports.
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The language contained in the
bill is not as strong as 'the
maritime and dredging industries
would have liked. However, the
bill is an important first step.
The House version of the bill
had contained strong language in
favor of giving U.S. companies
preference over foreign compe
titors.
The Senate version was much
less emphatic. The language
contained in the present bill is a
compromise between these two
extremes.
The bill that was signed into
law authorizes the Department of
Defense to prepare a program
that would assure that American
companies be given preference
for construction contracting. The
major elements of that program
include:
• a prequalification procedure
for U.S. contractors that assures
competition.
• a requirement that firms
use U.S. personnel, material and
equipment, where appropriate.
• the use of joint ventures to
satisfy existing agreements.
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to the recently enacted Synthetic
Fuels Legislation, has instructed
the Administration to revive the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Program (SPR).
SPR, which was formulated in
1974 in response to the Arab Oil
Embargo, never really achieved
its stated goal of building an
adequate national stockpile of
oil. From its inception, SPR was
plagued by administrative
mismanagement. Court chal
lenges by environmentalists
slowed its implementation.
SPR was seriously curtailed in
March 1979 after the Iranian
Revolution caused a worldwide
shortage of oil. Efforts to revive
SPR had met with opposition
from the State Department,
which cited Saudi Arabian
disapproval as reason enough to
abandon the program.
Last winter, this country had
92 million barrels of oil in
reserve, which was barely
enough to replace two weeks' those hard-liners in Saudi Arabia
The Elk Hills scheme would
imports. Most other industrial who threaten to cut their indirectly benefit the maritime
nations have oil reserves of forty production of oil if the U.S.
industry. The oil produced in Elk
days or more.
purchases extra oil on the world
Hills is covered by the Jones Act,
Congress has given the market to increase its petroleum
and would therefore have to be
»Administration until October 1st reserve.
moved in U.S. flag vessels.
to prepare and begin implemen
tation of a program that would
increase this country's Petroleum
Reserve by a minimum of
100,000 barrels of oil a day. The
Administration is free to devise
its own program.
Several options are open to the
Administration. Perhaps the
most promising is the one
involving Elk Hills Naval
Reserve in California.
Instead of purchasing extra oil
on the world market, which
would certainly upset our Saudi
allies, the government is consid
ering diverting some of its own
supplies to the stockpiles. The
Federal Government produces
some 100,000 barrels a day at the
Elk Hills Naval Reserve.
State Department officials
two
of?hPir'nw'I'®
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hope that this scheme will satisfy
Young Boatman and Brother
Die in Scuba Diving Accident
SIU Boatman Jim Gaillard, 22,
and his brother Glen, 20, both
drowned in a tragic scuba diving
accident near Lake City, Fla.
According to local police, the
brothers were exploring underwater
caves in Ginnie Springs, a popular
diving area,when they got separated
and their tanks ran out of oxygen.
The young ;nen, both residents of
Mount Pleasant, S C., had been on a
camping trip when the accident
occurred.
The two were buried in Wilson
Cemetery after funeral services at
Pentacostal Holiness Church in
Mount Pleasant.
Boatman Gaillard worked for the
Boatman Jim Gaillard, Jr.
SIU's Marine Contracting and
Emma Gaillard and a brother,
Towing out of Charleston, S.C.
David.
He is survived by his widow,
The SIU's sincere condolences go
Susan; his parents, James, Sr. and out to the family.
16 / LOG / August 1980
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Stella MarlsTo Hold Mariners Ball In N.O.
The newly-renovated Stella Maris
Maritime Center in New Orleans,
La., is a home-away-from-home for
merchant seamen from all over the'
world as well as for U.S. military
personnel.
bors with an invitation to the First
Annual Mariners Ball. Tickets to the
Oct. 24 gala cost $75 per person for a
"Mariners Ticket" or $350 per
couple for a seat at the "Captain's
Table."
The ball will feature cocktails,
Located on Governor Nicholls
entertainment
by the Navy Steele
Street, the Center's stated purpose is
to "minister to the personal and Band, a creole-style buffet supper
spiritual needs" of the international and, of course, high steppin' to a
seafaring community. They offer dance band.
The black-tie ball will be limited
basketball, swimming and other
recreation, a snack shop and a to 400 guests. So if you're interested
chapel as well as down-home con in helping out the Center which has
versation for seamen and service helped so many seamen and having
"a ball" doing it, contact: The Stella
men in an unfamiliar port.
Maris-Maritime Center, 3129 State
This Fall the Center is reaching Street Drive, New Orleans. La.
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The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded a $75,000
contract for a study that will develop standards for the automated control
of diesel systems.
The study is being undertaken because of the appearance of diesel ships
in the American-flag fleet.
MARAD awarded the contract to Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. of
Essex, Conn. The company will confer with at least five European
regulatory bodies in making its report, according to MARAD. It will seek
to learn about the standards and specifications that are advocated today
in this field among foreign carriers, shipyards, and diesel engine suppliers.
Diesel powered ships have been common among foreign fleets for a
number of years.
Tumwater, Wash.
A delay in a Washington state hearing on the Northern Tier Pipeline
has occurred as the result of a ruling by an administrative law judge.
The Judge, John Von Reis, said that the Northern Tier Pipeline Co.
failed to provide enough information to Washington state on the
proposed pipeline route under Puget Sound.
State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council hearings will now be
delayed while Northern Tier tries to provide the required information
The Northern Tier Pipeline, which the SIU has vigorously supported,
will run from the deepwater terminal of Port Angeles, Wash, to
Clearbrook, Minn. It will be capable of carrying 933,000 barrels of oil a
day. The oil will be brought to Port Angeles by tanker from Alaska.
In January President Carter approved construction of the pipeline and
m the spring the U.S. government granted Federal right-of-way to the
$1.23 billion project.
However, the pipeline, which will pass through five states, must still
obtain private financing and state authorizations before it can proceed.
SS Point Julie
Last month the SlU-contracted Point JuHe (Birch shipping) was
scheduled to deliver 23,000 metric tons of soybean oil to Karachi
Pakistan.
Galveston, Tex.
Construction of the deepest supertanker port in the nation was given
the OK last month by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
To be built on Galveston's Pelican Island,.the $330 million berth will be
able to handle supertankers of up to 250,000 deadweight tons. It is
expected that construction will take two years.
_ The superport will be built jointly by the Port of Galveston and Pelican
Terminal Corporation. Crude oil will be carried by pipeline from the
port's two supertanker berths to Texas City, and from there to Beaumont,
Houston, and Freeport.
The Corps issued permits for the building of the berths and pipe
lines. The two 36-inch pipelines will be capable of carrying 50,000
barrels of crude oil an hour from the port to a Texas City tank farm.
Puerto Rico
SlU-contracted Navieras de Puerto Rico has increased its service
between the island commonwealth to the Dominican Republic and the
Vrrgin Islands. Under the new schedule the company is offering two rollon sailings per week to the Dominican Republic. The upgraded Virgin
Islands service will be made by a barge with a capacity for 54 40-foot
trailers. The barge will make the round trip from San Juan, Puerto Rico
to the Virgin Islands three times a week.
San Francisco
American President Lines has, begun regular monthly service between
the U.S. West Coast and People's Republic of China. It will operate via
feeder service from Hong Kong. Since last year, A PL has been providing
direct service to China on a cargo inducement basis. This service will
continue to be available.
Sri Lanka
Five American President Line ships will all be delivering bulk wheat
cargoes to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka this month and next month.
The President Jackson will leave from the U .S. North Pacific early this
month with 15,250 metric tons. The President Wilson will also leave from
the U.S. North Pacific in mid September with 16,800 metric tons.
Leaving from California in mid August with 18,900 metric tons will be
the President Taylor. She will be followed in late August or early
September by ihe President Cleveland with the same cargo load. Then in
mid September the President Adams will carry 16,800 metric tons. The
SIU has the Steward department on APL ships.
To Old and Young 'Salts' Alike: Cut Intake!
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description of an
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(experienced seaman as an
"old salt" has more than a grain
of truth in it these days. Because
an ever-increasing number of
U.S. seafarers consume a
tremendous amount of salt—
from three to six times more than
the half-teaspoon the body needs
daily.
So what's the big deal? Plenty!
The amount of salt in your diet is
directly related to your blood
pressure level. Too much salt
over a long period of time makes
you a prime candidate for high
blood pressure.
High blood pressure, or
hypertension, is called the "silent
killer" because it strikes without
warning. It has no symptoms. It
causes no pain.
The only way to know if you
have high blood pressure is to
have it checked at least once a
year.
Once you have it, you liave it.
There is no cure for high blood
pressure. The condition can be
easily controlled through
medication in combination with
a low-salt diet. But if you don't
follow
follow vonr
your nrpcrriKf^rl
prescribed treatment
routine, your blood pressure will
shoot back up again.
If you have untreated high
blood pressure, you're an oddson-favorite for heart attack or
stroke.
One way to avoid joining the
millions of Americans who have
high blood pressure is to cut
down on your chances of getting
it. And that means cutting down
on salt.
Why salt? The chemical
components of salt are sodium
and chloride. The intake of
sodium causes the body to retain
water. And when your body is
"water-logged" your heart has to
work overtime and your blood
pressure goes up.
Salting food before tasting it—
or over-salting it during a meal is
the main reason many people
consume too much salt. But it's
not the only reason.
A lot of sodium comes to us
courtesy of the pre-packaged
foods we buy. Canned soups and
foods contain plenty of sodium
because it's a good preservative
and extends the shelf-life of food.
.
In addition many of the
seasonings used to "spice up
cooked food are really sodium in
disguise. MSG, used as a meat
tenderizer or flavor enhancer.
stands for mor\o-sodiwn glutamate. Soy sauce, steak sauce,
onion salt and garlic salt all
contain high levels of sodium.
Another "salty" mistake is
made by people who work in hot
environments—like ship's engine
rooms. You do not need salt
tablets to counteract the effects of
heat. Most food contains enough
natural salt to maintain the
human body without any help.
Even when it's very hot, all that's
necessary for good health is to
eat regular meals and drink lots
of water.
Here are some guidelines to
keep in mind to help reduce salt
intake:
Avoid cured and processed
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meats like bacon, ham, sausage,
corned beef and hot dogs. '
• Avoid salty cheeses (espe
cially processed cheeses); canned
and dried soups and pickles.
olives, potato chips, dips and
sauerkraut.
• Use oil & vinegar instead of
bottled salad dressings; baked
potatoes instead of fries; broiled
or plain sliced cold meat instead
of breaded meat or packaged
cold cuts.
• Try a breakfast steak or
hamburger patty instead of ham,
bacon or sausage.
• Choose fresh fruit, icecream
or sherbert over pie and cake^
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Dear Brother Drozak:
On behalf of the officers and members of CWA, I extend to you and to
your Union our heartfelt expression of grief and loss in the passing of
your late leader, Paul Hall.
For me, personally, it is a loss that cannot be measured. 1 have looked
to Paul Hall for all the years 1 have been on the AFL-CIO Executive
Council as a person whose stature, whose integrity and whose dedication
to the labor movement are beyond measure. Organizationally, we at
CWA have profited greatly from our association with him—and with the
Seafarers International Union—in matters of the utmost importance to
organized labor and to the Nation as a whole.
1 shall miss him as a friend, a counselor and a wise man whose vision
was always on the center of the target. This land of ours has produced few
genuine leaders in the past generation. He was one of those. In addition,
his very human qualities—compassion, warmth, dedication and
determination—inspired all df us who worked closely with him in pursuit
of our common goals.
You have reason to be proud of the legacy he has left, and so do we all.
Sincerely,
Glen Watts, President
Communication Workers
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Dear President Drozak,
On behalf of the other officers and all the affiliates of our State
Federation, I wish to express the deepest sympathy and regret which we
all feel on the occasion of the death of your great leader, Paul Hall.
I appreciated being able to attend the funeral services last week by
reason of your kind invitation.
Paul Hall's career in the labor movement will continue to be an
inspiration to all of us, particularly now that Amejican labor is again
facing the most serious difficulties in many years.
Fraternally,
John J. Driscoll
President
Connecticut State Labor
Council, AFL-CIO
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A special ship's meeting was called aboard the U.S. T. Atlantic to pay
our respects to our late President Paul Hall when we heard he had passed
away. The Chairman (Bosun Donald Fleming) spoke at some length of
the many things that Brother Hall did for seamen, especially of his
opening the Harry Lundeberg School. Before the opening of the School,
a seaman had no place to go to upgrade or improve himself. Thanks to
Paul Hall, the School came into being and has helped many of us get
ahead.
Fraternally,
Ship's Committee—U.S.T. Atlantic
Chairman, Bosun Donald Fleming F-585
Secretary-Reporter, Clyde Kreiss K-28
Ed. Director, C.R. Lowman L-999
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Thank you for your letter of ,Iuly I.
On behalf of the ITFs unions throughout the world please accept our
profound condolence on the passing of Paul Hall. We had known for
some time, of course, that he was grievously ill but it was hard nonetheless
to grasp that he had in the end to surrender.
His international activities were marked by those same qualities that
made him an almost legendary figure at home; forthrightness, courage,
integrity and quick, sharp intelligence which invariably led him to the
heart of the problem. To all who knew him he will be iong remembered
with respect and affection.
On a more personal level, may 1 say that 1 first met Paul over twenty
years ago when I had a very modest position in the ITF. Then and
afterwards, as 1 moved up the ladder, he never failed to show me great
kindness and the impact of that huge personality is indelible.
Yours sincerely,
Harold Lewis
General Secretary
International Transport >
Workers Federation
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The departure of Paul Hall leaves one with a feeling of sadness. But
knowing he has enriched and added so much more dignity to our lives and
that of others is of great solace.
We will all miss Paul.
Fraternally,
P.J. Dorrian—D-256
M.V. Overseas Harriette
(Amsterdam, Holland)
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Dear Mr. Drozak:
I have learned with much regret of the death of your President and
colleague Paul Hall. AH of us on the US Law of the Sea Delegation share
your sense of loss. We valued highly Mr. Hall's participation in the work
of the Advisory Committee and his interest and support of our objectives.
We shall miss him.
Would you please convey to your associates my deep sympathy.
With kind regards.
Sincerely,
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Ambassador At Large
Department of State
18 / LOG / August 1980
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We have noted with regret the passing of SlU President Paul Hall. A
short service was read on the fantail by Captain Schonn for President
Hall.
We have confidence and trust that President Frank Drozak will carry
on the duties of President Hall. A heavy load for one man to carry but we,
the rank-and-file, have confidence in President Frank Drozak. Good
luck and God Speed, Frank.
Upon receipt of the telegram informing us of Paul Hall's passing the
colors were flown at half mast all during the day. The following short
address was delivered in memory of Paul Hall by Capt. Schonn.
"We have come together here to pay our respects to a great person, a
great American, Paul Hall. He has passed the final bar on June 22, 1980.
Let us all deep within ourselves try to remember him. Just as we knew
him, either personally or as a leader of a great American movement and
iet us observe one minute of complete silence in his memory.
What can we say about Paul Hall?
His physical body is no longer walking amongst us. But that is not
important. All iife on the physical plane is limited between birth and
death. Important is what Paul Hall stood for and what he devoted his
life's work to; to help the under-privileged attain a better life in order to
achieve a basic ideal of mankind—freedom and liberty for all.
We all are benefitting in one way or another from the efforts he put
forth for all of us. Let us try to remember his ideals, that part which was
spiritually motivating and driving him, make it our own, and then carry
on his efforts in our most honest endeavors. Then we shall see for our own
selves, that "Those old sailors never die."
H.W. Schonn, Master—LNG Virgo
LNG Virgo Ship's Committee
Chairman, Bosun Donald Hicks H-694
Sec.-Reporter, Steward L. Jarman J-8029
Ed. Director, J. Salamons
Just a line to let you and all my Union brothers know that I deeply
regretted the passing away of our very dear Brother and friend Mr. Paul
Hall.
We have lost a leader as well as a friend and brother. He fought for the
rights of seafaring brothers for many years. He fought to get all of us
where we are today. I only hope that the fight will continue for the rights
of seamen and for more ships under the American flag.
Brother Hall fought long and hard for our maritime industry. He was a
native of Alabama and so am I. His integrity and hard work are beyond
question by anyone. It is a shame that we don't have more leaders like
him in this wonderful nation of ours.
My heart is heavy with sorrow. I know Paul Hall will be missed among
our ranks for many years to come.
Fraternally,
A Loyal Union Member (since 1947)
Malcolm E. Smith S-5215
�U«S*Flag Must Get Fair Share of Coal Exports
A
s world oil supplies decline and
k. as the political price of petro
leum from OPEC nations becomes
too steep to pay, coal has begun to
emerge as America's last, best hope.
In abundant supply within U.S.
territory, development of our coal
resources will lessen our dependence
. on foreign oil suppliers.
Our vast coal reserves will be vital
not only to fuel America, but to fire
up, once again, foundering U.S.
influence with our Western Euro
pean allies.
Dependent to a great degree on
the Middle East for their energy
needs. Western Europe's foreign
policy has evolved into a policy of
least resistance against the actions of
their OPEC suppliers. Afraid to
antagonize their oil suppliers at the
risk of a devastating fuel cutoff.
Western Europe has declined whole
hearted support of U.S. sanctions
against Iran, among other issues.
With this in mind. President
Carter went to Italy in June to
participate in an economic summit
meeting with the leaders of Italy,
France, the United Kingdom, Can
ada, Germany and Japan.
The seven national leaders
emerged from the talks tinited in
their intent to conserve oil and
increase their use of alternative
energy sources, principally coal.
They further agreed that the
United States would be the "chief
producer and exporter of coal for
the international market." And that
the Western European nations and
. Japan would double or triple their
purchases of coal from the U.S.
within the next 20 years.
prepared to help industry cope with
the jobs of increased mining of coal;
To get this ambitious coal pro development of adequate handling,
gram off the ground will mean a storing and transportation facilities;
hefty outlay of private capital to and a significant expansion of ports
build and upgrade port facilities and or. the Gulf, East and West Coasts to
transportation networks here in the. accomodate deep draft coal carriers.
Unit^ States.
While it is also obvious that a
In early July tbe Carter Admini sizeable bulk fleetwill be required to
stration held briefing sessions witb move the coal—as many as 1,000dry
key industry and labor groups bulk ships of 100,000 dwt by some
including tbe SIU, to outline tbe estimates—the government has not
objectives of tbe U.S. coal program. made a single provision to ensure
They indicated the government is either U.S. shipping or shipbuilding
OHIcial Publkolion of the Seofarers Inferttationol Union o(
North America. Atlontic. GuU, lolei end Inland Woten Ohtrict.
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Executive Board
Frank Drozak
President
Leon Hall
Joe DiGiorgio
Vice President
Secretary- Treasurer
Angus "Red" Campbell
Joe Sacco
Mike Sacco
Vice President
Vice President
Vice -President
James Ganndn
Ray Bourdius
Assistant Editor
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West Coast Associate Editor
Editor «
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Etlitor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Photography
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Administrative Assistant
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wijth an equitable role in the coal
program.
We believe it is impossible to
Justify the outlay of. billions of
dollars to spur a U.S. coal export
program without including a role for
U.S. ships and U.S. seamen in that
program.
While the blessing of increased
reliance on our vast American coal
resources allows both America and
her allies a way out from under the
domination of oil producing na
tions, the blessing backfires if we
allow that coal to move on foreign
ships.
Without a guarantee that a
substantial percentage of our coal
exports will move on American-flag
vessels, the United States will end up
more dependent than ever before on
foreign fleets.
With the fortunes of the U.S.-flag
dry bulk fleet at an all-time low and
with the overall national economy
floundering, the proposed U.S. coal
exporting program provides us with
a timely chance to turn the tide.
Tbe coal export program is a
golden chance to provide shipyard
and seagoing Jobs for American
workers; tens of thousands of
additional jobs in related U.S.
shoreside industries: an opportunity
to renew our sadly deficient national
bulk fleet and the chance to protect
our national security by cutting our.
ties with foreign-flag shippers.
Our coal reserves are one of
America's national treasures. But a
coal export program which deprives
American ships and seamen of a
rightful share in* that program is a
travesty.
The U.S. government would
never suggest that the coal needed to
meet the terms of the export
agreement with our allies be mined
by foreign workers. If they did, the
American mineworkers would shut
the coalfields down.
The government would not sug
gest that our national ports be built
or renovated by foreign laborers. If
they did, the U.S. construction
trades would make sure those ports
didn't get built.
But by their silence on the role of
U.S.-built, U.S.-manned ships in a
coal export program, our govern
ment has suggested that foreign
vessels with foreign crews will play a
key role in that program.
TTie job of exporting American
coal abroad isn't over at the mouth
of the mine. It isn't over at a rail or
highway transfer facility. And it isn't
over at the water's edge.
it's U.S. coal. And a good portion
of it must move on U.S. ships.
August 1980 / LOG / 19
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Dear Frank Drozak:
I recently learned of the passing of Paul Hall. Needless to say, while I
was aware of Paul's desperate illness and his courageous battle and thus
I. was not taken by surprise, but was nonetheless deeply saddened by this
tragic loss. It is, of course, a loss felt most deeply by his family to whom he
was so devoted, and then a loss to the Union that was his entire life.
For the brief periods of time I spent with Paul and the several isolated
legal matters in which 1 was involved with him and the Union 1 come to
the conclusion that his loss is felt by all people who knew him and have a
continuing interest in the vitality and integrity of!he United States and its
legitimate labor movement.
While my personal involvement with Paul was, as >ou know,
somewhat limited, my awareness of him and his activities and his person
since 1970 has been continually increasing as has my admiration and
'respect. He was no saint, for none of us can assume such a mantle in real
life, arid yet my knowledge of Jiim through his personality and his acts
evokes in my mind the words that Clarence Darrow uttered on the death
of his dear friend, Peter Altgeld: "He so loved justice and truth and liberty
and righteousness that all the terrors that the earth could hold were less,
thaq the condemnation* of his conscience."
I know that you feel a personal loss in Paul's passing but you have
inherited a mantle which you wear so well. You have my own wishes for
continued success in the leadership which you assumed so long ago and
my request that you extend to Mrs. Hall and the family my very sincere
sympathy on the loss that they have sustained.
Most sincerely,
Jonathan L. Rosner, Esq.
New York, N.Y.
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I was saddened to hear of the death of Paul HaT|—recognized as one of
the greatest labor leaders of this nation. Respected by the labor
movement, the maritime industry, business executives and by many of
oiir country's presidents and legislators—past and present, Paul will be
missed especially by the seamen for whom he so staunchly fought in the
last four decades.
Paul was dedicated to improving conditions for not only the SIU
membership which he so ably represented at the negotiating table, in the
halls of Congress, at the White House, and in the international labor and
business arenas but also for all working men and women, skilled arid
unskilled, professional and non-professional. As an initiator and builder
of ideas. Paul's accomplishments appropriately eulogize his dedication,
perseverence and courage—qftentime in the face of extreme adversity.
His memory and spirit will live on in the realization of his ideas and
dreams and in the enormity of his accomplishments.
While Paul was ill, our SIU Executive Vice President Frank Drozak
performed the functions of acting president both capably and admirably.
For over a decade. Frank had been Paul's right hand man working with
him side by side to the benefit of the SIU membership. In my opinion.
Frank is the best-prepared man to carry out the responsibilities of the
office of president of the Seafarers International Union. Training and
experience have eminently qualified Frank to assume the leadership of
the union and tend to the important task of building a healthy U.S.-Hag
merchant fleet and a still stronger and more effective SI U. We should all
stand behind him and give him our strongest encouragement and
support—as did Paul—because he has most assuredly earned it.
Fraternally yours,
Anthony Goncalves
G-83
Arlington, Va.
I deeply regret that I was unable to attend the services for our late
brother, friend and colleague Paul Hall.
I am thankful that I had the opportunity to have known Paul and to
have been associated with him in our great free trade union movement.
He was a true friend, a champion and dedicated fighter for the free
trade union movement and a great American.
Please express my deepest sympathy to his family and to the officers
and members of the Seafarers International Union.
Fraternally,
Aibin J. Gruhn
President
Califomla .State Federation of
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Frank Drozak, President
Seafarers International Union of North America
675 Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11232
Dear Frank:
' I am writing on my return yesterday from a trip out of the country,
including attendance at the ll.O Conference in Geneva, to expres.s my
sorrow at the death of Paul Hall. 1 got to know Paul during my last few
years with the Amalgamated in New York, but our friendship continued
even more actively during my stay at the Department of Labor 1977-79.
Paul at that time —along with the.many other responsibilities which he
fulfilled for President Meany was the chairman of the Labor Advisory
Committee"on international trade, and I depended on him for good
advice and the fruits of his experience.
During these years, over the course of many long breakfast and lunch
sessions together, in New York and Washington. I came to look forward
to Paul's wisdom and good .sense, as well as his profound understanding
of the labor movement. I had looked forward to continuing that
relationship when I came to the l UD. His final illness and passing came as
a shock. I know that Paul >vilLbe missed by uncounted of his former
associates and admirers, among whom I was proud to include myself.
I sorrow for those who were close to him, as well as for his family.
Please accept my most sincere sympathy.
Sincerely,
Howard D. Samuel, President
industrial Union Dept. AFL-CIO
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I am profoundly distressed to learn of the death of Paul Hall. He was so
long associated with our rriaritime work and his loss will be keenly felt by
all. Please accept my sincere condolences and convey these also to his
family.
Francis Blanchard
Director General
Inferriatfohal Labor Organization
I am writing this letter to pay my respects and sympathy on the death of
our dedicated International President Paul Hall. Paul Hall was truly a
great maritime union leader who worked very hard to upgrade the lives of
all seamen. His dedication to the true principles of the American
maritime and trade union movements and his fearless fight to bring the
many pension and welfare benefits to all Seafarers is a legacy in itself.
I for one, who is permanently disabled today, know what Paul Hall has
done for the SIU in his long years of association with the SIU. Paul Hall
will long be remembered as the man in the maritime trade union
movement who dedicated his life so that all seamen could have selfrespect and human dignity as they .sailed their ships around the world.
My sympathy goes out to his family in their days of bereavement. 1
consider it an honor for 30 years to have been a member of the SIU—the
maritime union that he dedicated his life to.
Fraternally,
Pensioner Paul Capo
IVfetalrle, La.
Paul Hall's death comes as a shock to me. Paul Hall was a great man, a
giant among labor activists and a very dear and close personal friend.
During those early days when public workers didn't have the right to
organize, it was Paul Hall and his fellow sailors who linked arms with our
members to defend their picket lines and to help them win decency and
some of the rights enjoyed by most other American workers. I personally,
and AF'SC MH as an institution, will always feel deep gratitude to Paul
Hall and the Seafarers for their unflinching solidarity with our stuggle
over the years to win union recognition and reasonable jobs and
working conditions.
Paul Hall was enormously respected by those in as well as outside the
labor movement. Always an innovator, he would offer new ideas to blend
with the best of the old. Paul will be remembered for his dedication to
preserv ing our precious labor tradition, and for his leadership in carrying
it forward.
Weve lost a great American, He will be deeply missed.
Fraternally,
Jerry Wurf, President
American Federation of .State,
County and Municipal
Employees
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Legislation Guarantees Use of
U.S. Flag, U.S. Manned Mining
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N a stunning victory for
the jobs and job security
of U.S. seamen, President
Carter signed the Deep
Seabed Hard Mineral
Resources Act into law last
month with its crucial "man
American" provisions intact.
Almost 10 years in the
making, the Act has been a
top legislative priority of the
SIU since 1971 because it President's desk on June 28. components in our national
Under the terms of the defense industry. Enactment
green-lights a brand-new
deep seabed mining industry Act, U.S. mining consortia of the Hard Mineral Resand ensures a key role for can begin retrieving the sources Act into law makes
U.S. seamen in that Industry. manganese, cobalt, copper it possible for the U.S. to
The Deep Seabed Hard and nickel-packed nodules become largely self-suffi
Minerals Resources Act, that blanket the ocean's cient in those key minerals
passed by overwhelming floor. The United States is by the turn of the century.
While national security
voice vote in the Senate on almost entirely dependent
June 23 and in the House on imports of those four considerations played a part
two days later, went to the minerals which are crucial
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processing or transportation
in the Union's tireless eligible for operating
lobbying for the Act, it was differential subsidy (ODS)
the prospect of gaining and construction differential
ground-level entry for subsidy (CDS) programs of
Seafarers in the new-bom the Merchant Marine Act of
ocean mining industry that 1936.
In a letter to Carter dated
was the key to the SIU's
July 3, SIU President Frank
support.
The Union's decade-long Drozak hailed the chief
fight to create and protect executive for signing the
jobs for U.S. seamen in Act.
"This legislation," Drozak
ocean mining paid off. The
Ocean Mining legislation said, "represents" a signifi
that left the President's desk cant milestone in our mutual
included three '*man- effort to revitalize the U.S.
American'' amendments flag Merchant Marine. By
requiring that at least one
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and processing vessels used site be an American ship,"
in the commercial recovery Drozak continued, "this
of deep seabed minerals be legislation will provide a
U.S.-documented and U.S.- tremendous boost to* our
manned;
maritime industry and our
• require at least one^ore maritime employment."
carrier per mining site be^ "Similarly," he added,
U.S.-documented and U.S.- "the requirement that
manned;
mining and processing
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mented vessel used in deep vessels will guarantee that
seabed mineral recove'ry, American workers receive a
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fair share of the economic
opportunities created."
Drozak ended by commending Carter for his
"commitment to a strong
U.S.-flag merchant marine
and your concern for
American workers in all
facets of the maritime
industry."
Though support for U.S.
ocean mining legislation had
been steadily mounting over
the last 10 years, passage of
the Act was a Congressional
coup against diverse pres
sures and obstacles.
Over the past 18 months
alone the Act was reported
out of no .fewer than five
Senate committees, four
House committees and a
variety of subcommittees on
both sides of Congress.
Pressure from the U.N.
Conference on the Law of
the Sea, which has been
trying to reach agreement on
an international ocean
mining treaty, ran strongly
against adoption of U.S.
ocean mining legislation.
It was only when U.S.
Ambassador to the Law of
the Sea Elliot Richardson
gave his go-ahead to the
1980 version of the Act that
the final stumbling block to
whole-hearted Congres
sional support of the
measure was cleared.
Under Richardson's re
commendation the Act says
that licenses for deep seabed
exploration will be issued
beginning July 1, 1980 but
that permits for "commer
cial recovery" will not be
authorized until Jan. 1,
1988. This timetable allows
the U.S., said White House
Press Secretary Jbdy Powell,
to "reaffirm this nation's
commitment to both a Law
of the Sea Treaty and
orderly development of a
U.S'. ocean mining capa
bility."
The Act, Powell added,
"will fill the gap created by
... our need for minerals on
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SIUNA Vice President John Yarmote testifies at hearings on ocean mining .iegislation at a subcommittee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives in
the fall of i979. Many of the seats in back of him are filled with SIU members.
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the one.hand and the slow of actual minifig, U.S. provisions when he spoke on
deliberate process of inter seamen may be working i^ the Senate floor prior to the
national lawmaking on the this industry as early as next vote on the bill. "The mining
other."
year.
consortia intend to put into
However, in spite of the
Sen. Warren Magnuson operation, at various times
stated timetable for the start (D-Wash.) clarified the time between 1981 and 1988,
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very large scale, but not at
the full operating rates
planned'for ultimate pro
duction.
"These large interim
operations," Magnuson
continued, "will be for the
purpose of testing full-sized
mining ships and related
equipment for periods of
time which are less than fulltime operation."
The Deep Seabed Hard
Minerals Resources Act
which was ultimately signed
by the President was an
amended version of the
original House bill (HR
2759). On June 23, the
Senate considered H.R.
2759, added 16 amendments
to if, passed it and sent it
back to the House. The
House passed the amended
version on June 25.
What's Down There on the Ocean Floor?
N
ESTLED snugly in some of
the deepest rescesses of the
ocean lies a treasure of immense
proportions. It is a treasure that
has been nurtured throughout
the eons by the chemical and
organic phenomenons of nature.
This treasure of the deep is
millions upon millions of
manganese nodules that pave the
ocean floor like an eternal black
cobblestone highway.
The nodules are highly valued
because of the extractable
minerals locked in their round,
dark potatoe sized bodies.
The nodules have a high
content of the four minerals—
nickel, copper, cobalt, and
manganese—considered basic
and essential to the economy and
productivity of industrialized
nations.
For instance, nickel is used in
petroleum refining and in the
production of gas turbines,
aircraft frames, marine and
automotive bodies, and ceramics.
Copper is used in the manufac
ture of electric motors, power
generators, transformers, plumb
ing, and automotive brakes,
radiators, heaters, and carbure
tors.
Cobalt is used for the
production of industrialized
magnets, telephones, gas turbines
and radiation research and
treatment.
Manganese, probably the most
important of the four minerals, is
basic to all iron and steel
products.
Recent research projects have
estimated that the near infinite
supply of nodules contain 15
billion tons of nickel, 8 billion
tons of copper, and 5 billion tons
of cobalt. These statistics far
exceed the known land-based
resources of these minerals.
Research has also shown that
• the heaviest concentration of the
nodules lie two to three miles
deep in the Pacific Ocean, mostly
near undersea volcanoes.
Despite all the research,
though, it is still only speculation
as to how the nodules grow. One
theory is that a nodule starts to
grow around some particle, such
as animal remains or pumice.
Then somewhat like a pearl, it
grows slowly through some sort
of chemical and organic activity.
Unlike a pearl, though, which
grows in years, it is estimated that
the nodules grow only a few
millimeters per million years.
But one thing is sure. The
nodules do grow. And according
to one estimate, they are forming,
at the rate of 10 million tons a
year. This is an extremely small
figure when compared to esti
mates which claim the Pacific
Ocean alone contains 1.5 trillion
tons of the nodules.
Up until 1872, no one even
knew that the nodules existed. At
that time, one of Her Majesty's
ships dredged a few off the ocean
floor and brought them back to
England as conversation pieces.
It wasn't until 15 years ago that
anyone gave much serious
thought to bringing the nodules
to the surface in large amounts
and extracting the minerals
housed inside.
However, the increasing
demand for these minerals in an
ever growing industrialized
world has given birth to a
potentially massive new industry
—ocean mining.
Thanks to the SIU's support of
the Ocean Mining Bill, this
industry will finally get into full
swing. And SIU members can
look forward to jobs on ocean
mining ships and ore carriers.
Besides being the biggest
consumer of these minerals, the
U.S. is also the biggest importer
of the essential substances. In
fact, the U.S. is almost totally
dependent on foreign imports for
these minerals.
Right now, the U.S. imports98
percent of its manganese, 98
percent of its cobalt, 90 percent of
its primary nickel and 15 percent
of its copper.
Considering that the nation's
economy depends on the
uninterrupted flow of these
minerals, the fact that we are so
dependent on the outside world
for them is a very disturbing fact.
Consortiums of mainly
American companies have
pumped millions into the
research of developing an ocean
mining and processing capacity.
Several ocean mining vessels and
processing plants are already
operating successfully on ^n
experimental basis.
Their research has shown that
the full development of an
American ocean mining industry
would enable the U.S. to become
completely self sufficient in the
four essential minerals by the
year 2000.
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Deep Seabed Hard Minerals
Resources Act was not a singlehanded battle.
Credit is due to Congress as a
whole for voting the measure in
and to the President for signing
it into law.
But even more credit is owed to
those Congressmen and Senators
who have stood by this legislation
—and most especially, its "man
American" provisions—through
10 long years.
Sen. Spark M. Matsunaga(DHawaii) introduced the original
1980 Ocean Mining bill which
was passed by the Senate last
Dec. 14. In the House, the
measure was nurtured by Rep.
John Murphy (D-N.Y.).
It is not surprising that Rep.
Murphy was a chief advocate of
the Ocean Mining legislation.
Throughout his 18-year Congres
sional career the New York
representative has been a vocal
and consistent supporter of a
strong U.S.-flag merchant
marine.
Murphy's record on labor bills
in general has been a good one
John Murphy (D-NY)
reflecting his belief that
American workers must have a
share in the jobs created by U.S.
industry.
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illustrated this belief when he
said: "If U.S. permitees are
required to document their
mining vessels in the United
States, all of the tax dollars
resulting from U.S.-flag vessel
operations will accrue to the U.S.
Treasury and hundreds of new
American Jobs will be created..."
Congress must not sanction.
Murphy added, "exporting
millions of dollars in tax revenues
thousands of American jobs and
the mining technology that
Americans have spent millions to
develop."
Congressman Murphy is now
running a strong campaign to win
re-election to New York's 17th
Congressional District.
That re-election campaign has
the commited and active support
of the SIU. The Union has always
stood by those elected represen
tatives who have stood by the
cause of American workers.
Rep. Murphy has been a loyal
friend of and a consistent battler
for American workers. He has
earned the Union's gratitude and
our support in return.
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Senator Warren Magnuson:
"In addition, a minimum ofonl
ore carrier will be documeniel
under U.S. laws. This requiremeti
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minimum control over the transpoA
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American workers."
Senator Ernest Hollings:
"The other issue of concern to me
...a provision that mining anc
processing vessels be built in the
U S. Representatives of the mining
industry have sent letters assuring
that construction would be in th
U.S. and that the provision was
unnecessary. I accept those awMr-j
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be built in the U.S. However, I wish
to stress that the acquiesence in theii
House version on this issue vvai
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we will lose our stature in the world.
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AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the third day of January,
one thousand nine hundred and eighty
an act
To establish an interim procedure for the orderly development of hard mineral
resources in the deep seabed, pending adoption of an international regime relat
ing thereto, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the 'Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources
Act".
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
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(1) the United States' requirements for hard minerals to satisfy
national industrial needs will continue to expand and the
demand for such minerals will increasingly exceed the available
domestic sources of supply;
(2) in the case of certain hard minerals, the United States is
dependent upon foreign sources of supply and the acquisition of
such minerals from foreign sources is a significant factor in the
national balance-of-payments position;
(3) the present and future national interest of the United
States requires the availability of hard mineral resources which
is independent of the export policies of foreign nations;
(4) there is an alternate source of supply, which is significant in
relation to national needs, of certain hard minerals, including
nickel, copper, cobalt, and manganese, contained in the nodules
existing in great abundance on the deep seabed;
(5) the nations of the world, including the United States, will
benefit if the hard mineral resources of the deep seabed beyond
limits of national jurisdiction can be developed and made avail
able for their use; .
(6) in particular, future access to the nickel, copper, cobalt, and
manganese resources of the deep seabed will be important to the
industrial needs of the nations of the world, both developed and
developing;
(7) on December 17, 1970, the United States supported (by
affirmative vote) the United Nations General Assembly Resolu
tion 2749 (XXV) declaring inter alia the principle that the
mineral resources of the deep seabed are the common heritage of
mankind, with the expectation that this principle would be
legally defined under the terms of a comprehensive international
Law of the Sea Treaty yet to be agreed upon;
(8) it is in the natio^ interest of the United Scates and other
nations to encourage a widely acceptable Law of the Sea Treaty,
which will provide a new legal order for the oceans covering a
broad range of ocean interests, including exploration for and
commercial recovery of hard mineral resources of the deep
seabed;
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SBC. 404. ACT NOT TO AFFECT TAX OR CUSTOMS OR TARIFF TREATMENT
OF DEEP SEABED MINING.
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Except as otherwise provided in section 402, nothing in this Act
ehaU affect the application of the Internal Revenue Oxie of 1954.
Noth^ in this Act shaU affect the application of the customs or
tariff laws of the United States.
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Urozak fired off a letter of thanks to the President for his support, especially of the bilLs provisions
protecting U.S. flag and U.S. jobs interests in this brand new industry. Here is a reprint of that letter.
OF NORTH AMERICA • AFL-CIO
675 FOURTH AVENUE • BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11232 • (212) 499^6600
FRANK DROZAK
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The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I wish to commend you for your support of the Deep Seabed Hard
Minerals Resources Act (P.L. 96-283). The legislation which you signed on
June 28 will provide the framework by which the United States can begin to
develop the mineral resources of the deep seabed which are vitally important to
the inclustrial economy and security of this country.
Equally important, this legislation represents a significant milestone in our
mutual effort to revitalize the United States-flag merchant marine. As you
know, the dry bulk segment of our fleet numbers only a handful of vessels and
carries less than two percent of our dry bulk foreign trade. By requiring that at
least one ore carrier per ocean mining site be an American ship, this legislation
will provide a tremendous boost to our maritime industry and maritime
employment. This in turn will lead to greater United States self-sufficiency in
both the supply and transport of strategically important minerals.
Similarly, the requirement that mining and processing vessels used
pursuant to Public Law 96-283 be American-flag vessels will guarantee that
American workers receive a fair share of the economic opportunities created.
The Seafarers International Union has actively supported the enactment of
ocean mining legislation for the past nine years. We are especially pleased that
you have signed this legislation into law and that you agreed its provisions
relating to the use of American vessels are irhportant to the security and
economic interests of the United States. Your action clearly evidences your
commitment to a strong United States-flag merchant marine and your concern
for American workers in all facets of the maritime industry.
I look forward to working with your Administration again on matters of
mutual concern.
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Sincerely,
Frank Drozak
President
Seafarers Internationa! Union
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�Ocean Mining Means Jobs
Passage of the Ocean Mining Bill paves the way
for development of a brand new maritime industry.
This industry could very easily have gone
totally to foreign workers had it not been
for the SlU's persistent effdrts in Washington
to protect American interests.
. The fight was a long one, nearly 10 years. But
nothing ever comes easy in the never ending battle
to keep our merchant fleet moving ahead.
All the work, all the minor setbacks and all the
frustration of running into numerous legislative
roadblocks along the way has been worth it.
Because the effort has paid off.
The bottom line is clear. The brand new Ocean
Mining industry means jobs—Jobs for American
seamen, jobs for the construction trades
and jobs for shipbuilders.
The jobs will not appear right away.
The industry will slowly build itself up, and the
jobs will come.
By the end of this decade, the industry should be
in full swing. And by the end of the century, the
Ocean lAining industry wiii be interwoven
in the permanent fabric of the American
job structure.
Here is a look ahead at what the Ocean Mining
industry will bring to American seamen by the year
2000:
• 20 deep sea mining vessels flying
the American flag, crewed by American sea
men.
• 60 ore carriers to service the mining
ships (3 ore carriers for one mining vessel).
At least 20 of those ore carriers wiii be
American flag, American crewed.
• Each mining vessel wiii carry a crew of
approximately 150 to 170 seamen.
• Each ore carrier will carry the normal
complement for a dry bulk vessel.
These are conservative estimates. The actual
number of jobs for U.S. seamen could be far
greater.
The future is what it's all about. The SlU has
always looked to the future to insure that SlU
members would always have jobs to go to
and real job security.
Our fight for the Ocean Mining bill is a good
example of how hard work and a little foresight can
pay off in the best way possible—jobs.
Ocean Mining &tip 'GovernorRay'
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SPAD Keyed Ocean Mining Yictory
W
ASHINGTON, D.C.
is the center of power
in this country. Whatever
happens there affects
everyone.
This Union does not
ignore facts. If Washington,
D.C. is where the power is,
that's where we want to be.
That's where we have to be.
The recently enacted
Ocean Mining Bill is just one
mOre example of why this
Union has to maintain a
presence in Washington.
The SIU has been work
ing for years to help get the
Ocean Mining Bill passed.
Not just any Ocean Mining
Bill, but one that would
protect the rights of seamen.
The bill that was just
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passed contains stringent
"crew American" provi
sions. Those provisions
would not he there had this
Union not fought every inch
of the way to have them
included.
Elliot Richardson, the
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head of the American would never have been able
delegation to the Law of the to do so without the support
Sea Conference, opposed of concerned seamen who
the concept of "crew donated to SPAD.
American." So did a number
SPAD is more than just
of Other powerful, highly four letters. It is the
placed politicians.
seaman's lifejacket.
But we beat them. We
Without SPAD, we
would not he in Washing
ton. Were we not in
Washington, we wouldn't be
able to get legislation like the
Ocean Mining Bill passed.
It is estimated that the
Ocean Mining Bill will result
in thousands of extra
maritime jobs by the end of
the century.
You made it happen by
your contributions to
SPAD.
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SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters
United Industrial Workers
of North America
.Frank Drozak, president
Joe DiGiorgio, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hall, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
JUNE 1-30, 1980
.
nOTAL REGISTERED
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Port
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boston
NewYdl-k ....
5
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121
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans,
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
PuertoRico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
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Totals
13
25
19
10
13
88
25
36
24
34
12
61
3
4
493
2
38
8
10
6
10
5
25
10
8
12
7
1 '
21
1
0
164
7
4
114
2
61
0
0
2
4
7
2
0
5
3
2
14
6
"0
8
0
0
8
,14
6
13
16
64
21
35
22
71
18
58
3
1
13
8
10
8
4
34
8
10
6
39
7
25
13
0
2
2
1
2
0
0
4
3
7
12
2
0
0
0
64
466
Port
Boston
NewYork
^"REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
2
246
37
6
12
159
23
47
33
12
24
135
53
78
44
46
12
114
0
9
801
7
60
6
15
12
10
7
34
20
20
18
10
3
38
0
1
261
15
2
8
16
7
2
11
4
11
16
25
0
15
0
0
138
5
158
8
37
25
12
29
112
29
65
15
32
14
78
0
0
619
6
70
8
11
14
9
9
41
12
21
12
17
5
20
0
0
255
4
14
2
5
4
3
0
6
4
1
10
8
0
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0
0
70
376
6
16
19
4
19
62
24
29
22
20
15
53
0
0
368
4
38
2
6
8
1
5
16
3
11
4
6
4
4
0
1
113
0
10
1
1
5
2
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2
1
18
12
10
0
2
0
0
64
5
37
5
15
7
5
11
40
19
32
10
7
13
22
0
1
229
11
257
28
54
53
10
31
81
67
49
51
35
20
74
0
2
823
5
173
6
13
25
9
5
36
27
63
140
43
7
48
0
0
600
2,017
1.452
872
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
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3
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4
32
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
8
21
10
7
15
81
22
25
9
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4
3
8
2
6
2
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25
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5
2
13
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8
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PuertoRico
Houston.....7..:..v::::7...;vr..77:v7.:.:
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
17
13
59
1
8
2
29
0
1
8
12
2
11
5
53
28
20
6
10
6
0
5
6
28
8
16
0
0
2
0
3
0
1
2
0
1
9
6
17
3
0
5
26
15
41
17
5
25
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
2
7
2
0
0
385
152
32
300
165
15
Port
Boston
NewYork
Phiiadelphia
Baitimore
Norfoik
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
1
69
3
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2
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
;
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
2
41
8
11
13
3
8
32
17
11
8
1
25
0
3
4
1
2
15
3
5
3
0
0
14
11
20
Piney Point
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Yokohama....
Totals..
199
2
3
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0
6
1
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3
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0
0
0
6
5
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4
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27
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1
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9
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6
7
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19
11
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12
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102
Port
NewYork
Totals All Departments..,..
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29
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore...
Norfolk
Tampa
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Mobile
New Orleans ......
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Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
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Seattle
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PuertoRico
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Houston.
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
0
3
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1
2
3
0
1
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0
if
7
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0
4
4
33
111
71
4
9
3
3
6
33
11
19
6
6
9
14
1
0
157
19
22
25
9
12
49
38
21
21
17
13
41
39
0
441
5
6
10 ,
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3
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41
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223
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579
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**"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
Slupping in the month of June was good to excellent in all A& (i deep sea ports, as it has been for the last several years. .A total of 1.608jobs were shipped lasf
ni<mll, i„ Slll-controlled deep sea vessels. Of these, only 948 or slightly more than half, were taken by -A"seniority members. The rest were filled by "B-and-C
seniority people. Shipping is expected to remain good to excellent for the forseeable future.
HEADQUARTERS
675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232
ALGONAC. Mich.
^212) HY 9-6600
520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001
(313) 794-9375
ALPENA. Mich. ... . 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707
(517) EL 4-3616
BALTIMORE, Md.
1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
(301) EA 7-4900
BOSTON. Ma^
215 Essex St. 02111
(617) 482-4716
CHICAGO. 1LL.9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617
(312) SA 1-0733
CLEVELAND, Ohio
1290 Old River Hd. 44113
(216) MA 1-5450
COLUMBUS, Ohio
4937 West Broad St. 43228
(614) 870-6161
DULUTH, Minn.
705 Medical Arts Building 55802
(218) RA 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich.
P.O. Box D
415 Main St. 49635
(616) 352-4441
GLOUCESTER, Mass.
120 Main St. 01903
(617) 283-2645
HOUSTON, Tex.... 1221 Pierce St. 77002
(713)659-5152
JACKSONVILLE, Ha.
3315 Liberty St. 32206
(904) 353-0987
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
(201) HE 5-9424
MOBILE, Ala. .. 1 S. Lawrence St. 36602
(205) HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va
115 3 St. 23510
(804) 622-1892
PADUCAH, Ky
225 S. 7 St. 42001
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's County 20674
(301)994-0010
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .534 9 Ave. 77640
(713) 983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 626-6793
SANTURCE, P.R.
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6960
SEATTLE, Wash
2505 1 Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS. Mo. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TAMPA, Ra. 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609
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(813) 870-1601
TOLEDO, Ohio ... 635 Summit St. 43604
(419) 248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
YOKOHAMA, Japan
P.O. Box 429
Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6NihonOhdori
Naka-Ku 231-91
201-7935
West Coast Stewards Halls
HONOLULU, Hawaii
707 Alakea St. 96813
(808) 537-5714
PORTLAND, Or.421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204
(503) 227-7993
WILMINGTON, Ca.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
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IU President Frank Drozak recently appeared on the weekly
radio program, Labor News Conference, in Washington, D.C.
The show is distributed nationwide through the Mutual Broadcasting
System, and is picked up weekly by more than 300 stations across the
country.
It has long been the SIU's belief that the general American public is
simply not aware of the problems facing the American merchant
marine, much less the importance of our industry to this nation's
economy and security as a world power.
President Drozak's appearance on Labor's News Conference has
helped in a big way to "get the word out" about U.S. maritime.
Therefore, reprinted below is the complete text of President
Drozak's answers to a barrage of questions concerning our in
dustry.
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Interviewing Drozak were Stuart Lytle, military affairs
correspondent for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers, and Jerome
Cahill, labor correspondent for the New York Daily News.
LYTLE; Mr. Drozak, how bad is the condition of the maritime industry
today? We hear that it's in bad shape.
DROZAK: Well it certainly is in bad shape—it has declined greatly from the
70's, when we had 1100 ships in operation, to the point of fewer than 550
today.
And there are no bright lights out there either.
Congress has been talking about the ne:ed for a maritime program, the
Administration has been talking about that too—but, the Navy and the
Defense Department have said that we would be in terrible shape today to
try to supply our people in the Mideast, if there were an outbreak there.
The industry in in very bad shape.
CAHILL: Legislation is pending in Congress now to do something about
that. When you say there are no bright lights out there, does that mean that
vou are not optimistic that Congress is going to move on this legislation?
DROZAK: I 'm not very optimistic—there are many problems in dealing
with that piece of legislation—many obstacles to revitalizing the American
Merchant Marine.
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In my opinion, it would put that effort in a holding pattern—it would
provide replacement of some of the present ships, but it would not give us
the expansion program that is needed for this country.
CAHILL: Well, how big an e.xpansion program are we talking about, in
terms of ships, or dollars, or employment?
DROZAK: We need an on-going expansion program—a program that
would not decrease the number of available ships, but would increase the
number and size of the ships and provide the type of ships that would be
needed for national defense—which is a very important factpr.
Most of the ships today would not qualify, without a complete conversion
job. The military has had to pull ships from the private sector and spend
billions of dollars on conversions to meet the needs of the military, which,
again, draws from the private segment of the U.S. maritime industry.
LYTLE: The Navy and the other armed services—and the Rapid
Deployment Force are now focusing on the Middle East. They are building
or loading ships to place in the Indian Ocean and such. Do you see this as a
turnaround for the military that would have a spin-off benefit for your
industry?
DROZAK: No, I don't.
The military should stick to building warships, and they should let private
industry build and supply the needed cargo ships—supply ships—as they
did during Worl'd War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. They have
always turned to the private segment—to.the American Merchant Marine—
as the fourth arm, to transport the needed supplies. But, for some reason,
segments of the government have gotten involved in doing it themselves,
they are drawing from the military personnel that they need.
The Navy and the military should train military personnel—train them
for battleships and other warships—and let the private segment handle the
cargo and build the type of cargo ships that would be,needed to handle it,
CAHILL: Why is it that the American Merchant
Marine seems to have such
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DROZAK: Well, I don't think they would have a tough time competing if
they were given a fair and equal opportunity.
To put it another way, give parity with the maritime industries of other
countries. .
CAHILL: What do you mean by "parity?"
DROZAK: Welk the laws of this country that govern the industry restrict
U.S. shipping companies from doing certain things that other countries
allow their fleets to do—I don't like to get into it, but such things as rebating.
All of the countries the U.S. competes with allow this. They also give their
maritime industries certain tax incentives and tax breaks, which this country
does not give.
So, you're really comparing apples and oranges.
Other countries also require that a quota of their cargo be carried on ships
under their flag—the United States does not.
C AHILL: Why is that? Is it an ideological problem? Are we hung up on the
free enterprise system?
DROZAK: Yes, I think we're hung up on the free enterprise system, and 1
think that the people of this country—because it was founded as^ a freetrading nation, free enterprise—do not want to accept the concept that
changes are necessary.
We're still living under the laws of 200 years ago—when the country was
founded.
Free enterprise and free trade are good, providing everyone else accepts
them.
But, is seems to me that the U.S. is the only country accepting those
principles—and none- of the other nations do, so, we are free-traditig only
one way.
LYTLE: What recommendations would you have for Congress and the
Administration, specifically, to turn the situation around?
DROZAK: Cargo is the answer—along with bilateral shipping, parity in
building and construction of ships—and the military should reorganize to
meet its needs for fighting troops and ships, and allocate the cargoes to
private shipping companies.
That would help both the military and the private maritime industry.
The Navy has a problem of recruiting. They've had ships laid up because
they didn't have sufficient crews to sail those ships. Those ships could
be allocated to private operators.
That would help the private operators, and it would also give the nation
needed security by way of backup for the military.
LYTLE: You're talking about supply ships?
DROZAK: That's right, supply ships.
LYTLE: Should we get into a conflict today, how long—with the situation
like it is—how long would it be before we had a merchant marine that could
really meet the military needs? I mean; are we talking about years or
months?
DROZAK: Unfortunately, we're talking about years.
To build a ship it would take three years, with the facilities we've got in
this country. We would be in very bad shape, because of the decline of the
shipyards.
We—this country—has to decide whether or not it wants a shipbuilding
program, whether or not it wants a maritime industry.
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SIU President Frank Drozak, center, who also serves as president of the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department, is interviewed by Jerome Cahill, left, of the New
York Daily News, and Stuart Lytle, of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers on Labor
News Conference. The radio show was aired on over 300 radio stations
nationwide recently.
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If it does, then we have to make up our minds that we're going to do the
things that all the rest of the countries are doing, and that we're going to
support that approach.
CAHILL: Well, the Administration's position seems to he that we want a
maritime industry, but we are worried that if we do too much in the way of
subsidies, we'll be adding to inflation, the cost of living, and so forth.
DROZAK: Well, I disagree with that and whoever figured it out.
If you are building—^if this country had a building program, a maritime
program—an effort to build ships for this country, ships that are needed to
protect this country, I think, that would help ease inflation, it would
improve employment throughout the country.
Most people probably think that a ship is built in a shipyard. It is not. A
ship is built in every state of these United States. A solid and sufficient
shipbuilding program would put thousands and thousands of people to
work. The flow and turnover of those dollars would be of great help to the
economy. For example, look at what happened in Brooklyn when the
Brooklyn shipyard was closed down. A $4 million payroll was taken out of
that small city. You can walk down the streets and see the effects—the stores
that were closed, boarded up. And that has had an impact on everyone.
A solid shipbuilding program would take people off the unemployment
and welfare rolls and put them to work—on payrolls.
The government would be saving and, at the same time, creating jobs.
In our opinion, it would be a no-cost improvement of employment in this
country.
LVTLE: Other major forms of transportation—rail, air, and highway—get
government subsidies. Does the shipbuilding industry get any subsidies?
And if not, why not?
DROZAK: The only subsidy that shipbuilding gets is through the
appropriations of the Maritime Administration's Construction Subsidy,
which is allocated to the employment of people.
But, as for subsidies for the shipyards, no, they get none.
LVTLE: Do the ship-builders get anything?
DROZAK: The ship-builders may get some, but it is very little—it's not
enough to keep up with the advanced equipment.
LVTLE: How does it compare with the foreign government subsidies for
their ship-building industries?
DROZAK: There's no comparison—we're down at the bottom.
CAHILL: You mentioned the employment impact of a program to put the
maritime industry on its feet. How many jobs has the industry lost ovef the
last decade or .so?
DROZAK: Well, in the last 25 years, this industry has lost more than 50
percent of its employment—tens of thousands of jobs.
CAHILL: So, it's down to what level, would you say? .
DROZAK: There are about 30,000 jobs in the whole maritime industryseagoing jobs.
CAHILL: And, it had been 60,000?
DROZAK: Ves, 60,000 to 75,000—100,000—and at one time, we had more
than 250,000 jobs. Those were jobs directly on ships. Add to that the
shipyards and other components—manufacturers^—and you are talking
about a lot of people who could be employed—who once were employed.
CAHILL: Well, in the course of losing all of tho.se jobs, we also lost some
pretty glamorous passenger service that, I think, most Americans regarded
as part qfjheir way of life, is there any prospect that we 'II see A mericanflag
passenger ships back in service on the East Coast?
DROZAK: Well, I hope so—it's possible.
First, we are going to try one—and we think that we'll make it go—on the
West Coast—that will be the Independence.
We've trained the crews for the Independence, and we think that we can
do the job that is necessary to encourage the return of U.S. passenger
service.
If this effort is successful, certainly, I would look forward to seeing the
North Atlantic with passenger ships, again. But, it would be under what we
eall a "new deal"—everybody is saying the Eighties are hopeful, and we're
looking to the Eighties as a new deal for passenger ship service.
EAHILL: The Independence, / understand will be operating in the
Hawaiian islands?
DROZAK: Ves—that's correct.
CAHILL: How large a ship is that?
DROZAK: She's 850 passengers.
CAHILL: That's really a first class vessel?
DROZAK: Ves it is—and it's going to give first class service—I'm confident
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CAHILL: When you say that you are looking for a "new deal on the
passenger .service, what do vou mean?
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Nationwide
DROZAK: Better qualified people, better trained people.
We have made a careful study of manning for operating the ship and
servicing the passengers aboard the ship.
At one time, there was feather-bedding aboard these ships, and, we think
that played a part in the decline—along with mismanagement.
When government, management and labor were involved in the operation,
of the passenger ships the government was paying the bills and nobody
seemed to care.
No subsidy is involved in this ship.
We have trimmed the fat to the point that it will be successful—we're
confident of that.
CAHILL: / wonder if we could turn to a more immediate problem-^ the
recession that is hitting a lot of workers, particularly in the Midwest—the
auto industry and the steel industry? Has that had any effect on your people?
DROZAK: Ves, it has—and it will continue to have effect, because products
are not moving—products that would normally be moving on what we call
the "Ship American" program.
Most of these industries had a sympathetic feeling, and tried to ship a
portion of their cargo on American flag ships, understanding their
relationship with our foreign competitors.
Therefore, with the auto and steel industries dropping off, that
automatically had an impact on us. .
And that drop off certainly will have more impact on us in the future.
CAHILL: Does it appear to be as bad as the 74- 75 situation?
DROZAK: It's about the same right now—pretty much the same.
LVTLE: Why does the maritime industry have so much trouble getting what
it wants through Congress and the White House?
DROZAK: There are a lot of reasons.
The Ship Sale Act of 1946 had an impact. That helped establish what we
call the "flag of convenience"for American corporations—allowing them to
invest in foreign countries and evade the tax laws of this country. That
became a very profitable thing for corporations—particulary for the big oil
companies. Then the aluminum and steel industries picked it up.
They pay no taxes in this country for operating these "flag of
convenience" ships, shipping their commodities on those ships.
As for the wages and the operations of those ships, I don't think those
have any real bearing.
The tax loopholes are the incentive for the 800 such ships now sailing
under the "flag of convenience" proposition.
LVTLE: One of the countries that had the biggest number of "flag of
convenience"ships was Liberia. With the recent revolution down there—
and the strife—the word is that some of these shipowners may be looking
elsewhere. Have you seen any evidence of that?
DROZAK: 1 have heard that they are looking for other countries—that they
are looking at the Bahamas, Bermuda, and other countries where a good
relationship could be established with this country—the United States—to
transfer these flags out.
They don't feel comfortable—and certainly, this country shouldn't feel
comfortable.
CAHILL: Will the prospects of the U.S. maritime industry improve during
the 1980 political campaign: Do you think that the presidential candidates
have an understanding of your problems?
DROZAK: They should—we've been talking about it for 30 years—it's old
history.
But, regardless of what anyone may say, the President of the United
States must make the decision relative to the national defense of this
country. It is in need of revitalization and building up the Merchant Marine.
Call It a political move, if you will, but I don't view it as such.
I view it as something that this country has to have, unless we want to
sacrifice ourselves—to be caught with our pants down, unable to protect
ourselves.
The proof of the pudding is that the Defense Department and Navy have
said that we're caught short.
So, regardless of whether it's Jimmy Carter or whoever, somebody has to
grab the ball and run with it—somebody has to call some shots, make some
solid decisions.
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psyches himself up before the big race.
With the N.Y.C. Marine Firehouse and Fireboat 1 as a backdrop at Pier A. the HLS lifeboaters push off for the race.
Lundeberg
Race Dedicated To
Memory of Paul Hall
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held in New York City on July 5,
Lined up for the start of the first heat in front of the World Trade Center are(foreground) the U.S. Navy lifeboat (middle) the HLS
boat and the NMU boat (back).
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In the mile-long first heat, the HLS boat pulls away from the NMU and U.S. Nayy
contingents.
with the Seafarers International
Union as defending champion. It
looked like it might be a repeat
performance of last year's race, a
race that saw the SIU's Harry
Lundeberg School of Seaman
ship beat out the field, including
the seasoned team from Lon
don's Royal National Lifeboat
Institute (RNLI).
But, after getting walloped by
Jubilant after copping the first heat,HLS Coxswain Hearnd(2nd right)and Coach
Harry Coyle (left) are interviewed by the press.
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the HLS 8-oarsmen crew in front of the Statue of Liberty.
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The victors (right) in the 27th annual boat race, London's Royal National Lifeboat
Institute (RNLI) team raise oars in salute to the grit of the HLS runnerups (left).
Kids Nipped in Int'l Lifeboat Race
the young Seafarers last year the
RNLI team was back this year—
with a vengeance.
The team from the SIU—
composed of trainees from the
Lundeberg School's class #307—
easily outdistanced the National
Maritime Union (again) and the
U.S. Navy team in the first heat.
In the second heat the RNLI
breezed by their competition—
the Australian Volunteer
Coastguard and a team from the
U.S. Coast Guard. So, after
demolishing their respective
opposition in preliminary heats,
it was, once again, the HLSS
pitted against the RNLI in the
finals.
Sometimes there's a fine line
between victory and defeat,
especially when given two teams
of superlative ability. It was,
perhaps, the RNLI's desire to
even the score after last year's
defeat that tipped the scales this
year irt their favor.
In any case, it made for an
exciting and classic race,
characterized by good sports
manship before, during, and after.
The race itself was not decided
until near the end of the mile-long
course between New York's Twin
Towers and Battery Park.
When the horn sounded,
setting the final race in motion, it
became apparent that the RNLI
had gotten the jump on the SIU.
But the Seafarers pulled for all
they were worth, showing their
true grit as competitors and
hoathandlers to regain the lead
further on down. Then the
brawny, older members of the
BNLI team, hell bent on evening
the score, slowly pulled ahead to
cross the finish line first.
After crossing the line, the
RNLI team raised their oars in
salute to the courageous young
Seafarers who had run a fine
race, if in a losing cause.
The performance of the SIU's
Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship in this year's race—a
strong second place finish—was
once again a clear indication of
the emphasis put on training and
education by the SIU.
The School of Seamanship was
very much the dream and
creation of the SIU's beloved and
long-time President, Paul Hall,
who passed away in June. He
lived to see the School's name
become the First engraved on the
new International Lifeboat Race
Cup, last year.
And the Seafarers who gave
their all, and skillfully, in this
year's race, can rest assured that
he was smiling down on them as
they crossed the line. '
The HLS was the first winner last year
of the N.Y. International Lifeboat Race
Cup shown here.
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SEA-LAND LIBERATOR (SeaLand Service), May II—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun J. Pulliam; Secretary
J. Utz; Educational Director W. Drew;
Deck Delegate V. Peters; Engine Dele
gate J. Kouvardas; Steward Delegate D.
Boone. No disputed OT. Chairman
noted that the company furnished
movies and they will stay aboard vessel
for six months. All crewmembers
should know their duty for fire and boat
drills. The current Logs are aboard and
should be read so you will know what is
going on in the Union. The new
crewmembers from Piney Point were
welcomed, and commended for the
work they are doing. It was advised that
all should take advantage of opportuni
ties at Piney Point. Observed one
minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers.
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AMERICAN HERITAGE (Apex
Marine), May 4—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun Leo Paradise; Secretary M.
Deloatch; Educational Director C.
Merritt; Engine Delegate Gary Hughes.
$30 in ship's fund. No disputed OT.
Chairman urged all young men who are
eligible to upgrade themselves at Piney
Point. He also noted that the ship was
going to Jacksonville shipyard for
repairs for a few days and the crew will
be paid off and laid off for a few days.
The crew agrees that this is the best
feeding ship in the fleet and they will
never get these kind of gourmet meals
on any other ship. A thank you to Chief
Steward Marvin Deloatch.
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COASTAL CALIFORNIA (Coastal
State Gas), May 11—Chairman Paul
Grepo; Secretary Jimmy Bartlett;
Educational Director Tom Hartman;
Steward Delegate C. Martin. No
disputed OT. $3.25 in ship's fund.
Chairman noted that things were
running very well and that all members
should read the Log thoroughly to see
what our membership is doing. Dis
cussed the importance of donating to
SPAD. Observed one minute of silence
in memory of our departed brothers.
Next port San Francisco.
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SEA-LAND BALTIMORE (SeaLand Service), May II—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun Robert C. Gorbea;
Secretary.George W. Gibbons; Educa
tional Director W. J. Dunnigan; Deck
Delegate Vincent Ratcliff; Steward
Delegate S. Jackson. No disputed OT.
$15.25 in ship's fund. Chairman re
ported that the repair list was posted.
Advised all members to read the Log so
they will be more informed on what is
going on in the Union. Everyone was
glad to see in the Log that Paul Hall was
honored as Mr. New York Harbor.
Noted the importance of donating to
SPAD. A vote of thanks to the crew for
moving the stores on the ship because
the meat boxes were broken. Observed
one minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers. Next port Phil
adelphia.
34 / LOG / August 1980
PACIFIC (Interocean Mgt.) May 4—
Chairman John Higgins; Secretary S.
Kolasa; Educational Director Heywood
S. Butler; Steward Delegate H. Cross.
$34 in ship's fund. No disputed OT.
Chairman reported that there was mail
in Durban—stores in Capetown, S. A.—
payoff in Aruba or Curacoa. Chairman
appealed to all crewmembers to leave
the living quarters clean for the next
crew. A special vote of thanks to the
ship's chairman and all department
delegates for a job well done in helping
to make this a good trip. The SIU crew
on this ship is the finest yet. Observed
one minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers. Next port Aruba.
SEA-LAND DEFENDER (SeaLand Service), May 4—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun John Carey; Secre
tary D. L. Thompson; Educational
Director George A. Roy. No disputed
OT. $5 in ship's fund. Secretary
extended a welcome aboard to Mr.
David Creig, engine instructor from
Piney Point. Mr. Creig will be with us
until we arrive in Yokohama. Educa
tional Director reminds us that anyone
wishing to upgrade should make appli
cation to Piney Point. Mr. Creig agreed,
pointing out the advantages of early
attendance at Piney Point classes. A
vote of thanks to the steward depart
ment for a job well done.
SEA-LAND McLEAN (Sea-Land
Service), May 30—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun E. D. Christiansen; Secre
tary Leo Dekens; Educational Director
W. L. Sutton. No disputed OT. Chair
man noted that the ship will arrive in
Seattle on Sunday morning and there
will be a Coast Guard inspection on
Sunday and Monday. The ship sails at
1700 hrs. Monday and will arrive in
Oakland approximately 1500 hrs.
Wednesday. Educational Director
suggested that the new men going to sea
should be better educated on safety.
Next port Seattle.
SEA-LAND LEADER (Sea-Land
Service), May 18—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun R. Palmeir; Secretary W.
Fitch; H. R. Guymon. No disputed OT.
Chairman reported that one man paid
off ship at Yokohama due to an accident
and was hospitalized on April 24. This
was reported to Frank Boyne at
Yokohama hall. Secretary reported that
everything was running smoothly. A
vote of thanks to the steward depart
ment. Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.
SEA-LAND HOUSTON (Sea-Land
Service), May 17-Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun Julio Delgado; Secretary T.
Macris. No disputed OT. Chairman
noted that it has been proven again that
knowledge pays good dividends.
Thanks to the teaching at Piney Point
about LNG ships we are manning more
LNG ships than anyone else. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well donel Next port New Jersey.
WILLIAMSBURGH (Cove Ship
ping), May 25—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun Juan Vega; Secretary Ceasar F.
Blanco; Educational Director McNamara; Deck Delegate C. L. Hickenbotam; Engine Delegate Oliver N.
Myers; Steward Delegate Ah Lee King.
$23.26 in ship's fund. No disputed OT.
Chairman reported that work has been
done on the laundry washers and dryers
thanks to the time and effort of QMED
Oliver Myers. Well done! Next port
Valdez.
PISCES (Apex Marine), May
Chairman, Recertified Bosun A. T.
Ruiz; Secretary J. Reed; Engine Dele
gate C. Turney. Secretary reported that
a letter was received from Frank Drozak
about the repair list that was turned over
to the patrolman in Jacksonville, Fla.
OGDEN MERRIMAC (Ogden Ma The current issue of the Log was
rine), May 28—Chairman, Recertified - received and should be read by all. Next
port Baltimore.
Bosun Thomas Walker; Secretary
Wheeler Washington; Educational
SEA-LAND FINANCE (Sea-Land
Director E. Wallace. Some disputed OT Service), May 10—Chairman, Recerti
. in engine and steward departments. It
fied Bosun R. O'Rourke; Secretary A.
was noted that the working conditions
Reasko; Educational Director A.
in the engine room are unsafe. The
Hacker. No disputed OT. Chairman^
ladders are greasy. There is oil on the
reported that all schools are open at
decks. One man was injured while
Piney Point arid the steward has the
working in the engine department.
applications for same. Discussed the
Decks in all rooms and plumbing are in
importance of donating to SPAD.
bad condition.
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.
SANTA MERCEDES (Delta Steam
ship), May 3—Chairman, Recertified
Official ship's niinutes were also
Bosun John Stout; Secretary Marvin
received from the following vessels:
Garrison; Educational Director Will
SANTA CLARA
iam Slusser; Engine Delegate Charles
BORINQUEN
Barnes; Steward Delegate J. Hatfield.
ULTRAMAR
$273.27 in ship's fund. No disputed OT.
POTOMAC
Chairman noted that any crewmember
SEA-LAND EXPLORER
that does not have their lifeboat ticket or
ROSE CITY
their firefighting ticket should get oneat
THOMAS EDISON
the first opportunity. The crew would
SEA-LAND COMMERCE .
like to give a vote of thanks to the Chief
COVE ENGINEER
Purser, Jim Ott for bringing his video
SEA-LAND ECONOMY
tape machine down for all to. watch.
SEA-LAND PATRIOT
Thank you Jim Ott.
LNG LEO
SANTA
BARBARA
OVERSEAS ARCTIC (Maritime
SEA-LAND
GALLOWAY
Overseas), May 5—Chairman, Recerti
COVE SPIRIT
fied Bosun J. C. Donovan; Secretary E.
OVERSEAS VIVIAN
Hoitt; Educational Director N. Trahan.
DELTA MAR
Some disputed OT in steward depart
SEA-LAND PRODUCER
ment. Chairman discussed the im
COLUMBIA
portance of donating to SPAD and the
SEA-LAND SEATTLE
benefits available at Piney Point for all
BEAVER STATE
members including those with reading,
SEA-LAND
ANCHORAGE
writing and language problems. A vote
DEL
CARISE
of thanks to the steward department for
SEA-LAND MARKET
ajob well done. Observed one minute of
GOLDEN ENDEAVOR
silence in memory of our departed
DELORO
brothers.
SEA-LAND PACER '
GOLDEN DOLPHIN (Apex Ma
CAROLINA
rine), May 25—Chairman, Recertified
DEL MUNDO
Bosun Frank Rodriguez; Secretary W.
SEA-LAND CONSUMER
Wroten; Ediicational Director Lee
LNG VIRGO
Stantinos; Deck Delegate Roy Willi
OVERSEAS NATALIE
ams; Engine Delegate Bob Torgersen;
POET
Steward Delegate Juan Ramos. No
SANTA CRUZ
disputed OT. Chairman reported that
ALLEGIANCE
the "No Smoking" rule Will be strictly
SEA-LAND JACKSONVILLE
enforced below "B" deck. Anyone
DEL CAMPO
caught smoking will be reported to the
COVE TRADER
mate on watch as all hands lives are
MONTPELIER VICTORY
endangered by such careless behavior.
BROOKS RANGE
Secretary reported that a letter was
SEA-LAND VENTURE
received from Frank Drozak in reply to
THOMAS LYNCH
complaint about ships mail. Letter was
OGDEN LEADER
posted in the crews recreation room.
SEA-LAND PIONEER
Discussed the importance of donating
DEL MONTE
to SPAD. The ship's committee is to
OVERSEAS HARRIETTE
meet with the Captain to insure that the
POINT JUDY
tanks are completely gas free before
LNG TAURUS
welding is performed. Next port La
SEA-LAND LONG BEACH
Salina.
SEA-LAND EXCHANGE (SeaLand Service), May 11—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun Verner Poulsen;
Secretary Jesse Thrasher Jr.; Educa
tional Director Roger B. Gahletts. $250
in ship's fund. No disputed OT.
Chairman advised members the im
portance of doing a good job while the
ship is conducting fire and boat drill. It's
fbr their own safety and could save a lot
of lives by knowing and doing their job
well. Educational Director advised all
crewmembers of the opportunities of
upgrading at the Harry Lundeberg
School and the benefits of the Seafarers
Welfare Plan. A vote of thanks for ajob
well done by the steward department.
Also to the deck and engine depart
ments and delegates for keeping tjie ship
running smoothly.
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�Bayard Edward Heimer, 64, joined
the SIU in the port of Jacksonville in
1962 sailing as a QMED since 1977.
Brother Heimer also has the LNG
ticket. He upgraded to firemanwatertender in 1973. Seafarer Hei
mer is a retired New York City
firefighter (20 years) and a former
member of the Uniformed Firefight
ers Assn. He is a wounded veteran of
the U.S. Navy (Sp. F. Ist/Cl.) in
World War II when his ship, the
USNS Sonoma was sunk by a
Japanese kamikaze plane. Heimer
also had two years at New York
University and the University of
Alabama. Born in Jersey City, N.J.,
he is a resident of Atlantic Beach,
Fla.
Joseph A. Milukas, 66, Joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1956
sailing as a fireman-watertender for
30 years. Brother Milukas is a
veteran of the U.S. Army in World
War H. He was bom in Mahanoy
City, Pa. and is a.resident there.
Edward Mann Gray, 65, Joined the
Union in the port of Norfolk in 1972
sailing as an engineer for Allied
Towing from 1967 to 1977 and as an
oiler on the tug Maryland Clipper
(NBC Line) from 1965 to 1967.
Brother Gray was born in Manteo,
N.C. and is a resident of Norfolk.
Joseph Seihourn Williams, 62,
joined the Union in 1960 sailing as a
deckhand for McAllister Brothers in
1956. Brother Williams also worked
as a carpenter. He was a former
member of the UAW. Brother Wil
liams is a veteran of the U.S. Navy
during World War II. Born in
Hopewell, Va., he is a resident of
Norfolk.
Alidi; Clifton Helgren, 62, Joined
the Union in the port of Houston in
1957 sailing as a deckhand on the tug
W. Douglas Masterson (G&H Tow
ing) from 1952 to 1980. Brother
Helgren is a veteran of the U.S. Air
Forces in World War II. He was born
-in Kenedy, Tex. and is a resident of
Corpus Christi, Tex.
Howard York Whitely, 64, Joined
the SIU in 1948 in the port of New
York sailing as a cook. Brother
Whitely was born in New York City
and is a resident there.
Ben Edward Edge, 65, Joined the
Union in the port of Norfolk in 1962
sailing as a chief engineer for the
Cape Fear Towing Co, from 1969 to
1980 and as a deckhand for the Stone
Towing Co. from 1954 to 1958.
Brother Edge was also a machinist
for the Coastal Motors Co. He was a
former member of the UMW District
50 from 1958 to 1962. Boatman Edge
is a veteran of the U.S. Army during
World War 11. Born in Bladen
County, N.C., he is a resident of
Wilmington, N.C.
Graham Taylor Sr., 65, Joined the
Union in the port of Philadelphia in
1963 sailing as a mate for Cargo
Carriers from 1955 to 1959 and
tankerman and captain on Marine
Towing's Barge 36 (lOT) from 1961
to 1980. Brother Taylor attended the
1978 Piney Point Educational Con
ference. He was a former member of
the NMU and Local 333. Boatman
Taylor is a veteran of the U.S. Army
in World War II. Bom in North
Carolina, he is a resident of Princess
Anne, Md.
Thomas "Tommy" Wesley Win
ston, 67, Joined the Union in the port
of New Orleans in 1961 sailing as a
cook on the towboat Austin.Phan
(Mobile Towing) from 1946 to I960.
Brother Winston also sailed for
Mobile Towing from 1962 to 1980.
He sailed on the towboat Jimmy
Colle (Colle Towing) from I960 to
1962. Boatman Winston is a veteran
of the U.S. Army in World War 11. A
native of Pearlington, Miss., he is a
resident of Mobile.
Bernard A, Mcllearney, 65, Joined
the Union in the port of Detroit in
1961 sailing as a porter for the
American Steamship Co. Brother
Mcllearney was a former member of
the UAW Local 7. He was born in
Toronto, Canada and is a resident of
Detroit.,
Leslie Dundee Buruse, 61, Joined
the Union in the port of Detroit in
1960 sailing a$ an oiler and watertender for 28 years. Brother Buruse is
a veteran of the U.S. Army's 801st
Military Police (MP) Bn. in World
War II. He was born in Manjstique.
Mich, and is a resident there.
Gordon Sandborg, 64, Joined the
Union in the port of Alberta, Mich,
sailing as a fireman-watertenden
Brother Sandborg is a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War 11. He was
born in Manistee, Mich, and is a
resident of Frankfort, Mich.
Neil Lincoln Kunze, 57, Joined the
Union in the port of Buffalo, N.Y. in
1959 sailing as a fireman-water
tender. Brother Kunze sailed 27
years. He is also a welder. Laker
Kunze is a wounded veteran of the,
U.S. Armv in World War IPs
European Theater of Operations
(ETC). Born in Duluth, Minn., he
resides there.
John Edward Renski, 65, Joined
the SIU in the port of Philadelphia in
1954 sailing as a fireman-watertender. Brother Renski sailed 30
years. He is a veteran of the U.S.
Navy in World War 11. And he isalso
a poster printer. Seafarer Renski was
born in Philadelphia and is a resident
of Riverside, N.J.
Alvin Albridge Marx, 67, Joined
the Union in the port of Detroit in
1961 sailing as a tug firemanwatcrtender.deckhand and oiler for
Dunbar and Sullivan and Kiewit
from 1970 to 1980 and for the Great
Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. in 1959.
Brother Marx is a veteran of the U.S.
Air Forces in World War II. He was
born in Cheboygan, Mich, and is a
resident of Port Huron, Mich.
Recertified Bosun Alfred How
ard Anderson, 61. Joined the SIU in '
1939 in the port of Norfolk sailing
as a bosun .38 years and as an AB
five years. He sailed 44 years.
Brother Anderson graduated
from the Union's Recertified Bosuns
Program in March 1974. He was
born in Norfolk and is a resident
there.
Roscoe Lampton Alford, 61,
Joined the SIU in the port of Mobile
in 1954 sailing as a chief steward.
Brother Alford was a former mem
ber of the MAW in 1954. He was
born in Louisiana and is a resident of
Harahan, La.
Francis "Frank" Edward Burley,
58, Joined the SIU in the port of
Houston in 1964 sailing as a chief
steward. Brother Burley sailed 29
years. He remembers back when
shipboard food was full of "bugs and
filth" and if yoii were ill and required
J, medical care, the "mate gave you
Epsom salts." Many a time he was
"stranded in a foreign port without a
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place to rest his weary head." If you
' " protested, you got a "size 12 boot in
the mouth." Seafarer Burley at
tended the 1972 Piney Point Educa
tional Conference. He is a veteran of
the U.S. Navy in World War fl. A
native of Dover, N.H., he is a resident
of Springs, Tex.
Andres C. Castelo, 62, Joined the
SIU in 1948 in the port of New York
sailing as a fireman-watertender.
Brother Castelo hit the bricks in the
1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beei. He
was born in the Philippine islands
and is a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Harry Miller Hagerman, 65,
joined the SIU in the port of Seattle
in 1966 sailing as an AB and inland
master pilot for 46 years. Brother
Hagerman was born on Samish Lake
Is., Wash, and is a resident of Seattle.
Elbert Jtinious Hogge, 62, Joined
the SIU in-^1938 in the port of San
Juan, P.R. sailing last as a Recerti
fied Bosun. Brother Hogge sailed 45
years and walked the picketlines in
the early maritime beefs. He grad
uated from the Union's Recertified
Bosuns Program in September 1973.
Seafarer Hogge was born in Virginia
and is a resident of Wicomico, Va.
Simon Jobannsson, 69, Joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1962
sailing as a Recertified Bosun.
Brother Johannsson sailed 45 years.
He was in the scow captains' union
from 1957 to 1961 sailing for the
Traprock Co., Nyack, N.Y. In 19545, he was an AB in- Scandinavia.
Seafarer Johannsson was on the
picketline in the 1962 N.Y. Harbor
beef. He graduated from the Union's
Recertified Bosuns Program in Feb
ruary 1976. A native of Isaford,
Iceland, he is a resident of Hampton,
Va.
Abel Nolton Trosclaft, 65, Joined
the SIU in the port of New Orleans in
1956 sailing as a deckhand for the
Crescent Towing Co. in 1946.
Brother Trosclair sailed 42 years. He
was a former member of the MAW
Local 365. Seafarer Trosclair is a
veteran of the U.S. Army during
World War 11. Born in Morgan City,
La., he is a resident of New Orleans.
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HEN word came down that the Republican National Conven
tion would be held in Detroit the week of July 18, that
economically pressed city looked forward to the crowds of
conventioneers, and the money they'd spend in the area.
The SlU-contracted Bob-Lo Co., which runs two passenger ferries
(the Columbia and the 5te. Claire) between the mainland and an
amusement park on Bo-Lo Island, was also gearing up for the
convention trade. In addition to its regular summertime schedule,
the company had planned a series of evening cruises featuring
entertainrnent by top-name performers.
But the booming business expected for the ferries and for the city
in general has not materialized. In fact, Bo-Lo notified Algonac Port
Agent Jack Bluitt that they were laying up their vessels for the
duration of the Convention.
Not only didn't the evening pay off, the company's regular trade
has been severely blunted because security for the Convention is
so tight, no one is being allowed into downtown Detroit without a
pass. The biggest crowd the Bo-Lo ferries drew since the start of
the Convention were the 40 FBI men and the Navy divers who were
sent to check out the vessels.
STRIKE by 700 commission cab drivers and 400 garage workers,
all members of Local 777 of the Democratic Union Organizing.
Committee, an SlUNA affiliate, was avoided with an eleventh hour
contract settlement last month.
A unanimous strike vote was taken on May 28, when the Yelll^vv
and Checker Cab Co's. refused to negotiate a new contract for the
commission cabbies. Claiming financial losses, the two companies
wanted to convert their entire operation to leased cabs.
Since 1975, the two companies have been slowly reducing their
commission cab fleets through attrition. Commission drivers, all of
The battle by the SlU, MEBA-Dist. 2 and others to keep the state of
whom are Union members, split their metered fare receipts with the
Michigan from spending any more of Michigan'sprecious tax dollars
company. The company absorbs all gas and repair costs as well as the
to salvage the near-bankrupt C&O carferries is continuing. TheC&O
costs of the Union members' benefit plans.
recently received $700,000 in subsidies from the state to enable them
The lease drivers rent their cabs from the company for $43 a day.
to keep operating through 1980. Now the company wants the state to
Lease drivers are responsible for all costs and they pocket all receipts.
buy their two aged carferries for a priceiag of $23 million.
The vast majority of the lease cab drivers had pledged their support
"If C&O abandonned those two vessels," said Algonac port agent
for the commission drivers job action. Though the lease drivers are
Jack Bluitt, "they would be scrapped for less than $100,000!"
not required to join the Union, many of them are dues-paying Union
Bluitt, MEBA-Dist. 2 and other opponents of the C&O subsidies are
members.
trying to convince local lawmakers that the subsidies are unfair to
On the eve of the walk-out. Local 777 President Spencer Austin
Michigan residents. The state has already cut its budget twice, axing
said "there are 700 dedicated drivers out there who have been
education, aid to senior citizens and other social programs: Addi
driving all their lives on commission and now the companies are
tional funding for the C&O is "a waste of taxpayers money," Bluitt
saying'rent the cabs or get out.'"
said.
The strike was avoided when an agreement was worked out in an
The C&O RR has been looking to abandon the carferries for years,
emergency meeting with Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne on June 3. Part
a plan that would have left the SlU-contracted Ann Arbor carferries
of the settlement allowed the cab companies to sell advertising space
as the only ones operating in the region. The SlU carferries would
on the backs of their cabs. This would offset the companies'costs and
then have been used to pick up cargoes along the C&O's routes. But
allow continuation of the commission cab fleet The pact was ratified
recently the C&O did an abrupt about-face and are now Idpking for
by a 193-121 vote.
aid to continue the carferries.
On June 11, a week after drivers okayed their new contract, the 400
union garage workers ratified their new contract. Mechanics, porters
and washers, who are covered under a separate agreement from the
Union reps have wrapped up contract negotiations with Arnold
drivers, approved 24 percent in wage hikes and COLA's over three
Transit which operates seven SlU-crewed passenger ferries from St.
years.
Ignace to Mackinac Island. The new contract calls for 20 percent in
wage increases over two years. Arnold is only running five out of
DULUTH
their seven boats this year; each vessel carries a five-man crew.
The dredging of Duluth's inner harbor is going to have to wait at
least a year. In response to the Administration's attempts to balance
Early lay-ups of Great Lakes vessels are continuing. SlU-contracted
the federal budget, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers struck |he
American Steamship laid up the John J. Boland, the Roger M. Keyes
$185,000 allocated for the project for this year.
and the St. Clair last month. The company has laid up a total of six
CARGO TOTALS
vessels out of an active fleet of 19. All Great Lakes fleets have been
equally
hard-hit and observers are predicting that by Thanksgiving,
15,847,782
75 percent of the entire U.S. Great Lakes fleet will be laid up.
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The SlU-contracted dredge Sugar Island (North American Trailers
Corp.) was spotted below Detroit where she's working on a dredging
project.
The Lakes Carriers Assn. figures on Great Lakes bulk commodity
shipments for the month of April are ahead of the 1979 figures. A
total of 15,847782 net tons of iron ore, coal and grain moved through
Great Lakes ports in April 1980, as opposed to 11,995,037 for April,
1979. This year's early opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway was the
reason for the increase.
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SlU reps have filed applications for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TRA) benefits for about a dozen SlU Great Lakes brothers who were
sent ashore when their vessels laid up due to lack of cargoes. TRA
benefits are paid by the Federal government to workers whose
layoffs were a result of foreign competition.
In the application for the laid off SlU Great Lakes seamen sent to
the U.S. Dept. of Labor, the Union showed that the layoffs were tied
to an iriflux of foreign imports. For example, the tremendous amopnt
of foreign steel being brought into the U.S. has reduced the demand
for American-produced steel. This, in turn, reduces cargo for U.S.flag Great Lakes vessels.
Union reps are now awaiting a response from the Labor Dept. on
the TRA applications. TRA aid can run as high as $259 a week.
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the LASH William Hooper (Waterman).
Here's a shot of the ship early last month In port of
New York.
Chief Steward Don Collins (left) gets set to serve up the entree
as Chief Cook Charles Colston looks on.
Here's the stern of the William Hooper where the barges are
picked up from the water by the loading apparatus.
On deck in N.Y. Harbor is the vessel's Recertified
Bosun Ewing Rihn.
-r'HE LASH William
X Hooper (Waterman
Steamship) made its first
trip to New York Harbor
under the SIU banner
arriving in the port on July
9. The vessel was crewed in
New Orleans and departed
that city on a coastwise trip.
Previously, the ship had
been known a§ the Green
Harbour and was crewed by
the NMU. Waterman took
the ship over from Central
Gulf Lines, another New
Orleans based shipping
outfit, on June 30.
The Hooper will sign
foreign articles in New York
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and set sail for the Middle
East. Bos'n E. Rihn said "it
will be hot as hell out there
this time of year...but, at
least this ship's well airconditioned and it will be
easy to sleep at night." Let's
hope the bos'n is correct
because the Hooper won't
see its home port of New
Orleans again until the 27th
of September making a
straight shot back from
Singapore.
The LASH vessel was
built in 1974 at Avondale
Shipyard in New Orleans,
the same place Waterman's
other LASh ships were built
and is in fact identical to Monitoring the engine room's control board Is QMED R.E.
them. Welcome home sis!
Bernadas.
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Philip Bernard
Cogley, 58, died
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of arteriosclerosis
on the SS Phila
delphia
(SeaLand)
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Pier
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Seattle on Jan. 26.
Brother Cogley
joined the SIU in
the port of Baltimore in 1958 sailing as a
fireman-watertender and ship's dele
gate. He sailed 31 years. Seafarer Cogley
was bora in Yale, Mich, and was a
resident of Clarkston, Mich. Burial was
in Gethsemane Cemetery, Portland,
Ore. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James and Elizabeth Cogley; two
brothers, Charles of Drayton Plains,
Mich, and John McHugh of Auburn
Heights, Mich, and two sisters, Mrs.
Anne E. Ashby of Auburn Heights and
Mrs. Rita Ramsey of Milwaukee, Ore.
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Pensioner
Elmer Clayton
Danner, 74, suc
cumbed to heart
failure in the Blue
Ridge
Haven
West Convales[cent
Center,
' Camp Hill, Pa. on
Mar. 2. Brother Danner joined the SIU
in 1938 in the port of Philadelphia. He
was bora in Harrisburg, Pa., and was a
resident of Camp Hill. Surviving are
two sisters, Mrs. Loraine D. Jennings
and Mrs. Virginia Bruaw, both of
Harrisburg.
Pensioner Simon Guy Lott, 81,
passed away from heart failure in the
Central Gardens Convalescent Hospi
tal, San Francisco on Feb. 1. Brother
Lott started sailing on the West Coast as
a waiter in 1935. He sailed 50 years and
on the SS Mariposa during WW 2. Lott
was born in Mississippi and was a
resident of San Francisco. Burial was in
Visalia (Calif.) Public Cemetery. Sur
viving is a sister, Mrs. Addie E. Ross of
Long Beach, Calif.
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Pensioner William "Willie" Ray
Edwards Jr., 61, died of heart-lung
failure in the Seattle USPHS Hospital
on Mar. 23. Brother Edwards joined the
MC&S Union in the port of Seattle in
1956 sailing first on the West Coast in
1944.He was born in Louisiana and was
a resident of San Francisco. Burial wasin St. Mary's-Cemetery, Jonesville, La.
Surviving are his widow, Zelada Pearl;
three sons, Ray, Reynard and Randolph
and a daughter, Vida.
Pensioner Victor C. Perez, 82, passed
away from natural causes on Feb. 29.
Brother Perez joined the MC&S Union
in 1930 in the port of San Francisco
sailing as a cook for the Grace Line in
Worjd War II and the Pacific Far East
Ljne from 1950 to 1965. He sailed 33
years. A native of Puerto Rico, he was a
resident of San Francisco. Burial was in
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery,
Colma, Calif.
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Warren William
Cullen Sr., 66,
succumbed to lung
failure on Feb. 20.
Brother Cullen
joined the Union
in the port of
1961 sailing as an oiler and engineer for
Curtis Bay Towing Co. and Indepen
dent Towing Co. from 1956 to 1976. He
was born in Wilmington, Del. and was a
resident of Philadelphia. Burial was in
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham,
Pa. Surviving are his widow, Blanche
and two sons. Warren Jr. and Thomas.
Ralph Collier,
50, died of heartlung failure in the
New
Orleans
USPHS Hospital
On Feb. 5. Brother
Collier joined the
\ SIU in the port of
San Francisco in
1955 sailing as a chief steward. He sailed
for 32 years. Seafarer Collier received a
1960 Union Personal Safety Award for
sailing aboard an accident-free ship, the
SS Antirtrous. He was a veteran of the
post-Korean War U.S. Army. Born in
Mobile, he was a resident of New
Orleans. Interment was in Oaklawn
Cemetery, Mobile. Surviving are his
widow, Gloria; two sons, Ralph Jr. and
Paul; a daughter, Linda of Mobile; a
stepson, Charles Phillips and a step
daughter, Terrilynn Phillips.
John Camhio
Rounds, 53, died
of heart failure
aboard the ST
Allegiance (InterOcean), in Lake
Charles, La. on
Sept. 14, 1979.
Brother Rounds
joined the SIU in the port of New York
in 1954 sailing as a chief pumpman. He
sailed for 32 years. Seafarer Rounds was
a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World
War II at Jacksonville, Fla. Born in
Stafford Springs, Conn., he was a
resident of Tomball, Tex. Interment was
in the U.S. National Cemetery, Hou
ston. Surviving are his widow, Mae of
League City, Tex.; a son, Thomas of
Tomball; a daughter, Mary; a stepson,
Henry; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Delmore and Mary Rounds of Stafford
Springs, and a sister, Mrs. Faith Young
of Windsor Locks, Conn.
Pensioner
Cleophas Wright,
54, died of a heart
attack in the New
Orleans USPHS
Hospital on Jan.
6. Brother Wright
joined the SIU in
1947 in the port of
New York sailing as a bosun and cook.
He sailed 37 years and received a 1960
Union Personal Safety Award for
sailing aboard an accident-free ship, the
SS Del!Alba (Delta Line). Seafarer
Wright was born in Mississippi and was
a resident of Caledonia, Miss. Surviving
are his widow, Annie; a son, James; two
daughters, Patricia and Blondie Lucrecia; a stepdaughter, Brenda; his mother,
Mrs. Fleta V. Wright of Drew, Miss.; a
sister, Mrs. Audrey M. Steadman of
Drew and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Betty A.
Kidd of Columbus, Miss.
William Thomas Ray, 52, died in
Castro Valley, Calif, on June 25, 1978.
Brother Ray joined the SIU in the port
of San Francisco in 1956 sailing as a 3rd
cook for Sea-Land. He was a member of
the SUP from 1945 to 1956. Seafarer
Ray was a veteran of the U.S. Armed
Forces. A native of Alabama, he was a
resident of Hayward, Calif. Cremation
took place in the Irvington Memorial
Crematory, Golden Gate Cemetery,
Fremont, Calif. Surviving are his
mother, Alice of Morgan, Tex. and his
father, Frank of Hayward.
Pensioner Hans
Richardson, 83,
passed away in
' Moncton, New
i Brunswick, Can• ada on Nov. 21,
1979. Brother
Richardsonjoined
the SIU in the port
of New York in 1950 sailing for 57 years
as an AB. He walked the picketline in
the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. Seafarer.
Richardson was born in Holla, Norway
and was a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Burial was in the Shaw Brook Ceme
tery, Moncton. Surviving is his sister,
Mrs. Sigrid Jensen of Moncton.
George Fred
erick Tobin Jr.,
42, died of a
hemorrhage in the
Parker Clinic,
Guayaquil, Ecua
dor off the SS
Delta
Africa
I (Delta Line) on
Dec. 26. Brother Tobin joined the SIU
in the port of Seattle in 1966 sailing as a
tankerman and AB. He was born in
Honolulu, Hawaii and was a resident of
Seattle. Cremation took place in the
Borthwick Mortuary, Honolulu. Survi
ving are his widow, Irma; three sons,
George Jr., Gerald and Michael; a
daughter, Jewelye and his mother,
Leatrice of Ka.neohe, Hawaii.
Pensioner Albert E. Erickson, 75,
died of pneumonia in the San Francisco
General Hospital on Nov. 14, 1978.
Brother Erickson sailed from the West
Coast in 1939 and in WW 2. He sailed as
a room steward for the Matson Line and
on the SS Lurline. Born in Michigan, he
was a resident of San Francisco.
Cremation took place in the Pleasant
Hill Crematory,. Sebastopol, Calif. His
ashes were flown to Travers City, Mich,
for burial. Surviving is a nephew, John
P. Sargent of Midland, Mich.
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Pensioner Bill Jackson, 57, died of
heart failure in the H. D. Chope
Hospital, San Mateo, Calif, on Dec. 16,
1979. He started sailing on the West
Coast in 1946. Brother Jackson sailed 30
years. He was born in Mississippi and
was a resident of Alameda, Calif. Burial
was in Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland,
Calif. Surviving are his widow, Makleen; two sons, Samuel and Kevin and
three daughters, Felicia, Regina and
Christiana of Richmond, Calif.
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I was saddened to learn of Paul Hail's death and share the sorrow felt
by those who respected him and who now mourn him.
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it was my privilege to have met Paul Hall at least 30 years ago. In
passing years he developed into a giant in the labor movement fledicated
to improving the professional and social status of the seaman. He was a
man's man, a humanitarian.
Sincerely,
Ted David
I knew Paul Hall from the days he was shaking up the financial
establishment by making speeches in the Wall Street area, hanging from
lamp posts!
From the dreary Stone Street days till the present one point has been
overlooked. Paul never lost the "common touch" for want of a better
phrase.'If he knew you, there was always time for a greeting and a few
pleasantries.
So depsite all that he did—building the Union by his drive and
personality and ability—that is how he will be remembered by one person
at least. The word "Giant" is over-used today, but in labor circles he
certainly was one.
Fraternally,
Ed O'Rourke
Bay Shore, NY
On behalf of the Food and Beverage Trades Department, 1 would like
to express our most sincere regrets on the passing of Paul Hall.
Paul was greatly admired and respected for the leadership and courage
he displayed. His strength and foresight will always serve as an example
to those who strive to further the mission of the labor movement.
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Robert F. Harbrant
President
Food and Beverage
Trades Department, AFL-CIO
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Dear Mr. Drozak:
1 would like to express my sympathy for the passing of Paul Hall,
President of the Seafarers International Union of America. I had the
privilege, during the 70's, of getting to know Paul as a member of the
Labor-Management Committee. I, also, had the opportunity of working
closely with many good staff people from your union on special projects
for the Committee.
We were always impressed with the fact that Paul had with him a
briefing book on issues that was quite comprehensive. The only other
member of the Committee who also had a briefing book was Reg Jones. 1
was assigned to do the staff work for Reg and the other management
members of the group.
Paul's grasp of issues, both domestic and international, was a wonder
to behold. He understood politics, economics, foreign policy and
international trade like few men in this country do. His solutions were
usually practical and not Just short-term mandates.
If you have an opportunity to convey these thoughts to his immediate
family, I would appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Mark J. D'Arcangelo
We join with you and the Seafarers International Union in mourning
the loss of a good and trusted friend. President Paul Hall. Brother Hall
was both a great trade unionist and a wonderful human being. We will
miss his wise counsel and his interest in the work of the A. Philip
Randolph Institute.
Please extend our condolences to Brother Hall's family and. to the
members and officers of the SlU.
Sincerely,
Bayard Rustin
. Chairman of the board
Norman Hill
President
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Please offer my condolences to the family and friends of Paul Hall. He
has dedicated his life to us.
Harry Huston, H-288
The Sailors Union of the Pacificwishes to express its deep regret on the
passing of your president, Paul Hall, on June 22, 1980. President Paul
Hall was a real hard worker and a tough fighter for the cause of labor. A
man who devoted his life to the welfare of seamen to better SIU
International, MTD and promoted the cause of working people within
the AFL-CIO. He was a seaipan of the old school yet a man of vision to
the future needs of the maritime industry. His courage and his personal
integrity will be missed. Steady as she goes.
Paul Dempster
president
secretary-treasurer
Sailors Union of the Pacific
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"The death of Paul Hall is a sad loss for all of us who knew at first hand
his unswerving belief in the need for a strong American merchant marine.
"For more than 30 years Paul Hall worked, and Worked successfully, to
build the Seafarers Union and to make it a powerful voice speaking out
for the development of a better, more realistic maritime policy for our
nation.
"On behalf of the Marine Engineers, I offer a salute of farewell to Paul
Hall, a good friend and trusted colleague, and we offer our deep
condolences to his family and to his union."
Jesse Calhoon, President
National MEBA
We at Harbor Festival join you, your membership, and the Hall family
in your bereavement over the loss of this wonderful man.
Our organization will, in the near future, make a modest contribution
tp the American Cancer Society on behalf of Paul Hall and the SIU.
Our harbor and our very lives will be diminished by his absence and our
only consolation is that his great contribution will live on in our hearts.
With sincere regrets,
. Frank O. Braynard
Harbor Festival Foundation
We are greatly saddened by the death of our longtime friend, Paul Hall.
His passing is a serious loss to the labor movement.
Please convey our sincere sympathy to your Executive Board and
membership.
Fraternally,
Fra'*k E. Fitzsimmmis,
general president •
international Brotherhood of
.
Teamsters
We are shocked to learn of the death of President Paul Hall. We
express our heartfelt condolences on the loss of this great leader on behalf
of our union members. Please convey our deepest sympathy to his
bereaved family.
Doi and Kihata of
All japan Seamens Union
On behalf of the officers and members of the International
Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO, I extend our sincere
condolences and profound sympathy on the passing of Brother Paul Hall.
His wisdom, strength, and guidance to all of us in the labor movement
will forever last as a memorial and will remind the workingmen and
women around the world of his dedication to these principles.
Please extend our sorrow to all the family on this great loss.
Fraternally,
Thomas W. Gleason,
international president
ILA, AFL-CIO
August 1980 / LOG / 39
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Mobile, Ala.
The newly acquired SlU-contracted tug Sandy Point (Crescent
Towing) has been renamed the Lillian Smith, according to Mobile Port
Agent Tom Glidewell. Her crew includes; Charles Tucker, captain;
William Broadus and Pete Burns, engineers; William Esqueere, AB, and
Jack Fillingim, cook.
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StilVpending in the courts is the dispute between Tan-Tex Towing Co.
and the Union. The SIU organized workers at Tan-Tex but the company
has refused to negotiate a contract.
The U.S. Congress has-appropriated the necessary money to continue
construction of the Tenn-Tombigbee Waterway, a very important project
for this southern port.
The half-completed $2 billion, 232-mile Waterway will eventually end
ift Mobile. That will bring a large increase in the amount of cargo passing
through the port.
This huge project will require more excavation than was needed for
the Panama Canal.
A stepped up leasing program for offshore oil and gas wells has been
approved by U.S. Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus. The new program
provides for 36 offshore lease sales through 1985. This is a 20 percent
increase over what Andrus had recommended last year.
The schedule released by Andrus includes eleven sites in the Gulf of
Mexico, six in the Atlantic, four off the California coast, ten off Alaska,
and five that will reoffer leases where no bids were received in earlier sales.
An attorney with the Natural Re.sources Defense Council, said her
group objected to the Andrus decision, however, and will consider court
action to block some of the leases.
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A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives which
authorizes the President to proclaim the seven calendar days beginning
Oct. 5, 1980 as National Port Week.
Tampa, Fla.
A public hearing was held earlier in the summer on deep-draft
navigation improvements in the Tampa Harbor area.
The Jacksonville Engineer District conducted the hearings to discuss
the findings on the subject made in a recent Army Corps of Engineers'
study.
The study was authorized by the U.S. Senate Public Works Committee..
It came about as the result of concern expressed by the Tampa Port
Authority and others about inadequate depths and widths in the Alafia
River and Big Bend Channel.
Texas Coast
New Orleans, La.
The Congressional delegation from Louisiana responded very
positively to the SIU's c^ll for support of an amendment to the Rail Act of
1980, according to SIU Port Agent Gerry Brown.
The amendment, which was introduced in the U.S. House of
Representatives by Glenn Anderson (D-Calif) would eliminate Rail
Act provisions that are detrimental to the inland waterways.
Brown noted that Congresswoman Lindy (Hale) Boggs (D-La.) said
she would "never go against anything that has a positive affect on the
waterways industry."
Port Arthur
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Don Anderson, SIU port agent, reports that shipping for Boatmen is
excellent in this port. The tugs are kept busy and jobs are available.
He also notes that Sabine Towing.has two hew tugs coming out in the
next few months. Neither of them have been named yet.
Sabine does shipdocking and towing work in ports as well as in canals
and on the deep sea.
Surpassing the 1977 record, waterborne commerce passing through
ports along the Texas Gulf coast reached an all-time high of334.3 million
tons in 1978. The 1977 record had been 315.3 million tons.
Commerce moving along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, according
to the Galveston, Tex. District Engineer, remained essentially constant
over the previous year at 66.2 million tons.
The greatest increase in tonnage recorded by the larger ports was at
Freeport. That port showed a 42 percent increase from 15.3 million tons
to 21.7 million tons. Freeport is followed by Port Lavaca-Point Comfort
where commerce climbed by 20 percent to 4.7 million tons.
Beaumont showed an eight percent increase, rising to 52.8 million tons;
Port Arthur rose to 33.5 million tons. And Houston commerce jumped by
.seven percent to 111.9 million tons.
, Detailed information on movements, commodities and vessels at ports
and harbors on waterways on the Gulf coast will be published in October.
Copies of "Waterborne Commerce of the United States—Calendar Year
1978—Part 2" may be purchased by writing to the District Engineer, U.S.
Army Engineering District, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, La. 70160.
Membership
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To crew G.S.-flag ships today, you've got to keep up with
technology. So build your job security now. Learn ship
board automation. Take the Automation course at
HLSS. It starts September 15. To enroll, contact the
Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship or fill out the
application in this issue of the Log.
New York
Sept. 8
Philadelphia
Sept. 9
Baltimore
..... Sept. 10
Norfolk
Sept. II
Jacksonville ...,.
Sept. II
Algonac
Sept. 12
Houston
Sept. 15
New Orleans
Sept. 16
Mobile
Sept. 17
San Francisco
Sept. 18
Wilmington
.Sept. 22
Seattle
Sept. 26
Piney Point
Sept. 13
San Juan
Sept. II
Columbus .......... Sept. 20
Chicago
Sept. 16
Port Arthur
Sept. 16
•St. Louis
Sept. 19 ........
Cleveland ........— Sept. 18
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In the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
aiiorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10001
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning
and Wash
100 Bush Street, Suite 1403
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux^, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
•Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Jele. #(312) 263-6330
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Hero Bosun Saves Dangling Shipmate from Death
The crew of the S.S. Poet has
voted a hearty thank-you to its
Bosun, Eddie Rocky Adarns, who
saved fellow shipmate Ray
Thaxton from serious injury,
perhaps even death.
While cleaning the tanks
onboard the Poet, Thaxton lost
his balance and fell through the
scuttle hole. Instead of falling to
the bottom of the lower hold, he
was able to grab hold of the
platform with one arm.
spontaneous action saved tank
cleaner Ray Thaxton from injury
or probable death...
It is with pride that we have
men of this quality, concern and
dependability in our Brother
hood of the Sea."
moved by their Bosun's heroism
that they sent the following letter
to the Log:
"It is the unanimous opinion
that credit and recognition -be
extended to Bos'n Eddie Rocky
Adams. His alertness and
Montkello Victory Committee
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Adams was nearby. He ran to
Thaxton, who was hanging onto
the platform for dear life. Adams
speedily grabbed Thaxton and
pulled him to safety."
Thaxton's arm had been
seriously injured. He could not
have held on for much longer.
Adams's timely action has
inspired everyone onboard. The
men on the S.S. Poet were so
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Carriers) leads the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.) AB James Rogers, deck
delegate: Chief Steward Charles Ussin, secretary-reporter; Cook/Baker Rayfield
Crawford, steward delegate, and QMED Herman Bergeron, engine delegate at a
payoff on May 12 at Stapleton Anchorage, S.I., N.Y.
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
JUNE 1-30,1980
Port
Boston
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"TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
;
0
0
0
2
.0
*4
0
3
0
0
5
0
0
4
24
0
1
3
3
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NPW Orleans
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Franrisco
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Wilmin^on ...
<)Pattle
Piiprtn Riro
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Houston
Pnrt Arthur
Aloonar
St Louis
Pinpv Point
PaHiirah
Totals
0
0
0
6
0
0
3
3
0
0
2
0
0
2
4
0
0
1
2
23
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
2
5
0
8
0
43
66
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
27
0
2
3
0
37
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
6
2
0
0
1
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
4
0
2
16
0
0
0
10
0
8
.4
7
2
0
,9
0
0
6
23
0
4
0
14
87
0
0
0
11
0
1
3
5
0
0
8
0
0
5
7
0
2
0
7
49
0
0
0
4
0
2
1
4
0
0
9
0
3
10
20
0
18
0
125
196
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
I
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
2
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ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
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NPW York ....
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Norfolk
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All Groups
Class A Class B ClassC
DECkDEP'ARTMENT
New York
PhiladelDfiia
Norfolk.......
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B ClassC
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0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
5
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Totals AirDepartments.....
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Port
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
2
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
14
19
56
27
77
41
13
18
103
55
223
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
•'•Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach'• means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
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SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR SIU-PACIFIC
DISTRICT-PMA PENSIONfullPLAN
annual report, or $0.10 per page
This is a summary of the annual
report for the SI U-Pacific District—
Pacific Maritime Association-Pen
sion Plan, Employer Identification
No. 94-6061923, for the year ended
July 31, 1979. The annual report has
been filed with the Internal Revenue
Service, as required under the'
Employee Retirement Income Se
curity Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Former members of the Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union are
covered by the PMA Plan.
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Basic Financial Statement
Benefits under the plan are
provided by a trust arrangement.
Plan expenses were $16,184,187.00.
These experises included $972,372.00
in administrative expenses and
$15,211,815.00 in benefits paid to
participants and beneficiaries. A
total of 10,480 persons were partici
pants in or beneficiaries of the plan
at the end of the plan year, although
not all of these persons had yet
earned the right to receive benefits.
The value of plan assets, after
subtracting liabilities of the plan,
was $113,499,572.00 as of the end of
the plan year compared to
$114,002,073.00 as of the beginning
of the plan year. During the plan
year, the plan experienced a de
crease in its net assets of $502,501.00.
This decrease included unrealized
depreciation in the value of plan
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the value of the plan's assets at the
end of the year and the value of the
assets at the beginning of the year or
the cost of the assets acquired duirng
the year. The plan had total income
of $17,206,951.00, including em
ployer contributions of $9,048,926.00,
losses of $950,058.00 from the sale of
assets, earnings from investments of
$9,094,977.00, and miscellaneous
income of $13,106.00.
Minimum Funding Standards
An actuary's statement shows that
enough money was contributed to
the plan to keep it funded in
accordance with the minimum
funding standards of ERISA.
You have the right to receive a
copy of the full annual report, or any
part thereof, on request. The items
listed below are included in that
report;
1. an accountant's report;
2. assets held for investment;
3. transactions in excess of three
(3) percent of plan assets; and
4. actuarial information regarding
the funding of the plan.
To obtain a copy of the annual
report or any part thereof, write or
call the office of the Plan Admini
strator, 522 Harrison Street, San
Francisco, California 94105 (415)
362-8363. The charge to cover
copying costs will be $4.00 for the
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
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TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
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SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity arc protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is;
Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU
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Joseph Cichomiski
Please contact, Genevieve Cichoiniski, 197 24th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.,
11232.
James L. McBrlde
Please contact, your father, W. L.
McBride, 7245 Cranston Dr., Affton,
Mo., 63123.
Francis Monpeiro
Mother Is ill. She Is being taken care
of by Raniesh. Please contact Ramesh
or George, Tel. (201) 354-8136 or write
George at 222 Melon Place, Elizabeth,
NJ.
James Abern
Please contact your old shipmate,
Watter Stovail, 4635 Oakley Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio 44102. Tel. (216)
631-7476.
Harold Meeder
Please contact, your wife between
7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Tel. (405)
247-6611. Urgent!
Glenn Reeves
Please contact Mrs. Reeves at 565
25tb, Beaumont, Texas 77706.
Aubrey Moore Jr.
Please contact your daughter,
Carol Moore. Tel. (817) 265-9380.
SIU Retirees
Robert Wolk, Conrad Library,
Seaman's Church Institute of N.Y., 15
State Street, N.Y., 10004 Tel. 269-2710
Ext. 216, Is seeking to contact those
retirees who served on commercial
sailing vessels prior to WW II for the
purpose of a historical project. Com
pensation offered If materia! Is used.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
° should immediately notify headquarters.
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EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights arc clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may he discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
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You also have the right to receive
from the Plan Administrator, on
request and at no charge, a state
ment of the assets and liabilities of
the plan and accompanying notes,
and/or statement of income and
expenses of the plan and accom
panying notes, or both. If you
request a copy of the full annual
report from the Plan Administrator,
these two statements and accom
panying notes will be included as
part of that report. The charge to
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uieiiiimi
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mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul
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requested. The address is 6754th Avenue, Brooklyn,
N.V.11232.
�Marc Steven Oswald
Christopher DiOrio
Seafarer Mafc
Michael Murdock, Jr.
Seafarer Chris^
Steven Oswald,
Seafarer Mi
topher DiOrio,
24, graduated
chael Murdock,
24, graduated
from the HLSS
Jr., 24, is a grad
from the HLSS
in 1976. He
uate of the
trainee program
also received
trainee program
' in 1977. He
his third cook
at the Harry
upgraded to AB
endorsement that
L u n d eb u rg
at the School
same year. In
School of Sea
i in 1980. Brother ^^^^I^^^^,i978 he got his
manship
iit
J DiOrio holds the FOWT certificate and in ]980 he
Piney
Point, CPR, lifeboat, and firefighting
received his welding
•f ton Raisea
Rfiised in
Md. He upgraded
certificates.
m Deer Park,
• _ Brother Oswald also holds Hie
May of 1979. Brother Murdock has Long Island, N.Y., Seafarer DiOno firefighting, "f=hoat, and CPR
the firefighting and cardio-pulmon- now lives in Copaigue. Long U1M4 tickets. Seafarer Oswald, who lives
ary resuscitation (CPR) tickets,
N.Y. He ships out of the port of New in New Jersey, ships from any and
native of Suffolk County, Long
Paul R- Biletz
all ports."
Island NY., Seafarer Murdock York.
Seafarer Paul
David Michael Dunklin
R. Biletz, 26, 'shrpfouloftheportofNewYork.
Seafarer David
Arthur Graifer
graduated as a
Michael Dunk
Seafarer Ar
trainee from the
lin,
26,
grad
thur Graifer,
Stephen N. Pollock
HLSS in 1973. In
uated from the
Seafarer
Ste
20, graduated
1974 he upgraded
HLSS
entry
pro
phen N. Pollock,
from the HLSS
to FOWT there
gram in 1977.
28, started sail
in 1978. In that
and in 1978 got
He
received
his
ing in 1975 on
same year he
his QMED certiI FOWT endorse
the
SlU-conupgraded in New
through
ment
in
1979.
tracted paddleYork to FOWT.
the School. Brother Biletz "has the
Brother
DunkBrother Graifer
wheel steam
CPR, firefighting. and
boat, Delta lin also holds the
holds the CPR,
tickets. He lives and ships out of th
1 Queen. He grad- firefighting,
firefighting, and lifeboat cert^fum^^^^^^
port of Philadelphia.
p:
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uated from the endorsements. A "f""
^ Born in Newark, N.J.,
HI SS in 1978 and received his Orleans, La., he resides in
Graifer lives in Union, N J. He ships
Robert C. McCoy
La. and ships out of the port of New out of the port of New York.
AB
Iket
there
in
1979.
Brother
Seafarer Rob
ert C. McCoy, Pollock also took the ' Special Orleans.
29, graduated
from the HLSS
in 1973. He up
graded to FOWT
in 1978. Brother
McCoy holds the
lifeboat, CPR, Wilmington, Calif.
and firefighting
Sal Cino
certificates. He lives and ships out of
Seafarer Sal
the port of New Orleans.
Cino, 22, gradu
Otilano Morales
ated from the
Seafarer Oti
HLSS entry pro
lano Morales,
gram in Decem
4 7, s a i 1 s i n
ber of 1977. He
the deck depart
also received his
ment as an AB.
high school equi
He graduated
valency (GED)
diploma through
from the LNG
course at the
O K .,1 In 1979 Brother Cino
the
HLSS in, 1979. the
, Brother Morales
holds the CPR and first aid
certificates. Born m Ponce, Puert
Rico, Seafarer Morales ships from port of New York.
the port of New York.
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r„r:h:;"rutnfthent. of
sr f;.«• cs"
during a |oo v»" —
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..-.AH must
must pro
oroHiring
Hall, aeaman
duce tha following:
. .
w.i». memborohip cartificato „„e.
tenee wh*".*»rr7"undu"e
undue
(whera poaaaaaad)
• raglstratlon card
• clinic card
• seaman's papers
*uch waiver.'
. ^mtn
. veiid, up4o-data
Also, all
S
In addition, whan
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a job tha dispatcher
month.
Apply with tha following^*'®®
5, Subsection 7 of the SlU
Shipping Rules:
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"Withinaachclassof senior
ity rating In every
mVt,prtorlty for entry ratM
jobs shall be given to all sea
If you know how to
I. yoij'ii alwsys b© need"
®erate^ containers. So take
register an«
—
•n'r•.•^::"dVpar.'
ratings in only one dap
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UPGRADING
A Top-Notch Tankerman
hyj
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It buUds your future
It builds your security
Gregorio Blanco graduated from the Tankerman course at HLS—and has the
certificate to prove it!
LNG — September 15
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QMED — September 25
Lundeberg School
FOWT — September 25
Marine Electronics — September 29
A Look at Two Asst. Cooks
Refrigeration Systems Maintenance
and Operations^September 29
Diesel Engines — September 15
Automation — September 15
Transportation institute Towboat Operator
Scholarship Program — September 29
First Class Pilot
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October 6
AB — September 11
Lifeboatman — September 11, 25, October 9
Tankerman — September 11, 25, Octobers
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Assistant Cook — throughout September
Recent graduates of the HLS Asst. Cook course are M. Fitzgerald (I) andJ. Padilla.
Cook and Baker — throughout September.
Headin' for Sea—FOWT's
Chief Cook — throughout September
Chief Steward — throughout September
To enroll, contact:
Vocational Education Department
Harry Lundet>erg School of Seamanship
Piney Point, Maryland 20674
Phone: (301) 994-0010
(An upgrading application is in this issue of the Log.
Fill it out and mail it today!)
UPGRADING
Itpuys
Do It Mow!
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Graduat^ of a recent FOWT course at the Harry Lundeberg School are (front
rov^ l-r) R. Lopez, P. Thomas, M. Stein, T. Kirk and T. Harper. Second row, l-r are:
D. Frazier (course instructor), R. Dulude, M. Ruggiero, K. Menz, 8. VanWyck, D.
Runci, M. Brown and L.I. Carter. Back row, l-r W. Carlin, T. Donoghue, R. Kaufman
and J. Golden.
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Students in the Quarter
master course practice
first aid and CPR.
By taking the Quarter
master course, seafarers
iearn the practical skiiis
to assist a Deck Officer.
Course Prepares Seafarers
to Work on Bridge
Attention Deck Department
Seafarers! You don't have to wo.k
as an AS forever. You can move to
the bridge of the ship by taking the
Quartermaster course at the Harry
Lundeberg Schooi of Seamanship.
The new vesseis being buiit today
are larger arid have more technical
equipment. Because of these
changes, several companies under
he contractual agreement with the
SiU are employing Quartermasters,
hese seafarers work as assistants
0 the watch officer on the bridge
of a ship.
if a seafarer has acquired an
Unlimited AB Any Waters ticket, he
can take the Quartermaster course
at HLSS. This is the best way for an
AB to get ahead and prepare for the
goal of being an officer. His
responsibilities include helping
the navigator steer, standing
gangway watches in port, position
finding and ballasting the ship.
The four week program at HLSS
prepares the seafarer to do the job
of Quartermaster. The students
practice the use of the magnetic
and gyro compasses, aids to
navigation,
radar,
ioran,
fathometers and Radio Direction
Finder (RDF). Review of deck
seamanship, knots and splices is
also given.
Students iearn bridge publica
tions and instruments. With this
knowledge, the seafarers can
assist the person who is navigating
the ship.
There have been several
seafarers who have taken advan
tage of the Quartermaster course
at HLSS. One Brother said. The
class is a stepping stone in my
education, i hope to become an of
ficer someday." instructor Captain
Abe Easter commented that he en
joys teaching seafarers who want
to get ahead. Captain Easter has
many years of experience on the
bridge of large ships. He passes
his knowledge on to his students.
At the completion of the four
week program, ail students receive
a Certificate of Graduation from
the Harry Lundeberg Schooi of
Seamanship.
if you are an Abie Seaman and are
looking for a better paying posi
tion, contact HLSS, Vocational
Education Department, Piney
Point, Maryland 20674. The next
Quartermaster course will begin on
October 13. Take the time today to
fill out the application in this issue
of the Log for the Quartermaster
course.
students iearn
position finding
If you can handle navigation and operate radar, you
can look to a better future. You can move up in the
deck department. You can work aboard the most
advanced ships in the U.S. fleet. You can be a
Quartermaster.
The Quartennaster course includes classroom and practical training in
aids to navigation including chart reading.
Sign up today to take the
Quartermaster Course at HLS
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one to do the job
SlU-contracted tanker
A Pumpman is the qualified
Seafarer, the valuable worker, and
the re'Sponslble person who moves
the energy supplies of America.
You can be the Pumpman with the
lelp of the Pumproom Main
tenance and Operations course of
fered at the Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship.
By learning pumpman skills, you
can answer the need for well train
ed pumpmen on the tankers of the
maritime Industry. If you have
worked as a QMED or Second
Pumpman you are eligible to take
he Pumproom Maintenance and
Operations course. The program
las been expanded by the staff at
HLSS to give SlU members even
more pumpman skills to do the job.
The six week program Includes
welding, deck machinery and
maintenance, basic lathe operaIons, and cargo handling. Through
his course you can gain the knowhow and skills you need to get that
ob as Chief Pumpman.
Each part of the Pumproom
Maintenance and Operations
course is designed with your job
needs In mind. In the welding sec
tion, you'll learn arc welding, flame
cutting, basic pipe welding and
steel fabrication. With these skills
you can make the brackets you
need for piping system supports.
Among the equipment you will
become familiar with during the
course are centrifugal and
reciprocating pumps, the anchor
windlass, cranes and hoists, and
constant tension winches.
All of the Important details that
you "eed to know for the Punrtpman
job are also covered In the course.
Knowledge of hydraulics and
pneumatics will help you control
the deck machinery. You learn the
Students in the Pumproom Maintenance course practice basic deck
machinery maintenance.
become a more responsible
preparations for loading and
worker.
discharging, tank cleaning,
At the completion of the Pumpballasting. Inert qas systems, and
room Maintenance program, each
load on top systems.
Safety practices are stressed In
student has the skills to do the
all areas of the Pumproom
pumpman job. With this know
Maintenance and Operations
ledge, the seafarer gains many
benefits. He Is moving the fuel of
Left. The expanded Pumproom America, he has better job security
Maintenance and Operations and he Is earning more pay.
course includes (top) welding
If you are Interested in learning
techniques and (bottom) lathe more about the job as Pumpman
operations. This program gives on a tank vessel, contact the Harry
seafarers the skills to be qualified Lundeberg School of Seamanship
Pumpmen.
and sign up for the Pumproom
.
Maintenance and Operations
course. Antl-pollutlon techniques course. The next class Is scheduiare especially Important In the „ ed to begin on November 10. Write
cargo handling section of the pro- or call the school today and take
gram. By learning all of the safety advantage of the opportunities
features of a vessel, you will waiting for you at HLSS.
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Phone:(301)994-0010
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HAJtRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL UPGRADING APPLICATION
(Please Print)
Name.
Date of Birth.
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
Mo./Dav/Yoar
Address.
(Street)
(City)
(State)
Telephone.
(Zip Code)
Deepsea Member Q
(Area Code)
Inland Waters Member •
Book Number.
Lakes Member •
. Seniority.
Date Book
Was Is8ued_
Port Presently
Registered ln_
Port Issued.
Endorsemends) or
License Now Held.
Social Security #.
Piney Point Graduate: Q Yes
No • (if yes. fill in below)
to.
Entry Pro^am: From.
(dates attended)
Upgrading Program: From.
Endorsements) or
License Received .
to.
(dates attended)
Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes
Dates Available for Training..
No Q
FIrefighting: • Yes
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No •
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I Am interested in the Following Ck)urseis).
DECK
ENGINE
Tankerman
AB 12 Months
AB Unlimited
AB Tugs & Tows
AB Great Lakes
Quartermaster
Towboat Operator
Western Rivera
• Towboat Operator inland
• Towboat Operator Not
• FWT
• Oi)er
• QMED - Any Rating
• Others.
Q Marine Electrical Maintenance
Q Pumptoom Maintenance and
• Operation
Q Automation
G Mainttnanceof 9)lpboard
Refrigeration Systems
G Diesel Engines
G Assistant Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
G Chief Bigineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
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More than 200 Miles
• Towboat Operator (Over
200 Miles)
• Master
Q Mate
• Pilot
STEWARD
Q
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Q
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Assistant Cook
Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Steward
Towboat Inland Cook
ALL DEPARTMENTS
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G LNG
G LNG Safety
G Welding
G Lifeboatman
G Pire Fighting
RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME —(Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating noted above or attach letter of service,
whichever is applicable.)
VESSEL
RATING HELD
DATESHIPPGD
DATE OF DISCHAIIQE
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DATE
SIGNATURE
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RETURN COMPUETGD APPLICATION TO:
LUNDERBIG UPGRADING CENTER.
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Headlines:
A NEW ERA
NAVY: PRIVATE SECTOR WILL OPERATE SL-7S
SIU PAYS $45,000 BILL FOR BOATMAN'S TWINS
'WE AT SEA' AUTHOR LOOKING FOR COPIES
ST WASHINGTON IS REACTIVATED FOR NATO '8- EXERCISE
OLDTIMER REMEMBERS 'HIS HONOR' PAUL HALL
HOUSE OK'S 50% BLUE TICKETS FOR DECK DEPT.
GOP ADOPTS MARITIME PLANK: DEMS WILL TOO
REBORN! SIU CREWS OCEANIC INDEPENDENCE MARKING A NEW ERA FOR AMERICAN FLAG PASSENGER LINER INDUSTRY
DROZAK TO CREW: WE ROLLED DICE AND THEY CAME UP 7
OCEANIC INDEPENDENCE DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN: SIU FOUGHT IN WASHINGTON TO PAVE THE WAY
VIRGO, NAVY SHIP SAVE 185 'BOAT PEOPLE'
PROGRESS MADE IN ALGERIA, EL PASO LNG TALKS
NORMAN TOBER, "OLD SALT," DOORMAN AT N.Y. UNION HALL, DIES
DROZAK TO N.J. FED: 'MUST UNITE TO SURVIVE'
ASHES OF BOATMAN JOS. STRALEY SCATTERED OVER CHESAPEAKE BAY
ITF WANTS BILATERALISM, CURB ON RUNAWAYS
SIU STRIKES ACBL: COMPANY USING UNION BUSTING TACTICS
CARTER: 'U.S. FLAG WILL GET 50% OF CARGOES'
U.S. DREDGES 'GUARANTEED' DIEGO GARCIA JOB
CONGRESS MOVES TO GREASE SPR MACHINERY
YOUNG BOATMAN AND BROTHER DIE IN SCUBA DIVING ACCIDENT
TO OLD AND YOUNG 'SALTS' ALIKE: CUT INTAKE
U.S. FLAG MUST GET FAIR SHARE OF COAL EXPORTS
OCEAN MINING BILL SIGNED INTO LAW
ENACTMENT OF MEASURE BRINGS SIU'S 10-YEAR FIGHT TO VICTORIOUS END
INDUSTRY MEANS JOBS FOR AMERICAN SEAMEN
WHAT'S DOWN THERE ON THE OCEAN FLOOR?
REP. JOHN MURPHY SUPPORTED BILL EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
OCEAN MINING MEANS JOBS
SPAD KEYED OCEAN MINING VICTORY
SIU'S MESSAGE ON U.S. MARITIME BROADCAST OVER 300 RADIO STATIONS
LUNDEBERG KIDS NIPPED IN INT'L LIFEBOAT RACE
SIU TAKES OVER ANOTHER LASH, WILLIAM HOOPER
HERO BOSUN SAVES DANGLING SHIPMATE FROM DEATH
COURSE PREPARES SEAFARERS TO WORK ON BRIDGE
THE CARGO HAS TO MOVE! AND YOU'RE THE ONE TO DO THE JOB
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1980
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HERE'S only one way to find out
how good or bad'you have it.
Compare!
For us to get a true reading, we must
compare three things.
How does our Union stack up today
as opposed to 10 years ago?
How do our jobs and contracts
compare to the rest of U.S. maritime
labor?
How does our job security picture look when put up next to the
rest of the nation's unionized workers?
In all three areas, we stack up pretty damn good.
Ten years ago, as the Vietnam War wound down, the SIU deep
sea fleet numbered 134 vessels. A lot of them were old and ready for
the scrap heap. Shipping was tough not only for the "B"guys, but
for "A" seniority people as well.
Today, there's a big difference. We are now crewing over 210
ships. Most of them are new, modem high technology vessels. We
have more than one job for every "A" book man. Shipping in
general is very good for all ratings. No other seagoing union can say
that.
In addition to advancement in the deep sej^ area, we have made
great strides forward in the inland waterway industry.
Our jobs and our contracts today are second to none. We arp
continually advancing the level of importance and responsibility of
the seaman's job. SIU members today, in large part thanks to the
Lundeberg School, are better trained and more highly skilled
professionals than ever before. And our contracts reflect this. We
are making top level wages for the work we perform, and they're
going to get better.
In relation to job security, we are in very good shape despite a
weak economy and high unemployment.
Unionized workers in other industries, such as the auto. Steel,
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rubber, clothing and shipbuilding, are having very difficult times.
Their main concern is not contractual gains any more. It is job
security.
SIU members, though, enjoy top job security. And we have been
able to maintain this security while making big steps forward in our
contracts. There are very few organizations that can make this same
claim.
Our goal now is to continually build on what we have achieved to
protect our interests and advance even further.
Our job security is strong. But we want it stronger.
Our contracts are the best, but we want them better.
As always, reaching these objectives will not be easy. We have
always had to fight for the good things. WeVe had to fight to hang
on to them. And weH have to fight to continue to move forward.
But we have a good organization. We have the people and the
tools to get the job done.
We have a good program lined up for the future. We are very
actively campaigning for the Carter-Mondale ticket. President
Carter, in recent weeks, had repeatedly stated his commitment to a
strong maritime industry.
In addition, we are working, to gain a bigger role for the private
merchant fleet in support and supply of the U.S. Navy.
We are working to achieve a program guaranteeing a fair share of
future U.S. coal exports for American ships.
We are also deeply involved in the fight to win a fair bilateral
shipping agreement with mainland China—an agreement that
would reserve at least one third of the cargoes moving between the
U.S. and China for U.S. ships.
Again, though, no one is going to hand these things to us unless
we fight for them.
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We are totally committed to these struggles. We put forth our
best effort every day. We are seeing results in every aspect of our
Union, our contracts and the level of our job security.
Brothers, you only get what you're big enough to take in this
world. I say we're big enough to take it!
Constitutional Amendmept on Regular Dues
Following is the complete text of a
resolution sulunitted by the SIUA GLIWD Executive Board calling
for a constitutional amendment
concerning dues.
The resolution was initially sub'
mitted to.the membership for action
at the regular membersh^ meeting
at Headquarters on Sqpt. 8, 1980.
The r^c^bition was overwhdmingfy
passed by the membership. It is
.likewise being presented to the
membership at all other regular
monthly membership meetings in
September for action by the mem
bership.
The constitutional amendment
concerning tbtes will then tqtpear on
the ballot for final action by the
membership in November and
December.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, oiir regular dues
presently in the sum of $200.00
yearly as provided for in Article V,
Section 1(a) of our Constitution,
has remained unchanged for many
years, and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the
membership's adoption several
years ago of working dues related to
days worked, in addition to such
regular dues as provided in Article
VI, Section 1(b) of our Constitution,
costs of our Union operations have
increased over the comparable years
in percentage amounts in excess of
•ifci 4^:r
such working dues increase, and
WHEREAS, in order to dis
charge the Union's responsibilities
to the membership it is necessary
that our Union receive increased
revenue so as to provide necessary
and competent personnel and facili
ties as well as to preserve and further
the Union's interest as an institution
for the membership's benefit, and
WHEREAS, inflation the past
several years has increased most
substantially and it appears reasonably to continue for future years,
necessitating that provision be now
made to accommodate to the results
of such future events, and
WHEREAS, it appears most fair
and appropriate that any dues
increases bear relationship to wage
increases inclusive of cost of living
increases negotiated by the Union
for the membership, and
WHEREAS, such dues increases
to be most fair and appropriate'
should be equal percentagewise with
a maximum annual increase, to the
percentage of suqh negotiated wage
increases inclusive of cost of living
increases so that if wage increases
and/or cost of living increases are
received by the membership in an
amount for example of 9%, then the
dues exclusive of dues related to
days worked, shall be increased by
9%, and
WHEREAS, as stated, there
should be a maximum percental to
which dues shall be increased in any
consecutive twelve months and
which shall not be more than 10%
annually over that in effect in the
previous consecutive twelve months,
and
WHEREAS, until otherwise de
cide by the membership as Consti
tutionally provided, such percentage
increases of dues exclusive of dues
related to days worked should take
place at a time when such wage
increases inclusive of cost of living
increases occur, and
WHEREAS, in the interest of
sound administrative procedures,
such increases in dues, however,
should not occur until the first'
calendar quarter immediately following the effective date of any such
increases inclusive of cost of living
increases, and
WHEREAS, your Executive
Board Jias carefully reviewed this
matter and unanimously agreed
that the adoption of this Resolution
is in the best interests of the
membership and the Union and
have authorized Vice President
Leon Hall to submit this Resolution
on behalf of your unanimous
Executive Board as, a proposed
amendment to our Constitution and
particularly Article V, Section 1(a),
to be voted upon by our membership
all in the manner provided by our
Constitution for Constitutional
amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RE
SOLVED:
Article V, Section 1(a) of our Con
stitution shall be amended to read as
follows:
**(8) dues annually in the sum
of $200.00 which shall be paid in
equal quarterly amounts on a
calendar year basis, no later
than the first business day of
each calendar quarter, except as
herein otherwise provided, and
such dues shall be increased
from time to time by percentages
equal to the percentage of
negotiated wage increases in^ elusive of cost of living increases
but not more than 10% annually
over dues then in effect as
provided in this paragraph (a)
during the previous twelve
months, and such dues inclusive
of such percentages amounts,
shall be payable in equal calen
dar quarterly amounts no later
than the first business day of the
calendar quarter commencing
with the first calendar quarter
immediately following any such
increases, except as herein
otherwise provided, and"
Fraternally Submitted
By the Executive Board
By:
Leon Hall
Vice President, Atlantic Coast
Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union. Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District AFL-CIO 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.
11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn. N.Y. Vol. 42, No. 9, September 1980. (ISSN #0160-2047)
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Executive Board. of the New
York State AFL.;.CJQ. The
York laudeo the AFL,..CIO's
Committee on Political Educa
tion (COPE) saying, "the most
valuable geni you .could have ...
Federation )Vas meeting at the
(is) a button for COP.E."
Concord Hotel in Upstate New
Carey al!!O lamented labor's
York late last. month on the
loss since the last "'Convention of
occasion of.. its 21st Constitu
those "men .who walked among
tional Convention atthe time of
us ...giants among giaQts ... that
Drozak's �Jection.
great trinity of George Meany, A.
The election of President
Philip Randolph and Paul Hall."
Drozak to the State's powerful
'these three men were some of the
Executive Board is significant
most important leaders labor
because it gives the SIU and all of
ever wilt have. ''Th¢y> gaye us
maritime labor a direct and
inspit�tiq11 �uid d1edicat.ion/' .
influential voice in all of the
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Federation's policy decisions.
before the. Convention was APL-·
New ·York State's contingent to
the AFL..CIO carries a go9d d�
ClQ President Lane. Kirkland.
·The. h e a d of tbe National
of weight with the national
FranJcDrozak
_Jederation beca.u
Federation was adamant ih his
the
Lane, Kirkland
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state organization in the AFL
support for Jimmy Carter and
The. last o.rder of business fqr
great leader and I respected and
the Convention before adjourn�
organized labor's role in the
admired him. I will strive to carry
CIO repres.enting. over two
reelection process: "Do not be
ing was to elect its executive
m llion worker ; . .
on with the tremendous 'work
officers. Unsurprisingly R,ay
misled by polls and premature
that he did f or the, American
ln relD�ks to the Convention
Corbett, the New York St'l,te
prophecies. I 'have a faith .in the
worker;{'
delegates� .President Drozak
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AFL-CIO Pteside.nt since 1962,
praised the late SIU President.
Among t h e m.,any· o t h er people of this federation ... that
Paul Hall. Drozak spoke of
speakers to addre� the Conven•
has never been disappointed."
a nd S e cret ary-T re a surer E .
Howard M.Qlinari were reelected.
H a ll' s ��deep a11fii.'.·lifeJong tion was Vice President Waltei:.
"For labor there is no choice
ug Jhe,;e was � mattering
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copnnitment to the Ame r i can
but Jimtrly , rter. . Blue coliat
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worke. rs did not invent Ronald;. . .of oppo ition to Cor bett i•. �nly
labor movement... He al o told
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a�c
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AFL-CIO's
Reagan;
They are not . gu ilty 1of
embly
of
how
he
and
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the a
and.
suppoJ1 he
..worked �ogether.· for 30. years". endor�ement .of the Catter
Ronald Reagan . He i s ·tJle
has within the Federation. . 'fhe
and how Han taught him "the ins
Mondale ticket· and·also to get in
product -of corporat� .America.
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cheers of"... we \vant Corbett� . . .
and �mts of politics and . i ts
a fe w d i gs on the GOP's
Preaching h�J anti-labor propawe want Corbett ... " mu t till be
ganda along th airwav
and
Pre identi I hopeful Ronald
importance to labor."
lrt c.onclu ion Pre ide nt
re
ounding through the halls of
along
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ch
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Reagan.
. '' the _<;o.nvention cente r.. ::'. ,.
Drozak said, •paul Hall was 'a
···Governor
arey of . �w . circuit of the country."
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Upgrad�rs. to Be Reimbursed for Transport To and From Piney Point·.
Thinking·about going to Piney B o a rd o f Tru s t ee s o f t h e Piney Point, h� can now apply and Lexington Park.
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Can't afford the transportation
costs? Now, all SIU members
headed for any upgrading couI"Se
at HLS are entitled to reimburse
ment for economy class trans�or
tation costs to and from Piney
Point, provided.they successfully
complete the course.
The transportation reimburse:"'
ment applies to all Seafarers and
Bo�tmen beginning a pt:ogram at
HLS·· after Sept. I. This brand
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new benefit was v oted by the
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Lundeberg School in order to
better serve the needs . of the
Union membership"'
Many 'SIU members have
indicated in the past that, while
they are anxious.to particip�e in
upgrading courses, they lack the
funds to get to and from Piney
P.oint. Thanks to the Trustee's
action, tl)is stumbling block to
upgrading.has now .been cleared
,away.
If a Union
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have theready cas.h .tQ get to
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You must successfully com
1or a transportation loan from
the Union. See the Port Agent in, plete your upgrading course �o be
your home pott and he will
eligible for this reimbursement.
advance you the economy class
fare to and ft()m Piney Point.
Lakes Seafarers
When you have successfully
Get COLA
completed; the cours e y ou 'r e
Effective Aug. 1, 1980, G r e t
'ta kiµg a� . HLS,.
. the transporta
Lakes SIU members working urtde.r
tion loan Will be cancelled. YOU
contracts with the Great Lakes
will not owe · anything for your
Association·
of Ma.ril1e Operatots
e conom.y class, r ou n d - t r ip
and Kinsman
received
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cents. pel' hour costoUiving add..on.
If yovb�ve the 'money on hand
When added to tlie. 54 cents per
fo ·pay y{)ur o\Vn. fare to Piqey
hour COLA Great Lakes �aJ-.ers
Poitjt, YQU art:} still en.titled to the- ha"Ve l ready receiVed so· far this
reim bursemellt. Onee you have . year, the tota) J980 adj ustm en t
successfully fin.ashed that course, . comes to SO cents per hour.
you can submit your .tran8pprta
Tbese COLA'S are computed Oil
tion bill to the Seafarers Welfare
the. I>� of the quarterly Consumer
Price. Index. . Fol" twfty ,3 point. rise
Plan and you will be reimbursed.
i n the Index� Great Lakes Seafarers
The Board of Trustees action
receive a c:me eenf .per hour add--On.
on transportation costs covers:
. Under .the SlU's new collective
• round:..t rip economy•class
bargeinfnt agreement witb Bob-Lo
plan�.:,, train or. bus fare to and
Co., seamen on BolJ...Lo's passenger
from Piney Point for Seafarers
ferries
will ..•now also be rec,eiving
and Boatmen enrolled .in any
COtA adjustments. They recei"Ved
upgrading course at HLS after
the 5ame 26 cents per hour add-on•
Sept. 1;
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GLAMO and Kinsman .· Seatarers
• bus fare from the airport to
effective Aug. 1. As of Jan. 1, 1981,
and from_Lexington Park, Md.,
the 1980 COLA's will be rolled into
and cab fare betwee� Piney Point
base. hourly waae rates.
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Historic Bilcitorcil Trode Pre#**
HE fortunes of the U.S. must still be formallj^ signed by
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bv assures
vessel. of each nation v.
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assures the
the vessels
flag merchant fleet took a both nations,
such formalization "accelerated" access to the ports been working for such trading
major step forward this month as is considered largely ceremonial
agreements between the U.S. and
of the other. Also covered were our trading partners for many
the United States and the
and IS expected to take place in
People's Republic of China Washington by the end of the tonnage duties and the treatment years in the belief that bilateral
of U.S. seamen, but no details on trading pacts are a key to the
announced agreement on a month.
these provisions have, as yet,
history-making pact governing
revival of the American merchant
Commerce Secretary Klutz been announced.
cargo sharing and port access
.fleet.
nick called the cargo sharing
Since U.S.-Chinese negotia
between the two nations.
The Carter Administration has
agreement "historic" adding that
The shipping agreement, It will foiTO a firm foundation: tions began, the Carter Admini stood by their commitment and
stration has promised to seek a
which is similar to the 1972
for the equitable participation by cargo sharing arrangement which • the successful conclusion of the
bilateral trading pact between the
U.S./China trading pact, which
the U.S. and PRC merchant entitles the U.S.-flag fleet to an
U.S. and the Soviet Union,
makes
the jobs and job security of
fleets in the burgeoning trade
equitable share of the lucrative
guarantees a one-third share of
U.S. seamen a top priority, is the
moving between our two coun
U.S./PRC trade. The SIU has result.
U.S./China trade to the national tries."
fleets of each country with the
U.S./China trade is expected
remaing cargo open for bids from
to total about $4 billion this year
third-flag carriers.
and to rise to at least $10 billion
The accord was scored as a by 1985.
major victory for both the Carter
The trading pact was hamAdministration, which has been
mered
out during a series of
negotiating for such an agree- *
meetings between U.S. and
ment since mid-1979, and for the
Chinese negotiating teams,
SIU. The Union has been
begun in the spring of 1979.'
working hard to make sure that
when the door to trade with Samuel B. Nemirow, assistant
China was opened, the U.S.-flag secretary of commerce for
fleet and U.S. seamen would play maritime affairs, headed the U.S.
delegation. Doug Huamin,
a substantial role in it.
According to Secretary of director of the Foreign Affairs
Commerce Philip Klutznick the Bureau of the PRC's Ministry of
Communications led the Chinese
cargo sharing and port access team.
agreement was initialled by U.S.
In addition to the 30-30-30 Shipping) leads the Ship's Committee and a crew
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and Chinese negotiators in
Bergsvik, Engine Delegate NaDoleon Rivp^ r?o^tfn
) OS Gary
cargo
sharing
arrangement,
the
Peking on Sept. 4. While the pact
Educational
Director
Anthony
Potts
The
shin
S.Johnson
and
U.S:/Chinese trading pact
Brooklyn. N.Y.^
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P^'d off on Aug, 13 at Pier 12,
Point Marge Committee
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Four brand new tugs side
by side at City Dock 4 in
Houston, Tex.
The occasion was the
recent mass christening of
the four boats, all contracted
to the SIU.
These four boats mean
more jobs for SIU Boatmen.
Thre^of them will be run by
G&H Towing and one by
Bay Houston Towing.
The three G&H boats are;
Barbara Neuhaus; Mark K,
and W.D. Haden, 11. The
Bay Houston boat is the
Capt. W.D. Haden.
The Capt. W.D. Haden is a
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has a 4,200 horsepower
diesel electric engine.
She's 105 feet in length
has a beam of 35 feet, and a
draft of 16 feet.
Of the three G&H tugs,
two—the Barbara Neuhaus
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will do and Mark K—were built at
offshore towing. Built in
the.Diamond shipyard in
Halte^^rine Shipyard in Savannah, Ga. The W.D.
Haden, H was built in the
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McDermott Shipyard in
Morgan City, La.
All three will do shipdocking and other harbor work
in the Galveston-Texas City,
Tex. area as are their new
sister boats. Titan, Laura
Haden, and Denia.
The tugs are all 88 feet
long, have a beam of 32 feet
a draft of 16 feet, and a
horsepower of 3,000.
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AFL-CIO: Carter-Mondale Labor's ^Choice'
Republican Platform Labeled 'Retreat to America's Pasf
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T'HE AFL-CIO will cam
paign vigorously for the reelection of President Jimmy
Carter, calling him the "clear
choice for labor."
The Carter-Mondale ticket
won the strong support of the
AFL-CIO Executive Council at
its summer meeting in Chicago in
late August. Then on Sept. 4,
1980 the Federation's General
Board voted its endorsement for
the Democratic team.
Labor's support of Carter,
coupled with the campaigning of
Sen. Edward Kennedy for the
President, has considerably
boosted the popularity of the
Carter-Mondale ticket in the
opinion polls.
Shortly after the Republican
House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, center, holds hands aloft of victors President Carter and Vice President Mondale at
Convention in July, Ronald
the Democratic Convention in New York last month. The AFL-CIC has endorsed the Carter-Mondale ticket.
Reagan looked like a sure bet.
Carter was way down in the polls. Mondale ticket has the look of a Carter in '76 and plans to do the Party platform one which "pre
scribes specific programs to meet
And Reagan was riding the crest winner.
same in November.
of national media coverage of the
In announcing its support for specific problems" confronting
However, there are many
Republican Convention.
Carter-Mondale, the AFL-CIO the nation and its workers.
borderline states where labor
The Council branded Ronald
Executive Council labeled the
The tide began turning during
will be working extremely hard to
Republican platform as "con-, Reagan as an enemy of working
the Democratic Convention in
insure victory for Carter. These
early August, especially after Ted
servative throughout...reaction people, and stated that a Reagan
states
include
Ohio,
Illinois,
New
Kennedy buried the political
ary at times... and a retreat into victory in Novemb'er "would turn
York,
Pennsylvania
and
New
America and its government
hatchet and announced his
America's past."
Jersey.
support for Carter.
On the other hand, the Exec. away from solving the pressing
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At the present tim.e, the CarterLabor turned the tide for Council called the Democratic problems this nation faces."
AFL-CIO Exec. Bd. Hails Paul Hall's Achievements
CHICAGO, ILL.—The AFLCIO Executive Council launched
its summer meeting here with a
special tribute to the memory of
SIU President Paul Hall. Senior
vice president of the Executive
Council at the time of his death
last June, Hall was hailed by the
Council for his "integrity, hon
esty and commitment to improv
ing the lot of workers."
"His dedication to trade union
principles," the Council's state
ment continued, "and fervent
belief in free trade unionism
inspired his union, this federation
and all who came in contact with
him."
The Council made its state
ment on Aug. 20, Paul Hall's
birthday. He would have been 66.
Below is the complete text of
the AFL-CIO Executive Coun
cil's statement on the late Paul
Hall.
Statement by the AFL-CIO
Executive Council
on
PAUL HALL
Chicago, 111.
August 20, 1980
Whereas, our ifriend and
brother, Paul Hall, the president
of the Seafarers International
Union and the senior member of
this Council, has died; and
Whereas, his dedication to
trade union principles and fer
vent beliefs in free trade unionism
inspired his union, this federation
and all who came in contact with
him; and
Whereas, Paul Hall's career in
the labor movement reflected the
highest standards of integrity,
honesty and commitment to
improving the lot of all Workers;
and
Whereas, his wisdom coun
seled us and his friendship
enriched us; and
Whereas, the leadership of
Brother Hall within this Council
and as chairman of the Economic
Policy Committee and our con
vention's Resolutions Committee
was reflected in our decisions and
our commitment to social and
economic justice; now therefore
be it
Resolved, that the Executive
Council of the AFL-CIO mourns
the tragic death of Paul Hall, a
brother who earned our respect
and love; and be it further
Resolved, that this Council
extends to his widow. Rose, and
his children our deepest sym-
pathy and gratitude for so unsel- resolution be spread upon the
fishly sharing this great trade permanent records of the AFLunionist and human being with ^CIO and a suitably engrossed
us; and be it finally
copy be presented to his family
Resolved, that a copy of this with our condolences.
US, Unemployment Stays at 7,8%
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The
country's unemployment rate stayed
at 7.8 percent in July almost un
changed since May with the jobless
rate for blacks, Hispanics and
teenagers soaring.
Looking for work and not finding
it were 8.2 million persons. Most of
them, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) reports, have been
job-hunting for at least five weeks.
More than 1.9 million workers have
been jobless for 15 weeks and longer.
Manufacturing unemployment
rose'to a 10.3 percent rate up from
June's 9.9 percent especially in the
clothing, food and textile lines. Auto
makers' joblessness remained un
changed at a hefty 25 percent!
Construction unemployment dip
ped slightly to 16.1 percent from
June's 16.5 percent.
While the jobless rate for white
workers crept up one tenth of 1
percent last month to 6.9 percent,
black unemployment rose to 14.2
percent. The Hispanic rate jumped
to 10.9 percent. And the teenage
jobless rate soared, too.
BLS Comm. Janet L. Norwood
testified before Congress' Joint
Economic Committee that "Adult
men have borne the brunt of the
increase in joblessness since the
recession began in January. Almost
two thirds of the increase in unem
ployment has occurred among adult
men."
However, the unemployment rate
for adult women went up to 6.7
percent from June's 6.5 percent. It's
the same rate for adult men.
The adult women's increase in the
nation's labor force since January
was termed by Dr. Norwood as
"consistent with what you can
expect in a recession. As during a
period of declining real income, it is
expected that other members of the
family enter the work force."
Another dark spot in the unem-^
ployment picture was the fact that
the figures on those who lost their
last jobs were nearly doubled from
layoffs, permanent cutbacks and
plant closings.
It was reported that 3.8 million
persons received jobless benefits
through state insurance programs
during the week of Aug. 2.
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�SlU Well Represented at Dems' Convention
Of the 3,000 Democratic dele
gates who met in New York City
to nominate Jimmy Carter as
their party's standard-bearer
against Ronald Reagan, nearly
800 belonged to unions and
related organizations. Of those
800 people, five were SlU and
SlU-affiliated union officials.
The five delegates were Ralph
Quinnonez (UIW-N.Y.), John
Faye (SlU-Phila.), Bill Dobbins
(UlW-Ohio), Ed Turner (SIUCalif.), and Felix Francis (UIW-
Virgin Islands).
The 800 labor delegates repre
sented a powerful block of voters
who could be counted upon to
stand up for the rights of Ameri
can workers.
National conventions have
been, and continue to be, an
important part of the political
process.
For nearly a week, New York
City played host to 3,000 Demo
cratic delegates who met to
nominate a President, fashion a
Carter Names Drozak to Top
Level Trade Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C.—SIU Hall, who passed away on June
President Frank Drozak has 22 of this year, had been a
been named by President Carter member of this Committee. Early
to an important trade committee, in 1976 he was appointed by then
Along with 45 other leaders President Gerald Ford. He was
from labor, business, education, then reappointed by Carter.
Some of the other labor leaders
and community groups, Drozak
received a Presidential Commis on the Committee are: Murray
sion to be a member of the Finley, president of the Amal
Advisory Committee for Trade gamated Clothing & Textile
Negotiations (ACTN). His ap Workers Union; Douglas Fraser,
pointment is for a two-year president of the United Auto
Workers, and Lloyd McBride,
period.
The late SIU President Paul president of the Steelworkers.
party platform and discuss press
ing national issues. What was
done during the week will have
important consequences, not
only on the 1980 Presidential
election, but on the future course
of American domestic and inter
national policy. The free ex
change of ideas that occurred at
the Democratic Convention will
help shape the manner in which
Americans view the problems
facing this country. It will also
shape the way that Americans
choose to solve those problems.
Fred Summers and Frank*
Pecquex, legislative reps for the
SIU, were also on hand to meet
with delegates to discuss mari
time related issues. They were
able to draw attention to the
problems facing the maritime
industry and to discuss the
importance of such programs as
bilateral treaties, more stringent
cargo preference laws and in
creased maritime subsidies.
While the maritime industry
did not make the front pages of
the newspapers, it did receive
considerable publicity among the
people who count—the delegates
at the Democratic Convention,
many of whom were highly
placed state and local officials
who play an important part in
shaping American public opin
ion.
The five SIU officials were able
to make use of their union's
considerable resources in Wash
ington. They were able to draw
upon the expertise of a talented
and well-informed research de
partment, as well as the good-will
of the other 800 labor delegates, a
substantial number of whom
belong to unions associated with
the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department.
Behind the glamor that one
associates with a political con
vention lies a great deal of hard
work. The high-powered, fishbowl atmosphere of a convention
is seductive, and so are the parties
and the excitement.
But the rewards that count are
the new contacts that have been
made for the maritime industry.
It is a slow process, and an inter
dependent one. There are nu
merous stops, one of which is the
Democratic Convention.
Dems Vote Plank to Restore Competitive Fleet
NEW YORK, N.V.—Dele
gates to the Democratic National
Convention held here last month
pledged action to restore "a
strong, competitive and efficient
American-flag ocean transporta
tion system," to the United
States.
The maritime plank voted into
the Party Platform acknow
ledged the "significant reduction
in the ability of our merchant
marine to compete for the
carriage of world commerce
because of economic policies
pursued by other nations. Action
must be taken," the plank states,
—"to revitalize our merchant
marine."
This nation badly needs an
"American-flag ocean transpor
tation system, staffed with
trained and efficient American
personnel and capable of
carrying a substantial portion of
our international trade," the
statement reads. To achieve this
objective the Democrats called
for creation of "a coherent,
consistent and responsive
maritime policy."
While the maritime plank is, of
necessity, a short statement of the
Party's commitment to rebuild
ing the U.S.-flag merchant fleet,
the statement contains key
elements on which a strong,
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active maritime policy can be
built.
The Platform supports the
three elements crucial for the
renaissance of our rnerchant
marine—a beefed up domestic
shipbuilding program "to satisfy
the commercial and national
security requirements of the
U.S.;" employment of American
seamen to man the fleet; and
ensuring a "substantial portion"
of U.S. international trade to our
fleet.
Those three criteria—U.S.
built ships, jobs for American
seamen and cargoes to keep the
fleet moving—were clearly
spelled out for the Democrats by
SIU and MTD President Frank
Drozak at Platform Committee
hearings in June.
"It is essential,' Drozak told
the Platform Committee, "that
the Democratic Party reaffirm
President Carter's goal to
revitalize our merchant marine."
The SIU President stressed that
the American merchant fleet
must be able to fulfill both its
commercial role and its function
as a "military auxiliary in time of
war or national emergency."
Responding to Drozak's
testimony on the urgency of
restoring the U.S.-fiag merchant
fleet and spurred on by congress
men and senators-who back the
SlU's position, the Platform
Committee endorsed the mari
time plank and Convention
delegates voted it into the
Platform.
In addition to promising
action towards a viable U.S.
maritime policy, the plank
pledged "continued commitment
to the Merchant Marine Act of
1970 and greater utilization of the
private merchant marine by the
Navy for its support functions."
During the Republican
Convention, held in Detroit in
July, the GOP adopted a similar
maritime plank as part of their
Party Platform.
Dem Plank on U.S. Maritime
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Below is a complete transcript of the pro-maritime plank
adopted by the Democratic National Convention last month.
"To meet the needs of international commerce and national
security, this nation must have a strong, competitive and efficient
American-Flag ocean transportation system. In recent years, there
has been a significant reduction in the ability of our merchant
marine to compete for the carriage of world commerce because of
economic policies pursued by other nations. Action must he taken
to revitalize our merchant marine.
"To achieve this objective, we must develop a coherent,
consistent and responsive maritime policy which will encourage the
development and maintenance of an American-flag ocean
transportation system, staffed with trained and efficient American
personnel and capable of carrying a substantial portion of our
international trade in a competitive and efficient manner.
"Our maritime policy must also lead to the development and
maintenance of a domestic shipbuilding and ship repair
mobilization base adequate to satisfy the commercial and national
security requirements of the United States. Furthermore, we pledge
continued commitment to the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and
greater utilization of the private merchant marine by the Navy for
its support functions."
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Jimmy Garter's Record on Maritime Is Good
N
ow that the Democratic
Convention is over and
Jimmy Carter is the official
Presidential nominee of his party,
you'll find more and more people
jumping on his bandwagon.
But the SIU has supported
Carter for President for nearly a
year. This Union was instru
mental at that time in forming the
Labor for Carter Committee. We
supported Carter in '76 too.
Our reason is simple. We
support Carter because of his
record on maritime issues. He has
been a backer of a strong U.S.
maritime industry and that
means more job security for
Seafarers and Boatmen.
Of course more has to be done.
But the Union's position is that
Carter's record in his first term
holds promise for more good
things for maritime if he's elected
to a second term.
Below is a partial list showing
Carter's maritime record in his
first term. Judge for yourself:
which allows the private dredging
industry to bid competitively
with the Army Corps of En
gineers.
was signed into law by President
Carter in 1978. Its purpose is the
regulation of the rate-cutting
practices of certain state-owned
• Legislation to allow the carriers, like the Russians,
much needed construction of a operating in the U.S. trades.
• On Sept. 29, 1979 Carter
new Lock and Dam 26 at Alton,"
111. was signed into law by the signed the Export Administra
President in 1978. When com tion Act which bans the export,
pleted, this new Lock and Dam sale, or swap of Alaskan crude oil
should ease the huge traffic back under most circumstances.
ups on a vital stretch of the Strongly supported by the SIU,
this law, insures that, except
Mississippi River.
under certain conditions, Alas
• In 1977 Carter signed legis kan crude will be carried on
American-flag ships.
lation mandating that 50 percent
• Just this summer Carter
of the oil purchased overseas for
a Strategic Petroleum Reserve signed the Deep Seabed Hard
Mineral Resources Act with its
Program be carried on U.S.-flag
crucial "man American" pro
ships.
visions intact. This law makes
• The Ocean Shipping Act
sure that American seamen will
play a key role in the new sea
mining industry.
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• President Carter, in 1978,
signed into law the Outer Conti
nental Shelf Lands Act. This Act,
which sets regulations for off
shore drilling of oil and natural
gas on the U.S. outer continental
shelf, is a landmark law that
protects and promotes jobs for
Americans in this industry.
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These are the reasons why your
Union is supporting Carter.
When you go into the voting
booth you will be making your
own choice for President. But as
a Seafarer or Boatman you owe it
to yourself to keep the above
points in mind.
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• Early in his Presidency^July
1977—Carter came out in sup
port of a cargo preference bill.
This legislation would have
required that 9.5 percent of U.S.
cargo must be carried on Ameri
can-flag ships by 1982. The bill
was defeated in the House of
Representatives.
• Carter was a vigorous sup
porter of the Passenger Ship Bill
which he signed into law late last
year. This piece of legislation
brought passenger ship service
back under the American flag.
Already the SIU is manning the
passenger liner Oceanic Inde
pendence.
• The Carter Administration
has consistently backed a healthy
maritime budget. Each year
strong proposals for appropria
tions for the Construction and
Operational Differential Sub
sidies and for Title XI of the
Merchant Marine Act have come
from the White House. Also,
earlier this year when big budget
cuts were.being recommended in
Congress, Carter opposed any
cuts in the maritime budget on
the grounds of national defense.
His stance helped win the battle
in the House Budget Committee
against cutting maritime monies.
• In 1978 Carter signed a bill
that clarified Title XI of the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936 so
that Great Lakes and inland
vessel operators would be eligible
for mortgage guarantees on the
same basis as deep sea operators.
• That same year the Presi
dent sighed Public Law 95-269
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Proud SI U Diesel Engineers
Earn Lifeboat Endorsement
Another group of HLSS Trainees achieved Coast Guard endorsements as
Lifeboatmen after completing training and passing their examinations. Standing
left to right are HLSS Instructor Harry Coyle, Walt Lasshan, Larry Brown, Bob
Boulis, Brett Fox, Andy Pierros, Larry Dockery and HLSS Instructor Michael
Meredith. Kneeling are George Muller. Ramon Rosario and^Keyin Hearn.
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These three Seafarers proudly display Coast Guard endorsements as Assistant
Diesel Engineer. All three earned higher ratings through the upgrading courses
offered at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg- School. Showing off their, new
certificates are (left to right) John Jourdan. Allan Brunet and Glenn Bumpas.
Notice to Mariners:
Seafarers Earn FOWT
Endorsements
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Sixteen more SID Seafarers achieved endorsements as Fireman/Oiler/Water^
tender recently after completing training at HLSS and passing Coast'Gukrd
examinations. The happy group posed for this photo just before shipping out with
their new certificates. In front left to right are Owen Duffy, Larry Winn. Charles
Harper. Tony Dawson, Jim.Kuhns and Dave Simmons. Standing left to right are
Sverre Paulsen, Phil Neergaard, Dave Picciolo, Rob Hurst; Aubrey Spruill, Jerry
Williams, Craig Bell, Maurice White, Tom Caron and Tyler Womack.
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For Upgrading Classes
The Seafarers Harry JLundeberg School of Seamanship has
announced the schedule of upgrading classes for the remainder of
1980.
Here are the schedules:
October 1980
Diesel (unlicensed rating): Oct. 27-Nov. 21.
Diesel (licensed): Oct. 27-Dec. 19.
Basic Welding: Oct. 22-Nov.*21.
First Class Pilot (inland) Oct. 6-Nov. 14.
Quartermaster: Oct. 13-Nov. 7.
Steward Recertification: Oct. 13-Nov. 21.
"A" Seniority Upgrading: Oct. 6-Oct. 17.
Life boat man: Oct. 9-Oct. 23.
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Tankerman: Oct. 9-Oct. 23.
Oct. 23-Nov. 6.^
HLSS Graduates Achieve FOWT
Endorsements
They are all Trainee alumni of the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School, and they all
passed Coast Guard examinations' recently to earn endorsements as
Fireman/Oiler Watertender. Standing left to right are Julio Rodriguez. Earl Doucet.
Doug bckles, Keith Mion. Kenny Kent, James Brown, Stephen Gore, Al Guitierrez
and HLSS Instructor James Shaffer. Kneeling left to right are Brad Morgan. Mike
Langenbach. Deshawn Newsome. Larry Brown. Pat Johnston. Jim Wingate and
Al Bracetty. Missing from the photo is Ray Brown.
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New dates for the FOWT
classes will be posted in all ports
and will be announced in the
LOG when classes resume.
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Able Seaman: Nov. 6-Dec. 4. (This is the last AB class for 1980.)
"A" Senibrity Upgrading: Nov. 10-Nov. 21.
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Nov. 20-Dec. 4
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Special Notice!
Upgrading classes for Fireman
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suspended temporarily, it is
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Lifeboatman: Dec. 4-Dec. 18.
Dec. 18-Jan. 1
Tankerman: Dec. 4-Dec. 18.
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(NOTE: A I! FOWT and LNG classes are suspended until further
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Legislative. Administrative and Reguiatorv Happenings
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Labor Behind SIU in Securing Goal Exports for
^HE SlU's position ihat the probriefings for key industry and labor
U.S
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increase
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to our allies must include plans for use of
U.S. flag ships has drawn the support of
the AFL-CIO.
In a letter to Dr. John C. Sawhill,
-deputy secretary of the Department of
Energy, AFL-CIO President Lane
Kirkland made labor's position on
exported coal clear. He stated, "the
Merchant Marine Acts of 1936 and 1970
declare that it is the policy of the United
States to foster the development of a
merchant marine owned and operated
under the U.S. flag and composed of
vesseJs con.structed in the United States,
and this policy should be a major
consideration in the deliberations Uf the
Interagency Coal Export Task Force."
Plans for the expansion of U.S. coal
exports were developed recently at a top
level meeting in Europe by Pres. Jimmy
Carter and the heads of state of six U.S.
allies, including Italy, France, Britain,
Canada, West Germany and Japan.
The leaders pledged to-conserve oil
and increase their use of alternative
energy sources, mostly coal.
They further agreed that the -U.S.
would be the "chief producer,and
exporter of coal for the international
market." Also it was agreed that Jhe
Western Europeans and Japan would
double or triple their purchases of coal
from the U.S. within the next-20 years.
This of course means transportation by
Initially, there was no talk at all of the
use of U.S. flag ships for carriage of any
of the coal. That's where t he S1U stepped
in and raised strong objections. At
Administration—SIU President Frank
Drozak made the SIU's position clear.
U.S. ships must get their fair share of the
cargoes.
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has set up tl;ie Interagency Coal Export
Task Force. And one of the things the
Task Force will study closely is the role
of American ships in future coal export
plans.
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In his letter of support for the SIU's
position, AFL-CIO President Kirkland
suggests "negotiating bilateral ocean
shipping arrangements with our trading
partners with respect to coal shipments."
He further urged the Task Force "to
investigate every avenue to promote the
U.S. policy regarding our merchant
marine."
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T
HE impasse between El Paso Gas
Co. and the Algerian government,
which has idled six SlU-contracted El
Paso LNG carriers, will hopefully soon
be resolved.
On-again, off-again negotiations since
last March made real progress last
month when Algeria dropped its
demand from $6 per thousandcubic feet
of gas to $3.80. However, the $3.80
figure is nearly $2 higher than the $1.94
El Paso had been paying when Algeria
demanded price hiikes.
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Si U legislative representatives, who
have been monitoring the negotiations.
said that the Algerians appear close to
settling the impasse, providing they get a
price increase as well ,as technical
assistance and training from the U.S.
concerning LNG energy development. The Log will keep the membership
posted on any new developments
concerning the EI Paso vessels.
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Reform Moving
Along in Committee
T^HE SIU is closely monitoring the
X Water Projects Reform legislation,
which is presently being marked up by
the Water Resources Subcommittee of
the Senate Environment Committee.
Chairman of the Subcommittee is Sen.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.). The
legislation would authorize certain water
development projects, including deepenin^ the channel in Galveston to
accc mmodate deepwater vessels.
Lht SIU is mainly concerned with cost
sharing proposals which would tack on
some heavy money burdens on the
industry. Such water projects have
traditionally been funded in total by the
l ederal government, since such projects
benefit the economy and security of the
entire nation.
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A recent class of the "A" Seniority Upgrading
program liked what they saw during a field trip to
Washington, D.C. to view the SIU political
action team. Above photo shows Upgraders
James Allen, Mark Clark, Michael Donlon,
Vincent Guzman, Thomas Kilbride, Jonatharr
Haight, James Harris, Daniel Kayser, Robert
Seratt and Fred Reyes, Jr., who was accom
panied by his wife.
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�Carter's Statement to AFL-CIO General Bd.
On Sept. 4,1980, President Carter
appeared at the General Board
meeting of the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C. to accqjt the Labor
Federations endorsement of the
Carter-Mondale ticket.
Of special interest to SlU mem
bers, President Carter reemphasized
his Administration's commUmenl
to "strengthen our maritime indus
try."
Bdow is the complete text of the
President's statement to the General
Board meeting. SlU President
Frank Drozak represented the SlU
at this meeting.
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It is an honor as President to meet
again with the General Board of the
AFL-CIO. I have gotten to know
many of you personally, and I have
benefitted from your advice.
' Almost four years ago to the day,
I met with the General Board. Soon
after that, I was elected President,
and Fritz Mondale was elected Vice
President of the United States.
We could not have done that
without your help, and Fritz and I
will always be grateful. We have
regarded that support, not as a gift,
but as an obligation to the working
families of America. With your help,
we are going to renew that contract
to serve working Americans.
Four years ago, a changing of the
guard began. We ended eight years
of Republican neglect of pur coun
try's most complex problems. In
stead, we began to face up to these
problems to tell the American
people the truth, and to begin
building lasting solutions. These last
3'/i years have not been easy. But
they have been creative years. Today
we can face the future much better
prepared than before.
A changing of the guard of a
different kind has taken place in the
labor movement.
We all miss George Meany deeply.
For a quarter-century, he embodied
the American labor movement. He
was the spirit and strength of
working America.
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That torch has now passed to the
able hands of Lane Kirkland and
Tom Donahue. It has fallen to them
and to you to carry on the great
unfinished work of the labor move
ment.
Change has also come to your
Executive Council. I share with you
the loss of a man whom I respected
as you did, Paul Hall. And I share
your pride in congratulating your
newest Executive Council members.
Bill Konyha, John Sweeney, and
Joyce Miller.
I share another bond with all of
you. As leaders, we are concerned,
above all, with the future.
Each one of us knows that there
are no shortcuts or substitutes for
hard work in the struggle for a
humane, decent world to pass on to
our children.
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business, and government work
together. It wUl not be easy, but you
and I realize that it is absolutely
essential to have creative ideas from
all segments of bur country.
This consensus-building must
mean that, once and for all, we
recognize the legitimate rights of
labor. I am still with you for passage
of common situs legislation. I will
veto any attempt to repeal DavisBacon. I will resist any effort to
weaken minimum wage or occupa
tional safety and health protection,
This country needs, and I support.
Labor Law Reform. And I will stand
with you until we get it pdssed.
As I have faced the immense
The Polish workers have demon
economic challenges of this decade,
strated something you and I have
I cannot forget the great help labor
long known—that free trade unions
has been. You have helped forge our
are a basicinstrument of democracy,
nation's first energy policy. As a
and that human rights and labor
nation, we have learned that we
rights are indistinguishable.
must reduce our dangerous depen
I cannot help but believe that the
dence on foreign oil. And we have
resolve of the Polish workers was
cut oil imports by 20 percent.
strengthened by the solidarity of free
We have begun the immense task
trade unions around the world—
of rebuilding our nation's energy
including the AFL-CIO.
base^—creating a new synthetic fuels
At home, American labor has
industry, using American resources,
helped lead this country through a
conserving energy, keeping Ameri
half-century of unprecedented social
can capital here, and creating
and economic progress. Every
millions of American jobs.
advance in this half-century—Social
When the history of these years is
Security, civil rights. Medicare, aid
written, I believe it will say that on
to education, one after another—
energy we fundamentally altered our
came with the support and leader
nation's future for the better. I
ship of American labor. You have
believe it will also say that we began
represented all the people, not just
a fundamental rebuilding of our
your members^ You have been the
nation's industrial base.
voice of forgotten people every
The program I announced last
where.
week, which you help^ write, will
Thirty-two years ago, Harry
continue to fight inflation, and at the
Truman said, "It is time thqt all
same time will create a million new
Americans realized that the place of
jobs in the next two years.
labor is side by side with the
More important, we will put new,
businessmen and with the farmer,
more
efficient tools in the hands of
and not one degree lower."
American workers. We will provide
We can no longer ignore this jobs in growing, competitive indus
advice—^the economic stakes are tries which can meet and turn back
too high. It'is time for our country to foreign competition. I have no
accept labor as an equal partner in doubt that American workers can
our economic life.
compete with, any in the world—if
In the last
years, we have we give them the tools and tech
begun to establish, bit by bit, such a nology to do the job. I intend-to do
partnership of government, labor, just that.
and business.
We will direct investments to
Last week, we took another step communities and industriesJhit hard
forward with what can be central to by economic change. We will help
rebuilding our nation's industrial retool our automobile industry to
base—the President's Economic produce the fuel-efficient cars that
Revitalization Board composed of the public wants to buy.
We will help modernize our basic
leaders from American labor, indus
industries,
like steel, and encourage
try, and the public. Heading the
Board will be Irving Shapiro, of high-technology industries. We will
help rebuild our cities and towns
DuPont, and Lane Kirkland.
For the first time, we can build a with job-producing investments.
We will rebuild bur transporta
consensus for out economic future.
tion
system both to carry goods and
The Board will advise me on the full
range of issues. It will recommend to improve public transit.
Finally, we will invest heavily in
the outlines for an industrial devel
opment authority—to help mobilize our human resources. We will
both public and private capital, provide new training and new skills
including employee pension funds, to workers hit by sudden economic
to restore and create jobs in areas change. We wilf strengthen existing
programs for those lacking the skills
affected by economic dislocation.
We are involved in nothing less needed for the future.
Two years ago, we passed the
than a redefinition of the way labor.
The November election will help
determine if that struggle is success
ful. Seldom has the choice been so
clear. The American people vinll be
choosing not just between two men,
not just between two parties—but
between two futures.
I believe Americans will choose
once again a future of thoughtful
change and human progress—to get
on with the job we have begun.
In recent days, our country has
drawn inspiration from the workers
of Poland. We have been inspired by
their discipline, their tenacity, and
their courage under the most diffi
cult possible circumstances.
Humphrey-Hawkins Act to reaffirm
our commitment to the goal of full
employment. This year, we are
laying the foundation for reaching
that goal—a foundation of secure
energy supplies, greater productiv
ity, steady economic growth, iand
stable prices.
In the next few years, we must also
continue our urban policy that has
begun to reverse thedeclineof many
cities. We must gain passage of our
welfare reform proposals that would
lift I'/i million families out of
poverty and reduce the financial
burden on state and local gov
ernments.
We must enact our proposed
expansion of youth employment
programs, to provide skills and jobs
for hundreds of thousands of young
people.
I stand ready with you to help
enact national health insurance.
We must strengthen our maritime
industry, both for our economic
security and military security.
Finally, I want the United States
to continue to stand for peace in the
world. We have been at peace for 3'/4
years, a peace based on both our
military and moral strength. With
your help, we have reversed an eightyear decline in defense spending.
Our military power is unsurpassed
today, and will stay that way as long
as I am President.
That strength allowed us to
negotiate the SALT II agreement
successfully. We ratified the Pan
ama Canal Treaties, and have
sustained our foreign aid programs.
We helped bring together two
ancient enemies. The people of
Egypt and Israel no longer face each
other across barbed wire. Instead,
they talk face-to-face, and through
their ambassadors, about the right
road to peace. Three years ago, few
dreamed that such a thing could be
possible.
We can be proud that the United
States once again stands up in
defense of human rights, including
trade union rights, throughout the
world.
Let me add that we must expand
human rights at home, also, by
ratifying the Equal Rights Amend
ment.
We have accomplished much
together, often against great odds.
We have had to take the heat for
unpopular decisions. When we have
spoken the truth, it has not always
been welcome. We have faced our
problems squarely.
The American labor movement
was built on realism, persistence,
and democratic values. Our nation's
future depends on those same
qualities---qualities which today are
still-abundant in the American
people.
More remains for us to do, and we
must fight for it. But we are fighting
for it shoulder-to-shoulder, and
together, we will win.
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ERB Brand has retired as
President of the Transpor
tation Institute (T.I.) to become
Chairman of its Board of Trus
tees. He will replace Joseph
Kahn, who passed away earlier
this year.
Mr. Brand has spent a lifetime
advocating policies that would
lead to the establishment of a
strong American flag Merchant
Marine. For many years he was
editor of iht Seafarers Log. On
the basis of the reputation he
established there for intellectual
honesty and tough-minded fair
ness, he was chosen to become
the first president of the Trans
portation Institute when it was
formed 11 years ago.
During his stewardship, the
Transportation Institute has
become one of the leading centers
for maritime research in the
country. Both labor and man
agement have conie to look upon
Herb Brand as one of the leading
spokesmen for the American flag
Merchant Marine.
"Herbie Brand," relates John
Yarmola, the National Field Co
ordinator for the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department,
"is unique. He understands that
. the maritiipe industry needs to
take a united stand on issues that
affect its future. He touches a lot
of bases. You know, he has
opened up a lot of doors for this
industry. People know that he is a
fair guy. They trust him. Better
yet, they listen to him."
As both editor of the Seafarers
Log and President of the Trans
portation Institute, Herb Braqd
has fashioned an important
legacy.
Jim Ganiion, the pr^ent editor
of the Log, said the following:
"During his years at the Log,
Herb Brand established the
highest^ standard of excellence in
labor journalism, which is wit
nessed in part by the many
awards that the paper won while
he was here. Even though he
hasn't been editor since 1969, his
influence can still be found in the
paper. For those who have
followed Herb—^and there have
Herb Brand
been several of us—it has been a upon the organization's acknowf
difficult standard to maintain. edged expertise when debating
But it is a standard of excellence the merits of intricate pieces of
that we are proud to uphold." maritime legislation.
But it is as President of the
Over the years, the Transpor
Transportation Institute, a non tation Institute has been in the
profit organization aimed at forefront of advancing new and
promoting maritime research dynamic concepts in the field of
and development, that Herb maritime education and develop
Brand will be primarily remem ment. Bilateral treaties, ocean
bered.
mining legislation, cargo prefer
He fashion^; from scratch, ence laws: the list of programs
one of the most capable research devised by the Institute is almost
departments in all of Washing endless. When asked to single one
ton, D.C. The quality of its out, however. Herb Brand be
work — the imaginative and comes characteristically modest,
thorough approach it has taken
"No, I wouldn't single out one *
towards solving the problems policy," said Brand, "because to
confronting the maritime indus do so would be counterproduc
try—has impressed a great many tive. The government agencies
people.
were content to sit back after the
Congressional Committees Merchant Marine Act of 1936
have often felt the need to draw was passed. They were so content
that they let the American flag
Merchant Marine fall apart. You
can not stop and be content It is
a constant, daily grind to stay
on top of new problems and
developments."
"I feel that we have taken a
• balanced view of the maritime
industry, especially where the
industry is a victim of unfair
policies formulated by govern
ment agencies that have no real
understanding of the merchant
marine. We talk about develop
ing a competitive fleet, but other
nations are far beyond the talking
stage. This country needs to
develop a coherent maritime
policy."
If it is true that one can be
judged by one's friends, then
Herl) Brand need not worry. He
has counted many famous and
important people among his
friends and acquaintances. In his
own quiet way, he has made a .
great many converts for the U.S.
maritime industry.
Throughout his c^eer. Herb
Brand has consistently impressed
people with his warm manner,
wry humor and quick intelli
gence: He still continues to do so.
Peter Luciano, who has become
Executive Director of the Trans
portation Institute, sums is up
best when he sW: "We will all
miss Herb as President. But we
don'tjeally feel that he is leaving.
As you know, he'll be Chairman
of the Board. He will continue to
shape the character of the T.I,
His most important work is still
ahead of him."
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Carter Signs OIK: Bill: Could Mean Future U.S. iMonf&ne Jake
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RESIDENT Carter has
signed into law S. 2492, the
Ocean Thermal Energy Conver
sion Act of 1980. The bill is
expected to foster the commer
cial development of the ocean
thermal energy conversion
process (OTEC), which is a new
and promising source of energy.
The bill establishes a muchneeded Federal regulatory
framework that will oversee the
OTEC industry. It also extends
the existing system of "Ship
Financing" to cover commercial
development of OTEC vessels.
Title XI of the Merchant Marine
Act of 1936, which governs "ship
financing," makes most U.S.
vessels, floating drydocks and
mobile offshore drilling rigs
eligible for operating and
construction differential subsi
dies.
Lack of regulatory guidance
and Confusion over financing
provisions have hindered the
development of the OTEC
industry.
It is estimated that a full
functioning OTEC^ program
would result in thousands of
additional maritime jobs. Under
the terms of S. 2492, and the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936,
vessels used to service OTEC
marine structures would have to
be documented under the laws of
the United States.
The energy crisis has forced
Americans to experiment with
some fairly unorthodox pro
grams so that alternatives to
foreign oil can be developed. One
of the most promising programs
under consideration has been
OTEC.
OTEC is a process that would
use seawater to help generate
electricity. The idea was first
formulated nearly 100 years ago
by a French physicist, Arsene
d'Arsonval. It received little
attention because of the abun
dance of oil and coal that was
then in existence.
Now, of course, oil is in short
supply. Coal is being opposed by
environmentalists who fear that
its long-term use could be
ecologically harmful.
According tod'Arson val, there
exist differences in the tempera
ture of water found on the surface
of the ocean, and water found at
lower depths. D'Arson val felt that
some of these differences could
be large enough to be used in
closed and open cycle turbine
systems.
What modern-day descen
dants of d'Arsonyal want to do is
to place^ floating, moored or selfpropelled marine structures in
those areas of the oceans where
thermal differences are large
enough to generate electricity.
Looks Promising
The initial results have been
promising. A small experimental
program conducted onboard a
coverted U.S. navy barge moored
off Hawaii generated 50 kilo
watts of electricity during a three
month period.
The major stumbling block
with OTEC has been how to get
the stored electricity from the
marine structures to the land.
Dependable cables need to be
developed.
Progress, however, has been
made with developing a cable
strong enough to do the job.
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Jimmy Carter Means Business
A year ago. President Carter sent a letter to Rep. John Murphy
(D-N.Y.), then chairman of the House Marine & Fisheries
Committee. In that fetter, the President re-stated his heiief that "the
American Merchant Marine is vital to our nation's welfare."
Underscoring that heiief the President's fetter presented an
outline oj the "steps which (must) he taken to reverse the decline
and to hegin to improve the strength of this essential industry. "
Congressman Murphy, U.S. maritime's tnost vocal and loyal
friend in Congress, incorporated many of the suggestions included
in the President's fetter into one huge, far-reaching piece of
legislation. Known as the MaritUhe Omnihus hill, the complicated
measure never reached the floor of Congress because of an inahility
of the many segments of the industry to agree on language.
But President Carter has. continued to support a vdrietv of
measures aimed at revitalizing the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. "Tliis
effort." Carter wrote to Murphy in July, 1979, "will take time,
ingenuity and investment from hoth the puhHc and private sectors."
President Carter 's maritime policy fetter is reprinted, in full,
helow. Carter's support for a strong American merchant marine is
as solid today as it was a year ago. The S/U is confident that during
his next four years as President, many of the goafs Carter has
targeted for the rehirth^f the U.S.-flag merchant marine, goafs he
shares with the SIU, will he realized.
To Chairman John M. Murphy
As you know, for the past year an Interagency Task Force within
the Administration has been reviewing federal maritime policies.
The conclusions and. recommendations of this group were recently
forwarded to me. I want to share with you the results of that review
and urge action by your Committee to address the issues raised by
the Task Force.
I share your belief that the American Merchant Marine is vital to
our nation's welfare. More than nine-tenths of all our imports and
exports move by sea, and American ships play a large part in
facilitating our world trade.
The maritime industry, including our ports, ocean shipping
companies and shipbuilding yards provides jobs to 1.5 million
Americans, and contributes $22 billion to our economy. Most
importantly, our Merchant Marine provides a critical reserve and
auxiliary to our Navy in times of war or national emergency.
Over the years the Federal government has played a significant
role in the development of our maritime industry. Federal
investments have helped to build most of our major harbors and
port facilities. Our military and commercial vessel construction
programs have provided a key source of employment for our
nation's shipyards. Direct federal subsidies and preferential cargo
policies have greatly benefitted our ocean shipping companies.
Despite continuing efforts by the Federal government in these
areas, with total federal investments in our shipbuilding and ship
operating industries reaching $706 million in 1978, our Merchant
Marine faces an increasingly uncertain future. American liner
companies have experienced intense competition from the fleets of
other nations, with two American companies bankrupted within
the last year.
Our American flag bulk fleet has developed little capacity to
compete internationally, but rather has been largely restricted to
the coastwise trade. Our shipbuilding industry has been unable to
win enough new ship construction orders to sustain its current
capacity nationwide. Overall the decline of our Merchant Marine is
, illustrated in simple numbers: from a fleet of 1224 ships in 1950, our
fleet had shrunk to 582 ships by this year. Our ships now carry only
about 5% of our foreign trade.
We must not allow this unhealthy trend to continue. Steps must
be taken to reverse the decUhe and to begin to improve the strength
of this essential industry. This effort will take time, ingenuity and
investment from both the public and the private sectors. Under my
Administration, the Federal government will continue to play a
central role in this effort.
In this period of budget constraint, additional federal actions to
support the maritime industry must focus first on improvements in
\ existing programs. In particular, federal regulation of the ocean
shipping industry deserves prompt review by tjte Congress. Current
laws appear to need substantial revision. In addition our programs
to encourage construction of dry bulk vessels should be
overhauled. Our national policies favoring open ports and free
competition for cargo must be reaffirmed in light of recent
developments around the world. Perhaps most importantly, the
Federal government itself must begin to address maritime
problems in a more unified and coherent way.
LINER REGULATION
Throughout the world most ocean liner shipping is organized
into liner conferences. These groups of ship operators, who meet to
set standards for service and tariffs in each trade, are generally
recognized and supported by most countries. Recently the United
. Nations Conference on Trade and Development promulgated a
Code of Conduct which sanctioned the existence of, and
established standards for these conferences.
In the United States, we have recognized and accepted this
international regime of cooperation in.the organization of the liner
trades. Under our laws, the conferences are granted immunity from
antitrust prosecution if their agreements are filed with and
approved by the Federal Maritime Commission. In light of the
potential anti-competitive impacts of some aspects of the
conference system, our laws place significant restrictions on
conferences, for example by requiring that they be open to
membership by any new participant in the trade.
In order to end the uncertainty and delay that currently
surrounds federal regulation of ocean shipping, it is necessary to
revise substantially our laws governing the liner conferences. Our
laws must be rewritten to define clearly the standards of acceptable
conference practices and the limits of conference antitrust
exemptions, and to reempha^ize our commitment to competition in
ocean shipping. The process for FMC approval of conference
agreements should be expedited. And the jurisdictional respon
sibilities of the various agencies sliould be clarified.
Specifically the Shipping Act of 1916 should be amended to:
• Reestablish the primacy of the FederalMaritime Commission
in regulating ocean shipping. The FMC, operating under the
guidance of the Shipping Act and the antitrust laws should have the
basic responsibility to confer antitrust immunity and to enforce the
Shipping Act.
• Redefine the limits of the antitrust immunity available to the
conferences under Section 15 of the Act. The law should specify a
broad group of conference, agreements with the least anti-com
petitive impacts that are presumptively approvable by the FMC.
Agreements determined by the FMC to fall into this group should
be approved speedily without formal hearings. For example,
agreements that promote efficiency and • do not significantly
threaten competition such as terminal sharing, equipment
interchange or space chartering should be presumed acceptable.
Similarly, agreements implementing government-to-government
negotiations should receive prompt, presumptive approval by the
• Shorten the timetable for FMC action. Presumptively
acceptable agreements should be acted on by the FMC within 30
days. Agreements subject to full hearing should be required to be
approved or disapproved within one year. If the approval process
cannot be completed within these time tables, conditional approval
or disapproval should be required, subject to final review when the
record is complete.
Amending the Shipping Act in accord with these principles
should speed up and greatly simplify the regulatory process that
applies to ocean liner shipping. It should continue to protect
against anti-competitive abuses while promoting efficiency and
stability in the industry.
• Authorize antitrust exemptionfor Shippers Councils. In other
countries around the world, groups of shippers using ocean
transportation are permitted to organize themselves into "shippers
councils" to discuss their mutual concerns with the shipping
conferences. Until now such councils have lacked antitrust
protection in the United States.
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Because shippers councils can provide a valuable forum for
exchange of information and discussion of shared concerns
between shippers and ship c)perators, and because shippers councils
can be a valuable counterweight to the collective power of the
conferences, these councils should be elgible for antitrust
immunity. The approval, after a hearing, of these antitrust
exemptions arid the policing of these groups' activities to assure
that they serve the public interest should be the responsibility of the
FMC. In order to assure that shippers cduncils function within the
limits of their antitrust exemptions, these groups should be
required to maintain verbatim records of their meetings,
MERCHANT MARINE PROTECTION
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Dry Bulk Incentives
About 40 percent of U,S, ocean-borne foreign trade, more than
310 million tons, consists of dry bulk cargoes. Continued dry bulk
trade growth is forecast, U,S, ships presently carry less than two
percent of this trade. There are only 19 dry bulkers in the U.S,-flag
fleet, of which 13 are over 30 years old.
There is a need to modernize and expand the dry bulk segment of
our fleet. Our heavy dependence on foreign carriage of U,S, bulk
cargoes deprives the U,S, economy of seafaring and shipbuilding
jobs, adds to the balance of payments deficit, deprives the
Government of substantial tax revenues, and leaves the United
States dependent on foreign flag shipping for a continued supply of
raw materials to support the economy.
Extensive consultation with industry has revealed that the
Merchant Marine Act of 1936, even as amended in 197Q, is still too
restrictive to encourage bulk ship construction and operation.
Specifically, restrictions on foreign resales, international trading
rights, repair in foreign shipyards, and eligibility to own both
foreign and U,S, flag vessels should be significantly revised.
Legislation to accomplish these goals is being forwarded to the
Congress along with this letter.
Enactment of the proposed legislation would establish the basis
for accelerating the rebuilding of the VS.-flag dry bulkfleet toward
a level commensurate with the position of the United States as the
world's leading bulk trading country,,
Cargo Sharing Agreements
Historically, the United States has pursued a policy of free
competition in ocean shipping, including open ports and
unrestricted access by ships of all nations to cargo moving
internationally. This policy has served well to facilitate our
international trade and to hold down shipping costs. Only in a few
cases, for example, in our bilateral trade with the Soviet Union,
have we entered into agreements reserving shares of cargo for
national flag carriers. In these special circumstances, in which
A Capsule of Carter's Ideas
President Carter's program for strengthening the U.S.-flag merchant
marine includes:
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• enacting legislation to speed up the re-building of the U,S,-nag drybulk fleet to a level commensurate with the nation's position as the
world's leading bulk trader;
•. rewriting laws governing ocean liner shipping conferences to define
acceptable conference practices and the limits of anti-trust exemptions;
• amending the Shipping Act of 19l6tore-establish the primacy of the
FMC in regulating ocean shipping;
• designating the Maritime Administration as the chief spokesman in
maritime affairs to ensure that federal actions promote rather than harm
our merchant maririe;
• implementing existing laws which call for substantial or exclusive
use of American-flag vessels;
• urging American importers and exporters to use U.S,-flag ships and
urging American shipping companies to use U,S. shipyards to supply new
tonnage, where possible;
• while not endorsing cargo-sharing agreements, calling for measures
"to protect the competitive rights of U.S. carriers."
national policies of other nations might operate to exclude
American operators from the trade, we have recognized that our'
national interest required affirmative action by the U,S,
Government,
Throughout the world many nations have enacted or are
considering measures to limit unrestricted cargo access. The
UNCTAD Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences which sanc
tions cargo sharing on a basis of 40% for the host country, 40%
for the trading partner and 20% for third flag carriers, is one
example" of this trend.
This trend is neither wise nor necessary. As the largest trading
nation in the world we have much to gain by a continuation of
policies that allow all ships to operate freely to transport cargo. In
light of these considerations we will continue to resist the
imposition of cargo sharing regimes whether bilaterally or multilaterally.
At the same time we should not allow our interests to be
compromised by the actions of other nations which may impede the
ability of our ships to .participate in world trades. Cargo sharing
policies adopted by other nations cannot be allowed to force our
ships from any trades in which they should be entitled to compete.
While it is our policy to refrain from cargo sharing agreements as
a general matter, we will be prepared as in the past io protect
the competitive rights of U,S, carriers,
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Knowing that you share my strong commitment to the
revitalization of our Merchant Marine, I hope that we can work
together in the weeks and months ahead to fashion a strong
legislative program,
The reforms I have suggested may provide solutions to some
problems. I hope that your Committee can give these proposals
early and favorable consideration as part of the legislative process1
know you have already begun.
Within the Execlitive Branch / intend to ensure that federal
actions promote rather than harm our Merchant Marine. To help
achieve this goal, and to provide a clearer, more unified
presentation of the Administration's views I have designated the
Maritime Administration within the Commerce Department as the
Administration's chief spokesman in maritime affairs.
This will not, of course, prevent other Departments from
performing their particular responsibilities or from testifying
before the Congress in their areas of special expertise as they may
relate to maritime matters.
However, in the future, when positions are taken by the
Administration, the Maritime Administration will have primary
responsibility to articulate and explain them.
1 am also urging the Maritime Adtpinistration and other
executive agencies to vigorously and fully carry out their
responsibilities for implementing existing laws aimed at supporting
our maritime industry. In particular, provisions in existing laws
calling for substantial or exclusive use of American flag vessels.
should be vigorously pursued, and exemptions in these laws should
be reexamined,
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Finally, I believe that we must all share in the effort to preserve
and enhance our maritime industry. This applies not just to the
executive and legislative branches of the Federal government, but
tp the public as well,
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For example, / urge American importers and exporters to
consider using, where possible, Americanflag vessels to transport
their goods. Similarly, American ocean shipping companies should
give every Consideration to use of American shipyards to supply
their new tonnage. Each of us can make only a small contribution
to the important goal of rebuilding our maritime industry. Working
together, however, we can be confident of our future as a great
maritime nation.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
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At 18, Jeff Yarmola Is SILTs Youngest QMED
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EFF Yarmola will not be 19
years of age until Oct. 28, but
last month he completed all of the
required training needed to earn
a full QMED rating: He thus
becomes the youngest Seafarer to
achieve the full engineroom
rating.
Ever since he came to the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School in June 1978, Jeff has
been an achiever. He worked
hard during the three months he
spent at the school as a Trainee,
and graduated in the top third of
his class.
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During that time, he also
worked hard to earn a high
school equivalency diploma
through the Lundeberg School's
GED Program. Jeff said he
wanted that diploma because "I
might some day want to go on to
get a college degree."
But Jeff also worked hard at
his trade. When he graduated
from HLSS in October 1978, Jeff
took a berth as wiper on the LNG
carrier Leo which was just
coming out of the yard at Quincy,
Mass. He stayed on her six
months and he earned the
commendation from the ship's
engineers for his hard work and
willingness to learn.
In August 1979, Jeff came back
to the Lundeberg School to
prepare for a fireman/oiler/
watertender endorsement.
Again, hard work and willingness
to learn paid off, and Jeff got his
FOWT endorsement in October.
Then, in November 1979 he
shipped as oiler on the Sea-Land
Panama. In February of this
year, he got off the Panama and
shipped as oiler aboard the T-2
tanker Point Julie.
• Seafarer Jeff Yarmola
When he got off the Point Julie
in May, he came back to the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School to begin a three-month
program to earn the endorse
ments he would ne^ to become a
Qualifed Member of the Engine
Department. He successfully
completed- all of the courses and
passed the Coast Guard examin
ation in August.
In the course of this training at
HLSS, Jeff earned ratings as
Pumpman, Machinist, Electri
cian, Refrigeration Engineer,
Deck Engineer, and Junior
Engineer.
Jeff Yarmola is not through
yet. This month he will be back at
HLSS to begin the SIU "A"
Seniority Program. When he
completes that program next
month, Jeff will be a fully-rated
engine room Seafarer—and a full
member of the Seafarers Union.
That's quite an accomplish
ment for anybody. For a young
man who dropped out of high
school—and is not yet 19 years
old—that's an accomplishment
to be really proud of.
Seafarer Revives Drowning Victim Finds CPR Training Is For Real
S
EAFARER Raymond Picciolo can tell you that
CPR/First Aid training is for
real. And there is a woman who is
alive today because Seafarer
Picciolo kept his cool and put
into practice what he had learned
at the Seafarers Harry Lunde
berg School of Seamanship in
Piney Point.
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Brother Picciolo had come
back to the Lundeberg School in
May to begin upgrading for a
Q.M.E.D. endorsement. One
evening, he and several other
upgraders were having a seafood
dinner at nearby Evan's Crab
House when they heard a
commotion outside.
When they looked, they saw
some people pulling a woman
from the water. Running quickly
Seafarer Raymond Picciolo stands at
the end of the pier on St. George's
island where he earlier revived a
worhan who had fallen into the water.
out to the dock, Picciolo sized up
the situation immediately. There
was panic and pandemonium.
"Nobody seemed to know what
to do," Picciolo said later.
"Somebody was pumping her
trying to get the water out of her.
She wasn't breathing."
Picciolo remembered that the
first thing to do was to get the
person breathing. And that is just
what he did. Using mouth-tomouth resuscitation, he quickly
restored her breathing and kept
her respiring until an ambulance
arrived with emergency breath
ing apparatus.
"I just used normal procedures
for cases like this, the same way I
had learned while I was a Trainee
at the Lundeberg School,"
Picciolp explained. "One of the
real plusses in training for these
emergencies, is that you know
right away what to do. You don't
panic,"
Picciolo made another pertinent observation. He said: "I will
feel a lot more secure out there on
a ship hundreds of miles from a
doctor knowing that many of my
shipmates have been trained in
lifesaving techniques through the
HLSS programs."
Seafarer Picciolo graduated
from the Lundeberg School in
February 1979. He upgraded to
FOWT in August, and completed
his Q.M.E.D. training last
month.
ITF Convention Draws Delegates from 60 Nations
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then 60 nations. The U.S. delegation (photo left) included SIU President Frank Drozak (left) and SIU Senior West Coast Representative Ed Turner. In the photo
at right, the delegates pause momentarily from business for a quick pix. Among issues addressed at ITF conference were bilateralism the growing danger of flag-'
of-convenience ships and more.
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N the choppy and rain-beaten
waters of the South China Sea
last month, SIU members helped
rescue 67 Vietnamese refugees.
The Seafarers were aboard the
Transcolorado (Hudson Water
ways) on the morning of Aug. 11
when the refugees' 40-foot boat
was spotted drifting in the water.
There was a heavy squall in
progress when the boat was
sighted about 50 yards from the
ship. The Transcolorado, which
is chartered by the Military
Sealift Command, was on her
way from Diego Garcia in the
Indian Ocean to the U.S. Naval
Station at Subic Bay in the
Philippines.
According to SIU Bosun
Victor Ardowski, a pilot ladder
was used to bring the stronger
refugees on board while a
stretcher was used for the
children, babies, and those who
were sick.
According to the MSC, besides
Brother Ardo\yski, other SIU
members involv^ in the rescue
included: Deck Maintenance
Paul Whitlow; Able Seamen Bill
Fernandez, William MacDonald, Leo Larsen, John Smith, and
Robert Wilson; OS Pedro Alma;
Wiper Donald Rezendes, and
Messmen Adolphe Lamonthe
and John Shaw.
Ardowski wrote a letter to the
Union noting that on the evening
of the rescue "a Special Meeting
was called"and it was "passed on
to us that the Captain thanked
every one for the help and
cooperation in getting the ref
ugees aboard ship and a job that
was well done."
Also, the SIU brothers decided
at the meeting to take up a
voluntary contribution to help
the boat people.
The contributions were used to
buy items for the refugees from
the ship's Slop Chest, such as,
toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs,
candies, gum, cigarettes, and
some Tee shirts.
SIU crews have been involved
in a number of rescues of
Indochinese refugees. Just this
past June the SlU-contracted
LNG Virgo (Energy Transporta
tion), along with a Navy tanker,
helped rescue 185 boat people in
the South China Sea (August
1980 Log).
The 67 refugees taken aboard
the Transcolorado had been at
sea three days, a relatively short
time compared to some boat
people.
According to a news release by
the MSC, a medical officer at
Subic Bay said the condition of
the 67 boat people was the best
among any refugees that had
been brought there. "There were
minor cuts and scratches, other
wise they were in great shape,"
the officer said.
Although in good physical
condition, the captain of the ship
said the refugees "looked utterly
bedraggled and fatigued when
they were picked up, but were vei^'
well behaved."
He added, "it seemed they were
always using the washing ma
chines trying to clean their dirty
clothes."
The 523-foot Transcolorado
carries cargo for the U.S. Armed
Forces worldwide.
^Sunsef Bill Could Black Out Key Maritime Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A
bill has been initiated in the
Senate that could destroy im
portant Federal maritime and
labor programs.
Numbered S. 2, the so-called
"sunset" bill would require
automatic termination of nearly
all Federal programs at least once
every ten years. No program
could continue unless new au
thorizing legislation was passed
and signed into law.
The AFL-CIO, the Maritime
Trades Department (MTD), the
SIU, and other labor unions are
actively working against this bill.
SIU and MTD President
Frank Drozak sent out letters to
the Union's port agents as well as
to MTD's Port Councils asking
them to contact Senators on this
crucial issue.
He explained that the legisla
tion "would subject labor and
maritime programs, such as the
National Labor Relations Act
and the Merchant Marine Act, to
attack and dismantlement on an
ongoing basis."
Drozak points out that this
legislation is unnecessary. When
Congress considers funding for
Federal programs, it has the right
to review those programs. Also,
Congress has the power to
conduct oversight hearings on
these programs.
As Drozak notes, "This^^unset' process would add a tre
mendous burdeato the regular
legislative workload, and it is
clear that an in-depth evaluation
would be impossible."
Under the schedule laid down
in the bill. Congress would have
to review about 200 programs
every two years. Altogether, AFL-CIO Associate Legislative
there would be nearly 1,000 Director Howard Marlowe sug
Federal programs which would gested that there should be a bill
have to compete against each that assures periodic reviews of
major programs but that does not
other for re-enactment.
As the AFL-CIO points out, contain the risky self-destruct
"Congress must improve its mechanism of the "sunset" bill.
oversight of Federal programs,
He also pointed out that the
but this bill is a process without one area in which this bill does
substance. Many Federal pro not require a review is tax
grams took several years of debate expenditures—an area where it is
and discussion before enactment. most justified. Tax expenditures
In the legislative 'pressure are special benefits or loopholes
cooker' climate, it will be impos that enable individuals or busi
sible for Congress to give the ness enterprises to claim special
same thoughtful attention to the deductions or tax credits.
"If anything needs sunset or
re-enactment of these programs."
In hearings on the bill before oversight, it is tax expenditures
the Senate Rules Committee, the which escape all of the current
AFL-CIO urged that Committee review mechanisms in the author
to shape an alternative to the bill. izing, budget and appropriations
processes," Marlowe told the
Committee.
Below is a list of just some of
the programs that affect Sea
farers and Boatmen and that
could be terminated if the
"sunset" bill becomes law:
Agricultural export programs
U.S. Public Health Service
National Labor Relations Act
Occupational Safety and
Health Act
Minimum Wage Law
Merchant Marine Act of 1970
Navigation Assistance
Deepwater Port Act
Maritime Subsidies
Inland Waterways Programs
River and Harbor
Development
Cargo Preference Laws
Ogden Leader Committee
Personals
Paul G. King
Please contact the editor of the Log at
(212) 499-6600 Ext. 242.
Ken Long
Please contact, Gary Collier, 517 S.
Allen, Bernie, Mo., 63822. V(?ry Urgent!
Gordon Reynold Dolan
Please contact, Mrs. Cortland Dolan,
1462 Elliott Road, Paradise, Ca. 95969.
William J. Smith
Please contact, Mrs. Annie Smith,
343 E. Pershing St., Pritchard, Ala.,
36610. Tel. (205) 457-8055.
Jim .Sawyer
Please contact, Francisco Alvarez,
2914 Partridge Ave., Los Angeles, Ca.
90039. Tel. (213) 661-1202.
SIU Rep Teddy Babkowski (2nd left) is at a payoff of the ST Ogden Leader (Ogden
Marine) on July 31 at Stapleton Anchorage. S.I.. N.Y. With him are the Ship's
Committee of (I. to r.) 2hd Pumpman F. Karlsson, engine delegate: Chief Steward
R. Maldonado. secretary-reporter, Cook/Baker A. Romero, bosun Joe R.
Calangel. ship's chairman, (standing) Chief Pumpman James H. Wall,
educational director and Chief Cook Earl Gray, steward delegate.
Norman Evans
Bert Winfield
.Mark Flores
Please contact. Red Campbell at
Union Headquarters. Re: Overtime
claim which has been resolved.
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Politics and porkchops—that's what the SlU is all
about and that was tbe theme sounded by SlU
President Frank Drozak, presiding at Port Agents
Conference held Aug. 28 and 29 in Algonac, Mich.
Filling in the Union port agents on actions taken at the
latest Board of Trustees meeting is SlU SecretaryTreasurer Joe DiGiorgio.
SlU Senior West Coast Representative Ed Turner
talks about the SlU-crewed Oceanic Independence,
now cruising the Flawaiian Islands, and about the
SlU's efforts to bring back the U.S.-flag passenger
ship industry.
Port Agents Conference Held in Algonac
A Port Agents meeting was
held in the Algonac hall last
month to focus on how the
union's leadership can better
bring home the bacon for the SIU
membership. It was the second
Agent'« meeting to be held this
year.
Attention centered around the
role that the union is expected to
play in the upcoming elections. A
strategy is being devised that will
maximize union participation at
state, national and grass-roots
levels.
The role that the Port Agents
play in developing strong interunion ties was discussed, as was
the role that they play Jn
fashioning strong grass-roots
political machines.
It was stressed that the Wash
ington operation is only one
phase of this union's political
commitment, and that the
strength of the Washington
operation depends in large part
on the kind of grass roots
machinery that the Port Agents
are able to fashion.
Long range economic issues
were • analyzed, especially the
development of this nation's coal
resources and the role that the
maritime industry will be ex
pected to play in the transporta
tion of that energy source from
mining areas to processing sites.
The Agents discussed ways of
improving the servicing of ves
sels, especially in those inland
areas that pose special problems
by their physical make-up (locks
and channels as opposed to
clearly defined ports)..
Contracts between this union
and shipping companies were
studied. Many of the Agents
passed along suggestions given to
them by members on ways to
strengthen existing clauses.
The union's building program
was discussed. The Port Agents
were advised that the new union
The SlU's strike against ACBL's inland waterways
companies is still going strong, says Union Vice President in
charge of the Gulf, Joe Sacco.
Firing up the Port Agents conference with his call to hanq
tough and hang together is SIU Vice President in charge of
Lakes and Inland Waters Mike Sacco.
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occupancy.
Algonac Port Agent Jack Bluitt talks about the slump in the
automobile industry and how it's impacted on Great Lakes
shipping.
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Red Campbell, vice president in charge of contracts and
contract enforcement, told the port agents that knowing the
terms of the Union's collective bargaining agreements is a
key part of the port agent's job.
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B
ACK in the 1970's a rash of
devastating oil spills caused
destruction of some of the world's
most beautiful and productive
coastlines and focused international
attention on unsafe, flag-of-convenience tankers.
Spurred on by the murmurings of
a world concerned about its en
vironment, the Intergovernmental
Maritime Consultative Organiza
tion, (IMCO) a U.N. agency, drew
up a treaty in 1978 aimed at
preventing pollution-causing ac
cidents.
In July of this year, the Inter
national Transport Workers Fed
eration (ITF), which includes repre
sentatives of hundreds of unions
from more than 60 countries, re
stated its condemnation of registra
tion of ships under flags-of-convenience.
ITF delegates scored shipowners
who use flags-of-convenience as a
means of avoiding "their own
countries' higher taxes, safety
standards and operating costs,"
while depriving their own nationals
of "jobs, foreign exchange balances
and other economic and national
security advantages."
Since money supposedly talks in
any language, the ITF imposes fines
on flag7of-convenience shipowners
who pay their crews below the
prevailing wage rates of ITF
member unions.
That penalty fund has grown fat
over the last few years with the levies,
collected from unscrupulous flag-ofconvenience shipowners. But the
number of ships flying the flags of
Liberia, Panama and other third
world countries has also continued
to grow.
International accords calling for
marine and crew safety on flag-ofconvenience vessels are important
barometers of world opinion. They
indicate growing concern about the
clear dangers to the environment
and to seamen posed by an everincreasing fleet of unsafe, underregulated flag-of-convenience
vessels.
But those accords, as far as the
United States is concerned, don't go
far enough. Because it's not just our
coastlines which- are threatened by
runaway flag vessels. It's the security
of this nation which is threatened as
well.
Today ships flying the flag of
Liberia number over 2,600, more
than five times the size of the Amer
ican merchant fleet. About half of
those vessels are owned by U.S.based oil companies. And they
Official Publicolion of flia Soofarer, fntarnotional Union of
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Executive Board
Frank Drozak
President
Leon Hall
Joe DiGiorgio
Vice President
Secretary- Treasurer
Angus "Red" Campbell
yice President
Mike Sacco
Vice President
James Gannon
Joe Sacco
Vice President
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Editor
Mike Gillen
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Ray Bourdius
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Marietta Homayonpour
Don Rotan
Assistant Editor
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Dennis Lundy
Frank Cianciotti
Photography
Director pf^ Photography I Writer
Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
George J. Vana
Productiqn/Art Director
carry almost half of U.S, oil
imports.
Liberian registry suits the oil
giants just fine. They gleefully skirt
U.S. tax, safety and manning laws.
And the United States theoretically
retains control over Americanowned tankers in case of war or
national emergency.
Liberia, however, has repeatedly
reminded the world that, under
international law, they have the
option to requisition every single
ship sailing under Liberian registra
tion. The U.S. government has
simply assumed they didn't really
mean it.
Yet, seven years ago, during the
Arab/Israeli Yom Kippur War,
Liberia turns its back on U.S. policy
and refused to allow the ships flying
its flag to supply Israel with oil. That
incident took place under the regime
of Liberian President William R.
Tolbert. His was considered a stable
regime. Liberia was one of the
countries the U.S. supposedly
carried around in its pocket.
Today, Liberia's "stable" gov
ernment is gone, toppled by a
bloody military coup. The country's
current chief of state, a 28-year-old
Army sergeant owes no particular
allegiance to the United States. But
the U.S. blithely continues to
assume that we can count on the
support of U.S.-owned, Liberianregistered vessels if we should need
it.
For the past two decades fhe SlU
has been trying to get the U.S.
government to wake up to the fact
that our almost total reliance on
foreign flag vessels for carriage of
our oil and other crucial raw
materials is begging for trouble.
We have fought for legislation to
ensure an adequate share of U.S.
cargoes for U.S. flag vessels. We
have called on Administration after
Administration and Congress after
Congress to beef up support of the
American merchant fleet; to enter
into bilateral shipping agreements
with our trading partners; to amend
U.S. laws which make it more
attractive for U.S. corporations to
move their vessels and their loyalties
to other shores.
We are prepared now, as always,
to do our part and fulfill the military
support function of the U.S.
merchant marine. But without an
adequate number of ships flying
under Old Glory; ships capable of
carrying a decent percentage of this
nation's cargo, the United States
herself is dangerously unprepared.
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'Round-the-World' Maiden Run for Ben
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HE number '23' has to be a
lucky one for a brand new
SlU-contracted LASH vessel.
Waterman Steamship's 894
foot LASH was named for
America's 23rd President, Ben
jamin Harrison, took on her SIU
crew in the port of New Orleans
and left on her maiden voyage on
the 23rd day of July.
She's hound for What a Water
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man spokesman called a "roundthe-world" journey. Starting
from the U.S. Gulf and East
Coasts, the Benjamin Harrison
will be calling at Long Beach,
Ca., before heading to Taiwan,
the Philippines, Indonesia, Sing
apore and the return home via the
Suez Canal. The entire round trip
is expected to take about 90 days.
Built at Louisiana's Avondale
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New York on her maiden 'round-the-world voyage.
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as are
Shipyard,
the Benjamin Harrison
All-in-all, Waterman, one of
can carry up to 25,500 tons of
general cargo. The vessel has a the SIU's oldest contracted
beam of 100 feet and weighs in at companies has staged a remark
able comeback. Just a few short
32,230 gross tons.
The newly-built, modern years ago. Waterman's fleet had
LASH Benjamin Harrison brings dipped drastically and the com
to nine the number of vessels in pany was in trouble.
Waterman's re-emergence as a
Waterman's current fleet. That
fleet will grow to 13 ships by major ship operator followed on
sometime next year, capping the the heels of enactment of the 1970
major rebuilding program Wa Merchant Marine Act. The Act's
Title XI Construction Differen
terman began in 1973.
Next du^e out of Avondale tial Subsidy program allowed
Shipyard will be the LASH Waterman to launch the ship
Edward Rut ledge, slated to be building program which will have
delivered later this year. The added eight new ships to the
company is also constructing company's fleet between 1973
three RO/RO's at Sun Shipyard and 1981 —an average of one new
in Chester, Pa. In addition. vessel every year.
SlU-contracted Waterman
Waterman will shortly take over
the third of three LASH's from Steamship Co. has weathered
Central Gulf Co. Formerly called soine rocky times in years past.
the Green Valley, the ship will be But it looks like smooth sailing
re-christened Button Gwynett for the veteran company in the
and will be crewed by Seafarers, years ahead.
Upgrading at Piney Poii
'•^HERE are a number of rea- Piney Point, such as refrigeration Lundeberg School, makes this skills. At night, he can see a
movie or go bowling. Food is
J. sons why an SIU member or diesel training, that make a point: "It really is a matter of
might want to go down to the person's QMED rating more budgeting one's time. If a mem plentiful, and free. Living ex
Harry Lundeberg School to marketable. A QMED with a ber can allot one month per year penses are minimal.
course in refrigeration can write for upgrading at the Point, he can
upgrade.
On the weekends, he can go
The school is situated in a his own ticket^ He not only increase his earnings dramatic home to see his family. Or he can
historic section of Maryland that makes top dollar: he is in total ally. A guy could ship out six . stay on base and make use of the
is just an hour and a half from control of where and when he months^ stay home five months facilities: boats, swimming pools,
and upgrade for one month^ He'd volleyball courts. Historic Wash
either Baltimore or Washington. works.
A
lot
of
QMEDs
overlook
the
make a pretty decent liying and
The campus is beautiful. There is
ington, D.C. is nearby, and so is
specialized
courses
offered
at
an abundance of educational and
still see his wife and kids."
Baltimore, which boasts the best
recreational facilities: pools, Piney Point. Thkt is a mistake.
People will do anything for nightlife of any major American
boats, a bowling alley, movies, No one can predict what changes money. The best thing about city. There are other upgradersat
will occur in the maritime indus Piney Point is fhat one can
libraries.
the Point, and they all are good
Most seamen, however, go to try. One thing is certain, though: increase one's earning power people.
the more qualifications a member without having to do anything
Piney Point because IT PAYS.
As Charlie Svenson says, all it
In just five or six weeks at the has, the better his chances are for disagreeable.
employment.
HLS, an Ordinary Seaman can
For five or six weeks, a takes is a little management. And
Charlie Svenson, director of member spends several hours a a little common sense. Take a
increase his base monthly wage
by $240.00. With overtime, Public Relations at the Harry day learning important new look for yourself:
that translates into, approxi
mately, an extra $2,500 for every
six month period that he works.
Even in these inflation-ridden
MONTHLY
MONTHLY
TIME
NEW
times, $2,500 is damn good
RATING
RATE
BASE
RATE
AT HLS
RATING
money.
$ 876.77
O.S.
$1105.68
4 weeks
A.B.
What is true for an O.S. is
$1015.20
Wiper
4 weeks
FOWT
equally true for a wiper or a
$1105.68(Engine
utility-messman. In five or six
$1243.77
weeks at Piney Point, members
Utility)
who sail under these ratings can
FOWT
$1243.77
$1688.65
12 weeks
QMED
raise their base monthly wages by
Utilityman/
$100-$300.
Messman
$ 847.57
6 weeks
Assistant
In just several visits at Piney
$1150.14
Cook
Point, over a two or three year
Assistant
period, a wiper can upgrade from
Cook
$1150.14
6 weeks
Cook &
the lowest rating in the engine
$1296.66
room to QMED. QMEDs make
Baker
*
Cook & Baker
$1,688.65 a month base pay.
$1296.66
$1327.99
6 weeks
Chief Cook
With overtime, it's a hell of a lot
$1688.65
Chief Steward
more.
(See el. require
Of course, a QMED rating is
ments)
not.the end of the line. There are
Chief Cook
$1327.99
$1688.65
6 weeks
Chief Steward
specialized courses offered at
The Bottom Line Is More Money
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Officers, 1981-1984 Seafarers International Union
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PoTse AlsfraSe'^h^^^^
D^vid Mahzanet, Bob Scarborough.-Frank Teti (committee chJ^rS anr
whoisheadonhe^
Pete McDonald, seated second from right.
Center. Faye and McDonald were present to hand over official nominations and records of nominees.
Fallowing is the complete text of the Report of the Credentials Committee,
which examined the credentials of candidates for elective office or job in the
Seqfarers International Union, AGUWD for the years 1981 to 1984.
The report was presented to the membership initudfy at the regubtr
membersh^f meeting in the port of New York on Sept. 8,1980 and was acted on
affirmatively by the membersh^. The same procedure will take phtce at all
regular numbershgt meetings m the month of September.
W
E, the undersigned members of the Credentials Committee, were
duly elected at the regular membership meeting held in
Headquarters—Port of New York on August 4,1980. We have examined
the credentials of candidates for elective office or job in the Seafarers
International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland
Waters District for the years 1981-1984, in accordance with Article XI,
Section 1, and submit the following report.
Your Committee qualified or disqualified those members who submitted
for office based upon the Union Constitution, particularly those provisions
contained in Articles XII and XIII. We also took into consideration the
provisions contained in the merger agreements between the SIUNAAGLIWD and Marine Cooks & Stewards Union as well as the SIUNAAGLIWD and the Inland Boatmen's Union-A&G pertaining to the election
of officers. The applicable Constitutional provisions are as follows:
ARTICLE XII, Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters
Representatives, Port Agents, Patrolmen
and Other Elective Jobs.
the time of nomination in the election year, except if such seatime is wholly
aboard such merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great Lakes, or if
such seatime is wholly aboard tugboats, towboats or dredges and
contractual employment thereon is for fixed days with equal amount of days
off, he shall have at least sixty-five (65) days of such seatime instead of the
foregoing one hundred (100) days; and
(d) He is a citizen of the United States of America;
(e) He is not disqualified by law. He is hot receiving a pension from this
Union's Pension Fund, if any, or from a Union-Management Fund to which
Fund this Union is a party or from a company under contract with this
Union.
(1) He has not sailed in a licensed capacity aboard an American flag
merchant vessel or vessels within 24 consecutive months immediately prior
to the opening of nominations.
Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not
specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union,
Section 3. All candidates for, and holders of elective offices and jobsv |
whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Constitution, shall j
maintain full book membership in good standing.
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Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen
Section 1. Nominations.
Except as provided in Section 2(b) of this Article, any full book member I
may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of
Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or[
office of
Secretary-Treasurer at
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hold, any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or causing
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Person, to
to the
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the Secretary-Treasurer
Patrolman providedheadquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee,
(a) He has at least three (3) years of seatitne in an unlicensed capacity
This letter
,oard
an
American-nan
merchant
vessel
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vessels
In
cm
tin.
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Contain
the
following:
aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time,
(a) The name of the candidate.
time spent in the employ of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in
(b)
His home address and mailing address.
any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as seatime.
(c) His book number.
Union records. Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used
(d) the title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including!
to determine eligibility; and
the
name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or|
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Patrolman.
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and
(e) Proof of citizenship.
(c) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime, in an unlicensed
(I) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates,
capacity, aboard an American-flag vessel or vessels covered by contract with
(gf In the event the member is on a vessel, he shall notify the Credentials!
this Union or one jjundred (100) days of employment with, or in any office
Committee
what vessel he is on. This shall be done also if he ships subsequent
or job of, the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment
to forwarding his credentials.
at the Union's direction or a combination of these, between January 1 and
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(h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the
>roposed nominee;
"I hereby certify that I am not now. nor. for the five (5) years
last past, have / been either a member of the Communist Party
or convicted of. or served any part of a prison term resulting
from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement,
grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws,
murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts
grievous bodily injury, or violation of Title I! or III of the
Landrum-Griffin Act. or conspiracy to commit any such
crimes."
Dated
Sigitature of Member
Book No.
Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nominees.
ofThe
a complete signed statement of the facts
rf to
o«Tter S t™e copies of the Socuments supporting his
of his case together wiin true p
'"wMI book member may nominate any other ftdi book manber in
which event such fuU book member so nominated shall comply with the
nrovisions of this Article as they are set forth herein, relating to the
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^ All documents required herein must reach headquarters no earHer than
Julv 15 and no later than August 15 of the election year.
^le Secretary-Treasurer is charged with safekeeping of these letters and
shall turn them over to th& Credentials Committee upon the latter's request,
Your clmittc^ Reviewed the
of Merger between the
SIUNA-AGLIWD and Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, particularly
fnllnwini; nrovisions:
"5 All MCS elected or appointed regular officers shaU continue to be
employed by A&G in such capacity as A&G may determine for the balance
of the term of A&G elected officers, which subject to new elections,
erminate in December 1980."
"8. All MCS full book members in good standing, possessing such status
pursuant to Article III of the MCS Constitution in effect immediately prior
to this merger shall be full book members' under the terms of the A&G
Consititution which is hereafter set forth, without payment of any A&G
initiation fee. A suspended MCS full book member as defined in Article III,
Section 3 ofthe above MCS Constitution shall not possess the aforesaid full
book member' status in the A&G unless within ninety (90) days after the
effective date of this merger he has paid all his union monetary obligations
past due in an amount which was then required in addition to dues which
may be required under the A&G Constitution."
"10. Upon approval of the merger in the manner hereinafter provided,
dues obligations of former MCS inembers in the A&G shall accrue and be
payable for the third calendar quarter of 1978 in the amount as provided by
the A&G Constitution. The foregoing shall be in addition to any other union
monetary obligation that such MCS members had to MCS%rthe period
prior to July 1, 1978 and which pursuant to paragraph 6(a) of this Agreement are assigned to A&G upon approval of this merger."
"11. In connection with Article XII of the A&G Constitution hereafter set
forth which constitutes the qualifications for candidates for union office, the
terms, 'union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates', shall in addition to being
applicable to the A&G be equally applicable to the MCS prior to this
merger; the term 'Welfare Plan records', shall in addition to being
applicable to the Welfare Plan to which A&G is a party shall be equally
applicable to the Welfare Plan to which MCS was a party prior to this
merger; the term 'seatime in an unlicensed capacity, aboard an Americanflag vessel or vessels covered by contract with this Union', shall be equally
applicable to such vessels covered by contract with the MCS prior to this
merger."
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term 'good standing' or 'continuous good standing in the Union' shall
include such status of members in the MCS prior to this merger."
"13. The A&G Constitution hereafter set forth, provides in Article XI11,
Section 2(e) thereof, that candidates for office who were nominated and
qualified in previous elections for any office or enumerated jobs, shall be
conclusively presumed to possess the qualifications for such office or job.
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required by such Constitution's provision Article XII, Section 1(a), to wit,
'at least three (3) years seatime,' more specifically set forth in such latter
Article and Section. It is understood that such conclusive presumption
shall not be appUcable however, to eligibUity candidacy for any office or job
in any MCS elections which were held and conducted prior to the
instant merger."
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"15, All A&G members' regular calendar quarterly dues as provided in
Article V, Section 1(a) of the A&G Constitution hereafter set forth, is
$50 (X) In addition, the amount of A&G members' regular working dues is
as provided in Article V, Section 1(b) of said A&G Constitution. Upon
merger approval as hereafter provided, and commencing with July 1, 1978,
all former MCS members shall pay both the regular and working dues as
their constitutionally required dues at times and in the amounts provided for
in such Article V, Section 1(a) and (b)."
Your Committee also reviewed the meiger agreemeni between the
SIUNA-AGLIWD and the InlatuI Boatmen's Umon of the SIUNAAGLIWD, particularly the following provisions;
*^3. All IBU elerted regular officers, to wit. National Director, Area and
AU IBU membets in good standtng, possessmgsuch statujutSMantto
the IBU Constitution in effect pnor to thts merger shall be TuU book
members' under the terms of the A&G Constitution as amended and which
Constitution shall be hereafter set forth. A suspended IBU member as so
defined in the present IBU Consti^tion, shall not p^^s membership
status in the A&G unless within W days after the effective date of this
merger, he has paid to the A&G all his IBU union monetary obligations past
due^
approval of the merger in the manner hereafter provided, dues
and initiation^obligations of fomer IBU meml^re to
A&G
and be payable for the fourth calendar quarter of 1976 (October-Decemlxr).
The foregoing shall be in addition to any other union monetary ob igaiion
that such union member had to the IBU for th^ penod pnor to October 1,
,976, and which pursuant to Paragraph'4'of this agreement is assigned to
A&G upon approval of this merger.
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I" connection with Article XII^ Sections 1(a) and (c) of the A&G
Constitution hereafter set forth, and which sets forth qualifirations for
elective office or job, the term -union, its
used therein shall, in addition to teing applicable to the A&G, be equal y
applicable to the IBU, prior to this merger."
"9. For all purposes of the A&G Constitution hereafter set
terms 'good standing or continuous good standing in the union, sha
include such status of members in the IBU prior to this merger.
"12 (h) A&G has advised that with respect to Article V, Section 1(b) o is
amended Constitution, to date, the membersfep has determined that i s
provisions be applicable solely where vacatidn benefits are negotiated
effective on or after September 15, 1975, and provided such negotiated
vacation benefit be increased by not less than $350.00 per year tor a tuii
year's employment, over that in effect on September 15, 1975."
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Further, in order to ascertain the meaning of the term "member m good
standing" which is used in Artide XII, Subsection 1(b), the^ Committee
referred to Artide XXIV, Sectioa 9 of our Constitution which reads as
follows:
"S^on 9. The term, 'member in good standing', shall mean a memoer
whose monetary obligations to the Union are not in arrears for thirty days or
more, or who is not under suspension or expulsion effective
with this Constitution. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the term
'member,' shall mean a member in good standing."
Your Committee also referred to Article XXIV, Section 13 for the
definition qf the term "seatune". This section reads as follows:
"Section 13. The term 'seatime' shall include employment upon any
navigable waters, or days of employment in a contracted employer unit
represented by this Union."
We abo noted in Article XXIV, Section 14, the meaning of the term w
an unlicensed capacity aboard an A maicanflag merchant vesselor vesse
This portion of the Constitution reads as follows:
"Section 14. The term 'in an unlicensed capacity aboard an American 1 ag
merchant vessel or vessels,' shall include persons employed in an unlicense
or licensed capacity aboard dredges, tugboats, towboats and similar vess
used to tow, propel, or push barges or other conveyances or assist mere an^
vessels in docking or undocking, or persons otherwise employed m
contracted employer unit represented by the Union."
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After full and careful deliberations, the Committee made its decisions an
sent appropriate notification to candidates. The ultimate decisions o t i
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Qualified
Credentials in order,
Committtee are later set forth. In arriving at these ultimate decisions, the Earl I, "Emil" Lee, Jr., L-8001 .Qualified ....Credentials in order,
Committee was most concerned with carrying out a stated principle of our Frank Mongelli, M-1111
Qualified ....Credentials in order,
Union which is that "every qualified member shall have the right to Carl L. Peth, III, P-755 ... .Qualified ... .Credentials in order,
nominate himself for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this George Ripoll, R-708
Qualified ... .Credentials in order,
Union."
Trevor Robertson, R-723 ...Qualified
Credentials in order,
In connection with the foregoing, we have also consulted with the Robert Selzer, S-1258
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Secretary-Treasurer who, under our Constitution, has the obligation to
insure appropriate election procedures as legally required (Article XIII, PHILADELPHIA AGENT
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Section 7). Our Secretary-Treasurer has further consulted with the Union's Ted Babkowski, B-1
Counsel as to the law applicable in Union nominations and elections.
PHILADELPHIA JOINT PATROLMAN
Robert N. "Joe" Air, A-61 . .Qualified
Credentials in order.
Stephen J. Papuchis, P-5198 Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Review of Credentials
The following is^ a complete listing of all men who submitted their
credentials to the Committee. Their names and the office or job for which
they submitted such credentials are listed in the order in which this
Committee feels they should be placed on the general ballot, that is, in
alphabetical order under the office or job for which they run, and that the
Ports, following the Headquarters' offices, beginning with Boston, be
arranged on the ballot geographically, as has been done in the past. After
each man's name and book number is his qualification or disqualification,
followed by the reason for that decision.
BALTIMORE AGENT
George Costango, C-5795 .. .Qualified ....Credentials in order.
BALTIMORE JOINT PATROLMAN
Richard H. Aveiy, Jr.,
A-200I7
Qualified ....Credentials in order.
Robert A. Pomerlane, P-437 Qualified
Credentials in order
MOBILE AGENT
D. L. (Sheriff) Dickinson,
;D-227
Qualified .
Thomas L. Glidewell, G-467 Qualified .
President
Leo Cronsohn, C-801
Qualified .. , .Credentials in order.
Frank Drozak, D-22
..Qualified .. .Credentials in order.
Sidney Rothman, R-325 ....Disqualified .Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to nomination. Does
not have 100 days seatime
from January 1,1980 to time
of nomination.
MOBILE JOINT PATROLMAN
Jack M. Dalton, D-337
Qualified ,.
Hubert Hollis Johnson, J-192 Qualified ..
Edward "Edd" W. Morris,
M-1358....
Qualified ..
Oscar M. Raynor, R-520 ... Disqualified
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Anthony C. Aronica, A-449 .Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Ed Turner, T-8001
Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Darry Sanders, S-2016 .. .~T% Qualified
George Vukmir, V-269
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Credentials in order.
NEW ORLEANS AGENT
Gerald A. Brown, B-II59 ...Qualified
Credentials in order.
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Joseph DiGiorgio, D-2
Qualified
Credentials in order.
Angus "Red" Campbell C-217 Qualified
Credentials in order.
Robert O'Rourke, 0-3 .... .Qualified ...;Credentials in order.
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF
THE GULF COAST
Joe Sacco, S-1287
Qualified
Credentials in order.
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Jack Bluitt, B-15
Qualified ....Credentials in
John Fay, F-363
Qualified
Credentials in
George McCartney, M-948 ..Qualified
Credentials in
Steven Troy, T-485
.Qualified
Credentials in
NEW YORK AGENT
Jack Caffey, C-1010
HOUSTON AGENT
Louis Guarino, G-520 ..... .Qualified
Credentials in order.
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF
THE LAKES AND INLAND WATERS
Mike Sacco, S-1288
Qualified
Credentials in order.
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.Credentials in order.
.Credentials in order.
.Credentials in order.
. Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to time of nomination.
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NEW ORLEANS JOINT PATROLMAN
Donald C. Anderson, A-5244 Qualified
Credentials in order.
Leo Bonser, B-1193
Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
James E. Todd. T-512
Disqualified .Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to time of nomination.
Mike Worley, W-752
Qualified
Credentials in order.
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF CONTRACTS
AND CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF
THE ATLANTIC COAST
Leon Hall, Jr., H-125
.Qualified
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.Credentials in order.
.Credentials in order. ,
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order.
order.
order.
order.
Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
NEW YORK JOINT PATROLMAN
Perry Ellis. E-295
Disqualified • Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to time of nomination
Does not have 100 days seatime from January I. 1980 to
time of nomination.
,
Ernesto V. Erazo. E-34 .....Disqualified Was not in continuous good
standing for three (3) years
prior to time of nomination.
Does not have 100 days seatime from January 1, 1980to
time of nomination.
Horace Hamilton, H-8001 . .Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Credentials in order.
HOUSTON JOINT PATROLMAN
Patrick Pillsworth, P-I079 . .Qualified '... .Credentials in order.
John Ruiz, R-1116
.Qualified
Credentials in order.
Harmando Salazar, S-I966 ..Qualified
Credentials in order.
F. E. "Gene" Taylor, T-I80 .Qualified
Credentials in order.
SAN FRANCISCO AGENT
Juan J. Reinosa, R-70
Qualified
Credentials in order.
SAN FRANCISCO JOINT PATROLMAN
Dominic "Frank" Boyne, B-8 Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
Gentry Moore, M-8001
Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
DETROIT AGENT
Jack Allen, A-674
Qualified ... .Credentials in order.
DETROIT JOINT PATROLMAN
Byron F. Kelley, K-12039 ...Qualified ....Credentials in order.
ST. LOUIS AGENT
James A.O. Martin, M-5290 Qualified
Credentials in order.
ST. LOUIS JOINT PATROLMAN
M. Joe Sigler, S-2101
Qualified
Credentials in order." , •
Disqualifications
As you will note in the foregoing sections of the Committee's Report, the
provisions of the SlU Constitution governing election procedures made it
mandatory that some of the nominees be disqualified. In light of these
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circumstances, the Committee wishes to call to the attention of all members,
the necessity of following all requirements and procedures, which are
established by our Constitution to govern eligibility to candidacy to Union
office. However, at this time the Committee particularly desires to point out
the provisions of Article Xlll, Section 2(c) of the Constitution, which spell
out in detail the right of a disqualified candidate to appeal from the decision
of the Credentials Committee and how he does it.
In compliance with Article XIII, Section 2(b) of our Constitution, and in
an attempt to give every nominee every consideration, and to try to prevent
any disqualification by this Committee, David T. Manzanet, Book UM1412, and Juan J. Patino, Book ffP-622, of the Credentials Committee,
remained at the entrance of the Headquarters building of the Union until
midnight of Friday, August 15, 1980, to receive any credentials that might
have been delivered either by mail or by hand after the closing of business
hours by the Union.
The Committee points out, that in the President's Fre-Balloting Report
approved by the membership as per the Constitution, and published in the
May SEAFARERS LOG, the exact offices and jobs for Which nominations
were to be made, was set forth.
In passing upon the credentials for certain of the nominees, this
Committee had to make a number of disqualifications, and the following are
the details relative to each of those disqualifications:
1. Sidney Rothman, R-325—Candidate for President.
Based upon an examination of available Union records. Brother
Rothman has failed to establish that he has one hundred (100) days of
seatime between January 1, 1980 and the time ofnomination, as required by
Article Xll, Section 1(c) of our Constitution, which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION I—Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(c) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime in an unlicensed
capacity, aboard an American-flag vessel or vessels covered by contract with
this Union or one hundred (100) days of employment with, or in any office
or job of, the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment
at the Union's direction or a combination of these, between January I and
the time of nomination in the election year, except ifsuch seatime is wholly
aboard such merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great Lakes or, if
such seatime is wholly aboard tugboats, towboats or dredges and
contractual employment thereon isforfixed days withequal amount of days
off, he shall have at least sixty-five (65) days of such seatime instead of the
foregoirig one hundred (100) days;".
Brother Rothman was disqualified also under the provisions of Article
XII, Section 1(b) of the Union Constitution which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination;"
Union records indicate that Brother Rothman paid his dues for the 2nd
Quarter of 1980 on May 8,1980 whereas they should have been paid no later
than April 30, 1980, and there is no record of dues payment for the 3rd
Quarter of 1980 which were due no later than July 30, 1980. Union records
further reveal that the above monetary payment requirements were not
excused by reason of the provisions of Article III, Section 3, hereafter set
forth:
ARTICLE III, SECTION 3—Members more than one quarter in
arrears in dues ^hall be automatically suspended, and shall forefeit all
benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be
automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in
dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the
applicable quarter, but this tirne shall not run:
(a) While a member is actually participating in a strike or lockout.
(b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or other accredited
hospital.
(c) While a member is under an incapacity due to activity in behalf of the
Union.
(d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided
th&member was in good standing at the time of entry into the armed forces,
and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) davs
after discharge from the armed forces.
(e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of
employment aboard an American-flag merchant vessel. The provision of
this Subsection (e) shall be inapplicable when such merchant vessel is
operating upon the Great Lakes or upon the harbors, rivers or territorial
waters Of the United States."
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Your Committee also referred to the following relevant provisions of the
Constitution:
"ARTICLE V, SECTION 1—All members' dues shall consist of:
(a) dues in effect on July 1, 1975, which shall be paid quarterly on a
calendar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter,
except as herein otherwise provided, and;
(b) the sum of $50.00for each ninety days worked in twelve consecutive
months forxontracted employers and for days worked subsequent to such
first ninety days in such twelve consecutive months, which are less than
ninety, a pfoportionate sum of such $50.00 which shall be equal to the
percentage which such worked days bear to ninety days. Dues payable under
this subsection (b) shall be payable on the day that the member receives
payment for his earned compensatory credit on account of having worked
such days, anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, and shall
.become effective as to members in the manner designated and determined by
majority vote of the membership by secret ballot. When so determined by
the membership, members in the employ of the Union, its subsidiaries and
its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction as provided for
in Article XII, Section I (a) and (c) shall pay, in addition to that provided for
in paragraph (a) immediately above, the'sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars
quarterly on a calendar year basis, no later than thefirst business day of each
quarter, while so.employed."
"ARTICLE XXIV, SECTION 9. The term 'member in good standing,'
shall mean a member whose monetary obligations to the Union are not in
arrears for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspension or expulsion
effective in accordance with this Constitution. Unless otherwise expressly
indicated, the term 'member,' shall mean a member in good standing."
Based upon the Constitutional provisions set forth above, this
Committee, as per Article Xlll, Section 2(c) and in order to assure adequate^
notice of its decision, informed Brother Rothman of his disqualification by
telegram sent on August 7, 1980 to the address listed by him in his letter of
nomination. Moreover, the telegram was followed by a letter which was sent
Special Delivery-Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested, dated Augusts,
1980 from the Committee to Brother Rothman that set forth the reasons for
his disqualification. Enclosed with the letter was a copy of the Union
Constitution in the event Brother Rothman wishes to appeal the
disqualification decision of the Committee.
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2. Perry Ellis, E-295—Candidate for Joint Patrolman, Port of New
York.
Based upon an examination of available Union records, Brother Ellis has
failed to establish that he has one hundred (100) days of seatime between
January I, 1980 and the time of nomination, as required by Article XII,
Section 1 (c), of our Constitution which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, provided:
(e) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime, in an unlicensed
capacity, aboard an American-flag vessel or vessels covered by contract with
this Union or one hundred (100) days of employment with, or in any office
or job of the Union, its subsidiaries and it affiliates, or in any employment at
the Union's direction or a combination of these, between January I arid the
time of nomination in the election year, except if such seatime is wholly
aboard such merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great Lakes or, if
such seatime is wholly aboard tugboats, towboats or dredges and
contractual employment thereon isfor fixed days with equal amount of days\
off, he shall have at least sixty-five (65) days of such seatime instead of the
foregoing one hundred (100) days;".
Further, Union records indicate that Brother Ellis paid his dues for the
2nd Quarter of 1980 on June 10, 1980, whereas they should have been paid
no later than April 30, 1980. Accordingly, he was disqualified under the
provisions of Article XII, Sectibn 1(b), which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination;"
Based upon the constitutional provisions set forth above, and further
supported by Article 111, Section 3; Article V and Article XXIV, Section 9,
previously referred to and contained herein, the Committee disqualified
Brother Ellis for the job of Joint Patrolman-Port of New York. In
accordance with the requirements of Article XIII, Section 2(c) of our j
Constitution, and in order to assure adequate notice of its decision, the
Committee informed Brother Ellis of his disqualification by radiogram sent
on August 8, 1980 to the vessel stated in his letter of nomination. Moreover,
the radiogram was followed by a Special Delivery-Certified'Mail Return
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Receipt Requested letter dated August 8, 1980 from the Committee to
Brother Ellis that set forth the reasons for his disqualification. A copy of the
Union Constitution was enclosed with the aforementioned letter so that
Brother Ellis would have available the procedure to be followed in appeal
from the disqualification decision of the Committee.
3. Efnesto V. Erazo, E-34—Candidate for Joint Patrolman-Port of New
York.
Union records indicate that Brother Erazo did not pay his dues for the 4th
Quarter of 1977 until December 30, 1977, whereas they should have been
paid no later than October 30, 1977; he did not pay his 1 st Quarter 1978 dues
until March 31, 1978, whereas they should have been paid no later than
January 30, 1978; and he did not pay his dues for the 2nd Quarter of 1978
until May 10, 1978, whereas they should have been paid no later than April
30, 1978. Brother Erazo was, therefore, disqualified under the provisions
of Article XIi; Section 1(b), which reads as follows;
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination."
Further, based upon ah examination of available Union records. Brother
Erazo has failed to establish that he has one hundred (100) days of seatime
between January 1, 1980 and the time of nomination, as required by Article
XI1, Section 1(c) of our Constitution which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION I. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(c) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime, in an unlicensed
capacity, aboard an A merican-flag vessel or vessels covered by contract with
this Union or one hundred (WO) days of employment with, or in any office
or job of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affdiates, or in any employment
at the Union's direction or a combination of these, between January I and
the time of nomination in the election year, except if such seatime is wholly
aboard such merchant vessels operating solely upon the Great Lakes or, if
such seatime is wholly aboard tugboats, towboats or dredges and
contractual employment thereon is for fixed days with equal amount of
days off, he shall have at least sixty-five (65) days of such seatime instead of
the foregoing one hundred (100) days;"
Based upon the constitutional, provisions set forth above, and further
supported by Article III, Section 3; Article V and Article XXIV, Section 9,
previously referred to and contained herein, the Committee disqualfied
Brother Er^zo for the job of Joint Patrolman-Port of New York. In
accordance with the requirements of Article XIII, Section 2(c) of our
Constitution, and in order to assure adequate notice of its decision, the
Committee informed Brother Erazo of his disqualification by telegram sent
on August 15, 1980 to the address stated in his letter of nomination.
Moreover, the telegram was followed by a Special Delivery-Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested letter dated August 15,1980 from the Committee
to Brother Erazo that set forth the reasons for his disqualification. A copy of
the Union Constitution was enclosed with the aforementioned letter so that
Brother Erazo would have available the procedure to be followed in appeal
from the disqualification decision of the Committee.
4. Oscar M. Raynor, R-520—Candidate for Joint Patrolman—Port of
Mobile.
Based upon an examination of Union records. Brother Raynor did not
pay his 1st Quarter 1979 dues until April 30, 1979, whereas they should have
been paid no later than January 30, 1979. Further, that he did not pay his 1st
Qtr. 1980 dues until May 1, 1980, whereas they should have been paid no
later than January 30, 1980. Brother Raynor was, therefore, disqualified
under the provisions of Article Xll, SectioiT 1(b), which reads as follows:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative. Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination:"
Your committee's decision was further supported by Article 111, Section
3; Article V and Article XXIV, Section 9, previously quoted herein. As per
the requirements of Article Xlll, Section 2(c) of our Constitution, and in
order to assure adequate notice of its decision, the Committee informed
Brother Raynor of his disqualification by radiogram sent on August 13,
1980 to the vessel stated in his letter of nomination. Moreover, the
radiogram was followed by a Special Delivery-Certified M.ail Return
Receipt Requested letter dated August 13, 1980 from the Committee to
Brother Ravnor that set forth the reason for his disqualification for thejob
of Joint Patrolman-Port of Mobile. A copy of the Union Constitution was
also sent ajonc with the aforementioned letter so that he would have
available the procedure to be followed should he wish to appeal the decision
of the Committee.
5. James E. Todd, T-512—Candidate for Joint Patrolman—Port of New
Orleans.
Based upon an examination of available Union records. Brother Todd did
not pay his 4th Quarter 1977 dues until January 20, 1978, whereas they
should have been paid no later than October 30, f977. Further, records
indicate that Brother Todd paid his dues for the 2nd Quarter of 1978 on May
16, 1978, when they should have been paid no later than April 30,1978. Our
Union Constitution provides:
"ARTICLE XII, SECTION 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be
a candidate for, and hold,'any office or the job of Headquarters
Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided:
(b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the
Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination;"
Based upon the provisions of Article Xll, Section 1(b), and further
supported by Article 111, Section 3; Article V and Article XXIV, Section 9
previously carried herein, the Committee disqualified Brother Todd for the
job of Joint Patrolman—Port of New Orleans.
In accordance with the requirements of Article Xlll, Section 2(c) of our
Constitution, and in order to assure adequate notice of its decision, the
Committee informed Brother Todd of his disqualification by radiogram
sent on August 8, 1980 to the vessel stated in his letter of nomination.
M oreover, the radiogram was followed by a Special Delivery-Certified Mail
Return Receipt Requested letter dated August 8, 1980 from the Committee
to Brother Todd that set forth the reason for his disqualification. Along with
the aforementioned letter, the Committee sent a copy of the Union
Constitution so that he would have available the procedure to be used
should he wish to appeal the disqualification decision of the Committee.
Conclusion
The membership can readily see from the foregoing report, that your
Committee has made every effort possible within the confines of our
Constitution to qualify every nojminee.
All credentials received as of Tuesday, August 5, 1980, were turned over
to the Committee in good order at 9:00 A.M. on that date, and those,
received by mail subsequently, but not later than August 15, 1980, have
similarly been furnished to the Committee in good order. All credentials
have been examined in strict accordance with the Constitution. Any defect
in the credentials disposed of by the Committee has been the sole
responsibility of the sender and no person adversely affected by such defect
has denied this to the Committee.
The Committee, in closing out its report this day, had turned over to it
credentials of Brother Charles L. Shirah, S-309, for nomination for office of
Joint Patrolman, Port of Mobile. These credentials were received by the
Brooklyn Post Office some time this morning, August 18, 1980, as noted on
the envelope, and delivered Special Delivery to the Union by the Post Office
on or about 9:30 A.M.
Our Constitution, Article Xlll, Section 1, specifically states that all
credentials mu^t reach headquarters no later than August 15th of the
election year. In fact, two members of the Committee were present at Union
Headquarters on August 15th up to 12 Midnight to receive any timely
nominations. None was received.
Under the Constitution, any candidate has more than sufficient time for
nomination to office. He has almost unlimited time to file his credentials, as
long as they are received within the thirty-day period July 15-August 15. We
also note that Brother Shirah did not post his credentials until July 29,1980.
In view of the clear constitutional language and most liberal opportunity for
a member to timely nominate himself, we find this candidate unqualified.
Fraternaly submitted,
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Frank Teti, T-93, Deck Dept. Chairman
David T. Manzanet, M-I412, Deck Dept.,
Edward Polise, P-74, Engine Dept.
Juan J. Patino, P-622, Engine Dept.
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Bob L. Scarborough, S-I440, Steward Dept.
Otis Paschal, P-752, Steward Dept.
Dated: August 18, 1980
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At Sea
Ashore
New York
The SlU-contracted Cove Shipping Co. early last month applied to
MARAD for Title XI financing to build four new 52,200 dwt, 11,400
diesel hp product tankers. Each vessel would cost about $71.6 million.
Deliveries would be in 1981 and 1982 by an unnamed builder.
Cove now has 10 tankers, all under 70,000 dwt.
SS United States
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If all ends well, the creme de la creme of the U.S. passenger liners, the
SS United States (US Cruises) will be cruising again by the end of 1981.
The 990-foot luxury liner, which holds the world's transatlantic speed
mark, is now in drydockat the Norfolk Shipyard. She last sailed in 1969.
Seattle builder and realtor Richard A. Hadley paid MARAD $2.5
million in May toward the $5 million purchase price. Soon the Hawaiian
tycoon will ask MARAD for a long term Title XI construction loan.
Refurbishing will cost around an estimated $70 million. Plans call for a
new deckf, two tennis courts, three outdoor swimming pools (one indoor
pool is already on the ship) six restaurants featuring American,
Continental, Polynesian, French, health, fast food and English fare and
25 shops a mile long.
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If U.S. Cruises raises the cash to refit the United States and successfully
settles a pending law suit, the BIG US will cruise six months a year
between the West Coast and Hawaii and six months around-the-world.
Ports Newark-Elizabeth, NJ.
The 54-year-old, 7,4I4-fo6t N.J. Central Railroad Bridge spanning
Newark Bay (N.J.), which was a navigational hazard to giant
containerships sailing between Ports Newark and Elizabeth and the port
of New York, is undergoing demolition.
Dynamiters have already blasted away the cement counterweights on
the little used 134-foot east lift span dropping it into a closed position.
Then the east span was blown away. Meanwhile, the west channel re
mains open since May.
The bridge has been little used since the 1960s when the railroad and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cut back their commuter and freight runs.
Recently the west lift span was dynamited leaving the east and west
towers to be blown down with the remaining bridge deck to be removed
piece-by-piece.
The entire prgject, with dredging of a 600-foot wide channel, is set for
completion by next March.
Mobile
Waterman Steamship has on order a new LASH turbine ship totaling
43,000 dwt at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans. The 32,000 hp LASH
is worth $70 million.
Waterman also has on order three R/O R/O vessels totaling 70,500
dwt at Sun Shipyard, Chester, Pa. The 32,000 hp ships will cost $207.1
million to build.
Great Lakes
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American Steamship has on order two bulk carriers totaling 27,000
dwt at the Bay Shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Wise. The 7,000 hp ships are
worth $55 million.
SS Manukai and Manulani
New Orleans LOOP
The nation's first oil port for supertankers, the Louisiana Offshore Oil
Port (LOOP) is due to pump its first barrels of oil—a quarter of the U.S.
imports—in the spring. Most of the major construction was finished late
last month.
When the $640-millioft port is completed, 500,000 dwt supertankers
will offload enough crude to make gasoline to fill 8.5 million auto gas
tanks.
Supports and decks for the offshore platforms have been set up at the
site 19 miles in the Gulf south of Grand Isle. Four-story mooring buoys
have been towed to the LOOP and were set in place. Underground oil
storage caves, big enough to hold a 5-day supply for the U.S., are being
drilled near Golden Meadow, La. Pipelines 4-feet in diameter to the shore
have been laid.
Since it takes 300 barrels of fuel a year to run the steam whistles on the
Manukai and SS Manulani (Matson Line) they are being replaced
with electric whistles.
The brand new 720-foot, 38,800 dwt SS Kauai and SS Maui
containerships on the West coast-Hawaii run were built with electric
whistles.
Matson also has on order one 26,000 dwt turbine containership of
32,000 hp worth $75.5 million at the Sun Shipyard, Chester, Pa.
Ogden Marine
Ogden Marine has on order two products diesel tankers totaling 84,000
dwt at the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans. The 15,000 hp ships will
cost $100 million to build.
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Del Mundo Committee
Monthly
Idembership
Meetings
Deep Sea
Lakes, Inland Waters
Port
New York
Philadelphia
•
Baltimore
Norfolk .............
Jacksonville .........
Algonac .........
Houston
New Orleans
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Mobile
San Francisco .......
Wilmington
Seattle
Piney Point
San Juan
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SlU Rep Teddy Babkowski (seated center) makes out dues receipt for Chief
Steward G. T. Aquino (on his left) secretary-reporter of the SS DelMundo {DeWa
Line) at a payoff on Aug. 11 at Port Newark, N.J. The rest of the Ship's Committee
and a crawmember are (standing left) Educational Director U.H. Sanders Jr. and
(seated l^o r.) Deck Delegate Rex A. Rayner, Recertified Bosun Clifton Jordan,
ship's cbairman; 3rd Cook Glenn D'Ambrosio and Steward Delegate Diane
Micherie>.
Columbus ..........
Chicago .............
Port Arthur
St. Louis
Cleveland
Honolulu
...
Oct.
Qct- 7
Oct, 8
Oct. 9
Oct.' 9
Oct. 10
Oct. 13
Oct. 14
Oct. 15
Oct. 16
Oct. 20
Oct. 24
Oct. 11
Oct. 9
Oct. 18
Oct. 14
Oct. 14
Oct. 17
Oct. 16
Oct. 9
2:30p.m.
2:30 p.m.
2:30p.m. ............
9:30a.m
2:00 p.m. ...\ ........
2:30 p.m
,
2:30 p.m.
2:30p.m. ............
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2:30p.m.
v.......
2:30p.m.
2:30 p.m.
............'.2:30 p.m.
..............T0:30a.m. ....
2:30p.m
.............. - ^
2:30p.m.
2:3(Tp.m
......... ..
2;30p.m. ......
UIW
7:00p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank— It s Your Life
24 / LOG / September 1980
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Directory
SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters
United Industrial Workers
of North America
Frank Drozak, president
Joe OiGiorgio, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hall, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
Dispatchers Report for Deep Sea
JULY 1-31, 1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Port
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Grouos
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boston .<...
New York
Philadelphia ......
Baltimore
.i
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
PineyPoint ...-.
Yokohama
Totals
16
38
23
39
10
68
1
484
2
31
3
13
8
10
7
16
"12
13
10
17
2
31
2
0
177
0
13
1
1
9
3
0
1
5
6
8
5
2
8
2
0
64
Port
0
73
6
16
9
15
18
66
30
37
19
62
20
68
1
2
442
0
39
4
17
9
15
21
37
16
16
7
22
16
37
11
1
268
0
5
0
4
2
1
0
4
1
5
7
7
3
8
2
0
49
8
161
18
40
34
16
28
131
59
80
36
46
13
111
0
5
786
6
55
5
18
17
8
8
24
20
17
19
22
3
35
0
• 0
257
•i
22
1
6
17
5
1
6
7
o
16
17
0
13
0
0
123
4
143
7
36
30
11
26
106
29
62
16
38
9
97
0
1
615
4
69
10
12
13
7
12
38
11
11
12
18
6
28 .
0
0
251
4
13
0
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Boston
TTT.
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama ....
Totals
..........
2
87
..........
15
..........
25
52
19
31
12
31
8
64
1
1
380
..........
3
34
7
7
9
5
9
18
11
5
6
11
5
27
3
0
160
0
3
1
2
3
1
0
2
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
21
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
3
77
8
18
4
• 7
25
58
14
36
9
38
13
42
1
•
0
353
0
19
3
11
7
6
11
16
11
16
11
16
13
29
8
1
178
0
1
1
1
0 1 .
1
0
1
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
12
•4
5
3
0
6
4
1
7
9
0
5
0
0
61
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
0
55
1
;....
.........
;
11
10
3
16
32
13
15
8
.19
6
33
1
1
224
4
21
4
6
4
1
0
3
1
4
3
3
3
4
5
0
66
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
11
5 6
1
1
1
1
30
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore.....
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville .......
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Pmey Point
Yokohama
Totals ...
Totals AllDepartments
0
, 39
1
16
3
2
14
29
11
22
5
24
16
36
2
1
221
0
36
3
10
9
2
10
15
7
1
1
19
8
30
31
0
182
0
0
2
1
4
1
1
2
0
4
4
3
1
1
1
1
26
2
72
6
14
22
5
20
54
24
32
17
24
10
54
0
0
356
5
41
•
3
8
6
1
3
14
4
14
5
4
2
3
0
1
114
0
9
0
1
3
2
0
2
2
28
13
11
1
0
0
0
72
6
39
7
11
16
4
6
37
12
25
11
17
9
27
0
1
228
11
268
40
47
59
18
22
99
65
70
51
40
16
74
0
0
880
3
183
6
19
28
7
9
32
21
105
128
36
9
54
0
0
640
1,985
1,502
896
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
3
8
10
2
4
18
7
16
4
16
8
22
1
0
144
4
121
22
25
29
19
17
59
24
30
26
26
14
51
40
2
509
1
62
5
11
10
4'
7
11
6
24
46
11
9
20
0
0
227
1,232
912
342
2
.........
.........
.........
;..
1.016
628
87
*"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
'•"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
Shipping in the month of Ju ly was good to excellent in all A&G deep sea ports, as it has been for the last several
{years. A total ofl,731jobswereshipped last month toSIU-contracted deepsea vessels.Ofthese,onlyl,016 or slightly
more than half, were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B"and "C" seniority people. Shipping
jis expected to remain good to excellent for the forseeable future.
HEADQUARTERS
675 4 Ave.. Bklyn. 11232
(212) HY 9-6600
ALGONAC, Mich.
520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001
(313) 794-9375
ALPENA, Mich
800 N, 2 Ave. 49707
(517) EL 4-3616
BALTIMORE, Md.
1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
(301) EA 7-4900
BOSTON. Mass
215 Essex St. 02111
(617) 482-4716
CHICAGO, ILL.
9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617
(312) SA 1-0733
CLEVELAND, Ohio
1290 Old River Rd. 44113
(216) MA 1-5450
COLUMBUS, Ohio
4937 West Broad St. 43228
(614) 870-6161
DULUTH, Minn.
705 Medical Arts JBuilding 55802
(218) RA 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich
P.O. Box D
415 Main St. 49635
(616) 352-4441
GLOUCESTER, Mass.
63 Rogers St.01903
- (617) 283-1167
HONOLULU, Hawaii
707 Alakea St. 96813
(808) 537-5714
HOUSTON, Tex.... 1221 Pierce St. 77002
(713) 659-5152
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.
3315 Liberty St. 32206
(904) 353-0987
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
(201) HE 5-9424
MOBILE, Ala. ..IS. Lawrence St. 36602
(205) HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va.
115 3 St. 23510
(804) 622-1892
PORTLAND, Or.
421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204
(503) 227-7993
PADUCAH, Ky
225 S. 7 St. 42001
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's County 20674
(301) 994-0010
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .534 9 Ave. 77640
(713) 983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 626-6793
SANTURCE, P.R.
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6960
SEATTLE, Wash
2505 1 Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS, Mo. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752'6500
TAMPA, Fla. 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609
(813) 870-1601
TOLEDO. Ohio ... 635 Summit St. 43604
(419) 248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
YOKOHAMA. Japan..... .P.O. Box 429
Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdori
Naka-Ku 231-91
201-7935
September 1980 / LOG / 25
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Skin Cancer: Occupational Hazard of Seamen
C
K-.J
ANCER of the skin is the
most common of all the
cancers of man. It comprises
about one-sixth of all new
cancers diagnosed each year. In
spite of this fact, "about 90-95
percent of all skin growths can be
readily treated with early
detection," says Dr. Axel W.
Hoke, Chief, Dermatolagy
Service of the San Francisco
Public Health Service Hospital.
One of the reasons most
cancers of the skin can be treated
successfully is how easily the
body's surface skin can be
reached. Precancerous or cancer
ous tumors can be recognized by
sight by a trained physician and
can often be felt by the fingers
while they are still very small. The
location of the tumor on or under
the skin eases the task of total
removal.
The single most important
cause of cancer of the skin is the
damage to surface skin cells by
continued and frequent exposure
to the sun's rays.
Fishermen, merchant seamen
and others who spend a great deal
of time in the sun have enough
damage to the skin to get a
leathery complexion in later life.
They can also develop solar
keratoses, scaly spots that may
turn into cancer of the skin.
Tanning is the skin's immedi
ate reaction to attack by the sun's
ultraviolet light. Dermatologists
(skin doctors) consider tanning a
response to injury to the skin.
The penetrating ultraviolet rays.
depending on the dose involved.
apparently kill some of the skin
cells at once. Otheij^ cells are
injured and the resulting tissue
changes handicap the natural
growth of nearby cells. Exposure
to the sun's rays over long periods
of time results in noticeable
changes. Such changes include a
mottling, or network, of brown
spots mixed with yellowish areas.
Later, some spots turn nearwhite from scarring.
Face Cancer Common
More than 90 per cent of skin
cancers occur on body areas
unprotected by clothing against
the sun's ultraviolet light. These
areas are the face, ears, and neck
and the backs of the hands.
Almost all cancers of the lip
develop on the lower lip rather
than the upper. The protruding
lower lip, unprotected by the
nose, is more exposed to direct
ultraviolet rays. The same is true
for the upper and lower eyelid
since the upper eyelid is shaded
by more bone.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
The evidence which indicates
the sun as the primary cause of
cancer of the skin is so strong that
dermatologists for years have
been warning the, public against
over-exposure to sunlight—
especially persons with blue eyes
and fair skins who are particu
larly susceptible to sun damage.
What You Can Do
Avoiding the effects of the
sun's rays is a matter of using
common sense with an under
standing of materials available to
prevent absorption of ultra-violet
light by the skin.
Clothing worn outdoors
should be light-colored and have
a tight weave—like a broadcloth
shirt. Necessary lengthy exposure
to the sun can be made less
harmful by the use of protective
clothing such as sun hats, long
sleeves, and gloves.
Sunscreening chemicals are
being put into lotions and creams
more and more today because
they absorb ultraviolet light
waves before they hit the skin.
The better lotions allow you to
stay in the sun longer with less
risk of burning, and this is their
chief value. However, don't
expect even the best lotions to
protect you from unlimited sun
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
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TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU
26 / LOG / September 1980
exposure. Also, it is possible to
burn through a tan. Some sun
preparations that provide the
best protection against burn are:
A-Fil, NosKote, RV Pacque, and
Zinc Oxide Ointment.
When To Seek Medical Help
Changes in the skin quickly
become obvious. A blemish,
scaling or any other defect on the
skin's surface stirs instant curios
ity as to its cause and how to get
rid of it. There is no rule of thumb
by which a person can identify a
skin condition that is either
cancerous or likely to trigger the
growth of a skin tumor.
When a pigmented mark or
elevation or a red, scaling
blemish persists, bleeds, or
changes in character, (especially,
in areas exposed to sunlight), it is
best to seek the advice of a skin
disease specialist immediately.
The dermatologist deals with
skin lesions so often that he
becomes expert at sorting out
changes or characteristics that
can be considered danger signs.
It is of the greatest iniportance
that a tumor be clinically
diagnosed as cancer before any
method of treatment is selected.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of .the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights arc clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
wnuMii
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG- The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmfuj to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any oflicial capacity in the SIU unless an
official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports ana
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
ilnancial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify" the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a member feels that any of the above
rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor
mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul
Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn.
N.Y. 11232.
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a march and, rally was held
recently that brought together
representatives from unions,
churches, civil rights and com
munity groups from across the
South.
, The 4,000 marchers; including
Seafarers, came together to bpxk
the- 15-month strike of 200
courageous workers at Sander
son Farms, a chicken processing
plant in Laurel.
Since Feb. 27, 1979 these men
and women have been on strike
for better working conditions
and better pay from their re
pressive employer.
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The workers, a majority of
whom are black women, are
members of Local 882 of the Labor and ciyil rights leaders came to help the striking workers at Sanderson Farms. From the left are: ICWU Vice President
International Chemical Workers SK'l
unidentified woman; United Furniture Workers Vice President Willie Rudd; ICWU President Frank Martino*
Union (ICWU). Based in Akron, CWU Secretary-Treasurer William J. Sparks; Mrs. Evelyn Lowery;.Dr. Joseph Lowery. president of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC); C. T. Vivian of the SCLC; Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers (ACTWU) Executive
Ohio, the ICWU is an affiliate of Vice President Sol Stetin, and Mary Clayton, president of the ACTWU local union in Laurel.
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the ,AFL-CIO Maritime Trades represented at the march and barely above minimum wage
killing working conditions like
Department whose head is SIU rally included: the Furniture ($2.95 to $3.15 an hour).
those at Sanderson."
President Frank Drozak. The Workers; the United Automobile
The company has violated the
Proud of the fact that so many
MTD Executive Board has Workers; the International Occupational Safety and Health
passed a resolution pledging full Union of Electrical Workers; Act, and the Equal Employment groups have come together to
support this struggle, Martino
support to the strikers.
Amalgamated Clothing and and Child Labor Laws, accord- said, "We've been kept separate
There is a nationwide AFL- Textile Workers Union; Oil iiig to ICWU. Sexual harassment
and apart for too long by those
ClO supported boycott in effect Chemical & Atomic Workers; was also frequent.
who knew perhaps better than we
against Sanderson Farms American Federation of State,
The National Labor Relations that if we could forge this kind of
products. They are packaged County, and Municipal Em- Board has cited the conipany for
unity some changes would be
under the labels Miss Goldy and ployees; Bakery and Confec refusing to bargain in good faith.
made. We are here today to say
Southern Beauty.
tionary Workers; Steel workers; Unfair labor charges are pending that we will be kept separate no
At the rally, one of the Sheetmetal Workers; Operating before the Board.
longer."
speakers was SIU New Orleans Engineers; Teamsters^ Com
Regrettably, the way workers
And echoing the feelings of the
Port Agent Gerry Brown. He told munications Workers, and locals
are treated at Sanderson Farms is marchers, Martino told them,
the crowd that the labor of the ICWU from at least nine
not unique. As Martino said at "We have come together in
movement must return to the states. A large banner pro the march, and rally in Laurel, Laurel, and we are going to win in
fighting spirit of its early days in claimed the presence of the "...we have come to jsee this Laurel, when the Sanderson
order to meet the needs of Coalition of Black Trade strike and this struggle is about a workers win. And we are going to
workers in the l980's.
Unionists.
lot more than just Sanderson go on from here to crack open the
Leading the march was ICWU
The march was endorsed by
Farms. It's about more than just anti-union South and win
President Frank D. Martino and the leaders of 175 national
Laurel. All over the South, there victories for working people all
Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, president organizations and 67 organiza are plants with inhumane and across this region."
of the Southern Christian tions and ..prominent individuals
Leadership Conference (SCLC), in Mississippi,
a civil rights group.
Many of these groups have
Besides the SIU, unions formed a coalition called the
Committee for Justice in
Mississippi.
"We have brought together the
coalition that people have been
hoping for throughout the
decade of the 1970's," said
Martino. "We have united labor,
civil rights, women's and church
groups, and we- don't think
anybody or anything can stop us
now."
The magnet that pulled them
together are those 200 steadfast
workers.
Before they went on strike,
these men and women were
working under primitive condi
tions. For instance, they had Only
been allowed to use the bathroom
three times a week. Their work on
Addressing tfie rally is SIU New the chicken processing lines, is
A march for "Dignity and Justice" was held in Laurel, Miss, in support of Local882
Orleans Port Agent Gerry Brown.
hard and dirty. Yet their pay was
of the International Chemical VVorkers Union.
September 1980 / LOG / 27
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Polish Power! Workers Strike for Liberty
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in northern Poland, were the first to
walk off their jobs and the first to
sign an accord with the government.
Hammered out in meetings be
tween strike leaders and a team of
government negotiators, the Polish
government agreed to a package of
demands unprecedented in a Sovietbloc country. The agreement in
cludes:
• the right of workers to strike and
to form independent trade unions;
• an easing of official censorship;
• job promotion by merit rather
than based upon membership in the
Communist Party.
The strikers also demanded the
release of jailed political dissidents,
a demand which the Polish govern
ment has reportedly complied with.
But Poland's problems did not
end with the apparent settlement of
the shipyard workers strikes. Even
as those jubilant workers returned to
their jobs and as striking longshore
UNDREDS of thousands of
striking workers who para
lyzed Poland's shipyards, factories
and coal mines for close td three
weeks won a stunning victory this
month as the Polish government
bowed to their demands for workercontrolled trade unions, among
other issues.
Strikers at shipyards in Gdansk,
Notice On Job
Call Procedure
(inland)
When throwing in for work
during a job call at any Sill
Hiring Hail, boatmen must
produce the foiiowing:
• membership certificate
(where possessed)
• registration card
• clinic card
• seaman's papers
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Legal Aid
employees in the port city of
Szczecin, 200 miles west of Gdansk
began unloading the first of dozens
of waiting ships, more than 150,000
coal miners walked off their jobs in
Silesia.
The striking Polish workers
captured the international limelight
and stTpport from many quarters.
President Carter reportedly sent
messages directly to Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt of West Germany,
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
of Britain and Pres. Valery Giscard
d'Estaing of France urging the West
to "respond sympathetically" to
expected requests for large-scale
economic aid from Poland after all
the strikes were settled.
U.S. Longshoremen showed their
solidarity with the striking Poles by
refusing to handle Polish cargo. In
addition, the United Auto Workers
contributed $25,000 to an interna
tional fund for the strikers.
Dispatchers Report for inland Waters
JULY l-Sl, 1980
{ ; :
nOTAL REGISTERED
>
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
aassA ClassB ClassC
,
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
••REGISTERED ON BEACR
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
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NewYork
0
9
Philadelphia...
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0
0
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18
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73
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0
0
5
54
0
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Mobile
New Orleans
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•
0
0
0
0
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9-9
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
9
9
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9
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9
9
8
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9
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9
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0
1
.
0
9
31
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0
0
1
9
0
1
3
6
0
0
8
0
0
8
4
0
3
0
12
55
0
0
0
7
0
1
0
5
0
0
9
0
2
10
22
0
14
0
155
225
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2
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0
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0
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9.9
9
9
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0
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0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
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0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
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11
0
0
9
9
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9
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0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
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0
0
1
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0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
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0
13
19
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255
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
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9
9
8
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9
9
8
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9
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9
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9
9
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0
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0
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0
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Boston
NewYork.
Philadelphia
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
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9
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9
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0
0
0
6
0
5
3
4
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8
0
0
13
35
0
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0
9
93
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
9
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Totals AllDepartments
•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shippingat the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
28 / LOG / September 1980
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In the event that any SlU members
have leyal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
constilt is beiny published,. The. mem
ber need not choose the recommended
atiorneys and this list is intended only
tor iniormational purposes:
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NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanei
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10001
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
, Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
^ Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore^ Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF^
John Paul Jennings, Henning,
Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 98j-4400
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105 ;
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504)'586-9395 /.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
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DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & Whitfe
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza •
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele, #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263-6330
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�Algonac'Great Lakes
Both construction companies building the Arrowhead Bridge
s^janning the Duluth, Minn.-Superior, Wise. Harbor are now under SIU
contract.
They are Edward Kraemer & Sons and the Johnson Brothers Co.—
both top-to-bottom SIU.
The bridge builders are working from both sides of the span planning
to end up in the middle of the bridge when completed.
The Luedtke Engineering Co. is' working on two dredging jobs.
I They re deepening the harbors at Ashtabula, Ohio and Sebowaing, Mich.
!
Philadelphia
lOT Boatmen here have received their 3rd year of the contract wage
increase of 7 percent plus a 7 percent increase in the Cost of Living
Allowance (COLA). Boatmen of the lOT's Gellethin fleet also got the 14
percent wage and COLA increases.
Baltimore
Harbor Towing here late last tnonth took delivery of the 22 ton,
1,800 hp Tug Explorer. The tug draws 14 feet 6 inches and is 95 feet long
and has a 27 foot beam. She carries a crew of seven.
The company has also chartered lOT Barge 40. The barge will carry
two mOn.
* * *
Recently Jiarbor Towing Boatmen received a 15 percent wage
increase.
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Northeast Towing Boatmen have ratified a new, three-year contract
containing the Union's Class A Welfare Plan, Vacation Plan and a $5. a
day wage hike in the first year of the contract.
V
Ittldnd Rivers
A toll-free telephone service providing medical information for
Boatmen on a 24-hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week basis is now available from
the USPHS Seafarers Health Improvement Program (SHIP).
The phone 800 number-dialed network will enable Boatmen to
lodate the nearest USPHS Hospital, outpatient clinic or contract doctor.
In the U.S., the number is 800,231-SHIP (7747). In Texas it's
800,392-SHlP.
SHIP is a cooperative effort of the USPHS, Federal agencies and the
inland waterways industry. About 85,000 rivermen are eligible for the
service. They must have at least 60 days of worktime on a boat to be
eligible.
The USPHS will make no attempt to "practice medicine over the
telephone" but will refer Boatmen to the closest possible medical center
or hospital emergency room.
Term-Tom Waterway
By Oct. 15, U.S. Judge William Ready will rule on what remaining
environmental and economic issues should be tried in a new suit, date to
be named, challenging construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Rivers
Waterway.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad and environmentalists are the
plaintiffs.
By the Year 2,000
A study finds that towbpat crew size will only be slightly reduced
during the rest of the century.
• Towboats will continue to be built at a rate of 90 to 110 boats a year
with an average horsepower of about 4,000 hp. About 40 of them will be
major river line-haul towboats exceeding 10,000 hp.
• Medium speed diesel engines will be used aboard Lower
Mississippi River line-haul towboats.
• Bow boats will become increasingly dependable and common on
line-haul intergrated tows.
• The barge fleet will continue to be composed of deck, hopper and
tank barges. Hopper barges of integrated box and rake configurations
will continue to be built for dry bulk unit tows, but at levels below peak
1975-77 output. The tank barge fleet will grow slowly, primarily as
specialized parcel compartments and independent tank barges are
delivered.
• Total waterborne cargo handled by mid-America's riverports will
increase by 31 percent between 1980 and 1990—growing from over 900
million long tons in 1980 to almost 1.2 billion long tons in 1990.
• Commodities which will have high growth rates are grains, coal,
petroleum products,Tertilizers and chemicals.
• Over the next 20 years, 13 locks and dams will reach capacity.
Unless these bottlenecks are removed, they, along with waterway user
charges, could reduce waterborne traffic by as much as 16 percent.
• Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, Wisconsin and Minnesota will
have the largest percentage increases in traffic. Louisiana, Alabama,
Illinois and Missouri can expect the greatest absolute increases in traffic.
Do You Know How to Make This Work?
LOT Mulls the Sale
Of Tug-Barge Fleet
To Southern Natural
Interstate Ocean Transport (lOT)
of the port of Philadelphia tenta
tively agreed last month to sell its tug
and barge business and subsidiaries
for more than $100 million to
Southern Natural Resources Inc. of
Birmingham, Ala.
lOT has assured the SIU that the
sale would not affect its manning
and contractual agreements.
After the sale, which is subject to a
final agreement and Government
approvals, the lOT Corp. will
continue its tanker management'
services and chartering operations.
NO?
Well learn how—it only takes
four weeks. That's right. In just four weeks,
you can learn basic diesel thedry and opera
tions. This means new job opportunities for
you. Where? Aboard the diesel-powered U.S.flag ships under contract with the SIU.
YES?
Terrific! Then enroll in the eightweek diesel engineering course at HLS. Get
your license and get ahead. Every student
who took this course has gotten his license.
So join the crowd of seafarers who've
improved their pay and job security.
• Cef Your Diesel Engineering License of HLS •
Unlicensed • Course starts October 27 thru November 21
Licensed • Course starts October 27 thru December 19
Southern Natural is a holding
company with interests in the energy
field.
lOT operates 37 tugs and 52 oil
tank barges with annual revenue of
more than $100 million operating in
the North Atlantic, Gulf and Carib
bean.
It's owned by the Adrian S.
Hooper family. He's chairman,
president and chief executive officer.
And hell head lOT as a unit of
Southern Natural Resources.
September 1980 / LOG / 29
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�Bernard Doug
las Bums Jr., 56,
died of cancer in
Providence Hos
pital, Mobile on
Apr. 26. Brother
Burns joined the
SIU in the port of
Mobile in 1956
sailing as a fireman-watertender, pump
man and engine delegate. He also
worked in the Mobile Ship Repair Yard.
Seafarer Burns graduated from the
Mobile Andrew Furuseth Training
School in 1959. Born in La Samye
Stauzzer, Miss., he was a resident of
Mobile. Burial was in Catholic Ceme
tery, Mobile. Surviving are his widow,
Gertrude and a sister, Mrs. Martha
Palmer of Mobile. .
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Waiter'^Bbckie"
Doucet, 59, died
of a hemorrhage in
the New Orleans
USPHS Hospital
on Jan. 11. Bro
ther Doucet joined
I the SIU in the port
I of New Orleans in
1956 sailing as a chief cook and baker.
Brother Doucet began sailing in 1938. In
1964, he sailed inland with Coyle
Towing, Red Circle Towing and with
Dixie Carriers. He was also a ware
houseman and worked for the Yellow
Cab Co. And he was a member of the
Baker's Union. Seafarer Doucet was a
veteran of the U.S. Army in World War
II. A native of Crowlqr, La., he was a
resident of Marrero, La. Interment was
in Westlaryn Memorial Park Cemetery,
Gretna, La. Surviving are his widow,
Rita; four sons, Walter Jr., Joseph,
Emile and Donald; three daughters,
Rebecca, Mary and Cathy;a stepdaugh
ter, Linda Dupuy; three brothers,
Willard, John and Gilbert, and six
grandchildren.
Pensioner Hing Gay Lew, 69, died of
heart failure in the Pacifica Convales
cent Hospital, San Mateo, Calif, on
Feb. 14. Brother Lew joined the
MC&SU in the port of San Francisco
sailing in the steward department for
APL for 20 years. He first sailed in 1945.
Seafarer Lew was bom in China and
was a resident of San Francisco. He was
a naturalized U.S. citizen. Interment
was in Look San Cemetery, Colma,
Calif. Surviving are his widow, Lim Lin
Tai Chew See Low of Kowloon, Hong
Kong; two sons, Eugene of Daly City,
Calif, and Yan Vau Chan of San
Francisco and a brother. Way Ling Lee
of Long Beach, Calif.
\
Pensioner Charles E. Tataiski, 68,
died of natural causes in the Eger
Nursing Home, Staten Is., N.Y. on Mar.
20. Brother Tatarski joined the
MC&SU in 1945 in the port of San
Francisco sailing as a chief cook. He was
bora in Ohio and was a resident of
Bayonne, S.L, N.Y. Interment was in
Holy Cross Cemetery; North Arlington,
N.J. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Regina
Pesztynski of New York City.
30 / LOG / September 1980
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Thomas David
Ballard Jr., 59,
succumbed to
heart-lung failure
in the Nassau Bay
(Tex.) USPHS
Hospital on Mar.
29. Brother Ballard joined the
SIU in the port of Sah Fraitcisco in 1955
sailing as a chief steward. He was a
conductor on the Great Northern and
Southern Union Pacific Railroads from
1937 to 194L And he was a member of
the Order of Railroad Conductors and
Switchmens Union of America. He was
a veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry
before World War 11. Born in San
Antonio, Tex., he was a resident of
Houston. Burial was in Hollywood
Cemetery, Houston. Surviving are his
widow, Cora Lee; a daughter, Linda of
Houston; his mother, Mrs. Margaret
Johns of Houston and a stepson, John
H. Stafford.
Pensioner
Ernest Junes Vanderberry, 74, died
on Jan. 29. Bro
ther Vanderberry
I joined the Union
in the port of
Baltimore in I960
sailing as a chief
engineer for Curtis Bay Towing from
1948 to 1958 and for NBC Lines from
1959 to 1971. He was a union member
since 1952. Boatman Vanderberry was
bora in Norfolk and was a resident
there. Surviving are his widow, Birtie
and a brother, John, of Norfolk.
-r p c n s i o n e r
James Lear, 69,
passed away from
cancer in the San
Francisco USPHS
Hospital on Apr.
8. Brother Lear
[ joined the SIU in
the port of Wil
mington, Calif, in 1959 sailing as a
bosun. He sailed 35 years. Seafarer Lear
was born in Lake Providence, La. and
was a resident of San Francisco. Burial
was in Ferawood Cemetery, Mill Val
ley, Calif. Surviving are his widow,
Fusae Suzeuki; a daughter, Kaneko
Shimo, both of Yokohama, Japan and a
stepmother, Mrs. Frank Lear of Slidell,
La.
Patrick "Pat"
Edwud Kinsella,^
38, died on Aug.
29, 1979. Brother
Samuel Joseph
Kinsella joined the
Castle 111, 29, was
Union in the port
lost at sea at night
of Saulte Ste.
off the lookout
Marie, Mich, in
bow of the SS
1968.
He
sailed
as
Santa
Maria
Pensioner Wllla dredgeman and scowman for the
(Delta
Lines)
near
iam Joseph
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock from
Callao, Peru on
Shadeck, 62, died
1967 to 1979, Dunbar and Sullivan,
Apr.
22. The ship,
of heart failure in
Construction Aggregates, Luedtke
Peruvian
Coast
Guard
and planes^ ,
Doctor's Osteo
Engineering Co. and the Reiss Steam
searched
the
area
of
moderate
seas in
pathic Hospital,
ship Co. Laker Kinsella was a veteran of
vain. Brother Castle joined the SIU in
Erie, Pa. on Jan.
the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War. He
the
port of New Orleans in 1967 sailing
27. Brother Sha
was
born
in
Saulte
Ste.
Marie
and
was
a
as
an
OS. He graduated from the HLS
deck joined the Union in the port of
resident
of
Brimley,
Mich.
Interment
Entry
Trainee Program, Piney Point,
Detroit in 1958 sailing as an oiler for 41
.
was
in
Hillcrest
Cemetery,
Paco,
Mich.
Md. Seafarer Castle was bora in New
years. He sailed on the Str. Hennepin
Surviving
^are
three
sons,
William
of
Orleans
and was a resident of Oakland
(Boland & Cornelius) from 1958 to
Brimley,
Keith
and
Kenneth;
two
Calif.
Surviving
are his widow, Lona
1972. Laker Shadeck was born in
daughters,
Kelly
and
Tina;
his
parents,
Louise;
a
son,
Samuel
Joseph IV and
Karthaus, Pa. and was a resident of Erie.
Mr. and Mrs. William and Myrtle
his- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Burial was in Calvary Cemetery,
Kinsella;
a
brother,
William
and
a
sister.
Joseph
and Joyce J. Castle of New
Millcreek Twsp., Erie. Surviving are 1^
Orleans.
widow, Julia; a son, Ronald; two
Pensioner David Matthew Steele, 88,
daughters, Rosilynn and Remilee and died of natural causes in the Queens
Pensioner Luis M. Oczo Cabaret Jr.,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and
69,
died of heart failure in San Juan,
(N.Y.C.) Hospital Center on Apr. 8.
Mae Shadeck of Erie.
Brother Steele joined the MC&SU in P.R. on Feb. 20. Brother Cabaret
Pensioner Eddie M. Morton, 72, 1939 in the port of San Francisco sailing started sailing on the West Coast in 1946
succumbed to arteriosclerosis at home as a chief cook. He was aboard the sailing as an assistant cook. He sailed
in Seattle on Apr. 11. Brother Morton, torpedoed SS Alaskan in 1942. Born in for the Grace and States Lin^. Born in
joined the MC&SU in the port ofSeattle Jamaica, B.W.I., he was a resident of St. San Juan, he was a resident of Sanin 1957 sailing as a chief cook. He began Albans, Queens. Burial was in L.I. turce, P.R. Burial was in Holy Cross
sailing in 1944. Seafarer Morton was National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Lyn- Cemetery, San Francisco. Surviving are
bora in Mississippi. Cremation took brook, N.Y. Surviving is a daughter, his widow, Emma;two sons, Carios and
place in the Bonney Watson Crematory, Mrs. Reginald Grange Sr. of St. Albans. Luis Jr. a daughter, Mrs. Elba Navarro
of San Francisco and a sister, Mrs.
Seattle. Surviving is his widow, Arlene.
Albert Edwin Gordcm, 59, drowned Victoria M. Cabaret.
Pensioner Leon Henreni Nunez, 73, in Atchafalaya Bay, Alabama when he
passed away from heart-lung failure at slipped, off a shell dredge barge and was
Judson PoweH Lanilc Lamb, 60, died
home in Seattle on Dec. 16, 1979. swept away on Feb. 23. BrotherGordon
in the USPHS Hospital, Richmond, Ga.
Brother Nunez joined the MC&SU in joined the Union in the port of Mobile in
on Feb. 10. Brother Lamb joined the
the port of SSeattle in 1959 sailing in the 1974 sailing as a deckhand and cook on SIU in the port of Houston in 1955
steward department. He also sailed the Towboat Mallard (RadclifT Mate sailing as a chief steward. He started
during World War II. Seafarer Nunez rials) from 1973 to 1979. He was also a sailing in 1937. And he sailed for Morah
started sailing in 1930. Burial was in shoot operator and was a former Towing of Texas in Port Arthur.
Greenland Cemetery, Alderwood member of the International Assn. of Seafarer Latnb was bom in Georgia and
Manor, Wash. Surviving are his widow, Machinists and Aerospace Workers
was a resident of Houston. Cremation
Mary; two sons, Leon Jr. and Edward Union and the Woodworkers Union.
took place in the Rosehill Crematory,
and a daughter, Adela.
Boatman Gordon was-a veteran of the
Linden, N.J. Surviving are his widow,
U.S.
Army
Air
Corps
in
World
War
11.
Anne;
two stepdaughters, Melissa
Pensioner James Elbert Bode, 53,
Born
in
Sandpoint,
Ida.,
he
was
a
Dozier Jackson and Toni Jackson, and
died of heart failure at home in Aliea.
resident
of
Andalusia,
Ala.
Interment
an
aun(, Mrs. Alice Banks of Augusta,
Hawaii on Oct. 14, 1979. Brother Bode
was
in
Bethel
Cemetery,
Andalusia.
Ga.
joined the MC&SU in 1945 in the port
of San Francisco sailing for APL. He Surviving are four sons, Jan, Cecil,
Pensioner Carlos Castillo, 82. suc
also sailed as steward and head bar Robert and Edward of Andalusia; a cumbed to heart failure in the Kaiser
tender on the SS Presiclem Cleveland daughter, Lynelle also of Andalusia and Foundation Hospital. Panorama-Har
(APL). Seafarer Bode was a veteran of a brother, Theodore.
bor City. San Francisco on July 18.
the U.S. Army during the Korean War
Pensioner Joseph Pfabnl, 91, passed 1979. Brother Castillo joined the
serving as a PFC truck driver for the 6th away in the San Francisco USPHS MC&SU in the port of Wilmington.
Infantry Div., Hdqs. Co., Schofield
Hospital on Jan. 12. Brother Pfahnl Calif, sailing as a pantryman on the SS
Barracks. Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a
joined the MC&SU in 1937 in the port Angela Petri. He sailed first in 1924.
native of Hawaii. Cremation took place
of San Francisco sailing as a cook. He Seafarer Castillo sailed for 50 years and
in the Oahu Crematory, Honolulu. also sailed during World War 11. during World War H. Born in Peru, he
Surviving are his widow, Peggy; two Seafarer Pfahnl was born in Australia, was a resident of Wilmington. Calif.
stepdaughters, Karen P. and Susan
was a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a Burial was in All Souls Cemetery, Long
Ritschel; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
resident of San Francisco. Cremation Beach. Calif. Surviving are his widow.
Charlek and Mae Bode of Kaneohe,
took place in the Cypress Lawn Catolina: two stepsons. Robert and
Oahu. Hawaii: a brother. Howard of
Memorial Park Crematory. Colma, John Flores of Wilmington and a
Kaneohe and a sister. Mrs. Abigail J. Calif. Surviving are his widow, Mary
stepdaughter. Lupe Finbres. of Wil
Gomard of Honolulu.
and two sons, John and Jose.
mington:
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A History of the Seamen's MoveMient, Part II
a three watch system for the engine
gang, plus a maximum nine hour
T was almost 100 years ago that
working day in port. It set a more
American seamen belonging to liberal schedule for ration^ and a
various unions realized the need for
minimum of 100 cubic feet of space
a strong, single voice to sprak for the per man in the fo'csles. Previously,
sailor in the halls of Congress and in each man had been allotted 72 cubic
attempts to improve his economic feet, which Furuseth described as
situation. Convening in Chicago in "too large for a coffin too small for
April ot 1892, representatives from a grave." Also, the law specified that
the Pacific and Gulf Coasts and the
bunks in fo'csles could.be no more
Great Lakes formed the National than two high.
Seamen's Union of America, later to
The law also decreed that 75
become the International Seamen's
percent of the crew must be able to
Union.
understand commands given in the
A constitution was drafted, na English language.
tional officers were elected, and a
Spurred by the sinking of the
chief organizer was appointed.
Titanic and other marine disasters,
Charles Hagen was the first presi the act was also concerned with
dent; Thomas Elderkin the first more safety at sea: better qualified
secretary and James McLaren the seamen, more and better lifeboats
first national organizer.
and more seaworthy condition of
These officers were not just pie ships.
cards. They had solid seagoing
It brought about historic im
bacl^rounds, a record of labor provements in the life of the sailor.
organizing, and a resounding zeal
Por one thing, the law decreed
for the sailor's cause.
that the sailor no longer could allot
A native of Germany, Hagen
part of his wages to creditors before
sailed for 15 years on windjammers signing on a vessel. This sounded the
under many flags. A man of unusual death knell to crimps, shanghaiers
energy and imagination, he or and shady boarding house keepers
ganize the Gulf Coast union of
who had preyed on the sailor, taking
seamen and firemen and the New a "mortgage" on his wages in
Orleans Marine Council, an influen exchange for food, lodging, drinks
tial group of marine engineers, and clothes.
captains, pilots and other maritime
And no longer could the seamen be
workers...a close parallel to our imprisoned on charges of desertion
important Port Councils today! He
if he left his ship before the end of a
was president of the Gulf Coast
contracted voyage. It also prohib
union.
ited. corporal punishment for of
Secretary Elderkin, a native of fenses aboard ship.
England, was also a deep water
For these reasons, the ISU hailed
sailor who had become aroused over the Seamen's Bill as "the emancipa
the conditions of seamen after tion proclamation for seamen of the
making a voyage on the "hellship" world."
Waterloo, notorious for the brutal
It was union support that fi
ity of its officers. He shipped on the nanced the years of effort necessary
Great Lakes for some years and
to arouse Congressional and public
helped to organize the Lakes Sea support for the seamen's cause and
men's Union; also lent his talents to successfully guide the Seamen's Bill
organizing the Chicago building on its rocky and often4empesfuous
employees. He was president of the course through Congress. Its even
LSU.
tual passage was a tribute to union
Organizer McLaren was a Nova organization and to Andrew Furu
Scotian who joined, the Sailor's seth, who had devoted 20 years to
Union of the Pacific in 1887 and the seamen's cause in Washington.
served as an officer in various
HE National Seamen's Union
capacities. According to an article in
was set up as a federation of a
the Coast Seamen's Journal of
number of independent unions,
1893, McLaren was a man of
including the Sailor's Union of the
"shrewd energy and unswerving Pacific, which was the sparkplug in
devotion to the sailors' cause... its organization; the Lake Seamen's
feared and respected by all enemies Union, the Atlantic Coast Seamen's
of seamen," especially the crimps.
Union and the Seamen's and Fire
Seamen enjoying the comparative men's Union of the Gulf Coast. The
luxury of today's ships and the good Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union had
been in existence since 1889 but had
food and high wages won by Union
efforts in the past 50 years will be not been very effective and was in
amazed by what seamen of 1915 such poor financial shape that it
hailed as the major achievements of could not even afford to send a
delegate to the Chicago convention
this legislation.
Thfe Seamen's Bill provided a two of 1892. It could only afford a "good
watch system for the deck force, and luck" telegram.
The new federation wasted no
time...nor
did organizer McLaren.
John Bunker is director of the
Within a year the dues paying
Seafarers Historical Research De
membership of the "weaksister," the
partment.
Atlantic Coast Union, was increased
by John Bunker
I
its long-time secretary. He (levoted
the better part of a lifetime to
fighting the sailor's battles in
Washington.
F
'URUSETH was elected Presi
dent of the ISU in 1908 and
from that time on was the respected
voice of all American seamen, not
only in the halls of Congress but in
the press and to the hundreds of
groups to whom he spoke on behalf
of the "sailor's cause.".
Over the years several pieces of
legislation were passed by Congress
on behalf of seamen but it was the
Seamen's Bill of 1915 that crowned
all such efforts for the sailor and has
rightly been called "the Magna
Charta of the American seaman."
Andrew Furuseth
The bill was sponsored for Furu
from about 400 to over 1,000; seth and the ISU by Sen. Robert M.
several branches were reorganized, LaFollette of Wisconsin and was
and wages had been boosted by actively supported by Secretary of
about $12 a month. By the time of Labor William B. Wilson and a
the new federation's second annual number of other Congressmen.
convention at New Orleans in 1893, Furuseth labored for it passionately
the Atlantic Coast union was and untiringly day and night.
considered to be "on a fair way to
After a two-year battle in Con
becoming the largest seamen's union gress, the bill was signed by Presi
in the world." This prediction was dent Wilson on March 4, 1915.
actually realized in World War I.
The ISU supported a determined
Correction
effort to improve the conditions of
In the first installment of the Union
seamen through Congressional
hbtory, SlU Log, June issue, the fourth
legislation eliminating abuses which
paragraph in the third column should read:
had plagued the seamen's lot for
in the following year, seamen on steamships
formed
the Steamship Sailor's Protective
generations. This battle was spear
Association,
which merged in 1891 with the
headed by Andrew Fiiruseth, Wash
Coast Seamen's Unipn under the name
ington representative of the Sailor's
Sailors Union of the Pacific.
Union of the Pacific since 1893 and
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home again till I was a
come
home in glory."
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exam for First Class Pilot! At
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Irvin Joseph Gorgas, 55, joined the
SIU in 1944 in the port of New York
sailing in the deck departmenu
Brother Gorgas is a veteran of the
U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He was born in Chicago, 111. and is a
resident of Mandeville, La.
Robert Fitzgibbons Grant, 64,
joined the SIU in 1947 in the port o£.
New York sailing as a chief steward.
Brother Grant hit the bricks in both
the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef
and the 1962 Robin Line strike. He is
a former member of the Amalga
mated Butchers Union. Seafarer
Grant is a wounded veteran of the
U.S. Army Infantry in World War 11.
Born in Oblong, 111., he is a resident
of Houston.
Joseph Ernest Hannon, 64, joined
the SIU in 1938 in the port of Mobile
sailing as a chief steward. Brother
Hannon was bom in Mobile and is a
resident there.
Sanford Kemp, 55, joined the SIU
in the pOrt of Savannah, Ga. in 1960
sailing as a chief cooL. Brother Kemp
sailed 29 years. He is also a florist.
Seafarer Kemp is a veteran of the
U.S. I^Iavy in the Korean War. A
native of Lyons, Ga., he is a resident
of Statesbori), Ga.
Jiian Gomez Rios, 65, joined the
SIU in 1939 in the port of Philadel
phia sailing as an oiler and firemanwatertender. Brother Rios sailed 44
years. He was born in Fajardo, P.R.
and is a resident there.
Warren Conner, 62, joined theSIU
in 1938 in the port of Philadelphia
sailing as a bosun. Brother Conner
was bom in Bath, N.Y. and is a
resident of New Orleans.
Bjarne Jensen, 65, joined the SIU
in 1947 in the port of Baltimore
sailing,as a fireman-watertender.
Brother Jensen sailed 49 years. He
was born in Ostre Aker, Oslo,
Norway and is a naturalized U.S.
citizen. Seafarer Jensen is a resident
of Seattle.
Angelo Meglio, 61, joined the SIU
in 1940 in the port of New York
sailing as a chief electrician and
QMED. Brother Meglio was a crane
maintenance electrician on the SeaLand and Puerto Rico Marine
Shoregangs, Port Elizabeth-, N.J.
from 1976 to 1980. He walked the
picketline in the 1962 Robin Line
strike, and he attended the UnionMEBA School of Marine Engineer
ing. Brooklyn. N.Y. Seafarer Meglio
was elected to the SIL) Quarterly
Finance Committee in 1976. In 1972.
he upgraded at Piney Point. A native
of Brooklyn, he is a resident of
Piscataway. N.J.
I
Dominick M. Ravosa, 68. joined
the SIU in 1946 in the port of New
York sailing as a chief cook. Brother
Ravosa sailed'36 years. Healso wasa
ship's delegate and sailed in the
H Vietnam War. Born, in Massachu
setts, he is a resident of Houston. .
Walter Beyer, 62, joined the SI U in
1940 in the port of Savannah sailing
as a fireman-watertender. Brother
Beyer was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and
is a resident of New Orleans.
PensiaTSrsComer
Erik Aleksander Heimila, 64,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1968 sailing as an AB.
Brother Heimila is a veteran of the
Finnish Coast Guard before World
War 11. He was born in Finland, is a
naturalized U.S. citizen and is a
resident of RonkonkOma', L.I., N.Y.
Harold Mack Gooding, 64, joined
"the SIU in the port of Jacksonville in
1970. Brother Gooding sailed 15
years. He is a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War H. Born in
Florida, he is a resident of Jackson
ville.
John Edward Adams, 52, joined
the SI U in the port of New Orleans in
1954 sailing as a chief steward since
" 1964. Brother Adams sailed 32 years.
JS He is a former member of the Marine
Allied Workers Union. Seafarer
^ Adams was born in New Orleans and
is a resident there.
•
Victor Ludwig Johnson, 65, joined
the Union in the port of Detroit in
1960 sailing as an AB and wheelsman
for the Reiss and American Steam
ship Cos. Brother Johnson sailed 31
years. He was born in Michigan and
is a resident of River Rapid, Mich.
Recertified Bosun Daniel David
Backrak, 55, joined the SIU in the
port of Baltimore in 1955. Brother
Backrak sailed 28 years and during
the Vietnam War. He graduated
from the Union's Recertified Bosuns
Program in 1975. Seafarer Backra*is
a veteran of the U.S. Army in World
War 11. Born in South Dakota, he is a
resident of Reno, Nev.
Linwood L. Bowden', 64, retired in
:Jurie 1979. Brother Bowden joined
. the Union in the port of Norfolk
i sailing in the inland field. He is a
g resident of Norfolk.
Wilbur Elmer Coiitant, 58, joined
the SIU in 1943 in the port of Mobile
sailing as a bosun. Brother Coutant
sailed 44 years. He hit the bricks in
the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef.
Seafarer Coutant was born in Hon
duras, Central America. He is a
resident of Corpus Christi, Tex.
Pazcly Van Millican,64, joined the
SIU in 1943 in the port of Norfolk
sailing as a fireman-watertender.
Brother Van Millican sailed 47 years.
He was also an engine delegate.
Seafarer Vaii Millican was on the
picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor
beef. A native of Leland, N.C., he is a
resident of Virginia Beach, Va.
James Michael Faust, 68, joined
the SIU in the port of New York in
1960 sailing as a chief electrician and
QMED. Brother Faust sailed 39
years. He also sailed during the
Korean War. Seafarer Faust grad
uated frpm the Union MEBA Dis
trict 2 School of Marine Engineering,
Brooklyn, N.Y. as a 2nd assistant
engineer in 1966. Faust also took
LNG training. He is a veteran of the
U.S. Air Force. A native of Downington. Pa., he is,a resident of
Baltimore.
Jesse Garland Hassell, 62, joined
the Union in the port of Baltimore in
1958 sailing as a chief engine^ for the
Independent Towing Co. from 1963
to 1972, GATCO in 1957 and lOT
from 1954 to 1957. He was a former
member of the IBL, Districts 50 and
333, Local 1800. Boatman Hassell is
a veteran of the U.S. Army during
World War II. Born in Elizabeth
City, N.C., he. is a resident of
Claymont, Del.
Joseph George Gorofinkle; 64,'
"joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1954 sailing as a cook, waiter
and bartender for 28 year^. Brother
Gorofinkle sailed aboard the Delta
Line. He also upgradcd^at the HLS.
Seafarer Gorofinkle was born in
Brooklyn, N.Y., he is a resident of
New Orleans.
Vernon E. Guidley, 65, joined the
Union in the port of Norfolk in 1967
.sailing as a chief engineer. Brother
_Guidley sailed for McAllister Bro
thers from 1967 to 1972. He was a
member of the Engineers Union,
Local No. 9 from 1951 to 1964. He is
a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard in
World War H. A native of Cape
Hatteras, Buxton, N.C., he is a
resident of Chesapeake, Va.
Thomas Edgar Frazier, 56, joined
the SIU in 1947 in the port of
Baltimore sailing as a deck engineer.
Brother Frazier sailed 36 years. He
attended the MEBA School of
Marine Engineering, Brooklyn, N.Y.
in 1966. He is a veteran of the D.S.
Navy in World War II. Seafarer
Frazier was bom in Virginia and is a
resident of Elk ton, Va.
Manuel Enrique F. Alonso, 65,
joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of
New York sailing as a bosun. Brother
Alonso hit the bricks in the 1961
Greater N.Y. Harbor beef and the
1965 District Council 37 strike. He
was born in Puerto Rico and is a
resident of Lake Hopatcong, N.J.
Herman T. Wilkerson, 60, joined
the SIU in 1945,in the port of Mobile
sailing as a chief pumpman and LNG
QMED. Brother Wilkerson sailed .35
years. He upgraded at the HLS in
1973. 1974 and 1975. Seafarer
Wilkerson is a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War II. He was born
in Alabama and is a resident of
fheodore. Ala.
Paul Brantley Powell, 55, joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in
1958 sailjng as a deckhand for the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
.„(C4i;ORR) from ^^956 to 1980.
Brother Powell is a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. He was
born in North Carolina and is a
resident of Hampton, Va.
32 / LOG / September 1980
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SlU Rebuffs Misguided Missile in Ship Mag
xile searching for anawprttnfUo
While
answers to the
\many problems plaguing the U.S.
I maritime industry, an editorial in the
\ monthly magazine American
jShipper drew sdme misguided
fconclusions.
He editorial in the magazine's
\Jal% 1980 edition titled "A Ship in
\Need of Direction," was, itself, in
I need of a guiding light. The magazine
\claimed that the U.S. maritime
I industry would be more competitive
if U.S. maritime unions would agree
I to reduce manning scales.
Not so, said SIU President Frank
I Drozak. In a strong, well-docu
mented reply to American Shipper'^'
July editorial, Drozak set the record
straight regarding the SIU'sposition
I on manning.
The arguments contained in
Drozak's statement, which appeared
on page 2 of American Shipper'^
September issue, were so ironclad
that the magazine's editor wasforced
to concede: "Frank Drozak'spoint is
well taken."
Reprinted below is Drozak's
"Letter to the Editor" of American
Shipper, in its. entirety. Also reI printed is the response to Drozak's
letter from the magazine's editor,
David A. Howard.
"You make a statement in your
July 1980 editorial, "A Ship in Need
of Direction,' to which 1 must take
strong exception. I am referring to
your observation that "American
maritime labor must become com
petitive" by "changing manning
requirements written into labor
u
While there may be some isolated
instances where a vessel is overmanned, as a general rule, manning
levels are not the problem for
operators that they once may have
been. American labor has been
acutely sensitive to the need of our
industry to be competitive. Speakmg for our own organization, it
ought to be noted for the record that
we have been aggressive in working
with management to develop manning scales that enable them to
compete, consistent with our conearn for crew safety.
The growth in our productivity
compares Very favorably with that
of other American industries. Let
me just cite a few specific instances.
In 1946, a T-2 tanker could move
390 deadweight tons (dwt) per man.
Today a VLCC can carry 9,464 dwt
per man, and a ULCC can carry as
much as 13,929 dwt per crewman.
The 1946 T-2 tanker called for a
crew of 41 to move 16,000 dwt. The
modem ULCC calls for only 28 men
to move 390,000 dwt.
This increase in productivity
extends to all types of vessels. For
example, a 1946 Victory ship
required 44 men to haul 10,000 tons
of cargo. Today's containerships
need only 38 crewmen to move
27,000 tons. A 1946 tug used 24 men
to move 5,000 dwt; a modern
towboat can move 45,000 dwt with
nine crewmen.
That there are limits to which crew
size can be reduced is universally
acknowledged by the industry. Here
is what an objective source, the
British publication Fairplay International Shipping Weekly, said of
this matter earlier this year:
On the vexed subject of crew
reduction, dare we suggest that
there is probably little room for
further, reduction... . Sooner or
later we have to consider the
social problems of having a dozen
men in a gigantic empty ship,
rather like lighthouse keepers,
and also the relative costs of
maintenance ashore and afloat
could itself halt the trend. Sooner
or later there is going to be a
casualty where the cause will be
ascribed to undermanning; and
insurance interests. we can as
sume, will not be silent over such
issues.
Even if safety were not an issue,
even if crew sizes could be cut in half,
the problems of the American
merchant marine would not be
solved. There is a whole range of
reasons why the U.S. fleet is in
trouble, including one very large one
that your editorial overlooks: the
world of international shipping is
not a free marketplace. So long as .
the U.S. clings to the myth that it is.
we are going to be in trouble. In any
event, I want the record to be clear
that our organization has been fully
aware of the need of the American
operator to be competitive in the
world marketplace and we act
accordingly.'
Train Relief Crews for S.S. Oceanic Independence
Relief crews for the Oceanic
Independence are being trained
at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point to
insure the continued high quality
of seamanship and service
aboard this American-flag cruise
ship sailing in the islands of
Hawaii.
The first of the relief crews
j completed their training late last
month, and another group of
cooks and waiters is scheduled to
arrive in Piney Point to begin
training Sept. 8.
HLSS Vice President Frank Mongelli says "Aloha!" as the first of the relief crews
for the Oceanic Independence arrive at HLSS for training.
•aMdin ReMtllr Gmt UkB
JULY I-31,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
**REGISTEREDON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Algonac(Hdqs.)
72
27
76
82
4
56
16
1
31
20
12
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Algonacfhdqs.)
30
43
19
•
35
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Aigonac (Hdqs.)
21
11
37
0
3:
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Algonac(Hdqs.)..........
40
98
16
0
0
0
46
74
40
Totals All Departments
153
153
22
140
154
5
Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
136
112
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Following is a reply to Drozak's
letter from David A. Howard, editor
of Xht Am^ican Shipper. '
Frank Drozak's point is well
taken.
In private discussions, I have
often expressed the wish that other
maritime unions were as cooperative
as the SIU in the effort to maintain a
helathy, competitive American
merchant marine. I share the belief
of many leaders that collapse of the
Omnibus Maritime Reform Bill in
Congress might have been prevented
if Drozak's predecessor, Paul Hall,
had been in good health and able to
keep the labor unions united with
management in trying to get new
legislation passed for the benefit of
all.
- Drozak is an able successor to
Paul Hall as leader of the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Council and presi
dent of the SIU. It is unfortunate
that Hall's terminal illness and the
change in leadership had to come at
such a crucial time for the industry.
The shipyard boilermaker union
led the fight against the omnibus bill
and made it politically impossible to
heal fhe wounds this year. This
should have been obvious to regular
readers of ''American Shipper"
during the past six months.
David A. Howard, editor
American Shipper
USr Atlantic Crew
Gives $300 to Cancer
Fund For Paul Hall
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Overseas Alaska, Cove
Navigator Crews Give
$300 to Cancer Fund
in Memory of Paul Hall
The crews of the Overseas Alaska
and the Cove Navigator donated a
total of $300 to the Cancer Fund in
memory of our late president Paul
Hall.
The Overseas Alaska crew do
nated $180 to the American Cancer
Society, Brooklyn Unit. Along with
the donation the crew sent a letter to
Headquarters, saying: "We of the
ST Overseas Alaska wish to send
our condolences to the Hall family
upon their great loss and the loss of
our leader, Mr. Paul Hall."
The crew of the Cove Navigator
donated $120 to the CanceL Re
search Fund at the Methodist
Hospital in Houston in honor of
Paul Hall.
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The crew of the UST Atlantic
has donated $300 in memory of our
late President Paul Half to the
American Cancer Society, New
York Division.
Ship's chairman Don Fleming put
a note of condolence to Brother
Hall's family along with the crew's
donation. Similar donations have
come from many SIU ships as well
as individuals in memory of Paul
Hall.
September 1980 / LOG / 33
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CAGUAS (Puerto Rico Marine),
July 20—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
C. L. Gonzalez; Secretary C. Jones;
Engine Delegate Benjamin Davis. $95 in
ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman
thanked all those men who helped by
donating money for a condolence cable
when news of Paul Hall's passing was
received. Reported that everyone felt
deep regret over the death of Paul Hall.
Also, we would like to send a con
dolence note of sympathy to Paul Hall's
' wife. -^My D6ar Rose: Please accept our
sincere syifipathy, for you in your
sorrow.. Fondly, Chairman and crew of
the SS Caguas." The Log was received
and passed around for; all to read.
I
BROOKLYN (Bay Tankers), June
29—Chairman F. Schwarz; Secretary T.
Bolton; Educational Director E. Wash
ington; Deck Delegate Stanley F.
Williams. $24 ii^hip's fund. No
disputed OT. Chai™an reported that
the flag was lowered to half mast for
Paul Hall. The entire crew sends its
condolences. Educational Director
reminded the cr^w that Piney Point is
open to all departments and that there
are application forins on board. Upgradirtg yourself means money in your
pocket. Observed one minute of silence
in memory of our departed brothers.
Next stop the Persian Gulf.
SEA-LAND PACER (Sea-Land
Service), June 29—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun Ward M. Wallace, Secretary
D. Chafin; Educational Director J.T.
McParland; Engine Delegate Charles
Pick en. No disputed OT. $10 in ship's
fund. Chairman reported that a week
ago "we lost one of the greatest men in
the labor movement by the death of
Brother and President Paul Hall. We of
the SIU will miss his leadership very
much. I also will miss him as a personal
friend of many years." Report to Log;
"A special minute of silence was stood
for Brother and President Paul Hall."
BANNER (Interocean Mgt.), June
29—Chairman L. C. Rich; Secretary
Frank Nigro; Educational Director W.
Beatty; Engine Delegate Daniel Breaux.
$71 in ship's fundi No disputed OT.
Chairman reported the bad news of our
President Paul Hall passing away.
When report was received, deepest
regrets were sent to headquarters.
Educational Director reported that
safety during a spill very important and
while we were in Guatanamo Bay, Cuba
a line ashore broke and the general
alarm was not sounded. Sortie men
never knew we had an emergency.
MONTIGELLO VICTORY (Victory
Fortunately all went well but in the
Carriers), June 26—Chairman F. J.
future the general alarm should be
Smith; Secretary J. Higgins; Educa
sounded so as to let everyone be ,, tional Director J. Spell; Steward
prepared for the worst and for the safety
Delegate Rayfield Crawford. $27.39 in
of all. One minute of silence was held in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine
memory of our departed brothers and
and steward departments. Chairman
an extra minute in memory of our ^ reported that flowers were sent to our
departed President Paul Hall.
beloved leader Paul Hall who passed
JOHN TYLER (Waterman Steam away on June 22. A special vote of
thanks was extended by the crew to the
ship), Chairman O. Pitfield; Secretary
Raynor. No disputed OT. Chairman steward department; to the steward for
reported on the passing of Paul Hall and his menus, the cooks for the preparation
and the messman for the service,
a message was sent to family. He will be
missed by all. Observed an extra minute especially with ten dxtra men aboard
of silence in his memory.
cleaning tanks. '
Santa Isabel Committee
Recertified Bosun Peter Sernyk (sitting right) ship's chairman of the SS Santa
Isabel (Delta Line) leads the Ship's Committee at a payoff on Aug. 7 at Port
Newark, N.J. They are (sitting left) Chief Steward E.D. Sims, secretary-reporter
and (standing I. to r.) Engine Delegate Richard Smallwood and AB Tony Ferrara,
deck delegate.
34 / LOG / September 1980
OVERSEAS ALICE (Maritime
Overseas), June 29—Chairman, Recer
tified Bosun William E. Reeves; Secre
tary A. Salem; Educational Director
George Kugler; Deck Delegate Norman
R. Wright; Engine Delegate Heriberto
Miranda; Steward Delegate Linton
Taylor. $102.25 in ship's fund. No
disputed OT. Chairrnan reported that
the flag was flown at half mast in respect
to SIU President Paul Hall. We lost a
great leader. All stood up in silent
prayer for' our departed President.
Noted that all seafarers should go to
Piney Point to get their lifeboatman
endorsement because priority is given to
seamen who possess lifeboatmen en
dorsements from the Coast Guard. A
vote of thanks to the steward depart
ment for a Job well done. Observed one
minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers. Next port Freeport,
Texas.
MASSACHUSETTS (Interocean
Mgt.), June 29—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun William L. Tillman; Secretary
W. Smith; Educational Director A1
Tatum; Deck Delegate Joseph McDougall. $13 in ship's fund. NodisputedOT.
Chairman sent a wire to headquarters
with a sympathy message for the family
of our late President Paul Hall, from the
officers and the crew. A vote of thanks
to the steward department for a Job well
done. Next port San Francisco.
SEA-LAND ANCHORAGE (SeaLand Service), June 23—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun L. E.-Joseph; Secre
tary C. Veazie. Some disputed OT in
deck department. The Captain in
formed the crew of the passing of
President Paul Hall. The crew of the SS
Anchorage would like to extend to
Brother Paul Hall's family and friends
their most warm hearted condolences.
We will now stand a special minute of
silence for our dear departed Brother
Paul Hall, president of our Union.
Report to Log: "A special minute of
silence was stood by the eritire crew of
the SS Anchorage in respect for Paul
Hall a true friend of the American
Seaman." Next port Elizabeth.
COVE ENGINEER (Cove Ship
ping), June 29—Chairman, Recertified
BosUn W. J. Bobalek; Secretary T. J.
Smith; Educational Director M. Wil
liams; Deck Delegate L. S. Gumm;
Engine Delegate E. Marinage; Steward
Delegate D. E. Emory. NodisputedOT.
A telegram was sent to Paul Hall's
family offering condolences for their
loss. Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers and
our President Paul Hall.
SEA-LAND ADVENTURER (SeaLand Service), June 29—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun J. San Filippo;
Secretary L. Lamphere. $8.42 in ship's
fund. No disputed OT. Chairman
reported that the flag was flown at half
mast in memory of our President Paul
Hall. A condolence telegram was sent to
the family. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a Job well done.
Next port Elizabeth.
SEA-LAND DEFENDER (SeaLand Service)—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun John Carey; Secretary D. L.
Thompson; Educational Director
George Roy. $115 in movie fund. No
disputed OT. The telegram advising of
the death of Paul Hall was read and a
telegram of condolence was sent to Mrs.
Hall. Observed one extra minute of
silence in his memory.
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SEA-LAND CONSUMER (SeaLand Service), June, 29—Chairman
Fred Rivera; Secretary Leon Webb;
Educational Director D. J. Rowe; Deck
Delegate Charles Spence; Engine
Delegate Bennie Drumgoole; Steward
Delegate E. Hawkins. No disputed OT.
Chairman gave a report on President
Paul Hall's death and how he will be
missed. A vote of thanks to the crew for
their fine cooperation.
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DEL VALLE (Delta Steamship),
June 29—Chairman Robert G. Lawson;
Educational Director Edward Bliss;
Deck Delegate Cesar Guiterrea; Engine
Delegate Charles Johnson; Steward
Delegate Claude Hollings Jr. Some
disputed OT in engine department.
Chairman reported on the passing of
Paul Hall. All paused an extra minute
for our late President Paul Hall when
the meeting adjourned. The steward
department sends their deepest sym
pathy for our late President Paul Hall.
He crammed every bit of his life into our
merchant niarine. We flew our flag at
half mast for twenty four hours to sho\y
our respect for Paul Hall. Next port
New Orleans.
OGDEN TRAVELER (Ogden Maripe), June 29—Chairman S. L. Coker;
Secretary A. W. Hutchereon; Educa
tional Director J.E. Tyson; Engine
Delegate Ray Daniels. $85 in ship's
fund. Some disputed OT in deck
department. Chairman reported on the
death of President Paul Hall and noted
that Brother Frank Drozak will be
President until the election in Novem
ber. All offered their condolences to
Paul Hall's family. A vote of thanks to
the steward department for a Job well
done. Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.
PHILADELPHIA (Sea-Land Ser
vice), June 29^Chairman, Recertified
Bosun. William O'Connor; Secretary
PauL Lopez; Educational Director
Kasimirs Abarons; Deck Delegate "Basil
Stolen; Enginie Delegate Ken Troutt;
Steward Delegate JeffeVson Buchana.
No disputed OT. $72 in ship's fund.
Chairman reported that our President
Paul Hall died Sunday, June 22, at 2:00
PM. Condolences were extended to his
family. Extended a vote of confidence to
Brother Frank Drozak. Observed one
extra minute of silence in honor of our
recent departed President, Paul Hall.
Next port Anchorage.
COVE EXPLORER (Cove Ship
ping), June 29—Chairman J. Bermudez;
Secretary C. Miles; Educational Direc
tor D. E. Guajardo; Deck Delegate
JoJin Chestnut; Engine Delegate J.
Collins. No disputed OT. Chairman
reported the following: "Visions of
things to be done will come a lot sooner
than the way of doing them becomes
clear, but don't distrust the vision.
Thank God, Paul Hall never distrusted
the vision. We have a great Union, now
let's get behind Brother Drozak and
make it greater. Flag was flown at half
staff in memory of our late President."
A vote of thanks to everyone connected
with the around-the-clock butterworthing and tank cleaning operations. A vote
of thanks to the steward department for
a Job well done particularly the hot mid
night lunches. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers. An additional minute of
silence was observed in memory of
President and Brother Paul Hall. Next
port Tampa.
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SEA-LAND LEADER (Sea-Land
Service), July 13—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun J. Puglisi; Secretarty T.
Maley; Educational Director C. J.
Gallagher; Steward Delegate James
Jackson; Deck Delegate Patrick Wil
kinson. $101 in ship's fund. Some
disputed OT in deck, engine and
steward department. Chairman com
mented briefly on the cooperation of the
crew in the smooth running of the ship
as a fine tribute to the memory and
remarkable efforts of the late Paul Hall
to improve the United States Merchant
Marine. Secretary reminded all crewmembers that forms for application to
the Harry Lundeberg School for
upgrading are on board and available.
Also change of address and benefit
forms. A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done.
Unanimous vote of thanks and confi
dence in President Frank Drozak for his
leadership in difficult time now and in
the years ahead.
PUERTO RICO (Puerto Rico
Marine), July II—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun P. Goethe; Secretary A.
Ridgeway; Educational Director J.
Barry. $23.35' in ship's fund. No
disputed OT. Chairman advised the
members of several bills that are now in
Congress that will benefit seamen.
Requested that everyone study these
bills and let your senator or congress
man know about them and how you
feel. A vote of thanks to the steward
department.
POTOMAC (Ogden Marine), July
20—Chairman R. Gibbons; Secretary
C. Gibson; Educational Director Har
vey N. Foster; Steward Delegate
Clarence Lacey. No disputed OT.
Brother Don Wursh spoke on the
importance of SPAD and said: "I would
like to encourage each and everyone of
you to not only donate to SPAD but to
learn more politics and our form of
government." A vote of thanks to the
chief steward.
DEL ORO (Delta Steamship), July
6—Chairman R. Garcia; Secretary
William Hawkins; Steward Delegate
Kenneth Wyatt. No disputed OT.
Educational Director spoke on the
benefits of upgrading at Piney Point.
Chairman extended a word of gratitude
from one and all for Paul Hall and all
that he did and accomplished for not
only the SI U but for the whole maritime
industry. A vote of thanks and a vote of
confidence in the new leadership. A vote
of thanks to the first assistant and
steward for showing movies and making
popcorn. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers, especially for Paul Hall.
POINT SUSAN (Point. Shipping),
July 20—Chairman C. Dockrey; Secre
tary L. Gadson; Deck Delegate W.
Sorenson. $2 in ship's fund. No disputed
OT. Chairman encouraged all members
who qualify to upgrade at Piney Point.
You can then qualify in more fields and
have a better opportunity to get jobs and
make more money. All communications
received were read and posted. The Log
was received in Israel. A vote of thanks
from the crew to the steward depart
ment for a job well done. Next port
Savannah.
SEA-LAND PATRIOT (Sea-Land
Service), July 13—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun James J. Boland; Secretary
H. Strauss; Educational Director W. H.
Walton. No disputed OT. Everyone
saddened by the telegram that was
received informing us of Paul Hall's
death. A moment of silence in memory
of our great President Paul Hall. A vote
of thanks to the steward department for
a job well done. Next port Long Beach.
TRANSCOLUMBIA (Hudson Wa
terways), July 20—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun Glenn Stanford; Secretary
Floyd Mitchell Jr.; Educational Direc
tor Rubert Villagran; Deck Delegate
Charles H. Kahl; Engine Delegate H. R.
Mullett; Steward Delegate Louie E.
Hudson. No disputed OT. The only
communication that was received on
this voyage was the notification of the
death of President Paul Hall. A moment
of silence was held in his memory. The
membership hopes that the Union will
continue to progress under the new
leadership as it has done in the past
under the leadership of Paul Hall. A
vote of thanks to the steward depart
ment for a job well done. Next port
Norfolk.
BAVAMON (Puerto Rico Marine),
July 17—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
OGDEN CHAMPION (Ogden
Dimas Mendoza; Secretary J. R. Colls;
Marine), July 20—Chairman, Recerti
Educational Director R. Ulatowski;
fied Bosun John Little; Secretary B.
Deck Delegate Charles Maynard; En
Guarino;
Educational Director H. G.
gine Delegate Rafael Garcia; Steward
Sanford; Deck Delegate George B.
Delegate Armando Frissosa. $2.50 in
McCurley; Engine Delegate F. Jones;
ship's fund. No disputed OT. Everyone
Steward
Delegate H. McBride. No
stood one minute of silence in memory
disputed OT. All communications
MOUNT WASHINGTON (Victory of our President Paul Hall a great man
received were read and posted. Chair
.
and
a
great
leader.
Want
to
wish
Brother,
Carriers), July 7—Chairman, Recerti
man reported that the ship will pay off
Frank Drozak good luck while taking
fied Bosun J. D. Moore; Secretary M. P.
this trip in Bayfown. Every member who
care of our Union as he has been doing
Cox; Educational Director E. Blanqualifies should take advantage of the
since our late President got sick. A vote
chard. Some disputed OT in deck
upgrading school at Piney Point.
of thanks to the steward department.
department. Chairman gave a vote of
Discussed
the importance of donating
Next port San Juan.
thanks and one minute of silence in
to SPAD. $200 in movie fund.
honor of Paul Hall for all the things he
OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden
OVERSEAS NATALIE (Maritime
did for the benefit of seamen and the Marine), July 29—Chairman, Recerti
Overseas), July 3—Chairman Fred S.
labor movement in general. As a man fied Bosun Arthur Campbell; Secretary
Sellman; Secretary David Bronstein;
and labor leader, he will be missed by George Luke; Educational Director
Educational Director Jessie King. $212
all. Next port Baton Rouge.
Joel Spell; Deck Delegate John,Donald
in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in
son; Steward Dejegate Willie E. Smith.
SEA-LAND MARKET (Sea-Land
deck department. Chairman advised
No disputed OT. Chairman reported
Service), July 27—Chairman, Recerti that a message was received about the
that no launch service was available
fied Bosun William Kleimola; Engine death of our President Paul Hall.
this far out in Panama. The crew was
Delegate Dan DiMarco. No disputed
cautioned about smoking on deck and
Everyone was sorry to hear of his
OT. Chairman reported that the crew of
being considerate of those sleeping. A
passing as we will all feel a great loss. He
the Market was saddened to hear of the did so much for our Union. The ship's
vote of thanks to the steward depart
Io.ss of our President Paul Hall and wish
ment. Observed one minute of silence in
flag was put at half mast and prayers
the best of luck to our new leader, Frank were said in respect for our leader.
memory of our departed brothers.
Drozak. Observed one minute of silence Secretary reported that we got a new
HOUSTON (Sea-Land Service). July
in memory of our departed brothers.
man from Piney Point, Benny Herring18—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
ton, serving as crew messman. He is
Manuel Sanchez; Secretary Humberto
OGDEN YUKON (Ogden Marine),
Ortiz; Deck Delegate Ernesto Erazo;
June 15 —Chairman R. Pukham; Secre- doing a very good job. A vote of thanks
to steward department for a j^^well
Steward Delegate Pedro Laboy. No
'nry R. Singleton; Steward Delegate
done.
Next port Baton Rouge.
disputed OT. Chairman suggests that
Chester Mo.ss. $8 in ship's fund. No
those who qualify fill out their applicatlisputed OT. Chairman held a discusZAPATA ROVER (Zapata Tank
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tidn on time to upgrade. Secretary gave
ers), June 29 Chairman K. Koutouras.
, sion on upgrading at Piney Point. The
a discussion on the importance of
No disputed OT. Chairman spoke on
was received and a maritime
donating to SPAD. It is helpful to our
the loss that will be felt by all with the
newsletter was included which everyone
representatives in Washington to get
passing of Paul Hall. A vote of thanks to
read. A vote of thanks to the Company
more
jobs and more security. A vote of
the steward' department for a job well
fi'r installing a VP 211.0 Video Cassette
thanks to the steward department for a
done. The new LOK was received on
''hiyer. A vote of thanks to the steward
job
well done.
'lepartment. Next port San Francisco.
June 18. .
NEWARK (Sea-Land Service), July
27—Chairman, Recertified Bosun D.
Manning; Secretary E. Heniken; Educa
tional Director H. Lane. Chairman
noted the importance of donating to
SPAD. Advised crewmembers that
USPHS has a new toll free number to
call from any place, it is 800-231-1447.
Secretary has forms for all those who
wish to go to Piney Point to upgrade. If
you are qualified it is to your advantage.
A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done.
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TAURUS (Energy Trans. Corp.),
July 13—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
R. Schwarz; Secretary J. Speller;
Educational Director D. Terry. No
disputed OT. Chairman held a discus
sion on the importance of donating to
SPAD and how it works for the interest
of the maritime workers and us as
seamen. A vote of thanks to the steward
department and all the extra work put
into the pool party.
FLORA (Hawaiian Eugenia Corp.),
July 13—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
Wm. Robinson. Some disputed OT in
deck and steward departments. Chair
man had a talk on the passing of Paul
Hall and of some of the many great
things he did for this Union and how we
now number among the best of Unions
because of him. Observed one minute of
silence in his memory.
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Official ship's minutes were also
received from the following vessels. The
minutes from each ship listed below
noted with regret the passing of Paul
Hall and expressed sympathy to his
family. The limits of space did not
permit all to be printed but all for sure
were read.
Columbia
Point Julie
Aquadilla
Poet
Cove Sailor
UST Pacific
Lionheart
del Rio
Santa Cruz
Penny
Jeff Davis
Delta Sud
Cove Spirit
Santa Adela
Zapata Patriot
Walter Rice
Del Mundo
Jacksonville
Arecibo
Achilles
Stuyvesant
Inger
Santa Elena
Del Campo
Brooks Range
Rose City
Ogden Wabash
Carolina
Thomas Nelson
Council Grove
LNG Aquarius
Santa Barbara
Borinquen
Santa Lucia
Tampa
Santa Clara
Cove Leader
Pisces
Delta Norte
Portland
Cantigny
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Sea-Land Galloway
Overseas Washington
Overseas Harriette
Ogden Leader
Manhattan
Sea—Land Finance .
Sea-Land Trade
Tamara Guilden
Mayaguez
American Heritage
Golden Monarch
Ogden Challenger
Sea-Land Pioneer
Baltimore
Santa Mercedes
Sea-Land Liberator
Golden Endeavor
Westward Venture
Del Viento
Sea-Land Economy
Zapata Ranger
Mount Washington
Transcolorado
Sea-Land Explorer
Sea-Land Exchange
Council Grove
Ultra Sea
Sea-Land McLean
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
LNG Virgo
Overseas Vivian
Overseas Alaska
Overseas Ulla
LNG Gemini
Sea-Land Producer
Overseas Joyce
Capricorn
Sea-Land Commerce
Ogden Charger
UST Atlantic
September 1980 / LOG / 35
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Mark Thaddeu»
Clark, 23, grad
uated
as a
trainee from the
HLS in 1978. In
1979, he up
graded to AB
there as well as
taking LNG.
Brother Clark has ridden the LJVGs
Leo and Aries (Energy Transport).
He holds the CPR, firefighting and
lifeboat endorsements. Clark
studied Business Administration for
three years at the Brookdale CC
Junior College. A native of
Brooklyn, N.Y., he lives there ahd
ships out of the port of New York.
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James Edward
Harris, 22, is a
1978 graduate of
Piney Point. He
upgraded there
the same year
to 3rd cook.
Brother Harris
has sailed as an
assistant cook on the LNGs Aries.
Aquarius and Libra (Energy
Transport). He has earned the CPR,
firefighting and lifeboat tickets.
Harris was born in the port of Mo
bile where he lives and ships out
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Robert Kent Seratt
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Robert Kent
Seratt, 26, grad
uated from the
HLS in 1975.
He upgraded to
AB there in
LI978. Brother
Seratt rode the
C5 Long Lines
in 1976. He is a former member of
the Laborers Union, local 333. His
rancher grandfather is Seafarer
John Castelberry. Seratt has the
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR
tickets. When not sailing, he attends
the University of Montana in
Missoula as a junior studying
Spanish. He also hunts and rides
horses and cars. A native of Hemet,
Calif., he lives in Trout Creek,
Mont, and ships from most ports.
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James Chester Allen
Seafarer
James Chester
Allen, 22, grad
uated from the
Harry Lundeberg School
(HLS) Piney
Point, Md. En
try Trainee Pro
gram in 1978.
Last year he upgraded to firemanwatertender (PCWT) there. Brother
Alfen earned his firefighting,
lifeboat and cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) tickets. He is
also an auto mechanic. His father is
Seafarer Chester Allen. Born in
Anderson, N.C., he lives in and ships
out of the port of Baltimore.
Michael Patrick Donlon
Seafarer
Michael Patrick
Donlon, 25, sails
in the engine
department as a
FOWT, a rating
he got with Reef
er Engineer and
Pumpman
in
1978. He gradu
ated from the H LS Trainee Program
in 1977. Brother Donlon also
attended the SlU Automation
Program. He has ridden the LNG
Capricorn (Energy Transport) and
sailed inland oUt of the port of St.
Louis as a deckhand on the tug Tow
V. McArdle. Donlon served three
years with the Junior Reserve
Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
and is a former member of the Retail
Meatcutters Union in 1972. He was
an apprentice carpenter and is an
amateur fisherman. His cousin is
Seafarer Jim Van Blarcorn. He has
the CPR, lifeboat and firefighting
tickets. He lives and ships out of the
port of New York.
Frederick Reyes Jr.
Seafarer
Frederick Reyes
Jr., 27, gradu
ated from Piney
Point in 1973.
He received his
fireman and
oiler endorse
ments there in
1974. In 1976,
he got his LNG ticket and in 1977 he
upgraded to QMED. Brother Reyes
since 1978 has been riding the LNGs
Virgo and Gemini (Energy Trans
port). Reyes holds the CPR, lifeboat
and firefighting endorsements. He
hopes to sit for his license next year.
Newly married, his wife's name is
Lydia. He's the third generation of
seamen in his family, all members of
the SlU. His grandfather, a charter
member of the Union, was sailing in
1921. His father is Seafarer
Frederick Reyes Sr. and his uncles.
Seafarers Francisco Morciglio
and Carnelo Reyes. Born in the
Bronx. N.Y.C., he lives and ships
out of the port of New York.
Vincente Penzort Guzman
Seafarer
Vincente Pen
zort Guzman,
48, started sail
ing with the SIU
in 1969 out of
the port of New
York as an AB.
He now sails as
a 3rd cook.
Brother Guzman has the firefight
ing, lifeboat and CPR endorse
ments. Guzman was born in Puerto
Rico, lives and ships out of the port
of New York.
Jonathan Ordway Haight
Seafarer
Jo h n at ha n
"Jock" Ordway
Haight, 29, grad
uated third in a
class of 105,
from the HLS
Entry Program
in 1972. He upgraded to
QMED there last year and got his
LNG training too. Brother Haight
holds the firefighting, lifeboat and
CPR endorsements. He was born in
Princeton, N.J., lives in Key West,
Fla. and ships out of all ports.
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Seafarer
Daniel Arthur
Kayser, 21, grad
uated from the
HLS in 1978.
He upgraded to
AB there the
same year and
has his LNG
training as well.
Brother Kayser also rode the LNG
Aquarius (Energy Transport). He
holds the firefighting, lifeboat and
CPR tickets. Kayser's older brother
is a Seafarer, too. He was born in
Burlington, Wise., lives in Loveland,
Colo, and ships out of the port of
Houston.
Thomas James Kilbride
Thomas James
Kilbride, 32, is a
1969 graduate of
the HLS. He
sails as an AB.
Brother Kilbride
holds the CPR,
lifeboat and fire
fighting tickets.
A native of
.Brooklyn, N.Y., he lives in Jersey
City, N.J. and ships out of the port
of New York.
TOP MAN...
HE EARNS TOP
DOLLAR
He's Chief Pumpman
You can be top man, too.
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Take the Pumproom Maintenance and Operations Course at
HLS.
It's your ticket to the top.
Course starts November 10
To sign up, contact:
through December 19
Harry Lundebcrg School
Vocational Education Department
Piney Point, Maryland 20674
Phone: (301) 994-0010
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The carferry City of Milwaukee (Ann Arbor) has been laid up
indefinitely. But on the afternoon of Aug. 13, the Arthur K. Atkinson
steamed into Frankfort under her own power for the first time in
seven years. The AKA left th� shipyard in Chicago "that morning,
picked up freight in Manitowc and then headed to Frankfort to fill
out her crew. Under the contract's seniority system, SIU crewmen off
the City of Milwaukee ge.t first crack auhe AKA jobs. A party· is being·
planned to celebrate the return of the AKA but celebration planners
are proceeding with caution. They want to make sure the AKA is
really back before any corks get popped.
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ALGONAC
The Medusa Challenger's (Cement Transit Co.) ten-ton propeller
was raised by a research vessel last month. The Challenger lost the
propeller a few months back.off Sheboygan, Wisc. After recovering it
from 130 feet of water, the propeller was"towed to Manitowc, Wisc.
�J HE SLU did it again! For the second year in a row, an SIU-crewed
tug captured the first-place trophy in the annual tugboat race
held as part of. the Qetrolt-Windsor Freedom Festival,
The year's champion, the 164-foot Mary E. Hannah (Hannah
Marine Co.) is the sister-boat of the 1979 tugboat victor, the Jam es A
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quarters. Th� new clinic will be located at 1313 Superior Ave.,
Cleveland, 00hio 44114. Cleveland Patrolman Carl Peth said the
reason for the move was to "upgrade and expand the USPHS facilities
in this port to better service the needs of Seafarers."
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The five-man SIU ere� aboard the Mary E. Hannah and the four
licensed crewmen scored an easy wir:i over the freld ,.of 22
competitors, coasting to a 12-length victory on tbe three-mile
course.
About eight of the 22 boats entered in the event, which is jointly
sponsored by the cities of Detroit and Windsor, CJnt., as part of a July
4th weekend celebration, were. SIU-contracted tugs. Another nine
were Canadianc-entries. Many �f t:he remaining competitors were
privately-owned hoa�s, welcome in this race which is open to all
game challengers.
Hundreds of spectators turned out,to witness the competition with
more invited to view the action first-hand aboard the vying vessels.
About 40 guests, friends and family of the Mary E. Hannah!s crew,
as weU..-as'company officfals cheered their favorite on to a first-place
:finish
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la,kes
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month. American Steamship's St. :ctair we n t to th e 'sh'ipyard in
.S�urgeon Bay. The C onsum ers Power (Erie Sand Steamship) ·was laid
u_p at_ Erie,.Pa.
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now, a�o�e-:quarter of that fleet is idle and about 8,000 seamen
longshoremtfo aT<e out of work as a result.
and
Hardest hit has been the port of Detroit which has seen a 43
percent drop in total tonnage so far this year.
The decline in the demand for steel by theU.S.auto makers, key to
the shipping slump has also taken a toll on Great.Lakes-area miners.
Many fron ore O:iines and taconite pelletizing operations in
Michigan, Minnesota and Quebec have either shut down or have
sharply curtailed production.
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It took 200 firemen, 25 pieces of.equipment a-hd two fireboats to
contain the blaze at Chicago's Rail-to-Water Transfer Co. grain
elevator on the Calumet River early tnis month. Four firemen were
hospitalized and damage was extensive at the elevator where the fire
raged for about 10 hours. Fire Dept. spokesmen blamed spontaneous
combustion in one of the conveyor sheds. Many of the SIU
contracted vessels in this port are involved in the grain trade.
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Happiest of ·;:ill about the outcome of the race .·was the tug's SIU
crew. Giving th e thurnbs".'up sign at the ribbon were:·d�ckhands
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Against the strongprote�s of the SIU and other G�eat Lakes unions
the Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Co. of Ontonagon, Mich., set up
for business in June. This shipyard will be turning out equipment for
a tug•barge system to transpo_rt railroad cars across Lake Michigan.
Plans are to eventually phase-out other Lake Michigan carferries.
The Union has vigorously protested the- misguided tug-barge
combo· p lan on several counts. 1) Studies have shown that a _tug..:
barge unit is badly suited to Great Lakes weather conditions, '
especiaily in late fall and winter; 2) the tug-barges are not equipped
to carry autos and passengers as are the carferries; 3) even thou-g h the
new shipyard will create jobs for Michigan's economically depressed
·upper peninsula, the employment boom will be temporary. In
addition� the crews required by the tug-barge operation will be
smaller than those on the carferries so there will be an overall
decline in employment once the carferries begin rtiiilning in 1983..
The state of Michigan has pumped a lot of money into the tug
barge project and the Federal Economic Development Administra
tion recently .extended a $2.3 million_,loan for the shipyard.
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. The dog days ofsummef'may.seem like a tran e time to talk about
closing the St. Lawrence Seaway for the winter but·U .S. and Canadian
Seaway authorities like to get the word out early. Seaway. closing
procedu'res for this yea-rare essentially the same as last year: inbound
vessels must report at Cap St. ,Michel by Dec. 15 arid outbound.tl'affic.
at Cape Vincent, N.Y., by the same date. Vessels wm be allowed to •..
transit the waterway b�tween bee. 16' and 19 but- wi.11 have to pay a
, $20,000 penalty for each late day.
The one change from last year's closing rules is that v�ssels will be
allowed through the Seaway's Montre�l-Lake Ontario s_ectian after
Dec. 19 only w1th a note signed by both U.S. ana� Canadian
/ authorities.
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CLEAN WATERS
A report prepared by the Library of Congress said poisonous
chemicals have polluted the Great Lakes as well as many historic
·rivers, waterways and drinking sources.
''The Great Lakes," said the report, "are cont<lfllinated by a va riety
of toxic and hazardous substances which have dealt a se
. vere blow to
commercial and sportfishing industries there. Groundwaters on
which millio_ns depend for drinking water," the study added "are
contaminated:"
The study marked the· first time the Federal Government has
cataloged the extent of toxic chemical damage to lJ.S. waterways. It
was commissioned by then-Senat6r Edmund S. Muskie (now .
Secretary of State) and Sen. Robert T. Stafford of Vermont.
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. A burst steam line on the 5. T. Crapo (Huron Cement) badly burned
the vessel's third mate who had to be hospitalized following the
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Part of the crew of the $ftJ:.c0ntracted sam Laud (American Steamship) gets
snapped during a servicing visit to the vessel. They are <""r>' AB Watchman
Ho�ar� H"°old; Con ve yorm a n Don Nelson; OS Deekhand Gerry Beaubien and
Bosun Arnold Schleben�
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SIU Gals, Guys Praised for Lifeboat Skills
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Admirers of Oceanic
Independence Crew
T
HE crew of the SlU-contracted passenger liner
Oceanic Independence has drawn
kudos from the U.S. Coast
Guard in addition to a growing
list of satisfied passengers.
In a letter to Captain A. P.
Spidle, Sr., the master of the
Oceanic Independence, Coast
Guard Cmdr. Leonard F. Alcan
tara, officer in charge of marine
inspection, was full of praise for
the crew's handling of a fire and
boat drill. (Most of the crew
received lifeboat training at the
Lundeberg School.)
"It is obvious that the officers
and crew have been working to
improve their, skills," Alcantara
said, after observing the July 24
boat drill. But "my real .purpose
The Oceanic Independence lifeboat
crew on drill.
SIU giiys and gals of the Oceanic Independence get their gear In order during lifeboat drill on the passenger liner. The crew
drew plaudits from the Coast Guard for their efforts.
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in writing this letter," he con
tinued, "is to point out a particu
larly bright spot in the drill,
"The performance of all the
women I observed on board the
vessel during the boat drill is
worthy of special commenda
tion," wrote the Coast Guard
officer.
He noted that the SIU crew
members followed the correct
boat drill procedure to a woman.
"Not one failed to hold on to the
man ropes as the boats were
being lowered. All remained
seated in the boat during the
lowering and remained quiet
except when help was needed in
handling lines.
"Their enthusiasm," Alcantara
said, "and willingness to put forththe extra effort to make the drill a
success was very obvious. What
ever they may lack in physical
size and strength was more
than made up by their spirit."In addition to enthusiasm,
Cmdr, Alcantara noted that the
special lifeboat training the
Oceanic Independence SIU crew
had received at HLS had paid off.
"It was obvious," he said "they
had been well trained in the
fundamental skills." Cmdr. Al
cantara echoed the SlU's strong
belief in "the importance of these
drills to the safety of the vessel."
While the Coast Guard Com
mander's glowing praise focused
on the femule SIU crew members,
he hastily added that he did not
mean 'fto slight the men," but
only to note that "the women's
performance was so exemplary."
The Oceanic Independence,
the first full service U.S.-flag
passenger vessel in a decade,
began making regular week-long
cruises around the Hawaiian
Islands on June 21. Her elegant
passenger cabins have been filled
to near-capacity for every cruise
so far.
Passengers on the early cruises
have been spreading the good
word about the Oceanic Inde
pendence. The ship is already
booked to capacity for the weeks
of Christmas and New Year's as
well as the week preceding Labor
Day.
A lot of credit for the cruise
ship's popularity is due to the
well-trained, dedicated crew, the
men and women of the SIU, who
have turned the Oceanic Inde
pendence from little more than a
dream, into a smooth-running,
dream of a ship.
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION
NABCOTICS
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HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL UPGRADING APPLICATION
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(First)
Date 6f Birth.
(Middle)
Mo./DavAear
Address.
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Date Book
Was Issued^
Port Presently
Registered ln_
Port ItMied.
Endorsementis) or
License Now Held.
Sodol Security #.
Piney Point (Sraduate: • Yes
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(dates attended)
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Towboat Operator Not
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Towboat Operator (Over
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Marine Electrical Maintenance
Pumpioom Maintenance and
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RETURN COMPLETE APPLICATION TO:
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON REGULAR DUES
ELECT DROZAK TO N.Y. AFL-CIO EXEC. BD.
UPGRADERS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR TRANSPORT TO AND FROM PINEY POINT
U.S./CHINA O.K. HISTORIC BILATERAL TRADE PACT
4 BRAND NEW SIU BOATS CHRISTENED IN HOUSTON
AFL-CIO: CARTER-MONDALE LABOR'S 'CHOICE'
AFL-CIO EXEC. BD. HAILS PAUL HALL'S ACHIEVEMENTS
U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT STAYS AT 7.8%
SIU WELL REPRESENTED AT DEMS' CONVENTION
CARTER NAMES DROZAK TO TOP LEVEL TRADE COMMITTEE
DEMS VOTE PLANK TO RESTORE COMPETITIVE FLEET
DEM PLANK ON U.S. MARITIME
JIMMY CARTER'S RECORD ON MARITIME IS GOOD
CARTER'S STATEMENT TO AFL-CIO GENERAL BD.
HERB BRAND, TRANSPORTATION INST. HEAD, RETIRES
ENERGY FROM OCEAN: A PROMISING CONCEPT
JIMMY CARTER MEANS BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO MARITIME
AT 18, JEFF YARMOLA IS SIU'S YOUNGEST QMED
SEAFARER REVIVES DROWNING VICTIM FINDS CPR TRAINING IS FOR REAL
ITF CONVENTION DRAWS DELEGATES FROM 60 NATIONS
TRANSCOLORADO CREW SAVES 67 'BOAT PEOPLE'
'SUNSET' BILL COULD BLACK OUT KEY MARITIME PROGRAMS
PORT AGENTS CONFERENCE HELD IN ALGONAC
CONVENIENCE FLAGS MORE RAMPANT THAN EVER
'ROUND-THE-WORLD' MAIDEN RUN FOR BEN HARRISON
UPGRADING AT PINEY POINT MAKES A LOT OF $ENSE
REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE ON CANDIDATES FOR 1980 GENERAL ELECTON OF OFFICERS, 1981-1984 SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES & INLAND WATERS DISTRICT
SKIN CANCER: OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD OF SEAMEN
CHICKEN WORKERS VOW TO PLUCK STRIKE VICTORY
POLISH POWER! WORKERS STRIKE FOR LIBERTY
A HISTORY OF THE SEAMEN'S MOVEMENT, PART II
SIU REBUTTS MISGUIDED MISSLE IN SHIP MAG
SIU GALS, GUYS PRAISED FOR LIFEBOAT SKILLS
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1980
Periodicals
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Official Publication of the Seafarers Internaliunal Union. Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District . AFL-CIO
OCTOBER 1980
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PRESidENl's
REPORT
FRANK DROZAK
S we come down to the wire in this crucial election, the
candidates have drawn the lines. They have let the American
people know what their positions are on all the important issues of
the day.
On Nov, 4, 1980, we will all know who did the best job of
convincing the American people who is best to lead this country.
The SIU membership knows where this Union stands on the
Presidential election.We support theCarter-Mondale ticket, Weare
supporting Carter because he has been a good maritime President,
The SIU has done well during Carter's first Administration, We'll do
even better if he is re-elected. And I'm very confident he will be re
elected.
But I want to make one thing very clear to this membership. And
that is that no matter who wins the election—Carter or Reagan or
Anderson—the SIU will never let-up on the political front in
Washington, D,C,
A Carter victory by no means will allow the SIU to write its own
ticket in Washington, It means that we have a friend in the White
House, And it means that if we are successful in getting a beneficial
bill through the Congress, the President will more often than not sign
it,
A lot of people don't realize that the real key to political success in
Washington depends on an effective lobbying effort in the House of
Representatives and the Senate,
Many Congressmen and Senators have never even seen a ship
close up, much less understand the complicated issues and problems
facing the American maritime industry.
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If is our job to try to educate the nation's legislators on the
important maritime issues, as well as trying to make them
understand that a strong America and a strong, stable economy
depends a great deal on the health of the country's maritime industry.
It's an every day job, too. It is absolutely necessary to keep in
constant touch with these legislators and their staffs. In politics,
people forget you fast if you don't keep on top of them.
The SIU today, is more involved in the political arena than ever
before. We have beefed up our Washington staff and they are doing
an outstanding job for us.
We are also involved in many key Congressional and Senatorial
races throughout the nation. This is in addition to our efforts for the
Carter-Mondale campaign,
SIU members should be aware that the nation's conservative, antilabor forces are mounting a well financed campaign to unseat some
of labor's and maritime'sstaunchest friends in Congress, Needlessto
say, many of our friends are in re^l dogfights. Hopefully our efforts
will help keep these people in office for another term.
The most important thing to remember, though, is that no matter
who is in office, the SIU has to work and fight from bell to bell in
Washington to keep our industry afloat and to keep our job security
strong.
As we look ahead to this year's crucial election, we can take pride
in the fact that our Union is strong, shipping is good, our benefit
Plans are in excellent condition and our future looks bright. But at
the same time, our merchant marine has fallen "to tenth in the world,
and it will take an all out effort to reverse that trend and bring our
industry back to number one.
Putting this election in perspective, I am very confident the SIU is
going to gain more friends than we lose.
We have never relied on anyone but ourselves for our security.
Anything we have-achieved, we have always had to work for and
fight for.
We have gotten where we are today by hard work and
perseverance. We will continue to put forth our best effort. And with
the continued support and participation of this membership, we will
succeed.
Bill Gives US, Coal Ships ^Head-of-Line' Privileges
President Carter is expected to
sign into law S, 1442, a bill that
would document six vessels
under the flag of the United
States, Included in the bill is an
important amendment that
would grant priority berthing
privileges to American flag coal
carriers engaged in the coastwise
trade' of the United States.
The amendment, which was
first proposed by Rep. Brian
Donnelly in the House and
modified slightly in the final
compromise version, is a re
sponse to the inadequate facilities
that have hindered the develop
ment of this nation's coal
reserves. Because of inadequate
storage and port facilities, vessels
carrying coal have had to endure
port delays of thirty days and
more while they wait in line to be
loaded.
It had been a widespread
custom for port officials to allow
American flag vessels engaged in
the coastal trade "to go to tfee
head of the line." There were
many reasons for this courtesy,
the foremost being that coal is an
important alternative source of
energy. Efforts to increase
domestic consumption of coal
would suffer a severe setback were
shipments delayed an average of
thirty days or more.
Exporters of coal, angered at
the delay that their vessels have
had to experience while loading
at antiquated port facilities,
threatened to bring suit against
ports and coal companies that
gave "head of the line preference"
to American flag vessels. Unsure
of the outcome of such a suit, the
coal companies and ports de
cided to rescind the preference
that they had given.
Congress, realizing that it is
imperative that this country do
all that it can to epcourage the
domestic consumption of coal,
acted quickly to mandate "head
of the line preferences,"
Ocean Mining Group Visits SHLSS
Senior officers from Lockheed
Corporation's ocean mining
group spent two days at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeherg
School of Seamanship this
month to inspect the SIU's
training facilities—and they liked
what they saw.
The Lockheed group invited
SHLSS instructors to visit their
exploratory facilities on the West
Coast so that the school can
begin setting a specializen
training program for seagoing
personnel in the ocean mining
industry.
Also attending the two day
meeting were Conrad Welling?
Lockheed Senior Vice President,
and Gordon Arbuckle, Specia
Council to the Ocean Minerals
Group
In this picture, Ed Dangler, at right, Lockheed's internationat rpnrpcontot .
mining, talks with SHLSS Vice President Frank Mongelli, left and Jack CafS/ N Y^Pnll
Agent and executive aide to SIU President Frank Drozak.
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west of Sitka, Alaska, early on
the morning of Oct. 4.
As the first large vessel to
arrive on the scene, the Williams
On the night of Sunday, Oct. 5, burgh was confronted with a fullthe SlU-contracted supertanker scale emergency. The Prisendam
TT Williamsburgh (Bay Tankers) was on fire and, according to
steamed into the port of Valdez, Williamsburgh Radio Operator
Alaska, her decks and hallways Jim Pfister, the liner was "listing
packed with the 457 luxury liner to the right and in danger of
passengers she had helped evacu sinking."
Bobbing in lifeboats in the
ate in what the Coast Guard is
calling "the largest single ship storm-lashed Gulf of Alaska were
470 passengers and crewmen
rescue in modern history."
The Williamsburgh was en- who'd abandoned the cruise ship
route from Valdez to Texas with at 6:15 Pacific Daylight Time.
a cargo of oil when she picked-up About 40 of the Prisendam^s crew
the radioed SOS from the Dutch had volunteered to remain
registered cruise ship SS Pri- aboard the vessel and fight the
sendam. Diverting course, the fire which had begun in the ship's
Some oi the lescuod passengers.
Williamsburgh reached the ocean engine room.
But
the
firefighting
effort
was
liner, situated about 200 miles
' cans who'd paid from $3,625 to
severely hampered because the $5,275 for the 30-day cruise American seamanship in the
pumps required for pushing around the Orient, were safely rescue of passengers and crew of
Williamsbyrgh Capt
water through the firehoses were aboard the Williamsburgh. the SS. Prisendam^*^ Drozak
knocked out by the fire. The Eighty-three people, including 18 wrote.
Praises His Crew for Prisendam's
Another kind of praise came
mostly-Indonesian passengers and crewmen and two
Heroism, Compassion crew attempted to battle the paramedics
from one of the Seafarers who
who had been
deserves
much credit himself for
blaze with CO2 and foam fire
Following is the text of a cable sent
overlooked by the Coast Guard
extinguishers but the fire con in the early part of the rescue, the phenomenal job done by the
to the Union from A. H. Fertig,
tinued to spread. By nightfall, were safely aboard a Coast Williamsburgh'^ steward depart
master on the TT Williamsburgh:
ment in providing hot drinks for
flames had engulfed the Prh
"Wish to advise you that In the sendam's upper decks and the Guard cutter.
450 extra people.
A few of the passengers pickedsaving and rescue of over 500 lives of
remaining crewmen, along with up by the Williamsburgh were
In a call to the Harry Lundepassengers and crew of abandoned
the
vessel's
master,
abandoned
berg
School at Piney Point,
Prinsedam on October 4,1980, every
reported suffering from mild
ship.
officer and rating on board the Wil
exposure and were helicoptered Md., following the rescue. Sea
liamsburg displayed courage, heroWith the Williamsburgh's immediately to Yakutat, Alaska farer Robert Rutherford, a
Ism and extreme dedication far
arrival on the scene at about 9:00 where a C-130 Coast Guard plane recertified steward from Pacifica,
beyond the call of duty and deserve
A.M., the rescue operation flew them to Juneau or Sitka for Calif., said "Piney Point should
the highest praise and accolades for
be very proud for teaching the
began. For over 10 hours Pri medical treatment. But most of
their skilled performance. This res
sendam passengers, some bare the passengers who'd spent hours lifeboat course. Our men,"
cue was effected In gale force winds
Brother Rutherford said in the
foot and clad only in pajamas, in one of the six canvas-covered
and seas with absolutely no help ' Were plucked from lifeboats in
call from Valdez, "had to get off
lifeboats or two tenders emerged
whatever from Dutch officers and
the tanker and go into the
body slings and baskets by Coast from their harrowing ordeal in
Indonesian seamen from Pririsenlifeboats and help with the
Guard helicopters and flown to good health.
dam, who can receive nothing but
the deck of the Williamsburgh.
The Coast Guard cutter de rescue.
contempt and condemnation for
Seafarer Rutherford added
livered evacuees to Sitka, 400
their actions during this abandon
that the mostly-Indonesian crew
Airlifted to Deck
ment.
miles down Alaska's southeast
didn't have the kind of e?ipertise
"Notwithstanding the above, all
In the first hour of the rescue panhandle. The Williamsburg^
in lifeboat operations that the
from Prinsedam were rescued. The
proceeded to Valdez, the south
operation
150
passengers
were
SIU crewmen had. "Thanks to
ships company, completely without
ern terminus of the trans-Alaska
airlifted
to
the
Williamsburgh.
the lifeboat course at Piney
any rest or sleep for some 60 hours,
As they landed on the super pipeline.
gave up their quarters and personal
Point," Rutherford-said, "we
tanker's
helicopter
pad,
they
were
A spokesman for Bay Tankers,
clothing to the survivors, most of
knew what to do."'^^^
taken below deck and supplied the SlU-contracted company
whom were In the 60 to 80-year age
The weary Prisendam pas
bracket. This once again proves that with coffee and other hot drinks that operates the Williamsburgh,
sengers were also full of praise for
by the SIU steward department. said the tanker had resumed her
the American seaman has no peers
the Williamsburgh^ crew and the
and stands miles above any other
While the first stages of the run and was heading back to
Coast Guard and full of tales
nationality on the high seas.
^rescue went off without a hitch, Texas, as scheduled. She's ex about their ordeal. One pas
"I am proud to command this as-the effort proceeded the pected in port on or about Nov.
senger, John W. Gyorkos, who
wonderful ship's complement, with already-choppy seas rose to 25- 15. The spokesman expressed the
was still clad in a tuxedo and
out whom none of the above would foot swells and the wind whipped
company's
pride
in
the
way
the
dress pumps from the cruise
have been possible, and I would up to a 50-knot gale.
tanker's
crew
had
handled
the
ship's entertainment said that
suggest that the above sacrifices
"We
have
very
difficult
sea
rescue
operation.
"They
did
a
prior to the rescue he was
should be recognized by the appro
conditions,"
reported
Williams
terrific
job,"
he
said.
"Everyone
is
beginning "to have doubts that
priate government agencies and/or
burgh
radio
operator
Pfister
in
a
exhausted
and
we
hope
they're
underwriters. These suggestions
we would all make it. When the
were Initiated by the survivors of ship-to-shore radio call about getting some well-deserved rest." seas started washing over the rail
Upon hearing of the rescue
Prinsedam, who now realize the four hours into the rescue. "We
into the lifeboat," he said, "the
difference between U.S. flag ships have 250 survivors on board now SIU President Frank Drozak
cold was almost unbearable."
but another 200 are still in the dispatched a telegram to the TT
and brand "X" scows."
A North Carolina man, whose
A. if. Fertig, Master, water."
Williamsburgh. "Congratula
wife was evacuated to the
T. T. Williamsburg
After 10 hours the Prisendam tions to the Captain, officers and
Williamsburgh, said he prayed
passengers, most of them Ameri- crew for the effective show of
while he was waiting.
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ELPING seamen! That's
what this Union is all
about. But the SIU has more of a
responsibility to the people we
represent than simply providing
employment and securing good
contracts and top notch benefits.
This Union believes deeply
that our responsibility does not
end at the union hall dpor. The
SIU believes that we have a
responsibility to help our people
and their families, whether they
are active seamen or retired, in
every area that affects people's
lives in this country.
SIU President Frank Drozak
said, "I'm proud of the job this
Union has done'to provide for the
welfare of this membership, but
the complicated problems of
today's society dictates that we
simply have to do more."
That's why the SIU has
instituted a brand new program.
It's called the National Political,
Social and Welfare Training
Program.
Its goal can be described in just
a few words—to provide better,
faster and more effective services
to SIU members, retirees and
their families.
The program has
just gotten
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But as
Drozak said, "we're on our way.
It's just a matter of applying
ourselves and making it work."
The long range goal of the
program is to have a Field
Representative assigned to each
port, 20 in all.
This person's job is to help—to
help the membership, to help a
member's family while he is at
sea, to help our pensioners.
For instance, if you have a
problem with a welfare claim, the
Field Representative will be the
person to talk to or see at the
Union hall. If you're having a
problem with a pension or a
vacation check, the Representa
tive will be at your disposal.
If you are at sea, and your wife
or a dependent needs help or
information
inioriiiaiiuii Regarding your
benefits, the Field Representative
will be there.
But this is just the start of the
Representative's job. If you get
the runaround from Social Se
curity, or Medicare, or Unem
ployment, or Public Health, the
Representative will be available
to lend a hand. He will be
specially trained in community
services. And he will be trained in
what people are entitled to from
the Federal Government, the
State or the local municipality,
or
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The Field Representative will
iner c^u
also be
wi P
poS"ekort for the ultimate
relfare of this membership.
The Field Representative will
keJp in touch on a local, "backSe" basis with Senators and
Sgressmen. He will also have
fhe fesponsibility of getting involved with citywide and community wide politics.
This country is run by the
politicians. And if we don't keep
on top of them, whether it be in
Washington, D.C., or St. Louis
of Mobile, or Long Island, N.Y.,
the SIU and SIU members will
not get proper recognition.
In addition, around election
time, the Field Representative
u
will be able to key the Union s
efforts in the election campaigns
of our friends in Congress.
Essentially, the Field Repre
sentative will be able to do
hundreds of things, and do them
fast, that the Port Agent or
Patrolmen can't handle imme
diately.
President Drozak said, "our
port officials do an outstanding
job. But they can't be in two
places at one time. They have to
pay off ships or service our tugs
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and towboats almost every day.
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enough time in the day to tend to
a lot of other important things
dealing with the well being of the
membership. I believe this new
program will go a long way
toward solving this problem,
So
the Union has assigned
13 Field Representatives^ They
are presently working in Brook^
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Boston, Cleveland, Duluth,
Houston, Jacksonville, JerseyCity, Norfolk, San Francisco,
Seattle, and Wilmington, Calif.
Before the end of the year,
there will be 20 assigned to every
SIU port on the East, West and
Gulf Coasts, the Rivers and
Great Lakes. The Program will
be coordinated out of the SIU's
office in Washington by Ms.
Mariann Rogers. And it will be
directly overseen by SIU Presi
dent Frank Drozak.
Shortly after the New Year, all
20 Field Representatives will be
brought into Piney Point for a
thorough two month educational
program to school them on the
SIU and the programs of this
union.
The Log will continue to carry
stories and picture layouts of the
progress of this important new
Program.
Small Vessel BilhSome Good, Bad News
WASHINGTON. D.C.-A
bill has been passed by the
Congress that is both beneficial
and detrimental for maritime
lahor and maritime safety.
Called the Small Vessel Manning and Inspection bill, there are
provisions of the bill that the SIU
supported and there are others
that we vigorously opposed.
The bill's conference report, in
which differences in the Senate
and House versions of the
legislation were resolved, was
passed by the House of Repre
sentatives late last month by a
vote of 279 to 111. As the Log
goes to press, the legislation has
been sent to President Carter.
For many months the SIU has
been actively involved with this
legislation. Through lobbying
efforts, testimony before com
mittees, and letters to Congress
men, the Union has supported
parts of the bill while opposing
certain provisions.
Among the bill's points that
the SIU supported are the
following:
• Fifty pisrciEsnt of the AB's
aboiurd a dei^ sea vessel c^n be
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blue ticket AB's. (Current law
says that 65 percent of the AB
complement has to be green
ticket AB s.) The SIU fought for
the 50 percent provision m order
to broaden the job opportunities
for the growing number of blue
ticket AB's who are available for
shipping.
• Termination of opportuni
ties for companies to operate
vessels through bare-boat chart
ers..Companies have been able to
avoid compliance with certain
inspection and manning require
ments through these charters.
• Lowering of the minimum
age requirement for qualification
as an AB from 19 to 18 years.
• Maintenance of the sea
service requirement for AB
'Unlimited' at the current level of
three years.
• Fines for inspection viola
tions were increased from $100
per violation to $500 per day for
each day of inspection.
• Time spent in approved
school training programs counts
as seatime.
PoitHHU of the bill that the
SIU opposed include the fol-
lowing:
1.) The percentage of AB's on
vessels with a two-watch system'
can be reduced from 65 percent to
50 percent. In a letter sent to
Congressmen by Ray Denison,
director of the AFL-CIO Depart
ment of Legislation, he noted
that "this action would permit the
replacement of a qualified, able
seaman by an unskilled, inexper
ienced, ordinaly seaman."
2.) Establishment of a sixmonth AB 'Special' in the mining
and oil industry. The SIU
contended that the service re
quirement for AB 'Special'
should be increased in the bill to a
minimum of 12 months if safe
working conditions were to be
maintained. The Union won its
point in the House version of the
bill but in the conference com
mittee the six-month Senate
version prevailed.
3.) Permission for offshore
supply vessels to operate under
the twO-watch system. By sanc
tioning the two-watch system the
workday of seamen aboard these
vessels can be increased fcbm the
standard eight to twelvie hours.
a
I rte seaiime requirement
requin
4.JI irte
for AB's on seagoing tugs and
towboats has been reduced from
18 to 12 months.
In his letter, Drozak noted that
many of these provisions will
"benefit principally the offshore
oil industry while jeopardizing
the lives of the human beings
involved and at tjje same time,
our nation's environment."
As SIU President Frank Drozak
said in a letter to Congressmen,
"We know of no other instance
where the U.S. Congress man
dated and legislated twelve-hour
workdays for the American
workers."
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Labor Rallying Behind Carter-Mondale Team
President Relying On
Trade Unionists To Put
Him Back in White
House
T
HE labor movement has a
staunch friend in President
Jimmy Carter. This was clearly
evident when Carter spoke
recently (Sept. 29) at the
convention of the International
Ladies Garment Workers Union
in New York City.
The ILG WU, which represents
some 350,000 workers in the
garment industry, has endorsed
President Carter in his re-election
bid.
As he arrived at the site of the
convention. Carter was greeted
by a throng of well-wishers,
including a contingent from the
SIU. As he stepped from his
limousine, turned and waved to
the crowd, signs saying "SIU
SUPPORTS CARTER-MON
DALE IN '80" waved back.
In a rousing, cheering display
of solidarity, some 1,000 dele
gates were joined by officials
from other unions, as well as
several prominent New York
political leaders, in giving Carter
a warm welcome to the conven
tion.
Carter's remarks were well
received by those who had
gathered to hear him speak. He
pledged to continue working
toward a number of pro-labor
goals, including an increase in the
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President Jimmy Carter arriving in New York City to address ILGWU Convention. Carter was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd which
included Seafarers waving signs, proclaiming the SlU's support for the Carter/Mondale ticket.
minimum wage, and improving
the job security of the American
worker.
"We are working to protect
American jobs," he said, "from
unfair foreign competition." In
addition, he emphasized that
"full employment is my goal."
Carter's remarks covered a
broad range of issues, from
foreign affairs to equal rights.
But he kept coming back to those
issues that especially concern the
American worker, "I believe," he
said, "that people have a right to
a decent living."
Carter's reception at the
ILGWU convention has been
described as one of the most
enthusiastic he has yet received in
his campaign for re-election. He
has emerged as the clear labor
favorite in the campaign.
In summation, and borrowing
from the ILGWU's own slogan
and song. Carter urged those
attending the convention to
"look for the union label" when
voting in November.
The AFL-CIO, of which the
SIU is a member, and most other
labor organizations throughout
the country, have recognized and
are backing the one candidate
they feel wears the "union label":
Jimmy Carter.
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SIU Backed Bill Passed to Spur U.S. Fishing industry
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A
bill supported by the SIU and
designed to greatly reduce
foreign fishing in U.S. waters,
was passed by the House of
Representatives late last month.
At the end of 1979 a similar bill
was passed by the U.S. Senate.
Now the bill must go to President
Carter.
Numbered H.R. 7039, the
legislation passed by the House is
entitled the American Fisheries
Promotion Act.
The purpose of the bill is the
expansion of the U.S. fishing
industry. This would be accom
plished, in part, through gradual
elimination of foreign fishing in
U.S. waters and through
enlargement' of existing loan
programs.
The SlUNA has a number of"
fishing affiliated unions that will
benefit from this legislation.
The attempt to greatly expand
The U.S. fishing industry actually
goes back to 1976 when the
Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (FCMA)
became law. At that time, U.S.
claims to fishing rights off its
coasts were expanded from 12
miles to 200 miles. Within that
zone, limits were put on foreign
fishermen who also were required
to pay certain license fees.
It was hoped that the,U.S.
fishing industry would substan
tially grow as a result of that 1976
Act. However, this did not
happen. U.S. landings have only
increased from 23 percent in
fishing zones established by. the
U.S.
The bill just passed by the
House and Senate establishes a
phase-out formula for foreign
fishing in the U.S. zones. It
provides that if American
fishermen increase their catch,
the foreign allocation will be
reduced accordingly..
U.S. fishermen must demon
strate an ability to absorb a larger
share of the harvest. If they do
well in a particular year, an
additional share of the harvest
would be reserved for them the
following year. That reserve
would be given back to foreign
fishermen if American fishermen
fail to utilize it.
Thei^ will also be a doubling of
the license fees that foreign
fishermen must pay. Last year
foreigners paid $15 million in
license fees. Further, the' bill
establishes 100 percent observer
coverage on all foreign vessels
within the U.S. fisheries zone.
To help U.S. fishermen grab a
bigger share of the market, the
bill also provides, among other
things, the following incentives:
fishing vessels. Also, to the extent
funds are available, loans could
be provided for operating
expenses.
• Extension of Title XI
Obligation Guarantee program
to shoreside facilities and to
fishing vessels involved in high
risk ventures. There is $10 billion
available under this program and
ten percent of that amount could
be used for fishing vessels.
Eligibility would be limited to
firms that are 75 percent U.S.
owned.
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• Revitalization of an act that
says 30 percent of import duties
on fish products are to be applied
to research and development.
Also, the bill seeks to improve
the marketing of American
• Revitalization of the caught fish. For instance, the bill
fisheries loan fund for a two-year provides for assignment abroad
period. This will provide low- of at least six special fisheries
interest loans to fishermen who trade officers to assist in market
are ^bout to default on their development.
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U.S. and China Sign Bilateral Pact Giving
Washington, D.C.—In a
White House ceremony destined
to go down in the history books,
President Carter and a repre
sentative of the People's Repub
lic of China signed a reciprocal
maritime agreement on Sept. 17.
The pact, which includes cargo
sharing and port access provi
sions similar to the U.S./
U.S.S.R. trade agreement, for
mally opens the door to an
expected trade bonanza between
the U.S. and the PRC for the first
time in 30 years.
Under the cargo sharing provi
sions of the agreement, both U.S.
flag merchant ships and those
flying the flag of the PRC are
each entitled to "an equal and
substantial" share of the bilateral
trade,
"Each party," says the threeyear pact, "...shall provide to
vessels under the flag of the other
party, a general cargo share and a
bulk share in each category to
those vessels under its flag and
consistent with the intention of
the parties that their national flag
vessels will carry not less than
one-third of bilateral cargoes."
The pact's port access provi
sions open 55 U.S. East Coast,
Gulf, West Coast and Great
Lakes ports to calls by PRC-flag
vessels on four days notice. China
has opened all 20 of her ports
which are open to international
shipping, including one now
under construction, to Ameri
can-flag ships on seven days
notice. Three factors were
weighed by both nations in
arriving at port selection: com-
mercial considerations, re
ciprocity and protection of na
tional security interests.
Signing of the trade agreement
was hailed by the SlU which has
been pushing for a bilateral
shipping agreement since the first
overtures to reopening U.S.
China trade were made 22
months ago.
While the Carter Administra
tion has said repeatedly that they
oppose widespread use of bilat
eral shipping arrangements be
tween the U.S. and her trading
partners, the Administration felt
U.S./China trade fell into the
category of being appropriate for
bilateralism.
Assistant Secretary of Com
merce for Maritime Affairs,
Samuel B. Nemirow, who headed
up the U.S. delegation that
negotiated the trade agreement.
U.S. ports open to access by Chinese vessels are:
Portland, Maine
Boston. Massachusetts
Fall River, Massachusetts
New York (New York and New
Jersey ports of the Port of New
York Authority), New York
Albany, New York
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(including Camden, New
Jersey)
Wilmington, Delaware
Baltimore, Maryland
Richmond, Virginia
Morehead City, North Carolina
Wilmington, North Carolina
Georgetown, South Carolina
Savannah, Georgia
Boca Grande, Florida
Port Everglades, Florida
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Tampa, Florida
Mobile, Alabama
Gulfport, Mississippi
New Orleans, Louisiana
Burnside, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Orange, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Port Arthur, Texas
Galveston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
Brownsville, Texas
Anchorage, Alaska
Skagway, Alaska
Ketchikan, Alaska
Seattle, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Longview, Washington
Everett, Washington
Tacoma, Washington
Portland (including Vancouver,
Washington), Oregon
Astoria, Oregon
Coos Bay (including North
Bend), Oregon
Eureka, California
Stockton, California
San Francisco (including
Alameda, Oakland, Berkeley,
Richmond), California
Sacramento, California
Los Angeles (including San
Pedro, Wilmington, Terminal
Island), California
Long Beach, California
Honolulu, Hawaii
Erie, Pennsylvania
Cleveland, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Bay City, Michigan
Chicago, Illinois
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Duluth, Minnesota/Superior,
Wisconsin
U.S.-China Trade
Pact At a Glance
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The aims of the historic
U.S./People's Republic of China
bilateral shipping agreement,
signed by President Carter and
Chinese. Vice Premier Bo Yibo on
Sept. 17, are:
• to facilitate trade between
the U.S. and the PRC;
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• to guarantee to U.S.- and
PRC-flag merchant ships an
"equal and substantial" share of
cargoes moving between the two
nations;
• to entitle the U.S. and China
to not less than one-third of all
cargoes moving by sea between
the two nations;
• to open 55 U.S. ports to
Chinese-flag merchant ships on
four days notice;
• to open 20 Chinese ports to
U.S.-flag merchant v^seb on
seven days notice.
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President Carter and Chinese Vice Premier Bo Yibo put their 'John Hancocks' on the historic U.S.-China trade pact, which
assures U.S. flag vessels at least one third of the cargo share moving between the two nations.
Cliinese ports open to commercial vessels of the United States are:
Dalian
Qlnhuangdao
Tianjin
Yantai
Qingdao
Lianyungang
Wenzhou
Shanghai
Ningbo
Fuzhou
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Shantou
Shanwei
Huangpu
Guangzhou
Zhanjiang
Beihai
Haikou
Basuo
Shijiusuo (under construction)
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said bilateral shipping with the
PRC was the only way "to
safeguard U.S. comniercial
interests."
The shipping agreement, one
of four accords signed in the
White House Rose Garden cere
mony, was actually finalized
earlier this month in Peking
where it was initialled by Nemirow and the head of the PRC
negotiating team. But the agree
ments, which, also cover textile
trade, civil aviation and consular
services, did not become binding
until they were officially ap
proved by Carter and Chinese
Vice Premier Bo Yibo.
Following the ceremony. Pres
ident Carter said the agreements
signal "a new and vital force" for
world peace and stability.
Mr. Bo, who led the Chinese
delegation to the U.S.-China
Joint Economic Committee^ said
his nation was "very gratified to
see our relations have been
making good progress. Especially
after the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan," ^o noted, "the
present U.S. Administration has
been pursuing more enthusiastic
policies in its relations with us."
Under the new bilateral
shipping agreement, China is
expected to become the number
one Communist trading partner
of the United States. Trade with
China is forecast to reach $4
billion by the end of this year and
to top $10 billion by 1985.
According to the U.S. Depart
ment of Commerce, the leading
Chinese export to the U.S. last
year was oil and other petroleum
products which accounted for
nearly $1 billion of total U.S.
imports from China. At the same
time, the U.S. sold the PRC $54
million in oil and natural gas
drilling equipment last year.
"Oil," said Assistant Treasury
Secretary C. Fred Bergsten, "is a
very important part of our trade
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program with China."
The U.S./PRC bilateral
shipping agreement has a threeyear tenure ^which may be
extended, subject to negotiations
between the two nations, prior to
Ihe pact's Sept. 1983 expiration
date. The pact may be cancelled
by either Party on 90 days'
written notice.
In addition, the accord
provides for periodic meetings
between the U.S. Dept. of
Commerce and the PRC's
Ministry of Communications
"for a comprehensive review of
piatters related to the Agree
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�MID Supports Expansion of Galveston Port
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[E port of Galveston may
soon be bustling with
incoming and outgoing deep
draft vessels laden with crude oil,
grain and ore, if a bill, H.R. 6864,
makes it through the U.S. Senate.
The legislation, which has
already been passed by the
House, includes a provision to
extend the Deepwater Port Act
of 1974 and authorizes the
deepening of the port of Gal
veston as well as enlargement of
the harbor and channel.
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veston area is reportedly ready to
pump millions'of dollars into the
port iniprovement project. Pend
ing Congressional passage of
H.R. 6864, industry plans to
invest over $300 million for
construction of new port facili
ties, oil distribution pipelines and
tank farms plus an additional $80
million for construction of a coal
export terminal.
Support for the bill, now
awaiting mark-up by the Senate
Committee on Evironment and
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sponsorship in the House from
Rep. Ray Roberts (D-Tex.),
chairman of the House Sub
committee on Water Resources
aW from Ref). Don Clausen
(R-Calif.), the ranking minority
member of that Subcommittee.
The bill now before the Senate
Committee is similar, but not
identical to the House measure.
There are three key differences
betWeen the original version of
the bill (which is the version
backed by both the SIU and the
MTD) and the version now
awaiting mark-up by the Senate
Committee. Specifically, the
differences relate to:
1) cost-sharing. The original
bill called for the costs of the port
deepening project to be divided
with the federal government
picking up 75 percent and the
locality covering 25 percent. The
Senate version splits the costsharing with a 66 2/3 percent
share for the federal government
and 33 1 / 3 for the locality.
2) funding ceiling. The original
bill contains ^no ceiling on fund
ing for the project while the
Senate version does cap the allo
cation.
3) project study. Both versions
of the bill authorize the'Army
Corps ofJEflig^ineers to conduct a
feasibility study of the harbor
project. But the original bill
imposes a 12-month deadline on
the study, while the revised bill
does not. The SIU and MTD feel
an open-ended study could create
unwarranted delays in the kickoff date of the project.
No action will be taken on the.
bill until Congress returns from
their flection recess in No
vember. At that time, the SIU
and the MTD will be working to
get the Senate Committee to
adopt the original version of
H.R. 6864.
T
HE Senate Energy Committee
has okayed the six individuals to
serve on the new Synthetic Fuels
Corporation board of directors that
will oversee the Federal Govern
ment's crucial $88 billion synthetic
fuels development program.
President Carter's nominees n^
await confirmation by the fml
Senate.
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Named to chair the board and
serve as chief executive officer is
Deputy Energy Secretary John
Sawhill.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirk
land has been nominated to serve a
5-year term as a member c the
board.
The Synthetic Fuels Corporation
was established by the Energy
Security Act, which the President
signed into law June 30. It puts forth
an ambitious program that seeks to ,
stimulate commercial production of
2 miillion barrels per day of synthetic
fuels by 1992—about one third of
current oil imports.
When he announced the appoint
ment of Sawhill, President Carter
declared that the scope of the project
"is greater than the sum total of the
interstate highway system, the
Marshall Plan and the space pro
gram all combined."
Other board nominees are:
• Secretary of the Interior Cecil
Andrus;
• Vice President Frank Savage of
Equitable Life Insurance Company;
• Catherine Cleary, adjunct pro
fessor of business administration.
University of Wisconsin, and former
chairman of the First Wisconsin
Trust Company of Milwaukee; and
• John D. deButts, retired chair
man of American Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
Lane Kirkland
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to our nation's energy trans
portation network," she added,
"it is evident that this extension
of the Deepwater Port Act is both
warranted and appropriate."
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quarters. The federal Dept. of
Transportation, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, the Environ
mental Protection Agency, Galveston-area industry, as well as
the SIU and the AFL-CIO Mari
time Trades Dept. are backing
the bill which is expected to boost
Galveston's economy as well as
the economy of the nation as a
whole.
In a letter to Senate Envjrqnment & Public Works Coi
Chairman Jennings Rand(
MTD Executive Secretary-Trea
surer Jean Ingrao called for
"immediate approval of H.R.
6864," sayin&Jhe bill "a^ressed
critical national and j:egional
needs." One benefit from passage
of the bill, Mrs. Ingrao noted, is
the "significant reductions in
transportation costs for im
ported crude oil and exported
grain, coal and ore which will
certainly accrue from the ecbno.mies... which result from the use
of deep draft vessels."
"Considering the importance
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SUJ crew for the brand new ^esel containership, Sea-Land Voyager, which was delivered to the company in the Far East. Among those in photo
are Seafarers Glen Christ^son, Walter Davidson, Donald Gearhart, George Rowland, Fred Maciolak, Victor Acevedo Hector DeJesus Elias Limon Robert Hamil
Marvin Larnbethe, Marius Del Prado Andrew Perrone, Nick Back, A Mat, Joseph Pazos, Bernard Romanoff, Melv!^ Herdng and
Buht A^^in photo are SIU
representativeGeorgeRipoll, left,andSea-LandPaymasterNormanWilson, seated.
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Legislative. Administrative and Regulatory Happenings
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TI. to Task Force: 'Coal Export Must Help U.S. Fleet"
Many experts agree that the United States
must make proper use of its coal resources if
it is to improve its balance of payments
defecit and break OPEC's stranglehold on
the American ec momy. Responding to that
message, Presidejnt
nt Carter has asked John
Sawhill, Deputy N^ecretary of the Energy
Department, to head a newly-formed
Interagency Coal Export Task Force.
The Task Force will analyze the present
condition of the coal industry, outline
different options available to the American
, people in regards to the development and
export of their coal reserves, and make>^
recommendations to the President some
time in December based on its findings. The
report is expected to assess the roles to be
played by government and the private
sector. It will also try to balance competing
national interests, such as the need to
increase coal production versus ecological
and cost considerations. All interested
parties have been invited to express their
views on the subject.
Peter Luciano, Executive Director of the
Transportation Institute, has responded to
that invitation by submitting a letter to the
new head of the Interagency Task Force.
Dredgers Stuck in Bureaucratic Muck
According to a study conducted by the
General Accounting Office (GAO), the
American dredging industry has suffered
severe and unwarranted financial penalties
as a result of unnecessary delays in the
processing of dredging permits.
Present Corps of Engineers regulations
require that the average processing for
dredging applications not exceed three and a
half months. The actual processing time,
however, lies between four and ten months.
According to the GAO study, it is not
unconimon for projects to be delayed two
years or more while several different
government agencies review a company's
application. The cost of these delaj^ has
been known to top twenty million dollars.
GAO concludes that the delays can be
traced to the fact that too many agencies
have becomeinvolved in the permit process.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to coordinate
the actions of four or five separate
government agencies, all of whick are
subject to bureaucratic infighting, conflict
ing policy objectives and limited yet
overlapping spheres of jurisdiction. The one
thing that these agencies have in common is
the ability to hold up a permit and make it a
pawn in a bureaucratic power struggle.
Senate Unit Opens
Door to Waterway Tolls
In a surprising departure from historic
practice, the Senate Water Resources
Subcommittee has voted to repeal pro
visions in the law that prohibit Federally
operated canals and locks from imposing
tolls and operating charges. The prohibition
was enacted in 1884 to encourage the
development of this nation's water-ways so
that they could become a cost and fuel
efficient method of transporting inter-state
commerce. Groups opposed to the repeal
note that it would hinder the development of
American coal resources by making it more
costly to transport those resources to
specially constructed ports and storage
centers.
The SIU is opposed to tolls on the nation's
inland waterways.
Luciano stressed that the coal export issue is
one that affects many different segments of
the American business community. It
therefore offers this country a significant
opportunity to combine the expansion of its
coal exports with other equally important
national goals, such as the strengthening of
the badly weakened American flag merchant
marine through the promotion of bilateral
trade agreements.
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Multi-Employer Pensions
Congress has given final approval to a
labor supported bill that seeks to protect the
economic security of workers covered by
multi-employer pension plans. About eight
million workers will be effected by the new
legislation, including seamen.
The bill seeks to strengthen the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), a
major reform bill that was passed in 1974
when it became evident that the solvency of
many of this nation's privately run pension
plans could not be guaranteed.
The legislation addresses itself to the
special problem that confronts this nation's
2,000 multi-employer pension plans, like the
SIITs. it creates incentives for companies to
remain in existing pension plans^ improves
funding standards, and provides penalties
for employers who decide to withdraw from
multi-employer pension plans, thereby '
endangering the solvency of those plans and
burdening the federal government with
financial obligations that should properly be
assumed by. the private sector.
President Carter is expected to sign the
bjll into law.
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Maritime Must
Make Public Aware of
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Industry's Plight
In an address before the Mobile Chapter
of the Propeller Club, Captain William
Figari, National President of the Propeller
Club of the United States and Corporate
Vice President of the Crowley Maritime
Corporation, an SIU contracted company,
said that the maritime industry must close
ranks "to make the public aware of the
problems that must be resolved for it to
operate as it should."
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He stressed that the Propeller Club, which
has a membership of 16,000 people, has
done all that it could to ^blicize the plight
of the American flag Merchant Marine.
He commended other maritime organiza
tions for their work, expressed hope that the
industry as a whole could make the
American people aware of the need to
strengthen their merchant marine, and of the
potentially disastrous consequences if they
do riot.
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A group of SIU Towboatmen spent a day in
Washington recently while they were attending
upgrading courses at the Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg School in Piney Point. During their
visit to the nation's capital, a number of them
met with Congresswomen Beverly Byron, a
Democrat from the Hagerstown/Frederick
district in Maryland. Pictured here with Rep.
Byron are (l-r) Lonnie Keys, John Littleton,
Norman Seekford, SIU Representative John
Russell, Tank Lehew, Eddie Chevalier, and Joe
Carsoj.
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efforts to halt the growing
trend within some Federal
agencies to skirt the nation's
Cargo Preference laws.
Most recently, the Commodity.
Credit Corporation of the U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture proposed an
agricultural export program
which avoids the U.S.-flag
shipping requirements applicable
to government cargoes under
law.
The proposed program, called
the "Intermediate Credit Export
Sales Program for Foreign
Market Development Facilities,"
would authorize the CCC to
"enter into agreements with U.S.
private or foreign private or
government agencies" to finance
U.S. agricultural exports for
three to 10 year periods.
In a letter sent last month by
SIU President Frank Drozak to
Dr. Kelly Harrison of the
USDA's Foreign Agricultural
Service, Drozak charged that the
proposed program "will under
mine current Congressional and
Executive efforts to strengthen
the U.S.-flag merchant marine."
In addition, Drozak continued,
the program "specifically ex
cludes application of this
nation's cargo preference laws."
In his letter to Harrison,
Drozak underscored a point
made in letters and telegrams sent
to Labor Secretary Ray Mar
shall, to key Congressmen and
Senators and to President Carter
over the past two months.
The SIU supports U.S.
agricultural export programs,
Drozak said, but s,uch programs
must not be allowed to deprive
U.S.-flag vessels of badly-needed
cargo. "Our agricultural export
policy," Drozak pointed out,
"should not be viewed as
independent of our national
policy of promoting a strong,
competitive U.S.-flag merchant
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fleet."
While both the SIU and the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Dept. are "distressed over
continuing efforts by the Dept. of
Agriculture through the CCC to
circumvent existing laws and
long-standing policies," the
problem, Drozak said, could be
simply resolved by President
Carter.
Drozak outlined that solution
to President Carter in a letter
dated Sept. 19. "I respectfully
urge you," Droza,k wrote, "to
issue a directive to all Federal
agencies...instructing them to
ship at least 50 percent of the
cargo under their control in U.S.flag ships."
Such a directive, Drozak told
the President, merely instructs
the federal agencies "to follow
existing guidelines." In addition,
insisting on compliance by all
federal agencies with Cargo
Preference laws, parallels.
T)rozak reminded the President,
Carter's firm commitment to the
U.S. merchant marine which the
President presented to Congress
last July.
"Within the Executive Branch"
Carter's message to Congress
said, "I intend to ensure that
federal actions promote rather
than harm our merchant marine.
In particular," the President
continued, "provisions in
existing laws calling for substan
tial or exclusive use of Americanflag vessels should be vigorously
pursued."
Cargo Preference laws were
enacted in 1954 to provide the
U.S.-flag merchant fleet with at
least 50 percent of all govern
ment-financed cargoes. Strict
enforcement of those laws is both
within the President's power and
in line with his stated commit
ment to the U.S. merchant
marine.
Lakes Shipowners Visit SHLSS
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John Mason (center), directorof Vocational Education, explains one of the many upgrading
programs available at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship to a group of
Great Lakes shipowners. Tfie group came to the. Lundeberg School for a three-day look at
the school's varied educational programs. Pictured here in the JrlLSS machine shop are,
from left, Floyd Brown, American Steamship Co.; Louis Efvin, American Steamship Co.:
Dan Campbell', SIU legal staff; Mason; Daniel Corniilie. Oglebay Co., and Sidney Smith,Erie
Sand Steamship Co. Others who came for the visit were John Jaeger. Glamo; Ralph Biggs,
Litton Great Lakes Corp.; Jack Bluitt, SIU Port Agent; Joe Zigler, SIU representative, and
David Rebert, Great Lakes Seamen's Appeals Board.
Sills Jack Caffey Named
VP. of New York Port Council
Senator WarrenMagnuson (D-Waah.), right, keeps up on his maritime news the
sameuwaySIU members do. by reading thteLog. Making sure that theSenator had
his copy is a Log reader from way back, the StU's own Edward X. Mooney,
enjoying Seattle these days. Mooney ran into Sen. Magnuson at the Washington
State AFL-CIO Convention, held recently. Sen. Magnuson is up for election this
-year and the SIU is supporting him all the way. He's been a great friend totheSIU
and maritime during, his long, distinguished career in the Senate.
SIU New York Port Agent
Jack Caffey was named as a VicePresident to the Executive Board
in the Greater New York and
Vicinity Maritime Port Council,
The appointment was announced
at that body's most recent
meeting which was held October
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towboat has been added to the
SlU-contracted fleet.
She's the 138-foot MjV Mid
land (Orgulf) and she means
more jobs for SIU Boatmen in
the Rivers and Gulf where she'll
be running from New Orleans,
La. to Cairo, 111.'
The barges she'll be towing
carry mainly coal and grain.
The Midland has a beam of 44
feet, a draft of 9^ feet, and is
fitted with a double bottom in the
engine room. ~
Her two turbo charged engines
are 16 cylinder diesels with a
3,070 horsepower.
All controls to the pumps are
electric from pilot house to
steering compartment.
The vessel interior is fully
insulated for heat, air conditioning, and sound. All quarters are
panelled and furnished with
ornamental and specially fitted
blackout curtains.
3rd at The World Trade Center.
Named along with Caffey was
Sidney Heller of the UFCW who
was appointed Secretary-Treasurer of the-Board. The Maritime Port Council holds regular
meetings to provide a format fori
AFL-CIO member union operat
ing in the Port of New York to air j
their problems and discuss|
possible solutions.
In his remarks to the Councij
members .Caffey pointed to the
SIU's rank-and-file memberj
who were present at the meeting
and strongly suggested that th
"other unions also get thei
membership involved throug
representation at the meetings.
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operate (490 ships- -90 dry
bulkers) under flags of convenience."
In conclusion, Inouye pledged
that his subcommittee will try to
EN. Daniel
Inouye
(D-Hawaii) chairman of the find out what would give
American ships that "extra
Senate Subcommittee on
Merchant Marine and Tourism, edge." If successful, he said,
received the Admiral of the "...we will once again have
Ocean Sea Award (AOTOS), enough ships to carry a
given annually "to the person substantial share of U.S. liner,
who has done the most for the tanker and dry bulk cargoes...
cause of the U.S. flag merchant and a strong shipbuilding and
marine." The award was ship repair industry."
presented on Sept. 26 at a dinner
"Now more than any time since
. in New York.
World War II, our national
In accepting the award, first security and economic growth
given in 1970, Sen; Inouye," 56, depend on a strong and vital
sponsor of the Ocean Shipping maritime industry," he stressed.
Bill of 1980, told his audience of
Among other awards, the
more than 700 that a change in
Senator
holds the Distinguished
U.S. Government policy is
needed to give the U.S. merchant Service Cross.
Presenting the AOTOS award
fleet an "extra edge" in order to
was MAR AD head Samuel B.
Honored as this year's Admiral of the Ocean Seas, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), at left,
"sail or sink."
meets with SIU New York Port Agent Jack Gaffeyduring ACTOS Award dinner on Sept. 26.
Nemirow, assistant secretary of
Inouye explained, "I believe
the
which lowered her lives to rescue 19 Vietnamese
the Federal Government must do Commerce for Maritime Affairs.
whatever is necessary to assure He was general chairman of the lifeboat. In a fine display of boat people,-whose own boat was
seamanship, a line was passed to sinking."
what every other government awards committee.
the lifeboat and all 23 crewThe SS President Ty/er (APL)
does directly or indirectly—make
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Honored
members of the Genciano were Chief Mate Fred J. Gloor Jr. who
certain that its flag vessels have
Honored with the AOTOS rescued." Capt. Robert J. Sutter on Dec. 31, 1979 "for risking his
that 'extra edge' in tompeting for
own life by attempting the rescue
cargo in its own trade and that its Mariner's Plaque for outstanding accepted the award.
Receiving
the
Mariner's
Roof a crewmate who had fallen into
shipbuilding and ship repair seamanship in rescue operations
settes for "... outstanding cour- the waters of Pusan Harbor and
industry has that 'extra edge' to at sea were the officers and SIU
make it more attractive than that crew of the SS Sea-Land Fi age and devotion to duty" were applying cardio-pulmonary re
SS President Wilson (APL) suscitation."
nance.
of its competitor!"
Among the honored guests on
On Sept. 27, 1979, "...enroute Cadet Midshipman Paul RuContinuing, the Hawaiian
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Senator asked • - we should find from Japan ^to Taiwan received
Maintenanceman Antone Souza In the audience was Transporta
out what it is about our existing an SOS from the Mf VGenciano.
laws and policies which rhake it Voice contact was made with the "for entering the water (on July tion Institute Chairman Herb
more attractive for U.S. stricken vessel 35 miles ahead and 17, 1979) at the risk of their own Brand.
shippers aflTop o
to ship oh- lookouts posted."Despife heavy'
foreign bottoms; for U.S.- ship seas and Force 8 winds, ladders
operators to build foreign ($10- and lines were rigged and with the
billion worth from 1974 to 1980) emergency crew staiiding by, the
and for U.S. companies to Sea-Land Finance approached
As the Log goes to press, a radically upped its prices,
settlement is imminent in the
Last, year. El Paso and Algeria
six month controversy that has agreed on a price of $1.94 per
halted the import to the U.S. of thousand cubic feet of LNG. This
Algerian natural gas.
was approved by the U.S.
The controversy has affected Department of Energy (DOE)
six SlU-contracted El Paso LNG which, under law, must rule on
ships. For many months now, the price of any imported gas.
two have been sitting in port with
Meanwhile, however, the Al
crews but no cargo and four have gerian government decided to
been laid up. In anticipation of a press for an even greater price
settlement, one of the four, the El increase, than what had been
Paso Howard Boyd, was recently negotiated. Algeria would like
erewed.
gas prices to .be comparable with
The problem is pricing. El crude oil prices of the (OPEC)
Paso Co., which operates the six countries.
SlU-contracted ships, made an
Negotiations over the price
agreement with Algeria in 1969 to then began between that North
import part of her abundant African country and the cohipany.
. supply of natural gas to the U.S. But when the talks broke down in
El Paso built specially de-- early spring, the DOE took over.
The USS Saratoga, a Navy aircraft carrier, gets a Union escort into Philadelphia,
signed and very expensive ter Now, according to one report, it
Two of the three tugs docking the Saratoga are the SlU-contracted Reedey Point
minals at Cove Point, Md. and looks like Algeria will agree'to a
(Curtis Bay) and the Theresa McAllister (McA\\\s\er Bros.). TheSarafoga is due to
Savannah, Ga. to receive the price "very close" to that charged
enter Sun Stiipyard for a half billion dollar overhaul. Expected to take two years,
the overhauf will provide a major boost to employment at the Shipyard and in the
LNG. Imports started arriving in by Mexico and Canada for their
surrounding areas.
1978 and since then, Algeria has natural gas.
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.Everybody's talking about oil
these days because of the IranIraq War and the possibility of oil
shortages caused by that war.
More than ever this points up
the importance of the Alaska oil
pipeline, and the importance of
American tankers bringing the
oil to the lower 48 states.
Numerous SIU ships are
involved in the Alaska oil lift,
including the Overseas Valdez.
Her usual run is from the
Pacific side of the Panama Canal,
where she picks up Alaska oil
from the terminal at Puerto
Armuelles, to Texas. But this
month, she delivered a load of
Alaska black gold to the New
York area, where the Log caught
up with her.
The crew was glad to visit New
York, especially in the Autumn,
the best time of the year in the Big
Apple. And the Big Apple was
glad to see them too, and their
Alaska oil as well.
The Overseas Valdez lightering at Stapleton Anchorage in the port of New York.
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a
hLS'fpantry'Saref"®
Catching up on news and views is
wiper Michael Gutierrez paging through
the Log.
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HaU Helped Give Life to IBT Local: They Remembered
Donate $12,100 to
Cancer Fund
R
IGHT from the founding of
Local 810 of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters,
the:late SIU President Paul Hall
was a good friend to the union.
When Brother Hall passed
away from cancer on June 22,
that union gave him a fitting
tribute. A donation of $12,100
was given by the Local in Hall's
memory to the Cancer Research
Fund of New York University's
School of Medicine.
Of that money, $10,000 was
actually donated by the New
York based Local. When the
union's executive board voted to
give this donation, it also agreed
to call for contributions from
others as well. The remaining
$2,100 was given by companies
with whom Local 810 has
contracts.
The Local was founded in the
early 1940's by Milton Silver
man. According to a union
spokesman," Silverman "got
invaluable help from Paul Ha!ll.
It would have been inyjossible to
organize without him."
Silverman and Hall remained
friends over the years and the
SIU "came out in their white caps
on many occasions" to assist their
brothers in Local 810.
In announcing the donation,
the president of the iocal,
Dennis Silverman, called Hall "a
staunch, friend and fearless
fighter for economic justice."
Local 810, whose headquarters
is in New York City, has 10,000
Marad Folks Visit SIU Hd^s.
members in the greater New York
area. Most
Local members
are involt^ed in manufacturing
work and in the retail and
wholesale trade. The Local also
represents the skilled mainte
nance employees at the New
York University Medical Center.
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for $12,000 in memory of former SIU President Paul Hall to Dr. Martin Begun, dean of New
York University's School of Medicine Cancer Research Fund as SIU Acting SecretaryTreasurer John Faye (third from right) looks on. Aiso present at the ceremony in Local 810's
"New York City headquarters l^st month were, from left; Dr. Louis Zimmerman, Local 810
medical director; Max G. Sanchez, the Local's vice president; Milton Silverman, president
emeritus of the Local, and John Saulnier, shop steward at the NYU Medical Center.
A Poem for Paul Hall
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Down through thirty-forty generations. LORD
Great, great men have risen on earth's horizons
O yea, LORD, and You have blessed them
And blessed the world through them.
Forty generations have come and gone
And the greatest of Men
Was Your own Son.
Yet, O LORD, from the lovingkindness
Wisdom and understanding of Your vast heart
Occasionally You have given us men
Like Paul Hall.
SIU headquarters rolled out the red carpet to these representatives of the U.S.
Maritime Administration who were taking part in a labor studies program. This pix
was snapped in the editorial offices of the Log. The group also took a tour of the
Union hall and witnessed a job call. They also took in the services offered to SIU
members and their families at the Headquarters Clinic. The consensus among the
visitors, "thanks a bunch, we liked what we saw."
Fersenals
Steve Wagerik, Bill Ball
'At the request of Seafarer Harold
Kammet, please contact Pechner,
Dorfman Associates, 1845 Walnut St.,
Suite 1300, Phil., Pa. 19103,(215)5617100, notifying them of your current
mailing address.
Leroy G. Lamb
Please contact your lawyer, Bernard
Sacks at 215-925-8200.
Ronnie Abella
Please contact, Jose M. Cortell, Valle
Verde #1, Ponce, P.R. 00731.
Joseph Freeman Phillips
Please contact, Mrs. Edith Phillips,
5073 Quince Rd., Memphis, Tenn. 38117.
Joseph John McAndrew
Please contact, Jo-Anna B. Mc
Andrew (Waters), 3105 Pierpoint Dr.,
Apt. C-8, Mobile, Ala. 36606. Tel.
479-9749.
Bernard "Mike" Toner
Please contact, your brother, John J.
Toner, 3716 University Dr., Fairfax,
Va. 22030. Tel. (703) 591-3564.
Dick "Buddah" Chatfield
Please contact, Capt. 'Bob Trees,
Antwerp, Belgium, important.
Richard D. Wood
Please contact, Harry Margosian at
2416 Union Ave., Wesleyville. Pa.
16510.
J^mes KontOs
Please contact. Red Campbell, at the
Union Hall in New York about your
passport and Union book. Tel. (212)
499-6600 Ext. 213.
Redmond Conroy
Please contact, Peter J. Bassing, 4020
Aspen PI., Oakland, Ca. 94602. Tel.
(415) 482-1717 or (415) 457-9191.
George W. B. Phillips
Please contact, Judy immediately.
Urgent!
You gave them
And You took them away.
Thank You, LORD
For letting an humble seafaring man like me
Cross his path and meet him there.
Thank You, LORD, for words of wisdom
Strength and encouragement
Which passed from his heart to mine.
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Thank You for the manhood
He laid on the souls
Of countless seafarers
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That will rise and sink
On all the oceans
Under all the flags
Remembering him.
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For the America he loved
And his strong spirit
That brought victory, many times
When we were whipped.
Lord, we know that You love pur nation
You wouldn't have given us
A man like him
Had You not held us dear to Your heart.
Amen.'
Seafarer Thurston John Lewis
. Mena, Arkansas 71953
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of
pollution
found
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Isofpollutionfoundintheair
River, rh.nn.i.
u„.u
Rivers, channels and harbore
''^'"8 devised to "clean i, "
- Pelled to extol its charms. of this country's cities and
must be deepened. Modern dry "'e®' ^"d make it safe for u,./
Newspaper writers like to pepper industrial centers.
bulk
carriers cannot fit into ^Pmad use.
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with frequent
Oil was much cheaper. Nuclear
references to it.
coal
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. American
r
wuai ports
power was felt to pose fewer .potential
such
New 'mportant ramifications for ,r
snrh as Seattle, New York,
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Unforlunately, it takes more ecological problems.
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Orleans and Baltimore.
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industry. Once the' CM
than good will and earnest
Things have changed in the last
Industry experts and local IS mined, it has to be carried
sounding campaign speeches to tew years.
unearth this country's vast coal
For one thing, the incident at governments contend that the somewhere. That brings inm
reserves, transport them to Three Mile Island, Pa. has problem is a national one. They question this nation's whole
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adequately equipped port and shaken the public's confidence in assert that neither the coal maritime policy.
industry nor the states have the
harbor facihties, and,carry them the safety of nuclear power.
^ At the present time. American
to foreign markets.
For another, the price of oil resources to dredge individual flag vessels carry only 2 perce„,
ports and harbors. That would
More than one energy expert
of this nation's dry bulk trade
take
hundreds
of
millions
of
as been known to exclaim'that Where it is now cheaper for nAllQf-o
dollars
Maritime experts contend that'
Americans
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defuse the Energy Crisis. It also up coal than to conti^e Lwn^ Tv
an important segment of the
has the potential of becoming an foreign oil at its pre em Z t! Thas
American flag merchant marine
important export commodity. Bv mention future, price
United States merely by subscribing to ac
developing our immense coal
take an active part in the
cepted international trade
Coal Exports to Rise
development of its coal reserves. practices.
reserves and selling them to
energy-poor countries like
The figures speak for them- " 7!"
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Were the U.S. government to
Japan, France and West Ger selves. In 1978, Americans
''^^h of enter into bilateral trade
many, we Americans will be able exported 39 million tons of coal T v
^f coal agreements that would set aside a
to come to grips with the balance This year, that figure is expected
exploited. Both
certain percentage of the cargoes
to
top
100
million.
countries
have
the
technology to
of payments problem that has
generated by the increase in coalseverely weakened our national
According to industry experts
^^cir resources,
related trade, then the American
economy.
several things stand in the way of
TU
Plans
Ilag merchant marine would be
a full-scale development of this e t
the
For many years coal remained
given a tremendous boost in
nation's coal reserves. By far the
around,
the step-child of the energy
the arm.
most serious problem is the lack .K President Carter has called for
world. It was costly to mine. It
Politicians are fond of talking
was felt to be a "dirty" source of of adequate port and harbor p f^^ation of an Interagency
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facilities. Present facilities are t
'tis expected
energy, one that would add
Well,
the
moment
is here.
either obsolete, or rapidly n
^ Po^'cy statement by
considerably to the already high
-O" becoming so.
'^ccc'uber 1st of this year
construction program Nine 'f
innovator, Sea-Land
"le 12 dieselVow:md.''r45-fr 'ZtZ'^^
contamerships have now been
delivered including the
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New Address
For
Chicago Hall
durance on Oct. 1,
The SIU Union hall in Chicago
were the has moved to new, more comfort
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ddd "id •yfo- able quarters as of this month.
Sea-Land Voygger was friT J
Fogistically, the move is a
Land Independence, both now
on the Gulf-Northern Europe small one. The new Union hall is
run. and the Sea-Und Z- nghl across the street on S.
vefopcr, on the Pacific Southwest , wing Avenue, from the old
location. The change-of-address
puts the Chicago Union hall right
be m operation before the end of on the banks of the Calumet
iver. Now Seafarers and
e year, meaning just that many
more barrels of oil saved by the Boatmen who come hy the hall to
switch to diesel (perhaps a 35 register or to visit can keep an eye
percent saving of fuel over the on the river traffic below them.
steam turbine vessel of com
The address of the new
parable size).
Chicago SIU hall is; 9402 S.
Chicago, III.,
qo6l7. (The old address was 9383
the SlLTa'T''"""''""^^
Ewing.) The phone number
sullying .raine°d'';e:son''n"' by J®™®i^^®^"iichanged. It's still (312)
setting up the Diesel course at the
Right now, the finishing
touches are being put on the new
Cnion hall to make it as
comfortable and efficient for
themselves with the n?w trend'h'' Cnion members as possible. All
a'8ningupforthatcoureju?as work is expected to be finished
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port of Chicago will be
The D-9's are herel
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A
BILL which will create a
vehicle for communication
between the Coast Guard and all
segments of the inland waterway
industry has been okayed by both
biauses of Congress and is now
awaiting President Carter's sig
nature.
The bill, H.R. 6242, wiU set up
a Towing Safety Advisory Com
mittee to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The 15-member Committee will
include a broad cross-section of
spokesmen representing diverse
interests in the inland industry.
Representatives of inland tow
ing companies, labor, offshore oil
groups, as well as government,
environment and shipper's
groups will convene, under the
auspices of H.R. 6242, to offer
input and advice to the Coast
Guard on matters concerning the
safe operation of towing vessels
and barges on the inland water
ways.
In addition, the Committee,
whose members will be ap
pointed by the Coast Guard, will
review license and crewing regu
lations and will provide the Coast
Guard with guidance prior to
publication of any regulations
governing the inland waterways.
The Towing Safety Advisory
Committee is expected to fill the
communication gap between the
Coast Guard and inland interests
which was created when the
similar Towing Industry Ad
visory Committee was disman
tled in 1977.
Efforts to resurrect an advisory
panel to work with the Coast
Guard on issues related to inland
vessel operation have had sup
port from all sectors of the
industry, including the SIU.
Following House and Senate
passage of H.R. 6242 in late
September, SIU President Frank
Drozak sent a letter to President
Carter urging him to sign the bill.
"As the representative of
thousands of boatmen aboard
vessels in the U.S. inland and
coastal towing fleets," Drozak
wrote, "we have long advocated
efforts to increase marine safety.
We believe," Drozak added,
"that this legislation before you is
a positive step in that direction."
"The combination of industry
management, labor, port dis
tricts, shippers and the public,"
who will make up the Committee
will create a panel "genuinely
representative of the industry as a
whole," Drozak told the Presi
dent.
There has been "an undeniable
need for a formalized process
between the regulating agency
and the industry subject to its
oversight," Drozak added, finish
ing by pointing out that the
Advisory Committee 'Vill pro
vide the vehicle needed to correct
this deficiency to the benefit of
industry and government alike."
President Carter had not acted
on H.R. 6242 when the Log went
to press but he is expected to
sign it.
U.S. Merchant Fleet Ready, Able toSupport Navy
Secretary Doyle, who heads up members of the civil service,"
^HE U.S. Navy is making
military cargo so that nothing
waves in calm seas when it the Navy's Dept. of Manpower, were swept aside by SIU
T
interferes with the transporta
comes to the issue of the U.S.-flag Reserve Affairs & Logistics,
merchant marine's naval support
role.
That was the thrust of a letter,
dated Sept. 18, which was sent by
SIU President Frank Drozak in
reply to an earlier letter from
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
J. A. Doyle.
"The Military Sealift Com
mand and the Navy are perform
ing tasks that can, and should, be
performed by the commercial
sector," said Drozak, echoing the
SlU's oft-repeated stand on the
merchant marine's capability to
adequately perform military
support work. "If you were
totally determined," Drozak
continued, "to use the merchant
marine in the performance of
naval fleet support functions, v/e
believe very strongly thai it could
be accomplished by Exec Order."
acknowledged that the U.S. Navy
is in, need of help from the
merchant marine. In a letter to
Drozak dated Aug. 15, Doyle
indicated the Navy's concern
"with the sealift shortages which
would have a significant effect on
our ability to support deployed
forces oceans away."
"The task," Doyle said.
referring to a military sealift,
"will require extensive.. .support
by a strong U.S.-flag merchant
marine.
But in the next breath Doyle
raised "the matter of crew control
as an obstacle to using contract
crews..."
Doyle's worries about chainof-command and the "laws and
regulations" which preclude the
Navy "from directly employing
those mariners who are not
President Drozak.
"We do not share your view
that changes of law would be
needed before you could directly
employ non-civil service employees," Drozak told Secretary
Doyle. "It should be possible to
gain effective crew control by
including a few key terms in your
charters."
Driving home the point that
"the issue of crew control...can
be worked out satisfactorily in
a contractual arrangement,"
Drozak offered concrete proposals. The obligations of all
parties involved in Naval support
work would be made clear by
drafting collective bargaining
agreements which stipulate that:
• the operators of contracted,
vessels must notify the union, at
the outset, that the vessels crewed
by union members are carrying
tion of that cargo;
• the Master of the vessel must
report directly to the Fleet
commander for all operational
orders;
• Navy personnel can be put
aboard the vessel, "as has been
done routinely in the past."
"If discipline is a problem,"
added Drozak, "this, too, can be
dealt with in the contract."
In addition, Drozak noted that
the Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship in Piney Point, Md.,
could be used for any special
training program the Navy might
require of Union
members
employed in Naval support work.
The School "has always served
the needs of this changing
industry," Drozak said. "It would
be available for any purpose the
Navy would regard as necessary
to meet its requirements."
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company. In photo left, Drozak gives a warm handshake toVlce President Walter Mondale at the New York State AFL-CIO Convention. And In photo right, Drozak
is among a crowd of well wishers at President Carter's Labor Day picnic on the White House grounds.
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LETTERS
TO THF EDITOR
Spent Honeymoon With SIU
I finally got married this summer.
And the next day I went to sea. Me, a crew of 300 an " my bride.
Before you get the wrong idea, however, I suppose 1 should add
that it was a pleasure cruise we were on and almost 700 other
tourists had
"d on with me and the new Mrs. as passengers
Our ship was the S.S. Oceanic Independence, the only vessel
cruising passengers in and out of U.S. ports to fly the American flag
and a vessel whose crew is proudly SIU.
Since June of this year, the Oceanic Independence has been in
service cruising the Hawaiian Islands, leaving Honolulu at
Saturday midnight and making four stops at three other islands
before returning the following Saturday.
While neither of us had ever been on anything bigger than a ferry
boat, my wife and I couldn't think of a more romantic way to
honeymoon around Hawa?= ^an onboard ship. But we were not
without our reservations.
We'd watched a few episodes of television's Love Boat before we
left and it made us seasick. Not the ship, but the people on board.
The dentists and accountants. The aging Republicans who still
wore ties on vacation and the Beautiful People who know all the
disco steps. The smarmy kids you'd like to throw overboard and the
middle aged singles who consider jumping themselves.
They were all,aboard on our cruise. But as it turns out, we didn't
have to have anything to do with them. And, in fact, everyone we
did meet was as personable as could be.
This was especially true of the crew.
To a person, they were pleasant and helpful. Many were young.
Some were short on experience. But everyone we met seemed to
work well together and enjoy their jobs.
As a union family—my wife and I met while working for the
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks—we were particularly
impressed with the presence and apparent strength of the SIU
onboard the ship.
We had overheard many conversations amongst crew and
between crew and passengers about the union. And always there
was an enthusiasm and pride that made us feel right at home.
In fact, we thought the honeymoon was over and we were back
home in our Washington area office, when the galley staff walked
off the job one evening right between our salad and entree.
However, they resolved the problem in time for dessert and the
cruise continued on a steady course.
The union had won its point. Fraternally,
Bob Douglas
Rockville, Md.
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We have all lost a good man, a good Brother, a good leader. He
was a man of great understanding. He always had time to talk to
you or listen to what you had to say, and he would always help
when he could. For those of us who knew him, it will take a long
time to get him out of our minds.
I remember the rough days building this union. And I remember
the good days too. He was always there backing us all the way.
Many of us from the old days are gone. But the SIU still remains
one of the best unions in the world. There is so much more to say
about the Great Man, Paul Hall, I cannot find the words.
Fraternally,
Hezeldah Donovan, Bk. D-159
New York City
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I would like to tak« this opportunity to express my appreciation
for the timely and efficient manner in which the Crew responded
during the emergency evacuation of Crewmessman, R. B. Kelley in
Manzanillo, Mexicoon July 21, 1980. Their cooperation during the
evacuation operation enabled Mr. Kelley to be put under a
Doctor's supervision in as short a time as possible v.'hich is a critical
factor in the treatment of apparent heart victims. I thank the crew
once again for their cooperation.
Fraternally,
W. B. White, Master
S.S, Montpelier Victory
Early Pension Is Xats Meow'
I wish to thank the Union for the Early Normal Pension. My
husband was a bosun. For my husband, the pension, and Piney
Point, and the entire Union of today is a dream come true.
My husband said, "Only my labor union has ever been able to do
anything on time."
My husband is only 56 years old. Because of our Union pension,
we still have time to enjoy our grandchildren, and, our golden years
together.
For us, this Early Normal Pension is really the "Cats Meow."
This Winter, thanks to our Union pension, we hope to be singing
a song. "North to Alaska."
Thankfully,
Mrs. Alida Backrak
Reno, Nevada
They Love Messman Marisa
I have been going to sea for 36 years and never have I seen a lady
who can light up the eyes of welcome as Marisa Stevens has done
for the crew since she came on as messman. We of the Westward
Venture hope you can use up some space to let all know that it has
been a pleasure to know and be on a ship with such a person.
Fraternally,
Crew of the Westward Venture
White House Thanks SIU
On behalf of President Carter, I want to thank the SIU for its
letter concerning the Deep Seabed Hard Minerals Resources Act
(Ocean Mining Bill).
We appreciate the time and effort spent by the Seafarers
International Union towards enactment of this legislation.
Sincerely,
Stuart E. Elzenstat
Assistant to the l^esident
for Domestic Affairs and Policy
Scholarship Winner at 'Banta
As I prepare to enter my senior year at the University of
Alabama, I felt it an appropriate time to outline my college
activities thus far.
Also, I feel this is an appropriate time to express my gratitude
for SIU Scholarship and for the opportunities it has provided. The
financial security it affords has not only fully provided for my
education, but it has given me "peace of mind" with regard to those
financial obligations, and by eliminating the necessity of work, has
enabled me to devote more time to both academics and
extracurricular activities. My education would certainly have been
much different had it not been for the SIU and this outstanding
program.
Again, thank you for your support. 1 look forward to having
contact with you again in the near future.
Sincerely,
Craig Cantrell
Mobile, Alabama
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HE United States of America
was founded on a trust in the
American people. Beginning with
the Declaration of Independence
which says governments derive
"their just powers from the consent
of the governed," this nation has
belonged to her people.
"The basis of our political sys
tem," George Washington said when
his term of office as President was
ending, "is the right of the people to
make and to alter... their govern
ment." Throughout the 200 years of
U.S. history, that right has remained
intact.
Our elected representatives—
from the President of the United
States on down—are caretakers of
our. government. They rule on our
behalf, with our consent, and they
are directly accountable to us for
their actions.
Without a mandate from the
people of the United States-our
leaders cannot govern. Unless they
represent us well, they will not
receive that mandate.
The American political system is a
a partnership between the governors
and the governed. A partnership
that makes demands on all of us.
That partnership demands of the
U.S. government, said FDR, that it
be ". . .strong enough to protect the
interests of the people." And it
demands, Roosevelt continued, "a
people strong enough and—well
enough informed to maintain...
sovereign control over its govern
ment."
A responsive government, ac
countable to the people, is a concept
as true today as it was at the drafting
of the Declaration in 1776. As true
now as it was at FDR's "Fireside
Chat" back in 1938. And it is as
important now as at any time in
American history that we the people
be well enough informed to choose
our leaders wisely.
Each member of this Union, as a
resident of a community, should
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know whether the people seeking
election, or re-election in that
community, have acted in the best
interests of their constituents. As a
Union, the SIU has always made it
our business to support those
candidates who support the jobs and
job security of U.S. maritime
workers.
Politics is Porkchops. Bills are
Offkioi PubRcofion of fho Seaforort Intornolionol Union of
North Amorko, Atkmtk, Gulf, Lofces ond Inlond Waton Oistrkt,^
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October, 1980
Vol. 42, No. 10
Executive Board
Frank Drozak
President
Leon Hall
Joe DiGiorgio
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Pice President
Vice President
y/ce President
James Gannon
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Ray Bourdius
Assistant Editor
Don Rotan
West Coast Associate Editor
Editor
Edra Ziesk
Assistant Editor
Marietta Homayonpour
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianciotti
Director of PhotographyI Writer
Marie Kosciusko
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Joe Sacco
Mike Sacco
Angus "Red" Campbell
Administrative Assistant
Mike Oillen
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Dennis Lundy
Photography
George J. Vana
Production! Art Director
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Published monthly by Seafarers International Union,
Atlantic, uu.i.
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters
. Brooklyn. N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage
District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave
paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. (ISSN #0160-2047)
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introduced and debated alrnost daily
in the U.S. Congress and in state and
local bodies throughout the country
which have direct and long-range
bearing on American working
people.
By maintaining a sure and steady
presence in Washington, D.C. and,
through the port councils of the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Dept.,
in port cities across the country the
SIU is constantly working for a
stronger, better, more capable
merchant marine.
But working on Capitol Hill is
only half the battle. The other half is
getting those candidates whose
concerns parallel our own, elected.
And that is the responsibility of
every member of this Union; of
every citizen of this nation.
Exercising the right to vote is our
birthright as Americans. Itjis a right
denied to millions of the world's
people. For that reason alone, we
have an obligation to use it well.
Absentee Ballots
There is no valid excuse for not
voting, including being away from
home on Election Day. If you are
on-board ship on Nov. 4 you can
vote by absentee ballot. The only
requirements for absentee voting is
that you are a U.S. citizen and you
are registered to vote.
To request an absentee ballot,
write or visit the local Board of
Elections or County Clerk's office in
the city or county in which you're
registered to vote. Tell them you're a
merchant seaman and will be away
from home on Election Day. They
will provide you with a form which
you must fill out and return tothem.
Upon receipt of that form, they will
send you your absentee ballot which
must be returned on the Friday
before Election Day.
Being an American citizen carries
with it rights and privileges un
equalled anywhere else in the world.
But those rights and privileges are
ours only so long as we continue to
choose leaders who will protect
them.
As soon as we, as a people, stop
making informed choices in the
voting booth, we are no longer
entitled to the trust in our wisdom
on which the Founding Fathers built
the American political system.
The,time when we refuse or are
unable to make informed choices on
Election Day is the time when we
relinquish our right to be a people
at liberty in a vital, responsive
democracy.
October 1980 / LOG / 17
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Capt. Russel Holmes skippered the campaign which ledio the overwhelming vote
by Star & Crescent Towing Co. employees to join the SlU. Capt. Holmes, now
ship's delegate, poses happily with SlU member Mary Zimmerman, tour guide
aboard the boats.
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The Silvergate is one of Star & Crescent Towing's excursion boats. She's now
under SlU contract.
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Chuck Reed is a boat operator for Star & Crescent Towing.
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Deckhand N. Valencia, right, jokes around with the microphone which tour guide
Cindy Delgadillo uses to point out the sights of San Diego harbor to tour
passengers.
Workers at the Star and
Crescent Towing Company have
overwhelmingly voted to join the
SIU. They had originally been
represented by the Inland Boat
men's Union of the Pacific, hut
had balked when they heard that
the IBU of the Pacific had
decided to disaffiliate from the
SIU.
The IBU of the Pacific man
aged to pick up Just one vote out
of a total 27 cast.
Star and Crescent Towing
operates the sight-seeing boats
that tour the picturesque San
Diego Harbor. The company
employs everything from tour
guides to licensed captains, all of
whom are now represented by the
SIU.
The workers became very
concerned when they heard that
the IBU of the Pacific had
disaffiliated. They approached
SIU organizers because they
feared that they would no longer
continue to be adequately repre
sented.
Frank Gill, Luigi lovino and.
Joe Goren led the SIU campaign.
They were ably assisted by Russel
Holmes, one of the licensed
captains that the company em
ploys.
San Diego, with its worldrenowned zoo, its beautiful
geography and its interesting
Hispanic architecture, is one of
this country's pre-eminent cities.
But the harbor is San Diego's
crowning glory. After the vote at
Star and Crescent Towing,^ the
SIU rules it.
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Boat Operator R. E. Hayle knows San
Diego harbor like the back of his hand.
Joaquim Neves is a deckhand aboardi
SlU-contracted sightseeing boatsj
operated by Star & Crescent Towing.
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Richard Waisoner, Star & Crescej
Towing deckhand, is proud to be|^
member of the SIU.
Boat Operator Dick Hayle keeps 'em moving as passengers board excursion
boat.
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Voting Procedures, Sample Ballot,
Other Information for 1980 General
Election of Officers, 1981-1984
Seafarers International Union Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District
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the first Ine of the upper lefthand
corner of the mailing envelope, and
print his name and book number on
the second line, the secrecy of the
ballot—which is encased in an
unmarked ballot envelope—is com
plete.
No ballot will be opened for
counting until all envelopes con
taining valid ballots have first been
opened, the ballot envelope re
moved intact, and all ballot envelopes mixed together. In no way
will there be any connection between
the mailing envelope—containing
the member's name—and the ballot
envelope or the ballot itself.
Ballots will be counted by a rankand-file Union Tallying Committee
consisting of two members elected,
fpm each of the Constitutional
Ports. They ^jll be elected in
December.
ECRET ballots, for the election be made by registered or certified
Once he receives his ballot and
of officers and job holders for mail postmarked no later than
the term 1980-1984, will be available midnight, Nov. 15 and must be envelopes,-the member's vote beto members of the Atlantic, Gulf, delivered no later than Nov. 25, comes completely secret since, after
Lakes and Inland Waters District of 1980. The requests must be mailed to he marks his ballot in secret, he
the Seafarers International Union of the Secretary-Treasurer's office at inserts it into the env.elope marked
^Ballot," seals it and places it into
North America from Nov. 1 through SIU Headquarters in Brooklyn.
the mailing envelope already ad
Dec. 31. The ballot will contain the Seafarers requesting absentee bal
dressed to the Depositary Bank,
names of all qualified candidates as lots are cautioned to include with the
seals the mailing envelope and mails
was determined by the Union's request the address where they want
it.
Credentials Committee and mem the ballot to be mailed.
While he must sign his name on
bership in accordance with the
Union's Constitution.
The election will be conducted by
NoHee On Unopposed Csmdidates
a mail ballot as provided by the
One part of the article of the SIU candidate.
tee shall not be required to tally
Union's Constitution. Secret bal
Constitution which deals with rules
completely
the results of the voting
lots, together with self-addressed,
The entire section, contained in
for elections concerns the election of
for such unopposed candidate but
stamped envelopes for mailing, will
candidates who are unopposed for Article XIII, Section 5(a) of the SIU shall certify in their report, that such:
be available to full-book members in
office. The section states that those Constitution, reads as follows:
unopposed candidate has been
good standing at union halls.
candidates who are unopposed for
"A
candidate
unopposed
for
any
elected to such office or job. The
A full list of cities and street
any office or job shall be considered office or job shall be deemed elected Election Report Meeting shall
addresses where ballots will be
elected to that office or job, and that to such office or job notwithstandaccept the above certification of the
available accompanies this story.
the
Tallying
Committee
shall
not
ing
that
his
name
may
appear
on
the
Union Tallying Committee without
Election procedures are spelled
have
to
count
the
votes
for
any
such
ballot.
The
Union
Tallying
Commitchange."
out in detail in Article XIII of the
SIU Constitution which is printed in
this special supplement of the Log.
Seafarers may pick up their
ballots and mailing envelopes from 9
a.m. until noon, Monday through
Saturdays, except on legal holidays,
at any of the designated port-city
locations from Nov. 1 through Dec.
31.
Mailing envelopes containing
ballots must be postmarked no later
than Midnight, Dec. 31, 1980 and
must be received by Jan. 5, 1981.
Only full-book members in good
standing are eligible to vote. Each
member must present his book to
the port agent or the agent's
designated representative when the
member secures his ballot, his ballot
envelope and a postage-paid, preaddressed envelope in which to
return the ballot envelope contain
ing the ballot. When the member
receives his ballot, his book will be
stamped with the word "voted" and
the date.
The top part of the ballot above
the perforated line will be retained
by the port agent.
In cases where a member does not
produce his book, or where there is a
question about his being in good
standing or otherwise eligible to
vote, the member will receive a
mailing envelope of a different color
marked with the word "challenge,"
and his book shall be stamped
"Voted Challenge" and the date.
Absentee ballots will be available
to members who believe they will be
at sea or in a Public Health Service
Hospital during the voting period,
and unable to secure a ballot.
Requests for absentee ballots must
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ELECTION NOTICE OF 1980 ELECTION
FOR ELECTION OF 1981-1984 OFFICERS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Election will t>e conducted by secret mall ballot.
Ballots may be obtained at the following locations from 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon, Mondays through Saturdays, excluding holidays,
during the voting period. The voting period shall commence on November 1st, 1980 and shall^continue through Decemt>er 31,1980.
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ALPENA
BALTIMORE
BOSTON
CHICAGO
CLEVELAND
DETROIT
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DULUTH
FRANKFORT
GLOUCESTER
HONOLULU
HOUSTON
JACKSONVILLE
JEFFERSONVILLE
JERSEY CITY
MOBILE
NEW ORLEANS
NEW YORK
NORFOLK
PADUCAH
PHILADELPHIA
PINEY POINT
PORT ARTHUR
PORTLAND
PUERTO RICO
324 W. Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota 55802
SAN FRANCISCO
417 Main Street, Frankfort, Michigan 49635
SEATTLE
63 Rogers Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
ST. LOUIS
707 Alakea Street, Room 102, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
TAMPA
1221 Pierce Street, Houston, Texas 77002
TOLEDO
3315 Liberty Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32206
211 E. Market Street, Suite 106, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130 WILMINGTON
YOKOHAMA
99 Montgomery Street, Jersey .City, New Jersey 07302
1 South Lawrence Street, Mobile, Alabama 366C2
630 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
800 North Second Avenue, Alpena, Michigan 49707
1216 E. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
215 Essex Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
9383 So. Ewing Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60617
1290 Oid River Road, Cleveland, Ohio'44113
520 St. Clair River Drive, Algonac, Michigan 48001
675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyii, New York 11232
115 Third Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23510
225 South 7th Street, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
2604 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Penns^vanlR 19148
St. Mary's County, PIney Point, Maryland 20674
534 Ninth Avenue, Port Arthur, Texas 77640
421 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204
1313 Femandez Juncos, Stop 20, Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909
350 Fremont Street, San Francisco, California'94105
2505 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98121
4581 Gravols Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63116
2610 West Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, Florida 33609
935 Sumrnit Street, Toledo, Ohio 43604
408 Avalon Boulevard, Wilmington, California 90744
Room 801, Nohkyo Kyosal Building,
1-2 Kalgan-Dorl, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan 231-91
SlU Constitution Ruies on Election
Article XIII
Elections for Officers, Headquarters
Representatives, Part Agents and Potralmen
Section 1. Nominations.
'Except as provided in Section 2 (b) of this Article, any
full book member may submit his name for nomination for
any Office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port
Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to Jje deliv
ered in person, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at
headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Creden
tials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the
address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall
contain the following:
(a) The name of the candidate.
(b) His home address and mailing address.
fc) His book number.
(d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a
candidate, including the name of the Port in the
event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrol
man.
(e) Proof of citizenship.
(f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for
candidates.
(g) In the event the member is on a vessel, he shall notify
the Credentials Committee what vessel he is on. This
shall be done also if he ships subsequent to forwarding
his credentials.
<h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed
and dated by the proposed nominee:
"I hereby certify tha( I am not now, nor, for the five f5)
years last past, have I been either a member of the Com
munist Party or convicted of. or served any part of a prison
term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extor
tion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, viola
tion of narcotics laws, murder, rape, assault with' intent to
kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violalation of Title II or III of the Landrum-Griffin Act. or
conspiracy to commit any such crimes."
Dated
Signature oj member
Book No
Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available
to nominees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute
such a certificate, but is. in fact, legally eligible for an
office or job by reason of the restoration of civil rights
originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable deter
mination by the Board of Parole of the United States De
partment of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing
certificate, furnish a complete signed statement of the facts
of his case together with true copies of the documents
supporting his statement.
Any full book member may nominate any other full
book member in which event such full book member so
nominated shall comply with the provisions of this Article
as they are set forth herein, relating to the submission of
credentials. By reason of the above self nomination provi
sion the responsibility if any, for notifying a nominee of his
nomination to office, shall be that of the nominator.
All documents required herein must reach headquarters
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no earlier than July IS and no later than August 15 of
the election year.
The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with safekeeping of
these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials
Committee upon the latter's request.
Section 2. Credentials Committee.
(a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the
regular meeting in August of the election year, at the port
where Headquarters is located. It shall consist of six (6)
full book members in attendance at the meeting, with two
(2) members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine
and Stewards Departments. No officer. Headquarters Repre
sentative, Port Agent , or Patrolman, or candidate fbr office
or the jbb of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or
Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee,
except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event
any committee member is unable to serve, the Committee
shalU suspend until the President or Executive Vice-Presi
dent, or the Secretary-Treasurer, in that order, calls a
special meeting at the port where Headquarters is located
in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results
shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved
by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting
called for that purpose at that Port.
(b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately
go into session. It shall determine whether the persop has
submitted his application correctly and possesses the neces
sary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report
listing each applicant and his book number under the office
or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked
"qualified" or "disqualified" according to the findings of the
Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "dis
qualified," the reason therefor must be stated in the report.
Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting
of the membership, that fact shall also be noted, with
sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the
Committee members, and be completed and submitted to
the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their
election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated
in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in
each port.
On the last day of nominations, one member of the
Committee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept de
livery of credentials. All credentials must be in head
quarters by midnight of closing day.
(c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the
committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at
the addresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this
Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing their rea
sons for such disqualification by air mail, special delivery
registered or certified, to the mailing address designated'
pursuant to Section Kb) of this Article. A disqualified
applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the
membenihip from the decision of the Committee. He shall
forward copies of such appeal to each port, where the
appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular
meeting no later than the second meeting aftjr the Com
mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant to
insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without
prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may appear
in person before the Committee within two days after the
day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application
or argue for his qualification.
The committee's report shall be prepared early enough to
allow the applicant to appear before it within the lime set
forth in this Constitution and still reach the ports in time
for the first regular meeting after its election.
(d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the
case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disquali
fication by the Credentials Committee, in which event the
•one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified.
fe) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the
qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con
clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in
previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job
of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman,
has met ail the requirements of Section 1(a) of Article XII.
Section 3. Balloting Procedures.
(a) Balloting in the manner hereafter provided, shall
commence on November 1st of the election year and stiaii
continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sundays aiio
(for each individual Port) holidays legally recognizee m
the City of which the port affected is located. If November
1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recognized
in a Port in the City in which that port is located, the
balloting period in such port shall commence or terminate,
as the case may be, on the next succeeding
Subject to the foregoing, for the purpose Qf
members securing their ballots, the ports shall be ope
from 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon, Monday through Saturdays, ex
cluding holidays.
(b) Balloting shall be by mail. The Secretary-Treasurer
shall insure the proper and timely preparation of baiio .
without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots in y
contain general information and instructive coinments
iiiconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, A
qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetic^ y
within each category with book number and job scni
classification status.
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The listing of the ports shall first set forth
and then shall follow a geographical
with the most northerly port of the Atlantic Co«t, to
ing the Atlantic Cqast down to the moist
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on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico
so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any ^rt
the Continental United States shall then be
shall be no write-in voting and no provisions for tne
shhll appear on the ballo't. Each ballot shall be so
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as to have the number therebn placed at the top
and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion co taining the said number to be easily removed to msu
secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion
be placed a short statement indicating the nature ol
ballot and the voting date thereof.
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Secretary-Treasurer shall be the only oflficial ballots,
others may be used. Each ballot shall be niunbcred ^
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cated in the preceding paragraphs and shall be
consecutively, commencing with number I. A su
�amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A
rpcord of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount,
cpnt thereto, shall be maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer,
who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indi" tine the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall also send to each Port Agent
I sufficient amount of blank opaque envelopes containing
the word "Ballot" on the face of the envelope, as well as
1 sufficient amount of opaque mailing envelopes, first class
postage prepaid and printed on the face thereon as the
addressee shall be the name and address of the depository
fnr the receipt of such ballots as designated by the Presidpnt in the manner provided by Article X, Section 1. of .
this Constitution. In the upper left-hand corner of such
mailinc envelope, there shall be printed thereon, as a top
line provision for the voter's signature and on another line
immediately thereunder, provision for the printing of the
voter s name and book number. In addition, the SecretaryTreasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of mailing
envelopes identical with the mailing envelopes mentioned
ibove except that they shall be of different color, and shall
contain on the face of such envelope in bold letters, the
word "Challenge." The Secretary-Treasurer shall further
furnish a sufficient amount of "Roster Sheets' which shall
have printed thereon, at the top thereof, the year of the
election and immediately thereunder, five (5) vertical col
umns designated, date, ballot number, signature full book
member's name, book number, and comments, and such
roster sheets shall contain horizontal lines immediately under
the captions of each of the above five columns. The Secre
tary-Treasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of envel
opes with the printed name and address of the depository on
the face thereof, and in the upper left-hand comer, the name
of the port and address, and on the face of such envelope,
should be printed the words, "Roster Sheets and Ballot
Stubs". Each Port Agent shall maintain separate records of
the bailots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots
when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as
the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers
listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to
that Port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute andrelurn to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt, acknowledging
the correctness of the amount and the numbers of the
ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any
discrepancy. Discrepancies shall be corrected as soon as
possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts
shall be forwarded for all the aforementioned election
material actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall
prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and
correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at
all times be available to any member asking for inspection
of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer and
shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee.
(d) Balloting shall be secret. Only full book members in
good standing may vote. Each full book member may
secure his ballot at Port offices, from the Port Agent or
his duly designated representative at such port. Each Port
Agent shall designate an area at the Port office over which
should be posted the legend "Voting Ballots Secured Here."
When a full book member appears to vote he shall present
his-book to the Port Agent or his aforementioned duly
designated representative. The Port Agent or his duly
designated representative shall insert on the roster sheet
under the appropriate column the date, the number of the
ballot given to such member and' his full book number,
and the member shall then sign his name on such roster
sheet under the appropriate column. Such member shall
have his book stamped with the wdrd, "Voted" and the
date, and shall be given a ballot, and simultaneously the
perforation on the top of the ballot shall be removed. At
the same time the member shall be given the envelope
marked "Ballot" together with the pre-paid postage mailing
envelope addressed to the depository. The member shall
take such ballot and envelopes and in secret thereafter,
mark his ballot, fold the same, insert it in the blank
envelope marked "Ballot", seal the same, then insert such
"Ballot" envelope' into the mailing envelope, seal such
mailing envelope, sign his name on the upper left-hand
corner on the first line of such mailing envelope and on
the second line in the upper left-hand corner print his
name and book number, after which he shall mail or cause
the same to be mailed. In the event a full book member
appears to vote and is not in good standing, or does not
have his membership book with him or it appears for other
valid reasons he is not eligible to vote, the same procedure
as provided above shall apply to him. except that on the
roster sheet under the column "Comments", notation should
be made that the member voted a challenged ballot ^d
the reason for his challenge. Such member's membership
book shall be stamped "voted challenge", and the date,
and such member instead of the above-mentioned mailing
envelope, shall be given the mailing envelope of a different
color marked on the face thereof with the word, "Chal
lenge". At the end of each day. the Port Agent or his
duly designated representative shall enclose in the envelope
addressed to the depository and marked "Roster Sheets and
Ballot Stubs", the roster sheet or sheets executed by the
members that day. together with the numbered perforated
slips removed from the ballots which had been given to the
members, and then mail the same to such depository. To
insure that an adequate supply of all balloting material is
maintained in all ports at all times, the Port Agent or his
duly designated representative, simultaneously with mailing
of the roster sheets and ballot stubs to the depository at
the end of each day. shall also make a copy of the roster
sheet for that day and mail the same to the SecretaryTreasurer at Headquarters. The Port Agent shall be
responsible for the proper safeguarding of all election
material and shall not release any of it until duly called
for and shall insure that no one tampers with the material
placed in his custody.
(e) Full book members may request and vote an absen
tee ballot under the following circumstances; while sucn
member is employed on a Union contracted vessel and
which vessel's schedule does not provide for it to be at a
port in which a ballot can be secured during the time and
period provided for in Section 4(a) of this Article or is in
a USPHS Hospital anytime during the first ten (10) days
of the month of November of the Election Vear. The meinber shall make a request for an absentee ballot by registered
or certified mail or the equivalent mailing deviw at the
location from which such request is made, if such be tne
case. Such request shall contain a designation as to tne
address to which such mCmber wishes his absentee ballot
returned. The request shall be postmarked no later than
12:00 P.M. on the 15th day of November of the elwtiOT
year, shall be directed to the Sccretafy-Treasurer at Head
quarters and must be delivet-ed no later than the 25th of
such November. The Secretary-Treasurer shall determine
whether such member ii eligible to vote such absentee
ballot. The Secretary-Treasurer, if he determines that such
member is so eligible, he shall by the 30th of such Novem
ber, send by registered mail, return receipt requested, to
the address so designated by such member, a "Ballot", after
removing the perforated numbered stub, together with the
hereinbefore mentioned "Ballot" envelope, and mailing
envelope addressed to the depository, except that printed
on the face of such mailing envelope, shall be the words
"Absentee Ballot" and appropriate voting instructions shall
accompany such mailing to the member. If the ^cretaryTreasurer determines that such member is ineligible to
receive such abstentee ballot, he shall nevertheless send
such member the aforementioned ballot with accompanying
material except that the mailing envelope addressed to the
depository shall have printed on the face thereof the
words "Challenged Absentee Ballot." The Secretary"Treasurer shall keep records of all of the foregoing, includ
ing the reasons for determining such member's ineligibility,
which records shall be open for inspection by full book
members and upon the convening of the Union Tallying
Committee, presented to them. The Secretary-Treasurer
shall send to all Ports, the names and book numbers of
the members to whom absentee ballots were sent.
(f) All ballots to be counted, must be received by the
depository no later than the January 5th immediately sub
sequent to the election year and must be postmarked no
later than 12 midnight December 31st of the election year.
Section 4. (a) At the close of the last day of the period
for securing ballots, the Port Agent in each port, in addi-r
tion to his duties set forth above, shall deliver or ifiail to
Headquarters by registered or certified mail,' attention
Union Tallying Committee, all unused ballots and shall
specifically set forth, by. serial number and amount, the
unused ballots so forwarded.
(b) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 18 full
book members. Two shall be elected ffom each of the 9 ports
of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Mobile. New Orleans.
Houston. Detroit, San Francisco and St. Louis. The elec
tion shall be held at the regular meeting in December of
the election year, or if the Executive Board otherwise deter
mines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the afore
said ports, on the first business day of the last week of said
month. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent.
Patrolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquar
ters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible
for election to this Committee, except as provided for m
Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties herein set
forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be charged with
the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a
closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results
of the election, including a complete accounting of all
ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the
rosters, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed
reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each
total broken down into port totals. The tallying Committee
shall have access to all election records and files for their
inspection, examination and verification. The report shall
clearly detail all discrepancies discovered and shall contain
recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies.
All members of the Committee shall sign the report, with
out prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof
to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the
count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details.
In connection with the tally of ballots there shall I* no
counting of ballots until all mailing envelopes containing
valid ballots have first been opened, the ballot envelopes
removed intact and then all of such ballot envelopes mixed
together, after which such ballot envelopes shall be oj^ned
and counted in such multiples as the Committee may deem
expedient and manageable. The Committee shall resolve all
issues on challenged ballots and then tally those found
valid, utilizing the same procedure as provided in the
preceding sentence either jointly or separately.
(c) The members of the Union Tallying Committee
shall, after their election, proceed to the port in which
Headquarters is located, to arrive at that port no later than
January 5lh of the ye'ir immediately after the election year.
Each member of the Committee not elected from the port
in which Headquarters is located shall be reimbiirsed for
transportation, meals, and lodging, expenses occ«ioned by
their traveling to and returning'from that Port. Committee
members elected from the port in which Headquarters is
located, shall be similarly reimbursed, except for transpor
tation. All members of the Committee shall also be paid
at the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subse
quent to their election to the day they return, in normal
course, to the port from which they were elected.
The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman
from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of
this Constitution, adopt its own procedures. All decisions
of such Committee and the contents of their report shall be
valid if made by a majority vote, provided there 1^ a
quorum in attendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at
ten. The Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof,
shall have the sole right and duty to obtain all mailed
ballots and the other mailed election material from the
depository and to insure their safe custody during the
course of the Committee's proceedings. The proceedings of
the Committee except for their organizational meeting and
their actual preparation of the closing report and dissents
therefrom, if any, shall be open to any member, provided
he observes decorum. Any candidate may act as an observer
and/or designate another member to act as his observer at
the counting of the ballots. In no event shall issuance of
the above referred to closing report of the Committee be
delayed beyond January 31st immediately subsequent to the
close of the election year. In the discharge of its duties,
the Committee may call upon and utilize the services of
clerical employees of the Union. The Committee shall be
discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dis
patch of its report as required in this Article. In the event
a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to this Article,
the Committee shall be reconstituted, except that if any
member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall
be elected from the appropriate port at a special meeting
held for that purpose as soon as possible.
(d) The report of the Committee shall be made up in
sufficient copies to comply with the following requirements:
two copies shall be mailed by the Committee to each Port
Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer no later than January
tist immediately subsequent to the close
year. As soon as these copies arc received each
Agent
shall cost one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in
f con&ous minner. and notify the Secretary-Treasurer.
in writing, as to the date of such posting. This copy shall
be kept posted until after the Election Report Meeting,
which shall be the March regular membership meeting im
mediately following the close of the election year. At the
Election Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall
be read verbatim,
(e) Any.full book member claiming a violation of the
election and balloting procedure or the conduct of the
same, shall within 72 hours of the occurrence of the
claimed violation, notify the Secretary-Treasurer at Head
quarters, in writing, by certified mail, of the same, setting
forth his name, book number and the details so that ap
propriate corrective action if warranted may be taken. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall expeditiously investigate the facts
concerning the claimed violation, take such action as may
be necessary, if any, and" make a report and recommenda
tion, if necessary, a copy of which shall be sent to the
member and the original shall be filed for the Union Tallyr
ing Committee for their appropriate action, report and rec
ommendation, if any. The foregoing shall not be applicable
to matters involving the Credentials Committee's action or
report, the provisions of Article XIII, Sections 1 and 2
being the pertinent provisions applicable to such matters.
' All protests as to any and all aspects of the election and
balloting procedures or the conduct of the same, not passed
upon by the Union Tallying Committee in its report,
excluding therefrom matters involving the Credentials
Committee's action or report as provided in the last sentence
of the immediately preceding paragraph, but including the
procedure and report of the Union Tallying Committee,
shall be filed in writing by certified mail with the SecretaryTreasurer at Headquarters, to be received no later than
the February 25th immediately subsequent to the close of
the election year. It shall be the responsibility of the
member to insure that his written protest is received by
the Secretary-Treasurer po later than such February 25th.
The Secretary-Treasurer shall forward copies of such
written protest to all ports in sufficient time to be read at
the Election Report Meeting. The written protest shall
contain the full book member's name, book number, and
all details constituting the protest.
(f) At the Election Report Meeting the report and
recommendation of the Union Tallying Committee, includ
ing but not limited to discrepancies, protests passed upon
by them, as well as protests filed with the SecretsTreasurer as provided for in Siection (e) immediately
above, shall be acted upon by the meeting. A majori^
vote of the membership shall decide what action, if any, in
accordance with the Constitution shall be taken thereon,
which action, however, shall not include the ordering of a
special vote, unless reported discrepancies or protested
procedure or conduct found to have occurred and to be
violative of the Constitution, affected the results of the vote
for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall
be restricted to such office, offices and/or job or jobs, as
the case may be. A majority of the membership at the
Election Report Meetings may order a recheck and recount
when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by
three (3) or more members of the Union Tallying Com
mittee. Except for the contingencies provided for in this
Section 4(f), the closing report shall be accepted as final.
There shall be no further protest or appeal from the action
of the majority of the membership at the Election Report
Meetings.
(g) Any special vote ordered pursuant to Section 4(f)
shall be commenced within ninety (90) days after the first
day of the month immediately subsequent to the Election
Report Meetings mentioned above. The depository shml
the same as designated for the election from which the
special vote is ordered. And the procedures shall be the
same as provided for in this Spction 4, except where
specific dates are provided for, the days shall be the dates
applicable, which provide for the identical time and days /
originally provided for in this Section 4. The Election Re
port Meeting for the aforesaid special vote shall be that
meeting immediately subsequent to the report of the
Union Tallying Committee separated by one calendar
month.
Section 5^ Elected Olficeis and Job Holdeis:
(a) A candidate unopposed for any office or job shall be
deemed elected to such office or job notwithstanding that
his name may appear on the ballot. The Union Tallying
Committee shall not be required to tally complctc y the
results of the voting for such unopposed candidate but shall
certify in their report, that s"ch uno^sed candi^date has
been elected to such office or job. The Election Rejwrt
Meeting shall accept the above certification ol the Union
Tallying Committee without change.
Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman:
(a) The person elected shall be that person having the
largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job
involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for
a particular office or job, the proper number of candidate
receiving the successively highest number of votes wall TC
declared elected. These determinations shall be made only
from the results deemed final and accepted as provided m
this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify
each individual elected.
(b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall
take over'their respective offices and jobs, and assume the
duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election
Report Meeting, or the next regular meeting, depending
upon which meeting the results as to each of the foregoing
are deemed final and accepted, as provided in this Article.
The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and
expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the con
trary contained in Article XI. Section 1. "This shall not apply
where the successful candidate cannot assume his office
because he is at sea.
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In such event, a majority vote of the membership may
grant additional time for the assumption of the office or
job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected Presi
dent to assume office the provisions of Article X, Action
11 shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other
cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as
decided by a majority vote of the membership.
Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specificdly charged
with the preservation and retention of all election record^
including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed
and authorized to issue such other and further directives as
to the election procedures as arc required by law, which
directives shall be part of the election procedures of this
Union.
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
For Election of 1981-1984 Officers
and Constitutional Amendments
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Leo Cronsohn, CrSOl
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Frank Drozak, D-jg;
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38 •
Donald C. Anderson, A-5244
17 •
Luige lovino, 1-11
39 •
Leo Bonser, B-1193
40 •
Mike Worley, W-752
18 •
Earl "Emir Lee, Jr., L-8001
4 •
Ed Turner, T-8001 ,
19 •
Frank Mongelli, M-1111
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Vote for One /
20 •
Carl Peth, P-755
21 •
George RIpoll, R-708
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Trevor Robertson, R-723
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VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE,
OF CONTRACTS
AND CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
Vote for One
6 •
Angus Campbell, 0-217
7 •
Robert (Bob) O'Rourke, 0-3
24 •
Robert Selzer, S-1258
26 O
Ted Babkowski, B-1
John Fay, F-363
13 •
Gk>rge McCartney, M-948
14 •
Steven Troy, T-485
John Ruiz, R-1116
44 •
Harmando Salazar, S-1966
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F.E. "Gene" Taylor, T-180 -
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Juan J. Relnosa, R-70
SAN FRANCISCO JOINT PATROLMAN
Vote for Two
George Costango, C-5795
BALTIMORE JOINT PATROLMAN
Vote for TWO
47 •
D. "Frank" Boyne, &8
48 •
Gentry Moore, M-8001
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28 • . Richard Avery, Jr., Ag0017
29 •
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DETROIT AGENT
Vote for One
Robert Pomertahe, P-437 ,
49 •
MOBILE AQi^T
Voto P»r One
HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE
Vote for Four
12 •
43 •
46 •
Mike Sacco, S-1288
Jack Bluitt, 8-15
Patrick Plllsworth, P-1079
SAN FRANCISCO AGENT
Vote for One
BALTIMORE AGENT
Vote for One
Joe Sacco, 8-1287
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42 •
Stephen Papuchis, P-5198
Leon Hall, Jr., H-125
27 •
Louis Guarino, G-520
HOUSTON JOINT PATROLMAN
Vote for Three
Robert "Joe" Air, A-61
VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF
THE LAKES AND INLAND WATERS
Vote for One
10 •
41 •
PHILADELPHIA JOINT PATROLMAN
Vote for TWO
VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE
OF THE GULF COAST
Vote for One
9 •
HOUSTON AGENT
Vote for One
PHfLADELPHIA AGENT
Vote for One
VICE PRESIDENT IN CHAPOE
OF THE ATLANTIC COAST
Vote for One
8 •
NEW ORLEANS JOINT PATROLMAN
Vote for Three
Horace Hamilton, H-8001
Anthony 0. Aronica, A^HSr
Joseph OiGiorgio, D-2
Gerald A. Brown, B-1159
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37 •
Jack Caffey, C-1010
NEW YORK JOINT PATROLMAN
Vote for Eight
EXECUTIVE VICE PREiiDENT ^
VWeforOne
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NEW ORLEANS AGENT
Vote for One
NEW YORK AGENT
Vote for One
PRESIDENT
Vote for Qnes^ ^
30 •
D.L. "Sheriff" Dickinson, D-227
31 •
Thomas Glldewell, G-467
32 •
Jack M. Dalton, 0-337
33 •
Hubert Hollis Johnson, J-192
34 •
Edward "Edd" Morris, M-1358
35 •
Darry Sanders, S-2016
36 •
George Vukmir, V-269
Jack Allen, A-674
DETROIT JOINT PATROLMAN
Vote for One
50 •
MOBILE JOINT PATROLMAN
Vote for Two
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Byron F. Kelley, K-12039
ST. LOUIS AGENT
Vote for One
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sr. LOUIS JOINT PATROLMAN
Vote for One
Manuel "Joe" SIgier, S-2101
PROPOSITION # 1
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SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAAtlantlc, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District
VOTING PERIOD NOVEMBER 1st, 1980 THROUGH DECEMBER 31st, 1980
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS—In order to vote for a candidate, mark a cross PQ In
voting square to the left of name. If you vote for more candidates for office than
specified herein, your vote for such office will be invalid.
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MARK YOUR BALLOT WITH PEN AND INK OR INDELIBLE PENCIL.
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Are you In favor of amending Article V, Section 1(a) of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland
Waters District, AFL-CIO in accordance with the resolution rriailed to you, to read as follows:
Article V, Section 1
"(a) dues annually In the sum of $200.00 which shall be paid in equal quarterly amounts on a calendar year basis, no later than the first
business day of each calendar quarter, except as herein otherwise provided, and such dues shall be increased from time to time by percentages
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equal to the percentages of negotiated wage increases inclusive of cost of living increases but not more than 10% annually over dues then In effect
as provided in this paragraph (a) during the previous twelve months, and such dues inclusive of such percentages amounts rounded off to thu
nearest dollar with 50 cents or less rounded off to the dollar immediately below and 51 cents or more, rounded off to the dollar Immediately above,
and shall be payable in equal calendar quarterly amounts no later than the first business day of the calendar quarter immediately following any such 1,.
increases, except as herein otherwise provided, and;"
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PLACE "X" IN BOX OF YOUR CHOICE
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PROPOSITION #2
Are you in favor of amending the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, In
accordance with the proposed amendments outlined in the resolution mailed 4o you fdr the purpose of creating a Vice President in Charge of the West Coast?
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WHEREAS, our regular dues presently In the sum of $200.00 yearly as provided for in Article V, Section 1(a) of our Constitution, has remained unchanged for many
years, and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the memt>ershlp's adoption several years ago of working dues related to days worked, In addition to such regular dues as provided^
Article V, Section 1(b) of our Constitution, costs of our Union operations have Increased over the comparable years In percentage amounts In excess of such work
ing dues Increase, and
WHEREAS, in order to discharge the Union's responsibilities to the membership It Is necessary that our Union receive Increased revenue so as to provide neces
sary and competent personnel and facilities as well as to preserve and further the Union's Interest as an Institution for the meml)ershlp's t)eneflt, and
WHEREAS, Inflation the past several years has Increased most substantially and It appears reasonably to continue for future years, necessitating that provision
be now made to accommodate to the results of such future events, and
WHEREAS, It appears most fair and appropriate that any dues Increases bear relationship to wage Increases Inclusive of cost of living increases negotiated by the
Union for the membership, and
WHEREAS, such dues Increases to be most fair and appropriate should be equal percentagewise with a maximum annual Increase, to the percentage of such
negotiated wage Increases Inclusive of cost of living Increases so that If wage Increases and/or cost of living Increases are received by the membership In an
amount for example of 9%, then the dues exclusive of dues related to days worked, shall be Increased by 9%, and
WHEREAS, as stated, there should be a maximum percentage to which dues shall be Increased In any consecutive twelve months and which shall be not more
than lOVo annually over that In effect In the previous consecutive twelve months, and
WHEREAS, until otherwise decided by the membership as Constitutionally provided, such percentage Increases of dues exclusive of dues related to days worked
should take place at a time when such wage Increases Inclusive of cost of living Increases occur, and
WHEREAS, In the Interest of sound administrative procedures, such Increases In dues, however, should not occur until the first calendar quarter Immediately fol
lowing the effective date of any such Increases Inclusive of cost of living Increases, and
WHEREAS, your Executive Board has carefully reviewed this matter and unanimously agreed that the adoption of this Resolution Is In the best Interests of t^
membership and the Union and have authorized Vice President Leon Hall to submit this Resolution on behalf of your unanimous Executive Board as a Propos^
amendment to our Constitution and particularly Article V, Section 1(a), to be voted upon by our membership all In the manner provided by our Constitution tor con
stitutional amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED:
Article V, Section 1(a) of our Constitution shall be amended to read as follows:
"(a) dues annually in the sum of $200.00 whjch shall be paid in equal quarterly amounts on a calendar year basis, no later than the first
business day of each calendar quarter, except as herein otherwise provided, and such dues shall be increased from tin^ to tirne by percentages
equal to the percentages of negotiated wage Increases Inclusive of cost of living Increases but not more than 10 /o annually over dues then m effect
as provided In this paragraph (a) during the previous twelve months, and such dues Inclusive of such percentages amounts rounded off to the
nearest dollar with 50 cents or less rounded off to the dollar Immediately below and 51 cents or more, rounded off to the dollar immediately abov^
and shall be payable In equal calendar quarterly amounts no later than the first business day of the calendar quarter Immediately following any such
Increases, except as herein otherwise provided, and;"
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THE FOLLOWING CONSTITUTIONALLY ADOPTED PROPOSITION, TO BE VOTED UPON, IF ADOPTED, WOULD AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW OFFICE AND OFFICER - VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE WEST COAST
Article VII, Section 2 shall be amended to read as follows;
"Section 2. The Headquarters of the Union shall be located In New York or at such place as the Executive Board may determine from time to time. The head
quarters officers shall consist of a President, an Executive Vice President, one Vice-President In Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a^retaryTreasurer, one Vice President In Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice Presldent-ln Charge of the Gulf Coast, one Vice President in Charge of the West
Coast, and one Vice President In Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters."
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Article Vfll, Section 1 shall be amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected as otherwise provided In this Constltuhon. These officers shall tie the President, an fxf ut.ve Vi^
President one Vice President In Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one Vice President in Charge of the Atlantic ^ast,
one Vice President In Charge of the Gulf Coast, one Vice President In Charge of the West Coast, and one Vice President in Charge of the Ukes and Inland
Waters.
Article X, Sections 7 through 13, shall be renumbered seriatim so as to constitute new Sections 8 through 14.
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be a member of .he E«ecb,i« Boa,<^a•K. ebtmed m cast one vote In that borhr. He shall suoervlse and be responsible for the activities cf !»ll the Ports and the personnel thereof on the West Coast incuding their organizing
artivities The West Coast area Is deemed to mean the States of Callfomla, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii.
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executive his responsibilities, he Is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or professional assistance
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he deems necessary, subject to the approval of the Executive Board.
Article X, Section 11 renumbered Section 12 as above. Is amended to read as follows:
The first paragraph Is
president the Executive Vice-President, the Vice President In Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, the
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Coast Area, the Vice President In Charge of the Gulf Coast Area, the Vice President in
SCMS^ Area ^he Vice President In Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters, and the National Director (or chief executive of^er) of each
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by the Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained a membership of 3,2TO members
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three (3) months. Such National Director (or chief executive officer) shall be a membe^ the respecSle su^Tdlnate"^ or SSton ariS rSLst be qualified to hold office under the terms of the Constitution of such division or subordinate body."
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Article X Section 12 renumbered 13, as proposed above, the first paragraph thereof "(a)". Is amended to read as follows:
Article X ^tion
members of the Union and Its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected In accordance with the provisions
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delegates to all Conventions of the Seafarers Intematlonal Union of North America In the
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'n Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement; Secretary-Treasurer; Vice
following order of prlonty^ Sue Co^Tv c^ President In Charge of the Gulf Coast; Vice President in Charge of the West Coast; Vice President In Charge
President In Cba<^ oHJJ
^^^t senior In full book Union membership; Port Agents, with priority to
and Patrolmen, with priority to those most senior In full book Union membership.
These amendments. If approved, shall become effective upon the date of certification of the Union Tallying Committee.
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SS Kauai
Fresh from the Sun Shipyard, Chester, Pa., the 720-foot, 38,800-ton
new containership SS Kauai'(Matson Navigation) carried 1,200
containers on her maiden voyage to the port of Honolulu on Sept. 23.
The $76.5 million ship, which has three sisters hips, made a special port
of call to her island namesake, Nawiliwili, Xauai.
She returned to Terminal Is., Los Angeles Harbor to team up with the
SS Manulani on the run. The SS Maui and SS Manukai sail the 98-yearold San Francisco-Honolulu run.
Sea-Land Service
This month Sea-Land Service plans more sailings with added tonnage
from the East Coast and the Gulf to Northern Europe with direct, long
haul weekly sailings from eight ports and twice-weekly sailings from Port
Elizabeth, N.J.
On the North Atlantic run, SL-7s carrying 1,096 containers, will call
weekly at Rotterdarti and Bremerhaven from Port Elizabeth and
Portsmouth, Va.
The stepped-up operation also calls for Sea-Land vessels to call at
Rotterdam three times a week and twice weekly at Bremerhaven and
Algeciras, Spain.
A 739-foot SL-18 and three 635-container D-6s will sail weekly from
Port Elizabeth, Wilmington, N.C. and Charleston, S.C. to Rotterdam
and Algeciras.
From the Gulf, three 839-container D-8s and two SL-18s will sail
weekly from Houston, New Orleans, Jacksonville and Port Everglades to
Bremerhaven and Algeciras.
SS Merrimac
From the Gulf on Oct. 5-15, the bulk carrier SS Merrimac (Ogden
Marine) will carry 17,800 metric tons of sulfur to Alexandria or Port
Said, Egypt.
Philadelphia
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With the Japanese expecting to import 80.5 million tons of steam coal
in 1995 after importing 25 million tons of metallurgical coal in 1974, the
port of Philadelphia's Greenwich Pier 124 will get $26.5 million from the
state to modernize and increase its capacity from 3 million tons to 20
million tons by the mid-1980s.
With Northern Europe also expecting to import more coal and the U.S.
expected to export 120 million tons of coal by 1990, this port's Port
Richmond will be modernized to hike its capacity to 10 million tons a
year.
Overseas Valdez Committee
Puerto Rico Marine
Puerto Ricp Marine plans to start early next year a R/O R/O
trailership run between the ports of New Orleans and San Juan.
The new weekly run will sail from the company's newly-leased 1S'A acre
France Road terminal which has a 700-foot berth and a marshaling yard
for 700 containers.
Trailer Marine Transport
Five 400-foot double-deck barges of Trailer Marine Transport
(Crowley Maritime) will be converted into triple-deck ships.
They will be on the R/O R/O cargo run between Lake Charles, La. and
San Juan.
Each barge's third deck will be 18 feet wider than lower decks giving it
another trailer lane on each side so capacity is increased from 180 to 288
40 and 45-foot trailers.
Two are already ready and all will be in service by the end of the year.
Coordinated Caribbean Transport
Coordinated Caribbean Transport expects its new tug-barge vessels to
enter the run between Miami and Ecuador soon.
U.S. Maritime Administration
Since MARAD now has only one supplier of U.S. Merchant Marine
service ribbons, it is going to issue non-exclusive licenses to make and sell
these ribbons.
The ribbons are for Korea, Vietnam, Pacific War Zone, Pre-Pearl
Harbor Defense, Atlantic War Zone, Victory Medal and the MedMideast War Zone.
N.Y. State AFL-CIO
The N.Y. State AFL-CIO Convention endorsed a plan to build an
offshore "energy island" in the Atlantic off New York City.
The plan calls for widening the Erie Canal and using the dirt fill to build
the island to make and store energy.
The island would house oil refineries, power plants, natural gas storage
tanks and be a porrfor oil tankers.
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High School Diploma?
We would like to help you.
Here's all you have to do:
Come to the Seafarers
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Fill out this coupon and
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SlU Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (seated left) makes out a dues receipt on Sept.
24 for AB Steve Boettcher (seated right) a 1978 Piney Point Grad. With them js
the Ship's Committee of the ST Overseas Va/dez (Maritime Overseas) of(seated
center) Bosun Henry Jones: ship's chairman and (standing I. to r.) Chief Steward
Babalu Evans, secretary-reporter; Steward Delegate Jose Romero and Engine
Delegate Dave Cameron. The ship paid off at Stapleton Anchorage. S.I., N.Y.
Address to: Tracy Aumann
GED Department
Seafarers Lundeberg
School of Seamanship
Piney Point,Maryland
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United Industrial Workers
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Frank Drozak, president
Joe DiGiorgiu, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hall, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
AUG. 1-30,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile .......
New Orleans..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
PineyPoint ...
Yokohama
Totals
10
122
6
24
11
15
21
72
35
20
25
42
22
76
0
0
501
5
49
4
10
11
8
7
20
14
5
16
12
2
27
4
0
194
1
10
2
3
5
4
0
2
2
0
11
5
1
6
0
0
52
7
102
8
20
18
5
18
49
21
16
13
30
9
45
0
0
361
5
55
4
11
7
5
10
10
2
11
12
13
1
17
3
1
167
1
6
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
3
4
1
.2
0
0
24
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans ..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point ...
Yokohama
Totals
ToUlsAIIDepartmento
8
117
7
24
25
13
29
73
20
21
24
88
24
85
0
4
562
5
89
5
12
12
9
8
21
6
3
16
57
9
46
17
2
317
0
8
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
7
9
0
4
0
0
33
13
176
18
36
25
21
29
135
63
75
44
58
24
126
0
2
845
5
67
7
17
17
14
11
29
27
15
23
16
2
37
1
0
288
4
19
--^2
6
14
6
0
8
8
3
22
9
1
18
0
0
120
1
109
6
25
12
6
20
30
13
10
14
41
9
45
. 0
0
341
5
75
6
9
7
10
15
18
3
12
14
36
9
37
13
0,
269
3
43
2
10
7
3
9
29
5
6
5
30
6
30
2
0
190
2
21
3 •
3
7
4
0
5
4
5
5
5
4
3
12
0
83
0
4
0
0
1
4
0
1
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
0
17
3
78
2
16
14
8
17
21
12
9
14
46
5
32
1
0
278
4
64
1
11
13
7
5
9
2
8
6
14
5
28
72
0
249
1
4
2
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
2
7
0
1 •
0
0
22
3
2
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
11
1
12
0
6
0
0
40
8
153
10
32
32
9
30
119
34
48
24
48
13
102
0
0
662
4
80
8
16
15
7
10
34
9
16
17
17
5
28
0
1
267
1
14
0
5
5
1
0
5
4
2
5
8
0
3
0
3
72
5
15
15
3
17
67
16
29
14
35
14
58
1
0
364
2
41
4
9
12
2
1
16
7
15
8
8
6
2
0
0
133
0
9
0
0
3
4
0
2
1
22
7
8
1
0
0
0
57
•
5
45
6
18
11
4
4
41
14
22
12
24
12
21
0
1
240
16
287 .
43
50
54
23
25
111
74
65
52
43
30
58
2
1
934
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
5
35
2
13
4
3
7
22
12
4
7
17
8
11
0
1
151
10
124
13
26
27
14
13
40
27
20
22
27
22
38
83
0
506
7
66
3
11
11
7
3
11
5
10
48
19
1
20
0
0
222
1,203
950
315
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1,181
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(617) 482-4716
CHICAGO, ILL.
9402 S. Ewing Ave. 60617
(312) SA 1-0733
CLEVELAND, Ohio
1290 Old River Rd. 44113
(216) MA 1-5450
COLUMBUS, Ohio
4937 West Broad St. 43228
(614) 870-6161
DULUTH, Minn.
705 Medical Arts Building 55802
(218) RA 2-4110
FRANKFORT. Mich
P.O Box D
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GLOUCESTER. Mass.
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
All Groups
Class A Class 8 Class C
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point ...
Yokohama
Totals
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
DECK DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia .,
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa .......
Mobile
New Orleans ..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point ...
Yokohama
Totals
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
HEADQUARTERS
675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 112.12
(212) HY 9-6600
ALGONAC, Mich.
520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001
(313) 794-9375
ALPENA. Mich
800 N. 2 Ave. 49707
(517) EL 4-3616
BALTIMORE, Md.
1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
(301) EA 7-4900
BOSTON. Mass. .... 215 Essex St. 02111
2,111
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191
8
25
26
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11
33
21
85
141
35
50
50
0
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653
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•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
Shipping in the month of August was good in all A&G deepsea ports, as it has been for the last several years.A
total of 2,111 jobs were shipped last month to SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. Of these,only 1,181 orsUghtly more
than half, were taken by "A" senority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C" seniority people. Shipping
is expected to remain good for the foreseeable future.
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HONOLULU, Hawaii
707 Alakea St. 96813
(808) 537-5714
HOUSTON, Tex.... 1221 Pierce St. 77002
(713) 659-5152
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.
3315 Liberty St. 32206
(904) 353-0987
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
(201) HE 5-9424
MOBILE, Ala. ..IS. Lawrence St. 36602
(205) HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7.546
NORFOLK, Va
115 3 St. 2.3510
(804) 622-1892
PORTLAND. Or.
421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204
(503) 227-7993
PADUCAH, Ky
225 S. 7 St. 4205l
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's County 20674
(301) 994-0010
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .534 9 Ave. 77640
(713) 983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 626-6793
SANTURCE, P.R!
1313 Fernandez, J uncos.
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6%0
SEATTLE, Wash
2505 I Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS, Mo. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TAM PA, Fla. 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609
(813) 870-1601
TOLEDO, Ohio . .. 635 Summit St. 43604
(419)248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
lAMA, Japan
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OGDEN CHARGER (Ogden Ma
rine), August 10—Chairman, Recer
tified Bosun Neil Matthey; Secretary
N. Andrews; Deck Delegate J. Ferro;
Engine Delegate A. Norman; Steward
Delegate John Platts. Some disputed
OT in deck and engine departments.
Frank Boyne, Yokohama port agent
met ship in Sasebo. The Union and
Company will talk to those concerned
who can have extra launches in Kaohsang. A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done.
Observed one minute of silence in
memo,ry of our departed brothers and
sisters.
LNG LEO (Energy Transport),
August 3—Chairman Clarence Burgo;
Secretary Michael Haukland; Deck
Delegate Michael Marquette; Steward
Delegate Steve Wagner. No disputed
OT. Captain requested that all movie
cassettes should be put away properly
especially during stormy weather. Also
that all on board should wear proper
shoes, hard hats while out on deck and
long sleeve shirts and trousers. Shower
clogs or Japanese motor cycle boots will
not be accepted. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
SEA-LAND GALLOWAY (SeaLand Service), August 31—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun C. James; Secretary
Peter K. R. Schulz; Educational
Director Donald Peterson; Deck Dele
gate George Alexander; Steward Dele
gate Richard Williams. No disputed
OT. Chairman gave a vote of thanks to
the Chief Cook and members of the
steward department who functioned as
a well coordinated unit in performing
their duties in absence of a steward.
Secretary stressed the need for positive
attitudes where ships performances are
concerned. The Lx>g was received and
passed around for all to read. Next port
Elizabeth.
SEA-LAND PATRIOT (Sea-Land
Service), August 17—Chairman, Re
certified Bosun James Boland; Secre
tary H. Strauss; Educational Director
W. Walton. No disputed OT. Chairman
held a discussion on the importance of
upgrading and of donating to SPAD.
This is an election year and everyone
should read about the candidates and
most important vote. A vote of thanks
to the steward department for a job well
done. Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.
OVERSEAS VALDEZ (Maritime
Overseas), August 3—Chairman, Re
certified Bosun J. W. Parker; Secretary
M. Reeves; Educational Director D.
Compeau. No disputed OT. $29 in ship's
fund. $277 in movie fund. Secretary
reported that he appreciated the help
given by crew in keeping messhall and
pantry clean at night. There were no
communications received. Expect a
mail boat will be coming sometime on
Monday. A vote of thanks to the stew
ard department for a job well done.
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OGDEN WILLIAMETTE (Ogden
Marine), August 10—Chairman, Re
certified Bosun Sven Jansson; Secretary
George Luke; Educational Director
Joel Spell; Deck Delegate John Donald
son. No disputed OT. Secretary re
ported that the steward department is
doing a good job. Sorry to report that
we are losing Stuart Schonberger,
Saloon Messman on this trip. He has
been a good man and we hope to be able
to get another as good as he has been.
All departments have cooperated and
made this a good trip. Observed one
minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers. Everyone still feels
badly over the loss of our President Paul
Hall. The next port is New York.
LNG GEMINI (Energy Transport),
August 24—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun M. G. Woods; Secretary C.
Shirah; Deck Delegate B. Isenstadt;
Engine Delegate David Shaw; Steward
Delegate Robert Adams. Frank Boyne,
Yokohama port agent is meeting the
ships regulafly and having a meeting on
each ship as it arrives in Japan.
Secretary reported that pool parties are
held on each trip and requested that
picnic tables be built and stored on pool
deck and the tables to be only used for
food service. No disputed OT. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for
cookouts by the pool. Next port
Tobato.
DEL MUNDO (Delta Stearnship),
August 24—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun C. Jordan; Secretary R. De
Boissiere; Educational Director W. H.
Sanders; Engine Delegate Max Stewart.
No disputed OT. Educational Director
requested that the crew report anything
unsafe so that nobody gets hurt. A
special vote of thanks to all department
delegates for an excellent job. Report to
Log: "C. Jordan, bosun and Deck gang
secured and fixed a deck crane which
collapsed in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Thanks to such old timers for doing
such a terrific job that nobody was hurt.
Our hats off to all of them for a job well
done." Observed one minute of silence
in memory of our departed brothers.
Next port Baltimore.
SEA-LAND EXPLORER (SeaLand Service), August 24—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun John Cisiecki; Secre
tary T. R. Goodman; Educational
Director Gerald Johnson; Deck Dele
gate Richard Schaffer; Engine Delegate
Eric L. Younce; Steward Delegate
Harry D. Silverstein. Chairman re
ported that he spoke to Yokohama port
agent, Frank Boyne about ship movies
and how the crew would appreciate a
better selection. There was also a report
on safety. Chief Steward, Theodore R.
Goodman, reported that the next
voyage would be his last. He is going
back East and extended his gratitude to
all departments for their cooperation.
No disputed OT. Next port Yokohama.
SEA-LAND PRODUCER (SeaLand Service), August 17—Chairman
B. R. Kitchens; Secretary Robert J.
Liegej; Educational Director K. Hart;
Engine Delegate E. Wilson; Steward
Delegate B. Wright. Some disputed OT
in deck department. Chairman reported
that the steward, E. Green, was put off
in the Azores Island because of illness.
Later learned that he had suffered a mild
heart attack. Secretary reported that a
safety meeting was held on Friday,
August 15th. It was suggested that all
crewmembers wear hard hats on deck
when cargo is being loaded. The engine
department reported that it needed dust
masks. Observed one minute of silence
in memory of our departed brothers.
SEA-LAND BALTIMORE (SeaLand Service), August 3—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun Robert Gorbea;
Secretary George W. Gibbons; Educa
tional Director W. J. Dunnigan. $15.25
in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in
steward department. A letter was
received in answer to the letters sent to
the hall, regarding Paul Hall's passing.
Chairman told the crew that they should
read the Log so that they will know what
is going on in the Union. Discussed the
importance of donating to SPAD. A
vote of thanks to the bosun and his men
on the garbage detail. Also a vote of
thanks to the steward department. Next
port Elizabeth.
POINT SUSAN (Point Shipping),
August 3—Chairman C. J. Dockery;
Secretary L. Gadson; Educational
Director A. Thaxton; Deck Delegate W.
Sorenson; Engine Delegate Robert S.
Davis; Steward Delegate Robert D.
Bridges. $4 in ship's fund. No disputed
OT. Chairman encouraged the young
members to use the opportunity they
have in upgrading themselves at Piney
Point. The
contains information on
the dates for the classes you can enroll
in. The Log was received and read and
all other communications have been
posted. A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done. Next
port Tunis.
POINT MARGO (Point Shipping),
August 7—Chairman William A. Aycock; Secretary J. Darrow; Educational
Director A. G. Otts. No disputed OT.
Chairman held a discussion on Union
benefits and advised all members to read
the Log and to support our Union by
writing to their respective Congressijien
to support our merchant fleet for job
security. Recommended Timothy L.
Smith, AB for upgrading at Harry
Lundeberg School. Secretary also
talked to crewmembers on why and how
to write to their Congressman and
Senators and to encourage their families
and friends to do the same. If you can,
obtain a copy of the May 1980 issue of
the Log. On page 2 you will find the
procedure to follow in writing to your
Congressman. It would be beneficial to
tear out the page and keep it handy for
future reference. Educational Director
talked about safety measures in certain
areas of the ship. A vote of confidence
for a good steward and his department
and to the crewmembers who have made
it a very pleasant trip without any
complaints or incidents. Crew gave their
full support to Brother Frank Drozak
who has carried out the difficult job of
our departed President Paul Hall. "We
of the SS Point Margo give our vote of
confidence and full hearted support to
him. We are behind you all the way."
LNG AQUARIUS (Energy Trans
port), August 10—Chairman Pete
Water; Secretary F. T. Motus; Deck
Delegate John Lawson; Steward Dele
gate Mark Simpson. $4.50 in ship's
fund. No disputed OT. The new
was
received and put out for all to read.
Chairman requested those who had a
problem to come to him to see if it could
be settled to everyone's satisfaction. A
special vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done.
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.
SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Und
Service), August 24—Chairman, Re
certified Bosun W. D. Crawford;
Secretary Roy R. Thomas; Educational
Director V. H. Fredevickson. $100 in
movie fund. Some disputed OT in deck
department. Chairman read all the
communications that were received and
posted them and discussed the im
portance of upgrading at Piney Point.
Also the importance of donating to
SPAD. Reminded all crewmembers to
wear hard hats in the shipyard. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers. Next port New Orleans.
SUGAR ISLANDER (Pacific & Gulf
Marine) August 3—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun Arthur McGinnis; Secretary
George L. Vourloumis. No disputed
OT. Chairman requested that all men
getting off to leave their rooms clean for
the next man who comes on board and
to leave keys when paying off the ship.
Report to Log: "A vote of thanks to the
steward for keeping the steward depart
ment on the ball. The food was out of
this world. We felt like we were eating
like kings. Thanks from the crew."
OGDEN MERRIMAC (Ogden Ma
rine), August 17—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun G. Troche; Secretary O.
Esquivel; Engine Delegate James
McNeely. Some disputed OT in deck
and engine departments. Secretary
reported that all of the crew of the
Merrimac were very saddened about the
death of our great Union President,
Paul Hall. We will always remember
him and how he fought for all of us to be
a strong Union. May he rest in peace
and God bless him. Next port Norfolk.
Official ship's minutes were also
received from the following vessels:
New York
Columbia
Jacksonville
Great Land
Ultrasea
Cantigny
Tampa
Potomac
Delta Caribe
Del Viento
Lionheart
Banner
Arecibo
Pisces
Capricorn
Delta Mar
Philadelphia
Del Monte
Bayamon
Brooklyn
Liberator
Long Beach
Delta Norte
Paul Revere
Montepelier Victory
Thomas Nelson
Sea-Land Finance
Overseas Ohio
Connecticut
Sea-Land Liberator
Sea-Land Leader
Jamara Guilden
Borinquen
Overseas Aleutian
Sea-Land Resource
Golden Dolphin
Puerto Rico
Williamsburgh
Overseas Anchorage
Overseas Alice
Santa Clara
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by JOHN MASON
Director, Vocational Education
Continuing vocational educa
tion is your key tb success in the
maritime industry. This truth is
more urgent now than ever.
Each year maritime tech
nology changes your jobs, and
makes necessary the need for new
skills. The changes present you
with two choices: stay with the
older vessels as they are phased
out (and your job along with it);
The new administration at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point took time out from a very'busy schedule for
or accept the challenge of new ttiis team photo. At center ISFrankMongelli, vice president.of theSeafarersSeamanshipSchool. At his left is Ken Conklin commandant
technology and upgrade your of the school. At far right is John Mason, director of vocational education. At left is Jacqueline Knoetgen, director of academic education. At
far left IS Chuck Svenson, head of the school's publications and public relations department.
seafaring skills.
There is no choice, really. We
live in a changing world, and only
those who are willing to change
will ride the tide to better jobs
by JACKIE KNOETGEN
our skills—we are going to be left
At the present time, we have
and a better way of life. The
Director, Academic Education
behind. Nowhere is this more full-time teachers assigned to
maritime industry is moving into
There are some people—par true than in the maritime in work with our upgraders right in
a decade of change. The next ten ticularly "older" persons—who
dustry. So, upgrading is not a the vocational area. These teach
years will bring many radically avoid going back to school
luxury—it is a necessity.
ers, and others in the academic
new types of ships and tugs and because they are afraid they
Here, at the Seafarers Harry staff, are available throughout
barges. And we must be ready to won't be able to keep up with the
Lundeberg School of Seaman the day—and after-hours where
man this equipment. Education is rest of the class. They are afraid
ship, we make it easy for you. The needed—to help you._
the key.
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academic staff—working closely
The point is: All of us at the
The courses offered at the
Those of us who have spent and in conjunction with the Seafarers Lundeberg School are
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg many years as educators know vocational staff—is ready and
here to help you. We want you to
School of Seamanship are that this is a very real problem. eager to help you successfully
succeed. To do that, we have
continually updated to keep pace But we also know that the fear complete whatever upgrading
assembled what we believe is the
with advances in the maritime goes away once you take the course you want to take. Our
best teaching staff anywhere in
industry. I am certain that plunge.
staff includes specialists to help the country. Our teachers are
students in 1978 Electrical
In today's fast-changing world, you with reading problems, and knowledgeable, and they are
Maintenance course would find we know that unless we keep up to help you improve your study
dedicated. All that is needed now
the 1981 Electrical Maintenance with the changes by upgrading skills.
is your willingness to try.
course changed in many ways.
The point is: don't rule out the
idea of retaking a course as a
refresher.
ment checks in New York at the that they should have receipts for
What about Seafarers who
completion of their programs.
their transportation costs so that
have never taken an upgrading
SHLSS
Vice
President
Frank
Upgraders who satisfactorily
they may receive full credit for
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complete any of the various Mongelli reminded upgraders their expenses.
Now is the time! The Lunde upgrading courses offered at the
berg School offers a total Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
learning package to accomodate School of Seamanship at Piney
Seafarers of all ages and all levels Point will he reimbursed for their
of education. For those who need transportation costs, it was
help with problems in reading or announced by SIU President
study skills, the help is here—and Frank Drozak.
it's the best help you will find
Under the new program,
anywhere.
reimbursement checks will be
There are- many excuses for issued at the Lundeberg School
putting off the time for upon the satisfactory completion
upgrading. But, there's a more of any upgrading course.
compelling reason for doing it: Reimbursement will be for
your job and your job security transportation both to and from
depend upon keeping your the Lundeberg School.
seafaring skills abreast with
Bosuns and Stewards in the
advances in marine technology. SIU recertification programs, Ed Boden, left, and John Twomey, right, received the first travel checks under the
SlU's new transportation reimbursement plan for upgraders at the Seafarers
The future belongs to those who and '^A" Seniority Upgraders will Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Presenting the first travel allowance
prepare for it.
receive their travel reimburse checks was SHLSS Vice President Frank Morigefli.
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Two Seafarers Earn High School Diplomas Through HLSS
"The teachers here are
concerned about you and your
education. They really want to
help you."
That's how Seafarer Legette
Jones summed up his experience
in earning a high school diploma
through the G.E.D. program at
the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship.
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Brothejr Legette Jones is not a
dropped out of school in the
newcomer to SHLSS. Since he
seventh grade. "It seemed like
has been sailing, he has achieved
nobody really cared whether I
a lifeboat and firefighting
stayed
or not, and I guess I just
endorsement at the school, as
lost interest," he explained.
well as certificates for LNG and
But now, some years later,
Quartermaster.
Brother Jones dropped out of
school in 1968, and he has been
going to sea since that time. But
now, at 29 years of age, he has
begun" to see the importance of
continuing education. He said:
"le, want to expand my
knowledge of the world around
me, and the only way I can do this
is to get all the education I can."
Seafarer Jones, who hails from
Jacksonville, Fla., said that what
he liked most about the High
School Program at the Lunde
berg School was "the individual
help we get when we need it."
Seafarer Legette Jones with teacher Tracy Auman.
Brother McQuay is beginning to
see the need for education.
going to sea for
some 11 years now, and I'm doing
alright," he said. "But 1 have
outside interests in free-lance
photography and cosmetology,
And I'll need a good education
and a high school diploma if I am
going to get where I want to go."
Seafarer McQuay has been to
the Lundeberg School before,
and has taken advantage of the
many upgrading courses offered
including Assistant Cook, Cook
& Baker, Chief Cook, and LNG.
How does he feel about the
programs at the Lundeberg
School? "The staff shows a great
deal of interest in each student,
and they will spend as much time
as you need on any area that you
are having difficulty with,"
Brother McQuay said.
"I would recommend this
program very highly to anyone
who wants to get ahead," he said.
".^if eye-opening experience"
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'Older' Seafarers Have Praise For SHLSS Upgrading Opportunities
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Horace Ledwell is 52 years of
age. James Dickinson is 56.
Seafarer Ledwell has been going
to sea for 34 years. Seafarer
Dickinson has been sailing for 37
years. Both are now at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship to
improve their sea-going skills and
upgrade their ratings.
Why would these two Sea
farers who have been sailing with
the SIU since the 1940's want to
go back to school?
"It's a great opportunity,"
explained Brother Ledwell who
ships out of the Port of New
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experience working with engines
and machines, but here we get to
learn Ihe tJieory as well as the
practical skills."
Seafarer Dickinson, who hails
James Dickinson
Horace Ledwell
from Birmingham and ships out
of the Port of Mobile, agrees.
"This whole experience has been
a real eye-opener for me," he said.
"I'm learning a lot about diesel
engines that I never knew
before."
And both of these seasoned
Seafarers agree that more "older
guys" should come to the
Seafarers School. "It's a great
opportunity for all of us'to keep
our skills up-to-date," said
Seafarer Ledwell. "And it's
insurance for our jobs and Job
security," added Brother Dickin
son.
Lundeberg School Graduates LNG Class
Able Seamen Are Ready For Sea
The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship last month graduated
another class of Seafarers who had qualified to sail aboard liquefied natural gas
:(LNG) carriers. This course is part of the SlU's continuing program to supply
qualified and well-trained Seafarers to its contracted operators. Pictured above
are (front row, l-r) HLSS Instructor David Fraz'ier, Adrian Delaney, William O'Brian,
Boyd Higginbotham. Nicholas Celona, John Biletz, Russell Zeller, James Allen
and Charles Thorpe. In the back row are (l-r) Simon Hargrove, Edward Smith,
Joseph Gran'ey, William Robinson, Lee Allen. Thomas Kline, Bruce Smith and Tom
Peden. IVlissing from the class photo are Monroe Watson and Marvin Deloach.
Deck Instructor Abe Easter, at right, looks through the glass darkly at the latest
group of Seafarers to complete the Able Seaman at the Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Actually, Abe is pleased because the class
passed with high marks. In front, from left, are Randall Halsey, John Picciolo, John
Ray, Theodore Vasquez and Joseph Hance. In back are Walter Ott, Erwin Salis,
Paul Flowers, Arne Guthey and Robert Ott.
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me peace of mind."), and she
hopes to get a Mate's license
someday.
Lori, outgoing and gregarious,
is 26 and comes from Plattsburgh
in Upstate New York. Since her
graduation from HLSS in
October 1978, Lori has shipped
as Ordinary aboard the El Paso
Southern, Point Susan, and the
Overseas Washington. Lori loves
deep sea sailing ("It's great
therapy."), and she, too, plans to
continue upgrading to secure a
Mate's license.
Meanwhile, at Piney Point,
both Seafarers are hard at work
learning the ropes of their chosen
Vocations. The AB course at the
Lundeberg School is a blend of
classroom and on-the-job
training to provide the upgrading
Seafarers with all of the skills
they will need to perform their
duties efficiently and safely.
Seafarers Pam Monaco and
Mary Lori Frantino graduated a
month apart back in the Fall of
1978 after completing the 12week basic training program at
the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship in Piney
Point.
They are both back at the
Lundeberg School, wiser and
more experienced, and they are
both eager to move up the ladder
in their chosen careers. Today
they are on the first rung of that
upgrading ladder as they turn-to
to begin the intensive four-week
Able Seaman course at SHLSS.
Pam is 23 and hails from San
Francisco. She was the first
woman to complete the basic
training course at SHLSS,
graduating in September 1978.
Since then she has shipped as
Ordinary Seaman with SeaLand. Pam likes the sea ("It gives
New Physical Education
Program Is Launched
Bart Rogers reported aboard
at the Seafarers Harry Lunde
berg School of Seamanship last
month and immediately launched
a wide-ranging physical educa
tion program. "It's soipething
we've needed for a long time,"
said SHLSS Vice President
Frank Mongelli. The Physical
Education program is available
to upgraders as well as to all
trainees. Bart Rogers, seen here
putting some trainees through
their paces, says the daily exercise
regimen will help/ "to keep our
Seafarers in top" form—;j>oth
mentally and physically."
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Notice to Mariners
SHLSS Lists Schedules
For Upgrading Classes
The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship has
announced the schedule of upgrading classes for the remainder of
1980:
November 1980
Pumproom Maintenance & Operation: Nov. 10-Dec. 19.
Able Seaman: Nov. 6-Dec. 4. (This is the last AB class for 1980.)
"A" Seniority Upgrading: Nov. lO-Dec. 8.
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Nov. 20-Dec. 4.
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"A" Seniority Upgrading: Dec. 8-Jan. 5.
Lifeboatman: Dec. 4-Dec. 18.
Dec. 18-Jan. 1
Tankerman: Dec. 4-Dec. 18.
Dec. 18-Jan. 1.
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1981 is approximate, and being given here so that Seafarers can
make plans for upgrading. Firm course dates will he published as
soon as they are available.)
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LNG: Jan.5-Jan. 29.
QMED: Jan. 15-April 9.
FOWT: Jan. 29-Feb. 26.
Marine Electronics: Jan. 5-Feb. 12.
Diesel (Unlicensed): Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
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Diesel (Licensed): Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
Diesel (Scholarship): Jan. 5-Feb. 29.
Conveyorman: Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
Towboat Operator (Scholarship): Jan. 5-Feb. 26.
Third Mate: Jan. 5-Mar, 12.
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Steward Recertification: Jan. 5-Mar. 2.
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Lifeboatman: Jan. 2-Jan. 15.
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Upgrading Application
Name.
Date 6f Birth.
(Last)
(First)
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Mo./Day/Year
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(City)
(State)
Coep Sea Member Q
Port Presently
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License Now Held.
• Social Security #.
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No • (if yes. filMn below)
to.
(dates attended^
; Upgrading Program: From.
Endorsement(s) or
License Received .
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(dates attended)
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.Seniority.
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(Area Code)
Inland Waters Member •
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Telephone.
(Zip Code)
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Fireflghting: • Yes
No • CPR • Yes
No • j
J Dates Available for Training.
• I Am Interested in the Following Course(s).
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I Q Tankerman
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: • AB Unlimited
[ I~1 AB Tups & Tows
; • AB Great Lakes
I Q Quartermaster
; • Towboat Operator
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Western Rivers
• • Towboat Operator Inland
• • Tpwboat Operator Not
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S • Towboat Operator (Over
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[ • Master
Q Mate
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• FWT
• Oiler
• OMED - Any Rating
• Others.
• Marine Electrical Maintenance
• Pumpiooih MaintenahceT and
• Operation
Q Automation
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• Maintenance of Shipboard
Refrigeration Systems
• Diesel Engines
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Motor Vessel)
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Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
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• Welding
• Lifeboatman
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• VESSEL
RATING HELD
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DA1E SHIPPED
DATE OF DtSCHARGE
DATE
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RETURN COMPLETED APPUCATION TO:
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�James William
Downey, 60, died
of arteriosclerosis
in the Seattle:
USPHST Hospital
on Apr. 22.
Brother Downey
joined the SIU in
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the port of Balti
more in 1955 sailing as an AB. He also
sailed during World War II and the
Vietnam War. Seafarer Downey was a
veteran of the U.S. Army in World War
11. He walked the picketline in the 1962
l^obin Line beef. Born in Boston, Mass.,
he was a resident of Seattle. Cremation
took place in the Washelli Crematory,
Seattle. Surviving are his widow, Arlita;
a son, James Jr. of Charlestown, Mass.;
a daughter, Denise, also of Charlestown
and his mother, Velteru of Oakland,
Calif.
Thomas "Tom
my" Wilburn
Finch, 55, died of
cancer on Mar. 13.
Brother Finch
joined the SIU in
the port of Hous
ton in 1958 sailing
as a FOWT. He
sailed for 39 years. Seafarer Finch was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy during World
War II and the Korean War. A native of
Galveston, he was a resident there.
Burial was in Galveston Memorial Park
Cemetery. Surviving are his widow,
Augustine; a son, Frederick and two
daughters, Mrs. Debra Kay and Mrs.
Linda McKinney, both of Galveston.
Pensioner Wil
liam AndrewFord,
72, passed away
from heart failure'
at home in Balti
more on Mar. 28.
Brother Ford
joined the SIU in
1946 in the port of
Baltimore sailing as a cook. He sailed 33
years. Seafarer /Ford was born in
Baltimore. Burial was in Mt. Auburn
Cemetery, Baltimore. Surviving are his
widow, Virginia; his moti.er. Bertha of
Baltimore; three grandsons, William
and Gregory Lona and Justin Hayes
and two granddaughters, Bessie Hayes
and Beverly Daniels.
Steven C. Caldwell, 30. died of
multiple injuries in Owl's Head, Me. on
May 30, 1979. Brother Caldwell joined
the Union in the port of Boston in 1972
sailing for Mariner Towing from 1972 to
1979. Surviving are his widow, Gail of
Lincolnville, Me.; a son, Alexander; a
daughter, Victoria and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Caldwell.
Pensioner Tomas Elcaide Desamito,
69, died of heart-lung failure in the
Marv's Help Hospital, Daly City. Calif,
on Feb. 18. Brother Desamito joined the
MC&SU in the port of San Francisco.
He started jailing on the West Coast in
1946. Seafarer Desamito sailed in the
steward department on the SS Lurline.
Born in the Philippines, he was a resident
of Daly City. Cremation took place in
the Skylawn Memorial Park Crema
torium, San Mateo County, Calif. His
ashes were strewn on the seas. Surviving
are his widow. Opal, and a brother,
Stanlev of San Francisco.
Pensioner Frank "Seas Lover" Gon
zales, 82, passed away on Apr. 5.
Brother Gonzales joined the MC&SU in
the port of San Francisco sailing as a
cook and baker. He sailed 48 years and
during World War II. Seafarer Gon
zales was a resident of Sacramento,
Calif. Surviving are two sons, Frank Jr.
and another son; a daughter, Valentina
of San Francisco and seven grandchil
dren.
Pensioner Graciano Louis Fraustio, 63, died of
heart failure in the
TMB Hospital,
Galveston on Feb.
24. Brother Fraustio joined the SIU
in the port of
Houston in 1956 sailing as a chief cook.
He sailed 24 years. Seafarer Fraustio
was bom in Cuero, Tex. and was a
resident of Houston. Interment was in
Thomaston (Tex.) Cemetery. Surviving
are h son, Graciano Jn; a daughter,
Mary of Corpus Christi, Tex.; a
grandson, Alfonso and a granddaugh
ter, Selma.
Joseph Ramirez
Grana, 62, suc
cumbed to arterio
sclerosis
in
Baltimore on June
22. Brother Grana
joined the SIU in
the port of Balti
more in 1957 sail
ing as an AB and in the steward
department. He sailed 34 years. Seafarer
Grana also sailed on the Calmar Line.
Born in Havana, Cuba, he was a
resident of San Juan, P.R. He was a
naturalized U.S. citizen. Burial was in
St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Baltimore.
Surviving are his mother, Maiiiela of
Las Palmas, Canary Is., Spain, and a
brother, Donald Angel Q. Grana of Las
Palmas.
Pensioner /
Felix Francis
Miller, 86, died of heart failure in the
U.S. Veterans Ad, ministration (VA)
Hospital, Milwauf J kee. Wise, on June
S^J8. Brother Miller
joined the Union in the port of
Milwaukee in 1961 sailing as a tugman
for the Great Lakes Towing Co., Great
Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. and for
Merritt, Chapman and Scott. From
1925 to 1937, he sailed on the Tug
Edward E. Gillen (Clark Towing) from
1938 to 1951 on the Tug W. H. Meyer
(Great Lakes Towing) and from 1942 to
1947 on the Tug Welcome (Milwaukee
Tugboat Line). Laker Miller was a
veteran of both the U.S. Navy and U.S.,
. Army in World War 1. A native of
Milwaukee, he was a resident there.
Burial was in Wood National Cemetery,
Milwaukee. Suryiving is his widow,
Martha.
Pensioner Joe Louis Barro, 72, died
of heart failure in the Sierra View
Memorial Hospital, Sun Valley, Calif,
on Apr. 7. Brother Barro joined the
merged Marine Cooks & Stewards
Union (MC&SU) in the port of San
Francisco in 1956 sailing as a room
steward for the Matson Line before and
during World War 11 until 1962. He
sailed 30 years. Seafarer Barro began
sailing in 1935. Born in Cuba, he was a
resident of San Francisco, Calif. Burial
was in the San Fernando Mission Hills
Cemetery. Surviving are his widow.
Carmen of Sylmar, Calif, and two sons,
Joe Jr. of San Fernando and Thomas.
Oliver Joyce
Fielding, 67, died
^ of cancer in the
Nassau Bay (Tex.)
USPHS Hospital
on Jan. 29. Bro
ther Fielding
joined the Union
in the port of
Houston in 1957 sailing as a chief
engineer forG& HTowingfrom 1957 to
1980. He sailed 33 years. Boatman
Fielding was a former- member of the
Hoisting Engineers Union. He was born
in Centerville, Tex. and wasa resident of
Pt. Bolivar, Tex. Interment was in Pt.
Bolivar Cemetery. Surviving are his
Michael Steven
widow, Marie; a son, Jack and a
Tolsen,2l,died of
daughter, Mrs. Robbie F. Seifert of San
kidney failure on
Antonio, Tex.
Apr. 13. Brother
William "Bill" Lathers Long Jr., died
Tolson joined the
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heart failure at home in Moultrie, Ga.
Union (MC&S) in
Pensioner Inocencio P. Baldonado,
on Mar. 12. Brother Long joined the
the port of Seattle
Union in the port of San Juan, P.R. in 83, passed' away from a stroke at home
in 1979 sailing as
an assistant cook. • 1975 sailing as a cook for the Sheridan in San Francisco on .Feb. 14. Brother
Transportation Co. and for the Tiig Baldonado joined the MC&SU in the
He also sailed for-APL, PMA and the
Management Co. from 1977 to 1979. He port of San Francisco in 1953 sailing as
Prudential Line. Tolson was a 1976
was born in Florida. Cremation took a waiter for the Matson Line during
graduate of the MC&ST raining School.
place in the Gulf Coast Crematorium, Wprld War 11 and the Pacific Far East
Bom in Seattle, he was a resident there.
Tallahassee,
Fla. Surviving is his Line (PFEL) and the American Presi
Burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery,
dents Line (APL) from 1956 to 1958. He
widow. Hazel.
Seattle. Surviving are his father,
was born in the Philippine Islands.
Thomas of Seattle; his mother, Mrs.
Pensioner Bennie Stephens Lupton,
Seafarer
Baldonado was cremated in the
Beth Oler of Pittsburg, Calif, and a
59, died of heart failure in the Norfolk
Olivet Memorial Park Crematory,
sister, Centina of Oakland, Calif.
USPHS Hospital on Apr. 26. Brother
Colma, Calif. His ashes were scattered
Lupton joined the Union in the port of
on the seas. Surviving are two nephews
Pensioner Jack Edward Slager, 71,
Norfolk in 1962 sailing as a captain for
passed away in the Treasure Is. USN Air lOT. He was born in North Carolina ^nd four nieces.
Station Dispensary, San Francisco on and was a resident of Virginia Beach,
Pensioner Carlos Enrique Jaramillo,
Jan. 8. Brother Slager joined the Va. Burial was in Riverside Memorial 75, succumbed to hepatitus in ImbaMC&SU in 1931 in the port of San
Park Cemetery, Norfolk. Surviving is a
barra, Ecuador on Jan. 1,1977. Brother
Francisco sailing as a waiter and 2nd ' stepson. Tommy G. Maynard of Vir Jaramillo joined the MC&SU in the
and 3rd deck steward for APL during ginia Beach.
port of San Francisco in 1951 sailing im
World War II. He was a union patrol
the
steward department. He was born in
Pensioner Charles"Ernie" Vomastek,
man in 1938 in San Pedro, Calif.,
Ecuador and was a -residfent
Atuntaqui,
57, died of arteriosclerosis in the Santa
welfare representative in 1965 and UIW
of
San
Francisco.
Interment was in
Tustin Community HospitalrCalif. on
COPE delegate in 1967 in the port of
Hermandad Franciscana Cemetery,
Mar. 17. Brother Vomastek joined the
San Francisco. Seafarer Slager was a
Imbabarra.
Surviving are his widow,
MC&SU in the port of Wilmington,
retired U.S. Navy chief command
Marie
of
San
Francisco; a son. Ivanhoe
Calif, in 1953 sailing as a waiter for 15
steward for 25 years. During World War
years on a luxury liner. Born in of Quito, Ecuador; a stepson, Jose Luis.
II, he served aboard the USS Munda
Carrado of Tampico. Mexico and .a
Maryland, he was a resident of Santa
and USS Cape Esperance. He was
sister,
Mrs. Delfina Montalvo of
Ana, Calif. His ashes were scattered on
awarded the Commander Military
the seas. Surviving are a stepson, Cory Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Order of the Purple Heart Medal, the
Rose of Dryden, Mich, and a sister,
Merchant Marine Combat Medal with
Pensioner James Franklin "Big Jack"
Lillian of Wilmington.
Bar with two Battle Stars, the American
Jackson, 69, died of a heart attack in the
and Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medals,
Pensioner Alma Belle Hammet, 79, ScPttand WhiteClinic,Temple,Tex.on
Philippine Liberation Medal, Presiden
died of natural causes on Feb. 21. Sister Nov 4, 1979. Brother Jackson joined
tial Unit Citation and World War 11
Hammett joined the MC&SU in the the MC&SU in 1951 sailing as a waiter
Victory Medal. Slager was born in
port of San Francisco in 1952. She for the Matson Line. He was a resident
Chicago, 111. and was a resident of San
sailed as a stewardess on the SS Lurline. of Taylor, Tex. Interment was in the
Francisco. Interment was in Woodlawn
Seafarer Hammet was born in Overton, Taylor City Cemetery! Surviving are his
Memorial Park Cemetery, Colma,
Tex. Cremation took place in the widow, Lovetta of Connor. Tex.; a
Calif. Surviving are his widow, Rita of
Rosehill Crematory, Linden, N.J. daughter. Roeanowina of Australia; a
San Carlos, Calif.; three sons. Jack Jr.
Surviving are a son, Gordon of Jackson son, Anthony; two brothers, Henry and
of Arcadia, Calif.; Kevin of San Carlos
Heights, N.Y.C. and a granddaughter, Edward of Taylor and a sister, Mrs,
and Paul and two stepdaughters.
Edna Sanders of Taylor.
Susan.
Bernadetta and Patricia Lucas.
October 1980 / LOG / 31
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ACK of adequate training
I and seagoing experience on
the part of two key Coast Guard
officers was the primary cause of
the worst peacetime accident in
Coast Guard history, according
to the National Transportation
Safety Board.
That accident occurred on the
night of Jan, 28, when the Coast
Guard cutter Blackthorn sank
within minutes of colliding with
the SlU-contracted tanker Cap
ricorn (Apex Marine) at the
mouth of the Tampa Bay Chan
nel. Twenty-three Coast Guards
men died in the accident. No
injuries occurred to the crew of
the 605-foot Capricorn which ran
agcound but did not spill any of
the 150,000 barrels of bunker fuel
she was carrying.
The National Transportation
Safety Board pinned the cause of
the collision on the Blackthorn''^
failure to keep to the proper side
of the Channel. The reason for
that failure, the NTSB said, was
inadequate supervision of the
navigation of the cutter's officer
of the deck (OOD) by the vessel's
commanding officer.
The NTSB's report was issuecf
last month, following an investi
gation of the accident. The Coast
Guard also convened a Marine
Board of Inquiry in the wake of
the collision but has not yet
released their final findings.
In their feport, the NTSBnoted a dismal, all-around lack of
experience of the Blackthorn^
crew.
The commanding officer had
been on shore duty for five years
before taking command of the
cutter, the Board's report said.
He took command of the Black^_
thorn only six months before the
accident.
In addition, the OOD, who
was "conning" or directing the
Blackthorn''s movemenf at the
time of the accident, had reported
to the vessel for his first seagoing
assignment only seven months
earlier. For three out of those
seven months, the Board pointed
out,' the Blackthorn had been in
drydock in Tampa.
The Board also pointed out
that on the night of Jan. 28, the
entire deck crew of the Coast
Guard vessel was making their
first trip out of heavily trafficked
Tampa Bay.
The NTSB's report cited the
testimony given by the OOD
during the Board's inquiry, that .
the one-degree change he 'had
noted in the Capricorn''^ bearing officers assigned to seagoing
minutes prior to impact indicated command after extended shore
no risk Of a collision to him. This duty;
"dramatically illustrates that the • requiring the use of a harbor
conning of the Blackthorn had pilot when a CG commanding
been left to a novice," said the officer is unfamiliar with pilotage
Board, adding that an experi waters;
• improved emergency train
enced mariner would "not have
reached such a conclusion from ing for Coast Guardsmen;
• relocation of channels in
the small bearing change."
Further, the report said, the Tampa Bay to eliminate the 4Blackthorn^s commanding offi channel intersection where the
cer failed to notice the Capricorn accident occurred.
• require, all Coast Guard
"until seconds before the col
lision, although he was on the candidates for command or
Blackthorn''^ bridge and ulti designation as qualified deck
mately in charge of its navi watch officer on Coast Guard
cutters over 100 ft. in length to
gation."
Since the CO had been ashore pass an examination similar to
for five years, the Board said, "he that required for corresponding
should not have,been selected for merchant marine licenses and to
command without having been be re-examined on a periodic
subjected to a comprehensive basis.
The Board's safety recom
refresher course."
The NTSB concluded its mendations also included calling
report by issuing 73 safety recom for a Coast Guard study of cutter
mendations to the Coast Guard safety gear and emergency light
to prevent such accidents or to up ing. When the Blackthorn cap
the chances of crew survival in sized, her emergency lighting
the event an accident does occur. system failed to function. No
abandon-ship call was made on
The recommendations include:
• additional training of Coast the cutter's PA system and
Guard commanding officers and liferafts could not be launched.
deck officers on large cutters, Surviviors of the wreck clung to
including underway training for floating debris.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by. any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SlU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by'
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
"in-charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Angus "Red" Campbelf
Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275- 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts arc avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU
32 / LOG / October 1980
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has^
traditionally refrained'from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings
in all constitufTonal ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an
official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—rSPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary, No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of eftiployment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a ipember feels that any of the above rights
have been violated, or that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor
mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Frank
Drozak at Headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.
11232.
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�This pretty Iittle girl was with her mom at
the Sunday market in Pisac.
This stunning cathedral is one of several to be found at the Plaza de Armas in
historic Cuzco.
Also at.the market in Pisac, woman is
shaded from sun by a beautiful hat o^
local design.
On ^Sweethear^ Run, Why Not See the Sights
AH, that wonderful "sweet/x heart run" to South Amer
ica has mesmerized many a
seaman, young and old.
One well known SIU member
spent 22 years on a Delta shipnot because he loved the ship so
much—but because he absolutely
lov-v-v-v-ved that "sweetheart
run.
With today's new fast turn^
around ships, port time has been
cut drastically. But a good
number of SIU ships, specifically
Delta Line ships, still provide
Seafarers, who hist for solid
ground, with plenty of time to go
ashore.
For sure, everyone has his own
particular thing to do. Some like
the night-life. Some like the
sunlight. Still others like to
explore the special sights.
Seafarer Bill Mullins, quite a
photographer in his own right,
fits into the latter category. (All
the photos on this page were
snapped by Brother Mullins.)
He loves to seek out the natural
beauty of the places he visits.
He'd much rather visit a historic
church than a nightclub.
He loves people too. All kinds
AH photos on this page taken by
Seafarer Bill Mullins
of people. And they like him right
back.
On a recent trip to Peru, Bill
was in his glory. Peru has some of
the most stunning landscapes in
the world. It's loaded with history
too.
With ca,mera in hand. Bill
started out at the port of Callao,
just a stone's throw or so from
Lima, ,the capital of Peru.
He hopped a cab to the airport
in Lima. From there, he hopped a
plane (one hour ride—leaves
three times a day) to historic
Cuzco. And from there, it was a
three hour train ride to Machupicchu, the famed lost city of the
Incas.
something different, the trip to
Cuzco and Machupicchu is well
worth it.
It might even add a little spice
to that old "sweetheart run." It
did for Bill Mullins.
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He also managed to visit the
Market place (only on Sundays)
at Pisac, a half hour ride by bus
from Cuzco. Bill loved this trip,
mainly because the Market is a
bustling center for bartering
among the local people'
All in all, it was Just what the
doctor ordered for Bill Mullins
(he had been laid up for three
months with a broken ankle.)
Bill Mullins' style may not be
your style. But it certainly is an
admirable one.
For all you first-trippers, and
even you oldtimers looking for
The peaceful beauty of Machupicchu, lost city of the Incas, discovered by
archaeologTSts in early 20th century.
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A couple of local Inhabitants of Machupicchu. Approach them carefully. Llamas
have been known to nip.
What time is it? Check this sundial at Machupicchu.'
October 1980 / LOG / 33
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Edgar Nelson, 55, joined the SIU
in 1943 in the port of New York
sailing as a bosun and QMED.
Brother Nelson is a veteran of the
U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He was born in New York and is a
resident of Wilmington.
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Horace Carmichael, 66, joined the
SIU in 1938 in the port of Mobile
sailing as a chief steward. Brother
Carmichael sailed around the world
during World War II, Korean War
and Vietnam War. On July 7, 1942,
he was torpedoed off^Trinidad,
B.W.I. In Vietnam, on a ship he was
riding, a fire was put out in a hold
loaded with 1,000 pound bombs. He
has the distinction of sailing under
the toughest skippers in the Water
man fleet. In 1960, he received both
the SIU Personal Safety Award and
the USPHS Certificate of Sanitation
for sailing aboard an accident-free
and clean ship, the 55" Iberville.
Seafarer Carmichael worked on the
Sea-Land Shoregang in OaklandSan Francisco from 1968 to 1980. At
his retirement party there, 300 to 400
persons paid him tribute. Shipmate
William R. Cameron says he "...
never heard anyone say anything
bad about Carmichael." He was
born in Mobile and is a resident of
Oakland.
Cleo Copeland, 65, joined the SIU #
in the port of Savannah in 1955
sailing as an oiler. Brother Copeland
sailed 29 years. He is a veteran of the
U.S. Navy in World War II. Seafarer
Copeland was born in Georgia and is
a resident of Pembroke, Ga.
Joseph Rivera Cuelles, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of New York in
1950 sailing as a Chief Cook. Brother
Cuelles sailed 32 years and during the
Vietnam War. In 1963, he rode the
Bull Line. Seafarer Cuelles walked
the picketline in the 1962 Robin Line
beefi He is a veteran of the U.S. Army
in World War II. Born in Manila,
P.I., he is a resident of Arabi, La.
Armando Garcia de Jesus, 51,
joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of
New York sailing as a cook. Brother
de Jesus won a 1960 Union Personal
Award for sailing aboard an acci
dent-free ship, the 55 Alcoa Patriot.
He was born in Fajardo, P.R. and is a
resident there.
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William Clyde Farmer, 67, joined
the SIU in the port of San Francisco
in 1958 sailing as a bosun. Brother
Farmer upgraded to QMED at the
Harry Lundeberg School, Piney
Point; Md. in 1974. He was born in
Oklahoma and i^ a resident of
Eureka, CaliL
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John Joseph Kulas, 62, joined the .
SIU in the port of New York in 1955
sailing as a fireman-watertender.
Brother Kulas sailed 35 years. He was
born in Boston and is a resident of
Salem, Mass.
George Washington Bowden Jr.,
55, joined the SIU in the port of .
Norfolk in 1955 sailing as a bosun
deep sea from 1955 to 1971. Brother"
Bowden sailed 34 years. He sailed
inland for the Willis Barge Lines in
1975 and for McAllister Brothers as
an AB from 1973 to 1980. Seafarer
Bowden was bom in Norfolk and is a
resident of Chesapeake, Va.
347 LOG / October 1980
Leslie Burnett, 63, joined the SIU
in 1947 in the port of Mobile sailing
as a chief, steward. Brother Burnett
sailed 39 years. He is also a carpenter.
Seafarer Burnett was born in King
ston, Jamaica, B.W.I, and is a
resident of New Orleans.
Curtis Charles Chamberlain, 65,
joined the Union in the port of
Philadelphia in 1961 sailing as a
captain and pilot for the Taylor and
Anderson Towing Co. from 1958 to
1980. Brother Chamberlain also
sailed for the Werner Co. from 1946
to 1958. He is a former member of the
Electrical Workers Union. Boatman
Chamberlain was born in Phila
delphia and is a resident of Audubon,
N.J.
Richard Allen Funk, 51, joined-the
SIU in the port of Philadelphia in
1951 sailing in the steward depart
ment for 39 years. Brother Funk wais
on the picketline in the 1962 Robin
Line beef. He is a veteran of the U.S.
% Air Force in World War II. Seafarer
Funk was born in Philadelphia and is
a resident of Jacksonville.
Louis Clifford Pugh, 75, joined the
SIU in 1938 in the port of Boston
sailing as an A B for 53 years! Brother
Pugh was born in Alabama and is a
resident of Mobile.
Rafael Lleyes Quesada, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of New York in
1955 sailing as a wiper for 32 years.
Brother Quesada walked the picketline in the 1962 Robin Line beef and
the 1965 District Council 37 strike.
He was born in Ponce, P.R. and is a
resident there.
Henry Edward Ahel, 62, joined the
Union in the port of Houston in 1956
sailing as a chief-engineer for ABCL
from 1976 to 1980 and from 1967 to
1976 for Inland Tugs. Brother Abel
also sailed as an oiler and cook for G
& H Towing from 1955 to 1967. He is
a former member of the Bus Drivers
Union, Local 16 from 1952 to 1954.
Boatman Abel was born in Brenham,
Tex. and is a resident of Koshkonong,
Mo.
Norman Lee, 65, joined the SIU in
theport of Houston in 1957 sailing as
an oiler for 40 years. Brother Lee was
born in Lake Charles, La. and is a
resident of Houston.
William^Jackson Brogan, 51,
joined the Union in the port of
Norfolk in 1961 sailing as a chief
engineer for the Curtis Bay Towing
Co. of Virginia from 1947 to 1980.
Brother Brogan hit the bricks in the
1965 Chicago (111.) Taxi beef. He is a
former member of the United Mine
Workers Union (UMW) from 1954
to 1961. Boatman Brogan was born
in North Carolina and is a resident of
Virginia Beach, Va.
Domingo Lallave, 59, joined the
SIU in 1944 in the port of New York
sailing as a bosun, cook and wiper.
Brother Lallave sailed 41 years. He
also was a ship's delegate. And he hit
the bricks in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor
beef, 1962 Robin Line strike and the
1965 District Council 37 beef.
Seafarer Lallave from 1970 to 1974,
i was on the Sea-Land Shofegang in
Port Newark, N.J. In 1967, he put
himself up as a candidate in the
Union election for vice president in
charge of contracts but was disquali
fied. Born in Mayaguez, P.R., he is a
resident of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Leonard Earl Maham, 66, joined
the SIU in the port of Wilmington in
iO sailing as an AB for 30 years.
Brother Maham .was born in Nor
wood, Ohio and is a resident of
Jacksonville.
Thad Rudolph De Loach, 59,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1954 sailing as a chief
steward for Delta Lines. Brother De
Loach attended a Piney Point
Educational Conference in 1971. He
was born in Georgia and is a resident
of Jacksonville, Fla.
Arthur Joseph Fontaine Jr., 47,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1958 sailing as a bosun.
Brother Fontaine sailed 29 years. He
was born in Providence, R.I. and is a
resident there.
Alfred "Al" Hanstvedt, 62, joined
the SIU in 1947 in the port of New
York sailing as a recertified bosun.
Brother Hanstvedt sailed 43 years
and with the Waterman Steamship
Co. He graduated from the Union's
Recertified Bosuns Program in 1974.
In 1959, he received a captain's
commendation as the outstanding
seaman aboard the SS Emilia (Bull
Line). A native of Bergen, Norway,
he is a resident of Toms River, N.J.
Charles John HIckox, 59, joined
the SIU in the port of New Orleans in
1958 sailing as a chief steward.
Brother Hickox did'tug organizing
and picketline duty in the 1950s in the
ports of New Orleans and Houston.
He is a former member of the
Carpenters and Joiners Union, AFLCIO. Seafarer Hickox is a veteran of
the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Forces in
World War II when he earned his
GED. Born in Atlanta, Ga., he is a
resident- of Folkston, Ga.
Robert "Bob" Franklin Mftckert,
56, joined the SIU in the port of
Baltimore in 1959 sailing as a
recertified bosun. Brother Mackert
sailed 26 years. He is a veteran of the
U.S. Navy in World War II when in
May 1943 off Oran, North Africa his
ship was under attack as German
bombers blew up one of the vessel's
gun turrets. He received captain's
commendations in 1975 aboard the
ST Overseas Arctic (Maritime Over
seas) as he and his crew mucked 18 .
ballast tanks in winter in Odessa,
Russia. Last year, he and his deck
gang butterworthed nine cargo holds
of the OBO Ultra Sea (Apex Marine)
working day and night for 27 hours.
They also painted the ship's nine
hatches, decks and trims in four days.
Born in Cumberland, Md., he is a
resident of Baltimore.
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T
HE chief steward is essential
to the smooth running of the
ship's committee.
To upgrade the considerable
skills the stewards already
possess, the SIU last year
established the Steward Recertification Program, Last month
the 12 men who took part in the
fourth class to be held this year,
graduated from the Program.
Like their brothers who have
participated in other classes,
these stewards spent six weeks at
the Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship in Piney Point, Md.
and two weeks at Union
Headquarters.
At the HLSS, the stewards
took part in classes such as menu
planning, work scheduling, in
ventory control and requisition,
advanced culinary skills, typing
and communication techniques.
They also received first aid, CPR,
and firefighting training.
While at Headquarters, the
stewards were given first hand
information on how the various
departments are run. this
included important details on the
Pension and Welfare Plans.
The knowledge the stewards
gained at HLSS and Headquar
ters will help them do an even
better job in their roles as chief
steward and as secretary-reporter
of the Ship's Committee.
Any steward who has not yet
applied for this Program is
strongly urged to do so. Just see
an SIU representative or write to
Headquarters for an application.
Samuel Goodman
Leo E. Stewart
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Ira C. Brown
Charles E. Bell
Marvin Deloatch
Roque R. Macaraeg
Carlos Diaz
Adrian Delaney
Oscar Smith
Cristano Modellas
Hans Spiegel
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Special Notice
To avoid any problems and
delays when being flown from
U.S. ports to foreign countries,
please carry on your person the
following documents:
Passport
Union Book
Clearance Slips
Vaccination Card
Seamans Papers
Seamen have encountered
problems by checking their bags
at the airport with the documents
in their bags which were lost or
delayed in shipment.
R. Juniel
AUGUST 1-30,1980
'*TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
t..
''REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.).
53
22
6
83
66
1
60
17
13
0
27
16
5
0
7
4
3
51
145
94
131
47
68
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.).
29
10
4
48
30
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.).
12
8
Algonac (Hdqs.).
47
76
20
0
0
0
141
116
33
157
112
1
3
26
16
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Totals All Departments
•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at theport last month.
""Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
October1980 / LOG / 35
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jif.
U.S. Unemployment Drops to 7.6%
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The
U.S. unemployment rate in August
dropped slightly to 7.6 percent from
July's 7.8 percent. The slight dip in
the unemployment rate was attri
buted to a pickup in factory jobs
employment.
The U.S. Labor Department's
Bureau of Labor Statistics (ELS)
reported that there were 8,019,000
Notice On Job
Call Procedure
(inland)
C
When throwing in for work
during a job caii at any SiU
Hiring Haii, boatmen must
produce the foiiowing:
• membership certificate
(where possessed)
• registration card
• clinic card
• seaman's papers
workers unemployed in August,
188,000 fewer than in July.
Total employment in August
stayed at 97,006,000 up 10,000 from
July while the size of the labor force
shrank by 178,000 to 105,025,000.
The jobless rate for factory
workers was down a full percentage
point to 9.3 percent. Job gains were
noted in textiles, apparel, rubber,
plastics, fabricated metals, lumber
and wood products. Only electrical
equipment registered a substantial
decline.
The hard hit auto industry in
Detroit showed some improvement
in August as auto makers called
back workers and retooled for
smaller cars. Their jobless rate went
from May's 29 percent to August's
21 percent.
However, the unemployment rate
for construction workers jumped 2.2
percent to 18.3 percent. Employ
ment in service industries rose a bit
Legal Aid
for the second straight month.
Federal Government employment
showed a decline.
The jobless rate for adult men
eased to 6.6 percent from July's 6.7
percent. The rate for jobless adult
women went down to 6.5 percent
from 6.7 percent.
Teenage unemployment rose to
19.1 percent from 19 percent. Black
teenagers had a rate of 37.4 percent,
an increase.
White workers had an unemploy
ment rate of 6.8 percent; blacks 13.6
percent, Hispanics, 10.6 percent.
At a Congressional Joint Eco
nomic Committee hearing on the
unemployment rate drop, Chairman
Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.) asked "Is
this the first robin of spring or one
last rose of summer?"
BLS Commissioner Dr. Janet L.
Norwood told the committee that
"The deterioration in labor markets
has clearly stopped."
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
AUCUST 1-30,1980
Port
-
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
-
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A ClassB Class C
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
> Class A Class B Class C
—
—
—
—
,.
—.—
0
0
0
7
. 0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
58
0
2
0
6
79
0
0
0
3
0
4
0
6
1
0
4
0
0
2
6
0
0
19
4
49
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
13
1
0
1
0
0
7
5
0
0
4
72
107
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
0
3
48
0
3
2
0
63
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
1
0
0
10
0
0
1
17
2
37
'
0
0
0
.0
0
3
0
10
0
0
1
0
0
6
4
0
3
4
4
35
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore..
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur..
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
;..
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
• 0
0
0
1
•
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
10
0
5
1
2
2
0
4
0
0
11
59
0
5
0
13
112
'
0
0
1
11
0
3
3
6
1
0
10
0
0
5
8
0
1
1
12
62
0
0
0
6
0
3
0
6
1
0
7
0
0
12
15
0
12
0
188
252
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
11
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia .;
Baltimore.
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville ...
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico..
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals^
Totals All Departments
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
;
1
0
0
0
0
0
•....
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
16
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
25
29
50
128
66
41
38
129
67
292
*"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at th'? port at the end of last month.
. 36 / LOG / October 1980
iT.-
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
aassA Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
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In the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10001
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning,
Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981r4400
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenb«rg & Sounders
721 Olive Street ^
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263^6330
�Port Arthur
Crewing is expected soon on a new harbor tug for Sabine Towing. And
Sabine expects delivery of a new canal tug shortly.
•
St. Louis
The new towboat Midland (Orgulf Transport) was crewed here last
month by SIU Boatmen.
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A wage reopener was negotiated in the contract with National Marine
Service last month with a Cost of Living (COLA) going into effect on Oct.
9,1980.
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The Sternwheeler Delta Queen (Delta Steamboat) had her shaft
replaced last month at the Jeffboat Yard, Jeffersonville, Ind. after the 19
by 28 foot paddlewheel was broken by a large log on the Ohio River
between here and Cincinnati.
^
The shaft came from the Sternwheeler Delta King—a California-based
sistership no longer running.
*
Charges against the master of the sternwheeler Mississippi Queen
(Delta Steamboat) were dropped by the Coast Guard last month. The
paddlewheeler collided at dawn with the tanker Spes on Sept. 7 near the
port of New Orleans.
Cleared was Capt. Arthur McArthur of Memphis who was charged
with failure to slow down and sound a danger signal before the crash:
*
Our wandering Cook Duncan V. "Pat" Patterson is riding the tug
Bulwark (Crowley Marine) in 4-foot swells feeding six shipmates from
Corpus Christi, Tex. to Tampa and Lake Charles, La. He says his
skipper, Capt.,George Mawbry,"knows his stuff." Pat wants to upgrade
at Piney Point next year.
.
A bust memorial to jazz saxophonist Six Beiderbecke, who once
played on steamboats of the Strekfus Line, has been placed in Le Claire
Park «n the Mississippi River at Davenport, La.
•
Riverman and folksinger John Hartford will give a concert at the
Missouri Theatre, St. Joseph, Mo. on Feb. 10, 1981.
New Orleans
Crescent Towing Co. was sold last month. The SIU wage, hours,
working conditions and other benefits in the present contract and
manning agreements will remain in effect.
*
Whiteman Towing Co. was also sold last month totheSIU-contracted
Bay Houston Towing Co. Morejobsfor SIU Boatmen are expected when
the new company goes into the shipdocking business here on Jan. 1,1981.
Great Lakes
The American Steamship Co. and Republic Steel Co. last month
signed a long-term contract for carrying iron ore pellets from the port of
Lorain, Ohio to the port of Cleveland.
Next spring, American Steamship will take delivery of a new 630-foot
self-unloading ship for this run. She'll have twin screws, eight rudders and
bow and stern thrusters.
High school student Leona R. Wilson of Grand Marais, Minn, has won
a towboat trip on the Upper Mississippi for her winning essay in the
National Maritime Contest.
Tenn-Tombigbee Barge Canal
Just before Congress' adjournment, the House and Senate okayed a
$12-billion energy and water development appropriations bill which will
assure continued work on the Tenrtessee-Tombigbee Barge Canal in
Alabama and. Mississippi.
msm
Now you can improve your math skills
In Your Spare Time!
HOW?
HLSS has courses for you In fractions, decimals, algebra and geometry. They
are self-study courses. HLSS vvill send them to you and you can study them
while you're aboard your ship or boat.
.
You can use these courses:
• in your job;
• to improve your math skills for upgrading;
• to review old math skills or learn new ones; and
• • • to earn credits for your college degree.
•
This summer for the first time more than 200,000 tons of steam coal
were barged down to this port. In the next 10 years, it's predicted that 100
million tons of steam coal will be barged down the Ohio-Mississippi-Gulf
System for export, mostly to Europe.
In contrast, the East Coast does not have a single coal terminal to store
the steam coal.
Send for the course you want today! lust fill
in and mail the coupon below.
I am an SIU member. Yes •
My Book Number is
I joined the SIU in 19
Please send me the course(s)
checked below.
( ) Fractions
( ) Decimals
( )Percents
( )Algebra
( )Ceometry
*
Someone has had the mouth-watering idea of writing a cookbook of
Ohio-Mississippi-Gulf Riverboat Galley Recipes.
Send your favorite riverboat recipe to Liz Ashcraft, 48 Lucaya Dr.,
Kenner, La. 70062.
Former commercial artist, Capt. Lexie Palmore of the Delta Queen
(Delta Steamship) will do the artwork.
Houston
Negotiations for COLA agreements were set to get underway with
G & H Towing, Higman Towing and Moran Towing.
•
High school student Evangelina Torres here has won a trip aboard a
Delta Queen Steamboat Co. vessel for her winning essay in the annual
National Maritime Essay Contest sponsored by the Propeller Club of the
U.S.
No •
NOTE: Complete all five courses and earn four college credits.
Send my course(s) here:
Name
Street.
City_
_State__
Zip Code
Jacksonville
The new dredge hodge Is. (NATCO) is working out of this^prt. And
the tug
D. Hayden(Bay Houston Towing) was crewed last month for
a Miami to Ecuador run.
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Patrolman Jimmy Davis is recovering from a heart ailment.
Cut out this coupon and mail it to this address:
,. . j ,
Academic Education Department
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
Piney Point, MD. 20674
ATTN: LMS Knowles, Mathematics Department
October1980 / LOG /«7
..-.i
�Eugene Dorsey Jr.
a-
Seafarer
Eugene Dorsey
Jr., 25, gradu
ated from the
Harry Lundeberg Sehool
(HLS) Entry
Trainee Pro
gram in Piney
Point, Md. in
1976. Brother Dorsey upgraded
there to fireman-watertender
(FOWT) in 1978. He has the
firefighting, lifeboat and cardio
pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
endorsements. Dorsey lives in St.
Louis, Mo. and ships out of all
ports.
James ^Anderson
Seafarer
I James Ander
son, 20, is a
[graduate of the
HLS Entry
Trainee ProI gram in Piney
Point, Md. He
upgraded to
FOWT' there
in 1979. Brother Anderson earned
the lifeboat, firefighting and CPR
tickets. Born in San Francisco
County, Calif., he ships out of the
port of San Francisco.
^
Jon Nils Anderson
Carl TenteromanO
David Dinnes
Searfarer
Jon Nils Ander
son, 20, is a
1978 HLS grad
uate. He up
graded to FOWT
there. And he
earned the LNG,
junior engineer,
machinist, pump
man and refrigeration engineer
endorsement also. Brother Ander
son has the firefighting, lifeboat and
CPR certificates; Soon he plans to
gei his QMED endorsement. He
lives in south San Francisco and
ships out of West Coast ports.
Seafarer
Carl Tenteromano, 25, is a
1976 graduate of
the HLS. He up
graded to FOWT
there in 1978.
Brother Tenteromano also earned
his firefighting,
lifeboat and CPR tickets. Next
month he plans to take the Pumproom Maintenance Course in Piney
Point. He was born in Brooklyn,
N.Y., lives there and ships out of the
port of New York."
Seafarer
David Dinnes,
23, graduated
from the HLS
Entry Program
in 1977. Last
year he got his
AB upgrading
ticket. Brother
Dinnes has the
CPR, lifeboat, tankerman and
firefighting endorsements. He also
got his GED in 1977. A native ofCalifornia, he lives in Florida and
ships out of the ports of Houston
and New Orleans.
Lance Zollner
David Kiernan
Edward Gerena
Seafarer
Lance Zollner,
24, graduated
from Piney Point
in 1977. He up
graded to AB
there in 1978.
Brother Zollner
has the fire
fighting, life
boat and CPR certificates. A native
of St. Louis, he lives in Miami, Fla.
and ships out of all ports.
Seafarer
David Kiernan,
21, graduated
from the HLS
' Entry Program
I in 1977. He up
graded to AB
there in 1979.
Brother Kier
nan has the
CPR, firefighting and lifeboat
tickets. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., he
lives there and ships out of the port
of New York.
Seafarer
Edward Gerena,
26, is a 1977
graduate of the
HLS Trainee
Program. In
1979, he up
graded to AB
there. He also
learned his Gen
eral Education Diploma (GED) at
Piney Point.^Brother Gerena holds
the lifeboat, firefighting and CPR
tickets. Born in south Brooklyn,
N.Y., he ships out of the port of New
York.
Michael McDermott
Seafarer
Michael McDer
mott, 25, sails
in the steward
department as a
cook and baker.
Brother McDer
mott graduated
from the HLS
in 1978. He up
graded to cook and baker there in
1978 and to chief cook in 1979. And
he holds the lifeboat, firefighting
and CPR endorsements. A resident
of Southhampton, Pa., he ships out
of the port of Philadelphia.
James McDaniel
Seafarer
James McDan
iel, 25, sails as a
pumpman. He is
a 1978 HLS
graduate.
Brother McDan
iel upgraded to"
FOWT there in
1979. He holds
the CPR, firefighting and lifeboat
endorsements. And he lives in
Kansas City, Mo. and ships out of
the port of Houston.
Patrick Bishop
Se af a re r
jl^trick Bishop,
125, is a 1976
jHLS trainee
[graduate.
Brother Bishop
upgraded to
FOWt there in
1977. He holds
the firefighting,
lifeboat and CPR endorsements. A
native of North Carolina, he ships
out of the port of JacksonviUe.
Ogden Champion Committee
Monthly
Membership
Meetings
a
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fl' -
Ife;:
Deep Sea
Lakes, Inland Waters
Date
Port
New York
Nov. 3
2:30p.ni.
Philadelphia
Nov. 4
2:30p.m.
Baltimore
Nov. 5
. 2:30p.m.
Norfolk .:...
Nov. 6
9:30a.m.
Jacksonville
Nov. 6
2:00p.m.
Algonac
Nov. 7
2:30p.m.
Houston
Nov. 10
2:30p.m.
New Orleans
Nov. 11
2:30p.m.
Mobile
Nov. 12
... 2:30p.m.
San Francisco ....... Nov. 1,3
2:30p.m.
Wilmington
Nov. 17 ............. 2:30p.m.
Seattle
Nov. 21
2:30 p.m.
Piney Point
Nov. 8
10:30a.m.
2:30 p.m.
San Juan
Nov. 6
Columbus .......... Nov. 15
Chicago
Nov. 11
2:30 p.m.
Port Arthur
Nov. 11
2:30p.m.
St. Louis
Nov. 14
Cleveland
Nov. 13
2:30p.m,
Honolulu
Nov. 13
38 / LOG / October 1980
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UIW
7:00p.m.
7:00p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Recertified Bosun John Little (seated r.) ship's chairman of the ST Ogden
Champion (Ogden IVIarine) leads the Ship's Committee at a payoff on Aug. 26 at
the Bayway Dock, S.I., N.Y. They are (seated I.) Chief Pumpman H. G. Sanford,
educational director and (standing I. to r.) Chief Steward Bennie Garino,
secretary-reporter and Baker Hosea McBride, steward delegate.
�Frankfort. This proposal also has the backing of the SIU as it directly
affects the jobs of Union members aboard the Ann Arbor Carferries.
The Frankfort hearing was the first of several which will be held around
the state. The next scheduled for Sept. 29 in Ludington where the
finishing touches are now being put on a $5.5 million harbor widening
project. The project will enable thousand-footers to call at Ludington.
The
Lakes
Picture
DULUTH
- SlU-contracted Kinsman Lines is running all six of their vessels due to
hea^y grain movement.
WASHINGTON, D.C
ALGONAC
The John A. A^/m^ (American Steamship) went into permanent lay-up
last month. The reason cited by the company is that the cost of renovating
the 58-year-old vessel is prohibitive.
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Republic Steel recently signed a big, 25-year contract with American
Steamship Co. which gives the SlU-contracted company access to the
lucrative new ore-shuttle run from Lorain to Cleveland, Ohio beginning
in the Spring of 1981. That's when American Steamship's brand-new selfunloader, designed for exclusive use on the winding Cuyahoga River, is
due to be delivered. The vessel will be picking up ore at Lorain where the
cargo will be delivered by 1,000 foot ore carriers, too big to make the run
themselves.
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The tremendous controversy surrounding the start-up of the Upper
Peninsula Shipbuilding Co. (UPSCO) which has begun constructing
units for a Lake Michigan integrated tug/barge system to replace other
Lake Michigan carferries, is getting hotter and hotter. First, the.FBI has
reportedly begun subpoenaing records from the Michigan Dept. of
Transportation. They are checking into the $35 million pumped into
UPSCO by the state.
More important, however, is the issue of manning on the new tug barge
combo. Blueprin,ts for the vessels call for accommodations to house an 8man crew which will work a two-watch system. .This substandard
manning level, though, was turned down by the Officer in Charge of
Marine Inspection (OCMI) in Duluth.
UPSCO appealed the OCMI's decision to the chief of the Coast
Guard's Ninth Region in Cleveland. His ruling was that the tug/barge
must carry a minimum crew of 16 and operate on a 3-watch system to
ensure the safe operation of the vessel.
UPSCO was, apparently, unhappy with this ruling which means
construction plans for the tugs would have to be revised and crew
quarters doubled. (The keel of the first tug was laid on July 22).
Stepping in on behalf of UPSCO was no less a personage than the
Hon. Frank Kelly, Michigan's Atttoney General. After penning the
appeal, Kelly sent it directly to Admiral Bell, Coast Guard Commandant,
in Washington, D.C.
• "If Adm. Bell approves the 8-man Crew," warns SIU Algonac Port
Agent Jack Bluitt, "it will have far-reaching implications for the entire
maritime industry. It will," Bluitt added, "destroy the manning standards
necessary for safe operation on the Great Lakes; standards it took the
SIU and other maritime unions years to have set."
The unsafe manning level is one of the reasons the SIU has been
fighting strenuously against the tug/ barge plan. Other reasons include
the Union's conviction, which is bqcked up by several authoritative
studies, that the tug/ barge combo won't be able to withstand the rigors of
winter on the Great Lakes and that the tug/barges can't carry autos and
passengers.
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A multi-faceted bill aimed at improving the fortunes of Great Lakes
shipping has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep.
Thomas Ashley (D-Ohio). The bill, H.R. 8095, seeks to extend the
navigation-season on Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan and Erie to Jan.
31 from the current mid-December shut-down.
In addition, the bill would allow subsidized U.S.-flag carriers to offer
alternate routings in an effort to cut down on increasing cargo diversions
through Canadian ports.
Finally, the bill would allow a 30-year stretch-out of the U.S. share of
investment in the St. Lawrence Seaway. The St. Lawrence Seaway
Development Corp. must repay the debt to the U.S. Treasury. Rep.
Ashley said that extending the repayment period will "have the effect of
guaranteeing present toll levels to users...The net result will make the
Seaway more attractive to users, thereby increasing present traffic levels
over today's present low volumes."
Rep. Ashley pointed out that the 24 harbors on Lakes Erie, Huron,
Michigan and Superior account for one-sixth of the Gross National
Product. Shutting down the Seaway every year, he said is "a crippling and
unnecessary curtailment of one of the nation's most energy efficient and
low-cost water transportation systems."
Rep. Ashley is acting chairman of the House Merchant Marine &
Fisheries Committee.
WINTER NAVIGATION
The controversy over an extended shipping season on the St. Lawrence
Seaway, while a hot topic in the maritime community for years, hadn't
made much of a splash in the world beyond. Until last month, when the
issue made it to the front pages of newspapers across the country.
The reason an extended navigation season on the Great Lakes and
Seaway hit the headlines had little to do with the issue and a lot to do with
personality (or persona, to be more exact). A man named Barry Freed,
the leader of an environmental group called the Save the River
Committee, which is working against an extended shipping season,
stepped out of a small town in N.Y.'s Thousand Islands region and
announced to the world that he was really Abbie Hoffman.
Remember Abbie Hoffman? He was an anti-war activist during the
I960's, the head of the Yippies, who'd clashed with the Government
more than once. Hoffman's been on the lam since 1974 when hejumped
bail pending trial on a drug charge.
Hoffman, a.k.a. Freed, became so involved in the Save the River
Committee, he even testified before a Senate Committee. Nobody
guessed his true identity. When Freed fessed up to being Abbie Hoffman,
a lot of people were surprised.
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But the revelation did nothing to change the feelings of Hoffman's
fellow Save the River Committee members. "He did great by us," one
committee member said. "He knew a lot more about the Government
than we did."
Inger Committee
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As of mid-September, SlU-contracted American Steamship was
running only half its full-strength fleet of 20 vessels. But the Charles E.
Wilson is fitting out Oct. 1 and the Union crew has been recalled.
CHICAGO
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The Union's offices here have been moved from the old location at 9383
S. Ewing Ave., across the street to 9402 S. Ewing. The new quarters are
recently remodeled and much more comfortable than the old location.
The office phone number remains the same at 3I2-SA-1-0733.
FRANKFORT
A public hearing was held here on Sept. 12 for the purpose of
discussion on the state of Michigan's proposals for the future of the staterun railroads and carferries. At least 160 people, including area
congressmen and state senators, as well as SIU reps, showed up.
Support was reported very strong for one of the state's proposed plans
which calls for running the state railroads and carferries out of the port of
SIU Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (seated) makes out his report ata payoff aboard
the SS Inger (Reynolds Aluminum) at Port Newark, N.J. on Sept. 13. With him are a
crewmember and the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.) Galleyman Juan Morales.
Messman A. Ortega, steward delegate: Chief Steward Jay Lewis, secretaryreporter; AB Wallace Wright, deck delegate and Bosun M. Zapata, ship's
chairman.
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BILL GIVES U.S. COAL SHIPS 'HEAD-OF-LINE' PRIVILEGES
OCEAN MINING GROUP VISITS SHLSS
SIU CREW SAVES 457 LINER PASSENGERS AT SEA
SIU SETS UP NEW PROGRAM TO BOOST SERVICES
SMALL VESSEL BILL: GOOD, BAD NEWS
LABOR RALLYING BEHIND CARTER-MONDALE TEAM
SIU BACKED BILL PASSED TO SPUR U.S. FISHING INDUSTRY
U.S. AND CHINA SIGN BILATERAL PACT GIVING
AMERICAN SHIPS ONE THIRD CARGO SHARE
MTD SUPPORTS EXPANSION OF GALVESTON PORT
AFL-CIO'S KIRKLAND NAMED TO HIGH POWERED ENERGY PANEL
FED AGENCIES SKIRT U.S. FLAG USE, SIU CHARGES
SIU'S JACK CAFFEY NAMED V.P. OF NEW YORK PORT COUNCIL
NEW ORGULF TOWBOAT CREWED BY SIU BOATMEN
SEN. DANIEL K. INOUYE GETS AOTOS AWARD
EL PASO, ALGERIA LNG SETTLEMENT IMMINENT
BIG APPLE GETS SOME ALASKA OIL, COURTESY OF OVERSEAS VALDEZ
HALL HELPED GIVE LIFE TO IBT LOCAL: THEY REMEMBERED
COAL - ONCE A STEPCHILD - SOON TO BE FAVORED SON OF ENERGY WORLD
SEA-LAND DEVELOPER ON PACIFIC-SOUTHWEST RUN
SIU URGES CARTER TO SIGN TOWING SAFETY BILL
U.S. MERCHANT FLEET READY, ABLE TO SUPPORT NAVY
VOTING - YOUR RIGHT, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
SAN DIEGO TOUR BOATS CREWS VOTE SIU ALL TH EWAY
VOTING PROCEDURES, SAMPLE BALLOT, OTHER INFORMATION FOR 1980 GENERAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS, 1981-1984 SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC GUL, LAKES & INLAND WATERS DISTRICT
UPGRADING FOR JOBS AND JOB SECURITY
ACADEMIC STAFF IS READY TO ASSIST EVERY UPGRADER
SEAFARERS NOW GET TRANSPORTATION FOR COMPLETING SHLSS COURSES
TWO SEAFARERS EARN HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS THROUGH HLSS CONTINUING EDUCATION PLAN
'OLDER' SEAFARERS HAVE PRAISE FOR SHLSS UPGRADING OPPORTUNITIES
PAM AND LORI COME BACK TO SHLSS TO BEGIN SEA CAREER UPGRADING
NEW PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IS LUANCHED
GREEN C.G. CREW BLAMED IN TRAGEDY
ON 'SWEETHEART' RUN, WHY NOT SEE THE SIGHTS
12 COMPLETE 4TH 1980 STEWARD REC
U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 7.6%
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1980
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American flag Merchant
Marine is being whittled away by
an overwhelming maze of
governmental red-tape.
More than 70 different Federal
agencies are involved in the
regulation of the maritime
industry. More often than not,
four or five different agencies
have jurisdiction over the same
matter.
Take a simple dredging permit.
Present Corps of Engineers
regulations require that the
average processing time for
dredging applications not exceed
three and a half months. The
actual processing time, however,
is between four and 10 months.
According to a recent study
conducted by the General
Accounting Office, it is not
uncomon for projects to be
delayed two years or more while
several different government
agencies review the same
application. The cost of these
delays have been known to top
$20 million.
The GAG study makes the
following conclusion. It is
difficult, if not impossible, to
coordinate the actions of four or
five separate government agen
cies, all of which are subject to
bureacratic infighting, conflict
ing policy objectives and limited
yet overlapping spheres of
jurisdiction.
The one thing these agencies
have in common is the ability to
hold up a permit and make it a
pawn in a bureacratic power
struggle.
The problems caused by
allowing different federal
agencies to have overlapping
spheres of jurisdiction are
becoming more serious every
day. Many American industries
are being done in, not by foreign
competitors, but by their own
government.
Many potential American flag
vessels are never constructed
because prospective owners are
scared off by the repeated delays
involved in securing approval for
operating and construction
differential subsidies.
There.is no one place where
representatives of the maritime
industry can go to discuss the
problems facing their industry.
Officials at the Maritime
Administration blame officials at
the Coast Guard who blame
officials at the Justice Depart
ment who blame officials at the
State Department who blame
officials at the Maritime Admini
stration.
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The bottom line is this: there is
no accountability.
Clearly, some reorganization
of the Federal agencies is in
order. Something must be done
to make our government officials
accountable for prevailing
conditions.
Nothing could help the
maritime industry more than if
the various maritime programs
were put under the Jurlsdictipn of
one particular departments
Much has been made about
increasing the productivity of
private sector workers. Well, the
same is equally true of govern
ment. Unless government gets its
house in Order, American
industry will continue to decline.
MTD Pressing Action on Fish Bi/f, Fed Agencies Use of US, Flag
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The
>FL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department (MTD) is an eightmillion member organization
consisting of 43 affiliated unions.
One of those unions is the
SIUNA whose president, Frank
Drozak, is also president of the
MTD.
The MTD takes an active role
in helping member unions
achieve their goals and uses its
collective strength to back many
labor causes.
For instance, to help U.S.
fishermen, the MTD is pressing
for final action on the American
Fisheries Promotion Act. This
bill could bring full development
of U.S. fishing resources.
Also, the Department is
opposing certification by the
Federal Aviation Administration
of three new aircraft whose flight
crews would consist of less than
three people.
In a letter to President Carter
on the issue, Drozak wrote,
"Certification of a smaller flight
crew [than three] is considered
unwise in light of National
Transportation Safety Board and
Civil Aeronautics Board studies
which pinpoint a direct relation
ship between crew sizes and
airline accidents."
Concerning the carriage of
government cargoes on Ameri
can-flag ships, the MTD told the
White House recently that "a
growing number of Federal
agencies have been working with
increasing frequency to under
mine the cargo preference laws of
the United States."
The Department urged Presi
dent Carter to issue a directive to
Federal agencies instructing
them to ship at least 50 percent of
the cargo under .their control in
U.S.-flag ships.
In another matter, the
Department actively supported a
bill, recently signed by President
Carter, that prohibits the
regulation of collective bargain
ing agreements by the Federal
Maritime Commission (FMC).
In a letter to President Carter,
Drozak had said that the
Department, together with the
rest of the American labor
movement, holds that "there is no
justifiable place for government
intrusion in the free and
unfettered collective bargaining
process."
The above examples represent
only a small fraction of the many
issues for which the MTD fought
in recent months. The Depart
ment is constantly involved in
trying to better the livelihoods
and the quality of life for
American workers.
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. signed into law, H.R. 6242, a
bill that calls for the creation of a
16-member Towing Safety
Advisory Committee.
The SIU supported the bill and
urged President Carter to sign it.
The committee is expected to
work closely with the Coast
Guard on matters relating to the
safe operation of towing vessels
and barges'pn inland and coastal
waterways.
Committee members will be
consulted prior to the publication
of any official regulation that
could conceivably affect the
towing industry. These commit
tee members will be on hand to
offer advice to the Coast Guard,
as well as to represent the views of
the towing industry as a whole.
The creation of a Towing
Safety Advisory Committee will
go a long way towards improving
relations between the Coast
Guard and the towing industry,which have been badly strained
sfnce the Towing Advisory
Committee was dismantled in
1977. The committee had been an
important channel pf communi
cations between the industry and
the government. It is expected
that the new Advisory Commit
tee will re-open those channels.
Repeatedly over the past three
years, needless misunderstand
ings have arisen that could have
been avoided had only the Coast
Guard taken the time to solicit
the industry's opinions. Hope
fully, all that will change.
Membership on the Commit
tee will consist of the following:
seven members from the barge
and towing industry; one
member from the offshore
mineral and oil supply vessel
industry; two members from
port districts, authorities or
terminal operators; two members
from maritime labor; two
members from shippers; and two
members from the general public.
He Learns Tax Lesson, The Hard Way
Seafarer Norman Dubois learned
a lesson about taxes the hard way, and
it cost him over a hundred bucks.
Dubois was always under the
impression that if you are at sea
during the required filing period for
Federal taxes (Jan.1-Apr. 15), there
was no penalty for filing late. Not so,
said IRS. Dubois was told that
tax returns had to be filed during the
prescribed period, unless of course,
the taxpayer files for an extension.
No other excuses accepted!
So here's the bottorn line. If you
are going to be at sea during the
filing period, have someone file for
you or file an extension for you.
Dubois said that there is a lot of
seamen who thought, like him, that
there was no penalty for filing late
for a seaman. With his pockets
considerably lighter because of his
experience, Brother Dubois offers
the following advice; "File early."
Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District AFL-CIO 67«i Fourth AUP Brooklyn N.Y.
11232. Published rnonthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Vol. 42, No. 11, November 1980. (ISSN #0160-2047)
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press, U.S. Coast Guard
and Air Force search planes and
sea rescue ships were combing the
Atlantic Ocean for the missing
11,241 ton bulk carrier SS Poet
(Hawaiian Eugenia) with a crew
of 34—24 of them Seafarers.
On Nov. 10, the 500-foot
freighter was six days overdue for
a landfall at the Straits of
Gibraltar. The 9,000 hp ship had
left the port of Philadelphia on
Oct. 24 with a cargo of corn
bound for Port Said, Egypt.
The ship was due to pass
Gibraltar on Nov. 4 and was
scheduled to arrive at Port Said
on Nov. 9, 1980.
The United States Coast
Guard conducted an exhaustive
air search from high altitude for
the missing ship over a 100,000
square mile area ranging from the
U.S. Outer Continental Shelf to
1,000 miles out to sea.
After the high altitude search,
the Coast Guard began the very
difficult task of fine-tooth
combing the same area from a
much lower altitude flying in
formation.
Another Coast Guard plane
out of the Azores is tracking the
scheduled course of the Poet all
the way to Gibraltar.
Upon notification from the
Coast Guard that the ship was
missing, the SlU imitiediately
contacted the families of the
Seafarers aboard the Poet by
telegram, asking them to get in
touch with SlU Headquarters.
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At this time, there are
absolutely no clues concerning
the fate of the vessel. Coast
Guard people speculated that the
ship'could still very well be safe,
but unable to send out signals due
to radio problems.
However, the general attitude
of the Coast Guard was one of
pessimism.
Complete details on the Poet
will be carried in the December
Log.
The vessel was built in 1944 by
the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co.,
Richmorid, Calif. In 1965, she
was converted to the troopship,
SS Gen. Omar Bundy. And in
1976, she was renamed the 55
Portmar (Calmer Line) and
more recently the 55 Poet.
The overdue Seafarers are:
Bosun Edward D. Adams
AB Rickey A. Saliee
AB Mosel Myers
' AB Roland H. Coufter
AB Hans P. Zukier
AB Carl L. Goff
AB Shawn T. Gooden
OS Alfred Schmidt OS Edward E. Bradley
Deck/Eng. Utility Frank E.
Holland
Oiler Walter M. Mitchell
Oiler Claude D. Berry
Oiler Otis R. Hunter
FOWT Calvin E. Bet hard
'FOWT Abraham G. Murillo,
FOWT George E. Ward
Wiper Thaddeus M. Simmons
Chief Steward Eddie Sylvester
Chief Cook Carl Jackson
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Messman Tracy R. Walker
Messman Jerry Batchler
Steward Utility Earl K.
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The missing officers are:
Capt. Leroy A. Warren
Chief Mate Norman. H.
Currier
2nd Mate William A. King
Members voting in Piney Point. Port Agent Terry Bader. left, mans the counter.
Voting is presently being
conducted in 31 ports for the
election of SIU, AGLIWD
officers for the term 1981-1984.
Seafarers may pick up their
ballots and mailing envelopes
from 9 a.m. until noon, Mondays
through Saturdays, except on
legal holidays, from Nov. 1
through Dec. 31, 1980.
Carter Will Leave
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Proceeding
Reagan,
HE long hard presidential four years.
This has always been our
campaign ended dramati
cally on Nov. 4, 1980 with an political philosophy. We support
unexpected landslide victory for those who have supported us.
Ronald Reagan and the Republi We never turn our backs on our
friends. And Carter was certainly
can Party.
The SlU offers its congratula a friend to maritime.
President Carter's impressive
tions to President-elect Reagan
on his victory. We are prepared to record on maritime includes;
cooperate with the Reagan Ad • Passage of the Ocean Mining
ministration fully on matters of bill, which will mean thousands
importance to the U.S. mari of American maritime jobs in the
future in this brand new industry.
time industry and the nation.
As reported in recent issues of • The recent Bilateral Trade
the Log, the SlU supported Agreement with China reserving
President Carter in this cam one third of all cargoes shipped
paign. The Carter Administra between the two nations for U.S.
tion delivered some extremely flag ships.
important new programs for • Passage of the Passenger Ship
maritime. We based our support Bill, which fostered the rebirth of
for Carter, not only on his the all-but-dead U.S.-flag
maritime record in the past four passenger liner industry.
years but on what Carter had • The Alaska Oil bill, which
planned for maritime for the next reserved Alaska crude for^U.S.
"^rH Mate Robert W. Gove
3rd
Radio Officer Joseph Vyhnak
Chief Engineer Lloyd G.
Thayer
1st Asst. Engineer Michael S.
Canfield
2nd Asst. Engineer
Christopher Carrino
3rd Asst. Engineer Mark S.
Henthorne
3rd Asst. Engineer Anthony J.
Bourbonnais
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use alone and guaranteed that the
oil would be carried by American
ships.
• The Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act was passed in 1978
and it reserved all Jobs in drilling
on the U.S. outer continental
shelf for American workers.
These are just a few of the
more important things concern
ing maritime that can be credited
to the Carter Administration.
Carter also had an excellent
record on labor supported issues
in general, from enactment of a
new formula for graduated
increases in the minimum wage to
increases in social security. In
fact. President Carter signed
more bills into law in one term
than any president since FDR.
As the Reagan team prepares
to take power on Jan. 20, 1981,
the SIU foresees little problem
For a detailed report on the
election procedures, including
addresses of the 31 ports, see the
special supplement in the
October Log.
. All full book mfemhers in good
standing are urged to cast their
vote in the election for officers of
their union.
with working with Reagap on a
maritime program.
During his campaign, Reagan
on several occasions, expressed
interest in a strong U.S. flag
merchant marine.
The SlU's ultimate goal, of
course, remains the same. We
want to return the American
merchant marine to its once
preeminent state on the world's
sealanes.
We feel that this nation cannot
maintain a strong economy or a
strong national security without
a healthy, competitive merchant
marine.
Of course, a lot of work has to
be done to help the U.S. maritime
industry, which is facing many
serious problems.
We made good headway
during the Carter Administration.
We hope to continue this effort
during the Reagan Administra
tion.
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use to Establish Paul Hall Chair
In Marine Transportation
Frank Drozak, Herb Brand Will Co-Sponsor Fund Drive
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RIBUTES are still being
paid to the memory of Paul
Hall, who was president of the
SlU for nearly twenty-three years
until his death June 22, 1980.
Those who knew Paul Hall
would agree that none of the
tributes being paid to his memory
would have pleased him as much
as the recent decision by the
University of Southern Cali
fornia to establish a Paul Hall
Chair in Marine Transportation
Studies.
The drive to fund the Paul Hall
Chair at USC is being sponsored
by two close friends of the late
SIU President; Herb Brand,
Chairman of the Transportation
Institute, a non-profit organiza
tion aimed at promoting
maritime research and develop
ment, and Frank Drozak, the
pian who succeeded Paul Hall as
President of the SIU.
The following prominent
Americans have pledged their
support to establish an endow
ment for the Paul Hall Chair:
Lane
AFL-CIO
President; Rep. Thomas P.
O'Neill, Speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives;
George Shultz, former U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury and
now Vice Chairman of Bechtel
Corp.; Jerry Wurf, president of
the American Federation of
State, County, and Municipal
Employees; Jesse Calhoun,
President of the Marine Engi
neers Beneficial Association;
U.S. Senators Warren Magnuson of Washington, Ernest F.
Hoilings of South Carolina, Ted
Stevens of Alaska, Daniel K.
Inouye of Hawaii, and Bob
Packwood of Oregon; and
William J. Baroody, Jr.,
president of the American
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Research.
Paul Hall was one of the giants
of the modern maritime industry.
He is best remembered for his allconsuming interest in education.
He was fond of saying that the
maritime industry had to reach
out to the American people and
communicate to them how
important it was for this country
to have a strong Merchant
Marine
In other words, he sought to
educate the American people.
He was also instrumental in
establishing one of the most
successful maritime trailing
centers in the country, the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship. Not only
does the SHLSS provide its
graduates with a strong back
ground in basic seafaring skills, it
also seeks to improve the quality
of their lives. It does this by
making available a number of USC's Institute for Marine and
important educational tools: an Coastal Studies, which since its
alcoholic rehabilitation center, a Establishment five years ago has
high school equivalency pro becdme a national focal point for
gram, top-notch educational the study of oceanography, ocean
facilities that can be used towards engineering add marine policy.
obtaining an associate's degree in The Institute offers eighty-six
marine studies.
courses in twelve academic
The newly established Center departments. It operates a
for Marine Transportation at the number of coastal research
University of Southern Cali laboratories.
fornia is expected to fill an
When asked to comment on
important national need, for the new department. Rose Hall,
there is a lack of qualified Paul Hall's beloved widow,
maritime managers in the United replied, "I can't think of a more
States. A rigorous graduate level appropriate honor to pay Paul.
curriculum has been fashioned. He loved the Merchant Marine.
An industry advisory committee And he dedicated his Whole life
will ensure that the curriculum towards improving the quality of
meets the needs of shipyards, educational facilities within the
shipping companies, maritime maritime industry. Look at the
labor unions, shippers, port ^nd Harry Lundeberg School of
terminal operators, and govern Seamanship. Thanks to his
ment agencies.
efforts, it has become the finest
The Center for Marine maritime training center in the
Transportation will be part of country."
Carter Signs Bill Giving US, CoaF Ships Preference to Unload
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bill that will aid American-flag
coal carriers was signed into law
last month by President Carter.
Numbered S. 1442, the bill has
an amendment that grants
priority berthing privileges to
U.S.-flag coal carriers engaged
in the coastwise trade of this
country.
The legislation actually puts
into law a tradition that had
recently come under attack. It
had been^ a widespread custom
for port officials to allow
American-flag vessels sailing in
the coastal trade "to go to the
head of the line."
Because of inadequate storage
aiid port facilities, vessels
carrying coal have had to endure
port delays of thirty days and
more while they wait in line to be
loaded.
One of the reasons for
allowing U.S.-flag coastal ships
"to go to the head of the line"
was the importance of coal as an
energy source in this country.
Efforts - to increase domestic
consumption of coal would
suffer a severe setback if
shipments were delayed an
average of 30 days and more.
However, recently exporters
of coaL threatened to bring suit
against ports and coal compa
nies that gave "head of line
preference" to American-flag
vessels. They were annoyed at
the delay that their vessels had to
experience while loading at
outdated port facilities.
Unsure of the outcome of such
a suit, the coal companies and
ports had decided to rescind the
preference they had given the
American ships.
But Congress and President
Carter realized how important
the encouragement of domestic
coal consumption is to this
country. Through S. 1442 they
therefore made "head of line"
privilege a law. The SIU fully
supports that decision.
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Republicans ih line for
major shift of power oc
curred on Capitol Hill, Chairmanships, which are
where as a result of the 1980 usually determined on a basis of
elections. Republicans captured seniority, include: Jesse Helms of
control of the Senate for the first N.C., Agriculture; John Tower of
Texas, Armed Services; Peter
time since 1954.
The effects of Ronald Reagan's Domenici of New Mexico,
stunning victory filtered down to Budget; Bob Packwood of
the Senate races, where Republi Oregon, Commerce; Mark
cans gained 12 seats. They now Hatfield of Oregon, Appropria
control 53 seats. The Democrats tions; James McClure of Idaho,
control 46.
Energy; Bob Dole of Kansas,
Among the losers were a Finance; Charles Percy of
number of Senators who had Illinois, Foreign Relations;
been strong advocates of a re Robert Stafford of Vermont,
vitalized American flag merchant Public Works or Labor; Lowell
marine. That includes men such Weicker of Connecticut, Small
as Warren Magnuson (D-Wash) Business; Jake Gam of Utah,
Banking; Barry Goldwater of
and Birch Bayh (D-Ind.)
Republican control of the Arizona, Intelligence; Strom
Senate means that 'Republicans Thurmond of South Carolina,
will assume control of the presti Judiciary.
Previously, many of these
gious, and powerful. Committee
chairmanships had been held by
Chairmanships.
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men who were sensitive to the
needs of the American flag
Merchant Marine: Daniel Inouye
of Hawaii, Commerce; Henry
Jackson of Washington, Energy;
Russell Long of La., Finance;
Warren Magnuson of Washing
ton, Appropriations.
Also scheduled to change
hand's are the chairmanships of
the vitally important subcommit
tees, as well as the staffs of all
standing committees and sub
committees, which are usually
determined on the basis of party
affiliation.
Among the new Republican
Chafimen and Subcommittee
Chairmen are a number of
Senators who understand the
importance of maintaining a
strong American flag Merchant
Marine, men such as Senator
John Warner of Virginia who
was instrumental in securing
"head-of-the-line" privileges for
U.S. flag bulk carriers.
The intricate structure of the
American political system makes
it impossible to predict the
consequences of this shift in
power.
The support or opposition of a
Committee Chairman can
determine the fate of a proposed
piece of legislation.
Access to Committee Chair
men is often determined by the
whims and preconceptions of
Committee staff members. *
The unexpected election
results underscore the following
fact: an organization such as the
SIU must place a high impor
tance on maintaining a strong
Washington presence if it is ta
protect the interests of its
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rn he changes in the U.S. House
First of all, labor and the lost out in their reelection bids
In a major upset, powerful
of Representatives following indijstry lost some strong sup were: Michael Myers (D-Pa.); House Ways and Means Commit
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the national elections may not be porters. Second, coming into the
as radical as in the Senate, but
they are still very significant.
To go along with Ronald
Reagan's victory, there was an
upsurge in Republican Party
support. In the House of Repre
sentatives the Republicans picked
up 33 seats.
The composition of the new
House, which will meet after the
first of the year, will be 243
Democrats and 192 Republicans.
(The current House has 276
Democrats and 159 Republicans.)
For the maritime industry in
general and maritime labor in
particular this change is very
important.
House for the first time are a lot
of new people who are not
familiar with the maritime
industry.
Some of the biggest changes in
the House came in a crucial
Committee for maritime—the
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee.
Among those defeated was
John Murphy (D-N.Y.) who for
many years has been a staunch
supporter of a strong U.S.
merchant fleet. Also defeated was
Thomas Ashley (D-Ohio), the
temporary chairman of the
committee.
Others on the committee who
Edward Stack (D-Al.); Robert
Bauman (R-Md.), and Melvin
Evans (R-V.I.). Also, Joe Wyatt
(D-Tex.) retired.
Whatever Party is in the
majority in either the House or
Senate gets the chairmanships of
the Comrriittees. Therefore, after
Ashley and Murphy, John
Dingell (Mich.) is next in ranking
to be chairman. However, he is
expected to become chairman of
the Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Corrimittee.
The next two ranking members
are Walter Jones (N.C.), and
Mario Biaggi (N.Y.), both of
whom have expressed interest in
the chairmanship.
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his bid for reelection. Also, Frank
Thompson (N.Y.), who was
chairman of the House Adminis
tration Committee was defeated.
In addition, three chairmen
retired: Robert Giaimo (Conn.)
Budget; Harley Staggers (W.V.)
Interstate and Foreign Com
merce, and Ray Roberts (Tex.)
Veterans Affairs.
The SIU, of course, will be
working with this new Congress,
with our old friends and with the
freshmen members. We will be
working to insure that the voice
of maritime labor is heard loud
and clear.
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AFL-CIO President Lane Kirk
land made the following .statement
on the election of Ronald Reagan as
President. Kirkland, who has the
complete support of the SIU, stated:
"The nation faces many serious
problems that will challenge all of
our energies. The AFL-CIO stands
ready to cooperate with the new
Administration in constructive ef
forts to solve those problems in the
best interests of our country."
"The election results show that
unemployment and inflation
weighed most heavily on the minds
of working people and their families.
Americans expressed a desire for a
change in their circumstances and
prospects, for revival of the national
economy, and for an improvement
in America's standing on the world
scene. We shall carefully weigh such
proposals as President-elect Reagan
may advance to rebuild the nation's
industrial base, and will do our best
to assure fairness and equity for
American workers."
"In rebuilding the economy, we
continue to believe there is a need for
cooperation between business, labor
and government, and we stand ready
to play a constructive role in such an
effort. As always, we shall vigor
ously pursue our responsibility to
serve as the aggressive advocates of
workers and their interests."
"The new Administration will
benefit from the achievements of
President Carter, particularly in the
area of energy policy which offers
hope to the nation that the strangle
hold on the American economy
resulting from a dependence on
imported oil will be broken."
"Finally, 1 want to express my
personal appreciation for the thou
sands of union members who vol
unteered their time and energies to
work in this campaign. While the
results are disappointing, anyone
who believes as strongly as we do in
the democratic process will accept,
in good spirit, the verdict of the
American people."
Lakes Seafarers Get COLA Hike
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As of Nov. 1, 1980, Great Lakes 1980 add-ons will he rolled into the
SIU members working under con base hourly rates effective Jan. 1,
tracts with the Great Lakes Associa 1981.
The next cost of living adjustment
tion of Marine Operators, Kinsman
Lines and Boh Lo Co., received a date is Feb. I, 1981.
Cost of Living increase of 14 cents
per hour.
Special Notice
COLA'S are computed quarterly,
To avoid any problems ar.j
based on increases in the Consumer
Price Increase. The Great Lakes cost Relays when being flown from
of living adjustment is one cent per U.S. ports to foreign countries,
hour for every .3 point rise in the please carry on your person the
following documents:
CPI.
The November COLA, which is
Passport
the final adjustment for 1980, brings
Union Book
the total cost-of-living add-ons for
Clearance Slips
the year to 94 cents per hour. Under
Vaccination Card
the terms of the SIU's contracts with
Seamans Papers
GLAMO, Kinsman and Boh Lo, the
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HE number one job of any
union is making life better
for its membership. That means
good job security. Top-notch
benefits. A decent pension.
But the SIU has taken the job
of making life better for its people
one step further. Because the SIU
knows that Seafarers and
Boatmen are not only members
The Field Representative assigned to the port of Boston is Joe Corrigan (2nd
left). Here, he meets with some SIU members at the Union hall, including (l-r)
Phillip Neergaard. Ed O'Connell, Sal Fiore and Alton Hamety.
It's part ot every FieldRep's job to get
involved in the community and that's
just what Jacksonville Field Rep
Bill Hodges is doing as he checks out
a local bazaar with Lucy Giardino.
of the seafaring community.
They and their families are also
members of communities
throughout the United States.
In order to make the benefits of
Explaining the SlU's landmark
Political Social and Welfare Program is
the programs National Coordinator,
Mariann Rogers, who will be working
out of Washinoton, D.C.
their communities more readily
available to active SIU members,
to pensioners and to their
families, the Union has kicked off
the National Political Social and
Welfare Training Program.
The National Political, Social
and Welfare Training Program
was created, SIU President
Frank Drozak said, "to provide
better, faster and more effective
services to SIU members, retirees
and their families."
The goal of this brand-new,
landmark program can be
summed up in one word—
SERVICE. Service to Seafarers
and Boatmen, retirees and
dependents, whatever their needs
are, wherever they happen to be.
When it's in full-swing, the
new program will be operated out
of 20 SIU ports by a specially
trained Field Representative. So
far, 13 Field Representatives
have been assigned.
These Field Representatives
have extremely important
duties—to help SIU members,
pensioners and their families with
a wide variety of problems,
ranging from Union business to
Federal agencies.
The Field Representative will
know how to cut through the red
tape which may be holding up
your claim from Social Security,
Unemployment, Public Health
or any other state or local agency.
If you have a question about
what benefits you're entitled to
from the Federal government as a
Cleveland-area Field Rep Martin VlttardI reveiws SIU vacation applications
with Union members Terrence De Mentor, deckhand, and Richard Stropich, tug
captain, of the tug Olive Moore (Lakes Trans. Co.)
Senator John Glenn (D-Ohio) center, looking over a recent issue of theLog with
Cleveland Port Agent Mark Trepp (I) and Field Rep Martin Vittardi (r).
One aspect of the Field Representative's job is to work in the area of politics.
Here, Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall (I) and New Jersey Field Rep James Ward
get together for a chat.
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retired or a disabled seaman, for
example, the Field Rep will make
a thorough check on your behalf.
And if there'sja special program
in your area which may be
beneficial to you, such as a Senior
Citizens program or a child care
facility, your Field Rep will know
about it, or find out about it, and
explain how you can take
advantage of it.
But that's just the beginning of
the field Representative's duties.
Any problems you—or your
family—may have concerning a
Union welfare claim will be
promptly handled by the Field
Rep in your port. And if you're at
sea, the Field Rep will be
available to help your wife or a
dependent with any problems
concerning the SIU Welfare,
Vacation and Pension Plans.
Finally, the Field Reps duties
will include participation in the
SlU's grassroots political effort.
The Field Representatives will
get to know, and work with, state
and local politicians where it
counts the most—in their
congressional districts, their
assembly districts, their precincts
back home.
This kind of contact with
elected officials will give the SIU'
and SIU members broader
recognition and better service
from politicians.
By the end of this year, all 20
Field Representatives will be
working out of every SIU port on
the East, West and Gulf Coast,
the Great Lakes and the Rivers.
So far. Field Reps have been
assigned to Brooklyn, N.Y.,
Algonac, Mich., Baltimore,
Boston, Duluth, Houston,
Jacksonville, Jersey City,
Norfolk, San Francisco, Seattle
and
The National Coordinator of
the new program is Ms. Mariann
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20 Field Reps will spend two
months at Piney Point where
they will go through an indepth
education program.
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question about a claim? If you're in Boston, you go to
Field Rep Joe Corrrgan, as SIU Pensioner Garret Wile
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meeting with and assisting Union members and their families with
any problems they may have. Here Norfolk Field Rep Bill
Hutchens, (I) talks with Seafarers Brad Bradshaw (stancting) and
John Thomas Short.
At a local labor meeting in the Baltimore Union Hall, Field Rep Bob Anton (I), meets with (l-r); Kevin Kissler. National
COPE: Ed Lamont, COPE Director for Maryland and Washington. D.C.: Steve Jackson, Carter Campaign Coordinator: Joe
Townsley, Teamsters Joint Council President and Pres. of the Baltimore Maritime Port Council: and George Bowen and
Jim Tallent, both of the UAW.
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New York Field Rep Tom Messana (I) helps Seafarer Jack Marcario. who ships
Chief Electrician fill out-a benefit form.
Greeting President Carter is Philip R. Piccigallo who. as Northeast Area Director
of the SlU s National Political. Social and Welfare Program, coordinates the Field
Representatives and activities in his area.
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�SlU Wins Case Vs. USCG on Yellowstone Loss
a recent U.S. District
T T Court ruling as the solid
groundwork, the SIU will now be
able to more fully protect the
interests of Seafarers during
Coast Guard inquiries.
Th'e court ruling, handed down
Oct. 14 by U.S. District Judge
Mary Johnson Lowe, capped a
lawsuit initiated two years ago by
the Union against the Coast
Guard.
The Union's suit was filed on
Nov. 24, 1978. five months after
the Coast Guard and the
National Transportation Safety
Board convened a joint inquiry
into the collision of the SIUcontracted SS fellowstone
(Ogden Marine) and the Alger
ian-registered Ibn Batouta.
At least five crewmen were
killed and several others injured
when the Algerian freighter
rammed into the portside of the
Yellowstone in the Straits of
Gibraltar on the afternoon of
June 12.
The hearing's dual purpose
was (1) to determine the cause of
the accident and (2) to make
recommendations relative to ship
construction, manning, etc., to
prevent similar accidents from
occurring in the future.
When the hearing began, the
law firm of Schulman &
Abarbanel appeared as legal
representative for the Union and
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When you work in retirement,
new Log column dealing with your earnings may affect your
Social Security. We wUl try to own and your dependents' bene
keep you informed qf rules and fits. If a dependent works, his
regulations, changes in the law, earnings will affect only his
and of course your benefits under benefits. If your earnings in
the Social Security Admini retirement would result in higher
stration.'We hope you etijoy the benefits, your benefits will be
column. If you have any sug automatically recomputed each
gestions concerning this column year and you will receive the
please drop us a line.
increase without further appli
cation.
Work After Retirement
NOTE: The earnings limit
There is a limit on how much
after
age 65 will be raised to
you can earn and still collect
Social Security benefits. For $5,500 in 1981, and to $6,000 in
1980, if you're 65 or over, $1 in 1982.
benefits is withheld for each $2
After that the limit will be tied
you earn above $5,000.
to average wages of employees
Exception: If 1980 is your first covered by Social Security.
retirement'year, you'll get your
The earnings limit for people
full monthly check for each under 65 also will increase to
month in which you neither (1) keep pace with increases in
work as an employee for more annual covered wages.
than $416.67, nor (2) perform
"substantial services in selfemployment," regardless of your
total earnings for the year.
If you're under 65, the annual
earnings ceiling is $3,720; the
SEPT. 1-30,1980
monthly ceiling is $310.
After you reach 72(70, starting
in 1982), you can make any ,
Algonac (Hdqs.)
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Social Security.
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All Groups
TOTAL SHIPPED
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been the wheelsman on the may very well cause extreme dan
Yellowstone at the time of the ger to the seamen's working
crash.
conditions."
Since both Brother Beck and
The Court upheldThe Union's
the Union had a vital interest in position on all key points.
the outcdme of the hearing, the "Where a union is the representa
lawyers asked the Coast Guard to tive of seamen aboard a vessel
name them "parties in interest." involved in a marine casualty,"
A "party in interest," explained said the Court's Memorandum of
Howard Schulman, has the right Opinion, "it,, under... Federal
to fully participate in a hearing, law, is a party in interest..
examining and cross-examining
"The union participates in
witnesses and doing "whatever is training and apprenticeship
appropriate on behalf of the schools for the promotion of
client so that all facts are known safety conditions aboard U.S.
and an appropriate record made, vessels," the Court pointed out.
from which proper findings and "...its members live and work
conclusions could be drawn."
aboard those vessels in the same
But the Coast Guard refused to manner as the Yellowstone," and
designate the Union a "party in the union has a "vital and critical
interest." Using their own narrow interest in the safety and working
interpretation of the law, the conditions of-their members
Coast Guard said the only role aboard such vessels."
In addition, the Court ruled
the Union could play in the
hearings was to develop ques that the Coast Guard "impermis
tions and give them to the sibly narrowed the statutory
examining officers who would grant of participatory rights...
decide whether or not they by giving a more restrictive
meaning to the term 'parties in
should be asked.
With their hands tied by the interest' than set forth" by the
Coast Guard, the Union took the law.
While the SIU's lawsuit was
issue to the Federal Court,
pending in the courts the Coast
Southern District, N.Y.
In a clear and well-docu Guard and the NTSB concjuded
mented suit the Union argued their investigations and pub
that "part of the hearing is to lished their findings and recom
determine safe working condi mendations.
tions and appropriate" manning
However, by ruling in favor of
to ensure those safe conditions the Union's position, the Court
and that the Union has a "vital set an important precedent which
and critical interest in the safety can be drawn upon in the event of
and working conditions of its any other marine casualty
members" aboard ship.
investigation.- involving an SIU
Howard Schulman under crew.
scored the importance of the
The Court clearly backed up
SIU's participation in a hearing the Union's right to participate
which could have a direct impact fully in any inquiry which directly
on shipboard manning scales. affects the welfare of SIU
"Manning," he said, "is a vital members. And the Union will
issue as to whether or not there rely on this Judgement in order to
are proper working and safety defend the interests of the SIU
conditions because if it is found membership in the future.
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President Carter has signed into law the
Maritime Appropriation Authorization Bill
for Fiscal Year 1981.
Authorizations for the maritime industry,
like bther federal appropriations, must be
approved each fiscal year. The annual
authorizations bill is perhaps the single most
important piece of legislation to affect the
maritime industry.
Among other things, it establishes levels
of federal support for the construction and
operating differential subsidy programs that
form the basis of this country's maritime
program. Were these subsidy prograrris
discontinued, the jobs of most American
seamen woTild be jeopardized, and the
continued existence of the American flag
Merchant Marine would be put into
question.
The bill allots the following federal
monies: $135 million for the construction
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for the operating differential subsidy
program; $17.1 million for research and
develop activities within the maritime
industry; $32.5 million for maritime
education and training expenses; $38.8
million for Maritime Administration
Operating expenses; and a supplemental
authorization of $44.3 million for the
operating differential subsidy program in
the Fiscal Year 1980 Appropriations Bill.
regulations.
The Conference Report that accompanies
the bill explicitly states that the legislation is
not intended to signal the beginning of a rate
war between railroads and inland water
carriers.
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Beef Up Bulk Fleet.
Speaking before an audience filled with
representatives of the maritime industry,
XSamuel B. Nemirow, assistant secretary of.
Commerce for Maritime Affairs, discussed a
number of issues facing the American flag
Merchant Marine.
Noting the depressed state of the dry-bulk
sector of the American flag Merchant
Marine, Nemirow called the development of
an adequate dry-bulk fleet a pressing
national need. He urged Congress to re
introduce and adopt the Administration's
long ignored dry-bulk subsidy program,
which had been submitted to Congress some
. fifteen years ago.
The President's dry-bulk proposals,
Nemirow explained, are designed to
"remove built-in constraints in existing
maritime laws that have inhibited invest- ment in this type of carriage."
Nemirow also assured his audience that a
new awareness of national security consid
erations will lead to a greater emphasis being
placed on the development of a strenghtened
American flag Merchant Marine. He cited
increasing concern over this country's
Sealift Capability and recent bilateral
maritime trade agreements between the
United States and China as being two
examples of this trend.
most dynamic aspect of the American
flag merchant marine. However, the
Marad report conclusively shows that it
gets tougher and tougher all the time for
American ships to compete with the
foreigners.
This once again brings up the SIU's
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affect rail-water competition that are unfair,
destructive, predatory or otherwise under
mine competition and that were unlawful
immediately prior to enactment of this Act
shall continue to be prohibited.
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In the past, graduates of Federal and state
maritime academies often failed to sail in the
American flag Merchant Marine, despite the
'fact that they had received a, federally
financed maritime education and/or gener
ous federal subsidies. The SIU and other
maritime unions have long been critical of
this occurence, for it was a waste of valuable
limited resources that could have been used
to better advantage elsewhere.
SPAD is the SlU*s political fund and our political arm in
Washington, D.C. The SIU asks for and accepts voluntary
contributions only. The Union uses the money donated to
SPAD to support the election campaigns of legislators who
have shown a pro-maritime or pro-labor record.
SPAD enables the SIU to work effectively on the vital
maritime issues in the Congress. These are issues that have
a direct impact on the jobs and job security of all SIU mem
bers, deep-sea, inland, and Lakes.
The SIU urges its members to continue their fine record
of support for SPAD. A member can contribute to the
SPAD fund as he or she sees fit, or make no contribution at
all without fear of reprisal.
A copy of the SPAD report is filed with the Federal Elec
tion Commission. It is available for purchase from the EEC
in Washiogton, D.C.
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bilateral shipping agreements and other
such cargo sharing arrangements with
our major trading partners. The
economy and security of this nation, and
the viability of the U.S. flag merchant
marine, demands it.
The Maritime Education and Training
Act imposes legal sea-duty obligations on
graduates of federal academies. Graduates
must spend five years at sea, or else face
mandatory military service. Graduates of
the six state maritime academies are
required to spend three years at sea.
U.S. Representative Les AuCoin, D-Ore.,
Chairman of the House Select Committee
on Maritime Education and Training that
authored the bill, has said that "the bill's
practical result will be better trained officers
for our U.S. Merchant vessels at a time when
demand for licensed officers exceeds
supply."
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President Carter has signed into law the
Maritime Education and Training Act, a bill
that seeks to redress imbalances in the
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Report Shows Decline in U.S. Flag Share Of Containerized Cargo
statistical report by the U.S.
Maritime Administration
(MARAD) has pointed up a "steady
decline" in the amount of containerized
cargo Carried by American flag ships.
The report shows that U.S. flag
participation fell "from 34.8 percent
during 1977 to 31.4 percent for 1978."
The report also stated that during 1978',
the U.S. fleet "transported 9.3 million
long tons, a decline of nearly eight
percent from 1977."
The U.S. intermodal fleet is by far the
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Railroad Deregulation Becomes Law: Will Not Hurt Tow Industry
The Railroad Deregulation Act has been
signed into law. The bill's provisions are in
keeping with the present Administration's
overall policy objective of deregulating
industries that have been overly burdened
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What a Crew: Save Boat People, Deliver Baby
"It was an unusual two days for
the SIU crewedLNG Aries."
So wrote Ordinary Seaman
David Hecht. He was describing
the events that led to the rescue of
a small fishing vessel containing
21 Vietnamese refugees, includ
ing one woman who promptly
went into labor after boarding
the Aries.
The LNG Aries had been
underway in the South China Sea
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The deck and engine gangs had
just knocked off for-funch when a
call from the . bridge notified
Bosun Fred Pehler that a small
fishing boat had been sighted.
As Brother Hecht writes:
"It was a well co-ordinated
rescue effort by the SIU crew.
While the deck department
was lowering the gangway and
preparing to tie the fishing
boat to the ship, the engine
department was slowing
engines down. As this was
going on Chief Steward Joseph
Kundrat was busy setting up
an emergency station on deck
while Chief Cook George
Taylor Jr. was preparing
sandwiches for the travel
weary guests.
"Things were just returning
Here's some of the hero LNG Aries crew. They are. kneeling left to right; Cargo Engineer Skip Doty, Bosun Fred Pehler and AB
Mike Wiley. Back row from left to right are: 3rd Mate John Whitely, OS Christian Werner, AB Bob Smith, OS Tom Cuddihy
OMED John Ponti, AB Jerry Lopez, Wiper Charlie Brown, 3rd Engineer Pete Schadel, AB Ernie Ford, AB George Holland, Chief
Mate William Gatchell, 2nd Mate Jon Anderson. SIU crew members missing from photo are:.AB Howard Knox, OS David
Hecht, OMED Ray Nugent, OMED Olie Mortensen, Chief Steward Joseph Kundrat, Chief Cook George Taylor Jr GSU's
Everett Rice, Martin Buck, Jeff Franco.
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notified the bridge that
Ngoyen Thi Bich Phoong was
beginning labor. She was
immediately taken up to the
ship's hospital where prepara
tions were made to deliver the
first child born on an SIU LNG
carrier."
Chief Mate William Gatchel
and Cargo Engineer Skip Doty
delivered the child, a healthy
baby girl. They were assisted by
Second Mate Jon Anderson.
After the delivery Chief Mate ,
William Gatchell commented
that "the feeling was indescrib
able." Cargo Engineer Doty
quipped, "I've made many
deliveries aboard the Aries, but
none quite like this one."
It's Official; Deck Depf/s Can Cany 50% Blue Tkkets
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blue ticket AB's is one of the
plusses of legislation signed into
law by Pres. Carter last month.
Under a provision of the Small
Vessel Inspection & Manning
bill, 50 percent of the AB comple
ment aboard deep sea vessels can
now be bluejicket AB's. Previ
ously 65 percent of the AB's
aboard deep sea ships had to have
green tickets.
The SIU supported adoption
of the 50 percent blue ticket
provision to open up job oppor
tunities for the growing number
of blue ticket AB's who are
registered for shipping. (To earn
a blue ticket, a seaman needs 12
months wa^chstandrng time as an
OS. Green ticket AB's must have
36 months on-deck watchstanding time.)
Another provision of the
multi-part measure which had
the support of the SI U calls for an
end to bare-boat chartering of
vessels. Through bare-boat char
ters, companies have been able to
skirt some U.S. inspection and
manning requirements.
The Union also endorsed parts
of the bill which: reduce the
minimum age requirement for an
AB from 19 to 18 years of age;
maintain the sea service require
ment for AB 'Unlimited' at three
years; increase vessel inspection
violation fines from $100 to $500
a day for each day of inspection;
and count time spent in approved
training programs as seatime.
But in spite of the successful
passage of the 50 percent blue
ticket provision and some of the
bill's other beneficial sections, the
Small Vessel Inspection & Man
ning bill did not have the blanket
approval of the SIU.
The bill contains sections
which the Union and the AFLCIO vigorously opposed on the
grounds that they would jeopar
dize crew and vessel safety, if
adopted. The detrimental aspects
of the measure include:
• reduction of the percen
tage of AB's on vessels with a
two-watch system from 65 to 50
percent of the crew complement.
• creation of a six-month AB
'Special' in the offshore mineral
and oil industry.
• changing offshore supply
vessels to a two-watch standard.
Under this provision the work
day of seamen aboard offshore
supply vessels can be upped from
eight hours to 12 hours.
• reduction of seatime require
ments for AB's on seagoing tugs
and towboats from 18 to 12
months.
In a letter sent to Congressmen
prior to the final vote on the
Small Vessel Inspection & Man
ning bill, SIU President Frank
Drozak was sharply critical of
those parts of the measure which
downgrade minimum service
requirements or lengthen the
shipboard workday. ^
Both the lack of adequate
experience on the part of seamen
and the lack of sufficient rest time
sanctioned by this bill will
"jeopardize the lives of the
human beings involved and at the
same time, our nation's environ
ment," Drozak warned.
Notice On Shipping Procedures (Deep Sea)
WiMn throwing in for work
during a job ^il at any SIU
Hiring Haii, soamon muat produco tho foiiowing:
• momborship cortificato
(whora poasossod)
• rogistration card
• clinic card
• soaman'a papers
• vrdd, up4o-dato passport
In addition, whan assigning
a Job tho dispatchor will com
ply with tho fallowing Section
5, Subsection 7 of tho SIU
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men who possess Lifeboatman ondorsemont by the
United States Coast Guard.
The Seafarers Appeals Board
may waive the preceding sen
tence when, in the sole Judg
ment of the Board, undue
hardship will result or extenu
ating cii^cumatances warrant
such waiver."
Also, ail entry rated mem
bers must show their last six
months discharges.
Further, the Seafarers Ap
peals Board has ruled that "C
classificatien seamen may
only register and sail as entry
ratings in only one departmenL"
Jebe shall be given to ail sea-
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Award: Sea-Land's Hiltzheimer 1st Recipient
New York, N.Y.—Hundreds
of members and friends of the
Miaritime Port Council of
Greater New York & Vicinity
gathered in the Sheraton Centre
here on Oct. 18, to honor SeaLand's Charles 1. Hiltzheimer as
the recipient of the MFC's first
annual Paul Hall Memorial
Service Award.
The significance of the award,
which will be presented annually
in the name of the late SIU
President Paul Hall was ex
plained by N.Y. MFC President
Anthony Scotto. "Tonight,"
Scotto said, "we are initiating the
Paul Hall Memorial Service
Award—keeping his spirit alive ^
by honoring those individuals
v^o continue to work for the
embodiment of his ideals."
Scotto, who acted as chairman
of the evening, spoke fondly of
Hall, recalling "those qualities
which define the man as a leader.
His tireless efforts earned him the
distinction of being called/the
father of the modern American
merchant marine.^',
Following his remarks,
Scotto introduced SIU President
Frank Drozak as the first speaker
of tiie evening. Calling Hall "one
of the greatest men I ever had the
opportunity of working with"
Drozak said that Hiltzheimer,
Sea-Land's chairman, chief
executive officer jsnd president,
was a deserving recipient of the
first MFC Paul Hall Award.
"Sea-Land pioneered con
tainer shipping," said Drozak.
The first annual Paul Hall Memorial Award given by the New York Port Maritime
Council is displayed by its recipient Charles Hiltzheimer, president and chief
executive officer of Sea-Land Service, after it was presented to him by Rose Hall,
widow of the late SIU president. Standing at right is SIU President Frank Drozak
and at left is Port Maritime Council President Anthony Scotto.
"They established routes
throughout the world to make
this country competitive."
Hiltzheimer, who joined SeaLand in 1962, had a lot to do with
the development oF the company's container operations. The
MFC's choice of Hiltzheimer as
their . 1980 awardee is a dis
tinction, Drozak said, "I think
Paul would have liked to see
himself."
Presented by Rose Hall
The presentation of the plaque
to Hiltzheimer was made by Mrs.
Rose Hall, Paul's widow. When
she stepped to the podium, Mrs.
Hall was given a bouquet of roses
and a standing ovation.
"The first annual Paul Hall
Man of the Year Award,"
Hall said, "is for an individual the
Maritime Port Council feels has
done the most for the maritime
industry.'
Hiltzheimer is an appropriate
choice for this award, she
continued, reminding the
audience that Paul often said
"management, labor and govern
ment must work together if the
American flag merchant marine
is going to survive.
"Paul called Charles Hiltzhei
mer a 'good operator,"' Mrs. Hall
said, adding that "it was his
highest compliment.'
The inscription On the plaque
which Mrs. Hall handed to
Hiltzheimer said the Sea-Land
president "shared with Paul Hall
a long and close relationship in
the crucial area of maritime
relations." It was signed by N.Y.
MFC President Scotto; Jack
Caffey, vice president of the
MFC and SIU N.Y. port agent
and; MFC Secretary-Treasurer
Sidney Heller, on behalf of the 36
N.Y.-area unions which are MFC
affiliates.
In accepting the award,
Hiltzheimer said it is ''especially
meaningful to me because it is
given in rememberance of a great
American, a dynamic labor
leader and a friend."
Hiltzheimer noted that "Paul
used to say 'seapower is the
symbol of a great nation' and he
was right." This nation, he added,
"has the largest world trade.
Why," he asked, "shouldn't we
have the largest merchant fleet."
"Paul believed," Hiltzheimer
went on, "in all of us working
together as Americans. We're all
in the same boat," he added, "and
it doesn't matter much which
section of the industry we
represent." We must all work
together, Hiltzheimer said,
because "our merchant marine
must regain its competitive
posture."
Attending the annual MFC
banquet'were many N.Y.-area
maritime labor leaders as well as
elected representatives from New
York and New Jersey.
SIU Wins 50% SPR Cargo Guarantee for U.S. Ships
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FTER strong protests by the
I SIU and the Transporta
tion Institute, the Department of
Energy (DOE) has agreed that
cargo preference laws apply to
this country's Stategic Petrolem
Reserve (SPR) Program.
New contracts for shipment of
oil under the SPR Program had
recently been signed after a
year's lull in deliveries. These
contracts were assigned over
whelmingly to foreign-flag shipsIn a strongly worded telegram
to the White House on Oct. 9,
SIU President Frank Drozak
said that this action "violates the
intent of the law which calls for a
minimum of 50 percent up to the
maximum of 100 percent of these
cargoes to be carried on Ameri
can vessels..."
A telegram protesting the
action was also sent to the White
House by Peter Luciano, execu
tive director of the Washington,
D.C.-based Transportation Insti
tute (TI). "This situation poses a
serious threat to American ship
ping interests." TI is an educa
tional and research organization
for the maritime industry.
A meeting on the issue was
held at the DOE in mid October.
Present at the meeting with the
DOE representatives were of
ficials from the White House, and
labor leaders, including Drozak.
At this meeting the DOE
agreed to four points;
1) the applicability of cargo
preference laws to the transport
of the SPR;
2) renegotiation of the ship
ping contracts for the 24 million
barrels of oil that have already
been awarded for this fiscal year;
3) if some of the llYz million
barrels to still be awarded in this
fiscal year come from Alaska,
those shipments would not be
included in the overall percentage
figure for shipments allrited to
American-flag vessels. (Under
the Jones Act, any shipments
between U.S. ports have to go on
American-flag ships.)
4) if the above measures still
result in a shortfall for U.S.-flag
vessels in this fiscal year, the
difference will be made up in the
next fiscal year.
The SPR Program was estab
lished under the 1975 Energy
Policy and Conservation Act. Its
purpose is to buy and store oil for
use in case of national emergencies
or a cutoff of imported oil supplies.
The goal under the act was one
billion barrels.
Ninety-two million barrels, or a
supply of 12 to 13 days, had been
stored when shipments were
stopped about a year ago.
Congress has mandated that the
President fill the oil reserve with at
least 100,000 barrels per day. Of
the 36.5 million barrels slated to be
purchased and stored in this fiscal
year, contracts for the purchase of
24 million barrels had already been
signed.
The petroleum is stored in salt
domes in Texas and Louisiana.
In his telegram to the White
House, Drozak pointed out that
the use of U.S.-flag ships should
"be spread evenly over the fill
period so that American shipping
can plan appropriately. If the
maximum is allowed American
shipping, it would serve as an
inducement to build-perhaps at
least 20 new ships during the
course of the SPR Program."
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''Tlie name-^//o« Gwinnett,
L although not exactly a
household word, does appear in
two very noteworthy places.
The first is on the Declaration
of Independence which Gwin
nett signed in 1776 as the head
of the Georgia delegation to the
Continental Congress.
Until recently, that was But
ton Gwinnett's big claim to
fame, mainly because he didn't
live long enough to accomplish
any other great things. A year
after the signing of the Declara
tion, Gwinnett came to an un
timely end when he lost a duel
with General Lachlan Mcintosh
which capped their rivalry over
the post of Brigader General of
troops raised in Georgia.
But the name Button Gwinnett
liyes on. It is now proudly borne
by an SlU-contracted LASH
vessel.
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'New' Waterman LASH Carries His Name
The latest addition to Waterman Steamship's growing fleet,
the Button Gwinnett took on her
SIU crew in the port of New
Orleans on Sept. 27 and set off on
her maiden run to the Far East
Oct 8. She returned to Long
Beach, Ca., via the Panama
Canal on Nov. 3.
A spokesman for Waterman
said the S93-foot Button Gwin
nett "will be engaged in worldwide trade." She'll be running
alternately to the Far East and
Indonesia and to the Mid-East.
The^ Button Gwinnett is the
third of three LASH ships Water
man took over from Central Gulf
Co. Ail three of the sisterships
were built in 1974 and all were rechristened by Waterman for
Southern signers of the Declara
tion of Independence. (One was
named for William Hooper who
headed the North Carolina dele
gation to the Continental Con
gress, the other for George
Wythe, whose name tops the list
of signers from Virginia.)
Button Gwinnett, the LASH
vessel, was originally christened
the Green Valley.
Button Gwinnett, the man, was
christened Button for his god
mother, Barbara Button, in
Gloucestershire, England, where
he was born in 1735. He moved
to the New World, settling first
in South Carolina and later
moving to Georgia where he was
a merchant and a plantation
owner.
An interesting footnote to the
saga of Button Gwinnett: though
he affixed his "John Hancock" to
the Declaration of Independence,
Gwinnett apparently signed
signe very
little else. According to antique
dealers, if you can find an authen
tic Button Gwinnett signature, it
could net you as much as $100,000!
''Cutting some tasty looking cream pie
is John Buckley (right).a saloon messman . Beside him is Crewmessman
Ernest Ponson.
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Vic Romolo who was a former Delta Line passenger steward. Brother Romolo has
been with the Union for 36 years.
Getting ready for his trip overseas by getting a shot.from Dr. Alverez, is Seafarer
Joe-A. Osorio, AB.
McCartney Blasts Feds for Skirting U.S. Flag Ships
STRONG criticism of the
treatment that the U.S.
maritime industry has received
from some Federal agencies was
delivered by the SIU last month
in Seattle, Wash.
The occasion was the Propeller
Club convention and the speaker
was SIU West Coast Representa
tive George McCartney.
Referring to the maritime
industry, he said that the Federal
bureaucracy "is slowly cutting
our collective throats and
appears to be intent on watching
us bleed to death."
The Propeller Club is made up
primarily of managment people
of U.S. maritime companies from
shipbuilding outfits to ship
owners and ship operators. The
Club's purpose is "to promote,
further and support an American
merchant marine..."
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McCartney also talked about
the Omnibus Maritime bill that
was debated in Congress this
year. "Instead of uniting the
industry, the bill really did an
effective job of splitting it in such
a way that a unified approach
became impossible, as events
showed."
He pointed out that the bill
contained many sections that the
SIU found very unsatisfactory.
In fact many segments of the
maritime industry had serious
questions about various parts of
the bill. But "as the splits in
attitude began to develop" there
was no real attempt to get
together and resolve the
differences.
As McCartney said, "that was
one problem we did not deal with
intelligently...There are other
problems of a very critical nature
that we are going to have to deal
with, and deal with firmly, if we
are going to advance this
industry."
Among those problems is the
Federal bureaucracy which he
says "refuses to commit to
carrying out the spirit and intent
of the laws of our' land with
respect to U.S.-flag marine
transportation."
McCartney cited the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the Agency
for International Development,
the Transportation Department,
the State Department, and the
Navy's Military Sealift Com
mand for their negative attitudes
toward the U.S. merchant
marine.
For instance, he said that the
Department of Agriculture "is
absolutely intent on using every
flimsy excuse to erode American
shipping out of its. lawful
participation in the carriage of
grain cargo."
Speaking about the Military
Sealift Command, McCartney
said the agency operates "a
government business in direct
competition with the private
shipping industry."
However, the SIU representa
tive reiterated the Union's strong
support of the armed services
"including the U.S. Navy and its
legitimate objectives."
In his concluding remarks,
McCartney urged all segments of
the maritime industry to work
together. "What this industry
must do is strengthen its col
lective efforts; it must concen
trate its abilities on speaking
with a strong voice on those
matters on which we have
fundamental agreement.'
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Seafarer Frederick Reyes Jr.
was in New York recently
finishing his training for his "A"
Book in the SIU. While Freddie
was here he had occasion to stop
by the LOG Office once or twice
to pay the staff a visit. Being a
rather friendly sort, Freddie is
easy to engage in conversation.
During one of the chats we had
with him, Freddie got on the
subject of his grandfather who
he spoke of with the admiration
that only a grandson can have for
his grandpa. Luckily, we caught
the sparkle in Freddie's eyes and
couldn't pass up the opportunity Heres a proud SIU family, headed up by 92-year old Pensioner Francisco
to meet the elder statesman of Morciglio, center. Other family members are, from the left Seafarer Frank
Mordgiio; Mrs. Mercedes Morciglio; Beatrice Reyes and Seafarer Fred Reyes.
this seafaring family.
cliffs firing down at the U.S.
"all seamen" living under the
RANCISCO Mordgiio was armada with muskets," he recalls. same conditions, wages were low
born in the town of Guanica, "We were all laughing and having
and hours were long and hard
Puerto Rico on January 29,1888. a good time watching the battle
but, they shared the "comradery
His grandparents, who were of take place," he said. However, as
of the sea." Mates and captains
Italian and French descent had the U.S. ships drew closer they
alike were happy to teach
come to the island in the early began to open firewith their huge
Francisco their skills and he
1800's. Francisco's grandfather cannons and "the Spaniards ran
learned them quickly and well.
was of course, a sailor.
into the mountains with their Soon he was sailing AB and not
Before the turn of Jhe century, tails between their legs." Seeing
long afterward Quartermaster
Puerto Rico was still under the that this was no laughing matter
and Bos'n. Francisco may not
rule of Spain and Spanish Francisco and the others who
have been the fastest learner on
merchant vessels laden with were watching also "headed for
his schooner however, because he
goods from the old world were the hills." The Spanish-American
remembers a friend of his who
a common sight in the harbor. War was on and by its end the "over a period of ten years, Morciglio's father and uncle were island of Puerto Rico would be
worked his way up until he was
both harbor pilots in Guanica United States territory.
the ship's captain."
and young Francisco liked to
By the age of 1^, Francisco
Eventually, his sailing took
stroll down to the wharf and Morciglio had begun a sailing
him into the U.S. coastwise trade
watch them guide the vessels into career of his own. A friend told
betwgen Baltimore and Puerto*
port. It was on one of these him of a job on a schooner and
Rico. It was during this period,
occasions in 1898, when at the the eager boy started out sailing
while working for Bull Lines, that
age of ten (and while playing around the island in the merchant
he Joined the SIU as a charter
hookey from school) lie got his ship as an ordinary seaman.
member in 1938. He and his
first glimpse of the naval forces of
On the schooner "there was shipmates "voted overwhelm
the United States.
little difference between the ingly" to join the fledgling union.
"The Spaniards were on the officers and the crew." They were
He j:emembers, "it was an easy
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choice to make. Before the union
xwe had no benefits at all. Maybe,
if you worked a ship steady for a
year they would give you one
week's pay—about $12."
Luckily, men like Harry
Lundeberg and Paul Hall came
along and things changed.
Morciglio recalls that "he once
shipped with Paul Hall on the
S.S. AmeliafBuW Lines) while he
(Paul) was still a messman." It
was on this same ship that his son
Francisco Jr. also began his SIU
career in 1940.
The senior Morciglio remem
bers a few close calls he had while
shipping during World War II.
"There was one time while sailing
in a convoy when a couple of the
ships were torpedoed." But,
perhaps the worst thing, or
maybe it was the luckiest as
things turned out, was the time he
and a shipmate had just gotten
off the S.S. Barbara in Puerto
Rico, having decided to stay
home for one trip. The ship was
blown up "just out of the harbor"
and he "lost quite a few of my
buddies."
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days at the age of 66, in 1953.
That was t,he same year his
grandson Frederick Reyes was
born. Frederick along with his
uncle Francisco Morciglio Jr.,
carries on the fine family
tradition of sailing for the SIU.
Freddie says "guys like my
grandfather and my Uncle made it
easy for me to sail. They laid the
groundwork so that the seamen
of today could make a really fine
living onboard a ship."
TJ. WanH Proposed Air Quality Regs Re-evaluated
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The
Transportation Institute (TI) is
fighting against the possibility of
enactment of confusing and con
flicting pollution proposals that
could detrimentally affect ships
entering U.S. ports.
New Federal and state regula
tions have been proposed concern
ing air pollution controls on ships
and in port terminals. TI wants the
U.S. Maritime Administration
(MARAD) to "take an actiye role"
in these proposals in order to
assure "that vessels may operate in
U.S. waters and use U.S. ports
without facing a bewildering array
of complex and unnecessary
regulations."
The request was made in a letter
to MARAD chief Samuel Nemirow by Herbert Brand, chairman
of the board of TI.
The Institute, which represents
174 shipping companies, is a
private, non-profit research and
education organization based in
Washington, D.C. Its member
companies operate U.S. - flag
vessels in the nation's foreign and
domestic shipping trades, includ
ing the inland waterways and
Great Lakes.
, The Federal regulations have
been issued by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to
control air pollution at new or
modified port terminals. A meas
ure of the air pollution caused by
ships while in of near the port is
included in these regulations.
Brand said the EPA regulations
leave many questions unanswered,
and he appealed to MARAD to
seek those answers.
TI is also concerned about a
study being done in California
which was mandated by the
legislature there. The study is should be developed by the appro
supposed to examine attempts by
priate Federal authority and pro
local agencies within the state to
posed as international standards,
monitor air pollution caused'by with the cooperatioif of theshiping
ships.
industry."
Brand said that although the
In his letter. Brand cited a 1979
legislature directed the State Air
MARAD study of air pollution
Board to consult the maritime rules at 17 port areas. That study
industry in the study, "we know of concluded that such controls were
no contact within the maritime costly, would result in little benefit
industry since the state law was
to air quality and were of question
enacted."
able technical feasibility.
He called upon MARAD to
The study further recommended
help ensure that the industry
that a Federal agency replace state
"participates fully" in the develop and local control and, with inter
ment pf recommendations in
national concurrence,,develop
California.
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He also pointed out that since emission control.
shipping is an international activ
Brand said that actions of the
ity, a one-sided approach by the State of California and the EPA
U.S. is unadvisable.
"fly in the face" of those recom
"To the extent air pollution mendations and "may result in
emission controls for vessels are costly and inconsistent air pollu
necessary," Brand wrote, "they tion restrictions on vessels."
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H
OUSTON, Texas may be
one of the biggest cities in
the country, but on the evening of
Oct. 25, it felt like a small,
neighborly town.
Representatives from state and
local government, from Hous
ton-area labor unions and from
many shipping and towing com
panies turned out for the annual
Maritime Port Council Dinner,
and to salute Joe Sacco, SIU vice
president in charge of the Gulf.
Sacco was honored as the Man
of the Year at the 16th Annual
Dinner Dance of the Maritime
Trades Department's West Gulf
Ports Council.
The award was presented to
Joe Sacco, who also serves as
executive secretary of the West
Gulf Ports Council, as a tribute
to "a labor leader whose career
includes service on behalf of
thousands of working men and
women from Coast to Coast."
Sacco described himself as
"elated" by the award and by the
reception of the hundreds of
friends and associates who
gathered at the Houston Mar
riott in his honor.
"Everybody was very warm,
very receptive. I felt like I was at
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Sacco, who added that he was
voted an "honorary Texan" by
the audience.
Presenting JOe with the West
Gulf Ports Council award, as well
as with a special plaque from the
International Longshoremen's
Assn., was J. H. "Buddy" Raspberry, president of the South
Just presented the Key to the City of Houston at the West Gulf Ports Council 16th
Annual Dinner and Dance is Joe Sacco (second from left), SIU vice president and
executive secretary of the Council. Giving him the key at the dinner held in
Houston, Tex. is Jim McConn (left), mayor of the city. Also at the podium are Harry
Hubbard (second from fight), president of the Texas AFL-CIO, and Gordon Hyatt,
president of the West Gulf Ports Council. Sacco also received the Council's
award as "Man of the Year."
Atlantic & Gulf Coast ILA.
The ILA award came as a
surprise to Joe Sacco, as did the
presentation to him of a key to
the city, along with words of
praise from Houston Mayor Jim
McConn.
In addition to Mayor Mc
Conn, speakers at the awards
dinner included U.S. Rep. Bob
Eckhardt, MTD Executive Secretary-T reasurer Jean Ingrao and
John White, chairman of the
Democratic National Commit
tee. Harry Hubbard, president of
the Texas AFL-CIO and Gordon
Hyatt, West Gulf Ports Council
president, gave welcoming re
marks.
Commenting on the turn-out
of what he called a "nice segment
of the entire community in
Texas," Sacco said it showed "a
commitment on the part of labor,
management and government
that we have to work together
closely to solve the common
problems of all working people in
the state of Texas."
The West Gulf Ports Council
includes unions in the Houston
vicinity with locals in maritime,
'waterfront or related areas, rep
resenting more than 40,000 union
members.
SIU Could Be Crewing 6 More Brand New LNG's By 1985
T
' HE role of Seafarers in the
hauling of liquified natural
gas (LNG) is likely to grow in the
early I980's, especially if certain
obstacles .are overcome'in the
construction of six new LNG
tankers now on order at the
General Dynamics Shipyard in
Quincy, Mass.
Three of the 125,000 cubicmeter LNG tankers were ordered
by Zapata Western LNG, Inc., a
subsidiary of Zapata Tankships,
Inc., in early September. Three
additional tankers were placed
on order recently by Ogden
Marine of Indonesia, a subsi
diary of Ogden Corp.
Zapata and Ogden are SIU
companies.
If all goes well, those jobs
could be ready for filling late in
1985, the projected completion
date for the ships.
Actual construction of the new
LNG ships will have to '^ait,
however, until after approval by
the Maritime Administration of
construction subsidies and
financing through long-term
bonds, as applied for by Zapata
and Ogden.
Two other factors could also
influence the construction
schedule of the six ships, namely,
the negotiation of pricing
agreements with foreign LNG
suppliers, and review of seismic
studies relating to the site of a
proposed LNG receiving ter
minal at Point Conception, Calif.
That review is now being
conducted by the California
Public Utilities Commission.
All these stumbling blocks
appear to be surmountable. It's
expected that all six LNG ships
will be plying the seas between
SIU's Abarbanel Finishes Another Marathon
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Gliding in under the wire of the
grueling 26-niile New York City Mara
thon with a finishing time of3:54:50 was
the SIU's intrepid legal counselor,
Arthur Abarhanel. Abarbanel, of the
Union's law firm Schulman & Abar
hanel, finished 7,893rd out of a field of
more than 16,000 starters who negoti
ated sharp turns, steep hills and four
bridges that took them through all five
of New York's boroughs.
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When he crossed the finish line of his
sixth completed marathon Abarbanel,
57, reported he "felt fine. This was one
of my better marathons," he said,
adding, "I didn't feel exhausted or
tired."
When asked if he'd enter marathons
in the future, Abarbanel answered like
the lawyer he is. "111 play it by ear," he
said. "I'm not saying no and I'm not
saying yes."
the U.S. West Coast and
Indonesia—with Seafarers
aboard—by 1985.
Once again, the SIU's pioneer
ing efforts in LNG, safety
training, will mean added job
security for Seafarers in the years
to come.
What'& Wrong?
If you can find out and fix. it, you've got
great job security and good pay.
So tcdce the Marine Electrical Maintenance Course,
It starts Jan. 5 and continues
through Feb. 12
Fill out the application in this issue of the Log or contact the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship to enroll.
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3rd Mate; E.Szydlowski. Wiper: Andrew Hudimec, Bosun.
SeaThe Sea-Land Independence, ^
another part of Sea-Land ^
Services' new D-9 program, was
captured live by the Log as she
steamed^ oops, that is dieseled
her way into Port Everglades on
Oct. 10. It was the maiden voyage
to Florida's East Coast for the
brand new containership.
Everyone on board was
extemely pleased with the vessel's
performance, as well as the
general ambience of the ship. Not
only is the Sea-Land Indepen
dence, a good looking ship, she is
5 also a very comfortable one. All
' crewmembers have their own
rooms with toilet and shower.
Also the ship is equipped with an
exercise room complete with
sauna.
The Sea-Land Independence
along with her 11 diesel-powered
sisters is expected to save the
company a tidy sum in fuel bills
over the years. Next stop is New QMED Isaias Cambronero prepared himself tor the
job on the
Standing a gangway watcti on the Independence is AB John Orleans where the D-9 will Independence by taking special training courses in diesel
Gardner.
payoff.
engines at the Lundeberg School.
The D-9 vessel has the capacity to handle 839 40foot containers in addition to 35-footers.
Part of the steward department aboard the
Independence are Messmen Del Loder (I) and Lou
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G&H Puts 7th Brand New Tug Into Service: More Jobs for Boatmen
The last of a series of seven new
tugs built by G&H Towing of
Texas has entered the SIUcontracted fleet of boats. She's
the 88-foot long Eva.
Like the six sister boats that
preceded her, the Eva will do power of 3,000. Built at the
shipdocking and other harbor McDermott Shipyard in Morgan
work in the Galveston-Texas City, La., the boat weighs 178
City area,
gross tons.
The Eva has a beam of 32 feet,*
Her sister boats are: Titan;
a draft of 16 feet, and a horse- Laura Haden; Denia; Barbara
Neuham; Mark K, and W.D.
Haden, 11.
Along with the Eva, these
boats represent increased job
opportunities for SIIJ Boatmen.
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Seamen'
Scholarship Winning Seafarer
Likes College
I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for
the Seafarers International Union's Charlie Logan Scholarship
which I was awarded in 1979. After my first year of college on the
scholarship I can now fully understand how such a chance to
enhance my education will affect my life without changing the
occupation which I have -come to enjoy.
I have been using the scholarship to study Architecture at the
University of Washington, a program that is not completely
centered around the concept of Architecture solely as a means to
build a building. Along with the technology of design and
construction, a major emphasis is placed on the behavioral
influences of one's environment.
This knowledge has helped me to better understand and live with
many of the day-to-day problems of ship-board life. For instance,
knowing how the general lighting quality of a place so confined as
an engine room can determine one's attitude toward working in
that engine room, or the different effects of colors and variations of
colors used in a daily living environment with regards to basic
environmental satisfaction, has produced in me a greater concern
for living Conditions aboard ships. The improvements in these and
other environmental conditions can be seen every time a new ship
rolls off the ways.
I believe the SIU can and should continue in its fight to
constantly imprpve the quality of life aboard American vessels, and
the Charlie Logan Scholarship has helped me in not only seeing
how but why these improvements must be made. For this, and
much more, 1 thank you.
Fraternally yours,
Gary J. Westerholm
Book#W-1095
Seattle, Wash.
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1 read with deep interest the full page story about our union's
(International Chemical Workers) struggle in Laurel, Miss, which
appeared in the September issue of the Log.
1 wish to thank you on behalf of all our members in general and
those of our Local Union 882 in particular for bringing to your
members news of the terrible injustices Sanderson Farms is
inflicting on the strikers.
As you may know, we have stepped up our boycott of Sanderson
products by recently seeking the help of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, the lUD and the AFL-CIO, which has
endorsed the boycott.
Publicity such as yodr union has given our cause in Laurel
cannot do anything but help buoy the spirits of the strikers. They
are a courageous and dedicated group and will be pleased to learn
that your union has given their struggle not only nationwide, but
also worldwide publicity in the pages of your fine publication.
Further, your union's participation in our May 17 "March for
Dignity." as well as all the other groups who helped us, will show
those anti-union forces that the Labor Movement is truly united for
the benefit of the American worker.
Again, thank you for the fine story and pictures and if the ICWU
can help the SIU in the future, please do not hesitate to call upon us.
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Frank D. Martino, President
International Chemical Workers
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Reading in the Log that Lakes Seamen have received 94-centsan-hour cost of living increase during the 1980 season tells me how
lucky they are to have the SIU to go to bat for them. On the Lakes
myself (1923-55), with the SIU to protect me only from '53'-'55,1
would like to give the kids today a run-down on wages prior to
World War 11 on the Lakes. Of course this will sound like ancient
history to today's Lakes Seamen going back to before the War, but
our trials trying to survive then are stillgraphically engraved on my
memory.
Perhaps it was my decision to marry my Ashtabula sweetheart
when 1 was only 20, that was 1930, that lead to my hardships of
trying to survive on the Lakes' wages of that period.
Briefly Brothers we entered the Depression years with our
$105.00 a month for Wheelsmen. Remember, this was for 12 hours
a day, six on, six off.Then as the Depression deepened in 1934, the
year Uncle Sam (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) recognized that
Lakers were also seamen covered by the seamen's act of 8 hour
days, U.S. Steel, backed by Pickands Mather, and don't forget The
Lake Carriers Association, the Fink outfit handling the hiring, cut
our wages to $84.00 a month. Now kids here is my point for this
complete dissertation. At $84.00 a month a Lake Wheelsman's
hourly rate was 35(E, an increase of six cents an hour over 1933 but a
loss of $21.00 a month on the old rate of $ 105.00 and 12 hours a day.
So, count your blessings that today's Laker, with a full season
under your belt, can survive the cruel winters that we suffered
through.
Bud Knuckey
Knuckey Road
Brooksvill, Fl.
fSr Local Will Always
Remember Paul Hall
We want to extend our thanks for your acknowledgment of this
Local's contribution to the Cancer Research Fund of New York
University's School of Medicine, as reported in the Seafarers' Log.
We are not the only Union which owes a large measure of
gratitude to the late Seafarers International Union President Paul
Hall and in the name of these many beneficiaries of Paul's many
favors, we propose that a committee be created to commemorate
the memory of Paul Hall and to raise an annual fund for cancer
research.
We will gladly support such an undertaking as I know will
many other unions.
Fraternally yours,
Dennis M. Silverman
President, Local 810
International Brotherhood of
Teamsters
Crackerjack Steward
Department
1 would like to extend my vote of thanks through the Log to the
Steward Department aboard the S.S. Mount Washington for their
cooperation to me and for a job well done. Especially to Mr.
Edward Fuller, Chief Cook, Mr. Edwin Felker, Baker, and Mr.
John "Champ" Silva for the extra time and effort put forth by them
to put extra dishes out such as Chateau Briand, Veal Parmesian,
Veal Cordon Bleu, Oysters Rockefeller, Eggplant Parmesian,
Chicken Garienne, Ham and Broccoli Cream Sauce, a good
assortment of dinner rolls, pastry, and vegetables.
These men are extra conscientious as well as good shipmates and
a credit to our union.
Sincerely,
Paul Cox, Steward
S.S. Mount Washington
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HE elections are over. The U.S.
ship of state has a new master.
He may alter his ship's course. He'll
certainly change her crew. But like
the captain of any ship, he is pledged
to keep his vessel running smooth, to
sail her true and steady.
No matter who skippers a vessel, a
seaman has a job to do and that job
is the same regardless of who's in
charge. ,
It's the same with maritime. The
merchant marine isn't Republican
or Democratic. It's American.
Without a strong, stable U.S.
merchant fleet capable of carrying a
substantial portion of U.S. trade our
nation's economy cannot prosper.
Without an adequate number of
ships flying the U.S. flag, ships
capable of fulfilling a key military
support function, our nation's
security is not wholly protected.
The United States would not have
become a free and independent
_ nation or a major world economic
power without a strong national
fleet. And we cannot maintain either
our economic status or our freedom
without one.
The importance of a U.S. fleet to
^ this nation's economy and security
has not altered because the leader
ship of the country has changed .
hands. And the work of this Union—
the drive to upgrade the size and
quality of our national fleet; to
guarantee our ships a fair share of
U.S. cargoes—has not changed
either.
In the wake of this month's
elections there have, however, been
profound changes on Capitol Hill.
The new Republican majority in the
Senate means a 100 percent turnover
Our job in the months ahead is a
in committee chairmanships.
big one. But our- course is crystal
There have also been many clear. The SIU will press on in the
changes in the House of Representa future as we have in the past,
tives, most notably on the all- providing strongand able leadership
important House Merchant Marine toward the goal of a strong and
& Fisheries Committee. And a capable U.S. merchant marine.
change in the Administration means
Washington will be full of new
a top-to-bottom change in all federal faces come January. New congress
agencies, which directly or indirectly men, new senators, new Cabinet
influence U.S. maritime policy.
secretaries, new administrators.
Official Publication of the Seoforers Interootionol Union of
North Americo, Atlantic. Gulf, lakes end Inbnd Waters District,
AFl-CIO
November, 1980
Many of them, like the vast majority
of their constituents, have only a
limited understanding of the mari
time industry or of its problems!
These people need to be educated
about the U.S. merchant marine.
They need to know how vital it is
that the United States free herself
from dependence on the unstable,
unreliable third world nations that
carry most of our foreign trade.
They need to be informed that the
success of any U.S. military mission
depends directly on the strength of
the U.S.-flag fleet; that right now,
the U.S. fleet is not strong enough or
large enough to undertake an
emergency military sealift. And it is
up to us to tell them.
The American people spoke on
November 4, exercising the most
basic of all their rights—to change
Vol. 42. h4o. 11
Executive Board
Frank Drozak
President
Leon Hail
•Joe DiGiorgio
Secretary- Treasurer
Vice President
Angus "Red" Campbell
Mike Sacco
Vice President
Joe Sacco
Vice President
Editor
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Mike Gillen
Assistant Editor
Don Rotan
Marietta Homayonpour
Max Siege) Hail
West Coast Associate Editor
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianciotti
Director of Photographyj Writer
Marie Kosciusko
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A dministratiut* A ssistant
Voting Is presently being
conducted in 31 ports for the
election of SIU, AGO WD
officers for the term 1981-1984.
Seafarers may pick up their
ballots and mailing envelopes
from 9 a.m. until noon, Mondays
through Saturdays, except on
legal holidays, from Nov. 1
through Dec. 31, 1980.
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Vice President
James Gannon
Ray Bourdius
their leaders.
But the democratic process does
not end at the ballot box. If we
expect our legislators, our congress
men, our senators, our President to
govern us well we must let them
know what our concerns are. We
have to spell out our needs and
suggest solutions to our problems.
We cannot expect a firm commit
ment to the U.S. merchant marine
from a single elected or appointed
leader, be he Republican or Demo
crat, unless he knows what's at
stake. It is up to us to tell him.
Targeting our objectives does not
mean that success will come easy. It
will not. But our purpose is clear.
Our cbmmitment is total. Our aim is
unalterable—to ensure the survival
and the growth of the U.S. merchant
marine.
Assistant Editor
Dennis Lundy
Photography
George J. Vana
Production!Art Director
Pubhshed monthly by Seafarers International Union. Atlantic, Gulf. LaKes and Inland Waters
District. AFL-CIO. 675 Fourth Ave.. Brooklyn. N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage
paid at Brooklyn. N.Y. (ISSN #0160-2047)
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For a detailed report oiilhe
election procedures, including^
addresses of the 31 ports, see the
special supplement in the
October Log.
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standing are urged to cast their
vote in the election for officers of
their union.
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Oh the tug Defender (iOT) SlU Boat
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for Philadelphia and a big
.r:rn. , -4day for SIU Boatmen in the
Philadelphia area. On that
Wednesday afternoon no fewer
than 10 SlU-contracted tugs
helped guide the huge Navy
aircraft carrier USS Saratoga on
the last leg of her journey to Sun
Shipyard in Chester, Pa.
The Saratoga is slated for a
major overhaul at the Shipyard , a
refurbishing that will cost at least Framed by the porthole is Boatman
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a half billion dollars.
Tom ^Breslin.
cook on the tug
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Hundreds of shipyard workers ^ ^
are expected to be employed over
Morgan, captain of barge 48, and Greg l^oore. cook.
the two years the Saratoga will
remain in drydock at Sun. And
many times that number of jobs
will be created in related
shoreside industries, providing a
badly-needed boost to employ
ment in'the hard-pressed City of
Brotherly Love.
As the Saratoga made her way
from Philadelphia's Navy yard to
Sun Shipyard, the harbor bustled
..ft: ;v«with activity.
Three Union-contracted
towing companies sent delega
tions of SlU-crewed tugs to assist
in the escort of the Saratoga. The
engineer; Tom Bethal, oiler, and Ed Duane Bethal. captaig
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job had been awarded to Taylor
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& Anderson. SIU Boatmen
crewing four T&A tugs guided
the Navy vessel to her berth at the
shipyard, completing a trip which
began at Jacksonville, Fla.'s
Mayport Navy Base.
Assisting the T&A boats were
three SlU-crewed Curtis Bay
tugs, the H.C. Jefferson. Cavalier
and Labert Point. Also helping
out on the big towing job were
three SlU-contracted McAllister
boats, the Muriel McAllister, the
J.P. McAllister and the Triton.
Two Navy tugs rounded out
SIU
Holding a meeting with crewmembers aboard the
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the complement of 12 boats
Representative
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From
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Rich
which brought the Saratoga to Deckhand Joe Chuyska'heaves up the Travis Williams, mate: David Lopton, AB; Ralph Gardener, captain.
her temporary home at Sun line from, the 7 and A 11 to the Caputo. cooK.
starboard quarter of the Saratoga.
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There's More to It Than Just QMED:
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and air this equipment will always be in
FOWT or the QMED conditioning, automated control
program when they talk of systems, steam plants, machine demand. This course will prepare
upgrading. No question but that work, and many others. Time is you to operate, repair and
maintain just about every piece of
these are necessary endorsements just too short to cram it all in
refrigeration and air condition
on the upgrading ladder. But, during the regular QMED
ing equipment that will be found
let's face it: no one is going to schedule.
aboard any SlU-contracted
learn all there is to know about
So, there are specialty courses vessel.
some important shipboard at the Seafarers Harry Lunde
The course begins with the
systems as diesel engines, marine berg School of Seamanshipmaintenance and operation of
courses that will increase your small refrigeration units such as
skills and raise your earning refrigerators, freezers, water
power. There are a number of coolers and ice makers. You will
such courses available where put together a small refrigeration
jou can devote your full system. You will learn to
attention to learning whatever evacuate, check for leaks, charge
skill you need.
and adjust the unit.
All of the courses are specially
Next, refrigerated container
prepared by Seafarers engine units are examined. Here, both
department instuctors to fit the electric and diesel refrigeration
needs of our own SIU member units are covered. Maintenance
ship. To help you select the of both the electrical and
course which would be most mechanical equipment is stres
helpful to you, we will describe sed. The use of electrical wiring
the various specialty courses in schematics is taught, andtroublethe LOG.
shooting methods are examined.
Let's start with the "Mainte
-Finally, centrifugal systems for
nance and Operation of Ship large ships carrying fruits and
board Refrigeration Systems."
vegetables are examined. During
• The shipboard refrigeration course at
The maintenance of shipboard this part of the course, you will go
the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School
refrigeration systems is an aboard one of the big reefer ships
of Seamanship is the best anywhere.
increasingly important skill, and and go through their entire
Just-ask QMED Seafarer Julius John
the Seafarers who are qualified to system.
son, shown here who recently com
pleted the course.
operate and efficiently maintain
The course is six weeks.
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Previous experience with
refrigeration and electrical
equipment is helpful—but is not
necessary.
So, begin now to take
advantage of the many specialty
engine courses available at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship. It's your
future—make it worth while!
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Learning Marine Electronics
Seafarer John Speer works on a
"Thermo-King" unit as part of the
hands-on training for the maintenance
and operation of shipboard refrigeration systems.
Diesel Engine Class Graduates
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Seafarer Victor Palumbo works at a schematic board with
SHLSS Instructor Terry Connors as he learns the intricasies of
Marine Electronics. Brother Palumbo sails out of the Port of
New Orleans.
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High School Plan Features 'Flexibility':
Academic Staff Is Developing An Independent Study Program
"'HE SIU has always been
committed to the education
of its membership. This concern
fpr education is shown not only
in the vocational training but also
in the academic" areas. The
Academic Department at the
Seafarer's Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship continues
to develop new programs to help
SIU members meet their
educational goals. This commit
ment is shown through the GED
and Reading programs, the
Charlie Logan Scholarship, and
Charles County Community
College courses. These are just a
few of the ways that the Seafarers
School is striving to meet the
members' needs. "
Now, the teachers iri the GED
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"Seafarer Eugene Sieradzki is going to high school at the
age of 67. "It's like dusting away the cobwebs of some 50
years," he says. Brother Sieradzki is enrolled in the High
School Equivalency (GED) Program at the Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg School. How's he doing? "Just great!" says his
teacher Mary Cole.
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Seafarer McQuay Is GED Achiever
Seafarer Thomas McQuay was misquoted when he talked about how he dropped out of school. In the
last issue of the LOG he said nobody cared whether he stayed in school. "The truth is that my mother
and a lot of other people did care, but things just happened," he explained. Anyway, McQuay is a GED
achiever, and he. his mother and a lot o1 his friends are mighty proud of that.
An Interested Visitor From Down Uiider
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When the Australian Government decided to put together a comprehensive maritime training
program, one of the places they wanted to take a close look at was the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship in Piney Point. Mictiael Saint, seen here, is the chief executive officer of the
Australian National Maritime Industry Training Committee. I came to the Lundeberg School. " he
explained, "because your reputation for the quality of your maritime training has travelled around the
world." During his day-long visit to the Lundeberg School, Mr. Saint met with the vocation training staff
and later with the SHLSS academic department. Here he learns about various study programs from
Sandy Schroeder and Patty Trosbach.
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program are busy at work
developing an Independent
Study GED Program. This
program is being developed so
that SIU members can work
toward earning their high school
diplomat while upgrading in their
particular department. The
program will be set up in
conjunction with our library so
that students can use the
materials written by the GED
Staff along with films, filmstrips,
cassettes, video tapes and other
resources.
This program is being devel
oped because many upgraders
find it financially difficult to
come to Piney Point for the GED
program. With the new program,
a motivated upgrader can study
GED in his spare time while
taking other upgrading pro
grams.
The GED exam is a five-part
exam in the areas of Math,
Science, Social Studies, English
and Reading. The Independent
Study Program is set up on an
individualized basis, helping
students with their strengths and
weaknesses.
For example: If Joe Seafarer is
a good reader aind a Social
Studies buff, he may want to take
these sections of the course as an
independent study. If his Math,
English and Science skills are a
little weak, he may take those
subjects in a classroom situation
working daily with the heljp of a
teacher. As in all the academic
areas, the program is designed
with the individual's needs and
skills in mind.
How can you get into the
independent study program?
There are a series of tests in the
GED subject areas. After you
take the tests, a teacher will sit
down with you and recommend
which program will best suit your
skills and academic goals.
Flexibility is the key word. The
GED staff wants to help you.
With the many types of program
offered, there is one that will fill
your needs.
To many Seafarers, earning a
high school diploma has been an
important goal. It is a matter of
deep personal pride as well as an
excellent way to increase your
knowledge and further your
educational goals. Skills learned
in GED classes can be applied to
both your job and personal life.
So the next time you are in
Piney Point to upgrade in the
vocational department, make
sure that you stop in the
academic department to see what
we can do to help you.
Members of the' SHLSf
materials as they finalize i
program. From left are
Academic Director Jac
Aumann.
Congressionai ')ec
Former Maryland Congr
with Frank Mongelli, v'
Lundeberg School of S
: director of Vocational Ed
to the school. The Cong
Merchant Marine and Fii
1973. Throughout his
Garmatz was a stand-u
industry.
The September class ,
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Diamond, ^''^'^^cHouard
Robert Burgess. Ejja
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academic staff pore over study
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ELPING
ourSIU
ship move up to more
responsible jobs—with better pay
and job security is what
upgrading is'all about.
In the Inland Waterways
industry/there are a number of
opportunities provided for SIU
members to help them improve
their jobs and the quality of their
lives.
One of these opportunities is
the TI/SIU Towboat Operator
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Scholarship Program.
This
program—funded by the Trans
portation Institute, sponsored by
the Seafarers International
Union, and specially designed by
the professional staff at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship—is the '
finest in the towboat industry. '
It is a "hands-on" program to
help , career-oriented boatmen
jnove up to the wheelhouse. Onthe-job training together with
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equips the graduates to operate
all kinds of towboat equipment
safely and expertly.
The TI/SIU Scholarship
Program is a very real oppor
tunity for the boatman who is
serious about his career to start
moving up the ladder. If you are
interested, send for your
application kit by writing to the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship.
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lan Edward Garmatz (right) chats
)resident of the Seafarers Harry
lanship (left), and John Mason,
Ition at SHLSS, during a recent visit
iman was chairman of the House
ries Committee from 1965 through
ingressional career, Chairman
lend of the SlU and the. maritiitie
Moving tank barges with the towboat
Susan Collins gives the TI/SIU Towboat Scholarship participants real
experience in the wheelhouse. Boat
man Terry Kittle who works for Heart
land Transportation out of Paducah,
Ky., is gaining confidence as well as ,
experience.
Boatman Max Fischer takes the wheel
of the towboat CL 2 as part of the onthe-job training offered through the
TI/SIU Towboat Operator Scholarship
program. Max works for National
Marine out of Houston.
Boatman Joseph Hayes does his chart
work as he prepares for his Towboat
Operator's license. Brother Hayes
works for Allied Towing out of Norfolk,
Va.
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LAfSeafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship was a
Ir ^"^9 Colors. Standing from left are Instructor Bill Foley, David
imfipln^ ^oazzo, James Hoffman, Steven Walters. Steven Saari,
g y , ^ohn Twomey, Lawrence Rodal. Michael Minix and Robert
® Sundling, Ronald Koski, John Briggs. John Bates. Dennis
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Graduates Earn Able Seamen Endorsements
They completed four tough weeks of classroom and on-the-job training; then they sat for a
thorough examination before U.S. Coast Guard examiners. When it was all over, tSjs happy group
of Seafarers had earned endorsements as Able Seamen. In the top row. (l-r) are Ed Burke. Keith
Kincaide, Chris Guttierrez, Mike Hunter, Dave Emis, George Tricker, Pam Monaco, Dwain Wynn.
Frank Schliep, Jon Bailey and Mike Dorness. In the middle row are (l-r) SHLSS Instructor Harry
Coyle. Robert Lynch, Lori Frandino, Robert Welles, John Callan, Rusty Harris. Maanor Mia. Steve
Kastel. Edward Dials and Scotty Boatright. Kneeling are Scott Trester, Bill Bell. Sam Bennett and
Ronald Mena.
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SlU Laker Gus Kuhlkeeps close watch over his rolls. Brother Kuhl, whose horrie Is
Cleveland. Ohio recently completed the Cook and Baker program.
Mary Warriner went from the Trainee program right into the Third Cook program.
During her training sft,e worked under the supervision of experienced Steward
Department Seafarers like Chief Steward Gossie McKee. Sister Warriner is now
sailing as Third Cook on the LNG Carrier Libra.
SHLSS Offers Career Opportunities In Maritime Food
Service
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Seafarer Dave Fuller worked hard during his upgrading.tour,
and he said he enjoyed every minute of it. Brother Fuller, who
ships out of the Port of Wilmington. Calif., successfully
completed the Cook and Baker program at the Harry
Lundeberg School of Seamanship.
Raymond Anthony (left) learns the fine art of menu planning
from veteran SlU Chief Steward Frank Costango. Seafarer
Anthony recently completed the Cook and Baker program
and plans to work aboard SlU-contracted towboats in the New
York area.
The Seafarers Harry Lunde
berg School of Seamanship at
Piney Point offers complete
, career training in the steward
department—from entry-rated
General Utility all the way up to
Chief Steward.
There's no limit to the career
opportunities, and there are
substantial pay increases at every
step of the way.
Experienced food service
instructors—many with long
time seagoing experience—are
hctre to help you.
Age is no barrier to upgrading,
nor is a lack of formal education.
Teachers and instructors will
help you make up the difference.
The only limit is the limit of your
own ambition.
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Enrico Hernandez took full advantage of the Seafarers
steward department upgrading program and is now qualified
to sail as Chief Cook. Brother Hernandez ships out of the Port
of Baltimore.
Chief Steward Willie Wilson really enjoys his work—and that's
good because he has been going to sea for more than 40
years. Seafarer Wilson, Who ships out of the Port of New
Orleans, recently completed the Steward Recertification
^program.
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Delegate J.
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Srirld M^W NO dlsp^
wets Reived from headquarters
the letters I
concerning
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pension . • ^
morning.
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Delegate
^'^'fRak^ No disputed OT. Chair>pa that the repairs from the last
nan
care of and both
neetmg
^re working propivashing
thanks
for
,,ly. Chairman thanks everyone
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Yoko ^ .
Yokohama, Hong
vrnTg Kl and Long Beach. The
oounmrs and cabinets in the crew lounge
^ department is not
medicine ehest be
necessary items as
riFTTA SUD (Delta Steamship),
^""'^JminAer^Smeht he placed
SeptX fd-Chairnran Ree^W
Bosun A. Lasnansky; Secretary • 'nX chest It is impossible to get evena
Vieira- Educational Director U. S.
Weems; Steward Delegate Stanley
Trusinski. No disputed
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appreciated Brother Steve Troy s
fund. Chairman reported that there
h?ve been no beefs or problems brougM e^^umentir.^
^4 attention. All ie going Mong weU
„_j there has been no lost time
accidents Request that the men who are I'minmnisiienee in memory of our
helping °";j^f,ipXctionsforaTV
Delegatestotakeupc^ wire and a new
booster
thanks to the steward
'"^'""^;otkruts The crew enjoys them
and e«e„d. their ap"TNG LIBRA (Energy
SrS ^r, of our departed
WA-LAND PANAMA (Sea-Land
SEALAWW
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of our departed brothers.
requested that all yoUTO
q„al.fyh™ld^g,^n „eeds rated mei. in
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Robert F. E^azi •
Chairman reported
Wright, Deck
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Secretary
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ransportation from gate to slup
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the individual but the ship
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man and QM . enlacing the stool on
captain about^^^^^^^^^
the bridge.
watch and then
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department.
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;eetor Edward Self. S""'
r in deck department. C^
ported that the ship will arrive in New
irk on Wednesday night
pay
e next day. Everything has been
inning fine. A vote of thanks to the
eward department. Observed oj^
linute of silence in memory
eparted brothers.
TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson
September
V. Ardowski; Secretary R
Ferrandiz; Educational Dirwtor ;
Praino; Deek
Engine Delegate Troy Smith, Etewara
Delegate J. Shaw. No disputed Ol^
$73.34.in ship's fund,
thanked the crew for being a go
cooperative group of men. *t ^
able free voyage. A vote of thanks
whole steward department for a joo
11 done. Next port San Francisco.
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William Kleimola;
Recertified
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Educational
Delegate
Delegate Dan DeMar ' ^
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John
that the
usual safety
Chairman reported. that
ttieu
meetings were held.
»,ll Neat port Arum
Official ship's minutes
Mayaguez
Achilles
Pisces
Sea-Land Patriot
Sea-Land Trade
Sea-Land Express
Sea-Land Producer
WUIiamsburgh
DelMundo
Thompson P«®
Point Revere
LNG Leo
Houston
Charleston
advantage of U. Aiso
depattment who handira
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(Sea-lnnd
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Xranscolumhia
Golden Endeavor
Del Ore
LNG Aquarius
Cove Navigator
Brooklyn
Worth
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Sea-Land Developer
Sea-Land Pacer
Dei Campo
Overseas Valdez
Mount Washington
Point Judy
Sea-Land Galloway
^Xnd Defender
Overseas New York
Tampa
Sea-Land Leader
Ogden Leader
Inger,
Del Viento
Jacksonville
Golden Monarch
El Paso Anew
Columbia
Howard Boyd
Boston
Sea-Land Resource
Cove Explorer
Point Susan
Sea-Land Pioneer
Santa M«rian»
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meet the sh p
lounge. A
were received an P
importance
discussion
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poolside parties.
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ii?c4man noted that the
Carlos Caeno. Cha,™a^n Panama on
Ship was due
^^wSaturday the 2fin.
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Q to go to
members who have
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a job well done.
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Luedtke Engineering Co. is on a new job in the twin ports of Duluth,
Minn, and Superior, Wise, removing the old bridge between the ports to
make way for the new Arrowhead Bridge.
It is expected to be completed by 1981 with work shutting down for the
winter.
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Mobile
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Union Hall here were held on
Nov. 12 in conjunction with the Membership Meeting Day. In attendance
with the members were SIU President Frank Drozak and Port Agent
Tom Glidewell.
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Radcliffe Materials is abuilding 20 200-foot steel deck barges and three
twin-screw towboats at the Twin City Shipyard, St. Paul, Minn.
" Delivery is expected next January. The construction will cost $8million.
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Second year wage increases of 13.4 percent were gained by the
Boatmen of Higman Towing.
Incidentally, President Carter got 80 percent of the East Texas vote.
Norfolk
Contract negotiations are about to start at some of the inland
companies at this' port.
Tenn-Tom Waterway
The U.S. Supreme Court late last nfionth upheld a lower court ruling by
refusing to halt construction of the Tenn-Tombigee Waterway.
The justices left intact rulings that the Environmental Defense Fund,
the National Audubon and Birminghami (Ala.) Audubon Societies and
the Alabama Conservancy waited too long before challenging the project
in a 1976 suit.
Now you can improve your math skills
In Your Spare Time!
HOW?
The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship has courses for you in
fractions, decimals, algebra and geometry. These are self-study courses. We
will send them to you and you can study them while you're aboard your ship
or boat.
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Vou can use these courses:
• in your job;
• to improve your math skills for upgrading;
• to review old math skills or learn new ones; and
• • • to earn credits for your college degree.
^nd for the course you want today! Just fill
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Hannah Marine's tug Mary E. Hannah arrived at the Bay Shipbuilding
Yard, Sturgeon Bay, Wise, recently for "sight and survey" work.
Hannah also plans to build three tank barges of 63,000 barrels, 40,000
barrels and 30,000 barrels capacity. Delivery is expected by next year.
Building cost is $16-million.
Houston
Western Towing contract negotiations are now under way here. Also,
negotiations for COLA agreements were successfully completed at G & H
Towing, Higman Towing and Moran Towing.
New Orleans
The paddlewheeler Mississippi Queen (Delta Queen Steamship) with a
redesigned paddle wheel to overcome the Upper River's swift currents has
been able to return to her home port of Cincinnati six times in the last two
years. And she made a quarterly profit of $214,000.
Lake Charles, La.
Our inimitable Cook D. V. "Pat" Patterson reports he's "still going
strong."
On Nov. 6 he left Port Arthur to join the Tug Warrior (Crowley.
Marine) here. Pat said on a recent trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico and Port
au Prince, Haiti the crew was "happy" with barbecued spareribs, stuffed
pork chops. Chili Mac and ear corn despite the rough, overcast weather
with 2 to 4-foot seas.
Pat enjoyed the Miller time and famous Haitian Barbancourt rum
shpreside at the factory. He also got some beautiful, handcarved wooden
statues there.
A dark cloud on the horizon appeared after the Warrior passed the Dry
Tortugas of the Florida Keys as Castro kept an eye on them from the hills
of Cuba. On one voyage, a Cuban gunboat circled the tug for a couple of
hours. Another time, a small, ragged sailboat loaded with Haitians went
by headed for the U.S.A.
Pat adds that Capt. Walt Rfeimer of Crystal River, Fla. is commanding
the tug.
Tampa
The recently damaged southbound span of the Sunshine Bridge here
which spans the Tampa Bay Channel most likely will be rebuilt says
Federal and State highway officials.
Previous plans had the span, which was hit by a ship, being replaced
with a $100-million superbridge (like the Dames Pt. Bridge, Jacksonville)
of six lanes supported by cables spanning the 1,300 foot channel.
There are no protective concrete dolphins or buffers around the
bridge's piers or reflective devices on the span which could pick up radar.
SIU Tug Copt. Chamberlain Retires
No •
) Fractions
)Decimals
)Percents
)Algebra
)Geometry
NOTE: Complete all five courses and earn four college credits.
Send my course(s) to me at this address:
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Academic Education Department
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Piney Point, MD. 20674
ATTN: Lois Knowles, Mathematics Department
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Picking up his first SIU pension check at the August membership meeting in the port of
Philadelphia is Capt. Curtis Chamberlain, shown receiving his check fromPhiladelphia Port
Agent Joe Air. Seafarer Chamberlain retired from Taylor & Anderson on July 1. Plans for
the future? "I'm just going to relax for awhile, without worrying about midnight or weekend
orders!" he said. Another thing Boatman Chamberlain doesn't have to worry about is
hospital and medical coverage. As an SIU pensioner he still receives the top-notch
benefits of the Union's Welfare Plan. "The SlU's Pension and Welfare Plans are real
security, said new Pensioner Curtis Chamberlain.
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Roanoke Rapids, N.C.—
Amid shouts of joy and triumph,
textile workers from seven J.P.
Stevens plants here voted
unanimously to ratify their first
union contract ever with the
nation's most notorious anti
union company.
The Oct. 19 vote capped a
bitter 17-year struggle to get J.P.
Stevens, the second largest
textile manufacturer in the U.S.,
to recognize the Amalgamated
Clothing & Textile Workers
Union (ACTWU) as the legally
elected bargaining agent for its
emloyees in Roanoke Rapids.
A statement issued by the
ACTWU in New York called the
agreement "a turning point in
our 17-year struggle with a
company that has long been the
symbol of militant resistance to
workplace rights, human dignity,
and the improved standard of
living which flows from union
contracts and a collective
bargaining relationship of
mutual respect."
Speaking on the eve of the
contract ratification vote, AFLClO President Lane Kirkland
hailed the agreement as "a major
victory for all the working
people of America. It is a
tremendous forward step for the
textile and apparel workers of
the south," Kirkland added. He
praised ACTWU and its mem
bers who "through 17 long years
stood up to an anti-union
management, held their ranks
together and...persevered."
Included in the historic V/i
year pact which covers some
3,200 workers at seven Stevens
plants in Roanoke Rapids and
High Point, N.C., Allendale,
S.C., and West Boylston, Ala.,
are immediate wage and benefit
hikes totalling almost 20 percent.
Part of that total covers two
wage hikes which workers at
Stevens 70 non-union southern
plants received in the past two
years. The union workers at
Stevens will receive those raises
retroactively, a settlement which
will average about $1300 per
person.
Other provisions of the
ACTWU's collective bargaining
agreement with Stevens were
made public by the union's
Executive Vice President Scott
M. Hoyman. "The contract,"
Hoyman said, "regulates work
loads and provides the security
of a seniority system for job
changes and promotions." Also
included are dues checkoff
provisions and pension and
other benefits.
The key clau.se in the new
contract is inclusion of binding
arbitration rules. Resolution of
that clause, Hoyman said, "was
probably the single most
important factor impeding our
negotiations for more than six
years."
It was six years ago that the
ACTWU was certified as the
collective bargaining rep for
workers in Stevens Roanoke
Rapids plants by the National
Labor Relations Board. The
long, tough organizing drive
which preceeded the election
began in 1963. But in spite of the
outcome of the union election,
J.P. Stevens repeatedly refused
to recognize the union. Cited no
fewer than 22 times by the
NLRB for flagrant labor law
violations, Stevens still refused
to bargain in good faith with the
ACTWU.
The tide began to turn,
however, when the ACTWU
launched a massive "corporate
campaign" and a nationwide
•M
, J.P. Stevens Workers at Roanoke Rapids. N.C.. cheer and applaud their approval
of the first contract between the company and the Amalgamated Clothing and
Textile Workers: The agreement ended a bitter 17-year struggle by the workers.
boycott against Stevens. The
corporate campaign put pressure
on companies to terminate their
business dealings with Stevens or
to. oust Stevens' corporate
directors who sat on their
boards.
With the solid support of
many AFL-CIO unions, includ
ing the SIU, the ACTWU began
holding demonstrations at
companies which had business
connections with Stevens.
® Two years ago, the union's
pressure forced James D. Finley,
then Stevens'chairman, to resign
from the boards of New York
Life and Manufacturers Han
over Trust, and on Jan. 1 of this
year, Finley resigned as Stevens'
chairman. When Whitney
Stevens stepped in as chairman
of the company, contract talks
wih the ALCTWU reportedly
began in earnest.
The impact of the union's
campaign was clearly under
scored by the demands Stevens
made on the ACTWU before
agreeing to the settlement. The
union agreed to call off its fouryear boycott of Stevens'
products; to refrain from work
ing to remove directors from the
Stevens' board and to halt
attempts to restrict "the
availability of financial or credit
accomodations to Stevens."
In addition, the ACTWU had
to agree to give up for l'/4 years
its court-ordered right to use
certain areas of Stevens' plants
for organizing drives.
However, buoyed by the
successfiil conclusion of the
struggle in Roanoke Rapids, the
ACTWU has pledged "to
continue a dynamic organizing
campaign-in the presently non
union Stevens plants. The
ACTWU is determined,"a union
statement said, "to use the
momentum that this settlement
produces to accelerate and
broaden our southern organizing
program."
The ACTWU isn't expecting
future organizing drives to, come
easy. Stevens spokesmen have
stated repeatedly since the
settlement was reached that "the
company continues to be openly
and strongly opposed to unions
in its non-union plants." (About
90% of Stevens' workforce is still
non-unionized.)
But for the workers in
Roanoke Rapids, their union
contract was worth the fight. "I
think," said one 40-year Stevens'
employee, "things are going to
get better now."
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION
NARCOTICS
WILL
YOU UP
AND
YOU'LL LO/E
YOUR
PAPERS
FOR
LIFE.'
November 1980 / LOG / 25
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CHICAGO
The
Lakes
Picture
ALGONAC
Things are looking up a bit for Great Lakes shipping for the first time in
months. During the last month three American Steamship Co. vessels fit
out and are now running. They are the John A. Kling. theJohnJ. Boland
and the Roger M. Kyes.
The first independently operated port agency to be established in
Michigan set up for business this month. The five-member DetroitWayne County Port Authority was created by a law signed by Mich. Gov.
Milliken in Jan., 1979. It replaces the Detroit-Wayne County Port
Commission, a division of Wayne County Inter-Governmental Affairs &
Management.
In late September, the Michigan Transportation Commission voted
unanimously to discountinue the subsidies which have kept the Chessie
System Carferries sputtering along. Discontinuation of the subsidy,
which created a lot of controversy when it was made last summer,
was recommended by the state Dept. of Transportation. The final run
between Ludington, Mich., and Milwaukee, Wise., was reportedly made
on Oct. 4. A Chessie spokesman said the Ludington-to-Manitowc run
will be abandoned by next summer.
CLEVELAND
Mark Trepp is the new SIU, port agent here. He reports shipping out of
Cleveland is good and interior renovations on the Union Hall are
progressing.
DOUBLE FEATURE
Mackinac Island, the popular summer community on Michigan's
Upper Peninsula which can be reached only by SlU-contracted car ferry,
is now a star of the silver screen. A new movie, titled "Somewhere in
Time" which is billed as a romance and stars Christopher Reeve and Jane
Seymour, was filmed largely on Mackinac Island and its famous Grand
Hotel. The film, a sort of time travel love story, didn't get very good
reviews. But Mackinac Island got raves. One reviewer said "the hotel and
Mackinac are spectacularly lovely..." Well, when you got it, you got it!
Well-known oceanographer Jacques Cousteau sailed his research
vessel Calypso into Lake Superior to film above and below the water this
fall. In mid-Septermber Cousteau filmed the Superior Shoals off the
Keweenaw Peninsula and the area along the Pictured Rocks National
Seashore and Whitefish Bay.
Next the research team checked out the wreck of the steam yacht
Gunilda, which went down in Lake Superior in 1911. Divers off the
Calypso confirmed reports that the vessel is in "picture perfect" condition
with her mast still upright and her rigging intact.
Finally, thanks to favorable weather conditions. Calypso divers
launched a mini-submarine and spent 30 minutes filming the Edmund
Fitzgerald. Cousteau's project, part of a four-month joint venture with
the Canadian Film Board, also calls for visits to Lake Erie and Lake
Ontario. At the latter, the team will investigate the wrecks of the American
warships Hamilton and Scourge which went down during a storm 167
years ago. To cap off the documentary, Cousteau will re-visit Lake
Superior in December to film under the ice.
Participants at a recent meeting of the Great Lakes Commission heard a
forecast that the future of Great Lakes shipping lies with bulk
commodities not container cargo.
The forecaster, Peter Jones, who is vice president of Federal
Commerce and Navigation, Ltd., of Montreal, stated that grain, coal and
other bulk freight showed considerable growth potential for the future.
"Grain is king," he said, "and shows all signs of remaining so over the
foreseeable future and coal is a comer."
However, Jones told the Great Lakes Commission that they should
stop "banging the drum" for container shipping on the Lakes because
"direct container service to and from the Lakes...is not economically
viable in comparison to other routes."
While on a six-port Great Lakes tour last month U.S. Commerce
Secretary Philip M. Klutznick was approached by a joint labormanagement group with the request that the Federal Government
subsidize a U.S.-flag Great Lakes service. The group petitioning
Secretary Klutznick included representatives from the ILA, stevedoring
companies and port authorities. Though assuring the group that
Commerce Dept. would look into their request to give the U.S.-flag Great
Lakes fleet a much-needed boost, Klutznick was reportedly cool on the
idea.
TONNAGE FIGURES
Figures from the Lake Carriers' Assn., for bulk commodity shipments
on the Great Lakes for the year to Sept. 1 showed some good news and
some bad news. The bad news was the predictable slump in iron ore
shipments coupled with a downturn in coal cargoes. Iron ore shipments
through Sept. 1, 1980 were 44,724,870 gross tons, compared to 55,362,058
gt for the same period in 1979. The dramatic downturn in iron ore totals is
due to the depressed U.S. auto industry. A smaller decline in coal
shipments was posted this year. A total 25,695,468 net tons of coal
moved on the Great Lakes through Sept. 1, compared to 26,231,472 tons
for the same period last year.
The good news was the tonnage totals for grain—18,221,601.net tons
this year, compared to 15,642,122 last year. But even with the surge in
grain movement, bulk freight shipments were down almost 10 million net
tons over last year's totals.
CHINA'S FORTUNES
The new U.S.-China trade pact, signed in Washington last month by
President Carter and a representative of the People's Republic of China
includes cargo sharing and port access provisions. Most major U.S. ports
were opened to PRC-flag vessels under the terms of the agreement,
including eight on the Great Lakes. The ports are: Erie, Pa.; Cleveland
and Toledo, Ohio; Bay City, Mich.; Chicago, 111.; Kenosha and
Milwaukee, Wise.; and Duluth-Superior. A-^sistant Secretary of
Commerce Samuel Nemirow said the Chinese have vessels which are
suitably sized to call at these ports and they also want to be near the
production points for the grain and machinery they want to export.
CLEAN WATERS
Though Lake Erie's beaches were crowded last summer and fishing was
better than its been in years, researchers at Ohio State University's Center
for Lake Erie Area Research (CLEAR) find that noit all is copacetic.
While there has been a reduction in the amount of pollutants entering the
Lake, there has been no reduction in the level of toxic substances actually
in the Lake.
Progress has been made in reducing the amount of nutrient pollutants,
such as phosphorous, entering Lake Erie through its tributaries.
(Nutrient pollutants are those which promote the growth of algae which
are consumed by bacteria when they die. In the process, the bacteria uses
up the oxygen needed by fish and other forms of life.)
Over the past 10 years, the research group says, clean-up efforts have
focused on limiting phosphorous from entering the Lake through
traditional sources, such as cities. But recently scientists began to realize
that phosphorous also enter the Lakes from alternative sources, like acid
rain, dust particles and farmland fertilizer washing into the Lake.
Also, over the past decade, new types of pollutants, like PCB's, PBB's,
heavy metals and pesticides have been building up in the Lake. "They
invent new toxins quicker than you can test them," said one scientist.
Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank— Ifs Your Life
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Jerry McLean
Rune Olsson
Norman Dubois
Charies Todora
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Salvatore Frank, Jr.
John Bertolino
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12 More Complete Bosun Recertificotion
T
HE SIU'S commitment to
protecting the rights of its
members was underscored when
the latest class of Recertified
Bosuns received their diplomas at
the October membership meeting
in New York.
The Union established the
Bosun Recertification Program
as part of its continuing effort to
ensure that the men and women
sailing SIU ships maintain the
highest standards of excellence.
One of the goals of the programs
has been to pinpoint the issues
facing the maritime industry, so
that the Bosuns taking the course
can understand them.
Bosuns have always played a
pivotal role onboard ships. His
torically, they have been inter
mediaries between the licensed
officers and the members of the
crew. Because of this fact, it is
important that they understand
the rights and duties of their
fellow shipmates.
The Bosuns who successfully
completed the program were
involved in a vigorous twomonth internship. They divided
their time between the Harry
Lundeberg School Seamanship
and the Union Headquarters in
New York City.
Among other things, the Bo
suns studied the various benefit
plans available to members of
this union. When they go back to
their ships, the Bosuns will be
better equipped to help their
crew-members understand their
contractual rights, welfare bene
fits and pension eligibility re
quirements.
The Bosuns were also exposed
to the union's Washington Op
erations in a one day visit to the
nation's capitol.
During their visit to Washing
ton D.C., the Bosuns visited the
Transportation Institute, a non
profit organization aimed at
promoting maritime research
and development, and the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Departnjent, where they were given an
in-depth briefing on the SIU's
legislative activities.
The Bosuns also spent some
time visiting Capitol Hill, where
they observed this nation's law
makers in their natural habitat.
Dates for the next Bosun
Recertification Program have
not yet been set.
If U.S. Sends Oil to Israel, U.S.
Flag Will Carry Percentage
WASHINGTON, D C.—
Arrangements were finalized
here last month in the oil
agreement between the U.S. and
Israel.
If the oil agreement ever has to
be implemented, the arrange
ments include a clause that calls
"for appropriate participation of
United States flag carriers in the
transportation of oil from the
United States...."
The agreement on oil supply,
concluded by the U.S. and Israel
on June 22, 1979, was part of the
process resulting in the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace
between Egypt and Israel.
As part of that treaty, Israel
agreed to give back to Egypt oil
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Blood Bank—
It's Your Life
fields in the Gulf of Suez. The oil
agreement contains a commit
ment by the U.S. to make oil
available for purchase by Israel if
she could not find enough on her
own to meet her domestic
requirements.
The agreement of June, 1979
provided that the U.S. and Israel
should meet to develop contin
gency implementing arrange
ments. There have been five
meetings
_ over the course
•
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u
past year resulting in the
arrangements signed last month,
If the oil supply agreement «
ever activated, the U.S. would
first try to find foreign oil for
Israel. If that proves inadequate,
the U.S. would sell domestic oil.
The implementing arrange
ments will apply for an initial
period of five years and
additional periods of three years
for the duration of the oil supply
agreement, which is 1994.
Israel's oil consumption is
currently about 160,000 barrels
per day, less than one percent of
U.S. consumption.
.. Accept the challenge!
The new American LNG tankers...they're the best.
That's why they're manned by the SIU. We're the
best—the best trained seafarers in the world. Ac
cept the challenge of being the best. Train now to
serve aboard the finest, safest ships built. An LNG
course is beginning at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School on Jan. 5 and continues through Jan. 29.
I Sign up today! Write or call:
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School
of Seamanship
Office of Admissions
Piney Point, Maryland 20674
Phone: (301) 994-0010
ou're tha b—t...Accept the chaUeng
November 1980 / LOG / 27
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Joe DiGiqrgio, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hail, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
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SEPT. 1-30,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
AH Groups
dassA dassB CiastC
8
115
10
23
18
14
18
79
23
38
27
32
15
75
1
0
496
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans ..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
PineyPoint ...
Yokohama —
Totals ...
6
45
1
7
12
8
4
35
8
14
15
12
1
21
3
1
193
2
6
1
7
6
6
0
5 '
2
8
7
8
0
7
0
0
65
4
112
4,
- 20
19
16
8
70
26
27
10
73
20
65
1
0
475
0
3
1
3
0.
1
0
6
0
3
5
5
0
1
0
1
29
1
60
4
11
17
18
2
31
8
18
19
35
2
21
10
0
257
15
170
16
37
25
20
39
124
55
74
43
50
23
124
0
0
815
3
8'
73
16
5
2
10
17
13
15
9
9
9
0
36
3
22
7
9
15
22
13
15
8
1
1
40
15
2
0
1
0
288
111
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa .......—•
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco..
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
—.—
1
81
12
23
10
7
11
62
23
"28
11
21
8
49
2
1
350
2
39
4
9
9
13
2
16
7
16
8
7
4
16
0
0
152
0
2
2
1
0
3
0 •
3
0
2
3
6
0
1
0
1
24
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
4
0 f
0 1
0
0
11
0
41
3
9
10
10
1
18
5
21
3
16
4
5
3
0
149
1
56
4
18
11
7
6
60
15
28
7
38
13
40
2
0
306
5
149*
16
33
24
9
31
98
32
46
22
40
12
100
0
1
618-
6
80
8
17
12
12
14
28
11
19
18
15
4
28
2
0
274
0
9
1
3
3
3
0
5
2
2
4
9
0
3
0
1
45
3
79
3
20
17
4
16
59
20
31
16
27
9
61
0
.0
365
6
37
5
11
4
4
0
8
4
16
10
5
5
10
10
0
135
0
4
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
17
6
8
0
0
0
1
43
3
54
5
21
4
3
8
32
18
34
11
14
11
21
0
1
240
19
251
44
55
40
19
37
89
65
74
43
42
35
85
66
1
965
7
155
6
27
22
10
7
30
14
71
103
34,
10^
53
0
0
549
2,038
1,662
748
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ...
Baltimore
Norfolk...
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans ...
Jacksonville ...
San Francisco..
Wilmington —
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
1
53
1
14
13
7
10
27
18
11
8
19
5
26
0
0
213
4
21
3
6
2
3
0
3
1
* 6
5
4
0
9
2
0
69
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
6
3
3
0
0
0
1
17
2
54
3
12
6
7
10
30
16
19
1
30
6
19
0
0
215
0
44
2
7
25
8
3
19
7
12
4
26
3
. 15
34
0
209
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
3
1
V
0
0
0
0
11
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
"
New York
;
Philadelphia —
;.....
Baltimore
Norfolk ....................................
T3mp3
Mobile
^
New Orleans ........................i..
Jacksonville
'—
San Francisco
Wilmington
;
Seattle
Puerto Rico ..'
Houston
Piney Point
.*
Yokohama
Totals'
Totals AllDapartmanU.
0
0
167
7
87
16
33
21
17
19
48
31
38
21
33
18
57
41
1
488
2
51
1
109
6
0
11
4
27
36
22
2
22
0
1
204
1,226
902
310
2
33
2
. 16
- 7
4
3
23
14
21
5
10
10
-
.r
V.
:
X,..
996
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615
51
•'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
Shipping in the month of Aiigust was good in most A&G deepsea ports, as it has been for the last several years.
A total of 1,662 jobs were shipped last month to SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. Of these only 996 or slightly
more than half, were taken by "A** seniority members. The rest were filled by **8" and "C" seniority people.
Shipping is expected to remain good for the foreseeable future.
28 / LOG / November 1980
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(617)482-4716
CHICAGO, ILL.
9402 S. Ewing Ave. 60617
(312) SA 1-0733
CLEVELAND, Ohio
1290 Old River Rd. 44113
(216) MA.1-5450
COLUMBUS, Ohio
4937 West Broad St. 43228
(614)870-6161
DULUTH, Minn.
705 Medical Arts Building 55802
(218) RA 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich.
P.O. Box D
415 Main St. 49635
(616) 352-4441
GLOUCESTER, Mass.
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
7:
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
dawA ClwsB ClwsC
DECK DEPARTMENT
Port
•:>
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
daw A dawB dawC
HEADQUARTERS
675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232
(212) HY 9-6600
ALGONAC, Mich.
520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001
(313) 794-9375
ALPENA, Mich. ... ,800 N. 2 Ave. 49707
(51^ EL 4-3616
BALTIMORE, Md.
1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
(301) EA 7-4900
BOSTON, Mass. .... 215 Essex St. 02111
63 Rogers St.01903
(617) 283-1167
HONOLULU, Hawaii
707 Alakea St. 96813
(808) 537-5714
HOUSTON, Tex.... 1221 Pierce St. 77002
(713) 659-5152
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
3315 Liberty St. 32206
(904) 353-0987
JERSEY CITY, NJ.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
(201) HE 5-9424
MOBILE, Ala..^. 1 S. Lawrence St. 36602
(205) HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va.
115 3 St. 23510
(804) 622-1892
PORTLAND, Or.
/
421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204
(503) 227-7993
PADUCAH, Ky.
225 S. 7 St. 42001
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.'
St. Mary's County 20674
(301) 994-0010
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .534 9 Ave. 77640
(713) 983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 626-6793
SANTURCE, P.R.
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6960
SEATTLE, Wash. ^".^.2505 1 Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS, MO. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TAMPA. Fla. 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609
(813) 870-1601
TOLEDO. Ohio ... 635 Summit St. 43604
(419) 24»-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
YOKOHAMA, Japan ...... P.O. Box 429
Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdori
lS.aka-Ku 231-91
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Ashore
Seafarers and officers aboard the SS Santa Magdalena (Delta Line)
gave $590. last month in memory of their departed shipmates. Engineers
Ethan Hett and Bob Eaton, who died in a tragic accident aboard ship last
ST Point Susan
From now until Nov. 25, the ST Point Susan (Point Shipping) will
carry from a Gulf or Atlantic port to Haifa or Ashdod, Israel, 23,000 long
tons of corn, soybeans or sorghum wheat and 25,000 more long tons of
the same cargo.
Sea-Land Service
Early last month, two of the 12 new Sea-Land D-9s diesel-powered
containerships were christened in ceremonies at the Hyundai Heavy
Industries Shipyard, Ulsan, South Korea.
They were the 10th and 11th Sea-Land Endurance and the Sea-LandInnovator.
The last D-9 to be christened this month is the Sea-Land Freedom. All
of the 12 D-9s will be in operation by the end of this year.
A4/ V Lionheart
The Coast Guard last month granted a waiver extension to the M/ V
Uonheart (Coordinated Caribbean Transport) on navigation and vessel
inspection regulations until Dec. 31 or "until a replacement ship" is
available. This enables the SlU-crewed Lionheart to remain in service
The replacement, a R/O R/O vessel, is being built in West Germany!
Also, a Artubar barge for the R/O R/O will not be completed until 1981.
Hampton Roads Hatbor
Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) expects Congress will OK funding for the
deepening of the harbor here to increase the port's coal export potential.
He expects action within about six or eight months^n the dredging.
Congress was back in action on Nov. 12.
Ninety ships this month were waiting here to load on coal. The port
exports 80 percent of U.S. coal production.
THE TANKERMAN TEAM
The monies will be used "to improve midshipman quarters aboard the
California Maritime Academy's training ship, the Golden Bear with an
appropriate plaque put on board in their honor.
The engineers respectively were 1963 and 1972 Academy graduates.
SS Santa Isabel
N.J. Assemblyman William J. Maguire (R-22nd Dist.) and his wife
Doris were two of the 12 passengers who sailed on the SS Santa Isabel
(Delta Line) recently from Port Newark, N.J. through the Panama
Canal.
They called their 14-day cruise on the 21,000 ton freighter the "best
ever."
The Maguires, who live in Clark, N.J., said the passengers had thenown lounge, with a small refrigerator stocked with cold cuts, fresh fruits,
juice and bread. Hot coffee was available anytime, they added.
Their cabin, they said, with bath and shower, was twice the size of
cruise ship cabins. A washer and dryer, ice maker and hair dryer were
other bonuses. Their fare, they estimated, was 30 percent cheaper.
"I found very few barriers to spending time with the crew and never
missed a morning and afternoon coffee break with them," Maguire
commented. Capt. Emidio Calabrese of Fair Lawn, N.J., a World War II
vet, showed them the bridge.
"The purser and chief steward put on a cocktail hour... that blew our
socks off," the assemblyman crowed.
"First a heaping platter of shrimp, all washed down with Peruvian
piscos," he continued. One passenger after downing a few piscos said he
was ready to swim the Canal—he didn't need a ship!
The Maguires even liked the jungle birds singing for six hours as they
sailed through the Canal.
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SS Del Sol
Fom Nov. 23 to Nov. 28, the SS Del Sol (Delta Line) will haul from a
Gulf port to Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 630 metric tons of bulk
corn and 1,375 metric tons of bulk wheat.
Baltimore Committee
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Well
eii irainea
trained Seafarers
c>eararers acceptinq
acc^tinq the
challenge ... To Be The Best.^
To get the Job donel
A skilled tankerman is necessary
to move liquid cargoes, maintain
pollution control and prepare the
vessel for OSCG inspection. Safety
and firefighting are also taught.
A Tankerman Course starts every two
weeks beginning Dec. 18.
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The crew and the Ship's Comrpittee of theSS i3a////77ore{Sea-.Land) got paid off
on Sept. 18 at Port Elizabeth, N.J. The Ship's Committee consisted of (I. to r.) Chief
Steward George W. Gibbon, secretary-reporter; 3rd Cook Edgar Vasquez,
steward delegate; Crew Messman Sambo Sotomayor, Recertified Bosun Jose
Gonzalez, ship's chairman and AS Joe Pozzuoli, deck delegate.
Pcmonals
Robert T. Taylor
Please contact, Wesley Daniels..
Andus Andugar
Please contact, editor of the Log. Tel.
(212) 499-6600 Ext. 242.
Bill Thompson
Please contact, sister B£tty, as soon as
possible.
James Aherns
Please contact, Walter H. Stovall,
4635 Oakley Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio,
44102. Tel. 1-216-631-7476. Would like
very much to have you come live with
him, free of charge. Needs your
company!
Bruce Mesger
You and I have been evicted. Personal
possessions at our parents houses.
Moving to Berkeley 9/25/80. Contact
me, c/o Gaylen Dedrick Deidre Dunphy, 1543 Fairview, Berkeley, Cal.
94703. Tel. (415) 658-7019. Grant
Withers.
John Kucharski
Please contact, your sister Bernice at
. 7525 Durwood Road, Baltimore, Md.
21222.
Ted Katros
Please contact, your old buddy Raoul
(Ralph) Caherra, 4221 Palmetto St.,
Philadelphia, Pa. 19124. Tel. (1-215)
JE 3-2954. I would like very much to
hear from you.
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Pensioner
Antonio Gonzalez
Palmes, 71, passed
away from heartlung failure in
Franklin Sq. Hos
pital, Baltimoreon
May 30. Brother
Palmes joined the
SIU in 1945 in the port of Baltimore
sailing as a chief electrician. He sailed 16
years. Seafarer Palmes was a veteran of
the Spanish Army before World War If.
Born in Spain,-he was a naturalized U.S.
citizen and was a resident of Baltimore.
Interment was in P^rk Lawn Cemetery,
Baltimore. Surviving are his widow,
Concepcion and a son, Juan of Essex,
Md.
Pensioner
Ange-Michel
^'Mike" Panagopoulos, 49, died of
a heart attack in
Greenport (L.I.)
Hospital on May
11. Brother Panagopoulos joined
the SIU in the port of New York in 1959
sailing as a recertified chief steward. He
sailed 28 years. Seafarer Panagopqulos
attended a Piney Point Educational
Conference in 1972. He also attended
the Cooks and Stewards School, the
Netherlands and the Ecole des Cusinier
and Hotelier, Lausanne, Switzerland. A
native of Alexandria, Egypt, he was a
resident of East Marion, L.I. Burial was
in Sterling Cemetery, Greenport.
Surviving are his widow, Luise; a son,
Theodore; a daughter, Georgia Frances
and his mother, Georgia.
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Andreas Platis,
80, passed away
from cancer in
Piraeus, Greeceon
May 25. Brother
Platis joined the
SIU in 1944 in the
port of New York
sailing as a FOWT. He sailed 42 years.
Seafarer Platis was on the picketline in
the 1965 District Council 37 beef. And
he attended the 1970 Piney Point
Pensioners Conference No. 9. Born in
Marketouce Prika, Greece, he was a
naturalized U.S. citizen and he was a
resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. Surviving
are his widow, Mary; a son, Mano; a
sister, Angela and a son-in-law, Feliz
Plocharczyk of Passaic, N.J.
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Joseph Anthony
Walsh, 70, passed
away from natural
causes in the
Staten Is. (N.Y.)
USPHS Hospital
on June 3. Brother
Walsh joined the
SIU in 1945 in the port of Boston. He
w^s bom in Witless Bay, Newfound
land, Canada and was a resident of
Broolyn, N.Y. Interment was in Green
wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Surviving is
his sister, Mrs. Mary Lundrigan of
Witless Bay.
Richard Bar
tholomew Marchand, 38 died of
heart disease at t he
Mercy Hospital,
New Orleans on
May 20. Brother
Marchand joined
the SIU in the port
of New Orleans in 1977 sailing as a
saloon messman. He was a former
member of the NMU. And a Vietnam
War veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Seafarer Marchand was bom in New
Orleans and was a resident of Kenner,
La. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery,
New Orleans. Surviving are his father,
Paul and ,his mother, Mrs. Kathryn
Falcon of Kenner.
1 Pensioner WII-°
i llam Joseph "the
^Admiral"
McKeon, 79,
passed away from
heart failure in the
Boston USPHS
:Hospital on May
24. Brother
McKeon joined the SIU iii 1943 in the
port of Boston sailing as a cook. He
sailed 31 years. Seafarer McKeon was
born in Massachusetts and was a
resident of Boston. Interment was In
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington,
Mass. Surviving is his sister. Rose M.
Bowler of Arlington.
Pensioner
James Bernard
Morton, 64, suc
cumbed to cancer
in the New Orleans
USPHS Hospital
on May 28. Bro
ther
Morton
joined the SIU in
1938 in the port of Mobile sailing as a
chief steward for Sea-Land and the
Delta and Robin Lines. He sailed 42
years. Seafarer Morton was born in
Poley, Ala. and was a resident of
Mobile. Burial was in Whistler-Ceme
tery, New Orleans. Surviving are a
daughter, Mrs. Patricia M. King of
Ponchatoula, La.; his father James of
Pritchard, Ala.; a sister, Mrs. Edwina
Strickhausen of 8 Mile, Ala. and two
granddaughters, Theresa and Pamela
Richardson.
Robert Hunter
Mullen, 54, died of
arteriosclerosis on
May 5. Brother
Mullen joined the
SIU in the port of
Norfolk in 1970
sailing as a bosun.
He sailed 18 years.
Seafarer Mullen was a veteran of the
U.S. Navy in World War II and the
Korean War. A native of Houston,^ he
was a resident there. Interment was in
Houston National Cemetery. Surviving
are his widow, Audrey and a son, Steve
of Jacksonville.
Pensioner Michael Karl Burhart Sr.,
67, died of natural causes in'the Staten
Island (N.Y.) USPHS Hospital on Oct.
2. 1979. Brother Burhart joined the
Union in the port of New York in 1961
sailing as a deckhand for the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad from 1961 to 1974. He
was born in Massachusetts and was a
resident of Staten Island. Burial was in
Ocean View. Staten Island. Surviving
are two sons. Michael Karl Jr. and
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Pensioner Florenclo Sanchez
Omega Sr., 79,
passed away from
cancer in St.
Patrick Hospital,
Batangas City, P.I.
on Feb. 4 Brother
Omega joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1956
sailing as a yeoman and waiter for the
Isthmian Line. He sailed with the SUP
in 1953 out of the port of San Francisco
and for the U.S. Army Transportation
^Service, Fort Mason, San Francisco
from 1945 to 1949. Seafarer Omega was
born in Palompon, Leyte, P.|. and was a
resident of Batangas City. Burial was in
Floral Garden Cemetery, Batangas
City. Surviving are his widow, Natividad; two sons, Florencio Jr. of Union
City, Calif, and Arturo; two daughters,
Violeta and Adoracuier of San Fran
cisco and a sister-in-law, EliSa Ituralde
of Batangas City.
HQlllsHiifr,67,
died of pneumonia
in New Orleans on
Apr. 4. Brother
Huff joined the
SIU in the port of
Norfolk in 1955
sailing as a chief
cook, baker and
butcher for 30 years. He also rode the
Delta Line. Seafarer Huff was a veteran
of the U.S. Army in World War 11.
Bom in Mississippi, he was a resident of
Seattle. Interment was in Wesley Chapel
Cemetery, Meadville, Miss. Surviving
are his mother, Laura and a sister, Mrs.
Claudia Murray of Meadville.
Merrill Floyd
Hummel, 62, died
of a heart attack
in Reading, Pa. on
I July 24. Brother
Hummel joined
the SIU in 1947 in
the port of Balti
more sailing as a
cook. He sailed 30 years, for Cities
Service and as a waiter for the MSTS in
1955. Bom in Reading, he wasa resident
there. Surviving are a son, Arthur; a
daughter, Lorraine and his mother,
Elsie of Reading.
Pensioner Rob
ert Lee Kelly, 74,
died of cancer in
Doctors Hospital,
Mobile on May31.
Brother Kelly
joined the SIU in
1947 in the port of
New York sailing
as a bosun and cargo engineer. He also
rode the Alcoa Steamship Co. and
American Coal Co. Seafarer Kelly
received a 1960 Union Personal Safety
Award for sailing aboard an accidentfree ship, the SS Alcoa Roamer. He
sailed 55 years and was a boilermaker.
Kelly was born in Virginia and was a
resident of Mobile. Burial was in Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile. Surviving is
his widow, Ida.
Pensioner Joseph Alphonse Lavardln, 53, succumbed to heart-lung failure
in U.S. Veterans Administration Medi
cal Center, New Orleans on Mar. 21.
Brother Lavardin joined the MC&SU in
the port of San Francisco in 1950 sailing
as a 2nd cook. Burial was in the St.
Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans.
Surviving is his widow, Lena Mae.
'' Albert Raymoind Kennedy,
28, died on June
29. Brother Ken
nedy joined the
SIU following his
graduation from
the Harry Lundeberg School Entry
Trainee Program, Piney Point, Md. in
1969. He sailed as an AB and QMED
out of the port of New Orleans last on
the Alaskan oil run in 1979. Seafarer
Kennedy was bom in Bogulusa, La. and
was a resident of Pearl River, La.
Surviving are, his widow, Denise; two
sons, Albert Jr. and James; a daughter,
Brandie and his father, Luther of Pearl
River.
William "BHP
Waters Kingsbury,
63, succumbed tq
cancer on May 12.
Brother Kings
bury joined the
SIU in the port of
New York in 1969 .
sailing as an AB.
He sailed 37 years and rode the Robin
Line. Seafarer Kingsbury upgraded to
quartermaster at Piney Point in 1976.
He retired from the SUP in 1948 sailing
with the Standard Oil Co. from 1935 to
World War 11. From 1948 to 1967, he
was a millwright and iron worker. In
1969, he retired from the Teamsters
Union Local 559. Bom in New York
City, he was a resident of Old Saybrook,
Conn. Burial was in Cedar Hill Ceme
tery, Hartford, Conn. Surviving are his
widow. Vera; his son. Seafarer William
"Bill" W. Kingsbury Jr.—a Piney Point
graduate—and a brother, Joseph of Old
Saybrook,
Anthony John
Marano, 53, died
of cancer in the
New Orleans
USPHS Hospital
on Feb. 1.1, 1972.
Brother Marano
joined the SIU in
the port of New
Orleans in 1956 sailing as a FOWT for
the Delta Line. He was a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. Seafarer
Marano was also a pipefitter. A native
of New York City, he was a resident of
New Orleans. His remains went to
medical science at Louisiana State
University, New Orleans Anatomical
Board. Surviving are his widow, Earlene
of Metairie, La.; three sons, Anthony
Jr., John Jr. of Metairie and Dominick;
three daughters. Vita of Metairie, Ciro
and Catherine and a stepson, William
A. Hillerman.
G. Modica,
59, succumbed to
heart-lung failure
In the Providence
Medical Center,
Seattle on Apr. 6.
Brother Modica
joined the Union
(MC&S) in. the
port of Seattle in 1978 sailing as a chief
cook for the Matson Line and for PMA
from 1968 to 1978. He first sailed from
the West Coast in 1946. Modica was a
veteran of the U.S. Army in World War
II. A native of Louisiana, he was a
resident of Seattle. Interment was in
Evergreen Cemetery, Seattle. Surviving
are his widow, Clara, and a son, Thomas
of Seattle.
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Miguel Burgos
Salcedo, 61, died
of pneumonia on
June 1. Brother
Salcedo joined the
SIU in 1941 in the
port of New York
sailing as a FOWT
I for Puerto Rico Marine and Sea-Land.
Seafarer Salcedo sailed 44 years. He
[walked the picketline in the 1961 N.Y.
[Harbor beef and the 1965 District
Council 37 strike. In 1960, he received a
Union Personal Safety Award for
sailing aboard an accident-free ship, the
SS Seatrain New Jersey. Born in
Naguabo, P.R., he was a resident of
Catano, P.R. Surviving are his widow,
Marcelina; three sons, Rafael, Roberto
and Raymondo and two daughters,
Julia and Mrs. Carmen Parrucci of
Babylon, L.I., N. Y.
Manuel Lagula
Salvador, 40, died
of heart-lung faily urein Bay General
Community Hos-,
pital, Chula Vista,
Calif, on Oct. 21,
1979. Brother Salvador joined the
SIU in the port of Wilmington in 1978
sailing as a cook. He was born in Cavite
City, P.l. Burial was in Holy Cross
Cemetery, San Diego. Surviving are his
widow, Sylvia of National City, Calif.;
two sons, Jericho and Noah; his mother,
Timotea of San Diego and his father,
Edilberto, also of Sah Diego.
Pensioner An
tonio Santiago,
70, succumbed to a
lung clot in the
N ew Orleans
USPHS Hospital
on June 3. Brother
Santiago joined
the SIU in 1938 in
the port of New York sailing as a chief
steward. He sailed 33 years. Seafarer
Santiago was born in Puerto Rico and
was a resident of Pearlington, Miss.
Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery,
New Orleans. Surviving is his widow,
Dolores.
Pensioner
Miguel Angelio
Viera, 62, died of
heart failure at
home in Baltimore on May 26. Bro
ther Viera joined
the SIU in 1947 in
the port of Phila
delphia sailing as a cook. He sailed 35
years. Seafarer Viera attended Piney
Point Crews Conference No. 5. He was
born in Puerto Rico. Burial was in
Baltimore Cemetery. Surviving are his
widow, Thelmita and two daughters,
Arnetta and Augestina.
Pensioner Pete Leon, 79. passed away
from a heart attack in the Quelpue
Hospital. Bilbao. Chile on July 20.1979.
Brother Uon joined the MC&SU in the
port of San Francisco. He started sailing
'n 1935. During World War II, he
Worked for the U-S. Government. Bom
in Chile, he was a resident of Valparaiso.
Chile. Surviving are his widow. Nora; a
son. Anthony; two daughters. Angelina
and Mrs. Petronila Leo ofClvalle. Chile;
a stepson, Herman of San Francisco,
and a sister. Francesca. also of San
Francisco.
Pensioner Les
ter Joseph Mahaffey 70, died of
heart failure in the
New Orleans
USPHS Hospital
on May 7. Brother
Mahaffey joined
the SIU in 1943 in
the port Of Norfolk sailing as a chief
steward. He also rode the Isthmian
Line. Seafarer Mahaffey sailed 51 years.
Born in New Orleans, he was a resident
there. Interment was in St. Bernard
Memorial Park Cemetery, Chajmette,
La. Surviving are a brother, Huey of
New Orleans and a stepdaughter, Mrs.
Shirley M. Taledo, also of New Orleans.
Ching Fook
Wing, 54, died of
heart failure in the
• San Francisco
USPHS Hospital
on Dec. 30, 1979.
Brother Wing
joined the SlU in
the port of San
Francisco in 1968 sailing as a chief
steward. Seafarer Wing sailed 51 years.
Pensioner EvaHe was born in China, was a naturalized
risto V. AldahonU.S. citizen and was a resident of San
do, 68, died of
Francisco. Also he was a veteran of the
natural causes in
U.S. Coast Guard in World War 11.
Long Island Col
Cremation took place in the Pleasant
lege Hospital,
Hill Crematory, Sebastopol, Calif. His
Brooklyn, N.Y. on
ashes were flown to Japan for burial.
July 22. Brother
Surviving are his widow, Eiko KakiAldahondo joined
Pensioner Roy J.
moto of Sasebo Shi, Japan; a son, Glenn
the
SIU
in
1941
in
the
port of Boston
Thomas Boyd, 65,
and his father, Chin Yum Woo.
sailing as a bosun. He sailed 38 years,
died of natural
during
the Korean War and rode the
Pensioner Ar
causes in WoodBull
and
Robin Lines. Seafarer Alda
thur P. Ceto, 62,
ville, Tex. on May
hondo
hit
the bricks in the 1961 Greater
died of natural
3. Brother Boyd
N.Y. Harbor beef. Born in Puerto Rico,
causes in the
joined the SIU in
he
was a resident of Brooklyn. Burial
Staten Is., N.Y.
1946 in the port of
was
in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.
USPHS Hospital
Baltimore sailing
on July 5. Brother Surviving are his widow, Virginia and a
as a chief steward. He was a veteran of
Ceto joined the son, Evaristo Jr. '
the U.S. Army in World War II.
Union (MC&S) in
Seafarer Boyd was born in Georgia and
Pensioner Wil
the port of New York in 1958 sailing as
was a resident of Woodville. Cremation
liam
Boleslaw
an assistant cook. He also sailed on the
took place in the Brookside Crematory,
Rutkowski,
75.
SS President Cleveland (APL). Born in
Houston. Surviving are his widow,
died of heart
Belize City, British Honduras, Central
Jacqueline and his mother. Ruby of
failure
in the_
Arrierica, he was a resident of New York
Abbeville, ^.C.
Contra
Costa
City. And he was a naturalized U.S.
County Health
Pensioner Wil
citizen. Burial was in Fair Lawn (N.J.)
Services
Medical'
liam "Bill" Patrick
Cemetery. Surviving are a daughter,
Center,
Martinez,
Connerty, 63, suc
Geraldine Roland of the Bronx, N.Y.
cumbed to heart
and a brother, Emile Bailey, also of the Calif, on July 25. Brother Rutkowski
joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of
disease in SomerBronx.
New York sailing as a bosun. He sailed
ville (Mass.) Hos
Pensioner
for 45 years. Seafarer Rutkowski hit the
pital on May 17.
Pedro Villa Reyes,
bricks in both the 1961 N.Y. Harbor
Brother Connerty
86,
passed
away
beef and the 1962 Robin Line strike. He
joined the SIU in
from heart-lung
was born in Poland, was a naturalized
the port of New York sailing as a FOWT
failure in the San
U.S. citizen and was a resident of
and engine room delegate. Seafarer
Francisco
General
Walnut
Creek, Calif. Interment was in
Connerty was an ex-prizefighter. He
on
Apr.
Hospital
Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Lafayette,
was born in Cambridge, Mass. and was
13. Brother Reyes
Calif. Surviving are his widow, Maria
a resident of Somerville. Interment was
i joined the SIU in
and a daughter, Elizofia.
in Cambridge Cemetery. Surviving are a
1948
in
the
port
of
New
York
sailing
for
son, Robert; four daughters, Mrs. Carol
Judson Powell Lanile Lamb, 60, died
47 years. He also rode the Isthmian
Ann White of Somerville; Mrs. Walter
in
the USPHS Hospital, Staten Is., N.Y.
Line. A native of the Philippine Islands,
(Patricia) Hilliard, also of Somerville;
on Feb. 10. Brother Lamb joined the
he was a resident of San Francisco.
Mary Jean and Ann Marie and a sister,
SIU
in the port of Houston in 1955
Burial was in Olivet Memorial Park
Mrs. Gertrude Noone of Jamaica
sailing
as a chief steward. He started
Cemetery, Colma, Calif. Surviving is
Plains, Mass.
sailing
in
1937. And he sailed for Moran
his widow, Josefa.
Pensioner MarTowing of Texas in Port Arthur.
Pensioner Lewis Robert Head, 76, Seafarer Lamb was born in Georgia and
c e1 o S is o n
passed away from pneumonia in the . was a resident-of Houston. Cremation
M a g u a d, 7 1,
Faith Medical Center Nursing Home, took place in the Rosehill Crematory,
parsed away from
East
China Twsp., Mich, on July 12.
heart failure in
Linden, N.J. Surviving are his widow.
Brother
Head joined the Union in 1947 Anne; two stepdaughters. Melissa
Manila, P.l. on
in the port of Detroit. He was born in Ira
June 21. Brother
Dozier Jackson and Toni Jackson.
Twsp..
Mich,
and
was
a
resident
of
Maguad joined the
Pensioner Irving Oiarles Edwards,
Wyandotte, Mich. Burial was in Maple
SIU in the port of
Grove Cemetery, Starville, Mich. 74. passed away from a lung ailment in
Savannah in 1955 sailng as a chief cook.
Surviving are his brother and sister-in- Cascade Valley Hospital. Arlington.
He sailed 46 years. Seafarer Maguad
Wash, on Mar. 24. Brother Edwards
law. Mr. and Mrs. John and Irene W.
was born in llo Ho, P.I. and was a
first
sailed on the West Coast in 1952 as
Head of Fairhaven, Mich.
resident of Manila. Burial was in Manila
an assistant cook for Matson Line.
Memorial Park Cemetery, Paranaque.
Pensioner Henry Albert Koerber, 79,
PEE, A PL and the American Mail Line.
Surviving are his widow, Dolores; a son,
passed away from heart failure on
He was born in Port Jervis, N.Y. and
Paul—a 1979 SIU scholarship winner—
arrival at the Paul Kimball Hospital,
was a resident of Arlington. Burial was
and a brother. Alfredo of llo llo and San
Lakewood, N.J. on Aug, 9. Brother
in Arlington Cemetery. Surviving is a
Francisco.
Koerber joined the Union in the port of
brother, Cecil of Albany, N.Y.
New York in 1960 sailing as a bridge and
Pensioner Arthur Herbert Hubbard,
motorman for the Pennsylvania Rail
51. died of arteriosclerosis in the
Edward Salles Rivers, 64. died of
road
from
1923
to
1966.
He
was
also
a
General Mayer Hospital, Algiers. La.
cancer in Gloucester. Mass. on May 18.
carpenter and a former member of the
on Dec. 23. 1979. Brother Hubbard
Brother Rivers joined the merged Union
MM&P Union. Boatman Koerber was a (Atlantic Fishermen's Union in 1980) in
joined the MC&SU in 1950 sailing as a
veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps in
chief cook. He was born in New Orleans
the port of Boston in 1966 sailing as an
World War 1. Bom in Queens, N.Y., he
and was a resident there. Seafarer
AB fisherman. He Was a veteran of the
was a resident of Lakehurst, N.J.
Hubbard was buried in the Olive Branch
U.S. Navy in World War 11. Fisherman
Cremation took place in the Rosehill
Cemetery. New Orleans. Surviving are
Rivers was born in Gloucester and was a
his widow. Helen; a son. Verdell of New (N.J.) Crematory. Surviving are his resident there. Burial was in Calvary
widow, Margaret and a daughter, Cemetery, Gloucester. Surviving is his
Orleans; a daughter. Beverly and a
Gloria.
widow, Angela.
sister. Mrs. Betty Cemp of New Orleans.
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Daniel Joseph McMullen, 60,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1956 sailing as an AB.
Brother McMullen sailed 33 years
and during the Vietnam War. He hit
the bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y.
Harbor beef, attended a 1972 Piney
Point Educational Conference and
upgraded to quartermaster there in
1975. Seafarer McMullen is a
wounded veteran of the U.S; Army in
World War II. A native of Brooklyn,
N.Y., he is a resident of Reading, Pa.
Calvin Boyer Stewart, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of Boston m 1969
sailing as a QMED. Brother Stewart
attended the 1970 Piney Point Crews
Conference. He was born in Prince
Edward Is., Canada and is a resident
of Lisbon Falls, Me.
Oscar "Al" Rpnda Vasquez, 69,
joined the SIU in the port of New
Orleans in 1959 sailing as a FO^T.
Brother Vasquez was born in Chile
and is a resident of San Francisco.
Adrian Cahdelaria Torres, 65,
joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of
New York sailing as a bosun. Brother
Torres sailed 43 years. He was born
in Puerto Rico and is a resident of
Baltimore.
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Vincent Thomas Yates, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of Tampa in 1959
sailing as a chief electrician and
engine delegate. Brother Yates sailed
29 years. He was born in Honduras,
is a naturalized U.S. citizen and is a
resident of Tampa.
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the SIU in the port of New York m
1970 sailing as an AB. Brother
2^mbrano was on the picket line in
the 1971 maritime beef. He was bom
in Ecuador and is a naturalized U.S.
citizen. Seafarer Zambrano is a
resident of the Bronx, N.Y.
Woodrow Wilson Ball Sr., 62,
joined the Union in the port of
Norfolk in 1965 sailing as a tankerman for McAllister Brothers from
1964 to 1980. Brother Ball was born
in Louisburg, N.C. and is a resident
of Chesapeake, Va.
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William Wren Quin,60, joined the
SIU in the port of New Orleans in
1955 sailing as a chief electrician.
Brother Quin sailed 18 years. Healso
sailed as a 3rd assistant engineer for
MEBA District 2 in 1966 after he
graduated from the MEBA School of
Engineering, Brooklyn, N.Y. Sea
farer Quin was a former member of
the Steelworkers Union, Local 1010
and the IBEW. He is a veteran of the
U.S. Marine Corps in World War 11.
Born in Mississippi, he is a resident of
New Orleans.
William Ogden Boiling, ^5, joined
the SIU in 1944 in the port of Norfolk
sailing as an AB for the ^Ua Une^
Brother Boiling also worked on the
Delta New Orleans Shoregang. He is
a veteran of the U.S. Army during the
Korean War. Seafarer Boiling was
born in Norfolk, Va. and is a resident
of SlidelU LaFranklin Nathaniel Cain, 69,
joined the SIU in the port of N^ew
Orleans in 1955 sailing as a chief
steward. Brother Cain is a veteran of
the U.S. Navy in World War 11. He
was born in Pearlington, Miss, and is
-a resident of Bay St. Louis, Miss. i
Anthony J. Zanca, 65, Joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1956
sailing as a waiter. Brother Zanca
sailed 40 years. He speaks four
languages. Seafarer Zanca was bom
in Brooklyn, N.Y; and is a resident of
St. Bernard, La.
Evaristo R. Pantoja, 62, joined
the SIU in 1943 in the port of New
Orleans sailing as a bosun. Brother
Pantoja hit the bricks in the 1961
Greater N.Y. Harbor beef. He was
bom in Puerto Rico and is a resident
of Catano, P.R.
Richard Jackson Conner, 62,
joined the Union in the port of
Philadelphia in 1961 sailing as a
captain for Independent Towing
from 1936 to 1980. Brother Conner is
a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World
War 11. He was borri in Conestoga,
Pa. and is a resident of Buena Vista,
Martin Kowalski Sr., 67, joined
the Union in the port of Detroit in
1957 sailing as a FOWT. Brother
Kowalski sailed 31 years. He was
bom in Michigan and is a resident of
St. Ignace, Mich.
Mario P. Nolasco, 59, joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1958
sailing as a cook and oiler. Brother
Nolasco upgraded at the HLS, Piney
Point, Md. in 1972. He was born in
the Philippine Islands and is a
resident of San Francisco.
Colo.
Elliott Stewart Gordon, 62, joined
the Union in the port of St. Louis in
1962 sailing as a chief engineer for
Bernhardt Brothers, Inland Tugs and
ACBL He also worked for the
Ashland Oil Refining Co. from 1946
to I960. Brother Gordon was a
former member of the ^ Marine
Engineers Beneficial Assn. (MEBA).
And he is a veteran of the U.S. Navy
in World War II. Born in Frankfort,
Ky he is a resident of Lexington,
William Ronald Eden, 71, joined
the Union in Pprt Arthur, Tex. in
1963 sailing as a cook for Moran
Towing, Sabine Towing and D.M.
Picton. Brother Eden was a former
member of the NJ^U and UMB
Union. He is a veteran of the U.S.
Army's Military Police Corps in
World War II. Boatman Eden was
" born in Grand Cayman, B.W.I. and
is a resident of Port Neches, Tex.
Overseas Vivian CommiWee
Manuel Barros Silva, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of New York in
1959 sailing as an AB. Brother Silva
sailed 36 years. He also sailed 10
years as a room steward for Ameri
can President Lines. Seafarer Silva
was also a member of the Teamsters
Union. A native of Hawaii, he is a
resident of Milledgeville, Ga.
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four weeks. That's right. In just
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you. Where? Aboard the d'epel-wwer^ U.S.flag ships under contract with the blU.
improved their pay and job security.
Learn Diesel Engineering at
The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
Hdqs. Patrolman Ted
committee and crewmembers of theST
^ month.They are{seated 1. to
a payoff at Stapleton Anc^
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Senate Conservatives to Jobless: ^Eat Cake'
Exfension of Unemployment Benefits Axed
A
TTEMPTS to extend unem, ployment compensation
benefits an extra ten weeks so
that American'Workers could
better cope with the effects of a
lagging economy have been dealt
a serious set-back by Senate
conservatives.
Earlier this year, in a 336-71,
vote, the House of Representa
tives passed a bill that would have
extended unemployment benefits
an extra ten weeks, from the
present 39 weeks to 49. President
Carter and the AFL-CIO are
strong advocates of such a move.
Senate conservatives, led by
David Boren (D-Okl.), were able
to attach damaging amendments
to a Senate version of the bill.
Rather than accept the Senate
version. House members have
decided to let the bill go to
conference, where a joint panel of
senators and members of the
House of Representatives will
meet and hopefully agree to a
compromise concerning the
proposed extension of unem
ployment benefits.
Both the Senate and'House
versions of the bill call for a 10
week extension of unemploy
ment benefits. But where the
House version would leave the
present structure of dispensing
benefits intact, the Senate version
would make permanent and farreaching changes.
Unemployment benefits are
, divided into two types; state
compensation benefits, which
account for 26 weeks, and
extended federal benefits, which
account for 13. Once a worker
uses up his 26 weeks of state
unemployment benefits, an
automatic trigger goes into effect,
and the worker is eligible for 13
weeks of Federal benefits.
Senate conservatives would
abolish the national trigger
device and impose harsher
Federal standards for extended
Federal unemployment benefits.
It is estimated that 385,000
workers would be made ineligible
for continued benefits under such
a move, at a time when un
employment has become an unu
sually severe national problem.
The Senate version calls for a
blanket disqualification of
people who voluntarily quit their
jobs, were discharged for "cause"
or .who refused "suitable"
employment. At the present time,
the Federal government accepts
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
judgements made by the state
governments.
The most hotly debated
amendment is the one that would
require a worker receiving
extended Federal benefits to
U.S.-Chma Ink 4-Year Grain Deal
Following closely on the heels
of the historic bi-Iateral trade
pact signed with the People's
Republic of China in September,
the U.S. has once again wrapped
up an agreement with the PRC
that could bode well for the U.S.
maritime industry.
The Carter Administration
announced on October 22 the
signing of a four-year grain deal
with China that provides for the
shipment of some six to nine
million tons of U.S. corn and
wheat to China in each of the
next four years.
The pact is scheduled to go into
effect on January 1, 1981.
Though it's not immediately
known to what extent it might
effect the U.S. maritime industry,
the pact will ensure a continued
healthy trade relationship
between the U.S. and China.
According to terms of the
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Angus "Red" Campbell
Chairman, Seafarers Appeab Board
27S • 20tii Street, Brooklyn, N.V. 1I2IS
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeqls Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
^nd conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
'•heets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU
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earlier bi-lateral trade agreement,
the U.S. and Chinese merchant
fleets are each entitled to carry at
leak a third of the ocean-borne
commerce moving between the
two countries.
But whether or not the bi
lateral trade agreement would
have any real effect on U.S.
China grain shipments, and the
number of American ships
involved in that trade, remains to
be seen.
U.S.-Brazfl Ink Maritime
Pact for 3 More Years
The U.S. and Brazil late last
month signed a 10-year-dld mari
time agreement for three more years
which assures each country's na
tional flag vessels equal access to
Government-controlled cargoes of
both countries, according to
MARAD.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so aS to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SlU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are tp be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
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the various trust funds.
accept any job with a take-home
pay equal to the amount of his
unemployment benefit, as long as
it is not less than the Federal
minimum wage. Many experts
feel that this would deprive
workers of any flexibility they
presently have in finding suitable
long-term jobs.
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patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally-refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any olficial capacity in the SIU unless an
otficial Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels thai he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited.to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection witlr such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a member feels that any of the above rights
have been violated, or that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or Infor
mation, he should Immediately notify SIU President Frank
Drozak at Headquarters by certified mall, return receipt
requested. The address Is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.
11232.
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is an excellent program for anyone.
The teachers prepare a student to
take the GED test and you receive
personal attention," he said.
The high school equivalency
program is designed to help aU
seafarers and boatmen get their high
school diplomas. An individualized
course of study is made for each
person to make sure he learns all
that he needs to get a diploma.
Seafarer Brown said, "The indivi
dualized program helped to stimu
late the self-motivation in me to
learn."
Because of the high school equiva
lency program at the Harry Lunde
berg School of Seamanship, 75
seafarers and boatmen have gotten
their diplomas. Brother Brown is an
example of the success that any SIU
member can have. And Melvin has
plans to upgrade to QMED as soon
as he has enough seatime.
If you are interested in the high
DUCATION is very important
to many seafarers and their
personal goals can come true
through the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship.
Seafarer Melvin "Wizard" Brown
of New York has taken advantage of
several programs. He recently
completed the high school equiva
lency program and earned his
diploma.
During the two and a half years
that Seafarer Brown has sailed with
the SIU, te has taken the FOWT,
Diesel E.igines, LNG Safety and
Welding Courses at the Lundeberg
School.
"While taking the Vocational
courses, 1 found out about the GED
program and decided to take this
opportunity to get my diploma," he
said. Brother Brown dropped out of
school in 'the tenth grade. He
commented that he received a lot of
help from the Academic Staff. "This
y-r.
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class
Class B Class C
Port
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore......;
Norfolk
.....'.
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston ....
Port Arthur
-.
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
^.
T.......
.'
..X.
;.................
....
"
-.
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.:
0
0
0
4
0
1
1
1
2
0
2
0
1
3
19
0
0
2
7
43
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
6
1
0
0
0
4
3
0
, 2
3
3
29
0
0
0
2
,0
0
1
22
0
0
•6
0
6
4
6
0
6
0
46
99
Port
0
0
0
• 0
0
1
0
0
1
0
. 1
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0"
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Port
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
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TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
18
0
1
2
1
26
0
0
0
0
0
,0
0
4
0
0
3
0
0
3
0
0
1
3
1
15
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
10
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
17
0
0
0
2
2
0
3
0
4
0
1
7
51
0
5
0
13
98
.0
0
0
7
0
4
1
10
2
0
6
0
0
10
8
0
4
5
12
69
0
0
0
'5
0
3
1
19
1
0
9
0
6
10
14
0
11
2
161
242
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
7
To
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Q.X
0'
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
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Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
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ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Boston
.t......
New York
Philadelphia
:
Baltimore........
...
Norfolk
...
Tampa
Mobile
....
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
;
Wilmington
'
Seattle ;
.....
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur.
:.
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
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When throwing in for work
during a job call at any SIU
Hiring Hall, boatmen must
produce the following:
• membership certificate
(where possessed)
• registration card
• clinic card
• seaman's papers
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boston
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Notice On Job
Call Procedure
(inland)
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
SEPT. 1-30,1980
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school equivalency program, con
tact the Academic Department,
Harry Lundeberg School of Sea
manship, Piney Point, Maryland
20674 or call (301) 994-0010.
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
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;
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Totals All Departments.
^
-.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
55
30
104
0
0
0
0
0
,0
.0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
—0
0
1
0
4
8
32
15
18
116
o
0
0
0
0
0
0
•1
2
0
•
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
16
20
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•"Total Registered" means the number ofYnen who actualiy registered for shipping at the port last month
'•"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
34 / LOG / November 1980
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Legal Aid
In the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.V.
Schulman & Abarhanel
350 Fifth Avenue
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, New York, N.Y. 10001
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan. Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson ^
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879--9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. ^
John Paul Jennings, Hennmg,
Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Francisco. California 94104|
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. I Ecker Bid.
San Francisco. Calif. 94105
Tele'.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
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Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel. Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile. Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit. Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
Two Main Street
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Gloucester, Ma.ssachusetts 0193o|
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
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Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza .
Seattle. Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago. Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263-6330
�Tug McGraw Sails in World Ghamp Philly Harbor
Male Joe Worrell is all smiles as he moves the Tug
McGraw into position at Philadelphia's Penn's
Landing, sporting, of course, a Phillies' cap
The SlU-contracted Taylor and
Anderson Towing Company and
the Philadelphia Phillies Baseball
Club now have a common name
on their respective rosters—that
being "Tug McGraw" or Frank
"Tug" McGraw as the case may he.
In a move essentially designed to
call attention to Philadelphia's
Phillies' ace reliever Tug McGraw gives the thumbs up
to Taylor Anderson's Tug McGraw and her SlU crew.
It vyas a thumbs up day for Tug all around as Phils won
the series and he recorded the save.
waterfront, which is in serious
need of refurbishing, Taylor and
Anderson renamed their 38 yearold tugboat *T and A No. 12" to
the Tug McGraw after the ace of
the Phillies bullpen. The renaming
ceremony, held at Penn's Landing
was not only productive but also a
good deal of fun as McGraw (i.e*.
Unemployment Dips to 7.5%
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Sep
tember's nationwide unemployment
rate dipped to 7.5 percent down
from August's 7.6 percent and July's
7.8 percent. The jobless rate was the
lowest since April's 7 percent.
Commissioner Janet L. Norwood
of the Labor Department's Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS) told a
Congressional Joint EconomicComraittee hearing that the new unem
ployment rate showed "further
evidence of gradual improvement."
She also told the hearing that "I
think we have certainly stopped
going down." And added that
"unemployment rates usually con
tinue to rise for a few months after
an improvement in the economy."
More than 60 percent of the 172
industries in the BLS count regis
tered job gains in September. BLS
reported that nearly 200,000 work
ers found jobs in September mostly
in the construction industry, durable
goods manufacturing (100,000 more
jobs since July), trades and services.
This swells the employment rate to
97.2 million working; 7.8 million
unemployed.
Dr. Norwood further observed
that since July the number of jobless
here in the U.S. had decreased by
about 400,000 workers.
A Washington economist, Mic
hael Evans said he thought "the
(jobless) number is real" and that
unemployment may stay below 7.7
percent in 1980's final quarter.
The most significant gains in
September occurred among women
whose jobless rate declined to 6.1
percent from August's 6.5 percent.
And among teenagers whose unem
ployment rate fell to 17.5 percent
from August's 19.1 percent.
The unemployment rate for adult
men rose to 6.7 percent in Septem
ber from August's 6.6 percent.
Though the jobless rate for whites
dropped from 6.8 percent to 6.5
percent in September, joblessness
for blacks and other minorities
climbed to 14.2 percent from 13.6
percent in August.
White collar employment fell off
in August, but employment among
the blue collar workers went up after
eight straight months of declines.
Employment among farm workers
also rose.
In September also, "discouraged"
workers who have given up looking
for work increased to 930,000 a
jump of 52,000 workers since June.
Although most of the "discouraged"
are women and blacks, the jump
happened among men and whites
mostly.
Those out of work for 27 weeks or
more rose by 5,000 to 930,000 in
September. The average length of
unemployment of 8.2 weeks in
creased for the fourth month in a
row.
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McGraw is the apple of a Philly fan's eye as he stands
on the bow of the tug that got his name.
the pitcher) vvas on hand to mug
for some photographs and sign
autographs for the himdreds of
Phillies' fans who were on hand.
The October 21st ceremony
must have been an inspiration to
McGraw because that very night
he and his teammates went on to
defeat the Kansas City Royals in
the final game of the World Series
and become the World Cham
pions of Baseball for the first time
in the team's history.
Incidentally, Tug McGraw got
the save in that game and as he
struck out the last batter you could
hear a steamwhistle toot on the
Delaware River.
Would you like to get your
High School Diploma?
We would like to help you.
Here's ail you have to do:
Come to the Seafarers
Harry Lundeberg School
of Seamanship
If earning your diploma is
something you have been
putting off, delay no more.
Fill out this coupon and
send for your application kit
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE
Are you an SlU member
book number
Dyes Dno
• Please send me an application and pretest packet.
• Please send more Information on the GED program.
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School of Seamanship
PIney Point, Maryland 20674
November 1980
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secure veterans status and
benefits for American merchant
seamen who served their country
during World War II won the
formal support of the AFL-CIO
last month.
In a letter to Air Force
Secretary Hans M. Mark, AFLCIO President Lane Kirkland
said "American merchant
mariners who served during
World War II have never
received the official recognition
which their service, dedication
and certainly their battle
casualties warrant."
Secretary Mark is a member of
the joint Civilian/Military
.Review Board named by the
Secretary of Defense to consider
the applications of civilian
military support groups for
veteran status.
An application on behalf of all
maritime union veterans of
World War II including SIU
members, was submitted to the
Review Board by the Joint
casualty record for the Merchant
Maritime Congress in January.
To date, about a dozen civilian Marine during World War II is
groups who played key support direct testimony, written in flesh
roles during wartime have been and blood, of the military nature
awarded veterans status. While of their employment in time of
the Board is reportedly close to a war or national emergency. The
ruling on the maritime unions American Merchant Marine has
applications, no decision has yet always responded fully to
national defense needs without
been issued.
The AFL-CIO's strong sup reservation."
Favorable action on the
port, however, may spur the
application, Kirkland added, is
Board on to early action.
In his appeal for a favorable "an excellent opportunity for the
ruling on the merchant marine Dept. of Defense to further
applicafion Kirkland pointed out strengthen the close relationship
that "the personnel who man our which must exist between our
ships have built a history and Merchant Marine and our
tradition of solid and self- Armed Forces."
The application for veterans
sacrificing support for the Armed
Forces in the defense of our status presented to the Board
country. Unique among all early this year was filed on behalf
civilian industries," he said, of 250,000 merchant seamen, the
"their support takes them directly largest non-combat group to
into the hazards of combat serve during World War II.
Three volumes worth of
during war."
In his strongly-worded testa documentation, representing
ment to the wartime contribu months of in-depth work, made
tions of the U.S. merchant
up the application which was
marine, Kirkland stated "the submitted under the provisions
• the group applying received
military training and acquired a
military capability or the services
perforpied by such group were
critical to the success of a military
mission;
• the members of the group
were subject to military justice,
discipline and control;
• the members of the group
were permitted to resign;
• the members of the group
were susceptible to assignment
for duty in a combat zone, and;
• the members of the group
had reasonable expectations that
their service would be considered
active military service.
Help Your Brother Down the Road to Sobriety
••1
eeing a blind man Walk down a street makes the rest of us thankful
for our sight. Perfect strangers, as well as friends, don't hesitate to offer a guiding
arm to the blind because we all thjnk it must be a terrible thing to be unable to see
where you're going.
An alcoholic can't see where he's going either, only alcoholics
don't have friends. Because a friend wouldn't let another man blindly travel a
course that has to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his family.
And that's where an alcoholic is headed.
Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem is just
as easy—and just as important—as steering a blind man across a street. All
you have to do is take that Seafarer by the arm and guide him to the Union's
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive the care and counseling
he needs. And hell get the support of brother SIU members who are fighting
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the same tough battle he is back to a healthy, productive alcohol-free life.
The road back to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. But because of
ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't have to travel the distance alone.
And by guiding a brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center,
youH be showing him that the first step back to recovery is only an
arm's length away.
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Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical arid counseling
records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept
anywhere except at The Center.
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Title IV includes five criteria
used as the basis for determin
ing the eligibility of the group
applying fpr veterans status.
While the criteria are "advisory,"
the maritime unions' application
answered each one of them,
including:
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Anthony Sacco
Seafarer
Anthony "Tony"
Sacco, 20, grad
uated from^he
HLS in 1978.
Brother Sacco
upgraded to AB
there last year.
He earned the
CPR, lifeboat
and firefighting endorsements. Born
in Brooldyn, N.Y., he lives in St.
Louis, Mo. and ships out of the port
of New York.
John Micklos
Seafarer
John Mitrklos
graduated from
the HLS in 1977.
He upgraded to
AB in 1979.
Brother Micklos
has the LNG,
CPR, firefight
ing and lifeboat
tickets. He is a U.S. Army veteran.
And he ships out of the ports of^
Baltimore and New York.
Victor John DeGroot
Seafarer
Victor John
DeGroot, 21, is a
1977 HLS grad
uate. He upgraded to
FOWT. Brother
DeGroot earned
his CPR, life
boat and firefighting endorsements. DeGroot
1 lives in and ships out of the port of
New York.
G.S. Vanover
Seafarer G.S.
Vanover, 25,
graduated from
the HLS Entry
Program in 1979.
Brother Vanover upgraded
to LNG AB in
1980. He holds
the CPR, fireI fighting and lifeboat tickets. Born in
Oregon, he lives in the state of
Washington and ships out of ports
on the West Coast.
Jeffrey Yarmola
Steven Wagner
Samson Orlan Sandven
Seafarer Jeff r e y "Jeff"
Yarmola, 19,
graduated from
the HLS in 1978.
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Brother Yar
mola upgraded
to FOWT there
in 1979, QMED
in 1980 and
earned his high school diploma also.
He rode the LNG Aquarius and Leo
(Energy Transport) on her maiden
voyage. Yarmola also earned the
CPR, firefighting and lifeboat
tickets. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he
resides in Chicago, III. and ships out
of the port of New York.
Seafarer
Steven Wagner,
25, graduated
from the HLS in
1978. Brother
Wagner got his
training and
earned his high
school diploma
GED the same
year. He sails as assistant cook since
upgrading this year and as chief
cook on the LNG Leo. Wagner also
sailed on the maiden voyages of the
LNG Gemini and Virgo (Energy
Transport). A native of Louisville,
Ky., he ships out of the ports of
Baltimore and New York,
Seafarer Sam
son Orlan Sand
ven, 26, grad
uated from the
Harry Lundeberg School
Entry Trainee
Program, Piney
Point, Md. in
1977. Brother
Sandven upgraded there to firemanwatertender. He holds the firefight
ing, lifeboat and CPR tickets. His
ambition is to be an engineer. Born
in New Albany, Ind., he ships out of
the port of New York.
Edward James Dandy
Stephen Gateau
Seafarer Ed
ward James
Dandy, 25, is a
1977 HLS grad
uate. ' Brother
Dandy in 1979,
upgraded to
FOWT. Next
I year he plans to
I get his QMED
rating. He
earned the lifeboat, firefighting and
CPR endorsements. And he also
earned an associate, two-year degree
in Liberal Arts from the State
University of N.Y. Alfred, N.Y.
Dandy lives in Ogdensburg, N.Y.
and ships out of the port of New
York.
J. L. Dunn
Seafarer J.L.
Dunn, 30, is a
1971 graduate of
the HLS, Brook
lyn, N.Y. Brot h e r Dunn
upgraded to AB
in 1977. He has
the CPR, fire
fighting and
lifeboat tickets. And he has sailed on
the Vietnam Sealift. Dunn is also a
U.S. Army veteran. A native of
California, he lives in the state of
Washington and ships out of West
Coast ports.
Albert Caulder
Seafarer AlI bert Caulder, 32,
is a 1967 HLS
I graduate. He
was among the
1 first group of
trainees at Piney
Point. Brother
Caulder up
graded to AB
there in 1978. He has the CPR,
firefighting, LNG and lifeboat
endorsements. Caulder was in the
U.S. Marine Corps 10 years with the
Force Recon unit doing two tours of
duty in Vietnam on the frontlines.
He has already applied for the
proposed 3rd Mate Course at the
HLS.
Seafarer
Stephen Gateau,
21, is a 1978
HLS graduate.
Brother Gateau
upgraded to AB
in 1979: He
holds the life
boat, firefight
ing and CPR
tickets. Gateau ships out of various
ports.
John Frederick Tubman
S e a f a re r
John Frederick
Tubman, 52,
sails in the deck
department as
an A B and
bosun. Brother
Tubman started
sailing with the
SIU in 1965
joining the Union in the port of
Baltimore in 1969. He is a graduate
of the HLS, San Francisco. Tubman
was a f ormer member of the SU P for
five .years. Born in Secretary, Md.,
he is a resident of Salisbury, Md.
and ships out of the port of
Baltimore.
David Aaron Murray
S e a Ta r e r
David Aaron
Murray grad
uated from the
HLS Trainee
Program in
1975. He also
got his GED
degree. Brother
Murray upgraded to AB in 1978. And he holds
the firefighting, CPR and lifeboat
endorsements. Born in Hartford,
Conn., he resides in Bethesda, Md.
and ships out of the port of New
York.
Howard 8. Francis
Seafarer Ho
ward Francis,
59, sails in the
deck department
as an AB Quar
termaster. Bro
ther Francis has
been, an SIU
member 13
years. He has
the cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) firefighting and lifeboat
endorsements. A U.S. Navy retiree,
he operates his own fishing boat
when not shipping out. Francis ships
out of the port of Wilmington, Calif.
Monthly Membership
Meetings
Port
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Algonac
Houston
New Orleans ........
Mobile
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Piney Point ,....v...
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Columbus
Chicago
Port Arthur
St. Louis
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Honolulu
Date
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Dec. 9
Dec. 10
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Dec. 12
Dec. 15
Dec. 16
Dec. 17
Dec. 18
Dec. 22
Dec. 26.....
Dec. 13
Dec. II
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Dec. 16
Dec. 16
Dec. 19
Dec. 18
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Upgrading Class Schedules For Jan.-June Are Announced
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Upgrading class schedules for the first six months of 1981 are
announced by the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship.
To register for any of the following courses, use the Upgrading
Application form which is published in this issue of THE LOG.
January 1981
LNG: Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
QMED: Jan. 15-April 9.
FOWT: Jan. 29-Feb. 26.
Marine Electronics: Jan. 5-Feb. 12.
Diesel (unlicensed): Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
Diesel (Licensed/T.I. Scholarship): Jan. 5-Feb. 28.
Conveyorman: Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
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Towhoat Operator (T.I. Scholarship): Jan. 5-Feb. 26.
Able Seaman: Jah. 5-Jan. 29.
Lifeboatman: Jan. 2-Jan. 15; Jan. 15-Jan. 29, Jan. 29-Feb. 12.
Tankerman: Jan. ^-Jan. 15; Jan. 15-Jan. 29; Jan. 29-Feb. 12.
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Pumproom Maintenance & Operation: Feb. 16-M^r. 26. Lifeboatman: Feb. 12-Feb. 26; Feb. 26-Mar. 12.
Tankerman: Feb. 12-Feb. 26; Feb. 26-Mar. 12.
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QMED: May 7-July 30.
FOWT: May 21-June 18.
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Marine Electronics: May 25-July 2.
Welding: May 25-June 18.
Towhoat Operator: May 11-July 2.
Celestial Navigation: May 25-June 25.
Able Seaman: May 22-June J8.
Lifeboatman: May 7-May 21; May 21-June 4.
Tankerman: May 7rMay 21; May 2Mune 4.
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XNG: June 22-July 16.
Refrigeration Systems, Maintenance & Operations: June 2-July 30:
Diesel (unlicensed): June 22-July 16.
Diesel (Licensed/T.I. Scholarship): June 22-Aug. 13.
Pumproom Maintenance & Operation: June 8-July 16.
Towhoat Operator (T.I. Scholarship): June 22-Aug. 6.
Quartermaster: June 19-July 16
Lifeboatman: June 4-June 18; June i8-July 2.
Tankerman: June 4-June 18; June 18-July 2.
Courses may be added or cancelled, and dates may be changed,
depending upon the particular needs of our membership and the
special requirements of the industry.
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Refrigeration Systems, Maintenance & Operation: Mar. 2-April9.
Diesel (unlicensed): Mar. 20-April 23.
Diesel (Licensed/T.I. Scholarship): Mar, 20-May 21.
Automation: Mar. 30-April 23.
Welding: Mar. 2-Mar. 26.
Towhoat Operator (T.I. Scholarship): Mar. 30-May 14.
Celestial Navigation: Mar. 2-April 2.
Pilot: Mar. 16-May 7.
Quartermaster: Mar. 2-Mar. 26.
Able Seaman: Mar. 27-April 23.
Lifeboatman: Mar. 12-Mar. 26; Mar. 26-April 9.
Tankerman: Mar. 12-Mar. 26; Mar. 26-April 9.
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LNG: April 27-May 21.
Able Seaman: April 24-May 21.
Lifeboatman: April 9-April 23; April 23-May 7.
Tankerman: April 9-April 23; April 23-May 7.
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(Ogden Marine) at a payoff there on Oct. 16. They are (I. to r.) Chief Steward
John "Big Train" Hunt, secretary-reporter; Recertified Bosun Walter L. Compton.
ship's Qhairman; OS Clay Brown, AB David Hartman, deck delegate and 37year SlU member and 3rd Cook Ray Lawrence, steward delegate.
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...AND MAKE MONEY. The cargo doesn't move
without the skill and say-so of the Chief Pump
man. He's top man. So he earns top dollar for his
skills.
Get those skills
Get your Chief Pumpman endorsement
Take the Pumproom Maintenance and Operations
course at SHLSS. It starts Feb. 16 and continues
through Mar. 26.
To enroll, see your SlU Representative or contact
SHLSS.
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Entry Program: From.
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Upgrading Program: From .
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Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat:
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Marine Electrical Maintenance
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Operation
Automation
(• Maintenanceof Shipboard
Refrigeration Systems
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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November 1980
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Headlines:
TOO MUCH GOV'T HOLDS BACK MARITIME PROGRESS
MTD PRESSING ACTION ON FISH BILL, FED AGENCIES USE OF U.S. FLAG
SIU-BACKED BILL ENACTED TO IMPROVE TOWING SAFETY
SS POET MISSING IN ATLANTIC WITH CREW OF 34
REAGAN, REPUBLICANS WINNERS IN ELECTION
USC TO ESTABLISH PAUL HALL CHAIR IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION
CARTER SIGNS BILL GIVING U.S. COAL SHIPS PREFERENCE TO UNLOAD
REPUBLICANS GAIN CONTROL OF THE SENATE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL HAVE MANY NEW FACES
AFL-CIO PRES. KIRKLAND 'READY TO COOPERATE' WITH NEW ADMINISTRATION
INCREASED POLITICAL ACTION & IMPROVED SERVICES TO MEMBERS, PENSIONERS GOAL OF NEW SIU PROGRAM
SIU WINS CASE VS. USCG ON YELLOWSTONE LOSS
WHAT A CREW: SAVE BOAT PEOPLE, DELIVER BABY
IT'S OFFICIAL: DECK DEPT.'S CAN CARRY TO% BLUE TICKETS
N.Y. PORT COUNCIL INSTITUTES PAUL HALL MEMORIAL AWARD: SEA-LAND'S HITLZHEIMER 1ST RECIPIENT
SIU WINS 50% SPR CARGO GUARANTEE FOR U.S. SHIPS
FORGOTTEN BY HISTORY, BUTTON GWINNETT LIVES AGAIN
MCCARTNEY BLASTS FEDS FOR SKIRTING U.S. FLAG SHIPS
RETIREE, 92, PATRIARCH OF PROUD SIU FAMILY
T.I. WANTS PROPOSED AIR QUALITY REGS RE-EVALUATED
SIU COULD BE CREWING 6 MORE BRAND NEW LNGS BY 1985
SIU CREWS NEW SEA-LAND D-9, INDEPENDENCE
G&H PUTS 7TH BRAND NEW TUG INTO SERVICE: MORE JOBS FOR BOATMEN
SIU WILL CONTINUE TO FILL LEADERSHIP ROLE
10 SIU BOATS ESCORT SARATOGA ON DATE FOR OVERHAUL
ACADEMIC STAFF IS DEVELOPING AN INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM
TOWBOAT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WILL HELP YOU GET AHEAD
SHLSS OFFERS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN MARITIME FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT
CLOTHING WORKERS WIN 17-YEAR STEVENS BATTLE
IF U.S. SENDS OIL TO ISRAEL, U.S. FLAG WILL CARRY PERCENTAGE
SENATE CONSERVATIVES TO JOBLESS: 'EAT CAKE'
U.S.-CHINA INK 4 YEAR GRAIN DEAL
SEAFARER SAYS GETTING H.S. DIPLOMA WAS A WIZ
TUG MCGRAW SAILS IN WORLD CHAMP PHILLY HARBOR
AFL-CIO BACKS VA BENEFITS FOR SEAMEN ISSUE
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1980
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Ralph Quinnonez.One of the Best, Dies at 63
Ralph Quinnonez, Atlantic
Coast and Gulf Director of the
SIUNA affiliated United Indus
trial Workers, whose career in the
labor movement was as farreaching as it was productive,
died suddenly, Dec. 4. He had
been a mainstay of the New York
political scene, as well as one of
the highest ranking native born
Puerto Ricans ip organized
labor. He was 63 years old.
As a young man, Quinnonez
had worked on the docks, where
he earned a reputation for being
tough yet honest. When he joined
the UIW in the early fifties', he
played an instrumental role in the
turbulent waterfront beefs.
Before joining the UIW (then
called the MA WD), he had been
active in the Teamsters Union,
where he made personal contacts
that proved to be indispensable
to the political growth of both the
UIW and its parent organization,
the SIUNA.
He had a reputation for being a
top-flight organizer. He brought
that skill to many important
. campaigns, from the bloody
Roter-Broil organizing drive that
helped establish the UIW as a
potent force in the industrial
worker field, to the Chicago
Taxi Beef, where he served as the
late Paul HalPs right hand man.
He spent much of his time in
recent years directing the UIW's
organizing drive in the Virgin
Islands. Since 1976, he helped to
sign up nearly 4,000 workers
there, half of them in the public
sector.
The UIW had represented the
3,000 workers at the Seatrain
Shipyard in Brooklyn until it was
forced to close down last year
because of the chronic economic
problems facing the U.S.
shipbuilding industry. At the
time of his death, Quinnonez had
been working with representa
tives from the government and
private sector to help devise a
The late Ralph Quinnonez.
One of Top Officers of SlU-Affiliated UIW
The late Ralph Quinnonez (right) was a delegate to the 1980 National Democratic Convention last summer. With Brother.
Quinnonez on the Convention floor when this photo was taken were, from the left: Bill Dobbins. UfW Columbus. Qhio: Frank
Pecquex, SlU legislative representative, and Felix Francis, UIW Virgin Islands Area Director.
plan that would enable the
Brooklyn y^d to re-open.
He was instrumental in
protecting the welfare of those
workers who lost their jobs when
the yard closed. Largely through
his efforts, the workers were
granted Trade Adjustment
Assistance from the Federal
government, which ^ meant that
tliey could receive 75% of their
base wages for one year, as well as
supplemental funds to learn new
skills.
Dem Convention Delegate
Quinnonez was very active in
both local and national politics.
He was elected delegate to the
National Democratic Conven
tion in 1976, and again in 1980.
He was a close personal and
political friend of Governor
Hugh Carey of New York and a
key figure in the Labor for Carey
Committees.
His political acumen was
legendary. Associates like to
. recount the time he helped save a
local Congressman from all but
certain defeat by casually
walking into his headquarters on
the day of the election and telling
him where to direct his last ditch
campaign efforts.
He had an amazing gift for
personal intimacy. He was
probably the best liked labor
official in the state of New York.
nasi. Published monthly. Second cLs
Associates were stunned by the
news of his unexpected death.
He was one of the.more
colorful members of a If ew York
political scene, not known for its
staidness. He had a compelling
publfc^ image. Huge and irrepressibly funny, he was always the
center of any public gathering.
People naturally gravitated to
wherever he was.
His co-workers found him
warm and concerned. They
remember his almost tireless
dedication to his union member
ship. Every person associated
with the UIW could recount
countless examples of Ralph
Quinnonez's good deeds.
few, if any, black dock workers; a
force in the. New York political
scene when there was just a
handful of black and Puerto
Rican politicians.
He possessed an amazing
breadth of knowledge. He could
recite the most obscure OS HA
regulation as if it were one of the
ten commandments. He was
fluent in at least four languages:
Spanish, English, Italian and
Yiddish. He was perhaps the top
labor negotiator in the industrial
workers field.
He was well known through
out the labor movement. He cut
across all sorts of lines: racial
religious, linguistic.
He was an active member of
the Latin American Labor
Council. Just before his death he
was named as a Vice President of
the New Jersey State Federation
of the AFL-CIO.
He became a minor celebrity of
sorts during the 1976 Democratic
Convention when Daily News
Columnist Jimmy Breslin wrote a
story about him that emphasized
his weight. In typical Ralph
Quinnonez fashion, he laughed
He often said that he was from
and said, "I don't remember "the Old School." His family
Breslin as being a lightweight."
came before anything else, and
His good natured personality then his union. He was a devoted
often obscured his fierce deter protege of the late Paul Hall, who
mination and complexity.
for many years was President of
He achieved success at a time the Seafarers International
when it was unfashionable to be Union.
black, let alone Pu^Rican. He
He is survived by his wife of 31
was a sergeant in the Army when years, the former Mary Harris;
blacks were routinely denied sons Ralph, Jr. and Paul;
advancement; a leader among daughters Cynthia and Linda; a
dock workers when there were brother and three sisters.
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�Ground Is Broken for New SiU Hail in Mobile
President Drozak on
Hand for Occasion
A
new SIU union hall
for the port of Mo
bile, something
which has been on
the drawing boards for quite
sometime, is about to become
a reality. The site for the new
Mobile facility was picked out
a few months ago and work on
the building is set to begin at
anytime.
The new Mobile Hall is an
important part of the SlU's
overall program of improving
and expanding Union services
and facilities for SIU mem
bers.
SIU President Frank Drozak
got the ball rolling as he
turned over the first shovel of
soil at the groundbreaking
ceremony held on November
12. Drozak told the crowd, With shovel in hand, SIU President Frank Drozak. left, does the honors of turning oyer the first ground at the site which will soon
which included numerous SIU be the brand new SIU Union hall in the port of Mobile. Drozak is joined in thp groundbreaking ceremony by Mobile City.
members and top city Commissioners Gary Guarino and Lambert Mims.
After the groundbi^eaking tendance. The festivities were
officials, on hand for the for many years to come."
Work on the hall is expected ceremonies SIU Mobile Port replete with shrimp and
ceremony that "the SIU and
Mobile .have come a long way to be completed by midv1981. Agent Tom Glidewell hosted a oysters fresh from the
together," and that "the bond The building will also house fine reception for union surrounding waters, not to
this new union hall represents officers of the Greater Mobile members and Mobile County mention a little grog. A
officials who were in at splendid time was had by all!
will cement our relationship Area Maritime Port Council.
It's lust some arass and a bunch of trees right now. but by the middle of 1981. the new SIU hall for Mobile will grandly fill this space.
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After the groundbreaking, the SIU held a reception for members and their families.
A good time was had by all. Just ask. from the left: Mrs. Choysie Edmonds. Frank E
Edmonds and Tom Clay.,
Here's a photo showing the crowd of SI U.members. SIU families and well wishers
who turned out for the new Mobile hall groundbreaking ceremony .
December 1980 / LOG / 3
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�Coast Guard Ends Search for Poet
Ship and Crew of 34 Vanish in the Atlantic:
Board of Investigation Underway
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.—The
answer to why the 11,421 dwt
SIU bulk-carrier SS Poet
(Hawaiian Eugenia) disappeared
without a trace, after last being
heard from on Oct. 24, remains a
puzzling riddle.
On Nov. 17, the U.S. Coast
Guard "regretfully" ended its
futile air and sea search and
rescue operations for the missing
522-foot bulker with her crew of
34 (24 Seafarers) after 10 fruitless
days.
A dozen Coast Guard, U.S.
Navy, Air Force and Canadian
Argus jets flew more than 70
sorties scouring 300,000 square
miles of the Atlantic with modern
locater devices. Taking off from
bases in the U.S., Bermuda and
the Azores, the search planes
spotted not a "coffee can nor oil
slick nor life jacket" from the
disappeared 36-year-old cargo
vessel. Some planes, a week after
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the search began, found 4 to 5
miles of visibility as they ranged
1,000 miles east of Delaware Bay.
Other jets from the Azores
scanned the 9,000 hp ship's 3,200
nautical mile-course to midocean
crisscrossing the Atlantic and the
Straits of Gibraltar.
U.S. planes from Rota, Spain
also scoured the sea lanes near
the Straits.
On Nov. 8, the Coast Guard
started the massive search. On
Nov. 3, the SS Poet's owners who
had waited nine days, reported
the steamship overdue to the
Coast Guard! All together, the
shiphad been incommunicado for
14 days before the search started.
The Poet left Philadelphia
early on a clear night on Oct. 24
last radioing the same day off
Cap.e Henlopen, Del. She
carried a cargo of 13,500 long
tons of kernel bulk corn due in
Port Said, Egypt on Nov. 9.
Commanding was Capt. Leroy
A. Warren, 57, of Bel Air, Md.
who sailed the Poet for the last
year on nine consecutive voyages,
next to the last one to Egypt and
back, with the same deck officers
as on the final trip.
The Coast Guard speculates
that the Poet on Oct. 25 or 26
heading on a 36 degrees North
latitude course ran into a big,
freak storm with 70 mph winds
and 20-foot waves plus heavy
rain and maybe became disabled,
drifted off course and perhaps
foundered. The gale drove one
Panamanian ship onto the beach
and demolished homes on the
New Jersey shore.
The Poet carried two lifeboats
for 40 persons each, a poppingfree, inflatable liferaft with
lifejackets and 18 ring buoys. She
also had LORAN (Long Range
Aids to Navigation) and, if the
ship went down, a float-free
longrange radio transmitter
activated by salt water which
Inquest On Poet Disappearance
Continues
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Philadelphia, Pa.—A Board of
Inquiry into the circumstances
surrounding the disappearance
of the SS Poet began here on
Nov. 19. The Board is headed by
Capt. Herbert G. Lyons, chief of
the Marine Safety Division,
Seattle.
For the first time, the U.S.
Coast Guard (CG) let lawyers
representing the Unions of the
missing men
examine and
crossexamine witnesses.
Previously, union counselors
were allowed only to present
Findings Expected in
February
questions to the examining
officers who decided whether
they should be asked and ans
wered.
The board's findings are due
around the end of February,
when the Poet's sistership, the SS
Penny will be inspected about
Jan. 25, 1981 when she returns to
the U.S. The court feels that the
Penny inspection "...will help
ascertain what corrective mea
sures are necessay to preclude the
repetition of a similar tragedy
should the ship be considered
lost."
Opening before a packed.
Custom House hearing room
filled with nearly 100 relatives
of the missing seamen, the
4 / LOG / December 1980
inquiry focused on the sea worth
iness of the Poet and possible
negligence in the operation of the
vessel. It also focused on the corn
and the start of search and rescue
efforts.
On the board of inquiry are:
Cmd. Warren D. Snider, chief
inspector, Seattle; Lt. William J.
Morani Jr.^ port operations.
Providence, R.I. and the Na
tional Transportation Safety
Board's J. Johnson.
Taking the witness stand on
the first day, downriver Pilot
Gary G. Harper, on the Delaware
since 1962, exclaimed that the'
Poet was "2 feet down at the
head" from the stern when he
took her to Delaware Bay. He
added that the master said he
"would correct it" presumably by
moving fuel and water to ballast
the stern.
The next day, SIU Attorney
Arthur A. Abarbanel, with N.Y.
Port Agent Jack Caffey along
side elicited from the president of
the National Cargo Bureau
(which supervised the loading of
the corn on Oct. 20) that the
cargo was properly and fully
loaded with no "voids" in Nos. 1,
2 and 3 holds forward and
amidships. Also that No. 4 hold
in the stern remained empty
because its hatch cover could not
be opened. This caused the
Poet to be down at the bow.
Further crossexaminations by
the board, ship owner's laywer,
Raymond T, Letulle and ques
tions posed by relatives to the
cargo loader brought out that
they thought a ship so fully
packed would prevent cargo
shifting to affect the vessel's
stability. A 12 degree list is the
maximum, one testified. They
also discounted a spontaneous
combustion fire, and water get
ting into the hold.
Following on Friday, Nov. 21,
MEBA Attorney Marvin Barish
quizzed Chief Surveyor Ronald
J. Sullivan, who backed the
testimony of his crew, on "hog
ging" and "sagging"!This is when
waves lift a ship amidship and at
the bow and stern.
Later, Tug Docking Capt.
Virgil Quillen at the Tidewater
Grain Elevator, South Philadel
phia, testified that he noticed that
the Poet's bow rode low. He said
he told the captain and some of
the crew.
Reconvening on Saturday,
Nov. 22, the board called the
owner's Philadelphia agent,
Joseph Serverson who said that
"routine repairs were made to the
Poet's boiler room and radio and
a mobile crane taken off." The
32-year-od SS Flora of the
Poet's fleet had boiler.trouble on
Nov. 16 and had to be towed to
Continued on Page 12
could broadcast distress signals
for two to 10 days.
The Poet was the first U.S.
freighter to disappear since 1963
when the SS Marine Sulphur
Queen sunk with a crew of 39 off
Key West, Fla. In 1973, the U.S.
SS Silver Dove sank in the
Northern Pacific when a sugar
cargo shifted. The crew survived.
In December 1978, the West
German 45,284 dwt SS Muenchen. a LASH ship, got off an
SOS but vanished without a trace
500 miles off the Azores.
The ship's owner says he
suspected the Poet had radio
trouble and would have called via
telephone from the Azores.
The Coast Guard said they get
reports of many ships overdue
or in distress, so when a ship is
reported missing they "just don't
jump into a helicopter and go
look." They do a series of radio
communications checks (like
AMVER—American Vessel
Emergency Rescue System) to
see who heard from the ship last.
This they did from Nov. 3 to 7
without luck. That's when they
got worried.
On Nov. 19, a Coast Guard
Board of Inquiry in Philadelphia
began a probe into what
happened. It was still going
strong in mid-December.
Calvin Bethard
Roland Courter
Eddie Sylvester
Claude Berry
Edward Bradley
Earl Whatley
Abraham Murlllo
Waller Mitchell
�24 Seafarers Among the Crew of flte Lost Poet
PHILADELPHIA, PA.—The fol
lowing is a list of the Seafarers
reported missing at sea aboard the
disappeared SS Poet (Hawaiian
Eugenia) which left this port on
Oct. 24. 1980.
Frank Holland
Thaddeus
Simmons
Aired Schmidt
Carl Jackson
Edward Adams
Mosel Myers
George Ward
Tracy Walker
Noel
McLaughlin
Shawn Gooden
Stephen Conners
Jerry Batchler
Hans Peter Zukier
Otis Hunter
The Log regrets that the pho
tos of two of the Poet crew were
unavailable.
AB Goff, Carl L., 53, of Warren,
R. I. BrotherGoff joined the SIU in the
port of Boston in 1973. He was born
in the United States. Surviving is his
wife, Hilda.
Bosun Adams, Edward Dempsey,
"Rocky", 43, of SlideM, La. Brother
Adams joined the SIU in the port of
New York in 1961 sailing 24 years.
He also sailed as a crewboat captain
from 1956 to1961 and was a rigger in
the Boilermakers Union. Seafarer
Adams was a veteran of the U.S.
Coast Guard from 1954 to 1956. He
was born in New Orleans. Surviving
is his mother, Mrs. Katherine Francis
of Slidell.
OS Schmidt, Alfred E. Jr., 23, of
Elkins Park, Pa. Brother Schmidt
joined the SIU after graduation from
the HLS in 1979. He was a former
mernber of the IBU and the Steelworkers Union. Seafarer Schmidt
was a music fan. He was born in
Philadelphia. Surviving are his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E., Sr.
and Barbara Schmidt of Elkins Park
and his brother. Seafarer John
Egan.
Deck / Engine Utility Holland,
Frank Eugene, 58, of Baltimore.
Brother Holland joined the SIU in
1941 in the port of San Francisco
sailing 41 years. He was also a baker.
Seafarer Holland was born in Balti
more. Surviving are his wife, Eva; his
mother, Mrs. Josephine F. Davis of
Baltimore and a sister, Mrs. Cath
erine Balcerowicz, also of Baltimore.
OS Bradley, Edward Eugene, 24,
of Norristown, Pa. Brother Bradley
joined the SIU following graduation
from the HLS in 1979. He sailed in
1978, too. Seafarer Bradley attended
Slippery Rock (Pa.) State College
for a year. He was born in Norris
town. Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen and Anne Bradley
of Wyndmoor, J=>a.: a brother. Sea
farer Robert Bradley and an uncle,
Frank Bradley of Philadelphia.
AB Courier, Roland Herbert"Sklpper" 39, of Fort Pierce, Fla. Brother
Courter joined the SIU in the port of
Tampa in 1979. He sailed inland on
the Great Lakes from 1977 to 1978
for the Erie Sand Co. and the
American Steamship Co. Seafarer
Courter wias a veteran of the U.S.
Navy from 1957 to 1966. He was born
in Camden, N. J. Surviving are his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S.
Courter of Port Charlotte, Fla.
AB Zukier, Hans Peter, 32, of
Philadelphia. Brother Zukier joined
the SIU following his graduation
from the Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship (HLSS) Piney Point,
Md. in 1968. He was born in Nortorf,
Holstein, West Germany and was a
naturalized U.S. citizen. Surviving
are his father, Wojciech and mother,
Mrs. James Liselotte Fredette, both
of Philadelphia.
AB Myers, Mosel, 28, of Philadel
phia. Brother Myers joined the SIU
after his graduation from the HLSS
in 1969. He attended a Piney Point
Crews Conference in 1970. Seafarer
Myers was born in Philadelphia.
Surviving are his wife, Francine; a
daughter, Terase and his mother,
Martha of Philadelphia.
AB Gooden, Shawn T., 26, of
Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. Brother
Gooden joined the SIU in the port of
New York in 1980. He sailed aboard
the SS Mayaguez (Puerto Rico
Marine) from 1979 to 1980. Seafarer
Gooden was a veteran of the U.S.
Coast Guard from 1971 to 1976. He
was born in Manhattan, New York
City. Surviving are his wife, Carol
and his father, the Rev. T. T. Gooden
of West Hempstead, L. I., N. Y.
W iper Simmons, Thadeus Marten,
22. of New Orleans. Brother Sim
mons joined the SIU following his
graduation from Piney Point in 1978.
He was born in New Orleans.
Surviving is his wife, Wanda.
OS Connors, Stephen James, 23,
of Somerdale, N. J. Brother Connors
joined the SIU after his graduation
from Piney Point in 1978. He shipped
out of the port of New York. Seafarer
Connors was a former member of
the United Brotherhood of Carpen
ters. He was born in Philadelphia
and had lived in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Surviving are his wife, Cynthia and a
sister, Mrs. Bernice L. Guggino of
Cherry Hill, N. J.
Chief Steward Sylvester, Eddie,
53, of Whistler, Ala. Brother Sylves
ter joined the SIU in the port of
Baltimore in 1956. He graduated
from the Union's Stewards Recertification Program in 1977. Seafarer
Sylvester was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy in World War II. He was born in
Mobile. Surviving are his widow.
Marietta and seven offspring.
Chief Cook Jackson. Carl, 53, of
Philadelphia. Brother Jackson
joined the SIU in the port of Phila
delphia in 1966. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Navy during and after World
War II. Seafarer Jackson was born in
Virginia. Surviving are his wife,
Elizabeth and his mother, Nancy of
Philadelphia.
Cook and Baker McLaughlin,
Noel William, 55, of Coden, Ala.
Brother McLaughlin joined the SIU
in 1944 in the port of Mobile. He was
born in Mobile. Seafarer McLaughlin
is survived by his wife, Mary and his
mother. Louise of Mobile.
Oiler Hunter, Otis Raymond, 29, of
Dallas, Tex. Brother Hunter joined
the SIU after his graduation from the
HLS Veterans Program in 1978. He
was a veteran of the U.S. Navy
during the Vietnam War. Seafarer
Hunter was born in Dallas. Surviving
are his widow. Faye and his father,
Eddie of Dallas.
Steward Utility and 2nd Cook
Whatley, Earl K., 48, of Crichton
Station, Ala. Brother Whatley joined
the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1952.
He also rode the Delta Line and
sailed during the Vietnam War.
Seafarer Whatley was born in
Mobile. Surviving are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell apd Mary Ella
Whatley of Mobile.
Messman and 3rd Cook Batchler,
Jerry Jr., 19, of Philadelphia. Brother
Batchler joined the SIU in 1980 after
his graduation from the HLS. He was
born in Philadelphia. Surviving are
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sr.
and Uris Jill Batchler of Philadel
phia: a brother Jeffrey; a sister, Kim
and a grandmother, Mrs. Otis Austin
of Philadelphia.
Messman Walker, Tracy Reed, 23,
of New Orleans. Brother Walker
joined the SIU in 1980 following his
graduation frorh Piney Point. He had
sailed on the S/L Port in 1979 from
the port of Philadelphia. Seafarer
Walker was born in Louisiana.
Surviving are his mother, Louise of
New Orleans and an uncle, Joseph
Walker of Harvey, La.
FOWT Bethard, Calvin Elmo, 54. of
Gretna, La. Brother Bethard joined
the SIU in the port of New Orleans in
1964. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy Seabees in World War II.
Seafarer Bethard was also a boilermaker and mechanic. And he was
born in Baca County, Colo. Surviv
ing is a brother, Orville of Orange,
Villa Park, Calif.
FOWT Murlllo, Abratiam Gomez,
54, of Cortez, Honduras, Central
America. Brother Murillo joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1967.
He also sailed during the Vietnam
War. And he was a carpenter.Sea-farer Murillo was born in Hon
duras. Surviving is his wife, Elsa.
FOWT Ward, George Evander Jr.,
45, of Mobile. Brother Ward joined
the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1960.
He was born in Mobile. Surviving are
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
and Etta Mae Ward Sr. of Mobile.
Oiler Mitctiell, Walter Marten, 60,
of Baltimore. Brother Mitchell joined
the SIU in 1943 in the port of
Baltimore. He was born in Baltimore.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Tillie
Leary of Baltimore and a brother,
John of Parkville, Md.
Oiler Berry, Claude Douglas, 53,
of Citronelle, Ala. Brother Berry
joined the SIU in 1945 in the port of
Baltimore. He started sailing in 1943
in World War II and was an engine
delegate on the SS Poet. Seafarer
Berry was also a veteran of the U.S.
Navy in World War 11. He was born in
Fruitdale, Ala. Surviving are his
widow, Susie; a daughter, Mary and
his mother, Mrs. Bonnie Bell.Weber
of Lucedale, Miss.
AB Sallee, Rickey Alan, 31. of
Philadelphia. Brother Sallee joir)ed
the SIU in the port of Philadelphia in
1980. Surviving is his wife, Dolores.
December 1980
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The ability of the maritime
industry and other American
businesses to compete in foreign
and domestic markets is being
endangered by the failure of the
United States government to put
its house in order.
On the one hand, the maritime
industry and other American
businesses are being plagued by
an overwhelming maze of gov
ernmental red-tape. yetwhenthe
United States government can
make a positive contribution to
the development of one of its
domestic industries, it more often
than not does nothing.
Take the maritime industry. It
is regulated by more than eighty
different-federal agencies and
other entities. With such loving
attention, then surely things must
be looking up. Recovery should
be just around the corner.
No dice! The American flag
merchant marine continues its
decline, even as the United States
government fails to take advan
tage of promising developments
that could help bring about its
revival.
For example: it is not uncom
mon for dredging projects to be
delayed two years or more while
several different governmental
agencies review the same applica
tion. The cost of these unneces
sary delays have been known to
top $20 million.
Yet these dredging projects are
vitally important. Few, if any,
U.S. ports are deep enough to
handle the larger and more
economical "superbulkers" that
have been built to carry coal.
Without some stimulus to the
dredging industry, the American
coal export industry will remain a
dream.
Most experts agree that the
modernization of existing port
facilities is something that should
be the primary responsibilities of
the Federal government, like the
creation of the highway trans
portation system was more than
20 years ago. At the very least,
however, these experts would like
to see the federal government
stop hindering the development
of an important new industry by
needless overregulation.
Studies carried out by reputed
authorities, such as the Trans
portation Institute, a non-profit
organization aimed at promoting
maritime research and develop
ment, stress the connection
between the renewal of the coal
export trade and the revitalization of the American flag.
Yet there is little evidence that
the United States government is
thinking along these lines.
It is even a chore to get the
most rudimentary programs
passed.
Year after year, there is some
serious challenge to the con
tinuation the construction and
operating subsidy programs. Yet
these two programs are the two
most effective maritime pro
grams that exist. Without them,
there would be no domestic
shipbuilding industry, nor would
there be any American flag
merchant marine.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES DEALING
WITH MARITIME RELATED AFFAIRS
Following Is a list of the government departments, agencies,
offices and other bureaucratic entities which in some way have an
effect on the maritime industry and the jobs and job sefcurity of
America's maritime workers.
As you can see by this iist, which numbers over 80 such entities,
the U.S. maritime industry is the most reguiated industry by far in
this country. The SiU's position is that the buik of reguiatory and
other maritime business having to do with the government shouid
be bandied by one department.
it wouid cut down on the cost of government, it wouid hait
unnecessary deiays in getting important maritime programs off the
ground. And it wouid, in genera/ heip, rather than hinder, the
growth of America's maritime industry.
Executive Office of the President
Domestic Affairs and Policy
Office of Management and Budget
National Security Council
Council of Economic Advisors
Council on Environmental Quality
Council on Wage and Price Stability
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
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Interior Dept.
Commodity Credit Corporation
Commodity Program and International Affairs
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Grain Inspection Service
Office of the General Sales Manager
International Trade Policy
Office of Transportation
Commerce Dept.
Economic Development Administration
International Trade Administration
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Maritime Administration
National Bureau of Standards
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration
Defense Dept.
Logistics, Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Law of the Sea (Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Joint Transporation Board (Joint Chiefs of Staff)
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Coal Technology
Gas, Shale and Oil Technology
Leasing Liaison Committee
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Office of Energy Contingency Planning
(Economic Regulatory Administration)
Oil Pipeline Board
(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Agriculture Dept.
LOG / December 1980
Navy Dept.
Naval Operations
Military Sealift Command
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Cabinet-Levei Departments
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Army Dept.
Corps of Engineers
Military Traffic Management Command
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Land and Water Resources
Energy and Minerals
Offshore Minerals Regulation
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Office of Marine Geology
-Water Resources Division
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Bureau of Mines
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Land Management
Office of Outer Continental Shelf Program Coordination
Geological Survey
Office of Water Research and Technology
Water and Power Resources Service
Justice Dept.
Anti-trust Division
Torts Branch (admiralty and shipping) of Civil Division
Land and Natural Resources Division
Labor Dept.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Employment Standards Administration
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Laud Crew for Saving Great Land From Fire ;iWi
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Y
ov need C02 and water to
put out any fire. But just as
important, when a fire starts
aboard ship you need quick
decisive action from a crew
trained in fireflghting.
That's exactly the response
which met the cry. "Fire in the
hold" which was sounded on Oct.
30 aboard the SlU-contracted
SS Great Land (Totem Ocean
Trailer Express), enroute to
Anchorage, Alaska.
According to the company's.
Marine Manager Richard Grif
fith, fire began inside one of the
KFF (Keep From Freezing)
trailers aboard the Ro/Rp vessel.'
The trailer contained alcohol,
ether and other flamniable
hospital supplies. Heaters are
kept in the cargo holds, to keep
the KFF trailers at the proper
temperature.
The fire began "when the
substance in the trailer mixed with
oxygen. A spark from a heater
ignited it," Griffith said.
Since the fire. Totem Ocean
has decided to discontinue the
use of plug-in heaters for KFF
containers.
Eye
Witness Account
But it was the "quick response
and well-executed firefighting
abilities" of the Great Land's
crew and officers which "saved
the vessel from experiencing
greater damage and possible total
loss," said Griffith and company
President Robert B. McMillen in
a message to Great Land Capt.
Charles Walther. "The fact that
all of this was accomplished
without one injury to personnel,"
the message added, "is a credit to
the seamanship of all involved.
We take our hats off to you and
the men for a job well done."
The Log learned the details of
the recent firefighting operation
aboard the. Great Land from
Seafarer John A. Sullivan, Jr.,
engine delegate. Following is
Brother Sullivan's account:
"The routine on the SS Great
Land was shattered last trip by
the dreaded cry all mariners fear
most—"fire in the hold." As the
cry of fire went through the
sleeping quarters, the general
alarm sounded and the crew
knew this was no fire drill.
"As the crew rushed On-deck,
the first assistant engineer hurried
to the engineroom to get the fire
pumps going. The Chief Engineer
rushed to the C02 room and got
the sprinkler system going in the
forward holds.
"Bosun Perry Keliikoa and
Chief Mate Ed Johnson directed
the crew in gathering all fire
hoses. Three and four lengths of
hose had to be,connected to reach
the fire.
"As Chief Steward Alva
McCullum and Salem Nasser
opened the fire station valves,
streams of water were directed
onto the flames. Capt. Walther
turned the ship so a cross
ventilation could blow the smoke
away. The flames leaped higher.
The deck plating turned cherry
red and streams of water had to
be played on the plates to cool
them down.
The Export Council is an impor
tant advisory committee formed to
study export trends and to recom
mend to the President changes in the
export policies of the United States.
Named along with Drozak to the
Export Council are: Stephen P.
Yokich, of Detroit, vice president of
the United Auto Workers and a
member of the UAW International
Skilled Trades Advisory Commit
tee; and Thomas F. Barnum, of
Lake Forest, III., president and chief
executive officer of Consolidated
Foods—Frozen Foods Group, and
senior vice president of Consoli
dated Foods.
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great job security and good pay.
So take the Marine Electrical Maintenance Course.
it starts March 2 and continues
through April 23.
Fill out the application in this issue of the Log or contact the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship to enroll.
'TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
38
14
2
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class 8 Class C
"REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Algonac(Hdqs,).
18
9
0
69
61
0
54
0
37
1
21
11
21
4
8
4
2
0
34
98
33
Totals All Departments
89
114
13
133
119
1
*'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
**"Registered on the BeaCh" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
133
144
50
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
40
29
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STEWARD DEPARTMENT
4
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24
29
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
29
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Algonac (Hdqs.),
Algonac (Hdqs.).
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OCT. 1-31,1980
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"The Chief Electrician Steven
Senteny and QMED Larry
Hines started down the smokefilled ramp with the first hoses.
OS Ahmed Baabad and Ms.
Rosenda Arrendondo, also OS,
along with C-hris Fields, messman, picked up the second hoses
and followed the electrician and
QMED down the ramp.
Drozak Named to President's Export Council
SIU President Frank Drozak and
two other top level execs were
named recently to the President's
Export Council by Pres. Jimmy
Carter.
"The independent pilot, Andy burning and in danger of ex
Warden, looked like something ploding at any second. Still the
from outer space, with his bald crew of firefighters moved in
head and walrus-type mustache closer to the burning trailer.
and with the breathing apparatus
"Finally, extinguishing the
strapped on, ready to rescue any flames, the bosun and mate gave
one overcome by smoke.
the word to take a break. As the
"Little did the crew at the crew climbed out of the smokebottom of the ramp know, but filled ramp, fire broke out again.
the rest of the crew, led by The smoldering tires of the
oldtimers ABs Ed Parsely, Virgil trailers had burst into flames.
Dowd and Sam McKnight were Again the weary crew dashed
fighting a fire, above their heads. down the ramp and took up the
"The fire had gotten so hot that fight. After a couple of hours the
the paint and tires on the vans fire wasjfinally put out for good.
topside had started to burn.
"The vesspl resumed its course
Electric sparks from burntTOUt to Anchorage. A well-liked and
overhead wiring were flashing all respected Captain Walther sent
over the place. Broken bottles of down the greatest compliment a
hospital supplies made footing mariner can hear: "Well done
slippery and dangerous. And 55 men, well done.' The ship and its
gallon drums of alcohol (two of cargo were safe."
which had already exploded,
John A. Sullivan, Jr.—S-392
blowing the trailer apart) were
SS Great Land
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SlU Crew Praised for Role in NATO Exercises
But U.S. Flag Must Be
Built Up as Military
Auxiliary
A
n SlU-contracted ship won
high praise from her cap
tain and the U.S. Maritime Ad
ministration (MARAD) for her
recent role in NATO exercises.
The ship, the SS Washington
(Hudson Waterways), was re
activated during the summer by
MARAD. Formerly the Seatrain
Washington, the converted
Ro/Ro had been in the National
Defense Reserve fleet.
She was broken out in order to
participate in military exercises
in support of U.S. armed forces
in northern Europe, including a
NATO convoy operation called
Reforger '80. (Reforger is short
for Return of Forces to Ger
many). As part of her work the
Washington offloaded 330
vehicles in the Netherlands.
In a telegram to SIU President
Frank Drozak, MARAD Ad
ministrator Samuel Nemirow
complimented the performance
of the crew. "The successful
voyages of the SS Washington
..." said Nemirow, "demonstrates
the readiness and the capability
of the U.S. flag merchant marine
to support Department of
Defense requirements."
In a letter to the Masters,
Mates and Pilots (MM&P)
Union, the captain of the ship
said that the ""SS Washington
was the only American ship
• participating in the Teamwork 80
exercise. All other ships came
from other NATO countries."
Capt. E. J. Melis went on to
say, "I am taking this oppor
tunity to praise all my officers (all
MM&P members), also MEBA
District #2engineers and the SIU
^rew for a job well done."
He also pointed out that
Commodore A. L. Henry, USN
(Ret.) "had much praise for SS
Washington's fine performance,"
Military Role
The job done by the officers
and crew of the SS Washington
supports a point that the SI U and
other U.S. maritime unions have
been making for years. Namely,
that commercial ships operated
by civilian personnel from the
private sector can be used on a
larger scale to support U.S.
Naval and military operations.
Even though the SIU is happy
that the SS Washington was used
in this military exercise, the
Union believes that much more
must be done. It's the SIU's held late last year and early this
contention that the only real year by Rep. John Murphy (DN.Y.), then chairman of the
reserve fleet is an active reserve.
The inactive reserve fleet does House Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee. (Sealift is a
not come close to showing what
would happen in an emergency. term coined by the Defense
What is needed is a large fleet of Department. It includes the
ships that will be able to respond deployment of Navy and mer
chant ships of the right type and
quickly.
NATO's former Supreme speed, manned by trained and
Allied Commander in the dependable crews, capable of
Atlantic, Admiral Isaac. C. Kidd, operating together at sea at the
Jr. has hit at the problem. One outset of war.)
Taken as a whole, the Con
year ago he told the Senate
Subcommittee on Merchant gressional testimony of Naval
Marine and Tourism that the and defense experts painted a
small number of vessels in ready consistently dark picture. Rep.
reserve (20) was hardly adequate Murphy summed it up as follows:
"On the basi^ of the evidence 1
when one considers that 6,000
shiploads a month would be have been citing in this statement
and of the evidence elicited in 22
needed in a NATO war.
He said, "When one thinks in days of hearings on the Omnibus
Maritime Bill, I have come to the
terms of 20 versus 6,000y that
could, by a critic, be called inevitable conclusion that the
United States is shockingly
'tokenism.' That is better than
poking your eyes with a stick, but unprepared to meet the maritime
demands of an overseas military
not much."
The point Kidd was making is confrontation. Our merchant
that little exercises here and marine would be totally in
there, however, useful, are an adequate to the task of reinforc
evasion of the big problem—the ing and supplying our overseas
strengthening and development forces and those of our allies."
Murphy was unsuccessful in
of the U.S. merchant marine as a
trying to get monies put in the
naval and military auxiliary.
The sealift capability of the maritime budget for an actual
U.S. was the subject of hearings sealift readiness exercise.
Joe Goren Retires at 60; Long Time West Coast Official
J
OE Goren, a longtime official
of the Marine Cooks &
Stewards (MC&S) Union and
then of the SIU, retired recently.
His last post was as port agent
for the Union in the Los Angeles,
Calif, area. (The MC&S and the
SIU, Atlantic and Gulf District,
merged in 1978.)
Goren, a 60-year old native of
British Columbia, Canada, first
went to sea when he was 17. At
that time, his wages were $67.50
Joe Goren
per month with "no overtime for
Saturdays, Sundays or Holi organizing of the Queen Mary
days."
and getting a contract after a five
A member of the steward year strike." There were
department. Brother Goren numerous appeals by the
sailed until the early I950's when company to the National Labor
he came ashore to work for the Relations Board and the courts.
MC&S.
But Goren says the union won
In the mid 1950's he helped every case and finally received
affiliate the union with the AFL- $145,000 in back pay for the
CIO. He was also instrumental in Queen ^Vfan's employees.
establishing the first Maritime
Goren has been active in many
Trades Department (MTD) Port areas concerning the union and
Council on the West Coast in the labor movement in general.
1958. He served as the Council's He was vice president of the Los
first president, and for 22 years he Angeles County Federation of
was vice president of the MTD's Labor, AFL-CIO; delegate to
Southern Port Council.
California State Federation
In talking about his years with meetings; delegate to SI UNA
the union, Goren said, "I guess con\entions where he seized as
the highlight was the successful Resolutions Committee chair-
man; administrator for ten years
of the MC&S's Don Hotel for
union pensioners; project
director for 11 years of an MC&S
youth training program, and a
member of every negotiating
committee for MC&S since 1956.
Brother Goren is also a
believer in the need for political
activism on the part of labor. He
served on the Executive Board of
the AFL-CIO's Committee on
Political Education in Los
Angeles County. As Goren says,
"the maritime industry is a
product of legislation and
requires our unions to always be
alert to laws and submit our
recommendations to protect our
jobs and members."
Goren has also been very
involved in community activities.
He was on the California State
Coastal Commission, and the
Los Angeles County Energy
Commission.
Though retired from the
Union, Brother Goren is still
active in the labor movement.
Presently he's working for the
AFL-CIO Human Resources
Development Institute as
associate representative working
out of Los Angeles.
Niarad OK's Subsidy for 2 Ogden Ships
SlU-contracted Ogden Marine
has received approval for construc
tion subsidies and loan guarantees
to construct two diesel-powered
product tankers from the U.S.
Maritime Administration (Marad).
It will cost SI20 million to build
the two ships, which will be suited to
carryJ chemical, petrochemical
and
\#viicriiiivai ailU
petroleum products. The ships
would also have the capacity to
carry grain.
The ships will be built at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans,
There is no projected delivery date
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The construction of the two
vessels is made possible under
provisions of the Title XI program
of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970,
a bill spearheaded through Congress
by the SIU.
Without this program, American
operators, for the most part, would
not UC
be auic
able to
build JIV"
new ships
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competitively against foreigners,
Title XI guarantees 87'/: percent
©f the vessels' estimated actual cost.
Ogden is only,{>one of many SH contracted companies which have
used the provisions of Title XI to
expand and modernize their fleets.
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Legislative." Administrative and Regulatory Happenings
MARAD Chief Says U.S. Needs $5B in New Port Facilities
make ah annual report to Congress on the
While participating in a panel discussion
state of this nation's port facilities.
before the 69th Convention of the American
Nemirow stressed that the purpose of the
Association of Port Authorities in Norfolk,
Sam Nemirow, head of the Maritime act was not to disturb the long tradition of
local port autonomy that has existed in the
Administration, predicted that 247 new port
facilities would have to be constructed by
1990 at a cost of some $5 billion if this
country is to maintain an adequate network
The Maritime Administration lauded the
. of deep sea and river ports.
role that ocean commerce and marine
Nemirow made repeated mention of the technology have played in helping to
recent National Port Assessment Act, which
"promote commerce and understanding
directs the Maritime Administration! tb 1
Ijetween the United States and China."
The recent thaw between the two coun
tries can be traced to fears they both have
concerning Soviet intentions. However, vast
The National Institute for Historical political and social differences still exist
Preservation has published the eligibility which hinder the development of a truly
requirements for its fourth annual maritime
preservation grants program. The program
seeks to focus attention on this country's
The General Accounting Office (GAO)
proud maritime heritage by awarding
has published the preliminary findings of a
matching grants to carefully selected non
study it is conducting on this nation's
profit organizations and public agencies.
transportation network. GAO estimates
The NIHP has to date awarded more than
that nearly a fifth of the total gross national
$5,400,000 for 123 different projects carried
product, or some $500 billion, is spent on
out in 30 states and territories. Applications
national transportation.
for this year must be postmarked no later
The preliminary findings seem to suggest
than Feb. 6,1981 and sent to: National Trust
that this country is confronted with some
for Historic Preservation, 1785 Mass. Ave.,
serious transportation problems. Among
N.W., Washington, D.C., 20036.
the issues that the GAO study touches upon
are the decline of the American flag
merchant marine, and the desperate state of
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United States. Rather, it is to pinpoint
important national trends so that the U.S.
government and local authorities can work
together in making sure that this nation's
economic interests are well protected.
Maritime Helped Forge New Bond Between U.S.—PRC
Grants Given for Maritime
Heritage Projects
warm relationship. According to MarAd,
ocean commerce and marine technology
have helped to bridge those differences by
providing the U.S. and China with common
interests.
Trade between the United States and
China totalled $2.3 billion in 1979. That
figure is expected to exceed $10 billion by
"1985. A good portion of that projected trade
'is expected to relate to maritime commerce.
GAO Study Shows Need to Help U.S. Shipbuilders
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Operators Look to Other
Sources of Fuel for Ships
the domestic shipbuilding industry.
GAO estimates that more than half of the
26 U.S. shipyards presently in operation will
fold by 1984 unless something is done to save
them.
It also notes that without some sort of
reassessment of this nation's maritime
policy, the American flag merchant marine
will continue its decline.
The GAO plans to conduct a series of
audits to supplement the findings of its
study.
Speakers at the Propeller Club's 54th
Annual Convention discussed the energy
crisis and how it is affecting the maritime
industry's ability to secure enough fuel for
the operation of its American flag vessels.
Professor Jose Femenia, of the State
University of New York Maritime College,
told the assembled audience that the
dwindling of the world's oil reserves has
made it imperative that industry planners
look to other souYces of energy. "The use of
coal as a marine fuel is a very definitely
economically viable alternative for today
and for the future."
William G. Bullock, Assistant to Di
rector, Office of Ship Construction,
Maritime Administration, pointed to coal as
^'America's most abundant fossil fuel, (one
that) is being rediscovered by everyone in the
energy business."
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a dirtrf iiapact oa IV ioV aii4 job wcoriD of aH StU BwaH
bm. dtcp-wa. laland. aad l.akrs.
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of rapport for SPAD. A awaiVr caa coabribalr lo IV
SPAD faad a> V or rV MM Hi. w aulic ao rpalribalioa al
all KHboal fear of rrprbaL
A cop> of IV SPAD report b IM ailb IV Federal Fbclioa Commhrioo. It h araHabk for parrbaie fro« IV FF.C
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A popular part of the SlU's "A" Seniority
program is the Visit to Washington, D C. where
SlU members have a chance to take a first
hand look at the SlU's Washington workings as
well as the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Dept., the
Transportation Institute and Congress. Here, on
the steps of the Capitot. is a recent "A" Seniority
Class including (from bottom row): Tirriothy R.
Van Pelt. Norman N. Bull, Jeffrey A. Peltz.
Stanley Vane, Darryl White. Michael Woods.
Gregory A. Poer. Pierce J. Porter. Michael
Tewes, Jesse J. Thrasher. Jaime L. Quinones
and John Picciolo. Accompanying the group
was SlU Patrolman from the port of San
Francisco Trevor Robertson (top. right).
December 1980 ; LOG
9
�Grass Roots Politics Keyed GOP Victory
ECENT gains by the Re
publican Party in the 1980
Election took most observers by
Surprise. Few people had ex
pected the G.O.P. to capture
control of the Senate, or to pick
up 33 seats in the House of
Representatives.
liTretrospect, the Republican
resurgence was caused by a
number of short and long term
factors: inflation, unemploy
ment. and the Iranian hostage
situation. None of these factors,
however, were more important
than the hard work that the
G.O.P. had put into building an
effective grass roots machine.
After Watergate, the G.O.P.
had found itself in pretty
desperate straits. Less than a
quarter of all Americans called
themselves Republicans. The
Democratic Party held what
seemed to be an insurmountable
lead in the Senate and the House
R
of Representatives.
Moreover, the Republicans
had a serious problem with their
image. Americans seemed to
associate them with Watergate,
the Depression, and Big Busi
ness.
Rather than ignore their
problems. Republican officials
made some hard, and ultimately
successful, decisions. Instead of
spending all of their resources
on the 1976 Presidential Election,
they chose to concentrate on
building an effective grass roots
machine.
Led by Bill Brock, a former
Senator from Tennessee, they
made slow but steady gains. They
recruited promising young pro
fessionals and trained them in the
fine art of political campaigning.
They poured money into captur
ing control of state legislatures,
which are responsible for deter
mining the boundaries of the
Congressional Districts. They
•fashioned an extensive list of
large and small political donators, and used the money to
support Republican candidates
in all 50 states.
The Republican resurgence
illustrates something that we at
the SIU have always known: you
have to work hard for everything
you get. Like the Republican
Party, the SIU has spent much
time and effort in developing a
strong grass roots machinery.
We've never taken the jobs of our
members for granted, and we're
not about, to begin now.
The New United States Senate
An asterisk designates a Senator whose term did not
expire this year. A dagger designates a re-elected in
cumbent Senator.
ALABAMA
COLORADO
HAWAII
Howell Hetlln, O.*
Jeremiah Denton, R.
ALASKA
Bill Armstrono, R.*
Gary Hart, D.t
CONNECTICUT
TedStevens, R.*
Lowell Welcker.R.*
Frank H. Murkowskl, R. Christopher J. Oodd, D.
ARIZONA
Dennis DeCooclnl, D.*
Barry Goldwater, R.t
ARKANSAS
\
David Pryor, D.*
Dale Bumpers, D.t
CAUFORNIA
S. I.Hayakawa, R.*
Alan Cranston, D.t
DELAWARE
Spark Matsunaga, D.*
Daniel K. Inouye. D.t
IDAHO
JamesMcClure, R.*
Steven D. Symms, R.
° ILLINOIS
KANSAS
Nancy Kassebaum, R.*
Bob Dole, R.t
KENTUCKY
W. D. Huddleston, D.*
Wendell H. Ford, D.t
LOUISIANA
J. B. Johnston, D.*
Russell B. Long, D.t
MAINE
William Roth, R.*
Joseph BIden, D.*
Charles Percy, R.*
Alan J. Dixon, D.
George Mitchell, D.*
William Cohen, R.*
FLORIDA
INDIANA
MARYLAND
Lawton Chiles, D.*
Paula Hawkins,R.
GEORGIA
Sam Nunn, D.*
/MackMattlnglv,R.
Richard Lugar,R.*
DanQuayle, R.
IOWA
Roger Jepsen, R.*
Charles E.Grassley,R.
Paul Sarbanes,D.*
C.McC.MathlasJr.,R.t
MASSACHUSETTS
Edward Kennedy, D.*
Paul Tsongas, D.*
MICHIGAN
Donald RIegle, D.*
Carl Levin, D.*
MINNESOTA
D. F. Durenberger, R.'
Rudy Boschwiti, R.*
MISSISSIPPI
John Stennls, D.*
ThadCochran, R.*
MISSOURI
John Danforth, R.*
Thorn. F. Eagleton, D.t
MONTANA
JohnMelcher, D.*
MaxBaucus, D.*
NEBRASKA
Edward Zorlnsky, 0.*
J. James Exon, D.*
NEVADA
Howard Cannon, D.'
Paul Laxalt, R.t.
N. HAMP.
Gordon Humphrey, R.*
Warren Rudman, R.
NEW JERSEY
H.A.Williams, D.*
Bill Bradley, D.*
NEW MEXICO
PeteDomenlcl, R.*
Harrison Schmitt, R.*
NEW YORK
Daniel Moynlhan, D.*
AlfonseM. D'Amato, R.
N. CAROLINA
Jesse Helms, R.'
John P. East, R.
NORTH DAKOTA
Quentin Burdick, D.*
Mark Andrews, R.
OHIO
H. M. Metzenbaum, D.*
JohnGlenn, D.t
OKLAHOMA
David Boren, D.*
DonNlckles,R.
OREGON
Mark Hatfield, R:*
BobPackvwxxl,R.t
PENNSYLVANIA
H.John Heinz, R.t
Arlen Specter, R.
RHODE ISLAND
Claiborne Pell, D.*
JohnChafee, R.*
S.CAROLINA
Strom Thurmond, R.*
Ernest F. Holllngs, D.t
SOUTH DAKOTA
Larry Pressler,R.*
James Abdnor, R.
TENNESSEE
Howard Baker, R.*
James Sesser,D.*
WASHINGTON
Henry Jackson, 0.*
Gorton Slade, R.
WEST VIRGINIA
Jennings Randolph, D."
Robert Byrd, D.*
TEXAS
John Tower, R.*
Lloyd Bentsen, D.*
UTAH
VIRGINIA
Harry Byrd, I.*
John Warner, R.*
,
Orrin Hatch, R.*
JakeGarn, R.t
VERMONT
Robert Stafford, R.*
Patrick J. Leahy, D.t
WISCONSIN
William Proxmlre,D.*
Robert W. Kasten Jr., R.
WYOMING
Malcolm Wallop, R.*
Alan Simpson, R.*
The New House of Representatives
KANSAS (5)
. Following is a list of the newly elected members of the
House of Representatives. Asterisk denotes incumbent.
8, Billy Evans, D.*
ALABAMA (7) 32. Glenn Af«ie-"M o.*
1. Jack Edwards, R.*
?. W. Dickinson, R.*
3. Blli Nichols, D.*
». Tom Bevlll, D. "
5. Ronnie Flippo. D •
4. Albert Smith, R.
7. Ricnar-IShelOy, D."
ALASKA (J)
Al-Large
Don Young, R.*
33. WaTouOrisham, R.*
34 Dan Lungren, R.*
35. Dave Dreler, R.
36. G. Brown Jr., D •
37. Jerry Lewis, R •
38 Jerry Patterson, D *
39. W. Dannemever, R.*
40. Robert Badham, R.*
41.BIIIL0wery, R.
42. Duncan Hunter, R.
43. Clair Burgener, R.«
ARIZ0NA(4)
COLORADO (5)
- John Rhodes, R.*
2 .'/orris UdalLD.*
3. Bob Stump, D.*
4. EldorTRudd. R.*
1.P.Schroeder. D.*
2. Timothy WIrfh, D.*
3. Ray Kogovsek, D.*
4. Hank Brown, R.
5. Ken Kramer, R.'
ARKANSAS (4)
1. John Alexander, D.*
2. Ed BethuneR*
3. J.H.schmdt,R»
4. Beryl Anthony, D*
CALIFORNIA (43)
1. Eugene Chappie, R.
2, Don Clausen, R.'
3-Robert Matsul, D.*
4. vie Fazio, D.*
5. John Burton, D.'
6. Phillip Burton, D.*
7. George Miller, D.*
8. Ronald Dellums, D.*
9. Fortnev Stark, D.*
to. Don Edwards, D,*
11 TomLantos,D.
12. PaulMcCloskey,R.*
13. Norman MIneta. D.*
14. N. Shumway, R.*
15.TonyCoelho,D.*
16. Leon Panetta, D.*
17.C. Pashayan, R.*
IS. William Thomas, R.*
19. R. Lagomarslno, R.*
20. B. Goldwater Jr., R.*
21. Bobbi Fiedler, R,
22. C.Moorhead.R.*
23. A. Bellenson, D*
24. Henry Waxman, D.*
25 Edward Royt>al, D.*
26. John Rousselof, R.*
27. Robert Doman, R.*
«. Julian Dixon, D.*
. A. Hawkins, D • •
-.C' G. Daniel son, D,*
V '.^wn Dymally. O.
CONN. (<)
1. William Cotter, D,*
2. Sam Geldenson, D,
3. L. DeNardls, R.
4. S. McKlnney, R.*
5. W. Ratchford, D.'
6. Anthony Moffett, D.*
DELAWARE (1)
AtLarge
Tltom. Evans Jr„ R,*
FLORIDA (15)
1.EarlHutto,D.*
2. DonFuqua, D."
3. Charles Bennett, D,4. BtllChappell Jr., D.*
5. Bill McCollum, R.
6.C.W. Bill Young. R.*
7. Sam Gibbons, D.*
8. Andy Ireland, D.*
9. Bill Nelson, D.*
10.L.A Bafails.R.11. Dan Mica. D.*
12. Clay Shaw, R.
13. William Lehman, D.*
14 Claude Pepoer.D •
15- Dante Fascell. D.*
GEORGIA (10)
1. BoGInn, D.'
2. Charles Hatcher, D.
3 Jack Brinkley, 0.*
4. Elliot Levitas,D.*
5 WycheFdwier.D.* .
6. Newt Gingrich, R.*
7. Larr y McDonald, D.•
10 • LOG / December 1980
9, Ed Jenkins, D,'
10, Doug Barnard, D.*
HAWAII (2)
1. Cecil HafteLD.2. Daniel Akaka, D,*
IDAHO (2)
1. Larry Craig, R.
2. George Hansen, R.*
ILLINOIS (24)
1 H. Washington. D.
2. Gus Savage, D.
3. Marty Russo.D.*
4. Ed. Derwinski, R.*
5. JohnFary, D.*
6. Henry Hyde, R.*
7 Cardiss Collins, D.*
8. D, Rostenkowskl, D.*
9. Sidney Yates, D.*
10. John Porter, R,*
11. Frank Artnunzio, D.*
12. Philip Crane, R.*
13. Robert McClory,R.*
14. John Erienborn, R.*
15. Tom Corcoran, R.«
16. Lynn Martin, R.
17.GeoroeO'Brien,R.'
18. Robert Michel, R *
19. TomRallsback, R.*
20. Paul FIndley, R."
21. Ed. Madloan,R.*
22. Daniel Crane, R.*
23. Melvln Price, D.*
24. Paul Simon, D.'
INDIANA (II)
1. A. Benjamin Jr., D.*
2. Floyd Flthlan.D.*
3. JohnHller, R.
4. Dan Coats, R.
5.EIwoodHlllis.R."
6. DavidEvans, D.*
7. John Myers, R.«
8. H. Joel Oeckard, R.'
9. Lee Hamilton, 0.'
10. Philip Sharp, D •
11.A. j8CobsJr„0 •
IOWA (•)
1. James'.eact' R *
2- Thomas Tauke.R •
3. Coooer Evans. R
4. NealSmith,D.*
5. TomHarxtn, D.*
6. Berkley Bedell 0.*
1. Pat Roberts. R,
2. Jim Jeffries, R,«
3. Larry Winn Jr.. R.«
4. DanGllckman, D.*
5. R. Whittaker. R.«
. KENTUCKY (7)
1.Carroll Hubbard, b.'
2. W. Natcher Jr. D.*
3 Romano Mazzoli, D.'
4. Gene Snyder, R.*
5. Harold Rogers, R.
6. Larry Hopkins, R.*
7. Carl Perkins, D.*
LOUISIANA (8)
1. Bob Livingston, R.*
2. LIndy Boggs, D.*
3 W.J.Tauzin, D.*
4. Charles Roerner. D.
5. Jerry Huckaby, D,*
4.W. H.Moore, R.*
7. John Breaux. D.*
8. GllllsLong.D.*
MAINE (2)
1. David Emery, R.*
2.0lymola Snowe, R.'
MARYLAND (8)
1. Royden Dyson, D.
2. Clarence Long, D.*
3. B.MIkulskI, D.*
4. Marlorle Holt, R.*
5. G. Spellman, D.*
6. Beverly Byron, D.*
7. Parren Mitchell, D.*
8. Michael Barnes, D.*
MASS. (12)
1. Silvio Conte.R.'
2. Edward Boland, D.*
3. Joseph Early, D."
4. Barney Frank,D.
5. James Shannon, D.*
4 N. Mavroules, D.*
7. Edward AAarkey, D.*
8. T, O'Neill, Jr.,D.*
9. JoeMoakley, D.»
10.M. Heckler, R,>
11. Brian Donnelly, D '
12. Gerry Studds, D.*
MICHIGAN (II)
1 John Conyers, D.*
2. Carl Pursell. R.3 Howard Wolpe, D "
4 David Stockman. R *
5 Harold Sawyer. R •
6. Jim Dunn, R.
7.0aleKiidee.D.*
8. BobTraxier, D.'
9. Guy VanderJagt, R.*
10. Donald Albosta. D.*
11. Robert Davis, R.*
12. David Bonlor,D.*
13. George Crockett, D.
14. Dennis Hertel, D.
15. William Ford, D.*
16. JohnDlngell, D.*
17.W. Brodhead. D.*
18.J.BIanchard,D.*
19. W. Brcomfleld, R.
4. C. Smith, R.
5.M. Fenwick, R.«
6. Edwin Forsythe, R.*
7. Marge Roukema, R.
8. Robert Roe, D.*
9. H. Hollenbeck, R.«
10. Peter Rodino, D.*
11. JosephMlnish. D.*
12.M. Rinaldo, R.*
13. James Courter, R,*
'4. Frank GuarinI, D."
15. Bernard Dwyer, 6.
MINNESOTA (8)
NEW MEXICO (2)
1. ArlenErdahl, R.«
2. Tom Hagedorn, R.«
3. BIIIFrenzel. R.*
4. Bruce Vento, D *
5. Martin Sabo.D •
6. Vin Weber, R.
7. A. Stangeland, R.*
8. JamesOberstar. D.'
I Manuel Lulan, R.*
2. Joe Skcent
NEW YORK (30)
1. WllllamCarnev, R.*
2. Thomas Downey, b."
3. GregoryCarman R
4. Norman Lent, R.*
MISSISSIPPI (5) 5. R.McGrath. R.
6.
John LcBoutllller, R".
1. Jamie Whitten. D.*
7. Joseph Addabbo, D.*
2. DavldBowen, D.*
8. B. Rosenthal, D.*
3.G.A/lontoomerv,D.'
9. G. Ferraro, D.*
4. Jon HInson, R.*
10.
Mario Blaggi, D.*
5. Trent Lott, R.*
11. James Scheuer, D.*
12. S. Chisholm, D.'
MISSOURI (10)
13. Stephen Solarz, D."
1. William Clay, D.*
14. F. Richmond, D.*
2. Robert Youna D.*
15. Leo ZeferettI, D.'
3. R. Gephardt, D.*
16. Charles Schumer, D.
4.lkeSkelton,D.*
17. GuyMollnarl, R.
5. Richard Boiling, D.* 18. William Green, R.'
6. E. T. Coleman, R.»
19. Charles Rangel. D.*
7. Gene Taylor. R.*
20. Ted Weiss, D.*
8. Wendell Bailey, R.
21. Robert Garcia. 0.*
9. Harold Volkmer. D.* 22. J. Bingham, D.*
10. Bill Emerson, R.
23. Peter Peyser, D.*
24. R. Ottlnger, D.*
MONTANA (2)
25.H. FIshJr ,R.'
1.Pat Williams, D.*
26.
8. Gilrnan, R.»
2. RonMarlenee, R.*
27. M. McHugh, D.*
NEBRASKA (3) 28. Samuel Strattoo, D.*
29. Gerald Solomon, R.*
1. D. Bereuter, R.«
30. David Martin, R.
2. Hal Daub, R.
31.
Donald Mitchell, R.»
•3. Virginia Smith. R.*
32. George Wortley,R
NEVADA (I)
33. Gary Lee, R.'
34. Frank Horton, R."
Al-Large
35. Barber Conable, R.*
Jim Santlnl. 0.*
36. JohnLaFsice, D.r
N. HAMP. (2)
37. Henry Nowak, D.'
1. N. D'Amours, D •
38. Jack Kemp, R,»
2. Judd Gregg. R
39. Stanley Lundlne, D*
NEW JERSEY (15) N. CAROLINA (II)
1. James Fiorlo.D.*
2. William Huones, 0 *
3. James Ho'. .rd, D •
1 Walter Jones. D.* ,
2 L H Fountain, D.*
J Charles Whitley. D,*
4. Ike Andrews, D.*
S.Stephen Neal, D.*
6. Eugene Johnston, R.
7. Charles Rose,D.*
8. W.G. Hefner, D.*
9. James Martin, R.*
10. James Broyhill.R.r
11.BillHendon, R.
N. DAKOTA (1)
At-Large
Byron Dorgan, D
OHIO (23)
1. Willis Gradlson.R.'
7. Thomar. Luken, 0.*
3. Tony Hall, D,*
4. Tennyson Guyer, R."
5. Delbert Latta, R.*
6- BobMcEwen, R.
7. Clarence Brown, R.*
8. rhom. Kindness. R.*
9. Ed Weber, R.
10. Clarence Miller, R.«
11. J. W.Stanton, R.*
12. Bob Shamansky. D.
13. Donald Pease, b.*
14. JohnSelberlIng, D.*
15. Chalmers Wiley, R.*
16. Ralph Regula, R.*
17. JohnAshbrook, R.*
18. D. Applegate, D.*
19. Lyie Williams, R.*
20. MR.Dakar, D*
21. Louis Stokes, D.*
22. Dennis Eckart, D.
23. RonaldMoHI.D.*
OKLAHOMA (6)
1.James Jones, D.*
2. MlkeSynar, D.*
3.WesWatkin5,D.*
4. Dave McCurdy, D.
5. M. Edwards, R.*
6. Glenn English, D.*
OREGON (4)
1. LesAuColn, D.*
2. Denny Smith, R,
3. Ron V/yden, D.
4. James Weaver, D.*
PENN.<25)
2. William Gray, D •
f R.Lederer. D.* '
4. C I^ugherty, R.»
5. Richard Schuize, R.*
6. GusYatron 0.*
7. Bob Edgar, D •
8. James Coyne, R.
9. BudShuster, R.*
10. Joseph McDade, R.*
n. James Nelltgan,R.
12. John Murtha,D.*
13. L. Coughtln. R.*
14. William Coyne, D.
15. DonRltter,R.*
16 Robert Walker, R.'
17. Allen Ertel, D.*
18. l3ouoWalgren, D.*
19. W. Goodling, R.*
20 Joseph Gaydos, D.*
21. Don Bailey, D.*
22. Austin Murphy, D.*
23. W.CilngerJr., R.'
24. Marc Marks, R •
25. E.Atkinson, D.*
RHODE L (2)
1.F.St. Germain, D.*
2, C. Schneider, R.
S. CAROLINA (6)
1. Thomas Hartnett, R.
2. FloydSpencc, R.*
3. Butler Derrick, D.'
4. C. Campbell, R.'
5. Kenneth Holland, b.*
6. John Napier, R.
S. DAKOTA (2)
1. Thomas Daschle, b.*
2. Clint Roberts, R.
TENNESSEE (8)
1. JimesQuiilen, R.*
2. John Duncan, R.*
3. M. BouQuard, D.*
4. Albert Gore Jr., D.5. William Boner, D.»
6. Robin Beard, R.*
7. Ed Jones, D.*
8. Harold Ford, 0.*
TEXAS (24)
I.Sam Hall, b.*
2. Charles Wilson, D.*
3. James Collins, R.*
4. Ralph Hall, D.
5. JlmMattox, D.*
6. PhllGramm, D •
7. BUI Archer, R.*
8. Jack Fields, R.
9 Jack Brooks, D.*
10 J. J. Pickle, D."
11. Marvin Le8th,D.*
12. JImVJrIght.D.'
13. Jack HIghtower. D."
14 William Pfltmar P
15. E. dele Garza, D.*
16. Richard White, D.*
17.C.Stenholm,D.'
18. Mickey Leiand, D*
19. KentHance, D.'
20. Henry Gonzalez, D.'
21.TomLoefller, R.*
22. Ron Paul.R,*
2.3, A KazenJr ,D •
24. Martin Frost, D.*
UTAH (2)
1 james Hansen, p.
i Dan .Marriott. R.*
VERMONT (1)
At-Large
James Jeffords, R.
VIRGINIA (10)
1. Paul Triple Jr, R."
2. G Whiteliurst, R.*
3. Thomas Blllev, R
4. Robert Denlel, R.
5. Dan banlel. D.*
6. M. C. Butler, R "
7. J. K. Robinson, R."
8. Stanford Parrls, R
9.W Wampler. R.'
10. Frank Wolf, R.
WASHINGTON (7)
1.Joel Pritchard, R.'
2.AISwlft,D.' ,
3. Don Booker, D.*
4. Sid Morrison, R.
5. Thomas Foley, D.
6. Norman Dicks, 0.
7. Michael Lowry, D.
W.VIRGINIA (4)
1. Robert Mollohan, D.'
2. C. Benedict, R.
3.MlckStafon, R.
4. Nick joeRahall.D.
WISCONSIN (9)
1. LesAspln.D •
2, R. Kastenmeler.D.
3 S. Gunderson. R.
4. C Zablocki.D/
5. Henry Reu«s. D_ ^
6. Tlwmas Petn. R.
7. DavldObey D '
8. Toby Roth. R *
9 Ser.senbrenner R
WYOMING (1)
Af-Largt
..
RlchardChenev R
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h/
pf.-
A Seafaring Santa
-.fe :•
j".
BY JOE SCUTERI
I i! '^'
Twas The Night Before Christmas
On The Converted T-2
The Crew Was All Sleeping
There Was Nothing To Do
« ' *
*
Our Stockings Were Hung
Round The Boiler With Care
Not For No Special Reason
Cept They Dry Better There
*
St. Nick Was A Strange One
Not Like Pictures I'd Seen
With Tattoos And An Earring*
Now What Could This Mean
*
I'm The Seafaring Santa!
He Said With A Grin
Then Tossed Me A Gallon
Of Beefeaters Gin
*
I Was Lying Half Dozing
All Snug In My Rack
The Porthole Was Open
- A Breeze On My Back
-
He Yelled "Call All Hands"
We've Got Partying To Do
I've Still Got One Ship
Off The Coast Of Peru
*
when All Of A Sudden
Much To My Surprise
I Heard Sleigh Bells Ringing
Somewhere In The Skys
*
So I Ran Down Below
Calling All Who Could Hear,
Someone Threw A Soot,
Caught Me Right On The Ear
,»
*
I'm Cracking, I Thought
Or Dreaming, Or Both
But As I Lay Thinking
A Hearty Voice Spoke,
*
*
,
"On Bonnie, On Rubble
On Suzy, On Jean
On Roxie, On Trixie
;
On Sweet Genevieve
On Cindy, On Lois
On Gertrude, On Mae
That Don't Sound Like No Reindeer
I Thought With Dismay
*\
WelfWhenlCarheToo
The Ship Was A Wreck,
With QuartJugs,And Seamen
Sprawled AW Over The Deck
*
*
*
And Up In The Heavens
Just A Speck To My Eye
AvV *. The Sailboat Was Sailing
V Off Into The Sky
Christmas Morning Was Quiet
^ . Aboard Our Lost Ship
" /
The Crew Wasn't Talking
They Were All Very Sick
*
I Jumped To The Porthole
Not Believing My Eyes
A 40 Foot Sailboat
Was Filling The Sky
4
* ''
,•
:-.v>
•
And No One But Me
Could Remember That Night
Except That They Partyed
And Had A Big Fight
as Decked
uecKed Real Fancy
There Might Have Been Girls
It Was
With Pine Trees And Bright Light
Their Memory Was Hazy
Finally Decided
And 11 Cute Ladies
Dressed In Red And In White
'
'^ost Likely Crazy..;
And Out On The Bow
Just As Fat As Could Be
Stood St. Nick And An Elf
They Were Checking Our Lee
*
*
And Once They Decided
With The Wink Of An Eye
They Dropped To The Ocean
Right Out Of The Sky
*
*
I Ran Up The Stairwell
And Right Out On Deck
They Were Having Some Trouble
Making Fast To Our Wreck
*
And Now I Will Leave You
My Story Is Through
But Before I Get Going
Let Me Say This To You
•
*
If You're Out On The Ocean
On That Night Of The Year
And Your Being Forgotten
Is Your One Biggest Fear
-*
I
oA
*
Just Remember Who's Coming
' And You Will See I Was Right
Now Merry Christmas My Brother
And To All A Good Night.
*
So I Dropped Them A Laddder
And I Lowered A Line
And Pulled Up 4 Seabags
And 9 Cases Of Wine
r
December 1980 / LOG / 11
• • '
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^Aleeria—El Paso Price Beef Goes On: Crews Stay on Ships
The settlement—which a couple
of months ago seemed so close
between the U.S. and Algeria
over the pricing of the latter's
natural gas, is not so imminent
today.
The impasse, which has gone
on for nearly nine months, has
affected six SlU-contracted LNG
ships owned by El Paso Co.
However, there is some good
news in all this for Seafarers. The
company has extended for two
months the crewing of three of
the sfiips, They are the El Paso
Southern: El Paso Arzew, and
the El Paso Howard Boyd.
The other three vessels are in
the shipyard for repairs.
El Paso still feels confident
"9/
.
. ;
oo JntprmpHiaries
that a settlement will be reached are acting as intermediaries
between the U.S. and Iran on the
in the near future.
Actual negotiations with the hostage situation, may possibly
Algerians are being handled by be playing a part in delaying a
the U.S. Department of Energy settlement.
The trouble between the
(DOE). The Department took
over the talks last Spring when North African country and El
negotiations between El Paso Paso began when Algeria decided
to radically hike the price of its
and Algeria broke down.
Two months ago a settlement natural gas early this year.
El Paso's contract with the
seemed near but negotiations
seem to have hit a snag. The exact Algerians to carry natural gas
reason is not known but perhaps was renegotiated last year. (The
the delay is due, in part, to the company has been importing
recent national elections. Algerian natural gas since 1978.)
Changes are bound to take place It was agreed that the price would
in DOE when the new Adminis be $1.94 per thousand cubic feet:
This increase was approved by
tration takes over, and this may
be affecting the negotiations. the DOE which, under law, must
Also, the fact that the Algerians rule on the price of any imported
gas.
Meanwhile, however, the
Algerian government decided to
press for an even greater price
increase than what had been
negotiated. Algeria would like
gas prices to be comparable with
crude oil prices of the Organiza
tion of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC).
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the Azores. On June 21, the Poet
ran aground at Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic. No hull
damage was listed.
At the afternoon session, CG
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the Poet he found oil drums, a
gallon can of kerosene and tanks
of compressed gas and acetylene
lashed to the ship's rails without
proper dunnage to stop sparks.
At the hearing at the beginning
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of the next week. Poet top owner,
Henry J. Bannabel, 55, replying
to why he waited so long to report
the vessel missing explained, it
was "not unusual for a ship on a
foreign voyage to go three, four
or five days and sometimes
longer without communication."
On Nov. 7, he continued, he
asked the Coast Guard to
"increase efforts." Later on when
it looked like the Coast Guard
would end its search, he said, he
sent a message to President
Carter asking that the search be
continued. So did 300 friends and
relatives of the missing send
telegrams. Bonnabd was on the
stand two days.
At this juncture, lawyer Sidney
Zwerling of the Brotherhood of
Marine Officers interjected that
he would give Bonnabel the five
days, but by Oct. 31,he declared,
the Poet's emergency radio could
have called the Azores.
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whereabouts of the Poet. This is
SOP (Standard Operating Pro
cedure) the Coast Guard says.
Then the head of the Board of
Inquiry, Capt. Lyons said ".... we
will be investigating the search
and information may lead us to
reopen the search..."
As the Log goes to press, a
series of new witnesses were
scheduled to be heard, including:
CG Lt. Cmdr. D.G. Jones, who
inspected the Poet in drydock at
Port Arthur, Tex. in 1974. In
1977, she was inspected there for
stability. She was last inspected
there last March. Also testifying
will be an expert from the
Philadelphia Ship Repair Co.
where the ship was fixed.
The ex-radio officer of the
vessel, Ashley P. Pearson; a
Federal Communications Com
mission rep, RCA radio techni
cian William M. Barnes, and
AMVER System expert Edward
Bender will then be heard.
They will be followed by a
surveyor from the American
Bureau of Shipping, the owner s
port engineer, Robert Del Valle,
the owner's representative, Ed
ward Simon; an ex-master of the
Poet, Capt. Lyle Clemes and an
ex-chief engineer of the ship,
John V. McManey.
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Workers'
Needs
The 1980 Elections have
American workers.
altered the political landscape of
Kirkland, a long time associate
Washington, D.C The conse of the late George Meany, has
quences go far beyond individual always been a staunch supporter
changes in the composition of of the American worker. Before
Congress.
this election, however, his voice
Already, the effects are being was part of a choir. With the
felt. The role that organized defeat of a record number of
labor plays in the political Democratic Senators, the choir
process has undergone a subtle has far fewer members.
change, though to what, only
He has been singled out by
time will tell. One thing is readily political commentators as being
apparept: Lane Kirkland, one of the few public officials
President of the AFL-CIO, has who has the potential to revitalize
assumed a much more visible role the old Democratic coalition.
in articulating the needs of People point to his formidable
intellectual skills, which were ready to cooperate with the
much in view last year when he Administration" in solving the
helped formulate the historic many serious problems that
"National Accord."
challenge this country.
A modest man, with a wry
He has made it clear, however,
sense of humor and a speaking that the price of that cooperation
manner reminiscent of the late does not include forsaking the
Adlai Stevenson, Kirkland needs of American workers.
seems oddly miscast as a knight Speaking at the installation of
in Shining Armor.
new officers of the Postal
But already he is making his Workers, he noted that "the
presence felt.
American labor movement
Last month, he wrote an intends to vigorously pursue its
eloquent letter of congratulations responsibility to serve as the
to President Reagan which stated aggressive advocate of workers
that organizgd labor "stands and their interests."
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centers for maritime research in
the United States, has published
the results of a study it conducted
on the ways that the expanding
coal export trade can be expected
to affect the maritime industry.
The study breaks new ground
by approaching a familiar subject
through a slightly different
perspective.
America's coal reserves have
been a hot topic of conversation
fof several years now. But few
experts have discussed the effect
that these reserves can have on
other sectors of the American
APL, Los Angeles
Launch Joint Bffort
To Build Terminal
SlU-contracted American Presi
dent Lines has announced a big
agreement to build jointly with the
City of Los Angeles a 100 acre
container Terminal on John S.
Gibson Boulevard on the West
Basin of L.A. Harbor.
\^en completed, the terminal
will be the biggest such facility on
the West Coast. It will have two 960
ft. deep sea berthing docks and the
facility will be capable of handling
6,000 containers.
APL is planning to move to the
new facility in 1983. That will work
out just fine for the company which
is also building three new diesel
powered containerships at Avondale
Shipyards in New Orleans. Those
ships will be completed in 1982.
Penoaal*
Lester Reeves
Please contact, Mrs. Louella Arrlngton, 1010 Lincoln Avenue, Cincinnati,
Ohio. Urgent!
Mack C. King
Please contact, Thomas (Tommy) E.
• Markham, P.O. iiox 971, Reno,
Nevada 89504.
Asa E. Moore
Please write, Gayle, P.O. Box I1I36,
Macon; Ga. 31212.
James Lee Camp
Please contact, Mrs. Judy Camp
Bolton, GafTney, S.C. Tel. (803) 4891532. Urgent!
James A. Nesler
Please contact, the Log office, editor.
Tel. (212) 499-6600 Ext. 242.
Herbert R. Newell .
Please contact, Mary Newell (c/o
Parker) 330 W. Ocean Blvd., Apt. 511,
Long Beach, Calif. 90802.
Philadelphia
JOT and Southern Natural Resources (SNR) of Birmingham, Ala. late
last month signed an agreement for SNR to buy lOTs 51 coastal tank
barges and 37-tugs.
The $100-million plus purchase is expected to be completed by the end
pf the year.
^ SNR has interests in interstate natural gas pipelines, offshore drilling,
oil and gas production.
Algonac, Mich.
The tug Ohio (Great Lakes Towing) last month helped to tow the ST
Peter A. Widenel. loaded with storage grain; down the Detroit River
enroute to the port of Buffalo.
economy.
The study conducted by the
Transportation Institute ex
plicitly recognizes that the United
States has a highly, developed
economy. What happens in one
industry will have repercussions
that will go beyond that one
industry.
The study maintains that the
United States government,
through careful planning, can use
the expected boom in coal
exports to bolster other segments
of the American econqmy, most
notably the maritime industry.
Careful management of the,
coal export trade can lead to a
renaissance of the American-flag
merchant marine; That would
mean the creation of thousands
of additional jobs for American
workers, new tax revenues
more favorable balance of
payments figures, and an
improved defense posture.
The TI study made the
following recommendations:
1. There must be a commit
ment from shippers and the
government that an equitable
share of exported coal will move
on US flag vessels.
Norfolk
Contract negotiations began At the Carteret Towing Co. and the
American Towing Co. of Wilmington, N.C.
New Orleans
Going into their yearly winter layups soon are the SS Delta Queen and
Mississippi Queen (both Delta Steamship Co.).
The Union is working with the Bay Houston Towing Go. here which
recently bought the Whiteman Towing Co. The company will go into fullswing operations at the first of next year.
St. Louis
2. Ports must be improved to
Two new asphalt tank barges built and delivered for and to the
handle the vastly increased ~
National Marine Service will really keep things cooking in this port.
quantity
of coal exports, and the
Like a pizza delivery van, the barges keep the cargo hot while they are
larger vessels needed to carry
moving down and up the inland waterways in this neck of the woods.
those exports.
The 297-foot, double skinned barges will handle 2,436,000 gallons of
asphalt hot enough to pump. The heat comes from a volcanic heater
3. Improvements must be
which heats oil instead of water. The heated oil then is pumped through a
made in the inland waterways, or
system of pipes in the barges to keep the asphalt hot.
else
they may become overly
Later the asphalt is pumped out of the barges at 2,800 gallons a minute.
congested.
It takes IV2 hours to offload each barge.
Pachicahf Ky.
4. The United States should
Tennessee River barge traffic, with average tow size going to 7.39 barges
enter into bilateral trade
last year from^ 1978's 6.83 barges, hit a record 4.7 billion ton miles in 1979.
agreements with its major
The record means a 300 million-ton-mile increase over the 1978 tally.
partners in the coal trade to
The total was 33 million tons in 1979 over 1978's 31 million tons. Mostly
assure them a long time supply of
in the Kentucky-Pickwick D^ areas.
U.S. coal.
In 1979, 81,518 barges locked through the dams, the highest figure
since 1944.
5. The United States govern
The hikes were due to the increased movement of coal and the greater
ment should assure the U.S. flag
use of the economical inland water transport. Transportation costs for
Merchant Marine an equitable
the water movement are the lowest for bulk coal, chemicals, some
share of the cargoes generated by
petroleum products, steel and others.
the coal export boom.
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NE year ago this January the Atlantic Fishermen's Union merged with the SIU, establishing
a relationship of which the Seafarers is espe
cially proud.
These are seamen in the true sense of the word, working
each day in close contact with the sea as they set and haul
their nets off the New England Coast.
Many of them come from families who've engaged in
commercial fishing for several generations. And many
have experienced the tragedy of losing a close friend or
relative to the sea.
Yet, they continue their honorable profession year in
and year out, supplying food for the tables of America.
Though most of the 50 some odd fishing boats of the
former Atlantic Fishermen's Union hail from the Port of
Gloucester, on Massachusetts' picturesque Cape Ann,
others set out each day from the ports of Boston and New
Bedford. Hundreds of fishermen crew these boats, and all
of them now enjoy increased security and improved
benefits as members of the SIU.
When weather conditions prohibit going out beyond
the breakwater in search of cod, haddock and whiting (or
other species of fish), there is always plenty of
maintenance work to do in port, as these pictures taken
recently in Gloucester show.
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ter. Mass.
Sabastian Scola. a fisherman for almost 50 years,
mends net on the St. Peter III. Looking on is 18-yearold fisherman Tom Favaszza
Giousesterman engineer Serafina Pallazola.
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Benny Cianciola, engineer on the
Serafina II, was awarded the Glouces
ter Mariner's Medal in 1 967 for
attempting to save another fisherman
who was swept overboard.
Fisherman Thomas Linquata of the Rosanne-Mana.
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Warming up in the foc sle of the S/. Peter III are. I. to r.. Tom Favazza.
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Scola. Captain Tom Favazza. Anthony Gallo. Joe Piccatello (captain of the
contracted American Eagle), and SIU Gloucester Port Agent Mike Orlando
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Gloucester Port Agent Mike Orlando, second from the left helps mend net on the
with Massachusetts Governor Edward King at the recent dedication ceremony for
Hosanne-Maria.
the new freezer on the Glouscester State Fish Pier.
Vinnie Ciancinino hoses down the deck of the Italia.
boat's captain Stephen Biondo, left, and engineer
Louis
Biondo.
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bringing on stores for the galley.
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Engineer Tony Gallo mans the winch on the St. Peter III. Gallo. a fisherman with
50 years' experience, has worked on the St. Peter III for the last 25.
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American Seamen'
Helped Thru Tough Time
My husband, Curtis Southwick, an SIU member since 1944 was
hospitalized in April of this year to have surgery for a ruptured disc
in his lower back.
While he was unable to work, the Union helped us by sending
S&A benefits and then by taking responsibility for the hospital bills
and doctor bills when the PHS denied responsibility for them".
I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to the SIU for
helping us to get through a difficult time. The SIU is truly a great
Union.
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Union Grow
I would like to thank the SIU personally for helping my family
and myself obtain maternity benefits for my wife and new daughter.
The Union's actions have shown that the SIU truly believes in the
welfare of its members.
I hope to be able to help the SIU grow in size and strength in the
future years to come. They have certainly helped my family grow.
Fraternally,
Dan Hiltgen
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Holiday Wishes From Oldtimer
I sincerely wish to send my best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving
and Christmas Holiday Season to our President Fank Drozak, and
all the staff at Headquarters, especially the Log.
I also wish all my seafaring brothers—whether they be retired or
active Seafarers on land or at sea—the very best in this Holiday
Season and the best for the New Year. My thoughts are with them
all the time at the approaching New Year.
Fraternally,
Paul Capo, Retired
Metairie, La.
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I am writing this letter to express my thanks to the Union and to
George Costango, port agent in Baltimore, for the many acts of
kindness rendered to me at the time of my husband's death. He
passed away on July 18, 1980 and since that time I have learned
what a great and caring Union my husband was associated with.
Without the help of Mr. Costango I would have been lost. He is a
-man with a very big heart. He really cares. 1 am glad I have him as a
friend. May God bless him and all members of the SI U because this
is a Union that really takes care of its men and also their survivors.
I have two sons who are members of the SIU and we can't begin
to express our thanks.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Leonard Roman
Baltimore, Md.
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I look forward each month for the Log. I read every article and I
am so proud of all the SIU's fine wonderful people.
I was a resident of Baltimore and the wife of a merchant seaman. I
take cruises at different times and what I have learned has fitted me
for seatime. I was so proud to know that one of our supertankers,
the Williamsburgh, was instrumental in the rescue of nearly 500
passengers aboard the Primendam (foreign-flag passenger liner,
Dutch officers, Indonesian crew) last month near Alaska.
God bless each man on the Williamsburgh who stood by for the
safety of those people.
Sincerely,
C. M. Alread
Kenbridge, Va.
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As you are well aware the crews of the El Paso fleet have been in a
holding pattern for quite some time waiting for the price agreement
on Algerian gas to be officially announced so we can resume
hauling LNG into the U.S. East Coast,
I am taking the trouble to write to you to letyou know what a fine
job the SIU crew has done on this vessel during this period of
waiting we are experiencing in the Greek port of Scaramanga. This
crew under the leadership of Bosun Frederick Walker, ship's
chairman, has continued to cooperate and keep this vessel in
readiness to start moving LNG into the States once we get the
orders to move out and load up.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome G. Benyo
Master
EL PASO HOWARD BOYD
$200 to SPAD—Gladly
In reading the Log and talking with old shipmates, we all agree
congratulations are in order for a job well done on the part of the
SIU.
With pleasure, I am sending SPAD $200 with more to come in
the future.
I hope some important building will be named after our great
leader Paul Hall, who led us through some very trying times and
put dignity and security in the lives of seamen for the first time in
history. It is important to teach the young seamen the fight we had
to get where we are today.
I was sorry to see that President Carter lost out. But our fight
seems to be eternal. But at least I got 11 votes out for him.
Fraternally,
Lawrence McCuilougb
Miami, Fla.
Del Viento Crew Save 7 Cubans
This is written in response to the excellent display of seamanship
and lifesaving procedures carried out by the crew and officers of the i
SS Del Viento in the rescue of seven repatriated Cubans on their
way from Miami to the Cuban port of Mariel. These seven men,
which were on their way to retrieve their families in Cuba started,
their trek in two boats. One broke down and the transmission on
the other failed. Being out there for three days, they were sighted by
the personnel on watch while the ship was enroute to Venezuela via
Miami.
The Chief Mate J. Rose quickly took charge with the 3rd Mate
Montelone and Seafarers Dan Marcus, Charles Dallas, Georgel
Burke, and Milton Alvarez to complete a flawless rescue. The!
Steward provided food and shelter and the Purser providedl
medical assistance. On behalf of the officers and crew we thank allj
that participated for the excellence and precision.
Sincerely,
Delta Line
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A Few Thoughts at Christmas Time
As the Log goes to press in the month of December,
And Christmas is close on our heels once again.
It's a time for reflection, a time to remember.
The troubles and triumphs of seagoing men.
In this space is usually found,
Your Union's position on matters weighty.
But just this once we're breaking new ground.
To bid farewell to ninteen-eighty.
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So fill the cups with Christmas spirits
And deck the decks with fir and yew.
We propose a toast—let's hear it
For the men and the women of the SlU.
Here's to
Here's to
Here's to
Here's to
the cooks, here's to the bakers.
the FOWT's.
the Boatmen, here's to the Lakers,
the guys who ship deep sea.
Here's to the crew of the Williamsburgh
for the greatest sea rescue in history.
And here's to the Virgo—she's number 14
In the Union-crewed fleet of LNGS.
Raise a glass, a Yuletide wassail.
Toast to the advent of an era.
Marked by Sea-Land's D-9 vessels
Built 'cause fuel is growing dearer.
In 1980 we saw quite a few
new tugs, new barges and new ships.
Crewed up by the SlU,
And launced upon their maiden trips.
The UST Pacific came down the ways.
And three more LASH's from Waterman.
The American Mariner crewed in May,
(She's a bulker on the Great Lakes run).
I'llIMSI M.\.^ i»X THK "VVAVK,"
The Oceanic Independence,
with her well-trained Union crew.
Marked the passenger fleet's renaissance.
May all U.S. cruise ships be SlU!
Construction on new Dam & Locks
At Alton, III., got underway.
Trade with Russia, it was blocked.
But a pact with China was okayed.
As for politics, this year was jumbled.
Some you win, and some you lose.
That's the way the cookie crumbled—
Here's a rundown of our views.
This year was a time to mourn.
For many who we loved and knew.
The Poet, Egypt-bound with corn.
Disappeared with her Union crew.
The hard-fought Ocean Mining bill
Was enacted into law.
Jobs for U.S. seamen will
Come with the mining of the deep sea's floor.
A price war on Algerian gas
Is holding up El Paso tankers.
The U.S. DOE must pass
a judgement before they can weigh anchor.
Official Publicoflon of fhe Seoforerj bteTnotionol Union of
North America, AtlonHc, Gulf, Lakes end inljsnd Waters District.
AFl-CIO
December, 1980
Vol. 42, No. t2
Executive Board
President
Leon Hall
Vice President
Joe Sacco
Mike Sacco
James Gannon
Ray Bourdius
Assistant Editor
' Don Rotan
West Coast Associate Editor
Editor
Edra Ziesk
Assistant Editor
Marietta Homayonpour
Assistant Editor
Dennis Lundy
Photography
Marie Kosciusko
George J. Vana
Production!Art Director
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Mike Gillen
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianciotti
Director of Photography j Writer
Here's to our departed brothers.
Stop the engines! Toll the bell!
Here's a toast, a last hurrah for
Them, they served their Union well.
Most of all, here's to the man
Who's likes we'll never see again.
We won't forget you soon, Paul Hall,
Our leader. Union brother, friend.
Here's to Frank Drozak, to Joe DiGiorgio,
Here's to Jack Caffey, to Leon, to Red.
Here's to John Dwyer and Joe and Mike Sacco
To all Union officials—full speed ahead.
Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
A Coast Guard cutter, she collided
With our tanker Capricorn.
Twenty-three Coast Guardsmen died
Aboard their vessel, the Blackthorn.
Here's to the unsung heroes who.
With courage and humanity.
Have never gotten their just due.
For rescues they performed at sea.
Frank Drozak
Joe DiGiorgio
Secretary- Treasurer
Angus "Red" Campbell
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A salute to George Meany, here's luck to Lane Kirkland
And to all at the AF of L-CIO.
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Our holiday greetings, our seasonal best to
Schulman, Abarbanel and Jean Ingrao.
Here's to our Union, it's strong and it's growing.
Here's to the future! Here's to success!
Here's to calm seas, to fair winds a'blowing.
Merry Christmas and God Bless.
Published monthly by Seafarers International Union. Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters
District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232, Tel, 499-6600. Second class postage
paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. (ISSN #0160-2047)
December 1980 / LOG / 17
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Bom of Strikes, Depression Era Violence
by John Bunker
HE Seafarers International
Union was born in the hectic,
strike-ridden days of the Great
Depression, the world-wide eco
nomic slump of the 1930s.
The founders and many of the
early members of the SIU came out
of the International Seamen's
Union, founded in 1892 as a
federation of a number of seamen's
unions on the four coasts of the
United States.
JThe great achievement of the ISU
was its support of the long-time
battle to improve the legal status of
seamen and of safety and living
conditions aboard ship. This fight
culminated in passage of the
Seamen's Act of 1915.
But the union's history, unfortu
nately, was plagued by frequent
internal strife, a continually weak
financial sitaation, and the notalways-successful effort to speak for
its various autonomous parts, which
could not always agree on common
objectives.
In I9I3, for instance, the ISU
revoked the charter of the Atlantic
Coast Seamen's Union because it
would not support a national
legislative program. The Eastern
and Gulf Sailors Association,
headquartered in Boston, was
chartered to replace it.
There was a continual change
over in the make-up and leadership
of unions within the ISU. In the
space of a few years, as an example,
the Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union
became the Sailor's Union of the
Atlantic, and then the Sailors and
Fireman's Union of the Atlantic.
' Thanks to the shipping boom of
World War I, the ISU enrolled more
than 115,000 dues paying members
and enjoyed a brief period of
financial prosperity. One of its
major successes was the strike of
1919, which resulted in a base wage
of $65 for ABs and $90 for firemen,
all all-time highs for deep sea sailors
in peace time.
But this war-generated shipping
boom soon ended, there was a
world-wide shipping depression,
and by 1921 membership rolls of the
ISU had shrunk to 50,000. Owners
refused to renew contracts and
decreed wage cuts of up to 25
percent, which the ISU refused to
accept. An all-ports strike started on
May 1, 1921.
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Francisco during 1934 maritime strike.
favorable for the owners because of with Pier 38 as a start. Trucks were
the big reservoir of jobless seamen. driven to the pier on the afternoon of
After two months the strike the second of July, with the drivers
collapsed and the wage cuts being evacuated from the water end
in a launch.
prevailed.
On the morning of Thursday, July
This defeat weakened the ISU. It
was further crippled by the 3, more than 5,000 longshoremen,
continuing disruption by such seamen, and curious onlookers had
radical groups as the Industrial gathered on the Embarcadero near
Pier 38. At about noon a convoy of
of tne
the World
Workers oi
worm (IWW) and
the Marine Workers Industrial loaded trucks came off the pier
under police escort and headed for a
Union (MWIU).
warehouse
on King Street, passing
For about ten years after the illfated 1921 strike, the ISU was unmolested through the picket lines.
relatively dormant. But it was
Pickets Killed
projected head first into the violent
This operation was repeated
West Coast longshoremen's strike of
several times to the growing
1934 despite the reluctance of its
discontent of the pickets. Finally,
leadership to get involved.
The ILA West Coast dock- the strikers could stand it no longer
workers had gone on strike May 9, and when the trucks again tried to
run the gauntlet the longshoremen
1934 for more money, a 30 hour
week, union-run hiring halls and a and the sailors bombarded truckers,
coast-wide contract. West Coast and police with bricks and stones.
Police counterattacked with clubs
seamen walked off their ships in
support of the dock workes and and tear gas. The battle had begun.
When it was over one picket had
presented demands of their own for
higher wages, union recognition in been killed and many hurt.
collective bargaining, and better
There was no action on Indepen
conditions aboard ship. East Coast dence Day, but by 8 a.m. on July 5
officials of the ISU then decided to some 3,000 pickets had gathered on
support the strike in all areas, the Embarcadero and when a Belt
asserting that 1933 demands for
Line locomotive came along with
better wages and conditions had
cars for the pier, the battle began
been ignored by shipowners.
again. Pickets set, cars on fire,
The owners rejected all demands.
hundreds of policemen charged the
Shipping in San Francisco and
massed pickets, and a full-scale
other West Coast ports was soon at a engagement began, with bricks and
stand still. Within a few days more
bullets, clubs and tear gas on near
than 50 ships were idle at their docks
Companies Finked Out Unions
by Rincon Hill, a knoll along the
or at anchor and piers were filled
Shipowners set up their own with cargo that could not move to waterfront. When police charged up
the hill to chase the pickets away,
hiring halls and hired non-union its destination.
men or those who had dropped out
Shipowners and other business shots were fired and two pickets
were killed. Scores were wounded.
of the union, a situation made more interests then determined to open
When the National Guard moved
the port and plans were made
John Bunker is director of the through the Industrial Association in that night and took over the
Seafarers' Historical Research De- to run trucks through the gauntlet of waterfront, the Embarcadero
partmeni.
pickets and get cargo off the piers. became a no-man's land.
18 / LOG / December 1980
The unions retaliated by calling a
general strike on July 16. This
action paralyzed the city. Nothing
moved. Stores closed. Only a few
restaurants were permitted to open.
Business life came to a standstill.
The strike was called off on July
19 when the Joint Strike Committee
representing 120 striking unions,
agreed to put all demands to
arbitration. The President had
designated a National Longshoremens Board to arbitrate the dispute.
The 1934 strike, which lasted 39
days, resulted in substantial gains
for both longshoremen and seamen,
with the latter obtaining wage
increases, a three watch system on
board ship and better living
conditions.
Although the strike seemed to end
with satisfactory results for all
concerned there were more strikes to
come in those troubled days of the
Great Depression, with labor unrest
only one phase of the social
fermentation and upheaval.
Labor unrest included a new form
of on-the-job protest called the sitdown strike, in which men literally
sat down on the job. There were a
number of sit down actions in the
maritime industry, with seamen
preventing ships from sailing as a
means of getting immediate
response from owners on demands
for higher wages and union
representation.
Two new maritime unions.
Seafarers International Union and
the National Maritime Union were,
born in these hectic times, ot
sprang out of the old ISU, w ic
faded away as an organizatio
which had served its purpose an
had outlived its time.
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HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL
OF SEAMANSHIP
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Piney Point Maryland
Boatmen Earn Engineer Licenses Under
U/SIU Scholarehip Plan
T
HE first group of SIU
boatmen to participate
in the new Engineer
Scholarship Program
are now undergoing training at
the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship in Piney
Point.
The new diesel engineer
program—like the Towboat
Operators program—was estab
lished by the Seafarers Interna
tional Union and the Transpor
tation Institute to meet the needs
of the inland waterways industry.
and to provide boatmen with a
program to advance their careers.
The intensive two-month
course will prepare our boatmen
students for Coast Guard
examinations to become licensed
Chief Engineer, and Assistant
Engineer for uninspected motor
vessels.
During their two-month
training program, boatmen will
get classroom instruction ia-all
aspects of diesel engine operation
and maintenance under the
guidance of experienced instruc-
tors. They will also benefit from Engineer must be 21 years of age,
actual experience and training and at least 19 years old for
aboard the schools boats and in Assistant Engineer. In addition,
the machine shop.
all applicants must pass a
The scholarships are available physical examination.
to all qualified SIU boatmen. To
All interested boatmen who meet
be eligible, applicants must be, the basic requirements for the
U.S. citizens with normal color licenses, are urged to write to the
vision, corrected vision of 20/30 Scholarship Selection Commit
in one eye and 20/ 50 in the other, tee, C/O The Seafarers Harry
and at least 20/100 without Lundeberg School of Seamanglasses. Applicants for Chief ship, Piney Point, Md. 20674.
Chuck Krumboltz (left) works for the G & H Towing out of Houston. Ernie Trotter works relief
for Taylor & Anderson Towing and Lightering Co. out of Philadelphia.
Al Smith works for Taylor & Anderson Towing and Lightering Co. out of
Philadelphia.
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Bob Hurst (left) works with the Virginia Pilots Association out of Norfolk.
Here he works on a diesel ehgine under the guidance of SHLSS
Instructor David Grieg.
Walter Bickel works for G & H Towing out of Corpus Christi.
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For Associate of Arts Degrees
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months. Seafarers will be
able to complete requirements for
an Associate of Arts degree at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship in Piney
Point. Academic staff members
are now putting the final touches
on a new General Studies
Curriculum which will include
English, math, sociology and thr
humanities.
In explaining the program,
SHLSS Academic Director
Jacqueline Knoetgen explained
that trainees and upgraders earn
college credits during their
vocational training. Most trainee
and all upgrading courses are
accredited by Charles County
(Md.) Community College.
"With most of our guys, they
have gone as far as they can with
their vocational courses," Ms.
Knoetgen said. "What they need
now are the academic courses to
complete their requirements for a
degree, and this is what we will be
able to provide for them."
During their basic programs,
trainees earn about 27 credits
toward the degree requirements.
Upgrading courses can supple
ment all of the remaining
"elective" courses toward the 6264 credits needed.
The program being developed
at SHLSS calls for individualized
study which will include assign
ment of planned study materials
and frequent evaluation by the
teachers.
SHLSS Academic Department teachers Tracy
Aumann and Lois Knowles review library study
materials as the Seafarers School prepares to
offer four mew college-level courses in the
Spring of 1981. The new courses will enable
Seafarers to earn Associate of Arts degrees
from Charles County (Md.) Community College.
The academic course will also
be available to SlU members who
may not be interested in an
Associate of Arts degree, but
want to learn more about math,
science and the humanities to
enhance their careers or broaden
their own intellectual horizons.
Guiding the Qeneral Studies
Program through its formation
are SHLSS teachers Tracy
Aumann, Lois Knowles and Sandy
Schroeder.
Initial transscript evaluations
made by the SHLSS Academic
Department reveal that more
than 150 upgraders who have
recently completed courses at the
school are very close to fulfilling
the requirements for a degree,
lacking only the required
academic courses.
Some courses are already
available: sociology, psychology,
biology, political science, art, and
physical education (sailing).
Four new courses—two in
English and one each in math and
sociology—and a humanities
course (music) will be included in
the curriculum in the Spring of
1981.
From Oeki^ Seamansli/p to LORAN:
HLSS Offers Quartermaster Course
S
TANDI> } wheel watch on
today's
sophisticated
is not what it
wheelsman
is expected t
than simple
That's w
specialty co
master comes
seafarers for
The four-we(
require a sp
examination
that graduate
about the el(
arger and more
ocean-going ships
ised to be. Today's
r quartermasterknow a lot more
leel commands,
ere the SHLSS
rse for Quarterin to qualify deck
lis demanding job.
course does not
ial Coast Guard
)ut it does require
know a great deal
;ronic navigation
Seafarer Allan Swanson gets instruction on
radar scope plots from SHLSS Instructor
Harry Coyle. Students learn the use of radar,
LORAN, fathometers and REP during the
four-week Quartermaster course.
Pensioner Earns H. S. Diploma
Y
ES, Brother Seafarers, there
is education after 65.
Eugene Sieradski is a veteran
Seafarer, a 67 year^old pensioner,
and a brand-new high school
graduate.
You'd never guess he was 67.
He still carries the ramrod
straight posture of the Polish
cavalry in which he once served.
And he still very much displays '
Jhe European courtliness that is
sadly gone out of style.
Brother Sieradski came to
b 'J
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Piney Point from his home in
Miami to go back to school. "It's
been 50 years since I was in a
classroom, and there's a lot of
cobwebs that need to be cleared
away," he said once during a
brief moment of doubt.
But, if he had any doubts about
succeeding, his teachers had
none. All of them were encour
aged by his willingness to work
and with the ease with which
he grasped new ideas.
Change and the acceptance of
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successfully completed the examinations. And that feeling of gratitude was mutual From left
_ fhft SHLSS teachers are Tracy Aumann. Mary Coyle. Sandy Schroeder Lois Knowles and Cindv
Meredith
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new ways is not unfamiliar to
Brother Sieradski. He had to find
a new way of life after he fled his
native Poland during the great
purges of the Stalinist era. He
had to find a new way of living,
and so he went to sea.
After a number of years sailing
aboard vessels flying the flags of
many different nations, he found
himself in 1958 aboard the
Liberian Wang Trader when that
ship was sold and came under
U.S. registry. It was in that year
that he joined the SIU and began
helping to organize other ships
under the SIU banner.
Learning the English language
was not an easy thing for Eugene.
In spite of this, he studied and
earned ratings until today he
holds every engine rating there is,
including Qualified Member of
the Engine Department.
Eugene Sieradski has lived a
full life, and what is good is that
he lives the full life today. Getting
his high school diploma was just
the beginning, he says. He
phoned his teachers a couple of
weeks ago. He said: "I'll be
coming back in the Spring." We'll
be looking for him.
equipment to be found in today's
ships.
Successful completion of the
Quartermaster course leads to a
certificate of competance. The
course is open to all Seafarers
who hold a U.S. Coast Guard
endorsement of "Able Seaman
Unlimited Any Waters."
Some of the areas covered in
the course are use of the magnetic
and gyro compasses; rules of the
road; emergency procedures,
including firefighting; interna
tional codes and signals; aids
to navigation; use of radar.
Instructor Harry Coyle demonstrates the
proper use of parallel rules to plot a course as
Seafarer Albert Pickford watches Intently.
The SHLSS Quartermaster course provides
a wide range of wheelhouse skills.
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Seafarer Charles Boles (left) who ships on
the Great Lakes, goes over a course plotting
in the Straits of Mackinac with Seafarer
Angel Urti. Bolep hales from Detroit while
Brother Urti's home is in New Qrleans.
SIU Tow
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HE latest
towboat p
SIU inland cor
sections of the
including the
Coast and the
duating class of
ots represents
anies from all
United States,
St Coast, West
ilf.
In the photo ere, the graduates are (l-r bJtom row) NedTeller, G&H 'wing, Corpus
Christ!; John E ns, Curtis Bay,
Baltimore; Cra Brown, Q&H
Corpus Christ! eonard Fuller,
G&H, Houstc ; David Domangue, CroW: Long Beach;
and R- G. I rdett, G&H,
Houston.
In the back r# are (l-r) David
Jordan, Cresce Towing, New
Orleans; Steve Nelson, G&H,
Corpus Chris Larry Nixon,
G&H, Houston Arthur Grundmeyer, Crescer Towing, New
Orleans; Mic
Orillion,
Crescent Towin -New Orleans;
and Paul Allma •'nstructor and
head of the ^HLSS deck
department.
The towboat pilot program,
like other beginning and upgrad
ing progranis at the Seafarers
training center in Piney Point, is
a statement of the SIU's
commitment to provide the
inland waterways industry with
the best trained and most
qualified boatmerr possible.
To this end, the SIU's towboat
pilot program includes both
classroom and on-the-job in
struction, with emphasis on
practical problem-solving. The
towboat pilot course is six weeks.
Students are provided with all
study materials, and are guided
by experienced instructors.
Special help is also available
from the SHLSS academic
department in the areas of math,
and reading and study skills.
The next towboat pilot class
will begin on March 16 at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship.
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LORAN, fathometers and RDF;
and weather, tides and currents.
Successful completion of the
Quartermaster course also
entitles student to six college
credits.
The next Quartermaster
course begins March 2.
�Pumproom Maintenance Course
Provides Special Engine Skills
HE specialty courses offered
at the Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg School of Seaman
ship provide additional upgrad
ing opportunities to Seafarers,
and they are in good measure the
reason why SIU deep sea sailors
and inland boatmen are the best
qualified maritime workers
anywhere in the world.
One of these courses is
Pumproom Maintenance and
Operation, a six-week course
which is open to Seafarers who
hold a QMED Any Rating
endorsement, or an endorsement
as Pumpman.
The course includes classroom
and practical instruction on the
maintenance and operation of
valves, emergency procedures,
cargo pump operations and
loading procedures, cargo
measurement, discharging and
ballasting procedures, tank
cleaning and inert gas systems,
fire fighting and safety, pollu
tion control, and cargo control Seafarer John Fink is learning-by-doing by adjusting the
systems.
valves on a pump. John ships out of the port of New York.
The course also entitles those
who successfully complete the
course requirement to receive six
college credits. The next class
begins Feb. 16.
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Don Bush (wearing safety goggles) does lathe work as part
of the pumproom maintenance course. Seafarer Bush
makes his home in Norfolk.
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Seafarer Chris Devonish makes a
linkage adjustment on a reciprocating
pump. Chris ships out of the Port of
New York.
SHLSS Instructor Jim Sheaffer (left) works with Seafarer John Fink as they set up a job on a lathe. The six-week course covers
all aspects of safe operations and maintenance of shipboard pumprooms.
Railroad Industry Looks At SIU Alcohol Rehabilitation
T
HE nation's railroad indus
try together with the various
unions comprising the railroad
brotherhoods are looking at the
SIU's alcohol rehabilition
program as a model for new
rehabilition policy for their
industry.
In a recent visit to the Seafarers
Alcoholic Rehabilition in Piney
Point, Md., representatives of
railroad industry and labor, and
the U.S. Department of Trans
portation met with the SIU's staff
and toured the Center.
In the photo at right, SIU
Rehabilition Counselor Mary
Lynn Rogers and SHLSS Vice
President Frank Mongelli talk
22 / LOG / Dec^ber 1980
with Daniel M. Collins, labormanagement specialist with the
Federal Railroad Administra
tion, and Washington con
sultants Philip C. Fedewa and
Lawrence J. Fedewa.
Also attending the orientation
visit to the SIU's facilities were
Daniel W. Collins, director of
education for the United Trans
portation Union, and J. A.
Paddock, senior consultant on
alcohol and drug abuse programs
for a Washington consulting
group.
The Seafarers Alcoholic
Rehibilitation Center was
established in Valley Lee,
Maryland in 1973 to provide for
the needs of SIU members who
are suffering from the disease of
alcoholism. The SIU's program
uses counseling and group
discussions with a strong
emphasis on the principles of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
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SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters
United Industrial Workers
bf North America
Frank Drozak, president
Joe DIGIorgio, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hall, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
Dispatchers Report for Deep Sea
OCT. 1-31,1980
*TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Port
7
97
10
18
16
14
18
77
33
60
28
45
8
ft0
497
4
57
11
9
8
11
2
25
12
24
23
13
1
39
1
0
240
8
66
6
12
12
19
5
36
7
38
20
44
9
25
11
1
319
Port
'
.'Vt
... t
•//
14
7
147
84
14
13
37
15
25
9
25
8
32
6
135
43
61
23
92
25
43
34
51
14
14
0
129 \ 56
0
0
0
0
819
337
/• 2
/ 89
7
23
15
7
18
45
20
33
14
31
4
61
3
0
372
2
46
0
6
7
6
7
17
5
21
7
18
1
15
1
1
160
0
6
0
0
2
2
0
4
1
4
2
6.
0
5
0
0
32
1
30
0
10
5
7
3
13
5
13
13
13
6
24
3
1
147
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
10
0
0
0 •
0
17
6
5
157 ,
93
>U9
6
41
17
24
14
7
13
28
11
94
32
40
9
55
30
22
12
35
24
11
3
99
28
2
0
0
1
640
298
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Boston
New York
Philadelphia •
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilniington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
• ; f^
1
35
2
9
5
4
5
19
16
26
13
17
3
27
0
0
182
Port
Totals All Departments
3
1
1
2
0
1
.0
1
1
5
4
11
0
5
1
1
37
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
•,
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
^•REGISTERED ONBEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
I
Tampa
Mobile
!
New Orleans i
Jacksonville /
San Francisco
Wilmington /
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile •
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
• Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
4
28
2
2
5
1
2
6
0
22
0
4
4
7
7
0
94 1
4
46
6
7
8
4
2
10
4
26
9
6
6
11
1
0
150
0
0
31
0
10
0
2
1
• 1
0
2
1
21
6
8
0
0
0
01
52
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
nV-'
• I'M-'
,
1
26
2
10
4
5
4
32
' 9
12
4
9
7
19
0
0
144
,1.195
5
133
19
35
21
23
21
47
19
69
26
32
17
55
45
0
567
1,061
2
32
412
6
4
3
6
12
42
34
21
1
17
1
0
197
314
3
40
3
20
6
6
5
45
21
25
8
1-4
11
22
0
1
230
1,105
709
85
2,041
14
265
42
65
41
25
45
88
63
98
48
39
32
83
4
0
952
1,737
8
133
7
29
21
13
5
27
21
82
107
43
4
49
0
0
549
772
'^®gistered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the |::|ort at the end of last month.
^ ' ipping in the month of October was good in most A&O deepsea ports. A total of 1,899 jobs were shipped last
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s oply 1,105 or slightly more than half, were taken, by "A"seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "f""
eniority people. Shipping is expected to remain good for the foreseeable future.
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408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
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Seatrain Lines Inc., has gotten the okay from the Federal government
to repay construction subsidy monies on the supertanker Bay Ridge.
clearing the way for operation of the Bay Ridge in the Alaskan oil trade.
Federal law prohibits vessels built with U.S. construction subsidies
from operating in domestic intracoastal trade. But last February the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled that Seatrain could operate another supertanker,
the Stuyvesant, on the Alaskan oil run pending repayment of $27J2
million in government construction subsidies.
The Bav Ridge will enter the Alaskan oil trade as soon as she leaves a
San Francisco shipyard where she's being repaired after a collision with a
tug.
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Sea-Land Service Inc. marked two milestones at the port of Houston
last month. First, the company's multi-million dollar, 40-acre container
terminal was dedicated by Sea-Land President R. K. Johns. The new
terminal, located at Harbours Cut, ranks as one of the largest in the
nation. During the dedication ceremony, the Sea-Land Express, one in
the company's new line of D-9 vessels, arrived at the port.
The second milestone was noted during the dedication ceremony:
last year, Houston outranked all other U.S. ports in foreign commerce
for the first time.
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Fire Training Center here on Nov. 19. Like the other Marad firefighting
schools around the country, the New Orleans facility will offer both
classroom and hands-on training in firefighting. Open to all personnel
involved in waterborne commerce, the Center offers two courses:
firefighting on barges and firefighting on ships.
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Buried Treasure
A marine historian who has determined that no fewer than 633 vessels
have gone down off the Delmarva Peninsula, near Ocean City, Md.; is
determined to salvage one of them.
Donald Stewart, president of the Atlantic Ship Historical Society,
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Here's the second installment of a
fiew Log column dealing with Social
Security. We will try to keep you
informed of rules and regulations,
changes in the law. and of course
your benefits under the Social
Security Adtninistration. We hope
you enjoy the column. If you have
any suggestions concerning this
column please drop us a line.
Family Benefits After Yoiir
Death
If you are insured by Social
Security when you die, no matter
what your age, monthly survivor
benefits are payable to:
• Your widow, or widower, at age
, 65 (or age 60 if reduced benefits are
elected);
• Your widow or widower at any
• age who is caring for your child—
under 18 or disabled—who is
entitled to benefits.
• Your disabled widow or wid
ower 50 or older.
• Your unmarried children under
18 (or 22 if full-time students), and
those 18 or over who become
disabled before reaching 22;
• Your dependent parents 62 or
older;
• Your divorced wife if she is not
married and is (1) caring for a child
(under 18 or disabled) who is
entitled to benefits on your Social
Security record or (2) age 60 (50 if
disabled) and was married to you for
10 years. (A divorced woman mar
ried less than 20 years will have her
benefits reduced by the amount of
any pension she receives for public
employment not covered by Social
Security.)
formed a corporation and raised over $100,000 to find and salvage a 60gun Spanish warship which went down in a hurricane more than 200
years ago.
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Stewart says the vessel held $40 million in gold, silver and gems and he
believes the loot is still aboard. Using a specially equipped research vessel
called the Bloodhound. Stewart believes he's detected the sunken
Spanish ship. "I know within a mile radius of the site where the remmns
of that ship are located," he said.
The salvage operation is slated for this spring but Stewart isnt
revealing either the location or the name of the Spanish wreck—he
doesn't want anyone to "try and cash in" on the operation.
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Mofson Navigation
Palm trees may be more common in Honolulu than their coldloving Evergreen cousins but therell soon be plenty of pine on
Hawaii.
Matson Navigatiorrwill ship a total of 175,000 Christmas trees in 275
refrigerated containers from Seattle to Honolulu during the month of
November.
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On Nov. 6, the first shipment of 25 containers left Seattle aboard the
SS MaunawUi. arriving in Honolulu Nov. 13. The SS Maunaleileft Nov.
20 with 45 containers. The largest shipment, 180 containers, was loaded
on the MaunawUi Nov. 22 for transshipment to the SS Manukai. The
MaunawUi then back-tracked to Portland and Seattle for a final load of
25 containers, arriving Honolulu Dec. 11.
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vessel to lift-on/lift-off as well. She went into the shipyard in Chester,
Pa., last month and the conversion is expected to be finished by the end of
the year.
Boston, Mass.
Ground was broken last month on Boston's Massport Marine
Terminal, an $80 million terminal that is expected to boost the port's
container-handling capacity by 50 percent. The facility, which will be
completed in 1993, will pump some $10 million into the region's
economy.
The container terminal will cover 47 acres and will include a fourberth, five-crane container port. It will also include a bulk and general
cargo facility which could be ready for use by 1985.
Adding to the port's fortunes is another containership terminal, now
under construction at Castle Island. The $15 million facility, a singleberth, two-crane operation, will add 15,000 containers a year to the port's
capacity. It will be finished next summer.
In general, each surviving depen
dent, other than an aged widow or
an aged parent, receives three
quarters of the monthly benefit
amount you would have received if
you had lived to retire at age 65 (or,
if you had already retired at age 65
or later, the amount you were
receiving as a monthly benefit).
However, there is a "family maxi
mum" which js the top amount that
can be paid to your survivors taken
together.
As with retired workers. Social
Security payments to a surviving
dependent are reduced if the depen
dent works and earns more than the
earnings limit for the year (in 1980,
$5,000 for those over 65, $3,720 for
those under 65). However, work by a
parent does not affect the benefits of
surviving children under that par
ent's care.
Lump-sum death benefit—In
addition to the monthly benefits
survivors receive, the deceased
Your widow or widower who worker's spouse living in the same
starts getting checks at 65 is entitled household is entitled to a lump-sum
to the amount you would have been death payment of $255. If there is no
receiving had you lived (or were such spouse, this payment can be
receiving when you died), although a made to the person who paid burial
nondependent widower will have his' expenses, or directly to the funeral
benefits reduced by the amount of home if the expenses have not been
any pension he receives for public paid.
employment not covered by Social
Security.
A sole surviving child is entitled to
a benefit not less than the primary
amount. A dependent parent will
receive 82'/2% of your age-65 benefit
amount. (If there are two dependent
parents, each is potentially eligible
for 75%.)
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least one crewmember with And the more communication we
a .camera snapping pix of his get from the ships at sea, from the
shipmates and happenings on the Lakes and from our boats
operating in the harbors and
vessel.
The Log is happy to receive inland waterway system, the
any and all photos from our ships . better.
and boats. We can't publish all of
Send the photos to Log,
them. But well do our best to Seafarers International Union,
publish as many as we can 675-4th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. Here's a shot of the LNG Libra and LNG Leo side by side at sea. The Libra
depending on availability of 11232. If you wish the photos to transferred her cargo to the Leo at sea after she had lost use of her propel
be returned to you, please include ler. According to Tom Brooks, bosun on the/-/bra, the operation went smoothly
space.
So keep those cards and letters a forwarding address where they and professionally (phale-tyir OS John Edwardsnn)
and photos coming in. Com may be sent.
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The SlU steward department on the SSPresident Pierce (American President
Lines) gather for a friendly photo. They are Sam Brown, 2nd cook; Jackson
Garland, chief cook; Doyle Jorgenson, 3rd cook; Catherine Harris, saloon
waitress and Carl Rosander, chief steward.
PJglails in the Pantry
(A S6m Chmtey tor our SlU sisters)
Pigtails in the pantry,
Mascarra on the deck.
Panty hose and lipstick down below.
Perfume in the passage
Hairpins in the sink
Dainty things hung where they will not show.
So Why's the bos'n shouting?
What's brought him to the brink?
I've never knowri his nerve to fail.
Did the crosstree topple?
Blocks come crashing down?
No! Mary Sue just broke another nail.
Grease on pretty eyebrows
Red lead sprinkled through the curls.
Tallow mixed with talc
Stand back. Chief, and make way for the girls.
Recall the old days, sailors.
The bitter and the hard,
The heat, the dirt, the snarling mates galore.
And bless our SlU sisters.
They've brought us things we never had l)efore.
Charles Bortz
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This dramatic photo shtrws the at sea refueling of the Navy ship USNS
Mispillion in the Pacific. The job was accomplished by the crew of the SIUmanned Ogden Charger (photo by Seafarer Wallace Stephens).
Monthly Membership
Meetings
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Algonac
Houston
New Orleans
Mobile
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Piney Point
San Juan
Columbus
Chicago
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St. Louis
Cleveland
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LNG ARIES (Energy Transport),
October 25—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun F. Pehler; Secretary J. Kundrat;
Educational Director John Ponti;
Steward Delegate Martin E. Buck. No
disputed OT. The Log was received.
Chairman made a few remarks about
the Union election of officers. Report to
Log: "On September 30, 1980 SIU
crewmembprs helped rescue 21
Vietnamese boat people. That same
night one of the women gave birth to a
baby girl as was reported in a letter from
Singapore on October 5, 1980."
SEA-LAND SEATTLE (Sea-Land
Service), October 11—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun William Robinson;
Secretary Eddie Hernandez; Educa
tional Director Don Pase; Deck
Delegate W. Matthews; Engine
Delegate Dominic Cavallo. No disputed
OT. Chairman gave a talk to the
members about the opportunities they
have to better themselves in this Union
through Piney Point and how important
it is for us to donate to SPAD. Report to
Log: "The only unusual thing that
happened two trips ago was that coming
from Puerto Rico a wj[iale got tangled
SEA-LAND LEADER (Sea-Land
up on the ship's screw and held us up for
Service), October 11—Chairman, a few hours so we have to go to the
Recertified Bosun A1 Whitmer; shipyard." Observed one minute of
Secretary R. Macareeg; Educational silence in memory of our departed
Director William R. Burgess. No brothers.
disputed OT. Chairman read the Union
ACHILLES (Newport Tanker
oath of obligation to refresh memories Corp.), October 26—^Chairman,
and to remind the younger members Recertified Bosun Michael Casanueva;
what is to come when they upgrade and Secretary R. D. Bozeman; Educational
become full members. Talk was given on Director C. R. Langford. No disputed
duties to our Union and all were urged
OT. A discussion was held on Piney
to work for the Union's continued Point. Some of us older members think
growth. Chief Mate, T. Moulton, sent it is a good thing and everyone who can
down words of praise for the entire deck should take advantage of the opportu
department and thanked them for a job nity to better themselves. The younger
well done. The steward department was men who come from training at Piney
commended for the little extras that go
Point are needed. Report to Log: "We,
into making a good ship better.
the crew of the SS Achilles who have
been on here a long time would like to
SEA-LAND GALVESTON (Sea- say thanks to Captain R. Wolfe. He has
Land Service), October 25—Chairman, done a great job on this ship. He has
Recertified Bosun John Japper; Sec seen to it that most repairs were taken
retary Norman Johnson. No disputed care of. You should have seen this ship
OT. Chairman discussed the im when he came on. He has cleaned it up,
portance of donating to SPAD and of got new refrigerators, icemakers, deep
practicing safety aboard ship at all freezes, you name it, he has done it."
times, liie steward will be getting off in
BALTIMORE (Sea-Land Service),
December to attend the Stewards
October
26—Chairman, Recertified
Recertification at Piney Point and
Bosun Jose L. Gonzales; Secretary
encourage all men to take advantage of
George
W. Gibbons; Educational Direc
the programs the Union offers. More
tor
W.
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Dunnigan. $15.25 in ship's fund.
trading means more money in your
No disputed OT. Chairman reported that
pocket. Next port Naha.
the ship ran into bad weather coming
SEA-LAND PATRIOT (Sea-Land from Boston, Mass. If there are any
Service), October 26—Chairman, Re repairs necessary due to the storm they
certified Bosun Emilio Sierra; Secretary should be reported immediately. Voting
C. E. Bell; Educational Director Robert is now going on at the Union halls to
Henley Jr.; Deck Delegate Jam» W. elect a President and other officers. Read
Fultz; Engine Delegate Raymond
the Union Paper, the Log, to know what
MachaJ; Steward Delegate Harold is going on from time to time. A vote of
McLeer. No disputed OT. Chairman thanks to all department delegates for a
asked all crewmembers to refrain from job well done. Next port Elizabeth.
smoking on deck during refueling in
Long Beach. Requested all entry rating
WASHINGTON (Hudson WaterwaysX
to upgrade and for everyone to take October 26—Chairman G. Cojrelli;
advantage of the courses offered at Secretary H. Scypes; Engine Delegate M.
Piney Point. The Log was received and
Beny; Steward Delegate David Horton
it was suggested for all to-read to keep Jr. No disputed OT. Chairman spoke to
up with what is going on in the Union. A Red Campbell and Leon Hall and they
vote of thanks to the steward depart received word that the ship's crew
ment and the deck department from the performed their duties well. The Captain
engine department for their coopera extended to the crew a job well done and
tion. Report to Log: "Vessel will go to hopes to sail with the same men again. A
shipyard on the 20th of November. It special vote of thanks to electrician
will remain in the shipyard for 20 days. Rogers for showing movies by video tape
The crew will fly home from the for crew. The video machine and tapes
shipyard and the vessel will recrew on were Rogers own set. Observed one
December 10, 1980 according to the minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers. Next port Beaumont.
company. Next port Long Beach.
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UST ATLANTIC (Interocean Mgt.),
October 5—Chairman, Recertified
Bosun G. Mattioli; Secretary Clyde
Kreiss; Educational Director L. C.
Gayle; Steward Delegate Nelson Rodri
guez. No disputed OT. Chairman
reported that a letter received from Vice
President Red Campbell in regards to
the fire aboard ship was read'. Discussed
the importance of upgrading and
donating to SPAD. Noted that there
was a good crew on this trip and that
everyone was doing his job. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done.
COVE TRADER (Cove Shipping),
October 19—Chairman T. Gailas;
Secretary M. Bruschini; Educational
Director J. Rodriguez; Deck Delegate
Ronald S. Davis. Some disputed OT in
deck and steward departments. Secre
tary reported that everyone who
qualifies should think about going to
Piney Point to upgrade for better jobs
and job security. At the present time
anyone who goes to SHLSS to upgraide
will have his transportation expenses
refunded by the school. Educational
Director wants the latest information
about the courses at Piney Point so they
can be posted on the ship for everybody
that is plajining to upgrade. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done. Next port Baton Rouge.
OGDEN LEADER (Ogden Marine),
October 19—Chairman J. R. Colangelo; Secretary Ernie Hoitt; Educa
tional Director Alan R. Gardner. No
disputed OT. Secretary read the consti
tutional amendment. He also advised
that we will be getting 90 days store this
voyage in the states. Educational
Director reported that Piney Point has
temporarily closed the QMED and
FWT programs. Also that there should
be no smoking on deck at anytime while
at a loading or discharge dock. $34.50 in
ship's fund. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
OGDEN MERRIMAC (Ogden Ma
rine), October 19—Chairman T. S.
Barnes; Secretary O. Esquive; Educa
tional Director M. Akoon. Some
disputed OT in engine department.
Chairman requested all members to get
all your repair lists ready so they can be
turned over to the boarding patrolman.
Payoff will be in Norfolk either Tuesday
or Wednesday morning. Discussed the
importance of donating to SPAD. All
members who qualify should go to
Piney Point to upgrade and if you have
the time, and .not the money to get there,
the Union will pay transportation if you
finish the course you are taking. Ob
served one minute of silence in memory
of our departed brothers and sisters.
OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden
Marine), October 12—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun Sven Jansson;
Secretary George W. Luke; Educational
Director Jerry Windham; Deck
Delegate John Donaldson. No disputed
OT. $150 in movie fund. There was a
communication that was received that
had some answers of questions we asked
of SIU Vice President Red Campbell.
Better attention should be given to those
who are sick or injured and being sent to
a doctor while in Panama. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers. Next port Baton Rouge, La.
PUERTO RICO (Puerto Rico
Marine), October 4—Chairman F.
Goethe; Secretary H. Ridgeway;
Educational Director J. Barry. No
disputed OT. Chairman suggested that
everyone read the Log and know what
your Union is doing for you. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done.
BENJAMIN HARRISON (Water
man Steamship), October 17—Chair
man, Recertified Bosun Jimmy Garner;
Secretary Thomas Liles, Jr.; Educational
Director Charles Henley; Deck Delegate
Norman D. Gillikin; Engine Delegate
Daniel W. Clifford; Steward Delegate
Ronald R. Moore. Some disputed OT in
deck and steward departments. Secretary
reported that the crew list was mailed to
Headquarters from Jeddah. Also, that all
crewmembers should upgrade at Piney
Point. There are some forms available
also some forms for benefits. It was re
ported that the jacks on the crane are very
dangerous. They don't work properly.
The storing of the crane is also unsafe. A
vote of thanks to the steward department
for a job well done. Observed one minute
of silence in memory of our departed
brothers and sisters.
Official ship's minutes were also re
ceived from the following vesscts;
Ses-Land Liberator
Bay Ridge
Overseas Juneau
Houston
Dd Mundo
Aredbo
Del Viento
Btuinqpien
Bayamon
Montpdicr Victoiy
SM-Land Resource
Sea-Land Economy
Mt. Vernon Vktmy
Mount Washbigton
Sea-Land Pioneer
Del Campo
Sea-Land Maifcet
Ultnunar
Golden Monarch
Ogden Potomac
Cove Trader
Sea-Land Exchange
Overseas NataMe
Tamara Guflden
Point Julie
Svita Mercedes
Overseas Joyce
Sea-Land Commerce
Santa MagdUena
Smta Cruz •
Ihmscolorado
Overseas Aleutian
Ogdoi Ihivder
StonewaO Jadtson
Sea-Land Indepmdence
Newark
DdRio
Cove Tide
Sea-Land Omsumer
Delta Norte
Sea-Land Producer
Walter Rice
AguadiBa
Dd Viento
Santa Juana
Mayaguez
Sea-Land Pacer
Tanqn
Sugar Islander
Sea-Land Trade
Sea-Land Defender
Brooklyn
Sea-Land Express
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Independent Agencies
State Dept.
International Boundary and Water Commission
U.S. and Mexico
Office of International Trade
Office of Fisheries Affairs
Office of Marine Science and Technology Affairs
Office of Oceans and Polar Affairs
National Security Council Interagency Group
for Law of the Sea
Office of Maritime Affairs
Transporation Dept.
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Maritime Policy Advisor, Office of the Deputy Secretary
U.S. Coast Guard
Office of Marine Environment and Systems
Office of Merchant Marine Safety
Marine Safety Council
Research and Special Programs Administration
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Treasury Dept.
U.S. Customs Service
Inter-American Development Bank
Internal Revenue Service
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Monetary Fund
Civil Aeronautics Board
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Environmental Protection Agency
Export-Import Bank of the United States
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Federal Maritime Commission
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Federal Trade Commission
U.S. International Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration
National Labor Relations Board
National Transportation Board
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Office of Personnel Management
Panama Canal Commission
Small Business Administration
Water Resources Council
Federal Communications Commission ^
National Science Foundation
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Delaware River Basin Commission
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
International Development Cooperation Agency
Agency for International Development
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Here's the Ship's Committee of the ST Coi^eSa/'/or (Cove Shipping) last month at
the Exxon Dock, Bayway, NJ, They are (front I. to r.) AB R. L. Cooper, deck
delegate; Chief Cook La' France Smith, steward delegate and Chief
Steward/Baker John Miller, secretary-reporter. In the back row (I. to r.) are
Recertified Bosun Jim Elwell, ship's chairman and Edward Henry, engine
delegate.
Santa Barbara Committee
Welt trained Seafarers acc^ting the
challenge ... To Be The Best!
To get the Job done!
SlU Rep Teddy Babkowski (seated 2nd r.) got a friendly welcome late last month
from (on his r.) Crew MesSman Julio Kotan at a payoff aboard the SS Santa
Barbara (Delta Line) at Port Newark. NJ The Ships Committee and
crewmembers are (seated I. to r.) Cook,-'Baker Jimmy Mann, steward delegate.
Wiper John McLain and 2nd Electrician Tim Stagg Standing (I. to r) are AB Luis
Morales, deck delegate: R(3certifled Bosun Stan Jandora. ship s chairman: Chief
Steward C. White, secretary-reporter and OS David Ace Aelick
A skilled tankerman is necessary
to move liquid cargoes, maintain
pollution control and prepare the
vessel for CISCG inspection. Safety
and firefighting are also taught.
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beginning Jan. 15; Jan. 29; Feb. 12.
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Raymond Earnest Haulcomb, 52,
joined the Union in the port of
Mobile in 1956 sailing as a chief
engineer for Mobile Towing from
1946 to 1980. Brother Haulcomb was
born in Flamington, Ala. and is a
resident of Mobile.
Joseph Holman Roberts, 63,
joined the SlU in 1946 in the port of
Baltimore sailing as a general ste
ward utility. Brother Roberts was
born in North Carolina and is a
resident of Hackensaek, N.J.
Julio Indalicio Santiago, 63,
joined the SlU in 1941 in the port of
New York sailing as an AB. Brother
Santiago walked the picket lines in
both the N.Y. Harbor beef and the
1965 District Council 37 strike. He
was born in Puerto Rico and is a
resident of Catano, P.R.
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Eugene William Repsch,62,joined
the Union in the port of Philadelphia
in 1960 sailing as a cook for McAllis
ter Brothers from 1950 to 1980, P.F.
Martin & Co. from 1956 to 1968 and
Curtis Bay Towing Co. Brother
Repsch was a member of the Tilesetters Union, Focal 1800 from 1946
to 1952. He was also a member of theNMU. Boatman Repsch is a veteran
of the U.S. Army in World War II.
Born in Minersville, Pa., he is a
resident of Philadelphia.
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Charles Gordon Shaw, 62, joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in
1967 sailing as a captain for McAllis
ter Brothers from 1965 to 1980 and
for Moran Towing from 1962 to
1965. Brother Shaw sailed 39 years.
He was a former member of the
NMU Local 333. Boatman Shaw
was born in Richmond, Va. and is
a resident of Norfolk.
Raymond Joseph Kane, 73, joined
the Union in the port of Detroit in
1970 sailing as a cook. Brother Kane
also sailed during World War II. He
at one time cooked in a RussianAmerican restaurant. Born in Lex;
ingt(^, Kyi, he is a resident of Mt.
Clemens, Mich.
EIrIck Harrison Horsman, 65,
joined the Union in the port of
Philadelphia in 1961 sailing as a
deckhand and captain for Curtis Bay
Towing from 1941 to 1980 and for
Red Star Towing from 1937 to 1941.
Brother Horsman was a former
member of the MM & P and the IBL
Union Local 1700. He was born in
Baltimore and is a resident of
Salisbury, Md.
Charles Francis McGovem, 65,
joined the Union in the port of New
York in 1960 sailing as a bridgeman
for the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Eastern
District Terminal from 1950 to 1960.
He was born in Jersey City, N.J. and
is a resident of Point Pleasant Boro,
N.J.
Eldred John Stark, 67, joined- the
Union in 1938 in the port of Pt.
Huron, Mich, sailing as an AB.
Brother Stark sailed 20 years and for
Kinsman Marine. He was born in
Marine City? Mich, and is a resident
of Algonac, Mich.
John Smith Parkin, 63, joined the
Union in the port of Norfolk in 1962
sailing as a pilot and mate for
McAllister Brothers from 1965 to
1980. Brother Parkin was born in
f Beaufort, N.C. and is a resident of
5 Deptford, N.J.
Frank Joseph Raleigh, 71, joined
the Union in the port of Philadelphia
in 1961 sailing as a captain for Cur
tis Bay Towing from 1946 to 1980.
Brother Raleigh was a former
member of the MM & P and the
ILA. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy
in World War II. Boatman Raleigh
was born in Philadelphia and is a
resident of Yeadon, Pa.
Luke B. Scariano, 66, joined the
Union in the port of New Orleans in
1956 sailing as a deckhand and chief
engineer for Crescent Towing from
1951 to 1980. Brother Scariano was
bom in New Orleans and is a resident
there.
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John Miller Retiring After Wild and Wooly Sea Career
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Anyone who thinks that Amer
ica's merchant marine isn't this
nation's 4th Arm of Defense, just
ask SIU steward/baker John
Miller.
He'll open a drawer in his
foc'sle and proudly pull out his
U.S. Maritime Service Bars from
three wars.
He has service bars from
World War II from three theaters
of war, the Atlantic, the Mediter
ranean and the Middle East.
He also has service bars'from
the Korean and Vietnam con
flicts. A twist to Brother Miller's
sea history is that he also spent
time in the Army during the
iCorean War as a paratrooper. He
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PertmuOs
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James Mulcahy
Please get in touch with Angelo
Liquori, Seafarers Accounting. You
have a $50 hahy hond waiting to he sent
out to you. But the Union does not
know where to send it since you have
moved and failed to give a forwarding
address. You can write the Union, 6754th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. II232, or call
212-499^6600.
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Walter George Kaulhack
Your family requests that you call
home on an urgent matter. The
telephone number is: 804-543-4377.
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was captured by the enemy and
tortured by having part of a
finger cut off. He spent 18
months as a POW.
But Seafarer John Miller has
come through it all in fine shape.
Presently, he's sailing aboard the
Cove Sailor. But on Jan. 4, 1981,
when he turns 55, Brother Miller
is going to call it a day and take a
well deserved Early Normal
Retirement.
M iller's first trip was as a wiper
on the Liberty ship John W. Hoyt
in 1943. And the run? You guess
ed it! Murmansk. His ship never
made it through. It was tor
pedoed, but Miller made it
through in one piece. .
Here's our best to Seafarer
John Miller, We wish him
smooth sailing and good-luck in
the years ahead.
As he looks forward to retire
ment, Brother Miller has no
regrets. He will be kept more than
busy running a small importexport business in Clearwater,
Fla. with his wife, Jean.
Miller, who ships primarily out
of Tampa, is well known in the
Gulf as a strong union man ready
to step forward for any cause of
the SIU.
One more thing; he's a damn
good cook and well liked by all
his shipmates.
People like John Miller make
the SIU what it is today, a strong,
growing, colorful union.
Steward/Baker John Miller, donning his trademark of chefs hat and neckorohiof.
shows off his Merchant Marine Service bars representing action in throe wars for
,the American merchant marine.
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The
Lakes
Picture
Algonac
Frankfort
bo7h7rm.tXt^Th1a^'TM-r ^
She s being readied for use should the voIurJl 7K
inspection,
of a third carferiy.
volume of business demand the use
Chicago
SlU-contrarted American Steamship Co has scheH.,i<.H 11 u- .
the winternavigation season this year Thevarethl /
ships for
Clair, H. Lee White. Sam Laud BuffalJ
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f^^rbor. St.
Mariner. Roger M. Kyes. Belle River Adam^'^E r^^'f
Detroit Edison.
Cornelius and the
slated for a winter run and Huron Cement will
(Litton) is
carriers. That brings the number of SITI r""I
or two cement
expected to participate in winter navieatin"
vessels
The reason' for th'e un^"c^n
SIU Algonac port agent Jack Bluitt is that "bu.inl l shipping, says
picked up. There's a big demand fo^ o"
stockpiles.
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"Mostly to replenish
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ribbon-cutting ceremonv Thio
'locked at the terminal for the
ceremony.
Chicago
port
agent Joe Sigler paid her a
servicing visit.
Octrcrft
went down with all ha^s^fn Lake^^lD?
with ceremonies herl
earliest o.L„g da,.TnX ?"sUO~
^mund Fitzgerald v/hich
^975, was marked
wr?a'L°'td''t^!7e"Mrnt?'S^^^
»'«> ™4morial
sanctuary bell was tolled 29 times on?? f" 77"
"ic
crewmen.
f"' ^''l' »f <hc Fitzgerald's
Chm?h'''Ws'l7???^St\rag^'7'tto^
Mariners
of what the Great Lakes are amf th? n
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recognition
Lakes are and the personnel who work them" he said.
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about a week Z tht m?u™ ^o^m^^Sr H
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'^°~on Clubs, among
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the carfeny collided with the dock at St IgI,Me"'Mch°Th""®^
injuries to the SIU crew but the rA/a,A„o "
There were no
and she's stiU thete
">» aWpyard for repaits
Now the state is pondering her future Thf»ir'ro ^ • j •
her to diesel. They're also considerin« " • ^ considermg converting
^-.plac7oftheCi???rh=3r^^^
thSteXX'ItfrSn'ht^H^hirh
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and...critical habitats "
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grounds
com???; trb^UTlatomyo^ l""rt
pro^am'next ycTrL
testing a fuel made from finelv prmmH
ship traffic.
brought on by icebreaking and
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"Democrat,
n°
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Rep. Robert M. Carr
forme'? MM77emblvman'
14th C D wi?? ??. 7
P°"""
_in f^.u. with the strong backing of the Union.
the, election of
f™" Michigan's
1st Pension Check for Deloatch
. W-
° Canton, will be
fuel oil. Severaldiffer»Tooal ?ifr?^
in heavy marine
one is actuaUy used on a Great Lake7e" v«s'd ThZ '7°'"^
part of an on-going studv to determine K
1 T Costing program is
affect the Perf.frmaL"tV:ptS
lost his Con Jill ^
aaid, "Carr vited ^;™7^;^J''"<^"«»' °«'^"'"a«twoyears,-Blui„
an Ohio
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Coal Futures
and^LS^fn mttrgfe" XuSsTf
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States, with abundant
coal deposits is expected to become a ma'
pr^ueing chough ?or b1t?°d« 7,3
June, President Carter and ,?rCe?s o7 ,tr 7™'^
Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Japan agreed tL nT®' the United
"chief producer and exnnrtfr rsf
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would be the
/vfS
size can really begin
program of major
Lakes. The port of Erie Pa now hac Q f
® Great
".ri-Tra
Shortly. The plan calls for construction nf !7
fsj Pensio^Seck /7fS?P"D^'oatch when he picked up his
fceived his check
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Icoatch 'srnooth JlS
B°"ser. We all wish Brother
'luoin saiim in his retirement years.
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Boat People, Saved, Clothed, Fed By SIU Crew
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HEN Christmas time
nears, the spirit of brother
hood is supposed to be rein
forced. But the crew of the SIUcontracted Transcolorado
(Hudson Waterways) didn't need
the spirit of Christmas last
August to practice brotherhood
of the sea.
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It was on the morning of Aug.
11 when the crew of the Trans
colorado spotted a 40-foot boat
drifting in the choppy and rainbeaten waters of the South China
Sea. On board were 67 Viet
namese refugees.
A full story on the incident ran
in the September issue of the Log.
But last month the Log received
photos of the refugees from
Seafarer Phillip Livingston, cook
and baker on the ship, and we
decided to recap the story to go
along with some of the pictures.
A heavy squall was in progress
when.the refugees' boat was seen
about 50 yards from the ship. The
Transcolorado, which is chart
ered by the Military Sealift
Command, was on her way from
the island of Diego Garcia in the
Indian Ocean to the U.S. Naval
Station at Subic Bay in the
Philippines.
According to SIU Bosun
Victor Ardowski, a pilot ladder
was used to bring the stronger
refugees on board while a
stretcher was used for the
children, babies, and those who
were sick.
On the night of the rescue,
Ardowski reported, a Special
Meeting was called at which the
SIU brothers took up a voluntary
collection to help the boat
people.
The contributions were used to
buy items for the refugees from
the ship's Slop Chest, such as,
toothbrushes, toothpaste,
combs, candies, gum, cigarettes,
and some Tee shirts.
The 67 refugees taken aboard
the Transcolorado had been at
sea three days, a relatively short
time compared to the length of
A young Vietnamese refugee appropriately displays a bar of Lifebuoy soap
aboard the ship that became the "lifebuoy" to him and 66 of his countrymen.
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time some boat people spend on
the water.
Although they were in good
physical condition, the captain of
the ship said the refugees "looked
utterly bedraggled and fatigued
when they were picked up, but
were very well behaved."
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One little tellow salutes tor the camera in this photo aboard the Transcolorado
(Hudson Waterways) with some of the refugees and Seafarer Adolph Lamonthe,
pantryman (seated)..
Photos taken by Seafarer Phillip Livingston.
Though some of the clothes they got on board ship may not fit just right, the
refugees-shown here two days after their rescue-don't seem to mind one bit.
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION
DONT
GET
TANGLED
UP
WITH
DRUGS
IF
CAUGHT
YOU LO$e
YOUR
RAPER$
FOR
LIFE/
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�Timothy Ray Van Pelt
Seafarer Tim
othy Ray Van
Pelt, 22, in 1978
graduated from
HLS. He now
sails as an
FOWT. Brother
Van Pelt upI graded to
FOWT in Piney
Point, Md. in 1979. He is a holder of
the lifeboat, firefighting, LNG and
CPR tickets. Van Pelt lives in
Baltimore and ships out of that port
and the port of New York.
Norman Bull
Seafarer Nor
man Bull, 23,
graduated from
the HLS Trainee
Program in 1978.
Brother Bull up
graded to AB
there this year.
He has the life
boat, firefighting
I CPR endorsements. Bull ships
from the port of New York.
Michael Woods
Seafarer
Michael Woods,
27, is a HLS
Trainee Pro
gram graduate.
He upgraded to
FOWT there in
1977. Brother
Woods earned
the firefighting,
lifeboat and CPR tickets. Mike lives
in Chevy Chase, Md. and ships out
of the port of Baltimore.
Jaime L. Quinones
Seafarer
Jaime L. Qui
nones, 29, grad
uated from the
Lundeberg
School in 1973.
He now sails as a
cook and baker.
Brother Qui
nones holds the
lifeboat, firefighting and CPR
endorsements. Seafarer Quinones
was born in Ponce, P.R. and is a
resident there. He ships out of the
port of New York. •
John R. Picciolo
Jeffrey A. Peltz
Michael Tewes
Seafarer John
R. Picciolo, 24,
) graduated from
the , HLSS in
1973. He sails as
an AB, a rating
which he earned
this year. He also
earned the CPR,
firefighting and
lifeboat endorsements. He was born
in Miami. Brother Picciolo attended
college studying for a B.S. in
Business Law. Seafarer Picciolo is a
former member of the Musicians
Union. He says he recently wrote a
leather-bound book, entitled "Emo
tional Access*' ready for New York
publication next year. He lives in
Miami Beach, Fla. Picciolo ships
out from all ports.
Seafarer Jef
frey A. Peltz,
26, graduated
from the HLS
Entry Trainee
Program in 1975.
Brother Peltz
upgraded to fireman-watertender
therein 1977 and
got LNG training in 1978. He earned
the firefighting, lifeboat and CPR
endorsements. Peltz says he's "wait
ing to get into the next available
QMED class." He lives in Massapequa, N.Y. and ships out of the
port of New York.
,Seafarer
Michael Tewes,
24, is a 1978
graduate of the
Harry Lunde
berg School of
Seamanship
(HLSS) Entry
Trainee Pro•
gram, Piney
Point, Md. Brother Tewes upgraded
to AB there the same year. He has
the cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
(CPR), firefighting and lifeboat
tickets. And he is a veteran of the
U.S. Navy. Tewes lives in Brooklyn,
N.Y. and ships out of the port of
New York.
Gregory A. Peer
Seafarer
Gregory A.Poer,
23, graduated
from the HLSS
in 1978. He up
graded to AB
there this year.
Brother Poer
also sails as a
tankerman in the
inland field. He holds the lifeboat,
firefighting, LNG and CPR tickets.
Poer lives in Lynnwood, Wash, and
ships out of the port of Seattle.
Notice On Job Coil Procedure (inland)
When throwing in for work
during a Job call at any SiU
Hiring Hail, boatmen must
produce the following:
• membership certificate
(where possessed)
• registration card
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• clinic card
• seaman's papers
INLAND
Stanley Vane
Seafarer Stan
ley Vane, 22,
graduated from
the Lundeberg
School in 1978.
Brother Vane up
graded to FOWT
there in 1979. He
has the lifeboat,
firefighting and
CPR schooling. Born in the port of
Baltimore, he ships out of that port.
Jesse J. Thrasher
Seafarer Jesse
J. Thrasher sails
as a chief stew
ard. a rating
he upgraded to in
1978. Brother
Thrasher holds
the CPR, LNG.
lifeboat and fire' • fighting tickets.
He ships out of the port of Seattle.
Pierce J. Porter
Seafarer
Pierce J. Porter,
56. sails as a
FOWT since he
upgraded to that
rating at the
Lundeberg
School in 1978.
Brother Porter
has the firefight
ing. lifeboat and CPR tickets. He
ships out of the port of Norlolk.
...AND MAKE MONEY. The cargo doesn't move
without the skill and say-so of the Chief Pump
man. ffe's top man. So he earns top dollar for his
skills.
Get those skills
Get your Chief Pumpman endorsement
Take the Pumproom Maintenance and Operations
course at SHLSS. It starts Feb. 16 and continues
through Mar. 26.
To enroll, see your SIU Representative or contact
SHLSS.
December 1980 / LOGi 31
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Larry Dockwiller
Floyd Mitchell, Jr.
Bill Wroten
Donald Ga Nung
Rudy DeBolsslere
Ronald Fluker
Willie Wilson
Bob Scarsborough
Bud LeClaIr
Henry B. Donnelly
Junior Hughes
Andrew Reasko
12 More Complete Steward Reoert Program
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The recent Steward Recerti- they had obtained from taking
fication Class ended on an the Program to help their
upbeat note, with the mem fellow shipmates.
bers of the graduating class
The Stewards were involved
receiving their certificates at
in vigorous
two month internthe monthly membership
iii^iiiuc;i oi 11 u
^
meeting at the Headquarters ®
divided their time
Building in New York City.
between the Seafarers Harry
Upon receiving their dipio- Lundeberg School of Seamas, a number of Stewards "Tranship and Headquarters.
pledged to use the knowledge
Among other things, the
Stewards studied the various
benefit plans available to
members of this union. When
they go back to their ships,
they will be able to rustle up
plenty of know-how with their
usual quota of fine meals.
The Stewards were also
exposed to the union's Wash
ington operations in a one day
visit to the nation's Capitol.
During their visit to Wash
ington D.C., the Stewards
visited the Transportation
Institute, a non-profit organi
zation aimed at promoting
maritime research and devel
opment, and the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department,
where they \yere given an indepth briefing on the SlU's
legislative activities.
Help Your Brother Down the Road to Sobriety
eeing a blind man walk down a street makes the rest of us thankful
for our sight. Perfect strangers, as well as friends, don't hesitate to offer a guiding
arm to the blind because we all think it must he a terrible thing to he unable to see
where you're going.
An alcoholic can't see where he's going either, only alcoholics
don't have friends. Because a friend wouldn't let another man blindly travel a
course that has to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his family.
And that's where an alcoholic is headed.
Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem is just
as easy—and just as important—as steering a blind man across a street. AH
you have to do is take that Seafarer by the arm and guide him to the Union's
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive the care and cohnseling^^
he needs. And hell get the support of brother SIU members who are Fighting
ijj
•the same tough battle he is hack to a healthy, productive alcohol-free life.
The road hack to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. But because of
ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't have to travel the distance alone.
And by guiding a brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center,
you II be showing him that the first step back to recovery is only an
arm's length away.
S
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Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling
records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept
anywhere except at The Center.
Name
Book No.
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I Address
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(Street or RFD)
(City)
(State)
Telephone No
Mail to: THE CENTER
Star Route Box 153-A
VaUey Lee, Md. 20692
or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010
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�Seafarers Pluck 17 Off Stricken Panamanian Ship
S-L Patriot Crew Keys
At'Sea Pacific Rescue
I
Ts not just good seafaring
skills that make American
seamen the best in the world. It's
also the fact that U.S. merchant
mariners are ready and willing to
offer assistance to those aboard
distressed vessels any time,
anywhere.
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A recent case-in-point was the
role
the SlU-contracted SeaLand Patriot played last month
in the at-sea rescue of 17 crewmen
from a foreijgn-flag break
bulk/container vessel.
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Mid-morning on Nov. 13, the
Patriot's master, Gapt. David R.
Patterson, received a message
from Coast Guard headquarters
in Honolulu that the Panaman
ian-flag ship Sunshine Island was
without power in rough seas.
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Part of the SlU crew aboard the Patriot as they prepared This inflatable liferaft was used to transport Sunsh/ne Island
crewmen to the Patriot and supplies back to the foreign-flag
to pass lines to the. Sunshine Island, in background.
vessel,
Photos by Seafarer Emlllo V. Sierra
engineroom had caused the safety aboard the Sea-Land
the Sea-Land Patriot had
power failure. The crew of the containership.
completed
the rescue and was
The Patriot was en-route to foreign flag ship was without
, Food, batteries and other once more en-route to Yoko
Yokohama, about 1500 miles food and other vital supplies and
supplies were then passed via hama. She arrived on schedule
east of Japan when they received
the Sunshine Island's lifeboats liferaft from the Patriot to the Nov. 17.
the distress call. The Sunshine were inoperable.
crewmen who were remaining
Hats off to the SlU crew and
Island was without power some
Hampered by stormy weather, aboard the Sunshine Island uniW the officers of the Sea-Land
237 miles west of the Patriot's the Sea-Land Patriot accom a tug, dispatched from Osaka,
Patriot for acting in the finest
position.
plished the rescue operation as Japan, arrived to tow them in.
tradition of the Union and the
When they arrived at the efficiently as possible. Crewmen
Bygone o'clock that afternoon
U.S. merchant marine.
Sunshine Island's location, the from the Patriot passed a line to
crew of the Patriot learned that a the disabled Sunshine Island and
2 Stowaways Arrested on S-L Resource
fire in the Panamanian vessel's hauled 17 of that vessel's crew to
British police cornered two stow captain of the unwanted guests as
aways on the SlU-manned Sea- the ship was enroute from BremerLand Resource after several hours haven to New York in the English
of a hide-and-seek search through Channel. The captain notified the
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out the ship.
British Coast Guard which in
One of the stowaways was armed structed the vessel to be brought
with a rifle, but the two gave up into Berry Head where she would be
without a shot being fired when it- ^boarded by police and immigration
was inevitable that they could not officials.
escape.
The cat-and-mouse chase took
The stowaways were discovered
place with the stowaways scurrying
by one of the Resource's crew among the maze of containers below
members as he inspected the ship's deck..The cops finally cornered the
cargo of containers. The stowaways duo who were promptly arrested.
had apparently set up camp with
One of the stowaways .said he was
food and bedding in one of the Swiss while it was believed that the
The Sea-Land Patriot was enroute to Yokohama when she learned the
containers.
other was on the run from the
ranamanlan Sunshine Island (above) was in trouble and needed help;
The crewmembcr notified the
Foreign Legion.
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S'L Voyager, New D-9, Working Far East Run
"Voyager" is the name of the
unmanned spacecraft that re.centlyjourneyed millions of miles
to the planet Saturn and beyond.
A new SlU-contracted ship—
though she'll be bound to this
planet Earth—is also named
Voyager." It's an appropriate
•appellation, since the Sea-Land
(Sea-Land Service, Inc.)
will hopefully be traveling over
thousands of miles of ocean
propelled by her fuel efficient
diesel engines.
She's one of 12 new D-9 class
diesel-powered containerships to
he built this year by the company
and to be manned by Seafarers.
All of the vessels have been
christened and many of them,
like the Sea-Land Voyager, are
already in operation. The ships
should all be crewed within the
next few months,
The building of these 12 vessels
represents the largest single
containership construction pro
gram ever to be undertaken by a
private carrier.
The Sea-Land Voyager, like
her sisterships, weighs 23,424
DWT and can handle five times
the cargo volume of a C-1. Yet
she does it with far greater
efficiency and travels one-third
faster.
Each of the new D-9 class
containerships operates at a
service speed of 22 knots. The
vessels can make a round trip run
between the U.S. West Coast and
Asia without refueling. They are
expected to provide a 35 percent
improvement in fuel efficiency
over steam turbine vessels of
comparable size and speed.
According to the company,
these diesel ships can also burn a
wider variety of fuels, including
the least expensive ones.
Like her 11 sisterships, the SeaLand Voyager can carry both 35ft. and 40-ff. containers. The 745-
,ft. ships have an 839-container
capacity with 165 slots allocated
for refrigerated cargoes and 34
for bulk liquid tanks.
The Sea-Land Voyager was
built at the Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries shipyard in Kobe,
Japan as were two other D-9's.
Four of the ships were con
structed by Mitsubishi at their
yard in Nagasaki, Japan. Three
of the containerships were con
structed at the Mitsui Engineer
ing and Shipbuilding Co. yard in
Tamano, Japan, and two were
built at the Hyundai Industries
Co. shipyard in Ulsan, Korea.
December 1980 / LOG / 33
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Cops Cite Seafarer for Saving 2-Year Old
There's a two-year old girl in
Sacramento who will grow up to
be a healthy, and hopefully
happy, young lady thanks to the
heroic efforts of Seafarer Joseph
English.
English saved young Christine
Keller with mouth-to-mouth
resuscitation after she was hit by
a car while playing in a toy
wagon.
The 59-year old Seafarer wit
nessed the incident and rushed
to the girl's aid. When he reached
her, she was unconscious and
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didn't appear to be breathing
regularly. So Brother English
used mouth-to-mouth resuscita
tion to restore regular breathing
until the ambulance arrived to
take over.
Brother English's heroism and
quick action did not go un
noticed. About a month after the
incident, he was presented with a
Citation for his lifesaving efforts
by the Sacramento Police De
partment.
Attending the ceremony, feel
ing fine and frisky, was twoyear old Christine Keller with her
mom.
Brother English, who said it
was the first time he ever had to
use mouth-to-mouth resuscita
tion, stated emotionally that little
Christine "is now a part of my
life."
Our hats are off to Seafarer
Joseph English for displaying a
cool head and deep concern for
his fellow man when it counted
most—when a little girl's life was
on the line.
USPHS Has 24-Hour
Toll Free Number
Seamen and boatmen can use a
toll free number 24 bours a day to
locate the nearest Public Health
Service hospital outpatient clinic,
contract physician, or emergency
health services. The service is
provided from the Nassau Bay,
Tex. PHS hospital.
Anywhere outside of Texas,
the number is 800-231-SHIP.
From inside Texas, the number is
800-392-SHIP. Also, the Tele
phone Company requires that
when you call long distance you
first dial the number 1.
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
OCT. 1-31,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
• ^.^•rv:.>,;.- ;
Boston
—i
New York
t
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk....
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco..
Wilmington
Seattle
«...
Puerto Rico —
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac ..................................
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals ....................................
~Sr-«; •
0
0
0
3
0.
6
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
8
20
0
2
0
3
44
0
0
0 .
0
0
. 0
7
1
0
0
4
1
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
4
4
4
2
0
0
5
2
10
0
20
0
44
31
;
—
...
'.
;
....^ —
...
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0'
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0
0
0
0
4
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore—
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
I.......
—
New Orleans
Jacksonville
•
San Francisco
Wilmington
—
Seattle
..'
Puerto Rico
—
Houston
Port Arthur.
.....;
....
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
— ...•
Paducah
".
— ..•
Totals
•
I
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
0
0
1
0
0
1
4
0
1
9
0
22
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
5 ,
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
12
0
0
4
5
1
1
7
1
2
1
0
0
7
4
0
0
0
1
8
12
38 ,
6
0
0
4
. 5
0
1
13
- 7
92
60
0
0
0
3
0
3
1
16
1
0
7
0
5
11
11
0
10
0
116
184
Totals All Departments
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0_
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2.
0
0
0
0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
9
-
a
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Port
-I ...
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
19
0
0
0
0
25
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
I
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
7
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
10
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
?3
35
58
29
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0-^
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
26
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
11
0
0
0
1
0
0
,0
0
0
0
0
0
0
D
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
15
21
22
112
63
211
•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
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In the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
jjorts, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10118
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaptan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Cngelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer «Sc Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813)'879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning,
Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
DECK DEPARTMENT
Port
?
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Legal Aid
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Ma.ssachusetts 01930
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Pla/a
Seattle, Washington 98119
. Tele. #(206).285-3610
CHICAGO, ILI..
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263-63.30
34 •/ LOG / December 1980
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SIU Tug Enterprise Makes Living in Gulf Oil Trade
The tugboat Enterprise (lOT)
and her crew of SIU boatmen
were seen in Port Everglades,
Florida on one of their frequent
stops in the area. They were in
^
' fli
port awaiting a load of oil for
their huge tow, the barge Ocean
262. The barge is actually the
forward end of an old T-2 tanker
which was cut off and modified to
facilitate towing. Needless to say,
the Enterprise tows a shipload of
oil.
Regular stops on the Gulf run
for the Enterprise, besides Port
goula and Gulfport, Miss. The
vessel is part of IOT*s deepseagoing Mariner fleet.
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Aboard the lOT tug Enterprise at Port
Everglades, Fla., is tug Captain Joseph
W. Berryman.
Whipping up a chicken dinner in the
Enterprise's galley is cook Joe "Pete"
Pietras.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Catching some Florida sun as he does
some painting on the Enterprise's deck
is AB Bob Tyler.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts arc posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Angus "Red" Campbell
Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board "
275 - 20th Street, Bropklyn, N.Y. II2I5
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at all times, cither by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
LONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are availi'hlc in all SIU halls. The.se contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship oi boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for O'l" on the proper
''bcjis and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so aflfected
should immediately notify headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SlU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gull. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
Pretty as a picture. lOT's tug Enter
prise. snapped dockside in Port Ever
glades. Fla.
patrolman or other Union olficial, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
olficer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has beer, reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, 1960. meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate. Irom among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any olVicial capacity in the SIU unless an
otlicial Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an olficial receipt, but feels,that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SjU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. AH
contributions arc voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
if at any time a member feels that any of the above rights
have been violated, qr that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor
mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Frank
Drozak at Headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.
11232.
December 1980 I LOG / 35
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Pension e r
Edelmiro "Ed"
Albarran, 63, died
of natural causes
in the USPHS
Hospital, Staten
Is., N.Y. on Aug.
23. Brother Al
barran joined the
port of Baltimore
sailing in the steward department for
Sea-Land and Puerto Rico Marine. He
hit the bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y.
Harbor beef and the 1965 District
Council 37 strike. Seafarer Albarran
was born in Yauco, Ponce, P.R. and was
a resident of the Bronx, N.Y. Burial was
in St. Raymond Cemetery, the Bronx.
Surviving are his widow, Angelita; his
mother, Mrs. Maria Morela and two
sisters, Aida and Julia Morel.
Pensioner
Osvaldo Rivera
Delgado, 74, .died
of hepatitus in the
Fernandez Me
morial Hospital,
Bayamon, P.R. on
Aug. 18. Brother
Delgado joined
the SlU in 1947 in the port of New York
sailing as a FOWT. He was born in
Mayaguez, P.R. and waS a resident of
Bayamon. Surviving are his widow,
Alicia; a son, Ferderick and two
daughters, Ruth and Maria.
Francis "Frank"
Winthrop Draper
Jr. Ill, 28, died on
Sept. 12. Brother
Draper joined the
Union in the port
of St. Louis in 1979
sailing both inland
I and deep sea as a
chief engineer and chief electrician on
the Tug Adventurer (Crowley Marine)
for Hydro of Delaware and for SeaLand. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air
Forces. Seafarer and Boatman Draper
was born in Washington, D.C. and was
a resident of Jacksonville. Surviving are
his widow and his father, Frank of
Jacksonville;
Harry Leonard
Oakes, 56, suc
cumbed to heart
disease at home in
New Orleans on
May 1. Brother
Oakes joined the
SlU in the port of
Baltimore in 1955
sailing as a FOWT for the Delta Line.
He was born in Haverhill, Mass.
Seafarer Oakes was also a member of
the SUP. Interment was in Greenwood
Cemetery, New Orleans. Surviving are
his widow, Betty of San Francisco; three
sons. Seafarer Frank Oakes, David and
Mark of Chesapeake, Va.; a daughter,
Jane; his mother, Ethel of San Pedro,
Calif, and two sisters, Camile of
Lawrence, Mass. and Mrs. Wilma
Johnson of Jacksonville.
36 / LOG / December 1980
James Walter
Sumpter Jr., 53,
died of heart-lung
failure in the New
Orleans USPHS
Hospital on Aug.
15. Brother Sump
ter joined the SlU
in 1945 in the port
of New Orleans sailing as a cook and
chief steward for the Waterman Steam
ship Co. and the Delta Line. He was on
the Delta Shoregang from 1975 to 1980.
Seafarer Sumpter was a veteran of the
U.S. Army in the Korean War. Born in
Kokomo, Ind., he was a resident of
Metairie, La. Cremation took place in
the St. John Crematory, New Orleans.
Surviving are his widow, Helen Yvonne;
three sons, Michael, Van Vlaenderen of
New Orleans and James Jr.; four
daughters, Catherine, Barbara Jean of
New Orleans, Mrs. Margaret Anii
Hirstuius of Metairie and Deborah
Louise.
Albert Ray
mond Kennedy,
28, died in Slidell,
La. on June 29.
Brother' Kennedy
I joined the SIU in
1969 following his
I graduation from
the HLS, Piney
Point, Md. He sailed as an AB and
QMED. Seafarer Kennedy upgraded in
1971. Bom in Bogulusa, La., he was a
resident of Pearl River, La. Burial was
in Evans Creek Cemetery, Pearl River.
Surviving are his widow, Denise; a son,
Albert Jr.; a daughter, Brandie; his
father, Luther of Pearl River; a brother,
Alvin and a sister, Rosa, both of Slidell.
Hector Rene
Rosado, 29, died
of pneumonia in
the Nasisau County
Medical Center,
East Meadow,
L.L, N.Y. on Aug.
5. Brother RoI sado joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1967
sailing as an AB for Sea-Land, Puerto
Rico Marine and Dixie Carriers. He
graduated from the HLS in 1966.
Seafarer Ro^do was a Vietnam War
veteran of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry
Div., Co. E and holder of the Bronze
Star and Air Medals. A native of
Mayaguez, P.R., he was a resident of
Sayville, L.L, N.Y. Interment was in
Guanica Municipal Cemetery, Guayanilla, P.R. Surviving are his widow,
Gricel; a son. Hector Jr. and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Guillermo and Olga
Rosado of Guayanilla.
P e n s i on e r
Paul Kronbergs,
74, succumbed to
pneumonia in St.
Mary's Hospital,
Hoboken, N.J. on
Apr. 19. Brother
Kronbergs joined
the SIU in 1944 in
the port of Norfolk sailing as a bosun.
He sailed 44 years. And he walked the
picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef.
Seafarer Kronbergs was bora in Latvia,
USSR, was a naturalized U.S. citizen
and was a resident of Hoboken.
Cremation took place in the Rose Hill
Crematory, Linden, N.J. Surviving is a
niece, Mrs. Peter (Christine) Aron of
New York City.
Pensioner
Eugene Frederick
Seuthe, 67, died of
cancer in the Buf
falo (N.Y.) Medi
cal Center on Aug.
19. Brother Seuthe
joined the Union
in the port of
Cleveland in 1953 sailing as a bosun for
the American Steamship Co. He was
a veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers in both World War II and the
Korean War. Laker Seuthe was born in
Alsace Lorraine, France and was a
resident of Buffalo. Burial was in Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
Surviving is his widow. Rose Marie. .
Pensioner
Henry Trowell
Buckner, 67, died
of pneumonia in
the New Orleans
USPHS Hospital
on Mar. 6. Brother
Buckner joined the
SIU in 1938 in the
port of Savannah sailing as a bosun. He
sailed 50 years. Seafarer Buckner was
born in Hampton, S.C. and was a
resident of New Orleans. Burial was in
Greenwich-Bonaventure Cemetery,
Savannah. Surviving is a brother, James
of Savannah.
Blagglo Famlgllo, 64, died of
lung failure in the
New Orleans
USPHS Hospital
on July 12: Brother
Famiglio joined
the SIU in the port
of New Orleans in
1960 sailing as a waiter for the Delta
Line for 29 years. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Army in World War 11.
Seafarer Famiglio was born in New
Orleans and was a resident of Arabi, La.
Burial was in Cypress Grove Cemetery,
New Orleans. Surviving are a brother, •
Paul of New Orleans and two sisters,
Mrs. Jerome-J. (Marguerite) Abodieof
Arabi and Nancy.
Bryant Layton
Holloway,21,died
from injuries in a
fall before arrival
at Christian Hos
pital N.E., St.
Louis County, on
Aug. 2. Brother
Holloway joined
the SIU in 1977 following his gradua
tion from Piney Point as class bosun. He
sailed as an AB since 1979. Bora in St.
Louis, he was a resident there. Inter
ment was in Valhalla Cemetery, St.
Louis County. Surviving are his mother,
Carol and his father, James of Hazelwood, Mo.
Pensioner
John Joseph Kane,
76, passed away
from heart and
kidney failure in
Providence Hos
pital, Mobile on
Mar. 14. Brother
Kane joined the
SIU in 1938 in the port of Mobile sailing
as a bosun. He was on the picketline in
the 1965 Di.strict Council 37 beef.
Seafarer Kane was born in California
and was a resident of Mobile. Burial was
in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile. Surviv
ing is his widow, Nelle.
Pensioner
Arthur George
Boyd, 75, passed
away from kidney
failure in the
Lutheran Medical
Center, Wheat
Ridge, Colo. On
July 27. Brother
Boyd joined the SIU in the port of New
Orleans in 1955 sailing as a cook for 22
years. He received a Union Personal
Safety Award in 1960 for sailing aboard
an accident-free ship, the SS Del Valle
(Delta Line). Seafarer Boyd also
worked as a butler and chauffeur. Born
in New Orleans, he was a resident of
Lakewood, Colo. Interment was in
Dallas, Tex. Surviving is his widow,
Beulah.
Peter Marvin
Blanchard, 54,
died of a heart
attack on arrivalat
East Jefferson
Hospital, Me
tairie, La. on Apr.
26. Brother Blan
chard joined the
SIU in the port of New Orleans in 1951
sailing as a chief steward. He sailed 36
years. Seafarer Blanchard received a
1960 Union Personal Safety Award for
sailing aboard an accident-free ship, the
SS Del Sol (Delta Line). And he was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War
II. A native of Laurel Valley, La., he was
a resident of Kenner, La. Burial was in
St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, New
Orleans. Surviving are a daughter,
Geraldine Anita Rodriguez and a sister,
Mrs. A1 (Margaret) Blazio of Metairie.
Atanaslo Donex
Espino, 81, passed
away from a heart
attack in the San
Francisco General
Hospital on Sept.
5. Brother Espino •
joined the SIU in
I the port of New
York in 1955 sailing as a chief steward.
He sailed 22 years and walked the
picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef.
Seafarer Espino was born in Policarpio,
Espino, P.I., was a U.S. naturalized
citizen and was a resident of San
Francisco. Interment was in Holy Cross
Cemetery, Colma, Calif. Surviving are
his widow, Dorothy; a son, Robert of
San Francisco and two daughters,
Maria and Georgia.
Recertified
Bosun Leo Wil
liam Gallagher Jr.,
54, died of heart
failure on the
North Atlantic
aboard the S-L 7
Galloway on Apr.
2. Brother Galla
gher joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of
Boston. He graduated from the Union's
Recertified Bosuns Program in 1976.
Seafarer Gallagher sailed 37 years and '
rode the CjS Long Lines (Transoceanic
Cable). And attended the 1972 Piney
Point Educational Conference. He was
a U.S. Navy veteran of World War 11
and helped to organize Cities Senice.
Gallagher also did some private Hying.
A native of Chelsea, Mass.. he was a
resident of Jal, N.M. Interment was in
Kermit, Tex. Surviving are his father.
Leo of Chelsea and a sister. Evelyn also
of Chelsea.
�liv ;; ^.
Oefeo Osro Boyd,
passed
>1 from hear. J
'* faiP„„ "^fr-frng
fr the
K">«s DaughtersHospital, Brookfc»>'on. Miss, on
~ -.ct i-iug. ^
p
,
Boyd joined the ^"S- 8. Brother
• t
fr^nsioner
J,
i""?"' 83. passed
3way from a heart
®^ack m Baptist
Hospital, Miami,
I
V
FrL\"' 'EZ^'
DeBoch.,®"?;'
''•eti of a lung ail-'
ment in Hunting.
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5 .®™ther
I", «<>»P"at
I.0P52
in
"Ll-t."-
. Robert William Powell 45 ^
'n the Mississippi River'Ju
,B«"in.o,e and Oh^fond for the
/i™- H-Y. from 1939 f„
Beook•"pen a union m™ij
He had
nattveofAvon,Ma» h
of Huntington inf
'™" resident
-"V^SS
,
"Si oner
John Heniy MorExxon Docks, East Bat
off the
64, died in
Candler General
l^nion ,n the port of NZ^ J
W^Pital, savanfn AB. He aJso sailed for^
"ah on Sept. 14
last year. Boatman Pnu,
Towing
Brother Morris
Hew York aZZlT"ora
Norfbllc. Burial tvas ® '•esident "f
of
^^e SIH in
Horfolk.
Cemetery, Norfolk c'"
Cawn u '"
^"^ing as a hn
widow, Ann Flore
are his
Savannah and u/
Wr. and Z Eva
Parent
B"rial Z in T "
'wrs. Evan and Eucv Pouf«ii
l^emorial GarH.
Lawn
f(Allied TZZ) "
'"S
BPWok Cettety'Sr"
«'
"»8 is a tiaughto' BPH"™
rr"""-Jean of
Hantington.
r„f fas'oner
^bJames Piih.
8". passed
sway from i„
fa'Inre „
Petersburg (Va.,
general Hospital
I— °a-inly26.Brother
BiH 'n 1939 in the port of Hf
""
as a waiter and saLn
sailing
Years and duting wZlT'T
«
„l'bnsioner
r Harold Barker,
64, died in St. Eliz
abeth Hospital,
'be PieketlfnriJ
He was
Beaumont, Tex
Harbor beef. finr„ •
'^61 N Y
™ I^. 6, 1979.'
Indies, he was a natura^^®"*'®^ ^^st
.Hfother Barker
and was a tesidentSf a'' ®' "'fren
Joni^ the Umon
WM in the James M W^Jk?
Ba-fal
Tex.
in
1964
P°rt Arthur
tfirAorid?^®
wfliam
'•>" the
Florida Hospftm s 'j' 26, died
«l Park Cemetery 'pete if""" Bfemorof injuries sustaiS jS""""' °'''P»<'o.
2nd engineer on
regare two gran^ugS"? ®°™'YiP'-and-run truck wh-f" "™ok by a
(Slade Towing) from 1950^'^^ ^rown
Dixon and Barbara r5 ! Annette L.
Orlando,
Fla
on
a
^
walking
in
Mass.
Jamaica Plains
fr>f
the
Eeland
Bowm
^
°
and
/—' ^'3. on Anr 70 la ® "
.a
"""•
Mardones joined
Wardones
joined the iJnL - Bother
-Pensioner Ram Ch- r.
to 1950. Boatman BTT
^^48
oT the U.S. Army in WoAw « ®
"Tampa in 1978 sailinc a"
diseas"
.Pensioner
started sailing in IQ?-''He Q"een Elizabeth u
"
at the
bom in FoZ I
He '
WiHiam
resident of Orange TL T \
a
_Mardones sailed for Cro \
Kong on Feb
Rowloon,
Reynolds, 66, died
from 1978 to 1979 anZ^ ^^
West ri
first
m Doyle Cemeten^ Stark!
failure in
Mariner. He was bnm
^/T'
^ messman He
'^"*0 saihW
ying are his widow nr ' 5^" ^tirviProvidence HOS
a resident of Orlando r
Francisco. CremaT^ ^ ^sident of San
William, Michael RichZ'
f'f^s Mobile on
two daughters Barh
Caiy;
place in the Carey Hanw^0"g- Surviv n°"
m
^"'3^
2. Brother
stepdaughter, km S^^''®sfrnnda
Intennent was fn
Mrs. Charlotte D sf
joined
Tark Cemetery, MiaZV l^°°^'awn '^ava, Hawaii and Si/
"fKailua
-''er, Nilved Of Miamr^"^
^u: cffTo::^:-^' ^
Pensioner
passed away from
Moore, 84
^'frabeth, N.J
attack i'n
Moore joined the UnionAA
t'le port of Phijad_. . " ^ C^^al isooin
^s en oiler on the ,"«l sailing
M South Wha
the
Co., from
(independent
8orninDila,S^™^„f ?82, He was
H J. and teas a resld^m "r"^^'' <=''""'Y.
bStTif
'^^'SCO first sailina
San
,'" '¥• He sailed
Coast
ant dayman and BR
an assis^a-^PLandttefi'a' "•= Matson
r^'iay was 60™^ Ha "an Mail Li„e.
Natiomr, Memo^tTcem ".™'"'aa
Baaflc, Honolulu H ^Vofthe
are tiro brothers r
""' B"rviving
and
aisrets, M°
and Samuel
and Mrs. Bella c» ' F'hnoe Mitchell
lulu.
"alia Stanton, all „f „„™l
:
Cbing, ddB^tej^bfr^Marvin William
IJtheportofMobilesamn^
San"
capis,trs^^";
Srs„"™'- srssi"
«Zr "" '"sident omirS -"si-s
beart ""ackZ^thTpaTof^'
in Wood Ridge S;/"rial Hospital FrankP 'ver Memo^ia.
Surviving arn t ^ Mile
30. Brother MichamS
^"^une
son,
Hubert
Jr
tllAei'
a
the port of Elberta M" Z
Norma
Diane
andn.
^°tma,
as a deckhand OS
sailing
his mother, Sula
""®°^Mobileand
;-tchman on the J//T
Arbor, Mich.) Car F1
^Ann
p^^'- .
Mission, Mich
Ftnnkfo t tau™
m Old
of
fnke Twso
was i„ Crysta
Mich. Su™vS"a"?:
County
nndtwosom Tf ""''''''ow,Elai„e
«'cba=l. ^'^—Bmukfottaud
ca„°e"""th''T'^died of
u
' R ) PresbyterSen, "P'Pi'"' on
p
• Brother
SHl in i944 in fh«
joined the
eZsu: T
" Nov. 12 1970 D .
Z r"""^'
Rusebio Aniceto Salaaar, "l
M!"
•'"oiaon
Memonal HospiMiami on May
29. Brother Sala^"rjoined theSlU
^ntson and Ap, ^"b
Ca"^" °f
US. Navy A
^
T'enegarao pV.™'™ of
''B®"'Calif ^ """""b'- Ted of
Z
Rico and was a Af'
«
Piedras, P.R. SurvivLt
Ri®
^^"andadaughte^^^«^blow,
_
-^^V4,'^®P°«t>fNeiv
IMS iiMs gf0M.mm
^
"11 rne Wesf
.
^'"ig Ursi
S">„"".<'w"s"resSem:rr.'"««'-re®.
HCIT" MZZPI ZZ'""'
in HA '"""on of tte M e^ v"" BFEL.
"Honolulu he was a
""k-"orn
'"•onnent was i„ v"
'bere.
Ceo'ctery, Hono"uln 0°"°' Memorial
pf"8bter. Norma aun ™™® "re a
C. Vap
" sister. Mm.
'^^9
Hubert "Tinv"
'"'led 32 years SZ^^'"FOWT.
.^Bon KemtX
^s borninAlLama anH""
61, succumbed to
oT Mobile. Inter^enf "^^^^^^^Ment
Pensioner Salvador H i u
cancer in the
/Memorial Gardens Cem?
succumbed to cancer in?' .
SPHS
Hospital,
'"S
are a son Gr.
Surviv25, 1979. Brother ich ^^fttle on Nov.
Nassau Bay, Tex
^"Shter, Mrs.' Laura
®
the West Coast in 19^3
on
on Mar. 24, 1979'
Mobile and a brother
cook for the Alaska Sif
assistant
Mohile.
'• Heniy, also of
Kennedy
^,^:*^ intheportofMAbf«
resident of Zt7j%
" ih^fMobL
s^r
"
chief steward. He sailed
^
fonsioner
frOB Fidel Art,„i„
wiuow, Mary.
R'vera, 74, passed
"way
from cancer
arey Micham CO .. .
rnc-dent of Cold S^ri
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?^Xnr-JSg4S"
•Y'dow, Alice and a son, Salel
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fThc.. Dank Wh4,f„7'".°® -e a
M. Wheat, hoth ocZZZc7
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''J'- He
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B
— y^'upire
•" the
the entry
er/!.'".'"rating
^'rginia Beach.
was
^ ^s a resident of
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Upgrading class schedules for the first six months of 1981 are
announced by the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship.
To register for any of the following courses, use the Upgrading
Application form which is published in this issue of THE LOG.
January 1981
LNG: Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
QMED: Jan. 15-April 9.
FOWT: Jan. 29-Feb. 26.
Marine Electronics: Jan. 5-Feb. 12.
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Diesel (unlicensed): Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
Diesel (Licensed/T.I. Scholarship): Jan. 5-Feb. 28.
Conveyorman: Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
Towhoat Operator (T.I. Scholarship): Jan. 5-Feb. 26.
Able Seaman: Jan. 5-Jan. 29.
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Lifeboatman: Jan. 2-Jan. 15; Jan. 15-Jan. 29, Jan. 29-Feb. 12.
Tankerman: Jan. 2-Jan. 15; Jan. 15'-Jan. 29; Jan. 29-Feb. 12.
February 1981
Pumproom Maintenance & Operation: Feb. 16-Mar. 26.
Lifeboatman: Feb. 12-Feb. 26; Feb. 26-Mar. 12.
Tankerman: Feb. 12-Feb. 26; Feb. 26-Mar. 12.
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March 1981
LNG: Mar. 2-Mar. 26.
FOWT: Mar. 26-April 23.
Marine Electrical Maintenance: Mar. 2-April 23.
Refrigeration Systems, Maintenance & Operation: Mar. 2-April 9.
Diesel (unlicensed): Mar. 20-April 23.
Diesel (Liccnsed/T.I. Scholarship): Mar. 20-May 21.
Automation: Mar. 30-April 23.
Welding: Mar. 2-Mar. 26.
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Towhoat Operator (T.I. Scholarship): Mar. 30-May 14.
Celestial Navigation: Mar. 2-April 2.
PUot: Mar. 16-May 7.
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Quartermaster: Mar. 2-Mar. 26.
Able Seaman: Mar. 27-April 23.
Lifeboatman: Mar. 12-Mar. 26; Mar. 26-Ai^il 9.
Tankerman: Mar. 12-Mar. 26; Mar. 26-April 9.
April 1981
LNG: April 27-M,ay 21.
Able Seaman: April 24-May 21.
Lifeboatman: April 9-April 23; April 23-May 7.
Tankerman: April 9-April 23; April 23-May 7.
May 1981
QMED: May 7-July 30.
FOWT: May 21-June 18.
Marine Electronics: May 25-July 2.
Welding: May 25-June 18.
Towhoat Operator: May 11-July 2.
Celestial Navigation: May 25-June 25.
Able Seaman: May 22-June 18.
Lifeboatman: May 7-May 21; May 21-June 4.
Tankerman: May 7-May 21; May 21-June 4.
June 1^81
LNG: June 22-July 16.
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Refrigeration Systems, Maintenance & Operations: June 2-July 30.
Diesel (unlicensed): June 22-July 16.
Diesel (Licensed/T.I. Scholarship): June 22-Aug. 13.
Pumproom Maintenance & Operation: June 8-July 16.
Towhoat Operator (T.I. Scholarship): June 22-Aug. 6.
Quartermaster: June 19-July 16.
Lifeboatman: June 4-June 18; June 18-July 2.
Tankerman: June 4-June 18; June 18-July 2.
Courses may be added or cancelled, and dates may be changed,
depending upon the particular needs of our membership and the
special requirements of the industry.
Two ships that pass In the day-the Del Campo (Delta) enroute to the port of
Newark was snapped from the deck of the Ogden Challenger. In the background,
the famous New York City skyline. In -the foreground of course is "Old Glory.'
Notice On Shipping Procedures (Deep Sea)
When throwing in for work
during a Job call at any SlU
Hiring Haii, seanien must pro
duce the foiiowing:
• membership certificate
(where possessed)
• registration card
• clinic card
• seaman's papers
• vsdd, up^o-date passport
in addition, when assigning
a Job the dispatcher will com
ply with the following Section
5, Subsection 7 of the SlU
Shipping Rules: ,
"Within each class of senior?
Ity rating in every Depart
ment, priority for entry rating
Jobs shall be given to all
man who possess Lifeboat
man endorsement by the
United States Coast Guard.
The Seafarers Appeals Board
may waive the preceding sen
tence when, in the sole Judg
ment of the Board, undue
hardship will result or extenu
ating circumstances warrant
such waiver."
Also, all entry rated mem
bers must show their last six
months discharges.
Further, the Seafarers Ap
peals Board has ruled that "C
classiflcatien seamen may
only register and sail as entry^
ratings in only one depart
ment."
Would you like to get your
High School Diploma?
We would like to help you.
Here's all you have to do:
Come to the Seafarers
Harry Lundeberg School
of Seamanship
If earning your diploma is W
something you have been
putting off, delay no more.
Fill out this coupon and
send for your application kit.
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE
Are you an SiU member
Dyes Dno
book number
• Please send me an application and pretest packet.
• Please send more information on the GED program.
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Address to: Tracy Aumann
GED Department
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Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship
Piney Point, Maryland 20674
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Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
(Please Print) [
Upgra(ding Application
S Name.
(Last)
(First)
Date 6f Birth.
(Middle)
Mo./DayAear
• Address.
(Street)
(City)
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(State)
Deep Sea Member Q
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Social Securitv #
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Piney Point Graduate: • Yes
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(dates attended)
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Firefighting: • Yes
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No • CPR • Yes
No •
Dates Available for Training
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; • Tankerman
••AS 12 Months
! Q AS Unlimited
; • AS Tugs & Tows
I • AS Great Lakes
S (• Quartermaster
! O Towboat Operator
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S • Towboat Operator Inland
I • Towboat Operator Not
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: • Towboat Operator (Over
I
200 Miles) .
! • Master
Q Mate
!Q Pilot
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ENGINE
• FWT
• Oiler
• QMED - Any Rating
Q Others.
Q Marine Electrical Maintenance
Q Pumproom Maintenance and
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Operation
• Automation
--• Maintenance of Shipboard
Refrigeration Systems
Diesel Engines
Assistant Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
O Chief Bigineer (Uninspected
Motpr Vessel)
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STEWARD
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Assistant Cook
Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Steward
Towboat Inland Cook
ALL DEPARTMENTS
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LNG
LNG Safety
Welding
Lifeboatman
IP'""® Fighting
I RECORD OF B^PLOYMENT TIME —(Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating noted above or attach letter of service,
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• SIGNATURE
Please Print
RATING HELD
DATE SHIPPH)
DATE OF DISCHARGE
DATE
RETURN COMPLETED APPUCATION TO:
Seafarers Lundeberg Upgrading Center
PINEY POINT. KD. 20674
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Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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Headlines:
RALPH QUINNONEZ, ONE OF THE BEST, DIES AT 63
GROUND IS BROKEN FOR NEW SIU HALL IN MOBILE
COAST GUARD ENDS SEARCH FOR POET
INQUEST ON POET DISAPPEARANCE CONTINUES
24 SEAFARERS AMONG THE CREW OF THE LOST POET
U.S. MARITIME HINDERED BY TOO MUCH GOV'T
LAUD CREW FOR SAVING GREAT LAND FROM FIRE
SIU CREW PRAISED FOR ROLE IN NATO EXERCISES
JOE GOREN RETIRES AT 60L LONG TIME WEST COAST OFFICIAL
MARAD OK'S SUBSIDY FOR 2 OGDEN SHIPS
GRASS ROOTS POLITICS KEYED GOP VICTORY
ALGERIA-EL PASO PRICE BEEF GOES ON: CREWS STAY ON SHIPS
KIRKLAND: LABOR WILL CONTINUE TO ARTICULATE WORKERS' NEEDS
T.I. STUDY: COAL COULD BRING US FLAG RESURNGENCE
SIU'S NEW ENGLAND FISHERMEN UPHOLDING GENERATION'S OLD TRADITION
A FEW THOUGHTS AT CHRISTMAS TIME
BORN OF STRIKES, DEPRESSION ERA VIOLENCE
BOATMEN EARN ENGINEER LICENSES UNDER TI/SIU SCHOLARSHIP PLAN
SHLSS PREPARING STUDY PROGRAM FOR ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREES
PENSIONER EARNS H.S. DIPLOMA
SHLSS OFFERS QUARTERMASTER COURSE
SIU TOWBOAT PILOT CLASS GRADS REPRESENT ALL SECTIONS OF INDUSTRY
PUMPROOM MAINTENANCE COURSE PROVIDES SPECIAL ENGINE SKILLS
RAILROAD INDUSTRY LOOKS AT SIU ALCOHOL REHABILITATION
PIX FROM THE SHIPS AT SEA
JOHN MILLER RETIRING AFTER WILD AND WOOLY SEA CAREER
BOAT PEOPLE, SAVED, CLOTHED, FED BY SIU CREW
SEAFARERS PLUCK 17 OFF STRICKEN PANAMANIAN SHIP
S-L VOYAGER, NEW D-9, WORKING FAR EAST RUN
COPS CITE SEAFARER FOR SAVING 2-YEAR OLD
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PREsidENi's REPORT
I
wish to express my sincere apprecia
tion to the SIU membership for your
overwhelming support and confidence in
electing me president of the SIUAGLIWD.
I accept the tremendous responsibility
you have entrusted to me, and I pledge to
lead our Union forcefully, intelligently
and honestly.
It is also with a deep feeling of pride
and history that I will carry out the
duties of president, which were so well
performed for so many years by my
predecessor, Paul Hall. He was truly one
. FRANK DROZAK
of the great figures in the history of the American labor movement.
As your president, my primary responsibility is the protection
and enhancement of the welfare and security of the SIU family,
including active members, pensioners and their dependents.
At the present time, our organization is in.excellent condition.
Our jobs base is strong. Our contracts are second to none. Our
benefit plans, including Pension, Welfare and Vacation, are in the
best financial condition ever since their inception. Our school in
Piney Point is the best vocational and academic training facility
anywhere in the nation for seamen and boatmen.
But no one should be misled by our position of strength today.
The maritime industry is facing serious problems across the board.
The industry is in the midst of an upheaval of change in regard to
technology, economics and politics.
These changes are putting new and increased pressures on the
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ability of the U .S. maritime industry to be competitive on a world
wide basis. The changes and problems may ultimately demand a
rethinking and reshaping of many basic maritime policies on the
part of government, management and labor.
My point, brothers and sisters, is simply this. The SIU is in good
shape today. I foresee growth and expansion for our Union in the
future as well as a steady improvement in the lives and livelihoods
of SIU people.
However, there are no guarantees for tomorrow. We must make
it happen for ourselves. We must always remain in a position to
shape our own future instead of having it shaped for us.
That means hard work. And it means a willingness to face our
problems head-on instead of sidestepping them and hoping that
they go away.
We must face the challenge of new technology by improving our
skills at Piney Point. We must face the challenge in the political
arena by continued support and participation in SPAD. And we
must be willing to cooperate with management and government to
ensure the economic stability of our industry.
There are no ea.sy answers. There never have been for us, and I'm
sure it's not about to get any easier.
But we have always survived. More than that, we have pros
pered. We have done it with a combination of hard work and
determination.
Most importantly, though, we have done it together as a united
brotherhood, standing strong side by side.
There is no substitute for unity. It's the most fundamental con
cept of trade unionism.
Unity has been the standard bearer of our Union. With your help
and continued support, I will do my utmost to keep it that way. And
by all of us working together—as one -we can change the hopes
and aspirations of today into the realities of tomorrow.
Unions Want Gov't Policy Changes ontheMaritime
building of vessels in those
HE AFL-CIO Ad Hoc Com
mittee on Maritime Industry
Problems, chaired by Federation
President Lane Kirkland, has
called for an aggressive fivepoint plan to reverse the_decline
of the American maritime indus
try.
The Ad Hoc Committee, made
up of the key seagoing unions
including the SIU, pointed out
the "urgency" of early enactment
of the recommended changes in
government policies toward
maritime.
SIU President Frank Drozak,
who represented the SIU at the
meeting affirmed that "the
maritime industry does not need
new subsidies, loans, grants or
bail-outs. It only needs govern
ment policies that recognize its
importance to all American
citizens, no matter how far from
the water they may live. Our
industry is perfectly capable of
paying its own way without new
tion with private industry. The
government money.
The Ad Hoc Committee called Navy should transfer to the
private sector the operation and
for the following:
• A commitment to revitalize new construction of naval
the virtually nonexistent dry bulk auxiliary support vessels.
The Navy must establish a
U.S.-flag fleet. The American
merchant marine must be charter and build program
adequately considered in all wherein the private sector will be
programs now being developed guaranteed in advance employ
to promote the export of ment of its vessels. At the present
American coal to foreign time, chartering is on a spotpurchasers. If U.S.-flag ships market basis, often for periods of
carried their fair share of coal less than three years. The private
exports, America would have a merchant marine is often left
much stronger fleet to carry not empty handed after promises of
only coal but also strategic cargo go unfulfilled.
• Tax laws must encourage
materials.
• The privately-owned U.S. ship owners to build and operate
merchant fleet must be put to the most modern fleet in an
greater use by the Navy for efficient manner. Government
routine auxiliary functions. This regulations are choking the
policy will save defense dollars, private merchant marine.
better prepare the private fleet for
The United States must reduce
any national emergency and the I4Y2 year depreciation
permit Navy personnel to man schedule for ships. Most other
strategic vessels instead of nations have much more favorshipping oil and food in competi able tax schedules that encourage
nations.
• The United States must sit
down at the negotiating table,
particularly with developing
countries, to draw up bilateral
trade agreements.
• The United States govern
ment should ratify the United
Nations Conference on Trade
and Development's proposed
code of conduct forliner services.
Drozak said the Committee's
concern was shared by represen
tatives of all segments of the
maritime industry, labor and
government at a recent sympo
sium sponsored by the University
of Vit^gima^;
leaders participated in the
program, held this month in the
U.S. Virgin Islands. Drozak
reported that th^re v^as broad
agreement that the U.S.-flag fleet
is in grave peril and that only new
government policies could
revitalize the industry.
2.67% COLA Goes into Effect for Deep Sea Contract
With the latest Cost of Living
Adjustment (COLA), deep sea
members have increased their
earnings over the past two-and-ahalf years by 39.2 percent.
The recent COLA went into
effect on Dec. 16, 1980. It
amounted to 2.67 percent.
This COLA, compounded
with contractual wage raises and
other Cost of Living Adjust
ments, adds up to a 39.2 percent
increase in pay since June 16,
1978 when the deep sea tanker
and freightship/passenger agree
ments were signed.
The COLA applies to base
wages, premium rates, overtime
(for work in excess of eight hours,
Monday-Friday) and penalty offwatch rates (Monday-Friday).
Seafarers should note that the
COLA is not applicable to onwatch, Monday through Friday,
or on-watch Saturday, Sunday
and holiday penalty rates and
special rates such as longshore
work and tank cleaning. /
However, the 2.67 llercent
COLA does apply to the^eep-sea
vacation benefit.
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A full rundown oii how the
latest COLA affects ybur wages
appears on pages 15-jI6 of this
Log.
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Chani !e of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union Atlantic Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distrirt AFI nn
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^RANK DROZAK has been
overwhelmingly elected pres
ident of the SIU-Atlantic, Gulf,
Lakes and Inland Waters District
in a secret mail ballot as provided
for under the SIU Constitution.
(See below for all election re
sults.)
The ballots were counted by
the official Union Tallying Com
mittee, made up of 18 rank-andfile members. The Committee
consisted of two members from
each of the SIU's nine Constitu
tional ports. They were elected by
their brother members at special
meetings in the nine Constitu
tional ports on Dec. 29, 1980.
The Tallying Committee's
report appears below. It should
be noted that in addition to the
election of officers, there were
two Propositions on the ballot.
Proposition 1, a Constitution
al Amendment on Dues, was
overwhelmingly passed. Proposi
tion 2, a Constitutional Amend
ment creating the office of Vice
President in Charge of the West
Coast, was also overwhelmingly
passed! The tallies on these two
propositions are included in the
Tallying Committee's report.
Following is the Union Tally
ing Committee's report on the
vote tally:
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OFFICIAL TALLY SHEET
FOR ELECTION OF 1981-1984
OFFICERS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
Seafarers International Union
of North AmericaAtlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland
Waters District, AFL-CIO
As Constitutionally provided, the
Union Tallying Committee did not
count the votes for those candidates
Ed Turner New Exec. V.P.;
Joe DiGiorgio Re-elected Secy.-Treas.
Leon Hall, Red Campbell, Mike Sacco,
Joe Sacco Elected V^P/s
2 Propositions Also Pass
who were unopposed for any offtce
or job, and such candidates are
considered to he elected. The entire
section dealing with unopposed
candidates reads as follows:
Article XIII, Section 5(a)—"A
candidate unopposed for any office
or job shall he deemed elected to
such office or Job notwithstanding
that his name may appear on the
ballot. The Union Tallying Commit
tee shall not be required'to tally
completely the results of the voting
for such unopposed candidate but
shall certify in their report, that such
unopposed candidate has been
elected to such office or job. The
Election report Meeting shall accept
the above certification of the Union
Tallying Committee without
change."
VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE
OF CONTRACTS & CONTRACT
ENFORCEMENT
Angus Campbell, (C-217)
5,111
(elected)
Robert (Bob) O'Rourke, (0-3) 506
No Votes
200
Voids
27
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PRESIDENT
VOTES
Leo Cronsohn, (C-801)
97
Frank Drozak, (D-22)
5,590
(elected)
No Votes
142
Voids
15
VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE
OF THE LAKES AND INLAND
WATERS
Mike Sacco, (S-1288) Unopposed,
elected
Total
.
5,844
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Anthony C. Aronica, (A-449) 421
Ed Turner, (T-8001)
5,187
(elected)
No Votes
214
Voids
22
Total
.
Total
5,844
VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE
OF^^HE ATLANTIC COAST
Leon Hall, Jr., (H-125) Unopposed;
elected
VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE
OF THE GULF COAST
Joe Sacco, (S-1287)
Unopposed,
elected
HEADQUARTERS
REPRESENTATIVE
Jack Bluitt, (B-15)
John Fay, (F-363)
George McCartney,
(M-948)
Steven Troy (T-485)
U nopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
5,844
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Joseph DiGiorgio,
Unopposed,
(D-2)
elected
NEW YORK AGENT
Jack Caffey, (C-lOlO) U nopposed,
elected
NEW YORK
JOINT PATROLMAN
Horace Hamilton,
(H-8001)
Luige lovino.
(1-11)
Earl "Emil" Lee, Jr.,
(L-8001)
Frank Mongelli,
(M-llll)
Carl Peth,
(P-755)
George Ripoll,
(R-708)
Trevor Robertson
(R-723)
Robert Selzer,
(S-1258)
Unopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
Unopposed,
elected
PHILADELPHIA AGENT
Ted Babkowski,
Unopposed,
elected
(B-1)
PHILADELPHIA
JOINT PATROLMAN
Robert "Joe" Air,
U nopposed,
(A-61)
elected
Stephen Papuchis,
Unopposed,
(P-5198)
elected
BALTIMORE AGENT
George Costango,
Unopposed,
(C-5795)
elected
BALTIMORE
JOINT PATROLMAN
Richard Avery, Jr.,
Unopposed,
(A-20017)
elected
Robert Pomerlane,
Unopposed,
(P^37)
elected
MOBILE AGENT
D. L. "Sherifr Dickinson,
(D-227)
Thomas Glidewell, (G-467)
(elected)
No Votes
Voids
4,576
Total
5,844
689
430
149
MOBILE JOINT PATROLMAN
Jack M. Dalton,
592
(D-337)
Hubert Hollis Johnson,
543
(J-192)
Edward "Edd" Morris,
4,553
(M-1358), (elected)
Darry Sanders,
524
(S-2016)
George Vukmir,
4,381
(V-269), (elected)
No Votes
904
Voids
191
Total
11,688
NEW ORLEANS AGENT
Gerald A. Brown,
Unopposed,
(B-1159)
elected
NEW ORLEANS
JOINT PATROLMAN
Donald C. Anderson, Unopposed,
(A-5244)
elected
Leo Bonser,
Unopposed,
(B-1193)
elected
Mike Worley,
Unopposed,
(W-752)
elected
The It-men Union tellying conunlHee Is shown here hard el work counting the bellots lor the elecllon ol Union
officers, as well as the count tor the two propositions on the ballot.
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On a Christmas visit to the S.I. LiSPHS Hospital, SID Rep Johnny Dwyer shakes
hand of (right) Chief Steward Joseph Gray.
It's Traditional:
Christmas, 1981 'Cheer'
for Beached Seafarers
Following the Union's Christ
mas and New Year's custom, SIU
Welfare Rep Johnny Dwyer paid
his annual pre-Christmas visit on
Dec. 23 to members and
pensioners laid up over the yearend holiday at the Staten Is.
(N.Y.) USPHS Hospital. Similar
visits were made by SIU officials
to USPHS hospitals throughout
the country.
John distributed Christmas
cards, season's greetings, cartons
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of cigarets or cigars and a $50
Christmas bonus check. And
with his out-going genial
personality he cheered up the ill
and bedridden hospitalized there
during Yuletide.
Ordinarily, Dwyer regularly
pays weekly visits to the hospital
to hand out the daily in-hospital
benefits due eligible members
under the normal sickness and
accident provisions of the
Welfare Plan.
Deep Sea Pensioner Louis Martoncsik (right) gets some Christmas cheer from
SIU Rep Johnny Dwyer at the S.I. (N.Y.) USPHS Hospital.
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S/U President Frank Drozak has communicated the SIV's
commitment to work with the nation's new President Ronald
Reagan on a wide range of issues concerning the good of
the American maritime industry and the nation at large.
In a letter dated Dec.30,1980, Drozak stated that the Union
stands ready to "do everything within the limits of 6ur ability
to cooperate" with the Reagan Administration to help
maritime.
Below is a reprint of the complete text of President Drozak's
letter to Mr. Reagan.
December 30,1980
Tlie Honorable Ronald Reagan
Freaident-Elect
Office of the Sresident-Elect
Washington, DC 80870
Dear Mr. Reagan:
As the time approaches for you to assume the
Presidency, I would like to take this opportunity to
express my sincere good wishes for the success of your
Administration. As do all Americans, the Seafarers
International Union of North America and Its
membership, fully appreciate the gravity of the
problems which confront this nation and the rest of the
r
world
As President of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department representing 42 national and international
unions consisting of eight million members, we also
fully appreciate the gravity of the problems which
confront this nation and the rest of the world
The marltune industry, which we have the privilege
of serving, is among those with critical problems, both
in Its economic standing and from a national security
standpoint. You addressed these problems in the course
of your campaign, and we realize you are aware of
their existence. Although these problems are not eaiy
to solve, remedies can be reached, provided we all
approach the problems frankly a.r>d sincerely.
IVIy own view Is that with the cooperation of the
Administration, the Congress, and the industry—both
management and labor—we can make America's vital
shipping industry competitive and profitable. Rather
than attempt massive programs, however, we should
begin ty concentrating on those few critical areas which
offer opport%uty for immediate and effective results.
_ There are1number of such options. In the interest
Of brevity, let me say simply that under your
eaxtershlp, which is fundamental to the success of any
such program, we can proceed to define, agree upon,
an ultimately implement the actions necessary to
restore an American presence on the high seas.
we will do everything
riiP^
ability to cooperate In this
will set in motion the
dflvpinr^ ^
appropriate parties together to
develop such a program.
SIU Rep Johnny Dwyer (left) gives Christmas present to Great Lakes 2nd Pnnu
John Wagner at the S.I. (N.Y.) USPHS Hospital on Dec. 23.
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jB'x'aiik Drozak
President
Seafarers Xntemational Union
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President Ronald Reagan has
proposed a seven-point program
to revitalize the U.S. rnerchant
marine through deregulation,
new cargo policies and by provid
ing leadership to make govern
ment help, not hinder, the growth
of our national fleet.
SIU President Frank Drozak
has pledged the Union i support
to the Reagan Administration in
implementing those programs
that will be beneficial to the U.S.
maritime industry.
At this time, of course, Mr.
Reagan's proposals are just
that—proposals. It will take a lot
of work in Congress to implement
them for the good of the industry.
Folio wing is a complete look at
what Mr. Reagan has in mind for
our industry:
Reagan Maritime Pian
F the United States is to survive
as a viable and progressive
nation, we must have the leader
ship that has been denied to the
American people in these vital
areas. We must develop and
undertake a maritime policy that
will (1) demonstrate our under
standing of the importance of the
seas to America's future; (2)
reestablish the U.S. flag com
mercial fleet as an effective
economic instrument capable of
supporting U.S. interests abroad;
and (3) demonstrate America's
control of the seas in the face of
any challenges.
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A specific naval-maritime
program must be developed that
will:
1. Provide a unified direction
for all government programs
affecting maritime Interests of the
United States.
We must insure that there is
active cooperation between the
Navy and the Merchant Marine
and the governmental depart
ments responsible for each. We
must see that long-range building
programs for naval and merchant
ships are established and carried
out without falling victim to petty
bureaucratic jealousy. This is the
role of the President and 1 shall
see that our maritime policy is
coordinated to insure that it
achieves the objectives we set for
it.
2. Insure that our vital ship
building mobilization base Is
preserved.
It is essential that sufficient
naval and commercial shipbuild
ing be undertaken, to maintain
the irreplaceable shipbuilding
mobilization base. Without this
nucleus of trained workers and
established production facilities,
we can never hope to meet any
future challenge to our security.
3. Improve utilization of our
military resources by Increasing
commercial participation In
support functions.
The Navy today is facing a
critical shortage of trained per
sonnel. With the commercial
industry assuming increased
responsibility for many auxiliary
functions, substantial cost saving
can be achieved and a large
reserve of manpower can be
released to provide crews for a
growing naval fleet. This is an
example of the means by which
we can increase defense mobility
without adding burden to the
taxpayer.
4. Recognize the challenges
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created by cargo policies of other
nations.
The United States has tradi
tionally espoused free trade.
However, the international shijpping trade is laced with a network
of foreign governmental prefer
ences and priorities designed to
strengthen foreign fleets, often at
the expense of U.S. maritime
interests. We must be prepared to
respond constructively for our
own interests to the restrictive
shipping policies of other na-,
tions. A major goal of the United
States must be to insure that
American-flag ships carry an
equitable portion of our trade
consistent with the legitimate
aspirations and policies of our
trading partners.
Lakes, to the producing heart
land of the nation. Again we are
paying a high price for the
absence of any coherent national
policy.
7. Reduce the severe regulatory
environment that Inhibits Ameri
can competitiveness.
As foreign competition on
maritime scene has increased, so
have the operational and regu
latory restrictions on U.S. ship
ping and shipbuilding. Many of
these restrictions increase costs
and, in some cases, simply
prevent our ships from compet
ing with foreign ships. There is
rarely, if ever, any commensurate
benefit from these restrictions.
Accordingly, we will carefully
and rapidly review the effect of
these restrictions and sponsor
appropriate actions.
Conclusion
In carrying out these expansive
programs, a coordinated effort
will be undertaken to create new
jobs for American seamen, ship
yard workers, and the thousands
of workers in related industries.
These maritime industries which
are vital to our national well
being, in the past have had an
outstanding record of providing
not only employment but the
training to enable minorities and
the disadvantaged toobtain con
tinued advancement.
This seven-point program will
be carefully developed and it will
5. Restore the cost competi be carried out. We cannot expect
tiveness of U.S.-fiag operators In others—either allies or adversar
the International marketplace. ies—to respect our interests if we
It has been American policy show no respect or concern for
since 1936 for the additional costs them ourselves. The failure to
of building and operating U.S.- develop and carry out an effective
flag ships to be borne by a system naval and maritime program will
of subsidies to help insure the deny the use of the seas to the
competitiveness of American United States and, eventually to
importers and exporters. But our the Free World.
parity system failed in the midThe er-osion of American
1970's because most foreign maritime strength is unnatural,
governments moved to protect untimely, and endangers the Free
their own vital maritime interests World. The strategic concepts
after the shipping collapse of the upon which our military plan
mid-70's. We must now take ning is based includes the rapid
corrective action to make certain support to our allies.
our merchant fleet and our
The United States has a her
shipbuilding industry survive and itage of the sea that dates from
the first settlement of our coun
grow.
6. Revitalize our domestic try. The oceans—and the ships—
water transportation system. and men that both build and sail
The inland water transporta on them—have been a prominent
tion system provides an eco factor in shaping the crucial
nomic and energy efficient development of our nation's
method of moving the goods and history. Our economic vitality,
commodities of the nation be national defense, and foreign
tween all parts of our country. It policy options will depend in
also provides a vital link in our creasingly on the use we make of
international trading effort by the sea during the remainder of
tying the ports of all four sea- this century.
coasts, which includes our Great
RONALD REAGAN
January 1981 / LOG / 5
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�USCG Ends Hearings on Poet Tragedy
HE first chapter in the myste
rious disappearance of the
S.S. Poet and her 34-man crew
ended in Philadelphia last month
as a joint National Transporta
tion Safety Board/Coast Guard
Marine Board of Inquiry con
cluded the public part of their
hearings, no closer to a solution
than when they convened.
During 11 days of testimony
the Coast Guard, and attorneys
for the SIU, MEBA District 1
and BMO questioned dozens of
witnesses. The thrust of the
T
examinations attempted to dis
cover whether the Poet had been
properly loaded with the 13,500
tons of corn she was carrying to
Port Said, Egypt and whether she
was seaworthy when she left
Philadelphia Oct. 24.
With the conclusion of the
public hearings on Dec. 12, the
Marine Board of Inquiry moved
into phase 2 of their investiga
tion. They are planning to create
mathematical models to dupli
cate weather conditions and the
metallurgical structure of the
Poet. The models will be matched
in an attempt to determine how
the 36-year-old Poet might have
fared under conditions of a
violent storm which swept the
East Coast Oct. 25 and 26.
They also plan to inspect the
SS Penny, the Poet's sistership
when she returns to the U.S. later
this month, searching for clues
aboard the Penny which may
point to structural deficiencies on
the Poet.
The Board does not expect to
issue its final report before July
1981. Meanwhile the Board
officially declared the Poet lost
and her 34-man crew, including
24 Seafarers "presumed dead"
after a 10-day, 300,000 square
mile air search failed to turn up a
single trace of the Poet or her
crew.
SIU Brings Out Key Points
As with any investigation into
the disappearance of a ship, the
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Ship's Bell Tbils Knell for Lost Poet Crew tit Rites
New York-Philadelphia—Jan.
6-7—Memorial services for the
lost 34 crewmembers of the
missing SS Poet—24 of them
Seafarers—were held here on
successive days at New York's
Seamen's Church Institute and
the City of Brotherly Love's
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church.
With SIU N. Y. Patrolman Bob
Stevens and other SIU members
in attendance at the Institute, the
1846 ship's bell of the wrecked SS
Atlas in which 42 were lost, tolled
eight times the knell and "end of
watch" for our departed brothers.
Seamen's Church Institute
Chaplain, the Rev. William
Haynsworth, told about 60
mourners of the Poet's crew that
"the most profound tribute that
can be paid to the 34 men who
perished aboard the SS Poet (on
Oct. 24-25) is for us to seek
whatever measures can be found
to increase the safety of Amer
ican vessels."
He also noted that it had been
17 years since another U.S. ship
had sunk with all hands.
After the services, the widows
of the Poet's chief and second
mates, Mrs. Norman H. Currier
and Mrs. William A. King placed
a memorial floral piece into N.Y.
Harbor at Battery Park for the
lost crew.
The next day in Philadelphia,
as SIU Port Agent Joe Air read
off the names of the departed to
over 100 relatives of the lost crew
and as a choir of eight sang the
Mariner's Hymn at a memorial
service in the historic Gloria Dei
(Old Swede's) Church, Rector
Rev. David B. Rivers and the
Rev. Robert H. Peoples officiated.
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The grieving families of the iostPoef crew read from the Bible at services in
Phiiadeiphia.
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Port
Date
Deep Sea
Lakes, Inland Waters
New York
..... Feb. 2 .............. 2t30p.m. .........
Philadelphia ........ Feb. 3 ..... ......... 2.30p.m. .........
Baltimore
Feb. 4 .............. 2.30p.m. ..........
Norfolk
Feb. 5 ...... ......... 9.30a.m. .............
Jacksonville ....
......... 2i00p.m.
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Houston
......... 2.30p.m. ..........
New Orleans ...
Feb. 10
......... 2!30p.m. .............
Mobile
Feb. 11
San Francisco ..
Feb. 12
2:30p.m
Wilmington
Feb. 16
" Seattle
Feb. 20
2;30p.m.
Piney Point ....
10:30a.m
San Juan
2:30 p. m
Columbus
Feb. 21
Chicago
Feb. 10
Port Arthur
Feb. 10 ......
St. Louis
Cleveland
Feb. 12 .:7...
..... Feb. 12
Honolulu
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Seamen's Church Institute in New York. SIU representative Bob Stevens Is
at right.
UIW
7:00p.m.
7:00p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
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Relatives of lost Poet crewmembers prepare to throw flowers Into the
New York
Seamen's Church institute In Downtown
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Crews Conference Scheduled for April
conference that will help the
SIU plan for the 1980's, as
^ well as for the upcoming A&G
deep sea contract negotiations,
will be held in April. •,
To take place the week of Apr.
20 at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in
Piney Point, Md., the Crews
Conference will be attended by 69
elected delegates representing all
ports and the three shipboard
departments.
The rank and file delegates, 23
from each shipboard depart
ment, will be elected at a special
meeting to be held at 2:30 p.m. on
Apr. 16 at the ports of the SIU,
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes, and Inland
Waters District.
SIU President Frank Drozak
has called for this imporant
conference which he feels will
"act as a springboard to launch
the SIU on the right path in this
decade."
Drozak said that "the input of
the membership at this confer
ence is an absolute necessity if we
are to meet the challenge that the.
coming years will bring to our
Union and to the whole maritime
industry."
Drozak pointed to the many
changes that are evident in the
industry. For instance, tech
nology is creating new types of
ships with new demands for the
men and women who crew them.
Also, competition from foreign
countries as well as the possibility
of damaging legislation in our
own country, means that the
membership must be alert and
knowledgeable to meet the
challenges.
Focus on Contract
Part of preparing for the
1980's means getting started with
a solid contract that accurately
represents the wants and needs of
the membership. The three-year
Deep Sea Tanker and Freighter/
Passenger Agreements that were
signed in 1978 expire on June 15
of this year. Delegates to the
conference will make recom
mendations that will be used by
the Union committee that nego
tiates the new contracts.
The conference delegates will
be aided in making their recom
mendations by the responses of
the members in questionnaires
that have been sent to their
homes. The questionnaires are
also available at all Union Halls.
Further, a copy of the ques
tionnaire is reprinted in this Log.
These forms must be returned to
Union Headquarters by Mar. 15.
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Besides the contract and ship- Baltimore: 3; Boston: 3; Detroit:
ping rules, other items to be 3; Jacksonville: 3; Mobile: 3;
discussed at the conference Norfolk: 3; Philadelphia: 3; San
include training and upgrading; Juan: 3; Seattle: 3; Tampa: 3;
the role of the SIU ki politics and Wilmington: 3; St. Louis: 3, and
the law; meetings aboard ship Piney Point: 3.
and other forms of communica
If any port fails to elect its
tion; the SIU Constitution; quota, then Headquarters will
improving the Pension, Welfare, hold a special meeting on Apr. 17
and Vacation Plans.
at 2:30 p.m. to elect that port's
Based on shipping and regis quota.
The following are the qualifi
tration and the past year's activi
ties in each of the ports, cations a deep sea member must
representation will be as follows: meet if he or she wishes to be
New York: 12; New Orleans: 6; elected as a delegate: (Proof of
Houston: 6; San Francisco: 6; these qualifications must be
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SIU CONSTITUTION. The SIU constitution sets forth the rules and regulations governing the
Union, its members and its officers. The constitution spells out your rights
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these rights and responsibilities so that everyone will know and understand
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Do you have any suggestions for improving the SIU Constitution?
II. PENSION, WELFARE & VACATION PLANS. The SIU benefit plans make It possible for Sea
farers and their families to face the future with dignity and confidence. Im
provement in the Pension, Welfare and Vacation Plans will be included in
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Do you have any recommendations for improving the plans?
III. EDUCATION & TRAINING. Training to meet the challenges of new technology, academic enrich
ment to provide a fuller meaning to the lives of seafarers, and professional
counseling to deal with the stresses of a seafaring life are all parts of the
SlU's program to meet the needs of our members.
Do you have ideas on how we can expand or improve these programs?
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held on Apr. 16, and if necessary,
on Apr. 17).
• Possess a full book with "A"
Oceans Seniority in good
standing.
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with SIU-A&G contracted
deep sea operators in ratings
above entry.
• Have at least 90 days of such
employment in the period
from Apr. 1, 1980 to Apr. 1,
1981.
"Seatime" will be considered as
any time for which contributions
have been made toward Pension
and Welfare eligibility.
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IV. SHIPBOARD MEETINGS & MEMBERSHIP COMMUNICATION. Shipboard meetings 8'o"r
members an opportunity to express their opinions on all matters concerning
their jobs, and their rights and duties as SlU members.
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effective?. Do you have any ideas on how we can improve communications
between our members at sea and headquarters ashore?
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V. LEGISLATION. The maritime Industry is the most federally regulated and legislated industry in
the U.S. The Merchant Marine Act of 1970, the Oil Import Bill, Public
Health Hospitals and the Jones Act are just some of the important areas
affected by legislation.
What do you think we can do to protect our jobs and job security through
legislation?
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VI. POLITICS AND THE LAW. "Politics is Porkchops." This is the fact of life for Seafarers. It was
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Merchant Marine Act of 1970, and won the legislative battle for the Oil
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How can we become more effective?
VII. THE SlU CONTRACT & SHIPPING RULES. Keeping in mind the condition of the maritime
industry today and the changes we can expect in the future, what are your
suggestions for updating the Standard Freightship & Tanker Agreement and
the SlU Shipping Rules?
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January 1981
Legislative. Ailministrative and Regulatory Happenings
Reagan Names Cabinet: Impacts Maritime Directly
After a lengthy and highly publicized
search. President Ronald Reagan has
revealed the names of the men and women
who will head the various executive
departments and agencies in the new
Administration.
Since the November 4th election, journal
ists and political commentators have talked
about little else other than the make-up of
Reagan's new Cabinet.
Analyzing the so-called "selection process" became something of a national
pasttime, on par with watching Dallas on
Friday nights. Magazines and television
news programs devoted much of their
energies towards finding out what person
was in line for what Cabinet post. The cast of
characters changed daily.
Seemingly lost in this avalanche of gossip
was the realization that Reagan's choices
would have important consequences for the
people of this country.
To give an example close to home: the
maritime industry is regulated by every
single one of the executive departments.
The Labor Department sets safety
standards for workers. The Commerce
Department reviews applications for Operating and Construction Differential Subsidies. Opposition from the State Department can kill a bilateral trade agreement.
The list is endless.
Most disinterested observers feel that on
the whole, Reagan has named sgme highly
capable people to Cabinet positions. Of
course, it will be a while before one can judge
the quality of the appointees, or their
understanding of national issues, especially
as those issues relate to the welfare of the
maritime industry.
Here is a list of Reagan's Cabinet choices:
Alexander Haig, Secretary of State;
Casper Weinberger, Secretary of Defense;
Donald Regan, Secretary of the Treasury;
William French Smith, Attorney General;
Ray Donovan, Secretary of Labor; Jean
Kirkpiitrick, Ambassador to the UN;
Franklin Pierce, Secretary of HUD;
Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and
Human Services; William Casey, Director
of the CIA; T. H. Bell, Secretary of
Education; David Stockman, Director of
OMB; James Edwards, Secretary of Energy;
James Watt, Secretary of Interior; J.- Block,
Secretary of Agriculture; Malcolm Baldridge, Secretary of Commerce; Bill Brock,
Special Trade Representative.
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Operators Seeking Title XI
Financing Hits Record
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According to projections, 1981 is going to
be another busy year for workers at the
Maritime Administration.
It is estimated that during the coming year
the Maritime Administration will have to
process a record number of applications for
government-guaranteed financing under
Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of
1936. Before it can do that, however, the
agency will have to clear up backlog
numbering more than 120 applications
valued at some $3 billion.
At present, it takes ah average of nine ^
months for an application for Title XI
flnancing to be approved. The delay can be
traced to the importance that ship-owners
place on securing Title XI loans, as well as
internal pressures within the Maritime
Administration, which has been severely^
affected by a recent government hiring
freeze.
Delta Gets Subsidy to
Reconstruct Two Ships
The Maritime Subsidy Board has
awarded $267,000 in construction differen
tial subsidy funds to Delta, an SIU
contracted shipping company. Delta will use
the money to increase the cargo handling
capability of two breakbulk vessels that are
being used in its foreign trade service.
The money awarded represents 32% of the
$832,000 that Delta projects is needed to
reconstruct the two vessels.
Construction Differential Subsidies are
awarded to ship-owners who build their
American crewed vessels in domestic
shipyards. The subsidies are an effective way
of promoting the American flag, merchant
marine.
Construction Differential Subsidies are
usually equal to the amount of money it
would cost to build a vessel in a domestic
shipyard, minus the cost of building that
same ship in a foreign one.
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Participants in ttie TI/SIU Towboat Operators
Scholarstiip Program visited Transportation
Institute and the Washington office of the Sea
farers International Union during a recent trip to
the nation's capital. The visit included a tour of
the Capitol where this photo was taken. Seen
here are (bottom row l-r) Joseph Hayes. John
Gray, Lawrence Butler, John Organ, Patrick
Brown, Richard Wylie, Timothy Nickels, Ricci
Anderson and Lloyd La Beach. In the top row (l-r)
are Barry Neibert, Max Fischer, Terry Kittle,
Joseph Luquette and Richard Orgel.
Funds Awarded to Help Tankers Convert
The Maritime Subsidy Board has agreed
in principle to award subsidies to three SIU
contracted tankers so that they can be
refitted to meet strict new federally
mandated pollution standards that are
scheduled to go into effect this coming June.
In order to comply with the terms of the
Port and Tanker Safety Act, each tanker
must have a new crude oil washing system
installed (or, depending upon the tanker, an
inert gas system). The improvements are
expected to cost as much as $38.7 million,
half of which will be covered by the subsidy,
More than ninety subsidies are expected
to be awarded so that American ship-owners
can meet the terms of the Port and Tanker
Safety Act.
No concrete sum has been paid out by the
Subsidy Board. Before that happens,
financing will have to be arranged and costs
adjusted.
An undetermined, though probably
small, number of this nation's 236 American
flag tankers are expected to be prematurely
scrapped because their owners do not feel
that it will be economically feasible to meet
the new pollution'standards. The SIU feels
that the government should balance its
priorities and devise ways of having those
tankers replaced.
The three SIU tankers that have been
awarded subsidies are the Worth, the Roue
City and the Beaver State. All thfl®
owned by the Berger Group.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—
President Carter signed into law
last month a bill that could
greatly speed up the delivery of
oil to the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve (SPR) Program.
An amendment to a Depart
ment of Interior Appropriation
bill raised the daily fill rate of
SPR from 100,000 to 300,000
barrels per day, "or a sustained
average annual daily rate of fill
which would fully utilize appro
priated funds."
American seamen benefit from
this Program since at least 50
percent of the cargo must go on
300,000 Barrels Per Day: Half For U.S. Ships
U.S.-flag ships.
The SPR Program was estab
lished under the 1975 Energy
Policy and Conservation Act. Its
purpose is to buy and store oil for
use in case of national emergen
cies or a cutoff of imported oil
supplies.
The amendment to the bill,
which became Public Law 96514, was introduced by Senator
Bill Bradley (D-N.J.).
The President is given a good
deal of leverage in obtaining the
oil in that the amendment says
"the President shall immediately
seek to undertake and thereafter
continue, crude oil acquisition,
transportation, and injection
activities at a level sufficient to
assure that crude oil storage in
the strategic petroleum reserve
will be increased to an average
annual rate of at least 300,000
barrels per day...."
After strong protests by the
SIU and the Transportation
Institute, the Department of
Energy (DOE) agreed late last
year that cargo preference laws
apply to the SPR Program.
That means that at least 50
percent of SPR cargo must go on
American-flag ships. (See full
story in November 1980 Log).
The SPR Program was reac
tivated last October after a lull of
about a year. Ninety-two million
barrels, or a supply of 12 to 13
days, had been stored when
shipments were stopped at that
time.
The petroleum is stored in salt
domes in Texas and Louisiana.
The goal under the 1975
Energy Policy and Conservation
Act was one billion barrels.
Key House, Senate Maritime Committee Heac/s Chosen
T
HE new power structure that
has risen on Capitol Hill as a
result of the 1980 election is
slowly, but surely, revealing
itself.
The Republican Senators and
Democratic members of the
House of Representatives held
separate meetings earlier this
month so that they could deter
mine which of their peers were
going to hold the vitally impor
tant Committee Chairmanships
during the next session of
Congress.
There were a number of un
expected developments, espe
cially in regard to those Commit
tees that regulate the maritime
industry.
As expected, the new House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Chairman will be Walter Jones
(D-N.C.), who will succeed John
Murphy (D-N.Y.). Mario Biaggi
(D-N.Y.) was chosen vice-chair
man of the same committee.
'Ufffest Seafarer'
Rep. Walter Jones
Sen. Bob Packwood
Merchant Marine Subcommittee
which was a surprise, because the will be Slade Gorton, a moderate
title of vice-chairman is not Republican from Washington
usually awarded.
who defeated Sen. Warren MagOn the Senate side, the Repub nuson.
licans chose Robert Packwood
The Republicans, in the No
(R-Ore.) as chairman of the vember election, captured con
Senate Commerce, Science and trol of the Senate for the first time
Transportation Committee.
since 1954. That gave them the
The new Chairman of the right to choose'the Chairmen of
Rep. Mario BlaggI
the different Senate Committees.
Even though the Democrats
retained control of the House of
Representatives, they still had to
assign a number of new Commit
tee Chairmanships. A good
number of incumbent Demo
cratic Chairmen were defeated in
the November election.
DIESEL MECHANICS WANTED
Learn Basic Diesel theory and operations in the
four week Diesel Technology course at SHLSS.
This nneans job opportunities for you aboard the
Diesel-powered U.S. Flag ships under contract
with the SIG. Diesel Engineers enroll in the eight
week Diesel Engineering Course at SHLSS. Get
your license and get ahead.
Course for the Diesel Technologv starts March 30
through April 23. Course for the Transportation
Institute Diesel Engineering Scholarship Pro
gram starts March 30 through May 21. All ap
plication materials must be received by hebruary
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this Bhife But atrisey Joshua Lee Roles,
the 0fiha i§R ©t liu &s§uh Ruoe Olssen. fs
ih his Union f shirt As soon as he
learns how to write, we expect he ll have his
appitcelion in for Rney Point
Sign Up Mow!
Join the crowd of Seafarers who've improved their pay and
job security.
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Man Overboard Saved
This is to inform you of the excellent seamanship and conduct
displayed by the SI U crew of this vessel, when one of the crew went
over the stern while this vessel was about 150 miles off Cabo
Corrientes, Mexico, on a passage from Balboa to this port on
December 11, 1980.
He went over at morning coffeetime. The onlooking crewmen
immediately released ring buoys, and notified the bridge. The
alarm was sounded, extra lookouts posted and both motorboats
swung out and manned, all in a seamanlike manner with no panic
or excitement.
The man in the water was located and #3 boat lowered. He was
rescued after spending 33 minutes in the water and returned to the
ship. The lifeboat was waterborne only 27 minutes. These times
should indicate the efficiency of the crew's response.
It is difficult to select any individual for special credit as all hands
participated in the effort. The deck gang, under Bosun Ray E.
Schrum, had the boats ready by the time the Mates arrived.
William C. Dowzicky, AB, raced amidships to inform the crew
and then stood lookout atop the port kingpost, keeping the
overboard man in sight and helping direct the boat to him. I've been
told that Glen James, AB, was the first to spot the man. The list of
active participants contributing to the rescue encompasses almost
the entire crew list.
The boat crew was commanded by J.F. Gordian, 2nd Mate and
the motor was operated by B.K. Gajewski, 1st Assistant Engineer.
The unlicensed men in the boat were Thomas A. Keenan, AB,
William R. McCorkle, OS, Francis R. Wagner, 2nd Pumpman,
William T. Christopher, Pumpman/Engine Maint., and Eldridge
Smith, Engine Utility.
Although there was a good-sized swell running, the boat was
launched and returned, hooked on and hoisted aboard without any
damage or injury, to cap an excellent performance in all respects.
I take this opportunity to express a "Very Well Done" to all
hands. I am proud to be their Captain, and the SIU must be
complimented for the quality of these crew members.
Sincerely yours,
L.L. Frank, Master
S/T Mount Vernon Victory
With the Xmas holidays just behind us, I would like the
membership to know that the menus of the MV Tamara Guilden
were dynamite. If you ever run a contest for good shipboard
cooking, our menus would be hard to beat. And all this by a
steward department that hardly knew each other the week before
when the ship was taken out of lay-up, crewed, stores loaded and on
it's way in six days. Real pros, evreyone of them. And this is not a
classy new ship. It's a 20-year old workhorse hauling coal in the
North Atlantic in the winter.
Our steward department includes Johnny Hogge, steward; K;A.
Outlaw, chief cook; M.E. Calhoun, pastry chef; J. Kumor, 3rd
cook, and P.J. Devine, messman and salad king. By the way, our
holiday menu consisted of Tom turkey, baked smoked Virginia
ham, prime ribs, broiled spring chicken, as well as a selection of
appetizers, nine vegetables and an assortment of cakes, pies and
candies. Brrrp!
Fraternally,
E.P. Burke, B-666
And the Crew of the Tamara Guilden
Rotterdam, Holland
Paul Hall—^Never a Better Union Man
Paul Hall was a seaman's-seaman, an old timer's-old timer, a
workingman's-workingman, and as good as any man that ever
walked a picket line on all coasts from the very early 30's right up to
the present time, and I never remember meeting a better union man
than Paul Hall. You better believe that we who knew him will miss
him a long, long time.
I am glad to see the younger men coming up in our union and
doing a fine job. God bless them, and may they always keep the SIU
banner waving. I remember when these men started in the SIU,
and have seen them grow along with the Union.
I've walked picketlines in about every port in the USA, with all
maritime unions, AFL and CIO, and I can tell you that none, but
none of them are any better (and most not as good) as the Seafarers
International Union. I've sailed in the NMU, SUP, MFOW, MCS,
Army Transport (before it was MSTS), and walked all their
picketlines, and I'll still take the SIU—all the way.
I retired a couple of years too soon, and lost out on the raise in
pension, and the retirement bonus, but thank God for the SIU, and
if these young fellows just coming in today only knew what we went
through, they would get down and give thanks every night of their
life.
SEAFARERS FOREVER,
'Saki Jack' Dolan, Retired
Keansburg, N.J.
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On Dec. 14, 1980, we lost our youngest son Frankie Lee Hall in
an accident in Oklahoma.
My husband Clifford was on board the LNG Leo in the Far East.
I called Mr. Mike Sacco (SIU Vice President) at the St. Louis union
hall to tell him what happened and to ask how I would go about
getting Clifford home.
Mr. Sacco told me not to worry about anything, that he would do
everything he could to get Clifford home as soon as possible.
Within three hours, I was talking to Clifford —"ship-to-shore"
telling him of our loss. He was able to get off the ship the next day
and was home within a few days.
Our sincere thanks to Mike Sacco and the Union for all they did
to get Clifford home. We would also like to thank the Union
brothers and their families of the St. Louis union hall for the
flowers they sent. Also to the captain, officers and crew of the LNG
Leo for their kind thoughts and flowers.
May God bless each of you.
Sincerely,
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford C. Hall
Fredericktown, .Mo.
12 / LOG / January 1981
Here's Reino Pe/aso (pensioner) showing off his 22 lb. salmon. Good
catch ReIno!
Just wanted to drop a line to say hello to my old shipmates and to
wish everyone a great 1981.
For this pensioner, fishing was good outside the Golden Gate
Bridge. I brought home 10 salmon from 4 lbs. to 22 lbs. My best to
Fraternally,
Reino J. Pelaso, P-8, Retired
Vallejo, Calif.
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Undermanned Navy Can Look to Merchant Marine
Ronald Reagan
Rpaoan has
Viae come up
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with a sheaf of policy statements
outlining the goals and priorities
of his Administration. Included
is a seven-point maritime pro
gram which recognizes that the
"maritime industries... are vital
to our national well-being."
While each of the seven points
of Reagan's 'maritime program
indicates an awareness of the
current state of the U.S. maritime
industry, one point in particular
deserves commendation.
In calling for increased co
operation between the Navy and
the commercial maritime indus
try to the advantage of both, Mr.
Reagan echoed a point which this
Union has been vocally advanc
ing for years. Let the Navy devote
its dollars and its manpower to its
warships and look to the private
merchant fleet and its pool of
skilled, professional seamen for
military support functions.
The Navy has made no secret
of its personnel shortages. Just a
few months ago Adm. Thomas
Hayward, chief of naval opera
tions conceded that the Navy is
"approaching the point where we
may have no realistic alternative
but to consider standing down
some ships."
- Of course, the Navy does have
an alternative. The private mer
chant fleet already includes
vessels which could easily take
over support tasks such as
supplying and fueling Navy ships
at sea as well as at-sea repairs and its jurisdiction, ignoring the
rescues.
offered support of the merchant
We've pointed this out to the marine and Jeopardizing the
Navy. The U.S. Maritime Ad- security of the nation in the
ministration has repeatedly bargain.
pointed it out. So has the General
Assigning naval support work
Accounting Office. But the Navy to the U.S. merchant marine
has continued to jealously guard which is ready, willing and able to
Offtciol Publicotion of the Seaforers Intornationol Union of
North Amorica. Atlantic, Gulf, lokes ond Inland Wofort Diitrict,
. AFKIO
Jonuory, 1981
Vol. 43, No. 1
Executive Board
Frank Drozak
President
Joe DiGiorgio
Secretary- Treasurer
Angus "Red" Campbell
Leon Hal
Fice President
Joe Sacco
MikeSacco
Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
James Gannon
Ray Bqurdius
Assistant Editor
Don Rotan
West Coast Associate Editor
989
Editor
Edra Ziesk
Assistant Editor
Marietta Homayonpour
Assistant Editor
Mike Gillen
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianciotti
Director of Photography! Writer
Dennis Lundy
Photography
Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
George J. Vana
Production!Art Director
Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters
District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage
paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. (ISSN #dl60-2047)
undertake it makes sense. It
makes sense for the Navy, for the
private maritime industry and for
the comprehensive and effective
defense of the United States.
It is gratifying that the new
Reagan Administration agrees
that with the commercial industry assuming increased responsibility for many auxiliary
functions, substantial cost saving
can be achieved and a large
reserve of manpower can be
released to provide crews for a
growing naval fleet."
We believe the intent of this
statement can be accomplished
with relative ease by the new
President.
By issuing a directive transferring to the private sector the
operation and the future construction of naval fleet support
vessels the Navy will be free to
invest funds and personnel in
combat vessels.
Such a transfer could be
streamlined by placing military
auxiliary services under the
control of either the Military
Traffic Management Gommand
or a Defense traffic agency. This
would eliminate the competition
which now exists between the
private merchant marine and the
Navy's Military Sealift Command which now oversees naval
support work.
A less dramatic solution which
would achieve more or less the
same result could take the form
of a written directive issued by
the new Administration instructing the MSG to employ U.S.built,. U.S.-flag vessels whenever
such vessels are available for
support work. Too often, the
MSG either overlooks or exeludes U.S.-built^ U.S.-manned
merchant vessels for naval support jobs, in contravention of
United States policy,
Through his naval-maritjme
program Ronald Reagan has
indicated an understanding of the
intent of the Merchant Marine
Act of 1936 which calls for a
strong merchant marine capable
of serving as a military auxiliary
in peacetime and in time of
national emergency.
Our role in the months ahead
will be to ensure that understand-:
ing is translated into action.
January 1981
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John Bunker Honored By Maritime Historical Society
John Bunker, head of the
SI Us Historical Research De
partment. was honored last
month by the National Maritime
Historical Society for his '*outstanding contribution to the
nation's maritime heritage."
The Society presented Mr.
Bunker with its 12th .Annual
James Monroe Award at a dinner
at the Seamen s Church Institute
in downtown Manhattan.
Wellwishers toasted Mr.
Bunker who has maintained a
close relationship with the SIU
since 1942.
Peter Stanford, director of the
National Maritime Historical
Society, presented Mr. Bunker
with the award. He noted Mr.
Bunker's literarv achievements.
Unclaimed Wages
Maritime Overseas
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Following is a list of Seafarers
who have unclaimed wages due
them from Maritime Overseas Corp.
if your name appears on this list,
you may get your unclaimed wa^
by wTiting to Pa>Tnaster, Maritime
Cherseas Corp., 43 W. 42nd St.,
New York, N.Y. 10036.
Remember to include the follow
ing information; the Maritime
Overseas' vessel or vessels you
w orked on; the rating or ratings you
sailed, and the dates vou worked.
J. Merrill
4I"-"4-6"'94
R. F. Flounmy
461-12-5049
F. E. Perkins
• 365-S0-S5^
J. Sumlin
421-10-42:5
A- T. Smith
223-76-5155
E. E. Gibbs. Jr.
420-20^15"
F-Johnson
230-^^1
V. O. Da\is
424--6-!:S3
G. Patino
• 467-94-2115
H. Home
264-56-35^5
J. C. Leach
2S3-32-5^23
P. Rodriguez
J.L-Burk
004^12^4
Grader
S- B.
567-^1795
J A. Hoeoeveki
Ifi-52-5909
H. Ghamboiin
. 159455-5160
R. L Dixon
4t9-2i>4H04
R. M. Lee
405-56-0354
CMilkr
I42-I2-535S
L Thomas
434-S4-2503
J. Gladney
213-30-! 79!
J. St. John
OSO-24-3092
H. W>att
46O-10-T221
D. Campus
5^>-S)-354«
Y. Omar
37^-6^-9715
M. Tebbetis
003-32-02S9
123-01-9107
-A. Mohsin
3T6-5S-6Si9
E. Varffis
5^1-2S-9003
J-OT^
101-32-5061
F. Smith
217-Ig-^3
IC Monahan
217-68-31S2
J. Remko
216-20-6152
P. Benhneman
213-66-1200
J- Gonzaks
055-24-6505
R-G. MoWej
266-35-1390
F. Re>aokls
464-38-5g<^
J- P. Wimroer
420-62^1827
G. A- Peters
216-68-5410
John Bunker. Ml hnadoftheStLTs Hietoricat Research Department, receives congratulations from Peter Stanford,
tBractor of the Matfona/ Itarmme Hfstorical Society at a dinner last month at the Seaman's Church Institute.
which include publication of
Liberty Ships. The L'giy Ducklings of
iVar 11(1972).and
Harbor and Haven 11979), the
first comprebeEtsve history of the
Pen of New York prior to tise
War.
Stanford also- lauded Mr.
Bunker for
kradlesi paofie
interest to resEore tse Sarr of
India , a Civik War vnsisge iro®
sailing s^^..'is
hack m
the J 95CI*5,. Tie San-of Mma. now
a tloasinisErmisetiiiL is use okiest
resiQsred commerciaL
EB tfie
couniiv.
Mr., Bimker. who shrppied with
the SIU during World War II,
has participated in many special
projects for the SIU, including
the development of Piney Point.
He began putting together the
Seafarers Historical Research
Dept. in 1974. Since then, he has
developed a comprehensive his
tory of the SIU and the entire
Anserican maritime labor move.-laeiitla his career he has also
worked as a reporter for the
Christian Science Monitor in
Boston, the Louisville Courier in
Louisville, Ky. and the San
Diego Tribune.
The National Maritime His
torical Society, founded in 1963
is an organization dedicated to
preserving the maritime heritage
of the United States. They are
presently involved in many proj
ects, including restoration of the
Wavertree. a Cape Horn square
rigger, originally built in 1885.
The Society also publishes a
smartly done quarterly magazine
entitled Sea History.
Mr. Bunker, a die hard lover of
the sea and ships, was a perfect
recipient for this year's Society
award. The SIU is proud of his
accompl ish ments.
New Wage Rates for
Pacific Maritime Association ¥e8sels
FoBomnQ are the new wage and overtime rates for seamen working aboard
SlU-Padfic liari&ne Association Vessels.
EFFECTIVE 12/16/80
Wage Rates for Dry Cargo Vessels
BASE WAGE RATE
HOURLY
POSmON
VESSEL TYPE
MONTHLY
OVERTIME
CliefScswsnf ..............
....Freighter
$1,650.71
$6.00
SEs*2rd .....
Modified Mariner
1,741.22
6.00
iStswaM Baker
SS Maine
1,831.76
6.00
C^ief SEiward C!^Cook
^Hawaiian Princess
...
I.6I1.92
6.00
Cfef Co-t^ Ni^ Cook- and Bako^ .Freighter
1,556.48
6.00
Cook, and Baker. 2rai Cook
Freighter
1,459.47
6.00
AsasrasH Cock. Messmas
Frei^ter
]..,
1,303.38
6.00
AssBESii Cook CoGi&GtaskHi ......... Hawaiian Princess
1.344.04
6.00
srd.
Freighter
1.170.39
4.55
VkssBSi^
Freighter
1,122.34
4.55
Pa^sgerBR- Passenger Waiter .......Modified Mariner '
1,122.34
4.55
Hawaiian Princess
4.55
1,12134
TkefeBewmg wM
except when m S ight Cook and Baker k employed: On Freighters, when carrying more than
two paaemgen. there shag be added to the kottrfy nu^e the following sum:
Chief Steward
Chief Cook
Znd Cook & Baker
Pantiy Messman
Staadby Work xad
Rates
Cargo Workieg Rate:
Monthly
515 00
10 00
lo.oo
7 50
of Pa;
Straight Time
Overtime...
$6.52
9.70
a«T«
Department work cargo, they shall receive the same cargo rate of pay and the same
Q«r« tmK ana hot feaeh consiceration as is received by the Unlicensed Deck Department
The howf; cargo rate doB he:
Straight Time Hours .... $ 7 Ig
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�New Deep Sea Pay Rates: Eff^tive Dec.16,1980
Following are the revised base monthly wage scales; premium rates; overtime rates
for work performed In excess of eight (8) hours, Monday through Friday, and penalty off
watch rates Monday through Friday for the Standard Tanker and Frelghtshlp/Passenger
Agreements.
The new rates reflect a 2.87 percent Cost of Living Adjustment.
This Increase also applies to the Deep Sea Vacation benefit.
Note: The C.O.L.A. is not applicable to on-watch Monday-through-Friday or onwatch Saturday, Sunday and Holidays penalty rates and special rates such as longshore
work and tank cleaning.
Freightship/Passenger Agreement
Wages, Premium and Overtime Rates
As of December 16,1980
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boatswain (SL7's, SLlS's Lash, Mariner and Passenger)
Boatswain
Carpenter
Carpenter Maintenance
A.B. Maintenance
Quartermaster
Able Seaman
Fire Patrolman
O.S. Maintenance
Ordinary Seaman
r
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
ChiefElectrician(SL7's, SLlS's, Lash, Mariner and Passenger)
Chief Electrician (Delta)
—
Chief Electrician
Crane Mtce./Electrician
Electrician Reefer Mtce
Second Electrician
Engine Utility Reefer Mtce
Refrigeration Engineer (when one is carried)
Refrigeration Engineer (when three are carried)
Chief
First Assistant
'
Second Assistant
Q.M.E.D
Plumber Machinist
Unlicensed Junior Engineer (Day)
Unlicensed Junior Engineer (Watch)
DeckEngineer
Engine Utility/FOWT (Delta)
Engine Utility
Evaporator/Mtce
Oiler ..."
Oiler (Diesel)
Watertender
Fireman/WatertendeFireman
Wiper
Ship's Welder Mtce.
Oiler/Maintenance Utility
General Utility/Deck Engine
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Chief Steward (SLTs, SLlS's, Lash and Mariner)
Steward Cook
Steward/Baker
Chief Steward
Chief Cook
Cook and Baker
Second Cook
Third Cook
Assistant Cook
Messman
Utilityman
Passenger Vessels
Chief Steward
Chef
Chief Cook
Head Waiter/Wine Steward
Chief Baker
^......
....
Monthly Rate
$1,666.25
1,473.74
] ,355.90
1,355.90
1,253.02
1,181.81
1,122.02
1,122.02
93.7.59
877.05 i
1,782.67
1,779^68
1,733.74
1,733.74
1,733-74
1,620.72
1,620.72
1,620.72
Premium Rate
$14.34
12.83
11.82
11.82
10.91
10.31
9.80
9.80
7.66
7.66
15.64
15.05
15.05
15.05
15.05
14.12
14.12
14.12
Overtime Rate
$8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
6.29
6.29
6.29
6.29
4.99
4.99
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
1,662.41
1,477.25
1,378.07
1,666.25
1,486.10
1,418.01
1,276.79
1,375.10
1,388.19
1,295.13
1,187.91
1,122.02
1,207.44
1,122.02
1,122.02
1,122.02
1,042.24
1,391.92
1,295.13
1,042.24
12.95
12.36
11.99
14.34
12.95
12.36
11.14
11.99
11.99
11.30
10.38
9.80
10.54
9.80
9.80
9.80
9.12
11.99
10.54
9.12
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
6.29
6.29
6.29
6.29
6.29
4.99
8.21
6.29
4.99
1,666.25
1,666.25
1,666.25
1,473.74
1,309.90
1,276.78
1,122.02
1,106.86
1,106.86
870.21
870.21
14.34
14.34
14.34
12.83
11.44
11.14
9.69
9.69
9.69
7.64
7.64
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
6.29
6.29
6.29
4.99
4.99
1,944.71
1,473.74
1,309.90
1,309.90
1,309.90
continued on following page
16.85
12.83
11.44
11.44
11.44
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
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Premium Rate
Monthly Rate
2nd Steward/Head Waiter
3rd Steward/Storekeeper .
Chief Pantryman
Butcher
2nd Cook
Cook and Baker .
Asst. Head Waiter
2nd Baker
;•)
Bartender
Bartender/Club Steward
Messman Utility
Utilityman
Galley Utility
•
Pantryman
Passenger Waiter
Officer Bedroom Steward ....
Passenger Bedroom Steward ..
Night Steward
Stewardess
Deck Steward
Deck/Smoking Room Steward
Janitor/Utilityman
Day Porter/Utilityman
Chef Utility
Crew Messman
Crew Pantryman
Crew Bedroom Steward —...
Beautician-Barber
1,308.51
1,307.34
1,305.94
1,298.98
1,289.08
1,289.08
1,276.78
1,276.78
1,274.00
1,268.21
1,106.86
1,106.86
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
870.21
1,242.91
^
11.32
11.32
11.30
11.23
11.16
11.16
11.14
11.14
11.03 "
10.99
9.69
9.69
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7,64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64
7.64 ,
-0-
Overtime Rate
8.21
6.29
6.29
6.29
6.29
6.29
8.21
8.21
6.29
6.29
6.29
6.29
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
4.99
-0-
PENALTY RATES
Off Watch, Monday through Friday
Group I
$9.15
Group H
7.34
Group HI
6.53
Tanker Agreement
Wages, Premium and Overtime Rates
As of December 16,1980
: }
Monthly Rate
$1,733.74
1,571.60
1,512.67
1,289.93
1,135.20
Premium Rate
$15.05
14.47
13.19
11.25
9.92
^
Overtime Rate
$8.21
8.21
8.21
6.29
6.29
1,042.31
900.18
9.12
7.87
4.99
4.99
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Q.M.E.p.
Chief Pumpman
Second Pumpman/Engine Mtce
Ship's Welder M tee
Engine Utility
Oiler Mtce. Utility
OUer
Fireman/Watertender
General Utility/Deck Engine
Wiper
1,733.74
1,585.98
1,585.98
1,404.05
1,276.98
1,308.32
1,135.20
1,135.20
1,042.31
1,042.31
15.05
13.81
13.81
12.09
11.36
11.37
9.92
9.92
9.12
9.12
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
6.29
6.29
6.29
4.99
4.99
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Chief Steward (on vessels constructed since 1970)
Steward Cook
Steward / Baker
Chief Steward (25,500 DWT or over)
Chief Steward (under 25.500 DWT)
Chief Cook
Cook and Baker
Third Cook
Assistant Cook
Messman
Utilityman
1,733.74
1,733.74
1,733.74
1,577.86
1,518.95
1,363.45
1,331.28
1,180.85
1.180.85
870.20
870.20
15.05
15.05
15.05
13.75
13.23
11.89
11.25
9.69
9.69
7.64
7.64
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
8.21
- 8.21
6.29
6.29
4.99
: 4.99
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boatswain (on vessels constructed since 1970)
Boatswain (25,500 DWT or over)
Boatswain (under 25,500 DWT)
;
B. Deck ^Maintenance
i^bleSeaman .................................................
O.S. Deck Maintenance
Ordinary Seaman
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PENALTY R ATES
Off Watch, Monday through Friday
Group 1
S9.15
Group 11
i 7.34
Group 111 ....^
6.53
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�U.S. Unions to Russians: ^Keep Out of Poland'
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Several
hundred trade unionists descended
on the New York office of Aeroflot,
the official Russian airline, but
they weren't looking for plane
tickets. .
The sign-carrying unionists,
including a score of Seafarers
from the Hall in Brooklyn,were
picketing Aeroflot on 45th St. and
Fifth Ave. to protest the buildup
of Russian troops on the Polish
border and to express their
support for Poland's courageous
workers who have risked their
lives to form the infant free-trade
union, Solidarnosc.
The demonstration was well
timed as thousands of Christmas
shoppers from around the country
read the picketeers' messages as
they scurried from one peoplepacked department store to an
other on the most famous avenue
in America.
One sign, wielded by SIU
representative Bobby Stevens,
revealed the feeling of the demon
strators: "Russia—Keep Out of
Poland."
The demonstration lasted sev
eral hours as the pickets circled in
front of Aeroflot chanting union
songs and shouting pro-Polish
slogans in unisori.
A group of demonstrators from.
Local 1199, a big New York-based
hospital workers union, sang "we
shall overcome" over and over
again.
A plcketllne of Seafarers demonstrates outside
the offices of Aeroflot, the Soviet airline.
Cops assigned to the detail got
caught up in the warmth and
solidarity of the union crowd and
chatted pleasantly with the dem
onstrators. One cop said it "was
the easiest assignment" he ever
had, because the crowd was so
well disciplined.
Joining the demonstrators was
Mrs. Lane Kirkland, wife of the
AFL-CIO president. With sign in
hand, she led the pickets whose
numbers included members from
many New York area unions.
The demonstration in front of
Aeroflot was just one of many
activities the AFL-CIO and
American trade unionists have
participated in recently in support
of Polish workers.
SIU members Joined other AFL-CIO unions m
proclaiming support for the free trade unions In
Poland. Here, Mrs. Lane Kirkland, wife of the
AFL-CIO president. Joins the plcketllne.
Thousands of individual Amer
ican workers have contributed
money to a fund organized by the
AFL-CIO to help the new Polish
Union. The first big gift from the
AFL-CIO to Solidarnosc was a
$50,000 offset printing press. The
press was desperately needed by
the Polish trade union leaders to
spread the word of unionism and
to educate the workers on the
developments regarding their
organization.
The AFL-CIO also ran some
fund raising luncheons for the
Polish union. In addition, funds
are being raisied from the profits of
selling American union-made T- '
shirts emblazened with Solidar
nosc across the chest.
This Seafarer Is holding a sign that spells out the
Union's message loud and dear: USSR Keep out
of Poland!
AFL-CIO Plans Celebration of Labor's Centennial
WASfflNGTON, D.C.—AFLCIO President Lane Kirkland an
nounced a year-long celebration
in 1981 of the centennial of
American labor.
The Federation is planning a
series of activities starting this
month and continuing through
out the year. The culmination will
be a celebration at the AFL-CIO's
fourteenth Constitutional Con
vention to be held in November in
New York.
It was in November of 1881 that
the Federation of Organized
Trades and Labor Unions was
officially formed. In 1886 this
group became the American
Federation of Labor (AFL). The
first person to be elected president
of the Federation was Samuel
Gompers of the Cigarmakers'
Union.
••
The announcement of the cen
tennial celebration was made in a
letter Kirkland sent to labor union
leaders throughout the country.
He made the announcement oil
Dec. 5 which marked the 25th
anniversary of the merging of the
AFL and the CIO.
In his letter, Kirkland said, "We
hope that people in the political
and legislative processes, in the
academic community, in industry
and commerce and agriculture, in
cultural activities and the profes
sions and the arts, will all join with
the men and women of our unions
in commemorating this centenary
of American labor."
The centennial celebration has
two themes—"achievement" and
"challenge." As Kirkland put it,
these themes represent "pride in
our past gains, coupled with the
^'^Afugo^
recognition that it will require
even greater commitment, energy
and vision to advance labor's
cause in the years ahead."
Kirkland said he hopes many
different sectors of the AFL-CIO
will become involved in the
celebration. As he noted, "the task
of carrying out the AFL-CIO
centennial is not an assignment for
any one person or small group of
persons. It will require the willing
cooperation of every sector of the
AFL-CIO."
The struggle of the working
man to improve his conditions
and to lead a dignified life has
been a long one. It has resulted in
vast improvements. But much
more remains to be done. The
celebration will reflect this. Ac
cording to Kirkland, "during the
centennial year of 1981, we shall
rededicate ourselves to the sound
principle of harnessing demo
cratic tradition and trade union
heritage with the the. necessity of
reaching out for new and better
ways to serve all working people
and the entire nation."
January 1981 / LOG / 17
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mended
nded that "the Ann Arbor (carferries) be continued in its entirety '
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Mu-coniraciea carferries
carierries Viking.
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City of Milwaukee, operated by the Michigan ln^erstate Railway Co )
Another aspect of the proposed transportation plan could bring even
bigger benefits to the SlU-fleet of carferries. That recommendation calls
for discontinuation of the C&O carferry service from Manitowoc' to
Kewaunee as soon as the Interstate Commerce Commission grants
permission to abandon the service. That could mean more cargoes for
Union carferries.
While the Dept. of Transportation must still issue a final ruling the
recommendation of the staff commission is viewed as a positive sign that
the Ann Arbor carferries will be operating in the future.
Algonac
Just about the entire SI U-contracted fleet is now laid up as severe cold
and thick ice forced Lakes transit to a near standstill. It took the Sam
Laud (American Steamship) nearly four days to make the 30-mile run
between Lorraine and Cleveland, a trip which usually takes about four
hours. She's laying up in Cleveland, right across from the Union hall. The
Medusa Challenger (Cement Transit Co.) is planned for another run or
two before lay-up, depending on ice conditions. The ST Crapo (Huron
Cement) was to have wintered in Detroit but her immediate future is
uncertain. The Crapo got stuck in the ice at Algonac and was there for
two days before she was freed. She's'now in Alpena, Mich., where the
crew was paid-off. The company's waiting to see what happens with the
ice before they try to move the cement carrier.
Under orders from the Michigan Transportation Commission, the
state DOT will be setting up a new panel to oversee transportation
services on the Lakes and seek ways to revitalize the industry. This type of
authority has been under consideration since the mid-1970's.
In a related action Michigan State Senator Phil Arthurhultz intro
duced a bill before the state legislature in November seeking the creation
of a Lake Michigan Transportation Authority. The bill authorizes a
seven-member authority made up of six "consumer" representatives and
the head of the Transportation Commission. The Authority will be able
to issue revenue bonds, establish fares and routes, buy or lease vessels and
port facilities, and operate orcontract for cross-lake service. A similar bill
was introduced before the Michigan House of Representatives.
Cleveland
Whether or not the Chief Wawatam will be returned after $37,000
worth of repairs are completed has not yet been decided. But the 70-yearold Chief h the center of a big controversy.
On Dec. 5, the Detroit News rah an editorial titled "Farewell, Chief
Wawatam" declaring that "the Chief \s doomed and properly so." The
editorial complained that the Chief \s "kept afloat with an annual $2
million subsidy" from "a financially distressed state." They argued that
the coal-burning Chief \s "inefficient, requiring a crew of 27 regular and
eight supplementary hands."
"In contrast," says the Detroit News, the Norfolk & Western Railway's
"rnodern tug & barge units operate with a crew of four. An N&W barge
carries 11 to 28 cars a trip compared to 16 or 17 for the Chief" The state,
the editorial urged, "should study a new tug & barge operations patterned
on N&W's."
No way! said SI U Algonac Port Agent Jack Bluitt. In an editorial reply
printed in the Dec. 11 edition of the News. Bluitt shot holes in the
newspaper's position. Bluitt's letter is reprinted, below:
"I would like to reply to the Dec. 5 editorial, "Farewell, Chief
Wawatam."v.
You mentioned that the Norfolk & Western ferry service in
Detroit operates with a crew of four, compared to the
^of 27 regular and eight supplementary hands.
For your information, the N&W ferry operates with four
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rnen on each watch which amounts to 12 men every 24 hours
plus a supplementary crew of four, or a total of 16 crew
members. They operate two tug-barges for a total crew
complement of 32 employees.
Several years ago the Chief Wawatam was replaced by a tugbarge that ended in a complete fiasco. Crossing the Detroit
River cannot compare with crossing the Straits of Mackinac,
especially in the winter. I can remember seeing the tug docked
m St. Ignace while the barge sat on the ice in the middle of the
Straits. That was the end of tug-barge and the old C/i/c/ was
put back in service.
I don t see the state saving money by wasting taxpayers'
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T ' VJack Bluitt, Port Agent
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Port of Algonac
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After a series of meetings held across the state of Michigan during late
1980 that state s Department of Transportation gavea preliminary nod to
the continuing operation of the SI U-contracted Ann Arbor carferries A
staff report issued by the DOT on Dec. 17 recommended one of six
transportation plans being considered prior to the opening of rail
transportation contract talks in April.
The proposal favored in the staff report was the one which recom-
Erie Sand Steamship s Lakewqodwas at the G&W Industries yard here
undergoing repairs when it was discovered that her shaft was misaligned.
She was taken to the Port Weller Dry Dock to correct it.
Duluth
Laying up in this port are American Steamship's Indiana Harbor and
Belle River. Also wintering here are Kinsman's Merle M. McCurdy.
Frank R. Denton and C. L Austin.
St. Lawrence Seaway
A week before the scheduled Dec. 15 closing of the St. Lawrence
Seaway it looked like there might be a less-than-orderly end to the season.
A fog belt stretching from the Soo Locks to Montreal forced all ship
traffic to a halt.
,
However, the fog lifted and the system was cleared close to the
deadline. The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., which operates
the system for the U.S., reported there were 83 oceangoing ships in the
Seaway above the Locks at St. Lambert, Quebec on Nov. 24. Last year
there were 150 vessels still in that portion of the Seaway at that time.
According to the regulations of the Seaway, vessels heading east from
the Lakes could avoid the late penalties imposed after Dec. 15 by
checking in at designated stations beforehand. Fourteen ships were still in
the Seawayafter the deadline but all except five Lake carriers avoided late
penahtes of from $20,000 for one day to $80,000 for four days.
All shipping had to be cleared from the Seaway before Dec. 21 when
the Snell and Eisenhower locks were de-watered for repair and main
tenance work.
Funding
Under a $5 million allotment, the Coa.st Guard will construct 14 new
fixed aids to navigation in various Great Lakes locations during 1981.
I he fixed lights will replace buoys on the St. Mary's River, Lake St. Clair
and Lakes Huron and Erie.
Maritime Administration head Samuel B. Nemirow proposed that 10
percent of all government preference cargoes be shipped through Great
a es ports. At a meeting witfl Great Lakes shippers and port represen
tatives. Nemirow said Marad will propose rules to require each govern
ment agency handling preference cargo to meet a 10 percent quota for
Great Lakes ports.
The quota is a result of a visit to the Lakes by Commerce Secretary
hihp Klutz.nick last August. During the visit Lakes shippers and port
spo esmen petitioned Klutznick to direct some preference cargoes to
Lakes ports. The Great Lakes interests had al.so asked the Commerce
Secretary for special government sub.sidies for Great Lakes shipping.but
Klutznick turned thumbs down on that request.
Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank— It's Your Life
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HARRY LGNDEBERG SCHOOL
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Third MatC) Assistant Engineer Courses
Are Offered for First TimeatSHLSS
Because of a continuing short
age of licensed mates and engi
neers in the offshore towing
industry, and because many SIUcontracted companies are ex
panding their offshore opera
tions, the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship is
offering two new courses: Origi
nal Third Mate and Original
Third Assistant Engineer.
These courses will enable the
SIU to meet our contractual
obligations to our operators.
The courses are designed to
prepare Seafarers who already
have many years of seatime for
the Coast Guard License
examinations.
To be successful in obtaining
a license, each student must have
a
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strong Hpsirp
desire tn
to iMrn
learn and
work
toward this license. It is imper
ative that the student have an
ample knowledge of the material
before ^starting class. Seafarers
who have studied on their own
before coming to the school, will
find it much easier to keep up
with the fast moving pace of the
course.
SHLSS Vocational Director
John Mason stressed that this is
only a preparatory course. It is
designed to review material and
to prepare students to take the
Coast Guard examination. "This
is not a beginners course," Mason
emphasized.
Prior to arriving at the Sea
farers Harry Lundeberg School
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students
must.
apply at the Coast Guard, and be
scheduled to sit for the exam.
Listed below are the seatime
requirements which applicants
must present to the Coast Guard
to prove their eligibility for the
examinations:
THIRD MATE
You must have discharges
showing three (3) years in the
Deck Department: two and a half
(21/2) years as Ordinary Seaman
and six (6) months as Able
Seaman, Quartermaster or Bo
sun, OR all three (3) years as Able
Seaman, Quartermaster or
Bosun.
THIRD ENGINEER
You must have three (3) years
Protecting Our Job Security:
The Electrical Maintenance
Course offered at the Seafarers
Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship has been modified
and updated to meet the needs of
the industry, and to prepare our
membership for the technolog
ical advances of many new SIUcontracted ships.
Beginning in March, the
course will be eight weeks to
include the electrical systems on
board the new LASH Il-type
vessels. This will consist of all
electrical equipment aboard the
LASH II ships, including the
stores cargo winch, constant
tension mooring winch (used to
handle barges), and the 500 ton
lighter gantry crane (Alliance and
Morgan) utilizing reliance elec
trical systems.
It is strongly recommended
that any electrician taking jobs
on LASH II ships take this
course since the complexity of the
systems require a good knowl
edge of corrective maintenance.
This course currently consists
of electrical safety and test, and a
one week review of basic electri
cal theory. Ohms law, batteries
and magnetism. One week will
examine electrical tests and
measuring equipment, and the
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of steam or motor vessels: two
and a half (I'A) years as Qualified
Member of the Engine Depart
ment (QMED), one and a half
(V/2) years which must have been
as Fireman/Watertender, Oiler
or QMED, in a watchstanding
capacity.
The dates for the new courses
are:
Third Mate—July 6, 1981
Third Assistant EngineerApril 13,1981 and August
13, 1981
Both courses will encompass
ten weeks of instruction, and will
cover all areas which are included
in the Coast Guard examination.
Provides Needed Shipboard Skills
Simpson model 260 multimeter.
The next three weeks consist of
electrical cable and hardware,
connecting flourescent lamps,
convenience outlets, marine
outlets and flourescent lamp
ballast changing.
In the fifth week, the course
will take up AC and DC genera
tors, distribution and paralleling
generators, 3-phase motor over
haul and motor starters.
Week six is devoted to print
reading which covers Westinghouse cargo handling equipment
used on the Delta and Mariner
ships, constant voltage and
constant current systems. Gen
eral Electric anchor windlass, and
AC 3-speed pole changing
controls.
Weeks seven and eight will
cover the LASH II equipment.
Feed-back from Seafarers and
ship operators indicate that all
equipment being taught is pres
ently aboard most SIU ships. The
membership as well as ship
operators are encouraged to
notify the Seafarers Harry Lunde
berg School of new equipment or
systems which should be included
in the Electrical Maintenance
course.
In order to obtain maximum
benefit from the Electrical Main
tenance course. Seafarers should
have at least 24 months sailing as
Electrician.
Positive New Year Resoiutions
We are slowly slipping into
another year, and before one can
blink an eye it will be time to
evaluate exactly what we did to
better ourselves.
We all have a mental checklist
on how we can best improve
ourselves. When it comes to
formal education, we sometimes
pull back and seem to make
excuses to avoid investing our
time in such a worthwhile
program.
You, the SIU member, have at
your fingertips an academic
program which is second to none,
both in terms of quality
education and easy availability.
At the Seafarers Harry
by JAQUELINE G. KNOETGEN
Director, Academic Department
Lundeberg School of Seaman
ship, you have an opportunity to
obtain your high school diploma.
You can no longer sit back With
the excuse that time does not
permit you to prepare for the
examinations.
The academic staff would be
more than happy to send you a
pre-test and then let you know
the length of time that it would
realistically take you to accom
plish your goal.,
Do you shy away from reading
or math because you lack the
skills? Are you forever asking
someone to fill out your OJT
slips or other forms because you
always seem to have forgotten
your glasses?
Well, we have reading and
math specialists who are trained
to get to the root of the problem
and give you the Help which will
get the skills going for you.
We hope to challenge those of
you who are interested in
obtaining your Associate of Arts
degrees from Charles County
Community College. We have
added to the list of courses which
will enable you to achieve your
goal.
Act now! We are only a phone
call or a letter away!
January 1981 / LOG / 19
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Variety of 8 imanship Courses
The Seafarers Harry Lundeben Jchool of Seahnanship begins 1981
with a vocational education J ;ram that offers Seafarers a wide
variety of professional advance! jnt opportunities.
SHLSS Vice President Frank [ongelli said that the school would
continue to offer specialized col ;es to help Seafarers upgrade their
skills and improve their earning ipacities. And, two new courses are
being added to help our inland latmen members improve their pro
fessional lives. The two newco les are Third Mate, and Third Assistant Engineer.
John Mason, director of
jtional education at SHLSS, said:
"With the announcement of its ^81 curriculum, SHLSS is renewing
its commitment to provide the iritime industry with the best trained and most qualified Seaf; |rs anywhere in the world. The
Seafarers School is renewing 1 commitment to offer SIG members
the best training possible."
A complete list of all courses a iiiable at SHLSS is published in this
issue of THE LOG. These cours are your opportunities,
The staff at SHLSS stands re ly to offer every assistance to help
you achieve your professional lals. All that is needed is your willingness to come to the schoo Id make an effort to succeed.
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UPGRADING COURSE SCHEDULE
1981
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Course
Check-in-Date
Completion Date
Course
Check-ln-Date
LNG
January 5
March 2
April 27
June 22
August 17
October 12
January 29
March 26
May 21
July 16
September 12
November 5
Quartermaster
March 26
March 2
July 16
June 19
September 11 October 8
March 12
January 5
September 11
July 6
QMED
January 15
May 7
September 24
April 9
July 30
December 17
FOWT
January 29
March 26
May 21
July 16
September 10
November 5
February 26
April 23
June 18
August 13
October 8
December 3
March 2
July 6
October 26
April 23
August 27
December 17
January 5
May 25
October 12
February 12
July 2
November 19
March 2
Refrigeration Systems
Maintenance and Operations June,22
October 12
April 9
July 30
November 19
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Marine Electronics
Diesel (Regular)
January 5
March 30
June 22
October 12
January 29
April 23
July 16
November 5
Diesel Scholarship
January 5
March 30
June 22
October 12
February 29
May 21
August 13
December 3
Pumproom Maintenance and
Operations
February 16
Juhe 8
October 26
March 26
July 16
December 3
Automation
March 30
August 3
April 23
August 27
March 2
May 25
August 17
October 12
March 26
June 18
September 10
Novembers
January 5"
January 29
Third Assistant Erigineer
April 13
August 3
June 19
October 9
Towboat Operator
May 11
July 2
Basic Welding
Conveyorman
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March 30
June 22
September 14
Celestial Navigation
First Class Pilot
February 26
May 14
August 6
October 30
March 2
May 25
August 10
November 1
April 2
June 25
September 11
December 4
March 16
October 5
May 1
November 20
Third Mate
January 5
January 30
March 27
April 24
May 22
August 14
October 9
November 20
January 29
February 26
April 23
May 21
June 18
September 10
November 5
December 17
Bosun Recertlflcation
February 9
April 13
August 10
April 6
June 8
October 5
Steward Recertlflcation
March 9
May 11
July 13
September 7
October 12
May 4
July 6
September 7
November 2
December 7
January 5
February 2
March 9
April 6
May 11
June 8
July 6
August 10
September 7
October 5
November 9
December 7
February 2
March 2
April 6
May 4
June 8
July 6
August 3
September 7
October 5
November 2
December 7
January 4
January 5
January 15
January 29
February 12
February 26
March 12
March 26
April 9
April 23
May 7
May 21
June 4
June 18
July 2
July 16
July 30
August 13
August 27
September 11
September 25
October 9
October 23
November 6
November 20
December 4
December 18
January 15
January 29
February 12
February 26
March 12
March 26
April 9
April 23
May 7
May 21
June 4
June 18
July 2
July 16
July 30
August 13
August 27
September 11
September 25
October 9
October 23
November 6
November 20
December 4
December 18
January 1
Able Seaman
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Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
Upgracding Application
Name.
(Last)
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(Please Print) •
Date of Birth.
(First)
(Middle)
Mo./Day.'Year
• Address.
(Street)
(City)
(State)
Deep Sea Member 0
Book Number
:
Lakes Member 0
. Seniority.
Port Presently
Registered ln_
Port Issued
Endorsement(s) or
License Now Held.
I Social Security ft.
Piney Point Graduate: 0 Yes
Entry Proaram: From
No 0 (if yes. fill in below)
to
(dates attended)
Endorsements) or
Uporadino Proaram: From
to
License Receiucvl
(dates attended)
I Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: 0 Yes
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(Area Code)
Inland Waters Member 0
• Date Book
! Was lssued_
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Telephone.
(Zip Code)
No p
Firefighting: 0 Yes
I Dates Available for Training
No 0 CPR 0 Yes
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; i Am Interested in the Following Course(s).
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DECK
ENGINE
: • Tankerman
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AB Unlimited
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AB Tugs & Tows
AB Great Lakes
Quartermaster
Towboat Operator
Western Rivers
Towboat
Operator Inland
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More than 2(X) Miles
Towljoat Operator (Over
200 Miles)
Master
0 Mate
Pilot
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IB Third Mate
0
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0
0
0
FWT
0 Oiler
OMED - Any Rating
Others.
Marine Electrical Maintenance
Pumproom Maintenance and
• Operation
0 Automation
0 Maintenance of Shipboard
Refrigeration Systems
0 Diesel Engines
0 Assistant Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
0 Chief Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
STEWARD
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0
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0
0
Assistant Cook
Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Steward
Towboat Inland Cook
ALL DEPARTMENTS
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LNG
LNG Safety
Welding
Lifeboatman
Fire Fighting
7^® transportation will be paid unless you present original
receipts upon arriving at the School.
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! VESSEL
RATING HELD
DATE SHIPPED
DATE OF DISCHARGE
DATE
I SIGNATURE
Please Print
RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO:
Seafarers Luncieberg UpgracJing Center
PINEY POINT. MD. 20674
January 1981 / LOG / 23
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SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters
United Industrial Workers
of North America
Frank Drozak, president
Joe DIGIorglo, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hall, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
NOV. 1-29, 1980
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'TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class-B Class C
Port
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
ClaKA Class B Class C
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk.;
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
PuertoRico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama..
Totals.
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15
5
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24
72
25
45
22
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62
0
0
459
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83
14
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:
3
30
4
0
10
0
5
19
4
22
7
9
3
13
0
1
150
0
6.
4
3
5
6
2
5
0
0
45
11
13
6
1
2
1
Port
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4i
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3
84
6
19
9
1
13
46
13
38
12
18
9
40
3
2
—...
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Totals
316
Port
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3
. 37
4
6
1
6
5
13
9
17
8
11
3
10
0
3
136
2
3
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
6
3
3
0
1
0
0
23
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Boston
NewYork
Philadelphia..
Baltimore.....
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
NewOrleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington*
Seattle
PuertoRico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
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4
30
15
26
10
18
15
21
7
0
270
0
3
1
4
6
6
0
1
0
0
23
12
0
20
0
11
13
53
28
29
20
55
16
50
0
0
383
11
142
17
40
26
18
39
138
58
93
43
52
12
116
0
0
805
3
75
9
18
14
13
8
41
15
28
21
14
2
42
0
1
304
2
16
1
6
10
8
0
6
6
10
16
10
2
11
0
1
105
1
63
8
12
12
0
8
32
15
19
10
21
12
32
3
0
2
34
3
2
2
-2
2
18
3
20
8
14
10
7
3
3
248,
133
0
43
1
11
12
5
16
18
8
28
7
18
5
30
2
0
204
4
0
18
7
2-0
2 .
2
2
0
1
1
2
0
4
1
4
0
14
13
2
3
, 4
9
2
0
8
1
9
0
1
0
79
37
1
50
2
8
11
1
11
30
15
63
7
41
9
24
2
1
276
4
48
11
5
14
1
8
13
2
34
6
24
11
22
35
2
240
2
NewYork
21
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Totals All Departments
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3
6
4
3
10
24
8
18
3
9
5
18
0
0
5
115
14
23
23
14
12
43
16
57
17
28
20
39
38
2
0
1
0
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9402 S. Ewing Ave. 60617
(312) SA 1-0733
CLEVELAND, Ohio
1290 Old River Rd. 44113
(216) MA 1-5450
COLUMBUS, Ohio
4937 West Broad St. 43228
(614) 870-6161.
DULUTH, Minn.
705 Medical Arts Building 55802
(218) RA 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich
P.O. Box D
415 Main St. 49635
(616) 352-4441
GLOUCESTER, Mass.
4
156
15
35
18
5
24
88
34
65
21
31
12
81
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590
5
83
4
13
13
14
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32
16
24
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20
3
23
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2
9
1
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1
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1
6
5
4
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6
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2
24
15
8
22
35
26
41
15
27
4
55
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339
3
38
5
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5
5
4
10
3
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5
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129
0
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0
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8
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70
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39
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9
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21
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6
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214
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246
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64
37
27
38
89
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107
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115
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14
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Mobile
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Piney Point
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ALGONAC, Mich.
520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001
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(517) EL 4-3616
BALTIMORE, Md.
1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
- (301) EA 7-4900
BOSTON, Mass
215 Essex St. 02111
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•"Total Registered" me^ns the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
u/
Shipping in the month of October was good in most A&G deepsea ports. A total of 1,625 jobs were shipped last
month to SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. That's a slight decrease over the previous month. Of these 1,625jobs only
907 or slightly more than half, were taken, by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C" seniority
people. Shipping is expected to remain good for the foreseeable future.
63 Rogers St.01903
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707 Alakea St. 96813
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(713) 659-5152
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
3315 Liberty St. 32206
(904) 353-0987
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
(201) HE 5-9424
MOBILE, Ala. ..IS. Lawrence St. 36602
(205) HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va. ........ 115 3 St. 23510
(804) 622-1892
PORTLAND, Or.
421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204
(503) 227-7993
PADUCAH, Ky
225 S. 7 St. 42001
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's County 20674
(301)994-0010
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .534 9 Ave. 77640
(713) 983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 626-6793
SANTURCE, P.R.
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6960
SEATTLE, Wash
2505 1 Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS, Mo. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TAMPA, Fla. 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609
(813) 870-1601
TOLEDO, Ohio ... 635 Summit St. 43604
(419) 248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalorj Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
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24 I"LOG / January 1981
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�uktarv of the SlU, Part IV
X Xji-
ISU Falls Apart:New Unions Rise From Ashes
by John Bunker
Y 1936 the International Sea
men's Union was headed for the
rocks, buffeted by forces from
within and without.
At a long and stormy Washington
convention in February of that year,
conservative elements retained
control of the union and reelected
the venerable Andrew Furuseth as
president. More importantly, they
pushed through a constitutional
amendment giving the union's
executive board the power to revoke
the charter of any local union at any
time.
The board then revoked the
charter of the Sailors Union of the
Pacific, which Furuseth charged was
being taken over by the Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW) and
other radicals. The ISU tried briefly
in 1938 to set up a competing union
but this attempt soon died for lack of
support. The SUP sailors remained
faithful to their union.
Another factor in the weakening
of the ISU had come about in 1934
with formation of the Maritime
Federation of the Pacific, a central
labor organization containing some
ISU units, principally the SUP, plus
longshoremen and other groups.
Harry Bridges, the longshoremen's
leader, was. the principal organizer
of the Federation which Victor
Olander, national secretary of the
ISU, claimed was set up to destroy
[ the International.
But it was also being wrecked
i from within.
Dissidents in the ISU charged that
lofficials were not holding the
required elections and had nego
tiated contracts with shipowners
without approval of the membership
hnd demanded their removal. Probjably an equally important factor in
jundermining the union, however,
jwas the general temper for change
jthat was sweeping the country in the
11930s. It is possible that no change
jwithin the old union structure would
jhave satisfied the activists who
(wanted new leaders and a more
aggressive program in tune with the
(times.
A coast-wide strike started on the
[West Coast in October of 1936 as
eamen demanded a new agreement
jto replace the 1934 pact with the •
phipping lines. ISU officials resisted
Efforts to call a general sympathy
Strike on the East Coast and this
Incited more unrest among the rank
*nd file. Numerous unauthorized
^ympathy strikes took place.
In March of 1936, crewmen of the
P'ner California went on strike at
piling time in San Pedro, refusing
cast off the lines unless the
anama Pacific Line met West
Unhappy about the reluctance of
their leaders to call out "all hands"in
support of the West Coast, a group
of dissidents set up a Seamen's
Defense Committee in October of
1936. Joe Curran, a 34-year-old
newcomer to the maritime labor
scene and spokesman for strikers on
the liner California, became chair
man of the Committee's strike
strategy committee, the beginning of
his rapid rise to power. Curran was
described by the New York Times as
a "young and militant disciple of
Harry Bridges"and as a "key man in
the rank and file of seamen here."
B
•/o/m Bunker is director of the
ffajarers Historical Research De-
Fiery Harry Lundeberg, late presi
dent of the SUP, was a key figure in
the '30s seamen's movement.
Coast wage scales and overtime.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perk
ins pursuaded the crew by telephone
to sail the ship and promised to look
into their grievances when it docked
at New York. But Secretary of
Commerce Daniel G. Roper
branded the action a rputiny and
when the ship docked the strike
leaders were logged and fired. Many
ISU men blamed their officials for
not backing up the crew in this beef
and the leadership was further
weakened.
They were fast losing control over
their members.
In October of 1936, ISU crews
staged a sit-down strike in sympathy
with West Coast seamen and against
orders of union officials, starting
with a sit-down on the S.S. Ameri
can Trader at New York. This
"sitting down" on the job was a new
type of action that was to become
common during the labor unrest of
the 1930s.
ISU officials called on the men to
live up to their agreements and sail
the ships and threatened to expel
those who didn't, but these threats
had little effect.
In November of 1936 ISU men in
Boston struck in support of the West
Coast and issued a daily mimeo
graphed strike bulletin in which they
denounced both union officials and
shipowners.
The Seamen's Journal, official
publication of the ISU, pointed out
the inconsistency of Curran's sud
den disenchantment with ISU lead
ership, saying he had only been a
member of the union for one year
during his seafaring career. But
Curran was aggressive, articulate
and ambitious and the times suited
him well.
And it was evident, judging by
those who surrounded and sup
ported him, that Curran was willing
to front for the strong cadre of leftwingers in the new union. He later
repudiated these associates and
helped reduce their influence in the
NMU.
In November, Curran headed a
so-called Insurgent Seamen's Com
mittee which negotiated contracts
with two small steamship lines.
Prudential and Transoceanic, this
being made possible by support
from the Marine Engineers Bene
ficial Association, the American
Radio Telegraphers Association
and the Masters, Mates and Pilots,
which were striking these com
panies at the time.
In May of 1937 a large group of
the ISU rebels led by Curran and
Jack Laurenson broke away from
the old union entirely and formed a
new organization called the Na
tional Maritime Union, claiming
27,000 members. They filed a
petition with the National Labor
Relations Board to hold an election
and determine which group should
be bargaining agent for the more
than 70 ISU lines operating out of
the East Coast and the Gulf.
The voting started in June of
1937. The NMU was victorious on
most of the ships, although the crews
on some lines, notably the Eastern
Steamship Company, remained
faithful to the old union. But with
the new organization dominating
the elections it was evident that
drastic action had to be taken to
maintain the AF of L's role in
maritime labor.
And so in August of 1937, the
AFL took over the remnants of the
ISU in order to rebuild a seamen's
union within the Federation.
William Green, president of the
AFL, requested the resignation of
ISU officials and the Federation's
executive council placed the union's
affairs in the hands of an executive
committee which included Green,
ILA President Joe Ryan, and AFL
organizer Holt Ross.
At Green's request, Harry Lunde
berg, head of the SUP, sent a top
assistant, Morris Weisberger, to
New York to set up a nucleus for this
rebuilding, straighten out the
union's financial situation, and
organize a new dues structure for the
Atlantic and Gulf divisions. A
Seamen's Reorganization Commit
tee was established for this purpose
in December of 1937, with Lunde
berg naming Robert Chapdelaine
temporary head of the new union.
During this time it operated under a
federal charter.
Once it was stabilized and in firm
hands, the executive council of the
AFL issued a charter. This was done
at the Houston convention on
October 15, 1938, the charter being
handed to Lundeberg by President
Green.
By then about 7,000 members had
been organized on the East Coast
and the Gulf and Green was predict
ing that there would soon be 30,000
on all coasts. The new AFL seamens
union, the Seafarers International
Union, was now underway and
going "full speed ahead."
•sMNclKR jfenri hr Grni Ijkes
NOV. 1-29,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
aassA Class 8 Class C
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
aassA Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.)
50
28
61
1
40
14
0
31
17
0
4
0
25
65
100
101
*
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.)
35
22
27
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
18
Algonac (Hdqs.)
17
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.)
27
45
13
19
0
0
64
103
105
81
Totals All Departments.
Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping atthe port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
31
41
January. 1981 / LOG / 25
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William Woytovitch, 65, joined
the Union in the port of Philadelphia
in 196! sailing as a cook for lOT in
1955 and for the Curtis Bay Towing
Co. from 1936 to 1980. Brother
Woytovitch was a member of the SI U
from 1948 to 1953. He is a veteran of
the U.S. Army in World War II.
Boatman Woytovitch was born in
Philadelphia and is a resident there.
August Julius Wojciechowski, 57,
joined the Union in 1957 in the port
of Baltimore sailing as a tankerman
for Harbor Towing from 1945 to
1980. Brother Wojciechowski sailed
deep sea as a junior engineer from
1937 to 1945. He was born in
Baltimore and is a resident there.
Edward Lombardi, 66, joined the
Union in the port of Detroit in 1964
I sailing in the steward department.
: Brother Lombardi rode the Reiss
^ Steamship Co. ships. He was a
I former member of the Teamsters
Union. And he is a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. Laker
Lombardi was born in Newark, N.J.
and is a resident of Oak Park, Mich.
Ignatius Thomas Salerno, 65,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1968 sailing as a FOWT.
Brother Salerno sailed 31 years. He
was on the picketlines in the 1961
N.Y. Harbor strike and the 1962
Robin Line beef. Seafarer Salerno is
a veteran of the U.S. Arjny's Corps of
Engineers in World War 11. He was
born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and is a
resident of the Bronx, N.Y.
X*?
Pensm
Lorenzo Quinones Alvarado, 51,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1961 sailing as a bosun and in
I the steward department. Brother
Alvarado sailed 22 years. He is a
veteran of the U.S. Army during the
Korean War. Seafarer Alvarado was
S. born in Lajas, P.R. and is a resident
of Hoboken, N.J.
Simon Jan De Zee, 65, joined the
SIU in 1944 in the port of New York
sailing as a cook. Brother De Zee
sailed 47 years. He was born in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands and is a
resident of Reno, Nev.
Alphonse HoIIings, 53, joined the
SIU in 1944 in the port of Mobile
sailing in the steward department.
Brother Hollings was born in Ala
bama and is a resident of Mobile.
John Joseph Kavanagh, 65, joined
the SIU in 1947 in the port of Boston
sailing in the steward department.
Brother Kavanagh hit the bricks in
the I96I Greater N.Y. Harbor beef.
He was born in Boston and is a
resident of ReVere, Mass.
\
Claude Myers Sturgis, 49, joined
the SI U in 1947 in the port of Norfolk
sailing as a 2nd cook. Brother Sturgis
also sailed for the former IBU. He
was born in Norfolk and is a resident
of Virginia Beach, Va.
Charles Edward Veach, 59, joined
the SIU in the port of Houston in
1955 sailing in the steward depart
ment. Brother Veach is a veteran of
the U.S. Army in World War 11. He
was born in Durant, Okla. and is a
resident of New Orleans.
Odd Jan Olsen, 58, joined the SIU
in the port of New York in 1964
sailing as a junior engineer and chief
electrician. Brother Olsen graduated
from the SIU MEBA School of
Engineering, Brooklyn, N.Y. as a 1st
engineer in 1967. He was bom in
Harstad, Noway and is a naturalized
U.S. citizen. Seafarer Olsen is a
resident of New York City.
Stafford Leslie McCormfck, 57,
joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of
Houston sailing as an AB for the
Caribe Towing Co. in 1974 and for
G & H Towing from 1973 to I974and
as a 1st mate. Brother McCormick
4 was a member of the former IBU. He
^ is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in
IP : World War II. Seafarer McCormick
was born in Galveston, Tex. and is a
resident of Houston.
Carmelo Reyes, 62, joined the SIU
in 1942 in the port of New York
sailing as an AB. Brother Reyes
walked the picket lines in the 1961
N.Y. Harbor beef, the 1962 Robin
Line strike, the 1965 District Council
37 beef and the 1971 maritime strike.
He was bora in Puerto Rico and is a
resident of the Bronx, N.Y.
George Mi Chang, 66, joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1957
sailing as a chief cook. Brother
Chang sailed 32 years. He hit the
bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y.
Harbor beef. Seafarer Chang was
born in China and is a resident of
Brooklyn, N.Y.
and the maximum earnings subject
to the tax will go up on Jan. 1.
Most workers will be affected
only by the change in the tax rate,
which will rise for both employees
and their employers from 6.13
percent of covered earnings to 6.65
percent.
ONLY PERSONS who earn more
than $25,900, which is the present
ceiling on wages subject to the social
Here's the third installment of a
new Log column dealing with Social
Security. We will try to keep you
informed of rules and regulations,
and changes in the law.
SS Tax for Workers and
Earnings Limit for
Retirees Up in '81
.Both the social security tax rate
security tax, will be affected by the
rise in the taxable wage base to
$29,700. About 10 percent of
workers are in this group. In return
for paying more into the fund, they
will become entitled to higher future
retirement benefits and greater
family protection in the event of
disability or death.
These other changes will also take
effect on Jan. I:
• The maximum amount that
retirees may earn annually and still
receive all of their benefits will
increase from $5,000To $5,500 for
those aged 65-71 and from $3,720 to
$4,080 for those under 65. Benefits
are reduced $1 for every $2 of
Artemi Kanits, 65, joined the SIU
in 1943 in the port of New York
sailing as an oiler and FOWT.
Brother Kanits sailed 42 years. He hit
the bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y.
Harbor beef. Seafarer Kanits is also a
machinist. Born in Estonia, USSR,
he is a naturalized U.S. citizen. And
he is a resident of Long Island City,
Queens, N.Y.C.
Steve Szanto Jr., 54, joined the
SIU in 1943 in the port of New York
sailing as a bosun. Brother Szanto
sailed 35 years. He was born in
Dakota, W.Va. and is a resident of
Virginia Beach, Va.
Paige Clarence Toomey, 74, joined
the SIU in 1944 in the port of
Baltimore sailing as an OS. Brother
Toomey sailed 43 years. His hobbies
are riding and sailing. Seafarer
Toomey was born in Massachusetts
and is a resident of Reistertown, Md.
Ralph John Good, 63, joined the
Union in the port of Cleveland in
1961 sailing as a scowman and
dredgman on the tug John McGuire
(Great Lakes Dredge and Dock)
from 1947 to 1980. Brother Good isa
veteran of the U.S. Army in World
Was II. He was born in Bellevue,
Ohio and is a resident of Avon Lake,
Ohio.
John Coelho, 65, joined the SIU in
the port of New York in 1955 sailing
as a FOWT. Brother Coelho was
born in Portugal and is a resident of
Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
Edward Frank Costin, 63, joined
the SIU in 1947 in the port of
Baltimore sailing as a steward
utilityman. Brother Costin was born
in Maryland and is a resident of
Baltimore.
Recertified Bosun Jessie Sam
Lewis, 51, joined the SIU in 1948 in
the port of Norfolk. Brother Lewis
graduated from the Union's Recerti
fied Bosuns Program in November
1975. He received a 1960 SIU
Personal Safety Award for sailing
aboard an accident-free ship, the SS
Iberville, that year. Seafarer Lewis
was born in Moorhead City, N.C.
and is a resident of Everett, Wash.
earnings exceeding these amounts.
As at present, persons 72 and over
may earn any amount without any
reductions.
• The amount of earnings re
quired for a quarter of coverage will
increase from $290 to $310. Four
quarters will be credited for earnings
of $1,240, up from $1,160.
26 / LOG / January 1981
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�From OS to Chief Mate, But Not Always Calm Seas
T the age of 22 Rudy Loizzi
signed on the SIU~contracted Steel Apprentice as OS
for a four-month trip around the
world. The year was 1960.
If you had told Loizzi then that
one day he'd have a Chief Mate's
license, he probably would have
said, "You've got to be kidding—
it^vould take a miracle!"
Well, as Loizzi himself would
tell you, it didn't take a miracle. It
just took a "few" years, and a
system that still makes it possible
for a young seaman to come up
through the hawespipe.
Looking back, Loizzi says that
1960 was "a big year for- me."
That was the year he joined the
A
'The SIU was- -and
still is—a big part of my
life. It gave me a chance
and the encouragement
to better myself"
merchant marine, and the SIU,
after a four-year hitch in the
Navy. That was also the year he
shipped on the Steel Apprentice,
helped the SIU with an organiz
ing drive on the Great Lakes,
worked on the Laker Norman W.
Foy, and gave himself a brand
new AB ticket for Christmas.
For the next six years Loizzi
shipped steadily out of New York
as AB or dayman, and mostly on
tankers. "I got in the habit of
sailing tankers on long voyages,"
he recalled.
During the critical shortage of
seamen in 1967 for the Vietnam
Sealift, Loizzi had plenty of
seatime and jumped at the chance
to upgrade to Third Mate. He
enrolled at the M.E.B.A. (Dist. 2)
Upgrading Center in Brooklyn
and a few months later had his
first job as Third Mate, on the
T-2 Bradford Island. He stayed
on that ship for 10 months.
The following year Loizzi and
the Buckeye Atlantic had a close
call in the Saigon River.
Sandbags had been placed on the
wings of the bridge—good
protection against small arms
fire, but not much else.
Somewhere between Yung Tau
and Saigon the ship came under
attack—and it wasn't small arms.
But Mother Luck was on their
side that day. They took a hit, but
the shell bounced right off the
ship. A dud.
Loizzi decided to take a break
from the "rigors of war" and
enrolled once again in the
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Chief filiate Rudy Loizzi
M.E.B.A. (Dist. 2) Upgrading
School in Brooklyn. That was in
late 1969. Early in 1970 he was
handed a Second Mate's license.
Now it was time for others to
learn from the expertise of Rudy
Loizzi! He spent the first half of
1971 as a deck instructor at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship. Then, in
the latter half of '71 he decided to
work up on the Lakes again,
which he did for a while as an
AB/Quartermaster.
Then it was back to school for
Loizzi at the M.E.B.A. (Dist. 2)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
I SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniorI ity arc protected exclusively by the contracts between the
I Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
j in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
I of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
I contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
j the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return fejceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Angus '^ed" Campbell
Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
ou at all time.s, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
* eets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SlU
1" ^.
Know YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU
I Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
i detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
j the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
I of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommendai tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
I reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AtlanUc,
I Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
I in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
I expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
J only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
1 the various trust funds. .
Upgrading School in Toledo,
Ohio, where he successfully
prepared for his First Class Pilot
(Lakes and Connecting Rivers)
license. For the next year he
worked as pilot on various lakers.
But the salt water, as it will do,
beckoned and Loizzi was back
sailing deep sea in 1973. He stuck
with it for the next six years,
shipping as Second Mate.
Then, in December, 1979 the
former OS re-entered the
M.E.B.A. (Dist. 2) Upgrading
Center in Brooklyn to prepare for
his Chief Mate's exam. He passed
it with flying colors the following
May.
Before heading off into the sun
for new adventures—and respon
sibilities—Rudy Loizzi paused to
reflect on his career and those
who helped him along the way.
He told the Log recently: "The
SIU was—and still is—a big part
of my life. It gave me a chance
and the encouragement to better
myself."
"And, if I may, I'd like to thank
my teachers and brother union
members at the M.E.B.A. (Dist.
2) School." So be it, Rudy. And
we'll be looking for you in a few
years when you go for your
Master's!
patrolman or other Union"official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in ihe Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from pub ishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its cofiective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
S; membership action at the September, 1960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists o
Ihe Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. NO monies are to be paid
to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an
official Union receipt is given for same. Under "o circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
un"ess he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
nniviiiLr a rcccipt or if a member is required to make a
Sient and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
sSould tnLiately be reported to Union headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
SFAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any lime a member feels that any of the above rights
have been violated, or that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor
mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Frank
Drozak at Headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The address is 675 - 4lh Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.
11232.
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In the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10118
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD,
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TO crew O.S. Hag ships today, you have got la kaap up with world
lochnolopy. So kaap your lah sacura, laarn Shipboard kulamalian. laka iha
kuiamaiian caursa al SHLSS. ii starts March so ihrauph kprtt 23.
TO anratt, contact SHLSS or your stu Raprasantihva.
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
NOV. 1-29,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
Ail Groups
Class A Class B Class C
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Port
DECK DEPARTMENT
0
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
0
2
0
2
'
0
0
0
2
0
0
5
33
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
0
0
7
2
20
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
2
5
0
2
2
16
34
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
;
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
'
-0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
:
»..
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
7
I
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
2
0
10
—
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-..
.......
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
•
Totals All DofMrtments
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
51
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
,0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
21
42
34
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14
•"Total Registered" means ttie number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
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0
0
8
0
7
1
1
0
0
5
0
1
15
36
0
3
0
7
84
0
0
0
10
0
1
2
6
1
0
6
0
1
7
5
0
4
0
4
47
0
0
0
4
0
2
1
11
0
0
7
0
7
8
11
0
10
0
76
137
'
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
8
. 0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
6
13
101
50
156
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Norfolk...:........
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington —
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
_
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
25
^0
1
0
4
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ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
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••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
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TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
fSAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning,
Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Francisco, California 94104}
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. I Ecker Bid.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
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DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCiESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930|
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts,
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263^6330
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Late in November, Hannah Marine's largest new barge in their ninebarge fleet, the Barge 6301 was launched at the Bay Shipyard, Sturgeon
Bay, Wise.
The barge measures 407 by 60 by 21 feet. She carries 63,000 barrels of
oil and has 10 cargo tanks. She has three segregated piping systems with
three cargo pumps.
St. Louis
Norfolk
St. Louis Agent Pat Pil dsworth reports that the boat Peter Fonc/i/was
crewed on Dec. I.
He added late last month that ice packs were slowly closing down the
Upper Mississippi River. Traffic was still going up the river but, he said,
layup was expected soon for the towboats ahd barges.
Only on the Illinois River was traffic moving slowly.
Contract negotiations at the Carteret Towing Co. and the American
Towing Co., Wilmington, N.C. are continuing.
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winter season.
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MARAD okayed funding of $38.5 million for National Marine
for five new towboats and 46 double-skinned petroleum-chemical barges.
All the towboats have already been delivered to National Marine.
One was built by Dravo, St. Louis and Albert Ortes Boatbuilding, Krotz
Springs, La., built the others.
Twenty barges have been delivered so far with another 16 to be
delivered in the first three months of this year.
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Last month a new contract was signed and ratified at Western
Towing.
It would give their Boatmen an immediate daily wage increase, and
for the first time Major Medical health coverage under the Seafarers
Welfare Plan.
They also got an increase in vacation pay in the third year of the new
contract and an extra holiday, Easter.
At the same time, dredge Long Island {^orih American Trailing)
came into this port for repairs at the North Florida Shipyard.
Mobile
SlU Welfare Claims Administrator Tom Cranford.was here late last
month to "straighten out all claims and service the membership."
Radcliffe Materials could be making Coosa-Alabama River history
through its increased sand and gravel barging there.
Last year, Radcliffe barged 900,000 tons of sand and gravel to this
port from the upper reaches of the Alabama River and 600,000 tons of the
sand and gravel to Montgomery, Ala., the state capital and home of
Maxwell Air Force Base.
This means that Radcliffe towboats and barges are working the full
length of the Alabama River on a continuing basis. This could be the first
time since steamboat packet days that someone has been running the river
around the clock for this distance.
1981 Class Dates Set for Bosun, Steward Recertification
The Seafarers Appeals Board,
at its December meeting, ap
proved the scheduling of the
following classes for the Bosunand Stewards Recertification Pro
gram for the coming year:
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Here are the photos of the most
recent graduating class of the
December, after completing the
two-month Stewards program.
Stewards Recertification pro
gram. The group graduated in
Bosun Recert.
Feb. 9, 1981
Apr. 13, 1981
Aug. 10, 1981
Steward Recert.
Mar. 9, 1981
May 11, 1981
July 13, 1981
Sept. 7, 1981
Oct. 12, 1981
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Bobbins
Edward
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Charles
Corrent
Joseph
Smith
Benny
Guarino
Raymond
Taylor
Bosun classes will consist of
Approximately four weeks at
jPiney Point and four weeks at
Jbnion Headquarters in New
lYork.
The Steward classes will con'st of approximately six weeks
It Piney Point and two weeks
t Union Headquarters in New
lYork.
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jwili be chosen by a special
•committee consisting of three
r^nk and file bosuns or stewards,
|as the case may be.
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notified
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Gussie McKee
See Your SKI Representative for details or applications.
January 1981
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Ogden Marine
Ogden Marine, which operates a bulk fleet, is expected to order two
new bulk carriers costing about $75-million apiece to be built at its Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans in the near future. The company is also
having two chemical carriers beign built at the Yard. Ogden Marine also
plans to order a pair of bulk carriers from a Japanese shipyard.
Sea-Land Service
Government funding is now available for the U.S. Navy to buy SeaLand Service's eight 27,000 dwt SL-7 containerships for a fleet of
emergency supply ships. The Navy and Sea-Land will begin negotiations
soon. Each one can carry 1,096 35-foot and 40-foot containers.
President Carter signed into law a defense appropriation bill which
includes $285-million for the purchase and conversion of these turbinepowered, high speed (33 knots) vessels.
Matson Line
Matson Line, the principal carrier between the U.S. mainland and
Hawaii, is now having its SS Lur/ine converted from a strictly R/OR/O
ship to a lift-on, lift-off (L/O L/O) vessel as well.
Aft she will remain R/O R/O while forward shell be L/O L/O.
The $41-million conversion at the Sun Shipyard, Chester, Pa. will
be completed by the end of this year.
The 700-foot trailership, which now carries 134 24-foot containers,
will be cut in half, her decks gutted and a 126 midbody inserted making
her 826-feet long. She then will be able to carry 1,046 24-f6ot boxes. The
containers will be stacked three high on deck.
China-Egypt
China has bought 500,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat for delivery in
part by U.S. flag ships in June 1981-2.
Egypt bought 1 million metric tons of U.S. wheat and wheat flour
worth $210-million, half to be carried by American flag ships.
American President Line
Beside having three giant, diesel-powered containerships being built
at Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans for delivery in 1982, APL with the
port of Los Angeles, will jointly build a $33-million container terminal
that will be No. 1 on the West Coast. APL will sign a 20-year lease with
the port, moving in in 1983.
The facility on the West Basin of the harbor will cover 100 acres and
have two 960-foot berths and a 200,000 sq. ft. box freight station able to
store and handle 6,000 40-foot boxes on chassis.
It will handle 70 to 75 million tons of cargo over 20 years.
The giant containerships will be able to carry 1,247 40-foot boxes,
twice the capacity of APL's largest ships now in service. The 860-foot
containerships will be 106-feet wide with a displacement of 49,360 long
tons sailing at 25 knots.
APL will also relocate its Seattle operations to a bigger 46-acre ter
minal by June 1981.
Northern Border Gas Pipeline
Northern Border Natural Gas Pipeline Co, got a $ 1 billion plus loan
from 28 U.S. and Canadian banks to build a 823-mile, $1.4 billion leg of
its Alaska pipeline system.
The company's five partners will get up the rest of the $1.4 billion.
The whole project, including the Alaskan lap, is expected to be finished
by 1985. The line will go through Alaska's North Slope, Canada, Mon
tana, North and South Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa.
Nine pipeline construction firms employing 5,000 workers will pay
$550-million for the pipe creating 2,000 jobs for steel workers.
Houston
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Four major oil and gas companies and one of the U.S.'stop chemical
firms have asked the Department of Transportation for a deepwater oil
port license here.
The firms included are Phillips Petroleum, Continental Pipeline,
Dow Chemical and Seaway Pipeline.
The consortium plans to build its crude tanker port, a single-buoy
system, 12 miles off Freeport, Tex. It could take care of 500,000 barrels a
day.
China Expects U.S. to Be Biggest Trade Partner by 1985
Trade between the United
States and the People's Republic
of China continues to grow at a
fast pace.
According to projections made
earlier this month by Bo Yibo,
vice premier of the People's
Republic of China, the United
States may eventually replace
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Japan as China's top trading
partner, perhaps as early as 1985.
This growth in trade has
repercussions that go far beyond
surface statistics.
Commerce between the United
States and China helps to bridge
the vast social and economic
differences that exist between the
one-time antagonists, thereby
making it easier for them to co
operate on important strategic
matters.
The United States exported
some $3.4 billion worth of goods
to China in 1980, most of which
were agricultural products such
as wheat, cotton, corn and
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soybeans. Americans imported
$869 million worth of Chinese
goods.
Trade between the "United
States and China is governed by a
bilteral agreement that protects
this country's maritime interests.
Opponents of such agreements
have argued that they hinder
international trade. Judging by
the rapid growth of Sino-American trade, that is not so.
Ftrsonals
Job Opportunities.
Frederick E. Lillard
, Great Pay.
Please contact, your sister, Clara
Huffman, 39314 Richland, Luisnia,
Mich. 48150.
John Thomas Thompson
Eliza Meadows
Please contact, Carmelo Murphy, excrew member S/S Point Margo at 2225
McCarthy Street—Houston, Texas
77029.
Miguel Castro Martinez
Please contact, Irma Castro Mar
tinez, Calle 14-S.O. #1776, Las Lomas,
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00921. Tel.
(809) 992-5167.
Security.
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You can learn it too. Take the Maintenance of
Shipboard Refrigeration Systems Course
at SHLSS. Enroll now. Course starts
March 2. Get in on today's
opportunities in the SlClcontracted fleet. Contact SHLSS
or your SKI Representative.
Deposit in the SIU
Blood BankIt's Your Life
This man knows reefer maintenance'.^
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Scholarship for Towboat Operator
will be awarded
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Apply Now
|lU Patrolman Teddy Babkowski (seated center)
lues receipt for (seated right) Recertified Bosun William Crawford shio's chair
Ian of the Ship's Committee of theSS Sea-LandEconomy at a payoff oHOeb 3 S
ort Elizabeth N.J. The rest of the committee and a crLmernber are tSed
to r.) AB Ben Jarratt deck delegate and Engine Delegate J R. Graydon. Standing
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Hunley, Steward Delegate Gerald McEwen and Chief
Electrician Bill Thomas, educational director. •
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See Your SlU Representative
for details and applications.
For course starting March 30
All application materials must
be received by February 27.
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Bosun William |yi. Parker (2nd right), ship's chairman of theSS George
rywe (Waterman) is at a payoff on Dec, 30 at Pier 7, Brooklyn, N.Y. With him are
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pegate. Chief Steward C. Rooks, secretary-reporter and AB Jim MalOney, deck
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Conrad Schmidt
spent most of his working
life shipping on the Great Lakes.
He caught his first ship in 1935,
and joined the Union in the port
of Toledo in I960.
This May, Brother Schmidt
received his first pension check at
the Frankfort Union Hall where
he is well-known as a hard-work
ing seaman and a loyal Union
man.
Seafarer Schmidt sent the Log
his seafaring history in a nutshell
which we are reprinting here. We
wish him smooth sailing and
good health in the years of his
retirement.
"I was bom on Washington
Island, Wisconsin and started
sailing on the Great Lakes in the
spring of 1935. I shipped aboard
the steamer Reiss Brothers as
coalpasser. But there was a mixup. There were too many coalpassers and not enough firemen. I
was offered the job as fireman. It
was a tough job, but I made out
alright.
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"In the year of 19361 stayed at
home and worked on my father's
farm. In the spring of 19371 went
to Milwaukee and tried to ship
out, but no luck. So I sent a
telegram to the chief of the Reiss
Brothers and got a job there
again as fireman. I was there
during the season of 1939 and
through the spring of 1940.
"The company used me as oiler
aboard the old Richard J. Reiss
which had formerly been named
the George W. Peavey. I was an
oiler there until June 1943 and
was transferred to the new
Richard J. Reiss, which had been
built at the Great Lakes shipyard
in Detroit. I was an oiler there
through the season of 1945.
Pensioner Conrad Schmidt
"In February 1946, 1 was oiler aboard the Richard J. Reiss.
offered a job working for the I accepted the job and was oiler
Washington Island Electric Cor there through the season of 19b3.
poration which had just been By June of 1964 the Richard J.
constructed. I worked there in the Reiss had been converted to a self
power plant maintenance and unloader and 1 accepted the job
line construction department as Conveyor Engineer. I held this
until the spring of 1952.
position until Novem^ber 19, 1979
"1 was then offered a job as at which time I retired.
"In my retirement, I'll be busy
making improvements around
my home that I've been putting
off and plan to go fishing often. I
know what the conditions were
like sailing on the Jakes years ago
and the improvements there were
in all departments aboard the
ship after the Union was estab
lished.
"I thank the Seafarers for the
Supplement pay and their retire
ment plan, which to me is
certainly more than satisfactory."
Notice On Job
Call Procedure
(inland)
WiMn throwing in for work
during a Job cali at any SiU
Hiring Haii, boatman muat
produco tbo foiiowing:
• momborabip cortHicato
(wboro poaaoaaod)
• rogiatration eard
• oiinic card
• seaman's papers
Help Your Brother Down the Road to Sobrietv
eeino n hIinH man
•
.
. .
eeing a blind man walk down a^ street makes
the rest. of« us thankful
^
well as friends, don't hesitate to offer a guidinK
arm to the blind because we all think it must he a terrihie thing to be unabie to see
where you're going.
An alcoholic can't see where he's going either, only alcoholics
don't have friends. Because a friend wouldn't let another man blindly travel a
course that has to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his familv
And thats where an alcoholic is headed.
Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem is just
as easy-and just as important-as steering a blind man across a street. All
you have to do is take that Seafarer by the arm and guide him to the Union's
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive the care and counseling^
he needs. And hell get the support
lort of brother SIU members who are fighting
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the same tough battle he is back to a healthy, productive alcohol-free life.
road back to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. But because of
ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't have to travel the distance alone.
And by guiding a brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center
you 11 be showing him that the first step back to recovery is only an
arm's length away.
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Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling
records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept
anywhere except at The Center.
Name
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Book No.
(Street or RFD)
(City)
(State)
Telephone No
THE CENTER
Star Route Box 153-A
Valley Lee, Md. 20692
or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010
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lyier "ayde" Womack
Seafarer lyier
Raynard "Clyde"
Womack, 26,
graduated from
the Entry Trainee
Program of the
Harry Lundei berg School of
Seamanship
(HLSS) Piney
Point, Md. in 1979. Brother Wo
mack upgraded to fireman-watertender (FOWT) and completed the
LNG Course there this year. He
earned the lifeboat, firefighting, first
aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscita
tion (CPR) endorsements. Born in
Reidsville, N.C., he lives in Colum
bus, Ga. and ships out of various
ports.
Justin J. Delaney
Seafarer Jusstin J. Delaney,
25, is a 1977 grad
uate of the HLSS
Trainee Pro
gram. Brother
Delaney up
graded to 3rd
I cook there that
same year. De
laney rode the LNG Aries (Energy
Transport) on her maiden voyage.
He has the LNG safety, firefighting,
lifeboat and CPR endorsements. He
is a veteran of the U.S. Marine
Corps. A native of St. Louis, Mo.,
he lives there and ships out of the
port of Nevv Orleans.
Darryl White
Darryl White,
25, gra'duated
from the Lundeberg School in
1978, upgrading
to FOWT the
following year.
He's a veteran of
the U.S. Navy
I and served in the
iVietnam War. He holds firefighting,
jlifeboat, and CPR tickets. Darryl is
•also a musician, playing lead and
rhythm guitar. He hopes to get his
IQMED rating sometime in 1981. A
pative of Brooklyn, N.Y., he ships
the port of New York. Darryl
^as actually in last month's class of
rA upgraders, but the Log inadverfaiuly left his picture out. Our
^Pologies Darryl.
Manuel Francisco Holguin
Clay P. Mitchell
Kermett Mangram
Seafarer Manuel
Francisco Hol
guin, 37, joined
the SIU in the
port of New York
in 1973. Brother
Holguin
up
graded to FOWT
in the port of
New York in
1978. Holguin was a commando in
the Ecuadorean Army from 1972 to
1973. Also he has worked as a pri
vate eye. And he holds the firefight
ing, lifeboat and CPR tickets. A
native of Manta, Ecuador, he lives in
Brooklyn, N. Y. and ships out of the
port of New York.
Seafarer Clay
P. Mitchell, 25,
is a 1979 Piney
Point graduate.
He upgraded to
FOWT there in
1979, too. Broth
er Mitchell re
cently rode the
ST Washington
(Hudson Waterways) in the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) maneuvers in European
waters. Mitchell plans to attend the
QMED Course at the Point in May
1981. He also earned the firefight
ing, lifeboat and CPR tickets. A
native of Maryland, he lives in Tulsa,
Okla. and ships out of the port of
Baltimore.
Seafarer Ker
mett Mangram,
26, graduated
from the HLS in
1978. Brother
Mangram up
graded to AB
there in 1979. He
has the CPR,
firefighting and
lifeboat tickets. Eventually, he
would like to be a patrolman for the
SIU. A native of Jacksonville, he
lives there and ships out of that port.
Wilbur L. Adams
Seafarer Wil|bur L. Adams,
I 58, started sail
ing in 1973 in the
j port of. YokoI hama, Japan. In
1975, he up[ graded to AB at
Piney Point.
Brother Adams
was a former Green Beret sergeant
major of the U.*S. Army's 5th Special
Forces Group (SFG)in Vietnam. He
retired from the Army in 1972 after
serving 26 years in both the Army
and the U.S. Navy. Adams holds the
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR cer
tificates. Born in Springfield, Mo.,
he lives in Norfolk and ships out of
that port.
Steven Boettcher
Seafarer Steven "Steve
I Boettcher, 26, is
a 1978 HLS En
try Trainee Pro
gram graduate,
j Brother Boett
cher upgraded
[to AB there in
1980. He has the
CPR, firefighting and lifeboat pa
pers. Boettcher was born in Cincin
nati, Ohio, lives in Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla. and Houston and ships out of
that port city.
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Russell McAllister
Seafarer Rusisell "Russ" McI Allister, 22, in
1978 graduated
1 from the HLS;
He returned
i there in 1980 to
upgrade to AB.
Brother McAl
lister earned the
firefighting, lifeboat and CPR en
dorsements. Born in New Hamp
shire, he lives in Somerworth, N.H.
and ships out of the port of New
York.
Raymond J. Picciolo
Seafarer RayI mend J.Picciolo,
21, graduated
i from HLS in
1979. Brother
Picciolo
up[graded
to
FOWT
and
I QMED there the
I same year. He
holds the following certificates: first
aid, CPR, lifeboat and firefighting.
His ambition is to earn a marine en
gineer's license. Picciolo was born in
Miami Beach, Fla., lives there and
ships out of all ports.
lipping Procedures (Deepen)
WiMii throwing in for work
duHng o Job coil of any SIU
Hiring Hail, aoamon muat producothO fallowing:
• momborahip cortificato
(wboro posaoaaod)
• rogiatration card
• elinic card
• aoaman'a papora
• valid, up-to-dato paaaporl
bi addition, wbon aaaigning
m Job tbo diapatcbor will com
ply with tbofollowing Soctlw
9, Subaoction 7 of tbo SIU
Shipping Ruloa:
,
.
"Within oacb ciaaa of aoniority rating in ovory Uapartmont, priority for entry fating
joba abail bo given to aii aoa-
men who poaaoaa Lifeboatman ondoraomopi by tbo
United Statof^Mot Guard.
Tbo Soafmara JGifoala Board
may waive tbo pracoding aontonco wbon, in thai aolo Judg
ment of tbo Board, undue
bardabip wiii iCauH or extenu
ating cireiimatancoa warrant
au^ waiver."
iUao, all entry rated mombora muat abow their teat aix
montba diacbargoa.
Further, tbo Soafarara Appoala Board baa ruled that "C
claaaification aoamon may
only rogiator and aaii aa entry
ratinga in only one depart
ment."
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Carey Fain
Seafarer Carey
Fain, 25, started
I sailing with the
SIU in 1976.
Brother Fain
now sails as a
QMED
and
FOWT. He upgraded to
QMED at the
HLS in 1979. And he holds the
CPR, firefighting and lifeboat tick
ets. A native of St. Louis, Mo., he
lives there and ships from the port of
Seattle.
Thomas Davis
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Thomas Davis,
22, graduated
I from the HLS in
1978. He upI graded to AB
j there in 1980. He
earned his GenI eral Education
Diploma (GED)
in 1978 at Piney Point and the CPR,
firefighting and lifeboat endorse
ments. Bom in The Bronx, N.Y.C.,
he lives in Englishtown, N.J. and
ships out of the port of New York.
Patrick C. Ray, Jr.
^
Seafarer Pat
rick C. Ray, Jr.,
21, graduated
from Piney Point
in 1979. He upj graded to AB
there in 1980.
j Brother Ray has
earned the CPR,
1 lifeboat and fire
fighting certificates. Born in Geor
gia, he lives in Atlantic-Porte Vedra
Beach, Fla. and ships out of the
ports of Jacksonville and Houston.
John Martin Sweeney
Seafarer John
Martin Swe«iey,
25, graduated
from Piney Point
in 1976. He up
graded to FOWT
there in 1977.
Brother Sweeney
has the CPR,
firefighting and
lifeboat tickets. He was born in New
Jersey and lives in Glenside, Pa. and
Philadelphia and ships out of the
port of New York.
January 1981 / LOG / 33
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Continuedfrom Page 3
HOUSTON AGENT
Louis Guarino,
(G-520)
vSfcv,
Unopposed,
elected
HOUSTON JOINT PATROLMAN
Patrick Pillsworth,
4,833
(P-1079), (elected)
•John Ruiz, (R-in6)
1,015
Harmando Salazar,
4.700
(S-1966), (elected)
F. E. "Gene" Taylor,
4,978
(T-180,1, (elected)
No Votes
1.701
Voids
305
Total
17,532
SAN FRANCISCO AGENT
Juan J. Reinosa,
Unopposed,
(R-70)
elected
SAN FRANCISCO
JOINT PATROLMAN
D. "Frank" Boyne,
Unopposed,
(B-8)
elected
Gentry Moore,
Unopposed,
(M-8001)
elected
DETROIT AGENT
Jack Allen,
(A-674)
Article XIII, Section 6 of the
Constitution.
This report is unanimous, there
being no dissents. Therefore, except
Thomas Farrell, F-5720
for the contingencies provided for in
Port of Philadelphia
Article XIII, Section 4(f) of the
Constitution, this closing report
shall be accepted as final.
Our report shall be mude up in
Carl Churko, C-706
sufficient copies by the SecretaryPort of Baltimore
Treasurer's office to comply with the
requirements of the Union Constitu
tion.
All of the members of the Com
mittee wish to express their deep
Port of Detroit
appreciation for the cooperation
and assistance given to us by the
Union's legal department and its
technical and clerical staff.
Clyde Kreiss, K-28
Port of Houston
Finally, the members of the Union
Tallying Committee wish to con
gratulate the elected officers and
jobholders. We extend our best
wishes for the next four years. We
hope that you will carry on the
tradition of our Union and advance '
the strength of the maritime in
dustry.
nr*
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John F. Smith, S-687
Port of New Orleans
i.'.
Torry Kidd, Jr., K-553
Port of Mobile
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William Stubblefield, S-5811
Port of St. Louis
Unopposed,
elected
James Colder, G-72, Chairman
Port of New York
ST. LOUIS AGENT
James Martin,
(M-5290)
Frank Barone, B-1192
Port of Philadelphia
Unopposed,
elected
ST. LOUIS JOINT PATROLMAN
Manuel "Joe" Sigler, Unopposed,
(S-2101)
elected
PROPOSITION #1
(Constitutional Amendment- -Dues)
YES
4,915
NO
730
NO VOTES
175
VOIDS
24
TOTAL
5,844
PROPOSITION #2
(Constitutional AmendmentVice President in Charge of
fFe.v/ Coast)
VES
5,305
NO
320
NO VOTES
151
VOIDS
68
TOTAL
5,844
CONCLUSION
The official tally of this Commit
tee is annexed hereto and made a
part of this closing report. It is
recommended that the membership
concur in the tally as well as in this
report in its entirety.
Subject to the appropriate action
of the membership at the "Election
Report Meetings," our tally repre
sents (he basis for the in.stallation
into the offices or jobs as provided in
Jack Rhodes, R-688
Port of Baltimore
Michael Doherty, D-704
Port of Detroit
Maurice Duet, D-11
Port of Houston
Robert Broadus, B-404
Port of New Orleans
Henry Peterson, P-643
Port of Mobile
Marvin E. Garrison, G-8004
Port of San Francisco
Dave Wierschem, W-5595
Port of St. Louis
Theodore Goodman, G-134
Port of New York
who made uo
rank-and-«/e members
JameToolZ nnHnt tS
Standing In background is
James Goider, port of New York, who served as Committee chairman.
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Fraternally submitted:
DETROIT JOINT PATROLMAN
Byron F. Kelley,
Unopposed,
(K-12039)
elected
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�USCG Ends Hearings on Poet Tragedy
Continued from Page 6
Poet inquiry addressed the
possible and probable causes of
the tragedy rather than the
actual. But, under intensive
examination by SIU attorney
Arthur Abarbanel, certain key
points emerged during the
hearings indicating what must
have been contributing factors.
Testimony from the last
eyewitness to see the Poet before
site left Philadelphia raised
questions about whether the
vessel was properly loaded.
Independent river pilot Capt.
Gary Harper, who'd guided the
523-foot Poet to open water, said
that the vessel's bow had been
riding two feet lower than her
stern, making her hard to handle.
"1 mentioned it to the Captain,"
Harper said, adding that the
Captain had told him he'd even
out the vessel by redistributing
bunkers.
During the hearing it was
established that the Poet's afterhold was empty while her three
forward holds were loaded.
However S. Fraser Sammis,
president of the National Cargo
Bureau and Capt. Albert Gerckin
who supervised the Poet's load
ing, testified that the Poet's cargo
was properly loaded.
"The Poet's cargo compart
ments were properly trimmed
out," Sammis said. "A machine is
used to blow grain into all the
corners," to make sure there are
no air pockets. This is done,
Sammis added, to keep the grain
from shifting. "If the grain shifts
the uneven distribution of weight
could cause the ship to founder or
capsize," he said.
However, under questioning,
the Cargo Bureau spokesman
conceded that they check only to
make sure cargo doesn't shift
within the hold, not for "hogging
and sagging." (Hogging occurs
when a wave lifts a vessel's mid
ship section and sagging when the
bow and stern are raised by
waves.) It's possible for a ship to
break apart if it can't withstand
that kind of pressure.
Speaking after the conclusion
of the hearings, SIU attorney
Arthur Abarbanel charged that
"the loading procedures were not
adequate." The National Cargo
Bureau doesn't have "people
there watching the whole proc
ess," he said. "They should have
someone there as each hatch is
closed, not just one hatch."
Abarbanel also noted a num
ber of points brought out at the
hearings which • questioned the
overall seaworthiness of the Poet.
"The ship carried an unusual
number of settling and oxygen
tanks," Abarbanel said. "They
carried 20 or more instead of the
usual five or six tanks, indicating
they were probably doing a lot of
welding."
Recent inspection of the Poet
had turned up "holes and
fractures in the deck area and
wastage of the structure which
had been repaired at various
times," Abarbanel said, adding
that the ship's owner, Hawaiian
Eugenia Corp. "never made
repairs until the last minute. They
also got waivers on many
required repairs which were
necessary," he said.
In addition, "the company let
the Poet go out to sea without
reporting every 48 hours, even
though that's a requirement and
even though, on previous voy
ages, that ship did report every 48
hours."
Called to testify, Hawaiian
Eugenia Corp. Pres. Henry J.
Bonnabel said he was not
alarmed when the Poet missed its
usual 48-hour check-in on Oct. 26
and did not report the vessel
missing until Nov. 3. "It is not
unusual," said Bonnabel, "for a
vessel on a foreign voyage of this
kind to go four or five days and
sometimes longer without com
munication. We assumed," he .
continued, "it was atmospheric
conditions or something was
wrong with the radio."
After finally reporting the Poet
missing, the Coast Guard delayed
another five days to begin their
search. This delay is standard
operating procedure, according
to the Coast Guard."When a ship
is reported missing we don't jiist
jump in a helicopter and go
look," said a CG spokesman.
"We do a series of communica
tion checks to see who has heard
from the ship last."
The S1U took strong issue with
the fact that the Coast Guard
waited five days to start the
search. "The Coast Guard
complained that there was too
large an area to effectively
search," said legal counsel
Abarbanel, "but waited five days
while the winds and the tides
effectively enlarged that area."
The Coast Guard had planned
to call off the search on Nov. 13,
after five days. But under strong
pressure from SIU New York
Agent Jack Caffey, from the
families of Poet crewmen and
from Rep. Mario Biaggi, whose
aid as chairman of the House
Coast Guard subcommittee the
SIU enlisted, the search was
extended until Nov. 17.
Relatives of the missing
crewmen were incensed over both
the company's delay in reporting
the Poet missing and the CG's
delay in beginning the search.
Lawsuits totalling in the tens of
millions of dollars have been filed
against Hawaiian Eugenia Corp.
by just about every family of the
34 crewmen.
Abarbanel, who is handling
some of the lawsuits, says every
one of them "cites the company
for negligence and unseaworthi
ness." Action on all the lawsuits is
pending.
SiU Had ^Party in Interest^ Status at Hearings Due to Court Victory
Nothing can erase the tragic
fact of the S.S. Poet's disappear
ance. But the SIU's ability to fully
participate as a "party in interest"
in the recently concluded Marine
Board of Inquiry hearings could
go a long way towards improving
regular vessel inspection and
loading procedures to prevent
similar tragedies in the future.
As a "party in interest" the
Union was able to examine and
cross-examine witnesses and do
whatever was appropriate to
make sure all the facts were
brought out and an accurate
record made from which proper
findings and conclusions can be
drawn.
According to Arthur Abarba
nel of the law firm of Schulman &
Abarbanel who represented the
Union at the hearings, "there's no
question that the Union's ability
m act as a 'party in interest' made
^ big difference. The Union has
ihe experience to know ex'actly
what questions to ask," he said.
That meant the most important
issues got aired.
The SIU's ability to fully
protect the Interests of Sea
farers during the Poet investi
gation is a direct result of a land
mark ruling handed down by a
U.S. District Court Judge last
October.
That ruling, which stemmed
from a 1978 lawsuit filed by the
SIU against the Coast Guard,
declared that the Coast Guard
had wrongfully denied the SIU
"party in interest" status during a
1978 Marine Board of Inquiry
investigation.
Following the collision of the
SlU-contracted S.S.Yellowstone
and an Algerian freighter in
which five crewmen died in June,
1978, the Coast Guard and the
NTSB convened a joint hearing.
As with all Marine Board of
Inquiry investigations, the Board's
two-fold purpose was 1) to
determine the cause of the
accident and 2) to make recom
mendations relative to any unsafe
shipboard conditions which were
found to be contributing factors
in the accident, to prevent similar
accidents from occurring.
When the Yellowstone hearing
began, Schulman & Abarbanel,
as the Union's legal representa
tive, petitioned the Coast Guard
to name them a "party in
interest." They argued that since
the Yellowstone was an SIUcontracted vessel, the Union had
a "vital and critical" interest in
the hearings and a duty, under
the collective bargaining agree
ment, to ensure safe working
conditions aboard the vessel. The
Coast Guard, however, refused
to designate the Union a "party in
interest."
The Union then took the issue
to the Federal Court, Southern
District, N.Y. On Oct. 14, 1980,
U.S. District Judge Mary Johnson
Lowe upheld the Union's posi
tion, ruling that "where a Union
is the representative of seamen
aboard a vessel involved in a
marine casualty it, under... Fed
eral law, is a party in interest..."
Though it was issued long after
the inquiry into the Yellowstone
accident was concluded, the
ruling laid the groundwork for
the SIU to fully participate in
future marine casualty investiga
tions involving SIU crews.
The recent hearing on the
disappearance of the Poet was
the first test of the Court's
decision and the SIU, as well as
the two maritime unions repre
senting the Poet's 10 licensed
crewmen were all named parties
in interest as a consequence.
Because of the Union's full
participation in the hearings, key
points were raised which might
otherwise have remained buried;
points which will have a bearing
on the recommendations the
Board will eventually issue to
better protect U.S.-flag vessels
and seamen in the future.
January 1981 / LOG / 35
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Pensioner
Michael Dunda,
64, died of cancer
in the Parkview
Hospital, Toledo,
Ohio on May 15.
Brother Dunda
joined the Union
in the port of
Toledo in 1959 sailing as a conveyorman
and oiler for the Erie Sand Co. and the
American Steamship Co. He was also a
meat cutter. Laker Dunda was born in
Yukon, Pa. and was a resident of
Toledo. Burial was in Restlawn Memo
rial Park Cemetery, Wood County,
Ohio; Surviving are his widow, Mary
Lou and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Fellows
of Erie, Pa, and Mrs. Elsie Popha of '
Girard, Pa.
Pensioner John
"Blocky" Blizzard
Jr., 64, died of lung
failure in the
Baptist Medical
Center, Columbia,
S.C. on May 31.
Brother Blizzard
joined the SIU in
1948 in the port of Norfolk sailing as a
FOWT. He sailed 29 years, 17 deep sea.
Seafarer Blizzard picketed and or
ganized for the Union for 25 years. He
was born in North Carolina and was a
resident of Charleston Heights, Co
lumbia. Interment was in Olympia
Cemetery, Columbia. Surviving are his
widow, Gloria; a brother, George; and a
sister, Mrs. Eloise Luaf of Bradenton,
Fla.
Harold "Harry"
Floyd Yon, 73,
died of a heart
attack in the Os
teopathic Hospi
tal of Detroit on
June 2. Brother
Yon joined the
Union in the port
of Detroit in 1961 sailing as a dredgeman, deckhand and oiler for the Great
Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. from 1936
to 1945 and for Dunbar and Sullivan on
the Tug Superior from 1949 to 1974. He
was business agent for the Dredgemens
Union. Born in Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., he was a resident of Detroit.
Burial was in Woodmere Cemetery,
Detroit. Surviving is his widow,
Margaret.
Pensioner
Harold Fehmer
Clooney, 64, suc
cumbed to cancer
at home in Lake
Charles, La. on
May 7. Brother
Clooneyjoined the
Union fn Port
Arthur, Tex. in 1963 sailing as a captain
for Sabine Towing from 1953 to 1969.
He was born in Lake Charles, interment
was in Prien Memorial Park Cemetery,
Lake Charles. Surviving are his widow,
Lillian Lee; a son, Thomas apd a
daughter, Rebecca.
Pensioner
Michael Waldorf
Burns, 52, suc
cumbed to cancer
in the San Fran
cisco USPHS Hos
pital on June 16.
Brother Burns
joined the SIU in
the port of New York in 1953 sailing as
an AB on the Bull Line. He sailed 23
years. Seafarer Burns was a veteran of
the U.S. Navy in World War II. A native
of St. Paul, Minn., he was a resident of
San Francisco. Interment was in
Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul. Surviving
are his mother, Mrs. Teresa Murphy of
New Richmond, Wise, and a sister, Mrs.
Rosemary Salsech^ider of St. Croix
Falls, Wise.
Charles Albert
Campbell, Jr., 56,
died of multiple
injuries in Union
Memorial Hospi
tal, Baltimoreafter
being hit by a
car while walking
on May 5. Brother
Campbell joined the SlU in the port of
Baltimore in 1950 sailing as an OS and
in the steward department. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War
11. Seafarer Campbell was born in
Baltimore and was a resident there.
Burial was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery,
Baltimore County. Surviving are his
widow, Ella; two sons, Charles Jr. and
Garry; two daughters, Geraldine and
Rosalyn; a brother, Calvin and a sister,
Mrs. Esther HoIIey, both of Baltimore.
Pensioner John
Joseph Walsh, 78,
passed away from
a cerebral hemor
rhage in Abington
(Pa.) Memorial
Hospital on July
23. Brother Walsh
joined the Union
in the port of Philadelphia in I960
sailing as a deckhand and bridgeman for
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
(B&ORR) from 1917 to 1966. He was a
former member of the MM&P Union,
Local I from 1956 to I960. Boatman
Walsh was born in Philadelphia and was
a resident there. Interment was in
Hillside Cemetery, Glenside, Pa. Sur
viving are his widow. Alberta and a
daughter, Joan.
Patrick Francis
Sellers, 19, died in'
Frankford Hospi
tal, Philadelphia
on Dec. 9, 1979.
Brother Sellers
joined the Union
following hisgrad
uation from the
Harry Lundeberg School (HLS) Entry
Trainee Program, Piney Point, Md. in
1979. He sailed as a deckhand and 3rd
cook for Inland Tugs and for ACBL's
Northern Towing and on the Towboat
Bill Elmer (Southern Ohio Towing)
from 1978 to 1979. Boatman Sellers was
born in Ft. Benning, Columbus, Ga. and
was a resident of Philadelphia. Inter
ment was in New Cathedral Cemetery,
Philadelphia. Surviving are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George and Mary Sellers
Sr. of Philadelphia; a brother. Seafarer
George Sellers Jr.; an uncle, Robert
Sellers and an aunt, Gloria Ann Sellers.
36 / LOG / January 1981
...A;.
William Joseph
Leonard, 60, died
of heart failure at
home in Duluth,
Minn, on June 17.
Brother Leonard
[joined the Union
in the port of
Duluth in 1978
sailing as a FOWT and QMED for the
American Steamship Co. and the
Kinsman Marine Transit Co. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Army in World War
II. Laker Leonard was born in Little'
Mareh, Pa. Interment was in Park Hill
Cemetery, Duluth. Surviving are his
widow, Dolores and two daughters,
Debra and Janet.
Pensioner
Charlie Stewart
Jr., 72, died of
heart-lung failure
in Doctor's Hospi
tal, Groves, Tex.
on Feb. 29. Broth
er Stewart joined
the Union in Port
Arthur, Tex. in 1963 sailing as a captain
and mate for the Sabine Towing Pilots
Assn. from 1942 to 1980. He was a mem
ber of the HIWD in 1960andtheUMD.
Born in Sabine Pass, Tex., he was a resi
dent of Groves. Burial was in the Oak
Bluff Memorial Park Cemetery, Pt.
Neches, Tex. Surviving are his widow,
Ollie; and a sister, Mrs. Ellen McCorkle
of Port Arthur.
Joseph Alex
ander. Cichomski,
62, died of heartlung failure in the
Nassau Bay (Tex.)
USPHS Hospital
on May 13. Brother
Cichomski joined
the SIU in 1946
in the port of Philadelphia sailing as a
FOWT. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War II. Seafarer
Cichomski was born in Elizabeth, N.J.
and was a resident of Houston. Inter
ment was in Gilchrist Cemetery, Hugh
Is., Tex. Surviving is his widow, Lorene.
George Andrew
Connelly, 59, was
dead on arrival at
the De Kalb Hos
pital, Fort Payne,
Ala. on Feb. 20,
1967^ Brother
Connelly joined
the Union in the
port of Detroit in 1963 sailing as an AB
for the Erie Sand and Navigation Co. in
1966 and the Canadian Holiday Line in
1963. He sailed 34 years. Laker Con
nelly was born in Pennsylvania and was
a resident of Erie, Pa. Burial was in Erie.
Surviving are his widow, Bernice; a son,
Francis; two daughters, Mrs. James
(Jean Agnes) Haysworth Booth of
Ocala, Fla. and Mrs. David (Patricia)
Thomson of Hialeah, Fla. and two
brothers, John and Shad, an Erie
district attorney.
Pensioner
Lucio Flodio Ceperiano, 69, died
of heart disease in
\ the Charity Hospi
tal, New Orleans
after being stricken
in the City Munici
pal Auditorium
on June 20. Brother Ceperiano joined
the SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1955
sailing as a chief steward. He sailed 46
years. Seafarer Ceperiano also rode the
Isthmian Line. Born in the Philippine
Islands, he was a resident of New
Orleans. Interment was in St. Vincent de
Paul Cemetery, No. 2, New Orleans.
Surviving are his widow, Maria Chris
tiana and five daughters, Lillian, Nelly,
Teresa, Gloria and Lucy.
Pensioner
William Francis
Xavier Clarke, 74,
died of heart
failure in the
Ormond Beach
(Fla.) Osteopathic
Hospital on June
5. Brother Clarke
joined the Union in the port of New
York in I960 sailing as a tug dispatcher
for the Penn-Central Railroad from
1924 to 1970. He was a former member
Pensioner Phil
of the International Organization of
lip Sterling Brooks,
Masters, Mates and Pilots (MM&P)
73, died of a heart
Union from 1936 to I960. Boatman
attack in Slidell, ' Clarke was bom in Jersey City, N.J. and
La. on Apr. 16.
was a resident of Bogota, N.J. Burial
Brother Brooks
was in Cresthaven Memorial Park
joined the SIU in
Cemetery, Clifton, N.J. Surviving are
1947 in the port of
his widow, Helen; a son, William Jr. and
New Orleans sail
a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ellen Clarke.
ing as a FOWT. He sailed 42 years.
Pensioner
Seafarer Brooks was born in California
William Daniel
and was a resident of Covington, La.
Weisse,
58, died
Burial was in Allison Cemetery, Coving
of
heart
disease
ton. Surviving are his widow. Ruby Bell;
on arrival at the
a daughter, Deborah and a son-in-law,
Presbyterian HosEric L. Townley of Slidell.
' pital, Albuquer
que, N.M.on June
Edwin Waino Soyring, 54, suc
21. Brother Weisse
cumbed to coronary artery disease in joined the Union in the port of New
Lakeside, Wise, on Apr. 14. Brother
York in I960 sailing as a mate (Tug
Soyring joined the Union in the port of
Jersey City) and tug dispatcher for the
Cleveland sailing as a FOWT for 30
Penn-N.Y. Central Railroad from 1942
years for Kinsman Marine and Bay
to 1973. He was a former member of the
Shipping. He was also a plumber and
MM&P Union. Boatman Weisse was a
carpenter. Laker Soyring was a veteran
veteran of the U.S. Navy during World
of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Born
War II. Born in New York City, he was a
in Superior, Wise., he was a resident
resident of Rio Rancho, N.M. Burial
there. Interment was in the Finnish
was in Vista Verde Memorial Park
Apostolic Lutheran Cemetery, Maple,
Cemetery, Rio Rancho. Surviving are
Wise. Surviving is his mother, Mrs.
his widow, Jeannette; a son, William Jr.
Saima Neuman of Superior.
and a daughter, Jo Ann.
�Pensioner John
Wilburn Swindle,
75, succumbed to
heart-lung failure
in Flowers Hospi
tal, Houston on
May 31. Brother
Swindle joined the
Union in the port
of Mobile in 1959 sailing for Bay
Towing and for Radcliff Materials Co.
He was born in Caryville, Fla. where he
was a resident. Burial was in, Bethel
Cemetery, Washington County, Fla.
Surviving are his widow, Lena and a
daughter, Gloria.
Pensioner
William "Willie"
Daniel Boyd
Reeves, 67,
drowned in Black
River Lake, Con
cordia, La. on
Mar. 30. Brother
Reeves joined the
Union in the port of New Orleans in
1957 sailing as a captain (Towboat
National Progress) for National Marine
Service from 1944 to 1974andfor Coyle
Lines in 1942. He was born in Jena, La.
and was a resident of Monterey, La.
Burial was in Harrisonburg (La.)
Cemetery. Surviving are his widow,
Rachel and a brother, Ernest of
Rhinehart, La.
Victor Silva, 61,
died in the New
Orleans USPHS
Hospital on Oct. 7.
Brother Silva
I joined the SIU in
1939 in the port of
New York sailing
as a chief cook. He
"hit the bricks in the 1965 District Coun
cil 37 beef. Seafarer Silva was born in
Ponce, P.R. and was a resident of the
Bronx, N.Y. Interment was in St. Ray
mond's Cemetery, the Bronx. Surviving
are his daughter, Luz; his mother, Mrs.
Manuela Rodriguez of New York City
and a sister, Teress Rivera of the Bronx.
Pensioner AnI tone Pacuinos, 73,
I died of a heart at\ tack in Cambridge
I (Mass.) Hospital
j on Sept. 15. BrothI er Pacuinos joined
the SIU in 1944 in
t the port of New
York sailing as an OS. He was on the
picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef.
Seafarer Pacuinos was born in Massa
chusetts and was a resident of Cam
bridge. Interment was in Mt. Benedict
Cemetery, West Roxbury, Mass. Sur
viving is a sister, Mrs. Helena Palimeni
of Cambridge.
« James William
Boland Jr., 52,
died of a heart
attack in the Com
munity Hospital,
Brazoria County,
Tex., on May 23.
Brother Boland
joined the Union
in the port of Houston in 1974 sailing as
an AB and oiler for G & H Towing from
1971 to 1980 and for Texas Tankers in
1971. Boland was a former member of
the United Plant Guard Workers of
America, Local 250 St. Louis. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War
11. Boatman Boland was born in St.
Louis, Mo. and was a resident of
Freeport, Tex. Burial was in Restwood
Memorial Park Cemetery, Clute, Tex.
Surviving are his widow, Hilda Marie
and a son, Charles.
Henry Michael
iGorden, 55, sucI cumbed to a heart
attack at home in
Philadelphia on
Sept. 27. Brother
Gorden joined the
Union in the port
I of Philadelphia in
1961 sailing as a FOWT, night dis
patcher and pier watchman for Curtis
Bay Towing from 1957 to 1980. He was
a former member of the UMW Union,
the IBL and the ILA Local 333.
Boatman Gorden was a veteran of the
U.S. Navy in World War 11. He was
born in Philadelphia. Intermient was in
Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Philadel
phia. Surviving are his widow, Agnes;
two sons, John and Thomas and two
daughters, Constance and Veronica.
Pensioner
Russell Dean Gilmour, 83, passed
away from heart
failure in Mercy
Hospital, Buffalo
on
May 13.
Brother Gilmour
joined the Union
in the port of Buffalo in 1961 sailing as a
deckhand, linesman, oiler and chief
engineer for the Great Lakes Towing
Co. from 1942 to 1973 and the Buffalo
Gravel Co. from 1938 to 1942. He was a
former member os the Shipbuilder's
Union from 1938 to 1961. Laker
Gilmour was a veteran of the U.S. Navy
in World War 1. Interment was in Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheektowaga,
N.Y. Surviving is his daughter, Mrs.
John (Clare) Sproch of Cheektowaga.
Pensioner
George Kenneth
Marionneaux, 63,
died of heart-lung
failure in Doctors
Memorial HospiI tal. Baton Rouge,
La. on Mar. 30.
Pensioner Cello "Cecil" "Champ"
Brother Marion
Morani, 72, passed away from heart
neaux
joined
the
Union
in the port of
failure at home in Petaluma, Calif, on
May 24. Brother Morani joined the Houston sailing as a chief engineer for
Union (MC&S) during World War 11 in National Maritime Service from 1952 to
the port of San Francisco sailing as a 1971 He also sailed for A. P. Breaux &
room steward for 35 years. He first Sons from 1946 to 1952. Boatman
sailed on the West Coast in 1941. Marionneaux was a former member of
Morani was quite a baseball hitter. He IBL Local 1827. Born in Plaquemine,
was born in Illinois. Cremation took La., he was a resident there. Interment
place in Cypress Hill Memorial Park was in Grace Cemetery, Plaquemine.
Cemetery, Petaluma. Surviving are Surviving are his widow, Geraldine; a
three brothers, Louis of San Francisco son, Randolph and two daughters,
and Albert and Frank of Fairfax, Calif. Geraldine and De Ette.
Pensioner Sid
ney Charles Day,
71, passed away
from heart-lung
failure.in the San
Francisco USPHS
Hospital on July
9. Brother Day
I joined the SIU in
1938 in the port of Mobile sailing as a
bosun. He sailed 35 years and rode the
Waterman Line. He also sailed during
World War 11 as a member of the SUP
and during the Vietnam War. Seafarer
Day attended the 1970 SIU Pensioners
Conference at Piney Point. Born in
Louisiana, he was a resident of Wil
mington, Calif. Interment was in All
Souls Cemetery, Vallejo, Calif. Surviv
ing are a sister, Mrs. Catherine D. Coon
of Inglewood, Calif, and a niece,
Michelle Ann Coon of Torrance, Calif.
Pensioner Alvin
LaverneDoud,63,
died of lungfailure
in the Naval Re
gional Medical
Center, San Di
ego on May 23.
Brother Doud
I joined the SIU in
the port of Seattle in 1957 sailing as a
chief steward for the Calmar Line and as
a 2nd cook for the MSTS in 1956. He
was a former member of the Cooks and
Assistants Union. Seafarer Doud was a
veteran of the U.S. Army in World War
11. A native of Yakima, Wash., he was a
resident of San Diego. Cremation took
place in Greenwood Crematory, San
Diego. Surviving are his widow. Feme
of Rockdale, 111.; a sister, Mrs. Goldie
Opal Shelton of Tacoma, Wash.; a
stepson. Jay E. Dodge and a step
daughter, Cheryl Joanne Reed.
Riley Franklin
"Bluestack" Beech,
49, died of heartlung failure in the
U.S.A. Medical
Center, Mobile on
Apr. 11. Brother
Beech joined the
Union in the port
of Mobile in 1958 sailing as a deckhand
on the Tug Doris Roman (Mobile
Towing) from 1957 to 1980 and for Bay
Towing in 1957. He was born in
Coppland, Washington County, Ala.
and was a resident of State Line, Miss.
Interment was in Eret Cemetery, Wayne
County, Miss. Surviving are his widow,
Edwina; six sons, George, Leon,
Michael, Emery, John and Travis and
two daughters. Norma and Jean.
Pensioner
Joseph Thomas
Bertolino, 62,
died of a heart
attack in the
Nassau Bay (Tex.)
USPHS Hospi
tal on Mar. 31.
Brother Bertolino.
joined the Union in the port of Houston
in 1957 sailing as a deckhand for the G &
H Towing Co. in 1948. He was a veteran
of the U.S. Army in World 11. Boatman
Bertolino was born in Galveston and
was a resident there. Burial was in
Calvary Cemetery, Galveston. Surviv
ing are his widow, Lorraine; two sons,
Michael and Daniel; a daughter. Lor
raine and a sister, Mrs. Josephine
Wilson of Galveston.
Pensioner Elton
Fuller Gallop Sr.,
71, passed away
from heart failure
and was dead on
arrival at the
Memorial Clinic,
Manteo, N.C. on
Mar. 24. Brother
Gallop joined the Union in the port of
Norfolk in 1968 sailing as a chief
engineer for NBC Lines in 1968 and for
Curtis Bay Towing in 1972. He was bora
in Wanchese, N.C. and was a resident
there. Interment was in Cudworth
Cemetery, Wanchese. Surviving are his
widow. Iris and a sister-in-law, Mrs.
James M. Williams Jr. of Wanchese.
l;''!
ii;;
Pensioner Sam
uel Pasquale Manzione,78, died of a
heart attack in the
Broward General
1 "Medical Center,
Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla. on May 3.
Brother Manzione
joined the Union in the port of New
York in 1960 sailing as a Hudson River
Pier 50 floatman for the Penn-Central
Railroad from 1923 to 1966. He was a
former member of the MM&P Union
from 1932 to 1960. Boatman Manzione
was a produce merchant from 1918 to
1923, A native of Salerno, Italy, he was a ^
resident of Ft. Lauderdale. Burial was in
Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington,
N.J. Surviving are his widow, Betty and
a sister, Mrs. Betty Pisarski.
Pensioner
I Ernest Brooks
I Avant, 60, died of
heart-lung failure
in the Medical
Center of Central
i Georgia, Macon
on Apr. 4. Brother
Avant joined the
SIU in 1943 in the port of Jacksonville
sailing as an AB. He sailed 40 years.
Seafarer Avant was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy prior to World War II. Born in
McRae, Ga., he was a resident of
Miami. Burial was in West Flagler
Memorial Park Cemetery, Coral
Gables, Fla. Surviving are two daugh
ters, Linda of Miami and Mrs. Karen
Moore of Mount Horeb, Wise.
Stephen Zavadcson, 75, passed
away in New York
City on Dec. 5.
Brother Zavadcson joined the
SIU in 1942 in the
port of New York
sailing as a bosun
for Sea-Land and Seatrain from 1951 to
1963. He hit the bricks in the 1961
Greater N.Y. Harbor and 1962 Robin
Line beefs. Seafarer Zavadcson sailed
36 years. He was born in Pennsylvania
and was a resident of New York City.
Surviving is a brother, Andrew Watson
of Gary, Ind.
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ZAPATA RANGER (Zapata TankSEA-LAND COMMERCE (SeaOVERSEAS ULLA(Maritime Over
ship), November 16—Chairman Fred
Land Service), November 16—Chair
seas), November 17—Chairman M. C.
Forney; Secretary P. Franco; Educa
man A. Vilanova; Secretary R. Barnes.
Cooper;
Secretary H. W. Roberts;
tional Director P. Kerney; Deck
No disputed OT. Chairman advised all
Educational
Director J. Jordan; Engine
Delegate G. Smith. In a recent issue of
members to go to school at Piney Point
Delegate
Charles
E. Smith. No disputed
the Log. the Steward noted one article
and explained the qualifications neces
OT. Chairman noted that all repairs
that he wants to bring to the attention of sary. Also suggested that the older
that had to be done were completed.
this crew and all of our Union bro
members could be helpful to the
There
were no communications received
thers, that being the questions the
younger ones. Discussed the importance except the Log. A vote of thanks to the
Secretary of the Navy aSketl about the
of donating to SPAD. For safety
steward department for a job well done.
Merchant Marine being willingand able
reasons the aft house fire doorsare to be
Observed one minute of silence in
to support the Navy that were answered
kept closed. A vote of thanks to the' memory of our departed brothers and
by President Frank Drozak. He pointed
steward department for a job well done.
sisters.
out that the Harry Lundeberg School in
Piney Point has the facilities to train our
members in a few weeks. There are
many things that we want that we have
to fight for but you don't have to fight to
go to Piney Point. You only have to ask
and it's all free. The Log was passed out
to the department delegates. Observed
one minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers.
LONG LINES (Transoceanic Cable),
November 2—Chairman Rf Garcia;
Secretary Ira Brown. $250 in ship's
fund. No disputed OT. Secretary
reported that he is willing to assist any
WILLIAM HOOPER (Waterman
SEA-LAND HOUSTON (Sea-Land
^ man filling out welfare forms. (Sample
Steamship), November 9—Chairman, Service), November 27—Chairman,
forms were available.) Also discussed
Recertified Bosun Thomas J. Hilburn; Recertified Bosun Julio Delgado;
were selected subjects from the Log and
Secretary Don Collins; Educational Secretary H. Ortiz. No disputed OT.
some from previous Logi about upgrad
Director Paul Thomas; Deck Delegate Chairman noted that according to the
ing and the importance of everyone who
Werner Bechner; Engine Delegate November Log from now on we will
qualifies to do so. Everyone present
Milton Beasley Jr.; Steward Delegate have in each port a field representative
seemed interested and pleased with this
Charles S. Smith. Some disputed 6T in which means that our Union business
discussion. Report to Log: "The
engine department. Chairman held a will be better explained to us and will
cableship Long Lines left Newington, N.
discussion on the use of narcotics help our families. A vote of thanks to
H. on October 31 and expected to return
aboard ship and advised all members to our Union officials. Secretary reported;
there January 26, 1981. Cable will be
read the Log which brings up the subject "We the crew of the
Houston feel
laid between Guam and Taiwan and
every month on the penalties involved proud of our brothers on the TT
some cable and repeaters will be
from such practices. Secretary reported
WHHam.shurgh for the heroism and
delivered for the Navy to Japan and
that there was some very good reading compassion they gave to the passengers
Guam." Next port Honolulu.
in the October issue of the Log of the
Pri.sendam." It was also
PUERTO RICO (Puerto Ripo Ma
regardijig the constitutional amend recommended that the young members
rine), November 15—Chairman Frank
ment on , regular dues, and the reim take advantage and upgrade at Piney
C. Bona; Secretary H. Ridgeway;
bursement of upgraders for transport to Point. The steward department asked
Educational Director J. Barry; Deck
and from Piney Point. Next port for the cooperation of the crew in
Delegate John Murphy. $48.35 in ship's
Madras, India.
keeping the pantry and messhall clean.
fund. No disputed OT. Chairman held a
Observed
one minute of silence in
OVERSEAS ANCHORAGE (Mari
discussion on Union benefits and
memory
of
our departed brothers.
time Overseas), November 22—Chair
advised all members to read the Logand
ACHILLES
(Newport Tankers), No
to support our Union by writing to their man, Recertified Bosun J. D. Moore.
vember 3—Chairman, Recertified Bo
respective Congressmen to support our Some disputed OT in deck and steward
sun
Michael Casanueva; Secretary R.
departments. Chairman read the mem
merchant fleet forjob security. A vote of
D.
Bozeman;
Educational Director C.
bership survey questionnaire and
thanks to the steward department for a
R. Tangford; Steward Delegate John
advised all members to fill it out as soon
job well done. Observed one minute of
Robinson.
No disputed OT. Chairman
silence in memory of our departed as possible. A note of sympathy was sent
discussed
the
advantages of upgrading
to the Log office for the families of the
brothers.
at
Piney
Point
and how those who
LNG AQUARIUS (Energy Trans
Poet. Observed one minute of silence in
port), November 16—Chairman, Re their memory and for all those brothers qualify should go for better job secur
ity. A vote of thanks to the steward
certified Bosun A. P. Waters; Secretary and sisters who have departed.
department
for a job well done.
F. T. Motus; Steward Delegate Mark E.
OGDEN CHALLENGER (Ogden
Simpson. $4.50 in ship's fund. No
Marine), November 30—Chairman,
WILLIAMSBURGH (Bay Tankers),
disputed OT. A letter was received and
Recertified Bosun R. D. Thoe; Secre
November 16 —Chairman H. S. Lindposted from Vice President Red Camp
tary R. De Boissiere; Educational
sey. Secretary R. W. Rutherford;
bell. Also .some articles from the Log
Director H. Callien. No disputed OT.
Educational Director J. P. Schaefer;
were posted for all to read. Secretary Chairman reports that everybody
Deck Delegate T. M. Murphy; Engine
reported that the crew had enjoyed two should get interested in the upgrading
Delegate
R. J. Mancini; Steward Dele
very nice picnic style dinners. After programs at Piney Point because in all
gate
M.
Qader.
$20.57 in ship's fund.
dinner the crew played volley ball in the
reality it is your bread and butter that is
Some disputed OT in deck departrnent.
pool. The crew extended best wishes to at stake. Failure to make more money
A vote of thanks to the steward
the steward who was getting off in the on the job lies only in your ambition to
department
for a job well done. Report
next port. A good friend who did hisjob get ahead so the answer lies in Piney
to Log; "As everybody will have read by
well. Next port Osaka.
Point upgrading programs. Also sug
now
we had quite an experience recently
LNG GEMINI (Energy Transport), gested that all members should write to
when
we rescued the passengers and
November 2 —Chairman, Recertified
their congressional leaders in their
crew
of
the Prisendam. The rescue went
Bosun M. B. Woods; Secretary^C. L. district and push for a new and better
off very well and the crew did one
Shirah; Deck Delegate Bryan Lsenstadt; merchant marine. Everyone should
fantastic
job. We received cables from
Engine Delegate David Shaw; Steward
know that we are in a real fight for
President
Frank Drozak, the Governor
Delegate David Pappas. No disputed
survival of our shipping rights. The
of Alaska, the Secretary of Transporta
OT. $49 in ship's fund. Chairman held a
Union needs your support in these
tion, the United States Coast Guard
discussion on the articles in the Lr^gand
matters. A vote of thanks to all
Commander
and the company. The
advised all members to read them very department delegates for their coopera
only one that was conspicuous by its
thoroughly. It was requested that all tion. A special vote of thanks to R. De
absence
was one from the Holfand
crc\vmembers wear the proper clothing Boissiere, steward for a fantastic
American
Lines, owners of the Pri
while on watch. A vote of thanks to the Thanksgiving dinner with all the
sendam.
As
steward aboard the ship I
steward department for a job well done
trimmings including Chardanay wine,
know how the Good Lord felt when he
.especially the pool parties. Next port egg nog and many desserts. Next port
fed
the five thousand. R. W. Ruther
Tobato, Japan.
Baton Rouge.
ford". Next port Port Arthur.
38 / LOG / January 1981
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OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden
Marine), November 9—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun Sven Jansson; Secre
tary George W. Luke; Educational
Director Joel Spell; Deck Delegate R.
W. Rogers; Steward Delegate R. Cook.
$155 in movie fund. No disputed OT.
Chairman explained to the membership
the importance of voting in the Union
election and also explained about the
ballot in the Log. A discussion was held
by the members at this meeting on the
hazards of sand blasting aboard ship.
The sand and dust impairs the health of
the men doing the job and if the sand
gets on any machines expensive repairs
have to be made. If this can happen to a
machine imagine what the damage can
be to an individual. It was suggested that
if the crew must sand blast, a shore gang
be put on ship to handle and place sand.
Chairman wants anyone geting off ship
to give 24 hours notice so jobs can be
filled so ship wont run shorthanded.
This must be done Monday through
Friday not only on week ends. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
job well done. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers and sisters. Also a special
prayer for our much missed President
Paul Hall. Next port New York.
Official ship's minutes were also
received from the following ships:
Sea-Land Independence
Arecibo
Boston
Sea-Land Economy
Del Sol
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Cove Communicator
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LNG Leo
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Newark
Overseas Harriette
Montkello Victory
Sea-Land Mariner
Ogden Traveler
Sea-Land Liberator
Sea-Land Trade
Atlantic
Cove Engineer
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Thomas Nelson
Seattle '
Overseas Ohio
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Sea-Land Express
Delta Norte
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Sea-Land Developer
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Cove Navigator
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Westward Venture
Point Julie
Sea-Land Explorer
Del Campo
Delta Sud
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Overseas Arctic
Sea-Land Resource
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Borinquen
Jacksonville
Sea-Liind Freedom
Charleston
Ogden Champion
Philadelphia
Sea-Land Market
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Connecticut
Bayamon
Tamara Guilden
Manhattan
Jeir Davis
Delta Caribe
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Overseas Aleutiiiii
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Overseas Alice
Sea-Land Mac Lean
Del Viento
Sea-Land Pacer
Overseas Valdez
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The Old Dog House,'Through the Looking Glass'
By Saki Jack Dolan
UST up the New York water
front from Battery Park there
was an old building at 25 South
St., known around the world by
seafaring men as the "Doghouse."
Why, it seems just like yesterday
that old "Ma Roper" was
handing out orders to seamen on
the beach for a room, a day's
meals, a pair of shoes (the winos
among us naturally sold them at
once for a jug of Muscatel), or the
clothes she gave us we peddled to
"Frenchy the Tailor," just across
the park from the old Doghouse.
It was just a five minute walk,
up a few short blocks to our old
Union Hall (the SIU at 52 Beaver
St.). During the lunch-break
between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.,
about half the Hall used to go
down to the Doghouse for a
"stubby," or a lunch at a fair and
decent price (the food was not
half bad sometimes. It was
according to which ship's cook
was broke and on the beach, and
was working there at the time).
About every wheel in the SIU
stopped by there one time or
another. I ate or had a beer
there at one time or another with
Paul Hall, Lindsey Williams,
Sonny Simmons, Paul Gonzorsik, Edward Xavier Mooney,
Don Hall, Sailor Hall, Bull
Shepard, Frankie Mongelli,
Slug Zeikman, Bill Hall, J. P.
Schuller, Frenchy Michilet,
Teddy. Babkowski, Tom Ban
ning, Eddy "Manny" Manning,
ole Ben Reis, and about all the
wheels there were in the old days.
Even Joe "No Coffee-Time"
Curran was there during the
NMU Tanker Strike in 1938.
Old Harry "Lunchbox"
Lundeberg stopped by one day
with the best dang seaman I ever
knew—our own beloved A1
Bernstein, who died last year.
Hoffa came by, so did Joe
Bananas. Not only was the dog
house known for seamen, but
many Society Page blue-bloods
climbed the marble stairs to the
best seamen's house there ever
was.
Ma Roper knew them all, the
rich and the poor, from every
walk of life, captains, chief
engineers, admirals, and many
high muckity-mucks from the
Army too. Many a political
biggie looking for some kind of
support or a favor came by to try
and con the stupid seamen (as
we were always known). * Ma
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The old Seamen's Church Institute, known 'round the world as the 'Doghouse.' as it appeared years ago when it was located
on South Street. It brings back many a memory for the oldtimers.
Roper (God bless her) took care
of them all, and treated everyone
like gold.
When the SIU took over the
old Borinquen after A. H. Bull
Lines bought her and renamed
her the SS Puerto Rico, she was
overhauled in the Baltimore
Shipyard and we brought her up
to New York and tied her up
across the street from 25 South
St. She stayed here for several
weeks until the maiden voyage.
Tom Gordon was chief steward,
"Big-Nose" Walter Reidy was
chef, Joe Di Giorgio was
bartender, Ed Mooney was
lounge steward, Saki Jack was
storekeeper. What a ship! What
stories could be told! Our captain
"Percolator" Huggins was a
whole book just by himself.
I remember one day at the
doghouse, ole "Sam," the
seaman's friend, was trying to
peddle me and McChristian a
supposedly "Gold-Watch" for
seven bucks (who ever heard of a
gold watch for seven bucks?),
Sam was well known on the New
York waterfront, and made a
fortune selling junk to seamen.
"Sacki" Jack Dolan is an SIU
One thing about the old
Pensioner, an ex-chief steward, who is a
doghouse, as long as you didn't
'eguiar contributor to the Log.
stagger too badly, they would let
you check in. If you woke up
rolled in the morning, well, that
seemed to be a seaman's fate. If
some seaman didn't wake up
rolled in the morning they figured
they had a bad night. This was
long beforp the SIU had their
fancy AA-Clinic down there in
the state of Maryland. There
were many of us old gashounds
and winos (including yours
truly) that could have made good
use of a good Union-Run-AAClinic in those days. It would
have saved me many a thousand
of hard earned Yankee dollars.
"Frenchy the Tailor"—^just
across the park from the
doghouse—would sell you a
"tailor-made-suit" for 30 bucks,
and re-buy it from you when you
sobered up broke after a pay Off
for ten dollars—maybe.
There was one doorman-guard
there at the old doghouse who
clobbered an old seaman and
knocked him down the stairs and
killed him. He didn't stay there
too long afterwards. Mostly it
was pretty good there and they
took pretty good care of us
drunks. If they had to call the
"fuzz," usually they would kick
you out early in the morning if
you could walk (of course, unless
you had money and wouldn't let
them roll you, then you had to go
to court and pay the fine.). I've
often wondered why Hollywood
never came up with a picture
about the old doghouse and some
of the famous characters that
were known around there in the
old days? What a screenplay that
would make! "Lost Weekend"
would seem like "Snow White."
I admit to being an old exgashound, wino or whatever else
suits your fancy (I guess, I've
been through all the mills). But
thank the Lord I could always
take care of myself most of the
time and only remember getting
rolled once at the old Victoria
Hotel on Gay St. in Baltimore by
"Big T—Jean." I saw Jean after
that several years later when they
run her out of Baltimore for
rolling a chief engineer and not
giving the cut to the local
detectives. She bought me a drink
for old times' sake.
The Seaman's Church Institute
at 25 South St. was really the
seaman's friend and did more
good for seamen in the old days
than any organization around.
January 1981 / LOG / 39
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HEADLINES
UNIONS WANT GOV’T POLICY CHANGES ON MARITIME
2.67% COLA GOES INTO EFFECT FOR DEEP SEA CONTRACT
FRANK DROZAK ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SIU
IT’S TRADITIONAL: CHRISTMAS, 1981 ‘CHEER’ FOR BEACHED SEAFARERS
DROZAK PLEDGES COOPERATION WITH REAGAN ADMINISTRATION
REAGAN HAS 7-POINT PROGRAM FOR MARITIME
USCG ENDS HEARINGS ON POET TRAGEDY
SHIP’S BELL TOLLS KNELL FOR LOST POET CREW AT RITES
CREWS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL
NEW DEEP SEA CONTRACT WILL BE MAIN FOCUS
REAGAN NAMES CABINET: IMPACTS MARITIME DIRECTLY
OPERATORS SEEKING TITLE XI FINANCING HITS RECORD
DELTA GETS SUBSIDY TO RECONSTRUCT TWO SHIPS
FUNDS AWARDED TO HELP TANKERS CONVERT
BRADLEY AMENDMENT TRIPLES SPR FILL RATE
KEY HOUSE, SENATE MARITIME COMMITTEE HEADS CHOSEN
NEW JOBS FOR SEAFARERS ON LASH GEORGE WYTHE
SIU KICKS OFF TRAINING PROGRAM FOR FIELD REPRESENTATIVES
31 SIU SHIPS ELIGIBLE FOR SUBSIDY TO CARRY GRAIN TO USSR, IF…
UNDERMANNED NAVY CAN LOOK TO MERCHANT MARINE
JOHN BUNKER HONORED BY MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY
U.S. UNIONS TO RUSSIANS: “KEEP OUT OF POLAND”
AFL-CIO PLANS CELEBRATION OF LABOR’S CENTENNIAL
THIRD MATE, ASSISTANT ENGINEER COURSES ARE OFFERED FOR FIRST TIME AT SHLSS
PROTECTING OUR JOB SECURITY: ELECTICAL MAINTENANCE PROVIDES NEEDED SHIPBOARD SKILLS
POSITIVE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
ISU FALLS APART: NEW UNIONS RISE FROM ASHES
FROM OS TO CHIEF MATE, BUT NOT ALWAYS CALM SEAS
CHINA EXPECTS U.S. TO BE BIGGEST TRADE PARTNER BY 1985
LAKES OLDTIMER CONRAD SCHMIDT HAPPY ON SIU PENSION
USCG ENDS HEARINGS ON POET TRAGEDY
SIU HAD ‘PARTY IN INTEREST’ STATUS AT HEARINGS DUE TO COURT VICTORY
THE OLD DOG HOUSE, ‘THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS’
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1981
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HE state of today's American
maritime industry can best be
described in a military term—
condition'red alert.'
Our industry is approaching a crisis
level. And unless there.are some funda
mental changes in government policies
toward U .S. maritime—and very soon—
the American flag is in very serious
danger of disappearing from the world's
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The threat to our industry goes far, far
beyond the immediate threat to the jobs
Frank Drozak
of thousands upon thousands
American workers on ships, in shipyaT|[s and in related industries.
Very simply, an America without an aa^quate merchant marine,
capable of carrying a significant share of all vital cargoes and
capable of serving as an effective military auxiliary to the Navy in
peace and war, is an America that can be isolated. Ahd in today's
world, isolation means economi'c and political disaster.
The mood of the country today is to talk tough about America's
interests worldwide. But all that tough talk is just a lot of hot air
without the logistic seaborne capability to back up those words.
Our nation needs ships to be strong. Successive Congresses and
Administrations have chosen for the most part to overlook this
fact. The stakes are too high for this country to continue to sweep
the plight of the maritime industry under the rug.
The time is now for the Reagan Administration and the new
Congress to act forcefully and quickly to reverse the decline of our
industry.
We in the SIU are prepared to work with Congress to enact the
needed legislation into law. We have laid out a five point program
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of action, which, if passed, will propel the American fleet to the
forefront of world maritime shipping.
This five-point program has the support of the AFL-CIO Ad
Hoc Committee on Maritime Industry Problems. This committee
is made up of the key seagoing unions. The program also has the
support of AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland, who chairs the Ad
Hoc Committee.
These programs, which we now call on Congress to enact, are
reasonable, achievable answers to the nation's maritime problems.
In brief, these programs seek:
• A commitment to revitalize the virtually non-existent U.S. dry
bulk fleet, by guaranteeing a fair share of exported coal for
American ships.
' • Greater use by the U.S. Navy of the private merchant fleet for
routine auxiliary functions, and a transfer of operation and
construction of auxiliary support vessels to the private sector.
• An easing of stifling over-regulatiop of U.S. maritime, and
revision of tax laws that will encourage companies to build ships in
America instead of overseas.
• Negotiation of bilateral trade agreements, particularly with
developing countries that include guarantees of an equitable share
of U.S. international cargoes for U.S.-flag ships.
• Ratification by the U.S. of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development's proposed code of liner conduct, which
would guarantee 40 percent of all liner cargoes in the foreign
trades for U.S. ships.
What must be remembered here is that these are not programs we
would like to have. They are strong, accurate initiatives we must
have if America expects to have a merchant fleet in the future.
At the same time, we in the SIU are' not naive. We realize there
are many people in government and in the multinationals who
would just as soon see the flags of Liberia or Panama flying in our
harbors instead of the Stars and Stripes.
But we are ready for the battle. And I am extremely confident it's
a battle we are going to win.
New Commerce Sec. Advocates Bilateral Shipping Pacts
As he begins the task of
administering the programs of
ythe huge and unwieldy Com
merce Department, Malcolm
Baldridge, the new Commerce
Secretary, has the hopeful eyes of
the maritime industry upon him.
Little is known as yet about
Baldridge, who calls himself "a
complete newcomer to .Washing
ton." But some of the statements
he made during his Senate
confirmation hearing last month
give indications of the shape U.S.
maritime policy will take during
the tenure of the Reagan
Administration.
"I think this country needs a
strong merchant marine,"
Baldridge told his Senate
Commerce Committee exami
ners. "In recent years we've been
falling behind, we've got to stop
that."
Responding to a question by
the new Senate Commerce
Committee Chairman Robert
Pack wood (R-Ore.), Mr. Bald
ridge pointed to bilateral
shipping agreements as one
method of revitalizing the U.S.
merchant fleet.
"This country has been against
bilateral agreements in the past
and for good reasons," said
Baldridge. "However, most of the
rest of the world seems to be
headed toward bilateral agree
ments. Perhaps, whether we like
it or not," the new Commerce
chief added, "we should investi
gate that direction."
Ronald Reagan's inauguration.
He takes charge of a Commerce
Dept. which has 30,000 em
ployees and oversees, among
Former Labor Secy Marshall
to Toil lor AFL-CIO Unit
Ray Marshall, former secre
tary of Labor under the Carter
Administration, has accepted a
part time role with the Industrial
Union Department Institute of
the AFL-CIO. Marshall, who proved himself
a true friend of the labor move
ment during his tenure with the
"I think we should have a Carter White House, will lend his
strong merchant marine," considerable experience and
Baldrige said in reply to a knowledge of government and
question from Slade Gorton (R- regulatory policies toward the
Wash.), the new chairman of the development of ecomomic and
Senate Subcommittee on Mer social issues affecting workers.
chant Marine. "The only thing
Prior to the announcement of
standing between the U.S. and a Marshall joining the AFL-CIO
viable merchant marine," team, the labor movement hon
Baldrige added, "is rnoney and ored him at a reception at AFLbilateral treaties."
CIO headquarters in WashineBaldrige, who was unani ton, D.C.
mously endorsed for confirma
Ray Marshall has been a man
tion by the Senate Commerce who has stood with us on every
Committee was confirmed by the basic and important objective of
full Senate and sworn in as the trade-union movement,"
Secretary of Commerce after AFL-CIO President Lane Kirk
Later oh in the Jan. 6
confirmation hearings, Baldrige
returned to the issue of bilateral
agreements. (The SIU has long
been a vocal advocate of such
agreements which the Union
believes are necessary to keep the
U.S. merchant marine afloat.)
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other things, the National Fire &
Control Administration, the
Census Bureau, forecasting the
weather and registering patents.
land said at the reception.
"He's fought with us. He's been
our friend and our co-worker,
come fair weather or foul. And
we in the trade union movement
have a tradition that we do not
forget our friends."
Several hundred friends of
Marshall in both government
and the labor movement listened
as he thanked them for their
support during the past four
years. He said that he intends to
continue to "work for the things
that we fought for" during the
Carter Administration, whose
labor record he called the best of
any Administration since Frank
lin Roosevelt's New Deal.
Vice President Walter Mondale, who also addressed the
gathering, said that "the measure
of a government that cares and
responds to the needs of working
men and women will be the
record left by Ray Marshall.
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Navy Stonewalling Use of Private Sector
In recent months, the relation Sealift Command. The Navy has
ship between the U.S. Navy and
tended to discourage private
the private merchant marine has participation in the program.
come under close scrutiny. Lead- Industry officials estimate that a
ing American figures, from, good number of the nearly 150
President Ronald Reagan on auxiliary vessels that are presdown, have stated publicly that ' ently operated by the Navy could
the maritime industry and the be leased out to private com
Navy must develop a close panies. Were the Navy to utilize
working relationship if this long-term leasing programs, new
country's seapower is to be vessels could be manned and
strengthened and revived.
, built by the private sector at
President Reagan alluded to substantially lower costs.
this lack of co-operation during
When asked about their re
the recent Presidential campaign. luctance to utilize private sector
He issued a seven point program expertise. Navy officials have
which stated,among other things, questioned the private industry's
that Americans "must insure that ability to adequately man the
tli^re^ ^s active co-operation ' vessels. These same officials also
between the Navy and the mer produce cost estimates that
chant marine and the govern contradict the findings of private
mental departments responsible economists.
for each."
Navy Hides Costs
Differences between the Navy
The cost estimates that the
and the maritime industry have Navy likes to refer to, however,
arisen over a number of issues. tend to distort the overall picture
These differences tend to boil by underestimating or even
down to the following phil hiding actual costs.
osophical question: what role, if
One such hidden cost can be
any, is the private sector mer traced to the manner fn which the
chant marine supposed to play in Navy determines its own pension
providing auxiliary naval sup liabilities. Agencies of the federal
port?
government do not fall under the
Perhaps the most drawn out provisions of ERISA. These
^ disagreement has arisen over the agencies are therefore free to use
management of the Military less stringent accounting figures
Delta Que^
"Life"
Extended to
1988
SIV-contracted Delta Queen
(Ddta Queen Steamboat) will be
allowed to delight passengers at least
through 1988.
Exemptions for operation of the
famous steamboat that plies the
Mississippi River would have ex
pired in 1983. But legislation passed
late in the last Congress has ex
tended that time to 1988.
A Coast Guard law required a
certain amount of steel in the
superstructure of vessels like the
Delta Queen. However, the historic
riverboat is constructed of wood.
Senator Russell Long (D-La.),
who sponsored the recent legisla
tion said that the ship had under
gone rewiring, boiler retubing, hull
replating, deck replacement, and
other renovations. He added that
"all fire safety equipment-is main
tained to meet quarterly inspection
specifications by the U.S. Coast
Guard."
Further, in 1979 when President
Carter and his family vacationed
on the vessel, the ship passed a strict
safety inspection conducted by the
Secret Service, Long said.
to project their own pension
liability costs.
The private sector has proven
over and over again its ability to
adequately carry out Naval
auxiliary duties. Most recently,
the S.S. Washington, a Hudson
Waterways vessel, was highly
praised when it participated in
NATO exercises late last year.
Many experts^ including Peter
Luciano, director of the Trans
portation Institute, a highly
respected non-profit organiza
tion aimed at promoting mari
time research and development,
feel that the Navy is not getting
the most out of its limited
resources when it tries to exclude
private sector participation in
naval auxiliary planning. The
money that the Navy uses to
build and operate support vessels
could be better used''in securing
badly needed combat vessels.
The reluctance of Navy offi
cials to utilize private sector
expertise has not helped the
American flag merchant marine.
That damage, however, has been
compounded by the inability of
competing governmental agen
cies to work closely with the
maritime industry to establish a
firm set of priorities.
The maritime industry is sub
ject to a dizzying number of
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governmental regulations. More duties admirably.
than 70 different Federal Agen
Experts now doubt if the
cies issue regulations that must be ~ American flag Merchant Marine
followed. Often, companies must is large enough to support the
submit the same licensing ap Nayy in any major international
plication to several different crisis.
agencies, any one of which can,
The American flag Merchant
and usually does, hold up ap
Marine has deteriorated to the
proval. These delays have sub
point where Americans must rely
stantially increased transporta
on foreign countries to transport
tion costs.
95% of their ocean-borne com
While the federal government
merce.
has been busy regulating the
It is therefore imperative that
American flag Merchant Marine
the Navy and what remains of the
out of existence, it has allowed
maritime industry work closely
numerous tax and safety loop
to reverse some disturbing trends.
holes to stand which make it
profitable for owners to use
The" Navy could begin by
foreign flag vessels.
utilizing private sector expertise
The gradual extinction of the in the Military Sealift Command
American flag Merchant Marine program. It could also stop
by governmental neglect and leasing and purchasing foreign
mismanagement would not be so flag vessels when it can easily
unfortunate were not the welfare procure readily available Ameri
of the country endangered so.
can vessels. ,
The Merchant Marine has
Recently, the Navy bought the
been traditionally called the British flag RA F Lynes. It plans
Fourth Arm of the American to lease six vessels from Hansa, a
Defense System. During World bankrupt German company,
War I, World War II, the Korean once it gets permission from the
War, and the Vietnam War, it
Maritime Administration to do
performed its naval support so.
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Services for Lost Poet Crew
Memorial services for the 34 crew
members lost aboard the S.S. Poet,
were held on January 22,1981, at the
Maritime Museum in San Pedro,
Calif.
Luige Jo vino, SIU port agent and
staff, along with 40 SIU members
were in attendance. Also present at
the services were; Clyde. Dodson,
Port Agent, MEBA-Dist. 1, Msgr.
Tom Keifer, of the Archdiocese of
San Pedro, Fathers Bartlett and
Moses of the Seaman's Church
Institute and members of Dist. 1 and
Diet. 2—MEBA, and MM&P.
Bro. Dodson called the final roll
call of our departed brothers. Fathers
Bartlett and Moses read passages
from Scripture.
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The ship's bell, salvaged from the
battle cruiser USS Los Angeles was
tolled eight times, the knell and "end
of watch" for our departed brethren.
The service was then adjourned to
pier-side and while Msgr. Keifer
read a prayer a wreath was tossed
into the waters.
"I sought my death, and found it
in my womb.
I looked for life, and saw it was
a shade;
I sailed the seven seas, and knew it
was my tomb.
And now I die, and now I was but
made.
My glass is full, and now my glass
is run.
And now / live, and now my life
is done."
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listens at the wreath ceremony in honor of our lost brothers on the SS Poet. Similar
rites were held in New York and Philadelphia.
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SlU Crews Conference to Convene in April
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spending to the upcom
ing deep sea Crews Con
ference, scores of Seafarers
have already returned the
questionnaires sent to their
homes by the Union last
month.
The deadline for return of
the questionnaires, which are
also available at all Union
Halls, is Mar. 15, 1981.
The questionnaires cover
the topics that will be dis
cussed at the Crews Confer
ence set to be held the week of
Apr. 20 at the Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg School of Sea
manship in Piney Point, Md.
These topics include such
items as education and train
ing; legislation; shipboard
meetings and membership
communication; the SlU Con
stitution; Pension, Welfare
and Vacation Plans, and the
SlU Contract and Shipping
Rules.
You are urged to make your
opinion known on these im
portant topics. So if you have
not returned the question
naire, please do so immedi
ately.
The purpose of the Confer
ence is to help the SlU p/an for
the 1980's, as well as for the
upcoming A&G deep sea con
tract negotiations.
The three-year deep sea
Tanker and Freighter/Pas
senger Agreements that were
signed in 1978 expire on June
15 of this year.
The Crews Conference will
be attended by 69 elected
delegates representing all
ports and the three shipboard
departments.
The rank and file delegates,
23 from each department, wiH
be elected at a specialmeeting
to be held at 2:30 p.m. on Apr.
16 at the ports of the SlU,
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes, and
Inland Waters District.
Based on shipping and
registration and the past
year's activities in each of the
ports, representatioii will be
as follows: New York, 12; New
Orleans, 6; Houston, 6; San
Francisco, 6; Baltimore, 3;
Boston, 3; Detroit, 3; Jacksonville, 3; Mobile, 3; Norfolk, 3;
Philadelphia, 3; San Juan, 3;
Seattle, 3; Tampa, 3; Wilming
ton, 3; St. Louis, 3; and Piney
Point, 3.
If any port fails to elect its
quota, then Headquarters will
hold a special meeting on Apr.
17 at 2:30 p.m. to elect that
port's quota.
Following are the qualifica
tions a deep sea member must
meet if he or she wishes to be
elected as a delegate: (Proof
of these qualifications must be
produced at the special meet
ings held on Apr. 16, and if
necessary, on Apr. 17).
• Possess a full book with
"A" Oceans Seniority in good
standing.
• Have 24 months seatime
with SlU-A&G contracted
deep sea operators in ratings
above entry.
• Have at least 90 days of
such employment in the per
iod from Apr. 1,1980 to Apr. 1,
1981.
"Seatime" will be consid
ered as any time for which
contributions have been made
toward Pension and Welfare
eligibility.
In talking about the Crews
conference, SlU President
Frank Drozak said that "the
input of the membership at
this Conference is an absolute
necessity if we are to meet the
challenge that the coming
years will bring to our Union
and to the whole maritime
industry."
Conference delegates will
be aided in making recom
mendations by the responses
of the members in the ques
tionnaires. That is why it is so
important that you fill out and
return this form.
SlU Faces in the Crowd.....
Smilin' Frank Prisock, chief pumpman
on the Coye Ranger, flashes his pearly
whites for his friends and shipmates
throughout the SlU.
Doing some welding In the engine room
of the Cove Ranger prior to setting sail is
Mack Philip, wiper.
4 / LOG / February 1981
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�John Dwyer Retires After 27 Years With SiU
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EARLY three decades ago,
Johnny Dwyer's enemies
hung him in effigy from the West
Side Highway in downtown
Manhattan. His friends on the
docks warned him to watch
where he went. One of his friends
was shot dead as he walked out
the front door of his house on his
way to work.
The purpose of this article is to
announce Johnny Dwyer's retire
ment after 27 years of loyal
service with the SIU as a Welfare
and Pension representative. He's
probably one of the best known
faces in the Union, having doled
out more than his share of wit,
Irish charm and cigar smoke to
the membership from the counter
at the Brooklyn union hall.
But Johnny Dwyer's story of
courage, maybe mixed in with a
bit of craziness, starts in 1935
when he began working as a long
shoreman on Manhattan's West
Side. He was a hard working,
aggressive, tough kid from Green
wich Village and he worked his
way up to some of the top jobs on
the docks. He worked just about
every job, including the hole,
hi-lo driver, hatch boss, hiring
boss and dock superintendent,
directing the loading and unload
ing of ships.
He spent the War in the Navy.
Then in 1953 he had to make
probably the toughest decision in
his life. At that time, George
Meany threw the ILA out of the
old AFL for racketeering.
He could have kept his mouth
shut and continued working in
Fcraonate
Walter Nathan Fleishman
Please contact, your wife, as soon as
possible, at 3309 Cobb Street, Dallas,
Texas.
Robert Allen Masters
Please Contact Jack Bluitt at the
Algonac haU (313) 794-9375, or Mr.
Victor Hanson (313) 532-1220.
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Richard Tapman
Please contact, your wife, at 2000
Ramblewood Road, Baltimore, Md.
21239, as soon as possible.
Albert (Abby) Bluitt
Please contact, your mother, urgent.
Tel. (516) 668-2366.
Caspar Martinez-Alfred JonesBaldwin Augustin
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Please contact, James Terry, 20862nd Avenue, New York, N.V. 10029, as
soon as possible.
Donald E. Dates
Please contact, your brother, Bryan
Gates, as soon as possible. Business
phone (202) 363-1300—Home phone
(202) 265-7805.
Daved A. McKinley
Please contact, your daughter, Anna
Roxann, urgent. Tel. (212) 429-2443 or
contact Anna Napoli at 72-45 Calamus
Avenue, Woodside, N.Y. 11377.
Here's Johnny Dwyer in a familiar pose behind the counter at the hail in Brooklyn.
This photo was taken the day before he retired.
the best, highest paying jobs on
the docks. He didn't, and put his
life on the line in the process.
With the help of Meany, ILA
officials Larry Long and Buster
Slaughter from the Great Lakes
pulled Iheir division out of the
ILA, creating a new union known
as the International Brotherhood
of Longshoremen.
Meany enlisted the support of
many New York area labor
leaders, including Paul Hall, to
help the IBL get a foothold in the
busiest pbrt in the world.
Dwyer was well known on the
docks as an honest straightshooter. He threw his lot in with
the new IBL. He initially met
with Paul Hall, Teddy Babkowski and other leaders at the St.
George hotel in Brooklyn to
discuss strategy. The first move
was Dwyer's own Local 895.
Within weeks, an election was
held in his local with a near
unanimous vote to break away
from the ILA and join the IBL.
Dwyer recalls, "a lot of people
promised to stick with me all the
way. But Paul Hall and the SIU
are the only ones who did."
With the SIU's help, Dwyer
and others from the IBL suc
ceeded in getting an election for
the entire Lakes and the port of
New York—22,000 longshore
men. It was a tough campaign,
filled with threats and animosity.
In the end, the IBL lost by 213
votes out of 22,000 cast.
It was a tough loss. But
considering the odds the IBL
were up against, it was almost an
incredible victory.
Dwyer remembers, "people
used to tell me I either had guts or
was just plain crazy. I still haven't
found out which."
After the IBL episode was
over, Dwyer came to work for the
SIU at the request of Paul Hall.
He's been here ever since, and
pitched in his talents on some of
the SIU's toughest beefs. He was
on the front lines in the Robin
Line beef, the Chicago Cabdrivers beef against the Teamsters
and the Hussman beef in Philadelphia also against the Teamsters.
But Johnny Dwyer is best
known in the SIU as just a nice
guy, someone who is always
willing and able to lend a hand or
a good word. He was also well
known at the USPHS hospital.in
Staten Island where he visited
beached Seafarers once a week
for years to give them their
benefits and do favors.
Just before he retired, John got
a letter from an old timer. In brief
it said: "If someone were to
compliment you on your work
you would probably say 'I'm j.ust
doing my job.' But in my
opinion you go beyond and I
wapt tQ express my apprecia
tion."
That's the way most people feel
about Johnny Dwyer. He's a guy
that always does his job, but adds
a little something extra that
people appreciate.
Looking back on his long ca
reer with the SIU and as a long
shoreman, Johnny Dwyer is most
proud of a sign that reads simply
"Pier 45." It's positioned down by
the dock in Piney Point near the
Zimmerman. Paul Hall had it put
there to say thanks. Pier 45, on
Manhattan's West Side, is where
Johnny Dwyer started out in
1935, and nearly pulled off a
miracle.
We all wish Johnny Dwyer
good health and smooth sailing
in his retirement. He's looking
forward to taking it easy after all
these years at his home in Floral
Park, N.Y. with his wife Mary.
He's also looking forward to
spending more time with his two
sons and four grandchildren.
Good luck and smooth sailing,
from all of us at the SIU:
Drozak to Chair
N.Y. Harbor
Festival Dinner
Chief Stewanf John Reed (right) stands alongside o| his ship, the ST Pisces
(Westchester Marine) with stoved Jn bow last month in the port of Jacksonville.
The tanker collided with a passing Liberian ship in the port of New Orleans in a
signals mixup.
SIU President Frank Drozak will
be dinner chairman for the midApril, 3-day annual N.Y. Harbor
Festival.
The festival's Labor Committee
hopes to get AFL-CIO President
Lane Kirkland to he the honored
guest speaker for the testimonial
fund-raising dinner. Last year, the
late SIU President Paul Hall was
honored.
The festival, which grew out of the
1976 Bicentennial Celebration's
"Operation (Tall Ships) Sail", raises
funds to promote New York's
Harbor.
Last July 4th, and on the same
date in 1976, the Tall Ships from all
over the ^^orld, sailed in parade in
N.Y. Harbor before thousands of
spectators.
February 1981 / LOG / 5
�SIU Holds First Agents Confab of
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HE SIU Executive Board
and Port Agents met earlier
this month in Florida to discuss
the progress of the Union since
the last Agents' Conference in
August and to target specific
goals for the immediate future.
SIU President Frank Drozak
presided over the day-long meet
ing and led general discussions
on the upcoming deep sea con
tract; the Union's Washington
activities; hew or changed train
ing and upgrading requirements
and courses at Piney Point, and
the upcoming Crews Conference
in April.
The SIU executive Board of Ed
Turner (Exec. V.P.), Joe DiGiorgio (Sec.-Treas.) Leon Hall
(V.P. Atlantic Coast), Red SIU President Frank Drozak (second from right) opens up the first Agents Conference of 1981 in Florida. Also at the tabic arc.
Campbell (V.P. Contracts and from the left: Mike Sacco. vice president Lakes and Inland Waters: Joe DiGiorgio. secretary-treasurer, and Joe Sacco. vicn
Contract Enforcement), Mike president in charge of the Gulf
Sacco (V.P. Lakes and Inland called upon to give a rundown of that might have arisen since the wicz, president of the SIU of
Waters), and Joe Sacco (V.P. activities in their ports, including last Agents meeting.
Canada.
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Gulf Coast) gave complete re reports on shipping, finances,
In addition, Ray McKay,
In addition, Carolyn Gentile,
ports on the activities in their payoffs and sign-ons, new con administrator of the Welfare, president of MEBA District 2,
specific areas.
struction of boats or ships in their Pension and Vacation Plans; stopped by to reaffirm the close
The Port Agents then were areas, and any specific problems Howard Schulman, SIU General ties and friendship of his Union
Counsel; Frank Mongelli and with the SIU.
In closing the Agents Confer
Ken Conklin from the Lundeberg 85)1001, and Marianne Ro ence, Frank Drozak pointed out
gers, national coordinator of the the crucial importance of com
SIU Political, Social, Welfare munication in running a smooth,
and Training Program were on effective operation. He noted,
hand to give rundowns on the "we must communicate openly
and freely to keep each other
activities in their departments.
The Agents Conference also informed of what's going on
hosted some special guests from throughout the union so that we
our brother unions in the SIUNA. can stop small problems from
They included: Whitely Disley, becoming big problems, and so
president of the Marine Fire that we can be totally coordi
men's Union; Paul Dempster, nated in our efforts on behalf of
president of the Sailors Union of the SIU membership."
the Pacific; Buck Mercer, presiThe next Agents meeting is
dent of the Military Sea Trans- tentatively scheduled for the
Ray McKay, president of MEBA District 2. gave tfie Agents Conference a rousing
between
the
SIU
and
MEBA
District
2.
address calling for unity and cooperation
port Union, and Roman Grale- summer. ^
AFL-CIO Charges Chicken
The AFL-CIO has screamed fowl!
and put Perdue Farms inc., on the
"Unfair List" citing anti-union
practices by the chicken company.
The "Unfair" listing, which urges all
AFL-CIO members and affiliates
not to buy Perdue poultry products
is an interim measure until the
Federation calls for a national
boycott of the famous fryers,
expected by mid-month.
Perdue has been ruffling feathers
at the United Food & Commercial
Workers Union for what union
President William H. Wynn called
"an aggressive anti-union phil
osophy." The company has bought
out "union processing plants, closed
them for 'modernization' and then
re-Opened them non-union," Wynn
said.
Wynn, who requested that the
AFL-CIO Executive Council add
Perdue to the "Do Not Buy" list.
6 J LOG / February 1981
isn't putting all his eggs in one
basket. The UFCW has launched its
own boycott and other activities
against the company throughout
Perdue's prime poultry markets in
the northeast.
The UFCW hatched its plan
against Perdue following an organ-
Frank Perdue With Fowl Play
izing drive at a plant in Virginia.
While honoring a drivers' picketline
57 workers, UFCW members, were
"permanently replaced."
The National Labor Relations
Board squawked and issued a
complaint against Perdue; an unfair
labor practice strike is ^currently
underway.
Backing the AFL-CIO sanctions,
the SIU is ufgingall Union members
and their families to support the
UFCWs efforts. Don't Buy Perdue
chickens. A united effort is the best
way to convince Frank Perdue to sit
down and talk turkey.
SlU-MEBA, D-2 May Reinstitute Joint Ed Program
The SIU and MEBA District 2
are now in the planning stages of
relnstltuting a joint educational
program.
When the many details are
worked out, District-2's upgrad
ing school in Brooklyn, N.V. will
reopen to SIU members who
want to advance to licensed
ratings in the engine and deck
departments.
IKeinstitution of the Joint
SIU/MEBA-District 2 educational project was agreed on in
principle by SIU President Frank
^zak and MEBA District 2
President Ray McKay during
meetings in Bal Harbour, Fla.,
earlier this month. Further meet
ings between the SIU and D-2
must be held before the program
gets underway.
Phase one of this joint pro
gram was begun in 1966 during
the Vietnam sealift build-"P
when there was a big demand for
licensed personnel. More than
600 SIU members got their
licenses at that time and are now
sailing aboard District-2 con
tracted vessels.
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The program wasdiscontiniie
when the need for licensed engine
and deck department personne
was met. Now, however, a ne
demand is foreseen.
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Winter Duty on Lakes Hardly Brrr-abie
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inters on the Great Lakes
are long, cold and inhos
pitable. Snowfalls are measured
in feet, not inches. Ice starts
forming on the Lakes and their
connecting waterways in No
vember and gets thicker and
more solid as the winter lumbers
along. Some of the small islands
located in and around the Great
Lakes are reachable only by
snowmobile.
While almost all the vessels
that ply the Lakes during the nine
months of the regular shipping
season have long been laid up for
the winter, some Lakes traffic is
necessary. Electric generating
plants, for one, need oil no matter
what the season. And that oil gets
delivered via barge.
It's slow, frustrating work,
making those oil deliveries.
Sometimes it takes several hours
just to work a barge up close
enough to the dock to make the
delivery because there's so much
ice jamming the dockside. And
sometimes it's such a slow busi
ness just getting where you have
to go, you think you're never
going to make it.
Ice Bound 3 Days
Last month, the SIU crew of
the tug Daryl C. Hannah might
have started to wonder whether
they were even going to move
before the spring thaw. The tug
A Coast Guard cutter stands by encased In Ice lust In case she's needed to
help uncase the Daryl 0. Hannah.
and her barge were stuck in the
ice in the middle qf the connect
ing channel between the St. Clair
River and Lake Huron and for
three days nothing and nobody
could get her out.
Getting stuck in the ice is an
occupational hazard of a winter
run oh the Great Lakes. Coal
carriers, ore carriers, cement
vessels, tugs and barges do it all
the time. Vessels like the Unioncrewed fleet of carferries, which
run year-round are equipped
with their own built-in icebreak
ers.
It's a winter wonderland on the Daryl C. Hannah, but who
needs It. Ice was more than a foot thick alt over the boat,
The SlU-contracted Presque
Isle was stuck on Lake St. Clair
for a day. It took a pair of Coast
Guard icebreakers and two com
mercial icebreaking tugs to free
her.
But the combined efforts of
three icebreaking tugs and three
Coast Guard icebreakers could
n't free the Daryl C. Hannah.
And the Coast Guard was start
ing to get a little worried because
the tug and her barge were
creating an immovable obstacle
in the middle of an important
channel.
Thick-skinned SIU deckhand Vernon GImpel claltns
that the cold domn't bother him In the least.
This photo was taken fromtheshore, showing the total expanse of Ice on theSt. Clair River, and the trapped tug In the
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Already one vessel, the SIUcontracted ST Crapo (Huron
Cement) had been stopped dead
. in her tracks. And the Coast
Guard knew the longer the Daryl
C. was stuck, the longer the
backlog of ships waiting to enter
the channel would grow. ^
So Capt. Bob Watterson,
Coast Guard commandant in
Detroit, sent two helicopters into
the bleak, wintery Michigan skies
to get a birdseye look at the
paralyzed tug.
What they saw was a boat
marooned in brash ice—slabs
and chunks of ice eight inches
thick, some of it in sheets five feet
high.
The deck of the Daryl C. was
almost indistinguishable from
the frosty River. Rails, winches,
lines, ladders, liferings—every
thing that was exposed to the
elements was encased with a solid
12 inches of ice. And there were
the SIU deckhands, axes in
hands, slowly chipping it away.
An armada of icebreakers
made their way to the Daryl C.
called in from other parts of the
Lakes. Guided by radioed in
structions from the hovering
choppers, the Daryl C. Hannah
was finally on her way, three days
later.
To the SIU crew of the Daryl
C. and to many Lakers and
Boatmen accustomed to a Great
Lakes winter run, getting
stranded in the ice is just part of
the job. But for a lot of the rest of
us, one look at, these frosty^
photos is enough to make us
think of heading south for the
duration.
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SIU deckhand Tom Schoop gets
ready to do the Impossible, almosti
He's golny to chip away foot-deep
Ice from the rails, vi^nches an^^ther
deck gear on tne uaryi
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February 1981 / LOG / 7
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�Sun Not Shining on America's Shipyards
Chester, Pa.—At Sun Ship
yard in Chester, Pa., more than
3,000 workers are in the middle of
building four new ships and com
pleting two ship conv'ersions.
'When they're finished, all but
about 1,000 of them will be out of
workf
Last month. Sun announced
plans to fold its shipbuilding
operation, replacing it with ship
repair and heavy equipment
manufacture. One immediate
result of the yard closing will be
the addition of some 3,000
shipyard workers to the unem
ployment rolls of this city where
the jobless rate is already 14
percent. But the closing of Sun
Shipyard will have a serious
impact far beyond _the bounda
ries of Chester County.
The closing of Sun Shipyard,
which comes less than two years
after the layoff of2000 workers at
the Seatrain Shipyard in Brook
lyn, N.Y., is yet another indi^tion that the American shipbuild
ing industry may be heading for
extinction. At the beginning of
1981, the U.S. shipbuilding order
book listed only 53 merchant
ships. All but 17 of them will be
completed by the end of the year.
Activity in Naval ship con
struction presents a brighter
picture than its civilian counter
part. Statistics from the Ship
building Council of America
showed 91 Navy vessels on order
or underway in U.S. yards at the
end of 1980, up from 64 Navy
ships in 1972.
But the decline in merchant
shipbuilding is outstripping any
increase in Navy construction.
For instance, 3,000 shipyard
workers were recently hired at the
Philadelphia Navy yard for the
$500 million overhaul of the
aircraft carrier Saratoga. But
when nearby Sun Shipyard closes
its gates, some 3,100 workers will
be unemployed.
Though they are the most
visible victims of the closing, the
3,100 shipyard workers who will
lose their jobs will have plenty of
company on the unemployment
lines. When a major industry
goes under many supply and
related businesses go down with
it.
For the immediate future
Edwin Hood, Shipbuilding
Council of America president
predicts "some 30,000 skilled
shipyard workers face the uneasy
prospect of unemployment with
another 90,000 in supplier
activities similarly affected."
In addition, the closing of a
major industry puts a strain on
the municipality in which it's
located. "With the Sun Ship
layoffs," said Joseph F. Battle,
mayor of financially squeezed
-Chester "that's going to knock
10 percent off our revenues at one
blow."
For Chester, as for many
towns and cities suffering from
an exodus of industry, it's a blow
they can ill afford. Out of
Chester's 47,500 residents, 16,000
are on welfare and tens of
thousands more are collecting
, unemployment or have moved
away.
The city was forced to impose a
two percent wage tax in an
attempt to counter an industrial.
economy which "has been slip
ping for 15 years," said one
economist.
Industry is fleeing the north
east in general, heading for the
Sun Belt states where energy is
cheaper, or abroad, where
workers are non-unionized,
exploited and willing to work for
next to nothing.
But Sun Shipyard isn't mov
ing. After 64 years in Chester, the
yard, owned by the Sun Com
pany, one of the nation's top 10
oil corporations conducted a
year-long marketing analysis
which told them the market tor
civilian ships would continue to
decline.'
Compounding the problems
for the merchant shipbuilding
industry, said Shipbuilding
Council President Hood, are the
"expedient actions of the Defense
Department in planning to
acquire 11 commercial-type,
foreign-built vessels to fill ship
voids in the nation's sealift
forces." Those 11 vessels, which
cost U.S. workers 80 million man
hours of employment, "should
have been ordered from domestic
shipbuilders three or more years
ago," Hood charged.
The results of the government's
actions are somewhat baffling.
"With one hand," says Hood,
"the government purchases
foreign-built ships while with the
other, it doles out unemployment
benefits to U.S. shipyard workers
who should have built the ships in
the first place."
Instead of patronizing foreign
shipyards the U.S. government
should be at work formulating—
and adhering to—a policy which
supports shipyards at home.
Domestic shipyards are already
an endangered species. With a
little more neglect they may dis
appear altogether.
$S24M Tentatively Set for Fiscal '82 Marad Budget
Before he left office. President
Carter submitted to Congress a
tentative budget for Fiscal Year
1982 that included a $524 millionappropriation for the vitally
important Maritime Administra
tion subsidy programs.
The $524 million figure can be
broken down as follows: $417
million for operating differential
subsidies, and $107 million for
construction differential subsi
dies.
The projected outlays for
operating differential subsidies
include a sizeable increase from
last year, when Congress was
forced, for the first time, to issue
a supplemental appropriation of
$45 million to cover unexpected
expenses.
The projected figure for
construction differential subsi
dies contains a $28 million cut
from the 1981 budget. The figure
is well below what the Maritime
Administration had hoped to get
in view of the record number
of applications it has received for
construction subsidies.
A $28 million cut would
probably jeopardize a newly
implemented subsidy program
aimed at fostering the installation
of anti-pollution devices on
8 / LOG / February 1981
tankers. Without such subsidies,
or without a corresponding
relaxation of stringent antipollution standards that will
soon go into effect, owners will
find it necessary to scrap tankers
that would otherwise remain in
this country's domestic and
foreign trade.
Title XI funds are not affected
by cutbacks in construction
subsidies, for they are considered
to be off budget credit activities,
There is a great deal of
uncertainty surrounding Carter's
tentative budget,
For one thing, the budget is
almost certain not to be passed in
its present form. A .new
Republican Administration is
taking power, and so is a new
Republican Senate. It is probable
that they will have different
priorities.
But President Reagan and the
leaders of the new Republican
Senate have expressed a strong
desire to strengthen this country's
badly neglected defense, naval
and maritime capabilities. These
objectives are in conflict with
their desire to cut back govern
ment spending.
n Seafarers. . .
Diesel Engineers
Are Now In
Demand
Apply for the Transportation Institute Diesel
Scholarship Program at SHLSS. It pays you while
you learn. You get free room, board and books.
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Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School
of Seamanship, Piney Point,
Maryland 20674.
Program starts June 22.
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February 1981
Legislative. Administrative and Regiilatorv Happenings
Navy Overlooking U.S. Fleet in Ship Procurement
Leaders from the maritime industry have
warned key people in Congress and the
Reagan Administration about the disas
trous consequences that will befall^he
American flag merchant marine if the U.S.
Navy is allowed to proceed with its plans to
buy foreign-built, foreign-owned, and
foreign-manned vessels.
Prominent union officials and industry
representatives, including Frank Drozak,
president of the SIU, and Herb Brand,
chairman of the board at the Transportation
Institute, a non-profit organization aimed at
promoting maritime research and develop
ment, have sent a strongly worded letter to
the following people: Caspar Weinberger,
secretary of Defense; Malcolm Baldridge,
secretary of Commerce; Rep. Walter Jones
(D-NC), chairman of House Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Senator
Slade Gorton (R-Wash.), chairman of the
Merchant Marine Subcommittee of the
Senate Committee on Commerce.
According to the letter, it has been the
stated policy of the American government
and the Defense Department to "procure
American-built ships from American-flag
operators when those operators could meet
stated military goals."
However, in recent months the Navy has
repeatedly tried to ignore that policy.
The Navy is presently trying to charter
foreign-built and foreign-crewed vessels that
are owned by Hansa, a bankrupt German
firm, when perfectly acceptable alternatives
could be obtained from American flag
companies.
This attempt to charter German-owned
vessels comes shortly after the Navy spent
more than $20 million to buy an English
combat supply ship, the RFA Lynes.
While these two incidents in themselves
do not represent a serious threat to the
American flag merchant marine, they can
have serious consequences for the futj^re,
especially if the Navy no longer feels obliged
to observe the stated governmental policy of
procuring American flag vessels whenever
possible.
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Propeller Club Plans TV. Ads Promoting U.S. Maritime
The Propeller Club of the United States
has formally announced the formation of a
new program aimed at publicizing the
present inadequate state of the American
flag merchant marine through the wide
spread use of T.V. spot announcements and
film clips.
The program was first conceived during
the 1979 National Convention of the Port of
New Orleans Propeller Club. Industry
members have been busy determining the
economic feasibility of establishing such a
program.
Financing remains something of a
problem. With that in mind, the Propeller
Club has established a special fund.
The SIU has been strongly supportive of
the program's concept. So has the NMU, the
ILA, the National Maritime Council and the
Shipbuilders Council of America. It has
worked closely with the Propeller Club to
see that the program gets off the ground.
Inouye Introduces Ocean Shipping Act of 1981
Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) is
continuing his efforts to reform the overregulated and under-supported maritime
industry by introducing the Ocean Shipping
Act of 1981.
The bill, S. 125, is nearly identical to the
measure Inouye introduced last year.
Inouye's bill was among several maritime
reform bills introduced during the last
If enacted, the Ocean Shipping Act of
1981 would "revise and codify" the 1916
Shipping Act. Specifically, it would protect
and clarify the status of the Federal
Maritime Commission, as well as reform the
structure of U.S. shipping councils.
SJU Stewards Tour Nation's Capital
Baldridge: Maritime NeedsBilateral Treaties
With the exception of the ever exceptional
Daniel Inouye, few people in Washington
has been thinking in terms of long-range
legislative programs. Everyone here has
been preoccupied with the release of the 52
American hostages and the inauguration of
Ronald Reagan. Democrats are still in
shock over their poor showing in November,
and Republicans are just getting ready to
divide the spoils of victory.
The transition from one Administration is
a typically American, typically messy,
phenomenon. It will be quite some time
before all the newly appointed Cabinet
Secretaries get the feel of their jobs. Long
range programs will just have to wait for a .
while.
Judging by recent statements, some
Cabinet appointees are quicker studies than,
others. One of the quickest seems to be
Malcolm Baldridge, the new Secretary of
Commerce. When asked during his con
firmation hearings about his feelings
towards the American flag merchant
marine, Baldridge replied, "The only thing
standing between the United States and a
viable Merchant Marine is money and
bilateral treaties."
One of the highlights of the SlU's Steward
Recertification Prograrh is the day-long visit to
Washington for a tour of the Congress, and brief
ings at Transportation institute and the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department. Seen here on the
steps of the Capitol are (l-r bottom row) Kolasa
Stanislaw, Harold Fielder. Raymond Taylor. Corrent, Gossie McKee, Robert Campbell. Joseph
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session of Congress, and the only one to win
widespread support.
Smith, and Betty Rocker, legislative representa
tive for Transportation Institute. In the top row
are (l-r) Joe Wall from the Vocational Department
at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Sea
manship, and SIU Stewards Roosevelt Robbins,
Waldrop Lambert. Bennie Guarino and Edward
Dale.
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Sen. Thomas Eagleton, one of
the few Democratic Senators to
win reelection last November,
has called upon the labor move
ment to help rebuild the "splint
ered" Democratic Party.
Sen. Eagleton made his re
marks at the recent annual dinner
of th^Greater St. Louis Area and
Vicinity Maritime Port Council.
The dinner, emceed by SIU Vice
President Mike Sacco, was
attended by more than 400
members and friends of the St.
Louis Port Council^ the largest
turnout ever for this affair.
Eagleton said that the Demo
cratic Party faces "a massive and
urgent rebuilding job, in which
trade unions and trade unionists
must play a key role."
The Missouri Senator said that
the Democrats had such a poor
showing at the polls last Novem
ber because the party had lost site
of the key issues on the minds of
the majority of Americans. He
criticized his party for "trying to
be all things to all people," but
instead came "to stand in the eyes
of the voter for nothing in
particular."
He said that his Party must;
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Three awards were presented at the St. Louis Port council dinner by SIU Vice
President and Port Council Secretary-Treasurer Mike Sacco (second from left).
The award recipients are. from the left: Dr. James E. Lewis (Humanitarian Award):
Sen. Thomas Eagleton (Able Helmsman Award), and Dick Mantia of the Building
and Construction Trades Council (Man of the Year Award).
"get back to basics in terms of
issues and initiatives, and prune
our list of priorities to those
issues of overriding importance
on which Democrats throughout
the Party can agree."
Eagleton said thaLthe Demo
cratic Party must concern itself
with such issues as, "improving
our productivity; developing a
whole new energy base; renewing
our industrial plant; accelerating
basic research, and most im
portant, coming to grips with
Chairman Jones Vows Action to Help Maritime
In his first major policy state asserted, is a concerted effort on
ment since succeeding John the part of all segments of the
Murphy, Walter B. Jones (D- maritime industry to work to
N.C.), the new Chairman of the gether to turn back the decline of
House Merchant Marine and the American flag merchant
Fisheries Committee, stressed his. marine,. "No one segment of our
long-standing support for the national maritime community
maritime industry.
can go it alone. While govern
Jones told an audience that ment can offer no cure-all,
had assembled at the Center for neither business nor labor can go
Ocean Law and Policy in the it alone either. We need one
Virgin Islands that he assumes his another."
office without any prejudice, and
When asked about the new
few, if any, pre-conceived no Administration's stand on the
tions. "This should give me the maritime industry, Jones insisted
freedom to hear carefully the that President Reagan's com
needs and desires of all segments mitment to restoring America's
of this industry."
seapower was "firm and un
What is needed now, Jones qualified."
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ure to enact the oil cargo prefer
ence act in 1977. But he took
heart in the knowledge that "not
one major political figure dis
puted the objective (of that bill).
namely, to build and operate
more American ships in order to
protect our strategic interests.
While there was debate and
disagreement as to the means to
that end, there was no argument
as to that goal."
Electrify Your
Knowledge
Shock your fellow Seafarers
who have not moved
forward in their career.
Take this six week course
in Marine Electronics.
Learn troubleshooting,
maintenance and repair
operations on Shipboard
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corrosive inflation."
Sen. Eagleton affinried that
"an active role must be played in
the union halls of this country'^ if
the Democratic Party is to have
any hope of success.
After wrapping up his wellreceived address, Sen. Eagleton
was presented with the St. Louis
Port Council's "Able Helmsman
Award." The award is a plaque
inside a ship's wheel, which noted
Senator Eagleton's longstanding
support for maritime and for the
American labor movement.
Two other awards were also
presented at the dinner. Dick
Mantia, exec, secretary treasurer
of the local Building Trades
Council and head of the St. Louis
Port Council, was given the
"Maritime Man of the Year
Award." And Dr. James Eugene
Lewis, director of surgery at
Cardinal Clennon Memorial
Hospital for Children, was given
the Port Council's "Humanitar
ian Award."
The St. Louis Port Council has
grown dramatically in the past
year. SIU Vice President Mike
Sacco, who serves as secretarytreasurer of the Port Council,
said that the dinner was a rousing
success. He said, "this dinner
helped the Port Council finan
cially, politically and otherwise.
We hope to use this dinner as a
springboard for the most active
and effective year ever for our
Council."
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Sacco also said that the dinner
helped to "bring together the
many divergent areas of labor in
the St. Louis Community. And in
today's world, with the problems
facing the trade union move
ment, the more unity we have
among unions the better."
The Ship's Committee of the ST Overseas Chicago (Manime Overseas) huddled
here for a payoff last month in the port of Jacksonville. They were Bosun D. Elette
ship's chairman; AB Jorge Osorio, deck delegate; Chief Cook Clyde Goodman!
Engine Delegate Edward Whisenant, GSU Adam E. Martinez. Steward/Baker
Henry Jones, steward delegate and AB Mark Shean.
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Conveyor Course Offers Opportunity To Move Ahead
Providing skilled Seafarers for
the Great Lakes is an important
part of the program at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
Robert Droulard sails as Conveyorman out of the Port of Algonac,
Mich. He Is using the off-season to
upgrade his skills.
School of Seamanship. One of
the courses available at the
school is designed to upgrade
Lakes Seafarers in the conveyor
department, and to train conveyormen to operate unloading
equipment safely and efficiently.
The course of instruction
consists of conveyor belt con
struction and types of belts; belt
adjustment and belt splicing
techniques. Students will also
receive practical training in
electrical troubleshooting, elec
trical test equipment, power
failure testing, hydraulic ram
theory, practical hydraulic trou
bleshooting, pipe fitting and
threading, and gate construction.
Electric Arc Welding and oxyacetylene cutting will also be
taught in the machine shop.
The course will also cover
cargo handling procedures, types
Seafarer Maynard Baker makes final adjustments on a repair Job he was
doing on a typical conveyor belt. Maintenance and repair of conveyor
equipment aboard the big self-unloaders that ply the Great Lakes is an
essential skill.
of cargos and their characteris
tics, loading and unloading oper
ations, preventative maintenance
schedules, safety equipment, and
safety rules and regulations.
Great Lakes Seafarer Mike Schroble
checks a belt splice for squareness.
Hands-on Instruction Is the key
element In the four-week Conveyorman course, as It Is in all of the
^vocational upgrading courses at the
'Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School
of Seamanship.
The World In Which We Live:
SHLSS Offers Biology Course For College-Level Credits
by CINDY MEREDITH
Throughout the ages, seafarers
have been fascinated by the
myriad and varied creatures that
inhabit the sea and the skies
above. The lively descriptions of
Melville and Slocum excite the
imagination. Still today, the first
sighting of a whale or a dolphin
will quicken the heart of a young
seafarer.
Many upgraders have told me
stories of watching porpoises
play off the ship's bow, or of
rescuing sea birds that stopped
on their ship to rest.
Seafarers share an intimate
relationship with their environ
ment, much more so than do
those in any other profession.
Because of this closeness, many
seafarers want to know more
about the ocean and the creatures
that share the seas with them.
Now our members will have an
opportunity to learn about the
mysteries and beauty of marine
life in the oceans of the world.
The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship, in coop
eration with the Charles County
(Md.) Community College, is
offering Biology 102, a study of
the members of the animal
kingdom.
The college-level course begins
with an introduction to general
biological principles. This will
include a study of the structure
and operation of the environ
ment; the structure and operation
of the cell; and the development
and classification of animals.
Once these principles are
learned, students will begin a
study of each of the major groups
in the animal world. In this part
of the course, students will learn
the major characteristics of each
of the major groups, and will
examine live a preserved speci
men in the lab.
By the time the students have
completed the course, they will
have earned four credits toward a
college degree. More important
still, students will have more
knowledge about, a better under
standing of, and more respect for
the animals that share the world
in which we live.
(For more information about
this or other college-level
courses, write to: Academic
Department, SHLSS, Piney
Point, Md., 20674.)
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Marine Eiectronics Course Offered At SHLSS To
As the electronic equipment
weeks in duration, consists of
Meet
Seafarers'
Needs
aboard today's modern ships
• both classroom and practical
becomes more sophisticated, the
, burden of repair arid mainte
nance becomes more difficult and
demanding. It is not enough
anymore that seagoing Electri
cians know only the barest
essentials of shipboard electric
circuitry.
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In order to be an effective and
efficient troubleshooter, and to
perform maintenance on the
electrical gear in the engine
control and cargo control rooms
of today's ships, seagoing Electri
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cians must be trained and
competent in all phases of
electronics.
The Marine Electronics course
at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, six
training in all phases of marine
electrical procedures.
To be eligible for this course,
applicants must hold all QMED
ratings and endorsements. The
next course begins May 25, and
the following course will begin
Sept. 14.
SHLSS instructor Jim Harrison (left) watches as Seafarer Bill Epps
assembles a rectifier. Seafarer Epps sails out of the Port of Baltimore.
Seafarer Glenn Hutton gets hands-on experience assembling an AC motor
control. Seafarer Hutton ships out of the Port of San Francisco.
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Takes It Apart and Puts it Back Together
The Diesel Engine course at
the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship aims to
provide its students with a
Thorough knowledge and under
standing of all aspects of the
maintenance and operation of
diesel engines.
During the one or two-month
training period (there are two
courses available) students work
with experienced instructors in
the classroom, in the machine
shop and aboard one of the
school's towboats. Students will
work on various size diesel
marine engines. Engines will be
stripped, cleaned, machined,
adjusted and reassembled.
All phases of diesel engine
operation will be studied during
the course, including fuels,
lubrication and electrical com
ponents.
As with all of the upgrading
courses offered at the Seafarers
Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship, the twin goals are to
equip our SIU membership with
the skills they will need to move
ahead in their chosen profession,
and to provide the industry with
the best trained maritime work
ers anywhere in the world.
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Hands-on training Is an Integral part of the upgrading'programs at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Here, Seafarer Michael
Bums checks connecting rod bearings as part of the Diesel Engine course.
Simon (Ski) CzeslowskI (left) and Harold (Slim) Whightsll adjust exhaust
valves on a diesel-englne as part of their Diesel Operation and Maintenance
course. Ski works for Sea-Land In New York, and Slim works for Dixie
Carriers out of New Orleans.
Aiming For the Stars:
SHLSS Engine Instructor Dave Greig (center) watches as his students make
final adjustments trefore starting the engine. If It starts, they pass. If not,
well—track to the drawing troard. Left to right are Simon (Ski) Czes
lowskI, Harold (Slim) WIghtsll, Vincent Carrao and Robert Ohrany.
Celestial Navigation Course Is Popular With Seafarers
byPAULALLMAN
A well-rounded course in
C:elestial Navigation has been
offered at the Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg School of Seaman
ship for the past two years, and it
has proven popular and helpful
to both our deep sea and inland
towboat members.
The course is being offered
again this year on four different
starting dates beginning March 2.
The class will also begin on May
25, Aug. 10 and Nov. 1. The
classes will meet for four to six
weeks, depending upon the needs
of the students.
The course was originally
designed to serve the Masters and
Mates on our deep sea towing
vessels. Any Towboat Operatof
who sails more than 200 miles
off-shore is required to pass a
U.S. Coast Guard celestial
navigation examination. The
course was originally built
around the requirements for this
examination, and coverall of the
subject areas required by all
inspected deck licenses up to, and
including. Third Mate of Un
limited Ocean steam or motor
vessels.
The SHLSS Celestial course is
unlike those offered by most
other Maritime Schools in that
we include actual underway
training in conjunction with our
classroom work.
We sail on one of the SHLSS
towing vessels out into the
Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bay in order to practice the actual
Polaris and by the meridian
passage method. Students will
also be able to determine latitude
and longitude by celestial run
ning fix, including a line of
position by observation of the
sun.
While this course is offered to
meet needs of those Seafarers
who are required to pass a U.S.
CoasT Guard Celestial examina
tion,
it is also open to those who
procedures for celestial naviga
have always had a curiosity about
tion.
Upon completion of the the ancient art of celestial
course, the students will be able navigating. Many of our students
to calculate the exact moment have also been deep sea AB's who
of sunrise and sunset. They will are thinking of preparing for
be able to determine compass their Third Mates exam. If you
error, both by taking an ampli are included in one of these
tude of the sun and by azimuth of categories, submit your applica
the sun, and they will know the tion as soon as possible for one of
procedures for finding latitude by our four 1981 classes.
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Completion Date
March 2
May 25
August 10
November 1
April 2
June 25
September 11
December 4
March 16
October 5
May 1
November 20
March 2
June 19
September 11
March 26
July 16
Octobers
Third Mate
Julys
September 11
Able Seaman
March 29
April 26
May 24
August 16
October 11
November 22
April 23
May 21
June IS
September 10
Novembers
December 17
Bosun Recertification
February 9
April 13
August 10
April 6
Junes
Octobers
Steward Recertification
March 9
May 11
July 13
September 7
October 12
May 4
Julys
September 7
Novembers
December 7
"A" Seniority
February 2
March 9
April 6
May It
Junes
Julys
August 10
September 7
Octobers
Novembers
December 7
March 2
April 6
May 4
Junes
Julys
Augusts
September 7
Octobers
Novembers
December 7
January 4
Lifeboatman/Tankerman
February 12
February 26
March 12
March 26
May 10
June 7
July 5
August 16
September 13
October 11
Novembers
February 26
March 12
March 26
April 9
May 21
June IS
July 16
August 27
September 25
October 23
November 20
Course
Check-in-Date
LNG
Celestial Navigation
March 26
May 21
July 16
September 12
Novembers
First Class Pilot
July 30
May 10
September 27 December 17
Quartermaster
March 2
April 27
June 22
August 17
October 12
May 24
July 19
September 13
Novembers
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June 18
August 13
Octobers
Decembers
Marine Electrical Maintenance March 2
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Julys
October 26
April 23
August 27
December 17
Marine Electronics
July 2
October 22
May 25
September 14
Refrigeration Systems
March 2
Maintenance and Operations June 22
October 12
April 9
July 30
November 19
Diesel (Regular)
March 30
June 22
October 12
April 23
July 16
Novembers
Diesel Scholarship
March 30
June 22
October 12
May 21
August 13
Decembers
Pumproom Maintenance and
Operations
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February 16
Junes
October 26
March 26
July 16
Decembers
Automation
March 30
Augusts
April 23
August 27
Basic Welding
March 2
May 25
August 17
March 26
June IS
September 10
Third Assistant Engineer
April 13
Augusts
June 19
October 9
Towboat Operator
May 11
July 2
Towboat Operator Scholarship March 30
June 22
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Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
Upgrading Application
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Name.
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Date of Birth —
Mo./DayAear
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(First)
Address.
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(Area Code)
(Zip Code)
(State)
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Deep Sea Member Q
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Book Number
Date Book
Was Issued.
Port Presently
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Endorsement(s) or
License Now Held.
• Social Security
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Entry Program: From.
Upgrading Program: From.
No Q (if yes. fill in below)
to.
(dates atteiKled)
Endorsements) or
License Received .
to.
(dates attended)
Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: Q Yes
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Firefighting: • Yes
No • CPR • Yes
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Dates Available for Training.
I Am Interested in the Following Course(s).
ENGINE
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AB 12 Months
AB Unlimited
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AB Tugs & Tows
AB Great Lakes
Quartermaster
Towboat Operator
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Western Rivers
Towboat Operator Inland
Towboat Operafer Not
More than 200 Miles
Towboat Operator (O'er
200 Miles) .
Master
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STEWARD
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• Oiler
• OMED - Any Rating
• Others.
Q Marine Electrical Maintenance
Q Pumproomi Maintenance and
• Operation
Q Automation
• Maintenance of Shipboard
Refrigeration Systems
Q Diesel Engines
• Assistant Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
Q Chief Bigineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
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Assistant Cook
Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Steward
Towtx>at Inland Cook
ALL DEPARTMENTS
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Welding
Lifeboatman
Fire Fighting
transportaiion will be paid unleas you praaant original
recaipts upon arriving at tha SchooL
RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME -—(Show only amount needed to umrade in rating noted above Or attach letter of service,
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two sisterships built re
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yards in New Orleans for
Waterman Steamship.
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crewed out of the New
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tant addition to the Waterfleet She represents
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A decade ago. Water
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of going out of business.
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But the company has reemerged as a power
among American-flag liner
operators.
The company has been
able to do this because of
the Merchant Marine Act of
1970, which provides con
struction subsidies and
loan guarantees to opera
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8-milllon member AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department
(MTD) has taken the first step
in an agressive program of
iegisiative action to reverse
the deciine of the American
maritime industry.
The MTD, under the leader
ship of MTD and SiU Presi
dent Frank Drozak, acted on a
wide range of crucial issues
affecting American workers in
general and maritime workers
in particular at its Executive
Board meeting in Bai Harbour,
Fia. Feb. 12-13, 1981. This was
one of the best attended Board
meetings in MTD history,
in addition to the Executive
Board members, 22 of the 28
presidents of the MTD's Port
Councils were in attendance.
However, the MTD Execu
tive Board, which represents
43 national and international
unions, focused on several
key goals concerning the U.S.
maritime industry.
MTD President Frank Dro
zak caiied these goals, "rea
sonable, achievable answers to
some of the severe problems
facing our industry."
Drozak emphasized the
necessity of these programs
since, "American operators
are finding it difficult to com
pete with foreign fleets which
ail receive major protections
from their own governments."
Drozak caiied for, and
received the enthusiastic and
unanimous support of the
MTD Executive Board for the
foiiowing initiatives:
U.S. and Its key trading partners.
• Targeted tax relief to pro
mote full parity In U.S. vessel
construction, so that operators
will look to American yards
rather than foreign yards to build
their ships.
• Adoption of the United f4a-
• Legislative action reserving
a fair share of exported American
coal for American flag, American
crewed ships.
• Transfer from the Navy's
Military Seailft Command to the
private sector all transportation,
auxiliary and other service func
tions which can be effectively
handled by the merchant marine.
• Negotiation of bilateral ship
ping agreements between the
Special 8 Page Supplement
tlons UNCTAD Code for Liner
Conferences, but with assurances
that It will not violate any existing
U.S. shipping laws.
In addition to the above pro
grams, the MTD Board vowed
action on numerous other Issues
regarding all segments of mari
time, Including deep sea. Great
Lakes and the offshore towing
and Inland waterways Industries,
(see pages 22-23 for a complete
rundown on these actions.)
The MTD Executive Board also
heard addresses from an Impres
sive array of speakers Including
AFL-CIO President Lane Klrkland. Other speakers Included
Congressmen Walter Jones (DN.C.) and Leo ZeferettI (D-N.Y.),
as well as Paul Burnsky, presi-,
dent of the AFL-CIO Metal Trades'
Department, and top AFL-CIO
staff people Including Al Barken,
director of COPE; Ray Denlson,
director of Legislation; Alan
KIstler, director of Organizing
and Field Services; and Rudy
Oswald, director of Research.
Andrew Gibson, president of
Delta Steamship also addressed
the Board meeting, (see details
on these addresses pages 18-19).
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ILABaek in MTD Family: Cieason Calls for Utdty
HE International Long considerable resources of the goals set forth by the Maritime eluded, "whatever we have to do
shoremen's Association has International Longshoremen's Trades Department at its Execu- to cooperate, whatever it takes to
reaffiliated with the AFL-CIO Association toward achieving the tive Board session. He con- get the job done, weH do it."
Maritime Trades Department
after a lengthy absence.
MTD President Frank Drozak
announced the ILA's reaffiliation
with the MTD and welcomed
ILA President Teddy Gleason
back into the MTD family of 43
national and international
unions comprising 8 million
workers.
Gleason then hit the deck and
expressed the ILA's appreciation
and happiness at once again
being a member union of the
MTD. He then delivered a
stirring mes^sage calling for
solidarity and unity among
American trade unions.
Gleason pointed out some of
the political problems facing the
trade union movement, and tie
stated that "we have to forget the
labels of Democrat and Republi
can for now; we have to work
with those who will work with
us.
ILA President Teddy Gleason calls for labor unity after being welcomed back into tfie Maritime Trades Department by MTD
Gleason then pledged the President Frank Drozak (rigfit).
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XPANDING America's
statement at the Sun Shipyard.
shipbuilding capability as
The Congressman then urged
well as the country's merchant
American shipyards to follow
fleet were stressed by the new
Japanese shipbuilding produc
Chairman of the House Mer
tion technology, the basics of
chant Marine and Fisheries
which, he noted, originated- in
Committee.
the U.S.
Speaking before the MTD
the Congressman therefore
Executive Board on Feb. 13,
feels that American shipyards
Representative Walter B. Jones
must develop products that are
(D-N.C.) expressed his views on
competitive on the world market.
the vital subjects of "re-industri "Obviously, as long as American
alizing the shipyards of the U.S.- shipyards are wholly dependent
and insuring that we have a
on subsidy programs and the
commercial fleet that is sufficient
Navy for their order books they
to meet our economic and
will never achieve the kind of cost
national defense needs."
efficiency and volume needed
He pointed to the recent
under today's financial condi
closing of the Sun Shipyard in
tions."
Philadelphia and the ultimate
Talking about America's waloss of 3,000 jobs. Jones said he
terborne domestic commerce,
hoped that "President Reagan
Jones pointed to the "grim
also took note of this closing and
situation for our coastwise
realizes the urgency of our
trades." He cited a Maritime
present maritime predicament,"
Administration report that stated
Jones pointed out that as a
there are presently only 15 selfpresidential candidate, Reagan
propelled ships remaining in the
-had made his maritime policy
coastwise and intercoastal trade
rtep. Walter Jones (D-N.C.), chair
man, House Merchant Marine and
Fisheries Committee
of the United States.
The committee chairman noted
the economic advantage of water
transportation and urged that
Denison:Will Fight Budget Ax
'jp HE AFL-CIO is gearing up
its legislative department to
repel expected attacks in the new
97th Congress on basic sot3ial
programs and pro-worker legis
lation which the AFL-CIO
fought so hard to achieve as far
Barkan: Labor Still Strong on Capitol Hill
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BARKAN, long time head
of the AFL-ClO's Com-"
mittee on Political Education
(COPE), told the MTD Board
that the AFL-CIO will continue
to fight as always for the rights
of workers.
He said that the conservative
victory at the polls last November
was by no means a mandate to
start desmantling the programs
that labor fought to build.
Barkan pointed out that Regan,
for instance, won only 51 percen.t
of the popular vote as compared
to 62 percent for Nixon in 1972
and 63 percent for Johnson in
1964.
ways be immediately sought "to
increase the size of our domestic
fleet."
Looking back at the last
Congress, Jones, who has been a
member of the Merchant Marine
and Fisheries Committee for 15
years, said that 30 days of
subcommittee hearings had been
field on the Omnibus Maritime
bill. He said that the hearings
showed that the policies set forth
in the 1936 Merchant Marine Act
"are not working. The various
agencies in the Federal bureauc
racy which are supposed to
implement maritime policy are
fragmented and operate at crosspuposes."
Barken noted that COPEendorsed candidates fyr the
Presidency and for Congress
were 59.5 percent successful. This
cornpares to a success rate of 59.8
percent in 1972, 56.4, percent in
1968, and 70 percent m-1976. The
last ,was an unusual year, partly
because of the Watergate scandal
of the early 1970's.
The COPE director predicted
Al Barkan,
that 1982 would be a turnaround
AFL-CIO COPE
year with labor making a big
Though the loss of the White comeback politically.
.House and the Senate has been'
"We will stand fast in our
billed in the media as a defeat for political beliefs," Barkan said,
labor, Barkan stressed that labor "and continue labor's 'never say
supported candidates did well.
die' tradition."
back as the days of FDR.
Ray Denison, head of the
AFL-CIO Legislative Depart
ment, said that labor would fight
to preserve important social
programs like unemployment
insurance, social security, food
stamps, medicare. Trades Ad
justment Assistance, and more,
from falling victim to devastating
budget cuts.
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Rep. Zeferetti Seeks Gov't Action on Maritime
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EP. Leo Zeferetti(D-N.Y.),
a member of the key House
Rules Committee, has pledged
his support to revamp govern
ment policy concerning the
Jean Ingrao
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MTD Executive SecretaryTreasurer Jean Ingrao missed her
first board meeting in 29 years".
She was in the hospital for an
operation. The Executive Board
members all signed a get-well
card and offered their prayers for
a swift recovery. The latest report
on Mrs. Ingrao's health is that
she's doing fine and itching to get
back to work.
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.American maritime industry.
He told the Executive Board of
the Maritime Trades Department
that "we must arrest the decline
of U.S. maritime," noting that
less than 5 percent of all U.S.
foreign commerce is carried in
American bottoms, and that
there are less than two dozen
functioning shipyards in the
U.S.
-A former member of the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee, Zeferetti said he
would vocally support programs
thait would 1.) increase the
merchant fleet's role as a military
auxiliary to the Navy. 2.) reserve
a fair share of exported U.S. coal
for American flag ships. 3.)
loosening of government regula
tions which drive up the cost of
building ships in American yards.
4.) change in the tax structure to
make it more attractive to build
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Rep. Leo Zeferetti (D-N.Y.)
ships in the U.S. instead of
overseas.
Zeferetti added that he would
work to "convince the Reagan
Administration of the impor
tance of a strong merchant
marine ,to America's defense
capability." He also said that he
would support the MTD in
fighting cuts in the already too
low maritime subsidy programs
for construction and operating
differentials.
Rep. Zeferetti said that it
would take "a lot of headaches
and hard work" to accomplish
the goal of a revitalized merchant
fleet. But, he promised his
^'unflagging support" in his
position on the Rules Committee
toward achieving that goal.
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L
INKING the strength and
stability of the U.S. econ
omy with the nation's maritime
capability, AFL-CIO President
Lane Kirkland issued a strong
call on the opening day of the
Maritime Trades Dept.'s Execu
tive Board meeting for a revital
ized U.S. merchant marine "built
in American yards, manned by
American crews and dependably
controlled under the American
flag."
In his Feb. 12 keynote address
before the largest AFL-CIO
department Kirkland told the
MTD Executive Board that
"your goal of creating a strong
merchant marine is not yours
aloneT^ft is a goal of the entire
movement past, present and
future," he said, adding bltintly
"there is no way our country can
guarantee its own survival, let
alone reach its highest potential,
without it."
Kirkland noted that in the face
of the current "vast expansion of
the world market for coal, there
was never a better time for
America to revitalize her ship
ping and shipbuilding industries."
Coal Is An Answer
The expanding market for
U.S. coal means, Kirkland
continued, that "there was never
a better opportunity for the U.S.
to negotiate bilateral agreements
with our trading partners who
want our eoal, so that American
ships can be guaranteed a fair
share of coal and other cargoes.
Such a program would not
only benefit the U.S. merchant
marine but "would stimulate the
entire economy," said Kirkland.
"It would mean enhanced profits,
as well as paychecks in many
industries. AboVe all, it would
bring America's defense estab
lishment a margin of safety that
certainly does not exist as long as
foreign countries control Amer
ica's lifeline."
Pointing out that the MTD's
job in the months ahead would^
focus on convincing the new
Administration and Congress of
the crucial role of the U.S.
merchant marine jn the nation's
economic and defense capability,
Kirkland promised that the effort
would have the active support of
the AFL-CIO "all the way."
Coupled with labor's fight to
preserve and upgrade the U.S.
merchant fleet Kirkland told the
MTD Executive Board, is the
fight to maintain key laborbacked social programs which
have been targeted for the ax in
the new federal budget.
Will Fight Budget Cuts
"Those who oppose labor's
programs have always found the
federal budget an ideal target," he
said. "Their assaults,... always
fall on workers and on the poor.
nonetheless. "We have never
struck our colors on a single
issue," he said, "and we will not
do so now."
100 Year Anniversary
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland
the young, the old, the weak and
the helpless..."
Though acknowledging that
the coming fight on the budget
would not be an easy one
Kirkland promised that the AFLCIO would wage a good fight
Labor's Crucial Job, "...organize, organize, organize"
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LOT of things about the
American labor movement
have changed in the last hundred
years. But the basic aims of the
AFL-CIO today are as clear-eut
a® ">ey were a eentury ago when
Samuel Gompers, the first AF of
L president, issued the battle
cry—"organize, organize, or
ganize."
In his address to the Maritime
Trade Dept's. Executive Board,
meeting Feb. 13, Alan Kistler,
head of the AFL-CIO Dept. of
Organizing and Field Services
repeated Gomper's words and
talked about how increased
organizing was a key to the
survival of the U.S. labor
movement today as at any time in
American labor history.
Over the past 20 years, Kistler
said, organizing drives have
brought more than two million
new workers into U.S. labor
unions. But in spite of those
impressive statistics, organized
labor is having trouble maintain
ing the same percentage of
unionized workers.
Metal Trades Bumsky Vows Support for U.S. Maritime
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the Metal Trades Depart
ment, AFL-CIO, has pledged his
department's all out support in
the "noble cause" of revitalizing
the American flag merchant
marine.
Speaking before the MTD
Executive Board meeting, he said
the Metal Trades unions, which
largely represent shipyard work
ers, share common problems and
common goals with American
seafarers.
He blasted multinational oil
companies, which own and
operate extensive "flag-of-convenience" fleets to carry Amer
ica's oil imports, as enemies of the
U.S. fleet and U.S. shipyards. He
said, "we simply cannot depend
on foreign-crewed Liberian and
He reminded his audience that
the American labor movement is
marking its Centennial Anniver
sary this year and said that the
longevity of the labor movement
proves that "movement is built
for the long haul. We are liot
dismayed or disheartened by
temporary setbacks."
"Our primary duty," Kirkland
told the MTD Executive Board,
"is to build this movement of ours
in every way we can, in every
corner of the country, to make
sure it has the power and
resources to do its Job in the
workplace and in national af
fairs." •
"If we do that as it should be
done," the AFL-CIO president
concluded, "I have not the
slightest doubt of our ability to
learn the lessons and meet the
challenges that corne our way
over the next 100 years," ,
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Paul Burnsky, president. Metal
Trades Department, AFL-CIO.
Panamanian ships to stand
strong for America in a national
emergency."
Burnsky said that the fact that
foreign flag ships carry more than
95 percent of all America's
foreign commerce is a "national
embarrassment." He said that the
problems of the U.S. merchant
fleet mirrored those -of the
shipbuilding industry which is
facing "a loss of 30,000Jobs in the
next three years."
Burnsky praised the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department for
its constant fight to uplift
America's maritime industry. He
also said that his department had
called on Congress to enact two
programs to help the American
fleet and American shipyards, as
follows:
• Establish and guarantee
funds for a long term merchant
marine construction program.
• Accelerate and broaden the
present Navy construction pro
gram, with emphasis on mobile,
adaptable conventional forces.
The slipping percentage figures
of organized workers in this
country are caused by several
problems, Kistler said. First, the
labor market has been shifting
away frorn older traditionally
unionized industries to newer
trades and services which are
non-unionized.
Another shift, Kistler pointed
out, is the geographical move of
industry out of strong union
areas like the notheastern United
States, into the largely non-union
south and southwest. In addition,
Kistler said, the number of
workers in the labor force has
increased dramatically over the
last two decades.
"We've got to get out there and
-organize, Kistler said. "We must
get together and work together to
help each other organize."
Alan Kistler, Dir. of Organizing and
Field Services, AFL-CiO
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Anthony Scotto, president of the Greater
New Yoi-k and Vicinity MTD Port Council.
Roman Gralewicz. president. SlU of Canada
and Eastern Area Exec. Bd. member of the
MTD.
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Exec. Bd. member
-maritime situation to MTD Board
meeting. He also called for unify
unity of all
meeting,
segments of maritime.
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vice-president
-president emeritus of the United Food
and Commercial Workers.
Highlights iUaritime Trades DepartmeinExec. Bd. Meeting Feb. 12-13,1981
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Page Groton. of the Boildrmakers union, and an MTD Exec. Bd. member, hits! peck on a shipbuilding
resolution as part of the big turnout for the Board meeting listens.
Rudy Oswald, head of the AFL-CIO Research Department, gives the MTD Board
meeting a rundown on economic issues as
labor sees them.
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Peter Rybka. vice president of the Grain
Millers and an MTD Exec. Bd. member.
Lawrence Motley, president of the Aluminum
Workers, greets the MTD Bd. meeting. Holley
recently came-aboard as an MTD Exec. Bd.
member.
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lormer presideni ol Ihe Sailore Union of the PacBic
vice president of AFSCME and an MTD Fypn RH '
exec. BO. member.
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Chicago MTD Port Council
MTD Exec. Bd. members Lester Null (left), president of the Pottery
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The Executive Board of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department, during its meetings on Feb. 12-13, 1981, passed
numerous resolutions dealing with the health and safety of
the American maritime industry and American workers in
general.
Following is a brief but complete rundown of those actions:
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Bilateral Shipping
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The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department (MTD) urges the new
Reagan Administration to negotiate
bilate'ral shipping agreements with
the U.S.'s foreign commerce trading
partners so as to boost trade,
shipping and maritime employment.
Today, the United States has
bilateral shipping agreements with
other nations. These agreements
between two trading countries give
each nation a percentage of .the
cargoes carried. The pacts also give
part of the cargoes to ships of third
countries.
Maritime Administration
Since the Reagan Administration
got a bid to transfer the Maritime
Administration (MARAD) from
the U.S. Commerce Department to
the U.S. Department of Transporta
tion, the MTD resolves again to
oppose any such= move.
The same proposal was turned
down by the U.S. Congress in the
1960s during President Johnson's
reign.
Moving MARAD to the Trans
portation Department would give
the maritime industry less attention
in a department interested mainly in
the trucking and railroad industries.
Naval Support Vemels
This resolution recommends that
the President and the Congress
should transfer from the U.S. Navy
to private industry the operation of
auxiliary and support ships (oilers
and tugs) sailed by the U.S. Military
Sealift Command (MSC) and the
Navy.
Even the Government's General
Accounting Office (GAG) says it
would be cheaper. And it would let
the Navy use its budget to build
warships.
With overseas oil and scarcer raw
materials harder to move in a
national emergency or wartime, the
U.S. merchant marine serving then
as an effective naval supply and
support auxiliary, must gain vital
peacetime experience now in this
critical role on a larger scale.
UNCTAD Code for Liner
Conferences
The MTD calls for the U.S. to
accept the United Nations Confer
ence on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) Code for Liner Confer
ences or foreign flagships will cap
ture more American and worldwide
commerce.
export terminal in the port of New
York and New Jersey as fast as
possible.
The Port Authority of N.Y. and
N.J. is now looking at possible sites
on Upper N.Y. Bay to build a coal
export terminal linked to Conrail.
The port is nearer to Europe—a
major user of steam coal—than
other U.S. coal exporting ports.
Such a coal export terminal
would generate more jobs for
maritime.
The code, which may start this
year, is a global plan of cargo
sharing to promote liner operations
of the developing Third World.
At least 24 countries representing
a minimum 25 percent of the world's
liner trades must okay the code.
Today, 48 nations representing 18.7
percent of the world's liner trades
have okayed it.
Coal Exports
The MTD asks Congress to fund
the modernization and capacity
America's Competitiveness
expansion of inland waters trans
The MTD urges both the Presi
portation projects, and for the
dent and Congress to review the
Administration to negotiate bila
U.S. trade policy. The present
teral shipping agreements for the
foreign policymakers must look at
increased export of our coal. Grea
domestic economic roadblocks to
ter use of our coal for domestic
trade and the revitalizing of our
power was also urged.
economy. Tax laws and regulations
Improvements are needed on the
should also be revised.
Mississippi River locks and danfs .
Accelerated Depreciation
network, nationwide coal terminals
The MTD resolves that U.S. tax
and harbor dredging projects.
laws be changed to allow for
More bulk ships must be built
accelerated
depreciation of vessels
since U.S. flag bulkers carry only 2
like other maritirhe nations do.
percent of these cargoes out of the 40
The U.S. flag shipping industry
percent of this country's internation
wo^ks at a disadvantage because it
al trade.
The bilateral coal shipping agree does business under a restrictive tax
policy which hinders new invest
ments would give more jobs to
ment and discourages reinvestment.
Seafarers, shipbiiilders and those in
The U.S. allows depreciation after
the maritime shoreside trades.
14.5 years. Japan and Western
Coal Export Terminal
Europe typically after six years. In
The MTD supports the efforts of
Great Britain, vessels can be depre
the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Port
ciated in a single year.
Authority of New York and New
Export Promotion ^
Jersey, Conrail and others to
The MTD asks the U.S. Governdevelop a modern and major coal
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RIOR to his death on June
22, 1980, Paul Hall had
served faithfully for 23 years as
president of the Maritirne Trades
Department and for nearly that
long as a vice president and
executive council member of the
AFL-CIO. In fact, at his death,
Paul Hall was Senior Vice Presi
dent of the AFL-CIO.
His accomplishments were
widely known and respected
throughout the trade union
movement. And during the MTD
Executive Board meeting Feb.
12-13, Paul Hall's memory was
honored by both' AFL-CIO
_ President Lane Kirkland and the
entire Executive Board of the
Maritime Trades Department.
\
First, AFL-CIO President
Lane Kirkland read and then
presented to Mrs. Rose Hall a
beautifully written, leather
bound statement adopted and
signed by all of Paul Hall's peers
on the AFL-CIO Executive
Board.
Then, Mrs. Hall was,presented
with a statement, framed and
Mrs Rose Hail is presented with the AFL-CIO Executive Council's statement on
the late Paul Hall by AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland (second left). MTD Presi
dent Frank Drozak (right) and Steve Leslie, MTD Vice President (left).
printed on parchment, of love
and appreciation of Paul Hall by
the entire AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department Executive
Board.
The Board then offered a
special tribute to both the mem
ory of Paul Hall and in apprecia
tion to Mrs. Rose HalL The
Board unanimously installed
Mrs. Hall as an Honorary mem
ber of the MTD Executive
Board.
Below is the text of that
resolution, as read by Dominick
Carnevale of the Plumbers
Union:
Honorary Board Membership
for Rose Hall
For 23 years until his untimely
death. Paul Hall poured every
ounce oj his unsurpassed abilities
as a leader and organizer into
budding the Maritime Trades
Department into a thriving,
dynamic organization represent
ing the interests of 8 million
American workers.
Throughout all of those years.
Rose Had unwaveringly sup
ported her husband in all his
erideavors with pride and dignity.
At the same time. Rose Had
extended to the members of the
MTD Executive Board, past and
present, every kindness and
courtesy willingly and graciously.
At this time, the Executive
Board of the Maritime Trades
Department wishes to collective
ly
"thank you " Rose Had for
your support and friendship ad
these years. And that we wish this
dose relationship to continue for
many, many years to come.
THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED that the Executive,
board of the Maritime Trades
Departtnent demonstrate its love
and re.spect for Rose Had by
appointing her as an honorary
member of the MTD Executive
Board.
22 / LOG / February 1981
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merit to work with labor and
management to review and enforce
more effectively its international
agreements. It recommends the
Government-industry-labor advi
sory groups be given a greater role in
policy making.
With protectionism in interna
tional trade on the upswing, direct
export promotion grows in importance.Foreign governments aid their
productive industries with dumping,
indirect subsidies, favorable laws
and treatment and non-tariff bar
riers. The Japanese use government
agencies to promote exports. The
Germans use joint labor-manage
ment policy-making bodies.
Meanwhile, the U.S. loses domes
tic jobs and industries to the
multinational companies overseas.
While the U.S. Trade Act of 1979
levied tariffs on many goods and
fought dumping and subsidies, it is
hard to enforce. However, the ACT
gave us a U.S. Trade Representative
Office which works with the Depart
ments of Commerce and Labor and
the MTD in the export field.
Pension Offset on
Unemployment
Compensation
The MTD backs the passage of
Federal legislation which would
amend the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954 to eliminate the requirement
that States reduce the amount of
unemployment compensation.
Starting Apr. I, 1980, the U.S.
Unemployment Compensation Re
form Act of 1976 required all States
to reduce a person's unemployment
compensation by the amount of any
governmental or private pension or
retirement pay received by an
• individual.
The National Commission on
Unemployment Compensation rec
ommended repeal of this proviso.
Taxation of Social Security
Benefits
The MTD will support legislation
in the 97th Congress, through
statute, prohibiting the taxation of
Social S'ecurity benefits.
Congre.sS pass a resolution in 1980
expressing that Social Security
benefits should remain tax exerhpt.
Minimum Wage Legislation
The MTD wilL intensively lobby
in Congress for increased minimum
wages and will strongly oppose any
efforts to impose a subminimum.
For more than 10 years, conserva
tives in and out of Congress have
tried to foster a youth subminirhum
wage upon the nation. They have
Wanted the Federal minimum wage
to be cut by 25 percent for. young
sters 18 to 20 during the first six
months on a new job.
The drive, said to create jobs for
teenagei s,really undercuts the inade
quate minimum wage and gives
corporations a cheap labor pool.
The subminimum wage doesn't
create new jobs but results in adult
workers (mostly women) getting
fired so teeners can be hired in their
place at lower pay. Then after six
months, when the required full
minimum wage takes effect, the
hired teenagers are fired in turn so a
new batch of youngsters are taken
on at the subminimum wage.
Ah increased minimum wage is
needed now, not a reduction. Today
the $3.35 ceiling is worth less in real
wages than the. minimum wage of
the early 1960s was.
An increase would mean more
spending to hype the economy and
create new jobs decreasing unem
ployment.
skills of our memberships. Manage
ment must make major capital
improvements. And with long-term
redevelopment must be protection
of workers' needs for jobs and
economic security.
Service Industries
The MTD recornmends that the
U.S. Government support and
promote service industries in inter
national trade based on:
• A.definition of our service indus
tries and their problems must be
given.
• The Government must set up the
mechanisms through which bi
lateral, case-by-case, negotiations
can take place. .
Food Stamp Program
• Service industry markets and jobs
The MTD will vigorously oppose
must be protected in domestic law
any and ail efforts to sharply cut the
and in international agreements.
program which brings a decent diet
• Trade Adjustments Assistance
to the poor and needy. And will
should be given workers affected
strongly support efforts in Congress
by imports.
to maintain the present Food Stamp
• Multilateral discussions should be
Program.
pursued once all the facts are
Only a dozen years ago, malnutri
available and bilateral negotia
tion and hunger in the U.S. hit
tions have been concluded.
millions. The Food Stamp Program
Almost 70 percent of U.S. em
has helped to alleviate this, say
ployment is in services. They face
Field Foundation doctors.
new competition here and abroad in
This fiscal year, higher food prices
international trade.
and rising joblessness will cost the
Service industries can also.export
program more than $11-billion.
jobs. Runaway ships, films and
Some 2I-million poor, elderly,
shops ill data processing are the
disabled and jobless get 44 cents
culprits. Foreign ships and airlines
each a meal. Over half of these
take away jobs too.
households have yearly gross in
In building and construction
comes of less than $3,600; 85 percent
contracts worldwide, the U.S. has
under $6,000.
dropped from Nt). I to No. 5!
Conservatives created a myth
about food stamp fraud, abuse and
Enviroiunent
waste. Now the Administration and
The MTD resolves that we must
the Senate have the program slated
be
careful to see that a clear balance
for the budget axe.
is struck in protecting the natural
environment.
We must avoid ex
Producltivity
tremists. Where regulations go too
The MTD resolves to prevent
far, they should be changed. But
misguided productivity proposals
when the basic human need for a
from becoming weapons to be used decent living and working environ
against labor. The organized move ment is challenged, we must con
ment has lead the drive to push tinue to come down on the side of
economic policies of full employ that basic human need.
ment and economic growth resulting
The Perdue Boycott
in productivity increases.
It
is resolved that the MTD
Recessions always lower produc
strongly supports the struggle of the
tivity; prosperity increased it. And
Frank Perdue workers to organize
this country h^s been operating far
below its overall industrial capacity . into a union. The MTD supports the
boycott of Perdue products to win
for over 10 years. Plus uncontroll
the
strike and obtain a union
able skyrocketing imported oil
costs and interest rates are other contract. The MTD urges all affil
factors leading to mounting' infla iates to give the maximum aid and
assistance to that boycott.
tion.
Perdue Inc., producer of highly
Management defines productivity
advertised and priced poultry,
as working harder for the same
mistreats and abuses its workers. It's
wages. Labor says it is better work
blocking the workers at the Acor raising each worker's hourly
comac,
Va. plant form forming a
output. You get this from a skilled,
union and bargain collectiveFy.
experienced, and educated labor
Allegedly
it intimidated, harrassed~
force and modernized, well-main
threatened and dismissed workers
tained equipment reflecting the
who
support the efforts of Local 117
latest technology. Since 1950, poor
of the United Food and Commercial
management failed to take a longWorkers International Union to
term view on economic investment
organize them. Perdue has ordered
in modern machines and technology.
We must continue to upgrade the. its employes to work under con
ditions which are arbitrary, meanspirited, onerous, cruel, dangerous
and unworthy of 20th Century
America.
The workers are now picketing
the plant under an unfair to labor
strike. The union is now boycotting
all Perdue products.
Great Lakes Shipboard
Safety
More than five years have passed
since the Great Lakes bulk carrier
Edmund Fitzgerald went down with
all hands during a raging but typical
November storm on the eastern end
of Lake Superior.
Opinions differ on the reasons for
the accident. However, there is a
consensus on the need to update
regulations governing Great Lakes
vessel design and construction.
The Maritime Trades Depart
ment urges that the Coast Guard's
inquiry in regards to freeboard be
adopted by Congress. It also urges
that the Coast Guard work closely
with the Great Lakes shipping
industry to protect the safety of the
men and women working onboard
American flag vessels.
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Under a series of resolutions
dating back to 1798, the United
States government is legally and
morally responsible, for providing
quality health care to seamen who
sail onboard vessels documented
under its laws.
Unfortunately, the,continued
existence of this country's strong
system of Public Health Service is
being threatened by budget cuts and
continuing uncertainties surround
ing the economy.
The Maritime Trades Depart
ment calls upon the new Adminis
tration and the new Congress to
restore the USPHS budget to its
previous level. It would like to
remind Congress that these hospi
tals have proven to be quite a
bargain, for not only do they
provide health care service to
seamen, but they provide it to other
federal health beneficiaries, at costs
far below what the federal govern
ment pays for comparable services.
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There are a number of steps that
the federal government could take
that would go a long way in reviving
the once-proud American flag cruise
ship industry, at little or no cost to
the American taxpayer.
Laws prohibiting gambling on
board American vessels do very little
good and a great deal of harm. They
encourage operators to document
their passenger vessels under the
laws of some other country. Jobs are
lost, and so are tax revenues.
Meanwhile, gambling has not been
diminished in any way whatsoever.
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MTD Board Acts on Crucial issues
Continued tram previous page
In the same vein, U.S. tax laws
inhibit growth of an American flag
passenger cruise industry.
To give one example; a business
can deduct business expenses if it
holds a convention on land. It
cannot deduct those same expenses
if it hold its convention onboard a
pas.setiger vessel.
The Maritime Trades Depart
ment urges the federal government
to put prejudice aside, and to
carefully examine all methods of
reviving its once-proud passenger
cruise industry.
Fishing Industry in
New York
Jobs and taxes are being lost to
New York and the federal govern
ment because nothing is being done
to nurture a regional fishing indus
try.
There is ample space in the New
York harbor for development of a
seafood complex that would include
operating and administrative activ
ity for the handling, storage, process
ing, marketing and distribution of
fish and fish related products.
The MTD therefore call upon
the federal government and the state
of NewYork to support the necessary
state/federal legi.sIation that would
make establishment of a New York
fishing industry possible.
Health Care
Given the grim statistics—thou
sands of working men and women
die from work-related accidents and
illnesses each year, and m6re then
2.5 million more are injured—the
Maritime Trades Department op
poses all efforts to weaken or diffuse
OSHA. The Department also urges
that efforts to train union members
on important matters of occupa
tional health and safety be ex
panded. All work hazards should be
identified, so as to prevent accidents
from occuring, and illnesses from
developing.
St. Lawrence Seaway
The U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation and the
Seaway Authority of Canada have
signed documents implementing a
new Joint Seaway Tariff of Tolls.
The Maritime Trades Department
opposes additional Seaway toll
increases, inasmuch as the Seaway
debt will be gradually eliminated by
this latest agreement. Moreover,
any future plans to increase tolls, or
to impose user charges on Seaway
vessels, should be discouraged.
U.S. Auto Industry
The American auto industry is in
the middle of a battle for its very
survival. The difficulties being faced
by this critical industry will have
repercussions for other U.S. indus
tries, including the maritime indus24 / LOG / February 1981
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try on the Great' Lakes, for it
depends on the auto industry for
much of its cargo. The Maritime
Trades Department recommends
that management, labor and govern
ment work in unison. The federal
government should examine all of
its available options—including the
imposition of import quotas and the
adoption of liberal trade adjustment
assistance, the kind that was pas.sed
by the last Congress—and act
quickly, for the auto industry's
problems pose a very real threat to
the national security of this nation.
Dredging the Mississippi
Jersey. The Save Our Port Com
mittee wants to modify the nu
merous procedures and laws affect
ing the dredging industry; centralize
the authority for issuing permits, for
the present procedure is costly and
time-consuming: suspend the con
troversial bioaccumulation testing
requirements pending refinement of
the testing process; establish reason
able criteria for issuing dredging
permits; eliminate a major source of
pollution by removing PCS "hotspots" in the Hudson River.
SS Poet
country's foreign trade, especially
with Canada.
However, American flag opera
tors are unable to compete effec
tively with their Canadian counterp,arts,. in large part because the
Canadian government does what the
American government refuses to do:
it provides its Merchant Marine
with extensive subsidies that enable
the owners to modernize their
equipment.
The MTD urges the federal
government to take action to
guarantee the U.S. an equal share of
the U.S.-Canadian cargo: It also
urges the appropriate government
agencies to make every incentive
available to American flag operators
to encourage them to enter the Great
Lakes overseas trade and the U.S.
Canada Great Lakes and Seaway
bulk cargo trade.
The tragedy surrounding the dis
appearance of the SS Poet says a
great deal about the way that the
federal government carries out its
statutory obligation to protect the
safety of the men and women who
sail onboard vessels documented
under the laws of the United States.
Great Lakes-Seaway
Before the SS Poet left port
Marketing
October 24, there had been nu
The Maritime Trades Depart
merous signs that she was unseament goes on record as supporting
worthy.
MarAd's proposals for developing a
It has been widely reported in the
U.S.-Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
press that the shipping company was
Seaway
Marketing Corporation to
negligent in waiting ten days to
promote the Great Lakes-Seaway
report cessation or radio contact.
system and to boost American-flag
What is'also true, and what should
participation in all Great Lakesbe remedied, is that the Criminal
Seaway trades.
Code governing such negligent
Fuel Allocation
behavior is ambiguously stated.
Child Care Program -Despite the obvious need to move
In times of fuel scarcity, the
United States government empha quickly so as to save whatever
A major change has occured in the
sizes use of water-borne transpor persons remained alive from the 34
make-up of this nation's work-force.
tation, especially on the Great man crew, the Coast Guard waited
Women now comprise a substantial
Lakes, where vessel operators five days to begin its search.
block of full time workers. More
After having belatedly begun its
deliver iron ore to feed the steel
than six million pre-school children
industry, coal to fuel power plants search, the Coast Guard wanted to
have mothers in the work force.
and grain to feed our people and the give up quickly when no trace was
Because of this fact, and the fact
people of the world. If it is at all found of either the ship or the 34
that the growth of quality child care
possible, the Maritime Trades crew members. The agency had to be
centers has riot kept pace with the
Department urges the Department pressured into following up its initial
need for them, the unions that
of Energy to deliver lt)0% of the search with a more extensive one. _
comprise the MTD call upon Con
These tragic, and perhaps un
operators fuel needs, for the Great
gress to establish a quality child care
Lakes region is the heart of our necessary, developments have
program that takes into account the
agricultural and industrial power, caused the AFL-CIO Maritime
health, social and educational needs
and water-transportation is by far Trades Department to question the
of Anierican children, the most
the most fuel efficient mode of laws relating to the protection of
precious resource this nation has.
American seamen, as well as to the
transportation we have.'
implementation of those laws. The
Department calls upon the U.S.
Dredi^ng
Congress to investigate this tragic
The Port of New York and New
Jersey will undergo an economic loss, to develop adequate statutory
crisis if the federal government does guidelines for the monitoring of
not do something to encourage the American flag vessels, and to review
dredging of the region's channels the manner in which the LI.S. Coast
Guard carries out its statutory
and berths.
There is widespread concern that obligations.
the port will have to be closed for
Great Lakes Trade
lack of dredging. If that were to
happen, more than 60,000 jobs
Nowhere is the decline of the
would be lost, as would billions of American flag Merchant Marine
dollars in taxes, sales revenue and more apparent than on the Great
personal income.
Lakes.
The Maritime Trades Depart
By all rights, the Great Lakes
ment supports proposals put forth maritime industry should be
before the U.S. House Merchant thriving. One-fifth of this nation's
Marine and Fisheries Committee by population and one-quarter of its
the "Save Our Port Committee", a industry and total wealth are located
coalition of business, labor, environ in the Great Lakes region.
mental and community organizaThe Great Lakes region is also the
tio.ns frbm New York and New center of a large portion of this <
The Maritime Trades Depart
ment urges Congress to pass legisla
tion that will require all work done
on harbors, rivers and estuaries be
done by American flag vessels,
dredges and barges. In regards to the
Mississippi River: it is an essential
part of this nation's economy.
Dredgirig it will allow larger vessels
to travel to New Orleans, Baton
Rouge, and other important facili
ties and communities. The dredging
will .pay for itself, for it will
substantially lower the cost of
transporting coal, grain, oil and
other such products vital to our
nation's well-being.
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SlU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
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United Industrial Workers
of North America
Frank Drozak, president
Joe DiGiorgio, secretary-treasurer
Leon HaU, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
Dispatchers Report lor Deep Sea
DEC. 1-31, 1980
TOTAL REGISTERED
AilGroups .
CiassA ClassB ObssC
TOTALSHIPPED
All Groups
ClassA ClassB CiastC
Port
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boston
NewYork..
...................
Philadelphia..
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile....
NewOrleans
Jacksonville.
....:.
San Francisco
Wilmin^on
Seattle....
PuertoRico
Houston
Piney Point
—
Yotohama.....
10
118
7
58
3
6
7
7
5
32
7
5
2
1
10
2
8
25
8
12
52
20
27
18
25
103
39
34
38
26
82
4
1
TolNs.....
610
3
4
0
3
88
17
6
23
74
25
19
16
14
38
10
1
5
7
27
48
4
4
3
0
1
2
2
32
8
8
10
1
14
1
21
76
19
77
4
17
53
17
44
10
5
8
2
7
1
81
520
398
53
0
220
8
92
4
26
11
14
18
2
22
1
Port
0
3
0
Philadelphia...
—.....
Baltimore
Norfolk.....
Tampa.
4
1Q7
2
40
0
5
2
82
1
67
0
1
21
15
7
11
1
1
20
12
8
11
0
0
37
90
22
11
25
5
1
2
1
20
49
22
10
31
6
17
8
10
38
11
6
11
6
1
59
18
3
100
15
33
14
42
1
7
26
4
29
9
359
239
8
7
Mobile....
NewOrleans..
Jacksonville
.......... .
San Francisco
40
Wilmington
Seattle.:
PuertoRico
Houston....
PineyPoint
Yokohama..
Totals
............
1
478
3
'
0
4
2
19
5
0
170 .
4
2
3
0
0
8
40
0
1
3
1
20
0
38
Port
5
1
6
0
3
0
0
0
21
2
49
1
31
0,
2
0
53
2
64
Baltimore
Norfolk
15
11
8
5
1
2
15
10
12
12
3
0
Mobile
14
2
0
11
10
0
Philadelphia ...........
3
Tampa
8
NewOrleans....
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmin^on
47
14
17
13
Seattle
PuertoRico
Houston
Pin^ Point
Yokohama.........
Totals
4
0
2
1
5
4
22
7
2
0
10
4
19
2
12 '
5
28
3
0
8
10
253
109
7
1
1
0
0
31
Port
2
NewYork
Philadelphia...:
NewOrleans....
Jacksonville
San Francisco.....
Wilmin^on
Seattle
PuertoRico...
Houston
PineyPoint
Yokohama
Totals
TotahAIIDspartments.
3
16
3
3
8
5
1
13
5
10
15
13
1
17
0
0
113
4
169
13
34
22
8
37
116
36
62
22
45
13
93
0
2
676
5
69
4
13
11
9
10
32
11
26
9
12
6
26
0
1
244
2
12
0
5
2
3
0
4
2
7
12
6
1
8
0
0
64
3
,
1
0
2
66
3
24
15
12
24
59
26
43
22
28
11
56
0
0
391
1
44
4
9
5
3
5
7
4
33
8
4
4
9
0
0
140
0
12
0
1
2
2
0
3
1
28
8
15
0
2
0
0
74
5
3
12
31
15
50
7
20
10
36
7
24
11
24
0
1
258
17
9
10
65
1
292
0
2
1
0
20
2
11
2
3
1
0
46
5
39
7
16
7
6
14
47
18
31
4
12
19
30
0
0
255
9
252
30
70
44
23
25
104
49
128
48
49
29
70
0
0
930
11
126
7
18
16
8
8
31
12
113
82
46
11
45
0
0
534
^218
1,594
785
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Boston
Tampa
Mobile
7
64
12
10
11
11
5
38
12
28
23
20
4
34
0
1
280
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Boston....
NewYork
Norfolk
9
153
21
39
35
28
39
160
72
85
54
61
24
115
0
1
896
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Boston
NewYork
Baltirmre.
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
AilGroups
aassA ClassB ClassC
J
I
6
35
129
15
38
7
5
1
8
30
9
30
2
9
22
19
18
33
16
15
74
27
69
18
4
55
1
5
6
2
5
11
4
59
29
47
31
48
18
6
22
0
0
194
1
644
A
0
228
1.535
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3^
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.
1.137
929
120
•'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last montk
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
Shipping in the month of Decesnher was good in most A&G deepsea ports. A total of 2,186 jobs were shipped last
month to SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. That's an increase of 561 jobs shipped over the previous month. Of these 2,186 jobs
only 1,137 or sHghtiy more than half, weretaken by"A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and"C seniority people.
Shipping is expected to remain good for the foreseeable fiiture.
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1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
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MOBILE, Ala. ..IS. Lawrence St. 36602
(205) HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va ........ 115 3 St. 23510
(804)622-1892
PORTLAND, Or.
421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204
(503) 227-7993
PADUCAH, Ky
225 S. 7 St. 42001
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's County 20674
(301) 994-0010
^PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .534 9 Ave. 77640
(713) 983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 626-6793
SANTURCE, P.R.
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6%0
SEATTLE, Wash.
2505 1 Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS, Mo. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TAM PA, Fla 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609
(813) 870-1601
TOLEDO, Ohio ... 635 Summit St. 43604
(419) 248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
YOKOHAMA, Japan
P.O. Box 429
Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdori
Naka-Ku 231-91
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One Seaman's View of Drugs
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The reason I am writing this letter is to share with the
membership a statement that a friend of mine made about drugs. I
have been sailing in the SIU for four years. And I have seen several
people who have messed themselves up from drugs, booze, etc.
My friend's statement on drugs goes something like this: "Drugs
destroy the user's spiritual and physical ability to function as a truly
complete human being. Should the use of marijuana be legalized or
decriminalized, we will all be hurt. Because though the law may
look at marijuana as a misdemeanor type drug, it is more than a
misdemeanor in its effects."
Some people may not consider the above statement profound.
But I feel that every little bit helps if it will help convince the
constant users of drugs of the dangers they are bringing upon
themselves.
A Seaman
Jacksonville, Fla.
I just wanted to take this time to say Happy New Year, and may it
be prosperous for you all, and at the same time say a word about
how great the Seafarers International Union and the Seafarers
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center has been for me.
The SIU is one of the best organizations I have had an
opportunity to become a part of. They have come thru when I and
my wife needed them. Thanks to the SIU from both of us. Now
about the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center (S.A.R.C.).
For me the S.A.R.C. was a life saver. You see, I'm an alcoholic.
I've been to other treatment programs before coming to the
S.A.R.C. They were good programs, but I was like a fish out of
water. Here, I was involved with Brother seamen. It makes a
difference. They have the finest staff and counselors, and
everybody cares, trainees, SIU personnel—I could go on forever.
I'll be leaving here shortly—going back into life, as a new man.
They taught me so much here, but most important how to live
without a drink and I thank everyone for this. I look forward to life
now. My wife and I are and will be forever grateful for everything.
To my Brothers and Sisters of the Sea—if any of you think or
suspect you have a problem with alcohol, stop for one second and
think. It could save your life. The SIU and S.A.R.C. are here for us
and are ready to help.
Thanks again SIU and S.A. R.C. Today is the first day of my life.
May God Bless All of You,
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Vest
Bradenton, Florida
Diesel Grad a Hit With Sea-Land Brass
76 Scholarship Winner an Engineer
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I am writing to yoii, as a scholarship recipient, to thank you again
for your valuable assistance during my college years.
The scholarship proved to be a mighty asset throughout my four
years as a Chemical Engineering student at Cooper Union. The
award, combined with my savings, proved to be ample enough to
attend college and pursue my technical training without any
financial worries. Thus I was able to complete my courses andL
participate in quite a few extracurricular activities without having
to hold a part time job during the school year.
Presently I am working as a Design Engineer for Chevron,
U.S.A. Inc. The work is both challenging and satisfying, and the
whole field is expanding due to the high demand for technical
personnel to help solve tlie nation's problems.
Now I have my whole career, and a good part of my life, ahead of
me to look forward to, but before I look ahead I wanted to once
again thank you for making it possible via the SIU Charlie Logan
College Scholarship program. It helped me get to where I stand
today, and hopefully to where 111 stand tomorrow.
Many thanks again,
Nicholas Livanos
1976 Scholarship Winner
Hard Work, Full Speed Ahead
I would like to express my sincere appreciation for the hard work
that it takes to make the SIU as strong as it js today and to keep it
that way in the future.
We realize out here the constant fight the Union wages in
Washington, D C. to keep our industry strong. And we realize that
the Union's lobbying efforts, testimony before committees, letters
to Congressmen and Senators, combined with the leadership of
Frank Drozak and our Washington team, is paying off for us all.
The Washington fight is a crucial fight. It is necessary for the
future of the SIU and the future of the American merchant marine,
which is so badly needed for our country.
Fraternally,
Bill Mullins, AB
LNG Leo
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Just a note to advise you that I met one of the Graduates of the
Lundeberg School Diesel Course on board the Sea-Land Explorer.
He was sailing QMED.
The crew was pulling a piston while I was on board. This QMED
was acutely aware of the situation and he took the initiative
throughout the work. Actually, all the crew that was involved
conducted themselves very well.
Thought you would be interested in knowing that the efforts of
the SIU and Piney Point are paying off for everyone concerned.
Sincerely,
SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC.
J.J. Nichols
Manager, Fleet Engineering
. Services.
Retiree Never Misses an Edition
I receive the Log every month. I want to express my thanks to the
SIU for the fine editing of this most informative Union publication.
Though I am retired, I am still very interested in our Union and
what happens in the maritime industry.
I also wish to express my thanks and gratitude to the Seafarers
Welfare Plan for their help, and to all our brothers on the SIU
Executive Board for keeping this Union the best in the maritime
industry.
Fraternally,
Arthur J. Heroux, Retired
There in Times of Need
On behalf of my late husband Beirly Bodden and myself, I would
like To thank everyone at the SIU for the kindness and
consideration in paying the doctor and hospital bills so promptly,
as well as the prompt and kind handling of his death benefits May
everything go well with the SI U so it will be able to help others as it
has helped me.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Edna Bodden
Tampa, Florida
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AST summer, former Presi
dent Carter emerged from a
[meeting with the European ComLon Market countries and Japan
[bearing assurances from those
(energy-hungry nations that they
would double or triple their
purchase of U.S. coal by the end
[of the century.
Ever since that summit meet[ing concluded. Congress, various
state governments and private
industry have been climbing all
lover each other to set the U.S.
(coal export program in-motion.
In a world scrambling for
I alternative energy sources, coal is
I about to hit the big time. And the
United States, blessed with an
abundance of the fuel, is counting
on nothing less than a bonanza in
coal sales.
However, naming the United
States the "chief producer and
exporter of coal for the interna
tional market" is one thing.
Making it happen is something
else again.
To bridge the gap between
seeing the U.S. as the world's
foremost coal exporting country
on paper and in reality, the
Federal Government gave assur
ances that they were prepared to
help industry cope with the
increased mining of coal and
development of adequate han
dling, storage and transportation
facilities.:
In addition, there were prom
ises of aid to speed the significant
expansion of ports on the Gulf,
East and West Coasts to accom
modate deep draft coal carriers;
expansions which must take
place before a coal export pro
gram of any size can get off the
ground.
The port of Baltimore, the .
nation's second largest coal
exporting port, is buzzing with
privately-funded improvement
projects. Recently a group of six
corporate investors announced
that they were jointly funding a
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While private investors are
busy expanding the storage and
transfer capabilities of U.S. coal
ports. Congress is taking a look
at the public side of it—snipping
away some of the red tape so that
badly-needed dredging of key
coal ports can begin as soon as
possible.
Sen. John. Warner (R-Va.)and
Sen. Bennett Johnston (D-La.)
co-sponsored legislation to
streamline the now-lengthy
process of granting harbor
dredging permits. Similar
Official Publication of the Seoforeri International Union of
North America, Atlontic, Gulf, Lakes and Inlond Waters District,
AFt-CIO
Vol. 43, No. 2
Executive Board
Frank Drozak
Joe DiGiorgio
Secretary* teasurer
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Angus "Red" Campbell
President
Fd Turnel"
Pxeculive Vice-President
Mike Sacco
Vice President
Leon Hall
Vice President
Joe Sacco
Vice President
Vice President
James Gannon
Ray Bourdius
Assistant Editor
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Edra Ziesk
Assistant Editor
nayonpour
Marietta Homa
Assistant Editor
Mike Gillen
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianciotti
Director of Photography/ Writer
Dennis Lundy
Photography
Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
George J.. Vana
Production/Art Director
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^'stna, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. '499-6600. Second class postage
paid at Brob'kiyn, N.Y. (ISSN #0160-2047)
legislation has also been introduced in the House.
Legislation to speed the
process of deepening U.S. ports
to the 55-foot depth required by
deep draft coal carriers is
obviously needed. Passage of
such a measure would allow
Baltimore, for one, to clear the
backlog of 50 to 60 ships which
now sit outside her harbor for
long'periods of time waiting for
coal.
But passage of these bills won't
change the fact that of all those
ships waiting to make a foreign
coal run, not a single one of them
flies the American flag.
None of the measures related
to the U.S. coal export program
which have been introduced to
date make a single mention of a
role for U.S.-flag vessels.
Though a sizeable bulk fleet
will be necessary to move the
coal -as many as one thousand
100,000 dwt dry bulk vessels by
some estimates -the government
hasn't taken a single step to
make sure at least some of those
ships are built in U.S. shipyards.
Nor have there been any
assurances that at least a portion
i of the American coal moved
abroad will be delivered in
American-flagships.
In these times of scarce energy
supplies, it is good to know that
the' United States has the
resources to provide other
nations with badly-needed fiiel.
But these are also times of high
unemployment; of a dwindling
American shipbuilding base; of a
iieglected U.S. mercihant marine
which could be given a badlyneeded boost by being included
in a U.S. coal export program.
The U.S. isn't considering
giving away American coal to
Western Europe and Japan. Why
then should we consider giving
away tens of thousands of
American shipya rd, seagoing and
related support jobs?
Yet without adequate guar
antees—guarantees which should
be attached to any pending
legislation related to the U.S.
coal export program—that IS
exactly what our government is
proposing to do.
We believe that a wholesale
giveaway of American jobs is a
handout this nation can neither
afford nor justify.
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In the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10118
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTlIVfORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman. Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
- Tele. #(301) 539-6967
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Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
8T1 Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
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TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
aassA Class B Class C
nOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
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DECK DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
;
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
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0
0
G
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0
4 .
0
1
3
.:.
3
0
0
8
20
0
3
0
4
48
:.
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
.0
1
2
0
5
0
0
1
12
0
2
5
1
32
0
0.
0
0
0
2
0
3
1
0
4
0
2
2
2
0
,6
2
10
34
Port
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All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
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0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
3
32
0
1
0
0
42
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
7
0
1
5
0
19
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
9
0
0
0
7
0
10
0 •
2
0
0
4
0
0
16
30
0
5
0
8
82
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
0 ''
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0'
0
2 0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
3
1
3
1
0
8
0
1
5
7
0
2
0
3
41
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
6
0
0
5
0
3
6
9
0
10
0
43
85
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
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Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
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San Francisco..'.. •••••••••
Wilmington
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Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
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0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
;
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
Totals All Dapartments.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
'0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0 ,
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
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•
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
^ 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
(
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
7
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34
43
47
22
14
97
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••"Registered on the Beach" means thetotal number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
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0
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TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
^SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings^ Henning,
Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Francisco, California 94104|
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. l Ecker Bid.
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205) 433-4904
DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hansiin
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER^
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Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930|
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Roberts.
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison Plaza •
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Tele. #(312) 263^6330
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Button Gwinnett a Liberty Ship, Too!
When we ran our story on
Waterman's new LASH ship Button
Gwinnett (see the Log, Nov., 1980)
we had no idea it would evoke the
response from our readers that it
did. It seems we neglected to
mention an earlier SlU-crewed ship
by that same name, a Liberty Ship,
with a wartime record of service in
the Atlantic and Mediterranean sea
lanes.
Two former crewmembers of the
Liberty Button Gwinnett, Willard
Pratt and Willard Rowlee, wrote to
remind us about that earlier ship
named for an obscure signer of the
Declaration of Independence.^ They
both asked the same question: "How
about a follow-up article on the
Liberty Ship Button Gwinnett? We
felt it was the least we could do to
make up for our oversight. So here it
is fellas, and with a picture of the old
gal to boot!
The Liberty Ship Button Gwin
nett was launched at the South
eastern Shipbuilding Corp., Savan
nah, Georgia in May, 1943 as part of
the unprecedented American ship
building program during World
War 11. While on the ways she was
designated Hull #11 and, like most
of the other 88 Libertys built at that
yard, was named for a famous
Georgian. Others were named for
such notables as Thomas Wolfe,
Isaac Hopkins, Juliette Low and
Casimir Pulaski (a Revolutionary
War hero killed during the Battle of
Savannah).
As a Liberty, the Button Gwinnett
measured 441'6" overall with a
breadth of 57' and a depth of 34'
(draught of 26'10"). She displaced
14,245 tons and had a hauling
capacity of 10,500 dwt. Her 2,500
hp. triple expansion, steam recipro
cating engine gave her a designed
service speed of 11 knots (that is,
when her bottom was clean!).
Owing to extensive welding and
' prefabricated assembly modules, the
Button Gwinnett was constructed in
about 30 days' time and at a cost of
about $2 million. (Some Libertys
were launched in less than two
weeks, while one—the Robert E.
Peary— was launched after just four
days and 15 hours!) It was said that
the Libertys were "built by the mile
and chopped off by the yard."
Eyewitness Accounts
It would be difficult to detail the
wartime experiences of the Button
Gwinnett, since most of the deck and
engine log books of the Libertys
operating at that time have been
destroyed. As a result we must rely
heavily on the memories of those
who sailed her and other Libertys.
Willard Rowlee (Bk. #43252,
retired) sailed on the Button Gwinne/r as Steward Utility in early 1945.
In a recent letter to us he recalled
some of his experiences in the ship.
• \-
• • J
The Liberty Ship Button Gwinnett.
The New Button Gwinnett, a LASH ship, operated by Waterman.
"We had a very eventful trip to it rattled the Button Gwinnett. We
Marseilles, France from New York also had a couple of air raids while in
France but they didn't come very
and Newport News, Va.," he wrote.
"It was in January and we went in close."
convoy. It was a slow (eight knots)
Though the Libertys have been
and rough crossing.
credited with making the difference
"As we lined up in three columns between victory and 'defeat, those
to enter the Straits of Gibraltar at who sailed them will admit they
high noon it got kind of noisy. The tended to bounce around some in
nearest two ships port side, a Liberty rough seas. Willard Rowlee remem
Ship and a tanker, were hit. 1 have bers one weather-related incident
never known if it was mines or that occurred in the Button Gwin
torpedoes but the escort ships were nett:
dropping depth charges so close they
"1 do remember that it had a coal
seemed to raise their fantails right
galley
stove and 1 would get one half
out of the water, not to mention how
hour overtime each day for starting
the fire and getting ready for
breakfast. I also remember a lot of
pitching and rolling one night, and
when I went to the galley the next
morning the deck was awash with
dirty sea water and the pots and pans
were floating all over the place. I
think breakfast was a little late that
day."
During World War II, the Button
Gwinnett was operated by the South
Atlantic Steamship Line. When the
war ended. South Atlantic con
tinued operating the ship until 1948
when she was placed in the reserve
fleet in Wilmington, N.C. She was
not withdrawn again from the
reserve until she went for scrapping
in Panama City in December, 1968.
It was during the ship's last year of
operation that Seafarer Willard
Pratt sailed in the Liberty Button
Gwinnett as oiler. Though the
passage of time and "countless"
other voyages and ships have made
it difficult for Pratt to recall much
about the one voyage he made in the
Button Gwinnett, the ship left an
impression with him nonetheless. It
was, after all, Pratt who wrote to us
saying we had "failed entirely to
mention a certain beautiful old
Liberty."
Beautiful? Well, in spite of
President Franklin Roosevelt's
labeling the LibertysUgly Duck- '
lings", there are many seamen, such
as Willard Pratt, who would beg to
disagree.
One last note: when the Wilming
ton Reserve Fleet was phased out in
1968 all the remaining 22 ships (all
Libertys, including the Button
Gwinnett) were sold together in a lot
for $600,000. That's just under
$28,000 per ship.
Now all but a few of the original
2,700 and some odd Liberty Ships
are gone (the most notable excep
tion being the fully restored museum
ship Jeremiah O'Brian now oper
ated by the National Park Service in
San Francisco.)
But, as we found out recently
from a couple of our readers, the
memories are going strong!
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Uiaiiliiliiri Rnillir trHt MK
DEC. 1-31,1980
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
,
Algonac (Hdqs.).
36
9
3
Algonac (Hdqs.).
21
9
3
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A ^assB Class C
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
58
62
4
29
13
7
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
42
29
0
20
9
5
1
4
8
0
0
. 22
58
24
ToWsAllbepartmerrts...
91
68
11
117
107
5
•'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shippingat the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port atthe end of last month.
75
88
36
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.).
6
3
0
Algonac (Hdqs.).
28
47
5
17
16
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
,
0
0
February 1981 / LOG / 29
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Recertified Bo
sun James Joseph
I Gorman, 52,
drowned while
fishing offa boat in
St. George's Inlet,
Jacksonville on
Sept. 13. Brother
Gorman joined the
SIU in 1947 in the port of New York
sailing 35 years. He graduated from the
Union's Recertified Bosuns Program in
1977. Seafarer Gorman also sailed in
World War II and he sailed for Crowley
Maritime in 1978 on the tug Gauntlet. A
native of New York City, he was a
resident of Jacksonville. Interment was
in Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery,
Jacksonville. Surviving are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Mary Gorman
and a brother, Frank of Miami and
Harbor City, Calif.
Ronald Eugene
Hayes, 31, died in
University Hospi
tal, Jacksonville
on July 15. Brother
Hayes joined the
SIU in the port of
Baltimore in 1967
(sailing as a.
FOWT. He was bom in Baltimore and
was a resident of St. Augustine, Fla. and
Jacksonville. Burial was in San Lorenzo
Cemetery, St. Augustine. Surviving are
his mother, Evelyn of St. Augustine; his
father, Paul and his sister, Linda.
ciyde Wilson
Marriner Jr., 27.
died of multiple
internal injuries in
Mary view Hospi
tal, Portsmouth,
Va. when his
motorcycle was hit
by a car in
Chesapeake,- Va. on Aug. 23. Brother
Marriner joined the SIU in 1978 sailing
as a wiper after his graduation from
Piney Point. He was born in Ports
mouth and was a resident of Norfolk
and Portsmouth. Burial was in the Olive
Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. Surviv
ing are his mother, Mrs. Dorothy M.
Taree of Newark, N.J.; his father.
Seafarer Clyde W. Marriner Sr. of
Portsmouth; an uncle, James Marriner
and a grandmother.
li;-^.--V.-t^.-
..,V^.
Pensioner Jo
seph John Keat
ing, 70, died of
cancer in Callicon,
N.Y. on Aug. 31.
Brother Keating
[ joined the SIU in
1941 in the port of
New York sailing
as a chief electrician and 3rd assistant
engineer. He walked the picketline in the
1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. Seafarer
Keating also owned a printing business.
Born in New York State, he was a
resident of Whiting, N.J. Burial was in
Hardyston (N.Y.) Cemeteiy, Sullivan
County. Surviving are his widow, Mary
and his uncle, John Keating of the
Bronx, N. Y.
Roy Joseph
Kelly, 58, died of
heart-lung failure
in the Baltimore
USPHS Hospital
on May 6. Brother
Kelly joined the
SlU in 1944 in the
port of New
Orleans sailing as a bosun. He Was a
former member of the SUP and the,
IBU. Seafarer Kelly was a veteran of the
U.S. Navy in World War II. He was
born in Memphis, Tenn. and was a
resident of Baltimore. Interment was in
the National Cemetery, Memphis.
Surviving are his mother. Pearl of
Memphis; a daughter, Mrs. Betty
Ackerman of Coldwater, Miss, and
three sisters, Mrs. James H. Young Jr.
of Memphis, Mrs. Mary Olgivie, also of
Memphis and Mrs. Cecelia Wolfe of
Vienna, Va.
Pensioner Alex
ander Kingsepp,
78, passed away
from natural
causes on Nov. 1.
Brother Kingsepp
I joined the SIU in
1943 in the port of
New York sailing
as an oiler. He sailed 34 years. Seafarer
Kingsepp was on the picketlines in the
1961 N.Y. Harbor strike and the 1962
Robin Line beef. A native of Estonia,
USSR, he was a resident of Lakewood,
N.J. Surviving is his widow, Anna.
Pensioner Jose
Gabine Galarza,
86, passed away
from a pulmonary
ailment in_ the
Chalmette (La.)
General Hospital
on Feb. 9. Brother
Galarza joined the
SIU in 1938 in the port of New Orleans
sailing as an AB. He sailed 39 years.
Seafarer Galarza was a veteran of the
post-World War I U.S. Army. Born in
Ascension, Paraguay, he was a resident
of St. Bernard, La. Burial was in St.
Bernard Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Joseph Jr. of
New Orleans and Ronald; a daughter,
Mrs. Alice G. VonHolden of St.
Bernard and a brother, Ramon.
James Patrick
McNeely, 51, died
of pneumonia in
the Tampa Me
morial Hospital
on Mar. 9. Brother
McNeely joined
the SIU in 1945 in
the port of New
York sailing as a tankerman and pilot.
He sailed as a recertified bosun and
mate on the hydro tug Zanzibar
(Constmction Aggregates) from 1961 to
1979. Seafarer McNeely also ^iled on
the Dredge Ezra in 1979 and iheDredge
Long Island. And he sailed from 1971 to
1979 as.a mate for Great Lakes Tug and
Dredge and was on the Sea-Land Shoregang, Elizabeth, N.J. from 1972to 1974.
In 1961, he was on the picketline in the
N.Y. Harbor beef. Born in Brooklyn,
N.Y., he was a resident of Port Richey,
Fla. Cremation took place in the Wash
ington Memorial Park Crematory,
Coram, N.Y. Surviving are his widovv,
Catherine; two sons, James Jr. and
Steven and five daughters, Li.nda,
Eileen, Lorraine, Cathy and Barbara.
Henry Dean
McRorie, 51, died
of a heart attack in
St. Luke's Hospi
tal, Jacksonville
on Oct. 14. Broth
er McRorie joined
the SIU in 1946 in
the port of Nor
folk sailing as a QMED. He also sailed
during the Vietnam War. Seafarer
McRorie was a veteran of the U.S. Air
Forces in the Korean War. A native of
Anderson, N.C., he was a resident of
Norfolk and Monroe, N.C. Burial was
in Lakeland Memorial Park Cemetery,
Monroe. Surviving is his mother, Mrs.
Minnie T. Bivene of Monroe.
Pensio ner
James Crist
Mitchen, 59, died
at home in New
Orleans on July
19. Brother Mitch
ell joined the SIU
in 1944 in the port
of Norfolk sailing
as a bosun and 3rd mate. He was an
organizer in the Isthmian Line drive.
Seafarer Mitchell was also a poet and
mechanical draftsman. And he was a
veteran of the U.S. Regular Army in
World War 11. Bom in Gettysburg, Pa.,
he was a resident there. Cremation took
place in the St. John Crematory, New
Orleans. Surviving are his mother,
Anna; his father, C. D. Mitchell of
Gettysburg; two brothers, George of
Adams, Pa. and Richard of York
Springs, Pa. and a sister, Mrs. Lorna
Yingling of Gettysburg.
Jeffrey David
Hess, 24, died of
multiple injuries in
St. Mary's Hospi
tal, Leonafdtown,
Md. on Nov. 6
when his motor
cycle hit a fixed
object in St.
Mary's, Md. He was, attending an AB
upgrading class at the Point at the time.
Brother Hess joined the SIU in 1978
following his graduation from the HLS.
He sailed as an OS aboard the LNG
Capricorn (Energy Transportation) in
1980 and the LNG Aquarius (Energy
Transportation) in 1978. Seafarer Hess
was born in Lansing, Mich, and was a
resident there. Interment was in Deepdale Cemetery, Lansing. Surviving are
his mother, Mrs. Ruth J. Dale of
•Lansing and his father, Reuben of
Pennsylvania.
Pensioner Wil
liam Airtry, Jr.,
49, died of a heart
J, attack in New
Orleans on Oqt.
28. Brother Autry
joined the SIU in
the port of Mobile
in 1956 sailing last
as a chief steward. He graduated from
the Andrew Fumseth Training School,
Mobile in 1958. Seafarer Autry applied
for nomination to the general election of
Union officers in 1971. He was a veteran
of the U.S. Army during the Korean
War. Born in Mobile, he was a resident
of New Orleans. Interment was in Penn
Hill Cemetery, Mobile. Surviving are
his widow, Mary; a son, William Jr. of
University, Ala.; his mother, Jeannette,
and hi^ father, William Sr. of Mobile.
Oliver Russell
Celestlne, 61, died
while serving on
the SS Anchorage
(Sea-Land) on
1 Apr. 14. Brother
Celestine joined
the SIU in 1944 in
'the port of New
Orleans sailing as a chief steward.
Celestine sailed for 32 years. He also
rode the Robin Line. Seafarer Celestine
hit the bricks in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor
beef. A native of Houma, La., he was a
resident of New York City. Burial was in
McDonoghville Cemetery, Gretna, La.
Surviving are his widow, Lenese,
and his mother, Ruth of New Orleans.
Pensioner Roy
Ellis Curtis, 70,
passed away from
arteriosclerosis in
IsSt. Mary's Hospi
tal, Port Arthur,
Tex. Brother
Curtis joined the
SIU in the port
of Houston in 1959sailing as a 3rd cook.
He was bom in Georgetown, Tex. aiid
was a resident of Port Arthur. Seafarer
Curtis also sailed as a wiper. Interment
was in Greenlawn Memorial Park Cem
etery, Port Arthur. Surviving are his
widow. Alma; a daughter, Mrs. Mary
Garland of Port Arthur and his mother,
Mrs. Addie Tyler, also of Port Arthur.
Joseph Remko,
59, died of heartlung failure in the
Baltimore US
PHS Hospital on
Oct. 25. Brother
Remko joined the
SIU in the port of
Baltimore in 1955
sailing as a FOWT. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Navy in World War II. Seafarer
Remko was bom in Fenrtsylvania and
was a resident of Baltimore. Interment'
was in Glen Haven Memorial Park
Cemetery, Glen Burnie, Md. Surviving
are his widow, Betty; a son, Joseph Jr.
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
and Eva Remko.
Pensioner Eu
gene Chinaros
Ollvares Salvador,
76, succumbed to
1 asthma at home in
Kenner, La. on
Sept. 28. Brother
Salvador joined
the SIU in the port
of New York in 1953 sailing as a chief
steward. He was bom in the Philippine
Islands. Cremation took place in the
St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery No. 2 Cre
matory. Surviving is his widow. Myrtle.
William Seltzer,
62, died in the
Staten Is. (N.Y.)
USPHS Hospital
on Sept. 6. Brother
Seltzer joined the
SIU in 1942 in the
port of Mobile
sailing as a chief
steward. He was born in Alabama and
was a resident of the Bronx, N.Y. Burial
was in Fair Lawn (N.J.) Cemetery. Sur
viving are his father, John of the Bronx;
two brothers, Clovis of Mobile and
Johnnie Jr. also of the Bronx and a sis
ter, Mrs. Catherine Conway of Mobile.
30 / LOG / February 1981
m
�m
Pensioner W«l! ter Frank Russell
Sr., 64, died of
I heart failure at
i home in Houston
on Aug. 27. Broth
er Russell joined
; the Union in the
1 port of Houston in
1956 sailing a7a deckhand for G&H
Towing from 1956 to 1977. He was a
former member of the Teamsters UnionLocal 940, Galveston from 1946 to 1956.
And he was a veteran of the^U.S. Navy
in World War 11. Boatman Russell was
born in Danville, 111. Cremation took
place in the Brooksidb Crematory,
Houston. Surviving are his widow,
Pauline; a son, Walter Jr. of Houston;
four daughters, Helen, Deborah, Ada
and Paulette and a brother, WUbur.
Lyman Ong, 56,
died of heart fail
ure in the Univer
sity of California
Hospital, * San
Francisco on Aug.
2. Brother On^
first sailed on the
West Coast in
7952. He joined the SlU-merged
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union in
1950 sailing as an officers' waiter for the
American President Line and the States
Steamship Co. Ong was a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War 11. Born in
San Francisco, he was a resident there.
Burial was in Olivet Memorial Park
Cemetery, Colma, Calif. Surviving are
his mother, Quan Shee Ong of San
Francisco; a brother, Algernon of San
Diego, Calif, and a sister, Evangeline
Dang, also of San Francisco.
Pensioner John
Frank Murphy,
62, died of cancer
in Christ Hospital,
Oaklawn, 111. on
Sept. 18. Brother
Murphyjoined the
Union in the port
of Chicago in 1961
sailing as an oiler and deckhand for the
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. in
1948 and for the Great Lakes Towing
Co. from 1937 to 1979. He was born in
Chicago and was a resident of Coloma,
Mich. Interment was in Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery, Worth, 111. Surviving are his
widow, Margaret of Chicago and four
daughters, Mrs. Margaret Hanrahan,
Mrs. Joan Sutton, Mary and Shirley.
Pensioner John
I Marvin Keech,63,
succumbed to a
stroke in the
Pungo District
Hospital, Belhaven, N.C. on Apr.
1. Brother Keech
joined the Union
in the port of Norfolk in 1961 sailingasa
chief engineer for McAllister Brothers
from 1955 to 1979. He was also
fisherman for the Belhaven Fish and
Oyster Co. from 1949 to 1955. Boatman
Keech was also a member of the SIU
Fishermen's and Seafood Workers
Onion-Atlantic Coast Division and the
UMW's Marine Workers Local. A
native of Belhaven, he was a resident
ihere. Interment was in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Belhaven. Surviving are his
widow, Geneva; a daughter, Dorothy; a
grandson, John Dodd Hague and a
''r"'her, Jesse of Belhaven.
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Pensioner Rob
ert Stanley McKenney, 67, died
of heart-lung fail
ure in the Penin
sula General
Hospital, Salis
bury, Md. on July
19. Brother McKenney joined the Union in the port of
Baltimore in 1957 sailing as a chief engi
neer for Baker Whiteley Towing from
1967 to 1972. He was a former member
of the ILA Local 1510. Boatman
McKenney was born in Northeast, Md.,
and was a resident of Baltimore. Burial
was in Parkwood Cemetery, Baltimore.
Surviving are his widow. Vera and a
son, Ronald.
Ira Lee Perine,
65, was dead on
arrival of a heart
attack at the Jack
son (Ala.) Hospi
tal on June 22.
Brother Perine
I joined the' Union
in the port of
Mobile in 1957 sailing as a deckhand
and cook for Radcliffe Materials from
1955 to 1980. He was a former member
of a AFL-CIO construction union.
Boatman Perine was born in Choctaw
Bluff, Ala. and was a resident of Jack
son. Interment was in New Canaan
Cemetery, Jackson. Surviving are his
widow. Ever Mae and a son, Joseph of
Choctaw Bluff.
Pensioner Rich
ard Herman DedI hus, 94, passed
away from influ
enza in the Ed^
monds Villa Care
Center, Snoho
mish
County,
Seattle, Wash, on
Feb. 9. Brother Deditus joined the
Union in the port of Seattle saUing as a
chief cook and baker. His artifacts were
donated to the San Francisco Maritime
Museum archives. He started sailing on
the West Coast in 1934. In 1936-7, he
sailed on the last ship to sail 'round the
world before World War II the SS
President Harrison (APL>Just before
the war he sailed to Hawaii and to
Alaska on the SS Baranoff. He was on
the picketline in the Maritime Federal
Pacific Coast beef. And he held the
Pacific War Zone Medal of WW II.
Bom in Briesen, Germany, he became a
naturalized U.S. citizen in 1939
' and he was a resident of Seattle. Burial
was in the Rose Garden of Greenland.
Cemetery, Mt. Lake 10, Wash. Surviv
ing are his widow, Mary; a son,
Raymond of Spokane, Wash.; a
daughter, Mrs. June Nelson of Lynwood. Wash.; a sister, Mrs. Anna
Kretchmer of Germany; five grand
children and eight great-grandchildren.
Pensioner Cello "Cecil" "Champ"
Moranl, 72, passed away from heart
failure at home in Petaluma, Calif, on
May 24. Brother Morani joined the
Union (MC&S) during World War 11m
the port of San Francisco sailing as a
rooin steward for 35 ye^s. He first
sailed on the West Coast in 1941.
Morani was quite a baseball hitter. He
was born in Illinois. Cremation took
place in Cypress Hill Memorial Park
Cemetery, Petaluma. Surviving are
three brothers, Louis of San Francisco
and Albert and Frank of Fairfax, Calif.
Jack Arthur
I Stevenson, 22,
died when his mo
torcycle hit a fixed
object in Harris,
Tex. on Sept. 10.
Brother Stevenson
{joined the SIU in
_
1978 after he grad^ted from the^HLS where he was a tour
guide for bosuns and Boy Scouts. He
sailed as a tankerman and pumpman.
Seafarer Stevenson was born in Altoona. Pa. and was a resident of Winter
Park, Fla. Burial was in Glen Haven
Memorial Park Cemetery, Winter Park.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel and Alice Stevenson of Winter
Park and a brother.
Pensioner Al
bert Eugene Stout,
80, passed away
from pneumonia
on Sept. 16. Broth
er Stout joined the
SIU in the port of
New Orleans in
1955 sailing as a
pumprtian. He sailed 18 years. Seafarer
Stout was a veteran of the U.S. Navy in
World War II. Bom in Nashville, Tenn.,
he was a resident of Algiers, La. Surviv
ing is a daughter, Mrs. Juanita S. Keller
of Marrero, La.
Leroy Edward
j Schmidt, 57, died
of pneumonia in
jthe Harborview
I Medical Center,
j Seattle on Aug. 12.
Brother Schmidt
I joined the Union
I in the port of Seat
tle in 1954 sailing as an AB for SeaLand from 1962 to 1980. He sailed 40
years. Lakp-Schmidt was born in Menominee,^ich. and was a resident of
Seattle. Cremation took place in the
Washington Memorial Park Crematory,
Seattle. Surviving are his mother, Marie
of Menominee; a brother, Amold of
Racine, Wise, and a sister, Mrs. Evelyn
Beach of Spokane, Wash.
Pensioner Vernor Rudolf Ylitalo,
63, died in the
Memorial Med
ical Center, Ash- .
land. Wise, on
Sept. 9. Brother
Francis John
Ylitalo joined the
Wagner, 26, died
Union in the jjort
of multiple injuries
of
Sault
Ste.
Marie,
Mich.-in
1961 sail
sustained in an ^
auto accident in ing as an AB and tankerman. Also he
worked for the Great Lakes Dredge and
Philadelphia on
Dock Co. He was a member of the SIU
Sept. 20. Brother
from
1947 to 1956. Laker Ylitalo was a
Wagner joined the
SIU in 1975 fol veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard in
World War II. A native of Marengo,
lowing his graduation from Piney Point
Wise.,
he was a resident of Ironwood,
sailing as an AB. He was born in Phila
Mich.
Burial
was in Riverside Ceme
delphia and was a resident there. Surviv
tery, Ironwood. Surviving are his
ing is his mother, Mrs. Helen di Battista
"widow,
Rauha and a daughter, Susan.
of Philadelphia; his father, Robert; sis
ter, Roseann, also of Philadelphia; a
Pensioner Cal
brother and four other sisters.
vin Curtis Harris,
62, died of a heart
Saleh Moham' attack in the Bay
ed Barbara, 44,
Minetta (Ala.) Indied of a brain tu
, firmary on Aug.
mor in the Harper
31. Brother Harris
Hospital, Detroit
joined
the Union
I on Oct. I. Brother
in the port of Mo
Harhara joined
bile in 1956 sailing as a cook for Rad
I the Union in the
cliffe Materials from 1951 to 1979. He
port of Detroit in
1971 sailing as a FQWT. He was born in "was also a Dozier operator. Boatman
Harris was born in Uriah, Ala. and was
Aden and was a resident of Detroit.
a
resident of Bay Minette. Burial was in
Burial was in the Mt. Hope Memorial
Mineola
Cemetery, Uriah. Surviving
Gardens Cemetery, Crimean Turks Sec
are his widow, Margie and a son, Glenn.
tion, Liyonia, Mich. Surviving are his
widow, Miriam; two brothers, Mohsin
Pensioner Jo
of Dearborn, Mich, and Ahmed Saef of
seph
Antonio JarChicago, 111.
dine, 63, died at
home in Philadel
Raul Manfredo
phia on Sept. 5.
Agullar, 58, died
Brother Jardine
of cancer in the
joined the Union
Booth Memorial
Medical Center,
Flushing, Queens,
N.Y. on Oct. 17.
Brother Aguilar
I joined the SIU in
the port of New York in 1957 sailing as a
chief electrician. He was born in
Honduras and was a resident of Forest
Hills, Queens, N.Y. Burial was in St.
Raymond's Cemetery, the Bronx, N.Y.
Surviving are his widow, Cleofe; two
sons, Raul Jr. and Francisco and a
daughter, Mrs, Mary Ann Santiago.
adelphia in 1951
sailing as a deckhand and oiler for Tay
lor and Anderson from 1959to 1974and
the Warner Co. from 1949 to 1958. He
was a former member of the NMU.
Boatman Jardine was born in Prov
idence, R.l. Interment was in Holy
Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa. Surviving
are his widow, Regina; three sons, Dominick of Philadelphia, Thomas and
Joseph Jr. and two daughters, Deborah
and Francesca of Gary, Ind.
February 1981 / LOG / 31
�Michael R. La Gasse
Andrew Noreikat
S eafarer
Andrew Norei
kat, 25, gradu
ated from the
HLS in 1976. He
sails as an AB.
Brother Norei
kat earned the
lifeboat, fire
fighting and
CPR endorsements. He ships out of
the port of Wilmington.
Joe Mispacel
James Wadsworth
Seafarer
James Wadsworth, 25, grad
uated from the
Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship
Entry Trainee
Program, Piney
Point, Md. ip
1973. Brother Wadsworth
upgraded to 3rd cook there in
1975. He holds the lifeboat,
firefighting and cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) tickets.
Wadsworth lives in Jacksonville
and ships out of that port.
Orlando Flores
• J
Seafarer Or
lando Flores, 24,
graduated from
the Lundeberg
School Entry
Trainee Pro
gram in 1976. He
upgraded there
to fi remanwatertender
(FQWT) in 1978. Brother Flores
earned the firefighting, lifeboat and
CPR endorsements. Flores lives and
ships out of the port of San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
Todd R. Peden
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t
Seafarer Todd
R. Peden, 26, is a
1977 graduate of
the H L S S.
Trainee Pro
gram. Brother
Peden now sails
as an AB. He has
the firefighting,
lifeboat
and
CPR tickets. Peden resides in
Pittsburgh, Pa. and ships out of the
port of Wilmington, Calif.
Seafarer Joe
Mispacel, 25, is
a 1977 graduate
of Piney Point.
Brother Mispa
cel upgraded to
FQWT there the
same year. He
has the firefight
ing, lifeboat and
CPR tickets. Born in St. Louis, he
lives in Waukesha, Wise, and ships
out of all ports.
Kevin W. Thatcher
Seafarer
Kevin W. ThatI cher, 24, gradu
ated from the
HLS in 1978.
He upgraded to
cook and baker
therein 1979 and
to chief cook in
1980. Brother
Thatcher acquired the LNG, fire
fighting, lifeboat and CPR endorse
ments. Thatcher has rode the LNG
Gemini (Energy Transport), LNG El
Paso Southern and LNG El Paso
Arzew. A resident of Staten Is.,
N.Y., he ships out of the port of New
Yoi-k.
Anthony MIgllara
Seafarer An
thony Migliara,
125, is a 1978
graduate of
Piney Point.
Brother Mig
liara upgraded
to AB there in
1979. He is a
I holder of the
CPR, lifeboat and firefighting
tickets. Migliara lives in Ridge, L.I.,
N.Y. and ships out of the port of
New York.
Christopher Chubb
Seafarer
Christopher
Seafarer
Chubb, 22< is a
Charles Foley,
1978 graduate of
26, graduated
the HLS Entry
f.f!- Trainee ProL from the HLSS
m in 1976. He sails
gram. Brother
F as an AB. Bro'Chubb up
' ther Foley
graded to 3rd
V earned the lifeI cook there in
boat, firefight- 1980. He has the lifeboat, firefight
il I ing and CPR ing and CPR tickets. Born in New
endorsements. A resident of Balti York, he resides in St. Louis and
more, he ships out of that port.
ships out of the port of New York.
Charles Foley
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32 / LOG / February 1981
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Jack Wayne Andrews
Seafarer Jack
Seafarer
Wayne Andrews,
Michael R. La
21, in 1978 grad
Gasse, gradu
uated from the
ated from Piney
Lundeberg
Point in 1978.
School. He up,Br,other La
Gasse upgraded
graded to
to AB there. He
FOWT there in
holds the fire
1979. Brother
fighting, lifeboat
Andrews up
and CPR tickets. And he earned his graded to QMED at the HLS last
General Education Diploma (GED) month. Andrews has the lifeboat,
at Piney Point. A native of New firefighting and CPR endorsements.
York, La Gasse lives in Brooklyn, Born in Baltimore, he lives there and
N.Y. and ships out of the port of ships out of the port of New York.
New York.
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Robert Shaw
Salvatbre A. Ventura
Seafarer
Robert Shaw,
25, was gradu
ated by the HLS
in 1976. Brother
Shaw upgraded
to AB there in
11979. He holds
the tankerman,
llifeboat, fire
fighting and CPR tickets. Born in
New Jersey, he ships out of the port
of New York.
Seafarer
Salvatore A.
Ventura, 20,
graduated from
Piney Point in
1978. He sails as
an AB. Brother
Ventura earned
pthe firefighting,
lifeboat
and
CPR endorsements. He was born in
St, Louis, Mo. and ships out of the
port of New York.
Notice On Shipping Procedures (Deep Sea)
Whon throwins In for work man who passass Lifabaatduring a Job cali at any SlU man andaraamant by tha
Hiring Haii, aaamon must pro- United States Coast Quard.
duco tho fdiiowing:
The Saafarars Appeals Board
« mambaraiiip cartifieata may waive tha pracading san(whara paaaaaaad)
tanca whan, in the sola Judg
• ragiatratian card
ment at the Board, undue
• ciiniacard
hardship will result or axtsnu• seaman's papers
ating circMmstancas warrant
• vslidi up^to-data paaapart ai^waivar."
In addKian, whan asalgnlng
Alaa,.ali entry rated mama Jab tha dispatehar will com Imrs must show their last six
ply with the iaiiawing Saetian months dischargaa.
5, Subsaatian 7 of tha Sill
Further, tha Saafarars Ap
Shipping Ruias:
peals Board has ruled that "C
' "Within each class of sanlar- claaaificatian seaman may
ity rating in ovary Depart only ragistar and sail as entry
ment, priority far entry rating ratings in only ana dapartJaba shall be givan to ail
mant."
Get qualified for the good pay and working
conditions aboard these high technology
ships. Contact the SHLSS Admissions Office to
enroll in the next LNG course.
�VIRGO (Apex Marine), December
21—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
Perry Burnette; Secretary E. Kelly;
Educational Director James H. Badson;
Engine Delegate O. Zandrono; Steward
Delegate James Reeves. No disputed
OT. Chairman extended his apprecia,tion for a fine crew and advised all to
read the Log so you will he aware of
what is going on in the Union. A vote of
thanks to the steward department.
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers.
SEA-LAND PIONEER (Sea-Land
Service), December 7—Chairman Law
rence Ruel; Secretary O. Paschal;
Educational Director Jeffrey Christensen; Deck Delegate James Thompson.
No disputed OT. $14 in ship's fund.
Chairman extended a thank you to the
Secretary Treasurer's office for for
warding SlU official ballots to members
who requested same. They were received
in Dubai on November 29, 1980. Movie
films were exchanged in Dubai for new
ones. The crew finds the movies both
entertaining and relaxing. The chair
man again emphasized the importance
of safety aboard ship and would
appreciate it if the members would
report to hiip any conditions that they '
deem unsafe. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for excellent meals.
Next port Naples.
SEA-LAND DEFENDER (SeaBALTIMORE (Sea-Land Service),
HOUSTON (Sea-Land Service), De
Land Service), December 14—Chair
December 21—Chairm'an Tan Joon;
cember 28—Chairman, Recertified Bo
man, Recertified Bosun T. Price; Secretary George W. Gibbons; Educasun Basilio Maldonado; Secretary H.
Secretary A. Reasko. No disputed OT. • tional Director W. J. Dunnigan;
Ortiz. No disputed OT. Chairman"
All mail that was received from
Steward Delegate Stonewall Jackson
advised all members who qualify to
headquarters is posted on the bulletin
Some disputed OT in deck department.
upgrade as soon as they can. Secretary
board. Chairman discussed the benefits
$15.25 in ship's fund. Chairman re
reported on behalf of the SI U all of our
of going to Piney Point to upgrade and
ported on the sad news that was received
wishes to all of our brothers at sea and
all those who qualify should attend. The about the death of our Brother Ralph
PANAMA (Sea-Land Service), De
ashore for continued cooperation with
chief steward has the applications for
Quinnonez and our fellow brothers that
our President Frank Drozak and the cember 7—Chairman, Recertified Boupgrading and for LNG school. The
were lost on the SS Poet. A cable was
sua M. Kerngood; Secretary J. F;
Union staff. Working together, we can
importance of donating to SPAD was
received and posted about the jaise in
Miller. No disputed OT. Chairman
achieve our objectives for the New Year.
also noted. The chief steward extended a
pay and overtime. Discussed the
discussed the importance of safety
A vote of thanks to the steward
vote of thanks to all hands for keeping
importance of donating to SPAD. A
aboard ship and noted that accidents do
department for the good service on the
the crew lounge clean. Observed one
vote of thanks to the deck department - Holidays, the special Christmas and
occur due to carelessness. Also sug
minute of silence in memory of our
for helping to keep the pantry and
gested that those who qualify should go
Thanksgiving dinners.
departed brothers.
to Piney Point to. upgrade. A vote of
messroom clean. The crew and the
LNG LEO (Energy Transport), thanks to the steward department for a
officers
had
a
very
happy
Christmas
SEA-LAND EXPRESS (Sea-Land
December 1—Chairman, Recertified Job well done. Next port Piraeus.
with plenty, of food.
Service), December 26—Chairman, A.
Bosun David LaFrance; Secretary
Lasnansky; Secretary S. Brown; Edu
Official ship's minutes were also<
WILLIAM HOOPER (Waterman
Henry Jones, Jr.; Educational Director
cational Director E. Foreman; Deck
received from the following vessels:
Steamship), December 14—Chairman, Kenneth Linah; Engine Delegate Clif
Dele^te D. Davis; Engine Delegate
Recertified Bosun T. J. Hilburn; ford Hall; Deck Delegate O. C. Wiley.
Overseas Harriette
Allen George; Steward Delegate Her
Secretary Don Collins; Educational $130 in ship's fund. No disputed OT.
Williamsburg
bert Allen. No disputed OT. Secretary
Director P. Thomas; Deck Delegate W. Chairman requested all to maintain
Sea-Land Freedom
noted that a wire was received about the
Becher; Engine Delegate M. Beasley; safety watch and to report all hazards at
Santa
Lucia
cost of living increase on wages and
Steward Delegate C. Smith. No dis once. Brother William Mullins brought
Sea-Land Independence
overtime. Also received was a holiday
puted OT, in deck or steward depart up motion of shipping LNG jobs frpm
Ogden Columbia
greeting from our President Frank
ments. Secretary thanketj the new OS Japan and a letter was forwarded to
Potomac
Drozak. All members were also en
for bringing the Log from the Harry headquarters. A vote of thanks to the
Montpelier Victory
couraged to take advantage of the
Lundeberg School in Piney Point. steward department for a nice Thanks
Charleston
upgrading courses at Piney Point.A vote
Several articles of interest were noted in giving dinner, also for our pool parties
Sea-Land Resource
of thanks to the steward department for
Log for the crew to read and also which are enjoyed by all. Observed one
Philadelphia
a job well done. Report to Log: "Hats . brought to their attention was the minute of silence in memory of our
Santa Adela
off to Piney Point and to Josette .Van
picture of the dragon eating seamen's departed brothers and sisters. An extra
Overseas Juneau
Fleet, GSU crew mess for doing an
papers up with the seaman who becomes minute of silence was observed for the
Mayaguez
excellent job. She is appreciated and
involved in drugs. A vote of thanks to crew of the 55 Poet and our past
Transcolorado
respected by all crewmembers. She is an
the steward and his department forajob President Paul Hall. Next port BonDel Cam po
October 1980 Piney Point graduate.
well done. A general discussion was held tang.
Overseas Washington
This is a first for me working with a
on the loss of the SS Poet. The crew
Aleutian Developer
POINT SUSAN (Point Shipping),
woman in the steward department. S.
sends their deepest regrets to the
Merrimac
December 8—Chairman C. J. Dockrey;
Brown, Steward." Next port Pt. Ever
families and loved ones of the crew of
Sea-Land Voyager
Secretary
L. Gadson; Educational
glades.
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the Poet. Next port New York.
Del Viento
Director A. Thaxton. Some disputed
Santa Cruz
SANTA CLARA (Delta Lines),
OT in engine department. $6 in ship's
AGUADILLA (Puerto Rico Ma
Santa Elena
December 21—Chairman R. O. Brad
fund. Chairman discussed the benefits
rine), December 3—Chairman, Recerti
Boston
ford; Secretary W. J. Fitch; Educational
that will come from voting for the
fied Bosun Victor Carbone; Secretary
Overseas Ulla
Director F. Diaz. $14 in ship's fund. No
increase in Union dues which is being
Frank Vega; Steward Delegate J.
Sea-Land Economy
disputed OT. Chairman advised all
requested because of the cost of
Romero. No disputed OT. A vote of
Sea-Land Market
members to read the Log to know what
operations that has gone up and the cost
thanks to the steward department for a
Sea-Land Pacer
is going ori in the Union. There was a
to keep our Union halls open. A vote of
job well done. Observed one minute of
Delta
Sud
confirmation on the cost of living
thanks to the steward department for a
silence in memory of our departed
Overseas
Aleutian
increase. Secretary handed out repair
job well done. Next port Tampa.
brothers and sisters. An extra minute in
Overseas
Chicago
lists which should be made out and
memory of the brothers we lost on the
Overseas Alice
turned in. A vote of thanks to the' 55 Poet. Our condolences to their
OVERSEAS VALDEZ (Maritime
Ogden Yukon
stewartf department for the splendid
families and friends. Next port San
Overseas), December 30—Chairman
Sea-Land
Endurance
Holiday dinners. Observed one minute
Juan.
Henry Jones; Secretary P. L. Hunt;
•Sea-Land
Innovator
of silence in memory of our departed
Educational Director Harry Granger;
Sea-Land Liberator
brothers.
Engine
Delegate
Charles
Gallagher.
$50
SEA-LAND LEADER (Sea-Land
LNG Gemini
in ship's fund. $560 in movie fund. No
Service), December 7—Chairman Wil
Walter Rice
LNG TAURUS (Energy Transport),
disputed OT. Chairman praised the
liam Burgess; Secretary O. B. Smith;
Capricorn
December 22—Chairman Howard
whole
crew
as
a
fine
group
of
sailors
and
Engine
Delegate
Frank
Keller;
Steward
Button Gwinnett
Webber; Secretary E. L. Haber; Deck
wanted
to
especially
thank
the
deck
Delegate
Steve
Murawski.
$121
in
ship's
Overseas Anchorage
Delegate John Davis; Engine Delegate
department for the good job they did
fund. Some disputed OT in deck and
Overseas Vivian
Jose Vargas; Steward Delegate Patrick
and for remaining ori their good
engine departments. The chairman was
Cove Communicator
Geary. $355 in ship's fund. No disputed
behavior
during
the
entire
trip.
Thanked
taken
off
ill
in
Algeciras,
Spain.
The
Tamara
Guilden
OT. Chairman suggests that all mem
the
crew
for
keeping
the
messhall
clean
LNG Capricorn
bers read the Log to keep up with what is acting chairman urged all those who
and cooperating with the steward
need upgrading to avail themselves of
Maryland
ping on in the Union. Also the
department. Also received news of pay
the opportunity offered at Piney Point.
Mount Vernon Victory
importance of donating to SPAD was
•raise,
cost
of
living,
along
with
Holiday
They
should
register
for
the
classes
as
JPoint Julie
discussed. Observed one minute of extra
greetings from Frank Drozak. A vote of
early as possible. Also stressed was the
UST Pacific
silence in memory of our departed
thanks from the second pumpman and
importance of SPAD and to participate
Ogden Traveler
Captain. A vote of thanks to the steward
the crew for a fine Christmas and
in other Union activities. Observed one
Sea-Land Exchange
department for a job well done and also
Thanksgiving,
dinner.
Next
port
Port
minute
of
silence
in
memory
of
our
Transcolumhia
for the very enjoyable pool parties. Next
Arthur.
departed
brothers
and
sisters.
port Nagasaki.
February 1981 / LOG / 33
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�serving another 5-month waiting
period, provided your second dis
ability is expected to last 12 months
or more.
Payments you may be receiving as
military disability pay are not offset
"i
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against Social Security benefits.
Combined Worker's Compensation
and Social Security benefits cannot
go above 80% of your total average
earnings before you became dis
abled.
Santa Clara Committee
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disability, and this disability has
lasted, or can be expected to last, not
less than 12 months. And you must
be "fully insured" and also have had
5 years (20 quarters) of coverage in
If yoM .should become severely dis the last 10 years prior to your
abled, yov! can start drawing disability.
A worker who becomes disabled
monthiV Social Security benefits
between
24 and .31 can qualify for
(after a 5-month waiting period) just
as if you had reached retirement age. disability benefits if he worked in
Your dependents can also draw one half of the quarters between the
time he is 21 and the time he is
benefits.
The time element in applying for disabled. A person disabled before
disability benefits is very important age 24 is eligible if, he worked 6
—a delay of over 12 months in quarters of the last 12. (There are
making application may result in special rules for disabled blind
people.)
your losing benefits.
If you return to work in spite of
To be eligible you need medical
proof from your doctor, hospital, or your impairment, your benefits will
clinic where you have had treatment, continue during a trial work period
and it should show you are unable to of up to 9 months (not necessarily
do any sorl of substantial work for consecutive) to test your ability to
pay because of physical or mental work. If you are able to do substan
tial work after 9 months, your
benefits will continue for an adjust
ment period of 3 additional months.
There is a waiting period of 5
months after your disability begins
before you can collect disability
benefits. Once you have gone back
to work, if you subsequently become
disabled within 5 years, you can
again receive benefits without
'
Social Security Available
To Disabled Before
Retirement Age
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
j}.
SlU Rep Teddy Babkowski (seated center) checks the Union book of (seated left)
Chief Steward Walter Fitch, secretary-reporter of the SS Santa Clara (Delta Line)
at a payoff on Dec. 29 at Port Newark,.N.J. The rest of the Ship's Committee are
(standing I. to r.) AS Bill Isabel, deck delegate; Engine delegate Robert Arana and
Recertified Bosun Richard Bradford, ship's chairman. At the table (right) is SlU
Pensioner George Alexander.
USPHS Has 24-Hour Toll Free Number
Seamen and boatmen can use a
toll free number 24 hours a day to
locate the nearest Public Health
Service hospital outpatient clinic,
contract physician, or emergency
health services. The service is
provided from the Nassau Bay,
Tex. PHS hospital.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
J
Angus "Red" Campbell
Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.V. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
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CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU
. --
when you call long distance,.you
first dial the number 1.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
|
" CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the menjbership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed.audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which arc to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
. .expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only, upon approval by a'majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
Anywhere outside of Texas,
the number is 800-231-SHIP.
From inside Texas, the number is
800-392-SHIP. Also, the Tele
phone Company requires that
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Unioii. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an
official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities' for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, of threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and 'appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a member feeb that any of the above rights
have been violated, or that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor
mation, he should immediately notify SIU President Frank
Drozak at Headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The address b 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.
11232.
34 / LOG / February 1981
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-inn, ara'-pS-Lrr^-r
s«-~s,S2:
He attended the 97n P
'^.™."it;"i°rss
joined the
^ Sm in 1944 in the port of San Juan
I sailing as an AB. Brother Passapera
I was bom m Yabucoa, P.R. and is a
resident there.
resides m San Francisco.
i
?-VyeriferSS:
^anciscoaadisaresidemofBothell,
a«.,MiBre,56,jome<,,heSIU
«air
Baltimore in I960
em mg y a FOWT. Brother Miller
sailed 32 years. He was also a
jr^Cin-s,. Seafarer Miller was bL
l»56saUi„gasaroWT ?
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was born i^h' ^
6 thi^m'^m""*'''5-joined
mi? n u
^ork in
1958. Brother Blyth sailed 37 yeais
n^io
... -'port of New
Ori^ns sailing as a FOWT. Brother
Hubert Harrington O'Brien 62
was a former member of the SUP
Seafarer Blyth hit the bricks in the
1961 Grater N.Y. Harbor beef. Born
° "'e U.S. Navy. He was born in
New Orleans and is a resident there.
inin ISrfn
III'''""'
SIU
1949 in the
port of New Orleans
re^Wcnk
x7 Orleans.
Amenca and is a
resident of New
Brooke Benjamin Butler 61
Nn"rf ll''® ^
port of
B orfolk sailing as a FOWT. Brother
Butler was born in Columbia, S.C
and IS a resident of Grand Prairie,"
^'ling as a chief electrician. Brother
Wilson IS a veteran of the U.S Navy
m^rldWaraHerrastSl,
s-:="&-=v:
Clarence Edward Owens 55
joined the SIU in 1946 in rh!
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graduated from the Recer
thesis.^r 1?"•"" ofPhOadelphia
JO'""'
in
BL!^or^'"®r"
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Curtis
B .1. r ®
"''® 'o 1980
Brother ^eswasafortnermember
1963 sailing as a chief cook. Brother
Crawford was also a railroad fire
man. He was born in Alabama and is
a resident of Philadelphia.
Phi ad I
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Ph adelphiaandisaresidentofWest
Collingswood, N J
IT
SIuTl94?®T"'
U in 1942 in the port of New York
.
Adolph Schaeffer, 72
joined the Union in the pan of
Baltimore m 1956 sailing as a
^rgeman for Baker Whiteley Co
. sailing as a bosun. Brother Echevarfi
the picketline in the 1965
District Council 37 beef. He was born
^^68 to 198a Brother Schaeffer r
62, joined
the Slu in 1944 in the port of New
York sailing as a QMED. Brother
th* .rllf
Picketlines in both
Sli°t t^*""• J°'"9d the
J>IU m the port of Mobile in 1957
sailing as a FOWT. Brother Howell
r^eived a ,960 Union PorZal
RoJX": •"""
of
tJenrfngs J.e^ "^"S- "Joined
teSIUin l947intheportofNorfolii
syngas an AB. BrotherLonggota
1960 Union Personal Safety Award
lor sailing aboard an accident-free
v^el, the SS Sree/ Poyoger. He is a
Vetera pf the U.S. Army in World
Cong was bom in
Graham, N.C. and is a resident there.
. Thomas C. -T.C.- Malone, 63,
joinrt ,he SIU in the port of Mobile
in 1962 sailing as a 2nd cook and
baker. Brother Malone was bom in
oaz, Ala. and is a resident of
Houston.
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1962 Robin Line strike. He was born
m Tobago, B. W.1. and is a resident of
aan Francisco.
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1946 in the port of New York sailing
as an AB and ship's delegate. Brother
Heacox also sailed during the
Vietnam War. He was a former
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cox was born in Ohio and is a
resident of Camano Is., Wash.
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Tax Time is Upon Us!
Some General Information In Filing Your Tax Return
Here we are again^ the
favorite time of year for all
American citizens^tax
time. Deadline for filing this
year is April 15,1981. If you
are not going to be able to
file within the given time
period you must get an
extension, or the Feds will
greet you with penalties.
File early if you can. That
way if youVe entitled to a
return (God forbid you have
to pay), you'll get it
promptly.
As is customary this time
of year, the Log runs some
general info on taxes. So,
here it is:
If you received any advance earned
income credit (EIC) payments from"
your employerfs) during 1980
Even if your income was less than the
amounts shown above, you must file a
return if you owe any taxes, such as:
FICA (Social Security) on tips you .
did not report to your employer.
• Minimum Tax.
• Tax on an IRA (Individual Retire
ment Arrangement).
• Tax from recomputing a prior year
investment credit.
These rules apply to all U.S. citizens
and resident aliens, including those
under 21 years ofage. They also apply to
those nonresident aliens arid resident
aliens who are married to citizens or
residents of the United States at the end
of 1980 and who file a joint return.
Wbo Should File
Even if you do not have to file, you
should file to get a refund if income tax
was withheld from your pay. Also file if
you can take the earned income credit. If
you file for either of these reasons only,
you may be able to use Form 1040A.
Highlights
for 1980:
Important
reminders for
this year.
Wben to File
You should file a^soon as you can after
January 1, but not later than April 15,
1981. If you file late, you may have to
pay penalties and interest. If you know
that you cannot meet the April 15
deadline, you should ask for an
extension on Form 4868, Application
for Automatic Extension of Time to File
U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.
Advance Earned Income
Credit (EIC) Payments
Jf you received advance payments of the
earned income credit from your em
ployer, you must file a tax return even if
your income was below the minimum
level for your filing status. If your
allowable credit is different from the
advance payments you received, your
tax liability will increase or decrease
accordingly.
Renewable Energy Source Credit
Has Been Increased
Both the percentage and the maximum
credit allowable for installing solar,
wind, or geothermal energy equipment
in connection with your principal
residence have been increased. Certain
structural parts, such as solar roof
panels installed as a roof, also qualify.
See Form 5695 for more details.
Political Contributions
You can claim a credit for one-half of
what you gave, but not more than $50
($100 if you are married filing a joint
return). However, you may no longer
claim an itemized deduction for these
contributions.
Standard Mileage Rates
Increased
The standard mileage rate for business
use of a car or truck has been increased
to 20 cents per mile for the first 15,000
miles. For each mile over 15,000, the
rate is 11 cents. The standard mileage
rate for charitable, medical, or moving
purposes has been increased to 9 cents
per mile.
Estimated Tax Payments
by Retirees
'f you are retired now or plan to retire in
Wbere to File
1981, you may have to make estimated from your spouse for all of 1980) and:
tax payments. Or, you may choose to
Under 65
$3^00
have income tax withheld from your
65 or over
4,300
pension or annuity. For more details,
see Publication 505, Tax Withholding If you were married filing a joint return
and Estimated Tax.
and were living with your spouse at the
end of 1980 (or on the date your spouse
Do You Want More or Less
died), and:
Income Tax Withheld in 1981?
Both were under 65
$5,400
One was 65 or over
6,400
If the refund you receive or the amount
Both were 65 or over
7,400
you owe IRS is large, you may want to
change your withholding for 198i.
If you were married filing a separate
Unresolved Problems
return or married but were not living
IRS has a Problem Resolution Program with your spouse at the end of
$1,000
for taxpayers who have been unable to 1980
resolve their problems with IRS. If you
have a tax problem you have been If you could be claimed as a dependent
unable to resolve through normal on your parents' return, and had taxable
channels, call the toll-free telephone dividends,, interest, or other unearned
number for your area and ask for the income of $1,000 or more .,. 1,000
Problem Resolution Office.
If you were a qualifying widowfer) with
Wbo Must File
a dependent child and:
Your income and your filing status
Under 65
4,400
generally determine whether or not you
65 or over
5,400
must file a tax return.
You must file a return
for 1980, even if you
owe no tax:
And your
Income was
at least:
If you were single (this also means
legally separated, divorced, or married
with a dependent child and living apart
If you could exclude income from
sources within U.S. possessions 1,000
If you were self-employed and your net
earnings from this work were at least
$400
Please use the addressed envelope that
came with your return. If you do not
have an addressed envelope, or if you
moved during the year, mail your return
to the Internal Revenue Service Center
for the place where you live. No street
address is needed.
Wbicb Form to File
You MAY Be Able to Use
Form 1040A if:
• You had only wages, salaries, tips,
unemployment compensation, and
not more than $400 in interest or $400 in
dividends. (You may file Form 1040A
.even if your interest or dividend income
was more than $40(1if you are filing only
to get a refund of the earned income
credit), AND
• Your total income is $20,000 or
less ($40,000 or less if you are married
and filing a joint return).
Since Form 1040A is easier to
copiplete than Form 1040, you should
use it if you can unless Form 1040 lets
you pay less tax. However, even if you
meet the above tests, you may still have
to file Form 1040.
You MUST Use Form 1040 if:
• You itemize deductions.
• You claim more exemptions than are
shown in the tax table for your filing
status.
• Your spouse files a separate return
and itemizes deductions. Exception:
You can still use Form 1040A if you
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have a dependent child and can meet the
tests on page 6 under Married Persons
who Live Apart (and Abandoned
Spouses).
• You can be claimed as a dependent on
your parents'return AND had interest,
dividends, or other unearned income of
$1,000 or more, AND had earned
income of less than $2,3000 if single (less
than $1,7(X) if married filing a separate
return).
• You area qualifying widow(er) with a
dependent child.
• You were a nonresident alien during
any part of 1980 and do not file a joint
return (or Form 1040NR).
• You were married to a nonresident
alien at the end of 1980 who had U.S.
source income and you do not file ajoint
return. Exception: You can still use
Form 1040A if you meet the tests on
page 6 under Married Persons Who
Live Apart (and Abandoned Spouses).
• Yoa.take_any of the Adjustments^to^
Income shown on Form 1040, lines 23
through 29.
• You file any of these forms:
Form 1040—ES, Declaration of Esti
mated Tax for Individuals, for 1980 (or
if you want to apply any part of your
1980 overpayment to estimated tax for
1981).
Schedule G, Income Averaging.
Form 2210, Underpayment of Esti
mated Tax by Individuals.
Form 2555, Deduction from, or Exclu
sion of. Income Earned Abroad.
Form 4563, Exclusion of Income from
Sources in-United States Possessions. .
• You owe any of the taxes on Form
1040, line 36 or lines 48 through 52.
, • You claim any of the credits on Form
1040, lines 39 through 46.
• You claim any of the payments on
Form 1040, lines 58, 60, 61, or 62.
• You are required to fill in Part III of
Schedule B for Foreign Accounts and
Foreign Trusts.
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RoundingX)ff to Whole Dollars
You may round off cents to the nearest
whole dollar on your return and
schedules. But, if you do round off, do so
for all amounts. You can drop amounts
under 50 cents. Increase amounts from
50 to 99 cents to the next dollar. For
example: $1.39 becomes $1 and $2.69
becomes $3.
I
- Amended Return
Use Form 1040X to change an income
tax return you have already filed (Form
1040 or Form 1040A).
Presidential Election
Campaign Fund
This fund was established by Congress
to support public financing of Presiden
tial election campaigns.
YQU may have $1 go to the fund by
checking the Yes box. Oaa Joint return,
both of you may choose to have$l go to
this fund, or both may choose not to.
One may choose to have $I go to this
fund and the other may choose not to.
If you check Yes,it will not change the
tax or refund shown on your return.
Do not claim this amount as a credit
for contributions to candidates for
public'office on line 38.
Other Information
Death of Taxpayer
Did the taxpayer die before filing a
return for 1980?—If so, the taxpayer's
spouse or personal representative must
file and sigrt a return for the person who
38 I LOG / February 1981
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due on your own return.
died if the deceased was required to file a
If you file a separate retlirn, write
return. A personal representative can be
your spouse's full name in the space
an executor, administrator, or anyone
after Box 3 and your spouse's social
who is in charge of the taxpayer's
security number in the block provided
property.
for that number.
If the taxpayer did not have to file a
If your spouse does not file, check the
return but had tax withheld, a return
boxes on line 6b that apply if you can
must be filed to get a refund.
claim the exemptions for your spouse.
If your spouse died in 1980 and you
did not remarry in 1980, you can file a
Were You a Head of Household
Joint return. You can also file a Joint
return if your spouse died in 1981 before
There are special tax rates for a person
filing a return.
who can meet the tests for Head of
A Joint return should show your
Household. These rates are lower than
spouse's 1980 income before death and
the rates for Single or Married filing a
your income for all of 1980. Write
separate return.
"deceased" and show the date of death
You may use this filing status ONLY
in the name and address space of Form
IF on December 31, 1980, you were
1040. Also write "Filing as surviving
unmarried (including certain married
spouse" in the area where you sign the
persons who live apart) or legally
return. If someone else is the personal
separated and meet test a. or b. below:
representative, he or she must also sign. a. You paid more than half the cost of
If a refund is due, the person claiming
keeping up a home which was the
it must file with the return a Form 1310,
principal residence of your father of
Statement of Person Claiming Refund mother whom you can claim as a
Duea DeceaseifTiixpayer. If the person " dependent. (You mdst be dbleTo c
claiming the refund is a surviving spouse
this parent as your dependent without a
filing a Joint return with the decedent.
Multiple Support Declaration, but you
Form 1310 is not needed.
did not have to live with that parent.)
OR
U.S. Citizens Living Abroad
b.
You
paid
more
than half the cost of
Generally, foreign source income must
keeping up the home in which you lived
be reported on your return. Please get
and
in which one of the following also
Publication 54, Tax Guide for U.S.
lived
all year (except for temporary
Citizens Abroad, for more information.
absences for vacation or school):
Filing Status
Boxes 1 through 5
Were You Single or Married?
Consider yourself single if on Decem
ber 31 you were unmarried or separated
from your spouse either by divorce or
separate maintenance decree and you do
not qualify for another filing status.
State law governs whether you are
married, divorced, or legally separated.
If you were married on December 31,
consider yourself married for the whole
year. If you meet the tests for Married
Persons Who Live Apart (and Aban
doned Spouses), you may consider
yourself single for the whole year.
If your spouse died during 1980,
consider yourself married to that spouse
for the whole year, unless you remarried
before the end of 1980.
Married Persons
Joint or Separate Returns?
Joint Return, In most cases, married
couples will pay less tax if they file a
Joint return. You must report all
income, exemptions, deductions, and
credits for you and your spouse. Both of
you must sign the return, eyen if only
one of you had income.
You and your spouse can file ajoint
return even if you did not live together
for the whole year. Both of you are
responsible for any tax due on a Joint
return, so if one of you does not pay, the
other may have to.
If your spouse died in 1980, or in 1981
before filing a return for 1980, write in
the signature area "Filing as surviving
spouse." Also write "deceased"after the
name of the decedent and show the date
of death in the name and address space.
Separate Returns. You can file separate
returns if both you and your spouse had
income, or if only one of yoy had
income. If you both file, you and your
spouse must figure your tax the same
way. This means if one itemizes
deductions, the other must itemize. You
each report only your own income,
exemptions, deductions, and credits,
and you are responsible only for the tax
1. Your unmarried child, grandchild,
foster child, or stepchild. (This person
did not have to be your dependent.)
Note: If you are filing as Head, of
household because of an unmarried
child, grandchild, foster child, or
stepchild, who is not your dependent,
enter that person's name in the space
provided on line 4. Enter only one
name. If any other person qualifies you
for Head of household, no entry is
needed.
2. Your married child, grandchild,
foster child, or stepchild. (You must be
able to claim this person as your
dependent without a Multiple Support
Declaration.)
3. Any other person listed below whom
you can claim as a dependent. However,
this person does not qualify you if he or
she is your dependent under a Multiple
Support Declaration. Please see the
rules on page 7 for Dependent Sup
ported by Two or More Taxpayers.
Grandparent
Brother-in-law
Brother
Sister-in-law
Sister
Son-in-law
Stepbrother
Daughter-in-law, or
Stepsister
if related by blood:
Stepmother
Uncle
Stepfather
Aunt
Mother-in-law
Nephew
Father-in-law
Niece
Were You a Qualifying
Widow or Widower With a
Dependent Child?
If so, you may be able to useJoint return
tax rates for 1980 and use Tax Table B
or Tax Rate Schedule Y.
If your spouse died during 1979 or
1978 and you did not remarry before the
end of 1980, file a return for 1980
showing only your own income, exemp
tions, deductions, and credits. However,
you can figure your tax at Joint return
rates if you meet all 3 of the following
tests:
a. You could have filed a Joint return
with your spouse for the year your
spouse died. (It does not matter whether
you actually fijed a Joint return.)
b. Your dependent child, stepchild, or,
foster child lived with you (except for
temporary absences for vacation or
school).
c. You paid over half the .cost of
keeping up the home for this child for
the whole year.
^
Check Box 5, Qualifying widow(er)
with dependent child, and show the year
your spouse died in the space provided.
Do not claim an exemption for your
spouse. (You can claim the exemption
only for the year your spouse died.)
If your spouse died in 1980 and you
did not remarry, consider yourself
married for the whole year. If your
spouse died before 1978 and you did not
remarry, you may check Box 4 if you
met the tests under Were You a Head of
Household? Otherwise you must file as
Single.
Exemptions
Line 6a Boxes
For Yourself
You can a]wa~ys take one ^xemptibn fb
yourself. Take two exemptions if you
were blind, or 65 or over. Take three
exemptions if you were blind and 65 or
over. Be sure to check all the boxes on
line 6a for the exemptions you can take
for yourself.
You can take the extra exemptions
for age 65 or over and blindness only for
yourself and your spouse. You cannot
take them for dependents.
Age and blindness are determined as
of December 31. However, if your 65th
birthday was on January 1, 1981, you
can take the extra exemption for age for
1980.
Line 6b Boxes
For Your Spouse
You can take exemptions for your
spouse of you file a Joint return. If you
file a separate return you can take your
spouse's exemptions only if your spouse
is not filing a return, had no income, and
was not the dependent of someone else.
Your spouse's exemptions are like
your own. Take one exemption if your
spouse was neither blind nor 65 or over.
Take two exemptions if he or she was
blind or 65 or over. Take three ex
emptions if blind and 65 or over. Be
sure to check all the boxes on line 6b for
the extmptions you can take for your
spouse.
If at the end of 1980, you were
divorced or legally separated, you
cannot take an exemption for your
former spouse. If you were separated by
a divorce "that is not final (interlocutory
decree), you may take an exemption for
your spouse if you file a Joint return.
If your spouse died during 1980 and
you did not remarry before the end of
1980, check the boxes for the exemp
tions you could have taken for your
spouse on the date of death.
Lines 6c and 6d
Children and Other Dependents
Please enter on line 6c the first names of
your dependent children who lived with
you. Fill in the total number in the box
to the right of the arrow.
Please enter on line 6d the full names
and other information for your other
dependents. Fill in the total number in
the box to the right of the arrow.
Each person you claim as a dependent
has to meet ALL 5 of these tests:
a. income;
b. support;
c. married dependent;
d. citizenship or residence; and
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e. relationship.
These tests are explained below.
a. Income
The dependent received less than $1,000
gross income. (This test does not have to
be met for your child who was under 19^
at the end of the year, or a full-time
student at least 5 months of the year.
b. Support
The dependent received over half of his
or her support from you, or is treated as
receiving over half of his or her support
from you. under the rules for Children
of Divorced or Separated Parents, or
Dependent Supported by Two or More
Taxpayers. If you file a joint return, the
support can be from you or your spouse.
Support includes items such as food,
a place to live, clothes, medical and
dental care, and education. In figuring
support, use the actual cost of these
items. However, the cost of-a place to
live is figured at its fair rental value.
Do not include in support items such
as income and social security taxes,
premiums for life insurance, or funeral
expenses.
Capital items—You must include
capital items such as a car or furniture in
figuring support, but only if they are
actually given to, or bought by, the
dependent for his or her use or benefit.
Do not include the cost of a capital item
such as furniture for the household or
for use by persons other than the
dependent.
In figuring total support, you must
include money the dependent used for his
or her own support, even if this money
was not taxable (for example, social
security benefits, gifts, savings, welfare
benefits, etc.). If your child was a
student, do not include amounts he or
she received as scholarships.
c. Married Dependent
The dependent did not file a Joiiit return
with his or her spouse. However, if
neither the dependent nor the depend
ent's spouse is required to file, but they
file a joint return to get a refund of tax '
withheld, you may cl^m him or her if
the other four tests are met.
you by an authorized placement agency Interest on certain State and municipal
for legal adoption.
-s,
bonds.
• A foster child (any child who lived in
Amounts you received from an insur
your home as a member of your family
ance company because you lost the use
for the whole year).
of our home due to fire or other
Student Dependent. Even if your child ^ casualty to the extent the amounts
had income of $1,000 or more, you can
were more than the cost of your
claim the child as a dependent if he or
normal expenses while living in your
she can meet tests b, c, and d above:
home. (You must report reimburse
AND
ments for normal living expenses as
• was enrolled as a full-time student at a
Incoine.)
school during any 5 months of 19&0. or
Amounts an employer contributed on
• took a full-time, qn-farm training
your behalf and benefits provided to
course during any 5 months of 1980.
you as an employee or the spouse or
(The course had to be given by a .school
dependent of an employee, under a
or a State, county, or local government
qualified group legal services plan.
agency.)
Examples of Income You Must Report
Children of Divorced or Separated
The following kinds of income should
Parents. If a child's parents together
be reported on Form 1040, or related
paid more than half of the child's
forms and schedules. You may need
support, the parent who has custody for
some of the forms and schedules
most of the year can generally take the
listed below.
exemption for that child. However, the
Wages, including salaries, bonuses,
parent who does NOT have custody (or
commissions, fees, and tips.
who has the child for the shorter time),
Dividends (Schedule B).
may take the exemption if a or b below, . Interest (Schedule B) on;
applies.
tax refunds;
a. That parent gave at least $600 toward
bank deposits, bonds notes;
the child's support in 1980, and the
U.S. Savings Bonds;
decree of divorce or separate mainten
certain arbitrage bonds issued by
ance (or a written agreement between
State and local governments; and
the parents) states he or she can take the
accounts with savings and loan
exemption, OR
associations, mutual savings
b. That parent gave $1,200 or more for
banks, credit unions, etc.
each child's support in 1980, and the
Unemployment compensation
parent who had custody cannot prove
(insurance)
that he or she gave more than the other
Amounts received from accident and
parent.
health plans in place of wages, if your
Note: To figure the amount of support,
employer paid for the policy.
a parent who has remarried and has
Bartering income (Fair market value of
custody may count the support pro
goods or services you received in
vided hy the new spouse.
return for your services).
Dependent Supported by Two or More
Business expense reimbursements you
Taxpayers. Sometimes two or more
received that are more than you spent
taxpayers together pay more than half
for these expenses.
of another person's support, but no one
Alimony, separate maintenance or
alone pays over half of the support. One
of the taxpayers may claim the person as
a dependent only if the tests for income,
married dependent, citizenship or
residence, and relationship discussed
A major tax beef by seamen is
earlier (tests a, c, d, and e) are met.
that normally taxes are not
In addition, the taxpayer who claims
withheld
on earnings in the year
the jlependent must:
they earned the money, but in the
a. have paid more than 10% of the
year the payoff took place.
dependent's support; and
b. attach to his or her tax return a
For example, a seaman who
signed Form 2120, Multiple Support
signed on for a five month trip in
Declaration, from every other person
September, 1979, paying off in
who paid more than 10% of the support.
January^ 1980, would have all the
This form, states that the person who
five months' earnings appear on
signs it will not claim an exemption in
his 1980 W-2 even though his
1980 for the person he or she helped to
support.
actual 1980 earnings might be less
Birth or Death of Dependent. You can
than those in 1979.
take an exemption for a dependent who
There are ways to minimize the
was born or who died during 1980 if he
or she met the tests for a dependent
impacts of this situation. For
while alive. This means that a baby who
example, while on the ship in
lived only a few minutes can be claimed
1979, the Seafarer undoubtedly
as a dependent.
support payments received from and
deductible by your spouse or former
spouse.
Refunds of State and local taxes if you
deducted the taxes in an earlier year
and got a tax benefit.
Life insurance proceeds from a policy
N you cashed in if the proceeds are more
than the premiums you paid.
Profits from businesses and professions
(Schedule C).
Your share of profits from partnerships
and small business corporations
(Schedule E).
Profits from farming (Schedule F).
Pensions, annuities, endowments
(Schedule E). including lump-sum
distributions (Form 4972 or
Form 5544).
Gains from the sale or exchange
(including barter) of real estate,
securities, coins, gold, silver, gems or
other property (Schedule D or
Form 4797).
Gains from the sale of your personal
residence (Schedule D and
Form 2119).
Rents and royalties (Schedule E).
Your share of estate or trust income,
(Schedule E) including accumulation
distributions from trusts
(Form 4970).
Supplemental annuities under the
Railroad Retirement Act (but not
regular Railroad Retirement Act
benefits).
Prizes and awards (contests, raffles,
lottery and gambling winnings).
Earned income from sources outside the
United States (Form 2555).
Directors fees.
Fees received for jury duty and precinct
election board duty.
Fees received as an executor or
administrator of an estate.
Embezzled or other illegal income.
Long-Trip Tax Problems
d. Citizenship or Residence
The dependent was a citizen or resident
of the United States, a resident of
Canada or Mexico, or an^alien child
adopted by and living with a U.S. citizen
in a foreign country.
e. Relationship
The dependent met test I. or 2. below.
1. Was related to you (or your spouse if
you are filing a joint return) in one of the •
following ways:
Child
Mother-in-law
Stepchild
Father-in-law
Mother
Brother-in-law
Father
Sister-in-law
Grandparent
Son-in-law
Brother,
Daughter-in-law
Sister
or, if related by
Income
Grandchild
blood:
Examples of Income You
Stepbrother
Uncle
Do
Not Report
Stepsister
Aunt
Federal
social security benefits.
Stepmother
Nephew
Welfare
benefits.
Stepfather
Niece
2. Was any other person who lived in Disability retirement payments and
other benefits paid by the Veterans
your home as a member of your
Administration.
household for the whole year. A person
Workmen's
conipensation benefits,
is not a member of your household if at
insurance damages, etc. for injury
any time during your tax year the
or
sickness.
relationship between you and that
Child
support.
person is against local law.
Gifts,
or
money or other property you
C/ie Word child includes:
inherited or that was willed to you.
• Your son, daughter, stepson, or
Dividends
on veterans' life insurance.
stepdaughter.
Life
insurance
proceeds received
• A child who lived in your home as a
because
of
a
person's death.
member of your family if placed with
pay the full tax on them with his
return, at 14 percent or upwards,
depending on his tax bracket.
The earnings will show up on his
1980 W-2. The seaman then, on
his 1980 return would have to
explain that he had reported
some of his earnings in 1979 and
paid taxes on them. He would get
a tax refund accordingly.
In essence, the seaman would
pay taxes twice on the same
income and get a refund a year
later. While this will save the
seaman some tax money in the
long run, it means he is out-ofpocket on some of his earnings
took draws and may have sent for a full year until he gets the
allotments home. These can be refund.
This procedure would also
reported as 1979 income.
undoubtedly cause Internal Rev
Unfortunately, this raises an enue to examine his returns, since
other complication. The sea the income reported would not
man who reports these earnings coincide with the totals on his
in 1979 will not have a W-2 W-2 forms.
That raises the question, is this
(witholding statement) covering
them. He will have to list all procedure Justified? It is justified
allotments, draws and slops on only if a seaman had very little
the tax return and explain why he income in one year and very
doesn't have a W-2 for them. considerable income the next.
Furthermore, since no tax will Otherwise the tax saving is minor
have been withheld on these and probably not worth the
earnings in 1979, he will have to headache.
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HEADLINES
NEW COMMERCE SEC. ADVOCATES BILATERAL SHIPPING PACTS
FORMER LABOR SEC’Y MARSHALL TO TOIL FOR AFL-CIO UNIT
NAVY STONEWALLING USE OF PRIVATE SECTOR
WILMINGTON MEMBERS HOLD SERVICES FOR LOST POET CREW
DELTA QUEEN “LIFE” EXTENDED TO 1988
SIU CREWS CONFERENCE TO CONVENE IN APRIL
JOHN DWYER RETIRES AFTER 27 YEARS WITH SIU
SIU HOLDS FIRST AGENTS CONFAB OF 1981
AFL-CIO CHARGES CHICKEN KINGPIN FRANK PERDUE WITH FOWL PLAY
SIU-MEMBA, D-2 MAY REINSTITUTE JOINT ED PROGRAM
WINTER DUTY ON LAKES HARDLY BRR-ABLE
SUN NOT SHINKING ON AMERICA’S SHIPYARDS
$524M TENTATIVELY SET FOR FISCAL ’82 MARAD BUDGET
NAVY OVERLOOKING U.S. FLEET IN SHIP PROCUREMENT
PROPELLER CLUB PLANS T.V. ADS PROMOTING U.S. MARITIME
INOUYE INTRODUCES OCEAN SHIPPING ACT OF 1981
SIU STEWARDS TOUR NATIONS CAPITAL
BALDRIDGE: MARITIME NEEDS BILATERAL TREATIES
EAGLETON ASKS LABOR’S HELP TO REBUILD DEM PARTY
NEW HOUSE M.M. CHAIRMAN JONES VOWS ACTION TO HELP MARITIME
CONVEYOR COURSE OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE AHEAD
SHLSS OFFERS BIOLOGY COURSE FOR COLLEGE-LEVEL CREDITS
MARINE ELECTRONICS COURSE OFFERED AT SHLSS TO MEET SEAFARERS’ NEEDS
DIESEL ENGINE COURSE TAKES IT APART AND PUTS IT BACK TOGETHER
AIMING FOR THE STARS: CELESTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE IS POPULAR WITH SEAFARERS
NEW JOBS ON WATERMAN’S EDWARD RUTLEDGE
AFL-CIO MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT SETS PROGRAM TO REVERSE MARITIME DECLINE
ILA BACK IN MTD FAMILY: GLEASON CALLS FOR UNITY
NEW HOUSE M.M. CHAIRMAN JONES ADDRESSES MTD
DENISON: WILL FIGHT BUDGET AX
BARKAN: LABOR STILL STRONG ON CAPITOL HILL
REP. ZEFERETTI SEEKS GOVT. ACTION ON MARITIME
JEAN INGRAO HOSPITALIZED, MISSES BOARD MEETING
KIRKLAND PLEDGES AFL-CIO CLOUT TO HELP M.M.
LABOR’S CRUCIAL JOB, “… ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE”
METAL TRADES BURNSKY VOWS SUPPORT OF U.S. MARITIME
MTD EXECUTIVE BOARD VOWS ACTION ON CRUCIAL MARITIME, WORKER ISSUES
AFL-CIO, MTD HONOR THE MEMORY OF PAUL HALL
MTD BOARD ACTS ON CRUCIAL ISSUES
U.S. FLAG MUST GET SHARE OF COAL EXPORTS
IRATE READERS TO LOG: BUTTON GWINNETT A LIBERTY SHIP, TOO!
40 YEARS AT SEA UNDER HIS BELT; TIME TO RETIRE
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1981
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negotiation of bilateral shipping U.S. rather than in foreign
HE strong, five-point pro nation's maritime problems."
Calling for action by Congress agreements that include guaran shipyards.
gram aimed at revitalizing
The Executive Council's
the U.S.-flag merchant marine on the maritime program, the tees that a fair share of U.S.
which was drafted by SIU AFL-CIO Executive Council, international cargoes be carried endorsement of the maritime
program came during the
President Frank Drozak con presided over by President Lane on U.S.-flag vessels.
tinued to pick up steam when it Kirkland said: "The United
• A commitment to restoring Council's annual mid-winter
was endorsed by the AFL-CIO States must remain a major the competitive standing of the meeting in Bal Harbour, Fla., last
maritime... nation and it needs a U.S.-flag dry-bulk fleet must be month. The maritime program
Executive Council late last
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foreign trade policy that will made by guaranteeing an was part of a statement on
month.
The five-point program insure^—not undercut—that goal. equitable portion of U.S. coal International Trade and Invest
ment issued by the Council which
"Greater priority needs to be exports to American ships.
already has the backing of the
also addressed problems afflict
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades given to solution of problems
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Department as well as the stamp facing the maritime industry,"
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of the key seagoing unions which said the Executive Council's
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conferences,
which
would
help
industries, the Council said,
U.S. government and Congress
try Problems.
restore
more
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shipment
"government policies and
Aimed at restoring the on the following points:
in
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bottoms
of
cargo
pracfices in international trade
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American merchant fleet "to the
generated
by
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and investment must give greater
forefront of world maritime of the U.S. merchant marine fleet
• Finally, there should be emphasis to U.S. interests
shipping," SIU President Drozak by the U.S. Navy for auxiliary
revision of tax incentives and through national actions and
said, the five-point maritime functions.
regulatory practices to encourage cooperation with other nations to
• Reviving the U.S. merchant
platform provides "reasonable,
achievable answers to the marine also requires the the building of new vessels in achieve fair trade."
Price impasse Forces El Paso to Lay Up LNGs
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negotiations between
Algeria and the U.S. over the
price of gas, SlU-contracted El
Paso Co. will lay up its six LNG
ships indefinitely:
Of the six ships, three have SIU
crews .aboard. The other three
have been in Europe for repair
work.
The three ships, the £7 Paso
Southern, the El Paso Arzew,
and the El Paso Howard Boyd,
have also been in Europe in hopes
that a settlement would be
reached. Now that the talks have
been indefinitely suspended the
company is bringing the ships to
Rhode Island where the crews
will be laid off.
The talks broke down last
month when representatives
from Algeria and the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE)
could not agree on a price for
Algerian natural gas exports to
SfU Opposing Bif/ to Allow
Foreign Flag Passenger Service
U,S,—Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The
SIU is strongly opposed to a
recently introduced bill that
would allow foreign-flag passen|:fer vessels to travel between
Puerto Rico and the U.S.
mainland.
Numbered H.R. 1489, the
legislation was introduced into
the House of Representatives by
Congressman Baltasar Corrada
(D-Puerto Rico). The bill is
currently awaiting consideration
before the House Merchant
Marine and Fisheries Committee:
The bill was proposed because,
under the Jones Act, only U.S.flag vessels may trade between
the commonwealth of Puerto
Rico and America.
This legislation was originally
introduced in the last session of
Congress as an amendment to the
ill-fated Omnibus Maritime bill.
Although this particular
passenger provision received
unanimous support from both
Democrats and Republicans, it
was killed along with the
Omnibus Maritime bill.
There is presently no regularly
scheduled marine passenger
service between ports in Puerto
Rico and other ports in the U.S.
The legislation states that
foreign-flag passenger service
would cease as soon as U.S.-flag
passenger service becomes
available. However, the SIU feels
that if foreign-flag ships get
involved in the service, there will
be no incentive for U.S. opera
tors to enter it.
If Congress feels there is a
need for a marine passenger
service between the U.S. ^nd
Puerto Rico then American-flag
operators should be encouraged
to start that service.
The SIU will continue to
monitor H.R'. 1489 and to fight
against its enactment.
America.
Algeria wants the price of its
natural gas to be. comparable
with the world price of crude pil.
That price would bring the cost of
Algerian natural gas to $6 a
thousand cubic feet. This price is
niearly 25 percent higher than
costs set in current U.S.
agreements covering Canadian
and Mejxican natural gas.
El Paso began inporting
Algerian natural gas to the U.S.
in 1978. In late 1979, the
company renegotiated its
contract with that North African
country. The agreement called
for a price of $1.94 per thousand
cubic feet of LNG.
The price was approved by the
DOE which, under law, must rule
(yi the price of any imported gas.
But in the spring of last year
the Algerian government decided
to press fot a higher price than
what had been negotiated.
Imports of Algeria natural
gas stopped in April of 1980.
Soon afterwards, negotiations
broke down between El Paso and
Algeria and the DOE became
the spokesman for the U.S. At
various times, it looked like a
settlement was imminent and
that gas would start flowing
again to El Paso's costly
regasification plants in Cove
Point, Md. and Elba Island, Ga.
That was why for much of that
time, the company kept crews
aboard three of its ships.
Now that the two sides seem to
be far from a settlement the
company has decided to bring its
ships back to the U.S. for lay up.
The 900-foot long high
technology LNG tankers are the
most expensive commercial ships
ever built. To have them laid up is
a terrible waste.
Afso, Algerian natural gas
provides one of the alternates
that America is seeking in its
efforts to diversify energy
sources.
The Union therefore hopes
that an agreement will soon be
reached and that SIU crews will
once again be bringing natural
gas to customers on the U.S. east
coast.
The Log will keep you
informed on any further
developments.
COLA Hike for
Lakes Seahireis
Effective Feb. 1, 1981, Great
Lakes Seafarers working under
contracts with the Great Lakes
Association of Marine Operators,
Kinsman Lines and Boh Lo Co.,
received a cost of living add-on of
cents per hour.
Under the terms of the three-year
Freightship Agreement, which ex
pires this year, COLA's are com
puted quarterly. They are based on
increases in the Consumer Price
Index. For every .3 point rise in the
CPI, Great Lakes Seafarers receive a
one cent per hour wage adjustment.
The February COLA is the first
add-on for 1981. The next cost of
living adjustment date is May 1.
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�SlU Pension, Welfare & A/Sacation
Plans Paid Record $45.5 Million^ in Benefits in 1980
I960 was a banner yaar for benefits for SlU people. The Seafarers Pension,
Welfare and Vacation Plans paid out a record $45.5 million~plus to SlU members,
pensioners and their dependents, representing the highest figure ever paid out in
a single year.
The report of benefits paid (printed below) is a solid reminder of the kind of
benefits and security a member of the SlU enjoys. Andit'san important indication
of the strength and financial stability of all the SlU's benefit plans.
Seafarers Welfare, Pension, and Vacation Plans Cash Benefits
Number of
Benefits
Paid
1980
SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN
ELIGIBLES
Death
In Hospital Daily @ $1.00.
In Hospital Daily @ $3.00......
Hospital & Hospital Extras
Surgical
Sickness & Accident @ $8.00
Special Equipment
Optical
Supplemental Medicare Premiums .....
Amount of
Benefits
1980
142
5,209
5,506
1,814
864
66,610
21
- 1,330
492
$930,505.75
5,284.00
16,518.00
770,732.90
170,842.11
532,831.00
9,400.97
53,209.19
39,349.54
5,783
3,337
3,074
539
1,093
2,703,386:81
196,034.69
554,659.86
219,577.14
703.73
42,135.48
304
3,916
3,355
388
1,050
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28,184
860,606.63
675,137.28
373,210.72
89,367.08
41,276.14
1,027.15
18,156.65
20,051.60
278,992.55
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TOTAL SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ..
SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN
TOTAL SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN .....
SEAFARERS VACATION PLAN
TOTAL SEAFARERS VACATION PLAN
TOTAL WELFARE, PENSIONS VACATION
85
974,715.96
48,674.78
11,727.24
13,661.88
133,214
1,240,146.00
10,891,922.83
37,614
10,491,108.33
15,877
24,096,336.42
186,705
$45,479,367.58
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Johnny Yarmola Dies of Heart Attack at 57
OHN' Yarmola, vice president of
the SIUNA and National
Field Coordinator of the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department, died
of a heart attack March 9 in
Washin^on, D.C. He was 57.
Yarmola, known to everyone
simply as Johnny, was one of the
best known, best liked people in the
labor movement. News of his
sudden death hit his friends and
colleagues in the SIU and the labor
movement very hard.
SIU President Frank Drozak
sadly recalled that Johnny was the
first person he worked with after
coming ashore for the Union more
than 20 years ago. Drozak said,
"Johnny knew more about the labor
movement than anyone I know. He
was totally dedicated to trade
unionism. Johnny was a true and
loyal friend. He's irreplaceable.
We're going to miss him very badly."
Johnny Yarmola was born in
Chicago in April 1923. He began his
long and productive career in the
labor movement in 1950 when he
joined the staff of the Union Label
and Service Trades Department in
Washington.
He had a keen mind for organiza
tion, and in the mid 50's he helped
set up the offices of the AFL-CIO
Maritime Trades Department. He,
along with the late Paul Hall, was
instrumental in bringing new affili
ates into the Maritime Trades
Department and building it up to the
largest, most active constitutional
department of the AFL-CIO.
After nearly a decade as a staff
officer for the old AF of Land the
merged AFL-CIO, Johnny came to
work for the SIUNA as an Interna
tional Representative and special
assistant to former SIUNA Presi
dent Paul Hall. He remained a close
personal friend and confidant of
Paul Hall until Brother Hall's death
June 22, 1980.
Johnny's work with the SIUNA
quickly earned him a reputation
throughout labor as an ace troubleshooter. He was at the forefront of
many of the SIUNA's toughest
beefs.
In 1962, he was sent to Chicago to
help coordinate the famous Chicago
cab drivers beef. The cabbies wanted
to break away from Teamsters Local
777, which was dominated by
mobsters. They approached numer
ous unions to help them. Only the
SIUNA came through. The beeftook three full years. But in the end,
it was won and Yarmola helped
affiliate the cab drivers into the
SIUNA, where they remain today.
In 1967, Johnny returned to
Chicago where he helped organize
the United Industrial Workers
Union of the Midwest. In 1968, he
was rewarded by the UIW of the
Midwest membership by being
elected president of the new SIUNA
affiliate. He has been reelected every
three years since.
Also in 1968, Johnny became a
vice president of the International
and an executive board member of
the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department. In 1977, he was named
National Field Coordinator of the
MTD.
During his years with the SIU,
Johnny performed! many diverse
and extremely difficult tasks for the
Union. He helped set up the educa
tional curriculum at the Lundeberg
School. He even taught at Piney
Point for awhile as Union Ed
instructor.
Johnny was a top administrator in
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addition to his many other abilities
and he handled all his assignments
quickly and professionally.
In addition to his many duties
with the SIUNA and the MTD,
Johnny served on numerous com
mittees for the AFL-CIO, including
the Community Services Commit
tee, the Pension Investment Com
mittee and the Ad Hoc Committee
on Maritime Industry Problems.
Johnny had a secret love of
writing and could have been a damn
good journalist (in fact one of his
first jobs was as a copy boy for one
of the Chicago newspapers). He
always said he wanted to write a
book entitled, "Famous Labor
Leaders Who Knew Me." And
Johnny Yarmola knew them all.
Johnny Yarmola is survived by his
wife, Peggy; son, Jeff; mother,
Anna; sister, Marie, of Chicago, and
his brother, Steve, of Washington,
D.C.
Wakes were held for Brother
Yarmola both in Washington and
Chicago, where hundreds of his
friends from the labor movement,
including AFL-CIO President Lane
Kirkland, paid their final respects.
On Saturday, March 14, 1981,
Johnny Yarmola—devoted husband
and father, labor leader, and a real
special person—was laid to rest at
St. Mary's Evergreen Park "in his
native Chicago.
Smooth sailing Johnny! We all
miss you very badly.
Remembrances of Johnny Yarmola, a True Friend
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N THE last few years, the SIU
has suffered the loss of some of
our most dynamic and dedicated
officials, including Paul Hall, Paul
Drozak, Bull Shepard, Bill Hall, and
just in the last few months Ralph
Quinnonez and Joe Algina.
When it finally seemed as if the
dust had settled, as if the worst had
already happened, Johnny Yarmola
died, suddenly, without warning.His death is a tremendous loss to the
SIU, to his friends, and most of all,
to his family.
For more than 20 years, Johnny
Yarmola dedicated his life to the
SIU. He had official titles, but no
title could describe or do justice to
what he did for our Union.
He was like a human smor
gasbord: he did a little bit of this, a
little bit of that. He lobbied. He
travelled around the country to gain
support for this Union's legislative
programs. He worked with the
research department. He taught at
Piney Point. And when it was over,
the sum of what he did was definitely
more than the total of all the parts.
He was a deceptively complex
man who presented himself to most
people in the simplest of terms. He
was overweight and hearty. He had
an endless supply of bad prepared
jokes, which when told all at once
wore down the listener's resistance.
He was wickedly funny. Like a
squirrel chasing a nut, he would
pounce on a word or a phrase, shock
whoever was within earshot and
force him to laugh.
He had a big moon face that more
often than not was in full smile. He
could disarm the most guarded of
people. He was once asked to lobby
a Congressman on an important bill
concerning the maritime industry.
The Congressman was a "died-inthe-Wool" fiscal conservative who
felt that the U.S. merchant marine
ranked slightly below Alaskan Snow
Conservation in terms of national
priorities. The two men met for a
quick drink.
By the end of the evening, the
prim and proper Republican Con
gressman was drunk, driving all
around Washington, D.C. in his
Mercedes Benz, telling dirty jokes,
saying that he couldn't understand
why this country hadn't done more
to rebuild its badly deteriorated
merchant marine, a national
treasure if there ever was one. He ran
through red lights, drove over
highway dividers, and when the time
came, voted for the vitally important
maritime bill.
Stories like that are not un
common. Johnny Yarmola had a
way of winning opponents over.
People trusted him, felt comfortable
around him, liked him. They would
start off talking about the weather
and wind up telling him everything
—their life story.
He knew exactly what was
happening in the labor movement,
and because he did, the SIU was
never taken by surprise. The late
Paul Hall, for many years president
of the SIU, and Yarmola's close
friend and advisor, often referred to
Johnny as his "secret weapon." "I
don't know how he does it, but he
knows everything. We couldn't
survive without him."
He travelled across the country
with little more than a brief case, two
shirts, two pairs of underwear and a
small bottle of Woolite. He was the
last American Gypsy, travelling,
working, cursing, laughing his way
from Chicago, his home town, to
California, to Washington. He knew
all the labor people throughout the
country and they knew and loved
him.
Despite hjs gypsy feet, he was a
creature of habit. When in Washing
ton he would often find his way to
his two favorite pub/restaurants:
the New York Lounge and the Post
Pub. They were both situated on
Fifteenth Street in Washington,
D.C., just a stone's throw away
from his beloved MTD.
He entered the bar like Pavarotti
mounting a stage. One by one, he
met everyone there: the bartender,
the pressman from the nearby
Washington Post, construction
workers, labor skates. He told
stories, jokes. He was the center of
attention. And when the evening
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EAFARERS are urged to
attend special meetings at
2:30 p.m. on Apr. 16 to elect
delegates to a Union Crews
Conference.
As has been reported in the
January and February 1981
Logs, the meetings will be held
across the country at the halls of
the SIU, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes,
and Inland Waters District.
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Frank Drozak, joined 9,000 AFLClO marchers to back the United
Mine Workers Union protest of
President Reagan's budget cuts of
Black Lung disease medical benefits
on Mar. 9 in Washington, D.C.
The march route began at the
AFL-CIO Headquarters at 16th St.
N.W. to a protest rally at the
Washington Monument.
The proposed budget cuts (since
modified) make eligibility require
ments more difficult, depriving
many coal miners with valid heajth
claims from compensation. It's
estimated that 4,000 U.S. coal
miners die each year from Black
Lung disease and thousands more
are permanently disabled.
Drozak declared that the "SIU
and MTD were proud to carry with
the coal miners a unified message to
President Reagan."
The SIU chief averred that, "our
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has a black cloud in its silver
lining—Black Lung disease. Mining
is a hazardous job and the disease is
SIU President Frank Drozak and SHLSS Base Commandant Ken Conkiln (r)
lead a contingent of Seafarers who joined in a Washington, D.C. demonstration
to protest the Reagan Administration's plans to cut funding for U.S.
Mineworkers who are victims of black lung disease.
role for U.S.-flag vessels in
the burgeoning world coal
trade was high on the House
Merchant Marine Subcommittee's
agenda as they began a series of
hearings on the coal trade early this
month.
Subcommittee Chairman Rep.
Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.) opened the
March 4 hearing by noting that
"U.S. steam coal exports experienced
a.dramatic surge" in 1980 and that
those exports "will 0ntinue to
increase significantly."
To prepare for the expansion of
U.S. coal exports—which could be
between four and five times higher
than the current level by the year
2000, according to some estimates—
the Subcommittee will be seeking
solutions to two pressing problems:
• deepening U.S. ports to accom
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a killer as tiny coal particles collect
in, the lungs of the miners to impair
their breathing and eventually leads
to their deaths."
representation will be as follows:
New York, 12; New Orleans, 6;
Houston, 6; San Francisco, 6;
Baltimore, 3; Boston, 3; Detroit,
3; Jacksonville, 3; Mobile, 3;
Norfolk, 3; Philadelphia, 3; San
Juan, 3; Seattle, 3; Tampa, 3;
Wilmington, 3; St. Louis, 3, and
Piney Point, 3.
If any port fails to elect its
quota, then Headquarters will
hold a special meeting on Apr. 17
at 2:30 p.m. to elect the port's
quota.
Following are the qualifica
tions a deep sea member must
meet if he or she wishes to be
elected as a delegate: (Proof of
these qualifications must be
produced at the special meetings
held on Apr. 16, and if necessary
on Apr. 17).
• Possess a full book with"A"
Oceans Seniority in good
standing.
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• Have 24 months seatime
with SIU-A&G contracted deep
sea operators in ratings above
entry.
• Have at least 90 days of such
employment in the period from
Apr. I, 1980 to Apr. I, I98I.
"Seatime" will be considered as
any time for which contributions
have_been made toward Pension
and Welfare eligibility.
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held at the Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg School of Seaman
ship in Piney Point, Md. It will be
attended by 69 elected delegates
representing all ports and the
three shipboard departments.
There will be 23 delegates from
each department.
Based on shipping and
registration and the past year's
activities in each of the ports.
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To take place the week of Apr.
20, the Crews Conference will
help the SIU plan for the 1980's,
as well as for the upcoming A&G
deep sea contract negotiations.
The three-year deep sea
Tanker and Freighter/ Passenger
Agreements that were signed in
1978 expire on June 15 of this
year.
The Crews Conference will be
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ship on June 22. Get in on today's oppor
tunities in the SlU-contracted fleet. Contact
SHLSS or your SIU Representative.
This man knows reefer maintenance.
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modate deep draft coal carriers,
and;
• providing for participation by
U.S.-flag vessels in the coal
trade.
"The question arises," Rep. Biaggi
said, "as to what action the govern
ment should take to assure that the
U.S. merchant lleet shares fairly in
the growth brought about by in
creased steam coal exports. Steam
coal is essential to the industrial
and military strength of our Euro
pean allies," he continued, "and it is
imperative that the U.S. assure that
there are adequate U.S. vessels to
supply our allies."
The Subcommittee was briefed by
members of the Interagency Coal
Export Task Force, which has been
preparing a report since the Task
Force was created by former Presi
dent Carter nine months ago.
"U.S.-flag coal ships are necessary
for economic, commercial security
and national defense reasons," said
Dr. James Lisnyk of the Maritime
Administration, an ICE Task Force
member.
He targeted several options,
included in the ICE Task Force
report, which the U.S. can use to
build up a coal fleet. Those options
include: enacting special, dry bulk
legislation; signing cargo preference
bilateral agreements with our trad
ing partners; increasing subsidies for
the fleet, and; reflagging U.S.owned, foreign-registered coal ships.
The House Subcommittee plans
to hold several additional brielings
and hearings in the months ahead
"to consider," Rep. Biaggi said,
"legislative actions to assure the
growth of our ports," and the role of
"the U.S. merchant fleet in the
transport of steam coal."
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Referring to the fact that Furu
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monies in San Francisco mark
ing the 96th anniversary of the
founding of the Sailors Union of the
Pacific (SUP).
Also, in conjunction with the
anniversary, busts of Andrew Furuseth and4larry Lundeberg had been
refurbished and were re-dedicated at
the ceremonies.
Among the half-dozen guest
speakers were SIU President Frank
Drozak, SIU Executive Vice Presi
dent Ed Turner, and SIU West
Coast Vice President George Mc
Cartney.
Other speakers included Henry
Disley, president of the Marine
Firemen's Union, Paul Dempster,
president of the SUP, Albin Gruhn,
president of the California State
AFL-CIO, and John Henning,
executive secretary of the California
Uabor Federation.
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did officers and members from
many maritime unions and a num
ber of steamship companies.
The ceremonies took place in
front of the SUP building where the
larger-than-life busts of Lundeberg
and Furuseth stand.
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Seafarers International Union and
Andrew Furuseth was the founder
of the old InternationkT Seamen s
Union.
Am^riran seamen.
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Drozak recalled his first rneehng
with Lundeberg many years before^
Lundeberg asked Drowktogeto fa
ship in order to work for the Union
in Seattle. President Drozak said
that he little realized at the time that
the meeting between him and
Lundeberg was to become the
beginning of his work as a union
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the refurbished statues which had
become worn over the years Also
present were Lundeberg's children,
Eric, Alette, and Gunnar.
In his remarks at the ceremonies,
Drozak paid tribute to the long
history of strong trade unionism
among the membership of the SUf •
He ^Iso praised the dedication ol
both Furuseth and Lundeberg for
their life-long service on behalf ot
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Furhseth, Ed Turner in his remarks
said that "they fought against tough
odds to make the world a better
place for
lui their fellow man.
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tracted Zapata Corp. recently
Ocean.
sold;
The four vessels, the Zapata
Patriot. Zapata Ranger. Zapata
Rover, and Zapata Courier, were
bought by another SlU-contracted company, Ogden Corp.
Under the new ownership, the
name Ogden replaces Zapata qn
each of the vessels. The ships are
expected to continue on the same
routes they were running for
Zapata.
Ogden will pick up the remain
ing two-and-half year charter on
the-Patriot which is being used by
hauling jet fuel and Other refined
products under charter to the
^avy. The Courier is engaged in
carrying rpetyokum^ products in
the worldwide market.
Ogden has acquired the vessels
from Zapata for $89.5 million,
including $52.9 million in cash
and a $36.6 million assumption
of debt.
The four vessels constituted
Zapata's entire shipping fleet.
Built in 1976 and 1977, the ships
each weigh 35,000 deadweight
tons.
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was "chareed.
"charged, titried and ex
pelled from the SUP" in the 1930's,
Turner said the "trial committee
shouldn't feel too bad. After all, at
the same time General Billy Mitchell
was court martialed and discharged
from the Army because he dared to
disagree 'with his bosses over airpower."
Talking about former SIU Presi
dent Paul Hall, Turner said he was
"a man who had vision, knowledge
and practical know-how. He was a
tough taskmaster, but a truly
dedicated leader."
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?of®|t'^,/s°qua^ victims.
Council, presents $16,000 check to ^'shop Bevilacqua for It^y 9^^ ^
Others in photo are from left: SIU N.Y. Fidd Rep1°";
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N.Y. Port Council; Evelyn Aquilla and Father Basler of the Diocese
Joe Collozo, vice president of ILA Local 18U.
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Ogden to Build 2 Dry Bulk Carriers
' SlU-contractcd Ogden Marine
ankers-to bolster its fleet of Amer-
has applied to the U.S Mantime
Administration for construction 3^
ferential subsidy to build two 41,5W
dwt dry bulk ships for operation in
the U.S. foreign trades.
Ogden, which has made several
moves lately—including buying Zapata's four.35,000 dwt product
two new bulkg Avondale Shipyard in New
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g" .^^ed cost of construction
S^ihe lwo ships is $133 million.
be equipped with
Sulzer slow-speed dipsel engines and
will be capable to attaining 15 knots.
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In a warm display of humanitarianism, the Maritime Port
Council of Greater New York
and Vicinity collected $16,000 to
be donated to the Catholic Relief
Services. The money will be used
to aid victims of the tragic
earthquake that rocked parts of
Italy
Italv late last year.
vear. That disaster,
among the worst on record, killed
tens of thousands of people and
left countless others without
food, clothing and shelter.
The presentation took place in
a congenial Italian restaurant
located in ^ Brooklyn s
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Gardens section. The commun^y
is home for many
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^and to make the presenta^.Y. Port Agent
Caffey, who is also vicepresident of the Port Co^uncil,
^^thony Anastasio, and several
other officials of the Port
Bishop Bevacqua of the
of Brooklyn accepted the dona
tion on behalf of the Ca
Relief Services.
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Legislative. AJministr.itive ami Rel•4^uo^v Happenings
Reagan Maritime Budget Unveiled
. After a long and suspenseful delay,
Ronald Reagan finally unveiled the details
of his Budget in a warmly received State of
the Union address. As predicted, drastic cuts
are proposed in almost all sectors of the
Federal biidget. David Stockman, director
of the OMB, played a leading role in helping
Reagan decide what programs would be cut,
and what programs would be saved.
As it stands right now, the vitally
important Operating Differential Subsidy
Program will jiot be cut, although its sister
program, the Construction Differential
Subsidy, 'will be trimmed by some $20
million from the budget proposed last year
by then Pres. Carter. Shipbuilders are a little
unnerved by the proposed cutback, espe-
cially in light of the recent state of shipyardclosings.
Although it will take time to assess the
impact of the budgehproposals, most people
feel that the maritime industry fared
relatively well, at least in comparison to
other industries. However, the industry was
shocked by at least one proposal: the pro
posal to close the eight remaining USPHS
hospitals by 1982. The USPHS network
dates back to 1798. Not only do the USPHS
hospitals serve an important national
purpose, but they-are cost-effective as well.
It is hoped that in the upcoming months.
when the budget proposals are debated by
the House and Senate, federal funding for
the USPHS hospitals will be reinstated.
Labor Moves to Preserve l^ade Adlustment Assistance
Organized labor launched a counter
attack on the Reagan Administration's
attempt to virtually dismantle the Federal
Trade Assistance, Program, which affects
millions of American workers, including
many who work in the U.S. shipyards and
related maritime fields.
Elizabeth Jager, an AFL-CIO economist,
told the House Ways and Means Trade
Subcommittee that the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Program was "a necessary and
integral jpart of overall trade policy."
Under the present program, workers who
have lost their jobs because of unfair foreign
competition are encouraged to enroll in
U.S. Adds OU lb 8PR
The government has acquired 6.2 million
barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve (SPR) since it began occasional
spot-market purchases earlier this month.
Is is hoped that the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve will eventually total one billion
barrels of oil, to be used in case the nation
faces an interruption of oil imports, the kind
that occurred after the 1973 Yom Kippur
War and which may yet occur as a result of
the Iran-Iraqi War. The reserve currently
contains about 120 million barrels, which is
less than a month's imports. It is one of those
ironies of history that the U.S., which has.
vast coal and natural gas reserves, is more
vulnerable to foreign pressure than any of
the major industrial powers, most of which
, have spent the past six years quietly building
up their own strategic oil reserves.
The 6.2 miilion barrels of oil is part of an
immediate plan to acquire 8.6 million
barrels through spot market purchases.
Stndd* OtCers nUp BUI
special training programs. They are also
eligible to receive up to $269 millioaa week
in adjustment assistance for at least 52
weeks.
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0iesel Power Allead
In Economic Study
According to a study conducted by A'lan
Rowen of the Webb Institute for the Naval
Architecture for the Maritime Administra
tion and the Baham Corporation, diesel
power is fast becoming the most economic
and fuel efficient type of maritime energy.
The study-predicted that diesel fuel would
become increasingly more attractive to own
ers of merchant vessels in the upcoming
years, and suggested that the U.S. goverfiment should consider speeding up that pro
cess by providing further economic incen
tives to owners who use that form of fuel.
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The maritime industry suffered a tragic
• loss when Johnny Yarmola, National Field
Co-ordinator for the Maritime Trades De
partment and vice president of the SI UNA,
died suddenly in his Washington apartment.
(See page 5) He had been a mainstay of the
Maritime Trades Department for over
twenty years. Thanks in" part to his hard
work and dedication, the Department was
able to become a leading spokesman for the
maritime industry on Capitol Hill. He will
be sorely missed.
L.A. Coal Terndnal
The. Los Angeles Board of Harbor
Commissioners have approved in theory the
need for a $100 million coal-handling
terminal at the port of Los Angeles. The
Commission's approval is the first step
towards construction of such a terminal,'
which would facilitate the export of
American coal
SPAD is the SlU's political fund and our poli^al arm in
Washington, D.C. The SlU asks for and accepts voluntary
contributions only. The Union uses the money donated to
SPAD to support the election campiiigns of legislators who
have shown a pro-mantime or pro-labor record.
SPAD enables the SIU to work effectively oft the vital
maritime issues in the Congress. These are issues that have
a direct impact on the jobs and Job security of all SIU mem
bers, deep-sea, inland, and Lakes.
The SIU ui^es its members to continue their fine record
of support for SPAD. A member can contribute to the
SPAD fund as he or she sees fit, or make no contribution at
all without fear of reprisal.
A copy of the SPAD report is filed with the Federal Elec
tion Commission. It is available for purchase from the EEC
in Washh^on, D.C.
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Merchant Marine Subcommittee on Coast
Guard and Navigation, has introduced H.R.
1774, a bill which would ^courage the
owners of vessels built in U.S. shipyards to
"make applications to the Secretary of
Commerce for Contruction Differential
Siibsidies to aid in the reconstruction or
reconditioning of such vessels...to make
them more energy efficient."
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Congrats on Drozak Election ...
TO THE EDITOR
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Longer He's In, Better He Likes 14: First, I must say it is an honor and privilege to be a member of the
SIU,. I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to all the
people at the Lundeberg School for their patience and understand
ing while I was attending the ABand GEDclasses, and the Alcholic
Rehabilitation Program.
The longer I remain a member of the SIU, I become more aware
of the devotion and contributions of the individuals who founded
the SIU and made it into one of the really unique Unions in the
world.
I alsb want to express my appreciation for the courtesy and
cooperation the local SIU officials have showed me in the way of
requested information and job assignments.
Fraternally^
Randall D. Halsey, H-5748
. St. Louis, Mo.
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This is to thank the Seafarers Welfare Plan for payment of the
Doctor and Hospital bills-for my operation. It would have taken a
long time and lots of sacrifice to have paid over$7,000. But after the
Plan paid for everything according to the rules of the Plan, I had
only $150 to account for. My husband is at sea right jiow, and I wish
to pass along our thanks for all the help. '
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I saw-in the Log that Brother Frank Drozak has been elected to
continue "piloting" the SIU-AGLIWD for the next four yeans.
He has been "up front" these many years, and I'm sure it is
gratifying that SIU members wholeheartedly support his endeavors
to solidify and strengthen the SIU.
Congratulations are in order, and I sincerely extend mine, as^yt'ell
as those of the MFOW membership.
Steady as She Goes ...
Fraternally yours,
Henry Dlsley '
President
Marine Firemen's Union
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The SIU members aboard this vessel, iht Zapata Patriot, wish to
thank Captain Joseph E. Stuckens for a smooth and pleasant
voyage #44. Despite the boredorhand monotony of being stationed
here in the Indian Ocean there were no_beefs of any kind. There was
no disputed OT. It is a pleasure to work under the command of such
a capable and considerate captain.
Fraternally,
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I wish to express my sincere congratulations to Frank Drozak on
his recent election as the President of the Seafarers' International
Union-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.
He h^s the knowhow and the experience to fight for the SIU and
for the labor movement as a whole. I am sure that he will carry on in
the tradition of the Seafarers' International Union and in the work
of the late President. Paul Hall, in the protection of seamen and
their working conditions as well as to achieving a better and larger
United States merchant marine..
On behalf of the membership of the Sailors'Union of the Pacific,
best wishes and a smooth sailing to all in the SIU.
Sincerely & Fraternally,
Paul Dempster
President & Secretary-Treasurer
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Sailors' Union of the Pacific
There are two
courses coming up in
ill Diesel Technology.
IP Both begin June 22.I
Apply for the Course
and pass a pre-test for
Transportation Institute Diesel
Scholarship. There is ^Iso a'
Diesel Engineering class
running at the same time. -I
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We wish to pass along our thanks to Mr. John Russell for all he
has done for our son. Raul Iglesias, while at the Lundeberg School.
He couldn't have done it without Mr. Russell's help and
understanding. There should only be more helpful people around
like him and the world would be a better place to live in.
Sincjerely,
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Mr. and Mrs. Raul Iglesias, Sr.
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SIU There When Needed Most
My wife and I wish to thank,the Uniiin for the recent check which
we received towards my expenses while in the hqspital. Frankly, I
don t know what we would have done without the help of the great
SIU. I consider myself very fortunate to be a part of this great
organization and the good it has done for so many members. Again
we thank you.
Yours jn brotherhood,
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HE economy of the United
States is in bad shape. Skyrock
eting interest rates and prices;
inflation; unemployment are all
reaching epidemic proportions.
Nobody disputes .the fact that our
economy is ailing, nor that help is
needed. But as their remedy to the
nation's economic complaints, the
Reagan Administration has pro
posed budget cuts so massive that
they will cut the heart out of social
programs that have long been a
hallmark of American society. And
the consequences of eliminating
those crucial programs could well be
worse than the economic distress
they are supposed to cure.
One of the programs on the
budgetaiy hit list is the U.S. Public
Health Service. If all goes according
to the Administration's plan, the
eight remaining Public Health
Service hospitals and 29 clinics will
be permanently closed down by the
end of 1982.
Since 1798, the Public Health
Service has been providing free
medical care to the nation's mer
chant mariners, uniformed service
personnel and other federal beneficiaries. In 1980 alone, USPHS
served 14,000 seamen on an in
patient basis and 600,000 out
patients.
But, while seamen have remained
the chief beneficiaries of USPHS
they have not been the only benefi
ciaries. The health care facilities also
offer medical services to the com
munities in which they are located;
conimunities which will be dealt a
severe bldw if the hospitals are
forced to close.
USPHS has been a beleaguered
health cafe system for years. In 1960,
there were 15 PHS hospitals operat
ing in the U.S. Ten years later, there
were only eight.
Attempts to reduce or eliminate
.funding for USPHS have occurred
over and over-again throughout the
years. In. 1976, the U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education & Welfare, which
administers the hospitals, sent a
budget request to Congress which
was $25 million short of the funding
gCto.
necessary to maintain USPHS.
After holding hearings on the
issue, the House Committee on
Appropriations concluded that the
eight USPHS hospitals were "an
invaluable resource" and that "to
close any single one of the eight
hospitals would be irresponsible and
unconscionable."
The Committee also lauded
USPHS for the "high quality" of its
"operation, training and research
programs and the care they provide
their beneficiaries despite constant
Official Riblication of the Seafarer* kiternotionol Union of
North America, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes end Inland Woters District,
AFKIO
March. 1981
Va(. 43, No. 3
Executive Board
Frank Drozak
President
Joe DiGiorgio
Ed Turner
Secretary-Treasurer
Executive Vice Presidents
Angus "Red" Campbell
Mike Sacco
Vice President
Vice President
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James Gannon
Ray Bourdius
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Don Rotan
WP.V/ Coast Associate Editor
Editor
Edra Ziesk
Assistant Editor
Leon Haik "
Vice President
Joe Sacco
Vice President
Marietta Homayonpour
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianciofti
Director of PholoRraphyl Writer
Dennis Lundy
Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
George J. Vana
Production! Art Director
Photography
•f»ublished monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters
District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave,, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second Class postage
paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. (ISSN f/0160-2047)
attempts... to undermine the sys
tem."
In fact, the commitment the
USPHS has made to constantly
upgrade its level of service to all its
beneficiaries; the willingness of
USPHS administrators, to seek
solutions to the special health care
needs of merchant seamen, would be
praiseworthy even if there had not
been constant battles to remain
solvent.
The types of services offered at
PHS hospitals and clinics prove that
the system's concern for the welfare
of seamen goes beyond lip service.
In San Francisco, a USPHS
Dental Clinic, Research Program"
began offering free dental care to
retired seamen and their families
two "years ago.
The USPHS hospital in Staten
Island, N.Y. has a modern KidneyBlood Dialysis unit. While com
munity residents aire eligible for the
treatments, merchant seamen get
top priority.
In Philadelphia, the USPHS
Outpatient Clinic has sohie of the
most modern equipment around,
including a blood analysis machine
and a glaucoma testing unit. The
physical therapy program offered at
that clinic is considered so good that
two universities send medical stu
dents there to learn the therapy
techniques.
If quality medical care for—and
sensitivity to—seafarers were not, in
themselves, compelling reasons to
continue the USPHS system, there
are other reasons.
The cost to the- government gf
providing health care to federal
health beneficiaries through
USPHS is way below the cost of
comparable care purchased else
where by the government. Several
years ago. Warren Magnuson, thenchairman of the Senate Labor,
Health, Education & Welfare Ap
propriations Subcommittee queried:
"Why should we spend millions of
dollars for new programs and new
facilities when we should be able to
use a sound PHS hospital system
which is already in existence?"
Perhaps more than any other
federally-funded program, USPHS
has consistently made efforts to earn
its keep; to change with the times
while holding to its initial purpose
and serving its primary benefi
ciaries!
USPHS is an effective health
service that has stood the test of
time. We have fought for the
continuation of that service in the .
past. And we are prepared to fight '
for it in" the future.
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N the last few years the SLU has
lost a lot of good men. Men who
had seen the bad days, the hard days
of the Union's early years.
Sadly, another .one of those
oldtimers passed away early this
month. He Was former SIU official
Joe Algina, a dedicated Union.^man,
a man who took pride and pleasure
in his family, and simply—to the
people who knew him—a nice man.
Brother Algina, who retired early
last year, passed away on Mar. 4 at.
the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in
'""•ston, Mass. He had undergone a
trinlc bypass heart operation the
•Acek before.
Really, the term "oldtimer" does
r;(»t seem completely accurate.
Eiother Algina was 64 years old. In
actual years that is hot so old. But
like other Union officials who have
died lately, Algina was old in terms
jf the years of service he'd given the
SIU.
Starting in 1^44 when he came
ashore as a Union organizer, Algina
served his brother Seafarers in jobs
that ranged from New York port
agent to Headquarters representa
tive to assistant secretary-treasurer.
He also served as SIU safety director
and as a special representative from
the International to its fishing
affiliates. .
Born in Worcester, Mass. on May
I, 1916, Joseph J. Algina first went
to sea when he was 21. Though at the
start he was a member of the steward
department, Algina switched to the
deck department where he sailed as
AB and bosun. During World War
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and second mate.
A member of the International
Seamen's Union, Algina was quick
tojoin the SIU when it was formed tl
1938. He joined in the port of Boston
and his book number was A-1.
After being a Union organizer,
Algina, in the mid 1940's served as
New York deck patrolman and
acting port agent before being
elected New York port agent in
1948, 1949, and 1950.
In the two following years he.was
elected Headquarters representa
tive. In 1953,he was elected assistant
secretary-treasurer, a post to which
he was re-elected seyeral times.
An' active partteipant in many
Union fights. Brother Algina took
part in the Coos Bay beef and.
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Algina in 1970 when, as SIU Safety Director, he went aboard the Ga/veston
(Sea-Land) in Newark, N.J.,, to begin a safety inspection.
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various longshore beefs, the 1946
General Strike, and the Wall Street
and-Isthmian strikes. He was also
very involved in the American
Shipping beef of the mid and late
1956's.
For many years Algina also
serve'd on the Union negotiating.
Committee that-bargained with
employers for Seafarers' contracts.
In 1959, Algina was appointed
SIU safety director. In this position
. he helped establish criteria forsafety
aboard ships, together with the
Coast Guard he, set up Collective
Regulations on Safety. Among
other things, these regulations dealt
with safety equipment aboard ship
and safe loading and unloading
procedures.
One of Brother Algina's most
important tasks.as an SIU official
was the job he was assigned by the
Johnny Yarmola
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was bver, after the people in the bar
had shouted "goodbye Johnny!", he
would walk over to his room at the
Pick-Lee Hotel, read a book,call his
devoted wife Peggy and go to bed.
He had more than one vice, but his
favorite one was reading. He wanted
to know all that he could about
everything there was to know. He
used to say that the best thing that
the SIU ever did was to institute the
GED program at Piney Point. He
had dreams of taking a paralegal
course.
He had an unusually strong sense
of commitment. When Paul Hall
fell ill, he was by his side, everyday,
every night. He stood by his old
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be a special repre.sentative to the
international's fishing and cannery
worker affiliates.
Working with affiliates on, both
the East and West Coasts, Algina
was involved in a program to rebuild
the fishing unions. He was always on
the scene when there were problems
or disputes and he helped negotiate
contracts for the fishing affiliates.
As is clear from his work record,
Algina was a dedicated Union man.
He was also very much a family man
who derived a great deal of joy from
the ,time he spent with his wife and
children. Brother Algina's wife,
Eileen, died a number of years ago
and he was buried in the same
cemetery where she reposes. Holy
Rood in Westbury, N.Y. Surviving
Seafarer Algina are five children:
Kathleen; James; Patty; Dorrie, and
John, and five grandchildren. Al
gina had resided with his daughter,
Dorrie, in East Freetown, Mass.
His son, John, who had been
shipping out as an SIU rhember in
the engine department, has now
earned his third assistant engineer's
license.
One last note before this article on
Seafarer Algina ends. This reporter
knew and admired Joe Algina for
many years. When f first came to
work for the SIU, I wrote for the
fishing affiliates' publication and so
worked closely with Brother Algina.
The other night at home I used an
expression that will remind me of
Brother Algina for a long time
because it's one that 1—and prob
ably a lot of other people—picked
up from him—"Okey-Dokey!"-
Enroll no^in this 4 week Course starting May 25.
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friend and mentqr without any
thought of his own .welfare. And
when Paul Hall died, he cried like a
child.
Today, there are a lot of people
crying for Johnny Yarmola. During
his lifetime, he had touched a great
number of people. There is only one
way to repayall the absurd jokes and
kindnesses, the loyalty and the good
times; and that is to remember what
Johnny Yarmola believed in. He
valued history and continuity.
Though most people didn't knoW it,
his whole life was his wife Peggy and
his son, Jeff. Alone with a friend,
away from the crowd, he would
invariably talk about his son. His
face would light up and he would
become animated. He was proud
that "Jeffie" had joined the SIU, the
organization that his father had
worked for most of his adult life. He
was proud that Jeffie loved to read,
just like him. He was proud that he
had made use of the union's GED
program. He was proud that he had
become one of the youngest
members ever to get his QMEDs
rating, thereby carrying on his
father's love of education and his
dedication to the maritime industry-
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math and reading skills. With the
new ABE program, an upgrader
can come to Piney Point Up to a
month before his upgrading class
or GED courses start, to get
tutoring in math and reading.
This could make a big difference
in how well the student will do in
classes and on exams.
Perhap^as you're reading this
article, you gan think of a man
you've sailed with who could
benefit from this course. Have
you ever had to help a shipmate
with the math on his overtime
sheet? Have you ever sailed with a
person who could use Some
reading help? Then encourage
these men to come to school for
some individualized instruction
in these areas.
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that help Is available to aid them In their studies. Here,-Edlth Foster helps a
group of Trainees with study materials for the Lifeboat & Water Survival
course.
Two Seafarers who are among the first to achieve Third Engineer licenses
through the new SHLSS Licensed Engineer prograrn had high praise for
the teachers who helped them with their studies. When they got their
licenses, they wanted a picture with the two teachers wHo helped them
most—so here It Is. SHLSS Engine Instructor Dave Greig, at left,'and
Teaching Specialist Carolyn Smith share the limelight with Third Engineers
Bill Strode, from Port Arthur, and Harold (Slim) Whightsll, from Louisana.
Cindy Meredith works with Seafarers who are preparing for exams to
become QMED's. Cindy has worked at SHLSS for more than five years, and
she knows the needs of the men and women who come to the school to
upgrade. Here, she works with Seafarers Pripce Wescott (left) and Gregory
Johns.
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broad educational needs of its
^membership. This commitment is
demonstrated through the
Charlie Logan College scholar
ship, the Charles County Com
munity College program, and the
high school equivalency (GED)
program.
Now the academic staff has
developed an Adult Basic
Education (ABE) program to
help upgraders brush up on their
basic math and reading skills.
When stijdents return to
school to upgrade their voca
tional skill or to apply for the
GED program, they often find
they need to develop their basic
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was worried about being capabJe of keeping up with his studies. SHLSS
Special Instructor Chris Moorehouse puts him at ease through patient help
with study problems, and with encouragement.
When Ben TIdwell arrived at Piney Point back In 1974, It would tiave surprised
the youngster from Knoxvllle, Tenn. to know that one day he would be handed a
Third Mate's license. But, that's what happened. This month. Seafarer Ben
TIdwell became the first seaman to achieve a Third Mate's license through the
new licensed offIper program at SHLSS. Presenting Third Mate TIdwell with his
new license Is Frank Mongelll, vice president of the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship. Brother TIdwell, 25, sails out of the Port of San
Francisco.
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security by improving their skills at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship. Displaying their Certificates of Achievement after completing the
course for Pumproom Maintenance and Operation are, from left, Donald Bush,
from the Port of Norfolk; Chris Devonish, New York, and Jonathon Fink, also
from New Yor'k.
Brrrr...It's A Long Way From Waikiki
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Two more SIU Inland Boatmen eamed licenses as Towboat Operator throuah
a special program at SHLSS established by the Transportation Institute The
new Towboat Operators are (top photo) Don Golden, seen here in the wheelhouse of the Susie Collins with SHLSS Instructor Ben Cusic, and (photo
below) James Stanfield in the wheelhouse of the C.L 2. Stanfield works out of
Detroit, while Brother Golden works with Crowley Marine in Wilmington Calif
Transportation Institute's Towboat Operator Scholarship Program, together
with its Diesel Engineer Scholarship Program, is encouraging many of our
members to upgrade their skills.
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across the white sands and lush greenery of her native Hawaii. Little wonder
men that she was not prepared for the harsh winter winds that blow in from the
Chesapeake Bay and whip up the St. George's River where lifeboat classes get
undervvay rain or shine." But—like other crewmembers of the SlU-contracted
Oceanic Independence—she bundled up and took her turn at the sweep oar
And, like ^e rest of her crewmates, she passed her Coast Guard tests and
earned a Qualified Lifeboatman endorsement.
A Reunion on Pier 45
Dt^er and Mcngelll Recall
Bitter Longshore Struggle
Pier 45 on Manhattan's Lower West Side is where it all began for Johnnv
Dvjyer. And here we are, some 46 years later, at "Pier 45" in PJney Point and
Johnny Dwyer is retired (Seethe Log, February 1981.) JohnnystopiSdorat
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who worked very closely with Johnny during the "Longshore t^'Nn
19^ s. With the two old friends here is Johnny's wife Mary.
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ship. They are an hMdti
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Port of Algonac- Michael
Maynard Baker, from the
and Seafarers School Instr^tor Bm
Al-Samawi, Algonac,
Algonac- Jan Thomnortn o? .
Standing from left are John Barrett,
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SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP
UPGRADING COURSE SCHEDULE
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Check-in-Date
Completion Date
Coulrse
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April 27
June 22
August 17
October 12
May 21
Celestial Navigation
July 16
September 12
Novembers
First Class Pilot
May 10
July 30
September 27 December 17
May 24
June 18
July 19
August 13
September 13 Octobers
Novembers
Decembers
Marine Electrical Maintenance July 6
October 26
Marine Electronics
Quartermaster
Third Mate
August 27
Able Seaman
December 17
Bosun Recertlflcatlon
May 25
August 10
November 1
June 25
September 11
December 4
October 5
November 20
July 6
September 11
March 29
April 26
May 24
August 16
October 11
November 22
April 23
May 21
June IS
September 10
Novembers
December 17
April 13
August 10
Junes
October 5
May 11
July 13
September 7
October 12
Julys
September 7
November 2
December 7
April 6
May 11
Junes
Julys
August 10
September 7
Octobers
Novembers
December 7
May 4
Junes
Julys
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August 3
September 7
Octobers
November 2
December 7
January 4
March 26
May 10
June 7
Julys
August 16
September 13
October 11
Novembers
April 9
May 21
June IS
July 16
August 27
September 25
October 23
November 20
July 30
November 19
Diesel (Regular)
March 30
June 22
October 12
April 23
July 16
November 5
Diesel Scholarship
March 30
June 22
October 12
May 21
August 13
December 3
Junes
October 26
July 16
December 3
Automation
March 30
August 3
Aprii23
August 27
Basic Welding
May 25
August 17
June IS
September 10
Pumproom Maintenance and
Operations
Completion Date
June 19
July 16
Septembers 1 October S
May 25
July 2
Septembers October22
I Refrigeration Systems
Maintenance and Operations June 22
October 12
Check-in-Date
Steward Recertlflcatlon
"A" Seniority
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LIfeboatman/Tankerman
Third Assistant Engineer
April 13
August 3
June 19
October 9
Towboat Operator
May 11
July 2
Towboat Operator Scholarship March 30
May 14
June 22
August 6
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Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
Upgrading Application
Date 6f Birth
S Name.
(Last)
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Mo./DayAear
(Middle)
(First)
Address
(Street)
Telephone j;
(State)
(City)
Deep Sea Member
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Endorsement(s) or
License Received
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(dates attended)
• Upgrading Program: From.
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Firefighting: • Yes
No • CPR • Yes
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AB 12 Months
AB Unlimited
AB Tugs & Tows
AB Great Lakes
Quartermaster
Towboat Operator
Western Rivers
• Towboat Operator Inland
(• Towboat Operator Not
More than 200 Miles
• Towboat Operator (Over
200 Miles)
• Master
0 Mate
• Pilot
0 Third Mate
STEWARD
ENGINE
DECK
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FWT
0 Oiler
QMED - Any Rating
Others.
Marine Electrical Maintenance
Pumproom Maintenance and
Operation
Automation
Maintenance of Shipboard
Refrigeration Systems
0 Diesel Engines
0 Assistant Btgineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
0 Chief Bigineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
• Third Asst. Engineer (Motor Inspected)
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Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Steward
Towboat Inland Cook
ALL DEPARTMB\ITS
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LNG
LNG Safety
Welding
Lifeboatman
Fire Fighting
No transportation will be paid unless you present original
receipts upon arriving at the School.
! RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME ——(Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating noted above or attach letter of service.
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�SIU TRADITION— LEGEND
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SIU PRESIDENT FRANK DROZAK
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|HROUGHOUT its history, the SIU has held its position at the prow of
social, political and economic advancement for the Brotherhood of the Sea.
Our union led the way in formulating comprehensive pension and
welfare programs for seamen; instituted the first vacation plan; established
working programs for trai^qing and upgrading seamen thirty years ago, culminating
with our highly accredited institution at Piney Point, Maryland.
We were the first to develop an effective political action program in Washing
ton, D.C. and the first to establish a union sponsored alcoholic rehabilitation
program for seamen.
These programs were and continue to be landmark achievements for ourjjnioh
and a source of tremendous advancement for SIU members.
Advancement and improvement for our people exemplifies this union. In
accordance with this SIU legacy, the SIU Political/Social/Welfare/Training
Program -offers a broad ambitious plan designed to enhance the quality and
availability of services afforded SIU members', pensioners and their families. This
program also coordinates the political activities in the field with our legislative
staff in Washington, D.C..
The focus of the program revolves around specially qua'lified field represen
tatives who have been assigned to SIU ports throughout the country. Each field
representative has undergone a one month course of intensive study-learning in ,
depth—all aspects of the SIU—union education and history, pension/welfare/
vacation plans. Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, labor law and
labor's involvement in politics.
Marianne Rogers, the Washington, D.C. based National Director cuordinates
these field representatives. With her at the helm, these field representatives will
apply their broad range of knowledge and by advancing the SIU's general interests
in the Halls of Congress, state legislatures and other local and civic bodies.
These duties and responsibilities includes .
(1) providing personal services to SlUmembers and their families in need
or to those members and their families who, for whatever reasons, are
unable to apply for assistance in person at the Hiring Hall. This will *
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Jacksonville^ Fia.
Marianne Rogers
Bill Itodges
Boston^ Mass.
battle. Wash.
Joe -C^orrigan
Mike Delman
Baltimore, Md.
Robert Anion
Norfolk, Va.
Bin Hulchens
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Bob Hansen
Dalnthi» Minn.
Wavne Brandt
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pertain particularly to the families of those members at sea, pensioners,
and members^of the SIU out on disability pension. Field representative s
duties in this regard may include assistance in processing or expediting
an entitled claim; assistance in resolving any pension/vacation/welfarerelated grievances; assistance in resolving personal or union-related
problems; assistance with any legal problems that an SfU member may .
nave and providing clarification or direction where necessary;
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Maritime Port Gouncils in each port in any area or issue
representatives' expertise will be most beneficial; (4) to represent and further the interests of the SIU. its membership and
at the local, state and Federal level, and at union and labor
tunctions, by actively participating in a wide spectrum of civic
pvernmental anddabor activities. ThisHncludes lobbying in state
le^slatures and city councils, direct invcdvement in community affairs !
apd worthwhile labor/business/government committees and organiza
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representati^s will maintain high visibility profiles with Congressional and other public officials and their staffs as part of an ongoing effort to
educate our elect^ governmental representatives as to the vital importance and
urgent needs of the American merchant marine and the U.S, maritime industry.'
.1 he SIU field representatives represent the SIU membership in the field by
serving as a liaison between the SIU -members and their families, and the
surrounding labor/business/governmental communities. They will also assist the
state and central bodies arnd coordinate our efforts with other labor unions in each
state.
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already sound foundation of the SIU organization for the present and far-reaching
future. It is a program that is working for HIS right now, today. And it is a program
that will continue to yield higiT dividends in the decades ahead.
Brooklyn, IV.Y
.Wilmington, Calif.
Tom Messana
Scolt Hanloii
Ciovoiand, Ohio
PhlifMleiphia, Pa.
.Martin V'ittardi
Geoffrey Thompson
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HoHNton, Tex.
Tom Martin
Robert R. Jara .
Afewdersoy
Jim War«l
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Steve Jaeksoq
Pat Judge
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various charactjristics of our
membership anfi where they
are located—deJp sea, inland
waterways. Gull Great Lakes.
At the SHLSS jhe field reps
viewed upgradjlig and recertiUcation andlliade friends
with new recrifijs.
Officials of th| fransportati9n Institute bfjefed the field .
representatives Ion maritime'
legislation andjits ramifica- '
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ton. D.C., the Field Representatives had
a chance to hear, first-hand, about he
programs and plans of the AFL-Cia
Here Alan Kistler. the Federation s
director of Organizing & Field Services
talked about his area of expertise.
Rep. Trent Lott (R-Mlss.) spoke to the
Field Representatives about maritime
legislation and the inland waterways
ihdustry.
If you want to know who's who (and
what's what) in Congress, Rep. Tony
COehIo (D-Ca.) is the man to ask. Hes
chairman of the Democratic Congres
sional Campaign Committee and he
answered plenty of questions for the
Field Reps.
Leading a questlon-and-answer period
after screening a film on the history and
functions of the AFL-CIQ Maritime
Trades Dept., is MTD Executive Secre
tary-Treasurer Jean Lngrao.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The field representatives
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traveled widely
Capitol
field representatives met
Hill, meeting legislators and
, with various organizations
attending conferences and
and groups directly involved
committee meetings.
in the legislative process
By the end of their stay in
which, as you Vnow, has a
the
Nation's Cap-ital, they
rhajor affect upon the fortunes
realized that the only road to
of the SIU "and the maritime
success for the ^lU and the
industry.
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They gained valuable jnobtaining and effectively ap
sight info the hisfory and
plying "VVashington Political
workings of the labor move
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Only with such clout
ment, ahd of the SIU's integral
could they, as field represen
paftfcipation in, and "contri^ bution to that great m'bvement. i tatives, help to solve social
security^ pension,, welfare and
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other problems of SIU mem
the federation's COPE (Com^ mittee on Political Education) - bers on Jhe local, state and
Federal level.
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training program is SHLSS Director of
Public Relations-Charles Svenson. All
the panel discussions and presentations
were videotaped and will be used during
future SIU conferences.
.he Field Reps abou. the wide variety of «.uca.lonal and ,e.ea..h
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Political Education (COPE). During the Washington
part Of the Field Rep conference. COPE Director Ai
Barkan talked about how COPE works.
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SlU Headquarters In Brooklyn, N.Y., has a sophisti
cated computer Data Center. Director Pete McDonald
explained the Center's functions to Field Reps, and
how it could be of use to therh in their everyday work
administrator of the Seafarers
Welfare, Pension & Vacation Plans, discusses the SlU
benefit plans. '
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Reps were filled in on the workings of the SlU Welfare
Plan by Supervisor Tom Cranford.
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Headquarters, the field
representatives met union
officials and administrators
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grams.
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elections is the SlU's Political & Legisla
tive Representative for N.Y. andN.J Phil
Piccigallo.
They learned about the
wide-range of services and
benefits available to the mem
bership and their families
under the SIU's excellent
Pension, Welfare and Vaca
tion Plans, and, more impor
tantly, how to make such
services and benefits avail
able to SIU members.
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also learned about labor law,
employment retirement and
the Employment Retirement
Income Security Act (ERISA),
and.Iegal services available to
SIU members.
In the end, they recognized
how significantly all phases
of their training interact and
relate with one another, there
by producing a well-rounded,
well-informed, well-equipped
grass roots field rep"-T-one
who is all the more able to
assist directly SIU members
in the ongoing struggle to
improve the quality of their
lives.
Fieldreps werebriefedori eaUecttvebargalnlrig _and delinquencies to fringe
benefit plans by SIU Associate Counsel
Charles Monblatt
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SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
& Inland Waters
United Industrial Workers
of North America
Frank Dro2ak,./;resirfeAj/
Joe DiGiorgio, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hall, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
till
IM»patch»r« Baport for D^^oa
JAN. 1-31,1981
Port
*TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
ClassA ClatsB -ClassC
TOTAL SHIPPED
AIIGroups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
DKK DEPARTMENT
Boston
NewYprk..
Philadelphia
Baltimore
''REGISTERED ON BEACH
_
AIIGroups
ClassA Class B CfastC
HEADQUARTERS
675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232
(212) HY 9-6600
A LOON AC, Mich.
520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001
(313) 794-9375
ALPENA, Mich. . .. .800 N. 2 Ave. 49707
(517) EL 4-3616
BALTIMORE, Md.
1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
(301) EA 7-4900
BOSTON, Mass. .... 215 Essex St. 02111
(617)482-4716
CHICAGO, ILL.
tl;
9402 S- Ewing Ave. 60617
(312) SA 1-0733
Norfolk
?l
CLEVELAND, Ohio
Tampa
15
1290 Old River Rd. 44113
Mobile
5
New Orleans
7
(216) MA 1-5450
Jacksonville
*
5'
COLUMBUS, Ohio
San Francisco
fS
4937 West Broad St. 43228
Wilmin^on
•••••••••
49
Seattle
28
(614) 870-6161
Puerto Rico
f|
DULUTH, Minn.
Houston
15
705 Medical Arts Building 55802
PineyPoint
72
Yokohama....
9
(218) RA 2-4110
FRANKFORT. Mich
Ro. Box D
415 Main St. 49635
Port
(616) 352-4441
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Boston ........
GLOUCESTER,
Mass.
New York........
5
11
9
Philadelphia
•
63 Rogers St.0l903
66
38
Baltimore
.'
^
3
(617) 283-1167
3
Norfolk.. ......r .
^
14
HONOLULU, Hawaii
1
Tampa
•*•••••••
7
7
6
Mobile
5
707 Alakea St. 96813
7
7
New Orleans
l®
9
(808) 537-5714
4;
Jacksonville
"" *
r...
5b
62
13
HOUSTON, Tex.... 1221 Pierce St. 77002
San Francisco
.
"
ix
7
A
Wilmington
(713) 659-5152
27
/l7
Seattle
1§
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
5
4
Puerto Rico ...
*
29
10
3315 Liberty St. 32206
Houston
12
6
3
PineyPoint ...^.
(904) 353-0987
29
'14
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
1
5
1
1
99 Montgomery St. 07302
284
139
(201) HE 5-9424
STEWARD
DEPARTMENT
MOBILE.
Ala.
..IS.
Lawrence
St. 36602
Boston
0
4
NewYork ......
0
(205)
HE
2-1754
1
7
46
20
2
Philadelphia:.:;:;;
0
0
45
NEW
ORLEANS,
La.
50
1
0
38
Baltimore
1
6
4
6
13
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
3
1
Norfolk
0
1
16
3
7
6
5
Tampa
I
I
(504) 529-7546
2
4
4
9
2
Mobile
3
0
5
4
NORFOLK,
Va
115
3 St. 23510
8
2
1
0
1
Neworieans.::;;;
•
7
3
36
1
6
(804)
622-1892
0
1
Jacksonville
......
37
25
16
6
5
n
3
PORTLAND, Or.
San Francisco.';
11
11
17
4
17
0
10
Wilmington..
65
16
421 S.W. 5th Ave. 97204
10
40
6
29
Seattle
9
9
10
15
20
10
4
(503) 227-7993
15 1
Puerto Rico
38
20
4
4
0
14
3
Houston..
2
PADUCAH.
Ky
225
S. 7 ^t. 42001
4
34
2
12
0
I PineyPoint
26
16
(502)
443-2493
0
18
3
2
0
Yokohama
0
38
0
0
0
0
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
Totals
••
1
0
0
216
0
86
11
29
268
217
(215) DE 6-3818
145
Port
76 1 PINEY POINT, Md.
ENTRY
DEPARTMENT
Boston
St. Mary's County 20674
4
12
4
NewYork ...;;
5
(301) 994-0010
4
21
93
32
Philadelphia
32 ' 218
3
20
2
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .534 9 Ave. 77640
Baltimore.
9
31
13
28
10
Norfolk
(713) 983-1679
18
74
5
25
9
Tampa
9
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
57
0
8
1
Mobile .
2
15
2
15
0
NewOrleans
350 Fremont St. 94105
12
29
32
48
16
Jacksonville .
(415) 626-6793
51
100
12
19
5
Sari Francisco.
• •*
20
SANTURCE,.P.R.
45
13
35
50
Wilmington
37
106
6
21
39
Seattle...
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
6
44
18
29
7
I Puerto Rico :;
18
Stop 20 00909
49
6
21
1
Houston....
19
41
18
(809) 725-6960
53
6
P'neyPoint
30
80
0
46
0
Yokohama...
SEATTLE, Wash. .....2505 I Ave. 98121
0
1
1
3
1
Totals
1
(206) MA 3-4334
3
154
476
183
269
897
ST.
LOUIS,
Mo.
4581
Gravois
Ave. 63116
Totals All Departments
1.
1,185
872
289
968
626
(314)
752-6500
70
2,188 1,557
786
TAMPA,
Fla.
2610
W.
Kennedy
Blvd.
33609
number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
(813) 870-1601
g tered on the Beach meansthetotalnumber of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
TOLEDO, Ohio ... 635 Summit St. 43604
(419) 248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
niom'h tirSlc
deepsea ports. A total of 1,664 jobs were shipDed lasf
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
V.l^-contracted deep sea vessels. That 's a slight decrease of jobs shipped over the previous month. Of the« I 664
(213) 549-4000
jobs only 968 or slightly more than half, were taken by 'A" seniority members. The rest
were filled by "B" and "C
YOKOHAMA, Japan
RO Box 4^9
eniority people. Shipping is expected to remain good.
Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdo"ri
Naka-Ku 231-91
201-7935
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that it
goes far
beyond« just
Survival! That's what the two- preparing you for a Coast Guard
week Lifeboatman course at the examination.
The Lifeboatman course is a
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
case
in point. It goes far beyond
School of Seamanship in Piney
you how it's done on
Point, Md. is all about; survival showing
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at sea should you ever have to paper. And it goes far beyond the
basic technique involved in
abandon ship.
The thing that sets the , launching a lifeboat.
What it gives you is the added
Lundeberg School apart from so
ingredient
that only thorough
many other maritime schools is
and expert practical instruction
Mike Gillen is co-director of can give: confidence.
Knowledge and confidence go
the SeafarersHistoricalResearch
hand in hand and, taken
Department,
together, they increase the odds
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objective of the Lundeberg wrong way of doing things—nre
School's Lifeboatman course: experts in the art of ocean
your survival in the inhospitable survival.
environment of the open ocean.
From them you'll learn more
The
established its
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than the "how to" of launching,
reputation for being a cut above getting underway and command
the rest on the fact that it doesn't ing a lifeboat. And you'll learn
draw the line at the bare more than the ins and outs of
minimum required to satisfy the liferafts. Yoq'll also learn such
Coast Guard. In the case of the
Lifeboatman course, it aims to
provide you with no less than the
tools you'll need to sav^ your life.
As a result, you'd be hard
pressed to find anywhere else the
kind of up-to-date, practical
instruction (as well as top-notch
classroom instruction) that you
find at the SHLSS.
Perhaps the besi example of
this is the instruction trainees and
upgraders receive in the use of
lifera/ts.
Where else could you learn—
by doing—the correct method of
righting, by yourself, a 25-ntan
liferaft should it inflate upside
down?
Where else could you learnby doing—the proper technique
for hauling an injured person into
a liferaft?
And where else could you learn
—by doing—the best way of
jumping into the drink and then
boarding a liferaft?
At the Lundeberg School, and
perhaps no other place, you learn
how. We do not exaggerate when
we say its program of instruction
is both unique and equals or
surpasses the best.
The school's instructors,
though perhaps not expert in the
Into the drink! Trainees learn
art of diplomacy—for they make doing
at the SHLSS.
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American Steamship Co. is planning to fit out the Richard J. Reiis
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probably be used on
the Toledo-Detroit coal run. The company also has tentative plans to
begin running the Sam Laud in early March.
Alpena
Fitting out from the port of Alpena is Huron Cement's S T. Crapo. The
cement carrier has been laid up for the past month.
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Crancil 'AFL-CIO ' "
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^holarships to the George Meany Labor Studies Center in Silver Spring,
Winners of the Gorden Singelyn Scholarship were chosen by a drawing
during a recent meeting of the Michigan AFL-CIO Executive Board The
names of trade unionists included in the drawing were submitted by
executive board members.
total for 1980 of 143,995,061 net tons was 12.5 percent below the
164,737,929 net tons moved in 1979. Shipments of iron ore through Nov.,
1980 totalled 67,195,499 gross tons, a drop of 21 percent from 1979's
85.549,388. Coal totals declined from the 1979 figure of 42,853,640 net
tons to 39,197.703 for last year. The only increase over 1979 was in grain
shipments, up slightly from 26,068,974 net tons in 1979to 29,538 400 in
1980. An additional seven million tons of U.S. grain was carried from
U.S. Great Lakes ports to the St. Lawrence grain transfer elevators bv
Canadian-flag vessels.
PCS Pollution
More and more stories of toxic waste contamination have been hitting
the headlines in newspapers throughout the country recently Helpless
citizens from coast-to-coast have been finding out that their houses were
built over landfills where toxic wastes were dumped; that leaks or
accidents have allowed carcinogens to enter the food-chain.
The Great Lakes area is sitting on a time-bomb contained in hundreds
of thousands of barrels holding PCB-contaminated wastes which are
stored throughout the region.
PBCs (polycholrinated biphenyls) are colorless, odorless chemicals
which were widely used in adhesives, paints, varnishes, sealants and for
insulation until they were banned in 197Z They are highly toxic and have
contaminated most of the Greaf Lakes through rain and snow. In
addition, PCB-laden chemicals w^re simply dumped intotheGreat Lakes
tor many years.
Now the U.S Food & Drug Administration advises people not to eat
Great Lakes fish containing more than five parts per million of PCB
The problem of how to get rid of PCBs has still not been answered
Incineration is the only method of disposal for high level PCBs
authorized as safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. Though the
technology exists to build such incinerators, public opposition and other
factors have prevented any of them from being approved for commercial
use in the U.S.
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Meanwhile, PCBs corttinue to enter the environment and pose a threat
to the population.
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American Steamship's Delroii Edison ran aground near Charlevoix
f T"I.
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sustained fairly heavy bottom damage. She's now in the shipyard for
rppsirs.
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was returned^to service at the end of December when repair work
necessitated by the Chiefs collision with the St. Ignace dock was
, 'u "IS'","''Guarit certified her fit for service and a week later
Ae Michi^n Dept. ofTransportation released the funds necessary to run
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70-year-old hand bomber was thelw"
aneast'rnmhei^Lx^'"^
Buffalo
Pn I? "r
Colk^ p?ogr'am.''°"'''"'''"^
(including seamen) to earn a
State's Off-Campus
The program began at Wayne State University in Detroit under the
sponsorshipof the UAW. Because of the success of the Detro t pro^^^^^^^^
It was recently extended to Buffalo.
.
""program.
To be a full-time student, participants are required to take three
courses. Each course meets once a week; there are TV courses which
coordinate with classwork and there's also a special weekend course
meeting three times per semester on the Buffalo State College campus' '
tleVhY^r
H usually earned
the three credits
instead of ^
from college courses.
Many different degree programs, as well as financial aid and v-teran's'
r """""n u"'
information abou, the Off-clmpu^
jit.'l7l78T5S6
of Coutinuiug Educalion a, Buffi'
Tonnage Totals
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Tonnage totals for 1980 m basic bulk commodities-iron ore.coal and
gram took a dramatic dip from the 1979 figures. The overall bulk cargo
A report released in mid-January by the Maritime Administration says
U.S. Great Lakes ports could play a key role in a U.S. coal export
program because those ports provide a "competitive alternative" to
traditional Atlantic ports.
In the report, titled Great Lakes Ports Coal Handling Capacitv and
Export Poterttial, Marad said "if world coal demands continue to in
crease and U.S. East Coast ports continue to be congested, the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence route will be a competitive alternative."
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The report noted that rail and port facilities necessary for coal exports
already exist in seven locations on the U.S. Great Lakes: Ashtabula
Conneaut, Sandusky and Toledo, Ohio; Erie, Pa.; South Chicago 111 •
and Superior, Wise.
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Compiled in response to a request from the Council of Lake Erie Ports
and other Great Lakes maritime interests to determine whether Great
eoncTuded"
coal exports, the report
,• Western coal from Wyoming via the port of Superior appears to be
the most eompetiti.ely priced source. Also cost competitive is
Appalachian coal Via Conneaut.
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Lakes-St. Lawrence River could act as "blending
lacihties for coal originating at a variety of Great Lakes ports on Lakes
Superior and Erie.
• U.S. rail and port facilities are already in place .serving U.Sdomestic and U.S.-Canadian coal trade.
1.1^1. ^consportation rates from mine to overseas destinations are slightly
Coast'no'm H
L'-wronce Seaway than competing East
m mo
*''C" a $10 per ton demurrage charge is added (as
I •iwrence'!ingestion) the Great Lakes/.St.
Lawrence route is price competitive.
expo«t!iarr"a'!l
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competitive ifa lower level of
export coal rail rate were established from origin mines to Great Lakes
tra*de"new ma'''"Pcralors are to gain a share of the export coal
trade, new maximum cubic capacity vessels must be built
exp7 coai'moL'ir''' Til' ^^'''''SC "f 'he total 40 million tons of
S [aklrnir^s
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Canldi^'lmde'
almost exclusively U.S.-domestic and U.I.-
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SlU's First
by John Bunker
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HE ink was scarcely dry
on its charter before the
new Seafarers Interna
tional Union began win
ning benefits for its members and
proving its intention to play an
aggressive role in maritime labor.
In 1939 SIU crews Jjegan a
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drive for morp adequate bonuses
on ships sailing into war zones.
The union also signed improved
- .
contracts with the Savannah Line and other operators.
An 11-day strike against the
big Eastern S.S. Co., operator of
passenger ships and freighters,
resulted in a contract for better
wages and working conditions. A
strike began against the Peninsu
lar and Occidental Line (P&O),
which operated. car-f6rries and
passenger ships between Florida
and Cuba. This strike lasted 14
months and was finally successful
for the S1.U, although the
company later put its ships under
foreign flags. The P&O beef
showed that the new union could
"hang together" when tl?e going
got rough.
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The SIU was most effective fdr
its members in the war bonus out two ofT^r'bSlkter^!'uter^®SSJ!j
M thte''TOre^'L^^^
port
after
a
torpedo
had
blasted
into
them
° slnk-and many an SIU crew helped them reach
beefs that iS^gan in 1939. These
bonuses were for extra "hazard for militant action taken by SIU seamen were now on the front
disputes. It also recommended
fr#*ll/ivic»ri
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if
f '..
on the
Robin *Line's
ous duty" pay for men sailing crewmen
lines of the war and there they
creation of a three-man War
ships to South and East Africa S.S. Algio 'in July of 1940, when served until VJ Day in 1945.
Emergency Maritime Board for
they walked off the ship,,
and the Red Sea.
When there was no progress in
maritime mediation, which was
The September 18, 1939 issue demanding a bonus of $1 a day • talks with operators and the
approved
by the President. This
of the Seafarers Log carried this from the time the ship left port in government, the SIU initiated
Board handled bonus matters for
the United States until her return all-out action in September of
headline:
the
duration of the war.
'SW Strikes Ships For home.
1941, starting with ships in New
The NDMB granted an
The/I/g/c action came after an _ .York that were loaded with cargo imitiediate
Bonus.
increase in war
Crews walked off the Eastern announcement by the German for new bases in the Caribbean.
bonuses for unlicensed personnel
Steamship liners Acadia and St. Navy that it had planted mines in The tie-up soon extended to from $60 a month to $80 a month
John and the Robin Line . African waters.
vessels in Boston, New Orleans, and an increase in special
As the war spread and both - Mobilje and Tacoma. Within a
freighter Robin Adair. The St.
bonuses for the port of Suez and
submarine
and air attacks were few days more than 20 ships were
John and Acadia had been
other
Red Sea and Persian Gulf
tied up.
chartered for returning American intensified, the SIU pressed for
ports."
.
citizens from Europe and for a still more adequate war bonus
The U.S. Maritime ComniisNeedless to say, the West
carrying American construction for seamen endangering their sion struck back by seizing three Coast s unions and the National
Alcoa sliips and placing govern Maritime Union were powerful
workers to air base projects in lives in war areas.
SI U men again hit the-bricks in
Bermuda.
ment-recruited crews on board allies with the SIU in its bonus
July
of
1941,
tying
up
the
and threatening to requisition all battles, with the NMU respecting
These actions resulted in the
Flomar,
Shickshinny
and
Robin
privately-operated merchant SIU picket line's, even though it
shipowners agreeing to a 25
Locksley
ip
New
York
to
show
vessels.
percent bonus for voyages to
did walk out of an important
President Roosevelt told the union-industry Washington,
certain Atlantic and Middle East they meant business. The ships
were later released and allowed to union that the ships "must move bonus conference in 1941.
war zones.^
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else." The SIU was up against
In September of 1940 the SIU sail when operators and the or
If it had not been 'o«
for strong
strong
wu c J
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government
agreed
to
sit
down
hog carried a hea,dline of vital
the Federal^Government, so on and militant action by the Union
and negotiate.
interest to seamen:
September 25 seamen met at 14 before United States entry into
SIU ports and voted to release the war, American merchant sca
"SIU Gets Increase to 33 1/3
SIU Ship First Sunk
the ships pending negotiations to men would probably have been
percent in Bonus for African
The urgent need iar action on
run.
end the dispute.
sailing dangerous cargoes
bonuses was emphasized with the.
Hearings
began
in
Washington
through hazardous seas for
There pfobably would have
torpedoing of the SlU-manned
which ended in a victory for the regular pay. In its war bonus
been no increase if it jiad not been
Robin Moor about 700-miles seamen, for on October 5 the light, the SIU proved that it
south of the Azores in May of
newiy-crSStedJSational Defense could pinpoint an issue, "ihove
John Bunker is director of the 1941. She was the first American
Mediation Board recommended the troops" and use the power of
Seafarers Historical Research De flag merchant ship sunk in World
partment.
increased bonuses and set up a well organized action to win iusi
War 11. American ships and
procedure for avoiding future compensation for its members.
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Patrick J. Sergi, 69, died on Sept. 22.
burial was irt West Cemetery, Bristol,
Following are the cleath notices of our brothers from the former Marine Cooks and . Conn. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs".
Stewards Union who died recently. All of these brothers were pensioners when they Marion Lavhero, Mrs. Frances Carpen
ter and Mrs. George Hemond.
died.
Bert Taylor, 56, died on Aug. 5.
Benjamin Mitchell, 75, died on Dec.
Tony V. Blando, 77, died on Aug. 15.
William Hickmap Jr., 67, died on
Cremation took place in Evergreen
12, 1979. Burial was in Evergreen
June 5. Burial was in Olivet Cemetery,
' Burial was in the Metro Cemetery,
Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. Siirviving
Cemetery, Los Angeles. Surviving are
Colma, Calif. Surviving is a sister, Mrs.
Manila, P.I. Surviving are three daugh^
are his widow, Lee Etta; a son, Bert Jr.
his widow, Florence and a brother,
Ora Lee Thompson.
ters, Mrs. Rosita Robledo, Mrs.
and two daughters, Darlene and VerJohn.
James Hou, 75, died on June 21.
Adelaida Mangdapat and Mercedes.
dell.
Interment was in Olivet Cemetery,
Edward E. Bowers, 71, died on July
Jacincto
S.
Tomas, 76, died'on June
John^S. Moore, 89, died on Aug. 27.
Colma, Calif. Surviving are his widow,
28. Cremation took place at the Olivet
16.
Interment
was in Holy Cross
Burial was in Cypress Hill Cemetery,
Yueh and a son, John.
Memorial Park Cemetery Crematory,
Cemetery, Colma, Calif. Surviving are
Petaluma, Calif. Surviving is his widow,
Colma, Calif. Suriving are his widow,
Yung G. Lee, 77, died on June 25.
his
widow, Dionisia and a sister,
Juanita.
Lillian; a son, John and a daughter,
Burial was in the Ning Yung Cemetery,
Francisca.
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Keith L. Noble, 61, died on May 18.
Mrs. Lois Harris.
Colma, Calif. Surviving are his widow.
Ludovico Valiente, 76, died on July 3.
Interment was in Hillside Cemetery,
RamonJ. Casilla, 74,diedonJan. 13,
Fay and a son, Benjamin.
Interment
was in Calvary Ceipetery,
Eastport, _Me. Surviving are his widow,
i980. Cremation took place in WoodLos
Angeles.
Surviving is a sister,
Mary;- three sons, John, Tela andMonroe Levy, 74, died on Ctec. 4,
lawn Crematory, Bronx, N. Y. Surviving
Francisca.
Stanley and a daughter, Kristine.
1979. Interment was in Memory Gar
is his widow, Ruth.
dens Cemetery, Livermore, Calif,
William E. Crawford, 72, died on July
Raoul Valladares, 90, died on Feb.
Jack P. OTJay, 79, died.on June 15.
Surviving are a son, Robert; a daughter,
16. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery,
Cremation took place in the Westmin 24, 1980. Brother Valladares' remains
Mrs. Helena Holt and a brother,
Colma, Calif. Surviving are a son, Ricky
ster (Calif.) Cemetery. Surviving are his were given to the University of Southern
William.
and a^sister, Mrs. Jennie Lagler.
widow, Lillie and a sister, Mrs. Pauline California's School of Medicine, Los
Merle H. Daugherty, 68, died on Aug.
Angeles. Surviving are his widow, Rosa
Garson.
Yen W. Lim, 76, died on July 16.
.26. Interment was in Fairview Ceme
and
a daughter, Mrs. Verna Campbell.
Pablo T. Pascua, 70, died on Mar. 1,
Burial was in the Ning Yung Cemetery,
tery, Vinita, Okla. Surviving are his
Wallace
E. Walker, 80, died on June
1980.^urial was in Espiritu Cemetery,
Colma, Calif. Surviving are his widow,
widow, Maxine; two sons, Richard and
Ilocos Nortre, P.L Surviving is his 16. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemeteiy,.
Mee; a son, James; a daughter, Miranda
Philip and two daughters, Linda and
Colmh, Calif, surviving are a brother,
widow,
^alvacion.
and a brother, Lau Sum.
Yvette.
Raymond and two sisters, Mrs. Vyola '
Angle Romano, 79, died on July 30. Miller and Mildred.
Henry Dixon, 64, died on Aug. 29.
Boyd D. Lucas, 56, died on June 18.
Interment was in'Woodlawn Cemetery,
Burial was in Skyview Cemetery,
Burial was in Bahra Valley Cemkery,
Calvin Whltlock, 79, died on Mar. 31,
Colma,
Calif. Surviving are a brother, 1980. Interment was in Olivewood
Vallejo, Calif. Surviving are three
Novato, Calif. Surviving are his widow,
Innacio and a niece, Sandra.
daoghters, Mrs. Delpris Johnson, Mrs.
Mary and three sisters, Mrs. Marie
Cemetery, Riverside, Calif. Surviving
Yock Q. Sam, 64, died on June 30. are his widow, Elese and a daughter,
Patricia Curry and Mrs. Jean Terrell.
Howad, Mrs. Vivian White and Mrs.
Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Thelma.
Luis D. Ebueza, 86, died on Aug. 16.
Vera Parlis.
Colman,
Calif. Surviving are his widow,
Interment was in Tablon Cemetery,
Joseph Maldonado, 82, died on Aug.
Cheung Wan and a son, Wai Yuen.
Cagayan de Oro City, P.l. Surviving are
15. Interment was in Woodlawn Ceme
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his widow, Rosario; a daughter, Lautery, Colma, Calif. Surviving are his
Charles H. Scott, 77, died on Sept. 26.
rene and a sister, Mrs. Minda Jacutin.
widow, Noemuy; five sons, Victor,
Burial was in Acacia Cemetery, Seattle.'
Herman Enz, 75, died on July 17.
Peter, Harry, Reginald and Gerald and
Surviving are his widow, Esther; a son,
Interment was in Soquel (Calif.)
four daughters, Verna, Regina, Sylvia
Charles Jr. and a daughter, Mrs. Shirley
Cemetery. Surviving is his widow, Eva.
and Shirley.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
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SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
- in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
'the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
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Chairman, Seafarers Appeab Board
275 - 2«h Street, Brooklyn, N.V. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at ail times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of .all SIU contracts are avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which^you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper mannef. If, at any time, any SIU
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATJONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so a's,to familiarize themselves with its con
sents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should inimediately notify headquarters. -
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SlU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,.^
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
'reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements speciTy that the trustees
ih charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SUJ port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY — THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article servingi
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy ha&been reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, I960, meetings
. in all constitutional ports. ..The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive .Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to'
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an
official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. .In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipf, or if a member is required td make a
payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution ahd'in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the <
employers. Conseque'ntly, no meml^er may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels thai he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.,
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union.concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective,office. All
contributions are vofuntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further youf economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a member feeb that any of the above rights
have been violated, or that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor
mation, he should immediatdy notUy SIU President Frank
Drozak at Headquarters by certified maO, return receipt
requested. The addrem b 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Pensioner John
Roger Dixon, 69„
died of cancer at
home in High
Point, N.C. on
Oct. 5, 1980.
Brother Dixon
joindd the SIU in
1946 in the port of
Norfolk sailing 3s a chief cook. He'
worked on the Hydro-Atlantic Shoregang in the port of New York from 1971
to 1972. Seafarer Dixon hit the bricks in
the 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike. And
Dixon was a veteran of the U.S. Army in
World War 11. He was bom in Reidsville, N.C. Interment was in Oakwood
Cemetery. High Point. Surviving is his
wiaow. Hazel.
. Julian 'Theo
dore Alderete, 27,
was reported lost
at sea off the ST
Overseas leutian
(Maritime Over
seas) near Puerto
Armeuell, Pana
ma on Apr. 20,.
1980. Brother Alderete joined the SIU.
following his graduation from the HLS
in the port of Houston in 1970 sailing as
an AB. He sailed for G&H Towing in
1979. Born in Houston, he was a
resident there. Surviving are his widow,
Susana; a daughter, Erika. and his
father, .Julio ofHouston. The SIU crew
of the ST Overseas Aleutian spread the
blanket to collect donations totaling
$390. which was sent to Mrs. Alderete
with a letter from the Maritime Over
seas Co.
Terrence Michael
- Downes, 22, died
of multiple injuries
in La Place, La. on
Pensioner Irwin
Oct. 26, 1980..
Francis Miller,85,
Brother Downes
succumbed ' to ~
joined the SIU
heart disease in the
after his gradua-,
VA Medical Cen
tion from Piney
ter, Lebanon, Pa.
Point in 1974. He sailed as an AB. ,
on Dec. 18, 1980.
Seafarer Downes was born in Maryland
Brother Miller
and was a resident of Baltimore. Burial
joined the Union
was in the Garden of Faith Cemetery,
in the port of Baltimore ip. 1958 sailing
Baltimore. Surviving are asonr, Shane of
as an AB for Moran Towing from 1942
Baltimore; his mother, Mrs. Mary Cala
to 1952 and for G&H Towing from
of. Baltimore and his father, Terrence.
1952 to 1965. He was a veteran of the
U.S. Army's 108th Machine Gun Bn.,
Co. E, 20th Div. in World War 11. Bom
Paul Ed win
in Hamburg, fa., he was a resident of
Bailey, 56, died of
Lebanon. Bprial was in Hillside Ceme
injuries in the San
tery, Roslyn,.'Pa. Surviving are a son,
Frapcisco General
Bruce and two daughters, Mrs. Darlene
I Hospital on Oct.
Walker of Blackwood, N.J. and Sally.
'23, 1980. Brother
Bailey joined the
Terry Ernest
SIU in the port of
Claytoii,
28, died
.Baltimore in 1955
in Flint Goodsailing as an AB foii34 years. He was
• ridge' Hospital,
born in Beech. Grovfe, Ind. and was a
New Orleans on
resident of San . Francisco. Cremation
June 5. Brother
took place in the Bah^ Valley Cemetery
Clayton joined the
Crematory, Novato| Calif. His ashes
SIU following his
were scattered oyer the sea. Surviving
graduation
from
are his mother, Marte of Beech Grove,
the HLS in 1971. He sailed as an FOWT
and a sister, Martha of Indianapolis,
and sailed during the Vietnam War.
Ind.
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Seafarer Clayton was born -in New
Pensioner Ben- Orleans and was a resident there. Burial
nie Irving, 51, died
was in Providence Memorial Park
of heart-lung fail Cemetery, Metaire. La. Surviving are
ure in the San
his widow, Emily; a daughter, Terez
Francisco USPHS Monique; a stepson. Robert Maurice.
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; Hospital pn Nov.- Ventress; his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
8, 1980. Brother
Marshall and Shirley Scott Clayton;
irying joined the three brothers, a sister and his grand
MC&S in the port
mother, Mrs. Pearl Garner, all of New
of San Francisco in 1952 sailing as an
Orleans.
assistant cook. He \vas a veteran of the
U.S. Army after World War II. Irving
Pensioner
was born in Oklahoma and was a
Charles Wilson
resident of Berkeley. Calif. Burial was in
Bartlett, 59, "suc
Rolling Hills Cenwtery, Richmond,
cumbed to cancer
Calif. Surviving are Jiis widow, Irene of
in the USPHS
Richmond and two daughters, Debra of
Hospital, Brigh
Berkeley and Elpise of Richmond.
ton, Mass. on
Sept. 17, 1980.
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Brother Bartlett
sraijLOIflf Schmidt,
joined
the
SIU
in
the
port of Boston in
67,'died on Dec.
; 24, 1980. Brother 1951 sailing as an AB and during the •
/Schmidt joined the - Vietnam War. He hit the bricks in the
Union in the port 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef.. Sea
of Toledo, Ohio farer Bartlett was a veteran of the U.S.
sailing as a con- Army in World War II. B&rn in
veyorman and Hingham. Mass., he was a resident of
FOWT for the Reiss Steamship Co. He Dorchester, Mass. Cremation took
sailed 38 years. Laker Schmidt was born place in the Forest Hills Crematory,
in Washington is.. Wise, and was a Boston. Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
resident of Sturgeon Bay, Wise. Surviv Arlene Baumeister and a sister, Shirley,
both of Dorchester.
ing is his widow, Leone.
Charles Ray
V BaTnesJr.,29,died.
of injuries sus
tained in a truckcar crash in Sangti;
Calif, on Oct. 3,
1980. Brother
Barnes joined the'
SIU following his
graduation from Piney Point in 1968.
He sailed as a- QMED and earned his
GED diploma at the Point. Seafarer
Barnes was a veteran of the U.S. Marine
Corps during the Vietnam War. He was
born in Jasper, Ala. and was a resident
of Dinuba, Calif. Burial was in the
Smith Mountain Cemetery, Dinuba.
Surviving are his mother, Louise of
Dinuba and his father. Seafarer Charles
R. Barnes Sr. of Manteca, Calif.
Pensioner
Thomas Albert
Piniecki, 81, died
of lung disease in
Church Hospital,
Baltimore on Jan.
7. Brother Piniecki
joined the Union
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in the port of Balti
more in I960 sailing as a captain for the
B&O Railroad from 1925 to 1962.
Brofher Piniecki was a former member
of the MM&P Union. He was born in
Baltimore and was a resident there.
Interment was in St. Stanislaus Cem
etery,-Baltimore. Surviving are his
widow, Anna and two sons, Thomas Jr.
and Richard of Baltimore.
Pensioner Wil
liam Lawrence
Brfibham, 73, died
of a stroke in the
Memor^l Hospi
tal, Charlotte, S.C.
on Dec. 17, 1980.
Brother Brabham
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939 in the port of Philadelpliia sailing
^ a bosun. He also sailed during the
<?ietnam War. Seafarer Brabham was a
veteran of the U.S. Army's Coast
Artillery in World War II. A native of
Colleton County, S.C., he wasa resident
of York, S.C. Burial was in Lakeview
Gardens Cemetery, York. Surviving are
his widow, Lula; a son, William Jr. and
a daughter, Marie of York.
Pensioner Ray
mond "Ray" Arden Thomson, 62,
died of heart fail
ure in the Clear
water (Fla.) Com
munity Hospital
on May 27, 1980.
Brother Jhonison
^Dined the Union in the port ofDuluth,
Minn, in 1961 sailing as an oiler for
Moiand Brothers from 1940 to 1948 and
for Great Lakes Towing. He was
f reudent of the IBU Local 2 Tug and
Dreoge Section iri 1964. Laker Thom
son was a former member of the
Teamsters Union Local 288 from 1938
to 1952. In 1964, healso ran forsheriff in
Superior, Wise. Thomson was a veteran
of the U.S. Army's Armored Corps in..
World War 11. Bom in Wisconsin, he
was a resident of .Port Richey, Fla.
Cremation took place in the Tri-Co
Service Crematory, "Tampa. Surviving
are his widow, Laimi; a son, Kenneth
arid a daughter, Carol.
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Pensioner
Woodrow Asa
Brown, 67, suc
cumbed to leiikejmia in the Tampa
General Hospital
on Dec. 3, 1980.
Brother Brown
joined the SIU in
1946 in the port of New York sailing as
an oiler.
He_ was a veteran of'the ,U.S.
\
Army in World War IL Seafarer Brown
was born in Dothan, Ala. and was a
resident of Tampa. Burial was in the
Garden of Memories Cemetery, Tampa.
Surviving are three sons, George,
Byron and Raymond; two daughters,
Kathryn and Regina and a sister, Mrs.
Grace B. Mixon of Tampa.
Pensioner Alex
Anagnostou, 8l,
passed away in
Volos, Greece on
Oct. 10,1980. Bro
ther Anagnostou
joined the SIU in
the port of New
York sailing as an
FOWT for 33 years. He was born in
Volos, was a naturalized U.S. citizen
and was a resident of Volos. Burial was
in Volos. Surviving are his widow,
Sirago of Volos; a ison, Angelos; a
daughter, Helen and a brother, Glfefterios of New Y ork City.
Pensioner Paul
Clayton Carter,
63, died of a hedrt
attack in the
Tampa General
Hospital' on Oct.
30, JI980. Brother
Carter joined the
SIU in 1946 in the
port of Norfolk sailing as a chief steward
and pastry chef. He was on the
picketline in the 1962 Robin Line beef
and attended the Piney Point 3rd
Educational Conference. Seafarer
Carter was a veteran of the U.S. Coast
Guard before World War II. Born in
Tarpon Springs, Fla., he was a resident
of Tampa. Cremation took place in the
West Coast Crematory, Clearwater,
Fla. Surviving is his widow, Bernice.
Pensioner
Ralph Joseph
Denayer, 8 0,
passed away from
injuries^- in St.
Mary's Medical
Center," Los An
geles. Brother
Denayef joined
the SIU in 1946 in the port of New York
sailing as a bgatm. He was a former
member of the I L\^ Local 13. Seafarer
Denayer was bom in Chicago, 111. and
was a resident of Long Beach, Calif. He
was a veteran of the U.S. Army's
Cavalry after World War I. Burial was
in Pacific Crest Cemetery, Rendondo
Beach, Calif. Surviving are a daughter,
Brigette of Bremen, West Germany and
a sister, Mrs. Marguerite Priest of
Torrance, Calif.
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Summary Report for Tug & Dredge Pension Plan
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from the plan administrator, on
request and at no charge, a state
ment of the assets and liabilities of
the plan and accompanying notes,
or a statement of income and expeiises of the plan and accompany
ing notes, or both. If you request
a copy of the full annual report from
the plan administrator, these two
statements and accompanying notes
will be included as part of that
report.
ments of $385.198.
This is a summary of the annual
Plan expenses were $228,633.
report of Great Lakes Tug& Dredge
Pension Plan. 13-1953878. for These expenses included $142,194in
January 1. 1979 to December 31. benefit payments, and $86,439
1979. The annual report has been representing administrative expen
filed with the Internal Revenue ses, insurance premiums for Pension
Service, as required under the Benefit Guaranty Corporation and
Employee Retirement Income Secu other fiduciary insurance as re
quired by federal law, communica
rity Act of 1974 (ERISA).
tions with participants, and Cus
The value of plan assets, after
todian
fees. .
subtracting liabilities of the plan was
You have the right to receive a
$3,979,998 as of January 1. 1979.
copy of the full annual report, or any
compared to $4,528,336 at Decem
part thereof, on request. The items
ber 31. 1979. During the plan year
listed below are included in that
the plan experienced an increase in
report:.
its net assets of $548,338. This
1. An accountant's report
included unrealized appreciation
2, Assets held for investment
and depreciation in the value of plan
To obtain a copy ofthefullannual
assets; that is, the difference between
report, or any part thereof, write or
the value of the plan's assets at the
call the office of Mr. A..Jensen,.675
end of the year and the value of the
Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New
assets at the beginning of the year or
York, 11232. The charge to cover
the cost of assets acquired during the
copying costs will be $1.00 for the
year. During the plan year, the plan
full annual report, or $.10 per page
had total incoine of $905,563
for any part thereof.
including employer contributions of
You also have the right to receive
$520,365 and earnings from invest
You also have tlie right to
examine the annual report at the
main office of the plan, 675 Fourth
Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232,
and at the U.S. Department of
Labor in Washington, D.C., or to
obtain a copy from the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor upon payment of
copying costs. Requests to the
Department should be addre*ssed to
Public Disclosure Room, N4677,
Pension and Welfare Benefit Pro
grams, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue. N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20216.
Dispatchers Report for Iniand Wateis
JAN. 1-3.1,1981
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•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
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TOTAL SHIPPED
' All Groupsr
Class A Class B ClasSC
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point •
Paducah
Totals
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0
0
3
0
5.
0
3
1
0
2
0
0
5
19
0
4
7
1
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0
0
3
0.
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1
0
0
5
0
0
3
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1
25
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0
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0
3'
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1
0
0
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1
2
6
0
6
4
19
50
Boston New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah
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Algonac
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114
Legal Aid
In the event that any SIU members
have legal problems in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they can
consult is being published. The mem
ber need not choose the recommentled
attorneys and this list is intended only
for informational purposes:
NEW YORK, N.Y.
Schulman & Abarbanel
. 350 Fifth Avenue'
New York, N.Y. 10118
Tele. #(212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Tele. #(301) 539-6967
HOUSTON, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
811 Dallas Street
» Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. #(713) 659-4455
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton & Douglas, P.'A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. #(813) 879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Hehning,
" Walsh & Ritchie '
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Francisco, California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
Philip Weltin, Esq.
Weltin A Van Dam
, No. I Ecker Bid.
•
San Francisco, Calif. 94105
Tere.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis; Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
v
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy, - .}
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los .Angeles, California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250 '
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Alabama 36602
Tele. #(205)^33-4904
DETROIT, MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48822
Tele. #(313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
Two Main Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
Tele. #(617) 283-8100
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vance, Davies, Robens.
Reid & Anderson
100 West Harrison. Pla/a
Seattle, Washington 98119
Tele. #(206) 285-3610
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 6(1603
Tele. #(.312) 26^63.30
�f'i.r 9''
Former SlU Black Ganger Going for 1 st Assf, Engv
desire to advance himself
Rodela said. He wasn't aware of he's missed. He's never j^een to
and a curiosity about other
the bomb until he came off Australia and he'd love to visit
countries and~*cultures have
watch. But he later heard the mainland China. With the recent
characterized the sailing career of
bomb had been defused and that bilateral pact signed between the
Charles Rodela;
some of the Viet Cong had been U.S. and China, Brother Rodela
A former member of the SlU, •
killed.
is likely to get his chance. And
Brother Rodela has just taken the
Though Brother Rodela has considering h's career record thus
Coast Guard test for First
traveled' to many places around far, he's likely to go there as Chief
Assistant Engineer-Steam after
the world, there's still a few places one day.
studying at the District 2 MEBA
School in Brooklyn, N.Y. And if
he passes this exani, Rodela is
"definitely" planning to go on for
his Chief's license. As he says,
»vh''n 1 retire. I want to ref re as
Steward Department have never been bet
Charles Rodela ,
Chief.'
During all this time. Brother
ter. Make these opportunities your own.
It's this type of attitude that's
been a recurring theme in 51-year Rodela, who is a WW II veteran,
Upgrade your skills in the Steward
old Rodela's life. Before going to has gotten a chance to see many
Department at SHLSS.
sea in 1947 and "in between of those countries he had wanted
ships" after that, he studied to visit. He especially liked the
Assistant Cook—July t3
architectural engineering at the architecture of Japan and the
Cook and Baker—July 13
attitudes toward work and child
University of Houston.
Chief Cook—April 20
Though he ,wasn't able to get rearing that he found in Ger
Chief Steward—June 1
his degree at the time, Rodela many.
Between
1966
and
1972,
as
the
hasn't forgotten about it. He's
For more information, contact your SIU
planning to go back to college in Vietnam War raged, Rodela
Texas or California so that he can made one or two trips every year
Representative or contact Seafarers Harry
to
that
Southeast
Asia
country.
earn his B.S. degree. Moreover,
Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Admis
Rodela hopes to use his degree to Once, in 1966, while his ship was
in the port of Qui Nhdn,
sions Office, Piney Point, Maryland
teach architectural engineering.
Vietnam,
a
time
bomb
was
found
His interest in architecture was
20674,(301)994-0010.
one of the reasons that propelled near the ship, apparently placed
Rodela into shipping out. He there by Viet Cong frogmen.
wanted to see the architecture of
.other countries, as well as to
observe other cultures, forms of
government, and religions.
In 1956 Rodela joined the SIU
JAN. 1-31, 1981
•TOTAL REGISTERED
TDTALSHIPPED
••REGISTERED ONBMCH
in the port of Houston. (Rodela is
All Groups
All Groups
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Class A Class B Class C
Class A Clas'B Class C
a native and resident of Laredo,
. DECK DEPARTMENT
Tex.) He stayed in the Union for
Algonac (Hdqs.)
22'
3
2
3
2
0
41
10
6
nearly 13 years as a Seafarer in
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
the engine department. Then in
Algonac
(Hdqs.)
15
6
'
1
12
12
. 0
29
.10.
5
1968, after attending the MEBA
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
District 2 School, Brother
Algonac (Hdqs.)
5
2
0
2
3
0
•
8
7 _
0
Rodela got his Third Assistant
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
.
'
Engineer's license.
Algonac (Hdqs.)
30
31
8
0
0
0
44
'61
22
Nine years later he went back
Totals All Departments—
72
42
11
17
17
0
122
88
33
to the School and received his
•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping atthe port last month.
Second Assistant Engineer's
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
license.
A
job Opportunities
isnictaRMhr trot litB
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION
SBM0I&
USE
OF
NAKCOncS
l£M>S
TO
LOSS
OF
RAPERS
klairlr 1 P^l —33
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SEA-LAND GALVESTON (SeaLand Service), .January 18 -Chairman.
Recertified Bosun John Japper: Sec
retary J. Mqjica; Educational Director
L. Petrick: Deck Delegate John Barone;
Steward Delegate Reinaldo Rodrigues.
No disputed OT. Chairman read all the
communications that were received and
posted them. Discussed the importance
of upgrading .at Piney Point and of
donating to SPAD. Observed one
minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers. Next port Yoko
hama.
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SEA-L. .ND FREEDOIM (Sea-Land
Service; January I Chairman. Re
certifies Bosun E. D. Christian.sen;
Secretary C. M. Modellas; Educational
Director K. Peterson. No disputed OT.
Chairman reported that everything was
running well. Reminded members that
- during fireboat drill two or three men
were required on the hose for back up
men. Next port Seattle.
INTREPID (Coscal Marine). Jan
uary 24 Chairman F. R. Schwarz;
Secretary T. J. Smith; Educational
Director D. Vaughn; Deck Delegate T.
D. Seager; Engine Delegate N. P. Davis;
Steward Delegate J. Forbes. No dis
puted OT. Chairman recommended
that all drew members who qualify
should upgrade at Piney Point. Appli
cations are available from the secretary.
A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done. Next
port Boston.
ZAPATA PATRIOT (Zapata Tank
ships). January 4 Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun .V. Grima; Secretary W.
Wroten; Educational Director C.
Merritt; Deck Delegate B. Mrciak;
Engine Delegate A. Campbell; Stewaixl
Delegate A. Azez. Secretary reported
that there are reading materials in the
recreation room that were sent from
New York and urged all crew members
to read them to fully understand what is
going on in the Union and the industry.
Discus.sed the importance of donating
to SPAD. The Log was received and
passed around. No disputed OT. A vote
of thanks to the steward department for
the holiday diiiners and barbecues.
SEA-i.AND OAKLAND (Sea-Land
Service). January 4 Chairman Rune
Olsson; Secretary S. Kolasa; Educa
tional Director H. A. Kobits; Steward
Delegate Rayfield Crawford. No dis
puted OT. Chairman advised anyone
who wished to upgrade, to apply to
Piney Point. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
Christmas Day and Christmas dinner
were most enjoyable.
LONG LINES (Transoceanic
Cable), January 4—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun Roy Theiss; Secretary Ira
Brown. Secretary reported that a
meeting was held on board with SIU
reprsentative Frank Boyne in Yokohoma. Advised men that are qualified
and have time in to apply for upgrading
at Piney Point. The Log was received.
$250 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT
in deck, engine and steward depart
ments. A vote of thanks to Brother
Fryefte who volunteered to act as movie
director for remainder of voyage.
Report to Log: "The Long Lines was
ready to pay off in Wilmington. Calif,
but at the last-minute it was decided to
pay off on the East Coast around
January 28."
34 / LOG / March 1981
LNG LIBRA (Energy Transport).
January 4 -Chairman, Recertified
Bosun~Thomas Brooks; Secretary
Frank Costango; Educational Director
J. Dernbach; Deck Delegate Tom
Redes; Engine Delegate Fred Reyes;
Steward Delegate Mike Haukland.
Some disputed OT in deck department.
Secretary reported.that the future of the
seafarer looks bright for the coming
year and the years to follow. He urged
everyone to take a more active interest
in our entire program, SPAD,
upgrading, articles for the Log,
feedback to headquarters of suggestions
and shipboard activities. A new
treasurer, Mary Ann Warriner, GSU
was elected and we have $131 in ship's
fund. Steward added that the three
GSU's Andrea De Muro, Mary Ann
Warriner and Robert Grimes are doing
an excellent job and you can see that the
training program at the Harry
Lundeberg School is paying off. Special
attention was given to communications
that were posted on narcotics, directory
for Union halls, constitutional
amendments on regular dues, SPAD
donations, the SIU in Washington. Also
the latest rates of pay and the special
notice on credentials that should be
carried by those flying abroad. A vote of
thanks to the steward department for a
contimiing good job. Report to Log:
"To the Editor and Staff" "We wish to
thank you all and at the same time
extend a hearty thanks to Mr John
Bunker for his article on Union history.
How can anyone appreciate the Pork
Chops today when they know so little
about our fore brothers who fought so
hard to make them possible." Next port
Nagoya, Japan.
LNG GEMINI (Energy Transport),
January 4 —Chairman. Recertified
Bosun R. Schwarz;. Secretary G. De
Barre; Educational Director B. Gillis;
Deck Delegate M. Horan; Steward
Delegate D. Pappas. Chairman asked
that all members please pass around the
Log for all to read. Several members,
who wrote to Piney Point about
information on upgrading and have not
heard from them yet. were advised to
write again. Safety committee suggests
that members handling wire should
wear gloves. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for the fine food
aboard this ship. Next port Osaka.
LNG AQUARIUS (Energy Trans
port). January 5 - Chairman Joe Morri•son: Secretary Duke Gardner; Educa
tional Director M. De Nardo; Steward
Delegate George Taylor. No disputed
OT. Chairman noted that we should be
going to sea trials .somewhere between
January 18th and January 2Lst at which
time we will have a new .skipper and a
new mate. A di.scussion was held on
where to put the basketball net. The
.swimming pool to be squared away as
soon as possible and benches will be
made when we get some lumber. A vote
of thanks to the steward department
especially for Christmas dinner.
COASTAL KANSAS (Coscal Ma
rine), January 4—Chairman, Recerti
fied Bosun J. Richburg; Secretary W. G,
Williams; Educational Director Wiley
L. Yarber; Deck Delegate Charles
Lambert; Engine Delegate P. E. Payton;
Steward Delegate M. C. Dale. No
disputed OT. Chairman reported that
this ship was in idle status for 18
months. All members should take more
intere.st in respect to safety, firefighting
and repairs. Also that more entry
ratings should apply for training at
Piney Point. A vote of thanks was given
to all delegates for their cooperation. A
notice about the wage increase and the
^President's message were posted. Secre
tary sent a letter of appreciation to the
Stella Maris Maritime Center in New
Orleans for Christmas presents donated
by local ladie.s. A vote of gratitude to
Captain Bechtel for wine donated for
the holidays. Next port Boston.
OGDEN CHALLENGER (Ogden
Marine). January 11 Chairman, Re
certified Bosun R. D. Thoe; Secretary
R. De Boissiere; Educational Director
H. Callien; Deck Delegate C. L.
Hickenbottam; Engine Delegate A. S.
Hernandez; Steward Delegate William
Karpiak. No disputed OT. Chairman
advi.sed all tho.se who qualify to upgrade
at Piney Point. The new ships are now
on the line and ready to go and men are
needed with the knowledge of these
ships. This can mean more jobs and
more pay. The word in Washington
should be "make the merchant marine a
COVE NAVIGATOR (Cove Ship
stronger fourth arm of defenseand more
ping), January 3 - Chairman, Recerti
modernLstic." This issue talks about
fied Bosun E. La Soya; Secretary C.
President Reagan's support and we
Corrent; Educational Director G.
should write to our Congressman and
Kuglov. No disputed OT. Chairman
Senators to let them know how we feel.
extended compliments to the crew for
A vote of thanks to all delegates for a job excellent cooperation when a collision
well done! Report to Log "Our special
occurred with a small craft. On collision
vote of thanks to two old profes.sionals
signal, the crew was alert with their
Chief Steward R. De Boissiere and
lifejackets on and ready to meet any
Bosun R. D. Thoe. We were in a .storm
emergeiKy. Advised all members to read
with 75-mile-an-hour winds and 30
the Log so you will be aware of what is
degree rolls and sub-zero weather and
going on in the Union. Report to Ltyg;
they performed their cfuties and main "This crew gives good membership
tained a safety record with no one hurt
attention and openly will discuss
and everything secure. God bless and
controversial subjects." Next port Fall,
keep them both."
River.
OGDEN LEADER (Ogden Marine),
January 4 —Chairman J. R. Colangelo;
Secretary H. Donnelly; Educational
Director Alan R. Gardner. $90 in ship's
fund. No disputed OT. Secretary
reported that the ships library contains
various pamphlets that were received iri
New York during the Steward Recertification program about Union activities
for the benefit of the membership. They
are mo.st informative and should be read
and discussed'. Educational Director
suggested that the SIU should publicize
that smoking on barges by boatmen
while transferring fuel is highly danger
ous for themselves and the shipthey are
.servicing. All communications includ
ing the Log that were received were
posted for all to read. The membership
discussed the sinking of the Poet as
some had friends that were lost and
.stood a special moment of .silence in
their memory. Next port Baytown.
SEA-LAND DEFENDER (SeaLand Service), January 18—Chairman
R. Ray; Secretary A. Reasko; Educa
tional Director Neathery. Chairman
noted, that the ship was going to
Tamano and all beefs were to be
discussed with Frank Boyne, Port
Agent. He also noted the importance of
donating to SPAD. Applications for
upgrading or LNG schools are available
for those who are interested. $225.00 in
ship's fund. No disputed OT. All
members when leaving ship were asked
to clean their rooms and strip theif
bunks. An SIU ship is a clean ship.
Official ship's minutes were also
received from the following vessels:
Transcolorado
New York
Sea-Land Economy
Seattle
Del Sol
Del Oro
j
Benjamin Harrison
Sea-Land Consumer
Sam Houston
Overseas Joyce
William Hooper
S'
u
Tampa
Sea-Land Pacer
Santa Mariana
Sea-Land Finance
Santa Cruz
Edward Rutledge
Ogden Charger
Monticello Victory
Cove Trader
Sea-Land Voyager
Boston
Sea-Land Market
Santa Lucia
•'A,'
. Jacksonville
Mount Washington
Arecibo
Santa Barbara
Charleston
Cove Engineer
Del Campo
Delta Mar
Overseas Harriette
Mount Washington
Sea-Land Producer
Ogden Willamette
Puerto Rico
Sea-tand Resource
Delta Norte ^
Sea-Land Developer
Overseas Arctic
Achilles
Del Viento
Sea-Land Galloway
Del Mundo
Tamara Guilden
�Timothy C. Donoghue
,
Seafarer
Timothy G
Donoghue, 21,
graduated from
the HLSin 1979.
In 1980, he up
graded there to
F O W T; He
holds the fire
fighting. life
boat, CPR and first aid endorse
ments. A native of Long Island,
N.Y., he lives there and ships out of
the ports of Seattle and New York.
Daniel Laitinen Jr.
Tom M. Arriola
Sea f a re r
Tom M. Arriola,
26, graduated
from the Piney
Point Entry Pro
gram in 1974.
Brother Arriola
sailed aboard
the U.S. Coast
Guard Culler
Oauniless out of Miami, Fla. from
1972 to 1973. He passed the courses
for tankerman, lifeboat, firefighting
and CPR. Arriola is a veteran of the
U.S. Army National Guard's 143rd
Airborne Division and the Coast
Guard in the port of Houston. Born
in Houston, he lives and ships out
from that port.
Mark E. Simpson
Seafarer
Mark E. Simp
son, 25, gradu
ated from the
Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg
School of Seam a n s h i p
(SHLSS) Entry
Trainee Pro
gram, Piney Point, Md. in 1978.
Brother Simpson now sails as a chief
cook, last on the LNG Aquarius.
(Energy Transport). He has the
LNG, firefighting, lifeboat, cardio
pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and
first aid documents. Before attend
ing Piney Point, Simpson graduated
from the Culinary Institute of
America, New York City. He was
born in Newark, N.J., lives in
Rungoes, N.J. and ships out of the
port of New York.
i
Seafarer
Daniel Laitinen
Jr., 27, is a 1969
grad of the HLS.
He sails as an
AB. Brother
Laitinen earned
the CPR, life
boat and fire
fighting tickets.
He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and
he resides and ships out of the port
of New Orleans.
James Venskus
Seafarer
James Venskus,
25, graduated
from the HLS in
1976. Brother
Venskus sails as
an AB. His endo resements in
clude 3rd cook,
firefighting, life
boat and CPR. He was born in
Fort Leavenworth, Kans., lives in
Springfield, Va. and ships out of the
port of New York.
Richard C. Rosati
Sea f a rer
Richard
C.
Rosati, 26. is a
1977 graduate of
the HISS. In
1978, he upgrad
ed to FOWT in
the port of New
York and to
QMEI) last year
at Piney Point. Brother Rosati al.so
earned his CPR, firefighting and
lifeboat tickets. Born in Long l.sland.
N.Y., he .ships out of the port of New
York.
Joseph Artis
Seafarer
Joseph Artis, 24,
is a 1975 gradu
ate of the H LSS
Entry Trainee
Program. He
upgraded to AB
at the School in
1980. Brother
Artis holds the
lifeboat, firefighting and CPR
endorsements, Artis was born in
Santa Ana, Calif., lives in San
Diego, Calif, and ships out of all
West Coat ports.
Richard S. Borden .
James Bo Koesy
Seafarer
Richard S. Bor
den, 22, was a
graduate of the
HLS Entry Pro
gram in 1978.
The same year he
upgraded there
to LNG and
sailed on the
LNG Aries (Energy Transport) and
the LNG El Paso Souihern in 1979.
Brother Borden, last year, upgraded
to AB at Piney Point sailing aboard
the El Paso Arzew. He is a native of
Washington, D.C., lives in Anna
polis, Md. and ships out of the ports
of Baltimore and New York.
Sca f a rc r
James Bo Koesy,
22, graduated
from Piney
Point in 1978.
Brother Koesy
"enjoys the sail
or's 'lifestyle!"
He upgraded to
FOWT ^t the
HLS in 1979 and LNG and QMED
there in 1980. Koesy was in the
original crew of the LNG Gemini
(Energy Transport). He holds the
LNG. firefighting, tankerman.
lifeboat and CPR endor.sements.
Born in Panama City, Fla. he ships
out of the ports of New York and
New Orleans.
Larry Jay Gorden
Seafarer
Larry Jay
"Flash" Gordon,
25, is a 1975 grad
of Piney Point.
He then also
earned his GED
diploma there.
^ . Brother Gordon
i in 1977 upgrad
ed to FOWT and took the Basic
Welding course. Last year he
upgraded to QMED. Gordon also
earned the firefighting, lifeboat and
CPR tickets. He plans to take some
advanced math courses soon at
Piney Point. Born in Pennsylvania,
he ships out of the port of Baltimore.
Philip D. Poole
Seafarer
Philip D. Poole,
27, joined the
former IBU in
1975 in Port Ar
thur, Tex. He
then graduated
from the HLS
Trainee Pro
gram for deepsea in 1977 upgrading to AB there
the same year. Brother Poole earned
the firefighting, lifeboat and CPR
documents. He was born in Long
Branch, N.J.. resides in Monmouth
Beach, N.J. and ships out of the port
of New York.
It Ain't the Same Old Job
So the Same Old Skills
Won't Do ...
Take the
Towboat
Operator
Scholarship
Program which
starts June 22.
Tony O. Vargas
Seafarer
Tony O. Vargas,
29, graduated
from the HLS in
1975. Brother
Vargas upgrad
ed to FOWT
therein 1976. He
has the lifeboat,
firefighting and
CPR papers. Vargas is a veteran of
the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
War. A native of Brooklyn, N. Y., he
ships from the port of New York.
if you
don't qualify
for the Towboat
Operator Scholarship
Program, you may take the
regular Towboat Operator
Course, which starts May 11.
See your SlU Representative for details.
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This is a summary of the annual
report of Seafarers Pension Plan
ID. #13-6100329 for January I.
1979 to December 31. 1979.
e
annual report has been filed with the
Internal Revenue Service, as re
quired under the
'J®''';
ment Income Security Act of 1974
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representing administrative expenses, insurance premiums for
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and other fiduciary insurance as
required by federal law, commun.
cations with participants, and
custodian fees and other investment
'^"itasic Financial Statement
The val" of plan assets, a ter
subtracting liabilities of the plan,
was $151,436,402
1979 compared to $167,418,
of December 31. IS™. During the
plan year, the plan experieni^d an
increase in its
.
$15 982,336. This included un
realized appreciation and
tion in the value of plan assets, th
is. the difference between the ™ ue
of the plan's assets at the end of the
year and the value of the assets at the
beginning of the year or the cost of
assets acquired during the year^
• During the plan year, the plan had
total iLome of $33,287,337 includ
ing employer contributions^
$19,188,255 and earnings from
investments of
gj 321
Plan expenses were $10,583 J21_
These expenses included
H ^.554.357
« 098 964
in benefit payments and $l,028,v&4
renort from the plan administrator,
P
statements and accom^ni be included as
^
report. The charge to
p
copying costs given above
it charge for the
does m
copyi^
Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
11232, and at the U.S. Department
of Labor in Washington, D. C., or to
obtain a copy from the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor upon payment of
copying costs. Requests to the
Department should be addressed to
Public Disclosure Room, N4677,
Pension and Welfare Benefit Pro
grams, U.S. Department "f Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue, N. W.,
Washington D. C. 20216.
charges.
furnished without charge.
You have the right to receive a
also have the right to
copy of thefull annual report, or any
^
^ual report at the
pan thereof, on request. The items examine^^^^
,in office of the plan, 6/3 rou.iu
listed below are included m that
report:
1. An accountant's report
2. Assets held for investment
To obtain a copy of the full annual
report, or any part thereof, write or
call the office of Mr. A. Jensen, 675
Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New
York 11232. The charge to cover
copying costs will be $1.00 for the
full annual report, or $.10 per page
for any part thereof.
You also have the right to receive
from the plan administrator, on
request and at no charge, a state Recetlilied Bosun Elmer Eaher (from
ment of the assets and liabilities of Champion (Ogden Marme).sw,mtt^^^^^
the plan and accompanying notes
or a statement of income and
expenses of the plan and accom
panying notes, or both. If you Harvey Barlow, deck delegate.
request a copy ot
of the
tne full
luii annual
annua.
Ogden Champion Committee
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.1
4. .rwf .ic thankful
peeing a Wind man walk down a
offer a guiding
S for our sigh.. Perfec.
"f'"'thing .o be unable .o see
arm to the blind because we all think It must ne
.C«EHA»tnAnd that's where an alcoholic
drinking problem is just
Helping a f#"""
1"° ^,aering a blind man across a street All
rorbl^rd^tsmkTtCtaf^rhy tbe arm^^^^^
Alcoholic Rehabilitation f'"'"y^'^^^ber will receive the care and counseling^
Once he's there, an f hobc SlU
^^^^ers who are ftghting
^
he needs. And bell get the '"PP/'f
productive aicobol-free life.
the same tough battle be is bac
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aicoboiic. But because of
The road back to sobriety ts a long one for an
^
ARC, an alcoholic SIC """"h"
direction of the Rehab Center.
And b, guiding a
recovery is only an
you11 be showing him that the tirst siep
arm's length away
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
anywhere except at The Center.
Book No.
Name
1
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1
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(Street or RFD)
(City)
(State)
Telephone No.
Mail to: THE CENTER
Star Route Box 153-A
Valley Lee, Md. 20692
call, 24 hours-a-day, (30J ) 994-0010
or I
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Of Baltimore in
1956 sailing as an AB. Brother
Apostohdis sailed 30 years and
rode the Isthmian Line in 1955.
He hit the bricks in the I960
Greater N.Y. Harbor beef. Seaforer Apostohdis was born in
Greece and is a resident of
fcuboea, Greece.
Pedro Rafael Arteaga, 62
joined theSIUin l945inthepor;
ofNew York sailing as a cook. He
sailed for Bull Line and Robin
Line in 1957. Brother Arteaga was
born in Guayaquil, Ecuador and
IS a resident of Philadelphia.
Paul Francis Arthofer, 59
|J?"fdtheSIUinl941inthepor;
p of New Orleans sailing as an AB
k Brother Arthofer also sailed as a
ship and deck delegate during the
Vietnam War. He received a 1961
Union Personal Safety Award for
saihng aboard an accident-free
ship, the SS Del Oro (Delta Line)
Seafarer Arthofer is also a printer
and cook. Born in Dallas, Tex. he
IS a resident of Monroe, La
Isidore Carmen Dongen, 65
joined the SlUin 1948 in the port
of New York sailing as a FQWT.
Brother Dongen sailed 42 years
He was born in Paramaribo,
Sunname (Dutch Guiana) S A
is a naturalized U.S. citizen and
IS a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Joseph George Edwards, 68
joined the SlUin the port of New
Orleans in 1958 sailing as 3rd
cook and waiter. Brother Ed
wards sailed 30 years. He is a
veteran of the Louisiana National
Guard from 1933 to 1938. Sea
farer Edwards was also an office
manager and junior executive.
Born in New Orleans, he is a
resident there.
Ola Ekeland, 63, joined the SIU
in the port of Philadelphia in 1950
sailing as an AB. Brother Ekeland
sailed 48 years. He was born in
Skare Kongshamn, Tromoy,
Arendi'l, Norway and is a resident
of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Walter Alexander Kuchta, 60
joined the SIU in the port of
Wilmington in 1957 sailing as a
bosun. Brother Kuchta sailed 37
years. He was born in Sharpsburg, Pa. and is a resident of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cecil Bernard Wiggins, 52,
joined the SIU in 1945 in the port
of Mobile sailing as a bosun.
Brother Wiggins received a Union
Personal Safety Award in I960
for sailing on an accident-free
ship, the
Alcoa Ranger.
Seafarer Wiggins was born in
Alabama and is a resident of
Theodore, Ala.
Arthur Joseph Margiotta Jr
53, joined the SlUin the port of
New Orleans in 1953 sailing as a
cook. Brother Margiotta sailed
27 years. He is a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War 11. Sea
farer Margiotta was born in
New Orleans and is a resident of
River Ridge, La.
Heinz Seel, 68, joined the
former MC«&S Union in the port
ofSan Francisco in 1962 sailingas
a chief steward on the .95 Maria
from 1977 to 1978. He graduated
from the MC&S Stewards Train
ing School in 1959. Brother Seel is
a former member of the Waiters
Union Local 30. Born in, Ham
burg, West Germany, he is a
resident of Petaluma, Calif.
James Perry "J.p." Bratcher,
55, joined the Union in the port of
Houston in 1960 sailing as an
oiler, deckhand and captain for
the WvD. Hoden Co. from 1952 to
1963, Coyle Lines and G&H
Towing from 1963 to 1980.
Brother Bratcher is a veteran of
the U.S. Navy in World War 11.
He was born in Washington'
County, Fla. and is a resident of
Houston.
Henry Culmer McKinney, 56
joined the SIU in 1945 in the port
of New Orleans sailing as an AB.
Brother McKinney sailed 35
years. He is a veteran of the U.S
Army during the Korean War.
Born in Wauchula, Fla., he is a
resident of Lacombe, La.
John Alexander McLaughlin,
61, joined the SIU in 1943 in the
port of New York sailing as an
AB. Brother McLaughlin sailed
42 years. He received a I960
Union Personal Safety Award for
sailing aboard an accident-free
ship, the SS Francis. Seafarer
McLaughlin was born in Stayner,
Ontario, Canada, is a naturalized '
U.S. citizen and is a resident of
Seattle.
Jesus Villaueva Garcia, 63
joined the SIU in 1948 in the port
of New York sailing as a FOWT.
Brother Garcia was born in Fort
Worth, Tex. and is a resident of
Fort Lee, N.J,
Herbert Milzer Parsons, 72
joined the SIU in the port of New
Ojleans in 1967 sailing as an AB.
; Brother Parsons sailed 28 years!
He is a former member of the
ILA, Local 1418. Seafarer Par
sons is a veteran of the U.S. Army
in World War II. Born in the
British , West Indies, he is a
resident of Metairie, La.
George Lenard Gill, 76, joined
the SIU in the port of New
Orleans in 1954 sailing as a 2nd
cook. Brother Gill sailed 25 years.
He helped to organize Cities
Service. Seafarer Gill was born in
Port of Spain, Trinidad, B.W I
and is a resident of Fairhope, Ala
George A. Rosholt, 65, joined
the SIU in 1956 in the port of
Jacksonville sailing as a chief
steward. Brother Rosholt sailed
for Cities Service from 1961 to
1976 and for lOM from 1980 to
1981. He is a veteran of the U S
Army in World War 11. Born in
New York, he is a resident of
Holly Hill, Fla.
Peter Ruedeski, 65, joined the
Union in the port of Detroit in
I960 sailing as a wiper. Brother
Rudeski was born in Plymouth,"
Pa. and is a resident there.
George Luc Esteve, 57, joined
the SIU in 1943 in the port of New
Orleans sailing as an AB. Brother
Esteve sailed 38 years. He was
born ip Louisiana and is a
resident of New Orleans.
Arcangel Saavedra, 65, joined
the SIU in 1939 in the port of
Miami sailing as a chief pump
man and saloon messman. Bro
ther Saavedra was born in Puerto
Rico and is a resident of the
Bronx, N.-Y.
Ernvel Frederick Zeller, 60,
joined the Union in the port of
Frankfort, Mich, in 1953 sailingas
a cook for the Ann Arbor ( Mich.)
Carferries from 1961 to 1980.
Brother Zeller .sailed 36 yeans. He
is a wounded veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War 11. Laker
Zeller was born in Merrill. Wise,
and is a resident of Elberta, Mich.
Warren Theodore Miller, 62,
joined the Union in the port of
Philadelphia in 1956 sailing as a
captain and mate for the Warner
Co. from 1950 to 1955 and for
Independent Towing from 1955
to 1980. He also sailed as a mate
for'P.F. Martin in 1958. And he
was a former'member of the
. MM&P Union, Local 14 from1943 to 1960. Boatman Miller
also .sailed deep .sea on the Bull
Line fro.m 1938 to 1940 and the
Robin Line from 1940 to 1942. He
is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in
World War 11. A native of
Fredericksburg, Va., he is a
resident of Willow Grove, Pa.
Alberto Angel Yado, 65, joined
the SIU in 1940 in the port of
Tampa sailing as a cabin steward
and bellman for 42 years. Brother
Yado was born in Key West, Fla.
and is a resident of Miami.
Jacobus "Jack" Gerardus Lakwyk, 64, joined the S1U in t he port
of New York in 1952 .sailing as a
chici steward. Brother Lakwvk is
a former member of the Marine
Cooks & Stewards Union. He is a
veteran of The Netherlands Navy
before World War 11. Seafarer
Lakwvk was born in Holland and
is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He is
a resident of Houston.
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Josip Matre Tramontanic, 64,
joined the SIU in 1948 in the port
of New York sailing as a QMED.
Brother Tramontanic is a veteran
of the U.S. Coast Guard in World
War 11. He was born in Yugo^ slavia, is a naturalized U.S. citizen
and is a resident of Biloxi, Miss.
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Need a License? Get One Cheap With Graft,
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Below Is a reprint of an article from the West German
magazine, Geo. It says a lot atmut why 'ilag-of-convenlence"
ships have by far the worst safety record on the high seas. We
sincerely hope that those Congressmen and Senators who
protect these fleets at the behest of the oil companies read this
article and then take strong action to curb the growth of "ffagof-convenlence" fleets. Right now, "flag-of-conyenlence"
ships, like the one In this article, carry more than SO percent of
all America's oil Imports.
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marks ($53) each from the captains as well. I had gone to another big
of ships under flags of convenience port and found the Panamanian
in the harbor of Hamburg—I stood consul there, this one less scrupulous
before the Panamanian consul in than the first. Over the rattle of the
his Hamburg office. Smelling of typing of two secretaries he asked,
perfume and sporting a well-groom "How big is the ship on which you
ed beard. Consul General Caspar G. are a mate now?"
Wittgreen carelessly pushed my
"Fifteen hundred tons," I said, ly
papers aside. He wanted to see my ing; the Dutchman's ship I had sup
German license. "I don't have one," I posedly been hired on was a mere
day when Captain Deligiannakis said, "otherwise I wouldn't be sitting 300 tons. "But couldn't you make it
A Mate for the
asked me to fix our position with the here."
five thousand tons in the license?
''Aladin B."
sextant, I said, lying, that I hadn't
"But those are the rules," he said That's the size of a ship that travels
Christian Jungblut was utterly used one in years and would he in a soft voice. "Don't you at least as far as the Mediterranean."
unqualified to be a ship's please show me how. Without have a certificate of hire as an
"Two hundred," he said quietly,
saying
another
word,
he
turned
his
officer?"
officer. But he bought himself
almost to himself. (He njeant 200.
"How could J have a certificate of guilders—$100.)
the papers he needed and back. I continued my lookout.
"Two hundred," I echoed sheep
signed on a "flag-pf-cdnven- Suddenly, he walked up to me. "I hire as an officer if I don't even have
take
it,"
he
hissed,
"you
have
never
a
license,"
I
replied
rudely.
ishly.
ience " oil tanker as the third
before traveled on a ship." Looking
"I don't know myself," he admit
"Yes, two hundred," he repeated.
mate.
out to sea, I replied as casually as ted, "but those are the rules."
I
thought
to myself that in Ham
Repjint of Article by
possible, "You are free to think
So I set out to get what I needed. I burg, the telegrapher's license had
Christian Jungblut
whatever you like."That was the end heard of a Dutch shipowner who cost a quarter of that amount.
"In that case, make it captain," I
EAD slow ahead!' The pilot of our conversation. He took no might "hire" me without an officer's
action
whatsoever.
I
stayed
on
the
license.
I
inquired
aboard
his
ship
insisted.
barked his command from one
"You have a certificate of hire as
wing of the bridge. The captain bridge. Later, in the officers'mess, and got his telephone number. 1
he
voiced
his
suspicion
repeatedly,
second
mate. ..."
called,
and
without
laying
eyes
on
turned to me, ordering me with a
"Sowhat!"
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glance to operate the engine-room but after a few days nobody paid any me or any license, he mailed me a
attention.
telegraph.
certificate of hire as second mate of
"You are out of your mind," he
The ship was the Aladin B.. built his ship. (Much later we happened to said reproachfully. Shifting in his
It's a simple job. You push a lever
to the reading "Dead Slow." Noth in 1966 and sailing under the colors meet, and I asked him why he did chair, he continued: "Well, this is the
of the Republic of Panama, a flag of that for me. "Everybody started
ing to it. I grabbed the handle and
best I can do for you. Ill put in first
convenience.
Like
Liberia
and
some
from the bottom once," he said.)
shoved it—almost too far. Nobody
mate. " For a moment he closed his
other
countries,
Panama
collects
Next
I
turned
to
one
of
the
admin
noticed my panic. They were all too
eyes. "Three hundred," I heard him
busy casting off. The gangway had little or no income tax from the ship istrative offices of the city of Ham whisper. With'my eyes, I signaled
owners (of many different nationali burg. I chose the days between agreement.
been pulled up 15 minutes before. I
ties)
who register vessels there and Christmas and New Year's. I went to
had passed the point of no return.
In a few minutes I was racing
has
been
lax
in
checking
the
seawor
the
Department
of
Sports
at
the
We were leaving the oil dock in
down the seven flights of stairs
Curacao, destined for Marcus thiness of the vessels it registers. I Ministry of the Interior. The officials clutching my new license. It had
had long wanted to see up close an there were working at half speed, I taken my father six years to earn his
Hook, near Philadelphia.
A slight vibration went through
tanker sailing under one of these presented a license I had earned as a mate's license.
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further .suspicion ihadi teenager sailing a dinghy and said I
I immediately began to look for a
the ship as the engines started deep
brought me aboard the Aladin 8. I planned to bring a schooner from
job. In that city, however, none were
below. Some 15,000 metric tons of
had
signed
on
to
find
but
whether
it
available,
so I headed for Piraeus in
Turkey, and that they surely under
steel and 525,000 barrels of crude oil
Greece.
in 10 huge tanks were set in motion. I is true that many ships flying flags of stood all the Oriental rules and
convenience
are
operated
by
officers
Standing next to one another
regulations. The officials nodded
was standing on the bridge, which
who wouldn't qualify under the laws agreeably, and in a holiday mood
along Akti Miaouli, a street winding
was as tall as the roof of a six story
of
many
countries
to
steer
a
motorits way for about a mile and a half
they issued a document stating that I
building, and 800 feet of ship lay in
along the harbor of Piraeus, are the
front of me. I could hardly make out boat. Would I myself be allowed had "several years of experience as a
responsibility
for
the
running
of
the
offices of international banks and
skipper." It was true, but as a
the men hauling in the lines on the
ship?
shipping lines. Among them are
foredeck.
skipper of sailboats no more than 15
many of the lines that fly flags of
My "career" as a ship's officer had feet long.
Why on earth did we have to cast
Now I went back to the Pana convenience and that operate a third
off during my watch? I was the newly begun five months earlier, when I
of the tanker fleet of the Western
hired third mate, but I knew barely decided to get myself instantly manian consul. The certificate of hire
certified.
world. In Piraeus, to find a job an
from the Dutch shipowner met with
as much about seamanship as Julio
unemployed seaman has^ to go
I had no intention of spending his approval. However, when he saw
the messboy. Twenty years before, I
through
one of the hundreds of
three
years
as
a
sailor
and
three
the document from the city of
had been a deck boy on a small
shipping masters, or agents, in the ^
freighter, but not once since then additional mandatory years at a Hamburg, he hesitated: "But here it
city.
There were about 3,000 seamen
maritime
academy,
as
German
law
says 'Department of Sports.' "
had I set foot on the bridge of a ship.
demands. But neither was I as lucky
And now I was to help navigate a
"And farther down it says 'skip in the city, a motley crowd from all
as
a
man
I
shalbcall
Peter.
A
dropout
tanker of 85,000 deadweight tons
per,'and that should be adequate," I continents—many Chileans, Afri
through the tricky waters of the after a few semesters at an engineer replied. As he began to protest that cans and Pakistanis. And there were
. Caribbean. Of course, the harbor ing school, he became second en
he was not inclined to lose his job for nearly as many agents, huddled like
gineer
on
a
Ghanese
freighter.
The
pilot and Captain Petros Deligian
my sake, I tossed across the desk a moles in tiny "offices" the size of
shipowner, a Dutch industrialist,' certificate that qualified me to oper storage closets. But the agents were
nakis were up there with me, and
Kolakko, a sailor, took the helm. had agreeed in the contract of hire to ate a radiotelephone. I had recently able to push the seamen around just
as ruthlessly as did the crimps who
But r was grateful for every minute provide Peter with "all necessary
taken a three-day course to get it.
documents"
except
a
passport.
I
had
made their living shanghaiing sailors
that the pilot wac on board and
"Well,
this
is
a
different
matter,"
for shipowners in the era of tall
every hour that brought me closer to seen his contract and was amazed. I
the consul said. "What would you ships.
would
have
no
such
luck.
I
would
the end of my watch.
like, a seaman's book or a license to
I was told by one of these latterSomehow before it ended, I have to get my papers through
operate the radiotelegraph?" I chose day crimps to be at his office at ten
consulates
in
big
city
ports.
managed to obey an order to take a
the telegrapher's license, with no A.M. I arrived and was put off until
Equipped with my old seaman's
bearing using the radar. The next
restrictions. With it I could work noon. Then I was told to return in
book,y which
showed my year
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jrwui as
ao a
a
aboard passenger liners and super the afternoon, at which time I was
Christian Jungblut is a 37-year-old deck boy, and with three other doctankers. The fee was 50 marks. My casually put off until the next day.
German reporter and writer whoput uments confirm ing my services as a
cousin's husband had trained for
He was teaching me a lesson: No
in many years as a laborer before he sailor for a total of three years— I
five years to earn one.
commission,
no ship—that was the
turned to journalism.
had bought them for 100 deutsche
A week later I had a mate's license rule. He leaned across his desk, close
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Below Is a reprint of an article from the West German
magazine, Geo. It says a lot atmut why "flag-of-convenlence"
ships have by far the worst safety record on the high seas. We
sincerely hope that those Congressmen and Senators who
prot^t these fleets at the beftest of the oil companies read this
article and then take strong action to curb the growth of "flagof-convenlence" fleets. Right now, "flag-of-convenlence"
ships, like the one In this article, carry more than SO percent of
all America's oil Imports.
marks ($53) each from the captains as well. I had gone to another big
of ships under flags of convenience port and found the Panamanian
in the harbor of Hamburg—I stood consul there, this one less scrupulous
before the Panamanian consul in than the first. Over the rattle of the
his Hamburg office. Smelling of typing of two secretaries he asked,
perfume and sporting a well-groom "How big is the ship on which you
ed beard. Consul General Caspar G. are a mate now?"
Wittgreen carelessly pushed my
"Fifteen hundred tons," I said, ly
papers aside. He wanted to see my ing; the Dutchman's ship I had sup
German license. "I don't have one," I posedly been hired on was a mere
day when Captain Deligiannakis said, "otherwise I wouldn't be sitting 300 tons. "But couldn't you make it
A Mate for the
asked me to fix our position with the here."
^
five thousand tons in the license?
"Aladin B."
sextant, I said, lying, that I hadn't
"But those are the rules," he said That's the size of a ship that travels,
Christian Jungbiut was utterly used one in years and would he in a soft voice. "Don't you at least as far as the Mediterranean."
unqualified to be a ship's please show me how. Without have a certificate of hire as an
"Two hundred," he said quietly,
officer. But he bought himself saying another word, he turned his officer?"
almost to himself. (He meant 200.
"How could J have a certificate of guilders—$100.)
the papers he needed and back. I continued my lookout.
"Two hundred," I echoed sheep
signed on a "flag-pf-conven- Suddenly, he walked up to me. "I hire as an officer if I don't even have
take
it,"
he
hisSed,
"you
have
never
a
license,"
I
replied
rudely.
ishly.
ience" oil tanker as the third
before traveled ort a ship." Looking
"I don't know myself," he admit
"Yes, two hundred," he repeated.
mate.
out to sea, I replied as casually as ted, "but those are the rules."
I thought to myself that in Ham
Repjint of Article by
possible, "You are free to think
So I set out to get what I needed. I burg, the telegrapher's license had
Christian Jungbiut
whatever you like."That was the end heard of a Dutch shipowner who cost a quarter of that amount.
"In that case, make it captain," I.
EAD slow ahead!' The pilot of bur conversation. He took no might "hire" me without an officer's
action
whatsoever.
I
stayed
on
the
license. I inquired aboard his ship insisted.
barked his command from one
bridge.
Later,
in
the
officers'mess,
and
got his telephone number. I
"You have a certificate of hire as
wing of the bridge. The captain
he
voiced
his
suspicion
repeatedly,
called, and without laying eyes on second mate. ..."
turned to me, ordering me with a
but
after
a
few
days
nobody
paid
any
"So what!"
me or any license, he mailed me a
glance to operate the engine-room
attention.
telegraph.
certificate of hire as second mate of
"You are out of your mind," he
The
ship
was
the
Aladin
B.,
built
his ship. (Much later we happened to said reproachfully. Shifting in his
It's a simple job. You push a lever
to the reading "Dead Slow." Noth in 1966 and sailing under the colors meet, and I asked him why he did chair, he continued:"Well, this is the
ing to it. I grabbed the handle and of the Republic of Panama, a flag of that for me. "Everybody started
best I can do for you. Ill put in first
shoved it—almost too far. Nobody convenience. Like Liberia and some from the bottom once," he said.)
mate. " For a moment he closed his
Next I turned to one of the admin eyes. "Three hundred," I heard him
noticed my panic. They were all too other countries, Panama collects
little or no income tax from the ship istrative offices of the city of Ham whisper. With' my eyes, I signaled
busy casting off. The gangway had
been pulled up 15 minutes before. I owners (of many different nationali burg. I chose the days between agreement.
had passed the point of no return. ties) who register vessels there and Christmas and New Year's. I went to
In a few minutes I was racing
has been lax in checking the seawor the Department of Sports at the down the seven flights of stairs
We were leaving the oil dock in
thiness of the vessels it registers. I Ministry of the Interior. The officials clutching my new license. It had
Curacao, destined for Marcus
had
long wanted to see up close an there were working at half speed. I taken my father six years to earn his
Hook, near Philadelphia.
A slight vibration went through oil tanker sailing under one of these presented a license I had earned as a mate's license.
I immediately began to look for a
the ship as the engines started deep registries..A further suspicion had teenager sailing a dinghy and said I
brought
me
aboard
the
Aladin
B.
I
job.
In that city, however, none were
planned
to
bring
a
schooner
from
below. Some 15,000 metric tons of
steel and 525,000 barrels of crude oil had signed on to find but whether it Turkey, and that they surely under available, so I headed for Piraeus in
Greece.
in 10 huge tanks were set in motion. I is true that many ships flying flags of stood all the Oriental rules and
Standing next to one another
was standing on the bridge, which convenience are operated by officers regulations. The officials nodded
who
wouldn't
qualify
under
the
laws
along
Akti Miaouli, a street winding
agreeably, and in a holiday mood
was as tall as the roof of a six story
of many countries to steer a motor- they issued a document stating that I
its way for about a mile and a half
building, and 800 feet of ship lay in
boat.
Would
I
myself
be
allowed
along
the harbor of Piraeus, are the
had "several years of experience as a
front of me. I could hardly make out
offices of international banks and
the men hauling in the lines on the responsibility for the running of the skipper." It was true, but as a
ship?
shipping
lines. Among them are
foredeck.
skipper of sailboats no more than 15
many of the lines that fly flags of
My "career" as a ship's officer had feet long.
Why on earth did we have to cast
begun
five
months
earlier,
when
I
convenience
and that operate a third
Now I went back to the Pana
off during my watch? I was the newly
of the tanker fleet of the Western
hired third mate, but I knew barely decided to get myself instantly manian consul. The certificate of hire
certified.
world. In Piraeus, to find a job an
from the Dutch shipowner met with
as much about seamanship as Julio
unemployed seaman has to go
I had no intention of spending his approval. However, when he saw
the messboy. Twenty years before, I
through one of the hundreds of
had been a deck boy on a small three years as a sailor and three the document from the city of
shipping
masters, or agents, in the additional
mandatory
years
at
a
Hamburg, he hesitated: "But here it
freighter, but not once since then
city. There were about 3,000 seamen
had I set foot on the bridge of a ship. maritime academy, as German law says 'Department of Sports.' "
demands.
But
neither
was
I
as
lucky
And now I was to help navigate a
"And farther down it says 'skip in the city, a motley crowd from all
tanker of 85,000 deadweight tons as a man 1 shall-call Peter. A dropout
per,'and that should be adequate,"I continents—many Chileans, Afri
after
a
few
semesters
at
an
engineer
through the tricky waters of the
replied. As he began to protest that cans and Pakistanis. And there were
Caribbean. Of course, the harbor ing school, he became second jenhe was not inclined to lose his job for nearly as many agents, huddled like
gineer
on
a
Ghane.se
freighter.
The
pilot and Captain Petros Deligianmy sake, I tossed across the desk a moles in tiny "offices" the size of
shipowner, a Dutch industrialist,' certificate that qualified me to oper storage closets. But the agents were
nakis were up there with me, and
Kolakko, a sailor, took the helm. had agreeed in the contract of hire to
ate a radiotelephone. I had recently able to push the seamen around just
as ruthlessly as did the crimps who
But r was grateful for every minute provide Peter with "all necessary
taken a three-day course to get it.
documents"
except
a
passport.
I
had
made their living shanghaiing sailors
that the pilot wa« on board and
"Well, this is a different matter," for shipowners in the era of tall
seen
his
contract
and
was
amazed.
I
every hour that brought me closer to
the consul said. "What would you ships.
would have no such luck. I would
the end of my watch.
like, a seaman's book or a license to
I was told by one of these latterSomehow before it ended, I have to get my papers through
operate
the radiotelegraph?" I chose day crimps to be at his office at ten
consulates
in
big
city
ports.
managed to obey an order to take a
the telegrapher's license, with no A.M. I arrived and was put off until
Equipped with my old seaman's
bearing using the radar. The next
restrictions. With it I could work
book, which showed my year as a aboard passenger liners and super noon. Then I was told to return in
the afternoon, at which time I was
Christian Jungbiut is a 37-year-old deck boy, and with three other doctankers. The fee was 50 marks. My casually put off until the next day.
German reporter and writer whoput uments confirming my services as a cousin's husband had trained for
He was teaching me a lesson: No
in many years as a laborer before he sailor for a total of three years—I
five years to earn one.
commission,
no ship—that was the
turned to journalism.
had bought them for 100 deutsche
A week later I had a mate's license rule. He leaned across his desk, close
D
38 / LOG / March 1981
enough for me to count the bristles
of his beard, and quietly named his
;'-y.
x-.
jobon 'Flag-of-
Portside was still there. It was oil
[$450], he said. You must undefs udge, shifted by Joe from one tank
stand, we get the smallest share of
to another through interconnecting
the pie. Five thousand go to the crew
pipes. Now that sludge wouldn't
manager of the shipping company
budge A reading with a gauge
who will move your applicatbn
showed that there were 10 inches of
from the bpttom of the pile to flie
there. It had accumulated in
top. Six thousand are for the port
miiks^Jha,
had
been properly
captain of the shipping line, to get
him-to give you a good ship. I^ive
^ The captain appeared. He and Joe
thousand go to immigration so thev
had
a lively and long conversation. .
will take care of passports. Only four
Joe kept turning valves as they
thousand are for us. This yop pay
spoke—in Greek, which of course I
when you sign the contract."
did
not understand. Then the
"How about a receipt?" I asked
captain
left. Joe pulled the measur
He gave me a cpndescending look
ing gauge out of the tank. The
"That's impossible. You know, this
reading
was now two/inches.
IS illegal here. You have to trust me "
J*
And the lifeboats?
When
inspectors
for
the refinery
3rs
I handed over the money, thinking
seemed that every day someone was came aboard to verify that the tanks
that all I had to show for it was the I.ZT
f-' " Manfred
risking our safety.
had been emptied, it was raining
privilege of spending my days wait
cats
and dogs. This was to Joe's
• At long last we reached Delaware
"feboat
ing on a chair in his office.
Bay, and I breathed a sigh of relief. advantage. I -watched carefully as
lutes' ,^'"'"''''"8 '» international
they got to Number 4 Portside. Joe
We had to drop anchor, because 65
A month passed before I was nues^ tbey must be held once a
owered the measuring gauge into
nauttcal
miles
upstream
our
berth
ordered to Athens to undergo the
was taken by another tanker. We the tapk and as a knot: passed
_ Manfred laughed again. "Not on
physical examination required for a
through his fingers, he immediately '
had
been at sea for only a week, but
this
ship;
no
lifeboat
drills
or
fire
job—as mate aboard the Fadi A, a
stopped the line from dropping *
We have no drills whatsoever.
tanker. However, no contract fol drills.
iNone. You understand?"
by the day. We were out of vege- farther. When he pulled up thf lowed, and waiting around at the
tables. The next day, there was no gauge. It showed only a few drops of
agent's office, I happened to hear
Whenever 1 began to wonder how meat. Finally we found nothing but
oil in the tank, whereas I knew that
that an Arab had been signed on in
I was ping to get out of this mess a sandwich oa our plates.
two inches were still in there. But
my place. I asked about this and was unpathed, I reminded myself that
where
did Joe put the other eight
I was about to raise hell when 1
told that nothing had been decided. before I came, the crew had always
learned that we were out of drinking inches? He told me later that the
A week later, the agent said: "There managed to reach port. The odds, I
captain had ordered him to pump
IS a tanker in Genoa, the Amer B., concluded, were in my fayor as long water. For the past three days we the oil sludge into the bilge below the
had been drinking the turbid muck pump room.
youH get on that ship." When I as I didn't make a big mistake during
from the Delaware River, which not
checked with the shipping company, my watch.
Now I began to understand the
even
the evaporator could purify
the answer was, "The ship will be in ,
meaning
of an earlier incident
I decided to be even more on The captain ran the risk of making
Piraeus tomorrow. Nobody will be guard than before. I missed no
During my watch one night, when
his entire crew ill in order to save the
signed on."
we were at about the latitude of
opportunity to learn. I wanted to see cost of using the services of a water
The agent sent me to Athens the pump room, to be familiar with
Charleston, South Carolina, the
boat. Nobody complained. When I
again. By i^ow the bus drivers were all ^important valves, switches and
ship s course was changed, without
'
lashed out. I was told, "Hey man, if
greeting me with handshakes. In
anybody
telling
me
about
it,
to
take
locks. I wanted to be prepared for'an you. want to survive on this ship
Athens I was told that there was a emergency, to be able to prevent an
us farther out to sea. In entering our
don t hear nothing, don't see nothbeautiful tanker, 14 years old, but in overflow of oil at the docks-a
position on the charts, the first mate
mg, don't say nothing You're only
very gopd condition. I no longer responsibility that was part of a
didnt use dividers because they
here for the money."
eave holes in the paper and could be
accepted any old mate's job, in fact.
• -•T.,
The
advice
came
from
Joe,
the
ship^This tanker, they said, travels
detected later. Umpteen barrels of
Jwo nights later, I got the feeling pumpman, who had warned me Oil sludgeowere dumped into the sea
the Caribbean between Curacao and'
-r-r'.
the United States. I would have to we would never reach port. In a once before. Joe was from Ghana
during this change of course. They
He
was
six
feet
six
and
the
only
grayish-black haze, our visibility
y o Curacao, where it was in port
came from the bilge, where the
African
on
board.
He
ate
in
the
was
only
two
nautical
miles.
We
Its name was the Aladin B.
remaining eight inches of oil sludge
were on a much traveled route near officers mess, but he was quartered
from
Number 4 Portside were now
belqw with the crew.
stored.
•
the
American
coast.
When
I
was
first told by his mates about the
condition of the vessel."This tanker about to switch on the radar,
Such were the favors Joe did for
.When at long last we docked at
the captain. Later, I visited Joe in his '
js somewhat rusty, but otherwise it's another officer said, in all serious Marcus Hook, the captain gave his
cabin. He was sipping whiskey
'n good shape." said Manfred, the ness, "Don't. We have good visi commands, as usual, over the twobility."
f ven to him by the captain, and
•rst engineer, as a pair of cock
way radio in Greek, a language
brooding. "IVe got to get away from
roaches crossed one wall of. his
I tried to explain that we did not understood on the foredeck only by
here, was all he said. I nodded. *
l^hin^ I had been taken to* hirh have enough time to change course if the first mate. The harbor pilot
Joe and I were still on board as we
mediately upon arrival because he we had to avoid another ship. If the •asked me, "What is he saying now?"
crept out of port. As usual with .
ho J
other German on pthpr ship were traveling at our I replied, "I understand as much as
sailors,
it^is easier to stay.
oard. Compared with' the rust speed,,!5 knots, our vessels would be you do," whereupon he promptlv
Guard was satisfied.
buckets I had seen.the Aladin B. was approaching each other at 30 knots, left the ship.
They
had
boarded
during the
me ship, but in its decliifmg years, and if we were two miles apart at
Joe was our only pumper. It was
unloading and approved the log.
here was a crew of thirty-four men first sighting, the big crunch would his job to pump the oil—type
Their
only other concern was with
rom nine nations aqd four con- occur in four minutes.
"Bonny Light," a stuff almost as
Iments.
two-cables hanging fore and aft,
fluid as gasoline—from the ship into
which
can be used to tow the ship
All he officer had to say was. the
the dockside
dockside tanks
tanks of
of British
British Petro
PetroVou know the rule of thumb?"
out of port as fast as possible in case
*
an^red asked. "Five years under. ' There s plenty of time for a full ,eum. This job shonj^not have
of fire. Nobody was much interested
turn. I execntcd one only this , taken more than 24 houA Nonethe
reek ownership or under a Greek
morning..
You'll
See.
it
will
be
okay."
Jess,
a
day
jl'
in
us. In any port, everybody prefers
pain and a ship is done for,
to
see such ships leaving instead of ^
cause nobody does anything to In my mind's eye, I sa.w a man in a not even half empty. A man fromThe
coming.
her m shapr. This ship has been car without brakes racing toward a BP control room cLled meOT^the
wall and still supposing he could radio, but Joe said. "Don't pay no
As for the people at the refinery .
haH^f
years—the Japanese make a sharp turn only a few feet attention to him "
P y no they breathed a sigh of relief when
tu/n '
other words, she has
the dock was finally available again'
•
away. I don't scare easily, but cold .
Another 24 hours passed and the
0 more years to go."
fear wgs getting hold of me. It last oil in the last tank. Number 4 for another tanker to discharge its
cargo.
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HEADLINES
SOME BUDGET CUTS TARGET MARITIME PROGRAMS
AFL-CIO BACKS 5-POINT PLAN TO BOOST MARITIME
PRICE IMPASSE FORCES EL PASO TO LAY UP LNGS
SIU OPPOSING BILL TO ALLOW FOREIGN FLAG PASSENGER SERVICE U.S.-PUERTO RICO
COLA HIKE FOR LAKE SEAFARERS
JOHNNY YARMOLA DIES OF HEART ATTACK AT 57
REMEMBRANCES OF JOHNNY YARMOLA, A TRUE FRIEND
CREWS CONFERENCE KICKOFF SET FOR APR. 20
SIU JOINS MINERS TO PROTEST BLACK LUNG CUTS
COAL TASK FORCE: U.S. SHOULD BUILD COAL FLEET
SIU SHIP IS NEW AMBASSADOR TO ECUADOR
SIU HELPS SUP CELEBRATE ITS 96TH ANNIVERSARY
OGDEN BUYS 4 ZAPATA TANKERS
N.Y. PORT COUNCIL RAISES $16,000 FOR ITALY’S QUAKE VICTIMS
REAGAN MARITIME BUDGET UNVEILED
LABOR MOVES TO PRESERVE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
DIESEL POWER AHEAD IN ECONOMIC STUDY
U.S. ADDS OIL TO SPR
L.A. COAL TERMINAL
STUDDS OFFER SHIP BILL
PHS MUST NOT BE CHOPPED BY BUDGET AX
ALGINA (A-1), CHARTER MEMBER, RETIRED OFFICIAL, DIES
SIU TRADITION- LEGENDARY IN ITS OWN ERA
SURVIVAL AT SEA! THEY DON’T CALL IT A LIFEBOAT FOR NOTHING
HISTORY OF THE SIU, PART V; SIU’S FIRST BIG VICTORY-WAR BONUS
SUMMARY REPORT FOR TUG & DREDGE PENSION PLAN
FORMER SIU BLACK GANGER GOING FOR 1ST ASST. ENG.
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN
NEED A LICENSE? GET ONE CHEAP WITH GRAFT, THEN GET A MATE’S JOB ON ‘FLAG-OF-CONVENIENCE’
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1981
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Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union • Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District • AFL-CIO
APRIL 1981
VOL.43
NO. 4
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Frank Droxak
i RESPITE a very uncertain time for the maritime industry, we
in the SIU are moving aggressively ahead and preparing for
whatever turns the industry will take in the future.
Much of the uncertainty in the industry can, be attributed to
mixed signals coming from the new Administration.
_ During his election campaign and then after he took office
President Reagan stated numerous times his belief in the need for a
strong American maritime industry.
However, at the same time, the proposed Reagan budget calls fpr,
severe cuts m crucial maritime programs, in particular, the
construction differential subsidy program—a program key to
survival of new shipbuilding in America.
Frorn where we stand, you simply can't have it both ways. To
maintain a viable U.S. flag merchant marine—at the very least at
present levels—you simply cannot cut out or cut down government
funding programs for the industry.
As It is, much of the industry operates on a marginal basis
l)etween profit and loss. A reduction in government support at this
time—which
is already
compared to the
.
.. much too low
"lu
iiic support
suupori our
our
foreign competitors receive from their governments—could be
disastrous for the American maritime industry.
Apparently, the government budget cutters don't know or don't
care that the American flag merchant marine carries less than five
percent of the nation's overall foreign commerce. This figure is a
national disgrace. And when you look at this in regard to national
defense, it s downright frightening, especiaUy when you consider
that every major world power—with the exception of the United
States—carries anywhere from 30 to 50 percent of their
international trade.
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Obviously, the answer to the U.S. maritime industry's probl
is not to cut its sea-legs out from under it;
Just the opposite. The government should be looking at wa
make all segments of the maritime industry more competitive
the foreigners, including state-owned, controlled fleets as weh'
seriously embarking on a program aimed at establishing the U ?
flag merchant fleet as a true military auxiliary to the Navy
Of course, we in the SIU have no- intention of sitting around
waiting for these things to be handed to us on'a silver platter W
are working with industry and labor to develop a program t^
revitalize our industry. .
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We're first of all, fighting to keep government support programs
at least at their present levels, as well as to protect pro-maritim
laws already on the books, like the Jones Act.
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We're working on a legislative program to secure a guaranteed
share of exported American coal for American flag ships
The Union is also very involved in trying to develop, through new
tax structures, a more competitive climate to foster growth of an
American flag passenger liner industry.
In another area of extreme importance, we are pushing for new
regulations to force the Coast Guard to be more responsive to the
safety needs of those who make their livings at sea. In this regard
we are fighting for the right to have input into all Coast Guard
decisions involving manning levels, safety regulations, equipment
and construction and design features.
All of these issues, and many more, will be points of discussion at
our Crews Conference in Piney Point April 20-26. Input and
support from a strong cross-section of the membership for our
programs is crucial to their success.
The Conference will also serve to provide us with concise
decisions concerning upcoming negotiations for our new deep-sea
contract. I'm confident that we will come out of this Conference
with achievable contract goals that will reflect both the needs and
desires of the membership and the realities of our industry
As it has always been for us, there are no easy answers, no easy
solutions to our problems. The most important thing, though, is
that we realize this, and we are doing the things that have to be done
to guarantee that the future of Our Union and'our jobs is strong
and secure.
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Ntrnied West Coast Vke PreMeut
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The SIU J^r
time in its
in itc
history has a vice president in charge
of the West Coast. He's longtime
Union official George McCartney.
Brother McCartney, who was
elected last year as SIU head
quarters representative, was desig
nated as West Coast vice president
by SIU President Frank Drozak.
His appointment was approved by
the SIU Executive Board in Feb
ruary.
The establishment of the office of
vice president in charge of the West
Coast came about after the member
ship approved Proposition #2 last
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SIU's Official Ballot. for
Election of 198 M984 Officers and
Constitutional Amendments.
There are four other vice presi
dents on the Executive Board. They
are in charge of: Contracts and
Contract Enforcement; the Atlantic
Coast; the Gulf Coast, and the Lakes
and Inland Waters District.
In recent years the SIU has
become more and more involved in
activities on the West Coast. This is
largely due to the merger of the SIU
and the Marine Cooks and Stewards
Union in 1978.
Therefore it was felt that to best
service members on the West Coast
it was necessary to establish the
office of West Coast vice president.
Brother McCartney, who was
born in 1931 in New York City,
worked as a longshoreman- before
going to sea.
He helped to organize Cities
Service and served as department
delegate aboard most of the ships on
which he sailed.
McCartney shipped in all three
departments but most often in the
engine department. His last seagoing job was as an oiler aboard the
SS Frames in 1960. He came ashore
that year to work as patrolman in
New York.
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In the years to follow. Brother
McCartney served the Union in
many capacities: patrolman-dis
patcher in Philadelphia; port agent
in Wilmington, Calif.; and port
agent in New York and Seattle
before being elected last year as
Headquarters representative.
Active in community affairs,
McCartney is a member of the
Propeller Club, the Navy League,
the Apostleship of the Sea, and the
Irish, Italian, Israeli Society. He has
also worked extensively with the
National Maritime Council on both
the East and West Coasts to pro
mote trade and cargo for U.S.-flag
ships.
Brother McCartney lives in the
San Francisco Area with his wife,
Helga, and their two daughters,
Annie and Heidi.
Toledo Port Council Hosts Dinner
MTD President
annual dmner recently, and SIU and
Exec. V
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featured speaker. Mel Peltry, right,
emceed the affair. Jack
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president of the Toledo Council,
the dinner. The Toledo
2 Exec. V.P., left, was also oh hand for
industry and political artionL
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active in all phases of the maritime
political action in the port of Toledo and vicinity.
Gulf, Lakes and Inla d W
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�Congress Investigates Loss of SSPoef
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HE surviving relatives of the
34 seamen lost at sea when
the SS Poet disappeared without
trace last October gathered
solemnly in Washington, D.C on
April 9, 1981 tb attend Congres
sional hearings on the ship's loss.
The families, all wearing blue
ribbons in memory of their lost
loved ones, listened intently,
during the day-long hearings
before the full House Merchant
Marine and Fisheries Commit
tee, chaired by Walter Jones (DN.C.).
Every seat and every square
inch of standing area in the
SIU Presl^nt Frank Drozak. right, testifies before House hearings on the Poet »
hearing room was filled as iviativM of the iost Poet crew iisten intentiy in background. NationaiiMEBA President
Chairman Jones banged the Jesse Caihoon, left, also testified.
gavel opening the proceedings at called, Jones' chief staff assistant
for a complete Congressional
9:00 a.m.
told the packed hearing how the investigation of the Ceast Guard
' Jones expressed his deep Sym Poet's owner's failed to notify the
pathy to the family members in Coast Guard for ten days that the and its activities for the purpose
of developing new regulations to
attendance as he recalled the ship had been incommunicado.
protect those who make their
tragic fate of the Poet.
He then stated that it took the living at sea.(.A text of President
The vessel left Philadelphia on Coast Guard another five days of
October 24, 1981 in the early delays before beginning the Drozak's testimony is reprinted
on this page.)
morning. Six hours later, one of' search.
Drozak also attacked the
the deck officers called his wife
CoastGuard's lax attitude toward
through the marine operator. . The Coast Guard's actions
inspections,
and he affirmed that
The vessel was never heard from during the Poet's incident be
the vast majority of Coast Guard
again, and no trace was ever came the focal point of the
hearings. It became painfully inspectors are not qualified for
found of her.
their jobs.
A total of 34 men lost their apparent during the hearings that
President Drozak also main
the Coast Guard's methods of
lives; 24 of them SIIJ members.
tained
that the Coast Guard's
Jones said that the purpose of tracking vessels and following up
the hearings was "not for blood on suspected problems is totally practice of determining manning
letting," but "to determine what inadequate for safety of life at scales only in relation to naviga
tion of the vessel at sea, with no
happened to the SS Poet one sea.
regard to onboard maintenance,
morning last October when it
Drozak Testifies
is a hazard to shipboard safety.
began its final journey."
SIU President Frank Drozak, Drozak affirmed that maritime
Before the first witness was testified at the hearing. He called
labor must be allowed to have
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input in Coast Guard decisions
concerning manning, equipment,
safety regulations and construc
tion and design features.
Jesse Caihoon, president of
MEBA District 1, which repre
sented the engineers on the Poet,
also testified to the Coast Guard's
"ineptitude."
Caihoon, referring to the
" Coast Guard's five-day delay
before searching for the vessel,
stated bluntly^ "men and equip
ment were in place—but deci
sions were not made with dis
patch."
Rear AdmiralsT Henry H. Bell,
USCG chief of merchant marine
safety, and John D. Costello,
USCG chief of marine opera
tions, testified during the morn
ing session. They defended their
actions during the Poet tragedy.
The two Admirals did not see
fit to attend the afternoon session
of the hearings, which brought
the ire of Rep. Thomas Foglietla
(D-Pa.), who angrily called for
the record to reflect the absence
of Coast Guard spokesmen..
The
owner, who was
subpoenaed to appear, escaped
criticism by being conveniently
out of the country. The ship's
owner failed to report the vessel
missing for ten days.
The findings of the hearings
were inconclusive. However, for
the families of the lost Poet crew,
the hearings showed that the loss
of their loved ones hopefully will
not be in vain. >
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HE Seafarers Interna
tional Union is the certified
collective bargaining representa
tive of the unlicensed seafarers
who man many of the merchant
vessels sailing under the U.S.
flag. Under labor law, the SIU
has the obligation not only to .
bargain for safe working condi
tions aboard the vessel but^so to
see that they exist. The SIU is
also a joint operator of the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship, which
trains unlicensed seafarers. These
personnel should be trained in
safe working procedures.
We^believe that changes need
to be made by the various parties
and agencies responsible for ship
safety, including better inspec-tion and certification procedures
and improved search and rescue
operations.
First, Coast Guard inspectors
are not properly trained. The
average Coast Guard inspector
does not grasp the fundamental
differences between operating a
U.S. Coast Guard vessel and a
U.S. merchant vessel.
Those passing on the sea
worthiness of a merchant vessel
should be experienced and
trained in areas of naval architec
ture, shipfitting, machinery,
welding, pipe fitting, construc
tion and design, and most im
portantly, sailing and operating a
merchant vessel. Coast Guard
inspectors usually do not have
expertise in these areas.
Inspections are made bPth by
the Coast Guard and the Ameri
can Bureau of Shipping, which is
responsible for seeing that mer
chant vessels are properly classified. Yet both inspections are
usually superficial. If equipment
works, it passes. If equipment
were dismantled and stripped.
particularly in the engine room,
breakdowns following inspection
might be avoided.
Rust and corrosion could be
observed if certain sheathing
were removed. Gauging should
be performed more frequently,
Inspectors from both services
generally fail to carry with them a
complete record of outstanding
violations, thus they are unable
to check whether these violations
have been corrected.
In addition, both services grant
to shipping companies waivers or
extensions on certain repairs, yet
they rarely follow up to see that
repairs are completed.
HE National Cargo Bureau
]is responsible for seeing that
cargo is properly loaded and
stowed aboard a vessel. In the
case of the SS POET, the cargo
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inspector was not present each
time a hatch was loaded and
closed, yet he certified that the
grain was properly loaded,
The Bureau claims it does not
have sufficient manpower to
watch the entire loading operation. In addition, various inspectors supervised the POET's
loading at different times, making uniform inspection jmpossible. We know that the POET
left port with the bow more than
two feet lower than the stem, a
condition which should have
been corrected, as the National
Cargo Bureau agreed. Still, the
bureau certified the ship as
properly loaded,
Housekeeping practices
aboard the SS POET were poor,
Repairs were made only when an
inspection . was about to be
conducted, but not routinely
throughout the year. Just before
a Coast Guard' inspection in
March 1980, the ship was put into
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Dmxak Attacks Coast Guard at Poet Hearings
Following Is the lestlmony submitted by SIU Presldeht
Frank Drozak before the full House MerchaiU Marine
and Fisheries Committee, InresOgatlng the disappear
ance of the SS Poet with the loss of 34 Ikes.
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gram has been one of the most
successful educational efforts the
SlU has ever conducted. The pro
gram, which has been In effect for
eight years, has resulted In Improved
leadership on SlU ships with fewer
beefs, smoother payoffs and better
relations among all departments on
The first class of the Bosun
Recertiflcatlon Program for 1981
graduated at the April membership
meeting In Headquarters after parti
cipating in the two month program.
A total of 12 Seafarers took part in
this Bosun class.
The Bosun Recertiflcatlon Pro
V-.
the vessels.
The 12 Seafarers who participated
In this class proved throughout the
program that they are ready and able
to carry out the duties and responsi
bilities as bosun In the best tradi
tions of the SlU. We wish them luck.
The 12 who took part In this class
are: Kenneth Marston, Robert
Dillon, Anthony Maben, ChristorsD.
Fiorous, Howard Knox, Johri
Wilson, William Cooper, John
Crews, John Kane, Frank J. Smith,
Manuel Sllva and Vincent Vanzaneila.
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Vincent Vanzanella
John Kane
Kenneth Marston
750 Honor John Fay at Philly Affair
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John Crewe
Frank J. Smith
had been the Union's port Agent in
Philadelphia. For 16 years he was also
secretary-treasurer of the Maritime
Port Coundl of the Delaware Valley
and Vicinity.
The Council honored him at the
dinner for his outstanding labor
work in the Philadelphia area.
Besides the model of a ship's
wheel presented to him by the
At a dinner attended by 750
people, SIU official John Fay was
honored last month in Philadelphia
by the Maritime Port Council of the
Delaware Valley and Vicinity.
John Fay, who was recently
elected as SIU Headquarters repre
sentative, came to New York last
year to serve as assistant secretajytreasurer. Since 1964, Brother Fay
Council, Fay received a plaque from tion of the Maritime Port councils
the United Food and Commercial throughout the country.
Workers; a hand carved tugboat
from SIU Boatmen, and a plaque . Brother Fay, who was bom in
from the Philadelphia AFL-CIO on Boston and joined the Union there,
which he had been an Executive also serves the SIUNA as a rep to
the International Transport Federa
Board member.
The wheel was presented by SIU tion and the International Maritime
President Frank Drozak who is also Consultative Organization. Further,
president of the eight million Fay is Atlantic Coast area director
member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades of the United Industrial Workers, an
Department, the parent organiza affiliate of the SIU.
Christen New Higman Boat
lU-contracted Higman Tow
ing christened their beauti
ful new 850 hp towboat, the Jesse
B. Gunstream. Jr. on April 4,
1981, in Orange, Texas.
The new boat means new Jobs
for SIU Boatmen in this area.
And for the SIU, it means
another brand new modern
addition to our expanding Gulf
Coast and Western Rivers fleet of
tugs and towboats.
Cracking the traditional bottle
of champagne on the new boat's
starboard rail was Mrs. Jane
Gunstream, as a crowd of wellwishers cheered her on.
Attending the ceremony for
the SIU were SIU Vice President
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At a banquet in his honor hefd in Philadelphia. SIU Headquarterers
Representative John Fay (right) receives a model of ship's wheel from SIU
Mid Maritime Trades Department President Frank Drozak. At left is William
Durfcin, president of the Maritime Port Council of Delaware Valley and
Vicinity.
Joe Sacco, and SIU Port Arthur
agent Don Anderson. Also, the
new crew of the Jesse Gunstream
were on hand for the festivities.
The boat was built at
Crumpler's Shipyard in Bridge
City, Texas. She measures 65 ft.
by 24 ft., and is powered by a
tough, hard working Caterpillar
diesel.
The new boat will operate on
the Intercoastal Canal, pushing a
couple of brand new oil barges
from Brownsville, Texas to sites
on the Mississippi.
The Gunstream christening is
another indication of the SlUs
expanding jurisdiction in the
Gulf, especially in Texas.
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�SlU Rallies to Save USPHS From Ax
A
cross-section of labor and
community groups has
joined the SIU in a multipronged protest against the
Reagan Administration's plan to
scrap the USPHS health care
system as part of its national
austerity plan.
Through a series of demonstra
tions, testimony presented before
Congressional field hearings and
a blitz of letters sent to key
members of the House, Senate
and the Administration, the
Union has presented a strong
case for the continuation of
USPHS.
The SIU's message, echoed in
hearing rooms and on picketlines
across the country, is that
USPHS has been providing topquality, priority medical care to
merchant seamen and other
federal beneficiaries for almost
200 years.
Congress create the USPHS
system in 1798 to provide the
nation's merchant seamen with
the special medical care they
needed to perform the commer
cial and military auxiliary role of
the merchant marine. That need
is as great today as it was 200
years ago.
House Hearings
That was the thrust of the
testimony delivered by SIU reps
at Congressional field hearings
held by the House Merchant
marine Subcomittee in four cities
over the past two months. Testi
fying for the SIU at these hear
ings were SIU representative
Jack Caffey (who testified in
Staten Island, N.Y.), George
Costango <in Baltimore), Pat
Pillsworth (in St. Louis) and
Mark Trepp (in Cleveland.)
In letters addressed to Health
& Human Services Secretary
Richard Schweiker and to the
chairman and members of several
House and Senate committees.
SIU President Frank Drozak
issued a reminder that the Ad
ministration's plan to dismantle
USPHS "is in direct opposition
to the historically expressed
intent of Congress to maintain an
available, accessible, and effec
tive health care delivery for U.S.
merchant seamen."
USPHS "plays an important
role," Drozak continued, "in the
provision of health care to not
only American seamen but also
the U.S. Coast Guard, Dept. of
Defense beneficiaries. Federal
employees and to many of this
nation's medically indigent—at
costs far below sector costs."
A similar concern was voiced
in a March 23 editorial in the
Baltimore Sun. "If President
Reagan succeeds in closing down
Public Health Service hospitals
and... clinics... it will not Only be
the sailors who will feel the
impact. In Baltimore," the edi
torial continued, "the U.S. Public
Health Service... has enlarged its
scope far beyond its original
purpose and now serves a broad
segment of the Baltimore com
munity."
Residents of the Baltimore
community in which the USPHS
hospital is located joined scores
of sign-bearing Seafarers there
this month in a demonstration
protesting the planned closing of
the hospitals. A similar demon
stration, organized by the SIU,
was held at the USPHS hospital
in Staten Island, N.Y., the largest
of the eight remaining PHS
hospitals.
But this is just the beginning!
The SIU's concerted efforts to
keep the eight USPHS hospitals
and 27 clinics open will continue
until the Administration aban
dons its attempts to deprive the
nation's merchant seamen of the
"available, accessible and effec
tive" health care USPHS has
been providing for 200 years.
Seafarers and community residents staged a demonstration In front of the USPHS
Hospital In Baltimore to keep the hospital open.
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Hundreds of people participated In the demonstration held at the Staten Island
USPHS hospital to deliver a single message—"Don't scuttle our hospltall"
Rep. Mario Blaggi (D-N.Y.) chaired field
hearings on USPHS which were held In
Staten Island last month.
SIU Baltimore Agent George Costango
told a Congressional field hearing In
Baltimore that USPHS hospitals and
clinics provide top-quality medical care
to seamen, other federal beneficiaries
and community residents.
Presenting the Union's position on the Importance of the USPHS health care
network to U.S. seamen at Congressional Held hearings In Staten Island, N.Y. are
N.Y. Port Agent Jack Caffey (right) and SIU legislative representative Frank
Pecquex.
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�to Receive This Honor Posthumously
81 AOTOS AwanI to Paul Hail
- '"T HE United Seamen's Service
M. will dedicate their presti
gious 1981 AOTOS award to the
memory of the late Paul Hallj
president of the SIU until his
untimely death last year. He is the
first to receive this award
posthumously.
The AOTOS award is the
maritime industry's highest ac
colade. It will be accepted by
Hall's widow Rose, and by Frank
Drozak, the man who succeeded
Hall as SIU President.
The selection was announced
by Lane Kirkland, president of
the AFL-CIO. Kirkland, a form
er member of the merchant
marine, will serve as Chairman of
the AOTOS dinner, which will be
held in New York on September
25.
Hall is the 12th person to
receive this award. Past winners
include Joseph Lykes, chairman
of the Lykes Brothers Steamship
Corporation, who was instru
mental in reopening the Ameri
can flag steamship trade with
China; and Senator Daniel
Inouye (D-Hawaii), sponsor of
the Ocean Shipping Act of 1981.
Hall has been dubbed the
"Father of the Modern Merchant
Marine" for the contributions he
made to the development of the
maritime industry.
Along with.a small cadre of
followers, including Bull Shep
herd, Lindsey Williams and Rose
Siegel, he masterminded one
organizing victory after another.
He turned the SIU from a small,
bedraggled group of discon
tented sailors, into a potent force
in national politics.
In the 1950's he fought corrup
tion on the New York docks.
Despite tremendous opposition,
he integrated the maritime in
dustry.
During the 1960's he helped
fashion an effective political
presence in Washington. He
turned the Maritime Trades
Department from a paper tiger
into an organization representing
some 8.5 million workers.
He has been credited with
securing passage of the Merchant
Marine Act of 1970, one of the
landmark pieces of maritime
legislation.
Through tireless dedication
and backbreaking work he nur
tured the opening and develop
ment of the Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship, which has
since become the finest maritime
training school in the country.
Thousands of SIU members have
been able to upgrade their skills.
routinely conversed with cabinet
members, every old-timer was his
brother and every trainee his son.
Despite his many honors and
accomplishments, Paul Hall was
basically a shy man. He disliked
large affairs. His favorite form of
entertainment was to go out to
dinner with his wife Rose. He
preferred quiet conversation to
loud parties; elegant dining to
conspicuous possessions; history
books on the Civil War to
anything else.
Any person who met him could
thereby making the SIU more expect.a cordial reception. More
competitive in securing new jobs. often than not, he was able to
The Harry Lundeberg School bring out something special in the
of Seamanship reflected Paul people that he met, and this
Hall's deep humanitarianism. perhaps is the measure of his
Thousands of young people from greatness. He reacted to every
deprived backgrounds have person as if that person had
found employment and a chance something valuable to offer him.
for a better life because of
It is the rare man who can do
programs devised and imple that, the exceptional human
mented by Paul JHall at the being who is able to grasp that no.HLSS.
one man or woman understands
Paul Hall's whole career was it all, that even the humblest
aimed at imbuing seamen with a creature can teach you the most
sense of their own worth. When profound lesson.
he joined the merchant marine,
The United Seaman's Service,
seamen became part of his blood which is responsible for handing
line. Even after he became one of out the AOTOS award, has made
the most powerful and respected a fine choice, one which does
labor leaders in the country, honor to it and the maritime
when he met with Presidents and industry.
I/.S. Must Save Construction Subsidies
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N a vigorous attack on the Ad
ministration's proposal to ax
funding for crucial maritime pro
grams, SIU President Frank
Drozak called on the House Mer
chant Marine *& Fisheries Com
mittee to "firmly reassert this na
tion's commitment to revitalize
the U.S. merchant fleet."
Drozak's written statement
was submitted to the Committee
on March 25, during delibera
tions on H.R. 2526, the bill to
authorize funding for maritime
programs for fiscal year 1982. In
it, the SIU President came dowif
especially hard on the Adminis
tration's proposal to eliminate
$107 million in new funding for
the important construction dif
ferential subsidy (CDS) pro
gram.
CDS, Drozak said, "is the only
U.S. program which provides for
the construction of U.S.-flag
ships in U.S. shipyards to carry
U.S. trade. To eliminate the CDS
program at this time," Drozak
warned, "will signal to the
maritime countries of the world
that the United States is no
longer committed to preserving
its own merchant fleet."
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Eliminating "the only U.S. would serve a dual purpose. clude adequate consideration of
program to promote commercial "Navy personnel would be free to the U.S. flag fleet "in all pro
ship construction," Drozak man combat vessels and the mer grams now being developed to
added, "will undermine our pol chant marine would be well prac promote the export of American
icy of revitalizing our defense ticed in serving as a true military coal to foreign purchasers;"
capability and readiness."
auxiliary;"
• reduction of government
Drozak assured the House
regulation. "Unnecessary regula
• bilateral agreements with
Committee, chaired by Rep.
tion must be stripped away so
our trading partners which would
Walter Jones (D-N.C.) that "the
that American shipbuilders and
"strengthen the merchant marine
SIU supports President Reagan
operators can compete effec
yet cost the taxpayer nothing;"
in his attempt to bolster our na
tively with those of other nations,
tion's economy."
• revitalization of the U.S.- where similar regulations do not
The Union also supports Presi flag dry-bulk fleet which must in exist."
dent Reagan's "efforts to
strengthen our nation's defense
structure," Drozak said. But
Robert F. Bonitati, former direc Assistant to Senator Baker in
strengthening our defense capa
tor
of public affairs for the Airline 1966-67.
bility, he added, "must include
Pilots Union, has been named
the merchant marine."
special assistant to President Rea
Towards this end, SIU Presi gan for Public Liaison for Labor.
dent Drozak outlined a series of
SIU President Frank Drozak
actions to the Committee which
praised the appointment, saying that
"would benefit the U.S. flag fleet
he is looking forward to working
without using federal dollars."
with Mr. Bonitati on issues of im
The proposed actions, which
portance to labor, in particular
parallel the goals of the five-point maritime labor.
Bonitati was assistant to the
maritime program Drozak
Director
of the Office of Manage
drafted recently, includes:
• transferring certain water ment and Budget in 1973-74, and
transportation functions now Associate Director of the Cost of
performed by the U.S. Navy to Living Council in 1973-74. He
served as Campaign Director for
the merchant marine. This ar Senator Howard Baker (R-Tenn.) in
rangement, Drozak testified. 1966 arid 1972 and as Executive
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Reagan Names Labor Liaison
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January.
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You'd never know it to look at her. but Maritime Overseas' big, beairtiful Overseas
Boston is a lady with a shady past.
When she was bought by the SlU-contracted company in late 1979, the tanker
then named the Sea Tiger, bore no resemblance to the ship she is today.
She was nothing but a hulk," said a Maritime Overseas spokesman about the Sea
Tiger.
Extensive repairs, made at a Quincy, Mass., shipyard over a period of 14 months
changed all that. Early in 1981, the vessel was re-christened the Overseas Boston'
and crewed by Seafarers.
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The Overseas Boston will be operating in the Alaskan oil trade, making the same
run as the company's Overseas Juneau, between Valdez and a PIP Terminal in
Puerto Armuelle, Panama.
In fact, as this issue of the Log went to press, the Overseas Boston had just arrived
in Valdez and was en-route on her first run to Panama.
Shes 855 feet long, with a beam of 133 feet and she weighs in at 121 000 dwt.
And, as she begins her new life, the SlU-crewed Overseas Boston is a proud addition
to the U.S.-flag merchant fleet.
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the Code at the time were the
U.S., the United Kingdom,
Switzerland, and the four Scan
dinavian countries.
For the Code to take effect, a
minimum of 24 nations repre
senting at least 25 percent of the
world's liner cargoes must ratify
it. At present, 48 countries repre
senting 18.7 percent of the
world's liner trade-have done so.
If is anticipated that the Code
The AFL-CIO Maritime
will
become operative later this
Trades Department, of which the
year. The European Economic
SIUNA is a member, pas.sed a
resolution in February encourag Community conceded to allow its
ing the Reagan Administration members to ^oin with reserva
tions. Japan has also indicated it
to support the Code.
Early this month SIU Presi will ratify the Code wjthip the
near future. The United States
dent Frank Drozak submitted
testimony to the House Subcom has not indicated that it will take
mittee on Merchant Marine, any action.
The SIU believes that this
which is hblding hearings on the
"non-position"
could be dis
UNCTAD Code.
astrous for U.S. liner operations.
In his testimony, Drozak
reported that the SIU believes As Drozak noted "the inevitabil
"that the UNCTAD Code is the ity of the Code's operation be
best rnethod now available to tween the United States' major
promote and stabilize the partici trading partners threatens t© sub
pation of U.S. shipping lines in stantially reduce" this country's
share of worldwide liner trade.
America's foreign commerce."
Right now, although U.S.-flag
Basically, the UNCTAD Code
stipulates that up to 40 percent of vessels carry a mere five percent
cargo should be handled by each of the country's total foreign
trader with the remaining 20 commerce, American-flag ships
fare somewhat better in the liner
percent going to cross-traders.
trades.
A final text of the Code was
Even in this area though, there
adopted in 1974; 72 votes for
has been a downward trend. In
adoption were cast by the devel 1950, the U.S. provided 46.3 per
oping countries, the Soviet bloc, cent of the liner service for Amer
China, France, Germany, Bel ican foreign trade. By 1978, this
The SIU believes that a
worldwide code for liner
conferences developed by the
United Nations should be ap
proved by this country.
For some time now, the Union
has supported adoption of the
codfe whose title is the United Na
tions Conference on Trade and
Development's Code of Conduct
for Liner Conferences, better
known as the UNCTAD Code. •
had been reduced to 28.6 percent.
The core of U.S. opposition to
the Code lies in America's free
trade policy. The State Depart
ment believes that the Code es
tablishes an anti-competitive
situation through its endorse
ment of the closed conference
system. The U.3- operates an
open conference system which
permits liners to enter and leave
at will.
President Drozak reported
that "we can anticipate that ship
ping which is diverted from other
conferences under UNCTAD
will enter the trades of the United
States, further depressing the
market for U.S. vessels."
^^The SIU feels that the current
U.S. approach to the Code is
totally inadequate. Although
there are certain legal and pro
cedural conflicts in the accept
ance of the Code, the Union be
lieves the alternatives present
many more problems. In the test
imony he submitted, Drozak
pointed out that "to take no ac
tion is to ensure a diminished role
for the United States in the liner
trade."
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AFL-CIO Opposed to Youth Subminimum Wage
WASHINGTON, D.C.—AFLCIO President Lane Kirkland has
called on Congress to reject a pro
posed subminimum youth wage.
Kirkland and other union wit
nesses during two days of Senate
hearings sharply challenged the
claims of sponsors of assorted
"youth opportunity" bills that
lowering the wage floor is the answer
to teenage unemployment.
Teenage unemployment is too
high, but so is unemployment
generally, Kirkland reminded mem
bers of the Senate Labor subcom
mittee. Adults made up 6 million of
the 7.8 million persons seeking jobs
last month, he noted. And of the 5
million persons, mostly women and
minorities, who work for the mini
mum wage, 70 percent are adults.
DOES CONGRESS really want
to encourage employers to substi
tute teenagers for adults in the lowskill jobs at the bottom of the wage
ladder, Kirkland asked.
He reminded the Senate panel
that more than half a million young
people are already being paid less
than the $3.35 an hour minimum
wage under student and learner
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of exploitable young workers," AFL-CIO President L^^ne Kirkland Ud
in opposing a youth subminimum wage. Kirkland (center)
testified before a Senate Labor and Human Resources subcommittee He
was accompanied by the Federation's legislative director Rav Hpn/cnn
(left), and Director of Research Rudy Oswald (right)
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exemptions allowed by the Labor
Dept. Further, employers who hire
disadvantaged youths are currently
entitled to generous tax credits, up
to $1.50 an hour for each such
employee.
If lowering wages created addi
tional jobs, Kirkland said in reply to
a question, there should have been
no unemployment in the depths of
the Great Depression, when there
was no minimum wage law and
employers cut pay.
Youth unemployment.should be
countered by targeted programs
coordinating training with place
ment in jobs "that have a future," he
said. That's what the AFL-CIO has
been trying to do through its Human
Resources Development Institute
and various budget-threatened out
reach programs, Kirkland added.
And labor's proposals for reindusr
trialization would enlarge private
sector job opportunities for workers
of all ages, he pointed out.
KIRKLAND URGED Congress
to index the minimum wage so it
remains a meaningful floor and so
that full-time workers will not have
to rely on public assistance to
subsidize inadequate pay.
Labor views the employer cam
paign for a subminimum wage as
part of an attack on the entire
concept of a minimum wage law,
Kirkland testified.
It is "in the interests of society," he
told a questioner, that the minimum
wage be set above the level of
exploitation and that its "real value"
be maintained against inflation.
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Spring has arrived in the nation's capital,'
and nobody seems to have noticed.
Congressmen hotly debate the minute
details of the 1982 Budget, while events in
Poland and El Salvador slide to their
unknown conclusions. For a second,
everyone's attention was captured by an
unsuccessful-attempt on Ronald Reagan's
life, which at first seemed like a cruel and
bizarre replay of events that occurred so long
ago in 1963. But thankfully, the nation did
not have to relive another Presidential
assassination, and the Congressmen and El
Salvador guerillas were free to go back to
their respective wars, undisturbed.
Issues, people and even industries have a
way of getting lost in times like these. The
union is in Washington to make sure that
whatever happens, American seamen will
not go unrepresented.
Port Improvement
Rep. Walter Jones(D-N;C.), chairman of
the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com
mittee, urged Congress to recognize the
importance of modernizing U.S. ports. He
stressed that inadequate port facilities have
hindered the development of a strong coal
exporting industry.
According to Jones, "ships have been
waiting off our coasts for up to 40 days at a
cost of perhaps $10,000 a day because our
port facilities can not handle the hew volume
of coal."
W'^.ile many energy starved countries
desire our coal, they are unwilling to put up
with conditions at American ports.
In a similar move, Barbara Mikulski (DMd.) introduced H.R. 2412, the Customs
Revenue Sharing Act ofl981. If enacted, the
bill would require that 1% of all customs
revenues tyould be used to renovate, expand
arid construct customs facilities at the ports
where monies are collected.
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U.S. Shiplmilding
Aids Economy
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Action on M.M.
According to a study that was prepared by
H. C. Chung,- professor of economics at the
'University of Bridgeport, every $1 spent in
American shipyards generates $4.70 worth
of business in other industries throughout
the economy.
Speaking at a major conference devoted
to solving the problems of this country's
merchant, marine. Herb Brand, chairman of
the board of the Transportation Institute,
urged the United States to move quickly to
save what little remains of the maritime
industry.
The study, which was commissioned by
According to Brand, the United States
the Maritime Administration, updates an
government, should seriously consider
earlier one conducted by the government.
taking the following steps:
Both studies point out the effectiveness of
• opening negotiations for bilateral trade
the Construction Differential Subsidy
agreements
between the United States and
(CDS) program. According to Professor
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Chung, the CDS program has helped to ease- its trading partners
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reserving
an
equitable
share of Amerihigh unemployment rates in economically
. can foreign trade for U.S. flag operators
deprived areas.
• transferring certain siipport and auxili
Funding for the Construction Differential ary functions from the Navy and the
Subsidy program was severely reduced in
Military Sealift Command "directly" to thethe first draft of President Reagan's 1982
private sector
Budget. Industry figures oppose such" a
• implementing all existing cargo prefer
drastic cut, and hope to persuade the House
ence laws
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Mr. Brand's speech was delivered at the
reinstated.
Center for the Study of the American
Experience; Annenberg School of Com
munications, University of Southern Cali-fqrnia.
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Support continues to build for S. 125, the
Ocean Shipping Act of 1981, which seeks to
reform the sometimes irrational and always
confusing network of Federal maritime
regulations.
The National Maritime Council, a
coalition of shipping companies and
maritime labor organizations whose pur
pose it is to promote the American merchant
marine, recently endorsed S. 125. The SIU, a
member of the Council, has already done so.
S. 125 is substantially similar to a bill that
was introduced in the last session pf
Congress. Daniel Inoiiye, the hard-workingand well-respected Senator from Hawaii,
introduced both measures.
SPAD is the SIU*s political fund and our political arm in
Washington, D.C. The SIU ashs for and accepts voluntai^
contributions only. The Union uses the money donated to
SPAD to support the election campaigns of legislators who
have shown a pro-maritime or .pro-labor records
SPAD enables the SIU to work effectively on thie vital
maritime issues in the Congress. These are-issues that have
a direct impact on the jobs and Job security of all SIU mem
bers, deep-sea, inland, and Lakes.
* The SIU urges its members to continue their fine record
of support for SPAD. A member can contribute to the
SPAD fund as he or she sees fit, or make no contribution at
all without fear of reprisal.
A copy of the SPAD report is filed with the Federal Elec
tion Commission. It is available for purchase from the EEC
in Washh^on, D.C.
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Five American flag companies have filed a
petition with the Federal Maritime Commj^ssion which, if approved, would give them
the right to establish, a rate agreement
covering the trade between the United States
and the -People's Republic of China.
The five American flag companies
petitioning the Federal Maritime Commis
sion are American President Lines, Lykes
Brothers Steamship Company, Sealand,
Unitetf States Lines and Waterman Steam
ship Corporation. . .
The rate agreement would be the first of
its kind for the United States, It woqld
establish separate "flag groups", which
would allow American flag companies to
address trade problems and ratemaking
activities on a* national flag basis'.
The attorney representing the -five
companies, Robert Peavy, emphasized that
the agreement would complement the.
bilateral maritime agreement signed'by US
and Chinese officials last September 17.
Under the term's of the U.S.-China •
bilateraJ trade agreement, national flag
vessels t)f the two countries will each carry
one-third of the total trade; with the other
open to third-flag vessels.
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designed to encourage cooperation among
vessel' operating carriers and other entities
involved in the US-China trade. It will have
the same scope as a conference.
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�Lookmg over the day's work schedule are Lynnhaven One captains Alien Ross, left,
and Tom Hardy.
Here are Captains David Owens and Butch Parkenson of the Lynnhaven Margaret
Slu Organizes new norroiH Launch seruice
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HE SlU recently organized
Lynnhaven Services, a
launch service operating in the
Norfolk, Virginia area. The
company is the first of its kind
contracted to the SlU and repre
sents a milestone for tradeunionism in the "right-to-work"
state of Virginia.
Lynnhaven began modestly in
September 1980 with only one
boat and four employees. Since
that time they have expanded to
seven launch boats, one tug and
one 17,000 barrel water barge
and SlU crews of over 40 em
ployees, including 21 captains.
By the summer of 1981 the
company expects to have
between 80 and 100 employees
manning n/ne launches and
three tugs, as well as an
additional water barge and two
bunker barges. This is certainly
something for SlU members in
Norfolk to look forward to.
What Lynnhaven actually does
is provide service to the many
coal carrying ships which are
anchored in the bay outside of
Norfolk. Ata givbn moment there
can be as many as 180 ships
awaiting a berth at the port's coal
loadingjacilities.
Due to the increased-world
demand for coal and the
shortage of properV loading
docks, vessels may wait as jong
as 90 days to get a berth. This is
where Lynnhaven comes on the
scene.
The launches take crewmembers who wish to go ashore at
either Cape Charles or Norfolk to
and from their destinations.
They also provide laundry
service and bring stores from the
mainland to the waiting vessels.
In addition, the tug and water
barge carry fresh water to vessels
which cannot supply their own,
obviously a very important
service considering the amount
of time some of these ships are
away from port.
Port Captain Bob Linkous
pointed out that Lynnhaven can
service the coal carriers swiftly
and more efficiently than anyone
else in the area. Two of the boats,
the Thunderstar and the Marga-
The Lynnhaven One is one of the boats operated by the SlU's newlv oraani»H
launch sereica In Nortolk harbor. Along wifh Port CaWn Bob LiSa feH arc
2-ewmembers, from the left Darwin Faulkner, engineer: Hob Claud ickh'an^
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25 gross tons of cargo on their
decks while carrying 49 passeng
ers each, as Captain Linkous
says, "quite a payload." The two
vessels can also maintain a
speed of 24 knots. Not bad.
Lynnhaven's fleet also boasts
three vessels of 45 feet in length
which are capable of 20 knots
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and the 28 foOt Lynnhaven II
which motors at 25 knots. All this
spe0d comes in handy when
you're servicing as many as 55
ships per day in a bay area as
large .as Norfolk's.
Speed, service and a fine crew
supplied by the SlU should keep
Lynnhaven Services on a steady
course for many years to come.
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^®""®''' deckhand/tankerman; 'Scraplron, ' and Clarence Mosley.
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EAFARING skills are be Candidates for this course must
coming more technical as
hold a valid Coast Guard en
shipboard automation and navi dorsement as Able Seaman—Un
gating techniques advance.
limited, Any Waters.
Training and upgrading are be
During the course of instruc
coming more necessary to insure
tion, students learn the practical
the job security of the unlicensed
use of the magnetic and gyrp
Seafarers who sail the high tech compasses; rules of the road;
nology ships of the U.S. mer
basic chart work; firefightingand
chant marine.
emergency procedures; interna
To keep pace with advances in tional codes and signals; aids to
Job skill requirements, the, SIU
navigation—including instruc
provides job training at the Sea tion in radar, loran, fathometers
farers Harry Lundeberg School and RDF.
of Seamanship in Piney Point;
Students will -also become
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familiar with bridge publications
One such course is the four- and instruments, and will attain a
week Quartermaster program. working knowledge of weather.
tides and currents. Also included
in the course will be a review of
deck seamanship. Two more
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courses are scheduled this year:
one beginning June 19, and an
other beginning Sept. 11.
Seafarer George Halland, left, tackles a problem on the radar scope
simulator under the guidance of SHLSS instructor Abe Easter.
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techniques of course plotting under the expert tutelage of SHLSS deck
instructor Abe Easter.
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Graduates of the March 1981 Quartermaster class posed for their gradua
tion photo with their instructor. Kneeling from left are George Halland
Benjamm Bess, Mahood Said and Lenny Pellettier. Standing from left are
Mohamed Remli, Edward Gontha,vZaine Basir, Ronald Wolf, and SHLSS ;
Deck Instructor Abe Easter.
Seafarer Williams Achieves GEO Dipioma
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EAFARER
David Williams
achieved one of his major
goals last month when he com
pleted studies at the Seafarers
Harry Lundeberg School of Sea
manship, and passed the Mary
land State High School Equiva
lency examination. Williams,
•who dropped out in the 12th
grade four years ago, is now a
high school graduate.
Brother Williams sails as
Assistant Cook and ships out of
the Port of New York. Why did
he come to the Lundeberg School
to get his high school diploma?
He said:
"1 felt that a diploma was very
important to me in getting ahead
in my chosen career, and as a Sea
farer, I felt at home at the Sea
farers School."
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ances at SHLSS, Seafarer Williarns earned endorsements in
Lifeboat, Firefighting, Tankerman, Third Cook and Assistant
. Cook.
The main thing about SHLSS
that keeps him coming back is
that the teachers "are helpful and
encourage us to learn." It was dif
ferent from his experiences in the
public schools of Washington,
D.C.~where he grew up.
"In the public schools classes
were large and we were just
pushed from grade to grade with
out really learning. I just lost in
terest," Williams said. "But here
at the Lundeberg School the
classes are smaller and we got a
lot of individual help. And the
teachers really care."
Williams said he hopes other
Seafarers will take advantage of
the opportunities offered at
SHLSS. "There's a lot here at
the school, and all we have to do
is show up and give it our best
shot," he said. "The teachers and
staff will give us all the help we
need."
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multi-media area as he prepares for the GED examination.
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Putting the icing on the cake are these three upgrading Cook and Bakers as
they display one of their tastier projects.From left they are Tonie Booker,
John Davis and Thomas Waiters.
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Seidenstricker demonstrates the techniques of slicing newly-baked bread
Brother Mixon ships out of the Port of Mobile.
SHLSS Cook and Baker Program:
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HIPBOARD cooking and
' baking requires special
skills that can only be-learned
through the experience of
"hands-on" training under the
guidance of qualified instructors.
The Cook and Baker program
at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship pro
vides this training. The six-week
course is held in the bake shop
and main galley of the school.
Students get experience in all
kinds of baking, including breads
and rolls, breakfast pastries, pies,
cakes and other desserts.
To be eligible for the Cook and
Baker course. Seafarers must
have nine months time in the
Steward Department, and have
at least four months seatime as
Third Cook/Assistant Cook.
Seafarers who are interested in
the program should write to: Ad
missions Office, SHLSS, Piney
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the on-the-job Cook and Baker training at SHLSS. Yummy!
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""der the approving eyes of the Staff Cook John
Cleveland. Seafarer Booker ships out of the Port of Seattle.
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Celestial Navigation Plots Career Advancement
' I ' HE skill to plot a course by
A celestial navigation is re
quired for all offshore licenses,
and the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
schedules a five-week course to
provide practical knowledge in
all aspects of celestial navigation
that are needed for licensing.
Included in the course are de
termining latitude by Polaris; de
termining compass error by azi
muth and amplitude; latitude by
meridian altitude,of the sun; posi
tion by sun line; adjustment of
the sextant, and underway practi
cal experience in all aspects of
celestial navigation.
The course is open to all SIU
members who are eligible for a li
cense as Towboat Operator—
Oceans; Master/Mate of Unin-spected Vessels; or Master/ Mate Seafarers Legett Jones, from the Port of Jacksonville, Rick Borden and Jack LaRoque take a sun sight aboard the
SHLSS tug C.L.2
of Freight and Towing Vessels.
Seafarer Charles Boles goes to the tables as he works out a plotting
problem. Boles, who hails from Algonac, Mich., has sailed on both Great
Lakes and deep sea, and is now preparing to sit for a Third Mate.license.
Seafarer Jake Karaczynski, who ships out of the Port of New York, adjusts
his sextant as he prepares to take a noon sun sight.
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of Baltimore, compare notes after taking sun sights.
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With the help of SHLSS Deck Instructor Paul Allman, right. Seafarer.Jake
Karaczynski works out a line of position on a navigation chart.
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SEAFARERS HARRY LUNDEBERG
SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP
UPGRADING COURSE SCHEDULE
1981
Course
Check-in-Date
Completion Date
Course
Check-in-Date
Completion Date
Quartermaster
June 19
September 11
July 16
October 8
Third Mate
July 6
September 11
Able Seaman^
April 26
May 24
August 16
October 11
November 22
May 21
June 18
September 10
November 5
December 17
Bosun Recertification
April 13
August 10
June 8
October 5
Steward Recertification
May 11
July 13
September 7
October 12
July_6
September 7
November 2
December 7
"A" Seniority
April 6
May 11
June 8
July 6
August 10
September 7
Octobers
November 9
December 7
May 4
June8
July 6
August 3
September 7
Octobers
November 2
December 7
January 4
May 10
June 7
Julys
August 16
September 13
October 11
Nc?yember8
May 21
June 18
July 16
August 27
September 25
October 23
November 20
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Chief Stewaifd, Chief Cook,
2nd Cook & Baker, 3rd Cook
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April 20
June 1
July 13
August 24
Octobers
November 16
May 29
July 10
August 21
October 2
November 13
December 24
QMED
May 10
July 30
September 27 December 17
FOWT
May 24
June 18
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Marine Eiectricai Maintenance
Marine Electronics
Refrigeration Systems
Maintehahro and Operations
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July 6
October 26
August 27
December 17
May 25
July 2
September 14 October 22
June 22
October 12
July 30
November 19
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March 30
June 22
October 12
April 23
July 16
November 5
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June 22
October 12
August 13
December 3
Lifeboatman/Tankerman
Pumproom Maintenance and
Operations
June 8
October 26
July 16
Decembers
Automation
August 3
August 27
Basic Welding
May 25
August 17
June 18
September 10
Third Assistant Engineer
April 13
Augusts
June 19
October 9
Towtx>at Operator
May 11
July 2
Towt)oat Operator Scholarship
June 22
August 6
September 14 October 30
Celestial Navagation
May 25
August 10
November 1
First Class Pilot
October 5
Cove Sailor Committee
June 25
September 11
December 4
November 20
On Mar. 19. part of the Ship's Committee of the ST Cove Sailor (Cove Shipping)
had a total of 107 years with the SlU—from 22 to 31 years each. They were
(seated I. to r.) Bosun Jerry L. Bass, ship's chairman and Chief Steward Stanley
A. t-reeman. secretary-reporter. Standing (I. to r.) are AB John W. Kelsoe, deck
delegate and Chief Cook William E. Grimes, steward delegate.
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Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes
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Firefighting: Q Yes
No • CPR O Yes
No
Dates Available for Training.
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STEWARD
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• Oiler
O QMED - Any Rating
• Others.
Q Marine Electrical Maintenance
Q Pumproom Maintenance and
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Operation
Q Automation
• Maintenanceof Shipboard
Refrigeration Systems
Q Diesel Engines
O Assistant Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
Q Chief Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
D Third Asst. Engineer (Motor Inspected)
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Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Steward
Towboat Inland Cook
ALL DEPARTMENTS
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LNG
LNG Safety
Welding
Lifeboatman
Fire Fighting
No transportation will t}e paid unless you present original
receipts upon arriving at the School.
RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME —(Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating noted above or attach letter of service,
whichever is applicable.)
VESSEL
SIGNATURE
Please Print
RATING HELD
DATE SHIPPED
DATE OF DISCHARGE
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DATE
RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO:
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PINEY POINT. MD. 20674
April 1981
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�Pensioner, b% Got 6ED and Glad
Mourns Jofian Yarmola
Johnny Yarmola, who passed away last month, was not only a
good loyal union brother but he was our dear friend and we loved
him. He was there when times were bad and when we needed him.
His impact on the seaman's labor scene is immeasurable. He will
be missed and his absence will be felt by us all.
Fraternally and with Great Respect,
Roman Gralewicz,
President
SIU of Canada
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Rep. Burton 11^31 Fight for USPHS
I wish to thank the SIU for its recent letter expressing concern
with President Reagan's proposal to close all of the United States
Public Health Service Hospitals in the country, and in particular
the hospital in San Francisco.:
As you know in the past, and on occasion of threats to close the
facility on Lake Street, I have made the case and have fought vig
orously to keep open this vital resource. I know all too well the
importance of our hospital both to the maritime trades and the
San Francisco Bay Area community.
Please be assured that I will use all my legislative and political
abilities to convince the Administration and my colleagues that this
would be an unwise move and would prove contradictory and
counterproductive to the move afoot by President Reagan to
strengthen our military presence at sea.
While I am comfortable with the argument that can be made to
preserve this essential system of health care, it is equally important
that our people to be affected have made known their concerns to
those who believe such an action to be with little or no consequence.
Sincerely,
PHILLIP BURTON
Member of Congress
6th District, San Francisco, Calif.
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Saved His Own Life with CPR
I am writing to the Log to give my thanks for the training I
received at the Lundeberg School in First Aid and Cardio
Pulmonary Resuscitation. It sure saved my life, and I extend my
appreciation to the instructors at Piney Point for giving me this
instruction.
My training allowed me to detect a heart attack I had on Oct. 8,
1980.
The training also allowed me to know what was happening to me,
and what I should do to save my own life.
I have nothing but high praise for the training I got. My thanks to
everyone at Piney Point.
Thank God 1 am at home now and on the road to recovery.
If anyone out there has not received this training, I strongly
suggest you get it.
Also, if any of my friends read this and cares to write me, I would
be grateful and will answer all letters.
Thank you very much for the flattering articles and photographs
taken of me that appeared in the November-December issues of our
Log.
The ringing of the bells announcing the beginning of the New
Year have now faded and yet my mind still wanders back to the
most cherished event in my 1980 life—my seven week stay at Piney
Point, where I got my high school diploma.
Piney Point —the living monument to the memory of its creator,
the unforgettable Paul Hall.
Piney Point—located in the serene countryside of Maryland, a
place of beauty that impresses the visitor from the very beginning
with dignified pines, swans and ducks upon the waters, buildings
esthically appealing. It is a place not only of the Lundeberg School
of Seamanship where young people are trained as skilled sailors,
but it is the center from which the young, "raw" often uneducated
are transformed into productive and professional members of
society.
And how is this done? Following the teaching of Paul Hall and
the direction of his praiseworthy successor, Frank Drozak, a young
and dedicated man who has already proven in a short time that he
not only intends to carry on the teachings of Mr. Hall, but improve
and expand upon them by adding more educational programs and
facilities, the school has the philosophy and administrative direc
tion to fulfill its goals.
The execution of the educational programs, the management of
the Center itself, is aided ably by the indestructable Vice-President,
my dear friend, Frank Mongelli who with his unlimited youthful
energy, watchful and experienced eyes, keeps all of the programs
running smoothly and efficiently. Then there is the base com
mander, ex-marine. Ken Conklin, whom you may expect to see at
any time on the campus, smiling, friendly, but stern, making sure
that everything is in order. Generally speaking; from the very
beginning, I did not experience a single unpleasantry from any of
the staff, the personnel, administrative assistants and cafeteria help
(and what food they served I).
And now about the G. E. D. In about two months, the young men
receive upon successful completion of the exam the equivalency of
a high school diploma. This gives these individuals the chance to
not only continue the intelligent seaman's live, but also to proceed
in further study. The academic department left me with a deep
impression as to its ability and sympathy. I remember well, the five
charming, well educated young ladies that helped me; Mrs. Tracy
Auman, Mary Coyle, Lois Knowles, Cindy Meredith, Sandy
Schroeder (alphabetically). Those faculty nfiembers, under the
direction of Mrs. Jackie Knoetgen, are undertaking enormous
work. They tutor and devote time to each individual student and
they deserve special gratitude.
I have a last message to the young brothers: Our SIU does this all
without expecting anything from you. Just enjoy what you were
given, do not waste your achievements, and be loyal. That's all, and
good luck.
Fraternally,
Eugeniusz Sieradzki
Miami, Fla.
Thanks to SS Marilyn Crew
1 wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the crew of the
SS Marilyn. While on the ship, my husband received word of his
mothers death in Ireland. We both sincerely appreciate the ges
ture the crew made by sending flowers to the funeral. Our sincerest
gratitude to each and everyone of them.
Fraternally,
Ferlton Mears
P.O. Box 281
Brodnax, Va. 23920
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Thomas and Frances Kenny
Tampa, Fla.
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States merchant marine is a
critical component of the nation's
commerce and security isn't new.
In 1817, Congress enacted a U.S.
cabotage law which said that goods
were subject to forfeiture if carried
from one U.S. port to another by a
vessel "subject to a foreign power."
Fifty years later that law hadtd be
revised to eliminate a loophole
which allowed companies to trans
ship U.S. cargo through a foreign
- port on a. foreign ship.
That's how it's been ever since.
Congress passed a law to protect the
U.S. merchant fleet. Companies
looking out for their own narrow
interests fiwfi a loophole in the law
and the whole process starts all over
again.
As the American merchant marine
was called on to back-up the Armed
Forces during time of war and
national emergency, the need for a
U.S.-bwned, U.S.-manned, U.S.flag merchant fleet became clearer.
After World War I W.J.Benson,
then chairman of the U.S. Shipping
Board said that unless the U.S. fleet
is "wholly and unequivocally owned
by loyal U.S. citizens, it cannot be
rated a dependable unit in time of
national emergency."
In fact, when World War I began,
less than 10 percent of U.S. trade
was carried in U.S.-flag ships. That
precarious state of affairs was one
reason the Merchant Marine Act of
1920, otherwise known as the Jones
Act, was passed.
The Jones Act is a clear, compre
hensive piece of legislation. Its
preamble states that the Act's privately by citizens of the United
intention is to maintain a merchant States."
marine "sufficient to carry
. the
To gain that end the Jones Act
greater portion of its commerce and states that all vessels engaged in the
serve as a naval or military auxiliary U.S. domestic trades, including the
in time of war or national emergency U.S. territories of Guam and Puerto
. . . to be owned and operated Rico, must be American-owned,
OHlfiol PublicoHon of the Seoforers Internotionol Union of
North Americo. Allontk, Golf. Lukes ond Intend Woters District
AFKfO
April.1981
Vol. 43. No. 4
Executive Board
Frank Drozak
Pwsidenl
Joe DiGlorgio
Ed Turner
Sccreiary- Treasurer
Exccutiw I'iee PresUleni
Angus "Red" Campbell
Mike Sacco
\'k e PresUleni
Leon Hall
I 'ice PresUleni
Joe Sacco
I 'ice PresUleni,
f ice PresUleni
George McCartney
I ice PresUleni
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James Gannon
EiTnor
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Ray Bourdius
Assisidni Hcliior
Edra Ziesk
Assisiani Etlilor
Don K Ota n
H 'esi Coast Associate Editor
Marietta Homayonpour
Assisiani Eiliiiir
Max Siege) Hall
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianeiotti
I>ennis Lundy
Director of Phoioaraifltyl Writer
Photoyraphy
Marie Kosciusko
Administrutive Assistant
Ge<)rge J. Vana
Prodiicfionl Art Director
Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Watpr<;
District. AFL-CIO. 675 Fourth Ave.. Brooklyn. N.V. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second Class postaEe
paid at Brooklyn. N.Y (ISSN W160-2047)
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American-manned, American-built
and American-registered.
For 30 years the Jones Act was the
unalterable law of the land. In 1950,
Congress rescinded the prohibition
against waiving the Jones Acit for
any reason. That rescission was
intended as an emergency, war-time
measure, meant to last only as long
as the Korean War lasted. But the
Jones Act has yet to be returned to
it's pre-1950 status, leaving a large,
loophole in a previously sturdy law.
Many a U.S. company has sought
a waiver of the Jones Act. Not in the
interests of national security. But in
the narrow interest of making a few
extra bucks by skirting the Jones
Act's "build American, man Ameri
can" provisions.
Since the 97th Congress convened
in January there has been talk of
three special interest applications
for Jones Act waivers. One would
allow foreign-flag passenger vessels
to travel between Puerto Rico and
the U.S.-mainland. Another would
similarly, allow foreign-flag liner
service between the U.S. and Guam.
And the third would exempt a Pacific
Northwest timber company from
the Jones Act.
No other U.S. transportation
industry is as crucial to this nation's
economic and military well being as
is the merchant marine. Yet no other
transportation industry is subsi
dized or defended from foreign
competition as little as is the
merchant marine.
The Jones Act is a good, solid law.
It was intended, in the words of its
sponsor Sen. Wesley Jones, to
ensure "an American merchant
marine built in American shipyards^
by American labor, manned by
"American seamen, flying the Ameri
can flag and carrying...American
products to every port in the world."
We believe in those words. We
also believe that the only way to give
thenj life is to enforce the Jones Act
the same way the other laws of this
nation are enforced: by making sure
it applies to all of the people, all of
the time.
April 1981 / LOG
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�Deckhand Joel' MacLeod starts up the Adam E's
gangway with paint and roller in hand. That can mean
only one thing... it's time for the Great Lake's fleet to fit
out for the 81 season
Mike Geisinger, watchman on the Adam E. Cornelius
scoots across the deck with stores for the forward end
Mike looks like he's psyched for the new season.
The Seafarers of the Gre^
Lakes have begun their an
nual 'rites of spring.' Hopefu
that the business of shippim
will run smoothly, they are a<
always, looking forward to 1
long and prosperous season
Indeed, signs point to tin
positive...last years season
was the longest on record]
with many ships sailing well
into the New Year...and thi«
year's winter was short anc
kind. By late March, not j
trace of ice could be seen oJ
the St. Clair River from thei
windows of the SIU hall in|
JVlgonac, Mich. This means J
headstart for any 'early birds!
This year the Lakes will s.eel
many familiar and venerablel
ships like the S.T. Cropol
(Huron Cement) and the Kins-I
man Independent (Kinsman!
Marine), two of the last coall
burners left in the fleet, as!
well as the newest of thej
new, American Steamship's!
M/V American Mariner a 73o|
foot self-unloader which was|
ready to roll out of Sturgeon!
Bay, Wisconsin hungry for its!
first bellyful of taconite ore. I
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ture is worth a thousand
words; so here's a few vol-|
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LAkEs FirouT 181
Speaking'o?Eriesomewhat eerie at her Toledo dock,
of her summer.
that s where the/nr/openc/enfwill spend most
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Pringle Transit's Pau, Thayer carries coal from Toledo to points all over the
Great Lakes.
Wiper Mohsan El Mathil tidies things
in the Nicolet's engine room.
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The smokestack of the Kinsman
/'>«'e^"c'e'»fg''stens in the noonday
Independent is one of the
few coal burners still afloat.
S.T. Crapo watchman Jim Anderson is in a thoughtful
mood as he sips some coffee in the vessel's messhalL The
cement boat was, as usual the first member of the Lake's
fleet to fit out this year
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M/V Buffalo's galley.
Checking things out at the control panel of the W/y William R. Roesch are
Conveyorman Don Binkowski (I.) and QMED Brian Krus.
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Watchman Nate Hauring dips the roller as he
prepares to give the Acfam E. Cornelius a fresh
coat of paint.
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Ohio berth.
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lead^thTmen of the NicoH in a sorfnn
spring lifeboat drill.*
Cleaning up the deck of the Williarn R Roesch are (I. to r.) • Want to know whafs for dinner.. .just take a gander at the
searnen Ron Bujnorsky and Mark Russo and Bos n
blackboard oj the Nicolet. One thing's for sure... if Chief
David Morgan.
Cook Harold Dean is serving it up, it nnust be Something good.
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Porter George Sylvester creates a blur washing
dishes on the S.T. Crapo.
QM^D Egil "Tex" Sorensen (I.) and 2nd Ass't.
Engineer Mike Kowalski maneuver a faulty
expansion joint from the Buffalo's engine room
. At the forward end of the Kinsman Independent
porter Jerry Kruse breaks out the clean bed
coverings.
LAICES firouT '81
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the American Republic.
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Kassi M. Abdullah is an oiler on the Detroit Edison.
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Freeman and Andy Goulef'and deckhand Joe Hance.
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points with crewmembers of the M/V Paul Thayer. Seated are wheelsman
Allen Beck (I.) and Bos'n Roger Lorenz; standing are wheelsman Robert Allen
(I.) and deckhand Jan Rhyne.
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A crewmemiser puts the finishinq touches on the
• Charles E.'s nameplate as the vessel oreoares for
her first run of the season.
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SEA-LAND EXCHANGE (SeaLand Service), February I—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun V. Poulsen; Secretary
Robert W. Ferrandiz; Educational
Director Rudy Tjong; Engine Delegate
James Davis. $130 in movie fund. No
disputed OT. Chairman reported that
we will be in Oakland about 24 hours.
Layoff this trip in Kobe after discharg
ing cargo. Will fly crew home. A vote of
thanks was given by Joe Mayerchack
and the crew applauded their approval
of the steward's department perfor
mance of their duties this trip. Next
WILLI AMSBURGH (Andep Steam
SEA-LAND SEATTLE (Sea-Land
port Seattle.
ship), February 8—Chairman H. S. Service), February 21—Chairman
DEL RIO (Delta Steamship), Febru
Lindsey; Secretary Ernie Hoitt; Educa
Phillip Clarke; Secretary Eddie Her
ary I—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
tional
Director
H.
L,
Wyatt.
No
nandez;
Educational Director Don
Lee J. Harvey; Secretary B. Guarino;
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disputed
OT.
$70
in
ship's
fund.
Pase; Deck Delegate Josepii ^bbole;
Educational Director Donald Peterson.
Chairman
extended
congratiilations
Engine
Delegate Ramon Collazo;
$564 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT
from
all
to
Frank
Drozak
on
being
Steward
Delegate
Allen Vanburen. No
in engine department. Chairman ad
elected
President
and
hope
that
he
will
disputed
OT.
Chairman
keeps telling
vised all members to take advantage of
the upgrading courses at Piney Point have a veiy;good administration. Secre the young and older members the
; and to read the Log to keep up with the tary spoke on the importance of importance in getting their upgrading
activities of the Llnion. Discussed the, submitting ideas to the Union on the fbr the benefit of the Union and
importance of donating to SPAD. A new contract, A vote of thanks to the themselves. A strong Union is depen
vote of thanks to the steward depart steward department for a job well done dent upon all of us to cooperate
financially and physically. The success
ment for a job well done. Observed one and for the best food we have seen in a
long
time.
Report
to
Log:
"The
ship
has
of
our Union achievements should not
minute of silence in memory of our
changed
companies
from
Bay
Tankers
be
left to the Unioii officials alone,
departed brothers.
Inc. to Andep Steamship Co. We everyone can help. A resolution was
ZAPATA PATRIOT (Zapata tank- sincerely hope that this will be a change made by our crewmembers for this New
ship), February 13—Chairman, Recer- for the better and we will have better Year that God will help bur new
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tified Bosun V. Grima; Secretary W. mail service from the new company." President Frank Drozak to be able to
Wroten; Deck Delegate Bernard Mi- Next port Texas.
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steer our Union in the Same course as
ciak; Engine Delegate Allison Herbert;
our
last President Paul Hall, may he
SEA-LAND VENTURE (Sea-Und
Steward Delegate A. H. Azez. Some Service), February 3—Chairman J. rest in peace. Also discussed was the
disputed OT in deck department.
McLean; Secretary D. Sacher; Educa news you hear over the radio about how
^
Chairman reported that the previous
tional Director A. Rhymes; Deck tough it is to keep a strong union in
launch schedule was being reinstated to
Delegate J. Crane; Engine Delegate J. other countries. We are veiy fortunate
—
facilitate men getting off watch going Singletary; Steward Delegate P. Stub- that we are blessed with the kind of
ashore. One crewmember is being
blefield. No disputed OT. Chairman leadership we have in this Union and in
assigned to pick up mail as was done
noted that the ship will pay off in this free country of ours. The crew of
previously, the Log was received and
Elizabeth, N.J. on February 13, 1981. this vessel extends a hearty vote 6f
distributed for all to read. The new wage
Report to Log: "On January 21, 1981 thanks to all union officials. Next port
rates were received and posted on the
the Sea-land Venture picked up three Baltimore.
bulletin board. Observed one minute of
Cuban fishermen from a small boat
SEA-LAND INNOVATOR (Seasilence in memory~^of our departed
adrift for four days and brought them to Land Service), February 16—Chair
brothers.
Jacksonville, Florida. The Sea-Land man, Recertified Bosun Thomas L. Self;
Venture was enroute from New Orleans Secretary Jesse B. Natividad; Educa
PORTLAND (Sea-Land Service),
to Jacksonville at the time."
tional Director Richard Hannon;
- February 8—Chairman S. Alpedo;
Secretary L. Lightfoot; Educational
LNG, GEMINI (Energy Transport), Engine Delegate Wayne Coleman. $30
Director R. South; Deck Delegate L.
February 1—Chairman, Recertified in ship's fund. No disputed OT.
Forgeron; Engine Delegate R. Graif;
Bosun R. Schwarz; Secretary G. De Chairman reported that the father of
Steward Delegate P. Julio. Nd disputed
Baere; Educational Director J. D. our radio operator who was working as
OT. Chairman discussed the importance
Pennick; Deck Delegate M. Horan; Chief Engineer aboard the Delta Sud,
of participating in the programs and
Steward Delegate D. Pappas. No Delta Steamship, and the Third Assis
courses offered at the Harry Lundeberg
disputed OT. $60 in ship's fund. tant Engineer aboard the Delta Sud^texe
School of Seamanship. Also howSPAD
Chairman asked all members to read the killed by a falling container. A volun
donations strengthen our Union. Secre
Log so you will know what is going on in tary contribution for a wreath from the
tary gave a vote of thanks to all
the Union and when you have finished crew will be sent. Secretary advised each
departments for keeping the laundry
reading it please pass it around so others member to fill out the questionnaire
and recreation room orderly. The
can enjoy it. Discussed the rising cost of mailed to them at home or the copy
following communication was received
social security which started the first of reprinted in the Log and send them out
and read to all members, "Vessel
the year. Secretary will speak to the before March 15th. Your response will
Accidents Reduced Despite Work
Captain about getting a set of encyclo aid the crew conference committee in
Increase." Although Sea-Land crewpedias for the crew library. Everyone making recommendations and improve
members worked 1.2 million man hours
wished Chief Cook David Pappas the ments in our pension, welfare and
vacation plans, education and training,
more in 1980 than in 1979, the number
best as he leaves this trip for his
shipping
rules and the SlU constitution
of accidents was reduced by more than
vacation. He will be missed by all. A
A
vote
of thanks to the steward
20 percent. Next port Seattle.
vote of thanks to the steward depart
department for a job well done.
ment for the good time had by all at the
VIRGO (Apex Marine), February 19
Observed
one minute of silence in
pool party.
—Chairman Carlos Spina; Secretary E.
memory of our departed brothers.
Kelly; Educational Director Jim BabOVERSEAS NEW YORK (Mari
SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land
son; Deck Delegate E. S. Bodden;
time Overseas). February 19—Chair Service), February 22—Chairman,
Engine Delegate O. Zamhrman; Stew
man, Recertified Bosun J. Sap Filippo; Recertified Bosiin Joe Justus; Secretary
ard Delegate L. Knapp. No disputed
Secretary G. 1 rosclair; Educational Roque R. Macaraeg; Educational
OT. Chairman advised all crewmembers
Director J. Smith. Chairman reported Director William R. Thomas. Some
. who qualify to go to Piney Point to
that the crew is doing a good job and disputed OT in engine department. $105
upgrade themselves as this will increase
thanked them'for their cooperation. A in movie fund. Chairman suggested that
your opportunity for better jobs and
letter was written to headqua rters about the questionnaires you received be filled
more pay. The f.og enables all of us to
transportation and tank butterworth as out before the crew conference in April.
know what is going on in the Union and
the crew requested a clarification on Everyone should read the Log so you
should be passed around forall to read.
both. No disputed OT. A vote of thanks will know what is going on in the Union.
. A vote of thanks to the steward
to the steward department for a job well If you qualify pick up an application for
department for a job well done.
done. Observed one minute of .silence in upgrading at Piney Point. Observed one
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers. Next minute of silence in memory of our
memory of our departed brothers.
port Bridgeport.
departed brothers.
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Service), February 1—Chairman, Re
certified Bosun Jose L. Gomez; Secre
tary O. Paschal; Educational Director J.
Christenseri; Deck Delegate James
Thompson. $13 in ship's fund. No
disputed OT. Chairman advised all
crewmembers that it is their responsi
bility to conduct themselves with a
certain amount of decorum when ashore
in foreign countries. Our behavior
should always be of a standard that does
not adversely effect us as representatives
ot the United States and as members of
the SlU. All members requested an
improvement in mail delivery service
from Rotterdam and out ports on the
Persian Gull—Middle East Run. Next
port Palermo.
SEA-LAND ENDURANCE (SeaLand Service), February 1—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun John Curlew; Secre
tary E. C. Caudill; Educational Director f
Robert Tyler; Deck Delegate Chuck
Allen. $300 in movie fund. No disputed
OT. All communications received were
read, and posted. All members were
asked to contribute suggestions to be
considered at the crew conference in
April. Questionnaires will be sent to all
members and there is also one in the
latest Log. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done'..
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers. Next
port Kobe, Japan.
Official ship's minutes were also received from the following vessels:
^
Del Vknto
Ogden Mern'mac
Ogden Champion
Cove Engineer
Sea-Land Resource
Newark
Sea-Land Leader
Baltimore
Sea-Land Market
Overseas Alice
Caguas
Overseas Chicago
Puerto Rico
Aguadilla
Overseas Ohio
Cove Communicator
Overseas Harriette
Philadelphia
Connecticut
Golden Dolphin
Sea-Land Independence
Pacific
Overseas Natalie
Over^as Aleutian
Sea-Land Galloway
Sea-Land Pacer
Golden Monarch
Overseas Anchorage
Arecibo
Charleston
Ogden Leader
Overseas Alice
Aquarius
Ogden Yukon
Santa Maria
Zapata Courier
Cove Trader
Coastal Kansas
Santa Magdalena^
Oceanic Independence
Sea-Land Pi;oducer
Intrepid
Sea-Land Market
Delta Mar
Achilles
Sea-I,and Explorer
Cove Navigator
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SEA-LAND EXCHANGE (SeaLand Service), February I—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun V. Poulsen; Secretary
Robert W. Ferrandiz: Educational
Director Rudy Tjong; Engine Delegate
James Davis. $130 in movie fund. No
disputed OT. Chairman reported that
we will be in Oakland about 24 hours.
Layoff this trip in Kobe after discharg
ing cargo. Will fly crew home. A vote of
thanks was given by Joe Mayerchack
and the crew applauded their approval
of the steward's department perfor
mance of their duties this trip. Next
WILLIAMSBURGH (Andep Steam
SEA-LAND SEATTLE (Sea-Land
port Seattle.
ship), February 8—Chairman H. S. Service), February 21—Chairman
DEL RIO (Delta Steamship), Febru
Lindsey; Secretary Ernie Hoitt; Educa
Phillip Clarke; Secretary Eddie Her
ary I—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
tional
Director
H.
L,
Wyatt.
No
nandez;
Educational Director Don
Lee J. Harvey; Secretary B. Guarino;
disputed
OT.
$70
in
ship's
fund.
Pase;
Deck
Delegate Joseph ^bbole;
Educational Director Donald Peterson.
Chairman
extended
congratulations
Engine Delegate Ramon Collazo;
$564 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT
from
all
to
Frank
Drozak
on
being
Steward
Delegate Allen Vanburen. No
in engine department. Chairman ad
elected
President
and
hope
that
he
will
disputed
OT. Chairman keeps telling
vised al] members to take advantage of
have
a
yeiy
^good
administration.
Secre
the
young
and older members the
the upgrading courses at Piney Point
tary
spoke
on
the
importance
of
importance in getting their upgrading
; and to read the Loff to keep up with the
submitting
ideas
to
the
Union
on
the
it)r
the benefit of the Union and
activities of the Llnion. Discussed the
new
contract,
A
vote
of
thanks
to
the
themselves.
A strong Union is depen
importance of donating to SPAD. A
steward
department
for
a
job
well
done
dent
upon
all of us to cooperate
vote of thanks to the steward depart
and
for
the
best
food
we
have
seen
in
a
financially and physically. The success
ment for a job well done. Ob.served one
long
time.
Report
to
Log:
"The
ship
has
of
our Union achievements should not
minute of silence in memory of our
changed
companies
from
Bay
Tankers
be
left to the Union officials alone,
departed brothers.
Inc. to Andep Steamship Co. We everyone can help. A resolution was
ZAPATA PATRIOT (Zapata Tank- sincerely hope that this will be a change made by our crewmembers for this New
ship), February 13—Chairman, Recer for the better and we will have better Year that God will help our new
tified Bosun V. Grima; Secretary W. mail service from the new company." President Frank Drozak to be able to
Wroten; Deck Delegate Bernard Mi- Next port Texas;
'
Steer our Union in the Sdme course as
ciak; Engine Delegate Allison Herbert;
SEA-LAND VENTURE (Sea-Und our last President Paul Hall, may he
Steward Delegate A, H. Azez. Some Service), February 3—Chairman J. rest in peace. Also discussed was the
disputed OT in deck department.
Mc^an; Secretary D. Sacher; Educa news you hear over the radio about how
Chairman reported that the previous
tional Director A. Rhymes; Deck tough it is to keep a strong union iri
launch schedule was being reinstated to
Delegate J. Crane; Engine Delegate J. other countries. We are veiy fortunate
facilitate men getting off watch going Singletary; Steward Delegate P. Stub- that we are blessed with the kind of
ashore. One crewmember is being
blefield. No disputed OT. Chairman leadership we have in this Union and in
assigned to pick up mail as was done
noted that the ship will pay off in this free country of ours. The crew of
previously. The Log was received and
Elizabeth, N.J. on February 13, 1981. this vessel extends a hearty vote of
distributed for all to read. The new wage
Report to Log: "On January 21, 1981 thanks to all union officials. Next port .
rates were received and posted on the
the Sea-/anc/ Venture picked up three Baltimore.
bulletin board. Observed one minute of
Cuban fishermen from a small boat
SEA-LAND INNOVATOR (Seasilence in memory~^of our departed
adrift for four days and brought them to Land Service), February 16—Chair
brothers.
Jacksonville, Florida. The Sea-Land man, Recertified Bosun Thomas L. Self;
Venture was enroute from New Orleans Secretary Jesse B. Natividad; Educa
PORTLAND (Sea-Land Service),
to
Jacksonville at the time."
tional Director Richard Hannon;
- February 8—Chairman S. Alpedo;
Engine
Delegate Wayne Coleman. $30
Secretary L. Lightfoot; Educational
LNG, GEMINI (Energy Transport),
in
ship's
fund. No disputed OT.
Director R. South; Deck Delegate L.
February 1—Chairman, Recertified
Forgeron; Engine Delegate R. Graif;
Bosun R. Schwarz; Secretary G. De Chairman reported that the father of
Steward Delegate P. Julio. No disputed
Baere; Educational Director J. D. our radio operator who was working as
OT. Chairman discussed the importance
Pennick; Deck Delegate M. Horan; Chief Engineer aboard the Delta Sud,
of participating in the programs and
Steward Delegate D. Pappas. No Delta Steamship, and the Third Assis
courses offered at the Harry Lundeberg
disputed OT. $60 in ship's fund. tant Engineer aboard the Delta Sudvtere
School of Seamanship. Also how SPAD
Chairman asked all members to read the killed by a falling container. A volun
donations strengthen our Union. Secre
Log so you Will know what is going on in tary contribution for a wreath from the
tary gave a vote of thanks to all
the Union and when you have finished crew will be sent. Secretary advised each
departments for keeping the laundry
reading it please pass it around so others member to fill out the questionnaire
and recreation room orderly. The
can enjoy it. Discussed the rising cost of mailed to them at home or the copy
following communication was received
social security which started the first of reprinted in the Log and send them out
and read to all members, "Vessel
the year. Secretary will speak to the before March 15th. Your response will
Accidents Reduced Despite Work
Captain about getting a set of encyclo aid the crew conference committee in
Increase." Although Sea-Land crewpedias for the crew library. Everyone making recommendations and improve
members worked 1.2 million man hours
wished Chief Cook David Pappas the ments in our pension, welfare and
vacation plans, education and training,
more in 1980 than in 1979, the number
best as he leaves this trip for his
shipping
rules and the SIU constitution.
of accidents was reduced by more than
vacation. He will be missed by all. A
A
vote
of thanks to the steward
20 percent. Next port Seattle.
vote of thanks to the steward depart
department for a job well done.
ment for the good time had by all at the
VIRGO (Apex Marine), February 19
Observed one minute of silence in
pool
party.
—Chairman Carlos Spina; Secretary E.
memory of our departed brothers.
Kdly; Educational Director Jim BabOVERSEAS NEW YORK (Mari
SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land
son; Deck Delegate E. S. Bodden;
time Overseas). February 19—Chair Service), February 22—Chairman,
Engine Delegate O. Zamhrman; Stew
man, Recertified Bosun J. Sap Filippo; Recertified Bosiin Joe Justus; Secretary
ard Delegate L. Knapp. No disputed
Secretary G. 1 rosclair; Educational Roque R. Macaraeg; Educational
OT. Chairman advised all crewmembers
Director J. Smith. Chairman reported Director William R. Thomas. Some
who qualify to go to Piney Point to
that the crew is doing a good job and disputed OT in engine department. $105
Upgrade themselves as this will increase
thanked them'for their cooperation. A in movie fund. Chairman suggested that
your opportunity for better jobs and
letter was written to headquarters about the questionnaires you received be filled
more pay. The Log enables all of us to
transportation and tank butterworth as out before the crew conference in April.
know what is going on in the Union and
the crew requested a clarification on Everyone should read the Log so you
should be passed around for all to read.
both. No disputed OT. A vote of thanks will know what is going on in the Union.
A vote of thanks to the steward
to the steward department for a job well If you qualify pick up an application for
department for a job well done.
done. Observed one minute of .silence in upgrading at Piney Point. Observed one
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers. Next minute of silence in memory of our
memory of our departed brothers.
port Bridgeport.
departed brothers.
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History of SIU Part VI
SEA-LAND PIONEER (Sea-Und
Service), February I—Chairman, Re
certified Bosun Jose L. Gomez; Secre
tary O. Paschal; Educational Director J.
Christenseri; Deck Delegate James
Thompson. $13 in ship's fund. No
disputed OT. Chairman advised all
crewmembers that it is their responsi
bility to conduct themselves with a
certain amount of decorum when ashore
in foreign countries. Our behavior
should always be of a standard thatdoes
not adversely effect us as representatives
ol the United States and as members of
the SIU. All members requested an
improvement in mail delivery service
from Rotterdam and out ports on the
Persian Gulf—Middle East Run. Next
port Palermo.
SIU in WW II 'Heroes in Dungarees'
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SEA-LAND ENDURANCE (SeaLand Service), February I—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun John Curlew; Secre
tary E. C. Caudill; Educational Director
Robert Tyler; Deck Delegate Chuck
Allen. $300 in movie fund. No disputed
OT. All communications received were
read, and posted. All members were
asked to contribute suggestions to be
considered at the crew conference in
April. Questionnaires will be sent to all
members and there is also one in the
latest Log. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for a job well done.
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our deparied brothers. Next
port Kobe, Japan.
Official ship's minutes were also re
ceived from the following vessels:
Del Viento
Ogden Merrimac
Ogden Champion
Cove Engineer
Sea-Land Resource
Newark
Sea-Land Leader
Baltimore
Sea-Land Market
Overseas Alice
Caguas
Overseas Chicago
Puerto Rico
Aguadilta
Overseas Ohio
Cove Communicator
Overseas Harriette
Philadelphia
Connecticut
Golden Dolphin
Sea-Land Independence
Pacific
Overseas Natalie
Overwas Aleutian
Sea-Land Galloway
Sea-Land Pacer
Golden Monarch
Overseas Anchorage
Arecibo
Charleston
Ogden Leader
Overseas Alice
Aquarius
Ogden Yukon
Santa Maria
Zapata Courier
Cove Trader
Coastal Kansas
Santa Magdalena^
Oceanic Independence
Sea-Land Producer
Intrepid
Sea-Land Market
Delta Mar
Achillesv
Sea-I^ind Explorer
Cove Navigator
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EMBERS of the Seafarers
Int'l. Union were on the
front lines of battle in World War 11.
They carried guns, planes, gas and
"ammo" to a dozen beachheads and
to supply ports and island bases all
over the world from the Aleutians to
Algiers.
Even before the United States had
[ ^ officially entered the war against
Germany, Italy and Japan, SIU
sailors knew what it was to be
torpedoed and put adrift in open
boats hundreds of miles from the
nearest land.
On May 21 of 1941, long before
Pearl Harbor, a submarine stopped
the unarmed 5".5". Robin Moor of
the Robin Line on route from New
York to South Africa. Capt. Wil
liam Myers was given 20 minutes to
abandon ship, after which the Uboat's gunners put 33 shells into the
freighter, and sank her. After the sub
disappeared the 45 survivors struck
out for land in four boats. Fortu
nately, all four were picked up but
not until the fourth boat had
traversed 700 miles of open ocean.
When the first survivors were
landed and news of the sinking
stirred the nation. President Roose
velt sent a special message to
Congress in which he said that
American ships would not be
intimidated. "We are not yielding,"
he said, "and we do not propose to
yield." •
When German U-boats brought
the war to the very coasts of the
United States early in 1942, SIU
seamen were among the first to feel
the brunt of it.
The SlU-manned Sea train Texas
was northbound off Hatteras on
January 19, 1942, when it was
torpedoed by a German submarine,
with the ship going down so fast that
there was no time to launch the
boats. Only three men survived; 39
were lost.
Less than a week after this, the
SlU-manned S.S. Venore, an ore
carrier, was torpedoed off Cape
Hatteras with the loss of 18 men.
Following quickly in the wake of
this sinking were a long list of SIU
ships, all of them unarmed and
unescorted.
There were the Robin Hood, the
Alcoa Guide. Pipestone County,
the Major Wheeler, the Mary, and
tuany more as U-boats enjoyed a
field day along the Atlantic Coast, in ,
the Gulf of Mexico and in the
Caribbean.
Two boats from the Pipestone
County were adrift for 16 days
before being picked up. The Major
^heeler completely disappeared.
John Bunker is director of the
Seafarers Historical Research De
portment.
An amunition ship
The Robert E. Lee. a passenger ship,
was sunk almost inside the Missis
sippi Delta.
Despite this havoc, no SIU ship
was held up for lack of a crew. Many
crews steamed out to meet almost
certain death. The Alcoa Pilgrim.
loaded deep with 9,500 tons of
bauxite.for Mobile, caught a "tin
fish" and went down in 90 seconds
with heavy loss of life.
SIU men made the hazardous run
to Russia, including the famous
convoys of July and September,
1942, which were hit by subs and
bombers and lost many ships in those
cold, Arctic waters.
SIU crews made all the hazardous
war runs—all the bloody beach-
explodes after being torpedoed on the Murmansk Run.
heads. Unsung "heroes," in a way,
resuppiy in the history of war—the
were the crews who spent months on
invasion of the French coast in June
tedious trips to supply bases behind
of 1944.
-the tides of battle.
They had an important role in
There wasn't a beachhead from
landing the 2,500,000 troops, the 17
Anzio to the Philippines; from
million tons of ammunition and
Normandy to Okinawa, where SIU
supplies and the. half million truck's
crews were not in the forefront of
and tanks that were put ashore there
war. They took part in the longest
in the first 109 days after D-Day.
battle of the war, too—the four year
There were myriad tales of hero
long Battle of the Atlantic—the fight ism as SIU ships steamed their em
to keep England supplied with food, battled way across sub-infested seas.
gas, guns and other war supplies.
Take the case of the 5'.5'. Angelina
They had to run the U-boat of the Bull Line.
gauntlet to get the goods through
This SIU freighter was westbound
and many ships went down trying to in October of 1942 across the North
do it.
Atlantic when it became separated
Thousands of SIU seamen took from the rest of its convoy in a
part in the greatest assault and , violent storm in which waves were
30 feet high and more. Just before
midnight on the-l7th, a torpedo
exploded in the engine room, killing
the black gang and flooding the
engine spaces.
Only one boat could be launched
and, being overloaded with crew
men and Navy armed guard gun
ners, it was soon capsized in tremen
dous seas. Some managed to hold on
to the grab rails on the bottom of the
boat but one by one they were swept
away bjy the numbing cold and the
battering waves, until only a few
remained.
These would have died, too, were
it not for the heroic efforts of the
ship's carpenter, Guatave Aim. It
was Aim who urged the weary,
desperate men to "hang on...hang
on." When one of them would drop
away from exhaustion, he would
bring him back and help to hold him
on until he revived. When someone
said, "I've had enough" and wanted
to die. Aim would slap him on the
face and yell, "Keep on... keep on."
When a destroyer finally found
them many hours later, it was Aim
who grabbed the lines thrown from
the warship's deck and made them
fast around his exhausted com
panions so they could be hoisted on
board. Aim was the last to be saved.
Like many other SIU then in
WoMd War II. carpenter Gustave
Aim was i ;ic of the merchant
These rescued merchant seamen would live to serve again.
marine's true "heroes in dungarees."
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Leon Hall, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
George McCartney, vice president
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FEB. 1-28,1981
•TOTAL REGISTERED
AIIGroups
ClassA Class B ClassC
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Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
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8
15
17
15
16
55
22
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10
63
1
1
390
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8
41
4
2
8
2
5
17
14
22
10
11
3
21
0
0
168
3
8
0
2
2
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5
1
3
7
4
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12
6
22
8
10
50
28
45
16
57
24
60
1
2
415
8
26
2
1
7
7
4
13
19
26
11
19
6
36
1
0
186
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
7
4
170
9
41
34
17
29
128
59
82
47
55
20
128
0
1
824
4
70
11
13
18
9
9
43
18
29
21
21
6
30
, 0
1
303
4
17
2
5
5
2
1
17
4
13
20
10
0
18
0
0
118
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
5
1
131
14
27
20
6
36
113
34
68
27
45
13
92
0
0
627
4
71
2
18
14
7
6
34
7
29
20
18
4
24
0
2
260
0
8
0
0
2
5
0
3
2
6
14
7
1
9
0
0
57
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
;
Totals
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
AIIGroups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
DECKDEPARTMENT
•
......:
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
BOSTON, Mass. . .215 Essex St. 02111
(617) 482-4716
2
72
7
10
16
5
12
36
20
38
13
16
7
39
1
0
294
..7
1
;
5
29
2
8
4
4
2
17
3
12
9
10
0
11
0
0
116
1
4
0
0
1
3
0
1
0
4
2
2
1
2
0
1
22
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point .1
Yokohama
Totals
Totals All Departmeitts
4
22
7
1
5
5
5
9
5
11
3
9
0
15
5
0
106
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
:...
1
33
2
5
13
7
10
10
14
22
2
6
5
23
0
0
153
—
....;..
1
19
1
3
3
2
0
3
3
24
1
4
2
3
1
0
70
0
7
0
1
2
0
1
1
2
11
5
2
0
0
0
0
32
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
3
60
2
8
13
4
3
31
18
33
9
14
9
36
1
3
247
2
29
0
6
8
5
6
23
18
43
7
23
5
28
0
0
203
2
33
4
0
9
3
2
7
11
37
10
15
3
17
19
1
173
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
13
0
2
0
0
0
0
16
1
62
3
21
19
10
17
58
20
34
16
20
14
53
0
0
348
1
41
3
8
10
4
0
• 6
5
42
9
4
3
13
0
0
149
0
9
1
2
4
0
1
3
2
27
16
8
0
2
0
1
76
2
34
6
20
10
0
8
50
9
30
6
13
20
32
0
0
240
9
242
27
69
56
17
28
108
40
110
47
55
43
76
2
3
932
11
120
2
17
18
3
5
30
15
164
105
28
8
28
0
0
554
2.039
1,644
805
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
.:
.:....
.
:....
1
23
2
8
6
0
2
20
5
19
2
8
6
16
0
0
118
7
113
14
14
18
12
10
35
24
57
25
21
15
41
24
1
431
3
41
0
4
4
0
1
5
4
63
42
10
1
5
0
0
183
955
785
281
-
865
465
28
•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shippingat the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
l>
Shipping in the month of February was good in most A&Cdeepseaports. A total of 1358 jobs were shipped in February to
SiU-contracted deep sea vessels. That\a slight decrease of Jobs shipped over the previous month. Of these 1358 Jobs only 865
or slightly more than 60 percent, were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C" seniority people.
Shipping is expected to remain good.
"''ir-' .
26 / LOG / April 1981
CHICAGO, ILL.
9402 S. Ewing Ave. 60617
(312) SA 1-0733
CLEVELAND, Ohio
1290Old River Rd. 44113
(216) MA 1-5450
COLUMBUS, Ohio
4937 West Broad St. 43228
(614) 870-6161
DULUTH, Minn.
705 Medical Arts Building 55802
(218) RA 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich
P.O. Box D
415 Main St. 49635
(616) 352-4441
GLOUCESTER, Mass.
63 Rogers St. 01903
(617) 283-1167
HONOLULU, Hawaii
707 Alaska St. 96813
(808) 537-5714
HOUSTON, Tex. 1221 Pierce St. 77002
(713) 659-5152
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
3315 Liberty St. 32206
(904) 353-0987
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
(201) HE 5-9424
MOBILE, Ala. .1 S. Lawrence St. 36602
(205) HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va
115 3 St. 23510
(804) 622-1892
PADUCAH, Ky. .... 225 S. 7 St. 42001
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's County 20674
(301) 994-0010
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. 534 9 Ave. 77640
(713) 983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 543-5855
SANTURCE, P.R.
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6960
SEATTLE, Wash.... 2505 1 Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS, Mo. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TAMPA, Fla.
2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609
(813) 870-1601
TOLEDO, Ohio . 635 Summit St. 43604
(419) 248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
YOKOHAMA, Japan
P.O. Box 429
Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdon
Naka-Ku 231-91
201-7935
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Frank Drozak, president
Ed Turner, exec, vice president
Joe DiGiorgio, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hail, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
George McCartney, vice president
HEADQUARTERS
675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232
(212) HY 9-6600
ALGONAC, Mich.
520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001
(313) 794-9375
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1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
(301) EA 7-4900
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Dispatchers Reperi £er Deep Sea
FEB. 1-28,1981
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
ClassA Class B ClassC
V--i
1:,.4
• T.
Port
..; —
,
4
83
8
15
17
15
16
55
22
• 35
21
24
10
63
1
1
390
8
41
4
2
3
8
0
2
2
0
0
5
1
3
. 7
4
1
8
0
0
44
a
2
5
17
14
22
10
11
3
21
0
0
168
4
70
12
6
22
8
10
50
28
45
16
57
24
60
1
2
415
: „;• i •
..:
.
i
5
29
2
8
4
4
2
17
3
12
9
10
0
11
0
0
116
2
72
7
10
16
5
12
36
20
38
13
16
7
39
1
0
294
1
4
0
0
1
3
0
1
0
4
2
2
1
2
0
1
22
3
60
2
8
13
4
3
31
18
33
9
14
9
36
1
3
247
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
.yii
1..
...:
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
•....
.
1
33
2
5
13
7
10
10
14
22
2
6
5
23
0
0
153
1
19
1
3
3
2
0
3
3
24
1
4
2
3
1
0
70
0
7
0
1
2
0
1
1
2
11
5
2
0
0
0
0
32
2
29
0
6
8
5
6
23
18
43
7
23
5
28
0
0
203
Port
Totals All Departmerits
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
7
4
170
9
41
34
17
29
128
59
82
47
55
20
128
0
1
824
4
70
11
13
18
9
9
43
18
29
21
21
6
30
, 0
1
303
4
17
2
5
5
2
1
17
4
13
20
10
0
18
0
0
118
4
22
7
1
5
5
5
9
5
11
3
9
0
15
5
0
106
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
5
1
131
14
27
20
6
36
113
34
68
27
45
13
92
0
0
627
4
71
2
18
14
7
6
34
7
29
20
18
4
24
0
2
260
0
8
0
0
2
5
0
3
2
6
14
7
1
9
0
0
57
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Tampa ..................................i
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
8
26
2
1
7
7
4
13
19
26
11
19
6
36
1
0
186
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans .
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
;
Totals
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
Ail Groups
ClassA ClassB ClassC
DECK DEPARTMENT
•
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tdmpa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Yokohama
Totals
' ^.-;
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
ClassA ClassB aassC
BOSTON, Mass. . .215 Essex St. 02111
(617) 482-4716
2
33
4
0
9
3
2
7
11
37
10
15
3
17
19
1
173
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
13
0
2
0
0
0
0
16
1
62
3
21
19
10
17
58
20
34
16
20
14
53
0
0
348
5
42
9
4
3
13
0
0
149
0
9
1
2
4
0
1
3
2
27
16
8
0
2
0
1
76
2
34
6
20
10
0
8
50
9
30
6
13
20
32
0
0
240
9
242
27
69
56
17
28
108
40
110
47
55
43
76
2
3
932
11
120
2
17
18
3
5
30
15
164
105
28
8
28
0
0
V/
554
2,039
1,644
805
1
41
3
8
10
4
0
• 6
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
.'
1
23
2
8
6
0
2
20
5
19
2
8
6
16
0
0
118
7
113
14
14
18
12
10
35
24
57
25
21
15
41
24
1
431
3
41
0
4
4
0
1
5
4
63
42
10
1
5
0
0
183
955
785
281
865
465
28
•"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shippingat the port last month.
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
COLUMBUS, Ohio
4937 West Broad St. 43228
(614) 870-6161
DULUTH, Minn.
705 Medical Arts Building 55802
(218) RA 2-4110
SIU crews last month
brought three, very costly, high
technology ships into Newport,
R.I. where the vessels were laid
up indefinitely.
The ships are El Paso Com
pany's multi-million dollar LNG
carriers. El Paso Southern,
El Paso Arzew and El Paso
Howard Boyd.
Continuing in layup are three
other SlU-contracted El Paso
LNG carriers that have been in
Europe for repairs.
The ships have been laid up be
cause of a breakdown in negotia
tions between the U.S. and Al
geria over the pricing of the latter
country's natural gas.
Shipments of natural gas from
Algeria stopped last April. Talks
to resolve the price issue had been
going on for nearly a year
between Algeria and the U.S. De
partment of Energy (DOE). But
in February the negotiations
broke down and were indefinitely
The El Paso LNGs, laid up indefinitely In Newport, R.I.
suspended.
Now, however, firms that have
purchased gas from El Paso in
the past are exploring the feasi
bility of resuming negotiations
with Algeria and of possibly buy
ing the company's LNG carriers.
Algeria wants the price of its
natural gas to be comparable
with the world price of crude oil.
That price would bring the cost of
Algerian natural gas to $6 a thou
sand cubic feet. TIMS price is
nearly 25 percent higher than
costs set in current U.S. agree
ments covering Canadian and
Mexican natural gas.
El Paso began importing Al
gerian natural gas to the U.S. in
1978. In late 1979, the company
renegotiated its contract with
that North African country. The
agreement called for a price of
$1.94 per thousand cubic feet of
LNG.
The price was approved by the
DOE which, under law, must rule
on the price of any imported gas.
But in the spring of last year
the Algerian government decided
to press for a higher price than
what had been negotiated.
During the past year of negoti
ations, it looked, at various
times, like a settlement was immi
nent and that gas would start
flowing again to El Paso's costly
regasification plants in Cove
Point, Md. and Elba Island, Ga.
That was why for much of that
time, the company kept crews
aboard three of its ships.
The 900-foot long high tech
nology LNG tankers are the most
expensive commercial ships ever
built. To have them laid up now is
a terrible waste.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
3315 Liberty St. 32206
(904) 353-0987
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
(201) HE 5-9424
MOBILE, Ala. . 1 S. Lawrence St. 36602
(205) HE 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va..
.. . 115 3 St. 23510
(804) 622-1892
PADUCAH, Ky. .
225 S. 7 St. 42001
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) DE 6-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's County 20674
(301) 994-0010
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. 534 9 Ave. 77640
(713) 983-1679
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 543-5855
SANTURCE, P.R.
1313 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6960
SEATTLE, Wash.... 2505 1 Ave. 98121
(206) MA 3-4334
ST. LOUIS, Mo. 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TAMPA, Fla.
2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609
(813) 870-1601
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
YOKOHAMA. Japan
P.O. Box 429
Vokotiama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdori
Naka-Ku 231-91
201-7935
SIU Patrolman Carl Path discusses business with Lilly
Houston, messman on the Ef Paso Southern on the
ship's last trip for some time.
SIU Patrolman Carl Path, lefL holds meeting on ElPeso Southern to give crew up to minute info on the Algerian
situation. A similar meeting was held on the two other ships as well.
Reagan Wants Review of UN Ocean Mining Treaty
tunate move" that would seriously needed minerals found on the
retard the momentum that had ocean bottom would be blocked
seemed to be building towards by the creation of a UN-type
ratification of some kind of authority dominated by the
ocean mining treaty. Others, Soviet Union and third World
like House Merchant Marine countries.
Other points of conflict include
Committeemember John Breaux
(D-La.) have lauded the provisions that would distribute
taxes on royalties to poorer Third
Administration's action.
At the present time, American World countries, and plans to
mining of the Seabed is governed mancatorily transfer highly
by interim legislation approved advanced technology used by
,by Congress which calls in part private companies to the Seabed
for mandatory use of American Authority.
Richardson feels that the
flag ore carriers and mining
United States has struck the best
vessels.
Critics of the treaty feel that a bargain on ocean mining it could
review is in the best interests of under the circumstances, and
the United States. Their that interruption of the
opposition centers around tears Conference would doom any
that American access to vitally hope for conclusion of a treaty.
He stresses that the minerals
The Law of the Sea Conference
foundered recently when the
Reagan Administration recalled
the American delegation for a
review of the whole process.
The Conference has been
meeting regularly for seven years
to reach an agreement on many
things, but in particular on ways
to regulate the mining of minerals
found on the ocean bottom. 149
countries have participated in the
Conference, including the United
States, which has been repre
sented by delegates appointed
hy Presidents Nixon, Ford,
Carter and now Reagan.
I he recent decision has been
met with mixed feelings. Former
delegation head Elliot Rich
ardson calls it an "unfor
found on the bottom of the ocean
do not belong to any one country,
and should be regulated by some
type of international treaty.
He also feels that adoption of
the treaty would encourage
mining companies to invest in the
development of the seabed,
because they could follow a
specific set of rules and
regulations. Richardson seems to
feel that failure to ratify would
encourage international
incidents which would inhibit
development of the Seabed.
Opponents disagree. They feel
that the United States should not
rush into any treaty that would
prove harmful in the long-run.
They want more time to
delil^rate.
April 1981 / LOG / 27
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(713) 659-5152
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P.O. Box D
415 Main St. 49635
(616) 352-4441
GLOUCESTER, Mass.
63 Rogers St. 01903
(617) 283-1167
HONOLULU, Hawiaii
707 Alaska St. 96813
(808) 537-5714
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FRANKFORT, Mich
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26 / LOG / April 1981
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CLEVELAND, Ohio
1290Old River Rd. 44113
(216) MA 1-5450
TOLEDO, Ohio . 635 Summit St. 43604
(419) 248-3691
Shipping in the month of February was good in most A&G deepsea ports. A total ofl 358 jobs were shipped in February to
SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. That's a slight decrease of Jobs shipped over the previous month. Of these 1358jobs only 865
or slightly more than 60 percent, were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C seniority people.
Shipping is expected to remain good.
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CHICAGO, ILL.
9402 S. Ewing Ave. 60617
(312) SA 1-0733
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F there's any one thing that
sets a Seaferer apart from
people in other professions it's a
feeling of restlessness. Talk to a
merchant seaman for any length
of time and you usually hear that
no matter how anxious they were
to get home after a long spell
aboard ship, after a while they're
restless to be back at sea.
That restlessness first took
hold of Pam Monaco, AB, who
graduated from the SIU's "A"
Seniority Upgrading program
this month, about four years ago.
She'd been sitting behind a desk,
eight hours a day, five days a
week, since graduating from high
school. But she wanted to see
something of the world. And
going to sea seemed to be a good
way to do it.
Back in 1977 Pam, now 23,
didn't know much about seafar
ing—or how to go about starting
a seafaring career. Her first idea
was to work on a passenger ship
but, at the time, the only U.S.flag cruise vessels were the West
Coast Prudential (now Delta)
ships and jobs were scarce.
When she wandered into the
SIU hall in San Francisco, she
was given an application for the
entry trainee program at Piney
Point. The waiting list for the
HLS was pretty long, too. But in
September, 1978, Pam got her
acceptance notice.
The four-month program went
quickly for Pam. "Everything
was so new to me," she said,
"including being away from the
West Coast for the first time."
After completing the trainee
program, she made her first trip
as pantryman aboard a Sea-Land
containership on a Far-East run.
But the steward department
wasn't her niche—"I've never
been much of a cook," she says—
and she started taking a close
look at the deck and engine
departments.
When she switched to the deck
department "I was very nervous.
But I had to find out if I could dp
iL" She's been working on deck
ever since.
She says she loves the sea as
well as travelling, visiting new
places, even for only a day at a
time. "A lot of the oldtimers talk
about the old days, when they'd
be in port for a week or two," she
said, noting that the new ships'
usually spend no more than 12
hours in port. But to today's
generation of Seafarers the fast
turnaround is a matter of course
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
TRiJST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters. District^are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only^upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violatiort
of your shipping or .seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employees, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Angus "Red" Campbell
Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275 - 20lh Street, Brooklyn, N.V. 11215
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Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
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CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sl^iv^ts and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU
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Please contact, your brother Clarence
at 1935 Chene Avenue, Apt. 1603,
Detroit, Ml. 48207.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt• ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
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patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
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EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The re.sponsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an
official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rightis in employment and as members of the SIU. Thesfe
rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discriniinated-against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL'ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
•contributes to political Candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
linancial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notifythe Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within 30 days of the contribution for ihvestigatidn
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and.further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a member feeb that any of the above rights
have been violated, or that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor- .
mation, he should immediately notil^ SIU President Frank
Drozak at Headquarters by certified mail, return receipt.
The addrew b 675 - 4tfa Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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and any time in a new, unfamiliar
Please contact, your sister, Modesta
place is welcome.
C. Vicente, at 1269 W. 26tb Street, San
Pam, who's spent all her Bernardino, Calif. 92405.
seatime so far on Sea-Land
Patrick Joseph Hawley
containerships, is looking for
Please
contact, Mel Howley, 5259
ward to shipping on different
Rundleview Rd., Calgary Alta, Canada,
types of vessels under SIU T1V-1J6.
contract. She's also looking
Clyde Krist
forward to being back aboard
Please contact, Minnie, Houston,
ship where she doesn't have to Texas. Tel. (713) 472-0580.
explain the nuts-and-bolts of
Danny Romeo Dizon
her job to people over and over
Please contact, Sally McCants, as
again. "When I'm with my friends soon as possible. Tel. (415)431-7006—
who don't know anything about (415)692-5600 X4631.
seafaring, I have to constantly
Tom Cook
explain things to them," she said.
Please contact Nancy Smith,
Looking back on the "A" important. (212) 663-3638—789 West
Seniority^ Upgrading program. End Ave., New York, N.V. 10025.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
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Pamela Monaco
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but this is usually -.u.
the case with
hands of every Coast
equipment must be pro
drydock in Texas for necessary small vessels. The POET was a
Guard
and
American
Bu
vided to the Coast Guard
repairs. This same situation
large ship of over 500 feet. The
reau of Shipping inspector,
for search and rescue op
occurred again at Philadelphia
Coast Guard also stated that to
and those records should
erations.
just before the POET left on its
make a track for the search
be reviewed to determine
10) Emergency radio transmit
fatal voyage.
required five days, yet AMVER
whether the violations have
ters should be designed to
The radio officer of the POET
knew the projected route and
been corrected.
send out signals in all direc
reported tha:t both the existing could have provided this infor
3) Inspections should include
tions so that ships as well as
radio equipment and the replace mation within an hour or two.
disniantling of, selected
planes will hear them.
ment set on board were unsatis
The Coast Guard said that the
items of equipment and
factory. It is not clear whether the area it had to search was vast, yet
structural parts for inWO final points concern
ship sailed after repairs were
that area wa,s made even larger
depth examination.
how casualties are investi
made or whether a hew set was because of the delay in starting
4)Shipping companies gated. The Coast Guard has
installed. No inspection was the search. During two of those
should regularly maintain
adopted a rule which does not
made of the equipment to be sure^ days, seas were reported up to 40
and repair their vessels, not
permit unions to participate in
it met federal requirements.
feet and Vvinds were as much as 40
waiting for inspection time
Marine Boards of Inquiry. EVen
knots on the POET's scheduled
to perform housekeeping
though we have successfully
HE search for the POET route, further enlarging the
tasks.
challenged
this rule in coiirt, the
revealed weaknesses both in
potential search area.
5) The National (I^rgo Bu rule remains on the books. Our
the shipping company's pro
Only five days after it began,
reau needs additional per
participation in the case of the
cedures and in the Coast Guard's the Coast Guard wanted to end
sonnel so that a single
POET's inquiry added substan
normal search routine. The the search. At the insistence of
inspector can supervise
tially to the facts. This rule
POET departed Philadelphia on
the SIU and others, the search
every step of cargo loading should be thrown out.
October 24, 1980. The last was extended until November 17,
and stowing. No ship
The Coast Guard should also
message received from the ship an additional four days.
. should be allowed, out of
divorce itself from conducting
was at approximately 8 o'clock
Several problems were re
port in a condition made
investigations of major marine
vealed by this situation.
that morning.
dangerous by improper
casualties. Because it is the
For ten days the shipping
First, although vessels report
cargo stowing, even if the
principal agency charged with
company heard nothing from the to AMVER every 48 hours, the
condition could be cor searching for and rescuing ships
POET yet failed to notify the government does not require its
rected once the ship leaves and mariners, to have it investi
Coast Guard. The company's agencies to notify the Coast
port.
gate casualties is asking it to be
operating manual required its Guard when a vessel fails to
. 6) The Federal Communica
both judge and jury. In the worst
ships to report their position report. Rather, the Coast Guard
tions Commission should
cases, it even passes judgment on
every 48 hours, but the owners of relies on the company for notifi
be notified whenever major
the actions of its own personnel
the POET neglected to enforce cation.
repairs or replacements are in accidents involving Coast
this requirement.
Second, the Coast Guard does
made to radio equipment
Guard vessels.
A captain who served on a not consider a vessel to be
so that an inspection can
By law, the National Transpor
previous voyage of the POET said overdue until it fails to reach the
guarantee that the equip
tation Safety Board investigates
he was not aware of the require port as scheduled. Even though
ment meets the commis major casualties in the transpor
ment and only reported his the POET did not pass the
sion's standards,
tation field. It should also con
position twice a week. Because Gibraltar Straits as planned on
7) The Coast Guard's defini duct investigations of maritime
the company allowed its ships to November 3, the Coast Guard
tion of an "overdue" vessel
accidents, and the Coast Guard
violate the reporting require did not officially consider the
must be changed, so that
should be called upon only to
ment, it was unconcerned about POET overdue until it failed to
searches for missing ships
testify, not to assess blame or
not hearing from the POET, even reach Egypt on November 9.
can begin before scheduled
conduct investigations of other
Third, the Coast Guard has
though there were storms and
arrival at the destination
participants.
heavy winds and seas on the indicated that it did not have
port.
Our comments and observa
POET'S route. The POET was sufficient equipment to conduct
8) AMVER should be re
tions are derived from our
also supposed to report its •this search and had to call upon
quired to notify the Coast
experiences with maritime cas
position every 48 hours to the the U.S. Navy and the Canadian
Guard when a vessel fails to
ualties. We are testifying with the
AMVER system. This was done government for assistance.
report. The Coast Guard
view that our comments will be
Finally, the POET carried two
faithfully during the six months
should not have to rely
productive to this Committee in
prior to the POET's disap emergency radio transmitters
solely on the shipping com
changing existing practices so
pearance.
that were supposed to be acti
pany for notification.
that future maritime catastrovated
automatically-upon
hitting
9) Adequate and proper
The POET was due to pass the
phies might be prevented.
Gibraltar Straits area about water. However, this type of
November 3 and dock in Port equipment only transmits verti
Said, Egypt, on November 9. cal signals so that airplanes can
When it was not sighted at receive them. Other vessels were
Gibraltar, the company notified unlikely to have heard the equip
. the Coast Guard, which in turn ment. Nothing was heard from
sent messages to all vessels in the POET.
quiring whether they had seen the
N the basis of this evidence,
missing ship. Five days later it
we believe the following
sent out planes to search. Why it steps should be considered to
waited five days to commence the avert a similar tragedy in the
search has not been adequately future:
1)C6ast Guard inspectors
explained. The search started'15
need better training, per
days after the last message was
haps augmented by experi
received from the POET.
ence aboard iperchant
vessels.
HE Coast Guard claims that
2) Records of outstanding ThU is thelast photo ever taken of the Poef just a few weeks before her tragic last
it is not unusual for a vessel
violations should be in the voyage, (photo by Charles Cheevers of Alpoca, Fla).
to go unreported for several days.
Pam said she enjoyed it and
learned a lot about the Union x
during her stay in Piney Point
and New York. But as soon as she
gets back to her home port of San
Francisco, she'll be ready to ship
out again. She's restless to be
back at sea.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examinafion each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
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DroEak Attacks Coast Guard at Poet Hearings
Sick of 9 to 5, Pam Monaco Went to Sea
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�John Francis Kozar, 55, joined the
SIU in 1944 in the port of New York
sailing as an oiler. Brother Kozar also
sailed for Cities Service and as a 3rd
assistant engineer with MEBA D^trict 2. He was bom in Bethlehem,
Pa. and is a resident of Taylor, Pa.
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Walter Francis Kruszewski, 63,
joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of
Boston sailing as an AB. Brother
Kruszewski hit the bricks in the 1961
Greater N.Y. Harbor beef. He was
born in Brooklyn, N.Y, and is a
resident of Uncasville, Conn. ^
Arthur Oscar Roy, 56, joined the
SIU in 1945 in the port of New York
sailing as a bosun. BrotherRoy also
sailed during the Vietnam ^ar^He is.
a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World
War 11. Seafarer Roy was born in
New Hampshire and is a resident o
Nashua. N.H.
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Pedro Saquilayan, 63,
SIU in the port of New York in 1953
sailing as a chief cook and steward
delegate. Brother Saquilayan sailed
35 vears. He is a veteran of the U.^.
Army Air Forces in World War II.
Seafarer Saquilayan is also a radio
mechanic. Born in the Philippine
Islands, he is a resident of Staten
Island, N.Y.C.
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Luis Ramon Serrano, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of New York in
1955, sailing as a FOWT^ Brother •
Serrano sailed 33 years. He walked
the picketline in the 1965 District
Council 37 strike. Seafarer Serrano is
also an auto mechanic. A native of
San Sebastian, P.R., he is a resident
of Catano, P.R-
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Lorenzo Vittorio Stirpe, 59, joined
the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1960
sailing as a FOWT. Brother Stirpe
sailed 39 years and also sailed during
the Vietnam War. He attended the
1970 Piney Point Crew Conference
No. 7. Seafarer Stirpe is a veteran^l
the U.S. Navy in World War II. He
was born in Rochester, N.Y. and is a
resident-of Mobile.
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John Arthur Waith, 64, joined the
SIU in 1941 in the port of Newjork
sailing as a 2nd cook. Brother Waith
was born in New York City and is a
resident of Trinidad, W.I.
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Archibald Bell Jr., 52, jomed the
SIU in the port of Baltimore m 1955
sailing as a chief pumpman and
QMED. Brother Bell is ^ vete^
the U.S. Marine Corps m World War
II He was born in Des Moines, la.
and is a resident of Carson City, Nev.
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George Burton Milburn, 57 joined
, the Union in the port of
1967 sailing as a captain for
Steuart Oil Transportation Co. from
1956 to 1981. Brother Milburn was
bominDryden,Md.andisaresident
of Tall Timbers, Md.
Victorio Emanuel D'lndia, 63,
joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of
Boston sailing as an FOWT. Brother
D'lndia was born in Boston and is a
resident of Philadelphia.
William Louis Ostendorf, 58,
joined the Union in the PO"
Baltimore in 1956 sailing as a capmm
on the Tug Sandy Point from 1938 to
1981. Brother Ostendorf is a veteran
of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He
was born in Baltimore and is a
resident of Baltimore.
Luther Gadson, 56, joined the SIU
in 1947 in the port of Baltimore
sailing as a chief steward. Brother
Gadson attended the 1970 Pmey
Point Crews Conference. He is^ a
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veteran
of tVip
the lis
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War II A native of Rounds, S.L., ne
is a resident oif Baltimore.
Herbert Wilson Taylor, 64, joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in
1963 workingfortheUlWandCurtis
Bay Towing Co. from 1937 to 198L
Brother Taylor was born in
and is a resident of Chesapeake, Va.
• Frank Vernon Fromm, 52, jomed
the SIU in 1939 in the port of Mobile
lamng as a bosun^BroJher Fromm
was born in Hoboken, NJ- and is a
resident of Lindenhurst, L.I., N.Y.
Wilbur Dean Purdy, 57, joined the
SIU in 1943 in the port of Galveston
sailing as a chief steward Brother
Purdy was born in Louisville and is a
resident of New Orleans.
Eual Granger, 65, joined the SIU
in the port of
Shares, ^. m
1955 sailing as a recertified bosum
Brother Granger graduated
Recertified Bosuns Program in 976.
He sailed with G&H Towing m
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Seafarer Granger is a veteran of th
UtS. Army. Born in Louisiana, he IS a
resident of-Sulphur, La.
William M. Drew, 50, JO»ned the
SIU in the port of New York m 1955
Liling as a QMED. Brother Drew is
a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was
born in Bangor, Me. and is a resident
of Meriden, Conn.
Nick Mutin, 65, joined the SIU m
1944 in the port of Boston sailing as a
chief steward. Brother Mutin was
born in Ohio and is a resident of
Houston.
Dalton Harry Morgan, 65, joined
the SIU in 1944 in the port of New
Orleans sailing as a deck engmeer^
Brother Morgan sailed 44 years. He
is a veteran of the U.S. Army
World War II. Seafarer Morgan was
born in Louisville and is a resident ot
Denham Springs, La.
Joseph Martello, 65,
SIU in 1939 in the port of New
Orleans sailing as a chief el^ctnciam
. Brother Martello worked on the New
Orleans Shoregang m 1979. He w^
born in Italy and is a resident of
, Harahan, La.
DimtciBn Mrt tv
Orien Wheeler, 56, joined the SIU
in 1945 in the port of New Means
sailing as an FOWT. Brother Wheel
er was born in Mississippi and is a
resident of Shreveport, La.
s
Jessie Ray Lee Cushion,65, Jomed
the Union in Port A^hur, Tex^ m
1961 sailing as %P'
captain for Sabine from 1953 to 1961,
D.M. Picton in 1961
for Mora
Towing of Texas from 1962 to 198L
Brother Cushion
°Vu
U S.' Coast Guard m World War 11.
He was born in Walden County, Fla..
and is a resident of Buna, Tex.
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John Stephen Blank lll,70, joined
the Union in the port of Philadelphia
in 1961 sailing as a captain for lUi
from 1970 tq 1981, the Coyle Line >n
1954 and on the Great Lakes for
Merritt, Chapman & Scott. Brother
Blank received the AOTOS award m
1976 for a rescue while in command
of the Tug Cherokee (Manner
Towing) of the crew of
.
He was a former member of the ISU,
MM&P, and ILA. Boatman Blank
attended the 1978 Piney Pent
Atlantic Coast Educational Confer
ence. He is a veteran of the U .S. Navy
in World War 11. Born in Winchester.
Mass., he is a resident of Bellevue,
1
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•TOTAL REGISTERED
C.«.c
Algonac (Hdqs.).
Algonac (Hdqs.).
30
21
Algonac (Hdqs.).
Algondc (Hdqs.) ...•••••
Totals AH Departmente
Q0
TOTAtSHllWD
AllCm...
Ct-A CWB
ci-.A CI.-B C1.-C
DECK DEPARTMENT
19
15
0
0
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
13
10
0
2
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
7
3
a
1
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
0
• 0
®
e
39
28
0
11
52
15
3
35
li
6
11
9
1
59
157
72
107
20
30
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Arthur Oscar Roy, 56, joined the
SIU in 1945 in the port of New York
sailing as a bosun. Brother Roy also
sailed during the Vietnam War. He is
a veteran of the U.S. Navy in World
War II. Seafarer Roy was born in
New Hampshire and is a resident of
Nashua, N.H.
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Eual Granger, 65, joined the SIU
in the port of Lake Chares, La. in
1955 sailing as a recertified bosun.
Brother Granger graduated from the
Recertified Bosuns Program in 1976.
He sailed with G&H Towing in 1977.
Seafarer Granger is a veteran of the
U.S. Army. Born in Louisiana, heisa
resident oFSulphur, La.
Lorenzo Viftorio Stirpe, 59, joined
the SI U in the port of Mobile in 1960
sailing as a FOWT. Brother Stirpe
sailed 39 years and also sailed during
the Vietnam War. He attended the
1970 Piney Point Crew Conference
No. 7. Seafarer Stirpe is a veteran of
the U.S. Navy in World War II. He
was born in Rochester, N.Y. and is a
resident of Mobile.
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Dalton Harry Morgan, 65, joined
the SIU in 1944 in the port of New
Orleans sailing as a deck engineer.
Brother Morgan sailed 44 years. He
is a veteran of the U.S. Army in
World War II. Seafarer Morgan was
born in Louisville and is a resident of
Denham Springs, La.
I Joseph Martello, 65, joined the
w SIU in 1939 in the port of New
Orleans sailing as a chief electrician.
. Brother Martello worked on the New
Orleans Shoregang in 1979. He was
born in Italy and is a resident of
• Harahan, La.
\
Orien Wheeler, 56, joined the SIU
in 1945 in the port of New Orleans
sailing as an FOWT. Brother Wheel
er was born in Mississippi and is a
resident of Shreveport, La.
John Stephen Blank III, 70, joined
the Union in the port of Philadelphia
in 1961 sailing as a captain for lOT
from 1970 tq 1981, the Coyle Line in
1954 and on the Great Lakes for
Merritt, Chapman & Scott. Brother
Blank received the AOTOS award in
1976 for a rescue while in command
of the Tug Cherokee (Mariner
Towing) of the crew of Tug Eileen.
He was a former member of the ISU,"
MM&P, and I LA. Boatman Blank
attended the 1978 Piney Point
Atlantic Coast Educational Confer
ence. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy
in World War 11. Born in Winchester.
Mass., he is a resident of Bellevue,
Wash.
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William M. Drew, 50, joined the
I SIU in the port of New York in 1955
sailing as a QMED. Brother Drew is
a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was
born in Bangor, Me. and is a resident
of Meriden, Conn.
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. Wilbur Dean Purdy, 57, joined the
SIU in 1943 in the port of Galveston
sailing as a chief steward. Brother
Purdy was born in Louisville and is a
resident of New Orleans.
Nick Mutin, 65, joined the SIU in
1944 in the port of Boston sailing as a
chief steward. Brother Mutin was
bora in Ohio and is a resident of *
Houston.
John Arthur Waith, 64, joined the
SIU in 1941 in the port of New York
sailing as a 2nd cook. Brother Waith
was born in New York City and is a
resident of Trinidad, W.I.
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Herbert Wilson Taylor, 64, joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in
1963 working for the UIW and Curtis
Bay Towing Co. from 1937 to 1981.
Brother Taylor was born in Norfolk
and is a resident of Chesapeake, Va.
• Frank Vernon Fromm, 52, joined
the SIU in 1939 in the port of Mobile
sailing as a bosun. Brother Fromm
was born in Hoboken, N.J. and is a
resident of Lindenhurst, L.I., N.Y.
Luis Ramon Serrano, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of New York in
1955, sailing as a FOWT. Brother
Serrano sailed 33 years. He walked
the picketline in the 1965 District
Council 37 strike. Seafarer Serrano is
also an auto mechanic. A native of
San Sebastian, P.R., he is a resident
of Catano, P.R.
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William Louis Ostendorf, 58,
joined the Union in the port of
Baltimore in 1956 sailing as a captain
on the Tug Sandy Point from 1938 to
1981. Brother Ostendorf is a veteran
of the U.S. Navy in World War II. He
was born in Baltimore and is a
resident of Baltimore.
Luther Gadson, 56, joined the SIU
in 1947 in the port of Baltimore
sailing as a chief steward. Brother
Gadson attended the 1970 Piney
Point Crews Conference. He is a
veteran of the U.S. Navy in World
War II. A native of Rounds, S.C., he
is a resident of Baltimore.
Pedro Saquilayan, 63, joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1953
sailing as a chief cook and steward
delegate. Brother Saquilayan sailed
35 years. He is a veteran of the U.S.
Army Air Forces in World War II. '
Seafarer Saquilayan is also a radio
mechanic. Born in the Philippine
Islands, he is a resident of Staten
I Island, N.Y.C.
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George Burton Milhurn, 57, joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in
1967 sailing as a captain for the
Steuart Oil Transportation Co. from
1956 to 1981. Brother Milburn was
bora in Dryden, Md. and is a resident
^ of Tall Timbers, Md.
Victorio Emanuel D'IndIa, 63,
joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of
Boston sailing as an FOWT. Brother
D'India was bora in Boston and is a
resident of Philadelphia.
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Jessie Ray Lee Cushion,65, joined
the Union in Port Arthur, Tex. in
1961 sailing as a mate, pilot and
captain for Sabine from 1953 to 1961,
D.M. Picton in 1961 and for Moran
Towing of Texas from 1962 to 1981.
Brother Cushion is a veteran of the
U.S. Coast Guard in World War II.
He was born in Walden County, Fla..
and is a resident of Buna, Tex.
Archibald Bell Jr., 52, joined the
SIU in the port of Baltimore in 1955
sailing as a chief pumpman and
QMED. Brother Bell is a veteran of
the U.S. Marine Corps in World War
II. He was born in Des Moines, la.
and is a resident of Carson City, Nev.
Walter Francis Kruszewski, 63,
joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of
Boston sailing as an AB. Brother
Kruszewski hit the bricks in the 1961
Greater N.Y. Harbor beef. He was
born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and is a
resident of Uncasville, Conn.
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All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
'•REGISTERED ONBEACH
All Groups
aassA Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Aigonac (Hdqs.)
30
19
15
0
52
15
3
0
35
li
6
0
11
9
1
0
59
157
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Algonac (Hdqs.)
2I
13
10
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Aigonac (Hdqs.)„. .-..vV.
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4
7
3
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
Algona: (Hdqs.)
Totals All Departments
31 /
45
65
0.0
72
107
ing atthe port last month.
! Beach" means the total number of
r men registered at the portat the end of last month
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30
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Chapter 1
work. Hell, they won't even work in
the rain let alone a snow-storm. So
by Saki Jack Dolan
we just laid there waiting for the
Actually, I have never been
storm to slow down. It finally did
shanghaied literally but, between
after about six days. Then the
[ly friends Joe Di Giorgio and Ed
longshoremen came aboard one
iMooney, I have come about as close
day and go out on strike! They
|to being "shanghaied" as one can
refused to return until Kulukundis
[here in this country legally.
put their wages in the local bank in
In the winter of 1962, November
escrow. This took several days of
Ito be exact, I was at the Union Hall
negotiating before they finally
lin Brooklyn to pick up my vacation
started loading.
I check when I see my old pal Ed
1 didn't mind that at all, as 1 had
iMooney working the counter. He
been in Montreal and knew it was a
I spots me at the same time and
great port to be in, if you had dough,
meanders over and says: "Saki Jack,
and 1 had a pocket full. One of the
meet me in Joe DiOiorgio's office in
officials from New York flew up and
[ five minutes, it's very important."
talked the crew into taking the ship
I should have said no, and got the
as far as Halifax. Myself and several
hell out of there. But then I never
members that were not married at
I was known for the smarts or liad
the time volunteered to stay with the
enough sense to get in out of the
ship till the end of voyage. There
rain, so I go up to Joe's office.
were only about eight of us, all out
Joe greets me with: "Saki, you ole
of Baltimore except me. The Bosunson of a gun—Mooney and I were
Dayman was Tom Pons; Hoganjust talking about you." Well, in
OS, a Wiper called 'Squirrel', the
about ten minutes between Ed and
Chief Cook (Mother Ringo), and
Joe, old Saki Jack is on the way
three others. The Captain was John
home to get his gear with a plane
"Sacki" Jack Dolan
Horan out of New York and a real
ticket to Toledo, Ohio.
fine man. The Chief Engineer was line of Blarney that would make a
It seems there was a converted named Singleterry—out of New Leprechaun happy.
T-2 tanker up on the Lakes loaded
York (more about him later).
We finally got enough money to
with Marshall Plan junk heading for
After much yaking on the phone pay the tugs to take us to a dock and
the Persian Gulf. The Chief Steward by the SIU Patrolman with we were only a block from the
had just quit, and I was elected to Kulukundis in New York, the Halifax Railway Station. The Cap
make the trip. The agent in Toledo company finally sent enough money tain called a meeting and read a wire
met me at the airport and took me to to get us cleared out of Montreal for
from Kulukundis stating we would
the ship. It was the first time I ever Halifax just before Xmas. We made not be sailing for about a month,
saw a T-2 tanter converted into a for Halifax (my favorite port in the and they had no money to send us.
cargo ship. It looked to me like an world at the time). Well, ^lieve me, This was great news, what with all
old Liberty Ship with a bellyache.
the word was all over the world by hands broke but for a few of us, and
The name of the scow was the SS now that Kulukundis Company was two days before Xmas!
Bridgehampton. It had just been going broke. So when we anchored,
An Isthmian scow came in port
taken over by Kulukundis, who was the Captain called in for a water-taxi and they sent the Ship's Delegate to
at the time very short of funds. It was to go ashore and find out what the our ship. They had heard all about
tough to get anyone to take Kulu hell the score was. The water-taxis our trouble and invited all hands up
kundis ships in those days as you stayed about ten feet off the gang to the Peppermint Lounge for a
were not guaranteed anything, no way, and would not come an inch party New Year's Eve. Well, natur
allotments, pay, draws, nothing.
closer until you showed. CASH ally with all hands being broke, this
When I got aboard, I found out MONEY (even the Captain could was just fine with us. But we
from the Steward, a fellow named
not get credit).
cele'brated Xmas on our own ship.
Walsh out of Baltimore, that most of
The next day all the crew quit
You cannot believe how wonder
the crew were riding it to Halifax except a few of us and the Officers ful the people of Halifax treated us
and quitting. The inland locks were (who agreed to stay for the trip). SI U when they fouiid out about our
about ready to close for the Winter
Headquarters told us they could not dilema. Luckily we had taken on
season, and we had to get out by get anyone to take the ship, so we stores in Montreal, and I had
Christmas, or spend The Winter went ashore to see the Canadian SIU ordered everything (and Mother
iced-in on the Great Lakes.
Agent, and American Consul about Ringo was an excellent cook). My
After taking on stores, we weighed signing on Canadian seamen. It all gang got together and we decorated
anchor and made for Montreal. We got straightened but, and we had the Salon and Crew Mess just like on
were the last ship through the locks, almost a full Canuck crew. And the Delta Passenger Ships out of
believe me they were damn good
New Orleans. 1 had a few hundred
and as we went through each lock,
they closed them behind us for the friendly seamen, well liked by all bucks with me (but told no one). So,
Winter.
I went ashore ai)d bought all kinds
hands.
We elected our Dayman Tom of balloons and decorations for the
The last lock is just in Montreal
Pons
as Ship's Delegate, and there ship.(l put in plenty of OT, and
city limits, and it was snowing as
never was any better. There were collected it all later on).
we eased through about the middle
always plenty of beefs. Tom would
of December.
We had a grand time. I and Hogan
the OS got bombed, and Hogan hit
We tied up late in the afternoon dress up like he was going to Church
and
would
borrow
my
briefcase,
me in the mouth wilh a metal
and everyone took off for shore. It
pitcher. 1 had to go get about ten
was really snowing hard. On the' and you would swear he was a
Philadelphia
lawyer
going
to
try
a
stitches
in my lip. It really was a
dock was a load of Jeeps and trucks
we were to load next day. Well, this murder trial. He really was good. He grand Xmas and all hands were
really happy as you can be away
did not happen. The snow turned conned the Mate for more days off
into a real lolapaloosa. By daylight to go ashore on Union business than from your loved ones on Xmas Day.
1 came back from the hospital and
the snow was three feet deep and any delegate on any ship 1 was ever
Hogan shook hands and off we went
still coming down. You know damn on. Believe me, I've seen the best.
Tom
had
personality,
charm,
and
a
to town to get bombed again
well the longshoremen would not
together. All in all it was a fine
Xmas.
I had money in the bank in
Brooklyn, and went to the Bank of
Canada and sent for $500. 1 came
back to the ship and was up in my
foc'sl when the gangway-watch
came for me at about 4:30. He says:
"Saki-Jack, there's a Police launch
along-side looking for you." 1
wondered what the hell the Police
wanted with me in Canada as 1
couldn't remember getting in
trouble uptown the night before.
Well, it seems the bank was ready
to close and called the Harbor Police
and told them to hurry and get me to
the bank as my money was there.
They took me aboard and rushed me
to the bank which was right on the
waterfront (this is what you call'
Canadian Hospitality).
There was a Chinese restaurant
across from the RR station that had
two work-shifts with about ten girls
on each shift. All hands loved this
and everyone had a girlfriend within
a day or two. And you really must
see to believe how wonderful these
Canadian girls treated us (all hands
were broke), we went and met our
girl after her shift at the restaurant
and went to a pub, and usually to a
'speak' (there are plenty in Canada)
and drank till we had to go aboard to
work. The girls never said no about
anything. This port was paradise for
a.free and easy seaman. Halifax and
about any port in Canada was
always great in my book, as 1 had
been in most of them on ships many
times. All the crew were happy
about Halifax and some even
returned to marry Canadian girls
and bring them home.
New Year's Eve all hands werit up
to the Peppermint Lounge with their
gals in tow. The crew off the
Isthmian ship in port had made a
deal with the owner that we could
have anything we wanted and they
would pay for it. We all had a grand
time~*and all hands got bombed.
Naturally we ended up in a real great
donnybrookiand we really wrecked
the joint, The Fuzz,came and half
the crew from both ships ended up in
the clink. Next day we had to get the
American Consul to get everyone
out. The owner came to the ship with
his lawyer, and gave the Captain a
nice bijl to be paid before we could
sail. The old man paid it and asked:
"Did all hands have a good time?"
Just a few days later the Captain
got word we would get the money to
sail to Port Said immediately.
We sailed with the tide next
morning, and after just one and a
half days at sea the ship caught fire,
and ihe crew could not put it out.
In Chapter 2, I'll tell all about a
real raging fire at sea, and how cfter
three days we, with the help of
several Canadian Corvettes man
aged to put it out, and get back to
Halifax.
/April 1981
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John Francis Kozar, 55, joined the
SIU in 1944 in the port of New York
sailing as an oiler. Brother Kozar also
sailed for Cities Service and as a 3rd
assistant engineer with MEBA Dis
trict 2. He was bom in Bethlehem,
Pa. and is a resident of Jaylor, Pa.
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Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
FEB. 1-28,1981
*TOTAL REGISTERED
•h
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B ClassC
^
Port
.;.
...........
•....
.....
...I;..
Tampa
Mobile
NewOrleans.
Jacksonville . —
0
0
0
3
0
^
....
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston.....
PortArthur
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
2
.1
—. -
San Francisco
;
-
0 .. .
0
0
0
0
2
0
4
6
3
0
5
.2
5
0
0
1
4
3
7
6
0.0
0
0
3
18
Totals
.
0
2
0
Algonac
St. Louis...:
Piney Point
Paducah
0
6
0
32
32
62
Tampa
0'
0
0
•.
•
1
...;
Mobile
NewOrleans
Jacksonville
•
—•.
San Francisco..
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
1
PortArthur.,
..Algonac
St. Louis,....;
PineyPoirit
Paducah.,
Totals
0
,0
0.
•
1
'
0
0
0
0
3
15
' 2
0
0
3
-
32
13
0
0
0
7
0
9
0
4
2
3
1
3
4
0
4-0 ,
-
0
0
0
0
2
0
6
0
11
3
0
14
0
4
0
12
42
6
8
10
14
9
95
53
0.0
0
0
0
0
6
2- "1
2
1
0
212
0
0
0
2
'
0
3
O
O
6
5
1
0
92
0
14
-0
57
124
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0.
0
1
-
1
0
0
0
.7
...:
.r
Norfolk-
Tampa
.-
Mobile
San Francisco...
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
. 0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
'
0
2
-
0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0-
0
.'0--
0
0
0
-. 0
0
1
2
'
1
2
01
'2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
O-O
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1.
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
8
1
0
0
0
14
2
13
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Baltimore
NewOrleans
Jacksonville
0
0
0
0
•
0
1
O
0 .
0
0
0:0
0,
6
0
00
0
.
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0'
1
10.1
•
-1
. .O.1 • •
0
•
0
o
0
0
'
Boston
NewYork
Philadelphia...
.-
*
.«...
.
0
0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0
0
0
0
0
;
-.
Seattle
Puerto.Rico
Houston
PortArthur.,
Algonac
V
St.Louis
.0
0
.'
O
.1
Wilmington
4-
0'
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
Paducah
i
-9
1
Totals All Departments....
55
33
Totals
;......
:
....;
1
8
0
0
0
0
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Port
Norfolk
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
TAiViPA, FLA.
Kamijton & Douglas. P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa. Florida 3.1609
Tele. #(81.1) 879-9482
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning,
Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San frahcisco. California 94104
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boston
NewYork
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
"srv
''REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
hi the event that any SlU nwinhers
have lesjal problems- in the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they ean
eonsult is heittti pithlished. The mem
ber need not choo.se the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for iniorntational purposes:
NKW VOKK. N.V.
Schulman & ,-\barbanei
.^50 Filth Avenue »
New York. N.V. 1000!
I ele. -(212) .."^79-9200
BAI.TI.MORK, .MD.
Kaplan. Heyinan. (ireenberg.
F.ngelman & Beigrad
Sun i.ile Building
• Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore. Maryland 21201
- Tele. «(.101) 5.19-6967
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0
0
1
2
0
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8
15
152
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Philip Weltin. Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
San Francisco. Calif: 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4500
ST. LOLUS, IViO.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis. Missouri 63101
Tele. #(.114) 231-7440
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker. Boudreaux. Lamy.
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans. Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel. .lulber. Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles. California 900.16
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon &. Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile. Alabama 36602
. . T ele. #(205) 43.1-4904
•
DETROIT, MK H.
Victor (i. Hanson
19268 Cirand River A.\enuc
Detroit. Michigan 48822
' Tele. #(313) 532-1220* ' .
GLOlTESTER; MASS.
. Orlando & White
T wo Main Street
Ciloucester. .Massachusetts 019.10
Tele. #(6L7) 283-8 loO '
"SEATTLE, WASH.
Vaqce. Da\ic.s. Roberts.
Reid & .Anderson
TOO West Harrison Pla/a • . ,r
Seattle. Washington 98119
T ele. #(206V 28.5-.1610
( UK AGO. ILL.
,
Kat/ & Eriedman
7 South Dearborn Street Chicagt). Illinois 60603
T ele. ii(.112) 26.1-63.10
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In the event that any SlU nicmher.s
have lcf;al problems in the various
ports, a list oi attorneys whom they ean
consult is .heiii!^ puhlisheif. The mem
ber need not choo.se the recommended
attorneys and this list is intended only
for inionnational purposes:
NKW VOKK, N.V.
Schulman & .Abarbanel
.150 Filth .Avenue •
•
New York. N.V. 10001
Tele. 212) ..''79-9200
The Transportation Institute Towboat
Operator Scholarship Program is being of-,
fered again at the Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg School of Seamanship on June
22 through August 6. It's the best deal in
the country for Boatmen who want to
get ahead:
BALTIMORE, .MD.
Kaplan. Heyman. (ireenberg.
Engelman & Beigrad
.Sun Life Building
• Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore. Maryland 21201
~ Tele. #(.101) 5.19-6967
HOI SIGN, TEX.
Archer & Peterson
Americana Building
'8! I Dallas .Street
Houston. Te.xa.s 77002
• . Tele. #(71.1) 659-4455
DON'T DELAY
See your SlU Representative for more details.
TAMPA, FLA.
Kamijton & Douglas. P.A.
2620 W. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa. Florida 3.1609
Tele. #(81.1) 879-9482
^SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings, Henning,
Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Frahcisco. California 94I04|
Tele. #(415) 981-4400
Towboat Operator Regular Course is scheduled for May 11 through July 2.
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
FEB. 1-28,1981
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
Boston .•
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
•S:^;
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Port Arthur
Algonac
St. Louis ...;
Piney Point
Paducah
Totals
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
•
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
:
Port Arthur.........
Algonac
'.
St. Louis
Piney Point
Paducah..
Totals
•f. '•
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0
0
0
0
0
3
0
5
.2
0
0
1
•I
7
6
0
6
0
32
62
. V
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
3
15
0
6
2
2
32
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
0
1
0
0
> 2
0
0
2
1
1
13
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
2
9
0
0
0
6
0
9
0
4
2
0
4
0
0
12
42
0
6
1
9
95
. 0
0
0
7
0
3
1
3
4
0
14
0
0
6
8
0
5
0
2
53
0
0
0
2
0
- 6
0
11
3
0
4
0
3
10
14
0
14
0
57
124
0
0
0.
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
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0
1
0
1
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0
2
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1
0
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0
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0
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0
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NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker. Boudreau.x. Lamy.
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans. Louisiana 70112
Tele. #(504) 586-9395
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel. .lulber. Reinhardt &
Rothschild
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
l.os Angeles. California 90036
Tele. #(213) 937-6250
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0
0
1
0
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0 •
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1 .
8
Totals All Departments....
55
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0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
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15
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152
0
'•'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually-registered for shipping at the port last month •
••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
Chicken may be an economical
buy in these times of soaring food
costs but the AFL-CIO says Per
due poultry products, are too
costly at any price.
During their recent mid-winter
meeting in Bal Harbour, Fla., the
AFL-CIO Executive Council
urged union members to boycott
the famous fowl until Perdue
"ceases its unfair and illegal anti
union behavior." The Executive,
Council's action was an official
sanction of the boycott against
Perdue launched by the United
Food & Commercial Workers
Union last September.
In their boycott statement the
Executive Council grilled Perdue
for a policy of "ruthless anti
union tactics" which have interferred with "every effort of its
6,000 employees to exercise their
rights to union representation."
The Council further scored
barnyard bigwig Perdue for run
ning "a campaign to destroy
trade unionism in the American
poultry industry."
Perdue's union-busting tactics
included purchasing several unioncontracted processing plants,
closing them for "modernization"
and re-opening the factories non
union. In addition, the chicken
company fired 57 union sup
porters during av UFCW organiz
ing drive at a processing plant in
Accomac, Va., last year.
Those discharges fired the un
fair labor practice strike at the
Accomac plant which is now in its
seventh month. And when those
57 workers were "permanently
replaced" by.the company unf^r
labor practice charges were filed
I. i
e
with the National Labor Rela planning stages. Meanwhile, the
tions Board. Hearings on the .federation has pledged its active
charges will begin next month.
support for the UFCW boycott
A national campaign to alert until Perdue stops feathering his
consumers about the AFL-CIO nest at the expense of union
boycott against Perdue is in the "workers.
1?
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Monthly Membership Meetings
Port
New York ... ..i.
Philadelphia
....
Baltimore
' • •• • •
Norfolk
Jacksonville ti.. • • • •
Algonac
. w ..
Houston ....
....
New Orleans .... • • . .
Mobile
San Francisco .., • • • .
Wilmington
....
Seattle
.• • •
Piney Point ..... ....
San Juan .......
Columbus
..
Chicago
Port Arthur
St. I.ouis ....... • • • •
Cleveland
•• •.
Honolulu
.. ..
Date
Deep Sea
Lakes, inland Waters
2;.1()p.m
:.—
May 4
May 5
.... i
2;.10p.m.
May 6
2:.10p.m.
..,
May 7 ...,,
9;30a.m
May 7
2:00 p.m.
May 8 .....
2:.10p.m. ...
;
May II .....
2:.10p.m. ....".
May 12
2:30 p.m
May 1.1
2:.10p.fn.
2:.10p.m
,
May 14 ......
2:.10p.m. .
Mav 18 ........
2:30p.m.
May 22 .I0:.10a.m. ..........
May 9 ......
..
May 7
2:.10p.m
,..
May 16
May 12
.X^2:.10p.m
May 12 ......
2:.104i.m. ...;
May 15 ......
-•
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May 14 ......
2:.10p.m.
••
May 14 ......
UiW
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:00p.m.
7:00 p.m.
~
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
SupSrchlcken kicked off a boycott of Perdue poultry jn front of a suburban
Maryland grocery store. The United Food and Commercial Workers has
charged Perdue with unfair labor practices In closing plants and
Intimidating workers to fight unionization. From left to right are; Mike Fusco,
UFCW Local 400 business agent (Superchlcken); Dave Laws, secretarytreasurer, Local 400; Local 400 President Tom McNutt and Tom Bradley,
president of Maryland-D.C. AFL-CIO.
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Norberto Pineda
Please contact, your wife, as soon as
possible, urgent!
Leroy Drew
Please contact, your daughter,
Wanda E. Hall, 15300 Waterloo #28,
Houston, Texas 77053. Tel. (713) 4342921. Anyone who would have any
information please call collect.
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van .Antwerp Building
Mobile. .Alabama 36602
. . l ele. #(205) 43.1-4904
•
DETROIT, MIC H.
Victor (i. Hanson
19268 (irand Ri\er A,\cnuc
Detroit. Michigan 48822
. ' lele. #(313) 532-1220' '
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
Boston
New York
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore.....
Norfolk.... 1...
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans ..
Jacksonville ..
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto.Rico :..
Houston
Port Arthur....
Algonac
'.
St. Louis
Piney Point ...
Paducah
Totals
Philip Weltin. Esq.
Weltin & Van Dam
No. 1 Ecker Bid.
.San Francisco. Calif. 94105
Tele.#(415) 777-4.500
ST. LOUIS, Mo.
Gruenberg & Sounders
721 Olive Street
St. Louis. Missouri 63101
Tele. #(314) 231-7440
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
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Yoke's on Frank Perdue, AFL'CIO Calls National Boycott
Legal Aid
THIS INDUSTRY IS GOING PLACES
DON'T MISS THE BOAT
;1
Steven J. Argay
Please contact, your friend, Chris D.
Johnson at Box 791, Southold, N.Y.
11971.
All Seafarers
GLOl C E.STER.- .MA.S.S.
, Orlando
White
Two Main Street
Gloucester. Massachusetts 019.1()|
lele. ff(6L7) 28.1-81U0 •
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vaf]ce. Da\ies. Roberts.
Rcid & .Anderson
100 West Harrison Pla/a •
Seattle. Washington 98119
l ele. #f206V 28-5-3610
( HK AGO. ILL.
Kat/ & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street Chicago. Illinois 60603
. lele. Ji(312) 26.1-63.10
Capi. Julius Moore asks that he he
contacted by any Seafarer who knows
the whereabouts of the 1977 Green
Camaro auto with Virginia License
plates that was owned by the late
Douglas P. Moore. Capt. Moore can he
telephoned collect at (703) 635-2772.
Engineer Scholarship Program
Get in on the Diesel Engineer Scholarship Program,
Apply for the course soon. Take and pass the pre-test at
your local Union Hall and you can be scheduled for the course
beginning June 22.
SHLSS offers four Diesel Scholarship and Diesel Regular
courses a year. The last class is scheduled for October.
Sign Up Today!
Ray Fuller
Please contact, Mrs. P. O'Donnell,
c/o Meehan, 2 Sehago Road, Carmel,
N.V. 10512.
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For more information contact SHLSS or your SIC! Representative.
32 / LOG / April 1981
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:
-The U.S. Coast Guard is still
formulating its report on its findings
on the investigation of the loss of the
SS Poet. The report will be pub
lished this summer.
The Poet, with a crew of 34
including 24 SIU members, left
Philadelphia Oct. 24, 1980 with a
load of 13,000 tons of corn for Port
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Carrl Goff was AB on the Poet
Said, Egypt. She was never heard
from again.
The company. Hawaiian Eugenia,
did not notify the Coast Guard for
10 days that they had not been in
contact with, the ship. The Coast
Guard then delayed for five days
before starting a search.
The belated search, though very
thorough, found absolutely no clues
of the Poet'.s fate. No wreckage of
any kind was spotted.
In the December issue of the Log,
we published the photos of all but
two of the lost Seafarers. Since then,
the wife of one of these members,
Carl Goff, has sent her husband's
photo for publication.
Brother Goff was sailing as AB on
the Poet when she left Philadelphia
on the tragic voyagei He had been a
member of the SIU since 1973, and
was a resident of Warren, R.I. He is
survived by his wife, Hilda, and
three daughters, Cynthia, Barbara
ancT Paula.
Robert Leake
DEEP SEA
Help Your Brother Down the Road to Sobriety
gjeeing a blind nwn walk down a street makes the rest of US thankful
for our sight. Perfect strangers, as well as friends, don't hesitate to offer a guiding
arm to the blind because we all think it must be a terrible thing to be unable to see
where you're going.
An alcoholic can't see where he's going either, only alcoholics
don't have friends. Because a friend wouldn't let another man blindly travel a
course that has to lead fo the destruction of his health, his job and his family.
And that's where an alcoholic is headed.
Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem is just
as easy—and just as important—as steering a blind maR across a street. All
you have to do is take that Seafarer by the arm and guide him to the Union's
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive the care and counseling
he needs. And heU get the support of brother SIU members who are fighting
the same tough battle he is back to a healthy, productive alcohol-free life.
The road back to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic. But because of
ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't have to travel the distance alone.
And by guiding a brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center,
you II be showing him that the first step back to recovery is only an
arm's length away.
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Seafarer Rob
ert Leake, 26,
graduated from
the HLS in 1978.
He upgraded to
AB in 1980.
Brother Leake
sailed on the
LNG Capricorn
(Energy Trans
port) as an OS. And he has the LNG
all ratings, CPR, first aid, lifeboat
and firefighting endorsements.
Leake lives in Hazlet, N.J. and ships
out of the port of New York.
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Seafarer Hugh
O'Boyle, (S.D.I.)
22, graduated
from the HLS in
1979. Brother
O'Boyle got his
oiler ticket in the
port of New
York. He holds
the CPR, fire
fighting and lifeboat documents.
O'Boyle lives in the Sunset District
of the port of San Francisco and
shall ship out of that port.
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Michael Houli
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graduate of the
HLSS. He now
sails as an AB.
Brother Houli
han upgraded to
AB in 1979. He
earned his firefighting, lifeboat and CPR endorse
ments. Houlihan ships out of the
port of Philadelphia.
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Bob Senaz
Seafarer Al
exander Cali
mer, 20, was
graduated 1^ the
HLS in 1978. He
upgraded to
FOWT the same
year in the port
of New York.
Brother Calimer
was born in Baltimore and lives and
ships out of the port of Seattle.
Seafarer Mark
Williams, 23, is
a 1975 graduate
of the HLSS
Trainee Pro
gram. He up
graded to fireman-watertender (FOWT) in
1978. Brother
Williams holds the CPR, lifeboat
and firefighting tickets. Williams
ships out of the port of Baltimore.
Seafarer Bob
Senaz, 23, grad
uated from Pi
ney Point in
1979, Brother
Senaz upgraded
to 3rd cook there
in 1980. He has
the firefighting,
lifeboat and
CPR endorsehients. Senaz lives in
Queens, New York and ships out of
the port of New York.
or call, 24 hours-a-day, (^l) 904-00JO
Seafarer Rob
ert Pagan Jr., is
a 1977 graduate
of Piney Point.
Brother Pagan
upgraded to AB
last year. He has
the CPR, life
boat and fire
fighting tickets.
Pagan lives one block from the SIU
Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y.
and ships out of the port of New
York.
Ogden ChaEBengef Committee
Recertified Bosun Richard "Blacky" Thoe (seated) ship's chairman of.the ST
Odgen Challenger (Ogden Marine) gives us the wink at a payoff recently,at the
Exxon Dock, Bayway, N.J. With him are part of the Ship's Committee and a
crewmember of (1. to r.) Chief Steward Tony De Boissiere^ secretary-reporter;
Ramon Ilia of the deck department and Chief Cook William Karpiak, steward
delegate.
Responsibility. Respect.
And more money, too.
THEY'RE THE THINGS YOU EARN
WHEN YOU'RE THE CHIEF PUMPMAN.
Seafarer Tim
othy L. Smith,
26, graduated
from
Piney
Point in 1978.
Brother Smith
upgraded to AB
in 1979. He has
the CPR, fire
fighting and life
boat tickets. Smith was born in
Portland, Ore. And he ships out of
the port of Seattle.
You're an SIU Seafarerthe most professional maritime
worker in the world.
Sign up for the Pumproom
Maintenance and Operations
Course at SHLSS.
Pamela Monaco
Seafarer Pam
ela Monaco, 23,
graduated from
the Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship
(HLSS) Entry
Trainee Pro
gram, Piney
Point, Md. in
1978. Sister Monaco upgraded to
ABin 1980. She earned the firefight
ing, lifeboat and cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) endorsements.
Born in San Francisco, Monaco
ships out of that port city.
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Seafarer Paul
Russell, 25, join
ed the SIU in
1977 sailing in
Eric A. Wallace
the inland field.
Brother Russell
Seafarer Eric
got
his deep-sea
A. Wallace, 24,
training at the
is a 1977 HLSS
Point in 1978,
grad. Brother
I and upgraded to
Wallace upgrad
FOWT
the
same
year.
The next year
ed to FOWT in
the port of New. he upgraded to welder and QMED.
Yorkinl978. He He holds the LNG, lifeboat, fire
fighting, CPR and diesel technician
also carries the
endorsements.
And he lives in
deck engineer
endorsement. And he holds the Chesapeake, Va. and ships out of all
CPR, lifeboat and firefighting ports.
tickets. Wallace resides and ships
Timothy L. Smith
out of the port of Mobile.
Hugh O'Boyle
I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling
records will be kept strictly confidenHal, and that they will not be kept
anywhere except at The Center.
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Robert Pagan Jr.
Oiler Larry Mays fights off steam in the engine room of the tanker Overseas
Valdez as he starts up cargo pumps. The ship was in the port of New York recently
lightering at Stapleton Anchorage off Staten Island. N.Y. Larry's got plenty of
seatime under his belt having been a member of the SIU since 1952 and in the
Navy for seven years before that. A native of Hamilton. Ala.. Larry now makes his
home in Houston. Tex.
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Pensioner Asher Lee Godfrey,
82, succumbed to
heart failure in the
Lawndale Hospi^ tal, Philadelphia
on Jan. 14. Broth
er Godfrey joined
the Union in the
port of Philadelphia in 1960 sailing as a
FOWT for the Red Star Line from 1931
to 1940 and for Curtis Bay Towing.
Boatman Godfrey was born in Frankford, Del. and was a resident of
Philadelphia. Interment was in Carey
Cemetery, Frankford. Surviving are his
widow, Blanche and a daughter, Mrs.
Harriet Freer, also of Philadelphia.
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Johnny Robert
Hagen, 28, died in
Tampa on Dec. 2,
1980. Brother Ha
gen joined the SI U
in the port of New
Orleans in 1968
sailing as an AB
and cook. He was
a 1968 Piney Point graduate. Seafarer
Hagen was born in Tampa and was a
resident there. Cremation took place in
the Tri-County Crematory, Tampa. His
ashes were scattered at sea. Surviving
are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
and Jackie Hagen of Tampa and a
brother, William, also of Tampa.
Joseph Haton
Hanks Sr., 53,
died from an ab
scess in St. Mary's
Hospital, Port
Arthur on Jan. 19.
Brother Hanks
joined the Union
in Port Arthur in
1962 sailing as a deckhand, tankerman
and assistant engineer for Sabine
Towing from 1955 to 1980. Boatman
Hanks was born in Crowley, La. and
was a resident of Orange, Tex. Inter
ment was in Hillcrest Cemetery, Orange
County, Tex. Surviving are his widow,
Ruth; five sons, Joseph Jr., Arthur,
Keith, Robert and Richard and three
daughters, Linda, Dianne and Jessica.
Karl Howard Peters, 25, died of
injuries in the Bayside Hospital,
Virginia Beach, Va. on June 15. Brother
Peters joined the SIU in 1979. He was
born in Texas and was a resident of
Virginia Beach. Burial was in Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md. Sur
viving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William J. and Barbara Peters of
Virginia Beach.
Capt. Joseph Marino, 50, died of
heart failure in the Northeast Medical
Center, Boston on July 20. Brother
Marino joined the former Atlantic
Fishermen's Union in the port of
Gloucester, Mass. in 1964. He was born
in Boston and was a resident of
Gloucester. Burial was in Calvary
Cemetery, Gloucester. Surviving are his
widow, Serafina; a son, Joseph Jr., a
daughter, Michelle and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tony and Jennie Marino.
Sanunie Aulds,
58, died of heart
failure at home in
Dayton, Tex. on
Jan. 1. Brother
Aulds joined the
Union in the port
of Houston in
1975 sailing as a
cook for lOT. He was a veteran of the
U.S. Navy in World War II. Boatman
Aulds was born in Wilson, Okla. Burial
was in Palms Park Cemetery, Dayton.
Surviving are his widow, Lillie; two
sons, Sammie Jr. and Reuben of Harris
Creek, Tex. and two daughters, Vinla
Regina and Laverne Steele.
Pensioner
George Leon Ben
der, 77, passed
away from a heart
attack in the Overlook Hospital,
Summit, N.J. on
Nov. 6, 1980.
Brother Bender
joined the Union in the port of New
York in 1963 sailing as a deckhand for
the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Hoboken, N.J. from 1922 to 1969. He was
bom in Reading, Pa. and was a resident
of New Providence, N.J. Surviving are
his widow Gertrude and a son, George.
Pensioner Beirly Ashby Bodden,
81, passed away
from arterioscler
osis, in St. Joseph
Hospital, Tampa;
on Nov. 19, 1980.
Brothef Bodden
joined the Union
in the port of Tampa in 1956 sailing as
an AB for 19 years. He was bom in
Grand Cayman Is., B.W.I, and was a
resident of Tampa. Burial was in Sunset
Memorial Cemetery, Hillsboro County,
Fla. Surviving are his widow, Edna; a
son, four daughters, 18 grandchildren
and 16 great-grandchildren.
Pensioner Wil
liam George Cart
er, 85 succumbed
to a heart attack
in West Jersey
Hospital, Cam
den, N.J. on Aug.
23, 1980. Brother
Carter joined the
Union in the port of Philadelphia in
1961 sailing as a cook for Taylor and
Anderson Towing. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Marine Corps in World War 1.
Boatman Carter was born in Virginia
and was a resident of Haddon Heights,
N.J. Interment was in Lakeview Ceme
tery, Cinniminnison, N.J. Surviving are
his widow. Hazel and two daughters,
June and Kathryn.
Pensioner Manley Joseph Costa,
80, passed away
from cancer in the
Norfolk USPHS
Hospital on Jan.
4. Brother Costa
joined the Union
in the port of Nor
folk in 1961 sailing as a deckhand for
McAllister Brothers. He was born in
Spain and was a naturalized U.S.
citizen. Burial was in Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Norfolk. Surviving are his
widow, Mary; a daughter, Mrs. Mary L.
Childress and a grandson. Joe Casais
Jr., both of Norfolk.
Pensioner Agnar Martin Andersen, 86, passed
away from a heart
attack in the Lund
(Sweden) Hospi
tal on Oct. 14,
1980. Brother An
dersen joined the
SIU in 1941 in the port of New York
sailing as an AB. He sailed 37 years.
Seafarer Andersen was bom in Finnsnes, Norway, was a naturalized U.S.
citizen and was a resident of Malmo,
Sweden. Burial was in St. Pauli Ceme
tery, Malmo. Surviving are his widow,
Fernande and a brother, Gerald of
Heggen Finnsnes, Norway.
Pensioner Peter
Pedersen, 90,
passed away from
heart failure in the
Chateau Conval
escent Center,
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
on Dec. 19, 1980.
Brother Pedersen
joined the Union in the port of
Philadelphia in 1961 sailing as a
deckhand for Sheridan Transportation
and Taylor and Anderson. He sailed 28
years. Boatman Pedersen was bom in
Norway and was a naturalized U.S.
citizen. He was a resident of Darby, Pa.
Interment was in Glenwood Cemetery,
Proomall, Pa.
Pensioner Ru
dolph "CllfTord"
Evans, 69, died of
a heart attack at
home in the.
Bronx, N.Y. on
Aug. 31, 1980.
Brother Evans
joined the SIU in
the port of New York in 1955sailing as a
3rd cook. He sailed for 24 years.
Seafarer Evans was' born in New
Providence, the Bahamas and was a
naturalized U.S. citizen. Interment was
in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hastings-onthe-Hudson, N.Y. Surviving are his
widow, Margaret and a son, Alonzo of
Nassau, the Bahamas.
Pensioner Jim
Harper Morgan,
69, succumbed to
cancer in the Wil
son (N.C.) Memo
rial Hospital on
Jan. 4. Brother
Morgan joined the
Union in the port
of Norfolk in 1961 sailing as a mate for
McAllister Brothers from 1951 to 1974.
He was a former member of the U M WA
in 1953. Boatman Morgan was bom in
Greene County, N.C. and was a resident
of Norfolk. Burial was in Evergreen •
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Wilson.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Bessie
M. Wood of Lucama, N.C. and Mrs.
Mattie De Busk of Norfolk.
Pensioner
Thomas
Rex
Golden, 72, died
of heart failure in
St. Mary's Hospi
tal, Port Arthur
on Nov. 9, 1980.
Brother Golden
I joined the Union
in Port Arthur in 1955 sailing as a cook
for Sabine Towing from 1942 to 1945
and from 1955 to 1972. He was born in
Hillsboro, Tex. and was a resident of
Groves, Tex. Burial was in Oakknoll
Cemetery, Belleville, Tex. Surviving is
his widow, Margaret.
Pensioner Alphonso Campbell,
78, passed away
from natural
causes in St. Vin
cent's Medical
Center, Rich
mond, S.I., N.Y.
on Dec. 3, 1980.
Brother Campbell joined the former
MC & S in 1945 in the port of New
York. He was born in Atlanta, Ga. and
was a resident of Staten Is., N.Y. Burial
was in Douglass Cemetery, Staten Is.
Surviving is his widow, Willie Mae.
Timmy Ray
Ramsey, 20, was
dead on arrival at
the Memphis
(Tenn.) Hospital
from multiple in
juries sustained in
a car crash on
Nov. 5, 1980.
Brother Ramsey joined the Union in the
port of Paducah, Ky. in 1978 sailing as a
deckhand and mate for Orgulf Trans
portation from 1978 to 1980. He was
born in Union City, Tenn. and was a
resident of Memphis. Burial was in
Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis. Sur
viving are his widow, Sharon and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles and
Betty R. Ramsey of Memphis.
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Pensioner Emil
Gottfried Pear
son, 88, passed
away on Oct. 31,
1980. Brother.
Pearson joined the
Union in the port
of New Orleans in
1957 sailing as a
chief engineer for Coyle Lines. He sailed
for 20 years. Boatman Pearson was born
in Sankt Olaf, Sweden. Interment was in
Sweden. Surviving is a cousin, Erik Linholm of Kristianstad, Sweden.
Pensioner
Theodore Joseph
Fortin, 82, passed
away from heart
failure in the New
Orleans USPHS
Hospital on Dec.
3, 1980. Brother
Fortin joined the
SI U in 1944 in the port of Boston sailing
as a chief steward. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Navy in World War I. Seafarer #
Fortin was born in Massachusetts and
was a resident of Harahan, La. Burial
was in the Garden of Memories Ceme
tery, Metairie, La. Surviving is his
widow, Christine.
Pensioner Con
rad Weeks, 93,
passed away
from natural
causes in North
Central Hospital,
Bronx, N.Y. on
Dec. 27, 1980.
Brother Weeks
joined the MC & S in 1943 on the West
Coast sailing as a chief cook. He sailed
40 years. Weeks was born in Barbados,
B.W.I, and was a resident of the Bronx,
N.Y. Interment was in Woodlawn
Cemetery, the Bronx. Surviving are a
sister, Geraldineof New York City and a
niece, Beatrice Lewis of the Bronx.
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Pensioner Asher Lee Godfrey,
82, succumbed to
heart failure in the
Lawndale Hospital, Philadelphia
on Jan. 14. Broth
er Godfrey joined
the Union in the
port of Philadelphia in 1960 sailing as a
FOWTfor the Red Star Line from 1931
to 1940 and for Curtis Bay Towing.
Boatman Godfrey was bom in Frankford, Del. and was a resident of
Philadelphia. Interment was in Carey
Cemetery, Frankford. Surviving are his
widow, Blanche and a daughter, Mrs.
Harriet Freer, also of Philadelphia.
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died from an ab
scess in St. Mary's
Hospital, Port
Arthur on Jan. 19.
Brother Hanks
joined the Union
in Port Arthur in
1962 sailing as a deckhand, tankerman
and assistant engineer for Sabine
Towing from 1955 to 1980. Boatman
Hanks was born in Crowley, La. and
was a resident of Orange, Tex. Inter
ment was in Hillcrest Cemetery, Orange
County, Tex. Surviving are his widow,
Ruth; five sons, Joseph Jr., Arthur,
Keith, Robert and Richard and three
daughters, Linda, Dianne and Jessica.
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Hagen, 28, died in
Tampa on Dec. 2,
1980. Brother Ha
gen joined the SI U
in the port of New
Orleans in 1968
sailing as an AB
and coqic. He was
a 1968 Piney Point graduate. Seafarer
Hagen was born in Tampa and was a
resident there. Cremation took place in
the Tri-County Crematory, Tampa. His
ashes were scattered at sea. Surviving
are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
and Jackie Hagen of Tampa and a
brother, William, also of Tampa.
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Sammie Aulds,
58, died of heart
failure at home in
Dayton, Tex. on
Jan. 1. Brother
Aulds joined the
Union in the port
of Houston in
1975 sailing as a
cook for lOT. He was a veteran of the
U.S. Navy in World War II. Boatman
Aulds was born in Wilson, Okla. Burial
was in Palms Park Cemetery, Dayton.
Surviving are his widow, Lillie; two
sons, Sammie Jr. and Reuben of Harris
Creek, Tex. and two daughters, Vinla
Regina and Laverne Steele.
Pensioner
George Leon Ben
der, 77, passed
away from a heart
attack in the Overlook Hospital,
Summit, N.J. on
Nov. 6, 1980.
Brother Bender
joined the Union in the port of New
York in 1963 sailing as a deckhand for
the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Hoboken, N.J. from 1922 to 1969. He was
bom in Reading, Pa. and was a resident
of New Providence, N.J. Surviving are
his widow Gertrude and a son, George.
Pensioner Beirly Ashhy Bodden,
81, passed away
from arterioscler
osis in St. Joseph
Hospital, Tampa;
on Nov. 19, 1980.
I Brother Bodden
' joined the Union
in the port of Tampa in 1956 sailing as
an AB for 19 years. He was bom in
Grand Cayman Is., B.W.I, and was a
resident of Tampa. Burial was in Sunset
Memorial Cemetery, Hillsboro County,
Fla. Surviving are his widow, Edna; a
son, four daughters, 18 grandchildren
and 16 great-grandchildren.
Pensioner Wil
liam George Cart
er, 85 succumbed
to a heart attack
in West Jersey
Hospital, Cam
den, N.J. on Aug.
23, 1980. Brother
Carter joined the
Union in the port of Philadelphia in
1961 sailing as a cook for Tj^'lor and
Anderson Towing. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Marine Corps in World War I.
Boatman Carter was bom in Virginia
Karl Howard Peters, 25, died of ' and was a resident of Haddon Heights,
injuries in the Bayside Hospital,
N.J. Interment was in Lakeview Ceme
Virginia Beach, Va. on June 15. Brother
tery, Cinniminnison, N.J. Surviving are
Peters joined the SIU in 1979. He was
his widow. Hazel and two daughters,
born in Texas and was a resident of
June and Kathryn.
Virginia Beach. Burial was in Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md. Sur
Pensioner Manviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
ley
Joseph Costa,
William J. and Barbara Peters of
80,
passed away
Virginia Beach.
from cancer in the
Norfolk USPHS
Capt. Joseph Marino, 50, died of
Hospital on Jan.
heart failure in the Northeast Medical
4. Brother Costa
Center, Boston on July 20. Brother
joined the Union
Marino joined the former Atlantic
in the port of Nor
Fishermen's Union in the port of
folk in 1961 sailing as a deckhand for
Gloucester, Mass. in 1964. He was born
McAllister Brothers. He was bom in
in Boston and was a resident of
Spain and was a naturalized U.S.
Gloucester. Burial was in Calvary
citizen. Burial was in Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Gloucester. Surviving are his
Cemetery, Norfolk. Surviving are his
widow, Serafina; a son, Joseph Jr., a
widow, Mary; a daughter, Mrs. Mary L.
daughter, Michelle and his parents, Mr.
Childress and a grandson, Joe Casais
and Mrs. Tony and Jennie Marino.
Jr., both of Norfolk.
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Pensioner Agnar Martin An
dersen, 86, passed
away from a heart
attack in the Lund
(Sweden) Hospi
tal on Oct. 14,
1980. Brother An
dersen joined the
SIU in 1941 in the port of New York
sailing as an AB. He sailed 37 years.
Seafarer Andersen was bom in Finnsnes, Norway, was a naturalized U.S.
citizen and was a resident of Malmo,
Sweden. Burial was in St. Pauli Ceme
tery, Malmo. Surviving are his widow,
Fernande and a brother, Gerald of
Heggen Finnsnes, Norway.
Pensioner
Ru
Pensioner Peter
Pedersen, 90,
passed away from
heart failure in the
Chateau Conval
escent Center,
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
on Dec. 19, 1980.
Brother Pedersen
joined the Union in the port of
Philadelphia in 1961 sailing as a
deckhand for Sheridan Transportation
and Taylor and Anderson. He sailed 28
years. Boatman Pedersen was bom in
Norway and was a naturalized U.S.
citizen. He was a resident of Darby, Pa.
Interment was in Glenwood Cemetery,
Proomall, Pa._
Evans, 69, died of
a heart attack at
home in the.
Bronx, N.Y. on
Aug. 31, 1980.
Brother Evans
joined the SIU in
the port of New York in 1955 sailing as a
3rd cook. He sailed for 24 years.
Seafarer Evans was' born in New
Providence, the Bahamas and was a
naturalized U.S. citizen. Interment was
in Mt. Hope Cemietery, Hastings-onthe-Hudson, N.Y. Surviving are his
widow, Margaret and a son, Alonzo of
Nassau, the Bahamas.
Pensioner Jim
Harper Morgan,
69, succumbed to
cancer in the Wil
son (N.C.) Memo
rial Hospital on
Jan. 4. Brother
Morgan joined the
Union in the port
of Norfolk in 1961 sailing as a mate for
McAllister Brothers from 1951 to 1974.
He was a former member of the U M W A
in 1953. Boatman Morgan was bora in
Greene County, N.C. and was a resident
of Norfolk. Burial was in Evergreen
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Wilson.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Bessie
M. Wood of Lucama, N.C. and Mrs.
Mattie De Busk of Norfolk.
Pensioner
Thomas
Rex
Golden, 72, died
of heart failure in
St. Mary's Hospi
tal, Port Arthur
on Nov. 9, 1980.
Brother Golden
I joined the Union
in Port Arthur in 1955 sailing as a cook
for Sabine Towing from 1942 to 1945
and from 1955 to 1972 He was born in
Hillsboro, Tex. and was a resident of
Groves, Tex. Burial was in Oakknoll
Cemetery, Belleville, Tex. Surviving is
his widow, Margaret.
Pensioner Emil
Gottfried Pear
son, 88, passed
away on Oct. 31,
1980. Brother.
Pearson joined the
Union in the port
of New Orleans in
1957 sailing as a
chief engineer for Coyle Lines. He sailed
for 20 years. Boatman Pearson was born
in Sankt Olaf, Sweden. Interment was in
Sweden. Surviving is a cousin, Erik Linholm of Kristianstad, Sweden.
dolph "Cilfrord"
Pensioner AIphonso Campbell,
78, passed away
from natural
causes in St. Vin
cent's Medical
Center, Rich
mond, S.I., N.Y.
on Dec. 3, 1980.
Brother Campbell joined the former
MC & S in 1945 in the port of New
York. He was born in Atlanta, Ga. and
was a resident of Staten Is., N.Y. Burial
was in Douglass Cemetery, Staten Is.
Surviving is his widow, Willie Mae.
Timmy Ray
Ramsey, 20, was
dead on arrival at
the Memphis
(Tenn.) Hospital
from multiple in
juries sustained in
a car crash on
Nov. 5, 1980.
Brother Ramsey joined the Union in the
port of Paducah, Ky. in 1978 sailing as a
deckhand and mate for Orgulf Trans
portation from 1978 to 1980. He was
born in Union City, Tenn. and was a
resident of Memphis. Burial was in
Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis. Sur
viving are his widow, Sharon and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles and
Betty R. Ramsey of Memphis.
Pensioner
Theodore Joseph
Fortin, 82 passed
away from heart
failure in the New
Orleans USPHS
Hospital on Dec.
3, 1980. Brother
Fortin joined the
SIU in 1944 in the port of Boston sailing
as a chief steward. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Navy in World War I. Seafarer
Fortin was bora in Massachusetts and
was a resident of Harahan, La. Burial
was in the Garden of Memories Ceme
tery, Metairie, La. Surviving is his
widow, Christine.
Pensioner Con
rad Weeks, 93,
passed away
from natural
causes in North
Central Hospital,
Bronx, N.Y. on
Dec. 27, 1980.
Brother Weeks
joined the MC & S in 1943 on the West
Coast sailing as a chief cook. He sailed
40 years. Weeks was born in Barbados,
B.W.I, and was a resident of the Bronx,
N.Y. Interment was in Woodlawn
Cemetery, the Bronx. Surviving are a
sister, Geraldine of New York City and a
niece, Beatrice Lewis of the Bronx.
Russell Paul
Schaefer Sr., 55,
died of burns in
the University of
Southern Ala
bama Medical
Center, Mobile on
,
J^n. 5. Brother
Schaefer joined
the Union in the port of Mobile in 1958
sailing as an AB for GATCO in 1973,
Mobile Towing from 1957 to 1981 and
Crescent Towing in 1979. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War
11. Boatman Schaefer was born in
Pierpoint, Ohio and was a resident of
Theodore, Ala. Interment was in
Serenity Cemetery, Theodore. Surviv
ing are four sons, Russell Jr. of Canton,
Ohio, Joseph, Lawrence and William
and two daughters, Wendy of Albu
querque, N.M. and Noel.
Pensioner Rob
ert - Clarence
Smith, 57, died of
a heart attack in
the Jo Ellen Smith
Hospital, New
Orleans on Nov.
13, 1980. Brother
Smith joined the
Union in the port of New Orleans in
1955 sailing as an oiler and engineer for
Crescent Towing and lOT from 1954 to
1972. He was a former member of
MEBA. Boatman Smith was a veteran
of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Born
in Chunky, Miss., he was a resident of
New Orleans. Burial was in Fellowship
Baptist Church Cemetery,* Meridian,
Miss. Surviving are his widow, Audrey;
a son, Wesley and two daughters,
Darlene and Janice.
Tony Miguel
Valdez,42,died in
Louisville (Ky.)
University Hospi
tal of multiple in
juries after being
struck by a car on
Dec. 9, 1980.
Brother Valdez
joined the Union in the port of Paducah
in 1977 sailing as a lead deckhand for
Southern Ohio Towing. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy during the
Vietnam War. Boatman Valdez was
born in Eagle Pass, Tex. and was a
resident of Louisville. Cremation took
place in Pooks Crematory, Marshall
County, Ky. Surviving is his widow,
Juanita.
Pensioner
Francis Detroyet
Finch, 71, suc
cumbed to cancer
in the Mobile In
firmary on Aug.
13, 1980. Brother
Finch joined the
SIU in 1946 in the
port of Mobile sailing as a bosun. He
was born in Mississippi and was a
resident of 8 Mile, Ala. Interment was in
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Sarald, Ala.
Surviving are his widow, Roselle and his
mother, Blanche of Mobile.
Ckpt. Nicholas J. Novello, 62, died of
heart failure in Gloucester, Mass. on
Aug. 25. Brother Novello joined the
former Atlantic Fishermen's Union in
the port of Gloucester in 1964. He was a
resident of Gloucester. Interment was in
Calvary Cemetery, Gloucester. Surviv
ing is his widow, Rosalie.
Pensioner
Charles Edward
Mendoein Llppold, 61, died of a
heart attack in the
San Francisco
USPHS Hospital
on Dec. 22, 1980.
Brother Lippold
joined the MC & S in the port of San
Francisco sailing as a chief cook for the
Matson Line. He first sailed on the West
Coast in 1942. Lippold was a Portland,
Ore. fireman from 1944 to 1955. Bora in
Iowa, he was a resident of Port Arena,
Calif. Cremation took place in the
Olivet Crematory, Colma, Calif. His
ashes were scattered at sea. Surviving is
a son, Roland of Redmond,. Ore.
Pensioner
Stephen Vlddertosky, 79, passed
away from pneu
monia in the Good
Samaritan Hospi
tal, West Islip,
L.I., N.Y. on Aug.
17, 1980. Brother
Viddertosky joined the Union in the
port of New York in I960 sailing as a
deckhand for the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad from
1922 to 1965. He was a former member
of the MM & P from 1934 to 1960.
Boatman Viddertosky was born in New
York City and was a resident of the
Bronx, N.Y. Interment was in St.
Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx. Surviv
ing is a son, Thomas of the Bronx.
Pensioner Eladlo Juan Grajales,
66, was dead oh
arrival of heart
disease at the West
Jefferson Hospi
tal, Marrero, La.
on Nov. 6, 1980.
Brother Grajales
joined the SIU in 1944 in the port of
Boston sailing as a chief steward and
ship's delegate. Seafarer Grajales hit the
bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor
beef and the 1962 Robin Line strike. He
was born in Ponce, P.R. and was a
resident of Gretna, La. Interment was in
St. Patrick's No. I Cemetery, New
Orleans. Surviving are his widow,
Amela; a son, Joseph of New York City
and a daughter, Mrs. America Gacharna of Metairie, La.
Pensioner Otha
Bryars, 60, died of
heart disease in the
Bay Minette(Ala.)
Infirmary on Oct.
31, 1980. Brother
Bryars joined the
SIU in 1942 in the
port of Mobile
sailing as a FOWT. He was born in
Perdido, Ala. and was a residenfthere.
Interment was in the Guys Chapel
Methodist Cemetery, Rabun, Ala.
Surviving are his widow, Myrtice and
six sons, Charles, Wayne, Kenneth of
Montgomery, Ala., Michael, Franklin
and Chester.
Pensioner Sam Larsen, 78, passed
away from kidney failure in the Calumet
(Mich.) Public Hospital on July 18.
Brother Larsen joined the Union in the
port of Frankfort, Mich, in 1966. He
was born in Norway and was a resident
of Calumet. Burial was in Lakeview
Cemetery, Calumet. Surviving are his
widow, Laura and a son, Arthur, of
Tacoma, Wash.
Hilton Sey
mour MIdgett, 62,
died of cancer in
the
Norfolk
USPHS Hospital
on Dec. 22, 1980.
Brother Midgett
joined the Union
in the port of Nor
folk in 1966 sailing as a deckhand and
launchman for the Virginia Pilots Assn.
from 1961 to 1974. Boatman Midgett
was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard.
He was born in North Carolina and was
a resident of Norfolk. Burial was in the
Miller Family Cemetery, Buxton,
N.C. Surviving are his mother, Emma, a
son, Dewayne and a brother, Jafris.
Pensioner
Emery John Ahshlre, 66, died of a
hemorrhage in St.
Mary's Hospital,
Port Arthur, Tex.
on Dec. 9, 1980.
Brother Abshire
joined the Union
in Port Arthur in 1963 sailing as a
captain on the Tug Hercules (Sabine
Towing). He sailed for Sabine from
1941 to 1977. In 1938, he was*an AB for
Harms Marine Service. Boatman Ab
shire was a former member of the N M U.
A native of Gaydon, La., he was a
resident of Port Arthur. Burial was in
Greenlawn Cemetery, Port Arthur.
Surviving is his widow, Sylvia.
Pensioner Joe
Benjamin Brown,
71, passed away
from natural
causes in the
Jewish Hospital
and Medical Cen
ter, Brooklyn, N. Y
on Dec. 31, 1980.
Brother Brown joined the SIU in-I946in
the port of New York sailing as a chief
cook. He sailed 38 years. And walked
the picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor
strike. Born in Birmingham, Ala., he
was a resident of Brooklyn. Interment
was in Rosehill Cemetery, Linden, N.J.
Surviving are his widow, Lillian; a son,
John and five daughters, Joanne,
Cheryl, Sheila, Mary and Drucilla.
Pensioner Nathaniel Valentine Sha
ron, 67, succumbed to cancer in the
Baton Rouge (La.) General Hospital on
July 18. Brother Sharon joined the
Union in the port of Houston in 1960
sailing as a shore tankerman for
National Marine Service from 1948 to
1976. He was born in Plaquemine, La.
and was a resident of Baton Rouge.
Boatman Sharon was a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. Burial was
in Resthaven Cemetery, Baton Rouge.
Surviving are his widow, Edna and two
daughters, Marylan and Cheryl.
Pensioner Patrick Joseph Durkln,74,
succumbed to pneumonia in the New
Orleans USPHS Hospital on Oct. 21.
Brother Durkin joined the SIU in the
port of New York in 1951 sailing in the
steward department. He hit the bricks in
the 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor beef.
Seafarer Durkin was born in Carracastle, Ireland and was a resident of New
Orleans. Durkin was a naturalized U.S.
citizen. Interment was in the Gate of
Heaven Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, N.Y.
Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Kathleen
Flatley of the Bronx, N.Y.
36 / LOG / April 1981
Albert Andrew
Bluitt, 28, died in
Buffalo, N.Y. on
July 27, 1980.
Brother Bluitt
joined the Union
in the port of
Algonac, Mich, in
1979. He sailed as
a deckhand. Laker Bluitt began sailing
in 1970 for Sea-Land and sailed on the
Lakes since 1974. He sailed on the Ml V
Nicoiet (Gartland Steamship) SS Con
sumers Powers and SS Detroit Edison
(American Steamship) and on the barge
Buckeye (Lake Transport). Bluitt was
born in New York City and was a
resident of Centerport and Montauk,
L.L, N.Y. Cremation took place in the
Buffalo Crematory. Among those
surviving are his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas P. and Agnes Bluitt of Brook
lyn, N.Y.; a brother, Kenneth of
Montauk, L.L, N.Y.; his uncle, SIU
Algonac Port Agent Jack Bluitt and his
cousin, Tom Bluitt.
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Pensioner, George
J. O'Rourke, 81,
passed away from
injuries in Orange
(N.J.) Memorial
Hospital after
being hit by a
car on Feb. 9.
Brother O'Rourke
joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of
New York sailing as a bosun. He sailed
for 31 years. Seafarer O'Rourke was
born in Ireland and was a resident of
West Orange, N.J. Burial was in Gate of
Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J.
Surviving is his son, George of West
Orange.
Pensioner Jerry
Felix Pontlir, 71,
died of heart fail
ure on Feb. 4.
Brother Pontiff
joined the SIU in
1944 in the port of
New Orleans sail
ing as a chief stew
ard. He was born in Thibodeaux, La.
and was a resident of Marrero, La.
Interment was in Westlawp Park
Cemetery, Gretna, La. Surviving are his
widow, Effie and a sister, Mrs. Adolph
Shapiro oFNew Orleans.
George Altamlrano Saddy, 59,
succumbed to
heart failure in the
Chalmette (La.)
General Hospital
on Dec. 12, 1980.
Brother Saddy
joined the SIU in
the port of New Orleans in 1968 sailing
as an AB for Delta Line. Seafarer Saddy
was born in Nicaragua, Central Ameri
ca and was a resident of St. Bernard, La.
He was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Burial
was in Lakelawn Cemetery, New Or
leans. Surviving are his widow, Rosa,
two sons George Jr. and Humbertoand
a sister, Layla of Bluefield, Nicaragua.
April 1981 / LOG / 37
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deck of the Transco/orado.
The bulk carrier Transcolorado (Hudson Waterways) dockside atthe Military Ocean
Terminal in Bayonne, N.J.
OMU Alan Black takes five aboard the
Transcolorado.
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The SS Transcolorado
(Hudson Waterways) p^'id an
infrequent visit to the New
York area iast month.
Miiita^ry Ocean Terminai in
Bayonne,NewJersey(MOTBY)
was the freighter's caiiing
point.
The Transcolorado is char
tered to the Miiitary Seaiift
Command (MSG). Her heayyiift deck booms make her weii
suited for carrying miiitary
type cargo to ports aii over the
worid.' The vessei was just
returning from the Far East via
the U.S. West Coast and the
Panama Canai. Her next trip is
expected to bring her to portsof-caii in Europe and the
Mediterranean.
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Transcolorado.
Wiper Jamea Murray (front) and Electrician John Persfey want
to make sure that the Transcolorsido's apples and oranges
aren't lemons.
Loading stores tietore the Transcolorado started on her Far
East run is Messman Tony Montalban.
The Transcolorado loading military
equipment at the Military Ocean Termi
nal in Bayonne. The vessel operates
under charter to the Military Seaiift
Command.
There was plenty to do aboard the Transcolorado t>efore the
ship bid farewell to Bayonne—just ask Pantryman Adolphe
Lamonthe!
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Terminal in Bayonne, N.J.
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(Hudson Waterways) paid an
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Miiita^ry Ocean Terminai in
Bayonne,NewJersey(MOTBY)
was the freighter's caiiing
point.
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Command (MSG). Her heayyiift deck booms make her weii
suited for carrying miiitary
type cargo to ports aii over the
worid.- The vessei was just
returning from the Far East via
the U.S. West Coast and the
Panama Canai. Her next trip is
dxpected to bring hertoportsof-caii in Europe and the
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to make sure that the Transcoiorado's apples and oranges
aren't lemons.
Chicago
The port of Chicago now has a field representative who'll be helping
SIU members and their families with a wide range of problems and will
also be maintaining contact with state and local elected representatives.
He's Joe Fedora and we welcome him aboard.
St. Lawrence Seaway
The 1981 navigation season officially began with the opening of the
St. Lawrence Seaway on March 25. This was the second earliest opening
in the Seaway's 22 year history, coming one day later than 1980's opening
date.
•
Seaway authorities said the waterway opened earlier than originally
predicted because mild weather has caused rapid melting of ice. A second
reason was said to be that maintenance work at two U.S. locks near
Massena, N,Y. was completed earlier than expected. Shipping on the
Seaway will be restricted to daylight hours until all navigational aids are
in place, probably in about a week.
The long-awaitrd demise of the C&O railroad carferries has taken yet
another twist. The railroad has already abandoned the Milwaukee run
and they're expected to abandon the Manitowc run by June 20. That will
leave the C«feO carferries with dne run, out of Kewaunee, Wise., which
Vilnter Navigation
will be abandoned sometime in 1983.
The controversy oh a year-rOund shipping season for the Great Lakes
The abandonment of carferry services by the C&O could mean more —which has involved everybody from Congress and N.Y. Governor
jobs for Seafarers. The SlU-contracted Ann Arbor carferries, which run Carey to ex-Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman—among others, appears to
out of Frankfort, are expected to pick up the cargo slack when the C&O have died a quiet death.
carferries stop running. The SlU-crewed carferries, will not, however,
The Army Corps of Engineers sent a report to Congress "without
continue the passenger end of the C&O's business.
recommendation" meaning the Corps refused to endorse a year-round
That's where the new twist comes in. A lot of small businesses in Lud- shipping season.
dington, Mich., depend on the trade of Jjiqse passengers. Since definite
There's general agreement that, in the words of an editorial which ran
plans for the abandonment of the C&O carferries were announced, the in the March 25 edition of the Detroit Free Press "what rear-round
Luddington business community has been pressuring the state of shipping will do is benefit a single steel company unduly, at great cost to
Michigan to move the SI U carferries to Luddington which they claim is a the taxpayers."
bigger, better port.
No winter shipping on the Lakes "will m6an a lot of business for the
The Union's position is that it is more economical for the state to leave railroads," says SIU Port Agent Jack Bluitt. "A lot of coal, grain, ore,
the carferries at the port of Frankfort and that a move will cause many etc., that move on Lakes'ships will be diverted to the railroads during the
problems.
Lakes off-season." However, Bluitt adds, all traditional ship cargo'Vill
The state has already lost a lot of money maintaining the C&O return to the ships when the Lakes re-open.
carferries. In fact they've been spending $25,000 a month to keep one of
the ferries idle.
Financially-pressed Michigan couldn't affort the cost of keeping the
Shipping Programs
C&O afloat and they can't affort or Justify the cost of unnecessarily mov
Parallel programs, aimed at improving the fortunes of Great Lakes
ing the SIU carferries from Frankfort to Luddington.
shipping, have been introduced in Congress by Rep. James Oberstar
•
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and at a meeting of the Great Lakes Task Force.
It's fit-out time on the Great Lakes and it looks like another tight
Rep. Oberstar's bill, a compilation of several different bills introduced
season for Lakes shipping. AH, the SI U-contracted vessels which ran last
but
not enacted during the last session of Congress would, in part:
year are expected to operate this year as well but Algonac Port Agent
• eliminate the interest owed to the government on the St. Lawrence
Jack Bluitt is "anticipating a tight season, at least until July." Bluitt
Seaway debt so only the original investment need be repaid;
expects "75 percent of SIU seniority men will return to work,"adding that
• require tariffs of those routing cargo through Canada to equalize the
"most Great Lakes companies, especially the steel companies, cut back on
competitive edge Canadian shippers have over their U.S. counterparts;
the number of vessels they'll be running." The reason is the continued
• set up an interagency task force to conduct a two-year environmental
slowdown in the auto and steel industries.
study
of the affects of winter shipping on the Lakes.
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The Great Lakes Task Force's program includes, among other points:
Almost all SIU Great Lakes contracts expire on June 15 of this year.
• requiring 10 percent of all government-impelled cargoes to move
The Union has sent letters of notification to all applicable Great Lakes through Great Lakes ports;
shipowners concerning the start of contract negotiations.
• government support of a program to move U.S. export coal through
Dulnth
Great Lakes ports because such a program "is in the best interests of the
The fit out of SI U-contracted ships is progressing here. The Merle M. country;"
McCurdy (Kinsman) was completely fit out as of April 3. On that same
• accelerated processing of port and channel dredging projects;
date the afterends of the Frank R, Dentori and the C.L. Austin (Jooih
• a per diem subsidy system for U.S. bulk carriers which would apply
Kinsman) fit out. Two American Steamship Co. thousand footers, the to U.S. operators when engaged in U.S.-Canadian cross-Lakes trade but
Belle River and the Indiana Harbor also fit out here early in April.
not when hauling strictly domestic cargo.
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HEADLINES
GEORGE MCCARTNEY NAMED WEST COAST VICE PRESIDENT
CONGRESS INVESTIGATES LOSS OF SS POET
DROZAK ATTACKS COAST GUARD AT POET HEARINGS
750 HONOR JOHN FAY AT PHILLY AFFAIR
CHRISTEN NEW HIGMAN BOAT
SIU RALLIES TO SAVE USPHS FROM AX
FIRST TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY ’81 AOTOS AWARD TO PAUL HALL
U.S. MUST SAVE CONSTRUCTION SUBSIDIES
OVERSEAS BOSTON ON MAIDEN VOYAGE TO ALASKA
SIU SUPPORTS UNCTAD BILATERAL CODE
AFL-CIO OPPOSED TO YOUTH SUBMINIMUM WAGE
WASHINGTON REPORT
U.S. SHIPBUILDING AIDS ECONOMY
HERB BRAND URGES ACTION ON M.M.
PORT IMPROVEMENT
NMC ENDORSES OCEAN SHIPPING ACT
US-CHINA TRADE
SIU ORGANIZES NEW NORFOLK LAUNCH SERVICE
QUARTERMASTER COURSE PROVIDES WIDE RANGE OF WHEELHOUSE SKILLS
SEAFARER WILLIAMS ACHIEVES GED DIPLOMA
AIMING FOR THE STARS CELESTIAL NAVIGATION PLOTS CAREER ADVANCEMENT
JONES ACT-MOST IMPORTANT MARITIME LAW
IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING
SIU IN WW II- ‘HEROES IN DUNGAREES’
EL PASO LNG LAID UP INDEFINITELY IN R.I.
REAGAN WANTS REVIEW OF UN OCEAN MINING TREATY
SICK OF 9-5 MONACO WENT TO SEA
DROZAK ATTACKS COAST GUARD AT POET HEARINGS
COAST GUARD STILL WORKING ON POET INVESTIGATION REPORT
TRANSCOLORADO HEADS TO MED WITH MSC CARGO
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1981
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HEADLINES
SIU JOINS 20,000 MARCHERS PROTESTING R.R. CUTS
TEAMSTERS FITZSIMMONS PASSES AWAY AT 73
SIU AWARDS 55,000 IN COLLEGE GRANTS
CRESCENT PACT OKAYED BY BOATMEN
1ST TRIPPER BEATS OFF 5 PERU PIRATES ON ANCHOR CHAIN WITH A BROOMSTICK
LAST OF BONEFONTE BROTHERS RETIRES
PROTEST AT USPHS CLOSURE COAST-TO-COAST
L.A. PORT COUNCIL NAMES DROZAK ‘MARITIME MAN OF THE YEAR’
SIU SUPPORTS BUILDUP OF N.Y. AS MAJOR COAL PORT
HOUSE UNIT PASSES MARITIME BUDGET
PRIDE OF TEXAS WILL CARRY GRAIN TO CHINA
DROZAK: U.S. MISSING BOAT ON COAL EXPORTS
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
COAL
MARITIME POLICY
MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND
STRATEGIC PERTOLEUM RESERVE
REAGAN LIFTS GRAIN EMBARGO ON RUSSIA
NATIONAL MARITIME DAY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
CONGRESS TO HOLD HEARING ON COAST GUARD
SIU SUPPORTS 5-YEAR DEPRECIATION FOR SHIPS
LAKES SEAFARERS GET COLA HIKE
ORDINARIES LEARN THE ROPSE IN AB CLASS
CREW CONFERENCE FORGES PLAN FOR FUTURE
RECOMMENDATIONS BY DELEGATES
CREW CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
MEBA D-2 ENDS STRIKE ON GREAT LAKES
THE ISTHMIAN CAMPAIGN-SIU WINS BIGGEST ORGANIZING VICTORY IN MARITIME HISTORY
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR SIU PACIFIC DISTRICT PMA PLAN
UNITED AUTO WORKERS COMING BACK HOME
SIU TUGS, BARGES SERVICE GUANTANAMO
READY RESERVE FLEET KEY TO SEALIFTS
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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5/1/1981
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Vol. 43, No. 5
1981
Periodicals
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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Title
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June 1981
Description
An account of the resource
HEADLINES
REAGAN PLANS SHIFT OF MARAD TO DOT
NEW MOBILE HALL OPEN FOR BUSINESS
QUARTERLY DUES RAISED TO $54
USPHS: ONE FOOT IN GRAVE, ONE ON BANANA PEEL
BRAVE AB PULLS PASSENGER OUT OF DRINK
BRAND URGES WHILE WHITE HOUSE TO MOVE FASTER ON U.S. MARITIME WOES
JUNE 22 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF PAUL HALL’S DEATH
NAVY BRASS: U.S. SHORT OF MERCHANT SHIPS
HOUSE UNIT AX FALLS ON U.S. SHIPBUILDING
DEVELOPING NATIONS SEEK TO SCUTTLE ‘FLAGS-OF-CONVENIENCE’
DROZAK VISITS ‘DOWN UNDER’ FOR AFL-CIO
MIKE RUCKER HALF WAY THRU THE HAWSEPIPE
MCCLOSKEY SEEKS JONES ACT WAIVER
S.F. UNIONISTS PICKET ‘BUILD-A-FINK’ CONFAB
SIU BOATMEN CREW NEW TUG VALIANT
MARITIME BUDGET
NAVY SECRETARY SPEAKS OUT
JONES ACT WAIVER
U.S.-CHINA TRADE
USER FEES
BASIC ED PROGRAM HELPS SEAFARERS ADVANCE IN PAY, JOB SECURITY
MARINE ELECTRONIC COURSE, FOR HIGHER QMED RATING
WELDING COURSE DEVELOPS KEY SHIPBOARD SKILLS
SHLSS OFFERS TOWBOAT OPERATOR COURSE
SHLSS OFFERS CULINARY PROGRAMS FROM TRAINEE COOK TO CHIEF STEWARD
A PIX OF LIFE AT SEA, AS A PASSENGER SEES IT
INLAND USER FEES THREAT TO INDUSTRY
200,000 VIEW UNION INDUSTRIES SHOW
BROTHERHOOD OF THE SEA MEETS POST WAR CHALLENGES HEAD ON-AND WINS
BIRDSEYE VIEW OF SUPERTANKER NEW YORK LIGHTERING CARGO
U.S. SHIPS MUST SHARE IN COAL EXPORT TRADE’
NEW 3-YEAR DEEP SEA CONTRACT
HISTORIC NEW PENSION FORMULA EXPLAINED
NEW VACATION RATES
NEW WAGE RATES
CONTRACT GAINS MIRROR CREW CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS
BILL KAISER, CZAR OF THE DEL NORTE FOR 23 YEARS
AMERICAN DEEP SEA JOBS AT ALL TIME LOW
SIU TUGS JAMES E. SMITH, KYLE SMITH CITED FOR HEROICS
‘FIRE IN THE HOLD’ ON THE SS BRIDGEHAMPTON
PRIDE OF TEXAS OFF TO CHINA
NATIONAL MARITIME DAY 1981 HONORS AMERICA’S MERCHANT SEAMEN
WILLIAMSBURGH CREW HONORED BY MARAD
U.S. COAST GUARD PROBE REPORT OF SS POET LOSS DUE SOON
YOUTH SUBMINIMUM WAGE PLAN SHOULD BE AXED
SEAMEN’S FAVORITE NURSE RETIRES
PL-480 CARGOES A MUST TO KEEP U.S. FLEET AFLOAT
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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6/1/1981
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Vol. 43, No. 6
1981
Periodicals
Seafarers Log
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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Title
A name given to the resource
July 1981
Description
An account of the resource
HEADLINES
PROPOSED SIU, MSTU MERGER MOVING AHEAD
SIU BOATMEN ON STRIKE AGAINST IOT
SIU BACKS TAX BREAK FOR CONVENTIONS HELD ON U.S. CRUISE SHIPS
MEMBERS VOTING ‘YEA’ ON DEEP SEA PACT
NTSB SLAPS USCG, OWNER IN POET LOSS
SAFETY BOARD REPORT ON POET
HOUSE-SENATE CONFAB WORKING ON FINAL ’82 BUDGET
SIU, RESIDENTS FIGHT TO KEEP CARFERRIES IN FRANKFORT
M.M. CAN MAN AUXILLIARY SHIPS BETTER, CHEAPER THAN NAVY
SIU CALLS FOR BILATERAL SHIPPING PACTS IN COAL BILLS
MEMBERS WARMLY INVITED TO DEDICATION OF PAUL HALL LIBRARY
NEW BULKER AMERICAN REPUBLIC ON ORE RUN
BILL INTRODUCED TO REDOCUMENT THE SS CONSTITUION
HAWAII PASSES TAX AID FOR CRUISE SHIPS
SIU, INDUSTRY SUPPORTS MOVE OF MARAD TO DOT
NEW PRODUCT TANKER, OGDEN DYNACHEM, CHRISTENED
MASS. GOV. NAMES SIU’S ORLANDO PILIT COMMISSIONER
WORLD EVENTS AND THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE
NEMIROW, TIEGE STEP DOWN GREEN STEPS UP
SPACE CHARTER PACT FOR U.S. LINES
PL-480 SAVED
HEARINGS HELD ON MCCLOSKEY JONES ACT WAIVER
DROZAK TESTIFIES AGAINST ATTEMPT TO WEAKEN JONES ACT
AFL-CIO SET FOR SEPT. 19 SOLIDARITY DAY RALLY
FOREIGN FISHERMAN FINED $6.3M UNDER 200-MILE LIMIT
SIU KNOCKS USCG FOR FAILURES ON SEA SAFETY
HEROIC SEAFARERS OVERCOME BLAZE ON DELTA NORTE
SEAFARERS HISTROCIAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES NEW ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM; WILL PRESERVE MEMORIES OF UNION MEMBERS
SIU CREW LAUDED FOR SNUFFING BLAZE AT SEA
DAMN THE COST, WORKERS MUST BE PROTECTED
1,000 HONOR DROZAK AT HISTADRUT DINNER
KIRKLAND: U.S. MUST UPDATE TRADE POLICY
SIU HELPS RESCUE PL-480 CARGOES FROM BUDGET AX
UNION MANAGEMENT COMM. STUDIES PERMANENT JOBS, UPKEEP OF ‘A’ SENIORITY
BETH STEEL V.P. THANKS DROZAK FOR SUPPORT OF U.S. SHIPBUILDING
ACADEMIC STAFF TRIES DIFFERENT APPROACH IN TESTING
SHLSS TRAINING PROVIDES BEST SHIPBOARD COOKS IN THE WORLD
SIU BUILDS NATIONWIDE REPUTATION AS UNION ALWAYS READY TO CRACK TOUGH NUTS
SIUNA AFFILIATED UIW AND CANNERY WORKERS MERGE
AFL-CIO EXC. COUNCIL CLEARS UIW AFFILIATION
ANN ARBOR PACT OKAYED; WILL KEEP CARFERRIES RUNNING
THOUSANDS FLOCK TO GLOUCESTER FOR 54TH ANNUAL ST. PETER FIESTA
SHLSS KIDS BATTLE ROYAL NAVAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTE
S-L PIONEER SAVES 3 IN SEA 3 DAYS OFF WRECKED YACHT
SIU PD-PMA SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS FUN, INC.
STOPPED ON PAGE 38 OF 1981-07
2ND TRY IN A MONTH TO SABOTAGE PL-480 BEGINS
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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7/1/1981
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Vol. 43, No. 7
1981
Periodicals
Seafarers Log
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
Source
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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Title
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August 1981
Description
An account of the resource
HEADLINES
BOATMEN OK NEW CONTRACT WITH IOT AFTER 46-DAY STRIKE
LAKES SEAFARERS RALLY 3-YEAR GLAMO PACT
REP. WALTER JONES TAX BREAKS FOR U.S. SHIPS
UNION-MANAGEMENT COMM. STUDIES PERMANENT JOBS, UPKEEP OF ‘A’ SENIORITY
200 YEARS OF SERVICE TO SEAMEN WINDS DOWN
’82 BUDGET CUTS CDS; ALLOWS BUILDING FOREIGN
U.S. SHIPS NOT GETTING 50% SHARE OF SPR OIL
HOUSE UNIT RAPS USCG FOR FAILURES ON TANKER SAFETY
STAR OF TEXAS LAUNCHED; SET FOR DEC. DELIVERY
SOME NOTES OF THANKS FOR PENSION INCREASE
JOE CURRAN, PRESIDENT OF NMU FOR 36 YEARS, DIES AT 78
LIBRA CREW RESCUES 51 PEOPLE IN 2 CRAFT
REAGAN INKS BILL SHIFTING MARAD TO DOT
SIU GEARING UP WITH LABOR FOR SOLIDARITY DAY SEPT. 19
WEINBERGER SUPPORTS FOREIGN FLAGS FOR DEFENSE
U.S. FLAG CRUISE SHIPS
INLAND USER FEES
ALASKAN OIL SWAO
INLAND USER FEES
SHIPPING REGULATIONS
REAGAN TAX BILL PASSED OVER LABOR’S OBJECTIONS
U.S.-USSR EXTEND GRAIN TREATY; MULL SHIP PACT
SEAFARERS TURN TO FOR ‘NO NOTICE’ MSC ALERT
WILL NAVY FINALLY HELP M.M.? JURY STILL OUT
SHLSS ENCOURAGES “PARTIAL TESTERS” TO ACHIEVE THEIR GED DIPLOMA
GRADUATION DAY AT LMSS
SHLSS SPECIALTY COURSES TO HELP SEAFARERS UPGRADE SKILLS, WAGES, AND JOB SECURITY
‘PUMPING IRON’ FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS
PASSENGERS LOVE THE SHIP, THE CRUISE, THE CREWS
OCEANIC INDEPENDENCE A YEAR IN OPERATION
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU FOUND A WALLET CONTAINING $2700
BANKRUPT, BUT NOT BROKE, IN PORT SAID, EGYPT
PROF: MORE AT STAKE THAN BLACKENED BEACHES WITH ‘FLAGS-OF-CONVENIENCE’
SIU TAMES CITIES SERVICE AFTER BITTER 4-YEAR
(1946-1950) ORGANIZING DRIVE
SEAFARER’S NEW BOOK DESTINED TO BE BEST SELLER
DROZAK CALLS FOR MARITIME LABOR UNITY AT ILA CONVENTION
ALASKA OIL SWAP PLAN REARS ITS UGLRY HEAD
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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8/1/1981
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Vol. 43, No. 8
1981
Periodicals
Seafarers Log
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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Title
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September 1981
Description
An account of the resource
HEADLINES
DOA TRIES TO SLIP PAST U.S. FLAG USE AGAIN
SIUNA ELECTS DROZAK INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
LANE KIRKLAND ‘SIU KNOWS THE MEANING OF SOLIDARITY IN LABOR’
REP. WALTER JONES: ‘MUST HAVE COHERENT NATIONAL MARITIME POLICY’
BILL WYN: ‘HAVE PRIDE IN YOUR UNION’
BOB LOWEN: ‘MARITIME UNIONS MUST COOPERATE’
PAT SULLIVAN: YOU CAN COUNT ON THE ILA’
LEON SHAPIRO: ‘MUST BLOCK ALASKA OIL EXPORT’
RAY MCKAY: ‘MARITIME MUST UNITE TO SURVIVE’
J.C. TURNER: ‘ ROUGH SEAS AHEAD FOR LABOR’
ROBERT BONATATI: ‘REAGAN WILL DELIVER FOR MARITIME’
RUDY OSWALD: ‘FREE-TRADE CHOKING U.S. FLAG’
ED CARLOUGH: ‘A S TRONG BOND WITH SIU’
REP. JOHN BURTON: ‘UNIONS KEY TO SOCIAL PROGRESS’
PAGE GROTON: ‘U.S. SHIPYARDS IN DEEP TROUBLE’
SIUNA VOWS ACTION ON KEY MARITIME ISSUES
SIUNA DELEGATES PASS SPECIAL RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF PAUL HALL
DOT TRANSFER
REGULATORY REFORM
DREDGING
LABOR AT LARGE
SIUNA CONVENTION
U.S. CHINA BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT
NAVY BUYS 6 OF 8 SL-7S FOR USE BY MSC
‘LAW OF THE SEA’ STILL HUNG UP ON OCEAN MINING TREATY
LAKE SEAFARERS GET COLA HIKE
SIU TAKES OGDEN DYNACHEM ON MAIDEN VOYAGE
SIU OPPOSING EXPORT OF ALASKAN OIL
USPHS HOSPITALS, CLINICA CLOSE OCT. 1, 1981
300,000 UNIONISTS MARCH ON WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR SOLIDARITY DAY PROTEST
DEDICATION CEREMONIES-SEAFARERS HARRY LUNDEBERGY SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP-AUG. 1981
LANE KIRKLAND KEYNOTES DEDICATION
N.Y. GOV. CAREY HELPS CELEBRATE ‘BITTERSWEET OCCASION’
NEW LIBRARY A FITTING MEMORIAL TO PAUL HALL- A MAN WHO LOVED EDUCATION
DROAK: PORTS BILL NEES U.S. FLAG COAL PROVISION
MINEWORKERS SUPPORT SIU ON COAL FOR U.S. SHIPS
5-STAR CUISINSE ON DELTA STUD, THANKS TO VIC REMOLE
U.S. SHARE A FOREIGN COMMERCE DROPS 3.6%
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Seafarers Log
Source
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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9/1/1981
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Vol. 43, No. 9
1981
Periodicals
Seafarers Log
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
Source
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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Title
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October 1981
Description
An account of the resource
HEADLINES
DOA TRIES TO SLIP PAST U.S. FLAG USE AGAIN
SIUNA ELECTS DROZAK INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
LANE KIRKLAND ‘SIU KNOWS THE MEANING OF SOLIDARITY IN LABOR’
REP. WALTER JONES: ‘MUST HAVE COHERENT NATIONAL MARITIME POLICY’
BILL WYN: ‘HAVE PRIDE IN YOUR UNION’
BOB LOWEN: ‘MARITIME UNIONS MUST COOPERATE’
PAT SULLIVAN: YOU CAN COUNT ON THE ILA’
LEON SHAPIRO: ‘MUST BLOCK ALASKA OIL EXPORT’
RAY MCKAY: ‘MARITIME MUST UNITE TO SURVIVE’
J.C. TURNER: ‘ ROUGH SEAS AHEAD FOR LABOR’
ROBERT BONATATI: ‘REAGAN WILL DELIVER FOR MARITIME’
RUDY OSWALD: ‘FREE-TRADE CHOKING U.S. FLAG’
ED CARLOUGH: ‘A S TRONG BOND WITH SIU’
REP. JOHN BURTON: ‘UNIONS KEY TO SOCIAL PROGRESS’
PAGE GROTON: ‘U.S. SHIPYARDS IN DEEP TROUBLE’
SIUNA VOWS ACTION ON KEY MARITIME ISSUES
SIUNA DELEGATES PASS SPECIAL RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF PAUL HALL
DOT TRANSFER
REGULATORY REFORM
DREDGING
LABOR AT LARGE
SIUNA CONVENTION
U.S. CHINA BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT
NAVY BUYS 6 OF 8 SL-7S FOR USE BY MSC
‘LAW OF THE SEA’ STILL HUNG UP ON OCEAN MINING TREATY
LAKE SEAFARERS GET COLA HIKE
SIU TAKES OGDEN DYNACHEM ON MAIDEN VOYAGE
SIU OPPOSING EXPORT OF ALASKAN OIL
USPHS HOSPITALS, CLINICA CLOSE OCT. 1, 1981
300,000 UNIONISTS MARCH ON WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR SOLIDARITY DAY PROTEST
DEDICATION CEREMONIES-SEAFARERS HARRY LUNDEBERGY SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP-AUG. 1981
LANE KIRKLAND KEYNOTES DEDICATION
N.Y. GOV. CAREY HELPS CELEBRATE ‘BITTERSWEET OCCASION’
NEW LIBRARY A FITTING MEMORIAL TO PAUL HALL- A MAN WHO LOVED EDUCATION
DROAK: PORTS BILL NEES U.S. FLAG COAL PROVISION
MINEWORKERS SUPPORT SIU ON COAL FOR U.S. SHIPS
5-STAR CUISINSE ON DELTA STUD, THANKS TO VIC REMOLE
U.S. SHARE A FOREIGN COMMERCE DROPS 3.6%
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Seafarers Log
Source
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
Date
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10/1/1981
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Vol. 43, No. 10
1981
Periodicals
Seafarers Log
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A name given to the resource
Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
Publisher
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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Title
A name given to the resource
November 1981
Description
An account of the resource
HEADLINES
USPHS CLARIFIES INFO ON OBTAINING MEDICAL RECORDS
CLARIFICATION ON MEDICAL BENEFITS TO PENSIONERS
65 AND STILL SAILING, MUST APPLY FOR MEDICARE
UNION-MANAGEMENT COMM. STUDIES PERMANENT JOBS, UPKEEP OF ‘A’ SENIORITY
DROZAK ELECTED TO AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
ALASKA OIL WILL NOT BE EXPORTED-FOR NOW
1 DEAD, 1 INJURED IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER BARGE MISHAP
AL ZACK, VOICE OF AFL-CIO FOR 25 YEARS, DIES AT 63
FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE
SIU PICKETS VENEZUELAN RO/RO AFTER DIMPLOMAT IS BOYCOTTED IN PUERTO CABELLO
M.M. TO GET ‘LIONS SHARE’ OF $6.5B MSC BUILDUP
SIU REBUFFS SENATE SNEAK ATTACK ON PL-480
IUOE’S STEVE LESLIE PRESENTED 2ND ANNUAL PAUL HALL AWARD
HOUSE UNIT OKS 40% BULK SHARE FOR U.S. SHIPS
LONG BATTLE STILL AHEAD TO ENACT FARTHEST REACHING CARGO BILL EVER
SPICA JOINS MSC FLEET: MANNED WITH SIU CREW
BILL TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN CONSTRUCTION OF NAVY SHIPS
FUMIGATION
DROZAK CALLS FOR NATIONAL MARITIME POLICY
COALITION OF LABOR, INDUSTRY, GOV’T FORMING TO REVITALIZE AMERCA’S 4TH SEA COAST
ADM. HAROLD E. SHEAR SWORN IN AS MARAD CHIEF
AL BARKAN, HEAD OF AFL-CIO COPE, RETIRES
AFL-CIO MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT 1981 BIENNIAL CONVENTION
MTD SETS SIGHTS ON NEW INITIATIVE TO PUMP LIFE INTO SAGGING MARITIME INDUSTRY
AFL-CIO PRESIDENT LANE KIRKLAND
REP. MARIO BIAGGI
SEN. CHARLES MATHIAS
MARAD CHIEF HAROLD SHEAR
REP. WALTER JONES
SEN. DANIEL P. MOYNIHAN
REP. JAMES HOWARD
MTD ACTS ON KEY MARITIME RESOLUTIONS
TALK IS CHEAP-AND GONNA’ GET CHEAPER-THANKS TO THE LONG LINES
CHUCK JAMES ‘RAMBLED’ FROM OS TO CHIEF MATE
THE 1950’S: SIU ESTABLISHES 1ST VACATION, HEALTH, TRAINING PROGRAMS; SHIPPING REVOLUTION BEGINS
ANOTHER AMERICAN TRADITION GOES BY THE BOARDS
SIU’S POMERLANE NAMED TO MD. BOXING HALL OF FAME
FORUM TOLD REAGAN WILL ‘VIGOROUSLY’ ENFORCE CARGO LAWS
LAKES FLEET, INDUSTRY- A STEPCHILD TOO LONG
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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11/1/1981
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Vol. 43, No. 11
1981
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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December 1981
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HEADLINES
U.S. SHIPS WILL GET 50% OF AID CARGOES TO ISRAEL
AFSCME’S JERRY WURF, 62, DIES
TRIP RELIEFS AND MAINTENANCE OF ‘A’ SENIORITY
SEAFARERS APPEALS BOARD ACTION NO. 259 MAINTENANCE OF ‘A’ SENIORITY
SEAFARERS APPEALS BOARD ACTION NO. 260 TRIP RELIEFS
AFL-CIO, REAGAN ‘OPEN DIALOGUE’ AT WHITE HOUSE
LEON HALL HONORED BY MOBILE PORT COUNCIL
HOUSE VOTES ‘YEA’ TO BRING BACK SS CONSTITUTION
PORT BILL TOP LEGISTLATIVE PRIORITY IN ‘82
NEW HOPPER PADRE ISLAND NEARING END OF MAIDEN DREDGE JOB
MARAD MOVED TO DOT
USPHS, SHIPBUILDING SUBSIDIES
ALASKA OIL, PL-480 BATTLE
PORT DEVELOPMENT
PASSENGER SHIPS
FIELD REP PROGRAM
NEW MOBILE HALL FULLY OPERATIONAL
PUMPROOM MAINT. PROVIDES QUALITY TRAINING-BETTER PAY
MARINE ELECTRICAL MAINT.-HIGH PAYING JOB OPPORTUNITIES
AFL-CIO CONVENTION MARKS NEW ERA FOR LABOR
LANE KIRKLAND
AFL-CIO VOTES SUPPORT FOR AILING U.S. MARITIME
AMERICAN LABOR CELEBRATES A CENTURY OF ACHIVEMENT: BUT IT DIDN’T COME EASY
LABOR WILL KEY FIGHT FOR MARITIME SURVIVAL
SUPREME COURT SAYS ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ WORKERS CAN UNIONIZE
FERRIS HITS N.Y. WATERFRONT JOB LOSS IN ZONING CHANGE
NEARING 100, ‘MISS LIBERTY’ STILL BEACON OF HOPE
REVIVING PASSENGER LINERS WON’T COST GOV’T A DIME
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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12/1/1981
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Vol. 43, No. 12
1981
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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Title
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January 1982
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HEADLINES
PRODUCT TANKER OGDEN HUDSON ON MAIDEN VOYAGE TO WEST COAST
TEAMSTER LODGE 2201 OF B’NAI B’RIGHT HONORS DROZAK
U.S. UNIONISTS PLEDGE SOLIDARITY WITH POLISH WORKERS
SENATE SETS HEARING ON REDOCUMENTING CONSTITUTION
NEW BOAT FILLY, PRETTY LITTLE ADDITION TO TEXAS FLEET
SIU PREPARING FOR JOUST ON PORT DEVELOPMENT BILL
KIRKLAN HAS LABOR’S SHIP OF STATE ON COURSE
REAGAN SUPPORTS U.S. LINER REGULATORY REFORM
MODERN SHIP MAINTAINS 19TH CENT. CRAFTSMANSHIP
THE AMERICAN COAL BEEF-A TALE OF ANCIENT MARINERS, AND A UNIQUE CHAPTER IN HISTORY
ELDERLY SEAMEN GRANTED ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR MEDICARE
NEW 2ND MATE FOLLOWING IN DAD’S FOOTSTEPS
AFSCME NAMES GERALD MCENTEE NEW PRESIDENT
GOV’T AGENCIES CONTINUALLY DUMP ON U.S. CARGO LAWS
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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1/1/1982
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Vol. 44, No. 1
1982
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
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February 1982
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HEADLINES
AFL-CIO OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO REAGAN BUDGET
SIU, NMU WILL JOIN FORCES TO SAVE JOBS
SIU HELPS SAVE SPR OIL FOR U.S. SHIPS
WW II SEAMEN DENIED VETERAN STATUS
UNANIMOUS SENATE GREEN LIGHTS CONSTITUTION
PAUL DEMPSTER RE-ELECTED TO 3RD TERM AS PRESIDENT OF SUP
REAGAN FIDDLING WHILE MARITIME BURNS
DROZAK ADDRESSES S.F. LUNCHEON
NEW TUG LOYALLY SERVICING THE EAST COAST
PLEDGE SOLIDARITY WITH POLES
TEARS, ANGER OVERFLOWED AT DEMONSTRATIONS
HITCH-HIKER BILL MOORE FOUND SIU HIS BEST RIDE
‘MADE IN USA’ NOWHERE TO BE FOUND ON OLYMPIC UNIFORMS
MTD LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TO ENACT PORT DEVELOPMENT BILL
U.S. SHIPS DESERVE FAIR SHARE OF BULK CARGOES
MTD EXEC. BD. CALLS FOR ACTION ON CRUCIAL WORKER AND MARITIME ISSUES
REP. BENNETT: TEAM APPROACH NEEDED TO BEEF UP MARIITME
AMERICAN BANNER LINE- INNOVATIVE TRY TO SECURE JOBS FOR SEAFARERS
CHILD LABOR-WORLDWIDE EXPLOITATION – FEW ANSWERS
USSR BUILDING M.M. FURIOUSLY; U.S. STANDING STILL
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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2/1/1982
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Vol. 44, No. 2
1982
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
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March 1982
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HEADLINES
ONE MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR LOST BROTHERS OF THE SEA
FATE SAVES GOLDEN DOLPHIN OS ZEMLOCK
SURVIVORS CAME THRU WHEN CHIPS WERE DOWN
SIU INSTITUTES WORK SAFETY PROGRAM
SIU CLOSING YOKOHAMA HALL
826 FT. COVE LIBERT JOINS SIU DEEP SEA FLEET
SEAFARERS TURN TO FOR RRF MILITARY EXERCISE
UNIONS NOT GIVING UP SHIP ON V.A. BENEFITS FOR WWII SEAMEN
SEAFARER GETS COLLEGE DEGREE THROUGH SHLSS
2 HURT IN DELTA NORTE, AFRICAN PIONEER COLLISION
MARITIME FACING MORE CUTBACKS FOR 1983 BUDGET
LAST DITCH EFFORT TO REACH OCEAN MINING PACT
SS CONSTITUTION CREW READIES FOR 1ST VOYAGE
CONSTITUTION CREW GETS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING TO POLISH THEIR JOB SKILLS
UNION EDUCATION PROVIDES CREWMEMBERS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR UNION
9 LOST IN GOLDEN DOLPHIN BLAST
L.A. MAYOR BRADLEY BACKS COAL CARGO SHARE FOR U.S. SHIPS
STONE ROLLING THRU WILMINGTON, NO. CAROLINA
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR SEAFARERS VACATION PLAN
25 YEARS HELPING SEAFARERS AND FAMILIES
SIU LEARNS FAST: WASHINGTON PEN MIGHTIER THAN WATERFRONT SWORD
TOTAL INLAND COST RECOVERY A BAD IDEA
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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3/1/1982
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Vol. 44, No. 3
1982
Periodicals
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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April 1982
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HEADLINES
TRUSTEES WILL MEET ON SKYROCKETING MEDICAL COSTS
SIU CONSOLIDATING FIVE OFFICES IN GREAT LAKES, GULF AREAS
SIU, D-2 MEBA-AMO SIGN HISTORIC PACT
PRINCESS GRACE(S) CONSTITUTION RE-CHRISTENING
GOV’T AGENCY CIRCUMVENTS U.S. FLAGSHIPS USE AGAIN
MEMBERS OK NEW PACT WITH NORTH AMERICAN TRAILING
MSC PLANS MASSIVE STRATEGIC SEALIFT BUILDUP
FORMER EL PASO LNG’S TO BE CONVERTED TO BULKERS
MFU’S BOOK NO. 1, EX-AGENT ‘RED’ RAMSAY, 72, DIES
SEEK TO SCUTTLE CARGO CLAUSE IN PORT BILL
NEW JOBS FOR SIU BOATMENT ON NEW TOWBOAT DIXIE PATRIOT
C.Y. TUNG, INDEPENDENCE, CONSTITUTION OWNER, DEAD
U.S. MAY NIX SIGNING OF SEA LAW TREATY
PROPER I.D. NEEDED GOING ASHORE IN CHINA
A NATIONAL EMBARASSMENT: U.S. OLYMPIANS TO USE FOREIGN-MADE EQUIPMENT
DROZAK ON REAGONOMICS: DEPRESSION LEVEL CRISIS
MSC SIGNS 5-YR. CHARTER FOR OVERSEAS VALDEZ, VIVIAN, ALICE
DOD TO U.S. SHIPS: STEER CLEAR OF FALKLANDS
AREA VICE PRESIDENTS’ REPORT
GOLDEN DOLPHIN INQUIRY ENDS; QUESTIONS REMAIN
PRESIDENT DECLARES MAY 22 NATIONAL MARITIME DAY
FALKLAND DISPUTE POINTS UP NEED OF SEALIFT
TRUMAN HOBBS ACT
ADMIRAL SHEAR
N-ICE LOOK BACK AT WINTER IN UPPER MISSISSIPPI
TAX EQUITY FOR CONVENTION AT SEA PROGRESSING
RUSSIA’S FESCO MUST PAY $375,000 FINE
GREAT LAKES FITOUT ‘82
SIU BEGINS 30-YEAR FIGHT VS. RUNAWAY FLAG
THREAT TO U.S. JOBS, MARINE SAFETY
36 YEARS (14 ON LONG LINES) AT SEA, HE NEVER HUNG UP ON SIU
‘BLUE’ WALTERS: THRU THE HAWESPIPE HIS WAY
U.S. MERCHANT MARINE WON’T FLOAT ON PROMISES
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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4/1/1982
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Vol. 44, No. 4
1982
Periodicals
Seafarers Log
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
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Title
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May 1982
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HEADLINES
U.S. REFUSES TO SIGN LAW OF SEA TREATY
SIU, NMY LAUNCH COMMITTEE ON COOPERATION
SIU, N.J. UNIONISTS AND POLITICIANS RALLY TO ‘SOLIDARITY’ CAUSE
REAGAN OPPOSES BULK SHARE FOR U.S. SHIPS
POINT BY POINT REBUTTAL OF REAGAN ADMINISTRATION POSITION
DROZAK, WALL FIRE BACK AT NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL OPPOSING BULK SHARE
SIU CREWS NEW BULKER JADE PHOENIX
REAGAN’S MARITIME PROGRAM A ‘NON-POLICY’
1,500 ‘BOAT PEOPLE’ OWE LIVES TO SEAMEN
SAB REDUCES JOB CALLS TO 3 A DAY STARTING JUNE 1
BIG BUSINESS OUTSPENT LABOR 4-1 IN CAMPAIGN ‘80
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR SEAFARERS VACATION PLAN
DYNACHEM-A MULTI-PURPOSE SHIP FOR THE TIMES
USCG RELEASES REPORT ON LOSS OF SS POET
LAKES INDUSTRY STRUGGLES THRU TOUGH TIMES
ILA BLASTS SUPREME COURT TULING ON RUSSIAN BOYCOTT
SIU HAS NEW HOME IN PUERTO RICO
QE 2 HELPS KICK OFF PHILLY’S 300TH BIRTHDAY
AMMLA KICKS OFF ANNUAL BOOK DRIVE; SIU SHIPS CITED
NEW JOBS FOR BOATMEN ON TOWBOAT M/V ROBERT A. KYLE
SIU SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CELEBRATES 30TH YEAR BY GIVING $70,000 IN COLLEGE GRANTS
NAVIGATOR DELIVERS 250 MILLIONTH SPR BARREL
POINT BY POINT REBUTTAL OF REAGAN ADMINISTRATION POSITION
SIU LEADS 5-YEAR FIGHT (1953-1958) TO BRING REFORMS TO NEW YORK WATERFRONT
U.S. GOV’T OPENLY SUPPORTS FLAGS-OF-CONVENIENCE
U.S. BETTING LIVES ON ‘EFFECTIVE CONTROL’ FLEET
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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5/1/1982
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Vol. 44, No. 5
1982
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Seafarers Log
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Seafarers Log Issues 1980-1989
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An account of the resource
Volumes XLII-LI of the Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993; Seafarers Log Scanned Issues 1984-1988, 1994-Present
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Title
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June 1982
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HEADLINES
SIU, NMU SIGN PACT TO SHARE NEW JOBS
AS OF AUG. 1, SEAMEN MUST USE SIU CLINICS FOR ‘DUTY’ SLIPS
REAGAN MARITIME PLAN MISSES THE MARK
SAFETY TEAM, PORT AGENTS MEET AT HEADQUARTERS
AFL-CIO: REAGAN MARITIME PLAN DOOMS SHIPYARDS
CREW ABANDONS OGDEN WILLAMETTE
1ST OF 6 CATUG’S GOES IN SERVICE
JUNE 22 MARKS 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF PAUL HALL’S DEATH
DREDGERS OPPOSE OVERHAUL OF ARMY CORPS HOPPER
MORE JOBS FOR N.O. BOATMEN ON CRESCENT’S TUG JOHN G. AMATO
37TH AFL-CIO UNION-INDUSTRIES SHOW A HIT
FROM ASHTABULA TO MENTOR, LAKER’S DREDGES DIGGIN’ IN
APL’S PRESIDENT WASHINGTON CHRISTENED IN NEW ORLEANS
SIU SEEKS ASSURANCES IN P.R. PASSENGER LINER BILL
GOV’T AGENCIES IGNORE ‘TOOTHLESS’ CARGO LAWS
KIRKLAND TO GET AOTOS FOR MARITIME SUPPORT
LA. GOV. TREEN NAMES BROWN TO DREDGING TASK FORCE
1ST CLASS PILOT COURSE COVERS SHIP HANDLING, NAVIGATION
40 YEARS LATER, SEAFARER LOPEZ EARNS HS DIPLOMA
BRITISH MERCHANT MARINE KEY IN FALKLAND DISPUTE
VIET REFUGEE NEVER FORGOT YOUNG SEAMAN’S KINDNESS, HELP
ALOHA SS CONSTITUTION! WELCOME ABOARD
NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, MAY 22, 1982 OBSERVED NATIONWIDE FOR 49TH YEAR
THE ‘60S: SIU EMERGES AS FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH IN MARITIME AND LABOR
THE ‘60S: SIU EMERGES AS FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH IN MARITIME AND LABOR
SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT FOR PMA PENSION PLAN
LIBERTY SHIPMATES RELIVE D-DAY ONCE A YEAR
SOS, SOS, SOS-SAVE OUR SHIPYARDS
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Seafarers Log
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Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993
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Seafarers International Union of North America
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6/1/1982
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Vol. 44, No. 6
1982
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HE record will indicate that the
SIU has made every effort to be
logical and reasonable in
understanding and dealing with the
problems of Americ°an-flag shipping.
It has been our policy that matters of
this sort be discussed openly in our
membership meetings so that each
Seafarer would fully understand the
economics of the industry and his part
in it.
Long ago we recognized that as th^
traditional shipping nations of the world
captured an increasingly larger share
of American foreign commerce—^and
as the developing nations began to
create an4 e^cpand shipping operations
of their own—it was necessary for us to become more competitive and to
allow the American-flag operator as much opportunity as we could to meet
the competition.
This does not mean that the labor force alone can make the difference in
whether or not our ships are competitive. There is a whole range of other
factors which are at least equally and perhaps more important in determining
the ability of the national fleet to acquire cargo. But the labor force is a
factor in some measure and to the degree that it is, we have attempted to
act responsibly toward the success of our contracted operators.
This policy has been effective—in the membership's best interests, and
that of the industry and the nation.
With the move toward a new maritirhe program in the late 60's and early
70's it was necessary to offer some incentive to American investors. America's
fleet was terribly overaged. New ships would have to embody the latest in
technology to be competitive. To provide incentive to American operators
and others to invest in new vessels, the. SIU membership endorsed a policy
allowing for realistic manning scales and other contract matters that were
vital to attracting money into the business.
As the membership knows, we were successful thereby in maintaining
T
and even increasing the job opportunities for SIU men. We were subjected
to criticism and abuse because of our willingness to blaze a new trail that
was so vital to the vvelfare of American seafaring people.
We have made sacrifices and we understand a good deal about the problems
of shipping management. It must be pointed put very strongly that when,
we did work out collective bargaining agreements with management that
offered incentive and realistic manning scales based on the new technology,
management itself and government both did their shares in enabling the new
operations to be successful. It was not a one-sided affair.
And so when, on June 23, Maritime Administrator Harold Shear called
the heads of the various maritime unions to a meeting in his office and asked
us to roll back the wage increase that became effective June 16, we of the
SIU flatly refused his request. We were joined in that position by the National
Maritime Union whose president. Shannon Wall, attended the meeting.
Others present were Capt. Robert Lowen, International Organization of
Masters, Mates and Pilots; William Steinberg, American Radio Association;
Jesse Calhoon, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association; Raymond McKay,
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association District 2; and Chiles Calhoun,
Radio Officers Union.
A few days later, the SIU and the NMU issued a joint statement commenting
on the Admiral Shear proposal and the unions' rejection of it.
We were surprised by the bluntness of the request, which was made on
the basis of the allegation that American seamen were overpaid. There had
been no previous discussion°or communications on the subject other than
the repeated references by the Office of Management and Budget Maritime
Task Force and various Department of Transportation comments that alleged
that American seamen are highly paid. As one OMB interim report to the
President's Cabinet Council puts it, "American crew costs are the highest
in the world." I think we should remind the maker of that statement that
Americans in almost every calling are higher paid than their counterparts
elsewhere.'(American doctors, American corporate presidents, American
college professors and economists, American legislators and American
bureaucrats are the highest paid in the world.)
We pointed out to Admiral Shear that we are prepared to make sacrifices
but we would like to knovy that they would not be in vain, that they would
be part of a carefully considered objective. Admiral Shear could offer no
assurance, not even a vague promise, that acceptance of the proposal would
produce any cargo, and consequently ships and jobs. Under those circumstances,
we had no choice but to reject the request.
As an organization of professional seamen, we are always ready and open
to proposals that will improve our lot and the state of American shipping.
But we want a little more in return than being referred to as "nice guys."
We want- something tangible and we want all who will benefit from our
sacrifices to make similar sacrifices for the common good.
U.S. Claims Court Rules:
Carter Had Right to Umlt Wages of Gov't Employed Seamen
Washington, D.C.—The U.S.
Court of Claims here has ruled that the
Carter Administration acted within its
rights when it imposed wage caps on
seamen, employed by the Federal
Government. This decision adversely
affects many seafarers (members of the
former Military Sea Transport Union).
Acting under President Carter's
directive in fiscal year 1979 and 1980,
government agencies employing mer
chant seamen imposed the same wage
hike caps on the mariners as were
imposed on other federal employees.
A law suit was then filed against the
government. It argued that the merchant
seamen, though working for the federal
government, (such as the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis
tration and the Military Sealift Com
mand) were covered by prevailing wage
rate laws and should not have been
subject to wage caps.
The June 16 court ruling, by a
majority of the three-judge court
"affects between 1500 and 1700 unli
censed personnel," said Roy "Buck"
Mercer, SIUNA vice president who
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ment employed seamen will probably
never get the same wages as commer
cial seamen again." Mercer who was
head of the former MSTU noted, how
ever, that an appeal to the Court of
Claims' decision was under study and
would probably be filed.
The suit was originally brought ''to
decide whether the executive
branch... may limit pay increases of
certain prevailing rate employees to the
rates of increase imposed on other fed
eral employees by statute."
Prevailing rate employees are
employees whose wages are set "in
accordance with wages in comparable
private industry jobs in the particular
locality . . ."
However, as part of his "anti-infla
tion effort" President Carter directed
all federal agencies "to place a 5.5
percent ceiling on pay increases . . ."
for all employees during fiscal years
1979 and 1980.
"There is no escaping the fact that
federal mariners are federal employees,"
the Court said, concluding that the
Carter Administration therefore had the
right to limit the government servicd
mariners' pay hikes and that the
"plaintiffs are not entitled to additional
wages based on the decision of NOAA
and MSC to limit their fiscal 1979 and
1980 base pay in accordance with
executive directives."
In a strong dissenting opinion Judge
Wilson Cowen wrote that "the gov
ernment acted without statutory
authority in imposing a .cap on plain
tiffs' wages . . . because, in doing so,
the Executive Department completely
ignored the guidelines set by Congress."
Under the separation of powers
established by the Constitution, Judge
Cowen wrote, ". . . the President has
no authority to alter policy and prin
ciples declared by Congress . . ."
In a related decision, the court ruled
on a challenge to "certain overtime and
premium pay practices of NOAA in
connection with the pay ceilings. In
fiscal 1979 and fiscal 1980," the court
ruling explains, "MSC increased pre
mium pay by 7.5 percent and 12.83
percent (the industry rate) while NOAA
did not. MSC also paid overtime at
these above-ceiling rates while NOAA
did not."
The court ruled that "those plaintiffs
who were employed by NOAA are
entitled to additional overtime and
premium pay in accordance with pre
vailing rates . . ."
Note to Ship Secretary
. All SIU ship's secretaryreporters are reminded of the
necessity of. sending the ship's
crew list regularly to Headquar
ters for Important record keeping
purposes and emergencies.
When on foreign articles, the
ship's secretary should send the
crew list in from the first foreign
port.
On domestic runs, the crew list
should be sent every 30 days, or
after each payoff, whichever is
shorter. Send crew lists to SIU,
675 4th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y 11232.
ATTN: Vice president "Red "
Campbell.
Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Voters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth /We.. Brooklyn. N.Y 11232. Published monthly
Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y Vol. 44., No. 7, July 1982. (ISSN #0160-2047)
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npHE SIU and the National Mar^ itime Union have jointly
rejected a Reagan Administration
request for a rollbaclc of the IVi
percent deep sea wage increase
which went^ into effect June 16,
1982.
The Administration request was
relayed to the heads of the nation's
deep sea unions at a meeting in
Washington, D.C. on June 23,1982,
called by Maritime Administrator
Adm. Harold Shear, (see ^'Presi
dent's Report" page 2 for more
information on this meeting.)
Those in attendance were: SIU
President Frank Drozak; NMU
President Shannon Wall; MM&P
President Robert Lowen; MEBA
District 1 President Jesse Calhoon;
MEBA District 2 President Ray
McKay; American Radio Associ
ation President William Steinberg
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and Radio Officers Union President
Charles Calhoun.
After soliciting support from the
unions for President Reagan's propo^ed maritime program, Adm.
Shear made the request for the wage
rollback stating that, "official
Washington is nearly unanimous in
its belief that American seamen and
officers are too highly paid in relation to the remainder of the Amefican economy''
(chaired for the SIU by President
Frank Drozak) drew up^a statement
of rejection, which was promptly
sent to all SIU and NMU contracted
deep sea vessels.
The statement noted that unlicensed seamen had already made
great sacrifices in recent years in
the loss of jobs due to automation,
while at the same time cooperating
with management to increase productivity on the ships.
The statement also pointed out
SIU, NMU Meet at SHLSS
that although total U.S. crew cost
The joint SIU-NMU decision to (including officers) are higher than
reject the Administration's wage Japan and Western nations, wages
rollback request came after much of unlicensed seamen "are more
discussion at a meeting of the SIU- than competitive with our counterNMU Committee on Cooperation , parts on the national flag fleets of
at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg other Western nations and Japan."
School of Seamanship in Piney
The joint statement further noted
Point, MD. on June 30, 1982.
that, "the SIU and NMU are willing
The SIU-NMU Committee to look at any program that will
revitalize the U.S. maritime
industry'' But in the absence of a
national cargo policy which would
significantly increase the number of
ships and jobs available to American
seafarers, the SIU and NMU had
no choice but to "emphatically
reject" a Wage rollback.
SIU officers in attendance at the
Piney Point meeting were: SIU
President Drozak; Vice-President
Mike Sacco; Legislative Director
Frank Pecquex; Exec. Asst. to the
President Jack Caffey, and Jack
sonville Agent and Deputy Plans
Administratdf Leo Bonser.
Qfe^tbe. NMU side were: Secre
tary-Treasurer Tom Martinez; Vice
Presidents Lou Parise and James
Paterson; Legislative
Director
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Director A1 Zeidel, and legislative
representative Tal Simpkins.
Conventions-At-Sea Tax Bill Moves Up In House
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A
shipboard convention bill, strongly
supported by the SIU, was passed
this month by a House
Subcommittee.
The legislation, H.R. 3191, was
very favorably marked up by the
Select Revenue Subcommiftee,
chaired by Rep. Pete Stark CDCalif.), and was sent on to the full
Committee, Ways and Means.
Originally introduced by Rep.
Frank Guarini (D-N.J.), the bill
would allow conventions that are
held on U.S.-flag cruise ships to
be tax deductible in the same way
that land-based conventions are tax
write-offs.
Current tax laws allow deductions
for conventions in Canada and
Mexico as well as in the U.S. Tkx
deductions for conventions held
aboard cruise ships, regardless of
their registry, were disallowed in
late 1980 when Congress revised
the Internal Revenue Code.
Guarini's original bill simply
called for tax deductions for
conventions when thdy are held
aboard U.S.-flag passenger ships
that stop in North American ports.
However, the bill as marked by the
Subcommittee was amended to
permit an American-flag vessel to
travel to any port, whether doihestic
or foreign, and still be able to host
conventions which qualify as a tax
deductible business expense.
Another amendment adopted bjr
the Subcommitt^^ould require tte
Convention atrendee to pr^ide
proof df^rticipation ax the
convention's daily sessions. A
similar requirement is contained in
a Senate version of this legislation.
During the mark-up process th?
Treasury Department tUd not reverse
any of its earlier objection to H.R.
3191. The Department still contends
thrat cruise line vessels are
inappropriate sites for holding
business meetings.
The SIU believes that this bill is
extremely important to the survival
of the fledgling American-flag
passenger industry and is a necessity
for its continued growth.
H.R. 3191 still has a long way
to go for final approval. If the House
Ways and Means Committee acts
favorably on it, the legislation must
still go to the full House, be passed
by the Senate, and signed by the
Ftesident.
The SIU's legislation team will
continue to monitor and fight for
this bill that could so favoinbly effect
the livelihood of America's
merchant seamen.
The Spirit of Texas Is Launched
As of Aug. 1, Seamen Must
Use SIU CImios fur 'Duty' Slips
In other words, as of August I,
The Board of THistees of the Sea
farers Welfare Plan ruled that, 1982, the Welfare Plan will no longer
effective August 1, 1982, seamen accept private physician's determi
must use the SIU's Welfare Plan nations of "Fit for Duty" or "Unfit
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clinics and contracted pbysidans for for Duty".
examinations to obtain *'Unfit For
The Hustees took this action to
buty" slips.
insure
an efficient, cost effective
The United States Public Health
Service, which was shut down Oct. procedure to determine duty status.
I, 1981, formerly provided this The SIU CUnics, like USPHS, are
service for seamen. However, since acutely aware of the health proMems
the USPHS closures, seamen Iwve and n^s of seamen, and are in a
been using private physicians, which much better position to fairly and
has led to undue conftision and an accurately determine the seaman's
inordinate financial drain on the health status in relation to the phys
ical requirements of his job.
Seafarers Welfare Plan.
Another brand new bulk carrier, the horsepower of 15,400 moving at a
36,000 dwt M/V Spirit of Texas (Titan service speed of 16 knots. She has a
Navigation) was launched early this beam of 93 feet and a draft of 50 feet.
month in the Levingston Shipyard,
Last year the Pride of Texas made
Orange, Tex.
her maiden voyage to Mainland China
The $40-minion, 590-foot bulker, with a cargo of grain. Early this year,
the last to be built for the Asco-Falcon the Star of Texas made her maiden
Shipping Co. fleet, will shortly join voyage to Egypt. In September, the
her two sisterships, the M/V Pride of Star will haul a cargo of phosphate
Texas (delivered in May 1981) and the from Morehead City, N.C. to Karachi,
M/V Star of Texas (delivered in January Pakistan.
1982.)
The Spirit of Texas will probably be
The Spirit of Texas is powered by
twin diesel engines with a combined crewed up this fall.
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Washington, D.C.—^The Senate construction of-American vessels operators to secure bank loans to
has passed a Maritime Authoriza in American yards.
build American flag vessels without
tions Bill for Fiscal Year 1983 that
some kind of government backed,
Shipyards Will Suffer
incorporates most of the Reagan
According to "Businessweek," loan program.
Administration's austere budget
The Senate bill also contains Ianiccuiiiiucuuauv.ua.
recommendations. The Senate bill one of this nation's leading business
differs substantially from the SlU- journals, 12 to 14 of this nation s gu^gg that would give direct aid to
supported House version of the bill, shipyards would probably fold if certain owners of foreign flag vesUnder its terms, those foreign
If the Senate bill is enacted in its U.S. operators were allowed to build
present form, several important foreign. The rest would subsist on flag vessds already carrying toxic
maritime programs woiild be frozen Navy work. Few if any private flag waste could continue to remain in
or killed. The Construction Differ vessels would be built in this the trade, even though the Jones
Act has been redefined to exclude
ential Subsidy Program, which has country^ /
In additfon to cutting the CDS foreign flag participation in the toxic
made it possible for operators to
build their vessels in American program and extending the build ^aste industry.
shipyards, would be totally elimi foreign provisions for two more
The Maritime Authorizations Bill
years, the Senate also decided to covers a wide range of maritime
nated.
The Senate also voted to permit freeze the Title XI loan guarantee activity. Other monies allotted for
subsidized U.S. operators to build program at $12 billion. In keeping Fiscal Year 1983 include $454 mil
their vessels in foreign shipyards with that ceiling, new commitments lion for Operating Subsidies; $16.8
for at least two more years. The for loan guarantees will be limited million for Research and Devel
original decision to allow U.S.^ to $675 million in 1982 and $600 opment, and $71 million for gov
operators to build foreign was million in 1983.
ernment training schools.
The Title XI Program has become
reached last year. It was intended
to be a stop-gap measure. The plan very important to American operHouse Differences
was to give the Administration time ators in light of recent economic
The House version of the Mar
to come up with a plan to stimulate conditions. Continuing high interest
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itime Authorizations Bill differs
dif
from its Senate counterpart in four
ways. It contains no build-foreign
provision. It raises the Title XI
ceiling by $3 billion, from $12 bil}ion to $15 billion. It would not
allow any foreign flag incinerator
vessels to be "grandfathered" into
the American toxic waste industry.
It would retain the Construction
Differential Subsidy at a $100 mil
lion level in Fiscal Year 1983.
A number of high-fanking Con
gressmen have expressed displea
sure with the Senate version of the
"bill. Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) said
that "the more 1 listen, the more I
get the impression.., that there is
no real intention of preserving the
merchant marine."
The House Bill has been reported
out of the House Merchant Marine
Committee. It awaits floor action.
There is expected to be a spirited
fight between supporters of the
House Bill, and those who favor
the Senate version.
New Shipdocking Tlig Joins SlU Fleet in Charleston,S.C.
rriHE Marine Contracting and
A Towing Co. of Charleston,
South Carolina has added a new
shipdocking tug, the South Caro
lina, to its SlU-contracted fleet.
Purchased from the U.S. Navy at
an auction held in Norfolk, Va., the
newly acquired vessel was just about
ready to go into service.
The South Carolina received a
good deal of streamlining and
refurbishing, not to mention a fresh
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coat of paint. She certainly looks from the Navy, the America, is now service in about six weeks. America
better in the colors of Marine Towing being refuFbished; She should will bring Martoco s SlU-contracted
than she did in battleship grey. At follow the South Carolina into fleet to eight vessels,
the time of the LCG'S visit to his
toric Charleston, the South CaroUna's overhaul was nearly complete
and she will be in service by the
time this issue goes to press. Some
equipment not usually found on
commercial tugboats but utilized by
the Navy, such as a sophisticated
firefighting system, will be retained
on the boat. This firefighting system
should make the South Carolina a
valuable asset in the Charleston
harbor.
Two GM diesel electric motors
with a combined output of 1200
horsepower will provide the South
Carolina with the necessary muscle
for its shipdocking chores.
Here's the crew of the South Carolina, from the left: Bob Mazyck, <»ptain; Norton
A second tug, also purchased White, engineer; H. P. White, and Mike Sistare, deckhands.
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Aii Groups
Class A Class B Class C
JUNE 1-30, 1982
Port
DECK DEPARTMENT
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ENGINE DEP/dtTMENT
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STEVUARD DEPARTMENT
14
2
0
13
5
1
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
0
0
0
56
47
19
83
18
72
165
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""Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
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Port
Algonac
Port
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Algonac
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14
3
107
22
4
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Strong measures Needed to Enforce Cargo Laws
Washington, D.C.—Unless
Congress takes "strong measures"
to put some muscle into U.S. Cargo
Preference Laws, "we will continue
to witness the undermining of cargo
preference programs," which, SlU
President Frank Drozak told a
Senate Subcommittee, "are one of
the last things keeping this industry
alive."
Testifying at hearings held June
16 by the Senate Merchant Marine
Subcommittee of the Commerce,
Science & Transportation Com
mittee, chaired by Sen. Slade
Gorton (R-Wash.) Drozak spoke
bluntly about cargo preference,
echoing the statement he made
before a House Merchant Marine
& Fisheries Committee hearing
earlier in June.
"It is one thing to have cargo
preference laws on the books," said
Drozak who is also president of the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart-'
ment. "But it an entirely different
matter to have these laws obeyed.
Over the years," he added, "there
have been repeated actions by gov
ernment agencies to avoid com
plying with this law"
The subject of the Senate Sub
committee hearings was to receive
comments on the status and work-
SIU President Frank Drozak testifies at Congressional hearings recently.
ability of the Cargo Preference Act
of 1954. Known as F*ublic Law 664,
the Act requires at least 50 percent
of all government-generated cargo
to be shipped on U.S.-flag ships.
The major programs under PL. 664
are the Food for Peace program (PL480), the Agency for International
Development's Loans & Grants
program and the Strategic Petroleum
and Minerals stockpiles.
During two days of hearings
maritime spokesmen, including
Drozak, Adm. Harold Shear of the
Maritime Administration, Peter
Luciano, executive director of the
Transportation Institute and Philip
J. Shapiro of Apex Marine Corp.,
among others, spoke strongly in
favor of the Cargo Preference laws.
Wayne Nelson of the National
Association of Wheat Growers tes
tified against continuing U.S. cargo
preference as did George L. Berg
Jr., of the American Farm Bureau
who said cargo preference is "costly
to the American taxpayer... contrary
to our foreign policy... constitutes
a policy of protectionism
and... inhibits exports."
Expressing the view of the
majority of witnesses before the
Senate Subcommittee, Adm. Shear
said "it would be difficult to exag
gerate the importance of government
cargo preference to U.S.-flag oper
ators. For some carriers," Shear
continued, government-generated
"cargoes represent the difference
between operating and going out of
business."
In his testimony, SlU President
Drozak went a step further with his
views on cargo preference. After
citing several recent instances of
non-compliance with PL 664 by the
Dept. of Energy, the Agriculture
Dept., and the General Services
Administration, as the latest in ah
ongoing series of examples, Drozak
charged Congress to take "correc
tive steps... before it is too late."
Compliance with cargo prefer
ence laws must be beefed up,
Drozak said, by:
• having the President issue "an
Executive Order directing all agen
cies to comply with the letter and
the intent of cargo preference laws.
Agencies must be put on notice that
the President will not tolerate vio
lations of thfe law;"
• amending section ,901 (b) of
the Merchant Marine Act to clarify
those programs which are covered
by cargo preference, making it more
difficult for agencies to evade the
law;
• giving Marad the authority and
the manpower to oversee compli
ance.
"Without teeth to enforce them
Drozak told the Senators, "cargo
preference laws will continue to be
ignored."
House Unit Slips Changes Into P.R. Passenger Ship BUI
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The
SIU has strong objections to sections
of a Puerto Rican passenger ship
bill that was passed this month by
the House Merchant Marine Sub
committee.
The legislation, H.R. 1489,
would..waive an 1886 U.S. law in
order to allow foreign-flag ships to
carry passengers between the
American mainland and Puerto
Rico—unless the Secretary of
Transportation determines that U.S.flag passenger vessels are available.
When the bill was introduced the
SlU said it would not oppose the
legislation as long as certain pro
visions were met.
These were:
1.) The Subcommittee should
clearly note that the bill that is being
waived by H.R. 1489 is an 1886
law and not the Jones Act of 1920
which deals with the carriage of
cargo between U.S. ports. The SIU
would oppose any effort to weaken
the Jones Act.
2.) The qualifying clause con
cerning the entry of U.S.-passenger
ships must not be dropped.
Language Changes
As the bill stood originally, it was
stated that if an American-flag pas
senger ship became available, no
foreign-flag yessels will be allowed
to continue to operate between
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However, the wording of the bill,
as passed by the Subcommittee,
leaves much to be desired.
For one thing, whep, the bill
mentions fqreign-flag ships leaving
the run when American ships are
available, the term "comparable
service" is used. The Union sees
this as presenting many difficulties.
Also, the bill allows foreign-flag
ships one year to get out of the
service. The SIU feels that this time
frame is too long.
Because of consideration for the
residents of Puerto Rico, the SIU
had refrained from opposing H.R.
1489.
As SIU President Frank Drozak
had pointed out in a statement sub
mitted to the Subcommittee last
month, "because Puerto Rico is an
island, Puerto Rican citizens who
have a fear of flying or who are
unable to fly for medical reasons
have no readily available alternate
method of transportation to the
United States mainland."
However, it appears that the
original intent and proposed pro
tections of the bill have b^n altered.
The Union will be taking a closer
look at the bill as passed by the
Subcommitte in order to insure that
American-flag Interests are pro
tected.
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S
ENATOR JOHN TOWER (RTex), head of the Armed Serv
ices Committee, surprised an audi
ence at the U.S. Naval Academy
in Annapolis by issuing a strong
challenge to the United States gov
ernment to come up with a com
prehensive national transportation
policy that would take into account
the needs of the American flag
merchant marine.
Tower had been expected to
applaud the military and naval build
up that the government has called
for, and he did. He had also been
expected to praise Tom Hayward,
the new chief of naval operations,
and he did. What he was not
expected to do was remind the Navy
brass that American security is
inadequate without a strong Amer
ican flag merchant marine.
In defending the importance of
the American flag merchant marine.
Tower cited famous American mil
itary strategists from Admiral Alfred
Thayer Mahan to the late Dwight
David Eisenhower.
Tower noted the role that mer
chant fleets played in the Falkland
Islands dispute, the Vietnam and
Korean Wars, and the rise of Soviet
Naval Superiority during the past
20 years.
He also made the following
assertion:
"I challenge our new Chief of Naval
Operations to broaden the scope of
our thinking on naval policy to
include our vitally important mer
chant marine and civilian ship
building assets. We must turn from
spending all our time on purely naval
programming concerns and insert
ourselves into the making of a
national maritime policy—a mari
time policy fliat will serve this nation
in war and peace and will reflect
the concerns of the Navy, the mar
itime services, and the shipbuilding
base."
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was one of 54 privately owned
British merchant vessels that played
an important role in the Falkland
Islands dispute. Its owners have
come up with a very special way
to show their gratitude to Britain's
latest war heroes. Now that the
media coverage of the Falkland
Islands dispute has died down, 129
crewmembers who risked life and
limb for their country have been
fired and replaced with foreign
seamen Who will be paid one-quarter
their salary.
The incident offers an important
lesson for the United States and for
American seamen.
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Panama. The theory has been tested
Argentina and Great Britain, the assumes in any
just one tirrie.
British government calied more than national dispute. I^il of Bntmn s
During the 1973 Yom Kippur War,
50 privately owned vesseis into success lay m the ability of its merthe United States was frantically
service to provide the Royal Navy chant marine to carry supplies from
searching for ways to bring supplies
with adequate seaiift capability. A the port of Southhampton to the
to Israel, its loyal and embattled
few of the vessels had been staffed soldiers and navymen stationed m
ally. Despite pressure from the
with foreign seamen. The British the South Atlantic,
government, mindful of national
The British are very senous alwut American government, William
Tolbert, the late President of Liberia,
security, refused to let those foreign their maritime power. And, unlike
seamen man British merchant ves- the United States, they have gone issued an executive order that for
bade Liberian flag vessels from
sels during what it considered to be to some trouble to maintain a fairly
carrying arms to the Middle East.
healthy merchant marine.
a national emergency.
The firing of the 129 British
Since the end of World War II,
P&O, the company that owned
seamen is not only in bad taste, it
the Canberra, hired 129 British the U.S. government has adhered
is a personal tragedy for the men
seamen/volunteers for the duration to the "Effective U.S. Control
Doctrine," which states that Amer- involved. A far greater tragedy,
of the Falkland Islands dispute.
The Falkland Islands dispute ican maritime interests can be pro- however, is the fact that the United
proved once and for all the impor- tected by foreign fleets, most States does not have a viable mer
tance that the merchant marine notably those of Liberia and chant marine to rely upon.
Brand Makes Most of Shot at Nationwidediately
Audience
apparant, people can go years
quite sympathetic. They came from all
over the country: from Mobile, from
Detroit, from California. Thanks to
Herb Brand, a lot of people who did
not even know that the merchant marine
existed are now aware of some of its
problems.
From its inception, the maritime
industry has been hurt by its relative
obscurity. Most Americans take their
merchant marine for granted. That's
not their fault. The consequences of
allowing the merchant marine to
atrophy are hidden. Unlike irrespon
sible tax policies, which are imme
HERB BRAND, chairman of the
Board at the Transportation Institute,
recently appeared on the "Larry King
Show!' Larry King is to late night radio
what Johnny Carson is to late night
television. His show is carried on 265
different stations nationwide, and has
an audience of 20 million people.
Brand is an acknowledged expert on
the maritime industry. He was the first
president of the Transportation Institute,
a widely respected non-profit organi
zation aimed at promoting maritime
research and development. Last year,
he was named Chairman of the Board.
The Larry King Show follows a
question and answer format. King is
known for his direct style. His first
question to Brand was, "what is the
problem with the merchant marine?"
Brand told him! For many years, he
said, the United States has followed a
free trade policy. That was fme in the
Nineteenth Century. However, we are
the only country today that insists on
"free trade" in the maritime sector.
Other countries have strict cabotage
laws. They subsidize their merchant
marine. They promote bilateral trade
agreements. Brand said that during the
election campaign Ronald Reagan
without being aware that their gov
ernment is following a bankrupt mar
itime policy. The real value of a mer
chant marine is most apparant during
a national emergency. Unfortiinately,
by that time it is usually too late to
reverse ineffective policies. For a top
maritime figure to be able to talk to
an audience of 20 million Americans
is an important event, for it gives the
maritime industry a chance to let the
American people know just what is
involved in allowing the American flag
merchant marind to dwindle.
Responsibility. Respect.
And more money, too.
Herbert Brwd
issued an eight point program for the
maritime industry. One of those points
stated that it was essential for any
American president to direct all gov
ernment agencies to negotiate bilateral
trade agreements. That has not been
done by the Reagan people, said Brand.
Brand's discussion of maritime
problems, was quite successful. An
overwhelming number of calls were
Karen Leslie Admitted to Jersey Bar
THEY'RE THE THINGS YOU EARN
WHEN YOU'RE THE CHIEF PUMPMAN.
You're an SIU Seafarer—
the most professional maritime
worker in the world.
Make it pay.
Sign up for the Pumproom
Maintenance and Operations
Course at SHLSS.
Contact SHLSS or your
SIU Field Representative
for details.
Proud daddle, Steve Leslie, first general vice president of the Operating Engineers,
Gives dauahter, Karen, a kiss after she was admitted to New Jersey law practice
in recent Sriemonles In Henton. Leslie, a fwmer a^ber of th^lU, also serves
as vice oresWent of the AFL-CIO Maritime Tfades Department. He Is also head of
Local 25 of the Operating Engineers, which shares office space with the SIU at
SIU Headquarters In Brooklyn, N.^
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SlU WishiBS Happy 300th Birthday to 'City of Brotherty Love
Amerlca'sBicentennlal?notthistlme.Thesetall8hlpssalledlntotheportofPhlladelphiarecentlytocetebratethe
ance of eight SlU-contracted tugs from Curtis Bay, Taylor and Anderson, McAllister and Sonat, which v®'""
docked In Philly to help celebrateThe city's 300th birthday. The tall-masted ships, many of which had participated in the 1976 O^Sall ^^^
from South America to Philadelphia. The SlU was well represented at the harbor festlvitle^from the
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John, Is a deep sea SlU member as are two of their sons, John Jr., and Leo.
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Congress Overrides Reagan Veto of Copyright Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Even ufacuring clause of the Copyright Act, countries of Asia. The Labor Dept. and Senate Judiciary Committee
though there's a Republic,an majority which requires that most books by last year estimated that as many as Chairman Strom Th^imond (R-S-^ )
in the Senate, President Reagan's veto . Americans and other printed material 367,000 jobs would be wiped out, was a co-sponsor of the bill.
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WITH
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Republican
majonty
in the
overrode a veto by President Reagan
If the President's veto had been sus- requirement, which has been part of Senate and a strong conservative coaand thus prevented the further erosion
tained,
hundreds of thousands of U.S. the law since the year 1891, was lition in the House, Reagan has seldom
of American jobs.
jobs would have been wiped out by "sehg^led to expire this month, and had to veto legislation the AdmmisA 324-86 vote in the House and an
84-9 vote in the Senate saved the man- the shifting of printing to low-waee Con^^ approved a compromise bill tration opposed in order to keep it from
extending it for another four years, becoming law.
Of pight other vetoes, most were
until July 1986.
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allowed
to stand without an attempt to
Reagan vetoed the measure with the
explanation thirt "my Administration override.
That is exactly what happened
has placed a very high priority on
strengthening free trade" and America's recently with a Housing Stimulus BUI
trading partners objected to the man- that inc^ded a program ^designed to
ufacturing clause."
cut mortgage interest rates by four perThe AFL-CIO responded that centage points for certain buyers of
"America's workers ojbect even more new homes.
strenuously to the loss of their jobs,"
The government was to bear only
September 27 and October 25
and Legislative Director Ray Denison the administrative costs of the program
called on Congress "to stand up to its because home buyers would have been
convictions and make sure the bill required to pay back the subsidy.
becomes law. To allow the veto to stand Nevertheless, the President vetoed the
would be sharing responsibility for job bill, and with a single stroke of his
pen prevented the construction of
destruction," he warned.
Before the vote, the AFL-CIO wrote 250,000 homes and creation of a halfmembers of Congress of labor's con million construction-related jobs.
cern at the ripple effect of the job losses
on top of already severe unemployment.
The original legislation had strong
partisan support despite the Admin
istration's opposition, and the vote
A temporary telephone system has
changes didn't come close to blocking been installed at the SIU Pacific Disthe two-thirds needed for the override. trict-PMA Benefits Trust Fund Office,
In the House, 213 Democrats and located at 522 Harrison Street, San
111 Republicans voted to override. Fr^cisco, Please make note of the
Sevety-three Republicans and 13 following numbers in the event you
Democrats supported the President. need to contact a Fund Office repre
When the House first passed the bill, sentative regarding your pension and/
on June 15, only 40 Republicans and or vacation benefits.
7 Democrats voted against it.
SIU Pacific District-PMA
The Senate had originally passed the
Pension Plan
bill by voice vote, and the Republican
(415) 495-5949
leadership had to drop far down on the
SIU PD-PMA Supplemental
seniority^ list—to New Hampshire's
Benefits Fund
Sen. Gordon J. Humphrey—to find a
(415) 495-5949 or 495-6894
floor leader willing to support the
As soon as permanent numbers are
assigned, new listings will be pub
President's position.
Majority Leader Hpward H. Baker, lished.
Jr. (R-Tenn.) voted to override the veto.
Attention Seafarers . - •
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Apply for the Diesel Engineer Course
at SHLSS. It pays to get ahead in your
career.
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Norfolk, Va.—It's been a long
ancTunusual road but Seafarers have
finally crewed a brand new bulk
ship named the Golden Phoenix.
The 931 foot long-ship has a beam
of 140 feet and is owned by Phoenix
Bulk Ships. She's operated by SIUcontracted Titan Navigation.
Crewed here last month, the ship
went to New Orleans to load soy
bean oil. Her next stop will be Pak
istan. After that, she'll be heading
to Rorea for conversion.
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That's part of the long, unusual«
story.
The Golden Phoenix was origi
nally supposed to be the El Paso
Cove Point, a liquid natural gas
carrier owned by SlU-contracted El
Paso Co. She and two sister ships
were built at the Avondale Shipyard
in New Orleans, La.
During gas trials two years ago,
thousands of cracks were discov
ered—a very dangerous situation
for ships that are supposed to carry
such volatile cargo as liquid natural
gas.
However, the ships were still quite
salvageable and an enterprising
company" saw the possibilities.
Phoenix will use at least two of
those former El Paso ships as bulk
carriers. The former El Paso
Savannah, renamed the Jade
Phoenix, took on her SIU crew in
May. She is already in Korea for
conversion.
Both the Jade Phoenix and the
Golden Phoenix will have their LNG
tanks removed so that they can be
multi-purpose dry and liquid bulk
carriers.
The third ship that was scheduled
to be an LNG carrier, the El Paso
Columbia, is currently in Norfolk.
However, she may not be taken over
by Phoenix since she suffered
extensive damage while being towed
from Boston, Mass. to Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
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quarterly dues payment.
Boatswain Luther Pate (i.) and AB Spiro Catechis take a moment to relax In the
Golden Phoenix's mess hail.
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Day QMED Spiros Perdikis enjoys a cup of coffee before
burning to in the engine room.
AB Tom Holt in the crew mess.
Oiler Sam Morales checks a reading on the engine room console.
A beshaded David Burgess, AB, checks a valve that
has not seen much use In the past four years on the
former'El Paso Savannah's'deck.
Ass t. Cook Kenneth Long (i.) and Chief Steward Bill Wroten handle a good portion
of the galley chores aboard the Golden Phoenix.
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July Recess
The November elections are right around
the corner. One-third of the Senate is up for
re-election, and so is the entire House of Rep
resentatives. Most Congressmen are taking full
advantage of the July recess to line up their
support back home.
Needless to say, legislators have been preoc
cupied with the upcoming election and the tra
ditional month long August recess. Aside from
the budget, little legislative activity is expected
until after the election.
Starting November 2, however, there will
be a burst of activity. Congressmen and Senators
will try to make up for lost time. They'll have
to beat a January deadline, when a new Congress
will have to start from scratch. Any legislation
that has not been enacted by the end of the
year will have to be re-introduced.
Following is a rundown of some of the
Washington activities, pending at this time,
which affect the jobs and security of SlU mem
bers.
Law of the Sea: The Reagan Administration
has decided not to sign the Law of the Sea
Treaty on grounds that it does not adequately
protect American interests. Interim legislation
mandating the use of American flag vessels in
any deep seabed mining ventures will still be
in effect. Industry experts are divided on the
veto's consequences. Some predict that the
refusal of the Administration to sign the treaty
will lead to an uncertain international situation,
thereby retarding the develqping of an American
seabed mining industry.
UNCTAD: The United States was one of
four nations that voted against the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Liner Code, as 130 nations voted in favor of
it, while 17 abstained. The UNCTAD Treaty
is supported by the SIU. We feel the treaty s
bilateral trade provisions would stimulate
American shipping.
Military Sealift Command: The Military
Sealift Command recently unveiled plans for
an ambitious new Sealift program that it con
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Which would put American flag vessels on
tends will help reverse the nation's declining
equal footing with landbased convention facil
sealift capability. The plan was well-received,
ities, is essential to the development of the
except that most industry figures felt that it
American flag passenger vessel industry, and
should brifeat^as a stopgap measure and
the SIU fully supports it.
that primary attention should be paid to
rebuilding this nation's merchant marine.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Amendments
have been passed to the House and Senate
Reagan's Maritime Program: After an
versions of legislation dealing with Oil Anti
unusually long delay, the Reagan Administration
trust Exemptions (S.2332). Both the Senate
unveiled the details of its new maritime program
and House versions would establish a mandatory
last month. The Program aroused immediate
fill rate for the nation's Strategic Petroleum
and intense opposition from the SIU on the
Reserve to take advantage of the present oil
grounds it would destroy U.S. shipbuilding.
glut.
The House Amendment, introduced by
Reagan called for an indefini_Je extension of
Rep. Dannemeyer (R-Cal), would establish a
temporary legislation permitting subsidized
200,000 per day minimum. The Senate
American operators to build foreign. He also
amendment, introduced by Sen. Jackson (Dwants to cut funding for research and devel
Wash), would establish a 300,000 barrel per
opment as well as totally eliminate the vitally
day
minimum fill rate. U.S. ships must carry
important Construction Differential Subsidy
50% of these cargoes, by law.
Program. Reagan would put a ceiling on oper
Maritime Authorizations Bill: The House
ating subsidy funds and the Title XI Loan
version was reported out of the House Merchant
Guarantee Program for building new ships in
Marine Committee recently. The Senate has
U.S. yards..
already passed its version of the MaritimePbrt Development: More than 35 separate
Authorizations Bill. The Senate version incor
port development bills are before Congress.
porates many of the Administration's recom
One, HR 4627, would reserve 40% of all dry
mendations. including the elimination of the
bulk cargo for American flag shipping. The
CDS program and the indefinite extension of
SIU fully supports this bill. HR 4627 was
the build-foreign program, which was meant
reported out of the House Merchant Marine
to be a stopgap measure. The House version
Committee. The Water Resources Subcom
of the bill which is much more sympathetic to
mittee of the House Public Works and Transmaritime interests, awaits passage. The SIU
portqjtion Committee, which has primary juris
supports the House version.
diction, is expected to pass its own version;
The Senate version of the bill has been bottled
up in the Finance Committee. The Adminis
tration's decision to formulate a $440 million
system of user fees has complicated the picture.
Uncertain of its effect, local ports are backing
away from the ambitious plans for development.
Modernization of this nation's antiquated port
system is essential if we are to develop our
coal resources.
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Guarini Bill: This bill would make con
ventions on board American flag passenger
vessels eligible for tax write-offs. The House
Subcommittee on Internal Revenue Sen^ice
marked up the bill. Passage of the Guarini Bill,
SPAD is the SIU's political fund and our political arm in
Washington, D.C. The SIU asks for and accepts voluntary
contributions only. The Union uses the money donated to
SPAD to support the election campaigns of legislators who
have shown a pro-maritime or pro-labor record.
SPAD enables the SIU to work effectively on the vital
maritime issues in the Congress* These are issues that have
a direct impact on the jobs and job security of all SIU mem
bers, deep-sea, inland, and Lakes.
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The SIU urges its members to continue their fine record
of support for SPAD. A member can contribute to the
SPAD fund as he or she sees fit, or make no contribution at
all without fear of reprisal.
A copy of the SPAD report is filed with the Federal Elec
tion Commission. It is available for purchase from the EEC
in Washinjgton, D.C.
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Schoiarsiiip Students Visit D.C.
Winners of lx)th ttie IbwiXMrt Operator, and Dtesel
Engine Scholarships offered jointly by ttieltansportatlon Institute and the SIU went to Washington
recently for a visit to Tl-ansportatlon Institute and
to the offices of their Union's legislative repre
sentatives. During their tour of the Congress, they
paused for this photo on the steps of our nation's
Capitol. Pictured from top right are Dennis
Necalse, Benny Landry, Michael Halliburton,
Robert Martin, Richard Cavalier, Gil Pruitt, Ben
Elmore, David Hutching, Bill Noland, Rick Bauer,
Melvin Ott and Eric Corgey. Continuing around,
Curtis Alford, Steve Frantz, Jesse Barrera, Mark
Pool, Don Toby, Roger Taylor, Robert Olvany,
Greg Newman, Bill Harrott, Jasper Green, and
SIU Legislative Representative Elizabeth Coker.
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Great Lidkes ahd Western Rivers, by VR Mike Sacco
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^ Western Rivers continue to be
hard hit by the nation's economic
recession, which has deeply
depressed the movejnen^of coal and
petroleum products along the Mis
sissippi River S]^stem. However,
there have been some positive signs
since my last report.
Orgulf Transportation crewed up
two boats recently which had been
laid up. Orgulf now has 5 of 6 boats
running, and they are building two
new 8,400 hp towboats to go into
service in November. In addition, SIU crews employed by Orgulf are
anticipating contract negotiations. The present agreement with this
company runs out in December.
Heartland Transportation also broke out a previously laid up boat,
the Harry Briendelle, and transferred it from the Canal to the River.
This represents a net gain of jobs since River crews are traditionally
larger than Canal crews.
National Marine Service is running only 10 of 18 boats. The Union
met with management recently to discuss the company's problems
and the subsequent effect on unemployed SIU members. The meeting
was very productive. As a result, management agreed to a temporary
relief-job system to aid unemployed Boatmen with short term employ
ment. All laid off National Marine employees should register at the
halls servicing this company to take adv^tage of the temporary system.
On the Great Lakes, the maritime industry continues to suffer through
one'bf its more difficult seasons. Nearly 50 percent of the Great Lakes
fleet continues to be laid up due to the severely depressed auto industry.
There are no easy answers to the problems plaguing all Great Lakes
industries. But one thing for sure, the Great Lakes situation will not
cure itself. There must be action from Congress and the White House
to reverse the decline of the Great Lakes.
Gulf Coast, by VR Joe Sacco
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ULF area tug and barge comrpanies involved in the carriage
of petroleum products continue to
operate below capacity due to the
continuing recession in the U.S.
Deep sea shipping in the Gulf is
also below normal, but we're
holding our own nonetheless.
We have a number of laid up
ships in the d^Mf including four in
Houston, three in New Orleans, two
in Mobile, and six in the Jackson
ville area, and three in Tampa.
Members who already have their
seatime requirements in for 1982 would be wise to use this time
constructively to upgrade their skills at Piney Point. Those with the
top rated skills always have good shipping. It's something to think
about.
In Mobile, SIU members crewed up the CATUG Grown, the second
of six such brand new vessels to be put into service for Apex Marine.
In New Orleans, where shipping was fair last month. Port Agent
Gerry Brown attended his first meeting as a member of Louisiana's
Task Force on Deep Draft Vessel Access to the Mississippi River. This
important committee will formulate a report to La. Gov. Treen on the
feasibility of dredging certain sections of the Mississippi to allow
deep draft sea vessels to call at New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
The SIU has remained extremely active in politics in the Gulf. On
July 31, I'll be attending a statewide meeting in Austin, Tex. for the
purpose of coordinating labor's support of candidates for the November
elections. ^
The SIU will also Be attending endorsement meetings in Jacksonville,
Fla. And we are cooperating with the Florida labor movement to make
Florida's "Solidarity Day" (Aug. 28, 1982) a success.
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mfest Coast, by VR. George McCartney
NTERNATIONAL events often
have a direct and immediate impact
on the American merchant marine. The
recent ,war in the Falkland Islands
between England and Argentina is such
an event.
Since the crisis' begarf last April,
there has been a steady decline in the
amount of cargo moving between the
U.S. and Argentina. This has had a
direct impact on the four Delta Line
'M' ships (combination passenger/
cargo vessels) which call regularly at
Argentinian ports. The ships have been
sailing with considerably less than full loads. Just this week the Santa
Magdalena paid off and laid up. We are hopeful that this situation is only
temporary and that the flow of cargo between the U.S. and Argentina returns
to its regular levels.
On another front we are eagerly awaiting the first West Coast-to-Hawaii
voyage of the S5 Independence. This beautiful passenger ship's operator,
American Hawaii Cruises, is testing the waters to see if there is a sufficient
market for running the SS Independence on regular West Coast to Hawaii
trips. At the present time, the Independence is undergoing a 6-week sprucing
up and minor repair period in anticipation of the "maiden" run.
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From July 19-22, 1982, the California State Labor Federation, AFL-CIO,
hosted an important meeting in Anaheim for the purpose of determining
who labor will support in the upcoming November elections. The SIUNA
was fully represented at this meeting by myself; SIU €xec. V.F Ed Tiirner;
SIUNA VP. Roy "Buck" Mercer; SIU Wilmington Agent Mike Worley;
UIW National Director Steve Edney; SIU San Francisco Field Representative
John Ravnick, and SIU Wilmington Field Rep Scott Hanion.
Deep sea shipping was good in Wilmington in June, however there was
an overall increase in the number of people 'Registered-on-the-Beaph.' We
shipped 74 standby inland tankermen jobs last month here as well.
We have a new Field rep in Seattle, Rich Berkowitz, who is adapting
nicely to his new surroundings. Shipping in Seattle was good, where We
recently recrewed the Sea-Land Philadelphia and the Santa Adela.
East Coast, by VR Leon Hall
(TTIVITY was brisk in the port
Lof New York in the past month
with a total of 37 ships in the port
for payoff. There were 14 signons
in N.Y. and SIU patrolmen also
visited 13 ships in transit. I'm happy
to report that shipping was good in
New York with a total of 334 jobs
shipped through the hall in Brooklyn
during the month of June.
In Baltimore, the SIU wrapped
up a new contract with Harbor
Towing, gaining wage increases of
8 percent, 7 percent, and 6 percent,
respectively in the three years of the pact. We also gained provisions
for COLA increases for the 2nd and 3rd years of the contract.
Baltimore had two payoffs during the month of June with 18 SIU
ships coming through in transit. The Bayamon is laid up at Maryland
Drydock, but she is expected out by August I, 1982.
Seafarers crewed a new vessel, the Golden Phoenix, in the port of
Norfolk recently. The ship, initially intended to operate as an LNG,
will instead enter the bulk trade after conversion in Korea. The SIU
crew on her now will operate the vessel for a short time before taking
her to the Far East, where conversion will take about six months. The
important thing, though, is that this vessel represents a gain in job
opportunities for Seafarers in the long run.
SIU Boatmen in Philadelphia donated their time and talents last
month to help the "City of Brotherly Love" celebrajte its 300th Birthday.
Eight SIU tugs docked and undocked nearly a .score of "Tall Ships
which sailed into Philadelphia harbor for the celebration. The be^tiful
sailing vessels were a big hit during the festivities.
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Baby Doing Fine, With Heip of God,^and $47,000 in Medicai Care
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HE was only one pound, nine
ounces at birth. Because she was
so small, she couldn't breathe on
her own.
That was nine months ago. Tqday,
baby Theresa Gail Sunirall, daughter
of Seaferer Nathan Sumrall, is doing
ju^t fine.
However, the road to her recovery
was paved with huge expenses. Her
three-month stay in Forrest General
Hospital in Hattiesburg, Miss, cost
over $47,000.
Since Brother Sumrall and his
dependents are covered by the Sea
farers Welfare Plan, that $47,000
bill was paid in full! It's one of the
outstanding examples of the excel
lent coverage that is provided by
the Plan.
The baby's mother, 26-year old
Theresa Sumrall, told the Log that
the family "would have been
ruined" financially if the Seafarers
Welfare Plan had not taken care of
the b,ills. She particularly wanted
to thank Debbie Beckerman in the
Seafarers Claims Department "for
her kindness and patience."
Mrs. Sumrall also had a special
Baby Theresa doing fine today with mom and big brother.
request for the Log—a statement
that she asked be put in this article.
"I want to give Jesus Christ the
praise for our baby girl being so
perfect and in such good health.
Only He could tum what could have
been a nightmare of debt and sick
ness into such a beautiful blessing."
Baby Theresa was born on Aug.
26, 1981—three months premature.
Because she was too little to suck
a bottle, a tube had to be put down
her in order to feed her milk. She
suffered from respiratory troubles—
at first needing mechanical devices
to help her breathe. She also devel
oped pneumonia.
Now Baby Theresa is 14 pounds,
7 ounces and lives with her parents
and six-year old brother, Ian, in their
home in Sumrall, Miss.
The southern Mississippi town
of Sumrall was named around the
turn of the century after Dan Sum
rall, an ancestor of Brother Sumrall.
Dan Sumrall ran a small grocery
and post office in the area.
Mrs. Sumrall found out some of
these early details about the town
from a 92-year old resident of
Sumrall, Cora Russell.
Seafarer Nathan Sumrall, who is
28 years old, sails with the SIU as
an able seaman.
A 1970 graduate of the Seafarers
Harry Lundeberg School of Sea
manship, Brother Sumrall cornpleted the Union's "A" Seniority
Upgrading course in December of
1976.
The Seafarers Welfare Plan,'
which provided the coverage for
Brother Sumrall's baby. Was estab
lished to help seamen and boatmen
and their families meet their medical
needs. Medical science does won
ders nowadays but the financial cost
is often high. A good medical plan,
like the Seafarers Welfre Plan, can
make a big difference in your life.
Just ask the Sumralls.
Tmnscolumbia Crew Gets Kudos for Space Shuttle Wings Run
A
complimentary letter gave high
praise to the SIU crew and master
of the SS Transcolumbia (Hudson
Waterways) recently for their part in
the safe delivery of the 58-foot. 50,000
pound fragile wings of the NASA 1985
Space Shuttle Discovery from Bayonne, N.J. to the port of Los Angeles.
(See LOG story of Apr. 23, 1982;
"Wings of New Space Shuttle Hitch
a Ride iji inner Space on Trans
columbia.")
The letter from the Shuttle Orbiter
Division of Rockwell International in
California to Hudson Waterways said
in part: "On Apr. 28, 1982, your
.. vessel SS Transcolumbia successfully
delivered the Space Shuttle wings for
the Orbiter Vehicle Challenger from
Bayonne. N.J. to the port of Los
Angeles.
columbia crew, has been a shining
example of how a highly delicate
space article was delivered safe and
on schedule.
"Part of the success should be con
tributed to Capt. Robert L. Edmonds'
tine performance and the total coop
eration he provided during the voyage!
"^. ..Edmonds has extended his
responsibilities beyond his assigned
duties and both Rockwell and NASA
have benefitted by his dedication."
It took a year to build the wings at
the Grumman Aerospace Corp. in Long
Isjand. N.Y.
''Edmonds dedication, coupled
with the cohesiveness of the Trans
Picked to transport the wings to
California was the SlU-manned 523-
ioox Transcolumbia because of her 71 Vi
foot beam, unusually large cargo
hatches and three lOO-foot cargo booms
which weigh 45 tons each and can reach
50 feet over the side.
From the port of Los Angeles, the
wings were carried 95 miles to their
final destination in Palmdale. Calif.
Before arriving in Bayonne, the
wings were towed to a dock in Oyster
Bay, L.I.. loaded aboard a flat deck
barge and .sailed 50 miles across Long
Island Sound to the East and Hudson
Rivers to Bayonne.
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Albany, N.Y.—More than 3,000
trade unionists marched on the State
Capitol in a soaking rain here last
month in an AFL-CIO sponsored
"Rally for Jobs." The June 29
demonstration, organized by the
N.Y State Federation of Labor, was
timed to coincide with the end of
the 1982 legislative session.
"The rally for jobs," said N.Y.
State AFL-CIO President Ray
Corbett, is for working people "to
collectively express their opinions
on the economy, jobs, social insur
ance benefits and other issues that
affect workers. Organized labor in
New York State is angry" Corbett
said, "and the unemployment sit
uation must not be tolerated by
government leaders."
A fleet of chartered buses and
vans brought the demonstrators to
Albany from all comers of New
York State. A contingent of SIU
members—including a recent group
of "A" Seniority upgraders made
the trip from Union headquarters
in Brooklyn, N.Y.
In his keynote speech to the
demonstrators AFL-CIO SecretaryTreasurer Thomas R. Donahue
blasted the Reagan Administration's
economic policies, charging the
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The rain pooped out some of the younger
demonstrators. Dad tries to keep her dry.
The SiU banner is prominent as Lieutenant Gov. Mario Cuomo,
(center with umbrella) who is running for governor of New York,
greets demonstrators.
Republican policies that brought programs, among others, Donahue his supporters want us to have,"
about the Great Depression of the said, are the "tax gimmicks and Donahue charged.
Also speaking at the June 29 rally
trade concessions that /hake it so
1930's."
Donahue angrily denounced jhe -much more' profitable" for com were: William G. Lindner, pres
Administration's promise That panies to "close plants here and ident, Transport Workers; Edward
"prosperity is just around the open new ones overseas ... to sell J. Carlougb, president. Sheet Metal
comer" as long as the U.S. stops out American workers and import Workers; Michael Mann, director,
AFL-CIO Region VII; Harry Van
funding "all the programs that ele the products of others."
Concentration of all "the coun Arsdale of the New York City Cen
vate the quality of life for plain
try's physical and financial assets tral Labor Council and Ed Cleary,
people."
Coupled with cutbacks in cmcial in the hands of the smallest number secretary-treasurer. New York State
health, education, housing, job of corporations . . . (is) the kind Building & Construction Trades
training and unemployment benefit of country that Ronald Reagan and Council.
Part of the huge crowd of unionists who attended the Albany rally for jobs.
New Yorle State Federation of Labor
President Ray Corbett addresses the
rally.
Wage Dispute on LIberian Tanker Ends After Near Mutiny
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ships are notorious for their poor
working conditions and low wages.
Recently a wage related labor
dispute aboard a Liberian registered
tanker almost led to a mutiny.
Twenty-two crewmen kept the
890-foot Ypapanti at anchor 17
miles off Delaware for over a month
because they had not received their
pay.
The ship's owner is Astrolabe
Bay Shipping Corp., a Liberian
registered company based in London
with Greek and British principals.
Astrolabe wanted to send its own
team of men aboard the ship to
handle the situation. But the U.S.
Coast Guard refused to let them put
to sea from Cape May, N.J.
It was the company's plan to fine
the crewmen, who were mainly
Pakistanis and Indians, and to take
them to Liberia for punishment.
But President Reagan stepped into
the dispute and Astrolabe agreed to
repatriate the, men to New Delhi,
India and Karachi, Pakistan.
Officers from the Coast Guard
and the FBI stormed the Ypapanti
last month to take the crewmen off.
According to the company the
crew had wanted to delay payment
of their wages until they came to
an American port and could be paid
in dollars.
But when the ship, carrying 12
million gallons of crude oil, tried
to dock in Philadelphia, she was
denied entry because she lacked
certain safety equipment.
After the 22 crewmen left the
vessel, some replacements were put
on board and the ship was taken to
the Bahamas.
Because of unsafe and unsanitary
working conditions, and the lack
of respect for a seaman's basic right
to be paid what he was promised,
incidents of angry and unhappy
crews aboard "flag-of-convenience
ships are not uncommon. .
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Trains Boatmen For Inianti Waterways industry
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ne of the many unique
training programs at SHLSS
is the Towboat Operator
Donald Toby, who works for New York
Dock Railway, handles the controls of
the Susan Collins during an on-thejob training session of the T.I./SIU Towboat Operator Scholarship Program
at SHLSS.
Scholarship Program, a
pioneering industry and labor
effort to upgrade the skills of
inland waterways boatmen, and
to make the inland waterways
transportation system a more
efficient and profitable
operation.
In this program, the Trans
portation institute,a resbarch
and education organization con
sisting of some 150 deep sea and
inland waterways companies,
together with the SlU under
writes the costs and administers
a program to offer training
scholarships to employees of the
companies. These scholarships
enable eligible boatmen to take
seven weeks off to come to
SHLSS and participate in a
thorough course which fullyqualifies them to hold a Towboat
Operator's license.
The next course yvill begin
Oct. 25 and will run through
Dec. 10. SlU Boatmen who are
interested in applying for the
Scholarship Program can write
to: Seafarers International
Union,. 4581 Gravois Ave., St.
Louis, Mo.; or write to: Seafarers
Harry Lundeberg School of
Seamanship, Piney Point, Md.
20674.
Jesse'Berrera navigates the Susan Collins in the St. George's River under the
guidance of SHLSS Instructor Ben Cusic. In-the-wheelhouse training is a vital part
of the upgrading curriculum for towboat operators. Jesse, who works for Moran
Towing out of Port Arthur, is completing the Towboat Operator Scholarship
Program which is jointly sponsored by Transportation Institute and the SlU. ^
QMED Courses Offer Solid Base in Engineering
T
he course is 12 weeks long,
and When the students com
plete it they have acquired a solid
Seafarer Edward Marks of Seattle learns
maintenance procedures on the coolant
system of reefer boxes as a part of the
QMED upgrading program at SHLSS.
understanding of basic marine
engineering which will enable
them to perform their jobs more
efficiently.
The course is QMED Any
Rating, and it consists of training
in seven basic marine engineer
ing responsibilities: pumpman,
refrigeration engineer, electri
cian, machinist, deck engineer,
junior engineer, and deck engine
mechanic. The courses in each
of these areas are thorough and
provide the students with a
sound basic understanding of
the theories and practical appli
cations of the principles in
volved.
The use of hand tools and test
equipment, the reading of
schematics and diag4:;anls>.^and
the safe use of all equipmi^nt is
learned both in the classroom
and in the machine shop or
aboard one of the ships of the
SHLSS fleet.
This QMED course will give the
students confidence in their
skills, and will enable them to
perform their duties aboard ship
more effectively, more effi
ciently, and more safely.
The next 12-week course for
QMED—Any Rating will begin
Sept. 27 and will run through
Dec. 16.
Leslie "Butch" Bell of Duluth works on an electric control panel during a shop
training period In the QMED upgrading course.
Great Lakes Seafarers Chester Christeneson of Duluth, and Daniel Oberle of
Algonac work on a diesei engine as a part of the 12-week QMED upgrading program.
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ful preparation of foods, sanitation, and cost efficiency are all stressed during
Hie training of cooks and bakers.
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upgrading student at SHLSS is
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Upgraders are taught the
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basics of food and pastry preparation, the importance of
sanitation, careful attention to
recipes, work organization, and
cost efficiency. Both classroom
Great Lakes Seafarer Robert Enochs of Aigonac prepares some goodies In the bake
shop as part of the SHLSS upgrading program for Cook and Baker.
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Arble Ray, who ships out of the Port of Wilmington, takes a roast out of the oven in
the SHLSS galley In preparation for the evening meal. All of the on-the-job training Is
closely supervised by experienced sea-going cooks and bakers.
work on nutrition and on-the-job
training in actual food prepara
tion are stressed.
Topics covered in the Cook
and Baker course include the
bakings of bread, rolls, pies,
cakes, cookies and breakfast
pastries. Students will also
concentrate on preparation of
other desserts and breakfasts.
Mark Simpson prepares desserts In the pantry of the SHLSS main galley. Brother
Simpson, who sails out of New York, Is enrolled In the Cook and Baker upgrading
program.
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orking in the rigging loft,
on board the M/V Earl
"Bull" Shepard, and in the
classroom
students in the
Able Seaman upgrading course
at SHLSS are getting the best
advanced seamanship training
available anywhere in the nation.
Instructors are experienced
seamen and qualified teachers.
The course rhateriaf is kept up to
date. The equipment is the same
as the students will encounter
when they go back to their ships.
In the classroom and on the
job, upgrading Able Seamen
learn to use both the magnetic
and gyro compasses," the Rules
of the Road, wheel commands,
wire and "rope splfcing, cargo
boom rigging, first-aid and
firefighting.
The course is four weeks, and
candidates must have one year of
seatime on deck and be able to
meet minimum Coast Guard
physical requirements. The next
class begins Nov. 8.
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and acquire ail of tlie above. Here, from left, are Daniel Bertoldo, of San Francisco, Jolm Caswell, from New York; Jeffrey Davis,
from Aigonac, and in the background Ralph Damron from Port Arthur, Tex.
Classroom instruction is a part of the daily schedule for SlU members upgrading to Able Bodied Seamen. Here, Instructor Abe Easter explains the Rules of the Road.
Coast Guard GommaiKler Visils SHLSS
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and these young Seafarers are learning that skill under the tutelage of Abe Easter, a
seasoned deck officer and instructor at SHLSS. His students are, from left, Marisa
Stevens of San Francisco, and Kevin Sullivan, Archie Ware and Peter Ryerson, all
from New York.
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Admiral John D. Costello, Commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District at Portsmouth,
Vs., expressed his admiration of both the quantity and the quality of the training
operations at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. The Admiral
spent a day at the school earlier this month, and has visited tfie school's training
facilities twice before. In the photo above, Admiral Costello talks with SHLSS Vice
Presidenti^Prank Mongelli, left, and SHLSS Deck Instructor Tom Doyle aboard the
school's newly-acquired at-sea replenishment vessel, the M/V Earl "Bull" Shepard.
Tfie Shepard will be used to train Seafarers to operate replenishment-at-sea merclwnt
ships safely and efficiently as a needed adjunct to the U.S. Navy's line ships.
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The starting and completion dates for all courses are also
listed.
Inland Boatmen and deep sea Seafarers who are preparing
to upgrade are advised to enroll in the courses of their choice
as early as possible. Although every effort will be made to help
every member, classes will be necessarily limited in size so
Course schedules for the remainder of 1982 are announced
by the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Once
again, the course offerings are designed to upgrade the skills of
SlU Seafarers and Boatmen, and to promote America's maritime
industry by providing it with the best trained and most highly
skilled workers in the maritime world.
sign up early.
For convenience of the membership, the course schedule is
separated into four categories: engine departnrient courses; deck
department courses f/n/and waters); deck department courses
(deep sea); and steward department courses.
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Class schedules may be changed to reflect membership
demands.
slU Field Representatives in all ports will assist members
in preparing applications.
Deep Sea Deck DepartPient Courses
Engine Dqnilnient Courses
Length
of
Course
Course
Check-in
Date
Compietion
Date
Marine Electrical
Maintenance
July 19
October 25
Sept. 9
Dec. 16
8 weeks
8 weeks
Marine Electronics
Sept. 13
October 21
6 weeks
Automation
August 30
Nov. 8
Sept. 23
Dec. 2
4 weeks
4 weeks
Pumproom Maintenance
& Operations
July 19
Sept. 27
August 26
Nov. 4
6 weeks
6 weeks
Refrigeration Systems
Maintenance and •
Operations
October 25
Dec. 2
Basic Welding
Sept. 27
October 25
Nov. 22
October 21
Nov. 18
Dec. 16
QMED—Any Rating
Sept. 27
Dec. 16
Third Assistant
Engineer
August 16
October 14
Diesel—Regular
Sept. 27
October 25
Nov. 22
Length
of
Course
Check-in
Date
Completion
Date
Lifeboatman ,
August 2
October 25
August 12
Nov. 4
2 weeks
2 weeks
Able Seaman
Nov. 8
Dec. 16
6 weeks
Quartermaster
July 5
August 12
6 weeks
Third Mate
August 9
October 12
Sept. 24
Nov. 26
7 weeks
7 weeks
Third Mate/Celestial
Navigation (10)
July 19
Sept. 20
Nov. 22
August 6
Octobers
Dec. 17
Course
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open-ended
Cook and Baker
open-ended
Chief Cook
open-ended
12 weeks
Chief Steward
open-ended
10 weeks
Towboat Cook
open-ended
4 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
October 21
Nov. 18
Dec. 16
Steward
Assistant Cook
4 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
3 weeks
3 weeks
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Dec. 10
7 weeks
August 9
-Sept. 13
Sept. 16
Oct. 22
6 weeks
.6 weeks
inspected Towing Vessel
July 19
Sept. 3
7 weeks
Tankerman
Sept. 13
Nov. 8
Sept. 23
Nov. 18
Towboat Operator
Scholarship
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Celestial Navigation
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2 weeks
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QMED (1St Class) Richard Parrish has joined the honor roll of SlU members who
have donated a gallon or more of blood to the SlU Blood Bank. Rich dropped by
the SlU clinic in Brooklyn to give his eighth pint after returning to the States from
a tour on the M/V Rover. Nurse Carole Brown did the honors. Thanks Rich!
'Note change of starting dates
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Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
Upgrading Application,
Name
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Date of Birth.
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
Mo./Dav/Vear
Address.
(Street)
(City)
Telephone.
(State)
Deep Sea Member
(Zip Code)
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(Area Code)
Inland Waters Member •
Boole Number
Lakes Member Q
. Seniority
Date Book
Was Issued.
Port Presently
Registered In.
Port Issued
Endorsement!s) or
License Now Held.
Social Security #.
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• Piney Point Graduate: • Yes
Entry Program: From.
No • (if yes. fill in below)
to.
(dates attended)
Upgrading Program: From.
Endorsements) or
License Received .
to.
(dates attended)
Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes
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Firefighting: • Yes
No • CPR • Yes
No •
Dates Available for Training.
I Am Interested in the Following Coursefs).
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• Marine Electronics
• Marine Electrical Maintenance
• Pumproom Maintenance and .
• Operation
• Automation
• Maintenance of Shipboard
Refrigeration Systems
• Diesel Engines
• Assistant Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
• Chief Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
• Third Asst. Engineer
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Tankerman"
AB Unlimited
AB Limited
AB Special
Quartermaster
Towboat Operator Inland
Towboat Operator Not
More Than 200 Miles
Towboat Operator (Over 200 Miles)
Celestial Navigation
Master Inspected Towing Vessel
Mate inspected Towing Vessel
1st Class Pilot
Third Mate Celestial Navigation
Third Mate
STEWARD
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• Cook & Baker
• Chief Cook
• Steward
• Ibwboat Inland
Cook
ALL DEPARTMENTS
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Welding
Lifeboatman
Fire Fighting
Adult Basic
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RATING HELD
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DATE OF OISCHAIIGE
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e?Xchi5°S^ard'They are (i. to r.): Edward Singleton, steward deiJChief cook; Henry W. Roberts, ship s sec y/ChM^
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Jerome Sumiin, engine del./oller; Patrick Rankin, deck dei./AB and Fred Cooper, ship s chairman/Bos n.
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wheelhouse.
CATUG M/V Groton
HE M/V Groton, number two equipped with modem hydraulic
in Apex Marine's series of six pumping systems were constmcted
new CATUG's, crewed last month by Bethlehem Steel in Sparrows
and now she's purring along on. a Point, Md. The tugs, built by Halter
regular run between St. Croix and Marin in Chickasw, Ala., measure
133 feet and are powered by 18,(XX)
the East Coast.
Like the Jacksonville before her hp twin diesel engines that reach
and the Mobile, Philadelphia, New cmising speeds of 16'/2-17 knots.
Diesel is one of the keys to the
York and Baltimore to follow later
this year or in 1983, the Groton is CATUG's success. The tug/barges
are fuel efficient and cheaper to mn
an integrated tug/barge unit.
Built at two separate shipyards, than most ships of comparable size.
The CATUG's carry a crew of
the tug and barge units measure 691
16—eight
officers and eight unlifeet when connected. The barges.
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QMED/Pumpman William King checks the level In a tank on the barge section of
the CATUG. Groton was carrying a load of diesei.
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Chief Cook Edward Singleton (i.) stands by as Chief Steward Henry W. Roberts
stirs things up in the galley.
�The bow of the CATUG Groton points up river as the vepsel lighters from its
anchorage in New York's Narrows Bay.
Joins the SiU Fleet
censed SIU members. All six tug/
barge units have been named for
East Coast and Gulf ports (Groton
is near New London, Conn.)
Apex plans to-'take delivery of
one more CATUG this year, prob
ably in late September. The last three
are due during 1983. All six are
"all product carriers" capable of
handling oil, gas, jet fuel or No. 2
diesel fuel.
Since all six tugs and all six barges
were built to exactly the same spec
ifications, they are all interchange
able. But the units will be discon
nected only if repairs or drydocking
are necessary.
The first Apex CATUG, the
Jacksonville, began running
between the East Coast and the
Amerada Hess plant in St. Croix
in early June. While the discharge
points for the Jacksonville and the
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Groton may change, the "load port
will always be St. Croix" an Apex
^ picture of harmony as they pose on the barge's deck, (from i. to
r.) they are: Fred Cooper, Bos'n; Gary Gehring, Second mate and Charlie Duncan.
spokesman said.
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New \brk, N.Y—Under sparkling
blue skies the lifeboat team of SlU
trainees from the Seafarers Hariy
Lundeberg School of Seamanship
pulled to a first place finish in the
29th Annual International Lifeboat
Race, held here on a picture perfed
Fourth of July. It was an SHLSS
team's second victory in four tries
(with two seconds) since 1979.
Dipping their oars into the glit
tering Hudson River to the rhythmic
"Pull, Pull, Pull" call of Coxswain
Mike Meredith, the nine oarsmen
in the SHLSS boat glided to an easy
victory in the finale over a Marine
Transport Lines boat, crewed by
NMU members, after a tough race
in their first heat.
But as they sped over the milelong race course between the twin
towers of the World Trade Center
and Battery Park in lower Man
hattan, the crew from Piney Point
were really racing against the ghost
of their "archrivals," England's Royal
Natlonal Lifeboat Institute which was
unable to compete in this year s
team's 1981 winning time. It was,
therefore, disappointing when the
The first meeting between an
British oarsmen were unable to
SHLSS lifeboat crew and the British
travel to New York for this year's
team, which specializes in lifeboat
competition. But the time trials paid
rescues, took place on Independ
off anyway, as tne
the SMLSO
SHLSS iiTeooai
lifeboat
ence Day ,p79, with the SlU
clocked
the
best
time
of
the
day at
trainees scoring an upset over the
this
year's
race,
crossing
the
finish
Englanders.
line in 7:03.
At the 1980 re-match, the British
In addition to coxswain Meredith,
triumphed by a single boat length
a Towboat Instructor at SHLSS, the
over the Union's team in the final
Union's nine-man lifeboat included:
heat, winning again by the same
margin in the first heat at the 1981 Darrell McDonald, Rick Bumstead, Philip Knowles, Jerry
international competition.
Jones, Randy SantuccI, David
This year, the Lundeberg School
Cuffee, Randy Cook, Gregg
team was determined "to avenge
Hubley
and Tom Gilliam. The 1982
last year's loss," in the words of one
team was
crewman. They worked rigorously
rigorousiy
leam
wet& chosen
wiuacn from more than
»
at Piney Point over the last month,rii 20 trainees who volunteered to bear
rowing every evening over a course the SlU standard.
They were matched against
milA \Alith
similar to the official mile
with a
teams
representing Smith-Stockley
single turn which they would be
of
and oeivii^
Service L.iiyMi^«>"'»
Engineering
OT Canada
L/anaoa aflu
facing on July 4.
of San Francisco, Ca., In the first
Trained Hard
heat of the race. Marine Transport
During the last two weeks, the
training sessions intensified and the Lines, victor In the second heat, beat
out the Canadian Coast Guard and
Lundeberg crew raced the clock,
a National Maritime Union team
consistently battering the British
race.
before losing to the SlU in the third
and final heat.
Also part of the 1982 Lifeboat
competition were the "City Heats,"
won by the Baldwin Bay Colony
Rowers. Other city-based
competing were the New York St^e
i«^^ioiaiui Wf Norton
i^wiwii Lilly
will J ^
Legislature,
& Co.,» the
McSorleys Ale House Nine and the
South Street Seaport Museum.
Sponsors of the popular July 4th
event, which drew thousands of
spectators to the lower Manhattan
waterfront, was the Maritime Asso
ciation of the Port of New York, a
110 year old non-profit organization.
On the night before the big race,
all Competing teams were invited to
a bash held at the Manhattan disco
Les Mouches. The victorious
SHLSS team was also feted when
they returned with their trophy to
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was given an SlU jacket and hear^
wwffrairt. chalrpewon of the San Francisco Whalaboat Races, congratutartw
congratulations
from
Frank
MonMewSlthlTO
of the SHLSS boat, on victory and invited a team ^
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Dhfectory of Ports
Frank Drozak, President
Ed Ibrner, Exec, vice president
Joa DIGIorglo, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hall, vice president
Angua "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Saeco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
George McCartney, vice president
Dispatchers Report for Deep
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JUNE 1-30, 1982
Port
Boston .
New librk
Philadelphia
..
Baltimore
Norfolk .......... .v.
Tampa
.
Mobile
New Orleans
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
\fakohama
Totals
4
•
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4
•
•
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•
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4
4
1
4
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4
4
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4
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4
4
4
4
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4
4
4
4
4
26
38
13
54
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4
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....
0
442
...
4.
4
Norfolk
Tampa
.-.....
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville.'.
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico ..;
Houston
Piney Point ......
\bkohama
Totals
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4- 4
4
4
4
4
4'
4
4
4*4
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4
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Port
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New \fark ......
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
;
Mobile
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New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
.'.
Seattle
Puerto Rico
.....
Houston
Piney Point
4
4
4
4
4
4
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41
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55
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3
21
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1
5
0
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6
2
20
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4
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1
1
0
74
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8
20
211
^'REGISTERED ON BEACH
All GroupsClass A Class B Class C
0
2
"0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
2
- 0'
0
1
0
0
ID
DECK DEPARTMENT
1
5
76
46
0
1
20
11
13
22
0
0
18
8
65
12
14
18
20
8
20
13
33
17
17
10
54
29
0
4
0
0
351
204
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
182
9
34
16
12
36
135
50
79
64
62
14
84
0
0
786
11
70
8
11
18
9
10
55
26
37
28
30
4
35
0
0
352
1
5
0
2
1
0
0
5
0
11
8
8
0
2
0
0
43
.0
0
- 0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
6
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
1
3
81
30
1
0
13
8
9
13
0
0
11
8
37
13
24
19
18
17
14 ,
7
26
4
9
9
37
16
0
7
0
0
281
154
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
57
6
11
14
8
8
26
17
26
16
26
5
25
1
0
251
0
0
0
0
0
, 1
1
0
0
7
3
4
0
1
0
0
17
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
1
2
56
45
0
0
15
5
7
12
0
0
10
•
4
26
11
5
,5
13
29
10
7
21
20
5
6
15
' 14
0
16
0
0
184
176
4
163
"6
33
20
10
32
89
35
63
28
50
11
83
0
0
627
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
74 ,
1
10
13
4
24
67
20
26
12
34
13
46
0
0
346
6
60
3
5
5
5.
1
7
8
52
10
5
4
7
0
0
178
a
1
37
2
17
5
2
7
51
12
21
7
9
15
27
0
0
213
16
278
18
38
43
21
27
90
60
108
63
60
31
80
0
0
933
1,972
1,714
; Vi'"'. . '
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Totals
Port
Boston
New Mjrk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Tampa
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
2
31
1
3
. 7
0
6
18
16
13
10
14
5
14
1
0
141
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Class C
4
33
2
7
14
0
4
22
16
14
9
17
9
27
0 .
0
178
0
27
15
0
15
72
*
4
4
i 4
-.If', •
4
4
Port
Boston
New Vbrk
Philadelphia
firni-im
REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Glass B
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
8
1
0
0
. 1
0
0
0
0
16
5
3,
1
1
0
0
28
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
;..
4'#
4
4
4
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4
4
4
4
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0
12
9
0
3
31
7
17
3
13
19
0
Totals
1,158
Totals All Departments ..
5
129
1
17
22
0
14
48
30
39
34
42
27
56
25
0
489
1
12
. 0
^
2
1
00
6
1
45
7
10
3
0
0
0
88
882
112
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4
1
45
0
5
4
0
1
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3
108
29
25
5
7
JO
0
243
331
"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
""Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men re,:istered at the port at the end of last month.'
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Shipping in the month of June was up considerably over the month of April. A total of 1,354 jobs were
shipped in June to SiU contracted deep sea vessels; that's more than 300 more Jobs than the previous
month. Of the 1,354 jobs shipped, 816 or about 60 percent were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest
wera filled by "B" and "C" seniority people.
22 / LOG / July 1982
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At Sea/Ashore
Kirkland; 'Among Friends With the Beys in White Caps'
Point Margo to Sail to Mombasa
From a Gulf port late this month the St Point Margo (Point Shipping) ,
will sail to Mombasa, Kenya with a cargo of 32,500 metric tons of
wheat.
Ex-SIUer's Art Mfork on Exhibit
The artist and veteran ex-Seafarer, Norman Maffei, who drew the
famous Paul Hall portrait in pencil which appeared in the LOG last
year, has an exhibit of his realistic, pen-and-ink World War II combat
sketches on display now in Oklahoma City, Okla.
The 1982 exhibit in the 45th Inf. Thunderbird Div. Mu^m shows
sketches drawn by tha then 18-year-old private of 4he 158th Field
Artillery Battery of the 179th Inf. Reg. in the Sicily, Anzio and Salerno
Campaigns in 1943 and 1944.
Maffei drew the sketches depicting Nazi prisoners in tow and medics^
and ambulances carrying wounded, on lined tablet paper, wrapping
paper and V-Mail stationery from the beds of moving Army trucks and
the bottom of roadside ditches.
Today, he's a Franklinville, N.Y art dealer. His war work appeared
in the 46th Div. News and was featured at the division's 1981 reunion
last August. ^
Beside the Hall portrait, Maffei has sketched and painted in oil many
of the SlU ships he sailed on.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland (3rd left) In the port of Wilmington, Calif, early
last month with (I. to r.) SlU AB Paul Grepo, Patrolman Jess Soils, Field Rep Scott
Hanlon, Port Agent Mike Worley and FOWT RIcardo Gill. Earlier Kirkland told 2,M0
Southern California trade unionists In the Hollywood Palladium that Reaganomlcs
was a "failure" and called for a change on Election Day Nov. 2. Kirkland reman^
that whenever he sees "the Ijoys In white caps, I know I'm among friends. Twentyfour SlU members provided security for Kirkland while he was In Los Angeles.
To Israel for the Tamara Guilden
'Brotherhood of the Sea' Almys
From Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, the bulk carrier Tamara Guilden (Transport
Commercial) will haul 22,000 long tons of grain to Haifa or Ashdod,
Israel.
mikM
Independence Softballers Bury Coast Guard
14-2
Last month under the experienced hard-ball eye of Recertified Bosun
Maurice 0. "Duke" Duet, the SS Independence (American Hawaii
Cruises) Softball All-Stars of the ship's Deck Blues and Stewards Reds
teams whipped the Coast Guard's Nawilliwilli (Hawaii) Chiefs 14 to 2.
Previously, "Hawaii's Floating Island" Blues edged the Reds 3 to
2.
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Del Valle, Monte Off to Monrovia
Jn early August, from a Gulf port the SS Del Va//e (Delta Line) will
sail to Monrovia, Liberia as will the SS Del Monte with cargoes of
bagged rice.
300tfi Load for LNG Virgo in Bontang
/
Aboard fantall of SS Independeitce (American Hawaii Cruises) on National Maritime
Day, crewmembers and (right) Recertified Bosun Maurice "Duke" Duet "sterrto
their captain read d memorial service for merchant seamen lost in wartime l^fore
the memorial wreath (right) was consigned to the deep. (The Log regrets not being
able to run this photo with our Maritime Day coverage in the June issue.)
Seafarers Back Striking Teachers
Late last month, all hands aboard the LNG Virgo (Energy Trans
portation) celebrated with a pool party for carrying the 300th load of
LNG out of the port of Bontang, Indonesia.
Good food and drink was served under the supervision of Chief
Steward Charles L. Shiral.
Overseas Marilyn to Haifa
Next month the ST Overseas Marilyn (Maritime Overseas)will trans
port 23,500 long tons of grain to Haifa or Ashdod, Israel.
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Converted Lurline Resumes Service
The SS Lurline (Matson Line) converted from a R/0 R/0 trailership
to a combination container carrier left for the port of Honolulu on July
2 from the West Coast.
.
She will team up with the containership SS Manulani at the port of
Oakland in August when the SS Maui completes drydocking. The SS
Maunawili and the SS Maunalei will then be placed in the reserve
^|00^
The Lurline's $42 million conversion involved a 126.5 foot midbody
insertion which increased her length to 826.5 feet. Cargo capacity was
hiked from 434 to more than 1,100 containers.
SlU members (center) show their support with the SlU banner last month backing
year-long striking civilian teachers of the United Federation of Teachers Union at
Christ the King High School, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.C. Also demonstrating
were members of the Central Labor Council, Meat Cutters and R>od Store Union
and Jewelry Workers Union.
July 1982 / LOG 23
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From Humble Beginnings, Sill li'aining
by Jolm Bunjker
NE of the most successful training
programs in the history of the
maritime unions was conceived on a
waiting room bench in New York's
Pennsylvania Station.
It was back in 1953 and it came
about in this way.
Ed Turner, president of the San
Francisco-based Marine Cooks and
Stewards Union and Paul Hall, late
president of the Seafarers international
Union, had been trying to coordinate
their schedules to talk about organizing
and crewing new passenger ships that
were to come out of shipyards and go
into the various Pacific trades.
"I had to catch a train for Wash
ington," Turner recalls, "and Paul was
coming to New York from Washington,
so we decided to meet at Penn Station
and then have dinner somewhere
nearby. But we never got to dinner.
We sat on a bench at the station for
three or four hours and talked. Out of
it all came the Marine Cooks and
Stewards training school at Santa Rosa,
California."
From the time of its opening to the
merger of the Marine Cooks and Stew
ards with the SIU-AGLIWD in June
of 1978, this school trained 5,000
steward department people, a record
of which Turner, now SIU-AGLIWD
Exec. Vice President, is rightfully
proud.
But he likes to point out that the
school was Hall's idea.
"First of all," he says, "we talked
that night about the many passenger
ships that would be coming out of the
shipyards in the next several years and
the importance of getting them under
contract, lb do that meant furnishing
capable personnel for the steward
departments on these ships. We con
sidered the possibility of recruiting men
from the East and Gulf coasts and the
Lakes. But there w^ the problem of
robbing ships in these areas to get
enough good men and keeping them
out in the Pacific once they got there."
Dien Hall said, "Start a school. Train
your own West Coast people. That way
you'll have a dependable supply of.
skilled men who want to ship from
West Coast ports."
Before I got the last train to Wash
ington that night we had drafted a rough
plan for the school, including buildings,
staffing and curriculum." „
Turner sold the plan to his mem
bership and the school opened in May
of 1957. It ran for 21 years.
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The school truned out to be a great
thing for the SIU's Atlantic Gulf and
Inland Waters District, too. When the
SIU was trying to put a crew on the
new Banner Line passenger ship
Atlantic at Mobile in May of 1958, a
chartered plane brought men from the
Santa Rosa school to apply for jobs
on the new liner, which was then unor- i
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ganized.
set up a Joim training program for ttw upgrading of unlicensed deck and engine department
personnel to licensed engineers and deck officers in 1966. Above pix shows early class of SiU upgraders in Jan. 1967.
dep^ment men from the National
Maritime Union walked off the Atantic
before its maiden voyage from
Brooklyn, hoping to tie up the ship,
another draft from the Santa Rosa
school were flown to New York to take
their place and the Atlantic left for
Europe on schedule.
Enabling SIU men to improve their
skills and earning edacity and achieve
meeting in New Orleans to introduce
a resolution calling for a union training
program for entry ratings and upgraders. The resolution was overwhelmingly endorsed there and at
meeting in the other ports.
In 1952, this program was initiated
with an upgrading school at the New
York headquarters, to be followed later
by similar schools at Baltimore,
History of the SIU, Part XIX
the self-respect that comes with edu
cation was a life-long objective of SIU
President Paul Hall.
As far back as 1946, Hall and several
othes took the floor at a membership
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Mobile, Houston and New Orleans,
Called originally the Seafarers liaining
School, it was devoted to deck training,
with such things as knot tying, rigging
of staging and bosun's chairs and other
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when some 50 steward shows Seafarers taking Iftoboat class at Min Basin, Brooi$^o|!nim» ywre^
24 / LOG / July 1982
thin^essential for an able seamen.
LifeboV training, of course, was an
essential part of the program, preparing
men for the Coast Guard AB exams.
In New York lifeboat handling was-done
at the Bull Line pier on the Brooklyn
waterfront.
Humble Beginiiings
The SIU's training programs have
operated under several names: Seafarers
Training School, Maritime Advance
ment Training Program, Andrew
Furuseth Training School, Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, and now
the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School
of Seamanship,
It is interesting to recall that tfie New
York school had a humble beginning
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in 1951 when Frank Mongelli, now
head of the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship, started a lifeboat
class in the old gym at headquarters.
There were no lifeboats available there,
so he set up a simulated boat with
chairs and broomsticks instead of
thwarts and oars, teaching youngsters
how to respond to such elementary
lifeboat commands as "oars", "make
way!' "trail oars" and "hold water."
Later on, the SlU schools were
expanded to include upgrading for
steward and engine department people
as well. SIU contracted companies
cooperated by allowing engine
upgraders to practice in the engine
rooms of their ships in port. Steward
department people used the various SIU
cafeterias, with their bakeries and
butcher ships. They also received
refresher training in food handling and
storage, menu preparation and sani
tation.
From the very beginning, the various
union training programs were joint
ventures of the union and its contracted
companies.
The training program was vital to
SIU manning needs during the Korean
War when a"large number of ships were
_ taken out of reserve fleets and needed
full crews.
SUP School for WWII
Training for entry ratings and
upgraders in the SIU goes back to 1941
when the affiliated Sailors Union of
the Pacific foifesaw the need for men
to sail the wartime emergency fleet
and started a school at its headquarters
on Clay Street in San Francisco. This
school was soon expanded and became
the Andrew Furuseth School of Sea
manship, with both shore facilities and
the 136 foot, two-masted schooner
Invader for teaching the arts of' hand,
reef and steef' During the peak of World
War 11, the Furuseth school turned out
1,000 trainees and up-graders every
month.
The SUP still maintains a seamanship
school at its San Francisco headquarters
under direction of the well known
Tommy Zee.
In 1955, the SlU's Atlantic and Gulf
District opened a school of entry ratings
and up-graders at Bayou La Batre near
Mobile and operated it there for a brief
period. This was also known as the
Andrew F-uruseth Training School and
used .a two masted schooner named
Andrew Furuseth, skippered by Capt.
Al Urbelis, a veteran bosun who learned
his trade in sqCiare riggers. The school
was set up for two week courses,
turning out 30 men in each class. Life
boat training was included.
Training programs were continued,
meanwhile, at the other ports, with the
emphasis on lifeboat handling to qualify
for the Coast Guard exam.
A big jump forward in training was
made in 1963 when the union leased
space at Mill Basin in Broolyn and
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Mike Vhdale, Johnny "Jojo" Jordan, Jeriy Pow and Harold Monplalslr.
invested about $200,000 in converting
three large, decked New York harbor
cargo barges into floating school
touses with
classrooms a machine
houses,
with Classrooms,
ma
shops, galley and lifeboat facilities.
Lifeboat training was emphasized here-
"This school," said Paul Hall, "is
an example of what trade union cooperation can accomplish for the benefit
of workers
and the security
Of
the
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188 men obtained originaj third assistant engineer licenses through this joint
program.
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From 1966 to 1969 this school also
truned out 5,000 engine room
endorsements. So far, more than 500
SIU men have obtained original engineer licenses through this school, with
about 75OT them now sailing as chief
grams,
He always used these get-togethers
to stress the value of education and
self-improvement. He would tell the
men about his own lack of higher edu
cation and how he had earned a second
engineer's
license by struggling
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the books during off-watch hours at
sea.
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Lundeberg School of Seamanship,
honoring the first president of the
SlUNA. A joint union-employer trust
for this school dgtes from September
30, 1965.
For licensed ratings, the SIU and
the Marine Engineers Beneficial
^ngineere^ Onhe^
dedToffidere
program, no less than 30 are now sailing
r
as master.
provided the b^st in educational programs and facilities for its members.
fi-'e iirt f-n vmi
The opportunity is kAM
here. It's
up to you
to take advantage of it. The future is
wide open. You can go straight to the
top."
Providing the means whereby SIU
at MEBA's School of Marine Engincering and Navigation,
quarters m Brooklyn.
These were informal get-acquain(ed
Piney Point Opened
This school was phased out when
the union opened the Harry Lundeberg
School of Seamanship at Piney Point,
Md.
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training activities were
incorporated under the name Harry
^Opportunity Is Here'
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as provide facilities for upgrading for SIU members.
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the Hawaiian Islands.
are proving very successful,
With her inaugural Hawaiian
voyage on June 6 (see June 1982
Log), the Constitution joined her
sistership, the SS Independence, in
the revival of the American-flag
passenger ship business. Both ships
leave from Honolulu, one on a Sat
urday night and the other on a
Sunday night.
Riding on that first trip of the
Constitution was SIU Vice President
Mike Sacco who help^ to work
out the minor problems that are
bound to arise on a first voyage.
Thft delegate
deleoate structure is firmly in
The
place among the crew now and when
beefs mse, they are often handled
aboard ship.
Among the more than 300 SIU^
members aboard the Constitution is
the first female purser in the U.S.
Merchant Marine, Barbara Biodini.
Between the Consitution and the
Independence (formerly the Oceanic
Independence) there are well over
600 SIU jobs. If these ships continue
to be as successful as they are now,
they niean a steady flow of work
over the ye^s for thousands of
Seafarers.
On this page you'll find some
photos taken on the Constitution's
first Hawaiian voyage.
Musician David Tfask III gives a ukulele lesson to some of the passengers for the
vessel's amateur night talent show.
MAchlntet William "Gus" OMtelton
works the lathe.
^^l»^stomsl.AastStotel»epei
po^Kallyflomtumaavalva.
Like hors d'oeuvres? Larder/Pantryman
James Richardson prepares the
appetlwra.
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HE SlU-contracted tanker might sink or explode. However, taken off the rescue ship by heli
Ogden Willamette, which two Dutch tugs, a few days later, copter and brought to Jamaica.)
luckily did not make JL to Davy managed to take her to a bay in
Both Seafarer Joe Justus, bosun
Jones' locker, should "be back into, Cayman Islands. There the Alaskan on the Ogden Willamette, and Sea
service by the end of the summer, crude oil she had taken on in Panama farer Rudy DeBoissiere, chief
according to her owners.
was unloaded and the water that steward, had high praise for the
Ogden Marine Corp., which built had tJooded the engine room was competence with which their fellow
the 38,000-ton ship in 1969, said pumped out.
Seafarers handled the lifeboat.
that the tanker will need about two
Justus said the crew was an
While in the Islands, the U.S.
months for repair work following Coast Guard boarded the vessel to "exceptionally good one" and
her troubles in the Caribbean last investigate the cause of the flooding. DeBoissiere said he was "proud of
The Coast Guard's report will the SIU crew." He attributed much
month.
Early on the morning of June 16, probably take several months before of their lifeboat ability to the training
that is given at the Seafarers Harry
the Ogden Willamette's 33-man it is issued.
crew (plus one cadet) had to abandon
None of the crew, 22 of whom Lundeberg School of Seamanship
ship when it was discovered that were under SIU contract, was in Piney Point, Md.
As related by the bosun and
she was taking on water about 35 injured during evacuation of the ship
miles off the coast of Jamaica.
into one lifeboat, in the dark, in steward, the general alarm on the
It was feared that the fully loaded rough seas with four foot swells. Ogden Willamette went off shortly
ship, whose decks, were awash. (One engineer who became ill was after midnight on June 16. There
had been no explosion or crash but
the engine room was flooded and ^
the cause unknown.
The crew abandoned ship at about
1:30 a.m. The fear was that the
ship might explode if the water liit
the boilers or through ignition by
a spark.
Because of rough seas on the
starboard side and trouble with a
lifeboat there, the crew all entered
a lifeboat on the port side.
The Chilean freight ship,
Copiapo, rescued the crew a short
time later. According to the Steward,
the Chilean ship maneuvered
between the Ogden Willamette and
the lifeboat so that, if the tanker
sank, the suction wouldn't pull
down the lifeboat.
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W
ATERMAN Steamship's newest
LASH, the 18 month-old
Edward Rutledge made an infrequent
appearance in the port of New York
last month. The vessel was just up
from its home port of New Orleans
The Edward Rutledge left New Yoik
on June 26th and will spend the summer
traveling to ports in the Middle East,
Ceylon, India, Arabia and the Persian
Gulf before returning to New Orleans
in the fall.
and was taking on cargo bound for the ship, closeness breeds contempt but.
Middle East.
this ship is unusual in that everyone
Chief Steward Paul Hunt made note is compatible."
of the "really good personnel" aboard.
The Rutledge is out to sea for 90"especially my department (Steward)," 120 days per voyage widi a lot of ocean
he said. Hunt added, "generally on a between ports.
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GSU Raoul "Fbnzee" Inglesias Jr. aboard
the Edward Rutledge.
Taking a break last month is AB Eugene
Kyzar.
QMED James McGinty reads a copy of
the LOG.
Coming down the gangway is Recer
tified Bosun Alejandro X Ruiz.
If
Shlpmues on the Etftvercl RulMge a« (I. to
r.) QIMEDs C. Langley and Mike King.
In the galley the LASH are (I. to r.) Chlet Cool. Crt.ln Ttoxclalr. Saloon
Messman Enrique Agosto and Chief Steward Riui Hunt.
"""e-se loading cargo In pott
of N.Y
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Pensioner FredI erick John Dunn,
69, succumbetf to a
heart attack on
arrival at the Paul
Kimball Hospital,
Lakewood, N.J. on
Apr. 29. Brother
Dunn joined the
SlU in 1943 in the port of Boston sailing
as a junior engineer and chief electrician.
He sailed 43 years and in World War II.
Seafarer Dunn was on the Sea-Land Shoregang at Port Elizabeth, N.J. from 1967
to 1979. And he hit the bricks in the 1962
Robin Line beef and the 1965 District
Council 37 strike. A native of St. John's
Newfoundland, Canada, he was a resident
of Lakewood. Interment was in St. Mary's
Cemetery, Lakewood. Surviving is his
widow, Agnes.
Bobby Fletcher
Bryant, 51, died of
heart-lung failure in
St. Luke's Hospital,
Jacksonville on
Mar. 5. Brother
Bryant joined the
SIU in the port of
Jacksonville in 1970
sailing as a QMED. He sailed for 23 years.
Seafarer Bryant was a veteran of the U.S.
Army in the Korean War. And he studied
Business Administration at the Florida State
University for three years. A native of
Blountstown, Fla., he was a resident of
Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Burial was in the
Nettle Ridge Cemetery, Calhoun County,
Fla. Surviving are his father, Leon; his
mother, Mrs. Ethel Stanfill of Jacksonville
and a sister, Mrs. Latrele White.
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sun Felix Rafael
Bonefont Sr., 43,
became stricken
aboard the 55
George
Wythe
(Waterman) and
died in the Colombo
(Sri Lanka) General
Hospital on Apr. 26. Brother Bonefont
joined the SIU in the port of New York in
1960. He graduated from the Andrew
Furuseth Training School, Brooklyn. N.Y."
that year and walked the picketline in the
1965 District Council 37 beef and the 1971
maritime strike. Seafarer Bonefont was an
aviation mechanic veteran of the U.S. Air
Force after the Korean War. Bom in POnce,
PR., he was a resident of the Bronx, N.Y.
Surviving are his widow, Eliza; six sons,
Felix Jr., Jose, Dennis, David, Ramon and
Hector;,three daughters, Yolanda, Evelyn
and.Debra and his mother, Mrs. N. Bonilla
Bonefont of B^yamon, PR.
John Sidney
Burke Jr., 29,
aboard a Delta Line
vessel died in
Lome, Togo, West
Africa on Mar. 8.
Brother Burke
joined the SIU in the
port of Mobile in
1974 sailing in the steward department.
He was a veteran of the U.S.^Army in the
Vietnam War. Bom in Mobile' he was a
resident there. Surviving are his widow?,
Blonda; a daughter, Nalishia and his father,
John Burke Sr. of Mobile.
Pensioner Wil
liam
Clyde
Farmer, 71, passed
away on Apr. 16.
Brother Farmer
joined the SIU in the
port of San Fran
cisco in 1968 sailing
as a bosun. He
upgraded to quartermaster at Piney Pbint
in 1974. A native of McCurtain, Okla.,
he was a resident of Eureka, Calif. Sur
viving are his widow, Ruth; a son, Kevin
and a daughter. Celeste.
Recertified Bo
sun Burton Hirshj
65, succumbed to
cancer in Gibsonton, Fla. on Mar.
25. Brother Hirsh
joined the SIU in
1939 In the port of
Mobile. He gradu
ated from the Union's Recertified Bosuns
Program in April 1975. Bom in Philadel
phia, he was a resident of Gibsonton. Cre
mation took place in the West Coast Cre
matory, Clearwater, Fla. Surviving are his
widow, Juanita of Tampa; two sons, Joseph
and Michael of Camden, N.J. and two
daughters, Andrea and Lauren.
Thaddeus Jef
Pensioner Flo
ferson Jones, 68,
rentine Crespo
died of cancer in the
Sayo, 61, died on
Monroe County
May 23. Brother
Hospital, Monroe- '
Sayo joined the SIU i
ville, Ala. on Feb
in the port of NevJ
2, 1980. Brother
Yoik in 1955 sailin|
Jones joined the SIU
as a chief electrici in
in the port of Mobile
and 3rd assistant
in 1959 sailing as a FOWT and 2nd assistant
engineer. He sailed 36 years. He hit tl e
engineer. He sailed 33 years and in World
bricks in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef. SeifWar II aboard the U.S. Army transport 55
farer Sayo also worked as an electrician
Puebla in the Southwest Pacific. A native
at the Erie Basin Todd Shipyard, Brooklyn,
of Frisco City, Ala,, he was a resident of
N.Y. He was also an electronic technician.
Bay Minette, Ala. Interment was in Shiloh
A native of Manila, PI., he was a resident
Cemetery, Monroe County. Surviving is
of Daly City, Calif. Surviving is a brother,
his widow, Letha.
George of Clarmont, Del.
Pensioner Wil
lis^
Edward
Leuscbner, 71,
passed away from a
stroke in Seaside
Hospital, Crescent
City, Calif, on Apr.
30. Brother LeusI chner joined the SIU
in 1946 in the port of Philadelphia sailing
as a bosun. He was bom in Posen, Poland,
was a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a
resident of Crescent City. Cremation took
place in the Ocean View Crematory,
Eureka, Calif.
Pensioner Iferral
McRaney, 68, died
of
heart-lung failure
Pensioner Dionin
the Ben Taub
issious Loukas, 81,
Hospital, Houston
passed
away
Pensioner
on May 10, 1981.
recently in Salamis
Stanley
Curry
Brother McRaney
Is., Greece. Brother
Fauntleroy,
61,
^ joined the SIU in
Loukas joined the
died
of
heart-lung
'
1942 in the port of
SIU in the port of
failure
in
the
Uni
Mobile sailing as an oiler. He was a veteran
of New York in
versity of Maryland of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Bom
1955 sailing as an
Hospital, Baltimore in Mississippi, he was a resident of
AB. He sailed 19 years and walked the
on Feb. 20. Brother Houston. Cremation took place in the
picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef.
Fauntleroy joined, Brookside Crematory, Houston. Surviving
Seafarer Loukas was bom in Greece, was .
the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 are his widow, Dorothy and two daughters,
a naturalized U.S. citizen and was a resident
sailing
as a cook for 38 years. He was Erment and Villanie.
of Salamis Is. Surviving are his widow,
bom
in
Baltimore
and was a resident there.
+lelen, and two brothers, Pangiotis of New
Interment was in Arbutus Cemetery, Anho,
Pensioner Ivar
York City and Peter of Salamis Is.
Md. Surviving are his-widow, Jda Mae
Johanna Kalroth,
79, succumbed to a
Pensioner Robert and two sons, Wadell and I^mell.
heart attack in
F. Donnelly, 60,
Pensioner
Lewis
Sailors Snug Harbor
died of a heart attack
IE. Hartley Sr., 65,
Hospital,
Sea
on arrival at the
i
died
on
May
18.
Level,
N.C.
on
Apr.
Jersey Shore Med
] Brother Hartley
4. Brother Kalroth
ical Center, Nep
i joined the SIU in
joined the SIU in the
tune, N.J. Brother
1946
in
the
port
of
Donnelly joined the
port of New York in 1951 sailing as an
Mobile and sailed as AB. He sailed 43 years and hit the bricks
iSIU in the port of
i a QMED. He sailed in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor beef and the 1962
New York in 1950 sailing as a chief steward.
31 years. Seafarer Robin Line strike. A native of Finland,
He was on the picketline in the 1965 District
Council 37 strike. And he was a veteran Hartley was a veteran of the U.S. Army he was a resident of Sea Level. Burial was
of the U.S. Army in World War II. Born Corps of Engineers in World War II. Bom in Carteret Gardens Cemetery, Beaufort,
in Irvington, N.J., he was a resident of in Wilmer, Ala., he was a resident of N.C. Surviving are a daughter. Mrs. Aeila
Bricktown, N.J. Interment was in the Ocean Mobile. Surviving are his widow, Muriel; Dahlin of Labbnes, Dragsfjord, Finland
County Cemetery. Dover Twsp., N.J. Sur two sons, Lewis Jr. and Daniel and a and a sister. Mrs. Edith Dahjin, also of
brother, Lonnie of Mobile.
Labbnes.
viving is his widow, Gladys.
30 / LOG / July 1982
--
Pensioner Mari
an Lubiejewski,
74, passed away on
Jan. 4. Brother
Lubiejewski joined
the SIU in 1943 in
the port of New
York sailing as a
bosun and ship's
d^ate. He failed for 47 years and in
World War 11. Seafarer Lubiejewski
upgraded at Piney Point in 1970. Bprn in
Poland, he was a naturalized U.S. citizen
and was a resident of Warsaw, Poland.
Surviving are a son, Waype and two
daughters, Mrs. Sophie Lisicka of Gydna,
Poland and Mrs. Paula M. Rocchio.
Ffensioner Robert
I William School1 craft, 73, passed
away recently.
1 Brother Schoolcraft
I joined the SIU in
1946 in the port of
I New Orleans sailing
as a chief steward.
He sailed 52 years. Seafarer Schoolcraft
was a wounded veteran of the U.S. Navy
in World War 11. Bom in St. Paul, Minn:,
he was a resident of Wilmington, Calif.
Surviving are two brothers, John of Morristown, N.J. and Robert of Whippany,
N.J.
William
Edward Kirven Jn,
^ 29, died oh Mar 25.
Brother Kirvin
p joined the SIU after
I his graduation from
the Seafarers Harry
Lundeberg School
of Seamanship
Entry Trainee Program, Piney Point, Md,
in 1972. He sailed as an OS. Bom in
Mobile, he was a resident there. Surviving
are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William E.
and Margaret Kirven Sr. of Mobile and
two sisters.
Grant
Vick
Warmboe,43, was
dead on arrival at
the Memorial Hos
pital, Iron Mt.,
Minn, from carbon
monoxide
poi
soning sustained in
a house fire on Apr.
2. Brother Wamiboe joined the Union in
the port of Detroit in 1971 sailing as a
FOWT for Kinsman Marine. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Navy after the Korean
War. A native of Duluth, Minn., he was
a resident of Crystal Falls, Mich." Cremation
took place in the Memorial Crematory,
Green Bay, Wise. Surviving are his lather,
Lloyd of Crystal Falls and a brother. Stewart
of Sagola, Mich.
�Donald Eugene
S^ey, 49, was lost^.
at sea aboard the SS
Golden
Dolphin
tW e s t c h Q^-t c r
Marine) which-sank
on Mar. 6. Brother
Sidney joined ' the
SlU following his
grduation from Piney Point in 1969 sailing
from the port of Seattle. He last sailed as
a chief electrician, pumpman and QMED.
Seafarer Sidney was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy in the Korean War. A native of Lit
tleton, N.H. he was a resident of New
Orleans. Surviving are his widow, Gloria;
three daughters, Brandi Lyne, Denise and
Barbara and his mother, Gertrude of St.
Cloud, plaPensioner Man
ual Barros Silva,
66, died on May 18.
Brother Silva joined
the SIU in the port
of New York in
1959 sailing as a BR
utility and AB. He
sailed 41 years. And
was a former member of the Teamsters
Union and the MC&S. Bom in Hawaii,
he was a resident of Milledgeville, Ga.
Surviving in hfs widow, Mabel.
Pensioner Billy
Sing, 78, passed
away on Apr. 5.
Brother Sing joined
the SIU in 1948 in
the port of New
York sailing as a
J chief cook. He also
I sailed in World War
11. Seafarer Sing was bom in China and
was a resident of San Francisco. Surviving
is his widow Fang Jun of Yokohoma, Japan.
Recertified Bo
sun Frank J.
Smith, 56, died of
a heart attack aboard
the SS Ogden
Leader (Ogden
Marine) on May 20.
Brother
Smith
joined the SIU in the
port of New York in 1961 and graduated
from the Union's Recertified Bosuns Pro
gram in February 1981. He was a wounded
veteran (Tawara) of the U.S. Marine Corps
in World War 11. Bom in Mt. Vemon,
Ala., he was a resident of Chalmette, La.
Surviving are his widow, Lorraine; a son,
Stephen of Houston; a daughter, Carol
Joyce, also of Houston and his mother,
Henrietta of New Orleans.
Michael Clarence Linde, 41, died of
cancer in the Swedish Hospital, Seattle on
May I. Brother Linde joined the SIU in
the port of Seattle sailing as a chief
pumpman. He was bom in Seattle and was
a resident there. Cremation took place in
the Forest Lawn Crematory, Seattle. Sur
viving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene
and Dorothy Linde.
Pensioner Lester M. Gray, 71. passed
away from a heart attack in Rockport, Mass.
on Apr. 19. Brother Gray joined the SlUmerged Atlantic Fishemien's Union |[AFU)
in the port of Glouce.ster. Mass. sailing as
an engineer. He was born in Gloucester
and was a resident of Rockport. Burial
was in Calvary Cemetery, Gloucester. Sur
viving is a daughter. Mrs. Gloria Quinn
of Rockport.
Keith Joe Swille,
34, was lost at sea
off the SS Stonewall
Jackson
(Water
man) on Apr. 8.
Brother Swille
jpined the SIU in the
port of New York in
1971 sailing as a
FOWT He was born in Green Bay, Wise,
and was a resident of Little Suamico, Wise.
Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Violet Elliot
of Little Suamico.
Steve
Ivan
Kotovich, 58, suc
cumbed to a hem
orrhage in the
s p i ta1,
Cadillac, Mich, on
Mar. 22. Brother
Kotovich joined the
Union in the port of
Detroit in 1965 sailing as an AB for the
Gartland Steamship Co. in 1964. He was
a former member of the Iron Bridge
Workers Union. And he was a veteran of
the U.S. Army. A native of Michigan, he
was a resident of East Jordan, Mich. Burial
was in Mt. Bliss Cemetery, East Jordan.
Surviving are a brother, John of East Jordan
and a sister, Mrs. Mary A. Bloomfield of
Southfield, Mich.
Cecil Edward
Morey Jr., 54, died
of heart failure in St.
Vincent's Hospital,
Toledo, Ohio on
J Dec. 13, 1981.
Brother Morey
joined the Union in
1948 in the port of
Detroit sailing as a chief steward for the
National Gypsum Co. He was bom in
Alpena, Mich, and was a resident ofTbledo.
Interment was in Forest Cemetery, Toledo.
Surviving are his widow, Dorothy and his
mother, Mrs. Cecil Morey Sr. of Alpena.
Pensioner Ray
mond
Francis
PUlef, 68, died of a
heart attack in the
Northwoods Manor
Annex Hospital,
Escanaba, Mich, on
Aug. 20. 1981.
1 Brother Paler joined
the Union in the port of Detroit in 1960
sailing as an oiler for 46 years. He was
born in Escanaba and was a resident there.
Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery,
E.scanaba. Surviving are his widow, Priscilla and a daughter, Jeanne.
Yehia Mohssein Meftah, 37, succumbed
to a hemorrhage aboard the SS Santa Magdalena (Delta Line) enroute to Valpariso,
Chile on Oct. 19, 1981. Brother Meftah
joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco
in 1977 sailing as a wiper. He was bom
in Aden, Yemen and was a naturalized
U.S. citizen. Seafarer Meftah was a resident
of San Francisco. Surviving are his widow,
Muznh; five sons, Nabr, Abdul, Musid,
Mohammed and Qassim; two daughters,
Malkeh and Muniera and a brother, Ahmed
of San Francisco.
Pensioner Edward Henry Smith. 80.
passed away from a stroke at home in
Toledo. Ohio on Jan. 11. Brother Smith
.sailed on the Great Lakes. He was bom
in Michigan. Burial was in the Toledo Park
Cemetery. Surviving are his widow. Linda
and a brother. Floyd of Port Huron, Mich.
Eino Amd Salo,
70, died in May.
Brother Salo joined
the Union in the port
ofDuluth, Minn, in
I960 sailing as an
oiler for 43 years
and during World
War II. He upgraded
at Piney Point in 1977. Laker Salo was
also a machihist. Bom in Superior, Wise.,
he was a resident of Wentworth, Wi.sc.
Surviving are his widow. Helmie; two sons.
Richard and Reino of Poplar. Wise, and
two daughters. Terry and Mrs. Jean D.
Sloan of Superior.
Pensioner Guy
Sorenson, 76,
passed away on
May 8. Brother
Sorenson joined the
Union in the port of
Elberta, Mich, in
1953. He sailed as
a coal pas.ser during
World War 11. He was bom in Arcadia,
Mich, and was a resident of Frankfort,
Mich. Surviving are three sisters. Mrs.
Anna Mack of River Rouge, Mich.. Mrs.
Bertha Blue of Manistee. Mich, and Mrs.
Ethel Kittleson of Frankfort.
Pensioner Ha
rold Brooks Vin
cent, 73, passed
away on Apr. 30.
Brother Vincent
joined the SIU in the
port of Baltimore in
1955 sailing as a
ship's delegate and
chief pumpman. He sailed 22 years. He
attended Piney Point's Pensioners Con
ference No.6. Seafarer Vincent was a vet
eran of the U.S. Marine Corps before World
War II. He was also a machinist and painter.
A native of West Virginia, he was a resident
of Dundalk, Md. His remains were donated
to the Anatomy Board of Maryland. Sur
viving is his widow. Pearl.
ftnsioner Newt
Williams, 71, suc
cumbed to cancer in
Mercy Hospital,
New Orleans on
May 3. Brother
Williams joined the
SIU in 1938 in the
' port of Baltimore
sailing as a chief steward. He sailed 39
years and in World War 11. And he was a
veteran of the U.S. Army. Seafarer Wil
liams was bom in Poplarville, Miss, and
was a resident of New Orleans. Burial was
in Providence Parte Cemetery, New Orleans.
Surviving are his widow. Marguerite; two
daughters, Sefreda and Janice and a sister!,
Mrs. Lily M. Bailey of Detroit.
Pensioner Charles Gay Starling. 68.
died on Mar. 7. Brother Starling joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1961
sailing as a cook for McAllister Brothers
in 1956 and Mariner Towing in 1973 and
for IBC. He was a fomier member of the
UMW. Local 50 from 1957 to 1961.
Boatman Starling was a chief steward vet
eran of the U.S. Coast Guard in World
War II. A native of Rtx:ky Mountain. N.C..
he was a resident of Norfolk. Surviving
are his mother. Molly of Norfolk; a brother.
Henry of Tampa; a si.ster. Mrs. Sally Hal
lowed P)well of Norfolk; two .sons. Charles
Jr. and Robert and three daughters. Linda,
Cassandre and Olena.
J
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'
Pensioner John
Henry
Calvin
Ratliff, 69, died of
heart failure in the
Benson (Ariz.)
Hospital on Mar.
21. Brother Ratliff
joined the SIU in the
port of Galveston,
Tex. in 1951 sailing as a chief steward.
He was bom in Houston and was a resident
of Benson. Burial was in Benson Cemetery.
Surviving is his widow, Gertrude.
Pensioner Juan
Patino Taboada,
84, passed away
recently. Brother
Taboada joined the
SIU in 1946 in the
port of New Yoik
^
sailing 25 years and
I
• in World War 11. He
was bom in Spain, was a naturalized U.S.
citizen and was a resident of Milan, Italy.
Surviving are his widow, Elma; a daughter,
Mrs. Rafaela P. Gonzales of La Coruna,
Spain and a sister Mrs. Betty Ward of
Baltimore.
John
Valladares, 62, died in
the Elmhurst Hos
pital, Queens, New
York on Mar. 30.
Brother Valladares
joined the SIU in the
port of of New York
in 1952 sailing as a
FOWT He was a veteran of the U.S. Army
in the Korean War. Bom in Ecuador, he
was a resident of Flushing, N.Y. And he
was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Cremation
took place in the Trinity Crematory, New
York City. Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Rudesinda Cuelle of Chinbarazo, Ecuador,
a sister. Carmen of Flushing and a nephew,
Julio Valladares, also of Flushing.
Recertified Bosun
and Pensioner John
Leonard Worley, 50,
succumbed to cancer
on June 20. Brother
Worley joined the SIU
in 1949 in the port of
New York. He gradu
ated from the SIU Bo
sun Recertification Program in June 1975.
Seafarer Worley participated in the Bull
Line. Cities Service and Farmworkers
Union beefs. He also served as UIW busi
ness agent in the port of San Francisco.
From 1968 to 1972. he was bosun-mate
of the Sea-Land Shoregang in Oakland.
Calif. From 1972 to 1975 he was on the
Waterman Shoregang in San Francisco.
Born in Florida, he was a resident of Daly
City. Calif. Cremation tot>k place, in Califomia and his ashes were scattered over
Finnia Lake, his favorite fishing .spot, in
Northern Califomia. Surviving arc his
widow. "Mickie"; two sons. John L. Jr.
and Richie; two daughters, Anna and Joy:
his mother. Zora of Pensacoia. Ra. and
five brothers. SIU Wilmington Port Agent
Mike Worley. Seafarer Richard Worley.
John, Hobart and Aughtley,
July 1982 / LOG 31
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Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
JUNE-1-30, 1982
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
QIass A Class B Class C .
'
Port
Boston
Newlbrk
Philadelphia
Baltimore ...
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
iy
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston.
Algonac
St. Louis
Totals
;.. ..........
. i.
,.'...........;..
;.;
. '.
,
'.....
. •....
;......,......
.....'
Port
Boston
. . . .;.........
Philadelphia
Baltimore
.-.
... •.
Norfolk
Mobile
..................
'New Orleans
.;.............
...... :
Jacksonville
.......... i.
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico ;.......
Houston
Algonac
St. Louis ...
Piney Point
Totals
.. .......;
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
-5
0
8
DECK DEPARTMENT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
• 0
0
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
00
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
d
1
0
0
0
0
1.
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
10
13
0
0
0
4
0
1
1
6
0
2
0
0
5
0
4
0
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
• 0
•
'
Port
Newlbrk
. ..Philadelphia ......; .^v... ..
. i... .. ,
Baltimore
:.................,.....
Norfolk
.. .
Mobile .,
New Orleans
.............
.......
San Francisco
Wilmington :
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Algonac
St. Louis
Piney Point
Totals
.
.
...
...............
\
•
.
;......
Totals All Departments
TOTAL SHIPPED
Alt Groups
Class A
Class B Class C
27
7
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
••REGISTERED ON BEACH
Alf8roups,
Class A Class B Class C
•
00
0
0
0' .0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
12
0
3
3
8
0
21
0
0
10
0
7
0
64
0
0
0
d
0
0
0
.
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
5
0
1
0
d
6
0
3
0
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
0
2
0
1
4
0
20
0
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
5
b
d
•0
0
1
0
0
4
0
d
d
5
0
d
d
0
1
d
. d
d
.1
d
d
d
0
1
d
0
d
0
0
d
1
0
d
d
d
0
d
0
0
d
d
1
d
2
d
d
1
d
1
d
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
5
71.
23
41
d
d
*"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
**"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.
Personals
Harold Berggren
Your mother asks that you contact
her.
Warren Raymond Hodges
Please contact, Captain Evans at
Puerto Rico Marine Inc., PO. Box 1910,
Elizabeth, N.J. 07207.
Dan Kingkorn
Please contact Robert Derke at 9537
48th Ave., N.E., Seattle, Wash. 98115,
or phone (206) 523-4862.
Herbert Wesley Davis
Your daughter, Kathy Davis Dupuis,
wishes you to get in touch with her at
Rt. 2 Box 41, Lot 21, Layfayette, Lou
isiana 70507.
General
If you sailed on the SS Poet please
contact Robert J. Pessek at 1298
Commonwealth Ave., Apt. 22, Boston,
MA 02134. Telephone (617) 735-0279.
Pessek is a writer who is gathering
information on the Poet. He also spent
three years as a salt water merchant
seaman and three summers on the
Great Lakes.
Mike Shaw
Please contact, Malea Guiriba, 10913
Bonnelly Dr., Jacksonville, Fla. 32218.
Ashley Melvin Toffelmire
Please contact, Amos Grooms.
Urgent! Tel. (219) 362-4174. ,
Mark Thomas (Popeye)
Please contact, Rhonda McKinley,
8345 Triola, Apt. 32, Houston, Texas
77036. Tel. (713) 981-0884. Urgent!
Eugene Frederick Lillard
Please contact, Clara Huffan, Tel.
(313) 464-0873 or Juanita Shores, Tel.
(501)237-4462.
32 / LOG / July 1982
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Legal Aid
In the event that any SiU members
have legal problems-ln the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they
can consult Is being published. The
member need not choose the recom
mended attorneys and this list Is
intended only for Informational pur
poses:
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Schulman & Abarbanel
358 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10001
Tele. # (212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg,
Engelman & Belgrad
Sun Life Building
Charles & Bedwood Streets
Baltimore, f*/ld. 21201
Tele. # (301) 539-6967
BOSTON, I^ASS.
Stephen J. Abarbanel
Latti Associates
30-31 Union Wharf
Boston, fyfass. 02109
Tele. # (617) 523-1000
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CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
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7 South Dearborn Street
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Chicago, III. 60603
Tele. # (312) 263-6330
DETROIT MICH.
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, Mich. 48822
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Tele. # (313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
1 Western Avenue
Gloucester, Mass. 01930
Tele. # (617) 283-8100
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Archer, Peterson and Waldner
1801 Main St. (at Jefferson) Suite 510
Houston, Texas 77002
Tele. # (713) 659-4455 &
Tele. # (813) 879-9842
LOS ANGELES, CALIF
Fogel, Rothschild, Feldman & Ostrov
5900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2600
Los Angeles, Calif. 90036
Tele. # (213) 937-6250
WILMINGTON, CALIF
Fogel, Rothschild, Feldman & Ostrov
239 South Avalon
Wilmington, Calif. 90744
Tele. # (213) 834-2546
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Ala. 36602
Tele. # (205) 433-4904
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy, •
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans, La. 70112
Tele. # (504) 586-9395
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Kirschner, Walters. Willig,
Weinberg & Dempsey Suite 1100
1429 Vlfeilnut Street
Philadelphia. Pa. 19102
Tele. # (215) 589-8900
SI LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg, Sounders & Levine
Suite 905—Chemical Building
721 Olive Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Tele. # (314) 231-7440
SAN FRA'NCISCO, CALIF
John Paul Jennings
Henning, Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street, Suite 440
San Francisco, Calif. 94104
Tele. # (415) 4400
SEATTLE, WASH.
Davies, Roberts, Reld,
Anderson & Wacker
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle, \Afetsh. 98119
Tele. # (206) 285-3610
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton, Douglas, Hamilton,
Loper & Macy, PA.
2620 West Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa, Florida 33609
Tele. # (813) 879-9842
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LNG Aries Plucks 'Boat People' From 15 Ft. Seas
T
HE crew of the 5.5. LNG Aries
(Energy Transportation) has had
a lot of practice with at-sea rescues.
On her maiden run to Osaka,
Japan, the Aries rescued 21
crewmen from a lifeboat after they
were forced to abandon their sinking
Panamanian-flag ship.
In late 1980, when the Aries was »
underway in the South China Sea,
en-route from Tobdta to Arun,
Indonesia, the SIU crew rescued a
boatload of Vietnamese refugees.
That rescue earned Chief Mate Bill
"Doctor" Gatchell and Cargo
Engineer Randy "Skip" Doty a
reputation as a crack "medical
team."
That reputation was confirmed
last month, as the LNG Aries per
formed another dramatic sea rescue
in the South China Sea.
En-route, once again, to Arun,
the third mate spotted a boat which
held 40 Indochinese refugees on the
afternoon oT June 24. Conditions
were hazardous with winds running
at 35 knots and 12-15 foot seas.
"The transfer of refugees was
difficult and very hazardous," said
Captain Spence, master of the Aries.
"The transfer of the smallest chil
dren was done with danger to Amin
Rajab, AB, and Randy Doty, cargo
engineer. These two seamen," Capt.
Spence added "hung onto'the
bottorn gangway platform and
pulled four small children up onto
the gangwayr
AB Bill Mullins, deck delegate
aboard the Aries, reported in a letter
to the Log that "it was truly a team
effort all around. It didn't stop until
11:00 that night,'' said Mullins,
noting that the boat had been spotted
at 3:00 that afternoon. "The crew
worked into the night treating the jobs of arranging for places to put working on those that needed
sick, bathing the children and the refugees, dbnating clothing and, immediate aid," said Capt. Spence!
feeding the babies."
of course, jthe first aid teams "I am proud of these people."
Out of Food, Water
The refugees picked up on June
24 were not in good condition
having spent seven days in their
bright idea. With those Argie warplanes
small boat without food or.water.
In Argentina War Zone
When they carne aboard, Mullins
Following is a reprint in part of in mind, he would (have painted by
said, "it seemed like they were half- two columns written earlier this monA the SIU deck department) two Amer
dead. Some could not even walk." by "San Francisco Chronicle'* col ican flags on the two most visible parts
One woman was brought aboard umnist Charles McCabe, who was a of the ship.
(Later Waitress Ihger Walia photo
the Aries, unconscious, running a passenger recently on the SlU-manned
dangerously high fever of 104.9 Santa Maria on a trip to Argentina graphed the 50-star encrusted flags
hung by the Seafarers on each side of
"She responded to treatment sug during the Falkland Island crisis.
the Santa Maria on the highest row
gested by a U.S. Navy doctor in
"I
never
thought
I
would
welcome
of the top containers).
San Francisco," Capt. Spence
a fire-and-lifeboat drill. I hated them
"... Next day we saw two flags, 12
reported, adding "all refugees are
during the war. (World War II)."
by 20 feet -on the metal top of the
in much better shape due to a team
.. We had a lot of them aboard casing. We were released by the Coast
effort by a 'medical team' headed the 55 Santa Maria (Delta Line). We ' Guard before the crew had a chance
by Doctor Gatchell." AB Mullins neared the war zone in the last days to paint in the 50 stars. But the stripes
noted that, by June 25, the day after of the Falkland Islands War.. .and we were clearly visible. This was an
the 'boat people' were rescued were a little scared. We did everything American vessel. And we were not
but get into the lifeboats and the only absolutely sure whether it would be a
"everyone was all smiles."
Coming through when it counts, thing that stopped this was that there good thing or bad to be so clearly iden
like so many of their SIU brothers were sick and infirm people among the tified.
"... We resumed our voyage and
have done the Aries crew "passed passengers.
"Capt.
Adrian
"Cool"
Jennings
told
everything was according to Hoyle until
the hat" collecting over a thousand
us:
Take
along
everything
you
will
need
June 10 when we found out what it
dollars for the refugees.
if I give the order to abandon ship. I was like for someone to meet the dis
Bosun Ron Rood and AB Mullins
had my blue watch cap, my red fire pleasure of the Argentines in a war
rounded up clothing, shoes and other
man's jacket, my raincoat and my zone.
basic necessities from the crew, blanket—all except the blanket encased
"From the diary of George H. Harr,
including paper and pencils which in (my) lifejacket. (Even the term life- a passenger from Reno (Nev.): About
the 'boat people' put to immediate jacket became more vivid than ever 3 o'clock, just after lunch, all hell broke
use. "It seems all were writing to before.)
loose. I had my racing glasses on and
their loved ones in Vietnam telling
"The next day we would go into the saw the whole thing. We were being
them about their journeyr Mullins unknown. We didn't know what the buzzed by six Argentine Air Force
hell would happen. We didn't even fighting planes. They were prop jets.
said.
The steward department went know whether the U.S. was considered And I was pretty sure I heard a bomber
right to work, preparing food for neutral by Argentina. All anyone on in the background.
"No injury was done to us.. .Later
the Aries' "visitors" and kept them the ship knew about the progress of
the
war
was
in
the
daily
AP
mimeo
(I
was
told) that the Santa Maria was
provided with three square meals a
graphed newspaper the purser's office buzzed three times that day. 'The first
day until the refugees were dropped
supplied us (with).
time was about 3 in the morning... And
off at Singapore.
"One thing we did know was the it (she) was buzzed ag^n about 7 in
"It was really gratifying to see awesome power of the Argentine the morning...'
all of the crew pitch in on various bombing warplanes. They had sunk a
"A Liberian-flag, American-owned
British destroyer. What if they took a
tanker about 30 miles from us that day
potshot or two at an unarmed Yankee was bombed, we learned from our ship
passenger-freighter? Better not to think
newspaper the next day. Why did we
about it. We were the only Yankee craft get off Scot-free? I like to think Capt.
that would be in and about the Argen Cool's two American flags on the top
tine waters for the next couple of days.' of the ship had something to do witfi
"Capt. "Cool" Jennings... had a
Old Glory May Have Saved
the Day for Santa Maria
HURRY . . .
The Transportation Institute
Scholarship Program for Towboat
Operators will be awarded
SOON
Apply Now!
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for details and applications at your
local Union Hall.
For course starting October 25
ALL applications must be received
by September 3.
Old Giofy" may have saved the day for the Santa Afar/a.
July 1982 / LOG 33
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Rdbeit Lincoln Smith, 73, joined
the SiU In the port of San Francisco
in 1971 sailing as a QMED. Brother
Smith is a veteran of the U.S. Navy
before World War II. He was born in
Malone, N.Y and is a resident of
Reno, Nev.
Stephen Anthony Sloneski, 65,
joined the SIU in 1949 in the port of
New York sailing as a cable AB
aboard the CS Long Lines (AT&T).
Brother Slon^gki upgraded at Piney
Point in 1968. Seafarer Sloneski was
born in New York and is a resident
of Kissimee, Fla.
Saieh Ahmed Ali, 65, joined the
Union in the port of Detroit, Mich, in
1967 sailing as a FOWT. Brother Ali
was born in Yemen and is a resident
there.
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Melvin Thomas Rainier, 60,
joined the Union in the port of Norfolk
in 1960 sailing as a captain for the
Penn Central Railroad for 42 years.
Brother Rainier is a veteran of the
U.S. Coast Guard in World War ii.
He was born in Blakes, Va. and is
a resident of Gloucester, Va.
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Alois Lloyd Vanderport, 62,
joined the Union in the port of Duluth,
Minn, in 1961 sailing as a deckhand
on the tug Illinois (Great Lakes
Towing) from 1959 to 1976. Brother
Vanderport sailed for Great Lakes
Towing from 1955 to 1982. He was
a former memljer of the Bpilermakere
Union, Local 177 in Superior, Wise,
from 1941 to 1961. Laker Vfewiderport
was bom in Superior andis a resident
there.
Maurice Kramer, 56, joined the
SIU in 1945 in the port of Boston
sailing as a bosun. Brother Kramer
was born in Rhode Island and is a
resident of Metairie, La.
Charles Victor Majette, 61, joined
the SIU in 1938 in the port of Bal
timore sailing as a bosun and 3rd
mate. Brother Majette sailed 45
years. He was borri in Redart, Va.
and is a resident of Portsmounth,
Va.
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Charles Linwood Johnston, 65,
joined the SIU in the port of New
York in 1955 sailing as a chief cook.
Brother Johnston also sailed as a
waiter on the Banner Line. He sailed
^35 years. Seafarer Johnston hit the
bricks in the 1961 Greater N.Y.
Harbor beef, the 1962 Robin Line
I strike and the 1965 District Council
I 37 beef. And he upgraded at the
[..Andrew Furuseth Training School,
Brooklyn, N.Y in 1957 and 1959.
Johnston is a veteran of the U.S.
Navy in World War II serving as a
2nd class gunner's mate: He is also
a painter. Bom in Queen Ann Count,,
Md., he is a resident of Brooklyn,
N.Y.
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Francis Xavler Donovan, 62,
joined the SIU in 1941 in the port of
Boston, Mass. sailing as a bosun.
Brother Donovan is a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. He was
born in Boston and is a resident of
Cohasset, Mass.
Eduardo Colmenero, 67, joined
the SIU in the port of Baltimore in
1962 sailing in the engine depart
ment. Brother Colmenero is also an
auto mechanic. He was born in
Florida and is a resident of Baltimore.
Richard Paul Gralickl, 59, joined
the SIU in 1946 in the port of New
York sailing as a cook -and baker.
Brother Gralicki is also a draftsman.
He was born in Massachusetts and
is a resident of San Francisco.
Frank Acha Arana, 62. joined the
SIU in 1947 in the port of New York
sailing in the engine dep't. and as
ship's delegate. Brother Arana sailed
40 years. He was born in Manila,
PI. and is a resident of Daly City,
Calif.
Preston Llyod Ayers, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of New
Orleans in 1952 sailing as an oiler.
Brother Ayers was born in Georgia
and is a resident of Cullman, Ala.
Listen N. Lanier Jr., 59, joined
the SIU in the port of Baltimore sailing
as an AB. Brother Lanier was born
in North Carolina and is a resident
of Beulaville, N.C.
Deles Snead, 65, joined the SIU
in the port of San Francisco in 1959
sailing as a chief cook. Brother
Snead sailed 27 years. In 1955, he
did organizing and picketing at the
Bay Line. And from 1953 to 1954
he worked at the Norfolk Naval Ship
Supply Depot. He was born in Ports
mouth, Va. and is a resident of Phil
adelphia.
Berry Edward Feagin, 64, joined
the Union in the port of St. Louis in
1964 sailing as a chief engineer for
ACBL; for Commercial Transport
from 1964 to 1970, Inland Tugs in
1972, Northern Towing in 1977 and
for Ohio Towing in 1980. Brother
Feagin attended the 1979 ACBL
Engineers Conference at Piney
Point. He is a former member of the
MEBA from 1960 to 1964. Boatman
Feagin was born in Paducah, Ky. and
is a resident there.
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Alton Watts Mackin, 59, joined
the SIU in 1949 in the port of New
York sailing as a BR utility. Brother
Mackin hit the bricks in the 1961
Greater N.Y Harbor beef and the
1962 Robin Line strike. He is a former
member of the American Bakers
Assn. Union. Seafarer Mackin was
also a radiator mechanic. Born in
East Point, Ga., he is a resident of
Atlanta, Ga.
James Kouvardas, 55, joined the
SIU in 1942 in the port of New York
sailing as a QMED. Brother Kou
vardas is a veteran of the U.S. Navy
in World War II. He was born in Law
rence, Mass. and is a resident of
Reno, Nev. •
Robert .Leslie Wells, 65, joined
the SIU in the port of New York in
1955 sailing as a chief steward.
Brother Wells sailed 37 years. He is
a veteran of the U.S. Army in World
War II. Seafarer Wells was born in
Florida and is a resident of Bayou
La Batre, Ala.
Tommy Raquepo Gonzales, 76,
joined the SIU in the port of Seattle
in 1961 sailing as a chief cook.
Brother Gonzales sailed 35 years.
He was bom in Magsinga, liocos Sur,
Pi. and is a resident of Seattle.
Michael Marcello, 66, joined the
SIU in the port of New York in 1957
sailing as a cook. Brother Marcello
sailed 34 years. He walked the picketline in the Chicago taxi beef. Sea
farer Marcello is an MP veteran of
the U.S. Army in World Wfar 11. A
native of Bridgeport, Conn., he is a
lii resideht of Brooklyn, N.Y
Chan Rit Neu, 65, joined the SIU
in the port of Seattle in 1956 sailing
as an AB. Brother Neu sailed 25
years and was a member of the
MC&S from 1952 to 1955. He was
born in China and is a resident of
San Francisco.
Norbet Pruszka, 60, joined the
ISIU in 1943 in the port of New Yark
sailing as a FOWT. Brother Pruszka
was born in Milwaukee, Wise, and
a is a resident of Baltimore.
Guy Duran Reagan, 65, joined
the SIU in 1945 in the port of New
Orleans sailing as a bosun. Brother
Reagan sailed 40 years. He is a
former ironworker. Seafarer Reagan
was born in Dallas, Tex. and is a
resident of Brazoria, Tex.
George Henri "Frenchy" Ruf, 67,
joined the SIU in 1942 in the port of
Mobile sailing as a bosun. Brother
Ruf sailed 51 years. At one time, he
was a San Francisco Union
patrolman. He was born in New
. Jersey and is a resident of Wilmington, Calif.
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W
ILLIE PALMER has a fairly
full crop of grey hair gracing
his handsome noggin. Yet on June
15, he celebrated only his fifth
birthday.
A genetic impossibility? Nope!
Willie Palmer has lived five years
of his new life—a life of sobriety.
As Willie tells it, it was June 15,
1977 that he completed the Seafarers.
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program
in Valley Lee, MD. He hasn't had
a drink since. And his life has
changed dramatically for the better
because of it.
Willie, who recently completed
the SIU's Steward Recertification
Program, dropped by the LOG
office to ask if he could share some
of his experiences with the mem
bership.
Following therefore are some of
Willie's thoughts, in his own words,
concerning alcoholism and how he
is dealing with it.
by Willie Palmer
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44^ TRUTHFULLY, I never
thought I had a drinking
problem. For 30 years all I drank
was beer. Bergorneister beer was
my drink. In fact, my friends called
me 'Bergomeister Willie.'
"It was Steve Troy (SIU representative, San Francisco) who talked
me into going to the Alcoholic
Rehab Center. I really didn't think
Chief Steward
I was an alcoholic until I began
participating in the program and
learning about alcoholism. It really
opened my eyes and truly changed
my life.
"For all the years 1was drinking,
I never got married and never had
a bank account. I'd go out with
$200 in my pocket and come home
broke. Nobody on earth can drink
$200 worth of beer in one sitting.
But still my money was gone and
I didn't remember how I spent it.
"I never actually got fired for
drinking. But a lot of times, I'd get
into an argument with the Captain
or Mate or someone and I'd go into
a 'take-this-job-and-shove-it' routine and pile off the ship.
"After completing the program
at the ARC, I began going to regular
Willie Palmer
AA meetings. I really can't put into
words what AA is like. You have
to experience it. You have to live
it.
A lot of good things have happened to me since I've been sober.
For one, I got married to a wonderful
lady named Margie. I have a savings
account, too. Recently, I was able
to buy Margie a new car for cash.
"People react to me differently
as well. I get a great deal of respect
on the ships now, especially from
the young kids coming out of Piney
Point. Captains and shipmates I used
to sail with come up to me and
congratulate me.
"It's funny! A lot of people ashore
tell me now that they couldn't stand
being in the same room with me
when I was drinking. Some of my
old shipmates tell me they hated to
see me coming up the gangway.
"The important thing to me alx)ut
being sober is the way I feel within
myself. It's important to me to be
able to say to myself and my friends
that I haven't had a drink in five
years.
"I've pretty much been on my
own since my father died when I
was 15, and I moved from Houston
to the West Coast. I have some good
memories of things I did during all
the years I was drinking. But looking
back on it, I believe that that's not
what I was put here on earth for.
"I'm going to do my best to stay
sober. I feel that by going back to
drinking I'd be letting more than
myself down. I'd be letting down
the whole Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Program and so many of my brother
seamen who have gone through the
program and stayed sober.
"I'm 60 years old now. And when
I retire from going to sea, I hope
to set up a catering business if my
health holds out.
"I'd like any member out there
who wants to talk to me about alco
holism to know that I am always
available. Of course, in the final
analysis, it must be the individual
who decides to stop drinking.
"But I feel that if I can help just
one alcoholic to stop drinking I'll
have accomplished something
important."
Help A Friend Deal With Alcoholism
Alcoholicsr don't have friends. Because a friend the care and counseling he needs. And he'll get the
wouldn't let another man blindly travel a course that has support of brother SIU members who are fighting the
to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his same tough battle he is back to a healthy, productive
family. And that's where an alcoholic is headed.
alcohol-free life.
Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem
The road b^ick to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic.
is just as easy ^and just as important^as steering a blind But because of ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't
man across a street. All you have to do is take that have to travel the distance alone. And by guiding a
Seafarer by the arm and guide him . to the Union's brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center,
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
you'll he showing him that the first step back to recovery
Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive is only fm arm's length away.'
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There's Strength in Nnmben
And Our numbers
are OrewingI
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center
I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Cer^er. I understand that all my medical and counseling
records wili be^ept strictly confidential and that they will not be kept
anywhere except at The Center.
Name
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Star Route Box 153-A
VaUey Lee, Md. 20692
or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010
July 1982 / LOG 35
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Seafarer Diane
Kathleen "Dandl"
MIchener, 25,
graduated in the
top third of her
class at the Sea
farers Harry Lundeberg
School
of
Seamanship
(SHLSS) Entry
Trainee Program, Piney Point, Md. in
1979 sailing in the steward department.
Sister MIchener earned the lifeboat,
firefighting and cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) tickets. And she
studied political science at Brooklyn
College for two years. Born in Man
hattan she is a resident of Brooklyn.,
"Dandi" ships out of the port of New
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Brian David Morron
Seafarer Brian
David Morron, 26,
is a 1969 graduate
of Piney Point
where he was
Student Council
president and a
"great student."
Brother Morron
now sails as an
AB and Quartermaster. He sailed
aboard the LNG Aquarius (Energy
Transport). Previously, he worked as a
tankerman and deckhand inland for the
Ingram Tug and Barge Co., Nashville,
Tenn. in 1974. Today he is going for
his 3rd mate's license. Morron earned
the CPR, firefighting and lifeboat tickets.
He has two years at the College of
Santa Fe, N.M. studying political sci
ence. His hobbies are music and art.
Born in Claremont, N.H., he is a resident
of Ridgewobd, N.J. and ships out of
the port of New York.
Ruben Luis Maldonado Jr.
Seafarer Ruben
Luis Maldonado
Jr., 24, graduated
from Piney Point in
1979 now sailing
as a cook and
baker. Brother
Maldonado is the
son
of
SlU
member Ruben
Luis Maldonado Sr. Ruben Jr. holds the
CPR, firefighting and lifeboat endorse
ments. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y,
is a resident there and ships out of the
Frank Dennis Byers Jr.
port of New York.
Seafarer Frank
Kyle Michael White
Dennis Byers Jr.,
Seafarer Kyle
27, graduated
Michael White, 22,
from the SHLSS
graduated from
Entry Trainee
the SHLSS in
Program in 1971
1980 and sails as
now sailing as a
a cook and baker.
QMED. Brother
Brother White
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mife.
Byers holds the
sailed aboard the
CPR, lifeboat and
LNG Sonatrach,
firefighting papers. He was born in
Paul Kaiser and
Tampa, Fla., is a resident of Brooksville, Arzew (all El Paso) and the LNG Leo
Fla. and ships out of the port of Jack (Energy Transport). He hopes to join
sonville.
the CS Long Unes (AT&T) this month.
Kyle holds the firefighting, lifeboat and
Alan Arthur Barnetl
Seafarer Alan (5PR endorsements. A native of KirkArthur Bamett, 33, land, Wash., he is a resident of La Verne,
first sailed with the Calif, and ships out of the port of Seattle. .
SlU in 1974 from
Michael Edgar Calhoun
the port of New
Se af ar er
York, sailing now
Michael Edgar
as an AB arid
Calhoun,
25,
I Quartermaster. He
graduated from
I has the CPR, lifeSHLSS in 1980
boat and fire
and is now sailing
fighting documents. Brother Barnett is
as cook and baker.
a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam
Brother Calhoun is
Wfeir. And he was born in Baltimore, and
the son of Charles
is a resident there and ships out of that
"Charlie" D. Cal
port city.
houn, president of the Radio Officers
Union, AFL-CIO, Jersey City, N.J. His
John Joseph Bluitt Jr.
Seafarer John brother Tim is also a merchant seaman.
Joseph Bluitt Jr., Mike has the firefighting, lifeboat and
27, joined the SlU CPR documents. He is a veteran of
in 1976 in the port the U.S. Navy serving as a 3rd cook
of Detroit sailing (E4) aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS
as an AB, deep Saratoga during the Vietnam War. He
sea and inland. is a graduate of the Navy's Cooks and
Brother Bluitt Bakers School. Calhoun has studied
qualified for his electronics at Pima (Ariz.) Junior Col
lifeboat,
fire lege and forestry at the University of
fighting and CPR papers. He was born Wyoming, Laramie. Born in Ashland,
in New York City, is a resident of New Ohio, he is a resident of Englewood,
Port Richie, Fla. and ships out of the N.J. and ships out of the port of New
York.
port of Detroit.
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Henry Whitley Daniels Jr.
Seafarer Henry
Whitley Daniels
Jr., 27, graduated
from Piney Point in
1979 now sailing
as a cook and
baker. Brother
Daniels has the
CPR, lifeboat and
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firefighting en
dorsements. He is a veteran of the U.S.
Army's Field Artillery Battery B serving
during the Vietnam War. Daniels was
awarded the U.S. National Defense
Service medal. Born in Brighton, N.C.,
he is a resident of Estill, S.C.- and ships
out of the port of Savannah.
Theodore Van Hawkins
Seafarer Theo
dore Van Haw
kins, 52, first
sailed with the SlU
in 1971 out of the
port of San Fran
cisco. He now
sails as a QMED.
Brother Hawkins
holds the lifeboat,
firefighting and CPR tickets. He is a
veteran of the U.S. Air Forces serving
in England during the Korean War. He
attended Fresno City and Sacramento
City Junior Colleges. He is a native of
Texarkana, Ark., is a resident of Sac
ramento and ships out of the port of
San Francisco.
Jim Edward Dawson
Seafarer Jim
Edward Dawson,
27, is a 1974
graduate of Piney
Point's Trainee
Program nbw
sailing as a quar
termaster. He also
^ sailed as a deckhand inland for
G&H Towing from 1974 to 1979. In
1977, he helped in an organizing drive.
Brother Dawson has the CPR, fire
fighting and lifeboat tickets. He was bom
in Houston, lives in Century, Fla. and
ships out of the port of Jacksonville.
Kenneth James Park
Seafarer Ken
neth James Park,
38, began sailing
with the SlU out of
the port of Jack
sonville sailing as
an AB and QuarItermaster. Brother
Park upgraded to
LNG AB in 1979
at SHLSS. He holds the lifeboat, fire
fighting and CPR documents. And he
is a veteran of the U.S. Navy in the
Vietnam War. Park was born in New
London, Conn., lives in Norfolk and
ships out of that port.
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A
N even dozen SlU stewards
graduated from the second
Steward Recertification Program of
1982, picking up their Recertification
certificates at the Headquarters
membership meeting on July 6.
The 12 stewards rolled through
the eight-week course which began
May 10, spending six weeks at the
Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School
of Seamanship and winding up with
two weeks at Union headquarters
in Brooklyn, N.Y
At Piney Point, the stewards
sharpened up their galley skills,
working with the SHLSS instructors
on the latest methods of menu
preparation and putting together
well-balanced meals in line with
dietary guidelines.
As part of the Recertification Pro
gram the stewards spent a day in
Washington, D.C., visiting with the
Union's legislative team and touring
Capitol Hill.
Keeping busy during their two
week stay in New york, the stewards
got a top-to-bottorh education in the
operation of the Union, learning
about the Welfare, Pension and
Vacation plans and taking a looksee at the Data Processing, Records
and Log offices.
The 12 stewards participating in
the latest Steward Recertification
class were Edward Tinsley, Willie
Palmer, Robert Outlaw, Thomas
Bolton, Curtis Vea:^ie, Paul G. Ligh
ten, John Calhoun, Samuel Davis,
Abdul Hassan, J.D. Wilson, Giov
anni Aquino and Felizardo Motus.
Fellzardo Motus
Curtis Vsazle
Edward Tinsley
Thomas Bolton
John Calhoun
Robert Outlaw
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J.D. Wilson
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Samuel Davis
Giovanni Aquino
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Angus "Red" Campbell
Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275 - 20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to arc.available to
you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SlU contracts are avail
able in all SlU halls. Thc.se contracts .specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for Ol on the
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SlU
Alxlul Hassan
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SlU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SlU
Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership s
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance commitfee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda
tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust tunds of the SlU Atlantic,
Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts arc posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and -the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is;
Paul G. Ughtell
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SlU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes ol any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has beer, reaffirmed
by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any official capacity in the SlU unless an
official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts lo require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is-required to make a
payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SlU. These
rights are clearly set forth in the SlU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels thaft he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions arc voluntary. No contributioii may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within' 30 days of the contribution for investigation
arid appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Supr
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a member feels that any of the above rights
have been violated, or that he has been denied his
constitutional right of access to Union records or. infor
mation, he should immediately notift' SIU President Frank
Drozak at Headquarters by certified mail, return receipt
requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y.
11232.
July 1982 / LOG 37
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Faithful Reader for 40 Tears
I wolild like to tliank the Union for an outstanding jod in
pudlishing the. LOG each month- Years ago when I stopped
Railing, I requested that the LOO continue to be sent to me.
And I have received it ever since. I read it regularly (since
1941), and often times I get to pass it along to retired SIU
members.
After leaving the sea, I became a member of the Interna
tional Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron
Workers," AFL-CIO. I am still a member in good standing. I
have served as an officer in the Local Union and Metal Trades
Council. I am now moving to a new address. My only request
is "keep the LOG coming."
Fraternally,
CecU D. Aaerbacli
Gliarleston, S.G.
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On May 31, 1982, the M/V Sealand Esqplorer was stopped
in Lat. 38-02 Worth, Long, 166-18 East, approximately 1,310
nautical mUes from Japan, 3,387 nautical miles from San
Francisco, and the remains of Wilham E. Leuschner were com
mitted to the deep. A proper burial service was conducted.
Some of Bm's old shipmates were on the B:i®lorer and were
present for the service.
BUI, better known as "Whitey," was a dear friend of mine for
32 years. He had no known living relatives and he was not
married.^
I wish to t.iiank Captain BertU Von Gerber of the Explorer
and the employees in the Sea-Land office in San Francisco
who took part in making possible "Whitey's" final wish.
Fraternally,
LnEe Clamlioli, Sr.
San Francisco, Calif.
SIU BCis Best Investment
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I wolUd like all to Imow how much I appreciate the prompt
attention paid by the Seafarers Welfare Plan to my medical
problems.
I was told by SIU Vice President Ed Turner a long, long time
ago when he gave me my book that "it's the best investment
you co\Ud have made." Believe me, he was right. I was yoimg
and full of salt water. lUness never crossed my mind. When it
did come though, it knocked me down for good.
I hope all the young fellows realize what an opportunity
they have. Because if they take care of the Union, the Union
will take care of them when they need it the most. Many
^a-nks.
Sincerely,
Rol>ert O. Lyons, L-8113
Berkeley, Calif.
Greetings From Oldtimer And His Dog
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It has been a long time and many years from the Union's
first hall on Stone St. in lower Manhattan, to Fourth Ave. in
Brooklyn. Being in Miami, I miss the old faces from New
York, especially Joe DiGiorgio, Teddy Babkowski and Johnny
Dwyer.
These days, I go hunting and fishing a lot. I have an old
hound dog that's about the same age as me and I'm 67. He
says hello, too.
I am glad to see the Union is progressing in so many ways.
I want to thank the membership and staff for all they have
done for me over the years.
Fraternally,
"Curly" Goodwin
Miami, Fla.
I am a 1978 recipient of the SIU $10,000 college scholar
ship awarded to an SIU member. It was due to the SIU schol
arship that I was able to attend law school.
My last year was very fulfUling. I attended a fall semester at
the University of Puget Sound School of Law in Tacoma. In
lieu of my final semester, I worked from Januaiy untU May
1982 at the Seattle Public Defender's Office, being given sole
responsibUity for over 60 misdemeanor cases including six
jury trials. It was an invaluable experience.
On May 30, 1982 I received a Juris doctor degree from
Northwestern School of Law in Portland, Oregon.
Recently, I have worked as an oUer aboard the SS Gal
veston, shuttling between Anchorage, Kodiak and Seattle. I've
been studjring for the Washington State Bar examination, too,
which wUl be given this month.
I would like to thank every SIU member for making my
legal education possible. Furthermore, I urge every SIU sailor
who has any inclination toward a formal education to apply
for the SIU scholarship. In 1978, only six Seafarers applied
for the $10,000 scholarship reserved for members. Now there
are more of the scholarships to go around. Increased levels of
education are vital to maintaining a democratic union.
Thank you brothers and sisters.
Fraternally,
Jolm Merrlam, M-8873
Services as Seafarer Wished
I appreciate the great service the SIU has done in arranging
the burial at sea off the M/F Ambasai^dor on Dec. 14, 1981. A
folder with a letter from SIU representative Ray McDonald
along with pictures of the service, a copy of the prayer read at
the service and the ship's log records make me feel that all
was done with great care and carried out as my late husband,
Charles Murphy, wished.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Charles Murphy
Bradenton, Fla.
Proud To Be SIU
This is just a brief note of thanks to the Welfare Plan for
payment of my hospital bfils. I'd also like to take the opportu
nity to thank the SIU, officers and members for everything
over the yeais. I a-m proud to be a member of this organiza
tion since 1946.
Fraternally,
Walter Compton, C-96
Norfolk, Va.
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Membership Meetings
Port
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Deep Sea
Lakes, Inland Water$
New York
Aug. 2 ........... y 2:30 p.m
Philadelphia ..,.
Aug. 3
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2:30p.m
Norfolk......;....... Aug. 5
9:30 a.m
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Jacksonville
Aug. 5
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Algonac ........... -. Aug. 6
2:30 p.m.
Detroit
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Houston ............. Aug. 9 ............. 2:30 p.m
New Orleans
Aug. 10
2:30 p.m
Mobile
Aug. M
- 2:30 p.m..........
San Francisco
Aug. 12
2:30 p.m. .........
Wilmington
Aug. 16
2:30 p.m.....
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Seattle
.... Aug. 20
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Aug. 14 ....,.,....... 10:30 a.m.
SanJuan
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Columbus
Aug. 21 ..............
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St. Louis
Aug. 13
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Honolulu
Aug. 12
2:30 p.m. ........ .
Duluth
Aug. 11
2:30 p.m
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Aug. 19 .......2:30 p.ih
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Gloucester ........... Aug. U .......,...... 2:.30 p.m. ....., yJersey City
Aug. 18.............. 2:30 p.m. ...V
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Need Bilateral Trade to Revive Maritime
I
N mid-July, a Republican Research
Committee in the House of Representativesjssued a report on regulatory
reform in the maritime industry. The
conclusions of the brief report were
that "more not less of a free market
approach should be considered to
ensure a viable U.S. merchant marine."
Applying textbook logic, the
Republican Task Force stated: "The
oretically, unfettered competition would
balance, liner supply and demand, apply
downward pressure on rates, push out
excess capacity, reduce costs and pro
duce downward optimal fare/service
combinations."
There's only one thing wrong with
this tidy little cure-all for the ills of the
merchant marine. It's founded on the
once-upon-a-time, remember-the-goodold-days early 19th century economics.
Free trade—where everybody has an
equal chance to compete in an open
marketplace—simply 4oes not exist in
today's world. And no world shipping
power operates under free trade prin
ciples except the United States.
Quoted in a recent issue of U.S. News
& World Report magazine, W. Bruce
Seaton, president of American Presi
dent Lines said "our major competition
is with foreign government policies that
are extremely supportive of their own
merchant marine."
It's difficult for the American-flag
merchant marine to compete against
fleets that are heavily subsidized by
their governments.
France, for example, requires that
two-thii^s^of its oil imports and half
of its coal imports be carried in French
ships.
Japan offers shipping companies tax
breaks of up to 40 percent on all export
net income. And Mexico kicks in one
half the cost of fuel used by Mexican
merchant ships.
But the key to a strong fleet is cargo.
And almost every national shipping
power relies on arrangements such as
bilateral trade agreements which allow
them to guarantee their fleets enough
cargo to survive.
For the past 40 years, cargo has been
slipping out of the holds of Americanflag ships and the United States has
been slipping in seapower, sliding from
first in the world in 1950 to number
11 today.
During the years when America was
the premiere world shipping power, our
ships carried 43 percent of U.S. imports
and exports. Today, the U.S.-flag share
of American cargoes is less than four
percent—and still falling.
Unless the government acts quickly
to move some cargo back into U.Siflag vessels, the American merchant
marine is going to disappear.
The dangers of over-reliance on for
eign-flag vessels to carry strategic
minerals and raw materials are obvious.
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We leave ourselves vulnerable to polit
ically or economically motivated supply
disruptions which would not exist if
the bulk of U.S. imports were carried
on U.S. ships.
An insufficient merchant marine
poses an even more dangerous threat
to U.S. military preparedness. "There
is not a single overseas war plan," said
Maritime Administration chief Adm.
Harold Shear recently, "that we could
carry out without sufficient merchant
marine ship tonnage to back it up.
Everything from a NATO war to a brush
fire in the Middle East," requires seapower, Shear added.
But the Reagan Administration is
either unconcerned or ignorant about
the crucial importance of U.S.seapower.
Having requested the largest military
budget in peacetime U.S. history, the
U.S. would be unable to muster the
ships to move all that military hardware
and the necessary troops in the event
of a war.
While there is no single solution to
reverse the dangerous decline of the
U.S. maritime industry, the key to any
realistic maritime plan must be cargo.
The negotiation of bilateral ship
ping agreements with major U.S.
trading partners—all of them—would
go a long way towards assuring cargoes
for American ships. And if there are
guaranteed cargoes, ship owners and
operators will invest in new equipment
to transport them, stimulating both
shipboard and shoreside employment
in the process.
There's an additional benefit in the
negotiation of bilateral trade pacts aside
from ensuring a substantial portion of
U.S. cargo to U.S. ships—they don't
cost anybody anything at all.
Offidal Publicolion of the Seoforers Iniemolionol Union of
North America Alfonlic. Gulf. Ute^ one) Inland \Milen Dinrict,
AFICIO
July 1982
Vol. 44, Np. 7
Executive Board
Frank Drozak
President
Joe DiGiorgio
Secretary-Treasurer
Ed lUrner
Executive Vice President
Angus "Red" Campbell
Mike Sacco
Vice President
Vice President
Leon Hall
Vice President
Joe Sacco
Vice President
George McCartney
Vice President
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Log Staff
James Gannon
Editor
Ray Bourdius
Assistant Editor
Don Rotan
Mfesf Coast Associate Editor
EdraZlesk
Assistant Editor
Marietta Homayonpour
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianclottl
Director of Photography> Writer
Dennis H. Lundy
Photography
Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
George J. Vane
Production Art Director
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CARTER HAD RIGHT TO LIMIT WAGES OF GOV’T EMPLOYED SEAMEN
SIU, NMU REJECT REQUEST FOR 71/2% WAGE ROLLBACK
STRONG MEASURES NEEDED TO ENFORCE CARGO LAWS
HOUSE UNIT SLIPS CHANGES INTO P.R. PASSENGER SHIP BILL
SEN. TOWER TO NAVY: ‘WE NEED MERCHANT MARINE, TOO’
129 BRIT. SEAMEN VOLUNTEERS GET PINK SLIPS
BRAND MAKES MOST OF SHOT AT NATIONWIDE AUDIENCE
SIU WISHES HAPPY 300TH BIRTHDAY TO ‘CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE’
CONGRESS OVERRIDES REAGAN VETO OF COPYRIGHT ACT
ORPHAN GOLDEN PHOENIX ADOPTED FOR BULK TRADE
BABY DOING FINE, WITH HELP OF GOD, AND $47,000 IN MEDICAL CARE
TRANSCOLUMBIA CREW GETS KUDOS FOR SPACE SHUTTLE WINGS RUN
SIU JOINS N.Y. UNIONISTS AT ALBANY JOBS RALLY
WAGE DISPUTE ON LIBERIAN TANKER ENDS AFTER NEAR MUTINY
TRAINS BOATMEN FOR INLAND WATERWAYS INDUSTRY
QMED COURSES OFFER SOLID BASE IN ENGINEERING
COOKS AND BAKERS LEARN NEW CULINARY SKILLS
ABLE SEAMEN UPGRADERS LEARN THE ROPES
CATUG M/V GROTON JOINS THE SIU FLEET
SHLSS ROWS TO VICTORY IN ‘BIG APPLE’S’ JULY 4TH INT’L LIFEBOAT RACE
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, SIU TRAINING
HISTORY OF SIU PART XIX
PROGRAMS DEVELOP INTO BEST IN NATION
CONSTITUTION A HIT IN HAWAII
OGDEN WILLIAMETTE EXPECTED BACK SOON AFTER CLOSE SHAVE
LASH EDWARD RUTLEDGE BOUND FOR MID EAST
LNG ARIES PLUCKS ‘BOAT PEOPLE’ FROM 15FT. SEAS
OLD GLORY MAY HAVE SAVED THE DAY FOR SANTA MARIA
WILLIE PALMER FIVE YEARS INTO HIS NEW LIFE
NEED BILATERAL TRADE TO REVIVE MARITIME
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Offlcial PubUcatltMi of the Seafarers International Union • AtlimUCf Culf, Lakes and Inlan«f|
New SlU Headquarters Hears Completion
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SlU Supports
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ri^HE steps taken two weeks ago by
X Representative Lindy Boggs (DLa.) and 18 of her colleagues from
both political parties to strengthen the
nation's, maritime position give hope
to all who are concerned with Amer
ica's lack of a bulk-carrier capability.
The news that Congresswoman
Boggs and her 18 co-sponsors had
introduced a bill, H.R. 6979, entitled
the "Competitive Shipping and Ship
building Revitalization Act of 1982"
was mighty encouraging—^particularly
since it conies at a time when things
look pretty grim.
What makes the proposed legislation
special, in our judgment at least, is
that it would stimulate the building of a bulk fleet flying the U.S. flag
through a cargo incentive. Under the terms of the bill, beginning in 1983,
five per cent of America's bulk commodity ocean commerce would be
carried on U.S.-flag ships. The percentage would go up by one per cent
each year until a maximum of 20 per cent is reached which would take a
period of 15 years.
But the Boggs bill provides more than Just cargo. What it is trying to do
is stimulate the shipbuilding and ship operating business in conjunction with
a concentrated effort to make U.S. bulk shipping improve its competitive
position against foreign flag-shipping.
So in order for the cargo provisions of the bill to be enforceable, Mrs.
Boggs' bill requires that shipbuilding and ship operating costs must be
reduced by 15 per cent. 1 am confident that all who make their living in
this industry and in the support industries like steel, machinery and electronics
will want to do their part to meet this cost reduction requirement, so that
we can finally get on with the development of a U.S.-flag bulk fleet. I
would think, too. that all Americans who are interested in strengthening the
^jiatioiVs^defensejmsition^vni^^welcon^^
support, especially since there is no need for taxpayer funds to make it
work.
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It could be said'that this is a last-ditch chance for America to make a
positive effort to bail out of what is a very critical and dangerous position.
Time and opportunities are running out, while other nations are moving
ahead in a very determined way to see to it that they continue to develop
their merchant shipping capabilities.
There will be those, of course, who will oppose the bill, but that should
come as no surprise. There are always those elements within our nation
who for one reason or another see an improved and strengthened American
merchant marine as bad news—generally because it interferes with the
benefits they enjoy in the present state of maritime conditions.
But there are also those Americans who think it is time for America to
stop talking and kidding itself and to begin to build the ocean transportation
and national defense capabilities that are appropriate for a world power. To
repeat what we have been saying many times of late; a cargo policy of the
kind set forth in the Boggs bill is essential to the development of a firm
and effective maritime program.
President Reagan had pointed to the critical importance of cargo back on
September 22, 1980 when he outlined the points which he held must be
developed for a specific naval-maritime program. Mr. Reagan said that such
a program must:
' 'recognize the challenges created by cargo policies of other nations.
The United States has traditionally espoused free trade. However, the '
international shipping trade is laced with a network of foreign gov
ernmental preferences and priorities designed to strengthen foreign^
fleets, often at the expense of U.S. maritime interests. We must be
prepared to respond constructively for our own interests to the restrictive
shipping policies of other nations. A major goal of the United States
must be to ensure that American-flag ships carry an equitable portion
of our trade consistent with the legitimate aspirations and policies of
our trading partners'.'
The situation has grown worse since the President made that statement.
And the need for the action he called for is greater than ever.
I sincerely hope that the President will allow his Administration to work
with the Congress in enacting the Boggs bill into law so that we can attain
the objectives that we all agree are in this country's best interests.
Congresswoman Boggs and her colleagues who have come up with this
bill have offered a realistic and simple solution to a serious and difficult
problem. They make it very clear that they expect the industry to do its
proper share in building a fleet of bulk ships. The fact is that we have no
choice but to give the bill our whole-hearted support.
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moving forward in both the House
and the Senate to end tax discrim
ination against the U.S. passenger
ves.sel industry.
As the tax law now stands, tax
deductions are allowed for company
expenses incurred at conventions
.held on land, yet not allowed for
conventions held at sea.
Some differences exist between
the House and Senate versions of
the bill. The Senate bill would apply
only to ships travelling between
American ports. And it would
require more stringent filing pro
cedures than the Hou.se bill.
Yet the bottom line is the same
for both bills: to encourage invest
ment in the American flag passenger
vessel industry, which has experi
enced a rebirth in recent years with
the redocumentation of the SS Con
stitution and the SS Independence.
The House bill, which was intro
duced some time ago by Rep.
Frank Guarini (D-NJ), is still being
considered by the House Ways and
Means Committee. The Senate bill
was recently introduced by Sen.
Spark Matsunaga (D-Hawaii).
Chances for passage are good,
Outside of the Treasury Department,
there is little opposition to the bill,
The only problem is time. This session of Congress ends in December.
All legislation that has not been
enacted into law by that time must
be re-introduced in the next session
of Congress, which starts next January.
Representatives from all segments
of the maritime industry have tes
tified on behalf of the legislation.
Frank Drozak, president of the
SIU, called the House bill "kn
important and badly needed piece
of legislation."
New Headquarters Near Completion
Construction on the SIU's brand
new six-story headquarters building
in Camp Springs, MD, is nearing
completion. The building is strate
gically located just 20 minutes by
car from downtown Washington,
D.C.
All of the exterior work has been
completed, and interior work is
moving along rapidly.
The building should be ready for
occupation in the next few months.
The opening of this impressive
structure gives the SIU a very visible
presence in Washington, D.C., where
the fortune of the U.S. maritime
industry is decided on a daily basis.
The new building will also be
completely outfitted with sophisti
cated computer systems for all the
Union's records and data for the
Seafarers Welfare, Pension and
'Vacation Plans.
The Log will be carrying much
more on the new building in
upcoming issues.
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resenting all
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"1" order for
and both political
pntanes of bulk cargo
a bill on
^ bulk fleet to the
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restore the ailing • •
imports an
P . States flag
a H R 6919 and titled the carried
actual
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WA), Charles Doi^8^®"y^ p„„j
Tmntl-on(R^;,"'^tWfD(D-Tenn.), Joseph „
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.^retti (D-NY),
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exporters and_ impo
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efficient and envi.„
bulk carrying merchan t
United States nhtpyatP^^^,^
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Rep. Undy Boggs.
co-sponsored by P . /pv IMJ)),
industry, mdud ^
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SlU . . giy's strong support
1983. The 'rill ^ ofU.S,- "P'f'^-b'He
shippers to
" of all bulk for the bill • He sm
flag ships by one percen 01
to d° °"i P'"*^Lage of this
cargoes each year un
effort to
^5,j,ell asitssuc, fioure of 20 percent of all U-b-™
badly-needed b.ll as well
imports a^ ^/h^'^ierislation',' said
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H.R. 6979 will no. cost the
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fact "millions co-sponsor^m
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sponsorsstressed^lnf^^C^,„„bof 1982r (H-RBevitaiiza^
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6979), «"R®" ,*
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are.
and
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raxes on shW
seamen. Tn
of thousands
preserve and create te^ trf.;^.
President Reagan_^^S-^t marine "^o-iJ^tlk compone^
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and shipbuilding P
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added Boggs,
of the Con- engaged •" f®" j „ork for the
long-standing ohJ^ ^ merchant
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,he national
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commercial
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following ^«\t,SS"as^Ala- ships capaWe o
defense. O
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Specifically^
.vin of 158 bulk bama, C ..
Elaine, Mary- industnal secu y^
p^^cent "are
are imported,
vessels. This
carried flag
carriage
dependence o
built under a series
^f Texas,
an estimated
tTe^Sly in a national emerconstructed by
Rep.
sibslantial work for
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interests can be
successful hfarme ^
bad 5,0^ tm'H
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program of the 'f O^ommon
f J?«s! propulsiotts and
Standard des.gns and
PiP^t''"''^'foter rnater^^
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SaHd^onlor—
Don Bookw, flopPblfcan.
Charles Dougherty,
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Tollph M. Gaydos, Democrat,
Bopublican, South
Sn Stangeland. Republican,
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Democrat, New York
^rbma^'hutski, Democrat,
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Another in a long line of attempts
to eliminate the critical 50-percent
U.S.-flag cargo preference
requirements attached to the nation s
RLt-480 "Food for Peace" program
was launched in the House last
month.
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Rep. Virginia Smith (R-NE)
introduced H.R. 6752 in mid-July,
a measure which she said would
••exempl agricultural commodities
shipped in dry bulk carriers from
: burdensome and expensive cargo
preference rules."
ReferringfotheSOpercentU.S.tfai! requiiiment for governmentuenerated cargoes under RL. 480
as an ••unfair export roadblock."
Rep. Smith charged that ••farmers
should not be forced to bear the
burden of guaranteeing business for
the U.S. merchant piarine fleet..."
Smith, the ranking-minority
member of the House Agricultural
Appropriations Subcommittee,
introduced H.R. 6752 shortly after
the Dept.
jept. of
01 Agriculture announced
annouiH^cu
the transfer or funds from one P.L.
480 program to another to pay
••increased ocean freight differential
expenditures."
In a letter to several Senators and
Congressmen, Agriculture Secretary
John R. Block said the Dept. was
transferring $37 million from Title
II of P.L. 480 to Title I/III, of which
"$21 million will be used for
^ • ut ri fff>r<-n
increased ocean freight differenHa' - "
••Additional funding for the differential is needed due to larpr
volumes to be exporied resultmg
from low commodity costs, a higher
per ton rate for the dilferential and
more U.S,-flag participation.. .than
has occurred in the past tew years.
Block said,
Secretary Block stressed that no
reduction in Title II programrn.ng
will result from the funding
transfer. "I wish to emphasize, he
said, ••that the Title II funds being
transferred to Title I result from
significantly lower commodity and
ocean
wvv,aii transportation costs for the
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Title II program 'han had ^
anticipated
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indicated she
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Though Rep. Smith indicated
would have introduced H.R. 6752
in any case, she did note that
"USDA is now estimating that it
''If we are really concerned
about saving money to ship
these products under pro
grams like PL-480, we should
not take it out of the hides of
the seamen who are working
on those ships!'
Rep. Peter Peyser (D-NY)
from the regulations and laws
dealing with U.S.-flag ships.. .so
that it would cost less for those
products to be shipped...would
then be making American
seamen... subsidize, by taking lower
wages, the USDA and the agricul
tural community.
"The maritime strength pf our
nation," Peyser added, "should not
be jeopardized by any action of that
nature.
"If we are really concerned about
saving money to ship these products
under programs like P.L.-480," he
said, "we should not take it out of
the hides of the seamen who are
working on those ships."
H.R. 6752 was referred to the
House Merchant Marine & Fisheries
will cost an unbelievable $106.8
Committee on July 13. Congres
million to finance the added costs
sional observers have indicated it
of shipping.. .PL. 480 grain cargoes
is unlikely that the Committee will
on U.S. flag ships.
take up the bill. However, the
Responding to Congresswoman
measure could be attached as a rider
Smith on the House floor. Rep.
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AFL-CIO Blasts Proposed Changes in Child Labor Laws
Labor Standards
ITH a national unemployment
rate hovering near 10 percent,
the Reagan Administration is seeking
changes in child labor laws governing childrenoft4 and 15 would be allowed
to work in most cooking and baking
14- and 15-year-olds which could push
jobs that, do not involve handling hot
adult jobless levels even higher.
grease or working at an open tlame.
Proposals outlined by Labor Sec
AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Tom
retary Raymond L. Donovan would
Donahue told a House Labor Standards
revise the 1938 Fair Labor Standards
Subcommittee last month that these
Act. increasing the hours-per-week 14rules were "designed to please" fastand 15-year-olds may work and lifting
food chains and amusement park con
the ban on teenage employment in cer
cessionaires.
tain industries previously considered
Strong criticism of the Administra
too hazardous for youngsters. These
tion's proposed child labor law revi
include cooking and baking, laundry'
sions also came from several members
and dry cleaning, among others.
of Congress including Rep. Phillip
In addition, the new work rules
exempt employers trom having to apply Bilrton (D-CaT
"Not since the enactment of the Child
each year for certification to pay fullLabor laws has there been such a frontal
time students less than S3.35 an hour
attack launched to undermine these
minimum wage.
fundamental protections embod.ied in
Blasting the Labor Department pro
posals. AFL-CIO President Lane Federal law!' Burton said.
The Labor Dept's. attempts to cut
Kirkland said •"the move vA)uld be a
back on safeguards and hourly
social outrage if we had lull employ
employment restrictions for young
ment. But we have record unemploy
teenagers were not the only source of
ment with disastrously high rates tor
criticism. Charges were also hurled at
those between 16 and 18.
"At a time when their older brothers the Administration for what the AFLCIO called "a back door attempt to
and sisters cannot tlnd work!" Kirkland
achieve a youth subminimum wage
continued, "it is preposterous to lower
which could not get through Congress!'
the working rules tor school age
Congressman Burton added "the
youmisters. I would not have thought
Reagan Administration is wary of sub
that even this Administration would
mitting cutbacks in basic worker prothis!" he said.
- Specifically, the work rule changes tections to the public exposure of the
would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to legislative process.
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"This is onlv the latest example of
work up to 24 hours per week when
school is in session, instead of the cur the Adntinistratiot, seeMn.to le,eislate
rent 18 hours per week limit and up through regulation Burton added.
to 36 hours in a week with a holiday. "They are attempting, once again, to
circumvent Coivress"
The current school night work curtew cncumvcnt
Lon less
of 7;00 p.m. would be extended.
I he work lulc c si
p p c
by
the
Administration
amount
to an
alK)wing young teenagers to work until
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Calif- LSbOf EflClOfSeS BfOIVIlf
Bradley: Calls Reaganomlcs 'Failure'
ELEGATES to the 14th biennial
convention of the California AFLCIO endorsed Gov. Jerry Brown for'
the U.S. Senate anJ Uis Angeles Mayor
Tom Bradley to lake Brown's place in
the state capital, during the July 1921 convention.
on hand to endorse political candidates
and to vote a policy statement on the
economy.
Labeling (he Reagan Adniintstralion's performance ovet- the Past 18
months as "a pathetic latltire . the delegates who represented Cahtomia s i. /
million AFL-CIO members, passed a
The SlUNA was well represented policy statement calling tor the imple
at the state federation convention held mentation of jobs programs and chan
in Anaheim. Calit. Olticials trom the neling of private investment funds in
SlU-A&G District, the UIW. SUP cooperation with the federal govern
MFOW and Fishermen's Union were ment to areas of high unemployment.
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SlUN A delegation to the California state AFL-CIO convention last month '"clud^^j
(standing back row, left to right); Chariie Russo, SUP Wilmington
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Ahia, SUP Patrolman; Lou Webb, SUP; John Ravnik. SlU field
JL'iTan® SuAi«
president. (Sitting back row, left to right): Ed Turner. SlU A&G Executive vice
president; Paui Dempster, SUP President; George McCartney. SlU West
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president; Mike Worley SlU Wilmington port agent; Buck Mercer, vice Pi'es'
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i,u Government Services Division. (Front row seated left to right): Steve Edi^ey.
UiW national director; Terry Hoinsky, business agent. Fishermans Union of Am
Alex Marinokovich, UIW.
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NEW YORK, N.Y.—A scathing
attack on "the disastrous, jobdestroying budget, tax and high
interest rate policies of the Reagan
Administration" captured the spot
light at the AFL-CIO Executive
Couitcil'S midsummer meeting, held
at the Grand Hyatt Hotel here this
month.
In its key policy statement on
"The Reagan Recession and its
Victims," the 33 AFL-CIO vice
presidents—including SlU President
Frank Drozak—charged the
Administration with "pushipg vast
numbers of American workers and
their families lower...down the
economic ladder''
"The damage is magnified," the
statement continues, "by the deep
budget cuts in social programs at
the exact moment that the recession
makes them so needed."
Tens of millions of Americans
are suffering the effects of unem
ployment "with little or no help
from government or private
sources," the Executive Council
said. Only days after the Council
meetings adjourned, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported the national
unemployment rate had climbed to
9.8 percent in July.
The statement on the "Reagan
Recession" was one of 16 policy
positions on domestic and inter
national concerns adopted by the
Federation's Executive Council.
Other Council actions included
a call to Congress to extend unem
ployment insurance benefits to 65
weeks and support of "tax simpli
fication with tax equity and
maintenance of a progressive tax
structure" as opposed to the
Administration's flat rate tax
scheme. The Executive Council also
blasted the Labor Dept. for trying
to gut child labor laws.
The lion's share of the attention,
however, was focused on the Exec
utive Council's domestic programs
which included blistering attacks on
the Administration for "creating a
generation of grievously injured
families," faced with "the haunting
despair of joblessness.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland, during daily press conferences
which followed the closed-door
SlU President Frank Drozak (right) confers with feiiow AFL-CiO Vice President
Charles Piiiard during Federation Executive meeting. Piiiard is president of the
Electrical Workers Union.
Council meetings, expressed opti
mism at the prospect of "a sub
stantial improvement in the com
plexion of Congress" after the
November elections. He under
scored the importance of labor's
participation in the upcoming
Congressional elections "so that we
can enlarge the number of people
in Congress who have a balanced
view of the obligations of govern
ment to provide for the common
defense and promote the general
welfare.
As their alternative to the
Administration's economic policies, AFL-CiO President Lane Kirkland at a
the Executive Council offered a press conference during recent Exec
program which "will create jobs utive Council meeting in New York City.
• extend the current 39-week
and ease human suffering. It will
maximum unemployment benefits
rebuild facilities and restore public
services. It will enhance the nation's to at least 65 weeks;
• restore Trade Adjustment
physical and human resources."
To accomplish these ends, the Assistance benefits for workers who
lose their jobs due to import com
Council called on Congress to:
petition;
• cap the tax cuts of high income
• reject any further cuts in Med
individuals and roll-back corpo
icare,
Medicaid and other health
rate tax giveaways;
• fund a program of public works care programs, and;
• restore Aid to Families with
grants to states and local commu
Dependent Children benefits and
nities to create up to 250,000 jobs;
• provide effective training pro maintain food stamp benefits.
In other actions, the Executive
grams for unemployed and displaced
Council
approved mergers of the
workers;
• revive legislation for mortgage . Pottery Workers and the Glass Bottle
interest aid to moderate income Blowers as well as of the Aluminum
home buyers which would stimulate Brick & Clay Workers with the
Glass & Ceramic Workers.
construction;
The Board also set lip three
• create a new Reconstruction
examine
Finance Corporation to rebuild the new committees to
the
changing
nature
of
the
work
U.S. industrial base;
• enact legislation to limit job- force, promote and develop means
destroying imports and restore jobs of involving retired union members
in labor's goals and coordinate the
in auto and related industries;
• reverse the tight money policies fight to defeat the balanced budget
amendment.
of the Administration;
RflSC Chief: Seaiift Nowhere Without Strong ilfl.iW
VICE ADMIRAL KENT J.
CARROLL, head of the Military
Seaiift Command, told an audience
at Southwestern Michigan College
recently that America's defense
capability will remain vulnerable
so long as the American flag mer
chant marine is allowed to deteri
orate.
According to Carroll, the Falkland
Islands c^spute demonstrate once
and for^lFme importance that the
modeim merchant marine plays in
any prolonged international inci
dent. "About 3 out of every 4 ships
in the British Falkland fleet which
totalled about 100 were merchant
ships ere wed by civilians."
In its strategic planning, the
United States has relied on its
Western European allies to meet
most of its maritime needs. Yet
almost all of the world's trouble
spots (the Persian Gulf, El Salvador,
the South Atlantic, Lebanon) lie
outside the European theater. There
is no certainty that our Western
European allies would be willing
to become involved in any inter
national crisis outside their region.
The United States favors a "for
ward strategy'' Carroll defined that
to mean that "the United States uses
oceans as barriers in our
defense... We intend to engage an
enemy closer to his borders than to
ours."
This forward strategy is totally
dependent upon our seaiift capa
bility. "Without adequate and reli
able seaiift literally none of our
military plans-can be carried out.
The American flag merchant marine
is our largest single source of that
seaiift."
He added that 90 percent of all
military cargo and manpower
would have to be carried by sea
in an extended conffict.
Carroll asked the following
question: "Do we have the seaiift
resources to deploy our combat
power outside the U.S. today?" His
answer was negative. "Our seaiift
base is shrinking—shrunken is
probably a better word. More U.S.
(merchant) ships were sunk during
World War II than we have in the
entire U.S. fleet today''
Carroll then traced the decline of
the available American flag mer
chant fleet—from 2400 dry cargo
ships during the Korean War, to 1200
during the Vietnam conflict, to 430
ships today. Less than 4% of this
nation's foreign commerce is carried
by the American flag merchant
marine compared to nearly 60% in
1948. The number of jobs in the
U.S. private maritime industry has
fallen from 90,000 in 1951 to 18,000
today. Of the 11 American shipyards
that rely principally on private
industry work, 7 are in danger of
closing.
Carroll called upon the govern
ment, the maritime industry, and
the maritime labor unions to get
together to come up with a viable
plan to restore the American flag
merchant marine to its former glory.
Unless that is done, then America's
defen.se capability will remain
muscle-bound; strong on paper, but
not quick enough to react to inter
national incidents in a timely
manner.
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Ji. Agents and Safety Committee
met at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in
Piney Point, MD. on Aug. 19-20,
1982 to review the progress of the
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rrtoni/ pHiirational. social,
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safety and pohtrcal programs, and
to coordinate a plan of achon
revive the depressed U.S. maritime
industry.
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SIU President Fra
The SIU Exec. Board, Port Agents and Safety Committee listen as SlU President
Frank Drozak addresses the Conference.
chaired
and opened
chaired the
the Conference
Con
up the two-day session with a
detailed report on the overall state
of the SIU. He also discussed the
condition of the American merchant
marine, the U.S. shipbuilding
industry and support industries.
President Drozak then reported
on the "Competitive Shipping and
Shipbuilding Act of 1982," which
was recently introduced in the House
by Rep. Lindy Boggs. (see Presi
dent's report Page 2 for more info
on this bill).
President Drozak also discussed
the importance of the upcoming
national elections and pointed out
certain key races iui
for the House and
Senate of particular importance to
the merchant marine and the American labor movement.
Drozak also called on the SIU
membership to participate in the
Union's grass roots political efforts
by volunteering their time passing
out political leaflets, driving sound
cars and manning phone banks.
The Port Agents Conference also
heard :rr.r»r»rtant
important Tpnorts
reports from
from varioiis
various
guest speakers, including: Ray
McKay, president MEBA District
2; Henry "Whitey" Disley, pres
ident of the Marine Firemen's
Union: Roman Gralewicz, presi
dent of the SIU of Canada; Jean
Ingrao, executive secretary-treas
urer of the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department; Herb Brand,
chairman of the board of trustees
of the Transportation Institute; Pfeter
Luciano, executive director of the
Transportation Institute; and Howard
Schulman, SIU general counsel.
A highlight of the Conference
was an address by AI Barkan, retired
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director of AFL-CIO COPE, who
is now doing political consulting
work for several unions.
Barkan, one of the finest public
speakers in labor, outlined the
political climate in the nation today
and gave a rundown on key races
important to the labor movement
this November.
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SIU Gulf Coast Vice President Joe Sacco.
SIU of Canada President Roman Gra
lewicz reports on the problems facing
the Canadian merchant fleet.
SIU West Coast Vice President George
McCartney.
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at SHLSS.
Marianne Rogers, national polltl^l
director, reports on key House, Senate
racee.
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Don Nolan, head of SHLSS culinary
department
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SIU Safety Director Bob Vbhey.
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, |_gQ Bonser, asst. administrator of the
Caffey, SIU asst to the president. Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans.
AI Barkan, retired head of AFL-CIO
COPE, gives political rundown.
Peter Luciano, exec, director, Tfa" P
tatlon Institute,
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An update on the SIU's academic relatively new Safety Program.
SIU Exec. Vice President Ed
and vocational education programs
Turner,
who serves as the SIU del
at SHLSS were given by Frank
Mongelli, SHLSS vice president; egate to the International Trans
Ken Conklin, commandant of the portation Federation, reported on
base; Jackie Knoetgen, dean of the activities of the ITF in the past
academic education; John Mason, year.
Secretary Treasurer Joe
dean of vocational education, and
Don Nolan^ head of the School's DiGiorgio gave a rundown of the
Union's finances, which he reported
culinary department.
Reports on maritime related leg "in very good condition." SIU Vice
islation and the SIU's political President in Charge of Contracts
activities around the country were Red Camphell reported on new and
given by Frank Pecquex, SIU leg upcoming contract negotiations in
islative director, and Marianne the inland sector, while area Vice
Rogers, SIU National Political Presidents George McCartney
(West Coast); Joe Sacco (Gulf
director, respectively.
Coast);
Mike Sacco (Lakes and
Edith Chapin, administrator of
the Seafarers Management Infor Western Rivers) and Leon Hall (East
mation Systems, gave an update on Coast) gave reports from their par
the Union's program of moderni ticular areas.
Other reports were given by
zation of all the Union's records
and beneficiary plans into computer Assistant to the President Jack
Caffey, and Leo Bonser, assistant
banks.
SIU Safety Director Boh Vahey administrator of the Seafarers Wel
reported on the progress of the SIU's fare, Pension and Vacation Plans.
Mc
SIU East Coast Vice President Leon Hall,
sacco, vice president, Lakes and
Western Rivers.
Jackie Knoetgen, dean of academic
education at SHLSS.
John Mason, dean of vocational education at SHLSS.
Edith Chapin adndnlstratpr, Seatafara
Management information Systems.
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SHLSS Vice President Frank Mongeiii.
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Back Pay From ACBL for SlU Members
Upon SlU's action a panel of
Arbitrators has found that American
Commercial Barge Lines and its
affiliated companies violated their
contract with the SlU which by its
terms expired December 3=1, 1979.
ACBL was found to have broken
the SlU contract during the period
from October 26 to December 31,
1979, by refusing to use the SlU
Hiring Halls.
HOUSTON
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DUFFY S.
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GRAY D.
PALMER, D.
LAWSON, J.
CROSS, J.
SACHTLEBEM,C, M.
SHURLEY D. E.
MITCHELL, M.
ENLOW, V
FUNK, J.
RUINZER, R.
WIERSCHEM, 8.
CORLEY J.
DINNES, C.
CASTRO, K. R.
MORGAN, B.
DOWNEX, N.
RIGGS, D.
MARTIN, C.
LABIT, J.
GIRT, J.
THOMAS. W. K,
CHRISLEY R. A.
HAMILTON, B.
HILL, B. G.
GALLAGHER, M.
HILL, C. E,
KAPLAN, R.
ROHLAND, C.
TAWWATER, D.
HAINES, J.
SPERRY D.
MAUGER, C.
SPERRY D.
RICHIE, T.
PARSLEY B.
RHOADS, R.
HAINES, J. . ,
GILLILAND, E. L.
HOYT R.
COLEMAN, B. H.
REECE, R,
CORLEY E,
MITCHELL, J. G.
YAMOND, C.
WILLIAMS, W, E.
SAMMON, J.
ESCAMILLA, V
HENDLEY.S. B.
BUCKLEY R. J.
LADD, H. E.
HOLDREDGE, C. R.
McGEE, J.
DUET M. C.
BREWER, J.
BRYANT, R.
OMELIA, R. J.
ENGLISH, T.
ELLMORE, S. H,
WALTERS, J. B.
BROUSSARD
MCDUFFIE, L
NEW ORLEANS
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CREEL, W.
LAWSON, J,
BRADLEY J.
BROWN, T.
KNOWLES, H,
GONZALEZ, E.
STREET, J.
LICATA, A.
ELNELL, J. H.
KUHNE, C.
HAMILTON, L C.
GARROTT, J.
CLEAVER, V L.
LEBLANC, R. J.
JOUGLARD, D.
RICORD, F.
GIRARD, A. J.
ALVES, J.
DENNIS. D,
WAGNER, R.
As a result the persons who are
listed hereafter and who were reg
istered in the SlU Hiring Halls during
the above period, may be entitled
to substantial back pay. (The names
are listed according to the port of
registration.)
If your name is listed below please
call toll free number 1-800-325-9570
for more details. In Missouri, dial 1752-6500. If any SlU members know
BONEY R.
GREENWALT, W. E.
THOMAS, B.
ARMER, G. A.
LAGRONE.A,
DURR, V
PAGE, P
ERNST. T.
ZIMBRO. M. P
HENRY U.
MARTINEZ, S.
ROBINSON, M.
PRESLEY R.
BRYAN. D.
HOWELL, M.
KELLY, T.
CANTON, C.
GIBLS, B.
HUNTER, G.
BENTLEY M,
KENNEDY M.
SMALL, R. W.
WHITSETT, E. L.
STANLEY R
LEWIS, L.
ODOM. F.
DASCO, E.
BUSTILLO, J.
BALOWIN, D. G.
PITTMAN, E.
BURGE, A. A,
BURGE, E. D.
BURGE, R G.
GLIES, M.
ROGERS, W. G.
CARTER, G. F
DEOORE, N.
BRANNING, B.
SCHWEND, A.
STANDKOVICH, G. J.
CARLTON, M.
PICORD, F.
HOLDREDGE, C. R.
BELL, T,
PINEY POINT
KILGORE, J.
BEASLEY F
McCELENEY
AIKEN, B.
DYEL, R
LESTER, S.
HICKS, D.
MCDONALD, R.
BELUIN, R.
ST LOUIS
CARL, J.
MONN, S,
DUGGAN, C.
DUCKWORTH, D.
ERASURE, J.
VERNER, C. L.
HASLEY R.
FREY R.
STEEL, K.
RIEFLE, V
CLAYTON, R. E.
SWARRINGIN, J. J.
PINGEL, J.
GRAZIAANI, A.
DANA, A.
FLAD, K.
JOLLY B,
PATTERSON, D.
LUTZ, R.
SWARTZ, R.
BURROUGHS, G.
SPITQER, B.
ROSS, L.
BROWN, T,
McELNEY D.
AIKEN, B.
McELENEY D,
KNOWLES, H.
BARTH, M.
ELDER, R.
BEATON, R,
DITTMAN. W,
DORBERT, C.
GIORGILLI, R
KILLION, K.
AHEARNS, S.
WILSON, J, W
HOLMES, R.
STOCK, M.
LINDSEY R.
MALONE, W.
OVERSTREET, L.
STEVENS, D. L.
THOMPSON. E.
GRETKIEVEWICZ. R
BRUTON, G. E.
KELLY M R.
HOWZE, M.
WILKENS, G.
WARREN, W.
FULLER, T.
HURST, R.
DECKER, R.
KNOWLES, H. S.
GRABER. C.
MUNN, S. W.
BARTSCH, A. L.
KNOX, S. K.
WHITE, E.
MANN, B.
MOORE, M.
BRECKENRIDGE, K.
WHITE, G.
FAIN, R.
FITZGERALD, T.
KEMP S.
BURROUGHS, G.
WAINSCOTT, R.
KRATT, J,
METTUGH, J. F
WILLIAMS, M.
BRUCE, L,
GRABER, C.
DENNIS, D.
HANSEN, M.
SWEET, N. L.
CROUTHAMEL, C.
HAYWARD, D.
THOMPSON, W.
WENTAZ, M.
RYAN, M.
DORRIES, A.
DENT, J.
MAGANA, J,
PADORSKI, L.
LANDERS, V
MITCHELL, D.
McALISTER, M.
REED, J.
PARSLEY B.
KAUCHER, J.
BONE, H.
PEEK, M.
ROGERS, C.
MOLLAND, J.
EDDS, K.
CARLE, R.
SNYDER, T
JACKSON. K.
LOWE, J.
HENDRICK, S.
O'CONNELL, L.
REDDINGTON, L.
LOWE, R.
COGGINS, J.
BISHOP D.
SMITH, J.
ROGERS, D.
DURHAM, J.
COGGINS, J.
BENNETT, R.
BRANSON, M.
DROWN, J.
DONALDSON, P
WILLIAMS, K.
STEFL, K,
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any of the persons listed below,
contact them and tell them about
this notice.
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The SlU through the Labor Board
has other actions pending against
ACBL which may also result in very
heavy back pay to SlU members.
As soon as the Labor Board matter
is completed notice will be posted
in the Log. We suggest that all SlU
present and former members who
LEE, L. R.
BURTLEY, D.
THOMPSON, K.
SAYLOR, T
BECKHAM, G
SHOUSE, T
RUSSELL. J. B.
DODD, V
BREWER, J, L, i . KURTOINGER, R.
COOK. P.
ALLEN, R.
ROBERTSON, C.
HENDERSON, D.
MCDONOUGH, F
LUMBLEY J.
SHIMBUS. M.
THOMAS; W.
HOLDER.
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MYERS.
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CRITCHLOW, P
TURNER,
C.
MCGREW,
L.
RENSHAW, E.
PRIODE, T;
YATES. H. E,
BRIAN, L,
PARR. R.
HICKS. JR.. D.
McCOY, H.
BROADUS. B.
STINGHCOMB. D.
LAURENT. L.
BRAY K. •
MARTINSKI, J. W.
WISLONHOME. P
HOWE. W.
MITCHELL. M.
FIELDS. C.
WILKES, J.
PADUCAH
JAMES. R. W.
HESSION, R.
BROWN. T.
RISEL. D.
HALLIMAN, M.
CRISS. M. L.
CRISWELL, D.
HOLLIMAN. M.
FULLINGTON, D.
ROSS. M. L.
MCINTOSH, P
EVERETT. E.
PIERPOINT. L. T.
SUITS. M.
SCHUPPERT, R.
SUITS. M.
BRIAN. R.
GRIFFITH. J. D.
-EVANS, C.
JENKINS. L.
REED, S.
BRADLEY J.
MUSGROW. J.
CHIPROMONTE. J.
MASON, W.
SANDERSON. R.
HARDEN. J.
HOUGHTALTNG. T. DUNCAN, L.
HANNIN, J.
McGEE. J.
PAYNE, G,
THIDWELL. J.
DOWDY J.
SPIEGLE, P
THOMAS. L.
REED. H.
THOMAS. D.
WRIGHT, D.
WILLIAMS, P
CUEVAS, D.
SNOW, S.
SNYDER, R.
CARTER, J. T.
SAMPLES, D.
MURNANE, M.
ESTES, J.
WOODY J.
PETTIE.R.
HOWSON, P.
HODGIN. D.
HARVILLE, J.
MAYES, E.
BURRNETT, N.
DROWN, J.
DOUD, T.
LAIRD, R,
HOWARD, H.
BASSITT, F
COLLIER, G.
VINSON, W,
ESTES, R,
WOOTEN, N.
JONES, L
PHILLIPS, E.
TUCKER, G.
CARYSO, D.
DUNCAN, C.
PEARL, S. D.
VASSER, J,
TINSLEY W.
JONES, B.
LUCKENBACH, A. C.
McCORMACK. H.
MULLEN, D.
ELDRIDGE, M,
SKUDLAIEK, M.
TOLBERT J.
MOORE, C.
LINDSEY, C.
MOORE, D, R. . BRADSHAW, J.
POBO, C.
LINDSEY E.
ADAMS, E,
WILLIAMSON, P
CHAPMAN, R.
TAYLOR, R.
HICKS, D.
SNOW, S.
BRUNNER, T.
HATCHER, J,
REED, R.
BRUMFIELD, V
BARRETT, J. F.
WHEELER, J.
MERRYMAN, K.
PEARCY C.
BAXTER, J,
ESTES, M.
RIBBLE, F
WRIGHT, D.
CARTER, W.
CALBERT, W.
HOLLARD, J.
ROGERS, W.
DONNELLY B.
MITCHELL, L.
MclNTYRE, G.
ROSS, B.
PUGH, L.
CHOAT, J.
FANSHAW, B.
REYNOLDS, R.
SULLIVAN, J.
PERSON, R.
JARVIS, E.
UMRD, R.
MORANT, A.
FULLER, D.
OTTE, R.
JOHNSON, R.
ELAM, K.
WHITAKER, B.
WELSH, S.
STRATTON, B.
KUTCOSCY P
SKINNER, S. L.
BROWN, R.
RAMAGE, D.
MESSEN, G.
MILLER, B.
FERGERSON, L.
SULLIVAN, B.
FLOOD, D.
MULBERRY S.
HALL, R.
CRANE, D.
COBURN, R.
ASHER, H.
SHARP, N.
DENNIS, D,
RIBINSON, R.
WRIGHT, W.
McBRIDE, E,
CROUTHAMEL, C.
THOMPSON, A.
QUINTON, R.
HAYWARD, D.
RIVERS, F. H.
GRAHAM, W.
REYNOLDS, J.
WILLIAM, W,
KNOWLES, H.
HARVEY H.
McBRIDE, T.
HOFFMANN, D!
FIELD, C.
LEWIS, A.
JONES, T.
DUGGAN, M.
McGREGER, R.
COUGILL, F
McCOY A.
ELDRIDGE, T.
PRUITT, J.
McCOY H,
SUITS, M.
BELTON, J.
LINCOLN, J.
DUNIGAN, W
NOLEN, A.
GROVES, W.
GILLILAND, R.
MOORE, M. G.
PIERSOL, B.
LUCHER, J.
BARFIELD, R.
WILSON, D.
BURTON, G.
KILBURN, J.
HOPKIND, R.
DENNIS, P
VALENTINS, J,
HITCHCOCK, R.
PARK, M.
MORGAM, J,
HEATH, C.
ORT, K.
WHEELER, J.
WHEAT, D.
NASH, M.
KELSER, D.
WIKEAT, D.
BRADBERRY J.
SCHREKER, J.
KANABLE, J.
CANNON, J.
WALLACE, L.
WEBB, N.
HUMPHERY B.
OSBERN, J.
TRAVIS, L.
FOEFFREY, B.
SAMPLES, T,
CAMP G.
STIVERS, G.
McNAYG.
CRASS, B.
BUCK, J,
WILSON, J. E.
CHANCELLOR, W.
OLIVER, G.
FREY R.
WHITE, M.
GROVES, W.
GRISSWOLD. K.
GRAMMER, R.
worked for ACBL or who were reg
istered in SlU Hiring Halls seeking
work from ACBL and other inland
Companies, since January 1, 1980,
keep in touch with the Union so that
if the Labor Board holds that they
are entitled to back pay from ACBL
they will be able to be informed of
this back pay award and benefit
accordingly.
MAYO. W.
CHESTER. D.
ENGLAND. R.
WARWICK. E.
DISMUKES. L.
TRACY G.
ATWOOD. R.
STIVENS. R.
KING. J.
NELSON. C.
BUCK. J.
CROWELL, J.
CRASS. L.
PETERSON. C.
DAUGHERTY L.
G AY. M.
RIDGERS. W.
BURTON. R.
FOLWELL. H.
MASON. H.
TIDWELL. E.
NGUYEN. T.
VINSON. J.
DAUGHTON, F
COLLIER, G.
BRASHEAR, J.
LONG. R.
MILLER. C.
WALKER, D.
COLE, C.
DUNCAN, ,D.
. CAMP B.
WALLACE, H. E.
LEE, T.
GREGORY M.
VAUGHN, J.
COCHRAN, M,
VAZQUEZ, M.
CHAMPION. M.
MASS, R. D.
McGEE, D.
BOBO, C. .
LOVING, D.
DOUD, T.
BARNES, W,
NALLEY F
STRAWSER, B.
DONAHOE, P
CAHILL, J.
DANIELS, J.
BLAIR, D,
McCALLISTER, 8,
WATHEN, M.
HINCHIE, H.
CASTLE, D.
WHITE, D,
BARGER, R.
CURSON, G.
THOMAS, M.
SMITH, D.
MCDONALD, G.
CRABTREE, W.
METCALF S.
WARREN, D.
ALEXANDER, D.
THOMPSON, S.
CHILDRESS, R.
SCHRADER, C.
SKELTON, R,
ROBINSON, 8,
HARVILL, S,
WILLIAMS, M.
HALL, J.
BALL, B.
NEBLETT. R,
HALL, G.
TINSLEY W,
BRIMM, W. M.
LAWSON, J.
THOMAS, D.
JEFFORDS, D,
SILIZINOFF D.
SCHWUEND, A.
WOOTEN, N.
CLINTON, T,
RICHEY P
HENDON, T.
NORTHINGTON. H.
NORTHERN. B.
GATEWOOD. R.
HAYTON. C.
DAVIS. J.
HALL. D.
PEARCY L.
ASHE. H.
FLOYD. T.
GANITER, J.
BURLESON. J.
CRUICKSHANK. P L.
SISTRUNK. R.
RUCKER. D.
BYNUM. A.
WATKINS. R.
BURRUS. M.
HENDERSON. J.
BELL. S.
BYNUM. T.
GILHLAND. R.
RAY. D. J.
TIPPY. L. R.
HOVEY M.
PECK. G.
DELOACH. M.
BELLAMY K.
HUNT. D.
BALDWIN. S.
GATEWOOD. R.
BROWN, R.
WILLIAMS, R.
LAYTON, R.
BUTTERFIELD, B.
PORT ARTHUR
TUM, M.
PARKS, W.
FRANCIS, P
LINDSEY, H.
STRINGER, J,
ALLEN, G.
MINNIER, D.
ALLEN, G.
ANDERSON, J. C.
HUPPERT, J.
GODWIN, T.
BENDEKOVITIS, A.
DUGINSKI, R.
CAMPBELL, C.
WARD, J.
JOHNSON, R.
JONES, W.
"HOWSON, R.
MISKOVICH, P.
CAREY Z.
WOOD, F W.
SCOGGINS, J.
WALKER, A,
PRESSLEY T.
TOUCHET, E.
NOEL, W.
ALEXANDER, C.
NOEL, W.
MAYFIELD, J. P
MADDOX, E. D.
DALFREY F
RISTAU, N.
HILDABRONT, W.
ELLIS, JR., R.
ODOM, C.
BAUMAN, D.
KAHN, C.
HEBERT, L,
DAMRON, R.
BAUMAN,- D.
LEBLANC, J. M.
HALTER. J.
WALKER, A.
SMITH, D.
DAMRON, R.
BAUMAN, D.
WELCH, R,
WILLIAMSON, M.
SCOGGINS, T.
SIMPSON, R.
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August 1982
^;^latory Reform
:
Rep, J®"*
W M>1. CommiWee
The makeup of the HOUS^MM^^^^
and Fisheries Comm«^^^
Rep. lean A^hbrook replacea v
icV-Fla.). Staw ":?„:,heludiciary
After several
Beimt is
Marine Commtttee to^^e^^^
„an short by
escalating
«,i,h Anterican troops
Committee, which
Ashbrook.
approaching ^ '=4°;"';°';:euate the PLO.
r^^eSr-ldhavechangedtheentire the untimely death
career, John Ashcalletl tipon t
P
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During his C°"8rimportant maritime
All IWS nnherscore;^
,bls character of the
(„,ed its efforts on
brook supimrted a n mbe^of
The
Commtttee
concentra
since the P»W^"^'fu„hed States to transport
bills, including O"'
Oil. and most
year. The abthty of the
eontinental base to clarifying the P"™°" „ expanded the list
onrefitmsts.
shippers counctls;
roops anil "'8°J'"" ,' aftii an important with antitrust ™"™"
aistlnt parts of *e «orW - ^ ..wuty. And as , of prohibited acts; aumonredshp^^^
factor in its overal defense
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made open
p yential Commission be
ommended that a P
deregulation.
Senator S. Hayu'mw ^
Administration
formed to
^ ^es still remain between
bill that would amend ^ ^ ^
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Numerous d ff«en
out of
Actof 19^9'°^™
'ha' '"e oil sold
the health O i.. .
t^
np soent
on defense t HO"-: Mlrlant Marine committee.
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socnt 01
2 SpS' with an equal amount of foreig
The billions of doU^s^^^^ something isn't
increases wdl go
shipping, which
done to stimulate
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ment to sell oi to
contained no proSenator
that would make
of all ocean borne exports ar
by
a
wide
margin.
government to
introduced a hhh
American flag vessels
ican flag vessels).
vision requiring
foreign oil.
,
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conventions
in the House,
replace
Alaskan
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have
already
tax deductible. Like
reverse
Foreign Flag
, HR 3191,
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bill. Selling oil
the development of
n (D-Ct) has introduced
come
out
against
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design wdrk done a policy that h^^^^ passenger industry.
to Japan would furt ^
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a competitive Amencan S ^
legislation
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dependence o
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ou
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do nothing to change
^^^^tains language
imate business expe
vague assertion
Hayakawa's bill, S.
exported to
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that would require al flag
vessels
that at sea aonvem
,j„d, No
1 flag.
Japan be came _ ^gcsels are available,
"work-ortented
claims.
"when American flag
JQ the
proof was
„ ,e bills differ in small
At
present,
all
o'
<=»
must
be
The House and Sena
^j^^g^nt
Continental IJmted
because of
ways. The Senate b « «n^^^
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carried on Amc^
prohibits foreign fl^
Year 1983 is
within the next few ScStSsels travelling between two
trfmrnUming involved in Amertcan
House of R^P'f^noor fight is predWad. espeweeks. Aspinted floor^n
d
cially since '"' .^^afine Committee differs
Rican Pa-epg®® VW««
the House Merchant M^ counterpart, which by the House Subcommitte
Puerto
substantially from
^y a voice vote.
was passed earlter this ye /
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foreign
has been set^
Detailsofthebillarecontainedinasep
decided to upproue teg^ ^
p„erto
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y^^bed States.
1 torv Reform Bill is slowly m^mg
The
of Representatives.
its way
reported favorably
The "bill, which had
j^^rine Committee
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issues that nave
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^isam inusebetweentitc^on^^^ created a.
States and Pu®"
^ island's inhabitant.
medical or Por^^J^^rhad been bottled «P
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A way had
in Committee for qm
situation without
to be found to
m the Jones
creating foreign
flag vessels from
Act. which P"''*® 'can commerce,
encroaching on A flag
ve^
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apger vessel trade
sets could OPO"''^f„/American flag vessels
until an equal numteo
were able to compc^
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WASfflNGTON, D.C.—the
second time In three years an attempt
has been launched in Congress to
allow the export of Alaskan pro
duced oil to Japan—a move which
would deprive America of her only
secure supply of domestic crude.
Sen. S. I. Hayakawa (R-Ca.)
introduced S. 2773 in the Senate
last month. The bill would authorize
the President to approve the sale of
Alaskan-produced crude to Japan
in exchange for equal replacement
supplies from Mexico by amending
the Export Administration Act of
1979. That Act expressly prohibits
the sale, export or swap of Amer
ican-produced oil under all but the
most pressing emergency circum
stances.
S. 2773 is similar in intent to the
key section of a bill introduced in
the House by a bi-partisan group
of Congressmen last year. Oppo
on to that measure spanned the
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vocal opponents of previous Alaskan
oil export schemes because
exporting Alaskan crude will
deprive the U.S. of secure oil sup
plies; will increase our already great
overdependence on imported oil
and; will force millions of tons of
U.S. tankers into layup.
Believing that he has addressed
the concern that the U.S. maritime
industry "would suffer an undue
hardship if we shipped oil to Japan
in foreign-flag ships," Sen. Hay
akawa told his Senate colleagues
that "my bill requires that Americanflag ships be used to transport the
oil, if such ships are available."
Sen. Mayaxawa
Hayakawa'ss bill,
like all
Sen.
uiu, ....c
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similar attempts before it. does not Gulf refiners have spent millions^
change the fact that exporting in retrof.ttmg to handle heavy
Alaskan-produced oil—even when Alaskan oil.
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a,^ lual amount of Mexican oil is
Sen. Hayakawa caps off hts suptmrrted to replace it-would port of an Alaskan o,l export plan
in"Lse U.S. dependence on fomign by stating " . we would strengthen
incrcdsc vj
ourties withMexicoandJapan.. .we
WhUe he concedes that the United
States is now "desperately trying
to reduce our dependence on foreign
countries for oil." Sen Hayakawa
thinks that exporting Alaskan Oil to
apan while importfng Mexican oil
"Lkes sense"
^•Every barrel of imports from
Mexico i a barrel less of imports
would save approximately $2 per
barrel in transportation excuse and
generate higher Federal tax revenue^^ ^
we wouiu maw
&
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i„ regard to U.S.-produced oil. The
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorizatio.,
Act of 1973 t^es.gnated Alaskan o,l
^'Idayakawa ako claims that "most
of California's refineries cannot
handle the heavy high-sulphur
Alaskan cruder This statement was
refuted by a spokesman for Ihe
American PBlioleum Refiners Assn.
who said last year "West Coast and
"..v.
meats to the Export Administration
Act strengthened the ban on
domestic crude exports.
Last year s opposition
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re-opening debate oflhe issue should
have pul Ihe matter 10 resl once and
for all.
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Loan Guarantees for construction
lives wilhin Ihe nexl few weeks. A
lough floor fighl is being predicted.
especially since the House bill as
il now stands, differs substantially
economic assumplions.
Aboul Ihe only thing that the
Senate and House bills agree on are
funding levels for me Gyrating
from its Senate counterpart, which
was passed by voice vote several
weeks ago.
There is a sharp philosophical
difference: between ine
the iwo
two bills,
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political spectrum and was so strong
that the ban on the export of U.S.
oil resources was left untouched.
Opposition to the Hayakawa bill is
expected to be just as strong.
.
Operating Differential Subsidy
Program is to be funded at a $454
million level; research and development,
wpiucm, at
«x $16.8 million.
—
of ships in U.S. yards.
The House bill, on the other hand,
would allot $100 million to the CDS
program, which it sees as being
central to a revived shipbuilding
industry. It would also raise the
ceiling on the Title XI Loan Guarantee Program from $12to $15 b.lhon.
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The issue that has genei^ted the.
The issue lhal has genertile ^
most controversy has been the Sen
ate's decision to extend the twoyear temporary provision that allows
U.S. companies receiving ODS
Tqnds to build overseas. Frarners of
the House bill see it as a death sen
tence, to the domestic shipbuilding
industry.
Merchant ship construction has
declined over 80% since 1972.
Employment of skilled shipyard
workers has declined by 50,000 over
the same period of time.
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USNS Southern Cross Seafarers Lauded for Saving 58
Refugees
put ashore. The crew donated to the
Washington, D.C.—The officers
and SIU crew of the USNS Southern
Cross were honored here recently by
the American Institute of Merchant
Shipping for their "humanitarian
assistance to Vietnamese refugees adrift
in the South China Sea during late
September 1981."
The USNS Southern Cross, part of
Note to Ship Secretary
All SIU ship's secretaryreporters are reminded of the
necessity of sending the ship's
crew list regularly to Headquar
ters for Important record keeping
purposes and emergencies.
When on foreign articles, the
ship's secretary should send the
crew list In from the flrst for^n
port.
On domestic runs, the crew list
should be sent every 30 days, or
after each payoff, whichever Is
shorter. Send crew lists to SIU,
STSdth Are., Brooklyn, N.Y 11232.
ATTN: Vice president "Red"
Campbell.
the 30-ship SIU Government Services
Division fleet operated by the Military
Sealift Command, Pacific, picked up
58 desperate "boat people" from a
small 35 foot boat on July 15, 1981
while enroute from Subic Bay, the
Philippines, to Diego Garcia in the
Indian Ocean.
At the time, their actions were lauded
by the United Nations High Commis
sioner for Refugees in Singapore.
In a letter directed to the Master and
crew of Southern Cross from Shashi
Tharoor, Head of United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, he stated:
"Thanks to your action, 58 Vietnamese
refugees on board your vessel were
brought safely to Singapore on 18 July
1981, and 1 want you to know that our
office is aware of the great responsi
bility you took in doing so. 1 appreciate
the fact that you did not hesitate to
save lives."
The Master commerited: "They were
rescued from a purely humane stand
point. It would be an unthinkable action
to have done otherwise".
According to SIU Ships Chairman
Sherman Momes, it's all in a day's
woik for MSCPAC seamen.
On the small boat were 18 men, 13
women and 27 children. Upon boarding
the ship, the refugees appeared to have
no serious illnesses and presented no
problems.
The first port of call for the Southern
Cross after departure from Subic Bay
was Singapore where the refugees were
cause and purchased some of the
necessities needed by the refugees.
Besides its duties in the Pacific for
the Military Sealift Command, the
USNS Southern Cross has the distinc
tion of making an annual trip with sup
plies to McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Quarterly Financial Committee Meets
Early this month the SIU Quarterly Financial Committee met
go over the union's finances. With the committee was (center 1^) SIU sew y
Iteasurer Joe Di Giorgio and committee members (center right) Chairman w
"Flattop" Koflowltz. Other members of the committee were (left to right) JOiw .
Gibbons, Robert Gorbea, David T. Manzanet, John F. SImonelll, Edward
and "ferry Mouton. The committee was elected by tfie membership at tne
membershl|Lmeeting In N.Y
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Before lunctitlme, Crewmessman Tsrry Evan—an '80
P/ney Point grad—sets out the tableware.
Recertified Bosun Baslllo Maldonado secures a safety
net for the gangwayi
Starting to turn the valve wheel to pump out the fuel
Is AB Floyd Vincent (front) as Chief Pumpman Chic
Ball (rear) looks on.
Ogden Wabash Cannonballs Onto New Run
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rrihe Gulf based crewmembers of
the tankcT Ogden Wabash have
a beef. They'll be needing their long
underwear this winter for their new
run from the Gulf to Bay way, N.J.
with Alaskan oil.
But that's about the only beef the
warmblooded, warmhearted Sea
farers of the Ogden Wabash do have.
In fact, the Wabash bunch just may
be the happiest crew in the SIU
fleet.
From top-to-bottom, the Wabash
crew get along famously. Some of
the crewmembers have been sailing
on-and-off together for more than
20 years.
One crewmember, Richard Ses
sions, chief cook by profession, took
a 2nd cook's job out of the hall just
so he could get back on the Wabash.
Sessions, who took his first job on
a Liberty ship 30 years ago, has
been on the Wabash on four different
occasions.
The deck department.is made up
of a friendly group of veteran
seamen. There's plenty of experi
ence in the engine department, too.
But the pride of the ship is the
steward department. One crewmember; Chtick Todora said, "these
guys aren't cooks, they're chefs.
We eat like kings on this vessel."
The Wabash had been running
exclusively in the Gulf from Panama
to ports in Texas. However, the ship
will be making regular runs up the
East Coast until the Ogden Willa
mette is brought back into service.
The Willamette ran into some
trouble recently in the Caribbean
when her engine room flooded and
the crew was forced to abandon ship.
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given BR Ramos Mena (right) an order of appetizers.
Listening to mermaid sea stories while waiting fdPlunch are(l.tor.)AB Chuck Todora,
Wiper Errick Nobles-Plney Point '76-and AB LIbby.
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�'Phase II' of Reagan Maritime Plan Is Unveiled
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Washington, D.C.—Phase II of
the Reagan Administration's
national maritime policy has been
announced by Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis this month.
The three new components, said an
Aug. 5 Dept. of Transportation
statement, "represents a significant
move toward the first major new
direction in maritime policy .since
1970."
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The three new maritime policy
initiatives are:
1) authorization by the Admin
istration of an increase in the fiscal
year 1983 ceiling on Title XI Ship
Financing Guarantees from $600
million to $900 million. "The $300
million in additional Title XI
authority," the DOT said, "would
be held in reserve by the Secretary
of Transportation to be used in the
interest of national security";
2) permission for U.S.-flag
vessel operators to use tax-deferred
Capital Construction Funds to con
struct or acquire foreign-built ves
sels;
3) continuation of efforts by the
Dept. of Defense to expand
"appropriate" use of civilian non
government seafarers to crew gov
ernment ships.
In addition. Transportation Sec
retary Lewis repeated the Admin-
-if".
istration's intention to honor existing
operating differential subsidy (ODS)
contracts without signing any new
ODS contracts. He also restated the
Administration's position that the
freeze on the construction differential subsidy (CDS) program,
enacted by Congress for FY 198283, be continued,
"These steps are consistent,"
Lewis said, "with our belief that
the U.S. fleet must become competitive to the extent possible
without further subsidy."
Public reaction to Phase II of the
Administration maritime policy was
subdued. Policy statements which
allow U.S.-flag vessel operators to
build ships in foreign shipyards,
however, contradict the long-held
"build American, man American"
position of the SlU, the AFL-CIO
and others.
SlU President Frank Drozak
repeated the statement he made last
May when the initial elements of
the Reagan maritime plan were
unveiled. "Secretary Lewis," said
Drozak, "has not yet addressed a
key issue,that must lie at the heart
of any successful maritime policy
and that is the question of cargo."
Drozak noted that Rep. Lindy
Boggs (D-LA) had just introduced
the "American Merchant Shipping
and Shipbuilding Revitalization Act other countries' cargo preference
of 1982," a bill which would guar requirements for their national
antee the U.S. merchant marine 20 fleets.
With the Phase II initiatives, the
percent of all American bulk car
Administration has introduced a
goes.
The bill, H.R. 6979, would total of 10 maritime policy elements
ensure the survival of both the mer to date. The seven initial elements,
chant marine and the U.S. ship introduced on May 20, include:
• support of an extension of
building industry.
Commenting on the new maritime temporary authority approved last
policy proposals, DOT Secretary year by Congress, for subsidized
Lewis said they "represent a major U.S.-flag operators to construct or
accomplishment in development of acquire vessels outside the U.S. and
a comprehensive national maritime still receive ODS;
policy."
• immediate eligibility for
"They are only the second phase," reflagged vessels to participate in
he added. "This is a continuing the carriage of government-impelled
process. We are still assessing a cargoes;
number of additional policy con
• reform of ODS by DOT/Marad
siderations which address other to increase operating flexibility and
long-standing problems of the reduce costs;
shipping and shipbuilding industry?'
• encouragement of foreign
Lewis reaffirmed the Adminis investments in U.S.-flag shipping;
tration's commitment to the Jones
• relief for all U.S.-flag ships
Act and other U.S. laws which pro of the current 50 percent ad valorem
vide U.S. carriers "access to cargoes duty on vessel repairs performed
which are related in some manner
abroad;
to government-sponsored shipping."
• reduction of unnecessary reg
Announcement was also made by
ulation of the shipping and ship
DOT of the creation of an inter
building industries;
agency international shipping policy
• elimination of Federal Mari
group to be chaired by the Trans
portation Secretary, which will time Commission regulations gov
"evaluate the options available to erning the level of the rates of liner
the U.S. government" in light of operators in the domestic trade.
ILO Takes Up Worldwide Worker Issues
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Ingrao, Secretary-Treasurer of the
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart
ment, served as a member of the
American delegation to the Inter
national Labor Organization here
last month, representing American
labor, the SlU, and maritime inter
ests in the world forum.
The official agenda centered
around the questions of unemploy
ment: how to create jobs and how
to protect the rights of workers.
Ingrao was part of a Committee that
studied the question of Social
Security. In keeping with the find
ings of the group, a special com
mittee will be formed to investigate
the problem in depth. The special
committee will have to report its
findings at the next ILO Convention,
in July of 1983.
According to Ingrao, the ILO
Convention also proved to be an
important fottim to further American
maritime interests.
"Part of the reason that there is
.so much unemployment in the
United States is that employers often
contract work overseas. That is
particularly true of the maritime
industry. Operators use foreign "tlag
of convenience" vessels because
they do not have to meet even min12 / LOG / August 1982
Part of the U.S delegation to the ILO annual meeting in Geneva included (left to
right): Jean ingrao, executive secretary-treasurer of the MTD; Irving Brown, AFLCIO International Affairs director and AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland.
imal safety and manning standards.
By raising the standards of workers
worldwide, the ILO indirectly helps
to make American workers more
competitive."
The official agenda at the ILO
Convention was only part of the
picture. Just as important were the
informal contacts that Ingrao made
on behalf of the maritime industry.
As a member of the American del
egation, she was able to discuss
maritime issues with representatives
from 120 nations. Quite a few of
the delegates expressed interest in
the concept of bilateral shipping
agreements, which our government
has yet to endorse.
Experts estimate that if the United
States were to endorse the concept
of bilateral trade agreements, then
conditions in the maritime industry
would drastically improve. There
would be thousands of new job
openings between now and the end
of the century.
Pope John Paul II spoke at the
Convention. He did not mention
the unfortunate situation in Poland
by name, but he said the word
"Solidarity" fifteen times in one
speech to underscore that political
freedom and economic freedom are
inseparable. According to Ingrao,
"it was an emotional moment an
historic moment. It made me realize
just how important the labor move
ment has been to the development
of human freedom and economic
well-being in this country."
The ILO is an official committee
of the United Nations. It was formed
so that the representatives of the
world's 120 sovereign nations could
meet and discuss the problems
facing workers everywhere: unem
ployment, social security benefits,
health conditions, civil liberties, etc.
In theory, each delegation was
formed on a tri-partite basis. That
is, each delegation was composed
of representatives from government,
business, and labor. In that way, it
was hoped that the convention
would be better equipped to get an
overview of the issues involved.
Personals
James Virgil Harold Mitchell
A long lost relative, Cleo Robinson,
is trying to locate you. Call 217-2351128, or write 512 S. 12th St., Mattoon,
III. 61938.
Marshall McGregpr
Please contact, 0. Elliott, P.O. Box
725, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401. Tel.
(512) 882-3563.
Jimmy Rodriguez
Rich Trzeszkowski asks that you call
him during the day at 201-257-9009.
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S with all Steward Department preparation and baking of breads,
upgrading programs, students rolls, pies, cakes, cookies and
learn from experience of on-the-job breakfast pastries. In addition, stu
training in the SHLSS Cook and dents also learn dessert and break
Baker course. And they learn under fast preparations, sanitation and
the expert guidance of experienced work organization. Careful attention
to recipe requirements and nutrition
sea-going cooks and bakers.
The course of instruction leading are also highlighted.
As with other Steward Depart
ment
courses, this Class is "openCook & Baker Course
ended" which means that students
to certification as Cook and Baker enroll and begin training throughout
incluses showroom instruction as the year, and receive their certifi
well as on-the-job training in the cates of completion when SHLSS
instructors determine that they have
school's bake shop and galley.
Students gain experience in the successfully completed the course.
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during the SHLSS Cook & Baker course.
Pizza! Thanks to Assistant Cook Donald
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Chief Cook Larry Ewing (left) and Chief Steward Antonio Hemaez in the SHLSS
gaiiey during recent Cook & Baker course.
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QMED's Hone Shipboard Electrical Skills
T
he Marine Electrical Mainte
nance course—like all of the
many upgrading courses at
SHLSS—helps Seafarers and
Boatmen upgrade their skills and
guarantee their job security.
And like other vocational
upgrading courses at SHLSS, the
Marine Electrical Maintenance
course consists of both classroom
Marine Electrical
Maintenance
and practical shop training to insure
a thorough knowledge of both the
theory and the practical "how to"
of marine electrical systems.
Included in the course is instruc
tion in the theory of electricity; prac
tical knowledge of electrical power
circuits, electric motors and con
trollers; use of electrical test equip-
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ment and reading electrical schematice.
Shop training included mainte
nance and trouble-shooting of
working DC and AC motors and
controllers, shipboard lighting cir
cuits and fixtures, galley equipment
and other marine electrical distri
bution systems.
Applicants for this course must
hold a QMED Any Rating endorse
ment, an Electrician's endorsement,
or have equivalent inland experi
ence. The Marine Electrical Mainteriance course is eight (8) weeks
in length.
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'shortage of competent and
qualified licensed mates in the off
shore towing industry, SHLSS offers
a course for Original Third Mates,
Motor Vessels.
The course of instruction covers
Third Mate
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Seafarers Dan Mitchell (left) and Clinton
Anderson practice wiring a circuit.
Get 1st Class Third Mate Instruction
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Instructor Jack Parcel teaches a class during Marine Electrical Maintenance course.
ten weeks of intensive study, and
prepares qualified candidates for the
Coast Guard examination.
Those involved in the Third Mate
Program also take the SHLSS
course in Celestial Navigation.
To be successful in obtaining a
license, students will have to
develop a strong desire to study
and work toward their goal. The staff
at SHLSS will make every effort to
help students succeed.
All students are encouraged to
acquire ample knowledge of the
study materials before coming to
SHLSS to begin classes. Students
who have already begun to study
on their own for the Third Mate
examination will find it much easier
to keep up with the fast-moving pace
of this course.
Students will also be required to
have applied to the Coast Guard
and be scheduled to sit for the
examination.
To be eligible for the examination,
students must have discharges
showing three years' seatime in
the deck department with two and
one-half years as ordinary seaman
and six months as able seaman,
quartermaster or bosun: or all three
years as able seaman, quarter
master or bosun.
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Navigation coufss, Etnmett Proudloot studies
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Quartermaster
his four-week course leads to
certification that graduates are
competent to perform the duties as
Quartermaster. Applicants must
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have an endorsement as Able
Seaman-Any Waters (Unlimited),
The course will include the use
of magnetic and gyro compasses,
rules of the road, international codes
and signals, basic chart work, and
aids to navigation. The course will
also include instruction in radar,
loran, fathometers, RDF, and
weather, tides and currents.
In addition, students will become
familiar with bridge publications and
instruments, firefighting and emer
gency procedures, and will t)e given
a review of deck seamanship.
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session. They are (i-r): Oscar 0. Wiiey, Robert Adams, James Rader and George
Bruer.
Checking out the charts during Quartermaster claw are (i-r) George Bruer, James
Rader, Robert Adams and Oscar C. Wiley.
Engine Dept. Vets Keep Up With Technoiogy
P
umproom Operation and
Maintenance is one of the
seven specialty courses being
offered to OMED's to qualify them
Pumproom Operation
and
Maintenance
Seafarers must have six months'
seatime as QMED-Any Rating; or
they must have endorsements as
Pumpman and Machinist.
The course of instruction—^which
includes both classroom and prac
tical training in the SHLSS machine
shop—will provide Seafarers with
knowledge, skills and practical
experience to perform maintenance
and repair operations on liquid cargo
handling equipment aboard ship.
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During the Pumproom Maintenance claas, Steve Grader (left) and i
work with a radial aaw.
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Upgrading!
Through
Progicuris GearBd to Improve Job Skills And Promote U.S. Maritime Industry
Course schedules for the remainder of 1982 ard announced
by the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of ^eamanship. Once
again, the course offerings are designed to dpgrade the skills of
SlU Seafarers and Boatmen, and to promote America's maritime
industry by providing it with the be^t trained and most highly
skilled workers in the maritime wdrld.
For convenience of the membership, the course schedule is
separated into four categories: engine department courses: deck
department courses (inland waters); deck department courses
(deep sea); and steward department courses.
The starting and completion dates for all courses are also
listed.
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Inland Boatmen and deep sea Seafarers who are preparing
to upgrade are advised to enroll in the courses of their choice
as early as possible. Although every effort will be made to help
every member, classes will be necessarily limited in size so
sign up early.
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uClass schedules may be changed to reflect membership
demands.
SlU Field Representatives in all ports will assist members
in preparigp applications.
Deep Sea Deck Department Courses
Engine Department Geurses
Length
of
Course
Course
Check-in
Date
Completion
Date
Marine Electrical
Maintenance
July 19
October 25
Sept. 9
Dec. 16
8 weeks
8 weeks
Marine Electronics
Sept. 13
October 21
6 weeks
Automation
August 30
Nov. 8
Sept. 23
Dec. 2
4 weeks
4 weeks
Pumproom Maintenance
& Operations
July 19
Sept. 27
August 26
Nov. 4
6 weeks
6 weeks
Refrigeration Systems
Maintenance and
Operations
October 25
Dec. 2
6 weeks
-Basic Welding
Sept. 27
October 25
Nov. 22
October 21
NOV. 18
Dec. 16
Sept. 27
Dec. 16
Third Assistant
Engineer
August 16
Diesel—Regular
Sept. 27
October 25
Nov. 22
Course
Length
of
Course
Check-in
Date
Completion
Date
August 2
October 25
August 12
Nov. 4
2 weeks
2 weeks
. Nov. 8
Dec. 16
6 weeks
-July 5
August 12
6 weeks
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** Able Seaman
Quartermaster
Third Mate
August 9
October 12
Sept. 24
Nov. 26
7 weeks
7 weeks
Third Mate/Celestial
Navigation (10)
July 19
Sept. 20
Nov. 22
August 6
October 8
Dec. 17
3 weeks
3 weeks
3 weeks
Steward Department Courses
Assistant Cook
open-ended
Cook and Baker
open-ended
Chief Cook
open-ended
12 weeks
Chief Steward
open-ended
October 14
10 weeks
Towboat Cook
open-ended
October 21
Nov. 18
Dec. 16
4 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
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inland Deck Department Courses
*Oct. 25
Dec. 10
7 weeks
Celestial Navigation
August 9
*Sept. 13
Sept. 16
Oct. 22
6 weeks
6 weeks
Inspected Towing Msssel
July 19
Sept. 3
7 weeks
Tankerman
Sept. 13
Nov. 8
Sept. 23
Nov. 18
2 weeks
2 weeks
Towboat Operator
Scholarship
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**Those upgrading to AB, QMED/any rating, electrician or bosun will be
trained In raplonlehmont at sea techniques.
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Automation
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Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship
Upgrading Application
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Date bf Birth —
Mo./Day/Year
(Middle)
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(Street)
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(State)
(City)
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Inland Waters Member •
Deep Sea Member ~Q
.Seniority.
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issued.
Port Presently
Registered In.
Port Issued
Endorsement(s) or
License Now Held.
cial Security #.
ey Point Graduate: • Yes
No Q (if yes, fill in below)
to.
try Program: From.
(dates attended)
grading Program: From
Endorsement(s) or
License Received
to.
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(dates attended)
you hold a letter of completion lor UWjoat: • Yes
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FirelightinB: DYes
No • CPR • Yea
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)ates Available for Training.
Am Interestedjp the Following Course(s)
STEWARD
ENGINE
DECK
• FOWT .
• OMED-Any Rating
• Marine Electronics
• Marine Electrical Maintenance
• Pumproom Maintenance and
• Operation
• Automation
• Maintenance of Shipboard
Refrigeration Systems
• Diesel Engines
• Assistant Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
• Chief Engineer (Uninspected
Motor Vessel)
• Third Asst. Engineer
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• Tankerman
• AB Unlimited
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• AB Limited
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• AB Special
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• Towboat Operator Inland
^ • Towboat Operator Not
More Than 200 Miles
• Towboat Operator (Qver 200 Miles)
• Celestial Navigation
• Master Inspected Towing Vessel
• Mate Inspected Towing Vessel
• 1st Class Pilot
• Third Mate Celestial Navigation
• Third Mate
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Assistant Cook
Cook & Baker
Chief Cook
Steward
Towboat Inland
Cook
ALL DEPARTMENTS
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LNG
LNG Safety
Welding
Lifeboatman
Fire Fighting
Adult Basic.
Education
No transportation will toe paid unless you present original
receipts upon arriving at the SchooL
ECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME —(Show only amount needed to upgrade in rating noted above or attach letter of service.
hichever is applicable.)
VESSEL
SIGNATURE
Please Print
RATING HELD
DATE SHIPPED
DATE OF DISCHARGE
DATE
RETURN COMPLETED APPUCATION TO:
Seafarers Lundeberg Upgrading Center
PINEV POINT. ID. 2W74
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Labor Day Messaga From AFL-CIO Presidant Lana ICirKland
Unemployment is more than an
economic setback. Besides threat
ening workers with the loss of homes
and possessions for which they have
worked all their lives, it threatens
By Lane Kirkland
to rob them of their authority in the
President, AFL-CIO
home, their place in the community
N this Labor Day 1982, the and their own self-respect.
thoughts of American trade
Nothing does more to diminish
unionists who are lucky enough to a human being in his own eyes and
have jobs are with their lO'/i million in the eyes of his children and his
fellow workers who have none.
neighbors, than to have no work to
For them, this is no holiday; it's do, no contribution to make, to lack
another day of anxiety, of scanning even the ability without help to put
the help-wanted ads, counting food on his own family table.
dwindling assets and adding up
A government that deliberately
subjects even one family, let alone
overdue bills.
The indignity of
Unemployment
Must Be Ended
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10'/2 million, to that kind of
indignity as a by-product of eco
nomic policy lacks all understanding
of what government is for.
What America needs is a set of
policies that take account of the fact
that America is people, not financial
institutions and artificial corporate
entities.
It is the job of a Congress
answerable to the people to correct
the course of the Reagan Admin
istration. To inflict needless
indignity on human beings is
unforgiveable.
Governments are created to pro
tect people, not to humiliate them.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland
Depressing! Jobless Rate Hits 41-Year High
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frlnnth
22 3 to a record 24.1 per
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from 22.3
in July as 10.8 million Americans for work.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics cent.
pounded the pavements in vain looking
BLS Commissioner Janet Norwood
unveiled the depressing figures which
showed July unemployment at 9.8 told the Joint Economic Committee of
percent—up from 9.5 percent in June. Congress that employment of women
The unemployment rate a year ago was is up from a year ago, when the current
recession began, while employment
7.2 percent.
among
men is down. A major reason,
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland
termed the "shocking" rise in unem she suggested, is that "women are far
ployment a call for Congress "to reverse more likely than men to work in the
service-producing sector of the
the devastating, discredited policies of
economy. Since July 1981, employment
the Reagan Administration."
in the service-producing sector
July's unemployment rate, the
increased
by 280,000. Jobs in the
highest since the Great Depression,
goods-producing sector, however,
translates in human terms to ''a line
declined by 1.8 million," she noted.
of jobless men and women 4,000 miles
Since April, the big job declines were
long, stretching from coast to coast
in mining and machinery. Especially
and from Canada to Mexicol' Kirkland
hard
hit were oil and gas field services
said.
"Even that is incomplete," he noted. and oil field machinery.
From June to July, unemployment
"To the 10.8 million officially reported
among
whites rose from 8.4 to 8.8
as unemployed must be added 1.5 mil
lion more who have given up searching percent. For blacks, it was unchanged
for jobs that do not exist, along with at 18.5 percent. For Hispanics, unem
half of the 5.5 million who are working ployment rose from 13.5 to 13.9 per
only part time because full time jobs cent.
In industry, construction unem
are unavailable." Thus an unemploy
ment rate of 13.6 percent, with 15.2 ployment rose over the year from 15.2
million persons jobless, is "nearer the to 20.3 percent, manufacturing unem
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ployment from 7.3 to 12 percent, retail
truth."
For adults, unemployment continued and wholesale trade from 7.9 to 10.5
to rise—to 8.8 percent for men and percent.
8.4 for women. A year ago, the cor
responding rates were 5.8 percent for
adult men and 6.7 percent for adult
Unemployment lines across America were longer last month than at any time since
the Great Depression. Economists say the situation will get worse before It gets women.
Teenage unemployment rose over the
better.
^HE nation's unemployment rate
soared to a staggering 41-year high
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For This Or Any
Labor Day
AFL-CIO Calls National Boycott Of Kosmos Cement
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SIU°members can help fellow trade
unionists who have been on strike for
more than a year by refusing to purchase
home repair and construction products
made by Kosmos Cement.
The AFL-CIO called a national
boycott of Kosmos products recently
after the company replaced 178 striking
members of Local 170 of the United
Cement Lime, Gypsum and Allied
Workers International Union with
scabs.
The workers have been on strike for
more than a year, and it is apparent
that the company will ultimately break
the Union unless fellow American trade
unionists make the Kosmos Boycott a
success.
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The Union had enjoyed 25 years of
stable labor-management relations until
1980 when Kosmos was taken over by
Moore-McCormick Resources, which
BOYCOTT KOSMOS
CEMENT
Support Local 370, Unttod Cement, Lime,
Qypaum, and AlHed Wortwre [AFL-CIO]
promptly embarkerf'on a campaign to
break the union contract.
The Local 170 workers in Louisville,
Ky. struck May 1, 1981 after the com
pany refused to bargain in good faith.
TTie company now operates the plant
, with a worlrforce of scabs. The famous
novelist Jack London once described
a scab as a "two-legged animal with
a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain
and a combination backbone of jelly
and glue."
SIU members are asked not to buy
the following Kosmos products:
Kosmos Portland Cement; High
Early Cement; Air Entraining
Cement, and Kosmortar Masonry
Cement.
"It is one of the characteristics of a
free and democratic modem nation that
it have free and independent labor
unions. In country after country in other
lands, labor unions have disappeared
as the iron hand of the dictator has
taken command. Only in free lands
have free labor unions survived. When
union workers can assemble with
freedom and independence in conven
tions like this, it is proof that American
democracy has remained unimpaired—
and it is symbolic of our determination
to keep it free."
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Address at Teamsters
Union Convention
Washington^.C. Sept. 11, 1940
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many fellow Seafarers and SlU offi
cials, attended funeral services for
Raleigh G. Minix, Jr., 33, at the Prov
idence Baptist Church earlier this
month.
Brother Minix, who his fellow
crewmembers called "a tine person and
good shipmate" was shot to death July
29 in Puerto Armuelles, Panama tor
no apparent reason other than he was
an American seaman.
Minix, a QMED on the 7T Bay.
Ridge, had gone ashore with a number
of other crewmembers to the Mirimar
Hotel for dinner.
About 9:30 p.m., Minix an SlU
member for
and another
memuci
lui 16
lu years, aw
crewmember, Lloyd "Barry" UBeach
left the hotel together. While walking
down a street mward
toward the ocean, they
passed a stone wall which extended
for several hundred yards. They turned
left at the wall and came upon three
men sitting on top of the wall.
Two of the men Jumped off the wall
and stopped Minix and LaBeach.
According to LaBeach, "One of the
men asked Raleigh directly, but gazing
at us both, 'are you seamen?' Raleigh
repRed 'yes.' Immediately the man
brandished a revolver. Our assumption
was
was we
we wete
were being
being robbed.
robbed. Raleigh
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second m'jin
man also
pulled
out a revolver and pointed it directly
at me."
In the next few seconds, Minix was
shot twice. LaBeach escaped with his
life by jumping over the wall and run
ning into the ocean swimming away.
LaBeach swam for about 70 yards
and came ashore in front of a restaurant
where he got the owner to call the
Police. When the Police arrived, they
where "some kids told us Raleigh had
been taken to the hospital."
LaBeach ran back to the Mirimar
Hotel and he and four other crew
members rushed to the hopsital
close
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by to find out what was being done
for Minix.
Another crewmember,
crewmember Steve Kout«ho weirl to^^^^^
'When we got to the hospital we saw
Raleigh. He was in the hallway as you
enter the hospital. TJiere didn't appear
to be anyone doing much of anything
for him. He was taken to the operating
room about five minutes later. A short
time later a lady doctor came out and
said that Raleigh had died."
While at the hospital, a Policeman
in uniform and two in plain clothes
him to
Jail.
arrested LaBeach and took hin,
toja,I.
Pnrniitp tn
ifiil he was reoeatedlv
Enroute
to Jail
repeatedly
punched in the face. ,
LaBdach said that when he arrived
at the Jail he was informed that he was
being held "for investigation," and that
the men who killed Minix were plain
clothes members of the National Guard.
At no time durine the incident did either
of the killers identify themselves.
A short time later. CaBeach was
released without any charges being
filed.
The crew credited TT Bay Ridge
Hills Memorial Park in Richmond,
Calif.
The family issued a brief prayer of
appreciation to those who mourned
along with them at the services. The
prayer said: "We mourn the loss of
our beloved Raleigh. Our strength has
come from all of you whom God ha$i-^
sent to ease our grief. We thank/God
and we thank you.
and forceful manner in which he handied a difficult situation with the Panamanian government. The crew said
of Stribling: "Having a captain that
lakes this much inleiesi makes one feel
a lot safer"
Brother Minix is survived by his
father SiUN A West Coast Represent.
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Jeanette, who live in Richmond,
Calif.; a son, Raleigh, 111, of San Jose;
a brother Charles of Richmond; three
sisters, Carolyn, Jenifer and Glorious
all of Richmond; two grandmo^ers.
Mrs. Helen Minix of Dunnigan, Calif,
and Mrs. Robbie Gibbs of Houston,
Tex.; a sister-in-law Pat Minix of
Richmond, and a very large extended
family.
Brother Minix
was buried a.
at .so
Rolling
Brother
Mtn.xw^D^eo
Jr. in Pureto Armuelles, Panama,
SlU members should take special
care in going ashore m ports ot
Panama and other Latin American
and Sonth American nations,
American seamen are marks m
these nations. The records are full
of American seamen bemg h^a^,
1 ^Lnp and hnstl^d
KiBcflAH by
Kv local
3„,horhoodlums and the so-called author
ities.
The death of Brother Minix serves
notice in a very tragic way that
American seamen must be extra
careful in these nations.
Never go ashore alone in these
ports. Tty to travel in groups of at
least three or more. And keep to
streets that are well lit or well trav
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f^HE SlU crew of the hopper dredge
X. Manhattan Island (North Amer
ican Trailers) recently rescued five
young boys and five men stranded on
a Canadian isle in Miramichi Bay,
northeast New Brunswick, Canada.
two of them swam to their boat. But
the 18-foot outboard, fibreglass
motorboat couldn't navigate home
ward-bound the bay's rough water and
strong current.
Fortunately, the lookout aboard the
Manhattan Island, returning from a
The kids from Bay du Vin(pop. dump site off Lower Escuminac Pt.,
25) with the adults had left by boat spotted the boat.
early Saturday on a day's picnic to Fox
"We didn't pay that much attention
Island. The boat, which was supposed at first," said 3rd Mate Harry Collins,
to pick them up that very evening, "Since it isn't unusual for fishing boats
never showed up. The group had left or other craft to be tied to buoys. We
their own small boat far away tied to put a spotlight on them but were unable
a buoy between Fox Is. and Portage to identify them. We continued with
Is.
our run and the AB's on duty. Rick
them
When
failed to return. Worzel and Don Smith spotted
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Three of the men stayed with the
boat while the other two and the boys
7 to 10—were taken aboard the dredge
at about 11:40 p.m.
The steward department immediately
provided the kids and men with warm
blankets, hot chocolate and a snack of
sandwiches and cookies. The deck and
engine departments gave the boys a
tour of the dredge and while she was
on "automatic" let them "steer" and
"control" the dredging.
Shortly before midnight, the dredge's
Capt. Stephen Williams contacted the
pilot at Chatham who notified the fam
ilies that all were safe.
At 1:25
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a.m.. the
the lucky 10 departed
departed
the Manhattan Island to be taken ashore
aboard the Harry Eric Williston.
Later the kids wrote letters of thanks
to the skipper and the top-to-bottom
SIU crew for their possible life-saving
rescue and hospitality:
"Thank you for sharing your food;
for sharing the blankets, too; me and
Blair like the beds. And controlling
the ship. And controlling the mud.
Thank you for saving us," wrote 8year old Danny.
"Getting those letters from the kids
really made me feel good," said Capt.
Williams. "I'm going to keep them
and cherish them."
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N.Y. Chinatown
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ILGWU Wins new r&C
SIU volunteers last month Joined
more than 15,000 members of the
International Ladies' Garment Workers
Union (ILGWU) in a 10-block march
through the streets of New York City's
Chinatown, led by a Mew Year's Day
dragon, to help the ar^'s workers win
a better contract and squelch employer
holdouts.
ILGWU President Sol "Chick'.'
Sea-Land Has |
Money for You! *
The following Seafarers have
checks waitii^ for them at Sea-Land.
Please contact Mr. Norman Wilson
at Sea-Land (212) WO 4-92d0.
B T Ohanlon
G. K. Alvers
S. D. King
Q. Zambrano
J. H. Wayland
Chaikin in a letter commended the
Seafarers for their strong support.
The new contract, signed within
hours after the march by all contractors
anu
a.. holdouts,
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and all
gives the workers an
Year's Day as a paid holiday; boosts
in holiday pay and the establishment
of a Health and Safety Fund.
The Local 23-25's second protest in
three weeks was in reply to a two-day
agreement approved by the union and
employer associations in May.
Chinatown's garment employers had
twice voted nay to the agreement which
covers 150,000 garment workers in four
Mid Atlantic states. Uter, most of them
^aS res^'drJMit- l-irtolt^efe^peZr .^^ed — contraets witk tke
adjustment (COLA); Chinese New
weakercontract than the industry-wide
union.
Amphltaous
The SlU-crewed, MSC-chartered
fresh water tanker M/V Patriot (Ocean
Carrier) took part last month in a Joint
U.S.-Australian military exercise in
Western Australia near Pferth.
First, there was an opposed amphib
ious assault test against an Australian
Army group north of Perth and a U.S. _
Air Force strategic mobility test south
of the city. The Patriot, with four other
SlU-manned ships in Diego Garcia, is
a unit of the Near Term Prepositioned
Force (NTPF) in the Indian Ocean.
She is a unit of a 13-ship quick reac
tion force to blunt flareups in the Mid
east. The test graded the discharge
capabilities of the water tanker.
U.S'. troops were flown from
America who got their guns, ammu-
nition and food aboard the MSG ships.
Elements of two U.S. Marine Corps
amphibious brigades and an auxiliary
unit picked up their equipment and
supplies off the M/V Lyra.
Afterwards, the Patriot went to a
Singapore shipyard for minor repairs.
She can hold potable water for two
years in her tanks.
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Lines'President David Stoiimeyer; Commodore Mead and Capt. Manroro Ascnam y , H
of Hawaii to San Francisco.
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Chalk up another first for the SlUcrewedS.S. 'ndep^^'^encejc^merly the Oceanic Independence).
Two years ago, the 750jassenger
anH rnlorful "Aloha" in Callwarm a
was met with
The/noep
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a.m..whenthe
was lowered at7:00 a.m.,
when the
vessel was blessed by Fr. Arthur
Bartlett of the LA. Harbor Com^ A. area politicians
and dignitaries were then invited to
Breaking bread with/ndependjau^r^^
©"ce Capt. Mead, who is
Hawaii
ctoll^^^
^^iso on-hand Hnrinn
during the
the sevenseveng^QpQ^er jn L A. were Captain
Manfred Aschemeyer, Propeller
Club president and Delta Steamship's port captain; Captain John
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Hawaiian Islands on June 21,1you.
this month, the Independence
charted another new course, making
her first round-trip trans-Pacific
crossing between Honolulu and Los
Angeles, Ca.
The 15-day round-trip between
Hawaii and the West Coast was a
trial run for the Independence.
American Hawaii Cruises, the ship s
operator, was testing the waters to
see if "there's a demand for transPacific service." according to a
company spokesperson.
The success of the Hawaii-West
Coast trip has yet to be evaluated.
"We don't know when or if we will
resume it," the spokesperson said.
But whether or not the trans-
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Accolades
for thp
the
Independence and her SlU crew
flowed from the ship's distinguished
visitors who were entertained in the
onboard Pacific Showplace with
Hawaiian song and dance after the
speeches.
At 2:00 p.m. the Independence
made way for San Francisco where
she was welcomed by that citys
Mayor Diane Feinstein; West Coast
associate editor of the Log Don
Rotan and others.
The Independence departed San
Francisco Aug. .21, arriving In
Seattle, Wash., on Aug. 24 beforp
heading back to Honolulu where she
is set to resume \A/OOkl\/
weekly !^P\/6n-ClSLV
seven-day
Hawaii cruises on Sunday, Aug. 29.
siu engine department members take five aboard the moe-
Ttie S.S. Independence moves majestically In L.A. Harbor.
SlU prewmen,tw from ,he .nd^ndence bid. Aloh.'.. L.A. M«or Tbm BnHll.^
California Governor.
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Area Vice
East Coast, by VP. Leon Hall
West Coast, by VP. George McCartney
IUSINESS is below normal this
1 summer, but there has been
plenty of SIU activity on the East
1 Coast. In the port of New York, we
paid off 28 ships, signed on 17 and
serviced 11 vessels in transit. Ship
ping was fairly good with 83 deck,
75 engine, 47 steward and 89 entry
I jobs shipped out of New York in
July.
The SIU contract department,
headed by Vice President Red
Campbell has handled 19 new inland
contracts and 13 in the industrial
division this year. There are 13 inland and 17 industrial contracts up
for renewal between now and the end of the year.
rriHE ports of Los Angeles, San
E Francisco and Seattle wel
comed a very special guest this
month—the SlU-manned passenger
liner 5.5. Independence. It^was the
first time in a number of years that
a full-service American-flag pas
senger liner called at a West Coast
port. This trip for the 5.5. Inde\ pendente, which regularly runs
among the Hawaiian Islands, was
m experimental voyage to see if
there is a demand for this service
between Hawaii and the West Coast.
Shipping has picked up recently on the West Coast. In addition to
the regular jobs we ship about 45 relief jobs a month to the four Delta
Line 'M' ships for the "Loop." The loop is a seven day run from San
Francisco up to Vancouver and back. The 'M' ships, which run to
South America, continue to be affected by the recent war in the
Falkland Islands. One of the ships, the Santa Magdalena, is laid up
for lack of cargo.
Since April 1, 1982, when the trip relief for key-rated jobs program
began, we have shipped nearly 50 such relief jobs off the West Coast.
We are very busy on the political front in California in a number
of very important races. We are working hard in particular for the
election of Tom Bradley to the State House and Gerry Brown to the
Senate. We are also involved in the very tight race for the re-election
of Rep. Phil Burton.
Our voter registration program has proved a big success in N.Y.
We have registered over 500 SIU members to vote in the upcoming
elections—for labor-backed candidates, of course. If you want to
register, just ask the Patrolman at the counter for the proper forms.
It's practically as easy as filling out your own name.
One of our hopper dredges, the Padre Island, will soon be travelling
from Norfolk to Colombia, South America with her top-to-bottom
SIU crew for a harbor dredging job that will take a year. This is a
good contract for this boat. Dredging has been down in general around
the nation,
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important races. We'd appreciate all the volunteer help we can get.
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Gulf Coast, by VR Joe Sacco
I ALLOTS will soon be distribluted to the membership at
National Marine Service for the
election of a contract committee.
When the committee is elected, the
group will be brought to St. Louis
to draw up and review contract pro
posals. National Marine, which has
1 had a number of boats laid up during
this economic recession, recently
put three boats—the National
Enterprise,
Gateway and
Freedom—back into service.
Orgulf Transportation has only 2
of 6 boats running at this time. However the company is bidding for
new work and hopefully will come up with some. Orgulf has two
brand new boats under construction, which are on schedule for delivery
in November.
Heartland Transportation has about 80 percent of its fleet running.
This company has come a long way in a short time. They started with
only 1 boat a couple of years ago and now have 12.
The Union won an important decision from the National Labor
Relations Board against union busting ACBL. An expanded story of
this decision appears on page 8 of this issue of the Log.
Overall , SIU patrtolmen covered 55 pieces of equipment out pf the
port of St. Louis. This port covers a very wide area including virtually
the entire Mississippi River system. This keeps our representatives
on the road most of the time.
The Great Lakes industry continues to suffer because of the economic
recession. More than 40 percent of our contracted equipment on the
Lakes is idle this season. According to statistics, this is the worst
season since the Great Depression on the Lakes.
LL areas of maritime remain
Lsluggish in the Gulf area due
to the continuing economic prob
lems in this nation. Traffic is slow
i in the Intercoastal Canal, which has
affected Sabine Towing, Dixie Car
riers and National Marine Service.
Deep sea traffic is also down, which
I has hurt our shipdocking companies.
We have experienced these
'down' times in the maritime
industry often in the past. It's only
a matter of time before we break
out of this present slowdown.
In mid-September we will be crewing a brand new CATUG for
Pacific Gulf Marine out of Mobile. After crewing the integrated tug/
barge, she will run regularly between Hawaii and the West Coast
carrying sugar.
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1 recently participated in the statewide Labor Steering Committee
in Austin, Tex., to coordinate labor's grass roots political campaign
for November.
The labor movement in Texas is extremely united this year, and for
sure, we have to be. Anti-labor candidates have tremendous financial
resources. For instance. Gov. Bill Clements, who is not supported by
labor, will spend more than $10 million to get re-elected. Labor
candidates simply can't match this staggering figure.
However, the labor movement can supply our friends with voluntary
manpower to pound the pavements in their behalf. I'm proud to say
SIU members have been extremely generous with their time and I
hope this will carry through the elections because we need it.
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EDWARD A.
MacMICHAEL, 68, master of the restored
West Coast Liberty ship SS Jeremiah
O'Brien, died Aug. 2 in St. Mary's
Hospital, San Francisco.
"He was a true master mariner;' said
Commodore Thomas J. Patterson,
^-^eputy superintendent of the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy in Long
Island, N.Y. adding "He loved the
sea, he loved ships and he loved people.
He was always looking for some place
to go, the next adventure. And he loved
the Jeremiah O'Brien.
"I know the truth of that," says Don
Rotan, West Coast LOG associate
editor, who knew the skipper four years.
"Last year I asked him if he would go
with me to a local television station to
tape a community service message
about the ship. His reply was; "I'll go
anywhere, anytime and say anything
necessary to promote the Jeremiah
O'Brien'.'
"It took about half a day to tape the
message—getting it to the satisfaction
of the station's production manager,
but Capt. MacMichael never com
plained and was told he was the most
patient person the station people had
ever worked with.'"
Rotan added: "I regarded him as a
fine man and a heck of a skipper. He
had a high regard for the SIU and its
members. He once told a group of
Government officials aboard the ship,
'When I need manpower for a special
work detail, I don't fool around. I just
call the SIU Hall and they always come
through for me.'
"One day when he and 1 were on
the wing of the bridge aboard the Jer
emiah O'Brien he used some pretty
salty language about something not
done to his liking. I said to him, 'Cap
tain,you sure are ornerey.' He replied,
'1 am not ornerey. At my age a man is
entitled to be a little crochety at times.'
"So, no matter how 'crochety' he
might seem at times—he was still the
' patient and kind 'Old Man" said Rotan.
MacMichael was a 1933 graduate
of the Pennsylvania Naval Academy.
He rode the U.S. Line and was a U.S.
Navy officer in World War II.
In 1947 he was a commander in the
Naval Reserve and began a 25-year
career for the U.S. Maritime Admin
istration in San Francisco and Wash
ington, D.C. In 1965, he retired as
Pacific Coast District ship operations
officer.
iQAA Riiilt
hurrv to lu
1946.
Built in
in a hurry
lug supplies
to the Allies in the "Big War;' they
were made obsolete by faster and bigger
[Victory ships built near the end of the
great conflict.
One by one they were scrapped but
in October 1979 the O'Brien sailed to
the port of San Francisco for restoration
by the National Liberty Ship Memorial.
Capt. MacMichael supervised the
above-decks work by volunteers and
took the ship outside the Golden Gate
four times. On her last trip on May
15, she carried 1,100 persons for a
memorial service on Maritime Day.
Funeral services were held Aug 3
for the departed captain aboard the
O'Brien at Pier 3, Fort Mason, San
Francisco.
Surviving are his widow, Lcatrice
(Lee);
two sons, Edward A. Mac
Capt. Edward A. MacMichael
Michael Jr. of Sunnyvale, Calif, and
He skippered both the SS Lane and
USN Cmdr. John MacMichael of
Pacific Victory delivering guns and
ammo to wartime South Vietnam. In Alexandria, Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Bar
the early '70s he was captain of the bara Freitas of San Jose, Calif.; a sister,
oil drilling ship SS E. V. Thornton out Mrs. Elisabeth Evans and four grand
of Singapore and in 1979 he became children.
The family prefers contributions to
the master of the Jeremiah O'Brien.
The vessel was one of 150-odd Lib the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, Golden Gate
National Recreation Area, Fort Mason,
erty ships stored in a "mothball fleet
anchored in Suisun Bay. Calif, since SF 94123.
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American Hawaii Cruises, operators
of the SS Independence and SS Constitution, has notified the SIU that a
number of SIU members employed on
these vessels have unclaimed wages at
the company office in Honolulu,
Hawaii. The Company is also holding
a number of unclaimed discharges.
The unclaimed wages and discharges
may be picked up at the company office
in Honolulu from Fred Shurig, manager
of marine personnel.
Below is a list of the names of those
members:
Unclaimed Wages
Adric, Durling
Bolen, Timothy
Barta, William
Bush, Donald
Brown, Drew
Botai, Bruce D.
Bartelt, Michael
Baker, William C.
Lakes Seafarers
Get COLA Hike
As of August I, 1982, all Great
Lakes seamen working under contracts
with the Great Lakes Association of
Marine Operators (GLAMO) or the
Bob-Lo Co., received a cost-of-living
adjustment of 26 cents per hour.
COLA increases are based on rises
in the quarterly Consumer Price Index
(CPI). For each .3 point rise in the
CPl, the COLA increases one cent per
hour which is added onto the straight
time hourly wage rate of Great Lakes
seamen.
The August cost-of-living raise of
26 cents, coupl^ with the two previous
1982 COLA'S, brings the total COLA
add-on for SIU seamen working under
GLAMO and Bob-Lo contracts to 37
cents for this year to date.
The next and final 1982 COLA
adjustment date is November I.
Bullen, Thomas M.
Buchanan. Richard
Celona, Nick
Christmas, Lorie Jr.
Corey, Lawrence F.
Costa, Jon R.
Carreon, Joseph E.
Caldera, Jonathan •
Dixon, Geoffrey R.
DiBase, Pa.squale V.
Dollar, Robert
Graham. Glen
Gomard. John
Grimes, Randy
Guido, Kenneth J.
Henke, Robert C.
Ho, Warren J. F
Hogue, Eugene
Hyian, Steven J.
Haughney, Robert
Hitter, Donald F.
Ing, Francis
Ikeda, Sandra
Kirkland, Edward A.
Kurczewski, Raymond
Hoffman. Kenji K.
Hoftman,
Teal, Timothy
Tufaro, Carmine
Tihano, Rodney L.
Taeotui, Senenari
Verill, Michael R.
White, Marsha K.
Willis, Lawrence
Wyman. William, A.
Wada, Brian
Kruse, George
Kaeo, Stafford B.
Langfbrd. Michael
Lee. Kenneth P. S.
Leong, R.
Lyon, Robert D.
Lum, Johnson Ching Kong
Medeiros, Arnold
Mattos, Gilbert B.
McCroy Timothy W.
McGinnis, Kevin D.
Ortiz, Joseph Jr.
Osinski, Zygmuitt
Roman, John F. Jr.
Rose, Daniel G.
Rooney, Christopher
Rude, Danny
Robilzski, Steven
Rathbun, N^ilton L.
Sidwell. David R.
Stenehjem, Robert
St. James, Jaime HSmith, Steven R.
Syquia, Santo J. ,
Savage, J. A.
Horn, Hames T.
Holley, Sheri Ann
Irvine, Donald R.
Ikeda. Sandra
Johnston, Richard L.
LaVallee Thomas J.
Ledford, Randall E.
Leeloy, Hilary J.
Milikaa, Nathan
Medeiros, Arnold
Mizer, Gary P.
Modly, Josef C.
Murello, Linda C; —«
McCroy, Timothy W.
Ortiz, Joseph Jr.
Osinski, Zygmunt
Riley, John Field
Sidwell, David R.
Silva, Thomas F. Jr.
Snider, Scott J.
Syquia, Santo J.
Tihano, Rodney L.
Vogt. Frederick F.
''ashington, Ernest F
Discharge Certificates
Bartelt, Michael R. (2)
Carstens, Frederick F
Cooper, William F.
Cammins, Gregory S.
Conrad, Lance C.
Connelly, Marvin D.
Callaghan, Joseph B. Jr.
Carreon. Joseph E. (2)
Eto, Noel N.
Evangelista, Robert S.
Garry, Colin S.
Guido, Kenneth J.
Gil, Robert M.
Hanohano, Duane
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Port
Algonac
•TOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
44
23
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ENGINE DEPARTMENT
29
9
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STEWARD DEPARTMENT
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3
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ENTRY DEPARTMENT
33
Port
Algonac
26
Port
Algonac
Port
Algonac
34
28
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All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
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All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
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by John Bunker
TS official name is "Seafare^
Hurry Lundeberg School "! Se^
manship- but lo thousands ot SlU
deep sea. Gicat Lakes and inland wt^K s
- men and women it is more popularly
known as "Piney Point.
Located close to where the Womac
River empties into Chesapeake Bay
Piney Point is an
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a few miles away is St. Mary s City,
first capital of the Maryland colony
Here too. were some ol the tirst land
. urant; conferred by the Kitraol bngland
M pioneer planters and settlers^ A
summer retreat tor Anrerican prestdem^
waskKatedjustam.leorstrlrJJhe
School's main
Potomac River and Chesapeake B y
have been mainstreams ot waterbom
commerce for some 300 years.
SHLSS. named tor
here the first president ot the SlU
wtsarquitedinl967afteranex,enstve
search for a place where the unirm cou
consolidate its various iratntt^g a
ities. The union wan. da t e wh
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fit the bill perfectly.
lU. a...,,.«/.»
build i, in .he hot-/"-W
selection lor the Piney P.>in.^«.e P^^^^^nmotvaSorret^^^^
Cecretarv-Treasurer.hadgonetoP^
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sailing as
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^'°The SlU. through a trust set
its contracted e»">P;'f5^P^''The
the resort for about SSW.OOO. ^
Union also bought an a^'"' '
acre farm and the former Potomac River
excursion boat Mmml Vernon, which
was completely .«"°''""®'l,'"'Vv^th
verted into a floating schoolhouse with
Iftrary auditorium and classrooms. It
mnamed Charles S- Zinrmerm^
t„ homrr a long-time
^"Fmn°MoS"i- «ho is
eran SlU -white caps" and contractors
crews. Piney Point was
from a run-down resort into a full
fledeed school. The process of growth
llLpansionhaseontinuetleverstn^^e^
The late SlU President Paul Hall
commuted regularly from New tok
to Piney Point, overseeing every deta
of construction. SlU men w,l
remember seeing him tour the base tor
hours on his electric goll cart in latr
weather or foul; checking, prodd.n
and sparing no rebuke to get thin,.
done.
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Tommv Soresi to make a complete
inventory of the place hefore
Ptrt^
Chase. Retired SlU Vice President Bob
Matthews later totrk over as general
superintendent of construction and
drCr of the schtml. Other unton
smLrts were sent to the-Rnnt rNew York and other ports to run the
calley and work on construction.
"There weren't any chiefs, as on
SlU official remembers it. "We were
""-Thf first trainees arrived in August
to a year or so they learned more
about driving nails, driving "rttc^shrrveling dirt and laying
'hv>
did about tieing knirts and m.iktn,
Hutidreds of SlU men have a special
feeling for the SchrrpI because tires
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The SlU refurbished and renamed a former Potomac River excursion
"The boss was a tough one to work
tor." says one veteran of the school's
early days. "He didn't mi.ss a thing.
And he didn't take excuses. You soon
learned not to offer any 'its' or 'huts'
to the old man'. Piney Point was his
I dream and he cracked the whip to make
i the dream come true."
An SlU sailor who volunteered to
! help at Piney Point never knew what
' his assignment might be and he had
to learn fast. Bob Clinton, one ot the
I early "honchos" there, had to operate
ia dredge and rig up a dredge line, no
leasv assignment for one who hasn't
[done it. Ken Conklin. in charge of
[trainees since the tirst batch came on
[the .scene, found himself one day in
|charee of laying an asphalt parking
lot. .4 the next'day outfitting a new group
of trainees. School director Matthews
scouted the area for painters and car
penters ... arranged contracts tor food.
I fuel and supplies... hired wait-
-l
.
resses.. .supervised what seemed toy other men are learning and improving
be a doz.en projects all going on at the themselves. Secretly, that s what he
wants for himself, but he is afraid to
same time.
try. He's afraid he'll fail and he couldn't
Early Critics
take that. He has no confidence in
himself. A lot of our old-timers are
Some of the union's old-timers and
like that. No one ever took an interest
"die hards" were critical of the Lundeberg school. "A waste ot in them or wanted to help them.
To prove his theory about this con
time... waste of money." they would
stant critic. Hall kept prodding until
complain to anyone who would listen.
the man tlnally agreed to go to Piney
And there were those who blasted the
Point and sign up for an upgrading
idea of using the school to funnel new
course. "But I'm only going to prove
men into the indu.stry. They telt that
it's a waste of time." he said- "You
the Lundeberg boys competed with
don't learn to be a seaman at .school."
them for jobs, not realizing that new
But a surprising thing happened. In
blood was needed in the union to fill
just a few days this man s antagonism
the places of those who retired and to
began to melt. For probably the first
fulfill the union's contracts with oper
time in his life he found people who
ators.
were interested in him and wanted to
One old-timer was especially caustic
help. He discovered that learning can
in his criticisms and to Paul Hall this
be fun. too. He not only upgraded to
man became a challenge.
a better rating, but returned a year or
"It isn't the school this guy is mad
so later for more education.
about." he said. "He's mad because
From then on this man seldom
missed a chance to take the deck at
union meetings and urge other oldtimers to do what he had done. From
then on he was Piney Point's bigge.st
booster.
as a schoolship in 1969.
it. he said, was one of the great
achievements ot his lite.
Frank Hedrick went through the
Lundeberg entry program in 1973. He
kept coming back tt>r courses in
weldinu; electrical maintenance,
refriiieration mechanics and other sub
jects. finally becoming a licensed
eneineer through the SlU-MLBA Dis
trict 2 school of engineering.
Larry Dockwiller went to the school
in 1977. Less than three years later,
thanks to upgrading courses and 18
months of .sea time, he was sailing as
chief steward on the LNG Libra.
James Stephens was 55 when he
araduated from the towboat operators
course. John Brown went through the
first towboat operators course in 1978,
and at age 21 became skipper of the
tug Jason Smith out of Baton Rouge.
For these and many other men—.and
women—The Seafarers Harry Lun
deberg Schcxil of Seamanship has been
a springboard to a successful and sat
isfying career at sea or on the inland
waters.
o-
Changed Many Lives
On hand for the christening 'JJ,®
HumphrJyan^^l!e
fate AFL-CIO President George Meany, ieft. Sen. Muoen n. nu H
SlU President Paul Hall.
The schiwl had changed his life.. .just
as it had the lives of many others who
went there: the "dead end kids from
Appalachia who had never had a
chance... the other old-timers who
didn't think they had the "smarts" to
hit the books...the drop outs who
thought that a high schcx)l diploma was
something they never could get.. .the
professional sailors who suddenly had
to cope with burgeoning new tech
nologies at sea.
There have been many success
stories at the Lundeberg school.
Several Seafarers have won their high
.school diplomas in their late fifties.
One retiree came back and studied lor
his diploma at the age of 65. Receiving
An early trainee securing a block.
August 1982 / LOG 25
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^Snuggie' Max Kabafi Recalls Boyhood in Labia 4-Month Report
to cope with shoes.
Card on Trip
" -Wear them; he growled through
his beard. And wear them we did. but
Relief System
only when we promenaded on Groose
For nuiny years the LOG has received
some w arm and lovely sloriFs and poems
from retired Seafarer Max Katzoff.
Brother Katzoff. who .sailed as FOWT.
lived lor many years in .lern.salem. Israel
after he retired from the sea. Therein' was
doiiifi vohintaiy work as an Fniilish teacher
in a school for the hiind. Now Brother
Katzoff is hack in the States livini> at Sailors
Snug Harbor in Sea Level. N.C.
From there he has .sent the LOG a
mimher of wondeifnl vignettes. One (f thetn
deals with his boyhood days in Latvia where
he was horn in 1910. Ut his own words:
by Max Katzoff
"When my father made his last
crossing of the Atlantic in 1913. my
mother and her parents sided with him
in his scheme to desert his ship in New
York, to walk into America and
somehow become established. It would
then be only a matter of time before
we would all be on. our way to" our
fortunes in the new world.
"Well, that happened to us like it
happened to your cat.
"My mother died that same year,
then World War I blackened our earth,
and we made our home with her par
ents; Beryl and Celia. in Libau. Latvia,
for the next seven years. We were then;
Hersch'l an infant. I. Max three. Wolf
four and Alexander five.
"Through someone with proper
American credentials, my father sent
three pairs of shoes for us older boys.
Enclosed in the package was a message
to my grandfather about reshaping the
shoes at the ankles for a better fit. And
there was a sketch showing exactly, how >
the work was to be done.
"•»*
Shtrasse. on special days.
INCE April 1, 1982, when the
"Grandpa came rolling home from
procedures for implementing trip
the riverfront one wintry night, feeling reliefs for the various deep sea key
no pain, and raised all kinds of noise ratings went into effect, a total of
about the shoes.
159 relief jobs have been shipped
"The three of us slept in.a rickety from the SlU's hiring halls. These
old fourposter. with our precious shoes figures represent relief jobs shipped
tied in pairs and wrapped in newsprint, through July 31, 1982.
under the bed. In the excitement our
As outlined in Seafarers Appeals
old bed collapsed on top of us. while Board Action 260 (printed in full in
we were fishing for our shoes.
Dec. 1981 issue of the Log), key
"The old man then took the shoes rated jobs include the following;
to his lean-to cobblery. and. with the
Deck Department—Recertified
window shuttered, and the door bolted,
Max Katzoff
Bosuns
he separated the outer leather from the
Steward Department—Recer
"Well, this was more than old Beryl
lining,
according
to
the
enclosed
mes
could take. You see. he was a cobbler
tified Stewards, Recertified Steward/
sage;
and
f
ound
a
twenty
dollar
bill
on
Cooks. Recertified Steward/Bakers
and boot maker of sorts and who was
each side of each shoe."
and Passenger B.R. Utilities where
this son-in-law of his to tell him how
one is carried.
Engine Department—Chief
Pumpman; QMED/Pumpman Class
1; Chief electrical; QMED/Electrician
Class 1; Reefer Engineer; Crane
Maintenance
Electrician and
QMED/Plumber/Machinist.
Of the 159 relief jobs shipped, 67
were deck department jobs, 36
steward department jobs and 56
engine department jobs.
By port, the breakdown of relief
jobs shipped from April 1,1982 thru
July 31, 1982, is as follows:
Personals
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Charles Henry Donohoo
Please contact your daugfiter, Cindy
Deann Donohoo, 15035 Mountain Way.
Romulus, Mich. 48174; Tel. (313) 9417299. Very Important!
Charles M. Crawley
Please contact your daughter, Deb
orah Vferstrate, 3027 N.W. 70th, Seattle,
Wdsh. 98117.
S
What's Wrong?
If you can find out and fix it, you've got
great job security and good pay.
So take the Marine Electrical Maintenance
Course at SHLSS.
Next Course; October 25 through December 16.
Fill out the application in this issue of the Log or contact the Seafarers
Harrv Lundeberg School of Seamanship to enroll
Port
Gloucester
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
TOTAL
Number
2
39
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5
5
2
27
10
19
14
15
5
15
159
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION
//= you ARe CAUGUT WITH
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... AUD youlL B£ BEACHED
FOR LIFE f!
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NO PLACE
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Directory of Ports
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Frank D"rozak, P/-es/tfenr
Ed Turner, Exec, vice president
Joe DiGiorgio, secretary-treasurer
Leon Hall, vice president
Angus "Red" Campbell, vice president
Mike Sacco, vice president
Joe Sacco, vice president
George McCartney, vice president
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HEADQUARTERS
675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232
(212)499-6600
ALGONAC, Mich.
520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001
(313) 794-4988
BALTIMORE, Md.
1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202
(301)327-4900
CLEVELAND, Ohio
1290 Old River Rd. 44113
(216) 621-5450
Dispatchers Report for Deep Sea
JULY 1-31, 1982
Port
Gloucester...,.
New \fark
Philadelphia ...
Baltimore
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans ...
Jacksonville—
San Francisco.
Wilmington —
Seattle.......
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point ...
Totals
3
90
4
18
22
17
51
32
4
26
63
10
59
0
399
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Class C
6
40
2
13
23
5
14
14
6
7
23
2
19
. 0
174
1
71
3
12
12
13
36
26
6
19
41
4
35
0
279
New Mirk
Philadelphia ..
Baltimore ....
Norfolk ......
Mobile
New Orleans..
Jacksonville...
San Francisco.
Wilmington ...
Seattle
Puerto Rico ...
Houston
Piney Point..
Totals
Port
Gloucester—
New Mirk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point..;
Totals
•
-
0
42
0
5
18
14
16
12
8
6
15
2
28
0
0
1
2
1
29
68
0
0
0
0
6
18
0
3
4
0
0
3
0
16
24
0
8
26
0
1
2
1
14
8
0
13
35
0
8
5
0
, 8
32
0
0 / 5
2
227 / 112
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
0
0
0
0
28
58
0
0
1
0
7
12
0
.4
2
0
0
1
0
10
20
0
5
16
. 0
4
4
0
18
5
0
19
24
0
7
2
0
23
29
0
11
0
0
136
174
1
30
2
6
15
1
14
10
2
7
16
4
13
0
121
1
16
0
1
6
0
3
3
6
3
9
2
1
0
51
ENTRY DEPARTMENT
•
—
•••
•
Totals All Departments
955
767
72
746
422
COLUMBUS, Ohio
2800 South High St.,
RO. Box 0770, 43207
(614)497-2446
"REGISTERED DN BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
10
171
12
32
35
39
132
59
68
62
76
18
89
0
803
1
85
0
23
3
2
55
23
4
24
48
16
61
0
345
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
7
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
Port
Gloucester
port
Gloucester
NewMork
Philadelphia
Baltimore ..,
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans ...
Jacksonville.
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Piney Point
Totals
RfCISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B
3
154
12
29
27
33
88
39
54
30
55
13
76
0
613
9
80
12 .
17
35
6
53
24
27
29
33
5
40
0
370
1
4
0
2
2
0
5
0
4
7
3
0
3
0
31
5
64
7
9
24
8
28
21
18
14
28
4
30
0
260
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
4
0
1
0
14
2
74
2
7
27
31
57
17
34
17
36 •
13
51
0
368
4
60
2
3
8
1
8
10
34
6
5
6
7
0
154
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
5
4
1
1
0
20
2
37
1
15
8
16
41
15
20
7
10
16
23
0
211
16
286
28
33
59
30
89
69
102
61
80
32
78
0
963
1
43
0
5
4
1
14
2
83
21
28
6
7
0
215
1,995
1,747
280
DULUTH, Minn.
705 Medical Arts Building 55802
(218) 722-4110
GLOUCESTER, Mass.
11 Rogers St. 01930
(617) 283-1167
HONOLULU, Hawaii
707 Alakea St. 96813
(808) 537-5714
HOUSTON, Tex.
1221 Pierce St. 77002
(713)659-5152
JACKSONVILLE, Fia.
3315 Liberty St. 32206
(904) 353-0987
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
99 Montgomery St. 07302
(201)435-9424
MOBILE, Ala.
1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy. 36605
(205)478-0916
NEW ORLEANS, La.
630 Jackson Ave. 70130
(504) 529-7546
NORFOLK, Va. .... 115 3 St. 23510
(804) 622-1892
PADUCAH, Ky. . .225 S. 7 St. 42001
(502) 443-2493
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
2604 S. 4 St. 19148
(215) 336-3818
PINEY POINT, Md.
St. Mary's Courity 20674
(301)994-0010
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.
350 Fremont St. 94105
(415) 543-5855
SANTURCE, RR.
1057 Fernandez, Juncos,
Stop 20 00909
(809) 725-6960
SEATTLE, Wash.
.....
,(
in July to
shipped,
seniority people.
Deposit in the SIU Blood Bank
•. .-'TP'-
2505 1 Ave. 98121
(206) 623-4334
ST. LOUIS, Mo.
4581 Gravois Ave. 63116
(314) 752-6500
TOLEDO, Ohio
935 Summit St. 43604
(419) 248-3691
WILMINGTON, Calif.
408 Avalon Blvd. 90744
(213) 549-4000
August 1982 / LOG 27
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Charles Hubbert Allardice, 55,
joined the SlU In tlW port of New
York in 1958 sailing as a QMED.
Brother Allardice sailed 33 years.He
•-.was born in Glasgow, Scotland and
is a resident of San Francisco.
Robert John Aumiller, 58, joined
the SlU in 1943 in the port of New
York sailing as a chief steward.
Brother Aumiller served as a
recording secretary at the Union
monthly meetings in the Tampa Hall.
He was born in Decatur, Ind. and is
a resident of Tampa.
Albert Manuel Blazio, 62, joined
the SlU in 1945 in the port of Bal
timore sailing as a chief cook. Brother
Blazio was born in New Orleans and
is a resident of Metairie, La.
Erwln Bradley, 61, joined the SlU
in 1941 in the port of Mobile sailing
as a chief steward. Brother Bradley
received a 1960 Union Personal
Safety Award for sailing aboard an
accident-free ship, the SS Antinous.
He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Born in Sumpter, S.C., he is a res
ident of Mobile.
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Francis Ashby Connelly, 65,
joined the SlU in the port of San
Francisco in 1962 sailing as a, chief
electrician. Brother Connelly was a
member of the SUP from 1945 to
1961. He also sailed during World
V\fer II. A native of Winchester, Kans.,
he is a resident of Seattle.
Earl Joseph De Angelo, 62,
joined the SlU in the port of Mobile
sailing as a bosun. Brother De
Angelo was born in Moss Point, Miss,
and is a resident of Mobile.
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Cristobal De Jesus, 62, joined
the SlU in the port of New York in
1958 sailing as a chief steward.
Brother De Jesus is a 1958 graduate
of the Andrew Furuseth Training
School. Mobile. He was born in
Utwado, PR. and is a resident of
Luquillo, PR.
David Lamar Dickinson, 55,
joined the SlU in 1945 in the port of
Philadelphia sailing as a recertified
bosun. Brother Dickinson graduated
from the Union's Recertified Bosuns
Program in October 1973. He was
born in Alabama and is a resident
of Leaksville, Miss.
Robert Lee Glenn, 68, joined the
SlU in the port of San Francisco in
1967 sailing as a chief cook. Brother
Glenn is a veteran of the U.S. Army
in World War 11. He was born in Texas
and is a resident of San Francisco.
William E Enos, 62. joined the SlU-merged Atlantic
Fishermen's Union in 1946 in the port of Gloucester,
Mass. sailing as a fisherman. Brother Enos is a res
ident of Ch.ula Vista, Calif.
LOG / August 1982
Pertsta
Francis Woods Fullbright, 62,
joined the SlU in 1943 in the port of
Galveston sailing as a bosun. Brother
Fullbright sailed 44 years. He was
born in Selmer, Tenn. and is a res
ident of Mobile.
Bernard Luke Gabor, 56, joined
the SlU in 1945 in the port of New
York sailing as an oiler-and 2nd
engineer. Brother Gabor was born
in Philadelphia and is a resident
there.
Halle Mikkelborg, 65, joined the
Union in the port of New York in 1958
sailing as an AB for 29 years. Brother
Mikkelborg is a twice wounded vet
eran of the Norwegian Navy in World
War II. He was born in Gausvik,
Non/vay and is a resident of Hansville,
Wise.
James Patrick Smith, 65, joined
the Union in the port of Detroit in
1960 sailing as an assistant conveyorman for 25 years. Brother Smith
is a veteran of the U.S. Army in World
War II. He was born in Germ Fask,
Mich, and is a resident there.
R. E. Smith, 65, joined the SlU
in the port of Houston in 1960 sailing
as a FOWT. Brother Smith sailed 36
years. He was born in Boaz, Ala.
and is a resident there.
Raymond Joseph Dixon Sr., 63,
joined the Union in 1938 in the port
of New Orleans sailing as a captain
for Coyle Lines from 1937 to 1967;
Dixie Carriers from 1967 to 1975 and
on the National Glory (National
Marine) from 1976 to 1982. Brother
Dixon was born in New Orleans and
is a resident of Marrero, La.
Arthur Terrioline Downing, 55,
joined the Union in the port of New
York in 1962 sailing as a deckhand
and mate for the United Fruit Co.
and the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
from 1942 to 1982. Brother Downing
is a former member of the Teamsters
Union. He was born in Jersey City,
N.J. and is a resident of Helmetta,
N.J.
John Cecil Simpson, 60, joined
the Union in the port of Norfolk in
11961 sailing as a mate and captain
for McAllister Brothers from 1952 to
1982 and for Radcliff Materials in
1974. Brother Simpson attended the
1969 Inland Conference as a del^ egate. He was born in Dardens, N.C.
i
and is a resident of Chesapeake,
Va.
Sebastian A. Scola, 64. joined the Atlantic Fish
ermen's Union in the port of Gloucester in 1967 sailing
as a fisherman. Brother Scola was born in Lawrence,
Mass. and is a resident of Gloucester.
Leroy Herman Simoneaux Sr.,
62, joined the Union in the port of
New Orleans in 1957 sailing as a
tankerman on the Dixie Volunteer
(Dixie Carriers) from 1959 to 1977.
Brother Simoneaux is a veteran of
the U.S. Marine Corps in World War
II. He was born in White Castle, La.
and is a resident of Kenner, La.
Joseph Leiton Hebert, 58, joined
the Union in Port Arthur, Tex. in 1964
sailing as a captain for Slade and
Southern Towing from 1947 to 1972.
Brother Hebert is a veteran of the
U.S. Army in World War II. He was
born in Grand Lake, La. and is a
resident of Lake Charles, La.
John James Wilgus, 66, joined
the Union in the port of Houston in
1976 sailing as a chief engineer for
Marine Towing in 1977. Brother
Wilgus is a former member of Local
333, AFL-CIO. He was born in Ocean
View, Del. and is a resident of
Charleston, S.C.
Charles William Morris, 65,
joined the Union in the port of Bal
timore in 1957 sailing as a chief
engineer for Cargo Carriers Co. from
1942 to 1955, Baker, Whitely Towing
Co. from 1955 to 1968 and for Curtis
Bay Towing from 1972 to 1982.
Brother Morris was a former member
of the ILA Tugboat Division. He was
born in Brainard, N.Y and is a res
ident of Baltimore.
Alexander James McElhenny,
66, joined the SlU in the port of Phil
adelphia in 1963 sailing as a cook.
Brother McElhenny sailed 50 years.
He is a veteran of the U.S. Army in
World War II. Seafarer McElhenny
was born in Philadelphia and is a
resident there.
James Robertus McPhaull, 62,
joined the SlU in 1939 in the port of
Jacksonville sailing as a chief
steward. Brother McPhaull sailed
during both the Korean and Vietnam
Wars. He was born in Jacksonville
and is a resident of Savannah, Ga.
Lester James Moore, 63. joined
the SlU in 1948 in the port of Gal
veston sailing in the engine depart
ment. Brother Moore was on the
picketline before he sailed and hit
the bricks in the 1946 Port Arthur
beef. He also picketed against for
eign ships. Seafarer Moore'^ailed
on 50 ships, some of them more
than once. Moore was in the U.S.
Civilian Conservation Corps for two
years and is a veteran of the U.S.
Army in World War II. Born in Liv
ingston, Tex., he is a resident there.
Kenneth Louis Roberts, 55,
joined the SlU in 1949 in the port of
New York sailing as a bosun. Brother
Roberts sailed 39 years. He helped
to organize Isthmian and Atlantic
Lines and Cities Service. Seafarer
Roberts is a veteran of the U.S. Army
where he attended their Quarter
master School. Roberts has owned
restaurants and bars for over 30
years. Today he s barkeep and his
wife the cook at their San Francisco
Connie's Restaurant. A native of
Ludington, Mich., he is a resident of
San Francisco.
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Thomas Estus Named MSG Marine Employee of the Year
Oiakland, Calif.—The U.S.
Government has been known to
make a mistake now and then. But
they were right on the mark recently
when they named Seafarer Thomas
Estus, Jr. "Marine Employee of
the Year" for the Military Sealift
Command, Pacific (MSCPAC).
Brother Estus, a veteran member
of the SIU Government Services
Division (formerly the Military Sea
Transport Union), was taken com
pletely by surprise when he was
told of the award. He's a firm
believer in a good day's work for
a good day's wage, and expects
little in return for his efforts other
than the personal satisfaction of a
job well done. "1 didn't even know
my name had been submitted for
the award," he said.
Estus, who sails as an underway
replenishment bosun's mate, was
selected for the award for his
"exemplary performance" aboard
the USNS Kilauea.
The Military Sealift Command
received the Kilauea from the U.S.
Navy in October 1980 with all
equipment, material and supplies
left aboard. Estus was assigned to
the ship and given the responsibility
of stripping the vessel and preparing
it for a long shipyard conversion
period.
After the vessel arrived at the
shipyard, Estus helped supervise the
general overhaul of the. ship and
assisted in the specific overhaul of
the Kilauea's underway replenish
ment equipment.
The Kilauea's master, Capt.
Richard Hosey, who had worked
with Estus before on the USNS
Passumpsic, was impressed with
Estus' level of professionalism and
ability to get a tough Job done and
submitted Brother Estus' name for
the award.
Commodore Thomas G. Kiefaber, commander of MSCPAC,
presented the award to Estus June
Debbie Mahler
Please contact Mitch. Very Important!
SS Robin Hood Seamen
If you sailed on the Robin Hood in
1953 to South Africa, an old shipmate
would like to get in touch. He's George
Robert Bauer, 7834 Birmingham Ave.,
Baltimore, Md. 21234.
David I. Murray
Connie Durham asks that you contact
her in Augusta at telephone number
404-738-8922.
Reynaldo DIMacali
Contact your wife, Amelia, at 1734
West Winona, Chicago, III. 60640, Tele:
(312) 271-9449. Important!
Personals
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
3 aboard ihtKilauea. A small group
of people gathered in the wardroom
for the ceremony.
As he made the presentation.
Commodore Kiefaber told Estus:
" You're to be commended for your
continued high standard of per
formance which is in keeping with
the highest traditions of the sea."
A letter from MSC chief. Vice
Adm. Kent Carroll, stated: "Your
dedication to duty and willingness
to accept additional responsibilities
above and beyond your own is
exactly the type of professional
behaviour that this award is intended
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Seafarer Thomas Estus, Jr., left, accepts award as "Marine Employee of the Khar"
from MSCPAC chief. Commodore Thomas G. Kiefaber aboard the USNS Kilauea.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior
ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the
Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping
rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available
in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation
of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the
contracts between the Union and the employers, notify
the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return re
ceipt requested. The proper address for this is:
Angus "Red" Campbell
Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board
275 - 2(Mh Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to
you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union
or to the Seafarers Appeals Board.
CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail
able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages
and conditions under which you work and live aboard
your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as
your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper
sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any tjme, any SIU
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA
TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in
all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this
constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con
tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt
ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation
by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.,
as well as all other details, then the member so affected
should immediately notify headquarters.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes
specific provision for safeguarding the membership's
money and Union finances. The constitution requires a
detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three
months, which are to be submitted to the membership by
the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee
of rank and file members, elected by the membership,
makes examination each quarter of the finances of the
Union and reports fully their findings and fecommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting
reports, specific recommendations and separate findings.
TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic,
Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered
in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund
agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees
in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union
and management representatives and their alternates. All
expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made
only upon approval by a majdrity of the trustees. All trust
fund financial records are available at the headquarters of
the various trust funds.
to acknowledge."
The 53 year-old Estus is still
aboard the Kilauea, which replen
ishes Navy ships at sea in the Pacific
with ammunition and other supplies.
The SIU Government Services
Division represents seamen
employed directly by the Govern
ment on the Military Sealift Com
mand's 30-ship Pacific fleet.
SIUNA Vice President Roy
"Buck" Mercer, head of the former
Military Sea Transport Union, said,
"Tom is a helluva nice guy and we're
all glad he won the award. He
deserved it."
UlllHlNininNllllllllllllllHlllillllllllllllfllllllllHlllllll^
patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails
to protect your contract rights properly, contact the
nearest SIU port agent.
EDITORIAL POLICY —THE LOG. The Log has
traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving
the political purposes of any individual in the Union,
officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing
articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective
membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed
by membership action at the &ptember, I960, meetings
in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log
policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of
the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board
may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to
carry out this responsibility.
PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid
to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an
official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum
stances should any member pay any money for any reason
unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone
attempts to require any such payment be made without
supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a
payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he
should not have been required to make such payment, this
should immediately be reported to Union headquarters.
EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal
rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These
rights arc clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in
the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the
employers. Consequently, no member may be discrimi
nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na
tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is
denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should
notify Union headquarters.
SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION
•—SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro
ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ
ing. but not limited to, furthering the political, social and
economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation
and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with
improved employment opportunities for seamen and
boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts.
In connection with such objects, SPAD supports and
contributes to political candidates for elective office. All
contributions are voluntary. No contribution may be
solicited or received because of force, job discrimination,
financial reprisal, or threat of such conduct, or as a con
dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If
a contribution is made by reason of the above improper
conduct, notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD by certified
mail within .10 days of the contribution for investigation
and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. Sup
port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli
tical and social interests, and American trade union
concepts.
If at any time a member feeb that any of the above rigfata
have been violated, or tliat br has been denied bis
constitutional right of access to Union records or infor
mation, he should immedlatdy notify SIU President Frank
Drozak at Headquarters by certifi^ maO, return receqit
requested. The address is 675 - 4th Avenue, Brooklyn,
N.Y. 11232.
August 1982 / LOG 29
�Wmiam "BUI" Jon
Arlund, 38. died of
arteriosclerosis while
attending the Recerti
fied Bosuns Program
class in New York City
on Mar. 5. Brother Ar
lund joined the SlU in
I the port of Seattle in
1969. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy
in the Vietnam War. A native ot Brooklyn.
N.Y.. he was a resident of Phoenix. Ariz.
Cremation took place in the Greenwood
Crematory. Brooklyn with his ashes being
scattered over the Atlantic Ocean. Sur""viving is his mother. Myra ol Phoenix.
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Pensioner Earl J.
Congleton, 83. passed
away on June 12.
Brother Congleton
joined the SlU in 1939
in the port of New York
sailing as an FOWT He
was born in North
Carolina and was a
resident of Norfolk. Surviving are his wid
ow. Mary and a daughter. Mrs. Bessie
White of Virginia Beach, Va.
Pensioner Dewey
Daughtrey, 78. passed
away on May 29.
Brother Daughtrey
joined the SlU in 1939
in the port of Mobile
sailing as an FOWT He
sailed 45 years. SeaJill farer Daughtrey was
b6m in Mississippi and was a resident of
Hattiesburg, Miss. Surviving are three
-brothers. Mack and Thom#of Hattiesburg
and Otis; and two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Davis
of Hattiesburg and Mrs. Jessie Brown.
John Bartlinski,
26, died of multiple
injuries in North
Arundel Hospital. Glen
Bumie. Md. on Feb.
26 when his car and a
school bus collided in
Jessup. Md. Brother
Bartlinski joined the
SlU in the port of Baltimore in 1978 sailing
as an AB. He was a former member of
the ILA. He was bom in Baltimore and
was a resident of Jessup. Burial was in
Glen Haven Cemetery. Glen Bumie. Sur
viving are his widow. Pamela and his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. and Alice
Bartlinski of Linthicum. Md.
Ronald Edward
Daigle, 39. died on
June 9. Brother Daigle
joined the Union in the
' i port of New Orleans in
i 1978 sailing as a chief
engineer on the towboat Glenn Smith
^
(Crescent Towing)
from 1978 to 1980. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Air Force in the Vietnam War.He was bom in New Orleans and was a
resident of Gretna. La. Surviving are his
widow. Eileen and two daughters. Stacey
and Brandi.
Stephen Albert
Kaczmark, 31, died
on June 1. Brother Ka
czmark joined the SlU
following his gradua
tion from Piney Point
in 1967. He sailed as
tan OS. Seafarer Ka' czmark was bom in
Brooklyn. N.Y. and was a resident there.
Surviving are his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank and Nicolette Kaczmark of Brooklyn.
Pensioner John Kostner Callaghan, 79.
passed away on Oct.
22. 1981. Brother
Callaghan joined the
SlUin 1946 in the port
of New York sailing as
a chief electrician.. He
was a veteran of the
U S. Navy iii World War II. He was bom
in Brooklyn. N-V. and was a resident of
Debary. Fla. Surviving are two sisters.
Helen of Debary and Mrs. Elsie Lanigan
of Brooklyn.
Pensioner Wlllard
I Vaden Burns Sr., 74,
passed away from
pneumonia in the Wal
ter Reed Hospital.
Gloucester. Va. on Apr.
30. Brother Burns
joined the Union in the
port of Norfolk in 1959
sailing as a deckhand for the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad from 1941 to 1973. He
sailed 29 years. He was a former member
of the MM&P from 1941 to 1959 and the
old ISU. Born in Mathews County. Va.,
he was a resident of Mathews. Va. Burial
was in the H.C. Smither Cemetery. Hudgins. Va. Surviving are two sons. Willard
Jr. and James of Virginia and a daughter.
Shirley.
Pensioner Ragnar
Emil Christian Gunderson, 78. passed
away on May 28.
Brother Gunderson
joined the Union in the
port of Philadelphia in
1961 sailing as a deck
i hand, derrick captain
and chief engineer for the Philadelphia
Derrick and Salvage Corp. from 1927 to
1956. as a hoisting engineer for marine
salvage for Merritt. Chapman and Scott
Corp. from 1956 to 1962. the Raymond
Intemational Co. in 1972 and the Inde
pendent Lighterage Co. from 1971 to 1976.
He sailed 50 years. Bom in Norway, he
was a resident of Philadelphia. Surviving
is his widow. Katherine.
Pensioner Lewis
Stephen Shaginaw,
57. died of a liver ail
ment in the Tucson
(Ariz.) Medical Center
on Mar. 6. Brother
Shaginaw joined the
SlU-merged MC&SU
in the port of San
Francisco in 1962 sailing as a waiter, bar
tender and chief steward for APL. He was
a 1963 graduate of the Union's Steward
School in Santa Rosa. Calit. And he was
a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War
II. Bom in Pennsylvania, he was a resident
of Tucson. Cremation took place in the
Swan Crematory. Tucson. Surviving are
his widow. Ruby; two brothers. John of
Tucson and George of Vincenttown. N.J.
and two sisters. Annabelle of Wilmington.
Calif, and Mrs. Adam (Helen) Valansky
of Kesville. Pa.
Pensioner Glenious
Charles Lawson, 63,
succumbed to cancer in
Erwin, Tenn. on May
25. Brother Lawson
joined the SlU in 1944
in the port of Norfolk
sailing as a bosun. He
was a veteran of the
U.S. Army. Seafarer Lawson was bom in
Mount Ash, Ky. and was a resident of
Erwin. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery,
Erwin. Surviving are his widow, Elsie and
a son, Charles.
pensioner Joseph Phrisi, 72. succumbed
to a heart attack in Gloucester. Mass. on
21 Brother Parisi. a member of the
AFU worked as a fisherman. He was bom
in Boston Mass and was a resident of
Gloucester. Interment was in Calvary
rt rv rioiicester Surviving is his
pensioner John Placheco, 69, succumbed
to hepatitis in the San Francisco "ospit^
on Apr. 2. Brother Pacheco joined
MC&S in 1935 sa.hng m the stewed
department for the Matson Line for 20
years. He was bom in Hawaii and was a
resident of Honolulu, Hawaii. Surviving
are a son, Antoine of Honolulu and a sister,
wtr
Mrs, ,uMa Marias, also o, Honoiuiu.
Harold A. Aakeberg, 63, died of heart
disease in St. Mary's
Hospital, Duluth,
Minn, on Mar. 9.
Brother Aakeberg
joined the Union in the
I port of Duluth in 1967
I sailing as a deckhand
for Great Lakes Towing. He was a former
member of the United Auto Workers Union,
Local 72 from 1962 to 1966 and the AMC
from 1962 to 1965. He was a veteran of
the U.S. Army in World War 11. Laker
Aakeberg was born in Washburn, Wise,
and was a resident of Superior, Wise. Burial
was in Greenwood Cemetery. Superior.
Surviving are his widow. Naomi and a
son. Lonnie.
Pensioner Aivin •
Ernest Tingle Jr., 67,
died in the Chesapeake
(Va.) General Hospital
on May 31. Brother
Tingle joined the
Union in the port of
Norfolk in 1%1 sailing
as a chief engineer for
Curtis Bay Towing. He sailed 29 years.
Boatman Tingle was bom in Oriental, N.C.
and was a resident of Chesapeake. Inter
ment was in the Riverdale Park Cemetery,
Norfolk. Surviving are his widow. Annie
and a son. Alvin E. III.
Phillip Wesley
Chambers, 43. died
on May 7. Brother
Chambers joined the
Union in the port of
Paducah. Ky. in 1979
sailing as a cook for
National Marine. He
was bom in Owensboro. Ky. and was a resident of Hawesville,
Ky. Surviving are a daughter. Amy and
his mother. Marjorie of Hawesville.
Enrique Chavez
Laguna, 43, died on
May 22. Brother La
guna joined the SlU in
the port of New York
in 1967 sailing as a bo
sun. He was bom in
Honduras, C.A., was
a U.S. naturalized cit
izen and was a resident of Houston. Sur
viving are his son, Omar; and two daugh
ters, Angelica of Houston and Nora.
Pensioner Fred M. Leonard, suc
cumbed to a heart attack in New Smyma
Beach. Fla. on Mar. 28. Brother Leonard
joined the SlU sailing as an AB during
World War 11. He was bom in Houghton,
Mich, and was a resident of New Smyma
Beach. Cremation took place in the MidFlorida Crematoiy, Deland, Fla. Surviving
is a sister, Mrs. Louise Gould of Duluth,
Minn.
Pensioner William
Thomas Murrell, 64,
died of heart-lung fail
ure in the New Orleans
Nursing Home on May
27. Brother Murrell
I joined the SlU in 1938
in the port of Mobile
X
sailing as a bosun. He
was bom in Biloxi, Miss, and was a resident
of New Orleans. Interment was in Green
wood Cemetery, New Orleans. Surviving
is a daughter, Mrs. Billie Joe Mclntyre of
New Orleans.
Pensioner Earl
Harlow Charles Ptoe,
74, died of a liver ail
ment in St. Vincent's
Hospital, Jacksonville
on Apr. 29. Brother Pbe
j joined the SlU in 1946
in the port of New York
sailing as a bosun. He
sailed 44 years. Seafarer Poe was a veteran
of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. Bom
in Grand Rapids, Mich., he was a resident
of Jacksonville. Burial was in Restlawn
Park Cemetery, Jacksonville. Surviving are
his widow, Frances and a daughter, Shirley.
Ismael Ramos, 56,
died in John Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore on
May 26. Brother Ra
mos joined the SlU in
the port of Baltimore
in 1959 sailing as a
FOWT. He was bom
1 in Puerto Rico and was
a resident of Baltimore. Interment was in
Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Anne Amndel
County, Md. Surviving are his widow, Su
sie; two sons, Ismael Jr. and Rafael and
a daughter. Carmen.
- Pensioner Paul J.
Stein, 68, died on May
26. Brother Stein
joined the SlU in the
port of Philadelphia in
1959 sailing as a cook
and butcher. He was a
veteran of the U.S.
Navy in World War 11.
Bom in Philadelphia, he was a resident
there. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Gladys
I^ula Sheneley of Toms River. N.J.
Pensioner Leonardus Augustus Behm,
72, succumbed to cancer at home in
Savannah, Ga. on May 1. Brother Behm
joined the SlU in the port of Savannah in
1956 sailing as a chief steward. He sailed
28 years. Seafarer Behm was bom in
Crandon, Wise. Burial was in the Hillcrest
Mausoleum, Savannah. Surviving are his
widow, Eunice and a son, Richard.
30 / LOG / AujOust 1982
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pensioner Don
ald
Raymond
Pitman, 54, died of
cancer in the Drew
Hospital, Monticello, Ark. on May
19. Brother Pitman
joined the SlU in
1946 in the port ot
5K pensioner ArI naldoAleman,61,
« died of heart-lung
t fadure in Southern
baptist Hospital,
' New Orleans on
June 20. Brmher
I Aleman joined the
in the port m
Francis Kenneth
55^
Snowden,
^ •
drowned off the SS
CoveNovimto'-^^^''^
Tankers) near the BurNorman
mahOil Dock on May
Wright, 54, was
23 Brother Snowden
lost on the SS
. joined the SlU in the
Golden Dolph'n
* OrSnsin.96..
W S port of New. Vbrk m Philadelphia sailing as
206 Hdqs,,
Training
School,
Honduras,
which sunk on Mat;
«n AB He walked the PFC veteran of the _
_
^^e
6 Brother Wright
Seafarer
„f ^ew Orleans.
'L SUP strike, seafarer lUh Parachute Airbm^^^^^^
,n the
he U.S. Navy
joined the SlU in the
C.A.
and
^
Lawn
Mausoleum.
,/
g^^n m
was a Vetera
^ yeoman, Korean War. Seafa ^.^^
' port of Baltimore in
—isason.foseph./
^ resident of
Korean War
(,,i,e USS National
sailing as an
Earlsboro, Okla.,
the Beulah
Pensioner
^ y^rk. Surviving
AB and bosun. He
A native
MY Surviving Monticello.
CoUassie
ArcJ^ia, S.S.
,aen.of.h=Bronx-^u« B
coastGuardm WorldW^^^^^^^^
S 74, succumb^ to a
mother. Mar^ of the
^
\. ..If
Wright was
'savannah. Surviving
I
heart
attaclytn
the
SeafarerThomasK.5>no
thia.
and was a resident of Sa
.^
East Oakl^Cnd Hos
Pensioner Her-^
^^^^her, Mrs.
pital, /iamedu- are his widow, Aprd.
man Sytvio Ricci,
daughter,
Therwa
g^^annah.
Calif./n Apr. 1880 passed away at
BrotJtier Archia Theresa K. Harvey
homeinPetropohs,
Charles
P¥ M joip^'^ the SlU m
Brazil recently^
^ Oglesby,56,diedof
1^^®" L ^ o^iiladelphia sailing as
Brother Ricci joined
5 heart failure m the
1940 in the port ot
He received
the SlU in 1948 m
USPHS Hospital.
a chief steward tor
^
for
eteran pt the
i^hnson was
the
port
of
New
I Nassau Bay, lex^
a I960 Union
ship, the
,r,n War Boatman Jonnsui
York
sailing
as
a
Aug. 9, 198L
sailing
aboard
an
aca
;.onBay.Ala.andwasa^was bom in Puerto
Brother Oglesby
SS Seatraw
Oakland, Calif. Interchief electrician. H
^s. Surviving
f joined the SlU m
he was a rear^"'
cemeieri, Vallejo,
Rieo.
Luiz and Mrs. Thais
1945 in the port ot
ment was in th ^
vvidow, Ernestine,
are two daug
anddaughter, Denise
AB
Seafarer Oglesby
Calif. Surviving are ^
H. Marques and a gra
Seattle
sailing
as
an
A
_
^
and three daughters, Rita.
of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
was born in F on a
Baron Hirsch
Aretha.
,n of Heron Bay.
Hardin, Tex. Buna
Surviving are
Pensioner James
pensioner Thom
Cemetery, Staten ^ f
N.Y.-.two
Henry Russe"^*;*'
as Herbert Bubar, his widow, Helen o
^ brother,
79. passed away in
88, passed away on sons, Steven and Brian
the Benner Nursing
May 18. Brother Gordon of Houston.
Home, Houston on
Bubar joined th^e
Julio Feliciano
mailing for the
935
June 22, Brother
SlU in 1943 in the
Pacheco, 64, died
Russell joined the
^'^^'^'I'Tn.rmlberof.he
tort of New York
of natural causes on
ailing as an AB and
May 30, 1981the steward
Brother Pacheco
^^^^TTSed 60 years and on t^
joined the SlU m
his widow, Helen and a son,
department. H
^ farer Bubar hiMhe
1945 in the the port
35 years and during
the 1962
Great Lakes, t(W^
Harbor
f Princeton
Junction.
of New Yortc sailing
rinvcvvi.
Russell was^
P
the 1970
bricks in the
hewas a resident
the steward
conference. A
,H«n.rB«.tts55^dWf- Robin Line beef. A
Piney Point ^^"^city he was a resident
^'^-^^SeSawarded a Union
rhe
^ brother „„iveofNew^C«y, a^ i" «<• Of=
department. He wa. _
alif. onNov. 2/, 1
^
sonal safety AwaM^^
„f Houstonjmemen
^ ^ s„,.
,ined the Union
aboard an accident-jm
„ 1973 sailing
^ ^ip Co. .
tniin Louisianaintemient
William Re
was a resident of L g
^
caguas.
Zmellr. and Raymond,
ward Pa»*®®"'
VnTs N^V in EWorld war
^'^ThN wid?w, Maria of ^o
Mohamed Saleh
died on July 3.
welo. Rolando,
Brother Paulsen Surviving are hi.
Sae«l,A5,bW°"
'^°"Jg and five daughters
Aue. 20. 1980.
joined the SlU in tbe Piedras,
„,mationt<»hl'»=
surviving
Brotber Saeeii
pott of Boston in Srtqielatatla, Sandra, Evelyneand
;retnatory.
pjego; a
' 1975 sailing as an
joined tbe SlU mtbc
AB and quarter- Carmen.
^^T'B^^ofBuderanda^jer,
'pod of San FranPensioner HonaW
Aco in 1911 sailing
master.
.^eLongofBivorB^^-^-^"Lee Miller, 80,
as a wiper. He was
passed away fmm
born In Aden.
heart-lung failure m
•''iTte
in '»'»• fortncy Mass, surviving is bis
dMb"""
to cancer
m the It^Fmnci;
bi^
St. Luke's Hospital.
Honolulu, "b"bU °
SfMrnTn
Marie
cull
of
Quincy,
San Francisco on
„as a resident of OAlan
>%w»« •--,ekauoba,omedJi=^S«^^^„„^L
June 14. Brother
a„ his
VKbulaqui. both of
Miller joined the
Hanger and Said
Pensioner Roy
®gf
s Medical
r'sSOofUuii
/nrfupu"'"""'
SlU
in the port of
he SSUi
He was also Aden.
cumbed to cancer in the SLM
^^
n-Hawaiian
^ocal
HewVorkinl953 saiUng»-f;J
Long
" gn .ailed as a chief
« e SR died of heart-lung Center,
,r„fthuMus.cun^ ^,.^__ park
1981.
Brother
Black
Marine
AngelL.ReyeSb^58,d.^
helped to organize
Seafarer
(MC&S). He (Caribbean
rKaS^H-lbSurvlvlngU failure m Newark, N^i
New cook for APL in
p&O Steamship
cooks & Sjewards
^,35.
Miller
also
sailed
years and
Reyes
as
a
chief
cook.
He
Margaret
CO. in 1955. He
he walked
York in 1959 sai |. ^d was a resident first sailed l^om the We
surviving are his during World War • ^ ^
^^Hke.
was born in Puert
aie his widow Cremation t^kp
niatory,
^nabeim,
Cal
•
^
the
picketline
m
th
^
of
of Brooklyn, N.Y.
pavid widow, Ursula and a sister, vi
josefine; two sons J^^beth, Angela,
From 1928 former
member of
of Venice, Calif
and four daughters, t.
the ISU.
gom in Staunton. Va..
Loalie
the
NMU
in
I
•
Francisco. Cteia»»^ and
— Sandra.
It of Tampa i
sheridan
he was a resident
Cre
"'"'faSwInfforMariner
mation
took
p
Surviving
are
a
pensioner
ffbur
sS
rom 1973 to 19
an of the
matory,
Novato,
Cahf^
^
^.^w.
M80. passed away
^^
port of
daughter. Pastora and^ f
^i„^d the union
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Summary Annual Report
SlU PD'PMA Supplemental Benefits these
Fund
two statements and accompanying
I his is a Summary ol the Annual
Report lor the SlU PD-PMA Supple
mental Benefits Fund. Inc.. Hmployef
klentirication No. 94-14.^1246. tor the
year ended .luly 1. 1981. The Annual
Report has been tiled with the Internal
Revenue Service, as required under
the tmployee Retirement Income
Security Act ot 1974. ERISA.
Benefits under the Plan are provided
by a trust arraniiement. Plan expenses
were $8,183,262.00. These expen.ses
include $250,068.00 in administrative
expenses and $7.933.194.(K) in benefits
paid to participants and beneficiaries.
A total of 2.875 persons were partic
ipants in or beneficiaries of the Plan
at the end of the Plan Year, although
not all of these persons had yet earned
the right to receive benefits.
The value of Plan as.sets. after sub
tracting liabilities of the Plan, was
Monthly
Membership Meetings
P«»rt
Dale
New Yorl<
Piiiladelptiia
Baltimore
Norlbik.....
.laelisonvilie .
Aigonae
Detroit...
Houston ........... . . .
New Orleans ........'.
Moliile .............. .
San Francisco
Wilmington
II
Deep Sea
l.akes. Inland Waters
.Sept. 7
y
'... .
.Sept. 7 . . ../.........
.Sept. S.
Sept. 9
.
Sept. 9....;..!...,..
Sept. tO ...........'...
Sept. 10
.Sept. 13..............
Sept. 14
.
.Sept. 15
.
.Sept. !f» ..............
2:.^() p.m
v. .T
2:.^() p.m.
2;.^() p.m.
9:30 a.ni. ........t..
2:(M) p.m.
. . . ..
2:.30 p.m. ........,..
2:30 p.m. ........ i..
2:.30 p.m. ...........
2:.30 p.m. .........;.
2:.30 p.m. ...........
2:.30 p.m.
.y. Sept. 20 ;............. 2:.30 p.m. .............
Seattle
Finey Point..
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San Juan.............
Columbus..:.........
.St. Louis
Honolulu ............
13uluth
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Gloucester
Jersey City
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7:(K) p.m.
7:n() p.m.
7:(M) p.m.
7:(M) p.m.
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7;(M) p.m.
7.(M) p.m.
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Sept. 24 .............. 2:.30 p.m
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Sept. 11 ..... L , ..;.... I0:.30 a.m.
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Sept. 9...-.
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Sept. 18
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Sept. 17 .............. 2:.30 p.m............
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Sept. 9 ......,..... 2:30 p.m
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Sept. 15
2:.30 p.m.............
Sept. 16
.......... 2:.30 p.m. ...........
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Sept. 21
2:.30 p.m. ..........
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Sept. 22 .............. 2:.30 p.m. ...........
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$1,097,450 as of the end of the Plan
Year compared to $842,023.00 as ot
the beginning of the Plan Year. During
the Plan Year, the Plan experienced an
increase in its net assets of
$255,427.00. The Plan had total
income of $8,438,689.00 including
contributions of $8,134,787. earnings
from investment.s of $272,229.00. and
other income of $31,673.00.
Your Rights to
Additional Information
You have the right to receive a copy
of the full Annual Report, or any part
thereof, on request. The items listed
below are included in that report:
1. an accountant's report;
2. assets held for investment; and
3. transactions in excess of three
(3) percent of Plan assets.
To obtain a copy of the full Antiual
Report or any part thereof, write or
call the office of the Plan Administrator.
522 Flarrison Street. San Franci.sco.
California 94105. Telephone (415) 4955949. the charge to cover copying
costs will be $4.00 for the full annual
report, or $0.10 per page for any part
thereof.
You also have the right to receive
from the Plan Administrator, on request
and at no charge, a statement of the
assets and liabilities of the Plan and
accompanying notes, and/or statement
of income and expenses of the Plan
and accompanying notes, or both. If
you request a copy of,the full Annual
Report from the Plan Administrator.
notes will be included as part of that
report. The charge to cover copying
costs given above does not include a
charge for the copying of the.se portions
of the report because the.se portions
are furnished without charge.
You al.yo have the legally protected
right to examine the Annual Report at
the main office of the Plan.*522 Flarri.son Street. San Francisco California
94105. and at the U.S. Department of
Labor in Washington. D. C.. or to
obtain a copy from the U.S. Department
of Labor upon payment of copying
costs; Requests to the Department of
Labor should, be addressed to:
Public Disclosure Room N4677
Pension and Welfare Benefit Pro
grams
Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20216
Personals
Samuel Thomas
Please contact, Gail Whitmbre.
Urgent! Tel. (713) 530-5428.
Willie Robertson
Please contact, your wife at 3293
Burton Ave., Lynwood, Calif. 90262. Tel.
(213) 635-9257.
Martin Robert Tuomala
Please contact your son Charles
Martin Tuomala at 603-522-6642. Or
write him at Garney Road, Brookfleld,
N.H. 03872.
Help A Friend Deal With Alcoholism
Alcoholics don't have friends. Because a friend the care and counseling he needs. And he'll get the
wouldn't let another man blindly travel a course that has support of brother SIU members who are fighting the
to lead to the destruction of his health, his job and his same tough battle he is back to a healthy, productive
alcohol-free life.
family. And that's where an alcoholic is headed^
The road back to sobriety is a long one for an alcoholic.
Helping a fellow Seafarer who has a drinking problem
is just as easy—and just as important—as steering a blind But because of ARC, an alcoholic SIU member doesn't
man across a street. All you have to do is take that have to travel the distance alone. And by .guiding a
Seafarer by the arm and guide him to the Union's brother Seafarer in the direction of the Rehab Center,
you'll be showing him that the first step back to recovery
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center in Valley Lee, Md.
Once he's there, an alcoholic SIU member will receive is only an arm's length away.
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I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center. 1 understand that all my medical and counseling
records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept
anywhere except at The Center.
Name
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Address
(Street or RFD)
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Telephone No. . . ..
Mail to; THE CENTER
Star Route Box 153-A
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or call. 24 hours-a-day. (3011 904-0010
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Courses start
October 25 and November 22
Send in
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today.
See your SlU Field
Representative, Union
Official, or fill out the
application in this
issue of the LOG.
Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters
JULY 1-31, 1982
nOTAL REGISTERED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
Port
Gloucester
NewYork ft.".'..,.
0
0
0
000
Philadelphia
Baltimore
0
5
0
1
0
0
Norfolk
...................I..........'
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Wilmin^on
Seattle
Puerto Rico
Houston
Algonac...
St Louis
PineyPoint
Totals
1
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Port
'
Gloucester
Newlbrk
Philadelphia
Baltimore.
Norfolk
Mobile
New Orleans
Jacksonville...
San Francisco
Wilmington
Seattle
1
TOTAL SHIPPED
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
DECK DEPARTMENT
0
0
;
,,
1
0
0
9
2
9
1
9
0
Port
Gloucester
NewVhrk
Philadelphia
0
0
ffir
New Orleans
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Sr"
o
9
•s
SRico::::::::;::::;:;::;::::::::;
Houston
Agonac....
9
;
Totals All Departments
'
-9
0
§
2
0
2
9
0
0
0
0
2
6
9
1
0
0
2
° 9
4
i2
18
0
1
2
9
3
0
1
4
,9
14
0
0
9
90
0.
9
9
0
9
9
9
1
9
0
2
0
9
9
9
0
0
0
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21
§
§
1
9
2
9
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0
9
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9
9
9
4
n
0
0
436
14
0
0.
0
2
11
1
2
0
21
8
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0
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0
0
013
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
14
0
9
9
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4.3
4
9
0
1
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9
8
7
6
63
100
9
0
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9
1
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
25
9
9
9
0
9
9
0
0
0
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9
n
0
0
0
0
1
0
9
9
9
9
9
n
999
1
0
1
0
0
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999
0
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n0
0
000
B
6
2
2
6
6
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
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9
9
1
0
2
0
0
ENGINE DEPARTMENT
°
9
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
9
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
9
9
9
9
9
999
0
0
0
0
0
0
I
•
0
14
0
0
2.
1
. 0
2
0
0 .
2
0
8
0
15
SRico"::;;:::::;:::::;::;..000
Houston
.........v.,
0
9
90
Aignnac
.
0
0
pineyRoint";:;:!'!;;;.
Totals
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.0
0
0,
0
0
0
0
000
—.0,0
0
0
0
0
sriou^s
0
000
0
1
0
.0
1
3
2
0 •
0
7
1
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
8,3
01
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0
**REGISTERED ON BEACH
All Groups
Class A Class B Class C
2
?0 .
°
21
^
°
2
0
81
9
0
0
^
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
43
0
10
0
12
9
1
0
2
0
0
0
3
0 .0
2
4
18
79
0
•
29
9
8
0
0
0
0
nio
9
13
8
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*"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month.
**"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. -
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In the event that any SlU members
have legal problems In the various
ports, a list of attorneys whom they
can consult is being published. The
member need not choose the recom
mended attorneys and this list is
intended only for informational pur
poses;
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Schulman & Abarbanel
358 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10001
Tele. # (212) 279-9200
BALTIMORE, MD.
Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg.
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Engelrhan & Belgrad
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Sun Life Building
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Charles & Redwood Streets
Baltimore. Md. 21201
Tele. # (301) 539-6967
BOSTON, MASS.
Stephen J. Abarbanel
Latti Associates
30-31 Union Wharf
Boston, Mass. 02109
Tele. # (617) 523-1000
CHICAGO, ILL.
Katz & Friedman
7 South Dearborn Street
Chicago. III. 60603
Tele. # (312) 263-6330
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' DETROIT, MICH. ' "
Victor G. Hanson
19268 Grand River Avenue
Detroit. Mich. 48822
Tele. # (313) 532-1220
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Orlando & White
1 Western Avenue
Gloucester. Mass. 01930
Tele. # (617) 283-8100
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Archer, Peterson and Waldner
1801 Main St. (at Jefferson) Suite 510
Houston. Texas 77002
Tele. # (713) 659-4455 &
Tele. # (813) 879-9842
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Fogel. Rothschild. Feldman SOstrov
5900 Wilshire Boulevard. Suite 2600
Los Angeles, Calif. 90036
Tele. # (213) 937-6250
WILMINGTON, CALIF
Fogel. Rothschild. Feldman & Dstrov
239 South Avalon
Wilmington. Calif. 90744
Tele. # (213) 834-2546
MOBILE, ALA.
Simon & Wood
1010 Van Antwerp Building
Mobile, Ala. 36602
Tele. # (205) 433-4904
NEW ORLEANS, LA,
Barker. Boudreaux, Lamy,
Gardner & Foley
1400 Richards Building
837 Gravier Street
New Orleans. La. 70112
Tele, # (504) 586-9395
PHILADELPHIA, PA,
Kirschner. Walters. Willig.
Weinberg & Dempsey Suite 1100
1429 V\falnut Street
Philadelphia. Pa. 19102
Tele. # (215) 569-8900
ST LOUIS, MO.
Gruenberg. Sounders & Levine
Suite 905—Chemical Building
721 Olive Street
St. Louis. Missouri 63101
Tele. # (314) 231-7440
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
John Paul Jennings
Henning. Walsh & Ritchie
100 Bush Street. Suite 440
San Francisco. Calif. 94104
Tele. # (415) 4400
SEATTLE. WASH.
Davies. Roberts. Reid.
Anderson & Wacker
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle. Wbsh. 98119
Tele, # (206) 285-3610
TAMPA, FLA.
Hamilton. Douglas. Hamilton.
Loper & Macy. PA.
2620 West Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa. Florida 33609
Tele. # (813) 879-9842
August 1982
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The loaded containership SS Sea Land Express tied up dockslde early last month
at Port Elizabeth, N.J.
Steward's Yells Scare Off Holdup Men
The loud yells of Chief Steward Bill Kaiser aboard the SS Dei Sol
(Delta Line) helped to scare off two holdup men last month who tried
to rob him of a two-month's pay check in the port of New Orleans.
Six-and-a-half hours later, Brother Kaiser left the Del Sol with his
check. The robbers were caught.
It all began about 4 p.m. when Kaiser answered "a couple of light
taps" on his foc'sle door with a "Come In. Two men stepped in—one
pushing a gun" into his chest "with a warning to keep quiet."
The gunman pushed the chief steward across the cabin toward a
large lounge chair while the other bandit tried to tape his mouth.
But the second robber got his hands stuck in the sticky tape as the
gunman attempted to reach over to help him get his hands clear.
With that, Kaiser reached up and pulled the tape off his mouth and
yelled as loud as he could.
This caused the^'tape bandit" to bolt through the door as the gunman
tried to conk Seafarer Kaiser "yelling all the time" with the gun. Then
the gunman ran into Officer Messman Earj Pence coming into the
cabin Who grabbed at him but backed off when he saw the gun.
Kaiser said he ran out on deck yelling to the stevedores to grab the
tape man. None moved but AB David Dinnes chased him down the
gangway before he (the AB) fell.
Later the taper, running through a warehouse, was caught by the
dock patrolman, handcuffed and brought back to the ship.
Where, the chief steward, tearing the tape off his mouth, spotted
"the gunman walking up the deck like a stevedore."
Yelling again and again to the unattentive stevedores on deck. Kaiser
cried out that the man in the blue and white shirt had a gun and had
tried to rob him. Still no movement from the dock wallopers.
However, 3rd Mate Joseph Klenczar ran up from the aft near the
gunman who then heaved the gun into Ole Man River. Both henchmen
were arrested. Police said both had "rap sheets" a mile long. The
moral to this story is, never take a payoff in cash.
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Attention Seafarers...
Coffee and donut man AB Merle Duckworth heads for the Express gangway,
Saloon Messman Pedro infante sorts
out the silverware on the Express.
Diesel Engineers are now in demand.
Apply for the Diesel Engineer Course
at SHLSS. It pays to get ahead in your
career.
Courses start October 25 and November 22.
To apply,
contact your SIU
Field Representative,
Union Official or
fill out the
application in this
issue of the Log.
Ladling out the soup Is S-L Shoregang
Chief Cook Tony Petrlllo.
Headin' for shore leave Is AB Peter
Christopher of the S-L Express.
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QMED Manuel Rials oils up the
machinery aboard the S-L Express.
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Shoregang Electrician John Carmello
is on the job.
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Retired Rear Adm. Bruce Keener III, former MSG commander, has
been named head of the United Seamen's Service (USS) succeeding
Sea-Land VP James J. Hayes who resigned after a two-year-term.
USS operates overseas centers in 30 ports around the world (a
new one in Diego Garcia) offering services to merchant seamen.
At Sea/Ashore
From N.C. to Karachi for Star of Texas
In early Sept. thp bulk carrier SS Star of Texas (Titan Navigation)
will sail from Moreh'ead Gify, N.G. to Karachi, Pakistan with a cargo
of 31,500 metric tons of diammonium phosphate.
MARAD Firefighting Schooi Opens
MARAD's Marine Fire Training Genter in Swanton, Ohio opened
Aug. 11.
The firefighting school near the Toledo (Ohio) Express Airport, became
the country's and MARAD's fourth such facility operated by thenh or
jointly operated with someone else.
The other schools are in the port of New Orleans, and the others,
operated with the U.S. Navy's MSG, are in Early, NJ. and on Treasure
Is., San Francisco, Galif.
Tug pushes ULC Massachusetts (Bay Tankers) into Erie Basin Dock, Brooklyn,
N.Y. last month. The ship is laid up waiting for a charter.
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From Port Manatee, port of Tampa, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 20, the
LASH Edward fluf/edge (Waterman) will haul 12,500 metric tons of
diammonium phosphate to Karachi, Pakistan.
Ship Safety Award to Dei Norte
The SlU crew and officers of the SS Del Norte (Delta Line) last
. month were awarded the annual Ship Safety Achievement Award by
the American Institute of Merchant Shipping and the National Safety
Gouncil.
The award to the DelNorte was for successfully putting out a shipboard
fire under difficult conditions on May 15, 1981 off the east coast of
South America.
AB James Jerscheid works a winch
aboard the supertanker Massachus^ts.
"Here i am," Says AB Candelario Gaivan
on Supertanker's deck.
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If you know how to keep things cool,
you'll always be needed aboard ships
that carry refrigerated containers. So
take the Refrigeration Systems
^ Maintenance and Operations Course
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This course starts October 25.
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sachusetts.
Before tfie Massachusetts engine room
console is QMEO Carl Costagna.
When you finish your class, you get a
certificate of completion from SHLSS
— your ticket to JOB SECURITY.
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To enroll, fill out the application in
this issue of the Log or contact
your SIU Field Representative
or Union Official
for details.
SiU Port Agent Juan Reinosa (3rd from left) accepts plaque recently upon the
opening of the new SIU hiring hall in Santurce. Puerto Rico. Participating in
ceremony, from the left, are: Wilfredo Medina, secretary of the Central Latior
Council; Ebenecer Lopez, exec. dir. for improvement of employment on Puerto
Rico; Juan Reinosa; Paul Sanchez, AFL-CIO field representative: and Raymond
Ayala, former seafarer, now president of the Municipal Police Association. In
the back are SIU representatives Hermando Salazar.. Abraham Aragones.
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Service), June 6—Chairman. Recerti
fied Bosun Demetrios Calcgeros; Sec
retary Ceasar F Blanco; Educational
Director Patrick VNfeirnick; Deck Delegate
Melvin R. Ferguson; Steward Delegate
Harry Lively. $22 in ship's fund. No dis
puted OT. Secretary reports that the
chief steward has applications for
upgrading and schedules for Piney
Ftoint. Also, requested that library t)Ooks
be returned to the library room when
someone leaves the ship. A vote of
thanks to all department delegates. Next
port Kaohsiung.
MA^ PATRIOT (Ocean Carriers), June
20—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
Morton Kerngood; Educational Director
E. H. Frederickson; Engine Delegate
Vincent Welch; Steward Delegate David
Cunningham. No disputed OT.
Chairman reported on the need for
safety at all times, particularly, to wear
proper work shoes while handling water
hosps when circulation is in progress.
Upgrading by QMED's and Utilities is
not only necessary but is beneficial to
those who participate. It was further
reported that the crew will not have to
,run a launch boat in the future. A hew
/ system is to be put into effect sometime
/ in August. Observed one minute of
I silence in memory of our departed
brothers and sisters. Next port Diego
Garcia.
LNG GEMINI (Energy Transport),
June 27—Chairman G. Miller; Secretary
G. De Baere. No disputed OT. The
Chairman, Glen Miller, gave a talk about
the President's report in the Log. He
discussed the importance of donating
to SPAD and upgrading In Piney Point.
A request was made for all members
to keep the messhall and recreation
room clean so everyone can enjoy
them. A vote of thanks to the steward
department for a job well done and for
the pool parties which are always a
success. Next port Nagoya.
SANTA CLARA (Delta Line), June
11—Chairman R. Bradford; Secretary
G. Murray. $45 in ship's fund. No dis
puted OT. In the chairman's report he
informed all key rated men that to
secure their permanent jobs they must
take ninety days off each year. He also
thanked everyone for a job well done.
Next port New York.
TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson
Waterways), June 19—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun John Bertolino; Sec
retary D. G. Chafin; Educational Director
Robert Bacon; Deck Delegate Michael
Delaney; Steward Delegate William
Karpiak. $29 in ship's fund. Some dis
puted OT in engine department.
Chairman reported that this has been
a good trip and that we were going to
a port in the U.S.A. from Rota, Spain.
The Log was received and a copy was
given to each department delegate for
them to read and then pass along to
other members so that all would be
aware of what is going on in the Union.
A radiogram from President Frank
Drozak was posted on the bulletin board
informing all members of the Th percent
raise on base wages, premium, regular,
penalty and OT. A vote of thanks to the
steward department for the good food
and service. Observed one minute of
silence in memory of our departed
brothers and sisters. Next port Beau
mont, Tex.
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June 12—Chairman Joe Morrison;
Secretary R Geary; Deck Delegate
Leggette Jones; Engine Delegate
Charles Dahlaus; Steward Delegate
William Christmas. $100 in ship's fund.
Some disputed OT in deck department.
A safety meeting was held and mem
bers were advised that they must wear
hard hats on deck. There is to be no
smoking at anytime on deck and no
one should enter any void spaces or
tanks unless authorized. Chairman
stressed the importance of donating to
SPAD. Secretary advised memtjers that
if they want to keep in touch with Union
activities and the status of the maritime
industry, the best source of information
is the Log. A vote of thanks to all
department delegates for their coop
eration. Next port Nagaski.
OVERSEAS HARRIETTE (Maritime
Overseas), June 13—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun Walter Compton;
Secretary R. A. Cobb; Educational
Director J. Coombs. No disputed OT.
Chairman gave a brief lecture on proper
safety habits aboard ship and discussed
the importance of SPAD. He further
advised all members who qualify to
upgrade themselves at Piney Point for
their own future security. There are
many programs active at this time and
the list of dates for classes can be found
in each issue of the Log. A vote of
thanks was extended to all department
delegates for keeping their departments
running so efficiently due to cooperation
of all members. A telegram was
received from Headquarters conceming
the pay increase and posted for all to
read. Observed one minute of silence
in memory of our departed brothers and
sisters. Next port Rotterdam.
OVERSEAS CHICAGO (Maritime
Overseas), June 27—Chairman,
Recertified Bosun J. R. Thompson;
Secretary Clyde Kreiss; Educational
Director Eusebio Figueroa; Deck Del
egate W. Johnson; Engine Delegate L.
Moreno; Steward Delegate R. Escobar.
$470 in ship's fund. No disputed OT.
Chairman reported that hospital and
vacation forms were available for those
who needed them. A suggestion was
made that all those who qualify for
upgrading at Piney Point should take
advantage of a great opportunity to
advance. Next port Perth Amboy, N.J.
M/V ROVER (Ocean Carriers), June
27—Chairman Patrick Hawker; Sec
retary J. Temple; Educational Director
Michael Vacca; Deck Delegate John
Hamot. Some disputed OT in engine
and steward departmei^s. The crew
built a raft to enter a race with the military
in Diepo (Garcia on July 4. A vote of
thanks to all department delegates for
making this a good trip. Observed one
minute of silence in memory of our
departed brothers.
BALTIMORE (Sea-Land Service),
June 20—Chairman, Recertified Bosun
G. R. Kidd; Secretary George W. Gib
bons; Educational Director W. J. Dunnigan; Steward Delegate Ralph
Edmonds. No disputed OT. Chairman
noted that -questions concerning the
relief of key ratings should be sent to
Vice President Red Campbell at Head
quarters. Secretary reported that dif
ferent articles from the Log were dis
cussed at this meeting. A request was
made to have the air conditioning fixed
immediately due to the extremely hot
weather. A vote of thanks to the crew
for keeping the ship clean and to the
steward department for a job well done.
Observed one minute of silence in
memory of our departed brothers. Next
port Philadelphia, Pa.
LNG LEO (Energy Transport), June
20—Chairman, Recertified Bosun t.
Brooks; Secretary H. Jones Jr.; Edu
cational Director D. McLeod; Deck
Delegate Eugene Bonson. $110 in
ship's fund. No disputed OT. Educational
Director noted in his report, for the ben
efit of new members, that one must
always go to the department delegate
DEL VALLE (Delta Steamship), June
before going to the ship's committee 20—Chairman Michael Ventry; Sec
or chairman with a beef. The IVz percent retary J. Miles; Educational Director J.
wage increase notice was received from C. Griffith: Engine Delegate Paul
President Frank Drozak and posted. A Thomas; Steward Delegate Lonnie
general discussion was held on the Bettis Jr. $405 in movie fund. $19 in
need to avoid at all times the use of ship's fund. Educational Director made
narcotics and alcohol. Each man a suggestion that all members of the
depends on his shipmates as they Union should write to their Con
depend upon him, in an emergency gressman and express their opinion
which could occur at anytime. Alert and pertaining to foreign ships carrying
sober action can save a life, even your American cargo. This practice takes
own. Next port Nagoya, Japan.
, away many of the jobs that are needed
so badly by American seamen. All
SEA-LAND INDEPENDENCE (Seacommunications received were posted
Land Service), June 20—Chairman, on the bulletin board for the membership
Recertified Bosun J. A. Puglisi; Sec to read. A vote of thanks to the steward
retary Roy R. Thomas; Educational department and the deck department
Director R. V Pangs. $34.50 in ship's for a job well done. Observed one
fund. No disputed OT. Chairman began minute of silence in memory of our
the meeting by thanking the crew for
departed brothers and sisters. Advised
a good trip and then reading the reports all members to read the Log so they
from Headquarters and the Log. He
will be well informed on what is going
discussed the importance of donating
on in the Union. Next port Matadi, Zaire.
to SPAD so we can continue to fight in
Washington, D.C. to have a strong
Official ship's minutes were also
maritime industry. A vote of thanks was
received from the following vessels:
Sea-Land Endurance
extended to the steward department
Delta Carlbe
for fine food and service to the crew.
Sea-Land Innovator
Observed one minute of silence in
LNG Taurus
memory of our departed brothers and
Great Land
sisters. Next port Elizabeth, N.J.
Cove Tfader
Manhattan
SEA-LAND PACER (Sea-Land
Ogden Leader
Service), June 20—Chairman, Recer
Itanscolumbla
Sea-Land Boston
tified Bosun B. E. Swearingen; Sec
LNG Capricorn
retary Anthony Gregorio; Steward Del
Edward Rutledge
egate John Iverson. No disputed OT.
Himara Guilden
Chairman reported on the importance
Point Manatee
Ogden Merrimac
of donating to SPAD. Secretary reported
Caguas
his appreciation to the crew for keeping
Del Mundo
the ship clean. Educational Director
Sea-Land Leader
showed the members how to use the
Sea-Land Producer
ship's radio and how to operate the TV
Sea-Land Galloway
Delta Mar
movies. A vote of thanks to the steward
Pittsburgh
department for a job well done. The
Jacksonville
steward wished all a "Happy Father's
Sea-Land Voyager
Day." Next port Elizabeth, N.J.
Sea-Land Express
Santa Bartwra
SEA-LAND ADVENTURER (SeaPhiladelphia
Brooks Range
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Land Service), June 27—Chairman,
Charleston
Recertified Bosun A. Harrington; Sec
San Pedro
retary W. Nihem; Educational Director
Puerto Rico
N. Paloumbis; Engine Delegate Donald
Portland
V Cox. No disputed OT. The Bosun, A.
Inger
LNG Virgo
Harrington, reminded all members to
Galveston
report immediately all safety items to
Cove Communicator
be fixed. A telegram was received from
Bayamon
President Frank Drozak conceming the
Ogden Dtweler
IVz percent raise that went into effect
Brooklyn
Thompson Pass
June 16. It was brought to the attention
Stuyvesant
of the Captain at the last safety meeting
Point Julie
that the type of gangway used in
Ogden Wabash
Bremerhaven, Germany is very dan
Overseas Anchorage
gerous. A vote of thanks to the steward
Ultramar
Button Gwinnett
department for a job extremely well
done. Next port Elizabeth, N.J.
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Engineer Wiiiiam Koch.
Island's Chief
Chief Engineer
Here are Deck Delegate Ed Broadus and
Ship's Chairman Tony Aronica, both
shipping as AB's on the Sugar Island.
At work off Sandy Hook, N.J., North American Tfaiiing Co.'s hopper dredge Sugar
Island.
Sugar Island Hops to It at Sandy Hook
ISITORS to the Atlantic Highlands. New Jersey shore area
recently were able to get a rare and
,
^ interesting view of the hopper
[ dredge Sugar Island at work.
The 281 foot vessel was fulfilling
a contract with the U.S. Army Corps
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of Engineers maintaining the Sandy
Hook channel's depth at 35 feet,
Split-hulled and streamlined the
Sugar Island was easily spotted by
pleasure-crafgg g|.,g
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suckingup mud and sand from the channel
bottom then, carrying it out to sea
On a servicing visit to the Sugar Island Is SlU Representative Terry Bader (right)
talking here with AB Tony Aronica (left) and 2nd Engineer Mark WIrtanen
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miles_ rfrom shore)
where she Morehead, No. Carolina for her next
would split her hull apart and dis- assignment,
gorge the debris.
A sister dredge the Padre Island
Upon completion of her job at the will at the same time be headed for
mouth of New York Harbor, Sugar South America to fulfill a contract
Island one of four hopper dredges she has with the Columbian govmanned top-to-bottom by an SlU ernment and Exxon for dredging a
crew, will make her way south to coalport channel.
These Sugar Island crewmen—all SHLSS grads—are (left to right): Ab Dennis
Catrett; AB Lou Green; AB Sal Ventura; Electrlclan/Oller Jeff Gren; GSU Paul Payne
and Chief Cook Dave Strickland.
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McCauley.
J.L. Brodshaw skippers the hopper dredgeSugar/stand.
Taking a break from the englneroom are Sean FOgarty
(left), third engineer and Wiper Tommy Vallerchamp.
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imtil the time comes to use it. I was recently hospitalized for
major surgery and a long period of recuperation
followed.
Thanks to the Seafarers Welfare Plan this period was made
much easier for me. My sincere appreciation goes out to the
Plan and the many people who make it work for us.
Hopefully I will never take for granted something that is so
important to my hvelihood and welfare. Again, thank you, SIU,
for your help and the great Welfare Plan you have for myself
and all the members.
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I've just finished a year of college at the University of New
Hampshire thanks to the Charhe Logan Scholarship awarded
to me hy the SIU. Without the scholarship my goals for higher
education would have at hest heen postponed, at worst can
celled. Next December 18th I'll have my degree, a BA. in Eng
lish, and I don't plan on stopping there. Not bad for a guy who
was in the bottom 20% of his high school class!
I'm proud to be a union man, and especially proud to belong
to a union that shows such genuine concern for it's member
ship. The SIU has given me a real head start in life. I'm
working hard in school to keep that head start and to repre
sent my brothers and sisters of the sea. I thank you all, and
. wish you clear skies, smooth seas...
Fraternally,
Jolin W. Boughman
Dover, New Hampsliire
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I often wonder what I would have done in life had I not
decided one day in 1950 to try to resume sailing. I had been
with the MUitaiy Sea Transport Service on a Liberty ship for
about two years. I wanted to take a crack at the big freighters
and tankers. I thought they would be more adventurous than
the stuffy atmosphere of the MSTS. I also thought all one had
to do was knock on a door of a steamship company, ask for a
job and get hired. I was wrong!
My first stop, of all places, was Sinclair. The guy I talked to
reacted like he had just seen a ghost. He thought I was some
sort of imion spy or organizer. The guy scaled me so I left in
haste.
My next stop was Cities Service and I was told I would just
have to go to the SIU—so ^hgre!
I went to the old hall oii Beaver St. in Downtown Man
hattan. But I couldn't get past the door because the late Pete
Larsen was there and he impressed me as a man of few words,
"Nothing doing," he said. I kept coming back eveiy day and I
got the same routine; "Times are tough, no jobs," etc., etc. I
finally did get in one day when Pete (I think he did it pur
posely for my sake) turned his back.
As I waited for a job, I remember sensing an attitude of
importance in the room. I remember looking at the Seafarers
Log and one glance at the minutes of shipboard meetings was
fascinating and I was thrilled by the chance of being on one of
the big ships.
I got a job that day as a BR on the Cities Service tanker
Boyal Oaks. When I got aboard, the element that intrigued
me the most was the certain kind of mUitanpy that demanded
respect—yet at the same time could make you feel at ease.
This had to be the best place to understand what a union was.
I also clearly remember my first shipboard union meeting.
The chairman called for "a minute of sUence for our departed
brothers." I was surprised to feel "goose pimples" by being
overwhelmed by the solemnity and respect from regular
working men—some of them rough as could be—in a cere
mony like that.
I believe that it is only on an SIU ship that one can see that
doing the job and Uving with other seamen is only one
side of the seafaring society—the material side. But there was
the spiritual side as weU—^where the camaraderie was so
strong that there were few places that the same could exist.
Fraternally,
Ellas Landrum, L-8486
Pensacola, Fla.
TryixLg to Keep Cool
We of the crew of the SB TranscolnmBla have been having
one hot time out here in Subic Bay, P.I. Been here now 10 days
with temperatures of 95 degrees and without air conditioner
unit working.
Also, our crew refrigerator was broken down before we got
here to Subic Bay. Then the saloon refrigerator gave out. What
a mess! The messman had to work out of the daiiy box. (How
sweet it is!)
When we got into port we had to put out night limch and
fruits since the crew comes back to stand their watches and
they want to eat. They only drink and dance ashore. So we
tried to leave it in the daiiy box but that did not work out too
well since the longshoremen got into it and took the meat
that was left out for the next day's meal. Tempers were run
ning short with no AC.
Then QMED John F. McLaughlin, M 26, a 40-year SIU black
gang man who just last year took the refrigeration course at
SHLSS, went to the chief engineer and said, "let me take a look
at the crew box." You know what, in two hours he had it run
ning and it's still running. The crew gave Brother John a spe
cial vote of thanks. The next day he looked at the refrigerator
in the saloon and he got that running too.
So all you brothers young and old, it can be done! The SHLSS
is the place to learn. It pays off not only in money but self sat
isfaction.
Yours truly,
Paul Franco, F-488
Cklef Steward
Always Be Thankful to 'Brotherhood'
My husband, Narcisse McKenven, died after a long Ulness
several months ago. But its only now that I've been able to get
up the energy to write to thank everyone at the SIU for all the
kindness extended during this very difficult time. Even thoiigh
I'll never have my husband back, I wlU always be thankful to
his "Brothers of the Sea" for their goodness and kindness to
him as well as to me and our daughter. We can't t.ha.nir you
enough. Most of his shipmates knew hir^tis "Mac" or a^ "Old
Mac". He was kind to everyone and often did another brother's
job for him so he coiild go ashore. Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary McKenven,
Jacksonville, Aa.
Snr Helping Him Thru
I want to thank the Seafarers Welfare Plan for helping me
pay the doctor and hospital bills for my operation. I have been
sick for seven years. I also thank them for the increase in my
pension. With all the help that I have gotten from the Union,
it has helped me get by. Thanks again for everything.
Fraternally,
William Calefato, C-9S6
Seattle, Wash.
Fraternally,
PatSantoto
Pompano Beack, Fia.
38 / LOG / August 1982
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Boggs Bulk Bill Is Right for the Times
rXiHE survival ot the U.S. merchant
A marine depends upon cargo. Sub
sidies, tax breaks and benefit programs
for the maritime industry, while helpful,
are only temporary stop-gaps which
slow the rate of U.S. maritime's
decline.
Guaranteeing U.S.-flag ships a fixed
percentage of U.S. foreign trade is the
only way to restore the American mer
chant marine to health. And a healthy
national maritime industry relates
directly to a healthier national economy
and national security.
Strong action to reverse the fortunes
of the ailing U.S. bulk fleet was taken
recently with the introduction of the
"Competitive Merchant Shipping
and Shipbuilding Act of 1982" in the
House of Representatives this month.
The bill, numbered H.R. 6979, was
authored by Rep. Lindy Boggs (D-La)
and has the sponsorship of 18 repre
sentatives from both sides of the
Congressional aisle.
When introducing the bill before
Congress, Rep. Boggs bluntly declared;
"This nation cannot survive and prosper
as an economic and political entity
without the ships and shipyards nec
essary to support national defense and
the industrial economy. 1 strongly
believe," she added, "that the trend we
see in American shipping and ship
building can and must be reversed."
We fully agree. And we believe that
H.R. 6979 is the key to that reversal.
The bill's objective is guaranteed
cargo for the U.S. merchant fleet. "In
calendar year 1983!' the measure reads,
"at least five percent of all bulk commodities moved by water and imported
to or exported from any point in the
United States shall be carried on United
States-flag ships.
In each year after 1983, the bill stip
ulates, that amount shall increase by
one percent. The ultimate aim of the
bill is the carriage of 20 percent of
U.S. bulk cargoes in U.S.-flag, U.S.built ships by 1998.
This is not, however, simply another
! cargo preference bill. It is a bill that
wisely reflects the belt-tightening, costcutting tenor of this Administration
while addressing President Reagan's
stated view that "shipbuilding, a strong
maritime industry and our national
security go hand in hand."
If H.R. 6979 is enacted, the U.S.
Treasury will expend no additional
funds. In fact, since the bill wi|l create
employment in U.S. shipyards and
support industries as well as aboard
ships, the Treasury will receive added
revenues from corporate and personal
taxes.
The bill does not demand that the
government give the U.S. maritime
industry something for nothing.
H.R. 6979 stipulates that "in order
for the percentages of bulk cargo
imports and exports required to be car
ried in U .S.-tlag ships... to be enforced,
the actual cost of U.S. flag bulk ship
operation and U.S. bulk shipbuilding
under this program shall be at least 15
fiercent below the estimates of projected
costs..."
We are ready to comply with this
call for reduced costs.
The bill calls for construction of a
series of 158 bulk carriers by 1998.
Because of the series construction,
similar to the very successful Mariner
construction program of the I950's,
the cost of building the vessels in U.S.
shipyards will be 1-5 percent below
current shipyard costs.
The bill also calls for a fifteen percent
reduction in operating costs which
could be achieved through changes in
crew rotation and contractual arrange
ments consistent with required skills
and the need for higher productivity.
As Rep. Boggs warned when she
introduced H.R. 6979, "failure to enact
this bill could add to the continuing
strain of a declining U.S. flag, U.S.
built merchant fleet and shipyard
mobilization base and increase U.S.
dependence on foreign carriage of both
imported and exported bulk commodities. This could pose a situation in
which this nation would have virtually
no control."
Clearly, the U.S. cannot afford to
allow the continuing decline of its
merchant fleet. Equally clear is the
fact that the Administration s economic
austerity program will not tolerate any
major new expenditure programs,
The time is right for a bold. new.
forward-looking initiative to save the
U.S. merchant marine. H.R. 6979 tits
the bill on every count.
Officiol Publicolion ot the Seoforers Inlernotionoi Union of
North Americo, AtlonHc. Gulf. Lakes and inland Vtfaters Distnct,
AFL-CIO
August 1982
Vol. 44, No. 8
Executive Board
Frank Drozak
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President
Joe DiGiorglo
Secretary-Treasurer
Ed Turner
Executive Vice President
MIkeSacco >
Angus "Red" Campbell
Vice President
Vice President
Leon.Hall
Vice President
Joe Sacco
Vice President
George McCartney
Vice President
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LogStaH
James Gannon
Editor
Ray Bourdius
Assistant Editor
Don Rotan
West Coast Associate Editor
Edra Ziesk
Assistant Editor
Marietta Homayonpour
Assistant Editor
Max Siegel Hall
Assistant Editor
Frank Cianciotti
Director of Photography/Writer
Dennis H. Lundy
Photography
Marie Kosciusko
Administrative Assistant
QeorgeJ. Vana
Production/Art Director
Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland liters ^'strict.
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HEADLINES
CONVENTIONS-AT-SEA
TAX BILL RACES CLOCK
NEW HEADQUARTERS NEAR COMPLETION
SIU SUPPORTS BILL TO REVIVE BULK FLEET
U.S. OWNED FOREIGN FLAGGERS ON RISE AS AMERICAN FLAG FLEET STAGNATES
50% U.S.-FLAG PL-480 REQUIREMENT UNDER FIRE AGAIN
AFL-CIO BLASTS PROPOSED CHANGED IN CHILD LABOR LAWS
CALIF. LABOR ENDORSES BROWN, BRADLEY: CALLS REAGANOMICS ‘FAILURE’
AFL-CIO CALLS FOR PROGRAM TO CREATE JOBS
MSC CHIEF: SEALIFT NOWHERE WITHOUT STRONG M.M.
SIU EXEC. BOARD, PORT AGENTS, SAFETY COMMITTEE HOLD CONFERENCE AT PINEY POINT
BACK PAY FROM ACBL FOR SIU MEMBERS
IMPORTANCE OF SEALIFT UNDERSCORED AGAIN
REGULATORY REFORM
REP. JEAN ASHBROOK TO M.M. COMMITTEE
FOREIGN FLAG ARCHITECTS
SHIPBOARD CONVENTIONS
EXPORT OF ALASKA OIL
MARAD BUDGET
PUERTO RICAN PASSENGER VESSEL BILL
NEW BILL INTRODUCED TO EXPORT ALASKAN OIL
FIGHT EXPECTED ON MARITIME AUTHORIZATIONS
USNS SOUTHERN CROSS SEAFARERS LAUDED FOR SAVING 58 REFUGEES
OGDEN WABASH CANNONBALLS ONTO NEW RUN
‘PHASE II’ OF REAGAN MARITIME PLAN IS UNVEILED
ILO TAKES UP WORLDWIDE WORKER ISSUES
SIU CAN LOOK TO MORE ‘GOOD FEEDERS’
QMED’S HONE SHIPBOARD ELECTRICAL SKILLS
SEAFARERS GET 1ST CLASS THIRD MATE INSTRUCTION
AB’S UPGRADE TO QUARTERMASTER RATING
ENGINE DEPT. VETS KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGY
LABOR DAY MESSAGE FROM AFL-CIO PRESIDENT LANE KIRKLAND
DEPRESSING! JOBLESS RATE HITS 41-YEAR HIGH
AFL-CIO CALLS NATIONAL BOYCOTT OF KOSMOS CEMENT
SIU MOURNS TRAGIC DEATH OF RALEIGH MINIX, JR.
DREDGE MANHATTAN IS. CREW SAVES 10 STRANDED CANADIANS
ILGWU WINS NEW PACT AFTER BIG N.Y. CHINATOWN RALLY, SIU HELPS OUT
M/V PATRIOT TAKES PART IN AMPHIBIOUS TEST IN WEST AUSTRALIA
CALIFORNIA WELCOMES SS INDEPENDENCE ON HER TRANSPACIFIC RUN FROM HAWAII
CAPT. E. A. MACHMICHAEL, 68, SS JEREMIAH O’BRIEN SKIPPER DIES
SIU OPENS PINEY POINT IN 1967; MEMBERS, OFFICIALS PITCH IN TO BUILD MODERN FACILITY
‘SNUGGIE’ MAX KATZOFF RECALLS BOYHOOD IN LATVIA
THOMAS ESTUS NAMED MSC MARINE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
SIU PD-PMA SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS FUND
SUGAR ISLAND HOPS TO IT AT SANDY HOOK
BOGGS BULK BILL IS RIGHT FOR THE TIMES
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1982
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