Seafarers Log: Vol. 22 No. 6 (1970-01-01)

March 11
1960 ,

OFT.HE SEAFARERS ·t'NTER.NAY.IONAL. UNION
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A.ND · GULF o·tSTRICT • AFL-CIO •

· ·.Perfs Cal,. F_Gr Vote·

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W II E. .~ • - ·1 d . Out of bed and getting around for the
e • qUlppe • first time since mid-1956, .Seafarer '

Jlugh Fouche, 45, ·poses in his new motor-powered V[heekhair. The.
chair w-as purchased ·for Fouche by the SJU Welfare Plan·ru:nder the

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Boost Vacation
Pay· To $400

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: provisions of th~ special equipment benefit. Fouche, a sufferer from .
~ multiple sclerQsis, has peen O.n the disabiiity. J.>enefi~ lisf since July, ,·, -- "' • .

._ 1956, when·the· aUment forc~d hill\ to stop wor~mg. . .. Fam ilY Su rgi ca 1
Benefits· . Raised . _______________ __;. _____ Story On Page 3

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SIU CONSTITUTION

·C·OMMITTEE. REPORT
See Pt;19e 8



Vacation Prla·n ·B.enefits;
-Raised -To · $400-Y~clrlY-

. Seafarers will soon start ·collecting ·vacation pay at- ·fi $400 annual rate as -tru~te-es of the.
SIU Vacation Plan agreed to a Union proposal for an immediate $40 annual benefit boost.
This is the fifth such increase in the .eight-year-old Vacation Plan.

The latest boost in b'enafits+·------~· -----------------
for SIU men was .made possi- Plan under-a contract reopener. the seaman. takes time off the ship

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·areaklns All. R~ords' .

ble. by the action of the SIU The $40(!.. vacation benefit repre- or -not. '
negotiating committee in obtain- sents better than one monthS' P~Y The SIU · va_cation plan wb!eh .
ing ·a 28-cent daib' increase . in for the grea~ majority -~f ship- was the first . of its kind In . the
operators' contributiOns to the board - ratings. Under the -recent' . ~atitinie lndustq', has P,aid ·out

Sri.fish $hips
Return To
Canada Flag

MONTREAL-Four former Brit­
ish-flag ships owned by Canadians,
have switched to Canadian regis­
try, and SIU Canadian ·District
contracts. · The Canadian ships,
which in the past have been sail­
ing under the British-flag, have
been crewed- by the British, Sea­
men's Union, and had been sailing
~ such until the end of the s~iP­
ping season.

pay increase, base pay for AB.C, over $13 milli~n. and is ,now' pay.;. '
oilers, and firemen is now $369.17 ing benefits at the rate· of $200,-
per month. 000 per ·month. ·

The agreement on the increase Benefits are. based on the num-' ·
does not rule out the possib~ity ber of day! wer;ced, reg11rdless· of
of subseque~t boosts on vacation the.. number of vessels · or corn­
payments in the event tlie 28-cent _panies involved. Once a man has
increase in operators' .contribu- worked . 90 days or more, he ls
tions results in the accumulation entitled t~ 'Claim ' vacation j>ay.
of sufficient surplus to · cover addi- Payment is usually made in a few
tional in~reases. hours atter receipt of the claun. . ·
. Under the S~U. Pliln, th,e trustees The. Seafarer is not required to
can act to increase benefits ariy be either unemployed or actµally ,
time the funds are available. Their on vacation to collect,,his benefit.

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action does not hinge upc)n.' con- · · Established origin~lly at the
tract r~newals or other dat~s. $140 monthly. figute, the benefit

Benefits have been · increased- rate was ~creased to $176 yearly
f!ve times since vacation pay~ents· in 1954, to $244 in 1955 .and .$260
began on February 11, ~952: Pay- in 1956. The lar~est increase,- Jn
ments- are an earned right whether 1958, pui the fteure at $360.

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Alcoa Roa~'1 got a tough one to beat, 1, 135 days without a lost

· time accident. Two of tl,e Seafarers who .are helping keep it in-
1 • tact are V. T. Nash, ~B, (left) and David Nunn, chief steward.

The transfer, actually transacted A • 'I o· I B" ' . •- B , - ·~ ,. .
~vi~~~io:ed::~~e.c~~::;;~~~ ~~: . ftffC.U . f ure·. ep f . CIC. K. S_ a_ -.CK I.Sf.,•
ships to Canadian registry only :I . .
after being assured that this was s - - · , · ·
;:!~:~:~:=~~:;'.:=~:.~:"~~~~ I u-C reW -Chqrges· Abuse By_ ·19ypt

Flag-switching by Can ad i an . WASH~NGTON-:-T;he Department. o.f Agriculture is openly supporting th. e . Arab ,League blacklist of Am. eri~-ftag·
owners ha<;l long been a problem h p d t d t f h -n 1 b · ' to the Canadian District. At a s 1 s, e~p1 e repu ia ion o sue .t'o 1c1es y President Eisenhower. A spoke$man "for the Department decla.red it was
meeting of the International -Trans- no conc.ern to the Government that a llpmber of American-flag ships were being barred by Arab nations•from ,the farm
portworkers Federation, last year ,' surplus ,cargo trade, despite· . · ...--1 • _ ... • • · - • • •

Hal · Banks, secretary-treasurer of the fact that these cargoes are also written President Eisenhower force the principal of freedom of- American-flag ships, he wrote, then
·the · SIU-Canadian District, to- 'gifts of American taxpayers detailing th~ Union's position and the seas and no interference with -the Nayy should purchase its oil
gether :with. the SIUNA representa- to the nations involved. calling upon the US Government American shipping. If certain in o.ther ·countries, which do not
tion and the British Seamen's Un- The ships are being barred lf to· use its fullest authority to en- Arab stares ~persist in blacklisting participate· in the blacklist, such
ion, reached agreements on those they had previously · touch.ed an . as Iran, Indonesia or Venezuela,

· flag switches involving Canadian Israeli port. No freightship can · get er else buy its oil at home in T'exas,
ship transfers to the United King- a charter unless i;t signs a declara- G 't A'' · Ii · o•t f , WhiJe' th4' .Na.~ Department has
dom. tion of, a type which:'Says that it is ov :. : gen: c•ies ( er wjthdrawn the ' blacklist , charter

The Canadian District problem _"prohibited _from calling at Israeli . '. " .. ~· . _ I · · agreeI{lents, it has not. indicated
had been aggravated by the · fact waters . . . and has not traded - it •wm ·insist on the right~ of
that Canada lacks coastwise ship- to Israeli ports." . 'o· · ·a1a· . klii 1· , . , 1·· • -· American. ships to carry A'merican-
p.{ng regulations limiting domestic Meanwhile; SIU .headquarters . n . c· IS 0 1c1es owned oil, lhi>uld an "Arab state
trade to Canadian ships. received a detailed report that deny port rights to ,any American-

The operation of ships In Canada Seafarers manning an American- flag tan!'er. Without such backing,
under the British-flag was detri· flag ship on -the Arab blacklist had . _ • ships , on the blacklist are still
mental to both Canadian Seafarers been abus~d and mistreaied by ' · · . . . - · · . . - .• · eftectively-bann:ed · from bidding
a~d Canadian-flag shipowners who Egyptian authorities when the WA~HINGTON-:--When i\r_ comes to determinmg the US for Navy charters,
were paying a higher wage scale~ vessel was hung up in Si1ez be- Governm'ent's policy.- ori tbe Arab blacklist of American-flag . It wa8 learned that the 'mistreat-
~t was also a hai:<lship_ on .the Brit- caus~ _of . fillanc_ial difficulties. ships,--it all depends. on' which section of the Government you ment of Seafarers aboard the West-
ish seam.en, particularly smce they Ship'~ secretary Andy C. Noah . . · · ; . , . · p&rt took place last fall ..When it
had to live within the Canadian reported that ' crewmembers -of the are dealmg Wl~h; · · "·' 1~' • · was hung up by · the Egyptian
price structure while serving in Westport we.J,"e kept virtual prison- According ·to Presiaent Eis- , -~owev~r. t!te Agriculture De- authorities at - the southern end
Canadian waters. crs under guard were not allowed h •'t • " t · · 1 ..... · t par,tment is still permitting the in- of the Suez Canal. Seafarer Noah

It's Official:

Wind To Bl'ow
._ In ·Knots Now

. •. . ower, 1 is ~er am y.,n~ ~ur clusiop of: the "blacklist clause" in · · .
to commumcate :Vith anyone, and policy" to support the Ari'b black- charters involving shipment of repo~ed that the sbip had alr~ady
had th.eir seamen s documents im- Ust This statement by the Prest 1 . . . 1_ .. rt d been blacklisted some time ago
Pound d '-Th ·t at• . h . . - surp us gra n caAgoes as repo e b£cause 'tt to. o't a g t. I 1

. e · e 51 u ion .was _su_c dent at a ~ecent ptes~.- confere~ce tn the adloin~ng story, an.d the · ; " car 0 ? sra~ ·
tqat m o~de~ to commumcate with was spelled out .. in· s9me detail by Navy .fDepartment, while withdraw- When it ~rived in .Suez, ~e said,
the out_s1de world, cyewm~mbers the State Dgpad mept in 8 ' letter 1 th bla kli t 1 . f kl 1E~ypttan polie~men were put
~ad, to ·pretend they Wl!l'1f :c·onauc-· sent to.SlUNA ·President Patil Hall." ng (~ tine . ds,. c ~use, llr)an r aboud. Crewmembers, he· re-
hng a fire and boat drill. They Oil ue on page ported, were showered with re-
rowed the boat to another Ameri~ · ,, '

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t, • marks describing them M "rich

can ship wqicb happened to be vermin who : don't ·pay their bills,
in port and passed the news of . .. or ' Jew-lovers." Crewmembers

WASHINGTON - All marine their plight to the authorities and , were confine~ to the ship with
forecasts and warnings emanating the Union. CF6~(ull details: ~e ~ -:,~:.:-· · · gGoAm'MINT ~STAT& their only con~ct"wttl;l the outside
from the us Weath~r Bureau will Noah's verbatim report ·on page ;, . -~ .. . _.. • ...-. / world 'being lett~rs the captain ·
now carry wind speeds in knots- 13.) · '@ / •• ,, ._~ ,. ' · 1t ma·ned through the Egyptian
per-hour rather than the previous The Agriculture De~artment's ' , laroi . •· 19~ · authorities.
miles-per-haur. The change was po~ition _on the blacklist Chl,lrters . I . .· --~-::..--"----.--.-.-.----
effective March 1. came after the . Navy pepartment. . ,. SE' & ., &BERS LA·G

The Change, ihe Bureau states, announced it · was witlidra\ving .. : . . .~~,,. · . ~
will affect l he following areas:. all similar charter agreements. The »ear~· Hall• -: -,. ·:',~to tht ~ C"~~!:'~:' . March J.1, 19~ · -V~I. XXll, No. 6
coastal waters of the US, includ- NE. :ivy hh-~_d ~cted .after President : _ Th9 ~1i:~ ti! .... ~ c~~c~ ~a11--' ·•• ..- ' • . ·
i·ng the eastern Caribbean Sea, 1sen ower, .in response to .a press·._ '~ ;>• · ~· · .uin alAllM ,.,_ .. ·-·- ___.. '° .......i ... w.n corif.ract1 ·Qf ~ c , 16 Jaeel• ?Oil allO ref....-- ·

.. Gulf of Mexico and ·r uerto Rico, · . co~~erence quel'3t,' declareq it was . . ' ortin& i h9·Antr ti0111.ot~ ~ lldPP!JIC• . . .., I •

·Hawaii and Alaska waters -the ~·certainly not our pglicy" to' ass'lst ~~-- p~bf~-,..,~ecU..llJ · · · · '
Great Lakes, western North At- or. S';1PPOJ:t . ~lacklists· oj ship. ~is.: P.AVL H.u.L, ' SecretliTfj-.TrecutH'"'

er t · · b · · · HaHn; BaAJfu, Edf,tOft. . BJERNARD. SIA• · lantic, eastern North. Pacific, Cen- · , i~~!la 10~ ~ • aqy 'government. MAlf, ATt .Ed6tor. H~MAK AlrrHUR,
·- ·tral No,,!'th ·Pacific, harbors, bays, ~g~m1st · Americ~n-jlag · or other, IRWIN SnvAcx, AL MA&IUlf, .JoJDf Ba.uu.,
· sounds, inland dams; resei:voirs, v~s.se s, , .. . . .. -,, ,; .· / ,.-1 ·: " t "AM,Bt1• B1111Gu, CJMar.ls BIA.vMn , DEL

. and rivers. · . . '. r. Before the Presider.it?s iln~iounce'\ · RO:BI1'~H, ·Stat! ~rltera . . Bw. Moonv,
· Recommendations received from -:me~t; tlie sri:J tn e ·Mallitime · fra'de~' · · Gulf 4 ,.ea Repreaentaeu-,. : - ·

ship captains; boatmen, 'yachting .. D.epal'.tm.ent;· ·an~ J>tn~r_ gtpups liad. '.:
Clubs and other . marine ox:ganiza-· deno~~ced ~he . ~av.y:s -practiee('of.',
tions . in the '-us were largely re- . req~ir~ng oll tankers to sign the

· · sponsible f~he change, , blacklist agreements before tl~ey
.. The · knot is ' the ·equivalent of could get charters to pick up Navy­

· r :t515 ·miles per hour anµ ·is th~ owned oil C~Dgoes· at Arab oil port s.
" ' iame· as · oge:· ~utical; Dille. · · ~. . S~UN~ Pre~ident Paul Hall 'had

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-Boast SurgicaJ ·Benefits
· ·under SIU Welfare Plan·

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The following list gives an

idea of the incrf'ases 1ilade fil
the Family surgical benefits.

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ILLNESS . FEE · FEE
A:ppendectomy $10.0 · $150"
·Catal'act reniovaJ i.5o. 225 ·
IJysterelltomy .. , . 15!) '225

, ernia (single) 100 . 150
He~ia (double) .i50. 187

Canners Go SIUNA

Nix Bridges
In 2 Alaska
Fish·' Plants

SAN FRANCISCO Ha r r y
~ridges suffered still another
whipping in a direct contest with
an: SIU West Coast affiliate in an
election among seafood workers in
Seward, Alaska, SIUNA headquar­
ters reports. The winning unit, Lhe
Marine Staff Officers and Allied
Personnel, a division of the Marina
Cooks and Stewards Union, soundly
trounced Bridges' -International
Longshoremen's and ·warehouse­
men's pnion in. the balloting.

At stake in the voting was rep·
resentation i·ights for workers of
two shrimp canneries, the Halibut
Producers Corp., and Seward Sea­
ford Inc. both of Seward. In the
National La!>or R~lations Board
voting, the SIU affiliate won by
25 to 11 at Seward Seaford with

challenge4 and one

· Then, at the other plant; the
SIU unit rolled up a lopsided 21
·votes,··to one for t.he IL WU. As
the vote count reached that stage.
the· ILWU, in desparation, cbal­
lenged all of the rema.ining ballots,
24 in all
. Howeve1·, the challenges and

other objections were dismissed
by the NLRB regional office.

Th.e Marine Staff Officers, Of­
fice and Allied .. Persoqnel, was
chartered by the MCS in the eal'ly
part of 1958, with its nucleus· being
pursers in -a previo4sly-existing
SIUNA affiliate. - It organized mis- .
cellaneous personnel aboard pas­
senger vessels not under the
jurisdiction· of any of the s_hipboard
·departments, and also went into
t!ie shoreside field in a ·-direct
challenge to Bridges' operations.

The Mes has particular· reasoIJ
to tilt with Bridges because it was
Bridges' support which for years
kept the now-defunct. --N4tional
Ubiq__n of Ma.i:ine Cooks anti, Stew·
ards In control of stew·ard depart•
ment . members on West Coast.ships.· . - _.,, ' ,· -,



. · February 17 Through-Marcl1 1!'. l960 : . .- .-- .
SIU shipping hit the upward .swing again· following a seasonal decline the larges_t gains Jor. the petio_d. Houstoli ·shipped a gain of 80 men

trl' ,the previ~us period: A total of 1,124-rnu w.ere dfspa~ched to Jobs in _all departmet,?ts. . _. , ~:~ '..' ,__ , ., - .
In · all departments. ,..The upswing reflects a difference of over 200 .men Decltnes·were listed only In Norfolk,J'dlamfand Wilmington. Despite ,

. shipped in the ~o-week period. "Regist~ation this period reflected ·a ~e drop-o'!; No~ol:k alld -Wilmington _V{ere stnron the"' g~d· . ~J~e.''""' ·loltO ~ I
; · . _ . _ . .. . · Registration ·.~~ftected little change,lrom the )~st period~ Th'e- deck . l ,: • · ;-·: _

very shght . dec;~ase to 1,051 as _comppre_d . t~ 1,070 far the previous . and steward . .dep.artme.nts had a drop whiJe the engine". deJ)attment-, ~ew !~r; · ··· ~J':...
.p£>riod. · - · · · . - . .... · continued to gain;. The largest change watr in ihe steward C:leparfm.eQ.t..; · ~1cN1,1p•I• • • 4_ . .

An incl'ease in vessel acttvity .: was shown in near1y ·all ports. '.Vhe which r~corded '29 'less registrants tlian ]rt tbe''.fast . perlod. :'Jl!e >Overall" ~IH~•.. • : • t 7 ' /' ·~~~:. .,,}·: ~ . .
increase saw 33i ships serviced during the period ... The a(:tual break- registrati~ show_s ·a decrea~ of 19 men. _- - _ ..... ·' '" · ., · .,.:··- "Orio• · ~ .:.., , 2 , 2 ... . .. " 1'
down; ;is sho\\'.D at the rig~t. lists 70 payoffs, 36 sign-ons and 131 ships ·The incr;ea~ in sly.pping acttvlty accounted ~r- the ~4'cr~ase in ·,IG~llYIHe .•• -~ . ....., .1 •. 12 c · 11
In tr;i~sit. . .: regist!ation on the beach. The_ ports ,9f ..Joston, Phlladelp~l~--Norfolk, ·:Ml.ii, ...... .: - . ...;.. . •.,. ."· ;, _ 7 ' _

Jacksonville,_ Miami an~ Wilmington -re~orted nh payoffs or signons Jacksonville, Miami and Wiln:ilhgton hav.e le~ ~bal).. _100 me~ . in a~ M.-ille •. . • .• · •• ~ 1 '_. 4 • '.J1 ...:.-ll·
f!>r the period. All ports had vess~s v~siti!tg in. transit. The ports of depanmen.ts. PJ!~Iadelphla i~ the only -~n~ _ ot the!Mt portS t~t -~oes Ne;, Ori " ••· · t . 1 ~ · 19 ; .,36-
New Orleans and 'Houston traded posltions- in the in transit co1umn. ·not have less than 50 of the top senionty mep -regJstered... ~ . ~ · ·· • · " .' · ,- · . •

· Houston · recorded_.29 visiting ve,~s~ls while. New Orleans showed 19. _ ~e followlitg i~ ~he ~outf<to1:, port~·~y . ~rt: - ,'*···· .. ~ •· _ . ·· ·- ~~=~ -; ~· ~ ·.!".. "'~ .... _ ~ ~ ~:
This wa8 a 10-ship increase for Houston and a two-:ship drop for Ne_w - Boston: Fair ': · .. . Ne-W~ York: M;aY·· ~l'Op, .• ~- · • Pldlid'!IPhl•: Eafr 1. · •• ·._ -, ~ ~· ·: ~'{'. ' 1- ,.- .·.: ,.
Orleans. · · _ - ! Baltimore: Will 'slow down .•. Norfolk: 1',emain· slO-w ; ·. ·•· Jae~Ylll~ ~'l ~· ~· · ·· · · ·~ . ...
- A.rise in shippin~ was in~cated in Bos~on,"l'!ew Ydrk, Philadel~hia~ Eai.r ... Mlam!:. Jllo change· ... Mobll.ei Pr~tty •:good ... ~~, .... Orleans: -~·,:..,,· ~~: 1, ~ : ··~ #. ' ·" .. ~

Baltimore, Jacks~nville, Moblle, ·New Orleans, Houston, San,. Francisco steady . . · Houston:· Stjll bustling .• ; .• . W~,l'toa,- ste.ad~ "· · •• San .,. "- ' -. · ~. - -:---- ..:::. ·. . . _.;; ; _ •. .. ._
· and Seattle. 'Of these, Houston. Mobile, New York and ~eattle showed Francisco: Good •••. $eaUle: St-eady. " · Told~• • ,• ... ~ • 70 ,n .r. p1.-~~ .. u7 _ . ·.,. . . . . " -

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Boston . : ............ __
New Y·ork . . · ....... : ..
Philadelphia .. .. ..... .
Baltimore .. -:- ........ .
Norfolk r . . . . : ...... .
Jacksonville .......... ·
Miami-. . . ......... : .. .
Mobile ~ - .. .. . . • . . . ..
New Orleans . . . . . . · . . . :-
Houston . . . :- .. .. ..... .
Wilmington . .. ." ... · . . . .
San Francisco . . . . : .. . .
Seattle . ....... .

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Boston . ... . .. : ...... . .
New York . . ......... .
Philadelphia .... .... . .. _
Baltimore . ........... .
Norfolk . _ ........ .
Jackspnville ......... .
Miami . . . : .. : ........ .
Mobile . . .. .. . ... . .. .
New Orlean·s . . . . : . .. . .
Houston . . ... . ...... : . .
Wtlmington . .. ....... .

·San Fr.ancisco . . . . .... .
Seattle . ... ..... .
·JOTAl.S .

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.Boston . .. .. •.. .......
-New York . ......... . ..
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Baltimore'. . : ...... ... .
Norfolk :--:-.... ... .. , . .
Jacksonville . ........ .
Miami. ....•.........
~obile ... '. .. . .. ; . . . · . .
~ew Olllea:ns . . . ... · .. . . .
'llouston . . . . .... -. . .... .

' Wilmington . . .. " .. . .
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CLASS ... A - · CLASS 8 · · ~LASS A CLASS a·
GROUP GROUP · (;ROUP . .,... GROUP ._
1 2 3 ALL ' l _:: Z 3 ~ALL · I . 2 3 ALL 1 _ · 2 _ 3 ALL

Registered .~Registered_ j Shipped · ... Shipped_

-5-8~1~ 14 3,-1- - -, -,4-· -'1':0" ::_ ' -:- . 1 ------~.-.-
1-9 25' 12 541 . 1 6 12 . D n · 42 . 21 '1'1~· ~- 5 .7
3 8 4 l:J 2 l 3 ·-4 5 .. 2 11 . 2 .... • 3. 2

11 19 6 36 3 4 17 24 5 15 . 5 .. 2 ' 2 3- ·7
2 . 8 1 11 2" 1 3 - ,_ 1 10 - 2 13: 1 - - · 4
6 3 - 9 1 -5 6 2 3 - 5 - 3

1 1 ·- -_ 7-i ....:... - -
4 4

) 9 ;!5
9 26
3 10
5 13
1 8

-'17-157

1 ·- 9
11 .. 45

8 . 43·
13

3

1 ,

7 r2
2

1 1.. 5 ·1a 5 ztr - - 3
8 ·11 -. 8 / 31 8 47; l · . . 3 •"5

63: l 6 18
1 '- -

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1 -.?-·

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1 1

-'ENGINE DEPAR.liMiNT .. -
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Registered- · · Registered - _ Ship~ _.
· CLASS ·A - CLASS 8 ; - _ ,£LASS · ~ .

GROUP · GROUP "GROUP ~. -. ~G~R~O~u=p,=.--. --~-
1 Z 3 ALL 1- 2 3 ALL ~ 1 . 2- _s- ALL - 1 -=- 8--s - -11 ....,....1--1-1-· -~-s -= . · e-. i---:--1 -2~~-2 '1-
9 31 6 ' 46 .- 8 11 1~ . 9 34 - 8 51. 1 ·:...._ l _ :-9 .

5 4 . " 9 _.... - 4 . . t .._ 10 ·'4 H · - · 2 · 4
2 31 3 36j. ~ · 15 .. 7 .221 2 -.24 3 .. 29 ''l 9 ,.- 5_

- ·1 5 2 - ".8, - 3 · · ·7 .. ~01 ....:... : 4 · -::- · ~L - . ..:.2· _ :2
2 4 ~ -6-- 1 •1 ·2 - - ~ 2 _, - - 1

5 ~ . ~ - 3 , "~~I =-= -2 2' 4 ·ii -1
8 17 6 311" 1 - 6 . .. 5 '..U

1
-9. · 23 4

10 25 5. 40 4 10. . · 14 , ,28,~ 10. ·31 . I 6
1 5 - 6 - 2 1 · 3 ....... 2 1 ...
!i 9 :! 16j - ·3 2 . 4 .

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-:-43 --:i5z - u · 23'1;- ;,-5CJ -59 ·

Regist~red
~ CLASS A
~ROUP

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/ 1 28
-·11-47

- -"3 63

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-9 : 3

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Life lpoks _comfortabJ,e enoug,h for Seafarer Robert (Slee'py) Pas­
chal, AB, ¥.1ho l!roke-.his ankle· on the Morning Light. The locale is
Bremerhaven, Germany; th•. hospital, St. fosf!ph's. Sorry, the
nurse ·is not identified. Photo from United Seamen's Service.

Two[ $IP ,Operators · ltsk
· ., .foi Vessel Trade-Ins.

With all signs pointing toward an unusually-early opening of the Great Lakes naviga·
tion season, affiliates of the AF,L-CIO MaritiI~1e ·Trades Department are getting set for
full-scale organizing drives among z:ion-union workers in the area, as well as campaigns

· to raise the present level of--------------------------
.· wages and benefits for union,- tion with the ILA's readmission to sailing again by the second or

ized employees. the AFL-CIO and the Maritime third weeks of this monttr..
Last year ' the 116-day steel Trades Department. . In the SIU Great Lakes bistrict.

strike, with tlie consequent lay-up Jui·isdictional questions also Seafarers who laid up their ships
of a good part of the Lakes fleet, came up for discussion at the Chi- Jor the winter were being recalled
bamgered organizhig activities al- .ca~o meetin~ an~ one agreement to their job!J ~ccording to the

. though some successes were scored, reached was that between the ILA seniority protection afforded them
including an election victory by and Local 2S, the marine division by the Great Lakes Seamen's Job
the SIU Great Lakes District of the Operatirig Engineers. · Security Program, which the SIU
among the unlicensed crewmen of Under the agreement, the two won from its contracted operators
the 12-ship Reiss Steamship fleet. unions will appoint a joint com- last year.

This year MTD affiliates are mittee to iron out jurisdictional Officials of the St. Lawrence
hoping tci pull all the_ stops arid to 'problems before launching organ- Seaw&y -announced that the Wel­
make significant inroads into the izing campaigns in any Lakes port. land' Canal, between Lake on ..
non-uiuon· and company union The · jurisdictional issue arose tario and. Lake Erie, would Ire· the
are~s of Lakes maritime employ- . because . the Operating. Engineers first facility to ·open this year, ora
ment. represent' dredgcmen whose work April 1. The Sault Ste. Marie

Plaris for / the season were overlaps with that of longshore- Canal will open April 4 and tha
mapped at a meeting in Chicago men in some ·Lakes areas. new locks and canals between
last month attended by repre- Meanwhile, hopes for an early Montreal and Lake Ontario will
sentatives ol the International ·opening of the season were height- open April 15. The dates, of
Longshoremen's Association, Oper- ened by reports that. a substantial course, are tentative and subject
ating Engineers, ~IU, . National number of Lakes ships should be to weather variations.

Maritime Union and other MTD '.----------------------------.
ffiliates. •

Pakistan Sea Pay One of the season's goals, as far
as the longshorefnen are con­
cerned, ~ill be .. to raise Lakes
wages anq working conditions to
a level consistent with those in

WASHINGTQN_:_J\. bill that would allow US-flag unsub- coastal poi;ts, according to Captain ·
'sidized steams.hip com, ·panies-to fr~de- in old vessels for rela- William v. Bradley, ILA president.

· Another goal will be to level off
tive~y ~ore modern, Governmen!-o'Wned ships; has received the wage differentials for long-

Up: 'It's $45 Now
a great deal pf supp.ort in Sen- , - shoremen which now exists ·tn the American Seafarer.s weren't the only union men to get an
ate subcrommittee hearings. warned G. c. Halst~ad, vlce~pr~sl- various~Lakes ports. irrcrease recently. Pakistani seamen .already earning a re·

./ Most of the maritiine or-. ~ent and director of Alcoa, "we The ILA now has jurisdiction ported $30 to $45 a month have just received a blanket raise
~ w· ganizations, including both Amer- are faced wl&h the probabilitJ' o( 'over Lake.s longshore workers as of $2.83 monthly. The wage ·

· · lean Merchant the Marine Institute havinr materially to reduce our a result of the ILA's merger with increase was part of ·a new departments work a 56-hour week.
z and · the America'n Tramp Ship IU'.vlce with . Yesaels of United the International Brotherhood of contract negotiated by the The day-man Pl!~S in . 50 hours.

· Owners, sypported the pvoposed States re1'istr7." · - Longshoremen last fall, in c,onnec: Pakistani Seamen's Federation, ef- Saloon m·essrnen have had their
·measure, which . wou'ld '·auow the . . . fective ·January l. hours reduced to 63 per week ancl

-...; ' steamship c~mpanies Ito modernize, J·an,~e-r P _-a· ,·ct ·s1·,gn" e·d·· .. The contract resulted from joint pumpmen and their assistants COD•
-.: . t , t~eir vessels and ·. thus compete _ . action between the P.SF and the tinue working 84 hours . a week.

Jn9re effectively with foreign International Transport Workers' The pumpmen will be the next
·operation,s. . . · , Federation. It also calls for an im- group of PSF members to ha:ve

t:wo SIU-contracted com'panies, Following up on settlement of the· dry cargo contract re- proved scale of working hou_rs, tlfeir hours' and conditions ex­
Bull :J.,ine- an_d the Alcoa Steamship openeF; the SIU negotiating committee has reached agreement new overtime rates for some sea- amined.
Co., . have vigorously championed with tankship operator·s on new wage scales for tanker crews. men· and ' the start of a welfare ,....-----__;•:.......-------.
the bill and have ind.icated thlit The~ agreement provides· for pay boosts'-similar to those in the dry plan.
they pian. to use the trade-in plan cargo contract with monthly increases ranging up to -$31.11, and new The · contract . highlighted · the
~f fl\e ''measure passes.,,. , ,overtime rate; of $1.78 up to $2.~3 _per hour. All wage and overtime enormous gap between wages of

r>, Bull _ plans to exchange betw~en changes are , effective as of March 1, "1960. · American sea.men and th o s e
' ;,.two and four \ vessels !~ ls. ~ow · In addition, operatQrs' .cont,ributions to the SIU Vacation ~Ian have abroad, and the impossibility

~.. . using for larger and mQre ~ff1c1ent been incceased 28 cents a day. to a total of $1.48, effective February of the gap ever being narrowed
· C.;4's. The c_ompany would·, prob- 15 1960 · to any appreciable. extent by the

aldy alter · the ·.vessels :for use .as , Tl;le agreement lncludes a wage scale for galleyman who is carried exercise of "restraint" on the part
containersh~ps in the Pu~rto .Rico as an ~dditionarsteward department r'ating on supertankers. The new of us unions, as has been proposed

Among our
Affiliates _

run. - f . . .:· -- wage .scales and overtime rates appear in the chart below. in the past.
. Convers1orr · costs ,or .vessel• · . - . The Pakis•an Central Labour The Marine Cooks and Stewards

-would run· between an estiinated ~ ~ Union has received a letter .of com-
$375,0po'for deck and minor altera- N" -P:: ,_ w s I Commissioner in awarding the mendation from the USPHS hos-
tions, and · $833,0~00 for extensive~ . eW I Qft·Aer . age. Ca e settlement of claims, also became pltal at San Francisco for its con-
conver.sion, tliat would 'allow · th~ ' f- ' chairman of the welfare plan. tribution of 38 pints of blood to the Effective March 1, 1960
\'esseHo carry up to ,356 seventeen-·' DECK. DEPARTMENT An overall pay increase of 13.8 hospital from the Union 's reserve

'lo.of vans leaving a - space the· New rupees .pe1· month went into ef(ect. fund. The letf;.~r, signed by Me--
equivalent of a C·2 in cuoic ·cap1,1c- ' I "Ol!t I / New Over- Of this increa"se, the seafarer will dical Director Dr. David J . Zaugg,
lty for break-oulk cargo, -B'y offer- ~ 'f!m~ be taxed one-eighth of a rupee lauded the MC&S for its participa-
lng cBntaif!el' servJc,e, with a \\i'(de· lta~inc. - · S~itl~ Imm~@s~ Sc@le for fhe welfare plan and the ship tion in the program 1vhich, he noted-

. Bosun · ..... .......... -... . .. -:-$476.66 · $31 .11' $507.77 $2.33 .11 t 'b t th h \'ariety of,... ct>ntainer -sizes, and . owner w1 con n u e ano er one- was for t e welfare of Americaq
b k b

. _ . • . ~·B: Maigtenanc~ ...... . .. .• 409.89 18.85 428.74 '2.28 d h If ( b t 32 · t )
""' ~ rea - ulk service, Bl.!!l L~ne cou~d · . · 373.84 2 _a.n · -a. a rupees, a ou cen s . seamen.
r .., - I 8 Able Seaman .... . -~ ... . . . . 367.68 6.16 .2~ _ . ~ ~

,t lU§. ac5comm.o ate the _needs of · , n 95.14 . The"-overtime rates agreed up911 ~ <l' Ordinary Seaman ........... 290.31 4.83 "' 1.78 _
most individual shippers. · r. OS Maintenance J~ will ~be4l paid some seamen -at the Sliipping on the West Coast got

t
.Adlicqa. said thfai. -itccomB','tehrt?Plates ). Cwh~n carded) . . . . . . . . . . . 345_,58 1.78 r~te of time and a quar~er and will an unexpected boost last per iod

~· ra ng m ten o. its 1- s ips for involve hourly rates of 15\ 21 and when two liberties of the Alaska
· v~2 or1'JP"~1 ~b11• . an~h':o~h.,er b1dett~· . 533.78-. 2.33 26 , c~nts r~spectively. In some Steamship Company received char-
# .. ·J'~~se1s ' avai ~ e; w. · ic ... ,.~ wou· . .ue 533 .~il -· 2,33 . . instances, men well made to take ters fo1· intercoastal runs, thereby
· suitable for its Caribbean service. 422.34 2 · .compensatory time ·off in · port in creating employment for some 58
I.", . • • ~'Wit~o~t · the a id ·of' Jeg~slation" 373_84,. _ . 2·:~: lieu ?f overtime 'Payment. members of the SIU Pacific Dis-

' " '373.84, -~.28,- T~e new pay rates will give the , trict. The two vessels are the Ne-
345.58 1.78 ... ;E><.kistani seaman a start toward nana and the Talkeetna , which

•. ·"2.:fa ' 507.77-
4'54.84
440.64
388.85 ·:"

2.33 /'.
2.33 .
2.28
1.78

a welfare plan. The seaman will ·were· taken out of winter layup
contribute approximately two-and-a aftei; their charters were obtained • .
half 'cents per -montlr while the ~ ;\:. ;\';
ships' .. owners will contribut~ 32c Among the latest gi·oup of Sail-·

,~r · man .per "'"mo,nl h. _ ors Union of 1he Pacific hiembeL·s
Work. hom:s are still a sore spot to join the ranks of pensioners is

'by American standards. Watch Brother Lawrence A. Monson, an
standards' In the deck and- engine oldtimer who started 'to sea during

World War ·I aboard the gunboat
Yorktown.' He \vent back to sea
again duri~g . World War II, this
time with the SUP.· HisJast ship
was the USNS ,Schuylkill: Br.other
Mons!)n pla,!ls to ,raise cattle and
qo soiile fishing ,in his hometo'Wn of '·
Ozark. Arkail.sas. · · ...

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WASHINGTON-:--Indep~~de9-t
1
taJ}ker operatoz:~ who pave . difficult~ meet~g mortgage

payments on·their recently-constructe.d vesseJs pav~ urge(tthe Senatfi-Merc_hant Marin~ SUD-'

committee to ·promote legislation .A o relieve their financial problems. -Otherwise, they
warned, the Treasury Dep~t- . _ - · · ..__ .... -
ment would have to pick up urged to use its powers t6 r4iqtiire oper~tors said. This proposal; sup.­
the tab for some. $200 million oil importers to bring -in hall of ported by. the SIU ... NMU and other
of these mortgages under Govern: their cargoes in , US-flag vessels . . maritime unions, is n<Jw~ pe~nding
ment guarantees. This, if enacted, woul«J solve the 'before . the Oflice of . G~vil-and De-

The subcommittee was ~ ~lso- problems of the independents, the fense Mobil.lzation-t
.Both- pr~posal~, the mor~gage · __

· · • • - <" ' · - · · -. -~ ~id and. the· -0il ·imP,ort quota, h ave

Sey-en Seafare; rs Ret1-re ~=nr.:::!;:"r:~~~ebr~~i~u~=~~
_ . mafot ... ,ofi conipaqies. At a recent

On S~·u - 0·1sa.b1·1·1t1v a· ene' ,.,·t :;!~ti~~;:f~i::at~!st::iJ:~~~ ll · iJ · for a'ssisting the operators of the

' -. _. - . . . • . - - . - ::.=~~~~~stan:rs.mv~!tg~=~-0;~i- The sui blooil bank aupplfa 'se0:[arer1 01' membef'I of their 1fitntlfel ,.
One of the 1arg_est_ groups of Seafar~rs approved for dis- ments. The 4¥MI passed a reso-_ with bfooa an11U?here in &he Unifed ·rstate1. Sei1.fa1'e1'1 can donate to

ability-pension benefits in one sitting, seven in all;. have· been Jution ·calling f?r aJ!: eild to such -the bank at !he SIU c~inic. in Brooklyn. .List~'d here are a few .of 'th•
I . d . th b . fit 1}" t t the last meeting of the trustees assistance, and urging that - the s{~afarer• Cln6 othn• WM Ji4ve .d0nat4fcl• to_ t~e blood bank.-

pace on e ene s IS a + · tankers _be permanen~lr lafd . up. c~ EUb....W· , · Grobberc Nab B
_·of the Seafarers W~lfare Plan. . . . . .Particjpating ·in ~the .AMMt meet- War.t.., U:·A. •,,.. . · . ~::. Gronbe : Nlli). •

All seven of the men, who oth~r conQ..ition . . Sc~farers fn tli1is ing were rep.resentati_ye!l of maJ,or Du1an =be~t J: ,, , .. . - . Reid, A~ert: J. . .
. categcry have a nu!_!im~m of 2 oil companies who cauy oil tin- . · · ' - · _ ; :.

have· been Judged permanent- years' seatime to qulllify -· rt ~;. k ~" 'rlesla•, Raal . - • - Vidal, ~Ula . . . . . . . . · po s on ·! unaway;-.... ~ .t;rs. w,a19.,- ~Cttrant J. Marer, Prederlelt B.
ly unfit for duty, will receive the The seven ~Seafarers approved Speaking . tor the U!nlcer oper- MeG.dr . J b F - ·WUll ' Cb ·1 8
monthly disability benefit of $150. by · the trustees ai:e: Lu.is E. C. ators a~ Uie _!iearing w~s Josep1!· · M~· J:.: r... . · ams, ~ · ar ~ : -

In _addition, along with ·other Gutie!ez, IS8; Fmnk E. Gardner, ~ahn, president of · the · Snf-con- Adams WWlam r.
disabled Seafarers, they and their 59; Ralph A. Kirchner, 67; _Angelo tractcd Transeastern ShipJ>.ing . Percollm John- •

Ma_ciel, 6_3; Hermap _ J. Meitz, 67; Corp. an~ -~~d of the Committee Pan.r 1;,._e
·families automatically becoine Isal!C . Sieg~r • . 66; and John Big- of Am'er1can Tiu~ke~ Owners, . Inc.. . M~e:~ Albe:.a.

wood. T~~ hearln~ was ~~all~~ .. to., det~r".'_ . Baler Emmette

Maciel

Sieger Gardner

His-Error: No
Hole ln~t

mme _ what . speeifi,c . Ieg~sl!ltive Kori;' Wa ne L. ,
measures sho!JlcI be taken to fman- Kemi'nis ~ennetb ~· r -J>HILADEI:.PHD\~hippf DI ltH '
clally aid these taf!ker oper~tors -Quinn :iiober& a. · · : 1 . c(jnUnu~-, ~o : boid :'if~ 9w.n . . !rrd . ,
and prevent any_ poss~~e mortgage - Pinott. Ra1 G.• ··. '>' ... -should --rem11trt fait for the ..... next .
defaults. KaDowlG. Herltert : 1>erlod. Thlnp ri rela~vel.Y.~ qU'Jet·

· - - Jlill Pendi~r Cortes, D!Jnu E. in_ .the port ~ ·none of tll'.e al· . 1 ,
·:A. bill now pending Jn the Sen- Danllu~, Alexander. fillates are involv~d hi any disgute1 · • '

ate would a1Jthorize· the seei.-etary' Zablnll:I, Slmeb,1' _, . ,of m.ajor- lin~rtance. ·~ ~ .- · " ~ · , · '! ...
,.. SE,ATTLE - . A- fishing boat ofCommerce to advance funds to Goodman, Theodore · R. · · Dui:filg: t'1tf last Pe.t110d:/ 1he. fpl· .. ..
owner was·- recently found -guilty the operators to meet. their prinel- _Sum1l1,-·BeaJamJ• \V. :; - lowing, shitflf paid oil: . Feltorf " .. •

· P.aJ 'l'nd tn.terest pay~ents. These· Morals, ltamo•- <Marven): o-Olties Sertlce Mt8Dll.
by a Federal court her~ •. of wn:.. would be repald"later, · and woul~. Salllvan, JOhD J. ' (Cities ,Setvite).; . Y~ar. ·. 5- .

fully sinking .his ship, tlle Cape tide the lndustry "over 'the present 'J!ripp, Ka:r :mar·· CCalm&l")- tbe ..sIP,-on'll were I .:

Douglas. The Cape Douglas ii!. ~n .financial situation . whieh; Kahn MeMah:Oq, Juan .P. : reltof' -< Marv.en),; •°'¥0.rkmar and._,.' t " 11!"·
85-foot American-fl.~g_fisbing ·vet1- told tile lawmak-ers, was "tempo- Ho~man, Jghn' . · · t.osmar , u:;~~~r·> .. ~.' .- " J ;;·
sel rary in- nature.'~ ·He ~xplained that Go~111-.., JHyUaJ!.. .. ~ · _ The foll~~~ .. · sh~ps. .,. wer~ la.; ,. ·

· . ' within t1te next two or th~ee years PhllllPB. Ge.orre · · tra~lt :1 Masmar - (Calmar) ;-1- Benu · ..
The vessel, raised from 6~ feet· ."we feel t.here w!ll be ampl~· bust.: ~; . .,.:~-~~---·~'""'!--.-.,.--.....;..;--"!'!'"-• Fort C'Cities· Se1.1Vice) ;, Jean· J;ditb. - •

. of water I~ Puget Sound _seyeral ness for -o~ . new ·sh~ps ~t c~m- . • . " .. -Eriilla -.(,BuiJ') ; Steel seafarer ,. .
months ago, was found to ha\'e no _pensatm:~ rates.·" He based this .. SllorthandeCff (JKthinian">; · -seafair ,_ C Colo,Jlial); " ' ·
hote in her hull, ·lfut 4ll the sea- for'eeast· on-the ·fa-ct that war built ' ' - · " · ·- ·' ·· · Alco·a~· Patroit - ( A.Jc'"-a)· -,..,,0."1 -

cocks -were -found to be optti. tankers · will probably -have -been ~ ·a . c,r~wmember ~ultt, w~ll• Goodtetl~w' - ""' <Rob:) u U:a P~;.i; . - ,:·~~--
rt ls- charged _that the. 'wllfull ret'ired b"y tha·t -· t1m· .e" thereby' r'e- "~Shi~ ud "~~ . p~~t-. dt~g-abteau' : . h J (V 01

· nil ) • "- .. - ....
l Id - f 1 • .-:: .- - , .. e .. as.e .... con!rac ue -. c ' e~ ·~e ._ ·a,e ._ .. .• ::·' -~' . 1.,.,

s n _ng was or nsurance .pur- 11ucmg surplus tonnage;· i 1m·~ ed. i t Jv . f · 1

1 -·- · , . The . new hall .here is reac~ln• 1

1. ·bl f "IU h · l · I poses ' · ; ' · · · .. ~ · m, 1 e .r or ~ · re~ace- n. ·1 h i l "· I k th e 1g1 e or "' osp1ta -surg1ca · . . . Kahn '!la1d that: the opei:ato~~ e?'"· ,me~t. Fast action, 00 their par,t · ..... e ·w ~t;·w ere , t OO•a ' 1 _e · • .
c:overage provided by. the Weifare The owper received -a fiv~ear pecteg that other a~verse factors, WJ}J-:koep all' .lobs. aboard ' sblp Union wil~ be , mown1~· 1n v.e'f.~ ·
Plan. . Federal-J?rison sente.nce l}n,d· . a . such .as .~x~ess ~tocks ,,of J>~f~ole~m, . r'. fillea , "at all ::tJmei and' · •limf;. · shortly,. Howev:er, its hatd to~ set .&·

The $150 disability-pension goes $10,000 fine for attempt tb defraud. ~nd m~<J~uate port 1faciUtie~ f~r ; uate- ·tile · chance' of the . alil:P 'target" date -.As the little . ~inishin& ·
to Seafar·ers . at any age be- . Federal marshars h~ve taken the. the larg~r tank~rs, ~ho~Id be tiµc~n nllin& lhortbanded · · · ·, touches ·have a way, of de\a.)rfo1
cause of injury, llhies1, age - ~r accused to Wal•a Walla .prison. care of l>Y: 1962;' , mattj'rs; · · -

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Coast Guard Drops
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W
E, THE' UNDERSIGNED, as .the
members of the Constitutional
.Qommittee elected at the regular

l)lembership meeting ·of February 3, 1960,
at lleadqu~rters, in accordance with Arti­
cle XXVII, Sections 1 and 2 of our Union
Con~titution , have studied the amen.~­

-.. ments to the Constitution which were
proposed at al~ ports on :tebruary 3, 1960,
and .make .._this report to the membership.

As the resolution pursuant to which 'the
proposed amendments were initially sub­
mitted to the membership stated, the
amendments result from three principal
factors: the . expansion of th\ Union s ac­
tivities, the growth of its membership,. -
and the new labor · 1aw known as the
Landrum-Griffin Act.

The expansion of the Union and the
growth of its membership_ has, to our
mind, made it advisable to ai:nend the
Constitution in · two major respects. These
two changes can be summarized in a few

- words, but translating that into the Con­
stitution requires numerous changes of
wording. We advise all mem:bers to read
ca!'.efully the proposed amended Consti­
t6tion, and therefore we have annexed a ,,-
copy of it to 'our report and labelled it
"Exhibit A." Additional copies will be
made available to the membership at · the
various Union meeting places.

The first such' change, in effect places
within the Constµ ution the administrative
organizatibn WQich V.'a.s approved by the
members at the membership' meetings
beld o'fi November 12, 1!!59. This -admin­
istrative re-organization, which has been
functioning successtully since mid-Nov.em-• ' ber 1959, provides for increased delega-
tion ·of functions and responsibility, thus
recognizing the 9eed for tpe chief execu­
tive officer to aevo e more time to the
ll!Tger problems affecting the Union in the
most general and important sense and at
the same time spreading more of the
aoministrative responsibility among our
()ther elected officials. For example, ·the.
new ~dministralive structure takes into

-geparate account the important work in­
volved in bargaining, maintenance and
supervlSlon of Union-Management con­
tracts; and in centering .immediate re­
sponsi:bility for the proper, careful and ,
correct making and maintaining of Union

·books · and records, ' bo~h financial and
Gtherwise in one officer. Finally, the pro­
posed amendments to the Constitutio.n
carry forward the current practice-- of
placing other officer.s in charge of geo­
graphic areas, and of bringing -all-- the
principal officers tog~ther in the form ·of
an Executive Board, ~ith ·the office of
Secretary-Treasurer, which title is being
changed to President, in over-all charge.
Similarly, new titles for the other officers
have also been cveated, in order to pin­
point more accurately their authority and
functio~s. The new offi~er designations
are:

President
Executive Vice-President
V}ce-Pre!iident in Charge of Contracts

and Contract Enforcement
Secretary-Treasurer
Vice-President in Charge of the ",

Atlantic Coast''
Vice-President· in Charge of the Gulf

Coast ,
Vice-Pr'esiCleilt in Charge of the L&kes

and Inland Waters
The second change brought about by

the' expansion. of ~he Union results from
the coming· of age of wbat were formerly
various administrative parts of the Union.
During the last' five -years the membership ·
has '.established organizing committees to
,bring the benefits bi unioDization to har-

1 bor and inland water.way workers and to
workers in ·~marine allied lndustdes, and
has authoi:ized the gr~nting of .assistance

· .to,. and -:-cooperaJion . with, .other groups ~f
workers 'in •· related areas, such as the
fishing fielc! ;· for . example. - .

tions .which were encountered. It "'was
agreed :by your Committeuo reduce these
dilfei:ences and._ to this end, the proposed
amendments to the · Constitution were
dr.awn so 'as to pro\.ide a uniform frame­
work for the~relationship and cooperation ·
between this Union and its subordinate ·
bodies and divisions. This has been ac­
complished by providing minimum con­
stituti~nal provisions which each of these
bodies must adopt if it -wishes to affiliate
with our Union (with provision, of course,
for addition.al provisions, if they are not
·inconsistent with this Constitution), and
by further providing for representation

- of th.ese subordinate bodies and ·divisions
on the Executive Board and to the Con­
vention of the Seafarers International
Union of North ~ America \tl>On meeting ·

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more costly, because of the provisions of
this anti-union '1egislation, 6ut, our fun- 1

. llamental p~aotices and procedures needed
• bu't little· change. -

· mine our .seniority are. fair and · reason­
able; it follows that our membership re-.
quirements are al.SO just, and the prOJ>O,.sed
amendments spell this out.
- There are many other · e~.!lmple!, too
ma'ny, in fact, for detailing. However, the
examples given illustrate how technical
we have to,be because of the ne\V law and,
of CQUrse, this reinforces our urging tha't-·

. everybody ' read the proposed Constitution
carefully. ~ ·

. The members will recognize that these
tutional language provides for automa~c-- propoftd . amendments · will prdbably bi;.,

As an . example of the type of. ch•nge 1

which these proposed~ arhendmen.ts woul<!
accomplisq_Jn .order to bring the language
'of the Union's Constitution· into line with
the requirements of the . Landrum-Griffin
Act, we note the subject ·of · suspension
frooj. membership for failure to pay. dues,
fines or assessments. The current consti-

suspension from ~emi~ershi~ for failure _ come eft'.ective, If they are approved' by
to pay. fines and assessments, as well as • the membership, ' in about June '- ~f · l96q.
for failure to pay dues. The_ proposed At that time of course· the officers . :w-~
amendmen_ts provide 'for ~uspension from eleeted. in· 19S8 will still' be Jn' office and ,
membership for failure to pay fines ~r ' wiil reinain In office ·Until Januali'y- or
assessments only by way of.- the a_ppropr1- February of 1981. The o.fficers ,we e1ect ·

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under the amended Constitution will not
take office until that time. That means we
would have a Constitution with new titles/
for: Oar-9fficers and many o{)>ur elected

. jobholders in pbOut June of 1960. But
those new titles won't be filled till we
compl~te our elections this year. There­
fore, in the transition · clause, we have
-provided for changes · of titles of our
present offi,eers and eJec.t:ed. ~ob holders._

·The membership · w.m . note- that the
changes are· primarily in name. only. 'l'be·
-functions, duties, responsibilities, et_c. of
all individuals affected, _are, -for all prac­
tical purposes, just '\bout the same: Tliere
ls no additional term of 'office granted.
In only one new office will there ~e a
vacancy. wllicb the President will fill in
accordance with the·-Coristitution. Keeping
Jn ~ipd lhese facts, the r_transition clause­
_Pll~videi;, f~r the . fo1J~r'Jng transfers in
title of office: ' · ' ....
New Titt• ~~diuirlual ' Old Title
President Paul Hall Seey.-Tr.eas.
Exec. , Vice·Prea.,Ca1ton Tanner Asst.~ Secy .• Treas. •

' .
Vice-Pres. 1.n Claude Simmons Asst. Secy.-Treatr.
Charge of
Contratcts and
Contract -

Enforcement

.,

Vice·Pres. In ~ Earl Sheppard Asst. Secy,.Treas.•
Charge of the ""' •
Atlantic Coast

Vice·Pres. In Llndse_y "'As~·t. Sec;y.~Treas.I! ·'
Charge of the Willlam1 , • .-
GuJPCoast ,.

Vice·Pres. in Al Tanner
. Charge o~ the ..
Lllkes.and
lnlaQd Waters

"

Boston Port. Agen'
•nd A:dmin!Stl'a·
tlve Dire'ctol' of

·Great L•kes
. District

l5ecy.-Tre1111. 'vacancy
· (To be ·~med by Preeident In

Hdq.Rep.
Hdq •. ftep.

. Hdq. Rep. '

a~cordance with' ConstitutJon >
"Biil Hall ~ Asst • . secy.-Treas:
Ed Mboney Asit. Se~.-Treas. ·
Joe• V.olpian Asst. Secy .• Trea&.

I .
-• (Ed. note: - Under the present Const£.

~~tion, the_ "'port · a,gents of ~ Mobite, ' Balti·
more '~nd 'New Orleans-hav,e· the Status of ·
assistar;itr secr.etairy·fif!asurers.) '''

' r

· ·'[he' fir~ ~even · _9.f ' tl1ese new ·· offic·e­
holders constltUte the 'Executive· Board

, wtµch,~ ,agaip, reIJl.~ins .w.hat i~. 'is todar~ ·
Vacancies or incapacities in any- of •tnit '
fo1egoing;;.wU, .. be filled in 'accoraance 'Yith ' .
tbe7,'Cons'titution. Jt J! ,emphasize~ ~gaiq
~bat the, foregoing i_n4ividuals ar_e- s~mp_Iy i;.;

carrying out tlleir present functions under , ·
a new ~me. The electioµs_ to be hel,d tli~( . · '· ""1F.[

, y,ear, if the; new Con'stitution is. adopted, ·"' .
wHl . deterinin~ · who 'holds these off~le1 '-~ ~ ~
11tarting .fn 196l. · • .. ... ~ ' ..
· We re.hind an members that c.;ples ~l • f..,.,
~he pFeposed amende~ Co_~stitutibn \IJHl. \ ::

" - r • be available .for you to read at all Union .
1..-...;..._...,... _____ _.;. _____ ...;.;. _________ ~-----~----...,...---· '~ halls pd9r to and durin~ the re!!r.endu!J.l. '.

/ and we !'gain .urge1 that you re~d · tho~e "' ..
..:·

- .
, copies s9 ·you may be able to vote in. elli-

,, r ' gently. ~ _. . . ·
.ate tria,l proce1;hires; Automatic"suspen.sion The Constitutional Committee wishes to
for. .failure. tq . pay ' dues remahjs. - ' thap members ot' headquarters (or their

:Another example of the -~~anges 1. w~iCh .r ·cooperation du~ing .~u!:..deliberatloils, .and ;~~ .
the ·'.If8ndr1:1Jri:qrift.in Acl,~.re9utres and. to assure au: m~mbers :tJfat ·we· believ.e: the' "'' -
·whicl(.:.. these . proposed aniendm~pts are ·· · proposed .ram.end~d Constitution ' ~iU serv8 1

, ' . :/'

designed to accomplish has· to ~do with the ..i UniQn and the mem~~rship .well," .b~. •·
'membership. Th~ new law dir.ects that_ '. cause .it will ~treainline,.; its ~unctioningf' ·~:11
tne rules- and· regul'ations wtth respect to - · adapt i~ to chan! ed · condit~ons, and to the
different merilbers}\ip --categories "''be 'spe: new~law. ~ ' . . ; "•

d !ifically wl'itten into : the Union Constitu.- ·we · ~~~'l.OJP~ri<L. : that the Jjroposed
tion .. This part " of .the- laW. ha5J. 'nq effe~t - amehded·.c.onsfitittiQn, ~nnexed herefo. and· ·
on Union pra,ctice; it :qi.erel~-~ade~ ne.ces- -m;ule: a part .of this· · r~)loi:t; be approye.d. •

. ~-by ihe 1mem,tier~hip' and' submi~ed ,!to, •
}'eferendu.m v~te(aS'y.er .ou~ presen~ .Coil-: . Co,nsti.tution 'in

With the ad'tice of l~gal . counsel, '' which~'
·:was 'sopgpt in '.r.eg~?d ~o all of 'th¢' am~n~-

stitu'tion~ - f' . , ~ " . · · ,, · ,. · ~ ·
-~. · . Rdgectfully submitted, ·- ·

~ ~~~Ie~~~f~·· B~nn~r; ~.:2111 1, • ,. • . '·'ij
. .,Jolin iJ" Giordano,. G-32 . · ) j . , . •

·· FrededcJt. ';Jiait~borQ, B•563 3
.,._ , · '. .. •• ·,

':l!•-<0 ,, • ';; • • ~ .... . ,...: ' /• r

•C,,em~pt' ~~"' ,Hosp~4alcs, b-16_1. ·
: ".! •• > l!~lip ·If· 1.Jotdan, J-t ·. : 'f

• ~ -~ ·~ { · · c'f· M.'!7:· z,f-"&71 '



-~INQulitING- " S&AFARER_,.
- , .

. QUESTION: Have you eve.r taken1G. job as ship's ~elegate?
why? .'.· ·

. . .·. ....

lf'l1ot,

Pap Nhle

us· LiberlYs· Starting N·eW
TraAsfer M erry-Go-Ro.und

. .

LABOR ROUND-UP

in the eveni of an emergency: The
MA also bars these vessels fr_om
trading in certain strategic mate­
rials with Russicin controlled na·
tions.

The new MA policy is apparently
the Government's response to a
tramp operator plea for some kind
of aid tb enable them to compete
with foreign-built vessels and for- ·
eign operations; An appeal was
-Sent to Congress by the American
Tramp Shipowners · Association
citing the fact that curreptly
some_ three-fourths of US foreign
traµe consists of bulk cargoes,
shipped mostly by foreign stiips.

The current policy indicates that
the American merchant marine is-­
beading .to.wards a .state in which
all ·the smaUcr companies will die
out and there will be only a few,
large, subsidized operations .

.:

Isthmian Bid
For SUbsidy
lnche,s On

WASHINGTON - The Federal
Maritime Board has removed an­
other obstacle to Isthmian Line~.
Inc.'s request for a subsidy on its
westbound round-the-world serv­
ice. But the Board's latest action
does not constitute final approval,
it merely means that the SIU-con­
tracted shipping firm ' is one step
clo er to receivil"!g this Govem­
ment assistance.

The major issue for Isthmian
in this proceeding is whether or
not existing US flag service is
adequate. The FMB ruled it was
not, and- cledared that th~ route
could support the line's annual
sailings plus seven more. This
covers 14 sailings per year by
Isthmian from the Persian Gulf
and 16 sailings by it from India­
Pakistan.

The Maritime Board also ruled
that American Export Lines, I.nc.,
a presently subsidized operator,
and Central Gulf Steamship Corp.,
an u_nsubsidized firm, do . not have
present regular services on their
routes. Consequently, no . waiver
under adequacy of US flag ·service
was granted them.

American President Lines, Ltd.,
aslml th~ fMH f-Q! .. ;m im;rnas~ o!
ten on itc; presently-authorized 24-
28 annual subsidized sailings, and
was turned down. The Govern­
ment agency agreed, however, that
the Line 's Red Sea, Gulf of Aden,
North Atlantic service could use
some additional sailings. .

. } l \

G«tt Polio · Shots,
PHS Urges

- The P~ic Health Service
urges· Seafai·ers who have not
already dpne so to get their
polio shots as . soon as possible.
The shots can be gotten at any
PHS hospital without charge.

-Plenty of vaccine is available so
. there is no delay in the admin-
isterihg of the shots. The few
minutes a Seafarer takes to in­
sure .himself against the crip­
pling .. disease by getting the
shots are well worth _the saving
'of tiD}e. money, and most of all,
th€ avoidance Of suffering "and
POS&~bl,e disabili.ty. · ~c..~~

• '· ' 7' • \. .... ~ ....



Seafqrer Ja~ . ·Garcln,r, off----the . Vat.~ _ &.~f;r~e WhiCh 'we•.·
abandoA9,d in Ce.yl~n,. sta~ds loyal vtgif with~hiP!ftGt•s' b~9g4ge -·
atJdle~11d Aj.rport. Gardn..frwas one of 56 repatriated "~ewm'm"'. ·
lien :Off · th'•. Enterpris_e .and the. John -8. K11luku!'~is. . : . ~ · · -

Pa:-. Arrests ,1~8bhlrder :
On._Str,ike-reak:~~h~rg~: :
.. PHILADEI.iPHIA-Bl6Qr Schleppey, who "lor ' a n'llllnber . o~
ye~rSJ~!iS been jur1iishil}~~ W'ell-paid ' Str.ik~br~~kei;_s :fqr._ struck.
newspapers throughout ·the nation,_ pleaded not guilty to t-fi.e
· . - _ ~ .: charge ' of ·violating,, Pennsyl- ·

Your Gear,. .. .. Iii . •

for . s_hi p . -~ • lor shore·· .
Whatever you need, , in w~rk or dress~·

gear, your S.IU Sea _Chest ·has it •. G1!t _top
· quality gear at substantial sottings by .buy:.
ing at your Union~owned cfnd UniOfl•
operated Sea Chest store~ .,

-- ..vania!s "1lnti-striltebre.aker: im£
-... _porting .J~w. ~is:. d~y iJi: ~ourt

will be· -Marci! l'* · · · •· ..:'
Schle'ppey. was arrested in .: the

pre-dawn ·hours: of F~bruary· 12r
~ ·following a hotel-to-motel chase.­

Meippers . of Phliadelpbla's F~g'f.

. . . .. ~



eontinue to use tlfe blackli11t ch~r­
ters. The Navy Department hH
withdrawn the charters, but e)n..
phasizes ft will do nothing beytmd
th~ - - •

The SIU is pursuing the matter
further in attempt ,to get some
teeth into the US policy position
and also to get the Navy a'nd the
Agriculture Department to coop.
erate in putting the Government'•
stated, poltcles .~to effect.

,,



Seafarer H. Bjork, a former deck maintenance man on the SS Jean
Lafitte is hospitalized. in Norfolk with a brain Injury. He had an oper­
ation and is progressing very slowly. Also In the Norfolk USPHS -are
Seafarers G. C. Langely and R. C. Camatique reports Jeff Gillette, act-·
ing port agent. Langely last sailed as c.bief cook aboard the Hurricane
and was admitted- with a ·case of pneumonia. C~matique was utilityman
bn the Penn Tuns porter. · He is J>eing held fof djagnosis ani:I tl~ere is

• ~ no progress report on him.
In the Staten Island USPHS are Seafarers JQseph A. Blake, Walter

-Snell and .Willis R. Thompson. ,
Blake's last ship was the Denton, which he sailed on i't as chief cook.·

Blake Snell ' Langley _ Thompson _
He has been. hospitalized with impaired yision an&' is responding slowly
to treatment . . Snell,- a former AB aboard the Ines, came down with
hypertension but has been responding to treatment and expects to
be discharged shortly. Thompson who sailed last as- quartermaster .
on the Seatrain Savannah and before that 6n the Atlantic, was hit
with a kidney ailment, but is now progressing satisfactorily. '

Seafarers on the beach or on shore leave should take time out,. to
-Visit their brothers laid up in the hospital, or drop a not to say hello·
·and cheer them up. · ' -

The following is the late~t lisf of hospital patients:
USPHS HOSPITAL

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Ramon Aqueda .Johan- Nord1trom
Arthur Brunell Voldemar Pold
C. L. Ciesielski Eugene Senff
Willie Coppage George Silva ·
Ollie English .1 ose Soares
Eusebe Gherman Vernon Stiebig
George For.rest Paul Strickland
Leon Lockey Edward Trainer

USPHS HOSPITAL
. BRIGHTON, MASS.

Kenneth Gahagan · A . .1. O'Connell
Charles A. Moss

USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS

Lawrence Floyd Bobby Stalsworth
Frank Nelson .John Ward
Ro!Jert Nielsen

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Ernest H. Webb David E. McCollum
Louis Cevette JUJian S. l\finese1
A. A. Turlington Edward Polakoff

USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS, LA:

Thomas E. Andrews Leo H. Lang
John W. Bigwood Clyde R. Leggett
Accurso Bonti William Maise
Edward Brevier Felix P. Marciante
Grady K. Brown .John G. Naugle

l<: Thomas Dailey · Ubie E. Nol;an
Woodrow Davi• Louis W. Peed
Jesse T. Green Otto H. Poisson
Chas. Hablghorst Hugh C. Randall ·
Wtiile llallady Chas. R. Robinson
Foster Juneau C. L . Schartzer
G. M. Kasprzyk Harold P. Scott
Norman W. Kirk Andrew Stauder

-Edward Knapp Irvin W. Suddoth
August Kothe Edward Wllisch

USPHS HOSPITAL .
MANHATTAN BEACH

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Joseph Bass John Bazel
Matthew Bruno William, Kenny
Gregorio Caraballo . Primitivo Musa
-Leo Carreon Henry Smith ·
Wade Chancller R. Waterfield
Mallory Coffey Almer Vickeu
John Driscoll Luther Wing
But Gu1·anich · Pon Wing

USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN fsf.A.Nn: ·NY

Henry D. Adams Chades W. Hall
Oscar . .J. Adams Eugene R. Hall
Cha's. O. Bergagna Juan Hernandez
.Joseph 'A. Blake William R. Horne
James Carter Michael Kennedy
Joaquin · Cortez Charles Klnnke ·

• Michael Di Ferio Stephen B. Kutzer
Victor Doca Thomas Lauer
Keith L. Donnelly Thomas R. Lehay
J . W. · Eichenberg Cecil Leader
~amose N. ~mott John S. Lukas
A . .N. Fernandez Edgar W. Lulce
John .J. -Flynn . A. T. McDonaid
Aupstus Francis Carmine Mancino

Mar~os E. ltli!dlna Victor D. Solano :
Ronald F. Oliver E. A. Spaulding
A. Picclr1llo Willis R. Thompson
Raymond Potorsld Fernando TJaga
P-hlllip Pron Dominlcli: Trevisano
Alejandro Reyes ' Claude A. Vireln
.Kassim B. Samat .John Walken
Walter ·c. Snell ·

USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFOLK, VIRGINtA

Henning Bjork William H. Mason
H. H. Broughon Steven E .. Purifoy
Rufino Camantique Henri J. Rol11.n, .Jr.
Isaac B. Duncan R. E. Singleton
Henry L. Horton ~ Hobson Willis, .Jr.

. USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

Frank Pieczyoln Dean A. Kis~ler
Samuel P. Drurir · William Wilcox
George H. Hill David J,. William•
Edw. H. Huizenga Wm. L. William•

USPHS HOSPITAL
SEATTI:.E, WASHINGTON

Sam Bowser George B. Little
Arthur w. Brown Jamew c. Mltc~ll
Edward E. :t;dlnser s. c. TqJ>ervUlt

VA HOSPITAL
FORT MILEY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

Howard J. Watts ,
SEASIDE· MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

LONG BEACH; CALIF.
G':.tnnar .Johnsso.n

- USPHS HOSP!T AL
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

R . B.· Appleby Max Olson
B. F. Deibler _ Peter W. Sotb-a'
Woodrow l\leyers Bozo ,G. Zelenci'c

VA HOSPITAL
KERRVILLE, · TEXAS

Willard T. Cahill
' VA HOSPITAL

KECOUGHTAN, VIRGINIA
Joseph Gill . - ~-
• SAILOR SNUG HARBOR
, STATEN ISLAND, NY

Thomas Isaksen _ · . I • •
TRIBORO HOSPITAL •

/

JAMAICA, LONG ISLA.ID)
James Bussell · · . -

US SOLDIERS HOME FlOSPIT AL
, WASHINGTON, DC

Wm. H. Thomson .
, VA HOSPITAL

CENTER HOT SPRINGS
_, SOUTH DAKOTA

Clil'Eord C. Womack ·
BATTEY STATE HOSP.ITAL

ROME, GEORGIA •
Quentin §. Lee

VA HOSPITAL
. HOUSTON, TEXAS

R • .1. Ar5en11qlt
. VA HOSPITAL

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Maurice '.J. Flynn

HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL
TORRANCE, CALIF.

Edward .Johnson



LOG-A-f!.HY-TH M:
, SHIPBOAllD SKETCHES

-.AIL

·S(. Patrick's P()r:ade"

I'll have the gr.eeif of alta_mrock _....:,
And ~merqlds -in my eyes
As I . time the bagpipe rnmic
With 'haughty Irish strides • ... -. .

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<Wate'r'!tnan), Jan. 31
Chairman, Vall / Parken Secret•ty,
Peter V;irl Wygerden. More American ·
coffee shoulil be put aboard s)lip . so
that .f,;uropean coffee will pot have to
be consumed. Vote of thanks to the
galley. Tl)e. crew would like to have
at least one LOG fo1· each department
·instead of two copies.

el'foJ"t ~ made· to feed· th~ m~n goinK. •
on watch first. One tal>le· in , either

: mess hall to be broken down ' after
meals so that space be made .available
for recreau_on.

ISRA'DFORD' ~D 'CCltlel ierv·
· lceJ, F.eb. 1-Ch•lrm•n, Reld1 Secre­

tary; Carpenter · No beefs. Payoff in.
Tampa. Arrangements being made to
:1pray all foc'sles J:n order to get· rid
of roaches. New mattresses ordered.

Sl' EEL AllCHITECT <Isthmian), Jan. ·
9-Cl\airman, V. Susk•; Secretary, J.
P•tterson. Ralph Tindell electe d ship's
delegate. Suggestion w;ls made to
keep books and magazines aboard
ship. Keep the washing machine in

ood repair.

SANTQRE <Marven), F:eb. ~Ch;ilr·
m•n, W. J. Smith; Secretary, .R•lph f'.
Tyree: Saw captai.ii about separate
watch for!!castles. 52.88 in ship's

.. ·Digest
Of SIU Sbip

Mee~ings
fund. Repair list to be turned" in to·
ship's delegate 72 hours before arrival
In port, • '

Jan. 1'-Chal~man, J. Michael; Sec·­
retary; R. F. Tyree. No beefs. More .
applesauce and' more cups requested.
Loud, vulgar ta~k should be discon·
tinued in the messroom. The pantry
to be kept clean. The crew asks that
co.l'fee be made early before meals.

Feb. 20-Chalrm•p, Morris; Secre­
tary, W. R. Morgan .• One man missed
ship- in Lake Charles. All watertight
doors have been repaired. Ship paid 1
of! in Tampa without patrolman. Vote
oi . thanks to the steward department.

HELEN <Cargo & Tipk;hlpJ, Jan. 27
- -Chairman, Biii D•r•m Secret•ry, Al·

bert Espeneda. Lack of. food supplied
tiy e,ort steward in NY - and New Or·
leans brought to the attention of Ted
Babkowski in Seattle. Results prom·
lsed. ..itequest will be made to Bill
Hall for clarification of'. worlt rule,s
during the time that vessel is loading
stain for Japan. J.J.7.!IO in f9Jid. Food
supplies will be replenished in Japan.

HURRICANE CW•term•n), Feb. 12-
Ch•lrm•n, C. V. M•lette1 Secretary,

I T. F. GrHne-,. No beefs. Everything
running smoothl:v,. Mllk situation to
-be checked .in Southampton. A vote
of thanks to ' the steward depai;tment.
One member hospitalized In- Soutbamp­
ton. It ls requested tha_t , there be less
noise in pasageways At night.

ALAMAll <C•lmar), Feb~ 14-Chalr­
m•n, T. E. Yablensky; Secretary, G. E.
Bellenolt. Only two cartons of clga.·
rettes alloV(ed on arrival in Long
Beach, Calif. No- beets. New 'Ship's
delegate elected. It is reques~ed "that
crew please remove dry laundry from -
lines· when dry.

HILTON CBullJ, Feb. 13-Ch•lrman,
1>~ L. Bordeaux; Secretary, V. ,Doug- ·
las. Ship's delegate resigned and a
new delegate was elected. Sh.iJi> just
out of iay-up. ' Everything r ,unnlng
smoothly so Iar. No beefs. '

EMILIA <Bull>, Feb. 14-Chalrman, --
J. H;inners; Secretary, c. Welch. C. OCEAN ALICE <Sea Llbertle5', Jan. ·
Madsen elected ship's treasurer. $5.75 31:;...chairman, W. Petersen; Secr.etary, ·
in ship's Iund. No beefs . . Some dis· E. Andersen. It was suggested that
puted OT. Crew is dissatisfied with' OS and wipers .keep laundry room in
SIU Food Plan. Meats, etc .• not up to order and the BR- to clean recreation
s'tanda rcl. Steward not getting what , room. All cups to be placed in sink
be orders. Two padlocks have been_ . and not in rooms. Vote of ' thanks to
broken and silverware is being stolen. steward ' department. Great improve-
It is requested that the messhall be ment Jn food over last trip, 1

kept clean.

SANTA VENETIA
0

<Elam), Feb. 11-
Chairman, :J . Purcell; Secretary, R.
Guerin. Most repairs have been com- ·
pleted. Various beefs to · be referred'
to patrolman, such as rusty water, etc.
A motion was made to 11sk patrolm11n
to request · new linen and cots from
company. A vote. of thanks to the·

ALCOA "ANGEil CAico~), Feb,_ 7-,
Chairman, John A. Smith; Secretary,
Cecil ·a. Wiggins. Ship' s delC33le
elected. Stevedo1'l!s' toilet to be re·
paired or locked and stevedores are
to be kept out of inside by · mate on
watch. It Is asked that coffee be bot
and fresh at meal time. ~-

steward and his department for the ORION COMET (Orlon), Jan. 9-
excellent rnenus • .food and service. It . Chflrman, J. Surles; Secre•11ry, e. J,
is requested th;it there be J.ess noise Just. No communications from bead·
II\ the passageways at night. quuters pertaining to draws request·

\ , ed on 01'. Received $2 , from ship'!
ROVER (Rover>, Feb. 14-Chalrman, delegate for the fund. Delegate re·

c. Horton; Secretary, W. L. Compton. si~ned and a new ship's delegate w:is
All repairs have been- made except to ·elected. Crew requests ,. that ship 's
the washing machine ringer. 'No beefs. delegate pick up mall upon arrival.
Some disputed OT. ,,- ----

·' MADAKET 'l waterm•n>, Jan. 30-
FAIRPORT <Waterman!, Feb. 7- -chairman, Peter Blanchard; Secretary,

' Chairman, Terry J . White; Secretary, Charles,... Ellzey. Everything runnin~
E. ~. Watts. John Castr9nover, sfiip's smoothly. No be"tfs so far. $4.50 in
delegate, wished to be relieved of his . sl1ip's fund . Steward arfd hi s J?~n.!!
position. He was given a vote of . 'tryin,g to mali,e everyone hnppy, C:1ow
thanks for a job well done. " It is sug- ls salisfactory to all- .
gested that the ship's delegate assume.
the 1'esponsibilitY. of 1the Iund because GUL!FWATER (Metro Petroleum),
he is · the one that has u se Ior th'e Feb. 9-Chalrman,, A~ S. Sargent; Sec•
ship 's fund . Ship repairs , sliould be · retary, N. G. Treddin. .The crew i~
listed as . the voyage goes along and reJJlinded to make l.ess noise in · pas· :
not at the end. Vote of thanks was . sageways: return cups to pantry; and<
given · to the steward department. to be sober at payoff. The-inen re·

. turning from shove 'leave are asked to
CITY OF ALMA <Waterman>; Feb. '. stop giving the gangwaywatch a bard

14-Chairman, Mason Nunn; Secretary, ' time. Repair list to 'be made up. It
Jose Ramos. ' Attached letter to ·be· Is requested that\ . stores alfoard have
publicized in the LOG. All c rew .Jn sufficient stock· for long trip to India:

· Iavor. An iron to be purchased fo11 Another meeting with ·patrolman b
the crew. No beefs. · 'l'equested before paying off. · ·

YOUNG AMERICA <Waterman), Feb. STEEL DIRECTOR
0

<lsthmlan), Feb.
14-Chairman, 'Robert Hunt; Secretary,~ · 7- 0halrman.- Frank , A. Timmons; Sec·
W. Champlin. Ship running smoothly. retary, Charles Stambul . . No · beefs; •
There is no ship's fund but one will some disputed OT. Repair list turned.
be rnised. Treasurer :-Proposed volun· ·In. $28.-06 in ship's fund. It was re· .
tary conlribuHons· on the next draw. quested lhat the SIU Welfar 1!_-l>ept.

-- consider making available to the mem- ,
ROY.AL OAK !Cities Service), · Feb. bership a laminated Identific'aUon

18-Chairman, J, Parker; Secretary, Card. A motion was made to' donate
c, Burns. No ~e~Is. O!Je !!l<!!! g~tti.pg 1biR's fund tQ the American Mru·chant
off. Repairs to porthole in deck de· M3Tiile Library Association. A -vote 1Jf -
partment foc'sle. thanks was given to the steward dept.

STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Feb.
12-Chairman, C. E. Martin;· Secretary,
J. T. Siney. Balance in ship's fund is
$15. Delayed sailing disput ed in two
if'fstances. Motion was made and
passed to have · shipboard . meetings
l>oth leaving 41nd returning to the

· ~_!ates. It was suggested that special

for a job well done. A suggestion
was made that a 2 hour minimum 011
any ·call out for Ute crew after 5 PM
weekdays or before 8 AM, and a 4
hour minimum , for Sat.; · Sun. and . ·
holijlays, for the complete crew. Sug·

· gest, SIU Safety Committee check into
deck cargo lashings and catwalks and
deck cargo ladders. ·

J ·, itm®li~lh· '
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~OOLE ~WllIP~ ~
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~ ~!1 ~rnii~ ~
". Santore ..

· On the Santo1·e, reports meet­
ing secretary,· :k. F. Tyree, there
w'as a beef~ aboui applesauce. An
apple.sauce · enthusiast felt tbat
more was re9uireu and requested

I such.
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A'rlzpa
Peter Van WY&"erden, meeting

secretary ' on ,the- Ar.izpa notes that
the men want American coUee in­
s tead of European. It's senseless
to have espresso on a s,low ho.at~ to
Panama City·, a~d- the me9 want
tl~e-familiar A-me;iean-styJe coffee
they are used to drinking.

;\'.. $'' ;\'..
~Orion S(ar,

The chi'ef engineer is causing
trouble on the Orion Star accord­
ing' to a ' report receh:ed from the
vessel. He seems to have bucko
tendencies ; ~ . no· time for dele­
gates,· like in "tire _good old days,
and similar shenanigans. -. . - "'t ;\'.. i . ..

Mount Evanl .
Lovers of Italy on the Mount

Evans are disappointed, notes Guy
··Gage, the meeting secretary, be­
cau-se it looks Hice · the ·ship . will ,,.

·1 bypass the ItaUan . p<,>~ts on this:'
trip. On the last .one 'it stopped at
Gen0,ct and the men· had a wonder­
ful time. Where else can you find

j
, pizza's~ jus.t . like you find _around

Ute Union - headquarters in Brook-
lyn? · · · _,. · ' ·
. $ - ;t. t

Steel Maker
Brother l\tcLellan donated

sftoe-snining tree to the crew of
I the Steel Mak~r, ftOtes :m~~ting
secre'tary L. Relnchuck. From .. now
on the boys shoura be Beau-Brum-- ·

·me ls and the qapper-cfan Seafarers
will ·undoubtedly be the ra'ge of
Yokohama when they get there.

· i~t ...... i ,.
, Helen- i

From the Helen -- comes ·a report '
from Seafarers Pete, ·N:Ick, w .. K ..
Kelly and €harlie OgleSby that the
little" p(Jp found on- tlte road at
Geismar, La:, is .. now a full 'gfown
girl . who answers,... to - the ·name
Lassie. ' ·

Eager 11eaVi~r Ori
The ~ss Stee·i. Age

I
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The plastic agitator -on ·the Penn '
I Vanguard's w~shing ,.machine ' has
been letting the ' men down and
metal ones nave been r equested so
that the clot\]es· g_et a· proper
thrashing· and 'an the dirt taken
out of them. '

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I PERSONALS' AND : NOTICES I
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WOilam Saltel' Income Tu Betands'
Contact your wife as soon as Refunds are being held for: Ern-

est C. Anderson, 'Claude D. Berry, you can.
t - t t Donald L. Christensen, Arthur L.

Anthony Czeezemsld -· Craig Jr., John J. Doyle, Fong Yao
C e c i l i a . <Babe) Kurek and King, Raymond Miller, Pablo

Thomas Fahey being marrJed April Ojera, and Bernardo · Torpbocon.
27, 1960, at 1.l .:00 AM H.oiy Angels Get In touch ·with Jack Lyneh,
Church, Bu~alo, NY. Hope~ t6 ·see Room 201, 450 Harrison St.; San
you. · ' . Francisco to e,t them.

6\:- t I i\io • > . '•;.t. ;.t. ~ .
Esien. Johmoa - Seafarer JohaniOn

. ~ ] Contact your brotiler. Regret to (ex-steward Wanl',Knight, 1959)·
• I' ' inform you 'your . older . brother Contact Paul v .. Barbes, .3426 E.

.- I J. "passed a~ay. Call ~ 8~7740 and Flowers Ave., TucS'On, Arizona. He
, r~v«:tse cbargeg, or wi'tte Clarence wants' to ' know about his two · sui~­

Johnson,~· 115-58 .220 street, Cam- cases.
briu Heigltti , ~001 Islatid; NY. , . · . t , t t

~ 7 . , . _ "' t - ~ · . . Stanle;r Sawicki
·1 .... . . JOleph ·MaHu1 . . Get in ,touch with Mrs. · Veronica

.. ~rite to ' Richard Jones~ 12 Lyons; 536 Hudson Avenue, Rocb-
T'rinlty Lane~ Blac~wood, NJ. ester 5, NY. .

' t t. ' t . . ~ ;\"; t - t · .
1

. •. . l. KleJPa~o . , Room for Work ·

· -:-SEA.FA.HERS ·LO'ff

Correction. On
Reefer W•geti

Page l'lffeea

Vessel Blows· Up;
Castro Blom.es-US _ In the . text of the dry . cargo

wage scales in · the last two is­
sues · of· the SEAFARERS rioG
the scales tor reefer engineer: HAVANA-A French cargo ship laden with munitions for
w~en three are · carded, were Cuban premier Fidel Castro's army blew up with a series of
transposed from the passenger
ship agreement. explosions that took the lives of more than 75 ·per~ms, injured

:rhe correct scales for this 100 others and resulted in the
rating on ·a ·dry cargo freight- detention of an. American citi- and injuries JS the seconCi explo-
ship are as follows: . . 11 " sion, the greatest of the series,

Reefer engineer (when three zen. caught the firefighters and police
earriecl): The explosion started in the trying to put out the flames that

Chief . .......••.•. 517.H Havana Bay area, not one mile surrounded the French freighter
1st Assistant . • . . . . 450.98 from the spot where the US battle- La Coubre: Castro ~ immediately

· 2nd Aaailtut . . . . . '89.81 h · 1 bl .
18981

charged the US was Jinked to the
Passenger sl)ip. reefer engi- 8 Ip Ma ne was own up 10 suspected sabotage that caused the

neers, when . three are carried, . with a loss of 266 lives. . explosions. American citizen Don-
eam 548.95, 489.79 and

480
•66 Firemen and policemen suffered I aid Chapman, of North Bend, Neb.,

respectively. the greatest amount of fatalities I a passenger aboard the La Coubre
'-------------~~--------·-· _____ , wa!i held by Cuban authorities as a

possible saboteur. Chapman was

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later released as having no connec­
tion with the havoc that was spread
over the harbor but, the charges of
US sabotage have not been drop­
ped.

1 ~!ease :r:eturq book and , :10.te• · A perisiqner is wanted willing
hon-owed from J. Cook. He can t d r h( · t d 't• k
b~ reached : c/o SS 0 E 1., : . o ~ 1g _ supe.rm en . en s wor .

. .. . , .._ . . cean , ve ,, n. · m two small houses m • Queens, FI I IL Speaking at the mass funeral
services for 27 of the dea!f, Castro
claimed that the crewmembers
aboard the burned-out vessel were
experienced in handling the un­
loading of munitions and could not
have started the chain reaction
that rocked the Cuban capitol.

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jlllll!P.IRJI!!•' Astoria in exchange for a Dice
'room. Contact George L. Pitour,
31-49 36th Street, LIC 6, NY. :

.t .\:.. . .\:.
John B. Marr.aJ'

·This Is third notice. Important
you contact your son, c/o Gerner.
Same address. as previously.

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D I. S P A' T ~c H
:J'ne deaths of the following Seafarers have been f'eported to 1tle

'Seafarers We.lfo.re Plan: ' .

Frank Rolllli. .. &l: Brother Rossi, · Michael Grochowski Jr.,- 57:
formerIY of Brooklyn,; NY, passed Brother Grochowski . died of a

·'em to the
Pat · MurphJ'

ex Gra~e Line ..
' away of natural heart ailment at

The new charges of sabotage are
added to the growing list of such
Castro complaints that have ac­
cused the US of responsibi'Iity for
incendiary bombings of sugar cane
fields.

_ ... - ............ --> ·Loa Contact Jean Moods, Riverside
Post Office, Box 35141, Miami,

.Florida.

EVE.RY · 1.
SUNDAY . I. DIRECT. ~VOICE

I BROAD.CAST
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TO SHIPS IN A""'ANTIC EUROPEAN
AND SOUTH AMERICA~ WAT.RS

"TJI' VOICE OF. THE· MID" · , -.;_ . . - . . . . . .
• -~ IVBY 'SUNDAY, 1620 GMT (11:20 HT Sunday] ..

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W~K-39, 19858.KCs Ships tn· Caribbean,. !ast Coils~
of South ~erica, 'South Atlan­
tic and .,East Coast of · United
States .

~FL-85, H8sp . KCa· Ships in G~lf of ~~co,:C~tilJ;; .
· · . b~an, West Coast of · 'S.outh

,America, .West Coast of Mexico·
, and ·US Ea~t Coast, .

. . ;.. WFK-U: '15~00. KC. · Ships In Mediter_r.anean. ma.
·· ''~""·' , ·"' , _,, '" ' · ·-'North Atlantic, .. Eµropean and
. ''-' ·" . · US East Coast. · .. ' -~ .
"'• »t"'N!l~~- ·/' ;r: I:· ~ r.(

•. :$!--.. .. i - : . "1- -•. _ ,;_.

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Meanwhile, -Mll?. 'Round-The-World
.Wirel~s~ Broad(asts Continue •••

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Every Sunday, 1915 GMT

· (2:15 PM EST Sunday)
WC0-13020 KCs

·. · · Europe and North America
: . ~ .. ; / . ... .

. . WC0-16908.8 KCs
- . · Eait · Coast South America

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causes on Febru- his .ho me in
ary 4, while a pa- Philadelphia on
'ti e n t at the • February 9. Gro-
l,J.SPHS hospitai:. ,,., chowski who is
S t a t e-n Island, s u r v i v e d by a
NY. He had brother, Anthony,
no known surYi- also of Pbiladel-
vors. Place of phia, had sailed
b u r l a l is- not in the steward
known. department. 11 e

t t ~ Joined the SIU in May 1948: Bu-
Arthur • R. Kini', 50: Brother rial . was in Saint Masimir Ceme-

King was 'stricken by a coronary tery, l!J'eeland, Pa.
ailment on Janu-
ary 31. An SIU
mJ!mber since
J a n u a r y --1942,
Brother ~g ~d
sailed in the deck
department.. H e
leaves no known
surv\vbrs. Burial
was at the Green­
wood. Cemetery,

Jan Encelhardt, 66: Brother
Engelhardt. formerly .of New Or­

Brooklyn.

~. . .

leans, ~.. died
of cinhosis at
the USPHS Hos­
pital in New Or­
leans. Brother
Engelhardt· h a s
sailed SIU with
the deck depart­
ment since May,
1940. Interment
was in the Gor-SIU . BABY

~RIV~~~
don Memones
son, Loui.siana.
survivors.

Cemetery, · Jeffer­
He left no known

- ·i
Henry W. Porter, 61: Death came

All of the ·folt'owing SIU families to Brother Porter as a result of
heart d i s e a s e

have f'eceived a $200 maternity while a patient at
benefit. plus a $25 bond from the . a Baltfmore bos­
Union in .the baby's name: . . . , . pital on ~e:t>ruary

1 Elkabeth H. Atchiso1t, born Feb- 8. He is survived
ruary 9, 1960, to Steafarer" and by his daugbter,
Mr~;. Joe. N. Atchison, .Ho~ston, Jean E. Porter of
Texas. . . . Newton Center,

Mass. Brother
-; Susan Bemer, born February IS, Porter had sailed .
1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. ·Herbert in the steward .
C. Berner, Moorestown, NJ. department since July; 1948. In-

David Chermesino, born Feb:.. terment was in the Mt. .Feske
ruari 6, 1960, to Seaferer and Mrs. Cemetery, Massachusetts.

US Issues
1960 Ballot

. -

Applications
Seafarers and other crewmem­

bers on deep-sea ships will be able
to exercise their voting privileges
in the forthcoµinng elections by
taking advantage of · the absentee
voting laws enacted for members
of the merchant marine, the mili­
tary, and others who cannot be in
their home state to comply with
regular voting procedures.

Election information materials,
including official election balloting
postcards, which are applications
for absentee ballots, are being
made available to Seafarers in the
Maritime Administration at the of­
fices of shipping commissioners,
steamship owners, maritime un­
ions and seamen's institutes. Cards
are available at the LOG office in
Union headquarters.

The cards are to be .sent to lo­
cal voting officials for the ballots
and voting information by- eac-h
Seafarer. The Maritime Admini­
stration has also listed instructions
for obtaining and voting the state

. absentee ballot by members of the
merchant marine.

It is , hnport~nt to fill the post
card out completely, on both sides,
and to sign it with your full name.
The card should be mailed to the

John Chermesino, B_oston, Mass. . .
. · Catherltle Denise Gradick, born

February 26, ' 1960, to Seafarer and
Mrs. William H. Gradick, Mo.bile,

.\:. ~ ~ appropri'ate county, city., or other

Ala.! - - ·-- --
·'·.

; David Wayne ·eress, born De­
cembel' 27, ·1959, '.to Seafare'- •and·
Mrs. Carl L. Kre~s, Baltimore, Md.

Hear,- ·Oliver · ThomPs«tn, born
December ·27, 1959; to Seafarer
and Mni. Kasper ' 1 :a. Thompson,
s _avan.nah, Ga~ · . "

.,JOlan. Doyle-, Willdns, born Feb­
. ruar,Y .19, . . 1960, to Seafarer : and
M~~- Tliomas ·.F. :wilkillS, Mobile.
Aia( ·· - -.. ·

Zachariah G. Willilbis, 75: Broth~ election official, as shown in the
er Williams died of a hypertensive V 0 ti n g Information Pamphlets,

· heart disease at which are to be posted in offices
~-~.,,..,..,..,.,,,,, the Boston City ind places accessible to Seafarers.

Hospital on Fe- If a 'Seafarer does not have an
bruary 4. Broth- official .election balloting card, he ·
er · Williams is cap obtain his absentee ballot by
survived . by his writing a letter to the appropriate
widow, Frances local official, as listed in the Vot·
.Williams of Rox- ing Infor~ation Pamphlet. ·
bury, Mass. Born In the case ot' Seatarers, the
in the British . necessary oaths may be sworn be•
West . Indies, he fore . masters, first officers, chief

bad sailed ~n th.e ·ste~r'Ci depart- engineers aµd pursers of. vesself
ment since 1939: Interment was· at documented under the . Americad
koXburY, Masi ~; . '. ... ' .. · ~ ~-'fig. · ·· ·' ~

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Vol. XXll
No. 6

Houston Still
Ship-Happy .

HOUSTON-Shipping has been
pretty good during the last period,
and with a couple of . ships
definitely scheduled in for payoffs
and more expected; things should
be petty good during' the next two

· weeks.
During the last period five Ships

paid off' five ships signed-on and
' there were 29 ships serviced in·

tanslt. -The breakdown is as fol·
lows:

Paying off , were: A!ice Brown
·<Bloomfield}; Penn Vo ya g-e r;
Penn. Transporter, Penn. · Trader
. (Penn.); The Cabins (Texas City);
and Iberville (Waterman).

Signing on were: Penn. Trans­
porter 1 Penn.Voyager (Penn.).;
Del Sol (Delta); John "C" (Atlan­
tic) and Steel Fabricator (Isth­
mian).

SCHEDULE -OF
.s1u ·MEETllGS

SIU -"?e~ber'ship meet­
ing's are held regularly
every two v.:_eeks on . Wed­
nesday nights :cit . 1 PM . in
all SJU 'ports. All Sea­
farers · are expected to
attend; 'th~se' who wi~h1 to.
be ~~cu·sed s~ci~I~ . request
p~r.,,ission · by telegl'atn
(·be s~re to foclude · .. regb• .
tration n!'mber). The "el't :
SIU meetJngs-will be: ·

· ~ . .Mar.~h t6 ·
.,. . · Ma~ch . 30 .

~pril ·, 13 ·

The following ships were in­
transit; C~ntigny, Chiwawa, CS
Miami, Fort Hoskins, CS Baltimore,..
Br,adford Island (Cities .Service);
Gulf water, Atlantis ( M e tr o);
l\jichael (Carras) ; Bienville, Beau·
regard (Pan Atlantic); Pacificus
(Orion> Sea train Louisiana, Sea­
train New Jersey, Seatrain Texas
C Sea train); Steel Seafater, Steel . · · · .: ; · ~ · · · .. · · . ·. · ·

-~=~t1::t~~ ~i~~~rr:~~~~t~~ba~~ee~~ Ca nod a· s···e; . . /Is.-" ·- -u"" 'n'.:a·~wa·. ~" - ~l:e· . ·s-"'.~s· . ·e· .· ,I : .... ,, : i:~LIP~~E~
ban Marme I (Coyle); -Mornmg · - . ,· _ · ~. , - I ~· ~ ~ .. f -'' ·~ .· , ,-. 16IJIALL1&T~
Light, ' Hurr~cane, ·Ch. i ck as .aw H~LltAX, NS-The sale of tqe "orpJ::ian~d" 'tupaw~y. ~e~sel Geotgios: J;.. ·\y~_s . <;o!llpiet~d, '. f IL.IS~ ~·s~~-CIVll~ '.." · ,.
~~:i~~~7a~~tft:~ A~~~e~~l ~;:!· here! Maren 1. The ·~an~ma~ian freightel! ~old,for $159,000 .·in a short. but spir~~eq ~her~'$ . :::r~'=&:'T\fm~· . ,- .. ~:.
Marino <P-eninstfla, Liberty); auction to ~ettle cred1t9rs. claims. . . . ". . •. . . ...... . _. ~."·. '., _ .. ... _,._: . ._· . . . . t1li ~·~"." . . -
Robin Trent (Robin> ; Elemir _ The auction was the clrmax + · , .. . _ _ · 7- , ;: - , , • .. • >. _ ,. . , ,. .. , . . . . . . . " ,-- .. . ~
< Oceaii Petroleum> of a long series of legal ma~- t.~~ , cr~w'-ag!l~P,8~ the . ~~s~el, s~~~er7 ~rs. was br.op~lit to , th~ ,attentioll;. 1 ~ 11~=~-~,

.. · euvers by the SIU ·.Canadian .s~!P of th~ . Tl\eo~oro~ .A. that~ was of. the ~~ .€An~dian D~.s~ct. 11~e~ :l
District ,to .. aid the f!bandoned s1mfl.arly .atiandon~d · last "Noveffi ... Can~dia~ S~U proyl~~d- i~~e~~e. , . , . , .. .
Greek crew._ wpich was left . adnift . D~r~ in D~t11plt .. Attor'!eY;s tor - ~h~}eg!IJ:·;assis~a,µc~~:· fo~ii .:and _ c_i~at: 1•1

1
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after the SJ1Jp'S ow,iers deserted , claijrl~m~s. ~otJt.r the ' ~reek _crew. e.tte~. ana otller. person~1 _nee.<fB/ ' . , . ' ' ·, ' . " . 11· I.~ ' ' -

_ eaviilg a · ,mountain · of · unpaid · a~~- those rep,reie!lt~g, other cred• ·The uni~~ kept"",' watcli ';over ;i·t11e;· 1 ·~,, · ' · « ' ~ · , ..,.
bilfs estimated at $BOO 000 · . ltors of unp,a\d.bills, hl!V~ J.l<>t ·bee~ sit~atfon all . during the. µplo~dinlf' . . ' . . .. ~.

, · . . · · · . ' · · · able. ~o fin«! tliJ!;-W}l~reabou~ · of; prociss an~' ul.~l~ate sale ....... "" : •laieb.ii' •. ' ' 1; 1:1:.:t:,,;.;~ ":! .,·£'1. ~m~ng , t~e unpa1Cl bills , t~ r.e- ~PY o_! .~htJ -~~~ef.~:'.: .- :., . "'' '. .. - Pl!r<!l}ase C?f the ~~tgtoi '!{: w~s r'Erv~~ .. ·~· :.
- ceive !i~t . ~ttention will be the '!;,Pe all~feelC'c:~ew-wal! strand.eel . i,nade !>ytA. So~nens~b4!~; ·of Ne~ .. _}•~- l;ATll'ffl,.A __ ..... ~, ...
, backwagesofthecr~w. . 1lfte.r ·the ,shlp ··-ran ,f~d~nd · oft. .Y~rk; . :'V!t~ h~· ,not .. i~en\ified .Ji~., ~~fl!l~~~~,,,..~ - -, ' , .,
'" The purchas~ . figure- will~, more1 €ape ·:QretQn•.~Il!Jan~ ~~ur .. ~onths ·,cpn~ectioiifi. .:butc has ' ll8Md .. his in"' .. :':- SCU0~f·~ .. ~! ·~· •

• ) • , .1 .~ban satisfy th~ claims Jit~~ed ·
1
by :'ago • . ·~e pllghl ; !»f, the .-e~~w~~m- #rea~ to .~ -~~.·Pana~'an!,°''!rilJ..n. _ ~~ ~~~ .. . .'~ . ·

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THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION' OF NORTH AMERICA . . . - . . .
1

~TLANTIC, GULF, LAKES -.A~D INLANp WATERS· ,D1S1'RfCT
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Atllliatecl with A11;19ric.,. Ficleratien · ef l•H( ;- Con1;•1 ef httlnifial °'9aniHt~

<~·· Amen.iecl ...................... .. , 1960)

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1De0t1 d~tf ·promu•ted pursuant hertto~ ·no person shall ~.
· • full ' book member unless and . until he h., anained .the higl{eJC
, -tniority ratini' ~ out iil· the u}d. col.lectiv~ .bar~ining tisrteme.nt.·.
Oillf lull book' membet1 shall ~ .ent1d~ci to vote and ro'hold anJ
Office or elective job, except as Otherwise specified herein • .All ·~·
bers shall have · a voice in Union proc:ttdinp and shall be entid~
to vote on, UniOn cootuc:ts. ·

, SectM11 2. No candidare-· shall. be srantcd qiembership who is &
member of any dual orpnization hostile to the aims, principles.
and policies of this Um9n. · - ·

-S.~11 3.· Members more th~ one quarter in arrears in dues shall
be. autooiatially .suspmded, :-and shall forfeit · all 6e1tefit1 and all ·
other rights an<J privile1cs in the Pnion. They •ball be 1utom1tieaJ11
dismissed if they. ate more. th!ln two· qua~ters in art~rs in· dues.
/a.JI llrreara;e in dues shall \>e computed from Jhe ·first day· o( the
applicable. quaiter; but this -time shall not run: • 1

. (a) :'wh;le a member · is actually pariicipatina ;~ ,,.. strike or
--i lockout. · -· _

• . (b) While a member is anJn·paticnt Jn a.- USPHS ~r other
ac~itcd hospical. - , - "' · ' . ·

(c) While a mem~r"is ,qnder--.n incapacief du~ to actiyity -iri
behalf of the Union.
- (d) While a Q\cmber · is fo the armed scrvic~s of the United
Statcs,~roYid,c<l the member-was in ,g~ stan~ing at the t!mc of
enttf 10ro the armed forces, and fuulicr prov1dtd he applies for

- • rcinst•rcment within ninery .,.. (90) days· after dischar1e from ()le.
·. p I IE A M I l E process of the .Jaw of this ·union. No member shall be compelled armed forces. · - - - . · ·; ' :. · ,

. ' d fO be a witncss . .apinst him5elf .in the trail of any proceeding jn ' (e) While' membef' 'has no opportttnity, , tO..~y dues, beCause • .As maritime and allied workers· and realizing the value an which he may be charged with."failurc·tO ob~rve ... e. kw o.f mi• cf clnpJoymcn~ -~t4 It\ .Amcriean..'.Jla.C mc~chant ~esiel. J

necessity- of a !borough "orpiiization; we.-uc dedicat~ -~o ~e. fo~m- UJ1ion: Every.official and job holder shall be 6ound to'upholcl and . •
fog of one Unton for our pcbplc, the Seafarers International Unu~n Protcet the rishu'.of e.ve'ry member in accordance "with the princi• Sectf ... . 4. A 'majority vote, of the membership sh'all be sulficien't .
C>f North Amcrica--Atlantic, ·Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Djs· · pies stt forth in the Constirution ·Qf the pnio6. ~ '-to dai1nate additional cireumJ mnccs .dutin1 -...hicnahe cinie .JpeCi• ,
trier, bascd ·upoirthc following principles: . _ . ~ . 1ied _in Secti~ 3 shall-not run. ~t shall be the riJ.ht of •ny member-'

All members shall -be cntidcd. to all the rights, privile1es ind IV (0 prescn~ m wrfrinit to any Port at, any rc1ulaermecting, .any
guaranrecs as set forrh in this Consritu~ion, and such . ~isb;rs.·. ptivi· Ev;iy · memkr shall -have the ri&lit to · be . conirontcd by his ._ · q~estion :;Jith regard t~ "~c app!~cati~. o( Seetion 3, in ~rda~ce
Jegcs·and guarantees shall be preserved m •ccordan~ with us terms • .. accusc~:whcrrcvcr fie is charscCl _with -violatins the Jaw of· this , wuh l?r~dur~ esrabltshed by ~,m~1~r1ty vore of the·member~!P.

We declare that American seamen .arc -entitled to receive. their ·union.-ln all such cascs, ·thc accused Shall be suarainced ·.a fair and A ma1oru~ foce. of .the :mcm~rshap shall be necessacy to ~decide
employment without interference of crimps, shipown~rs, .fink hall$ sPcedy trial- by~ an impartial ~mmi~t~ of his brocher 'l!nioa such q~e~uons. . . . 1 • • . ..-

C>r any shipping bureaus ma-inraincd by th~ '1Govcrnmc!1t· .. · mcm, ber;._ • . -~ - • _. ' . · . • _Sec
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tie11 .. 5. the.mem. L·.tsh1p·s_ball be empow_ered . . to csrab_hsh, f_ronr

. We affirm that every worker .has the rasnt to receive (air · and -V ,,. - - tune to'lame, l>y ma1o7."tf. v~te, ·rules under which 'duer:and· assdl-

!;:!~!im~it~!:i~~ ~~d h~hisi:{• r:C~~:~::in. sufficient leisure for No m~mbCr shall be denied. the tisht ~o expr~s. himself "freelr, mcnts may I>& ex~sed -where ·a. ~em~r ~ ~n u.111l;le tori
W c proclaim the · right· of all seamen to receive hca1rhful and on the: Jloor· of anr.Union meeting or in committee. , dues and as~ssmentS\~or th~ ~sons pr~vtdcd 1n ~~~ an · •

sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. ' ~ ' ' · . _ r SectlH f, To preserve_ uniry;-and ~o promote·' tile common welfare
• We defend the-right of all seamen_ to be tr(!.tCd in I decent and ~ .. . - VI, j . ., . .- of the 'm~bership, all members of the· Upiqn shall uphold and

icspcctful manner by those in command, and, • ·A militant mcm~rship ·being necessary to the secu'ri(fr of a free=- ·defend this Consfirution and ·shall be ·1ovcrned by the provisions .of
We hold that the above rights belong:" to all wor~crs alike, UJ'!ion, the mcmbcr~." Sh!lll -11t all times s_tand ~ca~y to ~cfcnd ~is . this Constitution and. 11J .policiClli'i1.1linis, order's .nd decisions dut1 . '

irrespective of nationality or creed. · ; · · Union and the principles set forth inthe Consttru_uon o~ the Umon. made. . . , · '
Recognizing the foregoing 15 our foalicD"ablc rights, ~c a(c con• , , '· ~vii·. ·· . Secti ... 7. Any member ~ho 1ives ald to the , pri~ciplcs and · "

a<;ious of corresponding duties to thcisc in command;· 0 l\r employers, . - . ·~ • - policies of any ltostilc or dual" o-rpnizaJiqn shall be denied f~rthcr
C>ur craft and our country. · -\ ·. · The power~ not delcsa.tcd. to. -rhc 0Jliccr:s,, 1op holders, an~ ~ccu· - membership in this ·Union. to ~he "foll extent permitted by fa.w._

We will; therefore, try by all just means to promo~ harmonious tivc Board by the Constmiuo11 of the Umon shall be rescIVcci to_ •. A majority vote p'f.the! membership sha!l decide which organi~tions ·
. relations with those in command by exercising due care and dili· the mcmbe~s. - arc dual or hostile. . · ' ·
gcncc in . the performance of the duties of out profcs~ion;• and ~ 1 . ..,,_ . . , ·-

giving all possible assistanc:;c- to our employers m c~mg for their ~ONSTITUTIO" Sectie11 I. Evidence of membership .or-other affiliation witn rh•
_gear ·and property. · . . _ ' . . 1 Union shall· at all times· remain the property of the Union. Mcm-·.

Based UPQ..n these prinoiples; it i~ a!Jlong our· objects.: To use out'> . Arth;le 'I hers may be required to sho.w their evidence of mc19.bcrship i.n order• 1"
inffucncc individua,lly and-colfectivdy for the put'pc~c of_ mainrain- Name- and Gener~( Pawers to be admitted to -Union meetinp, or into, or .ori Union proj)cro/, .

. ing .ar·d -developing skill in seamanship and -effecting a ~h~ngt! in _ , • ,,. .. / .-
the maritime· law of the United States, so as to render tt more This Union shall J,e known -as the Seafa~s International Union _ i · ·'
equitable and to make it an aid instead {jf a .hindrance · to the;_ of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters I>ls· : - ~ ~ Article · IV <' . •
acvdopmcnt of a merchant mtrine an.d I · body of Aqicrican· seamen. trier. Its powers shill be leg°islativc, judicial, and . executive, and. Rejnltat~inenf -'"'." '
. To support a journal which shall voice the scntime.nts._of mari· !hall include the formation of, and/or 1ssuance of charters to, sub. "- , ,.

time workers and · through its columns seek to ml!-inta!ti their ordinate bodies and divisions, CQCporate or •otherwise, the fofma:. · . ., ~bees dls!J1isSed . fr~ tile Uni9n ·miry bcnei~stat.cd fn-'ac~ord-
lmowlcd~ of, and i°ntcrcst in, · ~aritim.c a!f~irs: . . • tion of funds and pauicipation in-funds, the ~stiblishmcnt of enter• ancc W·ith such .rulCS" and u.ndcr sUCh condttiQJ:l's IS ar°e ·adopted,

To assist the seamc:n of other counmes m the work of ·organt· prises for the benefit. of the Uniori, and similJr vcntu(.es. This from ·ti"e tq_. time, by _a. jnajor.ity v~ o( the membefSh'ip. .
:zation and federation, to · the end of csta1'lishing the. BrothcrhOod Union shall .exercise all of its powers in :aid of subordinate Wies . .,, • ._ ·-"- ·
· of the Sea. - • . and' aivisions created ·or chartered by' it. For convenience of-..dmin- · :A'rticl• v
- To form and to assist by legal means o.thcr bona fide .labor organi· isttadon and in furtlfc~ancc of its -poljcics of •id and assistance, the , . . .
ntions whenever possible in the attainment . of their just .demands.. l!nion may ma~ its pfopcrty1 faciJiti~s · and J'c:rsoilncl ay~-i~al>le :, •- .• · ." .Dues in~ l~!ti_litlo_~_ .'F•.• , · ...

To regularc our ·conduct as a Union . and · asjndividuals so as to_ . for the ust anc! .behalf of ·such sulfordmate 1bod1cs and .d1v1s1ons... . ··. ·· · . . . " ·-:. -' . • · , ; '
make seamanship what it ·righdy is--an honorable and useful A majority vot~- of .the p)cmbcrship shaJI.'bc · authorii.ation for any S-ectl~~ 1.: :All _ mcmbc~s s.hall PA.J: dues q~arJerJy on ~ , calc~dar ...
calling. And bearing in mind that we are. migr~tory, that ·our work . Union action, . unless otherwise specified· in the €onsti!'!:!i~n !'' ~ year ~a~1s, n~)at~"}fan tJ1e first b~sm~ ~~y of,~ch.qu~rtc~·- cxccpr
takes us away in different dir~ions from any_ place where the by law. , This. Union shall at -all timcs..J>rf)tcCt and ; m~tntat~ ni . as he~1n - ot)icr'1t~e :p~v;,1d~ .. ... 'J'..~ .du~ ~hill be dlose payaol~ as of·
majority might othct'wisc meet to act; that ~ectings can be-attended ·: jurisdictioq, · _ __ the date '?f a~o~tton of rhas Const1tut1on and may be chan1cd onl.J
by only a fraction of the membership,. that the absent members, b Co!lsuruuonal amendment. , ., . . . ,
Who cannot be present, must have their interests 1uardc_d from . Article ii' /... ' ·"",' _... : s •. ~tfen :2. Nd ;.ndide;c'· tor memberjhfc' shad 'be-'adm,i.rtcd into
~hat might be the rcsults·· of-:,cxcit_cmcnt and }>assions aroused by 1 , •p _,
persons or condirions, and that those who arc present may ac:t · Afliliaiion membership without:haVing paid ah injtiation fee of Jhrce 1iundrcd
for and in the inrcrcst of all, , we have adopte~ this Constitution. Sectioit-1. Thi~ Unio~ shall be affiliat~ with the Seafarers Inter-. ($3_00.°,0) ,!fo!lar;s, c?~ept_ aJ ,oJ~ei~~ ~r:widc4 .i.~:_ft!s Cons~itutio~·

" ~ - - national Union' of North; America' i"nd the American Ecdcrati.oa :;:J•ctle11 3. :Payment· of dues aild; 1,,iitfatioJ\ fees mat be 11•1ived for ..
... . "of"'Labor-COn1ress of Ind~strial Or-priizatiqns. All other -~Ii~- organizational purposes in;a'cco~dancc witl:i SIJCh rules as are a<loptcd

Statement of Principl's and Declal'ation of Rig"t1 tions by the Union or:. iu subOrdinatc bOdies. or alvisions shall ,be ·,by a majQr~ry ,vote o( me- Executive B9ar~. • ....
In order to form a more .perfect U~i,d~-. we .;.,.orkcrs .·_in the made or ,withd.fawn as actcrmi"ncd ·by' .':r i;najority vo(e · of,- the, - . I , ; . -~ •• .

ma~itimc and allied industries, - realizing the value and necessity Eicecµtive ' Board. ' . : · · ' . ' ,- . "'-~ri·" J VI '
of uniting_ in pursuit of our improved economic and socia.l welfare, Section 2: Jn ad<lition to ·such. od)cr·· provisions 11 are _cbnra'ined . . · , • . : IC • . ' .1 - i.. -'..._. ~ · • : ·

" have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers Inter· herein, all ~a~rdio.~tc bodie~ .•n4 .divisions see.king a .chatter ~ro!D . z · . Rehr•r!!•n~- from. -~~m~ersn~p - , -.
·national Uriion of North . America-Atlanric, Gulf, -Lakes and and/or aftilaatil>n with ditt Unioni shall be required to adopt, w1th1n • .... L • f · • L. • ...,. . _., ·. '

ltihrnJ Wim:rs. Distrifr; ·:;.ua hereby d,ediciie ounelves to the fol- a time period ~r- by the Executive Board., a ?onstitu~ion cotjtaining S~;:~1•n.f • .1.•fam~rs . m~y re~ir~ rem m~iit!s~1p ~1 surr:e~::icr:na ·
1qwing principles: . . . provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annex~ ·to this Constitution ::.- ~cir .Union :books, or _other .cv1dc'?ce of, ~ffi~1~tton. 1n~ pa .•~g all

In promoting our economic and social welfare, we· shall ever .be and made · a part hereof • . Ail oihcr tito".isions "adopted 'by such .unpJld ~ucs fo~ . th~e quutc.r m ."".htCh they . .rcu!e~ ·•$JC'm~ts'! fines •.
mindful, nof only of our rights, but also of our duties a_nd obliga· subordinate bOdies and divisions as part of their cons.tirutions shall and. other m!>~ICS due an<\ QWlfl.g the Unu~n .. ~hcn .. ~c mcm~t
tions as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our not be inconsi~tcnt thcrey.'iili. No_suc:h .cons_titut!o~ or ,a~cndments su.rr~,nd~rs his ,b__o!'k or ..Oth~~ evJdencc of affil.1atton. m 9>'!.ncqt!>~ ·
.luty io combat the menace of · communism and any o.rhcr enemies · thereto shall be ~ecmcd to be effective without .the "ipProval ohhe · with: his appltca!aon f.or ;i;~tarcmcnt he sh~ll be gi.vcn a. rccc1pc
e>f freedom and · die d_emocratic principles · to which we seafaring Executive .Board of this Union, whiCh shall· be exccutca in W(iti,ng; ' thc~clor. An official re~1rcmcnt card shall be u,~ucd by Hcadqua~ters.
Jncn · dedicate ourselves 'in this Union. . - on. its behalf, by the Fr'6idem--o.r., :iti 'his a_\>scncc, _ by any othe~ ' upo,n. request, d~t~d '!s of th~ d.ar th;1:t such ~co>ber ac~om~11sh~
' We shall affiliarc and work ·with other free Jab~i organi.zaitons; ·officer designated b'y it. Such approval shal~ be ~eein'~d· to,.~ feco,&?°'~ . thcs~ ,payments, an~ shall. h_( gav~~- co. ~he, mem~r ~pon.:Jus .P~C'.°
we shall ·support. a journal tq give additfomal voice- to our views; ~irion of complianc~ hercwidt br. su.ch_. !."!bor~l~ate b~y 9r.divisjbn,.. spntuig. the •:orcsaad ~ecctpt._ -. .' .. , • . : . • ,. , ~' ·, ~ ~- .
we · shall assist ··our brothers Of the sea ~nd other workers of all . :Where ~ s':'i;>!>rdtn~te bOdJ,'.of-,d,!vl,!!o.n v~olat~ any __ o( t.lf~ · .. !oJe- . $.•chon ~· All . the r_ ights, ~PC)vtl~g~s •. duh~s a!1~ oblasa!•pns. of . , :;; , . -.,.
-countries 'in these· obligation~ co . the fullest extent c,onsistcnt with go.ing, al!a, tn _parucular;.· seeks · io "' cffecn,i~te any constJtuttonal - -membership · sha1J··6'e suspended. durmg the- pcmxl of .rcttrcrncnr.
C>ur duties, obligations, atf<f .law. W:c shall seek to· exert our individ· p~ovi~ion n~t 50 authoriz~~ ',~~d-. a)fpr~vc~, or ·~o~mits ,,.sett, ·~a · · · ~xc~pt; th~t a rc~~r~d ~ember shall• ~ot -~ ~,i.~~<;>~al - t~ ' -~he tl~io~. , · •,.

. · .... nal and· collective influence in' the .Jight for the e!lactmcnr of labor· · v1olat1on o_f Jts approved const1tut1on, or- fads _toz,act .m-.1u9r~11nce noi' rom or rcmatn tn any dual O( hosu1~ or_pnlZa'"ft!Jnj upon ~nalty1
( .ad other, kgislatjon an·d P<>li~ics· which look to the attainment of . thcrcwidi, this Ui:iion, through its E~ccutivc Boat:d~"inay ~J~Clra1,f of f~rfciture pf his .righ:t to--=r~.instatcmcnt, , . · '"' ..

- a free and happy society, without distinction. based -01\ tacc/ creed . h d/ · ffi}' ' "f th ' h - ' h ' . ' """
....... r color. · · Its .c artcr.an or sev~r; us . ~ iattC?!l 0~ .. w!t ,' - ~r:~ sue · ter~ ' , Secif~it . 3. Any pcrsoii.;'ia tetiremcnt for a "'pcr'od Of tiv uartcr•

... . . . · . · . .:. .· as 1t may 1mpPsc not mcons1sttnt with Jaw, •1n/adamon to exerc1s• · h. ll b , · ,_ d · · be" h-' 1 h · ~ ~-. ·d" ·
To govern our co!ld,uct _ as. a Umon and bearing. If\ mtl\d· that ing any and all rights it .lll@ynave pursuant to anfappllcable a&fcc·. or mor~ s a . c r!store t0"1nc~ r~ 1p, .. cx~pt ~s ~rem _!~ . 1~atc •

~·ost, Qf. OU~ mc,mber$ ·arc . mtgra~ory,. that their duties carry them , rnents or undcrsta:ndin s . • -;· ~ ·'"' <:,... . ~ •. . ~by p~Y,l~~ due- fQr_rhc.,surrcn~ ,ua~tcr, ~ well IS !iU ,asses_sments
all over the world, that their "rights "musr.a.nd shall be R1otccted, - . : . ·' . - .. ' · :: ; r . : ·: . •. ~ • .. . . Cr 4

.. ~~€~\Ung 11nd .newly lc~1Ccl d¥!1fl~ die pcrao.d of .rctlr~c~_r; I(~~e. 'i

'We hereby' .declare these_ .rights as members of the Union to be Sect1011 3. This Umon shall. also have .the power , acung· thfough '-<- J?.criod o( r.cttrcme-9t 'i1s· less than two quartets, the rcqu1~cd pay-
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inalienable. . ' · . · . > ' ' · its Executive Board, ahd :after a: fai! hca~Vig, to imJ>O$c a trustee··' me,its 'snail consist or ill aues. aq:ruing during the said' . ~riod,.Pf-'
·; • I • • ., ~: • - ship upon : any- su~or~lna~c ,bpd:f,. 'ord'iy,i'Sions" Chartcred by ,11'tjd .1 'iet'ircm~nt, in~ludi~g · $h0s.e Jq~ th_e ql_{rent_ quarrcr, .an,d ~.11 as~r,.
,. , . . . . : .. · . : . . affiliated wit~ it, for -thc.reafon8".an\l to" ~c extent provided by law ... ~merlfi. accruc'Ci'.- a·na '.'cwly,~ lc_v1cd durm,at. 'that ' ~rio'cl. ·Upon suCh
No'-llle}J1b~r · shall ~c Clcpr·1v_e~. o,f .a~y of th~ i1~hts or prtY!~eg~ · - · , ·_ • · ':. . . . ,, '•' ~ ·. paym~n!,;thc ~rs~p ·m rc~11::em._;qt;,~~all ,.~e ~esto c~ Jo· mcm}:>frsllipr .

·auar~ntecd him under th~ Coiist1tut1C?n. of .the Umon-.. · . · .. ~rt!cle .111;2· "°' .. 1 , •· • • · :-:: ,: .• , •~d··h1s m~mbersh1p, book • ., PP(Opr1atcly SJ&)npe ; -s.h~ll ~ rcturnC4
. ·- "' - \. , .4'\/,. ,f 1 ~ , i .. ,' u_. ,.:L :=' _,,b• '· ". :~ ,_ ",,.!' ""';., tO"fli.ii • .:. .. ~; , P' 'I~· .... ""':", , ,, ,,.. : ' ·' .... , ...

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• ".!-"·: ·Every qualiJied lllt.mber shall have die. r.1~t to n~matc himself . L-5•:·.~ J · ~· a_J~ J.';h· md.1 ~J,'~ it' ,.d ~red 'fire 't· ~c~ afte~• tw0:ycar period of tc_tt[emenr conltStini'. Qf'i!i~l)iWquarte111~~ · ·
. ~ ~ IOi,/aod_. if el«red or appoinr,cij, to !1';pJd ollic( in this Unipn. I -";'~5 tbp ID a~r .•nee WI f:-. ~:: -( :.> .~ h~!e -~:!i:.....!i':..m J=~~. ' '.onJy b)r m.-;oritj "yore ··of" the meml;c(aliip~ 'IC , •• • '

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, -~~ ' ';µ·· ~~N~-~ki~~t~; ~~v.cJI of Jiit m~b'ier~ip w.i~o1u· due -· ~B!;ecmem·oi• thil'JJaioada " · 1 die · -· · • .,, -- 1' • , · " 'r - / . ·: ·~ '·; , ~ , : :'· ,,· . .' : , i"·

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Jrlll'ela ll, 1• SE.4P.4RERS LOG

, . Arifcle VII (f) ''11ie President shall Le diairman of the Executive Board
Syste . of or. -lutJ . ·; . and may cut ·one TOte i9 that body. ,

. . .. m •n. Oii . (g) ~ shall .be responsible, within the limits of his powers,
hctloA 1. ThiJ Union and all Officers, Headquaneta Represen~~ · · for the enforcement ~f this <;:onstitution, the polides. of the Union,

tives;,Port Agents, Patrolmen and members •hiJll be governed· in: . . and all rul~s and rulmgs d~y ·adopted by the ·Executtve Board, and
di.ii order by; ' · those duly adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Within

(a) The Constitution.. tlfese limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, position, and
·· prestige -of the Union. ·

(b) 'The Execu~ive Board. (h) · The foregoing duties shall be" in additio~ to those other
(e) Majorjty vote of the membership. " duties lawfully imposed upon him. ·

· _Sodion 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be. located in (i) The responsibility of the President may not be delegated,
New Yorlc and the headquarters officers .shall cansist of a President, but the President may delegate to a person or persons the execution
and Exci:utive Vi~·Prcsidcnt, ooe Vice-President in Cllarge of · of such of his duties as he may. in hfs discretion decide, subject
Contracts and Contract EnforCCJl)ent, a Secrctary·'frcasurer> ooe to the limitations set forth in this Constitution. ·
Vice-President in Charge of thc·1Atlanric' Coast, one Vice ·President ( i) Any va{;llncy in any office or the iob of Headquarters Repre•
·in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and ooe Vice-P.te1ident in Charge sentative, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President
'of the J.akes .and Inland 'Waten. . ·bY. temporary appointment of a member qualified for the office

. · · ' - of job under Article XII of diis Constitution, except in those

the pam, and dte ~nminct thereof on .the takei and ,imna ·
Waters, including . their organizing activities. . ,

In order that he may properly e~ecatc his responsibilities he .it
empowered and authorized ·to retain any technical or professional
assimnce he deems necessary, ·subject to approval of the Executive•
Board. · · . .

Section 8. Dlrodor of Orgmnizing and Pul:ilications.
The Director of Organizing and Publications ·shall be appointed

and may be removed at will by the Executive Board of the Union.
He shall be resp6nsible for and supervise all publications and
public relations of the. Union and shall serve ~as co-ordinator of
all organizational activities of the Union. In adaition, he shall
perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by
the Executive Board.· ·

Section 9. He•dq'uorters Ropre~ntltivos.
. The Headquarters :Representatives. shall perform any and all

duties assigned them or delegated to them by the President, Execu•
tive Vice-President or the Exeeutive Board. Sodion 3. The staff of .each port ·shail consist of such personnel cases where the filling of such vacancy .is otherwise provided for

.,. ii provided for herein, and che port .shall bear. the name of . the by this Constitution. · ·
. city ~r,. which the Union'~t o~c~ are-iocateci, (k) The Pre5ident is directed to ·take any and all measures and

Secffon 10. Port Agents •.

Section 4. Every me'lnber of the Union shall ·be registered ii:J. one employ .such means. which he deems necessary· or advisable, to
of three de~rtmcnts; namely, deck, engine and stewards depart· : protect . th~ interests, an~ ~rth.er the !'elfare of the Union ~nd . its

.meot. The. defiqjtion of ~ese departments shall be in accordance · ~e~bers, mall i:n~tte~ mvolvmg i:iat1onal, mte ~r local legulatt~
with aisrom and usage. This definition may be modified by a .. mues, and public affairs.
majority vote o( the membership. No member may transfer from ( 1) The Presid.ent shall have authority to require any officer or
OR~· d~(tment to another except by ·approval as ~idenced by a ~mon .r~presc;n~uve to attend any .~egular or ·special meeting, if, in
ma1onty vote of the me.mbership. . his opm1on, 1t 1s ·deemed n~essary.

· Section ·2. Executive Vice-Prosidnt.

1 • Article VIII · The Executive Vice-Presidetl~ .shaU P,Ctform any ancl all duties
~ceri, Heaclqu.rte'rs ,Rep' ; ;__tat1·~-· ' P-. ....- ~nil· assigned him 'or delegated'' to him by th_e Preiident. In the event

,......... -· ..,., the President shall' be unable . to carry out any of his duties . by
. and Patrolmen · . reason of incapacity or unavailability, the Executive Vice-President

· . . . • . shall take over such duties during the period of such incapacity or
~ ~· ~ offi~1 o~ the Unipn shall be elected u · othe.nvise unavailability. Up0n the death, r~signatiOn, or removal from office

JtfOYJdcd ~n th~ Cons~ruaoo, _ ~ e>Bicci:-- shal~ ~ the President, • for any reason of the -Pres.ident, ·the .Executive Vice-President shall
aq ~ecut1ve. ~~ce-P~es1dent, one Vu:e-P~tsadent •!1 th~ge of Coo· immediately assume the office, dutiCs and ttspoosibilities of the
traaa apd Conuact Enforcement, ·a Secretary·Treasurer, -one ·Vice· President until the next general election. .
President in Cllargc Qf .the Atlantic Coast. ooe Vice-President in ' The Execut!ve Vice-President shall be a member of the Executive
Ctiarge of the Gulf Coait; and one Vice~President in Charge of the Board and .may,.. cast one..-vote in that body. ·
1akca and tnlaDd Watt(I. . · . .:.. . · . -

lldion ·;,Pott Agents, Headquarters Representatives,' and Patrol.
me~ shall be elected, except ~ otherwise provided in this
Co.ost,inition. · · . 1

Section 3. Vico-Prosiditnt. in Ch•rge of Contruts end
Contr'•ct Enforcorilont. · . . · · · .

The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce·
. ment shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated
to him by the President, In addition, he shall be responsible for

.Article IX all contract nego'tiations, ~ formulauon of bargaibing demands,
• / and the submission of proposed collective bargaining agreemenu

Other Elective Jobs to the membersllip for ratification. He shall 'also be resp0nsible,
• • • . • I • except as otherwise provided in.Article :x:, Section 14 (d) (1)' for

S.dion ·I. In ~(ljt!on tc? ~ elec~ve Jobs provided for in ~rtide strike .authorization,-. signing of new contf!lClS, and contract enforce·
'\'Itt, the followmg Jobs 10 the Uwon shall be voa:d upon .a.n the· ment. He shall also act for headquarters in exec\iting the. adiµinis·
..W.nec presciibed by thil ·Constitution: . . trative functions assigned' tO headquarters by this Constitution with

A. Delegates to the convention 6f the Seaf~ers lntern.atfonal respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or party
,pnion of North .America. . · . . thereto, in which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his

.. JS. ·Committee' members qf: place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities
, ( 1) Trial· Commi~s . he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help" as be

(2) Quarterlf'f'mancial Committees deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwi1e; subject to approval of

(a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the administra•
tion of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdiction subject to the
direction of the area Vice-President. · ·

· ( b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his port, be responsible
for .the en~orcement and execution of the Constitution, the poli~cs
of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and
by a majority .YOte of the member.ship. Wherever there are time
rcsuictions or other considerations affecting port action, the Port
Agent shall take appropriate action . to inrure observance thereof.

(c) He shall ~ prepared to accotJnt, tfinaocially or otherwise,
for the activities of. his port,. whenever demanded by the President,
the Vice-President of the area in which his port" is located; or br
the ScCretuy-Trea5urer.

· ( d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to the Secretary·
·:t'reasurer,- a weekly _.financial report showing, in detail, weekly
income and expenses, and complying with' all other accounting
direct~ issued by the Secretary-Treasurer.

(e)-" The Port. Agent may assign ·each port Patrolman to ·such ·
duties, as fall within the jurisdiction of die port, regardless of the•
deparirilental designation, if any,, under which the Patrolman

. w~ elected. . ·· · · '
· · (f) The Port Agent shall desipte which ,membCrs at that port

may serve as representative; to odier organizations,. affiliation with
.wb.ich bu been properly .. authorized.

Section If. Patrol-.
Patrolµien shall perform any d~ties assigned iliem by tl;ic Agenc

of the Port to which they are assigned:

Sectio11 12. Execimve loanl.
The Exerutive Board .shall consist of the President, the Executive

• Vice-President,. the Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and
~ntract Enforcement, the ~rctary~Treasurer, the Vice-President
m Charge of the .Atlantic Area, the Vice-President in Charge of
the Gulf Area, the Vice-President.in Charge of the Lakes and Inland
Waters, and the National Director (or chief executive officer) of
ca~ subordinate body or division created or chartered by the
Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained

(3) Appeals"<:~funmittees . · the Executive Board. · .
( 4) · Strike Committees 1'he Vice-President in -Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce• .
(') Credential& Committees .~ ment shall be a member of the Executive Board · and may. case

a membership of 3,200 members and has mainrained that member·
~hip for not less than · three ( 3) m~nths. Such National Director
(or chief executive officer) shall be a :member of the respective
subordinate body or diTision ·and must be qualified · to hold office

( 6) Polls ·Coriunittm one vote in that body. • · . , .

( ? ) Union 'rallying Committeet S.~on 4. s.c,..i.ry·TrHIUret'.
(8). Colisritutional Commmces The Secretary-Treasurer shall j>crform any and. all duties .assigned

Sodion 2. Additional committees may be form~ ·u provided by him or delegated ro him by the .President. He shall be. responsible
a majority vote of the membership. Committees· may.also be ap~ for the ·organizati.on .and maintenance of the correspondence, files,
·JlOinted ,AS permitted by this Constitution, and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound

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Dulin of Officen, H.uclquarteri Representative.s, Port
. . . . Agenll, Othe;. ~.JOb-Holden and · . ·.
· Misc.Uan~s . Penonnel

Section .1. Tho PrMWeat.· ,
. (a) The. · Presiden~ shall be the executive officer of the Union
.ad~ shall ~resent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union iii all

, matters exiept as otherwi$C specifically provided for in ~ Con·
- .Ucution. _ -

( b) , He· shall be a member ex-offido ·of all committeeS,. except
a othenvise herein expressly provided, ' ·

(c) The President shall be iri charge of, and responsible for, all
Vn~on property, and shall' be in charge of h~cfquarters · and port
offices. Wherever there are time resttictici'ns or other considerations
•iec:ting Union action, the President shall take e,ppr-0priatc action
'to insure observance · thereof. .
· . {d) Io ~~det thiif he filay"ptoperly ace91~ his responsibilities,
·~.IS hereby mstructcd ~ authonzed to employ any help he deems
aeccss~,y; ~ it· ~esaf, a~counti~g or O!.herwise, · .

.C:.e) Subject to approval ~Y a: majority vote ot the membe'r~ip,
, ·~: P~esident sjia:ll designate: :~.e · ~UJiiber and location of ports, .the
jur~sd1ct1on,, status, . and ~t1v1ties thereqf, and may close or opea.
liich ports and ·.may re-assign Vice-Presidents and. the Secretary;
1.'r~asurer : :without ~educ~ion in wages. He· may also . .r;e-assign
Headquarters · ~epresentat1ves, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, ·to.
• other duties; without .reductipn ·in wages. '.(he Por.ta of New York,
Philad~lphia, Baltimore; .. . Mobile, New . Orleans, Houston and

:Detroit may nOt- be,.closed except .by, ConstitUt.ional amendment.
··Where ports are opened betweeq eltctions. the P.tesicent shall

designate the Union peraonnel thereof.

accounting and bookkeeping. systems; the- setting up, and mainte•
>~ince o(, proper office and other administrative Union procedures;
the proper collection, safeguarding. and expenditure of .µ Union

·funds, pon or Otherwise. He shall: stibmit to the membership, for
each quarterly period, a detailed repprt of the _entire Union's finan•
cial operations and shall submit- !simultaneously therewith, the

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Quarterly Financial Committee repon. for the same period. The
Secretary-Treasurer's report shall be prepared by an independent
Cerfified Public Accountant. He shall also worJC: with all duly elected
final.cc committees. The Secretary-Treasurer shalr be responsible
for the timely filing of any and all reports on the operations of
the Union, financial or othe{Wisc, that may be required by any
Federal .or state .laws. In ~der that he may properly ~te his
responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and authorized· to employ
any help he deems· necessary, be it legal, accounting, or otherwise,
subject to approval of 'the Executive Board. . . ·
. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Executive

_Board and may cast one vote in that body. ' . .
The· Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of . the

Credentids and Ball!)t Tallying Committees. In addition he shall
make himself and the record$ of his office available to t~ Quarterly
Financial Committee. · . · ·

Section 5. Vice:Pre1idont in Cima• of th• Atf•ntic Co.it, .
The Vice-President. in· Charge of the -Atlantic .Coast shall be a

member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one
vote in that body. ·

. He -shall supervise and be responsible for the activities. of all
the ports~ rand the persolll)el thereof on ·the ·Atlantic Coast, includ·
ing their organizing activ~ties. The Atlantic Coast area is d_Femed
to 'mean that area f.tom.«nd includi_ng Georgia ·through Maine~and
shall .also indude the Islands in the Caribbean. In order that he
may properly execute his · responsibilities he · is empowered apd
authorized . to .re~n any technical or professional · assistance he
deems necessa~y subjecno approyal of the Executive· Bo~d. · ,

' · The piesidenc· ihall designate, in the .e\lent· o(: the incapacity of
any Headq~rs :Representative, Pott·.A,Seilt or ·Patrolman, Qr any Section 6. Vi~e-Pr•sldont in Charge,, the Gulf Coast.

~ ciffi~ .o.~er tQ8;'1 ~e ~i:~.n~ •. a'replacem~nt,.io, a~t ai ~ch dU!ing ·· 'fhe Vice•President in· O.rge. of the Gulf Coast shall· be a ,
-the per1o,d of 1n~paCIJY,: pro~1.ded S\!.Cl:i, replacement as qualified .membe.t · of the· Executive Board and shall be entitled· to cast one
under Artjcle ':'lQI. of the CO~ifutiol;l~tO fill.such )ob. · · .. vote in. that body. · · · '

· · ·.At. the · regular meetioj·in Juty' of every: election year, .,the Presi.· lre shall su~.tvise. and be responsible for the activities ·of all the
·de~t sha1bubnti~ to the membC.tship a pre--balloting.report. la:i his . Ports, :and · th~ i)ersonnel tliereof on the Gulf Coast .includiDg ~eir
'.repqft he. shalt iecomme~d ·~ n~~r and, J.oca,tion of porfSt µic .. organizing ~tivities .. The Gulf·Coast_area ·is deemed ~ .mean ·ihe

, Atm\ber ,of,licadql,:W'ters ~prcse~tat1ves,: ·Port . .Agentl ~nq Patrol• State of Fl~ida, aU ~o\lsh the Gulf, including 're~. :· .
. Jd.CD wbjc,h iare to be iJec~ed. ;>';le •Jla.ll ·.also i~~nd a bank, 4 In order that he may properly exeaite his responsibilities 'Ile

bonded. warehouse-, a re&War o~cei' thcfeof, Qr any other 1imilat ·is empowered and authorize.dro retain any"technical or professional
dep<>sitory, to~ which . ~e b~ots ·are to be· mailM or delive.red .at usistancc he deems necessary, subject to appjoval of the Executive

. ~e <!~ . C?f ead.1 clay's vo~in& except ·m~t die P~.sid~nt ma~~ Board. .. · ·· · ·
Iris d11erenon, postpocte the· reco~md•ttOh as to the depository - ·., . . . . . '- •~- ~
u.tfl n!J· 1-te( m.n ·me ttrst (Cgalat meetins· id OCt.obcr. : f · ~~ ~; Vb:P~'l!I ~of ... l.H~ INicl ·~ w~ . .
· . Tb~ iecommepdatiod itJ!.y ~ ~~i~ whe~r any Patt~ · . T&~Vi~-Presi~pt 'in Char~ o,f t~ ~es · and ~nlfJiil ~acers
8'Jd.lf!!C Hea=: ·\r~~~Jr l .. ~. d!'-lJ~ ._, .~P"f• .. ~ ,~~ ,qi~¥. -,,£.-the &ei:utave Board a'1'i ~ 1Je· ~~

· \~,,~ ~ · · - · .~ . • e ,~~t k~ .. . be .-su_~j~-' ~;.tl>l.~yal Q( .. to.9ft~ v,~ .:i~ , tbat ~~-J . L · c.•,. _ •• ,, .; '"·
~q· .,, 'a m1.~.rtt; · Ol· uav 'mem~n:.. . "". .. "'"·'ae:' ~-...a~. ·'- 11o11; ' .......: • •• nf .U

• , • • -. ' ' " • ' • • •• • >. }''·! . .. .• '-r ,, ,.. -· , 1:-. ' . fi -:"".ffr) ~,.,. ,~· ,fll!f. . , .I ~ • - ',.~ ~;.t;T<-~·1 ,•tt»"
!>'. ' • ~ .. ' .;.or ' ' ' • -

under ~ terms of the Constitution of . such division . or subordi·
nate body. · . · •

The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less tha.11
once each quarter and at such other • times· as the President or
in his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. The Presi!
dent shall he the chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless
absent, in which case the Executive · Vice-President shall assume
the chairman's duties. Each member of the Executive Board shall
be entitled· to cast one vote in that body. Its decision shall be
determin~d by majority vote . of those voting, providing a quorum
~f three JS present. It shall be .che dunr of the Executive Board to
develqp policies, strategies and ·rules which will advance and
protect the · interests and welfare t>f the Union and the Members.
It shall !>e the duty· of the . Secretary-Treasurer, or in his absence.
an appomtee of the Executive ~d. to keep accurate minutes of

· all Executive Boarcl meetin~. 'J11e Ex~cu~e Board shal~ appoint
one person wh~ shall be designated Director of Organizations and
Publicati~ns. The Executive Board shall determine per capita tax
to be levied and other ~rms and conditions of affiliation for any
groµp of workers· desiring affiliation. The · Exeaitive Board "may
direct the a_dministtation of all Union affairs, properties, polidcs
and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifically ·pro­
vided ~or in . this Constitatio.n. Notwi~standing the foregoing, the
~ecuttve Board· may act without ho!ding a formal meeting pro-

. v1d~ all m~bers of the ~d are sen~ notice of the proposed
~on ·oracttons.an.d the deos1on_ th~reon u reduced to writing and
111gned by: a ma1onty of the Executtve Board. .

In the evenr that death, resignation or removal from .office fo~
llny reason should occur simultaneously to the President and .Execu·
tive· Vice-President, the Exeeutive Board by majority vote shall
name succes5ors "'from its own membership who shall .fill those
vacancies· until . the next general election. ·

If the · Executive Vice-President duly wumes 'the office of the
President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or· is incapaci•
tilted for more than 30 days during the remainder of the term the
Executive Board shall elect a successor for the balance of the ~erm
from its own membership •

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• ~itction 13. Dofeg•tos.
- (a) The term '.'delegates'.' spall mean those .m~~bers . of the .

~oion ~d its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected in
accordance with. the 'provisions of this Constitution, to . attend . the
conyentioo. of the Seafarers International Union of North America. ·

· (b) Eadi delegate shall attend the conventio~ for which el~tCd
and fully }larticipate therein. ·

(.c) ·Each delegate shal~ by his vote and otherwise, supJ)ort those:
· polic.ies .agreed ·upon by the majority of. f}le delegates ·to the
Conventton. · ·

-.(d) 'l'he President shall assign to each subordinate body or"
division that number of' delegates to which this Union would have
!>ee~ entitled, .~f its membership had been increased by -the .number
of members of che subordinate body or division, in ac(:Ordance.
with the formula set forth in the Constitution of the Seaf~· •
Intemational' Udion of North .America, except that this provisioa
~ not . be. a.J?Plied so as to -rec!uce the number ?f ~ele~ to
·which th.is Uluoo would . ocherwJSe have been eouded. . . ,,: .

Secfion·14, CommlttHI.
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and slall submit findioss and recommendatio~~ as prescri~ in: ·
this Con.stitution. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial· .
Committee to observe all the requirements of this . Constirurioq ·
with regard to charges and trials, and 'their findings and rccom ..
Jnendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion
of tl1e Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under · this

·<;:onstitution, were properly safeguard'ed. ·

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nssels,_ covered by cO"ntract with this Union, _ or fou.ll (4) moothi prejudice to his written' -appeal, the applicant may apj>ear ·in ~
of emplo}'}Jlent with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its sub- before the committee within two days after·the day on '91hidi the
si~iar!es apd its affi~ia~, ·or in any- empJQyment at the Union's telegram is sent, to correq his application or arsue for bis quali•
dueeuon, . or a combmatJon of .these, betwesn January 1st and the ficarioli. · · · · ·
time of nomination in the ·election year, and ' . ' .The rommittee's report shall be prepared earJy 'enough to ~low

( d) He is a Citizen of the United States of .America; and · the applicant to appear. before it within the time set forth in thil
(el) fe is not disqualified by Jaw. · Constitution and still r~ch the ports in time for the first regular

(b) AppHls Committn. ,. , · · . meeting after , its election~ · • · .
Section 2 •. .AU· candidates for, 'and holders of, other electi-ye jobs

1. The Appeals c9mmittee shall hear all appeals from .trial not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members ·-(d)
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judgments, in accordance with -such procedures as are set forth jn of the Union. . · _ · . appea s, oe su c1ent to over-ru e any squa 1 canon c· ass1 cattoo
this Constitution and such rules as may be adoE!ed by :lf majority . . by the Credentials Commiftee, in which event the' one so pre•
vote of the membership not· inconsistent therewith. · : Section S. All candidates .for and holders of elective offices and. viously classified shall then be deemed 'ualified. '

J'ohs, w. hethcr elected or ap.pointcd in accordan~ w1't'-- thi-Constl· ( ) Th c· -.l t' I Com. • ' • th J'fi 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later ·than one week '"" ll" .. e e rl:'Uen ia s ' m1ttte, Jn passing upon e qua • •
after ti1e clos.e of the said hearing, make anll submit findings and tution, shall maintain full book membership -in good . standing. cations of candidates, shall liave the right to conclusively pres~e
recommerldations in accordance with the provisions of this Con· that anyone nominated and· qualified in previous elections for candi·
stitution and such rules as may he adopted by a majority vote of Article XIII -- !lac:Y fo,r any office, or thC-. job of Headquarters Jrepresentati\·e, Pore
the membership not inconsistenr therewith. · . :Agent or Patrolman, has'"met all' the requitements ·of Section 1 (a) ·

Ele.dions for OfRcen, Hudqu•rten Represent•tives; of .Arti£1e XII. · •. · ·
(c) Quarterly Finmncial Committee. - - .Port Agents •nd P•troUnen Section s .. laltotint Proceclui:es. ,,- . . ,- '
1. The Quar.tedy Fiqancial Committee shall make an examina· -

tion for eafh quarterly j>eriod of, the finances of the Union and Section 1. Nomin!tions. (a) The Secretary·T~ur:er Shall insure· the proper and timelr ·
shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members Excep. t as provided in Section 2 (b) of this .Artide, any full preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports.
of this committee -may make dissenting reports, separate recom· boo ffi The ballots may contain general informatio~d instructive com-

k member may submit hiS' name for nomination 'for any o ce, . ments not inconsistent with the provisions of this . Constituti.on.
· mendations and ~parate findings. . or the job of Headqui1'ters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, .AU qualified candidates shall be listed ~ereon, aplhabetically within

2. The findings and ·recommendations of ibis committee shall be .by delivering or cal,lsing to be ·delivered in person, fO the office each category. 'the listing of the ports shall follow a geographical
, __ completed· within a t_easonable time ·after the election of the of the Secretary-Treasurer at ·headquarters, or sending, a letter pattern, commencing· with the most northerly port

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members thereof. and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer' addressed to the Credentjals Committee, in care' of the , Secretary· coast, following the Atlantic coast· down to the. most -southerlf
'=who shall ciuse the same to be read -in ~1 ports, as ~t fortli herein. Treasurer, at the addres:s of headquarters. Thia letter shall be dared port on that cbtst, dien westerly along tlJie Gulf of Mexico ind

3 • .AU .officers, Union personnel' ~nd members are respo_n~ble and !hall =:'lain the follo'9'ing: - sd on, until the list of ports is exhausted." .Any port outside the

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for · complying with all demands made for records, bills, :vouchers, (a) The __ nam~ of the candidaite. Continental United ·swes · sha11 then be adaed. There shall be
receipts, etc., by th~ said Quarterly Financial Committee • . The (b) His home i14dreis and mailing ·address. allotttd write-in spa~, oii cacli ()Atfot,- sufficient 'to .permit each
committee shall also have available to it, the services of the inde- (c) His boolC number. member voting to w~ite in as many names as there ·are, offices and
pendent certified public accountants retained by the Union. . · jobs to be :voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as ro hive

4. Any action on the said report shall be as ·determined by a. (d) The title of the office or ·other job for which he is a candi· the number thereon placed at the top thereof -and shail be 50 ~r·
majority vote of the membenhip, . · date, including _the n!Ulle of the 'fort in the event 'the posi· forated as to cnabl~ that' portion containib1t the ,,aid .,num.,er 10 'be .

~ ·tion sought' is. that of .Agent or P~trolman. easily -ov.ed to insu·re secrecy· of .1.e !,._.,....,, On th. i's·· rem,,_able 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall 'consist of seven (7) - · ·~~ u1 1>1Wu• .....
membe~ in good standing to be elected as follows : One member (e) Proof of citizenship. ' ' . . portion shall -also be placed ·a, short Statement in<ficating the nature
·from each of the following ports: New York, Philadelphia, Balti· · (f) Proof of seatime and7or eniployment-as required for can• of .the ballot and the .voting date there0f. · ·" · • ·
more, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. 'No officer, didates. . . . (b) The".ballots . so prepared .at the direaion of the SCcr~ry·
Headquarters Representative, Port .Agent or Patrolman,. shall be (g~ lo the event the· member is on ,. ship he shall notify the Treasurer shall be the only offi~ial ballots. No others ·may be used,
eligible for election to this Committee. Comqiinee members· 'shall . Credential5 Committee what sh'ip he is ori.. This- shall, be Each ballQt shall be numbered as indicated in the ,preceding para•
be elected at the regular meeting designated by ·the Secretary- done also if he ships aubsequenf."to forwarding h!s ere- ·sraph and shall be numbered · coosccutively, commencing with
Treasurer. In the event a resular mee~ing cannot be held in any· • dentials. · . - - number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributtd to
port for lack of a quorum, the .Agent shall call a special meeting (hf .Annexing a certifi~te · in the fellowing form, signed and .-. each ~ort. A record of the bal,lots~ _both l>y_ serial numbers and
as early as possible for the purpose 'of electing a member to serve · dated by _the proposed nominee: '1JIOUOt, se

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on dfe Quarterly Financial Committee. -Such committee members • who shal also send each Port, Agent a veri6c_arion list indicating
shall be furnished transportation to New York and back to their "I hereby certify that I ani not now. nor, for the"five· (5) Tears the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each · Port
respective ports· and they shall be furnished room and board during Jast past, have I been either a ·member of. the Communist Party .Agent shall ~aintai.n separate records of the ballots sent ,,him and
the period they are performing· their duties in New York. Com· or convicted of, or served any parr of a prison tcr"1!"resulting from shall inspect and count- the ballots, when rreeived, to· insure that
mencing on the day following their election and continuing until conviction of robbery, bribery, otortion, embezzlement, gand the amount senr, ,as we11 as the numbers ther~n, conform to the ~
they have been returned to their respective ports each committee larceny, burglary; arson, violAtioh of narcoiics laws,.murder, rape; . amount and cumbers- listed by the Secretaey-frmurer as h11ving
member shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay. assault with intent to kiD, assa\llt which inflicts gievous bodily bees;i sent to that port. 'Pie Port Agent shall jm~ediately execute
but in no event.shall they-be paid foi: less than eight (8) hours injury, or violation of ·title II or III of the J..andrum-Griffin ' .Act, and return t~ the Secretary-Treasurer I. receipt acknowledgi~g the ·
per day. or conspiracy to C01'lmit any such.:·crimes." · co~ectness of the amount and numbers of the ballots ~; or shall

(dJ. Strike Committee. noufy ·rhe Secretary-Treasurer' of any discrepancy. Discrepancies
Dated: ................................................................................ .............. shall be correct~ as soon as possible prior to !he v,otin~ period. Io

1. In !10 yvent shall a general stri~e take pla.ce unless approv~ ; · Sigfllll#r~ of f!}ember any ~vent~ rece•t>tS sh~l ·be forwarded for b•llots' act1,1ally receiv~
by a ma1onty vote of the membership. Book No ..................................... ~........... The Sccretary-Tr~su.i:er shall prepare a file, in which shall be Ice~

2. In the event a_ general strike has been approv~.11 by the J}leJD• · • , memoranda and ,corresPQndem:e dealing w)rh the ~Jecrion. This
bership the Port Agents in a,ll a.Hected ports . shall call a timely Printed forms of the certifieate shall be made ·available to norni· .file shall at all times be available to any 1member for inspection
special meeting for the purpose of electing a strik~ comdl.ittee • . nees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a certifica~, of the same at the office of tlic Secretary7Treasurer. ·.: .
This com·mittee shall be composed of three full bOok members · but is, in fact, legalty·eligible for an office or ·,job. by, reason of the (c) BaJloting shl'll .talce pfaC,e ib. ~rson,, at Port · offic~. and
and theii: duties shall consist of assisting the Poit-.Agent to dfectu· restoration of civil rights origi~ally revoked bJ such conviction or shall be ~ret. No signatures of any voter, 01' .other distin3l1ishing
ate all strike pol ides and . suaregies. : . a favorable determination by the Board of P41role of ~e Uni~ed ma.rlc,. shall ape.ea_r on -~he ballot, ·except. mat ·~ny '...mel!lber may

Article Xi
Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and' ·Other

Elective Job .Holders, Union Employees, ·--
•rid Othen '.

States Department of Ju~tice, .he shall, in .lieu of the foregoing wi:1~ Jn the n~_me of_names of. any member or members, 'Is appra.
· certificate, 'furnish a complete . signed statement of th~ facts of his pnate, for· any office, or t~e JO~ o( Headquarters Representative,
case together with true copies of the documents supportipg his Port Asent or Patrolman •. · •
11~Alled~umenis required herein must rci~h headquar~~rs ;,,o (d) ·only fuU -book members 'may vote. However, immediltely
earlier d)an July Uth· ·an~ no later than .A11gust 15th of the .prior thereto they must present their books to 'the ,Polls 'Committee. -
I . t ' ' -of the port in whidi' they are' voting . .... The· \;oter!~ - book DUD)bei

e ect1on yea • ' ' . hall s.= 1 • ...i h i (. ( h' h k · The "Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the' safekeeping of these 1 • PC p~c~- upon t e os~r.,,sneet w 1c 'sh~l be ept_ in
· l d h 11 th · th c ed iaJs Co · dupbcate) Jn the space opposite the proper ballot nu'mber; and

Section 1. The foll~wing elected offices and •jobs .shill! be. hel~ - etters an. s a tur~ em over to e r ent · · mmitte~ upo~ the member .shall sign his n~e. '.Jhe ,portion of the ballot on whicfi · ,
for a term of four years: · r the k.tter s. request. .the ballot_ number is~ printed •shall then '_be · femoved, placed near

President Section 2. Credentials .Commlffff, . _ - .· ~ th~ ros~r sheet, and -the me~be;~ slial!.;.,pr~d- f!> the voting site
Vice-Presidents (a) A Cr~entials Committee shall be elected. at· the r~,sular with. the b~llot . ..\.n appropr1a~ no~t10~ of ~he d~~ and o,f the
Secretary-Treasurer . meeting in Ausust of the .election year, at the port where head· .. fad _of ".otJDJ.<Shall._bC placed IQ th~ ~em~rs Unu~n ·b.ook._
Headquarters Representatives -1 quarters is located. It sh~ll consist of six full b®lc ·members jn · ( e) . Each .Pott Agent' shall be i:e5ponsible '"for the ~tabhshpient
Port Agents attendance at the meeting, with two membeu tO be elected from ' .of. a booth or other vo.Jing site :where each meDJber I may, vore in

- Patrolmen each of the Deck, Engine ·and Stewards Departmecits. No Officer, pnvacy. •. . ., _ i • •
The term of four .years set f'Orth herein is .expressly subject to the Headquarters Represen~tiv~, Port Agqit or_ Patrolman, c_>r candi:. ~ (.0 Ut'OJi ·compledon of voting the, member ~11 fold the bait~ ··

provisions for assumption of office as ·contained in . .Article XIII, -date for office or the Job of Headquarters Repr~ntat1ve, Port· so 'that no 1patt ·of the· printed or written ~portion· is visible. He ...
Secti6n 6 ( b) of this Constitution. Agent or Patrolinan, shall be eligible for elee?tion to this Committee, .. shall then drop-the biliot inJO a narrow.,1<>.tted ;'ballot box which.

Section 2• The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated except . as provided· for in Artitle. X, Section 4. In ·~e event~ any. shall ·be provid~ for ,that. purpose by 1the Port . A&ent a~d kept
in Section 1 of this .Article shall continue for so long· as is necessary. ...~o~m~JW.t me~ber is unable !O' se~e, .the· c~mmittce ~h~l~ suspend Jodee~ .and. sealed-except _as"hereinafter ~i;forth. " - , '
to complete the functions thereof, u~less sooner terminated by a until . ..the .Pfe.sident or Executive Vi~ Prr:si~ent, or the ~reta_ry .. .,.. .. (g) Voting shall ~ommence. on November 1st of the election
majority vote of the membership or segment of the l1nion, which- · ·Tteasurer, 10 !11at order,. calls a s~aill meetmfa at ~e Wrt, wile~- yeiar and · shall continue d trough Dccember,,.3'1st, exdusive 0 f . Sun•
ever appl~es, whose_ vote was.originally necess~ry i:o elect the one or H~adq,uw.rters JS located 10 orde! t~ elect a r~p ~e~!· The·~-- ~ays an~ (for ea.ch individual Port) . . holidays legally -iecolPl_ized
()nes serving. . mmee s results s~aJ! ~ by ma1on ty vote, W!th .any u.c .vocc ~!ng, ~m rli~ cuy m w.hicli µ.c; i'O! f ilJcctOd 1Srloeat~. If"Novenil>er . 1st

resolve~ by a ma1ority ·vote of the membership at a special -?,leet.1J1g . or ~"µ,iber .~1st falls, .90 a. holiday Jegally reco~ized in a ..port in ..
Section 3. The !=ompensation to be paid the h_older of any offic~ called !or tha~ purp~se at that ~~t: . . . . the£•~ tn whtdt .that .port JS. l~ated, the balloting period in such .

or other elective Job shal1 he determined' from time to t.jme by the (b) /1fter us electto~, th~ Committt,e shall immediately. go 1pt,o- . poq: ·-$hall . c~ml]len~e ot ters;nin~t~; as the, case mat be •. on the
Executive Board subject to approval of the membershi,!>, sess1c;in .. It shall ?~ermine wh,ethe~ Jhe. person has sub~1tte~ his nexc, SUC~liig business day, SU~JCCt to the ·foregoing, voting in',all

. Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do. not apply ~ppl1ca~1on . correctly" and pos~s_ses the, ~CCC$5'fY qualjf\canons. ·pprts shall comme!lc~ at 9:0~ .A.M., ·•11d continue unt il .5_:6.0 ,P.M., ·
to any corporation, bu.siness, or other venture in which this Union ~e COmmmee shall preP,&Ie ~ ret>d!.t l1StlJ?g ea~ apphcan~ a~~ .except that, ~n ~arurda", voung shall. co~~~ce~. 9.:00 4.M. and
participates, or which it orga,nizes or creates. ln such situations, his book number under the office or Job.he is seeking. Each apph· contmue until 12 nobri: ., · ·. ..,. 1 ••

instructions conveyed by the Executive Board $hall be followed. - cant shall be marked ·~~ualifiedl.' or· "d~alifie'd'.' accordfog' to ili~ .. hctfo~~4 ~· JI C "111 · lff \ · · . ·, ~r · .
firidwgs Of the Committee, Where an applicant hiJ· J:iiCO Mat~ed . ., • O I · O I m. HS, • • . · 1" ~ . •• ', •

Article XII ·
"disqualifie~", the!feason :theie~O'r must ;be s'fll:ted. i~ ~e repd.tr. · • (1&) - Eadt .,P<>~t sHaU ·elcer. prio~ -~~ :the pegi~p!n&.;of.,the voting·.
Where a ue vote has been · resolve~- J:>y a special m~g. of -~ ., on ~ voting ·:d.ar., ·a ~olls Committee; ·consJSt~ng oJ three full ·
mem.bership, that fact shall also J:>e n~, wi~ sufliCierit <fetail. · book' ~.J>:ers ~one ·o_f wbom· ~all'":.lle a .. cat1didate, officer or an · \

Qualifications I.or · ()flicen, He.dquarters 'Representa• The report Shall be signed by all Qf the Committee' members, and. el~~ o; )ap~•n~ .J~~ :<holde~ .. F.or d:!.e• pu~~ of hoiaing _.
· ti'ves Port Agents Pat I d 0th· be· completed and submitted to the Ports· in · tim- ' for .the'.. neXt meet1,ng 1~r . the e!la iqn p f a..;}>Qlls;C;Qmmittee only, an.d notwi&; .'

' . ' ro men an er -~ - . regular meeting after . theii ' elCerion: .At this· m~cig, it siualL"' ·~41~g the pr~v~ii>nsJ<?f ·Al'ticle"X.X'Ill, Settion ·2, ·or ~y other,.
ele~iye Jobs . be re~d and in':otporated m ~~.<iJ!inut~, ~d then1'>bs.ted _ bn~ th~ , preylllon O~ th1s . CO~stitq~ioli, . fiv, · ;(5 ~ m~~rs shall constitiiq= \ .

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Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate bulletin ~ard .... 1n .~ch ~tt •• · . • •I • '·' • :.. ' • • ~, . • .a.qUQfU.11;1 fo~ ea'? _ por-t;.Wlt~ tlfe ,sa1d, ~eetmg ,to~ ~eJd betwetfl .. · ., ..
/or · and hold, aiiy o{fice or the job of ·Headquarters Representative , · G>n.thc; l~t da1 of_nO!q'lpat1ons, one ·mem~r 'Of ~e ,CQmm~~' , ~o:.1.i\::f1t !ln~ ~·~fQ . .A.~ •. Wl~· n . ' ~O~IQ! ~~r~1equ1~e~. · lt s.IMJl. . • .

·p0 ;t .A.gent or Patrolman provided: · - ' shal! $fa9a. by in Hea~quart'ers 'o acce~. ft~Il\:~fl'.- of,, cfe<Jent1_a~. . . • e .o"' ~gauon~o. each ~~mbt;~ y.'Jshin:f· to~rv~ on a, Pol1s· €~m~ 1• , _,

· · . ~ . .. • • · · • .All cre<lent1als must be" 1q h~guatter~ :by ,Jllf4n1g&11. of cl~mg __ day. m!~· or to~ observe .~e elect•~~ ..• ther~~f? .to be,' pi::e~nt durmg ',.
- . • (a! _!:Je has .at least thr~ (3) years of seat1me JD ~°':1Jnhc~scd ~tc)' When an a Ii arit has been d' ualified b the' COQUIUC.- ' t~IS ~e ~ri¥, ·I,t .shall be ~e res~ns1b1l}ty of ·the'' P'ort 'A~nt ·<

capacity aboara an Amencan-flag n..erchant _vessd or vessels. In t' . h .h -11 be' .. ~fed~ . • . _u• tel b' J.Sq. t ·ie· am· ty ~ .. · -.ld"res·-. : to lee• that 1theJ neenng for.iii ... purpose of' electing the said Polls · · W'r
' t. ' '· t ·' th · 1 • f h u ~· ' ·. b . ee, es 4 nOtµ1 lmml:'Ula y ~Y, e .,,_ · a 'Uleao - eo· • ·• ,..,11 d "dth ?i: • . -~~p~tmg llJ!e. um~spen . II~ e empoy 0 t e mon, Jts .,su. r d J) h' " r . se f ":' ' ·1 f'tb· ·a:-ti 1 . H •I ha1r •• 1so mnu~ JI i-µe au at UI~ punut~· of· the said ,meetingcare .

'-~.d 1ar~es ~nd 1ts . affil~ates, or· 10 any !!IJlPloy~ent ~t the Umon's iste Y im pu 5\la~t.to . . c:: ion;, . 0 f .ss . .,./; c.e._ le.ii' · b · .sent cJl.dy to the Setretarfi'rreasuret! MiCno. c:aYe ':Shall votiQg .take ·
clirecuon, s~all count the same as sea ume. Umon -records;..Welfa're b~ sen~la le~r1 cdonl~~!~ng,th,~ .r~~~!;· l,~~~·.1~~~Jr:!',d!,;! plac~ unlesi a dµlt. electelt-Fo1IS"'C0mm'ime ·1s•runcrionirig. ·. · ,
'Plan records ~nd/or company r~ords· aiJi be used 'to ,determine air mdai • 5PFc1a•· g,!J'!f1.•1-re(s11) .. tcrf' .:.J·1. .a '-n· !.l~:A.11.!'i'B .« i''.Ci"" .J···p· pf.·" « ·{b)' 1be ·duly·· .. -.. __ .._-.,, PoO!l contfiinee s'hall • oll ':::11 .!' • ..::J ·'
eligibility· and · · ,< qare pursuane to ~t1on b o · µdS . .lll ue. ·u squa wo;g .,,, l• 1.:;,11 . · , • ,,..~ • . 1 1 '. . ...._ ~ • .,, .c~ ec:t · 11.1 _ unugq

· · ' · ./. "" · .. ·- • · -··~ . · cant shall ' have the ~i~t tc). takC~an .appdl f: to' the .mt'1lifersliip ·· i"r ,o~, ,,the vonn.g t~ters, 'di~tniµpPC;t.Cd ,stubs of.: di~ -ballotsr
:.. (~) He-h.as. ~n ·irJull· ~k member J~ .co~t10liol!S, good, ~d- . from die~FcisiOJi of die'.,foiruilittee; l{e :$~.; lftfo~a1a· eopi"~~f such . ,1~~."· , u. ~.;.~·.bal .. ~9t ~~ 'otl~ ~. d ,fb~ ,ibaJfot ilicorcbtud
~g in. ~e · ~~lOn 'for; i t ~eas~ . ~ree (3 )-years Jm~~~e]y prior. to apPeP• .t(> .eaCJi'.c R(>iJ;. ~ j/~ere .th,'e< ap . .:s,bill: be'."pteseq~ .ana jjJ~,~f ~~~ ,igo~C . .A#.nfl;'.l_t s~: Jb~o •Por~;tb" ·ci;iiii~ tbcf•
hll DODU.DattOn; and ..> ! - . ,., ;.,. '.._ .' : . ' fr'~- VOted UpOn at-a' rejJ18f., ftting Oj>. .ih8.n. tlie . secon~·meeting • ~!!~ ... n~~S,_~, lltJ, 9f'·1stq . / WltJ\ ·the'~~wn~ · of,.JW;Qet

-· . ·(cf) , He .has at1east -four - ~4~ ·months .Of•~ ti~e; ·in an un• - aftfii.-the (olrun~fiee'f:ef· · ( tis:" ta- ~sj~litl'; 6!~ ,,appli• ·_· !'f!~: a>~res~di · · '~ •· • ' ~~."°'°hi;
' -~ ·. ·· lice~ .ca~ty~ a~d" .aa .. ~~•-µa11 :m~c: yesscl . or f;lllt 'to ~ ~.'11 ildi " :· :., :'~~~1 -~':9'( ''. ', ,'.:~R~ilf ' " im , ~ Y; ·• ' ·

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tlon llit, as co~rected, and ucettain . whether . the uaUsed ballots, ' All certifications· ~le4 for uader 1 tltis ArticJe XI~I shall be
bOth aerial numbers and amount, represent the diiference between deemed made according to tKe best kriowledge, and l>ehef of those

- What •rpetl:S OD mt• verifiication Jist, as cbrrected~ and the ballots r~uited to midc:e such 'certification. .
used. I any discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon shall
be drawn by the ]>oils Committee finding such discrepancies, which (c) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist oE 14 lull book
r~rt shall be in duplicate, and-signed by all the niembers,of such mem~rs. Two shall be elected from each of the seven portS of

· Polls Commi~. Each member of the Committee may make what New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston,
separate- G'>mments thereon he desires, provided tliey are signed and, Detroit. .The election shall be held at the regiilar meeting it'
and dated by him. A copy of this report shall be given the Port December of the eleetiorr-year, or if the· Executive Board other·
Agent, to , \)e presented at the next regular meeting. A copy. shall wise determines prior thereto, · at a special meeting held in the
also be simultaneeusly sent to the SeCrctaty-Trea.•.urer, who shall aforesaid ports on the first busipctSs day of the last week of said

· · · be d f h · h I month. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port .Agent, Pa-
c:ause ~n 10vemg.mon to ma c ors Wit ;- The resiJ ts ·Of such -uolman, or candidate for office,, or ' the ,·ob of Headquarters Rep·
investigation shall be reported to the membership as so.on as com•
pleted, with recommendations by the Secre•"rv·Treaswer . .A ma- , resentative, Port .Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election

• - 1 to this Committee, except as provided for . in -.Article X, Section 4.
jomy vote of the membershj.p shall determine what action, if any, In addition to its duties hereinbefore set forth, the Union Tallying
ahall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary ·. Committee shall be charged with the tallying: of all the ballots
contained i.ri this Constitut(µn~ · the E~ecutive Board shall not make and the preparation ·of a closing report setting forth~ in- complete
any determiD,t.tion in ~ese niatt~rs. . . 1 • detail, the results of the ctection, including a complete accounting

(c) The Polls Committee shall ialso_ 10swe thl\Mhe ballot box JS of .all ballots and stubs •and reconciliation of the same with the .
~ocked and sealed, w~ich lock and seal shall not be opened _excet?t rosters, verification lists; and receipts of the. Pon .Agents, all with

· Jn the manner · heremafter set forth. The sam~ p~ocedurc as is detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each
set forth i~ ~e !?receding paragraph with rega~d ~ discrepancies,,.. ' total .broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall
shaµ be ublized UJ the event the P<_>ll,s Committee has ~~n to be, permitted access to the election records and files of all J?orts,
believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered wuh. which they may require to be forwarded for inspection at its

(d) The Polls Committee shall permit full book.members only diseretion. The teport shall dearly detail all discrepancies discovered,
~ "Vote. Prior thereto, it- shall stamp their boo'k with the word and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these dis­
~·vote4" and the. date, .issue ballots to voters, insure that pro~r crepancies . .All members of the Committee shall sign the report,
resisfration 011 .the' roster takes place; collect stubs, and keep t6em · without prejudice, ~owever, to the right of "any member thereof _
in numerical order. It shiill preserve goo9 ord~ and decorum at the to submit a dissenting repon as to the accuracy of the cqunt and the
'Yo.ripg site ·and vicinity thereof: .All m~mbers and others affiliated validity of the ballots, with. pertinent details. . . · ·
._;m,· the t:rrilon are Charged witlf the duty of assisting the Polls . The Tallying Committee is ~15o charged with the receipt and
eom hittee,- when called upo ' in the preser..ation- of order. and evaluation of. written proies~ by 'any member who claims ·in illegal
decorum. . . . . . - denial of the right to· vote. If it nods the protests invalid, it shall

(e) In order to main;.io the sec~ and accuracy of fhe ballot, dismiss the prot~t ~na s<>'' i_riform the protesting ~ember, ·by ~ire,
and fr· tliminatc !he p<>ssiJ>ility of ~rrO,rs '?r irregulai;ities. in any one on -the day o.f dis!111~saL If it finds !he protest valid? ·rl?c commit.tee
da~ ..allotiog affecting alt the balloting 10 any port,--thc following sha~l or_der a si;ec1al vo~e, to'be had no later than. w1th10 th!! penod
procedure shall be observed: . · - ~f its proce~mgs, OQ. such terms . as arc. pracucal, effec~v.e; and

.At the, en'd of each day's,....voiing, ·the- Polls Commi"ee, in . the JUSt,. but which ter~s, JO: any ev~nt, sh~I~ mcl!-Ide the prov1s!ons _o_f
·presence of any member desiring to attend, '·provided he observes ,Section 3(c) of this .Am?e and the des1go~oon of the votmg stte

· proper decorum, shafl open the ballot box oi boxes, and place all of ~e port !Dost conv~ment .. to the pr~tesm~g me~ber. Where a
·of that ·day's ballots therein -in an envelope, as requited, which shall . special vote is. ordered ~1:1 a~cord.ance with th1~ .Secuoo 5(c), these
p{en be sealed. The membe·rs of--the Polls Committee stlall 'there- . terms. shal~ app!y, no~1thstandmg any provmon to th!! con!r~ry
upon si8o their names across the 11ap.of .the said envelope or enve· contamed .m this _Article. Protests. JJ?ay be .made only. 10 wnt!ng
Jep,cs, with their book numbers- ·next to .their signatures. The and m~st be ~ece1ved b}'. the Umon Tallying ~mm1tt~ during
committee shall also place the datt and. name of the Port on die said !he P,Cnod o~ i.ts proceedmgs. The reports of ~ts commmee shall
envelopes, and shall.certify, on the .envelope or envelopes, that tlfe mcluae a brief summary of _.each protest received, the name ahd

•. ballot box or box~s were opened publicly, that all ballots for that ~k !1~mber _of th!! protestmg member! and a summary of t e
day only were removed; and that all of those ballots are enclosed d1sposmon of the: sa1~ protest. The comm~ttee shall ~ke all reason­
in mt- 'envelope or envelopes dated for that day and voted in that able. measures ~o ad1usr th~ cou~se o_f Jts .proceedmgs so as to
Port. The Polls Committee shall check th~ rosters, and any other enal>le ~e ~pec1al yotel set forth 1.~ this Semo~ 5 ( c) to be cQm·
records they deem; appropriate,. to insu~ the foregoing. ·At the pleted wn~m the time. here!n specified_. No closmg report s~all ~
discretion of the Executive Board, official envelopes may be pre· mad~ by tt unless and until !he ~pec1al v~es referee~ to m this
pared for the purpose of enclosing the -ballots and the .making Section 5(c) shall have J>een duly completed and tallied. .
of the afor~id certification, ,wi.th word,ng embodying the fore· (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall pro·

- ·going inscribed thereon, ·in which event these envelopes shall be ceed to the port in y.ihich headquarters is located, as s09n as possi·
·used by the Polls G>mmittee for the aforesa.id purpose. Nothing ble after .their election but, in any event, shall arrive at that port
contained herein shall prevent any member of a Polls Committee prfor to the first business day after December 3-1 of the election
from adding· such. comments. to the certificate as are appropriate, year. Each member of the committee not elected from the port in
provided the comments are signed and dated by Jhe member making · which headquarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation,
th'eln: Tfae envelope or envelopes shall t!ien be placed in a wrapper · meals,. and lodging expense occasioned by their tte.veliog to and
or envelope, which, at the discre~ion of th~ Exectitivc Board; ·may returning from-that Port . .All .members of the committee shall also
be furnis~ for that purpose. The wrapper or . envelo~ shall then be paid at the prev~iling standby rate of pay. from the day subse­
be Hcurely ·seale4 and .eith1=r delivered,,. or sent by certified or · quent t.o their elec:tion to the day they return, in normal course,
registered mail, by ·the said Polls ComD)ittee, ·to the depository to the Port from whi~ they '!ere eleqed.
named · in the pre-election report. adopted by the membership. The - The Union Tallying Committee shall eled a chairman from
Polls P>mminee shaJV not be discharged from its duties l.ftltil thi~ among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Con·

. mailing is accomplished •!id evide~ce of mailing or delivery is stitu.tion, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to . special votes,
furnished the Pon Agent, which evidence- shall be noted and kept protests, and the contents · of the final report shall be valid if made ·
in the Port Agent's el~on records or- files. . . by a. majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance;,

The PoU.a Committee shall also insute that the ballot bpx or boxes which quorum is hereby fixed at ~inc ( 9). The Union Tallying
are locked. and 'sealed before handing them back-to the Port'. .Agenr, Committee, but not less than ·.a quorum thereof, shall have the
~nd_ 'lih'11 place th~ key 9r keys to the l>oxes in ~n envelope,. across sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the aepository imme­
the Jlar of-which.·tlic m~bers of the committee shall sign their diately after the termination of ·bidloting and t~ insure their· safe
'18D1CS, ·book numbers, and the date, after sealing the envelope custody during the course of the committee's proceedings. The
seeurcly; l,P. addi~ion to delive~ing . the le~ a.nd ballot ~box or bo:x:es · proceedings of this commi!fee, except ·for t~e actual preparation
as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port .Agent of the dolling report and dissents therefrom, 1f any, shall be open
one copy of each of. thc '.rqster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, • ..to any member, provided he observes decorum. In no event, shall
any reports called for by this Section 4; any files that they may the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closiqg report of' the
have received, and ·all the stubs c~llected both for the. day .and those Tallying Committee be delayed beyond the January 15th immedi·

· ~rned over to it. The Port . .Agent shall ~ be responsible for .the" ately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Com·
. proper safeguarding of ill the afo~csaid material, shill not release mittee shall .be discharged· upon the completion of the issuance

any of .it until ~uly called .for, and shall insure that po one illegally and dispatch of its reports as -required in this Article. In the event
.,.. tampers· with the material placed iri liis 'custody. The remaining a recheck and recount· is ordered pursuant to Section 5 ( g) of this

copy of each roster sheet .used for the day shall be mailed by 'the .Article, the committee shall be reconstituted ·except that ·if anY.
Polls .Committee r.o the Secre,tary:Trcasurer, by certified or · regis· member therC9f is not available, a substitute theref6re shall ~ .
·tered mail or delivered in person. , · _· elected from the - approp~iate port, at. a special mec;ti11g held for

(f) . Me~bers of the Polls committee shall serve without com• that purpose as soon as possible.
pensa~i~n, except that. the Port .Agent shall compensate ~ch P?lls "' ( ~) The report of the Committee. shall be made up in sufficient,
Comm1~e_e:mem~r -t1th a r~onable sum for mc;als wlule -se~v10g copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies
or provide meals 10 lieu of cash. . - · .. . shall be sent by the committee to each Port hgent and the Secretary·

Section s. Ballot Collection, Tallying Precedure; Proiesti,-and Treasurer prior to the first' regular . meeting 'scheduled tQ tak~ -
S • I Vot J , • place subsequent to the close of the committee'~ proceed·ings or,
pecia - "· in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place· four days or
..:....(a) On the day ·the balloting in c;adi port"is to tc.l'minate, the less from the close of this committee's ptoc~edings. ~en at least

Polls Q>mmittee elected for .that day shall, in addition to their other five days prior to the next regilliir m~ting. Whichever meeting
duties hereinbef0re set 'forth, deliver to headquarters, or mail ·to applies shalt be desjgnated, by elate, in the report and shall be
headquarters ( bY certified or registered mail)·, all the unused .ba,lots, referred to as ·the ·"Election Report Meeting." .As soon as these
together 'with a·certificatioh,.signed and dated by all members of the copies are received, each Port .Agent shall post one copy of the
Committte .that · all ballots sent to · the port and not used are report on the .bulletin board, in .. a fOnspicuous manner. This, CC?i>Y
enclosed . therewith, subject to the -right of eaeti member of the · shall be kept posted for ·a period' of two months. A.t the Elect1on

. COnimittee'fo. tn'ake separate . comment$ :.un4(.r his signature aqd Report Meeting; the 9ther copy of the report shall be read verbatim.
.late. The certi6catiop. shall specifi,ally-identify, by serial number •. (f) .At the Election Re:p. ort.-_ meeting, there shall be taken u. p

· and amount, the· unused-ballots so forwarded. Iii ~c· same package,
-bur.bound sepatlitely, .the committee sball forvrard to headquarters the discrepitncies, if any, referred to in Section 5 ( c) of-th'is Article
. all ·stubs, cofleaeq during the period 'of voting, togeth~r with a and the recommendations of the Tallying , Com~ittee submitted
urtificatio'n, signed by ail ·members of>the committee, that all the therewith. A m*jority vote of the membership shall decide wh&:t

· ·arubs collecte(!. · by the committee a~e enclosed th'ercwidt· subject to action, if an.y,, in ~ccordance with the Coo~titution, shall be. taken
· the-ri_siit of each meDiber of the. committee to make separate com- thereo~, wli1ch aCbon, .however, shall. no~ "-1C~~de ~c _-ordenng of
.,uents under 'his'>signature and date: The said ~oils .CoJJUQ.ittee a spec1,al vote unless the re~r.ted:· d1scr~panc1es .. affect the. results
members shall not l)e· discharged from Jheir- duties . until the for• · of the· VOte f'!r any office Or'.._.)Ob,. 10

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Which event, the SJ>!!Claj VOte

•--'warding called for her«;_undor is . a~ompHs~ed arid evid!!n~e of• sha,l. be restricted th~reto. }(. ma1on~ of the. 'V!Pbe~s~1p, at-,the

. 8app1ement-Pase lhe

terms of such special· vote. The Secretary-Treasurer shall make a
sufficient amount of the usual balloting material immediately avail•
able to Port .Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Imme­
diately after the close thereof, the Port .AgeQt sh~ ~~arize the
r~ults and communicate them to the Secretary-Trea5urer. The
ballots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the
·special vote shall be forwarded to the Secretary-Traesurer, all in
the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means
praqie?ble, but, in ant case, so as to reach the Secretary-Treasurer
in time to enable him to prepare his report as required. by this
Section 5(g) • .An accounting and certification, made by the Port
.Agenr, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall be·
enclose.I ·therewith. The Secretary-Treasurer sha11 then- prepare a
report containing a combined summary of the results, together
with a schedule in.dicating in detail how they affect the Union
Tallying Committee's resit.Its; as set forth in its tlosing ·report. The
form of the latter's report shall be followed as cl~ly as possible.
Two (2) copies.shall be sent to each port, one copy of which shall
be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular
meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the
membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasqrer's report, the
num~rical results set 4orth in the pertinent segments of the Tally­
ing committee's closing report shall be deemed accepted and final
without modification.

If ordered, a . recheck an_d recount, and the repol't thereon by the
Union Tallying Committee, shall · be sim_ilarly disposed of . and
deemed. accepted and final, by majority vote. of the membership
at the regular meeting following the Election Report Meeting.
If 'uch recheck and recount is ordered, the Union Tallying Com·
mittee shall ~required to cqntinuc its proceedings correspondingly.

S.dfon 6. Installation into office and the · Job of Headquaners
Representative, Port Agent or Parrolmao.

(a) .The pers6n 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 pro~r number of gindidates receiving the successively ·
highest number of votes shall be declared erected. 'These determina­
tions shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted
as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President
to notify each individual eleaed.

(b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall tak'e
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 pro­
vided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue
up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything fu the
contrary contained in Article XI, -Section 1. This shall not apply
where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he
·is at sea. ·

In such e\.ent, a majority vote of the membership may grant
additional time for the assumption of the office or job. Io the event
of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the
provisions of -Article X, Section 2, ·as t0 succession shall apply

- until the expiration qf the term. A.II other cases of failure to assume
office ·shall be .dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the
membership. -

S.ction.7. The Secretary-Treasur~ is specifically charged with the
preservation and retention ·of all election records, including the

. ballots, as required· by · 4'w, and is directed and authorized to -issue
such other and Jurther directives as to the election procedures ai
are required by law which directives shall be part of the election
procedures of this Union.

·A~icle XIV
Other Elections

Section 1. Tri•I CommittH.

- ·.A Trial Committee shall be elected at a ·spe<;ial meleting held at
10;00 A.M., the next business day following the regular meetipg of'
the Port where the Tri,al is to take place. It shall consist· of five
full book members, of whi~h three shall constitute a quorpm. ]'lo
officer, Headquarters Represen~tive, Port .Agent, Port Patrolman,
or other Union ~sonnel may be electd to serve on a Trial Com­
mittee. No member who intends to be a witness in the pending
trial may serve, 'nor may any member who cannot; for any reason,
render an honest decision. It shall k the duty of every member to
decline nomination if ·he knows, or has reason to believe, ahy of
'the foregoing disqualifications apply to him. The members of this
committee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules
as arc adopted by a majority -vote of the membership. ' .

Section 2~ Appe•I• CommilfH.
The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members,

five 9f whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at· the port where
headquarters is located. The same disqualifications and duties of
members .shall apply with regard to this committee' as apply to .
the Trial Committee. In addition, no member may serve on an
.Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial
C1tmniin~ d~isi!m: if the ~id m~ml>~~ w~ ~ m~m!?er ·of the
Trial Committee.

S~dion 3. D•l'9•tH •
.As soon as the President is advised as to the date and duly

authorized number of delegates to the convention of the Seafarers·
International Union bf North America, he shall communicate such
facts .to the Port .Agent of each Port, together with recommendations
as to generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. These
facts and recommendations shall be announced and read at the
fir~t ~egular meeting ther~after. Unless changed by a majority vore
of the membership during that meeting, the election rules shall
apply. These rules .shall not prohibit any foll book member from
no~inating himself. ~e results of the election shall be communi­
cated ,to ·each Port .Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and an·
nounced· at the next regular meeting of the Port. Rµles of election
hereunder may include provisions for automatic election of all
qualified -nominees, in the event the number of such nominees does
not exceed. the number of delegates to be elected.

mailing · or deliveey is furnished the Port .Agent, . which ~vidence Elec;uon R~rt M~~1n~ may ord~ a rec~eclc_ and a recount when _
mall be noted and kept in me Port tt:¢nt's election records 'or files. a dissent. to the clos!ng"repor.t has ~n. mued by three or more .

:._ . ·· , . d 'L . _ . . JDtmbecs of the U~1on Tally10g Co111.1111ttee; Except, for the con·-
(1>:) All f~rwardmg !O headg11;arte ·!Calle. ior ~ni:ler this. Secuon, tingencies provided for in this Section -5 (f) the closing report'

Article XV

Trials .and ..Appeals

S•ction' 1 • .Any member may bring charges agai11st any other
member for the commission o" . ..~. ,se as set forth in this Con·
Sti~tion,:__These charget shall I !.: •'- Nriting . aiid signed by Jhe
ac~ser, who shaJJ also include h:· .ok,.number. The accuser ·shall
deliv~r these charges to the Port A.gent of the port nearest die place
of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense·took place aboard,
sJlip. He sh,Jl also ·request the Port A.gent to present these diargp ·
at the ·next regular . meeting." The accuser may. 'Withdraw his

'· shall be JO the Umon T,Jlying £o~1.ttee, at the address of ahalrbe accepted as final. I \. ' . ' ..
headquamrs . . ·In the eyent a· Polls Comnuttee cannot be elected . .

',/ or -cBnnodt~t on the d!if the .balloting in.each Fort is to terminate, (g) ·A special -vote ordered purs~t to Seci~on HO must take
~the_,iJJon .Agent sha:U ·h'ave ,th~ dutyi to ,lo~#d .. rthe- ·~re,rial ,speaffi- 'place and be. cotnpl~ted -wit~in seven·' ( 7) d~'ys after,. _the ~ection
C:!tJlr: ,set.loiith .in ~i~n:5(a). (un~sed ~llots_ and· s~bS)·, to .. the - lle~n ·M:eenng, at ~ch pon where .... Jhe d~screpanc1~ .so. acted

: .- Uni~ '.falbing ~a~ •• ~h.i~ ~ill\ th~ ,carry ou~ ~ {uf'.lct~o~ . ,u~n took place~ · SubJect ~ the foregoi!i8• · an~ to . the Jun1ts. of the
· _·. i.n. t~pid 'dierero' ofihe ·sai.!1-P."olb· CoilUlla~~:·~n ··•~4t . ~en_!• ·th~-~ vote-'~· f>y ~~~ ·m~_bcrshap, . as.:afqresaid, .the P~rt :l\gents . ~~ ~ch
"·· Portr .Ajebt.abalhlso forwatd · .it ·~ ma~ri_. .qeesned·~liecesSu,1 · au~ pott.slilll - ~vt ·the f~-~ 0£ th~ ~fm1..comau.nee as .

a,f·'M aiiOD'-TilllJiM eciinmiaee to· exeaite tbc.e lwadlom. 1et .... iQfcb ,io::&ctioo ,,{o).._ ·~far· t-s ~mat ·seaioca • .te.Ja wath• the .. ,f . Jl. '··' . • ~ ": , !,, ~t ' ' , 'l•i. ... ,1 :t/\.:fi1 l f • o 1, • 't ~ '- ' ' • brl . \; '\\· . .
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leCllelt 2. Airer presentation of the charges and the request to evideACe .to IUpport ~ • Wina iiDdr ill such case, me llppeals -( c) - Mila>Glluct d~riDI ... , meeda1 ()f othet ' oi&dal· Uaioa.
the Port Apt, the Port Agent shall cause those charjpeS to be .read Committee shall not make its 0110 IUidiqs u · to cbc weiabc of. proceeding, or bringing the UaiOli iAto disiepme by C(!Ddu« DOC
at the said meeting. ' - _ ' . · evidence. . . proviCled for ebcwbete in this· Arcide; . . . . · ·

If the. char&CS .are rejected l?Y • .majority YQte ,o{ the part., DO • -(b) In oo event shall incressed punishment be recommended. (d) Rdmal or neBli&ent failure to carry. ouc. ~der1 oi -thole
further aCtion may be taken thereon, unless ruled otherwise by a (c) AJiew trial shall be tec:ommended if the ~ppeals Cammi~ dlily aullaorized to make such or~ u UJ· ~ _ · .

:S=r~ t::! :f:r;;n.;:~. ~d ~~°::::!iiis ~= .finch-( a) thac any member of the Trial Committt.ie should baye hdion 4. Upon proof of the commission of any of the followfq :
he shall be autooiatically on notice that he will be uied the fol· been disqualified, or (b) that the accused was not adcqua~y olfen.sCs,. membet~ shall be penali~ up t!) and including I iioe Ol
lowing morning. At his request, the trial shall be postponed "until· informed of, the decails ·of the charged· olense; ·which usultcd in $,0.00;· .
the morning following the next regular m'Ceting, at which time the his not havin& been given a fair trial, or (c) that -for anJ ocher (a) Refusal or wilful fall~e to be present at sip-ons or pay-offs;
Tri.al Commr·ttec will then L- -•--.J He .shall also be· L--ded a . reason, the ucuscd was not given a _fair uial.. L--t.

uc aC1.1CU. UlllU - ..:_,i!_ f (b) Wilful failure to sub(nit Union l1UUJI, to Union iepmenta~
written. copy of the charges made qainst. him. · · . • ' · (d) If there is not substantial evidence to support a nnu.i.uig o tives at pay-off;·

H the. accu$Cd is not present> the Port Agent shall immediately guilt, the Appeala Conuni~ shall recommead that die charsie on
cause to be sent to him, ·by registered mail addressed to his last which the finding wu based be dismissed. . ., · · ' (C') Disorderly conduct at ~y-off or sign-on;
known mailing adc1ress on file with the Union a copy of the (e) Th~ Appeals Committee may recommend Jes9er punishment. (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union ·represenmives in dis-
charges, the names and book numbers of the 1ecu~rs, and a noci· .. . d . • . d chargjng their duties;
fication;that he must appear :with his witnesses, ready for uial the s.ction 14• The Ai>J>eals Committee sh.it deliver its ccuion an (e) ·Disorderly condu~t in the 'Q'nion hall;
morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the dissent, if any, to headquamrs, .which sb9ll cause· iuflicient copies (f) .Gamblin• in tbLUnion hall; .
Trial Committee will be elected. · to be published and shall have them sent ro.1each .port iD time to ._

In the event a .majority of the membership '?f the Union shall reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. 'Headquarters .-(g) Ne&liaent 'failure to join · ship. . · , "\
vote· to accept charges after their rejection by ~port, the trial shall shall also send a copy to each accused apd uQiser· at ~ir Jase Section 5 . .Any member who has' committed an offense ~Hzed

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take place in the Pon where Headquarters is located. Due-notice known address# or notify them in pers0i1. · · ' by: no ·more than a tine of $50.oo· may elect to waive his '.rislus
thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall be informed of the Semon 15. ~t the meeting indicated in Section 14 of thiJ ·Article, wider this Ci:instinirion subject to the provisi~ns of' Article XV,
name of bis accttSCrs, and who shall ieceive a wtinen sratement the mem6c~hip; bf a majority VQft, shall accept the decision of the Section 20 and to pay the maximum tine-, of $50.00 to the duty·
of the charges. At the zequest of the accused, trans'portation and Appejils Commitree, or the. dissent therein. If there' is no dissent, authorized represemative of the Union:· ' · · ·· ·
subsistence shall be provided the accused and his wit.oases. · the ·decision of the 'Appeals Committee s"8Il · stand. , Section 6• This Union, and its. members,' shali not be deemed to

Se . 3. TL- T ·a1 'c . hall h . al. r -· t -1·.J-ce lf a new trial is ordeml, .that trial shall be held 'in the port 'W"=ve any .dlWD.· . of personal o·r· pro-"" ri-1.ts to which it 'Or its . ction • •ic n ommJttee s ear .t"' •• aoen ... aai where headquarters is lOc:atcd, in the manner prOYided for in - ., ••• , _.,
and' shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required .hr coum members are entided, by bringing ·the mcinber to-tpal or enforGin1
of Jaw but _inay receive all relevant testimony. The Trial C~itte@ ' Section 2 of. this Artide. Any decision .SO ptOY.i'ding for a new trial a penalty as pr~vidcd"j.n dli! Co~itutipn. . . . . . .
may gr~t adjourrunen~ ~t the _reqµest of ~ ac~, to ~le shall contain such directions as .'fltill insure a ~ir hearing to the •• .......,_ 7 •. ~Any ___ L.:~ under ;..,_,.nsion for an oifeflse. ·undef
hl·m to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee . accused. . _· ·. · ·, · -- , __,°" --.-. ._.

· ' · this Atticle $hall continue tO pay all dues ana ilssessments aa4 muse
falkbeneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quo~ ~loes exist. · Sectioa.16. Headquarteu shall ~otilj the ~qised an4 each accuser, observe his duties' to the Union, members, officials, and jqb holden.

Section 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the accusen are eirber- in pcrspo or in . writing , addn:sscd . to their last knowo ' . · · .
present. ThC Trial Committee shall conduct the trial exeepc that the address, of the Jdulcs of the •pee.al. A further. ·appeal sliall be
accused shall have the right to Cf°'-'-aamine the acaiser, or iccu5ers, a~ as set. forth in Sectio~ 17 of ?Us Article. _
and the witnesses, as welhs to conduct his own defense. The accused • · Sectio. J7. Each member is charged with Jcac)wledge of the pro­
-may select any member to assist him in hi~ defense at the trial, .visions of ·the Constitution of the· Seafarers, Intema_t~ Uliioa
provided, (a), the said- member is available at the .time of the of North .America, ·and the rights of, and prOcedure as to, .further
trial and (b) the said member agrets to render such assistance. appeal 8$ provided for. therein. Decisi9ns reaOied thereunder ah'all
If ·the accused ch;a.llenges ·the qualifications of the members .of .the be binding 9n all members o( the Union. · . ..
Trial Committee, or srates that the charges do not adequately inform • · · ·d f all L-- of th U • \
him of what wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and· ~e SectiOll 11. It sh~ be~ uty_o . man"'"s e IUOn to
of such commission, such matters shall be ruled ui>on JUKl dis-' take. all iStepS w1th1;0 their. ~opsurua~ wwci to car.q out ~
~ of, prior to proceeding on .the JDe}'its of the d~fense. pie terms of any eff~ ~'OfU. . . ,
guilt of .an accused shill be found only .if proven by the weight Section 19. Every accused shatl receive a written copy of the ,
of the. evidence, a~d the burden of.such proof ~hall be llJM?n the • ,charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasona~le time­
accuser. Every finding shall be based on th~ quality of the evidence to prepare his defense, .,ut he may thereafter plead guilty and
and not solely on the number of witnes5eS produced. waive-any or aH of the other tights and privilcSies srantcd to him

Section s. The Trial Co~ittee shall make findings ·as. to guilt b~ this Art~cle. If an ac01;5ed · bas been prc)perly. notified of his
or innocence, and recommendations as to punishmen! and/or .other trial and fa1~s- to atte~d without pro~>edy. rectu.esttng ~ postpone­
Union action deemed desirable in the light of the proceedings. These ment, the Trial Commmee,may hold 1ts trJal WJthout hlS presence.
findings and recommendations shall be those of a majority_ of the

_ Article XVI
·Offenses •ncl Penalties '

Secti~11 1. Upon .proof the commission of the . following off~ses,
the member shall .be expelled from membership: '

(a) Proof of membership in any orpni:iation adyocating the
overthrow of the ~ernment of the United States b1 force;

(b) Acting as an inforn)er' against the interest of the Unio11 ·

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Artlct. .XVU
Publicatioos

Tbls Unioo may pubfuh such panphlets, journali, news~
mAIJ8zin;.., periodicals ~d , peral literature, in 1uch manne~ aa
may be d~rmiocd~ from time to time, br the .Executive· Boardo
• • . . ' • • • • ' f •• .. ...

Artlde : XVIII
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.Offi(ers and job hoiders, ~hether -elected or· tq>pointed ·u .ftl1
,15 all other · employees ttandling monies of. ttie U~ion s~ bs.
bonded as iequired by kw. ,.

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Article XIX
EXpend~

S.ctiH 1. Jn the event no contrary polici& or instructions are ia
existence, · the President may authorize, make, ·or incur such es: ..
penditures and expen.ses as are normally encompassed · within tbe
authority conferred upon · him by Article X of ·th~ ~itutioa.

S.C;io11 -2. ~ proyisioQS of SCction 1 sball similarly .. apply to
. the routine a'cc0W1ting and administrative procedur~ of the Union
except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiatiops;
suilces, and electioos. , ., ·

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· committee, and shall be in wr~ing, as shall be any d.issent. The .
committee shall ,forward its findings and recommendations, along
with any dissent to· the Port Agent of the port where. the trial took
place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded· to the accused and
the· accusers, either in per.son or by mail addressed to their last
known addresses. The finding5 shall include a statement ·that the
rights of the accused undet this Constitution, were properly safe·

..guJrded. The fi~gs also must contain the chargeunade, the date
of the uial,:the name and address of the accused,.the _accuser, and
each witness; shall describe each document wed at the ·trial; shall
contain a fair summary of the proceedings·, and shall state the
findings 'llS to guilt ot innocence. If P<*ible, all d~inents · used at
the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations shall be

or the membership in any organizational campaign;
(c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company agai0$t

the interests of. the membecship or the Union; , .
. (d) The commission of any act as patt .of ·a conspiracy to

hction I. The provisions of this Article •hall -~uper~e to th4J •
ex~t appliabJe, the proviJiOlls ~ Article X \of tbi,s eocsti'~

made a part of the regular files; ·

section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial sha,ll, up9n receipt
of the findings and recommendations of the Trial ~mittee, cause
the findings fiid recommendatio~ to be presented; and entered ·
into tl1c minutes, . at the next regular meeting. .

Section 7. The Port A&e\lt shall send the record of the entire
proceeditigs to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies
thereof to be made and sent to each Port in time for ~ next
.regularly· scheduled meeting.

Section a: At ~ latter meerl~g, the proceedings shall be dis- I

awed. 'The meeting shall then"vote. A ml!-jority vote of the mem·
J,ership of the Union shall: 1 .

(a) Accept the findings and teconimendations, ot
(b) Reject the findings and recommendations,· or
'( c) Acee.Pt- the findings, . but· modify the reconimendations, or
(d) Order a new trial after finding tbat ·substantial jt.istjee has

Mt been done with regard to the charges. In this CYerit, a ·new
trial ·shall take place at the port where headquarters is located
and upon appJication, the accused, the accusers, and their wirn~
-sru!ll be furnished transportation and subsistence. "

Sectioft. 9. After the· vote set forth in Section 8, 'any punishment
iO deeided upon shall betoine effective. 'Headquarters shall cause
· notice of the results thereof to be sent to each accused and accuser.

$ection. 10. An accused who has Qeen found guilty~ or who ·is
under effective punishment may appeal in the following manner:
· He may send or deliver a notice of appeal t.o Headquarters

within 30 days after receipt of the notice' of.1the decision of the
member~hip; .

Section li. At. th~ next regular meeting of the port where Head­
quarte~ is located, afrer receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice
shall lie presented and shall then becoine part of. the .minutes. An
.Appeals CQmmittee shall then be elected . . The Vice-Prelident in
charge of contracts ·is charged with the duty -of .presenting the
before-mentioned ~oceedings and' an available tlQCUments used as
evidence at the trial ·co· die;. Appeals · Committee; as weir as any
written statement or argument submitted by . the accwed, The
accused may argue his llPpeal ~n . person, if he so desires. The
appeal shal! be &eard at Union Headquarters on the night the
committee is elected. '-It shall be the responsibility of the ·accused

/ to io5ure that: his written s'tatemen.t or argument' arrives at head-
qtjit~ters in time fol ·such .p.resentation. :

. Section . 1·2. "7he Appeals Committe~' ~hall · dedde the appeal as
aoon as possible, consis_tent with .fair comiderat~on of the evidence
~d arguments before it. It m~y grant ' adjourrunellts and may.
teqilest the accused or accusers to present 3rgumenrs, · whenever
iiecessary· for siidt fair ·consideration. • ,-. ,.
;_ sftti .. ' ~a. '.fhe ~isiOo_~,"cbe Appeals ·~'~hall ~. by
soa~~jty y~ ·aiid- shall tie•~n the form of"fi•ss 'and ·ucommen·

·. datiOQ,,; DisSen'u"' wi'"' be a~ed. Deci$ioas: ·aud ,diSsaits ·sliall be- ·in.
w'"'""' · ~~q,~·~a· ililsiiisutbd«Woo'.ordissc:ot. .!~~ ... .0:~"· ' ' , •• _-;;..J ~~ ........ .;:....-. ·p.1:. _ _. _, ..,. -,~ ..
- ·~JCS 11 ·- .,.~,. u... ,COOUD~ U11U&

fi!s iao.tern~.:1>1. ~-~ 911:"!'~. ·.~ :f;_ , ... ~-- .~ .. -;j:~·; ,,/". · . · " :r:~ ,'J·:. "!;'
• ·<•l No:ruilfinB oE ltiiJc·~'br°~'ir 'ilieiC' ~ au~till

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destroy the Union. · · Article XX
Sectio~ 2. Upon proof of die commission ~f.anf of !fhe following Income

offeoses, the member shall _bC penalized. up to ·and i~cluding a "'
penalty of expulsion from the Union. Jn die event the penalty of ~ 1. The income of this Union shall include dues, initiatioli
expulsion is n~ invoked .or recommended, the penalty shall not fees, fines, assessments, con'tiibution's, 1~ interest. diYidea4s, .8'· ,
exceed suspension from ,the rights ' aJJ<l.- privileges of· membership well as income derived from any other legitimate bminess opaatiOA .
for more than two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: · or· orhei legitilD4te source. _ · · . ·

(a) . Willully misai;propf~8 or, misming Union ~roperty of . ·: Sectio11 2. Ab -~~ Union iecei}>t, ~~oPerly filled out, shall ~
the nlue in. excess of $50,00. · given to anyon«; paying money to the U01on or to ~Y .{>Crson aut!l-

(b) Unauthoi.iFd use of Uni0n property, records, stamps, ala, · or.ized .l>Y ~Uni~ to receive ~ney. le shall b.,: the dury 'of eye~
etc., for ,the purpose• of personal gain;. · , · · peraon · ~aatcd. "'!1th the U1U0n wlio makes such paymenis. tO.

( c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, within the demand such r'~ipt. · . . ..
Union for the purpose of personal pin, financial or Otherwise, or Section a. No assessments shall . be , levied except after · a· ballot·
the wilful refusal or failure ta aKQte the duties or functions conducted under such general rules as may be decicl!:d upon by~ •
of the said office or . job, or gross neglect 01 .Jbuse in executing niajoriti vote of the. membership, provided· that:
such du'ties -0.r_ fynctions or otht;r serious misconduct or .br~ of (a)· The ballot must be aecret. .
trust; 1:f1e President. may, d~nng· die pendency ~ d_~iplinary (b) The ~ssessment musi: be approved bY. a majority of the
proceedmgs under this subsecnon, suspend the _officer or Jobholder . . - , .- · · _ . · .
from exercising the functions 6f the Office or job, with o.t\With~t valid ballocs cut. . , . . .. . ,
pay, and designate his tempc)raiy ~placeµient. • , 1 Section 4 . .. Except .as otherwise provided by- J~w, all paymeocs _
· (d) UoautboriZed vonng, or unauthorized li&nclliog of ballou, . b}' members or,other affiliates of this Union shall be applied IUC•.
~~I>~. ~~~r~, v~d~Qtieri !is~, baligc:, box~, o~ ~tigg tiles, oi ,essivMy ta die monetary obligations ow~ me V~ion c~~~I
election material o any son; . . ' · with the 9ldest in point of .time, as measui:ed from the date of

(e)' P',refer~ing ~ dtar&e$ with knowledge .that such charges ~ are- accrual ofSU.~h obligation,''llie period of atrears .sball be Calculatccl
false; , ' according!f• · ·

(f) Making or uansmitting, with intent to ·deceive, false ·reports
or .conrmunications which fall. within th~ .scope ~f Unii>n bqsihess; . Artlcle )(XI

(g) Deliberate failure or re£usaf to join one'•· ship, or mis· Other Typ.. of Union Affiliation
coqdu,ct or neslect of duty aboard ship,,JO_ the, detriment ol. the , 1
Unioh _or its agreements; . ., . . · · · . · · "l'o the extent permitt,d ~··tajV, ~~is .Vr:ii~n •.. ~Y -~jor~ty :v<?te ·

(h.)' Deliberate and unauthori2:ed foterference,, or deJiberate ~rut of the-~embership, may prov~ for iffi.~~tion y.-1th at -~Y. 1rid1v1~~
malicious viliification, with ie~d to ·the ex«utio."l of the duties · uals in a· lesaer. capac,~ty ~~n membe~ship, or 1n • ·~paaty ·o~
of any office or j~; _ . ~ , · . . , '· --: - than me~bership. B_y ,ma1onty v~ of"th~ ~bership, .the:.Un'°!l

(i) Paying for or receiviog maney for, employment · aboard .a may.,pr~·~ ~or the rigbu ~d obliaati~s 1r:ic1dent to ~µch ·capacl•
· . · ' . • · · , . · ·ties or affilaat1ons.- 1bese r1sflts aocI oblJMtJOQ• ~Y Jilc.lude, but "

'V~~l, ex~uslVC oi proper eami~gs •!M1 Union pay~!115• . ure not limited to ('a) the ·applicability or non-applicability 9f all ·
(J) Wdful !e!usal to sub_mit . evide~ of affihation for1 .the or any pan of this Constitubon; (b) the ter~ of such ~iatioOi

pu~ of ~01dl!lg or de~y10g m~~ paym~ts to .~ Uw?Jl, ( c),; die . ri ht of · the, UnlOli to peremptOry; termina,tion. :of "1c~ ·
or ~!l'lth~!Y u~eui11~ . or ~ 1ecemng evidence of Union affiliation ·~ (d), the .fees requiml for 1Uch, affiliation. In· n0
a~liauon, with intent to dece~y~;; . : . · · · ~ event may an'yone noc a: member ,.reC:i!iiu, cvitlenee· .'of ~iatfua

(k)~Wilfulfailur~ '(>t refn~l to ~.r.rf~t the ru:aer ¢ di~duly . ~uivalent to. that of ~bell. · iece_m ptibfity or "i~gbtl . ovu
authom:~ to makctlfuch orde~ duung ~uµe of amke'i ··, · ;r members; or be termed a mealbef. _ . · . · "

. (1) Failtire ortefusal to pay a!.fine ·.ot asswmenc widi~n the time ._ , ' ' · -
limit set the.refor either. .b'y ihe" C:Onsp~~cm or by acti.1>n talce'n.~. .. ·~:-xx11 -,
accordance with the Cooseitution., : . - . - '\ .

Section 3. Upo~ proof ~i the c~issi~~ o£ ~' !Ji ~. f~~ing . . ~uoru-· · ·" ·'
off~ members .shal\ be pe!19lized ~P ..,'9 ana •~whpg • sµs• · 'SMtiell 1. :unless elsewhere ~e~ Otherwise speclfi(allf. .provided, .
pension .f!om ~,ti~ l&od._.P,r,1rite~ .• ot -Diem~ for. cwo ,<n ' the ;qu~ J°' ·a .~ Jiieeqn8 Of·;; pprc "shall. be 'm mlt l>oolt · · ·
Y.?1''• or.a fine of $50.00 01 llQtl): , . , ". !-.· "· • • • • . • . ·: • ~bfti.. , ·· , . :1, : , .. / ·, .1, 1 ·:.,,.

. (a) Wilfully miSai>Pr~"Ol' . millllinl U.W. ·p~ • '~"-" . 'The . " .. ;yg;i·. ,,;.:,.,,} ..... , • ''-J ~:•;Jfl;·
of~ vibie'l'.mder .,o:~~ ·,, .. -. ..r~t.;; ~-\'! ::·( ...... , ~· (, '. '':'. ,.. r 4: . .!'~a~· · eai.:..mmn_ , .. :~~-~~ ., . '

. 'b)" ASlhm; ' ' - . ~·hi- *'~·~'- " -- ··jda: ~~~ ·i \,~ . l ' " ·. • ; • ·~:, : ';;. .• $ , ~ .r r . " - . ' •. ' ·1"'

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. (f .
IQO:lentlof the Union requiring a qµoNm .to act officially, shall be
a majority of those voting, and shall not be official or e.ff~vc.
11ole,u the quorum requiremellu are met, · · -

Soctlo11 4. U~less 'otherwise indicated'-'hercirl, where the require·
menu for a quorum are not sprcificaUy set forth, a quorum shall
~ deemed to be a majority of those composing the applicable .
1e,ment of the Unio_!J. . .

Article XXlll

· SE'.4P.4RERS LO'(;

1 Article XXV
Amendn;tents

;

· ) This Constitution . shall be amended in the following manner:
Soctio11 1 • .Any full book member may submit at any regular

meeting of any Port proposed amendments to this Constituti9n
in resolution form. If a majotity. vote of the roeinbership of the
Port approves it the proposed .amendment shall be forwarded to
all Ports for further ac_!ion.

M • Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a ma•
Y ee._tings ,, j?rity vote of. the .membership, it shall be 1refc_rred. to · a Consti~·

• foction 1, ,:Regular ·mqnbership meetings shall be held mQnthly ttonal ~ommartcd' IQ the- Pcfrt whe~e Headquarters is locatecl This
only in the following major ports at the following times: Commmee shall be composed 9f s1.x [ull _book_ members, ~o from

Dl:lririg the week following· the first .Sunday of every month a . each depamnent _and shall be .. el~cted IQ a.ccordance with such
meeting shall be heJd on, Monday:.__at New.r.York; on Tuesday-=--t . · ru!es as a_re established by a n.a1onl\r vote of that Port. Th~ Com·
Philadelphia;·-on WednCsday~at Baltimore; and on Friday-at rnm~e .wall act on a!l proposed amen_dments ref~rred to 1t, The
Detroit. During the next "'{eek meetings shall be beta on Monday· Comm1.ttee _may receive whatever advice and asm~ance, legal or

( '• at Houston; on Tuesday-at New Orleans and on Wedn.esday-at otherwise, flt deems n~cess:try. It shall prepare a repo.rt ?n the
/' . Mo~ile. .All regular membership meetings shall commence at amendment t?gether with any proposed changes or subsu~uons or

\ i:30 P.M. local time. Where ·a meet,ng day. falls on a Holiday recommendations and th«: reasons for such rec??1mendations: The
officially designated u such , by the authorities of the Sia~e or ,latter sh.all. then be submitted to the. membership by the President.
munkip@liry io whkh ·a port is located, the port meeting shall If a maiortty V?te of the membe~ship app~o.ves the amendment as
talce plat:e on the following busjness. day. Saturday and . Sunday tcsommended,_ it shall then. be VDCed upon, in a. yes or no vote _by
shall· not be--deemea . busines3 days. - · the membership of .the l!naon . ~Y secret ballot .m accordance with
-r The .Area Vice Presi~ents shall · be the chairmen of all regular the _procedure oudmed JO Amcle .XIII, ~ecuon_. 3 (bl · ~hrough

meetings in ports in thier respective areas. Jn t~e event the .Area Secuon 5, ex{ept ~hat, unles~ o~h~rw.i.se required' by a nla)ority yote
Vice Prdidents are unable 'to attend a regular meeting of a port, of the membership at the tu~e it g1~es the ai;iproval ne~essary ro
.they shall instruct the fort .Agents, or gther elel:ted job holders, . p.ut !he ref~rendum to a vote, the Unum TallyJDg, Co!Dflmee shall
to acr as chairman of th'c meetings. . ... • · consist of _six ( ~) full book !Dembers, . two from ,eacli of the thr~,e
.. , Jn the ev~n! a quorum is not pre~nt at 2: 30 P.M. the chai.rman ( 3) departmeht~ of the. Union, el~ted from Headquarters'· Port.
fff the' meeting at the pertinent port shall p0stpone th-e opening of The amendment shalli either be pnnted· on ~he ballot, or 1f too
the Jneeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. · ' · Je;ngthy, shall .be ref~rred to o.n the ballor._.Copies of.the amendme!1t

· · · ,,, . . shall be posted on the bullettn boards of all ports. and made avail·
· ( '•,ction 2 • .A special meeting at a port Jl\ar·be called only at the able at .the voting site in all pons.

d h._ 1tion of the Port .Agent or Area Vice President. No special . .._ · . · . . f · . b .
meeting may be held, except between- tpe hours of 9:60 .A.M. and Section 3~ If approved by a m~?mY. o th~ valid al19ts _cast,
':00 P.M: Notice· of sych mee. ting shall be poste& at l~ast two hour~ the . amendment shall become ~ffecuv~ .m:1med1ately upo~ ~oufica·
in advance, on ' the pott bulletin board. . . , • · · . tion by the Headquarters TallyJDg Cc;>mmmee_ to the P~es1dent .~hat

The Arca Vice Rresidents shall be the chairmen ·o1 all special .,.. !~e ame~dment has been ~ app~oved~ unles~ othera..1.se specuJC<t
meetings in ports in their respective area'S. In the event the Area m the l!mendment. The President shall 11nmed1arely notify allJ!Orts
Vice Presidents ate unable to attend a special meeting of a _port, -of the results of the vote on the amendment.

1 t~ey ·shall instruct the Port Agents, .or other elected job holders, to
act ·as chairmen of th~ meetings. - , -- · · Article XxVI · T~~ c9n.tci11s of this· Section 2 •are subject to die provisions- of
·.Article· XIII, Sectio_n 4 (a). - · · Tr•nsition Cl•use ·

1

- S•~ie" s: Notwithstandi.ng anythin~ to ~he conu:i,ry, all regula;. · .. Se~tiol\' 1.1t is. ~he purpc;~e and. intent .of this .Artie.le' to p~o~i~e
mectmgs shall be governed by the following: . for an orderly transi tion from Union operations and acnvmes

· 1. The Union Constitution. as governed by die · Constirutio~ "in ·effect prior to the adoption:
2. Majority ~ore of the members assembled. . of this :i,meqded Con~ti~tion, to operation.s a~d activities ~onductcd

in accordance with this amended Constaruuon. Accordmgly, the

Definitions
Article XXIV '

and Miscell•neous Provisions ·
. Rela~ing Thereto·

Section 1. Incapacity. Unless ·otherwise set , forth or dealt with
'llcceiq • th~ term "incapacity,'.'. shall ipean a_ny illness or situation
pr.,evenr-ing,.the a'ffccted person from carrying out his duties for more

· than ~lj days, provided ' that this does not. result in a vjcancy.
. · However, nQthirrg contained fo · this Article shall be ·deemed to

.prohibit :th~ execution of the functions of more 'than one job
- and/or office in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to

exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over
the <{u~s and functions of the one incapacitated. T he period of
incapacity shall be the time ·during which the circumstances exist.

~~ _ 5octlen 2. Unless~ otherwfse set forth or dealt with herefn, the.
term "vacapcy" shall include failure to perform the functions of any
o{fice or j6b by-r.eason of death, or resignation, or suspension .from
membership or· expulsion (rom the Union with no further right to

• appeal- 'in accot<lance .wirh the provisions -of Article XV. of this
£onst!tution. ~ - -

Section 3 . When applicable to the Un~on . as a .whole the ' term,
''majority ·vote of the membership", shall mean the majority of all
the valid :votes cast by futr book' memb<=r_s at an offitial meeting of
those ports holding a . meeting. This- definition shalt prevail not·
'Widistandin~ that one or more ports cannot hold meetings because
t>f no quorum. ,for the purpose of this Sectipn, the term "meeting"

·•hall refer to .those meetings to be held during ' the time period
'Wjdiin which a.. vote must be taken in ac(ordance with ·the Con­
•titlition .and tlie custom and usage of the Union m the · indicated

• . priority:.

• 5'ction 4. When applicab~e solely ~o. port action and not con·
· cerned with, or related to, th: Union as a whole, and not forming
part of 'ii. Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of. the mem·
bc.rshi,p", sl\all reier to the majority of the valid votes cast by the .
full ' boo~· 1nem~rs at ~ny meeting, of the Port, regular or special.

. . Section J ; The. term, ' '.membership action''. or referentc thereto.
•h~ll m_ean the same as the-term "majority vote of the ' membership".

Section 6. Where the title .of any office or job, or the holder
thereof, is set fortl\ in this Constitution, all references thereto

1
and

the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be eq1,!ally
' applicable' to whomever i~ duly acting in such ·offic:e or job.

Soc.ion 1: The term "Election Year" shall · be deemed to mean .
.. h_-t calendar ye,.r prior to ~be calendar year in which elected · offi·
cials: arid- other" "elected job·holdeq aie required to ass4me •office.
The first election nar hereundcf sha.U be deem~d ~<'> be 1960.
..,.·· Section I • . The terms:'... ~'this Constitu~ion", ·and "this am~nded

:iWf\stitution", shaU 6e deemed to have the same .meaning .and shall
refer to the €onstitution which takes the pJace-of the one adopted·
-by the Union··in· 1939, as lmended up through .August, 1956.

following sections are to be given the. interpretatio.n required to
etfectua'te the foregoing purpos~ and JDtent. _

... Section 2 . .All routine ;d~inistrative', accounting, and other similaC
proced4res and processes of this Union, in effect immediately

· prior to the adoption of this amended."Constitution shaU:J.>e deemed
· to be permitted heruender and shal{ continue in cffecc unless or
u11til changed, in acco~nce with the provisions hereof.

Section 3. All methods and means of.,.. collccting and disbursing
Union funds, all se8regations of Union funds, rules of order
generally follo!"ed, . bonding procedures.: reinstat~mcrnt _procedur.es,
and any ocher practices or procedure~ lO effect 1m!Ded1ately pnor
to t~e adoption of this amended Constit~tion,_ sfiall be deemed
to be -permitted hereunder, and shall contmue JO effect unless or

· until changed · in accordance with the w-0visions hereof.-

.r Section 4 • .AU Union policies, customs, and usage, including those
. with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediatc:ly
prior to the. adoption of this amenMd Constitution,-shall be deemed
to be. permitted hereunder and shaH continue fn effect unless or
until changed in acc~rdance with the . .provisions hereof.

Section s.'. !JI offic:ers and other jobhoiiters elected as .a result · of
· the balloting held by this Union during November an}l Decemb~r
of 1958 who ace 'serving at the time of the adoption of this
amended Constitutiori, shall continue to serve, with.out red~ction
in salary, in the office most closely rela,ted to the one held p~1or to
that adoption, and for a. term no~ to exceed- that·. for which he_
was elected in the ballotfng held IQ 1958. For this purpose the
.following table sets out the new office and job, the present nearest
equivalent in tetms of. fun~tio~.~- presently ~eEforme~, and the
identill' of· the person occupy mg it. The adopuon of this amended
Constitution shall constinue ratification of this t~bl~~ -

P~sident

Executive
Vice.President..

Vice-President in
~h;ug'e uf Centr:icts _,..!.
and Contract ·
Enfo,P'ement

Vice-President in
charge of the
Atlantic Coast

Vice-President in
charge of the·
Gulf Coast ·

-Vice-President -in
char.g~ of the Lakes

- and Inland Waters

I nJi11id~11l
PAUL HALL

CAL TANNER

_,,.

CLAUDE SIMMONS

EARL ~HEPPARD

LINDSEY WILLIAMS

.AL TANNEll

OIJ.Title
Secretary-Treasurer

Assistant Secretary·
Treasurer

.Assistant Secretary·
Treasurer

, .Assistant Secretary·
Treasurer

Assistant Secre~ry•.
Treasurer ,.,,

Boston Port 'Agent
and Admi'nistrative
Director of Great
Lakes Distdct

' 'So~tion .. f. The term;· ''.member· in good standing"; shall'- mean a -
.. memlrer wnose monetary o.bligations. to the Urliorr are ' not iii-arrears '.: . .

S•PPlement-Pa~e 8n•

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.EXHIBIT A

Minimal requirements to be contained jn Constitution
of subordinate bodies •nd divisions chartered by or
affiliated with the SHf uers lntern•tion•I Union of
North America-Atl•ntic, Gulf, bkes •nd Inland Waters
District. ·

I
.All members shall have equal rights and· privileges, subject to

reasonable rules and regulations; contained- in this Constitution,
inCluding secret election, freedom of speech, the right to hold office.
and the right of secret votes on assesslJ!ent and dues increases, all
in accordance with the law. '

II
- No mea:nber may be automatically suspended fr~m membership

except for non-payment of dues, and all members shall be afforded
. a fair ~.caring upon written charges, with a reasonable time to pre·.

pare defense, when accuse_!! of an offense under the Constitution.

Ill
This Union is charter,ed -by (and/or affiliated with), the Sea·

farets lhternational Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes
and Inland Waters -District, and this Constitution and any amend·
ments thereto, shall not take effect unless and until approved as set
forth in the Constitution ·of that Union.

1v·
.An object of this Union is, within Its r eas.onable capacity, to

promote the. welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers Jnternllcrional Union
of North .America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes an·d Inland Waters
District. -

I

v
The charter {and/or affiliation) relationship betwet"n this Union

and the Seafarers International Union of North America-Aclantic,
Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not be dissolved so
long ·as -at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers
Intcrnati<,mal Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, lakes and·
Jnlal'!d Ware~ Distrkt acting through its Executive Board wish to

· continue such relationship.

VI
No amendment to this Constitution shall be effective unless and

until approved by at least a two·thirds vote of the membership in a
secret referendum· conducted for that purpose. In , any event, the
adoption of this Constitution ana any amendme'nts thereto, v.•ill not
be effective unless and until compliance " 'ith Article II of the ·
Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America
_._Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Jnland Waters District iS- first made.

VII
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The Seafarers International Union· of North America-Arlanric.
Gulf, Lake.s and Inland Waters District shall have che right to
check, inspect a11d make copies of all the books and records of this
Union upon demand.

·VIII
This Union shall not take anv action v.•h1ch will have the effect

of reducing its· net assets, calculated through recognized accounting
procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness to the Seafarers
International Union of Nonh America'-Aclanric, Gulf, Lakes and
Inland Waters District, unless approved by thac Union throu,!lh itl
Exe·cutive Board. '

·- . IX
So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union 10 the

Seafarers lnter'!!ltional Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf,
Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right
to ~ppoint a repre$entative or representatives to this Union who
shafi have· th.e power to accend all meetings of this Un ion, or its

· sub·divisions, or governing •boards; if any; and who shall ha:ve
access to all books and records of this Union on demand. This
representative, or these- representatives, sball be charged with the
duty of assisting this' Union and its members.hip, and acting as a
liaison between the Seafarers International Union of North America
-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District ~nd th~s Union,

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So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebtedness

of any sort, is owed by this Union to the Seafarers International
Union of North America-11.tlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters
District, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets
of this Union, which lien shall not be· impaired without the written
approval of the Seafarers International Union of North America­
:Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through
its Executive Board .

XI
The p;er capira ta:c payable by this Union to the Seafarers Inter·

national Union of North 4merica-A.tlantic, Gulf, Lakes and
Inland Waters District shall be that which is fixed in accordance
with the terms of the Constitution of that Union. -

XII
for .thirty da~ or more, ·or .who is pot under 'suspension or expul·- ,Secretary-Treas~rer

· lion effective -in · accordance with this. Con'stitution. Unless other- . :;.
. 'Wise expressly indicated, the term,,-~cmbe(, shalr mean a mefiil:>cr· HReadq~arte~-s in gOod standing. ' . ':" .. . · . : ~· epresen~uve

VACANCY

~!~L HALL

ED MOONEY

·rfo be filled y the
President in. accord·
ance with Constitu·
tionL

.Assistant Secr~t!lCY•
Treasurer

.Assi~tant Secretary­
Treasur.er

This Constirutien and actions by this Union pursuant thereto
are supject to those provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers

'. International Union of North America-Atlantic, ·Gulf, Lakes and
Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliation, disaffiliation, trustee­
ships, and the granting a_nd re!11oval of. charters . . . 1. · Section 10. Unless plainly oth.er'~ise requ-uea by the·-~ontext ·of ·. )Rleadquarrc~s

-their u.se, 'the terms ''.Union boo~'', "membership book'\ and "bqOk'. ', · epresentauv.e
1hill m~an offici_al evidc:~ce."of Union m;mbershi~. ., Headqiiarters ·' .Assistant Secretary• '>-- . Xiii

--.. . s.ctien ,11 , lbe) etm '.'fuil-book" or "full Onion book" shall m~tr Representativ~ . ]OB VOLPIAN Treasurer This Union shall be affiliated with t he Seafarers I~tcrmuiooal
:; ,; ~I; .an o~~iaf~rt~ficate issu~~- as ·e.videni:e of,,U_nioh ,'~e~b.ership ... · Since l}o ;-elected ·officer o.r' job~oider ,currc~tly performs··_the. Union.of North America through the Seafarers lnternatfona,l Unioa

. 'iiliac~~ .~n )e -~ttau~i;d 0.nl~ · ~y · t~ose ..m.em~rs . '!"ho ~ve first · functions of the new offii:e of Secretary-Treasurer, that offici shall of . ~orth America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes. and Inland Waters Dis·
. . . •~u~r~ die . h!g~est SCnt«?t&t}'· titan& se~_.forth: m .the stan4ard be filled by >t~it Presiden• pursu~nt to Article. X~ Secti?n 1 (j). of tri~t. I~ s~all share. in, and participate· as part of, the d~legation. of
!(; i' ·a>~~ve -bn~a1_01ng~ a1recmen(, · .,· ' • ., , tlii!- &>1\s.tl~uon. From the,da~· of the ai;lop~1on «?_f this· ConsUJU· that Distract t~ t.he ~onvenuon of th~· Seafarers l~t~rnauonal- Un1oa
·:;, ,J' · -JectlH 1~: ·The t~rm • . "full fiOOlc J!Jem'be!"• shall mean ·a· riJember tfof!, ;the'officers, ~ s~:ve. desmbed~ ~~all execute ~he powt{s ·•nd o~ -~~r~h Amena. m accord~i_icc .wi.th . th~ -provm9ns of the _Co~

...:.. · ~ ( ft)\[W~ a •fulf· J)oPk h ... ~ duty iiiue~- and wpo ·is' entidecho. 1 (ulCtfohs, ~ ass11.1;11e ·.the ·m1>0~ib~ltt1:ea ~f ~the · saul offices as ~t· . , smut1<?n of the 'Seafarers. Internauonal _ Un~on pf Npnh A~e~1~-
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EYERY SJ!JAFARER is GUARANTEED
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• Pr~teciia11 ~I tli~ r,igh~s an"iipri~il~eis: Kqtira~tef~
him under the,;Cons./itution of t~e Unfii~ ..

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-9' ... The· right Jo_ f!Ominate. himsell )or, "t,J. hJ h~ltl,
any office itt:the Union. ·~ · · · .. ~. ·

-• That. every~fffcial of the.Union sliati bt b~u~iJ.,
to uphold and .protect 1h~ rights· of .epery mem~er
and that in · no --c~s~. shalfany· membef, .be .depri'Qe'd
of his 'riglits aiuf p1:ii}ileges as a member without
due 'Process of t!J,e ./air1.ro/ the U 1#011 • . :_ . · · ,

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be given ·a /air--trial by an impariit.,/ Cf>mmittee of :
. his brother union memb~ri if he shou"lil ,,, .. ~
~ charKed ;with--tondu_ct , J~trtmentaf tu~ f/i"e :. fiielf ~rl ~
tJf Seafarers banJ~J: tpgetfi.er in~ ~hisYnioi;. ~ -- ..... ,/ ~ -· ·. . "' -:-~ .. ~ ..

• The riihi'-to .,~x:Press ·ki°m:self.Jr,.eely .o:n -~he~ Jlo_or'r>f
any Union · tnf!.:etinK . o.r · itt~committee. · -~ · ... · - -

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ciples. set forth irt_ thi· Coiis.titiition. ol ·t.h·e .. l;Jnion~ ·- ·

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