http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2b878cd0ed377de306b10ea44a0cc66e.PDF 6eaba661e274205e1066b76ecb09738e PDF Text Text Vol. XXV No. 14 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO li -4 •U v• p 'f \• • t • •i i ' ti M �nL SEAFARERS Pace Twe Noyember 29, 19<S LOG SIU Crew Safe After Blast, Fire SI U Co's Planning 4 Bulk Carriers Seek US Assist WASHINGTON—SIU operators have filed applications with the Maritime Administration for US construction aid to help build four huge bulk carriers for worldwide trade under the American flag. Two of the ships would be the largest of their type in US-flag service, with a cargo lift of 58,000 tons of grain, ore, coal or liquid bulk cargoes. One of the applications was'*' filed last week by the Hudson riod of several years. Federal con­ Waterways Corporation and struction and operating subsidies calls for two bulk carriers of 60,800 deadweight tons each. The other, filed earlier by a new company, Overseas Transportation, seeks Federal aid on construction of a pair of 30,000-ton bulk ves­ sels. Overseas Transportation is part of the SlU-contracted Mari­ time Overseas shipping interests. Still pending is a separate ap­ plication put in last May by the SlU-contracted Penn Shipping in­ terests lor Federal assistance toward the construction of three smaller bulk carriers. The Penn application calls for three 25,400ton general purpose bulk carriers. The HuGson Waterways' con­ struction program would supple­ ment its present fleet with two 806-foot bulk carriers capable of hauling grain, ore or coal. With some modification, the vessels could also carry liquid bulk car­ goes such as crude oil. If the ships are built, they would cost some $37 million. Company officials have reported that they have not yet asked for Federal ship mortgage and construction loan insurance. The bid by Overseas Transpor­ tation for special tonnage calls for two $10 million ships to carry grain, minerals and other bulk cargoes. The company has already asked for Government mortgage and construction loan aid in addi­ tion to construction subsidy. Under present maritime law, construction aid may be provided for any ship to be operated in the nation's foreign tra^e. It is not available for coastwise or other domestic operations, and has never been given for bulk vessels. Applications of all three com­ panies are being watched with in­ terest to see if there will be any shift in the Government's attitude regarding bulk cargo carriers. Bulk cargoes account for most American foreign trade tonnage today, since the US gathers most of its basic raw materials and ores from overseas sources. Although this reflects a change in American foreign trade patterns over a pe­ are still based on the package cargo concept incorporated in the 1936 Merchant Marine Act US subsidy aid Is so far avail­ able to only 15 companies engaged in regular liner and berth opera­ tions, with nothing set aside for tramp vessels, tankers and bulk cargo operations. Tramps Are Old A recent report by the Maritime Administration points out that the US tramp fleet as of September 30 was composed of 135 vessels. All of them were originally designed and built just before or during World War II. Of the 135, converted T-2 tank­ ers and Libertys account for 22 vessels. The balance was com­ posed of Libertys, C-types and Victorys, some of which are in­ active. The US tramp fleet does not have a single vessel whose keel was put down later than 1945. Seafarers, Ships Mark 'Turkey Day' Tradition Seafarers and their families were preparing to attend Thanksgiving holiday dinners arranged in.all SIU ports for Thursday, November 28, as the LOG went to press. The huge "Turkey Day" fete has^^^ become a family tradition in day fare—the big bird and trim­ New York and all the out- mings, together with other main ports. Where Union facilities could not handle the service of a large Thanksgiving feast, arrangements were made with nearby restau­ rants to serve Seafarers and their families the traditional meal of thanks—with all the trimmings. The elaborate menus in the vari- Urges Foreign Aid Tie To Shipbuilding NEW YORK—A plan to stimulate US shipbuilding and other industries by tying US foreign aid payments to pledges that would give US industry the first crack at filling a foreign nation's shipbuilding and* other needs was outlined at could have applications to indus­ the recent AFL-CIO Mari­ trial and agricultural goods as well. time Trades Department conven­ "Many of this country's major tion here. The suggestion was problems—the need for more jobs, our overwhelming agricultural sur­ pluses, the need to restore the For a report on US vs. Soviet shipbuilding develop­ capabilities of our naval and ments, see Page 16. merchant fleets to adequate levels and our continuing balance of payoffered by Edwin M. Hood, presi­ inents deficit—could perhaps be dent of the Shipbuilders Council of remedied in large measure by a America. more realistic formula for dispens­ The proposal was made pri­ ing our annual multi-billion dollar marily to stimulate the depressed foreign aid largesse," Hoed said. US shipbuilding industry, but Action By MTD The MTD passed a resolution calling on Congress to initiate a ship construction program of 140 i^ips a year. The resolution speci­ fied that 80 of the ships should be naval and 60 merchant vessels. This program is vital to replace "block obsolescence" of the present fleets, the resolution said. It pointed out that the "derelictions of Govern­ ment and shipowners have brought rampant unemployment with re­ sultant misery and despair to thousands upon thousands of American shipyard workers and their families." In another speech at the MTD convention, John L. Weller, presi­ dent of SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines, called for greater shipbuild­ ing activity by the US, and pointed to the vast shipbuilding drive un­ derway for some time in the Soviet Union. We know for a fact, he First man to register for shipping at the new SIU hall in said, "that they are developing a modern merchant marine . as- fast Norfolk this month, Seafarer William Donald helps to record as they can do it, while we are the event with dispatcher Charjie Moser. All shipping was letting, ours decline as fast as we transferred from the old Cofley Street Kali a few weeks ago. can do it." Number One Man In Norfolk f' Readying • stack of big birds for tho ovon at SIU headquar­ ters cafeteria, chief cook A1 Clark gets set for Thanksgiving. All ports served over 4,500 dinners last year. dish courses' and a variety of soups, salads, vegetables, pies, des­ serts and beverages. Aboard ship, SIU stewards and galley departments whipped up similar special dinners for the hol­ iday, whether the celebration came in port or at sea. Due to their voyage schedules, many ships had to stock up months ago with turkey, cranberries, etc., in order to have the traditional fare avail­ able. Christmas dinner will also be held in the siune hardy soup-tonuts fashion next month on De­ cember 25 in all ports, and aboard all SIU vessels wherever they happen to be at the time. NEW YORK—The Hercules Vic­ tory (Sea Tramps) reached port here on Monday, November 25, following a tube fracture in her port side boiler which disabled the SlU-manned freighter about 300 miles northeast of Bermuda. There were no injuries reported aboard the explosive-laden Vic­ tory ship, which had left here about two weeks ago bound for Cadiz, Spain. The master of the Hercules, Capt. Christopher Foros, reported all hands safe 90 minutes after the boiler explosion and the discovery of a fire which had developed in the starboard boiler. The fire was reported under control shortly after the mid-ocean mishap on November 12. Two Coast Guard planes and the cutter Yakutat were dispatched from Bermuda to aid the stricken ship, with the cutter standing by until a commercial tug reached the scene. The deep-sea tug Es­ ther Moran had been dispatched from Boston to tow the ship back to New York. She had been limp­ ing along at four knots after temporary repairs. By the time the tug reached the Hercules, she was reported to be about 600 miles east-southeast of here. The tow which ended this week was apparently uneventful. The Hercules is the former US Lines' ship American Jurist. She is currently idled in the harbor here while the company determines necessary repairs on the engineroom damage and con­ ducts a thorough inspection of the possible causes of the explosion and fire. COPE Lists Choices In N'Orleans Voting NEW ORLEANS—The AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education for the state of Louisiana has announced its choices of candidates for this area in the primary election slated for December 7. The state COPE"*" did not endorse any of the Mollere. St. Tammany & Washing­ five candidates for governor, ton Parishes: B. B. (Sixty) Raybut it did urge defeat for two of them. COPE announced that guber­ natorial candidates Gillis W. Long, John J. McKeithen and deLesseps S. Morrison were all favorable to labor, and that any of the trio was acceptable. It did officially state, however, that Robert Kennon and Shelby Jackson, two of the candi­ dates, did not deserve labor support. Endorsements were also given to most incumbents seeking re­ election to state offices, except candidates for lieutenant governor, comptroller, commissioner of agri­ culture and commissioner of in­ surance. William J. Dodd was backed for state superintendent of public education, since the incum­ bent is not seeking reelection. The following is a list of endorsements by COPE in the New Orleans area: For State Senate. Orleans Par­ ish: Wards 1, 2 & 15, Olaf J. Fink; Ward 3, Charles E. Deichmann; Wards 4 & 5, Michael H. O'Keefe; Wards 6 & 7, Adrian C. Duplantier; Wards 8 & 9, Theodore M. Hlckey; Wards 10 & 11, Frederick L. Eagan; and Wards 14, 16 & .17, John D, Tamberella. Jefferson,, St. Charles A, SI. Johii'th^ Baptist Parishes: Jples. G. burn. For Hoose of Representatives, Orleans Parish: Ward 2, Patrick B. McGittigan; Ward 3, Vernon J. Gregson; Ward 4, Joseph S. Casey; Ward 5, Anthony J. Vesich, Jr.; Ward 6, Thomas J. Meunier; Ward 7, Salvador Anzelmo & Rodney A. Buras; Ward 8, Arthur A. Crais; Ward 9, Philip C. Claccio, Edward L. Boesch & Ernest J. Hessler, Jr.; Ward 10, Eugene G. O'Brien; Ward 11, Edward F. LeBreton, Jr.; Ward 12, Maurice E. Landrieu; Ward 13, Peter W. Murtes; Ward 15, John (Continued on page 12) SEAFARERS LOG Nov. 29,1963 Vol. XXV, No. 24 PAUL HALL, President HBRBCRT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, ALEXANDER LESLIE, THOMAS LAUGHLIN, Staff Writers. PublithRd bIwMkly at tha hcadquartar* •f th« S««rar«rA IntarnallonsI U'nien, At­ lantic,' Gulf, Lahas and Inland Watari District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avamia, Brooklyn ?2, NY Tol HYaclnth 9-6M0. Sacond class postage paid at tha Fast Ottico In Brooklyn. NY undar tha Ai* at Aug. 1*. Itia , -J 1 . 1120 to; f[.j �NoTembw t9, ll6t SEAFARERS LOG Page Three AFL-CIO Mourns Kennedy, Backs Pres. Johnson WASHINGTON—^The AFLrCIO Executive Council, in memory of the late President John F. Kennedy, pledged "unstinting devotion to the building of the world of which he dreamed—a world in which mankind can be free yet safe, a world in which brother­ hood is fact for all men/' To President Lyndon fe. Johnson, "in this most tragic hour in the history of our great republic," the Council extended "our warm, understanding and sympathetic support. On behalf of millions of American workers and their families, we pledge to the new President of the United States of America our complete backing in the dark and dangerous days that lie ahead." The statements were adopted and issued at an emergency meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Cotmcil here on Tuesday, Final appearance by President Kennedy at a labor gathering was this appearance at the AFLCIO convention in New York just seven days before his death. The late President had come to greet the delegates and to ask support for his pending legislative program. AFL-CIO CONVENTION VOTES PROGRAM OF LABOR ACTION NEW YORK—The 5th biennial convention of the AFL-CIO ended here last week after mapping out a broad program to provide economic security, equal rights for all workers and a strong political action program to stem anti-labor forces in the 1964 elections. Delegates to the convention-t voted unanimously to open a erated," the convention said. Ne­ shipbuilding program and urged major drive for a $2 minimum gotiations toward reduced working Congress to set up a construction hourly wage and extension of minimum wage average to 16 mil­ lion low-paid workers presently exempted under the law. They also gave their vigorous approval to a resolution calling for a cut In the workweek to 35 hours and to set up a standard of double time for" overtime. The shorter workweek, without reduction In take-home pay, was proposed as a means of coping with dwindling job opportunities. "Chronicaliy high levels of un­ employment can no longer be tol- Ships Dip The Colors A 30-day period of national mourning began on Saturday, No­ vember 23, after the death of Presi­ dent John F. Kennedy on Friday from an assassin's bullet in Dallas, Texas. Gov. John B. Connally of Texas, who was riding in the same car with Kennedy, was wounded but is recovering. Joining the rest of the nation in final tribute to the slain President, all US merchant ships lowered their flags to half-mast as news of the tragie event reached them in ports all over the world and on the high seas. Business activity all over the US and in many foreign countries ceased as news of the President's death reached them, and shut down as a sign of i-espect and mourning until after the solemn funeral serv­ ices on Monday, November 25. All SIU halls were closed for the entire day Monday, in response to a proclamation by President John­ son for a national day of mourning. Work on the US waterfont was at a virtual standstill' during the three-day period!from the death to the buriaL time can proceed in many direc­ tions, it was suggested, including more holdays, longer vacations, earlier retirement, sabbatical leaves, and strict overtime con­ trols during periods of joblessness. Minimum Wage Of $2 The setting up of a $2 minimum hourly wage and extension of the Fair Labor Standards Act were urged as a major part of the Fed­ eration's economic platform. "The present unfair exemptions from the Act should be removed so that all workers are accorded the safe­ guards of the law," the delegates declared. The present $1.25 minimum wage for workers in interstate commerce was labeled as "inade­ quate," and even this amount is postponed until 1965 for workers newly-covered by the Act's 1961 amendments. The 15-point eco­ nomic program approved by the convention also included strong support for passage of the $11 billion tax cut bill still before Congress. Civil Rights' Drive In the field of civil rights, the convention delegates dedicated the full resources and strength of the trade union movement to "the eause of freedom and equality for all Americans ... to assure every American the full rights of citizen­ ship." A call for greater effort and fuller utilization of trade union manpower was stressed by the Federation's General Board, which met to decide on how best to meet the political issues of 1964. It cited the need for intensified political education and action to stem anti-labor forces in the 1964 elections. Convention delegates ' pledged fuU backing by the AFL-ClO's resources in meeting labor's great­ est challenge—the organization of the unorganized—and also voted to use all their force to defeat any impending "light-to-work" legislation. On other issues, the delegates: • Called for an ftxpanded US program to modernize America's naval and merchant fleets. • Went on record as "deter­ mined to oppose" the continued diversion of ocean-going trade to ships flying so-called "flags of convenience." • Urged a massive Federal in­ vestment in education because America's schools are in a state of crisis. • Called for a number of im­ provements in the social security structure, and stressed priority treatment for passage of the KingAnderson bill to provide a hos­ pital care program for the elderly as part of the Social Security System. • Asked for additional Federal standards to extend the duration and raise the level of benefits to unemployed workers. (Continued on page 5) November 26. -f"The incredible loss of President Kennedy has put a stunned world in mourning," the Council said. "Aside from his immediate family, none mourn him more than the working people of this world . . . He was their leader, champion, their friend." The Council asserted that Presi­ dent Kennedy had "brought homes within the grasp of many, deplored and detested the slums that de­ grade our land; sought the aboli­ tion of exploitation and suffering and misery. And those for whom he fought will be eternally grate­ ful. "Most of all," the Council said, "John Kennedy understood the degradation and humiliation that millions of Americans of different race and religious belief know in too many parts of our land . . . Lyndon Baines Johnson, tha President Kennedy put his heart 36th president of the and strength into the struggle for United States. civil rights." Recalling the late President's firmness in winning withdrawal of clearly a partner in its design and Soviet missile bases in Cuba, the scope." Calling for the fulfillment of this Council said he won respect from the Communist world and our program as one of "primary im­ allies as well. The slain President portance to our own country and was "not only a national leader but to the cause of freedom," the a world leader and he bequeathed Council said the new President this nation "a program, a practical "will prove equal to the problems •dream, whose fulfillment will be a and challenges which await him" lasting monument to the leader and pledged him its full support. who conceived It." The Council also issued a state­ The Council, in behalf of mil­ ment asserting that "hatred is on lions of workers everywhere, ex­ the rise in America" and that it tended to Mrs. Kennedy and the "pulled the trigger" in the assassi­ Kennedy family "our most pro­ nation of President Kennedy. found condolences." In a special message to a joint In its statement on President session of Congress on Wednesday, Johnson, the Council said the November 27, President Johnson "nation and the world are fortu­ promised to pursue the policies of nate to have a man who has acquit­ the late President Kennedy. He as­ ted himself" with distinction as signed top priority to two im­ an experienced legislator and as mediate legislative requests—^pas­ Vice-President. "He Is deeply com­ sage of a civil rights bill and the mitted to the program of his pending tax cut bill—both recom­ martyred predecessor and he was mended by his slain predecessor. VI News of the President's assassination shocked Seafarers as It did the rest of the world. Scene here is at SIU headquarters on November 22 shortly after the first bulletins came over the air via radio and TV. Among the many struck by the fateful news was SIU pensioner Jpe Malone, 75, at far right. �Paee Four SEAFARERS Nftmhtt t», IMS LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) Report Period; November 9-November 22, 1963 SIU shipping showed an increased pace during the past two weeks, rising to a total of 1,268 jobs dispatched from all ports. The increase reversed the downtrend of the past few periods. In the last period, the number of jobs shipped was down to 1,070. The registration figures for this period also posted a rise that was evenly spread among the three shipboard de­ partments. Total registration was 1,353, as compared to the previous total of 1,128. The number of men on the beach at the end of the two-week-period was 3,661, about the same as the last time. Most of the shipping gain was in the deck department, which handled about half of the increase. Steward de­ partment activity showed the smallest gain. In the various ports. New York, Baltimore, Jackson­ ville, Mobile, New Orleans and Houston handled almost all of the pick-up. Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, San Francisco and Seattle all listed declines. Tampa and Wil­ mington reported small boosts in job activity. The ship activity chart (see right) shows there were minor gains in the payoff and sign-on columns while the number of in-transit visits and the total number of ships in port declined. There were ten fewer in-transits, but the five additional si^-ons this time apparently made the difference by providing a boost in shipping. Among the seniority groups, there was some change, again involving class A men. The class A portion of all shipping dropped to 53 percent from 59. It has been in the .57-58-59 percent range since August. Class B shipping accounted for 34 percent, a rise from 31, and class C shipping was up to 13 percent again. Ship AcfiWfy Pay Si9« i» Offi OM Tram, TOTAL ImfM 3 Mow Torfc * • • • If Philadolyhla.. 3 •aMoiora .... 8 Norfalk 4 Jackfoavilla .. • Taoipa • 5 Mebila Naw Ortoam.. 16 Hemton 6 Wllmioytoa .. 1 Saa FraociKa. 2 Soattla 3 0 8 0 4 3 1 1 2 6 2 0 2 3 3 21 S 16 ' 4 6 f 2 16 22 5 5 3 60 32 117 TOTALS 6 48 i 25 11 7 10 9 32 29 6 f f 20f DECK DEPARTMENT Registered Registered Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS - CLASS A GROUP 3 Ai.L 1 2 6 3 2 1 94 35 49 10 18 5 11 2 49 20 4 25 12 4 6 2 6 0 1 5 3 8 0 5 8 0 21 13 74 26 39 9 39 23 5 11 8 3 0 5 25 5 11 9 13 2 7 4 129 200 44 1 373 Shipped CLASS A • CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 2 5 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 75 0 40 26 39 10 20 20 10 6 2 1 3 6 10 2 33 7 0 6 15 7 19 9 3 2 1 0 0 4 4 0 8 0 9 1 6 3 10 1 1 2 5 1 2 4 2 1 11 7 19 0 26 4 7 1 0 43 21 38 10 69 14 29 52 10 20 11 31 10 1 9 5 4 8 0 2 3 3 1 5 2 12 2 5 12 5 5 7 0 3 11 3 8 3 1 7 79 100 I 186 90 178 46"| 314 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 S ALL 0 0 1 1 0 8 11 19 0 4 5 1 5 10 1 4 0 0 2 2 6 11 1 4 0 0 1 1 13 0 9 4 2 20 18 40 16 1 9 6 2 7 2 3 2 5 2 1 0 3 1 4 55 70 1 134 9 GROUP 1 2 0« 0 0 6 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 0 3 29 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A C ALL 1 3 ALL 1 B 2 3 ALL 2 1 5 1 1 7 6 1 14 0 4 4 3 2 5 7 13 75 19 13 107 89 145 37 271 5 38 54 97 5 10 3 5 5 20 12 8 43 1 23 6 14 21 0 5 31 10 46 - 38 76 5 63 8 109 0 19 51 0 1 3 2 6 17 39 . 0 1 3 11 20 2 14 3 9 3 23 10 1 11 17 29 2 16 2 5 9 2 4 5 10 3 12 1 1 4 7 2 1 4 6 0 13 2 26 2 41 32 60 1 4 18 24 1 16 0 40 2 60 2 111 64 73 11 148 3 31 80 114 1 2 52 16 70 51 2 76 12 139 2 29 28 59 1 4 8 7 19 12 33 0 4 17 4 4 10 14 0 1 12 5 18 32 32 69 5 17 15 1 5 37 4 20 18 7 '4 9 5 21 44 0 10 19 29 20 1 52 312 134 52 1 498 384 522 104 11010 20 176 304 1 866 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington. San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 3 37 15 0 8 6 24 0 2 2 2 0 2 8 1 12 28 3 19 8 2 2 17 1 12 44 170 Registered CtASS B GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 0 0 0 57 5 5 32 3 11 . 0 4 35 1 5 12 0 2 0 3 0 4 4 3 0 2 0 1 2 11 1 6 5 45 2 21 23 2 12 1 13 0 3 4 2 21 1 2 1 14 2 2 27 1 241 18 102 Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 3 ALL 1 2 1 3 ALL 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 39 7 25 62 11 4 23 10 40 24 8 1 8 0 4 6 1 0 2 2 22 5 16 2 23 2 9 9 11 22 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 8 2 1 5 3 16 2 1 11 2 2 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 12 2 5 15 2 17 11 2 8 7 44 11 21 40 1 25 4 19 21 41 7 21 3 21 5 37 29 1 20 16 0 4 1 3 1 5 0 4 2 2 7 3 4 5 12 0 4 1 3 4 3 7 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 82 1 202 39 118 :26 1 183 17 96 79 1 192 GROUP 1 2 0 0 3 12 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 4 39 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A n C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 3 6 2 8 40 23 102 50 23 39 9 155 12 96 44 52 108 30 0 2 • 4 8 2 14 2 25 3 14 4 8 6 81 3 0 4 23 22 49 9 65 4 65 • 7 37 25 5 3 26 0 13 0 1 1 3 1 19 4 10 3 7 2 3 0 4 5 16 25 2 3 6 11 4 5 7 0 8 0 0 3 3 0 1 3 8 2 2 4 3 15 35 4 28 0 0 17 3 5 17 19 12 5 0 3 40 84 31 41 3 43 62 113 71 10 112 8 3 29 74 7 0 37 3 69 25 47 2 88 31 50 24 2 0 2 11 3 5 2 5 4 16 10 21 9 7 12 3 48 3 4 7 23 9 17 35 4 7 7 3 5 2 41 1 5 11 5 ' 31 5 16 7 8 4 19 1 62 183 192 62 1 437 143 443 54 1! 640 39 216 238 1 493 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Bos NY Phil .... Nor Jac Tam Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALI. 1 2 1 2 3 ALL 1-8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 57 8 30 17 2 3 0 18 21 10 7 0 0 1 5 1 10 0 1 9 3 20 3 6 3 8 17 7 0 14 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 17 0 3 3 4 4 1 9 0 3 53 1 10 9 2 32 38 7 2 35 30 1 6 7 13 4 0 8 12 7 1 2 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 4 11 25 1 4 2 6 4 3 0 3 6 2 1 2 3 5 10 2 55" 28 33 113 229 13 8 101 1i 122 51 l-fl Shipped CLASS A t;BOUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 28 1 14 0 0 1 1 1 3 14 25 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 15 4 6 2 2 23 34 3 3 17 35 0 0 3 4 0 7 1 12 1 1 7 3 14 15 91 1 171 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 11 3 1 7 0 0 6 6 1 0 18 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 12 0 1 30 31 0 0 18 18 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 _2 _ 2 3 103 I1 110 4 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL A C ALL 1-8 1 3 ALL 1 2 B 3 ALL 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 4 65 52 20 26 28 11 26 30 25 80 187 48 ^ 9 7 32 6 6 1 6 13 4 10 6 4 10 22 1 0 4 9 0 25 19 0 44 14 66 6 0 43 14 13 25 2 35 6 8 16 2 1 2 4 0 2 0 5 3 3 11 16 0 4 0 5 0 9 5 28 1 2 1 20 2 3 6 6 2 3 2 3 1 3 0 12 0 1 9 1 2 1 5 5 15 12 32 20 51 0 5 5 7 19 0 13 13 6 34 31 6 71 27 23 23 75 148 2 6 4 86 92 0 35 18 53 10 71 8 36 0 0 26 11 24 1 27 0 4 2 6 4 5 17 0 0 7 0 0 4 4 7 61 0 6 12 3 15 16 10 8 27 2 10 0 0 12 17 11 5 1 6 5 4 6 19 29 2 2 7 2 2 33 28 257 1 318 45 1 52 171 110 52 1 333 169 120 109 302 r7oo SUMMARY Registered CLASS A liBOVP DECK ENGINiE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS 1 2 3 ALL 128 200 44 I 373 44 170 27 I 241 83 33 113 I 229 256 403 184 J 843 Registered Registered On The Beach SHIPPED TOTAL SHIPPED SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL _1 2 3 )^L 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL ABC ALL 1 2 3 ALL I 7 79 100 I 186 90 178 46 I 314 9 55 70 I 134 52 312 134 52 I 498 384 522 104 |1010 20 176 304 I 500 20 20 18 102 82 I 202 39 118 26 I 183 17 96 7b I 192 62 183 192 62 I 437 143 443 54 | 640 3^ ^16 238 1493 39 19 13 8 ibl j 122 65 15 91 171 4 52 171 110 52 I 333 289 100 302 I 700 33 28 257 I .318 3 103 I 110 6 1 45 38 189 283 J 510 194 311 163" 668 30 154 ZSZ j 436 13 69 84 166 666 436 166 11268 816 1074 460 12350 92 420 199 jlSll �Korenlier 2f, Ult SEAFARERS Seafarer Throws In For Texas Sheriff QUESTION: How often should meetings be held aboard ship? Ray Walker: I think It's a good idea to have a meeting going out and coming in and then when­ ever a beef comes up during a trip that needs im­ mediate a 11 e ntion. When you first leave on a trip you have to elect your de­ partment d e 1 egates so you have to hold a meet­ ing a few days after leaving port. 3. 4. Pve Five LOG JASPER, Texas—Seafarer Herbert (Tex) Strickland»has thrown his stetson into the political ring here in a bid for the post of sheriff for Jasper County. Strickland is running in the upcoming Democratic primary, and is seeking support by Seafarers and friends in the area. Situated in the southeast comer of Texas, Jasper County has been Strickland's home for many years. He lives in Kirbyville, almost in the dead center of the county, with his wife, Cleo. A member of the deck department, Strickland has been shipping with the SIU since 1952 and holds a bosun's rating. He generally ships out of Houston. Jasper County is a narrow area sandwiched be­ tween Orange, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Angelina, Tyler and Hardin Counties in the south­ eastern part of the Lone Star State. The county area begins about 20 miles north of Port Arthur, and is even closer to some of the other tanker ports. Strickland is a native Texan, born in 1920 at near­ Sfrielcfand by Pineland, in Sabine County. He's an Army vet­ eran of World War II and served as an SIU organizer in one of the non­ union tanker fleets several years ago. His campaign literature naturally labels him as"Tex" H. Strickland, a tag that the 6'2" native son hopes will help spur him to his first public office. NMU Charges Rejected Labor Board Upholds SIU Manning Rights NEW YORK—A new attempt by the National Maritime Union to upset an established collective bargaining relation­ ship held by the SIU was rejected by the regional director of the National Labor Relations'* Board last month. The case last March, during which time the involved manning and con­ giant vessel has been alternating tractual rights covering the 106,000-ton supertanker Manhattan (Hudson Waterways). The dispute developed from the purchase of the stock of the Man­ hattan Tankers Company by an SlU-contracted operator last De­ cember, 1962, from the Niarchos shipping interests. Seafarers have been manning the big tanker since between the oil and grain trades. Hudson Waterways has been un­ der an SIU contract for several years, operating a number of tankers and specialized ships. Reversed Stand In seeking to upset the SIU pact which went into effect for the Manhattan after the change in ownership, the NMU took a posi­ tion directly opposite to its stand in the Robin Line-Moore-McCormack case. The NMU has been under AFL-CIO sanctions for some time as a result of its attempt to raid SIU jobs in the Robin Line 18 months ago. Due to its role in several other disputes involving the Marine En­ gineers Beneficial Association, the AFL-CIO has also invoked sanc­ tions against the NMU and its af­ filiates on three separate occasions in the past. At the time the Manhattan changed hands, the NMU had in­ dicated it would press the dispute over manning by the new owners, but then appeared to drop the matter. This was apparently be­ cause of the contradictory position it was taking in regard to the Robin Line case. Then, in September, the NMU filed charges with the labor board, alleging that the Manhattan Tank­ ers Company had acted unfairly. These charges were rejected by the NLRB's regional director, who refused to issue a complaint and dismissed the charges. The labor board ruling held that no violation of the law had been shown, that the charges were filed too late un­ der a six-month statute of limita­ tions provided by law, and that the mode of transfer of the ves­ sel, through the purchase of stock, as opposed to a transfer through the sale of a vessel, was insignifi­ cant. Joseph Raymond: 1 think it's important to have a meeting when you first leave port and then again on the re­ turn trip. The first meeting should be used to get things or­ By Robert A. Matthews, SIU Vice-President, Contracts & Contract Enforcement ganized and the (This column will be a regular feature of the SEAFARERS LOG to deal with contract matters meeting on the and job issues in the SIU and maritime that dex^elop from time to time. Seafarers are urged to return trip write directly to the SIU Contract Department at headquarters regarding any comments or sug­ should be to air gestions on these issues.) the beefs to the ship's delegate so that he can work out something on From time to time, this column will present various letters which have been received at headquarters, these complaints before you reach and the clarification or the answer to the problems posed by these communications. Since many of the same the States. issues come up on many ships quite regularly, the circulation of this information will be helpful to all con­ i 4" 4" cerned. — — Mike Hamboussy: I think a Recently, headquarters received copy of the government restriction was enforced by the government meeting at the beginning of a trip a letter from Brother M. C. order when the crew is paid oif. of the port visited, the company is enough unless Cooper, delegate on the SS Alcoa Will we be entitled to overtime for will produce a copy of the govern­ some special sit­ Runner, who posed the following being restricted?" ment restriction order when the uations come up question; crew is paid off. A letter from ANSWER: Unfortunately, you during a trip. QUESTION: "Since the Mate The most import­ has turned the day workers to have given us no information as to the company's agents will not be ant meetings that on the weekend, do the watch- whether the ship had passed quar­ sufficient proof of the existence are held other standers have the right to the antine or whether or not the ship of such an order. If the company then the regular same amount of overtime, exclu­ had been granted pratique. Due is unable to produce such an of­ to this lack of information, your ficial order from the government shipboard meet­ sive of the weekend overtime?" question cannot be properly an­ of the country involved and is un­ ings are the ANSWER; The watclistanders do safety meetings. have a right to expect to be swered at this time. You are cor­ able to satisfy the Union of the 1 think these should be held more worked on overtime on main­ rect in your statement, however, validity of such restriction, the often. There are always some un­ tenance work so as to equal, as about the company having to pro­ crew shall be compensated for hav­ safe conditions on a ship that close as possible, the overtime duce a copy of the government re­ ing been restricted to the ship by striction order when the crew is the payment of overtime for the should be discussed at a meeting. earned by the dayman. period of the restriction. paid off. 4i 4. 3^ REFERENCE: Article III, Sec­ "When a restriction occurs be­ The Standard Freightship Fawzl Hamboussy: On most of tion 2, of the Standard Freightthese points I agree with my ship Agreement, which reads as Agreement, Article II, Section 36 cause of quarantine, immigration or custom procedure, a letter from brother Mike. follows: "DIVISION OF OVER­ —RESTRICTION TO SKIP, very such government agency shall suf­ clearly specifies"'life type of But I think that TIME—All overtime shall be di­ letter which is required in order fice." you need at least vided as equally as possible among two meetings a settle the dispute. This section P.S. It developed at the payoff the mehibers of the deck crew." to trip to keep is reproduced below: that the crew was restricted to the 4" 4' 4" things straight. "When a vessel has been in a ship because there had been an A letter from Brother S. M. The first meeting foreign port where the crew was outbreak of cholera at Pusan, and Bell, delegate on the S T ORION you have to elect PLANET some time ago, requested restricted to the ship and the com­ the captain had a proper letter to all your dele­ information on a matter concern­ pany claims that this restriction this effect. gates. On the re­ ing the steward department. A turn voyage, it's important to hear any complaints portion of his letter is reproduced that crewmembers have so the below. QUESTION: "I have been butch­ Union can know about them. ering carcass beef without the pay­ 4> 4^ 4^ (Continued from page 3) ment of overtime and this carcass Max Fingerhut: Twice a trip Is weighs from seventy (70) to ninety • Urged appointment of a com­ plenty. The first one is important mission on automation and crea­ so that you can (90) pounds. Please send clarifica­ tion of a technological clearing elect the dele­ tion on the butchering of same." ANSWER: You are entitled to house to gather information on gates from the planned technical changes. various depart­ overtime for this work. REFERENCE: Article V, Section ments. A lot of Officers Reelected 20, of the Standard Tanker Agree­ meetings on a AFL - CIO President George ship turn into, ment—"OVERTIME FOB BUTCH­ Meany and Secretary-Treasurer bull sessions and ERING — When carcass beef, in Williani F. Schnitzler were unani­ you don't get eighths or larger, is carried, the mously re-elected for a two-year much accom­ man required to butcher this beef term, along with all other mem­ plished. The only shall be paid a minimum of six bers of the AFL-CIO Executive time you should call a meeting is hours overtime weekly for butch­ Council. SIUNA President Paul when something really important ering., This shall not apply when Hall, Herman D. Kenin of the a butcher is carried." has to be discussed. Musicians union and John J. 4 4 4» 4> 4> 4^ Grogan of the Shipbuilders were Not long ago, a letter came from Jose D. Bonefont: One meeting elected to the Executive Council at the beginning of the trip is the SS Norberto Copay seeking by convention action for the first information about a restriction to plenty. Once you time, since all three had been the ship at Pusan, Korea. In this get things or­ named to vacancies on the Council instance, we were not furnished ganized and have after the last convention. the delegates ap­ with adequate information on The SIUN.\ was also the winner pointed, there's which to base a decision. However, of a COP'S award for meeting its really not that the letter was answered. quota in raising voluntary dollar much to discuss QUESTION: "The ship arrived donations two years in a row for Smiling group represents the latest SIU lifeboatmen's train­ unless a special at Pusan, Korea, anchorage at the AFL-CIO political education ing class in New York, after all received Coast Guard tickets. situation comes 2:30 PM on September 27, 1963 program. Similar awards were Pictured (front, l-r): James Born, J. Steven; middle, Jon up. But most and the crew was restricted to the presented by Alexander Barkan, Smith. L. A. J. Nicves, Fred Debille, Guy Keane; rear. Bob trips run pretty ship until 9:00 PM on September director of the AFL-CIO Commit­ smoothly and you really don't 28. 1963. The contract provides Reed, Charles Campbell, B. F. Armos and instructor Arne tee on Political Education, to a need more than one meeting, , that the company will produce a Bjornsson. number of unions. SIU CONTRACT DEPARTMENT Ready To Man The Boats Convention Sets Goals �Pwe Six SEAFARERS Pacific SlU Set To Open First West Coast Clinic Norember 29, 1992 LOG Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director Alaska Fish Union Asks Japan Curb SAN FRANCISCO—With the selection of a site and a med­ ical director, trustees of the SIU Pacific Distrjct-PMA Sea­ One More Reason For 'Medicare' men's Medical Examination Center hope that a clinic will be The failure of Congress to pass a medicare program left a Milwaukee in operaion here aroimd the-*^SEATTLE—^In a, speech before woman destitute when confronted with $1,737.15 In medical bills fol­ ice. Combining the talent of a first of the year. the Chamber of Commerce here, The medical center will be good and experienced administra­ lowing her husband's death after an illness of 24 hours.' This almost- SlUNA Vice-President George located at 50 Lansing Street, with­ in easy walking distance of all three Pacific District union build­ ings, on the lower floor of a rein­ forced concrete building con­ structed in 1951. Ample space will be provided for a fuUy-equipped medical examination facility once remodeling is completed. Neces­ sary equipment is being installed to suit the needs of the center and in line with good medical practice. For medical director of the new clinic, trustees for the unions and the Pacific Maritime Association have chosen Dr. John L. Wilson, who for 31 years has been an offi­ cial of the US Public Health Serv- Rail Labor Total Dives —Execs Up WASHINGTON—While the rail­ roads have slashed rail worker em­ ployment to the lowest point since 1889, the number of executives re­ ceiving more than $25,000 a year has steadily increased, according to two reports just issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Total employment on all rail­ roads now stands at 730,617, about 14,300 less than a year ago. In 1962 as a whole, the rails cut their labor forces by 17,000, on top of a 62,000 slash in 1961 and a stag­ gering 500,000 job slaughter over the past ten years. Employment is at the lowest mark since the ICC started keep­ ing records on rail jobs back in 1889. In the current reports, the ICC set the number of executives draw­ ing over $25,000 a year at 635. This is an increase from 607 in 1961 and 585 in 1959. The average salary of the 635 executives was $40,187 in 1962. Twelve of them are earning sal­ aries of $100,000 or more. Most of them also received "other compensation" in addition to their salaries. Highest paid was the president of the Union Pacific Railroad, who received a salary of $145,000. What's New? of th LOG posted in handy rack provides a quick fill-in for Seafarer J. W. McNelkige on the latest news about shipping and the SIU. The scene was pictured recently at . J ih», ^obile hall.^ • f j; • unbelievable story came to light after Mrs. Theresa O'Connor Schultz wrote to Rep. Henry S. Reuss (D.-Wis.), seeking help and the story was publicized by the "Milwaukee Labor Press." Mrs. Schultz, 66, lost her husband, Peter, last April 5. He became ill on April 4 and spent 22 hours in the hospital before his death. Dur­ ing these hours he underwent a heart operation. Peter Schultz was 67 and had recently been refused medical or hospitalization insurance by the Blue Cross and two other private companies. Shortly after his death, Mrs. Schultz was presented with bills total­ ing $1,737.15—$545 for one doctor, $123 for another doctor, $105 for the anesthetist, $21 for a nurse, $38 to the Cliilic of Internal Medicine and $907.15 including $405 for blood for St. Michael's Hospital. Reuss sent out a call to members of the Democratic party and organ­ ized labor for help in reducing the staggering bill for blood. A group joined Reuss to give a pint of blood each at the blood bank. The rules of the blood bank allow a reduction of the hospital bill through replace­ ment of blood. Reuss said; "This (reduction of taken care of this problem years the bill for blood) will help some, ago. but Mrs. Schultz was left only a "The accumulation of $1,737.15 small amount to supplement her of debt in less than one day would Social Security payment. At 66, be as back-breaking for the vast she expects to encounter difficulty majority of American families as in getting a job. So I feel badly it was for Mrs. Schultz. Cases like that we're not able to do more to that of Mrs. Schultz—and dozens help her through this tough situa­ are brought to my attention—make tion. me even more determined to fight Case Is Common for a decent well-thought-out sys­ "Unfortunately, Mrs. Schultz' tem of medicare." case is by no means unusual. It The "Labor Press" quoted a highlights once again the acute Milwaukee labor official as say­ need for a program so that all ing: "This case is an unanswerable Americans can have the advan­ argument for the enactment of the tages of modern medical wonders King-Anderson bill now before in their old age without impover­ Congress. This bill would pro­ ishing themselves or their families. vide medical care for the aged and Every other civilized country has would prevent such financial trag­ edies as in this case. "It is hard to understand just how such a high medical bill could be accumulated in one day and one can only surmise what the to­ tal would have been had Mr. Schultz lived for several more days. Joe Aigina, Safety Director "It is easy to see how a small insurance policy and life savings of an older couple can be wiped A ship can be a safe place to spend your working hours or it can be out overnight. This is not mere one of the most dangerous places in the world, depending on how you speculation but can be an absolute go about your shipboard labors. Safety, in all shipboard departments, certainty, as shown in this case. depends on how much and how carefully you use your head and how "We cannot understand how the much care you take in going about your business. medical profession, sworn as it is For the deck gang, working over the side or in unprotected and haz­ to the principle of aiding human­ ardous positions aloft can cause trouble, so what precautions should ity, can oppose legislation such as be taken? the medicare bill." The primary precaution applicable during such work is the use of (Comment and suggestions are safety belts or safety lines which allow for a minimum of slack. These invited by this Department and lines should always be made fast, independent of the staging. It is im­ portant to remember that for maximum safety, the safety belt should can be submitted to this column be put on before going over the side or aloft, as a slip might occur at in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) any time and safety precautions can't wait. It follows then that the safety belt should not be removed until you are safely back on deck once more. The process of getting to and from the actual work area can involve as many dangers as the work itself. tor with a brPad understanding of seamen and their particular prob­ lems in the med­ ical field. Dr. Wilson already has begun work­ ing with the trustees on final establishment of Wilson the center. Dr. Wilson's experience includes work in the Medical Department of the US Navy during the war, and he has served as director of the Public Health Service hospi­ tals at Staten Island, Baltimore and New Orleans. Familiar to Seafarers, he was medical officer at the now-closed Manhattan Beach (NY) special TB hospital be­ fore his service at Staten Island, which ended in 1957 with a shift to New Orleans. Negotiations for the Pacific Dis­ trict seamen's medical center be­ gan some time ago, but the final settlement was delayed by dis­ agreement on the functions and powers to be vested in the center, notably by union insistence that the rights of the seamen would be protected. Members of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, Marine Firemen's Un­ ion and the Marine Cooks & Stew­ ards will be serviced by the new center. Safety Means Using Your Head Johansen, who is secretary-treas­ urer of the Alaska Fishermen's Union, scored the existing treaty between the US and Japan on fish­ ing regulations in the Pacific. Speaking to the group on possi­ ble revisions of the treaty, Johan­ sen pointed to several loopholes in the present pact which allowed the Japanese to exploit the halibut, salmon and herring stocks which have been protected by US laws. "Unfortunately, the language in the treaty was ambiguous in some respects and thus allowed the Japanese to place different inter­ pretations on certain sections," Johansen charged. Protection One-Sided After the US rebuilt the Japa­ nese fleet following World War II, Johansen said, the US, Japan and Canada joined in the treaty. The treaty allowed the Japanese to de­ plete great numbers of the fish which the US and Canada inten­ tionally allowed to escape in order to preserve the species for the future. "Due to different interpreta­ tions placed on the treaty, it was not possible for the United States and Canada to fully protect salmon stocks of North American origin," he said. It was particularly true, Johansen continued, of the Bristol Bay salmon, which the Japanese have taken by the millions west of the provisional line sent up by the treaty. Johansen called for sacrifices by both the US and Japan. "We are not asking for any sacrifices on the part of the Japanese, which we ourselves are not willing to carry out," Johansen- told the group. Future Benefits He said that the necessary sac­ rifices of limiting the catch of both the Japanese and American fleets would not only be of future bene­ fit to us, but would also protect the future of the Japanese, who depend much more on their fishing industry for their livelihood than does the US. He pointed out that only 20 per­ cent of Japanese soil is tillable, and that, other than their imports, fishing provides the only means for Japan to obtain enough food for its growing population. Shelter Supplies For Puerto Rico In any department, a Seafarer's hands are his most important posses­ sions and deserve the most careful precautions to keep them safe. Preventing hand injuries often boils down to a matter of main­ taining the proper clearance while carrying objects through doorways, around obstacles, etc., or while operating equipment such as opening or closing valves aboard ship. Doorways are a particular hazard in this matter. When opening a watertight door, or any other type of door, hold onto it until it is secured. Always be sure to hold on in such a way that the doof cannot slam shut on your hand if the ship should roll suddenly. When carrying bulky items through doorways, make sure you don't smash your fingers between the item you are carrying and the sharp edge of the doorway. This is a frequent source of painful mishaps. About the best safety advice anyone can give is contained in a poem printed recently in a publication called "Safety Review," titled "The Trouble With Safety Is People." It goes like this: "It's not the wrench that slips and strikes "Or the circuit you thought was dead: "It's not the machine that grabs your hand "Or the stairs with the slippery tread; "It's not the hole that you fall in, "So please don't be misled; "The thing that causes the accident is YOU "Not using your head." (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and C09 be submitted to this column in care of tlie SEAF^REI^S LOCf.^, . ^ ^ N Trailer loaded with first emergency civil defense fallout shel­ ter supplies for Puerto Rico is hoisted aboard' Sea-Land's Gateway City for shipment to San Juan. Eight trailers were shipped recently from Brooklyn Army Terminal. Sup­ plies for 264,000 publ^ic fallout shelter spaces in 600 buildiijgs^will be.moyipg to tHe island in the'cginjng months. �i§, itM SEAFARERS Ask 9ovlVal Of Titanic Inquiry LONDON—For Leslie Harrison, general secretary of the Mer­ cantile Marine Service Association here, the clearing of Capt. Stanley Lord's name has become a crusade. Lord was the master of the ship Californlan whose course was near that of the Titanic on April 15, 1912—^the night the "unsinkable" luxury liner struck an iceberg and went down. Harrison thinks he has some new facts on the hearing held in 1912 which branded Lord as a ship's master who either steamed away from a fellow ship in distress or as one of gross incompetence. Lord died in February, 1962, believing to the end that his name would somehow be cleared. Lord had testified at the original hearing that he had no know­ ledge of the Titanic's distress at that time. Now, Harrison says, he has uncovered the presence of the Norwegian sealing vessel Samson a scant ten miles from the Titanic. The discovery came two months after Lord's death last year. Heinrich Naess, first officer of the Samson, reported privately to the Norwegian consul in Iceland that he had seen the flares and lights, but thought they were warning the Samson that she was violating territorial waters. Hence, Naess said, he turned and steamed away. Harrison contends that the ship the survivors of the Titanic said they saw steam away was the Samson and not the Californian. The Ministi*y of Transport has steadfastly refused to re-open the hear­ ings on the Titanic, which sank with a loss of 1,517 lives on its maiden voyage to the US. Delta Line Maps Latin Trade Run NEW ORLEANS—Delta Line's SlU-manned passenger ship Del Sud will reportedly be turned into a floating trade fair next May, to bring samples and exhibits of various Mississippi Valley industries into ports along its route to has indicated it will not make any Brazil, Uruguay and Argen­ charge for the freight costs and tina. The idea of the ocean-going trade fair will stimulate interest in American goods among the South Americans. Although relatively new scheme, the mobile trade exhibits have been catching on since they were started recent­ ly by the Japanese. Plans are to have the Del Sud stop at various ports along its route to the East Coast of South America, where exhibits and dis­ plays will be set up in pier areas to advertise American wares, Delta Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to assist each other in their cam­ paign for decent wages and better conditions. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Eastern Air Lines (Flight Engineers) H. I. Siegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) "Judy Bond" Blouses (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Stitzel-Weller Dbtlileries "Old Fitzgerald." "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys • (Distillery Workers) J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) ?t Kingsport Press c'World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing. Pressmen) (Tv;>ographers, Bookbinders) (Jlachinists, Stereotypets) ' will offer a reduced rate for pas­ sengers. Interest in the sea-going trade propiotions grew after the Sakuru Maru, a vessel jointly operated by the Japanese government and private industry, returned to Kobe from a four-month trip to Africa and the Middle East. The special­ ly-built vessel came home with contracts for $15 million in Jap­ anese goods. A plan by Japanese interests to charter an old American sternwheeler for a floating trade show on US waterways has run into a storm of opposition, however. The Japanese government has sought to take over the 1914-vintage Belle of Louisiana as a show vessel in ports along the waters of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Labor and business groups have objected to the planned promo­ tion for Japanese products because of its possible affect on jobs and sales.of US-made goods. At least three ship fairs are an­ nounced for early next year in addition to the one by Delta Line. LOG Fate F«mm 5 SlU Oldtimers Retired Another group of oldtimers has been named to receive monthly pension checks of $150 for life by the joint panel of SlU-shipowner trustees for the Union's retirement program. Of the five Seafarers named, four went on disability pensions because they are no longer able to work, and the fifth re-> tired on a normal pension. A native of Puerto Rico, Toro home is in the Bronx, NY, with The new list brings the shipped in the black gang. His his wife, Luz Maria. number of veteran Seafarers re­ tired this year to 98. In addition to Jose Collados, 65, who went on a normal pt.nsion, the list includes: Natale Favaloro, 62; Joseph W. Taylor, 48; William Vidal, 65 and Edwardo S. Toro, 53. Collados began sailing with SIU in 1941 in the steward depart­ ment. At the time of his retire­ ment, the Spanish-bom seaman held the ratings of chief cook and steward. Last signing off the Detroit (Sea-Land), Collados will make his retirement home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with his wife, Francisea. Favaloro has been living at home with his wife Josie in New Orleans, after having signed off his last ship, the Del Campo (Delta). His last trip wound up a career with the SIU dating back to 1950. He is a Louisiana native who sailed in the steward depart­ ment. A deckhand aboard SIU ships since 1941, Taylor is retiring in Pennsylvania with his wife, Ann. He is a native of Kentucky and First check to mark start of new pension is received by Seafarer William Vidal (right) from SIU welfare rep. John Dwyer at headquarters. Vidal, 65, has shipped with the SIU in the steward department since 1942. Cliff Wilson. Food and Ship Sanitation Director Norwegians Try Pre-Cooked Meals Norwegton ^ seamen will be getting pre-cooked, deep-frozen meals aboard ship in the future as the result of an experiment conducted aboard six Norwegian vessels by a British catering firm. The innovation in shipboard feeding was reported recently in the "International Transportworkers Federation Journal." If it works out, Collados Favaloro the new feeding method will cut down considerably on the workload of the steward departments aboard Norwegian ships. The ITF Journal reports that a test of the new technique was car­ ried out recently at an Oslo, Nor--f way, hotel, at which representa­ with the food. The meals them­ tives of the Norwegian Seamen's selves are also planned to be some­ Union, the shipowners and of the what larger than normal shoreside Norwegian shipping authorities portions, taking account of sea­ were invited to try out the pre­ men's appetites. cooked dishes. The dishes are to be prepared The pre-cooked deep-frozen under the control and supervision shipboard diet consists of different of the head of the Oslo College of Taylw Toro menus for 28 days. Each day's Cookery, and distribution is last shipped on the Steel Recorder menu consists of hot midday and planned in all large ports through­ evening meals. Breakfast, how­ out the world. Normal portions of (Isthmian). Vidal, a native of Spain, will ever, will still be prepared each the deep-frozen menus contain live with his wife, Mathilde in day aboard ship by the steward soups and desserts as well as main Brooklyn, NY. His last ship was department. dishes. The total of 56 different menus the Seatrain Savannah, on which he finished 21 years sailing with was reportedly decided on after a The problem of staffing hotel SIU in the steward department. long study of the normal diet on The Alcoa Polaris was Toro's board Norwegian vessels. It is said and restaurant "galleys" ashore is last ship, ending a career aboard to provide enough mealtime variety still plaguing US hotel and restau­ SIU ships that goes back to 1938. so the crews will not become bored rant men, according to an article in the "Wall Street Journal." Just as the quality of its steward department has a lot to do with the reputation a ship has among sea­ men, among hotel men it's a maxim that "the quality of the food makes the reputation of the hotel." The lack of first-class chefs is hurting US quality hotels where the pain is felt most seriously—on corpo­ rate balance sheets. This problem was described in some detail last April in the LOG. At that time it was pointed out that a training course for shoreside chefs has been instituted in Dallas, Texas, which is very similar in intent and operation to the SIU steward department training school, the food program and up­ grading training, which have suc­ cessfully brought about improved feeding aboard SIU ships. Some hotel owners are now re­ portedly opening their own chef schools to help improve shoreside feeding. In effect, they are adopt­ ing, more and more, the methods pioneered by the SIU and its opera­ tors to improve shipboard feeding and service. Group gathered before the start of last month's informational meeting for Seafarers in San (Comments and Suayestions are Francisco includes (l-r) Seafarers Bill Freixa, Thomas Self, W. Strike, Jr., Herb Knowles, Tom tnwtcd by (his Department and Delaney and SIU West Coast rep, .E. B. McAuley. Meetings are held for Seafarers in West can be submitted to this column Coast ports each monfhV The meeting schedule is on Page 15. ' ' in care oj'tVfe SEA^AkERS'LOG.J SIU Meeting Group in 'Frisco �SEAFARERS NsTMDbcr t», Ita LOG .-^Vv Acting on a wide range of Issues effecting maritime and related industries, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, including the SlU and 28 other member unions, concluded its fifth biennial convention in New York on November 13. In adopting its program, MID convention dele­ gates heard addresses by a number of Govern­ ment, industry and labor speakers from many areas, who set forth the need for joint action on maritime and general labor problems. Job issues in a period of rising national unemployment set the keynote for the MTD gathering, held in ad­ vance of the regular AFL-CIO convention. Pictured here are some of the delegates, speakers and guests who participated in the 1963 convention. 1963 MTD CONVENTION Longshoremen's trio included Pres. Thomas Gleason and VicePres. Clarence Henry, with Chuck Connors of New York ILA. AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany hits union curbs. J i*- A. F. Young of Boilermakers gives a committee report. Top: R. Ivloore of US Ivied. Service, MTD Vice-Pres. J. McDonald; Carpenters' W. Johnson, R. Livingston, with S. Leslie. Below: Sheet Metal Wrkrs.' E. J. Carlough, MTD Sec. P. McGavin; McDonald, Distillers' Pres. M. Brandenberg. NY Marine Comm. Leo Brown offers greeting. Brooklyn Cong. Hugh Carey waits turn to speak. Union Label Dept. Pres. Joe Lewis at rostrum. �Tagt Nine SEAFARERS LOG Ww—liw »t, IMt Attentive to proceedings, delegation from United Brotherhood of Carpenters is pictured in foreground of larger group. Haruo Wada, gen. sec. of the Japanese Trades Union Congress (left), addresses delegates with aid of Interpreter. Pres. G. Baldanzi of Tex'i Workers presented flao. NY Port Council Pres. Anthony Scotto (right) presents gavel io MTD Pres. Paul Hall after opening convention. ILA Vice-Pres. George Dixon takes notes as Pres. Thomas Gleason, Vice-Pres. Dave Connors listen to speaker. Shipbuilders' Council Pres. E. Hood proposed ship plan. Rep. L. Farbstein of NY was Congressional visitor. NY State AFL-CIO Pres. Ray Corbett gives greeting. Public works plan was cited by NY Cong. C. Buckley. Gen. Sec. Omer Becu, ICFTU, an overseas visitor. SlUNA Vice-Pres. Morris Weisberger, Steve Leslie of Operat­ ing Engineers and Canada SlU Pres. Hal Banks meet on floor. US Labor Sec. W. Willard Wirtz outlined policies. Pres. Peter T. Scheomann was Plumbers' delegate. US Sen. Jacob Javits of NY discussed trade problems. Cong. Joseph Delaney of NY hits the deck. �Page Tn SEAFARERS V^reMbvt «#. 1*«S LOG Ship Nurses Get A Topside Rating snr MBDICA.X. Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director . WASHINGTON—For the first time in US maritime his­ tory, women aboard ship can be registered as staff officers in the merchant marine. Proposals that originated at the start of the present Congress to have professional nurses Gulf passenger ship fleets. There carried on a ship's roster as are no lady officers on US mer­ Diabetes Detection For The Famiiy Last week was designated "Diabetes Detection Week" by the Ameri­ can Diabetic Association. Throughout this period, affiliates of the Association participated In publicity through - newspapers, radio and television to urge people to have a diabetes test. Although the oneweek campaign is ended, the job of fighting this disease goes on 52 weeks a year. Diabetes does not produce symptoms until It has progressed to an advanced stage. The early, pre-symptomatic stage may cover several years, and is characterized only by a limitation in the amount of car­ bohydrates (sugar) that can be consumed and disposed of without an increase in the blood sugar above the normal level. In this early stage a simple restriction of carbohydrates intake and weight control may be sufficient to protect the vulnerable function against further deterioration and prevent progression of the disease. Unfortunately, diabetes is detected at this early stage only by finding an abnormally high blood sugar after a high carbohydrate diet. Glycosuria, or sugar in the urine, may be absent in this, early stage, especially after middle life. For the above reasons diabetes may not be discovered in this early stage where it can most easily be treated and controlled. Early diabetes will not be found unless looked for and many of the pre-clinical dia­ betics are not discovered until the disease is far advanced. Not only daring Diabetic Week but throughout the year this program should be pursued. This is especially important to persons who are overweight, who have diabetes in their famiiy or, who are habitual overeaters. The test is simple: It requires only a single blood sample taken one hour after a meal supplying about 100 grams of mixed carbohydrates. This is what you do. Have a breakfast of eight ounces of orange juice, a portion of a cereal with sugar and milk or cream, three slices of bread or toast, and coffee with a teaspoonful of sugar. Report to the clinic for the blood sample one hour after breakfast. A blood sugar following this meal of 150 mg% is considered ab­ normal; between 130-150 are suspect and should be repeated and fol­ lowed up by retesting at Intervals, observation, attention to diet habits and stresses that affect carbohydrate tolerance. It is essential for proper evaluation of blood sugar findings for one to be specific about the type of food, amount of food, and the time food was consumed. Otherwise a normal blood sugar report Is of little value. (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) siaff officers have been written chant ships today in any ship­ board department, although many into law. There was no recorded opposi­ women do serve in the steward tion to the bills in Congress. The department as stewardesses, wait­ House version was adopted last resses and beauticians. Failure to adopt the proposed July and the parallel Senate bill law would have left nurses in the passed in September. A Senate report on the proposal general classification of steward said that "statutory registry of department personnel. Under the new legislation, ap­ professional nurses as staff offi­ plicants for registry will not be cers would reflect the recognition as professional people accorded required to take an examination MTD picket {oins with registered nurses in the medical to qualify, but would have to fur­ Ward striker at one of the nish the Coast Guard with proofs profession and in the various Gov­ store locations struck by ernment defense services, the of experience, minimum periods of service, citizenship, good char­ company's workers. Sea­ Public Health Service, etc." farers and member*' of A hearing witness estimated acter, etc., as well as a valid li­ there are about 20 professional cense issued by any state or ter­ other unions took part in nurses on both the East and West ritory. labor protest. -f t oasts available for ship duties. He said there are about 70 on call and a total of 200-300 ready to come back to sea when and as needed. The law is apparently an out­ growth of the Coast Guard's job r^-classification program and study of the various categories of work DETROIT—^Workers at six Montgomery Ward stores in in the maritime industry. In 1939, legislation was enacted to provide this area returned to work early this month following a 49for the registry of pursers and day strike to win basic improvements in hourly pay rates surgeons as staff officers, but the plus union security providistaff side was disregarded in sions. Members of Retail other statements with the object the bill. Store Employees Local 876 of undermining local unions at The .SIUNA pursers' union, the ratified the strike settlement by the stores. Pending a final decision Staflf Officers* Association, has inafter hearings, the NLRB has dis­ d cated plans to organize profes­ a vote of 442-46. missed the decertification petitions A new four-year pact calls for sional nurses in all Atlantic and immediate wage increases covering encouraged by Ward. both part-time and regular, em­ ployees, many of whom had been receiving less than the $1.25 minimum wage. Guarantees for commission employees have also been raised. The contract provides for time and a half pay for scheduled Sun- j By Sidney PHILADELPHIA, October •—Chairmen, Frank Droiak; Secretary, Charles Stans- dpy work and double time when bury; Reading Clerk, Steven Zubovich. overtime work is unscheduled. The Ail minutes of previous port meetings accepted. Port Agent's report on ship­ striking workers were reinstated wiicn yuu shap for Christmas gifts this Decmnping. sugar workers' strike, blood bank, with all welfare and job security ber, you will find two trends: Many of the more and hotei workers and retail clerks' beef was accepted. Reports of the President rights protected. Some 1,200 work­ staple and useful gift ideas actuaiiy cost less this and Secretary-Treasurer for September ers at six Montgomery Ward year. But many of the commercial novelty toys are accepted. Quarterly financial commit­ tee's report accepted. Auditor's reports stores were involved. more expensive, war-like and violent than ever, and accepted. Total present: 56. Unions in the area, including ;t. 4. the SIU and the Maritime Trades the biggest potential waste of a working family's money yet observed. BALTIMORE, October t—Chairman, Rex E. Dickey; Secretary, Thomas Pons; Department, joined in supporting The big toy manufacturers (such as Remco, Mat­ Reading Clerk, Tony Kastina. Minutes the strikers and in publicizing a tel, Ideal and Marx) have outdone themselves this of previous meetings in all ports were a-cepted. Port Agent's report on ship­ cimsumer boycott of the struck year with high-priced war toys and pseudo-elec­ ping, training, sugar workers' strike, stores during the lengthy dispute. tronic playthings. The horror and war ^emes even blood bank and organizing was accepted. Contract talks in Chicago, which President's and Secretary-Treasurer's re­ have invaded such innocent children's playthings ports for September accepted. Quarterly ended in the new contract, drew as art materials, with a new "House of Horrors" financial committee's report accepted. Meeting excuses accepted. Auditor's re­ to completion at the same time paint-by-number kit, including Dracula, and a that the National Labor Relations "Combat" painting set with pictures of bayonetports accepted. Total present: 220. i 4* Board formally charged the com­ wielding soldiers which advertises, "Watch your HOUSTON, October 14 — Chairman, Lindsey Williams; Secretary, Paul Dro- pany with violations of the Taft- little boy's eyes sparkle . . ." zak; Reading Clerk, Tom Gould. Minutes Hartley Act against the Retail It's also interesting to see how many of the toy of previous meetings in all ports ac­ Clerks in a complaint involving a cepted. Port Agent's report on shipping, US Air Force bombers that drop bombs on tanks organizing and money due various mem­ number of Ward locations through­ that explode, are made in Japan. The Japanese bers was accepted. President's and out the country. Secretary-Treasurer's reports for Sep­ manuTacturers even provide extra bombs if the Company representatives and tember were carried unanimously. Quar­ terly financial committee's report ac­ agents were said to have exercised American bomber misses the first time. In guns, the manufacturers have gone far-beyond cepted. Auditor's reports presented and coercion through speeches and the toy rifles of yesterday's kids. This year they accepted. Total present: 340. offer missile-firing cannon; rapid-fire rat-a-tat ma­ chine guns powered by batteries, paratrooper out­ fits with shell-ejecting burp guns and hand grenades, and jungle combat outfits with bazooka guns that lob rockets. Besides the questionable educational value of such toys and their his[h cost (a missile-firing toy cannon can cost $12 and more), they have short­ lived play interest. Since their chief appeal is nov­ elty and noise, children soon tire of them. Many of today's battery-powered "action" toys really are manufactured for television selling, since they can be made to look realistic on TV. Actually, they do not always perform by "voice command" in quite the way television commercials have shown. The Federal Trade Commission last year cited several of the big toy manufacturers for exaggerated TV commercials. More constructively, many gift items of enduring value are available this year at no more cost than that of the battery-powered action toys. Some now cost even Ifei^s than last year. Especially notable Dehoit Labor Aid Spurs Ward Clerks' Strike Win SIU MEMBERSHIP IMEETINGS Margolius December Buying Calendar: Good Gift ideas Are Cheaper are reductions on cameras and some sharp price cuts on bicycles this year. The fixed-focus box cameras, which are very sim­ ple to use, are available for as little as $5 this year, including even flash-holders. Even box cameras with adjustable lens openings and adjustable focusing for taking pictures from a distance, are available for as little as $12 to $15. Record-players, both stereo and the simpler monaural .type suitable for children, have been re­ duced and improved in quality. Prices of the popular miniature dolls also have been reduced slightly by some sellers this year. Tags on popular apparel gift items in general remain low this year, and some of the styles have been improved. Keep in mind that there is actually no need to "shop early," unless you need to mail gifts. Re­ tailers usually do some of their sharpest pricecutting on toys and other gift items starting in mid-December. Here are tips on other December buying oppor­ tunities: SNOW TIRES: These are becoming big sellers. They are simpler to use now that extra wheels are available for most models of cars at a cost, usually of $6 to $12 per wheel. Thus you need merely change the entire wheel when the seasons change. Nor are snow tires necessarily an added expense, except for the one-time purchase of extra wheels. The life of your regular tires is conserved while your snow tires are in use. But beware of ads for "bargain" snow tires with narrow width and shallow tread. Look for a heavy, wide tire with a deep tread . which provides better traction in, snow as well as longer wear. The chief advantage of snow tires is in snow or mud. For ice and slick, hard-packed snow you still need chains. FOOD BUYING CALENDAR: Your food bill can be relatively reasonable this month if you watch for the specials on meat and poultry. Beef, poi k and turkey all are in seasonal heavy supply. Beef especially is the buy. Among popular cuts stores are featuring at special prices ire chuck and'fdund roasts, pork loin roast, fresh hams and rumj)' rodstis of veal. : . • • '' ' ' " ' �1 NoTemlMr tf. If H SEAFARERS LOG Face Eleven 'A Scab Is A Scab!' €OPS REPORT iwCATION HALLOWEEN HAHI-RAISER. The kids were out in their costumes, and a few witches on broom-sticks may have been seen silhouetted against the moon, but the real hog-goblins Halloween night were the 150 percent, super-duper patriots of the John Birch Society. They played tricks on little kids who expected treats. Even Halloween, you see, is part of the "Red Plot" in the mixed-up reasoning of JBS boss Robert Welch. Accordingly, Welch in the JBS magazine issued a directive to mem­ bers. If your homes are invaded Halloween night by kids out trick-ortreating for UNICEF—the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund—^Welch told members, instead of the penny they are asking, hand the kids a printed blast at the UN. Somehow, the Birchers got wind of the fact there are Communists in the UN who participate in UNICEF. They have made it a target of bitter attack for years. They seem to be ignorant of the fact only a tiny part of UNICEF aid goes to Communist nations. They seem unaware, too, that whatever nation receives such aid, it is in the form of milk, food and medicine for undernourished little kids—or they don't care. Ironically, one of the big boosters of UNICEF is conservative former Rep. Walter Judd (R-Minn.), himself popular with the rightist crowd. Judd introduced legislation years ago to provide American aid for UNICEF. 3^ it 1964 REGISTRATION DRIVE. A five-cent per member voluntary assessment has been approved by the AFL-CIO Executive Council to finance an all-out register-and-vote campaign for the 1964 elections. The non-partisan drive will concentrate on major industrial states. Its goal: to increase registration and voting performance of union members. AFL-CIO President George Meany announced non-partisan registra­ tion drives will become a permanent program of the labor movement. 4- 4" 4" END OF POLL TAX IN SIGHT. The death knell of the poll taxthat ancient and dishonorable device for restricting voting—may sound in time for the 1964 elections. So far, 36 state legislatures have ratified the proposed amendment to outlaw the poll tax, still imposed as a requirement for voting in Virginia, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. Of the state legislatures convening next year, those con­ sidered possibilities to approve the amendment banning the poll tax In Federal elections are South Dakota and Arizona. The amendment will become effective immediately after the 38th state ratifies. The Textile Workers Union of America said it "welcomes" an an­ nouncement by leading Southern textile manufacturers of a forth­ coming wage boost for production workers, but warned that even if all workers get raises textile wages in the South still will lag some $30 a week below average pay in other numufacturing industries. The warmth of the union's reaction to the reported raises, said the TWUA, will depend on how the companies carry out their an­ nounced intentions. At the time of the last increase announcement, many employers either undercut the published figure or failed to give any raise at all. 4' 4» 4" A Presidential emergency board has recommended a gradual cut in the workmonth for members of the Sleeping Car Porters, coupled with a retroactive hourly pay raise. Pro­ posed job stabilization guarantees were rejected by the board, how­ ever. Porters presently work a basic 205-hour month and are paid at straight-time rates for up to 35 hours of overtime before receiving time-and-one-half premium pay. Under the board's recommenda­ tion, the workmonth would drop by gradual steps to 180 hours, be­ ginning with an initial cut to 195 hours. Overtime rates would apply after ten hours of straight-time overtime. 4" 4- 4" An order restraining a runaway garment firm from committing un­ fair labor practices against em­ ployees who have joined the Inter­ national Ladies Garment Workers Union has been issued in New Bern, NC, by a Federal judge. The court order bars the company from recognizing a company union, spy­ ing, on ILGWU meetings and threatening pro-ILG workers with reprisals. The firm originally had a plant in Philadelphia, but went South in 1959, violating an agree­ ment to open a new plant only if its Philadelphia location was work­ ing full force. 4 4" 4" Merger talks between the Inter­ national Chemical Workers Union and the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers have been launched in joint meetings between six-man committees representing members of each union. The two AFL-CIO affiliates are seeking a means to consolidate within a single struc­ ture covering major parts of the oil and chemical industry. Further meetings are to be held on a specific method of unification. 4 4" 4 The tinkle of silver dollars helped Local 83 of the Boilermak­ ers at Boone, Iowa, win a strike against the Quinn Wire and Iron Works. The strikers received their strike benefits in silver dol­ lars. Once the dollars began cir­ culating in the town, communitywide support was drummed up by merchants and others to get nego­ tiations started again as a means to end a five-month-strike. A set­ tlement was reached after two tons of silver dollars had been dis­ tributed in union strike benefits. 4' 4 4- Struck by the Communications Workers of America, the General Telephone Company in Los An­ geles has found out that it un­ intentionally contributed to the lo­ cal union's strike fund. The com­ pany had offered a $25 reward to anyone caught cutting phone cables. Two pickets pounced on a man chopping wires in a street telephone booth, so the company had to fork over $25. The money went into the strike fund. , , AFL-CIO Some barbed comments about strikebreak­ 300 Canadian Seafarers from their jobs and ers and scabs are often ascribed to Jack Lon­ replaced them with crews recruited through don, a world-noted author, adventurer and the CMU. seaman in his own right, who died in 1916. The strikebreaking apparatus was com­ London is once said to have likened the pleted when the government of Canada was strikebreaking breed to something a degree led to name' commission of inquiry into the or two lower on the ground than the rattle­ dispute. Theaone-man commission proceeded snake, and as a lot more evil and dangerous. to sweep aside the legitimate trade union Nothing in the years that have followed dispute and, in its place, concentrated an has changed this image of a strikebreaker, attack on the union. and surely nothing will. Inevitably, as an outgrowth of the com­ No matter what motives are attached to mission's recommendations, a government scab actions, and the occasional effort to trusteeship was imposed on all maritime un­ shroud then with some form of respecta­ ions in Canada last month. bility, the foul taste still remains. The implication of this pattern of events for seamen and all workers is sharply de­ Strikebreaking: "The practice of at­ fined from the standpoint of the trade union tempting to or of succeeding in terminat­ movement. Canada, and Canadian labor or­ ing or to render a strike ineffective ganizations, on behalf of a Canadian em­ against the will of the majority of strik­ ployer, have engaged in scabbing and strike­ ing employees. Strikebreaking may in­ breaking operations for the express purpose volve the use of violence in breaking of destroying one union—the SIU of Canada. through picketlines, in hiring SCAB LA­ BOR, in arousing public and government The fact that there is American ownership opinion against the strike, and in hiring of the Canadian company, and that the Can­ LABOR SPIES to break the strike from ada SIU is linked to the SIU in the United the inside by promoting internal dissen­ States is not at issue. The issue, purely and sion among the union members or strik­ simply, is strikebreaking. ing workers." Thus, in denouncing the strikebreaking Ironically, such is the definition of maneuvers and the Canadian government's "strikebreaking" offered in a "Labor Dic­ curb on maritime unions, AFL-CIO Presi­ tionary" which was compiled some years dent George Meany expressed the revulsion ago in Canada by P. H. Casselman, professor of the entire labor movement over what has of industrial relations at the University of transpired. Ottawa, and published in New York. Speaking to delegates from the MTD's 29 Virtually all of the elements cited in the member unions at the convention of the professor's definition of strikebreaking have Maritime Trades Department two weeks their parallel in the long-standing contract ago, Meany made the trade union position dispute between the Seafarers International stand out: Union of Canada and Upper Lakes Shipping "The cardinal principle of the trade union Ltd. movement," he declared, "is that it is free, In 1962, Upper Lakes arbitrarily broke a it is controlled by its membership, it is not ten-year collective bargaining • relationship controlled by any outsiders." "As far as I am concerned" Meany added, with the SIU and signed a "sweetheart" agreement with the Canadian Maritime Un­ "a strikebreaker is a strikebreaker, a scab ion established by the Canadian Labor Con­ is a scab, and it doesn't change it by putting gress. The conipany then loejccd out, spnjo, ^ union labql, pj^ it.",,,,., i < i �SEAFARERS Pace Twelre All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafar­ ers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: July 23, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Randall Waynes Bigby, born James Sumpter, Slidell, La. Carl V. Dennis, New Orleans, La. August 30, 1963, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Milo Patrick Bradley, born July Mrs. Bill Bigby, Houston, Texas. 4 4 4 31, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kevin Paul Frarck, born Sep­ 4" 4" 4* James D. Winstor, born Sep­ Kevin L. Bradley, Wayne, Mich. tember 10, 1963, to Seafarer and tember 1, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Dennis Frarck, Barrett, Minn. 4 4 4 Nacy Lynn Flade, born Augurt Mrs. James Dlllworth Winstor, Jr., 4 4 4 20, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. New Orleans, La. Robin Wiliiams, born August 16, Louis Flade, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 i t 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. CarSonny Rex Adams, born Sep­ 4 4 4 mond L. Williams, New Or­ William David Fitzhugh, born leans, La. tember 6, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lovic E. Adams, Tampa, Fla. August 9, 1963, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Mrs. R. L. Fitzhugh, Arcadia, Mich. 4 4 4 Sharon Tnilock, born July 31, to Michael Sumpter, born Decem­ 4 4 4 ber 28, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs.' Patrick Benjamin Dennis, born Seafarer and Mrs. M. H. Trulock, Hillside, New Jersey. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been re­ 4 4 4 Edward'Werda, born August 17, ported to the Seafarers Welfare Flan (any apparent de­ 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. John lay in payment of claims is normally due to late filing, Werda, Alpena, Mich. lack of beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the 4 4 4 disposition of estates); Jean Mladek, born October 12, Jacob L. Zimmer, 54: Bronchial 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard Jefferson D. Brigham, 56: A heart attack was fatal to Brother asthma was fatal to Brother Zim­ J. Mladek, Bronx, New York. Brigham on Sep­ mer at his home 4 4 4 tember 19, 1963 in New Orleans, Helen Aquio, born September in San Diego, La., on Septem­ 26, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Calif. He had ber 10, 1963. He Hilarion Aquio, San Francisco, been s a i1 i n g in had shipped with Calif. the steward de­ SIU since 1947 4 4 4 partment since in the steward Timothy Alien Wild, born Octo­ 1945. He is sur­ department. Sur­ ber 9, 1963, to the late Seafarer vived by a sis­ viving is a daugh­ and Mrs. Elmer Wild, O'Fallon, 111. ter, Mrs. Gertie ter, Mrs. Faye 4 4 4 Bunch, of San Zimmer TeiFrancisco, Calif. Burial was in the Curtis Wayne Wilkins, born Sep­ Oakwood Cemetery, Santa Cruz, mann, of Gretna, La. Burial was in tember 5, 1963, to Seafarer and the St. Roch Cemetery, New Mrs. James A. Wilkins, Belhaven, Calif. North Carolina. Orleans. 4 4 4 William Lynn Dunnam, 26: Brother Dunnam died of injuries have to go to the shipping com­ he received in an missioner when we do sign off automobile acci­ and have him obtain our dis­ dent near Neely, charges from Seattle. As I have To the Editor: Miss., on March applied for the course offered I wish to acknowledge my 15, 1963. He had by the SIU, I may need my dis­ sincere thanks for all the kind­ shipped since charge in the near future in ness and attention by our Union order to sit for a third mate's 1962 with the SIU officials and welfare representa­ ticket. in the engine de­ tives in helping to bring about partment. There However, I don't want to sign my SIU pension. were no sur­ off the articles until I'm sure I remember very well the that the beefs are all settled for vivors listed. trials, troubles and battles we Place of burial was the Neely had in the old days, as I have Cemetery, Greene County, Miss. been a union man since the old 4 4 4 ISU days. And nothing we have Michael J. Kennedy, 75: The today in wages and benefits USPHS Hospital on Staten Island, came easy. NY, was where For the new generation that Brother Kennedy is coming in to fill the retired died of natural members' jobs, I offer the re­ All letters to the Editor for causes on Novem­ minder to protect your Union ber 22, 1960. He publication in the SEAFARERS and your Union membership. As LOG must be signed by the sailed in the you go along through the years writer. Names will be withheld engine departthe way we oldtimers did, you upon request. men since 1947. will never have cause to regret He is survived it. by a daughter, Mrs. Steffy EschAnytime I can be of assistance all hands, including overtime and so on. I would sure appre­ bach, of Brooklyn, NY. Place of to the SIU in anything, I sure ciate it if you would let me burial was the Rose Hill Cemetery, will be proud to be there. know if it is all clear to sign off. Linden, New Jersey. At present, I am enjoying my­ I have applied through the self by really taking it easy for 4 4 4 Emelio S. Lerma, 59: Cancer the first time. I've been having port agent to attend the naviga­ was fatal to Brother Lerma in the a chance to rest, visit my old tion school here. He said I USPHS Hospital, buddies and take in a lot of didn't need any discharges for the application and he sent it in Galveston, Texas, things I never did before. to New York. I'm hoping this on March 5, 1963. I wish all of my brothers, application goes through soon Shipping in the wherever they are, happy land­ as I want to get started as soon steward depart­ ings, safe sailing and a lot of as possible. ment, he had good luck as they go along. been with SIU If this beef over the Rye is Harry J. (Popeye) Cronin since 1946. He is completely settled, then it cer­ 4 4 4 survived by a sis­ tainly was some fast action. ter, Mrs. Ger­ Even if only the transportation trude Armstrong, and room and meal allowances of Brownsville, Texas. Burial was are settled, to me this denotes in the City Cemetery, Brownsville. representation of the finest and. To the Editor: 4 4 4 I have just been told here in most efficient quality. I feel it George Hobbs, 50: Brother the Baltimore hall that the SIU rates a hats off to headquarters. Hobbs died at the New Orleans I have had a notice put in the has brought one of our com­ USPHS Hospital panies around to our way of LOG explaining to the other of natural causes thinking and that our money crewmembers the situation con­ on January 21, due from the Rye is waiting for cerning our communications 1958. Sailing in us. The port agent has already with headquarters during the the engine de­ sent to New York for mine and voyage and I'm sure they all partment, he had it should be here within the will understand that there was first signed on next few days. Frankly, under no laxity in New York. with SIU in 1947. the circumstances at the time Again I thank headquarters He is survived of payoff, I had expected this for its militant attention on this by a son, Marvin to take much longer to settle. matter and concern shown in E. Hobbs, New As you know we have not yet our behalf. Orleans. Burial was in New signed off the articles and we Clark Inman Orleans. ii I'" ^ Pensioner Sends Good Wishes Praises Union's Prompt Action r/> Norember St. IHt LOG All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAt, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK John Aba Paul Llotta Corned Amelihck Dennis Lloyd Francisco AntonettI Millard Locklear Anthony Malello Pedro Arellano John Attaway Joaquin Maidonado Thomas McGurn Thomas Clark William Morris Dan Covaney George Daniels George O'Rourke Jacques Rion Alfred Deagro Nicholas Demarco James Rist Well Denny Mohamed Said Joseph ScuUy Charles Ferial Jose Garcia James Sherlock Edward Garrity James Shiber Manuel Silva Theodore Gerber James Gillian Francisco Sortillo Richard Green Thomas Stafford Gunnar Hansen Lester Sturtevant Julius Swykert Edwin Harriman Ralph Hayes Ernest Tatro Eladlo Torres Ward Hosklns Waiter Karlak Julian Vista William King Ernest Vltou Arch Volkerts WiUiam Leonard Arthur Wiifert Sulo Lepisto Ladisiaus Ziembka B. Lerwick USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Ray Miller Richard Barnes Leon Morgan Robert Adams Clinton Newcomb John Burchinal Wilbert Burke Alfred Norman Byrd Buzbee Ciincy Ordoyne Philip Cajiao Charles Parmar George Perei Steve Crawford Ralph Pleket Julius Ekman Junius Qulnn, Jr. Ramose Elliott Richard Rackiey Anton Evenson William Roberts James Finiey George Flint John Smith Nolan Flowers Aristides Soriano Carlos Spina Joseph Fort una Eugene Gallaspy Raymond Steele Sanford Gregory Ruffin Thomas Franklin St. Mary Mark Haireison Raymond Vaughan Seifert Hamilton Herbert Hart James Walker Charles Hooper Leon Webb Ramon Irizany Waiter Johnson Foster Junean John McCasiin Advocate Asks Pension Change To the Editor: We, the crewmembers of the SS Steel Advocate on voyage No. 24, feel that the SIU Pen­ sion Plan should be revised as follows: After 20 years of full mem­ bership in the SIU and 15 years s e a t i m e on SlU-contracted ships, a member shall be en­ titled, if he so desires, to retire regardless of age or physical condition at no less than $200 per month. The members who take their retirement after be­ coming qualified shall no longer take a job of any type under an SIU contract. Further, we feel this letter should be referred to the Nego­ tiating Committee or any per­ sons or committees required to take action on it. Further, that action shall be taken on the above recommendations or some similar plan according to the membership's wishes no later than at the next contract nego­ tiations or at the expiration of our present contract on mid­ night, June 15, 1964. Crew, Steel Advocate 4 4. 4 Seaman's Friend Dies in Frisco To the Editor: A lot of SIU men all over the world will be saddened to learn that Mike Markota, affection­ ately known as Papa Mike, who ran "Mike's Tavern" at Mason and Eddy in San Francisco for many years, died recently. ~ Mike was a real friend to the seafaring man and gave many a helping hand in time of need. His place has been a meeting spot for years for many of our SIU brothers on the West Coast. The only time that Mike ever tried to take the seaman was in a game of cribbagc and he was real rough-then. Mike will be missed by his many, many friends. Nell Lambert Jamea Lala WtUlam Woolaey Claude Lomera David Wright CorneUus Martin Herbert Young Robert White USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA John Fltchette Llnwood Munford BiUy Henderson Dallas Newsome Talmadge Johnson Vincent Sherwood James Marks Jessie Vollva William Mason Hildred White USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON TEXAS George Arnold George" Little Raul DeLos Santos Leonard Martin Leslie Dean Aouad Massondy James Egan Andrew Monle Hugh Grove Knute Olson Rune Gustafsson Johnnie Salinas George Howard W. R. Thompson Roy Justice VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS WllUam Forrest Joseph Pawlak USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Alfred Bamett Milledge Lee Charles Bush Mike Oreline Sisco Escobar Truman Patrlquln Robert Galas Henry Schorr Fedll Lagrimas USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Edward Bate D. Rose R. L. Fields Joseph Trawick L. C. Middlebrook J. M. Watklns Gerald Perdomo USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Harry Acosta James Kendall James Archie Paul Kersey Gorham M. Bowdre George Kontos Leo Broussoul Peter Losado William Davis Cecil Manning Freidof Fondila George Marcotlo Gorman Glaze Roy Newbury Thomas Gutierrez En OS Ott Nelvin Hamilton Wallace Perry. Jr. John Hannay Bryon Rlcketts Harold Hess William Sawyer Harold Jaynes WiUiam Sprole Larry Jones George Warren MT. WILSON STATE HOSPITAL MOUNT WILSON, MARYLAND Hector Duarte USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Thomas Connell John Kennedy Wilbur Coutant Fox Lewis, Jr. Henry Davis, Jr. Sixto Lopez Patrick Donovan Richard Shaffner Charles Dyer USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS, Harry Davis Martin Mason Joseph Carey USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Charles Brooks James LaGosh George Bryant Clarence Lcnhart Fred Clhak Ejner Nelsen Steve Fortine Anthony Pace James Galloway Otto Pollaczek Robert Gentry Harris Stlckel Denver Hoilis Jack Wiley USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Gerald Algernon Thomas Lehay Colon BoutweU BiUy Lynn Benjamin Deibler Samuel Mills Adrian Duracher Max Olson Willie Young Abe Gordon SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE James McGee PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin US SOLDIERS" HOME WASHINGTON, DC William Thom.soD New Orleans (Continued from page 2) P. Sullivan; Ward 16, Kenneth C. Barranger; Ward 17, James H. Pfister. Jefferson Parish: James £. Reason, Bruce D. Burglass, Sidney G. LeBIanc, Charles W, Miller, & A. (Jim) Ward. St. Tammany Par­ ish: Jesse D. McLain. For Sheriff, St. Bernard Parish: John F. (Jack) Rowley. For the Democratic State Central Committee, Orleans Par­ ish: Ward 3, George H. Van Kuren, Ward 5, Francis S. Rutledge; Ward 6, Michael J. Cusimano; Ward 7, Ralph N. Jackson & Llewellyn J. Scanlon; Ward 8, Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.; Ward 9, Joseph G. Landrieu, Jr., Michael George Markay, Jr., & Louis Pomes; Ward 10, Carolyn Gay Labouisse; Ward 11, John M. Freeman; Ward 12, Ethel I. Mann­ ing; Ward 13, Roger B. Jacobs; Ward 14, Theodore Dennery; Ward 15, Joseph C. Cadro; Ward 16, Nat Gros; Ward 17, E, Henry H e a t o n. St. Bernard Parish: Richard H. .Gauthier. �SEAFARERS Norenber 29, 196S 'Sea-Views' Pare Tbirteca LOG —By Jesaph L Tramblay A discussion aboard the Taddei Victory (Consolidated Mariners) about the expected new galley stove had its comic moments for just about everybody but the chief cook. He pointed out that even though there was a beautiful colored picture of a new stove being circulated around the ship, he can't cook' a beef stew on a picture—and the color makes no difference to him. The talk at the meeting, on the way to Rotterdam, dealt with many a promise from topside In addition to the long-promised new stove. Henry J. Principe was meeting chairman and Max Lipkin was sec­ retary. Principe "I've asked you a hundred times .. . Can't you find some­ thing else to do . . .?" Delta Skipper Plugs Vital US Ship Role The importance of a strong and healthy merchant fleet was the subject of a personal message delivered by Capt. James L. Cox, master of the SlU-manned cruise ship Del Mar (Delta), on a recent outbound voyage competition with other nations of to South America. living standards." According to ship's delegate lower "If you compare the pay of an Johnny Johnston, the skipper's remarks were well received by the crew. Capt. Cox gave his speech at the first general SIU shipboard meeting for voyage 114, emphasizing the vital role each man plays in the life of the mer­ chant marine with a special mes­ sage on ship safety. Seamen Unprotected In his address, Capt. Cox ridi­ culed attempts to blame the ills of the American maritime in­ dustry on seamen's wages and conditions. He stated that "Amer­ ican ships and seamen are a part of our economy that is automati­ cally placed in an unfair position with the other nationals." They are protected by our tariff and immigration laws "while our ships and seamen are thrown in direct The Wild Ranger (Waterman) offers a blunt, brief bit of advice to all ships and crews that may be heading for Formosa. "Beware of the rickshaw boys in Keelung . . . You know what I mean," warns ship's delegate Joseph L. Somyak. The Ranger was returning to the States from the Far East at the time. 3^ 4 "One of the best ships In the fleet" is the Verdict on the San Francisco (Sea-Land), according to P. M. Rivero, ship's delegate and meeting chairn>an. He cites the fact that the skipper and crew get along well, there is plenty of OT work and that routine sanitary and painting work is proceeding well. The steward department rooms al­ ready have been painted out, part of the deck rooms have been painted and the rest should be finished next trip. Necessary fans have also been installed in the gal­ ley and pantry. "We have a good ship here," adds meeting secretary J. Henauit. American sailor to his Japanese, German or British counterpart," Cox declared, "then you must com­ pare the wages and salary of the American coal miner, brickmason, carpenter, electrician, plumber— yes—lawyer and doctor, to their 3^ i 3« The Potomac (Empire Transport) equal in London, Berlin or Tokyo." He told the men that the US is trying to figure out what hap­ merchant fleet accounted for more pened to all the ice cream on a than 200,000 jobs on ships and recent trip. Although 100 quarts shore, and the economic impact were taken aboard, there was none of these jobs and the job the fleet available on the way home—to the itself does reflects "in every state chagrin of many with a sweet tooth. J. Murray and J. Lamb were of the Union." "Now ponder this crucial fact," meeting officers during the crew Cox asked the crew. "If we had debate on the sugary subject. no American-flag ships, all these 3^ 3« First ship to report In to the sales of our own produce and service would be forever lost. You LOG on its plans for this week's know very well that no German, Thanksgiving holiday is Water­ British. Scandinavian, Japanese or man's Hurricane, which supplied a Italian ship is going to make these copy of a printed menu prepared purchases in our country. They for the occasion. Chief steward will continue to use their own Gene Ray has set up a menu that nations as they do now to supply will do full Justice to the holiday. A Florida fruit plate with cottage their needs." During his address. Cox also cheese has even been arranged as stressed the Importance of safety a possible entree for those who aboard ship. He said It was im­ choose to watch their calories. portant for the men to perform all j;, 3!> 3^ SEATTLE—"Mike Danguvich, shipboard tasks without accident Heading for Bangkok and get in touch with your sister. or injury. Saigon, the Anji (Seafarers, Inc.) Urgent." Five days after those words ap­ peared in the LOG, Danguvich did call his sister, Mrs. James M. Halverson, of this city, which led to a happy family reunion after a year's separation. In a letter to SIU headquarters, Mrs. Halverson said she had last heard from her brother over a year ago, when he had left a ship in Honolulu. After writing the Missing Persons Bureau In New York, Mrs. Halverson wondered aloud in an urgent letter to the Union about where her brother might be. The LOG ran the plea in the "Personal and Notices" column in the edition of October 18 and, on October 23, the three were re­ united when Danguvich called Mrs. Halverson and their mother. Mrs. Halverson told the LOG that the notice was what made the difference. "Needless to say," she wrote the LOG, "you made my moth's and myself very happy by giving those results." Seated in his foc'sle, Seafarer Duke Wilson, AB, makes a Danguvich has been sailing call on the citizen's band radio set he operates as a hobby aboard SIU vessels in the engine while aboard the New Yorker (South Atlantic & Carib­ department out of New York and bean). Photo by D. C. Jones, AB and ship's delegate. West Coast ports since 1952. LOG 'Ad' Pays Off 'Hello Out There' Somyak Wheeler Wiiloughby uses the outside marine female plugs to tie in with the ship's electrical circuits. They urged that the covers be hooked over the plugs after every use, and for good reason. As chief John G. Damstedt and 2nd electrician Price C. Wii­ loughby pointed out, there is On the Steel Fabricator (Isth­ danger of electrocution when the mian), the electricians added a decks are washed down and the word of caution to everyone who plugs aren't properly covered. writes thanks to the LOG for the good service on the mail and for keeping the ship in touch with home during all its travels. Ronald Wheeler, as ship's delegate, drew thanks on his own hook for a good job- on behalf of all hands. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Scatrain), Oct. 20—Chairman, N. J. Mouton; Secretary, Herbert C. Justice. Ship's delegate reported that the ship l» running very smoothly. S24.72 in ihip'i fund. S70 balance due on TV will be paid off within the next 60 days out of ship's fund. Jimmie L. Jackson resigned as ship's delegate. Joseph A. Rusheed was elected to serve in his place. All crewmembers were urged to keep sinks in laundry room clean. PUERTO RICO (Motorshlps), Oct. « —Chairman, A. Aragonssi Secretary, A. Ferrara. Delegates have been hav­ ing trouble getting repairs done. Most repairs involve water running only 60 days' stores. Waste baskets and ash trays needed. Aug. 25—Chairman, Anthony Scaturo; Secretary, John Klinke. Motion made to request Union to check the manning scale. Suggestions made re­ garding manning scale among engine department crewmembers. Beef with steward department regarding un­ sanitary drinking fountains and pas­ sageways. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Sept. 30 —Chairman, W. Tatum, Jr.; Secre­ tary, C. Turner. Ship's delegate re­ ported on the progress he had made on regaining the ship's fund that had been taken from the ship. Said he would know more after the ship arrived In port. All repairs and beefs squared away. Motion that ship's delegate take up the matter of delayed saUing in Trinidad at pay­ off. Vote of thanks to the official who gave Brother Tatum the two libraries for the ship. Vote of thanks to the steward department. OVERSEAS REBECCA (Maritime Overseai), Oct. 6—Chairman, Paul J. Franco; Secretary, John H. McElroy. too hot in tropics and too cold in cold weather. Vote of thanks to steward department for the good food cooked and served on board. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Oct. 7—Chairman, W. A. Schlecht; Secre­ tary, M. S. Sosplna. $10.46 in ship's fund. $280 safety kward money in captain's safe. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. New washing machine to be ordered. Suggestion made to have telephone connected from the bridge to recrea­ tion room instead of having bell. Discussion on work by tiie cook and baker. Suggestion made that anyone getting off ship should strip bunks and clean up for the next crew. TRANSEASTERN (Transeastern), Oct. 25—Chairman, F. E. Otto; Secre­ tary, C. R. Dammeyer. Ship's dele­ gate reported that transportation due crewmembers will be taken up with patrolman at payoff. Two day's lodg­ ing disputed. One man massed ship in Baltimore. Motion made to have headquarters negotiate for a raise in wages. All in favor. The matter of rooms not being sougeed in about ten months will be taken up with patrolman. Crewmember advised that it is the policy of the steward de­ partment to leave the galley open at night. However, If the men who use it do not keep it clean, this policy shall be discontinued. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin Line), Oct. 20—Chairman, Hugh D. Curran; Sacretary, Stan Sllverstein. Ves.sel had 24-hour delay upon arrival due to Immigration. Brother Red Shaw was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. $20 left in ship's treasury. Pressure tanks to be cleaned to try to eliminate cloudy water problem. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion to request negoti­ ating committee to work out an in­ crease in retirement fund and raise pensions from $150 to $200. Sugges­ tion that safety meetings be held since a number of improvements are needed. Members cautioned about drinking. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), Oct. 7 —Chairman, Joseph Coude; Secretary, Fred Shala. Sinks in the bosun's and daymen's room need to be re­ paired. One ffreman still has lodging money coming from last trip to the Orient. This will be squared away at the payoff. $28 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Motion made that if the payoff is going to be on a Sat­ urday or Sunday, the men should collect four hours OT as call-back time. Motion made to allow class B and class C men to collect vac.ition pay' after 60 days. Suggestion to change retirement plan. Fred Shaia was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Steward asked crew to be a little more careful with ship's linen. The entire crew voted to donate $4 per man towards television for the messroom. A A J FAITH (Pacific Seafarers), Sept. 11—Chairman, M. S. Trahman; Secretary, John Klinko. $30 in ship's fund. Beef regarding wiper taking a deck department job. Deck depart­ ment is putting in OT. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department. Mo­ tion that college students should sail coastwise If they can't make long trips. Beef on sanitary because of shortage of wipers. The engine de­ partment requests the delegate to check why the new washing machine has not been installed. Keef with steward for buying foreign lunch meats. JEAN LA FITTE (Waterman), Oct. 23—Chairman, Jack Kennedy; Secre­ tary, Edward Tresnlck. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Life­ boat on starboard side to be repaired. Discussion on retirement. The ship goes on record to obtain retirement for those with 20 years in the' SIU and 12 years seatime regardless of age Vote of thanks to the steward department. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Oct. 3— Chairman, J. Maytum; Secretary, D. Messimer. Motion made that the Union negotiate for wage increase across the board, and that this be voted on in all ports. All port vote asked on plan for construction of upgrading school in Port of New •York, which will only help members in that area. Discussion held regard­ ing transfer of ship's radio to new vessel in case of lay-up. A A J FAITH (Pacific Seafarers), June I—Chairman, Mike Reges; Sec­ retary, James Keenan. Ship's delegate advised crewmembers who are get­ ting off the ship on the Lakes to give captain 24 hours notice. The chief cook was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. Ship has MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Oct. i—Chairman, L. Hopkins; Secretary, W. E. Morse. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything is running okay. $9.80 in ship's fund. Steve Bergeria was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. L. Hopkins, former ship's delegate, commended for a job well done. �SEAFARERS Fonrteea LOG I^OTember 29, LOO-A-RHYTHMi My Island Of Reverie By Harry N. Schorr I am a meandering sailor. On my island I sail so serene; Through winter storms and summer warmth Depending on Providence to oversee. With the distant stars to guide me. There are no problems to beguile me. And life's tribulations cause no concern For they don't affect me. f,. When restless feelings cause discontent, - . '•vvm New people and places I crave to see. From East to West, from the least to the best. Few places or people are strangers to me. New people or places have meaning, new people have feeling. They soon mean something to me; •ii r Then life's tribulations cause some concern. For they do affect me. Aboard the Alcoa Polaris in the Caribbean, Seafarer Clifford Donalson, 45, is committed to the deep in final rites conducted by ship's master, Capt. J. Bulla. In foreground, Sea> farer L. Ruii, OS; A. Deglons, mate; Seafarer J. Moyhim, ship's delegate; Capt. Bulla; Sea< farers A. Anevitarte, AB, and A. Molina, MM, assist in the sea burial. Seafarer's Last Wish Fulfilled In mid-afternoon of a sun-sprinkled day, .28 miles southeast of Great Inagua Island in the Caribbean, Seafarer Clifford Donalson's ashes were scattered to the winds and the sea —^just as he had wanted. who called thee, receive thee; Lord. Because with the Lord Although Donalson died on there and may the Angels lead thee is mercy; and with Him the beach in New York City, plenteous redemption. And into the bosom of Abraham. Eternal rest grant unto him, he had loved the sea so much He shall redeem Israel from ' '.'4c- that he asked to be cremated and to have his ashes scattered in the open sea. A native of Honoluiu, Hawaii, Donaison was 45 years old when he died last month. The cremation was by the Green­ wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, after which an SIU patrolman made the sea burial arrangements. Capt. J. Bulla, master of the Alcoa Polaris, agreed to comply with Donalson's last request on the next voyage of the Alcoa freighter. Then, on November 16, attend­ ance by the ship's crew and passen­ gers, at position 20-36N. and 7250W., the skipper conducted the ceremony. Bulla told the crew that although they could not bury Donalson near his birthplace in the Hawaiian Islands, he would be buried in the waters of the Spanish Main, where Columbus discovered this part of the hemisphere. In the tradition of the sea passed down through generations from the days of the sailing ships to the present, Capt. Bulla read the fol­ lowing prayer: "Out of the depth have I cried unto Thee, O Lord: Lord hear my voice. Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. If Thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities. Lord who shall stand it? For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness; and by reason of Thy law, have I waited for Thee. O Lord. My soul hath hoped in the Lord. From the morning watch even " until night; let Israel hope in the all his iniquities. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. Come to his assistance, ye Saints of God. Meet him, ye Angels of the Lord. Re­ ceive his soul, and present it to the Most High. May Christ O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. After the prayer was completed, a last lonely salute from the ship's whistle pierced the air, a flagdraped board was tilted, and the last remains of Clifford Donalson were committed to the deep. ANTON BRUUN (Alpine Ceophyilcal), Sept. 7--Chairman, Terrlll Lee Raseley; Secretary, Robert T. Axtman. No definite word received from headquarters pertaining to issuance of membership books and repatria­ tion of crew. Albert Prejean re­ signed as ship's delegate and Brother Henry Pierangelino was elected to serve In hls_ place. Motion made to have master supply each crewmember with written form of actual earn­ ings and deductions at each threemonth payoff. ANTINOUS (Waterman), Oct. 13— Chairman, James Pulliam; Secretary, Johnny P. Ballday. One man missed ship in San Francisco and another in Pusan. Korea, but the possibUity exists that this was not Intentional since no sailing time was posted when men went ashore. $8.65 in ship's fund. The matter of class B man making three trips in succession was brought up and discussed. Ship's delegate will confirm the statement that there were no takers when the Job was caUed. Vote of thanks given to the steward department for a job weU done. ACHILLES (Newport Tankers), Oct. 16—Chairman, Jack Trosclair; Secre­ tary, Roy Roberts. Three hours dis­ puted OT in deck department. Mo­ tion was made to have committee look into possibility of a new pension plan such as other unions have in effect to cover a certain amount of seatime at any age. Vote of thanks to steward department for work well done. TRANSYORK (Hudson Waterways), Oct. 6—Chairman, Chuelt Hoststter; Secretary, Louis E. Meyers. No beefs reported by department delegates. Louis E. Meyers was elected to serve as ship's delegate. All men requested to stand their gangway watches in alert condition. Complaint made that potatoes are greasy and soggy. SANTORB (Marven), Aug. 4—Chair­ man,, James Aherni Secretary, Sam K. Eddy. Henry A. Abel was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Several resolutions offered for action by membership at meetings ashore on Union elections, appointive jobs and qualifications for same. Deck main­ tenance was taken off ship to be hospitalized in Aden. No beefs re­ ported. Everything running smoothly. ATLAS (Tankers A Tramps), Oct. • — Chairman, Maxwell; Secretary, Mills. $27.37 in ship's fund. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department. Short one deck maintenance. Chief cook hospitalized, so messman was promoted. Headquarters to be noti­ fied of needed crew. Crew requested to turn off washing machine after use. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Sept. 28—Chairman, Harry K. Kaufman; Secreetary, R. Morgan. Everything running smoothly. $4.41 in ship's fund. Quesliuii raised on disappear­ ing speakers from messhall. Messhall to be sougeed. Discussion on mem­ bers paying off and leaving a lot of personal debts. Then the scream through the night Of the ship's steam whistle. Reminds me there are other places to see. So I'm going back on my island Where I sail so serene. Away from doubt and uncertainty. Soon the port and its people Mean nothing to me. And life's tribulations cause no concern. For they don't affect me. Around, around and around 1 go. For there are other places to see. Oh, how nice if I could be, someplace with someone Who would mean something to me. Where life's tribulations begin to perturb. And they do disturb me. A letter from home is brought to my island. And I am in my reverie. The joy and sorrow so vividly relayed Makes me aware— That someone meatus something to me, So I torite a long letter That has so little to tell. Then it's back to my island for me. And life's tribulations do not perturb. For they don't disturb me. IN6ER (Reynolds), Oct. 13—Chelrman, J. R. Prestwood; Secretary, W. E. Coutant. $32 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Motion made tliat this ship carry a third cook and pantryman because of too many extra hours for the present personnel. ACHILLES (A. L. Burbank), Aug. 19—Chairman, J. Parker; Secretary, R. J. Burnt. Captain reque.sted to have money on hand for draws. Beef about forward portholes being closed at sea while butterworthing. Ship's delegate Jones resigned and Brother J. Parker was elected to serve in his place. No beefs reported. Motion that negotiating committee be in­ formed of the injustice of Article lU, Section 21. regarding tank clean­ ing, and that In the next negotiations of the contract, steps be taken to equalize the OT provision for Satur­ day, Sunday and holiday work. Bnsun requests crew to use slop chute for rubbish. Vote of thanks to steward department for job well done. PILOT ROCK (Columbia), Oct. 27— Chairman, B. J. Clamant; Secretary, Frank Kustura. Ship's delegate re­ ported that captain is wcil satisfied with crew. No beefs aboard. All hands asked to cooperate in keeping pantry and messroom clean. Captain to give a blanket draw In Aden and draw at port of entry in US. Vole of thanks to steward department for fine food and service. Vote of thanks to Capt. Morris for his dealings with the crew regarding draws, siopchest and other items. TADDIB VILLAGE (Consolidated Mariners), Sept. 28—Chairman, I. Mil­ ler; Secretary, William Swartout. Union to be contacted about man missing ship In New York, One sick WAT vyoUTHIbiKOFYBAHiYcvkB A PBLLCM/CXBVMEM9BR. Rie/Iri HOLD ITWMO WONYD AEAJD ME How fi&DUT ) HOLD IT, FIVE? HE'S A RATFA/VKI -t.-- ' T V 1'. f ..... crewmember taken off ship in Canal Zone. Gear of man who missed ship was left In Fernandina. Florida. Mo­ tion made to check medical supplies on ship before leaving States. Broth­ er I. Miller was elected to serve as ship's safety director. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), ne dale — Chairman, Sokol; - Secretary, SInlard. $21.60 In ship's fund. AU delegates reported that everything was running smoothly. Motion sub­ mitted that only English be spoken in messroom. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department. Crew asked to turn in all linen and not use excess for shine rags. Crew requested to bring In all cots from deck when ship is in port. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), Oct. 21— Chairman, Lawrence P. Contlcelloi Secretary, Jose Cubano. Ship's dele­ gate reported that the captain has not put out a draw as he was sup­ posed to. Deck department rooms need to be sougeed. Chuck Demers was eiected to serve as new ship's delegate. NIAGARA (Sea Transport), Oct. 12 —Chairman, Richard B. Jones; Sec­ retary, Lawrence B. Kelly. Ship's delegate reported 4 men hospitalized and 1 man missed ship in Calcutta. Patrolman to be notified about draws in regard to OT and to check on stoppage of allotments. Request for Food Plan representative to be on board for next sign-on. Crew asked to keep messhall tables clean. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin Line), Oct. 13—Chairman, Paul McNabb; Secretary, Juan Cruze. $2.28 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Letter sent by the crew of the Azalea City con­ cerning pension plan was posted for action at the next meeting. �Novembw X9, 196S SEAFARERS Pagt Flfteea LOG Schedule Of SlU Meetings SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days Indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to Include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: Detroit December 6 New York .. December 2 Houston December S December 9 Philadelphia New Orleans December 10 December 4 Baltimore .. December 11 Mobile .... West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through January, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings In Wilmington are on Monday. San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows; WIImlngloB San Francisco Seattle December 16 December 18 December 20 January 20 January 22 January 24 Move Over, Columbus— Lief WAS Here First WASHINGTON—To a growing number of scientists, there IS no longer any question as to who was here first. They've decided that Lief Ericson and a band of Viking explorers did beat Columbus to the New^ The walls of the buildings, of World—by almost 500 years. course, were no longer standing, A husband and wife team of but indentations in the ground explorers, Drs. Helga and Anne Ingstad, had traced the voyage of Lief Ericson as it has come down in saga and song from Greenland. Figuring they had hit about where Lief had landed, the team started digging. It is near the northern tip of Newfoundland outside of the town of L'Anse aux Meadows. They had no sooner started dig­ ging when they came upon a ruined settlement which bore the external clues of a typical Norse community of that era: Nine houses and a smithy with a great hall in thg center. A stone hearth in the middle of the hall rounded out the romantic picture of Norse life. SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Skiepard LIndscy Williams AI Tanner Robert Mattbews SECRETARY-TREASURER AI Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill HaU Ed Hooney Ered Stewart BAL.1TMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Asent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St John PWy, Asent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10229 W. Jefferson Ave VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS .. 673 4th Ava., Bklyn HYacinth 0-6600 HOUSTON 9804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAInut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax William Uorria. Agent El.gin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St Ben Onnzales, Agent . FRanklin 7-.3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St Louia Neira Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave Buck Stephens. Agent . Tel 529-7540 NEW YORK 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 119 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 RAN FRANCISCO ... 490 Harrison St Frank Boyne, Agent DOuglas 2-4401 E B McAuIey. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE. PR 1313 fernander Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, H<i. Rep. Phone 724-2848 SEA TTLB ^ ... ^9' lat Ave Ted BahkowskL Agent ^Aln 3-4334 TAMP!A ; ^ ... . 312 Harrison St Jeh diUetU^ .; Agent > 329-8788 WILMjlNiiiON 'Callt 909 N Murine Aye GehrM McCartney. Agent -TErminal 4-2928 gave them their theory. And radio­ carbon tests on the charcoal in the stone hearth ember pit and the smithy set the date of life in the village about 1000 AD. Experts from the Smithsonian Institution and the American Mu­ seum of Natural History studied the site and supported the Ingstad theories without question. "Until now, no one uncovered incontrovertible proof — ruins or burials — of Viking visitors to North America before Columbus' voyage in 1492," the National Geo­ graphic Society said. But, now even that august group is going along with the Ingstads. Ingstad said that certain details of the structure? and the presence of iron in the smithy which had been extracted from bog deposits cinched the proof. Apparently neither Indians nor Eskimos — both prehistoric and modern—had knowledge of the system of extracting the metal from the bog, a common practice of the Norse. Later Europeans, he added, never bothered using the technique. But, just like Columbus, Dr." Ing­ stad is also not the first. 'Way back in 1914, a Newfoundland scholar, W. A. Munn, said the Vi­ kings had probably come ashore at —.yep, you guessed it—^L'Anse aux Meadows. Glyn H. Stephens You are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Gerald Stephens, of Watertown, Minn. 4- 4- 3« John Kennedy Contact Mae Chasin as soon as possible at 1140 NE 200th Terrace, North Miami Beach, Fla. 4- FIHANCIAL REPORTS. The CMatltution Of tbo SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and In­ land Watara Diatrict nakaa apaclfic provlaion for aafeguar^ng tha •eaberahip'a Boney and Union financea. The conatitution requirea a detailed CPA audit every three nontha by a rank and file auditing coBnittee elected by the Benberahip. All Union recorda are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Should any BSaber, for any reason, be refused hia constitutional right to in­ spect these recorda, notify SIU Prsaident Paul Hall by certified Bail, return receipt requested. TRUST niNDS. All tmat funds of tha SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and Inland Waters Diatrict are adainiatered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreeBenta. All these egreeaenta specify that the -trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and BsnageMnt repreaantativea and their alternates. All expenditures and diaburasBenta of trust funds are Bade only upon approval by a Bajority of the trustees.. All trust fund financial recorda are available at the heedquartera of the various trust funds. If, at any tine, you ars deniad infonetion about any SIU trust fund,' notify SIU President Pnul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified nail, return receipt requested. RHTPPTwn RKaiS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclus­ ively hy the contracts between the Union and the ahipownera. Get to know your shipping rights.. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Uhlan halla. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship­ ping or seniority rights as contained in' the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified nail, return receipt requested. The proper addjieaa for this ia: Max Harrison, Chalraan, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, Haw York U, NY Also notify SIU Preaident Paul Hall at Utioa headquarters by certified nail, return receipt requested. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either hy writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halla. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your, contract rights, as well aa your obligations-, such as filing for or on the-proper ahieeta and in the proper Banner. If, at any tlae, any SIU patrolBan or other Union official. In your opinion, falls to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition, notify SIU President Pnul Hall by certified Ball, return receipt requested. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFAREKS LOG. The IXX3 has traditionally refrained fron publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual In the Union, officer or ocinber. It has also refrained from publishing articles deeBed harmful to the Union or Its collective Bembershlp. This established policy has been reafflimed by membership action at the September, 1960 meetings In all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy la vested In an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Exec­ utive' Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. f iliP PAYMEMT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for saBe. Under no clrcurastanco should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given such receipt. If In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment- be made without supplying a receipt, or If a member Is required to make a payment and la given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, this should Immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. COKSTITUTimiAL RIGRTS AND OBLIOATHWS. The SIU publishes every six months In the SEAFARERS LCXi a verbatlB copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available In all Union halla. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to fsBlllarlza tbsBselves with its contents. Any time you feel any meBber or officer ia atteaptlng to deprive you of any constitutional right.or obligation by any methods such aa dealing with charges, trials, etc., aa well as all other datalla, than the mamber so affected should immediately notify SIU Preaident Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing diaabillty-penaion bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union, activities, in­ cluding attendance at membership meatlnga. And lika all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including aarvlca on rank-and-fils commltteaa. Bacauae these oldtlmara cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has raaffixmed the long-standing Uhion policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution 'and in the contracts which the Uhlon has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters "by certified meiil, Ireturn receipt requested. l" James Martin Ex-Young America Write to Dick Green at the Seattle SIU hall. Urgent. SIU hall. He has lost your home S, Houston, Texas. It contains 4i> 4'' 4> address and has no way to keep photographs and othcf personal Mason R. Scott belongings. If possible, the finder in touch. Contact your brother, Elmer C. is asked to call Mrs. Pierce at WA 4. 4> 4> 1-1030 in Houston. Scott, at his home, 3115 Houston Ex-SS Almena Avenue, Houstoh. Texas. Crewniembers of the above 4i> 4^ $• Paul B. Morgan vessel are asked to forward a small Milton G. J. BrbussaI'd The above-named or anyone brown bag left aboard the ship Get in touch with Ken KiTkin at by Walter J. Pierce and to send knowing bis whereabouts is asked his home or via the Philadelphia it COD to his wife at 6705 Avenue to contact his daughter, Mrs. Eve­ lyn M. Davis, 912 Simonton St., Key West, Fla., as soon as pos­ sible. 4i' 4> 4^ Earl J. Fuller, Jr. Your mother asks you to write and let her know what you did with the car you used to leave Florida. She sayis it's Urgent for you to write and let hler 'know.- �Agrainst the backeronnd of the great strides made by the Soviet Union in maritime strength, there does not seem to be any logic which would justify the apparent lack of concern by the US Government to­ ward the steadily-diminishing sta­ ture and capabilities of the Ameri­ can-flag merchant fleet. This is one of the major conclusions drawn in a "Staff Study" released In Wash­ ington on November 7 by the Inter­ nal Security Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Currently, the study declares, Russia is engaged in a merchant ship construction program designed to double the size of its 1960 fleet by 1965, triple it by 1970 and achieve a five to six-times increase by 1980. It adds that through the end of 1962, the Russian fleet posted a gain of nearly one million tons, while the United States lost over a half-million tons of shipping. Excerpts from the Senate study fol­ low: LTHOUGH we now view soviet ac­ complishments more soberly than in the past, it is all too evident that the executive and legislative branches of our great country have not yet turned sufficient attention to several important Russian developments. "SOVIET OIL OFFENSIVE — One such development ... is the growing impact of Russian oil on the economies of the free world nations ... It was pointed out that while US oil production of 7.5 million barrels per day last year was nearly double the USSR's output of 4 million barrels per day, this US out­ put was considered to be at its peak, while Russian production was growing at an incredible rate. Expert authority revealed that Soviet oil production was expected to reach 7.8 million barrels daily by 1970 and increase to 13.8 million barrels per day by 1980. "More importantly, it was shown that, although Russia exported only 222 mil­ lion barrels of oil to the free world in 1961, the Soviet Union achieved con­ siderable economic and political advan­ tages in return. Because Red oil exports were pegged at prices 10 to 20 percent below those of free world suppliers, it dislodged Western suppliers from longestablished markets, gained important political inroads in the so-called noncommitted and newly emerging nations, and obtained from industrialized free world cmmtries strategic industrial and technological equipment . . . ". . . It was noted that the expansion of the Russian tanker fleet and pipeline network was proceeding at an accele­ rated pace. This, of course, is a neces­ sary prerequisite if our adversary is to be able to carry out his ambitious oil export plans in future years. "While Russia's expanding tanker building program is significant in itself, it is but part of a major maritime ex­ pansion program of incredible size which in but a very few years will make her one of the foremost seapowers in the world. "RUSSIA'S SEAPOWER BUILDUP— The Soviet Union already possesses a strong navy and is recognized as being second only to the United States in naval strength. It currently is engaged in an enormous merchant ship construc­ tion program which is programmed to double the size of its 1960 fleet by 1965, triple it by 1970, and achieve a five to six-times increase by 1980. In addition, it possesses one of the world's largest and most modern fishing fleets, and is Vol. XXV No. 84 SEAFARERS-^LOG [I^ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION » ATUNTIC, CULf. lAKEt ANO INLAND WATEBS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO unsurpassed in the important field of • oceanographic research. It is all too evi­ dent, then, that the Soviet Union recog­ nizes the importance of the sea and seapower in all its many facets figures prominently in its plans to dominate the world. . . The Russian merchant fleet has been undergoing sustained growth since 1950, while the US merchant fleet has contracted steadily since 1946. As to the future, the USSR shows evidence of assigning high priority to its ambitious fleet expansion program, in contrast to relative neglect of the merchant fleet in this country. "STATISTICAL ANALYSIS—In 1939, Russia's 1.5 million tons of merchant shipping not only was insignificant in world standing, but also consisted pre­ dominantly of ships of ancient vintage. In contrast, the United States with 11.6 the years 1963, 1964, and 1965 . . . Rus­ sia currently has over 3 million dead­ weight, tons building or on order—all of which seems certain to be delivered prior to the end of 1965. Therefore, it seems quite probable that the goal will be met. ". . . Russia has 236 ships building— or five times as many as the 47 which were being constructed in US shipyards. In terms of tonnage, Russia's tonnage was over four times greater than that of the United States. ". . . Russia wants to increase its mari­ time stature as quickly as possible. Its own yards, which are believed to be heavily engaged in naVal • construction, could not produce the large amount of tonnage needed in the required timespan. Therefore, Russia is relying heavily, not only on the yards of its satellites, but also has contracted for A 'HOT WAR AT SEA... million tons of merchant shipping ranked second only to Great Britain. "Because of the prolific output of the US shipyards during World War II, the US fleet by 1946 had grown to a phe­ nomenal size—4,861 ships aggregating over 50 million deadweight tons. The great bulk of this tonnage was either laid up or sold abroad to nations which were in dire need of tonnage to cover their wartime losses. By the end of 1948, the United States had a fleet of 16.6 million tons in active peacetime service. "However, this fleet size underwent steady reduction in subsequent years, except for a brief respite in 1955 when a slight temporary increase was achieved. It then resumed a downward slide which is expected to continue un­ checked unless strong remedial steps are taken by the Government to pro­ vide the financial assistance needed by American-flag competitors. At present, only 15 American steamship lines re­ ceive operating differential subsidies which permit them to compete on an equal footing with their foreign com­ petitors. "In the period 1954 through 1960, the buildup of the Russian fleet got un­ derway, with a net annual increase of 442,500 deadweight tons during this 6year period. In sharp contrast to this expansion experienced by the Russian fleet is the decrease in the size of the American merchant fleet, which suf­ fered a rate of contraction averaging 310,000 deadweight tons per year over the same period. ". . . In the period December 31,. 1960, through December 31, 1962, the Rus­ sian fleet posted a gain of nearly one million tons while the United States lost over a half-million tons of shipping. "The average rate of increase of the Russian fleet during this recent period was* 64.5 ships and 491,500 deadweight tons per year. The annual decline in the US fleet averaged 55 ships and 267,500 tons per year. ' "For the year 1961, Russia's actual net gain was 22 ships of 355,000 tons. However, during the year 1962, her ac­ tual net gain was 107 ships of 628,000 tons. "By 1970 the Russian fleet is to be three times the size of the 1960 fleet. The 1980 goal is to have a fleet five to six times larger than the 1960 fleet. "To fulfill the requirements of the current 7-year plan, the Russian fleet will have to grow to an average annual rate of 1.3 million deadweight tons for large amounts of tonnage from free world yards. In one single contract recently placed with Japan, it ordered $100 million of ships. "US ATTITUDES—In view of the ac­ celerated pace of growth of the mer­ chant fleet of the USSR it is important to examine the apparent iack of con­ cern of the US public and the US Gov­ ernment toward the diminishing stature and capabilities of the US merchant fleet. This is particularly important since it is certain that a strong, modern American merchant marine is essential to provide logistic support to our Armed Forces in time of national emergency and to insure that the United States has access to world markets and vital raw materials in time of peace. "From a military standpoint, the les­ sons learned from two world wars and more recently from the Korean conflict show that this country must rely on its own shipping in times of national emer­ gency. "Yet, public and governmental indif­ ference to important wartime and peace­ time roles of the US merchant fleet has permitted its steady contraction over the past 16 years. More alarming, being predominantly a World War Il-built fleet, it is approaching the end of its economic life virtually en masse. "The contraction of the US merchant fleet has had adverse effect on another vital segment of the nation's seapower resources — the US shipyard industry. Shipyards are the taproot of a nation's seapower. Over 20 American yards have gone out of business during the past 15 years because of insufficient work vol­ ume. "SIZE AND QUALITY OF US FLEET —^The deterioration of the US merchant fleet has not yet been sufficiently rec­ ognized by the Government, let alone dealt with. To date, only US Navy of­ ficials and a few Congressional sup­ porters have shown appropriate alarm over the shrinking American fleet and the rapid buildup of the Russian fleet. "The Honorable Kenneth E. BeLieu, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, last year stated: " 'The Communist expansionists have come to a turning point. There is no easy way to expand their Influence much further without use of the seas ... At last our opponent must come out of his landmass and face us in our own ele­ ment. The struggle will take place at sea. . "'The peaceful looking Soviet-bloc merchant ship as an instrument of de­ cisive military, political, or economie Importance now looms large and lethal. Our merchant marine is not prepared to meet the challenge, and worse, it gives little sign of improving.' "Vice Adm. John Sylvester, US Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), only months ago made a de­ tailed appraisal of the US merchant fleet. (SEAFARERS LOG, May 31. 1963 —Ed.). This study, 'Ocean Shipping To Support the Defense of the United States,' was made to determine whether this country's sea transportation require­ ments. could be filled in the event of war. Here are some of the conclusions and recommendations contained In his report: "'Previous evaluations of shipping re­ quirements and availabilities have shown that the United States does not have sufficient active merchant shipping to meet national security needs for gen­ eral war, even when we combine the total of US-flag and US-controlled for­ eign-flag shipping. "'The vast proportion of our US-flag merchant tonnage was constructed un­ der the World War II building programs. Approximately 94 percent of our dry cargo and 57 percent of our tanker ton­ nage is in the 15-year and older age bracket . . . They have long been out­ moded from the standpoint of modern design, are nearly to the end of their useful life, and are long overdue for replacement.' "As to the possibility of this nation relying on the shipping of our allies in time of national emergency. Admiral Sylvester states: "'It is probable that the total com­ bined shipping requirements of the NATO nations will exceed total shipping capabilities available. "'Of utmost significance is the fact that the interests of the United States are global, and emergencies may well ari.se wherein our interests would not be identical with those of our European allies. " 'The present rate of new shipbuild­ ing will not offset the rapidly approach­ ing block obsolescence of the vast pro­ portion of US-controlled merchant-type tonnage — both active and reserve. There is an urgent need for increased emphasis on orderly ship construction.' "CONCLUSIONS — The outcome of the Soviet Union's rapid maritime ex­ pansion program cannot but have seri­ ous repercussions on the free world. Shipyards of our allies actively solicit Soviet shipbuilding orders despite the future ramifications of the important military, political, and economic advan­ tages the Soviet Union gains from each ship delivered. "It seems all too apparent that pro­ prietary motivations are stronger than those which deal with national security. These same commercial attitudes are permitting Russia to obtain from the free world the other needed equipment such as pipelines, chemical plants, and other facilities which measurably in­ crease its industrial and military capabil­ ities. "Against the background of Russia's ;reat strides in maritime strength there oes not seem, as has been said before, to be any logic which would justify the apparent lack of concern of our Gov­ ernment toward the steadily diminishing stature and capabilities of the US mer­ chant fleet. Not only is the national se­ curity of the United States of America at stake, but so too is the collective security of the entire free world." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource November 29, 1963 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU CO’S PLANNING 4 BULK CARRIERS – SEEK US ASSIST SIU CREW SAFE AFTER BLAST, FIRE AFL-CIO MOURNS KENNEDY, BACKS PRES. JOHNSON AFL-CIO CONVENTION VOTES PROGRAM OF LABOR ACTION LABOR BOARD UPHOLDS SIU MANNING RIGHTS PACIFIC SIU SET TO OPEN FIRST WEST COAST CLINIC DELTA LINE MAPS LATIN TRADE RUN 1963 MTD CONVENTION SHIP NURSES GET A TOPSIDE RATING DETROIT LABOR AID SPURS WARD CLERKS’ STRIKE WIN DELTA SKIPPER PLUGS VITAL US SHIP ROLE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/29/1963 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXV, No. 24 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log