http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d7e6a97004c0672843d24a2647fa5bcd.PDF 9c7453324cf18f889cf52fd45f7adb8a PDF Text Text \ SEAFARERS LOG D«C0mbar IS 1963 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNjON • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO In Canada -'4 Will Tomorrow Bring The Goosestep? If doubt existed in anyone's mind on the dangers of government trusteeship in unions, it must hove been erased last week when the Canadian government trustees imposed censorship over the publications of the five Canadian maritime unions un­ der their jurisdiction. On December 4, the Canadian govern­ ment trustees issued a decree to the effect that henceforth no union publication of any kind could be issued or distributed without the trustees' stomp of approval. The SiU stated, at the outset, that the trusteeship was not only inimical to the concept of democracy, but that it came about because anti-union elements in Canada utilized a purely contractual dis­ pute between the SiU of Canada and Up­ per Lakes Shipping Ltd., as an excuse to pass punitive anti-union legislation un­ paralleled in the history of the trade union movement. Besides its gag on free speech, the cen­ sorship decree provides further evidence of the real motives behind the creation of this trusteeship. (Story on Page 2.) Injunction Halts MTD Picketing Of Foreign Ship In Wheat Deal Story on Page 3 Senate Action Expands Hole In Jones Act Seafarers Get New Service in SiU Ciinics Story on Page 3 Story on Page 3 - ;•" .y^. , �Pace Two SEAFARERS LOG December IS, 1963 MONTREAL—Rigid rules imposing full censorship over all informational literature "published by a maritime union or some other person, body, or institution on its behalf were issued here last week by the three-man board of government trustees controlling the affairs of all maritime unions in Can­ ada, including the Seafarers International Union of Canada and four other organizations. The regulations require trustee approval before publicatioi',^7~ ——— It has indicted Hal C. Banks, or distribution of all maritime union publications. the SIU that the whole purpose out of a contractual dispute be­ According fo news reports in Toronto, the one-man censor­ behind the trusteeship legislation tween the SIU of Canada and president of the SIU of Canada, was to destroy the SIU of Canada. Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., which and two other SIU men, on an old ship will be bandied by Clay-*^ While the censorship order con­ in 1962 arbitrarily broke its con­ 1957 charge not connected with ton Sinclair, whose name ap­ government takeover of unions. The censorship ordered by the veniently muffles the SIU, it does tract with the SIU and signed a the present dispute, and is re­ pears on a circular containing trustees is all-inclusive, covering not affect non-maritime unions "sweetheart" agreement with the portedly planning a criminal the censorship order. Sinclair "all further publications of any which are outside the trustees' Canadian Maritime Union estab­ prosecution of SIU officials and reportedly is a newsman with kinjl, whether newspapers, maga­ jurisdiction and apparently are lished by the Canadian Labor members, under a law going all the "Montreal Gazette" who zines, bulletins, circulars or other­ free to continue their attacks Congress. Some 300 Canadian Sea­ the way back to. Victorian times, is now working for the trustees. against the SIU without opposition. farers were then locked out of for peacefully protesting the wise." The constitutionality of the The Canadian trusteeship arose their Jobs and replaced with crews trusteeship law in a demonstration It bears out the contention by before Parliament. recruited through the CMU. government trusteeship placed on In a separate development, the Canadian maritime unions has The censorship order is one of been challenged in legal action many developments in the sys­ trustees have forbidden the SIU begun by the SIU of Canada last tematic harassment by -the Cana­ of Canada "under any circum­ The following is the text at the specific censorship rules imposed month. The trusteeship was estab­ dian government of the SIU of stances" to picket the vessel by the government trustees on all maritime unions in Canada: lished under legislation passed by Canada, in what AFL-CIO Presi­ Canuck Trader, without the (I.) All further publications of any kind, whether newspapers, Parliament in October. dent George Meany has called trustees' permission. magazines, bulletins, circulars or otherwise, and whether published The Canuck Trader is a vessel The censorship order covering "the destruction of free trade by a maritime union or some other person, body, or institution on the maritime unions was dated unionism in the Canadian mari­ formerly manned by the SIU of its behalf, will require trusfee approval before publication or Canada, which sailed for Japan December 4, apparently following time industry." distribution. You are to bear in mind that distribution includes publication of the November 30 In other moves, the government some time ago, allegedly to be the delivery of such publications to members or other persons or issue of the "Canadian Sailor," has seized union records and scrapped. But as soon as the SIU making them available to members or other persons by placing which is the official organ of the property here, and in Toronto and crew was off the ship and flown them in union halls or other places where they may be picked up SIU of Canada.' The November Thorold, and Royal Canadian home, she took on a Japanese by such members or other persons. issue dealt with the Canadian Mounted Police have also seized crew and sailed for Hong Kong. (2.) Publication, whether newspapers, magazines, bulletins, cir­ trusteeship situation in detail. personal records and belongings in There she shipped a Chinese crew, culars, or otherwise, that contain defamatory references to other, It related the SIU position with raids upon SIU officials' homes. sailed to Nassau, raised the Bahatrade union leaders or members, particularly officers and members respect to the trusteeship, as The government has also taken man ensign and re-entered the of the maritime unions under trusteeship, cannot be approved. stated in the legal action instituted over operation of the vacation pay­ Canadian trade under contract to by the union, and the reaction of (3.) All publications must show date of issue, or in the case of ments plan for Canadian Seafarers the Canadian government. Under the contract, the runaway labor in general to the Canadian publications by other persons, bodies or institutions, date of receipt. and has frozen all union assets. ship was designated as one of the vessels to haul strategic defense material to Canada's defense bases in the Arctic. The SIU set up in­ formational picketlines when the ship arrived in Canada during the sununer of 1962, in efforts to make the Canadian public aware of what was being done with its tax money. An attempt to picket the vessel WASHINGTON—Three days of hearings before the Sen­ when she reached here again last month was frustrated by restric­ ate Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries ended tions on picketing ordered by the last week, as the lawmakers decided to put off further public trustees on November 14. As a re­ sessions until late January on sult, the SIU was unable to picket the vessel and she recently sailed a proposal for compulsory ar­ tee to date have only covered testi­ home to China. bitration in maritime labor mony by management representa­ disputes. The bill was introduced tives and witnesses for the Marine two months ago by Sen. Frank J. Engineers Beneficial Association including President Jesse M. CalLausche (D-Ohio). At the time the hearings were hoon, who testified on the circum­ put off a week ago last Friday, stances involving the America and December 6, SIU Vice-President other recent shipping disputes. Robert A. Matthews was one of As expected, the management several labor opponents to the witnesses backed the proposal. measure whose testimony was They took a position similar to scheduled but not given. The death of President John F. that expressed on the Bonner bill The Subcommittee had expected Kennedy has deeply affected inany that three days of hearings would (HR 1897), which the House people the world over, and practi­ be adequate to explore the many Merchant Marine and Fisheries cally everyone has felt his loss .as issues involved in the controver­ Committee tabled several weeks a personal shock. ago. The hearings put off last Class No. 96 in the training program for SIU lifeboatmen sial arbitration proposal. One of the first expressions of week in the Senate Subcomm.ittec takes its turn before the camera at headquarters. The grad­ condolence to the SIU membership Binding Decision were recessed due to the iminence ates (front, l-rl are Ronald Egan, Waiter O. Wilson: middle, on the loss of the President came Sen. Lausche's proposal (S. 2222) of other hearings that are still on Louis W. Murelli, John Myers, Robert Bruno, Jim Gardner, from George Munroe, secretary would send an unsettled shipping the Subcommittee's schedule and general of the Seamen's and Wa­ Edward Strusinski; rear, George Garcia, John Pitt, Jr., Mike dispute to an arbitrator or mari­ the expected early recess of the terfront Workers' Trade Union, in Congress for the holidays. Moguire and Bruce Frickey, with instructor Ami Bjornsson*. time disputes board for a final and Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. His let­ binding decision. The bill provides ter, sent to SlUNA President Paul that such an arbitration decision Hall, follows: would not be subject to review or "Please accept my sincere and reexamination by any agency dur­ deepest synipathy on the sad occa­ ing the term of the contract or sion of the untimely death of your contracts under which it was beloved and respected John F. rendered. With each passing day, the volume of legislative and political activity affecting Seafar­ Kennedy, late President of the Hearings before the Subcommit­ ers and their families increases. This is true not only in Washington, but also in every one United States of America. He was truly a leader with stalwart qual­ of the 50 states and the hundreds of municipalities in which Seafarers and their families ities. live and work. "I share with you, the entire have their own programs. compulsory arbitration on Dec. 13, 1963 Vol. XXV, No. 25 The continuing programs SPAD is concerned with educa- impose membership of our Internationa^ labor-management disputes in and activities necessary to tional, political and legislative maritime, and against other legis­ and the American people as a meet the problems posed by this efforts to win the passage of lation which would restrict the whole, the dismay and sorrow over increasingly complex volume of legislation that would be beneficial rights of unions and their mem­ this shocking and atrocious event PAUL HALL. President activity are sustained by the to Seafarers and their families as bers to bargain freely or strike in which has caused a regretable loss HERBERT BRAND, Editor, IRWIN SPIVACK. voluntary contributions made by well as to workers generally. to the American nation and the pursuit of their objectives. Mnnaying Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Seafarers to SPAD — the Sea­ In the political area, SPAD is It is increasingly evident that whole world. Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, "He was truly a great man. May ALEXANDER LESLIE, THOMAS LAUCHLIN, farers Political Activity Donation. concerned with supporting candi­ the activities in the political and Staff Writers. Other sections of the trade dates who have a favorable voting legislative spheres are. as impor­ his soul rest in peace. union movement are engaged in record and defeating those op­ tant to the welfare and well-being . "Please have my condolences PuWMied bfwcRkly at the headquarteri similar activities. The AFL-CIO posed to labor gains and objectives of Seafarers and other workers as expressed to the membership of of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters has programs of legislative and —regardless of the candidate's activities in their immediate the SlUNA." District, AFL-CIO. 475 Fourth Avenue. political activity concerned with This is only one of many letters economic areaf. The voluntary coffpolitical affiliations. Brooklyn 31. NY fel HYacioth 9-MOO. Secofsd class postage paid at the IPost the problems affecting workers which have been received and are tributions" to SPAD help Seafarers Typical of the type of battle Omee In Brooklyn. NY under the Act generally, which it impiemenls on •which the Union must wage ua- to assure that their interests in, still coming Jn from a world 0f AAIS. 24, 1912. the national, state and local levels. tionally 'i^ 1^, battle .agaihSt; the these important political and legis- shocked by the cvente of last Various AFL-CIO unions also ef<qrta[ fCqiyehtly: ibpirig ' * to r kitiw'sreBs ivlll be is«^^uarded.. ; month. Text Of Censorship Rules Anti-Strike Biii Put Off To '64 Graduation For SIU Lifeboatmen Trinidad SIU Marks Death, Kennedy Loss SPAD—On The Job For Seafarers SEAFARERS LOG �Deeember It, »6S SEAF ARERS Page Three LOG Court Order Blocks MTD Pickets; 5IU Hits 50-50 Sellout German motorship Poseidon is pictured at grain dock in Albany, NY, last Monday, shortly after a state court injunc­ tion was issued barring picketing of the vessel. MTD had protested use of the German ship rather than available USiFlag vessels to move American grain to Hungary. The ship left Albany early Tuesday, after loading 9,000 tons of grain. ALBANY, New York—Picketing by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment of a West German ship loading American wheat for Hungary was halted by a state court injunction here on Monday, December 9, but has apparently produced a tightening of Government procedures for the grain movement to Communist bloc nations. The court order barred the protest demonstration less than three hours after it went up early Monday. The vessel, the motorthe Federal Government have en­ merce Franklin D. Roosevdt, Jr., ship Poseidon, was then abled foreign ships to grab up later this week, were assured that able to load and sail early 91,000 tons of the first 100,000 tons a revised procedure had been developed to tighten up the Govemmrat's export licensing to protect US shipping. Although details of the proposed wheat sale dbrect to the Soviet Meanwhile, waiver policies of Union are stiU not completed, Soviet satellites are purchasing a volume of grain on their own. An Expanded Service Starts This Week export license for a sale to East Germany was reportedly issued December 10, and additional sales are pending. SIUNA President Paul HaU sent an urgent protest to Robert E. The SIU network of free medical centers has again expanded its service to Seafarers. Giles, acting maritime administra­ tor, on November 27, based on re­ The clinics in all ports will be open on Saturday mornings from now on, to service Seafar­ ports that Cargill, Inc., a major ers who find Saturdays mor.e convenient for seeing to their medical needs. The extended grain exporter, was seeking special hours apply to all six main--*waivers allowing it to use foreign land clinics as well as the between job calls. The shipping dependent children. Later, serv­ ships for almost all of the grain center in San Juan, Puerto rules under the agreement be­ ices were extended to dependent going to Hungary. Rico. tween the Union and its contracted parents of Seafarers as well. SIU Hall wired Giles that the bids of Arrangements are being made to operators provide for regular job Pacific District affiliates are cur­ two US-flag shipping companies have ail SIU clinics open to service calls on Saturday in addition to rently working out final arrange­ had reportedly been refused by ments for a similar program on the Seafarers' needs between the hours those on weekdays. Cargill "even though their bids are The SIU's system or cilnics has West Coast. of 8 AM and noon each Saturday, within the rates prescribed by the beginning tomorrow, December 14. passed many milestones since the Maritime Administration . . ." The new Saturday service is in­ opening of the Pete Larsen Memo­ Cargill received the waivers any­ way, on the ground that it wanted tended for the use of Seafarers rial Clinic in Brooklyn, one block to use larger vessels than the only at the present time. Free from SIU headquarters. First to be American shiiw available. Since diagnostic services in the fuiiy- opened by a seamen's union, the the cargo rate structure favors equipped clinics remain available headquarters clinic was originally larger vessels and the grain ex­ to SIU men and their families dedicated in April, 1957. porters were given the right to Additional medical centers during the regular clinic hours on make shipping arrangements, this weekdays, Monday through Friday. opened in New Orleans and Mo­ meant an added profit margin for There is no change in the usual bile several months after the WASHINGTON—The Senate passed a bill lata last week the US grain concern. Brooklyn clinic, followed later by procedures for these examinations. which extended for two more years the waiver of the Jones In granting the waivers, the Due to the increase In the hours expansion of the service to Balti­ during which the clinics will be more, Houston, San Juan and Act allowing lumber shippers to transport their product to Government approved this proce­ dure, and allowed the company to open, Seafarers who normally Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Puerto Rico on foreign-flag come In to register or ship on clinic shares the facilities of the vessels. The waiver of the ports, including trade to and from bypass American ships almost Saturday will have the advantage International Ladies Garment 1920 law was first enacted In Puerto Rico, is restricted to completely. American-fiag ships manned by 1962 on a one-year trial basis. of being able to get a clinic exam Workers Union. The chief function of the clinics Last year's amendment to the American seamen and built in the is to provide health protection for Jones Act originally expired on US. The sponsor of the 1962 amend­ Seafarers and their families by de­ October 23, 1963. Full Senate ac­ ment was Sen. Maurine Neuberger tecting illness or disease in the tion on the measure (S.2100) fol­ early stages of development, while lowed approval of a pending biU (D-Ore.), acting on behalf of US they may still respond to treat­ by the Senate Commerce Commit­ Pacific Northwest lumber shippers tee. The bill still has to pass the who complained about Canadian ment. lumber traffic. Sen. Neuberger's Though at first limited to Sea­ House of Representatives. bill was adopted without a hearing farers, the service was expanded SAN JUAN—A two-day confer­ Under the 1920 Jones Act, par­ late in last year's Congressional ence on Automation, Education within a year to include wives and ticipation on runs between US session. and Collective Bargaining was BALTIMORE—The SlU-manned Cut By Committee held here last week, co-sponsored cable-laying ship Long Lines is The present bill was introduced by the American Foundation on slated to leave here in the last by Sen. Warren Q. Magnuson (D- Automation & Employment and week of December, bound for the Wash.). It had called for a perma­ the Latin-American Institute of Pacific with a full 2,000 miles of nent exemption that would allow Labor-Management Relations head­ cable aboard. lumber shipments in the domestic ed by Keith Terpe, president of The Long Lines is currently trade to move on foreign ships the SIU of Puerto Rico. here taking on the armorless cable without restriction. However, in Many representatives of labor, and repeaters it will use to lay a approving the measure for Senate management and Government ad­ link between Hawaii and Guam. It action, the Commerce Committee dressed the conference on Decem­ recently completed laying a new limited the exemption to a two- ber 5-6, including SIUNA Presi­ 3,000-miie, $47 million transyear-'period. dent Paul Hall. Atiantic cable between TuckerThis was the time limit urged by Among other speakers at the ton, NJ, and Cornwall, England. • the US Commerce Department and conference, which was held here The armorless cable, manufac­ also backed by the American at the Ponce de Leon Hotel, were tured at the Western Electric Com­ Merchant Marine Institute. Puerto Rico's Governor Luis pany's Point Breeze plant here, At hearings here in September Miinoz Marin; Donna Felisa Rincan carry 128 two-way conversa­ on the Magnuson bill, a spokesman con de Gautier, Mayoress of San tions simultaneously. for the American Maritime As­ Juan; New York's Mayor Robert F. The $19 million German-built sociation called the benefit gained Wagner; Harry Van Arsdale, presi­ vessel is owned by Transoceanic by the lumber men from the dent of the New York City Central Cable Ship Company, a subsidiary original waiver law "microscopic." Labor Council AFL-CIO; Anthony of the American Telephone & The 5.6 million board feet of Scotto, vice-president of the Inter­ Telegraph Company. Isthmian lumber shipped to the Caribbean national Longshoremen's Associa­ Lines operates the ship for AT&T. from the Northwest amounted to tion, and Juan Perez Roa, presi­ Construction of the v e s s e 1, less than half of one-percent dent of the Union de Trabajadores largest of its kind in the world, (0.46%) of total US lumber pro­ de Muelles and an ILA vicewas completed in Hamburg last duction. The SIU opposed the bill. president. spring. Tuesday morning for Trieste. A hearing on the temporary ban is scheduled for next week. SlU CLINICS ADD SATURDAY HOURS of grain being shipped to Hun­ gary. At least half of the grain movement was to be reserved for American-fiag ships. MTD pickets hit the Poseidon when she docked here about 7 AM on Monday. AU loading was halted as grain trimmers, members of the International Longshoremen's As­ sociation, observed the picketlines. The pickets carried signs protest­ ing use of the foreign ship while American vessels were available. Among the American ships passed up was one that was ordered into the GuH to load grain for Hungary at New Orleans. On ar­ rival, the company was advised that the cargo was here in Albany instead. Similar procedures made it possible to ship only 9,000 tons of the 100,000-ton order on US-flag vessels. However, SIU officials meet­ ing with Under Secretary of Com- Senate OKs Lumber Bill To Aid Foreign Shipping SIU Sparks Puerto Rico Job Confab SIU Cable Ship Loads For Pacific Guest Speaker At SIU Forum �ItMf Four SEAFARERS p—Mfccg IM, IMI LOG (Figures On This Page Cover. Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) November 23 - December 6, 1963 SIU shipping was marked by a solid increase this period, as the dispatch total for all ports climbed to 1,642 jobs shipped. This figure is the highest for shipping since the end of July and is almost 600 jobs higher than the total of 1,070 reported just one month ago. • The shipping boost was scored with only a smaU rise in the registration totals for the past two weeks, up to 1,408 men registered, from 1,353. The big turnover helped reduce the number of men registered on the beach at the end of the period to 3,487. All but three SIU ports showed more jobs shipped this period than the last time. The only exceptions coast to coast were Baltimore, Jacksonville and Tampa. New Orleans, Houston and the West Coast ports generally listed the biggest gains. New York was only slightly busier than in the previous two weeks. Slow for many weeks. Mobile held its own by staying over the 100-job mark for the second period in a row. The ship activity chart (see right) shows several more ships in port during the past two weeks in both the signon and in-transit columns. According to the reports, many of the sign-ons seem to have involved almost en­ tirely new crews. This is the usual situation at this time of year, due to the job turnover in advance of the yearend holidays. One result of the shipping rise, since class A job takers were at a premium in some ports, was that the "A" seniority men split the total number of jobs available right down the middle with "B" and "C" men. Class A filled 50 percent of all the jobs, class B 35 percent and class C the remainder. Ship Activity Pay OA leitM NawYorfc .... PUIodalplila.. laltiaMra .... Norfolk JockMHvni# .. ToMpa Mobilo « 10 4 4 2 0 1 4 Si«a la Oat Troo*. TOTAL 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 4 11 0 U 4 0 9 11 22 17 21 t 0 10 5 5 14 NowOrlooos.. 13 Hoottoa S WHnia«toa ..1 Soa FrwKlaco. 2 Soottlo S 11 0 2 2 4 19 20 -.2 0 1 43 41 5 12 10 TOTALS 40 123 224 41 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 10 1 13 0 2 1 3 4 2 4 0 6 0 2 3 1 67 7 30 32 5 18 18 43 15 45 7 67 2 36 19 15 8 6 15 0 1 1 3 i 5 13 6 24/ 0 2 6 8 25 6 3 34 0 5 13 18 0 16 2 27 4 7 11 22 2' 1 3 3 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 ' 0 7 0 1 3 3 3 4 7 1 3 0 4 0 5 4 1 0 3 0 3 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 14 7 29 10 3 7 20 5 19 2 26 1 10 3 6 51 95 5 35 9 20 35 60 20 48 4 72 4 58 21 33 51 1 26 10 15 21 12 34 14 29 11 54 2 46 21 23 3 1 6 0 2 1 0 7 1 5 3 15 0 4 8 4 16 4 28 2 8 9 5 16 8 19 5 32 0 4 10 6 3 6 4 13 1 1 2 4 6 13 2 21 1 5 10 4 126 195 46 1 367 90 219 42 I 351 15 91 112 1 218 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 18 0 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 2 ALL A B. 0 0 6 3 6 14 67 36 3 6 24 8 0 1 27 22 2 2 3 0 7 4 4 5 0 1 - 0. 2 1 3 26 10 18 72 0 58 6 37 54 46 0 1 15 8 1 1 32 10 0 ^0 21 10 28 1r 51 351 218 61 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C AI.I. 1 3 ALL 2 1 2 2 ALL 0 9 4 19 4 11 0 6 2 4 14 117 100 115 31 246 6 37 50 93 38 12 6 31 16 3 0 0 0 0 50 39 1 74 8 121 0 13 52 65 2 5 19 22 43 2 0 3 11 14 7 16 9 13 . 3 25 1 20 5 14 3 3 1 8 13 2 1 0 4 5 3 39 33 26 6 65 0 2 16 18 18 148 79 76 16 171 2 31 81 114 37 137 47 56 19 122 1 27 24 52 1 24 9 25 14 2 0 5 6 11 1 43 25 30 59 4 5 22 18 45 0 31 16 36 14 6 1 14 8 23 91 !1 660 395 475 106] 976 17 161 288 1 466 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered Shipped CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 2 6 0 3 3 0 19 18 46 15 39 60 2 5 8 2 1 13 7 2 6 14 1 11 8 0 3 4 0 11 9 0 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 9 15 3 13 17 3 29 30 62 9 43 54 4 24 16 37 44 7 27 1 5 1 7 3 8 14 2 3 -7 12 3 15 23 0 1 4 5 2 14 18 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C Port Boston New York... Philadelphia.. Baltimore. Norfolk Jacksonville.. Tampa Mobile New Orleans. Houston Wilmington... Sm Francisco Seattle GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 4 3 1 57 13 41 15 0 13 19 6 11 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 5 5 17 2 15 7 31 41 38 8 28 6 11 4 19 2 15 0 11 12 TOTALS 43 185 16 I 2441 25 105 98|228 46 189 30 I 265 23 113 81|217 11 GROUP 123 ALL 0 1 1 2 4 14 11 29 5 4 0 9 2 10 13 5 0 6 3 0 5 0 0 0 3 10 22 8 30 24 62 47 2 29 16 1 3 2 6 1 2 3 6 2 1 7 10 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 1 3 1 2 7 4 14 60 29 6 0 8 13 9 1 1 3 11 13 0 1 11 1 6 0 3 4 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 3 7 17 22 1 14 54 62 2 12 7 0 13 37 47 0 3 5 14 6 1 1 23 0 6 5 18 10 2 1 C ALL Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 0 5 1 5 0 4 5 16 49 86 10 145 18 46 51 115 2 25 2 29 3 6 3 12 12 65 9 86 2 42 26 70 3 14 3 7 4 11 26 0 8 0 8 2 0 2 5 9 10 0 3 2 0 10 0 5 26 0 13 5 18 5 18 3 28 63 11 102 3 40 67 110 17 47 4 68 4 29 35 68 21 22 2 12 7 5 14 3 41 3 8 30 3 8 12 23 34 1 6 5 5 25 4 12 6 1 14 103 8 30 3 27 1 18 3 12 3 3 7 46 14 130 13 97 5 25 1 30 5 33 45 22 I ,78i265 217 78|560 134 410 52 { 596 39 218 227|484 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Wil SF Sea 1-s 0 6 0 5 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 3 3 GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 1 0 2 1 13 7 23 49 0 2 6 4 8 1 5 19 1 6 2 2 0 3 1 1 4 1 0 2 4 2 3 11 40 10 8 19 37 14 5 14 2 0 3 0 3 19 4 9 6 21 8 4 TOTALS 30 67 Port Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac Tam Mob NO...... Hou 35 Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP tiROVP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1-8 2 1 2 3 ALI. 1 3 ALL 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 3 2 2 23 27 5 8 24 12 49 2 0 9 11 1 1 1 3 0 4 2 3 9 1 4 0 5 0 1 9 10 2 1 1 13 1 9 0 9 10 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 3 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 1 5 0 7 13 1 8 0 7 3 0 36 39 5 11 7 21 44 3 3 53 59 1 1 20 22 3 7 4 12 26 6 2 18 26 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 8 0 0 3 3 0 1 4 5 1 5 2 8 16 0 0 7 7 0 0 5 5 2 6 1 8 17 2 2 10 6 88 1 220 11 11 113 1 135 20 57 29 95 1 201 18 11 118 1 147 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped 1 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 11 13 0 0 5 5 0 0 1' 1 0 0 3 3 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 2 8 1 5 1 0 11 12 1 0 5 6 0 0 5 5 0 5 1 4 6 3 65 1 CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL C ALL 1-8 1 2 2 A B 0 7 1 4 0 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 3 52 7 37 73 25 54 24 81 184 8 49 11 13 15 0 10 18 8 3 5 19 5 4 9 5 3 77 4 3 35 42 13 24 18 16 13 30 10 1 18 12 8 1 1 2 9 1 3 9 4 4 4 6 2 3 3 8 6 10 1 3 1 1 3 1 13 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 1 1 2 0 8 19 47 0 15 16 1 13 8 29 5 15 8 80 3 1 76 44 59 8 111 21 29 17 64 131 71 1 23 26 64 12 2 26 26 12 24 11 24 0 0 2 14 4 8 17 6 2 4 4 3 6 57 2 10 13 14 9 24 1 78 10 16 7 5 22> 7 29 2 3 17 8 6 10 32 8 5 17 32 178 26 238 1 296 116 98 277 1 669 74{ 201 147 *74 1 422 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE Sr^ARD GRAND fOIAIS GROUP 1 2 3 126 105 46 43 185 i6 97 35 88 1266 415 150 ALL I 367 1 244 I 220 I 831 Registered CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 26 85 103 I 25 105 08 I 11 11 113 1 62 201 314 1 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 214 90 219 42 351 228 46 189 30 265 135 77 29 95 "201 577 213 437 167 817 Registered On The Beach TOTAL SHIPPED SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS C GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 ^L 2 3 ALL _1 1 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL ABC ALL 1 91 351 218 91 I 660 395 475 106|976 17 161 *288 I 466 15 91 112 I 218 61 23 23 113 81 I 217 11 45 22 I 78 265 217 78 | 560 134 410 52"I 596 30 218 227 I 484 3 65 I 74 201 147 74 I 422 294 98 277 1 669 32 26 238 I 296 18 11 118 J47 6 "56 215 311" 582 U 109 110 1 243 817 582 243 11642 823 983 435 |2241 88 405 753 11246 �PesmAer 13. IMS SEAFARERS YULE FETES COMING UP With the Thanksgiving celebra­ tions over. Seafarers and their families can look forward to an­ other traditional SIU Christmas. This means holiday meals for those ashore in all ports, special $29 cash bonuses for hospitalized men and pensioned oldtimers and the usual deluxe spread in holiday dinners aboard the ships at sea. A vast array of tempting vic­ tuals has been stocked long in advance by SIU stewards for ves­ sels that will be away from home ports on December 25, in order to have on hand the finest in holiday meal trimmings. On shore, planning for the holi­ day festivities has been going for­ ward under a full head of steam to provide Christmas dinners with all the fixings for Seafarers and their families in all SIU ports. The Thanksgiving dinners ar­ ranged in all ports on November 28 hosted an estimated 4,000 Sea­ farers and guests for the holiday. Complete figures on the number of dinners served are not yet available. Maintaining a traditional prac­ tice, trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan have approved the payment to all SIU men in any authorized Stateside hospital for one or more days during the period from De­ cember 23 to December 25 of a special $25 Christmas bonus pay­ ment plus a carton of cigarettes (or cigars if they prefer), besides the normal hospital benefit they may be receiving. For hospitalized men, this in­ volves all those with at least one day of employment during the immediately - preceding 12 - month period. SIU pensioners on the pension roster as of December 1 will also receive the extra $25 payment in addition to their regular benefits of $150 monthly. Pat9 rtn LOG Port Meetings Okay Serret Ballot Vote On Dues Increase NEW YORK—Seafarers at regular meetings in all ports have overwhelmingly voted support of a resolution proposing an increase in SIU membership dues. The proposal was ratified at the December meet-*.., and Mobile, ings in all constitutional ports, was the final one this week. and now is to be submitted to In proposing an increase of $10 a constitutional amendment com­ mittee of six rank-and-file mem­ bers to be elected at the head­ quarters port in accordance with the constitution. The committee will study the proposed amend­ ment and prepare a report embody­ ing its recommendations, including voting procedures for a secret referendum ballot by the SIU membership. The committee's re­ port will then be submitted to the membership for its action. Under the terms of the resolu­ tion, the referendutn balloting can­ not begin before January 2, 1964. The proposal was originally sub­ mitted and adopted at the head­ quarters meeting here on Decem­ ber 2, and then carried at subse­ quent meetings in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Houston, New Orleans per quarter from the present $20 to $30 per quarter, effective Janu­ ary 1, 1964, the resolution notes among other things, the Increased cost of Union operations and serv­ ices to provide the maximum job security and protection for SIU members. It cites the fact that the prob­ lems of pursuing membership ob­ jectives "grow ever more complex each day because of the state of the industry and the complexities of present-day union operations in every area." The proposal carries the names of 80 Seafarers who added their names as signers ot the resolution at headquarters. A special membership meeting is to be held here at 10 AM today, to elect the six-man constitutional amendment committee. Resolution On Dues fncreose Thanksgiving dinners in all ports featured moments like these in Houston (top) and New York. At top, Seafarer Herman Palmer and his family pause for a photo during festive holi­ day meal. Above, Seafarer Jerry Graf, his wife Constance, daughter Mary Ann, 7, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Vickie Dalton, are pictured at headquarters. Mary Ann is polishing off a turkey leg. SIU CONTRACT DEPARTMENT By Robert A. Matthews. SIU Vice-President, Contracts & Contract Enforcement (This column unit be a regular jeature of the SEAFARERS LOG to deal with contract matters and job issues in the SIU and maritime that develop from time to time. Seafarers are urged to write directly to the SIU Contract Department at headquarters regarding any comments or sug­ gestions on these issues.) Recently, headquarters received a letter from Brother Jtdm W. Butler, delegate on the SS Penn Trader, who, posed the following contractual question: QUESTION: "The BR, or the department member concerned is entitled to overtime for putting linen in the linen locker after it has been+ : placed at the door. Now, is he not The cmnpany disputed the weekend rect In this case. REFERENCE: Standard Freightalso entitled to overtime for un- overtime as contained in Section bagging it and placing it on the 27 (b), which states that the pas­ ship Agreement, Article V, Section shelves which, according to Article senger utility who is on day work 27 (e), last sentence, which reads V, Section 10, is 'placing them in shall be allowed to work weekend as follows: ". . . Passenger utilityand holiday overtime except when men who are on day work when no their respective places'?" ANSWER: Yes, he is entitled to the vessel is sailing between the passengers are aboard shall be al­ Continental US ports. But this lowed to work weekend and holi­ overtime. REFERENCE: Standard Freight- ship did not sail between United day overtime except when the ves­ ship Agreement, Article V, Section States ports before this payoff." sel is sailing betwen continental 10, HANDLING STORES: "Mem­ ANSWER: The company is cor- United States ports. bers of ^the steward department EXPLANATION: The intent of shall not be required to carry any this section of the contract is that stores or linens to or from the whenever a vessel is in a conti­ dock. When these items are de­ nental US port, the passenger livered at the storeroom, meat or utilitymen shall not be required to Approval of the resolution chill box doors, the steward depart­ work unless, of course, requested concerning the proposed ment shall place them in their re­ to do so by the steward. spective places and overtime shall change in membership dues is be paid to all men required to the first step in a procedure As you know, our contracts are handle the linens or stores . . ." which provides for a secret, due to be renegotiated in the A letter from Brother Roque P. coming year." At this time I referendum ballot of the mem­ Ramos on the SS Aloca Ranger re­ would like to suggest to those bership "to commence no ear­ quested information in reference members who are on the beach lier than January 2, 1964." A to day work for passenger utilityand also to the members and six-man constitutional amend­ men. He posed the following ques­ delegates on all SlU-contracted ment committee of SIU mem­ tion; ships that if they have any requests bers is scheduled to be elected or questions in reference to work­ at a headquarters meeting to­ QUESTION: "The SS Alcoa ing rules, repairs, living quarters, day, December 13, to make Ranger arrived In Mobile Friday, etc., they should forward them to November 8. The passengers recommendations with regard the Contract Department so that leave the vessel on the same day. to voting procedures and the proper study can be made. Then came Saturday, the 9th, Sun­ otherwise carrying out the This will put us in a position to day, the 10th, and Monday, the 11th purpose of the resolution. The present them to the shipowners' which was a holiday. The vessel committee's findings will then negotiating committee when nego­ was on foreign articles and was to be acted upon in all ports. pay off on Tuesday, November 12. tiations do begin. SIU Referendum Ballot Slated "WHEREAS, the Seafarers International Union of North Ameri­ ca-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, has traditionally maintained a position of leadership in the mari­ time industry in the establishment of benefits, services and security for its membership and "WHEREAS, the SIU has consistently maintained an effective organizing program that has resulted in the maximum job security protection for its members, and effective Union operation, with the best job to member ratio of any Union in maritime and "WHEREAS, the Union is continually striving to develop new programs and activities to maintain its members' job security and "WHEREAS, in order to achieve these objectives, the Union has been most active in organizing and has maintained a program in order to safeguard the membership's interest and security, and has pursued its objectives before legislative bodies and agencies throughout the Government and "WHEREAS, these problems grow ever more complex each day because of the state of the industry and the complexities of pre­ sent-day union operations in every area and "WHEREAS, every member recognizes that it is essential to the well-being of the Union and the entire membership to maintain and expand the Union's services and activities in every area affecting our job security and "WHEREAS, the cost of all materials and services, legal and otherwise, has been steadily mounting in the industry and "WHEREAS, the members of all other maritime unions have recognized and dealt with these problems of rising costs by provid­ ing increased income for Union operations and "WHEREAS, it now becomes imperative that we do likewise in the interest of maintaining job security and full protection for the membership of this Union and continued effective Union function­ ing, NOW THEREFORE BE IT "RESOLVED that the dues of the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, AFL-CIO, be increased by ten dollars ($10.00) per quarter from the present twenty dollars ($20.00) to thirty dollars ($30.00) per quarter effective January 1, 1964 and BE IT FURTHER "RESOLVED that if the membership approves this Resolution, it shall be submitted to the membership for a secret, referendum ballot in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, AND BE IT FINALLY "RESOLVED that if the membership approves this resolution, the secret vote shall commence no earlier than January 2, 1964. Submitted by: A1 Kerr, Book K-7 The followinsr members in good standing also signed the resolution: Lionel Abramson, Daniel M. Alvino, Otto Babb, Lionel Barnes, Louis Basta, B.C. Bautista, J. Bazarra, Ernest C. Bell, V.L. Beverly, H. Bonitto, G.H. Bryan, G.T. Busciglio, Daniel Butts, R. Carey, A. Carmoega, Herman Christensen, S. Clurman, Francis Coiro, An­ tonio Cospito, Rafael E. Cuevas. Michael A. Culucci. > C.R. Dammeyer, Daniel Dean, Louis G. Dennis, Joseph DiGeorgio, V. Douglas, N.W. Dubois, Pedro Erazo, Max Fingerhut, George B. Forrest, Paul J. Franco, John Francutt, Ramon Galarza, Vincent T. Garvey, Daniel Gemeiner, Dewey Gillikin, J.W. Givens, Marino Gordils, J.M. Granado, Howard Guinier, William Hall, F.P. Hartshorn, Joseph S. Hilton, Merrill F. Hummel, Luigi lovino, R. Lara, J. Lynch, Carlo Mansi, Robert Matthews, Robert McCulloch, H.N. Milton, Edward X. Mooney, Joseph M. Nelson, James Oehlenslager, P. Padro, A.J. Palino, Louis Pinilla, John Poluchovich, Wade B. Prichett, C. Ramos, J.N. Raymond, F.R. Ryder, Patrick Santoro. Earl Shepard, C. Slanina, John F. Smith, Juan M. Soto, M. Spalluto, Freddie Stewart, James W. Sumpter, Angel Suares, Julius J. Swykert, Frank Teti, Marion R. Tila, Modesto Velez, Ramon Vila, A.R. Volkerts, Richard J. Weir, H,H, WUliams, C.A. Yow. �Itace Sis SEAFARERS Agricultural DepL 'Union' Rapped As 'Compauy Rig' December 13» 1968 LOG What Cold Weather? SlU Vessel Home With New *First' WASHINGTON—The Agriculture Department, which has been getting further and further into the realm of private enterprise in the ferry and marketing service business, has reached a new peak, of sorts. It has been named in the first trative officials ... In fact, its "unfair labor practice" charge present officers Include many ex­ of its kind brought against the United States Government. The American Federation of Government Employees, an AFLCIO union, has, in effect, accused the Agriculture Department of running a company union. AFGE has fUed a formal com­ plaint with Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman, demanding the withdrawal of recognition to another group, the Organization of Professional Employees of the Department of Agriculture. The AFGE accuses OPEDA of being "sponsored, controlled and as­ sisted by the agency management." In 1962, the AFGE won exclu­ sive bargaining rights for the Agriculture Department's 1,500 meat inspectors, following an or­ ganizing drive among these em­ ployees. The union has about 120,000 members nationally. The Agriculture Department also gave formal recognition to OPEDA, an association of profes­ sional employees and workers. The president of OPEDA, Gordon Fox, has a managerial role at the Department as associate deputy chief in charge of' administration —"the second man"—at the Forest Service. Fox was listed along with eight other OPEDA members in the AFGE complaint, which described them as "directors of divisions and assistants to administrators." The complaint continued that the professional group was "organized by and habitually has drawn its officers and leaders from super­ visory personnel and top adminis­ ecutives in policy-setting posi­ tions." AFGE urged immediate with­ drawal of the recognition as "the only fair and equitable manner of disposing of this unfair labor prac­ tice." Meanwhile, the Department has taken delivery on the second of two new ferries ordered to provide service for passengers between Orient Point on Long Island, NY, and its Animal Disease Laboratory on Plum Island. The Department's new ferry, the Plum Isle, was built at Warren, Rhode Island and cost $80,000. -V •• t Folks up north don't need any reminder about the cold weather, but, for the record, here's the latest in deck gang haberdashery aboard the supertanker Orion Planet (Col­ onial), at the southern end of the Persian Gulf-Far East shuttle. The sun-drenched group here (l-r) includes J. Soto, bosun; W. Sander, J. Porter, ABs; J Fisher, DM; S. Potoros, AS. All but Porter favor shorts for the heat. RR Unions Nix Job Slash WASHINGTON—Four railroad unions filed suit last week against a Government arbitration board's decision in the railroad work rules dispute which would eliminate 90 percent of the firemen's jobs in freight and yard service on some 200 railroads. The four rail unions also challenged the arbitration The Federal arbitration panel, allowing them to eliminate thou­ ruling on the size of train whose ruling they are challenging, sands of,jobs. They then opened crews. The panel provided for local negotiations on the subject, managed by the National Media­ tion Board, with binding decisions to be made by a neutral third party in case agreement was not reached between rail labor and management. The suits were filed by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi­ neers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen, Brother­ hood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen's Union of North America. Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director Arm Exercises May Cause injury There has recently been considerable emphasis on isometric exercise, as a means of maintaining fitness and increasing strength for those who hdve a minimum of time for exercise. These systems have become so popular that the United States Navy has advocated their use. Investigations of effects of these exercises on isometric strength have led to some contradictory results, according to a recent article in the "Navy News Letter." The investigators reported that some subjects regressed in strength a^ a result of their practice. They also observed an association between complaints of arm pain and regression of isometric strength scores. The purpose of the study was to determine the incidence of injury and changes in muscular strength resulting from a program of twice-daily maximal isometric exercises for the elbow flexor muscles. The investigtors, according to W. R. Pierson, Ph. D., and P. J. Rasch, Ph. D., writing in the "Journal of American Physical Theraphy Associ­ ation," used students at the University of California for testing iso­ metric strength of the forearm flexor muscles by means of a short bar attached to a strain gauge. The subjects exerted a maximum pull against the bar twice a day, five days a week for two weeks. The exercises resulted in severe arm and forearm pains in 11 out of 15 students. These pains were described as resembling "shinsplints" in the ulnar part of the forearm by ten subjects, and as a "sharp" pain in the muscles of the posterior region of the elbow by one. The injury wa» noticed immediately following the maximum recorded exertion. Those not injured showed an increase in the mean isometric strength as a result of the exercises. The injured did not show any increase in isometric strength. Careful Investigation revealed that in the majority of the injured subjects, the injury was of the flexor carpi ulnaris (one of the main flexor group of muscles of the wrist). This is apparently due to stress created in the wrist flexors as the powerful elbow flexors sought to produce a concentric contraction of the forearms. The strain resulted in physical damage to some of the weaker fibers of the flexor carpi ulnaris. As a result of these findings, caution should be used in performing the maximal biometric flexion exercises now being practiced by many in all walks of life, including men aboard ships at sea. (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) was created under special legisla­ tion adopted by Congress on Au­ gust 28. It marks the first time that a ruling based on compulsory arbitration has been handed down in peacetime. Four-Year Dispute Negotiations are continuing sep­ arately between the rail unions and management on the issues re­ maining in the four-year-old work rules dispute, which are proce­ dures and pay structure. Pay for railroad operating employees is computed on a formula involving the number of hours worked and the number of miles traveled. The arbitration board decision, which the rail unions are chal­ lenging in Federal District Court here, contends that 90 percent of the approximately 40,000 diesel locomotive firemen's jobs in freight and yard service are un­ necessary and could eventually be eliminated. However, the arbitration board drew a sharp distinction between the jobs it considers subject to elimination and the men who oc­ cupy the jobs. It decided that most of the 40,000 men involved must be retained until they quit, die, retire, are dismissed for cause, or are offered a comparable rail­ road job. In the long run, how­ ever, the jobs would be wiped out. Unless it is set aside by the courts, the arbitration board rul­ ing will become effective on Jan­ uary 25 and will continue in effect for two years unless some other agreement is reached. Meanwhile, the strike, ban voted by Congress on the "secondary" issues in the dispute—^pay rates, seniority and other work rules— expires on February 24. No agree­ ment has yet been reached on these issues. The present rail dispute began back in 1959, when the railroads made it known that they wanted sweeping changes in work rules a national publicity campaign to enlist public support of the jobcutting demands. NEW ORLEANS — The SIUmanned Dei Oro (Delta) became the first American-flag vessel to use the new Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet inbound to this port when it docked at the Galvez Street wharf last week. The 8,800-ton vessel arrived with a cargo of West African cof­ fee and rubber to be discharged before ioading cargo for an out­ bound trip to West Africa. The Del Oro is the second Delta Line ship to take "firsts" honors on "MR-GO." The channel was inaugurated last July by the Del Sud, a Delta Line passenger ship on her way to the Caribbean and the East Coast of South America. Special ceremonies were held to mark the start of commercial transport through the new Gulf waterway and give the Del Sud a proper sendoff. The 76-mile inland waterway is a shortcut to the sea, completely bypassing the Mississippi. It cuts 40 miles and several hours* steam­ ing from the normal run to the Gulf. The tidewater channel begins at the New Orleans Industrial Canal, follows the route of the Intracoastal Waterway for a few miles and then cujs through miles of newly-dredged marshland to reach open water at Breton Sound in the Gulf of Mexico. The channel is still only partially completed. -#.• SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid — September 1963 Hospital Benefits . . Death Benefits . . . . Pension-Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits . • ••••••••• Dependent Benefits Optical Benefits . .. • Out-Patient Benefits Vacation Benefits . . TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD. .. CLAIMS 5,627 19 481 33 347 411 4,075 1,298 AMOUNT PAID $ 61,623.84 55,438.23 72,150.00 6,600.00 46,356.31 5,528.92 32,600.00 446,649.74 $726,947.04 12,291 SlU Clinic Exams—All Ports September, 1963 Seamen Port Baltimore Houston .... 53 Mobile Ne>v Orleans • • • • New York Philadelphia • • • • Wives 43 9 4 14 39 60 TOTAL 169 Children 50 9 21 26 22 21 TOTAL 193 133 78 290 485 173 149 1,352 SlU Blood Bank Inventory Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk If a crewmember quits while Jacksonville a ship is in port, delegates' Tampa are asked to contact the hall Mobile immediately for a replace­ New Orleans ment. Fast action on their part Houston wiii keep all jobs aboard ship Wilmington filled at all times and elimi­ San Francisco nate the chance of the ship Seattle sailing shorthanded. Totals . September, 1963 Previous Balance ... 60 Shorthanded? . . 4... 24 383 Pints . Credited 0 2nii 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 Pints Used 0 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 TOTAL ON HAND 5 29i4 23 asm . 31 60 17 22 4 19 56V6 4V^! 3 6 1.5 �-V -.VS ^tl^ee^berit.'lNt SEAFARERS Pace Serc^ LOG New Pensioners Top 100 This Yearl NEW YORK—^The number of SIU oldtimers retired on $150 monthly pensions in 1963 has grown to 103, topping the 100mark in a single year for the first time since the Union's retirement program went into effect. The addition of five more| names to the current roster of pensioners produced the record figure. Last year's total reached the-*^ ^^ QUESTION: If you had the previous high of 83 for the Westchester (Southern States), end­ chance to do it all over again, number of Seafarers retired ing 22 years of steady sailing with would you go to sea for a living? Joseph Sweeney: Yes, I like to ship. I haven't worked ashore very much, but when I did, I didn't like It. Here you work when you want to. I like the idea of being able to take a vacation when I want and for as long as I want. It's nice not to have to work all the time for a few weeks off. on pension benefits within a single year. The program began in 1952. At the time, benefits were $15 per week based on disability only. In several steps that began that same year, benefits were boosted to the current amount of $150 per month, and the retirement program was expanded to include a "nor­ mal pension" at age 65 or older. The seatime requirements are dif­ ferent for the two types of pen­ sions. All five of the latest additions to the pension list are now re­ ceiving a disabil­ ity pension be­ 4. 4. cause they are no Michael Lubas: Yes, although I longer able to sail would do it a little differently. at their chosen profession. The I've been ship­ newcomers to the ping since 1952 list are: William with the SIU, Jordan. 67; and I wish that I George Pllaras, had studied a lit­ 48; Ernest G. tle more and got­ Jordan Anderson, 69; ten a higher rat­ Thomas M. Barracllff, 68, and Sam­ ing. But I do uel A. Bayne, 68. think shipping is a better life. The only jobs I held ashore were as a dishwasher and things like that. 3; t 3> ^ Martin Lynch: I've been shipping since 1943, and before that I worked ashore. I've never worked ashore since my first job at sea, and I never will. As a seaman, you can afford to take longer vacations, and you can take them when you want. I think the life at sea is better all around. t- i- Carmelo Martinez: I can't stay away from shipping. Since I started 30 years ago it's gotten into my blood. I think it is a great life, and I wouldn't trade it. I'd do it over and over; I'd always go to sea. Be­ sides, I've worked ashore, and I know the difference. I just want to continue shipping out. 4- 4" Anderson Shipping in the deck department, Jordan has been sailing with the SIU for 17 years since he joined up at New Orleans in 1946. A na­ tive of New York City, he will make his home in Brooklyn during re­ tirement. His last ship was the Santore (Marven). Pilaras, who sailed in the steward department as a baker, is a native of Greece. He started sailing with the SIU in 1945 out of New York. Pilaras has his home in Baltimore. His last ship was the Emilia (Bull). A native of Sweden, Anderson has sailed with the SIU since 1947 in the deck department and has US seatime back to 1922. He retires 4. Anthony Scaturro: I'm sure I would. The sea gets into your blood, and it be­ comes a way of life with you. I've never worked on the beach and 1 don't think I ever would. I have it figured so that I can take about a threeand-a-haif month vacation every year. Where coiild you get that kind of a deal on the beach? 3. Pilaras 4 Wesley Milton: I quit shipping for ten years so I can judge both lives. I would rather ship. The main thing is the travel. I thinks it is a great oppor­ tunity for a man to broaden his perspectives. The Union benefits are good, too. I wish' I had never stopped shipping. I would be that much-'further ahead." Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director Senate Study Boosts 'Medicare' Case A study of the Kerr-Mills Act's first three years of operations has produced a strongly critical report from a Senate subcommittee. It charges that the present Medical Assistance for the Aged program is "at best an ineffective and piecemeal approach to the health problems of the nation's 18 million older citizens." The subcommittee on Health of the Elderly cited seven "major defects" in Kerr-Mills operations, ranging from lack of wide participa­ tion to high administrative costs. -It declared that its findings "confirm the conclusions of earlier studies that the MAA program did not, and could not by itself, constitute an effective national solution to the press­ ing health problems of older citizens. Subcommittee Chairman Pat McNamara commented that the report "confirms my long standing belief that only through the universal ap­ proach of a Social Security-financed F<"ogram, can the basic health needs of our senior citizens be effectively met." The American Medical Association and other opponents of social security financing have in­ sisted that Kerr-Mills, supplemented by private insurance, fully meets the needs of the aged. The subcommittee report concluding that, on the contrary; KerrMills has been an Ineffective substitute, was signed by all eight Demo­ cratic members. Republican mem-f— bers dissented sharply, charging MAA grants thrpugh last Decem­ that the report represented "a pre­ ber. mature judgment based on Inade­ • Congressional intent has been quate evidence." The report drew the praise of the National (Council "frustrated" by some states which of Senior Citizens for its "honesty have transferred nearly 100,000 elderly persons already on other and thoroughness." welfare programs to the KerrThe chief findings of the Senate Mills program to reap the advan­ subcommittee were: tage of higher Federal grants • After three years, Kerf-Mills without increasing caseloads. "is still not a national program" • The "welfare" aspects of and is not likely to become one. Kerr-Mills, including cumbersome Only 28 states and four other juris­ eligibility investigations, have dis­ dictions have the program in couraged many aged persons in operation. need of aid from seeking it. The conclusions continue to bear • Stringent eligibility tests and "lien-type", recovery provisions out the campaign for a health in­ have severely limited participation. surance program for the elderly Last July only 148,000 persons—1 financed on a "pay as you go" basis percent of all Americans over 65— through the existing Social Secu­ rity System that has been operat­ received MAA benefits. ing nationally since 1935. • Benefits vary widely from (Comments and suggestions are state to state and with few excep­ tions are "nominal, nonexistent or invited by this Department and can he submitted to this column Inadequate." ' in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) 7 • Administrative costs remain too high, exceeding 25 percent of benefits in four states and ranging up to 59 percent of benefits in Tennessee. • Distribution of Federal funds has been "grossly disproportion­ ate," with a few wealthy states^etting "the lion's share." Five states having 32 percent of the aged re­ ceived 88 percent «*• the Federal Borrocliff Boyne with a rating of bosun and last signed off the Del Valle (Delta). Anderson's home port is New Or­ leans, where he lives with his wife, Gladys. Barrencliff's last ship was the the SIU. He shipped in the engine department, after joining the Union I in Norfolk. Barracllff makes his I home in Philadelphia, where a sis­ ter, Mrs. M. Dodelin, is listed as| next of kin. Bayne, a native of British Gui-| ana, has been shipping with the SIU since the Union's beginnings in 1938. A member of the steward department, Bayne last shipped on the Orion Hunter (Colonial Tank­ er). He will live with his wife, I Celestine, in Roxbury, Mass., end-! ing a seagoing career on US ships f dating back to 1921. Senate Hearings Starting On Domestic Shipping Aid WASHINGTON—Hearings were scheduled to begin late this week on two legislative proposals that could lead to Gov­ ernment aid for the US domestic shipping fleet. The hear-1 ings were originally set for November 25-26 before the would be provided in a range from Senate Merchant Marine and 33V& to 55 percent. In the case of Fisheries Subcommittee, but were postponed due to the death of President Kennedy. Sponsored by Sen. E. L. (Bob) Bartlett (D-Alaska), they would provide US subsidy aid for new construction either here or abroad for the domestic trades. One of the bills (S. 1773) calls for a direct subsidy on construc­ tion of new vessels for domestic operations. Under the terms of this proposal, construction subsidy Expanded US Subsidy Asked By Waterman WASHINGTON—SlU-contracted Waterman Steamship has filed an application for subsidy with the Maritime Administration covering outbound service on Trade Route 12 from the US Atlantic Coast to the Far East. Waterman already has an appli­ cation in for subsidy covering in­ bound service on Trade Route 12. The inbound service would be part of its Trade Route 22, US GulfFar East service. The company has requested, however, that the two applications not be consoli­ dated. In its application for the out­ bound subsidy. Waterman points out that no additional vessels will be needed to sustain 18 to 30 sub­ sidized sailings per year outbound on TR 12. In addition to applications for subsidy on TR 12, inbound, and 22, US Gulf-Far East, Waterman also has applications pending before the MA at the present time for sub­ sidy on TRs 5-7-8-9, US North At­ lantic-United Kingdom & Contin­ ent; No. 21, US Gulf-United King­ dom & Continent; No. 29, US Paci­ fic-Far East; and No. 32, US Great Lakes-Western Europe. A recent exchange of correspon­ dence between Waterman and US shipping officials has raised hopes that the operating-differential sub­ sidy the company has been seeking since 1957 on TR 22' may be con­ tracted with the MA within the next few months. reconstruction or conversion, the subsidy could go as high as 60 [ percent. The second proposed measure I (S. 1774), would allow construction in foreign yards, if common car­ riers in the domestic trades are denied direct subsidy or if no ac­ tion is taken by the Secretary of Commerce on such applications { within six months. Both bills would extend the con-1 struction subsidy to vessels to be operated on the Great Lakes, and I in the coastwise and the inter-1 coastal trades. Under present laws, [ ships in the domestic trades must be built in the US and manned [ by American seamen. An added provision of S. 17741 is that for a period of three years after date of the enactment of the bill, vessels constructed in US yards since September 3, 1939, may be rebuilt foreign without losing coastwise privileges. This provi­ sion, however, would require the owner of a foreign rebuilt vessel to commit "himself to expend in the United States an amount equal to that spent in a foreign yard, with work in the US yards to begin not later than five years after date of redelivery of the vessel rebuilt| in a foreign yard. Funeral Costs in Price index WASHINGTON — The high cost of dying will be tabulated by the Federal Government in its Consumer Price Index cov­ ering changes in average fig­ ures for the US cost of living. The Bureau of Labor Statis­ tics said the average cost of burial at which they would arrive is aimed at reflecting costs of a specified type of fu­ neral most often used by the "wage earner and clerical pop­ ulation" on whose tastes the price index is based. This cov­ ers, the Bureau said, about 60 million Americans. "There's a lot of interest in this," a spokesman for the Bureau said. He declared that "average" funeral costs would be added to food, rent, clothing and other selected items to make up the index starting in Jan­ uary. �Page Eli^t SEAFARERS December 18, 1M8 LOG 'Drift Theory' May Explain It Next Time You Land On Reef Joe Alfflna, Safety Director Ever since the first ship took to the sea, there have been occasions when vessels have unaccountably piled onto a reef, despite up-to-date charts and navigational equipment of all types. At such times the only explanation often sounds something like this; "We don't know Electrical Safety Aboard Ship what happened; the reef must Electrical safety aboard an all-metal vessel Is a big Job. Prevention have drifted in front of us." leaving them high and dry as the uring minute changes in water of accidents due to faulty electrical connections falls into three basic pressure. Such units would be categories—^prevention of shock, fire prevention, and preventing the While the Coast Guard un­ water recedes. derstandably takes a dim view of such explanations, according to a noted geophysicist this sequence of events is not as impossible as it may seem. Dr. J. T. Wilson proposed a theory of "continental drift" to ex­ plain this phenomenon at a recent meeting of the International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics. He breathed new life into an old theory that the Earth's continents were all one big land mass which has been drifting apart for billions of years and may still be on the move. Dr. Wilson suggested that ac­ ceptance of this theory might ex­ plain many puzzles about the Earth, -its past, present and fu­ ture. He noted that if you could shove the continents together like pieces in a jig-saw puzzle, they'd fit pretty neatly together. Topo­ graphically and geologically the continents look as if they had once been joined. Similar mineral deposits have been found on different continents but at points which would fit to­ gether nicely if they were shoved together. He said this theory might produce better answers to many questions about mountain building, volcanic activity, formation of ores and other puzzles. Some other advances in geophys­ ics were also brought out at the Berkeley meeting. Dr. Doak Cox, a professor of geology, told the group of the first steps being taken this year to establish a network of midocean pressure gauges to warn of tidal wave movements across the Pacific. Tidal waves are caused by earth­ quake activity on the bed of the ocean. In midocean, they develop from low, extremely-broad waves sometimes running 100 miles from crest to crest and only a foot high. They move at speeds of up to 500 miles an hour. The volume of water is so great, however, that it piles up when it reaches shallow water, as near a coast,. forming an immense wave sometimes 60 feet high which smashes into the land and has been known to completely destroy whole towns. As recently as 1960, 60 peo­ ple were killed when such a wave struck Hilo, Hawaii. The same wave killed 130 people when it struck Japan. Waves of this size are powerful enough to pick up vessels in a har­ bor and throw them far inland. SIU MEMBERSHIP ^MEETINGS NEW ORLEANS, October 15—Chairman, Lindsey Williams; Secretary, Buck Stephens; Reading Clerk, Bill Moody. Accepted minutes of previous port meet­ ings. Port Agent reported on shipping, ILA sugar workers beef, Louisiana AFLCIO convention and local and state elec­ tions. Report accepted. Reports of the President and Secretary-Treasurer for September were accepted. Quarterly financial committee's report was ac­ cepted. Meeting exouses referred to dis­ patcher. Auditor's reports presented and carried. Total pre.sent: 380. MOBILE, October 16—Chairman, Lind­ say Williams; Secretary, Louis Neira; Reading Clerk, Robert Jordan. Minutes of previous meeting ..accepted. Port Agent's report on shipping outlook, new Jobs and blood bank was accepted. President's report and Secretary-Treas­ urer's report for September were ac­ cepted. Quarterly financial committee's, report accepted. Auditor's reports pre leated and carried. Total present: 147. hooked up to unused and aban­ danger of panic among the crew or passengers Should the lights go out doned undersea communication ca­ suddenly below deck or on deck at night. bles which still criss-cross the Shock due to Improper grounding of either permanent or portable ocean floor. machinery Is probably the mbst difficult electrical hazard to prevent aboard ship and therefore requires the most careful attention. In a steel-hulled vessel, every man is walking on or touching "ground" wherever he goes. Hands and other parts of the body are nearly always within reach of power cables or electrical equipment containing lethal voltages. For this reason, the cable armor, enclosures of lighting fixtures and other electrical equipment should all be grounded to the hull of the vessel, so a seaman's body will not be the quickest escape route for "loose" electricity. The best way to prevent such accidents is to have ali machinery or tools connected directly to ground (the vessel's steel hull is the best ground) through a third conductor in the supply cable. This requires ground-type plugs and receptacles—and they should always be used. Unfortunately, this precaution is not always followed. A typical death was reported not long ago-f when a shoreside worker's body presence of explosive vapors is was In contact with a metal hull suspected. while his hands held a "hot" elec­ Much of electrical safety is just tric Sander. A jury-rig extension plain common sense. Care must cord had been used which did not always be taken to prevent fusing contain a grounding conductor to circuits; not to place electrical ground the tool housing. equipment in spaces where flam­ On larger machinery, disconnect- mable vapors or gases may norm­ switches which open all supply ally accumulate; using equipment conductors are necessary, in order with less than minimal electrical to service equipment without ex­ clearances; overheating, particu­ Delegation of trade union visitors from Peru looks over dis­ posure to shock. larly of lighting fixtures near com­ play of some of the awards won by the SEAFARERS LOG, . Fires aboard ship are sometimes bustibles. caused by faulty electrical wiring during a tour of SIU headquarters facilities. The group was On any occasion of electrical or equipment. A point to keep in difficulty aboard ship, the loss of here on a US-sponsored tour and included representatives mind is that even the normal power which may suddenly plunge of maritime and dock workers unions. Pictured ll-r) are sparking of contacts or motor com­ the ves.sel into darkness must be Isidore Chamache, Ricardo Dioses, Manuel Matos, San­ mutators can ignite explosive anticipated and dealt with. Prob­ tiago Vega, Jose Pineda, Faustino Rosario, Carlos Guevara vapors. Electrical apparatus should lems are much more likely if there of the US State Dept. and Elias Costillo. never be used in an area where the is no ernergency lighting system to take over when normal power fails. Panic almost certainly re­ sults in needless death or injuries, and many examples of panic in­ duced by darkness can be cited. However, in the Andrea Doria disaster a few years back, the Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director emergency lights kept burning even while the ship was over at a 45° list and sinking. It's anybody's guess how many of the 1,700 sur­ A new twist in self-service facilities dreamed up by a Swiss company SAN FRANCISCO—Despite de­ vivors would have been killed had for use in European hotels is not likely to make any drastic changes in shipboard life or feeding for a long, long while, but it may produce nials by the company. Indications the lights failed completely. The some innovations someday in the work of stewards aboard passenger are mounting on this coast that emergency lighting system aboard SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service every ship should be checked regu­ vessels. may enter the Alaskan service by- larly and kept in good working The idea, to be tried soon at hotels in Western Europe, is a self- extending its Intercoastal opera­ order at all times. service bar, to be installed in every room. tion from Oakland to the Alaska {Comments and suggestions are Under the plan, several German beverage companies will jointly railbelt. Invited by this Department and buy and retain ownership of small refrigerated units or "bars." The Rumors have been persisting firms will then lease or rent the equipment to hotels offering the service. that Sea-Land Is negotiating to can be submitted to this column Each unit installed in a hotel guestrdom will be stocked with an buy Alaska Freight Lines and, if in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) assortment of 19 bottles," according to reports, including, naturally, the successful, would assign its idle brands of the beverage companies who are backing the plan. The only C-2s to the service. The nin would additional beverages to be allowed are wine and beer. be between Oakland, Seattle and Keeping track of consumption and necessary accounting are to be Alaska. Sea-Land now has a towed accomplished by marking the bottles to keep track of changes. Hotels barge operating with trailers be­ providing the service will be charged a nominal fee, reportedly as little tween Oakland and Portland. > as a nickel a day per unit. Sea-Land has denied the ru­ From the hotel operators' point of view, the scheme offers several mored purchase, reported several advantages over the normal system of room service, the most important times in the "Pacific Shipper," a advantage being that the new service requires no additional hotel staff. trade publication. A spokesman WASHINGTON — Plans for a Tests have shown that guests having such facilities at their fingertips declared that the company is "in­ maritime training center in Guay­ may consume over twice as much as they would if they had to ring terested in many new markets, and aquil, Ecuador, are being strongly analyzing these markets is a con­ supported by the AFL-CIO Mari­ for room service each time they wanted to order. It is also hoped that the individual refrigerated bars will provide a stant program in order that we time Trades Department. The project received MTD en­ might make the proper decisions novel "extra service" for promotional purposes. Some^ officials have said they will limit their operations to first-class . . . Our interest in Alaska at the dorsement after William C. Doherhotels, which must agree to install their units in at least 15 percent present time is no more, than our ty, Jr., social projects director of the AFL-CIO American. Institute interest in several other areas." of available guestrooms. It has been reported that Sea- for Free Labor Development, re­ it i The last few months have been a sort of "silly season-" for new food Land assisted Alaska Freight quested MTD aid in getting the ideas, with the pressure of stiff competition forcing food companies to Lines recently in paying off a school set up and operating effec­ push harder and harder for new gimmicks. One of the latest is a poly­ $300,000 claim by a stevedoring tively. The school is being under­ unsaturated egg, for weight-watchers. Chief stewards may want to keep concern against AFL. Sea-Land is taken by the AIFLD as a regional the new egg in mind in case the next sign-on brings a few overweight said to have put up $150,000, in training center for training Latinreturn for which the company re­ American seamen. hands on board. AIFLD was founded by the Said to look like any other egg, and taste like any other egg, the ceived an option for the purchase AFL-CIO in 1960 to assist the of AFL's vessels and operating poly-unsaturated egg contains equal parts of saturated and poly-unsat"Alliance for Progress" program rights, effective March 1. urated fats. A normal egg contains two to four times as much saturated The SIU company has been by strengthening democratic trade fats as unsaturated. Saturated fats are suspected of raising the choles­ operating regularly-scheduled in­ unions and as a means of com­ terol level in blood, and have therefore been taboo for many serious tercoastal service with specialized bating Communism. weight-watchers. The MTD is assigning three rep­ jumbo containerships since Sep­ To produce the low fat eggs, hens are fed a special diet which changes tember, 1982, when the first of resentatives to assist in develop­ the fat content but not the flavor of the egg. The cost is slightly higher four such ships was brought out. ing the school as part of a program than that of normal eggs. Previously, the company hid to raise the standards of maritime (Oomments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can maintained an interim service with workers throughout Latin Amer­ ica. modified C-2s. be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) The new warning system will em­ ploy a pressure detection device known as a vibratron adapted for oceanic use and capable of meas­ Labor Visitors From Peru Seif-Service Bars; 'Non-Fat' Eggs Rumors Hint Sea-Land On Alaska Route MTD Backs New Latin Sea School �3«'Yj?,-;- DteendMr It. !•<! p-/ ^•"' "•- ^SEAFARERS lOG T»ge NIM _ -H:V'5 - '.Vf.. !>(• 'i-li- ' V' r' • '• •'• • •tJi',: On deck, Charlie Burns, AB, bears down on cargo line. Ship was loading general cargo. -•'. '.i/ Keeping a watchful eye on the englneroom gauges (l-r) are J. S. Skidmore. 3rd engineer; Paul Cavoit, oiler, and J. Gilbeit. After loading in Baltimore, theTopoTopo (Waterman) headed for Greece. SS TOPA TOPA AT BALTIMORE Lunchtlme must have been a hit. Steward Emiliano Ducusin shows what's left of the roast beef. J.' ..| Ship's 'P delegate Tom Tucker (left) and SlU patrolman Paul Gonsorchik used noon break as an opportunity to discuss ship's business. A group of chowhounds takes time out from lunch for a picture in messhall. Shown (l-r) are Peter Piascik, Joe Savoy, Tom Tucker, Cor! Pierce and, in the foreground, D. B. Fitzpotrick. Close-up shows Seafarer H. Schmidt, dayman, getting his , roast beef cut up and ready for action after a busy morning's work. Get-together after lunch, in foc'sle of bosun D. B. Fitzpotrick (left), pro­ duces a few good laughs as Pete Piascik unfolds a tale. Topa Topa itinerary includes Piraeus, Greece; Karachi, Pakistan, and Bombay. m �Pase Tn SEArdRERS Ikeeembeir IS, iMs LOG Private Eye Agency Still Growing Today NEW YORK—"The eye that never sleeps" will be staring down wrong-doers at the 1964-65 World's Fair here. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, reported to be the world's o1 d e s t—about 100 years—and largest private eye, the days of th^ Civil War to run security and protection organ­ a spy ring behind Confederate ization, will staff the Fair with over 3,000 hand-picked employees. They will do everything from tak­ ing tickets to protecting VIPs. For the job, Pinkerton's will pocket a cool $25 million, the larg­ est security contract in history. Pinkerton's was founded back in lines by Allen Plnkerton, a sixshooter-packing roughy of the old school. Since those days, the com­ pany has had a checkered history ranging from sordid forays into Some of the nearly 75 workers from Colonna Shipyard who urged pro-SIU vote at Old Doinrough-house strikebreaking to training foreign agents for eyeball inioR Marina Railway in Norfolk are pictured before the successful balloting. The mass de­ operations abroad. monstration helped spur a 46-21 tally in favor of the SlU United Industrial Workers. It is generally acknowledged to have had a key role in breaking Norfolk Plant Drive Gains up strikes and in stirring up labor unrest during railroad and indus­ trial strikes of the late 19th cen­ tury. Events in the Homestead strike of 1892 at the Homestead NORFOLK—The SIU United Industrial Workers racked up another National Labor (Pa.) iplant of the Carnegie Steel Company led to a major industrial Relations Board election win in this area last month by a better than 2 to 1 margin in voting flare-up when Plnkerton detectives held at the Old Dominion Marine Railway. The final score put the SIU-UIW on top by a 46were employed by the company as 21 margin. strikebreakers. All but one of the 19 chal­ tion of the solid support they could pany. in addition to recent wins Today, the company uses an ar­ expect as part of the union and in Baltimore and Philadelphia. ray of modem electronic gear to lenged votes involved UIW to urge them to join the victorious First-time contracts have been sleuth industrial plants, investi­ supporters whom the company team. signed at all these Norfolk com­ gate for insurance companies and omitted from the voting eligibility The SIU-UIW had earlier won panies with the exception of Dixie — still — train agents for other list. Negotiations for a first-time NLRB election victories at Colon­ Jute Bagging, where contract nego­ nations. contract at Old Dominion Marine tiations are proceeding. The SIUThe newest boss of the 13,000- Railway are scheduled to begin na, McAllister Brothers, Curtis UIW won a vote at the company Bay Shipyard, Moon Shipyard and member organization Is Edward shortly. at the Dixie Jute Bagging Com­ by an 89-37 count. Bednarz, an ex-Naval Investigator The NLRB election runs the and skipper who saw service in the Pacific during World War II. Al­ string of recent SIU-UIW victories though Robert A. Plnkerton, Al­ at previously-unorganized compa­ lan's grandson, is the president, nies in this area to six in- a row, Now that the cold weather is here, Seafarers are reminded that Bednarz runs the show as general with the campaign to organize the area's unorganized continuing. Five heating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled if manager. He had joined Pinker­ the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer ton's shortly after the war as a of the six wins involve ship repair yards. and shows them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmemracetrack security agent. bers who beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait three The Old Dominion victory was He came to the main office here or four days before making the problem known to a responsible in 1955 and soon was head of se­ highlighted by a mass demonstra­ ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. The curity. Eight years later, Bednarz tion of SIU-UIW members from same applies when shipyard workers are busy around living quar­ takes over operating control of a another local shipyard, Colonna ters. Make sure you know where and when the work was done so company which is expected to do Shipyard. They turned out in force that the SIU patrolman has the facts available in order to make a $43 million worth of business this prior to the balloting to give the determination. year. Old Dominion men a demonstra­ SlU Wins 6th Straight Ballot Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wag^ and better con­ ditions. 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 imions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Eastern Air Lines (Flight Engineers) i t 3) 3^ 4. i H. I. Siegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) i t "Judy Bond" Blouses (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) i> if if Ssars, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" Cabin Still," "W. L, Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 3> 3> t J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 3» t Si Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) NY Harbor Study OK'd WASHINGTON — The House Committee on Appropriations ap­ proved the sum of $95,000 last month for a study of the dangers to navigation in New York harbor caused by floating debris from old and unused piers and sunken, abandoned hulks. Approval was announced by Congressmen John J. Rooney and John M. Murphy, both Democrats from New York. Rooney repre­ sents the entire Brooklyn water­ front area, while Murphy's district includes the entire Staten Island waterfront. The study will make it possible for the Army Corps of Engineers to determine the procedure neces­ sary for carrying out a clearingout project throughout the New York-New Jersey harbor area and its tributary waters. Don't Delay On Heat Beefs .i By Sidney Margolius Tips On Choosing Some Useful Gifts This is a sober Christmas season, one in which many families will torn to the more practical gifts. Few people this year will be able to stomach the so-called "fun gifts" or pretenses of luxury. Here are suggestions on selecting a number of gift items that are high in value this year, and lasting in usefulness: SWEATERS: We put sweaters on the top of the list this year because they are reasonable in price, universally useful, and several techno­ logical developments have produced notable improvement. As you know, the introduction several years ago of sweaters knitted of nylon or acrylic fiber like Orion, eliminated the need for reblocking after washing. But synthetic-fiber sweaters have their own vice of forming fiber pills. Too, they still require hand washing. The problem of pilling now has been minimized by two different types of sweaters. One is the crimped nylon and crimped acrylic type (like Orion Sayelle). The crimped construction resists pilling and also is machine-washable. Another modern construction blends wool and polyester fiber like Dacron or Kodel. A blend of 65 percent wool and 35 percent polyester has the appearance and feel of wool but is machine-washable. Lessexpensive sweaters have a smaller percentage of wool and a higher percentage of synthetic fiber; for example, 20 percent wool and 80 percent Orion. These are usually machine washable but not as warm as sweaters with more wool than synthetics. We do not recommend sweaters of cashmere and similar soft fibers, whether teen-agers adore them or not. They cost twice as much as the other types (about $10 compared to $5 or less), and are very fragile. DEFROSTERS: Refrigerator defrosters this year have become one of the nriost widely-sold kitchen appliances. Modern plug-in de­ frosters heat up quickly and can defrost a typical refrigerator in 15 minutes or less. They are available for $5-$7. But be sure any you buy is UL-approved (checked by Underwriters Laboratories for safety). TOASTER-BROILERS: These are another widely-bought appliance group this year. Toaster-broilers are versatile. However, many buyers have been diisappointed in the cheaper models. These can do little more than toast bread, sandwiches or hamburgers, and are too shallow to take a steak. Too, some models cannot supply the high heat needed for broiling. The more-satisfactory models have at least a lOOO-watt heating ele­ ment with thermostatic control, and a two-position broil rack to provide enough depth for a steak or even a smalF roast: Interestingly, there is only about :a $2 difference between the limited-models (selling for about $10-$1L) and some higher-capacity ones. , . KSsisiSis ELECTRIC FRY PANS, COOKERS: If the intended recipient already has a satisfactory toaster, your gift money might be better invested in a more general type of cooking appliance, such as an electric fry pan or cooker. Fry pans, too. are available in the $10 to $15 bracket. The better ones have higher sides, to provide more cooking capacity, and are made of heavier-gauge aluminum than the less-expensive ones. Be sure any electric fry pan or cooker is designed so the heating ele­ ment is removable, enabling the user to immerse the pan for washing. POWER TOOLS: This is the big season for electric drills, saws and other power tools. Such tools have been reduced sharply in price in recent years. Light duty quarter-inch drills suitable for ordinary house­ hold and hobby purposes are available this year for less than $10. But be sure any electric drill you buy is UL-approved. Some cheap ones are not. Also, drills constructed with a three-wire cord provide, additional precaution against shock hazard. Make sure the drill has a key chuck or other convenient device for loosening the drill bit. Those with merely hand-tightened chucks sometimes cause problems in use. Be warned that merchants this year are trying to get more money for power tools by offering kits with a large number of small extra accessories. Such kits and ensembles often are promoted by credit stores to make it hard for the buyer to compare prices, A kit of "30 pieces" at $14 sounds like more value than just a drill for $10. But the kit actually may be more expensive than buying a few extra accessories you really may need. RADIOS, RECORD PLAYERS: Lower prices are available this year on the better-quality US-made transistor radios. They now are more competitive with the Japanese imports. Price reductions of 10 to 20 percent have been instituted by leading US manufacturers so that the so-called "shirt-pocket portables" are available currently for $10-$11. Prices of table-model AM-FM sets also have been reduced shatply this year, some as much as $10. In buying any table model, it is advis­ able to get one with FM as well as AM. Quality of FM reception is superior, and the number of stations broadcasting in FM is' steadily increasing. Similarly, prices of monaural record players, stereo players and com­ ponents have been reduced this year, aiid quality of equipment is steadily improving. The most efficient new players are considered To be the transistorized type. The transistorized' record players are, however, still new and very expensive. For most modferate-lncome families, tube-type portable record players, available in fair quality for under $100, or monaural record players for children,-available for under $35, are still the best. �December M. IStt SEAFARERS Pace Blerea LO€ 'Bon Voyage' "— i Political Activity' MEDICS BUILD THE KITTY. Medical associations in Tennesseeand undoubtedly elsewhere—are honing their scalpels for major poli­ tical surgery. They hope, with the help of a huge sluSh fund, to remove from the body politic candidates and incumbents who support health insurance for the elderly, and elect instead candidates who go for ''private enterprise medicine." The Tennessee medical political arm recently solicited every doctor in the state—3,600 of them—for $25, describing $25 as only "minimal." If all respond, a kitty of $90,000 will result. Commenting on the fund drive, the "Daily Nashville Tennessean" asserted, "The AMA places the country's revered methods of selecting office-holders on a yery narrow and self-centered basis." It charged the AMA acts like ". . . the rest of the country can go along so long as Congressmen are sent to Washington to oppose 'medicare'." 3^ 4" THE JOHN BIRCH STYLE IN POLITICS. Democrats are "thieves, crooks, liars and trash." President Eisenhower "destroyed the Repub­ lican Party." Sen. Thomas Kuchel (R.-Calif.) "sh'ould be removed from the party." This outburst came from Robert Gaston, extreme right-winger who, with his followers, captured control of the California Young Republicans several months ago through tactics straight out of the John Birch Society "Blue Book." The solution in 1964 to GOP and the nation's problems, according to Gaston, "is Goldwater." He exhorts GOP workers to launch a neighbor-to-neighbor program for the Arizona Senator. "If he (your neighbor) doesn't like it," Gaston says, "cram It down his throat." This sounds just about right coming from a guy who enthusiastically backs an organization—the Birch Society—which proclaims "democracy is a fraud." 3^ 4" 4" IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER. The John Birch Society is so proud of its progres^ out where the buffalo roam, it's going around boasting about it. JBS organizer Victor Overcash announced"publicly his mem­ bership drive in Montana ^nd Wyoming is rounding up lots of political strays who feel right at home in the society. He said he's real happy. He ought to be. In recent years, the Wyoming state legislature, at least, seems to be following the JBS lead right down the line. It has called for abolition of the Federal income tax, urged Congress to kiil foreign aid, demanded the US get out of the UN and vice versa, enacted a phony "right-to-work" law, and approved three rightist pcoposals to clamp curbs on the US Supreme Court and alter the procedure to amend the US Constitution. Its success in Wyoming and other mountain states proves the Birch Society and its right-wing allies can't be laughed off as ineffectual crackpots. 35" 4" 3J' RESULTS AT THE BALLOT BOX. Whatever else can be said for last month's off-year elections, the right-wing continued, to show that in certain areas it has political muscle and is ready to flex it. In the 10th Congressional District of Texas, a former employee of ultra-right Life Lines Foundation, running on the Republican ticket, n.ade the'grade for a run-off. In Salt Lake City, old-line rightist J. Bracken Lee, a leader of the John Birch Society and other major rightwing groups, was returned to office as mayor. In Arlington County, Va., just across the Potomac from Washington, an avowed Bircher came within a whisker of election to the county board. In Cleveland, right-wingers were instrumental in the defeat of a liberal school board member. One expert on right-wing activity viewed the November elections as a warm-up for 1964 and predicted next year the reactionaries would pull out all the stops for political victory. A union's right to information used by an aerospace firm in ex­ cluding "administrative" employees from the union bargaining unit has been upheld by the National Labor Relations Board. The board said Auto Workers Local 300 was entitled to names, job descriptions and wage data used in classifying certain jobs as "administrative," and therefore not covered by its contract with 'a division of CurtissWright at Woodridge, NJ. Such information bears a "reasonable relation" to the union's role as bargaining agent, the NLRB said, -4' 4" 4" Trolley and bus drivers in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area have called off a threatened pre-Christmas strike after ratifying a new con­ tract with the county port. au­ thority. Some 1,300 drivers are in­ volved in the agreement, which is an unusual one because the transit facilities currently are operated by a private company. Dlvlsi w 85 of the Railway & Motor Coach Em­ ployees had threatened to strike when the private concern, Pitts­ burgh Railways, refused to bargain under a wage reopener in its pres­ ent contract, because the authority is soon to take over the transit line. The new wage pact will take effect when the authority takes over the transit operation. 4> 4" 4" The last bill signed by the late President Kennedy was one au­ thorizing the striking of medals to commemorate the founding in 1914 of the first union-operated health center in the United States. The center was established by the In­ ternational Ladies Garment Work­ ers Union in New York City. The bill was signed into law on No­ vember 20, two days before the President's assassination in Dallas. It authorizes the striking of silver medals and bronze copies marking the 5Gth anniversary of ILGWU centers now serving 135,000 indi­ viduals a year. Only six weeks ago, in this space, the SEA­ FARERS LOG commented on the potential for American shipping in the proposed wheat sales to the Soviet bloc. The US Government had given its assurances, and a 50-50 split on such cargoes between US and foreign ships was to be the guideline. Now the first 100,000 tons of grain for Hun­ gary has been committed, and American ships and seamen are truly left "holding the bag." Some 91,000 tons of the first 100,000ton shipment of American grain, in a deal arranged by the US Government and an American grain exporter, goes by foreignflag transportation. US seamen know only too well that there is a big gap between the promise and the performance when it comes to maritime mat­ ters, so this instance was no different from many others. This industry has always been the victim of neglect and indifference with­ in the Government, which has created the "chaos" that US officials are so fond of de­ ploring. But this is only part of the cynical joke that has been played out in the wheat move­ ment to Hungary. With the rest of the world looking on, friends and foe alike, the dispute over ship­ ping rates and whose ships shall carry the wheat is more than a mockery of Washing­ ton's pledges and assurances to US maritime unions and American shipowners. It also puts this country in the position of providing grain to the Communists at a lower price—in cargo rates—than we charge for the same shipments to friendly nations. Since Washington supported the grain ex­ porter, who pockets the difference in rates by waiving the 50-50 cargo requirement, our posture to the Communists provides the classic example of American free enterprise capitalism that the Reds constantly proclaim to the world. Even in providing food grains for the So­ viet bloc, an American "capitalist" has free rein to exploit American workers for his own profit with official Government approval. Domestic Rhubarb Several items in the news involving domes­ tic shipping add up to a confusing picture for that segment of US maritime. On one hand, the Senate has just okayed a bill that would allow foreign ships to haul US lumber to Puerto Rico for two more years. The original one-year "trial" waiver expired two months ago. It obviously provided no help at all for US-flag domestic shipowners and, according to one report, only "microscopic" aid for the lumber men. But it will now get another two-year "trial." In another area, a Senate committee began hearings this week on two bills designed to produce a shipbuilding program for the domestic shipping industry. The author of the bills has admitted he is not especially partial to the shipbuilding approach in either measure but feels some program has to de­ veloped on a vital maritime problem. Congress will apparently have to decide the issue of a domestic shipping fleet some­ how, though we wonder where the drift in US shipping policy is leading. If we are to have a domestic fleet, and the need for one has repeatedly been demonstrated, how does anyone justify legislation breaching existing law that bars foreign ships from the trade— whether in lumber or any other commodity? Furthermore,- what purpose is there in building new ships for the domestic trade, when seamen as well as shipowners see their jobs being whittled away? Next year it may be steel—or gumdrops—that can move on foreign ships between US ports. Until the Government develops a coordi­ nated approach to the problems of domestic shipping and all other segments of maritime, we can't get anywhere. The wheat deal in­ volving offshore ships is one example. The situation in domestic shipping clearly is an­ other. �SEAFARERS Deecnber IS, l»tS LOG New Pensioner Says 'Thank You' All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafar­ ers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 Imnd from the Union in jthe baby's name: Karen Lynn Killips, born August 30, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. 1063, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ronald 25, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Camel Breedlove, Philadelphia, D. Byers, Alpena, Mich. Joseph B. Killips, Ecourse, Mich. Miss. XXX ^ X. ^ XXX Francine Knkeas, bora August Mark A. Brecdlove, born June Ingrld Brown, born September 11, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. 22, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Demosthenes Kukeas, Bronx, New The deaths of the fol­ Isaac Brown, Playa Ponce, Puerto York. lowing Seafarers have Rico. XXX been reported to the Sea­ XXX Tod Mare Oliver Elowsky, bora Jacqnelyn Elizabeth Williams, September 13, 1963, to Seafarer farers Welfare Plan (any born June 24, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alvin A. Elowsky, Rosen, apparent delay in pay­ and Mrs. Robert Williams, Mobile, Mich. ment of claims is norAla. XXX ally due to late filing, lack Candaee and Marion Joseph XXX of beneficiary card or Eva Jo Holsenbeck, born June Raley, born October 17, 1963, to necessary litigation for 10, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. J. Seafarer and Mrs. Marion Raley, the disposition of estates): B. Holsenbeck, Townsend, Ga. Mobile, Ala. Jose Alonao, Jr., 41: Brother XXX X X• Par Wong Byrd, born August 16, Vance Battle, born September Aionzo died in the Mobile (Ala.) General Hospital 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. John T. 24, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Winston .E. Battle, Sr., Compton, following bums Byrd, New Orleans, La. Calif. received in a fire XXX Elizabeth Ann Imholf, born May ashore on May 4, it i" 4" Cleveland Anton Singleton, born 1962. He had 15, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. September 13, 1963, to Seafarer sailed with SIU Edwin L. Imhoff, Baltimore, Md. and Mrs. William C. Singleton, since 1952 in the XXX David Byers, bom October 2, Mobile, Ala. steward department. The.re were no sur­ vivors listed Burial was at the Colon Cemetery, Tampa, Fla. XXX Charles L. Starling, 35: Brother Starling died of a cerebral hemor­ rhage aboard the USNS Patch at sea on March 10, 1963. He had sailed in the steward depart­ ment since 1947 with the SIU. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. R o s i a Starling, of New York, NY. Burial was in New York. XXX Kim Soon Wong, 62: Brother Wong died of drowning at Oakland, Calif., on April 27,1963. Shipping in the steward department, he had been sailing with the SIU since 1947. There are no survivors listed. Burial was in the Olivet Memorial Park Cemetary, Oakland. XXX Gebrge Brazil, 50: A heart failure took the life of Brother Brazil on October 24, 1963 in New Bedford, Mass. He had shipped since 1939 with the SIU in the deck de­ partment. S u rviving is a broth­ er, Joseph Brazil, of Falrhaven, Mass. Burial was at SL John's Cemetery, New Bed­ ford. All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAI. STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK John Aba Sulo Leplsto Arturo Aldereta BJom Lerwick Pedro AreUano Paul Liotta Denlls Lloyd WiUlam Cameron Thomas Clark John MerriU Chas. Dougherty Jose Morales Harold Ducloux WUliam Morris Call Ernest Louis PlnUla Charles Fertal Floro Regaldo Theodore Gerber Jacques Rion. Jr. Ventura Gllabert Mohamed Said Edward Glazder Joseph Scully Richard Green James Shlber Ralph Hayes Julius Swykert Ward Hoskins Ernest Tatro Walter Karlak Clarence Tobias Anastasios Koukeas Julian Vista USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICHIGAN Lester Beeal Edw. Koszohinskl George Bryant Paul Lacy Charles Campbell Clarence Lenhart A. Chewoweth John Lessnaa Fred Cihak Paul Murray James Finnegan Peter Ozlmek John Fletcher Ned Roush James Galloway Orrin Stack Jack Wiley Dezso Gazsi Robert Gentry Roliert Wooley Walter Karsmarskl USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Jesse Brinkley James Marks Glenn Bruhl Jesse Viliva AUred Etheridge Hildred White Joseph Feak George Williams Talmadge Johnson USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON Thomas ConneU Fox Lewis. Jr. Henry Davis, Jr. Frederick Lillard John Kennedy Richard Smith USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Alfred Duggan Joseph Thomas USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Edward Bate D. W. Rose Gerald Perdomo J. M. Watkina L. Middlebrook USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS George Arnold Raul De Los Santos Oswald Bradley Leslie Dean Leahman Denton Joseph LaCorte Joseph Fruge A. M. Massoudy Rune Gustafson Knute Olson George Howard Roy Peebles Roy Justice Johnnie Salinas Nicholas Korsak Pete Vasquex Charles Kimball USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Ruel Barr Fedll Lagrimas Charles Bush W. Schoenbom Robert Byrnes Henry Schorr Sixto Escobar Thomas Trollinger Robert Galas Welden WaUace Charlie Gedra USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND Larry Jones James Archie Louis Baxter WUliam Long Gorham Bowdre Joseph Mrozeh Leo Broussard Donald Murphy Tom Danzey Roy Newbury Delaware Eldmlre Ends Ott Julius Fikete Joseph Roberts Freldol Fondlla Harry Rochkind Gorman Glaze William Spoole Thomas Gutierrez Miguel Viera Melvin Hamilton Bruce Webb John Hannay Hubert Wolveton MOUNT WILSON STATE HOSPITAL MOUNT WILSON. MARYLAND Charles Ackerman Hector Durats VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Charles Adams USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Richard Barnes . Leon Morgan Ray MUler John Burchinal Wllbert Burke Charles Moni-" Byrd Buzbee Clinton Newcomb PhUip M. Cajiao Frederick Noblea Steve Crawford Alfred Norman John Dovak Cllncy Ordonyne Julius Ekman Charles Parmar Ramose Elliott George Perez Anton Evenson Ralph Peihet James Finley Julius Quinn, Jr. George Flint Richard Rackley Nolan Flowers William Roberts Eugene Gallaspy Harold Robison Sanford Gregory Charles Smith Mark Hairelson John Smith Seifert 'namilton Aristldes Soriano Herbert Hart Raymond Steele Ned Hin.son Adolph Swenson Charles Hooper RuSin Thomas Robert Hubbs Raymond Vaughn Ramon Irizarry James Walker Walter Johnson Leon Webb Foster Juneau Robert White L. Laffargue William Wooeley Oiaude Lomers David Wright Cornelius Martin Herbert Young USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Gerald Algernon Thomas Lehay Benjamin Deibler BiUy Lynn Adrian Duracher Max Olson Abe Gordon WUlle Young SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY. MASS. Raymond Arsenault MONTGOMERY TB SANITARIUM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Herman Hickman VA HOSPITAL JACKSON. MISSISSIPPI Harry Luzader USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGee US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON, DC William Thomson T* the EditM't I received your letter and the copy of the LOO (Sept. 6) which carried the article and photograph about my first SIU pension check. As you can see. I am now in the marine hospital at Staten Island, but I want to take this time to thank everyone at the Union for the tremendous Job they are doing. When I was an Inpatient and then an outpa- All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names trill be withheld upon request. tlent from this hospital before, I collected my 39 weeks of ben­ efits. Then, after that I started to get my disability pension checks. But I can remember back to 1924, when I first started sailing on American ships, that we had nothing like these benefits. We bad nothing at all. Today I am very proud of my union and thankful to all the brothers and ofiiciala for the work they have been doing for all of us. I showed your letter to an NMU member and told him to look at it and see how a union is interested in its members, even when he is retired. He told me the NMU has too many members, and Curran doesn't have time for such things. Luis Saiazar Urges 50-Year Pension Limit To the Editor: We need more members like the crew of the Azalea City (LOG, Oct. 18), who, suggest a 12-year pension regardless of age, or a 50-year age limit. For one thing, this would create more jobs. Let's say the company gives us a $6 raise next time. We can take $5 in pay and get a dollar more for welfare, or a total of $2 for welfare-pensions. Tito average seaman will never miuy a dollar or two o month, when he's on a ship. In that way, maybe we could increase the retirement amount from 6190 to $250, or maybe $300. The majority of us who are in the late 30s with maybe 9-10 years of seatime—we're spoiled. We couldn't make the wages ashore that we do on a ship, if we quit and start from the bot­ tom on a shore Job. Yet you hear guys during coffeetlme talk about making $4 an hour, $200 a week, and they still ride the ships. 1 hope others will read this and voice an opinion. As far as I'm concerned, let's increase the retirement amount and cut the eligibility down to 50 years. Let some of the new men take over. M. L. Olvera 4 X X- Cites Contrast On Water Woes To the Editor: In regard to Mayor Wagner's plea for the conservation of water in New York City, it seems to me that rationing is still the patriotic duty only of the working stiff and the under­ privileged. At 2:30 this morning, from my 12th floor room at the Sea­ man's Church Institute, 1 saw the city's Sanitation Depart­ ment washing down and sweep­ ing the financial district gutters. In other words, let's keep the city clean for the millionaires, but the hell with the working stiff. John T. Bowman XXX Wife Praises Funeral Assist To the Editor: It is with a deep sense of gratitude that 1 wish to thank the members of the SIU in New Orleans for the kind assistance extended to me during the re­ cent death of my mother, Mrs. Ruth Monistere. 1 especially wish to thank the gentlemen from the Union hall who were kind enough to serve as pallbearers for my mother. This kindness was doubly ap­ preciated, since my husband, Charles Dowling, was at sea during my hour of need, and I know his feeling of gratitude Is as deep as mine. Mrs. Charles Dowling Home Again Family reunion at SIU headquarters, after Seafarer Bernard Mace returned home from trip on the Robin Locksley (Robin), pictures Mace with daughter Patricia Jamieson, and grandchildren. The youngsters (l-r) are Shawn, 3'/> months, and Sterling, 2 '/z. Mace ships in the steward den. partment. �Dcflmbcr IS. IftS LOG-A-RHYTHM: SEAFARERS Bound For India From the Ships at Sea Galveston, My Girl >— By JoM M. Melendes > Seafarers on the Louisiana (Seatrain) have doped out a way to beat high interest rates on the crew's purchase of a new television set. Each crewmember has agreed to loan $2 to the ship's fund so they can' • pay off the TV prior to the 90-day deadline when a note The maids of France are fond and free. And English lips are willing, O, chic the girls of Italy, And Cuban eyes are thrilling. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile. Their charms, they fail to bind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle, To the girl left behind me. The maids of Greece are bold and gay. And Polish dames are loving. Oh, hot the girls of Uruguay, And Zealand ones are darling. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile. Their charms, they fail to hind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle, To the girl left behind me. The maids of Spain do love to lark. And Irish?—M'heart ia runninp. Oh, svelte the girls of small Den­ mark, And Belgian shapes are stun­ ning. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile. Their charms they fail to bind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle. To the girl left behind me. The maids of Indie are very fine. And Swedish dames are pleasing. Oh, proud the girls of Argentine, And Javan ones are teasing. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile, Their charms, they fail to bind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle, To the girl left behind me. The maids of Wales?- Like honey. And Scottish arms are clinging. Oh, fast the girls of Germany, And Boers set you singing. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile. Their charms, they fail to bind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle, To the girl left behind me. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Oct. 2t— Chairman, R. Prasto; Sacrotary, J. Maytum. Captain advised crew to be cautious of Customs shakedown In all US ports. $31.50 in safety fund. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. DZL SOL (Delta), Sept. 28—Chair­ man, Charlie Mazur; Secretary, Ro­ land Hebert. $20 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Engineer asked to check dryer In crew laundry. SUMMIT (Sea-Land), Nov. l-rXhalrman, J. Bernard; Secretary, A. Ro­ mero. Few hours disputed OT In Pare IMrtcca LOG falls due. The $2 per man won't cripple anyone's bankroll, and of­ fers a chance to save quite a bit of cash on the balance owed the fi­ nance company. 4" On fheir way out to Calcutta, India, where they'll be spend­ ing the year-end holidays. Seafarers on the Hudson (Victory Transport) pose for an informal Xmas greeting to all hands. Pictured (l-r) are W. Reck, AB; J. Douglos. OS; H. Davis, AB; C. Hirsch, DM; T. Aidridge, baker, and L Thompson, wiper. Engine delegate L. Porodeou, who sent in the photo, says the trip has been a good one so far, with a good crew. CG Pilot Draws Praise In Fast 'Copter Rescue Seafarer William Rutkowski took a bad fall some time ago aboard the Seatrain Georgia but, with a quick assist from his shipmates and a Coast Guard helicopter, the mishap didn't turn out too badly in the end.> tion, but could Bosun Rutkowski was work­ not release his ing on the top super deck at the time he lost his balance and fell • to the main deck, becoming wedged by the fall between the cradle and the forward leader to track C. Fortunately, Philip Sarkus, QM. who was on his way to the wheelhouse, heard Rutkowski call for help and immediately went to see what had happened. Quickly sizing up the situation, Sarkus realized he couldn't help Rutkowski out of his situation alone and called the radio operator, captain and chief mate to help. The three men managed to free Rutkowski from his cramped posiARIZPA' (Waterman), Oct. 21 — Chairman, John Ward; Secretary, Cleveland R. Wolfe. Three men had to be taken off ship due to Ulness. Otherwise all Is running smoothly. Tanks need to be cleaned and ce­ mented so the water will not be rusty. Ship should be fumigated for roaches. ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), Oct. 27—Chairman, Roy Pappan; Secre­ tary, T. J. Lewis. Ship's delegate reported two sick members were flown home from Sicily. All men re­ quested to be sober at payoff. Dis­ cussion on reshlpping class B and C men. Some disputed OT. Biggest item Is delayed sailing. Suggestion made that men with 20 years' good standing In Union should be able to retire with pension. Some men will­ ing to pay special assessments toward reUrement fund. Vote of thanks given to steward department. leg which was wedged tightly and giving ex­ treme pain.. Again Sarkus went for help, returning shortly with four messRutkowski men and a stretcher to fa­ cilitate moving the bo&un. The eight crewmembers then carefully releas^ Rutkowski and carried him to the ship's hospital on the stretcher. The Coast Guard was called for assistance, and soon a helicopter sped to the scene to remove the injured man in a stretcher basket. He was first taken to Albemarle hospital at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and was later removed to the USPHS hospital at Baltimore to complete treatment. To show their appreciation for getting aid to their injured ship­ mate speedily at sea, the crew of the Georgia got together to send a radiogram to the Coast Guard, expressing their thanks to the pilot and all involved in the successful evacuation. Rutkowski can also thank all involved, for their quick and efficient efforts in a time of need. 'Sea-Views' 4" 4" Everything is running well for all hands on the York (Ship Operators), now heading for Port Said, except for one item that ship's delegate G. H. Atcherson figures they can easily overcome. There are no overtime sheets on board, but "there is a fine crew, everyone is cooperating and things look like the beginning of a fine trip." ( A supply of OT sheets is on its way, too.—Ed.) i 4 i Joe Fried on the Steel ExecntiTe (Isthmian) was right on the scene about 30 miles from Hilo, Hawaii, when Aiae Crater erupted and be­ gan shooting volcanic ash, fire and smoke into the sky during a tour he made of the island. Alae spout­ ed for over a day and a half from its depths 390 feet below Fried's vantage point. The eruption he witnessed apparently was one of a series. Craters in the Kilaueau volcano range erupted a few weeks ago for the first time since 1840. 4 4 4 Perry Dombrowski in an exchange at the last ship's meeting. There was a general vote of thanks by all hands to the steward and his department fra" good feeding, after which the gal­ ley gang came-up with orchids of its own. They lauded the men on the 4-8 watch for the effort taken to clean up the messrooms while the watch was on duty. 4 4 The Eagle Traveler (Sea Trans­ port) reports an exchange of cor­ respondence between the home of­ fice and authorities in Sasebo, Japan, after the US Navy medicos issued a ruling that the base hospi­ tal in Sasebo was closed to mer­ chant seamen except for emerg­ ency cases. Delegate E. Perry notes that the shutdown order de­ veloped after a hassle involving crewmembers off a non-SIU ship in the harbor. It's not known right now if the shutdown order is still in effect. 4 4 4 On the Transglobe, (Hudson Waterways), thanks went out to Aboard the Pennmar (Calmar), one member of the steward depart­ ship's delegate Richard J. Brown ment who took over as chief cook and did what was called an "ex­ cellent job in an emergency." A motion by Frank Caspar, seconded by the new ship's delegate, H. Dombrowski, recorded the crew's satisfaction with the vast improve­ ment in the cooking and feeding aboard. 4 4 4 The Penn Challenger (Penn Tanker) had its problems for 12 days in Bombay when the ship's rotor broke down and they had to send to the States for a replace­ ment. A dozen days in Bombay at anchor offers limited induce­ ments, reports ship's delegate J. Petrusewicx and meeting chairman Eddie Caudill, because local pro­ hibition laws meant no beer — nothing. "We nearly all dropped dead from the heat," they added. Brown THE CABINS (Texas City Refining), Oct. 27—Chairman, Fata Blalack; Sacratary, W. J. Barnas. Beef on lodg­ ing and meals In shipyard not set­ tled. Barnes resigned as ship's dele­ gate and was given a vote of thanks for a good Job. Pete Blalack was elected to serve In bis place. Two men missed ship In Texas City. Ship's fund In the red for $5.43. Various complaints regarding repairs. Re­ quest contact by Union representa­ tives. —By Joseph L. Tremblay SUMMIT (Sea-Land), Oct. 14—Chair­ man, F. T. DiCarlo; Secretary, M. J. Lynch. C. Haymond was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Ship not expected to lay up at present. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. GLOBE PROGRESS (Maritime Oversaai), Oct. 27—Chairman, JIggs Jeffars; Secretary, N. Hatglmlslos. Ship's delegate, reported everything okay. Each department requested to turn in- repair list. Crew gave the steward a vote of thanks for going through the trouble to show movies during the trip. Entire steward department was given a vote of thanks. SEAMAR (Calmar), Nov. IS—Chair­ man, T. Drawlckl; Secretary, nana. Meeting called to discuss work of steward. Motion made to draw peti­ tion to have steward removed for not performing duties satisfactorily. Ship's delegate to contact hall In Seattle in regard to this situation. Miles warmly praised his shipmates at a recent meeting for making the voyage a smooth one. "You have made it a pleasure to be your dele­ gate this trip," he declared, "There were no serious beefs in any department." He also ex­ pressed the thanks of the crew to the steward department for its co­ operative efforts in preparing the Thanksgiving dinner. A number of ships drew similar raves, such as 4 4 4 the Monticello Victory iMonticello Crewmembers on the Erna Eliza­ Tankers) where W. J. Miles holds beth (Albatross) traded thank-yous forth as ship's delegate. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Oct. 17—Chairman, C. Lawson; Secretary, Bill Stark. Ship's delegate reported ship is in good condition. Captain Is very cooperative. $23.05 in ship's fund. •ngine department to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Motion made that negotiating committee be notified about negotiating for same . time off for unlicensed personnel for Sea-Land ships as on Seatrain ships. Discussion about having patrolman contact company about putting some covering on crane Jack handle and to see about having safety meetings^ . Various unsafe conditions and dirty drinking water and washing water aboard. Vote of thanks extended to steward department. 4 "At first ! thought it was a mirage, and I almost left her out there .• �Pnge Fonrteen I- SEAFARERS DeMndfer IS, l»tt LOO Rickshaws Still 'Pedal' Trade -Life And Times On Formosa By Seafarer William C. Calefato, Book C-936 The new seamen's club In Keelung, Taiwan (Formosa), was one of the many attractions for Seafarers off the Robin Kirk (Robin) on a recent voyage. It was also the arena for a lively debate between the rickshaw-boys, or "rickies," and the club director. It seems the rickies don't want motorized taxicabs gave his own version of the trouble be exorbitant, leading to an argu­ ment. Suddenly the rickie could parked in front of the club at the seamen's club. |H' W "We do not care If the taxi ibecause they feel It would jeop­ ardize their livelihood. Besides comes to bring people," he told this, it Just isn't practical or easy Seafarers outside the club, "but taxi shouldn't stay here unless to start something some passenger ask taxi to wait. new where some Here it was for rickshaw, and will ways of life have always be." been unchanged for centuries. The Tommy feels it is a matter of same staid atti­ principle that nothing should upset tude is seen in traditions in the rickshaw trade. many areas in this Who and what is a rickie any­ city and on the way? This question was partially waterfront as answered for one Seafarer who got lost in Keelung. well. Calefato There were He was told how to reach the bus probably rickies around even be­ station by walking and boarding fore Genghis Khan was born, a certain bus to Taybor Village. He when coolies carried royalty in a followed instructions all right, but cab that was mounted on two long never found the bus depot. All he poles that served as handles. Later, could see were rickshaws, every­ everything came with wheels—the where. In desperation he asked a wildbuggy, the bicycle, the motorcycle, and alas, the taxicab. But still eyed driver where he could find a taxicab. This was hopeless, espe­ there are ricksaw-boys. How much longer the rickies will cially when the man pointed to the be in business is anybody's guess. rickshaw seat and said, "Gna-gna." "I want to go to the bus—^to the Judging from the opinion of one grain elevator — to ship. Under­ of them called Tommy, who was friendly with some of the Seafarers stand?" he asked the driver. The off the Robin Kirk, they are a man nodded as if his neck was a determined lot and will be around coiled spring and kept saying for a long time to come. Tommy "Gna-gna." For a half hour the Seafarer was pedalled all over town, with stops at bars and other places. When­ Get Certificate ever he declined td enter one, he driven to the next. All the Before Leaving was rickie could do was to move his Seafarers are advised to se­ finger in a circle, indicating that cure a master's certificate at he was showing him the town. all times when they become ill Finally spotting some buses, the or injured aboard ship. The Seafarer had the rickie trail them right to demand«a master's cer­ to the depot, but could find no bus tificate verifying illness or in­ to the village nor anyone who jury aboard a vessel is guaran­ knew what he was talking about. teed by law. Then the time came to pay the rickie, and the fare turned out to SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Oct. 12—Chairman, Sokol; Secretary, J. L. Siniard. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate. S21.60 In ship's fund. Motion made to ask headquarters for clarification on having oniy English spoken in messroom. Vote of thanks to steward and his department for good menus, great food and fine service. Crew re­ quested to turn in aU excess linen and to remove cots from deck when in port. HURRICANE (Waterman), Sept. 29 —Chairman, MIchele Ventresca; Sec­ retary, Eugene R. Ray. $1.30 in ship's fund. Motion that aU members with 15 years seatime be pensioned at any age. This motion to be referred to Negotiating Committee. Vote of thanks to the steward department for job well done. Suggestion that all patrolmen go to sea for two years out of each four years. Oct. 5—Chairman, Pat Marlnelll; Secretary, Charlie Scofield. Motion that all patrolmen go to sea for two years out of each four years. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), Oct. *— Chairman, Ray H. Casanova; Secre­ tary, C. Y. Kane. $29 in ship's fund turned over to steward. No major ¥' I!."; beefa reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Request made for painting of steward department rooms and heads. PENN TRANSPORTER (Pann Navf. gaton), Oct. 7—Chairman, J. K. Pat­ terson; Secretary, M. N. Etchenko. Some disputed OX in deck and stew­ ard departments. Deck department wants clarification on disputed OT for next voyage. Crew wants to know why fresh fruits and vegetables were not purchased in Calcutta and other ports when they were avaUabla. No fans or spare parts on board. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Oct. 6—Chairman Paul B. Gladdeni Secretary, Wllllam O. RInehart.. Brother Robert F. Kennedy was elect­ ed to serve as ship's delegate. He gave a comprehensive picture of ship­ ping conditions and suggested that the membership perform their duties SIU style. Steward picked up some stores and reported that topside is giving good cooperation in effecting repairs. No beefs were reported. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Over­ seas), Sept. 2—Chairman, R. Hodges; Secretary, P. L. Whitlow. Ship's dele­ gate asked that passageway doors on the main deck be kept locked and closed while ship is in foreign ports. speak pretty fair English to get across his points. Just then, another rickie hurried over and said he knew where the Seafarer wanted to go. "Come on, get in,"'he urged. "Oh yeah? How much," the nowcautious Seafarer asked. "Two yen," said the other rickie, meaning about 50 cents. It was better than being stranded and it made little difference if this rickie was also giving him a bum steer, so he got in. Ten minutes later, though, the village was in sight and the rickie was sweating and panting, but'smiling. "Me good rickshaw," he said, probably implying that there were bad ones too. Cleaning of slop sink room and laun­ dry to be cleaned by rotation of each department weekly. Abuse of ship's linen discussed and better care of same requested. Whistling inside the house to be - eliminated and be done out on deck if men must whis­ tle. Spare parts for fans very limited. Crew requested to cooperate and turn fans off when they are not being used. Hot water situation in the showers has been corrected by re­ newal of valve. Ice machine is work­ ing properly to make enough ice for meals. If necessary, ice can be pulled twice dally. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Sept. 21— Chairman, Tommy Tucker; Secretary, Pete Plasclk. Brother Norman Power was elected to serve as ship's dele- You SOYS A(&AINP IR-; CANTCHA S60 I'M gUS/?' DRATJTJI YQUTvtfc)- iO The rickshaw man, or "rickie," is still an important figure on the Formosan scene in spite of the continuing'progress of mechanization. The rickie pictured above is called "Jimmy," says Seafarer Wllllam Calefato, who reports that all rickies take American names like Joe, Charlie, etc. Another con­ stant on the Far East scene are the children. Calefato's camera caught shipmate Duke Samson making friends with the little girl below. He reports she stopped crying and was all smiles shortly after photo was taken. gate. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Some discussion re­ garding a smaller coffee percolator. Steward will supply same. HASTINOS (Waterman), Oct. • — Chairman, Benedict Broderlck; Secre­ tary, John Wells. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything has been running smoothly. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Men asked to remove dry clothes from fidley. Matter of American money in foreign ports will be brought to attention of patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), Oct. <—Chairman, Al Isaac; Secre­ tary, L. Edstrom. Jose Fidalgo was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $3.31 in ship's fund. No beefa re­ ported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for job well done. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Oct. <—Chairman, E. Tlrrelll; Secretary, J. Barges. New chairs and table top needed for messhall. Two men missed ship In Syria due to the captain sailing early in foreign port. Sug­ gestion was made that patrolman see captain about early sailing. Vote of thanks to steward department for Job well done. DRlVeMEA/DTB'i WtVAM/i YVl/M hlASrl BAMcn BIENVILI.R (Sea-Land), Oct. 7 — Chairman, Van Whitney; Secretary, Steve Karlak. Discussion on sour milk. It was recommended that tho steward order half amount in Eliza­ beth and the other half in Houston. It was also recommended that canned milk be put into a cooler storeroom. Everything running smoothly. Most of the repairs have been squared away. $11.66 in ship's fund. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Lsnd), Oct. 13—Chairman, none; Secretary, W. W. BIckford. Company purchased new ice machine for ship this trip. $14 In ship's fund was left with M. Cross. Suggestion made that each crewmember donate 50 cents to ship's fund. R. Rainwater was elected to seive as ship's delegate. No general alarm up forward, and this matter should be brought to Captain's attention. Ship's fans to be cleaned. Six new chairs bought this trip for crew messhall. DETROIT (Sea-Land), Oct. 6—Chair­ man, Walter Kushner; Secretary, Al Whitmer. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Chief cook left ship in Puerto Rico. T. Heggarty was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Some type of urn or heater for hot water is needed for lea, cocoa, etc. Men would like crew messroom air-conditioned. TV wanted for recreation room. CA?M - we WANNA WISH fYouAMEBRY, CHRISTwIAS. �'s^ ' DcMBiber 13, 1963 SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG Schedule Of SIU Meetings SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days Indicated .by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the Usted 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: lijiSSgSitti-jKifiilaWSSSSjiftslaiiiipi a..;-; — .-ir,.,,, , -.f.,., 'FINAMCIAL REPOFITS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the Deinhership's money and/ union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Uhion records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Should any member, for any reason, be refused his constitutional rijiht .to inspect these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. TRUST FUMDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agree­ ments. ' All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only iqpon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. If, at any time, you are denied informa­ tion about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headqviarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by tue contracts between the Union and the' snipowners. Get to knoy your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union hulls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is; ^ Max Harrison, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place,Suite 1930, New York k, N.Y. Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at Uhion headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Uhion or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These con­ tracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolmEun or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect yoiir contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. 'In addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by ili certified mail, return receipt requested. yT' -.K - ' ' ' \ EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, i960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its I ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. | PAYMENT OF MONIES. Ho monies are to be paid to anyone in any. official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason vmless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and ^ given an official re­ ceipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by cer­ tified mail, return receipt requested. ' — •" Detroit Houston New Orleans January 15 January 10 January 13 January 14 West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through January, 1064 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: Wilmington baa Francisco Seattie January 20 January 22 January 24 Pa., or call 461-2361. Anyone Oiiie R. Bianton The above-named or anyone knowing Elliott's whereabouts is knowing his whereabouts is asked also asked to write. t 3. to contact Thomas A. Bianton, PO Ex-SS Rye Box 371, Bowling Green, "Va. Checks for Philip J. Lombis and 3. 4. Peter Preas are being held at the Gene Copeiand Anyone knowing the where­ Contract Department in head­ abouts of the above-named is asked quarters. Send a forwarding to get in touch with his wife, Mrs. address. 3^ 3> 3. E. M. Copeiand, PO Box 111, SimLuther Rutherford mesport. La. Urgent. Your wife, Mrs. Lucille Ruther­ 4. 3> 3ford, asks you to contact her as Eugene Stark soon as possible at PO Box 437, Anyone in the Seattle, Wash., Rainier, Oregon. area who knows the whereabouts 3> 3- 3" of the above-named, who sails as" Paul B. Morgan 3rd cook, is asked to contact Edgar You are asked to contact your N. Quillin, attorney, 7011 St. sister, Mrs. Corene Overstreet, at Claude Ave., Arabi, La., or call him Rt. 3, Box 522, Mobile, Ala., im­ at 271-4771 in Arabi. Important. mediately. 3JI 3< 3> 3> 4 Grover C. Maddox John Taylor Seaton Get in touch with your wife, Your mother, Mrs. Helen Seaton, Janet Maddox, in care of E. Vin­ at 2102 E. Cholla Road, Phoenix, cent, 212 Karnani Mansion, Park Ariz., asks you to contact her as St., Calcutta 16, India. Urgent. soon as possible. ^ 3!' 4 4 3' 4 3" 4 Anderson J. Johnes Get in touch with Roger L. Hall, 382 4th St., Beaver, Pa. The phone is 775-3455. Very important. SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have * always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including, attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these. Uhion meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing Itliem to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. 7 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 Uhion has negotiated with.the employers. Consequently, no Sea­ farer may be discriminated against because of race," creed, color, national or geo­ graphic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he siii is entitled, he should notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve"the best in­ terests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely volimtary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. January 6 January 7 January 8 Mobile .... James Bruce Elliott Neut Williams Your mother is very anxious to Contact your wife, Mrs. Marguer­ hear from you. Write or call her at 229 Roberts St., West Mifflin, ite M. Williams, at 323 South Columbus St., Alexandria, Va. Urgent. -— COWSTITUTIOHAL RKHCTS AMD OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of.its constitution. In addition, copies are avail­ able in all Uhion halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive,you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges,.trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. ^ m New York Philadelphia Baltimore ill if PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Gal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams A1 Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Hooney Fred Stewart aAEi'uvlURE 1216 £. Baiumure M. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-49tK) BOSTON 276 State St. John Pay, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ...675 4tn Ave.. Bklyn HYacinth 9-660ii HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE., Jax William Morris. Agent ELgin 3-09R7 MIAMI 744 W. Flaglei St Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 .MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St Louis Neira Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent ... Tel 529-7546 NEW YORK . 676 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth n-6finr NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer,' Acting Agent 622-1892 PUILADELPUIA 2604 S 4th St Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-391? KAN FRANCISCO .... 450 Harrison St Frank Boyne, Agent DOuglas 2-4401 E B McAuIey. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE, PR 1313 rernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 724-2848 SKAITLB 2505 1st Ave red Babkowskl, Agent MAin 3-4334 FAMPA 312 Harrison St. 1»0 nillctte,. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif 505 N. Marine Ave George McCartney, Agent TErmlnal 4.2523 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Drew C. Gay Get in touch with your daughter, Brenda Gay, PO Box 90, Point Pleasant, West Va. She is anxious to hear from you. James Prosper Contact your wife. Dawn Pros­ per, at 451 N. Milton Ave., Balti­ more 21, Md. Income Tax Refunds Checks for the following men are being held by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Har­ rison St., San Francisco 5, Cal.f.: Joseph A. Alves, MargarHo Borja, John Misakian, Waldo M. Oliver (2), Arthur D. Payton, Jnrgen G. Pedersen, William Saltarez, Henry R. Smith. m ^1 'vsl �SEAFARERS LOG 1%.' I •4'- .^ •. , J 1 � 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. 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INJUNCTION HALTS MTD PICKETING OF FOREIGN SHIP IN WHEAT DEAL SENATE ACTION EXPANDS HOLE IN JINES ACT SEAFARERS GET NEW SERVICE IN SIU CLINICS CANADA GOV’T TRUSTEES INVOKE NEWS CENSORSHIP ANTI-STRIKW BILL PUT OFF TO ‘64 SENATE OKS LUMBER BILL TO AID FOREIGN SHIPPING PORT MEETINGS OKAY SECRET BALLOT VOTE ON DUES INCREASE AGRICULTURAL DEPT. ‘UNION’ RAPPED AS ‘COMPANY RIG’ SS TOPA TOPA AT BALTIMORE PRIVATE EYE AGENCY STILL GROWING TODAY HOLIDAY GREETINGS 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 12/13/1963 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. 25 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log