http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/4d9d2e52ce16a51b226d7e7862fb2bd0.PDF fc96eae9eb6fcfa0d84adfe69edb99b3 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG Mruaiy 21 1964 OFFICIAL ORQAM OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO " • • • The wheaf we sell to the Soviet Union wifl be earned in available Amerkan sbips^ supplemented by ships at other nations ..." Statement By The President Of The United States, October 9, 1963 SlU, ILA SPARK FIGHT FOR 50-50; BOYCOTT HITS RED GRAIN SHIPS Canada Indictment Curbs Peaceful Protests Story on Pago 2 Atlantic Fish Union Prepares For Strike Vote Story on Pago 4 Marine Unions Join In Showdown Battle Over Russian Cargo Anti-Strikebreaking Bill Recalls J-K Beef Story on Pago • SlU Rail Tug Plays Star Role In Pier Fire Story on Pago 12 Seafarer Heads For Lakes After Saigon Story on Pago 16 ME ANY BACKS JOINT STAND; UNION-GOV'T TALKS TO CONTINUE ^ Story On Page 3 MTD Raps Agriculture Dept. 'Company Union' Labor Policy Story On Page 3 �PsffC Tw SEAFAHERS LOG US Nixes Subsidy Assist For Domestic Ship Go's February tt, MM Hospital First For Crio Tugmon WASHINGTON—Undersecretary Clarence D. Martin, Jr. stressed the Commerce Depart­ ment's opposition to Federal subsidies as an aid to construction of new US vessels for do­ mestic operations in testimony last week before the Senate Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee. In place. of ^ ' subsidies, Martin recom­ subsidy or if no action is taken by Lakes operators to participate In mended an acceleration of the Secretary of Commerce on a the trade-in program. the vessel exchange program as a means of replacing vessels in the domestic fleet. Martin, who is Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation, testified as the Senate group re­ sumed hearings last week on two proposals sponsored by Sen. E. L. (Bob) Bartlett (D-Alaska) to aid domestic ship construction. Under the Bartlett bills, S. 1773 calls for a direct subsidy on con­ struction of new US vessels for domestic operations up to a ceiling of 55 percent. The subsidy could go as high as 60 percent in the case of reconstruction or conver­ sion. The other measure (S. 1774) would allow construction in for­ eign yards, if carriers in the do­ mestic trade are denied direct subsidy application within six months. Testifying before the subcom­ mittee in opposition to subsidies for vessels in the domestic trades, Martin contended that such Gov­ ernment aid would shift part of the burden of the cost of transpor­ tation services from the user of such services to the taxpayer. In urging greater use of the trade-in program, he claimed that by converting and modernizing re­ serve fleet ships, a vessel with a new mid-body might be good for 15 or even 25 years, the same life expectancy of a new ship. He sug­ gested that Congress extend the trade-in program, which is sched­ uled to expire next year. He also urged Congress to pass a bill which would enable Great Four SlU-contracted companies (Continued on page 13) Dues Hike Balloting Concludes Deckhand Walter Lastar became the first SIU tugman in the Erie-Lackawanna raiitug fleet to collect SIU hospital benefits during recent visit to Staten Island USPHS hospital by Wel­ fare Rep. John Dwyer Heft) and Headquarters Rep. Ed Mooney. Deckhands in the E-L fleet voted for the SIU Rail­ way Marine Region over the Teamsters in balloting hast fall. NEW YORK—Voting on a ref­ erendum to increase dues ended in all ports on February 18. The secret ballot, which began on Mon­ day, January 20, was conducted in accord with the provisions of the constitution and the report of a six-man rank-and-file committee. Another six-man committee will By Paul Hall be elected at headquarters here to The sale of wheat to the Russians will no doubt be long remembered conduct the tallying and certify the results. Election of that com­ as the classic example of the manner in which Federal Government agen­ mittee is scheduled for February cies have been following a policy that would destroy the American merchant marine. Their shocking disregard of US maritime needs, and 24. Balloting on the proposed in­ their unmistakable preferential treatment of foreign-flag shipping, has crease was conducted in accord never been more clearly evidenced than in the handling of the wheat with the SIU constitution, which shipments to Russia. From the time last October when the late President Kennedy pointed MONTREAL—Fourteen officials and rank-and-filers of the provides for the election of a rankout that the wheat shipments were to be "carried in available Amerjcan and-file polls committee each day SIU of Canada, including President Hal C. Banks, have been ships, supplemented by ships of other countries as required," we have arraigned here by the Canadian government on charges of in all ports where voting is being witnessed a disgusting display of manipulation, double talk, empty conducted. promises and downright deceit by the Government agencies involved. conspiracy stemming from a^ The proposal for a dues Increase peaceful protest held before crewmembers of the Canadian was originally adopted in the form This reached the point where the policies expressed by President Ken­ Parliament last October by Maritime Union in place of SIU of a resolution made at a regular nedy were completed reversed in actual practice, and the shot-in-thearm which the Russian wheat sales were to give the US shipping indus­ some 2,000 Canadian Seafarers. crews. membership meeting at head­ The protest was an appeal against The fine totals $42,800. An at­ quarters on December 2. It was try developed instead into a devastating shot-in-the-back. Our actions over the years in • the government takeover of five torney for Grain Elevator, Flour then carried at subsequent meet­ Canadian maritin>e unions, includ­ and Feed Mill Workers Local 418 ings in Houston, New Orleans, defense of the American merchant struck hard at the Government ing the SIU. said the local had only about Philadelphia, .Baltimore and marine have often been charac­ agencies' position. We indicated terized by Government people as in unmistakable terms that the Last fall's controversial action $10,000 in its treasury and would Mobile. the irresponsible actions of the by the Canadian government im­ be out of business if it were forced A six-man committee was elected unions. But the wheat shipment sabotaging of American shipping posing a trusteeship over the to pay the fine. A Federal judge and its rights was justification for Canadian maritime unions arose has also threatened to jail all mem­ at headquarters on December 13 fiasco, for which the Government an all-out fight to determine once to study the proposal and prepare agencies are clearly responsible, out of efforts to supplant the SIU bers of the local union for refusing a report with its recommendations, has put the problem into sharp and for all whether the Govern­ of Canada and destroy a ten-year to handle Upper Lakes ships. ment agencies were going to con­ including voting procedures for a collective bargaining relationship The arraignments of the Cana­ secret referendum ballot of the focus—and it is the Government tinue as active allies of the ene­ agencies which are revealed as ir­ mies of the American merchant between the SIU of Canada and dian SIU menobers and officials in SIU membership. responsible, and derelict in their marine who were set upon its de­ Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd. Montreal charge the 14 with con­ In the report which the commit­ Longshoremen Fined spiracy to persuade SIU members tee issued, applicable provisions of obligation to protect American struction. shipping. Meanwhile, in Chicago, the Na­ to leave their ships to take part As a result of our fight we im­ the constitution were cited, and From the Government's original mediately saw a denial of certain tional Labor Relations Board has in the protest of the Government's asked a US District Court to order action, in violaion of Canadian laws the committee found that the dues intent that virtually all of the waivers and the awarding of car­ Longshoremen's Local 418 to turn against desertion. The laws come increase had been accepted by the wheat shipments were to be made goes to American ships that in­ over all money in its treasury to under the Canada Shipping Act, membership, subject to a secret in American vessels, the extent of creased US shipping's share of the apply to a fine. The fine is the which is modeled on the British ballot referendum. The committee US ship participation was whittled wheat cargoes from 21 percent to result of the continuing refusal by Merchant Shipping Act dating back report was adopted at all ports down by Maritime Administration 38 percent. -This is a substantial members of the ILA local to load to the days of Queen Victoria. on December 16 at special regulations to the point where at change although still less than the least 50 percent of this cargo was minimum 50 percent which we are grain on Upper Lakes ships. The Many sections of the Act restrict­ meetings. The resolution proposes an in­ to be transported on ships flying determined to achieve in the in­ longshoremen have refused to ing seamen's civil rights, including handle the company's vessels be­ penalties of hard labor, were taken crease In dues of $10 per quarter the American flag. But the grain terests of the American seaman from the present $20 to $30 per broker, the Continental Grain and the American shipping indus­ cause the company is using scab over bodily. quarter, effective January 1, 1964. Company, obviously had no inten­ try, and which is also in the in­ tion of carrying out this require­ terests of our nation's security. ment, and it was aided and And this is but one chapter in comforted by the knowledge of the the story of the fight for the pres­ Government agencies' disinterest. ervation of American seamen's So the grain company proceeded jobs and the vitally-needed to tailor the guidelines and ship­ American-flag ships which are an ping requirements for the trans­ essential element of our nation's port of the cargo In such a fashion security. There will be more to that the US ships were neatly report as our fight continues. eased out of the picture. First off, in assigning the first 200,000 tons of the one-million-ton sale, the grain company disposed of this Feb. 21, 1964 Vol. XXVi, No. 4 tonnage completely aboard for­ eign-flag ships before it even gave American shipping an opportunity to bid for the cargoes. Then, after PAUL HALL, President arranging for some 210,000 tons to HERBBBI BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK, be shipped on American vessels. Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Continental Grain asked the Mari­ Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SXYIB, LAUGHLIN, ROBERT ARONSON. time Administration to waive some THOMAS Staff Writers. 280,000 tons which should have biweekly at the headquarters gone on American ships and allow Published of the Scafarari intarnatlonaf Union, At­ shipment on foreign vessels. This lantic, Cult. Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, «7S Fourth Avenue, is where the SIU, the ILA and Brooklyn 12, NY Tel HYaclnth «-«600. ftlBltiitoifi.. ' Second class postage paid at, the Pest other segments of the maritime in­ Seafarer A. (French/) Fruge signs voting roster while rank-and-file balloting committeemen Office In Brooklyn. NY. under the Act dustry really began to holler about of Augr 24, 1912 in Houston look on. Scene was during last week's voting in the Texas port on the dues in­ this obviously < unconscionable crease prpposal. Committeemen (i-r), are Tom Cummins, Burnell Butts and Bill Mitchell. manipulation.- And the unionsf,r«(c l-f-c. til sflab l; lit arji.'rt r.fiij cj rua fca-ii , jfccjSir.e.uiy.W'f T Protest Over Trusteeship BringsCanada Indictment SEAFARERS LOG ( �Febnunr 21, 19M skAFARERS Pag* TbrM LOG SlU, ILA Spark 50-50 Showdown Summary Of Unions' Demands For Enforcement Of 50-50 BAL HARBOUR—The followine are the key points of a set of proposals presented yesterday by the maritime anions to Secretary of Labor W. Wiilard Wirtz, which are designed to prevent bypassing of the requirement that 50 percent of the Russian wheat and other shipments be transported on American-flag vessels: • That immediate steps be taken by Federal agencies to instruct Continental Grain Company to recharter vessels to provide that a minimum of 50 percent of Russian wheat shipments be carried on American ships. • That Cargill Grain Company be instructed that a minimum of 50 percent of the 700,000 tons of wheat it has sold to Russia be shipped on American vessels. • That any grain company doing business with the Soviet or its' satellites should be bound by a 50 percent miiiiinuin requlreineut for US ship participation. • That Government departments and agencies enforce the 50-50 provisions of the Cargo Preference Aot as the minimum and not the maximum share to be carried on US ships, as intended by the Aot. • That Government departments and agencies be prohibited from granting any waivers that would violate principles set forth in this document. • That machinery be established for prompt redress of grievances or complaints by any maritime union or ship operator concerning violation of the principles incorporated in this document. • That an industry-wide meeting be called immediately by the Departments of Commerce, Agriculture and Labor to develop procedures for implementing the unions' proposals. Boycott Hits Red Wheat Ships; Sea Unions Adopt Joint Stands Fight For Fair Share Of Cargo BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—The fight spearheaded by the SIU and the Inter­ national Longshoremen's Association to end shortchanging of US ship participa­ tion in Russian wheat shipments and other cargoes culminated yesterday in a set of proposals which the maritime unions presented to Labor Secretary W. Willard Wulz at a meeting here. The proposals, which were presented by ILA President Thomas W. Gleason, expressed the joint position of Gleason, SIU President Paul Hall and NMU President Joseph Curran, and offered a means of resolving the current dispute over Russian wheat shipments, which has resulted in an ILA refusal to handle all such cargoes. The basic nature of the dis--* pute was summed up earlier procedures so as to avoid shipping limit American-flag participation by Hall. As head of the AFL 50 percent of the grain on Ameri­ to 21 percent, but allowed suffi­ cient waivers to cut the US share CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ can ships. to 38 percent, instead of the mini­ "We're sick and tired of the ment, he denounced the Gov­ President of this country enunciat­ mum 50 percent. ernment agencies for allowing ing programs and policies and giv­ As Hall and Gleason had indicat­ the grain companies selling wheat ing assurances, only to have them to the Soviet Union to manipulate negated by some irresponsible heads of agencies," Hall said. Hall and Gleason, along with President Jesse Calhoon of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso­ ciation, threatened several weeks ago to "take appropriate action" if the Maritime Administration went through with a plan to waive sub­ stantial American ship participa­ Department declared an all-out tion in the wheat shipments. At of Agriculture, based on the subsequent meetings with the MA department. The charges were and other Government agency rep­ resentatives, Hall scored the man­ ipulative practices of the grain companies in awarding cargoes, and Gleason said that unless 50-50 was observed in the wheat ship­ ments longshoremen would not load the cargoes. As a result of the unions' stand, the Maritime Administration re­ jected waiver requests that would MTD Blasts Anti-Union Agriculture Dept. Policy BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades drive last week to oust Orville S. Freeman as US Secretary anti-labor and anti-US shipping attitude prevailing in his made at the quarterly MTD Executive Board meeting which began here on Febru­ ary 14. The Department of Agriculture was particularly singled out for Its anti-labor policies, although several other Government agen-cies were criticized severely for their anti-union stands. An MTD resolution pointed out that the Agriculture Department has been charged with running a "company union" by the American Federation of Government Em­ ployees, an AFL-CIO union, which represents the first charge of its kind ever brought against the US Government. The AFGE filed a formal com­ plaint with Agriculture Secretary Freeman last year demanding withdrawal of Department recogni­ tion for another group, the Or­ ganization of Professional Em­ British-flag freighter Tulse Hill lies idle at Baltimore while ployees of the Department of ILA longshoremen refuse to handle the ship. The vessel had Agriculture. The union charged been on the Government's blacklist for trading with Cuba. that OPEDA is "sponsored, con­ trolled and assisted by the agency the refusal of Baltimore dock- ican-flag fleet." The MTD posi­ management," and was recognized workers to load the British vessel tion was contained in a telegram by the agency although AFGE had Tulse Hill, which had been one sent to Secretary of State Dean won exclusive bargaining rights for of the ships on the Government's Rusk by MTD President Paul Hall the Department's 1,500 meat in­ Cuban blacklist. on January 6. spectors. A statement by the MTD Board The vessel has been tied up at Separate action by the MTD also Baltimore since January 21 trying last week called the delisting of charged the Agriculture Depart­ to load a cargo of wheat bound for the blacklisted ships "highly det­ ment with showing anti-union bias, England. rimental to our maritime indus­ raising obstacles that keep Ameri­ ILA members have refused to try." can-flag shipping from achieving load the Tulse Hill, stressing op­ The Tulse Hill's owners had a 50-50 share of Government car­ position to a State Department rule turned to the NLRB for action goes as provided by the Cargo which whitewashes foreign ships against the ILA after a Circuit Preference Act, with trying to de­ that have traded with Cuba by re­ Court judge in Baltimore refused feat the Act, and for issuing a staff moving them from the blacklist on to grant an injunction, contending paper carrying anti-union quota­ their promise to cease such trade. that the case seemed to be a legit­ tions and articles. The new ruling frees these same imate labor dispute. The MTD promised to take po­ ships to participate in the wheat While the NLRB was seeking ac­ litical action against Freeman by shipments to the Communist coun­ tion against the ILA for refusing making his anti-labor feelings tries at the expense of American to load the Tulse Hill, the US Gov­ known in Minnesota, - Freeman's shipping. ernment announced that it will home state. The Secretary was The MTD last month informed halt foreign aid to Britain, France Governor of Minnesota before be­ the State Department that it and Yugoslavia because those gov­ ing appointed to his Cabinet post. viewed the State Department rul­ ernments have not taken steps to In Washington meanwhile, the ing as a "shocking" development. halt shipping to Cuba. Spain and National Labor Relations Board It said it viewed State Department Morocco were also threatened with announced it would seek an in­ policies "among the gravest threats no new foreign aid commitments junction against the International to the secui'lty of American sea­ until they clarify what they have Longshoremen's Association over men and to the future of the Amer­ done to halt trade with Cuba. PROTEST TIES UP 8 SHIPS NEW YORK—As the LOG went to press, eight ships were tied up at various US ports as a result of the ILA's refusal to handle any wheat shipments to Russia. The boycott protests the Maritime Ad­ ministration's failure to carry out the intent of Government policy that at least 50 percent of the wheat shipments to Russia be carried on American-flag vessels. The ships are both foreign and US-flag vessels which were pre­ paring to pick up wheat in Gulf and East Coast ports for shipment to the Soviet Union. Messages of widespread endorse­ ment for the ILA action and the strong stand taken by the SIU and other maritime unions have been conoing into SIU headquarters all week. Support of the unions' posi­ tion has been expressed by Fed­ eral and state legislators, labor unions, and the general public. The eight ships are tied up in four Gulf ports and Boston. The ships are the SlU-contracted SS Transorleans, US flag, Boston; SS Kythnos, Greek-fiag, and SS Asterope, Dutch-flag, New Orleans; SS Umrau, Turkish-flag, and SS Ingwl, Norwegian-flag, Houston; SS London Craftsman and SS Custodian, both British-flag, Gal­ veston, and the SS Bonte, Nor­ wegian-flag, Corpus Christl. ed earlier, the whole issue of the wheat shipments was then placed before the Maritime Trades De­ partment Executive Board meet­ ing which began here a week ago on February 14. At the meeting, the MTD Executive Board adopted unanimously a resolution support­ ing the ILA in its refusal to "load grain for shipment to the Soviet Union in violation of the ciear-cut policy announced by the Whit* House." Meany Backs Stand AFL-CIO President George Mea­ ny later announced that he was in complete accord with the MTD's efforts to protect the interests of American seamen and shipping. After the MTD resolution was adopted, Gleason announced that he had advised ILA representa­ tives in the various ports that since the Government had not followed through on the 50 percent policy, all loading of grain for Russia would be halted "until an agree­ ment is worked out with the prop­ er Government agencies." As­ sistant Secretary of Labor James Reynolds was assigned to the dis­ pute and met with Hall and Gleason. The meetings failed to produce any satisfactory results. Subsequent discussions between Hall, Gleason and Curran led to the adoption of the joint proposals submitted to Sec. Wirtz yesterday. As the LOG went to press, discus­ sion on the proposals was continu­ ing. The proposals are designed to guarantee American vessels at least half of all the wheat ship­ ments to Russia and its satellites. It also seeks rigid enforcement of the Cargo Preference Act so that American ships would get 50 per­ cent of all Government-generated cargoes reserved for them as a minimum—not as a maximum as in the past. The unions further called for strict controls to prevent manipulation of cargoes by the grain brokers in favor of foreignflag shipping and urged the prompt establishment of machinery to as­ sure that such controls and agree­ ments are not violated. �Sl^ E^ A f Pac« FOOT L^d G SIUNA ATLANTIC FISH UNION EYES STRIKE VOTE, RAPS OWNERS' STALL BOSTON—Some 600 SIUNA Atlantic Coast fishermen have overwhelmingly voted in favor of taking a strike referendum vote in a contract shutdown with the Federated Fishing Boats of New England and New York, Inc., the boatowners' organization. Federal mediator John J."*" per day as maintenance and cure Sullivan was notified of the talks as part of an overall effort for the fi.shing boat crews, an in­ to rewrite clauses dating back to development in the long- 1946. The revisions were oe- crease from the $5 a day now paid. delayed negotiations as he called representatives of the Atlantic Fishermen's Union, an SIUNA af­ filiate, and the boat owners to­ gether. The meeting marks the third time the parties are being brought together in an elfort to Iron out the dispute. Strike balloting is expectsd if the contract is not settled In the near future, Sullivan was informed by the union. The union had submitted sev­ eral demands at the outset of the Speaking Out signed to bring the union fully in compliance with the LandrumGriffin labor legislation adopted by Congress in 1959. Urges Talks Now In an effort to get the talks moving, the union has urged the owners to get down to "brass tacks" and halt their delaying tactics. Chief demands by the union include the payment of $7 The union is also demanding that the crews not participate in paying for the cost or radar and sound machines on the vessels, contending that this is the respon­ sibility of the boat owners. Ex­ penses for this type of equipment are taken off the top after a catch is sold, reducing the amount of money available from the catch for crew wages and similar payments. Johnson Wants New Look At Automation Problems WASHINGTON—President Lyndon B. Johnson has asked his Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy to take another long and searching look into the problems of worker displacement being"*" posed by the advance of auto­ future trends, and what is being done and what can be done, to mation in US Industry. Seafarer Bill Bailey stepped up to the mike and got some opinions on overtime off his chest during a dis­ cussion at the monthly New York membership meeting. Revise Plan To Rescue Bull Line NEW YORK—Pledges for about $2 million in new financing have brought reorganization of the bankrupt US-flag shipping opera­ tions of Manuel E. Kulukundis another step closer. It was an­ nounced at a hearing in Federal Court here. The availability of the new fi­ nancing has made it possible to submit the plan for reorganization under a trusteeship arrangement to the Securities and Exchange Commission of the US govern­ ment, which must pass on the ar­ rangement. Since no sale of securities to the public is involved in the plan, the SEC is not ex­ pected to offer any objections. A program calling for reactiva­ tion of three or four of the vessels remaining in the Bull Line-Kulukundis fleet is expected to be ready and operating by late Spring. Meanwhile, the sale of two ships formerly in the Kulukundis fleet have been ordered by Federal Courts in Philadelphia and Balti­ more. The auction of the 9,720ton Jean was scheduled for Febru­ ary 18 in Philadelphia. As of presstime, an insufficient bid for the Jean by Northern Metals had been turned down by the court. Sale of the 10,831-ton Beatrice was set for February 25 in Baltimore. Both vessels were formerly part of A. H. Bull Steamship Company., The President voiced "concern with this problem" at a recent meeting with the 21-member com­ mittee. He praised the committee's first report on automation which came out In January, 1962. Johnson cited particularly a con­ clusion of the 1962 report stating that "the achievement of maxin>um technological development with adequate safeguards against eco­ nomic injury to individuals de­ pends upon a combination of pri­ vate and govermental action, con­ sistent with the principles of the free society," and urged the com­ mittee to pursue this approach with a new study emphasizing automation's effects on workers, unions and businesses and the prob­ lems of adjustment to technological change. The President urged the com. mittee to seek answers to two basic questions. These are what the di­ rect impact of automation will be on the economy in the face of past and meet the Impact of automation. He also asked the committee to comment on three other matters involving problems of unemploy­ ment in general, asking advice on a draft of a manpower message to be sent to Congress next month, the attempt to detect and correct physical and mental deficiencies among youth through selective service examination at 18, and recommendations now being pre­ pared by a federal-state commis­ sion for a special program of re­ habilitation and redevelopment in the 10-state Appalachian region of the US where unemployment has been a major problem for several years. Labor members of the Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy are AFL-CIO President George Meany; Vice Presidents David Dubinsky, George M. Harri­ son, Joseph D. Keenan, David J. McDonald and "Walter P. Reuther; and President W. A. Boyle of the unaffiliated Mine Workers. Flat Tire Halts Cable Ship HONOLULU—^The SlU-contracted cable-laying ahip Long Lines, presently laying the first telephone cable between Japan and this Island, had to stop in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—to fix a flat tire. The tire, similar to an automobile tire, is part of the machinery used to pay out the armorless cable through a cleft in the stern of the 17,000 ton ship. Following her recently successful operation laying S.OOO-miles of cable between the US mainland and England, the Long Lines took on more cable and sailed to the Pacific for her laying duties there. The armorless cable which pays out of the stern of the vessel is manufactured at Electric Company's Point Breeze Plant in Bal­ timore. The cable can carry 128 two-way conversations simulta­ neously. The $19 million German-built ship is owned by Transoceanic Cable Ship Company, a subsidiary of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. Isthmian Lines operates the ship for AT&T. Construction of the vessel, largest of its kind in the world, was completed in Hamburg last Spring. Puestlon: How do you feel about the possibility of a woman being elected as President of the United States now that Senator Margaret Chase Smith has announced her candidacy for the Presidential office? James Shaw: No, certainly not. 1 don't say that Senator Smith is not a smart wom­ an, but 1 can't Imagine what the rest of the world would think of us with a woman in the White House. And 1 shudder to think of her, or any woman, as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. She's too old to take the step, anyway. ^ ^ s. WASHINGTON—The Administration has announced a new formula for computing operating differential subsidies for ship construction in the United States which will de­ crease subsidy payments by the government and consequently increase the cost of replace­ ment vessels to subsidized 4 ship operators. be- possible for ships of an equiva­ world's lowest cost shipyards. The Maritime Subsidy lent nature to be built. They may instead build them in The new method, Which the Sub­ sidy Board said would provide a fairer basis for judging subsidies, is expected to send the cost to the shipowners up from six to eight percent. For example, the aver­ age cost of the freighters being built today under the ship replace­ ment program is about $10 million with the Government paying about 55 percent. The saving could be from $300,000 to $400,000 for the Government and costs that much more for the shipowner. The Government pays construc­ tion subsidies to US shipyards so that subsidized American ship op­ erators can purchase their vessels at costs which compare with those of their foreign competitors. The law requires companies with op­ erating contracts to purchase their ships in US yards. The- Board said that the reason­ ing behind the change is that for­ eign competitors of American companies may not necessarily purchase their vessels in the t t William Campbell: No, I don't Hans P. Wuchina: Well, she ad­ think so. Woman suffrage is not even a law in mitted herself that she did not many parts of have the experi­ the world, and I ence and prob­ don't think a ably did not have woman could a chance. I think possibly be able that answers the to be a policy question. I think maker when that If it did hap­ dealing with pen, though, it these countries. would be a terri­ I don't think she ble blow to the would have too much trouble with morale of the domestic problems and I wouldn't country. I don't think we are ready now, but perhaps sometime mind seeing a woman vice-presi­ dent. in the future. 4" l" 3« Gov't Revamps Subsidy Plan Board released a directive recently stating that they had been study­ ing proposals to change the sub­ sidy program for the past six months. The MSB announced that they were changing the base used for computing the subsidy differ­ ential for the construction of vessels in this country. The MSB added that they welcomed com­ ments on the new plan up until February 28, with any warranted changes in the plan being imple­ mented before the new formula goes into effect". The construction differential subsidy is that money paid out by the United States Government to make up the difference between the cost of building a ship in the US and a foreign yard. At pres­ ent, the system is to select the foreign shipbuilding center with the lowest cost. In recent years, it has been principally Japan. The new procedure will be to determine the difference on data from five representative ship­ building centers where it would Fernando Valle: I don't think it makes much difference. It de­ pends a lot on the type of wom­ an who is elect­ ed. In my home town of San Juan, Puerto Rico, we have a woman mayor and she does just fine. Women have taken posi­ tions of leadership all over the world, why not in the US? their own yards to provide work for their own countries, or go to a nearby nation to have the ships built to save on transportation and inspection of the vessel. Shortly before the MSB an­ nouncement of the change in the subsidy formula, the Shipbuilders Council of America asked Presi­ dent Johnson to appoint a commis­ sion to study the moves necessary to preserve a strong US merchant fleet. The letter to the Chief Executive followed an economic study by the group which found that already "alarming qualitative and quantita­ tive deficiencies of the US naval and merchant fleets will become progressively more pronounced during the next 10 years." The Council pointed out that there have been numerous studies dealing with the nation's sea pow­ er capabilities and all of them concluded that a strong, well-bal­ anced merchant' fleet is essential to the nation's interests. John D. Pennell: No, I think she would be too easy on other countries. I don't think a woman would have the strength to back her own policies, and making the policies would be tough for her. 1 should think it would be very difficult to ap­ proach her, to talk over problems with a woman. 4> 4^ William Faison: No, I wouldn't like to see that. Men are certainly better at reason­ ing power than women, -and I just don't think they are ready for it yet. I think we would all get a better break with a _ man in the Presidency. We've been run­ ning it for so long, it's just hard to imagine a wmnan in the posi­ tion. �Fkff* »*• SBA F^A-REM^, rLO 0 ufebrvur *1. ItM 8IU Llffeboatmen Graduate ICC Conducts Hearings On Bid For Seafrain Sale WASHINGTON—Hearings began here this month before the Interstate Commerce Com­ mission on a bid by a large Chicago-based freight forwarding company to purchase con­ trol of the ,SIU-contracted Seatrain Lines. Hearings bef;ore the com-t-mission commenced after a coastal and Intercoastal shipping was US Freight vice-president Fred Federal district court in that would result in mors jobs for N. Melius Jr., who made It clear Another successful group of students of the SlU's Lifeboat School sit for their "graduation" picture at the school, located near headquarters building in New York. All the grads of the two week course earned their Coast Guard lifeboat tickets. They are (front, l-r) Isaac Vega, Fernando Valle, Carlo Fraracci, Charles Oarr, Jose L. Rodriguei, J. A. Browne, Edward Morales, instructor Danny Butts, Frederick W. Debille, Angel Suares, Edelmaro Albaran, and, the other instructor. Ami Bjornsson. Seniority Upgrading To Start Afarc/i 1st NEW YORK—^Applications are now being accepted for the 30-day seniority upgrading course for class B men inaugu­ rated by the Seafarers Appeals Board. The training program will function here in the Port-* of New York beginning fact that even with the steadily declining nature of the shipping March 1, 1964. Qualifications for the course are a minimum of 12 months seatime on SlU-contracted vessels and a lifeboat ticket. The SAB inaugurated the up­ grading program for Seafarers, based on a Union-shipowner sur­ vey of manpower needs In all ports and the number of men shipped to fill jobs on SlU-contracted vessels during 1963. SAB is the joint Un­ ion-management panel which gov­ erns the shipping rules established under contracts for SIU ships. The Board's action is a move to assure the availability of qualified Seafarers to meet current manning needs in the face 0|f the lessening availability of class A men due to retirement on pension, longer va­ cation time on the beach, and the SIU Wins New Gulf Tug Pact . .HOUSTON—Another Gulf tug company came under the SIU In­ land Boatmen's Union banner re­ cently as the Union was certified by the NLRB as sole bargaining agent for the Texas Marine Fuel­ ing Company. Negotiations are now underway on a first time contract. Meanwhile, the IBU has signed a new three-year pact renewal with Magco Towing Company, New Orleans, calling for job gains in­ cluding wage increases for all hands now, with another wage boost in July, 1965 at the halfway mark of the pact's three year life. Regular payments by the company to the Seafarers Welfare Plan are another top feature of the re­ vamped contract. •• The IBU won sole bargaining rights for Texas Marine Fueling, Houston, after winning an NLRB election among the company's employees. The company operates two tugs in the Port Arthur area. industry, the SIU has a larger number of ships than a year ago. Qualifications for the seniority upgrading are set forth in Section 5H of the shipping rules, based on SAB Action No. 79 adopted on December 26, 1963. The rules were carried In a special LOG supplement on January 10, 1964. All qualified class B men who wish to apply for a seniority up­ grading application or for in­ formation should write to: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Ap­ peals Board, 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, New York. The SAB Seniority Upgrad­ ing Committee Includes Shepard for the Atlantic Area, Lindsey Williams, Gulf Area; Al Tanner, Great Lakes Area; and E. B. McAuley, West Coast Area. Death Benefit Mrs. Judith Wild, widow of SIU boatman Elmer Wild, is shown here with son Jef­ frey, 2, after receiving $4,000 death benefit check from SIU Inland Boatmen's Union representative in St. Louis. Brother Wild died of accidental causes in Octo­ ber, 1963. Another son, Timmy, 3 months old, is not shown. Florida had refused to act on an appeal by motor carrier interests who wanted to stop the ICC from holding the hearing. The Florida District Court called the motion to restrain the ICC hearings "premature." The trucking industry contends that under law, there Is no pro­ vision for a freight fowarders ac­ quisition of stock control over an­ other type of carrier, and there­ fore no provision for an ICC hear­ ing on such a matter. Freight Fowarding interests countered with the argument that the law permits the ICC to con­ sider and approve a transaction in which the fowarders control of an­ other type of carrier is acquired indirectly; in this case via a motor carrier subsidiary of the fowarder: United States Freight Company. United States Freight, a holding company that owns many of the largest freight fowarders, is seek­ ing to acquire direct control of Seatrain through the Lasham Cartage Company, a motor carrier subsidiary of US Freight. Testifying at the ICC hearings on February 17 was SIU vicepresident Earl Shepard who de­ livered an affadavit supporting the proposed plan of United States Freight to acquire Seatrain. In the affadavit supporting the move, the SIU vice-president said that he thought the move would be bene­ ficial to American shipping be­ cause It would mean an increase in Rio Grande Feted For Sea Rescue NEW YORK—Crewmembers and officers of the SlU-manned Rio Grande will be honored for their courageous part in rescuing survi­ vors In the Lakonia disaster at a luncheon sponsored by the Ameri­ can Legion. The Robert L. Hague Merchant Marine Industries American Le­ gion post will present a citation for meritorious service for rescue at sea to officials of the American Asia Lines, Inc., owners of the Rio Grande. The presentation will be made at a luncheon to be held Feb. 25 at the Whitehall Club. The Rio Grande was part of the fleet of rescue ships that con­ verged on the Greek Line's La­ konia when she burned and sank in the Atlantic southwest of Lis­ bon on Dec. 23rd with a loss of over 100 lives. The American freighter was re­ sponsible for saving 76 of the sink­ ing Lakonia's survivors. Seafarers predominated on a 12-man life boat crew which plucked 76 per­ sons, mostly women and children from the sea. SIU lifeboat train­ ing was credited as an important aid In this rescue operation by members of the boat team. Paul Magro, ship's delegate, joined 3rd mate Ed O'Donnell and 3rd assistant engineer Finn V. Grested when they jumped into the water to assist survivors in the Lakonia's swamped hoats. Over 900 of the 1,041 passengers on the Lakonia were saved in the dramatic international sea rescue. American seaman. The United States Freight Com­ pany has been a pioneer in piggy­ back service in which loaded truck trailers are carried on railroad flatcars. The company has coordinated piggyback service with "fishyback" service in which mall shipments travel to the Caribbean Islands via railroad to Miami and then by boat to the islands. US Freight already controls a water carrier. Co-ordinated Transport Inc., which peforms the "flshyback" service between the U.S. and the Caribbean. Seatrain, which hauls railcars, inaugurated its Carribean run last May when the Seatrain Savannah docked in San Juan. Two vessels, the New York and the Savannah, are being used in the new operation. Testifying at the ICC hearings that the fowarding company in­ tends to integrate Seatrain into its existing operations in Central America. Mr. Melius pointed out in his testimony that Seatrain as a pos­ sible hauler of all types of con­ tainers and trailers "has almost limitless potential for expanding the scope and usefulness of co­ ordination through transportation in whlc(h the freight moves from actual origin to final destination, without expensive terminal handl­ ing and transfers." Melius added that Seatrain op­ erations" are or could be made adjunctive to the operations of the various US freight subsidiaries," and that "the fowarding company's 'extensive' sales force" would be of great value in developing busi­ ness for the co-ordinated opera­ tion." AFL-CIO Urges Congress Act On Rights, Medicare BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—The AFL-CIO pledged its total leg­ islative forces to help secure Senate passage of the Houseapproved civil rights bill, which the Federation's Executive Council termed the strongest civil rights measure in the nadeclared that the AFL-CIO will "do everything pos­ tion's history. sible" to help the Pennsylvania Opening its winter meeting here, the Council made civil rights legis­ lation one of its first orders of business. It adopted a statement calling on members of the Senate "to resist every crippling amend­ ment; to shun compromise; to let nothing come before adoption of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." The Council expressed "great satisfaction" at House passage of the civil rights bill, terming it "one of the major signposts" on the road to full civil rights for all. The House-passed measure, said the Council, includes "many of the ob­ jectives for which we have been fighting for years." But, it added: "There's no room for complacency. The fight in the Senate of the United States must still be waged and won." Meanwhile, AFL-CIO President News Guild Eyes Free Press Role WASHINGTON—The Amer­ ican Newspaper Guild, AFLCIO, has named Philip M. Kadis, a Cleveland newsman, to develop a program aimed at fostering press responsi­ bility without impairing press freedom. The assignment, the ANG said, is the first step in implementing the testament of Lowell M e 11 e 11, ScrippsHoward editor and columnist who bequeathed the Guild more than $38,000 in stocks to finance a study of the problem. Kadis, on leave from the Cleveland bureau of United Press International, will staff the new position for an initial period of a year. He will be charged with undertaking im­ mediate specific actions in accordance with the bequest and with developing a longerrange program and additional sources of income to imple­ ment it. labor movement fight an attempt by Gov. William W. Scranton to weaken the state unemployment laws. Commenting on an Executive Council statement on the need for Federal action to modernize the unemploynvent compensation sys­ tem—a statement including sharp criticism of Scranton's state pro­ posal—Meany termed the Pennsyl­ vania governor's approach a "strange" one. The AFL-CIO president said to the best of his knowledge Scran­ ton's proposal marked the first time the governor of an important industrial state had made an at­ tack on the jobless pay system proposing to help the unemployed by cutting out their benefits. In its statement, the Council de­ clared that Scranton's program "in the guise of an attack on unem­ ployment" would knock out bene­ fits for more than 90,000 unem­ ployed persons. The Council said his program "singles out an penal­ izes" workers in seasonal and lowpaid industries. The Council also adopted a state­ ment on the nation's health needs, praising Pres. Johnson for giving "first priority" on the agenda of unnwt needs to hospital insurance for the aged. In other matters: • The Council recommended to the AFL-CIO General Board, which is scheduled to meet here on February 24, a 50-cents-permember voluntary contribution over a 20-month period, Meany said, to "discharge labor's obliga­ tion" to the Eleanor Roosevelt Me­ morial Foundation and to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. • Meany told reporters that he had given the Council a report on the Florida East Coast Railway dispute, noting that he was "very much disturbed" by the action of the National Labor Relations Board in moving to seek a Federal court injunction against pickets in the railroad dispute. �' the Six Mnuuir'iC'liM' • il (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and In'ond Waters District.) February 1 - February 14, 1964 The trend established last period of large shipping gains in Atlantic and Gulf ports, with slow activity on the West Coast, was reversed during the past two weeks. This time New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk all fell off, along with several of the Gulf ports. New Orleans was the only port outside of the West Coast showing a major shipping increase. Among all the ports, San Francisco showed the largest rise. Seattle and Wilmington also shared in the general uptrend on that coast. Total shipping for the period amounted to 1,117 men dispatched from all ports. The Atlantic area, despite the drop in individual ports, con­ tinued to ship the most men in the District, however. The dispatch total previously was 1,253. Ship Acfivify Registration for all ports also slowed down, dropping to 1,155 from 1,235. The dip was about evenly spread among the three shipboard departments. In the ship activity.totals (see right), there were fewer payoffs this period, but one additional sign-on and almost 30 more in-transit ship visits than the last time. The net result, however, was only more ship movements. There were far less calls for replacements and less turn­ over generally up and down the coast. The seniority figures show that the class A portion of total jobs shipped went up to 58 percent, class B's share dipped to 31 percent and class C men handled the same 11 percent as before. •otfon Pay Siga !• Olh OM Trans, TOTAL 2 5 • 1 New York Philadelphia .. •oMmere .... Nerfelh Jachsanville .. Tampa ...... Mobile New Orleans.. Honston WMminglan .. San Francisco. Seattle ....... 11 5 10 3 1 0 6 7 6 1 1 2 TOTALS ... 55 7 3 4 1 1 0 1 10 4 . 2 2 2 38 28 0 18 3 5 7 5 22 28 5 4 5 46 8 32 7 7 7 12 39 38 8 7 9 135 228 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 9 14 33 8 55 1 15 11 27 12 28 7 47 2 9 1 12 0 1 7 3 4 1 5 1 11 14 3 28 0 4 10 14 4 14 5 23 2 6 0 8 0 4 4 3 6 0 1 2 1 4 0 5 1 4 0 3 0 4 4 0 0 2 1 3' 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 7 6 0 13! 1 7 2 4 2 11 8 1 25 28 2 55 4 19 33 56 21 60 33 6 11 28 4 43 0 16 10 53 26 14 26 13 1 6 2 9 0 1 3 4 5 4 2 11 7 5 1 13 1 3 2 6 12 19 33 2 7 8 3 9 1 15 6 10 20 5 4 95 147 25 1 267! 9 75 84 1 168; 81 159 47 1 287 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Shipped CLASS C GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 2 00 2 29 1 1 14 14 7|1 4 1 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 35 1 15 19 27 2 17 8 0 4 3 1 1 10 1 8 10 4 6 0 7 58 73 I 138 GROUP 1 2 3 0 0 0 7 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 10 0 4 2 29 18 TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS B Shipped CLASS A 1 CLASS GROUP ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 11 6 0 9 0 2 17 7 4 11 47 87 92 114 33 239 29 11 3 7 7 17 11 3 12 6 29 1 23 27 38 3 1 53 13 104 3 6 12 16 3 20 1 37 3 0 4 3 7 7 0 12 2 21 0 3 0 3 8 0 9 2 19 0 11 16 30 5 0 27 64 7 0 60 95 94 35 0 82 20 196 9 53 27 89 50 9 80 12 142 5 11 20 6 4 5 15 3 24 3 33 10 46 20 3 43 22 1 14 20 10 14 44 12 27 9 6 1 49 287 138 49 I 474 390 462 110 1 962 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 2 7 5 44 58 107 5 2 11 13 0 0 12 17 29 0 4 6 10 2 14 8 24 1 3 4 8 1 6 12 19 8 50 80 138 21 25 3 49 1 3 10 14 4 15 10 29 1 9 10 20 26 185 256 1 467 ENGINE DEPARTMENT . n._. rort Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 0 7 40 0 5 1 10 7 4 0 2 0 2 7 1 12 26 7 38 2 0 4 6 1 10 37 158 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 0 3 0 2 3 1 4 3 5 0 9 56 5 35 13 14 32 6 27 2 6 1 7 0 1 9 4 2 7 2 5 16 0 9 0 0 4 6 4 3 1 9 3 12 1 7 1 8 4 1 7 0 0 2 0 4 2 2 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 9 0 1 7 3 3 6 4 1 12 7 45 4 39 20 12 36 7 29 3 46 4 28 1 22 16 42 9 19 0 1 3 0 7 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 12 0 2 18 27 2 4 4 5 0 11 0 5 4 9 2 10 2 6 29 1 224 15 89 67 1 171 38 130 19 1 187 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 31 3 16 12 6 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 10 13 25 25 2 11 12 7 0 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 0 6 8 58 51 1 116 7 TOTAL Shipped CLASS GROUP 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 35 5 31 0 2 1 9 0 0 6 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 . 6 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 12 3 0 0 0 25 0 2 1 3 39 11 28 25 0 6 5 4 7 7 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 27 0 11 10 8 5 6 0 24 19 1 43 187 116 Registered On The Beach CLASS AI CLASS B GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 4 1 0 2 5 8 7 73 39 112 20 171 16 1 14 1 17 2 80 1 6 9 64 7 0 14 5 13 3 21 2 5 3 9 0 12 1 4 1 12 13 0 0 15 4 24 32 4 67 23 3 51 14 88 64 18 11 72 5 95 18 4 4 13 8 1 2 31 13 30 1 44 11 22 0 29 4 26 43 1 346 125 436 59 1 620 GROUP 1 2 8 ALL 0 7 8 15 23 46 48 117 1 3 10 14 1 22 17 40 2 9 2 13 2 9 6 17 4 0 2 6 13 6 0 19 61 63 128 4 6 43 36 85 7 2 16 7 1 12 10 23 3 5 4 12 45 241 219 1 605 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A m. Fort Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac Tarn Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS 1-s 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 23 Registered CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 2 2 3 ALL 1-s 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 8 8 26 46 3 1 14 18 3 4 0 8 0 2 1 2 3 0 6 5 10 22 0 1 4 5 3 3 8 1 1 4 0 6 7 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 4 14 1 0 5 0 4 8 4 27, 42 2 4 44 50 3 5 14 5 27 2 3 15 20 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 3 3 0 2 2 1 3 9 1 2 1 3 8 12 3 57 31 88 1 199 10 13 103 1 126 21 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 1 2 1 38 7 20 8 7 0 5 2 5 9 0 1 4 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 6 5 1 S3 10 5 35 3 7 20 3 2 2 0 4 15 5 1 8 8 3 1 1 36 24 91 1 172 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 9 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 3 0 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 26 0 0 26 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 3 8 12 1 6 91 1 84 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 3 ALL A B 2 2 2 0 8 38 8 10 1 1 7 6 1 1 9 3 1 8 2 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 S 1 0 0 6 2 3 8 53 26 6 6 20 16 2 0 2 4 2 2 19 ' 7 5 6 8 12 31 1 34 172 91 Registered CIn The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 C ALL 1-B 1 2 Z 8 ALL 4 2 3 3 3 11 0 6 1 5 2 8 89 56 16 42 31 81 170 7 8 •4 25 0 0 10 3 7 9 9 14 5 1 88 1 2 16 19 26 19 34 13 9 1 11 0 2 7 9 2 4 0 6 14 1 IS 1 4 3 2 7 10 6 1 4 2 15 0 0 4 8 1 1 2 0 4 3 54 2 2 17 18 7 23 91 8 6 0 2 96 102 34 19 68 142 4 3 82 21 74 3 88 36 10 17 2 33 6 42 11 17 6 3 3 8 7 2 2 6 2 2 48 0 0 17 17 11 10 18 2 24 9 8 3 12 16 4 4 23 1 6 26 7 27 262 1 811 34 1 297 94 201 116 282 1 693 22 SUMMARY DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered Registered SHIPPED SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 95 147 25 i 267 9 75 84 1 168 81 159 47 287 7 58 73 1 138 37 158 29 I 224 15 89 67 1 171 38 130 19 187 7 58 51 1 116 80 31 88 I 199 10 13 103 1 126 57 24 91 172 6 1 84 1 91 212 336 142 j 690 34 177 254 1 465 176 313 157 646 20 117 208 J 345 SHIPPED CLASS C Registered C n The Beach CLASS B CLASS A TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 123 ALL ABC 49 287 138 49 2 29 18 43 187 116 43 0 24 19 84 172 2 1 31 91 34 4 54 68 126 646 345 126 ALL { 474 1 346 1 297 liil7 GROUP 123 ALL 3^0 462 110 1 962 125 436 59 ] 620 295 116 282 | 693 810 1014 451 [2275 GROUP 128 ALL 26 185 256 [467 .45 241 219 1 505 22 27 262 | 311 93 453 737 |1283 �li n, iMi Checking; It Out Wheat Deal And Ship Replacements Jobs and job issues in maritime are a mighty complex affair, as the US wheat deal with the Russians has already proven many times. The mishandling of this program by our maritime agencies has caused the loss of months, perhaps years of potential employment for Ameri­ can seamen. The US-flag steamship industry has been deprived of a much-needed opportunity to accumulate funds for new construction and future employment—and nothing that seems in the wind right now is likely to provide the same kind of opportunity for some time to come. There are many aspects to the whole wheat situation that will require exploration in the future, but one of the most interesting sidelights in the whole picture is the way our Government agencies let the situa­ tion develop. Ostensibly this was a "private and commercial" trans­ action, but anyone who examines the arrangements can see that the whole deal was anything but a private commercial affair. Government specialists had to be in on the arrangements from the beginning. The question of the shipping arrangements was worked out not as a private matter by the grain traders, but with the Government sitting in as a very interested party the whole time. That's why we can only assume that shipping policy on the wheat, and the continued cutting back of the US-flag share, came about with full Government knowledge and consent. Just one instance is necessary to point up this situation. SIU men will recall how, in September, 196", the MTD Port Council in Houston, Texas, set up a protest picketline against a Yugoslav-flag ship called the MV Drzic, which had just re­ turned from Havana, Cuba. This was at the time that our Govern­ ment had not yet taken formal steps to embargo trade with Cuba, but was leaning in that direction. MTD unions therefore demon­ strated against the Drzic when she reached Houston, since the ship had come to Texas to pick up a US Government-financed 50-50 cargo bound for the United Arab Republic. With pubUe support, the unions protested that our Govern­ ment should not "reward" the Drzic for engaging in Cuban trade, when there were plenty of Ameri­ can as well as foreign ships avail­ able to carry the cargo. The Drzic eventually left Houston without the cargo it sought, and wasn't heard from again until recently. And where did it . turn up? Despite its past history and its record of trading with Cuba, the Drzic became one of the foreign ships designated to share in the wheat nvovement to the USSR at the expense of US ships and sea­ men. So, even if the Continental Grain Company, the grain trader, was not aware of the Drzic's past, surely Government people were. They had every reason to expect that American seamen and mari­ time workers would react to the wheat deal by protesting the mis­ handling of the 50-50 split of the cargoes going to Russia. The pres­ ent boycott is tout an outgrowth of policies that were designed to minimize and ignore the interests of American seamen, and Ameri­ can ships and maritime workers. t it The situation regarding the Rus­ sian wheat deal is offered as one example of the problems faced by American-flag shipping operators In obtaining replacement vessels and modernized tonnage as a means of assuring future develop­ ment of the Industry. Fuller em­ ployment of American vessels in the wheat shipments could well have been a source of revenue for A GOOO ISA GQOT> , CITIZEN/ suPFo/ir such industry modernization but has not materialized. At the same time, questions of so-calied automation in the mari­ time industry are developing, as any reading of the shipping news around the country will indicate. But when one speaks of automa­ tion, this doesn't mean ships with only two or three people aboard. Ships of that nature are a long way from reality. The discussion is reaily about ships automating and consolidating some of the bridge and engineroom functions. This is a way of cutting cost, not so much by slashing wages and personnel, but by reducing maintenance, re­ placement parts, insurance costs and the like. Less Hours The Answer —Einstein Four More Seafarers Co On Union Pension NEW YORK—Four more oldtimers have been added to the new list of pensioners for the year 1964, bringing the total of Seafarers drawing a monthly $150 check for life for this year to nine. All four of the men who partment and last signed off on were recently approved by the the Del Oro (Delta). Mitchke, a By Cd TanMr, Exeeathre Viec-Presidmt 4" Pace Seven , LOG Making out a bill of lading at the National Fiberstok Co. in Philadelphia is SIUUIW member Alec Rohrman. joint panel of SlU-shipowner trustees for the Union's retire­ ment program are retiring on dis­ ability pensions. They are John T. Morton, 63; Amiel A. Mitchke, 67; Hayden F. Henry, 38, and Joel Thomas, 38. A member of the deck depart­ ment, Morton has been sailing with the SIU since 1945, when he signed on in Norfolk, Va. He last sailed aboard the Montioeilo Victory (Monticello Tankers). A native of North Carolina, Morton still makes his home there. Mitchke first joined up with the SIU at the Port of New York in 1944. He "sailed in the deck de- British Turn Up Noses At New Japanese Ship British shipbuilders and several concerns involved with the shipbuilding industry there, have taken exception to the amount of publicity received by the new Japanese ship, the Yamashiro Maru. The Japanese, ship whose Conference, others endorsing the hull design has been hailed as announcement were British Ship­ "epochal," by designers, has been taken to task by the British Ship­ building Conference. The British contend that their ships are every bit as good as any rivals. To back their argument, the British pointed to the Ben Lines ship, the Benloyal, built on the Clyde in 1958. While the 505-foot British vessel is 13-feet longer than the Japanese ship and her 71-foot beam is four feet less than that of the Japanese ship, the two vessels operate at approximately the same draft. With her diesel engine delivering 13,300 horse­ power, the Yamashiro Maru at­ tained a speed of 22.4 knots. The Benloyal did 22.3 knots with her steam turbine delivering 11,145 horsepower. "It will be seen that, on trials, the Benloyal attained a speed only fractionally lower than that of the Yamashiro Maru but with con­ siderably less power," the British announcement said. In addition to the Shipbuilding building Exports, the Shipbuilding Employers Federation, the Dry Dock Owners and Repairers Cen­ tral Council, the National Associa­ tion of Marine Engine Builders and the British Research Associa­ tion. native of Michigan, now makes his home in New Orleans, La. Shipping in the deck department, Henry has been sailing with the SIU since 1944. He first Joined the Union in the Port of New York. Morton Mitchke The native Georgian last signed off the Penn Voyager (Penn Ship­ ping). Henry now makes his home in New Orleans, La. A member of the SIU since 1946, Hemy Thomas Thomas first Joined in the Port of New York. Sailing in Ilia deck de­ partment, he last signed off the Bethflor (Bethlehem Steei). Thomas, who was born in Texas, makes his home in Houston. Seafarer's Mother Lauds Vielfare Plan NEW YORK—To the late worldGLOUCESTER, N.J.—^When Mrs. Margaret Graf was stricken with a serious stomach disorder last year she entered renowned scientist Albert Einstein, the hospital. Following her release, she had to return for who many feel had the most bril­ hospitalization, the second-*-" liant mind of the century, a time for surgery. Total cost' Mrs. Graf recently wrote to the shorter work week was imperative for hospital and surgical care LOG expressing her appreciation to meet the problem of high un­ for the help the Welfare Depart­ was $1,777. employment. ment of the SIU And, because her son, Robert H. A collection of Einstein's articles, has extended to Graf is A Seafarer, the entire hos­ addresses and pronouncements pub­ her. "It sure pital tab was picked up by the SIU lished by The Philosophical Libra­ helped with the WelfarA Plan—at no cost to her ry, Inc., here has shown that the large cost it has or her son. problems of unemployment. Jobs been," wrote the for young people, and care for the low healthy Mrs. aged who could no longer contrib­ Graf. ute to the productive process were Mrs. Graf first entered the hosof great interest to him. The AFL-CIO Community Service Activities and the American Graf pital on August Although Einstein wrote many Cancer Society have teamed up to publish a booklet setting up pro­ 22, 1963. On that trip she re­ of his opinions during the depres­ mained there untii September 3. grams which could help local unions save the lives of more than sions of the 1930s, Just shortly And, that trip would have cost 500,000 present AFL-CIO members. after he came to this country, many her, without the plan, $456. Again, of his recommendations, especially Called the AFL-CIO Cancer Education Program Guide, the 12on October 6, she entered the those concerning youth and the page pamphlet represents an important step forward in cooperative hospital, this time for surgery, aged, apply today. action against the nation's second biggest killer, according to a Johit and remained there until October statement by the AFL-CIO and ACS. Writing to a friend, Einstein 19. Although the trip was shorter, said that "steps absolutely must The pamphlet lists films, posters, other pamphlets, exhibits and the operation blew the second bili be taken to make it possible and other educational materials stressing the importance of early up to $721. necessary for the younger people diagnosis and treatment of the disease whicfa will be made available Thanks to son Robert's having to take part in the productive to AFL-CIO unions free of charge through the cancer society's Joined the SIU in 1945, everything process. Further, that the older divisions and units. was taken care of. A native of New people ought to be excluded from Dr. Harold S. Diehl, ACS senior vice president for research and Jersey himself, Robert Graf joined certain sorts of work, receiving in­ medical affairs, said the guide is based "on the medical fact that the SIU in the Port of Baltimore stead a certain income, as having about half of all cancers are presently cm-able ... If treated in and shipped out in the engine de­ by that time done enough work of time." partment. He now holds a rating a kind accepted by society as pro­ He cited statistics showing that with 13 million AFL-CIO mem­ ofFWT. ductive." bers, 3.25 million would be expected to get cancer over the years at Although he lists his home as Einstein left Germany in 1933 to present trends. Gloucester, New Jersey, the 44escape the tyranny of the Nazi "At present rates 1,083,000 will be cured," he said. "But' this year-old Seafarer has been ship­ regime. Many countries Invited him figure could and should be 1,625,000. Thus ... there would be ping on the West Coast most re­ but he decided to make the US his 542,000 needless deaths from cancer Just in the ranks of the AFLcently. home. In coming here, Einstein CIO. Our aim is to close the life-saving gap." said that "as long as I have any "Again thanking you for such a Copies of the-guide are being sent all state central bodies, the choice, I will stay only in a coun­ good Welfare Plan in a good presidents of unions, community services committee and divisions try where political, liberty, tolera­ Union," is the way the grateful ,and units of thb cancer society. tion and equality for aU citizens Mrs. Graf signed off her letter to before the law are the rule." the LOG. Cancer Guide Published �nUimny ilMfll' Pace Applying A Smila lii: \ J iiiiiii iliiiiii Iri f'? «iii ' V II M NY Legislature Puts Off Anti-Strikebreaker Bill WASHINGTON—Action on a bill' that would ban the importation and use of profession al strikebreakers during a labor dispute was deferred last week in the New York State Leg­ islature. Passage had been expected on February 10. The measure, which has the full support of the New York such employment, would make It cants of the existence of a labor State AFL-CIO, is being spon­ unlawful for an employer to hire dispute before sending them sored in the lower house by Assem;blyman Ernest Curto of Niagara Falls. The bill stipulates that an employer Involved In a strike or lockout would be prohibited from knowingly replacing an tmployee Involved in a strike or lockout. Additional provisions would bar the strikebreaker from accepting a person during a strike or lock­ out who was unaware of the labor dispute, and would require em­ ployment agencies to advise a per­ son of a labor dispute before referring him to an employer. Employment agencies In New York State are already obligated under law to Inform Job appli- . ^'>4. Seafarer pensioner William Hathaway, (right) is all smiles as he hands over application he has just filled out to obtain a hearing aid from the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Taking his application for processing is Headquarters Representative Ed Mooney. Hathaway's last ship was the Alcoa Pilgrim, on which he sailed in the engine department. He retired on pension in September, 1963. Bait, Port Council Heads Wage Fight BALTIMORE—The Baltimore Port Council, Maritime Trades Department is leading a drive among local trade un­ ionists to have the Maryland Port Authority write prevailing wage clauses into all contracts it awards. Thomas B. Finan, the Maryland at­ The Port Council is con­ torney general. cerned because a number of port authority construction contracts have been awarded to Southern companies which exploit labor. The Port Authority told Warren R. Leader, SIU representatve and executive secretary-treasurer of the Port Council, that it can do nothing about the prevailing wage clause unless it gets a ruling from Quitting Ship? Notify Union A reminder from SIU head­ quarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact the hall in ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a replace­ ment. Failure to give notice be­ fore paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning re­ quirements and needlessly make the work tougher for your ship­ mates. At one time, the Port Authority did have a prevailing wage clause in several construction contracts. However, the authority's counsel ruled, the clauses might be illegal. Since the ruling, the clauses never again have been put into the au­ thority construction contracts. The Port Council hopes in the near future to obtain a ruling from the attorney general that inclusion of the clauses would be legal. If this cannot be obtained, the State legislature will be asked to legal­ ize the prevailing wage clause^^ The port authority on January 1 took over the Locust Point marine terminal here on a 40-year lease and expects to put $30,000,000 into improving and rebuilding it. In addition, it is expanding the Dundalk Marine terminal to an eight level berth facility from the pres­ ent five berths, and is contemplat­ ing construction of another ware­ house at Dundalk. EVERY MONTHS If any SIU ship has no library or needs a new supply of books, contacf any SIU hall. YOUR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer Save Time By Filing Compiete Details To get any job done, the best and quickest way to do it is to do it the right way the first time. This is especially true in making application for any of the various SIU welfare, vacation or pension benefits. If you make certain that all of the necessary information to support a claim or appli­ cation for any benefit Is submitted when you apply, you can be sure that you will get prompt processing and that there will be no unnecessary delays in payments. An example of the difficulties that can arise occurred to one of our brothers who recently went on pension. He experienced a slight delay in having his application for a disability pension approved because he had failed to furnish the necessary documents at the time of application. The omission of essential documents made it necessary to get in touch with the brother and ask him to submit the needed papers and proofs of eligibility. But once he did so, we were able to give speedy attention to his applicaton and shortly thereafter he was drawing his monthly pension benefit. A Seafarer who has become permanently disabled is eligible for the $150 per month disability pension if he has 4,380 days of seatime on SlU-contracted ships. In filing for the disability pension, you must sub­ mit the following with the application; (DA permanent not-fit-for-duty-f certificate setting forth the nature Right here is probably a good of the disability, issued by one of time to remind all of the brothers the United States Public Health of what they can do if they are un­ Service Hospitals or one of the able to locate their discharges. If SIU clinics. such is the case, you can obtain (2) Past employment informa­ duplicates of your discharges by tion—namely, Coast Guard dis­ writing to the Commandant, charges showing the necessary sea- United States Coast Guard, Wash­ time. ington 25, DC, and requesting a listing of all of your Coast Guard discharges. In requesting this information, give your Z-number and your Social Security number, the ap­ proximate years in which you sailed and the names of as many ships as you can recall. Once the necessary discharges SAN FRANCISCO — The chief and the permanent not-fit-for-duty officers of two SlUNA Pacific certificate is submitted with the District unions have been re-elected application, processing can pro­ in recent membership balloting ceed. Then, when the application naming them to an additional term has been approved, the $150 pen­ in office. sion checks will start coming your In the Sailors Union of the way every month. Pacific, SlUNA Executive "ViceSIU pensions are among the best President Morris Weisberger has in the nation, and the simplest and been named to another two-year quickest way for. the eligible term as secretary-treasurer. Sepa­ brothers to obtain them is by mak­ rate balloting by members of the ing certain they submit the few Marine Cooks & Stewards re­ simple supporting documents that elected MCS Secretary-Treasurer have been outlined here. Ed Turner, who is also an SlUNA vice-president, to another threeAny SIU member who feels year term. there is an unneeessary delay The results of the SUP election in the processing of any wel­ were announced here following a fare or pension claims should 60-day referendum ballot involving immediately call this to the 18 Union posts. attention of the Secreta^The only change in SUP officials Treasurer at headquarters, By as a result of the voting was for certified mail, return receipt the post of agent in the Port of requested. Any delay in the New Orleans, where Henry Johanprocessing of a claim is usu­ sen was the winner over former ally due to the absence of nec­ agent Philip Monssen and four essary information or docu­ other candidates. Incumbents were ments which are required be­ re-elected for all the remaining fore a claim can be processed. post. However, if there is any delay Incumbents were also victorious in an individual ease, a letter in voting for all but one post in describing the situation will the MCS. In that election Ted result in Immediate attention Nelson nosed out incumbent Chuck to the matter. Watson for the post of patrolman in Wilmington. Weisberger, Turner Win WC Voting out. However, during a strike by the SIU Industrial Workers against Jay Kay Metals Company in Long Island City last year, three New York City employment agen­ cies were found guilty by the New York City Department of Licenses of trying to send scabs into the struck Jay-Kay plant without in­ forming them of the existence of a labor dispute al the company. Passage of the anti-strikebreaker bill in the New York Legislature might spur action in this area on a grander level. A companion bill by Senator Thomas "Laverne of Rochester Is in the Senate Labor Committee and is expected to be released to the floor if the Assem­ bly measure is adopted. Similar legislation last year was killed in committees in both houses. Anti-Labor Opposition Anti-labor and emplo.ver groups are already marshalling their forces in opposition to any bill that would outlaw the use of professional strikebreakers. The Empire State Chamber of Commerce has urged members to make their opposition to any such bill known and has denounced such legislation as a "departure from the principle of government neutrality in labor disputes." In a counterstatement, Raymond R. Corbett, president of the 2 mil­ lion-member state AFL-CIO, de­ clared that the bill "directly sup­ ports the long established policy of government and would help the state's economy. Malpractices by employnvent agencies were deplored during a meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, when they met in St. Louis last May. The later leaders called for a stronger and more effective public employment service and they asked Congress "to investigate the collusive campaign of false in­ formation provided by the feecharging employment agencies against the Public Employment Service." Pro Gridders Set Up New Players 'Union' SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Members of the American Football League formed an association for the formation of a players* pension fund and medical plan here last month. All of the 264 eligible members of the league voted for the as­ sociation. Its elected president, Tom Addison of the Boston Patriots, said the association would attempt to schedule an all-star game with the National Football League to raise money for pension funds in both leagues. The NFL, 44-years-old, refuses to discuss the possibility of such a game with the 4-year-old AFL. Other elected officers of the association are Jack Kemp, Buffalo quarterback, vice president and Jim "Tyrer, Kansas City tackle, secretary - treasurer. Representa­ tives from the other clubs are Fred Glick, Houston; Wayne Hawkirs, Oakland; Larry Grantham, Nev,' York; Bud IVicFadin, Denver, and Roii Mix, San Diego. �Paffit rr.';,NlM ^».s•l, lAiknnfr GAMBIING The United States for some time has been considered by the experts to be the most-gramblinK of the larger nations. Bnt today there is a growing worry about the gambling problem. For one reason, professional gamblers who recently fled from Cuba now have launched ventures in the United States, including bookmaking and dice games. For another, rivalry between opposing crime syndicates has been stimulated by the growth of gambling, with a new in­ crease in violence. Too, the Valaehl testimonv hpfore a US Senate committee, and othpr investi­ gations, indicate that the crime syndi­ cates increasingly are turning to control of 'gambling and loan-sharking as safer sources of income than the narcotics and prostitution business. Many labor unions, credit unions and employers have become concerned about the inroads professional gamblers some­ times make in factories and shops, and the resultant hardships to workers. The gamblers chased under cover by the Kefauver investigations in the 1950s, soon sneaked back, and many were at­ tracted to industrial plants. The Pro­ fessional gamblers sometimes even take jobs in factories. When they can't get jobs, or the thought of work is too re­ volting, the professionals often operate from nearby soft-drink stands or through regular plant workers. For example, in the building of a fa­ mous New York newspaper, bookies and loan sharks parcelled out the territory with each having jurisdiction over one floor. It took the combined efforts of the management and the plant credit union to stifle this bold arrangement. This was not the only newspaper plant infested by professional gamblers and the newspaper industry is not the only one thus afflicted—not by a long shot. Gambling syndicates also have been known to move their personnel right Into heavy-industry factories and domi­ nate workers and even supervisors through debts and fear. Norman Jaspan, a management consultant, tells about one big factory In which a syndi­ cate not only used plant workers as runners but operated continuous dice and poker games in the basement. A leading Detroit labor leader was shot and permanently injured, as his brother had been before him—shot, through the window of his own house by a hidden gunman for an unproved reason. What was known was that the union official had been trying to fight gambling rack­ ets In the factories where his members worked. Working people, of course, are not the only victims. Professional gamblers milk white-collar people too. Former FBI investigator Virgil W. Peterson named gambling as one of the two major causes of embezzlement by executives and other business employees. Extrava­ gant living is the other. But the r-uin caused the family of a horse-plunging bank teller is more trag­ ic only because of its suddenness, than the erosion of family living conditions by the small but steady gambling on numbers and races practiced by some low-income workers. Sometimes poor and moderate-income families come to feel that "hitting the jackpot" is the only way they will be able to extricate themselves from their meager living conditions, points out Sylvanus Duvail, who investigated this problem for the Methodist General Board. For such families, the disaster is doubled. Not only does the attempt to win usually sink these families fur­ ther into poverty, but they often pass up their only genuine opportunities to im­ prove their conditions, as through union activity, improve their job skills, and participating in adult-education courses, housing and other consumer coopera­ tives, credit unions and other commu­ nity groups seeking family progress. You Can't Beat the Odds We want to make a distinction between ordinary social gambling, such as a poker game among friends, and the profession­ al gambling operations conducted by the syndicates. Obviously, even social gam­ bling can be financially damaging if carried on to excess. But it is the pro­ fessional gambling operations that really threaten the welfare of working families. In any professionally-operated gam­ bling, it is impossible for you to beat the odds. Even if you temporarily enjoy a run of "luck," eventually you must lose. In all professional gambling games, the odds are tilted against you so that you never have an even chance. In fact, the smaller the bets, and the poorer the gambler, the worse the odds. Depending on the type of gambling and how it is operated, the margin the professional operator has against you, ranges from 15 to 80 percent. This is true even in the legal, parimutuel gam­ bling at racetracks permitted in many slates. The difference is only one of degree. In legal horse betting, the racetrack and the state between them may with­ hold 20 percent of your potential win­ nings. In the numbers or "policy" game, while your chances of "hitting" are 1000 to 1, the operators usually pay only 600 to 1, less the ten percent of win­ nings the runner customarily collects, or actually 540 to 1. Thus, of 1000 bettors who pay 10 cents each or a total of $100 to the numbers operators, on the average one will win, but only $54. Horse betting is the biggest single form of gambling both in the amounts bet (estimated at from $30 billion to $50 billion a year) and the number of people who gamble. The percentages taken by the track and state even in legal betting, inevitably stack the odds against the bettor. If the total amount bet on a particular race is $100,000, and the amount bet on one horse in that race is $10,000, normally you would expect, that the machinecomputed, official odds would be 10 to 1. But if the track and state between them take 20 percent, the actual payoff to the bettors, if this horse wins, is only eight • dollars for each dollar bet. In betting through off-track bookies. the odds against you are even greater since bookies limit the "payoff." They may pay at the most 20 to 1 on a wiuner even though the odds at the track are much greater, even 100 to 1. Football and baseball pools are stacked even more heavily against the bettor. Ernest Blanche, a Government statisti­ cian, wrote in "The Annals of the Amer­ ican Academy of Political and Social Science," that the operators "take" from pools often runs as high as 80 or 90 per­ cent for one reason: because they retain all the money in tie games. In fact, the The story of how professional gamblers exploit moderateincome workers, and the issue of legalized gambling and "money" games, is featured in this article by Sidney Margolius, an expert on consumer problems and the author of the regular LOG column "Your Dollar's Worth- Seafarer's Buying.". Guide To Better more winners you try to pick In a pool, the higher the percentage against you. Many habitual horse players spend much time trying to make a science of betting, and studying form sheets and newspapers' selections. But even the professional handicappers admit it is im­ possible to devise a winning system. "NEWSWEEK" magazine checked on one month's selections of six top news­ paper racing experts and found that a bettor who placed $2 a day on their first-place choices would have lost from $5 to $60 by following five of the six. Only one of the "experts" showed a profit. One of the most popular handicappers, Fred Keats, said, "Any horseplayer who thinks he can beat the horses by follow­ ing a handicapper's daily selections is in for a surprise. If I could beat them con­ sistently why would I have been giving them away for a weekly paycheck the last 53 years?" Ernest Blanche has shown that even such relatively-conservative systems as betting only on favored horses is doomed to failure. He analyzed the results of *256 races and found that if you had bet on the favorite to win in each race, you would have lost money. If you had bet on each favorite to at least "place" (come in second), you would have lost even more. If you had bet on each to "show" (at least come in third), as 73 percent of the favorites did, you still would have ended with less than your original stake. One of the most loaded forms of gambling is the "numbers" game, some-, times called the "poor man's stock mar­ ket." In the numbers game, the play­ ers pick a three-digit number. The winning number is the last three digits of some official figure published in the newspapers, such as the US Treasury balance. It is to the shame of some newspapers that they publish the figure on which the local numbers game is based on page one every day, although the daily balance in the US Treasury hardly would be front page news other­ wise. Betting on sports events has become widespread in recent years, with an es­ timated 10 million people betting on football and baseball pools and basket­ ball games.' Increasingly, sports betting has come under control of professional syndicates. The odds often are quoted as the num­ ber of points by which the favored team is expected to win. But whichever side you take, the bookmaker puts up only five dollars against your six. If the betting is especially heavy on one side, the "point spread" may be further juggled to favor the bookmaker. Bingo has become another widespread form of gambling, especially by women, and in fact has been legalized in recent years in some states. In areas where bingo is played ille­ gally, the promoters are believed to re­ turn only 50 percent of the proceeds. In legalized bingo, where adequately super­ vised, the odds have been reduced some­ what but still are stacked more heavily than many people assume. The reports of the New York State Bingo Control Commission indicate that operators still keep 34 percent of the proceeds. The odds still are 3 to 2; 66 cents back for the average dollar bet. Nor does legalized bingo necessarily end the rule of professionals and com­ mercial interests. After three years of experience with legalized bingo, a series of scandals forced the New York state legislature into increasingly rigid con­ trols. These now include licensing of suppliers and operators of bingo halls, and additional regulations to make sure proceeds really are used for sponsoring organizations. Slot machines are supposed to be ille­ gal in all but five states, but Government men still discover uiem on raids. The "slots" have the most-ruthless odds of any kind of gambling. They usually are adjusted to return only 20 to 60 percent of the coins played, Blanche reports. Even when the machine is adjusted for a relatively-generous payout, the jackpot combination appears only once in about 4,000 spins. Sweepstakes and lottery tickets, or payments for them, may not be sent legally through the mails. But tickets often are smuggled into the country. We have had tickets sold here for every­ thing from the Irish sweepstakes to a new one in the Republic of Haiti. The odds against winning are stagger­ ing. In the Irish Sweepstakes, only 40 percent of the proceeds are earmarked for prizes (some authorities say less). The ticket-buyer's chance of winning the top award is 1 in 305,000; of drawing a horse that places first, second or third, I in 101,666, and of even drawing a horse listed as a possible starter, 1 in 3,470, John Scarne, a noted gambling expert, has warned. Dice and card games also often are operated by professional syndicates. If run honestly, gambling-house odds may take 6 percent of the bets, according to one authority. But Blanche warns that the honesty of professional dice and card games cannot be taken for granted. Dice can be controlled by the use of metalloaded dice and magnetized tables. Many amateurs want the excitement of tossing the dice. But the odds are al­ ways slightly against the tosser, Blanche points out. The odds against tossing the hoped-for seven or eleven on the first throw are 9 to 2. Some legislators argue that the only way to end criminal control is to legalize gambling, as by permitting off-track bet­ ting. But, former FBI-man Virgil Peter­ son has pointed out, legislation acceler­ ates gambling and requires higher wel­ fare expenditures and more police to combat an increase in crime by amateur gamblers. Nor does it necessarily end gangster control. It often merely legiti­ mizes professional control, as in some of the racetracks around the country. Hazel Park in Michigan is reported by the po­ lice to be controlled by Detroit Mafia families. �VtbrnuT Xlt 4f#* SS4F4flSn§^ ifpfi Shipping Co. Sounds Off On British Boat-Trains Checking Meeting Attendance LONDON—^Dirty windows,. unemptied ashtrays, dusty seats, missing door handles in the toilet and a multitude of other complaints about the condition of the boat trains on the Southampton-London run have sparked a controversy between the Cunard Steam­ ship Company and the* Nationalized British Rail­ handles were dirty and the seats cerned about this treatment of had not been dusted or brushed." first-class passengers, summoned ways. its executives to a meeting in Mr. Anderson then related an For the past two years Cunard indisposition he encountered when Liverpool to discuss the situation. has been complaining that the Cunard boat trains have been in he attempted to make use of the trains, which transport ship pas­ service since the nineteen-twenties. trains toilet facilities. "A toilet sengers to and from the port of They had formerly been utilized Bridgehampton, are dirty and slow in the first-class compartment had as sleepers and had as their staff the inside door handle missing. It and offer poor service. was impossible to lock the door what was considered to be the Things have got so bad, accord­ firmly since, had one done so, it elite of railway workers. Critics ing to Cunard, that they are con­ would have been impossible to get attribute the decline of the service sidering ordering the removal of out again." to recent cost-cutting drives by its name board. The Cunarder, Cunard officials, evidently con­ the nationalized railway system. from trains servicing its ship. The British Railways admits that there may have been "isolated Members of a Rank and File committee, consisting of (i-r) lapses" in caring for the trains but Isidore Levy, Peter Raptakis, John Rowia and Chips Blanton, asserts "that on the whole the serv­ check on the attendance of members at a recent SlU ice is very good." It explained that membership meeting held in Houston. the cars are cleaned at each end of the one-and-half-hour journey, and that they are not put in use on any By Robert A. Matthews, other passenger runs. Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. About 250,000 passengers, many of them Americans, use the boattrains every year, a majority of Headquarters recently received a number of letters requesting clari­ whom are Cunard passengers on the liners Queen Mary or Queen fications and interpretations of various contract sections. One was from Brother Frank J. O'Malley, ship's delegate on the tanker National Elizabeth. Defender, which outlined a couple of questions that were handled as WASHINGTON—Hearings on the proposed new minimum Cunard is concerned about the follows: condition of the trains because wage for hotel, restaurant and laundry workers have bogged Question #1: Enroute from Newport News, Va. to Baton Rouge, many of the passengers are under down in a House Labor subcommittee. The proposed scale La., the crew mucked all the tanks possible, claiming the tank clean­ the impression that Cunard runs ing rate, as the tanks were butterworthed and not hand hosed, as per would set a $1 minimum wage-*^ the service. Standard Tanker Agreement under Memorandum of Understanding. for these workers, with grad­ up In the conservative-oriented According to Cunard, its pas­ The mate claims his instructions from the company were to pay the House Rules Committee. In an ab­ sengers on the boat-train run pro­ Hold Cleaning Rate ($.052 per hour) in accordance with the Freight uated hikes over a four year breviated, election-year session of period which would culminate in vide annual income for the railways Agreement. Please clarify this. Congress, Rules Committee de­ a $1.25 base. totaling several thousand pounds. lays in clearing bills for floor ac­ Answer: You would be entitled to the tank cleaning rate provided Labor secretary W. Willard Cunard's passenger sales manager tion can be decisive. butterworthing machines were used. Wirtz went before the committee \V. Machell says the trains are Reference: Standard Tanker Agreement, Memorandum Of Un­ to plead for the extension of the "dilapidated" and make us look derstanding #4: "Cleaning tanks where grain has been carried. new wage minimum to workers like a fifth-rate nation." The complaints about the condi­ When men are required to sweep up grain and remove it from the who regularly depend to some ex­ tions of the boat-train are not con­ tanks or wash the tanks down with a hand hose, this shall be consid­ tent on tips to round out their fined to the company. E. Barrington ered the same as cleaning holds and the hold cleaning rate shall be otherwise rather low rate of pay, Anderson, the manager of a London paid as per the Freightship Agreement; however, when butterworthing and to call for further changes in Travel Agency, related his travails machines are used and the tanks are cleaned and mucked, men perform­ the Fair Labor Standards Act to give more overtime pay protecon the boat-train in a letter to ing this work shall be paid at the tank cleaning rate." Question #2: The vessel was in drydock in Newport News, Va. On to some 2 million workers. R. Sinfield, chief shipping and The Administration's bill would An ingenious innovation known continental manager of the rail­ the grounds that the vessel was in the water the master refuses to pay the room allowance, because he states the vessel was in the water and extend overtime protection to as the bow mooring has been ways Southern Region. "I found on entering the com­ the crew was not deprived of any facilities such as washing, lights, workers in airline, trucking, gas­ put into service in Libya's Gulf partment that it was plain filthy," water and etc. This was for two days. In my understanding of the oline station and oil pipeline in­ of Sirte, and allows for the Mr. Anderson wrote. "The ash­ agreement, it states if the vessel is in the drydock, room allowance is dustries. Without extensive data loading of oil in rough weather— trays had not been emptied, the payable. There is no mention of water being in the drydock. It states on how much waiters, bellboys one mile away from the port of windows were not clean, the door "When the vessel is in drydock overnight" room allowance is payable. and others collect in tips, both Marsa el Brega in the Gulf. Answer: Under the circumstances you have outlined, since the ves­ Democratic and Republican panel The experimental pylon grew sel was actually in the water and not on drydock, you would not be members are wary of imposing out of a study made by the pay standards on employers. How­ Standard Oil Company of New entitled to room allowance. Reference: Standard Tanker Agreement, Article II, Section 41; ever, committee members are re­ Jersey's operation in Libya, dur­ Room And Meal Allowance: "When board is not furnished members luctant to exclude workers in ing which it was discovered that of the crew, they shall receive a meal allowance of $1.00 for breakfast, these areas because of agitation several days were lost last year $1.50 for dinner, and $2.00 for supper. When men are required to for a minimum wage on the part when ships could not come into sleep ashore, they shall be allowed $6.00 -per night" also. Article II, of restaurant and hotel unions. berth due to high waves and It is thought that the liberal- winds. Furthermore, the new WASHINGTON—A Senate Com­ Section 45: Crew's Quarters: "Room allowance as provided in Sec­ merce Committee report issued re­ tion 41 shall be allowed when vessel is in port and ... (4) at all times dominated labor panel will come super-tankers were too large for up with some kind of bill this the shallow draft port. cently warned of the growth of when vessel is on dry dock overnight." year, perhaps excluding workers "prowling and ravenous" Soviet The device consists of a bow A letter from Brother Otis Hardin, ship's delegate on the SS War­ who regularly received tips. But, tie-up at the end of a 56-foot fishing fleets which are known to as in previous years, any new rotating boom and a steel fabri­ be moving into waters off the rior, also raises questions about several contractual items. Question #1: Whose duties are involved in cleaning the discharge wage measure faces certain hold­ cated arm which houses four 12United States and other countries. The rapidly expanding fleets are strainer on this type of ship since the discharge strainer is located in foot hoses for the actual loading. a contribution to intensified ten­ the lower engineroom? The 4-8 FWT of this ship has to leave his The operation loads 50,000 barrels sion, the report warned, and con­ station to go below to clean same and switch over. an hour. Question #2: We have a bucket in the fireroom that we let our tinued expansion by the Russians The base pf the structure is a would serve to create "further burners drain into. When it fills up, the 2nd engineer expects the steel ring resting on the bottom. 12-4 FWT to carry the bucket below and empty it in the save-oil tank. In order to keep Union rec­ havoc" with fishery resources. Twenty-four steel columns rise Answer: "The items mentioned in both questions are considered the ords up to date and to fully from the circular base to a fender The report is based on official customary duties of the engine department. Therefore, the fireman protect Seafarers', rights to ring protected by rubber to deflect Soviet documents rather than previously reported observations on watch may be required to perform this work as his customary duty, welfare and other benefits, it is ships. important that all ships' dele­ of Soviet fishing fleets off the or the wiper may be required to perform the work during his regular Ships are moored to the pylon gates mail a complete SIU crew New England and Alaska coasts, working hours without the payment of overtime. facing into the weather, so that Reference: Standard Freightship Agreement, Article II, Section 10 list in to headquarters after the the committee said. when the ship is finished, or Jn —Customary Duties: "Members of all departments shall perform the sign-on. The crew lists are The study indicated that the case of trouble, it can be cast off particularly valuable in an Soviet Union was investing an aw necessary and customary duties of that department. Each member of and is ready to steam off. Its en­ emergency when it's necessary all departments shall perform only the recognized and customary duties erage of $320 million a year in its to establish seatime eligibility gineers, however, say that the fishing industry and wouid have a of his particular rating." pylon should be able to load in for benefits on the part of a fleet of 750 modern trawlers in S" 4" In submitting questions and work situations for clarifications, dele­ Seafarer, or a member of his any type of weather, without •ervice by 1965. The Russians are danger. also having large factory ships and gates and crews are once again reminded to provide as much detail as family, particularly if he should be away at sea at the time. The The entire operation cost refrigerated vessels built in Japa­ possible setting forth the circumstances of any dispute so that a fair nese, Danish, German and Swedish determination can be made. Besides those mentioned, some of the crew list forms are being Standard $5 million, and its en­ members who were sent contract clarifications during the past few days mailed to all ships with each gineers said f at other such inno­ flhipyards. The Russians are reportedly plan­ included the following: Alexander J. Lcitcr, Bienville; Sotirios A. Fos- issue of the LOG and can be vation^ would cost more or less ning to overtake Japan as the lead­ colos, deck delegate, Scatrain New York; Grady E. Brown, engine dele­ obtained from Union patrolmen the same depending on the depth to which the mooring would have ing fishing nation in the world by gate, Seneca; John C. MacDonald, ship's delegate, Orion Hunter; Earl in any port. to be sunk in other ports. , Gilbert, deck, delegate, Del Monte, and Charles Johnson, Del Monte. 196& Tank Cleaning Rate; Room Allowance Wage Hearings Hit House Snag Oil Loader A Mile Out Red Trawlers Menace To US Mail Crew Lists To Union Office �nUi Kmirn 'Didja Hear The One About The Two Union Guys.. J' EXTENSION OF FARM SURPLUS PROGRAM. Congress has been asked to extend Title I and Title II of Public Law 480 for another five years. The Foreign Agricultural Operations Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee is holding hearings on legislation that would carry the two titles through December 31, 1969. For Seafarers, this legislation is the basis for the farm surplus dis­ posal program that has been a mainstay of cargoes for the US-flag fleet for many years. Title I of PL 480 covers the sales abroad of farm surpluses for foreign currencies, and Title II provides for donations to support economic development projects and to feed victims of natural disasters. The Agriculture Department has recommended a fund authorization of more than $8.1 billion for Title I to permit continuation of the program at the same level during the next five years as for the previ­ ous five. For Title II it requested that the authorization be increased to $450 million per year for the five-year period to provide for an ex­ pansion in economic development projects. This compares with the current authorization rate of $300 million. RECORD GOP CAMPAIGN SPENDING. The Republican Party is gearing up for its biggest money-raising effort yet. It plans to raise a record $12.1 million to finance its national headquarters activities, for the 1964 elections. This is up $1 million from 1960 and exceeds by $2.1 million planned Democratic Party requirements. According to a report in the "Washington Star," GOP fund-raisers hoped to collect $3.5 million from a 22-city closed-circuit TV $100 a plate dinner held last month to launch the fund drive. A similar affair is planned for July following the GOP nominating convention. Another $1.7 million will be sought from $1,000 contributors, and $2.5 million is projected from $10 contributors. State and local din­ ners, direct mail and other fund-raising approaches are aimed at col­ lecting the balance, to add up to $12.1 million. A QUESTION OF MORALS. US Chamber of Commerce President Edward Neilan made headlines recently, charging Federal loans to areas hard hit by long-term unemployment are "immoral subsidies." Yet, reveals Rep. Wright Patman (D-Texas), Neilan's Delaware bank enjoys what amounts to a Federal subsidy of $590,000. This comes from $17 million deposited in the bank by the Federal Government, money on which the bank need pay no interest. Patman points out, unlike the Federal money deposited in Neilan's bank, area redevelopment loans, which help create jobs for the unem­ ployed, are not interest-free but must be repaid with full interest to the Treasury. t MEDICAL CARE. ANYONE? Since the third quarter of 1962, daily service charges in hospitals have soared 6.6 percent and the cost of hospital Insurance by 3 percent, according to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Overall medical care prices have hit a record high of 117.2 percent (1957-1959 is base period of 100 percent), and hospital costs alone are 139.6, up nearly 40 percent from the base period. These orbiting costs hit hardest America's millions of elderly, but the American Medical Association continues to insist there's no need for President Johnson's proposed health care program under Social Security. The National Labor Relations Board turned down an appeal of Swift & Co. against the Packingliouse Workers when the board declared it could not "turn off or turn on" its contract bar rule to meet employer arguntents of spe­ cial economic circumstances. Swift, along with an unaffiliated union, had filed petitions with the NLRB for new elections in its Hallstead, Pa. plant after the UPWA refused to make contract concessions in the face of management warnings that otherwise it would close the Hallstead facility. J- 4- 4" An agreement has been con­ cluded between the New York World's Fair Food, Beverage and Service Employees Union, Local 1090, and representatives of India, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and Tunisia. ..The agreement provides that the prevailing wages aind con­ ditions in the City will apply to all nationals who come to this country for employment in World's Fair pavilions, representing their nations. Local 1000 Is an affiliate of the Hotel and Restaurant Em­ ployees and Bartenders Interna­ tional Union, AFL-CIO. 4> 4< Twenty-seven hundred members of the Chicago Teachers Union jammed into Orchestra Hall In Chicago for a mass n>eeting on bargaining and got pledges of as­ sistance and full-scale support from the Chicago AFL-CIO and the United Auto Workers. The mass meeting was told that a strike vote would be taken on March 2 unless the Chicago Board of Education grants bargaining rights. The board is scheduled to meet February 26 to reconsider its previous refusal of recognition for bargaining pur­ poses. 4» 4» Contracts advancing the use of iive over "canned" music plus an increase in Rims being musicaliyscored in this country rather than abroad put an extra $302,762 into the pockets of members of the Musicians employed by independ­ ent West Coast movie studios during the first half of 1963. The increase in earnings over the first half of the prior year was divided among union musicians, arrangers and copyists who worked on fea­ ture motion pictures and nontheatrcal and miscellaneous films in the studios of some 48 pro­ ducers. They do not Include musi­ cian employment in the so-called major, studios.; The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment Executive Board meeting in Miami this past week issued a vigorous denunciation of a Government agency for reasons that prob­ ably would surprise most Americans. The target of the MTD's justifiable anger was the Department of Agriculture and its Secretary, Orville L. Freeman, whom the MTD charged with anti-labor policies. American seamen are no strangers to dif­ ficulties imposed on them and American ship­ ping by the Department of Agriculture. The Department has repeatedly sought to under­ mine their security by virtue of its efforts to bypass the requirement that 50 percent of Ciovernment aid cargoes be shipped abroad in US-flag ships. The SIU and other unions of the MTD have tangled with Agriculture over this issue many times. The charge that the Department of Agri­ culture is guilty of anti-union policies was given substance when the MTD made public a number of interesting facts, which are as clear and shocking an indictment of Agricul­ ture's anti-union policies as you will find any­ where. . The MTD Executive Board cited the unfair labor practice charge lodged recently against the Department of Agriculture and its Sec­ retary by the AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees — the first such charge ever brought against the US Govern­ ment—on the grounds that Agriculture is running a company union. This company union, known as the "Organ­ ization of Professional Employees in the De­ partment of Agriculture," was given formal recognition by the Department despite the fact that officers of OPEDA include many ex­ ecutives in policy-making positions and was founded by top Administration officials. In Jact, as the chairman of the Civil Service Commission has pointed out: "The state­ ments of purpose in OPEDA's constitution and membership brochure are not adequate to clearly establish its eligibility for recogni­ tion as an employee organization within the meaning of Executive Order 10988." The Civil Service Commission chairman said that there appears to be conflict in the dual role played by OPEDA officers who are also serving as supervisors in the Depart­ ment. "It is difficult for me to see how a top management official of a major segment of a Department can serve at the same time both as the spokesman for employees under his administrative control and as the responsible official for applying and reviewing personnel policies affecting these employees," the Com­ mission chairman has stated. It requires no great power of deduction to see that the Agriculture Department is using OPEDA to prevent the AFL-CIO union of government workers from expanding its membership within the Department. But this is not all. As the MTD Executive Board pointed out, the Office of Personnel of the Department of Agriculture has been is­ suing documents and staff papers "loaded with quotations from articles and books hos­ tile to and/or contemptuous of unions." The apparent reason for using the material in question is to downgrade unions arid their role in representing employees. Had these policies and actions carried the imprint of the National Association of Manu­ facturers probably no one would have lifted an eyebrow. But when they bear the imprint of a Government agency headed by a man like Secretary Freeman, who has the image of a liberal, that's a horse of another color. These revelations are cause for reflection and suggest that perhaps the Administration in Washington, might do well to take a good hard look at how its so-called' fair labor poli­ cies are getting short shrift from agency heads in the course of their implementation. �Pace Tirelv* SEAFARERS LOG FebniaiT <1. 1M4 Latin Shipowners Warned Ocean Travel Against Anti-US Action Seen Luring Big Spenders WASHINGTON—The head of the Senate Commerce Com­ mittee, Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.), has warned Latin American shipowners that proposed action by Latin Ameri­ can countries to exclude US-*A trend heralding the return of ships from carrying cargoes ready applied restrictions in trade, the big spending trans-Atlant* between their countries would although in recent years a number ocean traveler is believed to have prompt the United States to take retaliatory measures to safeguard the interests of US shipping. The statement was spurred by a declaration recently drawn up by Latin shipowner." at a meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay which appar­ ently has the full backing of the Latin American governments. If approved, the declaration would exclude other than vessels of the Latin American Free Trade Asso­ ciation countries from carrying cargoes between their countries. The statement by the Commerce Committee head followed a plea by SlU-contracted Delta Line call­ ing on the Federal Government for assistance in counteracting dis­ criminatory regulations by the Latin shipowners against Americanfiag ships. The Delta Line appeal was made in concert with three other major companies serving Latin American ports. The nations that comprise the Latin American Free Trade Asso­ ciation are Argentina, Brazil, Co­ lumbia, Ecuador, Mexico, Para­ guay, Peru and Uruguay. Some Latin American countries have al­ of them have been eliminated with the aid of US federal intervention. These restrictions took the form of extra consular fees on goods and higher port costs. LAFTA is expected to act on the Montevideo declaration* in April. Sen. Magnuson said the Merchant Marine Subcommittee is presently studying whether further legisla­ tion is desirable to deal with prob­ lems such as those posed by the Latin American Shipowners. The United States has retalia­ tory weapons authorized by Gen­ eral Order 88 of the Maritime Commission and if it so desires can deny the right of a discriminatory nation to enter United States ports. The chief fear of the United States shipping lines is the pros­ pect of finding group restrictions by all the LAFTA member coun­ tries, in addition to those already existing individually in each country. United States shipping would be at a severd disadvantage if, for example, the Latin nations decided to place protective re­ strictions on trade moving from one LAFTA member to another. By Fred StewGrt & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives Carbon Tetrachloride is one of the best industrial solvents in use today. It removes oil or grease completely, evaporates completely leaving behind no residue and it is quite inexpensive. Unfortunately it is also highly poisonous to man, even in extremely small quantities. Because of its natural characteristics, carbon tetrachloride is partic­ ularly dangerous to seamen who spend a great deal of time working and living in small, often tight compartments. It is so dangerous that carbon tetrachloride fire extinguishers and others of similar types are no longer approved for marine use by the Coast Guard. Although carbon tetrachloride is highly poisonous when absorbed by the body in any manner, either when taken through the mouth or absorbed through the skin, it most commonly enters the body through the lungs while breathing, as a vapor. It evaporates so quickly and so completely that relatively small amounts of the chemical will leave very high concentrations of its deadly vapor in the air in a very short period. For example, half a teaspoon of carbon tetrachloride is enough to cause a concentration of vapors in a ten foot square compart­ ment which is 10 times the accepted maximum safe concentration. Carbon tetrachloride effects the brain, liver and, most important, the kidneys. High concentrations effect the brain first, causing unconscious­ ness. In high enough concentrations it will cause death by disrupting the activity of the brain. The chemical also effects the liver, impairing the blood's ability to carry oxygen to the body cells and causing a jaundiced condition. Its effect on the kidneys is most important be­ cause it is often overlooked, and can cause death almost two weeks after the actual exposure has taken place. A strange fact about carbon tetrachloride's effect on the body is the way alcohol increases the danger of poisoning. A few drinks will alter the body's ability to deal with the chemical to such an extent that a concentration which would not be dangerous without the ex­ posure to alcohol, or which would cause only minor light-headedness or nausea, now becomes fatal. Proper ventilation is the best answer to the safe use of carbon tet­ rachloride. Unfortunately, proper ventilation is not always practiced. The man using this chemical to take a grease stain out of his favorite necktie in a small compartment for instance, is running the risk of losing his life. Remember, one half of a teaspoon of the chemical is enough to cause a fatal concentration of vapor in a ten by ten compart­ ment. Without proper ventilation, only twenty-five parts carbon tetrachloride per million parts of air is considered safe. As little as 250 parts per million can cause death to someone who has been drinking. Five thou­ sand parts per million may be fatal after an exposure as short as five minutes. This is usually the delayed type, with death a week or 10days after from kidney damage. Twenty-four thousand parts per million for very short periods v/ill be fatal after a period of illness, or if exposure is of approximately 15 minutes, may be fatal immedately. Larger exposures will be fatal almost immediately. These are the reasons why SIU agreements require payment of over­ time for members of the engine department required to use carbon tet for cleaning purposes aboard ship. It's a dangerous material and hai to be used very carefully and sparingly. been spotted by shipowners and travel men. The number of upper class bookings on passenger liners showed a marked decline in the past few years, while tourist class reservations increased. Some shipping line officials be­ lieve that this trend means that trans-Atlantic travelers are begin­ ning to switch to passenger ships away from jet air travel. Travel agents have reported that it is very common for a transoceanic Billowing smoke from the fire which demolished Pier 67 passenger to fly one way and re­ North River obliterates much of the famous New York sky­ turn by water. A Cunard Line official has in­ line at fireboats battle to extinguish the five-alarm blaze dicated that advance first class which destroyed the pier. bookings were far ahead of 1963. Cunard, which had the biggest passenger volume of any line last year, reports that reservations for first class berths in April and May are almost twice as heavy as last year. The shipping company has just returned two of its liners, the Carmania and the Franconia, to serv­ NEW YORK—An SIU Railway Marine Region-manned New ice after renovation and design York Central Tug played a key role in saving lives during a changes costing $3 million dollars. Cunard also has a new express January 6 fire which consumed pier 67 North River, although liner on its drawing boards whioh you would never guess it>^from reading the stories of smoke that another NY Central has a $62 million price tag. The passenger line believe that the blaze printed in the New tug thought Tug 16 was on fire and called to ask if assistance was its optimism over the future of York newspapers. Credit for decisive action dur­ needed. ocean travel, especially in first class accommodations, is fully jus­ ing the blaze was given to police, Tows Other Barges tified when this year's reservations firemen, fireboats and even the Later, Tug 16 was called upon New York City Fire Commissioner, by the Police and Fire Departments statistics are studied. Officials of ocean passenger but little mention was made of the •to tow away the NY Central Barge SIU-RMR-con- 646, one of two barges moored at lines as well as travel agents have exploits of ttie only the most pleasant memories tracted tug which pulled six men Pier 74 and threatened by the of the days before air travel from the blazing Erie-Lackawanna flames. These barges were placed usurped their place as the only pier and then towed a float with on the Jersey side of the river for a burning boxcar into mid-stream safety. method of trans-oceanic travel. so the fire could be safely extinguished. Events Told Captain Harry P. Jones O'f NY Central Tug 16 related the events of the rescue in a letter to the LOG. Tug 16 was bound for Pier 34 MOBILE, December 11 — Chairman, North River at 3:25 PM on January Llndsey Williams; Secretary, Louis Neira; 6 when smoke was spotted rising Recording - Secretary, Robert Jordan. Minutes from previous port meetings ac­ from Pier 67 at the foot of 27th cepted. Port Agent's report on shipping Street. Tug 16 immediately called Mahoney and holiday dinners was accepted. Presi­ Zeller dent's and Secretary Treasurer's reports the Tug Dispatcher by radio and Tor November were accepted. Auditor's told him to notify the Fire De­ Captain Jones commended his reports accepted. Dues increase resolu­ entire crew for the skill and tion read and accepted. S. Rallo elected partment of the blaze. to quarterly financial committee. Total With flames bursting up on all bravery displayed in saving lives present: 154. sides of the pier. Tug 16 nosed in and preventing further damage to 4- 3« as close as possible to take off property by the fire. Since the NEW YORK, January 6—Chairman, Earl Shepard; Secretary, Eric Kllngvall; six men who were cut off by the newspapers made no mention of Reading Clerk, Bill Hall. Minutes of all flames. Fanned by high winds, the their exploits, Jones gives special previous port meetings accepted. Port Agent's report on shipping, upgrading. fire was blazing out of control and credit to Tug 16 crewinembers D. Seafarers Educational Forum and train­ a boxcar on a car-float moored Mattesich, engineer; E. Chapman, ing accepted. President reported on wheat shipments, Canadian beef, AFL-CIO alongside the pier was also afire. oiler; J. W. Byrnes, fireman; Dan meetings domestic shipping aid, com­ Wind-whipped sparks also set Zeller, mate; and deckhands Ray pulsory arbitration bill, Cuba blacklist, adjacent Piers 68 and 72 afire, Van Valken and W. J. Mahoney. San Juan automation conference, Lakonia disaster, SIU constitution reprint, Phil­ although damage to them was The Pier 67 fire eventually went adelphia organizing, SIU clinic hours and slight. to five alarms and required four welfare developmeiiLs. Report accepted. Saves Car-Float fireboats, 36 pieces of land equip­ Organizing report covering 1963 shipping, wheat sales and 50-.50 law was accepted. With the Tug 16 deckhands ment and more than 250 firemen Contract Department's report on ship shouting instructions to the trapped before it was brought under con­ sales and changes, proposed new ship operations and SAB ruling was adopted. men on the pier, the vessel stood trol. The pier, which was leased Welfare services report presented and by until all had Jjeen picked up. from New York City by the SIU carried. Various Christmas greetings posted. Meeting excuses referred to dis­ The tug then turned its attention Railway Marine Region-contracted patcher. Quarterly financial committee's to saving the car-float with the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, was report accepted. Auditor's reports ac­ cepted. Discussion in good and welfare burning boxcar aboard from fur­ completely demolished, with dam­ on coastwise shipping, good union repre­ ther damage. age estimated at $750,000. New sentation given tanker Orion Hunter and Intense heat and smoke pre­ York Commissioner of Marine and pension benefits. Total present: 486. vented the tug crew from reaching Aviation said the pier would be 4" 4 4" the in-shore lines mooring the rebuilt and the Erie-Lackawanna PHILADELPHIA, January 7—Chairman, Frank Drozak; Secretary, Robert N. Air; float to the pier, so full power was would be given priority leasing Reading Clerk, Charles Stansbury. Min­ used to break the lines. The tug rights. utes of previous meetings In all ports accepted. Executive Board minutes of then pulled the burning float into November 25 presented and read. Port mid-stream where an Erie-Lacka­ Agent's report on shipping, blood bank, wanna tug was able to approach clinics and upgrading was accepted. Re­ ports of the President and Secretary- and extinguish the fire on the Treasurer for December were accepted. float. December organizing report and report At one point during the rescue on contracts and constitution were ac­ cepted. Welfare services report pre­ operation, while Tug 16 was still sented. Quarterly financial committee's close up to the burning pier, it report accepted. Auditor's' reports ac­ became enveloped in such thick cepted. Total present: S& SIU Tugmen Star In NY Pier Fire SIU MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS W TWe/fcSPIT4LS*. CALLSWrni IMMEVIAmV? �Fcbnnrr tl. UM SEAFARERS Phlla. Co. Makes Paper Products LOG Congress Hears Labor's Role In Economy Lauded WASHINGTON—In his Economic Message to Congress, President Johnson called for a naore stringent fight on unemployment, and praised labor for being "constructive in col­ lective bargaining and in its contributions to rising productivity." Calling the present rate of-^ unemployment of 5.7 percent that two million more are neces­ Johnson told the Congress that "intolerable" Johnson said sary to "oiffset the labor-saving there was "ample room" for price there must be five million more jobs in 1964. He said that two mil­ lion are needed to "get rid of stubborn excess unemployment": Packaging paper portfolios at the National Fiberstok Cor­ poration in Philadelphia are (l-r) SlU-UIW members Marge Shaw and Marie Shensky. The SlU United Industrial Work­ ers signed a first-time contract with the company last No­ vember. Tax Dodges Spur The Slippery Rich WASHINGTON—There are too many millionaires in this country who pay little or no taxes at all on their income, ac­ cording to Senator Paul Douglas (D-Ill.). Douglas, a former economics professor, is studying the va­ contribution" angle under which at rious loopholes in the present least 15 persons with adjusted gross tax laws which allow the wealthy to go scot free when everybody else Is figuring how they are going to meet their tax obligations. His purpose, he says, is to get the Sen­ ate to consider the abolition of these "truckholes" when the cur­ rent tax bill gets to the floor of the Senate. Recently, the Senator compiled a list of examples of immensely rich corporations which had succeeded in ducking most if not all of their taxes through gimniicks. These in­ clude depletion ailowances, drilling and development cost deductions, 15 percent for oil production in the Western Hemisphere and the slick deal by which oil royalties to Ara­ bian sheiks are transformed into taxes and so deducted in full from any taxes that may be due. But it is not only the large com­ panies who are bilking the country of a rightful share of the tax bur­ den. Douglas showed that num­ erous oil con^panies have paid ridic­ ulously low taxes over the years. In some cases, companies with net incomes of as much as $46 million have paid no taxes at all. Others have escaped with far lower taxes than m<wt other industries. One of the most frequently used loopholes of all. Is the "charitable Union Leaders In NJ Primary NEWARK, NJ—Five union lead­ ers will be running in the 12th Congressional District Democratic primary here in April. The five are: Alfred M, Lowenthal, education director for Dis­ trict 3, Internaponal Union of Electrical Workers; Paul Krebs, United Auto Workers official; Emanuel Mann, UAW; William B. Sirchio, business representative of the Painters Union, and Leo Feeney, former international vice president of the Stereotypers. The incumbent Congressman, Rep. George M. Wallhauser, Re­ publican, has announced plans for retirement at the conclusion of his term. incomes of more than $500,000 in 1959 paid no income tax at all. Charity is about the last thing on the minds of these tax dodgers who operate under a tax law which allows a person an unlimited de­ duction for charity if that person's taxes and charitable contributions exceed, in any one year, 90 percent of his "taxable income." For any­ body else, the ceiling on deductions for charity is between 20 and 30 percent. Generally, according to Douglas, these contributions go to a chari­ table institution which the man has himself set up. "In fact," said Douglas, "it is not unfair to say that there are mil­ lionaires paying no taxes whatso­ ever who are making so-called charitable contributions to their personal and private foundations for the purpose of complaining about the high tax rates and ex­ cessive Government expenditures to which they neither pay nor con­ tribute." JEAN LA FITTE (Waterman), Jan. 18 — Chairman, DeVaughn Harrison; Secretary, M. Miller. Ship's delegate reported no beefs. Small amount of disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Headquarters to check on repair lists. Crew would like to see repairs completed before next voyage. Another motion made that when ship sails foreign there should be stores for 90 days aboard. If the company is not going to haul pas­ sengers, arrangements should be made to move licensed personnel into passenger quarters. Suggestion made that entire chew assist in keeping messroom clean after hours^ Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. No Seaway Toll Hike Expected During '64 CHICAGO—Hearings on an a possible increase in tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway will be held next month by the Seaway Corporation which administers all activities on the joint US-Canadian venture handled in 1965. There have been which opened in 1959. A final decision on the mat­ several meetings but nothing has ter is not expected to be handed down until June. Observers feel that this is too late in the year to effect any major changes in the toll structure, and that if a change is calied for it will not be put into effect before 1965. Another matter that the joint group of US and Canadian Sea­ way officials will study will be the reimposition of tolls on the Weliand Canal link between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. The toll was originally suspended by the Canadian government two years ago. The whole problem of tolls hinges around a joint US Canada agreement to amortize the water­ way through tolls in a 50-year period. Despite five years of steady growth, both countries are millions of dollars behind meeting the pay­ ments to the respective govern­ ments. Latest reports from Canada indicate that she is $55 million be­ hind in her payments, and is going deeper into the red each year. The feeling in the United States is that the debt limit should be extended as a means of paying off the debt rather than raising the tolls, which, it is felt, Would stop the rapid cargo growth the Sea­ way has enjoyed. When the US and Canada will meet to complete final work on the seaway tolls is not known be­ cause of the difference in view­ points of how the tolls should be iiam H. Rhone. Brother L. Jones was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Motion made to obtain new washing machine. Discussion about fans. Vote of thanks extended to the entire steward department for job well done. PONDEROSA (American Asia), Jan. 11—Chairman, R. Perry; Secretary, R. C. Reed. Two men left in hospi­ tal at Kai'achi. Discussion on cigarette rationing. Ship's delegate received confirmation of no-hot-water allow­ ance. He expressed pride in having a Nov. 24 — Chairman, Alex Jones; Secretary, M. Miller. Repair list to be taken up with patrolman since it has been disregarded. Delayed sailing from Houston disputed by captain. • No other beefs reported. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Dec. 11 — Chairman, R. Nicholson; Secretary, William Nesta. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Dennis O'Connell was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Ship to start a ship's fund at payoff If crewmembers want to donate. Each department delegate to coUect con­ tributions. DEL AIRES (Delta), Jan. 5—Chair­ man, Charles Kimball; Secretary, F. S. Payior. $20.00 in ship's fund. Joseph W. Henry was elected to serve as ship's -delegate. Crewmembers re­ quested to keep messhall and pantry clean. ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa)) Jan. 5— Chairman, L. Jones; Secretary, Wll- effects of rising output of work­ ers"; and that an additional mil­ lion jobs are necessary to handle the nation's rising labor force. good, crew and the fact that there had been no beefs. $2.30 in ship's fund. Discussion on increase in dues. Motion to send in crew's 100% ap­ proval. Discussed welfare and pension plan. Decided to send letter concern­ ing possibility of receiving cash rather than traveler's checks for draws. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), Jan. 12— Chairman, W. Perkins; Secretary, W, Young. $5.83 in ship's fund. R. Corn was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Request made by crewmembers to have pitchers of ice water on tables when possible. yet been resolved. Vessel Sold For Hotel reductions in 1964, especially in "large industrial enterprises" where productivity is rising faster than the national average. The nation has recorded a $100 billion expansion with the Gross National Product increasing 16 percent, profits up 44 percent and non-farm jobs up 2.75 million, the Chief Executive said as he called for immediate passage of the $11 billion tax-cut bill. Supplementing the proposed legislation, Johnson called for a high level commission on automa­ tion and urged such a group to study the Council of Economic Advisors' analysis which ques­ tioned the extent of the impact of automation on the economy and indicated it was possible that "higher rates of productivity in­ crease may prove to be transitory." The President also urged a pro­ gram of retraining displaced workers, increasing the coverage and benefits of the unemployment compensation . program and ex­ tending the minimum wage act's protection to 2.5 million more workers. Although he repeated his ob­ jection to a reduction in the work week, Johnson called for legisla­ tion authorizing higher overtime penalty rates on an industry-byindustry basis where tripartite in­ dustry committees "determine that such rates could create more jobs without unduly raising costs." Stressing the necessity of pass­ ing the tax-cut bill, the President said it must be enacted "not in one, or two, or three months, but now" and with an immediate drop in the withholding rate to 14 per­ cent from the present 18 percent. Failure to pass the bill would bring a tremendous reduction in the nation's economy, the Presi­ dent said. NEW YORK—Tourists to the Bahama Islands will soon have access to the latest in twentieth century hostelry when Home Line's 16,777 gross ton liner Italia is converted into a floating hotel after her last voyage on April 25. The Line announced here re­ cently that the Italia has been sold to the Canaveral Internation­ al Corporation for conversion into a floating hotel that will be per­ manently moored jn the Bahama Islands. The vessel will be modi­ fied to provide for 1,400 guests and then moved to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. The Italia was built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg in 1928 for Swedish-American Line and was called the Kungsholm. During Worid War II, the vessel sailed as an American transport under the name of the John Ericson. After the war the liner again (Continued from page 2) served under the Swedish flag be­ fore being acquired by Home Line in the non-subsidized offshore and which sailed her under the Pana­ domestic trades were among seven companies recently assigned 13 of manian flag. the 18 C-4 type reserve fleet troop­ SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seaships released by the Navy last train), Jan. 19—Chairman, F. Pasfall. trano; Secretary, James M. Nelson. Both of the Bartlett proposals Brother Koland St. Marie was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Usual sug­ gained approval from a spokesman gestions made in regard to keeping for SIU - contracted Sea - Land laundry room and messroom clean. Service, who backed both the sub­ CANTiGNY (Cities Service), Jan. 19 sidy and the "build-foreign" legis­ —Chairman, none; Secretary, Allison lation. If the Government does not Hebert. No crew Ust sent to head­ quarters. No deck delegate. Discus­ subsidize constructfon of vessels sion regarding rusty wash water. for the domestic trades, the opera­ Suggestion made to inquire about tors should be allowed to build awning being installed on ship. Something should be done about con­ new vessels in foreign shipyards, dition of quarters. he said. He was backed in this view by TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Waterways), Dec. 2' -T- Chairman, Eugene Ceccato; representative of Hawaiian Steam­ Secretary, F. R. Napoil. One man ship Company, which has been in­ missed ship at St. Nazaire. No beefs reported by department delegates. active in the domestic trade since New ship's delegate to be elected on World War II, and has been try­ next voyage. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for job well ing for about four years to get done. Government approval for mortgage insurance on three high-speed conWALTER RICE (Reynolds Metal), Nov. U—Chairman, H. Huston; Sec­ tainerships. Without Government retary, Curly Nielsen. Ship's delegate assistance "there will be no new reported smooth trip. Good coopera­ tion from department heads. Motion vessels for the intercoastal to have ship's delegate and boarding trade . . ." he warned. patrolman see port captain about As was expected, there was more reliefs in Galveston. Motion to see if more men can be put on vessel, such sympathy for the bill to aid domes­ as deck engineer, electrician and tic building than for the bill to pantryman. Special contract should cover this company. Ship's delegate grant subsidies for construction of spoke to captain concerning work American ships in foreign yards. under crane while work is being done Spokesman for shipbuilders urged overhead. Told that nobody is to work under crane while work is passage of the construction sub­ performed overhead. Repair list being sidy, but opposed allowing luch made up. construction in foreign yards. Shipping Aid �'r»hnllu/f>m^1i9* 'fS^e'fonrieeB By Lindsey Williams. Vice-President, Gulf Area Crowds Turn Out For MardI Gras US Issues Atom Plant Safeguards Mobile Hieifiber Meetlnar Seafarers on the beach and on ships in port Joined in cala Mardi Gras WASHINGTON—Radiation" safe­ ceiebrations in New Orieans and Mobiie last week. With pleasant ty and health standards designed weather prevailing, the biggest crowds in history turned out to take part to protect workers from the harm­ in fun, frolic and festivities. ful effects of exposure, applicable Union halls were closed for the day in both ports. It would be Useless to Federal contracts under the to try to keep them open, anyway. There are no mall deliveries on that Walsh-Healey Act, have been is­ day and business always comes to an abrupt halt when the carnival sued by Secretary of Labor W. spirit takes over. Willard Wirtz. Some Seafarers went in for masking and costumes in a big way, They will become effective Feb­ with Joe Powers and Homer Ringo putting on the biggest show in New ruary 28 except as to contractors Orleans. Ringo's costume was so "far out" that he attracted the at operating Atomic Energy Commis­ tention of a local television show. sion plants and facilities and to Attontiv* gathering of Seafarers takes in report by port In both ports, the "home guard" hit the hiring halls right afterward employers' operations in six states officials at February SlU membership meeting in Mobile. ready to ship out after having enjoyed the carnival season. which have regulatory agreements Attendance included a number of well-knov/n Gulf oldtimers At Mobile, this contingent included Roy L. "Lucky" Pritchett, who with the AEG—Arkansas, Califor­ takes an active part in carnival social and marching societies. An elec­ nia, Kentucky, Mississippi, New who were ashore during Mardi Gras celebrations last week. trician, he last paid off the Overseas Rose on the West Coast. York and Texas. Leroy "Dick" Drew came over from Tampa and has been recovering To consider application of the from a brief illness while on the beach in Mobile. G. O. Johnsson, cur­ new regulations in the six states, rently registered to ship as bosun, recently qualified for a mate's license Wirtz called a public hearing for through the SlU-sponsored train--* April 13 in Washington. Plants ing program. He topped the 90 tal and was put on outpatient operating under AEC licenses mark—one of the best scores com­ status. Ramon Irizarry is waiting which are in conformance with the piled since the program was for a freight ship job. He recently applicable AEC regulations will started. Malcolm E. Chandler, got his "fit for duty" after re­ be considered in compliance with home after more than a year as covering from a heart attack. the new regulations. bosun on the supertanker Achilles, Irizarry used to sail steadily on BROOKLYN, NY—To workers at the SlU-United Industrial The rules laid down by Wirtz is registered in group 1 and hoping Delta Line passenger ships, but he Workers-contracted A. Di Mattina Company, those great cover health hazards from sources to make another tanker. says that kind of life is too hectic of radiation such as isotope radia­ shaggy humps hiding the bows of tugboats are a work of art. Eddie Lee Walker, who has been for him now. Fred Shala, steward tion gauges, industrial X-ray ma­ To the owners and operators-j shipping out of Mobile since 1938, on the Steel Vendor, dropped by is relaxing at home after paying to visit friends as the ship topped chines, particle accelerators, high of ships, they are a welcome fender is ready to go to work on off the S S Fanwo'od. He is waiting off in New Orleans before sailing voltage electronic vacuum tubes, necessity. the bow of a tug. and natural isotopes. for the chance to throw in for a for Beirut. For, the Di Mattina shop makes The Di Mattina Company utilizes Uniform standards are set up in the fenders just so that the nuz­ about chief or second electrician's job A couple of engine department a million pounds of used on any Alcoa or Bloomfield ship. oldtimers ready to ship from New the regulations for caution signs, zling, nudging, prodding and some­ rope in the space of a year to form Fred O. Swcndson is ready to take Orleans are Louis Anderson and labels and signals, instruction of times bumping actions of the tugs the many fenders they produce. about any Group 2 engine depart­ Bill Tank. Louie probably will end personnel, posting of regulations do not harm the surface of the And, although the company will ment job that comes along. He up with a reefer engineer's job on and procedures, storage of radio­ hulls of the big ships which ply make fenders of the tougher and once tried out as a cowhand In New a Delta passenger ship after swear­ active materials, waste disposal the harbor waters hereabouts. more durable rubber variety, they Mexico, but became convinced the ing he will never take another one. and notification of incidents. Although some tugboatmen still are quite a bit more expensive, so sea was a more prosperous and Steven Szanto, Nick Pixnito and devise their own fenders from any the firm sees no decline in the better way of life. A couple of V. W. O'Mary are reported about old piece of used rope or even near future for the standard rope steward depar. -ent oldtimers on ready to go again after taking it from a discarded automobile tire, variety. the beach are Iiarold Ducloux and easy on the beach for a while. most still prefer the professional And, looking into the future, the William G. Murray. Ducloux is jobs, an industry which the Di Di Mattina Co. sees hope that rac­ Dan Grlbble has been on the registered for a steward's job. Mur­ beach for about three months in Mattina family brought to this ing yachts. and power boats will ray last sailed as night cook and country from the Italian port of soon be coining to fhe shop for a Houston. He has recovered from baker on the Monarch of the Seas. a recent operation and says he is Stromboli three generations ago. smaller, special type fender for The Del Sud made the headlines ready for almost any deck mainte­ Bow fenders are made by first use at racing starting lines and dn in New Orleans when she sailed nance job. Jim Lippincott drove up constructing an armatiure of overcrowded harbors. for an unscheduled stop at Bahia from Galveston for the February lengths of 10-inch hawser in such WASHINGTON—A quality sta­ a way as to form a tapered roll with 2,600 bags of flour and 500 membership meting in Houston. tons of powdered milk reported to He is on the ailing list at the bilization bill being considered by with the greatest thickness in the be urgently needed to help fight moment, but made the trip to Congress would mean "higher middle. After this "sausage" is famine in Northeast Brazil. The visit with friends and old ship­ prices for the consumer" and formed, a three inch hawser is would not help small business, used to form endless half-hitches, shipment was arranged for by mates. AFL-CIO Legislative Director until a crochet network is built up, Catholic Relief Services of New Jimmy King also 1« taking it York. easy in Houston after paying off Andrew J. Biemiller declared. layer upon layer, to achieve the Testifying before a Senate Com­ desired thickness. Among visitors to the New the Del Campo. He has the chief Orleans hall was Jake Wood, who electrician's job on this ship. Mike merce subcommittee, he said labor Then the beard is formed by hails from Tampa. Jake had to Toursand went over to Houston considers the measure a "price- slipping strands of unraveled rope get off a Waterman ship after from Mobile to register and, at fixing" device "which has nothing through the half-hitches. After the being injured in a fall aboard ship. last report, was making the Job to do with either quality or honest beard Is combed and brushed, the TOKYO—^A merger of two big stabilization of prices." Ha checked in at the USPHS hospi­ calls and is ready to go. shipping firms wili create the larg­ The Administration-opposed bill, est shipping line in this country already approved by the House and one of the largest in the world Commerce Committee, would per­ when the Mitsui Steamship Com­ mit manufacturers of brand-name Richard Oertle, Jr. pany and the Osaka Shosen Kaisha products to fix and enforce the re­ Contact liOcal Board No, 21, formally come together in April. tail selling price of their products. Selective Service System, 2 WinniThe new company, to tie known , "Good products, which consum­ kee Ave., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on as the Mitsui-OSK Line, will con­ ers want, do not need artificial an important matter. sist of 204 ocean-going vessels ag­ price supports," Biemiller declared. it gregating 2.3 million deadweight "Under free competition in a Horace Davis, Jr. tons. healthy economy, a genuinely good You are asked to get in touch product will command a sufficient with Mrs. Bessie Davis, 1905 The Japanese Ministry of Trans­ volume of sales at a price adequate Strauss Street, Brooklyn, New portation has been trying to make to insure its production." the leading shipping companies of York. Japan form into five or six groups He rejected an argument used t 4" 4» to minimize costly domestic rival­ by some supporters of the bill that Earl Lewis Brittain its objectives are comparable to Please contact your sister, Mrs. ries and improve the competitive those of federal labor legislation Ciynthia Williams, 3006 Cedar trading position of the island nation. and that it would give businessmen Crest Ave., Baltimore 19, Md. protection similar to that accorded Mitsui and OSK had been in­ 4 4 1" wagCTcarners. volved in talks with other firms Walter O. Wilson Contact your mother at PO Box before announcing their own mer­ Instead- of helping small busi­ ger, but were considered the least ness, he charged, the proposed 15, Pearl River, La. likely prospects for a joint ship­ legislation would deliver small 4 4 4 ping venture because of their long­ Robert W. Ferrandiz business "lock, stock and barrel Contact your father and give standing business rivalry. into the hands of the manufactur­ ers." The retailer, he noted, would him address so he can write you Four other merger agreements be unable to compensate for some regarding sister's wedding invita­ have been signed and one involv­ Busily packagingdrugs at the SlU-UIW contracted Philadelspecial disadvantage, such as poor tion. ing the two remaining big com­ location or lack of credit facilities, 4 4 4 panies in 4he industry was expected phfii Laboratories Inb., are (l-r) Union members Irene Smith, Houston Mail by lower prices. Nor could he to be completed in time to meet Horialliy Westffefcl ahd Margie Dill. The company manufac­ Mail is being held for the fol- a government deadline for submis­ sponsor temporary sales to move turesdrugs for hospital use. slow-selling inventoriea. sion of merger plans. . (Continued on page 23) S/U Plant Tops On Tug Fenders See Gimmick To Fix Prices In 'Quality' Bill Japanese Go's Set New Ties To Your Good Health �Air Chief Pefendt Pilot Judflenfnf By Eari (Bull) Shepord. Vice-President, Ariantic Jobless Pay Fight Looms in Pa. A check of the situation around the Port oi Philadelphia shows that things are pretty quiet for most of the unions in the area. Shipping has been pretty fair since the last report, and the outlook right now is that this pattern will continue. But out In the capital city of Harrisburg, a situation is developing that may make the headlines one of these days. Along with other sections of the AFL-CIO In the state, we have already been called upon to fight proposals that would cripple important sections of the unemployment compensation law, and we intend to make every effort to see that these bills do not become law. Gov. William W. Scranton, who is considered to be one of the Repub­ lican Party contenders for the White House this year, has adopted the attitude that the unemployment law can be tightened at the expense of some of Pennsylvania's unemployed workers. As expected, he is run­ ning head-on into labor opposition on the issue of what he calls "loop­ hole" benefits for the jobless. Other news in Philadelphia has been made by the delegates of at least six ships that paid off there, for bringing their ships home in excellent shape. There's only one beef pending on these ships, an engineroom dispute on the SS Norlna which was of a highly technical nature and is being clarified at headquarters. + — One of the brothers registered pen to many is related by Charles now in Philadelphia is R. P. Hemmis, who tells a tale about a Cabello, who paid off the Po­ blo'wn-out fuse on the Short Hills tomac after winding up one of his that caused the rudder indicator favorite runs—out to Holland and to go on the blink. All this hap­ back. Brother A! Pfisterer, who pened while the Short Hills was in was also on the Holland run, re­ transit through the Suez Canal, so ports they spent six extra days in the result was they ran into a bank port on the other side due to an and blocked the Canal for several engineroom breakdown, then took hours. When everything was 35 days steaming time to get back straightened out, they found that to the States. Maybe that's why the ship was headed in the wrong a coastwise trip is more to the direction, but tugs finally righted liking of Brother J. Koraluna, matters. whose last time out was on the The tugboat strike by the NMU's Penn Carrier. Koraluna says he tug affiliate is still going on in the favors the shorter runs, but notices Port of New York, but otherwise that coastwise and intercoastal headquarters port is a relatively shipping is really tight. quiet place. The new physical ar­ There's not too much to re­ rangements for registration seem port from Baltimore. Everything to be working out okay, since in that port is routine right now, there's more room in the main though the outlook for shipping building now for handling dis­ seems okay. The British-flag ship patching, welfare procedures and Tulse Hills, which has been idle other Union business. there for some time due to the Albert Jones is enjoying his va­ refusal of longshoremen to handle cation while the New York Harbor her, is still in port. This is the dredge Ezra Sensibar is laid up, ship that was on the Government's and we also see Martin Badger, blacklist of ships trading with Cuba off the Bladensburg, around the and then came in here expecting hall again. He went to Boston, then to grab up an-American cargo. decided to come back to head-, We notice Clyde Kent just came quarters to duck the snow in Beanin to register at Baltimore, and he's town. He wasn't too successful in really hoping that his luck will be dodging snowballs, since we had different this time out. On his snow in New York anyway. An last ship, the Orion Planet, he oldtimer we haven't since around slipped on deck while in Okinawa for a while has been in the hall and then had to be flown home. lately to kibitz with old shipmates Kent is waiting to get a fit for and catch up on the news. Morris duty so he can try again. Ralph Schapiro, who's been retired since Gowan has been on the beach in 1955, popped in the other day to Baltimore for a while, and is look­ say hello. Up around Boston town, an SIU ing for another one. His last ship was the Marore on the Korean pensioner who retired a little over a year ago dropped around the hall run. An experience that doesn't hap- recently. Brother J. MacDonald, who sailed for 26 years, just can't seem to get the saltwater out of his boots. But he says he's really happy with the way the pension set-up worked for him and he in­ tends to enjoy his retirement. On SAN DIEGO, Calif.—One the shipping side, things are look­ way for a captain to insure ing up in Boston, as the movement that there is harmony top­ of grain from that port is starting. side is to marry a girl with a The manpower on the beach will first mate's rating. probably be depleted before long, This is what Lee Quinn, so Boston can be expected to look 36, of Los Gatos, Cal., is do­ south on replacements for the ing after serving as skipper of ships coming in. an all-girl crew on a 49-day A familiar face on the beach in voyage last fall. His blonde Norfolk is Gleason Weaver, who's attractive first mate on the been missing from there for some trip, Mrs. Bea Berkson, has time. He has been shipping out filed a divorce suit, and Quinn of Houston, but has returned to has announced that he plans Norfolk for a while. Robert Greg­ to marry her. ory has just received his Union Quinn, an ex-steeplejack, book and is mighty proud of it. has already reached a prop­ From the new to the old brings erty settlement with his wife, us to old timer Joe Cash, who has but Mrs. Berkson, who is 35 been shipping out for the past 22 and the mother of three chil­ years. Cash hasn't been feeling dren, isn't making any state­ up to par lately, but is now fit and ments about her plans after ready to ship. Will Beasley is now she leaves her husband who waiting for an operation that he is a wealthy, retired business­ hopes will clear him for shipping. man. He hurt his knee on "the Morning Light some time ago. Skipper Plans . 'Mate' Swap Says On Sea Or In The Air: Last Say Should Be Skipper's WASHINGTON—^"The foremost precept 18 that the pilot, like a ships captain, is master ' of the craft and has the ultimate responsibili ty for all decisions affecting safety in flight" ; declared Federal Aviation Director Najeeb Halaby last month as he strongly opposed any [ move to transfer to his —, agency the authority to de­ Halaby described the Soviet sys­ it seems unlikely that the ultimate tem as a "dictatorship of the pro­ decision of whether or not an air­ cide if weather along a route letariat that I would abhor." He plane will fly will be taken out ci is adequate for dispatching a flight. Halaby made his statement while testifying before the House Health and Safety subcommittee's hearings on air safety. He reaf­ firmed the right of the pilot and the airline's own flight dispatcher to make the decision on whether or not to fly. Halaby told the Con­ gressman that only the actual pi­ lot was close enough to the weather, either by looking out his window or by studying his radar to make a valid decision. Halaby noted that a pilot's deci­ sion to fly was backed up by thou­ sands of hours of flying time that gave him the familiarity with weather elements that only a pilot can acquire. The FAA director said that during a recent trip to Russia he learned that a govern­ ment controller was in a position to make a. judgment on whether a flight would be permitted to pro­ ceed as scheduled. Pilots had no say in the matters, he added. Mr. urged Congress to retain the pres­ ent system of flight dispatching presently applied in the United States. The hearings were an outgrowth of a series of recent crashes in­ volving jet airliners operating in regions with poor weather: partic­ ularly the case of a Boeing 707 Jet that crashed near Elkton, Md., after it was reportedly struck by lightning. During the hearings, one of the Congressman asked Halaby wheth­ er it might .not be advisible to create a government dispatching authority for "general aviation." This designation includes private flying, from the smallest craft to planes operated by private air­ lines. "That," Mr. Halaby replied, "falls In the category of a lot of things that might be desirable if the cost were not an dement." The Congressional hearings on air safety have been adjourned, and no definite date has been set for their continuance. As of now. Five Veteran Rail Tugmen Retire On Union Pensions NEW YORK — Five new names were added to the SIU Railway Marine Region pension list during the past few weeks. The men who are recipients of a $150 lifetime SIU pen­ sion include John W. Fitchett, 56; John J. Farmer, 65; John two children, Irene and Malsich, 65; Gilbert T. Adams, John Jr. 65, and Edward O'Meara, 65. All five men were the recipients of disability pensions. Brother Fitohett is a native Virginian and joined the SlU- Brother Farmer started as a deckhand on Penn. RR tugs in 1924. A native of Jersey City, N.J., he srt:ill makes his home there. He became a member of the SlU-RMR in New York in 1960, and joined the pension ranks in January. Brother Malsich, who is a native of Austria, joined the SlU-RMR in New York In 1960. He lives in New York City with his wife Veronica and has two children, Joan and Joseph. He has been employed as a bridgeman at the Brooklyn Eastem District Terminal since 1923 Fitchetf Farmer A floatman on Pennsylvania R.R. Marine Tugs since 1921, Brother RMR in Norfolk in 1959 and began receiving his pension in Gilbert T. Adams joined the SlUFebruary. He has been sailing as a RMR in 1960. A native of Marietta, deckhand on Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Marine Tugs since 1926. He now makes his home in Hamp­ ton, Va., with his wife Helen, and Adams Rail tug veteran John Mal­ sich picks up his first $150 monthly pdnsion check at NY headquarters from SIU Railway Marine Region Di­ rector G.P. McGinty. O'Meara Georgia, he now makes his home in Long Island City, N.Y. An Army veteran of World War One, he served from 1918 to 1921. Brother Adams pension went into effect in January. Brother Edward O'Meara joined the Union in 1960 and has been employed as a deckhand on Penn­ sylvania R.R. barges since 1923. He still makes his home in his native Jersey City, N.J., with his wife Lenore and daughter Carol Ann. Brother O'Meara began re­ ceiving his SIU-RMR pension in February. the hands of the master of the ship, the pilot. Four IBU Oldtimers On Pension NEW YORK — Four veteran members of the SIU Inland Boat­ men's -Union were added to the Union pension roster this montb. Those approved for monthly disability pension benefits were Charles H. Adams, Jr., 53; Mar­ vin T. Tillett, 62; Harry L. Ray, 63, and Malcolm B. Foster, 52. A native of Maryland, Adams makes his home in Baltimore wiUi Adams Tillett his wife Marie. Employed as a bargeman with Baltimore Towage since 1960, Adams worked previ­ ously for Ore Transport, Inc. With the knowledge that the IBU dis­ ability pension benefits will be coming in regularly from now on, he can start enjoying a life of rest and leisure made possible by union membership. Brother Tillett makes his home in Fentress, Va., with his wife Leta. A native of North Carolina, Tillett became a membei of the Union in 1961 at Norfolk. A tug­ boat worker for the past 23 years, his last employer was Curtis Bay Towing of Virginia. Employed as a cook by D. M. Picton Company of Port Arthur, Texas since 1933, Brother Ray also makes his home there. A na­ tive of Alabama, Ray is a veteran of World War One, during which he served in the Navy. Ray and his wife Elizabeth can now sit back and enjoy the fruits of many years of labor through the month­ ly disability they will receive reg­ ularly from the Union. A deckhand with Blue Stack Towing since 1951, Brother Fos­ ter, who is a native of the British West Indies, now makes his home in Tampa, Fla. with his wife Cadie. Prior to starting work on tugboats, Foster got the feel of working on the water by putting in 14 years on deep sea vessels. Foster �F«g»: Slzlew .-"f; 3 S,4FAREJf'9 ), t Japan Eyes Oil Trade By Al Toniwr, Vice-Presldant, Great Lakes LIVERPOOL — A shipping journal here has alerted British and other shipowners engaged in the oil carrying trade that the The preliminaries are underway for the Spring 1964 fit-oat. The Japanese have instituted a tanker seniority office mailed out seniority cards for the '64 season on Feb­ building program that is aimed at ruary 10, and all SIU men on the Lakes should have received their improving her standing in the car­ cards by now. The mailing was late this year due to the exceptionally riage of the world's oil products. late fit-out in 1963. The Liverpool Journal of Com­ On the Lakes' job front generally. Buckeye Steamship has acquired merce and Shipping Telegraph, a two additions to its SlU-manned fleet—the Ishpeming and the James shipping daily, said there was Davidson. Last year Buckeye operated only three boats, so the addi­ every sign that this year will see tions will mean extra jobs for members at fit-out time. the start of a Japanese campaign Kinsman Marine Transit recently purchased the Gary which will Back in the States, Seafarer Jackie Hall is pictured outside aimed at the country getting be renamed the R. E, Webster and is scheduled to go into the coalDetroit SlU hall where he registered for shipping after trip greater participation in the grain trade this year. Since Kinsman operated five vessels last season, world's oil carrying trades. The this purchase also means additional work for SIU men. on the Olga (Sea Tramp). Car has top down due to unusu­ Journal said that British and ally warm weather in Detroit. The Bob-Lo operation will go on as usual this year, according to other shipowners engaged in the Browning Lines, but the company has advised that it does not intend oil carrying trades must now take to operate the Foy or Wescoat this year. Again on the plus side. Bointo account Japanese oil carrying land & Cornelius has purehased the J. T. Hutchinson, which is in trades when planning orders for the process of conversion to a self-unloader. This vessel is undergoing new tonnage. engine conversion to an oil-fired plant, and should be ready and com­ An editorial in the Liverpool pleted by fit-out time. The vessel will replace the Dow Chemical, Journal said that a Scandinavian which has been sold. Fourteen 4 —— Shipping Gazette had already self-unloaders and one bulk given an outline of Japan's tanker freighter will be operated by B&C other ports throughout the Lakes in the holds, on the spar decks and DETROIT—Seafarers on deep sea voyages are used to sail­ building program. The Scandina­ this year. on special "flight decks" connected ing into ports where infernational headlines are being made. vian Gazette in an outline of by ramps. The vessels held as 4. 4; The events making the headlines can often provide the basis Japan's tanker building program many as 500 cars and their "drive has reported that Japan's present A good example of the selective of tales which can be told for 4 on-drive off" loading and unload­ plans were to build 14 giant years—if the story teller man­ it almost meant the end of the tankers ranging from 65,000 to rate-cutting engaged in by various ing techniques enabled rapid turn­ railroads at the expense of the ages to live through them. road for him. 100,000 deadweight tons each, steamship industry is provided by around and efficient operation. Take Jackie Hall for instance: Brother Hall evidently isn't tak­ with eight of the vessels being in the situation now facing the T. J. The SIU is attempting to get the fleet back in operation as soon as Hall, who usually sails in the ing much comfort that he almost the latter class. According to the McOarthy Steamship Company, relatively peaceful waters of the Scandinavian report keels will be Detroit's unique new-car carrying possible, although the story here Great Lakes, just returned from a ended up as the subject of a one laid down each year until 1967. fleet. McCarthy announced last regarding rail rate-cutting is much trip on the freighter Olga (Sea paragraph news story in the papers The Liverpool Journal, in com­ week that the rate war waged by the same as the story of US off­ Tramp). Stops on the voyage in­ back home. menting on the Scandinavian re­ the railroads against Great Lakes shore domestic shipping as well. At any rate Hall seems to have port, said that the main purpose cluded the Mediterranian, Near 4" 4" 4' steamship companies over a period and Far East, Japan and Saigon, decided that the peace and quiet of the expansion of the Japanese On the negotiations front, a of years was causing the company Viet Nam. Brother Hall will tell of the Great Lakes is the place tanker fleet was to raise the oilpreliminary meeting was held with to hold off resumption of opera­ you that there is absolutely no mis­ for him. He is now registered at lifting ratio of their respective the Ann Arbor-Detroit, Toledo tions this coming navigation sea­ take that things have been pretty the Detroit SIU Hall where he is tanker fleets from the present 19 son. and Trenton Railway Company on waiting for a call for the 1964 sea­ percent to 30 percent. "The hectic in Saigon lately. February 13. The Union and the T. J. McCarthy, company presi­ Japanese have been trailing far Saigon, the capitol of South Viet son. company exchanged proposals, and dent, blamed railroad rate-cuts for Maybe the tales that he'll tell astern of othm- countries in this Nam, has been the scene of fre­ the decline in the car-carrying a further meeting is tentatively quent guerilla attacks by the Com­ his grandchildren won't be as respect," the Journal commented. business. "We asked the Interstate set for the middle of March. munist-led Viet Cong, as well as eventful, but, then again, he has "They will have some leeway to Commerce Commission for some the target of two major coups by a lot better chance of being make up even when their pro­ relief, some protection from the Vetnamese army. Hall can around to tell them if he stays posed super-tanker fleet is fully ruinous rates," McCarthy declared, tell you that it's not too unusual around the Lakes then in strife- commissioned" the article con­ "but we got no satisfaction." cluded. for innocent bystanders to wind torn Vietnam. The company is holding on to up in the middle of all this vio­ its fleet of specialized vessels, the lence. T. J. McCarthy, George Ingalls, It seems that Hall was trying George Meade and Mataafa, but to escape the heat in Saigon by has made no plans yet regarding relaxing with a cooling drink in their future use. The vessels are a local bar. However, a Viet Cong unsuited for any service except bomb soon put an end to this carrying autos. McCarthy said on peaceful scene. If it's any comfort, February 14; "We don't know how the bomb wasn't aimed at Hall, the situation will shape up later; just at the building next door, but LONDON—After a century of dreaming, planning and back­ we are hoping to generate enough tracking, Britain and France have decided to go ahead with business to -jus-tify putting the the building of a rail tunnel under the English Channel which boats back to work." In business for nearly 30 years, would join the two countries. ^0APAR.ERS the company was the sole su^vor The proposed 23-mile tunnel not been forgotten In the plans of of the once-thriving auto-carrying would cost more than $400 the tunnel proponents. Although traffic on the Great Lakes. New present plans do not call for an million and would take between auto road tunnel, estimates are cars were shipped from Detroit to four and six years to complete. Supporters of the tunnel claim that car-carrying electric trains, that passenger trains could pro­ running at a rate of one every 10 vide direct non-stop service be­ minutes at 60 miles an hour, could tween London and Paris and Lon­ carry 3,600 automobiles through ^ IN ^OTH don and Brussels. The rail trip be­ the tunnel in both directions. Present plans favor two parallel tween London and Paris would take only slightly longer than single-track tunnels either laid in travel by air from the center of a trench dredged on the channel one city to the center of the other. floor or in a hole through the Many benefits are seen for the layers of chalk beneath the chan­ shipper through the use of the nel itself. The tunnel proposition tunnel. The tunnel would cut high is favored over a bridge which had freight and insurance costs and de­ been suggested to join the two lays in air or sea shipments, tunnel countries. Now that political and technical supporters say. Shipping freight by tunnel, they say, would cost only problems have .apparently been re­ half the present channel ferry solved, financing the $400 million charges and would provide all- project remains to be arranged. The British and French govern­ weather service to boot. ments have both emphasized that The growing tourist trade has they must have control of any future operating company. Signs of winter life on the Lakes are evident aboard the A combination of US, British steamers Peter Reiss (above) and Jokn S. Boardman (top). and French companies are pre­ Photo taken from the deck of the Reiss by wheelsman Ralph pared to set up an international company to raise private capital Burgetf shows shipmates passing fore 'n aft while the Reiss In order to assure accurate for the project. The group, through was on the winter run carrying coal from Toledo to Detroit. digests of shipboard meetings its Channel Tunnel Study Group, Trying its luck against the ice on the Lakes, the Boardman In the LOG, it is desirable that has already spent over $1.4 mil­ e^.4Hu^,\2I^W9A!IX the reports of shipboard meet­ lion on economic, geological, en­ has been hauling cement from Alpena to Detroit. Great ings be typed if at all possible Lakes' oldtimer Bill Hollis, porter, is the busy man with the gineering and other studies per­ taining to the project pots and pans. Lakes Fleets Set Changes For '64 Seafarer Prefers Lakes After Saigon 'Welcome' French And British OK Channel Tunnel Type Minutes When Possible toxituiN �IMf Page SevleirtNii SEA'FA'R'Eil^ 45 River Crash Survivors Split $3.8 Million Award WILMINGTON, Del.—Forty-five persons have been awarded a total of $3.8 million for personal damages sustained in a collision involving a civilian manned Navy tanker and a Liberian-flag freighter in the Delaware River seven years ago. The award was •••handed down here last month in Federal District Court for the State of Delaware. By E. B. McAuley, West Coast Representative Niagara Sails For West Coast USSR Floating debris surrounding the converted lumber barge George Olson is the remainder of her cargo of 3.5 million board feet of lumber, part of which can still be seen lashed on deck. The cargo spilled into the Pacific when the barge ran aground on a jetty (foreground) and broke up while under tow near the mouth of the Columbia River. Pacific Surf Ciaims Lumber Barge,Cargo SEATTLE-^Three an'd a half million board feet of lumber was dumped into the Pacific Ocean recently when the stern of the converted lumber barge "George Olson" broke off near the mouth of the Columbia River off Cape Disappoint­ with the remains of the steel cable ment, Washington, spilling her trailing behind in an attempt to cargo into the surf. The vessel was under tow of the tug Mikimiki when the towline broke in heavy swells on her way out to sea. The vessels had waited at anchor through the night for the heavy seas to moderate. The tug proceeded out to sea Never Had Beef In 7 Years "I guess I've been lucky. In my seven years of being shop steward I've naver had a beef." The speaker of these words and the man re­ sponsible for the employee har­ mony at the SIU United Industrial Workers - con­ tracted PaulsenWebber Cordage Company in New York City is shop steward Phil Crosbie. C r 0 s b i e has been shop stew­ ard at the com­ pany since it was Crosbie organized in 1957. The 52-year-old Union member has been employed at the company as a wire rope splicer for 21 years. Crosbie is a familiar face at the monthly shop steward meetings held at Union hall and frequently takes the floor during UIW mem­ bership meetings to air his opinion on Union matters. A native of Jamaica, British West Indies, Brother Crosbie now makes his home in the Bronx, NY, with his wife Ruby. The Crosbie family also includes, Ronald, 26, Richard, 22, Russell, 21 and Catherine, 7 years old. The Paulsen - Webber Cordage Company is one of the major pro­ ducers in this country of fiber rope and canvas products for the marine industry, with a total of seven plants in different locations already under contract to the SIU United -Industrial Workers. get the line back aboard without fouling its own propeller. Mean­ while the barge drifted into the breakers on Clatsop Spit and bumped hard enough to start a leak. Help sopn arrived in the form of a 52-foot Coast Guard vessel and two 40-foot vessels from the Cape Disappointment lifeboat sta­ tion. They succeeded in towing the 45-year-old, 322-foot steel hull barge out of the breakers and up river as far as Buoy 19. At this point however, the tide turned and began dragging the barge and three Coast Guard boats toward the open sea. At the tip of Jetty A, which projects out from Cape Disappointment, the barge drifted close to the jetty and was caught in an eddy. Swells pushed the leaking barge onto the jetty and within a short time the stern snapped off, dumping the lumber. Built in 1919 at Gloucester City, N.J., as the Castletown, the George Olson was brought to the Pacific Coast about 30 years ago and renamed Lumbertown. Later it was named Coos Bay as it op­ erated along the coast. Oliver J. Olson & Co., acquired it several years ago, renaming it and later removed the engines and changed the loading gear for handling pack­ aged lumber. Shipping Rules The shipping rules estab­ lished under the agreement between the SIU and its con­ tracted operators clearly pro­ vide, as a part of the shipping procedure, that no seaman shall register for shipping in more than one port at the same time and that shipping cards issued in one port shall not be honored in any other port. Seafarers are again re­ minded that these provisions are designed to assure a fair and equitable procedure for filling jobs on SlU-contracted vessels. Any infractions of these rules should be reported to tlie Contract Department at headquarters. The crash of the Mission San Francisco and "the Liberian freighter Elna, occurred on March 7, 1957, about 30 miles below Philadelphia. Eight persons were killeo and 50 were injured in the collision and subsequent explosion of the two vessels which completely demol­ ished the Mission San Francisco. The Elna was later sold for scrap. The verdict, which awarded each claimant up to $258,000, was one of the highest for personal damages ever made in the history of United States Admiralty law. The American ship was found at fault in the opinion of Judge Caleb R. Layton. According to Judge Layton, the main cause of the damages had .been the failure of the Mission San Francisco to free her cargo tanks of gas. Improper navigation on the part of both ves­ sels was seen as a contributing factor in the disaster. The American ship had unloaded a full cargo of jet fuel in the New York area and had sailed for the Delaware River without cleaning her tanks of hazardous gas fumes. Judge Layton declared that ship­ owners must insure that their ves­ sels are free from gas. The Mission San Francisco was owned by the US Government and operated by a Philadelphia agent who said that the tanker had not been gas-freed in order to save time. The Niagara took on a full lo-d of vrain and sailed on February 11 for the Russian port of Nakhodka. So far, she is the only US ship to sail for the western coast of Russia with grain. But Russia is not the only customer of the US for that product. In the next few weeks, the AnjI, Elimir and Josefina will be loading grain for Pakistan. The Penn Sailor is also scheduled to be sailing for Greece with a load. Shipping remains pretty fair out of San Francisco. We shipped 101 men from this port during the last period. The Long Lines and the Arthur Huddell called for several replacements and these men were flown to Honolulu to join the ships. San Francisco assisted the ports of Wilmington and Seattle in getting the needed ratings for vessels in their respective ports. We also shipped men to the Orion Comet and the Penn Sailor in Wilmington and to the Niagara in Portland. A full crew was sent to the Wild Ranger, which will be loading grain for Korea and other cargo for Yokohoma. Last week, we lost a few oldtimers from San Francisco. Louis Roa died from an asthmatic condition and pneumonia, Jesse Cabral from cancer, and Aubry L. Sargent of natural causes. Roa shipped as 3rd cook and galleyman, Cabral was a steward and chief cook, and Sar­ gent, a member of the deck department, was on pension at the time of his death. Voting was brisk in San Fran­ from Honolulu after paying off cisco up to the end of the ballot­ the Arthur Huddell. Both of these ing. Most members seemed to back men sail in the black gang. According to a recent report from the SIU dues increase and talked the Marine Exchange, there was as if they were in favor of the a slight gain in ship activity logged issue. at Los Angeles Harbor. Recently Cal Wilson Just shipped as bosun there were 25 more ships—424 in on the.. Wild Ranger after having all—reported arriving there so far been laid up with a bum leg. this year than in the same month Some of the boys say he will be last year. sorely missed at the Ritz Club for the next few months. Jim Pulliam is still on the beach waiting for a bosun's slot after signing off the Antinous a few weeks ago. Al­ though he hails from Norfolk, he now lives in San Francisco. Roy Barker is also waiting for a job as a steward. His last outing was aboard the DeSoto. "Rabbit" Thiess Whatever you need, in work or dress grabbed an AB slot aboard the Long Lines. gear, your SIU Sea Chest has It. Get top Bill Ray is waiting for a 3rd quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ cook's job and, in the meantime, ing at your Union-owned and Unionis trying his luck with the ponies operated Sea Chest store. at Bay Meadows. He must be hav­ ing a run of luck as we have Sport Coots not seen him around the hall re­ Slacks cently. Dress Shoes In Seattle, Warner Patterson is Work Shoes on the beach, and rarin' to grab Socks a steward's job. He has been on Dungarees the beach for quite awhile after Frisko Jeens signing off the Yaka as chief stew­ CPO Shirts ard. Louis Bernier is another oldtimer who signed off the Yaka and Dress Shirts is looking for another job on the Sport Shirts lover's run to Japan. The Josefina, Belts Anji, the John C. and the Hastings Khakis are expected to pay off here later Ties this month. Shipping overall is re­ Sweat Shirts ported to be good out of Seattle T-Shirts these days. Shorts Oldtimer Lester Lapham, stew­ Briefs ard department, is keeping a close Swim Trunks check on the hall in Wilmington. Sweaters Ray Kroupa and Francis Gooly have itchy feet too, and are ready Sou'westers to go. Oscar Rosenfelt was just Raingear waiting to vote on the dues in­ Caps crease, and now that he has done Writing Materials so, he is ready to go. He has been Toiletries taking a lot of interest in the Un­ Electric Shavers ion, and informs m that he intends Radios to write to the Contract Depart­ Television ment at Headquarters very soon Jewelry with his ideas of what he would like to see in our agreement. Cameras luggage Bill Wharton and Carmine Mancino just got in and registered at Wilmington, then filed for vaca­ tion pay. But they are going to wait and rest up a while before taking on jobs. Arthur S. Turner and O. L. Nance just returned Your Gear.. for ship . . . for shore the SEACHEST �Febni^ tU 1M4 $^AFAREIlt,S ,LOO Fag* ElcMeM *Qr«af Grain Robbwy* Probt Baflint Austrian Gets Grain Hearing VIENNA, Austria—high government official here has been granted a hearing before By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director an Austrian court to clear his name of any possible involvement in what has become to be known as "the great grain robbery." A Medical Review Of 1963 Dr. Erich Pultar, head of"^' This year brought no sensational medical breakthroughs or miracle tally witih figures Issued by the and named five American com­ the trade policy section of drugs, according to "Health Bulletin." Drug side effects made more Agriculture Department as repre­ panies who were thought to have the Austrian Agriculture news than drug power to cure disease. Drug manufacturers and re­ Ministry, said that newspapers in senting the amount of grain been Involved in the selling of the searchers struggled mightily to cope with new safety regulations that the US, specifically the New York shipped, and that the amount cited grain. The investigations by the came as a result of the thalidomide disaster. New drug applications Times, had printed that "at least by USDA—1 million tons—^was Justice Department into the mat­ showed a noticeable decline for the year. one official of the Austrian Agri­ far too much for the population of ter have not been completed. The most profitable drug of the year was one meant not to cure a It was noted that most of the cultural Ministry was involved in Austria to consume. disease but to prevent a physical condition—pregnancy. It was Enovid, Subsequently, a Senate subcom­ grain was sold on the market in the machinations." The Chicago G. D. Searle's oral contraceptive which was introduced in 1957. Reports mittee took over the USDA report. West Germany. Tribune, according to newspapers that the drug might possibly cause fatal blood clotting in some users here, had also carried the story. failed to deter the growth of oral contraceptives. The United States Government The introduction of measles vaccine was the closest thing to a medical recently called for a probe of the triumph, but observers are awaiting the epidemic pattern before they diverting of 10.000 tons of grain will say the vaccine is completely effective. into other European countries, in­ Steady progress was made in organ transplants. In March, the first cluding East Germany. The in­ kidney transplant from a corpse to a living person was reported from vestigation was turned over to the England, in June the first successful transfer to a human eye of an Justice Department when it was animal cornea, and in August one of the first transplantations of a heart thought tiiat several US grain valve. During the year, a lung was < commodities firms were involved transferred from one person to "Journal of Clinical Medicine" in the illegal transaetions. j WASHINGTON—How do Russian seamen feel about unions another, on two occasions, although noted that Vitamin C was effec­ The SIU and several other I which are supposed to protect their rights in the "worker's the recipients died, the possibility tive in the treatment of infectious unions have repeatedly charged that of a successful operation held out hepatitis, mononeucleosis and virus paradise" of the Soviet Union? there were abuses in the bidding new hope for cancer cases. pneumonia. The "General Practice The answer to this question"*" procedures and chartering of ves­ The fifth US liver transplant was Journal" reported that a combina­ sels for the grain shipments. was given recently by a Soviet to sea because he knew the ship done in September at Peter Brent The first suspicions of the con­ seaman who got so fed up was not safe, but the political con­ Brigham Hospital in Boston. The tion of Vitamin C and B complex spiracy came from an agricultural with conditions aboard the Soviet trollers forced him to leave the longest any liver transplant has was beneficial in the treatment of non-specific fatigue and general attache in Vienna. Tlie aide, Norris tanker on which he was serving shore and go into the sea, in spite lived is 22 days, but again, there debility. Elierton, noted both that Austrian that he jumped into the waters of of the fact that everybody connect­ is hope for the future. Government regulation in all figures for grain received did not Calcutta harbor last November 25 ed with the operation knew that it Vitamins Also Featured fields of health following the and swam to the nearby SlU-con- makes no sense, but stiff planning Kidney transplants have been thalidomide disaster and the in­ tracted Steel Surveyor (Isthmian), makes them do such a ridiculous the most successful so far. The vestigation into the drug Krebiozen thing . . . about 10 ships are sunk American Medical Association re­ was continuously in the news. to ask for political asylum. in a season on the Caspian Sea be­ ported this year a four year survi­ The report on pesticides by the Testifying recently before the House Un-American Activities con»- cause of casualties and accidents," val for one of the first persons to White House Science Advisory mittee, Vladislaw S. Tarasov, who he said. receive a kidney from another Committee, which was critical of Another unpleasant fact for living human being. Transplanting some pesticide spraying activity sailed in the Soviet equivalent of the engine department as a me­ Soviet seamen is the political com­ of teeth is progressing. One Phila­ caused consternatiou in the chemi­ chanic, described the Soviet labor missar who makes every trip with delphia woman has now had five cal industry. The tobacco industry the ship. A special representative transplanted teeth in her mouth braced itself for a similar blast unions. Action in the marketplace offers "They don't care about people at of the party, his official title is for four years. The heart is next from the Surgeon General's com­ a method for trade unionists to as­ all . . . trade unions in the Soviet "assistant to the captain for the on the list of prospective trans­ mittee investigating the relation sist each other in their campaign Union are also under the control affairs of the crew and cultural plants. between smoking and health, in for decent wages and better con­ of the party; whatever the party is activities."-His job actually is to Vitamins were featured in many particular lung cancer which in ditions. directing the unions to do, they do. spy on the crew and conduct com­ research reports. Researchers in recent years has shown an alarm­ Russia were the opinion that ing increase in incidence. The re­ Seafarers and tiielr families are They are not defending us. They pulsory political lectures. urged to support a consumer boy­ are defending the interests of the It was a run-in with one of these Vitamin C in combination with port subsequently released defi­ cott by trade unionists against party, just as everything else is commissars which finally convinced chloride, lipocaic or rutin lowered nitely pointed its finger at the various companies whose products done for defending the interests Tarasov that risking the waters of blood cholesterol in humans. The cigarette industry. are produced under non-union of the party." Calcutta harbor was better than conditions, or which are "unfair Tarasov was bitter about condi­ remaining a seaman in the Soviet to labor." (This listing carries the tions in the Caspian Sea fishing Union. Returning to his quarters name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ fleet, in which he worked in 1958. one day, Tarasov said he caught volved, and will be amended from During the five months he was em­ this "specialist in political control" December, 1963 time to time.) ployed in the fleet he earned about reading his personal notes. He Seamen -Wives Children TOTAL Port $300 or $2 a day. Beefing about the realized then, Tarasov told the Texas-Miller Products, Inc. 236 34 2 Baltimore *" * Adam Hats, Ashley, Dorsey Jay, unsafe working conditions brought House committee, that his foreign travels were over and the time for transfer to an even worse boat. 251 Hampshire Club, Repel!-X, 9 7 Houston "The captain did not want to go action had come. Sea Spray Men's Hats 92 2 4 Mobile (United Hatters) 8 320 5 New Orleans ' • 35 17 508 5» i New York •••• 185 Eastern Air Lines Philadelphia * * 20 12 (Flight Engineers) Son Juan 8 a 61 Soviet Seaman Raps Red Maritime Unions TOLABOB DONOT'BVY SIU Clinic Exams^AII Ports t' t> H. I. Siege! "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) t "Judy Bond" Blouses (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) 4" S" 1" Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) ' i> t> Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4< 4* 4' J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 4» 4' 4" Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) 4) 4) Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Slumberland Products Co. Furniture and Bfdding (United Furniture Worker?) Plan For Ideal Port Unveiled By Admiral TOTAL ••••>.. 111 60 1,658 Easy Does It "WASHINGTON—Just what makes for an ideal port? Ac­ cording to the chief of the Military Sea Transport Service, "Vice Admiral Roy A. Gano, the list of particulars is a mighty long one. "Vice Admiral Gano, in a with no stanchions from wall to speech to the North Atlantic wail. Ports Association, said that the ideal port must be close to the sea, well protected from storms and high winds, with a wide, straight, deep and uncluttered entrance channel. The entire harbor would have a uniform minimum depth of about 50 feet alongside the wharves and piers. There would be no swift currents, no wide ranges of tide and no treacherous shoals. Details His Ideal According to the Admiral, an ideal port deserves and ideal terminal "with wide smooth aprons where cargo could be placed under tlie ship's hook efficiently in a never-cons'.ricted flow." The transit shed behind these aprons would be spacious, high rpofed, s,ingle deck buildings "Every bay would have a door," the admiral continued, and during the working day the entire side of the shed would be open for cargo working purposes. There would be of course, brilliant illumination by night, with scientifically designed and located electric fixtures." He added that the port would also need stiategically located truck loading docks and railroad tracks. In addition, the admirals plan for an ideal port would include 4eePi wide, clear channels and berths at petroleum channels in order to cut down on travel time. In his concluding remarks, ViceAdmiral Gano called for a step-up in American-flag shipping to help solve the gold-outflow problem and also to give more Americans employment. Intent on their shuffleboard game, Seafarers Jerome Tenner (left) and Raymond Pope pay no mind to photographer watching the play at the Baltimore SIU hall. Tanner has just started a glide down the board with his' marker, while Pope waits his chance. �n'lr ^ P A it P k S Defender Menu Draws A Rave To the Editor: The holiday Kason nearly al­ ways brings Joy as well as greetings to everyone. Furthermore, there comes a time to say thanks to those who make our holiday seasons the kind we look forward to. The many delights our stew- ' Tl»e Editor All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. ard department whipped up on the National Defender for our benefit were overwhelming. For instance, there were crab Louis salads, canapes of all kinds, and just so many goodies that you would have had to see it your­ self to have believed it. The men responsible were the veteran chief steward Fred R. Hicks; Clayton Bruce, chief cook; Alfred Hargis, cook and baker; Bert Winfield, third cook; Jerry E. Wood, crew messman; Curtis Brodnax, pan­ try utility, and Homer Cross, officers messman. At this time we say thanks to them for a good job well done in true SIU fashion and more. And every crewmember was given a copy of the menu for his use during the meal and to keep as a momento. Things on the National De­ fender are going great, with no problems to speak of. We are shuttling presently between the Persian Gulf and Japan. Frank J. O'Malley Ship's delegate $• Union Benefits Are Appreciated To the Editor: I'm sending you a few lines to let you know that I very much appreciate the help which I received from the Welfare Department at a time it was most needed. There aren't enough words to say what a good thing the Union is and what it does for its members when help is needed. Again I would like to say thanks very much. It's lucky to have the Union for the benefits it gets for members. They are well worth having. I will never forget the SIU, an organization which comes to the aid of its members. Gordon G. Kanady 1*0 G Seafarers aboard the Elie V really roughed it when they ran into five straight days of bad weather which flooded out crew quarters. Everyone took it "with a grain of salt,'* writes Ira C. Brown, meeting chairman. The only time the crew got ments receiving votes of thanks rattled was when the chief for good service include the Robin engineer decided to shut down the forced draft vents in the crew quarters. if Crewmembers on the Alcoa Mar­ keter (Alcoa) are in a sweat over the mixed up movie situation. Not only can't they find a projector which was supposed to have been delivered from the Alcoa Partner, but they're still looking for $135 for the movie fund, which was sup­ posed to be picked up when the Marketer hit New Orleans, reports Thurston J. Lewis. Herring Mlsokian jected. In deciding to stand by their original choices, the crew pointed out that the captain couldn't refuse to deal with their duly elected del­ egates under the terms of the con­ 4" The crew aboard the Overseas tract. Eva (Maritime Overseas) isn't too 4 4 4* happy about the prices and quality Anyone missing an alarm clock of merchandise in the slopchest. on the Jefferson City (Victory Car­ Maurice Gulp favors getting a new riers) will know where to look. It ship's chandler instead of using seems discussion at a ship's meet­ the services of the present Gulf ing was devoted to getting a clock port area supplier. for the crew mess. 4i 4> 4 4 4 Among the many tributes the A ship's meeting on the Almeiia (Marine Carriers) elected John LOG has been receiving in honor Misakian as the new delegate with of the late President John F. Ken­ a resounding vote, especially after nedy is a poem submitted by Gran­ the skipper tried to have Misakian ville Herring, a wiper on the Robin and deck delegate Phil Lambis re- Locksley (Robin Line). Brother Herring also enclosed a fine pencile sketch of the former Chief of State with his verses. Seamen Lend Helping Hand To Orphanage '.••fe MM^Mi Children in the orphan­ age at Mi Ae, South Korea had good cause to grin after crewmembers of the Eagle Traveler (Sea Trans­ port) paid them a visit. Digging into their own pockets, Seafarers from the Traveler purchased a bountiful supply of candy, cookies, cocoa and milk for the 72 children living at the orphanage. Money for the gifts was collected under the supervision of Everett Perry, ship's dele­ gate, with the help of the Traveler's chief steward. In the bottom picture, Perry (far right) presents the crew's donations to a delegation and he and the steward got acquainted with three of the young orphans, (center photo). Later they enjoyed after­ noon tea served by the older girls at the home (top photo). Locksley, (Robin Line), Overseas Eva (Overseas Carrier), Txansglobe (Hudson Waterways), Steel Ven­ dor, Steel Architect (Isthmian), Bradford Island (Cities Service), Seatrain Georgia (Seatrain), Jeffer­ son City (Victory Carriers), Madaket (Waterman) and Zephyrhills (Pan American). 4 4 4 Men aboard the Sjeatrain Georgia (Seatrain) were highly disturbed about the ship's failure to honor the late President John F. Ken­ nedy. According to Robert Hanni­ bal, not only did normal duties take place all through the National Day of Mourning, but the Ameri­ can flag was not even lowered. 4 4 4 The steward department on the Transorient (Hudson Waterways) had to sail shorthanded, but man­ aged to produce meals in the finest SIU style with the help of William H. Thompson, chief steward. Duly appreciative of Thompson's efforts, the Transorient crew gave him and his department a vote of thanks. Other ships with steward depart­ STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Dec. IS—Chairman, Jack Ocsse; Secretary, Ralph F. Tyree. Brother Charles T. Scott was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported. Motion made that company give vaccinations 3 or 4 days before sailing time, if possible. Discussion on whether trav­ elers checks be given as draw in Ceuta instead of American money. Lockers in rooms are in very bad condition. Ail rooms should l)e fumi­ gated. Crew urged to take good care of new washing machine. Suggestion made to clean water tanks before next trip as drinking water is rusty. ST. CHRISTOPHER (Destiny Car­ riers), Dec. 20 — Chairman, Alfred Anderson; Secretary, Gusfav V. Thobe. One FWT taken off ship due to iilness. Steward declared that the slop chest will be open for cigarettes for the last time tomorrow. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), Dec. 28—Chairman, George B. McCurley; Secretary, none. All repairs being taken care of. Few hours dis­ puted OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. C-se-1S16 (Pan American World Air­ ways), Dec. It—Chairman, J .B. Davis; Secretary, D. F. Carey. Discussion on possible improvement in present con­ tract. Joe Justin was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported. Discussion on holiday gangway watch being stood by the preceding week­ end watch. DEL MAR (Delta), Nov. 17—Chair­ man, Victor O'Brlant;. Secretary, Eli Zubatsky. Brother Eddie Avrard was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. S2.25 in movie fund. All depart­ ment heads reported everything OK. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn Ship­ ping), Dec. 20—Chairman, V. C. Smith; Secretary, A, D. Kirkconnell. Brother V. C. Smith was elected to serve as ship's delegate in place of A. Hofman, who was taken off ship in Aden by doctor. Brother Savoid wants man ap­ pointed to see about the return of shot cards at the end of the trip. Vessel carried approximately 25 tons of condemned cargo. Deck crew dis­ charged It out to sea. Captain claims this work as cleaning hold; crew wrote it up as longshoremen's OT. Ship anchored two days with no shore leave and no launch service. HASTINGS (Waterman), Dec. 0— Chairman, James Kellogg; Secretary, John Wells. Ship's delegate reported no beefs. $8.96 in ship's fund. Deck delegate reported one man hospitclIzed in Inchon, Korea. Discussion on The man with the "Yoga' stance is Seafarer Horace Sikes,, AB on the Warrior (Waterman). Photo by shipmate T. T. Kirby on the Far East run. heating in aft focsies. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Jofc weU done. ORION CLIPPER (Western Tankers), Dec. 14—Chairman, Oscar M. Raynort Secretary, Frank Nahllcki. tlO.50 In ship's fund. Few beefs in engine dcpartment to be taken up with patrol­ man at payoff. Vote of thanks to the steward department for good service even though shorthanded. PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Ship­ ping), Dec. 11—Chairman, Jim Tanner; Secretary, 1. K. Coats. Ship will prob­ ably be on Persian Gulf run for the next four months. Captain Issued daily wage statements minus all deductions, and asked tlie crew to limit their draws accordingiy. Crew donated 87.00 to the American Merchant Marine Library in San Pedro, Cali­ fornia. I. K. Coats was elected ship's delegate. He will contact headquarters to request clarification relative to the replacement of missing crewmembers while vessel is on the Persian GulfFar East run. Motion made that SIU constitution be amended to provide for absentee ballots. Ship's delegate is requested to contact Welfare Department for clarification on death benefit status of members on 12month articles away from continental US. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Dec. 30 — Chairman, C. Garner; Secretary, R. McCutcheon. Brother Market was elected to serve as ship's delegate, in piace of Brother Miles, who was given a vote of thanks from entire crew. Steward asked ail hands to turn in dirty laundry. Re­ quest patroiman to bring library abpard ship. Discussion on having steps to gangway fixed. PILOT ROCK (Columbia), Dec. 15— Chairman, Joe C. Selfay; Secretary, Frank Kustura. Ship's (iele.gate reports everything running smoothly. Ship sailed short one fircm m. Wiper was promoted to firfni;'n. D. M. Ravosa was re-elected as ship's dele­ gate. Suggestion was m de to move dock to another spot in crew mess. �Pace Tweiitr Vabntary SEAFARERS -L0G Canada Union-Busting Recalls The '21 Strike Matmen Taka FIva LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sue Song News of the harassment of Canadian maritime unions by Bjr Paul R. Albano the Canadian government reminds Jim Russell, a retired Sea­ farer, of the strike in Galveston back in the spring of 1921. There's a gal by the name Of Sue SQjjflf In a letter to the LOG, Rus-" had the night before. The mag­ Who comes from far off Hong sell writes that he clearly re istrate evidently wasn't going to Kong. members the union-busting believe Russell's story about try­ tactics of the US Shipping Board and the shipowners during the days when seafaring unions were in their infancy. "I came to Galveston on May 1st, 1921," Russell writes, "and the union told us to get off and register for picket duty. I was sent to picket a Maliory Line ship coming in with a load of scabs from New York." Russell relates ihow he and 30 brother Seafar­ ers gathered to meet the ship at Galveston's 25th St. dock on the Russell evening of May 6. Local police, who were tradi­ tionally anti-union, moved In from all sides and herded 25 of the pickets into waiting patrol wagons. Russell recalls how a Texas Ranger forced him into one of the paddy wagons. "I was outside the 25th Street Railroad Station and I asked him if I could buy a ticket for New Orleans. He said to tell it to Judge O'Dell tomor­ row," he reminisces. The next day, according to Rus­ sell, Judge O'Dell didn't prove any more sympathetic than the police She has a dog named Song Tong. ing to buy a railroad ticket, but Sue told her d-og to sing a song. what, really sealed his fate was that he admitted coming from She took him in her lap New York. And he sang a song — "The judge said that if I told The kind of song. a story like that to a New York Sue Song from Hong Kong judge, he would give me six Told Song Tong to sing! months, but that he would only give me 30 days for vagrancy and disturbing the peace," he com­ ments. Injustice Continues The lack of justice for striking By Paul R. Albano seafarers continued right on be­ hind prison bars, Russell bitterly A good many times remembers. He writes how a scab When you look a way out shipping master got reduced Sen­ tences for three AB's after they In the ocean and you get promised to sail for him. This un­ A feeling or a notion principled agent was only one That the wind's making example of many who made count­ A murky, flurry spray. less trips to the local jail to recruit Then you call the bridge. the crews they needed. The skipper takes a look Russell has learned an impor­ tant lesson from these harsh ex­ At his barometer which marks periences. "I agree with AFL-CIO The changes of weather and says President George Meany when he "The sailor was right, using said a strike breaker is a strike His skin to give warning." breaker and a scab is a scab," he So, you see what your anatomy states. The retired seafarer has only Can tell you: It's remarkable hard words for shipping agents To find atmospheric significance who specialize in hiring scabs and In your blood stream. strikebreakers. "They know they When you have it! are doing wrong." A Notion Panama Beef Exposes Runaways By Seafarer Pat Conley, Book C-816 The recent Panamanian dispute with the United States has raised some interesting pro­ jections of the future for maritime labor. Panama is one of the nations whose flag has been used by Amreican-owned vessels for merchant marine duty, Liberia is another and Honduras still another. recent example of a Portuguese The SIU, along with other interests, could we depend on these liner which was hi-jacked and foreign crews? maritime unions, has protested If the current roamed the Caribbean indicates long and hard aginst such opera­ tions, deeming them as runaways. Management and shipping com­ panies which use the runaway fiagu prefer the more flowery phrase "flags of convenience" to describe their cutting of US wage and working standards. And we all know how the SIU has repeatedly urged Federal marltime officials and Congressmen to plug the tax loopholes enjoyed by shipping interests through use of the foreign flags. The trouble in Panama is an example of the SIU's long-standing argument that the United States cannot depend in an emergency on foreign seamen manning foreignflag ship. Many ships flying the Panamania flag are manned by Greek and German crews. If the United States were to call these ships Into action to preserve her wave of national­ ism sweeping Panama iresulta in a move by that government to oust American business interests and nationalize existing facilities. It's highly possi­ Conley ble that many runaway operators will find them­ selves without fleets. Even if they are able to salvage some of their vessels, the runaway operators will be hard-pressed to find another convenient country in which to register them. If the US has no bona fide agree­ ment covering ships of any other nation, US officials can't tell us that our government maintains effective control over these Ameri­ can-owned bottoms. Besides, the SfcArtRERS LOG, ; 675 Fouflh Ave,, Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive S ! that despite pinpoint searching by American military equipment, the ship could not be found. There's obviously a fallacy in effective control. With nationalistic feelings, coupled with an antipathy towards all outside interests running high throughout Africa, Liberian regis­ tration becomes a dangerous prop­ osition at best. And, in Honduras, Communists are constantly arous­ ing the citizens against all foreign interests, especially the United States. Hence, more dangerous situa­ tions for US shipping interests who use runaway-flag ships seem to be building up. Reliance on the run­ aways is a dangerous proposition at best. PHS Clinic Asks Advance Notice Seafarers seeking other than emergency care at the US Public Health Service out­ patient clinic in New York have been asked to telephone, wire or write in advance for an appointment to assure bet­ ter care and avoid long periods of waiting. The USPHS facili­ ty, at Hudson & Jay Streets, NYC, says it Is being swamped by "walk-in" patients who have ample time to make ad­ vance appointments. Unless they require emergency care. Seafarers are asked to write the clinic at 67 Hudson St., New York 13, or call BArclay 7-6150 before they come in. Tony Morales, a pro wrestler who sails aboard the Pan Oceanic Faith (Pan Oceanic) (right), catches up on the latest word on the mat circuit with Timmey Leong, "Mr. Hawaii," on a recent visit to Honolulu. Tony has been keep­ ing in shape for future bouts when he returns home. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Sutrain), Jan. 19—Chairman, R. Gorbaa; Sacratary, Ron Doughty. Ship's delegate. Brother Bonefont, extended a vote of thanks to the entire crew. Everything is running smoothly. During rough weather, the 4^8 fireman's room has trouble with water and oil. Contact company about necessary repairs. K. Foster was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. ORION COMET (Western Tanker Corp.), Jan. II — Chairman, Johnnie Hoggie; Secretary, George Tamlln. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. AU OT okayed. Steward to request mattress, pillows and cots for the next crew. $29.00 in ship's fund to be given to the mem­ bers at the Marine Hospital in San Francisco. No mail received by ship 11 .•.M ill..I .' .II.MM...•• -•! •A for four months. Food committee to see that there is a better grade of meats and frozen vegetables put aboard. Di.scussion about pension plan. Union to see about raise in wages and OT raise. Patrolman to be contacted about captain and chief mate who want to run the deck department and wiU not let the bosun run his men. This has been going on aU trip. Captain claims he can do whatever he wants. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Jan. S—Chairman, O. C. Bailey, Jr.; Secre­ tary, J. M. Young. Ship's delegate reported no beefs, and everything is running smoothly. $6.80 in ship's fund. Nothing else to report. DEL NORTE (Delta), Dec. 6 — Chairman, James Tucker; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. Letter sent to h.eadquarters about knocking off steward de­ partment while on articles in Houston and in foreign port of Buenos Aires. Letter also sent about iong.shoremen using the crew lounge spaces in New Orleans, and waking up the crew. Maurice Kramer elected new ship's delegate in place of Reuben Belietty who signed off in New Orleans. $129.31 in ship's fund and movie fund is 70c in the red. Letter to be sent to headquarters about ship being cleared upon arrival in Houston. Motion that all payoffs be made in crew lounge and not in messhall. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Jan. 5 — Chairman, Joseph D. Bianchard; Secretary, Thomas R. Sanford. Ship's delegate reported that one man refused to attend meetings and failed to do his job properly. $10.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine de­ partment. Crewmembers reque.sted not to lock screen doors at sea. Ex­ terminator and disinfectant needed. •—Chairman, Roy R. Thomas; Secre­ tary, Ronnie OaVlrglleo. Everything OK. Ship's delegate resigned. Anthony Torsado elected to serve in his place. tll.OOO in ship's fund. Chief steward urged more cooperation in his depart­ ment. Received vote of thanks for the best holiday meals served. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Over­ seas), Jan. 25 — (Chairman, Paul L. Whitlow; Secretary, Andrew Johannsen. Motion made that the company supply electricians with proper and adequate tools. Motion that the com­ pany purchase individual heaters for the corner rooms so that they can be heated properly. This was smooth trip with no major beefs. Vote of thanks given to the steward depart­ ment for services rendered. TRANSORIENT (Hudson Water­ ways), Jan. 12 — Chairman, William Thompson; Secretary, J. Haggerty. Brother R. DeBoissiere was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Motion made that constitution be changed so that members can vote on all major issues, such as raising of dues, while at sea. Vote of thanks extended to William H. Thompson, steward, and entire department, for doing an excellent job while shorthanded. Discussion on deck depart­ ment cleaning recreation lounge and steward department to clean laundry. TRANS6L0BE (Hudson Waterways), Jan. 12 — Chairman, Tony Palino; Secretary, Francis R. Napoll. Ship's delegate reported that one man Is sick and is going back to States oo same ship. One workaway signed on in Bremerhaven, Germany. No beefs reported. Discussion on hospital being kept clean and not used as a store room. Chief engineer should set ses watches as per agreement. Water fountain on crew deck to be fixed or replaced with a new one. Vote of thanks to the entire steward depart­ ment for good food and service. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Dec. 29— Chairman, William Wallace; Secretary, C. E. Turner. Brother E. Odom elected ship's delegate. Most of the repairs had been taken care of. Chief mate said he would try to have the crew and saloon pantry painted on the way south. Some disputed OT in engine department. Discussion about proposal for dues increase. Steward depart­ ment was given a vote of thanks and especially for the effort put into the Christmas dinner. ORION COMET (Western Tanker Corp.), Dec. 2 — Chairman, Johnnlg Hoggie; Secretary, Woody Strong. Two men missed ship and new men re­ ported. New ship's delegate elected. Vote of thanks to former ship's dele­ gate. $29.00 in ship's fund. Motion made to see about retirement plan with $300.00 a month for rest of life. Pension plan would follow 20 years of seatime, with seven months as a full year, regardless of age. Discussion on having rooms painted once a year. Food committee to see about a better quality and assortment of meats. Tanker agreement to be more clearly explained regarding working rules and OT. JIAN (Pacific Seafarers), Dec. 21— GLOBE CARRIER (Maritime Over­ seas), Dec. 8—Chairman, R. Scheem; ) Chairman, J. E. Roberts; Seenetary, Joa Shell. Ninety-five percent of re­ Secretary, Edward Bayne. One man missed ship at Philadelphia. l)|o beefs. No comments. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Jan. 20—Chairman, Clarence Cousins; Secretary, R. Hannibal. Patrolman to be contacted regarding new washing machine. Portholes leak when it rains. $4.05 in ship's fund. Robert J. Lester was elected new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks extended to former ship's delegate Chester Owen for good job. Vote of tiianks to the steward depart­ ment for well-prepared food on holi­ days. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), Jan. pairs have been completed; the remainder will be completed upon arrival. One workaway picked up in Algeria. Very pleasant trip with no beefs. No ship's fund. Deck delegate requests that something be done about shortage of stores. Steward claims stores were checked in New Orleans. Some disputed OT In deck and engine departments. DEL ALBA (Delta), Dec. 8—Chair­ man, G. Little; Secretary, R. Martinez. Brother F. Piczykoin was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $12.67 in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly. �WHJFJMMUS lo^ Notify Union On LOQ Mail AM Seafaren know, copiea of aach iasua of tho SEAFAIUBWB LOG are mailed every two weeke to all SIU ehips as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling aU SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship opeiv ator, four copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ utes forms are then airmailed to the agent in the next port Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SlU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. in The Best Shipbos m Seafarer Robert Barbot received full honors of the sea re­ cently at a burial service held aboard the CIfy of Alma (Waterman). Capt. William J. Lombard conducted the short burial service, and then committed the body to its watery resting place. Final rites were held for Brother Bardot on the City of Alma after he passed away on tho Kyska (Waterman). Lauds Oidtimer's Training Role To the Editor: I was very pleased to read about oldtimer Dan Butts tak­ ing part in the teaching of fu­ ture new members and lifeboatmen for the Seafarers Un­ ion. I remember Butts when he was representing the Union in San Juan, Puerto Rico, many years ago. Let me tell you that this man, in my belief, did a wonderful Job there for the Seafarers In­ ternational Union. I am sure he is doing the same kind of work now. We can only hope that some of our future members follow the teachings of such a man. They sure have a lot to learn from an oldtimer like Dan Butts. George Aybar 4" Applauds LOG News Treatment To the Editor: I have retired and moved to the Sunshine State. I have en­ joyed seeing the LOG through the years that I have been ashore. It has been excellent reading and a good source of exact in­ formation on labor laws and shipping programs as they con­ cern the seamen. The relent­ less light for the good of sea­ men in particular and the tax-paying public in general has been outstanding. Keep up the good work and hope you have a most successful year. I have had Brother John Johnson for a neighbor and en­ joyed Immensely talking about the sea and ships in general with him. Thank you again for the LOG. George W. Robey % % Pension Assist Comes in Handy To the Editor: Just a line to let you know I received my $25 Christmas bonus all right. How time flies now that I Pafc Tweu^MMc Recalls Rescue Of Four In Bay Of Bengal Mishap Heroism in the finest tradition of the sea was responsible for the rescue of four lives in the choppy waters of the Bay of Bengal. The report of the rescue was recalled for the LOG by Seafarer James (Red) Fisher, after he completed a voyage on the supertanker Titan (Bull). The Titan is now in Govern-f — : ment lay-up as a result of a ran into some difficulty and sank and Robert Melton. below the surface. Boudreau made mortgage default. After the waterlogged survivors Events leading up to the neardisaster began when a boat car­ rying several crewmembers and supplies for two SlU-manned ships started out to deliver a load of food, linen and cigarettes to the Titan, which was anchored in the bay. The men aboard the light craft were Lemley Boudreau of the Titan's en­ gine department; Ralph R. Maldonado, chief stew­ ard on the Titan; M. McCloud of the St. Chris­ topher (Destiny Carriers), and the Pakistani owner of the boat. Fisher According to Fisher, it's best to use a good sturdy boat in the rough waters of Bengal Bay. His words of advice are borne out by his description of how the boat got caught in a trough, started to ship water and then developed a fatal list. Before any of the craft's crew could take any action to save her, the boat capsized, sinking with its cargo and motors in a 5V^-mile current heading out to sea. As soon as the boat capsized, McCloud and Maldonado dove down to clear it and then hung on to the wreckage. The owner of the boat also grabbed hold of the side, while Boudreau clung to the bow for "dear life", as he de­ scribed it. In turn, Maldonado apparently have retired on pension. This is the second bonus check I have received and how I thank my lucky stars for being a member of such a good and able Union as the Seafarers. I visit the hall in Brooklyn every week and notice that the an attempt to bold him, but the current separated them and Mal­ donado went down again. When he surfaced this time, Boudreau got a tight grip which he held until help arrived from the Titan. The four stranded survivors were rescued by a smoothly-func­ tioning lifeboat team from the Titan consisting of Seafarers Jack Ryan, Maurice S. Ureig, Bill Jones, George Hemes, John Magic, Jr., Before And After Seafarer Roger Beroud, AB, found a trip to Poland last sum­ mer aboard the Erna Elizabeth (Overseas Navigation) a perfect time to grow a nice fuzzy beard (left). But when he got to Gdynia, Poland the beard didn't last long, for obvious reasons. The lady with Brother Beroud is Eugenia Mackos. old Jersey Central used to be almost flush with pier 62. Again I thank all concerned for the splendid gift and wish you, the Union staff and all the brothers smooth sailing in '64. Edward Jones 4. 4 4 Lodges Protest On Mail Service All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. older Seafarers are slowly get­ ting fewer. I read in the newspapers the other day about the rebuilding of pier 62 at the bottom of 23rd Street. I wonder how many members remember when the ferries used to berth there. The were safely aboard, the lifeboat headed to shore to drop the Pakis­ tani boat owner, and then waited for slack water to move in the op­ posite direction toward the Titan. It took a total of four hours be­ fore the rescued Seafarers and the lifeboat crew could get back on board their ship to enjoy a hardearned meal prepared especially for them by the steward depart­ ment. To the Editor: At the regular ship's meeting held aboard the Rio Grande on February 9, a motion was passed unanimously that a let­ ter be written to headquarters protesting the lax attitude of the Oriental Exporter, Inc., in regard to the handling and for­ warding of the crew's mail. During the month of October, 1963, prior to this vessel's first voyage, the company took the responsibility upon itself to for­ ward the crew's mail overseas. The crew did not ask for this service, but rather asked for a list of mailing addresses as are given with most SlU-contracted companies. On the first voyage, better than half the crew had mail missing, yet all the company mail seemed to be delivered in­ tact. During our short stay in the States and in New York, the company did not bring all the mail received to the ship. Upon pur arrival and during our stay at Port Said, Egypt, no crew mail was brought aboard. The company is repre­ sented by an agent in the Suez Canal, -and company mail was delivered to the captain. In signing the foreign ar­ ticles, the crew has undertaken a responsibility to the company which we are keeping and will continue to keep. Likewise in giving us a New York address for a mailing address, the com­ pany has accepted a responsi­ bility. All we ask is that they make as sincere an effort as the crew is making in meeting our responsibility. F. Fandino Ship's delegate �StAFARiks Trnge i^enfy-liSm iOG Febniair XI* 19M A Job Woll Dono All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Stacy William Marth, born Oc­ Robert Joseph Davis, born May 22, 1963, to the William J. Davis', tober 9, 1963, to the James H, Marths. Sturgeon Bay, Wis, Dubuque, Iowa. 4> » 4* Laurie Shannon Grogan, bom Francis Gillis, born November 18, 1963, to the Douglas Gillls', December 3, 1963, to the Charles Grogans, Norfolk, Va, Detroit, Mich. t t Troy Bennett, born September 8, 1963, to the Bobby G. Bennetts, Guiiiver, Mich. 3i» 4" 4» Andrew Kornacki, born Decem­ ber 25, 1963, to the Leon Kornackis, Chicago, 111. 4i 4i 4> Duane Patrick Worda, born Oc­ tober 30, 1963, to the Charles P. Wordas, Oak Park, Mich, 4< 4> 4* Keith Michael Bartholomew, bom October 7, 1963, to the Milton P. Bartholomews, New Orleans, La. 4" t i Norman B. Gillikin, born Novem­ ber 7, 1963, to the Norman Gilllkins. New Orleans, La. 4> 4> 4* Suson Matsonet, born December 10, 1963, to the Albert Maisonets, Brooklyn, NY. 4' 4" 4" James Duval Archie, born Sep­ tember 27, 1963, to the James Bishop Archies, Baltimore, Md. 4' 4" 4« Deborah Jean Wilson, bom No­ vember 28, 1963, to the Aubrey G. Wilsons, Mobile, Ala. 4» 4< 4' Donald Anderson, born Novem­ ber 16, 1963, to the Loran C. An­ dersons, Goodells, Mich, NEW YORKER CContalnershlps), Dec. 30—Chairman, J. Wilson; Secre­ tary, S. Berger. Felix Aponte waa elected ship's delegate. Wire to bo sent to San Juan asking SIU agent to meet .ship on arrival. Vote of thanks extended to steward depart­ ment. Crew is like one big family on this ship. Engine department waiting ciarification regarding diesel pay for oiiers. TRANSHUDSON (Hudson Water­ ways), Dec. II—Chairman, E. Abrulay; Secretary, Jim Redden, Some disputed OT in deck department to be turned over to patrolman. Ship short two firemen. Ail department delegates requested to submit repair lists to ship's deiegate. ANTINOUS (Waterman), Dec, Chairman, Patrick Fox; Secretary, Johnny P. Baliday. All minor repairs have been taken care of. Captain gave : assurance that there will be sufficient money for draws. $8.25 in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly. Sugges­ tion made that steward put out better menus and obtain more stores for next voyage, especially ice cream. Crew requested to strip bu .ks when leaving ship. STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), Dec. 15 — Chairman, Frank Borst; Secretary, none. Ship's delegate re­ ported that all items of interest will be taken i>p with the boarding patrol­ man, and letters sent to headquarters. One member read a letter he had composed in regard to present pen­ sion plan. Everyone agreed that more letters should be sent into head­ quarters on this, subject. Contract changes regarding penalty cargo and standard procedure for draws in foreign ports were discussed. THE CABINS (Texas City Refining), Dec, IS — Chairman, Pete Blalock; Secretary, W. J, Barnes. H. G. Sanford was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Members of the crew suggested that frozen fruits be put aboard. Ship ran out of ice cream this trip due to cleaning of ice boxes. Also ran short of fruits. DEL MAR (Delta), Dec, 24—Chair­ man, Victor O'Brlant; Secretary, Ell Zubaftky. Ship's delegate reported one brother hospitalized in Buenos Aires and one brother missed ship in Buenos Aires. Motion made- that 4" 4* 4* Jeflerey Glenn Monck, born Septenvber 1, 1963, to the Donald £, Moncks, Sault Ste, Marie. Mich. $ » 4* Barbara Gatto, born October 31, 1963, to the Michael Gattos, New Orleans, La. 4* 4* 4* Laurie Pendergrass, born May 1, Theresa Hearns, born September 1963, to the Donald Pendergrass', 16, 1963, to the William J, Heams', Cleveland, Ohio, Houma, La, 4> 4* 4> 4i» 4* 4* Amanda Teresa Istre, born July Linda Kay Fisher, born October 8; 1963, to the Willie Mack Istres, 20, 1963, to the Howard W. Fishers, Alpena, Mich, Morse, La, 4i 4i 4i 4i 41 4> James Robert Sprague, born No­ Lance Leonard, bom July 24, 1963, to the Harry Leonards, Ber­ vember 17, 1963, to the Lawrence A, Spragues, Detroit, Mich, wick, La, The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reSIU Patrolman Paul Warren congratulates his ton, Paul ported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent de­ Warren, Jr., after he successfully passed his Coast Guard lay in payment of claims is normally due to late filing, exam in New Orleans. Young Paul, who qualified as a FWT, lack of beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the won his rating in the minimum time required. disposition of estates): Alexander William Rahn, 53: Archie N. Wright, 89: Heart Brother Rahn died aboad the Penn disease took the life of Brother Challenger on August 29, 1962 Wright at his of heart failure, residence in Bal­ A member of the timore, Maryland SIU since 1949, on November 19, Brother Rahn 1963, A member All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and sailed in the steof the SIU since visits whenever possible. The following is the latest ivard department. 1939, Brother available list of SIU men in the hospital: He is survived by Wright had sailed USPHS HOSPITAL Anson Brower Augustina Palombl his father, Hamil­ in the engine de­ GALVESTON, TEXAS Harold CarroU S. Peliksze ton M, Rahn, of Max Anderson CecU Gatee partment. He is Octave Clark Teotonlo Perelra Alvan Burris George Howard Arthur Collett Andrew Polasky survived by his Springfield, Georgia. Brother Rahn William Bruce Lionel Desplant Ray Justice Sandallo Pone* was buried at sea, Woodrow Batch Pat Dorrian John Lager Pedro Reyes mother, Mrs. Maude Wright, of Adolph CampbeU William Farrell Gustavo Osuna Jacques Rlon, Jr. 4* 4" 4* Palatka, Florida. Burial was in the Charlei Cothran Max Flngerhut James Sealy Roy Don Peeblei Manuel Muniz, 68: Brother Muniz Konrad Frouag Charles Shaw Benjamin Tingley Sacred Heart Cemetary, Baltimore, died in La Coruna, Spain on Janu­ Hubert CantwcU John Gotself A1 Stracclollnl USPH8 HOSPITAL Walter Grabowskl Lester Sturtevant ary 1, 1961, due NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Ed Harriman WUbur Taylor Jesse Brlnkley Joseph Howell to heart failure. negotiating committee start on a Mllburn Hatley Carlos Troncoso Joseph Feak William Mason pension plan based on union time and Donald Hicks Chrlstos Tsambls He had sailed in Bernard Geerman J. W. Short not age in amount of $300.00 per James Hodges Floyd Van Curler John Harris Albert WllUams the engine de­ month to be transfereable to depend­ Charles Jackson Ernest Vltou USPHS HOSPITAL ents in case they survive pensioner. partment with the Walter Karlak Henry Watson SAVANNAH, GEORGIA $241.23 in movie fund. Joseph Kasica Harry White SIU since 1951. Richard Freeman Richard Pardo Casimier Kaust Arthur Wilbert L. C. Mlsalebrook He is survived by Alejandro Vega Joseph Kearns ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Robin Line), USPHS HOSPITAL his wife, Mrs, Dec. 8—Chairman, Thomas Heggarty; USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICHIGAN Secretary, Luther Gadson, $17.00 in BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Felicidad Muniz George Aftewlch Robert McDonald ship's fund. Brother Oreste Vola was S. Orkwiszewskl Evlt Ardoin James May Joseph Arnold of Staten Island, elected to serve as new ship's dele­ Vance Reld David Clncore Barney Majjesie John Berkley gate. He will see the chief engineer Juan RlvaduUa Norman Currie New York. Place Donald Murray Alt Bensman about laundry room drains. No beefs Daniel Rose Jeff Davis of burial was not listed. Arlo Otto Steven ComeU reported by department delegates. James Shipley Hector Durate Donald Perry Julian Flozynskl Jjhn Thompson Louis Ferlie 4* 4' 4* George Petros Steve Fortlne Thompson Reuben James Fort PENN EXPORTER (Penn Shipping), Frederick Thomas, 70: A heart Raymond Kennedy Michael Ragers Mori Walters Charles Hall Nov, 28 — Chairman, E. E. Davidson; Harold Thilhorn* George Koehler attack was fatal to Brother Thomas Luther Wing James Hclgath Secretary, Red Johnson, Brother M. C. Ronald Tremmel Lahti Nic holas Wuchlna Charles Hemmis on September 9, Arne Padgett was elected to serve as ship's Robert Wooley Gabriel Le Clair Gro ver Day Charles Kellogg deiegate. No beefs reported by depart­ 1963, while he Leonard Wojl Clarence Lenhart Martin Wittlg Russell King ment delegates. Report sent to ftiate Fernand I-emay Antl'.ony Skalamera was in Lower George Marcotte regarding beds. Patrolman to be con­ USPHS HOSPITAL tacted regarding ice-cream box. Dele­ SPRING GROVE HOSPITAL Township, NJ. He SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA gate wiU see captain regarding the CANTONSVILLE, MARYLAND had worked as a Gordon Marbury Kirk Anderson painting of engineroom. Pump to be James Clarke Hugo Olsen cook on Inde­ Donald Bartlett repaired on washing machine. USPHS HOSPITAL Charlie Gedra John Ratliff pendent Towing Vlllo Helnonen CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Phillip Rogers TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Dec. 14— Eino Autio Conrad Graham Julius Swykert Company tugs Claude Hollings Chairman, William Butts; Secretary, Vincent CarroU Gorden Llerman Steve Kovlck Vincent Torregrosa G. Dickey, Brother O. Arndt was since joining Carl WlUiam Carver McCranie elected as ship's delegate. No beefs USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL SlU-lBU in 1961, reported. Discussion on proposal for BRIGHTON, MASS. WASHINGTON raise in dues. Surviving is his Benard SEATTLE. Charles Robinson Walter Slada Burke Robert Nielsen wife, Mrs. Violet M, Thomas, of Eugene Cook Earl Poe VA HOSPITAL ARIZPA (Waterman), Dec. 15 — Philadelphia, Pa. Place of burial Richard Harnden Richard Shafner WEST ROXBURY. MASS. Chairman, Wesley Leonard; Secretary, A. T, McDonald William Stephana Raymond Arsenault Cleveland R. Wolfe. Brother Joseph was not stated, USPHS HOSPITAL PINE CREST HAVEN E. Bailey was elected to serve as new FORT WORTH, TEXAS 4> 4* 4* COVINGTON. LOUISIANA ship's delegate. Crew requested to Gerald Algernon Billy Lynn Frank Martin bring all cups back to the pantry John Ally, 67: Brother Ally died Benjamin Delbler George McKnew VA HOSPITAL after use. Repair lists to be made up on May 17, 1963 of natural causes Abe Gordon Samuel Mills BROOKLYN, NEW YORK before ship arrives in Houston. No Charles Hooper Billy Russell Arthur Nelson while he was in beefs reported. Thomas Lehay WllUe A. Young US SOLDIERS' HOME the Kings Coun­ Donald Bartlett WASHINGTON, DC MOBILE (Sea-Lend), Dec. 22—Chair­ USPHS HOSPITAL ty Hospital, NY, William Thomson man, Walcey Thomas; Secretary, Paul MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE USPHS HOSPITAL A member of the Calebaugh. Brother D. McMullen was James McGee NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA elected to serve as ship's delegate. USPHS HOSPITAL deck department, James-Alexander Ned Keith Hinson Motion made to discuss resolution on STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Claude Hopkins Edgar Barton he had sailed raise in dues. Crewmembers re­ John Aba William King George Hudson Francis Bass quested to try to keep messroom E. Aldanodondo Paul Liott'a with the SIU Walter Johnson Richard Barnes clean. TV needs new antenna. Ice John Lynch Placldo Aldevern Louis Lae Jon Beverage since 1941, He is box is in need of repairs. No beefs Sam Bailey James McCauley James Lala Byron Broadus reported. survived by Trina WllUam Barnett William Morris Federico Buccayan Tinerman Lea John Barry John Naeole Theodore Lee wilbert Burke Ally, Brooklyn, Carl Biscup ALCOA TRADER (Alcoa), Dec, 18— Clifton Nelson Claude Lomera George Burleson NY, Burial was Juan Bonefont Francis Neves Chairman, Peter Sernyk; Secretary, James MarshaU William Bunn Joseph Obreza George Howe. Brother Sernyk was John McCaslin John CaldweU in the Heavenly Rest Cemetery, Victor Bonet Fancy Bowen George O'Rourka Mont McNabb, Jr. elected to serve as ship's delegate. Jose Carcanio Hanover, NJ. Paul ButweU Joseph McPhee Joseph Pacheco Chief engineer to order fans for Mallory Coffey rooms. Repair lists to be turned in upon arrival in port. No beefs re­ ported. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department. Apply For S&A Within 60 Days ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Dec. 26—Chairman, Frank B, Rowell; Secretary, lluminado R, Llenot. Broth­ er Kelly was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Fireman missed ship in Mobile. Black gang needs another room on board ship. Since no pas­ sengers are being carried, the engi­ neers on this ship are moving to the staterooms. Chief electrician advised the crew to secure the washing ma­ chine after use. Seafarers are reminded that in order to be eligible for $56 weekly Sickness & Accident welfare benefits they must submit their S&A claims within 60 days of the date their injury or illness is incurred. They should also make certain they have filled out their applications completely, making full mention of the circum­ stances involved in their ease. This will simplify checking and proc­ essing of applications whether a Seafarer applies at headquarters or in the out-ports. All payments are handled In the same manner as SIU Vacation Plan benefits. Gerald Coll Houston Cooper Steve CrawfordMorris Danzer Thomas Davis Sidney Day Jose Serra Deus William Donahue Albert Dupuy Harry Emmett George Flint Eizadore Fisher l^ugene GaUaspy Jacon Gomez Jesse Green Sanford Gregory M. B. Halrelson Selfert Hamilton Wade HarreU Frazler McQuagga Carl Messer Arturo Montoya Edward Nelson Kenyon L. Parka John Picon John Raines Harold Robinson Leonard Shaw Horace Sikes, Jr. Carl Smith Finis Strickland Otto Sylester Ruffin Thomas Raymond Vaughan Squire Whlttington Hubert Wilson William Woolsey �SEAFARERS February Xl> 19M Now Hoar This Schedule of UNION HALLS SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days Indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM In the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: .... March 2 Detroit . .March. New York >.. March Houston Philadelphia .... .... March 3 March 4 New Orleans March 10 Baltimore Mobile March 11 West Coast SIU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU headquarters lias issued the following schedule through June, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Wilmington San Francisco Seattle March 16 March 18 March 20 April 20 April 22 April 24 ^ May 18 May 20 May 22 June 17 June 19 June 15 Great Lakes SIU Meetings All ports will be opened March 1. Regular membership meet­ ings on the Great Lakes are held on the first and third Mondays of each month in all ports at 7 PM local time, except at Detroit, where meetings are held at 2 PM. The following is the schedule for March: » Detroit—March 2 and March 16—2 PM Alpena, Buffalo, Chica.go, Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort March 2 and March 16—7 PM i. 4. SHJ Inland Boatmen's Union Regular membership meetings for IBU members are scheduled each month in various ports. The following is the schedule for March: Philadelphia .... March 3—5 PM Norfolk March 5—7 PM Baltimore (licensed and iinllccn.sed) .March 4—5 PM Houston . . March 9—5 PM New Orleans March 10—5 PM Mobile March 11—5 PM RAILWAY MARINE REGION Regular membership meetings for Railway Marine Region-IBU members are scheduled each month in the various ports at 10 AM and 8 PM. The following is the schedule for March: Jersey City March 9 Philadelphia ......March 10 Baltimore March 11 ^Norfolk March 12 • Maellngs held af Labor Temple, Newport News GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE REGION Regular membership meetings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU members are scheduled each month in the various ports at 7:30 PM. The following is the schedule for March: Detroit March 9 Milwaukee March 9 Chicago ...March 10 Buffalo March 11 tSault Ste. Marie . .March 12 Cleveland March 13 Toledo ! March 13 Duluth March 13 Lorain March 13 (For meeting place, contact Harold Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio). Ashtabula March 13 (For meeting place, contact John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ashtabula, Ohio), t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Saul^Ste. Marie, Mich. United Industrial Workers Regular membership meetings for UIW members are scheduled each month at 7 PM in various ports. The following is the sched­ ule for March: New York ..March 2 Philadelphia March 3 Baltimore March 4 fHouston March 9 Mobiie March 11 t Meeting held at Galveston Wharves (Continued from page 14) ton, Jorgen G. Pederson, William lowing men by Mrs. M. C. Hayman, Saltarez and Henry R. Smith. 117 Milby St., Houston, Tex.: 4> 4^ Personal Effects Mike Birrane, Daniel Hutto, The Maritime Overseas Corp. is Frank Liro and Louis A. De La holding the personal effects of Cerda. several men at their New 4 4" 4York City office. The following Edward Glover Boland, Jr. may pick up their property Contact your aunt, Mrs. J. H. men by contacting O. E. Manna, pay­ Dyer, 603 E. 51st St., Savannah, master, at 511 Fifth Ave., New Ga., about a personal matter. York 17, N.Y.: 4" 4" 4" R. H. Hays, Riley D. Cary and Tax Refund Checks Norman S. Tukey (Ocean Evelyn); Income tax refund checks are Orlin E. Sargent and E. P. Hayes being held for the following Sea­ (Ocean Dinny); and Merril Johns farers by Jack Lynch, SUP Build­ (Natalie). ing, 450 Harrison St., San Fran­ 4i ^ cisco 5, Calif.; Freddie Bonatay Joseph A. Alves, Margarito BorAnyone knowing the where­ ja, Ernest Bias, Eigil E, Hjelm, abouts of above-named is asfced Nikita- Kushelevsky, John Misa- to contact Mom and Pop Nickles, kian, Elmer J. Moe, Alll Nasroen, 106 So. Durban St., Baltimore 3, WaldoTMt Oliver, vArthwc ,D. ,Pay- Md. /•hT iHio Faf Twentw-Threa LOG SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Overtime wai on the mind of Seafarer Gordon Owen when he took the floor to state his views during a discussion at the monthly membership meeting in New York. Brother Owen was one of the many SIU members who hit the deck during the February meet­ ing to discuss shipping con­ ditions. PRESroENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindiey WlUiams AI Tanner Robert Matthews SECREn-ARY-TREASURER AI Kerr BBADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 DErrROrr 1022s W. Jellerson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....675 4th Ave.. Bklyn HVacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak. Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. 2808 Pearl St., SE., Jax William Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklln 7-3S64 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Nelra, Agent HEbnlock 2-17S4 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackiion Ave. Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent ..622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. Frank Drozak, Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent ..DOuglas 2-4401 E. B. McAuIey. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR .1313 Fernandez Juneos Stop 20 WmMWiimm mmBsmmm Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. AU Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. AU these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping ri.ehts and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and availab'e in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930. New York 4, N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available In all SIU halls. These contracts 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 patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL FOLICY—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 pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at tha September. 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to he 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 unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment he made without supplying a receipt, or if a . member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, hut feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months In the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in all Union 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 headquarters. 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 mem­ bers at these Union 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 them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU cnnstitntlon and In the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may he discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headqiiariers. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. Ona of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and poUtical objectives which will serve the best Interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers PoUtical Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any tima a Seafarer feels that any of tha abova rights hava been Violated, or that ha has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Pawl Hall at. headquartars by certified mall, return receipt requested. Keith Terpo. Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted BabkowsU. Agent MAJn 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GUlette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif 805 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CinCAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, UL SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAln 1-.54.50 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndoIph 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich 415 Main St. MaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18, Mich. VInewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE .,..1216 E Baltimore St. • EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-f140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HVacinth 9 <ir 0 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE. Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W Flaglei St. FRanklin 7-3.564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Tel NORFOLK 115 Third St. Tel. 622-1852 3 PHILADELPHIA 260 s • DEwey 6-.";!28 TAMPA 312 h.arrison SL Tel 229-2788 GREAT lAKES TUG t DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredae Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur Miller, Agent TR 5-1.536 CHICAGO 2300 N. Kimball Trygve Varden, Agent ALhany 2-11.54 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DEmiOlT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mirh. Erne.st Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur, Agent RAndoIph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Addre.ss mail to Brimley. Mich. Wayne Weston, Agent.. BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, linemen. Oilers & Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA. 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns, Agent ... . . TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns. Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-54.50 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin, Agent Southgate, Mich, AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN, 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky, Ohio Harold Ruthsatz. Agent . MAln 6-4573 MILWAUKEE .. . 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent . SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey, Agent . .MElrose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS, MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Colvls, Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendheim, Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS ... 99 Montgomery St. Jersey Clly 2. NJ HLnderson 3-01C4 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS B. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BALTIMORE 1216 B. Baltiniuie ct. EAstern a."•"in NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4ih at. DEwev fi ;«il8 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-«rno HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE Eff.gin 3-C957 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklln 7-3564 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7.148 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622189:- 3 PHILADELPHIA ......... 2804 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 TAMPA S12 Harrison St. �SEAFARERS^LOG PabfiHwy tl OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO O NE of the many aspects of a Seafarer's work that set him apart from shoreside workers is the problem of communication—maintaining a link with his home and family, his friends and, of course, his union. From the standpoint of tha SIU, the magnitude of this communications task, and the job of keeping a direct line open between, the membership at sea and the Union apparatus ashore, is perhaps best indicated by the geographi­ cal distribution of active SlU-contracted vessels at any one time. ports, such as tanker vessels continuously engaged in oil shuttle runs between the~Persian Gulf and the Far East. Woxld rriHIS "profile" of the SlU-manned fleet, for which place names like Lobito (Angola, East Africa), Derince (Turkey), Alicante (Spain), Vizagapatam (India) and many others seldom in the public eye are relatively as commonplace as Times Square is to New Yorkers, points up the im­ mensity of the communictions job in the maritime industry. On a typical day recently, the dispersal of SIUmanned ships around the world pinpointed them as being in or near 78 different ports around the world covering 5 pf the 6 major continents. None were in the Arctic or Antarctic regions and none were in or about Australia—the "Land Down Un­ der." (SIU Pacific District vessels based on the US West Coast service the home grounds of the kangaroo, koala bear and the legendary Aussie and ANZAC forces familiar to Seafarers from World War II and Korea.—Ed.) Almost 45 percent of the SlU-manned fleet was labelled as being "overseas" on the day in ques­ tion. SIU vessels spread throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America were engaged in trade with 33 foreign countries on a routine day. They were loading, discharging and enroute to or over 31 different ports. Of these, the dispersal from 47 ports in these countries, including the pattern showed that 42 percent were distributed ships dispersed at the Panama and Suez Canals. between Florida and Maine, and were in or near Of these "overseas" ships, over two-thirds—66 10 different ports on the Atlantic coastline. percent—were dry cargo freighters of many But the trade routes serviced by these ships classes, 18 percent were listed as tankers and the in domestic ports was something else again. Of remaining 16 percent represented passenger ships, all SlU-contracted ships, 17 percent—1 of every 6 bulk carriers and other special types. ships—are in domestic trade between American The 55 percent of the fleet dispersed in or near ports. The balance was engaged at the time in domestic ports, including the continental United foreign trade, whether between the US and States, non-contiguous areas like the states of Ha­ foreign countries on regularly-scheduled runs, or waii and Alaska, plus US possessions, were spread in tramp or charter operations between foreign Two Robin Line freighters were in Srea of South Africa at time ship survey was taken. Robin Sherwood is typical such vessel, shown entering harbor at Capetown on a previous voyage. On our "routine" day, the SIU fleet engaged in foreign trade—83 percent of the SlU-manned fleet —likewise was scattered around the world accordto a constantly-shifting pattern. Of these, 54 per­ cent were located in or near foreign ports, and tha balance of 46 percent was in domestic ports. SIU crewmembers wave greeting from deck of passenger ship Dei Sud, listed as being in vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recently. Photo is from an eai;lier voyage. Publications like the SEAFARERS LOG and other organs of union news and information, a teletype network linking SIU port offices in some 50 US and Canadian locations and normal mail and telephone communications help bridge the gaps. While dad's away at work, they make pos­ sible a fast check on a Seafarer's seatime to assure prompt admission and benefit eligibility for his seven-year-old about to enter a New Orleans hos­ pital for surgery. Such methods also quickly clear up disputed overtime issues for a ship pass­ ing through Panama whether enroute to San Francisco or Saint Nazaire, heading East or West. Day-to-day checks on the locations of SIU ships serve many useful and necessary functions and constantly emphasize the Seafarer's worldwide work role and interests." While Americans ashore conveniently read their newspapers at home and on the way to or from work, the news events on the front pages often occur within hailing distance of the foc'sle on SIU ships all over the world. Shown making her way through Panama Canal during maiden voyage on intercoastal run, jumbo containership Elizobethport was at Panama again a short tiniie ago. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource February 21, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU, ILA SPARK FIGHT FOR 50-50; BOYCOTT HITS RED GRAIN SHIPS MARINE UNIONS JOIN IN SHOWDOWN BATTLE OVER RUSSIAN CARGO MEANY BACKS JOINT STAND; UNION-GOV’T TALKS TO CONTINUE MTD RAPS AGRICULTURE DEPT. ‘COMPANY UNION’ LABOR POLICY CANADA INDICTMENT CURBS PEACEFUL PROTESTS ATLANTIC FISH UNION PREPARES FOR STRIKE VOTE SIU RAIL TUG PLAYS STAR ROLE IN PIER FIRE SEAFARER HEADS FOR LAKES AFTER SAIGON US NIXES SUBSIDY ASSIST FOR DOMESTIC SHIP CO’S JOHNSON WANTS NEW LOOK AT AUTOMATION PROBLEMS ICC CONDUCTS HEARINGS ON BID FOR SEATRAIN SALE AFL-CIO URGES CONGRESS ACT ON RIGHTS, MEDICARE NY LEGISLATURE PUTS OFF ANTI-STRIKEBREAKER BILL SHIPPING CO. SOUNDS OFF ON BRITISH BOAT-TRAINS LATIN SHIPOWNERS WARNED AGAINST ANTI-US ACTION NO SEAWAY TOLL HIKE EXPECTED DURING ‘64 FRENCH AND BRITISH OK CHANNEL TUNNEL 45 RIVER CRASH SURVIVORS SPLIT $3.8 MILLION AWARD SOVIET SEAMAN RAPS RED MARITIME UNIONS 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 02/24/1964 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. XXVI, No. 4 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log