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Both ships finished the year in a tie for low accident frequency rating, but the Mundo had the lowest lost-time total. I ^1 �Fage Tw« SEAFARERS April U, 1H4 LOG Joint Talks Spur Program To End Canadian Dispute By Paul Hall MONTREAL—Following a series of meetings between the Seafarers International Un­ ion of North American and the trustees of Canada's maritime unions, a joint statement was issued under which the SIU of Canada will be restored to the constitutional control of its members, with succession to-*the presidency of the Union to • Steps will be taken to unite ment of normalcy in the maritime be implemented in accordance all elements of the maritime in­ industry." The enemies of the US merchant marine within the Government agencies are riill seeking to throttle this nation's vita! shipping indnstry. And they are making the attempt in the same unconscionable manner that they displayed in February prior to the boycott by the. maritime unions on grain going to Soviet countries. As a result of the boycott a settlement was worked out between President Johnson and AFL-CIO President George Meany that at least dustry of Canada and the US in • "All possible steps will be with the constitutional provisions. 50 percent of all Russian-bound grain commodities would be shipped on a cooperative effort to settle all taken to achieve integration of In meetings between SIUNA US vessels and that due consideration would be given to the unions' President Paul Hall and Charles differences on the Great Lakes. maritime unions in Canada where request that at least 50 percent of grain going to the satellite nations Millard, acting for the govern­ • The parties will seek the co­ it is in the interest of union sta­ would also be shipped on American bottoms. ment trustees, a settlement was operation of the Canadian Labor bility." The beef was touched off as a result of the Government agencies' worked out under which the trus­ Congress, the AFL-CIO, the • "Should either party feel violation of President Kennedy's policy providing that grain com­ tees "will continue to exercise Railway Labor Executives' Asso­ that all obligations have not been modities for Soviet nations would be shipped in American vessels. A their powers and responsibilities, ciation, the AFL-CIO Maritime met, they are at liberty to con­ Department of Commerce export bulletin dealing with the sale and but the "active management" of Trades Department and other sider all arrangements termin- shipment of the grains to the Communist countries stated that at least the SIU of Canada "will be in the groups "to assist in the achieve­ (Continued on page 22) 50 percent of all the grains going to both the Soviet Union and its hands of the membership," a joint satellites would be shipped on this nation's ships. statement announced. But a few days later the order was changed to read that only wheat AFL-CIO President George and wheat flour destined for Russia would go 50 percent American. The Meany said that the agreement boycott and the settlement, which ^ between Hall and Millard "repre­ also called for the establishment we find arrangements being made, sents an honorable and construc­ of a grievance committee and a veiled In secrecy. tive approach to the resolution of trl-partite labor-management-Gov"We understand also that Gov­ a critical situation which might ernment committee to worl^ on ernment agencies are stalling on otherwise have led to conse­ maritime problems, then followed. setting up a tri-partlte committee quences detrimental to the best WASHINGTON—The Committee for Economic Develop­ It was not long before we ob­ and grievance machinery to handle Interests of all concerned." The parties "should be com­ ment, once looked on as the "voice of enlightened manage­ served that the Government these problems. This Is a doublemended," Meany continued, "for ment," has joined the US Chamber of Commerce and the Na­ agencies were violating the under­ cross of all our unions and an standings that had been reached, abuse of your good offices. Unless their restraint and sound judg­ tional Association of Manu-^ and on April 10 a meeting of the immediate action is forthcoming to ment" in working out an agree­ facturers in purveying "tired secondary boycotts. SIU and the other unions of the assure that these and all ship­ ment "in very difficult and trying old anti-union" policies, AFLNoting that the CED began as a circumstances, and for guiding CIO President George Meany de­ group of businessmen and in­ Joint Maritime Committee set ments of grains to the Soviet themselves by a primary concern clared last week. dustrialists "who accepted the up to deal with the problem— Union and its satellites will be for the rights and welfare of the proposition that collective bargain­ the ILA, NMU, MEBA and MM&P handled In accordance with the The CED, said Meany, voices ^lear understandings, our unions individual seamen who would bear ing is in the national interest and —met to consider the situation. As a result of these discussions, will have to act accordingly." the brunt of continued strife on "pious concern for the collective who acknowledged the need for Responsibility for this situation the (Great) Lakes, and the over­ bargaining process" in its latest strong unions," Meany com­ ILA President Gleason, as chair­ riding need for the preservation policy statement, but "what it mented that the CED "has steadily man of the Joint Maritime Com­ must be shared by all of the Gov­ of the strength and integrity of recommends would in effect des­ receded from this position in re­ mittee, sent the following wire to ernment agencies involved, with troy that process." Declaring it­ cent years." AFL-CIO President Meany, with perhaps the Department of Agri­ their union." copies to President Johnson, State culture being the worst offender Meany said he was "hopeful" self for the "preservation and He cited the publication of an that the agreement "will be in­ strengthening of our free society," independent study in--1961 by the Secretary Rusk, Agriculture Secre­ as one of the traditional enemies strumental in clearing the way for the CED issued a lO-point labor CED which stressed the im­ tary Freeman, Commerce Secre­ of a strong American-flag fleet of an early end of the government program under the title "Union portance of a strong, free trade tary Hodges, Labor Secretary merchant ships. Powers and Union Functions" It is quite obvious that hightrusteeship." union movement, "generally de­ Wirtz, and Maritime Administrator The joint statement, in addition which contains recommendations fended its structure" and warned Nicholas Johnson: sounding phrases and statements to opening the way for fall elec­ for: "Representatives of the marl- of noble purpose will not produce against state "right-to-work" laws • Outlawing the union shop. tions by the SIU of Canada and time unions and the ILA met to­ results by themselves, nor an and other moves to weaken unions. Interim administrative control by • Unlimited authorization for The latest CED statement, the day In our offices to plan action In adequate merchant marine with its own members, set forth these employers to use the lockout as a AFL-CIO president said, is a "re­ connection with reports that the jobs for American maritime work­ agreements: Commerce Department has Issued ers—so essential to this nation's weapon against unions. buttal to that document." • "Continued close relation­ licenses for the export of millions best interests. At the moment the • Eliminate the . obligation of Noting the "sophisticated lan­ of dollars worth of grains to Government agencies are guilty ships will be maintained" between employers to bargain in good faith. guage" of the latest document, the SIU of North America and the of violating national policy at the • Restoration of Federal in­ Meany added: "Union busting Is various Soviet satellite nations, expense of a most vital segment of SIU of Canada "to advance the with no information given to the not made more palatable by a unions and no provision for the our economy and security. common interests" of Canadian junctions in certain strikes. • Increasing restrictions on garnish of lofty sentiments." members. We and the other segments of participation of American-flag ships. This Includes $1 million the American labor movement dollars worth of soyabeans to which are so deeply concerned in Hungary, $400,000 of rye and this matter are determined to find $lVi million dollars of tobacco to out if the Government representa­ East Germany, and $1 million tives are Intent on nothing but a dollars of com to Czechoslovakia. policy of giving lip service to the present arrangements all of interests of American workers and NEW YORK—An SIU company is developing a unique ship which American busi­ Under these cargoes will be shipped In Industry. nesses will be able to use as a floating marketplace and showcase. The unusual vessel foreign flags. Including runaways. is slated to sail from New York for Northern Europe late this year or early in 1965. This represents a complete by­ Named the SS Tradefair, passing of Administration commit­ shipyard around May 1 for the ments on American-flag participa­ the ship is the project of Portuguese. Trade Fair, Inc., of New York, American firms Including In- $10 million renovation and con­ tion. The martlme unions called a company backed financially by a gersoll-Ran, Westinghouse, Dymo version which is expected to take off our boycott in good faith on WASHINGTON—A call to Industries and Farboil Paint al­ about six months. SlU-contracted the understanding that all prob­ number of other firms. members of AFL-CIO affiliates lems concerning grain shipments Hudson Waterways now owns the ready have leased space. The Tradefair will be an 18to" enlist In the April Crusade The SS Transhatteras, which is ship which will be bareboat-char­ would be openly discussed with knot, converted T-2 tanker, 6 Against Cancer has been is­ I the unions fully participating. Now tered to Trade Fair Ship. decks deep with 50,000 square feet to be converted, will put into a sued by AFL-CIO President of exhibit space and 75,000 square George Meany. Support of la­ feet of special service areas. bor has been extended for American firms will be able to many years, he recalled, to lease space aboard the vessel. efforts of the American Can­ The ship will have conference cer Society "to educate the rooms on each deck where United public about the life-saving States companies can hold meet­ value of early' detection and ings with foreign representatives. prompt treatment of this In addition, it will be equipped disease." with smaller conference rooms "We hope that this year your where exhibitors will be able to message will reach the 90,000 talk with prospective buyers, an Americans who, as matters auditorium for large seminars- and now stand, will die of cancer receptions, several lounges and simply because they did not see projection rooms, a complete res­ a doctor in time." Meany taurant and a snack bar. wrote former Gov. George M. Interpreters and guides will be Leader of Pennsylvania, 1964 on board to conduct tours of the crusade chairman. ship. In adidtion there will be "Our common goal is to en­ simultaneous translations in five list them in the ranks of the languages at all seminars. and 1.2 million other Americans business meetings. who have been cured of cancer Artist's -drawing shows proposed SS Tradefair, a vessel to carry US products overseas for Film strips and exhibitor liter­ and "are alive and. well today." sale and exhibition. The vessel would be converted from the SlU-manned tinker TfanS' ature will be published in French, English and j hatte'rfM (Hudson WateVways). A number of coni^anies,have joined tho trad^ German, Meany Hits Be Group's New Anti-Union Stance Tanker To Be Trade Ship AFL-CIO Urges Anti-Cancer Aid �Apm If, UM SEAFARERS LOG Pare Hire# Joint Action Hinted Gov't Agencies Bypassing US Ships, Unions Charge NEW YORK—AFLrCIO maritime and waterfront unions, including the SIU, jointly charged here last week that US Government agencies were completely bypassing Administration commitments on the shipment of American grain to Soviet satellite nations. The unions charged that the Commerce Depart ment in Washington had issued licenses for the export of millions of dollars worth of grains to various Soviet satellites with no information given to the unions and no provision made for the participation of US-flag ships in the carriage of these cargoes. Pointing out that they • The unions' charges were con­ of the International Longshore­ rine Engineers Beneficial Associa­ had called off their pre­ tained in a telegram si-nt on April men's Association, In his capacity tion and Masters, Mates & Pilots. vious boycott of grain 10 to AFL-CIO President George as chairman of the Joint Maritime Copies of the telegram were The telegram was signed Committee consisting of the ILA, shipments to Russia with the Meany. by Thomas W. Gleason, president SIU, National Maritime Union. Maunderstanding that all prob­ lems concerning future grain shipments would be openly dis­ cussed, with the unions fully par­ ticipating, the unions said that ar­ rangements for shipping grain were now being "veiled in secrecy." New Man Heaves In At N'Orleans Hall NEW ORLEANS—Seafarers stopping in at the New Or­ leans hall these days already know that there's something new at the SIU. The something new is a just-completed statue which stands near the entrance to the Seafarers hall of his work which may be espe­ here. cially familiar to Seafarers are the Executed by Enrique Alferez, a well-known and highly regarded sculptor whose work can be seen in many of the famous buildings in the US, South America and Mexico, the statue represents a Seafarer heaving on a line. De­ signed to catch the feeling of work aboard ship, the composition rep­ resents every man who earns his living on the high seas. The gray concrete figure stands on a rough-textured pedestal spe­ cially chipped to expose the rough aggregate beneath the surface. At the'base of the statue is a fountain which blends with the architec­ tural styling of the building and enhances the surrounding land­ scaping. Enrique Alferez, the sculptor, was bom in Mexico and studied art at the Art Institute and Uni­ versity of Chicago. Some examples Spirit of St. Louis Memorial in St. Louis; the Fountain of the Four Winds at New Orleans Airport; re­ lief sculptures and the grill over the entrance to Charity Hospital, New Orleans, and two groups of lifesize figures in mahogany at the General Hospital, Mobile. The figure for the hall, here was made by what Is known as the "waste mold" process. A full-size clay model of the sculpture was made. Over this a plaster piecemold was made, one piece for the front of the figure and tlu-ee pieces for the back. This plaster mold was then removed, cleaned and shellacked. The now hollow mold was put together again, reinforcing rods inserted and the concrete was poured inside. When the concrete was dry, the plaster was chipped off, exposing the figure. 'Food For Thought' NEW YORK—Shipping industry representatives attending the Propeller Club's safety luncheon here on April 9 were given some food for thought when the chief of the Coast Guard's Office of Merchant Marine Inspection declared that his office "will proceed with caution" in approving manning scales on merchant .ships equipped with automation. Referring to the Coast Guard's position on automation. Rear Admiral Oscar C. Rohnke said that "although we are sympathetic to the desires for reduced manning, we feel that we must proceed with caution until the proposed new equipment is proved by actual underway testing." Rohnke did not specify how much underway testing would be required. His remarks carried added weight due to the fact that the Coast Guard must approve the reduced manning scales proposed for the new automated ships which are scheduled to be introduced into the nation's merchant fleet beginning this summer by some of the subsidized lines. Automatic innovation being built Into the ships will reduce crew size to 32 men, compared with 49 to 52 men on similar vessels of that size without automation. The Maritime Administration has advocated automation as a means of eventually reducing operating subsidies for the nation's merchant marine. Coast SIU Opens First Union Clinic SAN FRANCISCO— A medical examination center for West Coast seamen, the first of a series planned for SIU Pacific District members, opened here on Monday, April 13, and is now servicing men and"^ women shipping from this Lansing Street, within easy walk­ ing distance of the Union halls port. for SIU affiliates here, is The center, located at sent to President Lyndon B. John­ son, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz and Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson. The telegram noted that the member unions of the Joint Mari­ time Committee had received re­ ports that the licenses issued by the Commerce Department in­ cluded those for the export of $1 million worth of soya beans to Hungary, $400,000 worth of rye and million worth of tobacco to East Germany, and $1 million worth of corn to Czechoslovakia. Telegram Follows Meeting "Under present arrangements," the unions charged, "all of these cargoes will be shipped in foreign flags, including runaways." The telegram was sent after a meeting of the Joint Maritime Committee at ILA headquarters. Participating in the meeting and heading their delegations were Gleason, SIU President Paul Hall, NMU President Joseph Curran, MEBA President Jesse Calhoon and MM&P President Charles Crooks. President Kennedy stated on October 9, 1963, that "the wheat we sell to the Soviet Union will be carried in available American ships, supplemented by the ships of other nations . . ." Despite this Presidential pro­ nouncement, Government agencies, notably the Department of Com­ merce, through its ability to grant waivers on the use of Americanflag ships, sharply curtailed the participation of US vessels in this trade and brought about a boycott of Russian wheat shipments and other cargoes which was spear­ headed by the longshoremen. The boycott was called off Feb­ ruary 26 with the understanding that US-flag vessels would be guar­ anteed a minimum of 50 percent of all future grain shipments to Russia and would participate in discussions on the shipment of grains to other Soviet bloc coun­ tries. It was also agreed that a tri­ partite committee of labor, man­ agement and government would be set up by President Johnson to deal with this and other maritime (Continued on page 22) 40 negotiated collective bargaining benefit, and is operated jointly by the Pacific District SIU and the Pacific Maritime Association, the employers' group. The specially-designed diagnos­ tic Center occupies 6,000 square feet 'of ground floor space and is one of the best planned and equipped medical facilities on the West Coast. Available for mem­ bers of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the Marine Firemen's Union, and the Marine Cooks & Stewards, the clinic Is set up to give periodic physical examina­ tions, pre-employment examina­ tions, and necessary inoculations or vaccinations for men and women who sail West Coast Americanflag ships. Apr. 17, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 8 It is similar In the scope of its diagnostic services to the clinics opei crated on the Atlantic and Gulf for Seafarers, members of SIUPAut HAU., President AGLIWD affiliates and their de­ pendents. HERBERX BRAND. Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK, The responsibility for clinic Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; Mnu POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, policy is vested in a panel of Paci­ THOMAS LAUGBLIN, ROBERT ARONSON, fic SIU and management trustees. Staff Writers. Union representatives on the panel Publlshad bIwMkly at th« haadquartars are Morris Weisberger, SIUNA of tha Saafarart Intarnatlonal Union, At­ Ciiif. Lakai and Inland Watar* executive vice-president and SUP lantic. Dlitrlct, AFL-CIO, i75 Fourth Avanua. secretary-treasurer. President Wil­ Brooklyn, NY, 1IS31. Tat. HYaclnth V-MOO. Trio of interested Seafarers (right) looks on as sculptor Enrique Alferez (on ladder) and as­ clasa poataga paid at tha Poit liam Jordan of the MFOW and Ed Sacond Offlea In Brooklyn, NY, undar tho Act sistants put finishing touches on concrete statue erected at entrance to New Orleans SIU of Aug. U, Itll. Turner. MCS secretary-treasurer. hall. The figure (top of page) represents a seaman heaving on a line. Seafarers Tom Gorrity, 12* Both Jordan and Turner also are Poto ypltnrino and "Big Jim" Hand wors fhe sidowalk superintendents. SIUNA vice-presidents. SEAFARERS LOG �Page Four SlUNA Rsh Union Okays New Gains SEAFARERS LOG Afrfl 17. INi Sill Medicine Men By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer Maternity, Optical & Hospital Ss In previous columns, we have discussed various benefits available BOSTON—A new contract cov­ to Seafarers and their families under the several benefit plans in ttie ering 600 members here of the regarding the maternity benefit, optical benefit and hospital benefit are provided for membership use SIUNA-affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ men's Union has been overwhelm­ MATERNITY BENEFIT. Those seamen who have 90 days of seaingly approved by the full mem­ time in the calendar year prior to the birth of a child and one day's bership, according to James seatime in the six months prior to the birth of a child, are eligible Ackert, union president. under the Plan to a $200 maternity benefit when their wives give birth Ackert made the announcement ^ ^ claims within one year of the birth In those cases where there are multiple births (twins, following a membership meeting P^'ovision for an individual maternity benefit and the tabulation of ballots. Of $200 for each child. In a referendum vote, the Bos­ For bdrths occurring on and after August 1, 1962. delivery by ton fishermen by a 2-1 majority ccasarean section shall be reimbursed in accordance with the hospital voted in favor of receiving an in­ and surgical fee as specified in the Schedule of Dependents' Benefits. crease of one-half of one percent In addition, an applicant must present proof of marriage and a photoOperating the pill granulator at Philadelphia Laboratories for their health and welfare fund. static copy of the baby's birth certificate. The birth certificate must They rejected an alternative is Miguel Rivera (left), member of the SlU United Industrial contain the names of both parents. which called for current deduc­ Workers at the UlW-contracted company in Philadelphia An eligible seaman's wife js entitled to the maternity benefit if her tions for radar and sounding ma­ which manufactures injectible medicinal tablets and capsules husband dies during her pregnancy, and may also claim the maternity chines to be eliminated from the for use by doctors and hospitals. At right, Marie de Flavia benefit if her husband is at sea at crews' share of catch profits. boxes medicines for actual delivery. the time the child is born.^ The terms of the contract, A seaman is eligible for this bene­ Any SIU member who feels which will run to December 15, fit only if the child is born in the there is an unnecessary delay 1965, were arrived at after weeks Continental United States or its in the processing of any wel­ of negotiations between the union territories—Puerto Rico and the and representatives of the Feder­ fare or pension claims should Virgin Islands. The only excep­ ated Fishing Boats of New Eng­ immediately call this to the tion to this is Canada, which is also land, the boat owners' organiza­ covered under this benefit. Lastly, attention of the Secretarytion. if an eligible seaman dies before Treasurer at headquarters, by The new agreement was ham­ his wife gives birth, the benefit certified mail, return receipt mered out by union negotiators, shall be paid even though the child in the offices of the Federal Medi­ requested. Any delay in the is born more than 90 days after ation and Conciliation Service, in processing of a claim is usu­ the deceased employee's last em­ NEW YORK—The "union house" sign will be up at the a showdown session with the boat ployment. ally due to the absence of nec­ New York World's Fair when the first of an expected 70 owners, after they were informed OPTICAL BENEFIT. Eligibil­ essary information or docu­ that the Boston fishermen had million visitors starts entering the fair's 275 restaurants, bars, ity for this benefit is the same as ments which are required be­ overwhelmingly voted to take a night clubs, cocktail lounges'^ strike ballot. The meetings went and refreshment stands start-' skilled workers in vending occu­ for the maternity benefit. The fore a claim can be processed. program provides for the follow­ around-the-clock for three con­ ing April 22. pations. ing: One pair of eyeglasses every secutive days in the wind-up be­ Some 6,000 bartenders and culi­ two years, except in cases requir­ • Kitchen workers will be on a fore the terms were agreed upon. nary workers, including 600 chefs ing glasses more frequently due to requires a seaman to have had 90 35-hour 5-day week with wages It was then endorsed by the un­ from foreign lands, will be mem­ days of employment in the calen­ ion's contract committee and rati­ bers of a specially-chartered local varying but in no case less than pathological reasons, in which case the additional glasses may be au­ the prevailing rate of New York dar year prior to his admittance fied by the membership. of the Hotel & Restaurant Em­ locals for the comparable type of thorized by the trustees. The un­ to the hospital, as well as one day's A Federal mediator and state ployees. derstanding is that the frames will cuisine and quality of service. employment in the six-month pe­ arbitrator sat in on the final three A union agreement with the Grievances will be referred to be those known as "Shell Ful-Vue," days ^f around-the-block bargain­ World's Fair Corporation pro­ riod preceding his admission. He with lenses of the required preing before the terms were ham­ vides that all food and drink em­ business agents at a labor contei • The cost of fancy will then receive $3.00 per day for on the fair grounds, and if not mered out. ployees shall be members of new settled there, for binding arbitra­ frames, tri-focal lenses, sunglasses, the period of time that he is hos­ Besides the new health and wel­ Local 1000 for the duration of the tion by an impartial umpire—Wil­ and the like, shall be paid by the pitalized. fare benefits,, the AFU fishermen fair, which is scheduled to end liam O'Dwyer, former mayor of eligible. The optical benefit is $8.00-a-Day Hospital Benefit— will receive arv, increase from $5 in October, 1965. It calls for a New York and onetime U.S. am­ available and extended to eligible This paj-ment actually falls under to $7 fl day in maintenance and union shop, dues checkoff, and bassador to Mexico. dependents under the same rules the S & A benefit program but is cure when out of work because of these additional contract terms: as those governing the eligible sea­ The basic labor-management paid in the hospital to the individ­ sickness. Members of fishing boat A 5-day 40-hour week for all agreement will be supplemented man. Safety glasses for dependent ual. Many eligibles become con­ crews also will get the equivalent workers, with pay of $42 for wait­ children also may be provided, fused and feel that this is an $8.00of a lumper's pay on the day of ers and waitresses, $90 for bar­ by additional contracts to be however, a-day hospital in-patient benefit. the unloading of fish In the event tenders at front bars, $100 at signed by officers of the local and HOSPITAL BENEFITS FOR individual exhibitors, including Under the hospital benefit section of poor "broker-type" trips. service bars, with $60 set for un­ governments. ELIGIBLES. Eligibility for hos­ of the Plan it is, but it falls under pital benefits is the same as out­ the S & A rules. lined above. The hospital benefit A patient is entitled to this program is actually broken down benefit during the time he or she into three items, consisting of a $1.00-a-day hospital benefit, a is a patient in any USPHS Hospital $3.00-a-day hospital benefit, and or an approved private hospital in an $8.00-a-day hospital benefit, the US, Puerto Rico, the Virgin which is known as the In-Hospital Islands or Canada. This benefit is Benefit. Each of these is dealt payable from the first day of hos­ pitalization but not for a period to with separately below. exceed 39 weeks. $1.00-a-Day Hospital Benefit— The hospital benefits of $1.00-aEligibility for this benefit requires one day's seatime in the year prior day and $3.00-a-day are paid to to admittance to the hospital. This patients who qualify for as long a benefit has been in effect from period as they remain a patient in -the day that the Seafarers Welfare the liospital, regardless of the length of stay. In some cases, par­ Plan came into existence. ticularly those of chronic illness, $3.09-a-Day Hospital Benefit— this period has extended for as The eligibility rule for this benefit long as seven and eight years. 'Union House' Sign Set For NY Fair Graduation Time for SlU Lifeboat Class No. 105 SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid — January, 1964 Getting together for a graduation picture at headquarters in New York is the SIU training spools Lfeboat Class No. 105. The group includes (front, l-r) CorHeiius Lang, Robert Stevens, William Dooling, Robert Poppas, Tom Harris; middle. Gerald Miro, Petros Lozoropoulos, Thomas Moher, Anthony Anostosi, Howard L. Collins Sr., Ralph E. Howard; rear, in­ structor Arne Bjornsson. Nikolaos G. Sosloglou, James G. Kellogg, Jerry Vlochos, S. Makri'nos, Stefan KejtowskI, Robert W. Simmons and instructor Dan Butts. Hospital Benefits" Death Benefits Pensiop-Disability Benefits . Maternity Benefits Dependent Benefits Optical Benefits Out-Patient Benefits ....... Vacation Benefits CLAIMS 9,788 34 517 114 1,271 465 6,845 ' 1,717 AMOUNT PAID $ 83,817.05 86,807.40 77,550.00 22,062.46 148,179.57 7,279.90 44,536.52 581,654.35 TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... 20,751 $1,051,887.25 �April 17, 19S4 SEAFARERS Page Fiv« LOG Ohio Building Trades Rout Finks Formation of Toledo police trying to lead busload of non-union building workers past picketlines marches under viaduct near Anderson property. Police interference with peaceful picketing was strongly protested by MID, SlU and other unions in the area. a Protest demonstration rallies union building tradesmen and other crafts in beef against use of non-union help at Anderson grain elevator construc­ tion site in Toledo. Project involved construction of new grain elevator on the Maumee River. Present Anderson facility is in background. Great Lakes Maritime Unions Pledge Stronger MTD Action DETROIT—More than 100 delegates and representatives of Maritime Port Councils in the Great Lakes area participated in the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department Regional Con­ ference held here on April 8. The keynote of the Conference was a call for the strengthen­ ing of ties between the various port councils and full partic­ Trustees of Canada's maritime unions of internationals affiliated ipation on the port council transportation unions called for with the Department. level by all affiliated unions. Conference delegates heard re­ ports and adopted resolutions on a number of issues of Interest to the Lakes' area port councils and member unions, Including a reso­ lution endorsing the joint state­ ment issued in Montreal two weeks ago on the Canadian shipping dis­ pute. In a joint statement issued April 3, SIUNA President Paul Hall and Charles ' Millard of the Board of the restoration of normalcy in Great Lakes maritime operations both in Canada and the United States, and for steps to restore the SIU of Canada to constitutional control of its membership. Peter M. McGavin, executive secretary of the MTD, stressed the effectiveness of concerted efforts by the various port councils in dealing with issues of mutual con­ cern. He pointed out that steps are in progress for activating addltlonal programs Involving the local By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President Maritime Plays Waiver Game Again Once again the Maritime Administration has shown that it is deter­ mined to enact policy which will serve only to undermine the weakened condition of the American shipping industry. Not too long ago, as Seafarers will recall, the ILA, SIU and the NMU waged a showdown fight against the MA waiver of the 50-50 provision in the case of the movement of American wheat shipments to Russia, other Soviet bloc countries and on aid cargoes generally. Now, only a short time after the smoke has settled from that beef, the MA has decided that waivers of government regulations and ship­ ping policies that are detrimental to the American-flag fleet can be put through as a routine matter. This time the Maritime Administration has approved, in three sepa­ rate instances, the waiver of Public Resolution 17, to permit foreignflag vessels to participate up to 50 percent in the carriage of cargoes fi­ nanced by the Export-Import Bank. In each case the waiver was granted to foreign-flag vessels of the countries which were recipients of the cargo. In the first instance, the Maritime Administration allowed Japaneseflag vessels to participate in the ocean movements of cargoes financed under the Export-Import Bank for Ube Industries, Ltd., of Japan. The cargo will consist of United States machinery, equipment, spare parts and related services required in connection with the construction of a polyethelone plant in the Goi area of the Chiba Prefecture. In the event that neither US or Japanese-flag vessels are available for this trade, MA has announced that it will give consideration to tlie use of third-flag ships, A second waiver was also granted by the Maritime Administration for the use of Japanese vessels in the carriage of cargo for the Japan All-Nippon Airways Company, Ltd. The ocean movements in this case will be for spare parts only. In the third waiver, MA allowed the Industrias Kaiser Argentine to ship on foreign-flag vessels cargo recently purchased with ExportImport Bank financing. The Industrias Kaiser Argentine sought Its waiver on the grounds that it would give flexibility to its arrangements and prevent delays in its program. The law states specifically that all of this cargo must be carried in American bottoms. The MA knows the law as well as anybody else, so it's about time that it put an end to the legal gymnastics which serve to deprive the American seaman of a living. Harry P. Morell, secretary of the Building and Construction Trades Council in Toledo, thanked the delegates for "the tremendous support which wa received, and which was beyond all expecta­ tions, in our recent dispute with the Anderson grain elevators in Toledo. A1 Tanner, SIU vice-president and MTD co-ordinator for the Great Lakes area, and Rod Heinekey, vice-president of the SIU of Canada, reported on the discussion in Canada and the statement issued by Hall and Millard in con­ nection with the Great Lakes ship­ ping dispute. The MTD group heard a report by Tom McMahon, a member of the St. Lawrence Seaway Advisory Commission, on the anticipated in­ crease in Seaway shipping. Mel Pelfrey, secretary of the Great Lakes division of the Marine En­ gineers Beneficial Association, re­ ported on his union's negotiations with the big steel companies. Other conference speakers in­ cluded A1 Barbour, president of the Wayne County AFL-CIO; Fred Farnen, secretary of the Detroit Maritime Port Council, and Monsignor Healy, chaplain of the International Longshoremen's As­ sociation, Great Lakes District. TOLEDO, Ohio—Agreement has been reached at the And­ erson Grain Elevator construction site here, ending two weeks of demonstrations which at times included as many as 600 trade unionists and their • families from within a 50-mile tradesmen. Representatives of the North­ radius. The SIU and other unions of the Maritime Trades Department in the area lent full assistance to the Northwestern Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council during the dispute over the use of non-union help at the construction site. Harold Anderson, head of the Anderson family group involved in the grain elevator dispute, has had a notorious reputation for being anti-union. His plan to bring in non-union help to a con­ struction site right on the Mau­ mee River kicked off the protests. The demonstration brought to­ gether not only union building tradesmen, but also trade union­ ists representing many other crafts in the general area. The protest reached its peak when police in­ terfered and sought to escort a busload of non-union workers through building union picketlines. The protest directly involved plans to build a riverfront $1.1 million grain elevator as part of the huge Anderson installation in the area. On several occasions the Toledo Police Department interfered with peaceful picketing by the demonstrators, resulting in the arrest of some 35 trade unionists and officials. Pickets were beaten and manhandled by the police in an attempt to break the line and stop the demonstrations, but the dispute was settled after two weeks to the satisfaction of the Building Trades Council, when a program was worked out to assure job rights for union building SIU and MTD unions gave full support to Ohio building trades in beef at Anderson grain elevator. On location here are SIU Great Lakes Secretary-Treasurer Fred Farnen (left), with Dan Smith, SIU; Paul Sielschott of ILA, and a representative of "Toledo Labor News." western Ohio Building and Con­ struction Trades Council expressed warm thanks for the MTD assist­ ance which was "instrumental in bringing about a mutual agree­ ment," Harry P. Morell, executive secretary, declared. He warmly praised the help of the SIU, Inter­ national Longshoremen's Associa­ tion, Marine Engineers and other MTD affiliates in the dispute. SIU Tugs Move Navy's Oldest Ship BALTIMORE—A pair of SIU tugboats tied up to a bit of his­ tory here last month. The J. F. Heil and the F. F. Clain (Curtis Bay Towing), under contract to the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union, moved the historic US frigate Consteliation from its Pier 4 Pratt Street berth here to the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company where it is under­ going its periodic restoration. The Constellation had previous­ ly been scheduled to move on March 4, but the presence at the outer end of the pier of the SIUcontracted Spitfire (General Car­ go) postponed the moving of the ancient frigate. With access to the pier blocked by the Spitfire, the 167-year-old frigate was delayed several days. The Constellation, the nation's oldest vessel, was built in 1797 and became the first ship launched by the three-year-old US Navy. Thomas Truxton, who su­ pervised its construction in the Port of Baltimore, commanded the vessel in the undeclared war be­ tween the young republic and France between 1798 and 1800. In decisive battles off the West Indies in 1799 and 1800. Truxton became the leading hero of the war. Truxton's and the Constella­ tion's places in history were as­ sured by the capture of the French frigates Insurgente and La Vengeance. The US had served notice be­ fore the world that American naval sea power was to be reck­ oned with on the high seas. Restoration of the Constella­ tion's starboard side is now in progress at Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock. �SEAFARERS Page Sis April 17, ItM LOG (Figures On, This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) March 28-April 10, 1964 SIU shipping bounced back a bit during the past two weeks, producing one of the best shipping periods for the year so far. The total number of men dispatched was 1,237, which represented a welcome rise from the pre­ vious figure of 1,034. Registration fell off slightly, however, all in the deck department. Total registration during the past two weeks in the other two ship departments showed an in­ crease. The registration this time dipped to 1,249, which helped clear some more of the oldtime cards off the beach. Among the ports, there were small gains showing in a number of places, including New York, Baltimore, Nor­ folk, Mobile, Houston, and Seattle. The rise was not a spectacular one anywhere, but was a good sign all the same. New Orleans also managed to stay above the 200job mark in men shipped, although in the charts it was listed for a decline. The bounce-back for Seattle was really most noticeable because, the West Coast port shipped only three men last time out, and cleared over 60 off the beach this time. A further development in the job activity totals was the fact that steward department shipping showed the big­ gest rise among the departments, followed by the engine department and the deck gang. This is the reverse of the usual order of things. Another unusual note was the fact that ship activity (see right) was relatively light in all three columns, yet this didn't keep the job orders down, and calls for re­ placements kept coming all period long in many ports. The seniority totals showed that 55 percent of all jobs shipped went to class A seniority men, which was the only increase. Class B job placements dropped to 34 percent of the total and class C to 11 percent. Ship AHivify Poy Siga la Offt Oas Traai. TOTAL Boston 1 Now York.... IS Philadelphia .. 3 Baltimore .... 5 Norfolk 2 Jacksonville .. 1 Tampa 0 Mobile .. 1.. 3 New Orleans.. 6 Houston ..... B Wilmington .. 0 San Francisco.. 1 Seattle 2 1 3 2 2 4 1 0 1 6 4 0 2 2 2 28 B 13 5 3 4 5 15 27 4 5 2 4 46 13 20 11 5 4 9 27 39 4 8 6 TOTALS ... 47 28 121 196 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington Ran Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL A B 2 1 2 5 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 24 76 5 15 23 42 10 43 16 33 12 61 1 13 15 29 0 12 61 8 4 29 1 4 5 0 7 0 G 7 1 7 1 9 0 4' 0 1 3 4 2 0 2 9 17 28 1 8 3 8 11 25 2 7 14 4 20 7 9 18 1 2 2 5 25 18 18 1 11 6 1 9 9 5 3 14 1 5 0 7 11 1 7 3 11 3 11 14 4 4 8 0 0 0 6 6 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 2 1 4 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0 3 8 2 1 6 7 4 12 4 20 0 4 0 0 4 0 20 0 0 4 19 33 4 56 0 13 20 33 17 25 8 50 3 8 13 24 0 1 50 24 1 0 14 21 45 3 16 15 5 34 19 22 12 53 2 18 18 38 0 2 38 0 2 53 13 0 7 1 5 4 7 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 12 2 16 1 4 10 1 5 8 2 2 2 11 0 4 0 0 1 1 11 4 4 2 0 6 0 4 0 4 5 10 4 19 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 19 0 5 105 157 31 293 11 72 101 1 184 82 145 47 1 274 11 60 69 1 140 2 19 15 1 36 274 40 Registered C In The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL C ALL 1 20 0 7 6 6 5 1 9 3 4 51 54 109 12 102 75 124 27 226 4 17 24 1 15 9 11 4 3 13 2 57 48 36 54 12 102 1, 16 40 5 13 24 1 4 10 1 8 11 36 13 25 1 12 12 25 13 1 6 11 1 16 0 9 3 2 3 5 2 4 0 58 0 25 28 7 9 16 24 23 0 43 102 153 75 72 92 11 175 8 1 71 9 139 4 63 93 59 26 33 2 S3 0 13 3 20 3 17 8 12 0 26 43 6 17 31 3 8 16 14 1 44 0 18 12 30 24 19 22 3 0 358 450 482 89 1 929 26 212 317 1 555 36 1 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington Ran Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 57 7 20 30 7 22 14 43 16 55 6 34 5 37 15 16 7 2 2 10 1 4 1 3 10 3 5 9 0 12 3 6 5 15 2 22 • 1 8 9 18 2 30 0 13 23 5 9 22 15 0 2 3 10 5 4 9 0 3 1 4 0 6 5 1 4 4 8 0 0 0 6 6 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 4 8 2 2 10 4 8 5 2 11 0 3 3 6 7 26 36 2 3 41 7 14 25 29 41 3 15 16 5 34 33 5 18 12 21 0 9 32 7 29 3 39 3 23 16 42 2 3 4 9 1 4 2 7 1 3 0 4 0 2 0 2 7 15 1 7 6 2 2 10 3 9 1 5 1 1 3 5 9 6 2 7 2 0 0 8 2 2 15 3 11 3 0 6 69 137 23 { 229 26 87 85 1 198 44 158 24 1 226 19 83 70 1 172 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 12 0 19 55 37 0 3 0 3 10 12 1 30 0 1 0 22 7 0 4 11 4 6 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 6 34 0 0 0 6 41 42 0 4 0 4 39 0 1 4 0 1 2 1 2 5 0 3 9 0 1 0 1 15 6 0 24 20 1 44 226 172 Registered GIn The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 7 0 2 2 4 0 2 3 2 2 89 16 141 24 62 33 119 19 111 36 18 0 25 1 15 2 1 4 3 3 47 50 6 72 1 23 23 53 16 1 2 27 1 12 21 4 21 5 6 11 13 2 21 9 1 12 7 1 6 3 2 0 2 4 1 3 1 2 0 0 31 0 25 17 5 23 8 17 3 0 68 7 94 7 65 81 153 75 21 0 70 74 5 35 30 85 23 48 3 4 7 16 7 8 7 21 1 8 1 6 9 19 30 2 44 2 8 17 12 3 27 2 36 4 12 6 22 1 22 7 44 1 442 141 389 52 1 582 48 244 223 i1 515 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac Tarn Mob NO Hon Wil SF Sea TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 1-s 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1-s 2 1 2 3 ALL 2 3 0 0,I 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 6 18 1 44 3 23 3 3 17 9 11 13 36 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 4 6 0 5 5 0 0 1 4 10 3 6 23 1 13 4 0 12 10 29 5 10 1 2 7 6 16 1 4 5 1 0 6 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 iO 0 1 5 0 4 4 0 4 1 1 4 9 3 7 12 6 25 50 2 2 41 45 14 3 39 4 18 9 9 26 3 2 6 2 15 20 2 7 8 27 10 Q 2 2 1 1 5 1 0 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 6 12 0 2 0 2 1 5. 0 7 13 1 8 0 3 1 3 1 8 9 1 2 2 6 11 70, 30 84 1 210 12 9 114 1 135 33 26 48 32 68 1 181 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 4 1 18 23 0 7 1 6 13 1 2 10 6 0 2 4 0 0 0* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 26 26 18 3 2 13 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 8 8 87 1 103 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A 1 2 B 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 0 21 22 36 0 0 3 6 7 3 7 8 29 0 1 13 0 7 7 6 0 6 0 0 5 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 39 26 0 0 8 27 8 18 0 - 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 13 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 11 3 2 1 58 1 61 181 103 C ALL 1-8 0 2 0 81 25 22 16 8 3 50 8 8 7 19 1 8 3 5 0 1 0 13 4 0 67 19 2 53 13 8 0 2 0 19 6 4 2 16 9 61 1 345 98 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 10 1 0 3 4 2 4 0 57 4 41 47 27 66 165 12 6 25 1 7 2 3 4 6 84 4 44 3 37 26 18 32 15 2 6 8 2 7 0 5 10 0 11 0 1 3 8 6 6 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 42 1 0 21 22 6 16 16 2 127 135 36 16 77 148 6 75 8 45 3 34 21 22 19 9 7 20 1 7 11 4 3 43 0 9 11 2 12 10 5 31 2 37 9 5 5 SO 8 27 326 1 391 191 123 262 1 674 38 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS GROUr 123 ALL 105 157 31 I 293 €9 137 23 229 96 30 84 I 210 270 324 138 J 732 Registered SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 11 72 101 1"184 82 145 47 |_274 26 8f 8^1 198 ^58 1 226 12 9 114 I 135 81 32 68 I 181 49 168 300 1 517 207 3351391681 SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 1 2 SHIPPED CLASS C Registered On The Beach TOTAL CLASS A CLASS B SHIPPED GROUP GROUP CLASS 2 3 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 A B C ALL 1 274 140 36 450 358 482 89|929 26 212 317|555 226 172 44 "442 141 389 52 582 48 244 223 1 515 61 181 103 61 345 289 123 262 674 38 27 "326 T 391 44 93 i 141 681 415 14L 11237 788 .994 403 |2185.112 483 866 11461 �Agra. n. UM SEAFARERS Making A Point By Eari (Bull) Sbupard. Vice-President. AHontie SIU Plant Workers Busy At Fair Pai* Bewem LOG 'Jinx Fort At Work' High Winds Force SIU Ship Aground SAN JUAN—combination of high winds, an empty hold, and a wandering tug were instrumental in forcing the SIUcontracted Alcoa Commander (Alcoa) aground recently in the middle of the harbor here.-*According to observers of servers on deck said the tug passed as close as 10 or 20 feet in the mishap, which left the frpnt of the Commander. She The World's Fair Is opening here in New York on April 22 and gome of our brothers in the SIU United Industrial Workers will play a part in making it a showcase event. SIU-UIW members employed by F. M. Stevenson in Baltimore arrived this week to install the awnings at the Maryland Pavilion of the Fair. Commander high and dry for a As some of you may have read jn the papers, Blue Cross is trying period of 19 hourj on a mud bank, then drifted onto the mud bank. to raise its hospital Insurance rates in the New York area. The SIU A company official said that has joined forces with other AFL-CIO unions in opposing a proposed a 20-30 mile-an-hour wind, coupled about one-fourth of the ship's rate boost as high as 40 percent in some cases. with poor weight distribution due bottom was stuck in the mud on to an empty hold, made it difficult Among the beachcombers in New York right now are Bill Koflowltch, Hitting the deck at the for the master to keep her on the starboard side. who paid off the Alamar last week, and Bill Home, who's waiting Seven tugs—five pulling and SIU Education Forum dur­ course. for a bosun's job on a supertanker. Eddie PuchalskI is in town also, two p u s h i n g—freed the Com­ ing discussion on constitu­ and expects to stay ashore for the summer. He paid off in Houston When a tug crossed the bow of mander the next morning at about tional procedure is Seafar­ after completing a trip to India on the SS Our Lady of Peace. the slowly-moving freighter at three o'clock while the tide was er Eddy (Andy) Andersen, Shipping in Boston is a little slow at the present time, but the out­ close range, the master was forced high in the harbor. The 480-foot, look is good. At least two more grain ships are due there shortly. to kill her forward motion. Ob- 14,000-ton vessel tied up about veteran of the black gang. August Ekiund, a 25-year-man in the SIU, was around the Boston two hours later after having been hall recently. Angle retired in 1960 and last sailed as bosun on the pushed and pulled off the mud William Carruth. We also had another 25-year SIU man visit the bar. Beantown hall in the person of Sam Bayne. Sam retired last year and The grounding of the Com­ also likes to drop around to see some of his former shipmates. He mander adds to the name the said his SIU pension really comes in handy when it comes time to harbor here has gained in recent pay the bills. years as a jinxed port. The Alcoa One of those registered on the beach in Boston is George Murphy, Commander was the fourth ship who last sailed as AB on the Colorado. The Colorado is now laid up to run aground in or near the in Baltimore so George says he'll try to get at least two more months WASHINGTON—A report released by the Congressional harbor in the past 15 months. Two. on another vessel, then spend the summer at home with his family. The Arthur M. Huddell, a former Liberty ship that was converted Joint Economic Committee has sharply criticized the Federal of the ships which formerly went to transport undersea cable, arrived in Baltimore from Honolulu to Maritime Commission for its failure to help correct the US aground here, the Catalina and the Transcaribbean, are still on the take on another 1,500 miles of cable at the Western Electric plant. The Huddell recently fed 2,000 miles of cable to the Long Lines, which balance of payments deficit in-*- The role that the American fleet rocks. The Transcaribbean is lay­ Is laying a 5,500-mile stretch of cable between Hawaii and Japan. 1963. The remarks were con­ plays in maintaining the interna­ ing just inside the harbor while Both ships are SlU-manned. tained in a 30-page report on tional balance of payments was the Catalina is several miles out. The third ship, the Japanese Shipping has been pretty good in Baltimore for the last few weeks. the balance of payments problem Reuben Sigwart paid a visit to the Baltimore hall and relayed how that the Congressional Committee dramatically pointed out in 1962 tanker Koei Maru, was pulled off when the net gain to the US in the same day she went aground he broke his foot aboard the Kenmar while loading stores. He slipped recently released. the balance of payments due to on some grease, which resulted in the broken foot, and the first injury The report called the FMC ocean transportation of freight inside the harbor. he's had in 20 years of going to sea. James Temple, who sailed as "negligent and derelict in its duty chief steward on the Colorado, is on the beach in Baltimore and to protect the public interest." It amounted to almost $54 million. The Congressional study group expressed his thanks to the SIU Food Plan for making things a lot emphasized that the "correction of concluded its remarks by saying better in his department. the balance of payments deficit The job picture for Philadelphia has been fair in ali departments, should receive the attention of all that it could not be taken for granted that all Government though a little bit better for rated men in the engine department. Government agencies." agencies were dedicated to solving The Retail Clerks expressed their thanks to the SIU and Maritime The committee said that it would the balance of payments problem. Port Council for supporting their successful strike against the Food Fair chain. The SIU and other unions are also making their voice continue studying to what extent It urged "that the Government in­ heard in opposition to a bill in Congress (HR-10156) affecting the American exporters "are handi­ tensify its efforts not only with NEW YORK — An SIU dis­ sugar beet industry. Passage would mean the closing of two plants capped in international markets by respect to the balance of payments ability pension has ended the sea­ substantial and unjustifiable dif­ effects of Its own expenditures, but in Philadelphia and throwing 30,000 employees out of work. The going career of Seafarer Alex­ ferentials between inbound and also with regard to its regulatory SIU, ILA and tiie MTD expect to meet with various Senators and ander Martin, 64. Martin began outbound costs. and other activities." Congressmen in the next few days to discuss the proposed bill. going to sea at the age of 42, serv­ On the beach in Philadelphia is Ray Alston who just returned from ing as a coal-passer on the old a delightful Florida vacation aboard the Globe Progress, and George George Washington in 1942. A. Williams, after an eventful trip on the Lisa B. George said that The Washington was one of the the Lisa almost got into serious troubie while coming through the old Eastern Steamshsip passenger Panama Canal when she collided with a Greek vessel. liners that did yeoman service Andy Flaherty is one of the real regulars around the Philadelphia during World War II hauling hall. He's got a few good yarns to tell about his experiences in the troops around the world. Before 43 years he's been going to sea, and says you really can't appreciate By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director the war, she and several other what the SIU has done for Seafarers unless you experienced the Eastern liners were in regular conditions seamen had to work under in the old days. steamer service between New Shipping in Norfolk has been exceptional over the last month, York, Boston and Nova Scotia. * which has left very few men on the beach there. The SIU and the Safeguard your health, the Medical Society of the State of New York Born in New Hampton Roads Maritime Port Council actively supported the Inter­ advises. Your home is a storehouse of lethal poisons—^poisons which Orleans, Martin national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in a strike against the can kill. Virginia Electric and Power Company, which produced a new agree­ When cleaning the house, laundering clothes and opening drains, you first shipped ment after about a week on the bricks. are using poisonous chemicals. You also use poisonous chemicals when from the Port of Job opportunities for members of the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union you spray the roses, control the weeds and kill vermin and pests. You New York on the Washington and are very good, with all SIU-IBU members working full time in the have medicine which can kill when taken by mistake in overdose. then continued Port of Norfolk. New IBU contracts are currently being negotiated Keep household chemicals, bleaches, cleaning agents and insecticides with Coal Terminal Towing Company and the Gulf Atlantic Towing out of the reach of children. Keep all medicines in a locked cabinet in the steward deCompany. Plants in the Norfolk area under contract to the SIU or on a high shelf. Label everything carefully. Keep chemicals in partment on United Industrial Workers also are working at full capacity. The their original container. Never put a poisonous liquid in a soft drink through his re­ tirement. His largest UlW-contracted company in the area, Colonna Shipyard, bottle, as your child might drink it. Marrin last vessel was the increased its work force by 37 during the month of March, bringing Are your home chemicals safely stored away? Stop right now and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa). the total number of jobs in that yard to 146. look around the house. Especially under the sink in the kitchen and He lists his wife, Nancy, as next As usual, action on the Puerto Rico legislative front is busy. A bathroom. Move those chemicals out of the reach of the children. of kin at home in New Orleans. House committee there gave its approval to a bill that would extend Guard your family against accidental poisoning. His retirement boosts the list of to sugar cane workers the benefits of a law which provides for the Safeguard your health through daily exercise. Healthy play and re­ retraining and compensation of workers displaced by automation. creation are important to our physical well-being. Both the mind and SIU men added to the pension rolls The House also approved a bill which would prohibit non-US citizens body can relax and recoup from the strains of living, and young people to a total of 15 for this year. from practicing engineering, architecture and surveying, with the can work off the surplus energies of youth. Some enjoy hobbies such exception of those working for municipal governments and their as gardening, music or woodworking. Others favor outdoor sportsdependencies. golf, tennis, boating, fishing, and hunting. Healthy recreation is im­ Julio Colon has been on the beach in Puefto Rico for some time portant to physical well-being and a wholesome mental outlook. Never now, but says he is ready to ship. He hopes that he has better luck let yourself get too busy to play. than last year when he laid up a couple of ships. Also on the beach Seafarers are reminded that Safeguard your health by controlling your weight. If you want to in Puerto Rico is Pedro Erazo. After three months of running coast­ lose wei.ght remember there are no short cuts. As a general rule, excess when they leave a ship after wise on the Falrland and Azalea City, he says that he is all ready articles expire in a foreign weight is the result of overeating. How much you eat is usually a matter to go back to New York now for a long trip. port, the obligation to leave a of habit than of actual body needs. Habits sure hard to break and clean ship for the next crew changing them may not be oasy at first. is the same as in any Stateside But if you are dissatisfied and decide to lose weight sensibly, your port. Attention to details of doctor can help you work out the best pattern to satisfy your caloric housekeeping and efforts to needs and nutritional requirements. leave quarters, messrooms and Safeguard your health. Because measles is so common today it has other working spaces clean become the most dangerous of the childhood epidemic diseases. will be appreciated by the new A body weakened by measles is more susceptible to serious infections, crew when it comes aboard. such as pneumonia. If measles is contacted, bed rest. Isolation and medical care is recommended. Don't treat measles lightly! Congress Report Queries Role Of Shipping Agency SIU Veteran On Pension Safeguard Your Health Always Foreign Payoff? Leave Clean Ship UmroR-vis umoniMBi �SEAFARERS Page Eight LOO April 17. 1964 Reserve C-4s No Bargain WASHINGTON—Independent ship owners have recently discovered that a group of 18 C-4 type ships which the US Government is offering for sale are going to end up costing the prospective buyers about $250,000 more than they had originally anticipated. Of the 18 C-4s released by By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area the Navy from the reserve ernizing the vessel would be practice under this act, but also is in direct conflict with the clear Politics Take The Stage Again fleet last year, the Maritime granted. In a letter to MA chief Nicholas provisions of the statute itself." Administration allocated 13 to SIUcontracted companies. Of these Waterman is slated for 6, Calmar 5, Oceanic Petroleum and Penntrans, 1 each. Waterman intends to convert its vessels to jumbo containerships with movable and fixed cranes. Calmar proposes to use its ships in break-bulk intercoastal service and Oceanic and Penntrans will convert their C-4s to bulk cargo vessels of about 20,000 tons each. The additional cost arises from the Maritime Administration's newly announced change in the interpretation of the Vessel Ex­ change Act, which formerly al­ lowed a shipowner to receive a ship virtually free if the cost of converting the vessel amounted to more than $1.2 million. Sold 'As Is' Under the new interpretation, the MA has set a fixed price rang­ ing from $400,000 to 500,000 on the C-4s on an "as is, where is" basis. Credit is, of course, to be given on any chip turned in under the provisions of the plan. When the steamship lines bid for the ships, they believed the sale and exchange would be done under terms of the Act, and that the $1.2 million ceiling on expen­ diture for purchasing and mod­ Politics was holding the attention of Seafarers in Texas and Florida Each C-4 has a deadweight ton­ Johnson, the American Maritime Association charged that the nage of 15,000 and is 522 feet ports, as this issue of the SEAFARERS LOG went to press. In Texas, change in policy "contravenes not long with a substantial speed av­ incumbent US Sentator Ralph Yarborough is seeking re-election in the Democratic Primary May 5. Senator Yarborough has the support only the settled administrative eraging at least 18 knots. of the AFL-CIO on the ibasis of his favorable record and was endorsed by the Harris County (Houston) Council of the AFL-CIO at its last meeting. Yarborough is being forced to campaign vigorously against the attacks of his extreme right^ing opponent, Gordon McLendon. In Florida, a primary also to be decided on May 5, the AFL-CIO has endorsed Brailey Odham, who is running against veteran US Senator Spessard Holland, who has an almost 100 percent record of anti-labor votes during the many years he has served in Washington. A young, hard-hitting candidate, Odham twice has lost bids for WASHINGTON—Some widely-circulated quotations used election as Governor of Florida by a narrow margin. In this campaign, by right-wing groups to counter social welfare proposals have he is running on a liberal platform. He has come out for Medicare, Improvement of minimum wage laws and the civil rights bill now been exposed as outright "fictitious" by Sen. Lee Metcalf pending in Congress. He makes it plain he is a Kennedy-Johnson (D-Mont.). Democrat and wants to be a friend of organized labor. One quotation was attri­ advised Metcalf: "To the best of The biggest problem that must be surmounted by Odham, who would our knowledge we believe the be the underdog under the best of circumstances, is that his campaign buted to Nikita Khrushchev. quotation to be spurious." is almost completely being ignored-f He is reputed to have said: "We For some years there have been by the Florida press, television and cannot expect the Americans to ing for a coastwise run, so he can Jump from capitalism to commu­ ten quotations floating around, al­ radio. He charges he is being have an opportunity to watch the nism, but we can assist their legedly from Abraham Lincoln. given the silent treatment by de­ Colt 45's perform in the National elected leaders in giving Ameri­ Several are being used in a film sign. League. He prefers to try to spend cans small doses of socialism until called "The Power Within," re­ The Louisiana AFL-CIO held its the summers on the beach, so he leased by privately-owned utili­ they suddenly awake to find they annual convention in New Orleans ties. The quotations have been and it was the most successful in can take in the ball games. Harold have communism." used by the Committee for Consti­ the history of the Louisiana labor L. Moore came over from his home Metcalf said: "I asked the Li­ tutional Government. in Gainsville, Florida, as he has movement. More than 2,000 dele­ been doing for the last 19 years, to brary of Congress, Senate Inter­ They follow: gates and guests participated in sweat out a coastwise pumpman's nal Security Subcommittee, Fed­ ( 1) You cannot bring about the four-day meeting. Of course, job. eral Bureau of Investigation and prosperity by discouraging SlU members and officials in the the Counter - Intelligence Agency L. R. McAdams, who moved from Port of New Orleans cooperated Lake thrift. if they could verify the statement. Charles to Houston, is look­ They could not." ( 2) You cannot strengthen the to make the convention a big suc­ ing for an ordinary's job on a CIA Director John A. McCone weak by weakening the cess. In our last report, we mentioned coastwise tanker. W. C. "Dub" strong. Craven, Jr., who first won his SIU ( 8) You cannot help small men that Willie Pastrano, the son of book in 1946 and now owns a home Seafarer Frank Pastrano, was up by tearing down big scheduled to defend his world in Hitchcock, Texas, visited the men. light - heavyweight championship Houston hall and was recalling the ( 4) You cannot help the poor against Gregorio Peralta of Argen­ great gains the SIU has made in its by destroying the rich. tina. We are happy to report that wages, conditions and welfare ( 6) You cannot lift the wage Willie successfully defended his benefits, during the years he has earner up by tearing the title. The fight was stopped after been going to sea. Craven is mar­ wage payer down. LOS ANGELES—Two measures in the June primary and the 5th round because of a severe ried and has a 12-year-old daugh­ ter. He has been collecting for­ the November general election in this state have prompted ( 6) You cannot keep out of cut over Peralta's left eye. It eign coins for many years and has trouble by spending more went into the record-book as a six one of the biggest collections in California AFL-CIO unions to call for an all-out political round TKO for Pastrano, who was this area. than your income. effort by rank-and-file union-*ahead on the judges' cards at the ( 7) You cannot further the it plans an initial campaign fund Domingo "Jo-Jo" Molina, Mau­ members. brotherhood of..man by in­ time. of about $500,000 to qualify the rice Duet and Ivy Cox are among The two measures—a move measure for the November ballot. On The Beach citing class hatred. deck department live-wires who to override the fair housing law Union leaders predict the rail­ From Tampa comes word that are on the shipping list in New ( 8) You cannot establish sound and another to repeal the full- roads will spend millions more on social security on bor­ Seafarers on the beach include Orleans. Bennie Lowderbach came crew law—are expected to gener­ what management will attempt to Herbert Gray, V. C. Smith, J. F. to the hall to register and is vaca­ rowed money. ate almost as much political activ­ sell as an "anti-featherbedding" Cunningham and George B. For­ tioning with his family in North ( 9) You cannot build character ity by labor as the so-called campaign. rest. The Tampa beach was ex­ Louisiana, but is expected to be and courage by taking "right-to-work" referendum which The measure to kill the Rumpected to be cleared out, however, making the job calls before long. away a man's Initiative or was defeated by labor's forces in ford Act will also see millions with the crewing of the SS Penn Two familiar faces will be missing independence. the 1958 election. spent by what the state AFL-CIO Transporter, soon scheduled to from the New Orleans hall for (10) You cannot help men per­ come out of the Tampa ship repair The issue before the voters re­ called the "forces of bigotry and awhile, since Joe Lae made the manently by doing for yard and go to New Orleans to chief steward's job ^nd Trussell garding the fair housing law is an confusion." them what they could and load grain. attempt to prohibit the state gov­ California is one of ten states Beatrous signed on as 3rd cook on should do for themselves. ernment from ever again passing which now have laws prohibiting On the beach in Houston were the Alice Brown. any law to prevent discrimination discrimination because of race, The Library of Congress In­ such stalwart oldtimers as James Taking It Easy in the sale of real property. The creed or color in the sale of real formed Metcalf that a few of the L. McRae, who joined the Union at In Mobile, Dallas "Rough-house" law is known as the Rumford Act. estate. A spokesman for the state ten points were circulated as New Orleans in 1940, but now lives The second is an initiative to AFL-CIO called for a registrar of early as 1873. However, it said in Houston where he is buying a Reynolds is taking it easy for repeal the law which requires voters in every AFL-CIO local, that the Committee for Constitu­ home. D. M. Carpenter is looking awhile after spending about nine railroads to have a fireman on door-to-door registration drives in tional Government, which sold for a bosun's job again after hav­ months in a fireman's job on the freight trains and as many brake- worker precincts and in plants, and circulated the quotations in ing enjoyed a vacation which in­ SS Afoundria. Reynolds has a li­ men as specified by the State and close cooperation between 1942, "has earned the honor of cluded hunting, fishing and work­ cense, but prefers to sail in an un­ Public Utilities Commission. COPE groups to defeat both pro­ having first associated Mr. Lin­ ing at cabinet making, which is his licensed rating. D. C. Lynam, who Railroad management has said posals. hobby. Charles R. Sawyer is look- has been shipping out of the Gulf coln with the maxims." since 1941, is renewing acquain­ tances with the "Butter Bean" boys around Frisco City, Alabama. He just got off the SS Inger, on which he was night cook and baker. Autrey L..Johnson, who was 3rd cook on the Ocean Ulla for about seven months, is registered in Group 2, but won't be ready to ship out until he has visited for awhile with his family in Mobile. C. D. Merrill, who got off the SS Kyska when she laid up in New Orleans, is looking for any bosun or day man's job. Sverre Stokke, who has been in the SIU since it was first organized, got off the Ocean Ulla and is renewing ac­ quaintances in the Mobile hall, while waiting to ship out again. John D. Cantrell, who last was chief electrician on the Alcoa Baltimore SlU hosted a get-together and luncheon for all SlU Inland Boatmen's Union oldtimers and pensioners in the port who Ranger, has been ill recently but could make it to the hall for the last meeting, and recorded the event before the cameras. The session was a memorable one expects to get his "fit for duty" for all hands, according to SlU rep. John Blanchfield (not shown), who officiated during the picture-taking. soon and is anxious to ship. Right-wing Fiction' Exposed By Senator All-Out Vote Drive Urged In California SiU Tug Oldtimers On Pension in Baltimore �A»ill 17. 1K4 SEAFARERS Pare Nloe LOG Seafarer Helps Spotlight Medical Groups Kick Off Anti-Medicare Tax Pitch MiUion-$ Scare Drive LAKE CHARLES—^The misleading advertisements oppos­ ing the Medicare program in various newspapers around the country have been spotted in several ports by Seafarer Sey­ mour Heinfling, who sent-* copies along to the LOG from He said that as rar as he's con­ various Gulf Coast locations, cerned, the Important thing is to Heinfling is In the steward de­ partment on the supertanker Cities Service Baltimore (Cities Service). He cited typical ads appearing In the "Lake Charles American Press" and the "Baton Rp u g e Morning Advocate" as part of the nationwide "grass roots" drive by the American Medical Association to whip up support for its fight against Medicare. In a letter to the LOG, Hein­ fling recalled that the SIU had published a full 12-page supple­ ment on Medicare last year and had several times urged Seafarers and other readers to let their law­ makers in Washington know where they stand on the issues. As proof that he takes his own obligation seriously, he forwarded copies of letters he'd sent on his own to his Congressmen support­ ing HR 3920, known as the KingAnderson Bill, and their responses. Heinfling has also become a real student of the situation, picking up copies of AMA literature on the Medicare program from several sources. get the proposed bill out from the House Ways and Means Commit­ tee, so other Congressmen can voice their views on Its merits. A 44-year-old bachelor, Helnfllng has been sailing aboard American-flag ships since 1947. WASHINGTON—The American Medical Association has been accused of lying in its multi-million dollar, nation-wide advertising campaign to sink the Medicare Bill presently before the House Way and Means Committee. The Social Security tax boosts of from 16 to 23 per­ cents a week or less than seven the limit in Social Security con­ tributions are taxed on their first cent which the AMA is ad­ percent. vertising as the average hike for wage earner Is Just not true, says the National Council of Senior Citizens. "The fact is," said acting NCSC president John W. Edelman, Social Security taxes of the aver­ age worker would rise only 25 "The maximum Increase anyone would pay would be 16 percent— and this would entitle the payee to Increased Social Security pen­ sions." To use the maximum example, says Edelman, workers now paying AMA Ads Try 'Grass Roots' Approach WHAT 'S THIS THING CALLED more « *** f if the MEDlCWtJ ccomcs Izw* --- It;,.»•*. \ AJl—-'"" y •t; 7;??. b.n ^ 1 nam YOU AFFK SiEiiiiliiiiii DO NOT BUY Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wages and better con­ dition's. Seafarers and tlieir families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Texas-Miller Products, Inc. Adam Hats, Ashley, Dorsey Jay, Hampshire Club, Repell-X, Sea Spray Men's Hats (United Hatters) t> if Eastern Air Lines (Flight Engineers) iif $• H. I. Siege! "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) i 4" 4" "Judy Bond" Blouses (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) 4 JiSears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) 4 4 4 4 . " TU. ..MIW U ifc n.l, rf to-t.. iitmbrt- IW mfJi-if mM. tiA U* uU kM M fmkft e mmkif Ukm-Uf.lr nwwj «Mi W the T-t-r. i lie' OinillfMi »«• aiU U nv'Jh-' •< M. toJ IT •« iMe K. i-iJ. }•• "-M W«i)« eekte Eine tma mas 4 II. i. lu. rouni-*!. uuHiivr. utN I ttot I" wAr - I" •• «•« r «K»4. Ii'< tkr Ar .U • ki U pMn.i.prtil toOiU*.. Srrwiv frrJIf. mt p ...WrlrfW ... 11 Mill"" * ..iiu •-- • «• R-C"* ii' „J • I. IrUj wyJ I. torn \r.U-« wil. •hi noDUi,.. »Mi«WcnMIW At iaUSSSi !er:oa" DtJI or I hovQ ro3u.~.:cd Means ComiTiii:] 22 2^0/, l«i«« ^'vUbtimkm cn o r.i b o r o? 20 a n d bo favl i" Dill. •""""•"Ax, neroosa in YC inimum poyrc!^ fICO 0 v/eo'.i v/J Medicare" Biill KOfhinaT SI- V- 'Don't' Buy Drive Aids Strike Win UttTOiV your p lu-s Mcf! ition scbl today I ir feeJf |V/as|.-S^ ie nj] fteuwutf, tiu™. •^CtACUM 4 Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) *•"'^1-^ijj HAS YOUR CONGRESSMAN TURNED MEDICINE MAN???! 4 J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 4 B.n h . I 4 Slitzel-Welier Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4 WORE clh« ix\tA' ' Or , HMM Your Oortors (H Randolph^®- E~totl73,'"cCTl I*."?-' ' w » . 4 4 4 Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) $4,800 a year of earnings—the total annual levy amounting to $174. Under the King-Anderson (Medicare) bill, the earnings base would be lifted to $3,200 a year and the annual tax would go up by $27.50. Of this increase, $17.68—or about 10 percent of the present tax —would go toward old-age hospi;^ tal insurance, and the rest—$9.82 —would finance higher retirement benefits. The King-Anderson bill would give persons over 65 three options. They could choose hospitalization protection for up to 45 days in each illness without additional cost, for up to 90 days with a $10a-day charge for the first nine days, or for up to 180 days with a flat charge of 2.5 times the average cost for a single day. In addition they would be eli­ gible for up to 180 days of skilled nursing home care after hospitali­ zation, up to 240 home health visits a year, and various outpatient hospital services. Based On Earnings Since Social Security benefits are based on a proportion of earn­ ings, the maximum monthly bene­ fit for a $100-a-week worker would go from the present $127 to $134, and the maximum benefit for fami­ lies of such workers would rise from $254 to $268. "The National Council of Senior Citizens does not contest the right of the AMA to persuade others to its point of view," Edelman point­ ed out. "However, when the AMA uses lies in public advertising pro­ grams, surely the public has a right to ask that the AMA fight its battles with clean hands." He cited an account by Washing­ ton Scripps-Howard columnists George Clifford and Tom Kelly of a sophisticated letter-writing pro­ motion by the AMA. According to Clifford and Kelly, the AMA drive attempts to avoid the impression of an organized campaign by shun­ ning identically worded messages to House and Senate members. "The current AMA practice," the two columnists reported, "is to have everyone in a doctor's office—nurses, technicians, recep­ tionists — sign an individuallyworded letter, written on non-uni­ form stationery. The letter then seems to represent the spontane­ ous feelings of a number of people who have no particular connection with each other." Samples of misleading anti-Medicare advertisements sponsored by local medical groups in newspapers from many localities are pictured above. The nationwide campaign is an effort to keep the bill bottled up in the House Ways and Means Committee. The cooperation of the US labor movement and other consumers in supporting an intensive "Don't Buy" cam­ paign has proved to be an effective strike weapon for Lo­ cal 136-B of the United Furni­ ture Workers of America. After a hard-fought 22-week strike against Slumberland Products, Inc., in which a con­ sumer boycott assumed major significance, the Furniture Workers won their contract demands last month. The SIU gave its support to the cam­ paign, publishing announce­ ments of the boycott in the "Don't Buy" column of the LOG for the duration of the strike. �SEAFARERS Page Ten April 17. 1964 LOG 3 More SiU Tugmen LOCKOUT COULD YIELD $1 MILLION Retiring On Pensions Dockers Win Back Pay Rule PHILADELPHIA—A National Labor Rellations Board ruling that 3,000 longshoremen were unlawfully locked out by employers in this port five years ago has been upheld by the 3d US Circuit Court of Appeals. At stake is an estimated $1 million in back pay. The court rejected an appeal from the NLRB ruling by the longshoremen would be locked out went back to using slings and the Philadelphia Marine Trades in the entire port on July 6. The unloading was completed without BALTIMORE—Another trio of tug veterans has qualified for SIU pensions, including two oldtimers in this port who work for Curtis Bay Towing. The third new man to join the retirement roster hails from Association, which shut down the lockout started on schedule, and further incident. The NLRB ex­ Wilmington, NC, and had port from July 6-21, 1959, when ended July 21 in an agreement to aminer later viewed motion pic­ worked for two companies 90 longshoremen refused for rea­ sons of safety to unload a cargo of sugar from the freighter Caribe so long as wooden pallets were used to move 100-pound bags of sugar from the ship's hold to the dock. Under the decision and the board ruling, all members of ILA Local 1291, who lost 16 days' pay, are entitled to be compensated for their lost income. But 2,000 other ILA members in Locals 1242, 1332 and 1566 will not collect back pay under the two rulings. They are maintenance men, timekeepers, checkers and carloaders idled by the dispute but not directly locked out. Wooden Pallets Unsafe The union held that wooden pal­ lets used instead of cargo slings in unloading were unsafe because some of the 100-pound bags of sugar had fallen from them. The union position has been upheld by an arbiter, an NLRB trial ex­ aminer, the labor board itself and now the appeals court. The dispute over the employer's use of pallets came to a boil June 30, 1959, when 90 dockers em­ ployed by Atlantic & Gulf Steve­ dores reported for work on the Caribe, but refused to proceed when told that pallets would be used. The men stayed away from work for two days, but returned after management agreed to start unloading with pallets and then to switch to slings. But more bags fell from the pallets and the dock­ ers again refused to work. The employers' association noti­ fied the ILA that, unless the men returned to work, all Local 1291 MORe ONE COPT e OF THE SAhAB CUF ALL MAIL —AND RETURN LABELS SO ViB tures of the unloading with pallets which came under contract with and agreed the workers obviously the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union believed they were unsafe and the less than 14 months ago. lockout was unlawful. The pair of Baltimore boatmen who just made the pension list in­ cludes Daniel Behrens, 60, who worked in the Curtis Bay shop, and • Samuel Crouch, 66, who Crouch Behrens worked as a mate on CB tugs. Both retired on disability pen­ still lives in that city. His time with Cape Fear Towing and Stone sions. , Oldtimer Wilbert Dashield, 65, Towing goes back to 1938. Both companies came under the By Robert A. Matthews, a former deckhand with the Stone Towing Line and before that with SlU-lBU banner for the first time Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. Cape Fear Towing, retired on a in December, 1962, after success­ ful elections conducted by the normal pension. Extra Meals, OT For Shifting Ship Behrens is a German-born ma­ National Labor Relations Board. A letter pertaining to steward department rules on extra meals chinist who joined the Union at New contracts reached with the served to relief men during regular meal hours was received recently Baltimore in 1957 and had been companies in February last year from Walter J. Walsh, chief steward aboard the Penmar. His question with Curtis Bay as far back as provided the tugmen in both fleets was the following: 1922. He and his wife Louise with the first pay raises they had Question: Are meals served at regular meal hours to relief night mate make their home in Baltimore. received in fiye years. and engineer considered extra payable meals at 50c per meal, or are Behrens was one of the rank-andthey free meals as far as the steward department is concerned? file delegates to the first IBU con­ Answer: The steward department would not get extra meal money vention in 1961. Crouch can figure his boat-time for serving the night mate or the night engineer. all the way back to 1916 on the Reference: "Freightship Agreement, Article V, Section 13. Meals in Port, (a) When meals are served in port to other than regular members passenger steamer B. S. Ford, of the crew, passengers, pilot, port engineers, supercargoes and port where he worked as a quarter­ captains, when assigned to the vessel, $ .50 per meal shall be paid and master. He also worked in the divided among the members of the steward department actually en­ harbor for the Ericson Line, be­ coming a 2nd mate in 1930. His gaged in preparing and serving meals." time includes a long stretch as a The night mate or the night engineer, while they are on duty, are relief captain and pilot on the considered crewmembers inasmuch as they are replacing on a temporary Delaware River for the Wilson basis, the regular mates and engineers who are crewmembers. Line until 1942, and then as a Navy warrant officer on the flat­ 4" 4" 4" A couple of interesting questions regarding overtime payments for top Wasp until 1944. anchorage during the loading of wheat cargoes was received recently After being discharged from from Brother E. F. Riggs, ship's •f the Navy in 1946, he worked for delegate aboard the Manhattan. bays, rivers and sounds shall be Curtis Bay, New Jersey Ferry and Question No. 1: The vessel paid regarded as shifting ship and the Atlantic Transportation Com­ off in New Orleans on August 5, overtime shall be paid for men on pany. He was with Curtis when signed on foreign articles the duty while such moves are per­ he became disabled. Crouch has same day, loaded a part cargo of formed on Saturdays, Sundays and been with the Union since 1957 Tug oldtimer Wilbert Dagrain in New Orleans, then pro­ holidays, and afi^r 5 PM and be­ and lives in Baltimore with his shield shows off first $150 ceeded to a safe anchorage some fore 8 AM weekdays, with the wife Virginia. He just passed his monthly SIU pension check 66th birthday last month. 20 miles from Southwest Pass to following exceptions: in Norfolk. " He retired The 12th man to retire in the a port called Grand Isle, Louisi­ Port Alfred to Montreal or vice after 25 years as deckhand Norfolk-Wilmington area, Dash­ ana, where two T-2 tankers came versa; alongside and completed the load­ in Wilmington, NC. Port Alfred to Quebec or vice ield was born in Wilmington and ing operation. Port time before versa; 8 AM and after 5 PM was claimed Montreal to Quebec or vice by all of our people who worked versa; during these hours, but all port All moves from American ports overtime for that period was to British Columbia ports or vice disputed. The master claimed that versa; Grand Isle was not the port of Montevideo to Buenos Aires to payoff and that the vessel was Rosario or points above or vice cleared for sea. versa; Answer: No. This would not be Boston to New York or vice WASHINGTON—The United States finished 1963 in fifth overtime for those in the .steward versa; department who worked after New Orleans to Baton Rouge or place in world fishing competition, according to a longawaited report from the U.S. Interior Department. 5 P.M. and before 8 AM as this vice versa; would not be considered a shift of Norfolk to Baltimore or vice The Department reported ship, nor would it be considered versa; the U.S. domestic catch last largest headache for U.S. fisher­ the port of payoff. All moves between ports on the men. Reference: Article II, Section 34 St. Lawrence Seaway and/or on year was 4.6 billion pounds, Adding to these problems was of the Freightship Agreement the Great Lakes, West of Mont­ down 600 million pounds from the 35 million pound loss in (last paragraph): "Termination Of real, except those moves which 1962. Its value was placed at $388 salmon last year and a 24 million million, a drop of $9 million from pound decrease in whiting. Drops Port Time. Port time shall termi­ are less than eighty (80) miles." nate when the first ahead or The company was contacted as the previous year. in other catches included ocean Bright spots in the picture, the perch, down 16 million pounds; astern bell is rung the day the to the port of payoff but the only vessel leaves the harbor limits, information at this time that they Interior Department said, was a Maine herring and blue crabs, a however, this paragraph shall not were able to give us was that it record 6 billion pound catch for decrease of 10 million each, and industrial uses. Noteworthy also Pacific sardines, 9 million pounds apply in the cases where the would be a Gulf port. was the whopping 48 million lower than 1962. vessel is being shifted as provided 4. 4for in Article 11, Section 35." ^ In submitting questions and pound boost in the shrimp catch, Overall, the department said, Question No. 2: Is overtime pay­ work situations for clarifications, a 24 million pound increase in the U.S. only accounted for some able to the members of the black delegates and crews are reminded king crabs and an 18 million 6 per cent of the world catch and gang due to the vessel transiting once again to provide as much pound jump in the harvest of still stood behind the recent inter­ from New Orleans to Grand Isle detail as possible setting forth the ycllowtail flounder. national leader s—Japan, Peru, anchorage, and is the passage circumstances of any dispute. However, a 524 million pound Communist China and the Soviet considered a shift or not for that Besides those mentioned, some of drop in landings of menhaden, a Union. purpose? the members who were sent con­ species used in the production of For the first time in history, the Answer: No. As stated above, tract clarifications during the past fish meal and oils, spelled the Department discovered that im­ this would not be considered a few days included the following: ports accounted for more than shift, inasmuch as Grand Isle is R. E. Charroin, ship's delegate. half the fish products used in the not considered as being located in Zephyr Hills; Ronald E. Carraway, U.S. Domestic fishermen provided inland waters. deck delegate, Penn Sailor; Pete only about 44 per cent of the total, Reference: "Article 11, Section Prevas, A1 m e n a; Kenneth L. compared to 53 per cent in 1962. 35. Shifting ship, (a) After the Roberts, deck Iclcgnte, Transbay; Howevc", the domestic catch of vessel's arrival in port as outlined John P. rhambcrs, ship's delegate. 4.6 billion pounds in 1963 pro­ in Article II, Section 34, any sub­ Mount Vernon Victory; E. M. vided almost 55 per cent of the sequent move in inland waters. Bryant, Transindia. edible fish eaten in the country. arbitrate the dispute over safety. An arbitrator observed the un­ loading and found the pallet oper­ ation unsafe. Management then US Fishermen Snare Fifth Largest Catch W WfHceplWLf, CMISWHAU \MMEP!AfBlYr �April IT, ItM SEAFARERS 'Nighfwork' SPAD J,,,;,;,,,,, Pare Elerea LOG , TRANSPORT BILL.—One of the most dangerous bills to the water industry on Capitol Hill today is HR 9903, known as the Transportation Act amendments. It is now pending before the House Rules Committee. That bill would literally lift the control of the Interstate Commerce Commission off of raiiroad rates—particularly on bulk commodities— and gives the raiiroads a free hand. It also would permit the railroads to carry their own goods at their own rates. No hearing has ever been held on this bill, but it was sent from the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee for consideration on the floor. The Commerce Committee is headed by Representative Oren Harris (D-Ark.), who introduced the measure. The bill actually would open the door to eliminate the remaining water transportation along the nation's waterways and between the two coasts. Glenn L. Shinn, veteran examiner on the ICC, has deciared that the bill would be detrimental to the nation's ports, cities, and towns because they wouid have no protection. He even predicted that there would be more serious new transportation and marketing problems throughout the nation if the bill is enacted. t t i POLITICAL ACTIVITY—^With the November elections looming large in the eyes of both Democratic and Repubiican candidates, the first step—the primaries—are important guideposts, at least as far as the nominations in the two parties are concerned. In the Republican column. Senator Margaret Chase Smith is the big surprise of the week. Although she collected only a third of the votes in the liiinois primaries this week, it was considered an impressive showing in a state which was forecast to go all the way for Goldwater. In the New Jersey primaries, slated for April 21, there are no GOP candidates entered, and there is no preferential poli. Massachusetts, the next scheduled primary on April 28, will pit an unpledged delega­ tion against one for Goldwater. The unpledged group is presumed to be stronger than Goldwater's forces. Pennsylvania, also set for April 28, is expected to go for a favorite son candidate. Gov. Wiiiiam E. Scranton, the recent sponsor of a bill to slash jobless pay benefits. There are no other candidates in this primary. Texas, May 5, shows Goldwater, Rockefeller, Smith and Stassen listed on a preferential poli, although Rockefeller has disavowed it. All dele­ gates from Alabama, May 5, are pledged to support Governor George C. Wallace at the convention. There is no GOP slate. The District of Columbia, also scheduled for May 5, as is Indiana and Ohio, has a F'feference poll, and GOP leaders are seeking a rules change so that candidates can be entered with or without their consent. Goldwater is the only one expected to enter the Indiana contest, and Gov. James A. Rhodes is the favorite son GOP candidate in Ohio. Scheduled for May 12 is both Nebraska and West Virginia, with Goldwater expected to take the first and Rockefeller stronger in the latter. Oregon, May 12, has six names on the Republican list. In Maryland, for May 19, there is no decision as yet on whether or not either Rockefeller or Goldwater will run. Wallace is on the Democra­ tic ticket. California, New York and South Dakota are all scheduled for June 2. Slates pledged to both Goldwater and Rockefeller are expected to produce a head-on clash in all three contests. Charges of false and misleading advertising by "Playboy Interna­ tional" to recruit nightclub wait­ resses it calls "bunnies" have been lodged by the Hotel and Restau­ rant Employees with the Federal Trade Commission. The union charged that the club promoter had advertised that club waitresses dressed in "bunny" costun>es may earn more than $200 a week. Wait­ resses in New York and Detroit Piayboy Clubs collect as little as $44 a week. The Clothing Workers have won a National Labor Relations Board election among employees of the Martin Shirt Co. in Cookeville, Tenn., and are stepping up nego­ tiations for a first contract. The union began its campaign to organ­ ize the 300 workers last September and won by a 142-122 margin in the NLRB balloting. 4» 4» A bill in the New Jersey Assem­ bly repealing the requirement that fresh milk be dated was con­ demned as dangerous to the health and economy of the state's resi­ dents by Retail Clerks Local 1262. Repeal would make it possible to cut deliveries, and thus eliminate jobs of dairy clerks and drivers. Stores could get three or four days' supply at a time, the Union This seems especially the case since "under Once again, the AFL-CIO maritime unions, including the SIU, have found it necessary to present arrangements," as the unions noted remind agencies of the United States that in a formal message of protest to official they are making a mockery of solemn Gov­ Washington, including President Johnson, ernment commitments and pledges. The suspicion that something sneaky was "all of these cargoes will be shipped in for­ going on developed when the Commerce De­ eign flags including runaways." partment issued export licenses for some $4 The understanding among the unions and million worth of commodities amounting to the Administration is that a formal tri-paran estimated 70,000 tons of cargo, with no tite structure for joint discussion on all such information to the unions and no provision disputes and complaints involving maritime to have American-flag ships participate in unions, management and Government was to the cargo movement. be established, and that such a structure was Since this occurred only weeks after a to be developed promptly. But if the agencies longshoremen's boycott on grain shipments think that the unions will stand about idly to Russia ended in flrm understandings be­ while the jobs of their members are further tween the unions, the Federal agencies and jeopardized, and by many of the same groups said, "and no matter how carefully top Administration representatives, the un­ responsible for the present state of maritime, it is rotated, some consumers will ions promptly protested the seemingly cal­ then perhaps a new deck and a new deal of not be getting fresh milk." culated attempt to provoke new incidents. the cards is in order. ji' ^ The Hatters Union has been cleared by a US District Court judge of all charges growing out of a $2 million lawsuit brought by nine non-union Dallas headwear manufacturers. A jury had previ­ ously avi^arded damages of $13,089 to the manufacturers on anti-trust law charges. The judge ruled that the union's leafiet distribution at retail stores was "lawful economic conduct" and that an agreement between the retaiiers and the Hat­ ters that the retailers would not buy millinery from non-union manufacturers was not a law vio­ lation. it The Osceola (Ark.) City Coun­ cil has repealed an ordinance enacted in 1957 setting a $1,000 a-day-license fee for union organ­ izers. The city's governing body acted to kill the ordinance just two weeks before a suit attacking its constitutionality was due for trial. The lawsuit was filed last April during an organizing cam­ paign by the Puip, Sulphite & Paper Mill Workers among em­ ployees of the American Greet­ ings Corporation. The Rail Dispute The latest unilateral move by the railroads to institute work rules changes on the na­ tion's railroads and thereby precipitate a national railroad strike has been put off after an urgent request from President Johnson to both sides in the long-standing dispute. Government mediators and fact-finders gained another 15-day respite in the effort to find a means of resolving the five-year-old dispute over railroad work rules and basic job issues. Job issues are the real concern in the rail dispute, just as they are in every other walk of life at a time when our national prosperity is at its peak. The civil rights debate now before the United States Senate really hinges largely on the same type of job question— on the issue whether a land of plenty is to allow full sharing and opportunity for all its citizens. As the AFL-CIO has long noted, no worker or group of workers is safe and secure in their jobs while the livelihood and well-being of others is threatened. This principle, of course, is one of the foundations of the trade union movement. The situation on the railroads also poses an­ other parallel for consideration. It was clear­ ly expected by the railroad brotherhoods, by the SIU and other unions which opposed the legislation and by all who oppose compulsion in bringing about settlement of basic job issues, that the compulsory arbitration law passed by Congress in August was doomed to fail. That it has is obvious. And juat as compulsion and forced bar­ gaining has proven a bust in the railroad dis­ pute, it can't work out in maritime or any­ where else either. It takes two to make a bargain, even a bad one, and without this essential ingredient, there is no bargain at all. Job issues on the railroads can't be re­ solved by pointing a gun at the head of 32,000 rail firemen and other crafts and abolishing the jobs. No matter how much window dressing is applied, nor how many panels hear out the issues, telling a man he's out of a job without giving him a chance to fight for it is bound to produce a fight anyway. �SEAFARERS Fate Twelve ii Afm 17. IffM Apm 17. 1H« LOG TRAMP SHIPPING HE TRAMP segment of ttie American merchant marine is perhaps the sickest member of a rather 111 industry. Despite pronouncements of the essential­ ity of having tramp vessels under the American flag, very little is being done to promote and foster the American-flag fleet in accordance with the purpose and policy of our basic shipping legislation. Within the last few years, several American-flag tramp operators have gone bankrupt carrying cargoes moving under the Cargo Preference Act, which Act was supposed to aid the tramp operator. Under the present conditions, many American-flag tramp operators are not earning the depreciation on their vessels because of the rate policies established by the United States Department of Agriculture and other agencies responsible for administering the Cargo Preference Act. A tramp, or a general trader, as it is sometimes called, is a vessel which has no fixed route and no regular time of sailing and which is constantly seeking ports where profitable bulk cargoes are most likely to be found. The tramp operator usually carries a full cargo for one shipper or consignee, which cargoes, for the most part, consist of commodities with the follow­ ing characteristics: (1) The value of the commodity is sufficiently low so that low cost of transportation outweighs the value of speed and regularity of delivery; (2) The cargo will be of considerable bulk or weight; (3) The cargo will require no exceptional facilities of the carrier for handling or preserving; and (4) Such cargoes are available for shipment in full cargo lots. Commodities commonly and traditionally carried by tramp vessels are grains, coal, ores, fertilizers, cotton, lumber and various other commodities that have the above characteristics. Between the decade preceding the Second World War, during which the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 was enacted, and the decade follow­ ing the end of the war, there has been a significant change in the characteri-stics of ocean transportation. At the time that the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 was enacted, there was no American-flag tramp fleet. There was an assumption, underlying the Merchant Ma­ rine Act, that tramp shipping throughout the world was disappearing. Only a minor fraction of our foreign commerce was being carried by tramp vessels in 1936, and it was assumed by Congress that the American merchant marine could be promoted and maintained and that this country, in accordance with the purposes and policy of that Act, could assure that a substantial portion of our foreign commerce (traditionally and con­ sistently interpreted as meaning at least 50 percent of our foreign water-borne commerce) would be carried on American-flag vessels through the subsidy programs set forth in the Merchant Marine Act. This assumption upon which the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 was enacted proved to be incorrect. At the present time, the carriage of bulk commodi­ ties and the operation of tramp vessels in the trans­ portation of such commodities is a far more significant part of our foreign commerce than the operation of liner vessels. More than 70 percent of the total foreign commerce of the United States is now carried by tramp vessels. Unfortunately, only approximately 9 percent of our total foreign commerce is being carried on Amer­ ican-flag ships, according to the statistics of the Mari­ time Administration, rather than the "at least 50 per­ cent" participation, which is envisaged as a minimum goal by our basic shipping statutes. T L I f i 11 i ' i: NE of the real tragedies of American shipping policy has been the indifferent and casual treat­ ment which the Administration has accorded the Ameri­ can-flag tramp operator. The statistics concerning the decline of the tramp segment of the American mer­ chant marine are significant. We all know that the total foreign commerce of the United States has increased tremendously in the last few decades. In 1937, the year after the Merchant Marine Act was passed, the total dry cargo foreign commerce of this country averaged a little over 4?^ million tons per month. The same O r- commerce had increased, in 1958, to an average of ap­ proximately 12 million tons per month. None of this commerce, in 1937, was carried in United States-flag tramp vessels because, at that time, we had none. How­ ever, at the end of the Second World War, in 1946, there was a total of 2,332 vessels in the active privatelyowned American-flag merchant marine, of which 1,890 were engaged in foreign trade. Most of these vessels were engaged in tramping operations. These American-flag vessels, which were engaged in tramp service, were instrumental in carrying out the essential post-war rehabilitation programs and foreignaid programs, as well as the military programs of this country. For example, the Marshall Plan could hardly have been carried out without the assistance of the American-flag tramp fleet. During the height of the Marshall Plan, the French were getting about 167 cargoes of coal a month, the Belgians about 45, the Italians a similar quantity, to say nothing of the car­ riage of grain and other commodities which these ves­ sels engaged in at the same time. These cargoes were carried predominantly in Liberty ships, which could make a round trip to the European Continent in an average of 45 days. In addition to coal, American-flag tramp vessels were carrying other es­ sential bulk cargoes, including grain, ores and fertiliz­ ers, and many of them were chartered to the Govern­ ment for the carriage of military cargoes. The United States would have been hard pressed to' carry on its military actions in Korea in 1950, without the assistance of the American-flag tramp fleet. The American-flag tramp fleet has repeatedly been declared to be essential by officials of our Government, as well as by members of Congress. Unfortunately, these pronouncements of essentiality have not been reflected in the administration of our shipping statutes, insofar as such administration concerned the treatment accorded to tramp operators. As of December 1, 1961, the total privately-owned active American merchant marine had declined from the 2,332 vessels which were operating in 1946 to 897 vessels, according to the figures of the Maritime Admin­ istration. Of these 897 vessels, only approximately 110 are engaged in tramping operations. Three hundred and three (303) ships are owned by the 15 companies receiving operating-differential subsidy, which vessels comprise only slightly more than one-third of the 897 American-flag ships now in operation. By 1958, the American-flag tramp vessels were carrying only 6 per­ cent of the total dry cargo foreign commerce of this country. In 1960, our total exports and imports of all types, including commercial and Government-sponsored and defense cargoes, totaled over 274 million long tons, of which only 11 percent was carried in United States-flag hips. At the present time, American-flag participation has dwindled further to approximately 9.7 percent. These facts concerning the decline of the Americanflag tramp fleet should be alarming to our Government. They reflect an indifferent attitude toward the problems and the interests of the American-flag tramp operator. It is unrealistic for anyone to assume that any company operating American-flag vessels in the foreign commerce of the United States can continue to exist on a longrange basis without some measure of governmental assistance. The shipping industry is unique in that it is one of the few, if not the only, industry that competes directly during every day of its existence with foreign companies, which enjoy lower investment costs, oper­ ating costs, labor costs, and special tax advantages. There is virtually no industry in the United States that is not subsidized in one way or another, either through the payment of direct or indirect subsidies, special tariff treatment, or through special tax advan­ tages. I have been interested in observing the annual reports of many large corporations in the United States having gross revenues of many hundreds of millions of dollars, which state that less than 5 percent of the total business which they do is performed for sources other than the Government. American shipping is certainly not unique in requiring assistance from the Government. It is entirely unreal­ istic to assume that unless some attention is paid to 1 • A. By Earl J. Smith The author of this article is the president of Earl J. Smith & Co., Inc., a shipping concern which has collective bargaining agreements with virtuaiiy all of the maritime unions whose members are employed aboard the 18 vessels it operates. He is chair­ man of the American Tramp Shipowners Association, and comes from an old family of sailing vessel owners whose shipping activities date back to 1833. In the family tradition. Smith has spent almost his entire adult life in the shipping business, with time out for service in the Army during World War II. the American-flag tramp operator, this segment of the American merchant marine can continue to exist. We are not contending that there should be an over­ all rewriting of our basic shipping statutes, and we are similarly not contending that the American-flag tramp operator should be accorded operating subsidies similar to those paid to liner companies. It is our con­ tention that the shipping laws of this country are adequate to allow for the proper promotion and main­ tenance of the American tramp fleet, provided that these laws are properly administered and fairly carried out so as to allow for equitable treatnoent of all seg­ ments of the American merchant marine. ONGRESS has intended that the Cargo Preferenco Laws of this country should give assistance to tho American-flag tramp operator and should provide for maintaining and promoting this essential segment of our merchant, marine. In this respect, the Cargo Pref­ erence Act, which is embodied as Section 901 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, provides that at least 50 percent of all Government-sponsored cargoes, "com­ puted separately for dry bulk carriers, dry cargo liners and tankers," shall be transported on privately-owned United States-flag Commercial vessels. Approximately 90 percent of the cargo carried by American-flag tramp vessels is Public Law 480 grain, which moves under the Cargo Preference Act. However, the n>andate of the Cargo Preference Act has not been carried out so as to benefit the American-flag tramp operator in at least two major respects. In the first place, there has been no separate compu­ tation for a fair and equitable allocation of these cargoes to the tramp operator under the Cargo Preference Law. Secondly, the policies of the Department of Agriculture have resulted in American-flag tramps being forced to carry these cargoes at less than the "fair and reason­ able rates for United States-flag commercial vessels," envisaged by the Cargo Preference Act. Traditionally, export grain has been carried on tramp vessels. The carriage of grain in tankers is of recent vintage. Tankers are not traditional or historical grain carriers, and, as the Comptroller General has found, at the time that the Cargo Preference Act was enacted, tankers were not considered as dry-cargo carriers by Congress. Although parcel lots of grain have been carried on liner vessels for many years, it has been only recently that such parcels have reached the size which they now have on American-flag subsidized liners. It is not uncommon at the present time for Americanflag liner vessels to carry so-called parcel lots of grain in amounts of 6,000 or 7,000 tons or more. We were most pleased that President Kennedy In his Transportation Message had directed the Secretary of Commerce "to implement fully Section 212 (d) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, for securing pref­ erence to vessels of United States registry in the move­ ment of commodities in our waterborne foreign com­ merce," and that he had further "directed all executive branch agencies to comply fully with the purpose of our cargo preference laws." The President thus focused upon the real problem. It is not that our basic statutes, designed to assist shipping, are not sound, but rather that the specific language and the purpose and intent of these statutes have not been implemented. As pointed out above, the American-flag tramp vessel is almost completely dependent upon the carriage of cargoes shipped under the Cargo Preference Act. That Act is substantially the only piece of legislation which has in any way aided the American-flag tramp operator. Since his operating costs are several timeS the cost of his foreign-flag competitors, the American-flag tramp operator cannot ordinarily compete in the world market for commercial cargoes. The several benefits which are available to American-Flag shipping companies, under our shipping statutes, are not, for the most part, avail­ able to the tramp operator: (1) Tramps are not eligible for operating-differ­ ential subsidy under Title VI of the Merchant Marine Act, since the Maritime Administration has held that these benefits are limited solely to liner companies; (2) Although construction-differential subsidy, under Title V of the Merchant Marine Act, may theoretically be available to an American-flag Pace Hilrfcea LOG I" A Shipowner's View of a Vital Aspect of Maritime i SEAFARERS I ^ C ' t tramp operator, the administration of the sub­ sidy program Is such that these benefits are not available to the tramp operator, and no construction-differential subsidy has ever been awarded for the construction of a bulk-type vessel to be operated in the tramping trades; • (3) Title XI mortgage insurance, whereunder the Government insures construction loans and mortgages for new construction or reconstruc­ tion is similarly, as a practical matter, unavail­ able to the tramp operator because, under the present regulations of the Maritime Administra­ tion, he could not prove economic feasibility according to the Administration's requirements. (4) The coastwise laws, which provide that only American-flag vessels can carry commerce mov­ ing between ports of the United States, are of little benefit to the American-flag tramp operator because of the small demand for tramp vessels in our don>estic trades. I : }. ' V ' ^ ; - N ADMINISTERING the Cargo Preference Laws, insofar as they apply to Public Law 480 shipments, the Department of Agriculture has unfortunately forced the American-flag tramp operator into a position where he must compete on a rate basis against tanker vessels and the American-flag subsidized liner vessels which have benefits and inherent competitive advantages which he does not enjoy. Unless the American-flag tramp operator is to have some assurance that he is to receive a fair allocation of Cargo Preference cargoes, as envisaged by the Cargo Preference Act, and unless he is afforded the opportunity of carrying these cargoes at "fair and reasonable rates," as contemplated by that Act, the statute insofar as he is concerned is meaningless and may as well be discarded. There have been several suggestions to carry out a fair and equitable administration of our shipping statutes, in accordance with President Kennedy's Trans­ portation Message, and to allow for the maintenance and promotion of an American-flag tramp fleet, in accordance with the purpose of our shipping legislation. Some of these suggestions are as follows: (1) Responsibility for the Administration of the Laws. At the present time, the Cargo Preference Laws are being administered by several agencies, none of which has any responsibility to a common source, and several of which are seemingly antagonistic to the purpose and policy of our shipping legislation. For example, the Department of Agriculture, which administers by far the largest part of the Cargo Preference program, in supervising the transportation of surplus grain cargoes moving pursuant to Public Law 480, is naturally more interested in keeping its costs at a minimum than it is in seeing that American-flag tramp vessels are allowed to continue in business. Conflicting purposes of various agencies, such as the Department of Agriculture and the Agency for Inter­ national Development, are bankrupting the American tramp industry and are defeating the purpose of our Cargo Preference legislation. The improper administra­ tion of these laws is not a new problem. In this respect, the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, in 1955, conducted extensive hearings on this same subject, and pointed out the "lack of coordination" and confusion then existing in the administration of the Cargo Preference Act. It was at that time the specific recommendation of the Committee, among other things, that, "the Maritime Administrator should exercise general surveillance over the administration and operation of the Cargo Preference Act and re­ port to the Commission periodically with respect thereto." This suggestion of the House Committee has never been carried out. If the purpose of the Cargo Preference Act is to be achieved, the above recommendation of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Coflnmittee must be carried out. One agency, and certainly the Maritime Administration appears to be the appropriate agency, must have the plenary control and responsibility for the administration of these programs. F URTHER, the cargo Preference Act states that "at least 50 percent" of the cargoes subject to that Act should move on American-flag vessels so long as American-flag vessels are "available at fair and reason­ able rates." Certainly Congress did not intend, and no responsible official of the Government could expect, that American-flag vessels could be fostered and main­ tained if they should be forced to carry cargo at less than "fair and reasonable rates." Therefore, the Maritime Administration should estab­ lish a definite schedule of fair and reasonable rates for each type of vessel engaged in the Cargo Prefer­ ence program. Such schedules of fair and reasonable rates were, in .fact, established by the Maritime Ad­ ministration as recently as 1956, but since inld-1957 not one single cargo has moved on an American-flag tramp vessel at a rate which the Maritime Administra­ tion considered to be fair and reasonable in 1956, de­ spite the fact that operating costs and other expenses have since that time increased approximately 25 or 30 percent. It should be emphasized that a fair and reason­ able rate for an American-flag Liberty or C-type vessel is not necesarily a rate which would be fair and reason­ able for an American-flag tanker or a bulk carrier. (2) "At Least Fifty Percent." The Cargo Preference Act stales the mandate that "at least 50 percentum of the gross tonnage" of the cargoes covered, "computed separately for dry cargo carriers, dry cargo liners, and tankers," shall be trans­ ported in American-flag vessels. Unfortunately, the agencies administering the Act have distorted the clear language by enforcing their own policy which is "no more than 50 percentum, if possible." We continue to urge that the statute be properly enforced to provide that American-flag vessels obtain at least 50 percent of these cargoes, and that a higher percentage would be in accordance with the purpose of the legislation. (3) Sealed Bids. One of the underlying and most serious problems in the administration of the Cargo Preference Act has been the fact that the American-flag tramp operator has been whipsawed, with respect to rates at which he has offered his vessel. In the first place, under the present system, requests for the fixtures of vessels are made by the foreign supply mission of a recipient coun­ try. After the American-flag tramp operator puts his bid into a foreign supply mission, usually through a broker, he is often told by the broker that he (the broker—Ed.) has been informed by the Department of Agriculture that the bid is too high and that some other unknown operator is offering to carry the cargo at a lesser rate. Furthermore, at least one of the foreign supply mis­ sions has its own exclusive broker or agent who re­ ceives a commission on all Cargo Preference cargo for that country, whether he is used or not, despite the fact that the United States Government is paying the difference between the cost in transportation in an Americah-flag vessel and a foreign-flag vessel. The pres­ ent system makes possible ineffieiency as well as fraud and under the table deals. The fixture of American-flag vessels for the carriage of Cargo Preference cargoes should be handled in the same manner as other Government contracts are han­ dled; namely, through the procedure of sealed bids, and the sealed bid procedure should be administered and handled by a responsible government agency and not by the foreign supply mission. (4) Unfair Competition. The purpose of the Cargo Preference Act should be carried out so as to assure that there is a separate allocation of cargoes to be moved thereunder, "com­ puted separately for dry bulk carriers, dry cargo liners, and tankers," as required by the Cargo Preference Act, and each type of vessels should be allowed to carry these cargoes at "fair and reasonable rates" as pro­ vided in the statute. American tramp operators do not contend that subsidized companies and tankers should not engage in the Cargo Preference program. They do contend, however, that each segment of the American merchant marine should be allowed to live. The Ameri­ can-flag tramp operator should not be required to com­ pete on a rate basis with or to meet the rates of tankers or American-flag subsidized liners' which have special advantages and benefits which he does not enjoy. Recently offers for 100,000 tons of grain to be moved in American-flag vessels were requested by the Turkish Supply Mission, and, in a matter of a few hours, the entire quantity was booked for carriage in tankers, without any of this cargo being made available to the dry-cargo American-flag tramp vessels, bulk carriers, or liner operators. Similarly, the entire Polish grain program has practically been carried in tankers. These are only a few examples of how the purpose of the Cargo reference Act has been perverted. (5) Waivers. Waivers for the use of foreign-flag vessels for the carriage of cargo preference cargoes have been too readily and freely granted under circumstances that are often unfair. Ostensibly waivers are granted in cases where there is an "urgent and critical" need to have the cargoes moved, and no. American-flag vessel is immediately in a position to move them. However, in at least some cases the "urgent and critical" need has apparently been self-manufactured and exceedingly sus­ pect because after waivers have been granted, there have been great delays in having the cargoes loaded and delivered. In any cases where waivers may be granted for the use of foreign-flag vessels, there should be no question that cargoes moving in foreign-flag ves­ sels, under such waivers, should be charged against the foreign-flag quota. (6) Uniform Charter Parties. The charter parties which have been forced upon the American-flag tramp operator by the various for­ eign supply missions are neither uniform nor fair in their several terms. For example, some of the strike clauses are such that the owner's very existence is in jeopardy, since for practically any reason at all, the ship, through no fault of the owner, can be held up in the discharging port and the owner can be refused demurrage. (7) Prepayment of Freight. In ordinary commercial business, it has always been the practice for the tramp operator to be prepaid either all or a substantial portion of the freight money as soon as the vessel has completed loading. Otherwise, the tramp operator would be forced into the position of financing the cargo to be carried. The Department of Agriculture, however, has changed this normal practice and has forced a further unfair condition upon the American-flag tramp. Under the present regulation of the Department of .Agriculture, it is provided that the tramp operator will be paid 90 percent of his freight money only after arrival of the vessel at the port of discharge and settlement of demurrage, dispatch and other items. This means that the American-flag tramp operator is compelled to meet all of his current expenses, such as financing, operating expenses, crew's wages, etc., while he is waiting to be paid for cargo which he has loaded and carried. It is unreasonable that subsidized American-flag companies should be kept waiting for their money for such a period of time. Actually, in operation, this regulation is even more unreasonable, because the tramp operator often has to wait as much as three weeks after the vessel has arrived, before he is paid even the 90 percent of the freight due him, and often he must wait several months to collect the re­ maining 10 percent. There is no justification for this onerous requirement, which is only another unfair prac­ tice that will eventuall.v destroy the American tramp fleet. We submit that the Government will be fully protected by providing that 75 percent of the freight money due the American-flag tramp operator should be prepaid one week after the vessel has completed loading and has sailed. (8) Increased Employment for American-Flag Tramp Vessels. In his Transportation Message to Congress, President Kennedy directed the Secretary of Commerce to im­ plement fully Section 212(d) of the Merchant Marine Act. If such implementation is carried out, it should benefit American-flag tramp vessels. However, various agencies administering the cargo preference acts are avoiding, in one way or another, the use of tramp ves(Continued on the following page) -A I �P«K« Foarteea SEAFARERS April IT. LOO Tramp Shipping Needs Help' (Continued from page 13) mately 3.75 cents. After eliminating the duty, the United States Importer is still paying the foreign sugar exporter a premium of approximately 3 cents per pound, or $60.00 per ton, above the world market. In many cases, American-flag tramp vessels could carry this sugar almost as cheaply as foreign-flag ves­ sels. A program for requiring that a reasonable per­ centage of this sugar be carried in Amerisan-flag vessels could easily be worked out, and it would be in accord­ ance with the purpose of our shipping legislation as well as the President's Transportation Message. (9) Assistance for American-Flag Tankers. An American-flag tanker fleet cannot be maintained unless it has some likelihood of carrying petroleum HERE is no reason why American-flag tramp vessels and petroleum products at compensatory rates. If the should be confined to the carriage of Public Law carriage of grain is to be the only cargo which Ameri­ 480 grains. Seventy percent of the foreign commerce can-flag tankers can carry in the foreign commerce of of the United States involves the movement of bulk the United States, then this situation will eventually or tramp-type commodities, and American-flag tramp destroy the American-flag fleet and the tanker fleet as vessels should certainly participate in the carriage of well. a modest percentage of this cargo. One of the prob­ We strongly support the recommendations of the lems of the tramp operator has been the absence of American Maritime Association for assistance to Ameri­ inbound cargoes to the United States. This is paradoxi­ can-flag tankers and particularly the proposal that a cal in view of the fact that many millions of tons of reasonable percentage of imported oil be required to bulk cargoes are imported into the United States every be carried in American-flag tankers, with such alloca­ year on foreign-flag vessels. To the extent that inbound tions beign jnade according to the geographical areas cargoes can be developed for the American-flag tramp of foreign production. vessel, our American merchant marine will be much (10) Replacement of Vessels/Tax-Deferred Capital healthier and stronger. Reserve Funds. The American-flag tramp vessel also should be as­ sured some reasonable percentage of sugar that is im­ It is universally recognized in the shipping business ported into this country from abroad. Under the Sugar that tramp operators do not need or require absolutely Act, as amended, more than 5 million short tons of new, fast-speed vessels. In fact, the very nature of the sugar are imported into the United States each year, tramp shipping business is such that the commodities all of which is imported at a price substantially above which they carry are those which have a value suffi­ the world market. For example, the current United ciently low so that cheapness of transportation out­ States market price for this sugar is approximately weighs the value of speed or regularity of delivery. 6.45 cents per pound, whereas the world market price Tramp fleets throughout the world are comprised of is 2.70 cents i)er pound, or a difference of approxi- vessels that were formerly operated by liner com­ sels, la contravention of the "computed separately" provision of the statute. For example, the Agency for International Develop­ ment has made almost no allowance for the use of tramp ships in its programs, and the large fertilizer movement, shipped abroad under the auspices of AID, has been carried almost entirely in liner vessels, in­ sofar as the American-flag quota is concerned. Similarly, MSTS on many occasions has full shiploads of tanks, military vehicles or other cargo that should be moved by tramp vessels, and as a matter of economy would be, except that MSTS, for unexplained reasons, gives pref­ erence to liner vessels. T panies, which have been rehabilitated for tramp service. An orderly replacement of the American-flag tramp fleet must envisage a continual upgrading of the tramp fleet, by having the tramp operators take over the vessels which are turned in by subsidized liner com­ panies under their replacement programs, and by hav­ ing tramp operators convert and reconstruct and Im­ prove their existing tonnage in American shipyards. It is recognized that a long-range shipping program must envisage the employment of the most suitable vessels possible. Tramp operators, if they are to continue on a per­ manent basis, must set aside funds to acquire more modern vessels and to reconstruct and improve the vessels which they now own. In this respect, the tramp operator should be allowed to establish capital reserve funds in which he can, with the approval of the Mari­ time Administration, make deposits of current earnings, which would be used to acquire new vessels or to reconstruct or rehabilitate the vessels which he owns. Such capitai reserve funds should be administered in the same manner and should be subject to the same tax treatment as the capital reserve funds of the sub­ sidized liner companies, as provided for in Section 607 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. (11) Conferences. Under Section 15 of the Shipping Act of 1916, liner companies can enter into agreements or conferences with other common carriers for the fixing of uniform rates between them, and it is provided that to the extent such agreements have been approved by the Federal Maritime Commission, they will be excepted from the antitrust laws. The same privilege should be accorded to tramp op­ erators, and they should be allowed to enter into con­ ferences, whereunder uniform fair and reasonable rates can be established by types of vessels. The Shipping Act of 1916 should be amended to accomplish this result. Congressional Hearings Held On Great Lakes Subsidy Bill WASHINGTON—Senator Philip Hart of Michigan, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, has introduced a bill intended to provide that all subsidy benefits of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act apply to the Great Lakes. The act as written now mentions specifi­ cally the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts, but makes no re­ He added that the 1936 Merchant ing their equipment. He said that ference to the Great Lakes. Marine Act, contains provisions for even the US Government owns and Senator Hart has been active the past few months in seeking rea­ sons for the lack of greater use of the Great Lakes by exporters and importers and whether this is be­ cause US flag carriers have not shown greater interest in serving the area. Senator Hart pointed out that 34 percent of US exports of manu­ factured goods originate in the area surrounding the Great Lakes. "At a time when the United States is in the midst of a major export drive, we must open the sea­ way to American-flag ships so that they may place these goods in for­ eign markets at a cost that will allow American business to com­ pete," Senator Hart said. AFGE Inks First Seaway Contract MASSENA, NY —The first labor agreement between the St. Lawrence Seaway Corpora­ tion and a union was signed here March 21, when Lodge 1968 of the American Federa­ tion of Government Em­ ployees, covering 140 Seaway workers, agreed to terms granting the union rights re­ sembling collective bargaining in private industry. Lodge president Ronald King, noting that the govern­ ment employees are paid on a basis arrived at by taking an average of wages in the area, announced that he is under­ taking a study of fringe bene­ fits in the area, to get govern­ ment benefits to correspond with the local average benefits paid out by private industry in the area. construction and operating subsi­ dies which "inadvertently dis­ criminate against American flag­ ships in the Great Lakes ports." The St. Lawrence Seaway opened the Great Lakes to the sea 20 years after the 1936 Act was passed. Senator Hart's bill would speci­ fically add "Great Lakes" to Sec­ tion 211 of the 1936 Act, which gen­ erally directs that determinations be made of essential routes to US commerce and all such necessary aspects of the maritime industry. To date, the Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee has held hearings on bills to pay ship con­ struction subsidies to domestic op­ erators, including those on the Great Lakes. Appearing recently before a meeting of the Merchant Marine Committee, A. C. Sullivan Jr., the president of the SIU Great Lakes District contracted—Gartland Ship­ ping Company, told the commit­ tee that the decline of US ship­ ping on the lakes had caused widespread unemployment in vast areas of that region. Sullivan urged passage of a bill intro­ duced by Senator E. L. Bartlett (D-Alaska), which would give USflag ships engaged in domestic trades subsidies similar to those available to Canadian shipowners. The Bartlett bill provides that in the event US subsidies are not available, the Lakes shipowners would be permitted to circum­ vent the 1936 Merchant Marine Act and have their vessels built in foreign shipyards at sums that often amount to half of what it would cost to have the ships bulit in US shipyards. He cited airlines, railroads, trucklines and pipelines as industries permitted to follow economic principles when obtain­ operates power plants which are permitted to buy foreign-built gen­ erating equipment. Testifying earlier before the same committee, John E. Chubb, president of the SIU Great Lakes District-contracted Ann Arbor Railroad Co., told Congressmen that the carriers of the nation's "fourth coast" need relief from the section of the Merchant Marine Act which prohibits the Great Lakes Carriers from using vessels built or rebuilt outside the United States, at costs lower than those in this country. The Ann Arbor Railroad Co., operates four railroad car ferries between Frankfort, Mich., and other Lake Michigan ports. By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary<Treasurer, Great Lakes Fit-Out Proceeds For New Season Now that the Marine Engineers Beneflcia! Association has won its pension plan fight here on the Lakes, many of the SlU-contracted com­ panies who were awaiting the results of the negotiations have notified the seniority board to recall their crews. At the present time, there are 40 SIU vessels fitting out in ports all over the Great Lakes. Mem­ bers are reporting to the Detroit hall day and night for clearance, and many others are being cleared >aboard ship by our patrolmen. Townscnd of the Huron Portland Gene Hutchinson, who sails as Cement fleet. We have some pic­ AB aboard the SS Peter Reiss, tures of the event that are being came into the Detroit hall last prepared for the LOG, showing week and picked up a check for the fellows returning to the job. $200 representing disputed over­ One shot has Brother Charles time collected for him by the Rueli plowing through the snow union. Cliff Cromberg, who also and winter debris on the deck of sails on the Peter Reiss, was the Townsend, helping to store the mailed a sizeable check for dis­ vessel. He was hauling a crate of puted overtime a few days earlier. "Blue Blazes lettuce" at the time, Honors for the first vessel to fit and looked like he could use a out here in . Detroit for the 1964 ^ . good blaze to get the storing job season go to the steamer Paul^done a lot quicker. Great Lakes SIU crewmen from the carferry Chief Wawotan are pictured at Cadijiao, Mich., where they attended protest against railroad plans to cut rail service to upper Michigen. They drove to meeting from Frankfort. We received a note from Mrs. Clifford Setunsky out in Marinette, Wis., on behalf of her SIU husband and herself, expressing thanks for the prompt action on a hospital claim right after she was dis­ charged from the hospital. Many members and their families in this area don't realize that welfare and claims business goes on 12 months a year, even though the shipping season is much shorter. The start of the season here on the Lakes will see the active boats steaming past the tied-up fleet of the T. J. McCarthy fleet of auto carriers. The company cites ICC action in allowing discriminatory railroad rates on new car move­ ments as the cause for the idling. In this connection, a group of our members from Frankfort and the SlU-contracted carfcrry Chief Wawatan who drove to a meeting In Cadiliac for a protest against cuts in rail service to upper Michi­ gan deserve the praise of all hands. They really went out of their way to represent the SIU at the protest. �April 17. U84 SEAPARERB Pate Fiften LOO New York Committee Nixes State Barge Canal Transfer ALBANY—^Maritime industry hopes for Federal operation of New York state's 550 miles of barge canals were quashed recently, when a Joint Legislative Committee recommended that the Barge Canal system be kept under state control and not be transferred to Federal authority, The recommendation was use "pork barrel appropriations" year. The committee emphasized based on a four-year study by for Improvements. Yet the same that if the Federal study finds Alaskan earthquake and tidal wave smashed buildings and streets, killed upwards of 100 persons, and destroyed jobs of many workers. Scene in Anchorage pictures cars dam­ aged and abandoned on city's topsy-turvy 4th Avenue, the main business street, with Anchorage-Westward Hotel in background. Twenty-seven of those lost were SlUNA shoreside members working on dock in Valdez. By E. B. McAuley, West Coast Representative Jobseekers Warned Away From Alaska Jobscekers flocking into Alaska for work are making things worse for residents, most of whom survived the recent earthquake and who themselves have little hope of finding immediate work, State AFL-CIO President R. E. McFarland said last week. He said he would feel "real lucky to get our own people to work by mid-July.',' The spring ice break-up is still six weeks away and there is absolutely no chance of newcomers going to work for three or four months. McFarland said that many workers were coming to the north­ ern state with just enough money for the trip. They must be fed and housed along with the victims of the 'quake, McFarland pointed out. Speaking of the quakes, the SIU Pacific District contracted Chena was docked in Alaska when the upheaval began. Her owners report that she was lifted higher than nearby buildings by tidal action and actually struck the bottom of Valdez Bay twice., Valdez Bay is ordinarily 35 feet deep. On the political front, more than 500 delegates to the California Council on Political Education have endorsed State Controller Alan Cranston for the Democratic nomination to the Senate in the June 2 primary and former Gov. Fred Hall of Kansas for the Republican nomination. The COPE Executive Council the previous day had interviewed Cranston, Hall, Pierre Salinger, and a spokesman for incumbent Demo­ cratic Senator Cliiir Engle. Karl Jarve, last on the ill-fated Taddei Village, is celebrating his transportation payoff from that ship for his trip back here from Japan. He sends his thanks to the Contract Department in headquarters for collecting the $265 differential for him. Harry (Swede) Larson, a lost soul from Brooklyn, now makes his home in sunny SF and is looking for a soft coastwise run. George Porwick, known mostly by SIU members as just "George the cab driver," passed away Wednesday, April 15, due to a heart attack. He was a personal friend of many of our members and Is known coast to coast by fellows who have hit SF during the years. He be­ friended many Seafarers, and was a nice guy in every way—a rarity among cab drivers who work the waterfront out here. Lou Tarallo and Herbert Hutchins are looking for berths, and al­ though Tarallo, an electrician, wants a lover's run to the Far East, Hutchins says he would be happy to go anywhere. Max Lipkin Is now tending bar in a local bistro after having operated a restaurant in Yokohama. His last vessel also was the Taddei Village. Marion S. Ciaglo paid off the Hastings back in February and is now holding out for a Far East run so that he can get home every few months in order to see the missus. Just repatriated from Palermo, Sicily, off the Hedge Haven, John W. Singer is also looking for a run to the Far East. Another couple of oldtimers who were on the beach awhile back in SF with their eyes peeled for a Far East run were Willie Toomer and Curly Masterson. Toomer, who has been with the SIU since way back in 1939, always sails as saloon rnessman and is just waiting for the right job to come up so he can ship again. The same goes for Masterson, except his idea of the ideal job is FWT. Up in Seattle, Duke Sampson just came off the Transerie after a trip to Pakistan and is ready to make another. Says he doesn't care too much for the run, but the loot is good. Richard Shalfner, an oldtimer who just got out of the hospital, is searching for a run to India. The John C, Robin Hood and Wild Ranger paid off this week in Seattle, and the Hudson is expected to payoff. Wilmington reports a slowdown in shipping over the last period with only four ships in transit. Charles H. Kath, a 20-year-man, stopped into the hall to pick up his vacation check, and will be taking some time off to attend his son's graduation from Pasadena High School. No vacation for Emil J. Glaser, though. He hit Wilmington after repatriation from the Taddei Village rrounding, then turned around and shipped on the Massmar for the E.'st Coast. Harold Lane was married in a mighty unique way last week while on the beach. He and his bride, the former Miss Patricia Abi'ams, tied the knot in the rear of Wilmington's Foc'sle Bar. True to his word, the owner of the Bar passed out free champagne following the ceremony. Lane met his bride there, so the locale was a natural. a committee headed by Assembly­ man Edward R. Crawford. The study was initiated in 1959 after a state referendum voted to give the Legislature authority to transfer the waterway to the Federal Government. Maritime interests, who have been utilizing the canal for moving about 3.5 million tons of cargo annually, called the committee's recommendations "shocking" and "prejudiced" In favor of the rail­ roads. The railroads vigorously opposed the transfer of the canal to federal control. Maritime interests had waged a hard fight in favor of the canal transfer, claiming that the canal system has been allowed to deteriorate under state control. It was felt by the marine industry that Federal maintenance of navigation channels and locks would result in much-needed im­ provements, especially for the large barges and tugs that are needed for efficient and economi­ cal use of the waterway. The canal system, which dates back to 1825 when the original Erie Canal was put into operation, last year handled 3.2 million tons of cargo. This represents a precipitous drop from a post-war high of 5.2 million tons handled in 1951. Advocates of the transfer measure pointed out several con­ tradictions in the committee re­ port. One of the reasons advanced by the committee for not trans­ ferring the waterways was that the Federal Government would Broader US Wage-Hour Law Asked WASHINGTON — Congress has been asked by the AFL-CIO to extend wage-hour protection to millions of additional workers as a "vdtal weapon" in the nation's war on poverty. "What possible excuse can there be for paying a laundry worker or a hotel dishwasher less than 50 cents an hour?" the AFL-CIO asked members of a House Labor subcommittee. "It is bad enough to be poor be­ cause of unemployment," he said. "It is even worse to suffer poverty —the grinding, demeaning poverty of 35 or 50 or 75 cents an hour— while hard at- work in a useful occupation." Congress was urged to bring an additional 2.7 million workers un­ der the Fair Labor Standards Act and add a ceiling over hours to the minimum wage coverage of 1.9 million workers who currently are only partly protected by the law. Labor welcomes the Administra­ tion's proposal to extend coverage to 735,000 more workers and re­ move the overtime exemption from most groups now excluded, as pro­ vided in a bill introduced by Sub­ committee Chairman James Roose­ velt (D-Calif.). The AFL-CIO asked for extended coverage for workers in retail trade, restaurant, hotel and motel workers, and workers in laundries and hospitals. report later recommends that the Federal Government be called upon to make an annual appropria­ tion to cover, at the very least, a portion of the cost of operating, maintaining and improving the canal system. The Joint Legislative Commit­ tee noted in its report that the future of the waterway also was under study by the Army Corps of Engineers, and that the study would not be completed until next that the improvement of tha waterway by the Federal Govern­ ment would benefit the national interest, than "it would be insumbent upon the Legislature to consider the recommendations contained in this report." The Port of New York Authority has supported the canal transfer measure, calling it "an effective means of obtaining necessary modernization of this transporta­ tion artery." By Sidney Margolius Dealer Junkets Pad Appliance Costs The public pays millions of dollars extra in prices of appliances and household equipment for the dealer Junkets and trips sponsored now­ adays by many large manufacturers. Junketing has become a standard practice. General Electric, Gibson, other big manufacturers fly merchants or take them on cruises to such exotic places as Rome and other cities In Europe, Hawaii, Rio de Jane­ iro, Bermuda, and Acapulco, Mexico. These trips are rewards for dealers who meet certain sales targets. But you pay the bill when you buy an air conditioner or other appli­ ance that the manufacturer happens to want dealers to push. The junkets have become so widespread and obviously expensive that even some of the dealers themselves are beginning to protest. One large air-conditioner manufacturer, Fedders, has announced it will let deal^ns take the cost of such trips in lower appliance prices if they preler. One source estimated this could mean a reduction of $30-$50 in the cost of air conditioners, although another source from the same company said the savings are not that large, "Home Furnishings Daily" reports. In any case, the cost is substantial. One leading manufacturer has hired a ship to take its bigger dealers and their wives on a ten-day cruise at a cost estimated at $2400 * per couple. offer valuable guidance. But this Another large manufacturer, is to say you need to be on your Frigidaire, plays dealers' choice. guard if you find the salesman Merchants can take the trips or dealer noticeably is pressing Frigidaire sponsors or stay at you to buy a particular model. home and take $10 off the prices In the mattress business es­ of air conditioners they order in pecially, spiffs or PM's notori­ the company's sales campaign. ously are used for pushing the Not all merchants want such highest-priced models. The presi­ trips or condone the practice. dent of one large mattresss fac­ The president of a leading ap­ tory has called PM's "the most pliance chain told us that he has vicious" practice ever promoted instructed his staff to refuse such by retailers and manufacturerss trips and insist on reduced prices both. The consumer is the one Instead. Similarlj, the National who really pays for PM's, he said. Retail Merchants Association has But what can you do about the declared that most of its members dealer junkets? Your only defense oppose such awards to sellers, and is comparison shopping. Some­ prefer that the expense of the times, for example, you can find junkets be used to reduce costs. a difference of $10 to $30 in the Manufacturers sometimes award price of a large appliance. There trips for sales employees who suc­ have been instancess in which it cessfully push their brands, as has been possible to save $10 just well as to dealers. An even more by walking across the street to a widespread practice involving the competing store. salespeople is the use of "spiffs" It also is obvious that the prac­ or "push money" paid by manu­ tice of giving expensive junkets facturers. Those often are used to on advertised brands helps the induce salespeople to push the private brands of the larger re­ sale of certain brands of mat­ tailers relatively better compara­ tresses as well as household ap­ tive values, since they do not in­ pliances. clude this cost. Many of the pri­ Then the potential harm to con­ vate-brand appliances sold by sumers is doubled. Not only must various large retailers under their you pay the cost of the manufac­ own brand names are made by turer-sponsored trips or cash some of the manufacturers most spiffs in the price of the mer­ active in providing junkets. chandise, but you may be sub­ The most ironic and potentially jected to heavy pressure to buy harmful prospect is that if Con­ a particular brand or a higher gress passes the so-called "qual­ price model. ity stabilization" bill enabling This doesn't mean you never manufacturers to fix prices, even should believe a salesman's retailers who prefer to sell for advice about what to buy. Many less rather than accept trips or experienced retail salesmen do other awards, would have to sell at the same prices as the others. The millions of dollars spent on , L^htk^OiV... junkets then would be a legally fixed part of the retail prices you pay. �Pase Sixteen April 17, 1M4 LOG Overcharged On Foreign Commission Feet Rap Agriculture Department For Laxity In $ iWanagement WASHINGTON—An investigation by the US Comptroller General into overpayment or overclaims on freight paid by the US Department of Agriculture on Public Law 480 surplus agricultural commodities has led to a sharp warning to the Agriculture Department to tighten its supervision and-*make more "thorough and Ing. A similar situation in re­ Although the amount of tho gards to commissions existed on new sale is not large, it Is signifi­ careful" examinations of the cant because of Cargill's previous Yugoslav shipments cited. Stcwort & Ed Meemy Headquarters Representatives Shipboard Safety Depends On You On* fact that bears repetition from time to time is that you can only get as much out of a shipboard safety plan as you put into it. Every Seafarer should be familiar with the procedure for maintaining a safety program aboard SIU vessels and for holding shipboard safety meetings to deal with problems that may occasionally arise eyen on the most safety conscious ships. claims for ocean shipping freight New Claims Filed charges that the requirement to Procedures were worked out several years ago and have proved payments. ship one half of all the grains to their value by making and keeping SlU-contracted vessels among the Since the start of the investiga­ The report by the Comptroller tion by the Comptroller General, the Soviet aboard American-flag General charged that Agriculture the Agriculture Department has ships would serve as a deterrent safest afloat. These procedures keep our SIU safety program operating. They represent the ground rules on which a good safety program must Department officials "did not give submitted new claims on Yugosla­ to the sale of any more wheat to be based. One tried and proven facet of maintaining overall safety proper consideration to all avail­ the Russians and probably would able information involving the via for $357,085 and to the U.A.R. kill the program altogether. This aboard ship is ship's meetings on the specific subject of safety. Thgy for $192,196. This compares with type of payments to be included the $22,974 and $46,067 respec­ charge was vigorously disputed by continue to demonstrate their importance not only in calling attention in the claims against these coun­ tively, originally claimed by the the SIU and other US maritime to specific areas in which safety-aimed improvements are needed, but tries, but relied instead on er­ Agriculture Department before unions, who countered that the in constantly bringing the idea home to the individual Seafarer that safety is part of his job and represents a goal toward which he should roneous and unverified informa­ the investigation threw light on only thing the 50-50 requirement be striving for his own benefit as well as that of his shipmates. tion." the situation. would do is to cut down on the In general, each vessel participating in a safety program has five The overpayment or overclaims Meanwhile, the Department of amount of profit to the grain deal­ safety committees set up to assist in accident prevention. In the past dealt with in the report are in Commerce has announced that the ers, such as Cargill. SIU Presi­ these committees have proved their value, as a glance at the SIU safety connection with surplus agricul­ Soviet Union has bought another dent Paul Hall accused Cargill of record will clearly indicate. Each-f — tural commodities sold to the 70,000 tons of wheat from the US. "waving the flag in order to mask committee, however, needs the United Arab Republic and YugoThe department said it had issued their gluttony for greater profits continuing cooperation of all hands tion of the entire vessel at least lavia under P.L. 480. a license to Cargill, Inc. to sell at the expense of this nation's in­ to maintain and continue the fine once a month. The inspection is Regulations governing payment best made department by depart­ over $5 million worth of wheat to terest in the carraige of grain record established in the past. of freight spell out that any party the Soviet. ment and, during the inspection products to the Soviet bloc." receiving any sort of commission The various safety committees of a particular department, in ad­ arising from a transaction must are set up and usually operate dition to the mate and the en­ be identified. Furthermore, the best in the following manner: gineer, only the Safety representa­ report points out, the department SENIOR SAFETY COMMITTEE. tive for that particular department specifically decided nearly three The Senior Safety Committee con­ is usually in attendance. years ago that it would not reim­ During their inspection they sisting of various ship's officers burse for commission paid by car­ and an unlicensed representative should look into and report any ex­ riers to the Ramses Maritime Co., from each department (elected by isting unsafe practices or condi­ Alexandria, Egypt, "or to any the department), meets once per tions. They shall also observe and other person or firm operating un­ month at a time designated by the report on the progress being made der" the same arrangements NEW BEDFORD—Some 1,200 members of the SIU affili­ vessel's master. on previously-approved recommen­ where a fee is paid. ated New Bedford Fishermen's Union are now balloting on A minimum suggested, agenda dations and whether the previ­ In the new case disclosed by whether to authorize a strike in the deadlocked negotiations for this meeting is the following: ously - approved recommendations the report, Ramses "was not per­ seem to be accomplishing the de­ Discuss a safety subject. forming services warranting such with the New Bedford Sea--*sired results. Discuss accidents since last ford citizens. The union is object-^ commissions" but received com­ food Producers Association, If this minimum program is meeting. mission despite the previous rul- the boat owner's organization. ing to this on the grounds that it's followed and all hands aboard difficult to find an experienced, Consider recommendations The fishermen, who work on work together for the desired re­ forwarded from the depart­ some 200 boats in this port, began inopartial arbitrator locally, one sult, progress can continually be mental safety meetings. casting their ballots on April 7. who is willing to undertake such made on eliminating hazards and Consider findings and recom­ The voting will continue through an assignment. accidents that are costly and un­ mendations of Inspection The union wants decisions ren­ Monday, April 20 in order to give necessary for all involved. Committee. (See "Vessel's members now at sea an opportunity dered by the arbitrator to be bind­ Safety Inspection Commit­ ing on both sides, but the boat to participate in the voting. tee" below.) The balloting was ordered after owners have stated they want the 'boat owner negotiators failed to courts to have the final say on such Formal minutes of this meeting make any "significant" proposals matters. are kept and forwarded to the THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Fed­ after a series of meetings with the The union is also insisting that various company safety depart­ eral governments have been known union representatives. In fact, present deductions made on the ments in duplicate. The companies to be "grabby" upon occasion, but Austin P. Skinner, the union's sec­ fishermen toward the cost of elec­ should also forward a copy of the this takes the cake—or the island. retary-treasurer, said the boat own­ tronic gear on the boats be elimi­ minutes to this department for The Dutch Mihister for Justice ers now have receded from pro­ nated. It is also demanding an study and possible joint action. has announced that the government posals they made at the outset of increase of one half of 1 percent WASHINGTON — The Depart­ DEPARTMENTAL SAFETY might occupy a private man-made the talks. in health and welfare benefits for COMMITTEE. Each Departmental ment of Agriculture has announced island not yet in existence, under The union is insisting that an the members, plus changes in Safety Committee meets once a the first agreement with the Ivory terms of a convention not yet in impartial arbitrator be appointed working conditions, such as sailing month prior to the meeting of Coast under Public Law 480. effect. by either the Federal Mediation times. The agreement with the Ivory the Senior Safety Committee. Minister Yvo Scholten told the Service or the National Arbitration The old contract expired on Membership of these committees Coast provides for the sale of $3.8 Senate that the Cabinet was con­ Association to handle issues aris­ March 31. The negotiations com­ is as follows: million worth of US rice and in­ sidering his plan to claim the in­ ing under the contract. edible tallow. In all, the transaction menced prior to the expiration The departmental safety repre­ stallation as Dutch territory al­ On the other hand, the boat own­ date after the union notified the sentative, plus the chief mate, first involves about 88.1 million pounds though it would be erected five ers want a local arbitrator to be association of its Intention to reassistant engineer or chief steward of rice worth about $2.4 million miles off the coast, two miles out­ picked from a pool of New Bed- open the contract. (depending on the department) and and 11 million pounds of tallow side territorial waters. all members of the department off worth $980,000. Ocean transporta­ According to Crcholten, the non­ tion costs were estimated at about watch. existent island could be claimed $350,000. The minimum suggested agenda uouer provisions of the unpracticed Sales will be made by private for each of these meetings is the US grain traders. The agreement Continental Shelf Convention following: signed by the Conference of Law also provides that 50 percent of Safety representative's report of the Sea in Geneva in 1958. the Ivory Coast francs received on the previous Senior The, convention endorses coastal in payment will be loaned to the Safety Committee Meetings. states rights beyond the three-mile Ivory Coast Government for eco­ Discuss a safety subject. limit for the exploitation of natural nomic development, 35 percent will Discuss unsafe practices and/ resources. be used to defray US overseas ex­ or conditions observed. However, government sources penses, and the remaining 15 per­ Recommendations to be taken disagreed with the minister's views cent will be set aside for US for­ to the next Senior Safety that the government could base its eign aid loans to US and Ivory Committee meeting. action on the 1958 agreement, but Coast private business firms. believed that the island could be VESSEL'S SAFETY INSPEC­ •The Ivory Coast is one of the occupied since it could not be re­ TION COMMITTEE. This commit­ new nations on the east coast of garded as a ship protected by a tee shall consist of the following Africa. It gained its independence foreign flag. members: from France on August 7, 1960 and The island is to be used by a One Mate (Appointed by the became a member of the United private company to broadcast com­ Master). Nations on September 20 of the mercial television programs to the One Engineer (Appointed by same year. Netherlands. Spokesmen for the the Master). Members of Local 980, internafiona! Brotherhood of Elec­ unidentified company announced Deck Department Safety Rep­ that the TV station would begin trical Worlcers, hold contract ratification meeting at SIU resentative. operation in July. Engine Department Safety Norfolk hall after winding up their strike at the Virginia Elec­ The station would compete with Representative. tric & Power Company. The workers had been out on the the government-run non-commer­ Steward Department Safety bricks about a week prior to the successful wind-up of pact cial Dutch television station, which Representative. talks. They lauded support given by Seafarers during the is financed by fees collected from The ship's Safety Inspection • dispute. .• viewers. Committee should make an inspec­ SIU Fishermen's Union Begins Strike Bailoting Island Crab Planned By Netherlands Ivory Coast To Get US Rice, Tallow Virginia Electrical Strike Ends �April 17, 1964 SEAFARERS 10. Other disbursements (a) See Attachment (b) : 11. Total lines 7 to 10, inclusive 12. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 6, less line 11) ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended Novemher 30, 1963 SEAFARERS WELFARE FLIND 17 Battery Place, New York 4, NY to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 123 William Street, New York 38, NY. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES i As of November 30, 1963 (Name of plan) Seafarers Welfare Plan (Address of plan's principal office) 17 Battery Place, New York 4, NY. ASSETS1. Cash 2. Bonds and debentures (a) Government obligations (b) Nongovernment bonds (c) Total bonds and debentures. 3. Stocks (a) Preferred (b) Common 4. Common trusts 5. Real estate loans and mortgages 6. Operated real estate 7. Other investment assets 8. Accrued income receivable on invest­ ments 9. Prepaid expenses 10. Other assets (aI See attachment (b) (c) Column (2) 617,281.56 Column* (3) 796,407.58 2,118,972.07 2,915,379.65 Not Applicable —0— 1,161,942.98 294,950.33 4,372,272.96 55,474.71 11. Total assets 55,474.71 5,045,029.23 LIABILITIES AND FUNDS 12. Insurance and annuity premiums payable —0— 13. Reserve for unpaid claims (not covered by insurance) —0— 14. Accounts payable. See Attachment .. 524,495.32 15. Accrued payrolls, taxes and other ex­ penses —0— 16. Total liabilities 17. Funds and reserves (a) See below 1,779,951.00 (b) Fund balance 2,740,582.91 <c> (d.i Total funds and reserves .. 4,520,533.91 Iff. Total liabilities and funds 5,045,029.23 45,750.36 45,750.86 4,018,849.43 (599,301.99) RECONCILIATION OF FUND BALANCES 13. Fund balance at beginning of year 14. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 12) 15. Other increases or decreases in funds (a) Net increase or decrease by adjustment in asset values of investment. Adjustment in bond carrying value from amortized cost to cost (455.10) (b) See Attachment (359,534.32) -524,495,32 Item 17 (a) Re.serve for welfare benefits for pensioners and their dependents— $1,779,951.00 EXHIBIT B-2 For Year Ending November 30, 1963 (Name of plan) Seafarers Welfare Plan (Address of plan's principal office) 17 Battery Place, New York 4, NY. DISBURSEMENTS 7. Insurance and annuity premiums paid to insurance companies for participants benefits 8. Benefits provided other than through insurance carriers or other service organizations. See Attachment.... 9. Administrative expenses (a) Salaries (Schedule 1) (b) Fees and commissions (c) Interest (d) Taxes (e) Rent (f) Other administrative expenses 3,165,692.67 194,335.21 19,280.62 Item No. I. Seafarers Welfare Plan is identified with various Atlantic, Gulf Coast and Great Lakes steamship companies, tugboat and dredging operators who have collective bargaining agreements with the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, the Inland Boatmen's Union of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America, Great Lakes District. &B Classes of Benefits Provided Death Medical Hospital Sickness and Accident Maternity Medical Examination Program Unemployment Blood Transfusions Optical Surgical Burial Plots Special Therapeutic Equipment Rehabilitation Blood Bank , _ Rehabilitation Therapy EXHIBIT B-I—Item 10—Other Assets Investment In Stock of Wholly-Owned Corporation (At Cost) $ 2,000.00 Miscellaneous Receivables 19,936.65 Deposits 444.00 Due from Other Plans 28,094.06 Capital Donated to Wholly-Owned Corps $426,293.70 Less: Reserve for Donated Capital 421,293.70 6,000.00 Fixed Assets Furniture and Fixtures—New York 353,577.94 Medical and Safety Program Facilities—Bklyn..NY.. 92,412.13 Medical and Safety Program Facilities—Puerto Rico.. 61,949.69 Medical and Safety Program Facilities — New Orleans, La 44,852.34 Furniture and Fixtures—Blood Bank Program—New York, NY 558.78 Medical and Safety Program Facilities—Bait., Md.... 46,050.49 Equipment Outports 7,275.07 Cemetery Plots 1,888.35 608,564.79 608,564.79 40,238.96 3,419,547.46 —0—• 3,469,588.70 $ 55,474.71 $ 6,507.64 7,395.46 20,319.27 490,272.95 $524,495.32 EXHIBIT B-I — Statement of Significant Unrecorded Assets and Liabilities ASSETS Contributions Receivable—^Note Interest Receivable on Bonds $1,385,882.12 26,803.11 $1,412,685.23 LIABILITIES Incurred Benefits Payable Administrative Expenses Payable $ 429,446.20 32,469.54 $ 461,915.74 Note: Included herein are delinquent contributions in the amount of $272,000 due from A. H. Bull Steamship Company, as principal for its own vessels and from its subsidiary, A. H. Bull & Company, Inc., as agents for several steamship companies. Attorneys for the Plan have Instituted suits libeling various vessels under the control of the companies and the partieSi involved are presently engaged in proceedings for reorganization under the Bankniptcy Act. EXHIBIT B-2—Line 8 and Page 2—Item 7 Benefits provided other than through insurance carrier or other service organization. Cost of Benefits Paid. $3,306,861.82 Cost of fixed assets acquired for purpose of providing specific benefits 162,726.88 EXHIBIT B-2—Line 10—Other Disbursements Trustees Meetings ; Travel Expenses Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment Maintenance of Real Estate Information Booklets $ 7,081.83 4,789.91 27,430.96 4,439.23 2,008,43 $45,750.36 503,510.39 —0— Total Other Assets Item 14—Accounts Payable Payroll Taxes Withheld Accounts Payable Contributions Held In Escrow Due to Other Plans $3,469,588.70 279,978.21 54,884.16 —0— 14,942.36 20,193.94 133,511.72 (359,989.42) 2,740,582.91 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS 4,166.80 35,404.30 667.86 (599,301.99) 16. Fund balance end of year Less: Reserve for Fixed Assets > Indicate accounting basis by check; Cash X Accrual •. Plans on a cash basis should attach • statement of signiflcant unrecorded assets and liabilities. See Attachment. • The assets listed in this statement must be valued in column (1) on the basis regularly used in valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregate cost or present vaiue, whichever is iower. if such a statement is not so required to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department (Act, sec. 7 (e) and (f) (1) (B)). State basis of determining the amount at which securities are carried and shown in column (1): Bonds, stocks and Treasury bills at cost. • If A (2) in item 13, PART III is checked "Yes," show in this column the cost of present value, whichever is lower, of investment summarized in lines 2c. 3a, and 3b, if such vaiue differs from that reported in column (1). RECEIPTS 1. Contributions (a) Employer (b) Employees (c) Other (Specify) 2. Interest, dividends, and other investment net income.. 3. Gain (or lo.ss) from disposal of assets, net. Loss 4. Dividends and experience rating refunds from insur­ ance companies 5. Other receipts (a) Interest on Delinquent Contributions (b) Equipment and Office Improvement Rental. (c) Miscellaneous 6. Total lines 1 to 5, inclusive 3,699,874.32 SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ATTACHMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT-FORM D-2 NOVEMBER 30, 1962 EXHIBIT B-I Column (1) Page Seventeen LOG (Continued on page 18) �Page Etgiteeu SEAFARERS ANNUAL REPORT (Continued from page 17) EXHIBIT B-2—Line 15(B)—Other Increases or (Decreases) In Fnnds Increase in Reserve for Welfare Benefits to Pensioners and their Dependents Acquisition of Fund Balance Resulting from (Donsolidation with Other Plan ($423,573.00) 64,038.68 ($359,534.32) AprH ». IfM LOG 15. Accrued payrolls, taxas and otlwr expenses 19. Total liabilities 17. Funds and reserves (a) Reserve for futiuv benefits and expenses (b) (c) (d) Total funds and reserves 18. Total liabilities and funds 9.150.773.48 5.159.773.49 9,159.773.45 « Indicate accounting basis by check: Cash • Accrual X. Plans on a cash basis should attach a statement of significant unrecorded assets and Uabilities. > The assets listed in this statement murt be valued in column (1) on the basis regularly used In valuing investments heid in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or sbaU be valued at their aggregate cost or present value, whichever Is lower, if such a atafement la not to re^iulred to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department (Act, sec. 7 (e) and (D (1) (B). Stats baals of determining the amount at which securities are carried and ^own in column (D: Bonds. Stocks and Treasury BUis —At Cost. " If A (2) In item 13, PART III Is checked "Yes." show in this column the cost or present value, whichever is lower, of investments summarized in Unes 2c. 3a. and 3b. It such valua dUfera ttom that reported in column (1). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEAFARERS WELFARE FUND X EXHIBIT B-2 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS For Year Ending November 30. 1963 (Name of plan) Seafarers Pension Plan (Address of plan's principal oifice) 17 Battery Place, New York 4. NY. and.. Trustees of the Fund and.... ..., ~.™. being duly sworn, each for himself deposes and says that this Annual Report is true to the best of his informa* tion, knowledge and belief. Subscribed and twortt to befon before me thie Employee trustee: ^ JOHN J. BBOTSEO NOTflBY PUBLIC. Slai® ol NBW Tool No. aO-ClC£365 OuoUHed In Noiiaau County Cert. Wad in Nassau Co. & N. Y. Co. t?«inmiss>oa Expiioe Maieh 3% WW RECEIPTS 1. Contributions (a) Employer (b) Employees (c) Others (Specify) 2. Interest, dividends, and other investment net income 3. Gain (or loss) from disposal of assets, net 4. Dividends and experience rating refunds from insurance companies 5. Other receipts (a) (b) (c) 6. Total lines 1 to 5, inclusive r ANNUAL REPORT 7. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 1963 8. SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN 9. 17 Battery Place, New York 4, NY to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE 10. of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data con-tained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at tlie office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 123 William Streot..-New York 38. NY. EXHIBIT B-1 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES i As of November 30, 1963 (Name of plan) Seafarers Pension Plan (Address of plan's principal office) 17 Battery Place, New York 4. NY. ASSETS' Column (I) Column (2) $ 102,484.38 Column* (3) 1. Cash 2. Bonds and debentures (a) Government obligations ... $ 251,785.00 (b) Nongovernment bonds 1,578,442.40 (c) Total bonds and debentures. 1,830,227.40 3. Stocks Not (a) Preferred 345,427.48 Applicable (b) Common 1,889,164.81 4. Common trusts 5. Real estate loans and mortgages 295,384.73 6. Operated real estate 7. Other investment assets. U.S. Treasury Bills 199,213.77 4,559,418.19 8. Accrued interest paid on investments. 1,397.93 9. Prepaid expenses 10. Other assets (a) Accounts Receivable 496,472.95 (b) (c) 496,472.95 11. Total assets $5,159,773.45 LIABILITIES AND FUNDS 12. Insurance and annuity premiums payable 13. Reserve for unpaid claims (not covered by insurance) 14. Accounts payable 11. 12. $3,238,783.00. 110,683.54 27,788.18 $3,375,254.72 / DISBURSEMENTS Insurance and annuity premiums paid to insurance companies for participants benefits Benefits provided other than through insurance carriers or other service organizations Administrative expenses (a) Salaries (Schedule 1) (b) Fees "and commissions (c) Interest • (d) Taxes (e) Rent (f) Other administrative expenses Other disbursements (a) Trustee.s Meeting Expense (b) Traveling Expense Total lines 7 to 10, inclusive Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 6, less line 11) 790,145.58 46,961.42 23,677.93 2,463.02 3,284.64 44,838.61 5,462.78 845.68 121,225.62 6,308.46 917,679.66 2,457,575.06 RECONCILIATION OF FUND BALANCES 13. Fund balance at beginning of year —0— 14. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 12) 2,457,575.96 15. Other increases or decreases in funds (a) Net increase or decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments. Adjustment in Bond Carrying Value from Amortized Cost to Cost 869.67 (b) Net increase in Reserve for Future Benefits and Expenses (2,458,444.73) (2,457,575.06) 16. Fund balance end of year ()—. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE .5EAFAREkS..,PEN.S.ip.N..FUN0 and Truztees of the Fund and,... being duly sworn, each for himself deposes and says that this Annual Report is true to the best of his Information, knowledge and belief. Subscribed and tworn to before me this ..jiayor....f; 1I1...C5C Employee trusteei 6^ ^ JOHK X BACUSE<» KOTABY PUBUC, SlaW of N»w Todl No. 30-8482085 ~ ^ QuolUiad in Nnoaau County ICML Bled in Nasaau Co. S, H. Y. (^ jConmiMioB ExpUas Hoioli 30, UW �SEAFARERS Afriilf, MM Tag* WaHetm tOG The crew aljoard the Penn Transporter (Penn Navigation) experienced some anxious hours on the first leg of their trip to Port Said. Five days out the ship sprang a leak which filled the^port tank with 14 feet of water, and the crew was forced to dump 186 tons of corn over the side. James H. Bales, by a delegation from the Trans­ ship's delegate, reports that globe including Anthony Palino, by the time the Transporter ship's delegate, Jorge Ripoll and The damage sustained by the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian) when she was in a collision with the MV Zeta below New Orleans on the Mississippi is seen in the two photos. Bosun Enrica Tarelfl (top photo), is seen surveying part of the wreckage topside. Damage to the bridge is seen in the pic­ ture below. Neither ship was seriously injured in the acci­ dent. ^ Steel Seafarer Suffers Slight Crash Damage After a midnight bump on the fog-bound Mississippi River, the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian) was forced to turn about and head back to New Orleans for repairs. The Isthmian vessel, which was bound for New York to take on cargo, was involved in a collision with the Yugoslav-flag Zeta, which was sailing for New Orleans off Port Surphur. No one was in­ jured in the accident. Enrico Torelli, bosun on the Steel Seafarer, had several photos taken of the damage caused by the crash while the ship limped back to New Orleans. The photos, seen on this page, show some of the damage which the Steel Sea­ farer suffered. The SlU-contracted Seafarer suffered damage to several plates on the starboard side in the vicinity of No. 1 hatch, the chain rail, which was swept away, and slight injuries to her bridge. It was reported that injuries suffered by the Zeta were con­ fined to the area around her bow. Although the Steel Seafarer was not damaged seriously, repair work in New Orleans delayed her sailing for about a week. The Isthmian vessel sailed from New York late in March for Basrah, Iraq and other ports in the Middle East. She is scheduled to pay off in New York on May 28th. Type Minutes When Possible In order to assure accurate digests of shipboard meetings in the LOG, it is desirable that the .reports of shipboard meet­ ings be typed if at all possible. reached Spain for repairs, the corn cargo in four tanks and one hold became waterlogged. i R. De Boissiere, ship's delegate on the Transorient (Hudson) was given a special vote of thanks for taking care of C. D. Simmons, deck engineer, who was injured at sea. Simmons was hospitalized in Bombay, India and later sent home. After learning the rudimenls of medical care from tak­ ing care of the deck engineer, De Boissiere feels that he is in a spe­ cial position to appreciate the work of the SIU clinics. In a short note to the LOG, the ship's delegate expresses his thanks to the clinics foiv taking care of the Union members and their fami­ lies. Si 4 Crewmembers on the Sacra­ mento (Oriental Exporters) seem to have developed a yen for sea­ food. A Good and Welfare resolu­ tion requested the steward to make sure there were plenty of shrimp, scallops and oysters on the menu for the next trip. Ship's delegate Ralph O. King reports the Sacramento recently came out of layup in Jacksonville and was being brought around in good SIU order. s» s« s* The antics of the amateur cooks on the Steel Maker (Isthmian) are giving the galley staff a headache. Crewmembers have been asked to cease using the toaster for a hot plate. Ship's delegate William Bushay gave a vote of thanks to N. A. Huff, deck delegate, Joseph Cyr, engine delegate, and P. Saquiiayan, steward delegate, for Prove Eiigibiiity For Hospital $ Seafarers being admitted to a Public Health hospital are urged to carry with them their Union book plus proof of eli­ gibility for SIU benefits; namely, a record that they have at least 90 days seatime during the previous year and at least one day during the previous six months. Failure to have the proper credentials will cause a delay in payments to the Sea­ farer. If the Seafarer is admitted to a hospital which is not a PHS institution, he should contact the Union immediately. The Union will arrange with the USPHS for a transfer to a Pub­ lic Health hospital in his vicin­ ity. The PHS will not pick up the hospital tab for private hospital care, unless it is noti­ fied in advance. MONTPELIER VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Marcti • — Chairman, J. Whatley; Secretary, O. H. Wright. Ship sailed short two men from San Francisco. $7 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT In deck and steward de­ partments. Patrolman to be contacted regarding deck department rules and regulations as covered In agreement. Vote of thanks to steward and bis department for an exceptional Job well done. Patrick Macklin. 4 a, GATEWAY CITY (Sea-Land), Mar. 21—Chairman, Richard Adamson; Sec­ retary, R. Hernandez. Ship's delegate informed crew that payoff will be held on Monday due to delayed ar­ rival. No beefs or disputed OT. New gaskets are required In crew's 4 4" a. 4" i 4 4 4 Ships whose steward depart­ Crewmembers on the Del Munments know that their best ef­ do (Delta) were disgruntled when forts are not going unnoticed by the company agent wouldn't fur­ the votes of thanks they receive nish launch service to shore sayfrom grateful crews include the Transglobe (Hudson), Alcoa Roaner (Alcoa), Kyska (Waterman), Mobile (Sea-Land), C. S. Long Lines (Isthmian), Elizabethport (Sea-Land), Norberto Capay (Lib­ erty Navigation), Del Rio and Del Campo (Delta), Alice Brown (Bloomfield), New Yorker (Con­ tainer Ships), Bienville (SeaLand), La Salle (Waterman), Bo­ nanza (American Asia), and Puerto Corns Block Rico, (Motorships of Puerto Rico). ing it was too expensive. On the 4 Reinaldo Alamo, crew pantry­ other hand, they did find the man on the Transglobe (Hudson), chow up to the highest SIU tra­ is reported doing fine after being ditions and gave a resounding hospitalized in Bremerhaven, Ger­ vote of thanks to the steward de­ many. Alamo was visited recently partment. quarters as too much water is coming through porthole whenever the ship rolls. Cigarettes should be sold aboard ship. Suggestion that yellow paint be used on the stairway aft so that crewmembers can see the over­ head. MARINE (US Shipping), Mar. 7— Chairman, F. J. Johnson; Secretary, none. Ship's delegate reported de­ layed sailing at Yokohama. Lack of FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), March 7—Chairman, Oeorge B. McCurlcy; Secretary, R. C'Rourke. Cap­ tain has been complaining about orange peelings and other refuse thrown about the decks. Some men complained that the steward is too harsh with them. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate McCurley for good job. DEL MONTE (Delta), Jan 4—Chair­ man, James M. Hand; Secretary, P. L. Shauger. Brother C. P. Moore was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $10 in ship's fund. Motion made to have Union make arrangements for men at sea to vote on dues raise and in general elections. Vote of thanks to steward departments especially the galley gang. 4 When the Afoundria (Water­ man) sailed recently, the crew found that R. W. Corns, chief elec­ trician, was breaking in a new camera he had just bought at the DeBoissiere Bales Seachest. Taking advantage of this new talent, Corns was quickly their cooperation in making the elected as reporter-photographer trip a smooth one. at the first ship's meeting. 4 4 4 Joe E. Block, meeting chairman The best way to provoke a quar­ on the Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain), sends word that Alfonso rel between a bunch of apple con­ Sandino, the ship's former bosun, noisseurs is to ask them what would appreciate hearing from his variety makes the best eating. friends and former shipmates However, the apple fanciers while he recuperates from a re­ aboard the Commander (Marine cent illness. Block says Sandino Carriers) are all agreed that on is making a good progress and the next trip, the steward better will be moved to the USPHS Hos­ serve them the eating rather than the cooking kind! pital in Galveston, Tex. shortly. launch service at Chittagong to be taken up with patrolman. All depart­ ment delegates extended a vote of thanks for excellent cooperation dur­ ing voyage. Some disputed OT in deck department. Chief mate continually working on deck. Vote of thanks to the chief steward, Eddie Miller, for a job well done. Excellent menus and good food and service put out by all members of the steward department. A & J FATH (Pacific Seafarers) Mar. 5—Chairman, B. McNulty; Secretary, Julius Johnson Two men missed ship in Bombay. One man had to get off due to illness. No beefs reported by department delegates. BONANZA (America A:>a), Fab. 11 —Chairman, Tad Chilinski; Secretary, Ray Rosemont. A letter was read from headquarters concerning launch service in Chittagong. Crew to be paid if launch service is not available. Beef concerning daymen standing weekend gangway watches. Crew wants clarification. Disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Mo­ tion made to attempt to obtain Amer­ ican currency for draws instead of Travellers' cheeks. Vote of thanks to the steward department. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Feb. 22—Chairman, R. A. Eden; Secretary, R. C. Williams. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything running smoothly. $10.50 in ship's fund. Motion made that negotiating committee negotiate for time off in the next negotiations. The matter of fresh milk and ice cream to be taken up with patrolman. Discussion on motions made aboard ship. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Feb. 13— Chairman, C. L. Arndt; Secretary, C. G. Brissett, Sr. Disputed OT beef in deck department will l>e taken up with patrolman. One man left in hos­ pital in Karachi, Pakistan. Vote of thanks given to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. �Page Tweaty SEAFARERS LOG Blowout Makes Up For Holiday At Sea April 17. 1964 Unbending In Calcutta Nobody, least of all a Seafarer, likes to be away from home for the holiday season. While a traditional Christmas dinner or New Year's celebration on board ship may be something to look forward to on a long^ voyage, the day-to-day work crew consists of West Coast Sea­ farers, who signed on in Seattle, routine is always there to re­ Wash. "A more grand bunch I mind a seaman that he is a long never sailed with," he declares. way from his family and friends. Fine Chow These thoughts were very much Adding to the spirit of friendli­ on the minds of the crew of the ness on board, was the fii.e chow served up by the shlp's's steward department. The good galley situa­ tion was, in turn, enhanced by the entertainment provided by Barney McNally, the singing waiter from Pittsburgh, who was the sole East Coast representative aboard. McNally's vocal efforts "made the voyage even more enjoyable," Richard said. The idea of the postponed New Johns Hourigan Year's party kept growing all the Overseas Rose (Maritime Over­ way to Korea. When the ship hit seas) which sailed for Korea in Inchon, the great moment was at early December. When the holi­ hand, and the crew of the Rose days rolled around, the crewmem- turned out for the occasion in bers were separated from their style. Not only did the party make homes by several thousand miles up for the delay in celebrating of the Pacific. At this point a New Year's 1964, but it also got a bunch of the crew resolved that headstart in welcoming 1965, they would celebrate the coming judging from Richard's descrip­ of the new year in an appropri­ tion. ate SIU style, even if it had to be Among the merrymakers at­ somewhat delayed. According to tending the biowout were Rich­ wiper Ronnie Richards, the idea ards, Stanley Johns, Walt Cleaver, for a blowout was actually first John Hourigan, Hank Roberts, conceived soon after the ship left Buddie Davidson, Stew GinsbOrg, the States. Ken Kunstsen, Eddie Lee and Richards writes that the Rose's Barney McNally. MARGARET BROWN (Bloomneld), February 2—Chatrman, D. B. Jordan; Secrefary, S. Rothschild. Ship's dele­ gate reported one man was hospital­ ized in France. Some disputed OT in deck department to be taken up with patrolman. Bosun suggested that de­ partment delegates handle all beefs at payoff in order to expedite payoff procedures. Vote of thanks to the steward department for an exception­ ally well done job. DEL CAMPO (Delta), November 16 —Chairman, William Goff; Secretary, James Barnette. Repair list turned in. Beef between saloon messman and BR to be handled by patrolman. Beef about engine department sanitary work in general. Safety meeeting at­ tended by ail delegates and depart­ ment heads. JOHN C. (Atlantic Carriers), March I—Chairman, F. Jankowski; Secretary, L. B. Kelly. Ship's delegate reported one man was iiuspilalized In Yoko­ hama. $22.20 in ship's fund. Motion made that travelers' checks be elimi­ nated. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department and a special vote of thanks to the steward. SACRAMENTO (Oriental Exporters), Feb. 16—Chairman, Ralph O. King; Secretary, John L. Mumusiyn. Every­ thing is shipshape. Ralph O. King was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. .Ship s.niled short one AB. Crew requested to keep messhall and washrooni clean, and to make less noise in passageways. March 7—Chairman, Ralph O. King; Secretary, Zane Netherton. Ship in good SIU order. $9.75 in ship's fund. Zane Netherton elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew requests fresh water tanks be cleaned and recemented as drinking water was dirty duiing entire vo.vage. Ve.ssel sailed short one AB without replaconent. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), March 23—Chairman, Joe B. Block; Secretary, Herbert C. Justice. Ship, is running along very smoothly. $7.93 in ship's fund. Fortner bosun, Alfon­ so Sandino is progressing satisfactor­ ily at the USPHS hospital in Norfolk. He will be moved to the USPHS hos­ pital in Galveston soon. Drop him a line, as he'll appreciate it. TRANSORiENT (Hudson), March 15 —Chairman, W. H. Thompson; Secre­ fary, J. W. Haggerty. Deck engineer hospitalized in Bo)nl)3y and then .sent home. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Vole of thanks ex­ tended to steward W. H. Ti)omp.son and departinent for excellent feeding. Special vote of thanks to ship's dele­ gate R. DeBoissiere for taking care of injured man. Delegate expressed thanks for the SIU clinics in ail ports for taking care of all the membership and their children. ELDORADO (American Asia), March 19—Chairman, Cyril A. Scott; Secre­ tary, L. Paradise. Ship's delegate re­ ported there was no water for drink­ ing or showers for five days. Letter sent to headquarters. Leo Paradise ,. A - • • was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Crew requested to keep doors below closed and not to dump gar­ bage on deck in port. Repair lists to be submitted to ship's delegate who in turn wiU submit them to the cap­ tain. VOLUSIA (Suwanee), March S — Chairman, W. Fernwood; Secretary, Joseph Crage. One oiler failed to join ship in Portland. $10.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Joe Harty was elect­ ed to serve as ship's treasurer. The Midway incident should ho brought to attention of the Union. OVERSEAS JOYCE (Maritime Over­ seas), Feb. 21—Chairman, Jack Red­ ding; Secretary, John Gardner. One DIGEST of , man mi.ssed ship in San Francisco. One man taken off ship with not-Btfor-duty slip. N. J. Kerngood was electetl to serve as ship's delegate. $9.26 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported. Discussion on cold drinks. Discussion on steward department sit­ uation. WASHINGTON CARRIER (Destiny Carriers), Jan. 1 — Chairman, J. F. Dickerson; Secretary, H. M. Smith. Relaxing after the long trip to Calcutta, crewmemberi of the Hudson (Victory Transport), smile for engine delegate L. Paradeau's camera (above). Among those gathered around the table are (l-r) W. O'Connor. F. Blandino, C. Wiggins, H. Krouso, and F. Coggins. Paradeau takes his turn before the camera (below), as he stands besides Brother Blandino In the lobby of Calcutta's Grand Hotel. Rates Welfare Care As Tops DEL MONTI (Delta), Feb. 23— Chairman, Charles Moore; Secretary, Daniel Robinson. Ship's delegate re­ ported no beefs. Some logs and appli­ cation for hospital sUp to be dis­ cussed with boarding patrolman. Crew requested to remove clothes from line when dry. Suggestion made to get timer for washing machine. Vote of thanks extended to steward department. COUNCIL GROVl (Cities Service), Mar. 1—Chairman, T. Faulkner; Sec­ retary, G. Swift. Motion made that company provide an awning for fantall, and keys for foc'sale doors. Dis­ puted OT in all three departments. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for Its flno work. MIDLAND (Clearwater), Feb. 23— Chairman, Jack Guard; Secretary, R. H. Simpson. No beefs except for a few hours disputed OT and for re­ pairs. Check patrolman for clarifica­ tion re sougeeing of the officers' rooms. Motion made that any welding or burning done off regular working hours is to be paid as time and onehalf. Check why company has not for­ warded mail to the ship, and on prices for slopchest. Vote of thanks to steward department, especially to Frenchy, crew messman. for an ex­ ceptional Job. Contact patrolman about keeping natives off ship. TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Waterways). Mar. II — Chairman, Guy DeBaere; Secretary, A. Caram. Ship's delegate reported that crew pantryman had to be hospitalized in Bremerhaven. Ger­ many, for operation, and is doing fine. Some disputed OT in engine depart­ ment will be taken up with patrol­ man on arrival. Vote of thanks to the steward department for job well done. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Mar. 16—Chairman, B. Derol; Secre­ tary, Roberto Hannibal. $4.50 in ship's fund. Brother McCuUough volunteered for ship's delega,te job. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. HASTINGS (Waterman), March 13 STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), Mar. IS Chairman, N. A. Huff; Secretary, Fred Tampoi. $65 In ship's fund. Donated $5 to the American Seamen's Friend Society. Some disputed OT In deck and engine departments. Motion made to have more specialized training ashore so that men are trained ac­ cording to job they wish to do on board ship. Deck delegate complained about the sanitary work not being performed properly. STEEL APPRENTICE (isthmian), Jan. 21—Chairman, Jose Fidaigo; Sec­ retary, Fred Durham. Ship's delegate reported (hat the crew has been dissati.sfied with the preparation of menus and food for the past two months. Crew would like to have more of a variety of meats and night lunch. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn), Jan. 19 — Chairman, H. Workmen; Secre­ tary, C. Lee. Ship's delegate reported that one fireman failed to join ship on .sailing day. James H. Bales elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Five days out the ship sprang a leak in No. 5 port tank and took on 14 feet of water. Had to dump 186 tons of corn over the side. Stopped In Spain for repairs. To the Editor: I havB just returned home from tha Staten Island USPHS Hospital where I was a patient from January 7 to March 26. 1964. I was drydocked after I fell and broke my leg on the Ponderosa, my last ship. I am now an out-patient at the Ma­ it t rine Hospital in Galveston. After being in the hospital, I have really found out what an efficient Welfare Plan we To the Editor: have. I don't have enough words to The first day I was laid up, express my thanks for all tha help I received from tha Wel­ fare Plan during my wife Christine's illness. She was operated on for can­ cer and later passed away. I want to thank all the SIU officials and members who All letters to the Editor for have made it possible to help us retired Seafarers in time of publication in the SEAFARERS need. LOG must be signed by the Sherwood Finer writer. Names will be withheld upon request. 4" S) it Welfare Help Draws Praise Brother J. F. Dickerson was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported. Discussion on taking up collection for ship's fund. Foc'sles and pa.ssageways need sougeeing after loading grain. Chairman, Gary Scott; Secretary, John Weils. $4.20 in ship's fund. Dele­ gates requested to make up repair lists. Everything Is running smoothly. SIU, but were members of other unions. When they would see our representatives coming to see us every week, they couldn't help noticing how much more consideration wa SIU members received than they did. Even the boys in tha NMU admitted that we had tha best benefits. Milburn L. Hatley SIU welfare representatives came around and took care of everything that needed to be done. They also made arrangements to get me to the airport when I was ready to leave. A person can really feel proud to. be a member of the SIU, especially when we have such a good welfare plan and such fine fellows representing it. Some of the boys in the hos­ pital did not belong to the Lauds Seafarers Aid On Claim To the Editor: I find it very difficult to ex­ press my deepest thanks to all who took part in helping my husband. Earnest Cochran, put through his welfare claim on my behalf. The checks were a tremend­ ous help in paying back bills. Please accept our humble thanks for everything. Estelle Earnest Cochran Final Journey TRANSHARTFORD (Hudson Water­ ways), Mar. 17 — Chairman, Covert; Secretary, Kennedy. Crew was glad to hear about 50-50 finally coming to a head. Patrolman did a very good job on all beefs. Crew hopes the com­ pany will live up to Us end. FAIRPORT (Waterman), Mar 8— Chairman, Steve Thayer; Secretary, Peter Goodzuk. $5.80 In ship's fund. Letter to be sent to headquarters re­ garding empty rooms midships for deck maintenance. Vote of thanks to steward department for job weU done. William A, Hendershot's former tliipmatei paid him their final respects when they acted as pallbearers, bringing him to his final resting place at Rose Hills Cemetery, Calif. Among the Seafarers pictured are A. Ellingsen, T. Navarre, M. Yiirko, J. La Coste, R. Richardson and G. McCartney. �SEAFARERS 17, MM LOO-A-RHYTHM: •lATRAIN T I X A • (CMtraln), March S2—Chalmian, H. Blarring; •aerafary, I. O. Jahnten. Two men mlaaed ahlp in New Orleana. t93.72 In ahlp'a fund. S39.79 in coca-cola fund. Motion made to taka ahlp'a fund and coke fund and pay off coke machine. H. BJerrlng was elected to •crve ae ahlp'a delegate. Without Answer By E. A. King Safe on the steady sun-warmed beach 1 stand) To gaze upon the ever-restless sea. As oft before I seek to understand What charm that cold deep ocean holds for me. TRANSEASTERN (T r a n a eaatarn), March 20—Chairman/ Jamaa Sheata; Secretary, Ouatav V. Thobe. Motion made to carry one more wiper. Crew cited the Impossibility of regulating the heat aboard ablp In order to be comfortable. It Is either too hot or too cold. Suggestion made to move steam table from aaloon to galley. Vote of thanka to the ateward depart­ ment. From whence the distant almost pleading call? That cry that comes from way off there somexohere? Cold reason tells me. none there speaks at all But logic silenced still a call I hear. COMMANDER (Marina Carrlara), March 15—Chairman, R. Neran; Sec­ retary, none. Motion made that 12 years of aeatime with 20 years of good standing In SIU should make member eligible for pension regard­ less of age. Suggestion was made that steward get fresh fruit aboard when­ ever available wbUe in Port of Rot­ terdam. Crew would like eating apples instead of cooking apples and more of a variety of meats at break­ fast. Bosun hospitalized in Philadel­ phia. Disputed OT In engine and steward departments. Not one I love lies buried in the deep My sons sailed there but all come safely home; I love the land bound cottage that I keep I do not crave in ships the sea to roam. Yet feeling with the heavy breathing tide I count the waves that crest and break and roll. Responding to a kinship known inside That bonds the sea as one to my soul. DEL ORO (Delta), March 9—Chair­ man, Whitey Moye; Secratary, Henry C. Gardes. Ship's delegate explained proper procedure for handling beefs aboard ship for the benefit of new men. No beefs reported at the pres­ ent time. Ship's delegata resigned, and was extended a vote of thanks from crew. Whitey Moye was elected to serve in his place. Metal guard needed over pipe line on main deck. Crew told that door leading from messhall to forward cross passageway should be kept closed when not in use. Did I once have my native home therein? Is memory built of stuff that never dies? Is spirit homesick for some far has-been? Is it from in myself a something cries? Vnansweredrall unanswered. Even so As now it is, so it tvill always be; For looking now to seaward, this I know ..There's something in myself that's of the sea. Warns Against Ship Performing To the Editor: We have just returned from the second voyage of this old Liberty since she came under the SIU banner. The entire crew from the captain down, and even the SIU patrolman who paid off the ship com­ mented that this crew was one of the best. There were no loggings, no To Tbe Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. foul-ups and the payoff was really clean. In one word, the Warm Springs came in SIUstyle. It should be an inspira­ tion to many of our members to bring a ship in from a long voyage to India without any beefs or disparaging incidents. These bad apples bring no credit to our Union, but do help those who desire to destroy or embarrass us by providing them the ammunition to ac­ complish their objectives. There was a contrast between this ship and a sister ship which happened to be docked in the same port at the same time in India. Whereas the crew of our vessel was acting in true SIU style, some of the members on the other ship acted just the opposite way. They had fights and scrapes all the time. It got so bad that our crew forbid some of the men on the other ship from coming aboard. Their performance was not only something to give our Union a black eye from the standpoint of the company, but also gave our nation a setback in the eyes of the local population. Such a performance on the part of any irresponsible seg­ ment of our membership should be stopped, and those responsi­ ble should be dealt with ac­ cording to our rules. Our con­ stitution provides penalties commensurate with every viola­ tion of our contract, and they should be invoked and enforced more freely. I find that these bad actors are not the oldtimers who built this Union, God bless them, but the ones who came in lately. They have no investment in our organization, and don't know how to make their way properly. Walter Marcus $ Faf» IWeMir-OiM LOG OLGA (Marina Managers), Feb. 1*— Chairman, C. J. Quinnti Secretary, J. Moore. Ship's delegate explained situ- To the Editor: I want to take this opportu­ nity to thank the Union for its friendly help to me at a time when I was in great distress. My husband was hospitalized in Staten Island because of In­ juries last October, and I rushed to New York from my home in Mobile, Alabama, to see him. I arrived in Brooklyn as a complete stranger. I was so worried and upset that I found it very difficult to find out how to locate him. However, the Union came to my aid and pro­ vided me with a ride to the Staten Island USPHS Hospital, enabling me to see my husband. By publishing this letter you will be letting everyone know that the Union stands ready to assist the families of Its mem­ bers In their times of trouble. I am proud my husband is a member of such a fine union— the SIU. Mrs. Ernest Vitou $1 To the Editor: I am sending along a few brief words of thanks for the help given to me in my hour of need by the crew on the SS Fairland. We were a day out of Houston when I learned that my son, Fred, had passed away. The gang on the Fairland, hearing of my-loss, got togeth­ er and collected enough money to get me home in time for the funeral. In addition to this, I was able to hand a sizeable contribution from the crew over to my daughter-in-law. Believe me, both my daugh­ ter-in-law and myself don't have enough words to thank the boys on the Fairland. It's only in the SIU that you can find generosity like this at a time when it really counts. Richard Heffley Charitable Steward Cited By Orphanage NEW ORLEANS—The crew list of the Steel Vendor (Isth­ mian) shows that Fred Shaia sails as the ship's chief steward. However, Shaia has another job which doesn't show in the official records, and which he-*commend highly to all people who performs for nothing. Shaia's "moonlighting" isn't want to live In peace and free­ ^ Timely Help Gets Praise Fred Shaio, chief steward on the Steel Vendor (Isthmian], poses in New Orleans with the plaque awarded to the ship's crew for their aid to the Kwang Myung Orphanage and School for the Blind at Inchon, Korea. ation on water rationing, and amount of lodging involved. Sent cablegram and letter to headquarters about draw problem in Yokohama and other ports. Fifty cents In ship's fund. Motion to increase OT rate In aU departments up to 50% more than present rates. All hands requested to cooperate by keeping doors closed while in Indian ports. Vote of thanks to all departments for their interest in running a smooth ship. FENN VANGUARD (Penn Shipping), March 1—Chairman, Carl T. Feary; Secretary, Charles J. Mitch.-... Six men sent to hospital in Calcutta. Two more men may be taken off in Suez Canal. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Everything OK in steward department in spite of shortage. Everyone requested to declare all foreign articles purchased. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a good job. KYSKA (Waterman), March 7 — Chairman, Justin Burdo; Secretary, Howard Menz. Ship's delegate checked hospital with chief officer and found all okay. Faulty lockers in crew's quarters to be repaired or replaced. Ship to be fumigated. Some disputed OT and division of wages to be taken up at payoff. Motion that SIU should furnish identification card with photo similar to Z-card to be used for iden­ tification in foreign countries. Crew seeking information about increase in benefits, wages and pension plan. Check with patrolman about topside getting milk and fruit at night during latter part of the voyage. Deck gang working on main deck after fish-oiling same. Need chairs for recreation room. Inadequate slopchest this trip. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), March 5 —Chairman, Frank Arena; Secretary, J. J. O'Hara. $16.60 in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly. Motion made to have payoff on day of arrival if possible. Patrolman to check bunks as they are too narrow. Air-condi­ tioning or some sort of ventilation needed for rooms. Telephone should be available on gangway in all ports. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), March 1—Chairman, W. Suska; Secre­ tary, R. DeVlrgilee. Crew requested to contribute to ship's fund for a new TV set or repairs on the old one. $10 in ship's fund at present. Vote of thanks to engine delegate for Job well done. Motion made that the practice of getting money draws in traveller's checks sdould be abolished. Ship's delegate to inquire about the possibilities of an individual room for baker, go that other cooks in foc'sle may not be disturbed by earlymorning calls. Patrolman to be noti­ fied about smoke and gas in an en­ gine room 24 hours a day, and ven­ tilation problems. Vote of thanks to steward department. LA SALLE (Waterman), March 1— Chairman, W. C. Bill Sellers; Secre­ tary, William J. Emerson. No beefs reported. S2.80 in ship's fund. Stew­ ard requested that all members co­ operate on linen days. Vote of thanks to steward department. the kind which the Union frowns upon. It does make hundreds of destitute Korean orphans both happy and healthier. For, when he visits a Korean port, it's a pretty sure bet that a group of children in a neighboring institu­ tion will be getting more to eat, having more clothes to wear, or sleeping on something other than straw. While Shaia works hard at ful­ filling his role as a seafaring angel of mercy, other crewmembers on the Steel Vendor are right behind him doing their part. Both Shaia and several members of the crew were recently singled out for special praise by one of the stew­ ard's favorite projects, the Kwang Myung Orphanage ami School for the Blind at Inchon, Korea. The praise came in the form of a plaque, signed by Kyung Sam Lim, director of the school, and was addressed to Captain James White and the crew of the Steel Vendor. The plaque said: "To Master White and All Friends, SS Steel Vendor. On be­ half of the staff and children of the Kwang Myung Orphanage and School for the Blind, I wish to ex­ tend my sincere gratitude to Mr. Fred Shaia and all friends in your control for their meritorious, con­ tribution to our blind children with many foods and bedding ma­ terials. "Your meritorious donation will J Editor, I SEAFARERS LOG, dom. "Commemorating your kindness to and love of the blind children, I hereby present a letter of ap­ preciation to you." Crewmembers who (xintributed to Shaia's personal aid mission in­ cluded Seafarers Emilio Sierra, Savario Sbriglio, John A. Smith, Clarence Hancock, Joseph Goude and Chief Mate Barry Dennis. The Isthmian Line gave a num­ ber of surplus mattresses to the orphanage. Aids War Orphans Another one of Shaia's favorite charitable projects, which was re­ ported in the LOG (February 23, 1963), is the Bidulgi Home School for War Orphans in Pusan, Korea. The children at that orphanage received more than 180 items of baby food and clothing donated by the Steel Vendor's SIU crew, the captain and the Grace Church of Baltimore, Md. The Bidulgi home, which was founded by Mrs. Schoon Kyung Kim in 1953, has been an object of Shaia's attentions since 1957. The home has space for 40 chil­ dren who live in a building con­ structed by donations of American soldiers stationed in the Pusan area. Shaia whose home is in Farmville. New York, was born in Syria. A member of the Union since 1944, he is a veteran of World War I. s ' �SEAWARBRS Page Twenty-Two SXt7 AXimVAI.S and Social Security Fund Sieen Sound All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 hond from the Union in the haby's name: Mary Penton, bom November Gloria Luna, born November 1, Laurie Kay Duvall, born October 30, 1963, to the Joseph Duvalls, 1963, to the Carlos M. Lunas, 12, 1963, to the James E. Pentons, McLain, Miss. Kenners, La. Toledo, Ohio. 4" 4" 4- 4* 4 4 4 Jennifer Donahue, born Decem­ Timothy Ambrose, born Novem­ ber 23, 1963, to the John Ambroses, ber 11, 1963, to the James W. Donahues, New Orleans, La. Vidor, Tex. 4' 4 4 4 Income Tax Refunds Lydia Joyce Brack, born Novem­ ber 19,1963, to the William Bracks, Income tax refund jhecks are Woodside, NY. being held for the following by 4 4 4 Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Nathan H. Eldrldge, Jr.. bom Building, 450 Harrison Street, San December 25, 1963, to the Nathan Francisco 5, Calif.: H. Eidridges, Sr., Mobile, Ala. Joseph A. Alves, Eigil E. 4 4 4 4. 4 4" Hjelni, N. Kuslielevsky, Alii NasGerald Joseph Stowe, born No­ roen, Jorgen G. Pedersen and Theresa TImmons, born Novem­ ber 2, 1963, to the Frank A. Tim- vember 16, 1963, to the Gerald A. Bernardo Tombocon. Stowes, Petoskey, Mich. mons', Tacoma, Wash. James Ockovic, born October 24, 1963, to the James J. Ockovics, Santurce, PR. i 4 4" Bryon Piatt, born October 30, 1963, to the Carl W. Platts, Sul­ phur, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 , 4 4 WASHINGTON—Based on latest reports, the nation's Social Security trust fund as a whole is in good shape. The trustees have reported to Congress that assets of the Old-Age and Survivors In­ surance trust fund amounted to $18.9 billion at the end of fiscal 1963. As of the same date the disability insurance trust fund totaled $2.4 billion. According to the report, income to the program as a whole is expected to exceed outgo over the five fiscal years 1964 through 1968 and the combined assets of the fund are estimated to increase by about $5 billion at the end of June 1968. Benefit disbursements from the disability fund are expected to Increase as the number of beneficiaries continues to increase. There has been a $1.2 billion decrease in the disability fund, but this can be largely corrected by a recommended small reallocation of future Income between the two trust funds beginning with January 1965. "If this is done," the report said, "on the basis of long-term cost estimates, not only the program as a whole, but also each of the two subdivisions would be in close actuarial balance." The Old-Age and Survivors trust fund has increased by $6.2 billion so that the system as a whole is well in the black. in 4 Kyle Jerry Reed, born Novem­ Harold Whitman Anita Marie Long, born October 9, 1963, to the James A. Longs, ber 16, 1963, to the Andrew Reeds, The above-named, a former Hattiesburg, Miss. Baltimore, Md. wiper on the Natalie, Is asked to 4 4 4 4 4 4 contact Stanley A. Schnitzer, Mary Jane Jackson, born Janu­ 1756 St. Charles, New Orleans, La. Matthew Stephen Harris, born November 12, 1963, to the Ove W. ary 5, 1964, to the Junior Jacksons, 4 4 4 Silas, Ala. Harris', Conroe, Tex, Earl Boatrlght The deaths of the following Seafarers have been re­ Contact Thomas M. Breen, at­ torney, 160 Broadway, New York ported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent de­ 38, NY, about a claim he is han­ lay in payment of claims is normally due to late filing, dling for you. lack of beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): 4 4 4 Charles M. Barkins Angelo Folatos, 55: Brother PolaLuis E. Salazar, 63; Brother Get in touch with Howard SchulSalazar died January 17, 1964 of tos died of natural causes on Octo­ man, attorney, 250 West 57 Street, natural causes at ber 30, 1963 in New York, New York, regarding the Staten Island Rotterdam, the check he is holding for you repre­ USPHS hospital. Netlherlands. A senting money due from the A member of member of the SS Kathryn. the SIU since deck department, 1940, he shipped he joined the Un­ 4 4 4 in the deck de­ ion in 1949. No Brooks H. Berrle partment. He is survivor was des­ Your wife would like to hear survived by his ignated. Burial from you as quickly as possible. wife, Rosa Sala­ was in Mt. Airy 4 4 4 zar, of the Bronx, Cemetery, Balti­ NY. Burial was in St. Raymond's more, Md. Frank Atkins Cemetery, Bronx. Contact your landlady, Mrs. Stewart, about the clothing she Is 4 4 4 holding for you. Robert R. White, 56: A heart failure was fatal to Brother White 4 4 4 01. November 10, Johnny Young 1963 in Aber­ Get in touch with V. H. Coates, deen, Washing­ Bothell, Wash. Urgent. ton. Shipping in 4 4 4 the deck depart­ (Continued from page 2) Thurston Lewis ment, he had ated." "Salty" Dick Martinez been a member The disputes leading to estab­ Zeke (Prince) Jablonsky of SIU since lishment of a Canadian govern­ E. Reyes is retired and says he 1939. Surviving is ment trusteeship over the SIU of his daughter, Canada arose when ships previ­ doesn't need anything, but would Mary Ann White, ously under contract with the SIU like to hear from you. Get in touch of Thomson, Ga. The place moved to a contract with the with him wherever you are at 1269 burial was not listed. newly-chartered Canadian Mari­ SW 5 Street, Miami, Fla. 33135. 4 4 4 time Union and the ships were 4 4 4 picketed in Great Lakes ports. Hulbert Nurkett Melvin A. Cowhy, 43: A heart Millard, a govenment-named You are asked to get in touch attack was fatal to Brother Cowhy trustee, paid tribute in a separate with Sheffield Nurkett, 325 Me­ on December 9, statement to the "initiative" chanic Street, Orange, New Jersey. 1963 in Wyan­ shown by Hall and the SIU in dotte General seeking meetings to work out the Hospital, Wyan­ agreement. He pointed out that dotte, Mich, A the legislative act affecting the member of the SIU since 1960, affairs of the Canaidian maritime unions "provides that trusteeship h e shipped i n shall end as early as possible" and (Continued from page 3) the engine de­ said he hoped the "spirit of co­ problems. AFL-CIO President partment. He is operation marking negotiations" George Meany, who negotiated the survived b y his will be continued. settlement, was to head the labor wife, Lucy Jean Cowhy, of Port In a separate statement, Hall group. Huron, Mich. Burial was in said the SIU maintains that the The settlement on the Russian Kenockee Cemetery, Emmett, trusteeship law is anti-union and wheat dispute also called for the Mich. undesirable" and said that as a establishment of a tri-partite com­ 4 4 4 union "our responsibility Is to mittee of labor, management and William Lynn Dunnam, 26: An continue our fight for its reces­ Government representatives to con­ sider a wide range of maritime auto accident was fatal to Brother sion." Dunnam on March He paid tribute to Meany, to problems. However, the Joint 15, 1963 near US Secretary of Labor W. Willard Maritime Committee charged in Wirtz, Assistant Sec. James Rey­ its telegram of April 10 that Gov­ Neely, Miss. An nolds and others "for unremitting ernment agencies were stalling on SIU member efforts to assist" in resolving the setting up this committee and es­ since 1962, he had tablishing grievance machinery. immediate trusteeship problem. sailed in the en­ He also urged that the SIU of The unions charged that this was gine department. Canada "continue to function as a "double cross" and an abuse of He is survived by an autonomous organization, mak­ the good offices of President his mother, Mary ing its own decisions," but ex­ Meany who participated with Pres­ Olene Dunnam, pressing, "firm and solid fraternal ident Johnson in the discussion Neeley, Miss. Burial took place in Neeley Ceme- ties" between Canadian and US which led to the wheat settlement. "Unless immediate action is SIU members. (eiy. Canada, SIU Joint Talks April IT. MM LOG All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA James Alexander Samuel BaUey Richard Barnes Edward Barry Edgar Barton Fred Brand, Jr. Byron Broadus Wilbert Burke George Burleson Charles Burns Harry Cameron Steve Crawford R. Cumberland Thomas Davis C. R. Deane Claude Deane Leo Dlnginan Wm. Donahue Peter Dufour James Egan Malrie Ellis Salvatore Fertltta Jesse Green Willie Hardeman James Jackson Eugene Jones John Kennedy Robert Kinchen Duska Korolina Anna Lanza George Lawson Theodore Lee Millard Lockiiar Claude Lomers Henry Maas, Jr. Mike Martinovlch Mont McNal^b Jerry MithceU Cleon Mixon James Morgan John Nuss William Padgett Harry Peeler Harold Robinson John Robinson Heinrick Schnoon Chester Seymour J. Shaughnessy Murray Smith Daniel Sommer Finis Strickland Adolph Swenson Louis Vanacore Howard Waters Leon Webb Robert White Robert White William Woolsey Heike Yonker USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK John Aba Arthur Andersen Lenzy Barney Henry Callahan Victor Bonet Gabriel Colon E. Constantinidi's Hamilton Daiiey George Daniels Frans Dekeyzer Lionel Despiant S. A. Foscoios Ramon Galarza Lynwood Gregory A1 Hanstvedt Fawzi Hamboussie Ralph Hayes John Hock William King Ralph Knowls W. Kowalczyk Paul Liotta Serafln Lopez Laurel McDougal Thomas Malone Haakon Mourn Clifton Nelson Jose Pacheco William Peevers Pedro Pinott Eugene Plahn Jacques Rion James Sealy R. Shanholtzer Charles Shaw Francisco Soils James Stathis A1 Stracciolini Lester Sturtevant Ignasio Tlrado Jose Toro Chrlstos Tsambls Ernest Viton Henry Watson Julian Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL BAI.TIMORE, MARYLAND Howard Alberson Steven Cornell Chas. Campbell, Jr. Gorman Gla^e David Clncore George Graham Unions Hit Gov't Agencies forthcoming to assure that these and all shipments of grains to the Soviet Union and its satellites will be handled in accordance with the clear understandings, our unions will have to act accordingly," the telegram stated. The following day, on April 11, Secretary of Labor Wirtz, in be­ half of President Johnson, told the unions that prompt action will be taken to establish committees to deal with shipping problems. However, Wirtz' telegram did not assure an immediate decision on whether half of all grain bound for the East European communist countries would be shipped on American-flag vessels, only that "policy views . , , will be given priority attention and there will be further discussions with those representatives" of industry and labor. Get Certificate Before Leaving Seafarers are advised to se­ cure a master's certificate at all times when they become ill Or injured aboard ship. The right to demand a master's cer­ tificate verifying illness or inJury aboard a vessel is guaran­ teed by law. Loul Nelson Carl Hartman Leon Norczyk Charles Hippard Donald Joyce Pabio Pacheco Gustave Loeffer James Redden Billy Michael James Selmon James Mircheil Carl Smith Russell Morrison Luther Wins Donald Murphy ' Hubert Wolverton Philip Navitsky William Wung MOUNT WILSON STATE HOSPITAL MOUNT WILSON, MARYLAND Hector Durate USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Eural Alverson Lioyd Akin G. K. Brown William Outland Woodrow Baloh Frederik Ouweneel William Bruce Roy Poston Alvan Burris Roy D. Peebles Raul DeLos Santos Frank Revia Hugh Grove Charles Silcox Charles Kimball Peter Scrano Henry Myers James Warmack Charles Martin George Yeager Roscoe Milton Charles Young Frederick Neeiy USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Robert Allen Clarence Lenhart Isaac Aulio Joseph Mrkua William Behnke Donald Murray , Hugh Bent Jessie Pace Charles Campbell A. E. Sandberg Homer Campbell Gilbert Sargent Steve Fortine Jack Wiley Richard Horton USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Vincent Carroll Marshall Ness Raymond Kersten Ralph Salisbury USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Sammy Creef Fred Murphy Claude Denny Carl Warren USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Frank L. Seaman F. R. Pekarek C. E. Mosley USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Peter Dolan Joseph Stringer Richard Harnden George Thayer Peter Kruptavich Thomas Johnson Chas. Muscareiia Anthony Stanton Robert Nielsen USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Kirk Anderson E. Humbird, Jr. Raymond Boston Warren Lane Edward Caiviiio Henry Hock Henry Delodfano Robert Noonan Robert Farrar Victor Shavroff John Fifer Udo Strickmann Francis Fisher Virgil Wiseman Charlie Gedra F. Weatherly Alfred Gordon David Wilson Melvin Grant USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Arthur Coiiett George McKnew Benjamin Deihler Samuel Mills Abe Gordon Max Olson John GotseiT James Webb Thomas Lehay Willie A. Young SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Raymond Arsenault Forney Bowen USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGoc PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON. DC WUIiani Thomson • ' • �SEAFARERS April IV, 19M Trial Set for Unmanned 'Weather Ship' WASHINGTON—The US Weather Bureau is going ahead with plans to test its new unmanned, ocean-going weather data collector this spring in the waters off Long Island's South Shore. MAMOS is what the marine automatic meteorological observing station has been dubbed for short. It is the Weather Bureau's ships at sea. The unn>anned sea- weather-measuring instruments, newest tool in the attempt to craft is capable of operating un­ together with data-processing and transmitting equipment. Air tem­ provide more accurate information attended for a full year. about atmospheric conditions for The craft will contain numerous perature, barometric pressure, wind direction and velocity will all be recorded and transmitted from MAMOS every six hours. However, when the wind reaches 25 miles per hour or more, trans­ mission will automatically switch to hourly intervals. SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Outside Of Busy Areas Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, MAMOS will be anchored out­ Gulf, Lake.s and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a side of well-traveled shipping lanes month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the to insure maximum value to sea­ listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. going ships. The data will be trans­ mitted to another station located Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ 1,500 miles away. The receiver is gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: constructed so as to be able to be directly connected to an interna­ New York May 4 Detroit May 8 tional teletype line, thus making Philadelphia May 5 Houston May 11 the information immediately avail­ Baltimore May 6 New Orleans May 12 able to all ships in the area. Mobile May 13 Storage batteries charged by t 4" i' three wind-driven generators will power the vessel's electronic equip­ West Coast SiU-AGLiWD Meetings ment, thus making it possible for SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through MAMOS to operate unattended for June, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in long periods. 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 - SeatUe April 20 April 22 April 24 May 18 May 20 May 22 June 15 June 17 June 19 icneauie Membershi Meetings Lauds USPHS 4« i 3) Great Lakes SIU Meetings Cleveland April Toledo April Ashtabula April (For meeting place, contact Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, tabula, Ohio). 17 17 17 John Ash­ Regular membership meetings 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 heia at 2 PM. 3) 3> 3> The next meetings will be: United Industrial Workers Detroit ... April 20—2 PM Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, Regular membership meetings Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, for UIW members are scheduled April 20—7 PM each month at 7 PM in various ports. The next meetings will be: i" 3« 4" New York May 4 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Baltimore May 5 Regular membership meetings Philadelphia May 6 for IBU members are scheduled ^Houston May 11 each month in various ports. The Mobile May 13 next meetings will be: * Meetlngi htid at Labor Templa, NawPhiladelphia . .May 5—5 PM port News. t Meeting field at Labor Templa, Saull Baltimore (licensed and un­ Ste. Marie, Mich. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. licensed) ...May 6—5 PM Houston May 11—5 PM Norfolk May 7—7 PM N'Orleans ....May 12—5 PM Mobile May 13—5 PM t 4" 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 next meetings will be: Jersey City May 11 Philadelphia May 12 Baltimore ..; May 13 •Norfolk May 14 3^ 4i 3^ GREAT LAKES TUO AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memters are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will be: Detroit May 11 Milwaukee May 11 Chicago May 12 Buffalo May 13 tSauIt Ste. Marie May 14 Duluth April 17 Lorain April 17 (For meeting place, contact Har­ old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio),.' Tag9 Twaty-Three LOG uNioisr HALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECXmVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Llndiey WlUiams A1 Tanner Robert Matthewa SECRCTARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BiU HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Ed Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 1022S W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....673 4th Ave.. Bklyn HVacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak. Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax WiUlam Morrii, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE I South Lawrence St. Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson 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 Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowskl, Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne, Agent TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes DEwey 6-3828 312 Harnson SL Tel. 229-2788 •REAT LAKES TUG t DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workari Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MiUer, Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. Kimball Trygve Varden, Agent ... ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity. Agent 621-5450 DCTROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur, Agent RAndoIph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address maU to Brimley. Mich. Wayne Weston, Agent. .BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Linemen, Oilers Z Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, O. ... 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 ESscx 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. AVenne 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 6outb Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent ... EXport 8-3024 LORAIN, 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky, Ohio Harold Ruthsatz. Agent MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE .. . 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent . SHerman 4-Cf45 SAULT STE. MARIE . . .1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey. Agent . METrose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS. MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendheim, Agent TAMPA SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 RAILWAY MARINE REGION BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington HEADQUARTERS . 99 Montgomery St. TL 3-9259 Jersey City 2, NJ HEnderson 3-0104 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. REGIONAL DIRECTOR So. Chicago, HI. SAglnaw 10733 G. P. McGinty CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS MAin 1-5450 E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. tlAl.TiiVIOhE.. .1216 E Baltiinme at. RAndoIph 2-4110 EAvtei-n T "•in FRANKFORT. Mich 415 Main St. NORFOLK 115 Third St. Mall Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 622-1892-3 2604 S 4th si. HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson .Av. PHILADELPHIA DEwey 6 iiSlB River Rouge 18, Mich. VInewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union Seafarer G.. L. Gomez takes the microphone dur­ ing the good and welfare portion of the regular monthly membership meet­ ing at SIU headquarters to praise the services of the USPHS hospital, system. PHII,AJDE1J>HIA ... . 2604 S 4th St. United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. NATIONAL DIRECTOR EAstern 7-4900 Robert Matthews BOSTON 276 State St. GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Richmond 2-0140 Pat Finnerty HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn BALTIMORE ... .1216 E. Baltimore St HYacinth 9-fiPno .EAstern 7-4900 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. 276 State St BOSTON WAlnut 8-.-?207 Richmond 2-0140 2608 Pearl St. .SE HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn JACKSONVILLE ELgin 3-0987 HYacinth 9-6600 744 W. Flagler St. 5804 Canal St. MIAMI HOUSTON FRanklin 7-3.564 WAlnut 8-3207 1 S. Lawrence St. JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE. Jax MOBILE HEmlock 2-17.54 ELgin 3-0987 630 Jackson Ave. 744 W Flagler St NEW ORLEANS MIAMI Phone 529-7.543 FRanklin 7-3564 NORFOLK 115 Third St. . .1 South Lawrence St MOBILE Phone 622-1893-3 HEmlock 2-1754 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. 630 Jackson Ave NEW ORLEANS DEwey 6-3813 Tel 529-7.5*6 312 Harrison St. NORFOLK lis Third St. TAMPA Phone 229-2788 Tel. 622-1892-3 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. 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 rights 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 avail­ able in all Union haUs. 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 Aopeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU hails. 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 oiTicial, in your opinion, fails to protect, your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has tradltion.ally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individiial 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 the Septemliiir, 1960. meetings in all constltulional ports. The responsibUity for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union". The BXeeiitlve Board may delegate, from among Its fanks. one Individual to carry out this responsibility.' < PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no 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 be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. 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. AH 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 aU other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetingst 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. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and In the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may t>e discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin, if any member feels tliat he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY OONATICNS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for tlie benefit Of the membershio and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of ttve above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his conslilutionai right at access to Union records or Information, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested.-, , v.- -i 1 i i i| J? « 3 ^ ; 5 i| || "is �^!M4FA1IERS^L0GIS •fWOlAt aWOAW OF THK ilArARBRt IHTIIjWATIOWAt UNIQMji ATyWHO. QUtT. Uwl^WP INIANP WATtWt DIlTmOT ilSSSS X ' ' ' Chat over a smoke and a cup of java features Stock Coiiyle, 2nGl electrician (left), and SlU rep. Roland Williams in Baltimore. I ^ i Pausing in work of getting galley in shape for next voyage are SlU steward department veterans John C. Drummond (left) and Humberto Ortiz. I I SlU crewmembers aboard the Alcoa Explorer were paid a visit in Baltimore recently, when a LOG photographer came aboard the vessel shortly before she sailed for Puerto Rico with her holds full of general cargo. The Explorer, a former US Lines' freighter, is one of several C-2s acquired by Alcoa lately under a trade-in pro­ gram that upgraded the tonnage in the company's fleet. The ship has been completely refurbished for sailing under the SlU banner on runs to the Caribbean and to Puerto Rico. 'D *^*y ^hen the L09 photographer boarded the Explorer, so Clarence Brockett, OS (right), really appreciated that coffee prepared by Luis Santiago, MM. Sailing with the SlU since '44, Dimctt Rivera, AS, gets foc'sle in eondition prior to sailing by giv­ ing bunk iast-minute straightening. Looking for a good book to take up spare time during the voyage, Chester Allen, OS, checks titles in ship's library, including packages provided for all ships by the SlU. Chief electrician Donald Dickson' was checking power readings on gauges when the LOG photog­ rapher happened to come by. Engine department, duo of Steve DiGirolomo, oiler (left), and Brooke Butler, FWT, was also in engineroom. Butler's gloves are for changing hot burners. <1 >1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. 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 April 17, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ANNUAL REPORT SEAFARERS PENSION PLAN ANNUAL REPORT GOV’T AGENCIES BYPASS US SHIPS; SEA UNIONS SCORE ‘SECRET’ DEALS JOINT TALKS SPUR PROGRAM TO END CANADIAN DISPUTE MEANY HITS BIZ GROUP’S NEW ANTI-UNION STANCE COST SIU OPENS FIRST UNION CLINIC SIUNA FISH UNION OKAYS NEW GAINS OHIO BUILDING TRADES ROUT FINKS GREAT LAKES MARITIME UNIONS PLEDGE STRONGER MTD ACTION CONGRESS REPORT QUERIES ROLE OF SHIPPING AGENCY RIGHT-WING ‘FICTION’ EXPOSED BY SENATOR MEDICAL GROUPS KICK OFF MILLION-$ SCARE DRIVE TRAMP SHIPPING NEEDS HELP NEW YORK COMMITTEE NIXES STATE BARGE CANAL TRANSFER BROADER US WAGE-HOUR LAW ASKED RAP AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT FOR LAXITY IN $ MANAGEMENT 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 04/17/1964 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. 8 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log