http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c21de831b81ae9c5cea31a9dd875e097.PDF 2d2fbede5523eedbe2e6d179da115244 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO SIU TELLS MARAD TO ENFORCE 'SHIP AMERIOAir PROVISO A.- Story On Page 3 ffff Peavy smoke billows from ^'U IfCSCIfG* the yacht Sea Saw IV which caught fire and burned to the waterline on her maiden voyage in Chesapeake Bay. Passing Ames Victory (Victory Carriers) crewmembers launched lifeboat and rescued five members of the yacht's party. Small figure off bow of boat is one of the party, abandoning the yacht, a total loss. Value of the new 60-footer was $150,000. Seafarers said rescue took less than thirty minutes. (See Page 3.) ^1 • « AFL-CIO Council Cites Key National Problems story On Page 3 D Ik * Scorched wreckage remaining in the 'tween decks area after a fire de- \tieartnQ swray ueons* Stroyed the cargo in number 3 hold of the Steel Fabricator shortly Wilson after she arrived in Norfolk, is cleared away by a crew of longshoremen. A party of 16 SIU crewmembers volunteered to remove the smouldering cargo in the area pictured above while the fire was still burning. The successful completion of their danger-filled job allowed Norfolk firemen to reach the hatch to the hold where the core of the fire burned. Three of the SIU volunteers (left) played an outstanding part in the un­ loading operation in which smouldering rolls of Hessian cloth (in background) were hoisted out of the smokefilled area. (See Page 2.) �Pare Tmm SEAFARERS May i9, MM LOG By Paul Hall Stevedores clear out bales of burned fiber from number 3 hold of the Steel Fabricator (lsth< mian) following fire which occurred shortly after she docked in Norfolk. The fire burned over the weekend of May 15-17, and destroyed most of the cargo in the hold. A group of 16 Seafarers played a heroic role during the firefighting operation when they volunteered to remove smouldering rolls of cloth from the 'tween decks area above the hold. Steel Fabricator Fire SlU Crewmen Volunteers Unload Smoke-Filled Hold A nation can only be completely healthy and thriving if all of its component parts are in sound condition. Weaknesses or deficiencies in any one area jeopardize the health of the entire structure of our society. In the United States today, despite the fact that our economy is booming in some areas, and many of our citizens are enjoying increasing comforts of life, there is widespread unemployment, large poverty-stricken areas and other disparities that should not be. In fact, at the recent quarterly meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, the American labor pointed out that the persistent high Ibvel of unemployment remains America's No. 1 problem during the current year. And this unemployment threatens to increase as a result of the Introduction of automation into all types of occupations. In dealing with this aspect of the American economy, the Council said that we cannot reach healthy expansion and full empolyment until existing disparities are eliminated, and that balance is required between our ability to produce and our ability to buy the products of the Increasingly automated Industries. The Council pointed out that this nation must have four million new job opportunities every year throughout the rest of the 1960s if unemployment is to be reduced to a minimum. This is essential if the American economy is to be sufficiently strong and stable to enable the nation to carry out its domestic and international obligations. While the problem of unemployment hits a worker first, there are other disparities which have considerable impact on his ability to enjoy a decent way of life. Besides employment, he must have decent housing in which to rear his family, the availability of proper and adequate educational facilities for his children, and he must have the same equal opportunities in all areas of our national life that other citizens enjoy. There are events and developments abroad which have similar Impact and effect on the security of every American worker. For example, the Executive Council pointed to the situation in Brazil, where the recent revolution overthrew the communist and corrupt elements In the government. The Council pledged its full support to revitalize the Brazilian democratic labor movement and enable it to participate in establishing the badly-needed labor and social reforms. The Council also pointed to the communist actions in the Middla East, Asia, Africa and Latin-America, and to the need for forceful and realistic vigilance in dealing with them. Without an understanding of the problems, and a positive program for dealing with them, the security of our nation could be jeopardized. This is why the American labor movement speaks out on these issues, just as it does on those domestic issues which are of direct concera to American workers. Seafarers, because of their contact with peoples throughout the world, by virtue of their calling, can readily understand that la the final analysis their security, their freedoms are linked to those of people everywhere. NORFOLK—Sixteen Seafarers were involved recently in a heroic act, when they vol­ unteered to unload smouldering cargo from the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian) as she lay burning at Lamberts Point Pier here on Saturday, May 16th. The 16 SIU members were part of the Steel Fabricator's ter began to collect in the hold, to await removal of the rolls. After a headcount was made to crew who courageously vol­ an eight-degree list developed make sure everyone was account­ and fire fighting officials were unteered to unload rolls of Hes­ ed for, the rolls would be hoisted sian cloth from the tween decks forced to deal with the possibility out and dropped Into a gondola of the vessel capsizing. area to allow firemen to uncover Holes were burned with acety­ car where they would be un­ a hatch where the core of the fire lene torches to permit the water hooked by riggers from a steve­ •burned. dore crew. Isthmian Line officials, who in the hold to drain out. Two tugs When smoke from the smould­ witnessed the unloading opera­ ering rolls of cloth got too bad, tion, reported they were im­ the men would evacuate the hold, pressed with both the spirit the and firemen would wet the cargo Seafarers displayed as well as the down until it became safe to work teamwork and skill with which again. At this point, the second they performed the difficult, risky shift would take over and work task, one which is normally han­ until conditions became impossi­ dled by stevedore crews. ble again. As the SIU members The high value of the SIU became mote familiar with the training programs was Illustrated operation, they began to remove time and again during the time Johiisoii Pryor four rolls at a time, causing the the volunteer crew performed from the SlU-contracted McAllis­ riggers in the gondola car to their dangerous work. Firefight­ (Continued on page 16) ter Towing Company also stood by ers and other officials on the scene all admired the way the in case further assistance was nec­ Seafarers caught on to the opera­ essary. The problem of the smoulder­ tion, especially since they were ing cargo continued to plague the doing work which they were not accustomed to at considerable fire fighters, and as a preliminary move to unload the rolls and personal risk. The fire began Friday night, bales, McAllister Brothers tugs moved the Isthmian ship from the north to the south side of Lam­ berts Point Pier N. This meant that a shore crane could reach the Fabricator's cargo, since the disaster had knocked out the ship's electrically-operated cranes. It was at this point that Isth­ mian Line officials asked for vol­ unteers from the Seafarers in the crew to empty the tween decks MoflFett Rydlond area to allow city firemen clear­ May 15 during the start of cargo ance into the hold below which unloading operations in number still continued to burn. 3 hold. The ship's crew took im­ Observers were especially im­ mediate steps to fight the blaze, pressed with the role that deck but the situation grew worse and department member Charles E. the Norfolk fire department was James played in assembling the called in. volunteer crew. With the help of As the fire spread through the ship's bosun Alfred Handyvedt, a hold, it produced thick clouds of group of 16 SIU members offered smoke which hindered fire-fight- to perform the dangerous job. Ing operations. The heat produced A recent meeting of the AFL-CIO's Committee on Political Action (COPE) at the Norfolk Making every effort to protect was so great that paint on the the crewmembers' safety, the vol­ SIU tHall brought out this gathering of the areas union members who heard the arguments of gangway actually melted off in unteers were provided with gas three independent candidates for the Norfolk City Council. Speaking at the rostrum is one streams. When Norfolk firemen masks and oxygen breathing ap­ of the candidates Robert D. Robertson. Another candidate is Robert E. Summers, who is managed to get the flames under paratus, Working in two sepa­ seated at the left on the rostrum, and the third candidate is Jack R. Wilkins, right. The three control, they found that the cargo rate shifts, a party of men would men are all running on a platform to stop a projected sales tax in Norfolk. The AFL-CIO of jute, sisal and Hessian cloth go into the hold and hook two Committee on Political Action was initiated by the Federation to inform union members of continued to smoulder. rolls of Hessian cloth to the important legislative matters and to fight for the passage of legislation beneficial both to As a precautionary device, wa­ crane. the American working man and to the nation at large. COPE represents just one facet of ter was poured into the hold to The men would then retreat to uturate the cargo bales. As wa­ the ladders leading up to the deck the legislative information program of the AFL-CIO and its member unions. Norfolk COPE Meeting �•» ) > • -.v.);; #•> ii'. SEAFARERS Hay 29, 1964 Court Upholds I LA Boycott Of Tulse Hill . Paye Threa LOG SlU Insists Marad Enforce 'Ship American' Provision NEW YORK—^The Seafarers International Union has informed Maritime Administrator Nicholas Johnson of its insistence on strict adherence to the terms of Public Resolution 17, which provides that 100 percent of cargoes financed by a leniJing agency of the US Government must be shipped in American bottoms. The SIU communication urged the MA to reject a request from an Italian Government agency which asked that the MA waive the Public Resolution 17 RICHMOND, Va.—A Federal Court ruled here last week that longshoremen may refuse to work on Cuban blacklisted ships without having to face unfair labor practices charges by the National Labor Relations requirement and allow Ital­ refusing to assist a vessel that ian-flag vessels to carry half AFL - CIO President George continued violation. And we do Board. trades with him, they are at lib­ of $100 million worth of car­ Meany during the course of the not think it is the function of the The 4th Circuit Appeals erty to do so. Nothing in our la­ goes for which credit to Italy has recent dispute over the shipment grievance committee to consider Court handed down the 2-to-l de-" cision which denied the NLRB a cease-and-desist order requiring Baltimore Local 1355 of the In­ ternational Longshoremen's Asso­ ciation to end their refusal to work the British freighter Tulse Hill. The hearing on the case arose when the State Departn^ent lifted a blacklist against the ves­ sel in December, 1963, when the vessel's owners promised to end their trade with Cuba after the existing charters expired. MTD Protests The Government's decision to lift the ban on ships in the Cuban trade brought a strong protest from the Maritime Trades Depart­ ment, AFL-CIO. The MTD sent a telegram to the State Depart­ ment saying that the new policies "are among the greatest threats to the security of the Americanseaman and to the future of the American-flag fleet." in March of this year. Chief Judge Roszel C. Thomsen of the Federal District Court in Balti­ more signed a temporary order restraining the ILA and ILA Lo­ cal 1355 fron^ failing to work or refusing to work on the Tulse Hill. Thomsen however, stayed the in­ junction for ten days and added that the order did not stop indi­ vidual members of the ILA from refusing to work the ship. The injunction was finally stayed pending the outcome of the Cir­ cuit Court hearing. Hence, the ship has remained at her berth in Baltimore. In the majority decision. Judge Simon E. Sobeloff of Bal­ timore wrote that if the union members wish to "voice their moral revulsion against Castro by bor laws speaks to the contrary," he wrote, adding, "It is not within our province or that of the Board (NLRB) to require the men to en­ gage in work they find obnoxious because the ship has trafficked with a political regime they con­ sider loathsome." The majority decision said that the "ILA action pertains to a general political question in which the ILA shares an interest with all citizens." Such boycotts by workers or buyers are not un­ common, it continued. "Similar demonstrations have been made against other Communist govern­ ments and against Hitler's Nazi system, but this is a recognized part of the freedom constitution­ ally guaranteed in our country. Constitutional Rigiit "The First Amendment affords protection not merely to the voic­ ing of abstract opinion upon pub­ lic issues, it also protects imple­ menting conduct which is in the nature of advocacy." .. The case was originally brought CO the NLRB by the Maryland Ship Ceiling Company after the ILA refused to send carpenters to prepare the Tulse Hill for the grain shipment. The vessel's own­ ers, Ocean Shipping Service, Ltd. of Bermuda had been unsuccess­ ful in obtaining an injunction against the union in Baltimore Federal Court In the only dissenting opinion by the court. Judge Albert V. Bryan of Alexandria, Va., wrote that the case fell "snugly" within the National Labor Relations Act. The majority decision, however, said the NLRB did not even have jurisdiction in the case, because the finding was not a "labor dis­ pute" as the case did not concern working conditions. been extended by the Export-Im­ port Bank. The Italian request, last month, drew a prompt response from the Joint Maritime Committee, which called upon the Maritime Admin­ istrator to reject the waiver bid. The Joint Maritime Committee is composed of the SIU, ILA, NMU, MEBA and MM&P. The matter was scheduled for discussion at the first meeting of the newly-formed Cargo Prefer­ ence Grievance Committee, which was held in Washington on May 13, but was not resolved at that time. On May 15, the Maritime Ad­ ministrator solicited all segments of the maritime industry for their opinions on the Italian waiver re­ quest. No Legal Waivers "We have reexamined the Pub­ lic Resolution," the SIU answered, "and we find in it no authority by which the Maritime Adminis­ tration, or any other agency, can legally grant general waivers." Public Resolution 17 enumer­ ates certain specific instances, re­ garding the availability of US ships, under which MA can grant statutory waivers of the 100 per­ cent requirement. Since the end of World War II, however, MA has been following a policy of is­ suing so-called "general waivers" which are not provided for by the law and which make no reference to the availability of US ships for the cargoes involved. The SIU also asserted that, since the Italian request tor a waiver was illegal, the matter was not even a subject of proper discussion by the grievance com­ mittee, which was established as a result of the agreement reached between President Johnson and of grain to Russia and other communist nations. "Like the Maritime Adminis­ trator himself, the grievance committee has no authority to an>end or nullify an act of Con­ gress," the SIU stated. Taking note of the MA's gen­ eral waiver policy over the years, the SIU added: "We do not be­ lieve that repeated violation either repeals a law or justifies AFL-CIO Council Sets Union Coals WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO Executive Council, meet­ ing here for their quarterly session last week, mapped out labor's position on the major domestic and international is­ sues confronting the United among many measures the gov­ States today. The Council called for im­ ernment can take, to cope with mediate action in such areas as civil rights, free collective bar­ gaining for better wages, shorter hours, improved working condi­ tions, and a unified free world alliance. They also adopted policy statements on such matters as housing legislation and educa­ tional television. Internal matters within the Council were also discussed and a report on the success of han­ dling disputes under the internal disputes plan was delivered. More Public Works The Council rebuffed a govern­ ment proposal to use a productiv­ ity yardstick as the sole means for n>easuring wage increases. AFLCIO President George Meany cited the need for an extension and expansion of the accelerated public works program, as one SIU Crew Pulls 6 From Burning Yacht BALTIMORE—THE SlU-contracted Ames Victory (Victory Carriers) rescued five persons from Chesapeake Bay re­ cently when a $150,000 yacht on her maiden voyage burned to the waterline, A sixth member of the yacht party was pulled from the Bay by a speedboat, also in the area at the time. The rescue of the survivox'S took less than thirty minutes, there was little danger of explo­ J. N. Shore, radio officer aboard tory was returning to Baltimore from the lowering of the life­ sion because the yacht was the Ames Victory, said that he from Bone, Algeria. boat to the time it was hoisted up again, lifeboat crewmember Tony Petrillo, OS, told the LOG. The survivors never actually came aboard the freighter. When the lifeboat came back alongside the Ames Victory, the party decided to board a Department of Tide­ water Fisheries patrol vessel which had also come alongside in the meantime. The patrol boat then put them ashore. During the rescue operation the Seafarer-manned lifeboat was con­ stantly in danger because the blaz­ ing yacht, with no one at the helm, kept circling around the lifeboat and survivors. Mean­ while the lifeboat crewmembers feared the yacht might blow skyhigh at any minute. Actually, equipped with diesel engines. The lifeboat crew did not know this, of course, and really sweated it out. Lifeboat Crew Listed The lifeboat crew included Sea­ farers Petrillo, Gilbert Delgado, AB; John Lundborg, AB and Er­ nesto Raimerez, OS. Vernon M. Starry, 49, owner of the yacht, the Sea Saw IV, re­ ceived minor burns which did not require medical attention. None of the other passengers were in­ jured in the destruction of the 60-foot craft. The blaze broke out shortly be­ fore 2 PM last May 13, apparently in some electrical equipment be­ hind the pilot house. The Coast Guard reported receiving a dis­ tress signal from the vessel, while sent a message reporting the fire at the same time. The Ames Vic- SEAFARERS LOG May 29, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 11 PAUL HALL, President HERBEBT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; MIKE POIXACK, NATHAN SKYER, THOMAS LAUGBLIN, ROBERT ARONSON. Staff Writers. Published biweekly at the headquarteri of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Cult, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. the propriety of continuing a vio­ lation of the law. "Furthermore,** the SIU said, "we are concerned to discover that the protection of the Ameri­ can merchant marine would be­ come an item of grievance." The SIU message said it was ironic that the unions and man­ agement found it necessary to urge that the government agency carry out the intent of the law. Returning Homa The yacht was on a trip from Miami, Florida to the Maryland Yacht Club here when the fire broke out while the vessel was about 20 miles south of Annapolis. A Navy helicopter was dis­ patched to the scene from the Patuxent Naval Air Station, the Coast Guard repoi'ted. Crewmen on the freighter also reported see­ ing a second helicopter on the scene. The Ames Victory docked at Dundalk Marine Terminal about 5:30 PM of the same day, only about one half-hour late. The yacht, described as a total loss, was beached near Poplar Is­ land by the Army Corps of En­ gineers, the Coast Guard reported. the current high levels of unem­ ployment. The AFL-CIO President also said that he was opposed to eas­ ing barriers on trade with the Communists unless the United States gets something in return. He said that those who believe that more trade and extended credits will convert the Communists from their goal of world domination are living in a "fools paradise." Policy Decisions The following decisions on do­ mestic policy were taken by the E.xecutive Council. (Detailed state­ ments of E.xecutive Council posi­ tions can be found on page 18.) • The Executive Council called on the Senate to "stop talking and start voting on civil rights legis­ lation. • The Council rejected "com­ pletely" the concept that the na­ tional productivity rate is the only factor in collectively bargained wage levels and assailed wage re­ straints without similar restraints on prices and profits. • The Council warned that "a distinct and dangerous lack of balance in the economy" is be­ coming evident as workers' buy­ ing power lags while business and industry become top-heavy with "booming profits, soaring divi­ dends and capital gains." • The Executive Council urged passage of the Administration housing and community develop­ ment bill. • Low cost loans to Alaskan businessmen seeking to recover from the earthquake were urged by the Council. • The Executive Council called on unions to participate in the development of educational tele­ vision as a major means of adult education and communication. In the area of international af­ fairs, the Council: • Warned that neither the changing situations in the Com­ munist world nor the "tactical changes they have forced on Moscow should serve as a basis for the West to relax its (Continued on page 23) �SEAFAkEn'S Paf« Fbar SlU Tugs Support Bait. Unions' Beef May M. MIA LOG US Seen Losing Liberian Docks With Murder, ShippingPosition Called 'Hell Ship* BALTIMORE—A tugboat manned by the SIU Inland Boat­ men's Union refused to pass the picket boat of the Baltimore Building and Construction Trades Council while aiding in the docking of the luxury ship-*Argentina at the Dundalk Ter­ them." Maryland Governor Mil­ HONOLULU —A fantastic tale lard Tawes was on the Argentina minal hex-e on May 13. of murder, suicide, unruliness, returning, from a vacation. As a LOS ANGELES—Representative Herbert C. Bonner warned last week that America is losing a race in the world of maritime economics, and that the US Is not in a position to rise to a situation similar to the Korean War when the while the world fleet has increased near-mutiny National Defense Reserve 44 percent, the privately-owned Suicide Aboard The Council picket boat was part of a campaign to get the Maryland Port Authority, the owners of Dundalk, to require that contractors doing work for the authority pay the prevailing wage rate. The Council has been picketing at Dundalk and at the Locust Point Marine Terminal, operated by the Port Authority in a 40year lease from the Baltimore and Ohio Railioad. Picketing began after the Mary­ land Attorney General's Office told the Port Authority that it does not have the legal authority to write the prevailing wage clause into construction contracts. A spokesman for the Building Trades Council explained the picketing by exclaiming that "we wanted the Governor to get the message that we are unhappy that they I Port Authority) are bring­ ing out-of-town people from de­ pressed areas and exploiting result of the picketing, the Curtis Bay tug, Kings Point, docked at Dundalk Terminal The Curtis Bay Towing Co. is under contract to the SIU-IBU. Another vessel, the SlU-contracted Ames Victory docked at Dundalk the day before the Ar­ gentina arrived due to the fact that the Victory had military car­ go aboard. At first the Curtis Bay tug Kings Point, who also escort­ ed the Ames Victory to her berth, refused to pass a picket boat patroling at Dundalk, but did so after they were advised that the Victory had military cargo in her holds. The SIU is a member of the Baltimore Port Council, Maritinre Trades Council, (AFL-CIO) which has worked closely with -the Build­ ing and Construction Trades Council on the prevailing wage clause issue in the past. At the present time, the Port Council is not actively engaged in the pick­ eting at Dundalk or Locust Point. By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President Gov't Chartering Abuses Discussed If the Government wants to really help tramp shipowners, it should sweep out its own barn first. This is the blunt, but obvious answer to the Maritime Administration's recent question of how the Federal Government can assist the ship operators. Instead of watching the Maritime Administration waste time by going through the motions of reviewing shipping rates, it's about time Government officials started considering abuses in chartering practices and assignments for foreign ports. Last month the MA asked for comments from tramp operators on a review it proposed to make of American-flag tramp ship ceiling rates which the operators must contend with when their ships carry Govern­ ment-financed foreign aid cargo. The major problem the tramp owners face Is that overseas supply missions have been given the authority to establish the terms and con­ ditions for the chartering parties. By employing this power, these mis­ sions govern the use of American ships. It is these terms and conditions that have a direct impact upon the income of these ships, rather than the ceiling rates whose significance is mainly theoretical. The crucial situation faced by American-flag tramps is that they must depend to a great extent on Government aid cargo. This means that the owners must yield when the pressure is put on by foreign supply missions. The owners must follow this unfortunate course of action even when the charter provisions imposed are blatantly unfair and unreasonable. These rales are actually used to set up a ceiling over which American-liag vessels are considered unavailable at "fair and reasonable rates," even though they are physically present for use. The rates are determined under the Cargo Preference Act, or the law which requires at least 50 percent of Goveinment-generated cargo be shipped in American bottoms. Tramp owners have charged that although the rates were set up to guarantee a fair and reasonable return, owners received the maximum only about four percent of the time during the last seven years. Taking this into consideration, it is obvious that chartering practices must be revised to insure that owners actually get the required rates, since manipulation of these rates would not automatically affect their in­ come. What actually determines the rate structure is charter party condi­ tions and practices of the recipient nations. It is these that must be revised, stabilized and made more uniform if shipping conditions are to be improved. If charter party conditions could be corrected, present ceiling rates would be compensatory. Rates which are noncompensatory demand im­ mediate adjustment. Adjustments should be applied to rates to Korea, Taiwan and the east coast of India and Pakistan. The shipping patterns used to set up the original 1957 rates have become outmoded. Com­ plaints by the tramp owners are the ones that require specific adjust­ ment, rather than having the MA start on a complete rate revision. The Government's policy of keeping rate ceilings of 20 percent or more below the general ceiling for large American-flag ships also must be revised. The industry agreed on this policy as a temporary one, only until the grain shipments to Russia were completed. Of course, if the Government would implement these wise recom­ mendations, the job picture would undergo a considerable change for the better. The number of tramps on these routes would increase, and a healthy boost in the number of job possibilities would open up for we Seafarers. dissatisfaction and was unfolded when the Brazilianowned, Liberian-registered vessel Ponoma, described by the ship's Argentinian radioman as "a hell ship," docked at Honolulu re­ cently. When the ship docked, the Nor­ wegian skipper was dead, a vic­ tim of murder on the high seas, Shortly thereafter, a Norwegian crewmember attempted suicide and was removed to Queen's hos­ pital. Thus far the governments of three countries are displaying anything but effective control over the situation. The US, Brazil and Norway are wrangling over who will begin a formal investigation of the events aboard the Ponoma. With the multi-lingual crew restricted to the ship, the Hono­ lulu police are carrying out a tentative investigation. What they have uncovered so far is a story of unruliness, dissatisfaction and near-mutiny on the vessel during the last eight months which would make the wildest events of a grade Z pirate movie seem quiet and law abiding by comparison. At one time, the story goes, a group of seamen pulled knives on the ship's officers and threatened them. Later the crew refused to work. Then one man climbed the main mast and threatened to jump, but was saved. "The captain did not show up on the bridge Thursday and by noon Friday we were wondering about it. After lunch, I went to check," the mate reported. "There were never any fights but it was getting so the men would refuse to obey work or­ ders, saying they had worked enough and were tired." The ship had sailed short handed and long hours were the order of the day. I can't blame them," said the mate. "Under former owners, this ship had 35 men. Now we have 25." While aboard the ship, the steward was confined to the ship's hospital, "which has only three beds and no medicine or equip­ ment." Fleet was capable of transporting 85 percent of the needed war ma­ terial. The Democrat from North Ca­ rolina, chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, was critical of the Defense and Commerce Depart­ ments and the Maritime Admin­ istration. He said that although Congress authorized in 1958 the construction of a passenger ves­ sel to replace the America, noth­ ing had been done, and that in 1951 construction subsidies for shipowners in bulk transportation —which constitutes almost 80 percent of the nation's imports and exports—had been approved by Congress. The Maritime Ad­ ministration, he said, had so far failed to authorize a single sub­ sidy for such building. Bonner predicted that the na­ tion "will inevitably be left at the mercy of its competitors in world trading" if present trends con­ tinue. He said that it had taken "cataclysmic events" to force the nation into "crash shipbuilding programs in order to survive." In referring to the tinre of the outbreak of the Korean War he said, "Let us pray that we are not confronted with a similar emer­ gency anytime soon. With our pri­ vately-owned fleet operating at a median age level of 18 to 19 years, and our existing reserve fleet consisting largely of war built Libertys and Victorys, 90 percent of which border on 20 years of age, it is extremely unlikely that we could so quickly and effec­ tively rise to a similar occasion today." The nation's fleet has increased since then only about two percent in terms of capability to move cargo, the Congressman said. However, he noted, the nation's gross national product has dou­ bled; the nation's dry cargo waterbome trade has increased from 103 million tons to more than 150 million tons annually; the United States' participation in overseas commerce has dropped from 42 percent to 10 or 11 percent, and fleet of the US has decreased 22 percent. He said that although shipping ranked as the nation's third ex­ port industry, it was being ne­ glected at a time the Soviet Union was placing heavy stress on Its transportation capabilities. "The Soviet Union is pursuing expansion of its fleet in deadly earnest, in realization of a fact we nvay have forgotten — that when trading with the world, mar­ ket accessibility is reliant in a very large degree upon a nation's merchant marine," he said. Bill Passed To Protect US Fishing WASHINGTON — A bill was signed last week which provides for fines up to $10,000, imprison­ ment of up to a year and confisca­ tion of offending fishing boats of other nations caught fishing for resources of the United States con­ tinental shelf. President Johnson signed the bill into law May 20, and said at the time that "efforts will be made to work out in advance with for­ eign countries procedures for en­ forcement there." Japan had strongly opposed the bill which also provides punishment for for­ eign fishing boats caught in the US's territorial watei-s. Johnson said that "the United States has assured Japan that in such consultations with Japan full consideration will be given to Japan's long-established king crab fishery." Previous to the signing of the bill, the Federal Government wa» powerless to prosecute boats enter­ ing US waters or fishing off the continental shelf. Such vessels could only be es­ corted to the high seas by the Coast Guard, or in some cases, prosecuted under similar state laws. 'Chep' Morrison Dies In Plane Crash deLesseps Morrison, speaking SiUNA ConvenHen In 1963. at the NEW ORLEANS—Former Mayor of New Or­ leans and US Ambassador to the Organization of American States, deLesseps (Chep) Morrison was killed last week in a tragic crash of a' chartered plane in Mexico. Morrison was a speaker at the 1963 SIUNA convention in Washington. He was well known personally to many Seafarers and had visited the SIU hall In New Orleans on several occas­ ions. Killed with Morrison in the crash was his youngest son Randy, 7, and five others. He had chartered the plane in Texas to fly to Mexico on a business trip. A native of Louisiana and an attorney, Mor­ rison first became Mayor of New Orleans in 1946 and he remained at the post for 15 years. He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of the state, and in 1961 was appointed by President Kennedy as the US Ambassador to the Organization of American States. He re­ signed the post last September. Funeral services for the former Ambassador and his young son were held in New Orleans on laay 26 and were attended^ by SIU Gulf area vice-president, Lindsay Williams. Morrison's wife, Corinne, died in 1959. Besides Randy, he had tv/o other children, deLesseps, Jr., 20, a student at LSU and Corinne "Ann, 16. �Pase. FIte SUdfAHJER^, lOQ MA Blasted For Changes In Ship Trade-in Poiicy N«w Ptiitloner On Thn Roster WASHINGTON—^Independent shipowners who recently got a jolt when they discov­ ered that a group of 18 C-4 type vessels which the Government is offering for sale would cost them about $250,000 more than they had anticipated, have blasted Maritime Adminis­ trator Nicholas Johnson and-*^ the Maritime Administration has applied an unsupportable in­ ing interpretation and contrary to undermining the law designed terpretation of that act, contrary the full substantiated intent of to the statutory language, contrary Congress," the American Mari­ to aid non-subsidized lines. "The Maritime Administrator to the Administration's still stand- time Association charged. Of the 18 C-4'B released by the Navy from the reserve fleet last year, the MA allocated 13 to SIUcontracted companies. Of these, Waterman is slated for 6, Calmar 5, Oceanic Petroleum and Pentrans, 1 each. After the bids for the vessels were in and the allocations an­ By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer nounced, the MA dropped a bomb­ shell by announcing that it had changed the manner in which the One of the newer benefits the Seafarers International Union has value of the C-4s was to be judged. Seafarer veteran Pedro ibardolaso (right) receives the established for its membership is one which is, virtually, free of charge. The new system could add an esti­ Not one penny of dues or assessments go directly to the continuance mated $250,000 to the cost of each first of many $150 disability pension checks from SIU Head­ of the Union's blood banks in all ports. But Seafarers in every port of the ships. quarters Rep. John Dwyer. Ibardolasa has been sailing with are constantly urged to donate a pint of blood to their bank. the SIU in the steward department since World War II. His Exchange Called 'Sale' Since its inception in the port of New York in January of 1959, last ship was the Steel Advocate (Isthmian). Under the MA's new interpreta­ the blood bank has taken in a total of 3,910 pints of blood, all given voluntarily by Seafarers. Although the clinic here does not maintain tion, the ship exchanges under the its own bank on the Union premises, the donated pints are "deposited" Ship Exchange Act is considered a "sale" in which the traded out in the Brooklyn Blood Bank. The depository at the local Blood Bank is used largely as replace­ ship must be assigned a value "at ment service for hospitals. This means that when a Seafarer or least equal to the value of the his dependent needs blood, the hospital where he is confined supplies ship to be traded-in." This, the the necessary blood, then "bills" the Union Bank for a replacement ship owners charge, is subverting the entire program which Congress of the number of pints actually used. intended as a means to upgrade Sometimes, however, as in the case of an ill Seafarer who needs NEW YORK—Ttie SlU-Pacific District contracted-Ameri­ a continuing supply of blood, or the set-up in advance for something the non-subsidized US fleet. What particularly galls the ship­ can Mail Line has expressed to the Maritime Administration like an open heart operation, the blood goes directly from the Union account at the Brooklyn Blood Bank to the place of need. Blood is ping men is the fact that the MA and to the Atomic Energy Commission a positive interest in often shipped from the SIU account directly to the USPHS Hospital changed its mind in mid-stream, the construction of two and-t after the bids were in and the possibly three nuclearat Staten Island. -f faced with the problem of negoti­ ships allocated and with the bid­ In 1961, a dire emergency arose geared for any emergency, any port ating a construction subsidy. powered cargo ships. ders still believing that the old in Houston when little Ralph can replace the depleted balance, Such subsidies are based on thef The vessels would be employed Wright, the son of Seafarer Nor­ and the person needing the blood rules would apply. difference in costs of constructing in the firm's service between the Under the old interpretation of man R. Wright needed 62 pints of does not lose a second at a time the Vessel Exchange Act, a ship­ Pacific Coast and ports in India, the same type of ship in the United blood to live. The New York bank when every second counts. and abroad. No nuclearowner could receive a ship virtu­ Pakistan, the Persian Gulf and the States was able to supply 48 pints of power foreign commercial ship has Three Seafarers are real heroes ally free if the cost of converting Gulf of Aden, the company said. blood, and Seafarer Wright's ship­ ever been built. of this very important Union bene­ the vessel amounted to more than The ships, if constructed, would mates came through in true SIU style to supply the remainder. It fit. They are Alvin C. Carpenter, $1.2 million. Under the new in­ be part of the company's fleet re­ was decided then that more banks Arthur C. Sankovit and Torsten IC. terpretation, the MA has set a placement program, under which who have given, fixed price ranging from $400,000 the line is committed under sub­ were needed for just such emer­ Lundkvist, respectively, nine, nine and eight to $500,000 on the C-4s on an "as sidy contract to build two or three gencies as the case of the Wright pints of blood over the years to is, where is" basis. Credit is given cargo ships for its India route by child. the SIU Blood Bank plan. At the on any ship turned in under the 1965. Hence, banks were set up in all present time, the Union trustees provisions of the plan, but the Company officials believe the ports where the SIU maintained a are weighing several possible shipowner must pay the difference. long distances involved would BUFFALO — At a testimonial port agent. As in New York, the Wants Old Policy make the service especially suit­ dinner here last Sunday night, out ports use commercial blood awards for the yeoman service of The shipowner's association is able for the world's first maritime the Great Lakes District of the In­ banks or setups like the Red Cross any Seafarer who gives eight or to handle the donation of blood by more pints of blood to the benefit. seeking to make the government application of nuclear power. ternational Longshoremen's Asso­ As in anything else in the Union, rescind the new policy and revert Atomic-powered ships built or un­ ciation presented an award for Seafarers, and the drawing on the outports' balance of blood in each however, there is a certain respon­ to the older formula which was der construction are neither for "outstanding service to maritime area. It has been set up and the sibility for Seafarers to give blood used in the past, and should cer­ military or government use, while labor" to Hal C. Banks, Vicemachinery oiled to such an extent if they are physically able, so as to tainly not be permitted to change the NS Savannah is part of a gov­ President of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America. that any Seafarer or his dependent keep the balance of the bank high the rules for the program after ernment research project. bids have been tended on the old The presentation was made at enough to be able to hold off any can get the blood necessary in an The project has progressed to emergency and not a second is emergency. A man, between the policy. the point that the Maritime Ad­ the seventh annual Owen KavaCountering a statement by the ministration has awarded a $35,000 naugh Award Dinner, sponsored ages of 18 and 60 years, who is wasted. At the present time. New York physically able to give blood, can MA that some shipowners would contract to New York naval archi­ by the Buffaio Joint Council of has a total of 108 pints of blood on do so every eight weeks with no gain a windfall because the C-4s tects to make a feasibility study Longshoremen. The award was presented by ILA deposit. Other ports have varying harm to his own physical well- are worth more than the vessels by the end of September to de­ amounts, some very little, and being. The physical requirements they are trading in, the AMA termine whether nuclear powered Vice President Dave Connors, of some, like Baltimore with 56, a Suf­ are based oil certain standards of pointed out "it is entirely con­ ships would be practical in the Buffalo. SIU President Paul Hall accepted the award in behalf of ficient amount for most emergen­ blood pressure, weight, and past sistent with the policy of the act route. that shipowners be encouraged to medical history. cies. This does not mean, however, Announcing the study. Maritime Banks. Some 300 trade unionists, repre­ that a Seafarer or his dependent In the port of New York alone, trade-in vessels of least value," if Administrator Nicholas Johnson would not be able to get blood if an average of about 60 Seafarers the fleet upgrading aspect of the said, "We want to learn whether senting union and alleid crafts, participated in the awards dinner. the need arose, and the balance come in each month to give blood program is to fulfill its purpose. "The act is merely doing what it is economically and technically In the port nearest to the confine­ to the bank, and even at that, feasible to use some of the mari­ ment facility was exhausted. Work­ there is qnly 108 pints in reserve. it is supposed to do," the AMA time nuclear reactors now avail­ pointed out, "giving the US a more ing .together, again with machinery Blood is always needed. worthwhile merchant marine and able or under development for the Department of Defense the po­ cargo ships operating in trades tential use of an operating fleet of where cargo is hea\'y or where Seafarers and SIU families the best vessels currently avail­ harbors restrict ship dimensions." who apply for maternity, hos­ The study is to cover every able." ^ phase of ship operation, including pital or surgical benefits from Calmar Accepts Cash Benefits Paid — February, 1964 the possible saving to operators the Welfare Plan are urged to The only others of the SlU-conCLAIMS AMOUNT PAID tracted lines to accept the trade-in and to the government tlirough keep the Union or the Wel­ reduced fuel weight of nuclear fare Plan advised of any Hospital Benefits 9,212 $ 78,606.78 agreement under the new rules are power, higher ship speeds, reduc­ changes of address while their Death Benefits 22 69,257.64 C'almar Steamship, which has al­ tion in the number of ships re­ applications are being proc­ ready begun conversion of one of Pension-Disability Benefits 546 81,900.00 the C-4s at Baltimore and SIU quired to serve in the route, and essed. Although payments are Maternity Benefits 77 15 245.50 PaciflC District-contracted Matson acceptance of nuclear-powered often made by return mail, changes of address (or illegible Dependent Benefits 810 93,075.37 Navigation. The rules change by ships by foreign ports. return addresses* delay them Optical Benefits 74(^ 9,308.33 the MA did not affect Calmar and Consideration also will be given Out-Patient Benefits 6,044 34,067.16 Matson because the value of the to manning estimates, estimated when checks or "baby bonds" SUMMARY (Welfare) 17,451 381,460.78 traded-in vessels was equal to the construction and operating costs are returned Those who are and the possibility of automation. moving are advised to notify Vacation Benefits (Avg. $323.35) 1,126 364,087.04 price of the C-4s. Calmar was allocated five of the Should the study show the con­ SIU headquarters or the Wel­ newer type vessels, for which it struction of nuclear commercial fare Plan, at 17 Battery Place, TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION plans to trade-in the Pennmar, ships to be practical, the govern­ New York 4. NY. BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... 18,577 $745,547.82 Marymar, Yorkmar and Portmar. ment and American Mail will be Blood Bank Operation Is Outlined SIU Company Seeks Atom Powered Ships Lakes ILA Honors Banks SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans Moving? Notify SIU, Welfare �Fare Six SEAFARERS May 19, 19U LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) April 9-May 22 SIU members found an improved shipping situation since the last reporting period as a total of 1,319 jobs were filled as compared to 1,198 during the span cov­ ered by the previous report. The increased activity was paced by rises in the number of jobs dispatched in all three departments with the engine and steward cate­ gories showing the most significant improvements. The increased activity during the past two weeks was especially reflected in Norfolk and Houston which both registered substantial gains over the previous re­ porting period. Although the number of men shipping out of Wil­ mington and Seattle declined, the job situation picked up in San Francisco, making it the only West Coast port to show an improvement. In addition to Houston, the only other Gulf port to report a sizable increase in the number of men shipping was Mobile. Job activity dropped off in Baltimore for this reporting period, al­ though this was the only East Coast port that experi­ enced an appreciable change in the number of men shipped. Registration statistics declined slightly during this reporting period, contrasting with a slight rise in the mevious two-week period. Total registration figures 5egan to slip behind the total of men shipped since the ast report, as the job situation began to improve. The total number of Seafarers registered on the beach dropped to a new low of 3,351 compared to the 3,441 in the period covered by the last report. Statistics showing the seniority situation show that there, has been almost no change since last report ap­ peared. The percentage of class A men shipping re­ mained pegged at 53 percent where it was in the last two-week period. Class B shipping dropped by a single percentage point to 36 percent, while class C climbed a point to the 12 percent mark. Ship Aetiviff 1Pay Sign In Offi Ons Trans. TOTAL Boston Now Yorh.... PhiMolpMa.. Boltimoro .... Norfolk .... Jocksoovillo .. Tampa MoMIt Now Orloaoi.. Houston Wilmington .. San Francisco.. Seattle 2 12 4 4 2 0 0 9 7 8 1 1 3 0 3 4 4 2 0 0 3 11 4 1 1 3 4 16 4 11 9 5 3 4 23 24 8 8 4 4 31 14 19 13 5 3 14 41 38 10 10 10 TOTALS ... 53 34 127 214 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Registered CLASS A Boston New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore . .. Norfolk . ... .lacksonville . Tampa Mobile New Orleans. Houston Wilmin.cton pin Francisco Prattle CROUP 1 2 1 3 34 12 8 2 6 17 4 2 4 1 0 0 10 9 41 18 26 25 3 7 15 7 10 4 TOTALS 96 173 41 Port 3 ALL 2 6 9 55 4 ! 14 2 25 2 8 2 7 0 0 1 20 7 66 9 60 0 10 1 23 2 16 GROUP 123 0 1 1 5 14 17 8 4 1 5 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 16 13 10 13 1 1 1 1 0 4 3 9 6 2 310 12 Shipped CLASS A GROUP ALL 123 ALL 0 0 0 0 2 8 33 36 16 57 : 13 1 2 5 8 ' 11 9 6 5 22 6 4 3 2 11 3 I 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 11 27 39 2 21 62 49 8 24! 27 84 SI 0 3 1 4 7 1 2 5 3 17 14 8 63 74 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP 123 ALL 0 0 0 3 11 12 0 9 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 16 24 0 9 12 14 1 2 0 5 3 3 5 4 1 1.54 90 170 36 ! 296 19 65 73 I 157 GROUP 123 ALL 3 TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B Shipped CLASS ABC ALL GROUP 123 ALL GROUP 123 ALL 3 5 0 8 44 56 107 7 2 12 1 15 0 12 28 40 3 7 0 10 7 6 1 14 4 0 3 7 3 12 0 15 34 96 131 1 0 34 37 71 8 5 1 14 15 17 35 3 18 11 34 5 35 20 | 58 296 157 58 1511 344 431 95 | 870 19 186 296 | 501 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A n .-X Port Boston New York Piiiladclphia Baltimore Ni.iiTolk .I'ckscnvilie Tampa r.Tohile Krw Orleans Hcuston V.'ilminpton P'n Francisco C, . ulr. TOTALS GROUP 1 3 2 1 1 0 11 33 5 3 0 13 13 5 4 1 3 1 (1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 13 40 10 8 4 8 23 1 2 1 8 1 1 7 1 0 43 157 30 GROl P ALL 1 2 3 21 0 1 1 49! 7 15 17 16 4 5 1 r* 22 1 1 5 1 5 2 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 : 18 1 10 6 ES , 0 13 15 35 2 20 20 4 1 1 4 10, 0 4 1 ! 7 8! 0 1 '230 ' 15 89 76 Registered Port Et.'S X ' •17 Pv. Y T"s 1..:1 Pllll bn I Nor Jac l-s 0 4 2 4 0 bca ... 0 0 3 1 3 1 2 2 TOTALS 22 rp,, ^ i tim i\iOO. . . . . IN Ij TTrtii J I Oil V • 11 1\ 7 /via CI? or CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 0 0 1 14 10 16 1 0 1 2 10 G 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 3 6 7 27 fi 4 11 0 1 0 6 2 4 1 1 3 49 liT) 80 E::GiNE STEWARD GRANDTOTALS Shipped CLASS A GROUP ALL 1 I . 2 3 1 2 0 0 ' 39 12 29 3 10 10 3 0 13 9 5 3 ! 8 1 8 1 ' 1t 0 0 0 ' 1 0 0 0 17 3 15 1 28 11 30 8 • 42 9 25 1 o : 6 1 U V 2 4 5 4 1 8 1 2 10 1 ' ISO 48 144 ;24 Registered CLASS B GROUP ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1-.S I 0 "3 0 3, 0 2 44 1 17 1 20 4 4| 0 0 3 i 3 0 22' 2 1 9 12 . 2 1 4 6 ' 8i 0 1 1 0 0 2 2! 0 ! 0 0 0 0 0: 0 17 i 0 0 3 3 0 41 2 2 28 32 1 24 1 3 21 25 4 2 0 5 0 5 1 14 6 0 0 6! 1 ' 7 9 ' 11 : 0 2 0 ' 181 ' 10 8 112 130 13 Registered _ CLASS A DECK Registered CLASS B Registered _ CLASS B GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 96 173 41 I 310 12 68 74 ' 154 43 157 30 I 230 15 89 76Ti80 8 112 ! 130 71 30 80 I 181 10 210 360 151 i 721 37 165 262 1 464 Shipped CLASS C GROUP ALL 1 2 3 ALL , 1 0 0 0 0 44 17 10 7 34 ! 13 0 3 4 7 17 0 1 5 6 10 0 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0; 0 1 19 1 1 9 9 19 49 2 20 18 40 25 24 55 1 35 1 6 1 0 6 0 1 1 9 0 1 1 2 7 : 13 0 15 8 1 216 16 92 77 1 185 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 0 0 0 14 13 13 3 1 2 4 4 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 13 8 33 8 6 14 1 0 1 5 2 9 0 1 3 52 37 86 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS B GROUP ALL 1 3 ALL 2 1 0 0 1 ! 0 1 12 15 i 44 2 6 0 1 0 1 5 6 16 0 1 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 2 10 9 37 7 26 551 4 25 32 1 0 24 1 5 6 3 0 17 4 4 0 0 9 8 4 1 0 1 188 11 11 99 1 121 SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP 123 ALL 90 170 36 I 296 48 144 24 I 216 65 37 86 I 188 203 351 146 J 700 CROUP 1 2 0 0 9 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 27 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 3 ALL A B 0 0 1 0 7 19 44 34 2 7 4 13 0 6 0 17 0 1 10 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 19 19 1 7 49 40 7 35 2 55 0 0 6 1 1 1 9 2 0 1 13 15 15 1 46 216 185 Shipped GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 1 4 5 2 11 1 3 3 7 19 97 40 75 11 126 12 41 48 101 4 24 1 14 5 20 1 5 6 12 0 23 11 49 6 66 1 15 18 34 1 16 4 14 2 20 2 8 9 19 1 1 2 12 0 14 3 11 6 20 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 5 43 8 24 1 33 0 10 8 18 7 96 19 56 11 86 39 62 103 2 7 97 11 53 8 72 3 29 33 65 0 7 10 8 4 22 4 3 8 15 1 37 12 12 4 53 3 9 14 26 1 18 29 9 3 30 3 12 6 21 46 ! 447 130 368 57 1 555 35 187 222 1 444 TOTAL CLASS C Shipped GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A 1 2 B C ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 15 18 44 15 18 77 7 0 1 6 6 7 1 14 0 0 0 0 16 6 0 22 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 13 1 23 0 55 37 0 0 0 0 92 0 17 0 17 32 25 17 74 0 1 1 3 0 6 1 10 0 0 4 0 0 17 0 21 0 1 5 6 4 9 6 19 4 47 1 52 188 121 52 1 361 1 SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 19 65 73 I 157 16 92 77 i 185 11 11 99 I 121 46 168 249 | 463 SHIPPED CLASS C Registered C n The Beach CLASS AI CLASS B TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 123 ALL A B 35 20 58 296 157 58 46 216 185 46 4 27 15 4 47 52 188 121 52 8 66 82 I 156 700 463 156 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP l-s 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 4 1 1 3 9 1 1 3 5 21 43 24 57 145 4 40 3 47 8 4 4 7 23 3 6 0 9 25 13 26 8 72 2 25 2 29 4 3 2 8 17 4 10 1 15 2 0 2 3 7 3 0 6 9 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 7 14 5 12 38 0 0 9 9 31 18 72 138 17 3 119 127 5 15 9 20 31 75 5 3 31 39 6 4 4 1 15 1 1 6 8 7 28 9 17 61 0 3 14 17 7 4 9 5 25 6 5 25 36 96~ 187 95 252 1 630 25 32 294 1 351 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP ALL 1 2 3 I 511 344 431 95 •| 447 130 368 57 ! 361 283 95 252 GROUP ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 870 19 186 296 I 501 1 555 J5_ 187 222 ! 444 1 630 25 32 294 351 J1319 757 894 404 |2055 79 405 812 11296 �Mar M. 1964 By Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-Presidenf, Atlantic East Coast Shipping On Even Keel Since the last issue of the LOG, the shipping picture has remained about the same with shipping just as good, if not a iittie better, in the port of New York, There were three sign-ons, 12 payoffs with 16 ships in transit, and there was one more man shipped in the total of A,B, and C men. The total for the period was up from 271 to 272, Begis McKenzie, recently off the Steel Fabricator is now looking for another. He was cook and baker on the Fabricator, and when he left the crew gave him a rousing vote of thanks for his fine baking. He is now registered for another ship, and ready to satisfy another crew, John Norgaard was in to see us and to make application to study for his harbor- pilots license. Good to see you John and good luck on the test. Another cook and baker, Major Reid, formerly aboard the Robin Gray, stopped in to say hello and to talk about the wonderful trip he had to South Africa. He just returned from there and is ready to get underway again. Also in to say hello, and presently recuperating from a broken wing was Nathan Dixon, Others around the New York beach are Waiter Biily Joe, off the Seatrain New York, Raymond Bunco, who got off the llercuies Victory in Oakland, California and flew to New York to be with old buddies and make the scene at the "Big Aquaduct" race track, Frank Fernandez got out of drydock for the weekend and dropped by the Hall, Waiter Fitch, off the Robin Gray, was in, J, Hamot just got back from his first trip on his brand new A book, and Richard Green has just shipped as AB on the Steei King after being laid up for seven months. Good luck to you, Dick. Shipping has been a little slow in Boston recently, but a few more payoffs are expected this month, so we may be seeing an improvement soon up that way. But this period saw only three payoffs in Beantown, with no sign-ons, so it should certainly improve in the coming weeks, Joseph Wescott, a 20-year man, was last off the Council Grove on a trip to Russia and says he is looking to stay coastwise so he will have more time to spend with the family. Also fresh off the Council Grove is George Blackmore, George is planning to take it easy for awhile and then get a ship running coastwise or to Europe, Raymond Davis, whose last ship was the Achilles, says he was really sorry to see that ship laid up. He is up on his farm in New Hampshire, getting some work taken care of, and says he is about just ready for another ship. Gilbert (Rubber) Edwards has signed off the Mount Wash­ ington, but was sorry to see it go. Rubber says the ship is like a hotel. He is in the Marine Hospital in Boston getting a checkup right now, but he says he is going to try to make this ship back when he gets out of drydock. Baltimore Outlook Good Shipping down in Baltimore is off a little from a good last period. However, the outlook is good, and it seems as though Baltimore should pick up agjiin very soon. That port shipped a total of 71 men in the last period? There were four sign-ons, four pay-offs and 11 ships were in transit. While sailing aboard the Raphael L, Semmes, Charles E, Shaw found her to be about the best ship he has sailed in quite some time. He rates the deck department as tops, and hopes they all get a chance to ship out together again real soon. After sailing for over 20 years from Atlantic ports, Thomas (Red) Clough is back after a sojourn in the Gulf. Red says that shipping from the Gulf was okay, but he is glad to get back to his old home port. Red was the bosun on the Jian his last two trips. Shipping in Philadelphia fell off a little last period, but the shipping picture is still all right with some 56 shipped out of that port, Bernardo Tapla reports that he really had a great time re-visiting the country from which he comes, Mexico. His last ship was the Alcoa Pilgrim, and, on the trip, he was affored the opportunity to visit Veracruz, Bernardo says that everyone had a wonderful time there. He says the crew was very lucky because there was a rodeo in nearby Orizaba, where they saw several Mexican movie stars. He is looking for a chance to get back. Last off the Hastings, Carl Biscup, enjoyed the trip to Europe and hopes to sail there more often in the future. He says the girls are especially pretty on the Continent. On the beach in Philly is Manuel G, Madargang, a real old-timer. He's looking for a stewards department slot, either as a chief steward, chief cook or baker. Lewis Hertzog, who last signed off the Alcoa Explorer, is just out of the hospital up in Staten Island, and says the Welfare Department up there is really on the ball. They do a great job for the boys there, Lewis said. Shipping has been' fair down in Norfolk, and the outlook for the future looks to be about the same. A fire broke out in the number three hold of the Steel Fabricator down there a few weeks ago, and the SIU crew aboard her has drawn high praise from the Coast Guard and the ship's officers for the fine job they did in assisting to put out the fire. The vessel burned for two-and-one-half days before the fire was finally extinguished, and she is expected to be laid up for approximately six days for repairs before proceeding to the Gulf. Horace Wiltshire signed off th.j Hurricane recently to check on a boat of which he is a part owner. And Julian Sawyer, who broke his hand on his last ship, the Morning Star, is now fit-for-duty and looking for a ship. On the beach down in Puerto Rico is Harold McVay, who, after a few weeks of leisure is all set to fire or oil some good ship that will bring him back to the area. Jose (Pepe) Garcia is working aboard one of the local tugs. Pepe was aboard the Detroit for about six months and was content with everything except the quick turn around.' Bo Karlson is in town for a little fun, sport and enjoyment. Bo says he had a fine stay aboard his last ship, the Thetis. And, although Ramon Ayala has picked up his tugboat Jicense, he is still interested in a fireman's job heading for New York. Frank Mtfteo is at home in Ponce taking it easy for a while after spending about five months on the Florida State. And Jose Jaoheoo is back in town after about four months at the Marine Hospital In Staten Island. We all hope Jose will be all right and ready to ship in the very near future. SEAFARERS Pare Seres LOG Six Seafarer Oldfimers Draw Lifefime Pensions NEW YORK—Trustees of the SIU pension plan have added the names of six Seafarers to the growing list of Union members who can count on spending their retirement years supported by a tegular monthly pension check. The action of the trustees brings the num­ ber of Seafarers who have re­ tired on $150 pensions to a sixth pensioner is Melvin L. A veteran steward department took out Wheeler, 66. who sailed as a mem­ member, Subat first total of 29, membership in the SIU in 1940 Five of the six SIU oldtimers who were approved by the joint Union - shipowner trustee panel are receiving disability pensions, while one is retiring on a normal pension. The pensioners are Ju­ lian S. Mineses, 65; Lloyd Short, 58; Elon Bruce, 73; Ralph Subat, 60; Hubert R. Cantwell, 62, all of whom shipped deep-sea. The Mineses~ Wheeler Sen, Urges Boost To US Fleet WASHINGTON — The broaden­ ing of the ship exchange program has helped shipping companies to obtain better C-4 type vessels, but "offers no long term solution" for the plight of US shipping, accord­ ing to Sen. E. L. Bartlett (D-Ala.). In a speech to a large Propeller Club audience here last week, Bart­ lett made a plea for a stronger US flag merchant marine, par­ ticularly for the tramps, coastwise and intercoastal segments of the fleet. Domestic operators have been "largely ignored," he said, and left to function mainly with obsolete ships. He mentioned the ship exchange program, but de­ clared that "this can offer no longterm solution and even for the short run will not encourage the use of the most modern vessel design advantages." Must Have Service Bartlett, who, since the illness of Sen. Clair Engle of California, has become the virtual chairman of the Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee, said that apart from any national defense argu­ ment for beefing up the domestic operators, he had a strong con­ viction that the American shipper needs to have available the most efficient type of water sei-vice to offer effective competition with other modes of transportation, •Special' Aid Needed Unless something "special and fairly Immediate" is done for the tramp fleet—which is basica.liy equipped with World War II ships — it "may not survive another decade," he added, A possible area of such help, he indicated, may lie in the various cargo preference statutes and "even more signifi­ cant" in their "administration" by various government agencies. How­ ever, he was not more specific. In conclusion, Bartlett also warned of the Russian maritime buildup, in contrast to the US downgrade. To meet the threat and be certain that US Interests are served in "any contingency" requires a fully supported public policy. ber of the SIU-Great Lakes Dis­ trict. Mineses has been a member of the SIU since 1947 and Is the only oldtimer receiving a regular $150 pension. Joining in Balti­ more, he sailed as a member of the steward department, A native of the Philippine Islands, Mineses makes his home in Philadelphia, although he has a brother who lives in Manila, His last ship was the Uolumbia (US Steel), Sailing with long years of ex­ perience in the engine depart­ ment, Short has been an SIU member since 1941 when he joined up in Baltimore, He ended his sailing days with a voyage on~ the Globe Carrier (Overseas Car­ rier), Short is a resident of Bal­ timore where he lives with his wife. Alma, A veteran member of the SIU since 1947, Bruce took out his first Union card In New York. Sailing in the steward depart­ ment, his last ship was the Del Rio (Delta). A native of Jamaica, British West Indies, Bruce now makes his home in New Orleans with his wife, Sarah. Cantwell, who joined the Un­ ion in New York in 1942, has piled up years of experience In the steward department. A native of Trenton, NJ, he plans to spend his retirement there, close to his family. Cantwell ended his ship­ ping career with a trip on the Robin Hood (Robin Lines). in New Orleans. He ended his sailing days with a voyage on the Seatrain New Jersey, his last ship. A native of Mississippi, Su­ bat now lives with his wife, Irene, in New Orleans. Wheeler, the only Great Lakes Bruce Short district member to retire this month, has been a Union member since he joined in New York in 1943. He has many years of ex­ perience in the engine depart- Subat Cantwell ment and made his last trip as a Seafarer on the Chief Wawatam, Wheeler and his wife, Grace, make their home in Mackinaw City, Mich. ICC OKs Rail Rate Cuts On Wheat to Gulf Ports WASHINGTON—The Interstate Commerce Commission has approved a series of rate reductions proposed by the Gulf rail lines in 1963 to apply to carload export wheat traffic drawn from Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, has entered into the picture as Oklahoma, Missouri, and East railroads serving Pacific ports St. Louis, 111. The reductions, initially sus­ pended by ICC and subsequently held from operation by the rallroads pending the decision, amount to a uniform 10 percent decrease from rates in operation in June, 1962. The ICC's action marks for the Gulf ports and railroads a win­ ning round in their running com­ petitive fight with Great Lakes ports and carriers for the export wheat business. It gives the Gulf ports a sub­ stantial advantage over their Lakes competitors in terms of rail freight charges for the muchcontested wheat trade. While the ICC sanctioned the wheat rate cuts, it refused to per­ mit similar reductions on export flour and bulgur from the same origins to the Gulf outlets, with one e.xception. That was a Bur­ lington Railroad tariff which of­ fered the flour reductions to Chi­ cago, the only Lakes port city served by Burlington. The ICC ruling was the latest of a long list of rail rate changes considered in the past few years as an outgrowth of sharpened competition between the Lakes and Gulf ports for export agri­ cultural business. More recently the West Coast have embarked on rate-making programs intended to generate more traffic in that direction. Exemplary of the carload wheat rates approved by the ICC was one of 58 cents from Greeley. Colo., to the Gulf ports, compared to an existing rate of 78 cents. No comparison was provided with the present rate from that point to Lakes ports. Rejects Lakes' Arguments ' The commission rejected argu­ ments^ by the Lakes ports and rail­ roads that the proposed Gulf re­ ductions would create "noncom­ pensatory" rates or would preju­ dice the Lakes and prefer the Gulf. The chief support for approval for the Gulf rates was a finding that substantial truck and water competition faces railroads mov­ ing wheat to the Gulf but that little such competition exists for Lakes-bound traffic. A variation on this finding prompted the commission to re­ ject the flour reductions other than for Burlington. ICC ruled that as only minimal competition by other nvodes is available on flour traffic to both the Lakes and the Gulf ports, each port group should be given equal rate treat­ ment on the traffic. •^1 �4 I'i' $i^AF4^iRs 10 d Pag»Hcbl 5»* ^J»:»,- May t9, RR Rate Cut Hits Seatrain Cult IBU Signs Two New. Pacts NEW ORLEANS—SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines has an­ nounced it will discontinue sailings between New Orleans and New York in mid-June. A company spokesman cited recent heavy losses suffered from discriminatory rate-cut­ ice, and we can no longer support ting by the railroads as the New Orleans. For the year 1963 NORFOLK—The SIU Inland Boatmen's Union has successfully negotiated new three-year con­ tracts here with the Gulf Atlantic Towing Company (GATCO) and the Marine Oil Service Company. The new agreement with GATCO covers approximately 75 men and went into effect on May 1. The new pact calls for a wag# Increase, an additional paid holi­ day, improvements in working conditions, and an increase in wel­ fare contributions by the company to the SIU-lBU Welfare Plan. SlU-lBU members at Gatco ratified the new pact by a 50-8 count. The new three-year contract signed by the SlU-lBU at the Marine Oil Service Company will go into effect on July 1. The new pact calls for an Immediate wag# increase, an improvement in work­ ing conditions and an increase in employer contributions to the SIUlBU Welfare Plan. The Union members at Marine Oil Servic# voted unanimously to accept th# new contract. The Company op­ erates a fleet of small harbor tankers and ship supply vessels In the Hampton Roads area. primary reason for dropping the Seatrain suffered a net loss of $1,735,279. Approximately $745,000 service. "The Interstate Commerce was incurred at New Orleans." Discriminatory rate cutting by Commission has been disinclined to enforce the provisions of the railroads involves reducing tar­ law prohibiting discrimination in iffs on those items which are the SlU-IBU rank and file negotiating committee is shown here rail rates against coastwise water backbone of steamship traffic. carriers," he said. "In recent Such reductions are possible be­ with representatives of Gulf Atlantic Towing Company at months particularly, the commis­ cause the railroads make up the contract signing ceremonies at the Norfolk hall. They are sion majority almost seems to be difference by applying higher (l-r, seated) Norfolk port agent Gordon Spencer, L. M. embarked on a deliberate cam­ rates to other commodities on Winslow, GATCO vice-president, and J. R. Kenney, GATCO paign to bring about the end of which they have no competition district manager. Back row includes GATCO crewmembers from water carriers. The usual coastwise service." Ronald Wiiklns, George Tate, Dave Tillett, Wilitam Tingle outcome is that after shipping The action by Seatrain in drop­ and James Marks. ping the New Orleans service competition is eliminated by the parallels similar action taken sev­ discriminatory rates, all rates go eral years ago by SlU-contracted up sharply. The major traffic affected by Sea Land Service, which was the shutdown of New Orleans then the only other general cargo service by Seatrain will be the coastwise steamship line. Seatrain, which operates six movement of rice, rock salt, plas­ specially designed ships to carry tics, chemicals and petrochemicals railroad freight cars and highway northbound and iron and steel containers, came to its decision products and miscellaneous man­ By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area in spite of protests by New Or­ ufactured products southbound. Seatrain service between Edgeleans port and shipping groups. The company pointed out that as water and Texas City and Puerto Federal Maritime Administrator Nioholaa Jtriinson iMid a viait to the New Orleana Hall last week. He waa accompanied by Captain a result of rail rate discrimina­ Rico will continue as usual. Thomas A. King, Gulf Coast Director of the Federal Maritime Admin­ tion by the railroads, Seatrain's revenue per ton on freight car istration. They were visibly Impressed by the beautiful New Orleans Hall and the comfortable facilities provided for the membership. traffic between New Orleans and They also were given a firsthand look at the training program and its Edgewater, NJ terminal de­ the Seafarers Clinic in the New Orleans building. clined an average of 28.8 percent Earlier in the week, we attended a testimonial dinner in Lake Charles between 1958 and 1964. for Congressman T. A Thompson, U.S. representative from the "Seatrain is unable to continue Louisiana 7th District. Congressman Thompson is the fourth ranking the financial drains Involved in member of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries the (Interstate Commerce) com­ and he is the ranking member of the sub-committee on the Merchant mission's unwillingness to act," a NEW ORLEANS — A Presiden­ Marine and is one of the most Influential members of Congress on company representative said. "In May of last year we were forced tial "E" award for excellence in legislative matters affecting Seafarers and their jobs. This meeting to terminate our Savannah serv- export promotion has been award­ was addressed by Secretary of thelnterior Stewart Udall, who praised ed to SlU-contracted Delta Steam­ the Congressman for his active and constructive interest in the con­ ship Lines by Under Secretary of servation of U.S. Wildlife and Water resources. Veteran Congressman Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Morrison, of the Sixth Louisiana District, was master of Jr., at ceremonies here recently. ceremonies for the occasion. Organizationally, the Union is moving ahead along the Gulf Coast. The presentation was made at a banquet of the Mississippi Valley Favorable new contracts have 4World Trade Council. According been negotiated with two towing ments. The shipping outlook is to the citation. Delta, "Through an companies, D. M. Picton in Port not too good for Mobile in the MOBILE—Another tugboat vet­ aggressive program of trade de­ Arthur and Mobil Towing and Immediate future but it is still eran has been added to the grow­ velopment, has increased its export Wrecking. As soon as the IBU is exceptionally bright in New Or­ ing list of SlU-lnland Boatmen's shipments to more than 50 percent certified as the collective bargain­ leans and Houston. Rated engine ing representative for the em­ Union members who have been of cargo tonnage." department men are particularly placed on pension by the Joint In a separate announcement. ployees of Slade and Southern scarce. C. C. "Honeybee" Morris Union - shipown­ Delta was lauded for successfully Towing Company (formerly known paid off the Aldlna in Houston er trustee panel promoting American products and as Higman Towing), company after a trip to Karachi. He hopes of the SlU Pen­ tourism in Latin America and representatives will be asked to to catch something-going to Japan sion Plan. Africa, aiding US manufacturers to meet with the Union to begin ne­ soon. Edward R. Davidson, who Jonathan W. sell abroad and developing the gotiating a contract to cover the is noted as a baker of fancy pas­ Grizzel, an IBU first floating exhibition in the nearly 150 employees involved. oldtimer who has Red Leonard stopped by the tries, paid off the Penn Exporter Mobile Trade Fairs program. in Houston and is now on the look­ been sailing out The floating exhibition men­ Hall with his wife and his daugh­ out for a trip to India. of this port since tioned in the announcement is the ter, Melinda, and son. Gene. They Some of the oldtimers on the 1929, is the latest SlU-manned Delta Line vessel Del seemed to enjoy themselves in the addition to the beach in Mobile are K. G. Huller, Seafarers dining room, especially Sud, which is now on a tour of key Grinel ever - increasing ports in Brazil, Argentina and young Gene, who was moving who has been an SlU member number of tug veterans who can Uruguay carrying exhibits of US through a plate of- fried shrimp since 1938 and has been sailing look forward to a comfortable re­ industrial and consumer products in fine style. Charlie Dixon, rest­ out of the Gulf all that time. He tired life made possible by a regu­ to spur US exports to South ed up and ready to ship again is enjoying a vacation with his lar $150 monthly pension check. after a vacation, made the chief family but is trying to get back America. Grizzel, who is 66, became a electrician's job on the Steel Ven­ out in a Group 2 engine job on a About 70 US exhibitors are dis­ member of the IBU here in 1956. playing their wares aboard the Del dor last week. "Hungry Henry" bulk carrier. Ray Henderson, who He has sailed on tugs of the Pilots Sud, which will make stops at the Gerdes paid off as chief steward just got off the Claiborne, is hap­ Service Corporation of Mobile ports of Rio de Janeiro, Santos and on the Del Oro and is registered py to be back with his family at since 1958. Prior to 1958 he worked Parangua, Brazil; Montevideo, in Group 1-S. For the time being, Fairhope, Ala., and is working for the Mobile Bar Pilots Associa­ Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Argentina, he is taking it easy on the beach. ashore as a carpenter while build­ tion for 29 year.s. As predicted in our last report, ing some time on his registration and the Curacao port of WillemBorn in Little Cayman, British stad. The exhibitors are accom­ shipping remained good all card. George Dean dropped by West Indies, Grizzel now has a panying their products on the voy­ through the Gulf. Mobile had one at the Mobile Hall on the way tc home in Mobile where he lives age to explain the usefulness of of the busiest shipping periods it his home in Robertsville, Ala., to with his wife, Daisy. He served their wares and, hopefully, to take has had in some time and by the register. He is a real oldtimer with the US Coast Guard during orders. end of last week had the shortest who has been sailing out of Mo­ World War 11. Open house was held aboard the manpower supply the Alabama bile and New Orleans since 1936. Del Sud on May 13 for delegates Port has had in months. The He says he plans to sail a few and guests to the Mississippi Val­ Council Grove, however, laid up more years before putting in for ley Trade Conference while the after paying off at the end of a his retirement benefits. C. E. Mar­ vessel was docked at New Orleans. Russian grain voyage and the Fort tin of Silver Creek, Mississippi, Chief value of the floating ex­ Hoskins was expected to do like­ who has been sailing as chief cook In order to assure accurate hibition is that of offering US wise after coming in from a Rus­ and baker since 1938, registered digests of shipboard meetings firms an opportunity to display sian trip. These are both Jlities in Mobile after his last ship, the in the LOG, it is desirable that their products to a select audience Service jumbolized T-2s and in­ Overseas Joyce, laid up in New the reports of shipboard meet­ of government and business lead­ dications are that they will re- Orleans. C. R. IVolfe is vacation­ ings be typed if at all possible. ers in the three Latin American crew in a couple of weeks in con­ ing after paying off as chief stew­ countries. nection with other grain move­ ard on the Arizpa. MA Chief Visits New Orleans Hail Delta Line Gets Award For Trade IBU Veteran Gets Pension Type Minutes When Possible Action Taken On Bloomfield Subsidy Bid WASHINGTON —A notice con­ cerning the application of the SlUcontracted Bloomfield Steamship Company for a 20-year operating differential subsidy on trade rout# 21 is being published in the Fed­ eral Register by the Maritime Reg­ ister, it was announced recently by Maritime Administrator Nicho­ las Johnson. Johnson said that the publica­ tion of the notice would give an opportunity for interested persons to comment on the application in conformity with a decision of the Maritime Subsidy Board, affirmed by the Secretary of Commerce, that all applications for operating differential subsidies should be subject to public notice. Bloomfield had requested the Secretary of Commerce to review and reverse the Subsidy Board de­ cision handed down in December, 1963, which extended Bloomfield's subsidy operation on Trade Route 2,1 for only one year. Bloomfield had sought a 20-year-paet for op­ erations on the US Gulf-United Kingdom/European Continent route. At .the time of it's decision, the Subsidy Board had stated that the subsidy extension was granted so that the Board could study in greater detail its present subsidy contract with Bloomfield. The Subsidy Board action was the first time that the board had deferred a decision on renewal of a subsidy contract in order to grant an opportunity for public notice and comment on the appli­ cation. Comments on the applica­ tion are to be submitted to th# Maritime Subsidy Board by today. May 29, 1964. Bloomfield has already advised the Maritime Administration that it wishes to withdraw "its applica­ tion for an operating differential subsidy to operate on TR 13, which covers an operation from the US Gulf to the Mediterranean, and on TB 22 frpm the US.Gplf to the Far East �Matr If, MM SEAFARgMS Laylns Groundwork For Await Action By House Commlttem Construction Subsidies Bill For Fishing Vessels Pending BOSTON—Revival of the Massachusetts and New England fishing industry is tied directly to a bill pending in Congress that provides a 55 pw cent "differential" government subsidy In connection with the con--*struction of fishing vessels in than that landed by US fishermen and imports also matched US pro­ this country. James Ackert, president of the SIU - affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ men's Union, noted that the en­ tire fish industry is anxiously awaiting for US Rep. Herbert Bonner's committee in Washing­ ton to report on the bill, possibly within two weeks. Boats To Be Built "If the legislation goes through, I know of six fishing boats to be built for Gloucester, three for Boston, plus others in New Bed­ ford," Ackert reported. Under the pending legislation, the government would pay up to 55 percent subsidy for new fish boats built in the US—the differ­ ence between the construction cost in this country compared with building such vessels in for­ eign nations, such as Denmark, West Germany and Japan. Ackert described as the "best news in years" from a legislative standpoint, the Senate's recent action in approving a $25 million program for developing state fish­ ery resources in the US and its decision to put teeth in controls to keep foreign Rshing vessels out of US territorial waters. Under the $25 million program, Massachusetts stands to receive $300,000 in each of the next five years to stimulate local fishery resources. In turn, the Common­ wealth of Massachusetts must participate on a matching basis. Commercial Purposes Only "This money would be spent on commercial fishing purposes only, for such items as new weighing machines for the boats at the Boston fish pier and for any other research projects the industry wants to put into effect," Ackert said. The Union president said the new legislation could not come at a better time, noting that for the first time Americans are eating more foreign-caught imported fish Fac* KIM LOG duction of scallops for the first time in the first quarter of 1964. In another development, the US Tariff Commission has filed a fav­ orable report for the New Eng­ land ground fish industry, asking tariff negotiators in Geneva to let the current dut'y stand in regard to imports of fresh and grcund fish fillets. P.L 480 Food Sold To Brazil WASHINGTON — The US has decided to finance purchase of $93 million worth of agricultural commodities by Brazil under an amended Title I, Public Law 480 agreement. The vail/ue includes ocean transportation of an esti­ mated $11.3 million. The program provides that 20 percent of the total payment re­ ceived from Brazil for the sales will be set aside for US use. Of the remaining 80 percent, 60 per­ cent will be available for eco­ nomic development loans and 20 percent for economic developnvent grants. The composition of the com­ modities to be sent to Brazil un­ der the agreement breaks down to about 40 million bushels of wheat valued at $70.5 million, about 44.1 million pounds of ed­ ible vegetable oil valued at $5.7 million, about 344,000 bushels of grain sorghums valued at $800,000, about 22 million pounds of lard valued at $3 million, about 1.1 million pounds of butter val­ ued at $400,000, about 176,000 hundredweight of dried peas val­ ued at $900,000 and about 22,000 hundredweight of lentils valued at $200,000. Lifeboat Class ICS On View The spotlight is on Class No. 108 in the SIU lifeboatmen's school at headquarters i. the photo above, taken after all hands in the class successfully completed Coast Guard course and earned lifeboat tickets. They are (front, l-r) Frank Staples, Martin Spears; middle, Jan Bonefont, Igna­ tius Salerno, John Williams, Thomas Strafford; rear, instruc­ tor Dan Butts, Pete Rivero, Percy Parks, John L. Serigue, Michael Feldstein and instructor Ami Bioriisson. ' I 1. 't 111 Union Laboi Show Evor Right In the thick of tho planning for this year's AFL-CIO Union Induitrlei Show was Maritime Trades Department executive sec­ retary - treasurer Pete McGavin (second from left). The Seafarers Inter­ national Union had three booths at the six-day show which ended yesterday In Louisville, Kentucky, dis­ playing many of its con­ sumer items, such as CalPack products and BreastO-Chicken tuna, both from the West Coast. The MTD set up its display in a fourth booth. With McGavin in the picture are (l-r) John S. Lutz, the show's assistant director; McGavin; Harold A. Schneider of the American Federation of Grain Millers and show director Joseph Lewis. The title of this year's show was "Americans At Work." Sponsored and' produced by the Union Label and Service Trades Department of the AFL-CIO and offered to the general public admission free, the multi-million dollar exhibition portrayed the "Americans At Work" theme to thousands of visitors during the show's run. Poverty Too Expensive To Ignore^ US Warned WASHINGTON—"The most expensive thing we can do is do nothing" about the poor, because "the number of persons who are potential members of the poverty group is increas­ ing," Sargent Shriver, director of the President's task force in the anti-poverty program warned on a nation-wide radio •*" hookup sponsored by the the Selective Service program to tary service, but to determine call up young men at 18 or those who need educational or AFL-CIO. Speaking on the AFL-CIO pub­ younger, not for immediate mili­ health assistance. lic service program Washington Reports To The People, Shriver pointed out that "public welfare payments have increased over the last five years at three times the rate of national productivity." The 9 million on assistance, he said, "are a drag, like a weight on the back of the American economy." Increase Productivity WASHINGTON—This country's private shipyard industry "Every person we can take off could employ an additional 100,000 persons at a savings to the the negative side, every person we can make productive who has been government of millions of dollars, if sufficient work were unproductive, makes it just that available, according to Edwin-* much easier for the whole econ­ M. Hood, president of the yards," he said, whereas "private omy to progress," he said. "We Shipbuilders Council of yards shrink or expand employ­ turn a person who is a consumer America. ment immediately and in a much only into one who is a better con­ more direct ratio to the work in The council, which has been sumer, one who is productive, who fighting to have the Navy curtail hand." This is facilitated, he said, by pays taxes instead of costing them work at its own yards and channel —a full-fledged citizen in our eco­ it to private yards, claims that the pool of workers in various nomic life." there would be no mass unemploy­ crafts in each port area who shift Shriver said first concentration ment from the closing of Navy their employment frequently from yard to yard, depending upon the in the Administration program is yards. location of available work. on youth, because "to save a per­ In a letter to Secretary of De­ son who is 16, 17 or 18 is to take Mr. Hood asserted that employ­ that person out of poverty for the fense Robert S. McNamara, Mr. ment levels in private yards last Hood said the additional workers rest of his life." A proposed Job year "ranged from 30 per cent corps, he said, is planned for these that could be employed by private above to 30 per cent below the yards were more than the total young persons "to make the illiter­ annual average," while the levels ate literate, to make the unhealthy employed by all Navy yards com­ in Navy yards were thought to be bined. Private shipyard facilities healthful, to teach skills, to show more than 5 per cent from the young people the importance of last year were 58 percent idle, he annual average. sajd. punctuality and reliability in hold­ "The range of employment in "Two separate and Independent private yards also is greater than ing a job." cost studies have shown that costs normally expe'cted in private in­ Special Programs "Some would be given part-time in private yards are lower than dustry," he said. work," he continued, "to prepare costs in the naval yards," Mr. Noting that private shipyards for holding a job or advancing Hood declared. Figures which he absorb the cost of extensive facili­ within a certain type of employ­ used in his letter showed that ties on a limited volume of busi­ ment or even to college. "We also work in private yards is up to 33 ness, Mr. Hood told the Defense plan to have a special program for per cent cheaper than the com­ Secretary that "higher activity those who are now in college, but parable work in Navy yards. levels would provide lower unit Availability of more shipwork costs as fixed shipyard costs would who would otherwise have to leave for financial reasons. We propose for private yards would undoubt­ be absorbed by a greater number to give them part-time work so edly lead to more stability and of units of production." He also said that private ship­ they can pay their own way. We provide operating efficiencies that hope to reach about 400,000 young may reduce the cost of doing ship- yards "coming within the scope" men and women with these pro­ work below present levels which of the study "indicated a willing­ are lower than those in naval ship­ ness to provide all the messing grams." He said that if approved by yards," he continued. and berthing facilities desired by Congress, the jobs corps would be Personal excess to require­ the Navy, provided a constant tied in with the proposal by Sec. ments, in large measure, account workload of naval shipwork justi­ of Labor W. Willard Wirtz to use for the higher cost in naval ship­ fied the investment. Seek More Gov't Work For Private Shipyards �Sf!4F4nERS . I0€t Ten HWM. ItH US-Foreign Nof/dns Reach ^Tentative' Agreement By Sidney Margrolius A Look At Educational Loans FMC Regulatory Rights Raked Over Coals Again With college costs soaring, borrowing has become the fastest-growing WASHINGTON—A tentative agreement has been reached between the Federal Mari­ method of financing post-high school education. Some finance compa­ time Commission and 11 foreign nations over demands by the FMC that foreign shipping nies and insurance firms especially are pushing the idea of borrowing to go to college. Deveraux Josephs, Chairman of the New York Life lines which belong to steamship conferences serving the US make their contracts with their • • Insurance Company and recently chairman of a Government committee shippers comply with FMC re--*-^ on higher education, even recommended that colleges should raise gulations; a right granted to much language which stresses the nies and shipowners may not ac­ fees to charge the student "the full cost of his education, and what the commission under the 1916 control of the FMC and the 1916 cept the agreement once it is out­ the student or parents cannot pay from past savings and current sav­ Shipping Act. Shipping Act, which protects US lined to them by their government ings and current earnings, they should borrow. Unfortunately however, from shipping, is to be eliminated com­ spokesmen that they still retain But President Eldon Johnson of the University of New Hampshire, what information was released con­ pletely from the dual rate con­ the right to object to any inter­ has warned that over-reliance on borrowing may create a new form of cerning the recent discussions held tracts. ference by the US with the free­ Even at this, it was made clear dom of their shipowners and ship­ "indentured service, in which the poor pay for twenty years while the here at the State Department, it better-off start life debt-free." appears that any agreement that the foreign steamship compa­ ping to do whatever they please. One of the most shocking practices this writer has encountered is the reached, however tentative, was large number of well-known colleges that recommend high-cost loan basically on the terms of the for­ Cite Alarming Cost Increase companies to students in their catalogs, either in ignorance or disregard eign nations involved. The FMC is seeking documents of the true costs of such loans. Ironically, some colleges who may also give tlie same students part scholarships, unwittingly may be using from the foreign shippers concern­ some of their limited scholarship funds to subsidize interest payments ing freight rates in trade with the US. The documents are needed to to commercial loan companies. Recently Senator Vance Hartke (D-Ind.) has been criticizing educa­ enable Federal shipping agencies tion loans offered by finance companies whiA charge parents the equi­ to review and pass on freight rates valent of true per-annum interest of 26 per cent and more, and in two in US trade. Outcry Raised cases, 54-60 per cent. These examples were based on a survey by the magazine of the Credit Union National Assoeiation. The requests for this informa­ NEW YORK—The New York State AFL-CIO here has First of all, parents and students need to understand that a so- tion by the FMC created an imme­ called on Gov. Nelson' A. Rockefeller of New York to name called "$4,000 plan" offered by a bank or finance company operating a diate outcry from 10 leading Euro­ "tuition" or "education plan" is not really a $4,000 loan. As this de- pean maritime nations and Japan, a Moreland Commission to probe the operations of the Blue p-arlment previously has pointed out, the money Is advanced only for which accused the US of trying to Cross Hospital Insurance set-"*" Corbett noted that in its own $500 at a time on a "$4,000 plan." This is a $500 loan, not a $4,000 loan. regulate and control what was not up, because of the "alarming presentation, the state AFL-CIO its business, interfering with in­ rate of increase in the cost In the case of the very high rates cited by the credit union researchers and Senate Ilartke, the true pcr-annum cost is especially steep because ternational affairs, and brought to subscribers of medical care ben­ has raised a number of points the borrower really prepays part of the loan. For example, for a $1,000- threats of retaliation against US efits under health insurance plans." aimed at cutting or holding down Blue Cross costs which were ruled Union Protest a-year tuition plan for four years, on which the lender really advances ships calling at their ports. out of consideration. They in­ The nations involved are Bel­ In a telegram to nie Governor, $.500 at a time, the borrower repays $106 a month for 40 months. The $240 of finance charge is only somewhat higher than the typical $150 gium, Holland, the United King­ Raymond R. Corbett, head of the cluded: Cost Cutting Ideas to $200 charged for similar tour-year plans by banks and other lenders. dom, Italy Sweden, Norway, Den­ 2 million member union federation, mark, West Germany, France, said such a study is needed and • New York's Blue Cross re­ But in this case, the payments are completed in 40 months, instead of would possibly point the way to serve requirement is far greater the usual 48 months. Thus, during the last few months, the borrower Greece and Japan. A July 4 deadline was set by legislation to assure continued than that considered adequate for has prepaid some of the money he supposedly is borrowing. the FMC for filling new contracts availability of adequate hospital Blue Cross plans elsewhere. In the finance-company plans we ourselves have studied, the true between the steamship conferences • The formula under which hos­ per-annum rates, after allowing for the value of the life insurance and the shippers moving cargoes insurance at reasonable cost to per­ pitals are paid needs restudy and provided, often do run from 13 to 37 percent. For example, an $800 through US ports. These contracts sons with low fixed incomes. The recent decision of State In­ recasting to prevent overpayment. one-year "plan" offered by one company advances $400 a semester, re­ cover shippers agreeing to use only surance Superintendent Henry paid in eight installments of $104. The borrower pays back in four steamship lines belonging to con­ • Stricter controls are needed in Root Stern, Jr. to grant Blue Cross monthly payments at a finance charge of $16. This is the equivalent ferences, which are given a re­ policing bills submitted by hos­ Rate increases ranging from 24.6 of a per-annum interest rate of a^'proximately 37 per cent, after allow­ duction in ocean freight rates as pitals. ing for the insurance, since the average debt during those four months part of the agreement. A steam­ to 40 percent placed this protection • Expensive hospital facilities beyond the means of many sub­ is only $125, and you have the use of the money for only one-third ship conference is a voluntary as­ are needlessly used because Bluo scribers. of a year. sociation made up of American The AFL-CIO chief added that Cross policies here do not provide There is no need to pay such rates. The AFL-CIO Education De­ and foreign lines serving on the suggestions to cut Blue Cross costs out-patient diagnostic care and partment points out that the National Defense Education Act provides same trade route and interested in and improve its operation, made treatment. student loans at a true interest rate of 3 per cent. Nor does the interest maintaining the same rates and by many witnesses at the recent • Blue Cross is controlled by a charge begin until after the student graduates. You have ten years to practices. public hearings on the rate increase Board of Directors overloaded with repay (actually eleven years since you don't have to begin repay­ Because not all shippers are con­ application, were all rejected as members with direct or indirect ments until a year after graduation!. Moreover, if you go into teach­ ference members, a dual system not being within the scope of the hospital connections with the re­ ing, you wiil have ten percent of your loan cancelled for each year of rates exists and it is these dual inquiry. sult that the same people occupy you teach, up to 50 per cent. For students interested in teaching. rates on which the FMC is attempt­ At the hearings, Corbett contin­ both sides of the negotiatine table. Defense Act loans actually can serve as a kind of partial scholarship. ing to fix its regulatory eye. ued, Stern repeatedly told wit­ Corbett said that "many other With the FMC still seeking "vol­ nesses that he was limited by law areas of operation of New York's The Defense Act gives preference to students intending to teach, and to students of the sciences, engineering, foreign languages and math. untary compliance" with its regu­ at the hearing to consider only Blue Cross need inquiry and short If you can't get a Defense Act loan, or other loan directly from your latory orders, the foreign shippers testimony on the subject matter of of an all-out probe by a Moreland continue to drive a hard bargain. the rate application before him Commission, it appears that a bad college, here are other sources in order of inceasing cost; Slate-sponsored college loans: Among states that now have their own Consequently, under the recently and that only legislation could put situation will get worse with no or .semi-official programs of co lege loans, are Florida, Illinois, Loui.si- reached "tentative agreement" many of the suggestions into effect. step being taken to prevent it." ana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Penn.sylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Wis­ consin and Wyoming. Usually these loans are guaranteed by a state or SEATTLE—A strong comeback semi-public agency but made by local banks. Your state education de­ is being made by Alaskan can­ partment, student-aid office or high school guidance counselor can tell you which banks participate. In some cases, students attending post- neries, some of which were vir­ high school vocational or nursing schools also are eligible. tually leveled by the March 27 Some states which do not have general loans for students, do provide earthquake whicn struck the for teacher education, nursing and other medical-service students. Often these are service loans, and can become, in effect, scholar­ Alaskan coastline. ships. In West Virginia, for example, for each $500 a student receives, Shipments of the first food to he is expected to teach one year. Each year of teaching cancels $500 be exported from the state since of notes. United States Aid Fund loans now are available through more than the disaster, an air shipment of 400 ca'ieges in some 41 slates, usually those that do not have their own 220 cases of canned salmon and stale programs. The interest rate is a reasonable true 6 per cent per reindeer sausage, destined for the annum, including credit life insurance. No payments are required until World's Fair, has already arrived after graduation. Unlike the National Defense Act loans, these loans in New York. Now with the ad­ do accrue interest whi.e the student is still in school. The actual loans vent of the salmon canning sea­ are made by cooperating hrme-town banks. Your college can give son, some of the sea-food canner­ you additional information. ies are beginning to hum again. llcme-town. Religious, Nationality Organizations have a larger number During the quake, at least 27 of student loan funds at low cost. These organizations include PTA's, high schools, women's clubs, churches, civic organizations as Rotarians members of SlUNA affiliates were and E^ks, The Grange, fraternal organizations as Knights Templar, and confirmed as dead. The Cal-Pak many others. In some cases, loans are limited to members; in other Company of San Francisco, which tained heavy plant losses. The Alaska Ice and Storage Company. cases, any applicant is eiig b e. Your high school can tell you about is under contract to SlU-affiliated Quizinke Packing Company, fish The tremendous destruction Cannery Workers of Union of the local loan funds. packers near Kodiak, was a total wrought by the earthquake and Pacific, estimated its losses at the Prcd'jcllon Credit Associaticns may be a source of low-cost college loss. In Kodiak, the Alaska Pack­ tidal waves which hit the coast of loans for rural dwelle.s, iic udhig farmers and part-time farmers, lime of the quake at between ers Association also reported a Alaska is evident in the picture $400,000 and $500,000, advises L. Theodore Sehocn, General Manager of the Hastings, Minne­ total loss, as did Alaska • ^ing above showing fishing boats left sota FCA. The PCA's are cooperative organizations providing credit Other SlU-affiliated companies, Crab. Pan-American Fisheries was scattered high and dry and farfor farmers. although reporting no deaths, sus- partially destroyed as was the inland. NY Labor Urges Blue Cross Probe SlU Alaska Fish Canneries Make Comeback �'Lt \ •* * * * - StAFAKJBRS •J f. Lac Pace Pfeveii 'To Your Health, Sir!" yyl '31 •'^1 REPUBLICAN PUSH. Ten major Industrial areas have been pin­ pointed by the Republican party for an all-out drive to harvest votes among minority and low income groups. Together, the 10 big cities represent states which control 220 of the 270 electoral votes needed to elect a president. The cities are New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Newark, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. The drive will eat up a big portion of the $12 million campaign kitty Republicans figure they will need to finance National Committee activities for the 1964 campaign. According to a memorandum circulated by the GOP, about $9.5 million will be poured into the presidential contest; $2 million to help GOP candadates for the House, and $500,000 for senatorial candidates. 10^ MEDICAL CARE COSTS. Since the third quarter of 1962, daily service charge in hospitals has soared 6.6 percent and the cost of hospital insurance by three percent, according to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Overall medical care prices have hit a record high of 117.2 (1957-1959 is base period of 100 percent), and hospital costs alone are 139.6, up nearly 40 percent from the base period. These orbiting costs hit America's millions of elderly hardest, but the American Medical Association continues to insist there is no need for President Johnson's proposed health care program under social security. 4. 4) CONSUMER PROTECTION. Perhaps this year, perhaps next year —^but surely someday—the American consumer will be protected against interest-gouging on loans or on goods purchased on time. When this happens, it could be that just one vote made it possible. The one vote decision came recently in a Senate Banking Committee subcom­ mittee which had been sitting on Sen. Paul Douglas' (D-Ill.) truth-inlending bill for two years. By a 5-4 margin the subcommittee sent the bill to the full Banking Committee. Voting for the consumer were five Democrats—Douglas, Clark (Pa.), Proxmire (Wise.), Williams (N.J.), and Muskie (Me.). Against the bill were Dixiecrat A. Willis Robertson (Va.), and Republicans Bennet (Utah), Simpson (Wyo.) and Dominick (Colo.). The proposal would require all lenders to disclose the full cost of loans In dollars and cents as well as in terms of annual interest charges. 4. 4;. 4. FOOD STAMPS BURIED. A solid phalanx of Republicans, abetted by five Democrats, recently killed President Johnson's proposed ex­ tension of the late President Kennedy's food stamp program in a 19-14 vote in the House Agriculture Committee. Pilot projects of the pro­ gram in the past few years have helped feed thounsands of povetryridden families. President Johnson had proposed a $100 million in­ crease to make the program nationwide in his assault on poverty. But all 14 Republicans committee members, plus five Democrats, buried the proposal. Voting against it were: Democrats—^Thomas G. Abernethy (Miss.), E. C. Gatliings (Ark.), George M. Grant (Ala.), Watkins M. Abbitt (Va.), Paul C. Jones (Mo.). Republicans—Charles B. Hoeven (Iowa), Paul B. Dague (Pa.), Page Belcher (Okla.), Clifford Mclntire (Me.), Charles M. Teague (Calif.); Albert H. Quie (Minn.), Don L. Short (N.D.). Cathrine May (Wash.), Delbert Latta (Ohio), Ralph Har­ vey (Ind.), Paul Findley (111.), Bob Dole (Kansas), Ralph Beermann (Nebr.), and Edward Hutchinson (Mich.). During all of the ceremonies heralding the sible to contribute to its decline. For ex­ annual bow to American merchant shipping ample, right now the SIU, along with the last Friday—Maritime Day—all the typical other segments of the shipping industry, is speeches were heard proclaiming the im­ fighting to have the laws which were de­ portance of the US fleet. signed to help shipping—such as the Cargo At ceremonies throughout the nation, the Preference Aqt—rigidly enforced. a participants got in their say, throwing verbal It is rather ironic that the Union finds bouquets right and left to the merchant ma­ itself in the position of insisting to the Gov­ rine and its great importance to the US's ernment agencies involved that they follow economic and defense welfare. the strict intent of the law. All the talk, however, has a hollow ring when real-life figures are scrutinized. Orangeburg County, SC., has the first union in its history now, thanks to a group of workers who refused to yield a second time to intimidating tactics by the coun­ ty's "most important" people Workers at the Kelsey-Hayes Co.'s Utica-Herbrand Tool Div., repudiating a powerful anti-union campaign by top management and community leaders, voted for the Machinists by an emphatic ma­ jority in an NLRB election. The More was 356 for the lAM, with 85 against. The union victory wiped out an earlier 171-245 loss, in a February election. That vote was set aside by the NLRB be­ cause massive community pres­ sure "created an atmosphere of fear of reprisal and loss of job opportunity," the board found. settlement seemed In sight when Weis announced it would not re­ instate any of the strikers. Re­ placement employees had been hired as strikebreakers, so the union appealed to central labor bodies in 13 Pennsylvania cities arid launched a consumer boycott campaign, in addition to the strike. It is hard fact that the US was in 10th place among the world's ship builders last year, and that our ships are reaching the end of their effective economic life. Although the US has something more than twice the tonnage of the Soviet Union in actual service, our tonnage is gradually drifting downwards. The Soviets will dou­ ble their fleet by 1965 and by 1970, it will 4» 4» 4» have tripled. Unionism scored an impressive victory in Detroit recently when At the rate the Russians are going, they the Detroit Federation of Teachers expect to have 1,746 ships totaling 9,900,000 became the sole negotiating agent deadweight tons by next year. If the US for the public school system's keeps its present snail's pace, it will have teachers. The Teachers defeated the unaffiliated Detroit Education 843 ships afloat, totaling 12,800,000 tons. Association by a decisive vote of 5,739 to 3,848. The representation election wiped out the Detroit Board of Education's proposal for proportional represenation by the 4" 4" 4) Forty members of the Meat rival organizations, a plan en­ Cutters are continuing their strike dorsed by the DF.A. 4 4- 4) •gainst Weis Markets, an inde­ Some 50 members of the Fire pendent chain of supermarkets scattered from the Pennsylvania Fighters Local 77, St. Joseph, Mo., Dutch territory to the coal re­ staged a march on City Hall to gions. Meat department employ­ protest low wages and poor work­ ees in six stores voted overwhelm­ ing conditions. They distributed ingly last year for representation leaflets showing firemen here by Local 195 of the Meat Cutters, average $75 to $145 a month less, but talks on a first contract broke than their counterparts in Kansas down over union security and the City, Springfield and Independ­ employees walked out on August ence, and that they work longer 13. Two months after the strike hours than firemen in any other began talks were resumed and a major city in the state. And, by 1975, the USSR should have 2,619 ships at 14,800,000 tons while the total US fleet will have shrunk to 644 ships—12,200,000 tons. Over the last 10 years, the US active merchant fleet has been shrinking at the rate of 43 ships a year. The answer is not in speechmaking, nor holidays and ceremonies, nor is it to be .found in lip service to the fleet's importance. A case in point is that on this Maritime Day, while Government agencies are among those professing their recognition of the im­ portance of the American merchant marine, they are in actual fact doing everything pos­ When, and only when, the Government agencies decide to give American shipping an even break, instead of showing prefer­ ence to foreign shipping, will the US fleet again take on a healthy growth picture. It is interesting to note that the apathy shown by America for the status of her active shipping fleet is not shared by all. A columnist for the Chicago Daily News, Norman Ross, wrote last week—with tongue in cheek—of the utter silliness of celebrating such things as National Pickle Week and Have a Bacon Ball Month. Writer Ross said that "Despite all the festivities and hoopla that are bound to sur­ round these observances, we should at least note in passing that tomorrow is Maritime Day." Then Ross went into detail about the real dangers facing US shipping—the same dan­ gers of which every Seafarer is acutely aware. In closing, Ross said that ship construction should be doubled, and subsidies more freely given, as just two ways to narrow the gap between the US and other seafaring countries. He added: "Maritime Day is a good one on which to. begin. It's even more important that we do so than having a bacon ball or saluting the pickle." i We could not agree more with Mr. Rosa. �Fag* TwelT* SEAFARERS Mag t9, MM LOG 50,000 Pickets By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. O.T. For Painting Engineers Foc'sie Shopping Bags Are New Strike Weapon NEW YORK—The cat's out of the bag because the message is right on the bag—on about 3 million bags in fact—telling shoppers about the International Ladies Garment Workers beef with Judy Bond Blouses and advising them in big, along the aisle of a department at the end of a fellow shop­ bold print "Don't Buy Judy store per's arm. Question: Do you feel that eighteen - year - olds ore old enough to hove the vote In this country? A couple of interesting questions were received recently from Edward E. Lyle, engine delegate abroad the Trans Orleans. One question has to do with which department is responsible for the painting out of the Engineer's quarters; the other concerns itself Arne Boekman: No, I don't think with whether or not the chief pumpman receives overtime for trans­ they should. I don't think they ferring fuel oil. have enough po­ Bond." "On any given weekday in New Question No. 1: Whose job is it to paint out the Engineers' Quar­ litical experience The Garment Workers dispute York City," said a union spokes­ ters? The Chief Engineer and Chief Mate say that it is the Deck by the time they Department's job. I've always had the impression that the Wipers with Judy Bond began in 1961 man, "we probably have about are 18. They when the company moved most of 50,000 people helping us picket were supposed to paint the Engineers' Quarters, and the Deck should be B't Department took care of the Mates and Stewards Department Quarters. its manufacturing operations from Judy Bond. They take our picket least 21, and Answer: This work is considered the customary duties of the Deck New York and the Northeast area signs into the stores. You can't do maybe even 25 to the South. The union charges much better than that." The shop­ Department. When members of the Deck Department perform this before they that Judy Bond is operating runa­ ping bag picket signs represent the work, they are entitled to overtime either on or off watch. should be alway plants to take advantage of Reference: Standard Tanker Agreement, Article III, Section 17. widest campaign of its kind ever lowed to vote in low-wage employes. carried out, the union feels. Using Paint Spray Guns. The licensed officers' quarters, washrooms, national elections. When a man is The union hit on the shopping galley, Steward Department storerooms, hospital, slop chest and all Survey Made able to get a drink, he should be enclosed passageways on the Captain's Deck when brush painted, bag idea as the perfect way to get able to vote, not before. With the campaign in full swing their message across to shoppers fhall be overtime for Deck Department Unlicensed Personnel whether a reporter for a New Y'ork news­ in the big stores in New York and on or off watch. • 4* 4- 4" other cities where Judy Bond prod­ paper carried out a random sam­ Question: Is it overtime for the duties of his particular rating." John Murray: I feel that if a pling of persons carrying the shop­ Chief Pumpman to transfer fuel Question No. 2: Members of the ucts are sold. Most shoppers knew man is old enough to get drafted ping bags to determine just how oil? The Chief Engineer says it is Deck Department are working nothing about the beef until they not, for the simple reason that the overtime. They knock off at 5:00 were either given one of the free successful the operation was turn­ and shot for his country, he transfer pump is in the forward PM to eat and then return to bags or saw the message bobbing ing out. His questioning established should be consid­ that some people were simply mak­ pumproom. work. They receive a penalty meal ing use of the free shopping bags ered old enough Answer: This is not considered hour as they were not allowed a with no thoughts about Judy Bond to have a say in the duties of the Pumpman. This full hour for their meal. We or the dispute. Others, however, the Government. work is performed by the En­ would like to know if there is any said now that they knew about the I think the age gineers. In the event the Pump­ specific amount of time allowed dispute they would definitely not for voters should man is required to perform this for the crewmembers involved to be moved down buy the company's products. eat their meal and get back out work, he shall receive overtime. to 18. If you're A Bronx lady carrying one of Reference: Standard Tanker to Deck. the shopping bags through a store old enough to fight, you re Answer: The contract does not Agreement II, Section 10: CUS­ said that the bags had first drawn enough to vote. TOMARY DUTIES. Members of provide a specific amount of time her attention to the dispute and 4" 4* 4" all departments shall perform the in the case you have outlined. The that she would definitely not buy crewmembers would, of course, be necessary and customary duties William Gibbons: I think a man SAN FRANCISCO — The San Judy Bond products as a result. of that department. Each member allowed a reasonable length of Francisco Labor Council has made should be 21. It is important that of all departments shall perform time to eat their meal. The pur­ it known to the city that it will he should be able only the recognized and customary pose of the penalty meal hour is oppose extension of a private to make up his to compensate for their loss of duties of his particular rating." own mind by the yacht club's lease at the Marina their full meal hour. Municipal Yacht Harbor unless time he is given The Contract Department also Order Of Watches the city insists that the club pay the opportunity received a series of questions on Question No. 3: The Deck De­ prevailing union wages and bene­ to vote in im­ gangway watches for the carpen­ portant elections. ter, meal hour while working OT, ment joined the ship in 1963. fits for its workers. I am a retired and the equalization of overtime, Seven replacements were shipped Substandard wages and benefits serviceman, but I all from J. A. Da Silva of the March of 1964. When the ship are now being paid by the St. signed on for a new foreign voy­ Francis Yacht Harbor, the Labor do feel that a Steel Age. man should be 21 or over to vote. Question No. 1: Does the Ship's age in New York March 22nd; four Council charged, which are under­ Carpenter stand gangway watch? more replacements joined the mining those of workers under WASHINGTON — Unions have 4> 4^ 4* Answer: No. This is not consid­ ship. What system is to be used union contract with other employ­ the right to recommend laywers in determining in what order the Clifford Herring: If a man has ers and are detrimental to the to represent Individual members ered part of the customary duties Deck Department shall stand city's economic well-being. the responsibility to be out on of the Carpenter. in work-connected litigation, ac­ gangway watches? h 1 s own, why Supports Employes Reference: Standard Freightcording to a recent US Supreme shouldn't he be Answer: Regardless of the num­ ship Agreement, Article II, Sec­ ber of Deck Department members By extension, the Labor Coun­ Court decision. able to vote? tion 10. The court said an Injunction And, I have who stayed aboard the ship from cil's warning gives support to all Customary Duties. Members of the previous voyage, the custom­ employes of private concerns secured by the Virginia State Bar known many men all departments shall perform the ary practice throughout the years using city facilities. Association in a Richmond city who were on The Council noted that San court—later upheld by the State their own and necessary and customary duties has been for the Deck Depart­ of that department. Each member ment to draw numbers in order Francisco labor had halted picket­ Court of Appeals—denied to mem­ doing well before of all departments shall perform to determine the order in which ing at the 1963 Lucky Internation­ bers of the Railroad Trainmen they were 21. only the recognized and customary they shall stand gangway watches. al golf tournament after a plea by rights guaranteed by the First and Anyway, I feel In the event a crewmember should the city that a non-union conces­ Fourteenth Amendments. that if he is old enough to be shot turn down a gangway watch, then, sionaire had already been given a The right of workers to advice down in the Army, he is old of course, he would not be entitled lease, with a promise that strong on the need for legal counsel "and, enough to vote. efforts would be made to prevent to make this up. granting future leases without pro­ importantly, what lawyer a mem­ 4> 4> 4 ber could confidently rely on," is Who Is Responsible? tection of employes. Walter Guftavson: If a man is an inseparable part of the constitu­ Question No. 4: The day workers aboard ship are at the present ^ The Joint Executive Board of tional right of the members to old enough to be drafted, he is time far ahead of the watch stand- Culinary Workers, which brought assist and advise each other, the old enough to have a voice in ers in overtime. The contract the matter before the Council, court said. his Government. says that overtime shall be equal­ cited a ruling by the city attorney Ruling Removes Threat 1 feel that most ized. Who is responsible for see­ that such prevailing wages and The court's finding, a union at­ kids of that age ing to it that the overtime is benefits clauses were entirely legal , and the city could insist on them torney said, removes the threat have enough po­ equalized? that unions have faced for years litical knowledge, Answer: Equalization of over­ of bar association action charging and they do have time refers to maintenance over­ unions with unauthorized practice to be ready to time such as painting, chipping, of law for recommending counsel fight for the etc. It is the company's responsi­ The Contract Department in workmen's compensation cases. country, so they should be able to bility to see that the overtime is has settled a long standing It does not, another attorney ob­ vote. equalized as much as possible pro­ dispute on the Niagara, Voy­ served, dispose of the question of vided, of course, that crewmem­ 4 4" 4" age No. 4. The Department is union counselors retained by city bers do not turn down overtime. holding checks for the follow­ Louis Perez; The kids of today or state central bodies to represent In which case they would not be ing crewmembers of that ship are educated enough to know injured and unemployed union entitled to equalization. what they are do­ and the checks can be had by members without fee before state Reference: Standa.rd Freighting, and certainly dropping a letter to the Con­ agencies. ship Agreement, Article III, Sec­ they have the tract Department: tion 2. Division of Overtime. All At issue in the Trainmen's case knowledge to be Christo T. Anastasiou, Rich­ overtime shall be divided as equal­ was the legal aid program of the able to vote at ard Anderson, Robert C. Biily as possible among the members BRT, under which the union's De­ an earlier age The man behind the chip­ jan, John W. Gigson, James L. of the deck crew. partment of Legal Counsel selected than 21. I think ping hammer in the photo Grant, Francis M. Greenwell, a lawyer or firm in each of the any man with a above is Charlie Shalos, Richard Heckman, Herbert union's 16 regions who was, in its basic education mate aboard the SlU In­ Mills, Jose A. Paz, Albin SaesNp'm opinion, competent to represent in­ should be able to IDTUB / moska and John J. Wynne. land Boatmen's Union-con­ jured rail workers or their vote in national elections by the tracted tug Theresa. survivors. time he is 18. Coast Labor Raps Low Pay At Yacht Club Union Can Give Legal Aid, High Court Rules Chip Ahoy Money Due LoeJ �li«7 t». 1964 SEAFAkERS PNW Thlrtcc* LOG Marriage At Seo—fs It Legal? Weddings performed on the high seas under the direction of the ship's captain made some pretty good footage in those pot-boiler Hollywood epics of yore, hut for those of us who do our marrying off-screen, the ocean-bound wedding may be more romantic than binding to the couple involved. Lovestruck couples involved in such an at-sea idyll would do well to check the laws of the nation whose flag the ship flies and also take a look at the laws of the state of the vessel's port of registry before they decide to ask the ship's captain to tie the knot. No special ceremony, or any concerning the validity of the marriages that occur while the Contrary to popular belief, vessel is at sea. the captain of a ship has no ceremony is required to consum­ marriage. Now having explored the mate a common law marriage, as The court grudgingly admitted special authority to merge long as the participants share the that in this case Federal Law over­ vagaries of weddings performed by ocean-bound lovers who prefer the spray of salt to the spray of rice. If you happen to be married on a ship that belongs to a company in­ corporated in the State of New York, then state law might well consider the marriage to be null and void and either party would be free to go their own ways with­ out the threat of criminal punish­ ment hanging over their heads. However, if the prevailing state law empowers the ship's captain with the right to perform mar­ riages. then the merger is on a firm foundation, and the marriage is solid. Now another legaf entanglement called "common law marriage" en­ ters the picture. A common law marriage, wliere recognized, is con­ summated when a man and woman mutually consent to enter a rela­ tionship as man and wife and agree to assume the responsibilities en­ tailed in such a relationship, which includes living under the same roof. Let's assume that Joe and Jane succumb to the romantic allures of a moonlit sea and decide to be married by the captain of a ship that was registered in a state that did not recognize the captain's authority to perform such a cere­ mony. Now the question arises: does the marriage have a legal foundation. Well, if the captain is not authorized, but the country or the state in question recognizes com­ mon law niaiTiages, tlieri a legal marriage has taken place. NAME AMOUNT DUE Wood, D. Scardelis, J. T. Johnson. S. J. Jones, J. W. James, C. Omelanczuk, W, Rou.ssakis. U. P. Vinson, F. J. Matarangolo, R. Gcridings, R, BIss. B. E. Ziobro, I. Burger, C. W. Stogaitis. L, J. Pyk. J. M. Foster, L. E, Wollon. S, Vasko, R. Szido. W, Martineili, A. Henniger, J. R, Zydcl. R. W. Cobncy, J. Etidres, M. M, Saliva. M. Calebaugh. R, P. Feltz. G. F. Bailey. R. L. Bowman. H. H. Reyes. J. Gonzalez, P. Razario, I. Berger, H. Dunnigan, J, W. Perez. N. I. Sharp, S. W. Cratty. C. Cole, C. L. Sturgeon, W. R, Duffeii, W, R. Hill, B. L. Jones, G. H. Saunders, D. A, Truesdell, C. G, Skidmore, W. T„ Jr. Melton, J. C. McCancc, H. R. Brown, H. T. John.son, W. E, Hagin, C. G, Wamsley, B. C. Puchaiski, K. Swogger, D. D, Shields. W. K, Lane, ,1. E. Christian. G, McAIpine. G, Shi.slcr, R E. Okray, N. Wade, J.. Jr. Ciccostanii, J. A. Collar. 1. French, J. T. 6.14 4.16 7.17 4.97 3.94 3..39 3.46 4.15 4.89 3.72 2.42 2.49 9.65 1.81 5.43 11.15 2.29 7.18 2.:io 4.50 9.90 6 41 2.62 2.59 3.65 2 12 3.21 8.13 6.72 .29 6.65 5.27 .05 6.29 2.65 6.65 2.75 2.08 3.36 7.18 9.95 10.29 4.28 2.75 9.03 424 1.86 7.29 5.78 4.45 .89 3.34 5.40 2.28 5.53 2.37 11.59 4.52 5.89 12.93 49.63 1.06 16.99 elements of mutual consent. However, each state has a differ­ ent judicial disposition toward com­ mon law marriage with some recognizing them as binding and others, void. The State of New York, for in­ stance, has abolished common law marriages and considers such as having no legal basis. The laws of other states direct that marriages be performed by certified officials, but they do not necessarily invali­ date those that are not so per­ formed. New York State Law specifically excludes the ship's captain as a legal matchmaker. The marriage of Harry and Aedita Fisher by a ship's captain during the 1920's drew the atten­ tion of many legal pundits because of the jurisdictional issues in­ volved. The Fisher's, bound for South­ hampton on the steamship Leviathan, were married by the ship's captain when the vessel was out-bound some 40 miles from the port of New York. As NY State Law recognized common law marriages at the time, the New York Court of Appeals declared that the marriage was valid. However, since the Leviathan was registered in the District of Columbia, the New York Court looked to the District of Columbia to see whether any of their laws barred the marriage. It found none. The New York Court in render­ ing its final decision found that NY State Law had no application NAME AMOUNT DUE Strand, C. W. Baldwin, B. R. Hansen, B. K. Hartenstein, J, L. Bullock, H. R. Campos, L. Perkins, C. Eldridge, H. N. Dick, E. W, Taylor, B. Brothorton, G, F. Atchison, N. J. Milton, N. H, Rainwater, C, R., Jr, Boyd, L. L., Jr. Hall, N. Y. Hall, M. Hamdouz, H. Harri.son, E, Henderson, H, Holmes, F. Ingails. B. I. Swords, S. M. Szczygiei Schmidt, J. C, Schroeder, E, S, Schwartz, J. A, Serano, P. Scrvidad, L. 01 sen. J. K. Olsen. C. M. Rodriguez, I. Given, H. O. Neville, N. Newman, J. P. DeParlier, E, L. Dowell, H, Pierce, H. Cubano. J. Williams. E. E. Moran, R. Bickford, U. W. Krieg, L. B. Dei Valle, B, I,lamas, G. Verona, J. S, White, E. H, Rodriguez, A. Thanni.sch, C. J. Ruffo, C, G, Velle, M. A. Medina, J, Dejesus. G. Rudie, C. R. Rial. H. R. Carpenter, C. A, Sweeney, S. J. Caruer, C. Murphy, H. J. Gardner, H. C, Garrett, N. C. C ,c-, C, E. 2.08 5.08 11.77 10,33 7.75 7.(.3 2.66 3.83 2.88 2.41 4.84 3.80 3.69 2.49 3.30 1.78 2.17 .23 1.47 .68 2.46 1.64 2.62 .46 .77 2.09 2.52 .32 2 15 .97 5.18 32.03 95.71 39.75 .24 1.51 56.25 27.22 4.19 2.14 5.39 2.78 10.89 .95 2.97 3.91 3.80 6.24 5.03 6.86 4 41 4.92 3.92 2.86 15.95 .06 2.86 4.79 2.11 4.69 58.41 7.02 64.75 ruled state law, when it pointed to a provision of the US code cover­ ing Log Book entries which re­ quires every master of a vessel making voyages between US and foreign ports to make an entry in the official log of "every marriage taking place on board, with the names and the ages of the parties." However this point of law has been refuted by US Coast Guard Captain Frederick Arzt, the author of "Marine Laws" and a man who is considered to be an authority on marine legislation. Arzt states in his book that the US code proclamation on at-sea marriages has "resulted in an erroneous widespread belief that it authorizes the masters of vessels to perform marriage ceremonies. Supporting Arzt's point of view that such a provision carries no authorization, is the fact that the state of New York, which emphatically prohibits ship's cap­ tains from performing ceremonies, nevertheless also requires by law that the master, or certain other crewmembers connected with a vessel, report to the city clerk all NAME AMOUNT DUE Crabb, H. H. High, L. Favela, B. J. Simpson, P. D. Sheehan, H. T. Reemstjerna, S, R. Solnordal, M, McFadden, B, V. Kreitier, U. J. Donohue, J. J. Dashevsky, A. Hruz, V. M. Howell, P. C. Roberts, G, J, Jensen, H. E, Price, B. Nelson, E. Millican, P. V. 4.85 5.01 4.23 2.78 4,49 12.80 11.77 8.17 15.08 4.41 4.83 2.45 3.09 8.91 2.41 3.75 4.31 16.18 NAME the ship's captain, we turn to an­ other area in question: whether an alleged common law wife of a sea­ man can recover dam.ages under the Jones Act as his widow. The case in point involves John Ware Bell, a seaman who died in 1959. A claim filed by one Mary Virginia Bell, who asserted that she was the widow of the deceased, and therefore entitled to dam­ ages under the Jones Act, held up settlement of his estate. John took a bride, Mary at Mathews, Va. in 1956 while still married to another woman. A year after John's marriage to Mary, Catherine, his legal wife, de­ cided to sever her ties with John, and divorced him. John was then free to enter into a legal marriage with Mary, but the marriage never took place, and John and Mary lived togt.ner as husband and wife in Mathews, Va., until his death in 1959. The Court in Virginia rejected Mary's plea that she was ignorant of John's marriage to Catherine, and that Mary's marriage to John did not constitute a "putative marriage," one which is defined in law as a marriage contracted in good faith and in ignorance on one or both sides. The fact that Mary and John did not see fit to be married again after he was legally free from Cath­ erine, also served as a detriment to Mary's plea for benefits. The Court ruled that the fact that a divorce decree was eventually granted does not relate back as to AMOUNT DUE Hegarty, J. G, Hill, L. Hoggie, J. Ivey, E, Teicher, J. S. Verwilt, A. J, Walker, W. E. Walsh, R. E. Welsh, C. W. Shek, S, Silva, C. R Silva, J. A, Siniard, J. L McCormick, E, McGrath, W. Medina, L. S. Meckel, J. Geldersleevimo 14.15 ,38.19 48.93 1.00 4.29 48.36 15.58 11.26 17.21 .26 .65 1.35 .66 .62 2.63 .,97 .15 37.45 SEA-LAND Money Due Rios, D, Sarmenio, F, Rodriguez, E. Roman, A. L. Robertson, M. J, Athey, T, Ayala, J. Acosta, A. Aiexandersene Alvarez, E. S, Barker, R. J. Davis, G. K, Dayton, M. E, De Silva, C. Delappe, W. A, Dcnaddo, A, Suyisten, R. Skaalagaaro, H. Smith, H, A, Cortes, 1. Cothran, C. Couture, G, A. Graft, R, 48.52 11.62 2.03 2.28 1.82 6.67 23.39 28.10 .•13.98 25.16 8.79 1.67 .36 1.88 .73 2.48 .63 2.14 1.92 3.70 3.14 1.60 3.78 Releveter, T. Robertson. J, M, Downes, B. T. Earle, J. W. Echenarria, A. Pclton, A. M. Piorkowski Pouliot. R. G, Ruco, G. Rush, C. 1 •" L. Ali, F. Alsobrooks, A. M, Anavitarte. A, Anderson, B, K. Andon, D. Tizcinski, S. Dhler, A, Vaz(|uez. J, Vieira, P. F, Waas, G. Macheisky, M. Mallon, W. S. 38.77 5.30 1.81 3.16 3.58 ,13 .48 3.40 3.03 .48 2.34 3.69 2.57 ,79 .52 .93 1.06 3.52 l.Sl .40 1.32 . 2.55 2.58 validate Mary's illegal marriage to John. However, the principal weight in Mary's case lay in her contention that there was no rival claimant widow; that admiralty law seeks uniformity in application and that it was unconstitutional for Con­ gress to allow Virginia statutes the power to declare and control the rights and liabilites of parties arising out of negligently caused deaths on navigable waters. Although Mary's point was well taken, a ruling in her favor would mean a reversal of many cases decided to the contrary by the United Stales Supreme Court. The Virginia Court, in summing up, stated that "Federal courts making a determination of the requisite legal status necessary to effect recovery under a number of federal statutes have consist­ ently considered a valid marriage under state law essential, and have turned to the dome.stic rela­ tions laws of the states for defi­ nition of such familial status." Relating this point of law to Mary's argument, the Court main­ tained that since she was not with­ in the class of persons whom Con­ gress intended should be entitled to benefits for the negligently caused death of a seaman, the fact that she was the only widow claiming benefits did not mean that she became a member of the eli­ gible group and so, in the end, she lost her case. AMOUNT DUE NAME Bechlantis, N. Benton, T. Benyo. J. G. Bcrnadas, M. Calebaugh. P. Cantwell, C. Disc, I. Powell. E. Russo. A. Madsen. J. C. Murray, F. E. Mile, J. Mersereau, W. E. Michael.son, I. C. Reyes, F. Reyes, C. Rhoden, I. P-ehe'<"in. M. Wau, M. E. Wymps, L. J. Jewell, O. M. Jorgensen, N. Kuley, F. W. Kirkwood. H. 1. Kus, I. H. Nelson C. A. Nelson Nomilos, N. Sarno, J. Stiles, J. M. Sybiak, E. Sehartz, C. Scroggins, E. Serrac, J. Ezell, A. C. Farrell, E. Fulton, W. Foster. E. L. Francis. H. S. Gilliland, A. Gonzalez. G. Carver. C. B. Ching, L. Chute. G. A. Gottschalk Graeia Gralicki, R. P Griffin, L. O Righetti, J. Rios, O. Ritchie, P. Ruria, Z. Rodriguez. L. Malone, R. E. Martin. C. F. Martinelli, A. J. Crabo. H. H. Cripps. J. F. Cruz, P. Denisa, J. Z. . Thompson, W. I. Thompson, I. 14.25 6.29 24.84 1.57 26.94 22.38 12.12 20.87 6.78 25.24 1.63 223.07 88.78 10.95 .15 1.49 2.76 2.33 4.26 2.15 3.25 1.63 1.73 1.72 2.16 .35 4.23 2.25 15.42 46.69 2.90 41.15 36.77 12.62 2.94 • 33.97 70.27 48.71 6.05 4.10 1.01 12.66 63.98 .80 .93 3.57 .71 .94 2.05 1.48 1.94 .41 4.27 2.37 .02 3.18 5.40 87.99 57.78 116.35 7 stt 1.32 1.36 AMOUNT DUB NAME Desplant. L. E. Garza. M. B. Guerrero. O. L. Genco, V. Malarangoto, R. ~M\nis. F. Mujello, R. Murphy, J. H. Rodriguez. C. A. Romero, A. Stanage, R. I. Stewart, R. F. Switch. P. A. Wesley, J.' Wiliiams, J. C. Wing. H. C. Woods. M. B. Gordils, M. Goush. N. Greene, W. A. Hagin. G. Harrison. .1. J. Hu.ston. H. I. Hvlton, B. I. Ek. A. A. Kalardeau, R. Fullbright, F. W. Feriiiintiez. .1. rCI E. Flores. J. Franklih, W. E. Garri.son, J. B. Notturno. A. Owens, J. F., Jr. Oblaczynski. J. Oestman, F. lliva, E. F. Paine, M. Pa.sloriza, R. Payne, H. A. Smith, W. J. Smith, W. F. Smith. H. L. Soriano, F. Soucasse, R. P, Tunisun. R. £. Gonzalez, B. .lames. C. A, •layanty. N. .lohnston. H. W., Jr. Karlak. S. A. Kraemcr, D. W, I - Coilazo, J, Cornier. F. Oizoleck. S. A, Pence. F. L. Pennington. P. Pollaro, F E. .Slater. G. VV. Smith. C. O. Reyes. J. Reyes, J. R. 3.42 2.09 1.62 3.07 .61 .16 .24 .98 3.17 133 .98 2.77 1.36 43.02 9.15 31.27 35.12 11.29 79.33 1387 7 12 8 80 14.59 3228 .52 1.85 .30 2..'-M .C .06 1.88 3.32 .32 1.08 .45 1.82 430 .64 .16 .45 .16 .22 1.32 .87 .10 1.26 11.72 26.48 15.73 16.72 28.75 154 27 «'.•> '35.22 12.14 2133 12.04 23.53 78 92 5428 362 29.17 38.17 KS i f 1 r 3 t 9 r 1 1 �I ' J V '* _ij Pac* By E. B. McAuley, West Coast Representative SIU Ship To Aid Alaska The SIU Pacific District-manned freighter Coastal Monarch has been named as the mercy ship to carry a gift of lumber and other building materials to the earthquake devastated area of Southwestern Alaska. This ship was recently broken out of moorings on Lake Washington and readied for the voyage. The Monarch sailed first to Grays Harbor to load 300,000 feet of lumber and plywood, then to Coos Bay for 450.000 feet more and then on to Portland, where she sailed after loading more lumber and general building materials. Warning that thousands of jobs were at stake, the AFL-CIO Southern California Ports Council urged the US Department of Agriculture to adhere to established raw cane sugar import policies here in San That lettering on the side Francisco recently. The resolution was adopted toy delegates of 34 of the Isthmian freighter unions affiliated with the Council, which is a division of the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Department. The Council noted that Con­ Steel Execiitive is nine feet gressional law required the DA to "import millions of tons of raw high and was freshly paint­ cane sugar from foreign countries. This raw sugar is processed by US refineries where automation has already cut deeply into jobs ed when the ship arrived of American working people." But, the Council pointed out that recently at Norfollt after a "the Department of Agriculture has been deviating from this policy, SAN FRANCISCO—The SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service, direct voyage from Hono­ thus adding unemployment both among sugar cane refinery and has announced plans to enter the West Coast-Hawaii conlulu. Four Isthmian ships maritime workers." have been assigned exclu­ San Francisco celebrated National Maritime Day in a big way tainership trade later this year or early next year. this year, just as it has in the past. At the ceremonies' high point, sively to service between The Sea-Land announce­ forty of the city's civic leaders and maritime officials gathered on the Hawaiian Islands and ment said that sailings wi ended earlier this year with the the mid-span of the Golden Gate Bridge for the traditional tossing East and Gulf Coast ports. probably be on a bi-weekl; withdrawal of Matson from the ar­ of wreaths in memory of men killed in maritime disasters. The rangement. Matson now maintains They are the Steel Execu­ basic at first. wreaths were thrown as the mournful notes of taps were sounded a new container .service from the tive, Steel Khtg, Steel Ad­ by a California Maritime Academy bugler. In entering the Hawaiian trade, East Coast to Hawaii in conjunc­ vocate and the Steel, Sea-Land will be competing with Later, at a Propeller Club luncheon. Undersecretary of Commerce SIU Pacific District - contracted tion with a forwarding company Chemist. The SlU-conClarence D. Martin told guests that "our maritime resources have Matson Navigation, which has been which ships Matson containers not kept pace with our rational industries growth, or with the growth tracted company took steadily expanding its West Coast from the East Coast to the West in our foreign trade." However, he noted one bright spot when he over exclusive operation Hawaii containership operation In Coast by rail, from where they said that "American President Lines, in cooperation with the Mari­ of the service in May fol­ are loaded aboard Matson ships recent years. time Administration, will issue invitations next month for bids on for the final leg to Hawaii. lowing many years of joint the construction of four advanced design replacement ships." A joint service by Matson and Assigns Ships operation with Matson SlU-contracted Isthmian Steamship We got the chance to visit with Pierre Salinger at a local SF Navigation. Isthmian, on the other hand, has from the East Coast to Hawaii restaurant recently. He gave a very interesting talk on what he assigned four ships exclusively to would do for the voters if elected as US Senator from the state the East Coast-Hawaii route to of California. Although the State Federation of Labor is backing his make up the loss of the Matson opponent, Allen Cranston for the Democratic nomination, Salinger tonnage. is picking up a lot of strength throughout the state, and now has quite a following. In any event, it looks like it will be a hot race Sea-Land's entry into the trade follows its recently inaugurated for the nomination, scheduled for June 2. route from Seattle to Alaska, in A Port of Los Angeles with double its present capacity and which it employs two vessels with an additional value of nearly $259 million by 1985, was envisioned a capacity of 166 containers each— by Mayor Samuel E. Yorty of LA recently. The city's chief executive interlinked with the company's inwas referring to the harbor's "last frontier," available for full-scale SAN FRANCISCO—The SIU Pacific District-contracted tercoastal service by a barge serv­ development on tiie southern side of Terminal Island. "Our harbor now operates 80 sliipping berths for world trade, American President Lines, haj? announced plans to replace ice it maintains based at the SeaYorty said. "The new area will provide an additional 75 modern two combination cargo-passenger liners, the President Polk Land terminal at Oakland. Bookings on the new Alaskan berths, increasing the cargo handling capacity of the port by 150 and President Monroe. The> service are very heavy according per cent. " Yorty pointed out that the shipping activity for both inoport and company said that it plans to start of an ll-ship replacement to the company and are expected to increase as a result of the vast export items at the L.-V Port is up 25 percent over the same period give more weight to cargo program for APL. operations. Beginning in 1965, APL plans reconstruction program going on in last year. The Polk and Monroe will be to provide round-the-world serv­ Alaska as an outgrowth of the re­ Shipping remains fairly good in the Port by the Golden Gate. We are paying off the Orion Comet and the Orion Clipper as the LOG replaced by new "super-mariner" ice only with the 12 passenger- cent disastrous earthquake damage goes to press. Joe Goude just returned home after a year on the class freighters with only 12 pas­ mariner type freighters. The suffered by that state. Steel Vendor as carpenter and has now been ordered to do some sengers and more cargo space and company reportedly reached this As a result of the changing pat­ real work on his 'south forty,' mowing crab grass and taking care of speeds of 20 knots. The keel for decision because cargo operations terns of Sea-Land trade routes, the the walnut trees. Although Joe originally hails from Charleston, SC, a new marine President Polk has of the combination liners Polk and company has also announced that already been laid at a San Diego Monroe had been making money it has applied for permission to he has made his home in California for the past several years. Mike Olenchik, an old timer from the East Coa.st who continually •shipj'ard and two more of the but only two-thirds of the pas­ change the name of the vessels drops by a place in Nevada known as Reno is on the beach. His newer type vessels are planned to senger facilities were booked. By now assigned to the Alaska route. advice is "to slay away from Reno and a game called kend." The replace the President Monroe and contrast, APL's six 12-passenger The New Orleans would be re­ gambling took him so bad that he is now looking "for anything the President Harrison, a freight­ freighters plying the same route named the Anchorage and the Mo­ smoking and headed anywhere to make some loot." Horace Carmichael er still in service. are solidly booked with passen­ bile would be called the Seattle. finally decided to take a few months off after having been steward Contracts amounting to $27 gers for months in advance. The The actual date of ,Sea-Land en­ on the Iberville since November, 19.59. He says the SlU means it million have been let with the San company attributes this to the try into the West Coast-Hawaii when tliey talk about job security. Horace has been around for many Diego shipyard, representing the fact that most round-the-world trade is dependent on when com­ years and is very proud of the achievements that the Union has passengers are retired couples pany vessels can be spared from made in the past years especially in the direction of welfare and who have the time to travel and other routes, a spokesman said. pension for its members. prefer the more informal life In Wilmington, shipping has been fairly active over the last two aboard the small freighters. ' week period. A total of 22 men to eight ships in transit was recorded. The company will continue to The Iberville had a port payoff, having come down from Seattle and Three nevv ships have been operate the passenger vessels San Francisco. She is now headed back to Japan and Korea. They modified for the SlU-PaPresident Cleveland, President expect shipping to remain pretty fair down there with eight or cifie District-contracted Amer­ In order to keep Union rec­ Wilson and President Roosevelt nine in transits e.xpected. ican Mail Lines, and the ords up to date and to fully between California and the Far Pensioner Oskar Osmundsen stopped by the hall recently to say changes have been approved protect Seafarers' rights to East. hello to his old shipmates and to keep up on Union activity. Oskar by the Maritime Subsidy welfare and other benefits, it is The President Hoover is pres­ thinks we have the finest pension plan not only in maritime, but Board, it was recently an­ important that all ships' dele­ ently in layup in San Francisco for any industry. Its the only plan that takes care completely of nounced in Wasliington, D.C. gates mail a complete SIU crew pending completion of negotia­ all medical, hospital, surgery, etc. in the country for pensioners. The modifications, completed list in to headquarters after the tions between APL and a newly "We've come a long way," says Oskar. Richard Kohls has been a full by Todd Shipyard, Inc. of San sign-on. Tlie crew lists are formed company,. Hawaiian Mon­ book member now for 12 years and has been riding Waterman C-2'.s Pedro, result in an increase in particularly valuable In an arch Line, headed by Canadian off and on for the past eight. He just sliipped as FWT to the the contract price of $493,990. emergency when it's necessary businessman Arnold J. Swanson. Antinous and is looking forward to finding the living quarters changed Out of this total, $239,495 is to establish seatime eligibility to watch foc'sle for the engine department. ' Tlianks to Headquarters for the Government account, Negotiations for the sale are be­ for benefits on the part of a and all officials for making this much needed change on this type and $254,495 is for American ing held up by government re­ Seafarer, or a member of his vessel," he says, Anders Ellingsen just got his fit-for-duty after Mail Lines account. The modistrictions on sales of merchant family, particularly if he should having been on the beach for several months. Instead of taking a - fieations relate to reducing ships to aliens and the operation be away at sea at the time. The stations^ modification of in­ ship, however, he flew to Oslo for a few months needed vacation of a foreign-owned vessel in a US crew list forms are being with his family. terior design, ton booms and domestic trade. Hawaiian Mon­ mailed to all ships with each .. Up in Seattle the New Orleans, Iberville, Falrport, Longview rigging, scantling plans, time arch plans to convert the Hoover is.sue of the LOG and can be Victory, Robin Kirk, Mobite and Choctaw iiave paid off so far this extension and penalties for late into an inter-Hawaiian Island otdained from Union patrolmen delivery. month. In the coming weeks, ihe Trustee, National Seafarer and cruise ship, catering to the car­ in any port. Toons America are expected to pay off. riage trade in the Islands. Sea Land Service Enters West Coast-Hawaii Trade APL To Replace Liners Polk, Monroe SIU West Coast Ships IVIodifieci Mail Crew Lists To Union Office i-m �IfnrjM. 19<4 8MAF4niSn$ , 10.0 Lakes Benefit Plan Joint Talks On 1 Lakes Water Levels By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes TORONTO—International discussions between the US and Canada are being planned in an attempt to find a solution to the problem of steadily dropping water levels in the Great Lakes. Speaking before the Canadian Legislature recent­ undertaken to rectify the problem ly, Premier John Roberts an­ is such a vast one, it is expected, Heavy Shipping For Lakes In 1964 No doubt about it, 1964 looks like a record year for shippintr. The ports of Frankfort, Chicago and Buffalo have reported extremely good shipping for engine department men, especially firemen. Alpena and Cleveland reports indicate that shipping remains good In their areas. Duluth is having a fine year with many old-timers shipping to permanent berths right from fit-out. Detroit continues to lead all ports in registration and shipping; and with 'the recent pay-off of the A & J Faith, this port is now facing a critical shortage of rated men in all departments. Wo expect three more deep sea SIU vessels within the next 30 days. Servicing the membership and its needs has always been the policy of the SIU, and we intend to keep it that way. Algonac, the home of the Speedy Marlene, is just about ready to operate. The Speedy Marlene has had its annual overhaul and the SIU Service Center has had a new paint job. In addition to the Speedy Marlene, we will put into operation another speedboat to better service crews and vessels in the St. Clair River. When Westcott closed its operation In Port Huron last year, we could no longer ride vessels upbound Algonac to Port Huron. With another speedboat (which will operate just below Port Huron), we will be able to service many more vessels than we have in the past. The United States Coast Guard issued orders to the Mackinac Transportation Company to repair the boilers on the carferry Chief Wawatan or cease running it. The Wawatan is an SlU-manned carferry operating between the Straits of Mackinac and serves as a railroad link between Upper and Lower Michigan. At the request of Attorney General Frank J. Kelley, Judge Noel Fox issued a temporary injunction blocking the abandonment of the carferry. The Coast Guard has given the company until the end of May to repair the boilers, and Judge Fox told the railroad that it was up to them to find the answer of how to keep operating with the condemned boilers. The Chief Wawatan is the only carferry in the United States that is equipped both as a railferry and ice­ breaker, which is necessary to operate 12 months a year at the Straits. Local 10, Transportation Services and Allied Workers, has finally after a two-year struggle, been awarded an election date by the NLRB, Detroit Regional Director, Jerome Brooks. The election is scheduled for June 8 and 9. Voting hours at three polling sites will be from 2 PM to 8 PM. The NLRB officers estimate that 1800 people will be eligible to vote. This group includes regular, lease and partlime taxi cab drivers. As previously reported, the petition involving 1200 pledge cards was filed with the NLRB Detroit two years ago almost to the day. The election has been the subject of much litigation involving the NLRB, the lower federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. Local 10, TS&AW, has carried the ball throughout these lengthy hearings and court procedures in order *0 assure Checker Cab drivers of their right to have their own election sponsored and conducted under the supervision of a government agency. Checker Cab drivers have been waiting for union representation for more than 14 years. Local 10 has had the assistance of SIUNA throughout its battle to gain this election. Shipping from Alpena has been picking up very rapidly, and should be a tremendous year. Old-timer Edward Ryan^ is drawing his disability pension and comes into the .Alpena hall just about every day to sit around and chat with members on the beach. Leslie Cook just returned from the V.A. Hospital in Saginaw, Michigan. Cook says he is to return to the hospital in two weeks for an operation. We wish him a speedy recovery. Cleveland reports there are not too many book men on the beach. Mike Resenak gets in regularly every day for his game of Hearts. James Kissick just got off the Joe Morrow and is going to wait around for the North American to start. George Mitchell, all-around man, just came into town and after a few days off, is ready for the first ship that requires his service. Harold Hurlburt returned recently from four months on a "Salty." Made a round-the-world trip with Isthmian and had a fine time. "Ole" Oloffson shipped last week as permanent watertender on the Clipper. When he left the hall with his shipping card, "Ole" said that he was going home. Willie Bond just left the Highway 16 as chief cook. According to the captain and the crew, Willie did a real swell job and the boys are sorry to see him leave. *George Stevenson, Chicago's professional porter, is also waiting on the beach for "an easy porter's job." We can't figure out what an easy porter's job is—he had 13 permanent jobs last year. Robert Erickson is on the beach in Duluth. He just donated a pint of blood to our SIU blood bank there. Francis Sheehan just re­ turned from a trip around the world on the A & J Faith. He liked the trip very much, but is anxious to get back on the Lakes ships where he is able to see his family a little more often. ..Old-timer Tommy Dunne is a familiar figure around the Duluth hall. He has been very helpful in maintaining the hall and instructing the younger members. The C. C. West of Reiss Steamship Company arrived in the port of Duluth last week with a load of coal. According to residents, this is the first time in this port for a self-unloading vessel. While enthusiastically participating in the Frankfort area's favorite April activity, smelt-dipping, Charles Ritchards tripped and fractured his arm. Ritchards is resting and recuperating on the beach. Among those checking in this hall each day to inquire, "how's ship­ ping?" is Lester Sturtevant, who recently returned here from USPHS hospital in Staten Island. "Stu," as his friends call him, recounts many, many stories of how shipping used to be. There have been very few members on the beach in Frankfort for the last month. A full crew has been on the Ann Arbor No. 5, while the MV Arthur K. Atkinson has been in the shipyard. tmif Mfrttf ^wmi PXvmwfe Mrs. Eric C. Hallgren, widow of veteran Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Re­ gion member Eric C. Hall­ gren, receives her death benefit check from Chi­ cago port agent Robert Affleck. Hallgren, who died on February 9, 1964, was a member of the Un­ ion since 1961. Lakes SIU Ship Goes To Diesel DETROIT—Successful trial runs were recently completed in Lake Superior of the self-unloading Great Lakes Freighter Diamond Alkali (American Steamship), after having undergone a power con­ version from gasoline to diesel engines. The Diamond Alkali is manned by SIU Great Lakes Dis­ trict seamen. Shipyard workers of the FraserNelson Shipbuilding & Drydock Company replaced the ship's old 1,900 horsepower steam engine and boilers with the 4,000 horse­ power diesel. A controllable pitch propeller operated by a single lever in the pilot house permits bridge control of the ship's move­ ments, making it the most auto­ mated on the Lakes. The automation changes on the ship also include an entirely new eletrical system, with diesel-driven generators replacing the steampowered dynamos. Test Runs The trials included runs at normal cruising speed, full power runs ahead and astern, crash stops, a series of figure-eight turns at full speed and full rudder to test the new Superior-built steering gear and the newly installed bow thruster. The SIU District also added an­ other ship to its jurisdiction re­ cently when the old American Steamship's Amoco was sold to SIU-Great Lakes District — con­ tracted Huron Portland Cement Company, and renamed the H. R. Schemm. The Schemm will be­ come the sixth specialized cement carrier in the Huron fleet. Just as the others in the Huron fleet, the Schemm will be con­ verted from a conventional bulk carrier to one with special'interior equipment for handling cement. At the same time new deckhouses and other equipment will be in­ stalled. The vessel had been inac­ tive for four years before being sold to the Portland Company. The Portland Cement Company announced that the conversion, to take place at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., will take all summer and fall to complete. nounced that some meetings have already been held to organize a joint conference on this problem. Low water levels on the Lakes are threatening a slowdown of shipping and other industry in the area. Levels are already down one to three feet below normal with no relief in sight. Any conference dealing with the problem will almost certainly in­ clude representatives from the US states bordering the Great Lakes as well as their counterparts from the Canadian provinces. In addi­ tion, representatives from the fed­ eral governments of both coun­ tries would be included. Low water levels on the Great Lakes are only one part of Cana­ da's problem. Dropping water tables and drought in the province of Ontario are an associated issue. Unusually low rain and snow falls have been plaguing the 100,000 square-mile basin of the Lakes in recent years. As nreviously re­ ported in the LOG, large carriers in the Lakes are already shipping light every trip because of diffi­ culty getting into ports like To­ ronto. Hydroelectric officials in Ontario report that lack of enough water to feed the network of pow­ er stations on the Great Lakes and the Niagara River is forcing the use of more costly coal-burn­ ing stations to generate electricity. Many industries closely geared to the water levels, such as ship­ yards, are also encountering ex­ treme difficulties. Because the task which must be Delta Line Gets Shipbuilding Delay NEW YORK—The SlU-Contracted Delta Steamship Lines has been awarded a delay of about three-and-one-half years to build two of the vessels in its current replacement pro­ gram. The delay was given by the Maritime Subsidy Board. Delta had planned originally to let contracts on five ships April 1 for its subsidized serv­ ice between the US Gulf and the East Coast of South America, with two more to be put under contract April 1, 1965. The action by the MSB permits Delta to put off until Jan. 1, 1969, the award of contract for the sixth and seventh replacement ships for this service. that ultimate responsibility will eventually fall to the two federal governments, with the provinces and states co-operating. One possible solution which Canada has been considering is channeling James Bay water into the Great Lakes. Negotiations on the feasibility of such a move are presently under way. Latins Move To Coordinate Labor Policy SAN SALVADOR — A Labor Council of Central America has been set up at a conference of the Labor Ministers of the five Central American republics, which include Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The purpose of the new body is to or­ ganize and coordinate the "labor and social" policy of the members. The five countries are attempt­ ing to integrate their labor forces to aid the development of a Cen­ tral American common market, while at the same time speeding economic integration and bringing about some sort of social security. The heads of the countries' social security agencies will serve as advisers to the Labor Council, which is scheduled to meet at least once a year. OAS Will Advise The conference at which the La­ bor Council was established was called by the Organization of American States, which will also have an advisory role in the new council. A policy of free mobility of labor between the five countries was proposed by San Salvador, which has already decided to per­ mit free transit of all Central American nationals in its territory and has called for the others to do the same. A Costa Rican resolution on planning was adopted by the group, stating: "The Central American States should promote and carry forward a social policy that guarantees to all the sectors of their population an effective and just participation in the benefits of economic devel­ opment, and oriented especially toward bettering the labor sector and of other human groups that are economically weak. �Pac* SiileeB SEAFARERS Waterman Gets Safety Citation LOG Signing Up NEW YORK—The SlU-contracted Waterman Steamship Corporation was honored along with several other steamship lines by the National Safety Council at a luncheon here re­ cently. Waterman won an> award in the Safety Council's is a participant in the Joint SIU Annual Safety Contest for management Safety Program con ducted under the Maritime Ad vancement Programs. "Prior to 1959 we did not have any vessel complete a year with out a lost-time accident," Smith said. "However, since 1959 we have had a steady increase in the number of vessels completing the year without a lost-time acci­ dent." .Seafarers who make up the un­ licensed crews of the Waterman ships were highly commended for their spirit of cooperation and Seafarer Robert Smith is shown hero registering at the SIU safety minded attitude which has hall in Philadelphia. SIU Rep. Charlie Stansbury is handling contributed so much to the steady the typewriter. Smith sails in the engine department and improvement of Waterman's safety was hoping to hit the high seas again very soon. record. "Safety is everybody's business and SIU members cer­ tainly have done their part to de­ NEW YORK—A Federal District velop this attitude," the safety di­ Court judge here has ruled that rector added. the Federal Government had the right to cancel a tanker's charter after the vessel was unable to load oil in the Persian Gulf because By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director of the Arab boycott against ships (Continued from page 2) trading with Israel. The decision came in a four-year grumble as they sweated to keep old legal battle in which the Pan up with the volunteers in the In recent years the medical profession has been increasingly success­ Cargo Steamship Corp., owner of smoke-filled hold. The volunteer crew began its ful in educating the general public to the dangers of moving the acutely the T-2 tanker National Peace, had gone to court seeking $160,110 in work at 9:30 PM Friday evening injured patient, and it would be rare indeed at the^ scene of an auto­ damages claiming the Navy had un­ when it began removal of beams mobile accident not to hear some one in the crowd say, "Don't move the lawfully cancelled a charter for and hatch boards from the cargo patient." This basic principle of "splint 'em where they lie" has been removal shelter deck. Volunteers widely disseminated by the medical profession and accepted by the the 16.704-ton vessel. public. The judge ruled that the Navy first entered the 'tween decks area However, in the case of water or diving accidents, the exact converse at 1:15 AM Sunday when the first was within its rights in cancelling seems to be the rule, the primary thought being to "get them out of the shift put in a 15-minute stint in the charter under the provisions of water." This is understandable since drowning is the danger uppermost the "Haifa Clause," which was the smoky cargo area. Work on in the public mind. However, in this type of injury, the danger of removal of the Hessian cloth rolls , written into the charter. Under aggravating the injury is even more probable than that in an automobile this clause the Navy could cancel continued intermittantly until 6 or other accident. the charter, require substitution of AM when 104 rolls had been dis­ In Injuries resulting from diving or other water accidents, the another ship of similar size, or no­ charged from the area and suf­ minate another loading port in ficient space had been cleared to injured should be either floated until trained help arrives or removed case a vessel was prevented from allow entry into the lower hold. with a rigid spine support, because of the frequent occurrence of cer­ Two SIU men were singled out vical fractures, according to Dr. Richard W. Rado writing in the loading by local authorities because for the part they played during Bulletin—"American College of Surgeons." of previous trade with Israel. The association of cervical spine fractures with diving accidents is Although the clause was later the operation. Charles Wilson, a an accepted fact. That this is a frequent injury is indicated when 34 messman who drew high praise, discontinued on the ground that it cases of cervical spine fractures as-f left the crew of volunteers at 6 tended to support the Arab boycott the result of water accidents were ever rigid support is Immediately of Israel, it was still in effect when AM when their work was com­ reported from 49 hospitals in New available, such as a surf board, pleted to serve breakfast. Jimmie tlie National Peace was refused Jersey alone in 1962 and 1963. It is wood plank or door. permission to load at Has Tanura C. Arnold, ship's carpenter re­ well known that cervical spine inceived special attention for his In his finding that neither side The first method — keeping the was really at fault in the matter important contributions in coor­ ury is more prone to result in patient afloat in the water is good. because "the loss was occasioned dinating the work of one of the severance of spinal cord than in The water makes a fine spine sup­ by the refusal of Saudi Arabia to shifts. The entire operation was any other vertebra fracture. port and the patient can easily be Stay in Water permit the cargo to be loaded," the under the command of Robert L. maintained afloat with the neck in judge decided that the loss should Riddle, chief officer. With these facts in mind, the neutral position. Application of a be carried by the owners of the Other Seafarers who were part removal of a patient from the spine board is then easily accom­ vessel because they "knew the of the volunteer crew were John water following a diving injury plished by sliding it under him and facts of the voyage of Memory I to L. Ghannasian, Clarence Pryor. by untrained persons is a frighten­ letting it float up. Mouth-to-mouth Israel." Memory I was the tanker's Charles E. Johnson, Lysle W. ing thought, since removal of this breathing or other resuscitative previous name. Fuertado, Emmanouil I. Halkias, patient from tlie water makes fur­ measure can easily be carried out The Government "did not know Aiulrew Kinney, Henry C. Moffett, ther injury almost inevitable. The In the water. This teclinique of the facts as to the voyage of Me­ Manfred S. Leuschner, Lawrence movement may be no more than keeping the patient in the water mory I to Israel and had no con­ B. Chrisinger, Bjorn Rydland, one foot to the edge of the swim­ until trained help arrives is the trol over the events disabling the Dennis Lloyd and William Ferrer. ming pool or the difference be­ least traumatic. Use Rigid Support ship from loading her cargo at Since the fire was confined to tween the water and the gunwale Ras Tanura," the judge ruled, and number 3 hold, damage occurred of a boat. In many Instances, circumstances Whatever the distance, the end fnay preclude keeping the patient as a result "the Government did only in that area of the ship. hot get the cargo carriage by the Company officials consider cargo result is that the patient with a In the water until trained help is National Peace, for which it had in that hold virtually a complete life threatening injury is thought­ available. Surfing injuries, exces­ lessly and hurriedly pulled out of sive bleeding and too cold water bargained." loss. the water by people who have no may make it impossible to remain idea of the nature of the injury. in the water. If the patient must Dr. Rado has shown films of the be moved, the fact that his neck flailing of the neck of a child might be broken must be con­ when the father carries him from sidered an(J any rigid support is EXAMS THIS PERIOD: February 1 - February 28, 1964 the water with one arm under his better thai, nothing. If no rigid Port Seamen Wives Children TOTAL back and the other under the support is available and the pa­ thighs. Yet, many cases of this tient must be moved, the public Baltimore 128 37 19 184 type of removal occurred in New must be educated to the fact that Houston 199 14 11 224 Jersey last year. these patients may have a broken Mobile 59 4 4 67 So, to avoid furtlier injury there neck and when moving them sup­ are two methods of handling these port the level of the neck with New Orleans... 245 7 10 262 cases open to us', and the general the level of the back as well as New York.......... 360 34 31 425 public must be made aware and possible. Philadelphia..,. 163 22 29 214 trained in their use. First, the In other words, "splint 'em patient can be kept in the water where they float" should be the San Juan..... 45 24 16 85 until trained help with a spine water safety equivalent of the now board arrives; or, secondly, the generally accepted "splint 'em TOTAL: . . . . .. . . . . . . 1,199 142 120 1,461 patient can be removed with what- where they lie." 1963. cargo and passenger vessel division. Twelve of the 29 ships operated by Waterman during 1963 com­ pleted the year without a single lost-time accident, it was an­ nounced by the Waterman Safety Director. The shipping company Court OKs Ship Charter Cancellation Fabricator Fire 'Splint 'Em Where They Float SIU Clinic Exams—All Ports >f » I- •> i : -i • Mar M. MM Engineers Hit FAA Crew Cutback WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO affiliated Flight Engineers Inter­ national Association has thrown up resistance to a new Federal Avia­ tion Association proposal to change Its rule governing minimum flight crews on large aircraft. William A. Gill, Jr., the Presi­ dent of the Flight Engineers, fired off a telegram to Najeeb Halaby, FAA Administrator, protesting the proposal to change the law requir­ ing at least three crew-members— two pilots and a flight engineer— on all planes with a takeoff weight exceeding 80,000 pounds to a crew of at least two. The present rule applies to nearly all four-engined planes. The FAA called for comments by July 1 on its proposal to drop the standard and substitute a more flexible approach based on study of the individual type of aircraft: Its performance. Its cockpit design and equipment, and resulting crew workload. The change, If it becomes effcgtive, would apply to planes gaining FAA certification after Jan. 1 of this year. At the outset, it would involve the new Douglas DC-9 and the British BAG 111, neither of which has, as yet, been cleared by the Agency. Certification means an aircraft meets Government standards of airworthiness. In his telegram. Gill said he was "shocked" at the FAA statement that flight engineers among others agreed to the change. "Nothing could be further from the truth," Gill said. He said the Civil Aero­ nautics Board is at present con­ ducting a study of cockpit opera­ tions and he asked Halaby to with­ draw the proposal "at least until the findings of the CAB in this and other related areas are made known." A CAB official said the study is expected to be completed about mid summer. The Air Line Pilots Association, AFL-CIO, which had insisted on the 80,000-pound standard origi­ nally, had no immediate comment on the FAA proposal, but has con­ tended in the past that the short range jet BAG 111 does require a three man crew. The Flight Engineers are still on strike against Eastern Air Linea because of that airlines' move to cut flight engineers from their cockpit crews. Pickets Force Talk Switch WICHITA, Kansas—One of the biggest trade associations In Kansas moved a conven­ tion session out of a struck hotel because its keynote speaker — Senator Williana Proxmire (D-Wisconsin) — re­ fused to cross a picket line. Proxmire had a major ad­ dress prepared for the open­ ing of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association's annu­ al meeting at the Lassen Ter­ race Hotel here. But when he discovered that the Hotel & Restaurant Employes were on strike because of the ho­ tel's refusal to bargain, the Wisconsin senator told his hosts that they had two choices. They could cancel his speech, or they could hold their meeting elsewhere. The upshot was that some 1,000 delegates moved their session to a nearby auditor- �Vvtf, 'StkFA'k'ER's "ibo Charge US Oldsters Victimized By Fine Print in Health Plans Viff* l«TeBteeB By Fred Stewart & Ed Meoney WASHINGTON—^The president of a Florida senior citizens club told a Senate subcom­ Heodquorters Representatives mittee that "high pressure salesmen" have victimized the elderly with "fine print" health A Voyage is Just What You Make It Insurance policies which bring disillusionment when illness strikes. Once you go aboard ship It's up to yon and your shipmates to make Loren Hicks, 73-year-old "*• head of a 700-member club Citizens, are "convinced" that the announced, as the hearing opened, the voyage as pleasant and as profitable as possible. The first thing to only solution is financing of health that it has drafted new guides for remember is that whether you are an oldtimer or a new member, you in Pompano Beach, Fla., said care for the aged through social the mail order Insurance business all have a common bond. You are going aboard a ship under contract insurance firms and agents have engaged In both verbal misrepreeentation hnd "legal but mislead­ ing" advertising in selling insur­ ance to those over 65. Hicks told a panel of the Senate's Special Committee that the field of health insurance apparently was so lucra­ tive that he had been '.'offered the sum of $200 for the mailing list of our members by an insurance agent." He stressed that misleading ^so­ licitations was not the only prob­ lem faced by older persons in pur­ chasing health insurance. His own policy, Hicks told the subcommit­ tee headed by Sen. Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ), pays "very lim­ ited benefits," but "is all I can afford." Members of his club, an affiliate of the National Council of Senior security, he said. Williams said his subcommittee, which has been conducting a broadranging inquiry into frauds effect­ ing the elderly, had decided to probe deception in health insur­ ance because of numerous com­ plaints from persons who discover that their policies "failed them when they most needed help." Law Has Gaps The "language of the law" may not cover all cases of deception, Williams noted, "particularly when slippery pitch men deliberately set out to find gaps in that language . . . One thing that is certain, how­ ever, is that the sale r.' an insur­ ance policy is too serious a matter to become a battle of wits between buyer and seller," he added. The Federal Trade Commission Udall Appoints Coal Export Committees WASHINGTON—In line with the Government's new policy to step up the export of the United States' hard coal. Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall named a coal export coordinator and"* three special committees re­ would be worth a great effort, a cently to help carry out a combined union and trade asso­ joint Government-industry pro­ gram to stimulate the trade. The coal export coodinator is T. Reed Scollon, who also will con­ tinue in his regular position as head of the Division of Bituminous Coal in the department's Bureau of Mines. In his newly announced capacity, Scollon will coordinate activities of federal agencies under the coal export program and pro­ vide liaison between Government and industry on program develop­ ments. Udall also designated an indus­ try advisory committee and two Jnter-agency committees. One of the committees will work with the Industry advisory group and the department in developing detailed plans for carrying out the coal export program. The other com­ mittee, comprising top officials from several Federal agencies, will aid in the department coordinating the ptK)gram from the standpoint of domestic and foreign policy. Although the anthracite export drive is not formally tied to the administration's anti-poverty drive, it is considered definitely related because the hard coal region of the US is one of the worst of the depressed areas of the country and has a high priority for federal help. To increase exports of hard coal twd immediate problems must be overcome, among othei's. These are the frequent insistence by foreign buyers of precise size and quality specifications and the need to co­ ordinate rail and ship movements of large volumes of hard coal to achieve maximum economy. Stimulating hard coal exports vimtB y(S>uR TO MEVHCAm ciation group In Pennsylvania has agreed, because not only would it aid the economically depressed hard coal mining regions, but would contribute toward Improve­ ment in the US balance of pay­ ments. The group agi'eed that there was adequate skilled labor and enormous reserves of anthra­ cite, and that production and transport problems should be eliminated by a strong cooperative effort. Lakes Iron Cargoes Up aimed at clarifying the laws on deception. Assistant Attorney Gen­ eral Charles A. James of California and Sherwood Colburn, former Michigan State insurance commis­ sioner, agreed that both federal and state regulation are neces­ sary. Rep. Ronald B. Cameron (D-Calif.) testified that California's efforts to tighten controls over health plans have been stymied by Insurance, hospital and medical lobbies. The one-day hearing comple­ mented hearings which have been held by another subcommittee, un­ der Senator Pat McNamara (DMich.) on the high cost of health insurance for those over 65. liiigiiillp Action In the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wages and better con­ ditions. 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.) "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) 3) t Texas-Miller Products, Inc. Adam Hats, Ashley, Dorsey Jay, Hampshire Club, Repell-X, Sea Spray Men's Hats (United Hatters) i t Eastern Air Lines (Flight Engineers) 3» l" 3" H. I. Siegel DETROIT — Great Lakes ship­ "HIS" brand men's clothes ments of Lake Superior iron ore, (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) coal and grain through April this t 4" 3» year totaled 11,988,663 net tons, "Judy Bond" Blouses the highest figure for the period since 1960, and far above the 5,- (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) 605,830 tons moved for the same t 3» 4" period during 1963, according to Sears, Roebuck Company the Lake Carriers' Association. Retail stores & products Shipments during April alone (Retail Clerks) amounted to 10,978,042 net tons, 4> 4' 4> which Is more than double the Stitzel-Weller Distilleries volume moved in April last year, "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" the Association said. "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Grain shipments in April Bourbon whiskeys reached the highest level attained (Distillery Workers). in 11 years, the Association said, volume reaching 2,173,957 net 4 4 4" tons. Of the 185 grain cargoes, J. R. Simplot Potato Co. however, only 30 were moved In Frozen potato products US ships. (Grain Millers) In addition, a four-week peak 4 4 4 was attained in iron ore ship­ Kingsport Press ments, with 3,959,719 gross tons "World Book," "Chlldcraft" moved, while coal cargoes surged (Printing Pressmen) to 4,369,200 net tons, up from 3,(Typographers, Bookbinders) 223,485 tons carried in April, (Machinists, Stereotypers) 1963. 4 4 4 The larger tonnage is attributed Jamestown Sterling Corp. to the earlier start of navigation Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. on the Great Lakes this spring Furniture and Bedding and to industry's continually ex­ (United Furniture Workers) panding denoands for raw mate­ rials. to your Union. It is up to you to protect that contract and in so doing, protect both yourself and your Union. A good SIU man Is a good seaman. He does his job well and never imposes on his shipmates. One of the principle jobs of the oldtimer Is to acquaint the new members and first-trippers with the ins and outs of his shipboard duties as well as educating him in the principles of unionism. A good seaman is clean, neat and orderly. It takes only a few minutes each watch to keep your gear in shape and your foc'sle orderly. The man assigned to clean your quarters isn't your valet. Clean your seaboots and oilskins. When possible hang your oily, dirty gear in some place outside of the foc'sle. Messmen are just as much a part of the crew as firemen or ABs. A good steward department can improve any ship and any voyage. The messroom on most ships is your club room. It's only a matter of seconds to drop your dirty cups in the sink after coffee time or night lunch. Use ash trays for your butts and ashes, don't throw junk and food on deck. Put uneaten lunch back in the refrigerator. It's bad on the cockroaches and flies but good for the crew. The department delegates should always work together to see that things are kept that way. When you come aboard look the ship over good. Don't wait until the last minute to make a beef. Pay attention to the condition of the ship, and if things are not made right notify the union hall and a Patrol­ man will be sent aboard. Don't rely on promises that things will be straightened out "after the ship sails." A lot of beefs can be saved if you remember these points. • Ascertain before sailing if proper requisitions have been made. • Inquire as to the contents of the slop chest. • Check the riders appended to the articles and the conditions of the foc'sles, beds, mattresses, linens, etc. • Where possible see that a patrolman comes aboard and gets things in as good shape as possible before signing on. Be sure to study your agreement throughly. Remember that over­ time pay is designed to protect you against being over-worked and not to make you rich. An overtime hog on any ship is a pain to the entire crew. It is up to the crew and the delegates to see that the overtime is prorated so that all hands share the extra work and the resultant pay as equally as possible. Keep an accurate record of your own overtime with the date, exact hours worked, nature of work and by whom ordered. Keep separate sheets for "OK" and "disputed" time. Turn your sheets over to your delegate, who will check them for discrepancies in time and present them to the department heads to have them signed. Your individual record is your own property and protection, hang onto these sheets until the payoff. The union is the interpreter of your union contract. Put down what­ ever you think is overtime and if the ship's officers think differently, the whole matter can be taken up at the pay-off. Don't refuse to do anything because some engineer, steward or mate says that it isn't overtime. Do what you are ordered to do, put down the hours worked and settle at the pay-off. When ship's officers do work that should nonnaljly be done by the crew, notify your department delegate. In certain cases overtime is collectable by the crew for this work. The final decision will be made at the conclusion of the voyage when the patrolmen and company representatives check the ship's log and overtime sheets. Remember, don't try to settle all your beefs aboard ship if the officers are buckos. Your shore officials will settle things for you. Don't take unauthorized time off or perform aboard ship. Taking time off is a bad habit, for if you are logged nothing can be done about it; the Coast Guard starts a record on you and the burden of doing your work falls on your shipmates. If extra time ashore cannot be ar­ ranged between you and your shipmates with the consent of the master and department heads, then limit yourself to your actual liberty hours. This will save you money and protect the reputation of your Union. What you do ashore is strictly between you, your conscience and the shoreside authorities. Homeward bound is the time to get all your affairs in order. All overtime should be rechecked and written up so that it can be easily understood, explained and argued if necessary at the pay-off. All Union books in all departments should be checked and a list made of the first trippers so that the patrolmen boarding the ship at the payoff will be able to get the collections through in a hurry and attend the beefs. A list of the beefs, complaints, logs. Coast Guard cases and other controversial items should be ma^de so these matters can be attended to more promptly. Your ship may be in port several days after arrival before paying off. Remember that during this period you are still on the articles and payroll. This means that you are still under the orders of the Masters and ship's officers and must continue to carry out your duties until you are paid off and given your discharge. For failure to do this you can be logged and treated the same as if you were on the high seas. Everyone growls when he comes aboard a dirty, disorderly ship. Remember this and turn over the ship to your relieving crew in a good condition. Be sober at the pay-off and don't be in too much of a hurry to get ashore. Get the beefs settled as far as possible before the payoff so that there won't be any huldu?. If all your beefs cannot be settled on the spot, make it a point to stay over for a day or two so that the shoreside union apparatus can get things lined up right. Always carry your Union book with you and have it available for the boarding patrolman. Pay up all current dues and assessments in port of pay-off. Remember that the Seafarers is an International Union and that every port is your home port. �BBB3 i Page Eighteen SEAFARERS May 19, llS4 tOQ Executive Body Tackles Key U.S. Problems MAJOR AFL-CIO COUNCIL ACTIONS forward for better wages, shorter hours and Improved working conditions. National Economy Uiicinployment has remained about five-and-a-half per­ cent of the labor force in the last five months, despite the continuing expansion of economic activities and booming profits. In the face of rapid increases in both productivity and the labor force, the rise of sales and production has not been great enough to create the employment oppor­ tunities needed to reduce joblessness. Moreover, the an­ ticipated expansion during the rest of this year, under the impetus of the tax cut, is not expected to reduce un­ employment appreciably. Automation is continuing to spread—reducing man­ power requirements in many white collar occupations, as well as in production and maintenance types of em­ ployment. And the labor force is growing rapidly, with the influx of young people seeking their first jobs. The per­ sistent high level of unemployment remains America's number one problem in 1964 . . . Idle manpower and productive capacity should be put to work, through increased public works programs, to improve America's public services — our schools, health facilities, housing urban areas and mass transit systems. The job-creating accelerated public works program, which is now being phased out, should be extended, with a $2 billion federal appropriation, to increase employment in the creation of public improvements of lasting worth . .. Housing end Cammunity Development The AFL-CIO calls on Congress to enact the Housing and Community Development Act of 1964, proposed by President Johnson in his special message on January 27 and embodied in the Senate bill S. 2468 and the House bill H.R. 9751, with improvements recommended by the AFL-CIO. The need for this vital measure grows daily more urgent. Already authorization for the low-rent public housing program has been exhausted and a backlog of 40,000 unit applications is on hand which cannot be proco.ssed untii the new bill is passed. The urban renewal program is rapidly approaching the limit of its authoriza­ tion and communities undertakng slum clearance efforts need assurance that federal assistance will be avaibMe when needed . . . Civil Rights The Senate of the United States today began its 58th day of debate on the civil rights bill. We say to the Senate of the United States: Stop talking, start voting. The Senate prides itself on being "the greatest delibera­ tive body in the world." But by now every meaningful point has been made; every objection, whether as to principle or procedure, has been aired at length. Now the Senate is disgracing the democratic practice of de­ liberation. The position of the AFL-CIO is abundantly clear. We believe that the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is substantially the form by which it passed the House of Representatives, must be enacted into law. Therefore, the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO calls upon the Senate to shun crippling compromise; to reject weakening and delaying amendments; to invoke cloture and to pass the bill now. We remind the Senate that there are many other meas­ ures dammed up by the civil rights obstructionists, which must also be enacted. They, too. bear upon civil rights: for they have to do with prosperity of the nation, with the war against poverty—the war which mu.s*t be won before equal opportunity can be achieved. Middle East The Executive Council of the AFL-CIO notes with dis­ may that the hopes of the peoples of the world for peace and the efforts of our country and its allies for a genuine detente have been severely jarred by Premier Khrush­ chev's lour of Egypt. In language more abusive than he has used in many months, the Soviet ruler has branded U.S. policy in the Middle East as "aircraft carrier diplo­ macy." This atid other unfounded denunciations made by Khrushchev have not only disturbed the situation in the Middle East but have aggravated international tension. Premier Khrushchev has deliberately sought to whet Nasser's appetite for aggression against Israel and en­ courage his maneuvers for dominating the entire Arab world. Towards these ends, Khrushchev promised Nasser additional shipments of the most modern Soviet weapons of war and gave him the green light to do what he wants in the Middle East. In view of this hate-breeding tour by the Soviet Premier and particularly his hostile denunciation of our country's peaceful and humane role in the Middle East, we strongly urge our government to: (1) reaffirm forcefuUjr its determination to oppose all aggression against The AFL-CIO Executive Council held its quar­ terly meeting in Washington on May 18-20. SIUNA President Paul Hall, an AFL-CIO vice president and an Executive Council member, participated in the three-day meeting. As a result of its delibera­ tions, the Council took actions and presented positions on the major problems facing the na­ tion and the free world. On this page are excerpts from the Council's major actions. the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of every country—Arab and Israel—in this pivotal area; (2) pursue policies which will prevent aggressive action by any power in this vital region; and (3) make new efforts to encourage and assist the countries of the Middle East to cooperate in developing their natural resources for the purpose of improving the standard of living among their people and promoting their social and economic progress in peace and freedom. Report on Cases Filed Under Article XXI From the effective date of Article XXI to May 15, 1964, a total of 300 new complaints, or claims of "justification" for action that would otherwise violate Article XXI, were filed with the President's office. Of these 300 c^ses, 168 have been resolved through the process of mediation, by mutual agreement, without the necessity of a determination by an Impartial Umpire. Mediation is still in progress in 28 cases and there is every reason to believe that a number of these will be settled voluntarily . . . Action on Internal Disputes Cases (as of May 15, 1964) Settled by mediation 168 Mediation still in progress 28 Determinations by Impartial Umpires 91 Fast-finding reports by Umpires 7 Pending determinations or reports by Umpires 6 Total 300 Of the 91 determinations by the Impartial Umpires, violations of Article XXI were found in 67 cases. In 24 cases, the Umpires found that the action involved in the complaint did not violate Article XXI. The Subcommittee of the Executive Council has re­ ceived 30 appeals from determinations of the Impartial Umpires. The results were as follows: Action of Subcommittee on Appeals • Appeal denied 25 Appeal withdrawn 1 Referred to Executive Council 1 Pending 3 Total 80 Sixteen conaplaints of non-compliance with determina­ tions of the Impartial Umpire were received by the Subconuiiittee. Action on tliese complaints was as follows: Action of Subcommittee on Non-compliance Coinplaints Compliance achieved 10 Non-compliance found 5 Pending 1 Total 16 National Wage Formula There can be no single national wage formula. In a pluralistic economy, with thousands of diverse markets and industries, there must be determination by the employer and the union as to the proper wage level. Free collective bargaining in a free economy is the best method of de­ termining wage levels . . . . . . Despite cries of alarm from some, inflation is not today's threat. Today's threat is Idle men, idle plants and idle machines. To the AFL-CIO the answer is simple: We must put America back to work. We must provide the consumer purchasing power which is the base of our entire economic strength. Therefore, on a .union-by-union, company^by-company, and industry-by-industry basis—in light of the needs of the workers involved and the economic ability of the companies and the industry involved—we intend to pre.s« Brazil The recent events in Brazil which culminated in the successful civil-military revolution of April first demon­ strated the great determination of the freedom-loving people to end the grave threat to their Constitution and the democratic processes . . . The AFL-CIO Executive Council emphasizes that the Goulart labor law had made the trade unions subservient to the government. Control of the unions by the govern­ ment weakened labor and made its organizations vulnerable to Communist penetration. We strongly urge that no time be lost in making Brazilian labor completely free of gov­ ernment domination .... . . . The rights of the working people must be unequivo­ cally recognized in Brazil. Organized labor must have the right to participate fully in the nation's program for social and economic development. . . . The AFL-CIO joins with ORIT and the International Trade Secretariats in pledging Its all-out effort and re­ sources to help revitalize the Brazilian democratic labor movement and assure its progress on the path of freedom and independence as a truly representative organization of the interests of the workers. Alaska The disastrous earthquake and tidal wave which spread death and destruction across large parts of Alaska was one of the greatest natural catasrophies in the history of our country. Five cities were destroyed and hundreds of homes were lost. To the victims of that catastrophe, we express our sympathy. To those who are rebuilding their lives, to those who are working to restore the economic and social life of Alaska, we pledge our support. Already the American labor movement has responded promptly and generously to help victims of the earth­ quake. Aid has been given by the AFL-CIO and affiliated organizations. Trade union members in Alaska have given their services in a wide variety of volunteer work to help restore normal community life ... . . . Specifically, we urge that the Small Business Ad­ ministration make available disaster loans at the lowest possible interest rate to Alaskan businessmen. We sup­ port requests made by Senator Gruening of Alaska to tha Small Business Administration that loans at an interest rate of three-fourths of one percent should be made avail­ able to qualified applicants in Alaska. Under the Disaster Loan Act, the Small Business Administration can make loans at any interest up to three percent with any appro­ priate delayed repayment terms. It is inconceivable to us that overseas loans to foreign countries under the United States foreign aid program should be made at an interest rate lower than the interest rate charged to American victims of a natural disaster within the United States. We strongly urge that Interest rates on Small Business Administration disaster loans to Alaskan businessmen immediately be cut to three-fourth.s of one percent, the charge imposed on loans to foreign countries under the U.S. foreign aid program. Defense of Free World . . •. The Executive Council of the AFL-CIO rejects as a monstrous myth the notion that our country and its allies can promote world peace, human well-being and freedom by helping the Communist dictatorships over­ come the severe hardships and difficulties which their policies and practices have brought about. Expanded west­ ern trade with and the extension of long-term credits to to Communist regimes will not help them "evolve towards democracy" or remove the sources of world tension. On the contrary, such help by the United States and Western Europe might well enable the Communist regimes to emerge from their present difficulties strengthened for their next round of offensive actions against the free world. This would only aggravate the cold war . . . . . . The difficulties now afflicting the Communist econ­ omies and the conflicts plaguing the international Com­ munist movement provide a propitious moment for our country and its allies to initiate diplomatic, economic, and political moves to eliminate the causes of world tension and to promote just and lasting peace . . . . . . Neither the difficulties confronting the Communist world nor the tactical changes these have fmposed on Moscow should serve as an excuse for our country and its allies relaxing their vigilance or reducing their strength. We dare not tire in the struggle to prevent a Communist takeover of the world. The hour calls for greater unity and strength of the Atlantic community to promote free­ dom, social justice, and lasting peace. �SEAFARERS Mw 29, 1944 'Sea-Tlme' Pace Niaeteen LOG By Seafarer R. W. Perry April 15, the date which Seafarers and every wage earner in the country regards with dread as they make their last minute hunt for deductions to beat the income tax filing dead­ line, has come and gone. However, even before the deadline came into sight, SIU men were all. smiles as they con­ templated the larger pay rotten inside, writes C. Collins, for good menus and fine chow, re­ ports P. Muccia, meeting chairman. checks they would receive, meeting secretary,-—4 4 4 thanks to the tax cut passed by Keeping clean on the Globe Ex­ 4 4 4 Congress earlier this year, crewmembers on ttie Panoceanlc Faith (Pan Oceanic Tankers), however, wish they could share in this bounty enjoyed by their Union brothers, but they're fast begin­ ning to believe the whole thing is a hoax. Andrew Lenansky, ship's delegate, reports the crew has seen its third payoff without the slight­ est boost from a taxcut showing up in its pay. 4" 4" 4You like ham Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. All of the sudden you don't like ham on Friday. After making one of the first voyages in an SIU ship carrying grain to Russia, George W. Alex­ ander, ship's delegate on the Mere praise for the efforts of the steward department on the Ema Elizabeth (Overseas Naviga­ tion) just won't do the job as far as Seafarers in the crew are con­ cerned. S. Doyle, meeting reporter, says that the crew has officially requested that the word be passed that the ship is one of the best feeders in the Union. The crew's resolution went on to state that the high quality of the chow turned out by the galley staff reflects credit on the entire SIU steward depart­ ment. 4 4 4 FAN OCEANIC FAITH (u,.aanic Tankar), April 29—Chairman, S. P. Drury; Secretary, Kenneth Collins. $14.15 in ship's fund. Ship sailed short two firemen, one oiler and a wiper. All except the wiper will join the ship at the bunkering port of Freeport, Grande Bahamas. Brother J. R. Batson was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Former ship's dele­ gate was extended a vote of thanks. ROBIN KIRK (Moore McCormack), April 12—Chairman, Lee deParlier; Secretary, Michael Dohearty. Major beef about delayed sailing. Letter to be sent to headquarter:?. Motion made that negotiation committee negotiate for wooden bunks and lockers in 13IGBST of SIU SHIP place of the metal bunks and lock­ ers. To start ship's fund from ar­ rival pool. LOSMAR (Calmar), April 12—Chair­ man. J. Pat Coniey. Secretary, Rich­ ard Tapman. $2.65 in ship's fund. All donations accepted. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Crew reminded to let mcs.sinan feed the watch first. Crew a.sked to eliminate all unnecessary noise in passageways, also to return ail cups to sink. TADDEI VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), April 6—Chairman, T. C. Hopkins; Secretary, Robert Porter. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department. TAMARA G U I L 0 E N (Transport Commercial), March 15—Chairman, Clifford M. Pressneli; Secretary, Ro­ man Viloria. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother A. Opsal was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Movie fund accepted. NORBERTO CAPAY (Liberty Navi­ gation), March 15—Chairman, Waitir A. Johnson; Secretary, Norman Mendelson. .Ship's delegate told crew that the draws will he in traveler's checks. .Steward had to get off the ship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, duo to illness. New steward will meet the ship in Ceuta. Spanish Morocco. Almo.st all repairs have been taken care of. $19 in ship's-fund. Brother Wal­ ter A. Johnson was elected to serve as ship's delegate. GLOBE EXPLORER (Maritime Over­ seas), April 13—Chairman, J. Woolford; Secretary, L. White. Ship's del­ egate reported that the repairs were not completely taken care of. Sugges­ tion made to try and keep fantail and recreation room as clean as possible. Crew reciuested to be a little quieter at meal times. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. JEAN LA FITTE rWaterman), Feb. 23—Chairman, V. Kleene; Secretary, H. Ridgeway. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother V. Kleene was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crewmembers requested to keep pantry clean at night. PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Naviga­ tion), March 21—Chairman, Jim Tan­ ner; Secretary, Ira K. Coats. Letter was written to headquarters about replacements that have not been ob­ tainable in the Far East. The cap­ tain agreed that aft lines should and would be stowed upon leaving disciiarge port, for safety and con­ venience of crew. Ship is short five men. SEVITRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), April 20—Chairman, Joe B. Block; Secretary, Herbert C. Justice. Ship's delegate reported ship is running smoothly. No beefs have been re­ ported by department delegates. One man inis.sed ship at Edgewater, New Jersey. $12.72 in ship's fund. All members arc urged to plea".n keep tiie laundry in sanitary order. GLOBE CARRIER (Marilime Over­ seas), April 12—Chairman, T. Driewieki; Secretary, C. McDaniei. Five men missed ship in Philadelphia. Delegates asked to make up repair list early. YAKA (Waterman), April 18—Chair­ man, L. Fargran; Secretary, None. Siiip's delegate stated tiiat draw will be put out upon arrival in pout of payoir, which will be Now York. $10.18 in ship's fund. Wipers have some disputed OT. Request that pa­ trolman check stores on ship. There was a shortage of a few items this trip. Discus.sion on moving some of the black gang midship. Mail service was poor this trip. TRANSBAY (Hudson), March 8 — Chairman, E. W. Lambe; Secretary, J. M. Sammcn, Brother W. F. Leonard was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. To see captain about getting more cigarets. No beefs reported. .SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), April 5—Chairman, R. A. Edin; Secretary, S. M. Simos. Ship's delegate said there wasn't much to report except that one man was fired in Puerto Rico. Discussion about ship's fund. Anyone who wants to contribute to same can do so at the payoff. $10.85 in fund at present. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. Vote of thanks to the steward department, especially the steward, for a wonder­ ful Job and good food and service tliis trip. Walter Donnelly Transerie (Hudson Waterways), re­ ports a smooth, log-free trip. One crewmember had to be hospitalized in Odessa, while another paid off in the same city after being Infonned of a death in his family. The Transerie's crew gave a spe­ cial vote of thanks to retiring ship's delegate John J. Quinter. The Erna Elizabeth's crew is not the only one which appreciates that extra bit of effort put out by an expert steward department. Other ships whose crews have voted thanks for chow turned out in tra­ ditional SIU style are The Cabins (Texas City Refining), Alcoa Run­ ner (Alcoa), Ocean Dimiy (Mari­ time Overseas), Madaket (Water­ man), Penu Trader (Penn Ship­ ping), Northwestern Victory (Vic­ tory Carriers), San Juan (SeaLand), Transglobe (Hudson Water­ ways), Kent (American Bulk Car­ riers), Penn Vanguard (Penn Ship- plorer (Maritime Overseasi is get­ ting to be quite a problem. When a crewmember turns on the hot water faucet in the shower room, he's usually greeted by a blast of live steam. Since cold showers seem to be the only alternative to get­ ting scalded, the crew is demand­ ing a new thermostat for the hot water heater, reports Joseph Woolford, meeting chairman. 4 4 4 Not only are Seafarers aboard the Del Norte (Delta) getting to see the latest movies, but they all feel more secure now that they've heard their movie fund is solvent again. Clean Linen 4 4 4 If steward department members on the Thetis (Rye Marine) don't know much about tropical fruit, they're going to learn the hard way in coming weeks. A resolution passed at a recent ship's meeting Woolford Aragones asked that the steward in.spect all oranges taken aboard since the ping). La Salle (Waterman), New crew has found tliat too many are Yorker (Container Ships) and Jian (Pacific Waterways). LOG-A-RHYTHM; 4 4 4 A new change of linen is laid cut for crewmembers of the Hudson (Victory Transport) by steward F. Degedt, who poses after he has just completed put­ ting out sheets, soap suds and everything else a Sea­ farer needs to keep clean. Nobody on tlie Steel Maker (Isthmian) can complain that there isn't anything to read these days. Several cartons of books from tlie By I. MULLER Seafarers Log Library Plan plus another load of reading material Henry B. Donnelly, ship's delegate, The story of a man's life has just about over-flowed the reports that the $400 missing from Is reflected in a mirror, ship's library. The firmness of youth the ship's movie fund has been And the wrinkling of age. returned, tlianks to llie efforts of 4.4 4 If only mirrors could talk, New Orleans port agent, Buck Remarks the old sage. The crew of the Puerto Rico Stephens. There is no need for talk,; (Motor Ships of Puerto Rico) liavo 4 4 4 It reflects his age. The quality of the bedding on extended their deepe.st svmpathies And then the young beauty, to steward Abraham Aragones, the Nornia (Marine Traders) was The mirror arched in her hand after learning of tlie death of his the object of considerable discus­ Trying to turn hack youngest son. Aragones, in turn, sion at a recent ship's meeting. Not •The time and sands. thanked his fellow crewniembcrs only did crewinembers have plenty Oh! It has broken. and the ship's officers for tlieir to say about the mattresses and bad The pieces scatter moiral support wliile he was in springs in their quarters, but one mourning. Despite his personal disenchanted seaman charged that Over the floor. loss, everyone on board was im­ ship's linen was like cliec.sedoth— They no longer pressed with efforts of Aragone's and a poor grade at that, writes Tell their story department and voted their tlianks John McLemore, meeting eliairinan. Of ten and three score. Mirrors • �rwte Twenty,. SEAF AMMnfi Ma^ M,, 19^ hOQ Notify Union On LOG Mail -'• ;• • • • «';.: i f Crewembers on the Inger (Waterman) want their Union brothers to know that when it comet to fine chow, there isn't a ship afloat whose steward department can compare with their's. Members of the rave-inspiring department are (front row, l-r) Eugene Ray, chief stewardj John B. Harris, John Thomas, Salvador Molhobour, Jackson Pong and Edward Von Wynck. Standing in the rear are Norman Sawyer, Horry Jones and Sovondus Sessoms. Fine Chow Inspires Raves, Adding Inches To Waistlines Seafarers usually express their gratitude for fine chow and excellent service by a ship's steward department with a traditional vote of thanks "for a job well done." This month, however, crews on two SIU ships have written the LOG raving about the culinary excel­ lence of their respective stew--*department has caused an appre­ ards. ciative crew to let out their belts Seafarers aboard the Hur­ a few more notches Is the Inger ricane (Waterman) recently de­ cided that the usual vote of thanks just wouldn't do as a means of letting their steward department know of the crew's appreciation for the fabulous chow they get. A special con>mittee was set up by a resolution made at a regular ship's meeting to formally show the gratitude and high respect the crew holds for the Hurricane's galley staff. In a letter from the committee signed by J. C. Thompson, John E. Thomas and Michael Ray, a full description was given of the mouth-watering chow that would make arty Union member drool In envy. The committee's letter singled out John Thomas, crew messman, and Sovandus Sessoms, pantry­ man, for their cheerful, excellent service. Eugene Ray, chief stew­ ard, and John B. Harris, chief cook, both came In for high praise for the excellent preparation of food and Its great variety. The committee went on to show that the Hurrlcan's galley crew's attention to the extras Is often the difference between an average steward department and one that gets the wild praise of every last TRANSGLOBE (Hudson), April 10 —Chairman, G. Francisco; Secretary, Guy Debaere. No beefs reported. Brother Kenneth E. Gainey was hos­ pitalized in Bremerhaven. Germany, to undergo operation. After a couple of weeks he wilt marry a beautiful French girl, and the crew of the SS TRAN.SGLOBE wish Brother Gainey the best of luck in his new venture. Hughes Prestwood Seafarer on board a ship. "Never a coffee break passed without some well prepared pastry being served with the coffee. Night lunches were always good and a sufficient quantity served. The chief steward made every effort to procure fresh vegetables and fruit In foreign ports," the letter said. The Hurricane's glowing cita­ tion for Its steward department was made during a recent 30day trip to North Africa and southern Europe. Although the committee couldn't find anyone on board who had a complaint about the steward department, the three members did have one reservation about the high quality of their meals. Their letter of commenda­ tion concludes, "Sorry to say all hands have been putting on weight." The second ship whose steward GLOBE PROGRESS (Maritime Over­ seas), April 18—Chairman, Elvyn Bussell; Secretary, Nicholas Hatglmlslos. One man missed ship in Rotterdam, Holland. Some disputed OT in deck department. Request that patrolman see chief engineer and asking him to mind his own department and to keep out of the other departments. New ship's delegate to be elected for next trip. Vote of thanks to the steward department. KENT (American Bulk Carriers), March 7—Chairman, Bo Anderson; Secretary, John R. MIna. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department. DLscussion in contacting patrolman or Company about roaches aboard ship, or have bosun do the spraying as he has the equipment. ALCOA MARINER (Alcoa), April 4 —Chairman, V. L. Barfield; Secretary, E. Bishop. Ship's delegate reported that two men were left in hospital in Bermuda. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for service and good food. ARTHUR M. HUDDELL (Isthmian), March 22—Chairman, J. Snyder; Secre­ tary, H. Karpowicz. Ship's delegate reported that there were some beefs and quite a bit of disputed OT. Letter was sent to agent and patrolman in Baltimore to help payoff upon arrival. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for fine service and job well done. ST. CHRISTOPHER (Destiny Car­ riers), April 19—Chairman, R. K. Holt; Secretary, F. Pasaluk. Washing ma­ chine and cooler needed for the en­ gine department. Crewmembers re­ quested to keep messhalls clean. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. (Reynolds Metals). A letter from deck delegate Frank E. Hughes carries a description of the deli­ cacies prepared by the ship's gal­ ley staff that would make a pas­ senger traveling first class who Is being fed on continental cuisine envious. Typical Items on the Inger's menu bearing steward James R. Prestwood's excellent culinary touch Include fresh stuffed jumbo shrimp, turkey pullette, mixed fried seafood platters, stuffed pork chops, won ton and egg drop soups. As far as Hughes Is con­ cerned, dishes like these are rare­ ly seen on luxury passenger liners, let alone bulk carriers and cargo ships. As an added extra. Seafarers on the Inger have the added treat of stuffing themselves on the de­ luxe pastry creations of Olle Esqulvel, the ship's baker. "We also think we have one of the best bakers out of the Gulf district. His doughnuts melt In your mouth. His apple turnover, star pastry, jelly rolls, strawberry and fresh peach shortcakes as well as his cakes are put out In fine SIU fashion. What makes all his pas­ tries a real joy to sink your teeth Into Is that they come In so many different varltles," Hughes says In his rave report. Speaking of Prestwood's fine work as steward, Hughes says, "The steward also gives a hand wherever It's needed, and can be found In the galley or the crew messhall during every meal to see that our chow Is served just right. He also takes care of the slop chest day and night and no one has any problem about getting the things he needs. In. short, we have the best doggone steward department In the SIU. Hughes declares that one of the main reasons for his letter of high praise Is that the Inger's crew finds It pretty monotonous giving votes of thanks to the steward de­ partment every time there is a ship's meeting. Hughes evidently Isn't worried about the Impact of the Inger's fine chow on his waist line. Fin­ ishing his letter, he says, "Will close now and raid the ice box." As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed eveiy two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the Information supplied by the ship oper> ator, four copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ utes forms are then airmailed to the agent in the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests It by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mall is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. Gives Thanics For Benefits To the Editor: I wish to express my heart­ felt thanks for the check from the Seafarers Welfare Plan Fund and the kind letter that accompanied It which I recent­ ly received. Since my hus­ band, Glenn A. Masterson, passed away, the Union death benefit has really turned out to be a financial godsend. I can only tell you of my deep feeling of admiration and gratitude toward the SIU. I am filled with pride when I realize that my husband was the member of such a fine or­ ganization. Mrs. Eva Masterson 3^ 4" Welfare Plan Brings Praise To the Editor: I want to extend my most sincere thanks to the SIU for the prompt response they made when 1 filed my benefits claim recently with the Union Welfare Plan. I don't have the words to ex­ press my gratitude to all the people In the Union who con­ tacted me to express their sympathy while I was In my hour of sorrow. Thanking you again, ever so much. Mrs. Jose M. Melendea 4 3> 3^ Urges Veteran's Bill Support To the Editor: I am writing to urge every member of the SIU to support the passage of the Elliot Na­ tional Service Life Insurance (NSLl) Act of 1964. The bill Is now before the House Vet­ erans' Affairs Committee, but still is waiting to be Introduced In the Senate. The Elliot NSLl Act would amend the legislation govern­ ing the National Service Life Insurance program to permit the granting of the insurance to veterans who were previ­ ously eligible for It for a pe­ riod of one year. If this amendment becomes law, at least 7,000,000 men and women would benefit. I strong­ ly urge SIU members who live In New York State to write their Senators to get the bill Introduced. Druid W. Beavers 4 4 4 LOG Praised By Pensioner To the Editor: I am sending you this short letter just to let you know how much I appreciate receiv­ ing the LOG every two weeks. The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. Now that I am retired and don't get much of a chance to get around as much as I did before, I find that the paper really fills me In on what Is going on In the SIU and else­ where In the shipping world. I first joined the Union In 1938 and sailed In the steward department for about 22 years. My last ship was the Ines, and I retired my book In 1962 when I went on pension. Henry H. Williams Taking The Air IHiiiiipl'l IllK Their galley duties completed for the moment, three mem­ bers of the steward department of the San Francisco (SeaLand) are caught by the camera as they pause to enjoy the breeze off San Francisco bay. Standing (l-r) are S. M. SimoSi steward; E. Henderson, chief cook, and Henry Milton, baker. �t9, 1«M BEAFAREita Pare l%eniy-Oae LOd Getting Ready To Sail On The Topa On a recent visit to the Topa Topa (Waterman) In Baltimore, the LOG photographer found crewmembers making last minute preparations as the ship got ready to sail. In the photo at the left, deck department member Carl Pierce hauls on a chain, while in a scene in the engine room, second left, oiler Paul Cavan (left) checks a dial setting with J. S. Skidmore, third engineer. James Dodd, messman, is seen clearing off a table, second right, and deckhand James Corcoran is caught going below (right.) The Topa Topa sailed for Barcelona, Spain; Pyreas, Greece; Karachi, Pakistan, and Bombay, India with general cargo. RIO GRANDE (Oriental Exporter*), Marcli 22 — Clialrman, Julio Evanst Secretary, R. A. Clarke. Motion made to have negotiating committee look into wage increase and OT increase for watchstanders in port, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 AM. Disputed OT in the three departments. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), March 22—Chairman, Tommy Self; Secretary, Jim Morgan. Ship's dele­ gate advised the crewmembers to keep from being logged. No beefs or disputed OT reported by department delegates. ALAMAR (Calmer), April I—Chair­ man, Tom Cromand; Secretary, Fred Sullins. Ship's delegate reported that everything was running smoothly. 117.50 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks extended to the steward. Fred Sullins, and the entire steward department for a Job well done. OUR LADY OF PEACE (Liberty Navigation), April 34—Chairman, H. Arllnghaus; Secretary, W. E. Casey. CHOCTAW (Waterman), March 23— Chairman, R. Dean; Secretary, D, Ruddy. Vessel la paying off In Cali­ fornia. Nd disputed OT or beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Brother H. Ariinghaus was elected to serve as stilp's delegate. Discussion on cleanliness of heads, and using of ash trays. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for flue food and service. It was suggested that tiiis ship be fumigated. Garbage Disposal Beef Proves Safety Issue According to the ship's minutes, a Del Norte crewmember called, upon his fellow shipmates during the good, and welfare portion of the ship's meeting to make safety aboard ship a 24 hour around-the-clock job. Norte got a safety reminder Usually subjects on safety from one of their brothers. are only brought up during Seafarers on two Isthmian ships the periodic safety meetings that are held aboard ship, but in this case, the Seafarer thought that safety was an important enough topic for discussion even in a reg­ ular membership meeting. It seems that a certain Seafarer had developed a beef with his fel­ low crewmembers over their praehce of tossing garbage, boxes, papers and anything else they didn't want out of the nearest port hole or window. During the last trip, he charged, while he was putting a new coat of paint on the hull, he almost took a sud­ den drop into the drink when a bottle hurled out of an open pan­ try porthole missed him by inches. Instead of using their portholes for a Iiandy trash can, the nettled Seafarer contended that his shipmrtes would be doing themselves and their shipmates a favor if they used them for the purposes for which they were designed; looking through and ventilation. While the crew on the Del can be justly proud of the safety record they have compiled. Crew­ members on the Steel Admiral and Steel Aichitect were all ela­ ted to learn that their ships had been presented safety awards by the shipping company. Some important safety hints whose importance is obvious to every Seafarer were made at a recent safety meeting held on the LaSalle (Waterman). Faced with an outbreak of colds in his de­ partment, bosun W. C. Sellers lectured on the importance of wearing the proper clothing, such as rain gear or heavy clothing, whenever weather conditions war­ rant it. The LaSalle's steward, F. Bartlett, had some timely advice for the galley staff in case the ship ran into heavy weather. He re­ ported on the care he had taken to insure that all his supplies were well secured. He empha­ sized that special attention had been given to glasswear where ex­ tra pains had been taken to make sure that it was well stowed and safe from breakage. Close War Escapes Marked Seaman's First Year In SlU Twenty years ago in 1944 events in Europe were beginning to move witli breakneck Speed as tlie Allies unleashed a multi-front attack which spelled the beginning of the end for the Axis powers. John Chiorra, who joined the SIU during this period, vividly recalls the danger-filled trips he made-F during 1944 as a member of gunners and pilots. A further typical wartime situation. No agent complication was that cargo was could be found and no one ashore the US Merchant Marine. Chiorra, who sails in the steward department, remembers the ten­ sion wracked period when his ship lay off the Anzio beachhead under constant shellfire, strafing and bombing attacks for six days. He also has thrilling memories of an anxious 12 hours spent on the An­ ton Dvorak try­ ing to outrun a German Raider in the Indian Ocean. Several Chiorra weeks later he climaxed his wartime shipping career by almost being shot as a Nazi spy in newly-liberated Greece. Chiorra began his career as a merchant seaman when he signed on the Peter V. Daniels in Phila­ delphia, Her holds loaded with a lethal cargo of blockbusters, the ship was convoyed across the At­ lantic toward its destination in Naples. U-Boat Action When the convey reached Gibralter, it was discovered that a German submarine wolf pack was lurking on its heels. At this point, security reasons dictated that the convoy attempt to shake off the U-boat pack, and the Peter V. Daniels was left to scurry into Naples on her own. Reaching Naples without injury, the Liberty ship exchanged her cargo of bombs for ammunition and troops bound for the Anzio invasion site 12 to 14 hours away. On reaching Anzio, she found her­ self in a situation similar to that of many a merchant ship that suddenly found itself in the middle of actual combat during the war. Since all shipping supporting the Anzio invasion was the target of continuous shell fire, strafing and bomb attacks, unloading could only take place at night to avoid becoming clay pigeons for German moved from the ships to the beach by "ducks" and LCM's. Faced with these difficulties, it took the Peter y. Daniels six days to be unloaded. During this time the ship was the victim of continuous artillery attacks from the shore and bomb­ ing runs by the German Luftwaffe which was determined to stop the invasion at any cost. Chiorra re­ members diving into a nearby potato bin time after time every time the German aircraft came over to strafe and bomb his ship. The Deadly 'Big Bertha' The Peter V. Daniel's greatest worry during those treacherous days spent waiting off Anzio was the German Army's "Big Bertha" which was set up back in the mountains overlooking the beach­ head. The largest artillery piece in the Wehrmacht arsenal, "Big Bertha" was used with deadly skill against the invasion fleet anehored off the beach. To escape this deadly threat, ships in the harbor were forced to change their posi­ tion every thirty minutes in an effort to confuse "Bertha's" for­ ward observation crews. After leaving Anzio, Chiorra re­ turned to the US where he signed on the Anton Dvorak, a Robin Line ship, in Baltimore on what eventu­ ally turned out to be a six-and-ahalf-month trip. Originally headed for Russia, the vessel was diverted to East Africa where it picked up a load of coal for Greece. Heading across the Indian Ocean by itself, the Dvorak was sighted by a swift German Raider which quickly gave chase to the Robin Line vessel whose top speed was 12 knots. In an effort to keep clear of the raider's guns, the ship's master ordered a zig-zag course which tlie Dvorak followed until darkness allowed her to slip away. IVhen the ship dropped anchor off the coast of Salonika, Greece, the Seafarers aboard found them­ selves confronted with another knew what to do with the cargo After a thirty-day wait, the Dvorak sailed to Piraeus where the coal was unloaded. It was at this point where Chiorra underwent his most spinetingling experience of the entire World War II period. Looking for some entertainment, he and the ship's bosun went ashore dressed in civilian clothes, only to find that they were the only English-speak­ ing seamen in the streets. When their presence became known to the local police, they were im­ mediately picked up and jailed as suspicious characters. After suffering several years under the occupation of the Nazis, the Greeks were all too willing to believe that the two Americans were German spies. During the following six day.s. the police tried to force the unlucky pair to con­ fess, threatening to shoot them time and again. Chiorra admits that he was be­ ginning to think that his number had finally come up. when he sud­ denly ran across an Englishman at police headquarters. .A.fter out­ lining their sorry plight, the s.vmpathetic Englishman got word to Captain Watgae on the Dvorak who quickly obtained their release. Describing this incident as his closest shave. Chiorra concludes, "The Germans were supposed to be bad, but those Greek police were worse than the Gestapo!" Union Has Cable Address Seafarers ovei'seas who uant lo get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address as­ sures speedy transmission on all messages and faster service for the men involved. > 'I �,..•.,^•1; .1 t yxH SEAFARERS Paf* Twenty-Tw* All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Katherine Senff, born November Westminister, South Carolina. Marti Goodwin, born January 20, 1964, to the Carl Goodwins, Hous­ 18, 1963 to the Edward Senffs, 4" 4" 4" Mary Elizabeth Cabral, born Onaway, Mich. ton, Texas. September 29, 1963, to the John ^ 4' 4 t Tammy Lee Seal, bom July 22, Cabrals, Bristol, R.I. Tina McCielian, born January 1, 1964. to the Byron McGIellans, 1963, to the Jimmy B. Seals, Anita, 4 4 4 Maria Burgos, born October 21, Frankfort, Mich. La. 1963, to the Manuel S. Burgos', t . 4» 4« i i Alexandria Smart, born Novem­ Santurce, Puerto Rico. Larry Copado, born January 8, 1964, to the Faustino Copados, ber 15, 1963, to the Alexander 4 4 4 Michael Charles Brown, born Smarts, Philadelphia, Pa. Galveston, Texas. October 7, 1963, to the Charles C. 4< 4> 4> 4 4. i Fred W. Brand, born November Browns, Texas City, Texas. Ann Margaret MacDonald, born August 18. 1963, to the William 14, 1963, to the Fred Brands, New 4 4 4 Donald Reed, born January 16, Orleans, La. MacDonalds, Buffalo, New York. 1964, to the Ronald D. Reeds, 4« 4« t 4. 4. 4. Gregg Alan Cousineau, born De­ Mamou, La. Kevin Jackson, born October 14, 1963, to the Thomas A. Jacksons, cember 12, 1963, to the Lorn Cou-i 4 4 4 Hector Bonefont, born January sineau, Alpena, Michigan. Baltimore, Md. 16, 1964, to the Felix Bonefonts, 4> 4. i 4' 4" 4» Matthew McMillan, born Janu­ New York, New York. Mary Pusloskie, born December 14, 1963, to the Paul Pusloskies, ary 23, 1964 to the Sandy McMil­ 4 4 4 Laurie Anne Brooke, born Janu­ lans, Brooklyn, New York. Baltimore, Md. ary 7, 1964, to the Osborne 4- 4* 4» 4< 4* 4^ Debra Ann Palumbo, born De­ Brookes, Eight Mile, Alabama. Joy Kathleen Harrison, born De­ cember 19, 1963, to the Richard cember 29, 1963, to the Bartholome 4 4 4 Albert Torres, born January 14, W. Harrisons, Hudson, Wisconsin. P. Palumbos, Union City, New 1964, to the Voel Torres', Houston, Jersey. 4. 4. i Texas. Robin Anthony Malta, born No­ 4" 4 4" Kerry Burton, born January 9, 4 4 4 vember 8, 1963, to the Louis MalRussell Thomas Holloway, born 1964, to the Herman Burtons, tas. New Orleans, La. The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): William H. Phillips, 43: A heart Theodore E. Lee, 66: Brother William M. Leonard. 60: Brother Leonard died of natural causes on attack was fatal to Brother Phillips Lee was a victim of cancer on on February 24, April 19, 1964 at November 24, the New Orleans 1964 at Doctors 1963 at the USPHS Hospital. Hospital, Mobile, Staten Island Sailing in the Ala. A member USPHS Hospital. steward depart­ of the SlU-Inland A member of the ment, he became Boatmen's Union SIU Railway Ma­ an SIU member since 1958, he rine Region since was employed as in 1946. He is 1960, he sailed as survived by his an engineer for a deckhand on wife. Myrtle Lee Radcliffe Materi­ Pennsy1v a n i a of New Orleans, als in Mobile. Railroad tugs. Surviving is a sister, Mary M. Surviving is his son, Roderick H. La. Burial was in Providence Park Leonard of South Amboy, NJ. Phillips of Mobile. Burial was in Cemetary, Metairie, La. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetary, River Cemetary, Little River, Ala. 4 4 4 Perth Amboy, NJ. 4 4 4 Earl W. King, 52: A heart attack Robert P. Adams, Jr., 47: was fatal to Brother King on Brother Adams succumbed to March 12, 1964 heart disease on in Paulino WerNovember 17, neck Hospital In 1963 at the New Brazil. A member Orleans USPHS of the Union Hospital. An SIU since 1948, he member since sailed in the 1947, he sailed in \ steward depart­ the engine de­ ment. Surviving partment. He is is his wife, Ola survived by his J. King of Mobile wife, Mrs. Marie G. B. Adams of New Orleans. Ala. Burial was in Mobile, Ala. Burial was in St. Louis Cemetary 4 4 4 No. 8, New Orleans, La. Carlsz B. Pietrantonl, 69: 4 4 4 Brother Pietrantonl died of na­ James W. West, 40: Brother West died of pneumonia on De­ tural causes in the Veterans Ad­ cember 22, 1963 ministration Hos­ at the New Or­ pital, Rio Piedleans USPHS ras, Puerto Rico. Hospital. Sailing Sailing as an SIU in the steward member since department, he 1941, he held a became a mem­ rating in the deck ber of the SIU in department. Sur­ 1942. A friend, viving is his sis­ Charles Case, is ter, Maria 0. Pietrantonl of Puerto listed as his sur­ vivor. Burial was in Wilmington Nuevo, PR. Burial was in the Na­ tional Cemetary of Phierto Rico. Cemetary, Wilmington, N.C. IF MORB THAM OHB COPT OF THE SAKiB —AND RETURN UBELS SO m 4 4 4 Darrell G. Vanderpool, 38: Brother Vanderpool died of in­ juries caused by a fall In Madras, India on Decem­ ber 4, 1963. Sail­ ing as a member of the engine department, he joined the SIU in 1960. Surviving is his wife, JoAnn B. Vanderpool of Seattle, Wash. Burial took place in Riverton Crest Cemetary, Se­ attle, Wash, May 29, 1964 LOG All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: Charles L. Monks Ralph H. Newcomb Robert Odom VoUie O'Mary Robert D. Phelps Ralph A. Pllhet B. E. Richardson H. W. Schnoor Daniel W. Sommers Aristides Soriano R. E. Stough, Jr. Adoiph Swenson Wm. B. Thieimonge Bobby L. Trosclair John Vaiiadares Henry W. Wintzel Wm. J. Wooisey, Sr. USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LOH'SIANA Edward D. Adama R. F. Edmonds H. P. Arceneaux John D. Edwards Guy Barkdull James R. Egan Richard W. Barnes Louis O. Estradan Edgar Barton John FahU Thomas Bell, Jr. E. S. Fairfield, Sr. Daniel H. Bishop Orazlo R. Farrara Gary A. Bryant John S. Fontan Theodore Fortln Wilbert Burke G. E. Burleson Audley C. Foster Mallory Coffey Cedrlc W. Francis Sidney C. Day Richard Gallegos James E. Gardiner Wm. J. Donahue Peter A. Dulour Jesse L. Green Anthony J. Lugan Lewis N. Griffin Theo. M. Griffith Otis J. Hardin James O. Jackson Frank F. James Chas. P. Johnson Foster Juneau George B. Keneday Evie E. Kinman R. Kirscheman Duska P. Korolia Anna A. Lanza M. M.. Lacklear Henry J. Maas. Jr. Mont McNabb. Jr. Claude McNorton Philip C. Mendoza Cecil G. Merritt Cleon Mixon November 16, 1963, to the Royal T. Holloways, Newport, Tenn. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND C. A. Campbell. Jr. James Mitchell Donald Murphy C. E. Foster. Sr. S. OrkurszewskI R. E. Danielson George Graham Antonio Palmer Charles Hippard Ralph Pardue A. Heinvali Louis Rosenthal Emiie Houde J. C. Seimon Roy K. Johnston Carl Smith Eugene Topping Donald Joyce Bruce E. Webb V. E. Kane 4 4 4 Dolores Whalen, born January 7, 1963, to the Joseph Whalens, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4 Frank Crosble, born January 25, 1964, to the Frank Crosbies, Houston, Texas. 4 4 4 Panaglotls Pothos, born Octo­ ber 14, 1963, to the Steven Po­ thos', Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. 4 4 4 Brian Scott Lewis, born Janu­ ary 29, 1964, to the David A. Lewis' Jr., Ashtabula, Ohio. 4 4 4 Leon Brodeur, born October 14, 1963, to the Joseph W. Brodeurs, New Boston, Texas. and NOTICES Kent Crewmembcrs Crewmembers from Voyage No. 3 of the SS Kent have checks for $42 apiece from settlement of a lodging beef during the voyage waiting for them at the New Orleans hall. The checks can be picked up at the hall or mailed to the seamen involved. ' 4' 4 4 Richard J. Weir Your sister, Mrs. Howard Hall, PO Box 476, Union City, NJ, would like you to contact her. 4 4 4 Orion Clipper Crewmembers Ex-Orion Clipper Seafarers who were part of the Orion Clipper's crew on August 29, 1963, are asked to contact John C. Brazil, 280 Broadway, New York 7, NY about an impor­ tant matter effecting a fellow crewmember. 4 4 4 Thomas S. Kline The above-named is asked to get in contact with his family as quickly as possible. 4 4 4 Unclaimed Wages Unclaimed wages are being held for the following Seafarers who sailed on the Globe Explorer, Voyage 21 by Sea Liberties, Inc., 511 Fifth Ave., New York, NY: A. Urheim, $9.96; J. D. Crowe, $7.81; S. Mjlonopoulos, $7.79; A. D. Nash, $9.81; J. F. Lae, $19.32; S. Goumas, $9.96; R. H. 4 4 4 Bunce, Jr., $10.66; C. H. Travis, Erie O. Hailgren, 73: A victim $11.11; J. E. Kyiler, $9.30; and of cancer. Brother Hailgren died P. J. Santore, $8.09. on February 9, 4 4 4 1964 at South Timothy McCarthy Shore Hospital, You are asked to contact your Chicago, 111. Join­ ing the Union in daughter, Eileen Ann, and your 1961, he sailed In attorney, George J. Garzotto, the deck depart­ 1040 Malson Blanche Building, ment before be­ New Orleans 12, La. 4 4 4 ing placed on George Telegadas pension in 1963. The above-named is asked to Surviving is his wife Anna M. Hailgren- of Chicago, get in touch with Leo Rapp, at­ 111. Burial was at Oak Ridge Ceme­ torney, at 514-519 Dime Building, Detroit 26, Mich. tary, Hillside, HI. USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS James Bancic Charles Linberg H. J. Baiiard Andrew Lynch Wm. T. Briggs Warren J. Lewis Eugene P. Covert Frederik Ourweneel T. H. Fitzgibbons Lawrence Springer James L. Gates Alfonso Sandino Harvey Hill Charles M. Siicox Miibcrn L. Hatley Charles B. Young Marvin .lansen Charles C. Martin C. J. Kemter USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICHIGAN Herbert Anderson Barney MaJJesia Edward Baatz Joseph Mrkua Homer Campbell James Noffsinger Arnold Duriecki Joseph Rollins Julian Fiazynskt Howard Smith George Kohler Donald Tucker Clarence Lenhart John Unitus Jack Wiley Donald Murray USFHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILLINOIS Stanley Baitu Ray Kiersten Ahmed A. Mashrah Ralph Salisbury Walter Fredericks Conrad Graham Harold Werns Richard Hclicsvig USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON H. H. Annficid Robert F. Nielsen Sam N. Bowden Antonio B. Penor USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA H. L. Grizzard G. C. Maddox H. M. Galphin H. J. Roef USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA I. Blankenship Otto Sylvester Herman Carney William Witte Edward Day Hildred V. White Roscoe J. Hampton Barron Daniels L. L. Pickett USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS Gilbert Edwards Charles Robinson William Kouzovnas Claude Vaiiadares USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Archibald Bell E. C. Humbird. Jr. Pastor B. Abiin Roland E. Parady David Biumio Carlos Perez Henry Dellorfano Donald A. Ruddy Charlie A. Gedra Raymond Ruppert Alfred D. Gorden T. L. Thompson R. J. Henninger F. R. Weatheriy Henry O. Hock USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK John Aba George McGinnis Frank Adkins Warren Mclntyre Henrik Bjerring Charles Misak Victor Bonet AI Nelson Lawrence Byrne Jose Pachco Clarence Collins N. Paiantzogiou Francisco Cuiiante Pedro Pinott John Cuilinson Tom Raincy Haiiiiiton Daiiey James Ray Fred DeBiiii Wm. Sargent Lionel Despiant Erich Sominer Nathan Dixon AI Stracciolini C. Fernandes Leon Striier James Fisher Tonis Tonisson Ormel Fleet Julian Vista Robert Goodwin Ernest Vitou Lynwood Gregory George Warren Ralph Hayes Hughlin Warren Charles Haymond Harry White Walter Kowalczyk Robert Williams Scrafin Lopez Waiter Uirich Paul McDaniel Henry Callahan USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Gerald Algernon Billy Lynn George McKnew Thomas Cassidy Arthur CoIIett .Samuel Mills B. Deibier Max Olson Abe Gordon James Webb Willie Young Thomas Lehay SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE James McGee VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY. MASSACHUSETTS R. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NEW YORK S. Frankiewicz VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN. CONNECTICUT Sanford Gregory PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON. LOUISIANA Frank Martin US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON. DC Wm. Thomson �Mar M, 1964 SEAFARERS Carving Artist Schedule Membershr UNION HALLS SIU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakei and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 RM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York Jnne 8 Detroit June 12 Milladelpbla .June 9 Houston June 15 Baltimore June 10 New Orleans June 16 Mobile June 17 4, 3. West Coast SIU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through June, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for-the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Wilmington San Francisco Seattle June 15 June 17 June 19 July 20 July 22 July 24 J, 4, J, Great Lakes SIU Meetings 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. The next meetings will be: Detroit June 12—2 PM Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, June 1—7 PM 4" 5" 5" SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Dredge Region IBU memlers are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will be: Detroit June 15 Milwaukee June 15 Chicago June 16 Buffalo June 17 tSauIt Ste. Marie June 18 Duluth June 19 Lorain June 19 (For meeting place, contact Har­ old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio). Cleveland June 19 ' Toledo June 19 Ashtabula June 19 (For meeting place, contact John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ tabula, Ohio). Regular membership meetings for IBU members are scheduled each month in various ports. The next meetings will be: Philadelphia ..June 9—5 PM Baltimore (licensed and un­ 4. 4. 4' licensed) ..June 10—5 PM Houston .. June 15—5 PM United Industrial Workers Norfolk ... ..June 11—7 PM Regular membership meetings N'Orleans . ..June 16—5 PM for UIW members are scheduled Mobile ... .June 17—5 PM each month at 7 PM in various 4. 4, 4" ports. The next meetings will be: RAILWAY MARINE REGION New York June 8 Regular membership meetings PhlUdelidila June 9 for Railway Marine Region-IBU Baltimore June 10 members are scheduled each ^Houston June 15 month in the various ports at 10 Mobile June 17 AM and 8 PM. The next meetings • Mtetlngi hvM at Laoar Tampla, Ntwwill be: port Naws. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Jersey City June 15 Ite. Merle, Mich, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Philadelphia June 16 Baltimore June 17 . •Norfolk June 18 GREAT LAKES TUO AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and AFL-CIO Goals (Continued from page 3) vigilance or reduce its strength. • The Council called on the new administration in Brazil to free the trade union movement in that country from the domination imposed on it by the ousted Com­ munist-dominated Goulart regime. • The Council charged that Khrushchev's tour of Egypt has sought deliberately to whet Nas­ ser's "appetite for aggression against Israel and encourage his maneuvers for dominating the en­ tire Arab world." The Council also received a re­ port from. President Meany who said that mediation efforts have brought about settlements of 61 percent of the cases filed under the internal disputes plan since its inception in January 1962. The next meeting of the AFLCIO Executive Council is set for August 3 in Chicago. Tuf Twentr-Tkre* LOG Getting ready for the next meal, S. B. Ferrer, night cook and baker on the New Orleans (Sea-Land), displays his artistry with a carving knife. Widening Work In NY Harbor Gets Approval NEW YORK —The staff of the Army Corps of Engineers has ap­ proved a proposal to spend $44.8 million to deepen three harbor an­ chorage areas here. The proposal first resulted from a study made by the Army Corps of the harbor needs of the New York area. The projects must be approved by the chief engineer of the Corps, and authorizing leg­ islation must be adopted by Con­ gress before the projects can be secured. Stephen J. Leslie, president of Local 25 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, and an international representa­ tive of the Union, said that he would act as a watchdog on the proceedings so that they would not become pigeonholed. The three improvements pro­ vided for under the proposal are the southern section of Red Hook Flats: for a width of 2,000 feet and a depth of 40 feet; expansion area of Red Hook Flats north of the fairway to 2,700 feet with a depth of 35 feet from its pres­ ent 14 feet; and the entire Gravesend Bay from its depth of 30 feet to 47 feet. The anchorage covers an area of about 334 acres. PBBSIDENT Paul HJLU KXECimVE VICE-PRESIDIENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindaey WiUiama A1 Tanner Robert Matthewa SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Ed Hiley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROn 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....675 4th Ave.. Bklyn HYacinth 8-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak. Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St., SE.. Ja* WiUiam Morria, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales, Agent ... FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 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. McAule.v. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR .. 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Bahkowskl, Agent MAin 3-43.34 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne, Agent ... TErminaJ 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, UL SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAin 1-5450 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. Mail Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union . 2604 S. 4th St DEwey .6-3828 312 Harrison St TAMPA TeL 229-2788 •REAT LAKES TUG S DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 84 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MUlcr, Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimhaU Trygve Varden. Agent ALhany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park. Mich. Ernest Demerse. Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur. Agent RAndolph 7«222 SAULT STE MARIE Address mall to Brimley. Mich. Wayne Weston. Agent.. BHimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Linemen,. Oilers t Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA. 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-85.32 BUFFALO 18 PorUand St. Tom Burns, Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent . . ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns, Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tohin. Agent Southgate. Mich. AVcnuc 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson. Agent .. EXport £-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-CP45 SAULT STE. MARIE 1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey, Agent . MElrose 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 RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS . 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2, N.J HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BAl.TIMOhE.. 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstPcn I-* no NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S sin oL DEwey 6-:ffll8 PHILADELPHIA ... United Industrial Workers BALTIMORB 1216 E. Baltimore SL 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 BalUmore St HYacinth 9-6600 EAstern 7-4900 HOUSTON . 5804 Canal St. BOSTON 276 State SI WAlnut 8-3207 .Richmond 2-0140 2608 Pearl St. SB HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn JACKSONVILLE ELgin 3-0987 HVacinfh 9-6600 744 W. Flagler St. HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. MIAMI FRanklin 7-3564 WAlnut 8-3207 1 S. Lawrence St. JACKSONVILLE 2606 Pearl St.. SE. Jax MOBILE HEmlock 2-1754 ELsin 3-0987 630 Jackson Ave. MIAMI 744 W Flaglei St NEW ORLEANS Phone 529-7546 FRanklin 7-3564 115 Third St. MOBILE 1 South l^awience St NORFOLK Phone 622-18C2-3 HEmlock 2-1754 2804 S. 4th St. NEW ORLEANS 630 Jack.sun Ave PHILADELPHIA DEwey 6-3818 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 229 2788 Tel. 622-1892-3 <• ,. V. 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 Snances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All 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. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. Ail 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 halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930, New York 4, N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available In aU SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the poUtical purposes of any Individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its coUective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitulional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one Individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to 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 tor 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 meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. 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 be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feela that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD ere entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. if at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or information, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. 1 �Vol. XXVi No. II SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CfO I' i Seafarers musi know, from their reading of the LOG, the SlU is continuously active in Washington. Why must the SlU engage in this activity? The Union must engage in this activity because things ore going on in the nation's capital which require con­ stant vigilance if the interests of Seafarers and their families ore to be adequately safeguarded. Take Public Resolution 17, for instance. Public Resolution 17 was passed by the 73rd Congress in 1934 specifically to protect the American merchant marine by requiring that all cargoes financed by a US Government ending agency move 1007^ in US-flog ships, except in certain instances which the Resolution specifically enumerates. Despite the clear language of this Resolution, the Mari­ time Administration has been pursuing a policy of issuing "general waivers" which permit countries receiving these cargoes, financed through our Government, to carry a substantial share of the cargoes in their own vessels. Bllh iiiiill This policy deprives American ships of cargoes which are rightfully theirs, and deprives American seamen of jobs. It is also harmful to the security of the nation be­ cause it contributes to the decline of our vital shipping fleet. It is because of actions and situations like these, by a Government agency, acting contrary to the clear intent of the law, that your Union—the SlU—must be active in Washington, working to safeguard the welfare of Sea­ farers and those who depend upon them. '•HE � 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. 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Title A name given to the resource May 29, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU TELLS MARAD TO ENFORCE ‘SHIP AMERICAN’ PROVISO AFL-CIO COUNCIL CITES KEY NATIONAL PROBLEMS SIU CREWMEN VOLUNTEERS UNLOAD SMOKE-FILLED HOLD SIU INSISTS MARAD ENFORCE ‘SHIP AMERICAN’ PROVISION COURT UPHOLDS ILA BOYCOTT OF TULSE HILL SIU CREW PULLS 6 FROM BURNING YACHT ‘CHEP’ MORRISON DIES IN PLANE CRASH MA BLASTED FOR CHANGES IN SHIP TRADE-IN POLICY SIU OMPANY SEEKS ATOM POWERED SHIPS ICC OKS RAIL RATE CUTS ON WHEAT TO GULF PORTS RR RATE CUT HITS SEATRAIN CONSTRUCTION SUBSIDIES BILL FOR FISHING VESSELS PENDING POVERTY TOO EXPENSIVE TO IGNORE, US WARNED SEEK MORE GOV’T WORK FOR PRIVATE SHIPYARDS FMC REGULATRORY RIGHTS RAKED OVER COALS AGAIN ‘SEA LAND SERVICE ENTERS WEST COAST-HAWAII TRADE APL TO REPLACE LINERS POLK, MONROE UDALL APPOINTS COAL EXPORT COMMITTEES CHARGE US OLDSTERS VICTIMIZED BY FINE PRINT IN HEALTH PLANS 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 05/29/1964 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. 11 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log