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AFL-CIO Union Calls For Better Procedures F|: s PV.i President Names Hall To 14-Man Maritime Advisory Committee Story On Page 8 SlU-UIW Nips Raid Try, Wins Chicago Election Story On Page 2 Officers Are Elected By SlU Railway Tugmen GRIEVANCE SETUP IS SCORED BY SlU AS INEFFECTIVE -Story On Page 3 Story On Page 2 Seatrain Lines Starts Runs To Puerto Rico Story On Page 15 AFL-CIO Hails Sehate For Civil Rights Bill Story On Page 2 SlU Urges End Of y/aferfronf Commission -Story On Page 2 Complete Text Of Constitution Seafarers International Union Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters District (See Supplement) Bobo Olson. weight champ, who shipped with the SIU Pacific District, trained at the SIU headquarters gym for his recent Madison Square Garden bout with Johnny Persol. Many Seafarers and neighborhood children turned out regularly to watch him work out. (See Page 9.) �Page Two SlU, MTD Urge End Of Wfront Commission NEW YORK—The Seafarers International Union of North America and the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, along with other segments of the organ­ ized labor movement, have"*called for elimination of the way of life. "There Is no more convinc­ Bi-State Waterfront Commis­ ing evidence of the undemo­ sion in the Port of New York. cratic character of the Com­ The move to eliminate the mission than its arbitrary and crude abuse of longshore Waterfront Commission, or workers' rights," Hall as­ curtail its powers, is being spear­ serted. "The loose and broad headed by the International Long­ powers with which the Water­ shoremen's Association headed by front Commission is armed President Thomas Gleason, and is enable It to deprive a long­ being supported by the AFL-CIO, shoreman of his right to a the New York State AFL-CIO, livelihood. In any case in­ the New York City Central Labor volving the job rights of a Council, and individual AFL-CIO longshore worker, the Com­ unions. mission acts as the complain­ The SIU and MTD positions ant, prosecutor, judge and were presented during hearings jury, and there is no appeal held here on June 22 by a sub­ from the Commission's committee of the New York State arbitrary decisions except Senate, which has pending before through long and expensive it two bills introduced by State litigation by the Individual, Senator Thomas Mackell of who obviously does not have Queens. One of these measures the means which such a pro­ would end the practice of having cedure requires." the Waterfront Commission regis­ Hall further noted that the ter longshoremen and would close the Commission-operated Waterfront Commission is not longshore employment centers. curbed in its activity by any The other measure would termi­ statute of limitations. Thus long­ nate the Commission completely. shore workers are deprived of a The SIU and MTD endorsed fundamental right enjoyed by all passage of both measures, but other American citizens, and may pointed out that they strongly be subjected to continuing harass­ favored completely ending the ment by the Commission. Waterfront Improvements activities of the Waterfront Com­ The SIU and MTD president mission, which was established by the states of New York and New also pointed out that the Water­ Jersey in 1953, as a temporary front Commission has been seek­ measure, but which has since been ing to perpetuate itself as a constantly seeking to entrench bureaucratic and parasitic organ­ and expand its authority over ism despite the vast improve­ longshoremen and other water­ ments on the waterfront here during the past 10 years, wrought front workers in this port. Testifying before the subcom­ primarily by the ILA. These, he mittee, Paul Hall, president of noted, have included the estab­ the SIUNA and MTD, pointed out lishment of a seniority system, the that the Waterfront Commission, provision of greater welfare bene­ by acting as a police agency, has fits, the establishment of medical become a threat to our democratic and dental clinics, the provision of equal employment opportuni­ ties for all workers, the institution of educational and training pro­ grams, and plans for the function­ ing of a cooperative credit union to free longshoremen from dependence on loan sharks. G. P. McGinty has been re­ "By the best trade union elected regional director of the standards, and by any com­ SIU Railway Marine Region. Re­ munity standards, the ILA sults of the balloting among SIU has produced solid evidence railroad tugmen were announced that the waterfront of 10 on June 19. years ago, of five years ago, Elected as assistant regional and even of yesterday, is not directors were Edward Pulver for the waterfront of today," Hall the Jersey City regional office, said. and R. H. Avery, Jr., for the Nor­ Labor's point of view was sum­ folk regional office. marized in a letter from AFLAlso elected were chairmen for CIO President George Meany, the railroads under contract to who is now abroad. the SIU Railway Marine Region. "The establishment and main­ The chairman and the railroads tenance of a system of far-reach­ whose tugmen they represent are: ing state controi over the details Howard Brower, Baltimore and of employment in this or any Ohio; Ed Simms, Erie-Lackawan­ other private industry is not com­ na; William Relyea, New Haven; patible with the concepts of a Woodrow Fuller, Bush Terminal; free society," Meany said. "It can Joseph Fadde, Brooklyn Eastern be justified, if at all, only as a Di.strict Terminal; Edward Pulver, temporary expedient." Pennsylvania; Val Albert, New Other labor spokesmen who York Central, and James Waters, supported the measures were Jo­ New York Docks. seph Ciirran, president of the Na­ Balloting was conducted for two tional Maritime Union; John days in each of the RMR offices Bowers, executive vice president on the following schedule: Jersey of the ILA; Anthony Scotto, pres­ City, June 15-16; Philadelphia, ident, Local 1814, ILA; Raymond June 16-17; Baltimore, June 18- R. Corbett, president. New York 19, and Norfolk, June 18-19. State AFL-CIO, and Harry van The newly elected officers will Arsdalc Jr., president. New York serve three-year terms. Central Labor Council. SIU Rail Tugmen Elect Officers SEAFARERS June t9, MM LOG S/U-UM Nips Raid Try, Wins Chicago Vote CHICAGO—The SIU United In­ dustrial Workers Local 300 turned back an attempted raid at the Cinch Manufacturing Company here in a National Labor Relations Board election held on June 23. The SIU won 290 votes out of the 495 valid ballots cast. Local 300 has represented the plant workers at Cinch Manufac­ turing for several years, but an in dependent union, the United Elec­ trical Workers has been .attempt­ ing a raid In recent months. The independent Local was ousted from the plant, and was expelled from the CIO In 1949 for Communist domination. The election results gave the SIU-UIW Local 290 votes to 200 for the Independent and there were five challenged votes that could not effect the outcome of the election. In addition, there were 11 void ballots. Although Local 300 won an earlier election on June 4 by a large margin, the tally was just short of a majority of the valid ballots cast. In that election, the SIU affiliate was engaged in a three-way race Involving the United Electrical Workers and the com­ pany. After the election the NLRB ordered a run-off election in which only Local 300 and the United Electrical Workers were involved. The independent union had filed for an election just prior to the start of contract renewal talks be­ tween Local 300 and the company. In a separate election here. Local 300 won an election at the Industrial Precision Products Com­ pany on June 5 by a 3-1 count. In addition. Local 300 won bargain­ ing rights on June 8 for employees at Maher Auto Parking here. By Paul Hall The Grievance Committee on Cargo Preference Administration, which was set up by the Government as a result of the beef of the SIU, ILA and other maritime unions over the shipments of wheat to Russia, has now held two monthly meetings. These two meetings have made it evident that the grievance ma­ chinery established by the Government falls far short of our under­ standing of what it would be when the boycott of wheat ship destined for Russia was called off in February. So far, the committee has considered three grievances. The first grievance was a protest filed by the SIU and ILA, in advance of the May meeting, against approval by the Maritime Administration of an Italian request for waiver of the Public Resolution 17 requirement that one hundred percent of cargoes financed by the Export-Import Bank move in American bottoms. The other two grievances were brought up at the June meetings by the Pacific American Steamship Association, and consisted of protests over the Agriculture Department's refusal to apply the cargo preference requirements to certain exports of agricultural commodities. The SIU supported the PASA In regard to these two grievances, since it has always been our position the at least half of all exports, in which pur Government is involved, must move in American ships. The Maritime Administration has conditionally approved the Italian waiver, despite the protests of the SIU and ILA. As the committee operates now, the labor and management repre­ sentatives are in a position where they can do little more then bring their grievances to the attention of the Government people on the committee. The Government people, on the other hand, have no real authority to commit the departments or agencies they represent to a course of action. The definitive action must still be taken by one of the Government departments such as Agriculture, Commerce or State. And, as you know, it has been the unwillingness of these departments to press the enforcement of our shipping legislation, particularly our cargo pre­ ference legislation, which has been a fundamental cause of the decline of the American merchant fleet. Last week, after a lapse of four months since the ending of the Russian wheat boycott. President Johnson announced the composition of the 14-man Maritime Advisory Committee to deal with maritime problems at the Cabinet level. It is to be hoped, of course, the deficiencies apparent in the pre­ sent grievance committee set up will be remedied, at least to a degree, through the functioning of the Maritime Advisory Committee at a higher level of governmental authority. Further comment on this, however, will have to be reserved pending a more detailed study of the committee's scope and purposes, as well as an opportunity to observe the attitudes of the committee with regard to the American merchant marine. AFL-CIO Hails Senate Passage Of Civil Rights Legislation WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany has hailed Senate passage of the civil rights bill as "a truly historic legislative victory." The Senate had adopted the bill by a 73 to 27 vote on June 19. Meany extended credit to in order to serve the national in­ state commerce with 100 or more workers, dropping over three years the leadership of both parties terest." In conclusion, the AFL-CIO to cover finns with 25 or more in the Senate, saying that President said that "one battle is employes. State laws would first America could be "proud that this was not a partisan victory. But let us recognize that a law is the beginning of jus­ tice. not its fulfillment," he said. "To translate the principles of a civil rights bill into the daily life of the nation more than a law is needed," Meany said. "There must be from this point on a far more intensive effort, in every phase of community life, to build new bridges of community understanding, so that the law re­ flects the affirmative will even of those who feared it. "If this effort is to succeed," Meany continued, "other steps must be taken. We in the AFL-CIO have repeatedly insisted that for equal opportunity to he realized we must have full opportunity. And full opportunity means jobs and good wages for all. Credit Shared Meany added that "it seems to me entirely right that the credit be shared by Senators Mansfield and Humphrey, on one side of the aisle, and Senators Dirksen and K'achel on the other; and not only by them, but by the many others who stead­ fastly supported them. And while the Senate victory is fresh in our mind, we must never forget the great leadership of Congressman Celler and Congressman McCullough in the House of Representa­ tives who rose above party rivalry all but won; the even greater one lies ahead. All of us must enlist for the duration and I pledge to you that the AFL-CIO will never abandon this fight." Ill the form in which it was before the Senate for passage, the civil rights bill included these main provisions. • Registrars are prohibited from giving more difficult literacy tests to Negroes than to whites, or other­ wise using discriminatory stand­ ards. Voters could not be rejected for minor errors on applications. Anyone with a 6th grade education is presumed literate in the absence of evidence to the contrary. The government is given new power to speed court action on voting cases. • Virtually all major establish­ ments serving the general public are barred from discriminating against customers because of race or religion. If a state or commu­ nity has a public accommodations law, federal action can not occur until the local law has had a chance to operate. • Effective one year after en­ actment, employers, employment agencies and unions are prohibited from discriminating because of race, sex, religion or national origin in hiring, firing, promotions, job referrals and admittance to union membership or apprentice.ship grograms. This would initially apply to establishments in inter­ be given a chance to function, a federal Equal Employment Com­ mission would seek to bring about voluntary compliance, and then court action could be taken if voluntary methods fail. Other sections of the bill author­ ize cutoff of federal funds for state and local programs which discrimi­ nate, give the Attorney General power to bring suits to end school segregation, permit an appeal to higher courts if a federal judge refuses to take jurisdiction in a civil rights case removed from state courts, and permit the Attorney General to sue to open city or state facilities to Negroes. SEAFARERS LOG June 26, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 13 PAUL HALL, President HERBERT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACR, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; MIKB POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, ROBERT ARONSON, JUAN MARLO, ROBERT HEATHCOCK, Staff Writers. Published biweekly at the headquarters of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 1123J. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. 120 �SEAFARERS im* 29. 1964 LOG At SlU Headquarters In NY Pare Three Grievance Setup Is Ineffective, SIU Maintains WASHINGTON—^The ineffectiveness of the procefdures established by the Grievance Comniittee on Cargo Preference Administration "could lead to the same kind of crisis as that ^ makes the labor and management which as that attended the representatives only "advisors to grain shipments to Rus­ advisors," Hall said. ililifcisi: Significantly, only two days before the June 17 meeting, the Grievance Committee chairman. liiiilflffiipi Maritime Administrator Nicholas 11. The Union's position was pre­ Johnson, had announced the "un­ Unorganized canneries are the subject of discussion between Andrea Gomez, SlUNA Intersented by SIU President Paul Hall, animous" decision of the commit­ and was supported by the ILA tee to permit Italian-flag ships to national vice president, and head of SlU cannery Workers of the Pacific, SlU members who and NMU. The Grievance Com­ carry half of $200,000,000 worth of reside in the island, Keith Terpe, president of the SlU of Puerto Rico, and SlU-CWU busi­ mittee was established by the cargoes to be purchased by Italy ness agent Arne Miranda, at Union headquarters In New York. Sister Gomez was In New Government after American mari­ with an Export-Import Bank loan. York prior to leaving for San Juan to contine a survey of the island's unorganized canning time workers had Immobilized SIU Protests plants. In the photo are (seated l-r) Jose A. Torres, Sister Gomez, Ray Alamo and Louis vessels destined to carry grain to The committee's action was Perez; (standing) Ramon Bonafont, Miranda and Terpe. Russia and other communist-bloc taken despite the fact that the countries. The maritime unions SIU, as well as the International ^ f.. charged that the lion's share of Longshoremen's Association, had these cargoes was being given to vigorously protested the Italian foreign-flag ships despite a pledge request, on the grounds that our to the .contrary nude by the late shipping legislation calls for 100% NORFOLK—The SIU hall President Kennedy when the grain of Export-Import Bank cargoes to in Norfolk will be formally sales were announced last October. move on American-flag ships, and dedicated in a ceremony on The SIU has taken steps to protect the Seafarers aboard The boycott of these vessels was gives the Martime Administration 2, beginning at 2 PM. called off in February upon an no legal authority to grant a gen­ five of the vessels operated by the Georgells interests whose July Harold Boyd, president of the allotment checks were returned for Insufficent funds as a Virginia AFL-CIO state fed­ understanding by the maritime eral waiver of this requirement. unions involved that adequate The SIU-ILA protest had been result of the company's in-> eration, will deliver the dedi­ machinery for the airing and submitted to the committee for solvency. Rafael Caraballo, Hani O. cation address. Congressmen resolution of their grievances consideration at the committee's Porter Hardy and Pat Jen­ The Union has asked those GoUschllich. would be established, and that the first meeting on May 13. Thomaa F. Doran, Franola nings will also speak at the crewmembers who are Involved to maritime unions would hence­ Hall, during the course of the F. Sheehan, Ronald Goralskl, ceremonies which will be at­ execute forms designating the forth be given an opportunity to June 17 committee meeting, noted John Llston. tended by SIU members in Union as their attorney so that it present their views in those mat­ that the various Government de­ the area, representatives of may prosecute their claims in the The SIU had previously taken ters affecting the well-being of partments and agencies concerned the trade imion movement in­ various admiralty courts. In order action to protect the wages of the the maritime industry and the with U.S. shipping, notably the cluding the MTD Hampton for the Union to represent the crews following announcement of security of their memberships. Department of Agriculture, have Roads port council and the crewmen, the law requires that it the insolvency of the Georgells Labor Only Advisor been continuing "to play the have their power of attorney to interests. Arrangements were made Norfolk Central Labor Coun­ Hall noted that under the shell-and-pea game" with Ameri­ do so. cil, as well as representatives to return the men to their ports of Grievance Committee structure, can maritime workers. Agricul­ The SIU is therefore calling on sign-on, and the SIU advanced of the government. All SIU the labor and management repre­ ture, Hall noted, has been notori­ the affected Seafarers to execute funds to the crewmembers pending men in the area are Invited to sentatives are merely advisors, ous for its attempts to evade the the necessary forms which have the payment of wages as deter­ be present. The AFL-CIO while the Government representa­ spirit and Intent of the Cargo been made available in all SIU mined by the courts. The wages Maritime Trades Department tives on the committee have no Preference Act, which provides port offices. In addition to making will be paid out of the proceeds will hold its Atlantic Coast power to commit the Government that at least half of Governmentthe forms and necessary instruc­ of the sale of the company's vessels Conference in the Norfolk departments they represent to any generated cargoes move In Ameri­ tions available in the Union halls, which is reported to be imminent. hall on June 29. course of action. This, In effect. can bottoms. These cargoes in­ the SIU has forwarded the docu­ clude the surplus agricultural ments to each of the men involved commodities whose disposition is at their homes. administered by the Department Affected men who had sailed of Agriculture. aboard the five ships involved, but States Beef who have since shipped out and During the June 17 meeting, are presently aboard other SIUtwo grievances were presented by contracted ships, are urged to com­ the Pacific American Steamship municate immediately with the Association. These dealt with the Legal Department, Seafarers Tnterfailure of the Agriculture Depart­ national Union, AGLID, 675 Fourth WASHINGTON—President Johnson, on June 18, named a 14-man Maritime Advisory ment to apply the cargo prefer­ Avenue, Brooklyn 32, New York, giving a return address where they Committee, including SIU President Paul Hall, to consider at the Cabinet level matters ence requirements to exports un­ may be contacted for instructions of policy and administration relating to Federal programs affecting the US maritime der the Commodity Credit Corpo­ ration program and to shipments in filing the necessary power of industry. ~ of powdered milk to Japan under attorney form. ILA President Thomas W. nees Included no representatives the school lunch program. During The committee—represent­ Hall, of major areas of maritime which Gleason, NMU President Joseph Following is the list of men to ing the Government, manage­ the life of this six-year program, Curran and Lane Klrkland, execu­ have been in a precarious posi­ whom this notice applies (those ment, labor and the public — is tive assistant to AFL-CIO Presi­ tion for many years, Including in- some 736 million tons of pow­ who have already been contacted dered milk h^s been shipped, al­ tercoastal, coastwise. Great Lakes most all of it to Japan, and not a. by the Union and who are in the the outgrowth of an agreement dent Meany. reached last February between The management members are and inland shipping. Representa­ pound has moved in Americanprocess of completing the form, need not contact the Legal Depart­ President Johnson and AFL-CIO Joseph Andreae, manager of the tives of tramp and independent flag ships, it was pointed out. The President George Meany. It was marine department of the Humble operators are also omitted, as are ment again): on the basis of the understanding Oil. Company; H. Lee While, pres­ representatives of three major PASA position was supported by Ronald Pedrys, Edward F. the SIU and ILA, which have reached at that time that Ameri­ ident of Marine Transport Lines; organizations — the American consistently maintained that there Costin, Glen Stanford, Concan maritime unions agreed to J. Paul St. Sure, president of the Merchant Marine Institute, Amer­ stantmos Gavalas, James Mc­ call off their boycott of foreign- Pacific Maritime Association, and ican Maritime Association and Pa­ must be at least 50% participation Donald, Henrj' J. Broadus, flag ships destined to carry US William B. Rand, president oi cific American Steamship Associ­ by US flags wherever therb is Bela Szupp, Reginald New­ Government involvement in ex­ wheat to Russia. United States Lines. ation. bury, Armando P. Luparl, ports. Secretary of Commerce Luther To represent the public at Hall said that he was "aston­ Alger R. Sawyer. The Maritime Administrator H. Hodges was designated as large, the President designated ished" that the committee to after the June 17th meeting, said Andrew II. Reasko, Jesse J. chairman of the Maritime Advi­ James J. Healy, professor of in­ solve merchant marine problems that the only grievances thus far Mosso, Thomas D. Foster, Isaao sory Committee, while Secretary dustrial relations at Harvard Uni­ included a high official of one of presented to the committee had L. Raborn, Jr., Tclesforo of Labor W. Willard Wirtz, was versity; Lewis A. Lapham, former the nation's biggest foreign-flag been the grievance on the Italian Punio, Peter Myers, Vance designated as the second Gov­ president of Grace Lines and operators—the Humble Oil Com­ waiver and the two PASA griev­ Reid, Salvatore Messina, ernment representative on the now president of the executive pany of the Standard Oil of New ances. The grievance of the Ital­ Johnnie Green, Curtis Mccommittee. Other Government committee of the Bankers Trust Jersey. Cullum, Miguel Viera. ian waiver, he said, had been dis­ department or agency heads, or Company in New York; Deane W. Bernard C. Jordan, George "Standard Oil controls more posed of and the two PASA their representatives, will attend Malott, president of Cornell Uni­ than 100 I'unaway o^r flags-of-con- grievances had been heard and Prixenos, William McNeeiy, the committee meetings as ob­ versity, and Theodore W. Kheel, venience ships and is in a posi­ would be dealt with. "We are con­ Clarence Anderson, Edward servers and advisers. Achee, Robert A. Beevers, New York lawyer and arbitrator. tion to benefit most from the fident," he stated, "that the com­ Walter L. Wicks, Robert D. The four labor representatives The SIU and other segments destruction or depression of the mittee will be able to function as Eisengraebcr, George Schmidt, named by President Johnson are of maritime noted that the nomi- merchant marine," Hall said. Intended." sia," it was pointed out by the SIU at the June 17 meeting of the committee here. SIU Moves To Collect Monies Due To Crewmen Norfolk Hail Dedication Set President Names Hall, 13 Others To Maritime Advisory Committee �Fare '^onr '' SlU Men Recall Sandanger Fire Talking over the long hours crewmembert of the Penmar (Caimar) spent searching for survivors of the Norweigan freighter Sandanger, John Ford, steward delegate, and John Ciesfelski, engine delegate recall how their ship circled the burn­ ing vessel for 12 hours on May 19. Ten persons, in­ cluding the freighter's eaptain, lost their lives liv in the fire, while 41 crewmembers were rescued. Seafarers on the Penmar spent the day day participating in a fruitless hunt for survivors, but only found an empty life jacket and unoccupied liferaft. The Penmar served as the communications link between ships in the search party and a Coast Guard plane flying overhead at the scene of the disaster off the coast of Baja California. The ship's radio was the only one on the scene that could operate on the frequencies used by both the ships and aviators. Although the Penmar was released from the search for survivors on the evening of May 19, the Sandanger continued to burn. She was towed to the Navy amphibious base at Coronado, Calif., where she was grounded after a bad list developed. After the fire was extinguished. Navy firefight­ ers concluded that the fire started in the midships section, probably in the galley. It was learned that the Norwegian ship was carrying almost $1 million worth of metals, including $290,000 of silver ingots, which were recovered. The valuable cargo has since become the subject of a series of legal actions. SEAFARERS LOG M^1M« ' Farm Labor Most Exploited, Needs Help, Experts Agree The most impoverished and exploited segment of the American labor force, farm labor, continues to toil in the sweatshop of the fields much in the same manner as it did during the Depression. Although there have been cans employed In agriculture are growing surplus of domestic farm labor due to technological prog­ token improvements in living migrants. ress causes other burdens. conditions and wages by em­ No Protection The Federationist places a ma­ ployers, farm laborers remain Farm workers are atlll denied victims of a tragic Job insecurity minimum wage coverage provided jority of the blame on prosperous, without benefit of almost all for In the Fair Labor Standards selfish growers and their allies, welfare and labor legislation that Act of 1938. When they attempt and public apathy. Three points are urged by the permits economic and social to organize to improve wages and stability for the rest of American working conditions through col­ AFL-CIO Journal to enlighten a dark problem: Farm workers must workers. lective bargaining, agricultural be given equal status with other "If the war against poverty in laborers are often ruthlessly Americans under the terms of all the United States is to be waged opposed and defeated because federal and state social welfare and won, the desperate plight of they are denied the protection of and labor laws. 2.) Migratory farm those who work for wages on the National Labor Relations Act. laborers must be helped to enter America's farms no longer can be Another obstacle is the importa­ the mainstream of American life ignored. Their conditions are a tion of hundreds of thousands of by enactment of prudent legisla­ national scandal," warns an foreign workers which creates tion. 8.) All - foreign worker im­ article in the June issue of AFL- further unemployment and a port programs must now be CIO's "The American Federation­ lowering of wages. In addition, a terminated. ist." A Poor Reward In the United States today there is the greatest abundance of food and other agricultural commodi­ ties in the history of men, yet the worker that has contributed most to this wealth find a reward By A1 Kerr, Seeretory-Treosurer scarcely sufficient to provide even food and lodging for him and his family. The average hourly wage of all Jnne Is traditionally the time for graduation. Now when Seafarers domestic farm laborers in 1963 are making last minute arrangements for the purchase of their chil­ was less than 90 cents pw hour. In dren's caps and gowns for the diploma ceremonies, is an excellent the South, where the majority of workers are employed (and also time to consider the advantages of the SIU Scholarship Benefit. This unemployed), the wage was 68 is a particularly important financial aid fmr teenagers who will be per hour. On the Pacific READING, Pa.—Like any group of workers who have to cents Coast farm workers received $1.30 applying for college next year, as well as for those college students deal with their employers, newspaper boys In this Pennsyl­ per hoiur. who need assistance to continue their higher education. vania city have learned the need to organize to get better Poverty and insecurity walk As outlined in previous issues of the LOG, the Scholarship Benefit treatment. ^ hand-in-hand with the domestic has been established by the Union and is administered by the Mari­ The teenagers are news car­ both published by the same com­ farm worker, particularly with the time Advancement Program. Seafarers themselves, who are planning migrant lalxHer. About 380,000 of riers who distribute the Read­ pany. •When Ronald Haan, 17-year-old the estimated 8.B million Ameri-- to enter college next year are ing Times and the Reading Eagle, also eligible to compete for the hers. The awards are each worth Reading High School Junior, was $6,000 for four years of study at fired from his Job as a newsboy, scholarship awards. any college or university in the the move for collective bargaining It is especially important to con­ US or its possessions in the aca­ began. No reason for the dis­ sider applying for the Scholarship demic field of the winner's choice. missal—^which came at the same Benefit at this time since all appli­ The Scholarship program is Just time as that of his two younger cants are required to take the one of the benefits available to brothers—v/tm given, but ap­ college entrance examination. Seafarers and their families under parently stemmed from Ronald's Since these tests are one of the the Maritime Advancement Pro­ protest against imfair practices in crucial factors in making the gram. the paper's circulation depart­ scholarship awards, applicants who ment. feel they need additional studies Asks AFL-CIO for them would be wise to spend Any SIU member who feels SAN FRANCISCO — A proto­ Through knowledge of unions SEATTLE—The SIU West Coast- the summer months making the type steel livestock container is gained in school, young Haan de­ there Is an unnecessary delay necessary preparations. Applicants being tested by SlU-Pacific Dis­ cided to seek aid in forming a contracted containership Nadina should be reminded that they are In the processing of any wel­ trict-contracted Matson Naviga­ labor movement among the news­ (Alaska Steamship) has sailed on responsible for paying their own fare or pension claims should tion Company in its Pacific Coast- boys. He wrote to AFL-CIO her first voyage as a containership examination fees. since her conversion which began Immediately call this to the Hawaii freight service. President George Meany for in March. Seafarers interested in making attention of the SecretaryMeasuring the same as the advice. The Nadina has been put on the application for the Scholarship Treasurer at headquarters, by company's standard container—24 A representative was dispatched Seattle-Alaska Railbelt run. She i.s Benefit for themselve.s or their feet long, 8 feet wide and certified mail, return receipt to Reading, and Ronald mean­ children, or who seek further in­ feet high, the new container com­ while had gained the sympathy the second Alaska Steamship Com­ formation about the program requested. Any delay In the pany containership on the run, fortably houses eight and can and help of local trade unionists. should write to the Seafarers In­ along with the Tonsina. Together processing of a claim Is usu­ easily accommodate 10 cattle. The Labor Temple was used for a ternational Union, 675 Fourth ally due to the absence of nec­ The first containerized ship­ grievance meeting attended by they provide a containership sail­ Avenue, Brooklyn, 32, N.Y. essary Information or docu­ ment of eight cows went to Hon­ the paperboys, their parents and ing from Seattle each Tuesday for The SIU scnoij.rsnip plan has olulu this month aboard the SS by the exclusive board of the Read­ Whittier, Alaska. ments which are required be­ The Alaska Steam freighters. been in operation for the past 11 Hawaiian Farmer. Ninety other ing & Berks County AFL-CIO and fore a claim can be processed. years, benefiting the children of Fortune and Iliamna, each with cows were aboard the freighter the Reading Building & Construc­ capacities for 90 vans as well as 36 Seafarers and 22 Union memin conventional wooden stalls, tra­ tion Trades Council. conventional cargo, are also as­ velling "second class," so to speak. Questions concerning low pre­ signed this route. One sails from At present, slatted wooden miums on papers, a high deposit Seattle each Friday. stalls are constructed on deck to fee, insurance, taking away of With the second containership transport dairy cows on conven­ routes gained after hard work and in service, Alaska Steam now has tional freighter voyages. These fines against the newsboys were Cash Benefits Paid — March, 1964 the capacity to handle more than conventional stalls were found to raised at this initial meeting. 137,700 containers annually to the CLAIMS AMOUNT PAID displace up to 36 of the 98 con­ The group of young leaders Anchorage-Fairbanks region. tainers normally carried on deck. have taken their case to their Hospital Benefits 9,475 $ 82^521.67 Home berth for the Alaska conWhen cattle are "containerized" former employer, by appearing in tainerships is Pier 46, Seattle, Death Benefits 22 59,450.00 and properly positioned on deck, the circulation department with where is cargo is lifted on and Pension-Disability Benefits 564 84,500.00 however, other containers can be signs bearing such slogans as off by 50-ton capacity cranes that stacked above the livestock car­ "Printers and Truckers Had to have been installed especially for Maternity Benefits 69 13,532.95 riers. Organize to Get Better Treat­ this operation. Dependent Benefits 803 108,401.88 "The experimental container is ment—You Can To." When the first containership be­ Optical Benefits 549 7,609.03 ventilated, has built - in feed Local union leaders have given gan to take shape, the unique deck troughs filled with hay, and a wa­ full support to help the boys learn cells with bright yellow and black Out-Patient Benefits 6,786 45,631.12 ter tank with four individual collective bargaining and settle touch plates led spectators to dub Vacation Benefits 1,446 462,133.45 drinking troughs which fill auto- their grievances. Other com­ the Tonsina the "lolUpop ship." in,»tically when the animal dips munity groups also are lending a Now there are two that rate this TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION !• for a drink. hand. quip. BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... 19,714 863,780.10 Consider SIU Scholarship Now Newspaper Delivery Boys Organize For Square Deal Matson Tests New Container For Livestock Coast Boxship Premiers SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans �Jidw 19, 19M SEAF'ARERB rw win LOO Monthly Mombership Mooting At Now York By Ccri Tanner, ExecuHve Vice-President Foreign Nations Croon New Tune Seafarers were filled in. on Union business which transpired during the past month at the regular monthly membership meeting at New York headquarters. Above Is e shot of the membership listening to discussion of good and welfare. No Changes Being Planned In Shipping. Act, FMC Says WASHINGTON—^The Federal Maritime Commission does not plan to recommend any changes in the 1916 Shipping Act when it reports to the House Merchant Marine and Fisher­ ies Committee on July -21, John Harllee, chairman of the FMC, told maritime lawyers here recently. The reason for the decision, and procedure for rate filings also ternational ocean shipping. The foreign shipping officials hope that he told the group, is that the is incomplete. important 1961 amendments to that law—which legalizes dual rate systems in ocean steamship con­ ferences with additional shipper safeguards—have not yet been "fully Implemented." "We believe there should be fur­ ther experience before we get into a position of talking about chang­ ing it," he told the body repre­ senting various steamship interests, foreign and US-flag. Some shipping Interests have been convinced that once House Committee Chairman Rep. Herbert C. Bonner (Dem.-NC) held hear­ ings on the progress of FMC that he would propose changes, but Rep. Bonner has given no indication that he plans to press for changes this year. "As far as we're concerned," Mr. Harllee reassured the group, "the law seems good to us so far." The reasons for holding off on any changes, he said, are: • New dual rate contracts with their protective features and terms haVo not yet been put into effect. • The commission and the con­ ferences have not begun working out details of conference selfpolicing, such as "neutral bodies." • The entire matter of the form Both US and foreign maritime circles have been hoping for a new look at the dual rate amend­ ments to the 1916 Shipping Act which were enacted into law by Congress in 1961. The FMC an­ nounced the form that dual rate contracts were to take to be used in US foreign trade in April this year and immediately elicited an outcry from 10 leading European maritime nations and Japan, all members of steamship confer­ ences. A steamship conference is a voluntary association made up of American and foreign lines serving on the same trade route and inter­ ested in maintaining the same rates and practices. Still Not Happy A meeting here in mid-May be­ tween Commission Chairman John Harllee and foreign , shipping attaches resulted in a compromise of sorts in which the FMC agreed to remove "jurisdictional" lan­ guage from the contracts which was objectionable to the foreign nations. The foreigners are still far from satisfied, seeing US dual rate reg­ ulations as yet another attempt of the FMC unilaterally to police in- Japan Passes Own Version ' Of Cargo Preference Act Ij- WASHINGTON—Doing an about face worthy of the most preelse Marine Corps drill sergeant, the Japanese government has ordered that its own ship lines will carry 100 percent of the i' freight Japan is financing for Thailand under a war reparation I grant signed in 1962. The announcement represents a classic turnabout for the Japai nese, who have been among the most vociferous in protesting the ', 50-50 cargo preference policies in U.S.-financed Foreign Aid programs. Helps Own Flag \ What may be good for the American goose, however, doesn't II appear to be so good for the Japanese gander, and that country has now embarked on the same kind of policy to help its national || flag line- which it loudly opposed when applied by the U.S. Until as late as last month, the Japanese, along with other • foreign shipowners were hollering about Federal Maritime ComII mission efforts to establish equitable shipping conference arrangei ments by requiring foreign lines to furnish shipping documents I explaining their rate structures and other details covering only I vessels in American trade. At the same time, these same coun; tries, including Japan, have been calling "Ship American" pro: posals interference with the freedom of the seas. "Ship Japanese" With the Japanese apparently beginning a "Ship Japanese" program however, the "flag discrimination" shoe is on the other foot. • Actually, some of the most active overseas critics of U.S. shipII ping policies are benefiting from the same type of governmental aid programs they complain about to the U.S. The Japanese gov­ ernment, for instance, recently announced plans to begin a sub­ sidized freighter service between New York and Japan. Bonner's hearing will give them a chance to go on record against such US policies. The countries Involved are Bel­ gium, Holland, the United King­ dom, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Den­ mark, West Germany, France, Greece and Japan. Because not all shippers are conference members, a dual sysr tem of rates exists and it is these dual rates on which the FMC is attempting to fix its reguWtory eye. Harllee left for Paris on June 19 to confer with the representatives of the 11 maritime nations in an effort to establish boundaries of FMC jurisdiction that will be ac­ ceptable to European rate-making conferences. Those of us who are continuously fighting to increase the job op­ portunities for the American seaman, finally had a good chance for a horse laugh last week. We would have been glad to enjoy the oc­ casion, if it hadn't been for the irony of witnessing a government which has been persistently critical of US shipping policies get tan­ gled up in its own hyprocrisy. The country performing this ironical flip-flop was Japan, which has screamed "discrimination" every time the US Government has at­ tempted to shore up its sagging merchant fleet. The Japanese been sharply critical about such limited measures as stronger enforcement of the 50-50 cargo legislation and the Ship American program. Last week, however, Japan went out of its way to prove once again that what was wrong for America was right in Tokyo and vice versa. After suddenly deciding that a healthy national fleet is a definite asset to national security, the Japanese goernment decreed that from this point on, only its own ships would be permitted to carry cargo that Japan was sending to Thailand. The shipowners are being fi­ nanced under a war reparation agreement signed in 1962. Japan's sudden determination to protect the position of its mer­ chant fleet is definitely ironical when her bitter attacks on Washing­ ton's decisions to expand and up--*-grade American-flag shipping are interest payments for shipping considered. Her sudden policy re­ companies participating in the gov­ versal can only be taken to im­ ernment - sponsored constructionplicitly acknowledge the wisdom of program. This plan was designed to our own Government's desire to defray the interest charges on half improve the US merchant fleet, the ship operators' debts to the thus providing more jobs for US Japanese Development Bank. seamen. We should all remember that This isn't the only time when Japan isn't the only foreign critic the Japanese talked out of both of our shipping policies that has sides of their mouths when it shown an amazing ability to reverse wanted to insure the position of its itself when it came time for action own fleet. Last month Tokyo to protect its own fleet. For in­ popped up right on schedule to stance, Italy, which only recently criticize efforts of the Federal secured a bitterly contested ship­ Maritime Commission to set up ping waiver on an Export-Import equitable shipping conference ar­ Bank cargo, has a strong govern­ rangements. At issue was an FMC ment program of assistance to de­ request asking foreign lines to hand velop its national fleet. over information explaining their Among the legislative help Ital­ rate structures and other data cov­ ian shipping Interests have received ering ships used in trade with from their government in the past the US. Two^ears ago the National Diet, has been grants totaling well over the country's governing body, or­ 104 billion lire and shipbuilding dered a five-year moratorium on all credits which would provide financ­ ing of $320 million worth of new vessels. Four 51U Oldtimers Long Range Retire On Pensions Mecf/cos Aid NEW YORK—The names of four more SIU oldtimers have been added to the growing list of Union members who have been able to end their sailing careers secure in the knowledge OMAHA, Neb.—All of us have that they will be supported heard stories of the old "Doc Gordon is a veteran member of by a regular $150 monthly Brown" in someone's home town pension check for the rest of the steward department who be­ who was so good he could diagnose Ailing Mate their lives. The action by the joint Union - shipowner trustee panel brings to a total of 34 the rtumber of Seafarers who have retired on pension this year. The pensioners are Patrick Ibordolasa D'Amico Vieria, 50; Leon Gordon, 53; Pedro Ibardoasa, 45; Angelo D'Amico, 51. Vieria has been a member of the SIU since he joined in New York. He has had many years of experience in the steward de­ partment and ended his sailing days with a voyage on the Elizabethport (Sea-Land). A native of the British West Indies, he now lives in the Bronx, NY with his wife, Cecilia, and their three chil­ dren. came a n»ember of the Union when he joined In New Orleans. He made his last trip as a Sea­ farer on the National Defender (National Transport). Ibardolasa sailed with a chief cook's rating in the steward depart­ ment. He joined the SIU when he filled out his first member­ ship card in New York. Ibabrdolasa was born in the Philippine Islands and now makes his home in New York City. His last ship was the Steel Advocate (Isthmian). D'Amico is a veteran Seafarer with many years of experiences in the deck department. A member of what ailed you just by looking at you. Well here's a story about a couple of modern day doctors who go him one better. Radio call The mate aboard an unidentified tanker somewhere off the coast of Chile fell ill, and the ship's radio operator sent out a distress call. The call was intercepted by the emergency radio station of a Nebraska chapter of the Red Cross, and "patched" into the phone line of a local doctor. From the in­ formation given him the doctor was able to diagnose the mate's ail­ ment as an allergy reaction from cleaning chemical tanks a few days before. Consultation While the doctor was listening to the symptoms, another Omaha doctor, a ham radio operator, hap­ pened upon the conversation and tuned in. The two then held a con­ sultation over the airwaves and decided on what medication to recommend. A short-wave call the next day to check on their patient's progress Gordon Vieria confirmed the soundness of the the Union since World War II doctors' diagnosis and treatment. All's well that ends well. But when he joined in Tampa, he end­ ed his sailing career with a voyage how do you send a bill by short on the Alcoa Planter (Alcoa). wave? �SkAFARERS LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) June 6-June 19, 1964 SIU men found a steadily improving job situation in the past two weeks as total shipping jumped to 1,505. a new record for 1964. The total for the previous re­ porting period was 1,211. The increased shipping activ­ ity was especially apparent in Philadelphia, Jackson­ ville, New Orleans and Seattle, with Houston showing the most impressive gain over the previous two weeks. Jobs calls continued to rise in New York and Bal­ timore, although Boston and Norfolk experienced a. slight clip in shipping activity. The job situation in the Gulf area improved considerably with every port with the exception of Mobile registering gains. Shipping fell off in both Wilmington and San Francisco during the reporting period. Registration figures continued to fall as the shipping picture improved. Total registration stood at 1.324, compared to 1,340 for the previous reporting period. The deck department was the only one to show a rise, while the engine and steward departments showed a decrease in registration. As the total number of jobs dispatched continued to increase, the number of men registered on the beach dropped to 1,324 from the previous period's total of 1,340. Shipping activity (see right) fell off slightly from the previous reporting period, indicating a higher rate of turnover. Payoffs and sign-ons declined slightly, while the number of in-transit visits took a more significant drop. Statistics reflecting the seniority situation show -that the total of Class A men shipping rose a percentage point to 51 percent from the previous two weeks. Class B men had a smaller share of the total number shipped with 33 percent, and the percentage of Class C men rose to 16 percent from the previous figure of 14 per­ cent. Ship Ac#fW#y Pay Sign In Oth Ons Trans. TOTAL Bofton ...... 0 0 4 4 3 15 28 N«w York.... 10 4 7 17 Philadelphia.. 6 5 12 22 Baitimera .... 5 2 8 14 Norfolk 4 1 8 11 Jacksonville .. 2 0 « « Tampa 0 3 6 13 Mobile 4 9 14 31 New Orleans.. 8 7 33 53 Houston 13 Wilmington .. 1 1 5 7 2 8 13 Son Francisco.. 3 4 4 11 Seattle 3 TOTALS ... 59 41 130 230 DECK DEPARTMENT. Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk •lacksonville Tampa ?.tobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 6 10 1 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 22 53 14 89 5 18 21 38 7 59 4 32 44 14 15 13 4 4 0" 8 0 2 3 5 2 5 8 0 0 1 4. 1 * 13 18 3 7 11 13 35 1 1-32 1 4 52 0 13 2 11 7 4 13 1 2 1 2 4. 5 8 4 1 14 0 1 3 3 8| 1 4 1 3 5 3 6 3 5 1 2 1 2 10 3 4 0 7 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 ^.. 8 17 0 9 0 13 5 5 8 11 17 1 3 2 6 1 37 16 4 57 2 17 19 38 26 36 67 15 17 33 5 1 27 27 6 60 3 50 17 14 34 19 33 4 56 10 20 20 2 5 3 1 10 1 6 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 2 2 4 9 10 3 22 2 5 10 5 3 13 22 0 5 4 9 4 8 18 0 9 1 11 9 10 6 16 5 6 0 19 2 8 122 193 36 1 351' 17 79 90 1 186 105 193 31 1 329 21 74 88 1 183 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A B 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 16 59 0 11 5 32 0 3 8 2 1 4 13 3 5 9 52 1 6 14 0 3 3 4 1 6 0 0 10 1 4 3 2 1 1 2 7 17 6 1 4 2 5 67 0 33 4 1 5 50 1 15 21 56 0 1 4 1 2 2 11 22 0 8 3 9 0 1 OJ 1 19 16 6 55 25 1 86 329 183 C 0 16 3 9 6 1 4 7 5 21 2 11 1 86 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A 1 GROUP GROUP ALL 1 2 3 ALL „ 1 2 3 ALL 4 5 32 2 3 6 11 21 6 107 79 119 24 222 7 48 75 130 15 13 32 2 20 16 3 5 13 74 28 87 54 5 4 17 22 1 24 15 10 11 2 28 1 3 6 17 7 15 23 2 4 6 12 1 10 2 2 1 3 9 , 4 16 0 30 30 30 64 1 24 4 2 21 40 103 144 105 72 77 11 160 1 127 49 70 18 137 3 31 33 67 8: 12 9 7 18 34 0 16 4 52 2 21 18 42 22 25 5 41 47 4 33 36 27 18 11 15 5 1 598 363 481 90 1 9341 26 ISO 317 1 533 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port n M Boston New York '.... Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Franci.sco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 5 11 39 2 4 1 19 0 2 1 6 0 4 3 11 8 24 7 33 5 3 5 14 0 17 43 181 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 7 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 4 54 8 31 17 37 54 7 23 12 56 11 6 42 0 6 0 2 10 1 8 1 10 0 8 4 9 13 2 22 1 361 1 3 23 6 4 8 7 9 5 15 0 2 0 2 3 1 05 0 3 2 5 1 4 8 0 1 6 4 4 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18 1 8 1 4 4 1 13 1 5 7 9 4 35 3 3 17 14 21 11 35 12 31 45 3 34 2 0 40 2 22 15 33 23 19 39 7 2 42 4 46 1 9 0 3 1 5 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 4 3 7 0 6 7 22i 1 2 4 1 3 2 6 1 6 3 10 2 12 2 16 0 8 9 17 0 i 17 1 20 1 244 17 103 75 1 195 49 165 '23 1 2371 18 100 77 1 195 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A 1 2 B 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 12 54 42 1 3 4 10 0 3 1 13 8 36 3 4 15 1 3 7 5 5 0 4 0 2 2 4 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 7 0 1 8 12 45 34 2 2 6 10 42 46 0 4 5 5 3 4 1 X 8 7 5 1 6 2 2 • 7 16 0 5 17 37 35 1 79 237 195 7 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B 1 GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 1 C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 18 1 0 2 1. 3 11 4 4 7 12 12 108 38 108 51 58 128 9 155 19 27 2 3 23 0 4 18 19 9 10 57 2 8 59 6 7 44 10 10 22 17 10 16 2 7 3 3 7 7 16 12 2 14 2 16 4 11 1 8 6 7 0 1 1 1 6 0 3 5 2 1 21 9 23 2 34 0 . 12 10 22 12 • 91 19 66 15 100 3 54 61 118 98 15 10 42 5 62 3 22 41 66 14 13- 11 28 2 6 5 4 4 12 8 -2l| 15 . 40 5 60 2 10 10 22 40; 9 34 2 7 23 2 6 20 12 79 1 511135 413 60 1 608 38 206 234 1 478 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Hos 'JY Phil Bal Nor Jac Tam Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS 1-s 1 8 1 3 0 1 0 2 6 2 1 1 2 28 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 0 2 4' 17 12 16 53 j 4 2 4 8 5 6 221 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 6 1 0 3 4 0 10 2 14 7 20 9 42 5 5 8 20 1 1 2 5 7 2 8 18 2 4 5 13 60 41 85 1 214 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1-8 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL A B 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 5 17 24 4 17 4 16 41 2 18 41 13 1 10 13 0 3 15 0 0 4 4 1 3 10 0 5 1 2 4 0 5 3 4 10 5 0 0 0 6 6 4 4 11 28 0 0 15 15 0 9 0 11 11 28 15 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 6 2 1 6 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 12 15 0 6 8 3 1 10 1 10 0 0 2 2 10 10 1 1 0 30 31 7 7 48 11 5 25 21 0 1 17 1 6 21 48 3 3 1 21 25 4 7 4 6 24 0 21 1 3 20 0 21 21 21 24 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 1 4 5 2 3 0 10 0 0 3 3 0 5 0 5 5 10 3 2 1 7 10 3 3 2 8 0 12 14 . .0 16 2 3 16 1 2 14 9 11 114 1' 134 26 59 28 83 1 196 10 7 97 1 114 1 6 79 1 86 196 114 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL C ALL 1-8 2 5 12 0 1 4 3 4 0 1 2 2 57 37 76 196 4 65 18 72 26 10 51 10 27 3 11 2 12 1 9 4 19 3 58 3 0 10 13 19 11 20 54 8 11 6 3 18 0 5 16 1 15 6 11 4 3 3 2 1 8 0 1 4 3 11 2 6 0 1 2 9 1 0 1 6 0 4 15 18 5 18 47 1 2 12 22 6 2 31 19 63 130 4 3 132 139 7 76 17 68 6 38 5 27 23 13 21 66 11 21 5 2 4 14 3 1 6 10 6 3 2 15 20 10 27 66 0 2 13 5 18 9 26 5 33 33 5 3 13 5 23 3 5 28 33 96 200 113 270 1 365 1 679 304 86 1 396 SUMMARY DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered Registered SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 122 193 36 I 351 17 79 90 j 186 H)5_193_31J 329 43 181 20 1 244 "17 103 75 I 195 49 165 23 I 237 "88 41 85 I 214 9 11 114 I 134 85 28 83 I 196 253 415 141 I 809 43 193 279 I 515 239 386 137 i 762 SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 21 74 18 100 10_ 7 49 181 88 I 183 77 I 195 97], 114 262 1 492 SHIPPED Registered On The Beach TOTAL CLASS C CLASS A CLASS B SHIPPED GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 S ALL ABC ALL 123 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 86 329 183 86 I 598 363 _481 90 I 934; 26 190"317 I 533 6 55 25 79 237 195 79 j 511 135 413 60 I 608 _38 206 234 [ 478 "7 37 6 79 86,196 114 86 396 296 113 270 1679 28" 33 304" I 365 14 98 139 251 762 492 251 11505 794 1007 420 j2221i 92 429 855 |1376 �|«M tC, ItM SEAFAREBS Rail Tug Trio On Pension Roster By Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic NEW YORK—Three railtug veterans who are members of the SIU Railway Marine Region have been awarded lifetime pensions which will assure them $150 per month. The action by the Pension plan trustees permits the three rail tugman with his wife, Katharine. They to retire without fear of fi­ plan to retire to the Catskill N.Y. Shipping Sets Fast Pace . Shipping has been very rood here in New York during: the last month. From all indications this optimistic outlook will continue throughout the next several weeks. On the beach here in New York is Patrick Ryan who last sailed as chief electrician aboard the Steel Rover and is waiting around the New York Hall for a Far East run. Otho Babb is also on the beach in New York waiting for a Isthmian or Robin Line' run and Anthony Malelio, who last sailed as chief cook on the Mt. Washington, says he's ready to ship out rtght av/ay. Summer boats should be calling for their crews soon, putting r little life into Boston shipping that has been very slow. We expect a few payoffs during the next period. Charles Berkeley, who has been sailing SIU ships for 20 years, is registered and waiting for a foreign run. His last ship was the Cantigny. Charles says h*e is glad to be back home and is going to spend some time with his family and make an occasional trip to the racetrack. John Chermesino, who's been with SIU for 25 years, is just in from a voyage to Russia on the Transeastern. John, too, is glad to be home, and plans to take his family to the World's Fair, relax awhile and then get a foreign run. Lawrence Melanson, a 23-year SIU man. Is In from India. Law­ rence registered and then went to-f Canada to visit his family and is in store for Vernon Hopkins to get in some of that good fishing just coming off the DeSoto. Ver­ time. Robert Bennett, who has non says he will look for another helped to man SIU ships for the Far East run after the rest. Ver­ past 25 years, is off the Wash­ non Porter, a SIU man for 20 ington for awhile. Bob says that years. Is going to take the sum­ he Is sorry that ha had to get off mer off and go home. His last this floating hotel. He is now on ship was the DeSoto, recently re­ the run to Nantucket from Woods turned from the Orient. Hole for the summer, and will try Bert WInfleld, last aboard the to make It back to his former National Defender as 3rd Cook, ship. plans to make the trip to New Shipping his been slow in Phila­ York to see some friends and delphia during the last period, but then ship out again on a Far East­ is expected to pick up during the ern trip. Bert spent nine months next couple of weeks. Three pay­ on the Defender. offs are scheduled. The port re­ Seafarers in Norfolk are now ported six payoffs, four sign-ons very much involved in assisting and six intransits during the past COPE in its efforts to elect city, period. Alfred Fry, who has been sailing SIU since 1943, Is aboard state and federal officials sympa­ the Columbia at present. He tells thetic to union needs. A break­ of a rather lengthy stay in the through in negotiations with the Philadelphia area and the many Old Dominion Marine Railway changes noticed in Boone Street. has been made after the company Alfred is anxious to shove off had steadily refused to make a satisfactory wage offer or go along again for the West Coast. with the SIU United Industrial George Fargo is enthusiastic Worker's Welfare Plan. After five about shipping possibilities in New n^onths of negotiations, however. York. When he was in the port Old Dominion has offered satis­ recently he visited the hall and factory wage rates and has agreed said he was tempted to ship out to contribute to the UIW Welfare of here. Plan. We are almost certain that Television and Radio Broadcast­ this contract will be ratified by ing Studio Employees Local 804 the employes. has expressed thanks for the hand Puerto Rico is having lots of lent to them during the days of action on the labor front, while their strike. SIU men were quick shipping activity is proceeding to offer their services on the along at a normal pace. picketline for Local 804. Julio Soils, after a long stay on Things are looking good down in the beach, finally got his O.S. job Baltimore. Shipping has been very on the Azalea City. Issac Brown good during the past period and decided he had had enough beach the next couple of weeks shapes time and shipped Ordinary Sea­ up as good also. The British man on the Clairborne. -Danny freighter Tulse Hill left this port Mejias just arrived back in town recently for the Bahamas after after a three-month trip through standing idle for" 1.37 days while the Mediterranean and Persian longshoremen refused to work on Gulf. Danny has fine praise for the Cuban blacklisted ship. The his shipmates who made the voy­ departure of the Tulse Hill fol­ age on the Alcoa Masffer. Now lowed a ruling by a Federal Court that he's had his vacation, Rob­ last month upholding the right of erto Escobar is all set to ship out International Longshoremen's As­ again. Roberto spent four months sociation Local 1355 here, to re­ on the Puerto Rico Division-con­ fuse to work on the vessel. tracted dredge Crest. The American Lead Products A major Item of interest to Sea­ farers in Norfolk will be the ded­ Company has been ordered by the ication of the new hiring hall, Public Service Commission to July 1. In the nick of time, too, stop transporting strikebreakers since shipping has been tremen­ to and from their jobs in a closed dous in this port. We are short of van. Disaster loans for small rated men in ail departments and businesses affected by the current the boom looks like it will con­ drought are available from the Small Business Administration. tinue. The Penn Trader, Henry, Globe 4,000 tons of cattle feed have be­ Progress and Globe Carrier all gun moving into the dry, stricken paid off, and there were three south coast area. An eight-inch thick nylon moor­ sign ons — the Penn Trader, Henry and Globe Carrier. In all, ing snapped on the tug Puerto 15 .ships were in transit. Charles Nuevo of the Puerto Rico Light­ Deiners, who has been shipping erage Company, June 16, while out of Houston for the past cou­ undocking the French passenger ple of years, is looking for a ship Antilles. Two of the Puerto Bosun's job. His last ship was the Nuevo's crewmembers were killed Taddel Victory. A short vacation (Continued on page 14) P«C« Sevea LOO SlU-Railway Marine Re­ gion member William Minkler receives the best wishes of RMR director G. P. McSInty as he re­ ceives his first pension check at N.Y. head­ quarters. Minkler sailed on New York Central tugs for 38 years and is now look­ ing forward to a retire­ ment of ease. Come Claim Lost Property The following Seafao-ers are notified that they have lost property being held for them at the Records Section of New York Headquarters. Seafarers appearing on this list are urged to contact the Records Section to claim their prop­ erty as soon as possible, i Ackroyd, Philip F. ^ Allen, R. H. ; Barclay, P. I Bentley, F. D. i Carey, Riley i Desmond, Robert i Dever, E. i Dolye, Edward P. i Duffy, James W. i Duron, M. I Forte, Ferdinand I'Garnett, C. I Garrlgues, Dale I Gianicco, F. i Goins, Mike (Deceased) ^ Gordy, H. S. I Gorman, Jas, Joseph ^ Hassan, R. f Higgins, Jas. ^ Lillard,. F. E. ^ Maxey, J. H. ^ McGuinn, Eugene ! Mones, J. H. i Morillo, B. : Ottowski, Edward J. : Pasinosky, J. i Pureed, Thos. Shaffer, E.G. Simonds, T. Smith. F. C. Solomon, Wm. Springer, J. L. Stover, C. V. Trost, John Vega, A. Walrath, V. I Weaver, G. Wilson, Herbert C. : Wiseman, R. nancial consequences which would normally hit them If they were forced to stop working without the protection of a pension. The three new pensioners bring to a total of 15 the number of RMR members who have retired on pension this year. The num­ ber of rail tugmen who have been able to collect pensions since the plan was started now stands at 63. The three rail tug veterans are William Minkler, 58; Metro Palubniak, 42; and George Biy, 65. All three are retiring on disabil­ ity pensions which pay $150 per month. Minkler Is a railtug veteran with more than 38 years of ex­ perience with the New York Cen­ tral Railroad. A men»ber of the SIU-RMR since 1960, ha sailed as a deckhand. His last tug was New York Central No. 8. Mink­ ler lives In Cllffslde Park, NJ Mountains in New York state where they intend to purchase a home. BIy is also a New York Central veteran who became a RMR member in 1960. He went to work for the Central in 1925 and sailed as a deckhand. His last tug was New York Central No. 32. Before he tried his hand at railtugs, Bly shipped deep-sea from Gulf ports. Bly is a resident of Weehawken, NJ. He plans to "take it easy" for the next few months, and then looks forward to travel­ ing in Mexico. Palubniac sailed on Pennsyl­ vania railtugs since 1948. He be­ came a member of the RMR in 1960. He ended his career on railtugs when he took his last trip on the New York as a deckhand. He makes his home In Ridgewood, NJ where he plans to spend his retirement with his wife, Ann and their three children. It's smiles all around as two veteran rail tugmen accept their first pension checks from SIU Railway Marine Region di­ rector G. P. McGInty. Standing ll-r) ard'George Bly, who sailed for the New York Central Railroad, McGinty, and Metro Palubniac, who is retiring from the Pennsylvania Railroad. After putting in many years of active service, both will be receiving their $150 pension benefits by mail every month from now on. Port Of New York Hits Record Low In Cargoes NEW YORK—The Port of New York slipped to a new and record low last year in its share of the national total of general cargo exports and Imports handled over its piers and wharves, accord­ ing to S. Sloan Colt, chairman of the Port of New York Authority here. Analysis of Federal Bureau of Census compilations shows that while the national volume of general cargo foreign trade in­ creased from 61.5 million long tons in 1962 to 68.3 million tons In 1963, the New York Harbor volume declined from 13.9 mil­ lion tons in 1962 to 13.4 million tons In 1963, Mr. Colt said. The Port of New York had 2.9 per cent less ocean-borne gen­ eral cargo moving through it last year, compared with 1962, and the port's share of national voluine of general cargo dipped 2.8 per cent below the 1962 level. Although last year's general cargo movement for the port was 3.9 per cent above 1961, Its share of the national total has declined progressively since 1963, the report indicates. The New York-New Jersey Harbor traditionally has been a general cargoport. A century ago it handled 75 per cent of the nation's general cargo trade. In World War II it almost equaled this figure, but following the war a decline set in. The survey points out that the decline in the area's share of the national total Is due largely to the growth of semi-manufac­ tured and raw materials shipped through competitor ports, in­ creased promotional and development activities of Atlantic, Gulf and Great Lakes ports and the rapid growth of industry in the southern and western sections of the nation. m �SEAFARERS Fige Eifht Three More IBU Tugmen On Pension An IBU Baby Picture By Llndsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area SIU Tugs to Haul Floating Monument NEW YORK—The joint Unionemployer trustee panel of the SIU pension plan has awarded three veteran members of the SIUInland Boatmen's Union life-time pensions which will pay ' $150 per month. The three IBU oldtimers have all been awarded disability p e nsions, and can look forward to SIU Inland Boatmen's Union member Forrest Finch is shown a comfortable rehere with his wife Betty and daughter Jeannine at home in tlrement sup­ Valusek St. Louis, Mo. Jeannine, now four months old, is an IBU ported by regular pension checks after a life of hard baby and received a $25 bond from the Union, both com­ work. memorating her btrth and giving her future a little boost. Two of the pensioners, Fred J. Finch works for IBU-contracted Bernhardt Bros., which op­ Valusek, 65; and Mayo Brasseaux, erates tugs out of St. Louis. 62, hail from the Gulf area, while the third, Frank Novak, 62, sailed out of Baltimore. Valusek became a Union mem­ ber in 1960 when he signed up in Galveston. He was an employee of Galveston Wharves, Inc. since 1929 where he worked as a chief weigher. Valusek makes his home WASHINGTON—President Johnson hailed the nation's in Galveston where he lives with first federal equal pay for women bill as a landmark in his wife, Alice. Brasseaux has been an IBU "America's progress toward a society of decency." member since 1963 when he re­ The law, passed last year,"*" ceived his first membership card Clarence T. Lundquist, went into effect June 11 and trator in Port Arthur. Sailing as a cook whose staff has the responsibility for the Sabine Towing and Trans- several hundred persons took for enforcing the statute. part in an all-day conference of Earlier Rep. Edith Green (Dthe National Committee for Equal Ore.), a principal sponsor of the Pay before assembling at the equal pay bill, called for exten­ White House to hear the President. sion of the Fair Labor Standards Johnson told the group that Act, with both its minimum wage America has been made "stronger and equal pay provisions, to addi­ —^not softer as we have laid aside, tional groups of workers "so it gradually one by one, the old will have meaning for those wom­ biases and ancient prejudices en who are on the lowest rung of against the equality of women." the economic ladder." Noting that fewer than one out The new law, which applies to Brasseaux Novak employers and workers covered of three working women are cur­ portation Company since 1942, his by the Fair Labor Standards Act, rently covered by the law, she last tug was the Vulcan. Brasseaux requires that men and women called for action to help "the mil­ lives in Port Arthur with his wife, performing equal work be paid lions of women who make 70 and equal wages. It prohibits lowering 80 cents an hour working in laun­ Letha. Novak is a veteran tugman who salaries for men in order to equal­ dries, department stores and do­ mestic work." held membership in the IBU since ize rates. Lundquist assured the group President James A. Suffridge ot 1957 when he Joined in Baltimore. He was employed by the Balti­ the Retail Clerks served as a mem­ that the new law will be admin­ more Towerage and Lighterage ber of a panel discussion on admin­ istered vigorously and he urged Company and sailed In the deck istration of the new law, which fol­ women whose employers do not department. He is a resident of lowed an address to the confer­ adhere to the law to report the Glen Burnie, Md. ence by Wage and Hour Adminis­ violation to the Labor Dept. New Law Guarantees Women Equal Pay AfL-CIO Highlights Automation Problems 'Misery' Lurks In Progress WASHINGTON—Progress can mean "misery" for millions of workers, the AFL-CIO stressed in House testimony urging establishment of « National Commission on Automa­ tion and Technological progress. Legislative Director An­ Biemiller said, should be Until recently, he said, there drew J. Biemiller said that amission, broadly representative group, has been "an almost single-minded rapid technological change, specifically including persons from concern for the advancement of instead of bringing " a golden age of undreamed of abundance," has contributed to persistent, high un­ employment. "Men have been displaced by machines, skills acquired over a lifetime have become obsolete, entire communities have been turned into islands of depression reminiscent of the 1930s and the frustrations of the Negro people and the youth and the poor of all races have grown in intensity," Biemiller said. His statement to a House Labor subcommittee urged quick approv­ al of the -automation commission bill sponsored by Representative Elmer J. Holland (D-Pa.), chair­ man of the subcommittee. The proposed 14-member com­ U, 1N4 LOG both labor and management. In addition to the commission, made up of persons outside the govern­ ment, a federal inter-agency com­ mittee would be established by the bill to provide technical assist­ ance and advisory services. Both groups are needed, Biemil­ ler said, and would lend encour­ agement to the hope "that the nation will soon begin to meet the enormous social problems created by the revolution in technology with the same zeal which has marked our pioneering efforts in the physical sciences." Much of the problem of adjustment to automation, Biemiller declared has resulted from "a fundamental im­ balance in American policy dur­ ing the past decade." technology and productive effi­ ciency" with "little attention to the serious human problems cre­ ated by rapid technological change." Biemiller cited investment cred­ its and accelerated depreciation allowances "to subsidize the spread of automation . . .whiie little was done to aid in the development of adequate adjustment of people and communities to radical tech­ nological change." He contrasted the modest funds available to the Dept. of Labor for its research programs on automa­ tion's social impact with "the ex­ penditure by the federal govern­ ment of billions of dollars on re­ search and development in the physical sciences." Soon,' Mobile will have its own floating monument to rival the battleship Texas now resting at the San Jacinto Monument near Houston. The USS Alabama, one of the last of the United States Navy's super-dreadnaughts will be towed from Puget Sound, through the Panama Canal and to a flnal dock site in Mobile Bay. The towing, to begin as soon as the ship is fitted out for the operation, will be done by IBU-SIU men aboard tugs of the Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co. Money for establishment of the monument was raised largely by public subscription prompted in the beginning by coins pitched in by Alabama school children. The Alabama is expected to start moving toward her final destina­ tion in about 30 days. Things have been lively on the labor front in New Orleans since our last report. Two unions, both affiliates of the Maritime Council of Greater New Orleans' and vicinity, MTD, AFL-CIO, won beefs involved in, contract negotiations after brief strikes. The first in­ volved a strike of a brewery workers local against a local brewery. The second ended in victory for Grain Workers Local 157A whose members^ picketed the giant Bunge elevator in a successful effort to conclude a contract with the Des--f^ —-— trehan. La., Board of Trade after Texas, after registering in the en­ months of fruitless contract ne­ gine department. He hopes to gotiations. make a Reynolds ore carrier, The maritime labor movement which will enable him to get home has been making steady progress more often, Ray Perry has been in the Gulf as a result of the sweating out a place on the top splendid cooperation that exists of the list in hopes he can makebetween the organizations affili­ a chief steward's job. ated with the various port coun­ One of the real oldtimers en­ cils of the Maritime Trades De­ joying a vacation with his family partment. after registering in Mobile is Os­ Shipping continued to boom car Stevens who has been sailing during the last two weeks and the from the Gulf area since 1934. He outlook for the immediate future was one of those who took part continues to be bright. in American Coal beef. J. C. Trosclar got off in Mobile for a rest Problem There seemed to be a tendency with his family after staying on on the part of rated men in all the Achilles for about a year. J. C. departments to hang back wait­ Stewart is getting ready to move ing for the choice runs rather into a new house. He paid off the than to throw in for the many Steel Surveyor and is registered available jobs. All hands should for an electrician's job. Ethan M. Mercer is ready to bear in mind that the Union has available electri­ an important responsibility to take the first cian's job. His last ship was the man its contracted ships. One of the greatest safeguards we have Neva West. E. J. Riviere, who for protecting our job opportuni­ makes his home in Mississippi, is ties and our many economic bene­ recuperating from a minor illness. fits is through manning the avail­ Darius L. Knapp who last sailed able jobs, promptly and as night cook and baker on the Monarch of the Seas is looking efficiently. During the New Orleans meet­ for another job on the Puerto ing we noted some real oldtimers Rican run. on hand to assist in conducting^ the Union'ii' business. Among them were such familiar faces as Baldy Bollinger, Dick Birming­ ham, Scotty Clark and Sam Hurst. Joe Cave is on the beach and expects to ship toward the end of the summer vacation. He paid off the bosun's job on the Tamara Guilden in order to be MOBILE Construction has beon hand to vacation with his fam­ ily while Joe Jr. is out of school. gun here on a new bulk-liquid Joe Vigo is taking it easy while handling facility which will allow waiting for a Delta Line passen­ vessels to load liquids simultane­ ger ship. Vincent lacono is an­ ously while loading and unloading general cargo. other one on the vacation list. New Yorkers will remember Do The new facility, which will be L. Chen who has been shipping located at shipside in one of the out of Houston- for the last cou­ general cargo piers of the Ala­ ple of years and now is registered bama State Docks, will accommo­ In the steward department. Some date shipside storage of vegetable of the others on the beach in oils as well as drumming or di­ Houston include Fred N. Mitchell rect loading of bulk liquids. who is looking for a pumpman's Bulk liquid cargo previously Job on a T-2 after paying off the could be pumped directly into a Cities Service in Nodfolk. He ship's deep tanks from tank cars says he has had enough of the big on dockside rail tracks or- from supers for awhile. Paul Proko- trucks, the director explained, puk, registered in Group 2, Deck but added that "shippers seldom Department, filled a needed Va­ took the chance of the tank cars cancy for a rated man for an out­ and vessels arriving at the same side trip on the G & H Towing time." Co. tug Grampus. The facility will consist of four Roscoe T. Milton, who has been storage tanks with a capacity of shipping in the deck department more than 5.4 million gallons, he since 1939, was injured in an ac­ said. It also will be able to pump cident ashore and at present is liquid cargo, such as soybean oil collecting out patient benefits. He and peanut oil from barges, tank expects to be fit for duty soon and cars or trucks, to the storage says he will grab the first thing tanks, the drumming plant, or di­ moving. Jose M. Montalvo went rectly into the deep tanks , of home for a vacation at Robstown, .ships. New Mobile Facility To Double Up �M; 1964 SEAFARERS LOG Pare NIak Former Middleweight Champ Bobo Olson Trains At SiU Gymnasium Bobo Olson, who shipped with the SIU Pacific District, had some questions about the SIU Lifeboat School which is lodged in the SIU headquarters at New York. Shown in the photo above are (l-r) SIU rep. Dan Butts, Olson, Robert Ducote, Rudolph Odom and Jimmy Summerall. Plenty of questions were fired at Olson in return. Seafarers check out Bobo's footwork as he shadowboxes during his training session at the headquarters gym. Every seat was packed as SIU men turned out to see the former middleweight champ of the world get in some really heavy training for his recent fight with Johnny Persol at Madison Square Garden. Olson lost a split decision. Former middleweight eliomp Bobo Olson, hard open the comeback trail, utiliied the faciilHes of the SIU headquarters gym to train for his fight with Johnny Persol lost week at New York's Madison Square Garden. Olson, who shipped with — —— the SUP OS on AB in back bid for a shot at the gym wero a big draw for the days before ho won light heavyyveight crown, Seafarers around head­ the middleweight crown worn right now by Willie quarters and for neighbor­ from Randy Turpin. lost a Postrano. The closo loss hood kids, who turned out hard-fought split-decision to Persol come In Olson's to see the former chomp, squeaker at the Garden. 103rd fight as a profes­ who has fought such names Going into the fight sional. His lifetlmo rec­ as 'Sugar' Ray Robinson, heavyweight match with ord shows on Impressive Q7 Archie Moore, Walter Persol, Olson hod a string wins, 14 losses and two Cartier, Joey Maxim, of eight straight victories draws. Rocky Castellanl. Joey Gigoing for him in his come­ His workouts at the SIU ambra and Pierre Langoir. Bobo Olson shows the proper method of throwing a power punch to Rudolph Odom during a break. Neighborhood kids flocked to the gym in droves as soon as word leaked out that Olson was there. During & breather from his rigorous training sessions Olson patiently signed autographs for all askers—and there were plenty. Synthetic Lines For IVIooring And Towing Synthetic lines are made of propylene, polyethylene and Polynylon, Dacron, Esterlon, poly­ plus—85 per cent of manila. lu other words. If a manila propylene, polyethylene, Poly- line with a three-inch circum­ plus or other combinations of ference has a tensile strength synthetic fibers. Their ad­ of 100 per cent, then tensile of synthetic lines of vantages over manila include strength the same size would be: Poly­ lighter weight, greater flexi­ ethylene—160 per cent; Poly­ bility, durability, toughness, propylene—175 per cent; longer life, lower cost and— Esterlon—180 per cent; Polyplus—185 per cent; Dacron— indisputably most important 220 per cent; and nylon—299 —greater strength. per cent. Because synthetic lines are For lines of less than a threestronger than manila, smalldiameter synthetic lines can be Inch circumference, however, it is used for many applications instead recommended that equal-size syn­ of larger-diameter manila, par­ thetic lines be substituted for ticularly on heavy-duty assign­ manila for ease of handling and to ments such as mooring and towing. provide reserve capacity, as small­ Small-diameter lines are, of er-size lines exhibit a greater loss course, lighter and easier to handle of breaking strength as the result than large-diameter lines, and most of fractures, cuts and other synthetic lines also are lighter in abrasive action. In addition, larger synthetic density than manila, w^ich further sizes provide more working area makes them easier to handle. Because of the comparatively and result in less concentration of greater tensile strength of syn­ bearing pressure when in contact thetics, smaller sizes of various with stationary fittings or moving synthetic lines may be substituted capstans. This larger area mini­ for large manila lines, as recom­ mizes wear from abrasion and .creates less frictional heat. Hence, mended by the ABS. the added longeivity and extra Rule Of Thumb safety factor gained by using equalAccording to the ABS formula, size synthetics for manila in the a rule of thumb may be used to smaller .sizes more tiian justify approximate manila lines of a their use. three-incli circumference and ' Highly Elastic larger; nylon—75 per cent; DacSynthetic lines also possess a •ron-r-80 per cent;. Esterlon, poly­ higher degree of plasticity under Because they offer numer­ ous advantages over manila lines, the use of synthetic lines for mooring purposes has been approved for U.S.-flag vessels, with studies now being pre­ pared on the use of such lines for towing. With much of the SIU membership vitally inter­ ested in this innovation, espe­ cially members of the deck department, the^Log has gath­ ered pertinent information on the characteristics of these synthetic lines, which it is printing here as a service to the membership. load than manila and exhibit re­ markable elastic recovery; hence they can be stretched repeatedly without fracturing component fila­ ments. Oilier peculiar characleristics of synthetics are that they ..exhibit a permanent elonga­ tion (the increase in length gained after the first loading) and a working elongation (the recoverable stretch that can be expected from broken-in lines). Because of this exceic tional extensibility, synthetic lines recover with sudden force when they part, and men handling them should exercise Utmost caution.. Under severe weather conditions, which manila and synthetic lines for example, when the elongation greatly differ. of synthelio mooring lines proves Chemical Resistance excessive, it is advisable to double Whereas maniia has poor chemi­ up the lines, and extreme care cal resistance, is subject to mildew should be exercised when easing attack unless treated, requires more out the lines from around bitts, cleats or other holding devices un­ attention and must be dried be­ fore storage, all synthetic lines der stress. Also, due to he high degree of have excellent chemical resistance stretch under load, rapid recovery to acids and alkalis and a.ra in­ upon release of the load and a low herently rot and mildew resistant. coefficient of friction, synthetic In addition, manila guy and lines may slip suddenly and be­ mooring lines must be loosened in come hazardous to the line handler. To best control a line while easing wet weather due to shrinkage, but out, two or three round turns synthetic lines are not affected by should be taken on the bitt before moisture and require little atten­ figure-eighting the line, and the tion due to weather changes. Some, line handler should always stand in fact, are impervious to water, hence they will not freeze. clear of the bitts. Synthetic lines under heavy Nylon and polypropylene are the worst offenders of stick-slip when strain may develop glazed areas easing out under stress. Poly­ on the surface where they have ethylene, on the other hand, may been worked against bitts, chocks require two or three extra turns or cleats. This condition may be because of its extreme lubricity cau.sed by either fusing of surface fibers or removal of paint from and low amount of friction. metal surfaces, but the effect on When nylon, polypropylene line strength is negligible. or Poly-plus lines are used on Surface yarns of soihe synthe­ capstans for heavy towing or tics, particularly nylons and poly­ impact loading. It Is advisable esters, became fuzzy as a result to take six turns on the cap­ of chafing and abrasive action. This fuzziness is natural and acts stans plus two turns overlaying as a cushion to retard additional the last four turns. This re­ abrasion, and unless lite wear has duces the hazard of sudden . penetrated well into the line surges when Tendering out. structure, the loss in tensile . There are several other ways in strength, here too, is negligible. �SiEAW ARERS Pare ten J^ t9, UM< LOG Called Most Secretive Commfsiion In Washington RR Rate Cutting Called A Drag On Whole Economy WASHINGTON—The railroad industry, through its policy of discriminatory rate cutting, has erected "regional trade harriers which retard the free flow of interstate commerce and distort the economic de-"*^ troversial legislation In this area, velopment of the country," so far It has not been able to ac­ the regulated water carrier in­ complish Its goal. dustry charged here last month. The charge was contained In the Common Carrier Conference of Domestic Water Carriers' new publication described as a "cata­ log of typical current rate com­ parisons." In a lengthy analysis of alleged rail freight rate discriminations throughout the US, the water car­ riers declared that railroads maintain inordinately low rates on water competitive services and unduly high ones on Identical services to' interior, noncompeti­ tive points. Dispute Continues This was the latest volley fired off by the water carriers in the two-year-old controversy between the railroads, which have Admin­ istration support for rate de-regulatory legislation, and water car­ riers which oppose such a move. The regulated water carriers, representing barge lines which operate under Interstate Com­ merce Commission jurisdiction, have called instead for increased ICC controls of unsupervised water and truck operations in the bulk and agricultural commodities areas. A similar bill sought by the railroads was defeated in April by the House Rules Committee. Al­ though the Administration subse­ quently has been attempting to write new and hopefully noncon- FMC Promises to End Past Policy Of Secrecy WASHINGTON—The Federal Maritime Commission has adopted a "more liberal" pol­ icy on disclosure of information concerning its operations, John Harllee, chairman of the agency, which regulates oceangoing shipping, has announced. Speaking before the Mari-^ time Administrative Bar As­ man stressed the commission's new $39 billion—of the total world sociation June 12, the chair- policy of full disclosure, saying: trade, which, in turn, generates Llfeboat Class III Qualifies Members of Lifeboat Class 111 have good reason to be satisfied after completing the Coast Guard course at New York headquarters. Graduates of the class, all of whom have received their lifeboat tickets, are, (l-r) Curtis Jorgensen and Harry Ormiston; middle row, Richard Behan, Conrad Gauthier, Charlie Hanscom, Chen Yu; rear, Steve Kelly, Bob Byrnes, Audry Fleming, Robert Krolok and in­ structor Ami Bjornsson. "Open Windows" "We view our Office of Informa­ tion Service and our public room as open windows. Their purpose is to assure full access by the general public, the press and all parties doing business with the agency to all pertinent material regarding our work." In his remarks, Mr. Harllee told the admiralty lawyers that there would be "no iron curtain or subtle silken veil" on the activities of the commission. He was referring to charges made last year that the commission was "the most secretive in Wash­ ington." The allegation was part of testimony given to a Senate Judiciary subcommittee in October by Mark P. Schlefer, an admiralty lawyer here. "But," Mr. Harllee added, the commission would "refuse to con­ sider" for public disclosure "any matter which is not contained in the official record." He said the only reason for withholding such information was that disclosure "would only confuse the public or misrepresent the commission's action." ^ Important Role The commission's regulatory role is one of great magnitude, extend­ ing to about 400 common carriers using US ports, of which 335 are foreign-flag operators represent­ ing all the major maritime nations. Foreign commerce in the US rep­ resents about 25 per cent—or about By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Especially beware of high pressure dealers who advertise such offers as "$1 Down," "$5 Down," "No Money Down," "We finance July Is one of the best months for shopping, with many sales and anyone," etc. The St. Louis Better Business Bureau reports that a clearances offering yon an opportunity to save 10-30 per cent on survey found that almost never was the customer actually given such important family needs. terms but often was compelled to negotiate a side loan to make up Among the sales this month are standard brands and styles of shoes the substantial down payment finance companies actually require. It is to the discredit of the daily newspapers that they permit such for all members of the family; women's dresses and sportswear; men's shirts and other furnishings; refrigerators; curtains and drapes; and, advertising. In a similar racket reported from Canada, some used late in the month, the annual furniture sales. Used cars take their car dealers got buyers to sign agreements to purchase without any traditional drop right after July 4. This month, fuel dealers also written reference to financing, but gave the buyers the verbal im­ offer special concessions to fill your tank or bin, and storm window pression that financing would be available. But when finance com­ panies refused to accept some of the purchasers, they had to produce installers, now between seasons, offer low quotations. Here are tips to help you take advantage of this month's buying the rest of the purchase price themselves or forfeit their deposits. CLOTHING CLEARANCES: You get most for your money in sepa­ opportunities: rates, wliich can be mixed, or matched, and market reports by Re­ USED CARS: Prices of used cars havC/been higher than usual this search Director Lazare Teper of the Ladies Garment Workers Union, year, averaging $866 compared to $832 last year and $302 the year indicate that wage earners nowadays are buying wisely. Women are before, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. tending to select the more versatile suits and separate blouses and But with more price concessions expected in July, a good used car is skirts, and when they buy dresses, are choosing better quality ones. still an excellent investment if it is thoughtfully selected and financed. UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE: The quality of upholstered furniture A late model used car avoids the big first year depreciation of 30 fabrics has developed into a major source of conflict between con­ per cent and sometimes more, which can amount to $6G0-$750 on mod­ sumers and retailers, according to Home Furnishings Daily. The re­ erate price cars. But used cars do need to be bought with care. In tailers in turn blame the manufacturers, and report that even ex­ general, it is usually safer to put your money into a smaller, late pensive fabrics sometimes don't live up to consumers' expectations. model car than a larger, older one. Most frequent mistake of used The chief complaints are premature wear, fading and staining. car buyers is to buy without a test drive. Second mistake is to con­ We have several times recommended buying upholstered furniture centrate on the price rather than the condition of the car. (Make treated with soil-resistant and liquid-repelling finishes such as sure the dealer has an adequate service department to back up his Scotchgard and Syl-Mer. They are worth the extra cost, often $10claims of reconditioning and guaranty). A third mistake is to over­ $20, for furniture that will get hard use in a large family. pay for the financing. However, these finishes merely protect against soil and some stains The fact is, auto finance companies usually charge more for financing (not all). They will not add durability to a thinly woven fabric, even used cars than new ones. You may get a reasonable price on a car though they are offered on some low quality furniture coverings. itself but pay $100-$200 more than necessary for the financing. Credit Salesmen may become over enthusiastic about such finishes, and may unions and banks have a clear advantage here. They usually charge make greater claims than warranted even for their stain-resistance. no more, or sometimes very little more, for financing used cars than FOOD BUYING CALENDAR:' Some meats are going up in price, new ones. A credit union or bank rate generally is never more than especially pork and lamb, but beef remains relatively reasonable for $6 per $100 and sometimes less. But various state law permit rates July, and there are other low cost alternatives to help keep down ranging from $10 per $100 for cars less than two years old, to $13 per family good bills this summer. Both broilers and oven ready turkeys $100 for older cars, and sometimes more. This is equivalent of almost currently are excellent values (useful for lunch boxes and salads 20-26 per cent per annum. In the Southern States that have reg­ too). Canned tuna fish is so cheap it is not only the buy of the month ulatory laws, lenders and finance companies are permitted to charge but the buy of the year. Canned pink salmon also is in heavy supply and relatively reasonable, due to good catches and' large stockis. effective per annum rates oft25-30 per cent on older cars. July Is Month Fo.r Good Buys freight revenues of about $5 bil­ lion a year, according to the com­ mission. As a result of Mr, Schlefer's allegations of secrecy, an antisecrecy bill designed to limit the government's authority to withhold information from the public was approved by the Judiciary subcom­ mittee and is now before the full committee. Because of widespread publicity on the measure, the full five-man Federal Maritime Commission studied the charges and authorized Mr. Harllee to take corrective ac­ tion. Early this year, he chose Richard W. Kurrus, a practicing admiralty lawyer here, to form a committee on public disclosure of information. The committee, a 13-man group made up of eight journalists and five admiralty lawyers, met with Mr. Harllee on May 20. In a letter reviewing the discussion held at the meeting, Mr. Harllee said the commission had studied the charges and recommendations of the group and agreed to the dis­ semination of circular letters dis­ closing the commission's legal opinions and policy positions. Ironically, Mr. Harllee's remarks to the MABA almost were kept off the record. Maritime lawyer War­ ren W. Gardner, chairman of the group, protested he thought the meeting was to have been off the record. A spokesman for the commission said, however, he had cleared the presence of newsmen, only one of whom was present. The reporter was allowed to stay. Lakes Iron Rail Rate Cuts Rapped DETROIT — Great Lakes ship­ pers last week launched an all-out offensive in an attempt to frus­ trate the continuation of reduced multiple-car rail rates on scrap iron and steel moving from seven Michigan origin points to consum­ ing areas in West Virginia, Penn­ sylvania and Ohio. The Great Lakes Ship Owners Association has appealed to the Interstate Commerce Commission not to continue the rates, which approximate $7 per ton, to be continued September 15 of this year. A pending railroad tariff would enable the extension, which would be the third continuation of the reduced rates since they were put into effect last year on a "tempo­ rary" basis. According to the association's argument, which the ICC so far has ignored, the Great Lakes water lines have "lost all of these tonnages" of scrap iron and steel since the rates took effect. The rates are a "cancer which has spread and brought down the entire rate structure and has de­ stroyed the dock at Saginaw (Mich.) as well as the vessel ton­ nage from that point," the asso­ ciation told thi ICC. �9a«» SI» m SEAFARER3 LOG Page E)»^^u Toil Have Nothing To Fear A$ Long As I'm Around' POLITICAL EDUCATION. A special fund for political education has been created as the result of an increase in per capita tax by the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, the first move of Its kind by a northern in­ dustrial state federation. The tax will increase from four to seven cents per month for each member beginning July 1. The fund will be used for voter registration of all union members arid their families and other citizens in the community; get-out-the-vote activity and a continuing campaign on issues. State legislative action that riddled a jobless pay program and the "right-to-work" threat were some of the reasons for the Pennsylvania decision to create the fund. The action was unanimously approved at the recent state AFL-CIO con­ vention. m t, ^ a. VOTE EQUALITY. Four states have acted to carry out the Supreme Court's February decision that reduces the disproportionate voting power of rural citizens at the expense of voters in populous areas. Georgia, Connecticut, Colorado and Michigan have all reapportioned congressional districts on the "one man, one vote" doctrine. Present population of congressional districts runs from a low of 177,431 in Michigan's 12th District to a high of 951,327 in Texas' Fifth. As a result of the High Court's ruling, Georgia legislators consolidated two rural districts and created a second from an Atlanta district that had a population of 824,000. Connecticut created six districts with more equal population. Some gerrymandering by Republican legis­ latures in Colorado and Michigan nearly equalized districts, but either placed more GOP voters into Democratic districts or put Democrat Representatives into the same district. Federal courts in Texas, Maryland, Kansas and Alabama have ordered reapportionment after the 1964 elections and court suits are pending in a number of other states. t it NATIONAL MANPOWER POLICY. President Johnson urges es­ tablishment of a national manpower policy through cooperation of labor, management and government. The President told the annual convention of the Communications Workers of America (AFL-CIO) that a coordinated policy is needed because the economy of the US faces "vast and troubling changes" In the forthcoming years. Auto­ mation, the decline in Jobs for the unskilled and the growth of the national labor force were three reasons given for the formulation of the ntanpower policy. A recently appointed Cabinet committee and existing labor-management committees will help to put the program Into motion. U Two bills have been introduced into the New York State Senate whose early passage is vital to the health of the New York wa­ terfront and maritime labor. They are In­ tro. 1967, which would abolish the Water­ front Commission, and Intro. 1968, which would amend the Waterfront Commission Act and provide for the closing of the long­ In an emotion-filled meeting at amidst charges of unfair practico, Suffolk, Va., 1,600 members of wera unsucessful. Tho third elec­ shoremen's register and the termination of Retail, Wholesale & Department tion saw the union defeated 216 the Commission employment centers. Store Local 26 ratified a new two- to 188, d)ut tlie National Labor The Waterfront Commission was never year contract with the Planters Relations Board set the result Peanut Co., to end their week- aside on UPWA protests. On the Intended to be anything but a temporary long strike against the firm. The fourth vote the union emerged as apparatus. It has, however, determined that union won Its chief demand, a victor. it shall be a permanent agency. We have $1.50 hourly minimum for the low­ $ seen continued effort by the Commission, est pay category of workers. This means a 17-cent an hour wage Backpay for wages lost In a some of it successful, to perpetuate and ex­ increase for 900 women workers, strike 10 years ago was ordered for pand its powers and jurisdiction on the wa­ while the other plant employees 166 employes of a New Orleans terfront. Unfortunately, with few excep­ won 8 cents an hour each year. clothing manufacturer by a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board tions, only the organized labor movement 4aide. Workers of the J. H. Rut- has called attention to the dangers of this Equity, the actors' union, has ter-Rex Mfg. Co., Inc., are entitled police agency and the threat it poses to our elected Frederick O'Neal as its new president to replace Ralph to collect $160,849 In backpay, democratic institutions. averaging $969 per employe. Ex­ Bellamy, retiring after 12 years There is no more convincing evidence of ecution of the order, however, service. O'Neal, an officer and may be delayed by appeals to the the undemocratic character of the Commis­ Equity council menober for 14 of his 20 years as an actor, is the board and the courts. The strike sion than its arbitrary and crude abuse of union's first Negro president. He by Clothing Workers ended offi­ longshore workers' rights. The loose and was elected in a membership refer­ cially in 1955, and the backpay endum after several years as first claim has been under study since broad powers with which the Waterfront vice president. O'Neal had listed 1957. Commission is armed enable it to deprive a $ $ •$ union objectives as contract im­ longshoreman of his rights to a livelihood. provement, particularly the soonTalented young rising instru­ In any case involving the job rights of a to-be-negotiated production con­ mentalists from throughout the tract; extension of employment op­ longshore worker, the Commission-Acts as portunities, merger study, consoli­ US and Canada are now partici­ the complainant, prosecutor, judge and jury, dation of pension and welfare pating In the sixth annual Con­ gress of Strings summer school. and there is no appeal from the Commis­ funds, pay TV and others. The 100 finalists selected through sion's arbitrary decisions except through community audiences are receiv­ 4'' 4* long and expensive litigation by the individ­ Packinghouse Workers In ing instruction from noted con­ Minnesota scored a clear victory ductors at the school sponsored ual, who obviously does not have the "means in a four-year-old battle to win hy the American Federation of which such a procedure requires. union representation in plants of Musicians of Michigan State Uni­ The existence and activities of the Water­ the Tony Downs Food Company, versity, June 21 through August June 10, when employes voted 189 15. The conductors are Mishel front Commission point up a most interest­ to 168 to form a bargaining unit. Piastro, Alfred Wallenstein, Rich­ ing paradox. As the International Long­ In 1960 the UPWA launched the ard Burgin and Victor Allesan- shoremen's Associatioh continues its steady organizing campaign in plants at dro. The union pays all expenses St. James and Madelia, Minn., but of the students, who will appear improvement of conditions on the waterwas rejected. T^wq, ,otl;ier vot^s. in a seijies of pqb^ic concerts. , v. ,front and. of its. effectiveness as a trade un-? ion, the Waterfront Commission goes mer­ rily on its way, building a bigger and bigger bureaucracy and seeking greater and greater powers. The Waterfront Commission has been on the back of the longshore industry now for 10 years. Yet in all that time, with all of the obvious improvements which are the result of the ILA's efforts, as well as those which may be attributed to the Commission itself, not once has the Commission given any hint that the time is near to begin withdrawing and liquidating its functions—as the law in­ tended. It is becoming ever more clear that in spite of the obvious changes which the New York Waterfront has- undergone in the past 10 years, the Waterfront Commission will not admit that the conditions which led to its imiplementation no longer exist. The Waterfront Commission will never say that its job is done. This is why it is up to the New York State Legislature, which cre­ ated it, to conclude the work of this police agency. The Legislature, as one of the im­ portant guardians of the democratic way of life, has a responsibility to make certain that no police agency with arbitrary powers, and inconsistent with .our democratic process, is retained a moment longer than is necessary. As far as the Waterfront Commission is con­ cerned, that moment is long past. The need for it no longer exists and it must be legis­ lated out of existence. Both bills presently before the New York State Legislature are good bills. Of the two however, it is Intro. 1967 which is far and away more deserving of passage. This bill would abolish the Waterfront Commission entirely and completely eliminate the dan­ gers inherent in such a self-perpetuating, police agency. This bill, at one stroke, would eliminate countless abuses of Waterfront labor, eliminate a constantly growing bur­ den to the taxpaying public, and safeguard the spirit and practice of democracy and . democratic principles in. America. �Far« Twelve By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President. Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. SEAFARERS Jane U, 1964 lOO Senate Committee Ok's Ship Building Subsidies WASHINGTON—A two-year extension of federal subsidies for construction and reconstruction of American-flag cargo Penalty IVIeai Hour Interpretation and passenger ships has been approved by the Senate Com­ Several interesting questions have been sent In by Seafarers. One, merce Committee. concerning penalty meal hour, was sent In byJames Lee, who sails Already passed by the the program two years beyond on the Hudson. Question; Will you please get us straight on the 12 to 4 watch. We House, the measure continues June 30, Is Intended to offset the are. topping booms and we are half finished. The man going to the wheel is getting on for lunch at 11 AM, but they want the other two men to work until 12 o'clock and take to 1 PM for lunch. Is there a penalty meal hour involved or not? Or, do the two men Just work till 12 and take lunch till 1 PM and start at 1:00 again? Answer: Based on the information contained In your letter, and assuming vessel is at sea, the following would apply: There appears to be no violation of the Agreement. Interpretation: The contract provides that the dinner hour is from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. It provides further that the 12-4 watch on sailing day is to be knocked off at 11:00 AM and to be ready to go on watch at 12 noon. It provides still further that the meal hour may not be changed in excess of one hour either way, provided that one unbroken hour shall be given or an hour's overtime shall be paid in lieu thereof. The change of meal hour for the two men involved was not in excess of one hour. They were-*given a full, unbroken hour for ting of watches Is at the option dinner so they are not entitled of the Chief Engineer. However, to a penalty meal hour. Reference: Standard Freight- Headquarters has contacted the ship Agreement, Article II, Section Company and notified them that 44. MEAL HOURS. Relieving for they are to instruct the Chief En­ Meals. The meal hours for the gineer to be consistent in the unlicensed personnel employed in future: Either stand watches in the deck and engine departments all ports, or day work In all ports. In the event you have any further shall be as follows: Breakfa.st— 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM difficulty, please let us know. Reference: Article IV, Section Dinner— 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM Supper— 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM' 7: BREAKING WATCHES—When (a) At sea the 4 to 8 watch a vessel is in port as defined in Article II, Section 34, and is sched­ shall relieve itself for supper. <b) 12 to 4 watch on sailing uled to remain in port twenty-four days is to be knocked off at 11 (24) hours or longer, sea watches AM in order to eat at 11:30 AM shall be broken. When scheduled and to be ready to go on watch at stay of vessel is less than twenty-four hours, sea watches 12 noon. (c) These hours may be varied, shall be maintained. If sea watches but such variations shall not ex­ are to be broken, they shall be ceed one hour either way pro­ broken when "Finished with vided that one unbroken hour Engine" bell rung. When vessel arrives in port and shall be allowed at all times lor dinner and supper when ves- is to depart prior to midnight of - sel is in port. When watches are the following day, sea watches for broken, if one unbroken hour is those men who are to stand not given, the man involved shall donkey watches shall be broken at receive one hour's overtime in midnight on day of arrival. lieu thereof. This penalty hour On day of arrival any part of a shall be in addition to the actual sea watch from midnight until 8 overtime worked during the meal a.m. shall constitute a complete hours. watch. This shall not apply to men (f) When the watch below or who are to stand donkey watch. men off duty are working on over­ When such arrival occurs on a time at sea or in port, they shall Saturday, Sunday or Holiday, be allowed one unbroken meal overtime shall only be paid for hour. If one unbroken meal hour hours actually worked on such is not given, the men involved watch. When watches are not shall receive one hour's overtime broken in port and vessel's stay in lieu thereof. This penalty hour exceeds 24 hours in port overtime shall be in addition to the actual shall be paid for all watches stood overtime worked during the meal after 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m. hour. The provisions in this sec­ after 24 hours. If watches are tion shall be applicable at all broken in a port after having been times at sea or in port to men maintained for a period of time, I overtime shall be paid for all on day work. Question: What is the rale for watches stood between time of cleaning holds? The Mate contends arrival and breaking watches. This it is 50c, and I believe it is 52c shall not apply when the crew is being paid overtime for standing per hour. Answer: The correct hold clean­ watches. This excludes men stand­ ing donkey watches. —and— ing rate is 52c per hour. Section 18 fg) OILERS ON SEA F. L. David, sailing aboard the Transhudson, sent in the following WATCHES (STEAM) — In port question asking for clarification of when sea watches are maintained and cargo is being worked after oiler watches. Question: .We arrived here at 5 p.m.. and before 8 a.m. Monday Bombay yesterday, Sunday May 17. through Friday, the Oiler on We got F.W.E. at 10:42. We as­ watch .shall be paid overtiipe in sumed that we were to continue accordance with ARTICLE IV, on as before, with port watches Section 29, of the Agreement. for the Oilers to be maintained as —and— Section 29. WORKING CARGO. in the past voyages. But, the Chief Engineer says 'NO,' due to the fact —(a) The Watertender, Firemanthat the port is congested with Watertender, or Fire-tube Fire­ ships and we may be several weeks man detailed to look after the before we go to a berth to start plant shall receive overtime while unloading our cargo of grain cargo is being worked with ship's where he, the Chief Engineer, says winches between the hours of 5 that we shall resume standing our p.m. and before 8 a.m. Monday port watches. In the meantime, through Friday. (b) When cranes or other shore while at anchors in this road stead, he wants us to be on day work. equipment is employed excluAnswer: The breaking and set­ (Continued on page 17) subsidies of vtp t6 55 percent on new cargo ships and 60 per cent for reconstruction of passenger vessels. The legislation, which extends Experts Urge Standard Size For Containers HAMBURG, Germany—A tech­ nical committee of the Inter­ national Organization for Stand­ ardization, meeting here, has recommended the adoption of nine freight containers for uni­ versal use in shipping operations. The recommendation will now go before the 50-nation ISO, which is expected to approve the meas­ ure as an international standard by next year. Concerns under contract to the SIU which have container-ships are Sea-Land Service and the South Atlantic and Caribbean Lines. Sea-Land has six such ships, while South Atlantic has one. Size Difference Sixteen delegates from 13 na­ tions and the US finished the draft recommendation for three metric and six American-type containers. Basically, the Ameri­ can sizes are eight feet wide and eight feet high, and range in length from five to 30 feet, with one in the 40-foot class. The three metric-measured European sizes are four to nine feet in length. Progress also was made on a standardized system for handling the containers, but delegates de­ ferred final approval until the September, 1965, meeting sched­ uled for New York. The ISO committee reportedly planned to consider not only the actual size and manner of handling containers to be approved, but also the definition of "containers" as well as methods of marking and testing them. The committee was appointed at the request of US industry leaders and the American Stand­ ards Association of the ISO to consider world-wide standards for containers. Turned Down OT? Don't Beef On $$ Headquarters wishes to re­ mind Seafarers that men who are choosy about working cer­ tain overtime cannot expect an equal number of OT hours with the rest of their department. In some crews men have been turning down unpleasant OT jobs, and then demanding to come up with equal overtime when the easier jobs come Torg. This practice is unfair to Sea­ farers who take OT jobs as they come. The general objective is to equalize OT as much as possible but if a man refuses disagree­ able jobs there is no require­ ment that when an easier job comes along he can mak" up the overtime he turned down before. higher labor and construction costs in this coimtry compared with foreign shipping yards. The amount of subsidy on each ship is determined by the Maritime Ad­ ministration and then authorized by the Secretary of Commerce. Subsidies to date have been run­ ning about $250 million a year. Shipbuilders and operators, who had appealed to the Senate for the extension, claim that had it not been approved it would cost them from $500,000 to $600,000 more per ship. In the meantime, the Maritime Subsidy Board has proposed stiffer requirements for the sale or transfer of ships by subsidized operators. It plans to determine whether the prospective buyer has the experience and money to operate a ship before it approves a sale and releases the seller from any of his obligations under the construction subsidy contract. New Cost System The MA also has proposed a new system for comparing US and foreign costs for subsidy purposes. It proposes to stop using the single lowest cost foreign yard as a means for comparison. Instead, it would use the aver­ age cost of five foreign shipyards to compute the subsidy. This would make the US and foreign shipbuilding costs closer together and reduce the subsidy outlay to the government. A final decision on the new cost scheme is expected within two months. Davy Jones Still Keeps A Secret SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick —Treasures raised from a sunken, 18th century ship which was only discovered last January in the Bay of Fundy off this city's coast, were unveiled last week in an ex­ hibit at the museum here. The 150-foot wreck was discov­ ered by skin diver Reginald Rich­ ardson, Jr., of nearby Deer Island. It has resulted in a series of ex­ plorations to recover a variety of items which have been carefully examined, authenticated and cata­ logued by personnel of the New Brunswick Museum. But the real secret — who she was, where she was bound to and what type of mission she was slated for—is still hidden in -the deep recesses of the sea which has washed around her for two centuries. The vessel is, to a large extent, obscured by silt and clay. Documentation' of objects sal­ vaged from the floor of the Bay of Fundy pinpoints the ship's date as the latter part of the 18th cen­ tury. Further exploration was author­ ized by the Minister of Education of New Brunswick, and was spon­ sored by the museum. Diver Richardson and several assistants have returned to the sunken vessel repeatedly, in search of more treasures and foipossible clues as to what ship she was. QUESTION; Has tfie Surg­ eon General's report on the harmful effects of cigarette smoking affected your smoking habits? Regino 'Vasquez: The Govern­ ment report doesn't affect me since I only smoke one cigar­ ette a day. I started smoking 13 years ago, but it's a rare day when I have more than one cigar­ ette. I think that heavy smokers better pay attention to what's in that report. Since it doesn't apply to me, I haven't paid too much attention to it. 4' 4" James B. Shamburger: The re­ port hasn't made me do anything to change my smoking habits. Why on earth should it? I can't quit and I can't find anything to make me stop lighting up. The effect of the re­ port is mostly mental. When people read it, they start worrying. I once sailed with an 84-year old fireman who smoked all his life. Believe me, he wasn't worrying about cancer. 4 4* 4 Jerry Miller: Before they is­ sued that report, I was a two or three pack-a-day man. Once I heard what could happen to you, I cut down to a pack a day. I'd cut it out alto­ gether, but I'm afraid I'd gain too much weight, once quit smoking for eight hours, but I almost flipped in the process. My wife, is real proud of my eight-hour record. 4 4 4 Anthony Roberts: The Govern­ ment report made me cut down to a pack a day. I used to smoke about two packs; in fact, I've been smoking for most of my life. I be­ lieve what they said in the re­ port since any­ thing could be true. I quit smoking for a day or two a few times, but it didn't take long to get me started again. 4 4 4 Steve. Bergeria: I mostly smoke cigars and a pipe, so the Surgeon General's report doesn't affect me that much. I only take a cigarette once in a while. I'd probably smoke more of them, but the burning paper bothers me. When I'm reading, I usually enjoy a good pipe. I|m not short-winded or anything like that. I know be­ cause I work out in the gym regu­ larly. WRTOTS �' - JuM t6, 1984 SEAFARERS Pace ThlrteeB LOG „ 'A Seafarers and scientists watch a big one being landed. An average day's catch might include six hundred pound swordfish, marlin, sailfish, shark, albacore, yellowfin tuna, moonfish, lepisorus, and many other beasts of the deep, taken with special lines. Far out at sea. the Anton Brunn had a visitor in this baby whale, which popped out of the water unexpectedly and played alongside the ship. Scientists on board estimated its weight at about 15 tons. No attempt was made to catch it. ^ i Bosun Ed Cwynos Ileft) teamed up with chief scientist Shomura in landing a shark. The deep sea killer was hauled aboard In the Indian Ocean in April for study by the fish specialists on board, who are unlocking the secrets of fish activity. OCEANOGRAPHERS EXPLORE INDIAN OCEAN m • A. 'I 1 <-^1 Hoisted aboard and weighed, this swordfish tipped the scales at a cool six hundred pounds. Cruise #5 of the SlU-contracted research vessel carried eleven scientists from all over the world, one weatherman and seven professional Ha­ waiian fishermen in addition to technicians and crew. Chief steward 'Saki' Jack Dolan, who made with the cam­ era and pencil to make this LOG re­ port possible. SEAFARERS MAN THE R^V ANTON BRUUN • The map below shows the route of the SlU-contracted research vessel An­ ton Bruun's cruise No. 5, which is reported here in photos forwarded to the LOG by chief steward 'Saki' Jack Dolan. The major ports of call included the Seychell Islands; Port Louis, Mauritius; Amsterdam Island; St. Paul Island; Can Island; Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands; Cochin and then back to Bombay over a four month period. The vessel's full ^complement of scientists from all over the world were studying the sea and the life it supports. At the first port of call, the Hawaiian fishermen threw a 'Luau' for everyone aboard. Here the main dish, a pig, is being prepared. This is a bit of play, but a normal day's work aboard the ship Included intensive data gathering by the biologists, oceanographers, and other scientists aboard. Enjoying the refreshments at the 'Luau' are (l-r) an uniden­ tified scientist and Seafarers DeQuartel, AB, and Leight, BR. The photos on this page were taken and forwarded to the LOG by chief steward 'Saki' Jack Dolan, who reports that all hands enjoyed the beach party. Immensely. �SEATAtlERS Page. FMirt^ laE Spinner Mariner Types On Way APL Buys Matson Ship To Fill Temporary Gap ly I. i. McAulcy, WMt Coast Roprosentaflvo S.F. Labor Advocates Anti-Scab Bill SAN FRANCISCO—SIU Pacific District-contracted Ameri­ can President Lines has announced its purchase of the freighter Hawauan Educator from Matson Navigation Com­ pany, also an SIU Pacific Dis--*through, which la expected, the trict-contracted company. vessel, which probably will be re­ The purchase is subject to the approval of the Maritime Sub­ sidy Board and the Maritime Ad­ ministration. The C-3-type ship will be used on an interim basis in APL's Trade Route 29 service, the company said. Purchase price of the vessel was not disclosed. A spokesman for APL said the company plans to survey the ship and lay the groundwork for man­ ning her, and when government approval of the purchase comes Probe Legality Of Agriculture News Service named the President Harding, will be integrated Into APL's sailing schedule this month. American President Lines also began construction last month on one of three new Master Mariner cargoliners with the keel-laying of the SS President Monroe at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company's shipyard in San Diego. The President Monroe Is sched­ uled to be launched in February and delivered to APL In August next year. A keel for the third Master Mariner, the President Harrison, will be laid in November this year, at which time the first vessel, the President Polk, will be launched. All three liners will be in APL's trans-Pacific service by early 1960, the company said. The 23,000-ton APL freighters will not bo ordinary cargo freight­ ers, the company said. Special in­ novations and design features will be built into the ships, and the three vessels will rank among the largest, fastest, and most highlyautomated cargoliners In the American merchant marine. The new freighters, under con­ struction at a cost of more than $37 million, are part of APL's fleet replacement program, and will bring to 13 the number of cargo­ liners that have entered service with the company in the last decade, APL reports. WASHINGTON — An amend­ ment to the National Food Com­ mission resolution has been passed by the House, which will permit the commission to study the Department of Agriculture's new market news wire. The reso­ lution was passed on a voice vote here last week. The amendment, which calls for a thorough investigation of the constitutionality of the USDA wire, follows on the heels of a blast against Agriculture by Rep. Paul Findley on the house floor. Find ley said the market news wire service was an attempt to disseminate news in competition with private wire services for the (Continued from page 7) first time in history. Calling on President Johnson to and several others were injured. put an end to the government Another ship, the Scandia went sponsored news service, Findley aground in San Juan harbor re­ declared in a speech that inagura- cently. The vessel was refloated tion of the service "strikes at the 16 hours later with the help of heart of our constitutional sys- the tide atlU seven tow boats. The tetn." Scandia was the sixth ship to go The market news service, Find­ aground in or near the harbor in ley continued, "could weaken the the past year. press freedom guaranteed under J. B. Figueroa, Secretary of the the first amendment." Puerto Rico Penal Guards Union, The resolution, made by Repub­ will meet with Governor Munoz to lican H. Allen Smith, now goes to seek a substantial wage increase the Senate-House Conference to for the penal guards. An increase iron out differences between the from $185 to $223 is being sought. two bodies on the amount of time The Industrial Workers Union of and funds to be used by the com­ Puerto Rico voted to strike against mission in making its study. the Seven-Up Bottling Company The California congressman because of disputes arising over p-i-oposed that the "di.ssemination of market news" be included wages, vacation and Christmas among the government services bonuses. Nearly 160 workers at and regulatory activities which the Puerto Rico Iron Works plant the resolution says shall be in Ponce have walked out, alleg­ studied and appraised by the ing tiie company had laid off 31 workers who refused overtime. commission. Smith told the House that his These workers are represented by amendment would permit the the Metallurgical Workers Union. Puerto Rico's planning board commission to look into this par­ recently predicted a record tour­ ticular a.spect of government serv­ ices involving the food industry if ist season for the island this fis­ cal year, with 236,004 tourists the commission wishes to do so. The National Food Commission, registered in hotels. This figure which is designed to study the compares with 176,078 for the food industry from farmer to first ten months of fiscal 1902-63. consumer, would be comprised of The National Labor Relations five members of the House, live Board has impounded the ballots from the Senate and an additional cast by tlie workers of the Hotel five to be appointed by the Presi­ Pierre as a result of charges of coercion levelled against the dent from outside Congress. ' The Department of Agriculture Teamsters Union by the Gasfrohas undergone severe criticism in nomical Union. Croupiers, Gasrecent months when it started tronomical Union members, at the competing against a private ferry Hotel Americana walked out in line between Orient Point on Long protest against persecution by ho­ Island, NY and its Plum Island tel officials in the firing of 15 croupiers recently." laboratory. Atlantic Coast i Operating the control panel of a telephone wire spinning machine above, at the SIU United Indus­ trial Workers - contracted British Ropes Ltd. in New Jersey, is SlU-UIW mem­ ber Joseph Korecky. Korecky is a deft hand at op­ erating the ,rig, which is one of the most advanced in use today. DO NOT Buy Action In the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wages and better con­ ditions. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions In­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) , "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) J. Eastern Alt Lines (Flight Engineers) $> H. I. Siegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (.Amalgamated Clothing Workers) 4- S* i "Judy Bond" Blouses (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) 4- 4 4- Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) 4" 4' 4' Siitzel-'A'eller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) " 4» 4' 4< J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 4 4* 4' Kingsport Press "World Book." "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbindei^) (Machinists, Stereotypers) 4 4 4 Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) Tho San Francisco Labor Council Is pushing for passage of a bill In the California State Xeglslaturo that would prohibit tho Importing of strikebreakers from other states. Action stems from a nlne-month-old strike involving ^an Francisco Typographical Union #21, in which scab labor imported from Florida, Colorado, Massachusetts, Louisi­ ana, Texas and other states is being used. This maneuver by printing plant management has tho appearance of anti-union conspiracy and SFTU #21 is ready to prove the existence of out-of-state scabs. ' Any legislation to stop importation will Im. op­ posed—so the move will be a testy and cautious one. Shipping on the West Coast looks very good, with the possible ex­ ception of Wilmington, where the outlook for the next couple of weeks Is slow and no payoffs in sight. Both Seattle and San Fran­ cisco ports have a rosy shipping outlook for the near future. An increaso of 50 transits over April through the Golden Gate during May points to a good shipping outlook for San Francisco. In general, a decline in foreign-flag shipping activity over May, 1963, was noted. The 397 vessel arrivals last month were 15 fewer than 1063, but the ships' net registered tonnage was up some 124,000 tons over the same period last year. Arrivals and in the last period paid off Wa have had above average the Wild Ranger. The Massmar, number of arrivals, 225 of the 397 Eagle Voyager, Steel Artisan, being American vessels. In all, Monticelio Victory, Robin Rood, 21 different nations came into Montpelier Victory, San Francis­ port. Japanese ship arrivals were co, Steel Navigator, Flomar and below normal, part of a trend of Northwestern Victory all were in declining ship activity from that transit. Walter Cousins, after be­ nation to Bay and River ports this ing on the beach several weeks year. Coastwise shipping activity from the National Seafarer (a run job of 92 days), shipped on the was moderately up. Political talk on the Coast has Steel Navigator and hopes that quieted down since Pierre Sal­ his luck wil); run better this time. inger upset the applecart in the Phil Livingston, who sails as 3rd Democratic primary. The Poll­ Cook and is a regular go-getter, is sters really flopped when they starting to get itchy feet while picked Alan Cranston, the State waiting for a ship to the Far East. Controller who was Gov. Pat Phil figures he has taken his va­ Brown's personal choice. Goldwa- cation and it's time to get back to ter's win in the Republican pri­ work. Our old-timer, Walter Reedy, mary was also slightly miscalcu­ who is the dispatcher in San lated. Over in the Sacramento delta Francisco Hall, has been laid up and valley areas, where a large for four days in the hospital here. amount of the nation's rice and Walter has a huge, ingrown car­ other grain is produced, there buncle on his back, near the low­ will be a new rice storage and er part of the ribs. He must take loading facility and rehabilitation penicillin evtery day and heat of old grain storage facilities. At treatment for several hours. Wal­ a recent meeting of the Port of ter claims the therapy isn't hurt­ Sacramento Commission, a con­ ing, but only very Inconvenient. The National Seafarer, Jeffer­ tract was awarded for the expan­ sion, totalling $2 million. The son City Victory, Transhartford grain storage addition is to be and the Mobile have all paid off completed within six months and up in Seattle. Expected payoffs the rice facility within nine. Rice, are the Transeastem, Transhatmeanwhile, will continue to move teras. New Orleans and the Longby the temporary method now In' view Victory. Demetrios Calogeros, bosn'n off the Chilore, has use. Slow is the word for Wilming­ decided to end his stay on the ton, which had four ships in beach here and Is registered and transit during the last period and ready to go to work again. And paid off only the Eagle Voyager. W. Christlanson is going to do The Voyager then signed on six- just the opposite — stay on tiie month tramp type article to pay beach in Seattle and get In a lit­ off again on the West Coast when tle fishing and sun. they expired. Don Bartlett has been on the beach here for the past six months. He was taken off the Orion Hunter not fit for-duty and remained in that condition for about two months. He is anx­ SAN DIEGO- -The 14,800ious to ship now and would like ton cargo ship Canada Mail to make a bosun's job on a tanker. was launched May 30, 1964, at New Book the yards of the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company Don Gilbo just received his here. book a few weeks ago after com­ pleting the upgrading program in Built at a cost of $11,346,New York. He has nothing but 000, the vessel Is the first of two sister ships under con­ praise for the manner in which struction at the yard for the the program is being run, and American Mail Line of Seattle, feels that it was an exceptional Wash., an SlU-Pacific Districtexperience to ,see how the union contracted company. and welfare services operate. In The 563-foot, 20.5 knot sickbay at the US Public Health steamship is the fourth new Service Hospital in San Francisco vessel to be launched for the is Lester Wolfe, who was just re­ company as • part of a longpatriated from the Penn Chal­ range, eight-vessel replace­ lenger because of a broken wrist. ment program under a federal He still keeps in touch with the operating subsidy contract. hall here through his wife, Nel­ The line maintains schealie. She says that he will be home uled service from the West soon and sends his regards to all Coast, to the Far East and his shipments on the beach. Southeast Asia. We're running short of black gang men here in San Franciscq,, American Mali Gets New Ship �SEAVAKtKS JnM t6/ 196f Pace tOG Cita 50 PTcenf Tonnog# (iiypff SlU-Contracted Seatraln Line Begins New Puerto Rico Service EDCrEWATER, NJ—Twice-a-we«k rail car aervice to Puerto Rico began June 19 when the SlU-contracted Seatrain Linea made Ita first nin to the island. The aervice, part of a two-phase program, opened the tJM. Territory to rail aervice for the first time, Seatrain's specialized vessels now carry rail cars as well as highway containers. Working with the Puerto Rico Economic Development Adminis­ tration and the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, the Edgewater-based company last year began a weekly trailer aervice to San Juan. Seatrain's six specially designed ships have been carrying 40-feet riexi-Van dry trailers. Fruit Growers Express refrigerator trailers and the firm's own Seamobiie Highway containers. Terminal Operating A $1 million railroad car and trailer facility at Isla Grande, whose construction began in 1963, is now in regular operation. The beginning of the new rail car service to Puerto Rico comes at the same time Seatrain will discontinue sailings between New Orleans and New York. A recent announcement by company officials said that the sailings were cancelled because of recent heavy losses suffered from dis­ criminatory rate-cutting by the railroads. Seatrain's action in dropping the New Orleans runs parallels steps taken several years ago by SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service, which at that time was the only other general cargo coastwise service. Floating Offshore Terminals Aid Supertanker Unloading A floating tanker terminal that can be used for the loading and discharging of large tankers in the class of the SIUmanned supertanker Manhattan, has been put into use in many ports around the world. Developed by a Swedish sea water, and will float on the marine construction com­ surface as the water is blown out pany, Imodco International Ltd., the floating terminal is especially useful at harbors with restricted channel depths or at coastwise points with no port facilities what­ soever. The Imodco Company was recently acquired by American interests. Basically, the floating terminal is a large circular buoy-sized vessel, firmly secured to the sea bottom by a rotating mooring arm connected to a mooring ring, al­ lows ships to moor quickly and safely and to swing completely around the terminal. Rotating Unit A multi-p r o d u c t distribution unit holds a rotating cargo mani­ fold from which the hoses are passed to the tanker. The unit has the capacity to handling several different cargoes simultaneously through parallel lines. The buoy-like terminals vary In size, the largest being about 45 ft. in diameter. The weight of the 45 ft. terminal is approximately 14 tons. The buoy is compartmented and contains equipment to operate fog signals, lights, and compressed air apparatus to raise and lower the float-sink hoses where used. Several terminals are already operational in the waters of the Spanish Sahara, Sicily, Spanish Guinea, Italy, Japan and South Korea. At the terminal in Ulsan, Korea,, tankers can discharge at a rate of about 3,000 tons per hour through two 12 inch hoses. The cargo hoses are continuously float­ ing lines, each 800 feet in length. Another floating terminal at lita, Japan can accommodate tankers up to 100,000 dwt. The terminal Is fitted with two 12 inch, float-sink cargo hoses. Disappearing Act Special floats on the hoses maintain them at almost neutral buoyancy. The hoses rest on the bottom of the sea when filled with CHMGIHSAVISRESSON' ^l06MAlUN6LISrP by compressed air through an air hose contained within the cargo hose. In this way an area is kept free of floating hoses when the termi­ nal is not in use and therefore does not interfere with local shipping and consequently there is less wear and tear on the cargo hoses. Only 20 minutes is required to float two 755-foot lengths of 12-inch hose. With an increasing trend toward the construction of mammoth size tankers and a worldwide lack to harbor facilities capable of handling them, the floating tanker terminal could be a practical and economical solution to a pressing problem in the maritime Industry. Big City Bans Barge-Borne Billboard Ads NEW YORK —Brightly Illumi­ nated auto agency billboard ads which have been towed by barges around Manhattan Island for the past several months have been banned by the City Planning Com­ mission here, although It may have a legal battle on its hands. Allied Waterways Spectaculars, the only firm now using the bargeborne ads, has questioned the right of the city to regulate activi­ ties on navigable waterways, usu­ ally the concern of the federal government, and has received a one-year grace period. House flags and other marine Insignia were exempted from the amendment to the zoning code, which becomes law in 60 days if approved by the Board of Esti­ mate. The Planning Board contends its ban is based on the need to main­ tain highway safety and the value of waterfront property. Motorists on waterfront high­ ways had complained that the multicolored barge display was a distraction, and real estate inter­ ests complained it threatened property values, the Board said. U.S.-Canadian Authorities Nix Seaway Toll Hike Plan DETROIT—Based on a 50 per cent rise In cargo tonnage handled during the first two months of this year. United States and Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Authorities have re­ commended to their respective governments that there be no toll Increases on the new in­ ternational waterway for the-*next five years. month the Seaway, by Increasing has lagged far behind estimated It is now up to the govern­ the cargo flow, has been able to forecasts. ments of both countries to make the final decision. Should the two governments go along with the recommendations, it would mark a victory for the U.S. agency, which has held out for a status quo on the tolls against a reported proposal by the Canadian entity that they be hiked by as much as 10 per cent. The increase in cargo tonnage handled on the waterway thus far this year has encouraged both U.S. and Canadian seaway groups to forecast a 35 million ton cargo handling this year. The seaway, in fact, celebrated its fifth anniversary by breaking all tonnage records, according to Joseph H. McCann, administrator of the St. Lawrence Seaway Corporation. Tonnage figures in­ dicate that the waterway topped the five-million-ton mark for the first time in its history and in­ creased its lead over last year's record pace by more than two million tons, he said. Should this tonnage pace con­ tinue, both Seaway groups would be able to wipe out much of the financial problems that have left them in the position of being un­ able to make their financial agree­ ments with their respective gov­ ernments hold up. Pay Off Pledge Under international agreement, both U.S. and Canada Seaway authorities are pledged to pay pff the multimillion-dollar indebted­ ness for the construction of the waterway v'ithin a 50-year period. The agreement also called for a review of the tolls structure at the end of the first four-ypar period to determine if tolls were suf­ ficient to meet the financial agreement. Any change in tolls was to have become effective with the opening of the 1965 shipping season. While nothing official has come from the Commerce Department in Washington, it is believed likely that the U.S. Government will go along with the no-tolis recommendations. Consensus has it that every Eibow-On View From the crook of his elbow, shipmates may be .able to recognize SlU In­ land Boatmen's Union mem­ ber Thomas Breslin. As relief cook aboard the IBUcontracted McAllister tug Theresa, operating out of Philadelphia, he's poured many a cup of hot java in his day. wipe out much of the earlier deficit in cargo which put the tolls return far below the anticipated level. While It generally was agreed that a tolls hike was necessary to meet the Joint debt, it also was felt that to increase tolls by even as much as 10 per cent would not only discourage use of the Seaway by shipping lines, but would wipe out some of the advantages Sea­ way backers claim the waterway has over deepsea ports. An encouraging sign. Seaway officials said. Is a 10 per cent rise in general cargo which up to now The Canadian Government this year reimposed tolls on the Welland Canal, the all-Canadian link in the Seaway between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, after a year's lapse. The government presently is working on twinning tlie locks to speed up the handling of shipping via this one-time bottleneck which hampered vessel movement Final ruling on the tolls is ex­ pected by July 1, 1964, but it has been agreed that any change made would not become effective until the beginning of the 1965 season on the Great Lakes. By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes Lakes Job Outlook Optimistic The shipping picture for the Great Lakes continues to be bright and clear as most ports report the job situation is holding steady. Shipping in Chicago is reported to be exceptionally good, while Duluth and Buffalo also send word that the job situation remains at a good level. Detroit and AJpena also report that shipping remains at a good, even keel. The big news in the Lakes area was the decisive 3-2 margin the SIU-Transportation Services and Allied Workers rolled up among the Checker Cab drivers in Detroit on June 8-9. The SIU-TSAW vote was especially significant since the vote represented a definite setback for the Teamsters, right in Jimmy Hoffa's backyard. However, there were 312 challenged votes, which will be settled in the near future. The NLRB election was the climax of a campaign which began two years ago when a group of Checker drivers came to the SIU-TSAW for help in establishing a union. The company used almost every device in the book in its attempt to repulse the organizing drive. It only accepted an NLRB decision for an election after a supreme court decision rejected its claim that multi-ownership of the cabs barred the drivers from coverage by the Taft-Hartley Act. •* Another bright spot on the labor shipped out. Al Morgan recently front was the news that we finally signed on the Milwaukee Clipper received certification from the as a lookout. Al has shipped on the NLRB in the Pringle Barge elec­ Clipper in previous seasons, and tion. A proposed contract has been we're sure the gang there will be prepared and will be submitted to happy to see him return. He has the company shortly. The Pringle developed quite a reputation for Barge Line operates two tugs and the concerts he gives with his con­ two barges, employing about 40 certina on balmy evenings when everyone is sitting around the fanunlicensed seamen. SlU men on the beach in Alpena tail. Paul Frovo is also another had bright smiles recently when steady who has returned to the they learned that the John W. Milwaukee Clipper. After being in Boardman, a cement carrier, dry-dock for a year-and-a-half wouldn't be laid up, as previously with a broken leg, he is really hap­ reported, because of a shortage of py to get back to work. As he puts cement. The vessel is expected to it, "It'll really be good to get some fit out again within the next 10 fresh air back in my lungs." Jimmy Hamilton has found a job on the days. Several Seafarers are aboard the barge Marquis Roen. Jimmy was new carferry Tustuniena, according really .sorry to ship out, but he to a report from Frankfort. They came around the hall recently to will be making the long, 10,000- tell everyone that he has found a mile voyage through the St. Law­ new home. According to St. Lawrence Sea­ rence Seaway, via the Atlantic Coast, through the Panama Canal way authorities cargo traffic dur­ ing the first quarter of 1964 was and on up to Seattle, Wash. Shipping has slowed down a bit 74 percent higher than April, 1963. in Clevealnd during the past few The increase was attribqted to the weeks, but book men are still heavy grain movement and the signing on without liaving to wait early opening of the canal. The for long periods of time. George Montreal-Lake Ontario section of Koelher, former porter on Reiss the seaway carried 2.9 million tons Line ships, and Dominic Oliver, during April, compared with 1.6 who recently left the El Ford, are million tons a year ago. The Welboth on the beach, enjoying a well- land Canal handled 3.4 million tons of cargo, which was a healthy rise earned rest. The excellent job situation in from the 1.96 million tons which Chicago has meant that several moved during the same period in "regulars" around the hall have 1963. • -1 •If: �Fu» SiztecB SEAFARERS LOG Jmu U, U64 Union 'Don't Buy' Campaign Makes Boss See The Light NEW YORK—A company which felt the pinch of a nationwide consumer boycott aban­ doned its union-busting campaign and agreed to a contract with the Hatters providing sub­ stantial gains for nearly 800 workers in Corsicana, Tex. Hatters Pres. Alex Rose"*" in resolutions, in articles in union ns* th* Hatters union label when credited the turnabout by the newspapers, in volunteer help in 97 percent of th* workers are mem­ management of Texas-Miller passing out leaflets at plant gates bers of the union. (Texas law pro­ Products, Inc., to the "solidarity" and at entrances to stores selling hibits union shop contracts.) of union members across the coun­ Texas-Miller brands. Pickets at In addition to Adam hats, the try who insisted on the union label major retail outlets carried con­ company's brands include Ashley, and refused to buy Adam hats, the sumer oriented appeals. Bianchi, Bonar Phelps, Dorsey Jay, company's biggest-selling brand. The company saw the handwrit­ Hampshire Club, Repell-X and Express Gratitude ing on its balance sheets. It ac­ Leo Spray. "We are deeply grateful," Rose knowledged the effectiveness of said, "to every union and central the boycott and asked the union to body which helped publicize the resume , negotiations. Company. dispute and to union members who Pres. Benjamin Parill called to­ protested the sale of the hats in gether the workers in the Corsicana stores in their communities." plant, emphasized the need for the Working for nine months with­ union label for the success of his out a contract, after the company company's hats and stressed the Jly Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director had refused to agree to any im­ importance of union-management A lifeboat which took provements, union members in harmony. crewmembers from the Corsicana pinned their hopes on Reach Agreement Brazilian-owned, Liberianthe success of the union label In New York, negotiations moved The swimrning, boating and vacation season la her* again, and flag Pomona after sKe campaign. The union lost a de­ rapidly. Agreement was reached on with it comes the reminder from Today's Health that you can do a certification vote by a narrow a four-year contract including: caught fire at sea, is visible lot to protect your health and safety this summer by keeping in mind margin, but the National Labor Re­ above, riding alongside the • A retirement program fi­ a few simple tips. ' lations Board last month set aside fust-encrusted hull of the nanced by employer contributions Artificial Respiration the vote after testimony that com­ vessel. of 3 per cent of payroll. Your can help save a life if you know when and how to give artificial pany officials had threatened to • Wage increases ranging from respiration. When breathing has stopped, don't wait to call for help. close down the plant rather than Begin artiificial respiration at once. Don't stop to loosen the victim s 32.5 cents to 44 cents an hour. "submit" to union demands. clothing or to look for a blanket. There are two methods of arti­ • An additional paid holiday. •Meanwhile labor support for the ficial respiration now in'use, the manual method and mouth-to-mouth Corsicana workers grew, expressed • Permission for the company to breathing. Any recent first aid manual will tell you how to apply them. In mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration, the rescuer simply breathes Rides On Cushion Of Air air into the lungs of the victim. Ciear the victim's throat, tilt his head back, hold the chin forward, pinch his nose, take a deep breath and breathe into his mouth. Repeat fifteen times per minute and keep it up untii the victim starts breathing again. Pool Safety HONOLULU — The Liberian The backyard swimming pool has become commonplace in many death ship" Pomona, whose crew neighborhoods. If you swim in a private pool, a few precautions lived in terror for more than three should be observed. The pool should be fenced to protect wandering weeks last month after the axesomeone who knows the technique of lifesaving should murder of their captain on the WASHINGTON—A strange hybrid transportation vehicle toddlers,beand present. Never swim alone. Require that your pool users high seas, caught fire and was that had federal regulatory agencies up in arms because they always know how to swim. Make sure your pool and water are clean and abandoned by most of her crew couldn't quite put a finger on its species has been classified sanitary. Enjoy it in safety! 65 miles southwest of here June as a seagoing vessel subject Vacation Travel 10. to marine laws. or water on a cushion of air forced Planning a trip this summer in the family auto? When traveling, Coast Guard planes and cutters eat lighter than usual and avoid highly seasoned or heavy foods. Be rushed to the scene when they re­ As a result of the ruling, beneath it by large blowers. A recent joint meeting of ih$ prepared with suitable clothing for possible changes in weather. Go ceived the vessel's terse SOS say­ an airline company which had in­ tended to put its new craft into Civil Aeronautics Board, the Fed­ to bed early and cover the miles in the morning to avoid the heat ing that fire had broken out and service on passenger hauls in the eral Maritime Commission and the of day. 'Stop often during the afternoon to let the kids stretch. If the 33 officers and men were San Francisco Bay area was denied Interstate Commerce Commission, you need a physician in a strange community, phone the nearest taking to the lifeboats. The blaze, permission to operate the vehicle with the Federal Aviation Agency, hospital or the County Medical Society. whose origin was unknown, appar­ because it is manufactured by a Treasury Department, Coast Guard Sun Safety ently broke out in the engine foreign company. Under marine and the Bureau of Customs sitting That first day in the summer sunshine can be a lot of fun. But room. laws no foreign-built sliip is per­ in, raised these questions to de­ don't spend all the next week recovering from a sunburn. Here are Three men were reported, to mitted to carry passengers between termine its identity: some ideas that may save you a painful burn. If you're going fishing Is it a boat because it travels or boating, wear a hat and light protective clothing. Cover exposed have remained aboard the ship to United States ports. over the water? Is it a truck be­ skin with a good suntah preparation. If you're going out for your fight the blaze, and hours later an­ What Is It? cause it travels just as well over first sun bath, limit your first full exposure to 15 minutes. Then in­ other Liberian-registered ship, the The craft in question is a Rio Manamo, reported the blaze "ground effects machine" or land? Is it an airplane because it crease exposure by 10 or 15 minutes every day. People who burn under control and all 33 of the travels above both ground and easily, can sun bathe in the late afternoon. After 4 P.M. the sun's Pohsona's company accounted for "hovercraft," so called by the British fir.-n which manufactures water, if only at a height of 12 to rays no longer beat straight down. Exposed skin should always be and uninjured. covered with a good suntan oil or cream. Giye extra protection to it. The vehicle travels over land 18 inches? Blood-Soaked Cabin The hovercraft is now technically the face, legs and the skin in front of the elbows—areas especially The Pomona, dubbed "death a marine ve.ssel and the legal sensitive to the sun's rays. ship" and "hell ship" by her hor­ thought is that the applicant. San Poison Ivy Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Poison ivy and other poisonous plants grow along fences, paths rified crew, reached Honolulu May S; Airlines, would have no trouble and roadways. Know them and avoid them. Symptoms of poisoning 18 with the axe-hacked body of with regulatory bodies if the ex­ are itching and burning of the skin within a day after contact, fol­ Capt. Jacob Natvig still. lying in perimental service was started with lowed by a rash, swelling and blisters. If you touch a poisonous plant, his biood-soaked cabin. . US-built equipment. Bell Aero- wash five or six times with soap and hot water. The body was found May 15 by Betting is big business in systems Company of Buffalo, N.Y., First Mate Alf Olsen. TerrorBritain. So much so, in fact, Insect Bites has done considerable research ' that the banks in London are Got a mosquito bite? Don't scratch it. Insect bites can become stricken, Mr. Olsen locked the with the vehicle, although British infected after scratching breaks the skin. Itching of minor bites can cabin to conceal the heinous deed ' crying the blues oyer the loss engineers are the leaders in the be relieved by sponging them with alcohol and applying them with and preserve some shreds of dis­ of their highly trained clerks field. cipline aboard and then headed to better paying clerking alcohol and applying a soothing lotion. 50-60 M.P.H. for Hutiuluiu. Here, the ship lay ; i positions with local bookmaking joints. Youths of 19 who docked with an unknown murderer Cruising at 50 to 60 miles an earn about 9 pound a week aboard, in an atmosphere thick hour at 12 to 18 inches off the sur­ •| (one pound is $2.81) are be­ with fear, until her departure face, the 20-passenger craft would ing offered 12 to 15 pounds June 9. be able to clear waves three-feet EXAMS THIS PERIOD: March 1 - March 31, 1964 a week as starting salary with high, take advantage of direct Twenty - five Chinese seamen Port Seamen Wives Children TOTAL the bookies, with bonuses. routes regardless of tides or shal­ from Hong Kong were flown in to - And experienced senior hank Baltimore 153 34 24 211 low water, and cut turn-around replace the original brawling crew ; clerks have received offers :0 time because it can load and un­ Houston 176 10 11 197 of Norwegians, Finns, Spaniards , of up to 25 pounds a week. , load on land with nO difficulty. and West Indians who had pulled Mobile 71 11 7 89 ' That's a good bet when it i Interest in the vehicle as a massknives on officers during the New Orleans 339 17 7 363 is considered that a salary of 1 transit carrier is high. The Port cruise. The eight Norwegian offi­ New York.. /. 514 35 26 575 1,150 pound a year is reason- i| of Oakland Authority has applied cers agreed to stay aboard the Philadelphia 182 24 26 232 able in London^ Bookmaking, i| to the Federal government for a grim ship only long enough to de­ San Juan* 22 18 13 53 of course, is all legal and i| $1 million grant to be added to liver her cargo to Formosa. Mr. above board in England, and || $500,000 in city funds in setting Olson was in ccmmand. a guy has to make a buck— i up a pilot project to demonstrate TOTAL. ...1,457 149 114 1,720 US authorities refused to accept I quick or not—^some way. the mass transit potential of such jurisdiction- in the murder, as it *3/21/64 to 4/20/64 air-cushion craft. bad occurred on the high .seas. Health And Safety Go Together Liberian-Flag 'Murder Ship' Burns At Sea New-Fangled Craft Classified As A Ship London Banks Losing Out To ; Local Bookies SlU Clinic Exams—AU Ports �Tv Sereateca 10& tff. Iffi American Expoifs Up Europe Using More Coal By Fred Stewart & Id Meeney Headquarters Representatives WASHINGTON—An increased consumption of coal in Europe, the Far East and Latin Shipboard Morale Important Factor America is being interpreted by exporters here as an indication of a rising tide In coal "The qualities of mind and body that were needed in the seamen of exports in the years ahead. ; the earliest times are yet needed—and there can be no real seaman In addition, such factors as a government-Industry program -to ments of large volumes of hard where these qualities are not." coal to achieve maximum economy. the trade. depletion of mines in Europe, stimulate These are the words of Andrew Furuseth, and what he is talking Stimulating hard coal exports Although the anthracite export along with rising labor costs drive is not formally tied to the would be worth a great effort, a about is morale. and a scarcity of labor in Euro­ pean countries to work the mines is working In the favor of in­ creased coal exports from the U.S. European nations, in an effort to meet the expanding needs of industry, will become more de­ pendent on coal as a fuel. Other factors signifying a rising trend in coal exports over the next several years include: e An increase in coal demand in Japan and a corresponding in­ crease in the import of US coal. e A growing demand for coal in Latin America and other devel­ oping areas to meet increased con­ sumption resulting from steppedup industrialization. • The relatively low price and high quality of American coal com­ pared to coal mined in many other countries. • Reasonable ocean freight rates which are not expected to rise unduly in the near future. Total US exports of bituminous coal to Europe and Japan rose precipitously in the first quarter of 1964, but exporters expect a leveling off in the next few months because of stockpiles of heating materials, including coal, that have been built up in these countries. The US government has been actively engaged in a program to step up the export of anthracite coal in this country due to the beneficial. effects such trade could have on the US balance of pay­ ments problem. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall recently named a coal export coordinator and three special committees re­ cently to help carry out a Joint Cutbacks Hit Norfolk Navy Yard PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The be­ ginning of the Norfolk Naval Ship­ yard's largest Job cutback since the end of World War II was launched here April 16, when sep­ aration notices were handed 591 employes representing an annual payroll of more than $4,000,000. But according to the yard's com­ manding officer. Rear Adm. James M. Farrin, who apparently is un­ shaken by reportedly mounting problems at the yard, there likely will not be a chapter in history de­ voted to the demise of the Navy's largest and oldest shipyard here. Ship Repair Center Reasons for this, he said, are that Norfolk is the home port for 50 per cent of the Atlantic fleet And does more ship repairs than any other in the world. In addition, the yard is able to "respond instantly" to the needs of the fleet because of its $160 mil­ lion in stock, the admiral said. No private shipyard, he contended, "could sink $100 million in stock, but we've got the stuff here." Defending his position, the ad­ miral said, "We take the jobs the fleet wants and 'turn to' on them." The yard also is geared for "high-quality work, timeliness and responsiveness to the fleet," added Adm. Farrin, who thinks his yard is an "exceptional yard and stacks up with the best." 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 two immediate problems must be overcome, among others. These are the frequent insistence by foreign buyers of precise size and quality qieciflcations and the need to coordinate rail and ship move­ combined union and trade asso­ 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 agreed 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. Bill Aiding Hospitals Called One Of Finest WASHINGTON—Rep. John B. Bennett (R-Mich.) termed the Hill-Burton hospital construction act, "one of the finest federal aid programs in my many years of experience here" as he urged enactment of-*^ House-adopted legislation to expansion, where needed, to per­ extend and improve the act. mit hospitals such as the 40-bed Bennett was Interviewed on Washington Reports to the People, AFL-CIO public service program heard on 700 radio stations, with Rep. John E. Moss (D-Calif.), who said that the Hill-Burton act al­ ready has increased the propor­ tion of hospital beds from 50 percent of the nation's needs to 85 percent. Bennett added that the legislation has provided "much needed hospital facilities for com­ munities that otherwise wouldn't have them." Wide Scope The amendment passed by the House, Moss reported would pro­ vide $250 million a year in as­ sistance for modernization, con­ tinue federal participation In underwriting costs of hospitals, increase the authorization for long-term care facilities from $40 million a year to $70 million, aid in establishment of rehabilitation, diagnostic and treatment centers. Moss said he hoped the Senate would Improve the amendment by making modernization funds avail-able in 1965 instead of 1966 and by setting up a formula to aid in long-term financing of non-profit hospitals. Bennett pointed out that areas get funds on the basis of need, with each state surveying its needs and submitting requests to the U.S. Public Health Service, which determines priorities. He de­ scribed the measure as non-parti­ san, noting that the act was initiated by a Democrat, Sen. Lis­ ter Hill (Ala.) and a Republican, former Sen. Harold Burton (Ohio), later an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Needs Have Changed During the early years of the act, Moss said the need was to provide and develop hospital facilities in remote areas. Now, he said, the need could reduce hospi­ tal costs to communities. "Another means of reducing costs," he said, "would be to im­ prove methods of financing the portion of the cost not met by federal or state grants," perhaps through long-term loans at low interest rates. Modernization, in Bennett's opinion, would include facility in his hometown on Michi­ gan's northern peninsula to pro­ vide greater service. Long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, will be of in­ creasing importance. Moss said, because of the growing proportion of persons in the higher-age brackets. Beef Box (Continued from page 12) sively in the handling of cargo, and if ship's gear and deck ma­ chinery is not being used, no overtime will be paid to men on watch Monday through Friday. (c) When cranes or other shore equipment is employed for the handling, of cargo and the ship's gear and deck machinery is used to trim cargo, conveyors, etc., and ship's steam furnishes the power for such operations, the watertender, Fireman-Watertender or Fire-tube Fireman on watch shall receive overtime after 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. In submitting questions and work situations for clarification, delegates and crews are reminded once again to provide as much detail as possible setting forth the circumstances of any dispute. Be­ sides those mentioned, some of the members who were sent clarifications on various subjects during the past few days included the following: John Rupeikia, Port "Reading, N.J.; Ira K. Coats, ship's delegate, Penn Challenger; Jasper R. Thompson, ship's dele­ gate, Alice Brown; Tony Wasilok, ship's delegate, Robert D. Conrad; Mike J. McCormick, deck dele­ gate; Sacramento; John P. Cham­ bers, ship's delegate, Mt. Vernon Victory; Arthur C. Harrison, Taddel Village and Richard G. Harris, engine delegate. Midland. c/usmmL ^ High morale aboard ship la essential to promote efficiency and per­ formance of duties. It is the factor that makes the difference between an organization that merely cerates and ime that cooperates to do the best possible Job in everything it undertakes. The morale aboard SIU ships is high. This fact is attested to every day in letters from the membership expressing the appreciation of them and their families for the many benefits Seafarers and their families receive by belonging to a strong union which has their welfare as its prime concern. Many factors are involved in the development and continuance of high morale among Seafarers. Some of these morale-building factors are: • Good physical health. The Union protects and maintains the health of Seafarers and their families through the system of SIU clinics operating in the major ports, providing modern facilities for diagnostic medicine to prevent illness and to catch incipient illness while it will still respond to treatment. • Good mental health. Worry is the prime cause of poor mental health with the low morale that goes along with it. Through the many benefits the Union makes available to Seafarers and their fam­ ilies many of the nagging worries which haunted the working man in the past have been removed. The Seafarer has job security, strong con­ tracts, good working conditions, a secure future, and the knowledge that he and his family will be provided for in the event that he is unable to continue working for any reason. • Effective seamanship. A man who knows his job thoroughly and takes pride in his work is almost automatically a good worker with high morale. Through the many programs available to the membership through the Union, such as the upgrading program, education program, informational meetings, etc.. Seafarers are kept abreast of the latest developments in their chosen line of work and are secure in the knowl­ edge that their abilities will be recognized, developed to their highest potential, and that they will be able to keep progressing toward their highest capabilities. • Pride in impressive traditions. Seafarers know they are part of a strong, militant union which has played a key role in improving the standards of all American workers. From the time of the organization of the union through the early strikes which established it as a force to be reckoned with to the present day, the SIU has maintained a tradition of leadership in the labor movemeftt of which every Seafarer can be proud. • A sense of fair treatment. Fair treatment is guaranteed to Sea­ farers through the Standard Freightship Agreement in which his duties and responsibilities are defined in black and white, the SIU Contract Department'which will interpret and safeguard the rights of Seafarers in the event that a beef arises and the SIU Constitution, which assures the democratic operation of the Union and is reprinted periodically in the LOG so that Seafarers can keep informed on their rights within the Union. • A sense of brotherhood. Brotherhood is a reality in the SIU and not just a word. The Union wull not tolerate discrimination of any sort and promotes the Brotherhood of the Sea in everything it does. All Seafarers are guaranteed fair and equal treatment by the Union's contracts with the operators, by the SIU Constitution, and by the system of regular membership meetings at which any Seafarer can get up and air his views before the entire membership. This is just a partial list of the factors which make for high morale. Also included are a knowledge of the results of each individual's and the whole group's progress, the knowledge that good performance will be recognized, participation in the results of the efforts of the Union, confidence in the success of the Union's undertakings, conscious assumption of responsibility by every member, the support of favorable home and community conditions, and many others: Interest in his job is not enough to promote morale. Each worker can be interested in his own Job, and morale still be poor. It is only if he is also interested in his relation to the entire organization that morale begins to develop. A good shipmate, who does his work efficiently, honestly, with pride and fairness, is the best morale-builder in the world. �Pafff Eiciiteca SSAFARERB iqG ISM tf; IN# Text of President's Pre-Balloting Report The President's pre-balloting report, submitted in advance of this year's union elections in ac­ cordance with the requirement of the SIU Consti­ tution, is in the process of submission to the membership for its action at the July regular membership meetings in all constitutional ports. The report, which specifies the number of union officers that are to appear on the ballot, the requirements for candidate eligibility and other balloting details, was adopted at the headquarters meeting of June 8, as recommended in the Secre­ tary-Treasurer's report below. The report will be submitted and acted on at the other regular membership meetings to be held this month. The text of the report follows; PRESIDENT'S PRE-BALLOTING REPORT Under tha Constitution of our Union, the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, Article X, Section I (e>, the President shall submit a pre-balloting report at the regular meeting in July of every election year. "The Constitution of our Union also calls for seven (7) Con­ stitutional ports of tha Union, which are; New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. As your President, In consultation along with tha Ex­ ecutive Board of the Union, a careful appraisal has been made as to what we feel will be tha needs of tha organization in all the Constitutional ports. Including the port of New York and Headquarters, for the coming term of office of the officers and other elected representatives of our Union. Since the Constitution provides for seven (7) Constitutional Ports It was felt that it was advisable to place on the ballot tha elective jobs of those ports. Where necessary, the personnel for other than the Con­ stitutional Ports may be assigned as needed from those Constitutional Ports, where po.ssible. As the membership Is aware, it is necessary for tha Union to keep abreast of the changes in tha shifting of the job requirements of the companies with whom we have contracts, as well as in being prepared to meet thp opportunities for ex­ pansion through the means of organizing. This will en'abla the Union to maintain maximum services to the member­ ship, and to meet the needs of tha organization resulting from the changing character of the industry. As a result of tha foregoing, it is tha recommendation of your President, In this, tha Pre-Balloting Report, re­ quired under Article X, Saotlon 1 (a) of our Constitution, that tha following offices be placed on tha next refer­ endum ballot of tha Union for tha election of tha offloan and other elected representatives of tha Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Districts. HEADQUARTERSi 1 President 1 Executive Vice-President 1 Secretary-Treasurer 1 Vice-President In Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement 1 Vice-President In Charge of the Atlantic Coast 1 Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast 1 Vice-President In Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters 3 Headquarters Representatives NEW YORK: 1 Agent 10 Joint Patrolmen PHILADELPHIA: 1 Agent 2 Joint Patrolmen BALTIMORE: * 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen MOBILE: 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen NEW ORLEANS: 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen HOUSTON: 1 Agent 4 Joint Patrolmen DETROIT: *• 1 Agent Your President also recommends, pursuant to Article X, Section 1 (e) and Article XIII, Section 4 (e) of the Union's Constitution, the depository to which the Polls Com­ mittee's shall deliver, or mail, by certified or registered mall, the ballots after tha close of each days voting In the coming Union election, be as follows; Mr. Harold Bach, Chairman of the Board The Royal National Bank of New York 20 W. 48 St. N.Y., N.Y. It will be the function of tiw depository to receive ell tiie envelopes delivered, or mailed In, as aforesaid, to safeguard them properly, in the bank, and to surrender them only to the duly authorised Union Tallying Com­ mittee in accordance with Article XIII, Section S (d), of our Union Constitution, on or about the first business day In January, 1M8. Proof of authorization shaU be a certification by the Vice-President in charge of the Min­ utes, Robert Matthevra. The Union Tallying Committee ghall be authorized to sign a receipt for the said envelopes. The depository shall be requested to certify that all the envelopes received by the depository have been properly safeguarded, have been surrendered-only to the said Tallying Committee, and that no one, other than appro­ priate bank personnel have had access to them. The Polls Committee is especially urged to irusure that, whether delivered or mailed, the envelopes are properly addressed, properly stamped if mailed, and certified as per the Constitution. It is the further recommendation of your President that, in addition to the regular Constitutional requirements, each candidate for office be requested to furnish a regula­ tion passport picture of recent taking as well as a state­ ment of not more than one hundred (100) words, giving a brief summary of his Union record and activities, such picture and statement to be run in the Seafarers Log just prior to the commencement of voting. This is to be done in accordance with previous membership action to familiarize the membership with the names, faces, and records of all candidates for office. As provided for in Article XIII, Section 1, nominations open on July 15th, 1964 and close August 13th, 1964. All documents required for eligibility of candidates for Union office must reach Headquarters no earlier than July 15th, 1964 and no later than August 15th, 1964. Your President wishes to point out that this PreBalloting Report provides for one of the largest number of elective posts to be placed on the ballot since the Inception of the Union. It is strongly recommended that the maximum number of qualified members, who feel they can bo of assistance to the Union in an official capacity, should submit their credentials. In this connec­ tion, the membership is reminded that the SecretaryTreasurer, A1 Kerr, is available to assist them in properly filing their credentials for nomination to Union office, if they desire such assistance. Fraternally submitted, Paul Hall Secretary-Treasurer's Report To The Membership: FORTHCOMING ELECTION OF OFFICERS-ADDITIONS TO VOTING PROCEDURES (The following Is the text of an excerpt from the Provision for Nomination by Others. Secretary-Treasurer's report to the regular memherArticle XHI, Section 1, "Nominations," provides for selfship meeting at SIU headquarters on April 6 and again nomination to office. In order to square any ambiguity on May 4 entitled, "Forthcoming Election Of Officers as to the meaning of this section, it is recommended that a —Additions To Voting Procedures." The report was member may place his name in nomination or have his also forwarded to other coiistilulional ports fur action name placed in nomination by any other member and at their meetings in April and May. The report was further, that in either event, such member nominated concurred in at all meetings.) must comply with the provisions of the constitution, as Article XIH, Section 7 of our constitution reads as they are set forth, relating to the submission of creden­ follows: tials. This change is an amplification of the existing pro­ "The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged visions of the constitution and should not be construed with tha preservation and retention of all election to be an alteration of same. records, including the ballots, as required by law, and Absentee Ballot. is directed and authorized to issue such other and Article XIII, Sections 8 and 4, "Balloting Procedures" further directives as to the election procedures as are and "Polls Committee," of the constitution, provide that required by law, which directives shall be part of the balloting shall be manual in nature. It is now recom­ election procedurea of this Union." mended that the following absentee ballot procedure be Therefore, in accordance with the above-mentioned sec­ presented to the membership upon advice of counsel as an tion and after consulting with and being advised by coun­ amplification of such provisions: sel, it is found that additions to our voting procedures for Full book members may request an absentee ballot un­ the election of officers are required by law. Therefore, der the following circumstances, only. While such member under the powers delegated to me by our constitution, is employed on an American-flag merchant vessel which in the aforementioned section, I am setting up the follow­ vessel's schedule does not provide for it to touch a port ing additions in our balloting procedure for officers. in which voting is to take place during the voting period President's Pre-Balloting Report. provided in Section 3 (g) of our constitution, in that event, Article X, Section 1, "The President," Sub-Section (e), the member shall make a request for an absentee ballot provides that the President's Pre-Balloting Report shall be by Registered or Certified Mail or the equivalent mailing submitted to the membership at the regular meeting in device at the location from which such request is made, July of every election year. It is recommended to the - if such be the case. Such request must contain a designa­ membership in this connection that such Pre-Balloting tion as to the address to which such member wishes his Report be made both at the June and July meetings so as to absentee ballot returned. Suoh request shall be received give more than adequate notice to any prospective nominee no later than 12:00 PM on the fifteenth day of November for office. of the election year and shall be directed to the Secretary- Treasurer at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, New York. Upon receipt of such request, the procedures as established in Section 8 (d) of our constitution, shall not apply. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible for deter­ mining whether such member is a member in good stand­ ing and further whether such member has, in fact, voted previously. He shall send the processed ballot by Regis­ tered Mail-Return Receipt Requested to the address des­ ignated by such member in his absentee ballot request. The Secretary-Treasurer shall send to such member with his ballot, instructions for returning the. ballot, which instructions must be complied with exactly. The Secretary-Treaurer shall further maintain a record showing the name, book number of tha member, his ballot number and the date upon which such ballot was sent, which in­ formation 'shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee, when elected, in accordance with Article XIII, Section 5 (c) of the constitution. Tha member, after voting, shall return his absentee ballot by Registered or Certified Mail, or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such absentee ballot is returned, if such be the case, to the depository named in the Presi­ dent's Pre-Balloting Report. These absentee balloU must be post-marked prior to midnight of December 31, 1964, and must be received by the depository named in the President's Pre-Balloting Re­ port, prior to January 10, 1965, regardless of when post­ marked, for them to be counted as eligible votes. Such ballots will be maintained separately by such depository and shall then be turned over to the Union Tallying Com­ mittee, as provided in Section 5 (d) of Article XIH of the constitution. �•>W.! h i A'F In ids 't 6 c Tanning Session In the past few weeks there have been several accounts of what Seafarers have seen when the grain ships they were working landed in Russia. While reactions to the world's top Communist power differed from man to man, not one SIU itiember reported that he had found the Soviet Union to good and welfare section of a ing fountain in the passageway. be a "worker's paradise." meeting on the Penn Trader O. H. Mainfold, meeting chairman, The feeling of the crew- ship's (Penn Shipping) carries a word of • Getfing a good tan while relaxing In the sun on t'he deck of the Penmar (Calmar) are (l-r) "Puff Puff" Kersak, Tony Nix and Brother Keenon. The photo was taken on a recent intercoastal run to New York. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Spend Now By J. Goodsell Don't save dollars. Don't save dimes: Thrift uxis all right In olden times, But thrift is out of style today; Extravagance Is A-okay. Hoarding cash Is a big mistake. Throw* it around for your coun­ try's sake — 'Cause if we spend it, What'll we get? We'll get another tax cut yet! Forget Ben Franklin's Warning words. Saving money is for the birds. Don't let it sit, collecting dust In coffee cans, in banks, in trust. We've got to go On a spending spree For the sake of the country's economy. In contradiction To what you've learned, A tax cut spent is a tax cut earned. So throw it around Like a drunken lord. Extravagance is its own reward. Hey nonny nonny! Off we go. Scattering money to and fro. Pooh to stew meat! Let's buy steak! Bread is cheaper, so let's eat cake! Spend your tax cut Fast and loose Or else you'll kill the golden goose! Type Minutes When Possible In order to assure accurate digests of shipboard meetings in the LOG, it is desirable that the reports of shipboard meet­ ings be typed if at all possible. ANJI (Pacific Seafarers), April 10— Chairman, Saivatore Messina; Secre­ tary, John E. Ross. Brother Wheeler resigned as ship's delegate and a vote of thanks was extended to him. Brother A. Held was elected to serve In his place. No beefs were reported and aU is running smoothly. TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Waferw ways). May 3—Chairman, W. Raxalski; Secretary, A. Coram. No beefs were reported. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with patrolman on arrival. One oiler was injured while working below and was taken to the Army Hospital, then was put back aboard ship for the journey home. Motion was made to have a stretcher placed outside of hospital. Motion made to have rails Installed on the wings of the bridge when ship goes to shipyard. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), March IS—Chairman, Herd Ehmsen; Secretary, Al Pionter. Ship's delegate reported that the baker was injured and taken oft ship in Midway Island, one fireman was left in Baltimore, one AB missed ship, two firemen hospitalized in Los Angeles, and one BR was hospi­ talized in Yokohama. ' $4.76 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for a job well done. PENN TRADER (Penn Shipping), March 21—Chairman, H. E. Roseoruns; Secretary, D, E. Edwards. $4.45 in ship's fund. No Imefs reported by department delegates. Delegate to see engineer about having larger than 25 watt light bulbs in passage­ ways and living quarters. Vote of thanks to steward department for good Job. DEL NORTE (Delta), May 3—Chair­ man, James L. Tucker; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. No beefs reported by department delegates. $86.06 in ship's fund and $217.70 in movie fund. Motion made that the clinics in all SIU halls give men their medi­ cal cards the same day they go through the clinic. Brother James L, Tucker was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew requested not to throw garbage, boxes, papers etc. out of port holes and windows. MADAKET (Waterman), April S— Chairman, C, DaJesus; Secretary, A. M, KInsslla. $11.50 in ship's fund. One oiler missed ship in Norfolk. Virginia. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department. members on the Council Grove (Cities Service) seem to be typical advice that should be heeded by of many of the SIU crews that everyone. A crewmember requestmade the grain runs to Russia. Robert Gannon, ship's delegate, reports that the two weeks crewmembers spent in the Soviet Union can be summed up by an incident which occurred as the Council Grove headed home. As the vessel passed through the Russian sub net into' the Bosporus from the Black Sea, a happy Seafarer in the crew was seen chalking the word Hodge Gannon "free" on the ship's bulletin board. ed that trash collected after the A suggestion made during the holds were cleaned out as well as all other garbage on the ship should be taken aft while the ves­ ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), March 1» —Chairman, E. Kelly; Secretary, J. E. sel was in port and not dumped on Hannon. No beefs reported by de­ the deck near the foc'sle ports, ac­ partment delegates. Discussion on cording to John W. Butler, ship's putting door from topside to crew quarters from saloon deck ;to main delegate. deck. Also to see if rollers can be acquired for taking stores in Mobile. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment. THE CABINS (Texas City RefininB), April 7—Chairman, Anderson Johns; Secretary, Thomas Cummings. Letter was sent to headquarters requesting some clarifications concerning the pumpmen and sougeeing of passage­ ways. Ship's delegate contacted pa­ trolman in Puerto Rico regarding launch service and was told that there was no launch service in that port. Also contacted the patrolman in Boston asking him to meet the ship. Deck delegate reported that the gear of- the man who missed the ship in Texas is stiU aboard but he will endeavor to put it ashore when ship returns to Texas. Men asked to donate to the ship's fund. Vote of thanks extended to the steward de­ partment. OLCA (Marina Managers), April IS —Chairman, M. Klieber; Secretary, C. Quinnt. Ship's delegate reported that considering the length of this trip, everything seems to be running smoothly. 'The draw at Saigon will be in American money and wiU be put out on time, for a change. MOBILE (Sea-Land), April 4—Chair­ man, P. L. Miranda; Secretary, Allen P. Raymond. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks extended to the messman for a job well done. Discussion held on milk being sour. ST. CHRISTOPHER (Destiny), March 31—Chairman, F. Pasaluk; Secretary, John Chapllnsky. Ship's delegate re­ ported all is well with only a few minor beefs. Matter of oiler doing engine utility work will be brought to attention of patrolman. FANWOOD (Waterman), April (— Chairman, Lawrence P. Contlcello; Secretary, Richard R. Makarewicz. Ship badly In need of fumigation for rats. Captain Intends to have ship fumigated upon arrival. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department. NEW ORLEANS (Sea-Land), April 13—Chairman, J. Maytum; Secretary, J. Maytum. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. $20 in TV fund, turned over to the steward for pur-' chase of TV antenna. Discussion on securing TV speaker in messhall be­ fore arriving in port. Crew requested to turn in all extra Unen to steward. HENRY (Progressive), March II— Chairman, Vernen Douglas; Secre­ tary, Ray L. Cuthrell. Expected pay­ off in Norfolk, Virginia, March 22nd. Brother Joe Wallace was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Sugigestion made to see patrolman about paying eff each trip or keep money on board for draws. 3^ 4" 4" With the onset of warm weather, members of the 12-4 deck watch on the Madeket (Waterman) have de­ veloped a real heat beef. They re­ port that the inboard bulkhead of their foc'sle is excessively hot be­ cause of an uninsulated steam pipe that runs behind it. J. E. McGrane, meeting chairman, writes that the ship's delegate has promised to see the captain about getting the pipe insulated before the men get de­ hydrated. writes that if this isn't possible, some of the crewmembers want each man given his own water jug. 4' 4- 4- Crewmembers on the Alcoa Mariner (Alcoa) recognize fine gal­ ley work, especially when it's pro­ duced under difficult conditions. A recent resolution praised the, steward for the good service his department was rendering the crew, writes Oscar B. Smith, meet­ ing chairman. The gang on the St. Christopher (Destiny Carriers) also have publicly voiced their thanks tp the* ship's steward for making. a donation of milk to a children's home in Southhampton, England, according to Frank Pasa­ luk, ship's delegate. 4. 4. i Crews that have honored their steward departments for fine chow prepared in true SIU tradition in­ clude the Neva West (Bloomfield), Pennmar (Calmar), Cathy (SeaTramp), John B. Waterman (Water­ man), Elizabethport (Sea-Land), 4) t 4; A report from Edward Contoral on the Hastings (Waterman) says that everything on the ship seems to be in order. He sends assurances that the Hastings is in the hands of good delegates who include F- C. Tatum, deck; Leo Bruce, steward, and Lew Warner, engine. Con­ toral says that the ship is heading for Karachi with stops on the Mediterranean and everybody is looking forward to a smooth trip. 4" 4" 4" The crew on the Monticello Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers) has decided that they want the sharpest look­ ing ship afloat. Two motions passed at a recent ship's meeting call for curtains for the crew's port-holes and a big effort to sougee the messhall, pantry as well as all door knobs, reports Oliver Hodge, ship's delegate. 4i 4. 4. While most Seafarers are be­ coming accustomed to the warm days of late spring, a report from the Hudson (Victory Transport), dated May 17th, complains about cold weather. The Hudson is on its way to Calcutta with a load of grain from Galveston. 4^4" Speaking of warm weather, there are some days when a seaman would like to have a water foun­ tain at his elbow while he's on watch. Seafarers on the Chatham (Waterman) will settle for a drink­ Pasaluk Manifold De Soto (Waterman), Volusia (Suwanee), St. Christopher (Des­ tiny Carriers), Walter Rice (Reyn­ olds Metals), Globe Carrier (Mari­ time Overseas), Puerto Rico (Motor Ships of Puerto Rico), Tamara Guilden (Transport Commercial) and Losmar (Calmar). i> i- i- Speaking of traditional standards when it comes to chow time, the crew aboard the Andrew Jackson (Waterman) feels pretty strongly about how a seaman should be dressed when he goes to the messhall, whether on duty or off. At a recent ship's meeting they strong­ ly voiced their support for a re­ quest that anybody going to the pantry at night should have their clothes on, according to Jajnes E. George, meeting chairman. Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to 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. �Par* TireBtr SEAFARERS Seafarer Finds Value In Minute of Silence LOG Compliments HENRY (Progressive), Feb. 9 — Chairman, Vernon Dougias; Secre­ tary, James Davis. Letter was re­ ceived from Company stating that new fans are on the way. Brother Ted Densmore was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks extended to resigning ship's delegate. John Flaharty. TADDEi VICTORY (Consolidated Mariners), March 1—Chairman, C. C. Gates; Secretary, Chuck Demers. No beefs and no disputed OT. Motion was made to put new water fountain on board as old one ts totally gone. Ship to be futnigated. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), March 12 —Chairman, A. H. Duggan; Secretary, C. G. Brissett, Sr. Brother A. H. Duggan was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. It was re­ ported that there was no hot water in crew quarters. FLORIDIAN (South Atlantic A Caribbean), April 28—Chairman, P. Dunphy; Secretary, A, Aronica. One oiler missed ship at San Juan, Puerto SANTA EMILIA (Liberty Naviga­ tion), May t—Chairman, Hans Peter­ sen; Secretary, George Hair. Brother Hans Petersen was elected to serve as ship's delegate. It was reported that the ship ma.v tie up, and it so, transportation will be paid to crew. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Special vote of thanks to crew messman. Ralph Alexander, for a fine job serving the crew. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), May 10 — Chairman, Radich; Secretary, Alit Irrahim. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Motion was fnade .to get better food and menus, and fresh stores when avail­ able in foreign ports. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), May It—Chairman, James M. Glann, Jr.; Secretary, Herbert C. Justice. No beefs reported. Ship is running smoothly. $8.67 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in each department. OCEAN EVELYN (Maritime Over­ seas), May 22—Chairman, Joseph Sanfiiippi; Secretary, R. Spanover. No beefs were reported b.v department delegates. $10 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks was extended to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), May 18—Chairman, Joseph Duffy; Secre­ tary, Francis Napoii. Some delayed sailing is disputed and will be turned over to the patrolman at payoff. $10.46 in ship's fund. Rico. No disputed OT. Everything running smoothly. Brother Nick Sabin was asked b.v crew to keep ship's delegate job for another month, as he is doing a good job. Captain will write to the Company in New York requesting that wash­ ing machine be replaced with a new one. HASTINGS (Waterman), May 3 — Chairman, Ed Contoral; Secretary, J, Wells. Brother Ed Contoral was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Motion made to write letter to head­ quarters in regards to the water sit­ uation. $3.89 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for a job well done. ELDORADO (American Asia), May 24—Chairmen, Leo Paradise; Secre­ tary, Cyril A. Scott. Disputed OT in deck and steward department to be taken up with patrolman upon ar­ rival in Baltimore. Captain sent let­ ter to the Company regarding water problem. Held discussion on safety and suggestions were submitted to the ship's delegate. COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), May 31—Chairman, Roy Alston; Sec­ retary. Raymond R. Ohirins $9 in ship's fund. Motion made that the ship's delegate see the captain about ordering better grade of toilet tissue. No beefs reported by department delegates. HUDSON (Victory Transport), May If—Chairman, Jimmy Lee; Secretary, E. J. Berg. Brother A. 'H. Schwarts was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. Everything is running smoothly. WHITEHALL (Whitehall Naviga­ tion), May 28—Chairman, J. Baudoin; Secretary, W. Fisher. Motion made that crew wilj, not pay-olf until pay­ roll is prepared under new tax scale. Discussion was held on various subject. One man was hospitalized in Suez. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. STEEL KING (Isthmian), May 20— Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, E. J. Linch. Few minor beefs and some disputed OT to be taken up with atrolman. Discussion on having the hion to try and get a better quality of food and fruits on board. FLOMAR (Calmar), May 31—Chair­ man, John Nash; Secretary, James Barnette. $4.60 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Crew requested to take better care of washing machine and to keep noise to a minimum. S Notify Union On LOQ Mall As Seafarere know, eopiei of each Issue of the SEAFARERS LOO are mailed every 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 LOO 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 LOO, 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 LOOs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOO office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOO and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of Its mailing lists. Worthwhile customs are too often observed in a routine manner with little care or thought. For instance, at the con­ clusion of every Union meeting, whether on sea or land, Seafarers traditionally rise for a minute of silence in question was put to me by an ob­ memory of their departed vious newcomer to our way of life. "At first this query annoyed me, brothers. The traditional minute of silence but after a while it caused me to has particular meaning for oldtime start evaluating it for my own sat­ Seafarers who have been shipping isfaction, especially since it hap­ for years. It gives them a chance to pens to be one of these things cherish the mem­ thai; we Seafarers take for grant­ ory of their de- ed. "I cannot answer for everyone parted friends else, however, I'm inclined to be­ and acquaint­ ances who have lieve their thoughts ran parallel sailed on life's to, if not exactly like my own. "During this moment of medita­ final voyage. However, young­ tion, I beseech our Maker to keep er SIU men, who calm the seas of the other world, have only recent­ that all our brothers departed may ly joined the Un­ at last know peace. I also recol­ Phelps ion, are in a lect fond memories of my own more difficult position, since they shipmates of the past who are no are less likely to have been longer with us. "This simple, yet significant act acquainted with their brothers who helps point out the dignity at­ passed on. tained by men who are dedicated These are some of the thoughts to their profession. Men, who by which have caused Milton J. their unity, have made tremendous Phelps, ship's delegate on the Om­ strides through their sacrifice and nium Freighter (Suwanee), to de­ determination in the past few score scribe what the time-honored min­ years. ute of silence means to him. "And it goes without saying Phelps has been a member of the that, with the same determination SIU since 1954 and saiis in the and leadership as then, we will steward department. continue to progress. We will go His remarks on this traditional forward until no one has a doubt SIU custom follow: that in addition to Brotherhood, " 'Why siiould I stand one min­ we contribute a most important ute in silence for our departed commodity \.<f this world that we Brothers, when I have not person­ sail over, for we are the backbone ally known anyone of them?' This of world commerce." Jon* t9» 1964 Ship's Delegate Relates Experiences In Odessa Walter Brown, chief cook on the Arizpo (Waterman) is all smiles as he listens to the compliments thrown his way by Freddie Hunter, ship's cfelegate. Hunter believes that there is noth­ ing like a little praise to keep a steward department turning out chow in fine SIU style. Widow Praises Welfare Action To the Editor: This letter is to gratefully acknowledge the check that my family received from the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan following the death of my husband, Theo­ dore E. Lee. Our entire family The Editor Alt letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. Chester Hughart, ship's delegate on the Globe Explorer (Maritime Overseas), has joined the growing ranks of Sea­ farer correspondents who have written the LOG of their experiences when they visited Russia as part of the US grain tours in the city were made by a representative, of the Odessa In­ shipments program. ternational Sea­ After staying in the port of Odessa, USSR for a week, Hughart reports that his visit was one of the nicest he enjoyed in any foreign country. He writes that arrangements for sightseeing Their unsurpassed generosity helped considerably to lift the heaVy weights in our hearts. Since appropriate words of thanks fail, perhaps the only way to express our gratitude is to try to imitiate your spirit and deeds when tragedy strikes. We all know that we could certainly never duplicate what you did for us. What "we do know and can say Is that our brother, George McCartney, is most fortunate in having such great friends and associates. We also know that our dear mother, who is now in heaven must be both pleased and happy for George, her youngest son. The McCartney Family 4* 4* t SIU Brother's Death Mourned would like to extend its thanks for the cooperation of everyone involved in this act of kindness, To the Editor: We also would like to express On Easter Sunday, March 29, our sincere thanks for the 1964, Sidney E. Thensted, one beautiful floral arrangement brothers with that was sent in sympathy on of the finest whom I ever sailed, passed tliis unliappy occasion. away at the age of 65 years. After receiving these heart­ Brother Thensted is survived felt acts of kindness from the by his daughter, Mrs. Audrey mgn my husband sailed with, Chetta of New Orleans. I'll always be proud to say that During the last war he sailed he was a member of finest out of New Orleans on Missis­ maritime union in the world. sippi Company vessels as a Mrs. Myrtle Lee chief steward. His unfortunate passing re­ if ie if calls to mind these lines by Samuel Elliot Morison: "The ocean knows no favorites. Her bounty is reserved for those To the Editor who have the wit to learn her At a time of truly great grief secrets, the courage to bear her for the tremendous loss of our buffets and the will to persist, Ijeloved mother, we would like through good fortune and all, to thank our dear SIU friends in her rugged service." for their countless kindnesses. A. A. Lopez Can't Duplicate SIU Kindness man's Club who visited the ship. The Seaman's Club official also arranged for tick­ ets to opera and ballet perform­ ances for crewmembers who were interHughait ested. The Globe Explorer crew soon found out that the Russians had arranged a busy round of activi­ ties, most of them on a group basis. Members of the crew toured Odessa on a Saturday afternoon, and then attended a ballet performance in the evening. The next day the Seaman's Club featured a concert which was fol­ lowed by a jazz band for a lighter change of pace in the evening. Later in the week the Seafarers had the opportunity to attend a presentation by the city's opera company. Two days later a spe­ cial tour of a Soviet ship was ararranged. Similar Experiences Hughart's description of his ex­ periences in Odessa are similar to those of other Seafarer corre­ spondents. After reading them, it becomes obvious that while the Russians are eager to display their local sights to group tours, an individual Seafarer will have to go to considerable effort to strike out on his own. This ar­ rangement has the effect of cutting down Individual contacts with local citizens to a minimum. Despite the organized nature of their tours, Hughart reports that the crew had the freedom of the city to come and go as they pleased. The only exception to this situation was that foreign ^eaiiicii must be back on board their ships by the 12:00 PM cur­ few. He also reports that he was very impressed with the friend­ liness of the citizens of Odessa. IF YOU ARE RECEIVING MORETHANONE Copy OF THE SAMEZO^... ;S:iiSiS;L •SiiKisSS. 'mm liliii Ci-IP ALL MAIL LABELS FROM THE PROHT PAGES... AND RETURN LABELS $OlNE CANADJUSTLiSr. �gEAFARERS JOB* M, IfM LOG Far* Twentr-Oa* ij:v8?as;..TMrHi!m rafary, Nona. Broth«r 0. t. OllbM WM alaotad to Mtvo ililp'o ml«« gato. Ship broka down aomiu out it Port Arthur and had to ba towad back Into port. No boefa wara raportad by dapartmant dalagataa. Ship will atore for foraign voyaga at Norfolk. Virginia. MADAKST (Walarman), April tf— ChBlrman, J. B. McOrana; Sacratary, Nona. Brother J. Hisman waa elected to aerva aa sblp'a delegate. Dlscusalon on muddy and greasy wash water. To sea patrolman about aame. S4 In ahlp'a fund. IMsputad OT In angina and steward departments to ba taken up with patrolman. DEL AIRES (Delta), May 10—Chalf^ man, W. H. Simmons; Saaratary, Prancis J. Connolly. Brother WlUlam B. SwlUey waa elected to servo aa payoa uaat on TarloUi and auny baafa aboard thla rials. Involving dlaputad 6T and working oondltlona. FLORIDA STATE (Evargladai), May as—Chairman, A. Oanulax; Sacratary, J. O. Vllatli. S10.95 In ahlp'a fund. Brother Q. Knowlea waa elected to aerva aa ahlp'a delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. Kverythlng la running smoothly. DEL VALLE (Delta), May IS — Chairman, McOuttayi Sacratary, Z. Y. thing. Few hours dlaputad OT in deck and angina departmanta. Mo­ tion waa mada to dlacontlnua tba usa of yellow soap for cleaning pots and dishes on aU SIV-contractad ships. Ship needs to ba fumigated for roaches. DEL VALLE (Dalts), March SiChairman, Prank E. Rowall; Sacra­ tary, Zaa Y. Chlng. Brothar Joseph N. McLaren was alected to sarva as saw ship's dalegste. All bands raquestad to kaap all soraan doops locked In foreign ports. No beefs reported by department delegates. new ship's delegate. Soma dlqmtad OT In the deck department. Vote of thanks extended to the steward de­ partment for a Job well done. Stew­ ard then thanked all members of tho crew for a line trip and fine coopera­ tion from all. S20 In ship's fund was turned over to the captain when ship was laid up. CATHY (Sea Tramp), April Chairman, J. P. Gavin; Sacratary, R. E. Kiadlngar. Soma disputed OT In deck and engine departments. New washing machine to be ordered. Safe gangway condition to ba taken up with patrolman. Medical supplies to bo checked. Request that ship bo fumigated for roaches. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done. CLAIBORNE (Waterman), Fab. IS— Chairman, Homer Starling; Sacratary, Jamas Pursail. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything Is running smooth­ ly. Motion was made to have two hours minimum OT after 5 PM or before 8 AM. or anytime In port, for deck department. Included In new contract. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Saatrain), May II—Chairman, Jamas M. Glenn, Jr.; Secretary, Herbert C. Justice. No beefs reported. Ship Is running smoothly. 88.67 In ship's fund. Some disputed OT In each department. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), May If—Chairman, Angel Maldonado; Sec­ retary, John J. Relnota. No beefs reported by department delegates. S12.50 in ship's fundO. Brother A. H. Perez was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Motion was made to have food plan representative visit ship, about brands of pams, marmalade etc. CITY OP ALMA (Waterman), May 16—Chairman, E. Bates; Secretary, H. R. Haliman. Ship's delegate re­ ported that two men were left In Crew Donation Brings Thanks To the Editor: I am writing to publicly a<> knowledge my gratitude to the crew of. the Penn Sailor for the check it so generously sent to us following the death of my son, George S. Lynch. I wish to take this oppor­ tunity to thank James A. MacKenzie, the ship's delegate, and all his shipmates. Union broth­ ers and friends who all took the trouble to make donations. Both I and the members of our family all consider the gift a very nice token of thoughtfulness. Stephen J. Lynch SIU Members Receive Thanks To the Editor: I've been putting off writing this letter of thanks to the friends of my beloved husband. Bill Olds, because I could never find the suitable words. Now I would like to thank the SIU and its members for the sym­ pathy and kindness given to me and my three children at the time of the sudden passing of my late husband. I am also ELIZABETHPORT (Sas-Land), May 10—Chairman, Gene T. Bacon; Secre­ tary, W. W. BIckford. Ship's dele­ gate reported that everything Is run­ ning smoothly. Brother Doolay was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Vote of thanks to the steward department. ' STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), May t—Chairman, O. Mulholiand; Sacra­ tary, J. Gillian. It was reported that the wash water Is rusty. One man was hospitalized In Alicante, Spain. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. S16.S0 In ship's fund. PENN CHALLENGER (Pann Ship­ ping), May S—Chairman, R. J. McConnall; Sacratary, I. K. Coats. SIS In ship's fund. No* beefs wars re­ ported by department delegates. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), May 3—Chairman, Wm. Hightowar; Secretary, D. M. Woods. No beefs reported by department delegates. ROBIN HOOD (Robin), May 1— Chairman, R. L. O'Brien; Secretary, L. E. Mayers. Everything Is running smoothly. Brothar R. L. O'Brien was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks extended to the stew­ ard department. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), April 24—Chairman, Joseph Gouda; Sacra­ tary, Fred Shala. Few minor beefs aboard which will ba taken up with patrolman. Otherwise, everything has been O.K. 828.20 In ship's fund. Mo­ tion was mada to discontinue travel­ lers checks and Issue American money In all foreign ports. Motion made to raise the price of extra meals to 81. Motion mada to supply liquid soap or some other hard water soap for doing a batter dishwashing Job. Motion to ask companies to allow draws on good OT, such as weekends. The steward thanked the entire crew for tho concern and care they showed him while he was sick. Brother Frank Travis thanked the craw for the help that was shown to him when his father passed away. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment. grateful for the assistance I received from the SIU Welfare representative. I am most grateful to all the griends of our family from the Del Sud, Del Norte and Del Mar who sent us such a gener- All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. ous donation. Because of their generosity, I was able to pay for our family tomb which has been erected in Lockport, La. This beautiful monument will stand as a permanant memorial of our true friends. Now that my husband Is gone, I hope I can keep up with what the Union is doing and also keep track of his many friends by reading the LOG. My closing wish Is for con­ tinued success and smooth sail­ ing to everyone in a wonderful Union. Mrs, WUllam Olds Aussie Shrimpten, chief sfeward on the JosefiiM (Liberty Navigation), claims that all he does these days is sit back and say "thank you" for all the compliments that his depart­ ment garners from grateful crewmembers. Members of his department are (front row, l-rl Hollis Huff, Ernie Newhali, Eddie Edinger, Ray Ramos and Shrmipton. In the rear are Victor Garcia, Sixto Charenco and John Coriey. Nothing Afloat Can Equal Josefina's Steward Dept. By A. Pete Waters and Earl E. Minard There is nothing that can get a Seafarer to start spinning out superlatives on the ship's typewriter than the successful efforts of a grade A-1 steward department. While the LOG is happy to print many of the raves various SIU steipard departments earn, the editors are hard put to remember when they came across such glowing praise as in the letter appearing below, written by A. Pete Waters, deck delegate, and Earl Minard, engine delegate on the Josefina (Liberty Navigation). In case any sceptics might scoff at their laudatory words, the two delegates also got T. G. Terjersen, the ship's master, to sign the statement. One of the top ten restaurants in the world is located on the edge of a forest in France. It has a completely unpronouncable name, and unless you know where it is, you will most likely pass it by every time you go looking for it. From the outside it appears to be a ram­ shackle, weatherbeaten old-t rolls, cakes and pies (not to say chateau that looks as if it is better chow if you ate in the first anything about the pizza for the class dining room of a French lux­ about to collapse under its ury liner with every famous cook poker players). Because he is own weight. However, once you get inside, the first morsel of food that you eat is enough to tell you that the food being served t<> your table is straight from the kitchen of the gods. Well, we the crew of the Jose­ fina are proud to report that we have a maritime duplicate of this same situation right on board our ship. On the outside our "Josie" looks like just another 20-year-old Lib­ erty ship. Should you come aboard and sit down either in the messhall or saloon, you couldn't find Benefits Keep Member Afloat To the Editor: I would like to tell every member in the SIU how grate­ ful I feel after receiving my hearing aid through the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan. It has im­ proved my hearing very Itauch. If it had not been for this timely benefit, I could not have continued to sail at my rating as an AB. In fact, after a few years would have passed, I wouldn't have been able to ship out at all. You all remember that in the old days, the com­ panies would have thrown a Seafarer like me on the junk pile without the slightest hesi­ tation. Thanks to the Union's wise policy of both looking ahead and looking out for its mem­ bers, many of us can feel se­ cure that we can continue to do our jobs and pull our own weight. One thing I know for sure: the SIU has the most for­ ward looking welfare plan for its members of any union in the nation, no matter which way you look at It. I am glad to take this oppor­ tunity to give my thanks to each and every one of the in the world working in the galley. Gastronomical Delight The Josie's galley force, which is headed by chief cook Hollis Huff, goes out of its way to put out menus that are nothing short of gastronomical delights. When "Uncle" Hollis comes up with its breaded veal cutlets with country gravy, the closest thing that you'll ever hear to a beef ip some worrywart crying, "What's Dr. Logue going to say when he checks my weight?" Eddie Edinger, as night cook and baker, puts out the bread. trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan. Frank Wenzel 4" 4; 4^ SIU Praised On Good Job To the Editor: I just thought that I would drop you a few lines to let you know how much I enjoy receiv­ ing the LOG. Since I'm retired now, I don't get a chance to make too many union meetings, so I rely on the LOG to keep me up to date about the Union. My neighbors think you're doing a great job. They keep coming around and borrowing my copies, so that I hardly have a chance to read them myself. One of my neighbors, who is a welder, says tne siu weiiare plan Is the best In the world. Naturally I couldn't agree with him more, even if he belongs to another union. Recently I had to make use of the welfare plan when I went into the hospital. In less than a month, the plan paid all my bills. When you stop to con­ sider it, you have to agree that this is really wonderful. I hope all the younger brothers get a chance to read this and see what they really can expect when they retire. Charles F. Ridley, Sr. something of a thwarted perfec­ tionist, he seldom is satisfied with the luscious pastries he produces. Eddie claims that any man who cannot regularly put away a dou­ ble order of his breakfast buck­ wheats, smothered with butter and honey, is either a sissy or must have been raised by an under­ nourished family. Rounding out the cooking staff is Ernie "Curly" Newhali, who, when he is not producing such epicurean vegetable wonders as baked stuffed tomatoes or chateau potatoes, is learning to bake in his spare time to get his endorse­ ment when we hit Stateside. Unbeatable Service Since good service goes hand in hand with good food, the Josefina crew has really got the whole feeding game made. Saloon messman Sixto Charenco runs his mess with ease, speed and know-how, plus a mind reading act by which he knows what the officers want before they even sit down. In the dish-diving department, we have "Professor" Ray Ramos of Seattle, whose iced drinks and salads are as cold and cool as his coffee is hot and strong. As for bedroom steward Victor Garcia, the skipper proclaims him to be one of the best in the business. In charge of this "once in a lifetime" steward's department is Aussie "I've-Got-Horse" Shrimpton, who claims all he does is to accept compliments from a con­ tented, satisfied and well-fed crew, lie told us that another one of his most important responsibilities is writing letters to Duncan Hines, trying to get the Josie on their approval list so that we can fly the Gourmet's ensign of the Rust Bucket fleet. YoafiU^s^aJ/'s UNION UIEI AND SERVICE TRADES DEPT., AFl-OO �Pagre Twenty-Tw»' SEAFARERS LOG 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: Christopher Dorgan, born Janu­ Georgre Anthony Borup, bom Lourdes Felix, born January 16, February 3, 1964, to tha Carl Bor- ary 20, 1964, to Marion Dorgan, 1964, to the Hector Mena Feiixs, Miami, Fia. ups, Houston, Texas. Fairhope, Alabama. 4" 3^ 4 4 4 4 4 4 Robert Falco, born February 2, Jason Wood, born November 9, Donna Stelly, born February 8, 1964, to the Francis V. Falcos, 1963, to the James L. Woods, 1964, to the Robert Lee Stellys, Arenzville, Illinois. Bayonne, NJ. Port Acres, Texas. 4> 4 3> 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Douglas Merckx, born January Joan Marie Schaeffer, born Jan­ Patricia Romero, born March 2, 23, 1964, to the Norman Merckxs, uary 27,1964, to the Gerald Schaef- 1964, to the Antonio Romeros, Bellmawr, NJ. fers, Detroit, Mich. Staten Island, N.Y. Marcy Cherry, born February, Yvetto Susan Douttit, born Jan­ Brenda Colette Beadling, born 13, 1964, to the John Thomas uary 18, 1964, to the Charles Dout- February 13, 1964, to the Richard Cherrys, Jr., New York, NY. tits. La Salle, Mich. V. Beadlings, Channeiview, Texas. 4 4 4 Steven Faunt, bora December Robert Cessford, born November Sheryl McGill, born February 17, 23, 1963, to the John Faunts, Sault 14, 1964, to the John Cessfords, 1964, to the Robert McGills, Port Ste. Marie, Mich. Lake Charles, La. Arthur, Texas. 4 4 4 Allaina Sliger, born January 30, Connie Wolfe, born July IB, 1903, Philip Terry Cazallis, born Octo­ to the Allen E. Sligers, St. Louis, to the Clarence L. Wolfes, Port ber 16, 1963, to the Harvey P. Mo. Huron, Mich. Cazallis', Chicago Heights, 111. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Victoria Dycus, bora January 5, Luis Molina, born February 6, Nonle Veronica Sullivan, born to the Jerry W. Dycus', Sr., Caho- 1964, to the Rafael Velex Molinas, February 8, 1964, to the Thomas kia, Illinois. Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Suliivans, Miller Place, N.Y. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Rebecca Susan Keech, born Jan­ Eileen Moennich, born January Terence Stephen Levy, born Feb­ uary 23, 1964, to the Grady L, 10, 1964, to the Norman E. Moen- ruary 4,1964, to the Charles Levys, Keechs, Pinetown, NO. niches, Cleveland, Ohio. New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Sabrlna Hatgimislos, born Janu­ Deedra Sanders, born February George Joseph Saddy, born Sep­ ary 11, 1964, to the Nicholas Hat- 9, 1964, to the John Sanders', Ft. tember 14, 1963, to the George glmlsios', Philadelphia, Pa. Lauderdale, Fla. Saddys, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 William Fulford, born Septen»Basilisa Maldonodo, born Febru­ Ronald Anthony McNab, born ber 14, 1963, to the Junious H. ary 24, 1964, to the Francisco R. February 19, 1964, to the Sydney Fulfords, Lowlands, NC. Maldonodos, Brooklyn, N.Y. McNabs, Texas City, Texas. 4 4 4 Jennifer Lois Stubbs, bora No­ Marilyn Ann Shook, born Octo­ Barbara Billek, born February vember 29, 1963, to the Henry O. ber 14, 1963, to the Dennis O. 20, 1964, to the George E. Billeks, Stubbs", Jr., Highlands, Texas. Shooks, Maumee, Ohio. Mantua, New Jersey. Jima 20, 196« All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible: The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPH3 HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK S. Alpedo George McGinnla Fomey Bowen Victor Menor E. Bullk Georgs Meltzer Juan Burgos G. Mlhalopouloa Henry CaUahan Amstey Minors Edward Cleary Abdel Mohamed Clarencs Collins Harold Nelson John CuUinson Edward O'Beirna Hamilton Dailey N. - Palantzoglou Jos Denton A. Panagopoulos Lionel Desplant Wlnford PoweU Herbert Dlerking Miguel Reyes John Frangett Joseph Roy Lynwood Gregory William Sargent Etik Jensen Elbert Solomon W. Kowalczyk Walter StovaU Derek Lamb Georgs Tamlln Nell lysmbert Evello Temes Walter Laster Tonls Tonissoa Paul Llotta Julian Vista Charles LaRosa Carl Wayne M. Maldonado Harry Whits USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA Jamea AUen Duska Korolia H. Arceneaux Henry J. Maas Jamea Boring Fleas Martin Jamaa Bourgeois Samuel Martin Wilbcrt Burke Charles Matthews Georga Burlcsoa John McKenna Salvator Candela Mont McNabb. Jr. Adron Cox Philip Mcndoza Robert Edmonds Cieon Nixon Edward FarrcU Charles Monks John Fontan Earnest Odom Theodora Fortln Earl Porta Audlev Foster Chas. Simpkins Jamea Gardiner Robert Smith. Jr. John Gersey A. Soriano Byrd Gold Rufus Stough, Jr. Jesse Green WUliam Stone Otis Harden Bobby Trosclair Ramon Aizarey Raymond Vaughan Howard Waters Jamea Jackson Robert Weeks Foster Juneau CscU Kerrigan Malcolm Woods Wm. Kivasnlca USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND Moisss Asinos F. Hoffman Lafayette Howard Grover Cobbler Friadof FondiU Charles LoveU George Foote Jamas MitcheU Gorman Glaze James Redden Protasio Herrira Carl Smith Robert HarwsU Bela Szupp 4 4 4 Lorraine Reyna, born August Laura Ann Sachse, born October Tassie Ann Walsh, born January 10, 1963, to the Ruben Reynas, 12, 1963, to the Robert J. Sachses, 24, 1964, to the George D. Walshs, Galveston, Texas. Milwaukee, Wise. Holland, Michigan. William Hutchinson Penny MoCarty needs your help The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare urgently. She asks that you write, Plan (any apparent delay in payment of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of sending your address care of Bar­ beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): bara Andersen, 8708Vi W. 104th Wong Yau, 66i Brother Yau St., Inglewood, Calif. George Stephen Lynch, 26: Selfert Hamilton, 88: Brother died of natural causes on Decem­ Severe burns were fatal to Broth­ Hamilton died of natural causes 4 4 4 ber 8, 1963, at Robert W. Pappas er Lynch aboard «t the USPHS the Staten Island It ia imperative that you con­ the 8S Penn Hospital In New USPHS Hospital. tact your parenta at the following Sailor in Greece Orleans, La. A member of the addressi BB2 Academy St., New on April 4, 1964. Sailing in the steward depart­ A member of the engine depart­ York 84, NY. ment until placed engine depart­ 4 4 4 ment, he had on pension In ment, he Joined Jefferi McGee been a member 1960, ha joined the Union in The above-named is asked to get of tile Union the Union In 1953. Surviving in touch with Mr. Johannes Neilsince 1954. He is 1952. He Is sur­ is his father, survived by his sen at the Danish Seamen's Union vived by a cous­ Stephen J. Lynch, mother, Ethel in reference to your immigration in, Wong Loy, of New York City. of Philadelphia, Pa. Burial was Conway of Gulfport, Miss. Burial status in the United States. Immi­ Burial was at Cypress Hill Cem­ in Greece. gration officials want to know if was at the Floral Hill Cemetery, etery in Brooklyn, N.Y. 4 4 4 you are a Canadian citizen or an Handsboro, Miss. 4 4 4 Orvall A. Nail, 36: Brother Nail alien, as well as your registration 4 4 4 number. Jesse John Cabral, 81: Heart died of brain Injuries on Novem­ John A. Hudgins, 59: Brother ber 15, 1963, in failure was fatal to Brother 4 4 4 Hudgins died accidentally on Mizell Memorial Thomas Henry Cabral on Janu­ January, 17, Hospital, O p p , Roxy was injured in Houston in ary 18, 1964, at 1964. He joined Ala. A member July, 1962 and has just gotten out the San Francis­ the SIU in 1952 of the engine of the hospital. He saw Jim last co USPHS Hos­ and sailed as a department, ho summer and would like you to pital, Sailing in member of the joined the Un­ write him care of Walter Neu­ the steward de­ deck department. ion in 1959. He mann, 8340 Penelope Ave., Middle partment, he had He is survived is survived by Village 79, NY. been a member by his wife. his mother. of the Union, 4 4 4 Hazel Hudgins of Pearl S. Nail, of Robert Miller since 1956. He is Savannah, Ga. Wing, Ala. Place of burial was survived by a You are asked to get in touch Burial was at son, Wayne R. Cabral, of Almeda, not reported. with your family at 943 Sagwa St., the Bonaventure Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa, 4 4 4 Cal. Burial was at Holy Cross Savannah, Ga. Robert L. Barbot, 85: Brother Cemetery at Coima, Cal. 4 4 4 Barbot died September 21, 1963, 4 4 4 George Meltzer as a result of in­ John T. Malone, 35: An acci­ You are asked to contact tha juries sustained dental death claimed Brother Ma­ Diocesan Bureau of Social Service, in a fall aboard lone on March 1, Archdiocese of Hartford, 56 K y s k a (Water1964, in Spring­ Church St., Waterbury, Conn., as man) at Le field, La. He soon as possible. Havre, France. joined the Union 4 4 4 He joined the in 1962 and Joseph W. Johnson Union in 1953 sailed as a mem­ Contact your wife, Carolyn Sue, and sailed as a ber of the stew­ immediately since there may be a member of the ard department. birth in the family very shortly. deck depart­ Place of burial 4 4 4 ment. Burial was at sea. Cecile was the Newman Neut Williams M. Barbot of Washington, D.C., Cemetery, GilsYou are asked to contact your was legally appointed administra­ burg, Miss. There were no sur­ wife. Marguerite, as soon as pos­ trix of Brother Barbot's estate. vivors. sible. Arnold HeinvaU Samutl Walton, Jr. Charlea Hlppard MOUNT WILSON STATE HOSPITAL MOUNT W1X.SON. MARYLAND Hector Durata USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS C. Anderson J. Lea Rogers Jamee Dillon Ernesto Ramirei James Gates Frank Reese Otis Gilles Clifford Renebar Harry Giroir Theodora Spencer Randolph Georga Alfonso Sandino Milburn Hatley L. Springer J. Jaskolskl James Sammon Walter Koyn Patrick Stevens David Murphy John Shamel Charles Martin S. E. Walsh L. Pretious Charles Young Homer Paschall USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Frederick Alter David Newlin Reuben Bach J. Noffsinger Homer CampbeU Rueben Skytta Robert Green S. Templeton Patrick Heaiy Donald Tucker C. Lenhard John Kennedy Gordon Llerman Juan Laigo Barney Majjeaia Robert Nielsen Frank May Werner Pederson Joseph Mrkua H. Silverstein USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA N. A. Blanchard R. Johnson, Jr. Grover Maddox USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Robert Bailey Joseph Perry Frank Buck John Thomas Patsy Frango Hildred White USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAUFORNIA Howard Fowier Warren Lane Charlie Gedra Anthony Nix, Jr. John Guard Richard Zaragoza Emmett Humbird USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON Gordon Bradford Fred Riemolt John Kennedy Cecil Wallick Joseph Malyszko Woodrow Spivgy Robert Meioy WUUam WiUiams Robert Nielsen USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Alfred Duggan Newton Paine Giibert Edwards Chas. Robinson Wm. Kouzounas USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Thomas Cassidy George McKnew Charles Coburn Samuel Mills Arthur CoUett Max Olson B. Deibler Raymond Ruppert Abe Gordon James Webb Thomar Lehay Willie A. Young Billy Lynn SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas laaksen A. Gutierrez WUliam Kenny Edwin Harriman VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS R. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Sanford Gregory IRON MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL IRIN MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN Arnold Johnson PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGee US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, DC Wm. Thomson Paul C. StovaU VA HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NEW YORK 8. Frankiewicz �SEAFARERS JOB* 16. 1964 fMge Twenty-Hire* LOG Japanese Seen Maintaining Membership Meetings High Rate Of Shipbuilding Scheaule oi SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic," Gulf, Lakes.and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days Indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York July 6 Detroit July 10 Philadelphia July 7 Houston July 13 Baltimore July 8 New Orleans July 14 Mobile July 15 t West Coast SlU-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: Seattle Wilmington San Francisco July 24 July 20 July 22 August 21 August 17 August 19 1 I'j 3; J. 4, •*-Great Lakes SIU Meetings CHEAT LAKES TUO AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memlers are scheduled each month in the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will be: Detroit July 13 Milwaukee July 13 Chicago July 14 Buffalo July 15 tSault Ste. Marie ....July 16 July 6—7 PM Duluth .July 17 i» 5" t Lorain July 17 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union (For meeting place, contact'Har­ Regular membership meetings old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. for IBU members are scheduled Sandusky, Ohio). Cleveland July 17 each month in various ports. The Toledo July 17 next meetings will be: Ashtabula July 17 Philadelphia . July 7—5 PM (For meeting place, contact John Baltimore (licensed and un­ Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ licensed) .. July 8—5 PM tabula, Ohio). Houston July 13—5 PM Norfolk July 9—7 PM 4" 4 4". N'Orleans .. .July 14—5 PM United Industrial Workers Mobile July 15—5 PM Regular membership meetings 4" ft 4> for UIW members are. scheduled RAILWAY MARINE REGION Regular membership meetings each month at 7 PM in various for Railway Marine Region-IBU ports. The next meetings will be: New York July 6 members are scheduled each Philadelphia July 7 month in the various ports at 10 Baltimore July 8 AM and 8 PM. The next meetings 4:Houston July 13 will be: Mobile July 15 Jersey City July 13 • Meetings tield at Laeor Temple, New­ Ftailadelpbia July 14 port News. Baltimore July 15 t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, •Norfolk July 16 t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. 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 held at 2 PM. The next meetings will be: Detroit July 6—2 PM Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, NEW YORK—Japan's shipbuilding industry will continue on a high rate of production over the next two years, despite some signs of a possible levelling-off in the current pace of construction. This forecast comes from prefer to study the electronic sys­ 1966. The ship wiU be In the further. 6,000 gross ton class and is sched­ shipbiiilding executive Koichi tems The government of Japan plans uled for use as a floating oceanoToyama of Nippon Kokan to have an experimental nuclear- graphic and meterological labora­ K.K., who says that Japanese ship­ powered vessel afloat by early tory. builders today have about a twoyear order backlog on their books. Although new orders by Scan­ dinavian and other European shipping lines may slacken in 1965, Japanese lines will be able to take up most of the slack, and the large number of orders on hand should maintain output at well above a yearly two million SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes Inland Boatmen's Union gross ton mark for the next 24 NATIONAL DIRECTOR & Inland Waters Robert Matthews months. PRESIDEa«T GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Experimental Ships Paul HaU Pat Finnerty IXECUnVE VICE-PRESIDENT BALTIMORS ....1216 E. Baltlmor* St. In the field of experimental ves­ Cal Tanner .EAstem 7-4900 sels private industry and the Japa­ VICE PRESIDENTS BOSTON 276 State St. Llndiey WllUama .Richmond 2-0140 nese government are working to Earl Bhepard A1 Tanner Robert Matthews HEADQUARTERS 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn keep up with the pace set by SECRBFARY-TREASURER HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Al Kerr American and European shipbuild­ WAlnut 8-3207 HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES ers. In some cases Mr. Toyama BUI HaU Ed Hooney Fred Stewart JACKSONVnjJS 2608 Pearl St.. SE. Jax feels Japan has grabbed a slight BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. .ELgin 3-0987 Rex Dickey. Asent EAxtern 7-4900 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. lead. FRanklin 7-3564 BOSTON 276 State St. Nippon Kokan naval architects Ed RUey. A(ent 1 South Lawrence St. Richmond 2-0140 MOBILE DETTROn 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. • HEmlock 2-1754 are presently studying designs for VInewood 3-4741 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. the construction of liquid petrole­ HEADQUARTERS ....675 4th Ave., Bklyn Tel 529-7.548 115 Third St. HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK um gas carrying vehicles and have Tel. 622-1892-3 HOUSTON . 5804 Canal St. also introduced a refined elec­ Paul Drozak, Asent 2604 S 4th St. WAlnut 8-3207 PHILADELPHIA DEwey 6-3828 tronic cargo handling system for JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax TAMPA 312 Harrison St. WUUam Morris. Asent ELsin 3-0987 tankers. Tel. 229-2788 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Asent FRanklin 7-3564 Operators Enthusiastic GREAT LAKES TUO & DREDGE REGION 1 South Lawrence St. REGION.AL DIRECTOR Japanese shipowners are enthu­ MOBILE Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Robert Jones 630 Jackson Ave. siastic about the possible time and NEW ORLEANS Dredge Workers Section Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 labor-saing potential of the newv NEW YORK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn Harold F. Yon automated cargo system, which HYacinth 9-6600 BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Arthur MiUer. Agent can be installed in ships already Gordon TR 5-1536 Spencer, Acting Agent .. 622-1892 CHICAGO N. KimbaU operating as well as those now PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. Trygve Varden. Agent 2300 ALbany 2-1154 DCwey 6-3818 under construction. European Frank Drozak, Agent CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. 621-5450 lines are not fully convinced and Paul Gonsorchik, Agent .. DOuglas 2-4401 Tom Gerrity. Agent UNION SALLS E. B. McAuley, West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR .. 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski, Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GiUette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne, Agent TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, m. SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAln 1-5450 DIH.UTH 312 W. 2nd St. RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. MaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. River Rouge 18, Mich. VInewood 3-4741 Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atianlic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. AH Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brookiyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. AU trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these eontracts are posted and avaUable in aU Union haUs. If you feel there has been any violatluU uf your •iiipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified maU. 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 tho Union or to the Seafarers Aopeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of ail 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 oificial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionaUy refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in ail constitutional ports. Th^ responsibUity for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may deiegate. from among iti ranks, one individual to carry out this responsihiUty. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and It 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 avaiiable in aU Union haUs. AU members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to famiUarlze 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 weU as aU other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabilitv-penslnn hcnefits have always been encouraged to conthiue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And Uke all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. 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 feels 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 poUtical objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for 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. •W DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur, Agent RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address maU to Brimley, Mich. Wayne Weston. Agent. BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, linemen, Oilers & Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero. Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns. Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent . . ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns, Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin. Agent Southgate, Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN, 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky, Ohio Harold Ruthsatz, Agent MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ... 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent . SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE ....1086 Maple St. Wni. J. Lackey, Agent .. MEfirose 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. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltinmre St. EA.stei-n NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4ili si. DEwey 6-3818 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 276 St.nte St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE ELgin 3-09S7 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklin 7-35G4 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7543 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Phone 229-2788 BOSTON i �Vol. XXVI No. 13 SEAFARERS LOG Juno 2« 1964 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO 'mm iiil »«w»| wAsa ratTima i roTlUl 1i)« 11 w I U lAesh^ A.. - fngs J in Srf »t foutsltw s* * -U nmrrtM S V'ASHJSGTPW ^P> Tj»vm —, on iiil V «Wp t, /or iosJan!^ -ta ^welteoosWerOietea P to bo Buil and veid" j ^fiepay eecJu, ia» legai S'C'E^KAT ^Oi ^0 ant i < ral ,j,77 ittakinifdF'^A^ asrs-xsF -RnofeTief on Ocean May! " <0 I lAre Trichy .- , vixwajr ^iiii iii ^ASJffKOTCN (AP) m YhA R F'a/efV LTacn h,,^, ZT4 f' '""STJS Mrnlna ht Io,«.. T^K »« •0»'« <" w#"/!**!;?] KJoi B& Ttci^t £nou9 i')Sii:fids!I§^;i;jS" iiii !>• 01''/-. aiwie IjgjSSBWlfisiw^ hd th«av$«jv«J ii illi ySi.-W: Jiiili SgisSSiiSsS i»sm.. EU.CIUJWOE S UP) ~ z- |i 30orc - , fAP' - ai , I 'IS a >v'ritJ h"7< "ho ffn ' »jUc JO gof I'ne ocean-j; •0 mora , Jlet tblfi captai I^PJ ft) iftc tJ LOG STORY A HIT COAST-TO-COAST find ffiJ ''«yn« SOB w? >0% ' - (T3<f^ OOM >1 ">;•> ^apLi, =>••- . i-'e n,;,!. "kaj Jj.-.l d-f-.nyt j;gO iS heodquoHy 5." i foiow )1 sp Smbow had foHowl... J, , M™ . I A feature story in the May 29 edition of the LOG made the nation's press sit up and take notice of the perils of marriage at sea. The feature, which questioned the legality of tying the knot in mid-ocean, was spotted by one of the country's leading wire services and found loaded with sufficient human interest to be relayed to newspapers all over the land. Summaries of the LOG morrioge-at-sea feature even­ tually appeared in more than 300 newspapers from Maine to Cailfornia. Some of these reproductions are printed on this page to give regular readers of the LOG on idea of the extensive interest stirred up by their Union newspaper. The wide coverage received by the LOG's story of shipboard nuptials lllustrnTes orice again, that articles on the sea are the subject of neverending interest to the nation's newspaper readers, whether they live in the port of New York or a land-locked city like Denison, Texas. tgiij ill? i i "-•""SlSriL i !^h »T) »>''./» & -'"W/i: Oft hai i wot^4, �ti-S, -T' H •., t t <• f VC I SID DOSSTITDTItl For SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes And Inland Waters District ' I �r'l SI:AFARERS SoppIemftiii^Pftse Two LOG CONSTITUTION THE SEAFARERS JNTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT /• Affiliated with American Federation of Labor — Congroat of Induatrial Organizaliona ^ (Ai Amended Mey 12,1960) PREAMBLE As maritime and allied workers and realizing^ the value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the form­ ing of one Union for our people, the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distnct, based upon the following principles: All members shall be entitled to all the rights,-privileges and ^arantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, privi­ leges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with its terms. We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. We affirm that every worker has the right to receive fair and Just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. We proclaim the ri^t of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. We defend the right of all seamen to be treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and. We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike. Irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are con­ scious of corresponding duties to those in command, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious relations with those in command by exercising due care and dili­ gence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assistance to our employers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintain­ ing and developing skill in seamanship and eflfecting a change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a merchant marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of mari­ time workers and through its columns seek to maintain their knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of organi­ zation and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood 6f the Sea. To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor organi­ zations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different directions from any place where the majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings can be attended' by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and passions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this Constitution. Statement of Principles and Declaration of Rights In order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in the maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity .of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social welfare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the fol­ lowing principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we.shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obliga­ tions as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor organizaitons; We shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We .shall seek to exert our individ­ ual and collective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable. I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. If Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union. ill No member shall be deprived of his membership without dtie process of the law of this Union. No member shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the ttail of any proceeding in which he may be charged with failure to observe the law. of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with &e princi­ ples set forth in the Constitution of the Union, IV Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members. V No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VI A niilitant membership being necessary to the security of a frM union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. VII The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and Execu­ tive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION Article 1 Name and General Powers This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and executive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, sub­ ordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or otherwise, the forma­ tion of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enter­ prises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. This Union shall exercise all of its powers in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of admin­ istration and in furtherance of its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make its property, facilities and personnel available for the use and behalf of such subordinate belies and divisions. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless otherwise specified in' the Constitution or by law. This Union shall at all times protect and maintain its jurisdiction. Article II Affiliation Sacilon I. This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Federation of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All other affilia­ tions by the Union or its subordinate bodies or divisions shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Sactlen 2. In addition to such other provisions as are contained herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a charter from and/or affiliation with this Union, shall be required to adopt, within a time period set by the Executive Board, a constitution containing provisions as set forth in Exhibit A, annexed to this Constitution and made a parr hereof. All other provisions adopted by such subordinate bodies and divisions as part of their constitutions shall not be inconsistent therewith. No such constitution or amendments thereto shall be deemed to be effective without the approval of the Executive Board of this Union, which shall be executed in writing, on its behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or division. Where a subordinate body or division violates any of the fore­ going, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constitutional provision not so authorized and approved, or commits acts in violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance herewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, may withdraw its charter and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on such terms as it may impose not inconsistent with law, in addition to exercis­ ing any and all rights it may have pursuant to any applicable agree­ ments or understandings. . Section 3. This Union shall also have the power, acting through its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a trustee­ ship upon any subordinate body, or divisions chartered by and affiliated with it, for the reasons and to the extent provided by law. Article III Membership Section I. Gindidates for membership shall be admitted to memMrship in accordance with such rules as are adopted from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Membership classifica­ tions shall correspond to and depend upon seniority classifications established in accordance with the standard collective bargaining agreement of this Union. In addition to meeting the other require­ Jane *6, UC4 ments duly promulgated pursuant hereto, no person shall becomo a full book member unless and .until he has attained the highest seniority rating set out in die said collective bargaining agreement. Only full book members shall be entided to vote and to hold any office or elective job, except as otherwise specified herein. All mem­ bers shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be entided to vote on Union contracts. Saction 2. No' candidaite shall be granted membership who is n member of any dual organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. Saction 3. Members more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall be automatically suspended,, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the applicable quarter, but this time shall not run: (a) While a member is acmally participating in a strike or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or other accredited hospital. (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to activity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entery into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the armed forces. (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American flag merchant vessel. Saclien 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time speci­ fied in Section 3 shall not run. It shall be the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with regard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the membership. A majority vote of the membership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Saction 5. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assess­ ments may be excused where a member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the common welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constimtion and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. Soction 7. Any member who gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual prganization shall be denied further membership in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Mem­ bers may be required to show their evidence of membership in order to be admitted to Union meeting, or into, or on Union property. Article IV Reinstatement Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accord­ ance with such rules and under such conditions as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Article V Dues and Initiation Fee Saction I. All members shall pay dues quarteriy, on a calendar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Constitution and may be changed only by Constitutional amendment. Saction 2. No candidate for membership shall be admitted into membership without having paid an initiation fee of three hundred . (1300.00) dollars, except as orherwise provided in this Constitution. Saction _3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for . organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the Executive Board. Article VI Retirement from Membership Saction l. Members may retire from membership by surrendering their Union books or other evidence of affiliation and paying all unpaid dutfs for the quarter in which they retire, assessments, fines and other monies due and owing the Union. When the member surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection with his application for retirement he shall be given a receipt therefor. An official retirement card shall be issued by Headquarters, upon request, dated as of the day that such member accomplishes these payments, and shall be given to the member upon his pre­ senting the aforesaid receipt. Satiioii 2. All the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of membership shall be suspended during the pqjiod of retirement, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. Saction 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessments accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retirement is less than two quarters, the required pay­ ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said period of retirement, including those for the current quarter, and all assess­ ments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such payment, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his membership book, appropriately stamped, shall be return^ to him. Saction 4. A member in retirement may be restored to membership after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters only by majority vote of the membership. Saction 5. The period' of retirement shall be computed from the first day of the quartet following the one in which the retirement card was issued. �U, 1»C4 SEAFARERS Anlicfo vn Syiftm of Oitianlutroii LOG I) Hit President duU bt ciuilrmaii of At Exeeatire Board cast cat vote in Aat body. J(g)may He shall bt responsible, within At limits of his powers, SoMriemeaf^Me Xbrea die ports, and the pnsonnel Aeret^ on die lakes and lotioJ Waters, including Aeir organizing activities. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and authorize to retain any technic^ or professional assistance he deems necessary, subjea to approval of Ae Executive Board. ttction 1. Thts Union, tnd all officers, headquarMi^f npreieatM for me enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of Ae Union, all rules and rulings duly adopted by Ae Executive Board, and tires, port agents, patrolmen, and members shall bt goreraed ia and those duly adopted by a majority vote of Ae membership. WiAin dils order by: .Aese limits, he shall strive to enhance Ae strengA, position, i.id Saelien 8. Diracter of Organizing and Publications. (a) The Constimtlon; prestige of Ae Union, The Director of Organizing and Publications shall be appointed (b) the Executire Board. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to Aose other and may be removed at will by Ae Executive Board of Ae Union. (c) Majority rote of the membership, duties lawfully imposed upon him. He shall be responsible for and supervise all publications and (i) The responsibility of the President may not be delegated, public relations of the Union and shall serve as co-ordinator of Saction 3. The headquarters of the Union shall be located la New York and the headquarters officers shall consist of a President, but Ae President may delegate to a person or persons Ae execution all organizational aaivities of the Union. In addition, he shall and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by Ae Executive Board. Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one to the limitations sec forA in Ais Constitution. (j) Any vacancy in any office or Ae job of Headquarters Repre­ Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President Section 9. Hesdqusriers Representatives. in Charge of the Gulf G^st, and one Vice-President in Charge sentative, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by Ae President The Headquarters Representatives shall perform any arid all by temporary appointment of a member qualifi^ for Ae office of the Lakes and Inland Waters. or job under Article Xll of Ais Constitution, except in Aose duties assigned them or delegated to Aem by Ae President, Execu­ Saction 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such personnel cases where the filling of such vacancy is oAerwise provided for tive Vice-President or the Executive Board. as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the name of the by this Constitution. Section 10. Port Agents. city in which the Union's port offices are located. (k) The President is directed to take any and all measures and (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of Ae administra­ Saction 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered in one employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to tion of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdictioii subject to the of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewards depart­ protect Ae interests, and further the welfare of the Union and its direction of Ae area Vice-President. (b) He shall, wiAin the jurisdiction of his port, be responsible ment. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation for Ae enforcement and execution of the Constitution, Ae policies with custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a issues, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority to require any officer or : of Ae Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one department to another except by approval as evidenced by a Union representative to attend any regular or special meeting if, in by a majority vote of Ae membership. Wherever Aere are time his opinion, it is deemed necessary. restrictions or other considerations affecting port aaion, the Port majority vote of the membership. Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. - Section 2. Executive Vice-President. (c) He shairbe prepared to account, financially or otherwise, The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and all duties for the activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President,, Article Vlfl assigned him or delegated to him by the President. In the event the Vice-President of the area in which his port is located, or by Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents the President shall be unable to carry out any of his duties by reason of incapacity or unavailability, the Executive Vice-President Ae Secretary-Treasurer. and Patrolmen (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to Ae Secretaryshall take over such duties during Ae period of such incapacity or Section T. The officers of the Union shall be elected as otherwise unavailability. Upon the deaA, resignation, or removal from office Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the President, for any reason of the President, the Executive Vice-President shall income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Con­ immediately assume the office, duties and responsibilities of the directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. tracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretary-Treasurer, one Vice- President until the next general election. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to such President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in The Executive Vice-Presiddht shall be a member of the Executive duties as fall within the jutisdiction of the port, regardless of the Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vice-President in Charge of the Board and may cast one vote in that body. departmental designation, if any, under which the Patrolman Lakes and Inland Waters. was elected. Section'3. Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at Aat port Saction 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and Patrol­ Contract Enforcement. may serve as representatives to other organizations, affiliation wiA men shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in this The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ which has been properly authorized. Constimtion. ment shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated Section 11. Patrolmen. to him by Ae President. In addition, he shall be responsible for Patrolmen shall perform any duties assigned them by Ae Agent all contract negotiations, the formulation of bar^ining demands, Article IX and Ae submission of proposed collective bargaining agreements of Ae Port to which Aey are assigned. Other Elective Jobs to Ae membership for ratification. He shall also be responsible, Section 12. Executive Board. except as otherwise provided in Article X, Section 14 (d) (1), for The Executive Board shall consist of Ae President, Ae Executive Saction 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in Article strike authorization, signing of new contracts, and contraa enforce­ VllI, the following jobs in the Union shall be voted upon in the ment. He shall also aa for headquarters in executing the adminis­ Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of Contracts' and' manner prescribed by this Constitution: trative funaions assigned to headquarters by Ais Constitution wiA Contract Enforcement, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Vice-President A. Delegates to the convention of the Seafarers International respect to trials and appeals except if he is a witness or party in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-President in Charge of thereto, in which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his the Gulf Area, the Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Union of North America. place. In order that he may properly execute these responsibilities Waters, and the National Director (or chief executive officer) of B. Committee members of: he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he each subordinate body or division created or chartered by the (1) Trial Committees deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval of Union whenever such subordinate body or division has attained (2) Quarterly Financial Committees a membership of 3,200 members and has maintained that member­ the Executive Board. (3) Appeals Committees The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforce­ ship for not less than three (3) months. Such National Director (4) Strike Committees (or chief executive officer) shall be a member of Ae respeaive ment shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast ( 5 ) Credentials Committees subordinate body or division and must be qualified to hold office one vote in that body. (6) Polls Committees under the terms of Ae Constitution of such-division or subordi­ (7) Union Tallying Committees nate body. Saction 4. Sscretary-Traaiurar. (8) Constitutional Committees The Executive Board shall meet in headquarters no less Aaa The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform any and all duties assigned Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided by him or delegated to him by the President. He shall be responsible once each quarter and at such other times as Ae President or, a majority vote of the membership. Committees may also be ap­ for the organization and maintenance of the correspondence, files, in his absence, the Executive Vice-President may direct. The Presi­ and records of the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound dent shall be the chairman of all Executive Board meetings unless pointed as permitted by this Constitution. accounting and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and mainte­ absent, in which case the Executive Vice-President shall assume nance of, proper office and other administrative Union procedures; the chairman's duties. Each member of the Executive Board shall Article X the proper collection, safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union be entitled to cast one vote in that body. Its decision shall be determined by majority vote of Aose voting, providing a quorum Duties of Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port funds, port or otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for of Aree is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to each quarterly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's finan­ Agents, Other Elected Job Holders and cial operations and shall submit simultaneously therewiA, Ae develop policies, strategies and rules whiA will advance and Miscellaneous Personnel Quarterly Financial Committee report for Ae same period. The protect the interests and welfare of the Union and the Members. ^retary-Treasurer'j report shall be prepared by an independent It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer, or in his absence, Section 1. The Preiident. Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with all duly elected an appointee of the Executive Board, to keep accurate minutes of (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be responsible all Executive Board meetings. ITie Executive Board shall appoint and shall represent; and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all for the timely filing of any and all reports on Ae operations of one ijerson who shall be designated Director of Organizing and matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the Con­ the Union, financial or otherwise, that may be required by any Publications. The Executive Board shall determine per capita tax stitution. Federal or state laws. In order that he. may properly execute his to be levied and other terms and conditions of affiliation for any (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except responsibilities, he is hereby instructed and auAorized to employ- group of workers desiring affiliation. The Executive Board may any help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting, or oAerwise, direct the administration of all- Union affairs, properties, policies as otherwise herein expressly provided. and personnel in any and all areas not otherwise specifically pro­ (c) The President shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all subject to approval of the Executive Board. vided for in this Constitution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the "The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of Ae Executive Union property, and shall be in charge of headquarters and port Executive Board may act wiAout holding a formal meeting pro­ Board and may cast one vote in Aat body. offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of Ae vided all members of Ae Board are sent notice,of Ae proposed affecting Union action, the President shall take appropriate action Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he shall action or actions and the decision Aereon is reduced to writing and to insure observance thereof. make himself and the records of his office available to the Quarterly signed by a majority of the Executive Board. (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities, Financial Committee. In the event that death, resignation or removal from office for he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any help he deems any reason should occur simultaneously to Ae President and Execu­ necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. Section 5. Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast. tive Vice-President, Ae Executive Board by majority vote shall, (e) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership, The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be a name successors from its own membership who shall fill Aose the President shall designate the number and location of ports, the member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vacancies until the next general election. If Ae Executive Vice-President duly assumes Ae office of Ae jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may close or open- vote in that body. such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and the SeaetaryHe Aall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all President and dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is incapaci­ Treasurer, without reduction in wages. He may also re-assign Ae ports, and the personnel thereof on Ae Atlantic Coast, includ­ tated for more than 30 days during the remainder of. Ae term, Ae Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, aud Patrolmen, to ing Aeir organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area is deemed Executive Board shall elect a successor for Ae balance of the term other duties, without reduction in wages. The Ports of New York, to mean Aat area from and including Georgia through Maine and from its own membership. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Oilcans, Houston and shall also include the Islands in the Caribbean. In order that he Saction 13. Dolegates. Detroit may not be closed except by Constitutional amendment. may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Where ports are opened between elections, die President shall authorized to retain any technical or professional assistance he Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected in designate the Union personnel thereof. deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. accotdance with Ae provisions of Ais Constitution, to attend Ae Ihe President shall designate, in. the event of the iiicapacity of convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. Section 6. Vka-Prasidant in Charge of Ae Gulf Coast. aw Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or any (b) Each delegate shall attend the convention for whiA elected officer other than the President, a replacement to act as such during The Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a the period of incapacity, provided such replacement is qualified member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one and. fully participate. Aerein. under Article XII of the (institution to fill such job. vote in that body. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and oAerwise, support Aose At the regular meeting in July of every election year, the Presi­ He shall supervise and be-responsible for the activities of all Ae policies agreed upon by the majority of Ae delegates to Ae dent shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his Ports; and Ae personnel Aereof on Ae Gulf Coast including their Convention. report he shall recommend the number and location of ports, the organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to mean the (d) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrol­ State of Florida,- all through the Gulf; including Texas. division Aat number of delegates to which Ais Union would have men which are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the number bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any other simitar is empowered and auAorized to retain any technical or professional of members of Ae subordinate body or division. In accordance depository, to which the ballots ate to be mailed or delivered at assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of Ae Executive wiA Ae formula set forA in Ae Constitution of the Seafarers the close of Mch day's voting, except that the President may, in Board. International Union of North America, except Aat Ais provisioa his discretion, postpone the recommendation as to the depository shall not be applied so as to reduce the number of delegates to Sacilen 7. VIca-frasltlaiil in Charge of Aa Lakes and Infami Waters. until no later than the first regular meeting in ^ober. wfaiA Ais Union would oAerwise have been entitl^ This recommendation may also specify, wheth« any Patrolman The Vice^Presideat in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters Section 14. Committeot. and/of Headquarters-Represci-itative, shall be designated as dej»rt- shall be a ntembpr iof the Executive Board and shall be cntided mental ,or othrtwise. The r^ort shall be subject to ippro^ or to one lit' Aat body.M Trial CommiHoe. mbdifiatida by a ihajority Vote of (he tnembetd^..^ He shall taperyise and be responsible foe the activitiet of !BU The Trial Cximmittee shall conduct Ae trials of a person charged. �r'l fiogplement—^Paire Four and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the si^cial obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their finding and recom­ mendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (b) Appeals Committee. 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial Judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Con­ stitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. (c) Quartsrly Financial Committee. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an examina­ tion for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, separate recom­ mendations and separate findings. 2. Th6 findings and recommendations of this committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All officers. Union personnel and members are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. The committee shall also have available to it, the services of the inde­ pendent certified public accountants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven (7) members in good standing to be elected as follows: One member from each of the following ports: New York, Philadelphia, Balti­ more, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee. Committee members shall be elected at the regular meeting designated by the SecretaryTreasurer. In the event a regular meeting cannot be held in any pott for lack of a quorum, the Agent shall call a special meeting as early as possible for the purpose of electing a member to serve on the Quarterly Financial Committee. Such committee members shall be furnished transportation to New York and back to their respective ports and they shall be furnished room and board during the period they are performing their duties in New York. Com­ mencing on the day following their election and continuing until they have been returned to their respective ports each committee member shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay but in no event shall they be paid for less than eight (8) hours per day. (d) Strike Committee. 1. In no event shall a-general strike take place unless approved by a majority vote of the membership. 2. In the event a general strike has been approved by the mem­ bership the Port Agents in all affected potts shall call a timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike committee. This committee shall be composed of three full book members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent to effectu­ ate all strike policies and strategies. Arlicle XI Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and Other Elective Job Holders, Union Employees, and Others Section I. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasurer Headquarters Representatives • Port Agents Patrolmen The term of four years set forth herein is expressly subject to the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article XIII, Section 6(b) of this Constitution. Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the membership or segment of the Union, which­ ever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one .or ones serving. Saction 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shall be determined from time to time by the Executive Board subject to approval of the membership. Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Board shall be followed. Article XI! Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters Representa­ tives, Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs Section I. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a candidate for, and hold, any office or the Job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an unlicensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as sea time. Union records, Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used to determine eligibility; and (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good stand­ ing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and (c) He has at least four (4) months of sea time, in an un­ licensed capacity, aboard an Americau-flag merchant vessel ot SEAFARERS vessels, covered by contraa with this Union, or four (4) months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its sub­ sidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination in the election year; and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and (e) He is not disqualified by law. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall be full book members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Consti­ tution, shall maintain full book membership in good standing. Article XIII Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. Nominations. Except as provided in Section 2(b) of this_Article, any full book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in person, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the SecretaryTreasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candi­ date, including the name of the Port in the event the posi­ tion sought is that of Agent or Patrolman. (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for can­ didates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shall notify the Credentials Committee what ship he is on. This shall be done also- if he ships subsequent to forwarding his cre­ dentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the following form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the Communist Party or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, ra^, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violation of title II or III of the Landium-Griffin Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Dated: Book No Jane M, USi LOG Signature, of member .• Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nomi­ nees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a certificate, but is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason of the restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of Parole of the United States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed statement of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. All documents required herein must reach headquarters no earlier than July 15th and no later than August 15th of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Committee upon the latter's request. • Section 2. Credentials Committee. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regular meeting in August of the election year, at the port where-head­ quarters is located. It shall consist of six full book members in attendance at the meeting, with two members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards Departments. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or candi­ date for office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the committee shall suspend until the President or Executive Vice President, or the SecretaryTreasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters is located in order to elect a replacement. The Com­ mittee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each appli­ cant shall be marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified", the reason therefor must be stated in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of tha membership, that fact shall also be noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Committee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of credentials. All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant, has been disqualified by the commit­ tee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram at the addresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such disqualification by air mail, special delivery, registered, to the mailing address desig­ nated pursuant to Section 1(b) of this Article. A disqualified applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the committee. He shall forward copiet of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be preseifted and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the committee's election. It is the responsibility of the appli­ cant to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written ap^al, the applicant may appear in person before the committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualiThe committee's report shall be prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time set forth in this Constitution and still rwch the ports in time for the first regular meeting after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so pre­ viously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the qualifi­ cations of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candi­ dacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1 (a) of Article XII. Saction 3. Balloting Procodurot. (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive com­ ments not inconsistent with the ptovisidns of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon aplhabetically within each category. The listing of the ports shall follow a geographical pattern, comniehcing with the most northerly port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be voted upon. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so per­ forated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the SecretaryTreasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the preceding para­ graph and shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain separate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or jhall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the voting period. In any. event, receipts shall be forwarded for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspec­ tion of the same at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at port offices, and shall be secret. No signatures of any voter, or other distin,guishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except that any member may write in the name or names of any member or members, as appro­ priate, for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. (d) Only full book members may vote. However, immediately prior thereto they must present their books to the Polls Committee of the port in which they are voting. The voter's book number shall be placed upon the roster sheet (which shall be kept in duplicate) in the space opposite the proper ballot number, and the member shall sign his name. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the roster sheet, and the member shall proceed to the voting site with the ballot. An appropriate notation of the date and of the fact of voting shall be placed in the member's Union book. (e) Each Port Agent shall be responsible for the establishment of a booth or other voting site where each member may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the membqj shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop^the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting .shall commence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sun­ days and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognized in the city in which the port affected is located. If November 1st or December 31st falls on a holiday legally recognized in a port in the city in which that port is located, the balloting period in such pott shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, voting in all ports shall commence at 9:00 A.M., and continue until 5:00 P.M., except that, on Saturdays, voting shall commence at 9:00 A.M. and continue until 12 noon. Section 4. Polls Committees. (a) Each port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three full book members none of whom shall be a candidate, officer or an elected or appointed job holder. For the purpose of holding a meeting for the election of a Polls Committee only, and notwith­ standing the provisions of Article XXIII, Section 2, or any other provision of this Constitution, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for each port, with the said meeting to be held between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. with no notice thereof required. It shall be the obligation of each member wishing to serve on a Polls Com­ mittee, or to observe the election thereof, to be present during this time period. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee is called, and that the minutes of the said meeting are sent daily to the Secretary-Treasurer. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and ainounts of stubs with the number of names and corresponding serial numbers on the roster, and tlien compare the serial number and amounts of' ballots used with the verifica- �M. 1964 tion list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verifiication list, as corrected, and the ballots used. If any discrepancies are found, a detailed report thereon shall be drawn by the Polls Committee finding such discrepancies, which report shall be in duplicate, and signed by all the members of such Polls Committee. Each member of the Committee may make what separate comments thereon he desires, provided they are signed and dated by him. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented at the next regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as com­ pleted, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer. A ma­ jority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Constitution, the Executive Boafd shall not make any determination in these matters. (c) The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding paragraph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. (d) The Polls Committee shall permit full book members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall stamp their book with the word "voted" and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e) In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot, and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting, the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope, as required, which shall then be sealed. The members of the Polls Committee shall there­ upon sign their names across the flap of the said envelope or enve­ lopes, with their book numbers next to their signatures. The committee shall also place the date and name of the Port on the said envelopes, and shall certify, on the envelope or envelopes, that the ballot box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope or envelopes dated for that day and voted in that Port. The Polls Committee shall check the rosters, and any other records they deem appropriate, to insure the foregoing. At the discretion of the Executive Board, official envelopes may be pre­ pared for the purpose of enclosing the ballots and the making of the aforesaid certification, with wording embodying the foregoiag inscribed thereon, in which event these envelopes shall be used by the Polls Committee for the aforesaid purpose. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any member of a Polls Committee from adding such comments to the certificate as are appropriate, provided the comments are signed and dated by the member making them. The envelope or envelopes shall then be placed in a wrapper or envelope^ which, at the discretion of the Executive Board, may be furnished for that purpose. The wrapper or envelope shall then be securely sealed and either delivered, or sent by certified or registered mail, by the said Polls Committee, to the de^sitory named in the pre-election report adopted by the membership. The Polls Committee shall not be discharged from its duties uiitil this mailing is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. The Polls Committee shall also insure that the ballot box or boxes are locked and sealed before handing them back to the Port Agent, and shall place the key or keys to the boxes in an envelope, across the flap of which the members of the committee shall sign their names, book numbers, and the date, after sealing the envelope securely. In addition to delivering the key and ballot box or boxes as aforesaid, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent one copy of each of the roster sheets for the day, the unused ballots, any reports called for by this Section 4, any files that they may have received, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of all the aforesaid material, shall not release any of it until duly called for, and shall insure that no one illegally tampers with the material placed in his custody. The remaining copy of each roster sheet used for the day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer, by certified or regis­ tered mail or delivered in person. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without com­ pensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving or provide meals in lieu of cash. Saclion 5. Ballot Collaetlon, Tallying Procedura, Prolailt, and Spacial Vela*. (a) On the day the balloting in each port is to terminate, the Polls Committee elected for that day shall, in addition to their other duties hereinbefore set forth, deliver to headquarters, or mail to headquarters (by certified or registered mail), all the unused ballots, together with a certification, signed and dated by all members of the Committee that all ballots sent to the port and not used are enclosed therewith, subject to the right of each member of the Committee to make separate comments under his signature, and date. The certification shall spcLifiLally identify, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same package, but bound separately, the committee shall forward to headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all members of the committee, that all the stubs collected by the committee are enclosed therewith subject to the right of each member of the committee to make separate com­ ments under his signature and date. The said Polls Committee members shall not be discharged from their duties until the for. warding called for hereunder is accomplished and evidence of mailing or delivery is furnished the Port Agent, which evidence shall be noted and kept in the Port Agent's election records or files. (b) All forwarding to headquarters called for under this Section 5, shall be to the Union Tallying Committee, at the address of headquarters. In the event a Polls Committee cannot be elected or cannot act on the day the balloting in each Port is to terminate, the Port Agent shall have the duty to forward the material specifi­ cally set forth in Section 5(a) (unused ballots and stubs) to the Union Tallying Committee, which will then carry out the functions in regard thereto of the said Polls Committee. In such event, the Port Agent shall also forward all other material deemed necessary by the Union Tallying Committee to execute those functions. SEAFARERS LOG Supplement—Pare Five All certifications called for under this Article XIII shall be terms of such special vote. The Secreury-Treasurer shall make e deemed made according to the best knowledge, and belief of diose sufficient amount of the usual balloting material immediately avail­ required to make such certification. able to Port Agents, for the purpose of such special vote. Imme­ (c) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 full book diately after the close thereof, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and communicate them to the Secretary-Treasurer. The members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven ports of ballots, stubs, roster sheets, and unused ballots pertaining to the New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston, special vote shall be forwarded to the Secretary-Traesurer, all in and Detroit. The election shall be held at the re^lar meeting in December of the election year, or if the Executive Board other­ the same package, but bound separately, by the most rapid means but, in any case, so as to reach the Secretary-Treasurer wise determines prior thereto, at a special meeting held in the practicable, in time to enable him to prepare his report as required by this aforesaid ports on the first business day of the last week of said month. No Officer, Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Pa­ Section 5(g). An accounting and certification, made by the Port trolman, or candidate for office, or the job of Headquarters Rep­ Agent, similar to those required of Polls Committees, shall be resentative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election enclosed therewith. The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. report containing a combined summary of the results, together In addition to its duties hereinbefore set forth, the Union Tallying with z schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Union Committee's results, as set forth in its closing report. The Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots Tallying form of the latter's report shall be followed as closely as possible. and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete Two (2) copies shall be sent to each port, one copy of which shall detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting be posted. The other copy shall be presented at the next regular of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the meeting after the Election Report Meeting. If a majority vote of the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with membership decides to accept the Secretary-Treasurer's report, the detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each ' numerical results set forth in the pertinent segments of the Tally­ total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall ing Committee's closing report shall be deemed accepted and final be permitted access to the election records and files of all ports, without modification. which they may require to be forwarded for inspection at its If ordered, a recheck and recount, and the report thereon by the discretion. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered, Union Committee, shall be similarly disposed of and and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these dis­ deemed Tallying accepted and final, by majority vote of the membership crepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, at the regular meeting following the Election Report Meeting. without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof If such recheck and recount is ordered, the Union "Tallying Com­ to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the mittee shall be required to continue its proceedings correspondingly. validity of the ballots, with j^rtinent details. The Tallying Committee is also charged with the receipt and Saction 6. Installation into office and the Job of Headquarters evaluation of written protests by any member who claims an illegal Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman. denial of the right to vote. If it finds the protests invalid, it shall (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. on the day of dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the committee Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office shall order a special vote, to be had no later than within the period or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively of its proceedings, on such terms as are practical, effective, and highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determina­ just, but which terms, in any event, shall include the provisions of tions shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted Section 3(c) of this Article and the designation of the voting site as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President of the port most convenient to the protesting member. Where a to notify each individual elected. special vote is ordered in accordance with this Section 5(c), these (b) The duly_elected officers and other job holders shall take terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, contained in this Article. Protests may be made only in writing at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meeting, or the and must be received by the Union Tallying Committee during next regular mjeting, depending upon which meeting the results the period of its proceedings. The reports of this committee shall as to Mch of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as pro­ include a brief summary of each protest received, the name and vided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue book number of the protesting member, and a summary of the up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the disposition of the said protest. The committee shall take all reason­ contrary contained in Article XI, Section 1. This shall not apply able measures to adjust the course of its proceedings so as to where the successful candidate cannot assume his office because he enable the special vote set forth in this Section 5(c) to be com­ is at sea. pleted within the time herein specified. No closing report shall be In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant made by it unless and until the special votes referred to in this additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event Section 5(c) shall have been duly completed and tallied. of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the (d) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall pro­ provisions of Article X, Section 2, as to succession shall apply ceed to the port in which headquarters is located, as soon as possi­ until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume ble after their election but, in any event, shall arrive at that port office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the prior to the first business day after December 31 of the election membership. year. Each member of the committee not elected from the port in Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the which headquarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation, preservation and retention of all election records, including the meals, and lodging expense occasioned by their traveling to and ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue returning from that Port. All members of the committee shall also such other and further directives as to the eleaion procedures as be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subse­ are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election quent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, procedures of this Union. to the Port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subjea to the express terms of this Con­ Article XiV stitution, adopt its own procedures. Decision as to special votes, Other Elections protests, and the contents of the final report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in attendance, Saction 1. Trial Committee. which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Union Tallying Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the A Trial Committee shall be elected at a special meeting held at sole right and duty to obtain the ballots from the depository imme­ 10:00 A.M., the next business day following the regular meeting of diately after the termination of balloting and to insure their safe the Port where the Trial is to take place. It shall consist of five custody during the course of the committee's proceedings. The full book members, of which three shall constitute a quorum. No proceedings of this committee, except for the actual preparation officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Port Patrolman, of the closing report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall be open or other Union personnel may be electd to serve on a Trial Com­ to any member, provided he observes decorum. In no event, shall mittee. No member who intends to be a witness in the pending the issuance of the hereinbefore referred to closing report of the trial may serve, nor may any member who cannor, for any reason, Tallying Committee be delayed beyond the January 15th immedi­ render an honest decision. It shall be the duty of every member to ately subsequent to the close of voting. The Union Tallying Com­ decline nomination if he knows, or has reason to believe, any of mittee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance the foregoing disqualifications apply to him. The members of this and dispatch of its reports as required in this Article. In the event committee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to Section 5(g) of this as are adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Article, the committee shall be reconstituted except that if any Saction 3. Appeals Committee. member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members, elected from the appropriate port, at a special meeting held for five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the port where that purpose as soon as possible. headquarters is located. The same disqualifications and duties of (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient members shall apply with regard to this committee as apply to copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies the Trial Committee. In addition, no member may serve on an shall be sent by the committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary- Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Treasurer prior to the first regular meeting scheduled to take Committee decision, if the said member was a member of the place subsequent to the close of the committee's proceedings or, Trial Committee. in the event such meeting is scheduled to take place four days or Saction 3. Delegates. less from the close of this committee's proceedings, then at least As soon as the President is advised as to the date and duly five days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meeting authorized number of delegates to the convention of the Seafarers applies shall be designated, by date, in the report and shall be International Union of North America, he shall communicate such referred to as the' "Election Report Meeting." As soon as these facts to the Port Agent of each Port, together with recommendations copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the to generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. These report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy as facts and recommendations shall be announced and read at the shall be kept posted for a period of two months. At the Election first regular meeting thereafter. Unless changed by a majority vote Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. of the membership during that meeting, the election rules shall (f) At the Election Report meeting, there shall Lc taken up apply. These rules shall not prohibit any full book member from the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5(c) of this Article nominating himself. The Ssults of the election shall be communi­ and the recommendations of the Tallying Committee submitted cated to each Port Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and an­ therewith. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what nounced at the next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election action, if any, in accordance with the Constimtion, shall be taken hereunder may include provisions for automatic election of all thereon, which action, however, shall not include the ordering of qualified nominees, in the event the number of such nominees does a special vote unless the reported discrepancies affect the results not exceed the number of delegates to be elected. of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall be restricted thereto. A majority of the membership, at the Article XV Election Rpeort Meeting, may order a recheck and a recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three or more Trials and Appeals members of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the con­ tingencies provided for in this Section 5(f) the closing report Section I. Any member may bring charges against any other shall be accepted as final. member for the commission of an offense as set forth in this Con­ (g) A special vote ordered pursuant to Seciton 5(f) must take stitution. These charges shall be in writing and signed by the lace and be completed within seven (7) days after the Election accuser, who shall also include his book number. The accuser shall _Leport Meeting, at each port where the discrepancies so acted deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the port nearest the place upon took place. Subject to the foregoing, and to the limits of the of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense took place aboard vote set by the membership, as aforesaid, the Port Agents in each ship. He shall also request the Port Agent to present these charges such pott shall have the functions of the Tallying Committee as at the next regular meeting. The accuser may withdraw his set forth in Section 5(c), insofac as that Section deals with the charges before the meeting takes place. ^1' �••ppIement^Pare Six SEAFARERS LOO Ian* U, MM ••etieii 2. After presentation of the charges and the request to evidence to support such a finding and, in such case, Ae Appcab (c)' Misconduct during any meeting or other official Unloa At Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause those charges to oe read Committee shall not make in own findings u to At wei^t ot proceeding or bringing Ae Union into disrepute by condua not at the said meeting. evidence. provided for elsewhere in Ais Aru'cle; If the charges are' rejected by a majority vote of the port, no , (b) In no event shall increased ^nishment be tecommehded. (d) Refusal or nedigent failure to carry out orders of Aose further action may be taken thereon, unless ruled otherwise by a duly auAorized to piake suA orders at any time. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if As Appeals Committee majority vote of the membership of the Union within 90 days finds—(a) Aat any member of the Trial Committee should have faction. 4. Upon proof of Ae commission of any of Ae following thereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be automatically on notice that he will be tried the fol­ been disqualified, or (b) Aat Ae accused was not adequately offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a fiiM of informed of Ae details of Ae charged offense, whiA resulted in $50*00; lowing morning. At his request, the trial shall be pos^n^ until the morning following the next regular meeting, at which time the his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) Aat for any oAer (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; Trial Committee will then be elected. He shall also be handed a reason, Ae accused was not given a fair trial. (b) Wilful failure to submit Union book » Union representa­ (d) If there is not substantial evidence to support a finding of written copy of the charges made against him. tives at pay-off; If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall immediately guilt, Ae Appeals Committee shall recommend Aat Ae Aarge on (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sigh-on; cause to be sent to him, by registered mail addressed to his last which the finding was based be dismissed. (d) Refusal to cooperate wiA Union representatives in dis­ known mailing address on hie with the Union a copy of the (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punishment. charging Aeir duties; charges, the names and book numbers of the accusers, and a noti­ Saetion 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its decision and fication, that he must appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the (e) Disorderly conduct in Ae Union hall; morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the dissent, if any, to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies (f) Gambling in Ae Union hall;to be published and shall have them sent to each port in time to Trial Committee will be elected. (g) Negligent failure to join ship. In the event a majority of the membership of the Union shall reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. Headquarters vote to accept charges after their rejection by a port, the trial shall shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at Aeir last Saetion 5. Any member who has committed an offense pisnalized take place in the Port where Headquarters is located. Due notice known address, or notify Aem in person. by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall be informed of the Section 15, At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of this Article, under this Constitution subject to Ae provisions of Article XV, name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the decision of Ae Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to Ae duly of the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If.there is no dissent, authorized representative of Ae Union. subsistence shall be provided the accused and his witnesses. the decision of the Appeals Committee shall stand. Section 6. "This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the portSection 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent evidence waive any claim, of personal or property rights to which it or its where headquarters is located, in the manner provided for in and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence required by courts members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing of law but may receive all relevant testimony. The Trial Committee Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new trial a penalty as provided in this Constitution. may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable shall contain such directions as will insure a fair hearing to the Section 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under him to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee accused. falls beneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does exist. Section 16, Headquarters shall notify the accused and each accuser, this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and job holders. Section 4. No trial shall be conducted unless all the accusers are either in person or in writing addressed to their last known present. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trial except that the address, of the results of the appeal. A further appeal shall be accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this Article. AriUle XVII and the witnesses, as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of the pro­ Publications may select any member to assist him in his defense at the trial, visions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union provided, (a), the said member is available at the time of the of North America, and the rights of, and procedure as to, furAer This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, newspapers, trial and (b) the said member agrees to render such assistance. appeal as provided for therein. Decisions reached thereunder shall magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such manner as If the accused challenges the qualifications of the members of the be binding on all members of the Union. may be determined, from time to time, by the Executive Board. Trial Committee, or states that the charges do not adequately inform Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the Union to him of what wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and dis­ take all steps within their constitutional power to carry out the Article XVIII posed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the defense. The terms of any effective decisions. Bonds guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven by the weight Section 19. Every accused shall receive a written copy of Ae of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasonable time Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed as well accuser. Every finding shall be based on the quality of the evidence to prepare his defense, but he may thereafter plead guilty and as all other employees handling monies of Ae Union shall be and not solely on the number of witnesses produced. waive any or all of the other rights and privileges granted to him bonded as required by law. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make finding as to guilt by this Article. If an accused has been properly notified of his or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment and/or other trial and fails to attend without properly requesting a postpone­ Article XIX Union action deemed desirable in the light of the proceedings. These ment, the Trial Committee may hold its trial without his presence. finding and recommendations shall be those of a majority of the Expenditures committee, and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Article XVI committee shall forward its findings and recommendations, along Section 1. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in Offenses and Penalties with any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took existence, the President may authorize make, or incur such ex­ place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the accused and Section 1. Upon proof the commission of' the following offenses, penditures and expenses as are normally encompassed within Ae the accusers, either in person or by mail addressed to their last authority conferred upon him by Article X of Ais Constitution. known addresses. The findings shall include a statement that the the member shall be expelled from membership: Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating the rights of the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the routine accounting and administrative procedures of the Union guarded. The findings also must contain the charges made, the date overthrow of the Government of the United States by force; of the trial, the name and address of the accused, the accuser, and (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the Union. except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. each witness; shall describe each document used at the trial; shall or the membership in any organizational campaign; contain a fair summary of the proceedings, and shall state the Section 3. The provisions of this .Article shall supersede to the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company against findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all documents used at the interests of the membership or the Union; . extent applicable, Ae provisions of Article X of Ais Constitution. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations shall be (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy to rn^deiS' iiart of the regular files. destroy Ae Union. Arficle XX Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, upon receipt Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of Ae following Income of the findings and recommendations of the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations to be presented, and entered offenses, the member shall be penalized up to and including a penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event Ae penalty of Section I. The income of this Union shall include dues, initiation into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the penalty shall not fees, fines, assessments, contributions, loans, interest, dividends, as Section 7. The Port Agent shall send-the record of the entire exceed suspension from the tights and privileges of membership well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation prcKeedings to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies for more than two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: or other legitimate source. thereof to be made and sent to, each Port in time for the next (a) 'Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of Section 2. An official Union receipt, properly filled out, shall be regularly scheduled meeting. the value in excess of $50.00. given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any person auth­ Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall be dis­ (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, seals, orized by the Union to receive money. It shall be the tiuty of every cussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority vote of the mem­ etc., for the purpose of personal gain; person affiliated with the Union who makes such payments to bership of the Union shall: (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, within the demand such receipt. (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or Union for the purpose of personal gain, financial or otherwise, or Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after • ballot the wilful refusal or failure to execute Ae duties or functions conducted under suA general rules as may be decided upon by a (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommendations, or of the said office or job, or gross neglect or abuse in executing majority vote of the membership, provided that: (d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice has such duties or functions or other serious misconduct or breach of (a) The ballot must be secret. trust. The President may, during the pendency of disciplinary not been done with regard to the charges. In this event, a new proceedings (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of the under Ais subsection, suspend the officer or jobholder trial shall take place at the port where headquarters is located from exercising the functions of the office or job, with or without valid ballots cast. and upon application, the accused, the accusers, and their witnesses pay, and designate his temporary replacement. shall be furnished transportation and subsistence. Section 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments (d) UnauAorized voting, or unauthorized handling of ballots, Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punishment stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or election files, or by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied suc­ cessively to the monetary obligations owed the Union commencing so decided upon shall become effective. Headquarters shall cause election material of any sort; with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of notice of. the results thereof to be sent to each accused and accuser. (e) Preferring. charges with knowledge that such Aarges are' accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated Section 10. An accused who has been found "guilty,- or who is -false; accordingly. _under effective punishment.may appeal in the following manner:' (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false reports He may. send or deliver a notice of appeal to Headquarters or communications whiA fall within Ae scope of Union business; Article XXI -within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision of the (g) Deliberate failure or -refusal to join one's ship, or mis­ membership. Other Types of Union Affiliation conduct or neglect of duty aboard Aip, to Ae detriment of Ae Soction II. At the next regular meeting of the port where Head­ Union or its agreements; To Ae extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority vote quarters is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, ot deliberate and of Ae membership, may provide for affiliation wiA it by IndiviA shall be presented .and shall then become part of the minutes. An malicious villification. With regard to Ae execution of Ae duties uals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a cajpacity oAer Appe^ Committee shall then be elected. The Vice-President In of any office or job; than membership. By majority vote of Ae membership, the Union charge of contracts is charged with the duty of presenting the (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment aboard a may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capaci­ before-mentioned proceedings and all available documents used as ties or affiliations. These rights and obligations may include, but vesMl, exclusive of proper earnings and Union payments; evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as 'well as any (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for the are not limited to (a) Ae applicability or non-applicability of alT written statement or argument submitted by the accused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he so desires. The purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Ae Union, or any part of Ais Constitution; (b) Ae terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of Ae Union to peremptory termination of such appeal shall be heard at Union Headquarters on the night the or unauAorizedly transferring or receiving evidence of Union affiliation and, (d) Ae fees required for such affiliation. In no committee is elected. It shall be the responsibility of the accused affiliation, wiA intent to deceive; event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation to insure that his written statement or argument arrives at head­ (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out Ae order of Aose duly equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over quarters in time for such presentation. auAorized to make suA orders during time of suike. members, or be termed a member. (1) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment wiAin Ae time Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the app^l as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration of the evidence limit set therefor ciAer by the Constitution ot by aAon taken in Article XXII and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments and may accordance wiA Ae Constitution. request the accused or acfcusers to present arguments, whenever Quorums Saciion 3. Upon proof of Ae commission of any of Ae following necessary for such fair consideration. offenses, members .shall be penalized up to and Including a sus­ Section I. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise sjpecificolly provided, Soction 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall be by pension from the rights and privileges of memberAip for two (2) Ae quorum for a special meeting of a port Aall be six full book years, or a fine of $50.00 or boA: majority vote, and shall be in the form of finding and recommen­ members. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union property dations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions and dissaits shall be in Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall be writing and signed by those participating in such decision or di^nt. of the value under $50.00; In making its findings and recommendations, the committee shall (b) Auuming any office or . Jqb^ whether elective or not wiA fifty (50) members. be governed by Ac ifollowlng: knowledge of Ae lack of ^siisiak of Ae quaUficatiooa f«iuired Section 3. Unless cgherwise specifically set forA herein, Ae ' , • !findiag of j^jlt fball be reversed if mj^^tial therefor; decision, cej|;!Oi;tt^ oAer fuactioiis of SOT: �Jiae M. U64 SEAFARERS wgment of the Union tequiring a quorum to act oificiall^i shall be a majority of those voting, and shall not be official or effective unless die quorum requirements are met. Ssctien 4. Unless otherwise indicated herein, where the require* ments for a quorum are not specifically set forth, a quorum shall be deemed to be a majority of those composing the applicable segment of the Union. Article XXIII Meetings LOG Article XXV Amendments .This Constitution. shall be amended in the following manner: Sartion 1. Any full book member may submit at any regular meeting o( any Port proposed amendments to this Constitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amendment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Saction 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a ma­ jority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitu­ tional Committee in the Port where Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six full book members, two from each department and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Com­ mittee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substimtions or recommendations and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the President. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3(b)' through Section 5, except that, unless otherwise required by a majority vote of the membership at the time it gives the approval necessary to put the referendum to a vote, the Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from eacH of the three (3) departments of the Union, elected from Headquarters Port. The amendment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on'the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made avail­ able at the voting site in all ports. Saction 3. If approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast, the arriendment shall become effective immediately upon notifica­ tion by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the President that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The President shall immediately notify all ports of the results of the vote on the amendment. Section I. Regular membership meetings shall be held monthly only in the following major ports at the following times; During the week following the^first Sunday of every month a meeting shall be held on Monday^—at New York; on Tuesday—at Philadelphia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be held on Monday at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans and on Wednesday—at Mobile. All regular membership meetings shall commence at 2:30 P.M. local time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday officially designated as such by the authorities of the state or municipality in which a port is located, the port meeting shall take place on the following business day. Saturday and Sunday shall' not be deemed business days. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all regular irieetings in ports in thier respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular meeting of a port, •they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairman of the meetings. In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpone the opening of the meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. Stction 2. A special meeting at a port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent or Area Vice President. No special meeting may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice" of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advance, on the port bulletin board. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all special meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a special meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. Article XXVI The contents of this Section 2 are subject to the provisions of Article XllI, Section 4(a). Transition Clause Section 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all regular Saction I. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide meetings shall be governed by the following: for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constimtion in effect prior to the adoption 1. The Union Constitution. of this amended Constimtion, to operations and activities conducted 2. Majority vote of the members assembled. in accordance with this amended Constimtion. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Article XXIV Saction 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions procedures and processes of this Union, in _ effect immediately Relating Thereto prior to the adoption of this amended Constimtion shalt-jse deemed Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with to be permitted heruender and shall continiie in effect unless or herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or situation until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more Saction 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing than 30 days, provided that this does not. result in a vacancy. Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, rules of order However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to generally followed, bonding procedures, reinstatement procedures, prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and any other praaices or procedure, in effect immediately prior and/or office in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to to the adoption of this amended Constimtion, shall be deemed exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over to ^ permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof.incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Saction 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, including those Stction 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately term "vacancy" shall include failure to perform the functions of any prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or suspension from to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or membership or expulsion from the Union with no further right to until changed in accordance with the-provisions hereof. appeal in accordance with the provisions of Article XV. of this Saction 5. All officers and other jobholders elected as a result of Constitution. the balloting held by this Union during November and December Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole the term, of 1958, who are serving at the time of the adoption of this "majority vote of the membership", shall mean the majority of all amended Constimtion, shall continue to serve, without reduction the valid votes cast by full book members at an official meeting of in salary, in the office most closely related to the one held prior to those ports holding a. meeting. This definition shall prevail not­ that adoption, and for a term not to exceed that for which he withstanding that one or more ports cannot hold meetings because was elected in the balloting held in 1958. For this purpose the of no quorum. For the purpose of this Section, the term "meeting" following table sets out the new office and job, the present nearest 'shall refer to those meetings to be held during the time period equivalent in terms of functions presently performed, and the within which a vote must be taken in acfordance with the Con­ identity of' the person occupying it. The adoption of this amended stitution and the custom and usage of the Union in the indicated Constimtion shall constimte ratification of this table. priority. Individual Old title . • Section 4. When applicable solely to port action and not con­ New title Secretary-Treasurer PAUL HALL cerned with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not forming President part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the mem­ Executive Assistant Secretarybership", shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the Vice-President Treasurer CAL TANNER full book members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Vice-President in . Saction 5. The term, "membership action", or reference thereto, charge of Contracts shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership". and Contract Assistatit SecretaryTreasurer CLAUDE SIMMONS Saction 4. Where the title of any office or job, or the holder Enforcement thereof, is set forth' in this ConstimtiOn, all references thereto and Vice-President in the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally Assistant Secretarycharge of the applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Treasurer EARL SHEPPARD Atlantic Coast Saction 7. 'Hie term "Eleaion Year" shall be deemed to mean . Vice-President in that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected offi­ charge of the Assistant Secretarycials and-other elected job-holders are required to assume office. Gulf Coast Treasurer LINDSEY WILLIAMS The first eleaion year hereunder shall be deemed to be I960. Boston Port Agent Vice-President in Saction 3. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this amended charge of the Lakes and Administrative Constitution", shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall and Inland Waters Direaor of Great AL TANNER refer to the Constitution which tefces the place of the one adopted Lakes nistrict by the Union in 1939, as amended up through August, 19!36. (To be filled by the Saction 9. The term, "member in good standing", shall mean a President in accord­ member whose monetary obligations to the Union are not in arrears ' ance with Constim­ for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspension or expul- Secretary-Treasurer tion) VACANCY (ion effective in accordance with this Constitution. Unless other­ Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters wise expressly indicated, the term, "member", shall mean a member Treasurer BILL HALL Representative in good standing. Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters Saction 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the context of Treasurer ED MOONEY their use, the terms "Union book", "membership book", and "book", Representative shall mean official evidence of Union membership. Assistant SecretaryHeadquarters Treasurer JOE VOLPIAN Saction II. The term "full book" or "full Union book" shall mean Representative only an official certificate issued as evidence of Union 'membership Since no elected officer or jobholder currently performs the which, can be attained only by those members who' have first funaions of the new office of Secretary-Treasurer, that office shall acquired the highest seniority rating set forth in the standard be filled by the President pursuant to Article X, Seaion l(j) of colleaive bargaining agreement. this Constimtion. From the date of the adoption of this Constim­ Saction 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean a member tion, the officers, as above described, shall execute the powers and to whom a full book has been duly issued and who is entitled to funaions, and assume the responsibilities of the said offices as set tctain it in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. forth ia this Constimtion. Sappleilieiii—Pake Sevea EXHIBIT A Minimal requirements to be contained in Constitution of subordinate bodies and divisions chartered by or affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. I All members shall have equal rights and privileges, subjea to reasonable rules and regulations, contained in this Constimtion, including secret election, freedom of speech, the ri^t to hold office, and the right of secret votes on assessment and dues increases, all in accordance with the law. / II No member may be automatically suspended from membership except for non-payment of dues, and all members shall be afforded a fair hearing upon written charges, with a reasonable time to pre-, pare defense, when accused of an offense under the Constimtion. III This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the Sea­ farers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constimtion and any amend­ ments thereto', shall not take effect unless and until approved as set forth in the Constimtion of that Union. IV An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, to promote the. welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board wish to continue such relationship. VI No amendment to this Constitution shall be effective unless and until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the membership in a secret referendum" conducted for that purpose. In, any event, the adoption of this Constitution and any amendments thereto, will not be effective unless and until compliance with Article II of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District is fir«t made. VII The Seafarers International Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Wafers District shall have the right to check, inspect and make copies of all the books and records of this Union upon demand. VIII This Union shall not take any action which will have the effect of reducing its net assets, calculated through recognized accounting procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, unless approved by that Union through its Executive Board. IX So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right to appoint a representative or representatives to this Union who shall have the power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its sub-divisions, or governing boards, if any; and who shall have access to all books and records of this Union on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall be charged with the du^ of assisting this Union and its membership, and acting as a liaison between the Seafarers International Union of North America —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and this Union. So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebtedness of any sort, is owed by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distria, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets of this Union, which lien shall not be impaired without the written approval of the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board. XI The per capita tax payable by this Union to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—^Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall be that which is fixed in accordance with the terms of the Constitution of that Union. Xli This Constimtion and actions by this Union pursuant thereto are subject to those provisions of the Constimtion of the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliation, disaffiliation, trustee­ ships, and the granting and removal of charters. XllI This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America through the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict. It shall share in, and participate as part of, the delegation of that Distria to the Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America in accordance with the provisions of the Con­ stimtion of the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Distria. - *1 •l| .'M �^Z •• \ ^•> Iv > EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED Protection of the rights and privileges guarantee'd him under the Constitution of the Union, • The right to vote, • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. The right to be confronted by his accuser arid to he given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. • The right to express himself freely on the floor of • any Union meeting or in committee, • The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union, • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 26, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GRIEVANCE SETUP IS SCORED BY SIU AS INEFFECTIVE SIU URGES END OF WATERFRONT COMMISSION PRESIDENT NAMES HALL TO 14-MAN MARITIME ADVISORY COMMITTEE SIU-UIW NIPS RAID TRY, WINS CHICAGO ELECTION OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY SIU RAILWAY TUGMEN SEATRAIN LINES STARTS RUNS TO PUERTO RICO AFL-CIO HAILS SENATE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL FARM LABOR MOST EXPLOITED. NEEDS HELP, EXPERTS AGREE BOBO OLSON TRAINS AT SIU GYMNASIUM FMC PROMISES TO END PAST POLICY OF SECRECY SENATE COMMITTEE OK’S SHIP BUILDING SUBSIDIES APL BUYS MATSON SHIP TO FILL TEMPORARY GAP U.S.-CANADIAN AUTHORITIES NIX SEAWAY TOLL HIKE PLAN UNION ‘DON’T BUY’ CAMPAIGN MAKES BOSS SEE THE LIGHT JAPANESE SEEN MAINTAINING HIGH RATE OF SHIPBUILDING TEXT OF SIU CONSTITUTION 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 06/26/1964 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. 13 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log