http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b92eb354b83a7d54f26a848a16d3ed5e.PDF 3023f35d62c2248e872c764ecc6a8803 PDF Text Text \ 644 SBAFARBRS~;a:-·LOG I ~ Vol. XXVI No. 11 1 • . . I OFFICl·AL ORGAN o·ft _THI: SEAf'ARERI INTERNATIONAL UNtQ~ • ATL~N.TfC .. GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WAlERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Senate Threatens U.S. Vessel's Share In Surplus Cargoes / - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Story On Page 3 SIU ·W ins $4,000 For Pioneer Crew - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S t o r y On Page 2 ••ESSO SI r1ae. Color was added to the Esso picket lines in Puerto Rico recently when the SIU mascot "Chucklehead," a 250 pound jaguar joined the lines with nearly 100 SIU Esso employees. Keeping a firm grip on the leash (above, right) is President of the SIU of Puert°'-Rico Keith Terpe. Picket sign in Spanish and English reads "I'm tired of being in the tank." Similar strike action was taken against Shell and Texaco on a beef over a clause which threatened. Union members' jobs. • . Pens1oner. AFL- CIO Endorses Johnson, Humphrey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - itory On Page 2 Seafarer Constantine Dobrovolsky (right) is shown. above receiving hi• first regular $150 monthly pension check from SIU headquarters representative Joe DiGeorge. Dobrovolsky, who makes his home in the Bronx, N.Y., started sailing wlth the. SIU in 1941. Shipping in the deck department as a carpenter until' his retirement, Dobrovolsky hopes to spend some of his leisure time this winter visiting relatives in sunny Florida. . ' ,.. • The SIU was cited at the recent convention of the Texas State ·AFL-CIO at Brownsville, Texas for its support of the Texas State Committee on Political Education (COPE), AFL-CIO. The citation was presented _by Alexander Barkan, International Director of the Political Education Committee. Sherman Miles (above, -left), Director of the Texas . State COPE and Drozak, display the plaque for the photographer. · ·"'1lal1on. �.... Two- BE .t4 I' "4-R ER S t 0 Q l _eptember f, ltH Democrats Select Humphrey-As Johnson's Runiling Mate By Willard Shelton, Managing Editor, AFL-CIO Ne~• Service There waa a development thl1 week involvlna a most Important aegment of American-flag ahlpplng-one that la of extreme Importance to Seafarers. As Seafarera know, thla union bas been loud and vigorous in lta protests for many, many years against the dtscrlmlnatory railroad rate-setting practfce1 which have been allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, to the detriment of our domestic shipping induatry, and the Job 1ecurity of American seamen. four-year Kennedy-Johnson Ad- another Democratic convention had other anteroom.s of the huge conThia ·week, a decision was issued .in a Federal Court In Newark, N.J., ministration and a stinging count- started the vibrant John F. Ken- vention hall as national committee which la in effect, a vindication of the SIU's position that the railroads; er-attack on the Republican nom- nedy on his way to the White ·officials met with key leaders of with the support of the ICC, have been determined to destroy domestic !nee, Senator Goldwater, and the House. There was a time and a ..atate Democra_p_~ parties to plan shipping. A three-man court handed down a unanimous decision finding GOP platform tailored to the place at this convention for mourn- the coordination ·of the upcoming three railroads guilty of discriminatory rate-setting practices in a case Ing Kennedy's loss-and a film of local and national campaigns. . involving SIU-contracted Seatrain Lines. candidate's personal record. National Committee Oh~irman The court's opinion referred to a long line of decisions in which . the The President had already as- great emotional thrust recalled h!s .sumed leadership of the party- thousand days as the nations John W. Balley and Johnson• per- United States Supreme Court has consistently overruled the decisions nominated for ~e nation's highest leader. sonal representative on the com... of the ICC", because the agency failed to protect water carriers against office for a full term in his own Pastore set the theme when he mittee, Cliff Carter, worked day discriminatory rate-setting ·by the railroads. The case involved the rlght_:_and he broke precedent to recalled that Kennedy himself had after day with "workshop". aroups rates on the movement of aluminum ingots from Texas to Pennsylvania appear before the delegates Imme- selec~.~ . Jo.~nson four years. ago. on state leaders and cand~dates- and was a classic example of the railroads' selective rate-cutting pracdiately after the event to announce The VJSion of the late President, discussing the ~resid_ent s own tlces, the purpose of which la to knock the competing water carriers out that Humphrey was his personal the Rhode Island senator said, schedule of campaign trips, the use of the trade. Once the competition has been knocked out the railroads "lives on in the character, the cap- to be made of Humphrey'• con- have Invariably come right back to charge whatever they feel they choice as running mate. Humphrey was the delegates' ability and the courage of the cededly enormous campaign ener- can get. clear choice, too-supported by a teammate of bis choice." gies, the raising of funds and diviIt ts intere.sting to note that when Seatrain first registered ita beef ground-swel~ across the country Even wftfle the delegates were sion of duties and function. over the railroads rate-cut, an ICC examiner originally found the prothat had bull~ i~to what amounted posed rate to be discriminatory against the shipping company, but that to a party majority consensus. SIU Talces Action the ICC itself overruled the examiner's position. This ts a classic UlusThe c?nve?tion here m?ved by tratfon of our own charge before Congressional committees and other accl~mabon m its four mghts of 1roupa that the ICC ts railroad-oriented and that its activities border sessi_ons, preceded by Intensive on collusion with the rail industry to the detriment of American daytime labor on platform, rules shipping and credentials. It managed, de' spite the self-evident fact that it We also have maintained that this body should include representation would nominate the President and of a shipping point of view and that its membership must consist of that it reached its decisions by people who will be fair and equitable in keeping with the intent of Congress when it enacted the law prov-iding for the lCC. ratifying reports rather than by rollcalls, to maintain an atmosIt is regrettable that it is necessary for the courts to refer this case phere of vitality. The SIU Contract department has announced settlement back to the ICC to determine the kind of relief that is to be granted For this, the delegates probably of a shipboard beef that put $4,000 of extra pay in the pockets the ahfpping company because, in the process, this type of case has could thank the Republicans. The of SIU men who manned the Sea Pioneer on the voyage affected the job opportunit_ies of Seafarers and many other maritime workers. In the interest of job security and a fair shake for an imporkeynote speech of Senator John O. which ended in Boston last+ Pastore of Rhode Island made it week. tlant segment of American shipping, we will continue our fight until the the Sea Pioneer, a 28,000-ton, T-5 conditions which led to such a situtation are corrected at the proper clear that the Democratic Party As a result of the Union's tanker, called at Aruba on June level. gladly accepted the ·GOP challenge to the nation's leadership In the action, the Sea Pioneer crewmen 26. The vessel laid on the hook * * Kennedy-Johnson years and the will receive ·overtime penalty pay- for four d a Y s from June 28 The organized labor movement ls concerned about the forthcoming Republican all-out assault on social ment for the time they were im- tlfrough June 29, during which reforms that Democrats believe properly restricted to t'1e vessel time the crew's requests for shore national elections from the standpoint of its effect upon all citizens and, particularly, on American workers. It is concerned because the have transformed the nation In the in Aruba during the latter part leave were refused. past 32 years-for the better. of June. When the v es s e 1 arrived in social gains ~ade by the . workers of this country are on the line. The convention had its somber The contract dispute arose when Boston for payoff on August 28 The Republican party candidates for president and vice p'!'esident, the crew wbmitted the beef to Goldwater and Miller, are virtually committed to policies that would the SIU representatives. The Un- :bold back and pel'haps destroy every social and economic gain that Signs Anti-~overty Bill ion then demanded the payment of American workers and their families have achieved through their trade penalty overtime for the period unions since the great depression. in which the crew was denied At stake in this election will be the future of our Social Security shore leave and restricted to the program, the right to trade union representation, equal opportunity for vessel. However, the company conolder citizens, and vital housing; edutested the right of the crew to any all, appropriate medical care compensation, and the Boston SIU cation, tax and social welfare legislation. And last but not least is this agent referred the dispute to the overriding question of the very physical security of every citizen, Contract department at Union which would be threatened by _the reckless attitudes of the Republican candidates on foreign policy and military matters. Headquarters. This then means that every Seafarer, every member of his family and Maintaining that the manner In which the crew was restricted to everyone in his community he can influence must be ready and eligible the vessel was a violation of the to vote in the November electiohs. But before you can have your say c on tract, Headquarters truiisted at the ballot box, you must be registered. Make sure you are registered upon the payment of the penalty In your community so that you can protect your o~ and your families vital interests at the ballot box. overtime pay. ATLANTIC CITY-Brimming with confidence, pleased with its platform and civil rights decisions, the Democratic National ·c onvention sent a ticket headed by President Johnson &nd Senator Hubert H. Humphrey into the upcoming election campaign. The themes were set here-an affirmation of the foreign notes. The delegates were deeI?,lY meeting, there was hard, brisk and economic policies of the conscious that four years earlier work done in the ballroom and Sea p,·oneer Beef Nets er·ew $4,000 * for AFL-CIO Board Endorses Johnson And Humphrey WASHINGTON-The 166-member general board of the AFL-CIO has endorsed the candidacies of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his Vice-President running mate, Hubert H. Humphrey in the November 3rd election. The board's statement urged union members to give the Democratic ticket their whole-hearted support. Meany, quoting from the general the labor oft'iclaas that he was proud to have the AFL-CIO enThe labor federation's gen= board's statement, re!l~ tile fOI- dorsement and "would wear 1t AFL;cro President George Meany ·lleftJ co~gratulates President Johnson -at Whi~e House ceremonies ·marking the signing of the Anti-Poverty. Bill · last month. The op.en-air proceeding launched the ,new labor-supported program emphasizing ;ob training for the nation's yo~th, literacy trains ing for adult•, part-tinle work for needy studen"ts, and It volunteer national service "corps. .. \ t ~ "r . f• .. 1 .,,.. _, .,, / ~ t .' ., , • ' • ' ;.. .. ;.;,; .• ), loWing paragraph to Piresident Johnson: -''When tragedy thrust upon him the duties of Presiderut, he undertook with unsurpassed vigor the task of fulfilling t h e pro8I'am launched by Jahn Kennedy. '.Dhe legislative achievements of President Johns911·' s 10 months in office are the greatest since the first Roosevelt administration. The unflagging concern of LyndonJohnson for the poor and the deprived has in · all truth aroused the conscience of all Americans." AFL-CIO President G. e o ~- g e In reply, President Joh~~~~ told eral board, which is made up of the presidents of lits membet" unions as well as department ojficia.Js of tihe AFL-Cio, made Its emJorsement decision witJhout a dissenting vote. After the vote was taken, the board members went to the White House to inform President Johnson of · their decision. Paul Hall, SIU president and a vice ..president Of ·the -AFL-cIO, participated in the General )Joard meeting and the meeting with the President. · · · proudly" both during and after the campaign, He told the members of the general board that he welco~ed them to the White House as the "only Presidential candidate of a major party who believes in strong and free unions." T-he federati"n's general board was sharply critical of GOP Presidential ~ominee Senator Barry Goldwater and the Republican Vice· Presidential· choice, ·: Rep. William E. Miller. The board's statement characterized Senator Gold' (Continued ;on .page 14) ' • i;: ...... ' "~ . �•, . Pace Sepiember '· 198' S·e at·r ain Upheld· In RR Rate Case Urging Strong U.S. Merchant Marine NEWARK, N.J.-A major victory for intercoastal shipping was scored on September 2 when a Federal Court found three railroads guilty of •1discriminatory" rate-making practices and ruled that the SIU-+ contracted Seatrain Lines was decisions of the l.C.C. for failing entitled to some form of relief to protect water carriers against in compensation for the railroads unfair rate setting tactics. A three man court headed by Circuit Judge Anthony T. Augelli, handed down a unanimous decision finding three railroads guilty of "discriminatory" _rate- practices. Refers Case The court referred the case to the Interstate Commerce Commission to determine the form of relief to be granted Seatrain. Seatrain has been charging for the past five years that railroads have manipulated rates unfairly to discourage waterborne competition. Seatrain filed a complaint against the Missouri Pacific, the Texas Pacific and the Rockdale, Sandow and Western Railroads in Federal Court here after the I.C.C. refused to act on the issue. Asserts Jurisdiction The I.C.C. later asserted its jurisdiction and once again, by a vote of six to three, decided that Seatrain was not entitled to relief. The line took the case to Federal Court once more in September 1963. The new court opinion upholding Seatrain's charges against the railroads, cited a long line of decisions in which the Supreme Court has consistently overturned railroad tion. rate-making discrimina- Aluminum Rates The case involved rates on aluminum ingots m o vi n g from Sandow, Tex., to Cressona, Pa. Railtoads, seeking to obtain all of this traffic which at one time accounted for a huge part of the water carriers revenues progressively reduced their rates. Present rail rates between the two points are $1.19 per hundred pounds. The rail-water-rail rate, which is $1.15, involves rail transportation from Sandow to Texas City, where Seatrain vessels pick up the cargo and discharge it at Edgewater, N.J., where it is carried by railroad to Cressona. Discrimination Found From the 186 miles from Sandow to Texas City, the railroads charge 44 cents a 100 pounds if the aluminum is than hauled by Seatrain. If the ingots are destined for import, the rate is 29 cents. Although Seatrain accounts for 85 percent of the mileage, it receives only 37 percent of the present rail-water-rail rate. Originally, an I .C.C. examiner found the rate to be discriminatory against Seatraln, but the commis-· sion overruled his decision. Five SIU Oldtimers OK'd For Pensions ·:·:• ... . ) .; ;~;,~::Sr·. : \~~ The need for a strong U.S. merchant fleet was stressed by SIU President Paul Hall, shown here as he addressed the Democratic Party's Platform Committee prior to the party's national convention at Atlantic City, N.J. Other AFL-CIO trade union leaders appeared before the Platform Committee to · emphasize the need for • stron9 labor plank 9eared to meet the pro~lems of the present-day wor~ force. Senate Move Threatens Role Of U.S.-Flag Ships In P.L. 480· Program WASHINGTON-The SIU, the AFL-CIO's Maritime Trades Department and other segments of the maritime industry have joined forces in fighting a provision in the Senate-passed version of P.L. 480 that w~uld have "disastrous" effects on the American• • • d tr be placed in an impossible financial rying P .L. 480 cargoes accept mereh ant marme m us Y· situation." a major portion of their freight The provision would re- The disruptive amendment le costs (50 to 100 per cent) in forpart of Title 1 of P.L. 480, which eign monies. quire U.S. ships operators is before the Congress for a three- The maritime industry, with opmoving grain under P.L. 480 year extension, or untll December erating expenses, taxes and wages to· accept at least partial 31, 1967. The title covers the sale for seafarers that must be paid of surplus farm commodities for freight charges in unstable and in- foreign currencies. convertible foreign currencies. . Under the 50 per cent rule, at The House version of the bill, least half of the cargoes shipped already reported out by the Agrl- overseas under P.L. 480 must be cullure Committee, does not con- in American-flag vessels. tain the damaging amendment. The freight costs for the P.L. 480 The SIU and other maritime la- cargoes have, unttl now, been paid bor organizations, along with· ship- in U.S. dollars by the Commodity owners, joined in wiring their pro- Credit Corporation, a government test to Rep. Mahon CD.-Texas), agency. chairman of the House AppropriaThe new Senate amendment says tions Committee, and calling on that the C.C.C. "shall finance ·him to see to it "that under no freight charge.a • . . only to the Garretson \ Schroeder Fortine Dunham circumstances will this [Senate] extent that such charges are higher provision be inc1uded in House (than would be the case otherwise) NEW YORK-Five veteran Seafarers, have be~n awarded consideration." by reason of a requirement that pensions by the SIU and will enjoy retirement with the help The telegram .to Mahon warned the commoditie1 be transported in of lifetime $150 a month pension. that inclusion. of the provision States-fta1 vessels." The five, Frederick H. Gar- '+··- - - - - - - - - - - - - would mean, if passed, that the United The effect of the amendment retson, John Aha, Karl W. ington has nearly 40 years of sea "entire maritime industry would would be to make shipowners carSchroeder, William H. Dun- time, his last ship being the Transham and ·Steve Fortine, bring the bay. He is currently living in total of 1964 pensions granted by the SIU-employer tr'ustee panel to Houston, Texas. John Aha, a Filipino-American, · 55. The monthly flow of checks , wjll insure the men of security in ington, D.C., first shipped out in their retirement years and will 1925, and served on many vessels give them an excellent opportunity has been sailing as an AB since to enjoy life on the beach more 1929. He joined the Union in 1941, fully. Garretson, 58, a native of Wash- ·and is now making his home on shore in New York. Karl W. Schroeder, 69, a native of Germany, has covered the world's ports as a seaman since Sept. 4, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 18 1916. An. AB, his last ship was the San Francisco (Sea-Land). When last heard from, hu was eujuylng his r~tirement in sunny Spain. William H. Dunham, 68, has been PAUL HALL, President . . an active SIU man since the war. HERBERT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art A chief steward, he last sailed on Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, the Adams. A native-born New ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE Yorker, he served in the Army CARMEN, Staff Writers. during World War I and in the Navy and the Merchant Marine in Published biweekly at the hHdquart1r1 World War II. · of the Seafarers International Union, At· lantfc, Guff, Lakes and Inland Waters Steve Fortine, 54, his sailing days District, AFL·CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYaclnth 9·'600. ended by the amputation of his Seafarer veteran John Aba ( rl9ht) Is shown above pf eking Second cllliS$ postage paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act left leg, is a Great Lakes sailor up his first regular $150 monthly pension chHk from headuf Aug. 24, 1912. · who · has been in the Union since 120 quarters representative Joe DiGeorge. Abe, .who ' makea ht1 1941. He makes his home in Michigan. home In New York, hu been sailing with the SIU 1fnae 1941. . SEAF AREkS LOG r Three in dollars, would be placed in severe hardship by the requirement. P .L. 480 is expected to reach action on the House floor sometime before Labor Day. SIU Extends Clinic Plan To Boston, Tampa \ NEW YORK-Seafarers in Boston and Tampa are now able to take full advantage of the SIU's free medical examination program as new clinics opened ,recently in both ports. 'Jlhe new medical facilities are located in clean, well equipped buildings staffed by experienced doctors. They will enable Seafarers and their dependents to enjoy the benefits to which they are entitled. The SIU medical examination program in Boston is being conducted at the clinic of Dr. Anthony S. Ripa, which is located at 108 Meridian Street, corner Of London Street in East Boston. Dr. Ripa ls an industrial surgeon who 'also does physical examinations for airlines operating in the Boston !!re!!, Hi11 well-equipped nffire is conveniently located to the Union hall. The Union's medical program in Tampa wi11 be directed by Dr. Gilbert M. Echelman, at 505 South Boulevard, Tampa. 'Jlhe Tampa facility is located in ~ new building which was specially built for a clinic. The clinic is located within a 10 minute ride from the Tampa hall and is near the facilities of the Public Health Service Hospital and the Tampa General Hospitail. Dr. Echelman is an internal medicine specialist and (Continued on page 7) �r o '• · ·• • • 1' Page ·Four Fishing Fleet Boosted By Construction Subsidy Bill WASHINGTON-The United States fishing industry got ·a healthy boost recently when President Johnson signed a $10 million subsidy bill to help rebuild a.n~ moder~ize this country's fishing fleet. + . . The new bill authorizes the fish has plummeted from 13 to 7 Americans are eating ip.ore foreignexpenditure of $10 million an- percent. During the 11ame period caught imported fish than that nually for construction-differ- the country dropped from its posi- landed by U. S. fishermen. Sin ce th e pos1't'ion of the Amerlcan fishing fleet has been declining during the .P·ast several years, the increase in consumption In fish products in this country works to the benefit of. foreign fleets. A report prepared by a House of Represent.atives committee found .that since 1947 the Soviet Union more than doubled jts total catch. Fur.thermore, Japan, Peru,· China and several other countries had increased their annual fish catches significantly. The continuing weak position of SIU Railway Marine Region pensioner Thomas C. Logan the United States fishing fleet was found to be rooted in the require(right J gets congratulations on his retiremen,. from RMR ment that American fishing vessels Regional Director G. P. McGinty. Logan i'ntends to continu.e must be built In U. S. shipyards. his active interest in the Boy Scout movement now that he The report found that construction can devot~ his full time to t_his a·c ttvity. costs in this country are 50 percent higher than in foreign yards. Retired- But Still Busy. Congressional sponsors. of the tiill said Its passage would enable This column reviews the various benefit programs for SIU members' American 'f ishermen to successto help our brothers obtain those which they are eligible without un- fully compete with foreign fleets necessary delay. We realize that the wide ran&'e of benefits available on waters which have long been under the SIU welfare program make it hard for many of our member& considered traditional fishing to keep track of specific plans. In response to many questions, we will grounds for United States fisheragain review the maternity, hospital and optical benefits which are men. provided for member~hip use. In a statement made while the MATERNITY BENEFIT. Those seamen who have 90 days of sea- construction subsidy bill was still SIU railroad tugman Thomas Logan is not the least .bit time in the calendar year prior to the birth of a child and one day's before the House, James Ackert, seatime in the six months prior to the birth of a child, are eligible president of the SIU-affiliated .A t- concerned about keeping busy, now that he is retired on under the Plan to a $200 maternity benefit when their wives give birth, lantic Fishermen's Union, said, provided they present proper proof and claims within one year of the ''This ls the shot so badly needed SIU $150 monthly pension. In fact, Brother Logan's days wiU birth. In those cases where there are multiple births <twins, triplets, to revive our American fish.ing be pretty full ones, for he i s + - - - - - - - - - - - etc.>, there is provision for an individual maternity benefit of $200 for fleets. He noted that fishing boat turning to on the community associated as a ·s cout and later; as each child. construction would also help U. S. activities which had been his a scout leader for · almost a half century. He'll back this up· with For births occurring on and after August 1, 1962., delivery by ceasa- shipyards and · their workers to hobby in the off hours from his his church's community work. rean section shall be reimbursed in accordance with the hospital and keep .busy. job as a bridgeman wi.th the Erie- . Brother Logan started with. the surgical fee as specified in the Schedule of Dependents~ Benefits. In addition an applicant must present proof of marriage and a. photof:.ackawanna Railroad. Lackawanna Rallroad's marine · ops· static copy of the baby's birth certificate. 'fhe bli;th certificate must During a · recent visit to the SIU eration forty-five years ago and contain the names of both parents.• · headquarters In Brooklyn, he de- continued at his job as bridg~ inan ~n eligible seaman'~ wife ~s an $8.00-a-day hospital · benefit, scribed with enthusiasm· "this new when the ·c·o mpany merged and phase of my life." Most of Brother became know as . the Erie-Lacka·~nt1tled to the m~termty. benefit which is k11own as the In-Hospital Jf her husband dies dunn.g her Benefit. Each of these is dealt Logan's activities, now that he is wnnna, six years ago. pregnancy, and may also claim the with separately below in retirement, will be devoted to As a Y0'1ngster in Brooklyn his "first love" - the boy scout where he was born and now lives ~aternity benefit. if her hu~ban.d $1.oo-a-Day Hospital· Benem is at ·sea at the. tim: ~he child ~s Eligibility for tl}is benefit requirE:s movement with which he has with his wife Helen, Tom became born .. A sean:an is eh~ibl_e for th.is one d<ly's seatime in the. year prior WASHINGTON-As of June 30, a member of the' boy scout move,rnent in 1910 when It was charbenefit oi:ily 1£ the C~lld IS born m to admittance to the hospital. This the United St.ates ' Govern.me.Qt was tered in America. "Because of the Continental Umted States or benefit h;is been in effect from its territories - Puerto Rico and the day that the Seafarers -welfare insuring $529 million worth of _ · • what it had done for ' me, in term~ the Virgin Islands. The only ex- Plan cam·e into existence. mortgages for 78· ships and three of k~eping .~.Y ~nterest and prqyi,dception to this is Canada, which $3.00-a-Day Hospital Benefit _ barges, tJhe Ma1·itime Administraing me w1t}t . an opportunity for is also covered under this benefit. The eligibility rule for this benefit tion a·nn.oi.mc.ed. constmctive activ_ity as a yoµqgLastly, if an eligible seaman dies requires a seaman to have had 90 ster," Brother lognn said, ·" l .de. 'f g· b' th th Srtill pend.i ng are apn.lications b e fore h is cided to devote ··as· much time ns · "' 1 e ives ir ' e days of employment in the calen.,.. benefit slrnll he paid even though dar year prior to his admittance for mortgage .loans on 28 ships . possible to the scouting movement the child is born more than 90 to the hospitai, as . .well as one amounti.ng to $96.5 million. in my adult 'years.' 1 And, he 'i1as The mortgage program is auSAN JUAN-Keith Terp~, Pres~- done so, effectfve[y and with ' dlsdays after the deceased em- day's employment in the six":· tinction. · ployee's last employment. month period preceding his ad- thorized under Title 11 of the Meri·1 • • OPTIC.l\L BENEFIT. Eli gibility mission. He will then receive $ 3.00 chant Marine Act of 1936, and al- dent of the SIU of Puerto Rico, Honored . Scout . I for · this ben efit is the sa me as per day for the period of time that lows the MA to insure mortgages has been appointed to a U.S. 'Defor the maternity benefit. The he is hospitalized. up to 87~ per cent of the actuai partment" o.f Lab 0 r committee The SIU railtoad · mah was .. re:. program provides for the fol16w$8.00-a-Day Hospital Benefit _ cost of construction or rec-0nstTU(!- which .c onside'r _m inimum wage c~ntly honored with the highest irig: One pair of · eyeglasses every This payment actually falls under tion of ships over 3,500 gross tons scouting award given to a vohmtwo ·years, except in cases requir- the s & A benefit program but is and capable of maintaining a 14 rates for five industries in. Puerto t ary scou t wor k er, the · Civil Rico. The . announcement of Terpe's Beaver merit a w ·a rd'. Broth·e r ing_glasses more frequently due to paid in . the hospital to the individ- knot speed·. pathological reasons, in which ca ~e ual. Many eligibles become conSmaller shiips or those built or designation as an employee repr e- Logan is 'a member' of the' Brookthe additional glasses may be au- fused and . feel that this is an rebuilt under . government subsidy sentative. was made by · Secretary lyn "Council of the 'Boy Scoufs of thOiized by ·the trustees. The un- $8.00-a-day· h 0 spit a 1 ·in-patient oan hav'e their . mortgages and Of Labor · W. Willard Wirtz. America and · is an · active partici:. derstanding that ·the frames will benefit. Under the hospital benefit loans insured· up to 75 per cent by The committe·es' consideration of pant in the -District Committee. ' be · thos'e known as · "Shell Ful- sectfon of the Plan it is, but it the MA, minimutn wage rates is autliorized be. spit~ ·the f~ ct that · he is ' .bi' s : c.o~mum · 'tY · •·s Vue," w"i.th lenses of the required·' falls under th'e' ·s &..' A. rules. Freighters b'uilt or under con- tJnder · the Fair Labor Standards plung1'ng · . . Jn.to . Prescription. The co_st of fancy A pat1'ent· ' Is ent.1't.led to th1's : ruction for s'u bsidized steamship' A"t Membership on the comm'it' t· ' t" B th · L · " · - .ac ivi ies, . r,o . Elr . . ogan do~si;i.'t ftames, tri-focal lenses, sunglasses, benefit during the time he or 'she st companies account. for 45 of the tees consists of representatives of have the . 11light~st. intJ!.n tion ... of and - · -·the - like, .shall · be paid by the i~ a P.atient 'in any USPHS Hospi· 81 shiipS' ·being· insi.J.red by the MA. .employees,' emp]oye_rs and the pub- losing · · . · oontac .. · · ', t, wlth • - -· .th e SIU. o,r h'is t!ligible. The optical benefit iS tal or an appr oved pr·1'vate hosp1' tal lie'. Hearings will be held to· con- Union bro"hers· "I a g · g t · .. · ..it'.,. •my ·b- u ·. m . tom t o availabll'! and extended to eligible in the US, Puerto Rico, the Virgi·n This means the g'overnment is pay- sider "the ·· ·followin·g industries! make ·· · i'ng up to ·55 ·p·e r cent of 't he total , · , " su~ ~s~ 0 . · ~ PP dependents under the same rules Islands or Canada. This benefit is button; 'jewelr.y ' arid ·lapidary work; around periodically at the ' Un.ion as those governing the eligible payable .f rom the first day of hos- cost- of construction, plus insutriilg artificial flower, decoration, and hall ·and to visit · my fellow ·si'\'j seaman. Safety glasses for de-. pitalization but not for a period to the mortgages . an'd loans up to party favot;·- communication·s, 'Util- me·n 'on · the 0 Jd' . job" B·r~ther pendent" children · also niay be pro- exceed S9 weeks. 87¥.z pereent. The subsidies· for !ties, and · transportation; ·alcoholic I::oogan sai~.. As a .. matter ~ of , ~~ct', vided, however. Tiie h0spi~al beneffts of ·$1.00-a- construction· represent t}le differ- beverage and industrial alcohol; as he left the . h.a~l, ~rothEli, ~ogan HOSPITAL BENEFITS FOR day and '. $3:00-a-day are paid to ence in · cost between doing the and bankhtg', 'insurance and fi- headed out to tell the boys - at ELIGmL:ES. Eligibility for hos- patients whO qu~lify for as long a work in U.S. rath'er than· cheaper nance~ · ·. Erie-Lackawa.nna, with whom · he p'itai benefits is the sam·e as out- period as they remain a patient In foreig·n shipyards. ·serving with Terpe as · employee · worked, t~at ""tlie SIU pension i~ lined above. The hospital benefit the hospi~41, · regardles.S of the A substantial _' portion ~f tJI:le repl'esentatives on 't he committees responsible foi· ·enabl~n'g ..' ine ' 'fo Jfio_gz:am is ·a·ct~atly broken .down length of.stay. "In. 's'ome C?Ses, par- ori~inal loans , h~ve. al.ready .been are Irving· Beiler nf' the. AFL-CIO spend my time now doing what I tiito three Jtems, ·c onsisting Of ·a· ticillarly t~o~e .ot chronic iflness, repaid . so '•tliat the · actual amoi:ni't Depattroent.· <!f lt~s~arc'h, 'and' l>ru- want. 'Anybody "w~o has the ben~­ $t.OO-a-day--- ·hosp1tal · benefit, · a . thiS pertoa" has extended for as being· backe·if· ·is ·something ' less eencio R"ivera··M'ar'tinez, Sari ··Juan fit" of s ·IU' me'inbersnip 'is Jn .. t"ile $3.(}0-a-day " hos.Pitai benefit, ·· arid long as seven and eight years. ·than ·$529 millfon.' · · · · · , · ; i-bor consultant. .... ···" ··· · : · fight 'lidat." · · ' ·· " ' · · " "· ential subsidies over a five-year period. Under the terms of the legislation a maximum Federal subsidy of 50 percent of the cost of construction of modern fishing vessels In U. S. yards is authorized. · The measure ls expected to greatly benefit · SIU fisherman on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as those In Alaska. Since 1956, the United States share of the total world catch. of tion of second place ainong the fishing nations of the world to fifth plac~, This decline has occurred despite the fact that consumption of fishery products in the United States has more than doubled in recent years. Imports of fish products Into this country has Increased 900 percent In quantity since 1940 (this represents a rise of more than 41h billion tons). For the first time SIU Benefit Programs Discussed SIU-RMR Pensioner Active In Boy Scouts ·a Gov't hi·p Mortgages ·1ncreaS1•ng s·ea'far·e·r .Re·p Named J0 p•R• pay R.ate uDI•t will is 1 j �S. E .4 F A.·B. E·B. S Pqe 1...&G- Flv~ Seafarer Hero.Awarded Maritime Bravery Award . • If Isl (lull) Shepard; Vice-President, Atlantic R~ertlflcatlon 1 For SIU Stewards Ail we reported In the last Issue of the LOG, sblpplnr still loolul ve17 cood In New York, and that happy condition probably to ·sta:r around for awhile, The demand ,for firemen and ABs remains stronr. We also 'don't mind reporting that a new group of atewards have graduated from the SIU's Steward Recertification Program. And on August 26, 13 members passed the lireboat examinatlQn after attending the SIU's Lifeboat School. All members who have only entry ratings · are urged to enroll in the lifeboat school. Lonnie Buford, who ships out of Baltimore and is a daddy of three, dropped by Brooklyn to pick up his $523 vacation check. He's just off the Fairland . and is headed back home to cheer on his favorite Colts when the football season opens. Eddie Puchalski, on the beach and passing time watching the Mets, Js ready to take a trip most anywhere. He's on the lookout for a bosun's slot. Boston, with only fair shipping in the last period, has begun to move and the forecast is now -good for the next period. There were 4 payoffs, 1 sign on, 4 in tra~it, and a total of 27 men who shipped during the last period. Frank Donovan, a quarter-century union man, has just gotten off the Achilles so he could get a ship run-• ' . . . NEW ORLEANS-A second seafarer, Horace W. Sikes Jr., has been awarded the Mer·chant Marine Meritorious Service Medal, one of the highest honors the U.S. can bestow on a merchant seaman, for the part he played in a sea rescue while serving on the former Bull Line tanker Titan. • when, during a violent storm with lines were thrown to the men in In a ceremony in Mobile mountainous seas, their ship re- the water, however, and a jacob's several weeks . ago, John W. ceived an SOS from the MV Com- ladder wavut over the side. With Mullis, a shipmate of Sikes', was given the same honor. The story appeared . in the August 7 Issue of the Log. Sikes and Mullis were serving on the Titan December 8, 1961, bined One. Two survivors were spotted in the water amid much debris from the already sunken vessel. The seas tossing her and her decks awash, the Titan was unable to ~ower lifeboats. Life- total disregard for their own safety, Sikes and Mullis descended · the ladder and rescued one of th0 men. During the operation, an aircraft joined the rescue effort, dropping flares so that more survivors were spotted in the water. Only four of the more than 30 Chinese sailors could be saved, three throug·h the effort of the two honored seafarers. Q • The award was presented to Sikes by Captain Thomas A. King, A collection of awards issued to merchant seamen for acts Gulf coast Director, u.s. Mariof heroism and valor has been pre~ented to- the Smithsonia;n time Administration, . at a IunchInstitution's Dep a rt men t of N ava1. H"IS t ory b Y the Man•t·Ime Orleans eon given by the·Trades Greater New Maritime Departning off shore. Arthur. Ahearn was around town to carry him, over the Administration, U.S. Depart-• ment. Rep,resentatlves of 31 AFLsorry. to see the floating hotel he summer. He's just about ready to ment of Commerce. tion and is scheduled to open next CIO unions, members of the MTD, . . Spring. The Maritime collection were at the luncheon. The award was last on. tbe iw;ount Wa.shlngton, ship again, and is looking for ang.o off shore.- H~ s sp.e~dmg some other good job on a tanker. The collection consists of will be a noteworthy part of the was created by Congress and is tune at home with his family beFred Hicks last on the National medals, emblems, se~vic_e bars, permanent decorations and awards given through the ,authorization ol fore he ships again. Defender in 'the steward depart- combat bars, plaques, citations and · exhibit. the Secrefary of Commerce. Truman Patriquin, last on the ment, has just finished remodeling letters of commendation, as well + Transeastern, is in the USPHS in his home and says he's ready ·to as reprints of executive orders, · · related laws, and other publicaBoston. He says hello from drydock ship again. to all his shipmates, and hopes to Puerto Rico reports light damage tions. The awards have been issued by be back in service soon. from recently rampaging .hurricane William Cista, afte1· three months Cleo, the only part of the island to the Maritime Administration and of fishing and laying around his be significantly hit being the_south- its predecessor age n c i es since summer home, is ready for a long east. Battening down was thorough , 1937, for acts of heroism on the trip again and says he will be glad and a vole of thanks goes to the high seas. According to Maritime to get back to sea. Weather Bureau and the Coast Administrator Nicholas Johnson, Shi1>ping in Philadelphia has Guard 'for their fine tracking of such awards are part of the .iMarlbeen fair. Larry Campbell, a sea- the storm. time Administration's continuing farer since-- 1938, is just off the On the P.R. labor front, the program of recognizing, officially Globe Carrier. He's enjoying the strike against the Puerto Rican and tangibly, noteworthy acts by Phillies during his time on the Glass Corporation. ended when the American merchant seamen .. beach and is as sure as shooting company and the Glass Workers' - A total of 7,297 medals and they are going to win the.. series. Union agreed to submit their dif- other decoraflons has been 'apHarry McCullough, whose last ferences to the b'inding decision of proved to date. The 'highest award, ship was the Massmar, is waiting a joint grievance committee. . for gallantry beyon.d the call of for the Seamar to come in. His dad All captains, mates and en- ·duty, the Distinguished Service is on it. Danny Piccerelli, another gineers at Puerto Rico Lighterage Medal, has been app.i;oved for Phillies fan, is waiting for a first hava signed Puerto Rico Division award to 150 seamen. The second steward's . job to hit the shipping pledge cards. A preliminary cnn-' highest award, the Meritorious tract discussion was held with Service .Medal, has been authorboard. Baltimore shipping has been these people and · progress ized in 496 Instances for actions picking up and is expected -to re- although slow, has been made. A~ of heroism in the line of duty. main good for the next period. unoffichl count from the N:ition:il The Mariner's Medal, equal In There were 3 pay offs, 3 sign ons Labor Relati-:ms Board names the distinction to the Order , of the and 17 in transit. SIU Puer~o Ri:•o Division to repre- Purple Heart issued to members Seafarer Horace W. Sikes, Jr. (center) is presente.d the Frederick - W. Edgett, sailing sent the Volkswagen employPes of the armed services for combatabout 20 years, just paid off the again. This was another SIU received wounds, has been authorMerchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal, one of the Kyska, which he called a pretty victory over the Teamsters. ized for award to 6,635 seamen of highest awards the nation can bestow on a merchant seaman good ship. After some medical atGenaro "Shipping Board" Gon- many nationalities who were by Capt. Thomas A. King (right) of the MA. New Orleans tention that will make him fit for zales is back home on Ponce for a wounded while serving aboard SIU port ag~nt Lindsey Williams looks on. duty again, he plans to ship out. bit of vacation after a long stint on U.S.-flag ships during World War Henry E. Fosset, after ·waiting the Seatrain New York. II. for a 3rd cook's job on the MaryAntonio "Chino" Gonzales, . who's Sixteen merchant ships have mar, was victim of an assault and on the beach after serving a year received official . recognition as robbery attempt as he was report- on the Florida State as bosun, is Gallant Ships, while 340 crewmen ing to work and was beaten so also taking it easy In Ponce for af seven ships have been authorbadly ne had to go into drydock at awhile. ized to wear the Gallant Ship Unit the USPHS hospital here. When Oldtimers: Elfrain Sierra is in Citation Bar. he's fit for duty again in the very town to open up his new J1ome. Other decorations which have near futm·e, he says he will take Sierra., has been holding down d h f · 1 been awarde to mere ant seamen WASHINGTON-A bill vital to the survival of the U. $. the lrst JOb t,hat comes a ong. various Sealand ships for th~ past are the Victory Medal, service Robert A. Stokes plans to vaca- few years. H~ just co.npleted a bars for the Atlantic, the Pacific domestic fleet, which would provide subsidies to ship opertion for a month before shipping few months on the Los Angeles. a n d t h e Mediterranean-Middle t · th d t" t d h s b e d b th S t out again. His last ship was the .Adrian Texidor is restin·~· up with a ors m e omes IC ra e, a e n approve y e ena e East War Zones, Combat Bar, DeS b "tt M h t• ., Alcoa Marketer and he served . on a bad foot, but stil: looking hard u comm1 ee on ere an · · "It Is of th e u t mos t na t"1onaI her for • a four-month trip to the for another Se:itrain. He ·jm;t did fense Bar, Phjlippine Liberation M arme an d F'ISh er1es. . far east. He hopes his ne'x t trip six-month ;;tin~ on tile Savannah. Bar, PhiHppine Defense Bar; MerThe measure would provide concern that the domestic indus· t ame · d" Harold McVay piled off the chant Marine Emblem, and Kore- subsidies similar to those pres- t ry be mam • he sa Id · "C onwill be as good as the last, and ti M k t . an S e r v I c e Bar. In addition, · 1 I . t . h gress must determine and . 1 . t gave spec1a p1·a1se o 1e ar e - Deiroit- last trip for a brief rest. Letters of Commendatt"on have ently avai ab e to opera ors m t e th t d d. t · ti • f · t ·d Th b determine soon whether or not • d er s crew an e s ewar epar - . The Detroit was a good ship, says been issued to 26 seamen and na on s ore1gn ra e. e su . ment which did a real good job of McVay, and he'll welcome. the sldies would make posible {he the United States is to have any · t·tc mere 11an t marme · keeping. all !Jands happ,v. chance to get back aboard. Bob officers on 25 ships. construction of new ships !}Rd for d omes a t a ll Norfolk shipping has been slow, Lasso, after a few months of towMany of the decorations · issued the conversion, reconditioning and that it recognizes that such a but is expected to increase in the boating in the area, will be ready for service during World War II and . modernization of existing 'fleet is vital to the United States. coming period with a couple of to ship ·very shortly. There are a were given posthumously to mem- vessels. This bill ls a major key to surships due to pay olf. In the last few household chores to hers of the family of .merchant The SIU and other maritime vival." period, ther~ was 1 sign on and squared away before shipping out. seamen who died serving the unions and groups interested in Vessels included under the prn5 in transit. The town of Guanlca ha<; re- Nation. the strengthening of the U. S. visions of the proposed legislation Ronald A. Chandler, head of domestic . fleet have long called would be over 1,500 gross tons, Dwight Skelton has . been, boning turned . to normal after the beach up for a third mate's license: He front section was evacuated \\ihen Seamen Services Branch of Mari-· fot~ such legislation. Passage of built in U.S. shipyards and doct1has registered, however, so he can a gasoline and acid laden ship time's -Office of Property and · the 'ineasure was called "vital" for mented under U. S . regulations~ ship out in case there .Is no mate's threatened to blow up thf> harbor. Supply, assembled the collection 'the survival of the nation's d1)- They · would also have to be of a job available. His last ship was the The vessel Darrlel Pierce was at the request of Dr. Melvin M. mestic a'rid intercostal fleet by type; size and speed approved by Globe .Progress. beached by its crew when-it sprang .Jac~son; .As~ociate C~rator of. the Sen. E. L . Bartlett (D-Alaska) who the Secretary of Comnierce and · Nelson .Steadman, last on the a leak after sulphuric · ·acid ate •Sn11thson1an s naval ·history umt. i!ltroduced the bill l,nto the Sen- certified · ·by the Secretary of the Henry,' tias got himself a truck ·and through the steel plating on the· The hall that will house the ate and also conducted hearings Navy as being of benefit to tha wa1 doing a few odd pick~p jobs· ship's bottom. collection is now under construe- on it. nation in an ep1ergency. D• •· •h Sm.,, s_o n1an .1 0 ISP /·a y • M ed I$ M er11h ant M ar1ne I Domestic Subsidy Plan Cet's Senate Group's OK a he �....... -.. . •., (Figure! O.n Thu Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, LakH an_d Inland Watera l)istrict.) S.hip Adiv,i,Y August 15 ·August 28 ...... ...... .......,..... Seattle was the only port on the Pacific coast that reported an improvement in the shipping situation over the previous ·period. San Francisco saw a sharp drop in fhe .. ., O• '&-.TOTAL 3 1 N.w Yoat •••• 21 I loltlMor• • ••• 3 Norfolk 0 Jacbo•vllle •• 0 Ta:-pa •. • • • • I .Mobile · •••••• NewOrleeM •• 10 Ho11ttM ••••• WH•llH}to• •• 1 San Fra11clsco • 3 Seeltle •••••• 3 10 23 7 12 I 15 6 • 12 I D ' 3 16 4 ' ' 41 25 3 17 2 2 3 1 ..... The improved job situation failed t o have much effect on statistics picturing the seniority situation which has remained stable for the past several w~ks. The percentage of Class A men shipping went up a point to 55 percent, compared to 54 perc~nt in the previous reporting period. Class B shipping remained pegged at 32 percent, while the share of Class C men who shipped out rose by a single point to 13 percent. a si.- 099 J As the job picture began to brighten, total registration fell off slightly, droppin·g to 1,252 from 1,308 in the previous period. The number of SIU men in the registered on the beach category also showed a downward trend, standing at 3,774 as compared to 3,815 in the previous two weeks. Shipping on the East Coast showed a mixed pattern as Baltimore- and Boston posted the ~ost impressive gains. New York ~how ed a very slight decrease, while activity took a sharper dip in Norfolk and Philadelphia. Job calls showed sharp increase in New Orleans following a slowdown in the pr~vious reporting period. D 3 2 37 I u I - -TOTAU ••• M 50 17 24 . 24 7 7 3 142 - 143 DECK DEPARTMENT • Registered Register~d Shipped CLASS A CLASS 8 CLASS · A GROUP POff .., number of men signing on, while activity Jn Wilmington declined to a lesser extent. . The shipping situation bounced . back during the past two weeks after a ocief downturn in the previous reporting period. A total of 1,319 Seafarers shipped out as compared to 1,174 in the previous two weeks: The increase in the number of job calls was reflected in all three departments; with the deck category experiencing t.he sharpest rise in the number of jobs filled. -GROUP - - GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 0 --1 -·3- ,- 4 1 1 3 4 22 22 26 37 152 0 2 6 81 1 5 0 7 9 16 11 19 4 o1 z o 7 7 3 2 6 o I 9 , ·1 4 1 6 4 1 2 . o I 21 o o o I ol o 1 9 4 I 2• 1 1 6 6 13 7 12 28 20 sz 27 42 28 7 I 51 4 1 15 18 H j 10 36 36 6 · I 52 2 1 1- 3 o 2 4 · 6· o 4 3 2 I 91 2 5 3 10 ! 4 2 5 1 I '. 10 o to, s 15 1 4 155 41 I 284 13 109 104 I 22~ 95 168 1 1 25 4 11 4 2 349- ll oston . . ..• . ..... .. New York . ... .. .... . . P hil adelphia ... . . ... . E altimore . ......... . .. . .... . . .. . Norfolk J ;icksonville . . ... . . . . a Tampa . . . ...... . ... . o :M obile . . .. . .... . . . . . 7 New Orleans . ; .. . . . . . 16 Houston . -. .. . . . . .. .. . 10 Wilmington . . . .. .. . . o San Francisco ...... . . 4 Seattle ... .. . . .. . • ... 4 TOTALS 89 3 ALL 67- , 11 71 34 1 11 21 I Shipped CLASS 8 481 t4-'I I GROUP ti I 1 o I 5. o .6/ 2 l 5 CLASS A. B C I o ·• o I 9 o 2 ·2 3 ALL o oI 10 3 3 11 1 2 1 0 2 o o 1 5 o 3 0 1 1 ALL 1 2 3 ALL .o-5--6- 0-1- 11 1 -----~ 43 28 7 8 72 43 21 u' 103 141 23 269 37 8 11 4 .za Hi 17 ·4 36 14 6 56 44 58 8 111 1 36 20 e1 6 1 o· 7 15 12 8 17 6 1 1 5 0 9 2 ·1 o 2 I · 3 5 6 0 11 'H 30 8 1 20 13 1 34 33 74 13 142 11 1 '.78 35 11 124 , 55 154 49 - 25 3 'Z7 j 55. 76 23 • 5 1 o. , i 9 21 4 34 z. 6 9 2 ni 25 31 . s3 II 59 52 29 18 1 IS: 30: H: I 348 529 .Joe ut33 4 5 o o l~ \ 30:! 2~ 5~ 9~: 16: ~ 2~ .2~ GROUP GROUP I .211 o CLASS I CLASS A Shipped GROUP 3 •ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 C l- 5 1- - 1- -2-- 3- ,- ·6 o s '72 11 2 14 27 u o 2 I 8i o 3 8 11 o 6 361 4 4 6 H 1 1 1 ' o 1 o o 0 5, 4 0 2 6 0 o 1: o o o o o 1 20 3 3 7 u .o 9 78 3 12 20 351 1 3 I 49 1 9 1~ 25 ! 0 . Registered On The 8ead1 TOT Al Shipped CLASS C s: 31 5~ 5:~ . 1 ·. 2 .3 ALL 7 3 1 3 48 69 122 5 13 1 3 9. ·38 17 21 0 28 12 16 0 18 8 7 3 5· 1 1 7 22 30 1 1 29 71 JOI 2 25 41 H 8 12 20 0 15 15 I 34. 4 18 14 I H 2 ·21 194 305 120 , ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered Registered ClASS 8 CLASS A Port Eoston ... .......... . New York . .·... • ... , .. l?hiladelpbia ·..... Baltimore ·....... Norfolk ....... .. ... J acksonvilie .... ..... ' Tampa Mobile ..... ...... ... New Orleans . .. . . .. .. Houston . . . . ... .. . . . Wilmington . .. . . .... San Francisco ... .. ... Seattle .... ....... .. .... ...... .. ........ .... TOTALS Shipped CLASS A G"Rolfp_ _ __ G"ROUP GROUP GROUP I 2 3 ALL . 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3, ALL 3__!LL," 1 - 0- 2 1 - 1- 2 1 . 5 1 3 1 2 5 0 1 2 I 0 61 ·35 3 : 49 11 4 36 ~ 4 16 16 45 ·6 I 55 3 11 11 I 25 1 10 r 10 0 6 7 2 3 9... 2 . 12 1 1 4 6 21 19 .. 4 %5 1 2 8 10 19 i 29 4 • 34 0 20 11 4' 1 1 1 0 6 0 1 5 5 10 0 0 3 4 2 3 0 5 0 1 5 1 0 I 4 5 1 3 0 2 0 2 2 0 ·o 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 1 20 0 9 15 5 11 H 6 0 15 0 6 9 18 36 6 17 16 33 10 32 51 . 1 9 l-7 16 34 60 1 0 5 21 2 28 2 18 22 22 42 8 3 ,,~ 33 2 12 30 2 3 5 .o 8 0 2 4 1 2 2 5 0 3 l~ 3 3 2 5 4 2 8 4 2 7 13 2 2 1 5 21 l ~I • tol 4 0 51 1 I 5, 0 163 . 22 I 23§ ' 10 I 2 1 92 ·8s I Shipped CLA SS C Shipped CLASS 8 3 0 12 _3_1_ 15 0 · -tso 36 175 33 I 244 1 8 o I 66- 6S- l t 1 GROU p 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 8 0 o. 1 0 4J! , 3 Registered On The 8eaclt CLASS I CLASS A CLASS GROUP . GROUP 3 ALL A B C ALL - 1 2 s ALL 1 2 s ALL i 5 1 2 8 1 l 13 1 15 .0 6 .li 5 9 21 55 25 21 1!4 53 117 17 ll'Z 13 53 60 126 ·o 9 · 25 2 18 .4 24 l 4 - 9 10 7 4 12 '1 34 4 20 7 61 13 45 66 3 8 16 25 ' 4t 0 1 1 4 ' 1 6 3 20 3 26 1 10 14 25 2 s .6 3 3 12 3 5 0 8 2 5 3 10 f) 8 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 4 2. 2 Hi 15 2 33 10 26 1 0 11 18 !9 'Z 51 4 34 92 24 fi7 99 3 7 8 44 38 85 8 15 33 30 15 'ZS 31 9'1 6 63 3 40 37 13 0 3 5 3 11 11 3 13 2'1 . 3 4 3 9 11 1 4 22 7 . 34 5 .13 7 ti 4 12 7 13 150 16 6 1 0 . 18 33 s 42 0 12 32 I '13 2H 148 73 r ·455 11s 462 ·61 I ·188 36 222 228 . flll 11 5 3 'O TOTAL Shipped • 3 ' " '1 o, 3 0 38 ., "STEWARD DEPARTMENT legisfered · Registered CLASS 8 CLASS A -~~ GROU P - - "CfROUP Port Bm1. • • • • • . NY . . . . . • . Phil . . . . . . Bal. . . • • • Nor . . .. · • · Jae . . · · • · T am ... · • Mob.···· NO · · · · • · Hou.···· · Wil.. . ... SF . . . . . . . Sea · · · · · · T01AlS 1-:S 0 5 0 2 1 . 0 0 2 3 4 l 2 1 21 2 S ALL 1 0- ,- 2 13 10 41 v 3 3 6 8 2 7 19 2· 1 0 j 4. 2 1 0 3! 0 2 O 2! 3 0 1 6' 9 11 26 49 1 13 ti 12 35 1 1 2 1 5 2 0 4 8 1 1 4 7, 55 43 68 I 18'7 1 1 13 I 1 O 3 0 1 O 0 0 1 o 3 0 l 3 12 ~hipped CLASS A . GROUP---1-G=R ="= o =u=p: - - -3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 2 3 ALLI 1-s 1 2 O 0 O O 3 O 2 12 17 2 12 10 0 4. f 0 () 2 ·3 10 .1 4 11 1 3 O 6 6 · O 1 O l 2 s 1 "3 1 O ·O l · 11 O O O 0 8 9. 4 0 1 3 32 35 l 9 4 5 2 20 25 9 3 4 0 0 I 0 0 f) 0 0. 3 4 1 2 1 1 6 10 3 1 2 12 104 I 12s 42 28 211 I .2 I 5 17 41 4 fi 11 %6 O 1 O 4 O 8 4 .9 22 40 15 31 1 1 2 6 5 11 83 I 181 TOT Al Shipped Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS I CLASSGROUP 2 3 ALL A B 1 0 0 0_ _ 0 _2 _1_ % 8 I 13 .2 3 ~ 5 0 0 0 H O· . 0 14 0 o O 0 0 1 0 0 1 O O 1 0 ·1 0 fi 6 0 ·O 0 36 0 2 34 0 24 0 1 1 22 1 1 0 0 0 () 2 z 0 0 4 6 0 1 1 8 98 I 111 0 5 .., 0 0 0 16 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 o _45 • 5 16 41 2 0 13 16 3 6 5 3 6 26 14 8 ·O 1 0 0 3 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 9 6 0 2 40 36 2 12 31 24 12 1 l' 1 1 i 6 2 1 0 11 6 0 45 181 111 45 • I c Registered O!f The 8eaclt CLASS A ClASS I GROUP 1-9 1 3 7 1 29 70 64 4 14 4 6 12 . 22 5 1 12 1 8 0 1 2 4 7 15 9 20 'Z 8 22 15 6 7 32 fl 3 2 8 9 20 7 17 . 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MINNEAPOLIS-In an address to the 1,200 delegates of the 21st convention <>f the AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Painters here, SIU President Paul Hall said that despite the increased trend of the trade union movement, the stiffening of who baa been shipping out of the minute supply of air in his tanks. employer resistance to unionizawindy city for the past two years, Working with wire clamps, Foster tion of workers and union-busting ts an ardent scuba diver. He had managed to :untangle the wire with tactics are among the .many pectblems. facing organized labor. the oppor tunity to put his hobby only minutes to soare. He cited as an example the "vlto good use when the W. E Fitz-. . The w: E. fltzgerald proceeded Seafarer Patrick Foster was up to his neck in deep water cioll.I activities" of .the Barber-Colgerald ran Into trouble Just eight on to Manistee after Just a fourwaiting to come b•ck aboard the SIU-contracted W. E. man Company of. Rockford, Ill., hoUJ'S out of port. hour delay. Were it not for FosFitzgerald a~er clearing the vessef's fouled prop near Chi. · ter's quick work, jhe would have against whom the Sheet Metal cago. Foster's talents as a scuba diver were presse~ into A wire stowed on deck bad had to wait for a specially charWorken Union has been conductslipj)ed overboard and fouled Itself tered seaplane'. to bring a profesing a three-month old strike beHrvice to get the ship going on her July run from Chicago. Jn the ship's screw, stopping her stonal diver. For saving the com· cause of the company's flat refusal . dead ln the water. Chief Mate Carl pany on costly time and labor, to negotiate any agreement. Holmes knew Foster was a diver Foster received a $100. bonus in Study Of Puerto Ric.an Trench Ends Hall also cited the massive antiand he asked him to go over the addition to the overtime he earned. unio)l activity and lockout tactics side and check for damage. Foster of supermarket employers against Inspection in Manistee revealed promptly agreed. He put on his no damage to the ahip's screw. the Retail Clerk's Association in S!!Uba gear and, secured by safety; Company ·officials greeted Foster Baltimore and the e.x periences of lines handled by deckhand George at the dock to give him their perthe SIU in the Great Lake.s area, Teplich, on the ship, and AB Bob sonal thanks. The young diver was as additional examples. Ullom, who was stationed along- more interested In preparing ft>r He stated that. many unions are side In a small boat, Foster dove another emergency where his servup against this tYPi! ·of problem but SAN JUAN-The first men to reach the bottom of the 27,- that It can be meL effectlvely. under the fantail. ices might be needed, however. He 500-f oot Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest known spot in the Hall said that it is of extreme ImHe made a quick survey of the went to the local police department trouble and decided he could ftx and had his air tanks refilled. · Atlantic Ocean, ~ave reported on what they saw. The report portance that· the tr.ade union movement Impress upon governcontains many surprises. + ment officials and politicians that Woods Hole Oceanographic Instl· - 0 n lo separat e occasions, tutio11 lit Massachrsetts and the labor · must be recognized and its teams of three men at a time United States Navy Electronics Re- problems considered sincerely and descended into the wark depths search Laboratory at San Diego, seriously by all gove.r nment agencies which have day-to-day jurisat three feet a· second for Calif. the two to three ·hour trip to the diction over their interests. . bottom. The trench is an enormous In regard to the coming nationIf cell Tanner, Executive Yice-Pr~ident undersea chasm that runs about al elections, the SIU President 450 mile5 east and west, a hundred said the Goldwater-Miller ticket is miles or so north of San Juan. the American . labor movement's number one problem ·and must be Unltetl States marltlme officials have long been forced to listen to On the 10 differen~ trips do~n. given top priority. "I believe a chorus of outraged protests from foreign nations everytlme this coun- a pilot, engineer and scientist partr7 Vte8 to do something to invigorate the health of Its fleet. However, ticipating in what has been called this,'' Hall said, "because Gold-: U. · 8. shipping officials have long recognized that when these same "Operation Deepscan" boarded the water has made it quite clear· that nations lend a hand to their own fleets, their cries and complaints are French-owned bathyscaph ArchlIf he were in the driver's seat ... suddenly replaced with loud statements about the necessity of protect- mede. At the bottom they could he .would lead the charge to de- · ing their own national Interests. peer through the one inch wide MOBILE- A $4.31 million con- stroy. the American labor moveThus, when our government decided to aid the U. S. merchant fleet porthole! of the bright yellow- struction project to double the ment." The 1,200 delegates, representth1·ouglt such legislation as· the Cargo Preference and 50-50 laws, our painted vehicles at never before capacity <>f the public grain eleeau were immediately deafened by the howls set up by other countries seen ocean depths . illuminated by vator here is under way, one of Ing 200,000 members, unanimously the first steps in making the Port elected S. Frank Raftery President whlch claimed we were taking an unfair competitive advantage. When 12 one-kilowatt searchlight9'. U. S~ maritime. interests point out that this country Is doing no more What surprised the scie~tists of Mobile the "premier port on to · succeed his father who WH named Preside.n t Emeritus. The· than Its competitors, their st-atements generally fall on unresponsive most at the 27,500 foot depth, the Gulf Coast." ears. The State Docks Department haa elder Raftery _is a vice-president where pressures ran about 12,000 Any dou·bls about the truth of such statements were finally laid to pounds a square inch, was the shifted into high gear after net . of th,e AFL-CIO. The Painters· rest recently when the Maritime Administration released a report de- great abundance of life at that earnings of the state docks were Union is amllated with the Martailing -the various fµrms of assistance which maritime industries re- depth. Not a square meter -of the .heading- toward an all-time low, itime Trades Department of ceive around the world. The conclusion of the repo1·t, that almost every ocean floor seemed without some and grain elevator operations which H.all is President. inar~tlme nation in th.e world grants some kind of government aid to suggestion of sea-life activity. lagged behind general cargo and Peering out of the portholes they bulk material handling volume. ,fts steamship fleet, came as a surprise to no one. When the new elevator is comgrew accustomed to always seeing The importance of the study is+---- -- - - - - - - - pleted next year, however, ~~ is something-a furrow, . a hump, a that the next time the chorus of these nations for helping their tiny -shrimp scooting out Of the thought that Mobile will be able to f()reigri complaints arise when our merchant marine ue hardly un- bright light, or a sea . cucumber compete with New Orleans, HousGovernment . lends a helping hand usual. '.!'hey include justifications wriggling its tentacles at the scl- ton, Pascagoula and Destrahan' for to its shipping industry, the MA o( national defense, balance of entists. · gt·ain shipments. report will provide the plain hard ~ayments position_. national presThey were also surprised that facts that will demonstrate just W ~SHINGTON - Congress has how hy·p ocritical these protests tl~e,. an~ protection against. ?is- the number of particles suspended pass~d a compromise appropriaern~1mallon by othe~ maritime. in the water did 1110 t diminish as tions blll covering tt\e IOO:J budget are. n~t~ons. While a foreign country the craft descended, but seemed of ·tl)e Marltlme ·Administration The MA study shows that seven g1vu~g o.ne of these reasons for to remain constant all tha· way to (Continued from page 3) countries, Italy, Norway, Sweden, helpmg its merchant. fleet does so the bottom. What these suspended ha!I served M the stafT of the and the Federal Maritime Com·m ission. England, France and the U.S. as if its very survival hangs in . The bill gives the · MA slightly P rovide operating subsidies for at th e 'h,.,a1anc~ th ey a 11 h ave an a· 11 particles are· no · one is prepared Public Healibh Service. · · t least part of their fleets'. Five too-familiar ring in world trade to say at this pomt. As in the other ports, visits o less than it asked, including $187.5 nations, France, Italy; Japan, .Swe-· and shipping circles. Gaint Stalr~ay both cllnlcs can be arranged by milllqn· for · operating· subsidies and den arid. the U.S: ;~rant various.. : As far as the enactment of cargo The scientists were also· sur- appointment m.a~ through the lo- approved $2.7 million to ·enable construct1oq subs1~1es to ~ffset p reference laws go abroad, the MA pr ised by a totally ut&expected cal Union hall. 'l'hi11 ...Procedure is the FMC to regulate shipping in Iow~r costs of foreign competitors, study found that the U.S. hardly phenomena they encountered o·n followed to allow for . orderly the U.S. foreign trade. or ID . some cases, as a special J.tas a monopoly on th.eir existence. the way down. This is the terracing scheduling of examinations. The · $187 million ftgu-r e for oplncentwe. For instance; West Germany re- which they saw on bdth . the no1th Expansion of the SIU medical erating subsidies was the ditTer..: Aid to shipping fleets often quires domestic cargoes be carried and south walls of the trench. Qn program services to Bm~ton and ence between the $190 mlllion retakes the form of s pecial · benefits fn its own coastal ships except in their trips down the scientists Tampa is P!!rt of a long-standing quested by the Ad!Jiirtistratlon and which offer substantial tax reliet certain circumstances. · F rance r e- bumped and scraped down a fan· objective of the Union's medl.ca-1 later approved by the House ancl Eight nations, Greece, Italy, Ja- serves two thirds of ii:s oil imports tastic undersea stairway, with steps plan. The SIU's medicad program the $185 million that- the Senate pan, Norway, Sweden, England for in ships flying its own flag hundreds of miles long, moi;e than OPi!rates its own clinics in · New recommended. and the U.S. offer this kind of or in approved foreign flag char- a hundred miles wide and at least York, Baltip1ore, Mobile, New OrThe $2.7 million r eceived by the FMC represented considerably less tax benefits. At other times this. tered vessels. Greece has a re- 10 feet high. No explanation was leans and Hou.ston. relief co~es through sp.e~ial de- quirement that its domestic car- put forward to explain ttie formaIn Philadelphia Seafarers utilize than the $3.3 million requested by preciatiQn funds which have been goes move in tits own ships. tion of this remarkable feature of the facilities oI bhe UniQn Health the FMC to handle an increasing established by Denmark, France, H should be remembered that t he undersea landscape-this mam- ,Center of the AFL-CIO Intema- regulatory load.' Both houses of Congress agreed~ West Germany, Italy, Ja·p an, the . our own cargo preference statutes moth stairway apparently scaled tional Ladies Garment Workers Ne.therlands, Norway, Sweden, ·continuously come under attack for use by some undersea gaint. · Union. This service is rendered on allowing the full $124 million England and the U.S. These same from foreign shippers, many of The joint Franco-American sci- on a reciprocal basis to the ar- which was requested for constructen oat.ion~ also give as:>istance whom do' a remarkable flip-flop entific expedition which ended in rangemen~ in Baltimore where tion subsidies. This amount will through' loans and _interest co~ce~- when it comes time to ·do some- August had begun in April. Par,. ILGWU members and · their . faml- probably cover the ·constructioa of sion.s .to thejr flf;et.s'. . ; . ,tl\ing about i~uring.' the health of ticipan~ included the French ·Navy, 'lies take. advantage.. of the Sea- .about 15 ships this fiscal year, f()~ Tlte reasons usually ...given by their own ahlps. . · · ·the· ,National ·Center of France, ·farers olinic ·in. the .SIU. hall thore. the l!J subsidized lines .... ·- '1 ncover Mysteries In Undersea PrObe Foreign Nations Subsidize Shipping New Elevator To·Up Mobile's Grain Capacity Announce.·1965 Marad Budget SIU Clin.ics �SE A. F ·:.4 RE RS '£ 0 G .8eJttember C. UH , Lifeboat Class 115 Celebrates Graduation Day . : -. -~~ ;~. By E. B. McAuley, .W est Coast Representative Cal. State Labor Convention Ends · Hard working delegates to the biennial convention of the California State Federation of Labor resting up after a long week's work spel}t hammering out a vigorous program for Golden State unions to follow In the coming year. One of the convention's major accomplishments was a call for a "thunderous" defeat of a referendum on the Nov~ ember 3 ballot which is aimed at wiping out California's fair housing Jaws. The proposal, backed by the real estate industry, would override existing state laws against racial or religious discrimination in the 1>ale or rental of housing. Appearing as Proposition 14 on the ballot, the proposal would write a permanent prohibition . of anti-bias legislation into the state constituilon. Also high on the convention's agenda were major campaigns against the GOP presidential nominee Barry Goldwater and a so-called antifeatherbedding proposition. The convention delegates also approved a broad legislative program which deals with the many special problems that have cropped .. . .....-::···:.. /· . ..:· up in the state's bµrgeoning economy. Specifically, the convention·. ~~;·A .PUA.TINO calJed for a rate of economic growth capable of providing enough "UG'./..t•r l.i'.·.191!».ijobs to reduce the state's above-average unemployment rate, and take account of a continuing sharp r i s e + - - - - - - - - - - - - - After passing all the requirements of the Coast Guard course w!th flying colors the successjn its la•bor force, as well as off- since only two vessels have inful graduates of Lifeboat Class 115 pose for their class photo at New York headquarters. The setting technological displacement transit visits scheduled. new batch of lifeboat ticket holders are (front, 1-r) ~erson H. Beltran, Robert L. Balgenorth; of its present work force. Benny Mignano passed through middle row, Gonzalo C. Lamboy, Celso Rodriguez, Roberto Escobar~ Frank Robertson Primi· Other policy pronouncements the WiJmington hall after four Tuybr, Carlos •· Soto: rear, instructor Dan Butts, David McKinle~. War· tivo Muse, Stanley months on the Transhatteras. ap)'.>roved at the meeting included ren Mcintyre, Th~as Whalen, Clifford R. Herring, Ralph Hernandez, Ronald Femandez a call for unemployment pay equal Benny, who has been in the SIU Marvin Firmin, Joseph Riley. _ . ' to two-thirds of average weekly for the past 20 years, plans to wages, with a corresponding boost head for home and get his nine in taxable pay levels and repeal children ready for the coming of merit ratings. The convention school year. After he takes care asked for state curbs on the use of this man-sized chore, he'll be ()f anti-labor injunctions and re- ready for a bosun's job. Malcolm peal of the so-called "Jurisdic- Cross, who just piled off the tional Strike Act" which the con- Elizat.hport after 81;2 months as a vention charged was being used to day man, is also on the beach impede legitimate union activities. here. He wants to visit for a while The convention advocated a $2 with his wife before getting ready WASHINGTON-A bill to provide construction subsidies for Great Lakes and coastal per hour minimum wage, double to ship out again•. Shipping is on the slow bell in water shipping has won approval from the merchant marine subcommittee of the Senate time for overtime, and a 35-hour Seattle right now. Ships paying off Commerce •Committee. -+--------------------------workweek without reduction in take home pay. The biennial meet- during the past two weeks were The proposed Ieg:.slation Lakes District contracted-Gartland in vast areas of that region. ing took a new tack on the prob- the Anchorage, Delaware and would help plug a loophole in Steamship Company, said that deSenator Phil Hart <D.·Mich.), a lems of agricultural labor, calling Beloit Victory. Gus Skendelas, the Merchant Marine Act of cline of shipping on the lakes had supporter of relief measures for for a new charter of rights. This who recently paid off the Young 1936, which does not mention sub- caused ·widespread unemployment Great Lakes shipping, has pointed new approach is based on the as- America as steward, told the gang sidies to Great Lakes shipP,ing out that 34 per cent of U.S. ex- . sumption that responsibility for at- in the Seattle hall th11t he will be specifically. Covered by it will be ports of manufactured goods origichecking into the hospital for a tracting and maintaining an adenew construction and modernizaI nate in the area surrounding the repairs. Another familiar face few quate and stable labor supply rests tion of deep sea and Great Lakes Great Lakes. on the employer, and not on the that has turned up in Seattle is ships of more than 1,500 tons. "At a time when the United Andy Reasko . who recently got off recruiting of "bracero'' labor by The bill requires that the ships States · is in the midst of a major the National Seafarer which went the government. export drive," he said, "we must into Jay-up. Andy says he is ready be American-built and American The convention adjourned after to go as soon as a steward's pob registered, be of the size, type and open the £St. Lawrence] seaway speed authorized by the Commerce to American-flag ships so that they re-ele-cting Thomas L. Pitts as shows up. Executive Secretary-Treasurer of Department, and be designated as may place these goods in foreign WASHINGTON - A P u b 11 c mark e t s a t a cos t th a t will aHow the Federation. necessary to the national defense by the Navy. Works bill providing more than American business to compete." San Francisco re-ports that the Not all Great Lakes operators $1.2 billion for ~hannel and barThe industry considers subsidies shipping situation will probably support the bill. Tug and batge bor improvements throughout the as the only way they can survive continue fair for the next several owners feel it would discriminate in the once thriving domestic and weeks. The Western Planet crewed against them because their shallow United States will be signed soon continental trade routes. Whether up while the Steel Apprentice, draft vessels are excluded. by President Johnson. they will also require operating " Steel Recorder, Steel Architect, Selective rate cuts by competing An election-minded House and subsidies, in addition to the conSteel Admiral, Los Angeles, DeleLENINGRAD . - The Soviet railroads have cut deeply into Senate took pains to add $ 49 mil- struction subsidies called for in ware and Yorkmar all visited the port intransit. The only pay-off to Union, a long-time exponent of coastal and Great Lakes seaborne lion to the President's or:ginal the bill, is a question only time can answer. take place was the Wild Ranger. commercial airlines, is consider- commerce in the years since World War II. Steamship companies, in budget request. The extra. funds Meanwhile, the present blJI is ing entering the passenger shipThe Lon~ Lines delayed signing-on many cases, l)ave either been will go into shipping projects also: not expected to be acted upon and will probably be in port for ping business in North America. forced out of business or have Only the Port of New York until the next session of Congi·ess A trans-Atlantic service between the near future. · Leningrad and Movtreal is in the transferred their activities to more fared poorly, relatively speaking, in January. Among the old faces around the discus.sion stages, Russian suurces San Francisco hall lately was Eddie reveal. pr~~ab~a:e~ut~~ve been parti~u.: ~~ !1i~li::P~~~~i:~!~n:df~=~\o ~~= ~¥KQ-W$.lS N;@?@:tWi'@K¥~;<:MMN-".'il~~*t'k%~~,w~"'':i Ho who came off the Choctaw If the prop<>sed Montreal run is larly hard hit. The opening of the President's request fol' $3.2 mil-' ~ ~~ after building a fine reputation as a money-maker; there is a possi- St.. Lawrence Seaway has brought lion for the completion of the r#. cook and baker. After spending bility that the passenger line in much foreign-flag compe.tition , ~ . . @. a whole year on the ship, Eddie . 11 f C d' h 0 deepening of the Hudson River k.: WASHINGTON-Jn its an- !.!'~ ana ians w channel to Albany did not quite "'' lrns d ecided to stick around fo r an might be extended to New York. especia Y rom 0. nual report to the President, ~..,.. This, coupled with negotiations benefit from a broad subsidy pro.extended vacation. George Saucier, between the USSR and the United gram of the Ottawa government. offset the ·cutting of $. 4 from the 10. the St. Lawrence Seaway D.e - t.' originally called-for $1.7 Butter- ~ ~· who has sailed out of New Orleans States for non-stop air service · The ship total in the U.S .. flag milk Ghannel project. Army en- [~ velopment Corporation an., @ for years, is now in drydock after between Moscow and New York fleet on the Lakes has declined gineers said, however, they could nounced that 66 fewer shipt! an eye operation, but is coming wou Id provide for the first time ' from 420 to 269 in the last 10 %.,: used the seaway in 1963 than M complete the job despite the re• .,, I .,. along very nicely. Nichol{ls Peters. direct connection on both land years. Four shipyards have gone ductlon. Other New .York projects ~ n 1962. . ~ who has an engjneer's rating, has and sea with the Soviet Union. out of business, and none of ·the got the amounts recommf'l! .!ed by ~ . ~verage .gross tonnage of ~~ also been laid up for a while. ·The trans-Atlantic ship service remaining five have reported any the White House. The fact New ~ ships mak.mg the passage, ~ However, •all his frien'ds around would prob ab l y compete with orders for l~rge lake carriers. however, mcreased by 14.1 ®.,;,, the hall were happy to · hear. t.h at other Jines by reducti&ns in fares In testimony before the Senate York did npt do as . ,well as some , per cent. Canadian bottoms "-" iM he'JI be up and around within the and shipboard services and facil- committee last spring, A.C. Sulli- other ports .was laid to the .smal.l· ~l led the list of users with 60.B . ~:! next three . we~ks. ities. · Other Soviet shipping lines van Jr., president of the SIU, ness pf those r~commendat~ons. ~~ per cent of all cargo tonnage. {f The shipping picture for Wil- present an attractive bargain to. · Of more tuan roi.~tine import.a nce ~ Ameri~an flag ships accounted J~ to the tanker industry was the in- ~J for only 8.3 per cent of car- K rnington shaped up fair during travelers, with fares prices 10 to sertion . by Congress. of a $1.5 mil- ~ goes . passing . through t h e the last · couple of weeks: Five 15 p~r •ent below thOiie of comships came in on intransit visits peting companies. · lion appropriation for the Sahine- ~ canal. . .. . t;\ and helped to clear 21 jobs off the Soviet pasiienger. lines are pres. Neches . Waterway ·In .Te-_xas . .Pres~ . ~ . Iron ore and wheat. · ac- f;'.".. rotary ofihipping . boal'd. -T he.··. Jber- . (!ntly . operatir,g 1~· vesgels on . ide~t .Whnson did not · a~k .for the 'j <:ounted for -n~arly . 70 per. ~~ •Ille paid off in · San Diege ·at ·the regularly ·scheduled .,routes · in· ·the. -1>r0Ject .but after. .• special.appeal . ::· cent· C)f· cal'.goes, ··followed · by ~ · end ef ·,August. · ·The · vutlook·· .for .Far ,East, Black Sf!-a,. Mediterra- . .. by tan~er . group11 'th• lawmaken . ', :eo110, . fl,le-l oil and l!Oft coat '. t~ coming . ,11eried appears. a;low .nean, Baltic and North, Sea. . . .. , . passed. 1t anyway. . , ·· · ~--~ ··. -&~_ANDREW FURUSETH , . . .~~. TRAINING'. SCHOOL·J~.~:~- L/~£ 8 fJA 7;,(!l. AS'-! ·.://-115 .s. Great Lakes Building Aid Approved ·By Senate Unit nUarbor ,,.,, p Q $ $ ed. By congress Soviet Eyes Liner Trade m m eaway Has ' . Fa1·r Season w 1• as 3 i·· ' �PM• Nine . j ~ ·' ' : .. .. Caatro'1 Water-War falls On Its face By Robert A. Matthews, Yic:e·P~esident, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarten Rep. Transportation Clause Clarified Guantanamo Water Plant Delivered By SIU.Vessel GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba-Thanks to the SIU Pacific District-contracted President Headquarters has been receivin~ several questions on transportation Grant (American President), sailors at the U.S. Naval Base here were able to toast with durinl' the last few months. Several of theae queries and examples were answered in ttmi column In a previous LOG; For~ the benefit of those plenty of fresh water·the resounding flop of Castro's plan to put heat on the base by cutting brothers who didn't see this issue, we have decided to include some of down on its water supply. these' questions in order to review this important contract matter. The base personnel had The big problema of this tech- boilers at Its plant and will ship The. questions came from Brother Charles W. Lane, ship's delegate their water rations slashed in nique are· corrosion · and scaling. them fully assembled to the base on the Orion Hunter. . Scientists at the Point Loma plant, here. In addition, about 125 tons Question No. 1: In the sentence "However, if you are paid off in Japan, half when their commanding offi- however, discovered that by chem- of parts are to be flown here by , cer cut the pipeline in reply to the r.rew will be repatriated to the origin.al port of engagein~nt, as per ically treating sea water before it military transport. Thus, Guantanacontract," does the "original port of engagement herein stated refer to Castro's order to · close its valves. ls fed into a flash distillation plant, mo is expected to have ready in To fill the gap, a dismantled water the 't ime and place the vessel signed the original articles <Dec. 28, 1962, operating temperatures of the sys- record time a plant that might take in New York) or to the port where the individual seaman was hired to desalting plant was· rushed here tem can be raised by 200F to 250F, four years to build from scratch. aboard the President Grant from engage the vessel? there ls a 40 per cent gain in fresh Cost was a minor factor in the Aaswer: The port of engagement would be the original port that the Point Loma, Calif. It ls one of water capacity, and corrosion and Guantanamo move, the Navy says; three such plants that will supply seaman actually shipped from to go aboard the vessel. In other words, if scaling decrease substantially. industry has cooperated completeyou shipped on ~ vessel at the port of San Francisco and signed ·foreign the base with more than 2 million Speed and availablllty were the ly and deliveries coine ahead of gallons of water daily, ·using the articles in the port of. Wilmington, your port of engagement would be flash evaporation technique for de- chief reasons the Navy picked the schedule. the Pod of San, Francisco. Point Loma plant to be dismantled It used to cost 22.5 cents per 1,Reference: siandard Agreement, Article II, Section 56-Return to salting sea water. and moved piece by piece to Cuba. 000 gallons to buy raw water from Getting the desalting plant to The p·l ant had provided the De- Cuba, but this had to be purified Port of Engagetnen't-sub-section (b): "The port of engagement of the seaman is the p.ort in the c o n - + · - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cuba in a hurry ·was .quite a feat. partment of Interior with needed for use. The desalted water will tinental United States where he Agreement, Article II, Section 14- according to salin~ ·water experts, research data and wu soon to be cost about 89 cents per 1,000 galwas first employed by the com- Repatriation, Upkeep and Trans- because the $1.6 million unit orig- replaced by a larger demonstration lons, but the Navy figures that by pany for the vessel involved. It is portation, sub-section (a), ·second inally took over a year to build. unit. In addition, it could be ex- coupling the power and desaliniThe flash distillation technique panded to a larger capacity with- zation plants its net cost should be agreed that where a seaman quits paragraph: "If repatri~ted on a to be used here has been known out much trouble. and a 'replacement is obtained in vessel of the company, he ·s hall be somewhat less than for buying and the continental United States port; signed on as a non-working work- since the days of Aristotle. Under To save still more time, Westing- processing Cuban water and runthe replacement's port of engage- away. If repatriated on a vessel of low pressures, water will boil at house Electric Corporation 11 as- ning an independent power station ment shall be the same as the another company, he shall be given correspondingly low temperatures. sembling huge, 100-ton, three-story or stations. If salt water is enclosed In a seaman he replaced except that not less than second class passage. chamber in which pressure is lowthe replacement would be entitled In the event he is given less than to transportation to his port of second class passage on a vessel ered below the normal boiling engagement if the ship is laid up of another company, he shall be point of the saline solution, part and he is laid off." given the cash difference between of the water will "flash" to a vapor, which can be condensed to fresh The delegate raises a second the passage afforded and second water. The warmer the salt water question by stating the following class passage. The seaman shall the greater the reduction in presexample: · have the option of accepting resure, the greater the flash evaporaExample: Seaman John Doe Is patriation by plane if such trans- tion will b.e. hired at his home shipping Port portation is o.ffered. Repatriation of San Francisco on · June 1, 1963, under this section shall be back to replacing- an original. crewmemb r!r · the Port of Engagement." paying off at mutual consent. He Another question from James C. is floWJl, t.o JaJ?.an to. en_g age ves.s el St~wart, engine department dele. . and at the termination of the arti- gate on the Del Campo, deals with cl~~ 'is . ~e!>atriatec{ to an ,east coast overtime ior electricial)S On weekport (N.Y.), Is .he entitle~ to trans- ends when shore . equipment . is . po~t,aticin to San· frar;icisco? being used for discharging cargo. .NEW BEDFORD-A 700-pound An&wer: Yes, his origiH&l p cir l of Question: We arrived in Mndras, bronze statue of Italian Admiral engagement 'would be San Fran- India, on Friday, July 31, 1964, and Andrea Doria has .been recovered cisco inasmuch as he replaced . a were due to sail on Monday morn- from the luxury liner which sank man who left the ship in a foreign ing, August 3, 1964. According to in July, 1956, after colliding with SIU Pacific District-contracted President Grant is shown port instead of a continental' Article 38 of the General Rules, the Swedish liner Stockholm 40 above enroute to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, United States port. the sailing board should be posted miles south of Nantucket. Cuba with a ~omplete .water desalting plant aboard. The Skipper D·an Turner of the Question No. 2 actually is this: on Friday, 5 p.m. but it wasn't In ·the event the ship pays off in posted until Sunday at 11 a.in. The salvage boat Top Cat and his crew plant was shlpped aboard the SIU-contracted vessel in r•Japan and the crew is repatriated board stated that the vessel would recovered the tarnished ..life-size sponse to Castro's cut-down of water for the Base. to· San Francisco, is ·J ohn Doe en- sail at 6 a.m., Monday morning. bronze of the admiral on the ocean titled to k.-tnsportation to the shi}l's Please advise .if ·there is overtime floor in 225 feet of water · last or;iginal part of engagement (N,Y.>? involved for the Deck and Engine ·Saturday night after a series of . . 50 div b f b diver · · l t Departments. Answer: Yes, A.s h.is origma p:>r . 'Answer: According to the infores y our scu a s. of" engagement was New York', he ·mation you have furnished, there ·How much the statue · is worth would· hnve to be brought back is no overtime involved. dollarwise has not ·been deterto. that port; Reference: Standard Freightship mined, but rumors persist that Reference: The same as above. Agreement, Artie.le II, ·section 38 Turner _has been offered $1 mflQuestion . No. 3:.. Must -crewmem- (a) paragraph 2: "Whien a vessel lion for his newly-found treasure. bers .. at the 'termination of the arrives on ·a weekend :between 5 "He's not f_o r sale,'' Turner comWASHINGTON-An average five articles in .a fpreign port acc<?pt p.m. Friday · and 8 a.m. Monday, me nted Whe n ·- f i·rst questioned ; - percent pay raise for · the coinpany's means of transpor- and is . scheduled to sail prior to Later, he admitted he might sell 1.7 million federal employes, retroactive to early July, was tcttlpn.)f a ~eaman : decir;les to stay 8 a.m. Monday, a sailing board with it tl> the Italian government. signed into lay/ by ·President Johnson at a White House Rose abroad for an extended vacation, the estimated _sailiQi time shall be In order to get Admiral Dorla Garden ceremony attended+--- - - - - - - - - - - - - etc., and has necessary documents posted not later than two (2) hours to the surface after eight years on by leaders of AFL-CIO Postal employes recei"ed into satisfy all authorities? Can the after arrival, provi·ded, however, it the ocean floor. the scuba divers . l creases averaging 5.6 percent. For· and congress1ona man demand ' cash in lieu of trans- ls" underst~g'd that any change re- were forced to saw tb rougll, its unions employes paid under the Classifi.: portation? . suiting in weekend s'a'ilirigs as set' legs, just .. above ~he ankle~. The sponsors of the legislation. cation Act-the basic white collar, Answer: No; They are not re- on ·s aid 'sailing' board, may be .made seven dives Were spent sa~mg off The · measure, designed · to make technical ·and professional category pay scales. "comparable" · quired to pay you cash. . All the wit'hollt ·penalty as long 'a s stich the .feet of the statue ' which was federal . -increases will average· 4:·3 perwith private Industry rates, also cent within a range of 3 to 22 percompany . is required to do, as per change is madi? no lt!'ss than eight bolted to the prome~ade deck. the contract, is to bring you back (8} ·hours prior to actual'' sailing. Turner, a nativ~ of Florida, and. contains substantial increases. for cent. to your origin~L port of· engage~ The above P.rovision ·shall a~ply 'to his .~t·ew make their home in New top-:anking government e~l'.cubv~s, The biggest hike-$10,000 a ·y ear ment, in. the US, ·either. by nothing all vessels scheduled to · depart Betlford. The divers . are Navy C_a~met members, the feder~l JU- -goes to the Cabinet members;" less than .second class. -passage, if during a weekend." . ., , . me·n. Three are !!till on ,active duty diciary .... mem~ers _ o! Congr~ss . and whose pay has been raised· to $35,repatriated on another vessel other ·In submitting questions and at New Lon~on, Conn., and pla'n their. legisfative a_ides. The ~on­ 000. ·Congressional salaries, the than . one. owned -by .that- particular work situations for clarification to j'o~n Dan's crew fulltlme wnen gressi.o nal and t~p-bracket leg1slaa chief point of controversy during .. "' t~ve pay hike, . howeve~, do~s not consideration of the bill, Will adcompany, or nothing .less than the delegates ·and crews · are reminded discharged. · equivalent .to a ..r.e gularly-scheduled once agarn to provide · as much deThe. '. happy div~.r( and . th.eir take effect u,ntn the co~vemng of vanc~ $7,500 in January ·to $30,000; flight , by. plane• •-.T he· member has tail· ·:as · possible ·:·setting 'fdrth -tlie skipper c.a rried the six~foot figure the s9th ~?ng~~s~ nex~ .:.~nuary. A ' bill which would have raised his \c,h9ice. . "'"" . circuniStances· of 'any ·dispute. Be-· into the National Soc;ial Clu~" a ., Pay.. Rewarm,, . . congressional' salaries· by $10,000," Reference:" ·Standard · Tan k '•H ~ides· those mentioned;· some ' mem~ popular, lounge riear_' _S fate Plei: . Johnson, who had urge<I higher effecave immediately, was deb.ers . who. were sent clarifications here, and tied it to tile bar for all executive pay_ to .. preyent an exo- feated in the House last March. :ol) vai:ious subjects during the. past to see after returning to port. dus of top level p~ople from govAFL-CIO President _ G e o i· g e few. days include th~ following: "I had " the ,··best diving team I ernment, ~aid the , bill will enable Meany was a member of the Ran~6-f ~M ~o...V.~..... ,Otto R •. JJoepner, .ship!s.,del.e gate, ever had· on ~~ jQb," the jubilant the nation "to rewf ard . and r~tai~ dall Commission which had strong'"WRl'JI: . ;Robin Sh~rw_ood; Pat Ryan. Colo- Turner said;, a diver for 20 years, excel~enc~ jn our . _ede,ral serv.ice: ly recommended .a substanUal in-.. 10 .. ...rado: i. Kfs~r... ~a1,1h,Uan: ..Har.old . tol~ th~ -$.itr~ris~~~~ '. ga~~ere.~ to ~e. t.er~ed, it <.;.ne~~ the. top. of~ tQ.e er.ease in executive salaries and .the . ~................, 11¥ 1 ~ ., ,.,, .. • ..,, ..1- -~ ..,.,.,. . .• · ~E~, -~~ell,. .,£.1,em.1.r : .. JiJD: .S hodell,. ad~!te.::;::~li'e. . ~.ta~e :: now ~.cqv~red l~t, m il,ll.Portam;e ·'iJl . the. le_gISJA- feder~tiim. " test~ied,·: in., f.avw- • of, . , . ... "' . ., ,., ,... ~ ...... ;'. :S;tt;~~~- i8e~ord~; ~·,J~ .._ . Sla;v,. wit),i» ~-.. tJiiA.-iSa~,-.c~or.e~"}~i:ust ti,9n -PaiBed this· y~ai::. :It c~i,:ries .a largef, increasg~ .than.. :the. legisla-.1 {· ...;''-'·"·t.,,,,: .. , ,.:, •..-.. ,,•.""'"··~~~- .., ...,u,..,..,t' ~ort Hoskins. .. . . :... . , •i·.· ' · ,. ., aftel\-tlt'!l !.in'any years Clown -below .. $556.8 IP.illio..n prica ..tag,.... ·~ , _,. , tion .p rovided., ·' , ·' _ ~. !" Andrea·. Dor1·a Statue R·a1se • d Gov't ·Employees Win Wage Boost , · t �Pa&'e Tea S E .4. F .4.. R E.R .. S '\ L0 G Senate Unit Probes Doctor-Drug Racket A senate anti-trust subcommittee has exposed a neat racket being practiced by a small 'but growing number of doctors +. throughout the country: Good Shipping For Gt. Lakes The doctors purchase stock the patients. A. G. Brain, Jr., president of With shipping remaining very good In the port of Detroit over the last two weeks and rated men still In demand, several of our in pharmacies and drug re- Brain, Kay, McQuarrie, Inc., of members went for their firemen and oiler tickets In the engine de- distributing companies, and Salt Lake City, utah, told the sub- a By Al Tanner, Vice President ". , ' and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes ;i.&. ·· partment and five men got their AB tickets In the last two weeks. Presently, the following salt-water ships are in the Lakes area: Fairland and the City of Alma (Waterman Steamship Company) and the Alcoa Marketer of Alcoa Steamship Company, Several replacements were put aboard these ships out of the Detroit hall and it is anticipated that additional jobs will be going off the board for these vessels before they depart from the Lakes area. The Morning Light is due in somewhere around the 18th of September, but to date, we have no information on her itinerary. Recently the port of Detroit played host to the sailing vessel, Christian Radich, Norwegian cadet-training ship. The Christian Radich was greeted by a host of pleasure craft, tugs and Great Lakes bulk carriers. The Norwegian sailing vessel docked at Detroit's Cobo Hall, remaining for a two-day stay. The 205 foot, all steel training ship was open for public inspection prior to her leaving for Toronto, Montreal and other ports enroute to the Atlantic Ocean. The Radich was met in Lake St. Clair by US Coast Guard cutters to clear a path through+ countless pleasure craft which went IBU brothers to work. miles out into the Lakes to sail in Joe Sovey, who ls off on a medwith the foreign visitor. Several ical due to a bout with a hatch SIU members paid visits, cameras winch on the Henry R. Platt is in hand, during her stay in Detroit. coming along fine and is due to Utilizing the Algonac and Port return to his job in about a week. Huron Service Centers, all vessels Shipping again in Ohicago has transiting the St. Clair River have been extremely good with no let been voted. It was necessary to up in sight. With the closing of vote vessels not coming down the the month of August, however, ft Detroit River, in outlying ports. is expected that most of the vacaIt was also necessary to carry bal- tions will have been taken and lot boxes aboard some vessels more things will level off a little. than once in order to assure that On the local scene, Local 192 all members were afforded the op- of the Automobile Salesmen's portunity to cast their ballots. By Workers Union have pulled down using the Service Center and catch- their picket line at Johnson Ford ing the vessels under way in the in order for talks to begin relative St. Clair River, a greater oppor- to Union recognition. With the tunity to vote was afforded the Chicago MTD Port Council pickets crewmembers of these vessels. supporting the line, Local 192 T'allying committees will be elected officials were released from the shortly. line and successfully signed up Shipping is still good in Alpena, three additional sales rooms in the with relief and steady jobs coming Chicago area. in daily. Anybody who wants to Chicago reports that the dredggo to work can do so on almost ing of the Calumet River to the any job call. We are still in short Harbor is well ahead of schedule supply of rated men in the deck and all is going well on that and engine departments. At this project. Joe Shefke returned to time, SIU members who have the his porter's duties aboard the required seatime are urged to ha ve Detroit Edison after taking a vacatheir ratings upgraded. tion home and said he had a restMerrit-Chapman and Scott's Tug ful two weeks. "Alpena" and Dredge "Gotham" After six months of terrific have arrived in Alpena for an in- shipping, th 1 n gs h a v e finally defiinite stay as part of the big slowed down to normal but book twenty million dollar expansion men still have only a short wait program by Huron Portland Ce- to ship out. ment Company to increase producCleveland had a naval week tion, which should mean a more with the Norwegian Windjammer steady run for all Huron Cement "Christian Radich," which drew vessels. Included in this program 18,000 people in her two day visit. is lhe conversion of another ship Next came the U.S. Submarine to a cement carrier, conversion from / the Atlantic fleet "The taking place in a Chicago, Illinois, Runner" and finally the "LST ship yard. USS DeSoto County" for a week's We have had visits by Ted Purol slay and open house inspection. off the E. M. Ford; Adolph Lalisch Still on the beach and waiting and Clayton Fee off the S. T. for that certain ship are Joe MickCrapo; Frank Burski off the P. H. alowski and George Stevenson. No Townsend - all off on medical matter how many times they ship leaves and hoping they will soon out, you can always depend on be back on their ships. August them coming back. Schillard and Paul Schneider off Shipping has held at a steady the D. P. Thompson on vacations- pace in this port. Again in demand which they claim don't last long are ABs. Within the last week or enough-stopped by for a visit be- so, we have had many ~ engine defore returning to their ships. partment jobs - Wipers, Oilers, James Scott and Gustaf Schiller and Firemen. The vacation relief off the SS Huron for a vacation jobs have let up and Duluth is were also by for a visit. Julian beginning to get permanent job Budnick is here waiting for that calls once more. Joe Kelly just got off from a certain ship. · Due to the grain strike which relief trip. In the Winter, Joe was recently settled, the shipping spends his time teaching Junior in the port of Buffalo had come High School. Archie McCormick, to a stand still; however, in the Wheelsman, is back in Superiorpast few days, it has picked up his old fortress. Shipping has remained good in slightly and we are looking for it to improve considerably in the the port of Frankfort with three or four Ann Arbor Carferries next few weeks. The "W e s t e r n Hunter" has running. Ballot boxes have been started work on deepening the brought aboard all' the Carferries Buffalo harbor and is expected to at least twice to assure that goth be completed ahead of schedule. shifts had an opportunity to cast ·Thia has put many of our local . their ballots. when they write out prescriptions oommittee that two years after his firm was organized a competitive for their patients they have a cap- firm was formed which sold stock tive - and relatively helpless - to some 250 doctors. clientele. "Th.e stook was sold to the docSen. Philip A. Hart <D-Mich.), tors with the general understandchairman of the subcommittee Ing" Brain sai~, "that the doctor which has been conducting the would prescribe the pharmaceutical hearings, says this is "unfair trade products distributed by the compractice and restraint of trade." pany." "These companies, in which docAccording to Brain, it paid big tors own stock, buy generically dividends. Some $2,000 worth of (by drugs) and then relabel or re- stock in the firm, purchased five package under the company trade years ago, now has a market value name," Hart pointed out at the of $44,000 plus dividends. hearings. "In some cases a com- · · One argument offered in defense mon drug also may be manufac- of this practice is that when doctured and sold under the company tors have a financial interest in a trade name." drug firm they will be in a better A spokesman for the American position to make sure that the . 'd t th drugs are pure. Medical Association sai , a e This was contested by Joe H. hearings, that his group "recogT nized that there is nothing intrinsi- Arnett, secretary of the exas State Board of Pharmacy. He cally immoral or improper in a placed in the record a letter he physician owning a drugstore" pro- wrote to Don Anderson, assistant vidit'lg he follows certain AMA executive secretary of the Texas guidelines. Medical Association. It read in For example, he should not steer part: a patient to his own drugstore. "Some companies like Merit (a The AMA has a much stronger firm in Houston, Tex., owned by position on drug houses, he qe- 300 doctors) have been formed by clared, stating: "It is unethical for selling stock to practitioners. One a physician to own stock in a such is Pharmafac Co. of Austin, pharmaceutical company which he Tex. Some of our pharmacists have can control or does control while refused to handle Pharmafac prodactively engaged in the practice of ucts because they state they do medicine." not feel that the medication is of What the heartngs disclosed, the same high quality as the major however, ls that the AMAl ls doing manufacturers produce and they little, · if anything, to stop the know that a number of products practice. have not been stable." Republican Senate Leader EverWitness after witness appeared before the subcommittee to testify ett McKinley Dirksen has charged that the trend is on the upswing, that the hearing is not appropriate even if still relatively small. The and that it is delving into the Washington representative for the ethical conduct of a very small National Association of · Retail number of doctors. Druggists estimated that there are To this Hart replied: about 2,200 MD-owned pharmacies "This could be labeled preventa-about double ~he number there tlve medicine and If, indeed, this were Jn 1961. is a minor factor, 1t ls. increasing There are specific areas of the in number and degree. ..Perhaps country-where even small numbers these hearings may enable the of such operations have an impact states to act in timely fashion and on the industry and, of course, on we will not have a major problem." :rnrntiW.W.ttf.f.l.@'[J.if}ti@W@n@Et'ffe.4'~$H:t!.iWWBlilliff@it1.<W.i%'tmr1BK%'W!WffaH!i'iEW:1W.ii@~&i$:i!MI ;. Call For Great Lakes Water Level Survey ~ I 1 I QUESTIONr How do you spend y'our off-duty hours while you are at sea 1 • John McNerney: I like to read lot, and alnce there ls always good fiction books in the LOG library, I read as many as I can. Whenever we are near enough the land to pfcJ{ up the radio, I like to listen to that and sit around in the sun and get a tan. Alber& Santla&'O: I generally read some good ftctlon. The LOG libraries I have seen are all pretty good, with range of subjects t h a t fl ts Just about every man's ta st e. I also like to listen to the radio, and watch TV If we have one on board ship. Marvin Furman: Whenever I can find a partner, I like to play chess, but I do a lot of reading. There is not really much to do in such a small ·a rea as the ship, but the Union's p 1 a n. of supplying books and games aboard every SIU-contr acted ship helps a lot. I play cards quite a bit too, I guess. Ramon .Ayala: I am studying all I can about electricity and about the electricians position and what he does. I want to become an electrician if I can. This k e e p s me pretty busy because I am interested In it, but whenever I can find a good novel, I go ahead and read It. $ Egan Stage: I am a pretty CHICAGO-The ten-state Great Lakes Commission has called fp friendly guy, so mostly I sit :@ on the State Department to make a thorough-going survey of the ~ around and talk ~f water resources in the Great Lakes region. with the other if.! The request was made to the department August 18 by a seven ~ guys or play ~ membei: delegation fron:i the commission, headed by Chicago lawyer :~ cards with them. ~ Albert J. Meserow, chairman of. the group. ~ ~co u rs e, the ~ In an interview Meserow said the study should include more W library is pretty ~ than the immediate problem i~ the Great Lakes of low water levels. good, and I read WHe said the International Jomt Commission-made up of the US g quite a bit, too. ~ and Canada-should make a "comprehensive survey of the manage~ i~ I think that with ment and regulation of the waters of the Great Lakes for all :m the g o o d · selecp•urposes." . ff~ tion of books the W Such a survey would include, he added, the problems of navi- y SIU provides for us, most every@gation, power, recreational use of the waterways, shore lines and ~j body reads quite a lot while they $. consumption of water for industrial and human purposes. }~ at aea. Sometimes, ihough. I ffi Meserow said it was his understanding, after a talk with a depart- ii are just lay on my bed and dream. !a ment .legal ad~iser, that the State Department had alrea~y started ~ H negotiations with Canada on the terms of the study, which would m Ji! take about two years tO · complete. ft )[ High in the order of consideration will be a Canadian plan to l,t %'. divert water ·from the Hµdson . BaY.. area to the Great Lakes. The ~~ [@. plan, called formally the Great Lakes Replenishment and Northern ij di Development Canal, would cost about one billion dollars. IB % A boon to inland watermen, its most immediate effect after co.in- }~ !~ pletion would be to raise the low water levels in the Lakes. The ili~ you ~AN'i SPEA~ ~j problem has become so acute that the Lakes Carriers' Association t~ Mestimated last month it might suffer as ·much as ·a_ $13 million loss b] UP IF '(ou'~E Nor "'J).f E~E .. Wf this season alone because of low water and the ensuing inability l~ ATTIHP YOUR UNION Wto load iron ore ships to normal draft. · ~ ~ r: I n# *tt'~~ffllfftfftztM~r%~m:~..r~~~~if~&wa.*?".src~21JW~f%%f;ZSf3Atl~~w1ttrm~rmw~wJ.t;~~:%W~@. Mlfl'I~ ~~LY! J• �. . . :.. . SB.4P.4RBRS . . /. Pqe Elevea L<JG "The-·B-ig-Idea!" LABOR LAUNCHES VOTE DRIVE-The AFL-CIO ls making a major effort this year to improve the nation's poor voting record-a record that saw only 64 per cent of ali eligible voters casting their ballot in the 1960 presidential elections. Even more dismal than the voting, or non-voting, habits of the majority of Americans, is the fact, according to a University of Michlgan study, that the bulk of our people know and care little about government and politics. "A majority of Americans," the study shows, "do not know which political party controls Congress, are indifferent to many of the issues that the parties and candidates see as major, and are not even clear as to the key differences between conservative and liberal candidates." Professor Philip E. Converse, director of the study, said that during the 1958 elections only 43 per cent of the American public was willing even to take a guess at which party controlled Congress. Many of these, he said, were wrong, even though they had a 50-50 chance of naming the proper party. The AFL-CIO has been mobilizing, through its political education arm, COPE, to get the_voters to polls and . to help them to better understand the issues. Both tasks have become paramount in the '64 national contest, a contest where the issues are clearly divided betwe·e n liberal and co.-!].s ervatiye concepts. · t 't t HOUSE VOTES COURT CRIPPLING BILL-A conservative-backed drive to· cripple the Supreme Court's power "to enforce its "one manone-vote" decision for the fair apportionment of state legislatures has been jockeyed thro·ugh the House but held up-at least for the time being_:_by a determin'e d group· of liberals in the S-enate. AFL-CIO P~esident George Meany called the House;s action "unconscionable," in that it seeks to block the high ·c ourt's power to see that all citizens, whether they live in the city or the country, have equal voting power. The Senate version of the bill, backed by Republican Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, would limit the tribunal's right to rule on reapportionment until 1966, giving Congress and the various state houses time to vote on a constitutional amendment that would allow one house of a legislature to be apportioned on a base other than population. The AFL-CIO denounced the Senate proposal as a "revolutionary" interference with th'e courts and with democratic · processes. t· t t GOLDWATER IS·- "NO JOKE"-T.h e . 1,700 delegates to the fifth California "AFL-CIO convention in San Francisco heard Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown· warn · that Gold\\'.ater 'ls "no joke" for Americans. "He wiped the smiles off our faces in a hurry," Brown said, "with his San Francisco acceptance speech-one of the most dangerous statement ever ma'de by· an American, let alone a candidate for the highest post i:t The 1964 national elections are shaping up the government of our people." COPE National Director Al Barkan as the most important for Americans in urged the delegates to "drop· everything else for the next 12 weeks" and concentrate on election work. "Nothing Is as Important as the out- many years. The issues, at home and abroad, -are serious and far-ranging enough so that come of the coming election," he said. , .c.- J. · "Curly" McMillan, a longtlllie member of.. the executive :b oard of the International ·B rotherhood of Electrleal Workers, died in Louisville recently· at the age of 74. ·He had been retired for three years at the time ·of his death. i t · ' .t. More than 1~5 nillllon organized workers will get an average wage lncrease of 3.2 per cent as a result of major collective bargaining settlements made dUrinir the first half of 1964,; tlte Labor Department reported. About 550,000 of the workers involved are in manufacturing plants which agreed to average wage boosts of 3.6 per cent. The settlements · are mainly iri the women's garment Industry, where ·120,000 workers liav" won .t heir. first increase in three : years, ·. The other million are · i.n , "non;ma·n u'facturing trades. Included in this category are railroad yard crews, New York transport workers, retail and r~ilway clerks ·and · conimunications workers. · t t t Members of the Photo Engravers and Llthpgraphers unions have overwhelmingly, . approved a constltution clearinir the way for the of'liclal merger of the two graphic arts groups on Labor Day, Septemher 7. Last January, members of both unions voted for the merger, · the first in the field in more than fifty years. Kenneth J. Brown, president of the Lithographers will head up the new . union, and wnliam"J, ·HaU, president of the Photo ·· Engravers. -will become executive vice-president. The new union will be called · the Lithographers 'and P Ji o to Engravers International Union. ·t t i John R. Stevenson, 77, has , retired after 5'1 years as an officer of the Carpenters Union. His most recent post was first general vice~ president of the union. A resident of Chicago, he came to this country from Scotland in the early _years of the century. He was presi-dent of his local union for many years and business agent and president of the Chicago District Counell of Carpenters. they will affect _pur lives and thm;e of our families for a long time to come. Among the most immediate are automation and jobs, civil rights, medicare and aid to education for our youngsters. And th:ere are others too many to mention. We all have a big personal stake in how these issues are decided and "t d · · · / ac; e . upon. · Seafarers are even more directly concerned than, most, of their fellow citizens with the problems of U.S. foreign policy. The events in varied places like Cuba, Cyprus and Southeast Asia, the problems of h· · f runaway s ippmg, cutrate oreign competition, and the U.S. overseas aid program, all mean money and jobs in or out of the pockets of seafarers. The _maritime industry, a vital part of America's defense effort, must look to Washington for aid, support and rational policy. It will succeed only if Americans can be roused from their political lethargy long enough to go down to the corner registration place and sign up. And if they remain aroused enough to study the issues and go out and vote in their own best interest. That means, most especially, laboring men, including seafarers, who have so much riding on the outcome of the November contest. Registration requirements-never hard, except in a few states-have been simplified, and special registration times, in addition to the regular ones which begin about now, have been set up. In short, it has never been easier to register-and never more -important. Now its up to YOU! Union Label Week "Its usually a small thing-but its worth finding." That's the way AFL-CIO secretarytreasurer William -F. Schnitzler describes the ;t, t t Deciding ~h~c~ of the two major. candi- Union Label. - The strike of Sheet ·Metal Work- dates that will give the best answers to all September 7 through 13 will mark Union ers against the Barbe~ - C~lm~' of ~hese probl~ms . is now up to the people of Label Week. The little mark to be found in · Company of Rockf~rd, Ill., manu- America. The SIU, through SPAD, its politimanufactured goods and thousands apparel, factµrers of air conditioners, ma- cal . activities department has been active in chine tools and other equipment, k . f ' . . . . of other products, and the Union signpost is continuing. International presi- eep.i ?g sea arers aware of activ1ties m that hangs in a myriad kind of shops and dent Edward F. Carlough has ap- Washmgton as they affect not only us but. offices, have a long and honorable tradition. pealed to 10,000 local and national the nation itself..COPE, the political arm of union contractors to .stop buying the AFL-CIO, has also had its role in keeping They are placed only when the goods and services offered mean a fair wage and decent Barber~Colman merchandiSe until. Washington informed on what Labor is th~ strike-now in its third month .thinking and telling Labor what the poli- working conditions for American labor. -1s settled. t• · t The labels also mean a quality product or t.. ;t, o\'. · l~Ians are ~p O. . . . service offered by union craftsmen. 'New York's Public· Service ColnBut the issues, the candidates and the acCombined with the "Don't Buy" campaign mission has ordered railroads oper- ·tivities around them will mean little to Laating in the state- to ·c~mply witli bor if it is not ready to make its decision on of Labor, which alerts union men to scab the "full crew" law, which has Election Day. And we cannot be ready if we goods and those made under unfair condibeen challenged In the courts by are not registered to vote. tions, the Union Label has done much to rail management. The r~ling upA national register and vote campaign raise the living standards of all Americans, held a complaint by the Locomo• ' ttve Firemen and 'E nglnemen fully backed by SPAD and COPE, IS now, It should be. looked for in the inside right which charged the New York Cen- underway. Hs aim is to increase the nation's pocket of a man's suit jacket or on any gartral with dropping a ftremari on pitiful 64 per cent average voting record in ment or product you come across when ·you trains running from Niagara Falls national elections, a record that falls below go shopping. It's a common-sense insurance of quality of high standards. to the Canadian border. even ·that figure in off-"year elections. �SEA.PA.HERS Pi&"e Twelve Equal Pay. For Women Encountering Few Sn.a gs LOO r~ · ~~~ocmi~~~...r . To la,. r-.chnofoglc~I Unemployme,nt 11 ~ --p::::p~":n:!: - Study -Cites Barg~ining, For Rescue ID.~:tr-:::,i;.-~~~ ·~~,:::~:i.;: I Public Works As -Butfers ~ WASHINGTON-Assistant Secretary of Labor Esther ~~ Peterson expects employers to comply without difficulty with the equal pay for womeit law. Interviewed on Washing- M Mall (American Mall Line) W ton Reports to the People,+ f~ was presented with the Ship ~ WASHINGTON-Collective bargaining has helped ease AFL-CIO public service pro- women in the plant or office are cy Safety Achievement Award of 1% the imJ?act of technological change for millions of Americans, gram heard on 700 radio doing the sam.e job for less: The 1~ the Marine Section of th~ ·'. stations she noted that many em- law also provides that merit in- nNational Safety Council, here . ' but it must be supplemented by government programs to ployers ' complied even before the creases and seniority shall not be ti r~cently, tht! hi~h.est ?onor Wj create new jobs for a growing+~----------­ Wgiven by the maritime mdus- ~ labor force, an AFL-CIO to older workers, setting up reaffected. law went into effect. She predicted that about 8 mil- fii! try to U.S.-flag vessels per- ill • tral~ing programs, and reducing "Many persons have written me analysis points out. and said, 'Look, Mrs. Peterson, I lion of the 24 million women now ii' forming feat.s of .safety at sea. ~ the work-year through extended The Labor Federation's Econom- vacations and a direct reduction in have had a raise,' " she reported. working would be affected by the m The award was given in Wi ~ "Most employers want to comply. act. Up to now, "women doing exthe same work were paid actly there should be a rate for thi; $8 and $20 a week difbetween job." ference and we found that even She said many employers "are college graduates were pa id less over whelmed by the prospect of for performing the same work," having to analyze and re-evaluate she said. "However, once the new jobs,'' but, in the long run, "we principle is established, this conexpect that many new opportuni- dition will no •longer prevail." ties will be open for women." At present, she said, millions of Mrs. Peterson said that previ- women are in so-called women's ous experience under the War jobs, as stenographers, secretaries. Labor Board, when women took teachers, nurses and in the service jobs in war plants during World occupations. War II, through civil service op"At the same time, many are erations in the U.S. government, moving into other areas, including and under equal pay law opera- administrative positions, the protions in the states have he.lped in fessions and into operation of putting the ·new federal law into automated equipment, computers operation. and the like," Mrs. Peterson said. She noted that the law forbids "Women seem to be particularly cutting the wages of men if clever in this work." It is now a national principle that ~ Ji~ recognition of the vessel's ~ ¥ rescue of nine crewmembers £: t! of the sinking Chinese &; Tu:;; freighter Hai Ziang. The ~ \\ Philippine Mail sent to the ~ : ~:: assistance of the sinking :;t vessel on March 29, 1963. !~ [~ After pulling the nine men to ffe, :q safety the ::HU Pacific Dis- W! !;\~ trict-manned ship stood by f\ W until a Navy ship arrived on ~ mthe scene to take off the re- ill ~:~!e:mbe~~. w Chinese ~I the At ceremonies In Seattle M ji* each crewmember who was ~M A aboard the Philippine Mail at. ~1 @ the time of the rescue was % jfil presented with individual ~] j) certificates of honor by Rear ~~1 ji~ Admiral R. D. Schmidtman of 7 the Coast Guard. f;:\:~~~~;r.~@~=:~~~i:~r.@r::~~*~:;:m~~:~:m:~~}.~~~~t~~~~{:~~~~·~~1~~~li~r ... · g [i his clerkship to go sailing. He later wrote in Moby Dick, "Whenever I find myself growing grim ab o u t the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul ,. hours. A5 a result, the article points out, "the jobs of hundreds of thousands of workers have been preserved, their Incomes sustained In whole or at least In part and their opportunities for other employment expanded because a union was on the scene when technological change threatened to ride roughshod over those whose services were no longer needed." The analysis notes, however, that "the problem of creating enough jobs for a growing and more productive labor force iB not a problem which can be solved at the plant or company level. It is a national problem, requiring national action to supplement the private decisions." & JN the beginning part of the 19th century a restless Herman Melville quit . .. then I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can." Herman Melville, among the Thousands of years earlier a Greek called Homer was moved by the very finest of American writers, spent five years (1838-43) at sea, same feelings . ·serving on merchantmen and whal-. The sea has al\\:ays had t~e ing ships. His novels were filled power to draw cr~ati v e men to it,- with the majesty of the ocean, and .and ~o make c_rea~1ve the men that also with the majesty in the souls ply it for a livelihood. Seafarers, of men . In Billy Budd, Melville _perhaps because they must pass so showed his love for Freedom and many lonely hours, or maybe be- his tenacious morality. He had an cause they are really a breed apart, understanding and respect for the h ave gi ve n more than their share ways of others, something seafarof art and literature to the woi;ld. ers because of their wealth of Before there was written language ex~erience in widely different sailors were creating poetry, chants parts of t11e globe, still tend to and lyrics that were passed by have in greater abundance than mouth to mouth down th r ough land-living folk. In Typee and history. Homer's epi cs (and fe w Omoo and other tales fr om t he believe they were Written by j ust South Seas he gave Americans one man) were born and spread in their first clear but still romantic that way. look at the people of Polynesia. Shanties Queequeg; ·one of the great heroes The sailing- men of the 1700s of Moby ·Dick, -was more than just and the 1800s raised th.e sea a savage to Melville; he was a man sonnet to a high art. They had with a deep consciousness of . life. shanties, ballads and tales for Moby Dick endures as the greatest evc1·y conceivable occasion, be story of the sea, and perhaps the it work, beefs, drinking or greatest novel, to come out of playing. The songs, taken toAmerica. · geth er, form a history of Jife Before The Mast before the mast, of its special Contemporary with Melj oys and its cr uelties, of h eroic ville was Richard Henry Dana, m as t er s and mean ones. a "common sailor" . whose Linked with the ballads are autobiographical n ar r a ti v e, the talcs of !!"reat storms and Two Years Before the Mast, schooners_ that disappeared. the only major work he ever The authors of the tales, like wrote, has become another those of the ballads and shanAmerican classic. Dana gave America a view of the meanties, were plain sailing men and their names, . If .ever ness and lonliness of life on a merchantman that helped to known, are now lost. All that remains are the heroic names .begin the long struggle for ·at the characters-Jason, ·~ully improvement of the seafarer's ..aYff. and Paddy West. : lot. . Through Dana, many ic Review feature in the August issue of the American Federationlst, AFL-CIO magazine, terms automation "a serious human problem with potentially explosive consequences,'' but stresses that it ISMt insoluble. "In thousands of agreement·s of workers,. covering million employers have unions and adopted measures which give workers a share In ·the gains of increasing productivity, cushion the Impact of layoffs and, In some cases, even eliminate entirely layoffs due to technological change," the article notes. It cites contract provisions prohibiting technological displacement except through attrition, offering .early retirement benefi~s learned that &'Oing to sea was - not all romance and adventure, but was, for most of the time, a hard and unduly cruel way to live out a man's life. Jack Lolldon was a sailing ·man and an incurable freebooter. He roam~d the world seeking fresh images to put into the fifty noYels he wrote. He was the first "best selling" author in this century. Like Dana, he was Concerned with the lot of. the common mariner. In the Sea Wolf, which later became a play and a film, he wrote of Wolf Larsen, the cruelest master who ever stood on a bridge. The Cruise of the Snark, and .T ales of the Fish Patrol were among his better-known sea yarns. London was a writer who, because of his vast output and his often feckless Ways, tended to be underrated by the critics . .. but never by the thousands of seafaring men Who . read his books. After reading Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea, Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski, a young Polish immigrant then living in Paris, became so Intrigued by the sea ·that ~ ., : ' i . ! began and lt still survives. Simply, it is whittling, only the results are often more serious. Ishmael in Moby Dick described 1t so: "Carve you out a bit of bone sculpture, not quite as workmanlike, but as close packed hi its maziness of design as the Greek .savage Achilles' shield; and as full . of barbarie spirit and suggestiveness as the prints of the fine old :Qµtch savage, Albrect Durer." Not content to just whittle, even if the whittling ranked among the he decided to ship out. During best of the world's folk art, sailors his 16 years as a sailor he changed . were wont to decorate their veshis name to Conrad. ·and learned sels and, very often, their homes to use the EngHsh language bette·r on land. In New Bedford and Sag and with more beauty than many Harbor, on Cape Cod and in NanEnglish-born novelists. He pro- tucket the houses of whaling and duced eleven novels and a personal merchant men still stand, wiU1 record. Lord Jim, the most famous, their intricate and beautiful joinhas been read by millions. His el'y, carving and decorative facings. other major works include Nos- · Seascapes Many artists have gone to tromo, Victory. and many others. He had the eye of a lookout and sea to capture its face for his books are rich. in detail and their p·a intings. Turner, the careful insights. His stories were great English painter, had always adventurous . but never himself lashed to a mast durmaudlin or sentimental. Ing a blizzard when he worked War At Sea on his famous Boat in a SnowThough World War II prostor m. Jean Louis Gerlcault, duced many works about the a French seaman anti art!oit, put to sea in a raft, it was Navy and fighting sailors, except for a very few, like said, before he painted ~he Nicholas Monsarrat's Th e survivors of an infamous shipCruel Sea and some of the aewreck in the early 1800s. The counts of duty in the North work produced was the classic Raft of the Medusa. Atfantic merchant convoys, they could not really be called The American Winslow Homer books about the sea and those caught the tempestuous sea of who sail it. The !!t.o ry of the winds and sharks in Thi! Gulf · sinking · by a Japanese deStrea.'11, probably th•~ best known stroyer. of PT 109 and tile of Ameri ca n works of ar t. Winston Cln1rchill, who lked to refer fight for survival of h.er crew, led by Lt. Cmdr. John F . Kento himself as a "fo rmer naval pernedy, should be classed, if only son" found painting seascapes a for the significance the surredeeming form of relaxation from the cares of state. · vival of that crew had on history, among the most telling If one were to take all the works, stories of sailormen. literary. and artistic, of sP.afaring There have been a few less fine men they would fill a giant-sized artists than fine writers among mµseum , a museum that would seafarers. !But then writing ~s include some of the m.:.sterpieces ea·sier, from a purely practical of the mind of m&n. Whet.her sea !!tand~oint, than painting or sculp- inspire.s . men or whether mspired ~uri~g . :op . b.Q.iµ:d, ship. , ·H.u,ndr.eds ·. o~ men so often.. go. to seli ·tY.''il··r er#.llin years ·. lne·: art ' of ·s crimshaw ':a . timeless questtt>n. ;y ..~ ·' ',•. ago.- · , ' ,. •• • I ,• ~ l .l .· �......_t,ltH s .E AP .4:R B ll S £0 G SEAFA·RERS PORTS OF.T·H E ·W ORLD .l " A coconut .seller in the market of Saigon offers her produce for about 2 piastreei each (about i cents American) .• · · · Farmers from the provin~e bring their crops to Saigon to sell them in the large food markets. Above a farmer unloads pineapples from his boat. . . SIU-man·n~d ships like:the Steel of. S•·igon. . ~ · Rover er• regular callers at the exotic port Saigon, the second largest port on the Far Eastern trade routes, is the capital city of the war-torn country of South Vietnam. A regular port of call for ships of the SIU-contracted Isthmian Lines and Victory Carriers, Seafarers make regular stops at this European influenced country. In the next two weeks, both the Steel Apprentice and the Steel Recorder will be making the city a port. of call. The city is located 75 miles from the South China Sea, on the Southeas~ern coast of the Indonesian Penninsula. The city proper lies on the right bank of the Saigon River, which wit~ the Donnai River, form the northern part of the Mekong River Delta. The part of the city known as Cholon is across the river from the capital city. Ships that ply the trade route through the Strait of Malacca from India to Japan bring machinery and western goods to this exotic port, and carry away such native cargoes as coconuts and pineapples. Saigon was named the capital city of South Vietnam after the Geneva Convention in July 1954, which divided the country · between the South Vietnamese and the Communists of the north. Vietnam was at one time a part of tl~e French colony of Indochina, or as it was also known, CochinChina. After the war, the country was divided into three parts which also included Cambodia and Laos. Fr~nch control of the area began in 1862, and since that time;· the city center has been relmilt to exp.ose the European influence. The interesting ~ombjnatiori of wide boulevards that traverse the city and the narrow twisting. streets of the older secfions of the city present a ·unique view of the busy metropolis. ·Tl).e city ·i s spaciously laid out, the boulevards and avenues wide and airy, with parks and squares dotting the scene. The trees, which have been .growing along the streets for years, have grown so that the branches touch, making the streets into iarge cool, leafy tunnels. Otte of the main thoroughfares of the city is Phan-thanh-Gian, named after General Lize. The other two main arteries of the city are Hongthap-Tu (Chasseloup Laubat) and Tran-hung-Dao (Gallieni) which link the city to the provinces of the· Donnai and the Mekong River Delta area. Before 1932, the city of Saigon was separate from its sister city of Cho Lon (Cholon) which lies on the left bank of the Saigon River. On Jan. 1, 193.2, however, the two cities were joined for political and economical reasons. The resulting name, that of Saigon-Cholon, may still be found on maps printed at that time, although the name has since been changed back to just Saigon. I The location of Saigon, which sits 75 miles -from the sea, protects the port from the savage typhoons and storms of the area during the monsoon season, providing safe, storm-free docks all year around for the many ships that ply their trade in the area. Although the city is torn from time to time by political struggles, and by the current war raging between the South Vietnamese and the Viet Cong, in the main, life in Saigon is little affected by the battles. Farmers continue to bring their crops of pineapples from across the river to the large food markets of the city in their tiny boats. Coconuts, which are a treat for many of the inhabitants, in other parts -of the country have become a necessary staple in addition to the traditional rice. Above· ~re pictured the huts and living boats of t he natives of Saigon on , the Donnai River in the Cholon section. �s ~",, ".4-• , Pap Fourteea By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area - I '\ f \ ...-s '4' £ 0" - (" .• . . _..;,. l ....w ... ttUH Court.Upholds FMC .Right TO 'Probe Freight Rates •. WoA.SIDNGTON-A Federal Maritime Commission ord.e r that seven steamship conferences produca:- riite .data has been upheld by the District Court of Appeals for the District Old Warhorse Put To Rest of Columbia in spite of bitter complaints from ha conferences, who called the FMC request With an SW-IBU manned tug assisting in the tow, the battleship USS The FMC order demanded inAlabama was proceeding last week from the Panama Canal to its final information a "witch- particular sections . of the Shippin1 the court said in upholding th• FMC. _ anchorage in Mobile Bay. The once mighty super-dreadnought which hunt." Act. The steamship conferences lost for The court ruling came in a confc;>ught in virtually every major naval engagement in the Pacific theater The FMC order demanded inanother round in court on a charge solidated proceeding involving the in World War II, is destined to be a state shrine and the feature attrac- formation fr.om the steamship contion of a new state park being created along the Mobile Bay causeway. feren·c es concerning disparities by the Far East Conference that petitions of seven conferences A channel forty feet deep is being dredged from the main ship chan- between freight rates charged on ,the information requested by the with headquarters In the U.S. FMC in the order was outside the They. are the Far East Conference; nel to accommodate the Alabama. The material dredged from the chan- goods entering and leaving the agency~ s ar~a of Inquiry, contend- the North Atlantic-Baltic . Freight nel is being pumped alongside the causeway to create land for the park U.S., which allegedly discriminate l_ng that the . FMC could only in- Conference: the North Atlanticagainst U.S. exports. ll'he orders site. quire into prqcedures between the Mediterranean Freight ConferAmong the members of the crew is Seafarer Frank E. Edmonds, who were issued by the FMC under the conference and shippers. ence; the North Atlantic-United ordinarily sails AB or bosun, but took the · job of chief mate on the Shipping Act of 1916. . Once more the court disagreed Kingdom Freight Conference; the The steamship conferences had Margaret Walsh, a Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co. tug, which is assis tfought against complying with the and upheld the FMC order. As North Atlantic-Continental Freight ing with the tow. order on several grounds. First of part of its functions, the court Conference; the North- AtlanticShipping was booming in New Orle.ms and Mobile during the last all, the conferences contended decided, · the FMC ls entitled to French Atlantic Freigbt Confertwo weeks as ships were diverted from Houston and Galveston to grain that under the 1916 Snipping Act find oµt what requests · and ·com- ence, and the Pacific Coastloading facilities in Mobile, Pascagoula, Miss., and along the Mississippi ihe FMC could only request· ·in- plaints have 'b een made by shf.p- European Conference; River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. All but one grain elevator in formation if it was aeting on a pers to the conferences and what' Section 21 of the Shippil)g Act disposition the conferences have the Houston-Galveston area were shut down by labor disputes. ot 1916 gives the FMC the authorcomplaint. Continued progress in the inland field was reflected in the victory The court however, disagreed. made concerning such complaints. ity . to request htformatlon and won by the Inland Boatmen's+ In a 2-to-l decision, the court held "The information ls designed to data from the groups that It Union of the S.I.U. in the Galves- has been vacationing with his wife that the data are "available to aid inform the commission u to this," r~gulates. ton Marine Fueling Service, Inc. and two young children but, as the investigation without the need This company employs four men the Log went to press, was making for the support of a charge of vio- Ten· Year Downswing Brolcen -_ , in its ship fueling operation in the the job calls and was ready to lation of the act, or belief even Sabine Pass area of Texas. This take the first steward's job fo hit that such a violation is probable." win is more important, however, the board. Secondly, the conferences conthan the numbers indicate. This tended that the information re~ James Rawlins, who usually quested . by the FMC for perusal was the only remaining non-union fueling operation in this area. All sails as bosun, has been working by its investigative eye was of ashore in Houston for the last 11 others are under contract to the months as a pile driver. He ,is now so general a nature that no standS.l.U. ards for it could be set, and that WASHINGTON - The employment situation gained On the labor front in Texas, our ready to ship and i& looking for a therefore the order was not on a Bloomfield ship or any "reasonable." t rength for the e ighth s t ra1g · ht mon th f n J uI y, w1"th th e s good friend Willie Wells of ILA spot other job on the European run. Local 1273 was elected vice presi- He joined the union in PhiladelAgain the court disagreed. It recent lower jobless rates apparently breaking a 10-year updent of the Texas State AFL-CIO phia in 1945 but has been shipping ma~ntal~ed that the .reasons for trend in unemployment, the+---------------at that organization's convention out of the Gulf for a number of which . it was requestmg the in- Labor Dept~~,has. reported. by 70,000, a little less than exin Brownsville, recently. Wells years. He is married and has two formation were made clear in the T.h d tail:....J · b t· ·f 0 r pected, to 17.3 million. Primary e t:U JO repor i ed h also is a member of the executive sons and a daughter, all of whom FMC order with references to July ~ Showed .- t J>etter-than-seasc:>nal µietai. cont nu strong, t e reboard of the West Gulf Ports are attending Junior High School ,,.. ·wfrm.H:r&WM~~i§itfN!J~~ttMilml'~~t~I strength in :illl industry divisions -port noted, 1ince the expected Council of the Maritime Trades in Galveston. His oldest son, James .except. _(~v~~ent,'' the depart- ·drop did not occur. Auto plant Department, AFL-CIO. M. Rawlins plays on the school's P ment sar&· Aa'. a result, non-farm shutdowns for model changeovers J. H. Cole, who has been sailing football team. It is Rawlins' ambiemployme nt fell by 200,000, in- and cutbacb In aircraft and shipout of the Gulf for the last 15 tion ·t o see all of his children n. 'stead of the usual June-to-July building caused a Job Ion of_30,years and last shipped as oiler acquire a college education. He t.1 ROME, Italy-Italian trade dr:op of to a total o_f 59 .0 c_>OO in tran~portation equipment. , on the Monticello Victory, is on h m. unionists on the country's million, 350 0001 .; opes th ey a re able to Compete "" Factory employment, after adthe beach in Mobile studying successfully for the SIU college %. railway system have developed ~ ._ t fo al infl under upgrading provisions of the scholarship which he thinks is one Wa new weapon of protest, the:. Earlier, the Labor Dept.'s sum- hµs~'j'en edl." ~eason .uenllces, Maritime Advancement Programs. of the top benefits of the Sea- ~ '.'hiccup strike.'' mary Job report showed a drop in i81 nJcreas othne-quartetr mledlon ·«the key seasonally adjusted Job- 8 nee· anuary, · e repor not · He is preparing to sit for a marine farers Welfare Pl·a n. ~% This form of strike provides engineer's license. James M. Nelthat workers shut down the less rate from 5.3 percent In June The major developments In the son, who has been sailing out of " d f h t to 4.9 percent I~ July-the ft.rst .July report, ' Stein said, were the it\m time. railroa Wherever s or two the ours trains a a time I..u 53 mon'""and ·on·l y the apparent "break In the pattern of the Gulf since 1938, left the chief· ..... steward's job on the Seatrain New ~ are, the strik.i ng trainmen second· time in nearly 'I .years · It Joble11 · rates aetUing at everJersey to take a vacation at his stop them, thereby blocking had· fallen ·. below· 5 percent. · higher lev.e h" · and the continued (Continued from page ! ) home in Grand Bay, Ala. Lucien - ~ Qther traim m~nned by non- : Backing- up the report of a . labor force ll'Owth. B. Moore is resting at his home in water as "an impulsive man, not W' striking crews. stronger· job picture wu a report Birmingham, Ala., while building given to deep thought or careful which said the nation's industrial some time on his group 1-S regis- consideration, unversed in the hisoutput spurted ahead in July by . tration. His last ship was the torical background against which a full point to 132.7 percent of Its . Whitehall. E. R. Goodwin is regis- every national leader must func1957-59 average. Gains occurred · tered in Group 2 of the deck de- tion, seemingly unawa-r e of basic 0 partment. His last trip was on the human needs and wholly urirereported tug Titan. sponsive to the subleties of intera drop of 400,000 in the labor force national relations upon which the Joe Vigo spends the daylight -"about the expected seasonal hours visiting with friends at the survival of mankind depend." 1 0 0 New Orleans Hall while recuperatSpeaking of the Repulblican ing from surgery performed on Vice - Presidential nominee, the said, the labor force has grown · his knee. The doctor tells him it ,;tatement said, "To put it in the by an average of nearly 1.4 million BALTIMORE - Two new oceawill be about three months before kindliest way, Congressman Miller compared to the same period of nographic survey ships now being he will be fit for duty. After about has been the whee1horse of the 1963, about 250,000 more than had built for the U.S. Coast and a month ashore with his family, least enlightened wing of the Rebeen forecast by long-term pro- Geodetic Survey will be outfitted Whitey Plunkett has been making publican party.. There is nothing Jectlons. with electro_n ic computers to proall the job calls, probably looking in his record to _suggest that he Is Robert Stein, Labor Dept. man- cess scientific data and keep ·check for a spot on a Delta Line passen- equip1ped to be the nation's No. 2 power expert, said a decline or on navigation a n d aufomatic ger ship. The Brothers Hardeman, officer-much less to assume 1!he 430,000 was recorded In the labor engine-room controls. William and ·Earl, have been regu- Presidency itself." force in July · when a drop of some . irhe ships; the Oceanographer lar visitors at the New Orleans On the other hand, the Demo300,000 had_ been e~ected. The ~nd the Dlscoyerer, are under Hall. Willie retired recently on the difference was not viewed as sig- construction at Aerojet-General Seafarers pension and his brother cratic Vice-I.Presidential candidate rilflcant,' Stein explaining th,at Sll:ip~ards, Inc., Ji1cksonville, Fla. ha1' applied for retirement. The Senator Jiubert H. Humphrey, was school teachers and oth er state The Oceanographer w·a s clirlstenec,t Hardeman brothers are real old- described as "a vigorous and arand local public employees appar- last Apr il and the Discoverer wlll timers and will be missed by their ticulate spokesman for hum\ln ently dropped out of the labor be. chriStened October 24. shipmates. They usually sailed on r ighits and huma.n ~ress" in force. · the same ship; Willie in . the black fJhe board's statement. The board The advanced - electronic gear Clutching her bunny ·balThe ·July report sliowed state will be installed early next year by gang and -Earl In the deck depart- said it found him qualified to fill Is JoAnn Hammock, loon the Presidenicy in the event the and local payrolls down by 360,000 the underseas division ·-of ~he ment. two years old, shown_.h ere over the month, reflecting the Westinghouse Defense arid Space One of the real oldtimers on the occasion should arise. with her dad, Seafarer W. shutdown of schools. But all other Center here, It was announced by beach in Houston is Maxwell Board members expressed their areas should showed improvement. project dire.c tor Melvin L. Hiller. L. Hammock. JoAnn came "Jake" Longfellow, an original deep eoncern over Sen·a tor G<>IdContract construction rose by 127,member of the SIU who)oined water's attitude toward the labor along when dad stopped Sorting and an-alyzing informa000, an extra-seasonal gain, to a tion on oceanography and weather in Mobile. He has been living in movement, noting that In the 12 by New York SIU headrecord high of 3.5 million. The gathered durfog cruises by the reHouston about eight years now years he served "in the Senate, the quarters to pick up his report said trade, services, trans- search ships will be speeded by and s~ps · steward. _ He last GOP candidate failed to approve vacation check." · Ham· ·portation and finance · gained some the equipment, freeing scientists sailed · as chief · steward on the , ~ny of the 53 pieces of legislation mock's last ship was the 120,000 jobs in all. · · Del Sol but was ·l aid off when that that · unions con&idered to be of from much Qf the lengthy and St..i -Rover - (ls-thmian). · The manufacturing sector fell routine work~ ship· went Into the . shipyard. He vital importance, Employment Enjoys Continued Uptrend Strikes I 'Hiccup' Hit Italian RRs Ji AFL-CIO Support * New Ocean ac;~: ~~~ ~!partment Study Shi.PS ::r;-!:ni:~ o:n~ ~~~· th! :ep~~~ Get Computers ,, as �. SIU Ship Damaged ~tember C, ltM . l•A.PA.R.BR.I £00 Pensioner By Bering Sea lee SEATTLE - The SIU Pacifio District-contracted Nenana (Alaska Steamship Co.) limped into port here July ·16 after a turbulent run to Nome that saw her battered by the latest breaking ice in the Bering Sea in 30 years. took eleven day1 and orewmen The 10,000 ton freighter left enjoyed a ab.ort breather In Nome. here May 21, bound for Goodnews Bay, Nome, Vnalakleet and St. Michael. After m11king her stop at Goodnews, she headed north to Nome and ran into the lee while still far at sea. She became trapped for several hours and the Coast Guard cutter Storis was sent out to aid her, She broke free, however, and the Storis turned back. Six days later and only 75 miles closer to Nome, the Nenana was forced to anchor behind St. Lawrence Island because of tKe heavy ice. Her bow was twisted, three of her propellor blades were bent and a 30-foot gash on her port side, near the waterline, had allowed six feet of water to pour into the No. 1 hold, damaging ca~a~·tling fog. in addition to lee. her pumps unable to cope with deluge -sweeping in through her twisted plates she finally made anchor at the' Nome roadstead o~ June 20. For much of the time spotter aircraft had been used to gu;~~::~a:;r~~~~i;:ew~~:s·made, A company 1pokesman, noting that the cargo for Unalakleet waa badly mauled, aald it waa "real rough because the Nenana was the first ahlp of the year for the vlllage." The last ship to' visit Nome before the Nenana was the Ta·l keetna, also operated by the Alaska Steamship Co., which left the port October 13, 1963. On her return to Seattle, the Nenana was ient to the Todd Shipyard for repairs. Company officials bffered no estimate of the damage or the time tht Nenana would be laid-up. Pue l'lf&eea New,, Wage Floor Goes Into Effect WASHINGTON-New wage minimums for 3.6 million workers become effective September 3 when the third phase of the 1961 amendments to the Fair Labor ·Standards Act goes -lfito force. Their wage floor, now $1 an tember I neld yur they will plll"ity with other covered hour, will rise to $1.115. In achieve workers who are now protected Retiring SIU rail tug veteran Arthur C. Nelson (left) receives his first regular $150 monthly pension check from RMR regional director G. P. McGinty at New York headquarters. Nelson retired after 27 years with the Bush Terminal Railroad. ·addition, premium pay of time and a half will start after 42 houri a week instead of the present 44 hours for those who are covered by the overtime provision. The 1961 amendments made the 3.6 million eligible for wage-hour aot pr.otection for the first tlme, but on a graduated basis. The ftrst year they benefited only by the $1 an hour wage minimum. Last year those eligible for _hours protection got the 44 hour week, with overtime thereafter. On Sep- Marad Reports To Congress~onaf Commiff.ee F·1nds A·1d To Sh.1pp·1ng Is Worldwide • · . · f h Id · f WASHINGTON-Practically all the maritime countries o t e wor give some sort o government aid to their steamship industry. This is the conclusion drawn in a report compiled by the Maritime Administration which took a careful look into the various forms of assistance given to the ship· ping industries of the world. of the Joint Economic Committee the vast numbers of American Eleven major maritime·na· of Congress which has been criti- runaway operators whose tonnage by a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour and, Where eligible, by time and a half .a fter 40 hours a week. '!'here la no change in minimum rates or length of workweek for workers covered by the act before the 1961 amendments. '!'hose affected by this year's step in the upgrading of the minimum w.age Include an estimated 2.2 million In retail trade · and servjce work; 1 million in con1truction; 100,000 seamen; 93,000 in suburban and interurban transit; 86,000 gasoline service station employes; 33,000 1n fish processing; some 30,000 telephone workers; and about 100,000 employes of firms where other workers were previously covered and whose annual sales total $1 million or more. Exempted for the hours provision were some of the retail and service trades workers, the seamen, the transit and ~as station employes and the fish processors. At its last convention the AFLCIO strongly urged extension of wagehooc coverage to "all workers in industries engaged i~ or affected by interstate commerce" with a wage floor of $2 an hour and a 35-hour workweek. In 'testimony last March before . a House Labor subcommittee on FLSA coverage, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew J. Biemiller specifically urged extension of protection to 2.7 million workers in 11 o.c cupational groups-647,000 in retail trade; 424,000 in restaurants; 274,000 in hotels; 173,000 in laundries; 500,000 hospital employes; 55,000 in theaters; 200,000 in miscellaneous services; 200,000 in non - profit institutions; 87,000 in small logging operations; 90,000 in the processing of farm products and 34,000 in cotton ginning. He also called for repeal of the overtime. exemption for about 2 million workers. her master, Christen Trondsen, said, with concrete being used to tlona were covered in the report, c'"ally examining freight rates in the MA has allowed them to regiplug the rip in her side. The work compiled by the MA at the request the U.S. foreign trade for nearly ster under these "flags of convenience" in their attempt to two years. The report dealt with many of avoid paying U.S. taxes and to the same nations · which complain avoid the wage and safety standbitterly about U.S. government ards enforced by American mariattempts to protect the American time unions. Also not included in merchant marine by means of the the study was the Soviet Union. The study pointed out that helpCargo Preference or 50-50 laws passed by the Congress and sup- ing a country's merchant marine, By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medlcal Director ported strongly by the SIU and for reasons of defense, balance of other American maritime unions. p a y m e n t s, prestige, protection · Of these same nations, the re- against shipping discrimination or whatever, is a long familiar feaSarah Parsons was allergic to oats. She had been for years, and as port found: • Seven provide operating sub- ture of world trade and shipping. lonl' as she stayed away from them 1he had little trouble. But 1he The state of U.S. shipping today didn't stay away. She professed to love oats, and was unable to resist sidies for at least some national flag shipping services. They are becomes painfully clear in the them. The management of her allergy was not satisfactory. All attempts to Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, study. Although the U.S. had by educate her, to get her to cooperate and take care of herself wu of no United Kingdom, France, and the far the lar~est foreign trade of the 11 countries studied, and so avail. Her asthma was becoming more severe to the point of permanent U.S. • Five pay construction sub- should presumably have by. far the da"mage to her lungs. A chance remark in the office one day gave a clue to the real trouble. sidies in varying degrees to offset largest number of ships, it has She and her mother didn't get along very well. When 1ht became lower costs· of foreign competitors actually dropped from a close angry, she would hunt up the nearest kitten in the neighborhood, where or as special inducement. They are third in number of privately she had them all spotted, and rub her nose in the fur to produce an France, Italy, Japan Sweden and owned ships in 1955 to fourth in 1963. the U.S. attack. So much for Sarah. Of the 11 'nations studied the • Eight grant special tax beneWalter Marble was a diabetic. Over the years he had been able to U.S., in spite of its vast .foreign fits. They are West Germany, take care of himself, he knew when he required more or less insulin, Greece, Italy, Japan, Norway, trade, was one of only four which and could tell when he was going to have a reaction or shock. experienced an actual decline in His trouble began when things were not going right at home and he Sweden, United ·Kingdom and the the number of its ships during the U.S. would take a few drinks to spite his wife. When he drank, he didn't eat. · • Ten provide special deprecia- last decade. The results were frequent trips to the emergency room in shock or As for the cargo preference tion f unds. They are Denmark, coma. So much for Walter. France, West Germany, Italy, laws, which draw such indignant Marie Martin had a boil on her thigh. Under routine treatment it was Japan, Netherlands, Norway, cries from foreign shippers when clearing up· for a time. Then she began to have other boils over her Sweden, United Kingdom and the enforced by the ,U.S., the study . NEW ORLEANS - A 350-ton body. Local treatment seemed to clear these also, but there were alfound that some, such as Greece, steel container designed to house U.S. ways more. · • Ten, the same 10 as above, reserve their domestic trades to a large floating nuclear power It soon became evident that Marie was deliberately transmitting the p r o v i d e special monetary in- their own ships. West Germany plant has been installed in the forinfecting material from one sore to another by scratching. Her reason centives in the form of loans and .reserves domesti'icargoes for Germer Liberty ship Charles H. Cugle was that her parents planned a vacation that would have left her with interest concessions. man coastal ships except in cer- at the Avondale Shipyards here. an uncongenial relative. Permanent scars were the result of her sucThe MA did not include in its tain circumstances. France reThe 10,000,000-watt re a c to r, cess. So much for Marie. . study what it considered the "spe- quires two-thirds of its oil imports which will supply enough electricThese cases were described by William A. Maccoll, M.D. of Group• cial cases" of Liberia and Panama. to move in French flag ships, or ity for a community of 20,000 peoHealth Association writing in the M.D. column. · These countries have become approved foreign flag chartered ple, will be able to operate for a Dr. Maccoll in continuing states that these three persons were not artificial shipping powers t~rough ships. year without support. It will be sick physically, at least their condition could have easily been conused by the Strategic Army Corps trolled. They are not malingerers, in the strict sens·e of the word, as a floating power plant to supfor they actually have a real disease. They aren't really neurotic, ply electricity for military operaeither, for these episodes can be turned off or on at will. But they do tions near ports or along navigable have proolems. . EXAMS THIS PERIOD: May 1 - May 31, 1964 waterways. The borderline between normal and abnormal behavior is someThe container was brought down Port Seamen Wives Children TOTAL times difficult to defines. Instead of throwing tantrums, dishes, or the Mississippi River by barge to brick bats, they play a far more dangerous game, with definite .r~sk Baltimore. . . . . . . . . . . 139 38 13 190 Avondale, while the former Libto themselves. No one knows how many serious accidents or fatallbes Houston............ 123 6 2 131 erty ship was towed from Mobile. arise from this kind of spitefulness. Mobile .. ...... ..... 75 5 .o 80 Now that the container has been Many -or us when angry or frustrated will do things such as drive New Orleans. . . . . . . . 253 13 7 273 installed, workmen must cut its too fast drink too much throw objects, or play this little game of New York . . . . . . . . . . 465 32 29 526 base to fit the contour of the vesroulette' realizing all the 'while that there is some danger to it, but Philadelphia. . . . . . . . 165 48 24 237 sel's hull. saying to ourselves that, "If I get hurt, they will be sorry!" Too often San Juan* ..... .... . 29 18 26 73 The entire plant later will be we do and they are. . towed back / to Mobile for final Psychiatrists tell us that the urge to self-destruction is not too deeply 160 101 . TOTAL .......... .· .. 1,249 1,51"0 work, and the unit will be delivburied in man's nature. There are many ways we flirt with this urge. *5/21/64 to6/20/64 ered to Fort Belvoir, Va., next July Russian Roulette is only one. Our three' friends described above by 1 for installation of the reactor core. Dr. Maccoll had their own methods. What is yours???? Playing Roulette With Your Health Start Floating Nuclear Plant· . SIU Clinic Exams-All Ports '------------------------------------------ �SE .4. P ..4 R,.1,.8 ..9:; ,. £·o G ,. Pace Sldeea . . ; Red Seamen :.i n· GibraltarStilI Puzzle The' Populaee hPlemher..~ , ~~· . "'. Breather On Deck · GIBRALTAR-The Reds have come to the Rock. An ever-increasing number of Soviet ships-of every type and description-have been calling at the British-controlled gateway to the Mediterranean. And while the Gibraltans have been profiting by the influx of free. spending Russian sailors, who+ buy up Western goods to take concentrate their energi~s on eat- local police, a trait learned in. their back to their communist Ing huge meals in restaurants and hOmeland. 'fhey are usu a 11 y homeland, they have also been kept wondering about the ·strange bebavior of the Reds. Last year 320 Soviet ships used the port, and the Russians were second only to Britain, with 906 ships paying calls. The Red fleet includes huge trawlers, supertankers, training schooners, all kinds of freighters, passenger liners and even tugs and floating docks. "Technicians" Aboard Many are on their way to and from communist Cuba, especially the . passenger liners, which are often filled with . Soviet "technicians" and Cubans fresh from schools behind the Iron Curtain. The passengers usually remain mysteriously confined to the liners during the stop at the Rock but Soviet crewmen do come ashore. In fact. according to a local shipping -official, the Red sailors. "seem to ha ve all the time in the world." They lounge around the port and buying up Western-made consumer friendly, however, and are reputed goods. as big tippers. Their purchases Their ships do not operate as consist mainly of clothing, liquor economically or efficiently as West- and house furnishings such as bed. ' ern vessels, even though they are spreads and carpets. usually new-looking and wellAccording to local bar.keeps, they maintained. After taking on fuel, consume a stupefying amount of Russian ships will sit in the har- alcohol of all kinds, and their bor for three or four days before taste in food runs to thick steaks, leisurely proceeding on their runs. a rarity in Russia. Gibraltar merMany of the Soviet passenger lin- chants believe the Russians sell ers, except those on the Cuba ruQ, most of the goods and liquor they appear ·to have few or no passen- buy in the port at blackmarket gers on board. prices in the Soviet Union. They to keep explain this is why the Russians Bes1'd es us1'ng the Rock . up the flow of ~en and supplies are willing to pay premium prices Taking a short breather on deck between chorea on a recent to their Cuban satellite and for for the goods. trade with Free World nations, the ·Red Trawlers voyage of the Orion Hunter (Colonial Tanker) are {1-rl Soviets use the Gibraltar straights The heaviest traffic comes from Seafarers Ed Woods, BR and Tony Nutturno, AB. A short and the Mediterranean to move huge trawler.a that operate in the rest, a cup of hot coffee from the galley, and they were vessels from Bal~ic _to Black ~e~ fishing grounds off the U.S. coast. ready to get back in ·action again. ports and to_ mamtam a ~ea lmk Whaling ships from behind - the b~tw~en European Russia and ·Iron Curtain also cali at Gibraltar. Siberia. Many of the ·~hip$ are equipped The Soviet sa.ilors on shore leave with advanced electronic gear that in "Gibraltar seem wary of the could be useful _in ~pying missions. Meanwhile, back in the Soviet, the communist newspaper Pravda Ship Blacklist Holds L~vel has been complaining about a WASHINGTON-Three ships have been added and three ships shortage of beer in the mother have been removed from the Cuban blacklist, the Maritime Admincountry. Few stores or restaurants SAN FRANCISCO-This port and its neigJ::ibor to the north, istration announced August 18. stock it, according to Pravda, and The three additions to the list of western and Polish ships having barrels of beer are piling up un- Seattle, are both- in the midst of far-ranging building and called at Cuban ports after January 1, 1963,. fly British, Italian and used at the breweries. Pravda says mod·e rnization programs that will boost the flow of ships and Lebanese flags. Of the three ships removed from the list, two the . Russians should drink more beer and less of that dynamite cargoes on the West Coast. • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . were British and the other was French. The Port of Seattle, with a logs, coal and bananas, . are , alThe French ship, the Guinee, has been sold to a Formosan comcalled Vodka. But · the folks of pany, G1•eat Pacific Navigation of ·Taipei, and renamed the Comfort. Moscow can't seem to take the hint: $41~5 million major improve- ready working. :, ,. The delelions raise to 41 the total number of ships taken off the The restaurants and food stores ment project behind it, ls in the Ames Terminal, home for SIU. · blacklist. prefer to sell the stronger stuff middle of .a new $35 million contracted· Sea-Land's contaii:ler- · · because it brings a higher mark-up. ,waterfront development plan. Sev- ship service to Anchorage, Alaska, Currently, there are 240 bottoms ori the blacklist, comprising a And it takes m·ore than beer to er al new super-piers, including has had more . than $1.5 million 'in . total of 1.7 million gross tons. The blacklist is periodically revised make the average Russian for~ those to handle specialized car- _modernization · ' poured · into it · as ships either enter into or le1we off trading with Cuba. get his troubles. goes like grain petr°oleum, fish ·. oil, ·converted C-4s, each with their' · . . I own crane and each able· fo "load 166 vans, are using the expand~d berth facilities. The terminal also · includes the port's new 200-ton capacity heavy lift crane. When acquisition of new land is completed, Piers 20 and ·21 will · be merged into a giant complex· By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS that will provide continuous berth- · Consumer Courses Available To All economists are the "teachers." They attend special classes and bring Ing · for 12 ships. All seaborn·e ' .. . back the information and demonstration techniques to their own groups. trade between the Orient · and· • 9ne of the. best opportunities widely available to you to get up-to- You can find out such groups in your own locality by calling or .writing Seattle will move through : the date Information on family money management, food .and nutrition and .the county home extension economist at the county government build- facility. . · , and other vital Information on homemaking, is the classes and work- ing at the county seat (check your phone book). The Seattle Port . of Embarka_. , 2. If no group is availa-ble nearby, or you prefer t~ participate on tlon (Army) is also being acquired , shops arranged in your locality by county home-economics extension agents. your own, you can join as a member-at-large. The membership fee by the port for commercial cargo . Last year some 14 million homemakers attended at least one such typically is $1, •and brings ·you copies of information bulletins published use. · More than $6 million. w.ill l>e workshop or meeting, and well . over a million took complete courses, by the extension service and notices of public meetings or forums on spent· on the POE and . in t~e , usually at .no or practically no cost. home-management top~cs. · future it may ~ouse the .Project~d For today, the Federal-State cooperative extension service-originally 3. Or you can ask your county home extension service· to help prepare Foreign Trade Zone .and ~ ~tef!l . . ' developed as an aid to rural families and now observing its fiftieth. year or give programs for a group you already belong .to, such as your union.- ·distribution point. of activity-is working more and more with suburban and city families. auxiliary, co-op or credit union. The program or classes might ·center 'l'he Port of San Francisco, fn . i.t~ Now you are as likely to find a consumer information class· being on a topic you feel is especially needed in your area, such as "credit and second century of state operatloµ, taught by an extension home economist in a housing development In installment buying, buying best values In food, budgeting, retirement is undergoing $26 million worth. of boston, or a union hall in Detroit, as in a Minnesot~ farming ~o~uhity. problell}s. etc. "If enough .people request help on a topiiC, a program is waterfront improvements, with in_itiated," Dr. Oppenheim reports;. "This might include a conference the current project scheduled . for . Extension home-economists now are trying especially to bring .c.on- or a series of meetings and print,e d materials." For example-, the Wayne completion in 1966. Construction of the Army Street sumer and home-management in{ormation to l.imited-income . families, County, Michigan AFL-CIO Education Committee . iast- ·year gave a reports Margaret C. Browne, home economics division director of the series P.f six classes . on shopping . for food, home ·furnishings, credit, Terminal is well under way. S~t Federal Extension Service. The aim is tQ help limited-income families etc., in cooperation with . the Michigan State University Extension on a 60-acre aite in th~ Isl~is get the greatest total satisfacti!'.)n from limited resources, Mrs. ~ro,wne Service.. The. consumer co1,1~ses -given in recent yea·rs by the AFL~CIO Creek tideland area, it will have says. In one such program for mothers bringing up fa.milies alone, Com_m unity. Services .representatives also often· have used the services eJg~t t deepi wat~r ber.lhs, three conducted by two Milwaukee extension home economists, the sa~bigs in of. ex.tension _specialists. cargo ra1,1s _t. she~ and . more acres public aid for some of the families was more than. the entire annuai cost of open a d f d 8t d h dl~ .r oo e · orage · ~n . of the extension program in that area. The training the.wom~n r eceived .Any P.oup also c~n cet a free sub~crlptlon· to "Senice," a new month· ·. '. ly consumer new~letter .published l,Jy the Office of Information of the carg_o, an __ ng spa~~· · as "homemaker.-aides" ~elped a.number find part-:time jc;>bs. : U.S. Depa~t_rµellt of ,Agri~ulture, Washington;D.C.-, 20250 . This interest- hAa.rfsub~lltrucb_tµreb, .steawaldl . and a · Many ol the state home-extension services findlng noticeable · · "· ·. · . '' · W Wi e Ul1 an near1y interest in consumer education amorig wage-earner families, and. expand- m~ 1}~~h~abol! te~s yo~ a~~~t ·· 9e~l ~sear~h, and ·p rogram . m~t~rials four million ions of ~ud and. sand ing tlieir programs ·tol-wage-eamers, reports Dr. Irene Oppenheim, of :;~ il~ese 0 you. c;>wey~r•. ,i i_s av~t a e on Y to groups, not mdi_vidual will b_~ . dreqged out of the ,.creek . . New York University, who has .helped train many extension specialis.ts. y · · L!lSt y,ear, San Francisco bani · '' ·· ' · · ··· ·· · 1 · .S he finds that the topic that has evoked greatest interest is the use ··of ·4·· ~u sm~pi1Y ·_can wr _te to your -State Extens~pJ.l, .Servic~ .at y,our died 5:3 'million to~ of carg~· and. ·· r• . state univerSi y," or the. county extension serv.tce ,at the county seat had · · ··' · d . : · credit. "In view of the problem families have encountered, an!l the for a list of ~he free . or ,small-cost publications' t}ley have on almost mi·11·i.aonrecF0 r ., ._ ipcollmie dqfi. .P.t~~rly .$tlh.5 ·u se .of credit by younger age groups,. a number of state home-extension t f' h ·· · · h i · · · ex rom a t n., ca. 'uions • . e. e~ery aspec Ot .ome _ m~nagement, ~ OPP. M for.,furJ.11.t ure and eqµ~p- trend ected ~erv1ces h.~~e .,.Pr.ep~red program , kit~ and materials for various .age ment, . food . bu"ying, .etc. T~_~se publications iµcreasinli{~.Y ' have ~f!·come. ward V ... - o con . nue _µp levels, describm~ . curr~nt credit_ practices, the _legal re~ula~.ions ,govern- concerned with som~ of the most difficµlt progra~~ of. faqtily fin;mcial . ~--:-:-..::-..-.-.-_-:,----,.-,,..,,,-., .,,. . - . ,,.,..., ing:;credit; ·and ·how·. t~ -~~!'" ~i;e~~ . 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J : £0 G , Official Study· Denounces Hong Kong Crimp Joints··· By Freel Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives HONG KONG-Aid is in sight for the approximately 30,000 Asian seamen who ship out of this .port under conditions which_passed from the American shipping scene many years How To Conduct A Meeting (Part Ill) ago with the rise of powerful maritime unions. This is the third and final part in tlie series we have been carrying in The Government · of the+·~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ this column on the proper methods. of conducting a meeting either British colony is considering An attempt is now being considered British ships for some time but is aboard ship or ashore. The do's and don't listed here and in the ti f still well established In Hong Kong. Id d ways to reSl!ue the Hong to end a w esprea prac ce 0 Officia1s report that "it has never first two par·ts of the series are important to every Seafarer, who may Kong merchant seamen from ex- forcing seamen. t? pay exc.ess.ive been possible to prosecute any of- be called upon to conduct a meeting at one time or another. They p1oltation In their jobseeking Hong fees and commissions to shippmg fender. No seaman has ever been are of special importance to ship's delegates who may want to clip out · Kong has been criticized as· "pos- compani~s and crew con.tractors wll1ing to act as a witness." The the entil:e series to keep it on hand for a ll!seful guide. Up to this i:oint, we have dea1t with suc-!1 problems as the rules of sib1y the last remaining p1ace in for the right to ship out. inference here of course Is that apthe wor1d where seamen are still Crlmpin~ pearing as a witness against the order, the quorum, meetings on ship, time of meeting, masters at ar ms., recruited through contractors who · At present, recruiting practices crimpers who exploit him wou1d the agenda, e1ection of officers, the right to speak, making a motion , demand a large s1ice out 6f wages take two basic forms-direct hir- spe11 the end of a seaman's ship- the chair's authority, discussion, amendments and substitutions. Jn. conc1uding, we wili deal with: in exchange for the right to work." Ing and hiring through 1nterme- ping days in Hong Kong. About 100 registered shipping diaries. But on1y about 20 shipping There are at least 13 crew-sup- Limits companies recruit seamen In Hong operations maintain departments p1ying organizations and about 40 On points of sharp debate where the matter is liable to con ume Kong for ships operating under for the direct hiring of crews. Most seamen's boarding 13ouses which the entire meeting if unhampered , a motion can be made to Jimit the more than 12 different flags. At seamen have to find work by pay- a1so derive a major source of in- number of speakers and the time allowed to each. any one time, between 25,000 and ing contracting agencies or mid- come from this trade. To Table30,000 men are employed outside die-men who range from c1erks of Those profiting from the pr\SA motion to ''tab1e" means simply that you do not desire to take the colony on· oceangoing vessels. s~ipping companies to boarding ent system of exp1oitation of Hong action at that time on the subject being_ discussed. It may be because house masters. 'Kong's seamen have defended the · The exploitation of the seamen system as a commercially efficient information is inadequate or because it is not an immediate issue. which results from this situatiop is method of providing crews. The This should never be used to kill action or discussion on any matter a reminder of the old days in committ~e studying the situation but merely to postpone It for later consideration. It can be moved American shipping when crimpjng with an eye toward alleviating the to table temporarily or to table until the next meeting. was prevalent, before the rise of situation is taking a different view To Refer Another way of stopping too much tonsil bursting on any subject the American maritime unions. however. It rejects the present Payments for the tight to work system as "indefensible morally is to move to refer • it to a committee. The committee ls elected and vary from a few do1lars to, in some and· socially Jn view of the exploi- reports on the entire matter at a Jater time. cases, as much as- the whole first tation of a particu1arly vulnerable Point of Order . month's wages for a voyage. section of the working population This is the headache of the chairman-the most misused privilege This practice has been illegal on to which .it inevitably gives rise." of all meetings anywhere. A "point of order" can never be used as WASHINGTON - A proposed a pretext to gain the floor. It is simply what it calls for. A "point of order" is a question on procedure. For example, a motion is amendment to the foreign aid bill under discussion and a speaker starts to discuss something else. A which would have placed all "point of ' order" can and should be called for to have the chairm c; n Government-aid cargoes aboard c1arify' the rules of order so that the business in issue can be handled. foreign-flag s h i p s has been This hold"s good. in all matters where there is a question as to whether dropped by its sponsor, Sen. Wilor not proper procedure is being followed. liam Proxmire !D.-Wis.>. -WASHINGTON - While the American fishing industry To Postpone - · The announcement that the continues on a downward path, foreign· fishery products-to If something comes before the meeting which you think is unwise proposed amendment would be the tune of more than 500 million dollars a year-have been to have brought up, you can make a motion to postpone the matter dropped came out of Washington flooding into our country. +, Indefinitely. shortly after strongly-worded te1eThat means that "every secate Commerce Committee. The Special Privilege grams attacking t•he amendment "Privilege" is the right of any Union member but must never be were· sent to President Johnson ond fish reaching American Washington state Jawmaker made used except where it .benefits the members as a whole. If the room and the members ·of the Senate tables today ls imported · from the comment as his committee re- is too hot, a point of "privilege" can be called for to have the ·fans Foreign Relations and Commerce abroad," according to Chairman ported out a resolution to the fu1l turned on or the portholes opened. If some drunk has slipped past Committees by the SIU, the Mari- Warren G. Magnuson of the Sen- Senate that wou1d authorize a com- the doorman, then it is in order to ' call for a point of "privilege" to time Trades Department and the prehensive survey of American have him removed from the meeting. In plain words, "special privi.American Maritime Association. fishing grounds, methods, .markets lege" is a point · to be used in any event where the entire . ;issemblage and prospects for improvement. · can be aided and never used as a pretext to stifle any point of business. The te1egra~s charged that the Magnuson said the survey, if amendment would favor the lewer Jinked with an international con- Good and Welfare. freight rates quoted by foreignGood and welfare is that part of the meeting where you can get ference on fisheries could "go far fJag ships over the American-flag 1 our fisheries proup and ta1~ about what you think should be done by the Union and improying in vessels on all Government-aid gram." in the Union, and for the benefit of the Union. cargoes, and would lead to all This is a good place for the oldtimers to darify issues and give Government-aid cargoes moving The SIU has long called for a the score to the newcomers. on foreign-flag ships. No motions can be made or action taken during good and .welfare. thorough appraisal and improveThe present Cargo Preference ment of the wor1d position of the It is strictly a discussion period where the membership can clear the W .SHINGTON-A plan to enAct provides that at least ' one-half American fishing industry, •and for air, and give and get information. roll 100,000 to 150,000 yo~ths in a program that wou1d reverse the of all G o v e r n m·e n t-financed Prepare Your Talk cargoes must move on American- wo/k training programs within two declining trend. to three months was announced An old and wise philosopher once wrote: flag bottoms. U. S. fisherman had their best recently by Labor Secretary W. year in 1950 when production of "It is not enough to know what we are to say. We must say Jt the In ordering the Maritime Ad- Willard Wirtz. The Labor Secreright wa.y ." ministration to examine freight tary said that the enactment of edible fish reached a peak of 3,307 In other words, an of Roberts Rules of !)rder will not put your rates for all such cargoes and if the program depends on the coop- million pounds. In recen·t years the point across to the membership. The rules will only provide for an total has fallen be1ow two-anci-onethey are hig·h er on U.S.-flag ships, orderly meeting so that you can be heard. How effective you are half million pounds annually. put the cargoes aboard foreign- eration of local authorities. when given the floor-depends upon· yourself. The administration of the work flags, it was felt that th·e move training section of the adminisMeanwhile, the consumption of wou1d actually tend to place all trations antipoverty program is fish has increased in the U. S., and And Remember Keep to the point. such cargoes aboard foreign-flag in many products, including tuna, Convince with facts. ships because of the higher stand- the Labor Department's responsi- groundfish, ocean ·.fish blocks, filDon't become persona]. ard of living in the U.S. bility. Jets and shrimp, the rise has been Keep it short. The program J~ geared so that more than spectacular. The growA pint of tact ls worth more than a case of scotch. ~iHi;':.W.iJ}~foWiffit#Wrnr:::(<-<;Wli%@M:iiNi@i#i%'.+Wii in the .first year of the program ing demand bas been filled by for-~1:) Matson Floats @ 200,000 teen-agers and poor fami- eign producers who, after catching :l:· =:i:~ lies ar·e to be given \\ ork · at Fed- f " h ff t · 'th ~ Mammoth Inkwell ·:;~., eral expense w1'th state·• local or cheap is o our coas • process it w1 1!:labor in their own countries ! SAN FRANCISCO - The :ii private noµ-profit agencies. and then export it to Americ<1. ; SIU P a c if i c Dlstrlct-con- ~~ The purpose _of ~he_ program Is During the past ten years the ~ tracted Ha w al i an Citizen ~ to he1p some remam m school, to deficit resulting from the decline · ! (Matson Navigation) has been &1 ennbl.e ·other~ to r~turn to . sch~ol 'or u. s. fish exports and the inf( turned into the "World 's W and · to provide still others with crease of foreign fish imports into ~\ Jiirgest .inkwell,'' acc~rding· to work experience to . fit them for the u. s. has meant a three billion M Matson. · i<1 later job training. dollar drain on the nation's fif.~ The Citizen recently ·initi- ti V ~· The· S!?cretary of Labor said that nances. ~; ated a n~~· ~peciallzed service ~ there were between i .2 million The fact that foreign fishermen ~iMInk to . .Hawau with a 5.000-gallon ~ti and .1.5 million teenagers in this have been flocking to the tradicontainer capable · of ~ . @supplying . all ·the newsprin~ -@ country. who "were sel'.iously i~ tionally American fishing grounds Wink· for· Hooolulu's "Ad-·W need of work. training for one kind off our coast proves the grounds Mvertiser" and · "Star Bulletin" ·tfj or . another and · who n·eed ~his are among· the ''richest in the· ft in three shipments every two ~i kind of · s~cond chance very much. world," Magnuson . pointed out. A . C months. · .. · · · . ·. ~i He adqed thabwol'~.."ft:elning proJ- expert . ·program for · the languish\~-!··· Previously such· 'Shipments ~} .e.c ts and other programs under the: ·ing .domestic fleet would "enable · . .- -b ·were · baµled · in ~5~gallon ~ a~ti-po"verty •act ·· ':VIII : reach 500;•. ·the · U.. S .. ·to 'en}Qy its rJ.ght.ful .. , .~; drums . . ·-, · · . : ... · . · . · : ' f.~· ·OOO·· .of'· the- · ~ouths ·· m -:·the · :next ·shaire'-' m the gr~unds now bemg w~~~~~· twelve- months.' , .. .... .. .· worbd ·by a dozen nations. · . ... Drop Proposed Foreign-Aid Cargo Charges Foreign Fish Flood U.S. As Local Industry Declines Antipoverty Bill Youth ·rraining. Se .~ · to Start 1 I '. . . !i �:1-•• SCholat~hip i•~•:.1. · ···· . SIU SIONA W.C. Sugar Worke~s Win New Pact CROCKETT, Calif.-Forced to strike despite efforts to _reach an early agreement, members of SIUNA-affiliated Suga.r Workers Union No. 1 at the California and Hawaiian Sugar· Refining Corporation here have won improvements in several major contract areas as part c>f a new ttu·ee-year agreement wifJh tihe company. Mere Money (Continued from palf• h) ·graduaily became lier :prlma17 tn- dlo operato~ pertu~PI by the Mil · .lettera.JtlUZZ. ;Th• aoa .t s..r.er m•," Larq Jaope11, ..I HD complete ter•t. W:hea • tlllr4 Interest WU add.. )[enneth MOUNU whe ...- ..... a PhO AM ·flUaltfy .for a professorsbfp. I might have never reached to th• ttrst two by her success u an oiler w:tth the SIU .inc.. that goal. With th• scholarahfp of and lnterHt in the study -ol. hl4'a 1H8. ThlmotbT probabl)- bacl the $8,000, JllT ohanoes are very good. school Latin. the two .....- teachllll Two primary interesta have stood and Latin-were welded together' hardest ffaht to wage to achieve : side by aide through the life of Into the shape she hopes her fu- the high qualifications nece11Sa17 SIU scholarship winner Christine lure will take. Her goal finally be- to be.c ome an ,SIU scholarship winKalke, dauebter of. Seafarer Wil- came clear-the teaching of Ian- ner. Suffering .the amputatloa ()f liam Kalka of Detroit, who sails in guagea. Toward tbt. end Christine his lower limbs aftel' a tragic train. · the deck department. These inter- continued her activities in · the Fu- accident Jn 1959, he went OD to . esta are music and teaching, and ture Teachers of America group successfully complete ht. senior one of. these interests-teaching~ and Joined their Cadet Teaching year at Alpena. High School, ancl ls slated to play an important role Program Jn which ·she served u then went on to begin his higher leader of a special interest group education at . the Unfve.r slty of. in her future. Way back In elementary school, consisting of children from a local Michigan wliere he Li taklRg an Christine began to atudy the violin elementary school. Later Christine electrical- engineering program . . An enthusiastic athlete 'before as part of th• public school pro- taught creative writing at the his. accident, with a letter in school gram. Her Interest in teaching school. !-Time Pre.Iden& football, a member of the track came later when she became active Twice · electecl president of the and -baseball teams and active in Jn the Future Teachers of America. It was as an FTA member that FTA, Christine's activities also lll- Little League. -baseball, he conshe got her first practical experi- cluded teaching a clus in music tlnued his interest in gymnastics After graduating even after his accident. In his ence in working with children J~ appreciation. from high school, she worked as a sophomore year at high ieh<tol the kindergarten and primary grades. In high school, although paid student assistant and part Timothy became State A-AU Chamkeeping up her keen interest In time volunteer in the summer pro- pion on the· parallel bars fn· the music by playing Jn the chamber gram at the scho<tl, combining her junior. division, · and went. on ta and symphony orchestras, teaching busy schedule with beth summer win the State High School Cham·and winter ·. sports, doing some pionahip on ·t he parallel bars amt slghts~ing in New York City and still rings. Active in the student attending some concerts. council at high school, and mainEntering the college of liberal tainlng his- interest in "ham" raarts at Wayne State University in dio, he graduated with honors in Detroit will bring Christine's teach- 1963. At Michigan State College ing goal another step closer. For- ft· didn't · take him long t<J let on. eign languages are to be her major the ·freshman . gymnastics team ~31!11mbmm=m::i----!!J .subjects, always with an eye to- where he competed regularly. ~ ward teaching these languages Timothy ls· enthusiastic about ltia Action lo the marketplace offers either here or abroad, or possibly SIU scholarship. "This aebolarship a method for trade unionists tG as· in it career in the foreign service has enabled me to devote m)rsell of the United States. "Without the entirely to my studies without the sist each other in their campaign aid that the SIU scholarship has financial worries I have had, and for decent wages and better provided," she says, "this could not enabled my parents to devote more ditions. have been realized." . attention to . my younger brGther Last, but by oo means least and sister, who are freshmam · ari<I · Seafarers and their families are urged to support a coµsu1ner boy- among the 1001 SIU schol,arshlp junior high school itudents respectcott by trade unionists against wlnners is Timothy T. Mosseau, ively, Each .is planning a CQllege various companies whose products bette,r known to his fellow ham ra.. career." are produr"'d .under non-union conditions, or which ' are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions involved, and will be amended from time to time.> Seafarer Jay Cohen took a According to a r~port on the bit of time out while ashore conclusion of the C&H negotiain Houston recently to tions by Alvin L . Silva, presicjent c~tch up on his reading of Local No. 1, the Sugar Workers and letter writing at the 1·ece ived an increase in wages plus SIU hall there. an increase in company payments to the health and welfare plan and various improvements in the pension-reti rem~n.t program for local membe rs. The increase in company payments to the health and welfare plan lowers the cost to employees of this important protection. In addition, the contJ:act package included a m~chanization opWASHINGTON . - A waterway tion plan which enables employees enabling ocean-going vessels to go to elect ea rly retirement benefits under certain conditions. from New York harbor to the Great Lakes via the Hudson Pension Plan River through Lake Cham.plain, Silv'l s11id the contract settlement also provided for an im- thus saving 1.400 miles in transpro ved pension plan, which has porting goods from Altantic sea· always been a · tough bargaining ports to Great Lakes-. states has been proposed. issue on both sides. He pointed The waterway plan would proout that .great strides have b~n made in th e pension plan, as com- vide for deepening and widening pared to pensions that were paid the Richelieu River in Canada, years a~o. althotbgh lihe. union is dredging a deep channel through constantly seeking improvements the length of Lake Champlain and deepening and improving the in this area ()f negotiations. barge canal connecting the lake to Oth er gains under the new con- the Hudson River. tract involve the negotiation of Strongly favored by the Ver"Lee" brand tires sevet,al vital · fringe benefits, along mont dairy · and poultry · industry with ohanges in contractual lan<United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum guage that are expected t!> pro- because it would mean savings in & Plastic Workers) the cost of shipping Midwest feed duce ad ditional benefits for local grains to that state and lower me mbers. costs for shipping marble · and Eastern Alt Lines The union's negotiations with stone to Florida and other markets (Flight Engineers) C&H were stuted la st year in from Vermont, the proposal also June, aLlh!>ugh the contract did has the support of New York and not expire until ·February 1, 1964, New England businessmen. B. I. Sieg~I in an effort to produee a settleA strong voice opposing the "HIS," brand men's clothes ment by the time the contract ex- plan, however, has come from conpired . This did not prove to the servationists who con tend that <Amalgamated Clothing Workers) case, Silva slated, as both sides bringing ocean-going vessels ;\;. ;\;. ;\;. were still far apart when the through Lake Champlain would ag reement expired. convert the lake into a "giant "Judy Bond" Blouses However, a strike was author- cesspool." Cint'l Ladies Garment Worker~) An $80,000 feasibility study by ized by. !Jhe meml>ership after a r ecommendation by the executive the U.S. Corps of Engineers is Sears, Roebuck Company board, he noted, and had the de- expected to be completed late this sired res ult. year. Retail stores & products <Retail Clerks) Propose Ship Route Through LakeChampl.ain WinnerS_· con- I SIU Welfare, Vacation -Plans Cash Benefits Paid-June, 1964 . .. . . . . . . . . . .............. Hospital Benefits Death· Benefits Peniion-Disability Benefits• .•.•• Maternity Benefits Dependent Benefits Optical Benefits Out-Patient Benefits ,. ........... • e e • e ••• e • I CLAIMS AMOUNT PAID 5,270 $ 72,857.19 34 601 94,323.19 90,150.00 61 881 449 10,126.60 100,553.93 ............. ......... ................. 6,556 7,048.07 42,130.00 13,~52 417,181.98 Vacation Benefits- ••••........ 1~746 586,222.41 SUMMARY · · TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION · _ · aENEFITS PAID -ftffS· PEllOD ••• · ·' "'15;591 . ~! ·~ ~.~... •. • • . : " • i : : . • •• . .. : - • " • . • •'I._ ' 1 f 'r l . . . , Construction on a $10,000,000, 2,000-uni:t ·housing project for Argentine workers is scheduled to begin. ':th~ project is being . financed by _a loan from AFL-CIO welfare a~d pension funds 6f affiliated unions, which has+------------b e en ·guaranteed by th~ and Ht-1~ ftoor elevator ·apart- . Agency for International De- .ments will range from $S,SZjJ- velopment (AID) and also by the $5.017. , Argentine Government. · Baranano handled the negotla. . tions and prepared all of the docuOn .A prtl 1() President ArturG ments for the consideration Gt Illia m~t wito .~e leaders of four AID, the Argentine Government, . Argent~ne UillQns (Postal , ~nd the- National Mortgage Bank and T~legraph Workers Federation, the local unions. Ltght and Power Workers~ Rall·The housing shortage in Argeu.-·· road Workers. ~nd the Municipal tina is extremely acute and cct11~orkei·s ), officials of the Na- structiori ·activity for low-income tional Mort.gage Bank, and reglnn- g.roupa_ has • been very llmlteci· in al SPD direct<tr Edt1ardo Bara- recent years, due primarlty tit the nado. lack of public· and private rePresident Illi~ promised t() ex- .sources for 'Iong-te1·m financing. Stitzel-Wel~er Distilleries peditu the project and remarked Many of the workers of the fGur that "one of the remarkable facts- unions ·ul!ted .above are now living . "Old Fitzcerald," "Old Elk" · of thJs program is that the North in sh.inis· or. o.v ercrowded dwell"Cabin StHI," "W. L. Weller" Americam worker is helping his ing~. ' ·· ,,. Bourboa whiskeys ~rothe-r . .worker In Argentina by ·: · ' <Distillery Workers> means provided. by the American· W~~N~~H~1SU1liiil- ' .Institu~e ,for Free Lab()r DeveIOp. n1ent." J. R. Simplot Potato Co. The AFL-CIO funds are loane<I Frozen potate products at li.25% Interest; the AID in.Seafarers with beefs regard<Gl'ain Millers) vestment guaranty charge ls 1%; Ing slow 'paymtint of monies due the National Mortgage Bank from various operators in back charge for guaranty and fiduciary . wages · and · d·i sputed overtime Kingsport Press services comes to . sm;n e . 2%. Thus Sh!)uld first check whether they "World Book," "Cbildcraft" a worker can purchase a home have a mailing addreiis with a 10% down payment and on file with the company. SIU !Printing Pressmen) the balance financed over a 20headquart~'rs. '~fficials point out <Typographers, BGokbinders) year period at approximately 8.5% that reports received from sev<Machinists, Stereotypers> interest. . eral ope~~~orii,show checks have Approximately 2,000 units. will . been . maile~ . to one address be buil.t on J,,,'1 sites, 12 in Bueuu!f . :whHe a. h.e ef :.Ori the same score Jamestown Sterliq Corp. Aires and five in other cities. · ls sent from .another. thus ereSuidher11 Flll'11Hure Mic. Co. . Three ty.pes of housing wUl be ·· a~ipg ~ru'.Jc~, dJ~iculty .In keep~~ll 'u,rntiu.re. an~ . Bet1•in1 · .., built; siogle famijy •unitrf; iju.ee ' "cc.~u~ts . st~~ght,. . .( ,· <United Fur.niture Workers) aad four.-ftltO~. garden, 'aputJqenta; ftitiiiliifM114i'illlli:&liltiliiliii'iilB~liilllllRlllllll llill II Use Only One·" Mail ·Aildress . proper t,003,411.S9 _, AFL·CIO Helps Argentina· Build Homes For Workers > ,• �............ the Jn the ttue's:ni tradithm, veteran".seafarers aboard Norfolk (Cities Services) have passed a resolution to help the rl.ewcome,xs to learn their duties and to.learn the traditions of the sea. The resolution was ·passed during the good and .Welfare portion of a recent shipooard meetirrg, according to+ . Jeltn ·w. Altstatt, meeting aslled the crew to weM the· proper <Sea - Land); Elbabetb Port (Seacliairman. The ·new man is clothing when in the mess room l.and); Del Aires <Delta); Seatrala always appreciative of any help and to take proper eare of the New York <Seatrain); Penn Ex- en eld-timer givee which enables lineup, according to -meeting ehair- JH>rter · (Penn Shipping); Norberto -him to learn the duties of a 11ea- man Tem Lller. farer 1'etter. ;t. . ;t. Seafarers aboanl the ZQhyrhiHs ""' ;t. '11'le chief cook aboanl the Bie•-, <Marine Carriers) have given the vUle (See-Land) is all smiles· these ships delegate a vote of confid~nce days be<!ause the galley · is · JllUCh for tbe outstanding job he has been <!t>olft. He recently got his . wish doing iq settling the crews beefs a11d a port fan was installed, ac- with Uie Chief M~te. The delegate' ct>rding to ·s hip's delegate' Martin answered with his compliments to Sierra. ever:Yone for_ sticking behind him ;t. $ ;to on all Union business, food, good The Chief Engineer· aboard tile cooks and s.erVice and just genera11y TraHbat&eraa _,(Hudson W a -t er- being an outstan<ling erew, says ways) was treen by · some ._of the 0. P .. Oaklet, meetfng chairman. · · ;t. ;t. ;t. t.TeWmembers shootin.g at birds, ttries and porpises and woundAt reeent safety meeting aboard i11g th~ acconling w J. · J. Flana- the Choctaw <Watecman), tJhe safety l'•n .ahip's delegate. '. I~ aeeme...the ·cominittee reported that everYt.hirig CFeW ·i ll upset about this,. and eaHs was okay "safety wise." Their inthe ehlef, 1st and 2d engmeers the spedion !revealed that eve-rything was satisfactory and everything that might t>e unsafe- had been taken care of. At anotiher , safety meeting the safety COIP'mittee aiboard the Hastings '(Waterman), said the good housekeeping rule, were being observed, aH safety markings were in ord~. and all the ladden and steps had been properly marked. The Captain in return thanked the Altstatt department heads and the crew "Great White Hunters," Tihe crew. for the 'low aceid'ent rate aboard has .obServed that it" is, a shame the ship, and said that. It reftected the goQd cooperation Of everythe animals can not :&hoot baek. one involved. ~ ~· ft- t ' a ;to . Louis J. Cayton, the · meeting chairman aboard the City of Alma Capay (Liberty Nav.); and the Steel Exeeuthe <Isthmiam). . ~ -~ t tt- . ;t. erew ~- · t .. 'nle of th~ Chllore (VenOi'e) ·were walking . around·· long..· faced for a while wlien -they found · out the ship had been .ordered to Kendla Instead of Bombay. Seems they had their heads set on seeing this Indian port, a~ording to •bed Meadewroft, the meeting d1ainnan. They were happy later, tliough, when . tih' thought· . ocCU!fed te them that any port · ·i s· beter than no po~ · · ·. Hair . ' Oalde' . tihe crewmembei-1 of the · Robfa Sherwood C:Robin Linea) .We-re re-. minded. . recently that when the ship docked in aey of these. ports, I if the laws_ were not CH~ful1y ob- ! s~rved, they -could get a . whoppmg big fine. They were reminded that tihey have to have their &bore "pass with them at all ·' times, aceor~·ing to David Smi~h, mee.t ing chairman. $ ~'hen $ $ the ~Unary art& of the galley gang is of extra flne quailizy, ..a'n d 'w heu . the crew 1ets exi)eetionally fine service from the messma.n, : they are qu.iek to give ~ ~ .. ~ . : Ji~tice ~ · the ~et. , Urewe whieh Seema the stewaJjds ef the Cli~t-. h~ve .liven •tiheir- atewud ~'part- . . ham tWaterman) want to ,Jteep tJbe· ments speeial votes of tllanks· inmannera ef the CffW'Jllen at a high ·elude those aboard tale ·John B. 11'8ndard. The galley gang lies• ·Waterman< <Watemian; · Fairland ~ $. K. G. Harlitt, ship's delegate aboard the Aldina <Wall Street Traders) reports that the galley giang has just a-bout given uip on the icebox they have. The last time it went out of order, it took over ten d.ays to get it ftxed. The chief steward Sal"! he wants a new Qne. .. ·$ t The galley gang eftered an exchange propesition to the crew of .the La Salle <Waterman) which was quickly taken up. The stewards promised to turn out improved night lunches if the crew· would promise te wrap u.p the bread loaves when they were used, reports · James Abrams, ship's delegate. · South and East A.frican ports have d-itferent ·custom laws and <Waterman) reports that everything . is A-ok. All the beefs have beeB squared away, the orew is hapt>y about its new ·washing. machine, and tihe sailing baa been :re.aJJy smooth, he says. Well-fed erewmembers &1board the Sa•ta Emlla (L.b,erty, Nav.) during. the good and . welfare section . of a recent ship's · ~eeliili gave a vete of thanks to the steward de-. partiment fcir a ftne job of cooking Hid lerviee, and then put special emphasis behind a' voie· of thanks .to give ttie e<rew g00d ·se':rvice1 saya meeilng secretary Georse E. Hair.. t Leap .Year has special significance for Seafarer Phil .Jordan. All t~ree of hi~ children have been born in a. leap year. The .picture above- shows Mary Ann, th-. oldest, who was born in '1956, and is now 8 ye~rs old; Phillip, who was born in 1960 and is ~ years old; and ·in case you've forgotten this year is a Leap Year, Joyce who is only 5 months old. Jordan, who sails in the Steward Department, lives with his wife, Mary Ann, and three children In Jersey City, N.J. DAVID P. THOMPSON <Boland & Comellus), June U-Chalrman, Paul S!=hneider1 Se~retary, Garry LH. Brother Arnold Reatherby WBl!I elected to 1erv~ H 1blp'1 delegate. Motion made that each crewmember donate fifty cents to 1hip'1 fund each month. · passed away, was handed over to Brother Campbell In San Juan. t:a8.00 In Coca-Cola fund. No beefs reported. John Turnbull. SU.50 In ship's fund. · Food beef eettled. Electrical wlrlnS in deckhand'• room to 'l>e checked. ROBIN KIRK <Robin Lines), July 26-Chalrman, E. A. Fahy; Sec~ retary, E. a. Batcflo. One. man hospitalized ln Okinawa. S23.06 In •hip's fund. Chief engineer ,donated ss.oo- to this fund from arrival pool which he . won. Few hours disputed OT In &teward department._ ., _ _ PENN CHALLENGER <Penn Navl· oatlonl. July 29 - Chairman, B. A. Baa; Secretary, s. Znarowski. 110.00 in ship's fund . Vote or thanks ex· tended to the ship's delegate. · Mem· beu living Jn Japan would like to have agent in Japan . HALCYON PANTHE• <Halcyon), July 23-Chalrman, Charin Locke, Secretary; Frank Kalhira. Brother Wilbur Taylor WH elected tn eerve : STEl:L MAKER (Isthmian), July 25 H 1hip'1 deleaate. No beeft1 reported -Chairman, Fred Tampol; Secretary, by department dele11ates. Vete of Y. Szymanski, S30.00 In ship's fund. thanks extended to tw11 electricians W .00 was given to the bereaved for hulldlng recreation room. Vote family of Broth~r Jerry Mucll:elrath. of t~nks. to the steward department. CANTIGNY <Cltln Service), July 26-Chalrman,- J. Tillbot1 Secretary, F. E. Nelson.· Seme disputed OT In deck dep..11rtment. Brother T. Faulkner was elected to eerve aa ship's dele11ate. DEL AIRES (Delta), Auqust 9Chalrman, Ralph Collier; Secretary, James Juzang. Ship's delegate reported that ever:vthinJ! i~ running smoothly. S11me disputed OT in en· J!ine department to be brnuJ?ht to the attention or boarding patrolm:>n. Vote of thanks to the "t.ew:>rd department for a ver:v good job. HERCULES VICTO•Y <Marine Managers), July So-Chairman, Paul L. Whitlow; Secretary, Wilfred J. Moore. Crew requnted to conserve water so that none will have to be bou11ht in Saigon. All men to cooperate In dumping prba11e on tbe 1tern and not by midshlp house. Also to keep stevedores etc. out of crew's Quarters and mld•hip house. Dl1puted OT In deck and en.ine departments. Few hours disputed OT in each de· partment. Vote of thanks to Brother Duffy and Brother Sepeta, messmen, for job ·:well done. Motion made that tre welded plugs on the .. main dttk pasu1eway· outside be removed so . that the sta1nant water can run · (!ff overboard. CHOCTAW <Waterman), July 16Chlllrman, Lewi• Sl'.lltttl; Secretary, Robert Hommel. No beefs reported by department dele11ates. Motion made that the ball:er ' be alloted a . oneman foc'ale . MoUon made that carao not be woFked In forelp ~rt• 'until crew pa&Sea are !limed. Vete of thank.• ~xtended · to the ship's dele11ate. ,Brother S. B. WoOclell. · . SUMMIT (Se•Lalldl, July 19Cha lrmJn, P. T . DiCarlo; Secretary, R. Huret. Most of the repairs have . been completed. No beefs reported by department delegates. YOUNG AM•RICA <Waterman), June 21-Chalrman, John Der1 Sec· retary, •alllfl Smith. Penalty meal hour disputed 1n deck department. Captain Instructed the •hip'• dele1ate that five packs of ciprette• are allowed to each crewmember In llangkoll:. Ship'• dele1ate relliped and Brother J. Ho11gie w&11 elected to serve. S63.50 in @hlp'1 fund. No beef• reported by department '5ele1ates. Vote of thanks to the •teward depart· ment for aood work. .. SEA PIONEER <Pioneer Tankers), July 11-Chalrman, Herbert Skyles1 Secretary, None. Discussion on havinll t he medicine chest check on this vessel by some medical authorit:v as there ~"ems U> be in11Ufficlent supply ol medicines and drugs to treat the sick or injured men . .COLUMBIA <U.S. Stffll July 11Chalrman, W. Brightwell; Secretary, . M. a. Sospina. Ship'• delesate re:. ported that everythinl 11 going along ~ery Bt11oothly with no beefs: Brother William Brl11htwell was elected to ;erve 8IJ new ship's delegate. Vote of :hanks to the steward d eparbnent for l job well done. T•ANSHATTERAS <Hudson Water· ways>, _June 21-Cttalrman, .lahn J. Flanagan; Secretary, M. E. Green· waltl. 142.98 In iihip's fund . No beefs reported by department delegates. Some disputed OT In deck department to be taken up with patrolman. . Vote of thanks to the steward · a11d · entire irteward department. Stew.rd thanked the crew for being one of the best crews aaillng SIU ships. PRODUCER <Marino Carrlersl1 July 11-Chalrman, M. P. Cox; Secretary, · B· Wllllam1. Brother Penton wu elected to serve al •hip's delegate. Repair lll!tlr sobmlttetl. No beef1 were reported by department delegates. Sl[fAi•.AIN T•XAS (Sutraln), iuly 25-Chalrman, It. Llparh ·Secretary, H. Kugler. lloney collected on board for Brother Serrand whoM metber .. JOHN ... ~halrman, REISS (Reiss), July 4Harald Neal; Sec;retary, SPITFIRE <General C" " r"" C'.t>rp.), July 26'-Chairman, J. GlllP.r: Secretary, J. Zhemeck. Some di sputed OT in dec:k depArlment to be faken up at pay off. Fans needed in h o"o;1,.1. To see patrolman ab1mt getting LOGS to the ship. also to see . "bout h;ivinl( money aboard for more tn;in one draw. · ELIZABETHPORT !Sea - Land), Au· gust 16-Chalrman, F. Nilsen: Secretary, W. W. BlckfGrd. Ship 's rie legate reported thAt everythinJ! i" running smoothly. Discussion :>bout retting sea ehest aboard ship. Vote llf thank" to the st.eword department for good food and service. WILD R NGER <Waterman), AuflUSt 16-Chairman, Luke Ciamboll; Secntary, w. c. Sink. 162.00 in l'!hip's fund . Some di sputed OT in ea<'h department. DEL SUD <Deltal, Auqust "-"""'Ir· man, H. Crane; Secretary, E. Rihn. $300.41 in s hip 's fund and $278.70 Jn movie fund. Few hours disput·ed OT in deck department otherwi'>e ever:vthinll is e .K. Motion was made to draw money from ship's fund · for spare parts for movil\ machine. Vote of thanks to the steward department. SEATRAIN NEW YORK <Se11trainl, August 17-Chairman, Eugene R. Cec· cato; Secretary, Kenneth E. Gainey . . Some disputed OT ill deck department. Mo~lon made to have company Install phone .on ship or at • crew's gate s-0 that those crewmembers who live in San Juan can call ship to Set &ccurate Nlling time. Discus!don on having an unlicensed personnel'• quarter11 painted. Vote or thanks to the · steward department . I'D ALREADY ·~/¥NTIT/ ~ �Pac• Twen~ £00 Model Shipbuilding Hobby Draws CoIDIDents FroID CrewDielllbers When .fellow crewrnembers of Seafarer Jim Adams stop by his foc'sle to chat for a while, one of the questions that usually pops up is, "How is your ship coming?" And Jim takes them over to his desk and shows them. Jim Adams spends part of• his off hours scaling, carving, grade white pine. ,,"T~e . harde.~t expensive hobby also. Jim estiand putting together exact part Is the rigging, Jim says. I mates he has about $2,000 invested . . have to steal my wife's tweezers in carving tools and other precimodels of famous sailing. t o t'1e some of th e fi n Is hi n.,,,, k no... vrephca .. sion jewelers Instruments. 1 es~e s. . . . .. and to do some of the more JnSince the bulk of the work ls Jm~ says it ts no~ very d1ft1cult tricate work." Jim usually worka done at sea, in order to keep the to build a !11odel ship, but stres~es on a scale of one-sixteenth or one- re(1Tlcas from being damaged !hat there is, no use in even ~rymg thirty-second of an Inch to one when the ship Is riding a high sea, 1t if yo_u don t have much pat~ence. foot for most of his models. Jim fasteM the hull of the model And Jim has . plenty of patience, Finding the blueprints in the he ls working on to a plate by because since he started building th em as a child many years ago. first place is a burdensome chore. means of two .screws through the In fact he has built more ships Sometimes it requfres much c?r- plate into the bottom of the hull. than he can remember. respondence and a long waitmg Then the plate ls easily clamped to . · · r f th · I time until he can find the right the desk Jn his room. This way It J 1m is scorn u 1 o e vanous t t b · source for the prints and purchase ls also quite easy to remove. . k' t h 1 l d 1 mo e s P s P~ ou Y various th Then comes the task of Jim was building model sailing e~ . . companies, labeltng the m as .. ama t eur. .. •·Th ey d on 't 11ave a scaling the blueprmts down to ships long before he went to sea in 1938, and has seen no reason real challenge in them," he says. size. Jim goes about it in a different Jim stressed the point that he to quit so far. He joined the SIU way. First, he locates the blue- built the models only as a hobby. in 1943, and has recently been prints for the vessel he intends to "There are more manhour's put sailing as bosun. His last ship was build. scales them down to a con- into the models than they are the Flomar (Calmar) and he paid venient size, and then spends really worth," he says. "The only off in New York. As soon as he many arduous hours carving and reason I build them is as a hobby catches another ship, he will be headed back to hl1 home on the shapin.g the basic hull design, the and for show pieces." fi gureh ead. and the other intricate And it can sometimes be a very West Coast. scroll work and details of the old- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - time s ailing vessels. Time Out On The Arlzpa Jim hC1 s models he has built in hi.s home in Tacoma, Wash., of such famous sailing ships as the Constitution and the Bounty, as well as other sailing vessels, fishing boats. schooners. tug boats and barks. ''I have stuck pretty much to sailing vesscls in the past," he· reports, " but one of these days I'm going to get the blueprints for a mod e rn ship and build a model of it." Since Jim has never sailed a r•:1Ss·enger liner, he wants to build a model cargo vessel. Also, the more detail, the better Jim likes it. "I go for the fine detail," he statE"s. "All the equipment on the cargo ship should make some interesting work." Since Jim does most of his shipbuilding while at sea, most of the crew gels a chance to see the model s under construction, and they always draw some kind of C'>mment from the crewmembers. "I don't .see where you get th.e patience to do all that small work," is a typical comment. Also admiration is evidenced by crewTwo Seafarers of the galley gang aboard the AriqNll (Watermembers who feel they have little talent for such type labors. "I man I take some time off from their cook.ing duties In the sure wish I could do something galley to relax for a chat and to pose for the camera. Piclike that," they say. • tured above on the left is ·florenc:lo (Chop Chop) Suarez. Jim builds the hulls of his pantryman aboard the Arixpa who ls receiving some of the models from balsa wood, and the finer points of being a steward from Cleveland Wolfe, who masts, spars, and other wooden parts are constructed from a good was the steward aboard the Ariipa. SANTOR• (Yenor• Tnn1POrt8ffon), Au1uat t - Chelrmen, '· lllvedull., secretary, c. Wrt1ht. Brother Ed· ward MoNemer WH elected to 99rve H abJp'a deletate. No beefa were reported b)' department deletatea. Patrolman to aee about fau In room•. HASTIN•I <Wate~ Autult I -Ch1lrm1n, e. Ll1h ' lecret1ry, '•hn •· Well1. A new tblp'• del• •ate WH elected. Crewmeanbers r.que.ted to keep meiuoom and panb7 clean. No beef1 reporte.d ' b)' depariment deletatH. BITHFLOR (Bethlehem · lteel), AU• gust 16-Chelrmen, None1 . lecretery, JamH Johnson. No beef• reported by department delegates. Everything l• running smoothly, Motion made to have three fans put In rooma where there are three men llvlnt. Also to have larger fan• placed In meuhalls. Crewmembers would like patrolman to see captain about putting out larger draw. FAIRLAND (IH • Lend), 'uly , _ Chairmen, Peter A., Seran,1 SIC,.. tary, Joseph Moody. Brother Peter Serano waa elected to serve aa new ship's dele&ate. No beef• were r• ported by department dele1ate1. Steward requested that all cot• be taken In off deck when not bel.ns used. Vote of thanks to the steward department and special thank• to the baker. TADDEI VICTORY (Consolldeted Mulnersl, 'uly IS-Chairman, George Alexend•'1 Secretary, R. Ferebee. Some disputed OT froln laat payoff In engine department. Motion m~d• LONGVl•W VICTORY (Victor'( Carriers), July 26-Chalrman, Carl Lew· 1on1 Secretary, R. w. l'errendlr. Mott of the repair• have been completed. Crew reque•ted to keep llbrar)' locked while In port. No beefs were reported. . I DEL VALLI <Delta), August 9Chalrman, Joseph N. McLaran1 Seer• tery, Zee Young. Disputed CYl' reported In deck and engine depart: ments. Motion was made to have three sinks In pantry; two for dlshe1 and one for food . Ship needs fumigation for roaches. that the company provide Individual dust respirators to all handa doing hold cleaning or other work Involving heavy dust. Motion made to have Ice machine Installed on the ship, NORBERTO C:APAY (Libert'( Nevi• getlonl, August 16-Chelrmen, None1 Secretary, None. 110.10 In ship 1 fund. No beef• reported by depart· ment delegate. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department. 0 PENN EXPORTER <Penn Shipping>, August 14-,Chelrman, None1 Secre· tery, Z. A. Markrls. Everythlng's ls going along smoothly with no beefs. Vote of thanks to former ship's dele· gate. Charles Scott. for a Job well done. Brother. Wesley Leonard was elected to serve as new ship's dele· gate for this trip. Motion 111ade to see patrolman about having air con· ditloner Installed in messhnll. Vote of thanks to the sleward department for a job well dolfe. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), August 19-Cl)alrman, Edward . Morrl11 Secre· tar'(, CherlH E. Turner. Few hours disputed OT In deck department. Brother Mercer resigned as ship's delegate and Brother George Pierre was elected to sene In his place. Vote of thanks to the steward de· partment for a Job well done. DEL SUD <Delta), June 7-Chalr· man, H. Crsne; Secretary, E. Rihn. Brother Deale was elected to serve as ship's delegate. S223.43 In ship's fund and $36.70 In movie fund . No beefs reported by department dele· gates. Discussion about getting wash· ers and dryers for crew. . ' DEL SOL (Delta), August 2-Chalrman, L. J. 8olllnger1 Secretary, R. E. Stough, Jr. S30.00 Jn ship's fund . •Brother Tom Saunders was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Suggestion made to try and keep peddlers and other shoreslde people out of crew's quarters in foreign ports. No beef1 r,eported by department delegates. RIDGEFIELD VICTORY (Columgle), July 29-Chalrman, Wm. H. Thomp. 1on1 Secretary, R. Shermari. No beef1 and no disputed CYl' reported. TAM A R A GUILDEN <Transport Commerclal), August 2-Chalrmen, F. I'. Reid; Secretary, R. Vllorla. S12.35 In ship's fund. Captain agreed to have ship sprayed for roaches. Matter of Cadets doing unlicensed men'• work to be discussed with patrolman. ·Vote of thanks to the steward de· partment for eo.od food. .•NORTHWESTERN VICTQRY <Vic· tory Carriers), August t-Chelrman, D. DISeh Secretery, - • d w a rd '· Wright. S3.71 In ship'• fund. No . beef• reported. Motion made to have clock Installed In crew'• lounge. LOS ANGEi.ES <See-Land>, July JI -Chairman Torsten Lundkvlst; Seer• tary, Al Whitmer. Brother John Mc· Hale wa• elected to serve as ship'• delegate. $2.42 In ship's fund . Beef In deck department conce1·nln11 delayed 1alllng In Long Beach, California, and beef about chipping after 8:00 P.M. near quarters. CHILORI! <Venore>, June 21-Chalrmen, F. J. Smith; Secretery, Steve Kollne. Ship's ~legate reported that everything is running smoothly. Crew requested to keep natives out of the passageways when in port. Brother F. J, Smith was elected to serve a• new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was extended lo all delegates. RAPHAEL SEMMES CSH· LandJ, July 21-Chalrmen, H. Waller1 Secr.tery, Guy Welter. S7.22 In ship's fund. Donations accepted. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Brother Angelo Romero was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Discus· sion about keeping dec:'ks clean around the gangways. EAGLE VOYAGER (United Merl· time>, August 1.,_:..chairman, V. Gen· co; Secretary, None. Ship to pay orf In Norfolk. Repairs and painting will be done as soon as possible. Few hours disputed OT in each depart· ment. Patrolman to he conlacted about u n sa f e working conditions: Vote of thanks to th e ste ward de· pa1·tmenl. STEEL ADVOCATE Clsthmianl, Au· gust 9 - Chairman, Walter Nash1 Secretary, A. Case. Brolhe1· Walter Nash was elected to serve as ship'• delegate. No beers were reported. One m a n hospitalized In Panama Canal and one in Honolulu . One man paid off , In New Orleans. FLORIDA !Everglades), August 9Chalrman, Luther Roberts; Secretary, Alfred Kastenhuber. Brother Ton )' Dominguez was elected to serve a• ship's delegate. Discussion on shortage ot milk. This matter to be taken up with patrolman. 8 E L 0 I T VICTORY (Marine Menagersl, July 12 - Ch..irman, H. M. Karlsen/ Secretary, A. W. Morales. Second electrician was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beef• were reported by department dele· gates. One man was hospitalized In Yokohama. • Discussion on keeping recreation room clean. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), 'uly 24-Chalrman, J. Morrl11 Seer• tery, C. Gerner. Ship's delegate re· 'ported th a t everything Is runnlnt smoothly. Some disputed OT wlll be taken up with boarding patrolman. Vote ot thanks extended to the stew· ard department. PENN JAILOR (Penn Shipping), August I-Chairmen, Herbert Gr•YI Secretary, John P. Belldey. Some disputed OT Jn each depal'lment. Everything else la. 1·unnlng smoothl)'. I Says SIU Son Sets Example To the Editor: ~ what is happening to seamen all over the world, even if I do live on a farm, far away frotn the nearest port. Your paper ls one of the best I've ever read. Keep up the good work, and maybe someday I can tell all my friends that my family 11 100 percent SIU. Mrs. Pauline Johansen will be able to answer everyone personally, so I am taking this oppportunlty to e~press my gratitude to ·them through the LOG. The grief and ooncern, ex-. I just got a copy of the LOG from my son, Carl Amundsen, Jr., and I really think its a great paper. Carl ships out of the SIU hall in Hou$ton, and I am very proud to know that he is a ;t. ;t. ;t. member of such a fine Union. My greatest hope is that my Condolences husband, who has been sailing . for eigh.t years, would follow Bring Thanks · All letten to the EditOT: for Carl's example and take out an To the Editor: publication in the SEAF A}lERS SIU card. When the SIU was I would like to express my LOG must. be signed by the conducting an organizing drive deepest appreciation for the writer. Names will be withhe.ld. · in Port Arthur, we let them use countless . expressions of sym- upon request. .' our Hi Hat Bar to meet seamen. pathy and kindness which I - - - - - - - - - - . . . . , . . . - There are four sisters in my have received from SIU mempres·s ed by those he knew and family, but I .am the only one bers and officials after the reworked· with in the more tqan who knows what the SIU stands cent death of my husband, 25 years he was in the Union·, for, and I'm willing to go out Howard Guinier. Justifies his faith in the SIU of my way at· any time to help SIU membe.rs f<rom aU over and its membership .. I am grate- . have written hundreds · of let- fu.l for this wonderfwl tribute. to it out. .: ters to tell me of their sense. Howard by .qfs br~thers 9f the . I hope .I can keep getting of Joss at How.ard':; µassing. It sea. copies o~ y,9ur · newspaper. I .,, really do love : to keep up with seems impossible tha·t I . ~ver, ~adel,Jle puinier. '· ~ ol ; ' were paid recently and in the p·ast, and for the Welfare checks which came through every month while I was laid up last To the Editor: summer and the past. spring. I am writing this letter to tell I would like to give my speall the SIU members how much cial thanks to the SIU officials I owe to the Delta Steamship Lines and e•.,eryone connecte<l 'Jn Norfolk for their time and with the SIU for helping me help Jn the face of .my difficullocate my father, C. W. Gabriel. ties. I am proud. to belong to He has been a member of your· ·an organization such aa the SIU. Sammy C. C~eef. w on d er f u 1 organization for many years, and, through the ef;t. ;t. ;t. forts . of the Union, we were re:. unil~d afler '* period of sixteen years. Thank you · again for , Welfare Benefits your kindness and your help . . Aid SIU Widow Nancy Elizabeth Gabriel Deason To tlae Editor: I want to thank the SIU ;t. ;\;. ;t. the· death benefit I received- for Welfare··Plan Gets my husband Renne Alburius Purainen. . Ray was sent to the · . 1ghest Praise · .Hospital in 1963 and spent s·o~e To the Editor: · time there. I and his two 'brothI w(mld l.ike to express ..mY ers will miss him, and we th11nk sincere. appreciation to the Sea- · ihe Union for the sympathy they , farers .W elfare Plan for thl' hu:e . ex~ended to us in . our. prompt and courteous way all grief. ' the do~tor .and . hos~ita(.J~ills . .· ... Mrs. Viena rar~in~.• ' Father Located Through SIU for H•' . . 1 �Page :'hrenf)'-One He Or She?·Seafar.ers Seek Source ·Of Ships' Femininity .. . ' It is the habit and the custom of Seafarers to refer to .their ships as "she'' or "her." Sometimes, when especially good memories are associated with a particular ship, the vessel is .referred to as "that grand old girl"; ~nd when tl;le merpories are not .so go<;?d, th~ terms used to describe the ship, ,, . ,. while not printable, are al- had ·b een aroused and some re- love, such as •given by a mother, ways in the feminine gender. search was iri'Cfrder. They discov- or wife." Last week, Seafarers J. D. Reyes and Edward Bogguess ,w ere chatting i~ the New .York hall when the subject turned to the question of: ·Why a ship is always mentioned in the feminine sense? A fe w opinions were immediately presented.. Boggues,, who sails in the deck department as d ayman, said that it was because of the similarity in the tempera- Bogguess Reyes ments of women and ships. They are both the "most perverse, well cared for, demanding objects in the world.' Women and ships are so much alike, it is only natural to associate them in this manner, he .s aid. Other seafarers offered to the dis,cussion that ships matched the . diffe~ent moods ·of women. "One minute they erupt into action, one remarked; while another said that "you dress a woman up to show her off, and you do the same for a ship." B.ut by this time their curiosity ered that the question had been asked of newspaper editors all over the U.S. and the answers that came back were start~lng. Especially when evidence was produced to show that a · ship has not Always been referred to · in feminine terms. Here are some of the answers the editors received: - Some--.of the reasons for calling a yessel a "she" is based on her "dressings," common female apparel, ·that a ship also wears. A ship has a ·w aist (amidship section); bonnets (the engine cover on/ a boat or added strips of canvas on a saill ;. laces (rigsing fastenings>; stays (ropes); combing (the edge of a hatch) jewels (small blocks on signal yard); and earrings (short pieces . of sail rope). So~ebody said it was because of the great deal of "bustle" around · a large vessel and that while in port, the agent handling her business Is called a "husband." One captain said the feminine was added because of the sails. The sails represented the vessel as dressed like a woman. A student with a mother complex felt the reason was that while at sea, the sailor · felt his ship was the "woman . . . the seaman . . . saw her as home; He found in her ·h is protection and the representation of female' warmtp and :Y·o ur Gear • •• • for ship • • • for shore Whatever you need, in work or dress .gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top quality gear at ·substantial savings by buying at your Union-owned and Unionoper.a ted Sea .Chest store. ,• 'I... ' • • "Sp'ort Coats. . Slacks Dress Shoes · Worlc Shoes Socks .. ·: Dungarees f risko Jeens C~P .~hirts Dress Shirts . Sporf. Shirts ,' Belts Khakis Ties · Sweat Shirts T~Shiris .. Shorts Brie~s . . . . , Swim .Trunl<I. Sweaters ·' Sou'wester• Raingear Caps Writing Materlol1 Toiletries Electric Shover1 Radios Telev·ision J~·w,lry ·. cC.merQs luggage . SEACHEST . ,, the.. · A Texan felt It ·was because, "'first, there is always a· gang of men arou~d her, second,, it takes a lot of paint to keep her looking good, and third, she's cranky unpredictable; and hard to get . along ·w ~th. Those are three v D u ,A L (IUW•MHh Junt . 27- . gate1. Some d1'5Puted OT In • deck Ch•lrm•n, Troy l•v.11•1 lecretuy, I. department. Ship badly in need of Nooney. Shlp'1 deJeg•te religned •nd fumigation. Vote of tha n ks ex tended WH 11ven a vote of thanks. Brother to the ship's delega te and t he stew· .I. Jf. Bry•nt WH elected to 1erve ard depar tment . In hl1 place. No beef1 were reported by department delegates. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian ), Ma y 11 -Chairman, W. M. Hand; Secretary, . Robin Hood <Robin l,lne> July W. L. Hammock. Brot her Ya tes was 30 - Ch•lrman, R. L. 0 1Brlen1 elected t o ser ve as ship' s delegate. lec r:etery, c. c. Sypher. 142.23 in $41.00 In ship's fu nd. Ship sa il e d ehlp's fund . Ship's de legate r e ported s hort one AB fr om New Yor k. No no beefs and e xtended a vote of beefs were reported by d c partm '.!nt thanks to all h and s for t heir cooperadelega tes. tion . Vote of tha nks was e xtende d to the lteward department. Water from PENN TRADER <Penn Shippi ng), domestic tanks la II.ill very rusty. August I - Chairman, Artli ur BendPoor mall delivery .liY the compa n y. heim; Secretary, Da vid E. Edward~. ANTINOUS <Waterman), August 2 Ma jority of repairs have bee n completed a nd the r est will be don e d u r -Chairman, J:. Paskowski1 Secretary, ing voyage. No beefs we r e r c nort.e d. Ship's delegate r esigned a n d Br oth er A rt h u r Bendhe im w a~ f'fe ct ed t o serve. $4.45 in ship's fu nd . 0 and good r easons." : Yet, with all this evidence to the feminine side, the masculine points must be brought up. Some of the facts supporting the 'He' argument · include the fact that: The prows of ancient Egyptian and Phoenician ships were decorated with male ahimals, not femfoine f I g u re h e a d s. The word "ship" is mascttllne in gender f'n trench, Italian; ·Spanish and Portugese. The word has no sex' "in the Teutonic languages, German, and English. During the 17th and -18th centuries. ·vessels ·. were called "manof-wars," Merchantmen, Indiamen, and the Uke. -· And to make the masculine side more convincfog, consider this evidence: An account of the Battle of Agincourt, written in 1426, includes the line, "Every ship wayed his anker.i• A treatise · published 150 years later stated ' tha·i, "in a shyppe, tne rudder ought to be no Jesse tha.n may suffis~ to· direct hys course." . · Most . men who sail the great ships,· ~gree, however, tbat it could only be referred to as a women. "They're tempermental, unpredictable, · hard to keep up, hard to live with, and we can't do without them," just about sums it up. LOG-A-RHYTHM: FANWOOD CWaterma n l, August 2 -Chairman, Karl A. Hellman; Secre· tary, Sidney A. Garner. Br other Rob· ert Statham wa s ele ct ed to serve as ship 's delegate . No beers a nd no disput ed OT reported . Vote of t ha nks to the s te ward a nd e n tire stewa rd department for a job well done . . ' F. White. $2.40 1n 1hip'1 fund . Brother Steve Thayer was elected to serve as shlp'1 delegate. Former ship's delegate, Brother C. Mehl, was extended a vote of thanks. No beefs reported by department delegate1. YORKMAR (Calmar>. August 2Chalrman, Cliff' Bellany; Secretary, CharlH L. Fishel. Brother James Corder was elected to serve as ship's de1e·11ate. No beets reported. Vote of thanks extended .to the steward depa.rtment. WIL'J'ON IMarine Carriers), August 2-Ch•irm•n, J. Nicholson; Secretary, V. Hudlng. Ship's deleaate reported that the draw will be made Jn traveler' s · checks. ' Tlie' · master will Issue a slip to each man for the benefit of unemployment should this ship be sold. There will also be statements of wages and OT Issued to each man before -leaving Japan. Department delegates reported that everything Is running smoothly. Vote of thanks w~s extended to the chief steward and his men for good service and fine meals. · viCTORY (Victory CuMANKATO rlers), June 2'--Ch•lrman, . R. F. Ran1ome1 Secretary, B. Slald. No beef1 were reported by de11artment dele- ALCOA RUNNER CAlcoal, July 21Chairman, J am es W. Barnett; Secretary, C. E. Turner. Brother Mercer was elected to serve as sh ip 's delegate. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Motion made to ask captain to post new li st of prices for slop chest items. Ship's delegate to see patrolm a n about having ship fumigated . Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job welJ done. SEAMAR (Calmar), April 26-Chair· man, L. Barch; Secretary, T . A. Jack· son. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Br other L. Ba rch was elected to serve as sh ip's . d elegate. Each m a n request ed to donate Sl.00 towards cost of TV repa ir. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY <Sea· train), August 31-Chairman, F. Bonefont/ Secretary, E. Bonefont. Ship'• delegate repor ted tha t e very trung Is running fine. No beefs were reported by department delegates, Few hours disputed OT to be taken up with boarding patrolman. _ PUERTO RICO <Motorshlps Inc.), August 27 - Chairman, Dimas Men· do:ra; Secretary, A. Aragones. Brother Richard Delaney was elected to serve as new ship's delegate . It was suggested that crewmembers donate at least ilfty cent1 to the ship's fund. Seafarers Lauds USPHS Hospital As World's Best NEW Y9RK-The United States Public Health Service Hospital in.Staten Island, has been receiving some high praise lately, particularly from Seafarer Phil Frank, who is pr-esently an out-patient at the• hospital. American and to live in a democ- seaf arer F ran k racy," he said. "This is the greatent ere d t h e est country in the world and m y greatest hope is that it will continue to grow and prosper. I am very proud to pay taxes in this country. This is my contribution fo the country that has done so as the fin.e st he has ever been in. much for me." "I have been in different hospiGroups with vested interests h ave By Henri P~rcikow tals throughout the wor ld," he said, recently been applying pressure in C ongr.ess in an effort to put an Must I keep si.lent walking among "and that 1 n c 1 u d es two other _ USPHS hospital · end fo the issuance of fit-for-duty . young men slips by US Public Health Service Who through the season s have facilitiE!s, · and· I Hospitals. Although plans to dro.p found· t hat the · been driven USPHS hospitals the service have been postpon ed, On to Calvary to be crucifiedwere head and the SIU is en gaged in bl ocking the For whom, for what? shoulders <!bove . efforts of "selfish parties" tha t them all." would ·· eliminate this" important How can I"kelip si lent w hen tr eadF r a n k comfuncti on th at the USPHS hospitals i ng on dew dr ops mended the hosprovide for seamen. A m ong fields streuJ.n wit h w hite The SIU has traditionally foug ht pital staff for its crosses Frank any attempt to alter, 'modify, 0 1· kindness in treatThat t ell of youth: c-Ut 'down Ing the patients . reduce the services per forri1ed by ,Of st ill-born dr earns ana f<Jith and. he .said that ·" it. did more- for ·the ·USPHS in the be.s t inter : s'. s dissolved~ me than any medicine in the world of Ameri can seamen . Pcriodicall.v. For w hom , fo~ what? · could do." . He paid a special trib- attempts are made to curtail servute to the doctors that treated · ices that are essential to the wellHow can I stroll throitgh lover's him. "They .were kind and con- being ·-of Seafarers and oth er ·lane · ... siderate to me· at "all times" Frank American seamen, and the un ion and be deaf to the whispering said. ' has ·kept up a running fi ght in vows . of love . ., · · opposition to such moves. Lauds DoctOrs That nc;he to genninat e lif e·~~\l~~~]~~*=~~~~~~'ti~~~~~i~~,~~n~~~:~~~~-::1~~~~:.~:~~)~~~l~n:~\~:i~*=~~~:~:~ For whom, f.or what? Seafarer Frank lauded the un- . How . can I wat~h silet1tlY th<? un- flaggi ng foyaity .. of the doc.t ors Sign Name On fledged . toward their duties. He ci t~d an That live ~je c te d and Jnstance where a SUP member brutalized. wpo was p~tient ' a't the hospital For obvious. reasons the LOG Pray for tom~rpw's death-: suffer.e d a sudde!l heart. attack. The , cannot print any letters. or For whom,_ for what? cloctors at the hospital rushed from other communications sent m their meal to treat the ailing pa- tiy Seafarers unless t i1e aut hor How can I re1ruiin silent Un signed tient and with the aid of heart ~ig11s his n ~ m e. When '31our childreti, my mass~ge save_d his life. l]¢ortu- . anonyinuus letters will 'only . chi.ldr ert - . - . wind up in the waste-tlasket. pately ~~ die<,I s.everal days later. Clustered. on · tii'e tree of life .. Seafarer Frank is a natura.Jized If · circµ.!Dstances justif}'.. the ~itii~n ot the United States ha~ing LOG . will' withhold a signaturP .Mav be 9a,th.e red and con· .. sumedcome to this co\intry from ·Lithu- on .request. . For whom, fen what? ania. -"I am very proud to be an ~~..,~~~~~~~~,..~<;.~1~~fil<fil~'@j ·Must I Keep Silent hospital on June 15 to have some . surgery performed and since : his release to an out-patient status he has been praising the hospital a LOG l.etters �IV ARR:EVA:LS DBPARTURB owing SIU families have received maternity b lus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's James Paul Barnette, Jr., born March 31, 1964, to the Jame1 P. Barnettes. New Orleans, La. t ;\:. t James William Anderson. born June 21, 1964, to the William T. Andersons, Broomall, Pa. t t t Mary Lou AszteborskJ, b o r n June 3, 1964, to the Wladyslaw Aszteborskis, Erie, Pa. t orn February Miriam :rado~ bo7n July 10, rles LaTours, 1964, to the Victor Prados, Flush;t. ing, New York. I ~ern~, orn June 11, Melody L;nn born May Lopers, Jr. , 30, 1964, to the Harold G. Werns', Milwaukee, Wisc. ;\; ;\; t ;\:. Rebecca Ayala, born February 27, 1964, to the Jes us Ayalas, Bronx, New York. ;t. ;\; ;\; June 3 , Thomas Le Maire, born July 16, Schultzs, 1964, to the George T. Le Maires, Elkridge, Md. thard, born The deaths of the foil owing Se· he John E. to the Seafarers W elfarc Plan (any Park, New of claims is normally due to late card or necessary litigation for th Theodore Edward Shupick, 59: Brother Shupick died April 29, 1964, In the St. Marys Hospital, dwards and Supreme, Wisc., ards, born the victim of a e David E. liver ailment. He ,barn a. was a member of the SIU Great L a k e s District, sailing in the galley department. He is survived by hi§ sister, Mrs. Linda Randolph. Burial was .in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. , boon July . Herberts, ;\; ;\; t Harold Lee Smith, 40: Brother Smith died Nov. 14, 1963, of natural causes while in the Hancock General Hospital, Bay St. Louis, Miss. After joining the IBU in 1957, he sailed in both the d e c k and stewart departments. He is survived by his brother R. V. Smith, Jr. Burial waa in the Bethlehem Cemetery, Notasulga, Ala. ;t. ;\; ;\; Frank Jacob Sutliff. 66: Brother Sutliff died Dec. 4, 1963, in the Pelham Bay GenJuly 25, eral H o s p i t a l , Reeves', Bronx, N.Y., of natural causes. He joined the SIU as a member of the RMR in 1960, and sailed as a deckhand. He is surviv~d by his wife, Mrs, Elizabeth Sutliff. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. t ;\; t Lloyd Perry Sheffield. 50: Brother Sheffield died Aug, 26, 1964, In the Me m or i a 1 Hospital at Sarasota, Fla., of a Myocardial Infarction. He sailed in the Engine Department after joining the U n i o n in Dec., 1938, in Tampa, Fla. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Isabelle L. Sheffield. Burial was in the Manasota Memor ial Park Ceme1 tery, Manatee County. Fla. �rq•' Twenty-Two ·' ~ ' ' Jf A. P A. R ·Jf R S £00 land Thelma Rudd, bl'orrest Patrick Cryderman, born 1964, to the Williay 28, 1964, to the Forest CryderHouston, Texas. ms, Sault Ste, Marie, Mich. t t t Linda Long, born Joe Alan Shell, born June 27, to the Horace C. Lo~4, to the Joe Shells, Jr.• Houscisco, Calif. ' 1, Texas. t ;\:. t ;\". ;\". Margot Reyna , b::arrie Rhea Toups, born June 1964, to the Ruben 1964, to the John H. ['oups', veston , Tex::_s. >ine, Pass, Texas. ~ t . • NIONiALLS All of the folenefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, Jll&me: ;\:. mrector · or 1 •1£ s t ~~ptember 4 ··leu ;\". ;\". t Kenn eth LaTour, b.rngene Emil Milanes I , born 18, 1964. to the Cha1e 30, 1964, to the Eugene MllNew Orl eans. La. t t ~sis, Brooklyn, N.Y. Jacqueline Loper~ 1ary Sut!.lan.t. bo~ March 22, 1964: to the Collie 4, to the Raymond Suterlands, Mobile , Alabama. :y, Ind. ;t. t ;\". ;\; ;\". ~ Claudette <?rr, bornlichael Earl Longfellow, July 3, to the Charlie Orrs, 4, to the Maxwell E. Longbama. t t ows. Houston , Texas. ;\:. ;\:. ;\:. Edward Shultz, . bceannie Marie Salls, born Febru1~6~, to .t he Loms 29, 1964, to the Erwin C. Tiffin , OhJO-i, t .s', Jacksonville, Fla. Jeffrey Joseph Soi f h h d June 24 , 1964 , to 1, arers ave ee.n reporte southards Edgewater apparent delay 1n payment Jersey. ' filing, lack of beneficiary t t ! disposition of estates) t William Fox, born J to the warren F. Fox'1omas W. Carmlch.ael, Sr., 43: Md ther Carmlchael died July 20, · t t 1963, of accidental causes in the Katheryn Reenee 1 · Middleton HospiKenneth Andre Ed tal, Middleton, June 28 1964 to t ,,,;:H',,....,,. Ohio. After joinEdward s:, Mobile, Ala{fi·i' ing the Union in ;t ;t ;~\ ; 1956, he sailed Michael Todd Kni>'' in the deck deJuly 4, 1964, to the ~· partment. He ls Knlghtens, Paducah, l survived ey ;t ;t ~ . Thomas W. CarJenny Sue Penton, 1 1 Jr., son, and Barbara 18, 1964, to the Leon ~e 't daughter. Burial was Jn 1 Harahan , La. d ~dr ' Cemetery, Middleton, ;\; ;\; ~ SI e David John Hebert· 22, 1964, to the Paul l ;\". i ;\:. Ne w Orleans, La. !ec Raymond Clary, 58: Brother t t '1y died of natural causes on Chirstopher Alan . 2, 1963, . July 20. 1964, to thee enroute to •'-"""'""""'!!'! Pooles, Texas City, Tc h 0 9 pit a I. t t -;\ng the Union Cheryl Gibbs, born J 953 Brother to the Siegfried Gibb~ ~ailed in New Jersey. deck depart;\; t -;\ u n t 11 hi! Annette Cambroner'h He is sur24, 1964, to the Isai<li .by his wife, Cla Y eros, New Orleans, La. S t ;'t ,, ue , r . . R b, J:was buried in Beda Cemetery, El mor o11 , orn ~ to the Joseph Rolls, N A 1a. ;\:. ;\:. ;\:. La. ;t ;\; ~onard Davis, 53: Brother Davis L 1sa Ann Reeves, be June ~. 1964, in the Sinai 1964, to the William Hospital, BaltiMobile , Ala. more, Md., of t ;'t heart disease. He Glen James, Jr., b 9 ailed in the 1964, to the Glen Jam steward departleans, La. ment after joint t ing the SIU In John Bruno Kakrlge 1948. He is sur19, 1964, to the Joh1} vived by his wife, Phila, Pa. . Mrs. EI v 1 r a C. t t 0 Davis. Burial was Richard Kelsey, 'b ~t. Auburn Cemetery, Balti1964, to the Tom E. K. Md City, Calif. " . ;t i ~ ~ '--' Nancy Grim, born Mlquln C. Bamio, 50: Brother to the Vincent G . Giio died Dec. 6, 1963, Jn HousTexas, of City, New Jersey. t ;t ;\ heart disOtto Steven Marj After jolnOctober 25, 1963, to Uhe Union in Martinezs, New Orlean, he sailed ;\:. t ;\'he deck deApril Scardis, born Jnent. He is to the John R. Scar\ved by his City, New Jersey. Doris F. ;t. ;\". ;tio. Place of Michael Stephen Wli a 1 was in June 17, 1964, to tt Park Cemetery, Wazalis', Hilltop, New s. SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters PRESIDENT Paul H all EXECUTIVE VICE·PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard L indsey WlllJam1 Al Tanner Robert Matthew• SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE .. . .. .. 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent ..... . . . EAstern 7.4900 BOSTON ............ . : . . . . . 276 State St. Ed Rlley, A gent . . .. ... Richmond 2·0140 DETROI'l ....... 10223 W. Jeffers on Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS .... 6711 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacinth 9·6600 HOUSTON .... .. . . ...... . . 5804 C anal St. Paul Drozak, Agent . . .. . . W Alnut 8·3207 JACKSONVILLE . 260S Pearl St., SE., Jax Wllllam Morris, Agent . . . . . ELgln 3-0987 MIAl\U .. ....... .. . .. .. 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales, Agent .. . . FRanklln 7-31164 MOBILE .. . . . .. .. . 1 South Lawrence St. Loul1 Neira, Agent . .. .. . HEmlock 2-17114 NEW ORLEANS . . ... .. 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephen1, Agent . . . . . . Tel. 529·7546 NEW YORK ..• . .. 675 4th Ave .. Brooklyn HYa cinth 9·6600 NORFOLK . . . .. . . . . ... . . . . . . . 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Actlni A gent . . 622-1892 PHILADELPIUA . . .. ... . 2604 S. 4th St. Frank Drozak, Agent . . . . . . DEwey 6·3818 SAN FRANCISCO .. .. . . . 450 Harrison St. Paul Gonsorchlk, Agent . . DOuglas 2-4401 E. B. l\fcAuley , West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR . . 1313 Fernandez Juncos Slop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. . .. . Phone 724·2843 SEATTLE .. .. . . . . . .. . . .. ... 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowskl, Agent . . .. . . l\1Ain 3.4334 TAMPA . . . . ...... . . .. .. 312 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette, Agent .... . . . . . . . . . 229·2788 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent .. .. TErminal 4·2528 Great Lakes GREAT LAKES TUG & DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIBECTOR Robert Jone1 Dredge Work.rt Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon· · BUFFALO . . . . .. . .. . . . 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur Miller, Agent . .. .. . .. . . TR 11-1~38 CIIlCAGO . . . . .. . . ..... . 2300 N. Kimball Trygve Varden, Agent . . . . ALbany 2·1154 CLEVELAND .. .. . . .. .. . 14?.0 '{, '.!5th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent ... .. . . . . . . . . 621·5450 DETROIT . . . .. .. . . . . . . 1570 Lib erty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Erne st Demerse, A ge nt ..... . .. DU 2·7604 DULUTH . .. . . . . .. . . . . 312 W . Second St. Norman Jolicoeur, Age nt RAndolph1·6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address m a ll to Brimley, Mich . Wa yne Weston, Age nt . . BRlmley 114-R 5 TOLEDO . ... . . ..... . . . .. . 423 Central St. CH 2·7751 Tug Firemen, linemen, Oilers & Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, O. , . . . 1644 W. Third St. John Mero, Agent . . .•.. WOodman 4·8532 BUFFALO . ... . . . . . .. .. •. 18 Portland St. Tom Burns, Agent . . . ... . . . ... TA 3-7095 CJDCAGO . . .. . .. . 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Allleck, Agent . . ... Essex 5·9570 CLEVELAND . .. . . . . . ... 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns, Pro-Tern A gent MA 1·5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO ... .. 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin , A gent ..... . Sout h ga te, Mich. AVenue 4:0071 DULUTH . . . . . . . ..... ... .. . .. Box No . 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent .. .... EXport 8·3024 LORAIN, 0. . .. . ... . . . 118 E . Parish St. Sa ndusky, Ohio Harold Ruthsatz, Agent .... MAln 6·4573 MILWAUKEE .. . . 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent .. SHerman 4·66411 SAULT STE. MARJE .. . . 1086 Maple St. Wm. J . Lackey, Age nt .. MEirose 2-8847 SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. F a rnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Rivers Section Roy Boudrea u ST. LOUIS. MO . . . . . .. . .... . 805 Del Mar ALPENA .. . ........... . . . . 127 River St. L. J . Colvls, Agent . . . . .. .. . . . CE 1-1434 EL. 4·3616 PORT ARTHUR, Tex . ..... . 1348 7th St. BUFFALO, NY • ••• • , •.. . 735 Washington Arthur Bendheim, Agent TL 3·9259 CHICAGO . .. ..•• , • , .•. . 9383 Ewi ng Ave. RAILWAY MARINE REGION So. Chicago, W. SA g inaw 1·0733 CLEVELAND ..••••.. 1420 W est 25th St. HEADQUARTERS . .. . 99 Montgomery St. HEnderson 3·0104 MAln 1·5450 Jersey City 2, NJ REGIONAL DIRECTOR DULUTH .. .. ........ .. . .. 312 W . 2nd St. G. P. McGinty RAndolph 2·4110 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS FRANKFORT, Mich. . . .. .. .. 415 Main St. E . B. Pulver R. H. Avery Mall Address: P .O. Box '28'7 ELgin 7·2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W . Jeflerson Av. HALTI M OnE . .. . 1216 I!:. Baltimore :s·t. EA !<t e rn 7-4""0 River Rouge 18, Mich. VInewood 3·4741 SORFOLK . . . .. .. • • • .. . . . . 115 Third St. 622·1892·3 PHILADELPHIA .•••.. 2604 S 4th :St. NATIONAL DIRECTOR DEwey 6-3818 Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE . ..... . 1216 E . Baltimore St. BALTIMORE •••• 1216 E . Baltimore St. EAstern 7·4900 .EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 State St. BOSTON ................. . Z76 State St Richmond 2·0140 . Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 6711 4th Ave .. Brooklyn HEADQUARTERS 6711 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9·6600 HYaclnth 9·6600 HOUSTON •....... . . . . . . . . 5804 Canal St. HOUSTON ... . . .•. . . • . . . . . 5804 Canal St. W Alnut 8·3207 W Al nut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE, Jax JACKSONVILLE ..••. . 2608 Pearl St. SE ELgln 3·0987 . ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI •••••••••••••. 744 W. Flagler St. MIAMI ... . ........... 744 W . Flagler St. FRa nklln 7-3564 FRanklin 7-35114 MOBILE .......... 1 South Lawrence St. MOBILE ..•..•••••••• . 1 s . Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 .HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS ...... 630 Jackson Ave . NEW ORLEANS ..... .. 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529·7546 T e l 529-7546 NORFOLK • •••••• , • • • • • • • • 1111 Third St. NORFOLK .. . . ••••••••• . . . 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 Tel. 622-1892·3 PHILADELPHIA , •• , • • 2604 S . 4th St. PIIlLADELPHIA ••••••••. . 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6·3828 DEwey 6·3818 TAMPA •••••••••••• .. 312 Harrison St. TAMPA ... ....•••••••• . 312 Harrison St. Phone 229·2788 Tel. 229-2788 Inland Boatmen!s Union United Industrial W~rkers EVERY THREE MONTHS. If any SIU ship has no library or needs a ~ew supply of books, contact any SIU hall. YOUR s,11 SI' SHIP'S LIBRARY . . . ..__ �SE.4F.4RERS 1 .!c1ie3Ule' c;rllllll l LOG . Hake Sought ~~~~~-~~w~!.~i'! For Source Sl"·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 1n the llsted SIU porta below. All Seafarers are expecte4 w attend. Those who wish to be excused should request perml.aslon by telegram Cbe sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York ...... Septem~!.. 8 Detrol& •.....• September 11 Philadelphia .... September 8 Houston ....... September H Bait.I.more ...•.. September 9 New Orleans .. September 15 Mobile .. ...... September 16 West Coast SIU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through August, 1964 for ~e monthly i~formational meetings to be held in West Coast port.a 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 ' w"ednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Seattle WUmlndon San Francisco September 11 September H September 16 October 31 October 23 October 19 ~ Great Lakes SIU Meetings GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGI Regular membership meetings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memt er.s are scheduled each month in the various ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will Le: Detroit ........... SepL 14 Milwaukee .•. . . . ... sept. U Chicag-o .......... . Sept. 15 Buffalo .. . ......... Sept. 16 tSault Ste. Marie .. .. Sept. 17 Duluth . . .. . . . . . .. . Sept. 111 Lorain . .. . . . . .... . Sept. 18 (For meeting place, contaN HarSIU Inland Boatmen's Union old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Regular membership meetings Sandusky, Ohio). Cleveland ....•••... Sept. 18 for IBU members are scheduled Toledo ... .......... Sept. 18 each month in various ports. The Ashtabula ........._.Sept. 18 next meetings will be: (For meeting place, contact John 1 Pbllade pbia .. S"ept. 8-s PM Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, AshBaltimore (licensed and untabula, Ohio). licsnsed) . . . . Sept. 9-5 PM Houston . . . . . Sept. 14--5 PM ~ Norfolk . . . . Sept. 10-7 r~ United Industrial Workers N'Orleans ... Sept. 15-5 PM Regular membership meetings Mobile ...... Sept. 16-5 PM for UIW members are scheduled each monU. at 7 PM in various RAILWAY MARINE REGION ports. The next meetings will be: Regular membe:l'shtp meetings New York . . . . September 8 .. for Railway Marine Region-IBU Baltimore . . . . September . . 9 members are scheduled each Philadelphia . . September 8 month in . the var ious ports at 10 :f:Houston ........ . . . Sept. 14 AM and 8 PM. The next meetings Mobile . .. . ..... . .. Sept. 16 will be: New Orleans ...... . Sept. 15 Jersey City ...... . Sept. U • Meetings held at L•llor Temple, New· PblladeJ.pbia .. . . . .. Sept. 15 port,..News. ·. Baltimore ...... . . . Sept. 16 t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. •Norfolk .. .... . .... Sept. 17 i 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 beta at 2 PM. The next meetings will be: Detroit ... September 8-2 PM Alpena, Buffalo, Chica&'O, Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, September 8-7 PM Alex R. Vasquez You are requested to contact E. Burke of the Medical and Dental Service Bureau, 404 Jesse H. Jones Library Building, Houston 25, Tex., in regards fo- the . affairs of your late wife. ;t. ;t. ;t. Harry Anacista You are asked to get in touch with Ge·orge C. Warren, U.S.P.H.S. Hospital, Staten Island, New York, in regards to some gear left on the old A & J Mercury. ~ ;t. _;t. Oliver- S. Flynn You are asked to get in touch with your daughter, Mrs. ·Louis Wilhelm: 25 E. Nevada St., Glendale Heights, Glen Ellyn, Ill., by mail or phone.· She is anxious to know where you are. ;t. ;t. ;t. Bobby -Gene McMlchael Contact your Mother. and Daddy at 441 Newnia·n St., i Hattiesburg, Miss. David Meehan Your ·mother has some of your papers and would like tQ know what your mailing address is. ;t. ;t. ;t. Thomas Henry Roxy was injure~ in Houston in July, 1962 and has just gotten out of the hospital. He saw Jim in July and would like you to w.rite him care of Walter Neumannm 8340 Penelope Ave. , Middle Village, 29, N.Y. t ;t. ;t. . Antoni Wojcicki You are requested to contact John J . O'Conner, Jr., attorney, 425 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, Md. 21202, regar ding Eugene G. Senff, deceased. O'Conner will accept collect person-to-person -telephone call, MU 5--1500. Of Fish Meal All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and _ _ visits whenever possible. The following is the latest The hake, a fish that was once discarded from the net.a of comavailable list of SIU men in the hospital: mercial fishermen, has been apUSPBS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK cmcAGO, ILLINOIS pearing in thick ·new schools off E. Bishop .. A. Leo Olaf Bjerken S. Hollingsworth the northwest Pacific coast and the E. E. Buuell Chans Lin• Walter Frederick Robert McLachlan A. Calialura P. Liotta Jerry Kadlec James Roebuck Bureau of Commercial Fisheries H. Callahan Gua Lopez John Schmidt says the find could bold "tremen- C. Campbell Donald M. McCowm USPHS HOSPITAL E . Care,. G. Mihalopoulos JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA dous economic significance" for the Thomas J. Culllnson A. Minors A. C. Sproul S. L. Silcox H. Nelson production of fish protein concen- Thomas Correll C. P. Martin J. W. Morris A. Czerwinlkl. C. W. Palmer L. I!:. GIJlaln P. B. Bland trate. H. Dalley A. Pavon J. Nelson, Jr. W. T. Shierling R . Danielson J. Pereira S. E. Walton The concentrate may be used C. H. Faulklner M. Reyes USPHS HOSPITAL R. A. Reye. some day, the Bureau added, to John Fedrow NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA E. B. .nowera H. L. Rhoden W. BernseeMont McNabb, Jr. provide a rich source of protein Gladstone W. Ford Jaime R. E. Rubio Thomas Kenneth E. Blair Jayce R. Massey Fuller M. R. Santiago Gregory J . Bruno Charles C. Matthews for the underfed of the world. WoqJlfow Nata niel Garcia Antboey Scaturro James Merritt DavisPhillp C. Mendoza Work is now going on towards the H. Glotzer K. Scbopfen John D. Edwards • Henry J. Maas, Jr. Jualia Guglaa J, P . Scovel A. Fabricant Jack Oosse development of "mldwater trawl" Leroy Hanlon M. Sharpe William H. F llllnglnTheodor e Philps J . SbJben net that will be able to r ake in the C. Haymond Orio Claude FranceJames J. Redden R. Hendersoa Julio Valentin Cline S. Galbraith W. R. Simpson hake. M . Henehen Ray Wagner Carle C. Harris Charles E. Smith J.Hernandez . • P. Wagner Justin P. Hushes Finis Strickland The new net would operate at A. S. Kasslnl F. Warner Henry H. Jackson Norville Sykes mid-ocean depth. In just one ex- G. N . Kosanovlch G. Warren Willlam A. Kirby Julius C. Thompson W. Kowalczyk Jame. E. Williams F. R. Klttchner Jose. J. Vl~o perimental run in the Pacific, 60,- C. Leader George Lltchtleld Leon J. Webb USPHS HOSPITAL J. N. Macalousa Earl K. Whatley 000 pounds of hake were caught in HOUSTON, TEXAS C. D. McMullin Wm . J . Woolsey, Sr. one hour with the trawls. Richard V. BeadllnsNels Larsen USPHS HOSPITAL M. GonzalesGeoree B. Little SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Though both the Russians and Gilbert Hugh Grove .James M. Reilly . Robert C. Brock Hubert I. Pousson the West Germans have developed Willie P. Gulllott Earnest V. RuHell Sixto Escobar George Saucier Willlam Harris Alfonso Sandino Howard Fowler Harry D. Silverstein similar trawls, the U. S. type is Milburn L. Hatley A. E. .Johan11on Richard 0. Zaragoza USPBS HOSPITAL Nicholas R . Peters expected to be cheaper and more NORFOLK, VIRGINIA USPHS HOSPITAL effective. · Farney H. Bowen Elwood T. Liverman BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Frank Buck Raymond Miller Edgar Anderson Gilbert Edwards Once a method of producing a Herbert M . FentrenCharlie W . Phelps Eugene Dakin Truman Patriquin fish protein concentrate for human Clyde Fields .John T. Short USPHS HOSPITAL T. W. Forrelt Arthur Wroton BALTIMORE, MARYLAND consumption is perfected by. gov- Billy Hender1on Edgar Benson ·Jacob R. Gnagey ernment and private industry reUSPHS HOSPITAL John J. Breen George R. Graham SEA'M'LE, WASIDNGTON Gaetano Busclgllo Sam Hacker searchers, the catching of hake Louis P . Bernier Edward F. Sager Herman Carney Charles W. Hall Thomas L. Farrell Vernon E. Keene would increase vastly, making Arthur H. Furst Henry A. West Carl" R . .Johnson WUliam L. Wllliams I John J. Ferreira Herbert R. Kreuta more jobs for fishermen in Oregon Ephriam R. Muse Friedof Fond.Ila Leon Lockey and Washington. ~ii~illr,%~1"'£ . ;:~~~~j~~&.~~B~l~i:~$..t.\$~W.i:;~~~~JDi%'"~a~~~t1;.:1~l:f~:~~~~%~tl~~&"ffME;?.fiii.~ a KENMAR <C•lm.rl, July 2' Ch•lrm•n, V. Douglas1 Secretuy, D. Clncore. Everything running smoothly with no beefs. Vote of thank• ex· tended to the ship's delegate. SENECA <Marine Curlers), July 11 -Ch•lrm•n, R•lph Maldonado; Sec· retuy, L. A. Mitchell. Ship's dele· gate reported that everything Is running 1moothly so far. One man was taken off the ship at Key West, Florida, by the Coast Guard, to be hospitalized. Brother L a w r e n c e Mitchell was re-elected as ship's dele· gate and extended a vote of thanks by the crew. Vote of thanks to the Steward Department. HASTINGS <Waterman), June 28Ch•lrman, Edward Cantoral; Secretuy, Leo Bruce. Ship's delegate reported that most of the repairs h ave been taken care of, and the rest will be done in port as material is needed to complete the work. Few a Know if W,i•.·: , ({i r1 I Your Rights ~ FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic. Gull. Lake1 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 mont hs by a rank and file auditing committee elected ~:T:~::~:::~l:ll ~r:s~~~::s fj '"''• t~ A:~:t:::eG::f. ~,t·;.·~; r:::::s S::e S:ke:e:::::e:; Waters I>Utrict are administered in accordance with the provisions of !.!,,,',·.i.. v ariohus trust futhnd agrfeements. All these agreements specify that the trustee1 , 1n c arge o 1 ese unds shall consist equally of union and management lW representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of "·' trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All [) trust fund financial records are av ailable at the headquarters of the various ~ . ':;, fffe g ,,.,, @.t.;··x;,: , I IB~ tr~:,:~~:: RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected ,,..,,: e:u•lusively by the contracts between the Union and the shJpowners. Get to !?! '" W know your shipping rights. Copi<,s of these contracts are posted and avail- ~~] :~J;P:~g a! ~~C:,~it~a~fght~ is0~o!~!fn!~ef;; tt~s c~~~~ac~~Yb;t~~:~o~h:f u~!! 11 I ::~.~-.:~~:~f;~;:~;:.~~:~i;;n;~~;:f!~:~·"··· m··· 1 ,t.:~l,i el ~~~;~::~~~g;::::~::t::~~:~~~-::t:::::e :~:a::::;::: :::~l~l~o!:~:: ,:·'[~ . '_.:t ·'.'· ·"'.r,,.:: ..:.• . ,! .: m These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and l.~.~.~.~.l 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, ~~ ~t 1any tim~, ~DY SIU patrolma.nhor other Union o~ic:~l, in yo~r S~inloni t'= a~~~t~o pro ec your contract rig ts proper1y, contac e neares por )i] fl ~·: ,.:~ .: hours disputed OT in deck dep2rt· ment. Vote of thanks to . the steward department for a job well done. Vote of thanks to all delegat es for th eir efforts in keeping tile st'.ip running smoot hly. ROBIN TRENT (Robin), July 5 Chairman, Salvador Candela; Secre· tary, Richard Steward. Ship's dele· gate reported that e verything is run· ning smoothly. No beefs were re· ported. $10.50 in ship' s fund. Brother Antoine Johnson was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. TRANSINDIA (Hudson Waterways), June 14-Chalrman, A. F. B•nkston; Secretary, L. A. Brown. Ship's dele· ga t e ·reported no major beefs. The lodging dispute will be tak~n up with the patrolman. Thank'?d unlicensed personnel and depart ment del egates for their fine cooperation. Vote of thanks to the steward depa r t ment . Ship needs fumigation badly. TRANSORIENT <Hudson Wate r· wavs>. June 29 Chairman, Peter Prokopuk; Secretary, Brother William Stevens was elected to serve as ship's delegate. The ship's delegate was asked to see the chief engineer about the safety and sanitary conditions In the laundry room. Crew to cooperate wl th the watchman in keeping all longshoremen · out ?f messhalls end re·cr eation room while discharg!ng at Rio. ' TRANSINDIA (Hudson Waterways), June 21-Ch•lrman, H. K. Pierce; Secretary, H. Hollingsworth. Brother R. DeBolsslere was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew requested to Ic.eep unauthorized personnel out of passageways and messhalls while in pqrt.. Vote of . thanks extended to the steward, H. K. Pierce, and the steward department for .-ixcellent .reeding. Ji: ,:~ ' . .:,·: EDITORIAL POLICY-SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally ·-::, refrained from publishing any ai·llcle serving the polillcal purposes of any .,. individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pubU~hing articles deemed harmful to the Union or it s collective membership. f.:~. · This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the >: September, 1960, meetings in all constitut.ional ports. The res.ponsibility for ,.. LOG policy Is vested In an· editorial boud which consists of the Executive % Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delega te, from among Its fu,~"~· ranks, one Individual to carry out this responsibility. fa r , .. .fil1 W ,· J.j! ti ~~ ' • official PAYMENT OF InMOhNIES. monies paidreceip to atny1sone. In afny capacity t e SIU No unless an are offici.u Uben 1on given or % sa me. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any k reason unless Ile ts given such r eceipt. In the event anyone a tte mpts to ~;.:1; r equire any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or If a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but '\ feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes :,~..•~.:,:i., every six months In th e SEAF ARER S LoinG a llveruba tim hc op Y ofA1·ts consbtitu1 11 1 1 11 11 ;,: addition, copofes this are constitution ava ab e a s.rize themselves mem en ~* tRion. hould Inobtain copies soa as non to fa milia d with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting ~.f'.·..t!: to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligati on by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the ''~' member so affected should immediately notify hea dqu a rter~. l~.:·l RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing di sability-pension , . benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union acti vities. ~,'.,.i{ including attendance at member ship meetings. And like all other SIU mem· '~· bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role In ~{ a lJ r a nk-and-nte f unctJons, lncludi ng service on ra nk-a nd-file committees. ~ Because these oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employme nt. the mem b2rshlp \t' has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain ~ their good stand.inM through the waiving of their dues. ~.· EQUAL ·RIGHTS. All Seafarer s are guaranteed equal r ights In employment ~ and as members of the SIU. These rights are clea rly set forth In the SIU constitution and In the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the ,,. t;mployers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated a gainst because of race, creed, color, national or geogra phic origin. If any member feels ~ that he Is denied the equal rights to whic h he Is entitled, he should notlfY ,., headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights l1!i of Seafarers Is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which lf! will serve tbe beat interests of themselves, their families and their Uriion. ~ To achieve these objectlvrs, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was ~'ii eRtablished. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the fill funds throueh which legislative and political activities are conducted for ~ the bene8t of the membership and the Unloll. l1'< If at •ny time a SHfuer feels that any of the above rl11ht1 h•ve been ~ violated, or th•t he hH been denied his constltutlonal right of ucess to @~ Union records or lnform•tlon, he should lmmedl11tely notify SIU President ~ P•ul Ha"ll at hHdqu11rters by certified mall, return receipt requested. :;..·t~':\,· ' .~:, W i:*k%f:.i,·'~,":·, ,t: ~;] .... .,., * l\ !!ii ® £1 ~-~ .~,,.•,·.:., ·*·'' .',",..'·.,..·:·,' :.'.~,;~:.',; : f'i ,",~,.~ " .' ·' ·:;, ·:! ~~ , · ],l ., ~~ ~"'l . lf\ \\ t\ M t~ ~· f~ iii 1! ~ ;@ M ~ @ Im ~~-m~~~.._~~~~~~~~~~~~"t~~~~~~~'i:~1:.%'k~ �Vol. XXVI No. 18 OFFICl.AL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ·• ATLANTIC, GULP', LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • Al'L·CIO . WHAT are the characteristics of an SIU scholarship winner? In general they are the same traits which mark successful men and women e\7erywhere. Studying past and present SIU scholarship winners shows up these traits clearly. • They share a determination to get ahead in the world and to be of service to their community and their nation. • They share a thirst for knowledge and curiosity enough to probe for a deeper understanding of the world around them. • They are not afraid of hard work to achieve the high goals which they have set for themselves. • Their interests are not confined to narrow, conventional tracks but range far and wide. They are definitely not afraid of a new thought or a new idea. • They are good citizens of their own community and of the nation. They are active in civic affairs and are always ready to pitch in and help when help is needed. The winners of the 1964 SIU $6,000 college scholarships share all of these characteristics with past SIU sc.holarship winners. The SIU scholarship plan · has been operated on an annual basis for the past 11 years and is recognized as one of the most liberal, no-strings attached programs of its kind. Seafarers and their children are eligible to compete. Of the 58 SIU scholarships which have been awarded in the past 11 years, 36 have gone to the children of SIU member• and SIU men themselves have received 22 of the college scholarships. An example of a Seafarer who went "from AB to MD" with the aid of an SIU scholarship award is former Seafarer, now Doctor Seymour Wallace, who -· was one of the 1954 scholarship award winners. Other former Seafarers are now engaged in professions ranging from medicine to engineering to teaching, thanks to SIU college scholarship awards. Bruce Carroll, son of Seafarer Edward F. Carroll, of Jersey City, N. J. is one of the five 1964 SIU scholarship winners who displays the many familiar characteristics of all of the past and present winners. Bruce Carroll graduated from public school and high school in Jersey City, N. J., where he was born and where his father · has worked as deckhand Lawrence Carleton, son of Seafa.rer Monroe R. Carleton. Christine Kalke, daughter of Seafarer William Kalke. sights~eing with her parent. throughout the 11tates of Alabama,. Mississippi and Texas as well u her native Louisiana. Her interest In many parts of the world has been whetted by the many stodes her father, Seafarer Stanford A. Smith Jr., who has sailed with the SIU in the steward department since 1938, brings home from his many voyages. Although already well 11tarted on h;r college career, Elaine expects the SIU scholarship award to be of great help in helping her to further her_educatiQn and achieve her goals. "It has eliminated the financial worry and has set a goal of maintaining a B average which I must achieve. Without the scholarship I would -have had to borrow money to finish college and the worry of being able to pay it back would have been a burdl!n to both myself and my parents. Please . let me take this opportunity to thank all the members of the SIU for making this .w onderful scholarship program possible," she writes. High scholastic standing, athletic excellence, community service, wide ·r~nge of interests-these are applicable to all SIU scholarship winners and Larry R. Carleton, son of Seafarer Monroe R. Carleton, of St. Clair, Mich., is no exception. With the Intention of someday ·being able to teach mathematics on the college level, Larry started early to prepare himself with a wide range of interests and activities, all of which . would help in some way to make hiB dream a reality. 1'1terested in athletics, he played ball in the Little League and was on his high ~ aboard Erie-Lackawanna rail tugs for the ·past 37 years. One of six children, Bruce was active in school and community activities. He served on the executive council of the National Honor Society and was sports editor of his high school year book, the Gnome. In his junior and senior years at high school he acted as class representative for student participation and served as treasurer of the Math Club, in which he was active. Bruce served standby duty as an alternate of t,he TV show "It's Academic," for which he was well qualified with a rating of sixth in a class of 530 with a four year high school average of 93 percent. During his senior year Bruce attended City College of N. Y. one day a week on a National Science Foundation grant in higher mathematics, with which he took courses in analytic geometry. His SIU scholarship winner Timothy Mosseau, son of Seafarer Kenneth Mosseau, has a long-standing interest in ham radio operation. · Scholarship l wiriner Bruce Carroll, another ham radio hobbiest, is shown •bove with his father, Seafarer Edward F. Carroll. interest and ability in mathematics and languages .won for him the Camille A. Toussaint Memorial Prize in Mathematics and the Barbara Czarecki Memorial Prize in Latin. These are awards given to the student who receives the highest marks for four years in each subject. Also active in sports, Bruce enjoys playing basketball and his interest and ability in the sport raises his hopes of being able to make the teani in college. With the aid of his $6,000 SIU scholarship award, Bruce will enter Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N. J. this fall where he intends to study engineering. Grateful for the big boost which the SIU scholarship is giving to his academic studies and to his future. Bruce writes "The generous scholarship which has been awarded to me will make it possible to devote my efforts toward maintaining good scholastic grades without financial worries. Whatever success I may have in the future my parents and I shall always be grateful for this award and wish to thank the Seafarer's International Union." Already well started on her college career with the aid of her $6,000 SIU sch~larship award, Elaine Smith, daughter of Seafarer Stanford A. Smith, Jr., of Metairie, La. is presently attending Louisiana State University. Elaine's goal is to teach English on the junior high school level in the future, and toward that end she is presently majoring in Secondary Education and including as many courses as she can carry in Library Science. Active in college activities, Elaine is a member of the Newman Club chorus, wh~ch reflects her long-standing interest In music and singing. This fall she is slated to become a Freshman Advisor, In which capacity, as an "old timer" at the college she will help with counseling and orientation Of new students just entering the University. · Service to her fellow students and to her community is nothing new to Elaine. In high school at Metaerie, La., she was an active member of the Future Homemakers of America, Newman Club, _the Science Club and the vocal club and chorus. During he5- junior and senior years at high scho61 she participated in the Junior Achievement Program and actively pursued her hobbies of read:ng, sewing and singing. Somehow she also managed to find time to do a good deal of dancing, which she enjoys, and some Former Seafarer Seymour Wal• lace, became Doctor Wallace with the aid of his 1954 SIU scholarship award. school baseball team. Track was another of his high school sports achievements, with a little football thrown in on the side. · Co-editor of the ·~student page" of his local, home town newspaper, the St. Clair Independent-Press, he contributed articles on a regular basis and even had several original poems printed. He also found time to play the trumpet in his school band. The Boy Scout movement is a long-time interest of his and Larry is presently junior assistant scoutmaster of Troop 59 in St. Clair. Church activities ' rounded out his busy schedule of activity as it did for many of the past and present scholarship winners. In the academic field he showed his skill by ranking near the top in the Michigan Math Prize competition and by winning honors in scholarship competitions. Larry also learned something about our country during trips to Washington, D.C., Georgia, Wyoming, South Dakota and ranged as far north as Ontario. For the future, Larry Oarleton plans to attend the California Institute of Technology where he can study mathematics toward his goal of instructing future college students in math subjects. He has high hopes, with the aid of his SIU scholarship, to earn his Bacelor of Science as soon as he can and then go on eventully to earn a PhD. as well. "With the scholarship the SIU awarded (Continued on page 18) � 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 4, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SENATE THREATENS U.S. VESSEL’S SHARE IN SURPLUS CARGOES SIU WINS $4,000 FOR PIONEER CREW AFL-CIO ENDORESES JOHNSON, HUMPHREY SEATRAIN HELD IN RR RATE CASE SENATE MOVE THREATENS ROLE OF U.S.-FLAG SHIPS IN P.L. 480 PROGRAM FISHING FLEET BOOSTED BY CONSTRUCTION SUBSIDY BILL SIU-RMR PENSIONER ACTIVE IN BOY SCOUTS SEAFARER HERO AWARDED MARITIME BRAVERY AWARD GREAT LAKES BUILDING AID APPROVED BY SENATE UNIT SENATE UNIT PROBES DOCTOR-DRUG RACKET COURT UPHOLDS FMC RIGHT TO PROBE FREIGHT RATES NEW WAGE FLOOR GOES INTO EFFECT OFFICIAL STUDY DENOUNCES HONG KONG CRIMP JOINTS AFL-CIO HELPS ARGENTINA BUILD HOMES FOR WORKERS 1964 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 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 09/04/1964 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. 18 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log