http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f889aa27151ec31848a4275684bbe395.PDF 97f41126874ee734dc861e99b0c5eebd PDF Text Text Z2L$5% Fire SweepsExplorer; Crew'sCourage Cited -Story On Page 3 In This Issue: SIU Calls For Action On Runaway Shipping Story On Page 3 1 I 62 Seafarers Qualify As Election Nominees —Story On Page 2 Fire On Globe Explorer. sm headquarters in New York, Seafarers Walter Mueller (right) and Chester Hughhart point to spot on map to show area where SIU crew of Globe Explorer took to lifeboats in heavy seas off Virginia coast, after raging fire went out of control and prompted an abandon-ship order. Skipper praised seamanship of SIU crewmembers. In photo above, is view of the Globe Explorer (left) with the SS La Pintata standing by after she had taken aboard the Explorer crew. (See story on page 3). Senate, House Meet On P.L 480 Measure -Story On Page 3 Eight SIU Men Retire On $150 Pensions Story On Pages 4, 5, 7 Abidjan-Port of Call For SIU Crewmen Story On Page 15 Annual Report Great Lakes Seafarers Welfare Plaa I Filed With New York State New Orleans AFL-CIO Campaign K/eko//.dInt°ltadsey^'Sams (left) talks with New Orleans Mayor Victor Schiro (center) and Rep. Hale Boggs (D.-La.) as the Greater New. Orleans AFL-CIO kicked off campaign in support of Johnson-Humphrey ticket at "Friends of Labor Night" in SlU Hall. (See story on page 2). Insurance Department See Page 8 i ii i �Pare Twm SEAFARERS September 18, 1964 LOG New Orleans AFL-CiO Launches '64 Campaign Drive In SlU Hall By Paul Hall NEW ORLEANS—The Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO launched Its campaign in sup­ port of the Johnson-Humphrey ticket at the fourth annual "Friends of Labor Night" in the SIU hall here on September 4. More than 800 persons from organized labor, civic, politi­ cal and community life of New*Orleans heard representative president of the Greater New Or­ V. DlRosa and Daniel Kelly; State Hale Boggs (Dem.) of Loui­ leans AFL-CIO; Victor H. Bussie; Senators Adrian Duplantier and All over the nation today there are signs of the American labor movement's tremendous effort to bring out the maximum possible vote to assure the election of the national ticket that, on the record, most closely reflects the alms and ideals of the labor movement and its members. , The AFL-CIO Is. urging the election of the Democratic candidates. President Johnson and his running mate for Vice-President, Senator president of the Louisiana AFL- Michael O'Keefe; Assessor Richard Hubert H. Humphrey, and is vigorously calling for the defeat of the CIO and Victor H. Schiro, Mayor Burke; former State Central Demo­ cratic Chairman Camille Bravell, Republican candidates, Goldwater and Miller, because the Republican of New Orleans. and Judges Thomas M. Brahney, candidates are virtually committed to the destruction of the trade Among the political figures in union movement. the crowded hall were City Coun- Frank J. Shea, Joseph Bossetta and At the recent meeting of the AFL-CIO General Board, at which all cilmen James E. Fitzmorris, Joseph Lambert J. Hassenger. national and international unions. Including the SIU, were repre­ sented, this position was unanimously endorsed and adopted. It was not a difficult decision to make. The record of the candidates, and the respective platforms and positions of the major parties on the essential issues affecting all trade unionists and all Americans, simplified the task of making this decision. WASHINGTON—Two heroic Seafarers who risked their own The position of the AFL-CIO in this case was in keeping with the ; lives to help rescue four survivors of a sinking ship were lauded historic philosophy set forth by Samuel Gompers, the first president for their bravery on Edward P. Morgan'a AFL-CIO sponsored of the American Federation of Labor, more than 50 years , ago. With radio news program recently. respect to political activity and the support of candidates for public office, Gompers' position was simply this: Reward your friends and The radio comment said: defeat your enemies. "A sailor's work can be interesting—^but often it involves great Basic Trade Union Position personal danger. Emergencies on the high seas demand skill and ' This has been position of the trnde union movement since the turn courage. Such a test faced the crew of the American tanker Titan, of the century and still is the basic consideration in making political , attempting to rescue crewmen from a sinking Chinese ship during endorsements and supporting candidates for all public offices. . heavy weather in mid-ocean. John W. Mullis and Horace Sikes, ""However, it is well to remember that in supporting any one can­ members of the Seafarers International Union, risked their lives to didate or group of candidates, we must not forget our prime re­ |i save four of the Chinese from certain death. Their bravery has sponsibility to the trade union movement. Our support of candidates J earned them the Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal" (one of the highest honors the United States can bestow on a merchant does not mean we endorse every policy and action they may take II seaman). "The AFL-CIO salutes these trade unionists—and their while in office. It will not and does not preclude us from being " heroic acts." critical, or from demanding recognition and attention to the problems of any particular group of workers whom we represent, such as our The heroic acts that won the awards for Mullis and Sikes came members in various segments of the maritiihe industry. in the Pacific in December, 1961, when the Titan received an SOS We cannot cease our policy of criticism and vigorous protest of from the foundering Chinese motor vessel Combined One. On any action by any elected official, or by the agencies within their reaching the scene of the disaster. Titan crewmen found only administration or jurisdiction, if those policies are harmful to the debris in the storm-tossed waters. Then a few survivors were welfare of American seamen and American workers generally. If any spotted and the rescue effort began. Unable to lower lifeboats one in public office pursues a policy that is inimical to the interests because the tanker's decks were awash, the me'n of the Titan of American seamen and their families, we will speak out and crit­ threw lines to the Chinese sailors In the water. A Jacob's ladder icize in the loudest manner possible—and we will make every effort was put over the side and,- with total disregard for their own safety, to see that such Injurious policies are corrected. Sikes and Mullis descended the ladder and pulled four men from This is in keeping with the labor movement's traditional position the raging seas. as originally enunciated by Gompers. It is the only proper position The awards were presented to the two Seafarers this year in for a trade union to take because it is our responsibility as trade separate ceremonies In their home towns—Mobile for Mullis and unionists to protect and uphold the interests of our union men and New Orleans for Sikes. Representatives of the Maritime Admin­ women and their families at all times. Our support of a candidate istration and of the Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO for any office does not alter or compromise our adherence to this basic were on hand to honor the men. trade union position. siana's Second Congressional Dis­ trict stress the need for support of the Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates. SIU Gulf Region Vice President Lindsey Williams, who Is chairman of the Greater New Orleans AFLCIO Committee on Political Edu­ cation, served as chairman of the "Friends of Labor Night" meeting and addressed the turnout. Bo.ggs Remarks In his address Representative Boggs, who is the majority whip in t!ie House of Representatives, said that the people of this nation "ought to understand what the is­ sues really are." Boggs said some one told him he was for Goldwater. "What Goldwater do you mean?" Boggs asked the man. "Do you mean the drop-the-bomb Goldwater or the don't-drop-the bomb Goldwater? "Do you mean the anti-space program Goldwater, or the prospace Goldwater? Many Faces "Do you mean the anti-social security Goldwater or the volun­ tary social security Goldwater? "Do you mean the reduce-government-expenditure Goldwater or the against-tax-cut Goldwater? "Do you mean the for-labor or the against-labor Goldwater?. "Do you mean the pro-Civil Rights Goldwater or the anti-Civil Rights Goldwater? "Take your choice; you can find him anywhere you look," Boggs said he told the man. Jobs Threatened Boggs said that the jobs of 26 thousand workers in New Orleans who are employed directly or in­ directly as a result of the national soace program are threatened by Goldwater's position. "If Goldwater means what he says these local jobs will be abolished and the The Credentials Committee report on candidate for the 1964 local contracts will be cancelled," found qualified to appear on the ballot. Boggs said. Other speakers introduced by The committee's lengthy and detailed report was submitted Williams were A. P. Stoddard, and at LOG presstime was-*-" News Show Lauds SIU Men 64 Seafarers Quality For Ballot MA Chief Calls For New Look At Subsidies LONG BEACH, Calif.—Nicholas Johnson, administrator of the Maritime Administration has re­ vealed in a speech here that he did not believe that the U.S. ship subsidy program as it is presently operated was achieving the ob­ jectives of the nation's maritime program. The MA Administrator said that he was "firmly committed" to the principle that the American mer­ chant fleet's cost disadvantages must be made up with subsidy payments. "The economic spur to effi­ ciency is less shai'p than it mi,ght be" Johnson continued. "Can we nat consider a system that will provide a built-in incentive for subsidized lines to cut all costs as much as pos.s'ible and which will g'.ve the highest award to the most proficient." Maritime observers have noted that the SIU has long called for a reappraisal of the subsidy pro­ gram as presently applied to the U.S. Merchant fleet. SIU elections has announced that 64 Seafarers have been to the regular September membership meetings for action in the process of submission August 3, as required by the union out that two candidates who had years prior to nomination. constitution. been approved subsequently ad­ Telegrams were sent to those in the Port of Mobile. (The full text of the credential's committee's report will appear, in the next issue of the Seafarers LOG). Voting in the Union's general election will begin on November 2. Normally voting begins on November 1, but this year that falls on a Sunday. The balloting will-continue for two months through December 31, exclusive of Sunday's or holidays legally recognized in the city or state in which the port is located. The polls will be open between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM daily and 9 AM-12 noon on Satur­ days. The qualified candidates will compete for 45 elective posts in the SIU AGLIWD. To familiarize the membership with the candidates and their backgrounds in advance of»the voting, the LOG will publi.sh in the October 16, 1964 issue, a spe­ cial supplement containing photo­ graphs and biographies of the can­ didates for officb. In addition, the LOG wil carry a sample ballot, which will be an exact duplicate of the actual ballot to be used. The credentials Committee was elected at the regular head­ quarters membership meeting on The six-man committee con­ sisted of two men from each of the three shipboard departments. They are Aldo Perlni and John Kari, deck department; Edward Polise and Donald A. Gagnan, engine department, and Jerry Pow and Alexander Brodie, stew­ ard department. The Committee Report pointed vised the committee of their with­ drawal. With the exception of one man who was disqualified because he had not been a full book mem­ ber for three years prior to nomination as required by the constitution, all those disqualified failed to meet the constitutional requirement that they be In con­ tinuous good standing for three who were disqualified because they lacked eligibility under the constitution, and the wires were followed by detailed letters setting forth the reasons for disqualifi­ cation. The committee recommended that all Seafarers make every possible effort to vote in the union general election. U.S. Shipping Ignored As Aid In Problem U.S. Dollar Outflow Increases WASHINGTON—The U.S. balance, of payments deficit for the first half of the year was running at a whopping $1.9 billion annual rate according to preliminary second quarter figures recently released. This is a much higher figure than had been expected by Govern­ ment officials, who had hoped to start cutting into the tre­ gold reserves in the process of U.S. products traveled on U.S.making up the balance. flag shipping because shipping mendous deficits. The balance of payments repre­ sents the amount of^money leav­ ing the country to pay for U.S. purchases abroad, opposed to the amount of money entering the country as payment fpr foreign purchases of U.S. goods. The big deficit in U.S. balance of paymonts means that money is leaving the country faster than it is coming in and is therefore reducing U.S. 0 A breakdown of the separate components of the payments bal­ ance deficit published by the Commerce Department showed, among other things, a worsening trade balance as a large factor in the poor U.S. payments balance picture, as imports went up and exports went dovm. The SIU is among those who have long pointed out that a great portion of the payments balance deficit could be made up if more fees, and seamen's wages, would be kept within the U.S. As things stand, even the shrinking U.S.flag fleet of today contributes much toward aiding the balance of payments problem. By taking a stronger line against rimawayflag ships and by upholding the 50-50 cargo preference laws, the U.S. government could do much toward further alleviating the pay­ ments balance problem, the SIU has pointed but. �September 18, 1984 SEAFARERS SlU At Advisory Committee Session Runaways Cited As Major Problem WASHINGTON, D.C.—With foreign flag shipping as a key Item on the Maritime Advisory Committee's second meeting, on September 21, the SIUNA will focus attention on the impact of runaway operations on the US maritime industry. have harassed American shipping The 17 members of the and deprived US vessels of their Committee, appointed by President Johnson in June from among labor, management and the public to consider ways of strengthening the US merchant marine, will be­ gin an all-day session at 10 A.M. in the Department of Commerce Building here. Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, chairman of the com­ mittee, has announced that the agenda will deal with, in addition to the foreign flag shipping, ship construction policies of the gov­ ernment, operating subsidy poli­ cies, and cargo preference. The SIUNA representative on the Committee is President Paul Hall, who will submit an extensive documented study of US-owned runaway flag ship operations and the harmful effect they have had on the condition.of the American shipping industry. SIU Urged New Policy The first meeting of the Mari­ time Advisory Committee was held on August 10 at which time SIU President Hall urged the formulation of a new national maritime policy that would de­ velop a balanced merchant fleet for the US. The other labor representatives on the Maritime Advisory Com­ mittee are Thomas W. Gleason, president of International Long­ shore men's Association; Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union; Russell K. Berg, president of the Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Shipbuilders, and Lane Kirkland, executive as­ sistant to AFL-CIO President George Meany. Grievance Committee Meeting A week from the day tne Mari­ time Advisory Committee holds its second meeting. Maritime Admin­ istrator Nicholas Johnson will convene on September 28 another session of the Grievance Commit­ tee on Cargo Preference Admin­ istration. In compliance with request from Johnson, SIUNA President Hall has asked that the agenda include further discussion of the Maritime Administration's policy of granting general waivers of the Public Resolution 17 requirement which states that 100 percent of cargoes financed by US government lend­ ing institutions be shipped in American bottoms, unless such are not available. Hall also urged that the agenda include "a discussion of chartering practices, particularly with refer­ ence to the activities of foreign supply missions and brokers, which share of P. L. 480 cargoes.'' With respect to the granting of waivers. Hall noted that the Mari­ time Administralon had apparenly granted all waivers requested dur­ ing the current year, with .seven waivers involving four nations and applying to cargoes worth a total of ^18 million. "If there have been any rejec­ tions of waiver applications during this period, we are not aware of them," Hall said. Senate, House To Confer On P. L 480 WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives has overwhelm­ ingly approved a three-year exten­ sion of P.L. 480. The vote, 359 to 6, came a short while after the Senate approved a different ver­ sion of the bill. The discrepencies between the two are now being ironed out in a Senate-House con­ ference. Two amendments to the bill, on which the House reversed itself, were beaten down. The first would have barred communist countries from purchasing U.S. food and fibers with their own currencies as provided for under Title 1 of the law. In the second, the House reversed its vote of the day before and restored the President's dis­ cretion to make grants and loans on foreign currencies accumulated by P.L. 480 sales of food-stuffs in affected countries. The chief bone of contention be­ tween the two versions remains, however, a provision in the Senate passed bill banning total payment by the government of freight bills for P.L. 480 cargoes hauled in U.S. flag bottoms. The Senate provision would, instead, require U.S. ship­ pers to accept at least partial pay­ ment in foreign currencies that are often unstable and inconverti­ ble. 'Maritime labor and industry groups are strongly opposed to the provision, which they said would have "disastrous" effects on the U.S. merchant marine. The effect of the proposal, they maintain, would be another severe body blow to the already ailing marine indus­ try. When the Senate passed the proposal, labor and industry lead­ ers, Including SIU President Paul Hall, wired House legislative lead­ ers to ask them not to include the Sept. 18, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 19 damaging provision in their ver­ sion. The House came through in that respect, and now it is up to the PAUL HALL, President conferees to remove the provision HEBBEHT BHAND, Editor; IBWIN SPIVACX, from the final language of the act. Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; MIKI POIXACK, NATHAN SKVCR, Senator Warren G. Magnuson (D.ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE Wash.), chairman of the Senate CARMEN, Staff Writer*. Commerce Committee, who is op­ posed to the provision, said he will Published biweekly et fhe headquertere try to have it killed. of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Quif, Lakes and Inland Waters Other differences in the two District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11232. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. versions to be ironed out include Second class postage paid at the Pest Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act the fact that the Senate version of Aug. 24, 1912. of the bill limits its life to two 120 years while the House version is for three years. LOG Pare Three Fire Hits Expiorer; SIU Crewmen Safe NEW YORK—The SlU-manned Globe Explorer (Maritime Overseas) was swept by a flash fire September 11 while 350 miles southeast of this port. Her 37-man crew, which was forced to take to the lifeboats in a stiff nor'easter with ten-foot seas, suffered no Injuries. The vessel was thirty hours ~ out of Norfolk and botmd for ing the vessel's noon position and said that If the lifeboats were the second giving an estimate of launched just ten minutes later Rotterdam with a 20,000 ton her present position. Leaving the cargo of MSTS coal when the dis­ aster struck. The quick-spreading key on automatic SOS, Rittman fire broke out in the engine room joined the others in the lifeboats. The lifeboats had to be launched and soon enveloped the aft section fast, Mueller and Hughart said, be­ of the ship. Both the master of the vessel. Captain Carl Jurgensen, cause they were so near the blaz­ and company officials had high ing engine room. Both Seafarers praise for the cool courage and discipline of the crew. The story of the disaster was related to the LOG by two crewmembers, Walter Mueller, deck delegate, and Chester Hughart, former ship's delegate, who had just been returned to shore by rescue vessels. Blaze Started At 2:50 PM Hughart said he had just come out on deck and Mueller said he was working near the 'midships hatches when the fire broke out at The SIU has long recognized 2:50 p.m. Hughart said he looked that proper and adequate training up to see smoke everywhere. At are essential to good seamanship. first he thought it was coming from a blaze in the stack but soon Besides being an aid to Seafarers he realized it was much more in the performance of their job, proper know-how can often mean serious. the difference between life and The black gang made ^ an effort death at sea. to control the blaze. When they This was one of the key consid­ saw their efforts were in vain they erations behind the institution of sounded the alarm. With the flames raging out of the SIU Lifeboat Training School, control. Captain Jurgensen gave several years ago. Since then the order to abandon ship. Three hundreds of Seafarers in all de­ lifeboats were launched smoothly, partments have taken the training despite the heavy seas. At the and are graduates of the Lifeboat time the area was still feeling the Training School. The Globe Explorer crew's con­ effects of Hurricane Ethel, then duct recalls the performance of wreaking her havoc far to the the SlU-manned SS Rio Grande south. Meanwhile, the ship's radio offi­ early this year when Seafarers cer, Marlin Rittman, was mak­ carried on lifeboat rescue opera­ ing a brave effort to send out tions saving 76 persons who had an SOS. The radio shack, located abandoned the burning Greek directly forward of the engine liner Lakonia in the Atlantic. A number of the Seafarers in­ room, was filled with smoke and the radio operator had to keep a volved in the lifeboat rescue towel over his face to stop from operation had only shortly before inhaling it. Mueller and Hughart completed their SIU Lifeboat confirmed the fact that the ship's Training and credited the course natural draft had wafted smoke in with the role they played. The typically efficient manner nearly every direction. Since the ship's powerplant had in which Seafarers perform their already been closed down to pre­ functions in lifeboat operations is vent spreading of the blaze. Sparks shown in the photo below and had to rely on the battery-powered those on page nine, taken aboard emergency transmitter. He sent the Steel Maker (Isthmian) during two quick messages—the first giv­ the always important shipboard ^flre and boat arlill. SIU Training Valuable In Sea Mishaps they would have already been damaged by the fire. Earlier the same day, the crew had gone through a well-executed fire and lifeboat drill, ^ow they were doing it for real—and it went just as well as the practice run. Hughart and Mueller had high praise for the SIU lifeboat crews' performance. By 3:30 p.m., the boats were in the water and the men watched with heavy hearts as they drifted away from their flaming ship. Once in the boats, there was some anxi­ ety among the crewmembers, Hug­ hart and Mueller explained, when Sparks said he did not have the time to wait for an acknowledge­ ment of his distress signal. There was fear, quickly overcome, that they would be left unnoticed in the heavy seas. Heavy Seas But their distress signal was heard, and as the lifeboats tossed in the building seas. Coast Guard aircraft were setting out on the rescue effort. The first plane was spotted at 6 p.m., and flares were fired to mark the position of the lifeboats. Soon more planes ap­ peared, hovering over the three boats until the La Pintata appeared on the scene. An Italian-owned, Panamanianflag ore carrier, the La Pintata had heard the SOS also. Sighting the lifeboats she called to them to come alongside, and by the light of flares dropped by the Coast Guard during the twilight hour, the res­ cue work began. It was 7 p.m. The men were taken off the boats, the last man climbing aboard the rescue ship at 8 p.m. The res­ cue effort had been slowed by the mounting seas, which were already reaching the 15-foot level. After taking the men aboard, the La Pintata lifted up the life­ boats with her boom and took them aboard. The whole operation, from the discovery of the fire until the completion of the La Pintata's (Continued on page 8) Fire And Boat Drill Aboard The Stool Maker SEAFARERS LOG Seafarers above are engaged In a fire and boaf drill aboard the Steal Makar (Isthmian). Many of the crewmembers aboard SiU-manned vessels are graduates of the SIU Lifeboat School and possessors of Coast Guard lifeboat tickets. The skills they learn In the school are practiced aboard ship so that If an emergency arises, Seafarers can act quickly and efficiently to protect their ship, themselves and their crewmates. For more pictures of fire and boat drill aboard the Steel Maker turn to page 9. �Paee Four SEAFARERS LOO gyd TWg DfTcft* RepfacBinenf' 2 SIU Tugmen Go On Pension New Canal Roufe By Al Kwr, Secretary-Treasurer Prepare Now For SlU Scholarship Two more menibers of the SIU Inland Boatman'a Union were added to the roster of pensionera last week, bringing to each of them a regular monthly check of $150 in return for their years of service. The two approved for pension are Thomas St. Gernoain, 70; and BiUe Anderson, 65. St. Germain is a resident of the gulf city of New Orleans, where Study Bill OK'd WASHINGTON — Congress has passed and sent to the Seafarers all over the country have been watchln* flieir children President a bill to provide for a $17.5 million, 3^ year study troop back to school daring the last few weeks. Many wise SIU men of the best sea level route to link the Atlantic and Pacifio who are parents of teenagers are already turning their eyes toward next June and beginning to make plans for their children's education oceans and replace the 50beyond the high school levei. These are the members of the union year-old lock canal through private life." The Senate version who rightfully want to do their utmost to make sure that their sons would have had seven members, Panama. and daughters can take every advantage that the future has to offer. President Johnson, whose ad­ but three of Hiese would have It is to SIU parents such as these, that we once again point out ministration has wanted such a had to be the Secretary of State, the wonderful opportunities available through the union Scholarship measure, was expected to sign the Secretary of Army and the chair­ Benefit. For parents who want the best possible Insurance for their bill into law shortly. The admin­ man of the Atomic Energy Convgraduating teenagers, it Is never too early to begin planning to istration has a survey team In mission. Ihe Army Secretary is compete for this benefit. the stockholder of the govern­ Colombia now. Five scholarships are awarded each year to Seafarers themselves The bill was significantly ment-owned present lock canal. or the children of union members. The scholarship awards are each amended In the House and aoceptVarious routes will be explored •worth $6,000 for four years of study at any college or university in ed by the Senate. The final ver­ from the extreme northern tip of the U.S. or Its possessions in whatever academic field the winners sion—^which was the House ver­ South America—in Colombia—^to decide to major in. Competition for the scholarships Is conducted sion—^would authorize the Presi­ a long route across Mexico. The by the Maritime Advancement Program. dent to appoint a commission of bill as finally passed placed no five persons from private life. restrictions on the routes and In the last issue of the LOG, a feature article described the char­ St. Germain Anderson Ihe-se five would make annual urged consideration of the use of acteristics of the winners of the 1964 SIU scholarships. The survey he was bom. His first job was progress reports and no later than both c<mventional and nuclear showed that all five displayed high academic ability, willingness or an applicant's father, must have with the Crescent Towing and June 30, 1968, would make a final power to make the needed exca­ to go all out to achieve the hi^ at least three years actual covered Salvage Company, and, he has re­ report and recommendations to vation. Nuclear means may not be ready In time and also may goals they set for themselves and employment with companies signa­ mained with the company until the President. The final bill gave the study be prohibited under the limited the desire to be of service to tory to the SIU Welfare Plan in his retirement, which became commission more time than would test ban treaty. their own communities and the addition to having ninety days effective Sept. 1, 1964. Construction of a new canal has the earlier Senate version, but Anderson began working on nation. employment time in the year The SIU Scholarship Benefit prior to applying, as well as one tugs in 1922, and retired after the House basically altered the been estimated to take as much was set up to help young people day in the six month period being employed by the SIU-IBU composition of the commission by as 15 years. The present canal contracted Merrit, Chapman, & reducing its number from seven in the politkally-troubled Canal like these. The union feels that prim: to applying. Scott Company, working as either to five and, more Importantly, to Zone was believed adequate for it is its obligation to make sure A Seafarer roust be under the specify that its roemibers be "from another 85 years of operations. that both its own members and age of 35 but this age limitaticm a diver or tender. their children have the maximum may be waived for ttie active'sea­ to develop their talents to the man having completed one or point where they can make the more years in an accredited col­ world a better place to live. lege or university during the Now Is Time three-period immediately preced­ One of the most important rea­ ing his application for this bene­ sons for starting to think about fit and provided he has main­ applying for the scholarship ben­ tained an average in high school efit at this time is that all appli­ or college in the top one^hird of cants are required to take the his class. Applicants who are de­ college entrance examination pendent children of Seafarers which is given several times a must be Unmarried when they ap­ year all over the country. Since ply, otherwise they are not con­ these tests are one of the crucial sidered dependent. Marriage, aft­ factors in making the awards, ap­ er the scholarship is awarded will plicants would be advised to not effect the scholarship. Adopted children of eligible make their arrangements for tak­ ing them well in advance. Teen­ seamen are also able to apply for agers can check with their high the benefit, provided they have school counseling offices for in­ been adopted for at least five formation about the tests or years prior to making applica­ should write Educational Testing tion. Service, Box 592, Princeton, N.J. Extra Study Seafarers or SIU parents inter­ The Scholarship awards may be ested in making application for used for post-graduate study in the Seafarers Scholarship Benefit those instances where the Schol­ should write to the Maritime Ad­ arship award winner completed vancement Program, 17 Battery his under-graduate work prior to Place, 19th Floor, New York 4, having used the full four years of New York. his scholarship award. However, To briefly review the require­ in each case of this type, where ments for eligibility for the schol­ the Scholarship award is to be arship awards, a Seafarer himself. used for post-graduate work, the Trustees must agree in advance to the award being used for that purpose. In addition, eligible dependent children of pensioners The SIU Contract Depart­ are eligible to participate in the ment is holding checks for - scholarship award program. the following Union members;! In the event that a seaman wins from the settlement of various one of the Scholarship Awards his beefs. Members with money welfare eligibility is automatically Members of Lifeboat Class due may either write the 1 extended for the effective period 1 16 pose for their class |i; Contract Department at head­ of the scholarship, based on the photo at New York head­ quarters or can come in eligibility he had at the time of person. quarters after passing all his application for the scholarship. Cash Benefits Paid — July, 1964 Alfred Hanstvedt, Jauies H. :! In the selection of the scholarship the requirements of the winners, the following persons, all Smith, Harrington Alexander, Coast Guard course with CLAIMS AMOUNT PAID Robert C. Bujan, James L.; of whom are connected in some flying colors. The success­ Grant, Richard Heckman, i official capacity with a university, Hospital Benefits 7,531 54,348.91 ful graduates, all now hold­ Albin Samoska, E. Bailey, F. ~ are the trustees: 19 40,921.92 ers of lifeboat tickets, are Dr. R. M. Keefe, Dean of Ad­ Death Benefits Carpenter, M. Chandler, F. ; Gordon, L. Harvey, H. 1 missions of St. Louis University. Pension-Disability Bonefits ..... (front, l-r) Michael Ken­ 599 89,850.00 Dr. C. D. O'Connell, Director of i Koppersmith, G. Steele, H. nedy, Jinmiie E. Johnson. 41 8,012.47 Admissions of the University of afiatornity^ BonoHt^ ........... : Treddin, W. Walker, L. Kyser. Roger Lucas, Ronald Chicago. Marvin F. Kramer, William Dependent Benefits . 770 115,663.28 Owens, Ramon Ayahs: mid­ Dr. F. D. Wilkinson, Research I J. Walker, Jose E. Mi^Ireath, dle row, Glen James, Jack Optical Benefits .... i....... . 562 6,918.78 Associate, Howard University. I John W. Gibson, Francis M. Wong, Martin J. Lynch, Dr. B. P. Ireland, Northeast Out-Potient Benefits : Greenwell, Jose A. Pas, John 7,218 45,596.00 Regional , Director, College En­ J. Wjmne, B. Biinson, C. John G. Gross, Sol Vecchi­ trance Examination Board. SUMMARY 16,740 361,311.36 Cedotal, J. Gonzales, H. one; ba^ row, Richard , Miss Edna Newby, Assistant Graham, J. Joyner, S. FanGibbons, Roy W. Jaeger. 1,588 Vacation Bonafils ............ 536,458.02 Dean of Douglass College. tilio, C. Scott. S. Stone, J. A. J. Borek, Cbaties L I^. E. C. Kastner, Dean of RegVieria, E. ZebrawsU and W. Cuny, William Agee, in­ TOTAL WELFARE. VACATION istri^on and Financial Aid, New StofcM. York University. structor Arno Bjornsson. 18,328 •97,769.38 BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOO... Graduation Day For Lifeboat Class 116 m SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans �Settombcr 18. IfM SEAFARERS By Earf (Bull) Shepord, Vice-President, Atlantie Important Election Year The New York shipping: picture remains strong:. Because of the na­ tional elections, this is a year in which politics is getting up a full head of steam, here in New York as well as elsewhere in the nation. Much Is at stake for working men and women and the AFL-CIO unions, in­ cluding the SIU, will be active in order to protect the social gains which have been made over the years. Dave PashkofT (his mates call him "Shim"), is just out of the Staten Island USPHS. He's on the lookout for a Far East trip. Stanley Johnson, tired of life on the beach, is waiting for a chief steward's job and William Powers is after a pumpman's berth on a ship running coastwise. William Dunham, a retired member, was around the New York hall recently. He came up north from Fort Lauderdale to visit with his ailing mother. William Smith, a second cook and baker, is on the beach biding his time until a round-the-world trip comes through for him. Bill Home, also on the beach, is waiting to ship as a bosun. Boston shipping is slow for this period, but it is expected to pick up shortly. There were no sign-^ ons, payoffs or in transits. barge traffic is on the upswing. John Gala, a 20-year union man who sails as an oiler, was sorry to The Gatco Alabama, came in re­ see that floating hotel, the Mount cently with an 8,700 ton barge Washiiig:ton, go offshore. He's load of soda ash. A few weeks looking for another one like her. ago, the Peggy Sheridan came° in Joseph "DIno" Garello, a chief with a barge load of creosoted steward last aboard the Trans- logs. Puerto Rico globe, was sorry to see her go On the island labor front, the offshore. He couldn't stay with her because of family considera­ SIU Puerto Rican division has tions, and he's looking for another completed negotiations with the coastline job. William Stewart, Shell Oil Refinery. As in the a wiper last off the Penn Sailor, Esso negotiations, sizeable wage had to get off her when she got increases and improved working laid up in Tampa. He's holding conditions will go to Shell em­ down the hall for a Far East run. ployees as a result of the bar­ George Blackmore, who sails as gaining. an AB, misses the Transhudson The strike of Glass Workers now that she has joined the off­ against the Puerto Rico Glass shore fleet. He wants another Company has been very effective, coastiiner. causing a shortage of bottles Philadelphia which may force the rum makers Philadelphia shipping slowed to close down for awhile. somewhat during the last period. A 42-hour minimum work week Prospects look good for the next for workers in Puerto Rico and part, however. There v/ere three the Virgin Islands, newly covered payoffs, two sign-ons and six in- by the Fair Labor Standards Act, transits. went into effect September 3. John Chaplinsky and James Time and one half will be paid McLinden are on the beach after over 42 hours, and coverage will making a couple of trips on the now include certain retail and St. Christopher. Both are Phillies service industry. fans and will sit around enjoying In other news around the island, the comforts of home until the a massive $27.5 million program pennant race is cinched. for the construction of public " David Sorenson, just off the housing and low cost homes will Fairport where he sailed in the be getting underway in a few blackgang, is ready to take any weeks time. kind of run again but an Atlantic A $20 million International one. Jack Arillanes, off the deck Trade Centec to serve Puerto department on the Commander, is Rico, the United States and the another Phillies fan; He'll wait Caribbean will be built in the for the Series before shipping out San Juan metropolitan area. It again. will cover 15 acres of ground and Balliinore and Norfolk should be ready by 1966. Baltimore shipping has beCn Stanley E. Duda, just off the good and is expected to remain Elizabethport, spent a few days on that way. Over the last two-week the beach to enjoy the sun and period there were six sign-ons, the local attractions and then seven payoffs and 32 in-transits. shipped out on the Seatrain Texas. Norfolk shipping has been slow "Red" Donahue, who just came during the month of August. Its off the Fairland, is planning to beginning to pickup, though. take it easy on the beach until There were three payoffs, three the right ship comes along. sign-ons and three in-transits. Lacy Walker, an AB and a 15 year union man, is just off the Achilles. He'll spend a couple of weeks at home in North Carolina SIU ship's delegates, meet­ before looking for another berth ing chairmen and secretaries on a tanker. who forward the ship's min­ David Jones/ also just off the utes to headquarters are urged Achillies, vacated her because he to make sure they fill out an was afraid somebody might think important section on the back he was trying to homestead the of the form. This portion, lo­ ship. Now he's looking for another cated at the bottom on the good tanker. left, relates to the ship's Auston Atkinson, working on Itinerary and the mail situa­ the beach the last four months, tion, including packages of the is registered again and is hoping to make a job on the Keva Ideal SEAFARERS LOG sent to ail ships when each issue is pub­ when she crews up. John Harris had to leave the lished. Seafarers who fill out Hurricane when his son became the minute's form can provide hospitalized and had to be op­ headquarters with a handy \ means of checking the \ erated on. The lad is better now, however, and John is ready to accuracy of mailing lists by ship again. completing this particular Puerto Rican shipping has been section before sending In fair over the last period with 12 their meeting report. ships In-transit. Stateside tug and File Complete Minutes' Form Pare Pive LOO Officer Says Navy Ignores Future Convoy Protection The lessons of convoy protection, learned the hard way by the Navy during World War II when U-boat packs and merchant raiders roved the seas preying on shipping, are being forgotten, an article in an official U.S. magazine has warned. American merchant ships-*^ will be easy targets for an towards protection of our mer­ serve escort and anti-sub fleet is made up of vessels of World War enemy in any future war un­ chant vessels." less the Navy dusts off the old files on shipping protection and begins to give more attention to the prob­ lem, the article by Lt. Cmdr. Ed­ ward R. Summerfield, USN, in U.S. Naval Proceedings asserted. As things are now, a large pro­ portion of the merchant fleets of the United States and her allies would be lost before effective steps to protect them could be organized, Summerfield says. He argues that the Navy is con­ centrating too much on offensive and strike capability strategies and not enough on the less spectacular but vital duty of protecting mer­ chant shipping. The officer's main criticism Is that the Navy is not providing enough leadership and emphasis to take care of the situation. "The number of officers in the Navy with primary duties In naval con­ trol and protection of shipping can be counted on one's fingers," the article says. And though there are two offi­ cers assigned to a matter like postal affairs, there is not one officer in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations with primary duties In the merchant ship pro­ tection field, the article added. Summerfield called for the as­ signment of an officer of captain rank "with a voice at the Navy Department level" to take charge of the pioblem. "Until then," he warned, "there may be piecemeal efforts made at lower command levels, but no concerted movement The Navy is not entirely un­ aware of the problem, however. In the same issue of the magazine In which Summerfield's article was featured, there was a review of anti-submarine warfare, "An ap­ proach to ASW," by Lt. Cmdr. Allan N. Glennon, USN. Summerfield also warned in the article that submarine capabilities have outpaced protective measures. The Russians, our probable enemy in any large conflict, already pos­ sess more submarines—many of them very modern—than our navy, their numbers even outrunning the amount of anti-submarine and escort vessels in our active fleet. Many of these Soviet subs are equipped with surface-to-surface missiles that could be used against shipping, in addition to their con­ ventional torpedo armament. Much of the United States' re­ II vintage that are too siow to be effective against the nuclear-pow­ ered and other up-to-date U-boats the Soviets keep building. Nuclear-tipped missiies and longrange aircraft have added to the dangers merchant ships would have to face in any war. "The convoy strategy has yet to be proved with nuclear weapons," the officer wrote, "but history suggests that it will continue to be the best way of getting the ships through safely." He also cautioned against an over reliance on the high speed of many of our new freighters as a protective measure. Submarines are now even faster than such freighters, and the very speed of the merchantmen may accomplish nothing more than identifying them as particulariy choice tar­ gets, he said. Agreement Settles Judy Bond Dispute An agreement ending a dispute between the Ladies Gar­ ment Workers and the United Garment Workers over bargaining rights at a "runaway" plant in the South was announced by AFL-CIO Pres. negotiated by a subcommittee George Meany after a meet­ composed of AFL-CIO Vice Presi­ ing of the federation's Execu­ dent George M. Harrison, Paul L. tive Board. Phillips and Paul Hall of the Meany said the agreement was SIU. It resolves a dispute be­ tween the two unions involving Brewton Fashions, Ltd.; maker of Judy Bond clothing for women. Charged Runaway The dispute arose after the ILGWU struck the Judy Bond firm in 1962, charging that Judy Bond, after 28 years of confractual releations with the ILGWU in New York City, "ran away" from the union and its employes during contract negotiations. The firm adopted a new corpo­ rate name in Alabama, the ILGWU charged, resumed operations there and signed a contract with the UGW in spite of the fact that the ILGWU had struck Judy Bond and was conducting a nationwide Landa Morales "don't patronize" campqj^n. Gabriel Stringfellow The ILGWU asked the Execu­ Four veteran Seafarers have joined the growing ranks of tive Council for permission to the SIU oldtimers who have retired to dignity and comfort "raid" the UGW, claiming justifi­ with the help of a regular $150 monthly pension check. The cation for the raid under the "dis­ putes" section of the AFL-CIO four new pensioners bring the^' constitution. The council voted to total number of pensions Stringfellow took his last trip grant permission. awarded to Seafarers during aboard the ..^Icoa Runner. He makes his honhe in Mobile, Ala., Subcommittee Named 1964 to 59. All four of the men will receive in the state of his birth, with his Later the ILGWU brought fur­ a regular $150 pension; and all wife. Pearl. ther charges against the UGW and Morales ended his many years have spent their years in the SIU the Executive Council appointed of sailing as an SIU member in sailing deep sea. the subcommittee which nego­ the engine department as a wiper. The latest pensioners are Dalton tiated a settlement in meetings A. Gabriel, 70; Charles L. String- He first became a Seafarer when with ILGWU Pres. David Dubinhe joined the Union during the fellow, 44; Jose C. Morales, 65; sky and UGW Pres. Joseph P. War in the port of New York, and McCiirdy. and Thomas Landa, 65. spent his last sailing time aboard Gabriel became a member of Harrison I is chief executive of the SIU when he signed- up in the Overseas Joyce. Morales was the Railway Clerks. Phillips heads Boston in .Jan., 1939, just after born in Puerto Rico and makes the Papermakers & Paperworkers. the Union was first formed. He his hbme in Ponce. Puerto Rico, Hall is president of the Seafarers. ended his days as an active sea­ with his sister, Sofia Morales. The ILGWU's dispute with Judy Landa is an old Seafarer with farer when he made his last trip on the Cities Service Norfolk. A many years of sailing time on Bond has been waged since De­ native of the British West Indies, the logs and has been a member cember, 1961, when the employer he presently makes his home in of the SIU since he joined in broke away from the employers' Roxbury, Mass. He spent his time New Orleans in 1^39. During his association, and set up a new plafit at sea sailing in the steward de­ years of sailing he became a chief in Alabama, leaving long-term em­ cook and last sailed aboard the ployes jobless. Since then the firm partment. Stringfellow is an SIU member Del Sud (Delta) in that capacity. has been ordered by the dress in­ that held his rating as a steward. A native of Spain, Landa will dustry arbitrater to pay damages of A long time member of the Union, make his home in New Orleans $108,762 to the union and its em­ ployes for breach of contract he joined in 1938 in Mobile, Ala. with his wife and children. Four SIU Veterans Retire On Pensions �Tag* tSta SEAFARERS •qrtcmbcr II; IHt LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) August 29 - September 11 Although the job situation took a slight downswing during the last two weeks, shipping remains very good, with the figures showing activity only slightly below the highs recorded some weeks ago. A total of 1,266 Seafarers shipped out as compared with 1,319 the period before. The decrease in the number of job calls was reflected evenly in all three job departments. Shipping on the East Coast was mixed, with the largest declines in Boston and Baltimore. Philadelphia and Jack­ sonville also slowed somewhat, but this was offset by large gains in New York, Norfolk and Tampa. On the West Coast the trend was generally down, with Wilmington and Seattle showing declines, while San Fransisco bounced back from a slump period to ship almost twice the number of jobs. Effects of the previous two weeks of active shipping has been felt in the number of registrations during this reporting period. A total of 1,142 registered, compared with 1,252 the previous period. The total number of SIU men registered on the. beach also took a downturn, drop­ ping from 3,774 to 3,722. The change in the job situation had a slight effect upon statistics picturing the seniority situation which has changed for the first time in several weeks, although the variations were slight. The percentage of Class A men shipped dropped two points to 53 percent, compared to 55 percent in the previous reporting period. Class B regi­ stration went up 3 points to 35 percent, changing for the first time in several weeks. Class C registration dipped to 12 percent during the period as compared a point higher the period before. The number of payoffs recorded during the period dropped considerably, recording 55 during the last two weeks as compared with the previous period figures of 64. At the same time however, sign-ons took a healthy jump , to 43, as compared to 37 the period before. Ship A€fivify Pay Offt Sign In Ons Trans. TOTAL 0 14 3 3 3 0 1 5 13 5 0 2 3 0 4 3 5 3 0 0 5 15 4 0 2 2 1 21 7 6 8 11 8 3 12 18 3 0 4 1 39 13 14 14 11 9 13 30 27 3 10 9 TOTALS ... 52 43 108 193 Betton N«w York.... Philadelphia .. BalHmora .... Norfolk Jacksonville .. Tampa Mobile New Orleans.. Houston ..... Wilmington .. San Froncisea . Seattle DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B 1 Port Boslon New York Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 .1 2 0 0 0 0" 0 0 0; 20 49 9 1 78i 3 10 23 36 14 38 12 34 64 1 18 15 1.^ 5 0 12 i 0 7 7 6 7 6 3 16 0 1 4 5 3 8 1 12i 1 6 8 15 5 25 -0 5 7 18 2 2 3 5 1 9 1 7 2 4 8 2 11 2 15 1 3 12 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 5 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 6 0 1 2 3 0 2 2: 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 28 0 11 9 3 2 5! 5 4 2 11 2 10 7 19 25 31 14 70 3 23 15 41, 28 86 0 51 7 50 19 31 14 33 48! 1 1 4 10 15! 10 23 10 43 2 7 18 9 3 2 4 9, 1 1 2 4; 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 5 0 9 1 13 16 3 2 12 19 0 5 4 9 14 8 4 3 15 0 2 11 1 6 11 0 0 9 4 5 5 95 ~164~ 43 1 302 12 81 80 1 173 77 173 4V| 297 6 81 80 1 167 i * Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston V/ilmington Fan Francisco Seattle TOTALS TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A B 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 18 64 34 9 0 1 2 16 1 5 1 25 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 1 15 12 0 0 0 0 •2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 11 19 13 17 86 2 2 50 0 2 2 4 43 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 19 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 11 5 3 28 14 1 45 297 167 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 S ALL 0 0 7 27 8 42 1 0 3 5 8 18 116 102 149 2.4 275 5 43 71 119 2 23 15 18 37 4 1 5 12 18 33 44 1 58 8 110 0 17 21 38 1 28 14 33 0 17 2 11 12 23 0 4 3 5 0 2 7 8 17 0 2 5 6 4 15 1 2 4 7 1 31 34 37 80 0 9 6 20 26 17 153 50 60 15 125 3 35 62 100 .75| 52 4 75 19 146 2 17 50 69 4; .11 - 21 38 1 0 6 8 12 21 22 43 2 1 341 20 1 15 12 29 0 24 5 160 0 34 17 16j 31 51 45 1 509 388 519 105 1 1012' 17 203 306 1 626 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Registered Registered Shipped CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP _1 2 3 ALL ' 1 2- 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 48 1 3 32 6 10 23 14 40 8 35 3 46 0 10 ! 0 8 0 6 4 3 5 4 2 6 5 5 1 11 i 1 8 3 5 12 0 15 2 0 6 1 7! 1 1 3i 0 5 1 3 8 0 2 0 2i 0 4 6, 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 4' 0 0 0 0. 0 5 0 5 4 10 3 8 6 15 I 2 3 4 9 17i 1 11 27 5 .43 2 27 20 49 I 10 41 2 53 30i 1 9 19 2 18 11 30 1 12 24 3 39 2 1 1 4. 0 3 2 5 1 1 0 2 13 2 16 1 1 3 5 11 18 9 3 4 2 8 0 . 10 1 3 ^ ? 6 0 10 9 1 46 129 28 1 203 11 100 70 1 181 39 152 22 1 213 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 19 42 2 15 46 4 9 42 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 6! 0 2 4 0 .1 15 1 6 0 8i 0 4 4 4 0 4 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 7 0 4 0 4 9 7 48; 2 1 29 18 23 6 31 53 48 0 21 35! 1 5 39 1 1 3 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 1 3 4 18 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 2 2 0 85 65 1 159 6 40 20 1 66 213 159 9 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1.2 3 ALL 0 2 0 16 0 12 2 7 4 11 15 103 53 117 21 191 10 54 57 121 8 2 0 10 4 16 0 9 7 16 22 13 1 45 8' 66; 3 16 25 44 20 3 4 20 1 24 2 10 12 24 5 1 2 3 0 4 1 5 2 8 0 5 2 8 11' 0 1 2 1 3 20 11 4 31 3 45 1 17 19 37 31 132 23 70 13 106 3 49 46 98 79 26 5 56 3 85 3 36 36 75 0 2 9 11 3 23 3 7 9 19 30 8 4 30 7 45 2 10 8 20 0 12, 7 31 2 40. 1 18 11 30 66 1 438 160 444 68 1r672l 29 240 237-1 506 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A n • Port Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac Tarn Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS 1-s 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 8 0 1 4 28 Registered CLASS B Shipped CiASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1-s 2 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 b 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 13 6 19 43! 1 3 13!' 3 . 9 14 20 9 46 2 1 6 9 0 0 1 0 1 2 li 0 I 3 0 6 9 2 0 3 5 0 3 1 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 1 5 6 0 2 2 2 6 1 2 0 4 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 4 3 1 9 1 1 3 5 1 4 0 4 9 5 6 24 40 5 2 30 6 20 37 i 5 9 40 10 2 8 28 1 2 15 18 4 7 4 9 24 2 0 2 4 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 7 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 4 8 14 2 3 1 10 1 1 8 10 0 0 0 3 3 47 23 73 1 171 13 14 85 1 112 15 41 28 74 1 158 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 18 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 3 3 38 44 2 0 15 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 1 11 Q. 10 6 103 1 118 9 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A 2 1 B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 46 18 0 0 6 6 2 2 0 0 5 5 9 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 9 3 1 10 14 40 44 1 0 3 17 4 24 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 14 9 0 0 0 0 3 11 4 1 38 1 43 158 118 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1 C ALL 1-s 2 2 3 ALL 2 5 13 0 0 2 4 0 0 3 3 10 71 37 55 190 7 74 27 4 31 42 5 7 13 6 10 4 29 0 1 5 6 22 13 21 68 2 5 16 12 2 24 28 5 4 0 1 21 0 12 11 2^ 20 22 .5 0 2 2 0 1 4 1 2 2 A 2 4 5 13 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 8 19 41 2 0 15 8 1 19 22 20 23 59 118 4 14 98; 16 4 75 83 86 7 • 4 27 19 10 24 45, 33 4 38 6 5 6 0 22 3 2 10 15 1' 5 6 6 16 42 1 3 26 14 2 7 10 0 9 2 11 30 6 55 14 8 10 39 43 1 319 143 175 126 234 1 678 32 34 262 1 328 SUMMARY DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered Registered CLASS A CLASS B GROUP 12 3 ALL 95 164 43 302 46 129 28 203 75 23 73 "171 216 316 144 676 36 195 235 SHIPPED CLASS A SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS C CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A I CLASS 8 GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL A C ALL 1 2 ALL 1 2 2 B 2 3 ALL 77 173 47 1 297 6 81 80 I 167 28 14 1 45 297 169 45 509 388 519 105 11012 17 203 306 526 '39 152 22 I 213 9' 85 65 I 159 66^213 159 "66 438 16^ 444 68 I 672 29 240 237 506 40 20 56 28 74 158 9 6 103 1 118 4 1 38 I 43 158 118 "43 319,318 126 234"i 678 32 34 262'j 328 72 353 143 668 24 172 248'I 444 13 69 72 j 154 668 444 154 |1266l866 1089 407 |2362 78 477 805 |1360 �'ar:v-, •cflHHber IS, IfSt By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. Steward Dept. O.T. Clarified Among a number of questions received from crewmembers Is one from a steward that is a beef about beef: Question: I have been butchering half a cow without the payment of overtime. They weigh from 70 to 90 pounds. Please send clarifica­ tion on the butchering of same. Answer: When carcass beef, in eighths or larger, is carried, the man required to butcher this beef shall be paid a minimum of six hours overtime weekly for butchering. Reference: Article V, Section 20, Standard Freight Agreement: "OVERTIME FOR BUTCHERING. When carcass beef In eights or larger is carried, the man required to butcher this beef shall be paid a minimum of 6 hours overtime weekly for butchering. This shall not apply jvhen a butcher is carried." Many questions coming into Headquarters seem to be concerned with watch time. Here are a couple. Question: An A.B. on the 4 to 8 watch became ill and could not stand his watch. The Captain shifted an A.B. from the 8 to 12 watch until the sick A.B. returned to work. The Carpenter thinks he should have been put on the 4 to 8 watch rather than the 8 to 12 because on the 4 to 8 watch he would have made more overtime. Answer: The Captain has the-*right to assign the Carpenter to "On day of arrival any part of a the watch that he the Captain, sea watch from midnight until decides is best. 8 a.m. shall constitute a complete Reference: Article III, Section watch. This shall not apply to men 4(A) of the Standard Freight who are to stand donkey watch. Agreement: "BOATSWAIN OR When such arrival occurs on a CARPENTER STANDING Saturday, Sunday or Holiday, WATCH, (a) If the Boatswain or overtime shall only be paid, for Carpenter is required to stand hours actually worjced on such watch due to a shortage of men, watch. When watches are not such watches stood between the broken in port and vessel's stay hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m., Monday exceeds 24 hours in port, overtime through Fridays, and from mid­ shall be paid for ail watches stood night to midnight on Saturdays, after 5 PM and before 8 AM after Sundays or Holidays, shall be paid 24 hours. If watches are broken in for at their regular overtime rate. a port after having been main­ However, all such watches shall be tained for a period of time, over­ in addition to their regular duties time shall be paid for 'all watches as Boatswain or Carpenter. In stood between time of arrival and such cases, there shall be no breaking watches. This shall not division of wagesl apply when the crew is being paid Question: The situation: Vessel overtime for standing watches. arrived in Galveston, Sunday at This excludes men standing 7:48 A.M.; as it was due to shift to donkey .watches." Houston and sail from port prior The job of the bosun in t\TO to midnight of the following day specialized situations is clarified the Chief Engineer broke and set in these two questions. sea watches for FWT at midnight, Question: This vessel does not Sunday, in accordance with the carry a Carpenter; just a Bosun agreement. After numerous delays and two Daymen. The Bosun and vessel finally sailed from Houston Daymen while working in the at 6:15 P.M. Thursday, the FWT's messhail after 5 PM were required remaining on sea watches the to lay a section of the deck with entire stay in port. Fireman- Magnicite cement. Time it took to , Watertenders claim overtime for put in this work v/as turned in at all watches stood (day and night) the rate of overtime and one-half. after 24 hours (midnight Monday) Mate disputed it, claiming there is until the vessel sailed (6:15 PM nothing covering it in the contract Thursday). Overtime has been and will only pay straight o.t. until okayed for watches stood only he is shown otherwise, considers after 5 PM and before 8 AM from it routine deck work. midnight Monday until vessel Answer: It is our opinion that sailed (6:15 PM Thursday). the section quoted by you is cor­ Answer: Based on the foregoing, rect and that all work performed the Company is correct. Overtime during the regular working hours for the Fireman-Watertender would be paid at the straight would be payable only for those overtime rate and overtime and watches which were stood after one-half would be paid for all 5 PM and before 8 AM from mid­ work performed after 5 PM and night, Monday, until the vessel before 8 AM. sailed at 6:15 PM, Thursday. Reference: Article III, Section Reference: Article IV, Section 7, 12(c) of Standard Freight Agree­ Standard Freight Agreement: ment: CARPENTER'S DUTIES, "BREAKING WATCHES. When a (c) When members of the deck vessel is in port as defined in department are required by the Article II, Section 34, and is officer-in-chargp to perform scheduled to remain in port regular carpenter work they shall twenty-four hours or longer, sea be paid straight overtime for their watches shall be broken. When watch on deck and overtime and scheduled stay of vessel is less one-half for their watch below." than twenty-four hours, sea In submitting questions and watches shall be maintained. If work situations for clarification, sea watches are to be broken, they delegates and crews are reminded shall be broken when "Finished once again to provide as much de­ with Engine" bell is rung. tail as-possible setting forth the "When the vessel arrives in circumstances of any dispute. Be­ port and is to depart prior to mid­ sides those mentioned, some mem­ night of the following day, sea bers who were sent clarifications watches for those men who are to on various subjects during the past maintain donkey watches shall not few days include the following: be broken. James J. Boland, ship's delegate, "When the vessel arrives in port Robin Kirk; A1 Maisonet, ship's and is scheduled to depart after delegate. Oceanic Tide; Paul L. midnight of the following day, sea Whitlow, ship's delegate, Hercules watches for those men who are to Victory; Joe Scaramutz, Alcoa stand donkey watehes shall be Mariner; Leo Paradise, Eldorado; broken at midnight on day of Rene J. Aslin, Monticello Victory; and F. Ouweneel, Niagara. arrival. LOG S Pace Sevoa Two Railtug Oldtimers On Pension NEW YORK—Two more vete­ ran members of the Railway Ma­ rine Region have joined the growing list of pensioners that have been approved by the trus­ tees of the retirement program. Both tugmen, Fritz Samot, and Walter E. Norris, will receive a regular $150 pension' check monthly as long as they live. Samot sailed in the deck de­ partment throughout his career. Norris Samot He last sailed as mate aboard the Carl Olsen (left) daughter of SIU New Bedford Fishermen's New York Central's Tug 32. He Union member Magnus K. Olsen, is shown above being plans to settle down in his home crowned queen of the 1964 Scallop Festival. Doing the in Brooklyn, N.Y., and spend honors is the 1963 Scallop Queen, Arlene Dutra. some time with his daughter and six grandchildren. Before starting his career on tugs, Samot spent several years sailing deep sea. Norris sailed for the Pennsyl­ vania Railroad for ntany years, and has worked in all depart­ ments, retiring after working as a railroad bridgeman. Norris has been sailing tugs around N.Y. Harbor since 1918. He plana to By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area settle down in California with his daughter, spending his time with The weekend Labor Day holiday was kicked off in New Orleans his five children, 11 grandchil­ with a big rally at the SIU Hall. The affair was the Fourth Annual dren, and two great grand-chil­ Friends of Labor Night sponsored by the Greater New Orleans AFLdren. CIO and attended by trade unionists and civic, business and political leaders, including many parish, city, state and federal officials. The principal speaker was Hale Boggs, U.S. Representative from Louisiana's Second Congressional District. Democratic Whip in the House, he is one of the most influential members of Congress. His address launched the AFL-CIO campaign in support of Presi­ dent Lyndon B. Johnson, vice presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey and Democratic candidates in the state who have opposition in the general election. Boggs is one of those who has Republican opposition. The election will be held on November 3. It is of vital importance to every SIU member and his family and everyone should take steps, NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. — when in his home port, to make certain that he is registered to vote, SlU-United Industrial Workers along with his family and friends, all of whom should be advised of the importance of this election. Acquaint yourself with absentee member Charles Spruell, a imion voting procedures so that you can make certain your vote will be chief shop steward at the Paulsen- counted, even if you are at sea on election day. Shipping has continued to maintain a lively pace in the Gulf, It Webber Cordage Company plant in nearby Sunbury, is talking has been better than fair in Hou--* proudly about his 17-year-old ston, despite the continued tie-up Theodore "Red Griff" Griffith, an­ of grain elevators there. It has daughter, Ann Marie, who just been booming in New Orleans and other of the real oldtimers. Red spent his time between ships vis­ graduated high school, taking a good in Mobile. iting with friends and relatives load of honors with her into the Among those who recently hit around his home neighborhood in world of business. the beach in Mobile is George the Defuniak Springs and Panama Ann Marie, who completed Bales who has been sailing out City, Fla., area. Another "Florida Northumberland High. this spring. of the Gulf in the deck department Cracker" who made the Topa Topa since 1938. After eight months on was Jake Wood who came over the Montpelier Victory he got fro;n Tampa to ship out. Wally off, registered in Group 1, and LaNasa, who registered late in plans to catch up on his fishing July, is still 'on the beach, but while enjoying life witli his family probably will be ready to go soon. Among those on tlie' beacli in in Mobile for awhile. Bernard Graham, another oldtimer, got off Houston are Earl McKaskey who the Topa Topa when she paid off paid off t'ne Peim Sailor in Jack­ in New Orleans and registered in sonville after a trip to India. He Mobile. Graham, who lives with is ready to go again and says he his sister in Theodore. Ala., plans will take a day man or bosun's Charles & Ann Marie Spruell to stay ashore about three monllis ^ob on any long trip. Vernon Hal!, and pass the time, perhaps profit­ who quit the chief cook's job on won a typing award and four ably, shrimping. John M. Lamb, the Margarett Brown for a rest is shorthand honors from the Gregg who has been shipping out of the making the job calls, ready to grab Shorthand Company. She will use Gulf for more than 20 years, quit the first cook's job that comes up. her skills in a position with the the electrician's job on the Alcoa Clarence Heinly, wlio last sailed First National Bank of Sunbury. Voyager so he can be on the beach as chief electrician on the Alice Her father, Charles, has been for a big ev^it—the marriage of Brown, hopes to make an Isthmian an SIU member for seven years his daughter in October. Eddie job. Charles Demers who made and a chief steward for four Bowers who was last on the Coun­ his last trip as an AB on the Trans years. He is employed as an elec­ cil Groves has been home with Hatteras is registered in Group 1 trician at the Paulsen-Webber his family in Mobile for awhile and is looking for a .long voyage. plant, which is a major manufac­ and says he is ready to take any Jessie .Metcalf is ready to go again turer of fiber ropes and canvas baker's job that hits the board. after a long rest. He last sailed A visitor in New Orleans for deck maintenance on the Alice products for marine use. All seven Paulsen-Webber plants are a few days before he shipped out Brown. Jerry McCarthy paid off as a« AB on the Topa Topa was the Producer after a trip to Egypt. under SIU-UIW contract. Labor Day Rally Held in New Orleans SlU Man's Daughter Wins Honors �SEAFARERS Page Eight Annual Report for the Period of April 1 to July 15, 1963 Great Lakes Seamen's Welfare Fund 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y. To the Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York Notes: (1) All data in the Annual Report is to be copied from the Annual State­ ment. Where a copy of U.S. Department of Labor Form D-2, has been filed in lieu of pages 6 to 14 of the New York Annual Statement, the Summary Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Exhibit B-1) and the Summary Statement - of Receipts and Disbursements (Exhibit B-2) of Form D-2 may be substituted for Pages 2 and 3 herein. (2) The Annual Report is required to be filed, in duplicate, not later than Address replies to New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York 38, N.Y. (3) The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general informa­ tion as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is necessarily abbreviated. For a, more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John St. New York 38, N.Y. EXHIBIT B-1 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Assets 1. Cash 2. Bonds and debentures (a) Government obligations (b) Nongovernment bonds (c) Total bonds and debentures 3. Stocks (a) Preferred (b) Common 4. Common trusts 5. Real estate loans and mortgages 6. Operated real estate 7. Other investment assets 8. Furniture and Equipment 9. Less: Reserve for Furniture & Equipment 10. Other assets (a) Contributions Receivable (b) Due from Other Funds (c) Miscellaneous Receivables . $ 43,321.58 —()—• —6— —0— —0— —0— —0— —0— —0— —0— —0— $ 76,332.89 2,763.48 781.57 11. Total a.ssets September 18, 1864 LOG EXHIBIT B-2 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS Receipts 1. Contributions (a) Employer Per Schedule Attached (b) Employees (c) Others (Specify) 2. Interest, dividends, and other investment net Income 3. Gain (or.loss) from disposal of assets, net 4. Dividends and experience rating refunds from insurance companies 5. Other receipts $177,409.58 Disbursements 7. Insurance and annuity premiums paid to insurance com­ panies for participants benefits 8. Benefits provided other than through insurance carriers or other service organizations 9. Administrative expenses (a) Salaries (Schedule 1) 29,524.11 ('b) Fees and commissions 5,821.20 (c) Interest —0— (d) Taxes 2,351.95 (e) Rent 2,547.84 (f) Other administrative expenses 10. Other di.sbursements (a) Trustees' Meetings Expense .. (b) Travel atid Auto Expenses .... —0— 5,242.84 (5,242.84) 1,114.90 233.68 1,348.58 256,676.83 12. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over disbursements (line 8, less line 11) (79,267.25) 13. Fund balance at beginning of year 14. Excess (deficiency) of receipts over bursements (line 12) .. 15. Other increases or decreases in funds (a) Elimination of Reserve for those receiving the special disability benefit and welfare benefits to them and their dependents 143,305.93 —0— (79,267.25) 143,305.93 ' $64,038.68 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GREAT LAKES SEAMEN'S WELFARE FUND 79,877.94 STATE OF New York SS. and Trustees of the Fund and being duly sworn, each for himself deposes and says that this Annual Report is true to the best of his information, knowledge and belief. Employer trustee: s / Max Harrison 59,160.84 —0— 64,038.68 64,038.68 18. Total liabilities and funds Employee trustee: s/ Al Kerr $123,199.52 Fire Hits The Globe Explorer rescue operation had taken just 4V2 hours. The next day, the Coast Guard cutters Owasco and Cherokee met the La Pintata, and the Owasco removed the crew, taking them to New London, Conn. Captain Jurgensen, the chief mate, engineer and bosun Horace Mobley were taken onboard the Cheokee, where they proceeded to the Globe Ex­ plorer, now riding dead in the water, to effect salvage operations. Members of the crew volunteered to join the salvage mission but Captain Jurgensen declined their offer. The fire had been an especially bad one as far as the crew was concerned. Though there had been no injuries, the men had lost all their personal belongings — and their pay. The ship had paid off in Norfolk less than 48 hours earlier and the crewmen had their , salaries with them. The cash was lost to, the blaze. In New London, the survivors 52,385.75 16. Fund balance end of year —0— 47,252.51 10,422.91 1,485.42 (d) Total funds and reserves (Continued from page 3) 12,140.65 11. Total lines 7 to 10, inclusive Liabilities and Funds 16. Total liabilities 17. Funds and reserves (a) Reserve for future benefits and expenses (b) Fund Balance 202,942.50 Reconciliation of Fund Balances $123,199.52 Insurance and annuity premiums payable Benefits Payable Accounts payable & Accrued Expenses Payroll taxes Payable 300.00 6. Total lines 1 to 5, inclusive COUNTY OF New York. 12. 13. 14. 15. $177,109.58 —0— were fitted out with clean clothes. Hughart and Mueller came to SIU Brooklyn headquarters where they told their story. In New York, company officials had high praise for the conduct of the SIU crew during the aban­ doning operation. "The crew was well-disciplined, showed absolutely no panic and demonstrated real good seamanship," said one com­ pany official. Crewmembers, in turn, said all safety equipment on the ship was in good working order, and they lauded the SIU safety program for helping to maintain the high standards. Meanwhile, Captain Jurgensen and his three men, aided by five Coast Guardsmen who had been dropped on the Globe Explorer by heliocopter, were struggling to take a tow line from the Cherokee. After much work, the line was made fast, but heavy seas, whipped up by hurricanes Ethel and Dora, whose dying remnants were still a danger to shipping, forced the cutter to break the tow on Sunday, September 13. As the LOG went to press, com­ pany officials reported that the Globe Explorer was under tow again and expected to make port in Norfolk by Sunday, Septem­ ber 19. When she arrives she will be surveyed by underwriters, and rep­ resentatives of the American Bu­ reau of Shipping to determine the extent of her damage and whether or not she is salvagable. The 20,000 tons of coal she was delivering to the Netherlands is believed to be in good shape and untouched by the fire. The cargo is expected to be reloaded on an­ other vessel. Seafarer Mueller, 62, who has spent 42 years going to sea, told the LOG that the Globe Explorer fire was his second bout with disaster. On January 6, 1942, he was aboard the William S. Rosecranz when she was torpedoed off the Italian coast by an Axis sub. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9ih day of January, 1964. s / John J. Raguseo JOHN J. RAGUSEO Notary Public, State of New York No. 30-8482865 Qualified in Nassau County Cert, filled in Nassau Co. & N.Y. Co. Commission Expires March 30, 1964 New Deep-Diving Sub | To Seek Oceans' Secrets BERMUDA—What the astronauts are doing for the exploration if i of outer space the Aluminaut is expected to do for the exploration of "inner space" according to her designers. At this point some definitions are probably in order. The term ; "inner space" is often used to refer to the unexplored depths of , I the world's oceans. The Aluminaut, launched recently, at Groton, : i Conn., is a 50-foot long submarine designed to go down 15,000 || i feet into the ocean depths with its three man crew and travel |i I at that depth for 100 miles. |i The Aluminaut should prove to be an advance over previous : vehicles designed to descend to great depths because of her I superior mobility underwater. Trials of the new craft are expected to begin soon in the i Bahamas because of the need for very deep water. Here, a tongue i of the ocean provides & great depth just a mile offshore. Many groups are reported to be interested in the new underi water craft including the U.S. Navy, various government agencies I and private firms. The mobility and versatility of the craft -are expected to be of value in many forms of underwater work. Exploration of the ocean depths, of course, is one endeavor i in which the Aluminaut may prove exceedingly useful. Underwater I salvage work offers many possibilities as does drilling for oil on the bottom of the ocean. Underwater mining may also prpve i feasible with the aid of the Aluminaut, especially mining for i manganese. There are places on the floor of the Pacific Ocean; [for example, which are covered with manganese "nodules" worth i an estimated $1.4 million a square mile. �SEAFARERS LOG Fure NIm F Getting ready to abandon ship during life­ boat drill, (l-r) diaries Sopeta, pantryman; Jim Hand, electrician; and Ronald Canady, decic department, stand by to start low­ ering the lifeboat on the Steel Maker (Isthmian}. oper fire fighting techniques and knowledga of lifeboat handling often spell the difference between life^and death for a Seafarer in times of disaster. Well trained SIU men on the Steel Maker (Isthmian), many of whom got their training in the union lifeboat school, had a chance to demonstrate these vital skills recently during one of the periodic fire and lifeboat drills held on hoard ship, Crewmembers broke out the fire fighting gear to put out a simulated blaze and then quickly and efficiently, took to the lifeboats. The drill came off without a hitch, and demonstrated that Seafarers on the Steel Maker, as are their SIU brothers everywhere, stand ready to deal with any threat or eventuality that might occur at sea. (Photos taken by Seafarer Joe Fried.) This trio of Seafarers (l-r), G. Alindato, oiler; Fred Tampd, firemen, and Charles Sopeta of the steward department, found that the hose at their fire station was in excellent working order when the drill alarm went off. , FIRE AND w II . Mill 1 ^ ^ -mm W Wm l» : BOAT DRILL Seafarers moved through the boat drill like clockwork. Here, a crewmember inspects davits prior to lowering away. Periodic drills give the crew e chance to demonstrate skills they learn In SIU lifeboat school. After a fire drill, one of the most important |obs for Seafarers is make sure all equipment is stowed properly where it will be ready for an emer­ gency. Replacing hose (l-r) are Seafarers Tompol, Alendato and Sopeta. After crewmembers ran through the lifeboat drill without a hitch, they began to put equipment back in place. Cranking a lifeboat up are (l-r) Wilbur Miles, second cook; Thn Holt, AF; and William Duffy, messman. Nothing is left to chance as these SIU crewmembers (l-r) Holt, Temple, Duffy, and Robert G. Bour, AB; check every fastening to make sure the lifeboat they were handling is secure after the drill was completed. �Page Ten SEAFARERS By E. B. McAuley, West Coast Representative California Politics Steal Scene LOO Sqrtember 18, 1864 Domestic Shipping Hit In Court RR Rate Ruiings WASHINGTON—In two separate actions involving SIUcontracted Seatrain Lines, and the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union-contracted Sheridan Transport Lines, discriminatory rate cuts by railroads were-* again condoned by federal part of their phosphate tonnage, court decisions. or would force water freight rates QUESTIONi A recent article In a French magazine reported There was plenty of fiery oratory on Labor Day in California as that French touriitt dislike the Governor Edmund G. Brown and Senator Pierre Salinger joined forces to attack Proposition 14 and its backers. The proposition, which U.S. and New York City in par­ will appear on the November ballot, would amend the state constitu­ ticular. As an American sea­ tion by repealing the Rumford Housing Act which now bans racial In the Seatrain action, the do­ down to "levels below full cost in man, what Is your opinion of discrimination in the sale or rental of housing in California. mestic shipping Industry suffered order to remain competitive." France? Governor Brown spoke at the Catholic Labor Institute in Los The phosphate shipments In­ blow when a federal judge in Angeles, and Salinger, who is running for election, made two speeches on the issue. He appeared before the Retail Clerks' Union Labor Day New Jersey dropped a restraining volved are carried by thq seaborne Mike Dohertyt I can take it or Picnic at the Orahge County Fairgrounds and at the annual picnic order he had imposed preventing lines from Florida porta to Balti­ leave it. Just after the war, more and Canton, Maryland. To­ rail rate cutting on polyethylene of the Alameda County Labor Council in Pleasanton. France was a Bids were recently opened for the construction of three 24-knot, plastics moving from "Texas to the tal charges for the phosphate ship­ pretty good New York area. ments average about $5.90 a ton twin-screw containerships by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. place, but since via the water route. The original federal court action The General Dynamics Corp. submitted the lowest of the four bids the early 1950'3 Rail rates had been set at $7.85 for the vessels which the shipping line intends to place in intercoastal preventing the 30 percent rate cut there has been a followed the intervention of the a ton. Now the roads are setting operation. The MA must approve 50 percent mortgage insurance build-up of antiJustice Department in the action a $6 a ton rate, applicable to min­ before construction of the new ships can begin. American feel­ begun by SlU-contracted Seatrain imum shipments of 75 tons moving General Dynamics bid was $20,849,000 for each of the ships. Three ings, especially Lines' appeals case before the In­ in hopper cars, or a minimal total years ago American-Hawaiian asked for bids for the ships, and the in the port cities. lowest was $21,374,383 per vessel. The company now has gainerf a terstate Commerce Commission. movement of 75 tons per day from The people have The Justice Department supported ? single point to a single con­ saving of more than $1.5 million: become very signee. Seatrain's claim that the proposed by calling for the new bids. Amer­ hail. He last sailed on the Montirude, and in general have no use The sea carriers have main­ rate reduction violates Federal ican-Hawaiian plans to use the cello Victory as bosun and says he for the Americans. This makes It new ships to restore its inter­ plans to stick around for a short antitrust laws and are otherwise tained that they need at least _ hard to like any country. discriminatory. one dollar per ton differential to coastal service which it dis­ time before shipping out again. Recently however, the judge remain in competition. The op­ 4. 4. continued 10 years ago. Arloe Hill has been taking It Forty leading experts from nice and easy around Wilmington ruled that he has no jurisdiction tions open to the water carriers Frederick Oliver: I like it. The government, industry labor, law, for the summer. However, he to continue ^lis original Injunction now lie in reducing their own people treat me nice there. I'll rates even lower or carrying the and dropped it. This apparently medicine and higher education figures that he's had a long admit there are discussed the establishment of enough lay-off and claims he'll allows the railroads to put the new fight to a higher tribunal, if pos­ places I'd rather guidelines to ensure the future of jump for the first chief steward's rail rates into effect whenever sible. go, but when I'm collective bargaining in the U.S. opening that comes across the they choose. there I find it The Justice Department had at a conference held on the board. quite enjoyable. called Southwestern Lines Freight Berkeley campus of the University Of course, I have Traffic Bureau's proposal to re­ of California. The conference, some friends duce the cost of shipping plastics sponsored by the Brotherhood of there and tlhat by railroad from Texas to New Railway Trainmen, was attended always helps to York by 22 to 33 percent "clearly by West Coast maritime labor and make any port discriminatory and violating the Industi-y leaders. more Interesting. policies and standards of the anti­ 1 don't think they should have a Shipping Steady trust laws." As usual however, bad opinion of New York, though. pleas to preserve the domestic Shipping has been steady In the It's a good city. shipping industry by preventing San Francisco area for the past WASHINGTON—The Maritime two weeks and looks like it will 4 4 4' LOUISVILLE, Ky A power­ the railroads from engaging in Administration has tightened up continue fair in the future. Three ful, modern SIU Inland Boatmens discriminatory rate cutting fell on its U.S. ship transfer policy some­ C. I. Navarra: Nobody can beat ships crewed up, the Wild Ranger, Union-manned towboat took to the deaf ears at the ICC. what in a recent move revising its New York. It is the best city in Seatrain Lines has already been eight year old policy governing Longview Victory and the Iber­ water here recently with the the World. I like ville. The C. S. Long Lines finally christening of the Hugh C. Blaske forced to abandon services from the sale of U.S.-flag ships to Paris but its day sailed for the Far East after being at ceremonies attended by more New York to Savannah and to New foreign buyers. is past and- the Orleans because railroads cut laid up for several weeks in the than 400 spectators. The biggest change in the new Frenchman does rates on a few key commodities Wilamette yards. The vessel will be operated by that form the backbone of its revised policy was to bring ail not want to ad­ L. Lopez, an old familiar face, SIU-lBU-contracted Inland Tugs, types and ages of vessels within mit it. The peo­ has been seen around the San Inc., for the owners, American traffic. the policy. In the future any ple are really no In the second, and similar case, Francisco hail lately. He recently Commercial Line. transfer, no matter how old the more friendly coastwise carriers Marine Trans­ got back from the Far East after there than New The new 170-foot, 4,800 horse­ port Lines and the SlU-lBU ship, will bo looked into carefully shipping out as chief cook on the York, but living power vessel will go into service manned Sheridan Transportation before approval is granted, yntil Wilton. The Wilton is about to end now, applications to transfer ships is much better up on the scrap pile, but the on the Ohio and Mississip-pi Riv­ Co. failed in their attempt to get more than 20 years old or under in New York. France has its good company donated all the grub left ers. She is capable of pushing the Interstate Commerce Commis­ 3,000 grbss tons were approved points, but I don't think it can in the galley to hospitals out that tows of 20 to 30 barges with up sion to suspend and investigate almost automatically. stand up to the Big City. way. F. R. Hattaway, a black gang to 30,000 tons of cargo. Although published rail rate slashes on the Another change in policy makes not the most powerful vessel on shipment of phosphate rock the 4 4 4 oldtimer, has come In for a while the economic life of ships 25 years after a long trip on the Longview the rivers, the Biaske is designed water carriers depend upon for a instead of 20 years, which was the P. J. Garray: I don't like France to deliver the greatest efficiency substantial part of their bsuiness. Victory. at all. The people are very snob­ previous cutoff point. In addition, with the minimum of mainte­ Both the ICC's suspension board Another old hand, J. Pasko, is bish, especially and its Division 11 have brushed another five years will be added in the port cities. looking for a ship bound for the nance. to what Marad considers the SlU-lBU crewmen will also aside the complaints of Marine East Coast in the hope of taking in The communists the Worlds Fair before it closes benefit from the vessels design. Transport Lines and Sheridan economic life of vessels which are building up have been converted or jumboized. All quarters are fully air condi­ Transport (barges) that the rail­ for the year. He says he wants to considerable In the future the same case-by- a see the changes back east after tioned, including the galley, pilot­ roads—Seaboard Air Line and amount of anticase determination of transfer ap­ house, engineer's control room, Atlantic Coast Line — rate cuts spending so much time out this American feel­ way. While making the rounds of and two lounges for off-duty re­ would either divert a substantial plications for ships imder 8,000 ings in the port gross tohs will be made as for the San Francisco USPHS hospital laxation. larger ships under the new policy. areas, and of route we found Hubert Pousson However, the smaller ships will not course this does and John Tierney who is in dry _ be subject to the transfer condi­ not help anyone dock with an injured knee. like the country. Most seamen tion that they by made available to Things are moving pretty slow the U.S. in the event of an only see the ports and the areas up Seattle way with no changes near them because they don't have emergency. on the horizon. Payoffs during the time to get into the interior of Some 800 U.S.-flag ships have couple of weeks included the been transferred to foreign the country, so it is especially bad Beloit Victory, Seattle and the registry since 1949 under the pre­ for them. Antinous with the Morning Light vious policy and its earlier ver­ 4 4 4 expected in shortly. Melvin Kleisions. These vessels supposedly ber has shown up on the beach in Henry Kuglert I don't like it remain under the "effective con­ Seattle. He's been doing a lot of that much. There are other places trol" of the U.S. Government work on his "stump ranch," but is I would prefer under the terms of the MA's trans­ more than willing to grab the first to go. The peo- • fer policy. bosun's job that comes along. John pie of France are As for its new, revised transfer Indorf, who usually ships as night getting to be • policy, however, MA stresses that cook and baker, is sweating it out pretty urifriendjit will continue to consider in as he tries to nail down a job on ly toward the^^ each case the type, size, speed, the Seattle. American. Their general condition and age of the Shipping is moving on the cities are tidier ship, the acceptability of the slow bell In Wilmington lately. in general than foreign buyer arid country of The San Francisco, Kenmar and some sections of registry, the need to' retain the Robin Kirk have all stopped inNew York, but if The latest SlU-manned tug to take to the water, the Hugh C. ship under U.S. laws for reasons these Frenchmen had a complaint transit, but the future doesn't look of national defense, maintenance Blaske, operated by SIU Inland Boatmen's Union-contracted that Americans are unfriendly to­ to bright in the next few weeks. of an adequate merchant fleet, ward them, at least the New York­ Inland Tugs, Inc. for American Commercial Line, is shown Richard (Mac) McConnell has been foreign policy and national inter­ er is not downright rude on pur­ getting re-acquainted with his old above. ^ The modern tug is designed for maximum efficiency est before it aUows the vessel to pose. Nevertheless, 1 have friends " friends around the Wilmington with minimum maintenance. transfer foreign. there. New SIU Tugboat Is Christened MA Tightening Regulations On Ship Transfers �B^tember It, Iftt SEAFARERS LOG Pare EleveB "Can't Seem to Put My li/lind to Work.," PLASTERERS FIRST ENDORSEMENT GOES TO JOHNSON— The 100-year-old Plasterers and Cement Masons Union, which has never before backed a presidential candidate, has endorsed the Johnson-Humphrey ticket. The unprecedented and unanimous action was taken at their 40th convention in Philadelphia. AFL-CIO Presi­ dent George Meany, who addressed the deiegates, warned them that the "preservation of the free way of life and our type of society" depended on the defeat of GoldWater in November. Meany also told the delegates that Goldwater's record of opposition to labor's rights, minimum wage, medicare and social security means that the GOP candidate's defeat should become more important to labor than any local or contractual issues "we could talk about." Tlie delegates of the 66,000-member union also heard national COPE director A1 Barkan talk about the importance of "grass roots" political activity for labor. 4" MRS. FDR REMEMBERED—Nationwide observance of Eleanor Roosevelt's 80th birthday will take place Oct. 11 at commemorative din­ ners across the United States, including Washington, D.C. where AFLCIO Pres. George Meany and Vice Pres. Joseph D. Keenan will be among those honored. United Nations Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, chairman of Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation, of which Meany and Keenan are resident trustees, announced the dinners will pay tribute to the memory of the "first lady of the world" and will serve as stimulus to the foundation's work in human relations. In addition to Washington, dinners will be held in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Mil­ waukee. The Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation was inspired by the late Pres. John F. Kennedy and chartered by Congress in 1963 to carry on Mrs. Roosevelt's work in the fields of human rights, world peace, cancer research and aid to underpriviledged children. The AFL-CIO has endorsed the foundation and has contributed finan­ cially to its work. 4" 4* 3^ JOHNSON RECORD IMPRESSIVE—If any one word can sum up the performance of President Johnson in office,- that word is achieve­ ment. A look at the legislation enacted this year alone gives eloquent testimony to President Johnson's leadership. The Congress approved the administration's $11 billion tax slash, which meant the equivalent of a ''Vi cent an hour lake-home pay increase for the average American worker. Major human rights legislation was signed into law to provide constitutional guarantees for all citizens. The President launched a war on poverty in America, and Congress approved a $1 billion measure to begin the battle to help replace despair with opportunity for mil­ lions of poverty-ridden families. On another field of battle against poverty, the temporary food stamp program initiated by President Kennedy was made permanent. Under its provisions, needy families buy for a small fixed amount stamps worth nearly twice as much when exchanged for food. Four million needy persons will benefit from this measure. An expanded student loan program wUl enable 70-90,000 addi­ tional students from low income families to attend college each year. Under the Vocational Education Act, facilities to train yotmg people in needed skills will be expanded and modernized. The act provides job training for high school students and for thousands of workers— young and old, unemployed and the underemployed. Hiis is the record, then, of the present administration, a record <rf prosperity, and progress, and peace — a record which deserves the energetic support of aU working people, and their families when they go to the polls November 3. The problems facing the US maritime in­ dustry are legion. They include the steady decline of the domestic shipping industry, the hostile policies of government agencies, which should be bending their efforts to strengthen U.S. maritime, but have instead adopted policies which are aiding its de­ cline. Waivers of the 50-50 requirements of government-financed overseas cargoes is another problem crying for solution. On the horizon is the spectre of increased mech­ anization and automation aboard ship. The SIU and other maritime unions have been attacking these problems with vigor, and although the difficulties are many and varied, they have been making progress toward solving them. Delegates to the Postal Clerks Union convention in Miami have listed as the "paramount objec­ tive" of their program a demand for premium overtime pay for 50,000 substitute clerks. Union president E. C. Hallbeck called the denial of overtime to the sub­ stitutes, who make up one-fifth (ff the PO work force, "a stone age labor practice." He said that the substitutes often have to work as much as 70 hours a week at straight-time rates. Other legis­ lative demands of the Postal Clerks Union include retirement rights on full pension after 30 years, a 35-hour week, full pay­ ment of health and life insurance for government workers and union recognition guaranteed by law. it % The Justice Department has thrown its Siupport behind the Musicians' Union and the AFLCIO who are asking the Supreme Court to strike down an Interm'etntion of the Landrum-Grlfflth Act which would prevent delegates to union conveo^mis from casting the full vote of the members they represent. U.S. Solicitor-General Archibald Cox sees the. rollcall system of balloting used by the Musicians and other unions as "markedly more democratic" than the one prescribed by a lower court under the act The lower court decision now being fought by the union movement and the Justice Department held that each delegate to a convention should have only one vote, regardless of whether he represents 50 or 10,000 unionists. The Justice Department has filed a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of thie unions. "4" it Charging that General Electric broke a national contract, the Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers have served notice on the huge corporation that it faces a nationwide strike "unless it halts its unilateral attempt to eliminate incentive work" am<mg members of Local 301 ait 6.E.'s ^henectady plant. Talks between the union and management were resumed after Labor Day, with the lUE ask­ ing the company to reinstate the incentive plan. The loss of in­ centive pay had cut the income of the 3,000 Schenectady workers by 35 percent, or more than $1.60 an hour;' One very basic problem faced by mari­ time however is very little nearer to solu­ tion today than it has ever been. The prob­ lem of runaway-flag operations is ifot only one of the biggest difficulties faced by mari­ time, but is also a major stumbling block in the solution of many of the other problems. It not only has an adverse effect on the maritime industry, but both directly and in­ directly is a threat to the security of the entire nation. tered under the flags of foreign nations, could be called back for use in the event of a national emergency. The "effective con­ trol" principle is a nice theory, but as recent political upheavals in Panama and Hon­ duras have shown, "effective control" may prove to be no control at all. Panama and* Honduras of course are two of the major runaway-flag nations. The U.S. maritime unions were formed to improve seamen's wages and working conditions at a time when they were so. bad as to be considered a crime against decency. Runaway-flag operators are now being allowed to turn back the clock on wages and working conditions, undermining the hard won gains of labor. Seamen's lives are again being endangered by lax safety and main­ tenance procedures—a laxitv which would not be tolerated by the SIU and other maritime unions. After lining their pockets with money saved on taxes and lax safety and maintenance procedures, the runawayflag operators complete their "silver lining" by cutting seamen's wages to the bone— often back to the bare minimum levels eliminated by the rise of strong maritime unions nearly 30 years ago. There are solutions to the problem of runaway-flag operations. The SIU and the Maritime Trades Department of the AFLCIO have pointed out many times to the highest levels of government that a pos­ sible solution to the problem would be to remove the tax loopholes which make run­ away-flag operations so lucrative to the shipowner. This is one very promising solu­ tion to the problem. The basic spur to increasing runawayflag operations is simple greed. U.S. ship "operators remove their vessels from Ameri­ can registration and register them under the so-called "flags of convenience" to avoid the necessity of paying U.S. taxes and to avoid paying the decent wages and main­ taining the decent safety and working con­ ditions which have been brought about on ^. Nothing can be done however, until the U.S.-flag ships only after a long, hard fight government can be made to act—and up till by the U.S. maritime unions. now it has seemed that no force on earth This tax dodging is only one way in was capable of moving the supposedly which runaway-flag operations undermine responsible" departments of the government the security of the n.:;tion. More directly, it out of their lethargy and indifference. The undermines national security because it is SIU has maintained and will continue the problematical whether these vessels, regis­ struggle to get action to end this evil. �Pace Twelve SEAFARERS LOG September 18, 1964 Faced by perhaps the most critical issues since the 1930's, the AFLCIO unions are making a major effort to register every eligible voter in communities across the country. The SlU is playing a part in this very important effort. Typical of the SIU's participation in the AFLCIO voter registration drive is the highly successful role being played by the AFL-CIO unions in Hudson County, New Jersey, where the SIU Hall is the center of the current drive by the AFL-CIO's Commit­ tee on Political Education. Directing the COPE drive is G. P. McGinty, Regional Director of the SIU's Railway Marine Region. ] i < I I ( J I i 1 « < ] ] 1 f t c £ 1 % £ 1 I 1 f S I c i \ c Teams of union volunteers in the SIU Hall are seen going over lists of Hudson County citizens eligible to vote in coming elections so they can be visited by COPE canvassers and urged to register. £ Boarding stationwagon that will take them to canvassing areas are (left) Franklin Williams, Chairman of NAACP Voter Reg­ istration Committee, and (right) John Reilly,. coordinator of Hud­ son County COPE drive and William French, SIU member and volunteer driver. In photo left, Hudson County Senior citizens who are working to secure the passage of the Medicare Bill, get brought up to date on the legislation's progress in Con­ gress. The senior citizen's group has also lent substantial help to the COPE Registration drive. 1 I t f S s \ t r £ d I I A closer view of some of the COPE volunteers—which include many Seafarers—as they go over the country's voting lists to determine which eligible citizens have not been exercising their franchise. Sign car, with volunteer in the driver's seat, about to go on assignment among the Spanish-speaking residents of the area who make up part of the va­ ried population of Hudson County. Sign on car's rear window is in Spanish. �Beptember IS, 1964 SEAFARERS LOO Par« Tbirteca WSi By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes Lakes Shipping Picture improves Shipping in Alpena remains steady with rated men still in demand. The membership was extremely active on distribution of campaign literature for the 1964 firimary elections. All members are urged to register and obtain absentee ballots and vote in the coming election and to encourage their family and friends to do likewise. Alpena's harbor improvement project which will cost an estimated $700 million has been approved by the Corps of Engineers. The project includes deepening the Harbor and River shipping channels and con­ struction of a 700 to 900 foot turning basin at the mouth of Thunder Bay River. The SIU Inland Boatmen's Union-contracted tug B. H. Becker (Becker Towing), took a real Visiting us the past week was Harry Tolzdorf, Wheelsman off the classic in tow recently when she docked the Norwegian sailing vessel Christian Radich at De­ Huron on vacation, and Manley Bedford, OS off the J. B. Ford on vaca­ troit. The 205-foot, all-steel, three-masted, square-rigger serves as a training ship for Nor­ tion, which they say is not long enough. Among those waiting for that wegian Merchant Marine cadets. Carrying 13,000 square feet of sail, the training ship's certain ship ,to fit out are Robert Allbright, Ken Noiles, Mike Phillips, complement includes a crew of' IO, six officers and 88 trainee cadets ranging in age from 15 Ken Lamb and Julian Budnlck. Among those convalescing are Leo to 18. Detroit played host to the sailing vessel for two days while thousands of visitors Derry, Jr. and Ted Purol. went aboard. We are sorry to have to report that Timothy Mousseau, winner of the 1964 SlU Scholarship, and son of Kenneth Mousseau, was severely injured in an auto accident. All the fellows in the port are pulling for Tim on his recovery. Within the last few weeks, ship­ Trainor and Sam Stawisky off the ping has improved considerably in Columbia, and Deszo Gazsi, Alton Buffalo. The Wm. H. Wolf is on Boyd and John Shortledge, who its way to Toledo to the shipyard rode the Ste, Clair all season. for its five-year inspection and is We recently signed a contract expected to be fitted out shortly with Pringle Barge Lines, which thereafter. operates two tugs and two barges Some of our Canadian Brothers on a steady shuttle-run between MIAMI — Gull Charlie is a good friend to have during the hurricane season. Gull are working on the American side Detroit- and Toledo. CrewmemCharlie is the Atlantic reconnaissance route flown regularly by Air Force hurricane hunters of the border on the ice boom bers ratified the contract and, in project, which is coming along on addition to a fine contract they during the hurricane season. At this time of year, during the hurricane season, when Gull schedule and, according to a re­ are now covered by the Job Secu­ Charlie talks, the east and'^cent report w|iich appeared in rity Program and the Seafarers gulf coasts and all the ships ferred to as "she" and are desig­ describe a hurricane was in a book the local Buffalo papers, it will Welfare Plan. nated alphabetically with female published in 1941 called, appro­ in the area listen. probably hasten the shipping sea­ Our river operations in Algonames — Agnes, Betty, Caroll, priately, Storm. At any rate the The hurricane watch is a com­ son next Spring. nac is now back in full force and bined military and civilian effort Dora, Ethel, etc. The same names practice became common in WW Shipping Normal will be servicing the membership credited with saving many lives are used every four years, but if a II and the official method in Shipping has cooled oft here in via the service launches "Speedy and millions of dollars in prop­ particular storm is severe enough, 1953. As mentioned before, there Detroit: however, this is normal Marlene" and "SIUNA II" from erty damage since it was started the name is retired for a 10 year are four permanent lists. this time of year as most of the now until lay-up. after WW II. The Air Force's Air period. As a point of information, Provided sufficient warning, seniority men are now back to The voting of Union Officers Weather Service flies more than there are no names used beginning with hatches battened down, ships work after taking their regular for the Great Lakes District is six million miles a year over reg­ with Q, U, X, Y or Z. are usually able to ride out these season vacations. now over and the duly elected ular routes and employs more than Why Women? storms. Damage along the coast is The Bob-Lo Company had an­ election committee is hard at work 11,000 military and civilian perHow hurricanes began to be often heavy however, from flood­ other record breaking year carry­ tallying the ballots, the results sonel in three weather centrals, 14 designated by female names is an ing of coastal lands by the sea ing passengers from Detroit to of which will be published in the forecast centers, 36 forecasting unanswered question. Originally and from heavy winds. Much dam­ Bob-Lo Island. According to re­ Seafarers LOG. stations. 57 observing stations and they were named for the saint on age is also caused by flooding ports we received, the Amusement We expect several Atlantic & 192 observing-forecasting stations whose feast day the hurricane from rainfall, which often meas­ Island played host to more than Gulf SIU vessels in the Lakes be­ in 28 countries and islands around occured. Those In the know say ures more than 30 inches near the one million people 'for the three fore the season closes. The first the world. the first use of a girl's name to center of the storm. month season from Memorial Day three are Waterman ships—Yaka, Hurricane Center through Labor Day. The Bob-Lo Maiden Creek and Hastings. We A great deal of activity is cen­ Company, which operates the SIU- recently signed on the City of tered in Miami at the national manned Columbia and Ste. Clair, Aima and the Fairport, also of hurricane center, which is staffed carried more than 800,000 passen­ Waterman SS Co. by Weather Bureau specialists gers to the Island and on Moon­ Shipping remains steady in Du- working closely with the Air light cruises. luth for all ratings. AB's are Force's Weather Service. Here's WASHINGTON—SlU-contracted Calmar Steamship Line Bob-Lo Island boasts some of needed in this port as jobs in the what happens when a tropical has completed its ship exchange program with the Maritime the most exciting amusement rides deck depai-tment are coming in storm is spotted. First the center goes on a 24- Administration and has come away with six C - 4 former in the world. In addition to the steadily. We are looking for por­ rides, there is a beautiful marina ters and firemen. The primary hour, watch. The staff is increased troopships from the reserve that can accommodate 100 pleasure elections for County and State in by some 30 percent and all vaca­ fleet in exchange for older in the company's regular trade boats and there is talk that the the Port of Duluth are over and tions are canceled. Data begins to wartime-built Liberty ships from Philadelphia and Baltimore marina will be expanded to ac­ in District 60, Arne Wanvick led. come in by radio from Air Force to Long Beach, San Francisco, commodate 200 boats. A 100-room the ticket. He is a very good and Navy reconnaissance planes. traded in by the company. Portland and Seattle, carrying The C-4s have 50 percent more motel is now on the drawing friend of labor. This data is gathered largely by cargo space than the traded in steel and general cargo west­ boards and some people are even Dave Turn bu 11 was off the dropsondes, which are weather- Libertys (15,000 deadweight-ton bound and lumber from Califcp:talking about a race track being Frank Taplin on a vacation relief. sensing devices dropped by para­ nia, Washington and Oregon eastbuilt on the island sometime in Dave is a citizens band radio op- chute into the center of the storm. to 10,800 tons), with a speed of bound. 17 knots compared with about 11 the future. ertor and he took his radio back The dropsonde contains a minia­ Calmar traded in 10 older war­ Some of the old-timers now on on the Taplin with him. His call ture radio transmitter which sends knots for the Liberty ships. time-built Libertys for the six Conversion of the former the beach are Bill Cowan, Henry numbers are KLF0.022, so if any­ back temperature, pressure and C-4's. troopships for use in the interone has a band, give him a call position readings. Until it hits The bids were In and many of when the Taplin is in your area. land, the storm is tracked by air­ coastal trade is presently under Our old standby relief, Lou Little, planes. Later the tracking is way. Calmar's Investment in the the vessels were already allocat­ is still around and one of our old- handled by shore based radar in­ ship swap plus the cost of the ed when the MA changed the conversion work on the C-4s is evaluation policy toward the timers, Tommy Dunne, is still giv­ stallations. expected to cost the company over C-4's early this year, boosting the Issues Warnings ing a hand when needed. Earl Arcost of acquiring and converting seneau, full book Second Cook Well armed with reports on $20 million. the vessels by about $300,000 per Conversion work on the vessels registered on the Board, is in the temperature, pressure, humidity, hospital for a checkup. We all winds, cloud structures and other to ready them to enter the do­ vessel. wish Earl a clean bill of health. The SIU hit the MA revalua­ technical data, the Miami center mestic trade includes installation issues four advisories on the storm of dehumidification and heating tion as a plan to destroy the ex­ The SIU is sanding four men to "the Electrical Engineering daily for civilian use, 12 and 24- facilities in the cargo areas, change program. Ship operators School at LaGrange, Illinois at hour forecasts to the Navy and the lengthening some hatches to 75 also objected to the revaluation company's expense. The first class Air Force, and dally outlooks for feet, and the installation of new because they feel it does not take cargo-handling equipment includ­ into consideration the large out­ started September 10. Those who the Defense Department. A "depression" or low pressure ing two 23-ton cranes. lay the companies must make to are attending are Edward Ward, Calmar expects the first con­ convert the ships. Harry Johnson, Frank Chorley area becomes a storm officially and Karl Kage. The Roen Steam­ when Its counterclockwise winds verted vessel to be delivered in The six vessels assigned to Cal­ ship Company's Tug John Purves reach 40 miles an hour. When the November. The full conversion mar are the former Generals and Barge Lillian laid up in Stur­ winds reach 75 miles an hour, she program is expected to be com­ H. L. Scott, G. O. Squier, Omar geon Bay on September 9. The becomes a hurricane officially. pleted near March of 1965. The Bundy, J. R. Brooke, T. H. Bliss Tug Purves may fit out again. Like ships, hurricanes are re­ converted vessels will be assigned and O. H. Ernst. Gull Charlie-Early Warniiig Against Hurricane Danger Calmar Gets Six C-4s; Conversion Work Begun �Paee Foarteen SEAFARERS By Joseph B. Logue, MD. Medical Director Health Benefits In Fresh Food 0 LOG Sepienber 18, 1864 Medicare Bill Stymied; AMA Unwraps Big Guns The AFL-CIO has warned America's union members of a "million dollar propaganda campaign" reported ready to be launched by the American Medical Association in opposition to health care for the aged through social security. Meanwhile, the fate of the"^' bill is uncertain in this session We expect the ads will follow Second, clip out each AMA ad the pattern of previous AMA of Congress, where it has been campaigns—shot full of distortion, and send it to us. Report each ad Accordingr to the Health Bulletin of recent date, how • person's health may be associated with the food he chooses to eat Is becoming a fertile field for investigation. A study recently completed by Dr. Purnell Benson, head of Consumer and Personnel Studies, Inc., Madison, N.J. showed that selection of modern processed food may be related to consumer sickness. Financed by the Soil and Health referred to a joint conference misrepresentation and innuendo, you see on TV. We need to build Foundation of Emmaus, Pa., the study surveyed the food selection committee of both houses. charging the bill interferes with up a complete record for those of 700 farm and small town residents living between Reading and In a letter to the 819 AFL-CIO doctor-patient relationships, at members of Congress who sup- • Lancaster, Pa. Interviewers asked many questions about the type of state and city central labor bod great and needless cost to the port the hospital insurance pro­ food eaten by subjects in the previous 24 hour period. Questions about ies in the United States, Nelson taxpayers. This, of course, is non­ gram. their state of health were asked also. Cruikshank, Director of the AFL- sense, but it cannot be allowed to Meanwhile, of course, be sure The data was processed on an electronic computer and advanced CIO's. Social Security Depart­ go unchallenged. there is a steady flow of letters, techniques were used to attempt to insulate findings from the effect ment, called attention to newspa Strike Back telegrams and phone calls to the of extraneous variables. According to Dr. Benson, the most significant per reports that the AMA planned We in the labor movement can­ Senators and Representatives conclusion produced was that people who ate farm-fresh foods visited a television-newspaper advertis their doctors less often than people who ate foods purchased from ing campaign aimed at defeating not match the million-dollar out­ from your area. Time is short. The House may stores. Foods significantly associated with less frequent visits to the the Senate-passed hospital care lay of the AMA, but we can reply doctor included raw fruits and vegetables, home grown potatoes, home for the aged provision. He noted in other ways. This is what we have already acted on the mea­ sure which passed the Senate last urge you to do: raised meat, home raised fish, dark bread and milk. that House action on the measure First, answer each AMA ad as week. If this desperately-needed In explaining his findings. Dr.. Benson 'theorizes that those who is possible in mid-September. program is to become law at last, expect to eat what they grow may make less use of dangerous insecti­ Cruikshank told the union or­ soon as it appears by a statement, cides. Contaminants or additives introduced during commercial han­ ganizations it was anticipated that press release or in whatever way we must throw our full resources dling of food are absent. Also, higher nutrient values go with greater the AMA would place ads in daily is most suitable in your locality. into the fight right now. The proposed anti - medicare fieshness of foods, Benson contends. Purpose of the study was not newspapers in cities of more than Write to the newspaper, or TV to demonstrate iron-clad cause and effect relationships but to show 100,000 population and in more station, pointing out the errors drive by the AMA comes on the in the ad and pointing up the heels of the first big breakthrough liie type of information that can be obtained by applying computer than 7,000 weekly newspapers. truth about the hospital care pro­ for the Social Security hospital techniques to food selection studies. Copies of Dr. Benson's com­ "We expect the ads will follow plete report can be obtained from The Soil and Health Foundation, the pattern of previous AMA cam gram. Ask others in the commu­ care bill in Congress. The 49 to Emmaus, Pa. paigns — shot full of distortion nity to do the same. Truth is on 44 vote for medicare in the Sen­ Dr. H. Kraut, Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Nutrition misrepresentation and innuendo, our side. Just tell the facts about ate was applauded by labor, which Physiology in Dortmund, Germany, also concludes that many house­ he declared, "charging the bill in­ the needs of the aged in your own has given its full support to the Administration measure. wives are failing to provide the right type of food for their families. terferes with doctor-patient rela area. He reported recently that his studies of the food intake of individual tionships, at great and needless families revealed "a striking shortage not only in the balance of cost to the taxpayers. one or two nutrients, but with many nutrients and often with all "This, of course, is nonsense, nutrients." He notes that housewives are today accustomed to making but it cannot be allowed to go food selections according to taste preferences, without realizing that unchallenged," said Cruikshank. food manufacturers now have the ability to make all foods taste good, The AFL-CIO letter urged each even though they may be of low or undesirable nutritional value. group to answer the AMA ads as Reporting on his study in the German newspaper Kieler Nachrichten, soon as they appeared by a state­ By Col Tanner, Executive Vice-President Dr. Kraut states that housewives guilty of poor meal planning pro­ ment or a press release. He said vided far less milk, cheese, meat, fish, whole wheat bread, potatoes, the labor movement could not vegetables and fruit than the more successful diet planners. He "match the million-dollar outlay noted that some families simply lived on the type of food that happened of the AMA," but he urged union Attempts by railroad operators to drive their competitors out of to be in season in their area, without regard to balancing the diet. leaders to "write to the newspa­ business are hardly new in U.S. history. Typical tactics used by the Recently, Health Bulletin reported that Dr. Frederick Kilander, dean per or TV station pointing out of the graduate school of Wagner College in New York and former the errors in the ad and pointing rail interests include discriminatory rate cutting or all-out legislative professor of health education at New York University, made the up the truth about the hospital support for new laws that can cripple other forms of competing same point. "Housewives make their choices on the basis of food care program," he stated. "Truth,' transportation. The latest wrinkle in this sordid record of attempted legislative preferences first and only secondly on nutritional value," Dr. Kilander he added, "is on our side." destruction of their competition by the railroad lobbyists is full-blown said. Using taste to guide them, housewives are coming home with The text of Cruikshank's letter support for a bill which would put a new user tax on all fuels utilized more and more sweets, high starch and other high calorie foods follows; by inland water carriers. Inland water operators know that if passed, the same foods responsible for the American overweight problem with This is a warning of a new, this levy could very well drive them out of business, thus leaving its resultant diseases, Kilander said. million dollar propaganda cam­ the bulk of freight business to the railroads.. paign about to launched. The user tax bill, which is now before Congress, was first set forth According to reliable newspa­ in President's budget message of January 21st. It was formally per reports, the American Medt- submitted to the legislative mill by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas cal Association will spend that Dillon and would Impose a two-cent-per-gallon tax on fuels used on the EXAMS THIS PERIOD: June 1 - June 30, 1964 amount on a new advertising inland vessels having a maximum 4Port Seamen Wives Children TOTAL campaign against hospital insur­ draft of 15 feet or less. Baltimore 161 34 17 212 lic assets. Young also commented ance for the aged as part of So­ Inland waterway operators have on this barely camouflaged assist Houston 187 14 16 217 cial Security. bitterly protested this so-called Mobile 78 4 13 95 These ads, the reports say, will user" tax which, they claim, will to the nation's railroads in their New Orleans 283 14 18 315 be placed in daily newspapers in eventually drive them out of ex­ attempt to get the lion's share of New York 587 45 22 654 every city of 100,000 or more, in istence. The operators charge that the nation's freight business. He Philadelphia 202 36 19 257 some 7,000 weekly newspapers, the new levy will boost their fuel told the Senate that the proposed and on whatever television sta­ costs by about 20 percent. It is bill would "severely dislocate • es­ tablished competitive and commu­ TOTAL 1,498 147 105 1,750 tions will accept them. obvious to people who know the nity relationships and discourage inland barge business that a economic growth. Inflicting serious healthy increase in operating costs, hardships on communities in de­ such as this, could mean the cru­ pressed areas whose future pros­ cial margin of remaining solvent. pects depend directly on full de­ The operators have pointed out velopment of their water re­ that while the first application of sources." the tax would be on boats operat­ Young concluded with an appeal ing on the country's rivers, there to his fellow-senators to preserve WASHINGTON—Proposals in Congress to impose a so-called "user" charge on fuel is nothing to prevent the same the economic life of the country's used by U.S. inland waterway carriers, a proprosal which would tip the scales of inland taxes from being applied to harbor inland waterway system. "Let us cargo competitions sharply in favor of the railroads, has been blasted on the floor of the craft and deep sea vessels eventu­ not hamper the use of oiu- lakes, Senate by Senator Stephen ally. If this fuel tax were to be rivers and all waterways by our Pointing out that such a tax on Ways and Means Committee. The extended, it would be another people whether engaged in busi­ Young (D.-O.). by Senator Young major drawback in the U.S. fleet's ness or using their waterways for Imposition of taxes of tariffs waterway carriers would dis­ statement marked the first formal political long struggle for survival. recreation and pleasure," he said. courage waterway use and waste "of any sort" on inland water The first major defense of the statement of opposition to the Other segments of the trans­ carries would be "unconscionable" priceless public assets. Young inland water carrier industry came proposal and promises a hard fight portation industry also are facing Young told his Senate colleagues. charged that such a tax would also recently when Senator Stephen the threat of new "user" taxes by He was referring to an administra­ "severely dislocate established against the bill in Congress. Passage of the proposal would Young (D-Ohio) declared that taxes the government. The Administra­ tion backed proposal by Treasury competitive and community rela­ give a big boost to the nation's or tariffs of any sort on inland tion has already asked Congress to Secretary Douglas Dillion which tionships and discourage economic railroads at the expense of the in­ water operators would be "uncon­ extend the current five percent would assess a two-cent-per-gallon growth, inflicting serious hard­ land waterway carriers. It has long scionable." In a long speech on the excise tax on amounts paid for air fuel tax on inland barge lines. ships on communities in depressed been the device of the railroads to Senate floor. Young stated that Waterway , carriers have been areas whose future prospects de­ eliminate water competition by user tolls on inland waterways passenger traffic and has also re­ quested a five percent air freight strongly opposed to any such tax pend directly on full development selective rail rate cutting which would represent a reversal of long­ tax. Observers in Washington also and have said so loudly. The rail­ of their water resources." forced the water carriers out of standing policy. expect that Congress will be as'^ed roads have of course lined up ..Lengthy debate over the pro's business and then allowed the The Ohio senator charged that if to hike truck use taxes when th? strongly behind the bill which and con's of the user tax proposal railroads to raise the rates once the tax were imposed, it would would place them at a-competitive is expected during the next ses­ more to any level th^ pleased, weaken the use of the nation's Treasury Department completes i s review of the nation's highway pi* advantage... sion of . Congress in the House without fear of competition. waterways and waste priceless pub­ gram. Inland Carriers Fight 'User Tax' SlU C/fnic £xofns—A// Ports Viaterway 'User' Tax Proposal Blasted On Floor Of Senate I �September 18, 1964 MEAFARERS LOG Pare Fiffeea SBAFARBRS POBTS OP THE WOKLD Abidjan Is the capital city of the free republic of the Ivory Coast. One of the largest and best ports of the West African Coast since the port was opened In 1951, It has become a ma­ jor trading and commercial center for the interior of equa­ torial Africa. The city Is a regular port of call for the ships of the Delta Lines, and will be visited by Seafarers that are sailing aboard the Del Valle which will be docking in the beautiful Ebrie Lagoon on Sept. 23. Located on_ a small promentory that juts into the Ebrie Lagoon, Abidjan is linked to its southern quarters on an is­ land In the lagoon by means of a long bridge. The Ivory Coast was at one time a geographical division of the French colony of French West Africa. Abidjan be­ came the capital city of the Ivory Coast in 1934, when it was decided to locate a long sought for port in the Ebrie Lagoon at that city to meet the rail terminal which links the coastal areas to the many island cities. In order to locate a port at Abidjan, it was necessary to first cut-the huge sandbar that forms the ocean side of the lagoon. The project was begun in 1937 and completed in 1951. The canal, named the Vridi, is 2 miles long, 49 feet deep and 400 yards wide. The entrance to the canal from the ocean is well protected by a log rock breakwater. The city of Abidjan reflects the European influence of the French and is laid out with broad avenues lined with tall trees, which crisscross the highly industrialized metropolis. Gardened squares dot the city. Around these squares is growing a modern city, built mostly by the government to house the necessary govern­ mental offices and courts of a growing young republic. The city is the industrial and commercial center of the portion of the West African coast which extends almost due 'east and west. Since the Ivory Coast achieved its independ­ ence in 1960, industries have grown around the city which include large sawmills, soap manufacturing facilities, and breweries. Abidjan is located just a few degrees from the equator, and has four seasons each year, which include the greater rainy and dry seasons and the lesser rainy and dry seasons. _ Seafarers visiting this port can take tours of the city, using either bus^or cab. There are also several large parks, ex­ hibits and museums of which the city residents are proud. Of course, the market place, in the city's southern quar­ ters, is a favorite spot for a keen-eyed Seafarer looking for a bargain in the form of some intricately carved ivory, or some carved hardwood artistically shaped into a local god or devil. An esrial view of the port of Abidjan on the Ebrle Lagoon shows the excellence anchorage facilities that have made it a major trading and commercial center in West Africa. r 'S W V \ Abidjan, capital of the republic of the Ivory Coast, reflects the influence of the French who formerly controlled it as part of French West Africa. Pictured above is Place Lapalud which is surrounded by government buildings, business establishments and apartments. The Ivory Coast government has financed the construction of more than 4,000 homes such as the ones above. These dwellings house the government workers who provide the man­ power for the offices, courts and other services of the growing young republic. J W • Seafarers sailing on Delta Line ships are regular visitors to the port of Abidjan. The Del Aires, seen above, is shown unloading a typical cargo of heavy machinery and textiles. I �MMBtarIC SMi IOC Face SIzteea Sponsored By PropeJler Club flmw OriMM Mmmtershlp Mmmlliis Merchant Marin# Conference To Discuss Maritime Woes "A New Look at the Merchant Marine" will be the chief topic of the Propeller Club's annual American Merchant Marine Conference to be held at the end of September. The selection of the topic pear at one of the sessions to was promulgated by recent defend the Government's attitude, developments in the maritime and a speaker for the government industry, most of them harmful in some way or other to U.S.-flag shipping. Some of the other recent de­ velopments that will be discussed by the Club's conference are the controversy between the various steamship conferences and the Federal Maritime Commission over more stringent regulation of seaborne freight rates, and the investigation by Senator Paul Douglas (D.-Ill.) and a Joint con­ gressional committee, on supposed disparities between export and im­ port rates on the same com­ modities. Lunch at World's Fair The bulk of the Conference's business will be done at the Wal­ dorf-Astoria in New York between September 30 and October 2. A highlight of the convention will be, however, a luncheon at the World's Fair. John M. Will, form­ er commander of the Navy's Mili­ tary Sea Transport Service and now a shipping executive, will give the main address on the role of shipping subsidies and their rela­ tion to the national defense. Mr. Johnson of the MA will ap- , LBrkMk^av.., side from the Federal Maritiihe Commission is also expected. According to John Hilly, presi­ dent of Bush Terminal and con­ vention chairman, the forum will be one of the liveliest ever held at the annual conferences. Maritime service organizations, such as insurance for shipping, banking and freight forwarding will be the subject of the first forum. Henry W. Farnums, vicepresident of the Insurance Com­ pany of North America, is one of the speakers. Congress' views on recent mari­ time legislation will be discussed by Representative John M. Murphy (D.-N.Y.). The broad problem of subsidies will be taken up by a panel of shipping officials. A broad panel discussion will take place on the lot of unsubsidized shipping, and the final con­ ference on closing day will take up the problems of inland water carriers. In a related development. The Propeller Club declared their con­ tinued opposition to any govern­ ment cutbacks on the Marine Hos­ pitalization Program, declaring that a strong American merchant marine means the necessity of having seafarers in good health. The hospital program for seamen is supported by maritime labor. Government and shipping groups. Regular monthly membership meeting held recently at New Orleans brought out a capacity crowd -of Seafarers, part of whidi It shown here during discussion of good and welfare. Anti-Union Views Aired By Florida Bail road Boss WASHINGTON—The feudal baron of the Alfred I. duPont estate and the strike-bound Florida East Coast Railway had his day before a Congressional Committee—and it may take a while for some of the members to recover. They received firsthand from Edward Ball, a trustee to the railroad, include 31 banks, tended that his power complex of the duPont estate and mas­ a major paper company and vast was small indeed, compared to the termind of the antiunion policies of the Florida railroad, an indoc­ trination into 19tti century econ­ omics and philosophy. Th House Banking and Cur­ rency Committee called Ball to testify on a bill introduced by Chairman Wright Patman (D. Tex.) to require the duPont estate to divest itself of its numerous busi­ ness operations which, in addition real estate holdings. Leon Kyserling, former chair­ man of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, had estimated that the entire industrial complex controlled by the estate was worth about $2 billion, mostly concen­ trated in Florida. To Ball, however, this is a "small leaf" being harassed by the Federal Government. He con- unions. Ball was mad at Sen. William Proxmire (D.-Wis.) for saying on the floor of the Congress that the duPont estate, itself, did not pay any Federal taxes. He cited the thousands of dollars paid by the entire complex. It took lengthy questioning by Patman to get Ball to admit that the estate, alone, did not pay any taxes—which is what ProxmiiT had said all along. The bitter Florida railroad strike, now in its 18th month, was the subject of a number of ques­ tions for Ball. He flatly rejected the suggestion of several Committee members that a Presidential panel be named to resolve the issues. Said Ball: "No management of any company should be left in the hands of dis­ interested persons." He accused the unions of un­ willingness to negotiate on a giveand-take basis, yet flatly stated that he would never permit a striker to take the job of a strike­ breaker. Ball didn't try to cover up his philosophy that men have the right to strike ("walk off the Job") but management has the right to break the strike. One full morning of the hearing was occupied when the Tfi-year-old Ball insistd on reading every word of a 74-page statement, although Patman had lu-ged him to Insert it in the record and answer,questions, as most witnesses do. Representative Robert G. Ste­ phens (D.-Ga.) said that he was "confused." Representative Rich­ ard T. Hanna (D. Calif.) Inferred that Ball was a sly old "fox" and that as far as be was concerned be was "greatly entertained but not too enlightened." By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS rebates or discounts. Another important saving is provided by the Savings On 'Property Insurance' "homeowner" policies now available in most states. Recently a family bought a house and arranged for property There are several kinds of homeowner policies, but they usually insurance from the company that had provided the mortgage. Later comibine a number of different types of coverage, formerly provided the family discovered it .could buy the same insurance from another by separate policies, into one policy. Basically, fire, windstorm and large company for 35 per cent less. But with one pretext or another other "extended coverage" is combined with burglary insurance and the mortgage company refused to accept the other firm's insurance. comprehensive personal liability insurance. Finally it did agree to accept a policy from a third company that gave •The liability insurance is very important but often neglected by at least a discount of 10 per cent from standard rates. homeowners. Liability insurance covers you against a damage suit Many homeowners are in this position. They took out fire or other by a visitor accidentally injured on your premises or by your family property insurance through a mortgage lender or real-estate dealer even while away from home. without comparing rates. Sometimes they even bought insurance By combining these several kinds of insurances into one policy, this way in the mistaken belief that they had to do so to get the the homeowner's policy provides broader protection at less cost than mortgage. And because insurance payments often are lumped in with if you bought these policies separately. mortgage and tax payments, in a single monthly payment, families A number of insurance companies now also offer « "tenant's sometimes may not realize the full cost. Thus, many families pay policy," similar to the homeowner policy but without the insurance more than necessary, and also tend to underinsure their homes or on the dwelling itself. leave large gaps in their Insurance protection. There are several types of homeowner policies, called "A," "B" or Today a trend to keener competition among insurance companies "C," or as they are called in some states and by some companies, and the development of more comprehensive policies have provided "1," "2," or "3." In the "Homeowner's A" policy, usually the contents increased opportunities to reduce this expense or get more complete of yoiu- home are insured at 40 per cent of the insurance on the coverage at little or even no more cost. house itself. For example, if you carry ^14,000 of insurance on your There are three major ways to save on property insurance. For house, the contents automatically are insured for $5,600. The insur­ one, many mutual companies and other rate-deviating insurers offer ance covering "off-the-premises" losses is set at 5 per cent; or, in this example, $700. The comprehensive personal liability insurance is set at $10,000 for damages arising from lawsuits because of Injuries, and $250 for medical payments. Other coverages similarly are set at percentages of the insurance on the house. However, if you feel you need more insurance against some risks, you usually can add a rider increasing those coverages. Some mortgage lenders may require that you take out the "B" version of the homeowner's policy, which gives protection against, QiilitliigSiiip? additional hazards at a higher cost. The "C" version covers practically all risks but is very expensive and sometimes hard to get. Notify llftloii But while a lender can require you to have a "B" policy, keep in A reminder from SIU head­ mind that he can't tell you where to buy it. quarters cautions all Seafarers The third important way to save Is io take the largest "deductible" leaving their ships to contact provision you feel safe with, and that your state laws permit. For the hall in ample time to allow example, various companies may permit you to buy a homeowner's -the Union to dispatch a replace­ policy in which you pay the first $50 or $100 of damage, or even the ment. Failure to give notice be­ first $250. In such policies, you would have to give up minor claims fore paying off may cause a de­ as for a cigarette burn on a rug. But you protect -yourself against layed sailing, force the ship to the real risks that you could not insure yourself, which is the only sail short of the manning re­ valid reason for insurance, and the savings are considerable. quirements and needlessly make For example, taking a $100-deductlble policy instead of a full the work tougher for your ship­ coverage can save as much as 25 per cent of the cost of the home­ mates. owner insurance. �September 18, 1964 SEAFARERS Page Seventeea LOG Radiation Treatment Of Fish To Create Wider Sales Areas By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives GLOUCESTER, Mass.—An innovation in the processing and preservation of seafood products is scheduled to get underway here this month which promises eventually to greatly enlarge the market for fresh seafood to include the central portion of the U.S. and help SiU Safety Program Gets Results The subject of shipboard safety has always been of top importance the U.S. fishing industry meet the growing competition from longer. The longer lasting quali­ kills many of the bacteria within to every member of the Seafarers International Union. Not oniy have foreign trawlers operating in ties of the irradiated fish, it is It. No radioactivity is produced Seafarers made reguiated safety measures one of their major con­ in the food by the process. Preserves Flavor The radiation process does not remove the need to refrigerate the food, but goes a long way to­ ward insuring its freshness and greatly extending its "shelf life," thus enlarging the marketing area for it. It has been found, for in­ stance, that the storage lifetime of Pacific crabmeat can be ex­ tended from seven days to 35 by the use of the radiation process with no loss in quality of flavor. THULE, Greenland—Seafarers who think it's a tough job The Gloucester plant, which I chipping ice from the decks of their ships during the winter will be operated by the Bureau I should consider the plight of the icebreakers assigned the task of Commercial Fisheries of the 1 of keeping the ship supply routes to Thule open during the Interior Department, is designed summer. to process about a ton an hour During the winter no attempt is made to keep the sea lanes of flounder and haddock. How­ I to America's northernmost military base open. This year however, ever clams, oysters, erab and 1 it proved to be a pretty tough job even in the summer. shrimp are also to be experi­ Two Navy and coast guard icebreakers, the Atka and the mented with. i Westwind, are assigned to the fight against the summer ice, which A floating radiation processing . usually starts early in July and ends late in September. For the plant is scheduled for dedication rest of the year you couldn't budge the ice with dynamite. Normally, when the resupply of the base begins, the summer : sometime next year which it is ; sun has reduced the intervening ice to the point where the big, I hoped will help to meet the com­ ^ specially equipped icebreakers can get through easily, with the i petition exerted by foreign fish­ ing fleets working the Grand I supply ships following. This year however, both vessels, equipped Banks accompanied by process­ I with welded double hulls with over an inch and a half thick steel I plating have had a real job on their hands battering their way ing ships which freeze the fish as ' through. soon as it is caught. On many occasions, they had to face ice fields as thick as 1 Although there has been a i four to six feet. On one occasion, getting a supply vessel through| great deal of experin>entation with I to the base required clearing a path through 250 miles of ice 1 radiation treatment for food, only that averaged four feet thick. To complicate matters, at some! a few products have been ap­ ij places along the route ice floes collided and overlapped, doubling proved for general consumption I up to as much as 15 feet in thickness. The icebreakers, with special in the U.S.—among these canned ice-crushing notches on the bottom of their prows, are designed bacon and wheat products. to slice through ice floes of six to nine feet. In addition to the unusually heavy summer ice, fog, heavy snow and cold Arctic winds also hanmered the operation. The 250 mile trip took nine days to compete. A possible shifting of the Greenland Current, which helps to I naelt the ice, and the exceptionally cold winter and spring weather last year are blamed for creating this summer's deep freeze. or near U.S. waters. This month a plant opens in Gloucester which emiploys radia­ tion to kill bacteria which cause spoilage. The process will make fish, clams and other seafood not only taste fresher when it reaches the consumer's table but also last hoped, will bring about heater consumiption of fresh fish. The radiation used in such processing is discharged by cobalt 60. In the processing the fish is first packaged to prevent the en­ try of outside bacteria and is then given a dose of radiation that U.S. Icebreakers At Thuie Have One Of Worst Years Yet Bill Offers Bait To Lure Medicos To Small Towns WASHINGTON—Ninety-nine U.S. cotinties haven't the services of a physician, Senator Norris Cotton (R-N.H.) de­ clared as he argued for a bill that would offer incentive to young dentists and doctors to"^ ' ^ settle in communities that service often must depend on men who are 65 years of age or need them most. • Cotton was interviewed with Senator Quentin N. Burdick (DN.D.) on Washington Reports to the People, AFL-CTO public ser­ vice program heard on more than 700 radio stations. Burdick said the situation is extremely serious in his state of North Dakota. "We have 7 or 8 cities, medium sized, without a doctor of any kind," he declared. "When some­ one becomes ill or is stricken with an attack, all he can get Is first aid, and then travel 100 or 200 miles in an ambulance. It means death in some cases." Cotton explained, the bill would grant a forgiveness of 10 percent a year, up to fiVe year, of the loan provided dental and medical stu­ dents under the Health Profes­ sions Educational Act if the young man or woman settles in a com­ munity designated as in special need of such service. Both senators pointed out that the situation in rural areas is growing worse, since most medical and dental graduates today settle in metropolitan areas. Small com­ munities that now have medical older. Cotton said a survey showed that 11 counties in Nebraska have no doctors; 60 towns in the state have no doctors, 10 have one, and 30 doctors over 65 years old. The situation is growing worse, he asserted, since people fear to live in a community that does not have a doctor. "You can't get people to buy old faiin houses or stay in them," he smiled. "Wealthy people don't want to take over an old farm house as a summer home or permanent residence anymore, since one of the first things they ask is the availability of medical care." Small communities, as in North Dakota, are most desirable loca­ tions for living, Burdick declared. The measure was originally a part of the Health Provisions Edu­ cation Act, which authorizes loans to doctors, dentists and nurses to help them through college. As it stands now, as a separate bill, it would forgive up to 50 percent of the loan if the dentists and doctors settled in designated small towns and rural areas. Reds Plan Two Atomic Icebreakers GENEVA — The Russians will build two atomic-powered ice­ breakers to join the one they al­ ready have, the Soviet delegate to the UN's International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy announced here. The delegate, A. M. Petrosyants, chairman of the Soviet's atom energy committee, said his coun­ try would concentrate on building more icebreakers rather than nuclear-powered merchant ships. He said his nation's decision to confine atomic power afloat to ice­ breakers, however, was the result of special problems faced by the communist country, a great' part of whose coastline is icebound much of the year. He said it was more practical to build atomic icebreak­ ers because such ships were con­ stantly on the move and had need of the tremendous cruising ranges offered by nuclear power. Mer­ chant ships, he said, which must constantly load and unload car­ goes, and are consequently able to refuel regularly, would not ben­ efit from atom power that much. The Soviet icebreaker • Leni.n, built several years ago, was the first atomic-powered vessel in the world. It has seen constant serv­ ice keeping Soviet arctic shipping moving from harbor to harbor through the ice. The first of the new Russian ice­ breakers will go into service in 1971, the second to follow shortly thereafter. The new icebreakers will each have two reactors to drive the engines. The Lenin has three. The new reactors will be so reliable, Petrosyants said, that only two will be needed. cerns, but they do everything in their power to make sure nothing is left to chance in this vital area. The results achieved through the SIU safety program have been Impressive. For instance, the U.S. Coast Guard has declared that American merchant marine vessels have now become the safest in the world. Proof of this accomplishment is the number of safety award plaques that have been received and are prominently displayed aboard countless SIU ships. The achievements of the SIU safety program didn't come about overnight. Unfortunately, it took years of ship disasters before a turning point was reached. After losing too many ships and seamen through needlessly unsafe practices, the Union and the Federal Government began to enforce protective measures and reforms in the construction of vessels and their operation. SIU members were also doing their share to insure the proper standards of safety were maintained. Union crewmembers continuously insist that necessary repairs be given prompt and speedy attention to make sure that they sail on safe ships. The SIU Safety Department op­ Although every SIU member is erates as part of the Seafarers constantly reminded through the Welfare Plan and has been in op­ LOG and other Union literature eration for several years. Offi­ that "An SIU ship is a safe ship," cials of the department have es- the Safety Department has been tablisihed advisory relationships established as a joint-undertaking, between the Union and the com­ with the Welfare plan, but has panies, with personnel on vessels established its own identity by directly concerned with safety, turning this slogan into reality. and with various agencies in the In addition to its information maritime industry specifically program the SIU Safety Depart­ dealing with the promotion of ment also engages in the follow­ better safety. ing activities: Safety Facts • To assure competitive inter­ After analyzing safety statistics est in safety among crews, a based on accident reports fur­ certificate of award has been pre­ nished by the companies for the pared and presented to those past several years, the Union vessels meeting the department's Safety Department has come to standards and requirements. two basic conclusions: • A letter from the department 1. Lost-time accidents occur­ ring aboard ship represent one was sent out to every SIU ship out of every three accidents re­ requesting a survey be taken among crewmembers to get their ported. 2. One out of every five acci­ ideas and suggestions to improve dents reported took place while the safety program. In addition the crewmember was on "off the survey determined how often safety meetings are held, and how duty" status. the safety program in working out Safety department officials re­ on individual ships. The letter gard these two conclusions as the also stressed the importance of areas wihere their efforts must submitting safety meeting minutes be directed. However, it will take to the safety chairman. the cooperation of every member • A centralized permanent file of the Union if they are to make has been established on every SIU any progress in their campaign. The Safety Department also i vessel. which contains j . correspond. *. in,portn„t by 1"?, ''I!.,!"''"":"™';, checking accident reports. They meeting minutes, etc. Regular can learn the major areas aboard checks are made of this file peri­ odically to determine whether ship where accidents occur, the safety meetings are being held. ratings of the men involved, the This checking permits department areas of the body commonly in­ personnel to keep up direct con­ jured and other significant data. tact with the vessels. These investigations by the de­ • Regular visits to vessels have partment are all aimed at one very important objective: to re­ become an integral part of the duce the potential for accidents department's program. These and injuries with the intent of visits help establish personal con­ avoiding their recurrence wher­ tact and discussio'n of important safety matters with tlie ship and ever possible. In order to achieve this objec­ company personnel. • An extensive information ex­ tive, the Safety Department has created a four-fold program change program has been devel­ which is summed uip by the word oped to keep up to date on tlm "L-I-V-E." Each letter of this latest safety activities and im­ word stands for an important area provements throughout tiic mari­ of the department's activities. The time industry. • Tlie n e p a r t ni e n t attends areas are Liaison—with {'ompanies and safety agencies; Inspec­ meetings and conferences held by tion of Vessels to certify that the the Marine Section of the National" proper standards of safety are Safety Council and otlier similar maintained; and Education — of bodies for the purpose of exchang­ all personnel to achieve the best ing ideas and essential informa­ tion. The department makes full safety record possible. In short, to insure the contin­ use of the materials and fads ued good health of every Union which are collected at these member. Seafarers are urged to functions. "L-LV-E with the program of the The promotion of shipboard Safety Department." The use of safety is the number one concern this slogan on all literature is­ of every SIU member. To ma!>c sued by the Department serves this objective a reality, every Sea­ as a constant reminder of the farer is urged to do his utmost to aims and objectives of this pro­ keep the L-I-V-E program con­ stantly in mind. gram. �SEAFARERM Plag* Eighteea SevteiA* It. IHi IO0 Catch Limitations Fail; Whaling Industry Dying SOUTHAMPTON, England — Th^ international whaling. industry is on tha tiireshhold of death, according to one of tha four scientific advisors to the moribund International Whaling Commission, If the great whaling fieets whaling Industry. Recently, the down of the Whaling Commission Japanese bought out the only might tempt nations to disregard of Norway, Japan and Russia other large fleet, that of the cannot be urged to limit their Netherlands. A fleet. In whaling fisheries agreements like those in Great whales like tha one above shown being hauled aboard a modern whaling ship, are close to extinction. Failure on the part of the major whaling nations to agree on limiting the number of whales taken yearly is leading to the death of the international whaling industry. Study Tax Status Of Riglttist Croup WASHINGTON—Congressional investigators are probing tha tax-exempt status of a foundation set up by Texas Oil Billionaire H. L. Hunt which has poured out a steady stream of right -wing propaganda ~ through radio and television Life Line's revenue now comes programs, books, pamphlets primarily frona eomhiercial sponand newspapers. Hunt, described by Time maga­ zine as "the big daddy to many a far-right crusade," set up Facts Forum in 1951 and was the prin­ cipal financial contributor to its broadcasts and publications por­ traying the nation in the grip of a Communist conspiracy and the income tax as the fount of all evil. In 1958, Hunt changed its name to the Life Line Founda­ tion, a self described "patriotic, educational and religious pro­ gram." Representative Wright Patman (D.-Tex.), who is directing a House Simail Business subcom­ mittee investigation of tax-exempt foundations, drew from Internal Revenue Service ofi'icials an ac­ knowledgment tiiat an IRS exam­ iner three years ago recommeiided revoc-.ition of Life Line's tax-exempt status, althougn the agency has not yet acted on it. Patman put into the hearing rec­ ord data sliowi'.ig that: • Direct contrihutions to Hunt's foundations — presumably deducted from taxa'n'e income of the donors totaled ."53.03 million in fi.scal years 1951 through 19G0, of whic'ii I-Iu.it cnntrihuted $2.9 million. GutC Oil was another big contributor. Business Contributions • During a three-year period in the I950's, 114 corporations and individuals contributed $274,000 for subscriptions to Facts Forum News. In addition to Hunt, who gave $100,00-0 of the total, major donations were made by the First National Bank of D.dlas, with $33,000, and the Continental Sup­ ply Co. of Dalla.s, a division of Youngstown .='beet & Tube Co., $35,000. Other corporate donors of subscriptions included Sears, Roebuck & Co. From this House committee hearings, this picture emerges: The House hearings show that sorsihip of its broadcasts with the largest group of sponsors com­ posed of companies owned or controlled by Hunt. According to Group Research, Inc., an authority on a network of right - wing organizations, the shift in emphasis appears to bear out Hunt's frequent urging that business use its $11 billion-ayear advertising budget to coir.fjat the viewpoint of "the mistaken." Group Research pointed out that by Life Line's own definition, "mistaken" is the title which Life Line has fixed in the public mind as a specific, but non-Iibelous designation for all enemies of freedom — Communists, fellowtravelers, etc., leaving them to classify themselves. Thus, in Life Line propaganda quoted in a Senate speech last year by Senator Maurine Neuberger (D.-Ore.), statements such as these are imde: ".A.S anti-Commuaist sentiment grows .scronger in the United States, the 'mistaken' farces seek­ ing ta end freedom feel the dam­ age to their cause . . . The Sec­ ond World War was but another step in the progiram of the 'mis­ taken' to canqucr the entire world." As Mrs. Ncuberger pointed out, the u.se of the phrase "is Hunt's not-so-subtle way of accusing anyone who disagrees with him of being a Communist, without risk­ ing a Hhel suit. But the vicious innuendo is no less vicious be­ cause it is put into this kind of transiperent code." The Oregon senator painted out that the Lax-exempt status of ex­ tremist foundations means that other taxpa.vei-.s must pay a larger portion of the nation's tax bill. "There is prolaably no one who gets mo-e radical riglit-wing prop­ aganda value for his tax-exempt dollar than Haroldson Lafayette Hunt," she declared. catches in the Antarctic this sea­ son, the scientist, John Gulland predicts the industry will soon become economically impractical its potential worth of $140 million a year wrecked by overexploltation. The blame is laid to the fact that the IWC failed at its meeting in Norway two months ago to reach agreement on catch limita­ tions. The result of this, Gulland said, would be the "virtually un­ restricted" killing of whales next season. Citing the reason for the failure of whale conservation, Gulland said it was that "like other wild­ life resources, the whale belongs to no one and therefore it is in no one's direct interest to look after them." The blue whale, the largest creature on earth, is already believed close to extinction. Catches of fin whales, cousins to the blues, have diminished from annual hauls of 28,000 to less than half that figure. This despite the fact whaling efficiency has Im­ proved tremendously in recent years. The Japanese, with seven deepsea whaling fleets, the Russians and Norwegians, with four each, now comprise the total world Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wages and better con­ ditions. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) t- t Eastern Ait Lines (Flight Engineers) ^ ^ ^ H. I. Siegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated -Clothing Workers) 4* i i Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Stiizei-Weiler Distilleries "Old Filzserald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4. 4. 4' 4> J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 4- Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) 4i 4> 4* Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) terms, is made up of 18 vessels, including factory ships. Quotas Ignored Gulland also said he had "very strong suspicions" that previous International quota agreements had been violated and that whales had been caught out of season and outside of the agreed catch­ ing areas. Ho also warned that the break­ the Atlantic and Pacific. The crisis in the whaling in­ dustry will be on the agenda of a United Nations Food and Agri­ culture Organization meeting next month. The four scientists who made the futile recommendations to the IWC were, besides Gulland, Sidney J. Holt of the UN group. K. R, Allen of New Zealand and D. G. Chapman of Seattle. A New Idea For Power; Uranium From Seawater GENEVA—A British scientist has told the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy here that a new method has been discovered to extract virtually limitless quantities of urani--*um from seawater. with glass fabric or musliu coated Dr. Robert Spence, newly wUh titanium hydroxide and car­ named chief of Britain's Atomic Energy Research Center at Har­ well, told the conference that the method has been tried success­ fully on a small-scale but major engineering problems must be solved before it can add signifi­ cantly to the world's uranium supply. According to scientists at the conference, the world will need one to two million tons of uranium for atomic fuels and other uses before.this century is over. If "breeder reactors" — which create new fuel as they burn the old—do not come into sufficient use, the requirement for uranium will be more on the order of three million tons. The source of the ocean-mined uranium would be the ocean cur­ rents that replenish the waters around some of the major mari­ time nations. Dr. Spence said that the Florida current, for example, that comes sweeping out of the Gulf of Mexico carries about two million tons of uranium past Key West each year. The British researcher has been trying for sometime to find a sub­ stance that would attract the uranyl Ion—a combination of one uranium atom paired with two oxygen atoms — from seawater. The best substance found to do the job has been titanium hydrox­ ide. Tests have been carried out U.S. Share Of Lakes Cargoes Still Dropping CLEVELAND — Altiiough bulk cargo shipments of iron ore, coal and grain have reached a fouryear high on the Great Lakes, only 9.6 per cent of one of the more important commodities, grain, was carried by U.S. vessels. According to the Lake Carriers Association, shipments of the three main cargoes over the first half of 1964 totaled 50,777,603 net tons, up from "42,329,394 tons a year earlier. Of 2,621,493 shipped tons of grain—a record—251,663 tons sailed in American holds. Total iron ore and coal shipments remained static because of current lower water levels on the Great Lakes. ried by a ship In ocean water off the coast of England. Eventually, a 'system is seen that would screen uranium-laden water entering or leaving tidal lagoons with the titanium hyroxide attracters. Costs for tha new process are still fairly high, outstripping even that of uranium itself, which is depressed on the world market because of overproduction. En­ gineering refinements that will come with development of the new process would reduce ultimate costs, the scientist said. Chatahooche River Canal Operating COLUMBUS, Ga. — Deep draft Inland tugs and barges, making use of the new nine-foot Chatahooehe River canal, have begun plying their way from Columbia, Alabama to this inland port and Phenix City, Alabama across the river. The deepening and channeling project, iust completed by the Army Corps of Engineers, con­ nects for the first time inland Georgia and Alabama with regions as far away a.s the southwestern industrial areas of Texas and Louisiana through the Intracoastal Waterway. The first barge to use the canal was one carrying 225,000 gallons of imported blackstrap molasses for delivery at the 500,000 gallon molasses storage tanks in Phenix City. The Alabama State Dock De­ partment has spent more than $1 million in waterfront Improve­ ments in Phenix City, including a new barge dock, warehouse, paved open storage areas and a rail spur connected the pier area with in­ land points and a molasses ter­ minal. The pier area is backed by a 140 industrial park, and state offi­ cials hope that a chemical industry firm will find the site and its facilities to its liking. * Columbus facilities include a new barge dock and an inland warehouse. The canal, before improvement by the Army Engineers, was a two'^ foot waterway. �11; MM SEAFARERS Page Wlaeleai LOG Notify Union On LOG Mail Aa Scafaren know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to nnoicrous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG Involves calling all SIU steamship compimies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies ot the LOG, and minutes forms are then air­ mailed to the agent in the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there.. . As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mall is not delivered so that th«^i Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. Sympathy, Aid Bring Thanks To the Editor: I am sending this message as thanks to everyone in the Un­ ion for the Seafarers Welfare Fund check which I have re­ ceived as a death benefit for my dear brother John DzinJrck, who recently passed away. The money will help to cover a lot of expenses and will en. able me to fulfil many of my brother's last wishes. Thank you all for your kind offer to assist me and I will call on you should I need help. Mary Dzlnjrck 4 i 4. Mt. Washington Crew Praised To the Editor: I want to write a few words to express my feeliqgs for the crew of the S.S. MoUnt Wash­ ington, and also the Captain, Chief Mate, Mr. Collins, the 2d Mate, and the rest of the offi­ cers. I have never sailed with a better crew in the 17 years I have been a seafaring man. I especially want to thank the chief cook, Darrell Chaphin and the baker, Paul Reed for the wonderful job they did while I was sailing with them. I know they and the rest of steward depa4-tment are still doing the same. Tell the fellows I am still laid up in the hospital and coming along as well as can be ex­ pected. I hope I will soon be sailing with them again. I also want to say hello to my friends. Bosun McCune. Gaetano Busciglio 4 4 4 Brother Guinier Is Great Loss To the Editor: I just got back from a trip and heard the sad news that Howard Guinier had left on his last voyage. He was one of my greatest friends, and an out­ standing Union Brother. I have known him for a long, long time. We all know he gave every effort he had to the SIU and was a valuable asset to the Union, as our President Paul Hall and the membership will attest. I am writing, in the knowledge that you will pub­ lish this in the LOG, so that his family and the host of friends he had will know that we have lost a good friend and brother, as well as one of the best men in the organized labor move­ ment. Lambert k^prtindale All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. Most Americans are beginning to breath a sigh of relief with the end of summer and the departure of the season's accompanying hot weather. But the Seafarer can never tell what the weather will be like in their ship's next port of call. For instance, there is the example of the Overseas Joyce ^ (Overseas Carriers). After a And with relief front heat and Gnaooth sailing has been report­ smooth and cool trip, Odd sea air in mind, tSie crewmembers ed aboard the Jefferson City VieSamdal, ship's delegate, reports that when the vessel reached the Suez Canal Zone, the tempera­ ture soared to about 116* with no relief in sight. "Bet it doesn't get that hot to New York," he challenged. Thanks Welfare For SIU Benefit To the Editor: I would like to ex/press my appreciation to the Seafarers International Union and its welfare plan for death benefit chedc I received as benqficiary after the death of my brother, James F. Thompson, and for the very kind expressions which accompanied the cheek. I would also like to express my appreciation for the man­ ner in vmhich the Union and the welfare department han­ dled the benefit. John J. Thompson 4 4 4 Proud Widow Lauds Welfare To the Editor: I want to give my thanks to everyone at the Seafarers Un­ ion who have been so kind to me since the death of my hus-, To the Editor: I have just this week re­ band, John A. Hudgins. I also ceived notice of payment of want to express my appreciation some doctor bills I accrued for the check that cleared up the hospital bills that came as a when I was given some slight, but necessary medical emer­ result of the time he spent in gency treatment lately. Al­ the hospital after his accident. I am very proud of my hus­ though I was treated at a lo­ band's record in the SIU and cal clinic here to Galveston, the days that he sailed. He and by my own doctor, the loved the SIU and he loved the welfare plan still paid the bills. sea. • I could have put many This is really a wonderful things on his tombstone, but I program and I am smcerely know he would have wanted me grateful for the help and con­ to put the inscription I did—A sideration to me by the wel­ member of the Merchant Ma­ fare department. I thank ev­ rine. Sailing was his life's eryone that made this possible work. He was 15 years old from the bottom of my heart. when he first went to sea. He Laurence F. Slekhaltz survived the sinking of four ship 4 4" 4 he was on during the war, and after the war, _one ship—the Valiant Effort—also sunk. I want to again express my thanks for the help and the sympathy To the Editor: The family of the late Ben­ extended to me. Mrs. Hazel B. Hudgins jamin Bailey wishes to thank Dr. Logue and the rest of the 4 4 4 SIU for the kindness which was so graciously extended to us. The "invalid , walker" was a great help to us and we hope To the Editor: that its use will be enjoyed by I would like to offer our some other member in the fu­ thanks to each and every one ture. in the Union for the payment We all hope and pray for the sick benefit checks I received members and staff of the Union when I was laid up with a to be allowed to continue your broken leg. The assistance was good work. Again, we can only of my hospital bill and the say "thank you" for everything. timely and very helpful. Mrs. Eva Bailey Donald Brown Welfare Praised For Medical Aid Union Is Praised For Assistance Thanks Sent For Aid Checks of the Steel Recorder are cele­ brating Hie Installation of their new ice .machme. J. A. Shortell, meeting chairman reports they not only received the kemachine, but their icebox has been com­ pletely renovated. 4 4 4 tory (Victory Carriers). Accord­ ing to., ship's delegate James M. Fisher, the trip has been smooth and the crew has had no com­ plaints. "Everything is fine and dandy," Fisher reports. 4 4 4 The day gang aboard the Transindfa (Hudson) are walking Crewmemibers of the Ridgefield around bleary eyed from lack of Victory (Columbia) have been sleep. It seems the shore workers heaping praise lately on their gal­ ley gang. It seems that though they were short handed for a while, but the cook and baker really came through in the pinch and did some fine work and the crew has given them a special vote of thanks, says Cecil Diltz, shto's delegate. 4 Fisher Diitz in India raise such a racket, no one can sleep. They have asked ship's delegate A. (Blackie) Bankatone to do something about quiettog them down. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Sandy Crawford, the messman aboard the Losmar (Calmar) has been the subject of muoh praise from the crew lately for his espe­ cially fine service, reports Ed­ ward J. Ponis, ship's delegate. The rest of the galley gang got some of the praise also, as they were given a vote of thanks during a recent ship's meeting. SIU crews that have gotten es­ pecially good service from the 4 4 4 steward department never fall to show their appreciation. Crews The crew sailing aboard the that have honored their stewards Western Comet (Western Tank­ with votes of thanks for fine food ers)' feels it has the roughest run and service to the best SIU tradi­ tion include the Transindia (Hud­ son Waterways); Hastings (Water­ man); Transhatteras (Hudson Wa­ terways); Saint Christopher (Des­ tiny Carriers); Steel Age (Isth­ mian); San Juan (Sea-Land); Steel Architect (Isthmiam); Inger (Rey­ nolds Metal); Penn Exporter (Penn Shipping); Transorient (Hudson Waterways; and the Transglobe (Hudson Waterways). . The steward department aboard the Bienville (Sea-Land) is an­ xious to maintain a smooth run­ ning ship. In order to do so, says meeting secretary Bill Stark, the galley boys have asked for sug­ gestions from the crew on ways to improve service. They asked for continued cooperation in keep­ ing everything ship-shape. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Jealousy . By ROY FLEISCHER I've seen them in Hong Kong, Bridgeport, Galilee — And women on waterfronts Sit with their backs to seas. I never could understand it. Don't they want to be free? Or perhaps the answer is: — They are jealous of the sea. Ponis Hoggie of any ship in the entire SlUmanned fleet. As a matter of fact, J. Hoggie repoits with tongue in cheek that the crew thinks that any man that spends a full year on their run should be awarded a full book at the en^i of the trip. 4 4 4 A happy crew is sometimes cre­ ated all through the hard work of the ship's delegate in performing his duties constantly and tireless­ ly. Aboard the Transorient (Hud­ son Watei-ways) the ci-ew has given ship's delegate R. DeBoissiere a special vote of thanks for the smooth trip they have been having and for the special care he gave Seafarer Harold Kammet when Kammet was sent to the hospital with a shoulder mjury and then flown back to the States, DeBoissiere said he could not have done It without the good co­ operation he received from the crew, reports R. Bridges, meeting secretary. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty September It, Ittt LOG In The Tradition Of The Sea SIU Crew Keeps High Spirits Despite Lady Luck's Desertion While Seafarers on a long voyage don't get down on their hands and knees to pray for Lady Luck's kind attentions, they are always more than appreciative of any jinx-killing blessings that she might bestow upon them. However, when there is no evidence that the Good Lady has remembered a ~ I sure wouldn't end up being ship, crewmembers have the the time the ship departed from deck, In addition, he says that a bosun today." choice of either resigning Pakistan. there are two mates limping, a themselves to a hard fate or spend • their time looking for the bright side of those dark clouds passing overhead. One SILT crew following the lat­ ter course of keeping its spirits up while Lady Luck gallivants around elsewhere on the ocean, is on the Venore (Venore), which is heading back to the U.S. after traveling around the world. In a letter to the LOG, Frank (Hawkeye) Rakas, ship's delegate, describes some of the ups and downs experi­ enced by the SIU men on the Ven­ ore. "We have had everything from dandruff to broken feet," he Rokos claims. But, true to the traditions of the Brother­ hood of the Sea, Rakas still has a lively sense of humor and a healthy share of optimism. "All in all," he Yarbrough Martin writes, "with our trials andlribulations, we have had a fine voyage." Without Lady Luck to watch over them, both officers and crewmembers on the Venore have suf­ fered more than their share of mis­ haps. Rakas reports that a total of six men have had to be left behind because of sickness or illness by KCCBiyiNG MORE THAM OWE COPY C OF THE SAME CLIP ALL MAIt-AgELS BCbM quartermaster on crutches and three more crewmembers who are complaining of aches and pains. But, everyone on board i^ looking forward to landing at Durban where a doctor can take a look at these unfortunate shipmates. Two crewmembers who keep the laugh muscles of the Venore's SIU men well stretched are "Smiling" Wilson Yarbrough, ship's steward, and Blackie "Quinine" Martin, the bosun. According to the ship's del­ egate, the basis of Wilson's nick­ name is that when he smiles, you can hear him all the way to the bridge. On the other hand, Rakas says that Blackie Martin is really down on the world, and when the two of them get together, there are enough, laughs to go around for everyone on board. Rakas relates a sample of the good-natured dialogue between the steward and the bosun that he happened to overhear not long ago: Steward: "Heil-o, Friend." Bosun: "You ain't no friend of mine. I didn't get a think to eat all day." Steward: "If I had a laundry bag hanging on me like you have, I wouldn't eat for the next three days straight." Bosun: "Yeah? Well, six months ago you couldn't even spell 'stew­ ard'—and now you end up feed­ ing us." Steward: "If I'd have stayed on STEEL EXECUTIVE (IsUimian), AugusI 9 — Chairman, R. Hutchlns; Secretary, C. Wood. Ever.vthins is moving niceLv. $10.00 in ship's fund. Each crewmember requested to coonerate and help keep laundry room clean, also to turn off washing ma­ chine when job is finished. Vote of thanks to steward department for good food and. service. Vote of thanks to all department delegates for doing a good job. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), August 24—Chairman, Fazil Ali; Secretary, Jose A. Silva. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ROBIN HOOD iRobin), August 23 —Chairman, .1. Wade; Secretary, C. Sypher. Brother R. Gannon was elected to serve as .ship's delegate. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. lAgElS so we Use Only One Mail Address Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies duo from various operators in back wages and disputed overtime should first check whether they have a proper mailing address on file with the company. SIU headquarters officials point out that reports received from sev­ eral operators show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus cre­ ating much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. pieSisSSW Pete Blalack was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Discussion on keeping spare head unlocked. Crew requested to be quiet in passageways. $7.04 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. ALCOA VOYAGER (Alcoa), August 11 — Chairman, Celanski; Secretary, None. Some disputed OT reported in deck and engine departments. ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), August 22—Chairman, J. Miller; Sec­ retary, lluminado R. Llenos. Records of the safety meeting were read by the ship's delegate. The ship's dele­ gate advised ail "B" book men to take advantage of the Upgrading Program. $4.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department deie- Seafarers aboard the Globe Carrier (Maritime Overseas) pay their final respects to Fred G. Davis, Jr. as the vessel's master (r) conducts the burial service. Davis was buried after last respects were paid in the finest tradition of the sea. A victim of a heart attack, he was laid to rest at sea according to the wishes of his family. Montpelier Victory Crew Pleased By Good Payoff Seafarers everywhere brag that their's is the best maritime union in the world, but SIU men aboard the Montpelier Victory (Victory Carriers) have the proof of their own,eyes and pocket-books that there is"*" through which most no substitute for strong, effec­ aof settlement the disputed overtime was paid. tive ""union representation. In The remainder went into arbitra­ fact, crewmembers have nothing tion. Company officials had disputed" but high praise for the success the SIU in the Port of Houston overtime payments for pumpmen achieved in dealing with a particu­ larly difficult payoff when their ship docked in Corpus Christl. At issue were several hundred hours of disputed overtime. How­ ever, after only a day's wait, effective representation in the best SIU tradition, brought about OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas), August 73—Chairman, James H. Naylor; Secretary, J. W. Samsel. Discus­ sion in regard to new fans being put aboard as the present ones are worn out. No beefs were reported. Motion made that ail SiU ships be air-con­ ditioned. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Au­ gust 15—Chairman, Charles B. Jen­ nings; Secretary, John Dinardo. Ail repairs have not been completed. No money in ship's fund. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), Septem­ ber 6—Chairman, E. Kelly; Secretary, J. E. Hannon. No beefs reported by department delegates. Discussion on water tanks. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), August 20 — Chairman, Angeio Ro­ mero; Secretary, Buy Walter. $7.22 in ship's fund. Donations will be ac­ cepted at payoff. No beefs reported by department delegates. NIAGARA (Oriental Exporters), August 30—Chairman, D. Sacher; Sec­ retary, E. Viliasol. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. One man was hospitalized in SaXonica. Greece. Everything running smoothly. , SEAMAR (Calmar), June 27—Chair­ man, L. Barch; Secretary, C. B. J. B.'own. Ail repairs were taken care or. $3.15 in .ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department deieg.nte.s. Brother N. Pru.scka was elected to .serve as ship's delegate. ROBIN GRAY (Robin), August 9— Chairman. J. Sutherland; Secretary, J. Graddick. $23.17 in ship's fund. No hocfs reported. Everything is running smoothly. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Aug­ ust 16—Chairman, W. Davies; Secre­ tary, J. A. Shorten, No beefs were reported by department delegates. Discussion on getting a standard brand of tea aboard. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), July 26—Chairman, J. Gallagher; Secre­ tary, J. Baker. Disputed OT from last payoff is to be checked in New York. Brother Wade B. Harreil was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Crew re­ quested to return cups to pantry and cots to be brought in when not in use. MT. WASHINGTON (Victory Car­ riers), August 9—Chairman, Peter Pat­ rick; Secretary, Pete Blalack. Brother gates. Crew requested to bring ail soiled linen midship. Also to keep the recreation hall clean at ail times. FLOMAR (Calmar), August 9 — Chairman, H. Gaiecki; Secretary, F. L. O'Laughlin. Ship's delegate resigned and Brother Karl V. Christensen was elected to serve in his place. Dis­ cussion on linen and stores being taken care of for ship's return voy­ age. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. MARGARETT BROWN (Bloomfield), August 16—Chairman, Nobs; Secre­ tary, Fred Sullins. A vote of thanks was extended to department dele­ gates and the entire steward depart­ ment for a Job well done. DEL MUNDO (Delta), August 30— Chairman, William H. Field; Secre­ tary, Joseph Tagur. Brother D. J. Burnett was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $5.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. OLGA (Sea Tramp), September 7— Chairman, Wesley Young; Secretary, Jerome Michaelson. Motion made to put suggestion boxes in ail shipping halls for suggestions by members concerning .operation of the Union. Donations to ship's fund was dis­ cussed and encouraged. Vote of thanks to. the galley force for good food. ALAMAR (Calmar), September 6— Chairman, Edward C. Rulay; Secre­ tary, Diego Martinez. Few hours di-sputed OT in deck department to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Di.scussion on repairs. Holsenbeck Henley Smith Wilson MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Sep­ tember 7—Chairman, John Kucharskli Secretary, F. Marvin Rose. Repairs being taken care of. No beefs re­ ported in deck and engine depart­ ments. Beef about food going to waste in steward department. DETROIT (Sea-Land), August 20— Chairman, J. McLaughlin; Secretary, L. Dooley. .$3 00 in ship's fund. No beefs r-nortod by deoarlment dele­ gates. Food Plan representative to he contacted in regards to getting a better qu.ality of bacon. SEAMAR (Calmar), June 14—Chair­ man, L. Barch; Secretary, T. A. Jack­ son. Crew's washing machine and TV were renalred. $6.15 in ship's fund. No beefs reported bv department delegates. Vote g>r thanks to the stowui'd depai'tineiit. —AMD BETURM Bosun: "What would you be?" Stewart: "Why, I'd be the skip­ per." Bosun: "Just how do you figure that?" Steward: "Because I can read and write." With characters like "Smiling" Yarbrough and Blackie Martin on board, the Venore's crew doesn't have much chance to worry about the absence of Lady Luck. "Yes sir," declares Rakas, "everything is running smoothly. We are not all fat as pigs, but we are doing all right. If the red beans and rice hold out, we will be in Baltimore smiling on September 21st." RIO GRANDE (Oriental Exporters), August 29—Chairman, Leon Foskeyt Secretary, none. Crew received tape recorder from the Captain which was donated to the ship by a doctor who was aboard during the Lakonia res­ cue. Some disputed OT in deck de­ partment. $3.00 in ship's fund. Crew requested to be quiet in passageways. PANOCEANIC FAITH (Panoceanle Tankers), August 23—Chairman, Ken­ neth Collins; Secretary, Kenneth Col­ lins. Crew were informed that the first draw will be In American cur­ rency and any other draw made In ^port will be in local currency. $13.63 'in ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Everything running smoothly. LOS ANGELES (Sea Land), Septem bar 10—Chairman, Fred Boyne; Sec­ retary, Ken Turner. No beefs reported by department delegates. $2.42 in ship's fund. Brother Bob Lasso was elected to serv,e as ship's delegate for next trip. Discussion on food. ,A few sea-sick sailors due to Hurricane Dora. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Au­ gust 30—Chairman, Clarence White; Secretary, Frank Rodriguez, Jr. No beefs. Ship is running smootiily. $16.80 in ship's fund. Captain is happy with crew. Vote of thanks extended to all departments for their cooperation to each other. who operated ship's evacuators •which were used to discharge cargo during their off-duty hour.s. After meeting with the Union rep­ resentatives, crewmembers were paid the money in question. Firemen who provided steam for tank blowers, claimed overtime for night watches and weekends. Maintenance men had put in for OT for breaking cement around rose boxes and cleaning them. Smaller amounts of disputed OT for deck and engine departments was paid to crewmembers accord­ ing to 'the settlement. Overtime claims by firemen and deck main­ tenance workers which the com­ pany disputed finally went to arbitration. Ship's delegate L. C. Wilson and department delegates Lee Smith, engine; Joe Holsenbeck, deck; and Virgil Henley, steward, all had high praise for the SIU efforts. Both Uiey and several other members of the crew expressed their grati­ tude at a special shipboard meet­ ing following the payoff. Seafarers in the crew received special com­ pliments from the patrolman for their record and for living up to their end of the contract. Some of the other well known SIU oldtimers who were part of the Montpelier Victory's crew ineluded James Dixon, Bosun; "Bug­ ger" Jones, chief cook; Red Burke,, chief steward; George Bales, day­ man; and Red Wilson, AB. �it, MM i'MAr AUkMk^ Old Saffors Saw Hard Times When Panama Canal Opened ' Captain R. J. Peterson, author of the followinp story of the barque Devonby, is no stranger to LOO readers. A veteran oldtimer, Capt. Peterson eon leoh back on years of experience as master on sailing vessels, motor and steam Mps. A veteran of both world wars,, he served as column leader in World War II convoys. He is a long time contributor to the Seafarers Log. The world may celebrate the Golden Annivwrsary of the opening of the Panama Canal, but there was little celebrating when it was first opened among the sailors that suddenly found themselves without jobs. To the sailors, the men who-*sailed around the Cape Horn Dovenby in Newcastle, Australia. eargo of guano shot into the air it was a sad day the "Pan- He had just left the fine, 4- like a geyser of mud, and the crew Captain R. J. Peterson sailed en « barc|ue such as the one pictured above at the time the Panama Canal was opened. His description of a fatal voyage ho made on the Dovenby, which ended when she was deliberately rammed by a liner in the opening days of World War I, appears at the right. MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Water­ man), August <—Chairman, L. J. Pate; Secretary, B. Huszar. Ship's delegate reported no beefs and no disputed OT aboard. Fine crew and all has gone well. Vote of thanks was extended to ' departing rtiip's delegate for a Job well done. Brother Raul Maitin waa elected to serve as new riiip's dele­ gate.. Vote of thanks to' the steward department for fine food and a Job wen done. ROBIN KIRK (Robin), August 30ehafrman, Joseph Bianehard; Secrwtary, Lovie B. Thomas. Brother Thomas was elected to serve as ship's PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Navi­ gation), September 3—Chairman, J. Tanner; Secretary, L K. Coats. Vote of thanks to the steward and three re­ maining men for doing a fine Job under prevailing conditions. Vote of thanks to Union officiais at head­ quarters for the prompt reply to all inquiries during voyage. Vote of thanhs to crew for making ship's delegate's Jab easy. Vote of thanks to the captain for his cooperatton and conaideratton during laat nine months. SIO.OO in ship's fund. No heefir and no dUmuted OT. LOS ANOCLES (Sn-LamU, August IS—Chairman, P. Boyne; Soeroihry,. R. H. Simpson. Brother F. Boyne was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $3.40' In Hiip's fund. No beefs were reported Bverything is running smoothly. MONTICBLLO VteTORY (Victory Carriers), May 17—Chairman, Oliver Hodgo; Secretary, Lucas Arzmlon. $32.60 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported. Dfaeuadon on the refrigerat_ system. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done. DEL MAR (Delta), September «— Chairman, T. D. James; Secretaryi Fred Carpenter. Everything running smoothly. $13.00 left in Movie PHind. Brother Clark C. Wood, Jr. was elected to serve as ship's delegate; No beefs reported. EAGLE VOYAGER (United Marltime), September 3—Chairman, V. Genco; Secretary, None. It was re­ ported that the Company put a TV set aboard and the crew really appre­ ciates it. Captain will let crew have movie projector if crow wUJ buy films. $17.00 in ship's fund. No beefs ' were reported. OLGA (Sea Tramp), August 12— Chairman; M. J. Kerngood; Secretary^ W. Young, Crew asked to start ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. Crew were requested to keep messroom and recreation room clean. DEL RIO (Delta), August 23—Chair­ man, A. Abrams; Secretary, W. Wi MItchelL $3.00 in ship's fund. Soma disputed OT in deck department to be taken up with patrolman. Discus­ sion on food. Crew requested to help keep lounge and pantry clean. LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), August TG—Chairman, Carl Lawson: Secratapy, Robert W. Ferrandlz. Eighty-six cents in the ship's fund. Some disputed. OT in the deck department; Vote of thanka extended to the steward, and department dele;gates for a Job well done. SRITFIRE (Amerlcsn- Bulk); August 30—Chairman, Curtis E. Nalsonp Se» retsry,. C. A Welch. Some disputed OT ill' iTeck and' engine departments otherwise everything is going welt Grew requested' to turn In all extra linew te »>ewg»di . COLUimiA (Unltsd StsHw Steal), August 37'—Chairman, W; Brrghtwsll; Saersfsry, M. S. Sasplns. SIO.OO in ship's fund. Everything running smoothly with no beefs. Brother G. Fargo was elected' to serve as ship's delegate. SPITFIRE (American Bulk), August 30—Chairman, C. Nelsen; Secretary, C. A. Welch. Some disputed OT In en­ gine department. Crew requested to turn in extra linen to steward, ^ip's library requested. STEEL. NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), August 30—Chairman, Hurshel A. Orlando; Secretary, Charles Scofleld. No beefs reported. Everything is run­ ning smoothly. $44.50 in ship's fund. M'otlon made to have company issue American money instead of travelers cheeks. Exterminator needed for roaches in rooms and messhalis. COMMANDER (Marine Carriers), August 29—Chairmon, Frank B. Cake; Secretary, Chester Makuch. Most of the repairs have been completed. Others will be taken care of shortly. No beefs reported. NEVA WEST (Bloemfield), Septem­ ber 2—Chairman, Johnny Hunter; Sec­ retary, Robert L. Wells. $13.20 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for the best cooking, baking and service during the entire trip. OCEAN EVELYN (Maritime Owerzeas), August 30—Chairman, A. Nottumo; Secretary, F. Webb. No beefs reported by department delegates. Brother F. Gustav was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Ship needs fumigation for roaches. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a Job well done. HERCULES VICTORY (Marine Mam agers), August 18—Chairman, Fauf L. Whitlaam Swcretary, Leroy Gulley. AU: members requested to donate' $1.00 towards ship's fbnd. Sbme disputed OT in each department. Discussion held on money draws and Niortage- of cigarettes. Can" opened. Rates on freight dropped on that day by 50 per­ cent. Exporters and importers shouted in glee, while sailors mourned the loss of the trade route around the Horn and the loss of their ships that followed. I was on the barque Dovenby at the time, and with us was an old sailor named Brixham. He was a fine sailor, with a ruddy face and curly hair that gleamed with silver. He had done most of his sailing around the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa. When the Suez Canal' was opened, he suddenly found himself without a job and strug­ gling to stay at sea. He cursed the day de Lesseps had dug the Suez with cheap Peterson Egyptian lalmr. It too, had cuPfreight rates by 50 precent. ThousandE of sailors were thrown - out of their jobs and ended up on the beach to go hungry. Brixham joined us on the LOG-A-RHYTHM: Hail Autui By J. CioodBell Autumn is icumen in. I welcome it with open arms. Summer's just an old has-been. I've groum weary of its charms. Happily, I bid. farewell To outdoor grill and charcoal smoke. To leafy glen and woodsy dell, Lushly stocked with poison oak. Without regret, I bid adieu To bracing dip in icy lake; To gay al fresco barbecue With warmish beer and frigid steak. I've lost my zest for gardening. Pm sick of battling weeds and thrips; Water skiing's lost its zing. So luvoe weekend camping trips. I remember, back in June, When summer beckoned, full of cheer. Now I sing a diffrent tune. Pve had it—up to here! I pine to dine In a dining room With bright electric light; I long for food, Unbarbecued, And damask gleaming white. I dream of nights In my inglenook, AU snug and warm and dry. With the fire aglow, And the lamps turned low. And the thermostat turned high. I've had my flil Of summer fun At mountains, lakes and shores. I yearn to lead a life of ease; Be sedentary as I please. And safe from- ants and gnats and' bees .In the_ great indoors! masted barque, Affon Alow, which means Musical Waters in the Welsh language. . That was back tn 1913, during the days the sailing ship waa queen of the seven seas. The barque Dovenby, princess of the ocean, had just sailed from Lon­ don, stopping at Santos, to New­ castle to take on a load of coal, bound for Mexillones, Chile. Brixham, who had lost his job sailing around the Cape of Good Hope sought refuge on the route around the Horn. We on ^the barque Dovenby, loaded to the simppers with a cargo of coal, sailed for Mexillones, on a sea filled with "graybeards," the storm, waves of the deep. They almost swamped us one cold day. Had we gone down no one would have known it, and the ship insurers, who were betting we would never make our destination, would have grown fatter on eur disappearance. We unloaded our cargo at Mexil­ lones by hand, and took on ballast of sand to make the trip up coast to Iquique, Chile, where we were to take on a load of nitrate bound for the European continent. Then we heard, to our great sor­ row, that the PanCan had opened. Freight rates dropped like an anchor, and the steamers, old tramps, rushed in to grab the rich nitrate trade, using the canal. There was suddenly no cargo left for us. We sailed next for Callao, Peru, to be provisioned lest we starve, and sailed straightway to Lobos de Tierra to take a load of guano for Antwerp. We were going to circle the Horn, of course. We spent two months at Lobos de Tierra, working by hand to load the guano to the scuppers, so the ship's owner could make a pound or two profit We sailed in July of 1914, home­ ward bound. After bracing the Dovenby's yards to the So'east trade winds, we headed for the Horn. A month of smooth sailing followed, and we found ourselves in the Cape Horn latitudes. The weather was clear and cold, but the wind was straight from out of the east, falling on us like a curse. We spent a full month rounding the Horn. We almost ran aground on Staten Island, while searching for some fresh water and provi­ sions of hard tack for the Atlantic crossing. We were 127 days out, near the choppy sea of the English Channel, when we were hailed by a British cruiser, her guns ready to fire. War had broken out In Europe, and our destination, Antwerp, was now in the hands of the enemy, Ger­ many. We were ordered to T<ondon. The 111 fated trip was not over yet, however, for on the morning of Nov. T, just 17 miles off Gravesend, the morning mist lifted and we were sighted by the Sindaro, a Dutchman. "The Java-bound liner had fallmi into' bands of the enemy, and she rammed- the Dovenby, leaving her orwv In swim for their lives iot tbe eeltf ocean. Wiitttr fiilV steam behind her, the Sndsni! rammed the Dovenby so hard the bow of 131e liner went half through the barque's hull. The jumped into the sea to escape in­ jury. All except Brixham, the old sailor. He was at the wheel when the ship was rammed and never left his post Steel Maker's Crew Praised For Tearnwork An exciting account of the fast and courageous action by Seafar­ ers aboard the Steel Maker (Isth­ mian) following its collision with the Texaco Wisconsin on the Dela­ ware River has been sent to the LOG by Fred Tampol, ship's dele­ gate on the SlU-manned ship. A story of the collision appeared in the August 21 issue of the LOG. As the crew came running, Cap,tain Gibbons oriJered life jackets donned and fire hoses manned. The ship's delegate says that the crew reacted spontaneously, and seconds later members of the deck and steward departments where hosing down the area where the crash occurred to prevent the in­ flammable cargo from igniting. Tampol reports that the crew, following the able directions of bosun Stanley Jandora, was able to get number 3 hatch opened in a matter of minutes. Meanwhile, the captain was barking orders from the bridge as if the ship were under enemy attack, according to the delegate. Well aware of the fast, efficient action of the SIU men in the crew at the time of the collision, the Steel Maker's master expressed lavish thanks to crewmembers for their spectacular performance. The Captain said that after wit­ nessing the teamwork the crew displayed, he couldn't ask for a better bunch of seamen to man his ship. Tampol says that the Steel Maker's crew is staying on while their ship la In dry dock at the Sun Shipyard in Chester, Pa. Gettrng • good look at th* damag* the dary after the SiMi Maker (isthmian) collided witii. the tanken Texaco- Wisconsin,, Fvod shi|3's delegate,, is taking notes for aw account for the EOG-. �i^agre Twenty-Two SEAFARERS Beptembw 18, 19W LOO SIt7 ikRRIVAZ.S ma Know Your Rights All of the following SlU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's namei Kenneth Dale Wendorf, bom Cynthia Hapoleonis, born March Fred Woodrow Hoover, born De cember 10, 1963, to the Aldon February 29, 1964, to the Robert 7, 1964, to the Julio Hapoleonis', Wendorfs, Petoskey, Mich. Brooklyn, New York. Hoovers, Hammond, La. ti t> 'Sti 4 4 4 4 4 4 i 4" 3» 4 4 4 4 4 4 Phillip Smoke, born October IS, Joyce Jordan, born March 27, KalllopI Voyiazls, born Decem­ 1964, to the Philip Jordans, Jersey 1963, to the Charles Smokes, Mo­ ber 17, 1963, to the Demetrios bile, Ala. City, New Jersey. Voyiazls', Brooklyn, N.Y. FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf. Lakea and Inland Waters District makes specifio provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Biooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees In charge of these funds shaU consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. AU expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPINO RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avaUable in aU Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained In the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mall, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930. New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, cither by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Anpeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available In'aU SlU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and Uve aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and In the proper manner. If. at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, falls to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. • EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOO. The LOG . has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September. 1960. meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested In an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one Individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt Is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless ho Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or U 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 pubUshes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.. as well as aU other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabiilty-pensloB benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role la ail rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-flie committees. Because these oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of aUowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed.. color, national or geographio origin. If any member feele that he is denied the equal rights to which he Is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the baslo rights of Seafarers Is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their famUles and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers PoUtlcal Activity Donation was established. Conations to SPAB are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time e Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied hie constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquartera by certified mall, return receipt requested. Martin Barras, bom November Richard L. Gauthier, born Feb­ Beverley Sue Vaughn, born ruary 8, 1964, to the Robert L. 24, 1963, to the Stanley J. Barrae' August 21, 1963, to the Bradley Slidell, La. Gauthiers, Manistee, Mich. Vaughns, Jonesville, Va. 4> 4> 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Michael Joseph Moran, born Michael Coffman, born February Melinda Tucker, born February 7, 1964, to the Ulas Gene Coff- January 13, 1964, to the Raymond 4, 1964, to the Joseph A. Tuckers, Morans, Cleveland, Ohio. mans, Houston, Texas. Chickasaw, Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Lori Jaye Saranthus,' born Oc­ James Rounds, born September Hilda Marlene Moreno, bom 26, 1964, to the John C. Rounds', tober 20, 1963, to the J. B. Saran­ February 1, 1964, to the Luis thus', Wilmer, Ala. Sulphur, La. Morenos, Houston, Texas. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Diane Landreville, born FebmWilliam Coyer, born February 4 4 4 27, 1964, to the William F. Coyers, ary 27, 1964, to the Luclan LandreKaren Duncan, born February villes, Hessel, Mich. Oswego, New York. 26, 1964, to the James K. Duncans, 4 4 4 Jr., Fort George, Fla. 4 4 4 Richard Troxclair, born June 24, William Jackson Weckler, born 4 4 4 January 17, 1964, to the Antone 1964, to the Calvin J. Troxclalrs, Edward Bramble, born March 6, New Orleans, La. Wecklers, Sturgeon Bay, Wise. 1964, to the Charles H. Brambles, 4 4 4 4 4 4 Atlantic City, New Jersey. John Thayer, born February 24, Trudy Debra Prescott, bom Feb­ 4 4 4 ruary 23, 1964, to the Dennis P. 1964, to the Thayer V. Thayers, Robert Allen Rahldeau, bom Manistique, Mich. Prescotts, Orlando, Fla. January 1, 1964, to the Albin RabiThe deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported deaus, Cheboygan, Mich. 4 4 4 to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment Carole Ann McHale, born Janu­ of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary ary 14, 1964, to the John J. Mccard or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates) t Hales, New York, New York. James Melvin Van Santen, 20: Robert H. Conway, 70i Brother 4 4 4 Conway died of heart failure in the Brother Van Santen died Aug. 9, Rohln Roberts, born January 81, 1963, of acciden­ 1964, to the Henry Roberts', Se­ South Chicago tal electrocution. attle, Washington. Hospital on After joining the March 29, 1984. 4 4 4 SIU Great Lakes A member of the Klnherly Joy Gohl, bom Decem­ District in 1960, Great Lakes Tug he sailed in the ber 26, 1963, to the Charles H. and Dredge deck department. Gohls, Alpena, Mich. Union, he sailed 4 4 4 Place of hurial as a tug lineman Randall Allbrlght born February was in Ridge until his retire­ Lawn Cemetery, 4, 1964, to the Robert Allbrights, ment in 1963 Gary, Indiana. Alpena, Mich. Surviving ia his 4 4 4 son, Robert H. Conway, Jr. Burial Iver E. Evavold was legally ap­ Alfred Smith, born December was at the St. Joseph Cemetery in pointed administrator of the estate. 21, 1963, to the Alfred Smiths, River Grove, Inn. 4 4 4 Somerdale, N.J. George A. Zalensky, 52: Brother 4 4 4 4 4 4 Edison Walker, 47t Brother Zalensky died April 4, 1964, of Pamela Ann Lahaye, bom Oc­ Walker died aboard the Aldina in natural causes tober 16, 1963, to the Lew Nolan while in Sopot, Bombay, India, Lahayes, Nederland, Texas. Poland. After on March 16, 4 4 4 joining the SIU 1964, of natural Paul Covington, born January in 1951, he sailed causes. A mem­ 10, 1964, to the James E. Covingin the deck de­ ber of the stew­ tons, Prichard, Ala. partment. He is ard department, 4 4 4 survived by his he joined the John Roberts, born January 12, sister, Mrs. Ma­ Union in Dec., Edsrar R. Goulet 1964, to the John A. Roberts', rina Roszkowski. You aro asked to get in touch 1938. He is sur­ Woodlawn, Va. Place of burial vived by his wife, with your daughter, Barbara, at 98 4 4 4 was not reported. East Brookline St., Boston, Mas*. Mrs. Catherine J. Ruth Esther Espanol, bom Walker. Burial was in Prichard, 4 4 4 4 4 4 March 6, 1964, to the Jose M. EsMalcolm MacArthur, 46: Brother Ala. Jerry McCarthy MacArthur died of natural causes panols, Bronx, New York. 4 4 Get in touch with your daugh­ 4 4 4 on Oct. 19, 1963, John F. Santos, 60: Brother San­ Stephen Llsenhy, born February ter, Kathleen McCarthy or her in the Detroit tos died of a heart ailment in the mother, Esther, at 703 East Fifth U. S. Public 9, 1964, to the Stephen Lisenbys, St., South Boston, Mass., Tel., USPHS Hospital Seattle, Wash. Health Service in Portsmouth, 268-5798, on an urgent matter. 4 4 4 Hospital. He was R.I., on March 4 4 4 James Francis Gravelle, born a member of the 20, 1964. A mem­ John J. Houlihan February 11, 1964, to the Eugene IBU-Great Lakes ber of the deck Your sister, Christine, of 27 WilTug and Dredge Gravelles, Brimley, Mich. department, h e mot Road, Waltham, Mass., re­ 4 4 4 Region and joined the SIU D1 Ann Valle, born January 21, quests that you contact her. sailed as a in 1939. He is 1964, to the Thoms P. Valles, Mel4 4 4 dredge deck vlndule, Mich. survived by his Edward Casey hand. He is survived by his wife, wife, Mrs. Mary Contact your wife Frances, at 4 4-4 M. Santos. Ho Mrs. Margaret MacArthur. Burial Regena Plante, born February 343 Melrose St., Brooklyn, N.Y. was buried in the St. Johns Ceme­ was in Our Lady of Hope Ceme­ 12, 1964, to the Francois M. 4 4 4 tery in New Bedford, Mass. tery, Brownstow Township, Michi­ Plantes, Komak, Texas. gan. Former SS Bonanza Crewmembers 4 4 4 4 4 4 Andy Anderson has lost a blue August .Joseph Princen, SO: 4 4 4 Douglas ClliTord, born January Brother Princen died at the Brook­ Benito Candamio, 77i Brother 30, 1964, to the Robert Cliffords, zipper bag with important papers inside. Anyone knowing its where­ lyn Army Termi­ Candamio died of natural causes Taylor, Mich. abouts is requested to write him at nal of accidental in the Jackson 4 4 4 causes on Jan. .2, Memorial Hospi­ Walter Johnson, born February 117 Giffin, Pittsburgh 10, Penn. 1964. Joining the 4 4 4 tal, Miami, Fla. A 11, 1964, to the Riley Johnsons, SIU in 1944, he Joseph E. Bailey member of the Belhaven, N. O. sailed in the deck You are urgently requested to SIU since 1938, 4 4 4 department. Hie he sailed in the William Wolcott, bom March 12, contact your wife at GR 2-0393, stepmother, Mrs. steward depart­ 1964, to the Richard C. Wolcotts, Tacoma, Wash., concerning an immediate ooeration for Jill. L e t a Stoeling, ment. He is sur­ Wayne, Mich. survives. He wae vived by his wife, 4 4 4 4 4 4 Susan. Burial was buried in the Daniel Dryden, born June 12, Edward Mooney Long Island National Cemetery in in Miami Memo­ 1964, to the James L. Drydens, Your wife, Josephine Mooney rial Park, Miami, Fla. Farmingdale, L.L San Pedro, Calif. would like you to call her at ill imHi. mi'i HE 6-8816 or write her at 652 Ocean Ave., Jersey City, N.J. and let her know your whereabouts. 4 4 4 Jameg B. Morton You are asked to contact Gloria Thedbald, 48, 60, 52 George St., Apt. J, Port-of-Spaln, Trinidad, on an urgent matter. 4 4 4 Ralph Kendorski You are requested to get in touch with Joe (Peanuts) Schaell at 9808 Linden Ave., North, Seattle, Washington. 4 4 4 Adrien Feoteau You aro asked to get in touch, with D. L. Adams, 4224 So., Derbigny Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 Tax Refund Checks Income tax refund checks are being held for the SIU members listed blow by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco 5, Cal.r Margarioto Borja, Eugene L. Castano, Jr., Winfred S. Daniel, Fortunato Drilon, Wiliie Edwards, Orlando Fre^raa, Donald J. Hamp­ ton, Eigil E. Hjelm, Frank LaRosa, Sheffield Nerkitt, Robert W. Oslin, Arthur Da. Payton, Jorgen G. Pedersen, Champ C. Smith, Henry R. Smith, Charles E, SwRzer (2), Bernardo Tombocon and Yung Ploy Woo. �Sei>teinber 18, 19M SEAFARERS SIU-AGLIWD Meetings Pve Twentr-ltK* LOG All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: ' Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days Indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York October 5 Detroit October 9 Philadelphia October 6 Houston October 12 Baltimore October 7 New Orleans .... October 13 Mobile October 14 USPHS HOSPITAL Dan Jenkins NorvlUe Sykes DETROIT. MICHIGAN Victor Kennedy U. B. Tangalin Bill Cowan Barney MaJJesla Mont McNabb J. C. Thompson Albert Henke Arlo Oho Henry Maas Angel Valdes James Howes H. Sanchez Warren Manuel Jerry Vinson Hubert Kangas Charles Stone Joyce Massey Milton WUliams Arthur LeBear Sidney Templeton Charles Matthews Wm. Woolsey, Jr. Clarence Lenhart Clayton Ward C. McMuIIIn J. Wunderlick Gordon McLaren USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON FORT WORTH, TEXAS E. Ainsworth Howard Monteton George McKnew Charles Coburn Freddie Davocol Edward Sager Samuel Mills Arthur Collett Arthur Furst Henry West Raymond Ruppert Benjamin Deibler USPHS HOSPITAL Abe Gordon James Webb STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Burl Hairc WUUe A. Young William Aldoman Jean Longhurst Thomas Lehay John Allen Thomas Maher SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR Vincent Astorino Denis Marcoly aj $ t STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Ellis Bishop Donald McCowrn Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Arnesto Callgiura Anstery Minors West Coast StU-AGLIWD Meetings Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny Henry Callahan John Natoli Edwin Harriman SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through C. CampbeU Harold Nelson USPHS HOSPITAL Gabriel Colon David PasshkoS August, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Thomas Correll Alfonso Pavon James McGee Clifford Umfleef West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from WilJohn CuIIinson M. Reyes John Cunningham Gerald Rivera PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME mingtonTSan Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from Hamitlon Dailey Jamie Rivera COVINGTON, LOUISIANA the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, Carlos Diaz E. Rubio Frank Martin Howard Faulkiner Anthony Sc.iturro in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, VA HOSPITAL Natanll Garcia James Shiber NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on H. L. Gardner Edward Simms Maurice Roberts Arvid GyUand Juan Soto Wednesday and Seattle on Fridav, starting at 2 PM local time. VA HOSPITAL Leroy Hanlon A. Stracciolini MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA Anton Hansen V. Torregosa The schedule is as follows; Arthur Sigler US SOLDIERS HOSPITAL Wilmington San Francisco Seattle WASHINGTON, D.C. William Thomson Paul StowaU October 19 October 23 October 23 USPHS HOSPITAL •* November 18 November 16 November 20 NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA James Armstrong Philip Mendoza J" 4" i Bernsee Francisco Nadal where-meetings are heia at 2 PM. Thomas Guy Casey Harry O'Brien Great Lakes SIU Meetings The next meetings will be: Joseph Clement Harry Peeler S. Clinkscales James Redden Regular membership meetings Detroit . . . Sept. 21—2 PM James Davis Salbata Serio John Edwards W. R. Simpson on the Great l,akes are held on Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, Cline Galbrenth Thomas Sims SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes the first and third Mondays of Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, Avery Galloway E. R. Smallwood Benjamin Hudgins Charles Smith each month in all ports at 7 PM September 21—7 PM & Inland Waters PRESIDENT local time, except at Detroit, Ji 3< 5« ' Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner SIU Inland Boatmen's Union VICE PRESIDENTS Regular membership meetings Earl Shgpard Lindsey Williams A1 Tanner Robert Matthews for IBU members are scheduled SECRETARY-TREASURER each month in various ports. The A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES next meetings will be: BUI HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart Philadelphia . Oct. 6—5 PM BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 Baltimore (licensed and un­ BOSTON 276 State St. licensed) Oct. 7—5 PM Riley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DALLAS — Membership in the Ed DETROn 1022S W. Jefferson Ave. Houston .... Oct. 12—5 PM VInewood 3-4741 AFL-CIO American Federation of NEW YORK—A six months trial Norfolk ... Oct. 8—7 PM HEADQUARTERS ....675 4th Ave., Bkiyn Government Employees has in­ by the U.S. Coast Guard to deter­ N'Orleans .... Oct. 13—5 PM HYacinth 9-6600 creased by about 30,000 since HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. mine the feasibility to mark the MobUe Oct. 14—5 PM Drozak, Agent WAinut 8-3207 1962 to 140,000 arid at its present Paul entrance of New York Harbor with JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax l" 4" 3^ rate of growth the union's rolls WUliam Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987 a single light structure was re­ RAILWAY MARINE REGION MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. cently begun. FRanklin 7-3564 Regular membership meetings will reach the 250,000 mark with­ Ben Gonzales, Agent in four years, delegates to the MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. The Coast Guard will reposition for Railway Marine Region-IBU Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 union's 19th convention were told. Ambrose Light Vessel about 2.5 members are scheduled each NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. In his report to the Dallas par­ Buck Stephens, Agent ......Tel. 529-7546 miles to the southwest erf its pres­ month in the various ports at 10 NEW YORK 676 4th Ave.. Brooklyn ent position. Scotland Light AM and 8 PM. The next meetings ley, President John F. Griner HYacinth 9-6600 stressed the union's continued up­ Vessel, 5 miles southeast of Sandy will be: NORFOLK 115 3rd St. swing in membership and the Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent ..622-1892 Hook, N.J., will be removed dur­ Jersey City Oct. 12 2604 S. 4th St. need for expanded services and PHILADELPHIA ing the trial. Ambrose is the Frank Drozak, Agent DEwey 6-3818 Philadelphia Oct. 13 activities to take full advantage SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. world's most powerful light vessel Baitimore Oct. 14 of the collective bargaining rights Paul Gonsorchik, Agent ..DOuglas 2-4401 with a 2.5 million candlepower E. B. McAuley, West Coast Hep. •Norfolk Oct. 15 now available to federal workers SANTURCB PR ..1313 Fernandez Juncos light during periods of low GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE under an executive order issued Stop 20 visibility. REGION Keith Terpe. Hq. Hep. ... . Phone 724-2843 by the late President Kennedy in SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. This will be the fourteenth time Regular membership meet­ Ted BabkowskL Agrart MAin 3-4334 the position of the light vessel ings for Great Lakes Tug and 1962. TAMPA 312 Harrison St. About 250 AFGE locals have Jeff GUIette, Agent marking the main entrance to Dredge Region IBU memters are 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. New York Harbor has been moved scheduled each month in the vari­ been recognized for bargaining Frank Boyne, Agent TErminal 4-2528 purposes at government installa­ NION AFGE Union Reports Rise In Members CC Studies Beacon For N.Y. Harbor since a light vessel was first estab­ lished there in 1823. On Thursday, the Coast Guard buoy tenders Firebusih and Oak will establish three new buoysi relocate a buoy, and remove a buoy at the harbor entrance im­ plementing this trial. In December 1964, the Coast Guard will hold a public hearing to determine if the temporary position of Ambrose Light Vessel is suitable for the erection of a fog signal, and radio beacon to mark the harbor entrance. The four legged tower, with a 9 million candlepower light, will be approximately 120 feet high and may be built by 1966 at an estimated cost of one million dollars. YOUCM'fSFEA< UP IF VOU'RE fJOTTWERE AtreHQ YOOR UNIOH WUtARLYl ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next meetings will Le: Detroit Oct. 12. Milwaukee Oct. 12 Chicago Oct. 13 ' Buffalo Oct.l4 tSault Ste. Marie .... Oct. 15 Duluth Oct. 16 Lorain Oct. 16 (For meeting place, contact Har­ old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. Sandusky, Ohio). Cleveland Oct. 16 Toledo Oct. 18 Ashtabula Oct. 18 ' (For meeting place, contact John Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ tabula, Ohio). 4i 4 4) United Industrial Workers Regular membership meetings for UIW members are scheduled each month at 7 PM in various ports. The next meetings will be: New York October 5 Baltimore October 7 Philadelphia October 6 ^Houston October 12 Mobile October 14 New Orleans ... October 13 * Meetings held sT Lacor Temple, New-, port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. tions throughout the nation, Griner declared. They represent about 175,000 federal employes including some who have thus far failed to join but are nevertheless In the bargaining units. Griner cited the recently-enact­ ed federal pay hike as a key un­ ion legislative accomplishment. Delegates were s^eduled to vote later in the convention on a number of proposals to increase the union's 75-cent per month per capita tax. Griner said the in­ crease is needed to expand or­ ganizing activities and' improve service to locals. Griner also urged the convention to call for a number^ of changes in the gov­ ernment's' labor-nianagelnent pro­ gram. Speakers early In the conven­ tion included Senate Civil Serv­ ice Committee Chairman Olin D. Johnston (D.-S.C.), Senator Ralph Yarborough (D.-Tex.), - Represen­ tative Joe Pool (D.-Tex.) and Rep­ resentative James Morrison (D.­ Ala.). Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, who was accompaning Yarborough on a visit to Texas, paid an unscheduled call on the convention and addressed the delegates. . Great Lakes Charles Haymond F. L. Travis Martin Hormer Charles Uribe Charles Johnson Thomas Vain L. G. Kropp Julio Valentin Cecil Leader F. Warner Chang Ling James Williams Gus Lopez Vernon Williamson USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Larry Armstrong T. W. Forrest Rubin Berry George Moore Jesse Brown Charlie Phelphs Frank Buck Julian Wilson William Burnett Arthur Wroton Clyde Fields ^ USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASSACHUSETTS Gilbert Edwards Harold Robinson Robert King Walter Schuitz Robert O'Brien G. Spiliotis T. Patriquin USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA Lu Eari Giiiain Leon Webb Sam Walton Jack Nelson. Jr. Calvin Martin Miguel Hipolit Grover Maddox Lionel McLaughlin USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Hoy Bru Fred Reimolt Paul Clarke Harry Silverstein Abdo Hussein George Saucier Raymond Knoles -John Tierney Hubert Pousson Richard Zarragoza MLLS GREAT LAKES TUG S DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MiUer, Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden, Agent .... ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULITTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur, Agent RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address maU to Brimiey, Mich. Wayne Weston, Agent BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Linemen, Oilers & Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns, Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing. S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns, Fro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin, Agent Southgate, Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range. Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent Export 8-3024 LORAIN, 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky. Ohio Harold Ruthsatz, Agent . . MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE .. . 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent . SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE .... 1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey, Agent . .MElrose 2-8847 SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Rivers Section Roy Boudreau ST. LOUIS, MO 805 Del Mar ALPENA 127 River St. L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-1434 EL. 4-3616 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 7th St. BUFFALO, NY 735 Washington Arthur Bendheim, Agent TL» 3>9250 CHICAGO 8383 Ewing Ave. RAILWAY MARINE REGION So. Chicago, HL SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. HEADQUARTERS ... 99 Montgomery St. HEnderson 3-0104 MAin 1-5450 Jersey City 2. NJ REGIONAL DIRECTOR DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. G. P. McGinty RAndolph 2-4110 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS FRANKFORT, BUch 415 Main St. R. H. Avery MaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 E. B. Pulver HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. BALTIMORE. ...1215 E. Baltimore St. EAstern V-anoo River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 Inland Boatmen's Union PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR United Industrial Workers Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE 1216 E. Balllmore St. BALTIMORE ,...1216 E. Baltimore St. EA.stern 7-4900 EAstern 7-4B00 BOSTON 276 State St. BOSTON 276 State St Richmond 2-0140 .Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE. Jax ELgin 3-0987 ELgin 3-0987 744 W. Flagler St. MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St MIAMI FRanklin 7-3564 FRanklin 7-3564 1 S. Lawrence St. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St MOBILE HEmlock 2-1754 HEmlock 2-1754 630 Jackson Ave. NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave NEW ORLEANS Phone 529-7.546 Tel 115 Third St. NORFOLK 115 Third St. NORFOLK Phone 622-1697-3 Tel. 622-1892-:PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4lh St. PHILADELPHIA 26J-i S nf: M DEwey 6-3818 DEwey C-3828 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. TAMPA 312 Harrison St Phone 229-2788 Tel. 229-2788 �SEAFARERS LOG S«pt. It 1964 ] OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO HE AFL-CIO officially endorsed President Lyndon B. Johnson ing the SlU, are making every effort to bring about the highest and his Vice Presidential running mate Hubert H. Humphrey possible vote for the Johnson-Humphrey team. The labor move­ for election on November 3rd, giving clear and positive reasons ment is mpking this effort so that every citizen in the country for its call to union members across the country to give the Demo­ may have the opportunity to express themselves on the issues cratic ticket their whole-hearted backing. when they cast their ballots. Never before has the presidential candidate of a major party T At the same time the Goldwater-Miller ticket was rejected by the labor federation as representing everything opposed to leg­ islation and policies which are considered important to the wellbeing of working men and women of America. Both of the compiled such an anti-labor record. In this year's Senate session alone, Barry Goldwater has demonstrated his anti-union posi­ tion by voting against such labor-backed bills as medicare for their inception. To best defend the working man's interests in Amerka over the aged, the expansion of social security and the civil rights act. An example of the AFL-CIO drives to bring out voters in communities across the country is the effort of the Hudson Coun­ ty, New Jersey, AFL-CIO unions in which the SlU is playing a major part. For a look at this typical union campaign, turn to the next four years, the AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions, includ­ page 12. Republican candidates are committed to the destruction of the rights and gains which have been made by labor unions since � 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 18, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: FIRE SWEEPS EXPLORER; CREW’S COURAGE CITED SIU CALLS FOR ACTION ON RUNAWAY SHIPPING 62 SEAFARERS QUALIFY AS ELECTION NOMINEES SENATE, HOUSE MEET ON P.L. 480 MEASURES EIGHT SIU MEN RETIRE ON 150 PENSIONS ABIDIJAN – PORT OF CALL FOR SIU CREWMEN ANNUAL REPORT GREAT LAKES SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN U.S. DOLLAR OUTFLOW INCREASES NEW CANAL ROUTE STUDY BILL OK’D DOMESTIC SHIPPING HIT IN COURT RR RATE RULINGS LABOR’S DRIVE TO REGISTER ALL VOTERS MEDICARE BILL STYMIED; AMA UNWRAPS BIG GUNS ANTI-UNION VIEWS AIRED BY FLORIDA RAILROAD BOSS RADIATION TREATMENT OF FISH TO CREATE WIDER SALES AREAS CATCH LIMITATIONS FALL; WHALING INDUSTRY DYING 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 09/18/1964 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. 19 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log